No, that's fine! I just wanted to let you know. I like the idea of a non-combatant as we have a lot of bad ass fighter guys at the moment.

I'm currently thinking about whether or not we should have a rule surrounding character number. What are all of you your ideas about the amount of characters?

Awesome. Is it alright if I go ahead and post it in the character tab? And as for character amount, I'm fine either way. I like having new characters being introduced as it often spices things up and makes things more interesting, but on the other hand too many and it starts to become overwhelming.

I think we should decide on a set amount of characters to start off the roleplay. Maybe 7 or 8 solid characters? You can't add new characters constantly, you need to be in the right place storywise. I suggest we give everyone a bit more time to submit their character sheets, or finish the one they are working on.

I meant more for how many characters do we want 1 person to have, but this is also good to know. :p

I ask because I generally play 2 characters per RP, so I was wondering how you all felt about that.

@Ulsterwarrior feel free to put it in the char tab.

Ah, whoop! Well anyways, I think that it depends on the player. If they can handle multiple characters, good for them. If they can't, then that's fine too. I personally prefer to only do one or two, but that's just me. I feel like there may be multiple characters needed, as this seems like an rp that will take on a large scale.

Hm, I'm inclined to agree.

Facepalm XD
That never crossed my mind.

I agree with ulsterwarrior, if players can handle more than one character more power to them. I for one can't. I'm afraid I won't do the one I already have justice and end up biting of more than I can chew.

Something else crossed my mind earlier.
Are we always going to be in the same place at the same time? Probably not, so we'll be interacting with the players that are close to our own characters, waiting for the story to progress and allow us to meet others. Like a set of characters who remain together for a period of time until the formation changes. I haven been in roleplays where I barely interacted with some of the characters and that was a real shame.

Also I was thinking about pre established relationships between characters for as much as that is possible. The Black Shields is a new unit but the members that join may have some history together right? I see a couple of characters have ties to Coedwin, a location Floure has visited often. Laurence for example served as a guard there, it's possible she knows him.

@dreamingflowers

Nail, hammer, head. I was thinking we'd probably stick to short 'story' arc things, where the Black Shields get a task to do and that task forces them to either stay in the same place together, leaving others to search out others, or stay together in groups while travelling.

@Partisan: I'll work on the personality a bit more, but is there anything else I need to fix? I tried my best on personality, but that's one of the hardest parts of a bio for me to write.

Also, I think 7-8 characters is adequate for this roleplay. More characters offers more dynamic, but sometimes it gets convoluted, especially if some of us get really busy. Then again, I guess that's why this is 'Advanced Roleplaying'.

And I also think the addition of other characters, whether they're controlled by us or others, would be interesting too.

Hmhm. Yeah, the current layout of characters worries me. I had not intended for there to be so many warrior types, but I suppose that is really unavoidable when you play these kind of RP's. Dreamingflowers' character makes a nice contrast, but I fear she'd RP very lonely compared to these other warrior type characters. I suppose I might create a 2nd character.

Also, I know there's still characters being made (I have people on skype) so I'm gonna hold off with the IC.

And yeah the personality is good now. It's always a hard part to write and I find it mostly changes IC anyway, but it's such a detrimental part of the CS.

Agreed, Partisan, personalities can be tricky.

Could you tell me what other types of characters you had expected?

I can always part with mine and do something else. I've seen at least two other characters who can do similar roles so...

Although if the rp is about mercenaries of a king, fighters are bound to be common.

Hmhm. Yeah, the current layout of characters worries me. I had not intended for there to be so many warrior types, but I suppose that is really unavoidable when you play these kind of RP's. Dreamingflowers' character makes a nice contrast, but I fear she'd RP very lonely compared to these other warrior type characters. I suppose I might create a 2nd character.

If it helps, I could take away Brant's combat ability. Kind of put it on there last minute, anyway. Could change him into more of a doctor-y type, for lack of a better word? Fenwalkers could have brought bunches of medicinal flora native to Murkran with them.

@TJByrum A more militia like group, where there are peasants that barely have a clue what the hell a sword even is. Never the less, this works, it's just different but that's not to say it's bad.

Like Atomic said, fighters are bound to be common.

So how many people are we waiting on. I doubt that I am the only one who is extremely excited to get this thing up and running.

I suppose I could start the IC tomorrow, but my main issue is that I have exams next week as well.

@Partisan Do what you think is best, Partisan, I think everyone here will understood your decisions.

I'm cancelling the RP in that case.

Jokes aside, I'll think on it a bit.

Had an idea for a medic, if you prefer non combat types.

And if it'd be better, I have an idea for a religious fanatic who wants to join the Black Shields for the sake of furthering his religion. He's mostly non-combatant, and tries to amp the team up with his ritualistic prayers. He has complete faith in his religion, and isn't afraid of anyth8ing because he believes his faith will protect him. Not sure what religion I want it to be, but I was thinking Sawarim, just to spice things up.

And people who seem to want to make new bios can just save our current bios for characters down the road, if you'll allow multiple characters.