@Mictlan93 with the revised bonding age, it looks good! also, in general for bonding, the process is pretty much instant. it might take a few days to develop the full mental link, and years and years to be able to read your dragon's moods accurately and consistently, but the actual bond develops within moments

@Hael always! i'd love to see a character sheet :)

@WriterRaven oh, god, finally another female. thank you. thank you so much. also, she looks kickass, glad to have you!

@Hael always! i'd love to see a character sheet :)

@WriterRaven oh, god, finally another female. thank you. thank you so much. also, she looks kickass, glad to have you!

Don't worry, another female is coming

Always happy to contribute to gender diversity. I'll see about moving Caitra over to the Characters tab and figuring out a way to get her in on the details. I'm thinking she overheard someone talking about it, and jumped at the chance to join up at the last minute.

Alright, moved my character. Shouldn't take too much for me to catch up to current events.

so uh... do we just skip over the people who are holding us up?

Are cross-breeds allowed? Specifically, could my character ride a hybrid Ember/Delver? I won't try to make it over powered or anything- I'd be sure to add the appropriate weakness that would come with such a hybrid

hm...interesting question. i'd like to keep things fairly simple, though, so i'm going to say there's no (successful) interbreeding.

@Archmage MC if it was feasible, yes, but there's now seven characters that need to catch up. i'll wait a little longer and do my best to keep this going :/

hm...interesting question. i'd like to keep things fairly simple, though, so i'm going to say there's no (successful) interbreeding.

Awww, that's disappointing.

Oh well, I'll make do :D

I'm still waiting on @Scarifar

All right, my introductory post is up. Let me know if anything's off.

Soz, been busy fighting the war against Life. Will get a post up... eventually.

alright. Its all good.

Posted my intro as well. Gotta good feeling about this!

...wait, hold on. gotta make massive edits to the post. Turns out i'm super wrong, and also dumb.

Edit: Updated post, fixed mistakes.

alright, so, still waiting on @Avanhelsing, @RedDusk, @Guilty Spark, and @Gisk, but since guilty hasn't posted at all yet and it's only three against seven who HAVE posted, i'll go ahead and move us along tomorrow morning.

Well I am waiting a bit. I will post tomorrow.

alright: @Avanhelsing, @Guilty Spark, @RedDusk, and @Gisk, this is your last chance to get on board with the group before it gets quite a bit harder to catch up. hope you can still join us!

So I was under the impression that dragons and their riders did not have full open telepathy, but I'm not sure now. What is the deal with that?

'what's the deeeeal with airplane food dragonriders??'

sorry, not trying to make fun of you, but now i'm imagining a stand up comedy routine solely about dragons.

@Gisk to actually answer your question, though, you're right, there's no actual telepathy. a dragon does not think in complete sentences to its rider. however, they do project strong emotions, and the longer a pair have been bonded, the more specific those feelings are. for instance, because anara and inirath have been bonded for so long, she receives a broadcast consisting of 'excited' and 'expectant' and translates that into a feeling of 'this is going to be fun'; or 'disgruntled', 'haughty', and 'resigned' and translate to 'i don't WANT to do this because it's beneath me, but i'll do it anyway.'

in the reverse, a rider can coordinate their dragon's movements by thinking 'fly' or 'run forward', usually by clearly picturing the action. in the same way as vice versa, the longer a pair is bonded the faster and more accurately a dragon responds to their rider's commands.

hopefully that makes MORE sense, not less...

Hey guys, I'm leaving rpguild now. So... Bye.

@Scarifar ...okay...? i'm sorry to hear that. i guess thanks for actually telling us??