Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Welcome aboard! The current players are:
Matthew Stephens
Kentucky
Melissa Gay
United States
Tennessee
Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
Unknown Ediology
United States
Tennessee
Young & Lawful Good
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
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Joe Kundlak
Slovakia
Bratislava
Eddy Richards
Scotland
Allanton
Berwickshire
Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
Keith Sletten
Canada
AB
At least, I used to kill dragons. But then I took an arrow to the knee.
If you are one of these players, thanks for playing!! Scroll down a few posts for character generation instructions.
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Oooo, can't wait to get started!
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Joe Kundlak
Slovakia
Bratislava
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I am very much interested myself! And yes, cannot wait to start
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Character Generation
Character Generation
I'll post some guidelines and other general information soon. But let's get started on character generation first!
I will let you know who your parents are. This will happen after you assign your points and come up with a background. But before you can do any of that, you need to choose your heritage.
The choices are Amber and Chaos, the two poles of the multiverse.
Amber heritage gives you access to the Pattern and means that you are directly related to the primary characters from the first series of books. Amberites come from a place that is known for never changing.
Chaos heritage gives you access to Shapeshifting and to the Logrus. Logrus allows you to do most of the same things that Pattern does but in a different way. Chaosians come from a dynamic place with some areas that can change while you watch them. Hence the shapeshifting.
I know my descriptions above are really sketchy. Now is the time to ask questions and get clarifications.
Even if your character isn't aware of his or her heritage, you'll need to choose one since it will determine what powers you can get as well as which parents I choose for you.
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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Amber!
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Matthew Stephens
Kentucky
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Chaos.
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Melissa Gay
United States
Tennessee
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Arrrgh Matt!!!
 Ok... WHOSE side do I want to be trying to distance myself from MORE....?
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Melissa Gay
United States
Tennessee
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Oh, crap! You're BOTH named Matt! Well, this strikes me as a convenience.
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Matthew Stephens
Kentucky
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C'mon, Melissa. You know we'll have so much fun together!
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Keith Sletten
Canada
AB
At least, I used to kill dragons. But then I took an arrow to the knee.
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I'll go Amber!
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Melissa Gay
United States
Tennessee
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Hmmm... I was a Chaosian in a previous Brian-game. I'm thinking I might play Amber this time. Then again, Matt Stephens is far too dangerous to be left unsupervised... Roleplaying is not a competitive sport, and yet I feel everybody has already lost!!!
Does this make Amber the Global Thermonuclear War of roleplaying, that the only winning move is not to play??? NO I SAY!!! We MUST carry on!!!
I'll be an Amberite. But possibly an evil one.
Unless Brian carries out his threat to make me and Matt S siblings.
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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I have no clue, but I'll go Chaos. Sounds more tricksy.
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Unknown Ediology
United States
Tennessee
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Hm..... how about Ambos? (which does mean 'Both' in spanish!)
Actually, I'll have to go Amber. I figure that's the safe bet for a first-timer.
Edit: Oh, and go Tennesseans! At least three or four of us here? I expect to see someone playing Davey Crockett or Elvis! (Now there's an idea!)
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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Unknown Ediology wrote: Hm..... how about Ambos? (which does mean 'Both' in spanish!)
Actually, I'll have to go Amber. I figure that's the safe bet for a first-timer.
Edit: Oh, and go Tennesseans! At least three or four of us here? I expect to see someone playing Davey Crockett or Elvis! (Now there's an idea!)
Waitaminnit...Nate has a point. Is one a safer bet over the other for an Amber virgin?
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Matt Downey
United States
Alexandria
Virginia
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No. Just make sure you trust my character.
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Joe Kundlak
Slovakia
Bratislava
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I am Amber-ish.
And I really, really hate my brother!
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Chaos for me....
First time on the darkside....
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Young & Lawful Good
United Kingdom
Redhill
Surrey
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Amber.
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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MasterGeek wrote:
Waitaminnit...Nate has a point. Is one a safer bet over the other for an Amber virgin?
Not as such. There's more information about Amber out there since that's where most of the stuff in the books happens but the upside to playing a Chaosian, is that you can be much freer to make things up since there's less canon to run up against.
I'll make sure you've got what you need to be from Chaos.
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Here's what we've got so far. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Amber
Matt D.
Melissa
Stelio
Nyk
Unknown Ediology
Joe Kundlak
Keith
Ed_the_Red.
Chaos
Matt S.
Mastergeek
Antonio
I'll post some information about the next step (Spending Your Points!) soon.
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Andrew Goenner
United States
Superior
Wisconsin
Running 5 PbFs
And still sane...mostly
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OK, question. Is Amber/Chaos basically good/evil? I guess culture-wise what's the difference? Good/evil, upper class/lower class? Or is it nothing like that at all?
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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MasterGeek wrote: OK, question. Is Amber/Chaos basically good/evil? I guess culture-wise what's the difference? Good/evil, upper class/lower class? Or is it nothing like that at all?
Good and evil are completely in the eye of the beholder in this setting. During the first five books, Chaos is depicted as the Bad Guys because the whole thing is told from the POV of an Amberite. Then we get to the second set of novels and we meet a lot of Chaosians which reveals that they are every bit as diverse as anyone else.
Amber/Chaos more closely maps to Stasis/Dynamism but even that is too simplistic.
The Pattern and the Logrus do similar things but in very different ways (more info on that soon, I promise). For now, it's useful to know that Shapeshifting is required to be a Logrus initiate. Therefore, the people who rule Chaos (the nobility, if you will) are all shapeshifters. The ability to change form at will does something to your outlook.
So, really, Amber/Chaos is no different from America/Russia (or, these days maybe America/China) in a lot of ways. They're the undisputed superpowers of the multiverse but the individual members of each realm pursue their own agendas and live their own lives.
When I say "multiverse" I mean it. Initiates of the Pattern and Logrus may travel to any world (shadow, in the in-game parlance) they can imagine. Shadow Earth is mentioned frequently in the books and it is comprised of everything we think of as The Universe. They are referred to as Shadows because every world/universe that exists is a mere shadow of Amber which sits at the center of all things.
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Eddy Richards
Scotland
Allanton
Berwickshire
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Amber for me!
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Brian Cooksey
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Ed_the_Red wrote: Amber for me!
Hooray!
I've updated the post above.
As promised, I'll post info on the next step later today (for local timezone values of "today").
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Keith Sletten(Agamon)Canada
At least, I used to kill dragons. But then I took an arrow to the knee.
