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•Name: Vhael’iss
•Gender: Female
•Race: Half drow/half joystealer
•Class and Level: Bard 2 (+5 level adjustment)
•Age: 32
•Height: 5’2
•Weight: 90lb
•Alignment: True neutral
•Abilities: Str-10, Dex-20, Con-8, Int-14, Wis-16, Cha-23
•Hit Points: 12
•Armor Class: 17 (Touch: 17; Flatfooted: 10)
•Attack Bonus: +1
•Saving Throws: Fort +1; Ref +8; Will +6
•Skills: concentration +4; gather information +9; hide +7; knowledge local +5; knowledge geography +6; knowledge history +4; knowledge nature +5; knowledge planes +2; listen +6; move silently +9; perform viola +16; perform singing +11; search +4; sense motive +9; spot +6
•Special:
feats: Extra music; lingering song; skill focus (perform viola)
racial abilities: immunity to sleep spells/effects; darkvision 120ft; spell resistance 11+classlvl; +2 on Will saves vs spells/spell-like abilities; detect secret doors 5ft; light blindness; 1/day: faerie fire, darkness, dancing lights; lowlight vision; immunity to enchantment spells/effects; charm person at will; sense emotions 30ft; touch attack – 1d4 Cha damage
class abilities: bardic music; bardic knowledge; countersong; fascinate; inspire sadness
Flaws: elf without heritage
•Languages: common, dwarven, sylvan
•Weapons: knife
•Armor: none
•Other Equipment:
Masterwork viola, bedroll, mess kit, journal, inkpen, 2 inkwells, waterskin, coinpouch, healer’s kit, a few maps, bag of marbles, and a ring of protection +2. Now has a partially used wand of dimension door, 4 potions of cure light wounds, and one potions of each mage armor, spider climb, cure serious wounds, neutralize poison, blur and invisibility. She also has four weeks worth of rations.
•Spells:
LVL 0: Prestidigitation, Know Direction, Lullaby, Songbird, Perfect Pitch (3 SPD)
LVL 1: Sorrow, Comprehend Languages (2 SPD)
•Bio: Vhael’iss grew up in a small human village in the Northwest side of Midgarde. That’s all I know right now because I’m tired of having to plan out every detail of my character before I even start. I’m going to let her story come to me as I play.
•Appearance:
Standing at a mere 5'2 and slender as a reed, this elfish young woman is far from remarkable at first sight. Likely hovering on the outskirts of crowds or dark corners of taverns, her lackluster attire and understated demeanor are such that one's eyes would likely pass right over her. Neither dreadfully plain nor dazzlingly beautiful, her face would fall into the catagory of 'modest', were it not for the striking angle of her upturned eyes and the delicate point of her ears, longer than an average elf's, that lends her the saving touch of the exotic. Her skin also is so pale that it seemed to lack color altogether, leaving it a milky shade of grey. Her hair, which falls around her thin shoulders to reach her middle back, is the deepest of auburns, and occasionally, when the light hit just right, one can catch the shimmer of silver strands.Her clothing is old, worn, and altogether practical. An assembly of faded greys, browns and greens, there is nothing eye catching about her attire which consists of basic pants, several layers of tunics, and a fraying cloak. The outermost tunic may have once been a handsome green but it had long since faded to a tired olive hue. Boots are shoddy but still usable and lace tightly up her calves, and the entire ensemble is punctuated with the occasional stitching or patch.

This is an extremely incomplete picture of her but it's all I've got so far.

There have been two updates to the rules post. The first, labeled the "Beat by the Monkeys Rule", was added near the bottom of the post.
The second, less noticeable change, was the reduction of the acceptable wait between posts, from 14 days to 7.

I know it's somewhat difficult keeping track of not only your position but that of everybody around you and the terrain in a text-based roleplay, so I've spent the last little while drafting up a small map to make that easier.
I'll try to keep it updated to the round, as well as I'm able.
I'll more likely than not be deleting and reposting the map as I update, rather than filling the thread with useless images, so whatever's posted at any given time is current.
This post will likely be moving with each update to the bottom of the thread, in an attempt to keep it easier to find as further updates are noted.

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Key:

• Enemies: black circle with red X
  
• Adustes: gray eye
  
• Eliae: dark red symbol of Malcanthet
  
• Kal'ara: dark blue crossbow
  
• Matasoga: light blue dragon
  
• Vellek: red crossed maces
  
• Vellek's horse: red horse
  
• Vhael'iss: light gray viola
  
  Misc:
  
• redcaps sword: flaming sword
  
  Notes:
  
• As stated in the upper right corner, each square equates to a 5-foot by 5-foot area.
  
• The black, spidery-looking things are trees.
  
• The small round green objects are bushes.
  
• The lighter section is a path, which will represent clear ground (having less foliage than the darker areas), since this area isn't well-traveled enough to have paths.

**Current as of the end of Eliae's last post**

**Current as of the end of Adustes' turn, round 2**

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Key:

• Enemies: black circle with red X
  
• Adustes: gray eye
  
• Eliae: dark red symbol of Malcanthet
  
• Kal'ara: dark blue crossbow
  
• Matasoga: light blue dragon
  
• Vellek: red crossed maces
  
• Vellek's horse: red horse
  
• Vhael'iss: light gray viola
  
  Notes:
  
• The blurs of color trailing off from some character placeholders represent that character's movement in the last round. The far end of the blurred line is where he/she had been, and the placeholder's current position is where that character is now.
  
• As stated in the upper right corner, each square equates to a 5-foot by 5-foot area.
  
• The black, spidery-looking things are trees.
  
• The small round green objects are bushes.
  
• The lighter section is a path, which will represent clear ground (having less foliage than the darker areas), since this area isn't well-traveled enough to have paths.

**Current as of the end of Adustes/Vellek's turn, round 4**

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Key:

• Enemies: black circle with red X
  
• Adustes: gray eye
  
• Eliae: dark red symbol of Malcanthet
  
• Kal'ara: dark blue crossbow
  
• Matasoga: light blue dragon
  
• Vellek: red crossed maces
  
• Vellek's horse: red horse
  
• Vhael'iss: light gray viola
  
• Furian: red and almost-black chaos pentacle
  
  Misc:
  
• Adustes' conjured sword: black and red sword (currently between Adustes and the redcap)
  
  Notes:
  
• The blurs of color trailing off from some character placeholders represent that character's movement in the last round. The far end of the blurred line is where he/she had been, and the placeholder's current position is where that character is now.
  
• As stated in the upper right corner, each square equates to a 5-foot by 5-foot area.
  
• The black, spidery-looking things are trees.
  
• The small round green objects are bushes.
  
• The lighter section is a path, which will represent clear ground (having less foliage than the darker areas), since this area isn't well-traveled enough to have paths.

Posting order:

• Redcap
  
• Adustes / Vellek
  
• Vhael'iss
  
• Eliae
  
• Matasoga
  
• Kal'ara
  
• Furian

I have added a new variant to the rules post on page 1. It will be listed in red for one month.

Subsequent additions will be similarly listed until one month has passed since the post announcing them.

((I'm up to keep going. I always hoped that it would start up, again.))