There and Back Again

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Wolfed
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There and Back Again

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There and Back Again, A tale about an RPer

Heya folks! Another new kid on your block here. And he's aching to dive down deep into Fearûn lore once more.

Even though I never played "real" DnD PnP-style, I used to roleplay alot on NWN1. That's where I had my beginnings and where it went from a hobby to an art, as you might say ;) Since a bit before NWN2 came out I've been scouring the MMORPG-verse to find a new home. I tried WoW (fool's errand I'm afraid), Tabula Rasa(great M*A*S*H-like potential), AoC, WAR and certainly more that I don't remember right this minute. I found it in EVE Online which I'm now about 5 years into and with a character that's got more depth than Johnny Cash.

But the Realms are the Realms and they will never quite let you go. During this year I've *finally* actually finished Baldur's Gate 2 with expansion and gotten my hands on Planescape: Torment, and especially the latter was only an octave from a Siren's Song for me to come back. So, I sit here and glance through the intrawebz for quotes, discussions and I throw out a search for "nwn2 pw" and ALFA pops up. I recall having looked at ALFA several years ago, but The Heartlands Project caught me back then, so I figured I might throw out an application.

Now, I won't give up EVE. But who said that might and magic never went well with a 220mm Vulcan cannon a spaceship going 5000m/s? So, here I am to hope to revive and imagine some stories for our beloved Neverwinter Nights...
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:wave: Hello, hello and hello. Welcome to ALFA, and good luck with your second character!

And don't worry about EVE, there's no need to play here all day every day. Some of our players have a scheduled once-a-week game and barely log on outside of that.
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others such as myself have no life (or they do and simply avoid sleep) and are therefore on all day!

Good luck on your 5th Character ;)
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Nice intro mate :)

Welcome
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Hello and welcome!

If you can rip yourself from EVE, come on in and give us a play!

Hope to game with you soon...
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dergon darkhelm
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Welcome to ALFA!

Come on ingame. It is potentially equally addictive. :)
PCs: NWN1: Trailyn "Wayfarer" Krast, Nashkel hayseed

NWN2: ??

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johnlewismcleod
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Welcome aboard, matey!...I look forward to seeing you IG.

And yes...if you like RP, you found the right place :D
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[Wynna] Chula Lysander: [Talk] *Shakes head* I've been in worse situations. He was just....unjoyful! *stomps foot*


Retired PC's: Torquil, Gwenevere
Former PC's: Rugo, Flora, Rory Mor
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Wolfed
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And so I finally get all the haks installed and ran up to the server and begin to create my character. I had given it some thought, y'know. I remember creating your char usually took a good bit of time. But Ho-ly-shit! Firstly I encounter the background feat selection, with ever possible country and region in Faerûn represented. Okay, some 30 minutes to read up a bit before I got back on track. Then I encounter the restrictive diety selection. Okay, no chance to lazy away with simply going with Selune or Tymora there. Another 15 minutes or so to read up on the available choices.

And there I am thinking that this is a very detailed character selection, and that me likes. And then, of course, I encounter the skill selection. :eek:

First; Awesome.

Second; Awesome!

Third; This won't turn out the way I had in mind.

Fourth; Want! Moar! Skillpoints!

As the end result, I am highly impressed so far ;)
PC: Leigh Fynn

Deaders: Tristan Cole
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all Kudos should be directed at AcadiusLost and Wynna for their incredible work on the tech side :)

(the character creation is good though isn't it :P)
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I'm looking forward to getting approved and joining a game or two myself... a good break from my own project and real life. :wave:
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dergon darkhelm
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Welcome NWN DM too!
PCs: NWN1: Trailyn "Wayfarer" Krast, Nashkel hayseed

NWN2: ??

gsid: merado_1
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