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I don't have the Dark Ages book.

Then I think we have some issues in character creation.
Dsig- you may need to pdf a few pages of the Dark Ages Book and send to players, if only to get them grounded in character creation and the scores for weapons.

Doesn't really apply to me. I've asked for a pregenerated character.

I'd still ask all the Vikings and Eskimos who are having there characters made for them to chose a weapon from the list of Equipment thread. Pick a secondary weapon too that you won't be as good at.

Well, broadsword and axe then would be my choice of weaponry.

Yeah, unfortunately I don't have the Dark Ages books. I've never even seen one.

This one's been mulling around in my head, though it's not particularly pressing. Does anyone know how the Vikings addressed one another? Are we on a first name basis, do we call each other by our last names and if so, do we have titles?

Good question. I'm Icelandic (background) and it's all about the 1st names. ie Joseph Sigurdson has a kid. He names it Olaf Josephson. Then Olaf has a kid and names it Sigurd Olafson. I'd say when introducing yourself, you use first and last but when talking informally you use first names. Any other opinions? I'm just guessing.

Any thoughts on communication? The eskimos and vikings wouldn't be able to speak in real life. So I'm just clarifying this now before anyone starts up a long conversation with either band (not likely I know...we'll be too busy cutting the viking's heads off to chit chat...but still) I think it would be better to clarify now than to do it after the fact. Any thoughts?

Imho, gestures would be some of the only communication we could incur between vikings and eskimos.

Hey Trixie-
Considering that vikings ended up going all over the European world, I would guess they learned how to interact with people who spoke different languages. I wouldn't so quickly dismiss the capacity of eskimo and vikings talking, if they tried. But it wouldn't be easy.

Also consider that the vikings are technologically (especially in weapons) stronger but numerically inferior and that Helluland has few resources of interest. Hunting, fishing, etc- but besides a few rocks, there isn't much there. The vikings might be better off just trading with the locals rather than trying to make a colony. Afterall, Helluland is virtually an artic wasteland. What's worth fighting over?

Dsig- the 15% bonus goes to military or non-military skills? Are you saying this applies to all skills? Or do we increase our skill points (from Int or Edu) by 15%. Or can we just add 15% to any skill? Sorry, I am a bit confused.

It's 15 bonus skill points to place anywhere you choose.

You could put 15% on Listen. Or 10% on Listen and 5% on Accounting. Or 5% on Accounting, 5% on Spot Hidden and 5% on Climb. Or you could put 4% on Climb, 3% on Occult, 7% on Bargain and 1% on Track. The sky is the limits.

The only limit is the 70% cap on all skills.

Oh, put it all in computer use!!!

I was going for Firearms: SMGs. They had those... right?

Not sure how it really works because of the DEXx2% thing but I'll dump all 15% into dodge.

DEXx2% for Dodge is the beginning value. You're free to add to it as much as you want. Just some people with higher DEX are naturally better able to dodge than others who are stumble-f*%#s.

Apparently my character isn't far from being a stumble-f*%#s.

Consider 10-11 an average DEX stat ... I'd say you're doing all right.

Okee dokey Andrew. All into dodge. That's probably a good idea too.

Last chance to make any last minute changes to your stats if you want a higher DEX btw!

Starting on Monday with the Eskimos. Trixie, Lexicon, IMP, and Andrew. and me of coarse.

How does it work when characters start a day apart in the game? Does that mean we have to wait around until we're at the same time to meet up? Will we be kept busy until then, or would it be possible to have to sit and wait for someone else to get into things?

Just curious, considering posting rates are so different.

Time is all relative. Pretty much everyone in the game is on a different day. It's no sweat though. You won't have to wait. I'll just say time passes and you carry on with your day blah blah. And with you Trixie. Your're in crazy town. I might have lied to you what day it is. hahah!