The World of Layonara
Character Development => Development Journals and Discussion => Topic started by: VolcanosD on January 20, 2008, 03:52:02 AM
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hello hello mistress journal.
well, its time to get moving. my friend did something really bad last night and now i have to leave. i need to go on my own way. its been decades since i have wondered on my own - alone in the woods.
but this time i go with knowledge - street smarts as they say.
i am ready for the world.
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well, i'd say i was getting my feet wet - with my own blood - learn'n a new trade out side of port.
i am use to the night. pockets. the underworld. darkness. my eyes are getten use to this new world of day and travel.
i spend my time staying a live while:
getten:
grave dirt
(still need to get some friends together to find that urn)
mushrooms
rasberries - same (look out for the weeds)
then i get cotton and other stuff by port.
then i have gotten some:
suger cane - (where did i get this?)
hawthorn flower
this is tuff biz. wish i could hide in the shadows a little better. maybe i'll be finding a mentor for this?
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while hunting gnolls and hawks in the golbin waist, i found storgen? crypte in what i think is the red light caverns!
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met up with a lot of nice and powerful allies.
they took me under there wing.
i was able to be a full rogue - hiding in the back. being ranged att. going for flanks and sneak att. they let me do my job. i was able to assist while staying safe and watching the pros do there job. i am on my way to becoming a proficient rogue - which to me means "sneaking" around:
gathering supplies for people on my own.
and being ranged support for other when in a group.
i get to hit them first and i get to assist/flank while fighting.
due to SA - rogues are the best allies. they require teamwork to us all of there powers.
very good day.
now i need to fill up all my boxes and find buyers for salt.
people ask me why i am greenish? i really don't know. i have always been a sickly child. spent a lot of time in the sewers of Port H. working at night and sleeping during the day. i seldom saw the sun until know.
have to leave port h is the best thing that has happened to me in a while.
enjoy.
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scenic area - explorer badge
i found a cool flag outside K. i discovered if i find more of these places i can get an actual badge. maybe i can get a job as a tour guide or adventure leader taking younglings around to woods.
i will really have to perfect my fighting skills - swordplay and sneaking around - in order to see all of these wonderful sights.
i want to get my badge.
i should see who might know about other wonderful scenic areas. also what a great excuse to travel and not have to kill anything while there.
*laughs
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Thanks to all my mentors.
(* you see slip put up a thank you letter on a post (where ever this could happen) in port h (as she likes to refer to it)
letter:
I must keep a better journal of all the wonderful and helpful people that I have bumped into. There has been so many over the last few months I forget most of their names.
This is a goes out to all those that have assisted new adventures get acquainted to the tasks at hand and for making sure they survive their lessons.
Well met, all of you.
SLIP sa’way
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i have traveled with so many good people i need to take better notes about who i travel with.
they all like hanging with me. they are so nice.
i actually traveled with an entire troupe of ladies. we took out the red goblins.
so much fun.
some of them even showed me some tricks with the bow and blade.
i still have yet to meet a fell fingersmith. they don't seem to make good venturers.
i like the pretty glowing blades.
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my new word - brilliant.
i meet up with sam and skully. they took me around. showed me the sites. she actually assisted me on my adventures.
after sam left, skully showed me a thing or too about swordplay. she is a wonderful fighter.
he suggested that i learn how to defend myself better. i cant hide all the time. expecially when critters come up close - close combat. a sword is so much better. i cant get SA when alone and pinned. so i need to learn how to fight.
skully told me that i need to stand my ground or others might not want to travel with me. that would be sad.
he also showed me shields and armor.
he gave me some metal ore that i can sell to purchase my future armor and shield with. he is such a nice person.
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i got beat up by rats. rats. after all that i've done.
crizzan took me into the rat filled sewers. i found the rats. i shot the rats and they bit me. they got close.
then they are that close, i cant shoot them fast enough. they bit me while i draw my bow.
this is horrible. skully is correct - i need a new career. a new way of thinking.
its time to shift from fingersmith and shadows to close combat adventuring.
i need to stand my ground against rats so my friends can trust me to really get there back.
crizzen was so brave. he almost died to help me. i should be better with a blade so we can work together better.
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Today I traveled with MARCUS AND FLINN.
They told me about bards and singing. What a wonderful power.
Marcus talked to me about lady Azatte. She is the lady of forgiveness and redemption. Maybe now I will be saved from the magic that hunts thieves – fingersmiths. That is what crizzan told me. Thieves get hunted down and killed by some kingof magic. Must be hell hounds of yor. Crizzan had his ox killed and his stuff stone. That sucks. Now I know how my marks felt when I was a good little finger smith.
I will pray to lady A about redemption.
This is why I want to become an adventure and supplier – to pay back the world for what I did to survive after my parents disappearance.
I still wonder – are they dead? Missing? Or taken?
If I become a powerful enough VENTURER I might be able to find them myself – or discover what happened to them.
May be the lady will guide me to them or the answers to this mystery.
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redemption -
i need to give back to people.
how can i become an explorer guide if i cant protect my clients?
how can i become a successful resource gatherer if i cant get in and get out without dying.
i need to find skully again to keep my sword skills up.
i will talk to people about becoming a collector of goods.
i do need more storage for my goods. i need to look into a house and stuff.
the ox skully helped my purchase is nice but its not good enough. i need more if i am going to pay him back for his help.
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slip takes some time in the barn with her ox to perfect working with a shield - a shield that skully gave her. she wants to impress him. he told slip that she can repay him - by helping others and by assisting him on future quests. slip wants to impress skully and do what he suggested. it is only correct. her new path is about making quality friends like skully, samantha and crizzan - unlike the friends that she did have. her old troupe killed, stole and more on a whim. this is no longer slip. she is a fighter for good and redemption.
so she trains. practicing alone in the barn with her new armor and shield. she tumbles and jumps to see how that works.
she attacks the walls, beams, and hey. she tries using her chisel as a dagger. she practices with two weapons at once.
she visualizes her old fights and new one. seeing her self along side her new friends in close combat - fighting hard.
she goes back to the sewers - her old place of residence to - practice sword use on more rats. she runs away when too injured.
she knows with proper practice - that some day she can repay skully.
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i almost got killed by a skunk. a stinky skunk. wow.
then i was ambushed by three bandits.
if only my swordplay was better i could have actually defended myself. but i ran. ran away.
lucky for me TIMULTY KEEL and CAT WITCH LADY where there to save me.
that sahala is odd. she needs some manners beat into her. i would have done it myself but.....and then there was a skunk.
then i bumped into BERAK - the bear. he suggested i follow him back to hemp and he would teach me how to TINKER AND CRAFT. what a nice man.
he also healed me.
now i am heading home for sup.
//AKA:SAHALA RYNTHIER//
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resourcer - supplier.
i am running around collecting stuff:
CLAY, HONEY, BERRIES, WAX, SALT, SUGER, MUSHROOMS, GRAVE DIRT, COTTON, FEATHERS and more.
gosh, i hope i can find a buyer for all of this stuff. its getting heavy.
and i need to learn how to turn it into stuff. i read all the books. but now i have to actually do it. such a labor. ah, why can't true grow on trees.
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well this craft thing is very difficult. the tools i need, i can't even carry. its going to be impossible to make arrows or other things if i can't use a pick to mine or an axe to cut down trees.
i'll have to see about getting some assistance with my crafting.
i did catch some fish today.
now i need to cook them up.
still looking for corn for the chickens. i hear their eggs are really good.
so i just went on a crafts adventure to see what i could do in a week. and then i got knocked out by a nasty tree ent - didn't like me harvesting in his forest. oopsies.
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well, i must be doing something correctly.
i actually taught someone else how to fish today. that was so fun. brilliant.
i have caught atleast 5 fish now. and lost at least 30 fishing arrows. i actually tried fishing using normal arrows - lost them to.
i talked to some people about how to make arrows. being a fletcher and a bowyer could come in handy since i use them so often. i wonder if i can make fishing arrows, too.
i found some trees, but could not chop them down. i will need an axe to do that. i will have to practice using axes along with my sword/shield to get better at fighting and chop'en.
i was told i will need copper ore too. and that takes a pick. just imagine, after this i will be able to use all kinds of weapons do craft and defend. watch out world - here i come - slip slip'en away down the rode of redemption.
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the most wonderful thing happened today. i made my first sale ever of stuff. i sold some aloe and salt to a guy that liked the dark. he was nice to me - kind of. but i don't think he wants anyone else knowing just how nice he really is. he must be shy or something. or maybe he's running from the law. ohhhh, so exciting.
but this nice gent traded me a brilliant jet-panther cloak for my wears. this is even better than true. i much prefer pretty things like gems and clothing over heavy and ugle true. people will kill for true - and it reminds me of port. rarely to people bother over clothing and stuff.
however, i have misplaced my ox. either someone stole it. if so, that must be the "magic" that crizzan told me about. i bess be getten down the slippery road of redemption quicker*slip laughts to herself as she writes in her trade/crafting journel that she now carries*.
i now have to hunt down my ox or the person who stole it. maybe i can use my new skills on him - hit him with a pick or an axe. wouldn't that be funny.
hum, i just hope little oxie was not eaten or killed while hanging out in the hemp barn. i so did like him.
//benjamin poetr//
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//reminder to self CAPS - ITEMS, PLACES, and NAMES for quick reference and reminders//
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after a grueling day of gathering, i return to the site of my missing ox. taking a break, i find a letter nailed to a post. opening the letter i see a reply to my earilier request for information on a room. the post is good. its a bit costly, but it will be a good inspiriation to train harder and to collect more stuff.
i need to find good sources of wood to cut and copper to mine.
so an okay day.
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a funny thing happened to me before i died.
i did not realize that i was fishing for ensorcelled birds.
i readied, i aimed, i fired, i hit, and it bounced off the bird like a stone on a rock. and then i looked at my hand that held a fishing arrow. by then it was too late the bird was upon me. and i fell.
i was then saved by a brave ranger who's name i recall as FIANON//Fianon Brittlebow//
then i meet up with benjamen again. he is a wonderful fellow, even though he does not like me stating that allowed. BEN tought me a lot today.
with ben and fianon's assistance, i know have a reason to collect bags of sand. and they showed me how.
now that i have my ox back, collecting is so much easier.
i also meet OSKAR HAAKONSEN. unfortunately we always meet at the end of my day. i hope to spend more time with him next time.
i also finally met SALA. i need to talk to her more about potions and rooms.
my back is getting stronger everyday whilst i shovel. i will be even better with my blades onced i payed off my debts.
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ps i also met the walking mountain called EKKE OR EKKA. it was an interesting name. i liked watching him swing his hammer. i should talk to him about learning his style of fighting and weapons use.
that is if i can understand him...
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*slip reads the post*
interesting. maybe i can find these people. if they are gathering, they could mentor me.
Call for people to show up
* a bald man walks up to board and places a poster *
Young fighter seeking people to form a group and explore the lands !!!!
// The fighter is lvl 7 , meet at the Hemp statue if interested .
//time : 3 pm GMT Forum clock , Sunday 16th .
Barion Firesteed
Nicolas Winger
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these are the best of days and these are the worst of days.
i had some fun collecting sand. i actually killed a skunk with my sword. that was fun. but it really got to my head. i had to ly down after.
i meet DURGEN STORMBOW?. he is a nice dwarf. he taught me how to say hello and bye in dwarvian. i think i must learn this language because i have the most difficult time understanding their mottled speech.
then we talked about crafting. he might teach me the next time we are together.
then i did not take his advice and i went the wrong way to hemp. lets just say, i died. and my ox died. and everything on my ox died. *holding back tears*
well*slip wipes her eyes*i found my way to FERRIT AND OMAR. they helped me out. omar led me back to my stuff. but all of it was gone. blown away in the dust.
so much for paying people back. now i just owe them more.
*slip curls in the corner of the inn and cries her self to sleep*
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after all this, i'm tired. my arms hurt and my legs hurt. wielding all these odd weapons really bits the hide of a dead ox. and they are so expensive. yicks.
i just got this amazing longsword, that i owe a lot of money for, and its heavy. its slow. yes, it hits harder but i can't seem to get it around fast enough to hit the dang thing before it hits me.
you know...after sitting her crying to myself in the dark - i feel pretty good her. i might actually like the dark more than i think. i tried so hard to get away from the underbelly that i forgot why i like it - there is an odd warmth here, like a mother's womb. the steam, the dampness, the cool refreshing dark all around me like a blanket.
i don't like getting hit. i watch them, listen to them - especially dwarfs - screaming like they do into battle. that's not me. that will never be me. i like it back in the rear - looking out for everyone. protecting everyone's back with my bow. don't get me wrong, i'm keeping the sword - a sword, and maybe a mace of some kind for the undead creeps that i bump into while collecting dirt, but Ben is correct - stick to the shadow. i like him a lot. he's more inspiring than he will ever permit me to say. he always gets mad at me when i point it out.
the only thing is i'll be disappointing skully. i owe him big. i need to pay him back some how big time. i'll find away.
until then, watch out the old slip is sliding in again. hum...i do wish i had a blanket thou. can't wait to get my room rented. burrrr. finally, a place to call my own.
night night oh warm mother of darkness.
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well what an interesting day. i met so many people today i dont think i can name them all.
the main person is LANCE STARGAZER. we had a fun time running around, being injured and assisting a deranged friend - skully.
the first thing i did was actaully meet up with T. he offered to be my mentor for crafting. he gave me a bunch of rules, mostly be good and do onto others as i wish done on to me. but before we good get working he ran off to a meeting.
then i met lance and he helped me gather aloe. and then we meet a guy who needed help getting into the crypt in krandor. now that was a lot of fun.
we assembled a lot of people. about 5 i think. TADASHI, LANCE, ELI, and others. we took REMIN? back to the crypt. we found his body and they we continues to get the little girls' ashes. unforntuantely, we got ashed!!!!
so we all got separated. on the way back to the crypt we all separately bumped into people. we assembed everyone in the world //we got everyone that was logged on the servers//. it was at least 11 to 15 people and for some odd reason i was the leader. who would guess.
so a team we all went in and raised some hell. that was fun. and then i think it was BERAK - bear - gave me what i needed! that was so nice of him.
in the crypt, i did my job. i stayed in the shadows and shot my arrows. when they got close i used my sword. all i wish is i could hide better. they kept coming after me. and i wish i had a mace.ineed to get a mace.
that was a lot of fun.
then i watched LANCE AND ELI have a little tiff while i snuck around in the shadows, alone, collecting mushies.
then we went to get some silk. that was a lot of fun. then we where going to be done, but skully went mad. he ran into cave. he tired to die. i sucked at persuading him to stop. lance did everything from trying to knock him out to grappling him, but no matter what we did skully would not stop running around in the silkwoods. i think eli got bored and moved on.
so lance and i said our good byes. i hope he and i get to move into the same house together. that will be fun.
now i'm gonna go find my ox again.
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correction for journal,
i was talking with some friends about that time in the crypt, which was so amazing. the dark felt so good again. and i was reminded that
Lex'or Gravedigger gave me the ashes, LEX has such nice deep blue eyes and deep blue hair.
i did not get much chance to talk with him, thou. i look forward to meeting him again to thank him - to make sure he knows that i know that he was very kind in giving them to me.
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well i had a good run with some friends.
once again i tried to collect sand and got distracted.
i was called to aid by GLITCH'NICH. i joined LANCE MERRIC, BEN, TALIA in the battlehelm moors. we went to deal with some unruly trolls.
i had the job of collecting the true and drops. that was fun. i got to hide in the shadows. snipe the trolls from behind. stay safe, while they did all the heavy work. i know that if i could hide better, that i would be even more of a benefit, because i could get into better positions to snipe the trolls from. i will continue to play with the shadows.
after sacking the trolls, glitch took me to some more crypts where i got to play in the shadows more. jumping out at the zombies with my blade. i used my sword since undead are generally resistant to them.
and then i was blown up by a huge fire bomb. amazing. glitch helped put me back together and got me out of the crypt. we went to the tavern, had some brews. then like a good man, took this little girl shopping. that was fun. we talked with ferrit and her my kyth?
then i had to go. on the way out, i bumped into riven. i look forward to possibly rooming with riven. he has mentored me in so many ways.
now the next time i get on, i need to gather gather gather.
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well, its been a while since i had time to write in my journel. so much venturing has happened. mostly in caves.
i learned about special feathers that help against undead - arrows against undead.
i went to a cave in battle helm moores. now i went to an other cave.
fun. i am learning how to stay back in the shadow. supporting the group.
i finally made a large deposit on my debt. that felt good. now i need to go back and get more. more and more.
i did some venturing with fianon. we ambushed some nasty elvan rangers.
life is good. then i took a restpit in the wild surge.
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i know, i know that i need to pay off my debts but collecting is much dirtier, harder and lonelier than i ever anticipated. and while im collecting i have to be rejecting wonderful invitations from my friends to venture and explore. i feel that if i stick with my friends ill learn more and gain more true. this way i can actually pay off my debts even faster. see, i've missed some good times with too many friends. there are people passing me by and send'm note to me that i have to reject inorder to collect sand. sand of all things. its hard work. back breaking. now i do enjoy oxie. she is so nice. she's a good friend, but she smells after a while and she doesn't talk. there is no fashion sense to an ox. not a very good accompaniment to the new look. so i do intend to stay true to my word. its just ill do it an other way.
now riven, who's still trying to get me a house, has a wonderful idea. if his idea works out, there'll be no more dirt in my future. yes.
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enough is enough. ive been cataloging and orgazing for all i can handle. my body aches and i yearn to see the day light.
i know know more about goods than i have ever wanted. before i went to fences to sell stuff. now i am a fence. how interesting. riven is doing a great job. connections. talking to people. amazing. but he has kept me in the dark for to long. now its my turn to go out and sell stuff instead of cataloging stuff all the time.
i yearn for the day when i be a travel guide. a tour guide of the place. i wish to assist other as they have assisted me.
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after playing with all of this gear. wow, i think i want to learn to fight with it again. i am getting stronger every day from lifting heavy boxes and stuff. i can feel my muscles bulging.
riven has show me some two weapon stuff. he tells me that sheilds are brilliant.
i've traveled a lot with lance. he uses a shield and sword.
i really want to use that because when i am traveling with people, i need to protect them. my sneaking around is good for myself or for a group on a hunt. but if i am a leader. a leader of a group of people. its my job. my job to protect them. if the beasty gets up close i need a shield and sword. i need to defend them.
to be a travel guide i need to learn how to fight with a shield and sword.
so once again, i begin practice. now that i have access to stuff. i can practice all day.
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a bear ambushed me while i was foraging. snuck up on me. creap. got me. if only i had a shield with my sword i could have kept him off. that style of fighting would helpful. normally i can kill bears but with my bow. when they get me. when they get up close - i need the shield and sword. yeah baby. got to talk with lance and my other shielder friends.
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always running. running away. i am hide well enough. i need to hide in plain site. i need to hide right when something sees me. and animals. i need to get better at hiding. i need to mask my smell - my scent. those pesky bears have such a good sent. i enjoy practicing my hiding and sneaking - my hunting skills on those bears and boars. but when they sniff me out - when i have not changed my scent by rubbing leaves on me - they attack me. and then i wish i had a shield to keep one off while i fought the other one. i need a shield for one and a sword for the other. they attack me while i try to shoot htem. i am soooo slow with a bow once the animal gets close. i need to go back to the storage area and keep playing with my swords and shields. i hope lance and others train me in sword and shielding. training by myself gets so boring.
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//slip returns to the storage area and practices. she takes out a shield and sword to play with. she shadow boxes with the weapons.//
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working with riven in the store is good. we take time to spare with each other. we are teaching each our skills and ways. he is a good mentor.
I am training you with sword and shield. We can work out with all the weapons in the Twin Dragon Trade Goods. So, we sort and organize, and sell. then work out during breaks from selling/buying. we have access to most weapons in bronze or iron, so we can try them all out, and I can teach you the fundamentals of all. says riven.
he is such a good guy.
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tour guide.
i got my first client for touring. pay back is wonderful. i showed BAYAND around the world. that was a lot of fun. and ELGON came along for the ride too. and i am glad he did. i might know where i am going, some of the times, but i am not yet strong enough to protect them. elgon did that. elgon was amazing. he showed me some of the tricks that he can do.
what i did notice is that everyone, and i mean everyone uses a sword and shield - SS. i want to use one. we all went into battle. i ragged with my single sword. i assisted elgon. the thrill of the fight. the spray of the blood. was amazing. i like it. i like softening them up with the bow and then taking it to them with the blade. elgon softened them up by taking them all out with lightening. amazing. the weaving moves through him. yes.
also i finally dropped off that stupid package i was carrying for months. almost a year. i hope it did not rot while i had it?
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explorer badge.
i got it. i got it all by my self. after talking with a lot of nice people, i found directions to the place i needed to go.
i snuck all the way there. i did it. i hide and moved silently through all of those nasty beasties. no one saw me. i am on my way to being a stealthy little girl.
so much fun. no one will be seeing me around now?
elgon might be able to turn invisible. but i am invisible.. hehaha.
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explorer badge.
now its time to really explore the world. i am learning S&S to protect myself and others better. i can sneak successfully around almost anything. i am learning. and doing.
time to take some boats around the world. lets see the world. now i will see who wants to come along for the ride.
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traps.
i need to start using traps. i think the fun way to use them is with the bow. i can lay down some traps around me. around my ambush site. then i can shoot the beasties wit my bow. that will draw the beastie to me. then i switch to my blade for the close combat. get ready for the excitement of blood and spray. then boom the traps of off. weakening my foe. and then i have at them just like i have seen others do it. just like i am learning to enjoy it. now i under stand those barbarians and their spasms into battle. i get it.
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breck mt.
dwarf are not the most talkative bunch. unless of course you pull out a sword and ask them to look at it. then you spare with them. yes, then they buy ya a pint and chat till the days go by. i had to crawl myself to a inn to get away from all of the bragging. i can only take so many days of it before even i get bored. but they did show me a lot about weapons and different styles of fighting. i never know the axe was so effective. good lads.
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training.
ben teaches me about two weapons fighting.
we also arm wrestling. don't tell anyone but i beat him. ha. but it was with enchantments so that was not fair. but as he likes to say, what is fair?
we chatted about shields verses two weapons.
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training.
lance is good. really good. he tired me out. shields are heavey but they work. lance is going to teach me. he will make me worthy of toran. that would be funny.
ah, my fingers and arms hurt.
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explorer
the ships are brilliant. i am now traveling for and wide. i am looking for new buyers. new sellers. new merchandice for the store. what a brilliant excuse to see the world. mistone is nice, but looking that the map i see more. there is so much more. more to learn and see. they have new fighting styles. new goods to trade. new people to meet. i can learn even more about the world. than i will be a really good tour guide. i can guide on the big scale. i need to learn about the trading and routes. i will see about connecting with captains. i could trade with them, too. they can advertize for me. the captains bringing people to my ports could tell them where to get the cheap goods and basic info on the lands. what a brilliant idea. good plan.