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*Killer's feet pounded against the cold, wet snow. He kept looking back furtively over his shoulder, the snow blinding him with its whiteness. He stumbled and fell, the cold white snow turning to water. He dragged himself up and ran on, his energy almost spent. He could hear the howling of the wolves in the background. He continued on, shielding his face with his hands from the snow. He found himself beside a lake, covered in ice, with nowhere else to run. He turned around and collapsed, to see the creatures amble out of the woods, dismounting their mounts. There were around two dozen or so. The haunting faces imprinted themselves onto Killer's mind. The stench of the dead rotting flesh got to him, and he scrambled up and edged out onto the lake.
               It was freezing cold beneath his feet, causing him to shiver. The ice shifted slightly. He fell down onto the ice, and it cracked audibly. He started to sink. Suddenly, he was lifted from it and dropped on the other side. He looked up to see his rescuer, a beautiful maiden, her hair flowing down past her shoulders, wisping in the wind. He looked back at his pursuers, stopped at the ice, the first few taking tentative steps onto it. The fair maid spoke, talking loudly to be heard above the noise of the biting winds. "They are dead, they should not be intelligent enough to understand the dangers of the ice." She whistled, sharp and clear. A troll appeared, his massive bulk almost blocking Killer's view. In his left hand he carried a spiked club, in his right, a battle-axe, blunt and stained from use. He smashed the first few down with his club, breaking it on the fourth. He then wielded his battle-axe with both hands, hacking and slashing at the dead corpses, animated and eerie. The fell down like dominoes, none could stop the troll's wrath. One of the mounts, a werewolf jumped at his unprotected back. It was smacked out of the way by a bolt. An elf appeared, shooting arrows at all she could see. Her aim was true, each monster fell with each twang of an arrow or bolt. She then took out a blowpipe, and shot a few more. There were but a few creatures left.
              Another being, an orc, appeared, right behind a were-creature of some kind, a knife taking it in the ribs. It turned around, little affected by the gash along its throat. A corpse suddenly lifted itself off the ground, launching itself at the creature. It stopped it, but its bones went everywhere. The troll cleaved the were-beast in two. The last of the creatures was no more. The soldiers began taking the creatures apart, and burying them, in fear of them being used again. The woman helped Killer to his feet, and took him back to the camp, his small weary feet barely able to manage it. He was shown to a bed after a meal, which wasn't the best, having being quickly prepared by a wizened dwarf, who though making a fire appear from nowhere, couldn't do the same with food. The woman apologized to the old man, she was the cook, but also the healer, and had to attend to cuts. Killer drifted off, only to be woken during the night by the sound of the voices of the hardened troops. Killer recognized the voice of the orc assassin, having but once heard him speak.
                 "Those creatures were controlled by a powerful necromancer, I couldn't control them, apart from the dead ones. That is, the ones that died twice, though I suppose it could have been more, looking at the scars some of them had. We had best move camp and leave that young 'un here, they might strike again." The wizard followed this up, it was clear he detested the previous speaker, but kept it hidden. "Lyrok, we have to wait here and wait 'til the young halfling can move. Besides, the only way to go is further north, to even colder wastelands. Let us stay here." The others provided no further argument, they respected the dwarf's thoughts.*

Out of curiosity, why don't throwing daggers go under Throwing?

I can't think of anything else. Seems pretty good. I'd like to join  whenever sign-ups are open. :)

And also, troops need food, unless they are undead or are elementals.

Green = Intelligence
Blue = Dexterity
Red = Strength

Im just doing this since it looks good so far.....props

1. Killer
2. Wraith(Since you wanted to already)
3. Ernie

1. Killer
2. Wraith(Since you wanted to already)
3. Ernie
4. Sargas
   

You may have 2 foot different from average size, either way. Min. 3'6" ft, Max. 12 ft.
(Don't go by nos. altogether, some classes are worse than others.)

Human: 5'6". An average race, good all round. They have +3 to recruiter skill, +3 to rider, +1 paladin.

Dwarf: 5'0". These beings spend most of their time underground. They are good warriors, but poor at magic. +3 to smithing skill, -1 to crafting skill, -2 intelligence(just so you know, this doesn't affect what classes they may be, just how good they are at them) +3 strength, +5 axe, -3 ranged, -3 rider, -1 climbing, +5 guard, +2 surgeon.

Elf: 6'7". These creatures spend their life beside trees and rivers. They are poor at mêlée, but good at ranged and magic. +3 dexterity, +5 bow, +2 intelligence, -1 strength, -5 mêlée, +2 crafter, -3 assassin, +3 scout, -5 necromancer, +3 healer, +1 tracker.

Halfling: 4'7". These beings are similiar to humans, but are smaller and rounder of belly. -1 strength, +3 throwing weapons, -1 mêlée, -1 intelligence, +3 scout, +5 cook/forager, +1 thief, +3 tamer, -1 rider, -1 climbing, -3 swimming, +1 healer.

Orc: 4'10". A ferocious race, powerful and beaten by none in combat, and also are good necromancers. However, they have terrible range, and other disadvantages. +5 mêlée, +2 strength, +6 wrestling, +2 kick-boxing, -5 range, -1 intelligence, +3 necromancer, -3 swimming, -2 climbing, -4 cooking, -3 scout, +4 assassin, -5 healer, -3 paladin, +6 warrior, -3 tracker, +1 thief.

Troll: 9'4". Good fighters, if only for their size, and also not too bad with a bow. However, they are dim-witted, and their size makes it hard for them to do certain things. +5 clubs, +4 strength, -2 dexterity, +3 bow, -2 surgeon, -3 intelligence, -3 thief, -2 scout, -4 assassin, -1 smith, -1 crafter, +3 guard, +2 warrior, +2 hunter, +1 climber.

Slynoth: 5'8". Very shy creatures, these are the most distant cousins of the humans, and though they have 4 limbs, one of them is a tail, they have only a single arm. They live in the forests, alone. They are very smart, but for some reason are poor at magic. +6 dexterity, +4 intelligence, -2 strength, -3 warrior, +4 swerfup, +5 staff, -7 bow, -3 mêlée, +5 climber, +2 swimmer, -6 rider, -5 recruiter, -3 tamer, +5 thief, -2 Elementalist, -5 mancers, +1 surgeon, +2 healer, -5 smith, +3 crafter, +4 alchemist, +2 scout, +1 ranger, +2 hunter.(Don't worry about this too much, all these numbers, just take into account what sort of races they are, little intelligence, bad magic, good cooks, good assassins etc. and not worry about 1s or 2s really)

Ok, just to look over the other stuff(I'll post this on top of each page, hopefully, for you lazy sods).

Weapons:

Ranged(Dex. Sometimes need Str. to wield)

Bows(Crossbows and Bows)
Throwing(Anything you throw by hand, using nothing else(e.g. axes, stones, ropes with stones on them(bolas), throwing knives)
Shooting(Everything else, slings, darts(by blowpipe))


Melée(Str.)

Staffs(Long weapons equally balanced sides)
Swords(You know the things, includes dagger, dirks, throwing knives(for stabbing with))
Axes(A stick with a blade on one end, one side or two, you know the things. Curved in the way)
Spears(One pointy end at the end of a stick, used for stabbing with, inc. pike, fork etc.)
Club(Stick heavier on one side than the other. Includes clubs, err... maces etc.)


Unarmed Combat

Wrestling(Str.)
Kick-boxing(Str., Dex.)
Swerfup(Dex. Deadliest, but difficult to master.)

Now, the way this works: Every two days you can level up with one weapon, and you MUST have the weapon to level up in it.

Money:

Copper coins(A few can buy you food and shelter for the day)
Silver coins(Worth 10 copper coins)
Gold coins(Worth 10 silver coins / 100 copper coins)
Platinum coins(Worth 10 gold coins / 100 silver coins / 1,000 gold coins)

Healer(5)(Heals people), Thief(5)(Thieves stuff), Warrior(5)(Fights, +3 to all mêlée weapons, unarmed combats), Hunter(3)(Finds food, meat. +3 bow weapons), Rider(5)(Rides animals, and other creatures), Tracker(5)(Tracks creatures), Cook/Forager(2)(Finds & Cooks food), Scout(3)(Stealth and has good knowledge of areas), Assassin(6)(Hides, kills people, +3 throwing weapons), Guard(3)(Cannot be stolen off unless by higher level thief), Ranger(3)(Can track, hunt, not as well as classes of the same, though +2 shooting weapons), Tamer(5)(tames animals, incredibly useful sometimes), Smith(6)(Makes weapons of metal), Crafter(5)(Makes weapons of wood), Climber(2)(Climbs stuff), Swimmer(1)(Swims in water), Recruiter(3)(Can recruit people cheaper, and even for nothing), Elementalist(4), (Pyro-, Aero-, Geo-, Hydro-) Mancer(6), Paladin(7), Necromancer(6), Surgeon(8), Alchemist(5)(Prepares poisons and other potions(Which assassins can administrate))

Climber, Swimmer, Scout: 10 copper coins
Guard, Hunter, Warrior: 20 copper coins
Thief, Ranger, Tracker, Recruiter, Cook/Forager: 50 copper coins
Crafter, Healer, Rider, Elementalist: 100 copper coins
Alchemist, Assassin, Tamer, Smith: 150 copper coins
Mancers, Paladin, Surgeon: 200 copper coins

You must have the gold to get it, and can only learn one level in each skill per day(You're not going to get every one anyway...).

In Intelligence, Strength and Dexterity you level up in one every 3 days.

Sorry, had to go earlier.

Killer

Race: Halfling
Gold: 10
Items:
Age(any you want, and you'll stay that age unless you want to get older): 15
Weapon(s): (You can start off with one good one or two ok ones. If you get too strong of ones, I will take them off you(you can get some more though): Oaken staff(Oh yeah, there's staffs for magic dudes(or girls), but you can't start off with a gemstone on top of them), with slingshot attached(just to show you what weapon skills they take).
Skills: Intelligence 1, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
Classes: None

1. Killer - Halfling
   
2. Wraith
3. Ernie
4. Sargas
5. Archblade
6. Spud (Wow. Im just signing up. It looks really fun, still havnt read anything yet though. I'll get around to it.)

SPUD

Race: Wood Elf (A bit shorter than normal Elf) (If I can do that)
Gold: 10
Items: Small leather pouch to carry things in
Age:18
Weapon(s): His fathers Maple Longbow and his fathers small black steel dagger.
Skills: Intelligence 2, Dexterity 1, Strength 0. (Can I take one from Str. and put it on Int.???)
Classes: None

Long story short, Spuds father was killed in the night and now Spud roams trying to find the answers he seeks.

Sargas

Race: Dwarf
Money: 10 copper coins
Items:
Age: 17
Height: 5'2".
Weapon(s): Two stone axes
Skills: Intelligence 1, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
Classes: None

A wandering dwarf who was kicked out of his homeland when he was wrongly accused of murder. He now tries to clear his name and find the person who had framed him.

*Clips Ernire over the head.* You have no occupation yet, that is just for when the time comes. Your skills are 1,1 and 1. The racial traits only affect the skills, but are not shown. Nor are any of the other class skills. Ok, look,

Int., Str., Dex. = Skills
Necromaner, Tracker, Healer, Ranger etc. = Classes
Bows, throwing, axes, swords, etc. = Weapon skills, they go under weapons(sorry, should have mentioned that).

Ok, Elementalist: Can summon two Elementals for each level. Can move about whatever element they are of. Water beats Fire beats Air beats Earth beats Water, etc... Light elementalist summons spectres and ghosts, which frighten people, but that's about it. Darkness does the same, but all else can do damage.

Mancers(exc. Necro): Imbue weapons with spells, perfect for killing Elementals with. Also summon live creatures of whatever element.(Water is a bit tricky, sometimes). E.g. Fire - Dragon(You can only summon creatures like this if you have a high level AND are a tamer, or have one with you(unless you want to get crisped to a toast)), Water - Hydra, etc...

Necromancer: Raises dead. Can have level*50 skeletons, but they're the weakest, and undead are pretty easy to kill in comparison to live things. But you can raise an undead dragon say, and they're pretty tough.

Paladin: Kills dead. Casts spells to kill undead. A few healing spells.

Surgeon: Can stick bits of bodies together to be raised, but it takes skill. Low level ones can only put together skeletons and such.

Any qus. about anything else?

[I thought you were Halfling......and only me and Spud are elf that I can see]

[Ohhhhh....Wraith...for some weird reason i was thinking you were Killer -.-]

Archblade Normus

Race: Human
Money: 10 copper coins
Age: 17
Height(sorry, forgot this): 5'10".
Weapon(s): Shortbow and a kitchen knife
Skills: Intelligence 1, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
Classes: None

[I wanted Wraith to be my brother] =(

Race: Halfling
Money: 10 copper coins
Items:
Age: 15
Height: 4'2".
Weapon(s): Oaken staff, with slingshot attached.
                   Shooting: 1
Skills: Intelligence 1, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
Classes: None
Occupation:
Army: Leader, Grulyn(Dwarf wizard). Slisstes(Orc assassin, necromancer), Trolan(Elf archer), Rubbador(Troll fighter, paladin), Oped(Human cook, tracker)

*Killer wakes to the sound of howls during the night. He recalls that a group of all races had joined them before the night had settled in. He gets out of the comfort of the bed, wandering outside to see a score of were-beasts, mostly were-wolves. He whips out his staff, and starts slinging stones at them from the strange contraption upon it. He manages to hit one after having hurled thirteen stones. The beast stumbles slightly, but continues onwards, undeterred. Killer roared at the top of his voice, that alone did much more than his stones could. The camp was alive with activity, Rubbador, the massive troll came out with a lit wooden stick. The tendrils of fire licked the falling snow, the fire hissed at the intrusion. The flame soared towards the beasts, engulfing the first one it came across. Grulyn appeared, staff in hand. The air lit with spectres, Rubbador commanded them to attack the were-beasts. Though they could do no physical damage, the were-beasts ran from them, the snow hindering none. They regrouped however, and charged, more of them coming from nowhere.
               Killer found himself attacked by several from all directions, his stick twirled around, missing everything but his own feet. They fell back, bolts lodged in their skulls, cracking the remains of them apart. Killer i*beep* on the back of the head and fell to the ground, unconscious.*

Ok, people can join during this if they so wish, but I'm starting this now anyway. We're being attack by were-beasts, and you get a level up in a weapon of your choice. No godmoding.

Wraith

Race: Orc
Gold: 10
Items:
Age:16
Weapon(s): 1 Bronze Sword and an Iron Dirk.
Skills: Intelligence 1, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
          Melée
          Swords - 1
Classes: None
Occupation: None
Group:  Dwarf Guard - Gromil (Wields Axe)
             Elf Healer/Archer - Linolag (Wields Bow)
             Troll Hunter - Kaylin (Wields Club)

[[We're not together, are we?]]

Errr... yeah, we are. However, you can go away from the group whenever you want, and you could have before that anyway.

Nah, it's ok, leave it.

Ok, just going to giev you an idea of how many undead you can summon when you are a necromancer...

Necromancer: Raises dead. Can have level*50 skeletons, but they're the weakest, and undead are pretty easy to kill in comparison to live things. Still, an army of 500 skeletons is not to be sniffed at. Zombie(Stronger than skeleton, can shoot a crossbow without getting killed(again)), worth 5 skeletons. Were-beast(fast and fairly strong, can be ridden on), worth 10 skeletons, give or take a few for different types. Vampire(The most life-like undead. They drain energy from live beings by biting them and sucking their blood. They start off as weak as skeletons, but can become very strong), worth 15 skeletons. Undead dragon(What more to say? Not as strong as live dragons, and can't breath fire, but still... they can fly), worth 50 skeletons. Of course, there's a lot more stuff you can raise, this is just to give you a rough idea.

*Spud's arrow sails through the air, and hits the beast in the right fore-leg, separating the last sinew holding the leg, and it falls off. The beast still drags itself on with its other legs, but slowly, and Rubbador comes up from behind and slashes at it with his battle-axe, cleaving its skull from its body.*

Race: Halfling
Money: 10 copper coins
Items:
Age: 15
Height: 4'2".
Weapon(s): Oaken staff, with slingshot attached.
                   Shooting: 1
Skills: Intelligence 2, Dexterity 1, Strength 1.
Classes: None
Occupation:
Army: Leader, Grulyn(Dwarf wizard). Slisstes(Orc assassin, necromancer), Trolan(Elf archer), Rubbador(Troll fighter, paladin), Oped(Human cook, tracker)

*The were-creatures are defeated, and the remaining few flee. Killer revives in the morning, and they continue on, exhausted, knowing many more undead could be behind them. They meet up with another group of travellers in the mid-afternoon(Wraith's group, sorry about this), and spot a cave to rest in at the nearing of the night. They went in, and saw three different tunnels. Gruyln quickly asked if they wanted to split up and search, or search each individually. They decided to split up. Wraith and his group went down one way, Gruyln, Slisstes, Killer and Oped another, and the rest down the final tunnel.
          Killer stumbled several times over jutting rocks and stones, and it was a long time they were traveling until they heard a blood-curdling roar, so loud it dislodged a few stones, threatening to fall on top of their heads. A bright light appeared at the end of the tunnel. Killer started going gladly towards it, but was held back. They started running the opposite way, Killer ran in their wake, confused. Gruyln turned back, and soon after Slisstes did too. Gruyln started muttering a spell, and the air was sucked out of the tunnel, and the flames disappeared. Killer stated to choke but the air rushed back in. Gruyln fell down, exhausted. A beast came down the tunnel in his direction, blue flames emitting from his nostrils. Suddenly, it struck. It took the wizard in his mouth, and bit down, blood splattering everywhere. Slisstes flicked knives at it, but they didn't penetrate the thick skin. The dragon stood on Slisstes, and more blood was spread. Oped took Killer's hand and ran, to the end of the tunnel, pausing only to see the dragon collapse to the ground, choking, having no air to breath. Oped explained that Gruyln had placed the air around them. They waited until the others returned...*

Nope, you don't have to lose anyone.

*Wraith saw a huge beast, twice the size of a troll. It had many scars running down the length of its sides, and it resembled a bull in many aspects. It was a female, and she had seven cubs, each almost as big as a human. They carried clubs, spiked with rusty iron bits. Linolag recognized the beast, and whispered softly to the others that it was a minotaur, and they had best leave unknown, though behind the creature there were many gemstones...*

Errr... seven cubs, as in young. Suppose I should have called them calves though, and minotaurs are a bull and human, but this one is a cow and a human, they've been around a long time, and are no longer undead.