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22 Jan 01 - 12:13 PM (#379604) Subject: Fiction Casting Call - Cameos wanted! From: hesperis Hi. I'm writing a piece of fiction, and I'm wondering if any mudcatters want cameos or even maybe roles. What I need is:
AD&D style name: I might not be able to put you in, and this is going to take a fairly long time to create. (I might write a shorter story to give you phoaks something more immediate.) There are larger roles available for a Witch, a Hermit, a Priestess, an Elf, a Dragon, and an Invader. I also need storekeepers. (First come, first serve, unless your "identity" is really cool!) If you want to join in on this project, just post!
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22 Jan 01 - 12:34 PM (#379614) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario feel free to "borrow" my Owain Cramp character - he is a pre-minstrel (having flunked his apprenticship exams for Minstrel). Male. other then that you may do as you want. |
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22 Jan 01 - 12:35 PM (#379615) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,Matt_R Name: Maithu Ruadh, of Clan Buidhe Theamhdaigh Gender: Male Preferred Race: Scottish Preferred Role: Clan Cheiftain Alignment: Ivander Description: Short, sturdy, red hair, red gold beard, big Claymore, kilt. Doubles as Clan Buidhe Theamhdaigh's piper. |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:05 PM (#379643) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,Pete Peterson I offer you my great-grandfather's identity: Corporal John Sparling, 20th Ohio, Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Race: Caucasian human, Gender: Male Preferred role: Invader (in real life, he was one of those Marching through Georgia)-- foot soldier. According to my father, he was offered a battlefield commission after the battle of Atlanta and turned it down, saying that officers seemed to be the ones getting shot. Description: From the one picture I have of him, he was relatively short, slender (this was at age 18) maybe about 5'4", cleanshaven. His Springfield rifle, with bayonet, was considerably taller than he. Rather than go for Lord Moondreg, Earl of the Lesser Swamp, or soemthing like that, John Sparling DOES have a nice ring to it. . . YMMV. |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:37 PM (#379678) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: McGrath of Harlow I'd have thought "race" would have meant human or elf or whatever. |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:45 PM (#379687) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Cool! So far we have:
Valley:
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Invaders: (The time of the story doesn't have rifles and stuff, I should have mentioned that, sorry.) |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:48 PM (#379690) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario hee-hee-hee-hee. I like Claude! |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:48 PM (#379691) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Maybe I should Have mentioned I have a spike-tipped targe and a dirk in my shoe. Does that increase my Armor value? |
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22 Jan 01 - 01:52 PM (#379693) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis McGrath, it did, but if Matt wants to be Scotti, he can go right ahead. Hey, McGrath would be a cool name! Are you in? Oh, and for magic, if anyone's wanting to be a Mage, say your specialty. (Which element, or if you prefer component-based magic, or shapeshifting, or whatever.) |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:05 PM (#379703) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg If I thought I could follow all this, I'd be in. I always get lost once these things get rolling. But I CAN help make up names. If you have a character you can feel but don't seem to get the name, let me know. But.... I think we'll leave any that I've come up with, up till now, out of it. See, they're already moving around in my head, and I'm not sure they'll transfer well! But Hess, go for it babeee!!! ~S~ |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:10 PM (#379705) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Haloo! Are ye saying that us Scots are nae a different race than ye bluidy English ?? --Maithu Ruadh |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:15 PM (#379706) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Amergin Well, let's see....Soos Flooz would make a great Ogre name....and Laff Kat would make a great name for an old crone....shit I better go before I get myself in more trouble.... Amerginrunningfromtheshoessuretobeaimedathim |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:17 PM (#379708) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario Careful Matt - if she is the author - she could make the Scotti anythin' she wants. Might even turn out to be tiny, canid and hairy! |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:18 PM (#379709) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R We had this neat computer game similar to D&D--except cooler--called Castle of The Winds. We always tried to make up the most outrageous names, like Fyodor The Manticore's Band and Oscar The Sinew-Tearing Goliath. |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:22 PM (#379712) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg No, Nathan, please. Don't go there. COme back from there... back up.... turn around..... come on back to here.... Hess, here is one you can have, that I came up with last night but didn't get around to animating... Whimsy Gripley. I dunno if that's a him or a her, but have fun with it. ~S~ |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:29 PM (#379720) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Well Mario, I'm not sure what canid means...but short and hairy pretty much described me--I mean Maithu Ruadh. |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:33 PM (#379725) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Rick Fielding Your welcome to use any of the personas I used to take on when I worked in strip joints (playing bass for the most bizzare Duo you could imagine. Since I had to pay the rent BUT had some pride, I always used a "nom de guitar". I didn't use any of these "personalities" but I always thought they went with the names. #1. Lance Boyle: Shallow theatrical idiot, who thought he was God's gift to women. Big fan of Wayne Newton and Barry Manilow. Willing to sleep his way to the middle! #2. Rocky Redunzo: Small time mobster with one shiny suit to his name. Thought the score from "The Godfather" was Classical music and at LEAST as good as Andrew Lloyd Webber's stuff. #3. Feranistas Kutchakokov: Believes he is related to the Romanoffs and wonders why he's still a chicken plucker. Hopes to write a ballet before he dies......or at least see one. Rick |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:43 PM (#379736) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis MMario - thanks. Ok. For the Celtic lands, the Invader races are Scotti, Gaelli, and Pict. (Neither the Angles or the Saxons or the Normans exist here.) The Valley humans are Cymri, but that won't actually be mentioned in the story. Any roles for the Invaders are for Party Leaders, and possibly a few people that they give orders to. Sparling is probably Gaelli. Whimsy Gripley is a Gnome, and a flower seller. She sells herbs sometimes too, and some of them are spell components. Sometimes she finds special things in the woods. Amergin - you wanna be the Hermit? or the Hallmaster for the Hall of Learning? Spaw is going in the story whether he applies or not. He's just going to be a skunk wandering around in the Forest. I think I'd better PM kat, too. |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:48 PM (#379739) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Ooohhh! I like #2! Perfect for Chief Thief! |
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22 Jan 01 - 02:52 PM (#379744) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg Don't forget the Spaw-Cleigh dialogs, Hess. If you work it right, he'll write them himself. Oh, THAT Whimsy Gripley. Did you know? She has a little camp-following interlude in her background. Famous for having once purveyed the most fun fantasies back when she had the tightest... well you figure it out! She was SO popular, though, back in those times, that now she's only good for flower-selling... but oh those spells!!! ~S~ |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:05 PM (#379753) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Lol hesp!! You added his pipes as a weapon. I get it know!! |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:11 PM (#379768) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg Matt, you need a spielchuckler. ~S~ |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:28 PM (#379785) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario *pssst!Matt; - I was making a pun on Scotti -- if it were pronounced "Scotty" - canid would be "doglike". I can just see this little humunoid dog 'bout 18 inches high in his kilt and huge (relative to his own size) broadsword.* |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:36 PM (#379789) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: mousethief AD&D style name: Mousethief Gender: Male Preferred race: Mouse Preferred role: Vigilante Alignment - Valley, Neutral or Invaders: Valley Possible description: Tall, dark, and constantly singing. |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:46 PM (#379804) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Troll Troll: oldish. not large but bulky. hairy. prefers to be left alone in the forest where he lives. Makes minimal contact with others. carries an axe. neutral (but don't get him angry) troll |
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22 Jan 01 - 03:47 PM (#379806) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis I thought that canid had something to do with dogs... either that or teeth :'= MT - Witch's familiar, who starts spying on the Invaders. And you are tall *for a mouse*, and get really upset if people treat you like a shorty. Is that ok? Troll - awesome! |
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22 Jan 01 - 04:10 PM (#379834) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: sophocleese Oh dear, going back to my old D&D characters. Here's three you could use: Bubbles: barmaid and designated screamer. Alignment? What' s that? Abilities, high dexterity and charisma. Jimple A'Flynn : dwarfish thief/assassin. Not fond of bloodshed, prefers flight to fighting unless he's going to win. Alignment, pragmatist. Deranged: pleasant enough fellow who demands too much of himself therefore is attempting to become a druid/ranger, hence the name. Alignment, life affirming, wood wandering artist. Those are the only ones I can remember. Use 'em if you like. |
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22 Jan 01 - 04:42 PM (#379855) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: CarolC I'm of the Tuatha De-Danaan. I've evolved into an etherial being with no discernable form except when I want to take on a form. So I'm not a shape changer because in my natural state, I have no shape. I can take on any shape I want, to suit the needs of the moment. When I take on human form, I'm usually a female. I go by the name of Caerwyl. I'm small and not very imposing in appearance. I have brown hair, and I blend in well with the background scenery. But my looks are deceptive, because my powers are very well developed. I'm neutral. But I'm available to help if I feel my help is appropriate. I normally hang around the home of my ancestors, in what is now Ireland, but I can travel in my etherial form to whatever location where my presence is needed. My powers are never used to hurt others, but I can immobilize any attackers, and I can deflect an attack so that it damages the attacker instead of the one being attacked. Caerwyl
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22 Jan 01 - 04:59 PM (#379873) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Oh, I'm skilled with a broadsword alright!
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22 Jan 01 - 05:08 PM (#379879) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: mousethief Hesp - awesome. Matt -- fabulous album. The vinyl version is much better than the re-recorded CD version. Ride the nightmare on your ride to Hell! Alex |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:13 PM (#379883) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak I don't care as long as I can have a cleavage you could ski down and a short hairy lover..... I'd prefer to be on the winning side, and have one of those hairdo's that could double as a rope ladder..... If you use the pet/address name finder, I would be Pippin Pound, not very valkyrie though. If you use the first half/maiden name/abode way, I'd be Elider Londo.... sounds a bit dorky though. Maybe I'll stick with Ethel. LTS |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:23 PM (#379891) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario Aethael? Is that the valkyrie type with hairy cleavage and a lover who skies? |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:27 PM (#379896) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis sophocleese, Bubbles is cool! I don't know if I can fit the others in though. Carol -WOW! Caerwyl it is! A Fae from Eire. MT - glad you approve. LTS, how about you and Micca be the Innkeepers? They're Gnomes, and run a funny house. Alignment: Valley. Is that cool? Now I need cool names for Gnome innkeepers... |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:27 PM (#379897) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak I might have known you'd pick up on that bit..... Oh, and I'd like to be just a tiny bit taller, say a foot or so....? Aethael the always ready??? LTS |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:31 PM (#379901) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R I know Alex! I don't have the vinyl. Just the CD Micca sent. I sing most of the songs heh heh heh. |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:32 PM (#379902) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Amergin I can be the short hairy lover.... |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:34 PM (#379904) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis (Always ready for what? Oh, I guess I'd better NOT ask!!! *g*) PM-ing Micca to see what his name will be. Aethael is cool. You can be taller than most Gnomes. (Hey, sometimes that happens!) |
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22 Jan 01 - 05:54 PM (#379924) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,Jande Can I play, too? :`) |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:01 PM (#379935) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak Elika Holo, slim, sexy, chests out to here and a voice that would grate carrots..... Come and play with MY thrusters big boy...... My sister would be Shika Guau which sounds like something from Bollywood. Mother would be Katet Duab, what can you do with that?! The bratling becomes Phoel Dr'lo, but she's weird anyway. From the star wars names thread.... sometime ago..... I like the idea of Elika Holo, although Aethael has it's appeal...... Amergin - do you have a beard you could hide a badger in? Aethael ever ready..... |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:04 PM (#379938) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Of course you can play!
MMario - a bit more for you: |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:06 PM (#379941) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Amergin Well, I did...but I trimmed it a short time ago...other parts of me are hairy enough, though.... |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:06 PM (#379942) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario But he talks to Claude anyway, doesn't he? (I don't think this is a character - I think it may be me in another life)*grin* |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:08 PM (#379947) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST, Jande I'm totally new at D&D (and at mudcat too, though I've been reading on and off for a couple of years --mostly off). My character is a bard, female, chaotic neutral (I think) level 2. Her name is Lyrra. She is fine-boned, has very long black hair with a streak of silver about an inch wide in it above the right ear. She has been given a set of spells by a magician of her company. She is young (21) and fairly untried and rash. She carries a Lyre, a pendant with magical properties (but she doesn't know what those properties are), and she also carries a jewelled dagger that matches the pendant. She ran away from the people who were raising her as a temple muse. Any use to ya? ~ Jande |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:09 PM (#379949) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak Can I have a spwear and magic hewmet....? LTS (think Elmer Fudd + Wagner) |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:10 PM (#379951) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Aethael Elika Hollow? |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:11 PM (#379952) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R hesp, put in the part that Owain is good at setting his friends up with country wenches. |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:23 PM (#379965) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak So do me and my hairy dwarfish lover, Duffle Halfboots, have any powers, other than my amazing boobies and his ability to stop a moose at 40 yards just by farting at it? LTS |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:34 PM (#379973) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis MMario - amazing what happens when you "invent" something, isn't it. Yes, he talks to Claude. (Of course. Doesn't EVERYBODY talk to their instruments?!! : hesperis looks around, sees people staring at her oddly, but some are nodding their heads, so hopefully it's ok...:) Jande - There is a Temple... But I don't think Lyrra would be with her party here. This isn't actually DnD. Maybe she is on vacation? LTS - Sure! Hehehe. Matt - LOL! LTS - Uhhh.... You're the Innkeeper. What more power do you want? You're in charge of da booze and da boobs and da other entertainment, eh? |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:39 PM (#379977) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Ok, Micca is in. LTS - do you want Micca or Amergin to be the other Innkeeper, and do you want a lover too? (Why not?) And you are a gnome who is half Valkyrie. So you do have some special powers, I just haven't figured that part out yet. |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:41 PM (#379980) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Ebbie Can you put me in as a wood sprite? No one knows my name but I've often been seen from the corner of the eye, flitting hither and yon, and if you get lost in the forest I will show you the way out... |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:46 PM (#379987) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Lepus Rex Oh, this is all Celtic and stuff? Then you'll have no use for Nursultan, my half-orc fighter... *sob!* ---Lepus Rex:) |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:57 PM (#379996) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Ebbie - definitely. And sometimes, you lead them to be even more lost, depending on whether they've respected you properly... Lepus - No, sorry. Nur is a cool name though... Cloth Merchant? I need Mages for the Temple, Elves and Faeries. One or Two female fighters for Temple Guards (bit parts). Villagers: Blacksmith, Leatherworker, etc. |
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22 Jan 01 - 06:59 PM (#380002) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R How about Temple Virgins? |
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22 Jan 01 - 07:11 PM (#380008) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg Oh darn, I thought Ebbie's name was Punkin Stiltsmerl. ~S~
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22 Jan 01 - 07:37 PM (#380028) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis What do you think the Mages are, Matt? (But I'm using the old meaning of "virgin", which is "self-possessed".) ~S~ stands for Silly! If that was her name, no wonder nobody knows it! *eg* The Witch's name is Lamari. |
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22 Jan 01 - 07:42 PM (#380033) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Oh, ok, cuz I--am mean Maithu Ruadh is the new definition of one. |
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22 Jan 01 - 08:08 PM (#380061) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak Can I have Amergin please? Micca could stop a moose at 140 yards with a fart, and even us Valkyrie Gnome maidens need a break now and then..... Oh, and last orders are when Hell freezes over.....! Being gnomish, pub grup will consist mainly of fish, caught by my little gnomish friends and rat, caught by my dwarfish lover, Duffle Halfpint. The cook says he's Druish, but I'd bet my tin bra he's Elvish.... Yours, Aethael Ever Ready - goes even longer than the Duracell bunny.... |
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22 Jan 01 - 08:22 PM (#380083) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: kendall Us Scots, Matt? what happened to that perfect grammar you used to have? How about Savagrus Phylander? |
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22 Jan 01 - 08:28 PM (#380088) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Irish sergeant Hesperis: I offer my humble services to your venture allow me to introduce my alter ego for this. > >> Aidan the wanderer, warrior-poet and drunk on occassion. I would say I'm of the invaders but we have some of them already so I could offer my services to the valley dwellers for a nominal fee. If I can't beat 'em with a sword I can out-dirty limerick them. Blond hair blue eyes and i don't look like the warrior type. Fond of mead and wenches. Famous pick up line in the inns i frequent "I'm not the lad your mum warned you about, her mind int that disgustin' Love." Kindest reguards, Irish Sergeant |
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22 Jan 01 - 08:40 PM (#380098) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R I'm a Scotsman, ye bluidy feckin' hogspot! I doona ken wha' yer creakin' aboot grammar. Wha's grammar? Is that some malairky ye pick oo in them rotten english cities? --maithu ruadh |
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22 Jan 01 - 08:44 PM (#380103) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario Claude always told me that grammer was Mom's mom. But he's been wrong before. |
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22 Jan 01 - 09:15 PM (#380113) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Lonesome EJ I'd like to be Fergal MacIntosh of the Valley People, one-armed Poet/Warrior who lost his sweet young wife and two innocent bairns to a border attack by the hated Scotti, and has sworn vengeance in a blood-oath taken in the remote cave of the Witch Woman Cargalis. I wield a double-bladed beard-axe named Salloch, which warns me of danger, and glows like fire in the heat of battle. My brother, Conner, has aspirations to rule the Valley People after selling us out to the Scotti, but in the mean time butters me up, all the while hoping to steal Salloch while I sleep, lop off my head, and take it to the Scotti as proof of his devotion. I have a hunting dog, Duncan, who follows me everywhere and eats the livers of those slain by me in battle. Oh, and all of the Valley Women are hot for me, as are most of the Scotti women, and I usually have one hidden under my kilt, which is why I'm called by the nick-name Kelmerdosh..."the One who Smiles All of the Time". |
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22 Jan 01 - 09:44 PM (#380129) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Jande Hes, Okay, I get it :`) Make her a neutral, with slight theiving tendencies and an eye for the main chance. She *is* rather attracted to Temple's though... I think she might make a good agent/counter-agent? Whatever you want... Your story. ::grin:: (lovers are cool, too)(or is that... hot...) PS: Thanks for the Birthday Greetings! |
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22 Jan 01 - 09:57 PM (#380135) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Troll Like troll, trolls axe has no name or special powers. It is just an axe and a highly effective one at that, whether hewing a timber or shortening a life. troll |
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22 Jan 01 - 10:36 PM (#380160) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: wysiwyg Hess, I'm overflowing with names, wanna run another story too? They donpt seem to fit into this one. Hadme Nuffadat Sheet (Amos already has the cousins' names nailed, you'll have to ask him!) Slip Gizmo and Jyz Slipmo, partners of some sort, female and male Nowuss Herenow, a brave soul Wimp Glumleigh, shy investigative reporter ~Silly????
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22 Jan 01 - 10:51 PM (#380167) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: alison I'm just surprised we've got this far down a thread without someone mentioning this "pre-minstrel" thingy..... if he gets stressed does that give him pre-minstrel tension?????? *grin* slainte alison |
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22 Jan 01 - 10:59 PM (#380171) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis *groan* How about you write one, Sooz? Irish Sergeant - great. I like it. Leej - MacIntosh??? That IS Scottish, though, isn't it? I like Fergal, though, and your subplot. All you warrior guys for the Valley can come in with the Traders, when the pass clears. Bran, you're a Brewer. Jande, I think Maithu NEEDS a lover... but if it'll fit, I don't know. (The STORY, I mean! *sheesh!* You guys and your dirty minds... Tsk, tsk!)
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22 Jan 01 - 11:02 PM (#380173) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis *double groan* |
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22 Jan 01 - 11:04 PM (#380176) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario alison - you just made my day! thanks, I didn't think anyone was gonna get that. |
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22 Jan 01 - 11:19 PM (#380181) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Slip and Gyz can be the Gnomish fishers. |
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22 Jan 01 - 11:28 PM (#380184) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: alison lol....... couldn't resist MMario....... slainte alison |
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22 Jan 01 - 11:34 PM (#380200) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GutBucketeer Och! I'm James Corscaden Findlater, 7th and last Earl of Findlater, dead these many years and searching for my one true heir! The Findlater's are proud to be of Clan Ogilvie. The chiefs of this clan derive their name from GilleBride, second son of Ghillechriost, Earl of Angus. The Barony of Ogilvie, in the parish of Glamis, in Angus, was bestowed on this GilleBride by King William the Lion about 1163. Oh the time I have spent in the ruins of Findlater Castle waiting for the day that my son by Mary, whom I never claimed proper nor bestowed to him his birthright, returned from Americay. Every moment since I rue the words that sent him away from me, and turned Mary's heart to stone in my presence. Och! the castle is a proper place for me on the barren north shores of Banffshire, near Cullen. My only companion is the Earl of Huntley, it's previous owner beheaded, when his clan rebelled against Mary and were defeated in the Battle of Corrochie. In ruins since the wind and rain provide us little comfort in our misery. Even though I must return to the castle there are times when suddenly I am drawn away. Drawn to the valley to search for my lost line, and to warn those that I find of the treachery of those that come. JAB
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22 Jan 01 - 11:44 PM (#380201) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GutBucketeer Oops! I didna' read the full thread and got the invaders and the invaded confused. I'm still the ghost of the Last Earl of Findlater, Still searching for my heirs, and drawn to their defense against treachery. You figure out which side I belong on. BTW. I really am a descendent of the Findlater's and there is a Findlater Castle! Look here: http://www.frii.com/~phouka/travel/castles/findlater/findlater.html |
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23 Jan 01 - 12:55 AM (#380230) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST Well, here's a mage-type for you. Tall, brown-haired and -bearded, both heavily streaked with gray. Wears many-times patched brown cloak. Almost always accompanied by his familiar, an over-sized Great-Horned Owl. ... Or perhaps he is a skin-changer and the owl his lover? ... None know his name, but he is welcome wherever he goes. Part of his magick is musical, and he sings at every opportunity. In a fine, rich baritone ... it has an odd way of carrying a long way, especially at night. NightWing |
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23 Jan 01 - 06:54 AM (#380307) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Dave the Gnome The character that got me furthest in Moria (nethack-ish) was a female half-troll priest called Snotgobler. Lawful if I remember rightly. My favourite from my sons (live) role-play characters is a Half Troll/Half Drow fighter called Aamon Rath. Half Black, half green (straight down the middle)with a Lawful/Chaotic split personality! Mmario - does your pre-minstrel suffer from any kind of tension??? Cheers Dave the Gnome (Whos' attributes are obvious...;-)) |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:07 AM (#380407) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis JAB - I don't think I'll be able to use your ghost character as a full character. For one thing, there are too many real-life things about him. is it ok if I change a few things to fit him in this world? This world is an 'alternate reality' of Eath, but it's not true DnD, either... I have mixed fantasy and prehistory for the basic idea. I let the Scotti stay in, and made the rest celtic as well, because I know more about Celtic peoples than about Hittites! NightWing - Perfect! He can be the Hallmaster, and his Owl is WhiteWing. Re: Trolls and orcs: I think I have enough of these with just Troll. They're rather secretive, and I don't see them as having mixed with other kinds. I could possibly have a few isolated orcs fleeing from the invaders, and crashing through the Valley, but not as characters. Dave - I could use another Gnome, and I need shopkeepers. What trade do you want to be in charge of? The Brewery is taken, but I could use a Baker. Whaddya think? And that's the last Gnome needed, too. I need some human shopkeepers! Elves so far - Selkie, Hawkwolf, Darkdancer Faeries so far - The Forest Pixie, Caerwyl. MORE NEEDED! (Queen and Consort, and Messenger.) Temple mages so far: NEEDED! (Jande, can I use Lyrra as a younger person, before she left her Temple? Say, 17 years old or so.) Goddesses so far: NEEDED! Lawful or chaotic doesn't count here, alignment is Valley, Neutral or Invaders. ~*sirepseh*~ |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:16 AM (#380415) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario well - how about Hedda Babbage; greengrocer? Particularly proud of her melons, she is constantly asking people to squeeze them. |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:21 AM (#380419) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Dave the Gnome Seeing as it woz me wot started the bread thread I can hardly refuse can I? What do I do now? Is it a traditional (Guarding secret treasure hoardes) or Pratchett-ian (Mad inventor) role? Do I get to find out what Carol Bayer-Sager (sp?) meant by "Your dirty habits arn't confined to bed. The baker's told me what you do with bread..." LOL DtG |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:31 AM (#380425) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis MMario and DtG - Love it! Hedda is a rich 'lady' who comes in with the traders, and buys the Grocery. There aren't melons in this season, (early spring,) but I think I'll have to have her import a few, so I can get that laugh in! |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:34 AM (#380428) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario well -Hedda could have a glasshouse - hot steamy atmosphere, lush growths, ... |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:44 AM (#380431) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis No, this is cool. I needed somebody to buy the Grocery, actually. She can bring her 'melons' with her.... |
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23 Jan 01 - 09:55 AM (#380434) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: AndyG D&D Basics: Name: Tycho O'Rourke Gender: Male Preferred race: Human Preferred role: Thief Alignment - Neutral
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23 Jan 01 - 10:22 AM (#380453) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Dave the Gnome OK - here goes AD&D style name:Evad Llebb Gender: Male Preferred race: Gnome Preferred role: Baker Alignment: Neutral (I'll sell bread - amongst other things - to anyone) Possible description: Short, as wide as tall. Bald. Bearded. Liking for silly hats. Weird sense of humour. Anyone refering to my balm-cakes as rolls or baps gets a wooden spoon up the nose - AND DON'T CALL ME A CHUFFIN' DWARF OK???
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23 Jan 01 - 10:26 AM (#380457) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario Is it okay if we call you other kinds of dwark? Claude wants to know. |
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23 Jan 01 - 10:28 AM (#380459) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Dave the Gnome Sorry - forgot the line breaks - try again
AD&D style name:Evad Llebb previous occupation - building the Underground/Subway in Paris. I used to be a Metro-Gnome... DtG
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23 Jan 01 - 10:40 AM (#380474) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: English Jon I've had to do a lot of gigs for Battle re-enactment societies... May I present the following professional personality-extension: "Cecil Sharphouse" (Shaven headed hurdy-gurdy wielding English Thug. Hates almost everyone. Extremely bad tempered. Likes the concertina because you can pick it up in one hand and throw it a fair way. Flatly refuses to play anything quietly.) Cecil is 26, but unfortunately his liver is 62.
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23 Jan 01 - 12:14 PM (#380517) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GutBucketeer Change anything you want Hesperis. He can be a float on character if you like. I only based it on some of the facts of my ancestors because I think they are cool: Lonely castles on the moors, arguments and disownments by Lords and their sons, rebellion, beheadings...that sort of thing. The main idea was a crotchety old Ghost that is sort of the protector of the clan. He could also act as a messenger/go-between between the worlds of man and faeiry. Just thoughts. It is your story. JAB |
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23 Jan 01 - 12:20 PM (#380522) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock I would like to be Gretchen Mire. She can be of any origin you like, although the goddess complex that prevails hopes she gets to be a goddess cos you said you still needed some. A nasty-ish one, but with some redeeming qualities (let me think about those). Or a mis-led one. Youngish. Perhaps a Morrigan figure? Gretchen Mire, goddess of war and death and disease and nasty insects and things that bite and fog and damp and cold. She will require sacrifices, and likes to lure lusty blacksmiths away from the safety of their nice warm forge. She has the voice of an Angel (the Angel of Death). |
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23 Jan 01 - 02:03 PM (#380598) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Dave - your Gnome is in it. English Jon - I have no English. But I need a strong, dumb, beefy guy to Guard the Inn. He can drink when he's off duty... "Sharphouse" is a cool name. Can he have brothers named "Flathouse" and "Fullhouse"? JAB - James Corscaden, Ghost. I haven't quite decided what to do with him, but I like the idea... Maybe he haunts a Ruin, and guards the treasure there..... ? Fibula - Gretchen Mire can be the Battle Goddess of the Scotti. (The villagers are, for the most part, peaceful, and aren't into that sort of thing. The Scotti love it!) |
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23 Jan 01 - 02:31 PM (#380615) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,mademoiselle_meena Hi, cool idea...Hesp. |
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23 Jan 01 - 02:32 PM (#380617) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Ok. Two more. Jameenja is a Warrior and Teacher. Garand Half-Elven is a Caravan Guard. |
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23 Jan 01 - 02:51 PM (#380627) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,veilebekk Name: Veila Gender: Female Age: 24 Alignment: Valley Preferred race: Elven 5'5", long waist-length black hair with a shade of blue. Dark blue eyes, medium build, willowy figure. A very good mage, and preferably a good fighter. Also very intelligent. Witty, kind. Anything else you can add as you like, and everything (except gender) can be changed as you wish. |
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23 Jan 01 - 03:27 PM (#380653) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Veilebekk - don't worry, her gender is NOT going to be changed! Kinda hard to have a High Priestess who's male! LOL! Elven is a touch I didn't think of for that role, but I like it. Love your description. Veila Lindemere is her full name, ok? If any mudcatters are wondering who all these guests you've never heard of are, they're friends of mine from another forum. Meena - some people call me hessy. They say it's because it's close to "hussy". Am I supposed to take that as a compliment? I don't know... LTS - Would it be ok to use "Phoel Dr'Lo" as "Phoella D'Hollow", a Temple Mage? Will be posting a cast list soon. ~*sirepseh*~
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23 Jan 01 - 03:38 PM (#380662) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Little Hawk Okay, Hesperis, here are some Elvenfolk: AD&D style name: Hawkwynde Gender: Male Preferred race: Elf Preferred role: Scout, forest tracker, archer, magic-user Alignment - Valley, Neutral or Invaders: Neutral Possible description: Hawkwynde is typical of forest elves in many ways. He is slender, rather tall, angular features, and woodland garb. He is particulary skilled as an archer, and is a consummate guide and tracker. He will guide lost travelers through the forest IF he feels like it, and he senses that there is a good reason to do so. He defends the forest against intruders who would harm the trees or the animals. He has some spell-casting abilities...such as making the player forget that it's a game...among others. He can shape-shift on occasion, transforming into various animals. AD&D style name: Vesperille Gender: Female Preferred race: Elf Preferred role: Woodland Elf and Dragon Charmer and healer. Alignment - Valley, Neutral or Invaders: Neutral Possible description: Mate to Hawkwynde, Vesperille is far younger looking than her true span of years, and is a skilled Dragon Charmer. She can talk an angry dragon into calming down and having a nice nap or a cup of tea...a very handy skill! She is also a good basic healer, using herbs and common sense, and is handy with most weapons, as are most Elves. AD&D style name: Trollbane Gender: Male Preferred race: Woodland Elf Preferred role: Chief of local Elf tribe, uncle to Hawkwynde Alignment - Valley, Neutral or Invaders: Neutral Possible description: A very capable warrior Elf, who makes a specialty out of killing trolls and keeping them out of the Forest areas frequented by the Elves. Skilled with the use of all common weapons, but favours the shortsword. Is suspicious of humans, and not so inclined to help them as is his nephew Hawkwynde. That should do for a start... - LH
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23 Jan 01 - 06:59 PM (#380857) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,The Celtic Bard Here's one. It doesn't totally describe me but oh well! Name: Azyah Gender: female Preferred Race: elf Preferred Role: woman warrior Alignment: Invaders Description: She's tall and thin. However she is more on the quick side than on the strong side. She has blood-red hair and steel-gray eyes. She might have possible bezerker or bloodlust leanings (not that I'm that way in real life but I thought I would include some characteristics from my current GURPS character). She has a large magic broadsword with a secret name. If anyone else learns the name besides her, she has to kill them because then they could command the sword. The sword also has quick draw which means that all she has to do is hold out her hand and it's there (within reason of course). Plus it has a bunch of spells on it, such as dragonkiller, frost blade, etc. (add whatever you want). She also has a past which makes her do some stuff that normally wouldn't make sense (I'll leave that up to you). By the way, I write short stories too and developing characters is one of my favorite parts. Normally what I do is focus on one character and just rip them apart; tear into their past, their personality, their motives, etc. Usually at this point, I like to tape myself doing this so that I can remind and listen to it again. Usually that will stimulate my imagination and get me thinking more about my character. I do the same with the plot. Just keep on writing and you'll get better. Good luck. Rebecca <>< |
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23 Jan 01 - 07:05 PM (#380863) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Matt_R Where's my lover dammit. |
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23 Jan 01 - 07:30 PM (#380878) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Troll Hesperis. I'm not at all sure that troll is a Troll. He may be a Troll, a Half-troll or simply a very unsocial and reclusive human. troll is more an identity than a definition although it could be both. troll |
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23 Jan 01 - 07:37 PM (#380881) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Noreen AD&D style name: Queen Maeve of Connaught Gender: Female Preferred race: Gaelli Preferred role: Queen, of course! Alignment - Valley, Neutral or Invaders: Invader Possible description: Represents feminine power, a Goddess. Her name means "intoxicated woman," or "she who intoxicates"… known for her long golden hair, fiery temperament, and iron will. Often boasted that she could sexually exhaust thirty men each night. Not only a powerful leader, but also an expert warrior, hunter and horsewoman. Has animal attributes, in the form of a bird and a squirrel who perch on her shoulder. She is able to deprive men of their strength simply by her presence. No man in his right mind would upset Queen Maeve… hee hee Noreen |
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23 Jan 01 - 10:38 PM (#380974) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis Ok. I will do what I can...
Troll - if Troll is a Troll, he is the only Troll left in the valley, and has an unseasy truce with the elves, because Troll and Trollbane darned near killed each other. They both collapsed in exhaustion, at the same time, and the other elves merely dragged Trollbane to safety and healing. They will not touch Troll because he fought well and with honour. So Troll stays at his end of the Valley, and they stay in their part of the forest. This is backstory, and will not be told in the story itself. (As far as I know so far...) I have enough Invaders, and I really need Priestesses, Faeries, and Goddesses for the Valley. Noreen, would it be ok to have your character be Queen of Faerie? But Maeve is almost too normal for that role... Can you come up with something else? Something Gaelli sounding is fine, but not too Shakespearian! She can be neutral at the start, if you like. The story is actually being told from the perspective of the Valley people, and not much will be known about the Invaders until the end. I will post a cast list, and the first part of the story, on this site: ~*hesperis*~ Sacred Dance, Sacred Music, and Sacred Story But I might not be able to get it up until the weekend. I have another allergy treatment tomorrow, and will be gone all day. Will post again when the pages are up. |
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24 Jan 01 - 02:22 AM (#381039) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Liz the Squeak She'd prefer to be a fairy, but please, use the names for whatever you want!! You might want to tinker with the spelling though, as she might come out as Fo ell a, rather than Fee ell a. So how is it going? Have I been able to get those barrels on yet? By the way, I'd rather my beer didn't have names like Old Newtstrangler.... I'd like them to be called Beer and 3 day Beer. Beer you can drink like it was just coloured water (mainly that's because it is.... damn these pixie brewers) and 3 day because that's the home brew and that's how long it takes to get your sight back..... don't call it blind drunk for nothin'! I don't do sweet sherry. Sounds like it's going a blast..... LTS |
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24 Jan 01 - 03:49 AM (#381057) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: English Jon Fine. do whatever you like with him. He's a thoroughly obnoxious chap so he deserves whatever he gets! have fun. He can have a brother named councilhouse if you like. Cheers, Jon |
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24 Jan 01 - 03:57 AM (#381062) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Dave the Gnome WATCH IT LTS - I happen to know the brewer is a Gnome and therefore a mucker of mine. Who do you think you are calling pixies??? I'll come over there and find what realy makes you squeak if you don't apologise.... Dave the Gnome |
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24 Jan 01 - 08:34 AM (#381158) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: Micca AD&D style name: THE Morrigan Gender: Female Preferred race: Goddess Preferred role:Goddess Alignment - None Characteristics:- This is THE Bitch Goddess from Hell, she is STRONG, and powerful, invented Discordianism and chaos, This is Definately NOT the one to Piss off as she can be vindicive and nasty and whimisical, and that is to her followers.Loves Battleand War..feeds on the powerful emotions, and is very good at it, very skilled with weapons... If she dislikes you, learn how to breath thru S**T, her magic is subtle and effective, she has a powerful presence and sexuality about her, rumoured to walk both ways.. Description:- Tall very black(ravens wing) Hair very black eyes, no whites to them sensuous mouth, very pale skin and "sex on legs" body. shape-shifter extraordinaire,, Seen in company of 2 Ravens and/or her 2 sisters(may be the same thing.)
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24 Jan 01 - 08:40 AM (#381162) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: GUEST,Matt_R Death to Morrigan! I'm Dearg Doom!! |
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24 Jan 01 - 09:15 AM (#381179) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: MMario How about Penderbaird (or PenBhairdhe) - chief assistant to the Faery Queen; |
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24 Jan 01 - 09:17 AM (#381182) Subject: RE: BS: Fiction Casting Call From: hesperis I'm off to TO soon, but I'm working on the site so that I can get it up tonight if possible... Thanks, guys! This is wonderful! Matt, was Dearg an application for God of the invaders? (reply on the new thread, ok?) There is now a Part II to this thread. |