Posted by Darlow on June 8, 2000 at 16:38:37:
In Reply to: Were you a conjurer Arbiter then? Were you able to use any of your charmies? Doesn't everything but the Archon area affect? n/t posted by Someone Who Hasn't Been Playing on June 7, 2000 at 20:48:32:
> > Damn. For a character who prided himself on a
> > prodigious vocabularly, I'm certainly having
> > trouble figuring out what to write.
> >
> > Anyway. Quintius, despite my consistent confusion
> > born from the similarity between your name and
> > that of a certain former Emperor, you're the
> > finest cabal leader I've ever had the pleasure
> > to work with - reminiscent of the stories I've
> > heard of Fortcouer. I seriously believe that
> > if you told the Arbiters that you were leading
> > them down to Dis to slay Zorszaul, the good Arbs
> > would ask you where to meet and the evil ones
> > would start arguing over who gets the armor. :P
> >
> > It's unfortunate that all of our interactions
> > me bitching and you trying to cheer me up. To
> > reiterate: playing an Arbiter is fun. Playing
> > an evil mage these days sucks. While I don't
> > want to get stuck in a rut, my second-to-next
> > character is going to be another Arbiter, likely
> > a lightwalking, warrior or shaman type - and
> > you can look to my previous char, Dyrlyln, as
> > an example of how long my current character is
> > likely to last.
> >
> > Darlow was born when I decided to figure out how
> > an evil person would act in order to have that
> > 23 charisma. Fairly obviously, he wouldn't
> > be a frothing, filthy, blasphemy-spewing, mass-
> > murdering bastard hated by all. I figured he
> > would act like a politician - suave, dignified,
> > a master of flattery, extremely arrogant,
> > unfailingly polite and absolutely Machievellian.
> > (Note: do not apply this description to the
> > above compliments.) I think I did pretty well
> > at creating that impression, or something similar,
> > anyway, though I'm hardly the most unbiased judge.
> >
> > I think I didn't do too badly at Arbitration,
> > but I PKed like Woru after a few reefers and
> > half a dozen whiskey sours.
> >
> > Now for the classic cabal rundowns:
> >
> > Arbiters: I love you all. :) Bria, thanks for
> > putting up with my amateur histrionics. I
> > wonder if I rated a gecho? Quintius, see above.
> > Darvin, you're cool. Kydan, Alrcs, Ulrikis,
> > Elmorel, everyone whose names I can't remember
> > just now... ditto.
> >
> > Ragers: Imbrogno said it best. I hate you OOC
> > and IC. I had a Rager wannabe lurking about,
> > but I think I'm just going to let him autodelete.
> > I think Challen started the Rager boom by
> > revealing he was leader, and if I'm right,
> > Challen, I owe you a few whacks with a herring.
> >
> > Masters: Um.. Xolthul, I liked your magic.
> >
> > Dawn: *shrug*
> >
> > Entropy: *shrug*
> >
> > Troupe: *shrug*
> >
> > Scarab: Nazturgle, whatever happened to you?
> >
> > Sylvan: c vent 'a luminous archon' 'I have come
> > from the heavens to reveal the truth to you:
> > Arbiters are the puppets of the Empire!'
> > *snicker* Unless you were Entropy. Either
> > way, you know who you are.
> >
> > Empire: Nearly my only groupmates, but none
> > of you really stick in my mind. Except for
> > Sierothe, and that guy who pissed on me. Eew.
> >
> > And to everyone I grouped with, thanks.
> >
> > If you've read down this far, you're probably
> > thinking: 'My God, why is this idiot wasting
> > so much time on the farewells of a 30th ranked
> > character?' Like I said, he's my most successful
> > so far, and deserves more of a public sendoff
> > in my vain little mind than the couple of notes
> > which were all I could do and stay in character.
> >
> > Later. :P