This was my first shaman, indeed first empowered character. Apart from
some initial troubles, which at the time was frustrating, empowerment
was painless. Many thanks to Innis for letting me do my own thing.

I have had fun and I learned a lot, but for the last week or so, I
didn't have fun and while I definitely could learn a lot more, I would
rather just have fun.

Being good was alright, except that I found the numbers of foes very
limited, and also the number of potential allies. There were a lot of
people I had little business grouping with, much less fight. Too bad.

The last month or so, there seemed to be an influx of outlanders. That's
great, except we only have so many players, so it meant very few
enemies. Another reason for giving up Thelmon.

Shamans are very tough and outlander powers complement them very well.
I didn't like the skill set though, it didn't fit with my play style.
Too little oomph, so to speak. With teleport it might have been more
enjoyable. It was great that I could do without gear though. I lost a
lot of things to the hoarding code, due to my sporadic playing times,
but it didn't matter.

Shamans can very easily kill rookies, but then, rookies are always easy
to kill. To defeat more skilled opponents, shamans seemed very dependant
upon terrain, something I found frustrating as I tend to be rather
impatient.


Back when Thelmon was conceived I thought that sphere music was a great
idea. The oral tradition fits well with a couple of outlander themes. I
even made a few songs (as in score, not lyrics) for him. It was great,
until I actually tried to convey rhythm, tone, melody, etc, via a
textual medium. Oh, it can be done, but I fail to see how without using
metaphors. And thats when you start to roleplay at others or for them.

So I tried to rhyme a bit when the occassion warranted it. Or hum a
tune, or play my flute, but I think it sucked _big_ time. Especially as
English is not my native tongue, thus thinking up some proper poetry on
the spur of the moment was too difficult for me.

My playing times are sporadic. One of the things I missed with Thelmon
was long lasting enemies and friends. That is the price for not playing
often. Being in a cabal helped a bit with that, but I didn't get into
outlanders until lvl 39 (100+ hours). However, for the last month or
so I have had more time to play, which was great.

Thelmon lasted a long (real) time and I would like to say thank you to all
those who interacted with him. I will look through my files to offer up
some names too.

Have fun all.

INNIS.

First of all, thanks for the juice!

The following quote from your helpfile

"The followers of the Golden Chalice walk in the dark places seeking out
the dark servants and falling upon them with a ferocity unmatched. They
punish the nightmares and those who send them, driving both back to their
fell beginnings."

appealed a lot to me. I like melodrama, so it was quite a shock how
laid back Innis is. I was completely taken aback at the empowerment
interview. I guess I could have gotten used to the casual approach, but
I only got one other sample of it

I came back to the glade several times to pray for enlightenment
regarding some specific communes. I don't know whether you found it
annoying or our times just didn't mesh, but in the end Thelmon found
a suitable approach.

I don't know whether Thelmon received full empowerment at first or some
later time, but I assumed I was only partially empowered. Thus I
didn't realize you had actually removed some empowerment even though you
explained it to me when we finally met up.
Thanks for giving me a second go. I basically expressed my views with
Thelmon, but since I'm not the one with the empowerment button, I
appreciate the gesture.

I don't know what you expect from your followers, but I hoped I offered
some of it. I did try to preach to my group mates (probably much to
their annoyance


CHAISSE
Just cool. Thelmon was in love with you. But when you deleted just after
he got inducted, I didn't pursue that path further, though I did
consider adding it to his role.

HALISTANIS
I think you did a lot of cool things. I especially liked the Brumble
stuff. You had a lot of atmosphere and wanted to do things. Thumbs up.
I as a player didn't agree with some of your choices, but it was
just minor stuff. Best of luck and have fun exploring the game.

One word of advice, though: Consider not posting offline with an
active character to defend yourself from any real or perceived wronging.
It just brings grief.

LANNING
I never met you, but I sure liked your notes. Sounds like a cool char.

EARANE
I love bards and with Thelmon's sphere he was naturally attracted to
you. Unfortunately, we rarely got something going, but I hope you had
fun with some of imprompto verses


RAVIRI
Best of luck to you. Enjoy the freedom of evil outlanders and gut some
of the foolish goodies

ELIFOD
You are funny. Dragging around a skiff is just plain silly, but I like
a little silliness now and then. Keep spreading fun.


NEIKULOUS
Your roleplay was very consistent. Too modern for my taste (something I
associate with cities) but no big deal. I thought the vortex was funny
too, though.

Very solid goodie RP, I must admit. I doubt I would ever be able to RP goodie in such way, but again, I probably should try some day.

With all that I felt like you were very distant most of the time. From Outlanders that is. Kind of loner.

Anyways, well done and I hope I didn't annoy you all that much.

Thank you for the kind words. Playing a goodie sucks big time. Don't do it! *wink*

I must admit that I am something of a loner. As far as PK goes
I prefer to be alone and I hate cabal raiding

I don't mind hanging out with others, but I didn't fit
in that well with the other outlanders.

Like I said in my goodbyes, I found Halistanis a cool char and
Thelmon had a lot of respect for her. We just disagreed on a few
issues.

There has been a lot of drama about Halistanis, but I hope it resolves
and you have fun in the process or at least afterwards. It's about
having fun!