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#81
Comments, Suggestions and Troubleshooting / Spam Accounts
Last post by Irisado - April 01, 2020, 04:04:29 PM
Taking a look at the member list by most recent date registered, I see a few problems: https://secondsphere.org/index.php?action=mlist;sort=registered;start=0;desc.  If you hover the mouse over the web sites of a lot of these members they are linking to porn, spam, or other dodgy sites.  Could these accounts be deleted?  Also, and I know this has been discussed before, I really think that more effective measures need to be introduced to stop spammers from being able to register.
#82
Online Roleplaying / Re: Isle of Carandia (RPG)
Last post by Mabbz - March 28, 2020, 05:44:14 PM
After several seconds digesting this, Ben was about 85% sure he believed the Warlock. Still couldn't hurt to add a little more pressure...

"Ah well," Ben sighed. "I suppose that'll have to do. A pity, really. I doubt that'll buy you much leniency from the townsfolk. They're a bit peeved. Vexed, really. Your sleep spell led to a fair few fires. I heard somebody may have died. I'm new here, of course, so I dont know what fate their laws have for murderers. Still that's for them to decide, and I can't think of any good words I'd put in for you..."
#83
Introduce Yourself / Re: It's Quiet Here
Last post by InsaneTD - March 26, 2020, 01:56:55 AM
Not from reddit no. I haven't written anything 40k in a long, long time. I know almost nothing about the fluff anyone.
#84
Online Roleplaying / Re: Isle of Carandia (RPG)
Last post by Narric - March 23, 2020, 08:31:05 PM
The Warlock groggily awoke to the threats laid down by Nyx. He audibly gulpded in response, quickly taking in the situation around him.

"He, Hey now, lets not get too hasty?" He smiled in fear, eyes flicking from each member of the present party. "Its nothing personal, just business for me, you know?" He couldn't help but nervously chuckle.

"Oooh?" Nyx practically purred. "And who are you doing this business for? You'd love to tell us this, wouldn't you?" An extra poke with the dagger to emphasis the encouragement for spilling the beans.

"I wish I could tell you, but they hired me via telepathic message!" If Dragonborn could sweat, this Warlock certainly was. "I was told I'd be paid on completion of killing any non-locals in the town, and that my methods were to be my own!"

"So those zombies were yours?" Ben piped up, raising an eyebrow and softly rubbing his holy symbol with one hand. "Strange that your methods align somewhat with what we've previously dealt with in some capacity... Are you sure you can't or won't tell us who your employer is?"

"I swear, I was never in contact with anyone in person."

"So you don't know anything about the local Meadery?" Nyx returned to a previously unanswered question.

"I can tell you their premium stuff is worth the gold? Aside from that I have no idea wat a Meadery has to do with me."

Rolls
Nyx Intimidation: 17
Nyx Persuasion: 17
#85
Hobby / Re: Narric's "Creative" Writin...
Last post by Narric - March 22, 2020, 01:21:41 AM
Recently gotten into Dungeons and Dragons, and after playing my Aasimar Warlock for a few sessions, I figured out her story.

Herish Alderna is a Aasimar Warlock with a Celestial Patron, who has a minor acclaim as a folk hero. This is her story.

Comments and Critique welcome :3




Herish awake at the crack of dawn on her 14th birthday. Her mother would finally allow her to start working in the Tannery, and she had spent the previous night with a collection of scraps practicing with the dagger that also served as her only connection to her father.

"If you don't come get ready for breakfast now, you're doing your first day or work hungry." Her mother called from the small cooking fire of the home. Herish needed no further prompting, scrabbling to her feet and changing into the roughly made work clothes her mother had spent months measuring her for, and nights stitching together.

[----]

The excitement of working lasted most of the day, but after what felt like lunchtime, the novelty had worn off somewhat. She was nudged from her concentration when the bell for the shop door rang softly, with her looking over to see three fairly grizzled men walking in from the street. seeing them, she quickly put her head back down to work, as her mother walked up to the customers. Words were spoken in hushed tones from what would assumed to be the leader, her mother starting to sound worried, and firmly telling the men no to what it was they were demanding.

That is when the first strike sent her mother to the floor of the small shop. Herish called out and immediately tried going to her mothers' aid, by one of the underlings and stepped forward and grabbed her by the scruff of her work clothes. She was held against one of the support beams with her feet a couple foot of the ground. The leader stepped over her mother, heading towards the back where the coin was stored. The other underling made moves to roughly pick up her mother, causing her to reach out to her only family.

She felt something within her soul, guiding her motions and putting words to her lips. The underling suddenly found himself suddenly wrapped in flames, his lunges evacuating as he yelled in fear and pain. Herish was hastily dropped to the floor, her feet numb briefly as air returned to her own body, the smell of burnt flesh quickly filling the small space. The underling that had held her was trying to pat out the flames left on his comrade, to distracted to see the young girl plant her feat for a repeat performance.

The second went down, but not as spectacularly, Herish darting forward to pull her mother away from the burning bodies. The leader had returned, clearly in shock that his two compatriots had been taken out so quickly. This man was clearly much older or at least more experienced. He cut his loses as the bodies lay still, but strode forward upon the child, withdrawing a dagger from the multitude of small scabbards that covered his torso.

Herish only thought to protect her mother, the blade connecting and biting into her skin. She screamed in pain briefly, but locked eyes with the leader. With her one free hand, she swept it towards the man standing above her, the sensation she recognized as magic flowing through her again, but far more potent. New words crossed her lips. The proximity made it near impossible to miss.

The flames that wrapped the leader were not the comforting hues of red and orange that would help feed a family in the death of winter. This magical fire with blue and white in hue, is spread across the leader in waves, somehow seeping into every crack of the armour he wore. He had no time to scream, but his features were a solid effigy of terror.

[----]

Herish cradled her mothers head for what felt like an eternity, who was thankfully just unconscious for the whole ordeal even if a little hurt from the leader's strike. The door burst open, a guard and their blacksmith neighbour charging in only to stop in surprise when they saw the scene before them.

Three men lay dead, clearly burnt where they stood. A woman lying on the floor who had clearly been struck. What gave them pause was the child. The blacksmith had known her before this day to have had auburn hair and eyes, but cradling the Tanner shop owner was a child with hair and eyes of near radiant gold, and a subtle halo of light that was clearly not there but could still be perceived.
#86
Introduce Yourself / Re: It's Quiet Here
Last post by Mabbz - March 20, 2020, 04:39:05 PM
Sounds good to me. Any of the 40k related?
#87
Introduce Yourself / Re: It's Quiet Here
Last post by InsaneTD - March 20, 2020, 04:30:32 PM
Eh. More of a drop in. I don't really write that often. Though I could grab some of the writing prompts I've done on reddit.
#88
Introduce Yourself / Re: It's Quiet Here
Last post by Narric - March 20, 2020, 11:07:35 AM
Is this a defiant return to the Forum?

You know your short stories are always welcome :3
#89
Introduce Yourself / It's Quiet Here
Last post by InsaneTD - March 19, 2020, 11:50:38 AM
Maybe I should make some noise?
#90
Online Roleplaying / Re: Isle of Carandia (RPG)
Last post by Mabbz - March 11, 2020, 10:41:31 AM
Ben watched with equal parts amusement and apprehension. He had quickly moved round the side of the warlock, out of his peripheral vision, and pulled out his mace as a precaution.

As for questions, he decided to keep quiet for now and see where Nyx's approach got her. If it didn't work he could always try charming him like he'd suggested.