I'm new to the site but not new to roleplaying in general. I'm almost 40 and I've been involved in fantasy roleplaying games for the vast majority of my life.
I was hoping to find a good play-by-post community to join with a full unique world just like Mizahar has. In the end google brought me to you.
I've reviewed the races, skills, gods, gnosis, cities, and various other help threads. I do have a few more questions which I guess I'll ask here before continuing on.
The chicken or the egg? - If I want other PCs involved in my character's history, I would think I need their approval/collaboration before I write my history. However casual observation leads me to believe that you need a completed character before using the matchmaker forum. So how do I best get my desired results? Is it common to start the matchmaker forum with an incomplete character?
Lores - Prewritten or Invented? - I've read that I can invent my own lores, which fit with my character background basically indicating what their education would be. The character sheet template says pick two from this list. Which is it? Is it somehow the same?
Basic Character Package & Heirlooms - Are any changes to the starting package acceptable? It would just seem to me that slaves have less. A kelvic (my race), might have personal objects which would be usable in both forms, like saddle bags. Is there any artistic license here? I understand stopping, power hungry grasping, players from taking a lion's share of stuff, but I think the intent was to get basic stuff for your character to be able to take care of themselves. So I know we can buy with our starting money, but can we swap out a few things? Specifically concerning the heirloom, I don't see how a Kelvic would get one of those, especially if bred within a slave pen. Ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks for any help in advance, and for reading my introduction. Hopefully, I'll be joining the rest of you IC soon.