Resting day.

So I've been letting myself rest... it's nice. ^^

Today I've just been playing Etrian Odyssey 2, messing with DR and chatting with peoples.

I found out there is interest in me making a Tower Between Worlds MUD again. :O It looks like it might be based on Smaug, which happens to be one of the types of muds I've never played. Figures! It's more of the hack n' slash type, so there will be actual potential for combat and character advancement, unlike previous Tower projects. *boggles at this*

But it'll be a small project, more like a playground for a few of us to mess with building and writing descriptions and such. Mostly it'll be Eni and Kalli and me, it looks like. Maybe others if there is interest.

Dunno yet when it'll be set up -- probably next month? Or Sept? So let me know if working on Tower MUD interests you.

Etrian Odyssey 2

As usual, EO2 provides a great deal of challenge and playtime. I got to level 3 of the labyrinth, moving upward! And my highest character level is... 7. Not impressive. But I couldn't escape from making too many characters, *again*.

Here's the roster this time. I wanted at least one of each class. :O

Archana (Protector)
11823817 (Gunner)
Ryshassa (War Magus)
Alexsei (Ronin)
Atmadja (Landsknecht)
Iluun (Hexer)
Talliska (Survivalist)
Saisen (Protector)
Estrella (Medic)
Elasul (Alchemist)
Mirko (Dark Hunter)
Serylius (Troubadour)

...12 characters, only one repeat. And yes, they come in pairs! I make one for me and one for my husband each time. XD

Note: Estrella is Ryshy and Alexsei's first daughter and Mirko is Atmadja and Iluun's daughter. I think Atma and Iluun will have one, maybe two children, while I know Ryshy and Alexsei will have 3: Estrella, Thealan (their only son) and Mirabelle (tentative name).

So far I'm really digging the new classes and skills. Ronin isn't "new", but I never got to a point in EO1 where I could actually recruit one, so EO2 is the first game I got to actually play one in. And they're *awesome*. Naturally I started out by buying Alexsei the iai slash with potential for instakill. XD Almost maxed it already.

I also like War Magus. I mean. They don't get Revive, but they're otherwise like a Medic who can actually be a front-line fighter. I liked the idea of giving Ryshy that class because it kinda symbolizes how I wanted her to grow from a pure healer (she was Medic in the first Etrian Odyssey) into a healer who could also physically defend herself. I just had Estrella take Ryshy's place as the "new" Medic. ^^

Atmadja was a landsknecht in the first game and she still fits very well in that spot. :D Iluun got Hexer because it's closer to Dragonrealms moon mages (since he was originally made as a DR character! and still is, in fact!) I thought Atma and Iluun's daughter ought to have something at least partially fighter-y so Dark Hunter fit well. The abilities are actually something like a mix of a landsknecht and a hexer anyway. :D

As for the others... well, Archana and Saisen were always Protectors and will stay that way. (I especially like giving Archana Front/Back Guard, and now she can also get Allguard, which is shiny and AWESOME.) Saisen I think will end up with less of the group protection skills and more of the "I am a TANK!" (like Fortify) or "you can't hurt me!" (like En Garde) ones.

I gave Seventeen the Gunner class, even though he's actually more like a fighgunner. ^^; It's fine, anyway -- I'm pretty sure he could have been a good sniper, too. I love Gunners so far, they have elemental shots as well as useful things like Haltshot to stop FOE movement for a while.

Talliska, of course, is still my Survivalist! Not much to say about that -- she's always going to be my ranger, no matter what world I bring her to!

As for the last two... Elasul and Serylius are Estrella and Mirko's love interests, actually. They're characters that were originally conceived in Sims 2 (yes, I am a dork. I let Sims 2 decide on Ryshy/Alexsei and Atma/Iluun's children and their love lives.)

Elasul was originally supposed to be the dutiful healer type, but I already had a Medic (Estrella) so we changed things so he'd be the Alchemist instead. Serylius was always supposed to be a bard, and in Sims 2 that meant he was a Pleasure Aspiration sim who took something like philosophy or drama in college (I forgot which exactly), basically fooled around and wants to start a band now.

So Troubadour fit Serylius best in EO2, and now I've got him singing FOEs to sleep. :D

I'll wrote more about Etrian Odyssey 2 later!

Dragonrealms

Talliska is circle 32 now. She's got 8 survivals above 100: Perception, Evasion, Skinning, Scouting, Swimming, Climbing, Foraging and Hiding. I'm trying to get Stalking there now, too. After that I'll have to start training up Disarm and Lockpicking, and Escaping.

Whew! Her combats are almost all 100+ also (except Parry and Shield at 98). And Evasion is highest, nearly 112.

I spent TDPs, too... Agility to 27, Stamina to 22. Looking good. :D

And now I have ice cream melting over here that I must eat! *cuts off entry to eat it* ^^;;;