Lathanderite faction

[Gwydion]

Since this is now a bit more narrowed in scope, I'm going to go ahead and post the particulars:

This is going to be a player faction whose members will start up at the same time on an agreed upon time.  

Our primary playing time will be evenings EST, 8pm-12pm (GMT-5)


THE BACKGROUND:
A cadre of priests, knights and other loyal Lathanderites were assembled at "The Spires of the Morning", a major temple in Waterdeep.  High Radiance Ghentilara gave them the task of forming a mission church in Samba, the capital of the gnomish lands of Lantan.  

Why the Lathanderites are interested in relations with the gnomes and rare humans of Lantan was a topic of much speculation in Waterdeep.  However, no information other than the destination is known to even the most persistent of the curious.

The ship never makes it to Lantan.  First, pirates from the Nelanther isles gave their swift cutter chase for several days.  Then a mighty gale blew them far to the west of their original course, where they were shipwrecked on a small uncharted island named Ymph.

PLAYER INFO:
Any build or alignment that would realistically be included in this is welcomed.  LN, LG, NG make the most sense, but CG and true neutral can fit with a good RP rationale.  Characters with low traits such as intelligence, wisdom or charisma are discouraged as well, because they likely would not be selected as representatives of the church.  These are the best and brightest examples of the Lathanderite Faith.

Being good at PvP is not a necessity, but a willingness to engage in it if the situation dictates will likely be an IC trait of most characters.  If you don't want to get WTF pwned by a PC/NPC assassin or gank squad, this may not be for you.  Also, if you enjoy PvP and are intrigued by the concept, you certainly will be very welcome to join.  

I will say that PvP is definitely not the central theme of this faction originally, but IG situations will likely dictate a strong possibility that it will occur at some point.  

Players who wish to play a member of the Order of the Aster or a monk in the Order of the Sun Soul will need to contact me for further information.

WHEN:
I keep telling people "2 or 3 weeks" if asked when this is going to happen, so let's set a tenative startup date of Jan. 25 at 9 pm EST (GMT-5).  If you have any apps to submit for a concept, get them in soon so that we don't have to harass the DM team the day of the startup.

Personally I don't really care if someone plays their character as a main or an alt, but I'd prefer they play their Lathanderite at least 2-3 days a week if they can during the primary time.  Player factions usually don't work if they play widely scattered play times, so I'm looking for some cohesion - at least at startup.  As we get going, characters that join the faction and play different times should work just fine and hopefully communication amongst the faction won't be a problem.

CONTACT ME:
If you have suggestions/ideas for the faction, even if you don't plan on joining, I'd love to hear them and maybe we can use some of them.  I prefer PMs if possible to keep this thread fairly clean.  This thread will be a primary means of organization until it is determined that we don't suck eggs,  and Snoteye deems us forum-worthy.  

Hoping this will create a good story on the server whether it lasts a week or over a year.

[Gwydion]

All right, here's a sound off opportunity for those sincerely interested in playing this faction, and starting when the main group does:

Player Name
Ready to go - or starting an app/ one is pending?
playing what class?


*putting the class on here so that players have an idea of the group composition if that will affect their choice.  All classes welcome.


List for Cruzel's prelude:
Gwydion - cleric
IxTheSpeedy - cleric
MysteryPlayer - cleric
Dragonfire9000 - paladin
Pup - paladin
Squryl - bard
TheBigX - monk
Underbard - fighter
Professor Death - mage
Skrillix - rogue

[IxTheSpeedy]

IxTheSpeedy
Ready to Go
Cleric of Lathander

[dragonfire9000]

Dragonfire9000
App in the DM machine.
Paladin

[Underbard]

Underbard
App turned in
Monk

[RIPnogarD]

~ Sorry ~
RL got in the way, I wont be able to make it.

[Squyrl]

Squyrl
RTG
Bard

[bigx2]

TheBigX
Putting together a sun soul app
Trying a monk that wields a 2 hander

[Underbard]

Underbard
Ready to roll
Fighter

[Professor Death]

Game Log in: Your Baby's Mama
Forum name: Professor Death
Ready to Rock
Generalist mage

[The Beggar]

Good luck guys, hope this faction takes off and you can do some fun, amazing stuff.

[IxTheSpeedy]

Thanks Beggar, we hope so too.

[Gwydion]

ONE DAY DELAY:

I'd like to move it back one day to Monday night, Jan 26th at 9 pm EST (GMT-5) if that doesn't screw anyone else up.   If it does, we'll fire this off on Sunday at the original time.

Show up in the waiting area a few minutes early if you can, and we'll coordinate from there.

I'd like to encourage anyone who wants to play join in, that they are encouraged to do so - even if it is last minute.  Existing characters IG can join in if it's IC for them to do so at some point.  And you can start a character later if you can't make this startup point.  

If you want to play a character that is to part of the group leaving from Waterdeep that is being shipwrecked - but can't start up with us, PM me please.

If anyone has apped for being a member of the Order of the Aster, you can assume your character is in fact, approved.  To my understanding, being part of this PC faction at startup is the only prerequisite, but the DM staff would like an app for organizational purposes and for their own knowledge.

[IxTheSpeedy]

Monday night works for me, actually it works better than Sunday.

Looks like we have a nicely diverse group to start with, this should be very cool.

[Underbard]

Sunday or Monday are both fine with me.