WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MID-LAND
What's New 6/28/00
Hello. I am
and even though an orc or something torsoed me from behind and some lady killed me off dedicating my soul to something or other, this is my realm and I'm alive and well here.
I run The Havenwood Times, a sort of newsletter I got. You'll find the link to it at the end of the page.
Adventures in Mid-land is a game where you assume the role of a character you've created. In order to play the character to the fullest, you should make up a past for your character, so you have a story to tell. You should make up what your character likes and dislikes, which includes other characters. You really shouldn't worry if you've just killed off a character that a person's been working on for five years, since it's all part of the game. It wouldn't be very nice of you, though. But watch it turn out that a character you've aligned yourself with ends up being a schizophrenic who is actually playing himself in Mid-land and he ends up calling you up all the time and calling you by your character's name and asking if you'd like to help him patrol the streets for zombies.
Battle is carried out with padded "boffer" weapons. These are made from cpvc pipe, insulation, and foam. I'm told Earth Mat is best for the stabbing tips. Depending on your character's stats and abilities, you can damage another character a certain amount each time you hit him and withstand a certain amount of damage. If you'd like, you can develope healing skills that are appreciated by everyone. But just remember, you will actually be hitting another person with your weapon, so make sure to check it by a game master or someone to make sure it's safe. All weapons are to be checked before you use them in play.
There are many races you can play in Mid-land. Each race has it's own costume requirements and advantages, along with disadvantages. The Dakani wear their attah (soul) around their necks, and have a tattoo of their cheek. They are immune to attacks like charm. The Orcs have racial strength that allows them to hit for a pretty solid amount, and their faces are pig-like. Unfortunatly, if you play and Orc, you may be attacked by a guy in a dress (TJ has first-hand knowledge).
When you reach level five, you may start a new character as sort of a back-up in case you die. When I get to level 5, I'm gonna make my character a begger.
"Spare a copper, guv'nor?"
"Sure, let me reach in my pouch"STAB
"Ow! Wha'd ya do that for, guv'nor?
STAB
"Ow! Cut it out, you taffer!"
STAB
"Ow! You bloody bastard! Quit trying to nick my bowl!
STAB
This next part I don't really need here, but I'm gonna put it here to screw with John's head.
We were at the castle, me (different character), Kor, Mojo, and I think a High Goblin. Morg was somewhere in the picture but I'm not sure where he comes in.
Anyway, there's a ghost pacing around, saying he's lost his bracelet. There were these scrolls laying there, and Mojo the Gnome touches one and the ghost hits him so hard he felt it the week before, and Kor has to drag him back to the inn before he dies.
You know what I think would be cool? I think it would be cool if one weekend something happens and all our character's just start hating each other and there's this big war between three rival factions and it envolves EVERYBODY and it goes all through the woods and lasts all day as everyone's running around dodging each other and there's arrows flying everywhere and you're pulling the long sword out of your former friend's dead hands (with permission of course if the weapon was his own make not something he aquired in a quest or something) trying to stay alive just a little longer as everyone around you is screaming in retched pain and horror and Havenwood is reduced to a post-apocalyptic state with roving bands of thieves led by the characters who managed to survive the war. If I get to run a module I've got a great idea for a module that would involve everybody. I doubt it would be a legal module though. I'd probably have to make up new species of enemies and I don't think you can do that.
I also think it would be cool if Road Rules came for a weekend.
And that's about it for now. The Next Event is July 14-16, 2000
-Belvadere Croglin
