Mining

Jonathan sighs as he notices the Elfs absense "Nienna wasn't kidding when she said it was time to take over" he murmurs to himself. Sighing, he heads to arts room I'm the hope that the book had not yet been stolen. As he reaches the door, he pauses to mutter "You'll be missed mate" with a final sigh, he walks in

Jonathan grins as he sees Nigel hanging up posters "I put you in the doghouse that bad did I?" he says, a smirk on his face. "Good" he adds, his expression hardening. Without another word, he walks off.

Do a Kha's paws prevent them in any way from 'fine work' and things that require steady hands? Eg - Sewing, lock picking, surgery etc

Jonathan groans, seeing the note "nonono" he murmurs to himself and walks over to hit. Quickly he writes a response and tears down the original, replacing it with his own note. It reads "Know that I do not tear down this note out of malice but out of protection. This is the wrong way to go about finding a teacher of the arcane and mages who see this will be quick to send malicious remarks to you. I would hate to see a potential mage discouraged by the elitist mages of Anthos. I suggest you search through other means then a poster. Good luck" Nodding in satisfaction, Jonathan looks at the torn down poster in his hand and focuses on it. He twitches slightly and a light breeze picks up the poster, sending it flying lightly off into the distance. With a final nod of satisfaction, Jonathan walks off

You're already one of us <3

((It would seem this was missed))

Jonathan takes another look at the notice board "soaring out of my price range as expected" he mutters quietly to himself. He lets out a tired sigh, noticing the man is yet to respond to his note and walks off

((me at first - Blundermore, the one aeromancer to rule them all has posted. I wonder what wisdom he will impart me later - blundermore - ))

((Myth you have 11 minas ._. don't make bids you can't back up)) Jonathan sees the note in malinor and slowly breaks into a grin "So i'm not the only one" he mutters to himself. Hastily, he pulls out a small sheet of paper and a quill, scribbling a note. Finally, he finishes the note and withdraws his dagger from his belt, pinning the note to the board. It would read

Alright, let me try and clear this up from my own knowledge. First, ill try and offer a more in depth description of the different types of punches (as someone who trains in kick boxing and martial arts) As a pre note, I would like to say that its a good idea to emote your characters fighting stance. My character for example uses a standard boxing stance when hes fighting, which means feet side on and shoulder width apart, elbows tucked, arms up in front of my face with the left in front of the right and chin tucked in. Now to the punches Lets talk haymaker shall we?A haymaker is the 'punch of choice' of a person who does not know how to box or fight with their fists. A haymaker is a large, swinging punch with your fist. I suppose it can be compared to a hook, however a hook is much more structured where as a haymaker is basically a big swing, hoping to hit them as hard as you can. While it may be an 'amateur punch' a lot of power can come from this. Because lets face it, when a big guy is trying to smack you as hard as he can with a haymaker (and people often step into their hay maker punches) amateur or not, its gunna hurt. A lot. Ill go in to actually taking the punch a bit later. The thing about a haymaker, is that you can see it coming a mile away. No mater how fast you think your character is, I present you a simple question - What is the fastest way between two points? Why straight of course. A haymaker is NOT a straight punch, it is a swinging punch, making it easy for a prepared and skilled fighter to duck under, jab, dodge, counter, use your imagination! But if it does hit you, itl hit you like a tonne of bricks! Moving on from the haymaker, we have the jab. The jab, is a punch usually done with the left hand (unless your left handed). A skilled boxer will pivot their foot with the punch and make full use of their reach whilst throwing a jab. But what is a jab? Easy! A straight punch! Its fast, going straight from point a to point b, and still packs a decent punch (hurhurhur cause we're talking about punching :P). Now, something I think people need to realise about the jab is that reach plays an important factor and should not be ignored. The jab is a personal favourite mine, because I have long arms, generally longer than my opponents. The easiest way to understand the reach advantage, is to find a friend with much longer or shorter arms than you. Get the person with longer arms to put their fist gently (not a punch) against your face and hold their arm out straight. Now the person with shorter arms holds THEIR arm out straight, and you will notice they won't be able to reach, will mr long arms can. So if you're character has short arms, don't expect to instantly counter someone who's just thrown a jab at you without moving in first. Kicking is a good way of countering a reach advantage, but thatl have to wait another day And then we have the thunder to the jabs lightning, its companion. The cross. Generally with the right hand (unless left handed in which case with the left hand) it isn't nearly as quick as the jab, but it definitely packs more of a punch. Coming from the hand further back (when in a standard boxing stance) and the dominant hand, when pivoting your foot and putting your whole body into it, this bad boy is quite the power horse and coincides well with the jab, with jab cross combinations. People (usually non trained/skilled) fighters will sometimes pull their right hand back as if 'coiling' the punch before punching someone. Personally I don't do it since it slows you down and gives the opponent a bigger warning, but it certainly adds a little extra mph Now, for the most part those are the only two punches most people will used. But if your characters a bit more experienced or wants to spice things up, we have the hook and the uppercut Now the hook is, in a way, similar to the haymaker in that they both get power by 'arcing' the punch. But the hook is a much more structured punch. The most important part of a hook, is pivoting your whole body in to the punch. Whilst pivoting your body with jabs and crosses certainly add power and in some cases reach, you can more or less get away with not doing it. With a hook however, you can't really get away with not turning your feet. A hook involves bringing your fist around, keeping your whole arm parallel to the ground. If you're unsure, refer to this picture http://www.physical-arts.com/training/techniques/images/an_hook_punch.gif now, while not the BEST quality, notice the way his feet pivot with the punch and his arm and fist are all in line. Thats a hook for ya. A hook can be done with either the front left hand or the back right hand. As with the jab and cross, the front left hand (unless left handed) is generally faster while the back right hand packs a bigger umph And finally, we have the uppercut. Now, the uppercut comes in two different flavours if you will. Theres the uppercut to the jaw, and the body shot. Now, any one who knows how to fight will know to keep their chin tucked in, as its the first defence against the jaw uppercut. None the less, an uppercut to the jaw can still happen when your jaw happens to be too far out and your opponent goes in through your guard. Done right, this is a powerful, and often KO punch. Then theres the 'body shot' uppercut. The name says it all really, its a body shot. Very very VERY rarely going to end someone, but itl certainly soften em up, possibly damage some ribs depending on the circumstances Well, I've just realised how much ive written so me thinks I will take a short break before editing in the information on being punched. I hope this helps!

Working on a mega post explaining the punches a lot more in depth, brace your self children

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((This is excellent news, really good to hear. Also, for all of my fellow mac users wondering how to do the trace route, do the following. Applications > Utilities > Terminal and from there type in traceroute mc.lotc.co (or the ts ip). Using tracert will NOT work. Hope this helps))

I always thought Elves, dwarves and orcs all had the same long lives, however elves don't do as much dangerous stuff as orcs and dwarves (namely they don't go to war nearly as often) therefore they typically live longer. I could be wrong here though