NotEvilAtAll

This is some good advice. I’ll take it to heart. We have the space in 8.0 to not cram ourselves in like a slum, so we might as well make sure we do that! For the central hub, I’m thinking of a tavern right next to the storage burrow (perhaps mixed with a sort of market thing, for exchanges between Elves and Halflings since the Elves will be relying on us to make a lot of their food) and then 3-4 good burrows or so. For the farms, I’ll try and see if we can mix them up with burrows, give it a nice countryside feeling. We have a clearing we can devote just to that, with rows of burrows and crops alternating as the path meanders down to the sea. The village will be completely surrounded by very large 100 block tall trees, since it’s in a large forest. Should help us feel properly small compared to the world if the trees tower above us so much. And I’ll try to make sure that we all have a good grasp on the big picture of the village, though it might be hard with multiple builders all with their own ideas. We should be able to stick to a general theme, at least.

So, us wee folks have a plot of land to do prebuilding on until October 10th. I’ve already started to do some suggestions on the build plot with colored wool, but I’m fresh out of ideas. I should probably wait for the other builders to log online and see what they think before I suggest anything more, so I’ma go and do brainstorming instead. So, you know the drill. Flood all the builder folks with suggestions until they physically can’t build them all by October 10th. We have three clearings (unless we want more, that is). I’ve only done wool suggestion work on the first clearing. For the yellow clearing, I think we should do kinda overgrown sorta stuff, tie into how it’s completely surrounded by trees. For the red clearing, we can make use of it’s sloped terrain to do farms and burrows alternating like in my forum profile picture. For the blue clearing, we can have the village entrance, tavern, and other important bits since it’s closest to the main roads. Also we can cram a few burrows in there for important fellas. I want more ideas though. SO GIMMIE IDEAS AHHHH And feedback too. That’s also appreciated.

Halflings are doing great right now, we have 1.62% server activity. As for Orcs, I’m not quite as knowledgeable on them, but they still have a nation and will continue to have a nation in 8.0. Adunians don’t have much, as far as I’m aware.

OOC: Hello there! This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible. Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible. SoL Event Checklist (Optional): -Wake up ( ) -Eat something ( ) -Do some task ( ) -Interact with someone ( ) -Eat another thing ( ) -Go to sleep ( ) RP: [!] A new note is pinned to the Brandybrook Noticeboard Weather’s getting a bit cold.... anybody care to make me a coat? Little bit of woolen trim, rest of it made o’ leather, ya know, the whole ordeal. I’ll reward you with some fireworks if you do, either as a display right ‘n front of your eyes or the fireworks themselves so you can give it a go! -Filibert Applefoot ((7-8 PM EST, TODAY on the 29th of September, 2020. Time’s still not great, but it’s better than the previous SoL hour!))

((Time moved from 7-8 PM EST to 8-9 PM EST. I actually work until 7 PM EST, my bad. Looks like most European folks won’t be able to attend this event. There will still be a few people able to show up, and since this event isn’t trying to get as many people as possible, that’ll be fine.))

Rename “The Military” to something more LOTR inspired, like “The Bounders”. It doesn’t feel right to call a small crew of halfling slingers and shovellers trying to ward off thieves a “military”. Also, if they’re going to use mounts, use pigs instead of donkeys. Other than that, my only critique is that there’s a few too many positions to be held. Some things should probably be merged for the sake of not having 2/3rds of the active village population be in the government. Architect and Steward can be merged, for example. A separate Sheriff and private investigative body seems a bit weird. The two can probably get merged somehow. Mayor and Party Planner can also get merged if need be.

Filibert Applefoot yawns ”O’ gosh.... a’ leas’ t’is isn’ Demon-rela’ed...”

OOC: Hello there! This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible. Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible. SoL Event Checklist (Optional): -Wake up ( ) -Eat something ( ) -Do some task ( ) -Interact with someone ( ) -Eat another thing ( ) -Go to sleep ( ) RP: [!] A little note is pinned to the Noticeboard Lo t’ere fellas! Long time, no see! Today I’m going to do a little cheese-making lesson for all who wish to come! Just a simple soft cheese, nothing fancy! Bring a handkerchief to serve as a cheesecloth and a bucket for milking cows! P.S: It’ll take a while to press the cheese, so don’t stand around waiting the whole time! Find something else to do! -Dandelion Greenholm. ((8-9 PM EST, TODAY on the 28th of September, 2020 APOLOGIES FOR HORRIBLE TIME. I WORK UNTIL 7 PM EST TODAY.))

Right now we’re waiting to see what Lairs would look like in more specific details. If it’s not a tiny 50x50 region we could likely get a Lair instead and not have to worry about activity checks (not that we’d fail them with how active we are these days).

Never said I was quitting. I’m just not going to play for multiple hours a day until I have a bit less going on in my life.

Filibert Applefoot farms the fields of Brandybrook along with Greta ”Hrm, sure is ah sunneh day”

”Yeh know, maybeh goin’ ter figh’ Demons as ah bunch o’ wee fellas was ah BAD idea.” Thinks Filibert as he stands inside of a sea of fire with his wife. ”Ain’ doin’ t’is crud again...” He’d eventually leave the battlefield along with his wife, escaping along the coastline and sailing back to Brandybrook on a canoe. Their medical supplies weren’t of much use when everybody who got hurt either died instantly or never left the front line for assistance. It was a horrible day to be a halfling.

Help with the news would be nice. Less crud for me to feel obligated to do. It’s started to become a bit of a chore to churn out a newspaper every week (with work and college and all), even if I do still want to keep it going.