Sorry I hadn't posted on this before now. It has been a rather busy week in RL (overlooking my general slowness when it comes to posting in less busy times).
In regards to multi-classing:
On multi-classing
One of the ideas behind forming this group was to create a group that would be reliant on each others strengths instead of each individual being able to pommel everything. In the spirit of that, there have been some decisions made on the subject of multi-classing meant to necessitate this.
1. When choosing to multi-class in more than one BASE class, a character must already be a minimum of level 12. Prestige classes may be taken as soon as they become available. This is because multi-base classes diversify abilities while prestige classes specialize abilities already possessed.
2. A minimum of 5 levels must be taken in any class chosen, whether that class be base or prestige. For instance, a character who takes 8 levels of druid and then takes a shifter level must then take a minimum of 5 shifter levels in a row before taking any levels of anything else, even more druid.
What happens if you can start taking a prestige class as early as level 4 or 5? (rule 1 says you can take it, rule 2 implies you can't, unless it means that you must ultimately have 5 of the prior/original class by some point rather than before you start.).
I like the idea of being able to take a prestige class as soon as you are able, as long as you will ultimately have a minimum 5 levels of whatever class you plan to take (5 is a good cutoff since two prestige classes only have 5 levels, max). But that's my opinion only. It won't affect my current character either way, other than I might have to wait a level to try out something I planned to try, so whatever decision is best for the group is fine by me. Only wanted to point out what seemed like an inconsistency or something that could be misinterpreted. To be safe, I'm currently reading rule 2 to dominate over rule 1.
And yeah PK, I got more lapis than you probably want
- went the night that bit of confusion over who's doing what came up in game (mining wizards and what not). Planned to get you some turq as well, but then RL stepped in. Anyway, if still in need of lapis, let me know and you will be set.
Also got you some sapphire while in the process of doing something else (though you may not need it for a while). Might try and round you up some more of what you need in the progression this evening.
As far as overlapping trades, I think it's fine for some overlap. It makes sense that some folks might want to be able to harden large hides (armor crafters) - that doesn't mean they have to go and master the trade. Some folks might also want to be able to cut their own ideal gems (again, helpful for certain trades besides jewelry making - or you might want to have the gems ready for your handy dandy jewel maker when they are available). As far as I know, we don't have anyone working fletching or bowyering yet so someone can jump on that (might be nice to have an elf doing the bow work if any in the group but of course not necessary).
Playtimes are usually later in the evenings during the week (most evenings, availability is there) though I realize too that puts me later than most others in the group; I work during the week so it's harder to get on much earlier than I generally do, though if a particular day works well for everyone, I could try and be available earlier that particular day. Weekends are always a mystery. Sometimes I have all weekend, sometimes I have none. I'm usually available for either a Saturday or Sunday evening session in any given week.
