<OOC>Crap, I'm too late to be the healer.</OOC>

<OK, dude. Find a place and jump in! NOW!! And wern't you going to be the dwarf healer? Cause I'm dieing.>

<OOC>If it's fine, I would wish to be a fighter that has a small bit of healing skill, both with herbs and plants, and a few minor spells.</OOC>

<OOC>That falls under the category of a Paladin. A Paladin is a holy warrior that is somewhat like a combination of a fighter and a cleric.</OOC>

<GM's Note: Actualy, unlike Mages, Clerics and Druids can fight well enough with a few weapons (it's restricted by their Ethos and their Deity or Deities, usually to one specific type of weapon like a hammer or a mace), but they're not as good at fighting as Fighters are. (Mages, on the other hand, generaly do not fare well in Melee or Ranged combat, although they are halfway decent with a Quarterstaff, a Dagger, or with darts and throwing knives.) However, if you choose to dual-class your character and make him a Fighter/Cleric, he'll gain the best of both worlds but his character development will suffer. A Fighter/Cleric would earn less experience than a pure-class character would, and every time he levels up you'd have to choose weather to level Fighter or Cleric because he can't level up both classes at once.
A Paladin, on the other hand, is nearly as good at ordinary fighting as a pure-class Fighter of the same level would be, but unlike a Fighter-Cleric his Divine Spellcasting powers won't kick in until he hits level 5. He does start with some pre-determined spell-like abilities (Lay On Hands, Immunity To Disease) and he gains some more abilities at levels 2 (Aura of Courage, Smite Evil) and 3 (Remove disease, Turn undead). At Level 4 he gains the ability to call a mount one time (Gets a Holy Warhorse for free, but if he looses it or it dies he can't ever call another one) and also gain the Remove Fear ability. Unlike Fighters, Paladins are not able to gain the fighter-class special abilities: They only gain the above-noted spell-like abilities and the level 5+ divine spellcasting. Also, a Paladin must always behave in the most ethical and the most morally correct way he can, or he risks loosing the blessing of his deity and falling from grace. A Paladin who defies the sensibilities of his deity risks loosing all his special abilities and becoming a Fallen Paladin. Fallen Paladins can never regain the place of favor they once held with their deity except under very special circumstances, so most Paladins do everything they can to avoid loosing favour with their deity. A Cleric, on the other hand, need not live by any particularly stringent moral or ethical code, so long as he does not continually seek to offend his deity or to worship another deity. All in all, being a Paladin is extremely demanding and not especially rewarding, although it can be fun to play.

Let me just note that Arcane Spellcasting entails a risk of spell failure whenever the caster is wearing any kind of armour. (Well, except for padded cloth armor, which really isn't much of a piece of armour at all. You might as well be wearing a quilted bedspread for all the protection it will give you). Divine Spellcasting, on the other hand, does not suffer from this limitation. Hence, most Clerics, Driuds, and Paladins cast their spells while wearing the best and heaviest armour they can find or afford, and most Mages a Sorrcerers try and find magical robes and capes and hats.

Druids are a sub-class of Clerics, and have the further limitation that they cannot wear anything that is too far removed from it's natural state; Hence, metal armours are completely against their ethos. Therefore, a druid can wear all the leathers and furs he wants, just not chainmail or anything heavier. If he does, he his spellcasting powers won't work at all untill he takes off all the metal.

Bards, on the other hand, don't cast spells like Mages or Clerics do (Mages and Cleric utter inscrutable phrases and move their hands and fingers in special patters to cast a spell). Bards cast spells by playing music in a way that only they can, and so long as they can sing or dance or play an instrument, their magic can work. Thus, Bards that wish to cast their spells can wear any armour that doesn't impede their ability to sing, dance, or play an instrument, and that means that they can wear a wide variety of Armour with little or no problems. Too bad they excel at neither spellcasting or at fighting. The only really good thing about being a Bard is that their Spellcasting never fatigues them. The really bad thing about being a Bard is that they can only cast a limited variety of spells, with most of the really powerful spells being beyond their limited abilities. Mostly, Bardic spells are of the variety that confer basic protection, entertainment, healing or augmentation effects. Bards do gain some limited Rouge abilities, however, and this can somewhat offset their other limitations.

As you might imagine, the idea of a suit of Elven Chain is extremely popular with Mages and with Bards (In case you didn't know, Elven Chain doesn't impede movement at all and it never makes any clanking noises). However, actually finding a suit of Elven Chain is another matter entirely: You can't just go down to your local armour shop and buy a suit; it has to be custom made for each individual wearer, and will never fit another person unless it is re-forged. Moreover, only a few Suldeneselarian Elves know how to make Elven Chain and fewer still advertise the fact. In fact, the only member of the High Imperial Court publicly known to own such a suit of mail is The Emperor. All in all, Elven Chain is, as they say, rarer than hen's teeth.>

{ Nice fine print Sarge. XD I think you forgot the "no purchase necessary" clause, though. }

<OOC> I like Gorm Gulthyn, although my character is more of a neutral player, and not a good, but his Domains looked better than the rest to me.</OOC>

<OOC> I'll take cure light wounds, Shield of Faith, and Orison's Hammer </OOC>

This is the truest recounting of High Flayer history: The High Flayers wfnordere in chaos, fnord literally licking eachother's hands for crumbs. But then, Chektor delivefnordred them from poverty, and organized Squiddly Man Mountain. But then, the Deepwater family rose up, and attempted to overthrow fnord him. There was a fierce battle, but eventually Chektor fnord prevailed. Eventually he had children, died, and sent explorers like Sewil Kralc to claim more land. However, The Deepwaters eventually destroyed them all, save this one. Chektor still faces the onslaught today.

Marcus, moving quickly, found the Dwarven healer just outside tent in the military camp. The military camp was nearly deserted becasue the whole army had gone out to encircle the Drow, so spotting the Dwarven healer was easy.

Baku (that's an actualy name) met Horin Hammerhand. "So, you're out to avenge your family, too?" he asked. "I'll join you. I lost my family to a madman!"

"Hey! Are you the healer?" Marcus asked. "This boy won't wake up!"

"Aye, mister." Marcus genty set Prosper down on the bedroll.

Horin responded: "Did you overhear me talking to one of the men? How did you know I was trying to avenge the death of my father?" Horin saw a Lizzardman out of the corner of his eye and told the man to wait.

"I'll look at this guy." Horin said to himself. He walked over and did a quick inspection. "Seems that the only serious injury is that arm, good." Horin quickly cast the Cure Light Wounds spell on the boy's arm, hoping it would be enough to stop the bleeding from the wound.

<OOC> Sarge should probably describe the total effect</OOC>

Horin intoned the proper words and reached out to touch Prosper. Instantly, positive energy flowed into Propser and a twinkling glow passed over the both of them. Propser's bleeding stopped and his wound closed. He'd lost some blood, but the healing spell replenished some of that. Prosper went from looking a bit pale too looking kind of pink again. Still, Propser remained unconscious and would need further healing and rest to fully recover. The casting made Horin a little bit fatigued, but he was certain he could cast the spell a few more times before he'd have to rest.

Captain Sealem said to Horin in Dwarven: "Good greetings and honor be unto you, master Dwarf. I am Sealem of Suldeneselar, Captain of the Imperial Guard. Peace be to your clan, honoured cleric."