Right now, we spend PP on a trainer to train in Theoretic Knowledge. But how about learning from books? In Morrowind, if you read certain books, you gain levels in certain skills. The problem with that is that all you need to do is open the book, you don\'t actually have to read it.

I would like there to be books that will raise your Knowledge, only after reading the story. At the end, after flipping throught the pages, there would be a little quiz, just to make sure you read it and deserve the Knowledge you are about to receive. The quiz would be asimple, one or two question multiple choice. If you get the right answer, your Knowledge increases, if you get the wrong answer, you get to sit there and wish you read the book. Now, the quiz is only available the first  time you open the book, so there is no cheating.

I think this would be a pretty cool feature to be added in later releases. It promotes roleplaying, and is a nice addition to the current training system.

At the login screen, I had always been able to connect almost instantly, but the last few times I tried it, it seems like it freezes at the \"Contacting Server... Please Wait\" message. I can quit, but It won\'t connect.

How is this possible, or is it?
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I have doubts...

Dorian was fed up with the people of the small town of Tornel. He needed action, adventure, and with a little luck, some romance. The only way he would accomplish this was by leaving everything and everyone he had ever known to set off on his journey. He had absolutely NO problem with this. He actually welcomed the chance to escape from the people of the village. There was only one person he would regret leaving, and he intended to ask this person to come with him. Dorian had already made all of his plans. The only thing left was to ask Thoran, his childhood friend, and the only person that ever took Dorian seriously.

     \"Ho, Thoran!\" he shouted across the town square to his friend. Thoran looked up from a quilt he was bartering for, saw Dorian, and headed in his direction after paying for the quilt.

     \"Ho, Dorian. What\'s the matter? You look anxious.\" Indeed, Dorian was very nervous about this escapade, and even more nervous about what Thoran\'s answer would be.

     \"Thoran, you know that I have been planning on leaving this village since I could write. Well, I have finally go my chance. I already have everything packed and ready to go. I am missing but one thing.\"

     \"And what would this thing be?\" Thoran asked.

     \"A companion. Thoran, I want you to accompany me on this quest of mint? What say you? Will you join me?\"

(chain story, cont.)

   

?There is one certainty, and that is death?

  The greatest battle a warrior must face is the battle against fear.  All who take the life of the mercenary have emerged victorious from this conflict.  When death is no longer feared, an obstacle becomes a tool.  This tool shall not be used in the name of politics, honour, justice or love.  The services of the Guild may only be
called upon in exchange for currency.  A life is worthless, until a bounty is placed upon it.  Beyond that, your motivations are not our concern.

  ?Death is the only law, and we are its masters?

  Our world is one of chaos, not order, and strength inevitably triumphs ? the Guild is a bastion of strength and, inevitably, it shall triumph.  If you are weak, our strength may be purchased.  The guild offers a range of services, a range of prices, and a range of operatives.  The harder the job, the higher the price; the more experienced the operative you choose to employ, the more you must pay.  Espionage, guild wars, body guarding, armed escort, garrisoning ? all are within our abilities, as long as they are within your budget.  If you have the gold, we have the steel.

  ?We are a brotherhood of blood?

  Be aware, that while the Guild is above the petty squabbles of politics, and its primary motivation is the pursuit of wealth, its members are loyally bound to each other through their knowledge of pain.  Treachery shall not be tolerated, whether between members or from outsiders.  The pride of the Guild shall at all times be maintained, and shall be mortally defended by its champions if it is challenged.  Therefore, do not doubt that to cross us is to welcome death, no matter how much you can pay.

This is a short summary of the key points about our guild:

- The Mercenary Guild is a combat guild. (combat skills Are what we pride ourselves on)

- We are open to nearly any type of character as long as they can handle themselves in a fight; this includes both competent warriors, magic-users and stealthy rouges. Essentially the Mercenary guild holds combat skills (including magic), followed by stealth as the most important attributes to becoming a good mercenary.  

- Merchants will not be accepted into the guild. Other proficiencies such as healing will be accepted.

- We are neutral; in terms of world politics, the good vs. the bad, the shifting of power between guilds; none of these things concern us, and we will not involve ourselves unless paid to do so.

- We will protect our own interests. Anyone who interferes with our aims or goals will be dealt with. Put simply, someone taking potential customers is biting into potential profit.  As such competitor mercenaries/defenders are treated as enemies.

- Members will be expected to train as much as possible when there is no mission, on top of this they will be expected to role-play, remain active and finally represent the guild to the best of their abilities.

- The aim of the guild is wealth. We are a business fraternity; we seek to make the mercenary market as profitable as possible, and as consumer friendly as we can.

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There has been a few changes in the Mercenary Guild. We have lost our founder and Legend, Zephyrus. The Guild Hierarchy has been changed slightly, the Guild is now ruled by the Council of Champions. And the website has had some content and graphical improvements. We are accepting anyone to become an Apprentice, but you must prove yourself worthy before becoming an actual member.

Also, If you want to hire the Guild for a character portrait, signature, or whatever, please visit our forums.

The Mercenary Guild

Yes, I was thinking, and I still remember my very first rpg game that I played, and I think it set the stage for my love of gmaes and computors in general. I think I was about 5 years old, and we got this demo disc in the mail...some thing for CompuServe I think (Is that still around today?). Anyway it had this demo for Castle of the Winds. I had always showed an interest in computors at a very young age, in fact I screwed up a whole hard drive by messing around with files...installing things, deleting things, all with that old windows 2.whatever before Windows 95 came out. I eventually deleted almost all of the systems important files, and eventually it just...died. Anyway, Castle of the Winds was at that time the funnest thing I had ever played. (remember I was like 5-6 years old). You were this guy and you learned magic spells throughout the game. You killed monsters and they dropped items, coins, etc. Graphics were 2d, and there was almost no storyline at all, but it fits under the RPG genre. *sigh* good times

Anyways, what was the first RPG game you ever played? If you remember...

There have been a few things said about har styles but not much, so here is my opinion.
We should have hair styling shops where we can get our hair styles changed. Just like in real life, we want to change our hair styles every now and then. Im not going to try list all my ideas of the different hair styles. :O Way too many...anyway, what do you think?