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Heya Players,

We're starting a little something different, somewhat in the spirit of the NaNoWriMo, since we're a writing site it seems appropriate to take the opportunity to motivate each other to have some fun and earn some medals by starting and completing...

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Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:00 pm
A Guide to BB Code & Box Code Creation!

This thread shows the available BB Code on the site, and then gives a basic tutorial on boxcode construction

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BB Code

We have the following BBCode on the site.

Name / Type of Formatting Example Code

Basic Formatting Bold , Italic , Underline Bold , Italic , Underline

Color Change 1 Color Change 1 - this uses colour hex codes. A useful site for finding...

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• Site News • News & New Features!

This thread will keep you updated on news and new features!

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/gallery/image.php?album_id=143&image_id=4097 The PSF

New Subforums

So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads....
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Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:05 pm
Standing Trials Terms of Use

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Munchkin

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Standing Trials: Rules and Expectations

The Website: Standing Trials ( / ), referred to through the rest of this thread as the website , our website , the site , our site , Standing Trials , and Trials .
You: The person reading these words right now.
The Staff: All users who are identified as...

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Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
Kudos Thread

Recognize others for their help and contributions here.

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Kudos Thread

Use this thread to say thanks and publicly recognize others for their help!

We have so many amazing players and mods on ST, and we love to see them appreciated for their thoughtfulness and hard work.

If someone was particularly awesome or helpful in chat, in your thread, in your...
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• Memory • [Andaris] Dad Likes Leather

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Fate

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Woe

» Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:52 am

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7th of Cylus 722

You know, it was probably him. Woe said, as Eve folded her hands beneath her chin, sitting opposite him in the study in Scalvoristown. He made me hate manual work. It's always been more convenient and less painful to leave the crafts to those...

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Fate

Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:17 pm
[Barriers] I am the captain of my fate.....

This is a placeholder for 1 - discovering / realising what's going on. Diagnosing this as a medical issue will take some time. We'll mention it in collaboration threads, but I'll also do a couple of solos where Faith is talking to the captain etc.

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Doran

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Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:38 pm

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25th Zi'da, 719
I need to discuss it with you, Faith said, firmly, and Captain Marson looked at her with an exasperated expression on his face. Look, he said, trying to sound calm and reasonable. It's freezing, they're not sleeping. It's just...

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Doran

Mon Jun 06, 2022 12:13 pm
• Memory • [Andaris] Crow Hunt

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Oberan

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Woe

» Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:28 pm

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23rd of Vhalar 693

During the earlier days of my captivity under Erastus' roof I wasn't given as lengthy a tether as in later arcs. I don't know if it was by his own design, but the warden who oversaw Erastus' child slave laborers saw fit to put us in chains of...

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Oberan

Wed May 11, 2022 2:01 pm
• Memory • [Andaris] A Dance of Degenerates

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Doran

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Woe

» Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:36 am

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3rd of Ashan 705

The last month had come as an adrenaline rush to Woe. Throughout those bitter cold days of Cylus, he nevertheless wasn't deterred by the weather. Enjoying everything that a free person can. Walking about town as if he were normal. His first...

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Doran

Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:32 pm
Where the Wind Blows

Navyri please

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Brent Forrester

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Brent Forrester

» Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:33 pm
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Where the Wind Blows

It had only meant to be a quick pitstop to get some water.

The air seemed to have dropped in temperature as Brent knelt down by the small mountain stream. It was something about the way the land looked from above that made him confident that...
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Brent Forrester

Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:43 pm
[Southern Exposure] Thrall Boxing

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Doran

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Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:03 am

37th of Saun 720

Zemos was still restless by the time Akoko was sound asleep, purring loudly enough to wake the crickets. Although the sun shone all day long around Saun, it was clearly naptime wherever Akoko was from, and so Zemos found himself with all sorts of free time after he'd had his fill...

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Doran

Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:48 am
The Fire Within [Pig Boy]

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Pig Boy

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Praetorum

» Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:36 pm

Date: 6th of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Watched
Weapons: None Armor: None

Praetorum almost always took second watch. The night was deepest then, and the fire most likely to gutter out, neither of which were of any particular concern to a defier kin with flame.  
 
Swallowing back a yawn, Prae...

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Pig Boy

Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:02 am
• Solo • 3. The Dividing Line: The Mines of Morandi

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Avalon

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Woe

» Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:24 pm

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25th of Saun 720, mid-morning

The suns shone in the sky, oppressing Woe with their intense light. The mutation from his Empathy spark shunned their brightness, and so he'd taken for the past few seasons to sheltering indoors...

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Avalon

Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:59 pm
Danger & Decisions

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Navyri

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Navyri

» Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:13 pm

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Navyri

Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:13 pm
Trek to the Unknown

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Navyri

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Navyri

» Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:13 pm

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Zi'da/Vhalar 720 Placeholder

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Navyri

Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:13 pm
Passing Shadow

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Navyri

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Navyri

» Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:12 pm

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Vhalar/Zi'da 720

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Navyri

Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:12 pm
• Graded • Captain's Log

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Pig Boy

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Darius Baer Bottom

» Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:06 am

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Darius sat in the captain's quarters, lighting a gas lantern as he looked out the window and saw the twin suns of Saun slip beyond the horizon to the west. On his desk lay a chart, marking the route home north of Viden. He...

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Pig Boy

Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:25 am
This is the Way the World Ends

TW: Suicidal Ideation, suicide.

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Doran

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Woe

» Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:57 am

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87th of Zi’Da 720

Flesh of Sintra, false Divinity in a mortal shell, self-proclaimed Hierophant of Ignorance, Webspinner, Mage-locked by a band of paradigm; there were few better ways to display one’s vanity by attributing such...

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Doran

Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:25 pm
Mutual Understanding

60 Ashan 719 - Solomyn and Navyri discuss the terms of their arrangement.

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Pig Boy

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Navyri

» Sat May 18, 2019 9:59 pm

Common ☼ Language ☼ Thoughts

T he ship lulled peacefully over the water and with eyes closed, Navyri leaned back in the wooden chair, lifting the glass of wine to her lips and listened to the sound of sailor boots shuffling across the deck. Down the hall someone laughed, followed by the...

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Pig Boy

Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:31 pm
[Southern Exposure] Two of a Kind

Where Zemos is accosted by a bandit, and the Auri repays Zemos's delivered salvation with murder presents.

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Saint

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Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:10 am

16th of Saun 720

Zemos wondered more than once whether it was getting too crowded in his head, and that was the reason he found it difficult to slip into a dreamful sleep. First, there was the Egg, which had taken to giving him suggestions and random banter, then there was Motsi, with his...

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Saint

Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:34 pm
• Solo • [Southern Exposure] A Cat of Two Tails, or a Tale of Two Cats?

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Saint

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Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:25 am

15th of Saun 720

Zemos sat meditating in his own space in the run-down ramshackle lean-to that he laid up outside of town. The Egg had been mostly silent the past few trials, whereas the half-ghost, which made itself known at Motsi, wouldn't be quiet. It insisted on pushing him out of Viden soon....

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Saint

Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:55 pm
• PM To Join • 1.5 The Ruins of Valaris

Alas for Valaris Part 1, Chapter 5.

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Doran

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Llyr Llywelyn

» Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:21 pm

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VALARIS: THE FIRST EXPEDITION
Previous | Next
35 SAUN, ARC 720

One way or another, they arrived. A little worse for wear, and a great deal cold. The team stood at what had once been a port, but now lay in wreckage. Whether destroyed from the elements, or...

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Doran

Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:10 am
• Mature • If You Go Away [Southern Gauthrel]

Memory Solo (713). Mouse is stolen from her master.

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Pig Boy

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Mouse

» Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:02 am

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81 Ymiden, Arc 713

Mouse landed in front of the dais where her master lounged on a chair of monster bones and stretched hide of scaly creatures. Her knees stung from the impact to the rough stone. The Lotharro behind her, a man she hardly knew other than he often...

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Pig Boy

Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:06 pm
• Solo • Beneath the Magpie's Nest

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Doran

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Woe

» Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:24 pm

24th of Saun 720, Early morning

In mid-flight, a magpie dribbled some shit, which fell on Woe's head. The mortalborn sneezed.

This biological warfare with nature, between the filth of the trees and road and the occasional hot drizzle of Saun rains... it reminded him far too much of his travel...

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Doran

Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:16 am
• Solo • In Memoriam

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Doran

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Yanahalqah

» Fri May 22, 2020 11:14 am

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Ymiden 3rd Arc 720

The nightmare had ended. The plague was no more. A cure had been researched and developed, then distributed all across the island nation of Rynmere. For some people it came too late, the sickness having progressed too far, the...

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Doran

Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:04 am
A brief vacation.......

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Basilisk Snek

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Faith Augustin Champion

» Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:38 pm
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On the boat, already.

So, let me get this straight, Faith said, as though either of them needed to hear it again. Magic will not work. Marks will not work. We will cross an invisible boundary and, when we do, we will be in all sorts...
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Basilisk Snek

Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:49 pm
• Solo • Salt and Smoke

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Praetorum

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Praetorum

» Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:04 am

Date: 3rd of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Prepping
Weapons: None Armor: Leather

Prae sighed heavily, staring mournfully at the pile of fur at his feet. Nearby, a river burbled softly in response. 
 
What's with you, big guy? Ricky asked, dabbing something at a cut on Sneabru's arm. One of...

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Praetorum

Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:04 am
• Solo • Ruby Blood on Emerald Grass

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Doran

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Praetorum

» Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:23 am

Date: 5th of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Aggressive
Weapons: Tower Shield, Scythe Armor: Plate-like Leather

Rune of Focus on head
Chained Runes of Strength/Endurance on limbs and tail
Taithir's Serpent's Hood
Taithir's Nobility's Endurance
Sapping Speed from 4 foes

Continued from Here...

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Doran

Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:02 am
• Solo • Beneath The Open Sky

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Pig Boy

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Praetorum

» Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:33 pm

Date: 5th of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Preparing
Weapons: Tower Shield, Scythe Armor: Plate-like Leather

Rune of Focus on head
Chained Runes of Strength/Endurance on limbs and tail
Taithir's Serpent's Hood

Praetorum sat at the edge of a sluggishly flowing river, gently petting his mount...

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Pig Boy

Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:39 pm
• Placeholder • Ashan 2/5

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Mouse

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Mouse

» Sun May 24, 2020 7:40 pm

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15 Ashan 720

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Mouse

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