Re: Stress and awkwardness: *points above* Basically what Bast said - I am more than happy to hop on voice chat with you sometime and see if it helps you get accustomed to talking with us. And we are both incredibly awkward, anxious people. Beth [non-DW friend] is the only one in this trio with real social skills, and first of all, she's got her own brainweasels, and second, she's been dealing with mine for 12 years, so she's not going to have anything to say about doing this in the way that brings up the least anxiety for everyone.
As for scheduling: I mean, I think weekends would probably be fine. Bast and I do work from home stuff that can probably be shuffled around a time period - if things are so busy we can't make a pre-scheduled time on the weekend, they're probably so busy we'd have to cancel that week period. Beth's schedule is completely and utterly dependant on what jobs she gets, since it's extra work, so it really doesn't matter what time or day we put it for, there's always a small chance she'll have to cancel for the week. So I think we can definitely work towards something on the weekends.
I would like at least one more person, because I find it easier to balance the party - and therefore not require me to toss in NPCs to help make challenges doable, in the first few levels - if there's at least 4 people involved. So we'll see if anyone else speaks up and how things swing for them. But if nobody else wants to join in, I can probably work things out as is, so we'll see.
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As for scheduling: I mean, I think weekends would probably be fine. Bast and I do work from home stuff that can probably be shuffled around a time period - if things are so busy we can't make a pre-scheduled time on the weekend, they're probably so busy we'd have to cancel that week period. Beth's schedule is completely and utterly dependant on what jobs she gets, since it's extra work, so it really doesn't matter what time or day we put it for, there's always a small chance she'll have to cancel for the week. So I think we can definitely work towards something on the weekends.
I would like at least one more person, because I find it easier to balance the party - and therefore not require me to toss in NPCs to help make challenges doable, in the first few levels - if there's at least 4 people involved. So we'll see if anyone else speaks up and how things swing for them. But if nobody else wants to join in, I can probably work things out as is, so we'll see.