You are a Dragon. In this world, that means you battle with your fellow Dragons, for magical...
War of Dragons
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Intro
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You are a Dragon. In this world, that means you battle with your fellow Dragons, for magical control over Territory. No two Dragons Territory may overlap, and no Dragon may leave its' Territory. You intuitively know, that if you ever extended your Territory across the whole of the world, you would control the rules of reality itself. You desire this, instinctively.
You know, though you have yet to succeed at this yourself, that any Dragon that slays a Dragon acquires a portion of it's power. You also know that Dragons can not be slain save by other Dragons. Aside from Dragons, every Dragon possesses a brood of Wyrms, which are like lesser versions of itself. You know of no other creatures that matter.
What world do you live in?
[] A vast, almost endless ocean. There is earth, at every boundary, but never has any Dragon seen such a thing as a Sky. (Plane of Water)
[] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[] A land of open fields, ruled by a great ball of fire in the sky half of each day. Dragons become lethargic in its absence. There are forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, and so forth, but none can be said to dominate the world. (Plane of Fire)
[] An open space, little obstructed by earthen objects, and ruled by mighty winged Dragons. A world of winds and war, with precious little that lacks the capacity for flight and violence. A great light travels, always in the far distance, never closer no matter how hard you fly. (Plane of Wind)
[] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
All Dragons can be said to come in one of three general sizes. Among your peers, you are...
[] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
[] Large. You are the mightiest of beasts, no creature is larger than you... Save the larger Dragons. (Big, in the general kind of range of a whale. A large whale.)
[] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
Note: Smaller Dragons have more ability with magic and are more agile, albeit size has the obvious advantage in strength. Larger Dragons also typically have a larger brood of Wyrms, although the Wyrms are always about the same size regardless of the Dragons' size
There will be more to vote on about the character than this, but it's important to get these bits outta the way first.
You know, though you have yet to succeed at this yourself, that any Dragon that slays a Dragon acquires a portion of it's power. You also know that Dragons can not be slain save by other Dragons. Aside from Dragons, every Dragon possesses a brood of Wyrms, which are like lesser versions of itself. You know of no other creatures that matter.
What world do you live in?
[] A vast, almost endless ocean. There is earth, at every boundary, but never has any Dragon seen such a thing as a Sky. (Plane of Water)
[] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[] A land of open fields, ruled by a great ball of fire in the sky half of each day. Dragons become lethargic in its absence. There are forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, and so forth, but none can be said to dominate the world. (Plane of Fire)
[] An open space, little obstructed by earthen objects, and ruled by mighty winged Dragons. A world of winds and war, with precious little that lacks the capacity for flight and violence. A great light travels, always in the far distance, never closer no matter how hard you fly. (Plane of Wind)
[] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
All Dragons can be said to come in one of three general sizes. Among your peers, you are...
[] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
[] Large. You are the mightiest of beasts, no creature is larger than you... Save the larger Dragons. (Big, in the general kind of range of a whale. A large whale.)
[] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
Note: Smaller Dragons have more ability with magic and are more agile, albeit size has the obvious advantage in strength. Larger Dragons also typically have a larger brood of Wyrms, although the Wyrms are always about the same size regardless of the Dragons' size
This is a setting I've slowly developed over the years. It's a setting in a Multiverse context, to be specific. The quest is taking place in the misty past of the setting. In this early age, the Multiverse was divided into six vast planes, Fire, Water, Metal, Wood, Wind, and Spirit, basically pulling from traditional Chinese elements and throwing in Spirit, with each plane in some sense dominated by their concept by not simply homogenously made of it. The Dragons could be found an every plane, and their nature matched the plane. Whichever Dragon first conquered it's entire plane would gain control of the multiverse itself, which canonically was a Spirit Dragon, whom then set up the spirit plane as an afterlife, divided all the other planes Dragons into their own little dimensions, and a bunch of other stuff not relevant here. Point is, I'm handling this as a sort of alternate history, of, what if a different planes Dragon succeeded, with the questers taking the role of said Dragon.
There will be more to vote on about the character than this, but it's important to get these bits outta the way first.
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Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
[X] An open space, little obstructed by earthen objects, and ruled by mighty winged Dragons. A world of winds and war, with precious little that lacks the capacity for flight and violence. A great light travels, always in the far distance, never closer no matter how hard you fly. (Plane of Wind)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
erlking
God I Want Summer To Die
[X] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I kinda want to do water too, or metal, but I like forests so I'll stick with this for now.
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I kinda want to do water too, or metal, but I like forests so I'll stick with this for now.
AZATHOTHoth
༼ つ ☀️_☀️ ༽つ
[X] A vast, almost endless ocean. There is earth, at every boundary, but never has any Dragon seen such a thing as a Sky. (Plane of Water)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I can actually imagine a whole cilvilization living on top of us without us noticing it.
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I can actually imagine a whole cilvilization living on top of us without us noticing it.
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
- Location
- Behind You
[X] A land of open fields, ruled by a great ball of fire in the sky half of each day. Dragons become lethargic in its absence. There are forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, and so forth, but none can be said to dominate the world. (Plane of Fire)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
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- The Great Beyond
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- He/She/They
Hmm. A vote for every plane but every vote is for Colossal size. I suspect I should point out now that smaller Dragons are both more magically powerful and more agile, something that in retrospect shoulda been made clear in the first post.
[X] An open space, little obstructed by earthen objects, and ruled by mighty winged Dragons. A world of winds and war, with precious little that lacks the capacity for flight and violence. A great light travels, always in the far distance, never closer no matter how hard you fly. (Plane of Wind)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
Random Member
Gardener of Human Happiness
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- Behind You
That magic isn't going to save you when a mountain decides to sit on top of you.
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erlking
God I Want Summer To Die
Personally my size vote is dependent on the plane.
In Wind I would want Colossal, because I love the image of flying mountains duking it out and tiny flying drakes are personally the most boring type of dragon.
In Water I want Colossal, because being Rahab, the Leviathan, or any other such biggest fish is a cool image.
In Metal I want small, because tunnels and giantness don't play well together.
In Fire I could go any way, but I'd probably pick small since it's the closest to the normal human world from appearances and I want to have a chance to interact with mankind/elfkind/fantasykind in some manner there.
In Wood I could go any way, but I went with Colossal because I really love the image of a forest of giants, populated by things that a mind mindbogglingly huge as we become the landscape upon which lesser beings settle.
In Wind I would want Colossal, because I love the image of flying mountains duking it out and tiny flying drakes are personally the most boring type of dragon.
In Water I want Colossal, because being Rahab, the Leviathan, or any other such biggest fish is a cool image.
In Metal I want small, because tunnels and giantness don't play well together.
In Fire I could go any way, but I'd probably pick small since it's the closest to the normal human world from appearances and I want to have a chance to interact with mankind/elfkind/fantasykind in some manner there.
In Wood I could go any way, but I went with Colossal because I really love the image of a forest of giants, populated by things that a mind mindbogglingly huge as we become the landscape upon which lesser beings settle.
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KingOfWorlds
Exists.
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- Universe #8758762952950231859269663
[] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in theundergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they areinsignificant. (Plane of Wood)
[] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
[] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
Maragas
Nothing to see here.
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- Tree House
[X] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I love magic but for a Dragon magic is not the way to go.I mean our breath is enough for us as magic.
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I love magic but for a Dragon magic is not the way to go.I mean our breath is enough for us as magic.
Excalibur
Sword of Promised Victory
You gotta put an X inside the brackets for the vote tally to count your vote.
[X] A land of open fields, ruled by a great ball of fire in the sky half of each day. Dragons become lethargic in its absence. There are forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, and so forth, but none can be said to dominate the world. (Plane of Fire)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
Well, time to be Ancalagon the Black.
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[X] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[X] Large. You are the mightiest of beasts, no creature is larger than you... Save the larger Dragons. (Big, in the general kind of range of a whale. A large whale.)
[X] Large. You are the mightiest of beasts, no creature is larger than you... Save the larger Dragons. (Big, in the general kind of range of a whale. A large whale.)
[X] A vast, almost endless ocean. There is earth, at every boundary, but never has any Dragon seen such a thing as a Sky. (Plane of Water)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
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- The Great Beyond
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Okay then, some clarifications.
Firstly, Dragon magic is pretty much reality hax. A magically powerful Dragon, to a point, sets the rules in its' Territory. Dragons are especially strong at controlling the appropriate element, so in say the Wind or Water plane, they would be able to throw gale force winds or currents respectively to keep the big Dragons off them. Secondly...
means that Dragons physical blows tend to be blunted a bit against other Dragons, particularly against Dragons better at the whole Territory thing than them. Territory is the root of a Dragons magic. So smaller Dragons are often better at it.
Good eye. Yeah, Fire Plane is essentially earth-like, and all the others are strange and alien by contrast.
Well, Fire Dragons mostly can breath fire, but the other planes Dragons mostly don't have breath weapon type stuff as standard. You, personally, might, nevertheless, but it's not a given in general.
More generally, I am fine with whatever gets voted for, I'm just trying to make sure I am giving clear and accurate information rather than distorting the choices made by unintentionally making some stuff look much better than others in ways it is not supposed to be.
Firstly, Dragon magic is pretty much reality hax. A magically powerful Dragon, to a point, sets the rules in its' Territory. Dragons are especially strong at controlling the appropriate element, so in say the Wind or Water plane, they would be able to throw gale force winds or currents respectively to keep the big Dragons off them. Secondly...
means that Dragons physical blows tend to be blunted a bit against other Dragons, particularly against Dragons better at the whole Territory thing than them. Territory is the root of a Dragons magic. So smaller Dragons are often better at it.
Good eye. Yeah, Fire Plane is essentially earth-like, and all the others are strange and alien by contrast.
Well, Fire Dragons mostly can breath fire, but the other planes Dragons mostly don't have breath weapon type stuff as standard. You, personally, might, nevertheless, but it's not a given in general.
More generally, I am fine with whatever gets voted for, I'm just trying to make sure I am giving clear and accurate information rather than distorting the choices made by unintentionally making some stuff look much better than others in ways it is not supposed to be.
To be the Kukla
[X] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] A labyrinthine network of tunnels. Full of metal, you navigate this maze easily, and wide open spaces are nigh unheard of. (Plane of Metal)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
Dragonloli123
Bonedad
- Location
- Fifth Layer of the Abyss
[X] An open space, little obstructed by earthen objects, and ruled by mighty winged Dragons. A world of winds and war, with precious little that lacks the capacity for flight and violence. A great light travels, always in the far distance, never closer no matter how hard you fly. (Plane of Wind)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
FLYING MOUNTAINS!
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
FLYING MOUNTAINS!
- Location
- Brazil
[X] A land of open fields, ruled by a great ball of fire in the sky half of each day. Dragons become lethargic in its absence. There are forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, and so forth, but none can be said to dominate the world. (Plane of Fire)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
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- US
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- He/They
[X] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I'm picturing something a little like this comic.
Edited due to me being a dumbass.
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
I'm picturing something a little like this comic.
Edited due to me being a dumbass.
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erlking
God I Want Summer To Die
That's my thought as well, though for Wood not Water, did you misvote?
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- The Great Beyond
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I'm inclined to close this phase of voting in around 19-20 hours, assuming we aren't too deadlocked on planes (which are still getting voted for pretty evenly). And move on to the next batch of things to vote on, to keep things moving.
One more detail I thought I'd clarify: All planes have non-Dragon related tool using sentient life, for Fire Plane you can expect pretty traditional stock fantasy stuff, humans and elves and orcs, oh my...
But for the others, not so much.
Water Plane? About everything swims. Sentient octopi? Sure! Merfolk? Why not. Humans? "Gurgle, burble" (translation: help I am drowning). Oh, and critters trend towards deep ocean. No sky, that includes no visible stars.
Metal Plane? Well, you can expect creatures physically a lot more like the titular aliens from the Aliens series... But tool using. Everything is cave adapted, cause it is nothing but caverns and tunnels
Wind Plane? Everything flies, pretty much. And can sleep in flight, probably. There is really not much land to work with.
Wood Plane? There is surprisingly little light, for the most part. Things are sorta cave adapted, except a lot of things eat the plant life... And the plant life fights back, of course. Blind monkey people is more likely than traditional humans or elves.
One more detail I thought I'd clarify: All planes have non-Dragon related tool using sentient life, for Fire Plane you can expect pretty traditional stock fantasy stuff, humans and elves and orcs, oh my...
But for the others, not so much.
Water Plane? About everything swims. Sentient octopi? Sure! Merfolk? Why not. Humans? "Gurgle, burble" (translation: help I am drowning). Oh, and critters trend towards deep ocean. No sky, that includes no visible stars.
Metal Plane? Well, you can expect creatures physically a lot more like the titular aliens from the Aliens series... But tool using. Everything is cave adapted, cause it is nothing but caverns and tunnels
Wind Plane? Everything flies, pretty much. And can sleep in flight, probably. There is really not much land to work with.
Wood Plane? There is surprisingly little light, for the most part. Things are sorta cave adapted, except a lot of things eat the plant life... And the plant life fights back, of course. Blind monkey people is more likely than traditional humans or elves.
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[X] A land, dominated by massive trees. You have never seen the sky, though the Wyrms you once sent beyond the highest canopies told you of the empty space beyond, and the massive glowing sphere in the far distance. Little scurrying creatures travel in the undergrowth, and up and down the mighty trunks. They are not connected to Dragons, and therefore they are insignificant. (Plane of Wood)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] Colossal. You don't understand what this "Terrain" the smaller Dragons speak of is. Is that the thing you crush under your mighty claws, as you walk around? (Pretty much in the size range of mountains.)
[X] A vast, almost endless ocean. There is earth, at every boundary, but never has any Dragon seen such a thing as a Sky. (Plane of Water)
[X] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
Even though I like it, I don't think small is going to win. If I did, I'd vote for Metal or Fire as my world, but since Colossal is probably going to win I'm voting for a world I think will go well with it.
[X] Small. Wyrms are a similar size to you, as are some of the noisy, frail creatures you have met. You believe they may have attempted to speak to you. But they were neither Dragons nor Wyrms, so you did not care. (Roughly human scale)
Even though I like it, I don't think small is going to win. If I did, I'd vote for Metal or Fire as my world, but since Colossal is probably going to win I'm voting for a world I think will go well with it.
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Yeah, thanks. I went back and changed it to wood, don't know how that happened.