Petyr

MC Name: drplat Name: Pete Job: Village Wiseman/Guru/Mushroom Gardener

This is the music that was originally in Dunwood when the server had a region-music plug-in. I think it's pretty fitting halfling music.

Not that I actually care about what halflings are called, but a dwarf parent + human parent would not produce a halfling as known today. That's how the species originated, but lorewise, all current halflings are descended from other halflings.

what is this. WHAT IS THIS

It's no one's fault, Pete's kinda entered the mythology of the server, and it cheapens it if I just try to play it like a normal character at this point. I'll let him rest for a while.

I thought I'd continue playing as Pete, but I'm retiring him except for limited appearances or events. He's just too well known and has too much history, so much so that it actually impedes roleplay. Just too much baggage trying to log on and play as him Instead, I'll be playing as Moon Brandybuck, a distant young relative, an outdoorsy halfling with the Brandybuck desire for mischief. He's also a cake artisan. You can destroy the small nature-burrow I made for Pete outside the town if you'd like, since I'll probably be wandering with my other dude.

:D

You actually got the halflings ones perfect. Thumbs up from Pete.

I don't want to rely on other people to put a simple wooden door in front of a tiny home. In real life, I could probably make a functioning wooden door right now and I have zero skills in building or carpentry--it's simply not a complex task. Restrictions are fine for things like armor or weapons, which the average person with no skill could not make, but anyone should be able to farm basic foods and make basic things without a hassle. I'm not a fan of the UI or of messing with Minecraft crafting in general. It's fine to limit some crafting recipes to certain professions, and to make certain recipes only available at certain workstations, but one of the core tenets of Minecraft is the arranging of items in a 3x3 crafting bench to magically make other items. Don't take that away from me. The system as it exists now just seems arbitrarily limiting, unnecessarily complicated, and simply un-Minecraft. I think it will take away from RP, and the plug-in is definitely making me reconsider how much I'll play on the 4.0 map (which I worked on and is beautiful). When I approach LotC, I just want to log on and RP, not figure out a foreign crafting system and grind out skills until I can do basic things. If I want a grindy game with nexuses, I'd sooner play LoL or Wildstar.

My character would never mine in roleplay. And yet, I need iron to simply make a wooden door to my humble leafy abode.. and I need cobblestone to make a bench to make the wooden materials.. merrrrppp. All I want is to make my mushroom soup in peace--oh wait, I need to make a spoon, a bowl, a cauldron, a napkin, some fence, a water bucket, imported china, a concealed arms license, and a pony before I can. For those of us with low aspirations and minimal material desires, this plug-in makes it oddly difficult to roleplay a modest lifestyle.

woah, people, check your zipper, your entitlement is showing..

Look for all of those cakes I lost in my journeys... A few (hundred) dropped out of my bag as I was traveling the lands. I'll strike you a deal: take a screenshot of any of those cakes I misplaced and it's yours to eat.

A few halflings sit in the tavern, sipping (or in some cases, chugging) away. The fire roars, the people laugh, and all seems well, for now. "Aye, I truly love this brew, eh. It's got to be some special wheat or hops, right, Delbo?" "Nay, lad, it's the wood, it's all about the wood. It's always been about the wood." Delbo takes a sip and continues. "The brew kettles must be made of fine, healthy, bright oak wood if you'd like to have a full tasting brew such as this one." Across the table, another halfling spits out the ale in his mouth. "Are ye kiddin' me?" He slams down his mug. "Tha's a pile of sheep dung yer spoutin'. Every proper halflin' knows that darkwood must be the main component of a brew kettle. T'say otherwise is t'make a fool of yerself." Both halflings roll up the sleeves of their shirts, preparing for a brawl. Both were stubborn; both were full of conviction. But only one of them could be right. [[To be continued on the new map. A teaser--I've laid some groundwork there, and I thought it would be a fun ongoing thing to produce RP, interest, and laughs as we eventually head to yet another new map.]]

Petyrton? Petyrton... ahhhh yes, Petyrton sounds very nice ;) I think "Halflington" might be more accurate though, as we used to kind of avoid using the word "hobbit"... but whatevs.

[LOL wtf how did I miss that]

I'd just like to comment that I really dig the size and aesthetics of the current burrows (most of them, at least). If the burrow is for one person, that's all the room you need. Not only do small, cozy burrows fit with the lore of the halflings, but it's good to have people want to leave their home because it leads to more RP around the town and less house-fiddling (which I enjoy some of, nonetheless).

I agree with the necessity of an inn and a burrow size limit. Make it a certain square blockage or something, imo.