hex37

MC Name:Hex37 RP Name: Devin Ryder What job you are applying for:Reporter Past Experiences (Just an extremely brief Bio as to why your char would do the job): Devin is a bard wandering about the countryside. He figures that since he hears so many good stories in bars already, then this will be a good way to make some extra cash. He heard the idea of this "newpaper" and found that he loved the idea, especially if he gets paid.

Out-Of-Character Details Minecraft Account Name: Hex37 How old are you?: 19 Time-Zone/Country of Residence: EST/USA Do you have a good grip on English grammar and the English language?: Yes Have you had any previous experience in roleplaying?: I have been apart of 3 minecraft RP servers so far. The first was Ragnarok; Songs of Discord. I never really left Ragnarok, and I think I never will. Most of everything I have learned about RP and the manipulation thereof I have learned in Ragnarok. It has been, unfortunately, been under construction for the better part of 4 months now, so I'm looking elsewhere. The second was Assassin's Creep, a Renaissance Italy Assassin's Creed remake. I left that server promptly after I discovered that it was quite literally owned and operated by 13 year olds, and featured some very uncomfortable rp-situations. That combination weirded me out more than a little, and I left as a result. The third server I joined for RP was Dragonsreach. It had a good premise, but the players on the server focused more on factions than RP, and often put it before actual story. Have you read and understood and agree to the rules?: Yes. How did you hear about the Lord of the Craft?: Word-of-mouth. Link any previous applications you have made to the Lord of the Craft: Last app from a very long time ago. It wasn't on the forums, so I linked the minecraft forum post. Have you posted this application on Minecraft Forum? If not, post it here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/832121-the-lord-of-the-craft-enter-the-world-of-asulon-o-f-f-i-c-i-a-l-l-y-t-h-e-n-o-1-r-p-s-e-r-v-e-r-100-unique-gameplay/! :My link Definitions In your own words, define what the act of roleplaying is: Roleplaying is a method of telling a story with many people at once. Good roleplay is when you can successfully build a believable story with the people you're around. The best kind of roleplay only happens in a very fleeting moment, where for a split second, the entire scene happening in game seems nearly real. In your own words, define what the act of meta-gaming is: Metagaming is when you take knowledge you couldn't possibly know in character and acting upon it, breaking the fourth wall and usually generating HORRIBLE RP. In your own words, define what the act of power-emoting is: Powergaming happens when you try to force your version of a scenario on another player. Usually, this devolves into a very shitty "NUH UH, YUH HUNH" scenario not uncommon on kindergarten playgrounds all across the world. Power-emoting is an extension of this, where you implement damaging acts with an emote, without giving the other player a chance to have their character react. In-Character Details Character Name: Devin "Devry" Ryder Character Race: Human Character biography - Make this at least 2 paragraphs long, which must explain your character’s history, appearance, personality, age and any other details you deem necessary: In the past, Devry was an ambitious businessman with an investment opportunity simply couldn't pass up. He was the new courier who was supposed to pick up the new shipment of armor you just ordered. Devry *ahem* Devin Ryder the Third, I mean, was once a wealthy aristocrat who sold off his land at a one-time low price. Confused yet? Devry isn't. "Devry" (A shortening of his full name, DEVin RYder) once made an entire lifestyle out of being able to look and sound like all these things, and many more. He's an ex-con man, by nature and trade, and at one time he was a pretty damn good one. To him, putting on a different persona is as easy as putting on a different pair of shoes, though occasionally he wishes he could put on a new life too. Devry's REAL identity is, to him, an unbearably humble one. Devin Ryder began his life in a troupe of traveling thespians. His parents, though quite caring (in their own sardonic way), never could get a handle on their little Devin while he was growing up. He had a reputation for being wild, yellow-eyed devil, and an even bigger reputation for playing pranks on other actors in his troupe. At the tender age of 5, when Devin was finally old enough to take the stage, he took to it like a fish in water; but found it lacking. Being a naturally indignant kid, he thought his skill was wasted on his troupe's small stage on the back of a dinky cart. He wanted something bigger for himself in life. I bigger stage, a bigger payout and a bigger audience. By 16, he felt himself ready enough to try using his skills on the biggest stage imaginable; Valnor itself. Apparently, he wasn't. He was caught red handed the first time he tried to con someone out of their Virae. He managed to escape, but his little farce was enough for the entire town to hear about it by the day's end. He had reached an impasse; the local law was out to make an example of him, but he'd rather hang himself than so much as look at his parents again. Eventually, he resolved to strike out on his own. That was about 5 years ago. In that time, Devry made more mistakes in life than he could count or like to recount. He never gave up on trying to act his way into the big leagues, however. In that time he had earned himself nothing more than bumps, bruises, and hard time in jail. The last time he got out of jail was only about a year ago. This time, he hopes for a fresh start. Gods forbid, maybe this time he'll take up an honest job. He can sew, maybe he'll be a tailor. Today, Devry is roughly 5'10, and looks to be in his late twenties. What he's wears is very rarely constant, but tends to revolve around a long-sleeve shirt and slacks. Usually, he will be wearing a hat of some sort that does it's best to shade his bright yellow eyes. It's rather noticeable shade that he's found to be more of a curse than a blessing over the years. Almost always, he will be smiling a weird beam. What are your characters ambitions?: Devry wants to be rich, and he wants to outsmart the best. He wants to trick the trickster, blind the eye of justice, and make faces at kings and queens. His ambition has no upper limit; his pride drives him to forever be trying to be something more, until he dies. Please provide an in-game screenshot of your skin here: Is there anything else you would like to say about your character: He's funny, and he makes moves you'd never expect, kind of like a weasel. Open-Response-Questions Each question here must be answered with a minimum of one full paragraph, and detail the scene you are given in the way it would happen in roleplay. These questions should be answered in first person. Be detailed, not short. Upon entering the Mighty Human City of Arethor, you come across a shop-keeper calling out to sell his wares to passers-by. The shopkeeper is not a Human, he is a poor dwarf looking to make a living in a new city. What is your response? Devin would definitely take a look at his wares. A dwarf in a human city, especially a new dwarf in a human city, is going to be starting out with low prices, and Devin knows how to make a desperate shopkeeper haggle prices even further. Plus, he can make a bonus on the resell simply by stating that they're "exotic goods from Aeroch Nor." He'd approach the shopkeeper casually, waiting for the shopkeeper to ask him if he needs anything. Devin would take that as a direct cue to introduce himself, his trade, his status with the ladies, and inquire about the prices of what he sells. You’re wandering the Oren Road late at night, when a large Orc begins to threaten a nearby dwarf. There is no help nearby, and the situation looks like it will escalate into violence soon, what does your character do? The first thing Devry would do is cuss. Under his breath, of course, and only because he'd have to get his coat dirty to pull this one off. It'd be totally worth it though, he knew. He'd drop his coat on the side of the road, place his prized beret lightly atop it, roll up the sleeves of his undershirt, ruffle his hair a bit, and maybe get a little fresh dirt on it. The result would be that worn look common to a bandit living in the countryside. Finally, after prepping himself properly, he'd get their attention. Predictably, would ask what the **** Devry wants. Devry would identify them vaguely as the one orc he heard were hanging around the Oren Road. Using some knowledge he picked up about one of the larger raiding parties in the area, Devry would then tell him that those guys were buildin up for somethin big at Cloud Temple (they weren't) and were havin him look around for some muscle(he wasn't.) He'd then ask if the orc would like to be that muscle. Asking for a monetary finder's fee (Only a small amount; nothing too much; Half now, half when you get there, ya?), he'd then direct the orc to a very, very fake meetup point where this recruitment stuff was going down. After he got the brute to leave, he'd then give the dwarf a sly wink, and tell him to be thankful that Ole Devry came along when he did. The Dwarf would think he was a smug chap, the orc would soon want him to be a dead chap (only after getting lost in the forest), and Devry would get to pocket some cash on the side. Everybody wins! Whilst walking down the road to Malinor, you stumble upon an old man. His walking stick , looks weak and frail, and just as you are about to ask something, the stick breaks, and the man falls to the ground. As he falls down, a bag of Minas falls to the ground, and splits open. As you watch the multiple coins spill out, you peer down at the defenceless man. What does your character do?:Devin, being a seasoned con-man, thief, liar, and general hoodlum for most of his life would do what comes naturally to him. He would help the old man up. He would then help him, by hand, all the way to Malinor, and make a big show of coming into the front gate. Afterwards, He'd have the codger treat him to a drink, all the while asking about Malinor and collecting juicy information known only to old men and locals. ...What? Carrying a defenseless old man when entering a city for the first time is a perfect way to not only get in good the guards, but with the ladies too. You can't argue with the ladies.

Out-Of-Character Minecraft Account Name: hex37 How old are you?: 19 Time-Zone/Country of Residence: EST/USA Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Very. Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: I'm currently a college student attending a university in Boston. Mechanical engineering major. My primary focus for my characters is to make them truly believable to other people. How much time could you be on the server weekly?: If I turn out to like this server, I can be on QUITE FREQUENTLY. I'm sort of a Minecraft addict. What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: Roleplaying is a method of telling a story with many people at once. Good roleplay is when you can successfully build a believable story with the people you're around. The best kind of roleplay only happens in a very fleeting moment, where for a split second, the entire scene happening in game seems nearly real. What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I have several years of acting in middle school and High school, and have also played on the Ragnarok role playing server. In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Metagaming is when you take knowledge you couldn't possibly know in character and acting upon it, breaking the fourth wall and usually generating HORRIBLE RP. In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Powergaming happens when you try to force your version of a scenario on another player. Usually, this devolves into a very shitty "NUH UH, YUH HUNH" scenario not uncommon on kindergarten playgrounds all across the world. What do you expect this server will be like?: Hopefully it will be a good place with a wide variety of players for my character to interact with. I can imagine that a con man on a server will have to be running away, and often. What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I've played on the Nations at war server, but I left because the PVP outweighed the role play and building. Also, I've played on the Ragnarok RP server, but I haven't left them yet! Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?: Yes. Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules: I promise. How did you hear about us?: Someone mentioned it in their app on the Ragnarok server's application thread. Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?:I haven't made an application on this server before. Have you posted this application on our minecraft forum thread yet? If not, just finish it up on here and then copy + paste is over there. (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/832121-%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%93-the-lord-of-the-craft-%E2%96%93%E2%96%92%E2%96%91-enter-the-world-of-asulon-o-f-f-i-c-i-a-l-l-y-t-h-e-n-o-1-r-p-s-e-r-v-e-r/):You got it! In-Character: Character Name: Devin "Devry" Ryder What Race are you?: Human What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race): N/A Biography (Please make this at least 2 paragraphs long. This must include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.): You see a man walk into the room. He looks like he's in his late twenties. What he's wearing is exactly what you'd expect him to wear for someone of his profession. Usually, he will be wearing a hat that does it's best to shade his bright yellow eyes. If you have ever seen a man fitting this description, it may have been Devin "Devry" Ryder. Devry is an ambitious businessman with an investment opportunity you can't pass up. Devry is the new courier who is supposed to pick up the new shipment of armor you just ordered. Devry *ahem* Devin Ryder the third, I mean, is a wealthy aristocrat who happens to be selling his land for cheap and has a great deal for you. Confused yet? Devry isn't. "Devry" (A shortening of his full name, DEVin RYder) has made an entire lifestyle out of being able to look and sound like all these things, and many more. He's a con man, by nature and trade, and a pretty damn good one. To him, putting on a different persona is as easy as putting on a different pair of shoes. The only thing that shows through his multitude of masks is his ambition, which is always looking for a new deal. Devry's REAL identity is something he tries his damnedest to keep under wraps, even though there isn't much to it. Devry is merely a 28 year-old university drop-out who spent more time messing around with some cohorts of his than actually pursuing education. Once his scholarship ran out, he used the few skills he picked up in his education to start up a life of conning people. He wasn't exactly proud of it, at first. But he was far to indignant a little bastard back then to do otherwise. His first attempt failed miserably. He had to skip town after that bungle. The second time, however, he managed to pick up a shipment of iron that was supposed to go into the town he just had to run out of. Instead of riding off to a certain hanging, Devry went in the opposite direction, sold it in the next town over, pocketed the all of the money and never looked back. To Devry, there are two kinds of people: cohorts and suckers. Cohorts are the people who help him with his operations. They're the ones who keep his dealings smooth and the profits large. It's also the closest thing Devry has to a friend, though he knows all too well that if things get heated he can discard them in an instant. Everyone else? Suckers. When not working, Devry prefers to be around more intelligent people. Knowledge is power, and if time has taught Devry anything, it's that eggheads like to talk all the time. As for actual cohorts, Devry prefers the craftier sort, but is equally fine working with plain muscle, so long as they can do what they're paid for. Few things make a deal go over quite like a massive man looming behind you, punching the palm of his hand, slowly. What is your Character's ambitions?: Devin wants to make it big, as fast as possible. He doesn't care how he gets it as long as it doesn't get killed trying. He often dreams about big league cons, and making enough money to live the rest of his life in luxury. What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc): Money. Flashing a bit of cash can make the suckers flock to you like a magpie to a silver coin, and make them putty in your hands once they're nice and close. What is one of your Character's most skilled talents? Devry is a master of persuasion. At least, he thinks he is. He can certainly talk eloquently, but his hubris sometimes keeps him from convincing people enough. A screenshot of your skin (must be in proper format): Other Information about your Character: I'm planning on making this character a villain once I've been on for an (elven? that something special?) week, as per the villain application rule. On my honor, I won't do any of the cheating or deception practically integrated with my character until that passes. Devry isn't bad at disguises, but he is no master. No matter what he wears, his skin tone, hair color and eye color will always be the same. If my villain app is denied, and I still like the role play of this server, I have some plans for him to go straight. Ideally, I'll have him shift to a merchant/think tank of some sort. If my villain app gets accepted, I realize it will probably be disadvantageous to myself, especially if I do my cons properly. Devin actually requires interaction with other people to be deceptive. Getting cut off from those interactions by wanted posters or straight up exile could easily get him in a tight spot. Devin isn't very good at being violent. Open-Response-Questions Whilst traveling from the Cloud Temple you see a small halfling, being harassed by two armed warriors. They appear to be trying to steal money from him, how does your character respond? The first thing Devry would do is cuss under his breath. He'd have to get his coat dirty to pull off this scam. Still, it'd be totally worth it. He'd drop his coat on the side of the road, place his prized fedora lightly atop it, roll up the sleeves of his undershirt and ruffle his hair slightly. As an afterthought, he'd get a little fresh dirt on his cheeks, to give himself that worn look common to a bandit living in the countryside. Finally, after prepping himself properly, he'd get their attention. Predictably, they'll ask what the **** he wants. Devery would identify them vaguely as the two guys he heard were hanging around cloud temple. Using some knowledge he picked up about one of the larger raiding parties in the area, Devry would then tell him that those guys were buildin up for somethin big and were havin him look around for some muscle (they weren't.) He'd then ask if those two guys would like to be that muscle. Asking for a monetary finder's fee (about the amount halfling had on him), he'd then direct the two bandits to a very, very fake meetup point "where this recruitment stuff was going down." After getting the two thugs to leave, he'd then give the halfling about half of his money back, and tell him to be thankful that Ole Devry came along. The halfling would think he was a smug chap, the bandits would want him to be a dead chap (even though they'd never find him,) and Devry would get to pocket half of the halfling's cash. Your character wanders into Alras, and comes across a small stall, behind which a well dressed man is standing. He’s offering various wares, the merchant turns to you and says in a posh accent " 'ello there, what can I do you for today?" What is your character response? Devery proffers a hand. "Nice to meet you good sir, I'm [fake name], traveling businessman and entrepreneur." Naturally, the merchant would shake his hand, possibly a tad tentatively, put off by Devry's forwardness. While this happened, Devry would take a brief looking over of the wares around him. "I was just passing through the area and I need to get some excess wares off my wagon. How would you be interested in a few exotic blades to spruce up your shop? Straight from Haelun'or." Devery, of course, would have no such blades from no such elven city. What he WOULD have would be some very shoddy wall-mounted swords that were intended for decoration, rather than use. Regardless, he'd play up the price exponentially, and if he could goad the shopkeeper right, make at least two times what he paid for it. Whilst wandering in the wilds, your character comes across a small hut, which looks abandoned. Inside it you see a chest containing a few iron bars, and a golden sword. How would your character respond?: Devry isn't used to stealing without a willing sucker nearby to trick, but he'd still steal all of it, then sell it at the next town he got to, except maybe the sword. He'd at least get to the next town over before selling any identifiable merchandise. Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you you in the common tongue, how do you respond?Not even Devry can put up a scam all the time, but sometimes he can at least make out even. Once again discarding his coat and hat, he'd try to rip his (cheap) undershirt a little, give himself a few cuts and bruises, and generally make himself look like he was out there for days. Once he'd achieved a properly melodramatic getup, he'd wander straight into the camp and collapse. Naturally, these being traders and not thieves, Devry would most likely wake up in a bed. As he quite happily ate their food, he'd warn them about the (nonexistent) bandits in the area. He'd very meekly offer to pay, but he'd know that in all likelihood they'd deny any sort of payment. You hear word that bandits occupy the road outside the town in which you have been staying. The town guard have gathered, and are asking for assistance to help eliminate them. The leader of the party is offering a reward for any who offer their support. How does your character act on this information?: Where there's a fight, there's also money to be made, and some butts to brown nose. Surprisingly, Devry would approach the guards this time, and offer a solution in return for some gold. Even the most hardened criminal can benefit from being on the good side of the authority. His solution would be simple. First, he would approach the bandits and sell out some muscle to them for the fight. This "muscle" would actually be guardsmen dressed up in some less official armor.(Devry would sell the armor to the guard for the occasion. Naturally they'd be of low quality and high price, but they'd all be specially marked so that the bandits would know them as HIS thugs and the guards would know them as THEIR guards.) When the guard finally goes off to fight the bandits, the ones disguised as thugs would take up the fight with them from within the bandit's group. Chaos in the bandit's ranks would ensue, the guards would win the day, and Devry would make off with both a tidy sum of gold and the guard's good graces.