So many people responded to my Frost Witch Community Survey from around two weeks ago that I decided to post the results on the forum instead of send everything through Discord. So, without further delay, here is a monologue… followed by the results (some of) you have been waiting for.
First of all, to everyone that participated in our community survey, thank you so much! Anyone in Frost Witch chat knows that my favorite thing to do is make surveys, and this one was particularly useful! We received 58 responses in total, all of which were from people who do not currently play a Frost Witch. Originally, I made this survey in response to a couple of Frost Witch members being unsatisfied with the new appearance of Frost Witches. Although the overwhelming majority of Frost Witch players are in favor of a thematic change from “cute ice girl” to “actual scary monster”, there were a couple that resisted. For context, see the spoiler below. (Edited by Gabuette! ♥)
I wanted to see what the community thought, and overall you seem to agree that Frost Witches are far too social (65.5%), cutesy (63.8%)... and yes, embarrassing (48.3%). As the lore holder and Frostie MT member, it does break my heart to see the current state of our reputation. It is my hope that the rewrite (Coming Soon™) will help forge a better relationship between the lore and the community. Let’s put the “Witch” back in “Frost Witch”, friends.
I have to admit that my own RP has part of the problem with Frost Witches, as I’ve abused the vaguely written lore in the past. However, I’ve been trying to take steps in my own RP to make changes that will hopefully encourage others to do the same. Furthermore, the rewrite will introduce mechanic changes that encourage people to abandon the “Slice of Life” way of RPing their Witch. Ultimately, we’ve forgotten, as a group, that Frost Witches are villains, and it is our responsibility as villains to provide dynamic and interesting RP for our victims. When you choose to roleplay a creature of any kind, your roleplay should bring something new to the server instead of just allow you to play a (wait for it-- this is a favorite of LT/MT chat) “Recolored Wood Elf” with special magic.
Several people commented on particular players being an issue. In response, I’d urge you all to contact a member of the Magic Team (or me, hi, I’m the Frostie rep) if any Frost Witch is acting inappropriately or against the lore. I cannot blindly accuse people without proof, so please screenshot any issues that you find and I’ll make sure that they are dealt with. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll be punished -- so please, if you have any questions or doubts about the way that someone is roleplaying, talk to someone. This goes for any roleplay -- the Magic Team and Lore Team are all here to moderate lore. Please use this to your advantage.
The second biggest complaint from the survey is how many Witches FTB with men. I completely understand the sentiment, and respect people that choose to RP their Witch as strict man haters, but will not be forcing this change explicitly in the rewrite. However, a similar issue is being addressed. To preview the rewrite, click the spoiler below. I hope that this change will encourage more dynamic RP without preventing people from forming friendships and yes, relationships, with those outside of the coven.
The issue with limiting the nature of relationships that can be formed is that it does limit roleplay along with it. We saw this with the implementation of Ivojurs, who were only capable of forming deep friendships with those within the coven. Only one Ivojur was ever made because the roleplay was unappealing and difficult. That Ivojur did have problems staying interested in their character because of that rule, so I will not be forcing it onto the entire community. In practice, limiting RP relationships (romantic or otherwise), just… well, limits RP.
Lastly, I’d like to talk about the last couple of questions on the survey! We did eliminate the traditional “create and manipulate ice” abilities for Frost Witches in the rewrite, but replaced them with spells that we think will create more dynamic RP. The spell list addresses the most common ways of manipulating ice (projectiles/crowd control/snowball fights…) while introducing some neat new mechanics. Overall, it’s my hope that it’ll make Frosties easier to interact with and more enticing to play thematically. Current Witches seem to like the spell list after having seen it… Although I completely understand apprehension without any context.
Originally, I was going to show the rewrite to those who asked before it was posted, but it looks like it’s going to be posted veeery soon. Also, there were 58 of you, and more than half wanted to see it. Unfortunately, that means you’re going to have to wait. If you have any questions, though, I’d love to take them in this thread!
Thank you so much again!
We will be recruiting after the release of the rewrite, so if you're interested in Witch RP, I would love to talk to you. Feel free to PM me, or any other Witch Mother, on the forums for more information!