NotEvilAtAll

[!] Another note is added onto the pile

"IMPORTANT! Just down across the lake from Red-town is a secret cavern (nay port attached to it!) with a HIDDEN LIBRARY at tae end!

-Mimosa Applefoot"

[!] You find some notes scribbled on the backs of already used papers

"Well darn, despite being a good and proper Knoxist it seems that I've gone to Arugula's depths along with everyone else 'n Savoy. Since I'm already here, I may as well take some notes:

There be but a few features 'n t'ah depths:

The Caverns

T'is be where ye enter Arugula's evil realm. It be all black and purple with strange vegetation.

Redtown

A ol' shanty town made by sinners, this town is built near the ghoulish waters below just past the exit from the caverns. I hereby name it "Redtown" since it has a reddish-purple look to it thanks to the use of local mushroom-woods.

Bluetown

An old elven-lookin' place just up the hillside away from the waters of Redtown. I guess these sorts of elven souls really do all go to Arugula's waters when they die after all, for how else could there be such constructions here?

Greykeep

An old ruined fortress just beyond Bluetown. Maybe it was made by the damned elven souls of bluetown to defend against something?

The Gate

Big ol' gate. I bet Greykeep was made because of this.

The Shroomlands

Big ol' magic mushrooms just past Redtown in a different direction than that towards Bluetown, Greykeep, and the Gate. I haven't explored here yet and honestly, I don't wish to. T'is a dark and evil place.

~Mimosa Applefoot"

"T'ey are jus' jealous o' Gared's magnificence. 'e's t'ah bes' dwed tha's evah lived besides t'ae ol' legendareh Bjor Cottonwood" comments Mimosa Applefoot, a halfling who has met Garedyn before, as she sits around a campfire in Savoy.

[!] Some halfling propaganda is spread around the Savoy Refugee Camp

Bywater Government Cheese

In these trying times, us halflings have taken it upon ourselves to supply the refugees o' the Mori Invasion with Halfling Government Cheese to alleviate their hunger! If ye are in need of more rations, feel free to ask your local halfling cheese-queen, Magnolia, for an extra helping of cheese!

~Mimosa Applefoot, Mayor of Bywater.

OOC:

Hello there!
This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible.

Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible.

SoL Event Checklist (Optional):

-Wake up ( )
-Eat something ( )

-Do some task ( )

-Interact with someone ( )

-Eat another thing ( )

-Go to sleep ( )

RP:

[!] A notice is nailed to the Bywater Noticeboard:

"Urgent: Fields need planting! Can provide ye with booze afterwards for all ye who wish to help

-Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot,

Mayor of Bywater"

((4 PM EST tomorrow, Thursday the 4th of May, 5/4/2023. Located within Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris.))

Cool!

"Oh Knox... oi t'was jus' talkin' to 'er, invi'ed 'er over ter dinner, even. Wish oi could've said ah few more thin's t'ae 'er, or go''en one las' checkup 'fore t'ah village doc'or wen' off t'ae t'ah Whea'fields" remarks Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot, Mayor of Bywater.

2 hours ago, Panashea said:

A lot of orc books were lost to the book bug, like 2-4 centuries of stuff is just permanently gone :(. I highly encourage everyone to try and preserve server history. It's more important then you think.

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/textbook

Save your books to text files.

Save your text files to a flash drive or some other secure storage system.

LOTC is buggy. Don't use LOTC as your sole method of saving your work. Use google drive, use whatever else you can come up with.

[!] Some aviary messages are sent out

"Dear reader,

King Cyris, Thain of Bywater, is NOT dead. Whoever has been spreading this rumor is spreading FAKE NEWS to SLANDER the glorious Bywater republic! The Thain is very much alive, healthy, physically fit, and at his peak power. He is Knox's chosen and will not disappear from this realm so easily!

Glory to the halflings, glory to the wee!

-Mayor Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot."

Getting actually immersed in LOTC takes two things (in my opinion anyways):

1: Actually caring about the time/weather

1 hour is 1 in-game day, yet people will stand around in the same roleplay scenario for hours on end even when there's no CRP or real necessity to keep the RP going. When you see that it's getting dark don't just stay in the town square chatting, move indoors! Invite the people you've been chatting with over for supper or something, it doesn't matter. You can even roleplay sleeping if you want (though usually I timeskip straight to the next morning).

Also, take the weather into account. When it's raining, mention the fact that it is raining in-character and try to move the roleplay somewhere dry. Lightning strikes? Better stay away from the water! You can invent your own weather depending on the climate. Why not have a dust storm interrupt your Balian tea-party? Horde of locusts? You name it!

Is it a winter month? Put on a coat, emote shivering in the chill breeze. Is it a summer month? Emote being exhausted if your character is working hard at something, interrupt your casual chatting RP with drink breaks so you stay hydrated in-character, have a heat stroke if you want to be dramatic.

If you don't care about time or weather you are roleplaying in a static environment and your roleplay will take on that static kinda vibe where hours slip by without actually mattering.

2: Actually doing something

Ain't nothing wrong with playing a character that has places to be, and I don't just mean "oh no I gotta go bye cya guys" *logs off* I mean your character leaves the tavern and then actually does a different roleplay thing while staying logged onto the roleplay server. Give your character things that they must do every day. This could be basic things like eating, drinking, sleeping, etc. or more interesting things such as daily rituals/prayers, weird habits, whatever. Don't do one thing for hours on end, mix it up, go work your characters in-game job, talk with friends, shop in the market, eat meals, and whatever else you can think of.

Speaking of jobs, give your character a job. Seriously. Too many characters are effectively unemployed. No, being a noble isn't a real job. How does your character earn a living? Monk minas and monk bread make it far easier to get by mechanically than it should be to realistically make a living in-character. Get a job, it doesn't have to pay you many minas (or ANY minas at all!). If your character gets a job, and other characters around your character get a job, then, regardless of whether or not your "jobs" reward you well mechanically, you can transform a lame, dry-old tavern RP settlement into a vibrant, varied community where everyone has their own identity and relations beyond just who they chat with in the tavern or town square.

ok rant over

human cities? having citizens who aren't nobles? I thought that was impossible!

good luck tho. commoner rp is more fun than most ppl think.

The time scythe, stolen from the past, glows blue in its dark corner. The time has come. As the Mori approach the realms of Man, Elf, Dwarf, and Orc, so to does something occur in Bywater, land of the halflings. Shards of time once split from reality coalesce together.

[!] A note is pinned to the Bywater Notice-Tree:

"Tea in the Applefoot burrow next Sun's Smile! Adventurers and wanderers welcome!

~Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot"

((Event 5 PM EST, Sunday the 16th of April, 2023. Located in Bywater, home of the halflings on Almaris.))

“Yeh’ve done good, Breasal” says Breasal’s wife, Mimosa Applefoot. 

5 hours ago, kazoo said:

First a poorly managed case by the admins, now an even worse policy update. Lotc sure is trying whatever it can to make the egirls happy.

Cope

I hope we get custom food recipes. I miss my nexus cannolis and baguettes 

8 minutes ago, Xarkly said:

 

Awesome, most common complaint I see these days is that characters aren't 1 dimensional enough really looking forward to this

Tea drinking monsters aren't really two dimensional either though

OOC:

Hello there!
This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible.

Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible.

SoL Event Checklist (Optional):

-Wake up ( )
-Eat something ( )

-Do some task ( )

-Interact with someone ( )

-Eat another thing ( )

-Go to sleep ( )

RP:

[!] A notice is nailed to the Bywater Noticeboard:

"From ploughing to planting, the never-ending field labor of Bywater must continue! This year I've some new seeds to try for the growing season. Hopefully they'll grow into splendid crops!

-Mayor Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot."

((7 PM EST tomorrow, Friday April the 7th of 2023. Located in Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris))

[!] You find a letter in your aviary mailbox!

Farm Draft Notice

You have been selected to partake in the honorable work of ploughing the public wheat field for this year’s planting. The winter has come and gone, and now we must prepare for next year if our granary is to remain full of grain!

Report to the Town Hall nine days from now (and no sooner!) and we can begin work!

-Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot.

((7 PM EST, today on Wednesday the 5th of April, 2023. Located in Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris))

[!] All registered Bywater Adventurers and other interested parties receive a letter in their aviary mailbox!

A Chill, Ordinary Gathering

~A chill time in the tavern, perfectly ordinary~

Although there are rumors that the world is ending, and although we've faced many cult problems, we've yet to gather together the ol' Adventurers to face these threats! Let's us gather together as Adventurers and comrades once again to talk about and organize against these new threats!

Of course, nothing bad will actually be happening (I promise!), so no need to get too worried! It'll be just a perfectly ordinary Adventurer meetup with nothing going awry whatsoever!

~Mimosa Applefoot,
Mayor of Bywater.

((6 PM EST, Tomorrow on Sunday the 2nd of April, 4/2/2023. Located in Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris. Directions:

))

[!] You find a strange letter in your aviary mailbox

OREN IS BACK!

Due to recent events, it is clear to us that the seat of Horen is in the wrong hands, thusly the Kingdom of Bywater is to act upon its hereditary claim to the title of Holy Orenian Empire, the Weefolk due to their longer lifespans are far closer descendants to the father of all mankind therefore we shall rule in his name.

From this day onward we are hereby the Holy Orenian Empire, let any that challenge our claim do so infront of GOD in the field of battle. Ave Orenia, Ave Knox, Ave Bywater!

~Emperor Cyris the First, Legitimate Ruler of the Imperial-Halfling Empire

“Oi’ll nevah forge’ yeh’re amazin’ trade deals” says Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot

[!] Another notice is pinned to the Bywater Notice Tree

"Loo lads! Let's go make some fancy soaps so we can keep the village smelling nice! I'll provide the wood ash!"

-Mimosa Applefoot"

((7 pm est, tomorrow on Thursday the 30th of March, 3/30/2023))

Mimosa Applefoot farmer extraordinaire