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what are some of the easiest or most efficient in-RP ways to earn mina?
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hunt darkspawn, get cool ((forbidden and sinful)) st signed items. trade them on the ((black)) market for rarer ((even more sinful)) items. continue this cycle until you attract wealth due to your sheer net worth in lucrative investments. establish a paper currency to destroy the mina. pay off large businesses to only accept unwillingly-bucks from now on. strongarm admins into giving you server ownership ((he who controls the unwillingly-bucks, controls the server))
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I'd rather see a way to implement a way to measure/enforce skill in archery than change emote counts. atm archery as a niche is entirely obsolete because literally anybody and their mom can pick up a bow and be a legolas, meaning there's no point for characters to pursue archery as a skill because the skil level is literally all the same. I know its not exactly simple but I care WAY more about that than nerfing or buffing emote counts by 1. making bows 2 emotes isn't going to help you become a more skilled archer in RP, it just means you can bow spam better like everybody else during CRP
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what was the most or least enjoyable CRP/pvp encounter you've ever had?
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Yo! I'm glad both of you enjoyed those fights, those where probably some of my favorite encounters to be in, @SimplySeoand @lemonke
My favorite CRP conflict, that I can think of, has to either be the Battle of Serheim. Where my then former king, pretty much helped act as a body shield/medic for the Varg. Either that, or the conflict in the Kingswood; where I pretty much just skulked the woods and fought Templar. Both where pretty close ties, but fun all the same.
As for the worst encounters, none really come to mind, but I know I had a few bad experiences. I remember one slightly bothersome, though still had some funny rp now that I look back on it, was when a group of thieves blamed my character for stealing something they where attempting to heist. Which ended up becoming a PVP duel.
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@UnusualBritWhy does it have to? The question wasn't about the community, it was about the least enjoyable CRP encounter I've had.
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Somwehre in the frayed recesses of an abomination's mind, a friend weeps.
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without naming names, what are some aspects of nation/settlement communities that either draw you in or push you away? what kind of things do you like to see and engage with, or what makes them undesirable to play in?
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Communities that have a well thought out culture and environment from a story perspective. I’ve been in some environments that made Sutica look like like Haelunor and they pretty much only run on ooc.
ICly driven communities that are comfortable in gracefully taking Ls for the sake of narrative. Seeing people either ignore ic issues oocly or attempt to dodge consequences that are already being enforced gives me the ick.
A healthy OOC environment backing the community is without trying to go for each others throats. If I wanted a high school environment I’d go to SRP.
The RP needs to be of sustenance at least some of the time. I’m okay with slice of life occasionally but often just sitting in a tavern kills a community. This extends to communities where player couples just sit in their houses all day. Go out, meet people, stir stuff up if you want to.
People who aren’t afraid to initiate rp with someone they don’t know can generate some of the best rp around.
People who ooc throw hissy fits over Ic happenings they don’t like and over share with other people mostly in the form of shit talking or yapping are the source of so many community headaches. This is why the spook community won’t rp with you.
A community should offer multiple avenues for a character to go down and be rp-centric. PVP is no longer central to LOTC and is p much only used for large scale conflicts now or for tournaments. (Left clicking in moderation is fine but when it becomes the main focus of your community you might want to join a factions server.)
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normalize not going to city events like banquets or balls and doing whisper RP the entire time
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This missive is public. When I was a boy, my father recited tales of elven prodigy and prestige when I lay half-asleep in his arms. He spoke of a time where our people suffered not in a murky fissure of apathy, but thrived with the radiance of the burning sun above. His voice painted a time where elven blades were sharp enough to split the sky above, and cities glistened like lost jewels beneath the moon. I slumbered in my youth, but I was not yet a dreamer. Our wayward travels carried us east, along with my mother and siblings, where it was said a city of stars and steel stood tall on a mighty precipice. It was said to have been a sanctuary of glory for elvenkind, where our people would be promised an age of grandeur and triumph in the throes of ever-fracturing elven sovereigns: Celia'nor. Indeed, my arrival came with fruitful promise from the Celian denizens who preached the way of steel and knowledge: ilMaehr’sae Ilkun’ehya. Although I swiftly ascended the Celian echelon as both soldier and legislator, a mali of the blade and pen, I had not reaped the fruits of my work even well into my tenure. My efforts went without merit, and my calls for action were met with little more than pitiful, taciturn silence from our leaders. The congress I had been appointed to languished and stagnated despite my pleas to the Royarch to invoke the change I could not. When my blade rend swift through the flesh of Ibleesians and their incurable afflictions, I was met not with gratitude nor friendly eyes. I was questioned, scolded, and rebuked by those of the high council, while the spiking of Ibleesian heads were met with profound, deep-seated detestation by the denizens below them. The Celia’diraar, an emblem of elven excellence and honor, withers under the weight of neglect, while our government idles on promises that ring hollow. Still, did I linger, enamored by the vision for an age of elves that my father’s tales so vividly recounted. But I would eventually realize my efforts were made in vain. So, It is with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from Celia’nor and the resignation of all active posts, effective immediately. I write not with wrath towards my kin, but a nature of sadness that wounds the soul. I write with the ache of a thousand thorns and a heart that breaks for the plight of our people. I grieve for the noble elves whose spirits have dulled, dreams clouded by apathy, I mourn for the spires that once glistened with fiery hope, reduced to monuments of forgotten glory, and I reflect upon myself, the prodigal son who no longer slumbers. This is not my legacy. Signed, Galahad Nullivari
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jesus this remix goes so ******* hard
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An elven legislator from Celia'nor quirks a brow. "I'm not sure if this is remarkably brilliant or brazenly foolish."
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very cool post, cannot stress enough how much I agree with the principles of design, integrity, and detail. might check this out
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character design can be an integral factor to storytelling. what are some factors of your character's appearance that relate to symbolism, themes, motifs, or an underlying message?
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I used the theme of moths around my Moliana character a lot due to how selfish and ambitious she was, driven to pursue her desires even if it was extremely unhealthy and detrimental for her. Since I wanted her to be a gothic character, I pursued a tragic story fitting to a lot of gothic literature that I studied in high school.
For Ilaria, there is association with the sea and her philosophy with Shorewalking. Haunted oceans have always been an interesting concept to me, deep sea horrors are rather ethereal and mysterious despite it all being from our own world. It's a great reference to the unknown and considering different viewpoints and perspectives to look at our own world, which Ilaria often preaches for people to do with existence and the influence of aengudaemons. Given she was born seeing ghosts and teeters on the line of living and dead energies, I feel like I've done a good job in RPing her as ethereal and kooky without out right saying it (given other people have described her as those things often)
Ilaria's visual design is actually something I'm really happy with since it's taken a while to figure out, but now it just feels right :D perfect mix of ethereal elf and gothic, unsociable creature
Rezalisa is still a wip for me in establishing strong symbolism, I've only just recently figured out her visual design and feel happy/confident with it
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With Deia's initial design, which is still pretty accurate to her current, I went for specific shapes and a silhouette that would make her unique and recognizable at a glance in art. A lot of the motifs that I keep for her are based on various iterations of Snow White, relating back to her heritage and her place in the world mentally (sort of a dark fairytale simplification, that is) with a sort of intentional naivete. In a lot of my drawings, even if it doesn't necessarily fit the style, I'll add things like vertical lines for blush that give a storybook aesthetic. Rosy cheeks lower on the face, wider hoop-like skirts, a rounded hairstyle and a bow on the top of her head are my checklist, and I find that she gives off a very different vibe if even one of those things is missing.
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[Vision] THE COLD HAND OF THE MOST CARELESS OF FOOLS
Unwillingly replied to sam33497's topic in Miscellany
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alexmagus put it well but there are players who have desired for nothing more than an alternative wood elf niche magic or FA that isn't druidism. druids have enough toys for combat and non combat as is, give people an FA or alternative wood elf magic if they decide they aren't a fan of druidism. dare I say that druidism is the most gatekept, difficult-to-progress-in magic on the server it's cool conceptually but busted and falls into prohibited magic criteria or whatever, borderline telekinesis. I can literally just guide my arrow towards somebody's head, spine, or heart and instantly kill them with no way for them to escape or counter. and ur telling me I can also imbue this with alchemy? I actually think the adverse would be way cooler where this can only be used outside of combat. it would give people a really unique way to kind of hold leverage over somebody and would help enable more malicious, ill-intent themes of RP. "do this deed for me or I'm literally going to hunt you down like prey" interactions would be wicked asf. this doesn't really have anything unique to it other than just being lore approved metagaming
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✵ Issued by Galahad of Nullivari, Okar’sohae of the Celia’diraar 9th of the Sun’s Smile, year 180 S.A. ✵ Be warned, people of Celia’nor, of the Ibleesian wretch laying waste to our starlit lands! An artist's rendition of the Celian Gargoyle (By @UnBaed) It slaughters without discrimination, rhyme, or reason, often lingering beyond Leyu'sill walls picking off lone travelers on horseback, and only flees when it's outnumbered. Often fashioning full plate, its skin is that of a slate-gray, accompanied by spiraling horns that jut from its skull in tandem with a humanoid yet monstrous anatomy. If spotted, DO NOT ENGAGE, for it wields a vast arsenal of accursed fire and hellhounds at its beck and call. Return to the city and report the sighting to the Celia'diraar. CITIZEN TRAVEL ADVISORY - Travel in pairs, never alone - Ride horseback - Travel with weapons or other forms of self defense - Be vigilant of strange individuals If you or your peers possess more information regarding the capabilities, motives, or whereabouts of this creature, contact the Celia'diraar immediately. Signed, Galahad Nullivari
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need to respond to this bc it was bugging me (and noz can correct me if I'm wrong) but the point of the post isn't to criticize villains/darkspawn for having motives more nuanced than being evil for the sake of it, its to criticize how every darkspawn makes their motive molded around this religiously incomprehensible esoteric philosophy in order to be a fulfilling dark character. ur comment is just conflating "having a motive = schizo RP" which isn't the point of the post bc not every darkspawn or villain-aligned character who has a motive is one of these players. I loathe that player culture has become so hostile towards character archetypes that imply having a purpose, a rhyme and a reason, or something to gain and lose. I'm not saying that one is superior or inferior to the other either - both have their places on the server in different ways and I think we just need to be alright with that
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yeah it's a real shame that we don't just see regular dudes anymore and every signifigant conflict/villainous interaction is the product of a giant darkspawn raid instead. not that I mind darkspawn raids, but now it sort of feels like that's... all we really have anymore? any semblance of conflict RP comes in the form of giant spook raids. what happened to the one-off encounters? catching somebody being mugged? pickpocketing? actually good thief RP (as opposed to running the /break command when nobody's around)? hostage RP? etc? I've ran this line before but I think it's in part due to the fact that a lot of places (albeit not as much as they used to) for a good while literally wouldn't let you inside if you had a weapon, meaning that doing this kind of RP was damn near impossible unless their chronically closed gates just happened to be open. I'm glad this kind of isolationist "don't touch my minecraftia" mentality seems to be slowly withering away though, so hopefully this kind of RP will become more prevalent in the near future
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what are some quirks, fun facts, or other things your character has/can do that you never get to share or emote in rp?
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For over 2 years I've roleplayed my Snow Elf as being an exceptional swimmer and fishing extraordinaire who is working on owning a fish and tackle shop, but I think I've only ever roleplayed anything related to that with someone else around twice this map.
I just wanna own a fishing ship on a coast, then a location in a coastal city where I can rp loading the fish from the ship onto a barge, then barge barrels of fish up a river to my fish and tackle shop which is conveniently posted up on said river.
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[Completed][Player View] Should Berry Bushes continue to exist?
Unwillingly replied to Holyland's topic in Completed Debate
wouldn't be as fkn annoying if ur horse didn't lose 1-2 hearts every time u got caught in one. use them for ur wall defenses whatever but they serve 0 purpose being sporadically hidden in clusters of grass so I cannot fathom why people would have any desire to keep them outside of city defense -
Galahad remembered wishing his words hurt where his mother loved him most. He spoke like the sun, but not the way its light shafts through canopies or warms a glimmering pond in midsummer, but the way it blisters the skin and stabs the eyes. The way it burns with all-consuming passion, self-destructive fervor, and how it taunts him the way firedancers taunt hubris from their woven tethers. Galahad remembered being grateful his brother and sister did not share this burden. He wondered if they would be as thankful of him as he were of them.
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people barely adhere to currently existing CRP rules (for valid reasons) so I don't anticipate people would be willing to adhere to even more CRP rules (for valid reasons). I've started to adopt the mindset that less is more and the less ability people have to rule-lawyer CRP and pause RP after every single emote to go "#looc ermm well this rule says-" the more enjoyable CRP becomes for everyone involved more CRP rules and restrictions are inherently counterintuitive to fostering good faith encounters. some of the most enjoyable people to CRP with are the guys who don't do combat with 12 different forum and lore tabs open ready to cite every existing rule and redline like a ******* thesis paper
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A languished, exhausted soul lingers in the penumbra of a blinding light. Perhaps once, in another life, I told you something I didn't truly intend. A promise I knew couldn't be fulfilled. But I've never regretted it all as much as I do now.
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A satisfied, darkspawn-hating Celian elf hummed to himself upon reading the parchment. "The church is full of intelligent, respectable, level-headed kindly valah. Anyone in their right mind would, and should, consent to a darkspawn test." Galahad Nullivari folded the paper, face alight with a smile. "Remarkable, the lot of them. We ought to thank them for their hard work, so that nobody else shall suffer at the hand of these bogeymen and monsters. One unwilling or unwanting to cede to a darkspawn test is most certainly one themselves. Unlike the paladins, it is the church who is full of clean-nosed, well-mannered gentlemen who protect the good men and women of our realm."
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