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The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

What's this? Fresh meat?

Welcome, let's make some cuts before we get you cooking.

5'6 is basically an Altmer midget, combined with her age, 17, Vurwe seems too juvenile for her experiences. Being exiled due to her lineage is reasonable, but traveling the entirety of High Rock and playing Breton politics is less so for a grammar-school aged kid. I would, however, accept her background if you bump the age to 25+ and either increase her height to 6+ feet or an explanation for abnormal shortness.

What is that dagger made of? Anything specific about it? Modifications or enchantments?

500 is a damn big stash of gold. Given her background, I actually have no problem with Vurwe owning that much. However, carrying that much in person doesn't sound practical to me. Try storing some in banks or converting to smaller valuables.

Everything else checks out, your sheet is pretty neat, precise and concise, I like it.

@gcold

Made suggested changes, also considering the dagger could be an elven dagger (moonstone, quicksilver, steel) specifically enchanted to glow when lowborns are nearby (any humanoid who is not an Altmer, primary races).

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@Peik

Typical, a Nord solve all their problems through base violence. That's why we gave Skyrim to the Dovahkiin, of our own accord.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

Profile

Basic information:
Name: Vurwe Highorin
Race: Altmer
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Birthsign: The Lady
Place of Origin: Summerset Isles, Firsthold
Appearance: A exceptionally clean altmer with sharp yellow eyes and strong, angular cheekbones. She stands at about 6'1 and her pale yellow hair extends to her shoulders. She keeps the strands of hair in front of her ears bound by small bronze clasps, giving them a sort of thin hourglass effect. Her eyes are hard with a brow that makes it appear as if she is in a constant state of disapproval. She wears a simple brown warm fur cloak and a bright green filigree dress. The dress seems to have had a furry hood stitched on. She keeps a bronzed amulet with the symbol of a bird wreathed in flames flying over a roiling sea.


Background: A lady of the court of Summerset and Thalmor supporter, Vurwe has recently gained and lost the position of the duchess of Firsthold. She gained this position when her father, in a series of duplicitous actions from an opposing Duke who supported a shadowy organization -The Beautiful- was assassinated. She was too young and inexperienced to actually hold court and was ousted by her Aunt. Being sent far off to avoid any further confrontations over succession. Being sent off with a modicum of gold and provisions, she hoped to regain favor in the family by rousing political support in Skyrim or High Rock. She's traveled about Highrock and having no luck there traveled towards Skyrim in an attempt to appeal to the Dovahkins hatred of the Aldmeri Dominion. Unfortunately, she was captured by the Forsworn occupying the reach and held for ransom. They've been unable to really discern what lineage she's a part of, but they figure the pirates of Wayrest can provide more information on Summerset royal families.

Prior to this unfortunate series of events, she mostly spent her time learning court politics, how to play the lute, dancing, fencing, the fundamentals of magic, dining etiquette, and the rigorous task of maintaining an appearance of apparent superiority. Her father was a Thalmor supporter and so she was too, reading much of their dogma in her studies. She gained an affinity for classical literature, especially that of organized plays. Her favorites were the ones with sharp and underhanded jabs, double entendre, and a large reveal at the end of who the deceit was truly orchestrated by. One night, he had an unfortunate shaving accident that lead to him falling out of a nearby window and then being confused for a passing quail by a local huntsman.

During her adventures in High Rock she attempted to sway the five kingdoms into assisting with the assassination of Duke Ganron. She failed and for a brief moment considered traveling to Orsinium, but realizing they were Orcs and therefore unsuited for the subtlety of assassination or higher reasoning, declined this notion. She's gained something of an infamy for being beggar royalty in High Rock and among royalty there she is viewed as desperate. She's less beloved by almost every inn spanning the coastline for sneaking into rooms and refusing to pay when caught. A particularly irate innkeeper in Evermore is said to keep a bounty on her that says "Alive, Wanted for Return of Payment, also recompense for Injury of Hound and Slander."

Personality: Sharp, judgmental, and bitter, Vurwe is less likely to give positive advice than to tell you how you are doing it wrong. She is extremely racist, judgmental, and brash. Some of her favorite things including the arts, such as painting, sculpture, music, and dance. She is something of a perfectionist and dislikes being unclean or being ignorant of a subject. She is also an egotist and views herself as better than others.

Skills and Such

Capabilities:
Skills: Expert: Speech
Adept: Mercantile, Restoration
Apprentice: One-handed blade,Conjuration, marksman
Novice: Provisioning, Athletics, Tailoring

Weaknesses: Verbally abusive, prejudiced, and moody. "Genuinely Completely Abrasive Person"
Relations to Other Characters: Duke Ganron of Westguard and the entire Family Highorin, up to her Aunt Solira
Affiliation(s): Royalty on Summerset, previous heir to Firsthold
Spells (if any): Flaming familiar (A flaming bird similar to a Sunbird), Heal Other, Close Wounds
Combat Style (or the Lack of): She's familiar with the basics of fencing, though she prefers to delegate combat to others. Otherwise, if possible, explosions.
Other Capabilities: Fairly talented lute player, skilled court dancer, great painter, great calligrapher.

Inventory:
Cash: 500 gold - About 100 on person, the rest is kept in the banks along Skyrim/High Rock
Keys and Lockpicks: None.
Clothing and Armor: A simple heavy brown stoat fur cloak with hood and a bright green filigree dress with a belt about the waist. Comfy cotton trousers. A fur-lined leather boot with studded soles.
Weapon and Ammunition: A straight dagger, hitched to her dresses belt. It's made of elven steel, quicksilver, and moonstone. It glows when lowborns are nearby (primary humanoid races who aren't Altmer)
Potion and Arcane Supplies: None.
Jewelry and Novelty Items: A bronzed amulet with the symbol of a bird wreathed in flames flying over a roiling sea. A silver ring with an opal, a olive green ring with a layered bismuth, one gold ring with a ruby inlaid.
Books and Documents: A bunch of letters that seem to be the same basic message but addressed to and attempt to flatter different officials.
Food, Drinks, Provisions: None.
Bags, Pouches, Packs: A large rucksack she seems to mostly shove things into. A carrier bag wherein she carries all her letters.
Other: Bedroll, blanket. Hooked to her rucksack. Some soap bars and general grooming supplies.

Legend of Renalta 2: Reborn

Rayn Night said
I do not blame you. Nothing has changed since.... June? And like Brovo had said before, there isn't event he BASIC forum accessories to be at least the base of all PbP forums. Mahz should maybe take his pride away and let people do some changes for him. The help has been offered many times.

The only problem is either he needs to give them access to the forum (as in, they could make sweeping changes, delete posts, completely destroy the website). Or he lets them code, applies the code himself, and the websites actually broken for a week because he's working in Mexico and will not be able to fix anything the new code screws up while he's working (which if I remember correctly, can be upwards to a week or more). Unless there's some test area.

I don't understand why he decided to start on his own forum code when he knew he was going to be incredibly busy for a year or more, that's just what's happening right now.

Edit: Sure I'm simplifying the problem here, in essence shit sucks.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

ASTA said
For once, I'd like see a fantasy NRP that didn't have Tolkien smeared all over it. Or Europe in general.

Oh yeah, weird fantasy is GREAT.



MMMM. Wonder when fantasy became "Only fantastical elements within the realm of elf, dwarves, and hobb- I mean, halflings, legal reasons."

Zoe Quinn.

Dipper said
More trite than Depression Quest (which, as a sufferer of Depression, Ironically enough, ended up triggering me) or Gone Home, two 'games' that are little more than Choose your own adventure books?

Oh sorry I edited without looking at this. Zork was a game too once. Gone Home is different in that it's literally a 3d environment and you can directly manipulate objects and explore in a manner not unlike the Adventure Game genre. Is The Secret of Monkey Island suddenly not a game? Any 3d or 2d environment with a beginning, middle, and end, and interactions can be considered a game. Just because you didn't like it doesn't make it any less of a game. You had a clear goal in mind: figure out what happened to Sam. You had to collect items to advance this goal.

I actually like "choose your own adventure" book games. They're fun and they do something that books/movies can't do. Give you control. I doubt that market will overtake the "SHOOT THINGS UNTIL ITS DEAD GENOCIDE GENRE".

Of course I LOVE reading. (I love everything. I'm kind of a Pollyanna I think. Didn't consider a reality where someone could dislike Gone Home.)

Zoe Quinn.

Dipper said 1 Finger Death Punch, Dwarf Fortress, Kenshi, Hipster Werewolf, Papers Please, and other such great games might not be even reported on because 'games' like Gone Home and Depression Quest are getting 10/10 scores from friends of the makers because they 'tackle

But all those games were noticed. I heard about them and I haven't played them. I don't see the problem? I think the only indie games not being reported on tend to be the ones which are absolute trite. Also Gone Home and To the Moon were pretty good, emotional experiences. Zork was considered a game too, once. At least they're experimenting with the format.

Zoe Quinn.

There's a lot of big companies that do fine, Obsidian Entertainment, Valve, Nintendo, From Software, Konami, 2k Interactive, Telltale now apparently, (I thought all three bioshocks were pretty fun, lots of cool concepts. Bioshock Infinite actually has a lot of real quantum physic concepts involved, and though the development was hampered by bad time decisions, there's never going to be a time we'll always get the perfect videogame. Two out of three tries seems like a pretty good score to me. I heard Brutal Legend was hilarious). Now we have indie companies pumping out some pretty great games yearly. I'd say there's more good stuff to play now than ever.

Maybe we have too high expectations for something that ultimately ends up being a hardcore group project? Not that I'm supporting EA or any money gouging company like it, I mean the quality of these games. If a masterpiece came up everyday, we'd soon run out of creativity. Nobody should trust Schaffer after what he did, I hope.

Zoe Quinn.

Dipper said
Same with me - But when game developers actually take advice to dumb their games down from these people who, by their own admission, hate/suck at all video games, all gamers suffer.

I doubt developers are taking "advice" from single idiots. They test these things with groups, like movies (depending on company). You don't look to a "reviewer" when you're selling to a mass market. On the whole most gamers aren't videogame masters.

http://trenchescomic.com/comic/

If you scroll down, on each comic you can read a story from someone actually in the industry. Usually it's something horrible.

"Anyway, the Vice-President of this very large corporation decided to drop by for a visit. We’d been warned beforehand of this visit. What we weren’t warned about was that the VP decided to drop in one of the matches we were in (testing connectivity issues with another country). We were given a quick “don’t do anything stupid” talk, so we played around on the game like you were “supposed to”.

A few minutes later, another call came down to cut loose. So we did, instantly turning the battlefield into chaos. The VP, needless to say, died very quickly. But what did happen, is one of the testers ran over to the VP’s body and teabagged it (as was the custom in those days).

Not a full minute passed before the test lead burst into the bay and screamed his lungs out, demanding to know who did it. None of us spoke, since we didn’t know who did the deed and the person who did it didn’t speak up.

So, after having a job where I got to play video games for a whole month, our entire section was unceremoniously fired."

Zoe Quinn.

Well, I buy games and enjoy them very much so this is really not a problem for me. I've known games journalism was bullshit for a while and actively ignore it. Since I'm responsible for my own purchasing decisions and tend to make good ones, gaming journalism doesn't factor into how or when I buy things. Gaming journalism doesn't affect the quality of these games. The best way to find out whether a game will be fun is to find out what actual players say, instead of people forced into playing the games with a limited amount of time due to the time constraints of journalism.

I watch a series called extra credit that talks about gaming community issues from actual developers. This kind of stuffs a small fraction of the greater whole. https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz

Zoe Quinn.

Weird how we're focusing on Zoe Quinn now when this kind of corruption has been self evident since Gamespot fired Jeff Gerstmann for his Kane and Lynch review in 2007. Good news I guess, weird that it took a woman cheating on her boyfriend for anyone to pay attention. (and she maybe got decent reviews for her tiny, free, choose your own adventure text game. Oh noooooooooooooooooooooo)

Also I think that guy has basically guaranteed he'll never get a date again. (From anyone who knows what he did)