lydyn

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@LydynI've reached the character limit on my DS, so I'll finish the CS tomorrow, but if you could take a look at what I have so far, that'd be great.

@Raijinslayer

Good start, though you'll want to define the skills a bit better probably and definitely stay away from acronyms. Besides that, as long as you know dragons don't actually exist (as far as we know) outside of myths then we're good (i.e. you can keep the dragon in the legend, but it's definitely not true, haha).

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@lydyn

CS is done!! I might have gone a little overboard with the background, but hey.

I will now finish the Kingdom app

@urukhai

He's actually extremely well done~ I'm impressed. Especially since the WIP wasn't much to look at, honestly, haha. ^.^ The only thing you need to fix is the updated flaws in the revised character sheet (combat and personality flaws). Though there is a note here as well - a good friend of mine was thinking of making a 'tower defense' type of character as well. I can send him your way to maybe make a history with them or maybe be super duper extra nice and find other strengths for your amazing knight. Either way, I am not going to force you or guilt you into changing anything (except the flaws, haha).

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@lydyn I think Mylisant is finished! Look over her and tell me if there are anymore problems

@Irisity

I think I'll count her as accepted as well. She's a very well done character, I like her. I think her abilities might be a tad on the low end, however her ability to hit so well with throwing objects is a pretty awesome too. I think the eyesight can be bumped, but only if you want - it's really not a big deal. We'll find her a place in the group for sure!~ <3 So go ahead and post her in the character's tab!~

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Wonderful. It's a little late but I'll get started on it now and hopefully have it finished later on in the day.

@Angel Eyes

Sounds good!~

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Guess thats a no then? lol

@Angel Eyes

I never said no, silly. Go right ahead with making a CS!~ Only 2 characters have been accepted so far (probably going to be three soon).

@Earnest Evans - That seems like an important detail. Even just adopting a family to keep them safe or something seems like a big deal. His back story in general just seems to be lacking though... what is the Marquis? Why did he feel the need to protect people? I just don't see any major motivation or character in what he's doing or why he's doing it.

@Zero Hex - I asked you to PM me and you didn't, so there isn't much else to discuss. If you're afraid I'm going to come back to the OOC and talk bad about you, I'm sure you can report me or perhaps I'm not a GM for you. I'm not going to fill the OOC when you keep trying to find a way to justify that a "might means right" is a good fit for this adventure. I'm sorry. Please do not continue this in the OOC. It's even against one of my rules.

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@Inertia - Much better! Now he seems more like his own character. Though a couple things should be fixed first - the legend. Shouldn't it reflect his more swordsman nature now instead of arrows? I mean, if you'd rather leave it like that, it's fine.

Second in his back story, it still mentions that surpassed everyone in archery, when it's not even a mentioned skill anymore. Probably fix that so everything matches. ^.^

@Earnest Evans - Hm... honestly, it doesn't seem like the character has much sustenance. Besides the fact that you didn't mention anything about a romance or having children in his back story (but you did in his flaws?), why would a father of three children ever think of possibly risking his life on adventures?

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Btw, note - I'm posting this for everyone's sake, so they get a better understanding of how this world works. We can argue all day what is actually right or wrong, or if good and evil actually exist, etc, etc, etc, but this is my world I am sharing with those accepted.

@Zero Hex - Man, I need to choose my words more carefully... kind of hard trying to reply to everything. Certainly didn't expect like 20 people to be trying to make characters for this, so forgive me for the lack of clarification. I meant killing in the sense of murder or enjoying the act of killing. Of course tons of heroes kill in order to protect themselves or others from terrible acts of evil, so you're absolutely right there. (Had a similar argument with someone else who said it wasn't evil to execute murderers after they've surrendered and sought redemption, but that's something else entirely).

Okay, so he's arrogant as all hell... but can work with others. That can be worked with, though it'd still make it a bit hard and rough to do so, especially if he goes around telling other people how much better he is than everyone else. That's hard to work into a group, but doable. However he can easily end up hurting the group as a whole too, with wanting to fight all the time... that's really tricky to work.

I'm still hung up on his beliefs though. So if a murderer is able to overpower everyone and rules a kingdom - it's just the way it is? Striving for continuous improvement and strong ruling the weak are two different beliefs. He's basically saying anyone and everyone that can overpower another has every right to rule over them as they see fit. I'm not sure how you can possible argue that's a moral outlook on life. Neutral, maybe, but not good.

However I think it is good to take this to PMs if you still don't agree with me, so we don't clutter the OOC with a back and forth argument.

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Edited, he's less of a complete misfit now.

Also, I can't help but notice that our characters aren't really lining up well for the 'romance' angle... we'll see how that plays out, I guess.

@TheWizardLizard

I think you're the first accepted character!~ Good job. ^.^ And yes, it isn't thus far... maybe people in the future will keep that in mind when making their characters. I'd put bisexual if I was at all comfortable with the opposite sex (sexually only), haha. Anyways, feel free to post in the character tab.

Edit: But there's nothing against possibly using NPCs as well, played by other players.

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@Zero Hex - Well, I'll admit I misread violence as killing, which is my bad... but yes, anyone who enjoys killing isn't really a heroic type, no matter what else they believe in. I looked at it closer and I still see things that make it hard to envision him working in a group though. His distaste for magic being one... seeing nobles in a hostile way (when some character might be nobles), and I specifically honed onto this; "feels that the strong should rule over the weak." That, to me, definitely feels less moral... as long as your strong, you should rule anyone who is weak, strength is everything. It speaks for a lack of morals even though the character himself may not be a bad guy.

Definitely seems to be a set-in-stone anti-hero. At least that's my take on his character, whether it was the intention of it or not. It's just really hard to see him working in a group and adventure designed for heroics, is all. I'm sorry if you disagree with that and you're free to try and argue your point, but as it stands... I just can't see it that well.

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Hm yeah I see,
about the stealth, I guess it's part of his 'guilds' needs, he gathers intel and the like.

I'll see what I can do,
and and do read the Kingdom too, thanks.

@Inertia

I did! The kingdom sounds pretty awesome, actually. ^.^

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GM would you mind clarifying which skills exactly are to be changed?

@Inertia

Well, I'm not sure. Compare your character to mine. I felt like Chase was a cookie-cutter of Cerylia. Not all rangers are masters of the bow, or even experts. A ranger can be a dual-wieldest for example, or even use a sword and shield. Or maybe a two-handed weapon or specialize in only one weapon. There's tons of ways to go here.

Also rangers don't need stealth. You can rangers that are more hunters in that they can run further, endure longer, chase down prey, etc. Of course, you'd imagine some stealth... and the abilities are pretty much a copy too. I'm not sure what else to say besides be original and think of other ways the character might be skilled.

If this was a steak, this would be a rare steak, because this RP is better than well-done. But to be honest, almost everything is better than a well-done steak. My point still stands though, this is a well-written RP. In other words, this has my interest and I will probably get started on the character sheet tomorrow morning.

@nald

Thank you for the compliment!~ <3

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@Zero Hex - That's an interesting character and I like the work you've put into him, but frankly - he doesn't fit anywhere in this role-play. I hate to point this out, but I specifically said no murderous characters or ones whom liked killing. There's no way I could accept him here.

@TheWizardLizard - Sounds good. Looking forward to it then. ^.^

@Everyone - I think this needs to be made clear after talking with a few friends - Anti-heroes are going to be extremely difficult to fit into this adventure. Besides the fact that most anit-heroes don't work well in groups and I pointed out that all characters must be able to work with one another, this particular plot and story needs more traditional heroes. It's okay to have flaws and issues (@Irisity's character is a perfect example) but to be without morals and some level of restraint when it comes to killing people is not what this role-play is about.