How does one play Yugioh? I never really understood the concept.... >.> Not that I tried too hard, admittedly. :P
I hope your son's doing allright still, Rosalind!
And hiya, Planteater, nice to have you on board. :)
I'm still going to write out those limits at some point, I really need to work on actually getting them typed up... :/
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Ooh, just found this, looks like a fun way to generate discussion. Worth a shot, anyway. :)
I'm just going to babble about my love of NPCs now.
I think an NPC, any NPC, is an extremely good thing to have in any rp. And I maintain that any and all persons or creatures mentioned in a post or backstory are, will be or could become NPCs. Therefore, while I've noticed that quite a few people say they're good to have around because they make the world richer, and I heartily agree with that, I'll be taking it a step further by saying that only those rps designed specifically to contain only two characters with amnesia in a deserted area who will never interact with anyone else, ever, shouldn't have NPCs. Mainly because, without them, there really would be absolutely no one else in the world, or there'd seem to be no one else, beyond the player characters. They're in the bakery giving them their bread, and above their heads dumping chamber pots out the window, and pouring their ale and off being villainous somewhere to incite people to complain, they're complaining about the villain, they're writing up quests for our heroes, they're paying them or complaining about their work ethic, driving by and splashing them with a mudpuddle, they gave birth to the character, presumably they do have parents somewhere, siblings? family pets? a goldfish? Without the NPCs, you've got no backstory or voluntary background interaction, and so, very little with which to shape the story and the characters' choices within it.
Of course, I don't think every NPC has the same importance, but they are all important, from the one you use to make your character a better person or to prove what they can do or to steal that really important bit of info from them that would have made the story end far too soon. Yes, even the ones without names. But then, I'm an NPC junkie and I do love to bring them in when I can get away with it. Because they do enrich the story and give life to the background. They're the difference between walking into an empty room or having to shout because the customers are being too rowdy or putting up a building next door. They may not seem important when they're there, but their absence, like a missing waiter when you want a refill on your drink, is noticeable.
I will readily admit that there are some places an NPC shouldn't be brought in, or shouldn't be elaborated upon and used so often they become their own character. I love a well-rounded and well-respected(by the players) NPC, but they certainly should be considered always and ever secondary to PCs in the writer's focus. They shouldn't be considered secondary as a character though, even if all one has to go on is that that black-haired punk just stole your wallet, one should still assume they had a reason that wasn't, we needed someone to steal that wallet to make for the drama or for plot points.
I'm wondering if my take on this is because I'm more usually in the 1x1 section or on boards that were entirely one world, and so there wasn't a single thread used to create said world. I could see too many major NPCs bogging down a storyline in a group rp. How do you guys class your major or minor NPCs? Is it just with the named or not named? Are only GM NPCs major? Is it when they have a starring role in the plot?
I'm just going to babble about my love of NPCs now.
I think an NPC, any NPC, is an extremely good thing to have in any rp. And I maintain that any and all persons or creatures mentioned in a post or backstory are, will be or could become NPCs. Therefore, while I've noticed that quite a few people say they're good to have around because they make the world richer, and I heartily agree with that, I'll be taking it a step further by saying that only those rps designed specifically to contain only two characters with amnesia in a deserted area who will never interact with anyone else, ever, shouldn't have NPCs. Mainly because, without them, there really would be absolutely no one else in the world, or there'd seem to be no one else, beyond the player characters. They're in the bakery giving them their bread, and above their heads dumping chamber pots out the window, and pouring their ale and off being villainous somewhere to incite people to complain, they're complaining about the villain, they're writing up quests for our heroes, they're paying them or complaining about their work ethic, driving by and splashing them with a mudpuddle, they gave birth to the character, presumably they do have parents somewhere, siblings? family pets? a goldfish? Without the NPCs, you've got no backstory or voluntary background interaction, and so, very little with which to shape the story and the characters' choices within it.
Of course, I don't think every NPC has the same importance, but they are all important, from the one you use to make your character a better person or to prove what they can do or to steal that really important bit of info from them that would have made the story end far too soon. Yes, even the ones without names. But then, I'm an NPC junkie and I do love to bring them in when I can get away with it. Because they do enrich the story and give life to the background. They're the difference between walking into an empty room or having to shout because the customers are being too rowdy or putting up a building next door. They may not seem important when they're there, but their absence, like a missing waiter when you want a refill on your drink, is noticeable.
I will readily admit that there are some places an NPC shouldn't be brought in, or shouldn't be elaborated upon and used so often they become their own character. I love a well-rounded and well-respected(by the players) NPC, but they certainly should be considered always and ever secondary to PCs in the writer's focus. They shouldn't be considered secondary as a character though, even if all one has to go on is that that black-haired punk just stole your wallet, one should still assume they had a reason that wasn't, we needed someone to steal that wallet to make for the drama or for plot points.
I'm wondering if my take on this is because I'm more usually in the 1x1 section or on boards that were entirely one world, and so there wasn't a single thread used to create said world. I could see too many major NPCs bogging down a storyline in a group rp. How do you guys class your major or minor NPCs? Is it just with the named or not named? Are only GM NPCs major? Is it when they have a starring role in the plot?
Indeed, this is going to be fun! :D
I might join in with the fatanen quest side, if I get an idea.
I might join in with the fatanen quest side, if I get an idea.
The site is being a butt because everyone went off and ate turkey without inviting it. I'm sure that's the reason. :P
Ooooh, awesome char! Nice growth, too, in the history. :) So many awesome chars. Okay, four is not a lot, but they're still all awesome. Five if I include Truffle. Mwahahahaha! I'm excited. And shall be starting to think up proper limits for Truffle's magics soon, they're floating around in my head, just need to get them into a coherent format. *bounces off*
Ooooh, awesome char! Nice growth, too, in the history. :) So many awesome chars. Okay, four is not a lot, but they're still all awesome. Five if I include Truffle. Mwahahahaha! I'm excited. And shall be starting to think up proper limits for Truffle's magics soon, they're floating around in my head, just need to get them into a coherent format. *bounces off*
Oooh, awesomesauce!
No insisting happening, just helping. :)
Allrighty, well, I’m not sure how well I’ll do with finding titles you don’t already know, but I figured I could at least try. If only by way of saying ‘oooh a book recommendation thread where I can find new books! Awesome!’ :p
All of these books/authors are fantasy, and some are more popular than others, I don’t remember any glaringly obvious LGBT moments, which could be a plus in how they’re handled, but also, none of them involve LGBT protagonists.
First off, Steven Erikson. You’ve likely heard of him, but just in case you haven’t… I love everything he’s written so far, and that’s at least 11 thick novels and several short stories. While his prose style does occasionally take a turn for the wordy, the world he plays in is extremely well developed, he has a huge cast of characters, is not afraid of tragedy. It is definitely epic fantasy. He also has a pretty good sense of humour. ;)
Dave Duncan. Simple, but not excessively so, the King’s Blades books all focus on different guardsmen, magically bonded to their charge. It’s not what I’d call high fantasy, but there’s definitely magic and adventure, a bit of romance in a few of them and plenty of excitement. I haven’t read his other books, but do plan on getting to them.
Jude Fisher’s Fool’s Gold trilogy is a good one for magic. With a developed world. That I remember, there’s not so much an uprising as one apprentice rebelling, and somewhat accidentally at that. But it’s fun.
Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos is a character with an amusing inner voice while he narrates his own stories. Having only read one of the books (my library is lacking when it comes to this author), I cannot for sure say it becomes great. But it definitely has a few different races, or species actually… and some interesting magic, though it’s a bit sci-fi/fantasy combined. I'm already of the opinion that Taltos has a bad habit of getting into tight spots.
Nancy Springer. Now, most of her books are young adult or for children, some aren’t bad for a quick read if you’re bored, but the two that I think should tickle your fancy are I Am Mordred and I Am Morgan Le Fay. Each are separate retellings of the age old King Arthur story, from their perspectives. And really well done. It has been a while since I read them though, so they might be for a younger audience than I remember, given as I was younger myself. *coughsyoungerpfftcoughs*
Jennifer Roberson has far more books than her Karavans series, but they are the ones I like best. The others are not horrible by any means, they just didn’t catch my attention half as well. But Karavans has a different world, a subtle magic, and different races that each have their own culture, which always makes a book worth consideration, at the very least.
All of these books/authors are fantasy, and some are more popular than others, I don’t remember any glaringly obvious LGBT moments, which could be a plus in how they’re handled, but also, none of them involve LGBT protagonists.
First off, Steven Erikson. You’ve likely heard of him, but just in case you haven’t… I love everything he’s written so far, and that’s at least 11 thick novels and several short stories. While his prose style does occasionally take a turn for the wordy, the world he plays in is extremely well developed, he has a huge cast of characters, is not afraid of tragedy. It is definitely epic fantasy. He also has a pretty good sense of humour. ;)
Dave Duncan. Simple, but not excessively so, the King’s Blades books all focus on different guardsmen, magically bonded to their charge. It’s not what I’d call high fantasy, but there’s definitely magic and adventure, a bit of romance in a few of them and plenty of excitement. I haven’t read his other books, but do plan on getting to them.
Jude Fisher’s Fool’s Gold trilogy is a good one for magic. With a developed world. That I remember, there’s not so much an uprising as one apprentice rebelling, and somewhat accidentally at that. But it’s fun.
Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos is a character with an amusing inner voice while he narrates his own stories. Having only read one of the books (my library is lacking when it comes to this author), I cannot for sure say it becomes great. But it definitely has a few different races, or species actually… and some interesting magic, though it’s a bit sci-fi/fantasy combined. I'm already of the opinion that Taltos has a bad habit of getting into tight spots.
Nancy Springer. Now, most of her books are young adult or for children, some aren’t bad for a quick read if you’re bored, but the two that I think should tickle your fancy are I Am Mordred and I Am Morgan Le Fay. Each are separate retellings of the age old King Arthur story, from their perspectives. And really well done. It has been a while since I read them though, so they might be for a younger audience than I remember, given as I was younger myself. *coughsyoungerpfftcoughs*
Jennifer Roberson has far more books than her Karavans series, but they are the ones I like best. The others are not horrible by any means, they just didn’t catch my attention half as well. But Karavans has a different world, a subtle magic, and different races that each have their own culture, which always makes a book worth consideration, at the very least.
Haha, no worries, happens to everyone from time to time. ;)
(should prolly also point out that Thrydlden's a they, not a she. They're fine with being called a she, but technically, and anatomically, they've got no gender :P )
(should prolly also point out that Thrydlden's a they, not a she. They're fine with being called a she, but technically, and anatomically, they've got no gender :P )
MrDevious, It's been doing that in a rather annoyingly regular fashion lately, but it's not yet dead! :P Looking forward to seeing your char.
71342, unfortunately, there is a sairuvar already, if your aim was to avoid repeats. That being said, there's plenty of options within the class itself for variation, :) And there's still room. So far as I know.
71342, unfortunately, there is a sairuvar already, if your aim was to avoid repeats. That being said, there's plenty of options within the class itself for variation, :) And there's still room. So far as I know.
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