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|  Clarification on the Ring of True Love
It's come to the attention of the GM Team that there are some misconceptions and misunderstandings about what RP value and special properties these rings may have.
From the item's description: Quote:
The soulstone of your one true love glows brightly whenever you wear this beautiful ring on your finger.
"On its surface is engraved in flowing script: "Love Eternal"
Light Low (10m) Green
| Now, RP-wise, these rings are constructed using imprinted Soul Stones from one's partner set into a gold band. The rings can't actually be made in-game mechanically, but there are various ways to obtain them with GM assistance.
Let me state: there is no objection to characters obtaining these rings for RP purposes.
However, it's come to our attention that players are RPing these rings as imparting additional properties upon the wearers. Most specifically is the ability for one to know or "sense" when their partner, the one who's bound to the stone in the ring, is killed, hurt or in some sort of distress. This simply is not the case. It has never been the case, and anyone who is RPing this, or any other special properties of such things should not only cease doing so but retroactively remove it from their RP (i.e. Character Development threads).
RPing this kind of "sense" as being imparted through the rings, or more accurately the Soul Stones set into the rings, is dangerously close to telepathy, which was expressly forbidden from RP (and it doesn't exist for PCs anyway) a couple of years ago. Beyond that, Soul Stones themselves simply do not have that sort of property at all.
Now, I'm pretty confident that no one was trying to skirt the rules or invent powers. I'd guess, as most things like this, that someone along the line either assumed or got some incorrect information from somewhere. These things have a way of snowballing, and I'm not going to blame anyone for this at all. But I am asking, on behalf of the GM Team, that this not continue and that it is treated as if it never happened.
These rings are intended, in both IC and OOC senses, to be symbolic gestures for in-game couples. From an IC standpoint, these rings contain an imprint of one's soul within the stone itself. Symbolically, it is like giving a piece of oneself to another as a symbol of love and devotion. This has tremendous RP value, but that is absolutely where it ends.
I do apologize if this impacts anyone's RP thus far. I normally don't like raising barriers, but this is a liberty that should never have been taken. As I said, my purpose is not to point fingers, lay blame or take any sort of action against anyone as a result. I'm simply asking that it stop. |  |   | | The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to Dorganath For This Useful Post: | | |
01-29-08, 12:26 AM
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Clarifies a lot thanks.
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Thanks both for the info, and for the idea! *skips off with ideas of Pyyran cutting that magically imprinted diamond into a stone for a ring for a certain singing sailor...*
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02-06-08, 11:18 AM
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
So... if someone wants one of these the way to get one would be to contact a GM in game?
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02-06-08, 11:45 AM
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Yes. They cannot be made mechanically, but one can RP the process. | | | | |
02-06-08, 12:03 PM
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
this seems so one sided
girl gets ring
guy gets smacked with shovel
how is that fair?
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02-06-08, 12:14 PM
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#7 | | Lich Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jersey (Exit 88)
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Shiff didnt get hit with a shovel 
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#8 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern CA Bay Area
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Wren got hit with a shovel! Maybe that is why he never goes home 
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Chaynce got shoveled...... though he's still wondering why.....
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
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Originally Posted by ShiffDrgnhrt  Shiff didnt get hit with a shovel | No, he got molten gold spilled on his hand. | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to Dorganath For This Useful Post: | | |
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
i hereby volunteer for shovel
concussions go away burns can hurt much longer
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Shiff still has scars from that gold, if I recall correctly... | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to Frances For This Useful Post: | | |
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
Just for the record, it is my understanding that the shovel announcement that the female is ready to be courted by the male she hits.... is a dwarven custom that has migrated to the masses as most good dwarven customs go. Drinking ale and the telling of tales comes to mind.
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Originally Posted by OldBear ... is a dwarven custom that has migrated to the masses as most good dwarven customs go... | If there were an Exaggeration of the Month award, I would nominate this. It's a good one.
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
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Originally Posted by Frances Shiff still has scars from that gold, if I recall correctly... | Yup, Left hand I believe. Hand works though. He Made Shiff and Valmara's rings RP-wise in the Beryl Temple before they were Married.
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
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Originally Posted by Dorganath Yes. They cannot be made mechanically, but one can RP the process. | Hum I know that there is the rings of true love ingame (rain and sonya have a pair), and I'm pretty sure I also saw the soul rings. through a quest ran by osx.
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| Re: Clarification on the Ring of True Love
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Originally Posted by Hellblazer Hum I know that there is the rings of true love ingame (rain and sonya have a pair), and I'm pretty sure I also saw the soul rings. through a quest ran by osx. | Rings of True Love are the proper name, I believe, and Soul Rings is another name for the same thing. Probably formed because someone remembered that the Rings of True Love contained imprinted soul stones and the phrase came to mind more easilly.
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