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General Discussion / RE: Newbie questions ;) Note: INP

« on: July 23, 2005, 11:19:00 AM »

Kewl.... My own little newbie post is turning into a General Newbie questions thread.
    I just wanted a few questions answered...

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General Discussion / RE: Custom Portraits

« on: July 22, 2005, 02:38:00 AM »

Since the chars are generally server-based I doubt you can do something like that yourself... You might be able to convince someone on the Layonara team to change it if you show/ provide them with the picture you want for portrait though.

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Development Journals and Discussion / Call of the Forest - Ilean Haiel

« on: July 22, 2005, 09:36:00 AM »

It's funny how things turn out, one minute you're lying on your back in the forest, vainly trying to convince your body to wake up and the other you're standing in front of a dragon. I've barely even heard of dragons, much less seen one and all of a sudden one is talking to me!
  I already knew about Blood, but I guess I never really understodd how dire things are... If the dragons need aid then he must certainly pose a danger. I don't know how I can possibly help in saving the world against someone like that though. I guess time will tell.
  It took me a few days to get used to the town that the dragon transported me to. It's called Hlint and is a fun place. I have never visited many cities before so it's kind of fun to experience it. So many buildings!
  Oddly enough everyone here seems lazy. They want me to all sorts of things, the Undertaker wants me to gather the essence of undead, althoguh i suspect he's just too lazy to clear them out and bury the dead properly. The postman wants me to do his job and deliver mail to everyone! Can you imagine it?
  Toay I finally ventured out of the town though. I've been spending my time in the sewers killing rats. Not the most exciting prospect, but it helps to train my eye and body to further adventure. I ran into an odd person, a half-orc by the name of Bok. He is not the brightest person, but strong and he helped me out quite a bit. We decided to explore outside the town and ended up killing several goblins before we ran into a fellow adventurer by the name of Serion. He showed us a cave where bats were, since Bok was looking for a bat skin. Apparently someone in town uses them.
  It took us a while, but we finally found and killed the bats. We ran into yet another person, this city has alot of adventurers! His name was Brit and he wanted to look for Copper. We were all tired and decided to return to town however. There we say even more people. Odd how such a small town has such a large collection of adventurers without growing larger.
  It took alot out of me though and I need some time to myself... cities and people just aren't my thing. I'll spend some time in the wilds before I come back, at least now I know I can survive if I'm a bit careful.

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General Discussion / Newbie questions ;) Note: INP

« on: July 21, 2005, 06:02:00 AM »

Thinking of starting out on this server, but before I decide wether to grace your humble world with my all-powerful presence, I have a few questions.

1) First off (and what alot of new players probably fear), death. I'm reading up on the rules and the risk of perma-death, allthough comparatively low, just seems like a harsh blow. I know that I ended up with a permanently dead character, regardless of game or server, they could say goodbye. How "often" does players usually end up loosing their character for ever and ever.

2) This kind of ties in with the other question: How hard/difficult is this world? I've seen PWs (battledale for example) where even starter enemies were quite capable of tearing a new character to pieces, a bad thing for a world with perma-death imho.

3) Not being a huge master on D&D or Layonara races/lore, would the following pic work out as an elf (or half-elf, still not decided) avatar (potrait) and would it, in your opinion, be possible to build a character that resembles it? I say this because I like to make my potrait and chars look (at least) vaguely alike.
[img=http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/FireWarrior/Kaylie_posmall.jpg]

4) Sub-races. Is it mandatory to select one and what does it provide/remove of options for you? Mainly during char creation.

5) How strict are the GMs on enforcing all-roleplay all-the-time? Reason being that sometimes I do like to have a RL chat with someone I've met and if I'm playing with RL friends
it might be hard to stay IC constantly (Don't ask, if you knew my friends, you wouldn't).

6) Deity - Very nice collection of choices for new characters, but what are the consequences for not choosing a deity at all?

I can probably come up with lots more questions, but I think these will do for...