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« on: June 24, 2007, 07:59:54 pm »
Sorry for not posting before and i apologise again for not being around much. I haven't felt the will to play just lately and after today it may be sometime before i do so for any long period. At 7am Sunday my nan passed away, the one saving grace is that after a long on off illness she went peacefully in her sleep as they served morning tea.... to be ironic, thats so darn british!
I apologise again for taking such extended leave.
Wb.
aka Chris
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« on: June 04, 2007, 12:54:58 pm »
What about distracted? Last time i emoted something out of character until she had visited her grave but i get the feeling this is perhaps left down to each person when it happens, though my last death nearly created more bloodshed and character arguements heh!
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« on: June 03, 2007, 07:12:29 pm »
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« on: June 03, 2007, 04:06:58 pm »
So if the above are true then there are alot of people going round and roleplaying something which isn't there ICly! I've looked and isearched the Lore but i can't seem to find anything which states outright 'This is an OOC marker'.
Sorry i'm not trying to annoy anybody but as i see it now, with being a fairly new player, i have one group telling me its OOC, one group unsure, and then a host of people ICly telling me 'you look bad, did you die... lets get you to your grave'. Understandably.... i'm confused.
There are those who ignore, those who roleplay it, if the ignore is the correct thing to do then those offering to help ICly when you die in theory shouldn't offer in the first place as they have no basis with which to suggest you need any kind of aid rendering... unless they see you appear at a bindstone!
For the sake of arguement, are the bindstones IC or OOC items?
Wb.
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« on: June 02, 2007, 01:08:30 pm »
There are three Fates in Greek mythology... Thanks! but at least you understood the picture i was painting!! 
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« on: June 02, 2007, 12:26:54 pm »
* I imagine him as a little gnome with a sharp stick, hopping up and down and sawing at the soul-rope wrapped around the out-of-reach bindstone until he gets a piece, then running away gleefully and taking it to the Soul Mother... I know, not exactly accurate, but it keeps me amused. Now you see, i like the Greek style visual more... two eldery ladies with a spinning wheel, the thread of life running from it and to a weaving tapestry of the world, your life being only one part of it. (Many strands from all the characters go into the tapestry) So long as your strand remains whole and the wheel spinning your life continues. At times the wheel sticks and your life takes a turn for the worst and the old ladies step in to fix it... but they only do this for so long. After a time these ladies grow tired of dealing with your constant interference of their grand plan plan for the world and cut your strand, severing you from this world until such time as they might think 'this person can help colour the world again'.
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« on: June 01, 2007, 01:33:46 pm »
With regards ghosts or spirits it depends on the belief you subscribe to. Most ghost experts tend to be of the opinion that when you die everything that is with you/on you is there in ghost form as a kind of 'mental' imprint. Having your things isn't really the question as ghosts are not naked unless they die naked, then they appear in the state at which they died. The question then is would they be able to physically interact with the world? But this is perhaps part of another, more deeper discussion! Wb.
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« on: May 30, 2007, 10:18:24 pm »
Thank you to the group who helped me when i was killed and then who stayed to rp in the middle of the forest. Wasn't planned and things just evolved to the people you all learned more about my character than she would normally reveal if asked straight up.
Tariana, thank you. Praylor, even though you were quiet your emotes helped to set the scene. Kinia, thanks for crashing me which lead to the rp afterwards! lol. and to Ben, sorry if we board you with religion, politics and then personal history but its hard to tell whats really you and whats your character. You play the annoyed, sarcastic, high strung man so well its just brilliant!
Thank you all, even those who ran through the middle of the group without speaking lol. Had fun!!
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« on: May 30, 2007, 08:24:30 pm »
(Forgot one)
4) Can you write a CDJ even though you are not running or do not currently plan to have an active CDQ?
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« on: May 30, 2007, 01:56:14 pm »
Kudos for char Galan Iraes, Elandra something, Luna, Kenelm and the other mage I don't remember, and yeah, kudos for that half-orc with dragon helmet. Did no understand pretty well that about the Raven on fire and all, but the scene of they running into town searching for fire, and them they searching Eliza while she went first, all great RP. Elandra Firewalker! Was fun and saved me from logging out to do some rl work! Eliza ran off for her own reasons, ones which will be extracted from her later no doubt!! Excellent!!!
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« on: May 29, 2007, 01:22:33 pm »
Thanks for all the help.
I definitely plan to go with a group, but I'd like to get a little XP on my own (Loner Ranger type). I tried going with a group my first night and got lost (my fault...got distracted in the real world) and when I tried to find the group ran into some assassine vine or something. Pretty nasty.
Thx again everyone. I tend to do both, lone questing and also party questing.... party normally comes about after meeting something which is hard to tackle on my own, though there are times when i just tag along with others who need a meat shield! (This is a nice way to see some places i find! lol) If you find yourself struggling to remember everyone you meet... which i do bar the few i see the most... use the journal! Its handy to note down a name, place and a date so your character can recall actually meeting someone. heh. Wb.
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« on: May 28, 2007, 05:10:52 pm »
I seem to be spending more time on here than any other game!
I really enjoy rp'in with you lot and all i have met seem friendly.
Taric and A'arwynn especially.
Just some random stuff about me in this post.
Age:13
Name:bobby
stuff:i have no live outside of computernig and school it would seem!
I'm glad to be here with layo! Soon you will realise that this game will eat up two years of your life! You'll look in the mirror one day and see you have a beard, thinning hair and a squint. Its then you think 'my god!' and realise you have to do something with your life, get a job, meet a girl, get married, have kids... once you have all this you suddenly realise after looking in the mirror and seeing an old person staring 'my god!' i should never have given up gaming!!
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« on: May 27, 2007, 08:16:24 pm »
Witnessed the hole and the beasts leaving and entering it. After much arguing among our party little was disserned apart from the fact the creatures are quick and deadly!
Upon discussion with a dwarven friend he to had ventured with a party to see this hole, they ventured inside with torches and light.... they lived to leave the hole!!
If you see something in the shadows when the darkness creeps, don't run... it only makes your death quicker!
~Elandra~
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« on: June 10, 2007, 05:13:40 pm »
I must apologise for not being around much the past week. I've had a relative ill in hospital and as such both myself and Elandra haven't been around. Hopefully i will get back to playing in the next few days or so.
Wb.
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« on: June 01, 2007, 01:10:42 pm »
I'm curious to know how others roleplay the appearence of gravestones for fallen adventurers round the world, not to mention how you deal with coming back from the dead and seeking help to regain your true self!
I have encountered two things lately and its just plain confusing at times. First time someone told me ICly that we had to bring my soul (me after death) back to my body (the grave site) so that i could be whole again... this angle i liked and went along with. The second time i figured i would roleplay the same idea, indicating that i was looking for the creature that took the fleshy part of my being away from me... and this kind of went down like a lead balloon!
In the course to roleplaying all this one thing struck me as odd, no one either new to the world or old seemed to care ICly about the fact you died and a gravestone appeared and yet everyone pretty much ICly accepted that 'theres your stone' after you die and return.
Icly my character asked the question about who plants the stones after someone dies... everyone ICly seemed perplexed not only as to who but as to why i asked. There were no OOC comments about 'its really an OOC thing' and indeed everyone seemed to acknowledge its IC presence!
I searched the forums for something specific about this but came up empty handed, i am either looking in the wrong places or there isn't a discussion about the roleplay of the stones as an IC item or the fact you have to return to it in order to be 'whole'.
The idea of whole soul strands thing i guess is like the thread of life, it winds out from birth to old age to natural death, but this line can be cut far sooner should you tempt fate too often. Should you choose then the theory holds that if you never die or your character never ventures into the wilds then he or she will live on for the whole of that races life span and die a natural death. (barring other illness and assassination)
How do people seek to roleplay all of this, the graves, dying and the eventual soul strands? ICly my character is curious to know who erects the graves though OOCly i have a concern. If things are a result of 'the gods' then doesn't this serve to make harder the roleplay of those characters who seek to distance themselves from religion for IC reasons.
Perhaps the model is meant to be more like Greek myth, the Gods are there and at times either do horrible things to the masses for this own amusement or they seek to inspire through little deeds without recognition.
What are the views of others though more interestingly, the Admin, GMs.... and ultimately world creator.
Wb.
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« on: May 30, 2007, 08:05:07 pm »
I've been looking through some of the CDJs and i have been wondering the following:
1) Do you need a CDQ to start writing a CDJ?
2) Are CDJs used to build for a CDQ or as a way or reinforcing what may happen IC and outside of the actual game world environment?
3) Is there a set format for writing a CDJ, i only ask this since i have seen two types so far 'character thoughts/diarys and mainly OOC 'progress' diarys?
(Sorry if these have been answered before but i couldn't see then and the forums are on the large side!)
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« on: May 28, 2007, 05:39:06 pm »
If i have an idea which is small and minor, based around some elses character action but is likely to grow bigger if they continue doing it... is it best to seek permission (which ruins the natural flow of the rp), strike and do it myself, or involve a GM and float the idea past them so its seen as more than just one person having a go at another?
Confused? Basically, i have an idea to draw focus on the actions of someone character. Rather than tell them the details i want their character to learn a lesson ICly. Is it best to talk with a GM about this first and discuss it? If so, how?
The difficult thing is that a) the character in question isn't mind, though the actions taken were witnessed by my character. b) The request for the 'lesson' is both an IC and OOC request... how does one do this? c) am i making any sense?
Wb.
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« on: May 28, 2007, 05:20:50 pm »
Been here a while and haven't posted, oh joy!
Seriously, i've never played D&D and not of my gaming comes from playing NWN since release. Started out on Glorwing, young and wet behind the ears... it took a temp ban from the server to make me realise i had literally spend several years none stop playing there, building my character up from nothing to world wide magistrate... then being beaten down by a stupid character choice... then building back up to Queens body guard. Founded a religion, built a church, ran a guild and made DM.
Needless to say, an OOC arguement within our group ended with a spectacular ruling which stunned quite a few people... so i stopped playing for a good while and drifted into a more social server, became an admin there before wandering back to normal gaming. My time online is now often spent with long pauses as i try not to let myself get sucked in too far. I have a girl, i have a life, trying to balance those two with gaming is hard at times i find. (I can play til my eyeballs dry up!)
Hard being here and getting use to the rules let alone the crafting but i'm managing! When the mood takes me i have a habit of writing stories for my characters, which are often sad ones. I believe my characters are not right unless they have some deep personal problem... which is all down to the fact i played a Lawful Good Dwarven Cleric for a few years.... it nearly killed me!
Not a fan of Epic levels, while some feats are cool to use (like dev crit for my pumped up female fighter) most of my characters are built mentally and physically round 20 levels!
Its not the path you follow, but the journy you take.
Chris
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