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silverblades

unplayed characters?
« on: November 30, 2006, 07:08:36 pm »
I was just wondering whats the limit you keep players inactive characters before being deleted from the server? (if they ever are).
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Leanthar

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2006, 07:16:12 pm »
Characters are not deleted unless they are requested to be deleted. However... if an account is not logged in to for 90 days the players in that account could lose their houses and all of the inventory in those houses--but the characters would still be around.

 

silverblades

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2006, 07:34:48 pm »
Regarding some old characters (those that have been banned, deleted or unused for months) could it be posible for GM's to use old characters in a NPC fashion? Boy i sure miss some earlier characters when i first started. Just seeing the players name brings back alot of good memories.

Probably a dumb question since all things are within the realm of DM's.  

Have you ever created a persistent NPC from a deleted character or unused character?
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Stephen_Zuckerman

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2006, 02:42:55 pm »
I know that there is at least one character who has become an NPC (not sure which, though).

As for characters of players that have been banned, I wouldn't think there'd be any reason to use them as NPCs - the players that have been banned have (with the exception of Harloff), to my memory, not been the greatest RPers, and didn't really build characters that couldn't be just as easily filled in for by some generic NPC.

I'm not sure what the policy on deleted characters is... I know that mine have all retired to be commoners again, though Cynn has been a mercenary, but some, perhaps, simply don't exist anymore. However, I know that a DM wanting to use a character would have to check with the original player, and it would honestly all be more trouble than it's really worth, when they can just use an NPC.
 

Leanthar

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2006, 03:25:28 pm »
"...Have you ever created a persistent NPC from a deleted character or unused character?..."

Nope, never done that. We have created a few npc's based off of old character but it has been rare and far in between. I like the idea and as a general we have no problems with that other than time and resources.

As for banned players, they will never, ever, have an NPC status in the world-ever.
 

Blackguy

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2006, 04:53:52 pm »
Just to add my story here. I was away for almost 2½ years, and when I came back, both my characters where still playable, and accessable. So I guess it takes something extra-ordinary to loose your character here, if not requesting a deletion.
 

Talan Va'lash

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2006, 12:04:39 am »
Alexi (the dwarven mage) used to be a PC. I remember either forsetti or Ghost saying that a while back.

I remember one of them mentioning something about Systrian Cars too, but I don't remember if it was a PC or if it was just the name from a very old PC.

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There are a number of PCs from PnP layo scattered about too, I can't remember which that well at the moment. Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong L! hehe

Katia
Eon
Rainstorff
Karrack

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EdTheKet

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2006, 01:45:21 am »
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Alexi (the dwarven mage) used to be a PC
He sure was! He and Brac used to scribe scrolls together.
Not sure about Systrian Cars, but packagemaster Freya Valkerie was.

As for PCs from PnP, I'm not going to reveal all the secrets ;)
 

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Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2006, 01:55:52 am »
Darn it, you actually made Alexi into a NPC? Thought he was just retired at some unknown place. Sure brings back the memories. :)
 

Eight-Bit

Re: unplayed characters?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2006, 07:32:37 am »
Hello. I am Alexi, the exceptionally odd, (or as some could say, oddly exceptional), Dwarf.
 

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    Re: unplayed characters?
    « Reply #10 on: January 08, 2007, 06:42:11 am »
    Alexi was origionally played by Virgil Thompson. He stopped playing awhile to my knowledge at least due to real life issues. There are a few of us that are immoratalized in the world of Layonara in our own rights :) For example there is Juanita the Horse Trader (that is if she is still an NPC in the game)
      So many of us old players are still around however playing at this time is not possible due to many things. Kasha Rosewyne is not gone from the world. I like to think that she and Quintayne are off on Grand Adventures sharing the word of Rofirein while their children grow and blossom into the fine upstanding people their parents are.
      One neat think about Layonara. No matter how long you stay and play it has a way of touching your life forever.
     

     

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