(09-12-2013, 12:22 AM)Lament Wrote: With an IC excuse, I say go for it. But unless you're a summoner, who pretty much needs an IC excuse to actually be one, or otherwise formerly part of a group who would have a reason to have been in the presence of a Primal at some point or another (e.g. part of a tempered community), I'd say skip it.

(09-11-2013, 11:49 AM)Siobhain Wrote:

(09-11-2013, 11:40 AM)Zarek Wrote: While I think (with an accompanying epic tale) it's okay to say you've fought a primal (and no, not just you alone, I mean a large group of people when I say you) and beaten them back one of many times...I would (personally) say it's a bit much to IC-ly have the primal furniture.

Primals are supposed to be a realistically terrifying thing that trained magic users (summoners) are only able to control a fraction of. When normal, non-adventuring types encounter primals, they're forever changed and have to effectively be 'put down' as it were. So, I'd think housing a trophy piece of a creature like that, while it might make a great talking centerpiece, would kind of serve to downplay the very real threat they present to everyone they come into contact with.

 I have to agree with Zarek. I mean, I'm thinking of people with stuffed predators in their houses and I could see why it would bring them some sense of pride or something... but a Primal isn't a lion or a tiger or a bear (oh my!).

 You're also desecrating what's virtually a god to the beastmen, terrible as they may be. There might be some people who'd appreciate such a thing but it seems you wouldn't want to remind all of your FC or LS members who they might've lost or what they might've sacrificed in defeating a Primal.

 Another thing- I'm not sure about the summoned Primals, but if it were summoned and it wasn't -THE- Ifrit, wouldn't it... dissolve or something? I'm assuming there's like one Ifrit and when they summon it, it's merely an aspect of the same Ifrit, but then, I guess there must be numerous Carbuncles and such.

I'm really just not sure about that so I'd like some clarification if anyone has it.

(09-12-2013, 01:08 AM)Aleister Wrote: How do I enable the spoiler thing? I'm not sure how to do it? And I don't wanna say spoilers without having that spoiler thing on it. (If what I said above is spoilers, asap tell me how to hide it! DX)

(09-12-2013, 01:11 AM)Lament Wrote: @C'io:

I think Summoners have plenty of IC reasons to take part in the killing of Primals - heck, you could even justify one obsessing over the next time Titan is going to show up so they can use its Egi, that sort of thing. So I agree!

A player could choose to disregard the lore and make the claim that their character killed the actual Primal. And then I would choose to disregard the player, as far as RP is concerned - I wouldn't react ICly to it because it's an OOC decision, not a player purposefully making their character claim to have done (what the player acknowledges as) the impossible. And I prefer to RP within the lore, myself, even if it does need to be twisted a bit sometimes (e.g. to explain the existence of multiple WHM even though the game says you're the first one in ages, that sort of thing).

(09-12-2013, 12:45 AM)DAISHI Wrote: Hell, one person I knew claimed to be a Chocobo

(09-12-2013, 01:25 AM)Lament Wrote: I think it'd be fun to see how characters would react IC to an impossible claim. Mine probably don't know nearly enough about Primals to make informed comments, so they would probably think it very much like a fisherman talking about catching one, nay, TEN sharks!

But if the player is the one insisting that their character vanquished THE Primal, whoops I left a cake in the oven...

(09-12-2013, 01:32 AM)Aleister Wrote: Pretty much the same as my character.. heck even saying that they slayed A primal my guy would probably laugh and play along sarcastically and afterwards just kinda maybe depending on how the conversation goes... scoot away and kindly ignore them.

(09-12-2013, 01:34 AM)C Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:32 AM)Aleister Wrote: Pretty much the same as my character.. heck even saying that they slayed A primal my guy would probably laugh and play along sarcastically and afterwards just kinda maybe depending on how the conversation goes... scoot away and kindly ignore them.

And what about when you see the egi?

(09-12-2013, 01:34 AM)C Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:32 AM)Aleister Wrote: Pretty much the same as my character.. heck even saying that they slayed A primal my guy would probably laugh and play along sarcastically and afterwards just kinda maybe depending on how the conversation goes... scoot away and kindly ignore them.

And what about when you see the egi?

Which, while a playful statement, actually is a legitimate concern, I think. Personally, I don't intend to (yet, we'll see) go beyond Ifrit. The canon on Titan and Garuda is far too tight.

(09-12-2013, 01:39 AM)Naunet Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:34 AM)C Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:32 AM)Aleister Wrote: Pretty much the same as my character.. heck even saying that they slayed A primal my guy would probably laugh and play along sarcastically and afterwards just kinda maybe depending on how the conversation goes... scoot away and kindly ignore them.

And what about when you see the egi?

Yeah, I don't think slaying primals is the kind of thing where one needs to break out the haughty "You can't do that" schtick.

(09-12-2013, 01:44 AM)Aleister Wrote: Egi is kind of the proof right there which you can't really go saying "I DUN'T BELIEVE YOU."

(09-12-2013, 01:51 AM)C Wrote:

(09-12-2013, 01:44 AM)Aleister Wrote: Egi is kind of the proof right there which you can't really go saying "I DUN'T BELIEVE YOU."

Right? Which I know will bring me at odds against my belief that taking down Titan or Garuda would be a much more Herculean effort than taking down Ifrit. I actually don't know yet how I'll handle someone showing me Titan-egi or Garuda-egi, -_-.