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• Casual Gamers:  You are free to explore the game and its content at your own speed.
  
• Hardcore Gamers:  We will strive to keep you busy with with runs of content, with a focus on progression.
  

• Weekly events to gather needed materials, as well as crafting time for people to come together and level.
  
• Coordiantion with guild crafters to provide the necessary supplies for people to produce and progress within their professions.
  
• An organized network of guild crafters so members can easily know who to approach with a crafting request.
  

• A community narrative driven by character story and the building of our Company's history together.
  
• Planned future coordination with other Free Companies and role-players to both attend and host RP events.
  
• All levels of role-play experience welcome!
  
• Forum role-play opportunities, both within the FFXIV universe and beyond.
  

• Dedicated PvP community ready to implement strategies and conquer the world!
  
• Many theory crafters who thrive on looking at ways to maximize builds.
  
• Seasoned PvP members who enjoy teaching new people the ropes.
  

• Awards system for community recognition
  
• Highly active website and forums
  
• Teamspeak 3 server
  
• Events calendar loaded with new events each week
  
• Large community outreach
  
• Weekly forum contests
  
• Active RP community
  
• Organized PvP and PvE
  
• Family friendly community and environment
  
• Dedicated leaders
  

• Maturity
  
• Willingness to contribute to and be part of a community
  
• Acceptance of those different from you
  

(09-24-2013, 10:33 AM)Magellan Wrote: I really like the vibe you have going here. Best wishes!

• Story Teller RP is a narrative driven style of roleplay.  For those who've played pen and paper games like dungeons and dragons the concept is very very similar.  One or more people act as the narrators of the story, highlighting the scenery and introducing characters and enemies to the script as time goes along.  However the direction the story takes and the way it ends is all decided by the players themselves. 
  

• Now one thing that can be a bit off-putting about this style is the fear that the narrators hold all the power.  Now while it's true they control the npc's of the story the reality is that players truly hold all the power in this story.  You choose what to do and where you want to go.  Now if things get out of hand the leaders will reign it in and let you know something can't be done, but will mostly always respect the choice of the players.
  

• Now what truly makes this style enjoyable and fun is the added factor of chance.  Whenever a major action like attacking an enemy or attempting something heroic you must always roll a dice to determine the outcome of the action.  The biggest reason i am a HUGE fan of this system is that it all but eliminates god-moding and always keeps things interesting.  It is very possible for an action, or even the story itself, to end in failure based on the rolls of the dice, and the inverse is true as well!  This always makes for interesting character development because you get to decide what action you take, and then react to the outcome of the action whatever it is!
  

• In other games they typically have a dice system where you can be in a group and everyone can see the rolls.  Alas for some reason there is no dice system in the game and will be a bit before mods will be workable.  So things are going to be done a bit different here
  

• Each player will write how they wish to perform the action.  An example being:  Xha'li rushes over to his fallen friend.  He holds him for a moment, feeling him drift away and howls in anger and calls upon nature to help heal the man.  
  
• The narrator in charge of that action will roll a dice(either a real life D20 or a virtual one) to determine the outcome.
  
• For players a roll of 7 is necessary to accomplish a task.  However simply rolling a 7 won't produce an amazing result.  In the above example all the would happen is Xha'li would have stabilized friend, but not have brought him back from the brink, just having bought him time.  The higher the roll the more successful the outcome.  A 1 is an epic failure and results in the opposite of the desired outcome.
  
• For Enemies a roll of 10 is necessary when taking an action against a player.  Same rules as with a player applies, with higher number meaning more effective action.  it's far easier for their actions to fail to a varying degree against the players.
  
• The narrator will the start the post with (# rolled) and describe the outcome of the action.  Now them describing it is not meant to be intrusive or controlling, rather it's to help keep the flow going and to help people understand what the different numbers mean on the outcome.
  
• Now as people get more and more accustomed to the system, and we get more narrators to moderate I truly wish to have people writing their own reactions.
  

• This style is a ton of fun but is REALLY time intensive.  Take this test run for example.  It was at the most 4 people talking and acting but all told lasted almost 4 hours long.  That was only with 1 narrator and a small group.  It takes a lot of time to go invest in each event, but it truly is worth it if RP is your thing!
  

• Now while action is truly fun and something i always look forward to in these RP's there is one thing to bear in mind, this style is very dialogue heavy.  Characters will act out their feeling, actions, and thoughts in chat, and often it will be a endless stream of posts to read and sort.  As our group size grows we'll be establishing parties and raid chat settings for people to speak in for organizational purposes for that reason!
  

• Nevertheless your screen will always be full of dialogue to read and react to.  It truly is like being part of a developing story, and sometimes it's easy to get lost in the chat.
  

All members play at least one of the games, with several playing 2 or all 3 of them, as well as a few casual games on the side together.  Yet we all share the same Team Speak 3 server and belong to the same forums.  The reason being no matter what you play or your style of play is we are all one big happy (dysfunctional  ) family.