I have two takes on this:
Like someone said before, you could be considered too skilled if you make yourself too good, that noone else gets a chance to shine. If you eclipse everyone else around you, maybe you should step back and take a look at your posts and see just how you are going about alienating everyone else. If your character has reasons to have all these skills, then sure, keep them, but maybe tone down your Godliness. Maybe you are skilled at forgework, but maybe that guy over there that is dedicating his life to it can teach you a trick or two that you haven't picked up naturally. Or maybe his filigree even impresses *you*. There is much you can still be, but make others feel that their effort isn't wasted.
My second take on this is: How well can you make me believe you know this? If you can really explain and detail out one of your skill sets to a degree that makes me, the reader believe that you can illustrate a picture in my mind about the level of detail in which you showcasing your skill, I am likely to buy into the fact that your character is skilled in it. If you say: I know how to forge, I am the best forgemaster in the world, and leave it like that, I'm gonna scoot away and find someone else to RP with. I am not saying that your character *isn't* skilled, I am saying you didn't convince me.Â
When I play my assassin character, I play it like i would a real assassin. All plans laid out, maps and escape routes planned, complete with studying my target, the guards patrols, and finally the execution of the plan. WHen it all comes together, you can actually believe my character is an assassin. I didn't just tell you, I showed you. And when she gets away, you are rooting for her, because you've developed a repertoire with her.
Like someone said before, you could be considered too skilled if you make yourself too good, that noone else gets a chance to shine. If you eclipse everyone else around you, maybe you should step back and take a look at your posts and see just how you are going about alienating everyone else. If your character has reasons to have all these skills, then sure, keep them, but maybe tone down your Godliness. Maybe you are skilled at forgework, but maybe that guy over there that is dedicating his life to it can teach you a trick or two that you haven't picked up naturally. Or maybe his filigree even impresses *you*. There is much you can still be, but make others feel that their effort isn't wasted.
My second take on this is: How well can you make me believe you know this? If you can really explain and detail out one of your skill sets to a degree that makes me, the reader believe that you can illustrate a picture in my mind about the level of detail in which you showcasing your skill, I am likely to buy into the fact that your character is skilled in it. If you say: I know how to forge, I am the best forgemaster in the world, and leave it like that, I'm gonna scoot away and find someone else to RP with. I am not saying that your character *isn't* skilled, I am saying you didn't convince me.Â
When I play my assassin character, I play it like i would a real assassin. All plans laid out, maps and escape routes planned, complete with studying my target, the guards patrols, and finally the execution of the plan. WHen it all comes together, you can actually believe my character is an assassin. I didn't just tell you, I showed you. And when she gets away, you are rooting for her, because you've developed a repertoire with her.
