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Myal · **07-03-2013, 10:40 PM**

(07-03-2013, 01:30 PM)Curtis West Wrote: 1) Society would survive because not everyone "adventures" and does the super dangerous things our characters do. You can imagine cities full of people who do not go out and dungeon crawl. PCs (imo) are a small percentage of a small percentage of the population, the ones who actually survive dangerous encounters - aka above average warriors. I think the LotR analogy is getting too confusing for me... Frodo was perhaps more lucky than skilled, but was surrounded by the BEST warriors pretty much, no? Also, he didn't go out of the Shire by his own choice and when he did he had one specific "quest." I don't think most people play MMOs like that.

Mm, note that I completely disassociate the "story character" from the "RP character". I agree that the story character is a great warrior, a small percentage of a small percentage of the population. However, Myal the RP character is not that. She doesn't have dangerous encounters on a daily basis. She'd probably never see Ifrit all her life. If by some creative writing she actually met him, she'd probably be an enslaved drone, useless on the sidelines (so invite me to these events at your own risk, haha).

Frodo is an extreme example, of course, but it's still an example of how a weak character could survive, no matter how he survived it. Myal is by all means not Frodo. She's good enough to beat an unskilled bandit in a one-on-one battle, but would most likely lose when outnumbered or ambushed. She's competent enough to not be a hindrance in a crowd battle against a random, large beast, but would probably run away when things go south. If this was an action movie, she'd be the one who knocks the strong bad guy from behind while he's busy fighting the strong good guy. Surely (I hope) this style of RP is a valid choice?

(07-03-2013, 01:30 PM)Curtis West Wrote: I'm pretty much disassociating any particular weapon or discipline, and focusing on the athletic ability of the characters. Skill is very subjective and can vary due to a myriad of reasons, there is really no point to discuss it. The idea that someone is "good" at Paladin but not good with a lance (in my opinion) is merely a fact of them not using a lance (less skill/experience). It's not that they are naturally worse at it, given they are talented and/or hard working warriors.

Aa, then I agree. Provided they are talented and/or hard working warriors.

Curtis West · **07-04-2013, 12:08 AM**

Ah alright, I had no idea about this separation, or that RPers did this. Wonder how many do? I kind of took it as character = the guy/gal you play the game with.

Myal · **07-04-2013, 02:01 AM**

Yar, actually, I don't really know about the trend. Hopefully there are room for various styles.

Khaze'to Zhwan · **07-04-2013, 09:32 AM**

(07-04-2013, 02:01 AM)Myal Wrote: Yar, actually, I don't really know about the trend. Hopefully there are room for various styles.

I think I'm with you on the separation, whilst certain things could be taken from the story (don't actually know, haven't played enough) for your character. Â In my mind at least the second you are both

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well it could well it could lead to some very interesting conflicts if it appeared. Â Im not saying those conflicts couldn't happen (one person could be lying, another could have a false memory etc.) but I would choose to avoid those conflicts in the first place.

In Khaze'to's case because hes older hes skilled before he comes to the guilds and so for IC purposes I'm going to ignore most of that as he learnt his skills from his family when he was younger.

FreelanceWizard · **07-04-2013, 10:22 AM**

IMO, the sorts of things you cite in your spoiler tag are the kinds of things you have to either elide or genericize.

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Even SE falls into the "you're The Chosen One" trap in their plot from time to time, but they've done a good job, I think, of avoiding that for things that are critical lore about PC adventurers (and if you want to know what those are, PM me and I'll spoil Smile

).

To the point about styles, I don't think anyone's going to say "RAR! You can't RP on this server!" because what you want to do is different than what others want. I think we're all just discussing and explaining our various takes, preferences, and ideals.

Niteshade_Rune · **07-05-2013, 07:58 PM**

(07-04-2013, 10:22 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: IMO, the sorts of things you cite in your spoiler tag are the kinds of things you have to either elide or genericize.

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And by that I mean...
For instance, you could be one of many envoys from the Seedseers, or from some other powerful group, or perhaps you just went to the other cities on your own and got your airship pass from your guild for exemplary service. The event on the stage is harder to make generic, but you could say it happened anywhere else, and that the mask you have is just a replica given out or sold at the ceremony.

Even SE falls into the "you're The Chosen One" trap in their plot from time to time, but they've done a good job, I think, of avoiding that for things that are critical lore about PC adventurers (and if you want to know what those are, PM me and I'll spoil ).

To the point about styles, I don't think anyone's going to say "RAR! You can't RP on this server!" because what you want to do is different than what others want. I think we're all just discussing and explaining our various takes, preferences, and ideals.

^ I agree with this last part completely. One of the reasons I like the community on RPC is due to the fact that so far Ive yet to notice unfriendly folks and most everyone seems to pretty much just casually share points or views in completely friendly ways and have all around good discussions from various viewpoints.

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