(03-11-2015, 01:32 PM)Fai Wrote: So far for Au Ra, I have held a discussion about this on tumblr: Rpers have mentioned using glamours to hide their race because of the racism and stigma Eorzean society has against them, and they will reveal themselves come 3.0. I've also heard stories with something about being possessed by a dravanian/dragon soul or something. There were a lot of ideas. Â (thankfully nobody's popped in with "I'm Shiva's baby" so y'know that's always a plus.)
Also Warren you posted like as I hit reply so: I can see your point, but I also say that maybe she has her own reasons? I dunno. Glamouring seems relatively easy for people though, given how many times it happens during the storyline and junk. So i'd imagine Au Ra or any other race would have just as easy a time.
I want to expand on this because in my heart, I am a metagaming powergaming tabletop story destroyer. I'm going to spin a lot of hypothetical here so I should be easy to dismiss.
To my knowledge, the only people we see under sustained glamour is the enemy during the Coerthas arc who "turns" into a dragon and, by proxy, the heretics in Stone Vigil who also transform into aevis. The only other forms of glamour that I can think of comes from levequests, where you are tasked with using powder on disguised enemies, and during the Hildibrand story. I'm not sure if they ever overtly call that glamour, though, and just allude to the culprit being a master of disguise.
Anyway, here's where it gets questionable for me: Similar to fantasia being use to change race involuntarily, glamour becomes immensely horrifying as it becomes freely available. If it is as easy to come across as you'd think, there's no doubt that anyone of importance would have been long, long assassinated by spies posing as well-meaning friends. A fake Raubahn to kill the Sultana, a fake Sultana to kill Raubahn, any Maelstrom leaders to off Merlwyb, etcetera. As soon as glamour becomes freely available to so many hidden people, the Garleans win, plain and simple, the war is over years ago. The MSQ already revealed there are spies in high places.
My issue with so many advocating the idea of "I've always been X, I just illusioned myself into being Y" is that it's just... well, cheap. What happens to the horns? Is it just illusion, like the kind used by imps during leves? Has your character ever been in a fight? Imp glamour immediately dispels when disrupted physically.
Maybe your glamour is actual metamorphoses then? Okay... What's the point of fantasia again, if we have sustainable magic able to change your body? Is it only temporary? If so, it's awfully convenient to only have it wear off when in private.
I know it sounds like I'm just frowning on this, but that's because I am I do have a small idea. The base character you're wanting to change, you mentioned they only have been used in small circles? Consider just plain retconning him, then. That's what lots of people did for 1.0>2.0 and it worked mostly because of the real world time gap. If the only folks you've roleplayed with are cool with it, it's a lot easier to say they are and have always been an Au Ra then it is to suddenly change and backpedal to explain it.
If that's not an option... Have you considered just changing the base character anyway and then turning that identity into an NPC? Again, if it's a small circle it might not be unbearable. Relegate them to skype sessions or something.
I mean, ultimately it's up to you, but I hate to see such a flimsy justification get used when you're strongly attached and set upon only having a few characters. A strong foundation is important for longstays, and this isn't one in my opinion.
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