Honestly, if it involves having to twist and turn to try to justify, cover, and make right, it probably is not worth doing. What's the purpose of the convoluted, perhaps hard-to-swallow story in the end?Â
If you're really inspired by the idea of an Ishgardian blooded Au Ra there may be a way to do it, but I just feel like the current idea is too much. Do you really want to explain this to everyone who asks where your character is from? The power in a backstory is not in how unlikely and unusual it is, but in how it allows us to relate to a character and understand from whence they came in a way that helps further immerse us in and enrich the world in which we RP.
I'm also with Warren in that Fantasia and Glamours, if they exist at all ICly, should be underplayed because their effects are inherently immersion breaking (I know I've made this point before, and really I will do my best to accommodate people who really want to RP something, but its unfortunate when it has to come at the expense of my own immersion).
Lastly, I know people are excited about Au Ra, and I am all for brainstorming, but we honestly have no idea who they are, or where they come from yet. It really feels too early to me.
If you're really inspired by the idea of an Ishgardian blooded Au Ra there may be a way to do it, but I just feel like the current idea is too much. Do you really want to explain this to everyone who asks where your character is from? The power in a backstory is not in how unlikely and unusual it is, but in how it allows us to relate to a character and understand from whence they came in a way that helps further immerse us in and enrich the world in which we RP.
I'm also with Warren in that Fantasia and Glamours, if they exist at all ICly, should be underplayed because their effects are inherently immersion breaking (I know I've made this point before, and really I will do my best to accommodate people who really want to RP something, but its unfortunate when it has to come at the expense of my own immersion).
Lastly, I know people are excited about Au Ra, and I am all for brainstorming, but we honestly have no idea who they are, or where they come from yet. It really feels too early to me.
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