I have been RPing a WHM for months and never had issues with anyone. The tricks in general are:
- Don't flaunt it. I have been wearing the WHM AF IC, but I don't go around saying "I am a White Mage!" unless people ICly ask me. And if they ask me, it's generally because they are OOCly okay with it.
- If people call you "conjurer", don't get irritated/correct them. White Mages are still conjurers. You are still a member of the Conjurer's guild, so if people are more comfortable with calling you that, just nod and let them.
- If they ICly/OOCly tell you you are not a White Mage/can't be a White Mage, shrug it off and walk away. Nobody can tell you what you can and can't RP.
I RP a White Mage in a group with two other IC White Mages. How did we do it? We had the Hedgetree give three soul gems and not one, and we performed the Quieting together instead of just The Chosen One + two Padjali WHMs as the quest intends.
Are we open to think there are more White Mages out there ICly? Yes. We do not ICly or OOCly think there can be just one soul stone, and Quieting rituals are necessary more than just once, so it's perfectly legit for us to walk and encounter others who did just what we did.
Minimal lore bending (three stones instead of one) and common sense (the Quieting may be needed again at any given time) were enough for us to make, to our IC/OOC perspective White Mage a class accessible to more than one person without much trouble.
So again the two rules to follow to make sure you don't offend those who don't agree with this is: don't mention being a White Mage unless people directly ask you (it's taken as flaunting, but do wear WHM AF if you want, apparently that isn't perceived as such for some reason), don't forget your Conjury roots and don't get into arguments with others ICly about it. Be confident in yourself, and if ICly accused, simply state something along the lines "I do not need you to believe me, I am at ease knowing the truth.".
But again, people will hardly ask you if you are a White Mage unless they are already okay with it, because normally people don't want to hear what they don't like.
"But what if they ask me what I do for a living?" Simply give the same answer conjurers do, because White Mages do exactly the same thing. Wander around, heeding to the Elementals' will and bestowing healing magick on those in need. Or, as Blue would put it..
"I am an adventurer. I help."
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- Don't flaunt it. I have been wearing the WHM AF IC, but I don't go around saying "I am a White Mage!" unless people ICly ask me. And if they ask me, it's generally because they are OOCly okay with it.
- If people call you "conjurer", don't get irritated/correct them. White Mages are still conjurers. You are still a member of the Conjurer's guild, so if people are more comfortable with calling you that, just nod and let them.
- If they ICly/OOCly tell you you are not a White Mage/can't be a White Mage, shrug it off and walk away. Nobody can tell you what you can and can't RP.
I RP a White Mage in a group with two other IC White Mages. How did we do it? We had the Hedgetree give three soul gems and not one, and we performed the Quieting together instead of just The Chosen One + two Padjali WHMs as the quest intends.
Are we open to think there are more White Mages out there ICly? Yes. We do not ICly or OOCly think there can be just one soul stone, and Quieting rituals are necessary more than just once, so it's perfectly legit for us to walk and encounter others who did just what we did.
Minimal lore bending (three stones instead of one) and common sense (the Quieting may be needed again at any given time) were enough for us to make, to our IC/OOC perspective White Mage a class accessible to more than one person without much trouble.
So again the two rules to follow to make sure you don't offend those who don't agree with this is: don't mention being a White Mage unless people directly ask you (it's taken as flaunting, but do wear WHM AF if you want, apparently that isn't perceived as such for some reason), don't forget your Conjury roots and don't get into arguments with others ICly about it. Be confident in yourself, and if ICly accused, simply state something along the lines "I do not need you to believe me, I am at ease knowing the truth.".
But again, people will hardly ask you if you are a White Mage unless they are already okay with it, because normally people don't want to hear what they don't like.
"But what if they ask me what I do for a living?" Simply give the same answer conjurers do, because White Mages do exactly the same thing. Wander around, heeding to the Elementals' will and bestowing healing magick on those in need. Or, as Blue would put it..
"I am an adventurer. I help."
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
