I, for one, have an incredibly lore-breaking (I would argue lore-BENDING but that's another discussion entirely) character for an alt. I'm sure many regulars here have something they've roleplayed at some point or another that wasn't, strictly speaking, lore-compliant.
The attitude on these forums and the responses you see are more lore-adherent due to, in no small part, how most folk phrase their questions regarding their concepts. Too often they ask the question "is this in keeping with lore?" and the answer they get is a firm, staunch "no". Instead, they might have asked, "would this spin or take on lore interest you as a concept to encounter in RP" or perhaps "how could I explain this as-yet unseen concept in a way that lore fanatics will find acceptable?" Then, I'm sure, the direction and tone of workshopping would take a dramatically different course.
In short, this community takes lore as a universal standard. Not everyone will accept 14 century doubloons. But just about everyone will be happy to have some USD.
The trick lies in finding the folks interested in the currency you deal.
The attitude on these forums and the responses you see are more lore-adherent due to, in no small part, how most folk phrase their questions regarding their concepts. Too often they ask the question "is this in keeping with lore?" and the answer they get is a firm, staunch "no". Instead, they might have asked, "would this spin or take on lore interest you as a concept to encounter in RP" or perhaps "how could I explain this as-yet unseen concept in a way that lore fanatics will find acceptable?" Then, I'm sure, the direction and tone of workshopping would take a dramatically different course.
In short, this community takes lore as a universal standard. Not everyone will accept 14 century doubloons. But just about everyone will be happy to have some USD.
The trick lies in finding the folks interested in the currency you deal.
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