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I'd be happy to! Alternatively, just let me know your preference while I'm matchmaking. I'll probably be sending a lot of whispers to people anyway to sort out the RPers from any non-RPing spectators.

You can’t escape this poster, residents of Eorzea. It’s there in every city state, pasted on every bit of wall where bill posting is legal. Or not strictly legal, but tolerated. Or just where there weren’t too many lawmen around to stop the culprit. A few have been torn down (even a few that were posted legally, in Gridania. Such is the fate of any poster with a duskwight on it) but whoever’s been sticking them up is clearly undeterred. …and if you’ve somehow managed to escape it despite that, then don’t think you’re off the hook. It also comes in flier form, being handed out very enthusiastically by a masked duskwight in a red maid’s dress and a jester’s cap.

It's largely that the connection is the other way around. The elementals probably don't care about duskwights - the game goes of of its way to main the point that the redbellies have a lot of very capable conjurers, and like you said they've lasted this long without being greenwrath'd. The connection is people in Gridania saying that the elementals have a problem with them. This comes up in some levequests (there's definitely a mining one (infuritatingly enough, not one that's on my list right now) that can be summed up as 'so the Duskwights are trying to make Gelmorra livable again so the redbellies can live without being criminals? Suddenly the elementals hate the ruins of Gelmorra and we need to smash them up!') and in NPC dialogue, I'll try to find/screencap. The short version is that it's less 'the elementals have a problem with duskwights' and more 'gridanians say the elementals have a problem with duskwights as an excuse to make thier lives difficult'. (I've also heard a lot of people talk about how the Gridanians aren't xenophobic at all and that their dislike of the duskwights is entirely elemental-related, but I'm not sure where they got that from ingame and I suspect that it's not the case.)

The Lancer quest (in which a Duskwight who confessed to a crime was punished disproportionately harshly while his non-duskwight accomplices went unpunished), as well as Buscarron's quests (which state that his place is the only one in Gridania that will serve duskwights - whether the canopy is an exception or whether that's a case of 'make exceptions for the PC is unclear), make it pretty clear that it's the whole of Gridania. No doubt this was caused over generations of influence by the wildwoods, but the end result is pretty much the same.

I have to say I'm a little confused by this - should people like the duskwights be spontaneously turning into wildwoods in order to be allowed into Gridania? The major problem isn't unwillingness to change, it's the fact that Gridanians don't want them around at all.

I really, really like Sounsy's take on the WHM problem. They're all creative solutions that keep the actual job as unique as the lore intended because to use them you're building your character around being a white mage, but just saying 'oh and she'he happens to be a white mage nbd. Love or hate the lore, it's there and to just plain ignore it is really, really inconsiderate to fellow RPers. It's not impossible to work around it, and the restrictions can create some really interesting and unique characters who might have otherwise been 'just a white mage'.

I don't see why RPing miqo'te as catlike has to be comedic/cutesy, really. Cats do more than purr and 'nyaaaa~'. There's a lot of genuine character and drama to be got out it. I'd also be careful with playing out enhanced senses to make sure you're not accidentally godmoding, depending on the people you're with. The only sense miqo'te have, in lore, that is inherently sharper than those of the other races is smell. While I can see them having sharp eyesight and hearing (especially directional hearing, as someone mentioned in this thread), they're not going to see something a wildwood can't or out-hear a duskwight (assuming identical circumstances for both characters. obviously they'd see better than a blind wildwood) since those races are, in lore, the ones with the sharpest eyesight and hearing respectively. Sarja, my keeper, is deliberately beastlike - her family have been victims of Gridanians being Gridanians for generations and have chosen to respond with 'if they're going to treat us like beastmen then we're damn well going to act like them'. While she's very intelligent and capable of doing the respectable person act (and often does when it seems advantageous), Sarja has been raised to think of herself as a beast and will act appropriately when left to her own devices. This does include some of the standard cutesy fare - emoting with ears and tail, purring and rolling her rs specifically - but also things like happily eating meat raw, biting and scratching when threatened, using demands and allowances for personal space to establish control, giving gifts of food as a statement of 'look you're a shit hunter and obviously can't take care of yourself' and so on. Frankly if people had laptops in Eorzea she's probably sit on them and refuse to budge until petted.

My half of Asyun's two images is done! Apologies for the delay! My last tablet nib wore out and I've had to wait on new ones for a while because of the post around the holidays. Hope you like it! (Ansemaru is having irl things and has been away from home for the holidays, I believe. I may be taking on some of his images once I'm done with my own backlog, if he's still having difficulties. Thanks for everyone's patience.)

That doesn't make it any less rude/presumptuous to put up something like this about other people's characters, especially considering the subject matter. We didn't agree, OOCly or ICly, to any of this at all - literally the only thing we agreed to about this was to talk to this character - and we should have been asked before this was put up.

What the hell? Lansquenet agreed to talk to your character. That is not the same as agreeing to take part in slavery. If you could actually work things out and agree on stuff OOCly before god-moding people into involvement in your plots that would be really great, thanks. Actually asking permission before saying people's characters are doing things is the polite thing to do!

Unfortunately, it does need to be said, even if it seems like it shouldn't. There are people who don't understand this - there were quite a few on Gilgamesh, though I've yet to run into any on Balmung. They are the ones who any negative feelings about ERP are aimed at, both because of their complete disregard for the comfort of others (and, again, for the law, since they're doing this in the open where minors can see it) and also because they become, for a lot of people, the 'face' of RP in general. They attract trolls to all RPers because people respond to RPers from then on with the same amount of care for people's comfort as they saw them displaying.

...okay, so either the term 'get your rocks off' means something entirely different in the UK than it does wherever you are or you are admitting to some very odd things. That said, ERP is fine as long as it's kept private. And honestly I don't see where this stigma is, beyond the fact that people would rather it be kept private to allow younger players to participate and because some people really don't want to see that shit and should be allowed to avoid it.

Sadly it looks like no amount of emergency commissions is going to get us housing with those prices, so no. I'll try to get around to putting up a normal commissions thing at some point. And Ami's image is done! You can send money to Cendrillon Braids once the game's back up. I'll PM you the full PNG image when you do! EDIT: just now realized I've forgotten her face markings. I'll add those in once payment's done!

I have you flisted and can usually get people to come online for interviews, but it's been busy with holiday and other IRL stuff. I promise I will be able to get to you shortly!

I imagine that around the time Operation Archon was announced it'd be pretty widespread knowledge that the Gaeleans had done something to spur the Alliance into action with such sudden haste. That said, I doubt the specifics would be widely known and I certainly doubt anyone but the scions and the main character would know how close the Alliance actually came to giving in.

This. I generally play from before the Ultima Weapon ultimatum was made (or at least before it became widespread knowledge that something was going down, because I like the conflicts that the stalemate of sorts between the Eorzean Alliance and the Garlean Empire can cause and I want a chance to play in that environment before updating. Personally I feel like we've not had much of a chance to see how the announcement of peacetime has changed the world yes, and I'm hoping 2.1 gives us more insight on that. Once we hit 2.1 I'll probably update to however things start out in 2.1, and so on. But honestly, if someone played from a different point I'd probably switch to accommodate that whenever I was playing with them and then switch back. It's bad form in a consistency sense, I know, but making sure everyone has fun is more important than that.

Rinette's image is done! Sorry for the wait, I wanted to make it extra special because of the birthday thing and may have gone a little overboard. I'll be PMing you the full-sized PNG version shortly. There's still four hours left to get your bids in, everyone!

If I'm remembering correctly, the bidding will work in reverse. It'll start off at a high price and then gradually get lower until someone's willing to pay that price. Which does mean we may need to be willing to pay the higher prices to get everyone into the same neighbourhood, but at the same time it means that people can't troll/interfere by artificially raising prices. The only thing they could do is pay a premium to get their FC house into an area where they probably don't actually want it to be, and I don't think even the most dedicated trolls are that dedicated.

We have no indication that SPOILER is actually a primal, as far as I'm aware. And 'Summons' taking the form of things that are not that game's version of summons is not unheard of. Airship-Alexander, Sky Fortress Bahamut, Bahamut Chaos etc. We even have an example of this happening in FFXIV with the Sylphs, Carbuncles and Ragnarok. Personally I think it's unlikely that SPOILER is a Primal, if only because it's hinted to be on the same level as Hyadelyn itself. What we DO know is that the gods are primals, as the Little Ala Mhigo quests address. Primals aren't just of the beast tribes, the spoken races already have primals. They just don't call them that.

I'm going to be out of town most of the day tomorrow, so please don't worry if you bid and the post doesn't get updated And update on art if you wanted it: I've started on my autobuys (lines are done for Rinette's!). Bonus sketches will likely happen tomorrow when I'm home or on Sunday.

Double post but! A new slot has opened up and we have a new artist on board! Everyone say hello to belderiver! Her slot is the WILDCARD slot 6, and if you missed ansemaru's amazing FFT slot she's also happy to take a crack at FFT style!

Yup! To be honest I wasn't expecting immediate buyouts when I put that offer in, so it's no more work than I expected. Everyone who made a bid before that last message of mine gets a silly sketch!

Wow this escalated quickly! I'm willing to do two, so since the fast buyouts have given me extra time to get things done in, I'll say that we can have two slot 5s. Special occasion and all. (the special occasion being 'My FC getting money') Also seeing as how we've hit the first autobuy so early - quick sketches for everyone who's bid so far! If you could give me character references that'd be great. I'll be PMing people who've bought out things soon to ask what they want for their things!

Being the terrible crime family that we are, the lovely folk at Lansquenet have decided that you roleplaying types have far too much gil in those pockets and far too many good ideas that need ripping off. And we're here to kill two birds with one stone. Figuratively, of course. The boss has strong feelings on actual bird killing. He says stones aren't efficient enough, for a start. But just because we're stealing someone else's idea doesn't mean we aren't doing out own thing! Well. I mean I suppose it does mean exactly that. But we do have a few tricks up our sleeves! For a start, there are two THREE of us! Both myself and the excellent ansemaru as well as latecomer belderiver will be arting for you! What's more- well, I'll get to that shortly. All money raised will be going toward guild housing - ICly, toward buying land for a pleasant little establishment called the Drum and Dagger. Because with all this primal business, Empire business and the rising prices of wool, Eorzea is very, very much in need of yet more places to drink. 'Shut the hell up and show us the goods, you insufferable windbag', I hear you say! Well, look no further! Here are some amazing samples of the artimabobs you will recieve! raindrops Headshot #1 Headshot #2 Full Body (Flat-Shaded, Whole Scene) A Poster! ansemaru This image is gonna beat you up She's also gonna beat up this image because oh man what a loser You wish you were this pretty (also gonna get beaten up) Look out, he's got a hardbound copy of 50 Shades of Grey and he's not afraid to use it! (FFT-style character image) belderiver Headshot #1 Headshot #2 Partial Bodies Full Body #1 Full Body #2 ansemaru hasn't earned sensible link text yet. 'Shut up and take my money!', was it? Or maybe just 'Shut up!'. Well, sucks to be you if it was the latter because I'm still going! Let's look at slots! Slot 1 - Two Headshots! One from raindrops and one from ansemaru. Starting at 60,000 gil. Autobuy at 300,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: - Slot 2 - Two Headshots! One from raindrops and one from ansemaru. Starting at 60,000 gil. Autobuy at 300,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: - Slot 3 - Two Partial Body images! One from raindrops and one from ansemaru. (CLOSED) Starting at 90,000 gil. Autobuy at 400,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: Aysun - 400,000 gil (PAID) Slot 4 - Final Fantasy Tactics special! One full-body image of your character as the Final Fantasy Tactics class of your choice! (By ansemaru) (CLOSED) Starting at 60,000 gil. Autobuy at 300,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: Olofantur - 300,000 gil (PAID) Slot 5 - 'What do you mean I have to draw legs' special! One full-body image of your character! (By raindrops) (ClOSED) Starting at 60,000 gil. Autobuy at 300,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: Ami - 300,000 gil, Rinette - 300,000 gil (PAID, IMAGE COMPLETE) Slot 6 - 'A CHALLENGER APPROACHES' special! WILDCARD - portrait, partial body or full body, your choice! (By belderiver) Starting at 60,000 gil. Autobuy at 300,000 gil. Minimum Increment 1000 gil. Current High Bid: Niah'ir - 70,000 gil Is she done yet? Not quite! Because we've yet to discuss our fabulous bonuses! Fabulous Bonus #1 - Two Characters offer! Does your character have a significant other? A bestest friend in the whole wide world? A worstest enemy in the whole wide world? Well I have good news! If you have the winning bid on slots 3, 5 or 6 and you want two characters in the image, just let us know and pay an extra 50%! Fabulous Bonus #2 - Buyout offer! If a slot hits its autobuy, everyone who bid on that slot gets a quick character sketch! This only applies to the first slot that gets bought out. Fabulous Bonus #3 - Buyout offer #2! If all slots hit their autobuy, everyone who bid on anything gets a coloured character portrait! Thanks for reading that wall of text! Now, give me all your gil! Lansquenet are based on the Balmung server, so that's where we want all that delicious money! Bidding will end on Tuesday the 10th, at 11:59pm GMT. Apologies to Lacryel, as I didn't ask permission before stealing their idea.