Kellach Woods

I'd take an actual invite on Kell once I'm in the game.

TO SHOW AS KELL OR TO SHOW AS AN ALT (which would likely be Sylvie, who... doesn't like Gridania much - it's this thing where she's a Duskwight, see) HMMMMMM Anyway I'll try to be there.

The best way I can put this : Without WAR tutelage, you're just an angry dude. With WAR tutelage, you're essentially angry Jason Voorhees when it comes to people stopping your rampage. It'll happen once per movie and you'll get back up for the next one anyway.

13th day in a row working. on something that's already released. I need several hugs.

DO YOUR CIRCUITS GLEAM? ARE YOU PERPETUAL? DO YOU KEEP THE COUNTRY CLEAN? YOU'RE PROTECTED - ELECTRIC JUNK.

i'd welcome you to canaderp but, you know.

Play Ultima IV then

I don't think they'd go that route unless they want the WHM story to be even more isolated from the MSQ. Full green wraith capacities would mess with way too much.

While the Padjal WOULD be pretty pissed, I'm pretty sure anyone doing that would gather the ire of the Elementals because they stole Succor (assuming they can even detect that!) rather than pretend they're white mages. And all that person has to do is not be in the Shroud and the Padjal are essentially... completely useless. None of them would pull an A-Towa-Cant these days. And let's be real a lot of us glamour our own gear so we don't have to swap outfits when we're actually doing content. I don't think I've ever referred to Kell as a Warrior WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MANLIEST/DUMBEST RP EVER.

nah i think they got confused. Otto doesn't have a whore house. He is a whore house.

Feels more like an Allagan empire thing than a Garlean thing - Not that they wouldn't do it, but rather that they're still very, very far behind the Allagan Empire in terms of that, and we know that the Allagan empire certainly did that with cloning experiments and things like Phlegeton/Amon/Xande. Also, the ??? area is SCREAMING FF6 inspired Floating Continent.

I remember that! The cold stares in Pocket D and the pants-off dance-offs, scathing personal attacks and outright cruelty on both sides. Really annoying/amusing stuff but beneath that was some deep, dark animosity. It made a lot of people, even some heavy RPers back off and go hide in their SG bases which really drove a dagger into the heart of the community. It didn't "kill" anything per se, but I know it strained a lot of people I played with. I, personally, am not one for being lore-strict, despite my inherent desire to see a unified field theory for RP. Much of that is due to seeing what Freelancer described right here and how damaging it was. /rerail AIN'T NO GETTING OFF THIS DERAIL WE'RE ON. The in-fighting and general unfriendliness of Virtue were one of the reasons I stuck with the Victory RP group, which oscillated between Victory and Virtue for different sets of characters. * * * So far I don't think I've done much lore-breaking, but I have contributed to many lorefudgings over time as I'm of the opinion that if you can roll it in-game you can play it. Just some classes/jobs require more knowledge of the lore and how to work it.

For Kell : "You're a bit touched in the head." "You're not from Eorzea? That's so exotic!"

Hope you guys like reading because just for Kell I have a metric crapton of stuff to write here. The Island of Toegisil does not exist, nor is there a landmass in the general headcanon vicinity that would offer the kind of climate that it possesses I would either look for a replacement, or let's push this to the natural conclusion, the 4 seasons do not exist as we know them, and they are a key component of Toegisil. This would require substantial rewrite of his background which is partially inspired by the traditional life of a French-Canadian colonist/rural person. The fact that he had to accompany his father in winter for logging operations would cease to be, and likely I would simply retool his background to only care for the cattle/agriculture parts. Chances are the entire background would need to be rehauled, but the core of the character (a stranger from outside of Eorzea coming in) would remain the same, same with his experiences. This is why I really wanted to have something simple at the core because I knew that whatever fluff I added can be whisked away with a wave of the hand. This would be a substantial rewrite that would essentially erase months of background building. It'd make me groan out in physical pain as I sit my ass down and get a new set of guidelines to work and to play around with but it's more out of having to do it that I'd groan. I'd still enjoy building another unstable tower because the foundations remain solid. Gear from the Crystal Tower CANNOT be replicated / Zodiac Relics cannot be replicated. Well, that'd screw me over for my iconic mask/loincloth look, but I've seen some other pieces that are quite interesting. I could make a purple outfit off of the Behemoth Mask, change my planned DRG outfit to WAR, etc. There's plenty of stuff that I can technically do to maintain a similar look while successfully complying to lore. From there I would have to accurately depict all the functionality I'd added to the mask (Actually more of a facial protector than anything, and has a hidden compartment that has an aether-treated cloth that filters out toxins when deployed - Handy!) In so far as the Bravura is concerned, I never RPed as though the axe was the relic of legend, just taking the base description of it being a particularly heavy axe to heart. The Zodiac would pose problems, as the lore behind it states that it used to be a sword and became an axe over time as the Zodiac Brave who wrenched it from the Void used it. As it looks nothing like the Bravura, I cannot explain it away by breaking down the axe in its core component. I'm not sure what exactly I would do at this point as I do not wish to glam over it. It's an interesting question to be sure. I'd have to swallow my pride and try to find an axe that looks just as good but does not have the baggage of the Zodiac relic. The Mime job is not a thing, and no such powers exist within the FFXIV universe This doesn't OPENLY contradict anything I've established, but rather a particularly clever handwave I'd recently introduced to explain why some people considered canon that I'd made them clothing/items while others didn't. It was essentially to rationalize a plot hole with an aspect of FF that I always found absolutely amazing (same with Blue Mages, really) which is mimicry. Instead of being what essentially would be the Next Coming of Godbert Manderville Except In All Disciplines Are You Not Hearing My Name It Is Mary Sue, I decided to just add a bit of FF recognition by adding a notion that his people emigrated from unknown lands to the island with innate knowledge programmed into themselves that they could survive without their masters. They were essentially hyuran puppets. So, the idea is I told them that Kellach can't actually create items, but if you show him exactly how to do it, he can replicate it to the nth degree. I also wanted my wanting every job at 50 to be a reflection of that. He doesn't possess the knowledge, but he can certainly mime other people with that knowledge. Taking that away would also reopen the plothole. Sticking with the explanation that he's not much of a creator but is an extremely skilled worker would be a good way to explain it. Aether patterns are the same across all races, and deviation from this denotes extreme problems This was a throwaway line I'd tossed in a RP with someone else just because gotta make the character interesting, and while it wouldn't change much in his roleplay, it'd certainly remove one of the obstacles he has to cast magic. He's not a magician - he understands the principles and other incantations necessary to channel aether from himself but simply cannot rely on magic too much as it's entirely possible that his aether for that particular element is off taking a piss. I'd need to come up with another reason why he doesn't care much for actually casting magic, and chances are it'd just be a throwaway "he doesn't have an affinity for it". Anyone touched by a Voidsent is irremediably corrupted Kellach fucked a Voidsent. Whoops. While his descent through madness (or rather, change from being mentally unstable to an outright menace) would be fun to RP, being doomed to inevitably have to retire the character due to death would be so disheartening that I'd probably lose my drive as I struggle to find a character that could replace him via fantasia/namechange. Yes, I'd rather do that than just retcon actual RP.

I've yet to see anyone who completely said fuck the lore not being disrespectful towards anyone who is lore compliant. Nor have I seen a special snowflake who didn't want to lord it over other RPers either. That's great if you have encountered these people. I haven't.

HOO BOY I GET TO DISAPPOINT SOMEONE! Essentially, I knew I wanted to play a Warrior because I always play the class with the two hander. The problem was tying it to the lore in a way that made sense and satisfied me. I knew I wanted to play SCH/SMN and WAR from the onset (that obviously changed), so I figured having a story that tied me to both guilds without tying me much to the lore would be best. In addition, it'd help hide the fact that back then I knew between jack and shit of the lore of the game. (I know barely much more these days) The idea of tying a mystical origin to the inhabitants of his homeland and other such stuffs only came when I started wanting max level on EVERYTHING and when I was like "I'd play the shit out of a Mime job if we ever got one." So I started pushing in that direction in his background, but it's relatively hidden to such a point that if someone didn't want to RP with me because of this I can easily disregard it as it's not core to the character. The character's core is essentially the good-natured adventurer willing to help out, and taking side jobs to make money, wielding an axe and an unforgettable look.

See had he quoted the WoW part I'd have said this is a good answer, but the truth of it is you CAN get banned for using third-party software within the game as it is not supported yet. Once add-ons/mods are part of the game then yeah sure parse your heart out I don't care chances are I'm never gonna play with someone who likes to shove contextless bars in my face. As it is now, it's risking way too much for way too little - there's a reason the people who admitted to using them in this thread mention they don't use them often. It's partially because of that.

Wait and see for the lore. Kell won't be a canonical DRK for sure unless it's something that his story would require. I already have my plans for my own DRK and if they contrast with the lore I think it may just be I'm swinging a huge ass sword around.

AH SWING AN AXE REAL POWERFUL LIKE. (also might be some allagan genetic modification within his people that allow for essentially Mime-like abilities but that's just something I put so far in the background that if I go in a completely different direction it won't change much of anything, or if the Mime job ever become a Thing (it won't) then I have good justification to swap to that)

6 hours overtime tonight (I literlaly just got home) on top of 2 days weekend overtime on top of it's been overtime for like 4 fucking weeks already. and WE'RE JUST THE HIRED HELP.

The first 50 is always the longest. Because you get a permanent EXP bonus to the other classes once you hit 50 (the bonus is for you to catch up to the highest level on your character - so seeing as 50 is the max level, boom.) Welcome to the madhouse.

Not to turn the knife in the wound here, but Fantasia + Namechange means you don't have to do that. Still, welcome. I'm that guy that says Elusive Jump is a good skill.

Nah in WoW the point was just a way to make people feel like shit and showcase epeen. In FFXIV it's just a way to say "I am a giant tool who isn't aware/does not care that Square isn't supporting add-ons and am just risking a 3-day ban for being a giant tool." The ORIGINAL point of these add-ons was just to add functionality to the game by gathering all the combat data into one easily digestible metric so you can break down the fights easier (e.g. : moving phase during a fight = dips in DPS for non-melee). They were just heavily misused because the general MMO playing population needs some serious lessons in interacting with other human beings on the internet.

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Never said it was a femra.