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FTFY

Qualify "believable". Not "likely". Not "normal". "Believable". Define exactly what that term means in the context of roleplay in a fantasy setting. Believable as in something that could plausibly occur. If I said my character was a lancer with two extra arms he'd grown with black magic and used them to fly by flapping them really hard, that's not believable. People assume, often in fantasy and sci-fi settings, that because the world differs from our own in many aspects that the concept of the setting actually having any sort of in-lore restrictions on anything whatsoever is just out the window. "Oh, we live in a world with dragons, elves, and sentient cacti! Why is X so implausible?" With X being something that is usually lore-breaking. "What do you mean my character can't chew and eat rocks with no negative repercussions? We live in a world with evil physical nature-gods! Who says teeth aren't harder than rocks in this universe?" Etc etc. "Not very believable" is not synonymous with "Impossible". A Miqo'te dragoon is not very believable. A Miqo'te Azure Dragoon is impossible, at least until Heavensward retroactively makes me look like a huge asshole here by revealing that every one before Alberic and Estinien have been catboys for the last 300 years. If you write a character that's part of what is easily the most ridiculously xenophobic culture in a setting already filled with stupidly xenophobic cultures, then say that they are part of the class of knights that this xenophobic nation holds up as a symbol of national pride, then say that this knight is one of the many that said nation is prejudiced against, well... I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that that character is not very believable, not impossible, just not that believable. And, while I'm at it, I might as well say that "Not very believable" isn't synonymous with "Total shit character get the fuck off my final fuccbois". It was made clear in the OP that the point was to discuss the reasoning behind such a thing, not the characters themselves. I assumed that would be the end of it, but then again that's probably naive of me considering how much easier it is to just take an expression of distaste towards any kind of concept that matches a character you play as a malicious personal attack.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, really

We recognize that some players have limited imaginations, and will roleplay with them regardless of their ability to believe in things. you nailed it!

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I'm pretty sure that how Faye put it is quite possibly the most polite way anybody could. It's not believable. How is somebody supposed to put it? Because looking at a character concept that isn't very believable and going "That's not very believable" doesn't exactly constitute a personal attack or passive-aggressive jab at any group.

[video=youtube] urth's fount

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For Osk and Seiko I guess this is the only one that could work [video=youtube]

fite me m8 u wot m8

fite me m8 u wot m8

this thread wouldn't be complete without the help of the almighty fat cat

Disagreement does not automatically ascribe truth to the dissenter. I can also list meaningless names to a third party and claim the argument invalid. they're hardly meaningless when they're counterexamples

This. There are two kinds of RP combat that most people use. The first is freeform, and the second is roll-based. If it's freeform, then you decide if your character is really susceptible to another's attacks, them doing attacks that might be considered wildly more powerful than your character's are up to you if they actually are effective or not, that is, unless the person tries to argue that their character's attacks are such that there's NO WAY yours could beat them. We call these people godmoders and tell them to eat shit accordingly. Roll-based combat is just that. Left entirely up to the dice rolls. The details of the attacks themselves are just fluff. They can jump around and fly and throw fat cats all they like, but it's the rolls that decide everything, so yeah. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should show up to the Grindstone and start throwing fucking kamehamehas and sprouting angel wings and shit, but if dragoons, whose entire shtick have been the CHECK MY SICK FUCKIN JUMPS throughout the entire franchise are shown jumping high in a trailer, I think it's safe to say that they can jump like that in lore. What kind of vibe you'll give off if you just emote your DRG character jumping all around Ul'Dah, well, is on you. And this is coming from somebody whose DRG character ICly hasn't pulled off a proper jump in the better part of a decade.

I wanna get in on this.

come huddle over here with the rest of us wildstar refugees welcome

Meet Gwannes Oskwell/Gwenland Orsell/Gwanmo Osama/Gwangdang Oscarmeyer, a knight of Ishgard-turned-dragoon-turned-deserter-turned-heretic-turned-hobo-turned-bandit-turned-wailer-turned-mercenary-turned-adventurer-turned-huntsman-turned-adventurer-again-and-now-he's-just-kinda-bouncing-between-jobs. he's got an eyepatch

yeah, if only they could do the same for NIN

Oskwell's really fast and uh he's really really fast that's about it

p. fuckin kawaii

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Character Name: Gwannes Oskwell Wiki link/short description: See signature Have you completed the MSQ up until end of 2.55: Yes My character should be anonymous: Either works

image has not been doctored

that iron man match w/ oskwell vs. vahl'sae was easily my highlight of the night