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That's a great idea and what I planned to do once Bhav has some RP events play out in ARR. A quirk I'm making him have is he always wants to inform his adopted parents what he's up to, therefore he'll write letters to them explaining his travels, who he meets, etc. It will serve as my method of remembering past events. Also, I'll keep a little folder for screenshots, information, and all the letters related to Bhav or anything he's apart of.

This is the only question I'm really going to answer, as the rest are pretty well covered - I just have an interesting addendum to this sort of thing. As mentioned, it's up to you if you're character has ICly forgotten something. It might not be a good idea to have this forgetful trait for all your characters. As an example, I have severe memory surpression issues due to medical stuffs, to the extent of where common things I know are suddenly no there; sometimes I'll be in the shower, and forget if I washed my hair literally minutes after doing so, or I'll forget how to spell a word/name that I've never had a problem with. Over the years, this has presented a lot of problems with role playing, as even though I try to keep notes of things that have happened, I still end up forgetting things my characters should not. While I have had a character or two who had memory problems as bad as my own (didn't keep notes with that character, so that it was natural ), it just doesn't work for every character I ever play in every MMO or table top or LARP. I would be utterly appauled if anyone ever hardlined the "you don't remember, your character doesn't remember" thing if someone asks OOCly for reminders. Even my hardcore Gygax style DM for D&D is kind about it, and has me roll an intelligence check to see if I really did forget it. For the more part, people know that memory is ultimately flawed in every human, to an extent, and are understanding about it. Where this gets to be a problem...instances where you don't realise you're forgetting something till after a bit of RP has happened. At that point, I strongly suggest pausing the RP, explaining you forgot and asking for a bit of a soft ret-con on the situation; I really hope most people will be understanding of this, as if not in my own case, it would quickly lead to just not RPing at all. For the more part, most people I've encountered across a variety of games over the past few years are okay with this, which is why I strongly suggest the pause/ret-con request. Just my whole 2 gil on the subject, even though it was pretty well covered previously. Thank you Darkfae! It seems best if I forget something OOC that asking OOC shouldn't be a problem. The other person probably would rather have questions asked anyway to ensure the "RP scene" goes in the right direction rather than a jumbled mess.

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Airships and ships! Oh my goodness this game gets better and better. :cactuar:

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Thank you for your response Momo. It helps getting many viewpoints! I think I'll just stick to casting without anything at first since I am new to RP. Then, maybe when I feel comfortable with it I'll come up with something clever.

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Phew! Your answer doused my concerns, Eva. I was worried since I'll be making my character a mage that I would have to come up with ways to describe how he's casting each spell. It's good to know it is simply accepted as any other ordinary activity. If I felt like describing it further(which I more than likely won't) I could, but without going overboard.

(Only have one to add right now that has me stumped, so no secret question this time!) (Having a hard time putting into words what I mean with this question. Hope someone understands what I am asking.) 26. How are spells' designs/animations/looks RPed? (Example taken from 1.0 since probably all spells will look somewhat different in ARR.) For example, stoneskin puts up a wall on a character. Is that actually happening IC, such as any characters nearby would notice the temporary wall rise then disappear? Follow-up Question: If spells are seen by other characters ICly, are they ever referenced to? For example, if a LS was conducting a training exercise, would the leader say something like, "Make sure to cast protect before we begin. Wouldn't want anyone hurt badly."?

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Q9 is the best news. ;D I agree, ARR is shaping up to have way more activities to do and is looking great! Can't wait until it's ready. :moogle:

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I get what you mean. With many of my questions it's just to get a feel on what RPers ICly need to know or may ask. Just because I ask certain questions doesn't mean my character will have anything to do with what I asked. (Such as the dye question. I will not RP that my character dyed his hair. He'll be born with green and purple hair if SE allows those color combos.) These questions are mainly for RP information gathering since I have never done it. I am learning a lot on what matters and what one does not have to worry about. I am very thankful this community is open to helping new RPers. (Another reason for the questions, I worry a lot so just want to ensure I RP decently and deal with what matters when IC.)

Thank you Moltove and Eva! Based on your answers it seems better to not worry about explaining every item dropped of an NM or other mobs. Although if you can up with a good IC reason such as Eva shearing sheep for their fur rather than slaughtering them, then it can work. As for hinting at quests, it seems better to keep it vague or not mention it at all to avoid spoilers. Thanks again for answering and enabling me to learn a lot about RP! More questions to come if anymore arise. Also, great responses to the secret question. :thumbsup:

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Thanks as always Eva! You're very helpful! (You didn't answer the secret question this time. :cry: )

A few more questions cropped up. 23. When IC, can the guilds be referred to as "the lancer's guild" or should they only be known as their names(i.e. Wailing Barracks)? Or are both wordings okay? 24. Can npc quests ever be referenced to? Such as let's say there is a sidequest in ARR that calls for collecting 4 wolf fangs. For this example pretend the npc name is Fllyonn and the reasoning behind the collecting is she needs the fangs to create a necklace for her sister. Then let's say my character does this quest. Obviously, I can't say, "Hey I helped Fllyonn with getting her necklace made for her sister!" because many other players probably have done this quest as well. However, could I make a reference to this quest (if I was talking to another player IC) by saying something like, "Today, I collected some wolf fangs that were needed for someone."? Basically, without giving the names or too many details about a SE-created quest can I talk about it in IC or is it best not to? 25. A chocobo, a moogle, and a sylph are forming a party. Who's the tank, the dd, and the healer? When items are dropped from defeating a monster, would you RP them out such as skinning a beast for its fur? If you do RP dropped items, what about NMs that drop weapons, armor, crystals, or any other unique items? Are only certain items RPed out for how a character obtained them, or all are, or none are?