Deahfel

Hi Althena and welcome to Balmung! That seems like a great start and as you start to RP your character more through different situations you will get a really good feel for your background. Its definitely worth a look at some different character's wikis or profiles just to get an idea for what you can include. I have found it a good source of inspiration for what to include and think about for my characters. If you are looking for some people to RP with feel free to send me a tell or stop by the Inn at Gridania.

If you want to add me, I am frequently in Gridania. Deahfel Pharasma

Thank you for the warm welcome. Haha I hope to use those GM skills, haven't decided for evil or good yet!

Hi everyone, my name is Deahfel and I just transferred over to Balmung to join the RP community. Have been getting my feet wet so far checking out a couple of the RP events and communities that Balmung has to offer and trying to find what is going to be the best fit for me. So I figured it was probably time to hop on here and introduce myself. MMO Background My first MMO was Everquest during the planes of power days where I was blown away by everything an MMO could offer and all the interesting stories and people you could meet. From there I jumped over to WoW and finished burning crusade before heading back to the familiar world of Everquest 2 where I spent most of my time raiding full time. Starting to burn out from that I noticed my enjoyment was starting to turn more casual so I moved to Guild Wars 2 which ended up not having the depth or sense of community I was looking for. I had heard mixed things about FFXIV from launch but proceeded to try it out. I really enjoyed the community and cleared through the MSQ. I ended up getting somewhat tired of the content and grind when I started growing more and more interested in player run events and RP reading about them on this forum. That ultimately lead to my transfer to balmung and here we are. RP Experience Almost all of my RP experience comes from tabletop RPGs like DnD/Pathfinder where I am an avid GM and player. So I am still working on translating those tabletop skills into their MMO counterpart. Other than that I am still learning the nuances and constantly reading up on the RP guides here. Character Info Right now my main RP character is a loyal guardian of her friends and I have been working on fleshing out more and more of her backstory. https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Deahfel_Pharasma RP Style I am still kind of searching for my RP weight and find that a mix of light and medium are balancing well. I generally like light RP for more social encounters, and medium for more serious plotlines where my character will be growing and not doing just the day to day. I am currently working on a plot with some FC mates about a missing artifact and they have been enjoying that enough to ask me to host a few events/scenes based around that. I was wondering if anyone had some tips or a guide to running events out in the field? My initial thought was to have a type of ruin expedition with some flavorful exploring, a few traps and challenges, as well as a puzzle to solve to advance the plot. I think it is my prior tabletop experience taking over, but something about powerful magical relics being lost in the world seems to inspire my imagination. Also if anyone has any tips for creating the rumors in the wiki I have been struggling with that! Anyways, thank you for taking the time to read my intro post. If you are on Balmung and you ever run across my character please feel free to send me a tell or join me for some RP. If you ever need a relic guard or have any interest in checking out my plot let me know as well. My character loves to spend her evenings in the Gridania Roost so feel free to drop by!

Hello Arblis, I have a line on a missing artifact that our FC has been doing some digging into. I would like to sit down with you and see if we can help each other out. It seems this has attracted some unwanted attention as we have had some eavesdroppers attempting to keep us from making further progress. I would request that we meet in a secure location for everyone's safety. I hope you can assist in this matter with your expertise. ~Deahfel Pharasma