I find the biggest issue in trying to portray being smart is when it delves into topics you yourself don't know too well. Chachan is actually a surprisingly good example of this. He's socially awkward and has issues with bigger Eorzean words, but his entire background hinges around his in-depth knowledge of smithing passed down through generations. As such, refining ore and smithing weapons/armor is something he does know plenty about.
However, my knowledge on the matter is pretty limiting. It causes an odd disconnect because he, as a character, would know something in a conversation and yet I don't. Which leads to either glazing over it (* Chachanji Gegenji examines the Miqo'te's armor with surprising intensity, noting every dent and imperfection - the armor itself telling him much of both who fashioned it and who wore it...) or I end up delaying my response for a minute or two while I put my Google-Fu to work. It's probably why I jump on folks who actually DO know some stuff about smithing to give me pointers so I can play Chachan more convincingly.
... It also makes the fact that Quki wants him to teach her smithing all the more complex. Since, after all, unless we just glaze over a lot of it and just do a couple "key" moments (Chachan standing over her and directing how to use her smith's hammer, etc.) there's going to be a lot of the instruction practice that I just don't know.
This... uh... this was me, by the way.
The entire fight was really kinda over the top, but in a fun way and even the folks watching it seemed to be having fun with it so I kinda... yeah. I didn't think it'd be so problematic afterward, though. Maybe I should've went with dented? Shows a solid strength but not horrifically so? We could probably get away with retconning it to that (or perhaps a shoddily crafted suit due to his unfamiliarity with Eorzean cobalt?), if needed. Retcons!
I try to play up the other person I RP with as well when I can so that everyone involved has a good time and looks good, but I'm horrifically afraid to take control of another person's character for more than a second due to stuff like that. Attribute something to them they don't have, or forgetting to attribute something they do. It's someone else's character and I'm forever worried about mishandling them in those sorts of situations. Especially since telling someone what their own character did can be horrendously OP in its own right.
However, my knowledge on the matter is pretty limiting. It causes an odd disconnect because he, as a character, would know something in a conversation and yet I don't. Which leads to either glazing over it (* Chachanji Gegenji examines the Miqo'te's armor with surprising intensity, noting every dent and imperfection - the armor itself telling him much of both who fashioned it and who wore it...) or I end up delaying my response for a minute or two while I put my Google-Fu to work. It's probably why I jump on folks who actually DO know some stuff about smithing to give me pointers so I can play Chachan more convincingly.
... It also makes the fact that Quki wants him to teach her smithing all the more complex. Since, after all, unless we just glaze over a lot of it and just do a couple "key" moments (Chachan standing over her and directing how to use her smith's hammer, etc.) there's going to be a lot of the instruction practice that I just don't know.
(03-05-2015, 12:03 PM)Caspar Wrote: That's actually sort of a good point. I have to be wary of these things because my character suddenly gained the ability to punch through cobalt when sufficiently enraged. I mean I'm fine with that, lol. It's just that it was a totally unexpected result of an inconclusive rp fight, and not even something I wrote myself. I just wrote "she hit really, really hard" in purpleprose like I always do, but the result on the defender's side was broken armor... So now I do have to consider, well, this really wouldn't be a challenge for Virara, and try to figure out a way to either communicate this to other players so the challenge is appropriate, or otherwise come up with an excuse to explain why it is.
This... uh... this was me, by the way.
The entire fight was really kinda over the top, but in a fun way and even the folks watching it seemed to be having fun with it so I kinda... yeah. I didn't think it'd be so problematic afterward, though. Maybe I should've went with dented? Shows a solid strength but not horrifically so? We could probably get away with retconning it to that (or perhaps a shoddily crafted suit due to his unfamiliarity with Eorzean cobalt?), if needed. Retcons!
I try to play up the other person I RP with as well when I can so that everyone involved has a good time and looks good, but I'm horrifically afraid to take control of another person's character for more than a second due to stuff like that. Attribute something to them they don't have, or forgetting to attribute something they do. It's someone else's character and I'm forever worried about mishandling them in those sorts of situations. Especially since telling someone what their own character did can be horrendously OP in its own right.
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