(08-31-2013, 05:00 PM)Clover Wrote: But, couldn't anything be organized in this community? This is the point where all RPers meet, and the place for events to be organized, after all. Couldn't this community serve as a chronicle of what's happening in the world? (What's happening in the world = the story we the RPers create).
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Maybe I'm being naive, but I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to live in a world where things are actually happening, no matter how far or close they are from our characters. The lore itself really stops after the calamity; it'd be sad if that were the only real event all characters can share and react to, an event from the past.
I think there's a lot of value in chronicling the storylines we create as players. There's also a place for alliances between FCs/LSs to create large storylines that affect multiple people. The events of those can show up here in Tonberry's Lantern, for instance, and people can react to them (or not) as they like.
However, trying to advance the storyline as set forth by SE is problematic, as not every RPer comes to this site, and no RPer has any real authority over any other. If the RPC had a big storyline about Ifrit being summoned and defeated, you'd have some people who'd participate, some who'd be left out due to RL reasons who'd be unhappy that they couldn't do something their characters would do, some who would refuse to participate on principle at it's the RPC asserting authority over other players and lore (by declaring that Ifrit is now dead in its canon), some who would refuse to participate due to OOC drama, some who would refuse to participate because you almost have to make some subset of players the "heroes" and they'd be displeased about who those people were, some who would refuse to participate because of lore reasons, and a large number of people who would say, "What the heck's the RPC and who are they to say Ifrit has been defeated?"
And on to something completely different...
(08-31-2013, 05:53 PM)Boo Wrote: -How in the bloody hell did the Immortal Flame manage to take down Ifrit multiple times (with many sacrifices yes) without having their whole army tempered as soon as they were in front of the beast? I mean, Ifrit could just transform them all into mindless slave. What did they do to avoid being tempered?
Tempering appears to require some effort on the part of the Primal, so it may or may not be able to be done in the middle of a large pitched battle without rendering him vulnerable to some of his attackers. Also, some members may have the Echo (especially PC adventurers
), may have been Tempered by other Primals, or perhaps aware of the process, the Flames sent their people in in waves to keep Ifrit from doing it to too many at once; we certainly only see it being used on a small group of people who've been captured. Also, someone else on the thread mentioned that this very issue comes up in the main scenario quest (I assume after the Ifrit arc), so it might be explained there.(08-31-2013, 05:53 PM)Boo Wrote: -What about characters without Echo, how would they be supposed to fight a Primal, if an RP event like that ever happened? My (somewhat corrupted) character doesn't have the echo, if she ever met a primal then it's game over. Unless there's a god that can temper you without taking your brain, or I'll have to come up with a ridiculous backstory such as "Oh yeah she already died once and dead people can't be tempered!", I don't really want that lol.
Short answer: they can't RP that while maintaining an internally consistent storyline if they have no other explanation. The choices we make about our characters impact what they can do ICly.
Long answer: The Echo is all kinds of mysterious. Even those who've had it for some time don't fully understand it, and it seems largely outside of a PC's control. Beyond, say, engaging a Primal in a large military action (which would exclude ICly participating in the small group fights of the game), you could come up with other reasons. Perhaps your character is simply immune to being Tempered and no one knows why, not even her -- maybe it's the Echo, maybe it's not. Your character certainly hasn't seen in anyone's memories, yet, though, or gained the ability to understand other tongues. That's probably the most lore-friendly approach. More of a stretch would be coming up with some sort of spell or alchemical preparation that makes you immune to it for a time, but somehow can't be shared with others or replicated, or having your character actually be Tempered to a different Primal and no one knows (though this would have major IC consequences if it came up -- ICA = ICC and all that).
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