Post by Tona on Jul 19, 2008 14:43:03 GMT -5
Hey! So of course your character is really cool. It has a unique source of conception to it and would really stand out in our community. I'm kind of afraid though, that it would stand out a little too much.
By that I mean you've made some adaptations to your profile that don't currently even apply to where our site is in it's developmental stages. You're obviously a very advanced (and might I add talented ) role player. I could tell that first by this post, but also by the site you developed which also, is awesome. So, as such an advanced player I hope you can see our sites need for the strict guidelines that we intend to enforce. We're going to need ALL players to follow these guidelines, so any that don't may cause confusion in a player's character development stage. Also this site is surely about change, but in a progressional manner. We need characters and players to progress a like while following the provided guidelines.
We're trying to bring the site and the mod made story up from humble beginnings, in a progressional manner. We do fully intend to expand upon the site in means of the role play as well as the guidelines, but we are not yet prepared to do that.
So, this character is cool, but I need to ask that you modify it to fully adhere to our set guidelines. Thus, in that fashion, I'm going to point out a couple things that may require alteration.
1. The race section, while cool and understandable, does not comply. Basically, while the world could easily someday change to include such a section, at this stage, such things simply do not yet exist. Again, we will expand the site to include such a section, but until then characters must be made to fit the current guidelines. This may require some out of the box thinking; to provide and example, you should check out player archon13's character Feanaro Harwood in the accepted character board. So while this character is technically a different race, he exists completely under the Mutant character class for the time being. When his character realizes more about his alteration, and when the site is better set in it's place in the world, we WILL comply and expand to fit his character properly. But for the time being, he is in every sense, a Mutant. And this classification gives the character a lot of possible plot to explore and discover.
2. The special talents/abilities, weaknesses/flaws, and family members sections can all be more properly implied under separate section that actually currently exist and were left in your profile, almost blank. The first of which being special talents/abilities can be placed under character class description. They can also easily be applied to any of three separate character classes as I can tell thus far. The later two sections are, for reasons of simplicity, better fit in your background/history section.
3. The character level, character class, and character subclass sections either did not comply, or were basically left blank. These are necessary sections that should provide a lot of important information about your character. The first bing the character level. You're level, as a player new to this site, is Student. I know technically all the players are new to this site, and while you may seem some character levels that are higher then Student, that is because those character were made by mods, and are necessary to help present and progress the plot. Information on character levels and progressions can be found at the character progression thread in the site info board.
I think in terms of character class, you may have been going for the Witchcraft class. I know your type or source of magic may be different from what you consider to be technically 'witchcraft', but the Witchcraft section is meant to cover all forms and sources of magic. Please refer to the character class thread in the site info board.
Otherwise your character is awesome! If you had or have any questions about the guidelines then please either pm any of the mods, post it in the suggestions thread, or to maybe get it a little more attention from players, try posting it in the general board.
Also, I hope this character check doesn't discourage your from joining and rping with us. A lot of people might have locked up or felt offended by such criticism, but I hope you don't. We mean no ill-will by posting this. I understand we probably have different ideas about role playing in general, but I hope we can adapt and play together! I'm really looking forward to rping with you both here and on your site. My character's under construction right now by the way; I'll probably be ready to post it Monday or Tuesday. XD
By that I mean you've made some adaptations to your profile that don't currently even apply to where our site is in it's developmental stages. You're obviously a very advanced (and might I add talented ) role player. I could tell that first by this post, but also by the site you developed which also, is awesome. So, as such an advanced player I hope you can see our sites need for the strict guidelines that we intend to enforce. We're going to need ALL players to follow these guidelines, so any that don't may cause confusion in a player's character development stage. Also this site is surely about change, but in a progressional manner. We need characters and players to progress a like while following the provided guidelines.
We're trying to bring the site and the mod made story up from humble beginnings, in a progressional manner. We do fully intend to expand upon the site in means of the role play as well as the guidelines, but we are not yet prepared to do that.
So, this character is cool, but I need to ask that you modify it to fully adhere to our set guidelines. Thus, in that fashion, I'm going to point out a couple things that may require alteration.
1. The race section, while cool and understandable, does not comply. Basically, while the world could easily someday change to include such a section, at this stage, such things simply do not yet exist. Again, we will expand the site to include such a section, but until then characters must be made to fit the current guidelines. This may require some out of the box thinking; to provide and example, you should check out player archon13's character Feanaro Harwood in the accepted character board. So while this character is technically a different race, he exists completely under the Mutant character class for the time being. When his character realizes more about his alteration, and when the site is better set in it's place in the world, we WILL comply and expand to fit his character properly. But for the time being, he is in every sense, a Mutant. And this classification gives the character a lot of possible plot to explore and discover.
2. The special talents/abilities, weaknesses/flaws, and family members sections can all be more properly implied under separate section that actually currently exist and were left in your profile, almost blank. The first of which being special talents/abilities can be placed under character class description. They can also easily be applied to any of three separate character classes as I can tell thus far. The later two sections are, for reasons of simplicity, better fit in your background/history section.
3. The character level, character class, and character subclass sections either did not comply, or were basically left blank. These are necessary sections that should provide a lot of important information about your character. The first bing the character level. You're level, as a player new to this site, is Student. I know technically all the players are new to this site, and while you may seem some character levels that are higher then Student, that is because those character were made by mods, and are necessary to help present and progress the plot. Information on character levels and progressions can be found at the character progression thread in the site info board.
I think in terms of character class, you may have been going for the Witchcraft class. I know your type or source of magic may be different from what you consider to be technically 'witchcraft', but the Witchcraft section is meant to cover all forms and sources of magic. Please refer to the character class thread in the site info board.
Otherwise your character is awesome! If you had or have any questions about the guidelines then please either pm any of the mods, post it in the suggestions thread, or to maybe get it a little more attention from players, try posting it in the general board.
Also, I hope this character check doesn't discourage your from joining and rping with us. A lot of people might have locked up or felt offended by such criticism, but I hope you don't. We mean no ill-will by posting this. I understand we probably have different ideas about role playing in general, but I hope we can adapt and play together! I'm really looking forward to rping with you both here and on your site. My character's under construction right now by the way; I'll probably be ready to post it Monday or Tuesday. XD