So far all I've heard is some form or complaints, or even resides against mine and my characters nature. Either about me typing "To much" which I personally recall the statement mentioning not over doing everything. On top of that, I keep hearing "You can be high level, but try to be low level", in many different forms between the lines. I earned these levels, even if not on this site. I've roleplayed for nearly 9 years online, 7 years DMing D&D, and 5 years with T1. In all manner, I came, as I stated previously, to give reason to plot, yet it seems that everyone would freak out at the attempt, throwing what things they could to stop my attempt. I joined to create a thick and filled story, but I suppose that's not going to happen.
Comments?
Perhaps this site isn't for me?
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Unen_Stealthfoot
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[color=indigo:i0lf5b6i]IMO, you can be as high level as you want, just don't go around killing everyone, or doing any god-moding (forcing other PCs to do specific things). High level is fine, but just try to be nice. 
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Tyrmer
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High level is fine. My first character here was a paragon which, while not QUITE as powerful as your character, was more powerful than anyone else. I had to play him in such a way that it didn't bore everyone else to death with his own supremeness.
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Master of the Lady's Dances
Recoverer of the Tome of Moonlight
Scribe of the Dark Maiden's Temple
High Priest of the Church of Rooky
But you can stay here for as long as you like! No one is driving you away from this place. If you've felt that from my side, believe me, it was not my attempt. At any rate, just like Uneana and Bhearn said, there is nothing wrong with high level characters. Not even with your allignment. Just don't go off on killing sprees. This is a sanctuary of not your deity. Respect that. Your character's allignment is after all Lawful Evil. At least in my reasoning Lawful means such things.
Cheers.
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Cheers.
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Bhaern Quel
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Re: Perhaps this site isn't for me?
[quote="Xion":3cmupinp]So far all I've heard is some form or complaints, or even resides against mine and my characters nature. Either about me typing "To much" which I personally recall the statement mentioning not over doing everything. On top of that, I keep hearing "You can be high level, but try to be low level", in many different forms between the lines. I earned these levels, even if not on this site. I've roleplayed for nearly 9 years online, 7 years DMing D&D, and 5 years with T1. In all manner, I came, as I stated previously, to give reason to plot, yet it seems that everyone would freak out at the attempt, throwing what things they could to stop my attempt. I joined to create a thick and filled story, but I suppose that's not going to happen.
Comments?[/quote:3cmupinp]
When the fotum was set up, when we moved from last site. One thing we worked on was the ability to post long posts. Any van post chapters of books in a single post. Heck I believe the text limit is high enough that a novelette might fit in one post. Yes there was a comment made about a long read, that might have been an individual complaint or just in individual comment saying you privided a lot of detail. After all some character profiles are much smaller. Just do not take it you violated policy in any way, we understand different people have different styles.
You were never told you had to play low level, it however was and still advised that is you enter a low level play that you play a comparable level haracter.
Red Eye Clan is about level 5 on average. A level 20 character entering the play would be disruptive and would likely result in the end of play.
As far as entering as a spider kisser, why be surprised that many tree huggers would want to kill your character even if level 1 (OK if level 1 some might try to convert you instead *Smiles*). Being high level however would take combined forces or result in power creep I spoke of once before. I can dust of my 40rg or so level charater and convert to 3.X rules. My character ereaned his lebels as well. Some here clearly at times effect high level play, Tymer clearly has, a few others clearly using Chosen type style of play.
"To give reason to plot" ? Not sure what you mean by this. If you came to DM here, you should start a campaign as opposed to from flow. Free Flow all players have to be part DM and part Player.
Also I do not know where you played online, different sites have different quidelines or rules as to even how to post in addition to how to play so all enjoy the RP.
Comments?[/quote:3cmupinp]
When the fotum was set up, when we moved from last site. One thing we worked on was the ability to post long posts. Any van post chapters of books in a single post. Heck I believe the text limit is high enough that a novelette might fit in one post. Yes there was a comment made about a long read, that might have been an individual complaint or just in individual comment saying you privided a lot of detail. After all some character profiles are much smaller. Just do not take it you violated policy in any way, we understand different people have different styles.
You were never told you had to play low level, it however was and still advised that is you enter a low level play that you play a comparable level haracter.
Red Eye Clan is about level 5 on average. A level 20 character entering the play would be disruptive and would likely result in the end of play.
As far as entering as a spider kisser, why be surprised that many tree huggers would want to kill your character even if level 1 (OK if level 1 some might try to convert you instead *Smiles*). Being high level however would take combined forces or result in power creep I spoke of once before. I can dust of my 40rg or so level charater and convert to 3.X rules. My character ereaned his lebels as well. Some here clearly at times effect high level play, Tymer clearly has, a few others clearly using Chosen type style of play.
"To give reason to plot" ? Not sure what you mean by this. If you came to DM here, you should start a campaign as opposed to from flow. Free Flow all players have to be part DM and part Player.
Also I do not know where you played online, different sites have different quidelines or rules as to even how to post in addition to how to play so all enjoy the RP.
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Arya Baenre
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<--- is NOT a request.Dude, I've just been waiting for you to join an RP or start one. Pardon me if I haven't read your post in stories yet. Been working on getting into college. I personally can't wait to see what kind of depth you'd add to an RP.
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Shir'le E. Illios
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Is this site for you? I honestly can’t answer that; that’s something you’ll have to answer for yourself (as everyone has to answer that for themselves). But perhaps I can shed some light on some of the things you’re seeing.
I don’t think anyone has said that you should try and play a low-level character in general. As Bhaern has noted, it’s just a friendly reminder that if you plan to enter a low-level roleplaying thread then it only makes sense for you to play a low-level character yourself (similarly as to how when someone enters a high-level roleplaying thread it makes sense for them to play a high-level character). Just common sense I think.
I will note though, and I hope you’ll excuse me for pointing this out, that around here level is pretty much irrelevant. Within roleplaying threads level might matter (and even then not always), but anyone is free to create characters at any level for any occasion. This might be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you stand; obviously it means that having earned levels has little meaning here, but it also means that anyone can play with anyway and people are, hopefully, always able to play at a power level they’re comfortable with (high or low). That is something, I feel, is important to respect (in both directions).
It perhaps helps to explain that we’re somewhat different than other roleplaying sites in this. As I understand it on other sites one usually has a single character they take from thread to thread, different threads representing different locations and such. In a way the site is an entire setting with your character to play within. We’re different here in that each thread is pretty much a completely separate roleplaying session on its own, generally unrelated to the others. People might play the same character in various threads, but they’d still be separate stories. I think this creates great opportunity to tell the kind of thick and filled stories you’re talking about, but you’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s how you want it.
For the rest I think there’s a fair bit of uncertainty coming from not knowing you and, to some degree at least, your initial introduction seeming somewhat… antagonistic (which isn’t a bad thing as such, just trying to explain where some of the resistance might be coming from). Oftentimes people playing very powerful characters tend to be more disruptive than supportive of other people’s enjoyment as playing a powerful character such that people enjoy playing with it tends to be a difficult thing and not everyone can pull it off successfully. You probably can, but as I said since people don’t know you it’s hard for us to tell that this is so (and in this roleplaying experience doesn’t have to count for much).
Add to that that you’re presenting yourself as a villain, a likely enemy to most people here (we are, after all, a site with characters mostly leaning towards Chaotic Good and most of them following Eilistraee, an enemy of Lolth) and I hope you’ll understand why people tend to be a bit… cautious. Again, it’s not a bad thing at all to come here and play the villain, but I hope you’ll also understand that this means people will approach you somewhat guarded.
As for typing too much… well, not everyone likes to read a lot. But that’s their problem I think and not yours. There are no restrictions on the amount of text you put in a single post (and, indeed, I can write fairly lengthy posts myself as this one perhaps demonstrates). So don’t let that get to you.
Is this the place for you? Again, I don’t know as only you can truly answer that. I do hope though that you’d give this place a bit of a chance and stay here for a while, seeing for yourself if you’d be comfortable around here. If you can stand the ‘occasional’ dose of silliness of course.
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I don’t think anyone has said that you should try and play a low-level character in general. As Bhaern has noted, it’s just a friendly reminder that if you plan to enter a low-level roleplaying thread then it only makes sense for you to play a low-level character yourself (similarly as to how when someone enters a high-level roleplaying thread it makes sense for them to play a high-level character). Just common sense I think.
I will note though, and I hope you’ll excuse me for pointing this out, that around here level is pretty much irrelevant. Within roleplaying threads level might matter (and even then not always), but anyone is free to create characters at any level for any occasion. This might be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you stand; obviously it means that having earned levels has little meaning here, but it also means that anyone can play with anyway and people are, hopefully, always able to play at a power level they’re comfortable with (high or low). That is something, I feel, is important to respect (in both directions).
It perhaps helps to explain that we’re somewhat different than other roleplaying sites in this. As I understand it on other sites one usually has a single character they take from thread to thread, different threads representing different locations and such. In a way the site is an entire setting with your character to play within. We’re different here in that each thread is pretty much a completely separate roleplaying session on its own, generally unrelated to the others. People might play the same character in various threads, but they’d still be separate stories. I think this creates great opportunity to tell the kind of thick and filled stories you’re talking about, but you’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s how you want it.
For the rest I think there’s a fair bit of uncertainty coming from not knowing you and, to some degree at least, your initial introduction seeming somewhat… antagonistic (which isn’t a bad thing as such, just trying to explain where some of the resistance might be coming from). Oftentimes people playing very powerful characters tend to be more disruptive than supportive of other people’s enjoyment as playing a powerful character such that people enjoy playing with it tends to be a difficult thing and not everyone can pull it off successfully. You probably can, but as I said since people don’t know you it’s hard for us to tell that this is so (and in this roleplaying experience doesn’t have to count for much).
Add to that that you’re presenting yourself as a villain, a likely enemy to most people here (we are, after all, a site with characters mostly leaning towards Chaotic Good and most of them following Eilistraee, an enemy of Lolth) and I hope you’ll understand why people tend to be a bit… cautious. Again, it’s not a bad thing at all to come here and play the villain, but I hope you’ll also understand that this means people will approach you somewhat guarded.
As for typing too much… well, not everyone likes to read a lot. But that’s their problem I think and not yours. There are no restrictions on the amount of text you put in a single post (and, indeed, I can write fairly lengthy posts myself as this one perhaps demonstrates). So don’t let that get to you.
Is this the place for you? Again, I don’t know as only you can truly answer that. I do hope though that you’d give this place a bit of a chance and stay here for a while, seeing for yourself if you’d be comfortable around here. If you can stand the ‘occasional’ dose of silliness of course.
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[quote="Bhaern Quel":z0ljbyos][quote="Unen_Stealthfoot":z0ljbyos][color=indigo:z0ljbyos]Hey, Shirle, are you ever going to post in RP?[/color:z0ljbyos][/quote:z0ljbyos]
Odds are low, that this will occur. In part just time availble.[/quote:z0ljbyos]
Indeed. Though there's times when I would have plenty of time, because of work other times can be incredibly busy and it would be unfair to let people wait. In fact, I feel that I've killed more than a few roleplaying threads because I couldn't post for an extended period of time.
That's a deep shame, because I did really love to roleplay in forums (and this, in fact, is one of the main reasons why I started this place in the first place), but ah well. Maybe I just take too long to read and write roleplaying posts.
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Odds are low, that this will occur. In part just time availble.[/quote:z0ljbyos]
Indeed. Though there's times when I would have plenty of time, because of work other times can be incredibly busy and it would be unfair to let people wait. In fact, I feel that I've killed more than a few roleplaying threads because I couldn't post for an extended period of time.
That's a deep shame, because I did really love to roleplay in forums (and this, in fact, is one of the main reasons why I started this place in the first place), but ah well. Maybe I just take too long to read and write roleplaying posts.
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