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I meant something automated. Having a player pass out food and stuff is alright but it's kind of a boring job and there's the issue of inventory and being dependent on someone that might be dealing with stuff behind the screen and not able to devote themselves to the task. Having a GM do it has some...

A fun idea for events would be for characters to have the ability to make an account at the bar and have the items then be free to everyone for a certain period of time.

This makes a lot of sense in my head but I don't know if I'm explaining it right.

Apart from the cyber (which is nonsense and Fooser knows it), I like the idea of a non-PvP zone. I know the idea was rejected in the past but a no-drama zone seems like a good enough idea.

~ invitations are sent out to all former Cadomyrian citizens and a few get posted here and there around the various towns though Cadomyr's boards are conspicuously empty ~ To All Former Cadomyrians Though many have left, none are forgotten. Be welcome to a banquet honoring Zhambra and renewing the ...

Playing a sexually charged character definitely treads a fine line but can be done successfully with sensitivity to the other players in the interaction. Some people will welcome the attention. You will get some rejection with a highly sexual character concept, but that's part of the package. There ...

Away for a couple of days. Back by New Year's.

Just for an alternate viewpoint, I won't read anyone's long character description. If you want a reaction on something in game, I need to see it in game. Then I'm all over it.

Thanks to Slightly, Jacob, Kyre, Fooser and Arcia for making my Illarion Christmas wishes come true.

At the risk of joining in a tangent topic, the two major problems in playing a dedicated non-fighter are that the map is crawling with hostiles as soon as you step outside of town and resource gathering involves monsters. You have to choose between your dedicated RP and your onion seeds. *shrugs* It...

Obviously there are players heavily invested in keeping things the same which makes me suspect massive unfairness though I don't personally care all that much but with so many strong opinions, I feel like I need one too. It does make me think the gem output should cap at rank 7 though because as Rag...

Thanks to all the usual players but I also enjoyed Jaron and Tyan recently. Also seeing Kraex in game today was quite a treat!

A dark haired elfess sits up late into the night accompanied only by the dim flicker of candlelight and the rhythmic breathing of deep sleep coming from the next room. Spread before her are parchments written in a heavy hand and carelessly spattered with ink. She tightens the robe around her and slu...

Evie makes a fair point. Players on the receiving end of the conflict should absolutely have a choice whether or not to participate. The players that RP conflict well should be sensitive to that. It's supposed to be fun. If fun is hammering rocks, who are we to judge? Conflict can be present in game...

... being supported is not the same as getting skills or other freebies. Such benefits are reserved for characters which are used for limited events/quests or similar. You can not come up with the concept of playing a villain and ask for fighting skills and the sword of doom ;) Here you're starting...

@ Dji - I have to disagree on your primary point that the goal is fairness. The goal should be a fun and dynamic game. That's my goal anyway because if everyone's having fun, that's all the fairness we need. Also, I'm not suggesting that the characters all be dirty - that's a player choice. Again, I...

@ Dji - I think you misunderstand the concept I'm proposing. I'm not suggesting players be given special permission to go around harassing others. I'm suggesting the players that provide the conflict be given support/oversight to continue doing just that. I hope you can acknowledge that a story need...

I agree that conflict is more fun in the beginning and when it's drawn out it gets stale and sometimes irritating. That's especially true when the RP reasons for the conflict are flimsy or when it's nothing but PvP. Characters get the consequential RP they earn. I buy that too. But (for Nitram's ben...

An ig approach isn't enough here imo. Jupiter's ideas on how to proceed ig are alright but this is larger than an ig issue. This cuts right to the heart of what is ultimately troubling Illarion. The game is ghastly dull. PO Bob has more ig choices as a result of some GM reflection but he's still ext...

Matron makes a good point about keeping players interested in making an effort. A policy of rewarding a player's effort to contribute some interesting conflict by severely restricting his character choices will make for some dull RP in the future. Illarion desperately needs conflict. The game is rat...

Oh boy, this was a lot to read! :shock: I'm a little sorry I started but I did want to say that dialing back the forced nature of the punishment and opening up some other options for the character/player was a nice concession. Thank you for taking that into consideration. Thank you also for explaini...

I had a great time in game yesterday with everyone I met: Jacob, Ranwyln, Arcia, Fooser, Jefferson and all the members of the silly hat club. Nice to watch the RP from all the players at the Oldra quest too even though I didn't participate.

Thanks everyone!

We need a second moon festival. I'd totally throw a party for that.

I'm not sure I understood everything here but I think I read that one point under consideration is moving the pure elements away from resource gathering and making it strictly part of treasures/monster drops. If that's the case, I'd put in a word against that decision. Forcing POs to play fighting c...

I'm on the side of not punishing crafters or drinkers. I see nothing fun in that. If you want something realistic, how about drinks that make your clothes fall off and have you dancing on tables? Or make a character walk unevenly in a zig-zag? Definitely there should be a drink that makes you lose y...

Keeping the MC at a reasonable level is a whole skill set unto itself.

I put in my two cents on those rewrites plus when I reread it, I thought of some other small changes. All marked in blue. Geschichten am Lagerfeuer des Online Rollenspiels Illarion Tales around the Camp Fire of the Online Role Play Game Illarion Überfall an der Kupferbrücke / Ambush at the Copper Br...

When there is a system, people will try to beat that system always. I don't see the player behavior as trying to "beat" the system. I think players have taken the system they've been given and are trying to play within it. The MC system is intrinsically unfun and that's its biggest flaw. ...

I took a peek at the video and didn't see anything except in game texts and titles. Did I miss something? I might change the title to "Tales from the Camp Fire" or "Tales around the Camp Fire" but it's a small difference. "Tales at the Camp Fire" doesn't sound native to...

1. Are you still playing/plan to play Illa, if so what do you like most, dislike most in general, how about just for the moment? I'm also always planning to play but I find the massive amount of time required to be a large deterrent. RL is busy and Illarion requires too much investment for me at the...