Just want to beef

[Quinasa]

why would online webpage descriptions be ooc tool? It is how the character looks.

Because people look on it and log in or not if certain players are ig. I know, that can be handy to meet friends ingame, but is also abused.

But without it gameplay and roleplay was at an all-time low. The Devs had no access to statistics about the amount of players, and now without it, it wouldn't be easy for the GMs to find name rule breakers.

[Poots]

http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... hp?t=16788

use this or the function in the 'who is online' screen and everyone who really cares will read it. most of the characters look the same, so whatever.

#me is a handsome strong man with many battle scars. He is tall, agile, intelligent, and charming. His eyes are ice blue, and no expression is ever on his face. His past is unknown.

[Korm Kormsen]

for me, the parts of that description i marked, are wrong. because one cant see things of that nature.

#me is a handsome strong man with many battle scars. He is tall, agile, intelligent, and charming. His eyes are ice blue, and no expression is ever on his face. His past is unknown.

so, what is left? only, what one can see.
that would be
a handsome man with many scars. he is tall. his eyes are ice blue, and no expression on his face

or: a handsome, tall man with ice blue eyes and many scars in his expressionless face.

and everything else should be expressed through RP. or am i wrong?

[Garett Gwenour]

It is easier when someone has a more elaborate description:

Standing at around 6 feet 6 inchs Stephen Rothman is a tall man with a commanding aura around him. He has rusty red hair that runs down past his ears, well groomed and cleaned that go well with his friendly and quick blue eyes. He has a confident smile playing upon his lips most times. He is a powerfully built man and looks like one well fit to be a Knight or Warrior in general.
He most commonly is seen walking around down in expensive and ornamental armor of Salkamerian design and painted pure white. His plate mail tho ornamental looks to be thick and good in a fight. Around his shoulders is a fine and expensive looking dark blue cape with red lining, two golden medallions with Wyvern figures etched into them hang at his shoulders connected by a golden string at the mouth of each Wyvern so his cape shall not fall from his shoulders. At his belt is a handsome sword sheathed in a magnificent shield, with golden silk drawing a dragon figure into it. The sword looks to be a longsword, the handle is made of gold and in the pommel is a handsome ruby.


Like this.

[Korm Kormsen]

garrett,
the ideal description.
you give it, and while your oponent is trying to read all, you got at least four swings with your sword free, before he looks up again...

psycologic warefare!

[Dantagon Marescot]

You are missing a scentice about the tunic Kallahorn wears. Consitering the coat of arms is in a big blue and white picture on the first page of the guild thread. And the fact that it says that all memebers of Kallahorn are supposed to wear it Score! One more scentance to keep them busy as I destroy them!

[Jeremy Gems Willowbrook]

only what one can see everything else should be expressed through RP. or am i wrong?

Agreed.
IMHO it should be a short, general PHYSICAL description of what can be easily seen without actually studying the character. Then details can be added through RP if anyone takes notice of him/her.

Imagine.............

Stephen Rothman #me Standing at around 6 feet 6 inchs Stephen Rothman is a tall man with a commanding aura around him. He has rusty red hair that runs down past his ears, well groomed and cleaned that go well with his friendly and quick blue eyes.

Stephen Rothman #me He has a confident smile playing upon his lips most times. He is a powerfully built man and looks like one well fit to be a Knight or Warrior in general.

Stephen Rothman #me He most commonly is seen walking around down in expensive and ornamental armor of Salkamerian design and painted pure white.

Stephen Rothman #me His plate mail tho ornamental looks to be thick and good in a fight. Around his shoulders is a fine and expensive looking dark blue cape with red lining, two golden medallions with Wyvern figures etched into them hang at his shoulders connected by a golden string at the mouth of each Wyvern so his cape shall not fall from his shoulders.

Stephen Rothman #me At his belt is a handsome sword sheathed in a magnificent shield, with golden silk drawing a dragon figure into it. The sword looks to be a longsword, the handle is made of gold and in the pommel is a handsome ruby.

Eleas #me is blind

Stephen Rothman ((D'oh))

[xEleas]

ROFL!!
You have no idea how often that happened. Was really funny..

Oh and the Eleas + Swish1 roleplay:

-swish looks like he is confused, he waves towards the kid, signals to Eleas to follow him-
-Eleas doesn't react-
-swish: Hurry up!-
-swish starts getting frustrated and he frowns at the kid-
-Eleas has bandages on his eyes.. bla bla bla.. = blind-
-swish says: You're a pretty stupid boy aren't you! You don't understand from the first time?!!

-.-

[Korm Kormsen]

yes, i can imagine that...

Stephen Rothman #me Standing at around 6 feet 6 inchs Stephen Rothman is a tall man with a commanding aura around him. He has rusty red hair that runs down past his ears, well groomed and cleaned that go well with his friendly and quick blue eyes.

Stephen Rothman #me He has a confident smile playing upon his lips most times. He is a powerfully built man and looks like one well fit to be a Knight or Warrior in general.

Stephen Rothman #me He most commonly is seen walking around down in expensive and ornamental armor of Salkamerian design and painted pure white.

Stephen Rothman #me His plate mail tho ornamental looks to be thick and good in a fight. Around his shoulders is a fine and expensive looking dark blue cape with red lining, two golden medallions with Wyvern figures etched into them hang at his shoulders connected by a golden string at the mouth of each Wyvern so his cape shall not fall from his shoulders.

Stephen Rothman #me At his belt is a handsome sword sheathed in a magnificent shield, with golden silk drawing a dragon figure into it. The sword looks to be a longsword, the handle is made of gold and in the pommel is a handsome ruby.

Jarl Tjalf #me a big barbarian in leather, limping slightly, holding an axe over his shoulder
Jarl Tjalf: hello rooster...

wouldn't that point out the lacking sophistication of the barbarians?

korm

[AlexRose]

Isn't that his description page on forum description and not his ig description?

[Quinasa]

I know it's hard to believe but not everyone is a forum junkie. Not everyone goes to the forums and reads everything like that, not everyone reads the player descriptions. It IS a game and you shouldn't HAVE to rely on an outside source to be able to play outside of reading the rules/manual. We begged and begged to get these description hotkeys and now that we have them you're complaining about them. We can't please everyone and the more we try the more disgruntled players we'll have. Just use your best judgement with them and hope that others catch on.

I.e. if someone walks into a room and presses all 5 of their hotkeys DON'T respond with your own description and be sure to RP something like #me doesn't notice what the person who came in looks like because they aren't looking in that direction. Hopefully they'll get the idea, it's as easy as that, people.

[Jeremy Gems Willowbrook]

Isn't that his description page on forum description and not his ig description?

Yes, well, it was meant as a joke......at least a few people got it.....guess my humour is a little too much for some though....

[maryday]

four.

1.a nice woman
2.eine nette frau
3.a wicked girl
4.ein schreckliches mädchen

err. five:
5. Please list your wares.

[Dantagon Marescot]

Technicaly that is two for describing. You are just using two different languages to describe it in.

[Shadow Dancer]

I was just wondering wether one have to have gm aproval to play super chars like Samantha? I mean, she is noble, she is extremely beautifull. She is uberpowerfull, at least following her descreption, and she learns very quickly considering her age.
Might be a bit off topic, but it is about descriptions.

[Samantha Meryadeles]

I asked a GM, Damien to be exactly, if she can be a noble from the salkamaerian realm. i even discussed with him her homeland and her life, and he accepted it all.

and elarning fast? what do you mean? and her age? she is 28, thats old

[Shadow Dancer]

It was a question, not an offence... Uhm, I see. You do have to ask about being noble. What about being uberpowerfull and being extremely pretty? I think that is fast, but im new... Shouldnt a mage be old, like 60 years or somthing before he/she gets that powerfull?

[Samantha Meryadeles]

she learned her spells and her skills ingame. i got the "power" through hard and honest work and roleplay ingame. you can reach the same.

And why has a mage to be 60? thats a cliche

[Dantagon Marescot]

It is to most women at least. If you want to flatter them, tell them they are between 21 - 25, just pick an age.

Plus I think the thing about descriptions is about people using ten hotkeys to describe one person. You can go as indepht as you want on the ooc description that people see on the players list. It is ingame that it helps to keep it as short as possible without leaving major details out.

[Shadow Dancer]

I dont doubt that you have roleplayed very well.=) I was just refering to your history. You know, getting better than all the greatest mages and stuff... And still, what about the beautifull part? I was just wondering if one had to ask a gm to play such multi geniouses. Maybe charisma should be a new atribute? Having to spend points there to get pretty would... narrow down the beautifull chars quite a bit.. Hm, it should take a long time to learn magic I think...

[Samantha Meryadeles]

Charisma is, you could say, Essence. Essence is the inner light, the "shining". with alot of essence you are more lifefull and existant to others. your eyes are full of life and all

And samantha has alot from that

[Shadow Dancer]

But esscence is more like inner beauty I think. A strong soul. I have heard that beauty comes from the inside but... Again, this is not a personal hunt on you. I just think there are WAY to many goodlooking, and beautifull chars.

[Samantha Meryadeles]

not as many as you think. samanthas boyfriend for example is no supermodel but she still loves him

also this is a game. i see nothing bad when you want to play a good looking char in a game. one that is cool. noone has to be forced to play an ugly char just because there are not enough from them

[Dantagon Marescot]

Since when does she have a boyfriend? She seemed like a loner to me.

[Shadow Dancer]

No, but a char should be likely I think. I have played some real rp's, like DnD. Most of the chars around here would never been aproved by the gm...

[Samantha Meryadeles]

She has boyfriends since a long time. she just doesnt go around with them like others and make arounbd with them in public

[nmaguire]

She has boyfriends since a long time. she just doesnt go around with them like others and make arounbd with them in public

Tying them up so they can't escape? (Joke)

[Samantha Meryadeles]

No, but for her privat life MEANS privat life, and not "lets go and kiss infront of everyone else and start doing it with each other while peoples watch!"

[Shadow Dancer]

Now we are really getting of topic;)

[Garett Gwenour]

I thought Samantha was with Thomas but the Po stopped playing that character for some strange reason..