Raist
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Post by Raist on Dec 9, 2008 14:19:50 GMT -5
Right now, as a DM, I may have the soldiers make people take off their helmets while in town. Really, there is nobody in his right mind who would go running about town with a full helm unless they were under siege or something. I think thats a bad call, since ther is no in game way of disguise. Thats the reason a full face helmet is used. I'm just saying. If everyone was wearing cloth hoods, noone would be so jumpy about this..Because it would fit the rest of what the subject is wearing. I think it is important to establish a culture where as long as there is no way to diguise, a full face helmet means a disguise. I can see why some players and DM's alike feel provoked by the large number of UD characters running around, but hey they are free pick and there is no UD to hide in.... all im saying is, show a little understanding |
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Post by driderman on Dec 9, 2008 14:27:45 GMT -5
Right now, as a DM, I may have the soldiers make people take off their helmets while in town. Really, there is nobody in his right mind who would go running about town with a full helm unless they were under siege or something. I think thats a bad call, since ther is no in game way of disguise. Thats the reason a full face helmet is used. I'm just saying. If everyone was wearing cloth hoods, noone would be so jumpy about this..Because it would fit the rest of what the subject is wearing. I think it is important to establish a culture where as long as there is no way to diguise, a full face helmet means a disguise. I can see why some players and DM's alike feel provoked by the large number of UD characters running around, but hey they are free pick and there is no UD to hide in.... all im saying is, show a little understanding True, true. If the majority of the player base and the majority of the DMs have an issue with people choosing the ECL races, well then it is within their power to request restrictions. Of course we can all hope that the curve will even out somehow, but it most likely won't, as plenty of players can justify to themselves why their special race character is a much better idea than everyone elses, or simply because people will fail to understand how many ECL races are on the server already. I'm guilty of this myself, the 3 characters in my vault are all ECL races, I really think a long part of the way it's simply that those unusual races are more appealing because they are just that, unusual. Of course, the stat boosts and special abilities probably appeal to a lot of players with some amount of powergamer mentality. Which I think very few of us can claim not to have |
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Post by DM Sir Carnifex on Dec 9, 2008 14:30:55 GMT -5
I'm guilty of this myself, the 3 characters in my vault are all ECL races, I really think a long part of the way it's simply that those unusual races are more appealing because they are just that, unusual. Not any more they aren't! I'd say lately they're quite usual. Also, with everyone getting their UD races up in level, come the UD they will steamroll through all the new content in the blink of an eye. Isn't that rather boring? |
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Raist
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Post by Raist on Dec 9, 2008 14:37:02 GMT -5
I'm guilty of this myself, the 3 characters in my vault are all ECL races, I really think a long part of the way it's simply that those unusual races are more appealing because they are just that, unusual. Not any more they aren't! I'd say lately they're quite usual. Also, with everyone getting their UD races up in level, come the UD they will steamroll through all the new content in the blink of an eye. Isn't that rather boring? But they have a city, they have quests and you then have a very very good excuse to hunt down those that do pop up on the surface. All i'm saying is, that untill there is an actual UD for UD races, its a witchunt. |
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Post by driderman on Dec 9, 2008 14:38:50 GMT -5
I'm guilty of this myself, the 3 characters in my vault are all ECL races, I really think a long part of the way it's simply that those unusual races are more appealing because they are just that, unusual. Not any more they aren't! I'd say lately they're quite usual. Also, with everyone getting their UD races up in level, come the UD they will steamroll through all the new content in the blink of an eye. Isn't that rather boring? Okay, okay. Theoretically unusual  My own Drow doesn't see much playtime though, as I'm rather dreading the whole "wear a stupid helmet all the time or get your head cut off" scenarios that will ensue. And when the Underdark is added and he spawns there, it will be just as weird since he left the Underdark a long time ago. I like my Earth Genasi much better anyway, he isn't afraid to push old people down the stairs and nobody bothers him about his appearance even though he has jet-black skin and wears a helmet... Edit: Raist has a point actually, it seems like some of the hate on Drow and the like stem from OOC reasonings, like people thinking there's too many of them. If that really is the general consensus, why not put a restriction on those races instead of ingame punishment? Although it certainly does make sense with a kill on sight policy from an RP standpoint. Even if its an " kill on sight, except these two blokes who are alright chaps and you'll get in trouble if you kill those two, so you'd better be taking names and hoping nobody evil got the memo that those are alright chums and are abusing it, cause then we get evil-doers into the city anyway" policy ;D |
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