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Post by Forumlord of Talos on Jan 20, 2009 14:53:18 GMT -5
Before I jump in game I would like to correct an issue I have noticed of late
Right now there is a lot of talk and concern about spotting Hipsters.
I would like to talk about the times you do see someone. Recently on a few occasions when I have been stalking about on Rina. Following from the shadows playing bits of trickery with my spells. During this time I will often let the group ahead of me see me for a brief instance just to encourage RP.
The problem with this is several people know Rina when she is out and about doing her normal little walks among the players. She is that cute Little yappy arcane wiggler from the candle yep. Dressed in her green tunic and red beret. While I am out stalking folks I wear a full masked hood and leathers far less colorful.
I am sure you can see where this is going with this. But sure enough on recent occasions that Rina was stalking in DISGUISE. Someone in the crowd will blurt out "Ooh thats Rina Littlefoot" or something similiar.
No momo its a small figure cloaked in black slipping among the shadows. The name above someones head is OOC. Your visual perception does not include this. Please learn to role play based on the visual and before you blurt out a name you may be in question about PM that person first for clarification on recognition..
By not doing this what you have succeeded in doing is ruining the mystery aspect of the role play moment all together.
FAILURE may result in you becoming a garden gnome statue removing you from RP all together
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Post by DM Sir Carnifex on Jan 20, 2009 15:01:40 GMT -5
I will add something about this to the courtesy thread.
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Post by adzling on Jan 20, 2009 15:01:53 GMT -5
how many female gnomes stalk around hidden following people?
har really your point is well taken it's just difficult sometimes to keep this stuff straight with the game engine and all, sometimes i talk to invisible people cause i can't tell their invisible.
just send em a tell, the whole name floaty is hard for some to ignore.
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Post by DM Sir Carnifex on Jan 20, 2009 15:03:01 GMT -5
I will add something about this to the courtesy thread. On second thought, I won't as I seem to be unable to modify my own post. |
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Post by hnefi on Jan 20, 2009 15:30:21 GMT -5
Remember, it's very hard to keep track of the way every other character dresses, as well as their aliases or secret names, classes kept hidden (warlocks!), and so on and so forth. If someone spots you and calls out your name, they almost certainly didn't know you were trying to disguise yourself, so the best thing to do would probably be to just say "//Disguised" or something. It's worked well for me on other servers. Widgets or "disguise kits" that temporarily change a character's name are also a great help with these things, by the way, but I don't know whether they exist on this server (yet). Perhaps something to pray to the DM-deities about?  |
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Post by DM Sin on Jan 20, 2009 15:49:38 GMT -5
I was about to mention that hnefi. It can be abused though and could also make it harder for a DM to track which PC is which in a large event so maybe something that says the PC's name but has in disguise next to it to forewarn people i.e. Bob (In Disguise) or something like that.
Also unlocked your thread Carn, just add to it and I can lock it again if you want.
- Sin
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Post by Forumlord of Talos on Jan 20, 2009 16:36:54 GMT -5
Rina's appearance when disguised is very different from her normal appearance If i take the time to send an OOC saying disguised it too takes out a bit of the mystery in the situation. Often when i appear for a brief moment it is just to encourage RP among their group that someone else or something is near. I usually only stay visible for short burst as I dart from a corner thru a door etc. I have had fun encounters with folks following the shadowy figure as she leads them on little goose chases and re paths . I would like to see a renaming widget that works that would be a wonderful idea. But one should assume even before that that any figure wearing a masked hood or full helm is unrecognizable unless they speak and you have had detailed convos with them before. At which point a bluff versus a listen check would be a possible for recognition. On a side note Rina is a hin not a gnome so add another race to the list of what she could be let alone determining if that cloaked figure was male or female. Hell deep in the caves or woods she could be a goblin or kobold and not even register as a friendly race AND NO MELDOR she is not a kobold ya damn pointy elf. Dont make me steal yer blessins again |
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thegnomeherder
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Post by thegnomeherder on Jan 20, 2009 16:40:36 GMT -5
Theres really no mystery considering you can just hit "P" and see who all is in the area with you.
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Post by Forumlord of Talos on Jan 20, 2009 16:45:19 GMT -5
Theres really no mystery considering you can just hit "P" and see who all is in the area with you. Can we say META mechanic. One only knows who else is around if they use those OOC tools The problem is people allow their OOC meta to effect their persona in game SHAME SHAME |
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Post by thegnomeherder on Jan 20, 2009 16:47:34 GMT -5
Haha you were following the group I was in when I was in the orc place shooting goo at us, and they all kept saying OH! LOOK ITS RINA!
I was saying I saw a "short person" whenever I'd catch a glimpse!
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Post by Forumlord of Talos on Jan 20, 2009 18:29:51 GMT -5
Yeah then you know exactly what I am talking about LOL
you have no idea how many OOC tells I sent that night to correct folks. It is also why I never talked to anyone that night as there was to much META
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Post by DM haunted on Jan 20, 2009 19:24:43 GMT -5
Meta is gay..So is PETA LOL...anyways I encourage no Meta.
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Post by DEV Akavit on Jan 20, 2009 19:35:20 GMT -5
If you think it's hard using a mask for disguise, try removing a full helm and switching to new armor. So far only one player has realized that practically none of the current PC's have ever seen Flail's face since I created him.
So yes, I do send a lot of tells to people.
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Post by broham2 on Jan 20, 2009 20:20:40 GMT -5
I feel ya GC, I was just approached today by someone who recognized my VOICE from a previous interaction. It was at least a week ago real time, it was the first and only time we'd ever interacted, and I speak with different jargon/dialect when disguised/not disguised.
The person must have been a high level bard that has been training for years to match vocal cadence, dialect, and pitch. Oh wait, he wasnt.
I tried to RP out of it, saying no it wasnt me. If it persists, we will have another beautiful statue for the den.
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Post by Tiefling on Jan 21, 2009 2:13:04 GMT -5
Broham2, in my opinion speaking with 'dialects' really requires writing something almost 'illegible' compared to standard English.
"- A'dinnieken, yer b' brawding notalk."
Missing capital letters, however, should not warrant one speaking a different dialect - one speaking a different accent is a completely different story.
Thus, I got to ask how well you role-played your "different way of talking" since I was not an eyewitness to the incident. And I'd say it doesn't take a high level 'bard' to spot a 'bad speaker'.
As for the disguises, how can you separate someone dressed in one, from a guy who has just decided to dress in a different manner? I for one would not be wery keen on sending tells to every player asking if they happen to be in disguise.
And since I've, never, seen floating names, could you explain where the saying comes from? ;D
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