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Re: God Blogs
A quick-and-silly one for you! Because who doesn't love secrets?
Once you've read ours, what are some of yours?
Once you've read ours, what are some of yours?
Viravain
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1 - @Janalon 1000%, she basically kept me in the game and cultivated my interest in lore. Also @Rancoura because #rpgoalsJanalon did such a fantastic job with Nekotai. I had like rudimentary ideas that Janalon would 1000% carry, far beyond anything I could do. Best GA ever.
Synl
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1 - @Janalon 1000%, she basically kept me in the game and cultivated my interest in lore. Also @Rancoura because #rpgoalsTerentia said:I am the Questionmaster.
- Who has been a lasting influence on your character, player-wise?
- Do you have any OOC direct inspirations (characters from literature, games, etc.) for your character? If so, who or what are they? If not, where do you draw inspiration for how you think about your character?
- What is one current denizen that you would like to know more about?
- For those of you who are leaders (either of guilds or cities/communes), how do you stay motivated to continue doing the work that you do?
- When you are not in-game, do you ever get ideas for designing, roleplay, etc.? Where or how do you keep them? In your head? A notepad beside your computer? Other places?
- Show me your favorite design from another player (or at least, not designed by you)!
2 - basically Master Iroh
3 - Cle Lenaue, also the Papaxian Woman.
4 - A desire to have everything in its right place for other players so people can enjoy themselves the way they want, especially clear structures in organizations (Afollia and Rancoura will attest to this). IRL I'm basically ride-or-die for Zvoltz.
5 - I have a huge folder of notepad files.
6 - I have a soft spot for custom pets. I'm a Bizirik fan, love Nivn'falsia (by Rancoura) and have newly discovered @Azula's flippin' awesome mist whale.
Kalaneya
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Quite a few of the older Serens in various ways, lots of times promoting the full spectrum/depth of Seren.Terentia said:I am the Questionmaster.
- Who has been a lasting influence on your character, player-wise?
- Do you have any OOC direct inspirations (characters from literature, games, etc.) for your character? If so, who or what are they? If not, where do you draw inspiration for how you think about your character?
- What is one current denizen that you would like to know more about?
- For those of you who are leaders (either of guilds or cities/communes), how do you stay motivated to continue doing the work that you do?
- When you are not in-game, do you ever get ideas for designing, roleplay, etc.? Where or how do you keep them? In your head? A notepad beside your computer? Other places?
- Show me your favorite design from another player (or at least, not designed by you)!
2. There's a book series called the Witches of Elieanan and its sequel Rhiannon's Ride. Kinda more about the potential for "Nature" I guess.
Meghan particularly, she lives in a giant hollowed-out tree that's still living in a relatively untouched valley, she uses magic to create a bridge of vines, accelerate plant growth for food, she knows the various languages of the beasts and asks them for help.
It goes kinda a step further with the Faery races, catch-all for the original sapient inhabitants of the world. You see rigid tribal structures and the social importance behind them, other races on the verge of extinction because they seem scary or just for sport, human ignorance forcing the Faery into survival mode, etc. Kinda all add to the diverse view of "Nature".
3. Teharo maybe
4. Motivation is linked to interest for me, when I'm interested I can do a bunch of stuff. It's most interesting to talk about guild stuff generally for me so that's good I guess?
5. Google drive sorted by area, there's a folder called "Project: CUSTOMISE EVERYTHING" which is just Saran specific designs.
6. I don't really have one? Mostly because I prefer personal stuff and tend to design it all myself >_>
Saran
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. @Xypher. As Eri's unofficial mentor and official hero back in their Serenwilde days, Xypher was responsible for Eri's rise in politics/service, as well as honestly the only reason I stuck around with the game. After years of rolling throwaway characters that never really stuck, I happened to run into someone super cool, super helpful AND super svelte. This guy gets nothing but my highest praises forevermore.Terentia said:I am the Questionmaster.
- Who has been a lasting influence on your character, player-wise?
- Do you have any OOC direct inspirations (characters from literature, games, etc.) for your character? If so, who or what are they? If not, where do you draw inspiration for how you think about your character?
- What is one current denizen that you would like to know more about?
- For those of you who are leaders (either of guilds or cities/communes), how do you stay motivated to continue doing the work that you do?
- When you are not in-game, do you ever get ideas for designing, roleplay, etc.? Where or how do you keep them? In your head? A notepad beside your computer? Other places?
- Show me your favorite design from another player (or at least, not designed by you)!
2. Not really, at least nothing I can consciously pinpoint. My character is more a reflection of myself and his circumstances than a personality that can be charted out.
3. Shibungi Iborchi. In addition to him just being a hunky thirst trap (I even designed a nudey portrait tattoo of him for the city's cartel, swoon) I have a vested interest in all Iborchi. He's just hanging out being a cool guy for our collegium history quest, but I need to know more about the dude himself!
4. In the current age I am not and thus do not.
5. My phone's notes app is FILLED with random blurbles, from design appearances to vague new descriptions to wear, eventual play plots and questions of Great Importance to ask @Crumkane, you name it. Sometimes I'll log on mobile in the middle of the workday to tuck things into Eri's notepad, too.
6. I'm one of those people that only wears my own stuff 99% of the time, so pass! While I don't have a favourite, @Coraline has proven to be my biggest inspiration for food designs, which I will always struggle with. Her stuff is just mouthwatering to read.
Eritheyl
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Shayle, obviously. Much of the early Nimaet/Stormcrow family, esp. Ried. And of course Xiran, for transforming Synl in a very organic way.2. The Prince of Frost for the aesthetics.
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4. When this was the case, ie. when I was a teenager, just really wanting to leave a mark and make something timeless. Nowadays I don't care for that.
5. Just in my head, though honestly, Synl is probably the character I care least about. I had a lot of fun ideas for Mollorg, the monstrous Krokani of Hallifax, but I missed my artifacts just like a whole lot. For my TTRPG characters, I will write things down, usually by immediately messaging the DM of that game and pitching the idea to them.
6. Evey just finished this for me. It's a fair bit better than my original proposition of 'just like a really long black cloak...':
The leather of this cloak, composed from the hide of a monstrous midnight beast, finds itself thicker than the average supple hide. Meticulously hand-carved, a great scene of a snowstorm has been pressed into the hide. Blustering winds, represented by swirling lines as well as small dots for specks of ice, find their way into contentious chaos within the landscape. While small animals can hardly be seen within, a few ice-covered corpses can be found upon further inspection. Fitting decidedly tightly, the material begins just below the chin of its ward and drifts downwards to the shoulder blades. Embracing the neck with great ardour, the leather extends itself downwards to the collar bones where several etched silver talismans have been securely attached. Well worn, the symbols displayed upon the etchings have long ago been lost to time, leaving their meaning a well kept secret. Two fairly large silver snowflakes reside just beside the shoulders on this cloak. Each snowflake has a simple base design of four points with various points sticking out from within. From there, small pieces of crushed diamonds build upon them, making it seem as if each snowflake was encased within a layer of ice itself. Adding an air of decadence and wealth to the cloak, two large mountainous pauldrons arise skywards from their securely attached position on the shoulders. Lounging behind the shoulders and providing nothing more than added drama, an obscene amount of spider silk drifts down into a pool on the ground behind its owner. No great scene has been depicted upon this fabric. Instead, only a simple background of ebon with several varying shapes of snowflakes lies within. Each snow speck varies in shape, size and length; however, each has been adorned with a few speckles of crushed diamond to glisten in the available light.
Synl
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. Not this character, specifically, but Rancoura has always made a lasting impact on me as an RPer and I feel has left a lasting impact on my RP. For Vexacion specifically, Coraline has left a lasting impact on making Vex not quite so unpleasant.
2. The actual artwork for viscanti inspired me, and then I really just wanted to create a very Magnagoran character who's quite stoic. I love melding beauty and horror together, and the viscanti give me a canvas to do that because they can be mutated in a panoply of different ways. Personality-wise, Vex developed on her own; I knew I wanted to follow Raezon, because I hadn't yet, and I knew I wanted her to be a nerd and that's about it.
3. Finrik Lerit'r. It's an Order Mob, sure, but why is he there? How did he come to follow Raezon? Did he really eat all the candy that was supposed to be sold? (Also the Vernal Child, kthnx, need to know more.)
4. N/A, I'm not a leader and I refuse to be, I REFUSE. (Until Ein comes back, then I'll be his OH forever.)
5. I like my RP to be organic, so I don't get RP ideas when not playing, but I definitely have ideas for designs when I sit around. Most of them go into my Notepad++ under a new tab. If I'm not at my computer, I find the nearest piece of paper and write things down, but if I can't, I hope and pray my goldfish brain won't collapse on me.
6. Jolanthe designed something called 'a lich-y lychee cocktail' and right now, it's my favorite design ever (though we have so many great designers):
2. The actual artwork for viscanti inspired me, and then I really just wanted to create a very Magnagoran character who's quite stoic. I love melding beauty and horror together, and the viscanti give me a canvas to do that because they can be mutated in a panoply of different ways. Personality-wise, Vex developed on her own; I knew I wanted to follow Raezon, because I hadn't yet, and I knew I wanted her to be a nerd and that's about it.
3. Finrik Lerit'r. It's an Order Mob, sure, but why is he there? How did he come to follow Raezon? Did he really eat all the candy that was supposed to be sold? (Also the Vernal Child, kthnx, need to know more.)
4. N/A, I'm not a leader and I refuse to be, I REFUSE. (Until Ein comes back, then I'll be his OH forever.)
5. I like my RP to be organic, so I don't get RP ideas when not playing, but I definitely have ideas for designs when I sit around. Most of them go into my Notepad++ under a new tab. If I'm not at my computer, I find the nearest piece of paper and write things down, but if I can't, I hope and pray my goldfish brain won't collapse on me.
6. Jolanthe designed something called 'a lich-y lychee cocktail' and right now, it's my favorite design ever (though we have so many great designers):
Consume:
The ghostly body of this cocktail swims with indistinct dark shapes
as you bring it to your lips, with the opacity of the concoction making
it impossible to discern precisely what they are. Cold, creamy coconut
laced thoroughly with sweet lychee establishes an immediate presence,
actively competing with the zing of rice wine and the nuance of white
rum. As the drink lingers upon your palate, tart flourishes of
strawberry rise to the fore. The aftertaste sharpens into zesty notes of
lime and lemongrass, which cede and melt back away on the next quaff
should one be claimed.
Smell:
A cold caress of fruit essence twined amidst coconut and lemongrass chills your nostrils.
Taste:
Smooth coconut blossoms with sweet flourishes of lychee and strawberry amidst rum and rice wine.
Vexacion
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Re: Tweets VIII: Knocks Me Off My Tweet
i want that story on my desk first thing last weave Mboagn!
Togna
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Re: Lusternian AMA
1. I don't know, Eritheyl I guess would be my influence so far. Very early on he encouraged my shenanigans and helped form my characters initial personalityTerentia said:I am the Questionmaster.
- Who has been a lasting influence on your character, player-wise?
- Do you have any OOC direct inspirations (characters from literature, games, etc.) for your character? If so, who or what are they? If not, where do you draw inspiration for how you think about your character?
- What is one current denizen that you would like to know more about?
- For those of you who are leaders (either of guilds or cities/communes), how do you stay motivated to continue doing the work that you do?
- When you are not in-game, do you ever get ideas for designing, roleplay, etc.? Where or how do you keep them? In your head? A notepad beside your computer? Other places?
- Show me your favorite design from another player (or at least, not designed by you)!
2. ...yes. My character is a mix between Deacon from Fallout 4, Brock from Pokemon, and Lurbuk from Skyrim!
3. I can't answer this because I don't pay much attention to NPCs
4. I don't! I goof off and do my own thing and nobody in the Revelry gives a hoot that I'm not doing my guild tasks
5. I usually think "oh that would be a good joke/story to tell in character" and jot it down in my notes app on my phone and ultimately forget about it after that most of the time
6. "stud294255" a sugar stud
p 294255
This stud has been crafted from two smooth steel rods, the smaller
carved such that it can screw into the larger and secure the stud in
place. Both have been tipped with a hexagonal-shaped powerstone shard
resembling a sugar crystal.
Togna
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Clearly that will induce a phobia of logging off in you, and therefore prevent you from logging off ever! (Going as planned :P )Taemira said:@Maylea every interaction with you has been absolutely amazing. This has been my first time ever getting involved with an Order, and it has been a blast. Though I have to say that you've caught me off-guard every single time. First couple times I was just about to hit enter on logging off to go do something for a bit, and then tonight "It's late, I'mma go talk to the air for a bit... whoops!". Needless to say, I now get a little nervous when I go to log off.
In truth, though, I am glad you are enjoying it. And for you, or anyone else, if you do need to go, it's okay to say so, even ICly. We understand everyone has real life and that comes first!
Maylea
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