Fantasy The Land of Lynthia

[KatsaNovari]

I'll most likely make a post at some point tomorrow, that would mean about three days have past on my end which seems reasonable enough waiting time :3

 

[Zerohex]

so, just a thought, maybe not grinding the RP to halt for 2 or 3 days at a time to wait and see if people post would be a good call. Like, yeah I get waiting for people (your co-gm especially) but killing the game's momentum on and off tends to make people who do actually want to play get bored and move on

 

[Thinslayer]

Frankly, I'm kind of stuck. Fang is a character I haven't explored much, so I don't really know how he'd respond in this situation. Plus, I feel kind of compelled to write something of quality considering the time spent waiting.

 

[KatsaNovari]

@Zerohex


I assure you that the wait won't always be this long. We're still in the beginning, so I just want to take care that not only two or three people are RPing together while the rest are left in the dust. I also wanted to give Jipan and Yonsisac the chance to have their characters interact a little and make it to the castle before the meeting and Parsnip the chance to do whatever he wanted to do with his own character.


I've been kinda busy myself lately so it was also a convenience xD


Regardless, I'll make sure to have the RP pick up a little while taking care that no one goes overboard with their posts and leaves everyone behind. Everyone's cooperation would be greatly appreciated as well.


@Thinslayer


Alright, I understand :3


You don't have to post if you don't want to. As it's most likely obvious already, I get a bit paranoid when it comes with lack of posts from others cause I get nervous we're being too impatient and not giving everyone the appropriate amount of time to wait on them, so by the time they come back they see these walls of text and get discouraged ^.^;

 

[TheJipan]

So does that mean I should post yet?

 

[Yonsisac]

shoold we have a small Convo between are characters like only 3 post maybe?

 

[KatsaNovari]

@TheJipan & @Yonsisac


You both may make a post or two each if you like. I'm going to go ahead and make my post now so I don't keep everyone else waiting ^.^;


 
@Zerohex


I believe his character sheet didn't specify if he had an accent or not, but since he is a foriegner in the land of Lynthia, I figured his accent would be considered different like in real life haha. I hope that's okay ^.^;


If not, let me know and I'll edit my post!

 

[Zerohex]

s cool, longtime travellers tend to have really weird and hard to place accents as they get used to different intonations and pick up new words n whatnot from a variety of places.

 

[Boomrocker]

@Thinslayer


I am awaiting a response from you before I can continue. If a post does not happen within the next eight hours or so, Vatar will assume that Fang was stunned into silence and interact with someone else.

 

[KatsaNovari]

@Zerohex & @Boomrocker


I just wanted to let you both know that, with how things are currently going, I'm a bit worried about the relationship of your characters with everyone else. The goal is to (hopefully) have everyone band together and work together, but at the moment that may not be a possibility if the characters dislike each other and would prefer to stay away from them xD


Anyway, just thought I'd bring this to attention to see if this was intended or can be mended before things pick up.

 

[Boomrocker]

This is intended. Trust is earned.

 

[Zerohex]

Ajax is that guy who you dislike, but realize he's a massive asset to your adventure by virtue of being a murder machine on your side so you grudgingly respect him as a meatshield and kind of hope he'll mess up so you can be smug to him. You can't really stop Ajax from going in the same quest anyway and all it takes is for a character to prove they are not, in fact, completely useless for him to at least acknowledge they have some worth. But unless you've actually lived a hard life, have the signs to show it and can rely entirely on your own body? He's gonna feel superior to you. Because he has.

 

[Thinslayer]

I'm likewise concerned. Trust is earned, true, but so is mistrust. It can be bred, cultivated, or whatever, but it doesn't just simply spawn for no reason. Similarly worrisome is that he can't recognize Fang as a Patrol wolf. He's big, he talks, he's ripped with military muscle, and he wears armor and prosthetics. If that's not a dead giveaway for who he serves, then Tin Man is an idiot.

 

[Boomrocker]

I'm likewise concerned. Trust is earned, true, but so is mistrust. It can be bred, cultivated, or whatever, but it doesn't just simply spawn for no reason. Similarly worrisome is that he can't recognize Fang as a Patrol wolf. He's big, he talks, he's ripped with military muscle, and he wears armor and prosthetics. If that's not a dead giveaway for who he serves, then Tin Man is an idiot.

Description: The first thing you notice about Fang is his eyes. Dark pupils set in a pair of milky white orbs gaze back at you, understanding you and accepting you for who you are. He keeps his cloudy gray fur neatly groomed, and brushed when he can afford it, and never wanders far without the Medallion of Knighthood on his collar. His deep, solemn speech brings forth poetry, and in his mouth is wisdom befitting his rank.
No others in the pack share his name, for common though it seems to untrained ears, the name of a canine's strongest weapon is only granted to those deemed worthy. Understanding the solemn responsibility he bears as elder of the pack, Fang set off alone on his mission to bring down justice upon the wicked. And though he has served among the Lynthian Knights with dignity as humanity's bastion against evil, he was never allowed to forget who he was: a lowly dog in the land of Men.

As you can see from the above, the only parts actually described of Fang are the colour of his fur, his eyes, and a medallion on his collar. His very race is canis lupus sapiens, literally sapient grey wolf. As there is nothing else there that differentiates him from the common wolf, for all intents and purposes he is simply a well groomed wolf that talks. If that is not the case, I would suggest liaising with the GM and updating your character sheet so that further confusion does not occur.


Riese Vatar is also foreign, his last location before being here being the distant town of Karcoon. Ignorance does not equal idiocy. In addition, in the description tab of Fang's sheet of all things, the last line states that he is just a lowly dog in the land of Men. True or not, Riese Vatar (or any foreigner) is going to see exactly that and react accordingly. Any other behaviour would be out of character.


I am simply playing my character as written. A conflict amongst the party can create far more entertaining roleplay than happy happy joy joy at all times. I'm willing to play it out if you are.

 

[Yonsisac]

@TheJipan


IM SO SORRY HAVE BEEN GONE ALL DAY SORRY!

 

[KatsaNovari]

@Boomrocker

Abilities:
*Fangs of Lynthia: Through a delicate and painful surgical operation, his teeth have been reinforced and armored with stainless steel implants forged with the highest quality metal by the most skilled blacksmiths in the kingdom. They are able to pierce even plated steel armor as if it were butter, and the mightiest sword blows will not crack them or injure the bones in which they're rooted.


*Repeating Crossbow: Gauntlets on Fang's forelegs contain folded repeating crossbows that he can fire when it is too dangerous to engage a foe up close. He acquired the design from Eastern smiths, so it's unique to him for the time being. They can fire about 10 shots each before requiring a reload.

To be fair, that was also on his character sheet^


I also did not realize your character was suppose to be a foreigner? Which is fine, but I think this might stir up a few problems with the RP. I had thought Windradchen was still native to Lynthia, even if further from other towns, and Karcoon (which wasn't brought to my attention and mentioned for the first time (unless I missed something, then in that case, my mistake) in your first post in the RP) had something to do with Windradchen, not its own place entirely. Which again, that's okay if he's foreign but some more info on this may be necessary as well as why the King would know the events of a neighboring country and invite a resident at that. It was also specified that the Xillies were attacking Lynthian towns and are known in this land, not neighboring countries.


@Zerohex


Alright, fair enough. Regardless, I still implore that you be mindful of your character and heed this as a warning. While I myself enjoy a good conflict or two, and seek to improve character bonds or even have rivals (or even enemies) in the same group, there sometimes needs to be a limit on how far a character behaves toward others "just because he/she can". This isn't just for in-character puposes, but outside of it as well. That type of character may not be fun to RP with and would rather be avoided, especially if the Rper or Rpers own characters would react in a way that suits them rather than what suits your character.


I'm not saying you need to change your character, mind, or that this isn't allowed. At times arrogant, egotistical charactets make the RP more exciting! But they should be balanced out. I just want to have you be aware of this in the beginning and how some may react to him to avoid any possible conflict further down the road. I've been in far too many RPs where things got out of hand far too quickly, and I just want to take care that no problem ensues because of a disagreement. ^.^

 

[Boomrocker]

@Boomrocker
To be fair, that was also on his character sheet^


I also did not realize your character was suppose to be a foreigner? Which is fine, but I think this might stir up a few problems with the RP. I had thought Windradchen was still native to Lynthia, even if further from other towns, and Karcoon (which wasn't brought to my attention and mentioned for the first time (unless I missed something, then in that case, my mistake) in your first post in the RP) had something to do with Windradchen, not its own place entirely. Which again, that's okay if he's foreign but some more info on this may be necessary as well as why the King would know the events of a neighboring country and invite a resident at that. It was also specified that the Xillies were attacking Lynthian towns and are known in this land, not neighboring countries.

We discussed this in the PMs you sent me before we began. The map is of Lynthia, Windradchen is off the map to the distant east, therefore it follows that he is foreign. Why would it be otherwise? Your note about Karcoon I can understand, as I misread the initial post and believed the invasion was happening everywhere. It is no big deal to for me to say that Riese Vatar was in Lynthia at the time.


I don't see how adding weapons to the paws of a wolf would serve as being armored. It is still just a wolf with crossbows on his paws and a collar that Riese Vatar hasn't checked. My point is that there is no indication in the RP nor in the Character Sheet that Fang is any more than a talking wolf with a couple of extra bits. I am perfectly happy to allow yourself and Thinslayer to flesh it out further to correct any misinterpretation I may possess.

 

[KatsaNovari]

We did discuss it, but originally you stated that the town was north of Mt. Lyn, which I then said "I don't think it'd be possible for Windradchen to be north of Mount Lyn, as the mountains back there are considered to be unreachable and right at Lynthia's border." I then said that it could be east of Mt. Lyn, believing you were implying that the town was in the mountains and far from other town and cities, not Lynthia itself. Which isn't anyones' fault, just a miscommunication on both ends. I'm also absolutely fine with having your character be in Lynthia at the time of the attack.


As for "fleshing out your post", I was actually referencing your earlier post when describing Fang's appearance. Generally, though, even if Riese is a foreigner I would of thought an animal being able to use a weapon, when animals rarely ever do if they do at all, would of left some sort of impression, but of course all characters react differently and aren't so easily impressed.


I'm getting ready to make my post soon, by the way.

 

[Zerohex]

I was out till just now.


Nowhere in Thinslayer's CS does it say his character is "big, ripped with military muscle". I'm pointing this out because mine does actually make note of Ajax's size and muscle, so really, if he wanted his character to be large and muscular he could've done written it in, it tends to be an important part of description. All we got was a beautifully groomed wolf, lots of detail in that regard, nothing about size or strength. Only mention of armor was the gauntlets, which I'm absolutely not sure how they look like or how they'd even function, and shiny teeth for prosthetics.


I'm also getting conflicting messages here. Like, you tell me my character is totally fine and I don't need to change him, and that abrasive party members and potential conflicts and coarse character interactions make things more exciting. But also that I need to stop roleplaying my character as he is because other players might get upset at an abrasive character who's survived a crappy life by way of his own strength and therefore feels superior to others that haven't and I should take this as a warning. So which one is it? And I was just saying, it's not so hard to get on Ajax's good side, it's literally "don't be useless during the adventure or show some chutzpah", you know, things that really should happen naturally.

 

[Thinslayer]

Fang is a large, muscular, gray wolf, and very wolf-like at that. Just so you know.

@Zerohex


I believe I established his size and strength on page 6 of the OOC chat tab. It's not much of a stretch to believe - he *is* in the military, after all.


EDIT: I've updated the character sheet. @KatsaNovari

 

[Zerohex]

And I'm just saying man, it's not actually in your character profile. Like at all. All we have to go on beyond the gauntlets, which I'd love an explanation on btw, and the shiny teeth is that your wolf is, in fact, very pretty, well groomed and has understanding eyes. And that hardly screams military or big to me. People go to CSes to check on how characters look like and what powers and equipment they have, right?

 

[DrBones]

@Zerohex
I believe I established his size and strength on page 6 of the OOC chat tab. It's not much of a stretch to believe - he *is* in the military, after all.


EDIT: I've updated the character sheet. @KatsaNovari

You probably should have included that earlier, instead of only revealing it out-of-character.

 

[Thinslayer]

@Zerohex


Well, it's in the profile now.


Fang was a member of the Patrol, and like any other government agency, the Patrol wolves are given pre-purchased equipment. Fang's equipment of choice was crossbow gauntlets. No animal in the wild ever wears things like that. They don't wear anything *period*. The fact that he's wearing *anything* should have told him that this wolf belongs to someone. The gauntlets should have given it away that he's a Patrol wolf.

 

[Zerohex]

@KatsaNovari is prolly gonna want to update his accepted characters post with the new CS.


Also I thought Fang "acquired the design from Eastern smiths, so it's unique to him for the time being". And yes, it was acknowledged Fang was probably owned by someone by both Ajax and Riese, they just didn't know who since, ya know, they're foreigners and animals with stuff on them isn't necessarily rare in fantasy worlds. Also if the wolves get a pick of equipment then the gauntlets wouldn't really mark him as being patrol specifically, because they're not the only weapon issued to them ever. I'm really curious on how they look like and how they work, btw.

 

[ComradeSenpai]

Hey, I've been lurking for a while and I have a serious question.


How do Fang's gauntlet's work? I mean he's a wolf, right? He doesn't have the fingers necessary to operate a crossbow's mechanism, even a repeater bow.