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by Ephemeralis
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Roundtable Questions for April 22nd
Replies: 6
Views: 454

Re: Roundtable Questions for April 22nd

Nightblade and Risk Levels: Is it intentional that mobs with multi-throw increase risk substantially with each thing thrown? I was going to bug it but ... it's technically working correctly. One attack = Risk level increase. The downside to this is that one "attack" is actually three or f...
by Ephemeralis
Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Various Quality-of-Life Suggestions
Replies: 244
Views: 14750

Re: Various Quality-of-Life Suggestions

The ability to STEAL FOOD or some other categorization for STEAL that isn't just blindly fishing inside people's pockets would be amazing - even if it's JUST for food only. Sometimes I just want to filch a bit of lunch, not necessarily yank someone's family heirloom out of their pack.
by Ephemeralis
Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Physicker PSA
Replies: 4
Views: 380

Re: Physicker PSA

I retired my physicker for similar reasons. If you're not jiving with the walk-in aspect of it and people treating you predominately as a service, I'd suggest trying something else. Arcanist has a good mix of stuff it can do itself while also having the whole provides-a-service element for it as wel...
by Ephemeralis
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Wishlist Ideas You Want to See
Replies: 122
Views: 7263

Re: Wishlist Ideas You Want to See

It would be awesome if aging characters had more hair color selections, such as 'graying' 'salt-and-pepper' 'silver' 'gray streaked' 'white' etc. This should already be a thing for characters of age > 40, adding some grays for color choice and "graying" for the style choice on applicable ...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

To close off my participation in this thread since I've made my stance on it abundantly clear (and anything further would probably not be productive), I had a moment to think of recommending this to a VI friend and then having to explain to them that they couldn't play a character angled off their o...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

Ultimately, it's about being mindful and respectful of marginalized communities and their experiences. While roleplay can involve playing characters that are different from oneself, it's important to approach those roles with empathy and sensitivity. I think Maina hit it right on the head that such...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

At some fundamental juncture, I think detractors towards the idea of playing disabled characters while not disabled themselves will ultimately want to reconsider the notion that roleplaying things that they are not (or not "qualified") is bad or is somehow undesirable, given what roleplay ...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

To clarify, it isn't as if I don't see the basis for the creation of this policy, just that it seems massively excessive to cast such a wide and non-specific net across so many character concepts when there's genuinely blurry lines between what a trait is (and can be) and what instead might be refle...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

...along with what smacks of the same kind of attitude from people who justify their actions because they "have black friends and they said it was okay" - maybe that isn't the case, but you aren't being very charitable towards the policy (which was implemented by one of the most chill, em...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

...along with what smacks of the same kind of attitude from people who justify their actions because they "have black friends and they said it was okay" - maybe that isn't the case, but you aren't being very charitable towards the policy (which was implemented by one of the most chill, em...