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by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

The interesting byproduct of this policy is that you are now no longer allowed to play pacifist chars. I'm not entirely sure how this policy restricts someone from playing a character that's opposed to war/violence/etc.? Certain kinds of pathological pacifism (aversion/revulsion to violence) fail t...
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

The interesting byproduct of this policy is that you are now no longer allowed to play pacifist chars.
by Ephemeralis
Wed Mar 08, 2023 4:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backstory Guidelines & Policy
Replies: 34
Views: 2132

Re: Backstory Guidelines & Policy

I understand what I think to be the general "airs" of this policy inclusion, but what is considered "significant functional impairment" from a mental perspective? Severe psychopathy? Delusions of grandeur? High levels of narcissism? Overattachment or dependency? The gamut for man...
by Ephemeralis
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Character Discussion
Topic: Playing a disabled: a fun ground for everyone
Replies: 20
Views: 1565

Re: Playing a disabled: a fun ground for everyone

I think these kinds of threads can be made with the best intentions in the world (and often are) but rarely end up productive. There is (in my view) a rarely spoken-about aspect of roleplaying discourse that involves a kind of unconscious identification of the motivators that spur people towards exh...
by Ephemeralis
Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Mistral Lake
Topic: Mistral Lake initial (and rather bare) release!
Replies: 135
Views: 8526

Re: Mistral Lake initial (and rather bare) release!

Does Mistral Lake have a functional cooking/chopping task/kitchen area?
by Ephemeralis
Wed Jan 04, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Sorcery
Topic: Warlock Ability Idea: Blood Detection
Replies: 4
Views: 421

Re: Warlock Ability Idea: Blood Detection

A better approach would be to not make blood whisper consume the sample (or do so at a low chance, which scales downward with higher Sorcery) and to have blood samples naturally expire a certain amount of time after they're harvested. Maybe using whisper more causes the samples to accelerate their d...
by Ephemeralis
Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:43 am
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Harvesting Grass
Replies: 3
Views: 166

Re: Harvesting Grass

You can craft a bushcraft sickle using an antler and a handle. This should probably be more common knowledge.
by Ephemeralis
Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Voice Chat Questions, Saturday 10 Dec.
Replies: 9
Views: 576

Re: Voice Chat Questions, Saturday 10 Dec.

Given Iarel's purported proximity to the Great Serpent Spirit, does this mean that followers of Iarel who are aware of druidic practices tend to be more supportive of it than most? Are they likely to play homage to the Great Serpent Spirit itself as well as Iarel?
by Ephemeralis
Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:18 am
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Conceptualization: Take a Closer Look.
Replies: 8
Views: 406

Re: Conceptualization: Take a Closer Look.

I genuinely cannot visualize 99.9% of COGG's current player characters because of how generic and non-descript the default descriptions are. The few that I can have received bespoke customizations that make them stand out in a crowd. Even people's outfits are a stretch at times, a sometimes dizzying...
by Ephemeralis
Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:28 am
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Unpopular Opinion: The IC boards shouldn't be anonymous
Replies: 8
Views: 401

Re: Unpopular Opinion: The IC boards shouldn't be anonymous

Inexplicable Aetgardian technology compels everyone that uses the boards to immediately out themselves in a distinctly identifiable fashion. That may sound a bit terse, and I certainly don't mean it to be, but that's more or less what you're suggesting. Rabble-rousing on the boards is an ancient pas...