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I am getting really tired of people making fun of my empath for her completely in-genre outfit because it looks 'fluffy'
I used long taps on the items which contribute to the long description but she's only really wearing a cotehardie, an overdress, stockings, garter, slippers, earrings, amulet, hip-chain, earrings, rings, two necklaces, and her herb-pouches and handbag. Yet people constantly wonder how a GOR TOG can walk with NORMAL clothing and small containers on!
A dark brown Zoluren marnet glances up at the stars and makes a purring sound of contentment.
>cotehardie, an overdress, stockings, garter, slippers, earrings, amulet, hip-chain, earrings, rings, two necklaces, and her herb-pouches and handbag.
That's fluffy.
Thrall of Dergati,
Heroiklim Zortal
Cast of iron, dull grey and pitted, this altar is cold and lifeless. A thin coating of rust covers its surface. The words "Even Death We Master" are scrawled across the altar, defacing even destruction.
That's fluffy.
Thrall of Dergati,
Heroiklim Zortal
Cast of iron, dull grey and pitted, this altar is cold and lifeless. A thin coating of rust covers its surface. The words "Even Death We Master" are scrawled across the altar, defacing even destruction.
>> That's fluffy.
Our definitions of 'fluffy' differ.
A functioning outfit, while possibly elaborate, doesn't quite qualify as fluffy unless the outfit makes no sense. At least in my mind.
A million trinkets and every shiny bit of crap you can lay your hands on with no regard as to whether or not you're constructing an actual outfit...that's fairly fluffy. I tried visualizing one of the many notorious Empath fluffballs and...failed. Heh. It's just too much.
I worry about the length of my characters' inventory description every now and then, but I've always been able to visualize them just fine. Right down to the containers. I can even draw them without having to cram anything in. So I don't let six lines (at my resolution with my client and font settings) bug me too much.
Rev. Reene, player of a few
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Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
Our definitions of 'fluffy' differ.
A functioning outfit, while possibly elaborate, doesn't quite qualify as fluffy unless the outfit makes no sense. At least in my mind.
A million trinkets and every shiny bit of crap you can lay your hands on with no regard as to whether or not you're constructing an actual outfit...that's fairly fluffy. I tried visualizing one of the many notorious Empath fluffballs and...failed. Heh. It's just too much.
I worry about the length of my characters' inventory description every now and then, but I've always been able to visualize them just fine. Right down to the containers. I can even draw them without having to cram anything in. So I don't let six lines (at my resolution with my client and font settings) bug me too much.
Rev. Reene, player of a few
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Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
<<A million trinkets and every shiny bit of crap you can lay your hands on with no regard as to whether or not you're constructing an actual outfit...that's fairly fluffy. I tried visualizing one of the many notorious Empath fluffballs and...failed. Heh. It's just too much.>>
Every now and again, I get the urge to make character portraits for fluffball characters, just to show them "OMGZ THIS WOULD LOOK RIDICULOUS." Not quite the height of fashion, but this is Ahmir's outfit sans armor and weapons (well, mostly sans weapons):
You are wearing a broad-brimmed black leather hat, a ruby-inlaid ebony skull hung from a heavy iron chain, a road-worn traveler's cloak, a hand-stitched traveler's pack, a flecked black albredine ring, a cambrinth ring, a red sash, a woven silver tailband decorated with polished amber beads and some dark leather pants cinched with braided leather.
Though, it helps that it's summer.
Marksman Ahmir Nam'al
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn."
-Distant hills look green.
Every now and again, I get the urge to make character portraits for fluffball characters, just to show them "OMGZ THIS WOULD LOOK RIDICULOUS." Not quite the height of fashion, but this is Ahmir's outfit sans armor and weapons (well, mostly sans weapons):
You are wearing a broad-brimmed black leather hat, a ruby-inlaid ebony skull hung from a heavy iron chain, a road-worn traveler's cloak, a hand-stitched traveler's pack, a flecked black albredine ring, a cambrinth ring, a red sash, a woven silver tailband decorated with polished amber beads and some dark leather pants cinched with braided leather.
Though, it helps that it's summer.
Marksman Ahmir Nam'al
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn."
-Distant hills look green.
I love checking out what other people are wearing. Its always interesting to see what people have put together, or thrown together in a giant lump, as the case may be. I am admittedly very picky about my own items. I only wear a few select things which I try to coordinate fairly well. If my LOOK description gets to where its more than three or four lines on my screen, I eliminate things.
I would consider someone "fluffy" when they're wearing enough stuff that I lose interest in trying to read through it. If I look at you and you have 7 or 8 lines of stuff on, I'm probably not going to bother reading it, no matter how well thoughtout an ensemble it is.
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I would consider someone "fluffy" when they're wearing enough stuff that I lose interest in trying to read through it. If I look at you and you have 7 or 8 lines of stuff on, I'm probably not going to bother reading it, no matter how well thoughtout an ensemble it is.
http://www.clawandfang.com
>>A functioning outfit, while possibly elaborate, doesn't quite qualify as fluffy unless the outfit makes no sense. At least in my mind. A million trinkets and every shiny bit of crap you can lay your hands on with no regard as to whether or not you're constructing an actual outfit...that's fairly fluffy.
I concur with this definition. I found nothing "fluffy" about Nirveli's empath's outfit. While my ranger wears a cotton shirt, bearskin vest, buckskin pants, a belt and moccasins as his non-hunting outfit, my paladin tends to dress up more because he has a social standing. I think he wears a bilaud, tunic, chausses, mantle, shoes (or pattens?), gloves and a coif or a cap, all of which are made of linen or silk and richly embroidered, jewelled or fur-trimmed.
Since we're in the fashion folder, does anyone know a place IG that sells something similar to crackowes/poulaines, the pointed shoes worn during the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance?
~Thilan
I concur with this definition. I found nothing "fluffy" about Nirveli's empath's outfit. While my ranger wears a cotton shirt, bearskin vest, buckskin pants, a belt and moccasins as his non-hunting outfit, my paladin tends to dress up more because he has a social standing. I think he wears a bilaud, tunic, chausses, mantle, shoes (or pattens?), gloves and a coif or a cap, all of which are made of linen or silk and richly embroidered, jewelled or fur-trimmed.
Since we're in the fashion folder, does anyone know a place IG that sells something similar to crackowes/poulaines, the pointed shoes worn during the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance?
~Thilan
I define fluff as anything that doesn't have a purpose outside of character development or roleplay. Character history, mannerisms, etc are not necessary to playing the game. Knowing what your character would wear and procuring a specific outfit to match your vision of your character so others get a better idea and will see that character closer to the way you view them... is fluff, e.g. not necessary to playing or advancing in game in a way that is substantially measured. If it doesn't have a practical use except looking pretty, it's fluff... by that defintion most of my characters are fluffy, but I also don't see fluff as being disparaging or derogatory either, which most people assume when someone uses it. The term fluff, in actual normal english usage (which I've infered is optional while speaking in or of Elanthia), isn't meant to be degrading.
Thrall of Dergati,
Heroiklim Zortal
Cast of iron, dull grey and pitted, this altar is cold and lifeless. A thin coating of rust covers its surface. The words "Even Death We Master" are scrawled across the altar, defacing even destruction.
Thrall of Dergati,
Heroiklim Zortal
Cast of iron, dull grey and pitted, this altar is cold and lifeless. A thin coating of rust covers its surface. The words "Even Death We Master" are scrawled across the altar, defacing even destruction.
>>I define fluff as anything that doesn't have a purpose outside of character development or roleplay. Character history, mannerisms, etc are not necessary to playing the game. Knowing what your character would wear and procuring a specific outfit to match your vision of your character so others get a better idea and will see that character closer to the way you view them... is fluff, e.g. not necessary to playing or advancing in game in a way that is substantially measured.
You don't consider your character's mannerisms or history integral to his/her roleplay? How exactly do you roleplay with any consistency then?
~Thilan
You don't consider your character's mannerisms or history integral to his/her roleplay? How exactly do you roleplay with any consistency then?
~Thilan
The problem I have is people asking a Gor'Tog how she moves under her alleged burden of clothing and containers. That's insulting.
A well-thought outfit could take up six or seven lines due to the tap and no I don't wear trinkets and stuff yet people constantly call her fluffy and make fun of her outfit.
A dark brown Zoluren marnet glances up at the stars and makes a purring sound of contentment.
A well-thought outfit could take up six or seven lines due to the tap and no I don't wear trinkets and stuff yet people constantly call her fluffy and make fun of her outfit.
A dark brown Zoluren marnet glances up at the stars and makes a purring sound of contentment.
Except that six or seven lines of clothing IS fluffy. It may only be a few articles of clothing, but if it takes up the same space as Purrmeowkins, Fluffy Empath of DEWM with a billion trinkets, it looks just as fluffy.
Besides, items with long tap descriptions, altered or not, are just as gaudy and fluffy as a flower charm or a billion trinkets.
Orpheus: "You've been powering this machine with a forsaken child?"
Venture: "What? It's not like I used the whole thing."
Besides, items with long tap descriptions, altered or not, are just as gaudy and fluffy as a flower charm or a billion trinkets.
Orpheus: "You've been powering this machine with a forsaken child?"
Venture: "What? It's not like I used the whole thing."
You are Mythmaker Nirveli Visolela-Shontoleen, Florist of Elanthia, a Gor'Tog Trader.
You have an angular face with a generous mouth, gold-flecked amber eyes and an aquiline nose. You have jade skin and a lissome figure.
You are very tall for a Gor'Tog.
You have a tattoo of delicate amber and bronze butterfly blossoms inked in intricate swirls that brush against her eyes and mouth and encircle her ears in bright wreaths. The blooms cascade down to her neck, almost covering a collar that is inked in heavy black, its clasp smashed open. More of the flowers tumble past the collar, turning into true butterflies in vibrant hues of green and gold that flutter down her arm to end on your left wrist.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a diminutive golden frog, an exquisite angel mask fastened with long white and dove gray feathers, a platinum jadeite gwethdesuan, a platinum kyanite gwethdesuan, a glittering silver ear cuff, a pair of mother-of-pearl carved leaf earrings in silver wire settings, a golden sack, a baby blue sack, a soft pink sack, an amber gold sack, a turquoise sack, a snow white sack, a sienna gold sack, a pitch-black sack, an ice-blue snowdrop, a thin silver pin, a khor'vela-wood crossbow carved to form a stylized winged wolf, a rose-petal nightsilk duffel, an ice-blue gauze farasah edged with metallic roses and belted with a thin animite chain, a steel-banded ironwood oval shield, an icy blue satin handbag sprinkled with diminutive clear crystal snowflakes, a spidersilk poke, an albredine crystal ring, a band of joined damite and animite wolves with wings made from clear Xibar topaz, a bejeweled steelsilk moneybelt clasped by a wolf with clear Xibar topaz wings, a leather feedbag with silver handles, a woven-grass sack adorned with a multitude of small baubles and trinkets, an embroidered canvas pouch bearing the crest of Zoluren, an icy-blue satinwood spellbook case inset with gleaming sapphire frost scythes, a filmy skirt of sheer gauze over ice-blue silk wrapped with a dangling fringe and embroidered with tiny golden arrows, a silken thigh pouch woven from a multitude of colorful ribbons and rosettes, an ice-blue lace trimmed garter and a pair of winged thigh boots dyed the icy blue of Xibar's light.
I was actually speaking of my empath character though, people seem to expect a trader to be fluffy.
A dark brown Zoluren marnet glances up at the stars and makes a purring sound of contentment.
You have an angular face with a generous mouth, gold-flecked amber eyes and an aquiline nose. You have jade skin and a lissome figure.
You are very tall for a Gor'Tog.
You have a tattoo of delicate amber and bronze butterfly blossoms inked in intricate swirls that brush against her eyes and mouth and encircle her ears in bright wreaths. The blooms cascade down to her neck, almost covering a collar that is inked in heavy black, its clasp smashed open. More of the flowers tumble past the collar, turning into true butterflies in vibrant hues of green and gold that flutter down her arm to end on your left wrist.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a diminutive golden frog, an exquisite angel mask fastened with long white and dove gray feathers, a platinum jadeite gwethdesuan, a platinum kyanite gwethdesuan, a glittering silver ear cuff, a pair of mother-of-pearl carved leaf earrings in silver wire settings, a golden sack, a baby blue sack, a soft pink sack, an amber gold sack, a turquoise sack, a snow white sack, a sienna gold sack, a pitch-black sack, an ice-blue snowdrop, a thin silver pin, a khor'vela-wood crossbow carved to form a stylized winged wolf, a rose-petal nightsilk duffel, an ice-blue gauze farasah edged with metallic roses and belted with a thin animite chain, a steel-banded ironwood oval shield, an icy blue satin handbag sprinkled with diminutive clear crystal snowflakes, a spidersilk poke, an albredine crystal ring, a band of joined damite and animite wolves with wings made from clear Xibar topaz, a bejeweled steelsilk moneybelt clasped by a wolf with clear Xibar topaz wings, a leather feedbag with silver handles, a woven-grass sack adorned with a multitude of small baubles and trinkets, an embroidered canvas pouch bearing the crest of Zoluren, an icy-blue satinwood spellbook case inset with gleaming sapphire frost scythes, a filmy skirt of sheer gauze over ice-blue silk wrapped with a dangling fringe and embroidered with tiny golden arrows, a silken thigh pouch woven from a multitude of colorful ribbons and rosettes, an ice-blue lace trimmed garter and a pair of winged thigh boots dyed the icy blue of Xibar's light.
I was actually speaking of my empath character though, people seem to expect a trader to be fluffy.
A dark brown Zoluren marnet glances up at the stars and makes a purring sound of contentment.
>>Purrmeowkins, Fluffy Empath of DEWM with a billion trinkets
Gotta love the seizure-inducing look of dewm from those cases...if you have enough time to sigh between the LOOK command and then the server returning the command with all the stuff, you've got too much...hehe
But I don't recall Nirveli being one of those cases...this, of course, is in my humble opinion...
And Olesh owes an apology to everyone in the Library for the .5 second outburst of laughter I made when I read the quoted line. :cackle:
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
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Gotta love the seizure-inducing look of dewm from those cases...if you have enough time to sigh between the LOOK command and then the server returning the command with all the stuff, you've got too much...hehe
But I don't recall Nirveli being one of those cases...this, of course, is in my humble opinion...
And Olesh owes an apology to everyone in the Library for the .5 second outburst of laughter I made when I read the quoted line. :cackle:
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
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Join The Fallen!
Heh, got sacks?
Where in the heck did you get those? They have to be belt-worn...you sort mail in your spare time or something? LOL
All in fun jest, no harm intended :-)
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
Where in the heck did you get those? They have to be belt-worn...you sort mail in your spare time or something? LOL
All in fun jest, no harm intended :-)
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
Well uhh...I don't know who your Empath is :P At least I was thinking of the wrong person though.
My craptacular outfit!
You are Researcher Caelumia Y'laeth, Traveler of Elanthia, an Elf.
You have an oval face with elegant arched eyebrows, pointed ears, tilted blue-grey eyes and a pointy nose. Your silver-gilt hair is long and straight, and is worn loose, tucked behind your ears. You have pale skin and a slender figure.
You are short for an Elf.
You have a tattoo of a tiny blue crescent moon cradled inside a shadow black star inked simply on your left wrist.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a stylized ivory Tokka card medallion overlain with a hematite web, a simple silver locket, an elegant night-black traveler's rucksack with a silver clasp, a deeply-hooded twilight blue silk longcoat edged with embroidered nightshade, an indigo belted leather baldric fitted with a burnished silver crescent moon buckle, a tight black high-necked sweater, a polished gold engagement ring set with a single perfect diamond, an albredine crystal ring, a silver-inlaid willow spellbook case, a black velvet sundries bag embellished with fine embroidery, some fitted linen pants laced at the sides with red leather cords and some polished leather traveler's boots.
I know, I know, sweater in the middle of summer...but it was storming for awhile there.
Rev. Reene, player of a few
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Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
My craptacular outfit!
You are Researcher Caelumia Y'laeth, Traveler of Elanthia, an Elf.
You have an oval face with elegant arched eyebrows, pointed ears, tilted blue-grey eyes and a pointy nose. Your silver-gilt hair is long and straight, and is worn loose, tucked behind your ears. You have pale skin and a slender figure.
You are short for an Elf.
You have a tattoo of a tiny blue crescent moon cradled inside a shadow black star inked simply on your left wrist.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a stylized ivory Tokka card medallion overlain with a hematite web, a simple silver locket, an elegant night-black traveler's rucksack with a silver clasp, a deeply-hooded twilight blue silk longcoat edged with embroidered nightshade, an indigo belted leather baldric fitted with a burnished silver crescent moon buckle, a tight black high-necked sweater, a polished gold engagement ring set with a single perfect diamond, an albredine crystal ring, a silver-inlaid willow spellbook case, a black velvet sundries bag embellished with fine embroidery, some fitted linen pants laced at the sides with red leather cords and some polished leather traveler's boots.
I know, I know, sweater in the middle of summer...but it was storming for awhile there.
Rev. Reene, player of a few
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Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
Hey Look at me!
You are M**r Baiter of Elanthia, a Gnome Warrior Mage.
You have dark eyes. Your black hair is short and straight, and is worn parted down the center. You have copper skin.
You are short for a Gnome.
You have a thick bushy mustache that droops heavily on your upper lip and a long shaggy beard.
You have faint scuffing to the abdomen. <-- In combat at the moment, pardon the scuffing
You are in good shape.
You are holding a scimitar in your right hand.
You are wearing a haversack, a dark stained target shield, a mistwood longbow, a dark leather armband adorned with dangling red hawk feathers, a map case, a name tag, some black fish-net stockings, a pair of black stiletto sling-back heels, a silver cloak, a wide Dwarven mining belt of sturdy worn leather, a red fireman's uniform, a transparent pink silk thong, a tight fitting pink cardigan sweater, a journey pack, a twisted cambrinth armband, some mail gloves, some chain greaves, a full chain shirt, a chain balaclava and a duffel bag.
Too bad I don't have Samus's outfit done yet...so many alterations to do, so little time :-\
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
You are M**r Baiter of Elanthia, a Gnome Warrior Mage.
You have dark eyes. Your black hair is short and straight, and is worn parted down the center. You have copper skin.
You are short for a Gnome.
You have a thick bushy mustache that droops heavily on your upper lip and a long shaggy beard.
You have faint scuffing to the abdomen. <-- In combat at the moment, pardon the scuffing
You are in good shape.
You are holding a scimitar in your right hand.
You are wearing a haversack, a dark stained target shield, a mistwood longbow, a dark leather armband adorned with dangling red hawk feathers, a map case, a name tag, some black fish-net stockings, a pair of black stiletto sling-back heels, a silver cloak, a wide Dwarven mining belt of sturdy worn leather, a red fireman's uniform, a transparent pink silk thong, a tight fitting pink cardigan sweater, a journey pack, a twisted cambrinth armband, some mail gloves, some chain greaves, a full chain shirt, a chain balaclava and a duffel bag.
Too bad I don't have Samus's outfit done yet...so many alterations to do, so little time :-\
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
>>Love the thong, dahling.
I totally had to buy it when my wife wasn't looking...because she wanted the same one for her character.
BritneySmears exclaims "And my favorite color is fluorescent clear!" I still laugh when I think of this quote...
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
I totally had to buy it when my wife wasn't looking...because she wanted the same one for her character.
BritneySmears exclaims "And my favorite color is fluorescent clear!" I still laugh when I think of this quote...
~Brady, player of Bounty Hunter Samus, Wayne Brady and M. Baiter of The Fallen
The shadowling exclaims, "Bogo!"
Looks like someone has BOGO on the brain...
~~~
Join The Fallen!
I'm pretty happy with mine right now. I think my features are about as long as my fluff.
You are Tykyra Wellsbane, Witch of Ilithi, an Elf.
You have an oval face with elegant arched eyebrows, pointed ears, thick-lashed dark eyes and a small nose. Your snow-white-streaked black hair is long and thick, and is worn in a tousled, finger-combed style. You have fair skin and a lissome figure. A circle of obsidian is positioned between your eyes, surrounded by an aura of shadow rippling against your skin.
You have a tattoo of a thick-bodied spider sitting in the middle of a silver web on your back.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a platinum kyanite gwethdesuan, a platinum jadeite gwethdesuan, an exquisite nightsilk bundle, a deeply-hooded nightsilk longcoat embroidered with climbing belladonna, a black onyx choker of vines cradling a tear-shaped platinum blossom, a translucent cambrinth armband decorated with small onyx plates, a deep black leather corset back-laced with flowing nightsilk ribbons, a night-black spidersilk pouch with delicate lace webbing stitched in silver thread, an onyx hip-chain of delicate vines dangling platinum blossoms, a black leather split-strap sword belt with brushed platinum inlays, some snug black leather pants belted with a low-slung platinum chain and some calf-length black leather boots.
~Tykyra~
Gavyn spins around, frolicking like a beautiful pixie. Has he been in the samatak?
You are Tykyra Wellsbane, Witch of Ilithi, an Elf.
You have an oval face with elegant arched eyebrows, pointed ears, thick-lashed dark eyes and a small nose. Your snow-white-streaked black hair is long and thick, and is worn in a tousled, finger-combed style. You have fair skin and a lissome figure. A circle of obsidian is positioned between your eyes, surrounded by an aura of shadow rippling against your skin.
You have a tattoo of a thick-bodied spider sitting in the middle of a silver web on your back.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a platinum kyanite gwethdesuan, a platinum jadeite gwethdesuan, an exquisite nightsilk bundle, a deeply-hooded nightsilk longcoat embroidered with climbing belladonna, a black onyx choker of vines cradling a tear-shaped platinum blossom, a translucent cambrinth armband decorated with small onyx plates, a deep black leather corset back-laced with flowing nightsilk ribbons, a night-black spidersilk pouch with delicate lace webbing stitched in silver thread, an onyx hip-chain of delicate vines dangling platinum blossoms, a black leather split-strap sword belt with brushed platinum inlays, some snug black leather pants belted with a low-slung platinum chain and some calf-length black leather boots.
~Tykyra~
Gavyn spins around, frolicking like a beautiful pixie. Has he been in the samatak?
Well, other than the shield and the fluff, empath, uh, well, maybe ...
You are Adept Diomid Vanyevich of Elanthia, a Human.
You have blue eyes. Your honey-streaked golden hair is very long and thick, and is worn arranged in an intricate Elven braid. You have fair skin and a stocky build.
You are short for a Human.
You have an elegantly trimmed mustache on your upper lip and an elegantly trimmed full beard.
You have a tattoo of a black heron standing amid some tall reeds on his right shoulder, facing the bird on his left shoulder is a great black wolf, gazing back with narrowed amber eyes. A magnificent bridge, healing herbs entwined round the railings, bearing people in various stages of life and death, health and disease, spans the gulf between them on your back.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing an Imperial battle helm, a silver kyanite gwethdesuan, a silver jadeite gwethdesuan, a wide silver earcuff with a dangling string of colorful boobrie crest feathers, a burnished gold collar set with an oval-cut cabochon sapphire, a jet heron amulet, a diminutive cambrinth heron, a black steel tower shield accented by a silvery-white metal inlay of the Empath's Guild crest, a partisan with a broad woodgrain-steel blade, a night black traveler's pack embroidered with a heron in a marsh, a deep blue frock coat with silver and gold filigree edging the collar and lapels, some midnight black plate elegantly embellished with gold and sapphire, some gauntlets, an onyx ring set with a cambrinth heron, an ocean-blue sapphire wedding band accented with brilliant diamonds, a storm grey pouch, a delicate pouch woven with the fibers of various herbs, some dove-grey doeskin breeches, a spiraling cambrinth ankleband adorned with tiny alfar charms, a leather ankle sheath and some night black boots with silver heron-shaped buckles.
At least with the Adept title he doesn't get folks asking for Courage very often anymore. Although does get asked for gates now on occasion.
You are Adept Diomid Vanyevich of Elanthia, a Human.
You have blue eyes. Your honey-streaked golden hair is very long and thick, and is worn arranged in an intricate Elven braid. You have fair skin and a stocky build.
You are short for a Human.
You have an elegantly trimmed mustache on your upper lip and an elegantly trimmed full beard.
You have a tattoo of a black heron standing amid some tall reeds on his right shoulder, facing the bird on his left shoulder is a great black wolf, gazing back with narrowed amber eyes. A magnificent bridge, healing herbs entwined round the railings, bearing people in various stages of life and death, health and disease, spans the gulf between them on your back.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing an Imperial battle helm, a silver kyanite gwethdesuan, a silver jadeite gwethdesuan, a wide silver earcuff with a dangling string of colorful boobrie crest feathers, a burnished gold collar set with an oval-cut cabochon sapphire, a jet heron amulet, a diminutive cambrinth heron, a black steel tower shield accented by a silvery-white metal inlay of the Empath's Guild crest, a partisan with a broad woodgrain-steel blade, a night black traveler's pack embroidered with a heron in a marsh, a deep blue frock coat with silver and gold filigree edging the collar and lapels, some midnight black plate elegantly embellished with gold and sapphire, some gauntlets, an onyx ring set with a cambrinth heron, an ocean-blue sapphire wedding band accented with brilliant diamonds, a storm grey pouch, a delicate pouch woven with the fibers of various herbs, some dove-grey doeskin breeches, a spiraling cambrinth ankleband adorned with tiny alfar charms, a leather ankle sheath and some night black boots with silver heron-shaped buckles.
At least with the Adept title he doesn't get folks asking for Courage very often anymore. Although does get asked for gates now on occasion.
It's summer! Aren't you people HOT?
You glance up at the sky.
A hot summer sun blazes from its perch in a cloudless sky.
You are Larilliana Lychis, an Elf.
You have a heart-shaped face with pointed ears and tilted amber eyes. Your red-gold hair is long and straight, and is worn pulled back in a ponytail. You have fair skin and a slender figure.
You are short for an Elf.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a gold and silver filigree locket, an elegant spidersilk traveler's backpack, a sleeveless gold satin tunic cinched at the waist with a silver cord, a spidersilk reticule, a simple slender gold band, a graceful white hip scarf artfully embroidered and fringed in silver and gold, a low-slung pair of billowy white gauze pants gathered close at the ankles and some thin-strapped golden sandals.
You glance up at the sky.
A hot summer sun blazes from its perch in a cloudless sky.
You are Larilliana Lychis, an Elf.
You have a heart-shaped face with pointed ears and tilted amber eyes. Your red-gold hair is long and straight, and is worn pulled back in a ponytail. You have fair skin and a slender figure.
You are short for an Elf.
You are in good shape.
You are wearing a gold and silver filigree locket, an elegant spidersilk traveler's backpack, a sleeveless gold satin tunic cinched at the waist with a silver cord, a spidersilk reticule, a simple slender gold band, a graceful white hip scarf artfully embroidered and fringed in silver and gold, a low-slung pair of billowy white gauze pants gathered close at the ankles and some thin-strapped golden sandals.
<<And my moonie doesn't travel outside a lot during the day anyway. Sun is bad for her skin.>>
Booooooo sun. I am well-acquainted with its burny, burny awfulness in real life.
I always kind of wanted to have my Empath Shifted seasonally, so that she'd have a tan in summer and maybe through part of fall, but I don't have the patience to track down another Shifter and harass him or her monthly now that most of Laril's Empath friends are gone. :)
But I think I'm one of the few people who really, really tries to dress my characters for and pay attention to the weather. I LOVED those umbrellas at the last fest, now all we need is a good winter-clothing merchant with sweaters, scarves, and mittens.
~Laril
Booooooo sun. I am well-acquainted with its burny, burny awfulness in real life.
I always kind of wanted to have my Empath Shifted seasonally, so that she'd have a tan in summer and maybe through part of fall, but I don't have the patience to track down another Shifter and harass him or her monthly now that most of Laril's Empath friends are gone. :)
But I think I'm one of the few people who really, really tries to dress my characters for and pay attention to the weather. I LOVED those umbrellas at the last fest, now all we need is a good winter-clothing merchant with sweaters, scarves, and mittens.
~Laril
At least with the Adept title he doesn't get folks asking for Courage very often anymore. Although does get asked for gates now on occasion. <--
Oddly enough that's why I started having Celtar wear his adept title. He kept getting asked for glyph etc, I assume it was because he wears heavy plate, carries a flamberge etc.
Jim
"Arrogance:
The best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too."
Oddly enough that's why I started having Celtar wear his adept title. He kept getting asked for glyph etc, I assume it was because he wears heavy plate, carries a flamberge etc.
Jim
"Arrogance:
The best leaders inspire by example. When that's not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too."
>It's summer! Aren't you people HOT?
Yes, but aren't you willing to sacrifice a little comfort for fashion?
I think he's crazy (no offense to the mentally challenged among us, or those societies or people who honor them as part of their socio-religious background) for wearing a frock coat, breeches and boots in summer, but he has this thing for fancy clothes. I think it comes from having grown up with maybe a couple of tunics and a pair of trousers, total, to his name.
You don't want to see the boy at a fest. You just don't.
Yes, but aren't you willing to sacrifice a little comfort for fashion?
I think he's crazy (no offense to the mentally challenged among us, or those societies or people who honor them as part of their socio-religious background) for wearing a frock coat, breeches and boots in summer, but he has this thing for fancy clothes. I think it comes from having grown up with maybe a couple of tunics and a pair of trousers, total, to his name.
You don't want to see the boy at a fest. You just don't.
<<Yes, but aren't you willing to sacrifice a little comfort for fashion?>>
A LITTLE. Not THAT much. :)
But I can kind of understand just wearing their normal attire all year, for the guys -- there just isn't too much light and summery clothing for you, unless you're into the S'kra/Sand Elf looks.
I've really been enjoying the outfit-posts, though! Reminds me of the GS4 fashion boards, which I've always liked.
So, since Dio mentioned fancy-ness: Anyone have an alternate real-fancy outfit? (Or just suck it up and wear your dressy outfit all the time?) Or multiple formalwear outfits?
I'll start, I guess, with my Elothean, who wears relatively formal clothing day in and day out, as a result of both her House and her personal inclinations.
You are Augur Tayaemeli of the House of the Ivory Scroll, an Elothean.
You have an angular face with tilted almond-shaped blue eyes and an upturned nose. Your blonde hair is very long and wavy, and is worn pulled back in a bun. You have pale skin.
You are wearing some black onyx hairsticks painted with fluttering purple butterflies, some spidery silver-rimmed spectacles, a large spidersilk sack, a regal midnight blue silk kimono paired with a dusky silver under-robe, an intricate silver shesegri ring interspersed with amethyst flecks, a heavy silver charm bracelet, a deep midnight blue satin handbag edged by pale violet amethyst stars and some dainty black velvet slippers with polished silver buckles.
A LITTLE. Not THAT much. :)
But I can kind of understand just wearing their normal attire all year, for the guys -- there just isn't too much light and summery clothing for you, unless you're into the S'kra/Sand Elf looks.
I've really been enjoying the outfit-posts, though! Reminds me of the GS4 fashion boards, which I've always liked.
So, since Dio mentioned fancy-ness: Anyone have an alternate real-fancy outfit? (Or just suck it up and wear your dressy outfit all the time?) Or multiple formalwear outfits?
I'll start, I guess, with my Elothean, who wears relatively formal clothing day in and day out, as a result of both her House and her personal inclinations.
You are Augur Tayaemeli of the House of the Ivory Scroll, an Elothean.
You have an angular face with tilted almond-shaped blue eyes and an upturned nose. Your blonde hair is very long and wavy, and is worn pulled back in a bun. You have pale skin.
You are wearing some black onyx hairsticks painted with fluttering purple butterflies, some spidery silver-rimmed spectacles, a large spidersilk sack, a regal midnight blue silk kimono paired with a dusky silver under-robe, an intricate silver shesegri ring interspersed with amethyst flecks, a heavy silver charm bracelet, a deep midnight blue satin handbag edged by pale violet amethyst stars and some dainty black velvet slippers with polished silver buckles.
I have formalwear in my vault but since I'm in a tree on M'Riss I'll have to just list what my vault book says.
a double tiered tiara of highly polished platinum centered with a large nightfire opal, a diminutive platinum toad, some Fae robes of iridescent silk ending in a long train, a luminous dreamstone suspended from a fine crystal chain, an ethereal nightsilk gown with binding belladonna vines encircling the bodice, a cocoon woven from shimmering pearlescent spiderweb strands, a platinum ring set with a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, and some delicate velvet slippers with spiraling gossamer straps.
~Tykyra~
Gavyn spins around, frolicking like a beautiful pixie. Has he been in the samatak?
a double tiered tiara of highly polished platinum centered with a large nightfire opal, a diminutive platinum toad, some Fae robes of iridescent silk ending in a long train, a luminous dreamstone suspended from a fine crystal chain, an ethereal nightsilk gown with binding belladonna vines encircling the bodice, a cocoon woven from shimmering pearlescent spiderweb strands, a platinum ring set with a cluster of brilliant-cut diamonds, and some delicate velvet slippers with spiraling gossamer straps.
~Tykyra~
Gavyn spins around, frolicking like a beautiful pixie. Has he been in the samatak?
>So, since Dio mentioned fancy-ness: Anyone have an alternate real-fancy outfit? (Or just suck it up and wear your dressy outfit all the time?) Or multiple formalwear outfits?
Oh, scary thought ... you're asking a gay man if he has alternate outfits. That's why he has a mule and I'm about to roll up a second, just for him and his clothes/jewelry/accesories.
Lets see, he has about 4-5 formal outfits, enough jewelry to fill an entire vault, literally, boots, sandals, 3 full sets of formal armor, 1 leather, 1 Idon Plate from the Ice fest and the set in that post, oh, oops, and a set of Heron chain as well, from the Cruise, a set of Heron Leathers although he hasn't finished that set, both a greatcloak and a winter coat, and don't mention shopping to him, or he'll go out and buy even more!
About the only things that he never takes off are his wedding band and the heron amulet his husband gave him when they started dating. Otherwise he's constantly changing around his clothes and his jewelry, even buying more. He still hasn't sorted out all the clothes he got at the last festival.
He and his husband need to get together with my trader and sort through all the vaults. It's gotten rather ridiculous, even though Dio at least puts stuff on the shelves and hooks in his vault in some kind of order. Everyone else just throws the stuff in there.
And there are some summer clothes for men. Every once in a while when it gets too hot he'll put on his white leathers and wear one of his robes or kimonos over it. Trust Dio to find clothes for every season and every occasion, although except for weddings, he's almost always armed and armored somehow, even if it's just his doeskin leathers from WC and his quarterstaff.
Yeah, and Dio and wedding, eep! That always takes at least half an hour to an hour as he tries on different coats and breeches and boots and shoes and jewelry and sorts through three vaults worth of stuff.
The only weird thing is other than his ink he only has one other alteration, his plate. Everything else is shop, fest or quest.
Oh, scary thought ... you're asking a gay man if he has alternate outfits. That's why he has a mule and I'm about to roll up a second, just for him and his clothes/jewelry/accesories.
Lets see, he has about 4-5 formal outfits, enough jewelry to fill an entire vault, literally, boots, sandals, 3 full sets of formal armor, 1 leather, 1 Idon Plate from the Ice fest and the set in that post, oh, oops, and a set of Heron chain as well, from the Cruise, a set of Heron Leathers although he hasn't finished that set, both a greatcloak and a winter coat, and don't mention shopping to him, or he'll go out and buy even more!
About the only things that he never takes off are his wedding band and the heron amulet his husband gave him when they started dating. Otherwise he's constantly changing around his clothes and his jewelry, even buying more. He still hasn't sorted out all the clothes he got at the last festival.
He and his husband need to get together with my trader and sort through all the vaults. It's gotten rather ridiculous, even though Dio at least puts stuff on the shelves and hooks in his vault in some kind of order. Everyone else just throws the stuff in there.
And there are some summer clothes for men. Every once in a while when it gets too hot he'll put on his white leathers and wear one of his robes or kimonos over it. Trust Dio to find clothes for every season and every occasion, although except for weddings, he's almost always armed and armored somehow, even if it's just his doeskin leathers from WC and his quarterstaff.
Yeah, and Dio and wedding, eep! That always takes at least half an hour to an hour as he tries on different coats and breeches and boots and shoes and jewelry and sorts through three vaults worth of stuff.
The only weird thing is other than his ink he only has one other alteration, his plate. Everything else is shop, fest or quest.
You are wearing a tattered burlap bag marked "Majikul Supplize", some tarnished full chain armor with repaired links, a rusty tin lunch pail with a mismatched steel handle, a rotting canvas backpack, an oval shield streaked with blood and dirt a rotting boar stomach tied into a makeshift pouch, a miserably patched grey cloak that looks like a soft breeze will unravel it into a few decaying threads, a moth-eaten tangerine muffler, a tattered orange scarf, a wilted orchid, a patched handkerchief, some sackcloth breeches, some bone-rimmed spectacles, a darned burlap vest, and some frayed burlap shoes.
My oldest 'Tog wore this for his winter outfit, and put the cloak, muffler, and scarf away for summers, he doesn't get out anymore, and with the cloak I am not sure he should go out in polite society anyway.
mfberg
My oldest 'Tog wore this for his winter outfit, and put the cloak, muffler, and scarf away for summers, he doesn't get out anymore, and with the cloak I am not sure he should go out in polite society anyway.
mfberg
<< But I think I'm one of the few people who really, really tries to dress my characters for and pay attention to the weather.
Keep in mind that dressing for the weather/season doesn't have to be a complete and "stylish" change.
My Paladin almost never changes his clothes. They're his "work" uniform. It's a point of pride for him to shrug off the elements.
My Ranger changes accessories to suit his environment. Sunny summer day? Sun goggles. Heavy snow or just deep cold? Boots. (He's normally shoeless.) His basic "traveling gear" set remains the same, though, because it's simply what he owns for that activity. Not every player that responds to the environment plays a character who'd consider their vault just a walk-in closet.
I know of someone else who changes clothes every time she logs on. "Dirty" clothes go in a sack until she "does laundry", then everything moves back into the "ready" pile.
My only point is there are many ways to approach apparel and environment/season/weather/activity and it is foolish to assume someone is not roleplaying it out because they are not doing it in the same way that you are.
As always, the best way to know if someone is roleplaying is...to roleplay with them.
Arcelebor
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
PSA - Sakhara's definition of RP (among other things) is erroneous
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
Keep in mind that dressing for the weather/season doesn't have to be a complete and "stylish" change.
My Paladin almost never changes his clothes. They're his "work" uniform. It's a point of pride for him to shrug off the elements.
My Ranger changes accessories to suit his environment. Sunny summer day? Sun goggles. Heavy snow or just deep cold? Boots. (He's normally shoeless.) His basic "traveling gear" set remains the same, though, because it's simply what he owns for that activity. Not every player that responds to the environment plays a character who'd consider their vault just a walk-in closet.
I know of someone else who changes clothes every time she logs on. "Dirty" clothes go in a sack until she "does laundry", then everything moves back into the "ready" pile.
My only point is there are many ways to approach apparel and environment/season/weather/activity and it is foolish to assume someone is not roleplaying it out because they are not doing it in the same way that you are.
As always, the best way to know if someone is roleplaying is...to roleplay with them.
Arcelebor
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
PSA - Sakhara's definition of RP (among other things) is erroneous
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
>> I have formalwear in my vault
A formal wear? As in one?
I have like five for different kinds of occasions. It's scary. Some of those gowns cost more than I'd like to admit. Still, I'm fashionable, and at least one of them I've never seen another of has some really neat unique verbs (it was one of Droughtman's end-prizes).
Rev. Reene, player of a few
>
Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
A formal wear? As in one?
I have like five for different kinds of occasions. It's scary. Some of those gowns cost more than I'd like to admit. Still, I'm fashionable, and at least one of them I've never seen another of has some really neat unique verbs (it was one of Droughtman's end-prizes).
Rev. Reene, player of a few
>
Clemency struggles with his clogged crevice.
<<Keep in mind that dressing for the weather/season doesn't have to be a complete and "stylish" change.>>
I wasn't saying that. :)
I'm referring to the significant number of people who wear heavy clothes all year (cloak and scarf and boots and jacket and armor oh my), dress up in fancy silk gowns under their heavy plate armor to go hunting in the rain, or wear a little slip of a skirt and bustier in the middle of a blizzard.
One of my characters has only one outfit, but she wears a cloak or scarf only in winter/rain/cold, and a pair of sun goggles when it's bright and sunny out. HER vault is mainly full of extra clerical supplies, skins and boxes, and alternate weapons.
I try to even avoid having my characters stand outside in the rain/snow for any length of time. There are certainly many similar little things you can do to be responsive to the environment, and unfortunately in my experience many people don't even bother with THOSE, and that's what I was criticizing.
And also -- some of those people are GREAT roleplayers. I just wish they wouldn't look at me funny when I ask if we can get out of the rain and sit down inside somewhere. :)
I wasn't saying that. :)
I'm referring to the significant number of people who wear heavy clothes all year (cloak and scarf and boots and jacket and armor oh my), dress up in fancy silk gowns under their heavy plate armor to go hunting in the rain, or wear a little slip of a skirt and bustier in the middle of a blizzard.
One of my characters has only one outfit, but she wears a cloak or scarf only in winter/rain/cold, and a pair of sun goggles when it's bright and sunny out. HER vault is mainly full of extra clerical supplies, skins and boxes, and alternate weapons.
I try to even avoid having my characters stand outside in the rain/snow for any length of time. There are certainly many similar little things you can do to be responsive to the environment, and unfortunately in my experience many people don't even bother with THOSE, and that's what I was criticizing.
And also -- some of those people are GREAT roleplayers. I just wish they wouldn't look at me funny when I ask if we can get out of the rain and sit down inside somewhere. :)
<< I'm referring to the significant number of people who wear heavy clothes all year (cloak and scarf and boots and jacket and armor oh my), dress up in fancy silk gowns under their heavy plate armor to go hunting in the rain, or wear a little slip of a skirt and bustier in the middle of a blizzard.
I don't have much problem with the heavy clothing year-round. After all, most of us are essentially homeless and would be carrying around most of our possessions on our backs.
Wearing just the chemise around town (our poor impressionable children!) or going hunting in an ankle-length ballroom gown (now that takes skill!) does indeed pain me severely.
<< I just wish they wouldn't look at me funny when I ask if we can get out of the rain and sit down inside somewhere.
Amen. I'm always amazed when people feel fine just ignoring messaging like "Reminding you of some mythical plague, howling winds and pounding rain punish the landscape."
Arcelebor
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
PSA - Sakhara's definition of RP (among other things) is erroneous
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
I don't have much problem with the heavy clothing year-round. After all, most of us are essentially homeless and would be carrying around most of our possessions on our backs.
Wearing just the chemise around town (our poor impressionable children!) or going hunting in an ankle-length ballroom gown (now that takes skill!) does indeed pain me severely.
<< I just wish they wouldn't look at me funny when I ask if we can get out of the rain and sit down inside somewhere.
Amen. I'm always amazed when people feel fine just ignoring messaging like "Reminding you of some mythical plague, howling winds and pounding rain punish the landscape."
Arcelebor
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
PSA - Sakhara's definition of RP (among other things) is erroneous
"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
<<I'm always amazed when people feel fine just ignoring messaging like "Reminding you of some mythical plague, howling winds and pounding rain punish the landscape.">>
My ranger mostly ignores weather. He's used to it. My other characters tend to take notice.
I once tried to accurately play a S'Kra character as cold-blooded. (though, I don't actually know if canon says they are cold-blooded...) He was slow and lethargic in cold temperatures, and avoided wet weather as much as he could, and just stood around in the sun somewhat frequently.
Marksman Ahmir Nam'al
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn."
-Distant hills look green.
My ranger mostly ignores weather. He's used to it. My other characters tend to take notice.
I once tried to accurately play a S'Kra character as cold-blooded. (though, I don't actually know if canon says they are cold-blooded...) He was slow and lethargic in cold temperatures, and avoided wet weather as much as he could, and just stood around in the sun somewhat frequently.
Marksman Ahmir Nam'al
"Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn."
-Distant hills look green.
