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Topic Started: Jun 2 2008, 07:31 PM (538 Views)
Ben Hawke
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Hey!
My name is Benjamin Hawke, and my girl has been bugging me to get into the rp scene again. She rps on some Harry Potter site and I'm just not into that so I started browsing and fell upon this place. Spent some time looking through the info provided and find your joint interesting. I think I've got the jist of what I need to get started but I did have some questions.

1. Are there slaves in any of the countries or is every 'known' country free?
2. I believe I saw the max for stats allowed newbies like me is 60, is that correct?
3. Should I still post my desired bio in the new bio board or can I place it in my profile?
4. I kind of found two pics I like but can't edit worth shit, is there someone I could ask that might do it?
5. Can my character have an element power but not know about then later learn to use it?

Hopefully those aren't too many to ask but I just want to get things right straight off, you know?! Thanks for the time. Peace I'm out! ;)
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Posted ImageAmara Dregon
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Hi Ben! I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier! (I've been floating around the site, but I'm at work so I must have missed when you posted) Anyway, in regards to your questions:

1. There are "servants" (and I'm using extreme rock quotes on that) in Semhar. They slave in the gold mines. One of our long time members just made a new character from there and he's one of the "Voiceless" meaning he had a high probability of running/getting away, so they removed his ability to speak so that he could not spread tales of what really happens behind the grand facade of Semhar. There is also a form of slavery in Karash, though that is mainly human cattle that the vampires keep to feed on in a... drought shall we say? The Shiranai also enslaved magic users, but they were thoroughly creamed by the Allies during the Shiranai war and I don't know whether or not they've recovered or not yet... could be an interesting path to chose... The other countries... its debatable. I would say in Carthan, Terra, Nyston, Darya, Gao and Zacapa its not legal by any means though that doesn't mean that things don't go on behind closed doors as it were. (If I went overboard in answering this question or if I wasn't clear enough, please let me know and I'll try to be more accommodating lol)

2. For new characters, yes the max is 60 but that number will increase as you make yourself established in the RP. If you are an active, frequent poster, it will go up faster than if you only post once every week or so, etc.

3. I actually would like bios still posted on the board, simply so both myself and the other admins (Katie and Will) have the opportunity to give feed back and we can then put it in the archives. Also, I'd like to see it in your profile as it gives all the members a very quick and easy way to see it (you can just click on any member's name in a post to see their profile) I'm currently working on making it so everyone's stats are visible on below the rank av as well. So, in short, the answer is both, please! lol

4. So far as editing goes, I offer myself fully! I've done all the graphics work on site and I am more than willing to take requests from any of my members *makes mental note to put up a sig/av request board some time tonight as well* ^_^

5. And yes! Please feel free to give your character a magical ability! Remember the character's magical ability must figure into their stats though, so if you want it to be discovered later, I would suggest rounding out the other areas and leaving magic at a below average level. As the character grows and learns to control and develop the talent, (and as you raise in stat levels) put more and more into magic. We have a few lovely Elementals on the site who I am sure would be more than happy to aid in training and the like (especially within the Council).

Hopefully these answer all your questions! That being said, I truly look forward to seeing a bio from you. Asking the afore mentioned questions proves you read through the information (which always makes us happy!) and that you have a genuine interest in creating a unique, well thought out, new character (which makes us even happier! ^_^) If there is ANYTHING else we (again myself (Amara, Phaedra, Alliandre, Xanthia), Katie (Alexis, Bjorn, Lasher, Maon, Vlad... there are probably others! lol) and Will (Vance, Morgan) can help you with, please let any one of us know and we'd be glad to!

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Admins!-
Edited by Amara Dregon, Jun 2 2008, 08:55 PM.
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Posted ImageLasher Tadros
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Actually my characters are:

Lasher, Bjorn, Alexis, Morgan, Maon and Vlad (vampire king, rawr)

William has Vance, that slacker, and that's about it, unless he gets Logain going again, not sure on that, but then I can hardly take care of my own.

Obviously Eve has answered any and all questions you seem to have needed answering, Benjamin, so again welcome welcome welcome. I, as Alexis, am head of the Council of Mages and would LOVE to see a new elemental. If you have any more questions, just let us know.

Sweet.

Peace.
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Orion Mathews
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Hey, Ben again!

Thanks a lot! You're answers helped a lot in putting together my info. I appreciated such detailed answers. I am rather interested in joining The Council but I was wondering if it was cool to be discovered perhaps and brought there? If not then no big. Just that I wanted to start off still being a servant then perhaps being freed, or saved or escaping... w/e. Also I sort of said in my bio that Orion had royal lineage, if that's not ok then give me a heads up and I can amend that bit. I also promise to finish up the History, but the roomie has some online homework to do so I got to wait. Did you want me to email those pics then or how would you like to work that? Um, anyhow... hope what I got is alright and can't wait to get started.

Peace, I'm out! B)
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Posted ImageAmara Dregon
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Glad to see you joined! So far as Royal Families go, we don't allow anyone below mod level to have a position that would link them to that kind of power. I don't want to say that we have trust issues... but we kinda do, lol. Perhaps once you have been here for some time and we know and love you as our own, then we could decide to find a piece of lost history that may perhaps allow you some form of royal blood. Don't mean to be a creative block, but we just want to be fair to everyone, as we've told everyone the same for ages. ^_^ So far as still being a servant, you can do whatever you'd like to with that situation, but we would like you to know, that thus far, we do not have any activity in Semhar itself, so our suggestion is to use your intro post to get him out of Semhar and somewhere with a bit more action. Namely in Carthan, though theres some interesting happenings in Nyston and Karash. (A warning on Karash, humans=food there! ;) ) If you're interested in being in the Council, Carthan is obviously your best bet.

For your avs, you can post the link here and any specific directions you have for it.

I think that answered everything thus far, let me know if you have any others! ^_^
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Rhedic Kierma
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right incase no one has noticed, i am online 12 hours a day :P as i have far too much time on my hands so im thinkin about making a second character. Also i have a friend thinkin about joining this site, but one problem is there is a lack of information both on the current plot and world nations.

So i will offer my assistance *as i have alot of time* if you want to drop me a few details on the nations and history and if you want i can write up a document with stuff for world records.
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Well! Thank you! lol Katie and I always have the very best of intentions but unfortunately two jobs and classes tend to rob us of those grand visions. So far as current plots go, I can go write that up right now, I should have enough time in here as it dead on Sunday nights. For the countries, not tooooo sure on that. Katie is pretty picky about everything and I'm not much better, so I'll confer with her and let you know? We DO have all the quick facts done at least, so if that doesn't give your friend or you enough to go on, we'd be more than happy to answer any questions in the mean time. I'm off to write up the current plot rundown ;) Let me know of anything else you need in the mean time! XD
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Posted ImageShyla Tadros
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Picky is an understatement. *chuckles* I'm a little over protective about the histories. So, thank you very much for volunteering but I've got it undercontrol...more or less. I guess the only thing I can offer is to personally write up which ever countries you're needing right this second and have them ready for your friend to read. Was there a particular one that wasn't finished that he was interested in? I've no problem with requests so if you know of the one he was looking at I'll be more than happy to write it up for him. Thanks for the questions, Eve and I always love to see them.

Happy Writing!

~Katie
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Posted ImageAmara Dregon
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Alright, current plots are officially up! There's a link the top menu, as well as right HERE. Enjoy! The full country details are being worked on as I type...
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