Discussion - The Reclamation of Tania

[WyvernSlayer]

Okay, okay, that's enough.

Andy, you need to calm down, mate.  There's voicing displeasure, and then there's being a jerk.

Swift... I know I okayed your PCs' weapons.  I don't have a problem with those.  And honestly, I didn't pick up on your references to other NPCs in "A Toast to Our Victors" and "Manhunt" because I don't tend to read RPs unless they end up in the Submission thread.  If someone else had brought it to my attention, I would have said something to you about it sooner, probably through a PM.

It had initially been my intention to contact you after the event and have a man-to-man about your NPC density, rather than say something here and potentially place you in an awkward situation where you have to awkwardly send them off in-story (that's obviously not fair to you).  But now here we are, and everyone is piling on.

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I think I had some slack for that in the past, where most of my posts had quoting or reacting to others. Maybe Radiance Lost did this to me, but I was so used to having so many pcs and a lot of activity, so now that it isn't as active, I feel compelled to introduce npc after npc. I had npc heavy rps, but it made sense in the setting. In RL, Tyber was on a patrol with some others, but I killed two off instantly. In Dark on Night, Daren Hyperion had a ton, but that thread was meant to help escort the Ainor royalty, so it made sense for a lot of men. So without others to lead the stories, I'd be doing nothing. I think that's one of the reasons I never got into Sky or RoE was because if I didn't join a rp, I didn't rp.

I don't really know what to tell you, other than that this isn't DoN, RL, or Skylessia.  Grimdark Elibe is a different can of worms - we've all had to adjust from other systems.

I'm not saying your NPCs can't exist.  But Lavi makes a good point - they seem to be so involved with your proper PCs that they basically become PCs in their own right.  That's where we're asking you to dial it down.

And yeah, I know this place isn't exactly hopping.  You got any friends that roleplay?  We'll take any and all of them.