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Notice on character backstories and player-driven stories
Bluebomber4evr:
Another bump.
More things to avoid: claiming your outlander character knows all about Ravenloft. First and foremost, "Ravenloft" is an OOC term for the name of the setting, relating to the 1st edition adventure module that spawned the setting. In IC terms, "Ravenloft" is just the name of Strahd's castle, not the world. Natives call it "the Land of Mists" and the very few outlanders who have heard of it AND know of the planes call it "the Demiplane of Dread." This leads to my second point: there are very, VERY few people outside of the demiplane that even know it exists, even in a place like Sigil. And those handful of people that do know it exists know very little about it.
Bluebomber4evr:
Bumping this yet again
While we encourage creativity here, you really should use some common sense and be reasonable with your background. I've seen the following backgrounds on players that are not acceptable:
:arrow: a Barovian cleric claiming OOC to have incarnum powers
:arrow: a full-blooded orc from Morrowind
:arrow: a character from a weird alternate-history U.S. called the "United City-States" run by a "President-King"
All of the above violate the following rules:
--- Quote from: Zarathustra217 on August 20, 2006, 04:16:28 PM ---Section 2: Character Creation
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CHARACTER APPEARANCE AND HISTORY
- Some subraces will be allowed, but bear in mind that obvious non-human races will often draw undue attention, much of it negative. Also, many "traditional" subraces, such as drow, cannot be native to the setting, while Half-Vistani cannot be from outside Ravenloft.
- The following ECL subraces require an application to play: drow, duergar, tiefling, aasimar. The application for ECL subraces can be found here: http://www.nwnravenloft.com/forum/index.php?topic=4659.0
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DEITIES
- Clerics and Paladins must have a known deity that is line with your character's origin/original campaign setting. Additionally, players with improper domains will be asked to remake their characters. An example: A cleric of Sune, the Forgotten Realms god of love, beauty and passion, should not have domains of death and war. Players with native characters to Ravenloft may choose Ravenloft deities. A list is available in our "About the World" section of this site.
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--- Quote from: Zarathustra217 on August 20, 2006, 04:17:39 PM ---Section 3: Character Story
- The mists of Ravenloft can reach into any world. You may choose any established D&D® origin for your player, including the Forgotten Realms®, Greyhawk®, Eberron®, and Dragonlance® campaign settings to name a few. Be true to their original setting in terms of names, appearance, and religious beliefs (i.e. domains and practices matching their god). You may also choose to make a character native to Ravenloft. Search our "About the World" section for information that a native character might have.
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- When designing your character and his/her story, do not make him/her have any powers or strengths that your actual character will not have at the point he/she is created. Don't design your character's story to give him/her natural superiority to other players' characters. Let IC stay true to what actually is IC.
- If you want to play a native character, please research your character's homeland in our "About the World" section, or the appropriate Ravenloft books, if they are available to you.
- If you're making a native character, please use an appropriate name from your character's homeland in the "About the World" section. A character native to Tepest, for example, is not going to have a Japanese-sounding name.
- Characters may come from the Gothic Earth setting presented in the Ravenloft spin-off Masque of the Red Death, with one stipulation: they cannot come from Masque's "present day" of the 1890s, but instead must come from the Gothic Earth's past. The latest period in Gothic Earth's history that a PC may come from is AD 1650.
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--- Quote from: Zarathustra217 on August 20, 2006, 04:22:53 PM ---Section 5: Interacting and Roleplaying
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IN-GAME CHAT
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- No "Cheesing": "Cheesing" is the act of playing your character as if they have an ability or feat which the NWN engine would not otherwise allow them to have. "Cheesing" could also mean playing your character as being a race, class or otherwise that isn't applied to your character through the game. An example could be playing out a character as a vampire even if the character is not setup to be that.
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If you need help making acceptable backstories, please consult the following boards:
Roleplay Resources
Ravenloft Resources
Other Settings at a Glance
Bluebomber4evr:
Yet another necessary bump. If you want your character to be a special snowflake, EARN it with the roleplay and events that happen AFTER you create your character. Don't cheat by giving your PC a ridiculously epic background ("OOC: you notice I'm the son of a king!!!"). It's lame and doesn't impress anybody.
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