[OOC] Ivory Heart

[Elysium]

All of you have been very lavish in your praise and I appreciate that! It is my chief aim to make this a wonderful and enriching environment for all parties involved. So I hope that what I'm about to say next will be taken very seriously:

There is no single player that is the heart of Lhavit.

Meaning that each and every one of you is the heart of this city. New, old, doesn't matter. Whether you have ten medals or none, whether you just started yesterday or if you've been here for years, you contribute equivalently to what makes Lhavit a special place. I'm grateful to be writing with each and every one of you and I mean that. So please. Don't put anyone over anyone else. We're not here to play favorites. No one is more deserving than anyone else. We're simply here to write together and unfold something special and that is what it is all about.


Love,

Ellie

P.S. If someone is throwing around some kind of self-assigned status around to bully your PC, please let me know. I do not hesitate to shitcan people when I feel it is merited.

[Khara]

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Hello Lhavit people! So, I'm finally getting off my bum and coming back to write and of course since you guys were my closest neighbor I figured the lovely Diamond city should be Khara's new home.
Now I need to figure out what to do with her as far as a job. Don't be surprised if I end up being Azira's little tag along, I'm good for things like that.
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[Atticus Leslie]

Hey Khara! You should PM me c:

[Azira]

*Squishes Khara*

You're finally here. Amira is so homesick, she needs all of the redheads. I need to hold on to all the nearby Inarta for dear life

[Drusilla]

As much as I'd like to squeal in delight of seeing so many familiar faces, it would be short lived. I'm taking some time off. Maybe a few days, maybe a week, maybe longer... I'll return at least before the end of the month.

[Veldrys]

Hello, people of Lhavit! I'm a returning PC, and I'm looking forward to RPing with you all!

Elysium, you have done a great job with this city!

[Davor Aveloz]

Woo! More Symenestras! Soon, we shall take over Lhavit and turn it into a Sym City

But seriously, welcome back Veldrys

[Bee]

Announcement

Godmodding is also a term used to refer to a character that describes an outcome of their own actions against another PC or NPC without giving the PC or the moderator a chance to respond. Ie. Character A swung his axe, cutting off Character B’s head! On Mizahar, its perfectly acceptable for Character A to swing to kill, just let Character B respond and at least try to dodge. In a situation where it is impossible for Character B to dodge (say hes laying prone on the ground unconscious), it can also be considered Godmodding for Character B to miraculously get away in a convenient and out of context way.

A further use of Godmodding is when a character takes too many actions in one round of combat. Some people love to write great detailed in-depth posts, but one has to remember that doing actions takes time. This is especially true with magic. So if its our badboy Character A’s turn to post again, and he casts two fireballs, throws up a shield, and creates a sword of stone all out of his awesome Reimancy, odds are he’s not going to have time for all of that at once. A fireball or two is fine, but some things take concentration and PC’s have a tendency to forget about casting time in magic. And while the wiki doesn’t specify casting time, we go by the ‘is it reasonable in those seconds’ rules. Probably four creations of oozing djed, forming it, and utilizing it aren’t.

Metagaming most commonly occurs when a pc utilizes knowledge (usually a skill or some news relevant to the game) they do not have in thread. Player A knows how to tie a killer knot thus Player A’s PC (Character A) can too! Where’d he learn how to tie knots? When? Show me the lore or skill? If you don’t have it, you don’t know it unless its considered in-game common knowledge. Now this is a mild example, a tiny whoops, but the use of Metagaming gets vast and ridiculous fast.

As players in Miz, we all need to be aware of this. The links to both of these are found here (Godmodding) and here (Metagaming). Refresh your memory if you haven't already. I cannot stress enough the "fantasy realism" aspect of this game. If your post seems even a little over the top, make the edits you think you need to. We want fun and fair gameplay for everyone. Please reread these lore pages to strengthen your knowledge of it, repetition is key!

Thanks guys!

[Atticus Leslie]

Hey everyone! If anyone here has any desire to thread with an astronomer or can gain any benefit from it PM me! Looking for more plots c:

[Thomas Cosa]

To all my threading and plotting partners

My internet is dead. I'm writing at a cafe, and while I can manage it during the weekends, I don't know how this will continue during the week. I'm hoping to get it fixed sometime this week, but it will, at the very latest, be fixed by next Friday.

So excited to be here, and glad to see so much activity.

Keep threading!