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by Preserver
Thu May 16, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Animate dead, create undead
Replies: 16
Views: 807

Re: Animate dead, create undead

I'll always be a bit perplexed by how much hand wringing there is over the morality of summoning undead, in a game where people wade up to their armpits in the blood of ten thousand victims. Sure, I get the 'but they attacked first!' defence, but then it would be a lie to pretend that the adventure...
by Preserver
Tue May 14, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: If you could play ANY sort of DRAGON or DRAGON-LIKE Player Character...
Replies: 29
Views: 812

Re: If you could play ANY sort of DRAGON or DRAGON-LIKE Player Character...

Definitely a Red Dragon. Sit on my treasure, eat people, be worshipped by Kobolds.

by Preserver
Tue May 14, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: About Loremasters
Replies: 63
Views: 1735

Re: About Loremasters

I am a Loremaster enjoyer. A good 80% of the characters I made had Loremaster levels, which I suppose means I like playing nerds. I am uninformed and not quite interested in the balance parts of it, but I believe there is worth and virtue in allowing players to mechanically play someone who excels ...
by Preserver
Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: If you could play as a mechanically undead character...
Replies: 29
Views: 1372

Re: If you could play as a mechanically undead character...

Some sort of spectral undead!
Spoooooky! Also much potential for stories of regret, revenge, and despair.

by Preserver
Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: The Talent Show
Topic: Deity Book Contest [Submissions]
Replies: 27
Views: 2452

Re: Deity Book Contest [Submissions]

Deities : SIAMORPHE Title : Divine Right Most Gracious’ Dogma Contents : Those who read, prostrating their soul and making their devotion manifest to the incarnation of righteous authority, shall find great wisdom in words spoken before modern misgivings. Whilst a faith’s own nuances and peculiarit...
by Preserver
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Ele Avatar Live Release Feedback Thread
Replies: 30
Views: 2278

Re: Ele Avatar Live Release Feedback Thread

It's cool.
I like to click a button and go FZOOOWSHHHH and see little lightnings or whatever around me.
100% would choose rather than wasting time on ugly frogs or nerdy ants.

by Preserver
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Kudos
Topic: another shelving kudos thread: Vittoria Veleno
Replies: 3
Views: 835

Re: another shelving kudos thread: Vittoria Veleno

See you soon Sistah! Moar CRIMES are always fun >:) !

by Preserver
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Surface "Enslavement" needed
Replies: 58
Views: 2091

Re: Surface "Enslavement" needed

Random opinion but... I believe that the implementation of Manacles that happened, at this point, some time ago, has the potential of completely substituting any type of slavery/prison system. I will, in this post, refer to prison and slavery system interchangeably . The only benefit that the curre...
by Preserver
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: New Area Content Poll
Replies: 77
Views: 8007

Re: New Area Content Poll

Settlement updates for sure! I believe that, in the wake of the new improvements that have been made to the "look" of cities (Guldorand and Brogedenstein look stunning!), Cordor could use a little love itself. Not necessarily big expansions, but maybe a new layer of cool with more modern-looking are...
by Preserver
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Too many warlock versus other casters
Replies: 153
Views: 494454

Re: Too many warlock versus other casters

In truth, as a former Warlock and only weighing on the matter of RP, I will say that I feel Warlock was more enjoyable and exciting to RP when it was hated and feared. Arelithism or special lore notwithstanding (Arelith is its own beast), I remember some of my most enjoyed RPs to be around cloak-an...
by Preserver
Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Dragon Disciple the (not so) prestigious
Replies: 41
Views: 19665

Re: Dragon Disciple the (not so) prestigious

I know this may sound like making the situation more problematic than it is BUT... I think all of this could be solved by a fundamental re-imagining of what the RDD is, starting from the mechanical standpoint. Narratively speaking, it is pretty clear what the RDD is: some semblance of Dragon person...
by Preserver
Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:38 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: What Class Would Your Character Play?
Replies: 34
Views: 25409

Re: What Class Would Your Character Play?

Valeria would scoff at the invitation and say she doesn't play that nerd stuff, then go out and smoke while the kids have fun.

by Preserver
Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Narr Nolkus - On the Shelf
Replies: 5
Views: 591

Re: Narr Nolkus - On the Shelf

Narr was always lovely to RP with. Though my main experience was on Providence, the brief interactions had with other PCs were very enjoyable too. Also, and I believe it must be mentioned due to how noticeable it was, some of the, if not THE best RP rituals on Arelith! Can't wait to see the next <3...
by Preserver
Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: ChatGPT & Roleplay
Replies: 122
Views: 112406

Re: ChatGPT & Roleplay

As a roleplayer and a linguist I feel very passionately about Chat GPT as a tool for research and to be researched. It is extremely functional in finding reference texts and works online (I am not sure if anybody here is heavily into academia, but I feel that Chat GPT is much better at finding bodi...
by Preserver
Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: ~ Arelith's Guardian Angel ~
Replies: 22
Views: 1279

~ Arelith's Guardian Angel ~

If these last few days showed anything, it's that it takes lots of effort to make Arelith work - not even under a community standpoint, but even just mechanically, technically, and logistically. Though there are many that work to that end, and they're all to be thanked for their efforts, I'd like t...
by Preserver
Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Dark Invocations
Replies: 6
Views: 598

Re: Dark Invocations

Keep in mind that I am not good with builds or balancing. But wouldn't it be possible to add things like these as bonus feats to facilitate the improve of fluff to classes, in general? As in: provided the Warlock has an Epic Pact, they can at level 2[something] select one of those spells as a bonus...
by Preserver
Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Thank you for pulling me through…
Replies: 10
Views: 1336

Re: Thank you for pulling me through…

It’s no news to some of you that I’ve had an absolutely awful year so far with a lot of loss and change. I wanted to extend my thanks to the Arelith community and all people who have been there for me to pull me through over the past few months. It is truly heartwarming to see how the community has...
by Preserver
Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Capture RP
Replies: 115
Views: 8723

Re: Capture RP

I will say that I had more fun with the capture RP than the chastising RP that awaited me when I returned. I realize that for many players, it's yawn another capture but for some of us, it's still shiny and new. Let us enjoy it, let us be terrified by it. This is a particularly problematic issue in...
by Preserver
Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Scrying - Full Name?
Replies: 60
Views: 4095

Re: Scrying - Full Name?

I believe it would ultimately be negative to remove the roleplay niche [Loremasters] allow. I have yet to be made to understand what Loremaster's "niche" is even supposed to be. It's an entirely modular class where the only unifying factor is that it gives you a ton of languages, and lets you use w...
by Preserver
Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Scrying - Full Name?
Replies: 60
Views: 4095

Re: Scrying - Full Name?

On a related note. If Scry gets changed or removed, please add an interesting equivalent that makes the PC feel like a proficient Diviner and that is more than "more rounds to Truesight". On a related, related note. If Loremaster gets changed or removed, please add an interesting equivalent that al...
by Preserver
Thu May 25, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: The Spymaster Disappears Without A Trace
Replies: 4
Views: 869

Re: The Spymaster Disappears Without A Trace

Jessamine was another great character, in a line of other great characters, all from In Sorrow We Trust's brilliant mind. All of them are always brilliant and rich with personality; makes one never get bored of RPing with them! - they also always tend to have a very human side that makes them relat...
by Preserver
Sun May 21, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Concerns about Repeated Sweeping Class Changes and the Departure from 3.5 Mechanics
Replies: 32
Views: 2535

Re: Concerns about Repeated Sweeping Class Changes and the Departure from 3.5 Mechanics

Personal opinion: Classes are more or less detached from what a person roleplays and I personally find that fine. Which means that the fact Monk is being unbound from what was its previous mechanical identity (though one of the Paths still allows for the physical martial artists, I believe) does no...
by Preserver
Tue May 16, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: An Inventor, an Airship, and a False Detective... (End of the Rabicus Mikraels Plotline)
Replies: 4
Views: 507

Re: An Inventor, an Airship, and a False Detective... (End of the Rabicus Mikraels Plotline)

As long as Rabicus was saved in the end, that's good.
Thanks for the plot and the personal assistance provided!
...

What's with you and Gnomes?

by Preserver
Tue May 16, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: ~ Sleep Mode - Turn Off ~
Replies: 11
Views: 1258

~ Sleep Mode - Turn Off ~

b33p b00p Providence met her final end at last. It was a good end. She was probably the character I roleplayed the longest, and definitely the one that gave me most joy and satisfaction to play. It was also the character that changed the most, starting from a manipulative and cruel Chaotic Evil War...
by Preserver
Sat May 06, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Kudos
Topic: Goblin Fortress Raid
Replies: 8
Views: 960

Re: Goblin Fortress Raid

It was really fun! Felt like a real siege.
The usage of terrain to compensate for the lack of number was real smart. Massively enjoyed =) !