Alright, besides my app, time for a load of questions too:
1) Is there going to be a site/forums for this server at all? Or is it going to be strictly this thread, the server itself, and a skype group?
2) Are scorched able to infect others? Or is it simply the radiation itself that infects a person? Im assuming/hoping the latter, but if the former, be sure to let me know, and i'll edit my backstory with that information in mind. Hoping it just works like a zombie to where only wounds inflicted cause infection, if it is the former.
2) Are there any plugins used for immersion on here at all? Brewery? LoreLocks? Maybe a lore plugin to allow players to add a bit of flavour text to their items? I'd highly suggest that last one, if anything. "Lores" is a good one for that. It may seem out-of-date, but since its entirely text based, it'll work just fine on 1.7 *or* 1.8
3) Is it ok the ask why the IP is hidden until one is accepted? I don't mind it, I just find it a bit strange is all. Don't really understand the point, I guess.
4) Question for you Elf, personally; what other roleplay servers have you been on before? I recognize your name from somewhere, just cant recall where exactly. My mind seems to drift towards Mirai when I think about it, but it doesn't show you've ever posted on the thread there.
5) Probably a rather cliche question, and probably wont be answered since its not mentioned anywhere in the lore, but; does magic exist in this world? Or no? At the very least, are there any wondrous items/artifacts?
6) On the topic of the immersion aspect, will client-side mods ever be used? Maybe something that adds more type of weaponry and/or mobs, or maybe just something like MorePlayerModels?
7) How exactly might in-game enchantments work? On a server I moderate, enchantments other than unbreaking (which are on items made with blacksmithing) are reserved specifically for special items given out through merchants and events. But how do they work here? Are enchantments going to even be a thing at all?
8) More of a suggestion than a question, but if you don't already have one, may I suggest a dice plugin? I don't personally use rolls for a lot of things, I prefer to decide on how things play out myself rather than to leave it to luck, but I know a lot of other people who roleplay like to use it.
9) How fast does time move in-character wise? How long would an IC day/week/month be OOC'ly?
10) Actually, since I mentioned LoreLocks before, can I ask what means of storage and door locking the server uses. If it's just Lockette or something similar, might I suggest using LoreLocks instead then? It allows for physical lock items, as well as lockpicks, allowing thief characters more ease with their actions. It also allows you to manage thief characters as well, as you have to give a person permissions for picking locks, which are broken up into a tier system. The plugin is set up to where you can give a person permissions for separate lock tiers, meaning a person would/could have to start from the lowest tier and work their way up to the highest. It also means a thief cant break into just anyone's house or chest, as a person may have a higher lock on their storage or door than the thief can pick. Just be warned that there is a glitch to where locks on doors randomly disappear, but it doesn't happen that often. It's easy to refund a lock someone might lose because of it as well.
11) If you die to a mob during roleplay, does that count as a permanent character death? Or simply an IC injury?
2) We have a lore plugin and brewery installed, as well as a few other plugins to help immersion.
7) Items that aren't really weapons are given some enchants to make them usable against mods so players don't have to break role play and use a sword when they prefer a mace or spear. Though we will be giving out special weapons at some point during an event or special occasion.
8) We have a dice plugin
10) We do have the lock system you have mentioned where the locks are physical items.
11) If you die to a random mob during rp it is considered an accidental death, and you will just be wounded in some way.
Alright, besides my app, time for a load of questions too:
1) Is there going to be a site/forums for this server at all? Or is it going to be strictly this thread, the server itself, and a skype group?
2) Are scorched able to infect others? Or is it simply the radiation itself that infects a person? Im assuming/hoping the latter, but if the former, be sure to let me know, and i'll edit my backstory with that information in mind. Hoping it just works like a zombie to where only wounds inflicted cause infection, if it is the former.
2) Are there any plugins used for immersion on here at all? Brewery? LoreLocks? Maybe a lore plugin to allow players to add a bit of flavour text to their items? I'd highly suggest that last one, if anything. "Lores" is a good one for that. It may seem out-of-date, but since its entirely text based, it'll work just fine on 1.7 *or* 1.8
3) Is it ok the ask why the IP is hidden until one is accepted? I don't mind it, I just find it a bit strange is all. Don't really understand the point, I guess.
4) Question for you Elf, personally; what other roleplay servers have you been on before? I recognize your name from somewhere, just cant recall where exactly. My mind seems to drift towards Mirai when I think about it, but it doesn't show you've ever posted on the thread there.
5) Probably a rather cliche question, and probably wont be answered since its not mentioned anywhere in the lore, but; does magic exist in this world? Or no? At the very least, are there any wondrous items/artifacts?
6) On the topic of the immersion aspect, will client-side mods ever be used? Maybe something that adds more type of weaponry and/or mobs, or maybe just something like MorePlayerModels?
7) How exactly might in-game enchantments work? On a server I moderate, enchantments other than unbreaking (which are on items made with blacksmithing) are reserved specifically for special items given out through merchants and events. But how do they work here? Are enchantments going to even be a thing at all?
8) More of a suggestion than a question, but if you don't already have one, may I suggest a dice plugin? I don't personally use rolls for a lot of things, I prefer to decide on how things play out myself rather than to leave it to luck, but I know a lot of other people who roleplay like to use it.
9) How fast does time move in-character wise? How long would an IC day/week/month be OOC'ly?
10) Actually, since I mentioned LoreLocks before, can I ask what means of storage and door locking the server uses. If it's just Lockette or something similar, might I suggest using LoreLocks instead then? It allows for physical lock items, as well as lockpicks, allowing thief characters more ease with their actions. It also allows you to manage thief characters as well, as you have to give a person permissions for picking locks, which are broken up into a tier system. The plugin is set up to where you can give a person permissions for separate lock tiers, meaning a person would/could have to start from the lowest tier and work their way up to the highest. It also means a thief cant break into just anyone's house or chest, as a person may have a higher lock on their storage or door than the thief can pick. Just be warned that there is a glitch to where locks on doors randomly disappear, but it doesn't happen that often. It's easy to refund a lock someone might lose because of it as well.
11) If you die to a mob during roleplay, does that count as a permanent character death? Or simply an IC injury?
1) Currently, though it exists, the website is outdated and will not be made public, rest assured I am working on updating it, though it will always be easier to get my attention on skype.
2) There's a few ways to get infected. Mainly through radiation, and no, injury caused by the scorched will not result in scorching. Other ways involve eating rotten flesh, or spider eyes, and any other IRP ways that might lead to this (drinking the blood of a Scorched, that kinda stuff.)
3) It isn't hidden, I'm just dumb. Here she is: 167.114.101.146:25595
4) Unfortunately, I have a weak memory, I distinctly recall EotA and LotC, I spent some short time on an "caribbean colonies" inspired place, and then there's all the smaller servers I played on. I don't recall Mirai though.
5) The simple, current answer to this question is no. The complicated, future answer to this question is "No comment."
6) Personally, as a person who moves around a lot and has a laptop that doesn't run mods too well, I'll have to say no for now, if we ever grow to be a large community and a lot of people are asking for them, however, I will definitely consider it.
7) Well, we haven't had any enchanted items as of yet, and with our RP-PvP default I don't really think they'll make much of a difference, the only reason we've had to use them is on special items and Jumper's weapons such as maces (shovels with sharpness and unbreaking so they aren't sub-par weapons)
8) We've got /roll on the server ;3
9) One month OOC is a year, though this may change if I start to notice that time's just going too damn fast.
10) We're actually already running both LoreLocks AND LWC, for different purposes
11) Up to now, I was thinking of it as either an accidental death (no PK) or an infection, but a few days of mandatory bedrest could be a nice third option
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Location:
somewhere getting greifed
Join Date:
12/19/2011
Posts:
153
Minecraft:
funnymon
Member Details
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: funnymon
How old are you?:16
Have you read and agreed to the rules?:Yes
What’s the rule you agree with the most?:Rule 2, Racism which is not tolerated.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?:No, i understand every rule.
What is roleplaying?:When you act out a character
What is metagaming?:You know something that your IC doesnt ,and you use it during role-play.
What is powergaming?:Forcing actions against another player.
Ex. Player 1 cuts off Player 2's head
IC:
Character’s name:Haul jackson
Character’s gender:Male
Character’s age:21
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs):
Both of Haul's parents were high members of the Church of Solstice,every day his parent prayed to the sun god. Haul never really believed in the "Sun god", but he never had the guts to say no to his parents. At the age of 13 when the plague hit the Exiles he and his parents went near the radiation spots to praise them.Haul hated how the Scorched were, but loved how he and his father would not only praise them but study them.
One morning Haul and his father watched as one of the Scorched's skin slowly peeled off until there was nothing left but bones.His father and mother started to praise it on sight, but Haul didn't, he saw that the Scorched started to hit the glass container it was being held in, over and over again until it started to crack. Instead of warning everyone he panicked he ran and hid in his camp site, he heard screamed and crying and shouting but still didn't move. Two people he never meet in his life picked him up and carried him to safety, but before then he fainted in his their arms.
Haul found out that the two people who saved his life were two Exile female who can to warn the Church of solstice members that were near the sites that the Scorched are to many in numbers and to deadly to be praising. Haul understood that the remaining humans were planning to create a floating city, he always had an interesting in motors and coal power.
At the age of 17, Haul after studying up and becoming a leading professor in coal-powered motors he decide to help humanity on the Attica project. He started practicing sword fighting, so he would never not be able to defend him self and his loved ones. His plans to become just a simple blacksmith practicing his motor building skills, he also plans to start praising the the sun god, not because he believes it it he wants to honor his parents memories .
Personality Traits: Haul is very intelligent and can think his way out of most problems,but because of this he is very full of himself
Strengths/Talents:Haul is very charming and hardworking, given a task he will find anyway to do it, unless he runs out of patient.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: Haul hates to fight, and dislikes to depend on other people of help, Haul is horrible in bad situations that why he never gets himself in any.Haul is very impatient if he doesn't get results fast he will leave that project/goal.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can):
Light Brown skin, 7feet 6 inches, light blue eyes and black hair. He avoids eye contact with people and doesn't like to talk to people, he usually stays by himself, but while near friends he'll become very lively
Sorry if this isn't the best. After reading some of the other apps, I realize it could be longer.
OOC:
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: _Racoon
How old are you?: 16
Have you read and agreed to the rules?: Yes.
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: The one about using proper skins. I'm still surprised whenever people log onto servers with bad skins.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: Nope.
What is roleplaying?: Creating a character and acting as them.
What is metagaming?: Using information you gained OOCly ICly, like if I learned something in the Skype chat and decided that my character knew it too.
What is powergaming?: Basically just not being fair. It could be not allowing a player to react in time, doing things your character would be unable to, or rudely overpowering someone else in a fight, even if your character could not.
IC:
Character’s name: Sylvia Bianchi
Character’s gender: F
Character’s age: 28
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs): Sylvia was born into a small group of people on the ground. They were, for the most part, nomads, though they would set up and live in certain areas for a while before moving on, taking the time to find some additional food, and if there were no animals nearby, they would stay until their crops had grown. When they were on the move, however, they had to take any opportunity to gather supplies. They would often steal from smaller groups, assault travelers, or even attack small settlements, (though, in Sylvia's lifetime, they only attacked one.) Sylvia grew up surrounded by starving people, and many childhood friends of hers wound up infected before they grew into adults. The morale of the group had always been low, but it was only getting worse.
Sometime when her daughter was a teen, Sylvia's mother became a believer of the Solstice religion. She left the group on a pilgrimage to find somewhere her beliefs were more accepted. Sylvia joined her, and they started a long journey. They walked for over a year before they found other Solstice-ers. They likely would have made faster time if they didn't stop at each radioactive or otherwise “important” spot. The thing about the people they found, though, is that one of them was already infected. Over the next little while, everyone but Sylvia wound up dying, even her mother. Though it was difficult, she had to leave the group, out of fear of becoming infected herself. She tried to retrace their steps back to the original group, but after about a month of walking, she came across a town. A very large town, at that. And somewhere up in the sky, she noticed an airship. (Gotta be cool like Fish and leave a cliffhanger.)
Personality Traits: She's very to the point with people she doesn't know. She often comes across as too serious, and sometimes crabby., as she is not one for sentimentality. She doesn't seek people out and doesn't enjoy talking to strangers too much. To people she does know, and who she likes, she is much more open, and nicer.
Strengths/Talents: She's a good shot with a bow or a crossbow. She's also decently intelligent, and can pick up new skills relatively easily.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: She isn't particularly strong, as such, she does poorly at fighting at close range, with fists or melee weapons, carpentry, or carrying heavy objects. She's not a “people-person,” either, and can be distrusting or even hostile to strangers.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can): Standing at 5'4'', she is definitely on the smaller side. She's almost emaciated in appearance, causing her blue shirt to appear baggy. Other than that, she keeps a bandage over her left leg, wears a white scarf, and has goggles hanging at the top of her head. By some people, she could be called attractive, but too most she simply appears average; not the kind of person you'd really notice in a crowd. http://gyazo.com/65636b2a41fe4a643ddd905f8b4014f9
Looks great! Keep up the good work, you have been accepted! I will PM you.
What’s the rule you agree with the most?:Rule 2, Racism which is not tolerated.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?:No, i understand every rule.
What is roleplaying?:When you act out a character
What is metagaming?:You know something that your IC doesnt ,and you use it during role-play.
What is powergaming?:Forcing actions against another player.
Ex. Player 1 cuts off Player 2's head
IC:
Character’s name:Haul jackson
Character’s gender:Male
Character’s age:21
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs):
Both of Haul's parents were high members of the Church of Solstice,every day his parent prayed to the sun god. Haul never really believed in the "Sun god", but he never had the guts to say no to his parents. At the age of 13 when the plague hit the Exiles he and his parents went near the radiation spots to praise them.Haul hated how the Scorched were, but loved how he and his father would not only praise them but study them.
One morning Haul and his father watched as one of the Scorched's skin slowly peeled off until there was nothing left but bones.His father and mother started to praise it on sight, but Haul didn't, he saw that the Scorched started to hit the glass container it was being held in, over and over again until it started to crack. Instead of warning everyone he panicked he ran and hid in his camp site, he heard screamed and crying and shouting but still didn't move. Two people he never meet in his life picked him up and carried him to safety, but before then he fainted in his their arms.
Haul found out that the two people who saved his life were two Exile female who can to warn the Church of solstice members that were near the sites that the Scorched are to many in numbers and to deadly to be praising. Haul understood that the remaining humans were planning to create a floating city, he always had an interesting in motors and coal power.
At the age of 17, Haul after studying up and becoming a leading professor in coal-powered motors he decide to help humanity on the Attica project. He started practicing sword fighting, so he would never not be able to defend him self and his loved ones. His plans to become just a simple blacksmith practicing his motor building skills, he also plans to start praising the the sun god, not because he believes it it he wants to honor his parents memories .
Personality Traits: Haul is very intelligent and can think his way out of most problems,but because of this he is very full of himself
Strengths/Talents:Haul is very charming and hardworking, given a task he will find anyway to do it.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: Haul hates to fight, and dislikes to depend on other people of help, Haul is horrible in bad situations that why he never gets himself in any.Haul is very impatient if he doesn't get results fast he will leave that project/goal.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can):
Light Brown skin, 7feet 6 inches, light blue eyes and black hair. He avoids eye contact with people and doesn't like to talk to people, he usually stays by himself.
Skype:funnymon12
The appearance section and one of his strengths and weaknesses sort of are the opposite. You say he is impatient in his weaknesses but you say he will find anyway to do it; this is contradictory.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can): Bradley is somewhat muscular and well fit, he's about 187CM tall.
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: #8 No griefing. Let's keep the place looking good
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: Nope
What is roleplaying?: Acting out a character in an established setting.
What is metagaming?: Taking knowledge gained from out of character and using it in character.
What is powergaming?: Forcing actions on other characters.
IC:
Character’s name: James Connors of Aeldor
Character’s gender: Male
Character’s age: 46
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs):
James was born in the primary outpost of Aeldor to a family that has long been dedicated to science and research. When he was a boy he remembers his father always researching or experimenting with something despite the constant threats of the Great War. It appeared as though Aeldor would survive the conflict after closing it's borders and leaving the Soltice and Exiles to themselves. That is until the Scorched started appearing. The war between the factions was over only because they now had a more dangerous common enemy. As usual James' father wanted to study the infection like anything else. At this time James was working under his father helping with the experiments on pieces of Scorched flesh. The Kamma were entirely unexpected when they attacked and caused a breached in containment while his father was in the lab. James had to flee leaving his father trapped in the lab which went into lock-down. His mother refused to leave her husband to die alone and stayed with him. Promising to survive and keep researching James left for an outpost that was farther away from the Scorched hordes.
James arrived at the outpost where people from Aeldor, Soltice and Exiles were all fighting the Scorched to survive. He wanted to keep the legacy of Aeldor and it's peaceful democratic ways alive so he adopted the suffix on his name "of Aeldor". James kept hearing news of outposts falling to the hordes of Scorched. He started working with other scientists and engineers for a solution of survival. It was decided the only safety could be found in the sky. Massive rotors and machinery were designed for the great floating citadel Attica. Although survival for humanity was the first priority James also tried to continue his research of the Scorched, hoping to perhaps find a way to cleanse the earth. The day came when Attica was ready for lift off. The jumpers pushed for immediate take off before the Scorched broke the walls and overrun the last surviving outpost. James thought he was close to a breakthrough in his research and insisted he be one of the last to board Attica. Unfortunately the breakthrough never came and James barely escaped with his life having to leave everything behind. A jumper gave his life for James that day while they were getting him to Attica. He will never forget this and feels he still owes the jumpers. Now aboard Attica James wants to continue researching, tinkering on various things, and promoting civilized living.
Personality Traits: A bit stubborn when it comes to his research. Reveres the Jumpers. Sometimes a bit too literal.
Strengths/Talents: Able to reverse engineer and tinker with almost anything. Very resourceful when experimenting.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: Not a good fighter.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can):
James is 180 cm tall and 90 kg with pale skin. He always wears a white lab coat and has odd looking goggles that have a green tint on them and a lamp in the middle.
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Location:
Canada
Join Date:
9/15/2013
Posts:
226
Location:
Canada
Minecraft:
braybowski
Member Details
OOC
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?:
Khros
How old are you?:
15 (16 in a month.)
Have you read and agreed to the rules?:
Yes
What’s the rule you agree with the most?:
1 & 4
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?:
No
What is roleplaying?:
Stepping into the shoes of a character, existing or non-existing and acting in their place.
What is metagaming?:
Mixing OOC information into IC situations.
What is powergaming?:
Unrealistic actions, forcing emotes upon another character. Ie; ___ slashes at ____, cutting off his finger. Or so much as to not allow your opponent to emote.
IC:
Character’s name:
Lyov Delacroix
Character’s gender:
Male
Character’s age:
27
Biography:
Lyov born a young boy in the most peril of times that humanity would have to face, fearing his own life even as an infant. He grew up desperate and poor, unable to tend to himself for whatever grime and dirt would get under his nails. His town knew no sympathy to his constant decline, letting him bathe in filth and muck all alone. Rumors spread like wildfire through the town about the Church of Solstice, a bunch of loons who praised the Scorching so dearly.
He wasn't daft, or perhaps he was. He didn't take interest into the religious fervor, focusing heavily into his own survival which was much more of a task. Time had passed, his family slowly disintegrating into nothing but dear memories. Managing to scrape by, he afforded himself basic supplies to sustain him a month after retrieving a small stash in a burlap satchel left by his father, containing a sum of six Syuz. Time had passed, spending some of the wealth before having to move on before the Scorched would begin to bang on the doors.
Personality Traits:
Generally kept to himself; not exactly outgoing for others. Cold. Heartless in some perspectives. Can be often viewed as witty or sarcastic. Wont include much more for the sake of RP.
Strengths/Talents:
Endurable in rough environments from his tolling past. Though good with sustaining himself in harsh conditions and often keeps his temper in check. Great perception in near by areas, worsening as distance increases.
Weaknesses/Inabilities:
Not particularly strong or intelligent, doesn't have much experience with any form of weaponry. Has trouble reading and formulating mathematical equations, often and potentially could be viewed as a waste to society. Nearsightedness, cant make out objects from a distance, all coming together to form a blur.
Appearance:
Has short brown-greying hair slicked back towards the front and stone grey eyes. Pale complexion casts itself over his body, having a gruff dark beard over his face to shield himself from bacteria and all else. He stands at around 6ft, and weighs around 160lbs. His build could be stocky if he had lifted weights and improved his strength. He wears a dark overcoat dressed with brass buttons around the front, and accenting it with gold around the collars and sleeves, draping down to his calves and splitting off jaggedly around it. He wears dark leather boots which crack with age as he walks. He is viewed as highly hostile in appearance, menacing and perhaps aggressive, though this is just off of appearance.
This is an RP app for getting Haul Jackson (funnymon) the ability to walk again after he broke his legs.
My char James Connors who is a scientist and tinker has designed some powered legs for Haul.
A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by a steam powered pack worn by the person.
These are blueprints for the legs which are powered by a steam pack.
This is the steam pack powered by one piece of coal per day for normal activities.
I would need an admin to make some RP components that James will craft. I'm thinking iron pants with the name "Exoskelelegs" with a low level feather fall enchant. A cauldron called "Exo Steampack" that Haul has to have in his inventory for the legs to work. The MC material cost for these things will be 7 iron ingots for the legs and 4 iron ingots for the pack. A blacksmith will need to help craft the boiler (3 ingots) for the pack as well. The boiler could be a bucket called "Small Boiler".
Have you read and agreed to the rules?: Definitely
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: no Meta-gaming. I hate it when people know stuff they shouldn't know IC.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: They all make sense to me!
What is roleplaying?: Roleplaying in my own definition is taking on the role and personality of another person or character. You essentially only have what that character has in a sense of knowledge, judgment, and basically anything else that character would do.
What is metagaming?: Metagaming is When you use out of character knowledge in Character. for example, if I see your name is john on the screen and not through roleplay and then say, "Hey john!" and I haven't met you before. then that would be metagaming.
What is powergaming?: Powergaming is when you do something in character that is overpowered and/or doesn't give the other person time to respond. An example would be, "I fire three arrows at once at you. they are all headshots and you die."
Character’s name: Sofetios Jayamen
Character’s gender: Male
Character’s age: 23
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs): ( I'm basing this on the assumption that Atticia has only recently been deployed maybe a few years before)
One day, before the raising of Atticia, a child was born to a family of airship builders. Sofetios's mother came from a farming backround and Sofetios's Father came from an airship mechanic backround. The scorched were a constant worry on the Jayamen family's mind, although they lived in a very secure part of the ciry. Now, at the age of 5, Sofetios began working around the Jayamen household doing various things, such as cleaning and watering plants they had growing in the home. From then until the age of 10, Sofetios learned more about how to grow plants from his mother. Though at the age of 10, Sofetios got a gift that he woud treasure for life. A book. Sofetios's father knew how to read and write due to the schematics he had to build from. So in his spare time, Sofetios's Father taught Sofetios how to read and write as well, using the book as an example. The book was a simple story about a boy who explored the woods near his house as an adventure. at the age of 12, Sofetios had read the book many times and had learned its words by heart. It was around this time that Sofetios's Father was running short on money. So He invited Sofetios to come work with him building airships.
At the age of 13, Sofetios longed for another book. But since his family was short on money, when he asked his father for one, his father thought for a minute. Then he replied, "I'll tell you what. Why don't you write your own stories?" Sofetios loved this idea so much that he began writing stories at once, although mediocre. 1t the age of 21, Sofetios was well read, wrote stories, knew how to plant and tend plants to an extent, and knew how to build a decent airship. The scorched threat was getting very bad now. It was now that Atticia was about to be raised. So Sofetios went with his family to get on it, but among the clambering and chaos got separated from them. Sofetios made it safely on Atticia, but if his family made it, he doesn't know to this day.
Sofetios is now 23 and as to where his life may go. Only time will tell...
Personality Traits: Well mannered, generally a nice guy, does not like conflict.
Strengths/Talents: Well read, writes very well, can build a decent airship, knows how to tend plants, also very smart.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: is horrible in a fight, borders on being a pacifist unless mortally threatened.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can): Sofetios wears a green shirt with a sleeveless leather jacket overtop it. He also wears brown pants. He has brown eyes and hair, and looks a rather bit shy. he is a bit taller then normal height, and weighs a little less then normal.
Have you read and agreed to the rules?: Definitely
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: no Meta-gaming. I hate it when people know stuff they shouldn't know IC.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: They all make sense to me!
What is roleplaying?: Roleplaying in my own definition is taking on the role and personality of another person or character. You essentially only have what that character has in a sense of knowledge, judgment, and basically anything else that character would do.
What is metagaming?: Metagaming is When you use out of character knowledge in Character. for example, if I see your name is john on the screen and not through roleplay and then say, "Hey john!" and I haven't met you before. then that would be metagaming.
What is powergaming?: Powergaming is when you do something in character that is overpowered and/or doesn't give the other person time to respond. An example would be, "I fire three arrows at once at you. they are all headshots and you die."
Character’s name: Sofetios Jayamen
Character’s gender: Male
Character’s age: 23
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs): ( I'm basing this on the assumption that Atticia has only recently been deployed maybe a few years before)
One day, before the raising of Atticia, a child was born to a family of airship builders. Sofetios's mother came from a farming backround and Sofetios's Father came from an airship mechanic backround. The scorched were a constant worry on the Jayamen family's mind, although they lived in a very secure part of the ciry. Now, at the age of 5, Sofetios began working around the Jayamen household doing various things, such as cleaning and watering plants they had growing in the home. From then until the age of 10, Sofetios learned more about how to grow plants from his mother. Though at the age of 10, Sofetios got a gift that he woud treasure for life. A book. Sofetios's father knew how to read and write due to the schematics he had to build from. So in his spare time, Sofetios's Father taught Sofetios how to read and write as well, using the book as an example. The book was a simple story about a boy who explored the woods near his house as an adventure. at the age of 12, Sofetios had read the book many times and had learned its words by heart. It was around this time that Sofetios's Father was running short on money. So He invited Sofetios to come work with him building airships.
At the age of 13, Sofetios longed for another book. But since his family was short on money, when he asked his father for one, his father thought for a minute. Then he replied, "I'll tell you what. Why don't you write your own stories?" Sofetios loved this idea so much that he began writing stories at once, although mediocre. 1t the age of 21, Sofetios was well read, wrote stories, knew how to plant and tend plants to an extent, and knew how to build a decent airship. The scorched threat was getting very bad now. It was now that Atticia was about to be raised. So Sofetios went with his family to get on it, but among the clambering and chaos got separated from them. Sofetios made it safely on Atticia, but if his family made it, he doesn't know to this day.
Sofetios is now 23 and as to where his life may go. Only time will tell...
Personality Traits: Well mannered, generally a nice guy, does not like conflict.
Strengths/Talents: Well read, writes very well, can build a decent airship, knows how to tend plants, also very smart.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: is horrible in a fight, borders on being a pacifist unless mortally threatened.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can): Sofetios wears a green shirt with a sleeveless leather jacket overtop it. He also wears brown pants. He has brown eyes and hair, and looks a rather bit shy. he is a bit taller then normal height, and weighs a little less then normal.
Lovely app! You are accepted and I am excited to see you on the server The IP is 167.114.101.146:25595 and Welcome to the server!
This is an RP app for getting Haul Jackson (funnymon) the ability to walk again after he broke his legs.
My char James Connors who is a scientist and tinker has designed some powered legs for Haul.
A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by a steam powered pack worn by the person.
These are blueprints for the legs which are powered by a steam pack.
This is the steam pack powered by one piece of coal per day for normal activities.
I would need an admin to make some RP components that James will craft. I'm thinking iron pants with the name "Exoskelelegs" with a low level feather fall enchant. A cauldron called "Exo Steampack" that Haul has to have in his inventory for the legs to work. The MC material cost for these things will be 7 iron ingots for the legs and 4 iron ingots for the pack. A blacksmith will need to help craft the boiler (3 ingots) for the pack as well. The boiler could be a bucket called "Small Boiler".
Alright, besides my app, time for a load of questions too:
1) Is there going to be a site/forums for this server at all? Or is it going to be strictly this thread, the server itself, and a skype group?
2) Are scorched able to infect others? Or is it simply the radiation itself that infects a person? Im assuming/hoping the latter, but if the former, be sure to let me know, and i'll edit my backstory with that information in mind. Hoping it just works like a zombie to where only wounds inflicted cause infection, if it is the former.
2) Are there any plugins used for immersion on here at all? Brewery? LoreLocks? Maybe a lore plugin to allow players to add a bit of flavour text to their items? I'd highly suggest that last one, if anything. "Lores" is a good one for that. It may seem out-of-date, but since its entirely text based, it'll work just fine on 1.7 *or* 1.8
3) Is it ok the ask why the IP is hidden until one is accepted? I don't mind it, I just find it a bit strange is all. Don't really understand the point, I guess.
4) Question for you Elf, personally; what other roleplay servers have you been on before? I recognize your name from somewhere, just cant recall where exactly. My mind seems to drift towards Mirai when I think about it, but it doesn't show you've ever posted on the thread there.
5) Probably a rather cliche question, and probably wont be answered since its not mentioned anywhere in the lore, but; does magic exist in this world? Or no? At the very least, are there any wondrous items/artifacts?
6) On the topic of the immersion aspect, will client-side mods ever be used? Maybe something that adds more type of weaponry and/or mobs, or maybe just something like MorePlayerModels?
7) How exactly might in-game enchantments work? On a server I moderate, enchantments other than unbreaking (which are on items made with blacksmithing) are reserved specifically for special items given out through merchants and events. But how do they work here? Are enchantments going to even be a thing at all?
8) More of a suggestion than a question, but if you don't already have one, may I suggest a dice plugin? I don't personally use rolls for a lot of things, I prefer to decide on how things play out myself rather than to leave it to luck, but I know a lot of other people who roleplay like to use it.
9) How fast does time move in-character wise? How long would an IC day/week/month be OOC'ly?
10) Actually, since I mentioned LoreLocks before, can I ask what means of storage and door locking the server uses. If it's just Lockette or something similar, might I suggest using LoreLocks instead then? It allows for physical lock items, as well as lockpicks, allowing thief characters more ease with their actions. It also allows you to manage thief characters as well, as you have to give a person permissions for picking locks, which are broken up into a tier system. The plugin is set up to where you can give a person permissions for separate lock tiers, meaning a person would/could have to start from the lowest tier and work their way up to the highest. It also means a thief cant break into just anyone's house or chest, as a person may have a higher lock on their storage or door than the thief can pick. Just be warned that there is a glitch to where locks on doors randomly disappear, but it doesn't happen that often. It's easy to refund a lock someone might lose because of it as well.
11) If you die to a mob during roleplay, does that count as a permanent character death? Or simply an IC injury?
I can answer a few of your questions
2) We have a lore plugin and brewery installed, as well as a few other plugins to help immersion.
7) Items that aren't really weapons are given some enchants to make them usable against mods so players don't have to break role play and use a sword when they prefer a mace or spear. Though we will be giving out special weapons at some point during an event or special occasion.
8) We have a dice plugin
10) We do have the lock system you have mentioned where the locks are physical items.
11) If you die to a random mob during rp it is considered an accidental death, and you will just be wounded in some way.
If you have any more questions feel free to ask
AslanTheLion-Server Admin
Accepted and PM'd
1) Currently, though it exists, the website is outdated and will not be made public, rest assured I am working on updating it, though it will always be easier to get my attention on skype.
2) There's a few ways to get infected. Mainly through radiation, and no, injury caused by the scorched will not result in scorching. Other ways involve eating rotten flesh, or spider eyes, and any other IRP ways that might lead to this (drinking the blood of a Scorched, that kinda stuff.)
3) It isn't hidden, I'm just dumb. Here she is: 167.114.101.146:25595
4) Unfortunately, I have a weak memory, I distinctly recall EotA and LotC, I spent some short time on an "caribbean colonies" inspired place, and then there's all the smaller servers I played on. I don't recall Mirai though.
5) The simple, current answer to this question is no. The complicated, future answer to this question is "No comment."
6) Personally, as a person who moves around a lot and has a laptop that doesn't run mods too well, I'll have to say no for now, if we ever grow to be a large community and a lot of people are asking for them, however, I will definitely consider it.
7) Well, we haven't had any enchanted items as of yet, and with our RP-PvP default I don't really think they'll make much of a difference, the only reason we've had to use them is on special items and Jumper's weapons such as maces (shovels with sharpness and unbreaking so they aren't sub-par weapons)
8) We've got /roll on the server ;3
9) One month OOC is a year, though this may change if I start to notice that time's just going too damn fast.
10) We're actually already running both LoreLocks AND LWC, for different purposes
11) Up to now, I was thinking of it as either an accidental death (no PK) or an infection, but a few days of mandatory bedrest could be a nice third option
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: funnymon
How old are you?:16
Have you read and agreed to the rules?:Yes
What’s the rule you agree with the most?:Rule 2, Racism which is not tolerated.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?:No, i understand every rule.
What is roleplaying?:When you act out a character
What is metagaming?:You know something that your IC doesnt ,and you use it during role-play.
What is powergaming?:Forcing actions against another player.
Ex. Player 1 cuts off Player 2's head
IC:
Character’s name:Haul jackson
Character’s gender:Male
Character’s age:21
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs):
Both of Haul's parents were high members of the Church of Solstice,every day his parent prayed to the sun god. Haul never really believed in the "Sun god", but he never had the guts to say no to his parents. At the age of 13 when the plague hit the Exiles he and his parents went near the radiation spots to praise them.Haul hated how the Scorched were, but loved how he and his father would not only praise them but study them.
One morning Haul and his father watched as one of the Scorched's skin slowly peeled off until there was nothing left but bones.His father and mother started to praise it on sight, but Haul didn't, he saw that the Scorched started to hit the glass container it was being held in, over and over again until it started to crack. Instead of warning everyone he panicked he ran and hid in his camp site, he heard screamed and crying and shouting but still didn't move. Two people he never meet in his life picked him up and carried him to safety, but before then he fainted in his their arms.
Haul found out that the two people who saved his life were two Exile female who can to warn the Church of solstice members that were near the sites that the Scorched are to many in numbers and to deadly to be praising. Haul understood that the remaining humans were planning to create a floating city, he always had an interesting in motors and coal power.
At the age of 17, Haul after studying up and becoming a leading professor in coal-powered motors he decide to help humanity on the Attica project. He started practicing sword fighting, so he would never not be able to defend him self and his loved ones. His plans to become just a simple blacksmith practicing his motor building skills, he also plans to start praising the the sun god, not because he believes it it he wants to honor his parents memories .
Personality Traits: Haul is very intelligent and can think his way out of most problems,but because of this he is very full of himself
Strengths/Talents:Haul is very charming and hardworking, given a task he will find anyway to do it, unless he runs out of patient.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: Haul hates to fight, and dislikes to depend on other people of help, Haul is horrible in bad situations that why he never gets himself in any.Haul is very impatient if he doesn't get results fast he will leave that project/goal.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can):
Light Brown skin, 7feet 6 inches, light blue eyes and black hair. He avoids eye contact with people and doesn't like to talk to people, he usually stays by himself, but while near friends he'll become very lively
Skype:funnymon12
The appearance section and one of his strengths and weaknesses sort of are the opposite. You say he is impatient in his weaknesses but you say he will find anyway to do it; this is contradictory.
Fix those things and you should be good
Ok, i changed it
You're in ;3
This is much better, you're in!
Accepted!
OOC:
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: kenstructor
How old are you?: 31
Have you read and agreed to the rules?: yes
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: #8 No griefing. Let's keep the place looking good
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: Nope
What is roleplaying?: Acting out a character in an established setting.
What is metagaming?: Taking knowledge gained from out of character and using it in character.
What is powergaming?: Forcing actions on other characters.
IC:
Character’s name: James Connors of Aeldor
Character’s gender: Male
Character’s age: 46
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs):
James was born in the primary outpost of Aeldor to a family that has long been dedicated to science and research. When he was a boy he remembers his father always researching or experimenting with something despite the constant threats of the Great War. It appeared as though Aeldor would survive the conflict after closing it's borders and leaving the Soltice and Exiles to themselves. That is until the Scorched started appearing. The war between the factions was over only because they now had a more dangerous common enemy. As usual James' father wanted to study the infection like anything else. At this time James was working under his father helping with the experiments on pieces of Scorched flesh. The Kamma were entirely unexpected when they attacked and caused a breached in containment while his father was in the lab. James had to flee leaving his father trapped in the lab which went into lock-down. His mother refused to leave her husband to die alone and stayed with him. Promising to survive and keep researching James left for an outpost that was farther away from the Scorched hordes.
James arrived at the outpost where people from Aeldor, Soltice and Exiles were all fighting the Scorched to survive. He wanted to keep the legacy of Aeldor and it's peaceful democratic ways alive so he adopted the suffix on his name "of Aeldor". James kept hearing news of outposts falling to the hordes of Scorched. He started working with other scientists and engineers for a solution of survival. It was decided the only safety could be found in the sky. Massive rotors and machinery were designed for the great floating citadel Attica. Although survival for humanity was the first priority James also tried to continue his research of the Scorched, hoping to perhaps find a way to cleanse the earth. The day came when Attica was ready for lift off. The jumpers pushed for immediate take off before the Scorched broke the walls and overrun the last surviving outpost. James thought he was close to a breakthrough in his research and insisted he be one of the last to board Attica. Unfortunately the breakthrough never came and James barely escaped with his life having to leave everything behind. A jumper gave his life for James that day while they were getting him to Attica. He will never forget this and feels he still owes the jumpers. Now aboard Attica James wants to continue researching, tinkering on various things, and promoting civilized living.
Personality Traits: A bit stubborn when it comes to his research. Reveres the Jumpers. Sometimes a bit too literal.
Strengths/Talents: Able to reverse engineer and tinker with almost anything. Very resourceful when experimenting.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: Not a good fighter.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can):
James is 180 cm tall and 90 kg with pale skin. He always wears a white lab coat and has odd looking goggles that have a green tint on them and a lamp in the middle.
OOC
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?:
Khros
How old are you?:
15 (16 in a month.)
Have you read and agreed to the rules?:
Yes
What’s the rule you agree with the most?:
1 & 4
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?:
No
What is roleplaying?:
Stepping into the shoes of a character, existing or non-existing and acting in their place.
What is metagaming?:
Mixing OOC information into IC situations.
What is powergaming?:
Unrealistic actions, forcing emotes upon another character. Ie; ___ slashes at ____, cutting off his finger. Or so much as to not allow your opponent to emote.
IC:
Character’s name:
Lyov Delacroix
Character’s gender:
Male
Character’s age:
27
Biography:
Lyov born a young boy in the most peril of times that humanity would have to face, fearing his own life even as an infant. He grew up desperate and poor, unable to tend to himself for whatever grime and dirt would get under his nails. His town knew no sympathy to his constant decline, letting him bathe in filth and muck all alone. Rumors spread like wildfire through the town about the Church of Solstice, a bunch of loons who praised the Scorching so dearly.
He wasn't daft, or perhaps he was. He didn't take interest into the religious fervor, focusing heavily into his own survival which was much more of a task. Time had passed, his family slowly disintegrating into nothing but dear memories. Managing to scrape by, he afforded himself basic supplies to sustain him a month after retrieving a small stash in a burlap satchel left by his father, containing a sum of six Syuz. Time had passed, spending some of the wealth before having to move on before the Scorched would begin to bang on the doors.
Personality Traits:
Generally kept to himself; not exactly outgoing for others. Cold. Heartless in some perspectives. Can be often viewed as witty or sarcastic. Wont include much more for the sake of RP.
Strengths/Talents:
Endurable in rough environments from his tolling past. Though good with sustaining himself in harsh conditions and often keeps his temper in check. Great perception in near by areas, worsening as distance increases.
Weaknesses/Inabilities:
Not particularly strong or intelligent, doesn't have much experience with any form of weaponry. Has trouble reading and formulating mathematical equations, often and potentially could be viewed as a waste to society. Nearsightedness, cant make out objects from a distance, all coming together to form a blur.
Appearance:
Has short brown-greying hair slicked back towards the front and stone grey eyes. Pale complexion casts itself over his body, having a gruff dark beard over his face to shield himself from bacteria and all else. He stands at around 6ft, and weighs around 160lbs. His build could be stocky if he had lifted weights and improved his strength. He wears a dark overcoat dressed with brass buttons around the front, and accenting it with gold around the collars and sleeves, draping down to his calves and splitting off jaggedly around it. He wears dark leather boots which crack with age as he walks. He is viewed as highly hostile in appearance, menacing and perhaps aggressive, though this is just off of appearance.
Lovely app! You are accepted, the IP is 167.114.101.146:25595 and you have been whitelisted
OOC:
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: kenstructor
Not certain to whom this is in reference to, and if to me by some chance, I'm not whitelisted. Make sure to quote so people know.
To clear up any confusion, you're both accepted.
This is an RP app for getting Haul Jackson (funnymon) the ability to walk again after he broke his legs.
My char James Connors who is a scientist and tinker has designed some powered legs for Haul.
A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by a steam powered pack worn by the person.
These are blueprints for the legs which are powered by a steam pack.
This is the steam pack powered by one piece of coal per day for normal activities.
I would need an admin to make some RP components that James will craft. I'm thinking iron pants with the name "Exoskelelegs" with a low level feather fall enchant. A cauldron called "Exo Steampack" that Haul has to have in his inventory for the legs to work. The MC material cost for these things will be 7 iron ingots for the legs and 4 iron ingots for the pack. A blacksmith will need to help craft the boiler (3 ingots) for the pack as well. The boiler could be a bucket called "Small Boiler".
Let me know what you guys think.
Application Format:
What’s your Minecraft Account Name?: Sofetios
How old are you?: 21
Have you read and agreed to the rules?: Definitely
What’s the rule you agree with the most?: no Meta-gaming. I hate it when people know stuff they shouldn't know IC.
Are there any rule(s) that confuse you or don’t make sense?: They all make sense to me!
What is roleplaying?: Roleplaying in my own definition is taking on the role and personality of another person or character. You essentially only have what that character has in a sense of knowledge, judgment, and basically anything else that character would do.
What is metagaming?: Metagaming is When you use out of character knowledge in Character. for example, if I see your name is john on the screen and not through roleplay and then say, "Hey john!" and I haven't met you before. then that would be metagaming.
What is powergaming?: Powergaming is when you do something in character that is overpowered and/or doesn't give the other person time to respond. An example would be, "I fire three arrows at once at you. they are all headshots and you die."
Character’s name: Sofetios Jayamen
Character’s gender: Male
Character’s age: 23
Biography (Remember to make sure it makes sense with the lore, go for at least two paragraphs): ( I'm basing this on the assumption that Atticia has only recently been deployed maybe a few years before)
One day, before the raising of Atticia, a child was born to a family of airship builders. Sofetios's mother came from a farming backround and Sofetios's Father came from an airship mechanic backround. The scorched were a constant worry on the Jayamen family's mind, although they lived in a very secure part of the ciry. Now, at the age of 5, Sofetios began working around the Jayamen household doing various things, such as cleaning and watering plants they had growing in the home. From then until the age of 10, Sofetios learned more about how to grow plants from his mother. Though at the age of 10, Sofetios got a gift that he woud treasure for life. A book. Sofetios's father knew how to read and write due to the schematics he had to build from. So in his spare time, Sofetios's Father taught Sofetios how to read and write as well, using the book as an example. The book was a simple story about a boy who explored the woods near his house as an adventure. at the age of 12, Sofetios had read the book many times and had learned its words by heart. It was around this time that Sofetios's Father was running short on money. So He invited Sofetios to come work with him building airships.
At the age of 13, Sofetios longed for another book. But since his family was short on money, when he asked his father for one, his father thought for a minute. Then he replied, "I'll tell you what. Why don't you write your own stories?" Sofetios loved this idea so much that he began writing stories at once, although mediocre. 1t the age of 21, Sofetios was well read, wrote stories, knew how to plant and tend plants to an extent, and knew how to build a decent airship. The scorched threat was getting very bad now. It was now that Atticia was about to be raised. So Sofetios went with his family to get on it, but among the clambering and chaos got separated from them. Sofetios made it safely on Atticia, but if his family made it, he doesn't know to this day.
Sofetios is now 23 and as to where his life may go. Only time will tell...
Personality Traits: Well mannered, generally a nice guy, does not like conflict.
Strengths/Talents: Well read, writes very well, can build a decent airship, knows how to tend plants, also very smart.
Weaknesses/Inabilities: is horrible in a fight, borders on being a pacifist unless mortally threatened.
Appearance (How he looks+Height and Weight, add a screenshot of your skin if you can): Sofetios wears a green shirt with a sleeveless leather jacket overtop it. He also wears brown pants. He has brown eyes and hair, and looks a rather bit shy. he is a bit taller then normal height, and weighs a little less then normal.
Lovely app! You are accepted and I am excited to see you on the server The IP is 167.114.101.146:25595 and Welcome to the server!
I like this, I'm all for it.