In most cases I'd definitely agree with you since it should be up to the player to decide their character, not the GM, but for this scenario, I'm encouraging non-serious characters more as I'm trying to show how the thread is going to be a specific setting, mood and tone, and a dark and edgy character will not work well in it. I didn't say somebody couldn't play one, all I'm saying is that there's little point in doing so as because of the nature of the thread and the rest of the cast, when you play in the thread, you're not going to be able to make that character work and shine as much as you might hope, which will potentially leave the player disappointed unless they plan, structure and write the character well. If somebody goes into the thread wanting to make a darker character and is aware that they're gonna have to work for them to fit into the setting and does so effectively, that's absolutely great and I'd be super chuffed to see someone put so much dedication into making something work, but for the most part, this thread is going to cater towards larger-than-life, goofy, carefree characters sooo much more than serious ones. Even though it's a sandbox thread, that doesn't mean any character is on the table. The characters are free to do what they want, but they've gotta fit the thread in the first place, y'know? Think of it like a regular DND campaign: In Curse of Strahd, a party consisting of Blibo the Gnome Jelly Juggler, A-382, an android bounty hunter from the far future, and Celene the regular girl from the 21st century is going to be much harder to run than a party of characters that fit the story and setting. With enough work and effort from both the GM and players, maybe something outlandish like that could work in that scenario, but that's not what I'm looking to do at all.
I agree with you on the first point, but that analogy doesn’t work here. If this is a sandbox thread, there is no DM. It’s not a campaign, it’s a thread, and there is a big difference between the two. Plus, a majority of the people here are decent writers, if not amazing, so making it work isn’t really too hard. And since there is no DM, you don’t have to do anything. Again. Don’ limit the player’s choices.
Sorry, I think I’ve confused you when I said sandbox: By that I mean the players can choose what to do within the story, go anywhere they like, try whatever they want, but that doesn’t mean the thread is just gonna get left for the players to decide what happens by themselves. As the thread creator I’ll act as a GM to provide the final say on rulings, answer any questions the players might have, decide on the lore, history and most importantly in this context, the themes of the thread’s setting, along with other things, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be planning and leading a story as you’d expect in a campaign or story thread. I know that the people here can be some incredible and talented writers, but there isn’t a challenge on ‘who can create a character that works in a setting not suited for them’. Nobody needs to make serious characters, and so even though I’m sure most players could be capable of doing so, they’re gonna get so much more out of the thread by going with the themes and mood set out rather than trying to fight against it. And please can you stop telling me to ‘stop limiting player choices’. Never have I once said that they absolutely cannot play a serious character, all I’ve done is advised strongly against it because there is very little point in doing so and it is not what the thread is looking for; if you’re desperate to play a serious character, I can’t see why you can’t just play it in another thread which isn’t one that directly is looking for non-serious characters.
I apologise about my analogy, it was pretty poor though it was all I could come up with on the fly; a better one would be somebody making a thread dedicated to fairies, where all the characters are fairies and you’ll struggle to play anything else, and then somebody being desperate to play a giant. It just goes against what the thread is looking for and won’t work well without some serious planning.
Telling someone not to play a specific character is kinda limiting player choices, but I’m just gonna stop arguing about it because I know you aren’t changing your stance on it. And if you’re going to have a discussion, there’s no need to get so upset and defensive over it. That’s all I’ll say
Yeah, I’m not gonna change my mind and was actually going to back down too because of that, so thanks for backing down first as that saves us both time. Also I’d agree I was defensive of my point (not sure what else I was meant to do since I was asking for criticism and then was responding and combatting that, i.e defence) but I was far from upset dude, idk how you were reading my responses but you were definitely misinterpreting them regardless, so please don’t tell me how to have a discussion, thanks.
You know when someone backs down you aren’t supposed to keep going
Sorry, I was just providing a response on my part as I had things I still wanted to say to and it led to a conclusion that I was happy to leave there. I’m still fully allowed to reply even if you say you are finished, and I didn’t expect you or myself to respond again, so can we please now just draw a line under it and leave this be? I’m happy to say that I wasn’t the bigger person there and I apologise for responding, hope we can now move on.
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
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I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
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Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
I’m not dead yet. But In all seriousness I’m doing alright. A bit bored at the moment. I’m also procrastinating
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Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
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fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
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fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
never had a scone what are they like?
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fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
never had a scone what are they like?
Uhhh they’re hard to describe, kinda like a very, very thick cake? You can also have them sweet or savoury, and people usually add either cherries and raisins to make sweet Fruit Scones, or cheese to make (you guessed it) Cheese Scones
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
They’re actually pretty good
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Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
do you live in Europe?
He’s a crumpet eater
crumpets are biscuits, right?
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
They’re actually pretty good
now I want to try one
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fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Sorry, I was just providing a response on my part as I had things I still wanted to say to and it led to a conclusion that I was happy to leave there. I’m still fully allowed to reply even if you say you are finished, and I didn’t expect you or myself to respond again, so can we please now just draw a line under it and leave this be? I’m happy to say that I wasn’t the bigger person there and I apologise for responding, hope we can now move on.
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Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
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Yeah it’s no issue man. Anyways, how are you?
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m doing decent, thanks man, just got back from a 5km run (3 miles for you Americans) and got close to my personal best time so I’m pretty happy, what about you?
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
do you live in Europe?
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Yeah, I’m British
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
He’s a crumpet eater
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
I’m not dead yet. But In all seriousness I’m doing alright. A bit bored at the moment. I’m also procrastinating
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
crumpets are biscuits, right?
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Nah they’re like a spongy cake thing that you have for breakfast and you can either put sweet or savoury spreads on them, that’s the best way I can describe them. Haven’t had one in years tbf
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
that sounds so much better than biscuits to me
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
I’ve seen American Biscuits (we don’t have your biscuits here and say that biscuits are what you cookies) and they don’t look great tbh, kinda look like lumpy scones
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
never had a scone what are they like?
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Uhhh they’re hard to describe, kinda like a very, very thick cake? You can also have them sweet or savoury, and people usually add either cherries and raisins to make sweet Fruit Scones, or cheese to make (you guessed it) Cheese Scones
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
They’re actually pretty good
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
now I want to try one
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Damn I missed the road trip chat
I’m a decent DM and an above average rules lawyer
I have several complete Pokedexes | I may be stupid, but at least I’m not smart!
Stay Paranoid!! My Drummer given title is… Swift as the Dragon
May the dice roll ever in your favor
are you talking about my chat with himy and shiver?
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
Probably
I’m a decent DM and an above average rules lawyer
I have several complete Pokedexes | I may be stupid, but at least I’m not smart!
Stay Paranoid!! My Drummer given title is… Swift as the Dragon
May the dice roll ever in your favor
ill probably be going to get something to eat soon so I cant chat with you for long
fellow follower of JEFF!!!! and a fan of botw
Co-cult leader of the cynophobia cult
Archivist of the kingdoms and Crowns thread, Percy Jackson thread, and Mechanicus thread
All good
I’m a decent DM and an above average rules lawyer
I have several complete Pokedexes | I may be stupid, but at least I’m not smart!
Stay Paranoid!! My Drummer given title is… Swift as the Dragon
May the dice roll ever in your favor