Some Command Ideas

I like what I see with the bot and the world's development so far. A couple of things I've wanted to see done was a shortened command for switching IC/OOC.. a simple

/ic
/ooc

would do nicely as an alternative to the fully typed out method.
I also noticed that the '/me insert sentence here' command was absent. being an addict to that command while in character, it would be nice to have again

speaking of that, I had an idea for a narrative command similar to AW's traditional /me command.
we'll call it /narrate
example: the user would type
/narrate The clouds begin to swirl above the heads of Flipz, Valuk, and Lady Rosalia as they are fishing...

and the text would appear in that form in the chat window much like /me would, without the user's name as a mandatory..


The clouds begin to swirl above the heads of Flipz, Valuk, and Lady Rosalia as they are fishing...

Just a few ideas ^_^
let me know what you all think.

You can do the shorthand ooc command already, without doing /switch ooc channel. Just say /ooc and replace with whatever you want to say OOCly. I almost never use /switch ooc channel, I always like using just putting /ooc in front of whatever I need to say

The only issue with /narrate is that anyone whose not remotely interested can come in and use the command to advertise AW Bingo real quick then leave. I think a solution to this tho could be to set a minimum skill level to its use, say 10 strength?

i still like my /sleep idea he he

dr. duke wrote:

i still like my /sleep idea he he

Oh for the love of god, we've been thru this. Sleeping wouldn't put a halt to your nutrition or hydration. In addition, it takes 1.5 minutes (90 seconds) for your nutrition/hydration to go down by 1. So you have plenty of time before you have to eat again. In addition, it is more than easy to keep both nutrition and hydration up. If you're having problems with hydration, you're just not doing anything period.. because there is more than enough fountains to drink from. And if you're having problems with nutrition, go to the GZ and hunt that one deer that's less than 5 strength. A slab of meat provides a lot of useful nutrition, and 2 will fill you up, as it should. Duke the only reason you are having these problems is simply because you do not do anything at all when you're in world. You can't sit in world doing nothing and expect that you're going to be granted some mystical help to not starve to death. If you don't feed yourself (and it's plenty easy to do so), you won't survive.

In further addition, if you're going to go AFK and end up being gone so long you die of thirst/hunger, it really isn't that big of a deal. You obviously weren't around anything so important that you couldn't bare to be away from it. To come back alive, just make your way to the "rebirther" item at the other end of the underworld/heaven, and bam you're alive again. If you're Tir'anian, you don't even have to turn right or left, all you have to do in the Tir'anian heaven is to walk straight.. keep walking straight and you can't miss the rebirther

Wow, death for Prolix humans and Tir'anain are different? We go to hell, they go to heaven? I'm in real life human (Obviously) and Christian, and if I were to die I'd go to heaven, can we change it to make humans have a god? its the Drow who should be the only ones without a god, and go to hell, not us.

a little off-topic, but... if there are multiple afterlife places, then shouldn't the one you go to be based on alignment? Like a Neutral afterlife for new and neutral players, a Peaceful Haven for those who take on noble quests, and a Damnation for players that do alot of the more sinister quests.

Add a category to each quest dictating neutrality, good, or evil. get enough points in one alignment, and that will decide which afterlife you're sent to, and even what higher quests you're allowed to take. Such as one quest may only allow you to proceed with it if you have enough points in a certain alignment.
It could take a long time to implement, but it could be worth it in the long run.

And as for the /narrate command, you do have a point. There would have to be some kind of statistic requirement. Maybe even have that privilege handed out by the devs to people they feel can use it without abusing it, such as proven city leaders, or Guildmasters.

By the way, thanks for pointing out the /ooc thing, that really helps

Lastria (the real one) wrote:

Wow, death for Prolix humans and Tir'anain are different? We go to hell, they go to heaven? I'm in real life human (Obviously) and Christian, and if I were to die I'd go to heaven, can we change it to make humans have a god? its the Drow who should be the only ones without a god, and go to hell, not us.

I understand we all may have our various religious beliefs OOC. However, there is a strong possibility that no gods exist to reign over Korth and also a strong possibility that gods do exist, it's all a matter of personal belief in the game. That is why it is not a world governed by the gods, I really wanted to steer away from that while still providing a means for people to RP god worship if they wanted to.

Now nothing stops you as a character from being a human that worships an elven god.. or being an elf that worships no god... or even making up a "personal god" who your character follows (I believe DimJim roleplayed his character believing in another god at one point and it came out really well). Humans way back in Korth's history used to worship a god similar to the elven god Torrix, however over 40,000 years of human evolution in Korth.. that worship was lost. I see humans as being less coherent of a race than the elves. Yes the elves have their variations, but I still like to remain more united and tied to the family unit. Whereas humans strive to make advancements to the world around them.

I didn't want to bog humans down with having a god in the game because honestly, I'd rather see more scientific and inventive progress come out of it. I'd rather see Prolix filled with scientists who actively try to find new weapon techniques, battle strategies, medicines (or poisons if you have a bad human), etc. I didn't want humans in Korth to be tied down to a strict, codified religious system. I've always said that I would love to have Korth as a whole advance through the ages so it isn't stuck in a continuous dark age. I'd like to see somethin like a victorian age, an industrial age, and all that jazz. I want to see how L'Obsul, the capital of the humans, sprawls outward into the land into suburbs.. or how the elves are able to turn a harsh desert into a utopian oasis filled with greenery.


In regards to the heaven and hell issue, I will look into building a seperate underworld for Prolix citizens. I wouldn't call it a divine heaven though. I am thinking more along the lines of an afterlife.. not a spiritual place, but a real place people go to after they are done with their 1st life and move on to the next. I'll fill it up with labs and all sorts of things that represent human progress in the sciences and all that. I just want humans at least to make the most of their life in Korth.

The problem with adding another skill to determine where you go upon death is that you can have a terrific RPer, someone who always plays good morals, but is just reall bad at quests and as a result, cannot get the requried skills to reach a "heaven". On the other hand, you can have a really bad RPer who constantly upsets the game, but is a Gamer nonetheless who quests come very easy to. As a result, this person would be sent to the heaven. I suppose I could always reward good RP behavior with these extra points to go to heaven, but that may border too closely to favortism.

well...this seems to facor the Aincient Greek Mytology of "heaven" the Ancient greeks never beiled in heven or hell, they went to one play, and in that one play they could go higher(cant remember teh anme of this crap) but eather way it was the underworld. that is basically whats going on here, the Tiranioan elves are gjust going to a different part of the underworld

So, there really are multiple afterlife places here?

As of now, there are 2.. but really what's the problem with having people see different stuff when they die? No gaming benefit is or ever was given to either elves or non-elves with the 2 afterlifes.. it's just a different scenary

but still, the Elven afterlife is very cool

Garrick wrote:

It is not a world governed by the gods, I really wanted to steer away from that while still providing a means for people to RP god worship if they wanted to.

I didn't want to bog humans down with having a god in the game because honestly, I'd rather see more scientific and inventive progress come out of it. I'd rather see Prolix filled with scientists who actively try to find new weapon techniques, battle strategies, medicines (or poisons if you have a bad human), etc. I didn't want humans in Korth to be tied down to a strict, codified religious system.

See, now that's something I can actually agree with. Not simply because I'm not a religious person OC, but because many MANY RPGs that I've seen, both on and off of AW, have had many many obvious ties ties to gods and the like. Its good to see that sort of thing being optional for a change.

And you have a good point with the good/evil afterlife. I suppose there could just be one for each nation, and one for those without a nation. I could live with that. Heck, I could provide concept art for the afterlifes..

speaking of poisons how do we use them on others ?

Poisoning people is going too far.
I can't believe someone wants to poison people.
Like killing some one is not satisfying.
Now they have to poison people..... Talking about being sociopath'
You could not be more disconnecting with people if you tried.
Or......... Maybe they think were avatars.
I am NOT An avatar....... Please don't treat me like I am.
And......... Further more.... I know where you got the poison..
You did not belong there.
You should have not gone though that cave!
I know that's the only place you can get that poison.. Because I have gone there
Myself.
And I am sorry I did.
I didn't belong there other.
You friend Sea.

maybe let poison damage you forever even after you come back to life, and you need the anti-dote to heal yourself.

Voice Sea, relax. It's a game, poisoning is possible in a lot of RP games; it's just something to add to the gameplay. You needn't get so worked up over something like that. It's not some sort of sick thing to want to do that in a game. Real life? Yeah, but in a computer game it's completely different. If the people want poison, give 'em poison.

Just curious, what cave is this? the one by the game area? im confused lol!

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