Into the New World - Recruitment OPEN (Current players stay OUT!)

[Lorthanoth]

Sweet Pelor's fiery beard... that's the most in-depth background story I've ever read...

 

[Dire Lemming]

I figure that if I put a lot of effort into it I'm more likely to get picked...

I'm not very good at writing descriptions though as you might have noticed.

 

[Lorthanoth]

I think it's very good - my weakness is plot; I can never come up with something interesting story-wise. I enjoy writing dialogue, though; which is why when I'm asked to write background stuff it's often in the form of quotations or rather biased first person perspectives.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Well you don't need a rediculously long story to tell the background of your character. The only reason that mine is so long is because I went into detail about a traumatic event in his life.

I could have just said that three years ago three his childhood friend was exiled and he got the council to agree to let him return if he survived for thirteen days, he did, but on the last day he was grievously injured the healers were too slow.

See? Much shorter, but it still has the same basic idea. Of course I didn't put any effort into that so it looks really bad, but you get the idea...

 

[OnlytheStrong]

Yeah, I do like your background,but agree that it doesn't have to be a book to be good. Sometimes, shorter is better. I covered basically my characters whole life, but didn't go into as much detail as Dire. I hope I still got my story across though.

 

[James Heard]

After I downloaded Celtx (a free screenwriting program) I've been knocking out much better dialogue these days. Something about the way you throw out conversations in a play just runs quicker, and more freely to me - even if I find all the other stuff beyond conversation in a play incredibly hard to format for. That's alright I guess, since I've really never found anything particularly hard about writing besides worrying over certain turns of phrase that I tend to overuse and arguing with a couple of professors that even if my grammar isn't always perfect it's perfectly suited to me.

 

[Dire Lemming]

No comments though? Or is it too long and you didn't read it? :\

 

[Zurai]

Alright, the following people have submitted character concepts. If your name isn't on this list, please notify me before midnight! Also, Nephtys and Vigwyn the Unruly need to submit backgrounds to me today to be considered for this generation.

Nephtys - archer ranger
Voda Vosa - Drum, Fighter, bronzesmith
James Heard - Antiklites, Wizard, carpenter/stonemason/architect
Masquerade - Cleyra Tauwesh, Marshal, farmer
Dire Lemming - Enko, Spirit Shaman, healer
WarShrike - Ryon Wolfheart, Ranger, hunter
Redclaw - Ariston, Scout, herbalist/apothecary
Vigwyn the Unruly - adept farmer
Shayuri - Erin, Sorceress, weaver/herder?
OnlytheStrong - Rinos, Barbarian, big-game hunter/tanner
EvolutionKB - Bathinias, Spirit Shaman, herder
Nac Mac Feegle - Thane, Scout//Adept, fletcher/bowyer/hunterish
Lorthanoth - Alistia, Commoner, baker/brewer/weaver
Nightbreeze - Elafros Ouranos, Binder, jack of all trades

 

[Dire Lemming]

Healer/Herbalist actually. Enko has maxed Heal and maxed Profession (Herbalist).

 

[Zurai]

Recruitment is now CLOSED!

The selection process begins...

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