Name restrictions loosened

[mikeloeven]

I understand the need to limit cirtain symboles and numbers but i think an execption should be made for titles and sufix/ prefix es

for example some guy names a character john smith and wants to have a linniage in the name like john smith XIV i thing the roman numeral's after a name should be allowed just like many aristocrats and nobles in the real midevil time period

i also think you should be allowed to add titles such as lord john the great or somthing along those lines

[Mindari]

but the point of planeshift is that you start as a peasant ain search of fame fortune e.t.c.

[Karyuu]

A name is a name, it's not a title. If you need titles, add them into your character description or just roleplay mentioning them.

We don't like numbers in names, roman numerals or not.

The overall answer to this request is unfortunately no. Sorry :}

[Myrthe]

but the point of planeshift is that you start as a peasant ain search of fame fortune e.t.c.

more of just to have fun eh?

[morgondor]

hmm the numbers aren't possible but why not making a title as lord... or knight... (but as these status names get boring you should name them otherwise, just as an octarch being a minister    )

[Karyuu]

The titles have to be earned in-game. If everyone would come into the game already as a lord or a knight, we'd get a very chaotic and silly environment.

[morgondor]

thats what i meant  (although i forgot to type it :s)

[RayvenD]

but the point of planeshift is that you start as a peasant ain search of fame fortune e.t.c.

What of the people who's parents were octarch or other roles in high society, surely they wouldn't be a peasant?

[Karyuu]

At this stage, playing an octarch's son/daughter is outrageous and silly :P The game isn't evolved enough to accomodate such roleplay. But even if they decide to proceed, they don't need a title in their name label.

But Mindari is correct - PlaneShift is meant to be started with a "low" character and have him or her evolve from there. And that's how it works, really - you can roleplay that you're a great swordsman, but if you've just stepped into the game, you can barely swing a sword at anything that's not a rat ;)

[morgondor]

hmm why not implementing another 'father' 'mother' system
let the players invite people and 'play' as their daughter/son, with this they get a little more stats in the direction of the stat build of the parents, also you would be able to be a daughter/son of an octarch too 
e.g. a player invites a friend to play... and the new player types in the name of the player who invited the newbie
stats get formed by looking at the stats of the 'father' 'mother', you would also be able to tell how much you like your 'mother' 'father' so that you get the inversed skills of that 'father' 'mother' (but keep in mind he would only get some of the inverse skills because if the player who invited concentrates on 1 skill the newbie would be really good ^^)
(if you are a newbie and you didn't get invited by a player and you really wanted those extra stats you could go to a new forum where people ask for 'kids' or 'kids' that want parents :p
well i hope you like this little idea :p it would solve a lot

[Karyuu]

Unrelated to this thread, and has been suggested before :} Use the Search feature to look for previous threads on the subject.

But, being the daughter/son of the Octarch is still impossible - you wouldn't get people playing along. The relatives of someone as important as the Octarch, especially someone that close, would not be just let out into the streets to do whatever they want. It doesn't work that way.

[RayvenD]

I think you misunderstood my post karyuu, I was just pointing out that we are not all peasants. Your father could have been an octarch a long time ago, and you have returned to hydlaa to avenge your parents suspicious murder by unkown characters from the past who hunted your family down in their country hideaway. You see what I mean? My character is aveteran dwarf, yes when I started playing he had very little skill with a sword etc do i explain this as if he had never picked on eup? No he is an ex-warrior who was retired for years, he now has a personal vendetta to fulfil and so he is re-training himself in the arts of war. Although people may assume fighting with a sword is something that once leaned you would be able to do forever, it is not. The muscles required for swordplay are different from the muscles used when smithing for example, a smith would be more suited to a staff or hammer in a fight because they could simply use raw strength to smash an opponent to pieces. What I was pointing out is that people should not assume that characters were peasants orignally. If that were the case no character could ever become a knight or a lord, because in medeivel times unless you were already part of the gentry you could never become a knight or a lord it is something which was heridary or at least noble-exclusive. I agree however with not having titles in a name, it restricts the character development too much, titles can work fine in your description.

[Karyuu]

I see Rayven, thanks for explaining further. I agree that assumptions about characters should not be made - but characters should also avoid coming in with grand storylines, such as having your Octarch father murdered suspiciously. That affects Yliakum history, and players really have no right to claim such power at this point in time, if ever.

[RayvenD]

Not to seem quibbling but why then at character creation does it give you the option of having an octarch father? Not that it would ever be my choice (I prefer working class characters as I can relate and therefore RP better) but it would be very confusing for a young unexperienced player if they chose the option of 'my father was a famous octarch and my mother was a priest' only to be told in-game that that is not allowed and have their dreams of noblehood shattered in an instant when the option was made available to them when they create their character. Maybe the option should be removed?

[Karyuu]

Indeed, I feel that this should be removed. Not only is it odd for the reasons I shared, it would be twice as odd if we get an influx of new players who all claim to have Octarch parents, then have conflicting personal storylines, and completely redo Yliakum history.