Charater Customization for already made charaters

[Eliogar]

I have an idea for customization. How bout have a little shop like in RuneScape where you go to customize your charater? But u can not change species. And for the players who made charaters before the charater customization, can go to the shop and customize there charater for free, and for free only one time. Does this sound good?

[neko kyouran]

At one point in time, thre was someone in Akkaio that sold hair dye.  Upon use it changed your characters hair texture to a different color.

Then that disappeared.  Don't know why.

[Parallo]

An appearence shop? Seems a tad off. "Oh yes I'd like that nose and, hmmm, That pair of eyes please." Very RP...

[ThomPhoenix]

There will be customization in the meaning of paint and clothing, and of course you will be able to train your body.
You might even age a bit later on.
But for the rest: live with your looks!

Hey, almost like in real life!

[bilbous]

I guess that means that illusionary magic is unknown in the realm or that if there is an appearance changing spell developed it will make everyone who casts it look the same (limited variability).

[ThomPhoenix]

Well, in that way you can make up spells for everything.
By the way, a proper wizard doesn't care about petty, mortal things as looks.

[bilbous]

No, but he might like to go incognito if he was particularly well known. I do realise though that what is possible in an unlimited system such as imagination is not always practical in a limited system such as a game.

Possibly there could eventually be a disguise shop which made everyone look like charlie chaplin...

[Pizzasgood]

In Mary Stalwart's Merlin Trilogy, Merlin was also a master of disguise, one of his more "mortal" aspects that was often mistaken for magic.

[Parallo]

As I recently discovered all magic comes from Glyphs*. Why would there be a glyph that allowed you to change you appearence?

_{*Thanks Thom}

[ThomPhoenix]

The glyphs are made by Talad, he makes them if he wants us to be able to do something.
So the better question is: why would Talad want us to be able to change appearances?

[bilbous]

why wouldn't there be? perhaps it would be made from fool's gold. Just because magic comes from glyphs

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glyph
One entry found for glyph.
Main Entry: glyph
Pronunciation: 'glif
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek glyphE carved work, from glyphein to carve -- more at CLEAVE
1 : an ornamental vertical groove especially in a Doric frieze
2 : a symbolic figure or a character (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually incised or carved in relief
3 : a symbol (as a curved arrow on a road sign) that conveys information nonverbally
- glyph·ic /'gli-fik/ adjective (m-w.com) doesn't restrict the possibilities of their functionality.

Perhaps so his minions could go among Laanx's followers without being recognised?

[Parallo]

But why would a Laanx follower look different to a Talad follower? Or a better question based of the last, Why would Talad want us to fire magical arrows at each other?

[Pizzasgood]

I thought the glyph was the source of power, not the spell itself.  The spells are more like recipies, with glyphs as ingredients.  Otherwise it's like saying tomatoes exist for the pizza, or eggs for pancakes.  In reality, pizza and pancakes use things that can be used for something completely different.  In fact, the egg is (or is supposed to be) a baby chicken.  Instead, we use it for pancakes and house decorations during a certain month of fun.

That's just my take though.

[ThomPhoenix]

Parallo, Self-defense

And yes Pizzasgood, the glyph is the source of the spell, thus it determines what spells you can cast with it.

From the settings:

Talad gave up any hope to be reconciled with the old friend and, now alone, turned his thoughts to the people left in the town they had created. He called it "Hydlaa", the name of the most powerful glyph, that Vodùl had revealed to Laanx and that led Talad to ignore prudence to satisfy his pride. Waiting for the day when the other peoples would come, he forged magical power into many shapes, suitable to be used by the mortals to help them to survive underground: he created the Glyphs.

The glyphs are made for survival, I don't think that includes changing your facial structure.

[bilbous]

There is a bit of a disconnect there. V revealed to L the most powerful Glyph before T ever made a glyph therefor Talad cannot be the only source of Glyphs.

Surely though to be able to disguise yourself as a rock when faced with an unbeatable foe would be an appropriate tactic as is to take the form of another type of creature to blend in.

If the truth of the matter is just that there is no interest on the part of the current devs to try and impliment such functionality or that the word from the top is that it will never be included, then please be blunt. Your specious arguments serve only to promote debate over seemingly settled matters. I mean no offense, of course, Thom, I hope you will understand that.