Best description EVER!!!

[Elaedon]

I love this description. Can't resist posting it.

A tall agile Elf Invoker with a fair clothed figure. Fair night black
hair flows down past his shoulders. Dark blue colored eyes with a look of
proudness within them. With a strong stature he looks as though he could
frighten the goblin king. His face is worn with scars from age old battles
that have inspired legends.

As though he could frighten the goblin king<==

[Kessor Natul]

[Quiet Wanderer]

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[Mandor]

I see lots of people with descriptions that talk about how you feel about them or that they have a sword at their side and stuff. some of them are in cabals too, Im confused about the description rules now..

[DarkFire]

i think that how you feel about them is bad, I mean if you kill them and their description says that you are scared of them kinda contradicts each other, but like haveing a robe, cloths or rings stuff like that is ok in my eyes, but I know some that like to have a weapon that is like a family heriloem (i know i cant spell) or somthing passed down from one famliy member to another

[Erlwith]

Uhm, well...

I'd say so long as a description does not impose on someone else's RP it can be worked with. A description I just recently wrote in part describes a suit of leather armor beneath the armor seen in EQ. I think as long as something is well written, unique and thoughtful it's good.

[Elaedon]

no, im not making fun of him. I'd much rather see scares the goblin king than scares Xanthak the lich king, which is out of the question. it's actually really original, and kinda humble. Seriously unintendedly good desc for someone new

[gr8mage]

[Vhrael]

Well, the reasons for why you shouldn't have "feelings" or equipment in descriptions are pretty obvious:

- Feelings: You can't tell someone how they feel or react to other things. What scares one person might make someone else laugh hysterically. Reactions to your character's appearance will be different based on the other character's roleplay.

- Equipment: What happens when you get killed and full-looted? You suddenly don't have that "silk gossamer robe" or "ruby-encrusted scabbard" on anymore, even though you don't when you wear equipment anyway. The reason for not having equipment in descriptions is because, quite frankly, you don't really have that equipment. If you want things like "heritage" to be reflected in your character, use tattoos, piercings, body mutilations (not necessarily horrific stuff), etc. Equipment will be seen when someone looks at what you're wearing.

[DarkFire]

im sure if you look at a mage and it says he wears a simple red,blue green whatever color robe, its not gonna change that much its just a part of what a mage would wear I am sure just look at the equipment he does have on and see him decked out in warrior looking armor kinda might look a bit funny

[Davairus]

I'm not aware of what requirements that our description Imms are appyling right now, I'll just comment this. If I saw a four line desc, and I liked it, I'd definitely be ok with that from a level 15 character. Its because of the way "length" ties in with "prestige". (In fact, an overblown long description can be just as bad for the environment as a 4 line one, and I've seen that point reached.)

If a character is part of a cabal, or going to high levels, then just like mobs, everyone expects a longer, more detailed desc, to help communicate that extra prestige. You wouldnt expect a 2 line desc on the grandmaster of winter, would you? That's why the Gateway of Thera has a 20 line desc (or whatever it is), because its such an important place. It's why miden'nir and plains of the north are allowed to have 2 line descs, because who cares. Seringale guildhalls on the other hand, are foot-long ones, to communicate, hey look, this room has importance! Length is an extra layer of info beyond the text. We also use color to communicate importance, but we usually dont do that with descriptions.


I looked at help description (which I also wrote) and I saw this:

[Erlwith]

There's a line in being careful with your description and being too picky and to one extreme, anal.

Nothing is absolute, no one's description is flawless. Everyone has something in their description that at some point will be misleading or incorrect.

Eye color - What if you're sleeping?
Height - what if you're sitting?

Telling people how they feel, or what they think is simply bad form. But adding things to your character that ONLY affects your character isn't hurting anyone and it can add flavor to RP. I mean, this is a game and I do think there must be a balance between what makes sense and what is fun and interesting in a fantasy setting.

If we went by the strictest of rules on what to put in a desc and what not to, we'd all have the same desc.

[marsd]

No I believe that under the strictest rules, the true creativity of players would shine.

I've always believed in the statement of "Swim, or drown". The need to survive, then perform under pressure in a harsh environment will cause the greatest improvements one will be able to make compared to any other situations.. However the actual learning process of how to swim is actually the most important stage (time taken floundering to survive before the actual swim). Blah that's just for me shoo don't harass me.

[Static Impulse]

For me almost all my descs. have a mention of some sort of clothing and even maybe a weapon or two. I always thought that it you saw anyone walking around in the completely mismatched clothes they are wearing in EQ it would be really bizzare... I mean seriously, who would wear a stained traveling cloak, then a cloak of skin, a pair of blue steel pants, and a some bright red steel vambraces. Throw in a serpent tressed wig and a pair of goblins leggings(which would be a bit too small unless it's one really big goblin or you're a halfling/gnome or something) and you have one funky looking dude. Unless being a crazy person was part of your RP, your character wouldn't be caught dead wearing such strange combinations of clothes. I especially like when paladins or other Light sanctioned classes are wearing things that would better fit an evil char such as black horned helmet. I just use whatever they say they look like in their desc to make my visual.

[bassball]

I like what Erlwith and Static said, having too strict of rules would be lame, but we still need them and I see descs on level 25 chars that shouldnt have been alowed back when they were 15 all the time
and static maid sense with wearing all this miss matched eq, my char right now has one robe on, thats it, and I think it kind of lays out his personality better then it would if I took it out.

Also, instead of putting something like 'the way he walks makes you jump out of your socks' put something like 'he walks in a frightening way' then it is still saying he walks scary, but doesnt say it scares you, right?

[Xazappith]

If you're really so concerned with how your charactor looks when someone looks at you, concerning your equipment, there are tons of stuff out there that you can wear to make your charactor look really well dressed. Easier for those who aren't active in PK, because most pretty looking things have little to no stats, but like I said, if you're really concerned, you could make an alias to change your clothes quickly. rem all; put all back; get all bag; wear all. or peice by peice, your call. Only problem youd run into is rares, but that could be solved by changing back into your fighting clothes before quitting out.

[Davairus]

You can use the examine command to look at just someone's desc. That's a useful tool since otherwise it gets scrolled off by items.

[Mendek]

The gaint beast before you is composed of a multilayered mass between two thick brown layers of what appears to be bread. The layers between shift between tomato red, hard onion white and a leafy green. Below, in all its charbrilled glory is a massive hunk of meaty goodness.


That's my favorite desc ever...