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Second rave.... Some of the farewell messages and tells I got from Gaudiguch made me sniffle some, especially when Aishe chased my little butt all the way to Celest to say goodbye, lol. Seriously, you guys make the game worth waking up to and playing!!

For gods, I think one version of RPWHO is simply becoming visible and seeing what happens.

*poof*

Shaddus said:

First off, welcome @Lantra. And I guess @Terentia too. /forumrp


I'm absolutely stunned (and happy, shh) to see @Terentia returning, and I know there are a lot of Celestians who missed your character deeply. Was she your first choice? Without giving away too much, had you ever interacted with her while you were a mortal?

As for @Lantra, I'm looking forward to seeing how you develop her in the game as opposed to merely hearing about her in the histories. What drew you to her? 

A very, very long late night brainstorming session led me to Lantra. I had compiled a list of the things I wanted to achieve in a Divine and was ping-ponging those ideas back and forth with another admin. We talked about existing roles and how they would fit, and then we considered roles that no one had played.

When Lantra came up, I floated a few ideas, not expecting them to go anywhere... and then suddenly it was early morning and I somehow had several thousand words written in my godrole proposal! And it only got longer from there (Sorry, Aonia).

That first draft contained a lot of "What if?" questions. Lantra is mentioned in multiple books in the Elder Wars (Tae, Loboshi, Krokano), where she often speaks on behalf of the hamadhi and is considered a key player in many historical events. What would it be like to live through those moments? What sort of person would emerge as a result of these experiences, such as being shoved aside by Fain when he brings forth the Elixir, or being betrayed by Malmydia?

I enjoyed the character that came alive from asking those questions, and I very much look forward to sharing more about her story with the playerbase.

Here is something that players should appreciate: new admin get RP jitters, too! Sometimes when you're roleplaying as a visible Divine you wind up immediately engaged in city conversations, guild conversations, tells, and Fulcrux conversations all at once. It's an accelerated pace that definitely takes getting used to.

Also, you may not realize it, but there is often a concerted effort to help new gods acclimate to their org before they release. Even though we weren't released yet, Terentia and I both had been quietly working on the New Celest guild revamp and the latest Ascension events, which helped get our feet wet in the org (no pun intended).

Luce said:

Gods who have stepped into old gods' shoes (Like @Terentia but not limited to her):

How did/do you approach connections the previous player made with Order stuff, mortal-god relationships, NPCs, etc that make up the history of the god whose shoes you're now filling? Or, to put it another way, how did/do you handle keeping all of the information about your RP role in your head as you take on and develop your version of the character?

Do you guys keep a wiki with bullet points about interactions you've had and NPCs you possess that your predecessor left, or reams and reams of rp logs that @Aonia tied you to a chair and forced you to read through?

When someone takes on a god role (be it a new one or an old one), they often have to draft up a proposal that fleshes out and explores the dynamics of the character. For those of us who take on an older role, we often find ways to access newsposts, HELP files, and other materials found in-game, as well as use whatever materials our predecessors wrote up in our shared lore bank (and RP logs, if we have them).

In my case, Terentia's notes were thin and a bit scattered, is the best way to phrase it. So at least with player interactions, I am relying on players to feed me information through their roleplay and I will try my best to respond extemporaneously.

We do have notes for NPCs that are actually commented in-game, which we can peruse very quickly. Luckily, most of Terentia's NPCs no longer exist so I don't have to worry too much on that issue.