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Lisaera said:

1. What is your favorite room in game and why?
2. If your character were a spice, what spice would they be?
3. What three aesthetics guide how you build and play your character?
4. Please select from the following options:

"Entering town you find that you are witness to a very well-dressed man running from a crowd. He screams to you for help. The crowd behind him seem very angry."

• Rush to the town's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.
• Stand aside and allow the man and the mob to pass, realizing it is probably best not to get involved.
• Rush to the man's aid immediately, despite your lack of knowledge of the circumstances.

In relation to my other thread about potential library ideas, going to bump this thread. Feel free to add your recommended reading lists here!

Ayisdra said:

1. Why did you choose the release event that you did? Did you have any other ideas that you decided against for your release?

2. What is your favorite way to describe a voice?

3. Is there something you regret not doing as a mortal before you became an admin?

4. What is something that surprised you when you first moved over to the admin side (that you can share)? What is something that still surprises you about being an admin (that you can share)?

1.) Well, Terentia's release was also Lantra's release, so there was some triangulating on our end about how and why they came together. I liked the idea of using some of the old Terentia materials in order to point that this is a new person taking on the role. I don't think I had any other ideas, honestly. I more or less went with the one we originally did.

2.) A voice? Terentia's voice? Terentia's voice is always described as "firm yet feminine," and I think of it almost as if she was very cross. 

3.) I think maybe invest more in whatever family my mortal was in? I think I mentioned before my roleplay style as a mortal was always like I was playing a single-player campaign in a multiplayer game, so I would have liked to have actually participated more in the family that I joined.

4) I think for both: the amount of story/lore/plot that is and is not revealed. 

Luce said:

The False Gods are back, but this time they are impersonating rather than replacing Elders.

1. Who do you think would do the best job pretending to be You?
2. What 'tell' gives away the game to Your (dis)Order?
3. What trophy do You take from Your doppelganger?

Unrelated to that scenario,
4. What's your favorite room/mob/item description that you've seen?
5. Was there a quest or area whose documentation you saw after taking on the Godrole that made you go "Oh, that makes more sense now."? (no need to say which if its spoilers, but I'm also asking about quests where the solution makes more sense now, or if there was a connection that we can see that you didn't know about beforehand.)
6. If You were given a monument, idol, or gift by Your Order, what would it be?

1.) I think Aelish would likely be the obvious choice, but I am going to go with Frai. If Frai's role is "aloof," that I think plays into the steeliness that Terentia portrays in a clearer way than a sort of parental figure that Aelish has.

2.) I imagine Frai would be a bit too conniving than Terentia; her idea of strategies would be plots rather than tactics. 

3.) Terentia's helm, which would be the titular "hood" of the "Hooded One."

4.) Room: "A stone bridge" in Glomdoring. Not because it is the most beautifully written room, but because of the kind of history that it evokes. Mob: "A saltwater weird," which only a slim few got to see. Item: This is hard, because there are just so many item descriptions... and this might be a cop-out since it is a Celest item, but I really do love "a tarnished scabbard of gilded dolphins."

5.) Honestly, I don't think there are many quests or areas that elicit that response for me anymore.

6.) One of those giant topiary statue like things (think the "porcelain vase" from the Met Gala's "China: Through the Looking Glass"), but a sword made out of daffodils.

Uzriel said:

Another couple of questions here!

1. What is it you enjoy most about being godadmin? Ie, what got you through ephhood/keeps you logging in still?

2. What's something you've found unexpectedly difficult (could be behind the scenes in general, transitioning to ephhood from mortal, or transition from eph to godmin)?

3. Maybe too close to Ayisdra's question but what's something that really caught you off guard but couldn't help but laugh about (that you're allowed to share). I'm thinking along the lines of weird bugs, events going off rails, etc.

1.) The ability to collaborate with really excellent people whose writing skills surpass my own. There is something about watching someone in the Havens team just suddenly whip up a description or a line for something that is so beautifully crafted that is truly spectacular.

2.) More "in general" and also less "unexpectedly," but managing the feelings about whether or not you are investing enough or not. Specifically regarding being a "god" or patroning things. 

3) I think the only honest answer is some of the conclusions everyone draws related to things--either OOC through Discord or IC through thinking. 

Kalliope said:

"While in town the baker gives you a sweetroll. Delighted, you take it into an alley to enjoy, only to be intercepted by a gang of three kids your age. The leader demands the sweetroll, or else he and his friends will beat you and take it."

• Act like you're going to give him the sweetroll, but at the last minute throw it in the air, hoping that they'll pay attention to it long enough for you to get a shot in on the leader?
• Give him the sweetroll now without argument, knowing that later this afternoon you will have all your friends with you and can come and take whatever he owes you?
• Drop the sweetroll and step on it, then get ready for the fight?

Terentia, 3. Me, 1. 

A few more from my lists:

• Daughters of the Amaranth by Sthai d'Murani
• The Truth in Legend: Ledor Inalai by Catarin Inalai
• The Paladins of the Holy Celestine Empire by Catarin Inalai and the Lusternian Historical Society
• Nifhilhema's Tear by Lendren Myeras-Starfall
• Justice and Atonement by Rena and the follow-up Critique of "Justice and Atonement" by Neerth
• The Art of Swordmaking by Iraen
• Solid Air: A Study by Ileein Shevat
• Continuum: Metaphysics by Incabulos Oubliette
• The Collected Essays of Aiakon d'Murani: Volume I

I tend to prefer scholarly entries, even though I know you all are frustrated about how to write scholarly works. 

Luce said:

The False Gods are back, but this time they are impersonating rather than replacing Elders.

1. Who do you think would do the best job pretending to be You?
2. What 'tell' gives away the game to Your (dis)Order?
3. What trophy do You take from Your doppelganger?

Unrelated to that scenario,
4. What's your favorite room/mob/item description that you've seen?
5. Was there a quest or area whose documentation you saw after taking on the Godrole that made you go "Oh, that makes more sense now."? (no need to say which if its spoilers, but I'm also asking about quests where the solution makes more sense now, or if there was a connection that we can see that you didn't know about beforehand.)
6. If You were given a monument, idol, or gift by Your Order, what would it be?

I'm currently unstudied on the False Gods, so I am going to let better informed admin answer those questions!

4. I just love Sparrow Longfellow, the Sowers guild tutor. I also really love the newest rooms recently introduced to Serenwilde.
5. I wasn't huge into questing as a player, so I don't have any quests that made more sense after coming up. There are some really neat tricks to tracking and organizing quests, though, that make the general structure of our quests make a whole lot more sense!
6. The hearts of twelve very particular gods. It wouldn't kill them, I'm pretty sure. Not forever.

Uzriel said:

Another couple of questions here!

1. What is it you enjoy most about being godadmin? Ie, what got you through ephhood/keeps you logging in still?

2. What's something you've found unexpectedly difficult (could be behind the scenes in general, transitioning to ephhood from mortal, or transition from eph to godmin)?

3. Maybe too close to Ayisdra's question but what's something that really caught you off guard but couldn't help but laugh about (that you're allowed to share). I'm thinking along the lines of weird bugs, events going off rails, etc.

1. Seeing player reactions to the things that I've created, both in character and out of character!
2. Related to the above, it's a little hard sometimes to not be able to point at something and say 'I made that!'
3. Besides the surprise you always feel when something that has been perfectly tested, for some reason you cannot fathom, decides to not work when it's live - I'm not sure I can think of anything that's caught me off guard in a negative way. I'm always VERY pleasantly surprised when players opt not to spam the thing I had anticipated them spamming, but roleplay instead. It can sometimes catch me off guard and require some quick thinking and maybe quick building on my feet, but don't be discouraged if you're roleplaying something we'd initially planned to be simpler interactions and are getting a few long pauses - we're probably flying to adjust our plans because we love it!

Kalliope said:

"While in town the baker gives you a sweetroll. Delighted, you take it into an alley to enjoy, only to be intercepted by a gang of three kids your age. The leader demands the sweetroll, or else he and his friends will beat you and take it."

• Act like you're going to give him the sweetroll, but at the last minute throw it in the air, hoping that they'll pay attention to it long enough for you to get a shot in on the leader?
• Give him the sweetroll now without argument, knowing that later this afternoon you will have all your friends with you and can come and take whatever he owes you?
• Drop the sweetroll and step on it, then get ready for the fight?

Maiden answers 1, Mother answers 2, Crone absolutely answers 3.

Another couple of questions here!

1. What is it you enjoy most about being godadmin? Ie, what got you through ephhood/keeps you logging in still?

2. What's something you've found unexpectedly difficult (could be behind the scenes in general, transitioning to ephhood from mortal, or transition from eph to godmin)?

3. Maybe too close to Ayisdra's question but what's something that really caught you off guard but couldn't help but laugh about (that you're allowed to share). I'm thinking along the lines of weird bugs, events going off rails, etc.