09-19-2016, 12:48 PM
Hey Danny! Welcome to Ralinwood! My name's Cat. I'm a new player liaison here. Let me take a stab at your questions, and feel free to ask as many more as you like.
1. It's a free for all. There aren't any established means of worship - it's whatever PCs come up with. For example, sacrificing a fish for the goddess of the sea before a long voyage, or a hand gesture you make up as a holy motion for the god of war. Creativity is always good.
2. Just go up to people in the game and introduce yourself. People are very friendly OOG, and often IG too. If you're particularly worried, offer yourself for hire for the weekend as whatever your character does (eg: I'll protect you for All Hallows, or I'll be your personal medic) or whatever.
3. There are! For example, me. Before the game (when logistics opens), it's common practice to post on the ride post subforum that you need a ride. Peeps are pretty friendly.
4. I have two pet peeves for new players: 1. Terrible costuming, and 2. Going out of game. Now, it's always 100% okay to go out of game to ask a question or to get a clarification, but I don't like it when new players (and older players!) go out of game to do things like explain their character's motivations or talk about irrelevant things. Staying immersed the entire time makes the game way more interesting. My favourite PCs never go out of character, even in their tents. As for costuming, please just don't come in in a t-shirt and jeans. Raid Value Village for something that looks kinda medieval (check out our event pictures for examples). There are lots of easy ways to make things look more period appropriate (like cutting up a t-shirt so it has no nice even hems).
If you have any questions or want any help with costuming, building your character, coming up with a backstory, etc., let me know!
1. It's a free for all. There aren't any established means of worship - it's whatever PCs come up with. For example, sacrificing a fish for the goddess of the sea before a long voyage, or a hand gesture you make up as a holy motion for the god of war. Creativity is always good.
2. Just go up to people in the game and introduce yourself. People are very friendly OOG, and often IG too. If you're particularly worried, offer yourself for hire for the weekend as whatever your character does (eg: I'll protect you for All Hallows, or I'll be your personal medic) or whatever.
3. There are! For example, me. Before the game (when logistics opens), it's common practice to post on the ride post subforum that you need a ride. Peeps are pretty friendly.
4. I have two pet peeves for new players: 1. Terrible costuming, and 2. Going out of game. Now, it's always 100% okay to go out of game to ask a question or to get a clarification, but I don't like it when new players (and older players!) go out of game to do things like explain their character's motivations or talk about irrelevant things. Staying immersed the entire time makes the game way more interesting. My favourite PCs never go out of character, even in their tents. As for costuming, please just don't come in in a t-shirt and jeans. Raid Value Village for something that looks kinda medieval (check out our event pictures for examples). There are lots of easy ways to make things look more period appropriate (like cutting up a t-shirt so it has no nice even hems).
If you have any questions or want any help with costuming, building your character, coming up with a backstory, etc., let me know!
A petite wood fae in a corset and black velvet skirt. She wears a lot of gaudy jewellery and a wide-brimmed black hat. She speaks with a Received Pronunciation English accent.
OOC: Cat M.
OOC: Cat M.