Thread:ThunderDashTheDarkLordess/@comment-26237442-20151201203019

hello this is Draugluin here your friendly neighbourhood werewolf and I see that you're new to this wiki (finally we're getting new people!)! I just thought it might be good if I explained a few conventions within the community first (in as nice a way as possible) and maybe get your character (whom I thought was a refreshing new idea) Thunder developed and balanced along the way so that people won't moan about your actions (it will happen anyway but a lot less) so here's a few ideas

1. as Chazamanian said attempting to boss around other people (or important NPCs) is a good way to get into disagreements but there are still many other ways you can still keep a bit of this firstly you could use it as a method of stealth/concealment secondly it could be used against minor NPCs to avoid combat or whatever

2. with Mind control off the list your character is still just as powerful as most others shapeshifting into a horse is actually a pretty good ability because a horse is generally stonger faster and better at kicking your face off then a human or elf whilst still being usable as a disguise. Secondly the transforming into a human thing could be used to your advantage as well just give your human/elf/whatever form some skill in combat or primitive spells (be careful with the latter though) and a weapon of some sort.

3. don't be cowed by other player's characters strength. While it may seem like Edacnik the shapeshifting weredragon, italie the maia or even myself as a giant canine beasty with shapeshifting are simply more powerful than yours this isn't always the case take Imrahil or Patrick.vtap's characters who are only humans but still manage to interact freely.

I like to go through some exercises when making a character a bit more in depth (even if you want to make a mysterious character thinking about this first helps)

1. where are they from and what kind of life did they have?

2. where would they feel at home?

3. what kind of things would they carry?

4. who (of the characters in the RP) would they get on with and who would they not?

5. what surprises can you have in their story? 