Merlini Magia

[Zephyr2011]

Thanks Auri! Glad to be aboard.

 

I posted, I followed the tradition of getting struck by lightning and appearing in the ruin, let me know if there's anything out of wack, and sorry for the excessive rambling about 3D printing haha.

 

Hey LIsn, I'm not sure, I'm from Illinois, both my character and myself haha. I'm all for getting some cool magical tricks. As for the "A" names, the character is largely based off myself, when I was younger someone said I looked like someone who used to work with our high school band named Aaron Gates, definitely just stole his name for this :P

[Lisnpuppy]

I'm the miscreant child that didn't get struck by lightning. I however got hit by Coyote so I rocked it! ha ha

 

Ok well not that far apart but not that close. I can drive to Illinois in hmmm..maybe 5-6 hrs. Fly it in less than two. But only on my broom.

 

And I will forgive yet another "A" male name in the RP but only because I was a marching ban nerd...and now the mother of a Senior marching ban nerd whose Senior/Parent night is *looks at clock* tonight. *cries*

 

Welcome to the RP. I can't wait to see what Aur has for us.

[Lisnpuppy]

I went again real fast since Grue addressed Rose. I didn't really do much else so I hope that is ok.

[AurianaValoria1]

NP, Lis. :D

[AurianaValoria1]

***Macman253 is receiving his second official warning due to not posting within a week of his previous post.***

 

Mac, you have one more week to post before you're out, as per the RP rules. Please be aware of your posting dates.

[AurianaValoria1]

BTW, Mac, do you happen to have a source for this information?

 

"They were in ceremonial armor, it was too polished to be anything but. Real knights often wore plate armor but shining armor proved to be largely hampering on a field of battle..."

 

Because I've studied a lot of texts regarding medieval arms and weaponry and have never read about this claim.

 

Medieval plate armor could be polished to a mirror finish or not, painted, gilded, blued, etched, etc. (all depending on rank and funds), and it would not be out of place, even on the field. Check medieval manuscripts for some examples from the times. Polishing is also a necessary procedure to prevent rust, particularly if an armor is not chemically blued.

 

There would be no reason for ceremonial armor to be worn in this particular situation, either. The knights here are geared for possible battle, not a parade.

 

TL;DR: You might want to reword your post.

[Lisnpuppy]

I'm just going to say this....I am not going to go out on a limb to say anything about these characters as a definite that Aur doesn't specifically say or that I do not get an agreement with her beforehand.

 

She is controlling the NPCs here and writing the story and part of her function in the RP is not unlike a DM and the info she gives us is all that we can really use as certainty. Our characters can perhaps wonder about things, ponder...ask questions based on that info that she can confirm or not at her pleasure.

 

Part of the fun in a RP like this is making your movements based on what she gives you..gleaning as much as you can from that. Maybe even finding some little, hidden gems of something that she might hide away for us to lead to a bigger part of something else.

 

So perhaps a post which said..Certainly that isn't battle armour. The polish..the make...all looked like something he considered purely ceremonial...but all these knights seemed alert and wary.

 

This way you can put forth something and see if it maybe correct. You can take notice of something that perhaps would be considered unusual to your character. Show your characters knowledge on a topic....Etc etc etc

[Macman253]

Polishing to defeat rust was one thing, it was often a mix of sand, urine and water. It did not shine, it just scrapped off the rust and grime. It was easier to clean them then to continuously polish them which was a large effort, one suit of plate armor could have dozens of pieces that could take hours to clean. Which is why most knights in the field didn't wear shiny well adorned armor outside of competition or for ceremonial purposes. Most 'Battle' armor was plain and worn for two major reasons, Firstly, cheaper and faster to make. Secondly, Battle armor would often get ruined in battle so it would be costly to have fine high quality armor for every battle which would not likely see a second one.

 

Andre is speaking out of logical need here. These knights may be putting on a show while still being battle ready, he is just observing that fact. I had no intention to ruffle feathers over it and frankly I am surprised it did. Post will not be reworded because it doesn't need to, it's a personal opinion of the characters that he did not express openly. It was simply an observation.

[AurianaValoria1]

I still don't get where you got the impression that I meant highly polished, ceremonial armor. That was a definition you incorrectly applied in your post that was not in mine. I merely stated the armor was "shining." I did not state the degree of shine or if the armor was polished at all. Even dull armor will shine in sunlight because it is metal.

 

This is what Lisn was talking about, I think. You made up something I never stated directly.

 

And armor was polished, ideally every day, by the knight's squire, and even poor knights had squires, pages, or other servants. It was the squire's responsibility to make sure it was clean and well cared for. Polishing may have been labor intensive, but just because it was a lot of trouble didn't mean it wasn't done, even in a battlefield setting. It was required to oil the armor in order to act as a rust preventative and to produce a slick finish that would help blows glance off the surface of the metal. Battle armor was indeed plain, as you say, but plain does not mean unpolished - and in the case of wealthy knights, this doesn't mean entirely unadorned, either.

 

But back to the problem at hand, the information in your post, voiced by your character or not, did not match the description I laid out in my own post. Hence, the recommendation for the change, because your words imply something I never said. "They were in ceremonial armor, it was too polished to be anything but" is a statement that is false, provided by your narration alone. You are applying something to my NPCs, which I never allowed or implied myself. This is dangerously close to breaking rule #7:

 

"7) No godmoding!! Remember, you only control YOUR character and not others. When you RP, do not take over the actions of other Rpers."

 

In this case, putting something on my characters that was never there. It seems like a small thing, and it didn't really ruffle feathers, but it is going into the area of controlling someone else's characters.

 

That's like me saying merely, "Johnny walked into the room," and you saying in the next post, "Johnny was wearing a baseball cap and a jacket." You added information that was neither originally there nor allowed to be made up about my characters.

 

In an RP, you take what the writer says at face value and don't add any more to it to embellish it as you see fit.

[Macman253]

Alright, fine. I will edit it. If I knew this was so important I wouldn't have bothered honestly. It was taken out of context but it was just an offhanded remark. It really is not important to the story. But rest assured, I will re-edit the post.