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What number of characters makes for a better game?

One noble per island (Dwilight)
22 (44%)
One noble per realm, multiple per island allowed
11 (22%)
One noble in power per realm, multiple characters in same realm allowed
6 (12%)
Multiple characters in same realm allowed
11 (22%)

Total Members Voted: 46

Voting closed: October 10, 2012, 02:26:15 PM

Author Topic: How do you feel about multiple characters?  (Read 12387 times)

D'Espana

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #15: September 27, 2012, 02:45:32 AM »
I would rather see different people's RPs that them coming from just one guy. It's kind of sad to RP alone...
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #16: September 27, 2012, 03:04:34 AM »
I would rather see different people's RPs that them coming from just one guy. It's kind of sad to RP alone...

That is exactly why I didn't make them fight as often as I'd have liked them to. It was sad...
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #17: September 27, 2012, 03:30:19 AM »
Has anyone had their characters be in conflict with one another?

I have two characters currently on opposite side of a war. They're both Marshals of their respective armies, and led those armies against each other in battle more than once.
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #18: September 27, 2012, 03:37:54 AM »
I have two characters currently on opposite side of a war. They're both Marshals of their respective armies, and led those armies against each other in battle more than once.

Did you win?
After all it's a roleplaying game.

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #19: September 27, 2012, 06:40:42 AM »
One noble per continent?  Yeah, congrats on killing most donations to BM.  I'd have more nobles than continents I would want to play on.  Not a huge fan of AT, Dwilight, or the Colonies. 

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #20: September 27, 2012, 07:08:06 AM »
One noble per continent?  Yeah, congrats on killing most donations to BM.  I'd have more nobles than continents I would want to play on.  Not a huge fan of AT, Dwilight, or the Colonies.
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #21: September 27, 2012, 07:19:14 AM »
Players should treat characters as difrent people, not extensions of one entity, called family.
Has anyone had their characters be in conflict with one another?

In general, yes, my characters Vladamire and Aramon loath each other. The former is a hansom demon worshiping sociopath whose the scion of his family and the latter is a scarred and tattooed freak that tries to be honorable to a fault and is a black sheep for it.

If we were to switch to a one character per island system I would only have one active character. I have a job and a family, I just don't have the time to keep up with the faster playing islands in BM anymore, which is why I'm only playing in the Colonies now. I kind of like the system we have in place now, but if I were to make one change it would be that players only have one character in a position of power across all the islands. I think that would open up positions for other players to get in.

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #23: September 27, 2012, 08:25:45 AM »
Yes and no.

With such a strong adversary, you must have been proud.
After all it's a roleplaying game.

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #24: September 27, 2012, 12:48:56 PM »
I like the 'one noble per island', but after reading the different opinions here... well... I hadn't change my mind, but I understand the others people reasons.

Maybe BM is good as it is now.  8)

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #25: September 27, 2012, 12:53:35 PM »
what don't you like about Dwilight?
The SMA seems arbitrary and just doesn't work.  I'd been in Madina (Glad when I finally got out of there, I tell you!) and one of the SA realms.  They just rubbed me the wrong way so I wasn't a huge fan.

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #26: September 27, 2012, 07:10:54 PM »
With such a strong adversary, you must have been proud.

I was, thank you. :)

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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #27: September 27, 2012, 09:39:50 PM »

I had two of my characters death duel each other once. It was all done RP (so not to game the system or anything), and a pretty cool story arc for me. They both survived though. I always wondered if they survived because it is not allowed for members of the same family to kill each other (some code restriction maybe?) or because Bowie Ironsides is in fact immortal and uber because of the Demon?

Food for thought.. 8)
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #28: September 28, 2012, 12:41:27 AM »
Mmmmm, I can understand some of the reasons posted here... Perhaps we could do with just one noble per realm, instead of per continent...
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Re: How do you feel about multiple characters?
« Reply #29: September 28, 2012, 01:02:54 AM »
Mmmmm, I can understand some of the reasons posted here... Perhaps we could do with just one noble per realm, instead of per continent...

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