Stealth and perception are most definitely the most OOC skills to raise. They are practically impossible to grind without breaking character. Stealth is easier, since you can go hide in a place with weak enemies and jump out at them every time you see one, and as long as a (!) shows up (in any color...

1) Slings would be nice. Maybe even give them a small chance to knock a person unconscious for a short time if the slung object hits their head. 2) I would see darts as being something to be used with some type of blowgun, but throwable darts could work too. Either way, I think alchemy/poisons need ...

Actually, cooking is pretty simple already, so probably wouldn't need a device to make it any easier.

What I WOULD like to have is a crossbow.

Hm... I don't see a way to turn mechanical energy (crank) into thermal energy (cooking). At least not efficiently. Now, I think something like a device to automatically turn spits, stir soups, or rotate pies would be possible. You'd still have to provide the thermal energy with a fire, but a clockw...

I happened to noticed that whenever you peer into an adjacent room or look through a window, it tells you exactly how loud a place is and if it is cold or warm or whatever. In my opinion, these things should be omitted, as simply looking would only give you the appearance of an area.

Well, I would certainly buy a device that I could either install in a house or carry aroumd that I could dump various spices, fruits, vegetables, meats, and other ingredients, then simply turn a few dials, crank on a large handle, and viola, easy baking/cooking of any pie, stew, or spiced meat/fish ...

Well, one slight issue: The plague is no longer an issue, and hasn't been in quite some time. In fact, the quarantine wall might be removed today if it weren't for the fact that by the time people from the other side of the wall started visiting, the Resen had already broken out and started to sprea...

Well, I was considering having a birthday for Drayla sometime a couple months from now. I figured I would make the date I joined the BBS her birthday. Seems appropriate.

EDIT: Also, thank you all for the birthday wishes! It was a pretty nice day overall!

So, seeing as it is my birthday today, it got me to wondering: Would birthdays be a big deal in the Lost Lands? Would they be celebrated at all, or would it be just another day?

Things like this make me wish I had a Templar character, but then I start thinking about the process to join, and then what if I end up not enjoying it, and how could I fit time in with my other characters, and so on and so forth. I think I make a better Navii or Drayla anyway.

I sometimes do this, but not because I am trying to get out of a conflict. I have a nasty tendency to lose connection periodically and I will suddenly log out from loss of connection. I just hope it will be easy to tell when I am losing my connectiom and if I am doing this on purpose; I don't want t...

Actually, you make a good point. In fact, it might be better for me to continue playing Drayla as an Udemi who does not use druidry either by choice or inability. I think I just got caught up in the way most people have begun playing their Udemi, which is a heavy focus on the druidry side, with a st...

Yes, but this also assumes you skin the bear in one huge piece. I would guess that if you were to skin it in patches as we do on CLOK, some of that skin and fur is going to become scrap pieces that are too small or irregularly shaped to be used in leathercrafting.

Whoops. Sorry. I think I should probably move on from this topic before I find myself in trouble.

I think you're closer to the fix qith rethinking the pelt output. I could see it taking at least two bears to make sufficient leather armor. The whole idea of armor is to provide protection, not simply covering. So, while you may be able to make a shirt or pants from one bear completely successfully...

I can understand all this, and I myself am not totally guiltless when it comes to extended absences. Really, my hatred for druidry doesn't really stem from mechanics or anything. It comes from the fact that at the time I was unaware that druidry was more of a support magic than anything. I'm okay wi...

I don't know if custom homes should be an easily-available thing, because that would take up time that GMs could be using to improve the game in other ways. I think you might be able to request a custom house right now by contacting the GMs in some way, but I think whether they accept or deny your r...

So, for the past few months now, I've been biding my time and very slowly saving up the riln to eventually get a home. Why not just buuld up the funds and go choose one? Well, because none of the available homes have interested me, and I'm holding out for the next round of houses to see what my opti...

Hello everyone, it's me, Drayla. Most people refer to me as Navii these days though, because Drayla has been pretty much abandoned all this time. You see, after Drayla lost all of her belongings when her wagon was stolen, I realized that she didn't fit in anymore, and I had nowhere to go with her. T...

Okay, I realize I am probably one of the only people who really ever messes with jewelry, but I think it would be nice to have more molds available. I mean, sure, tgere are molds of pieces that aren't really available anywhere else, but some things can be bought that can't be made, like simple neckl...

I usually enjoy OOC-free periods, but I wasn't too crazy about TELL being disabled as well. It is nice to have some way to communicate with other players in case a bug occurs during RP or something. Trying to explain to someone IC why you're twiddling your thumbs and staring at something while you p...

So late last night, my wife and I were watching a movie together. We had paused the movie for the moment in order to make some snacks. We had also lit a gel candle that we had gotten as a gift so we could go ahead and let the very last bit of it burn off. Well, my wife noticed that suddenly the cand...

In all honestly, the "furnaces" for smelting don't make much sense. We should have smelters instead, as they are designed specifically for melting down ore into pure metal. It could also be used for smelting different alloys. The way these are designed, they have a place where the molten m...

Armor could be customized to be "fitted". It could still act just as normal armor, but any good RP'ers could pretend that they can't wear it because it is made to fit the owner like a glove.

I sure do feel sorry for those who prefer healing "naturally" instead of magically. No herbs that I know of can heal a boo-boo and also bring you back from the dead.