Don't get me wrong. I love Dramatics. Yay, Lyreth and Coders. 
However, I think these changes would make the skillset useable for actual performances which I'd love to be possible in Lusternia.
->New skill: Idiot.
Syntax: PERFORM IDIOT
By acting as an idiot, you will occasionally warp any thoughts in your mind to inanities. If you are already a stupid fool, your punishment will be doubly as harsh.
Gives the stupidity effect. If already stupid, you lose more of your commands to failure.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM IDIOT
You glaze your eyes over and haze your mind in stupidity.
3156h, 3506m, 2872e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w lrx-
You have recovered equilibrium.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx-PERFORM END
You cease acting like a stupid fool.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx-
->New skill: Characterisation.
Syntax:
PERFORM CHARACTERS
PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW
PERFORM CHARACTER
PERFORM CHARACTER END
You are now such a compelling Drama student that you can take on pre-determined roles and give an entirely captivating show. To see a list of characters, use PERFORM CHARACTERS. To see detailed information about the character designs such as short name, long name, description etc, use PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW. When you take on the role of the character, you effectively disappear from the room and take control of that pre-determined character. To end your act, use PERFORM CHARACTER END. You can only take on the role of a character when behind the stage of a theatre, and moving anywhere but onstage will remove the character and return you to your normal body.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTRES
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1    Public        a crippled elder
2    Public        a small beggar in tattered rags
3    Public        the village idiot
4    Public        the village drunk
5    Public        an ugly hag
6    Public        a handsome man in a formal tuxedo
7    Public        a mature mugwumpi female
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Total: 7
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW 4
You carefully study the character.
IMPORTANT: The main noun of this item MUST use this name: DRUNK
Appearance:
the village drunk
Dropped:
Swaying on unbalanced legs, the village drunk stands here with a bottle of alcohol in his hands.
Examined:
This man wreaks of alcohol which drifts around his form in foul fumes. His bedraggled rags are soaked in spilt booze and dark green blotches cover his brown, torn shirt. A long, tangled grey beard grows from his thin, stretched face and his eyes are dazed in an inebriated state. He is starvingly thin, his legs and arms like twigs.
Moving in:
Swaying wildly and overbalancing, the village drunk topples out to the $dir.
Moving out:
With a hiccup and a belch, the village drunk stumbles in from the $dir.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER 3
Inhaling deeply, you concentrate and take on the role of the village idiot.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER END
Exhaling loudly and lowering your dramatic senses, you release the village idiot's tendencies and become yourself again.
However, I think these changes would make the skillset useable for actual performances which I'd love to be possible in Lusternia.->New skill: Idiot.
Syntax: PERFORM IDIOT
By acting as an idiot, you will occasionally warp any thoughts in your mind to inanities. If you are already a stupid fool, your punishment will be doubly as harsh.
Gives the stupidity effect. If already stupid, you lose more of your commands to failure.
CODE
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM IDIOT
You glaze your eyes over and haze your mind in stupidity.
3156h, 3506m, 2872e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w lrx-
You have recovered equilibrium.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx-PERFORM END
You cease acting like a stupid fool.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx-
->New skill: Characterisation.
Syntax:
PERFORM CHARACTERS
PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW
PERFORM CHARACTER
PERFORM CHARACTER END
You are now such a compelling Drama student that you can take on pre-determined roles and give an entirely captivating show. To see a list of characters, use PERFORM CHARACTERS. To see detailed information about the character designs such as short name, long name, description etc, use PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW
CODE
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTRES
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                               Â
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1    Public        a crippled elder
2    Public        a small beggar in tattered rags
3    Public        the village idiot
4    Public        the village drunk
5    Public        an ugly hag
6    Public        a handsome man in a formal tuxedo
7    Public        a mature mugwumpi female
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Total: 7
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER SHOW 4
You carefully study the character.
IMPORTANT: The main noun of this item MUST use this name: DRUNK
Appearance:
the village drunk
Dropped:
Swaying on unbalanced legs, the village drunk stands here with a bottle of alcohol in his hands.
Examined:
This man wreaks of alcohol which drifts around his form in foul fumes. His bedraggled rags are soaked in spilt booze and dark green blotches cover his brown, torn shirt. A long, tangled grey beard grows from his thin, stretched face and his eyes are dazed in an inebriated state. He is starvingly thin, his legs and arms like twigs.
Moving in:
Swaying wildly and overbalancing, the village drunk topples out to the $dir.
Moving out:
With a hiccup and a belch, the village drunk stumbles in from the $dir.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER 3
Inhaling deeply, you concentrate and take on the role of the village idiot.
3156h, 3506m, 5172e, 10p, 13420en, 20980w elrx- PERFORM CHARACTER END
Exhaling loudly and lowering your dramatic senses, you release the village idiot's tendencies and become yourself again.
I absolutely love the character ideas, even if you can't design your own and can only choose a few archetypes. It'd be great.
EDIT: Bah, that's the first comma splice I can remember writing in my entire life.
EDIT: Bah, that's the first comma splice I can remember writing in my entire life.
Oh, and obviously each community would get a Theatre with a stage, and a backstage. Mainly I like the characterisation idea because it would allow people to script and hold actual plays and performances for huge audiences, which I feel is an incredibly unique thing. It would be amazing to attend a dramatisation of, say, Marilynth becoming a Vernal God.
Perhaps you could also have a list of props in a similar manner, using pre-defined descriptions to get props on stage, like an Old Celest Pool of Stars if we're keeping with the above play.
Mainly I like the characterisation idea because it would allow people to script and hold actual plays and performances for huge audiences, which I feel is an incredibly unique thing. It would be amazing to attend a dramatisation of, say, Marilynth becoming a Vernal God.Perhaps you could also have a list of props in a similar manner, using pre-defined descriptions to get props on stage, like an Old Celest Pool of Stars if we're keeping with the above play.
QUOTE(Sylphas @ Jul 31 2006, 12:24 PM) 313256
EDIT: Bah, that's the first comma splice I can remember writing in my entire life.
Woot! I'm contagious!
