About the Gold

[Ariadne]

Well Im just suggesting that there should be some store opened up. When we post we get gold..but theyres nothing( that I know of) that we can do with the gold. So Im just suggesting that some stores should be opened up and they could sell items. It can vary from cloaks to, daggers, to swords, to herbs. It can all vary.

[David Augustine]

Ah, there is a difference from the first Avaren. In the first one, we weren't able to really use our gold for anything. Now, we can buy houses. Also, if you seek out those that have a sub-class, I believe, you can probably buy stuff from them or get them to make stuff for ya. However, I definitely know about the buying the house, because I have one!

[Verdan]

With gold, you can not only buy houses but also your very own cities. Also, you need gold to start guilds.


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[Rotiart]

Can't we also have some sort of inventory where we get all our equipment for our character portrayed for everyone to see?

[Protégé (Gone)]

Wouldn't it be better just to portray your armor in the post by describing it?

[Shadow]

that gets boring after a while though, unless you where different armor every day.

[Protégé (Gone)]

Well, you don't need to have armor all the time, plus youdon't have to say He was wearing blah, you could find more interesting ways to mention it, like the chains in the chain mail clinked as he twisted around to look around.

[Mazus]

Can't we also have some sort of inventory where we get all our equipment for our character portrayed for everyone to see?

There is two problems with that. One, there is no items to put in your inventory. You can say what armor you have, and what weapon you use in your posts, but they can't have special powers. If you want everyone to know that, just put it in your signature. Also, the most important code for that, doesn't work anymore, which is the second problem.


Also, there is no system on this site, so there is no particular reason someone would buy armor. It is not like it will give you more defense, or like a weapon will give you more attack. The only thing that gives people advantages in fighting, is post quality. Which makes it fair, because anyone can improve, if they tried a little harder.

[Aleph il'Aranroth]

Actually, different types of armor do give advantages and disadvantages for different fighting styles. For instance, my character relies more on speed and agility when he fights. So he's not wearing full plate mail, he's wearing chain mail with light plate on his torso. that way the armor doesn't weigh him down. But what if he wants to change up his fighting style later? He'd need to buy new armor to go with it. Especially if he wanted a style based more on strength. He'd want something that would protect him more, since stronger attacks also have a tendency to leave a person more open before and after the attack. Or if he were to switch weapons, he'd have to buy new weapons and new armor. You can't fight the same with a spear as you did with two short swords, after all. So while there's not the "Elemental resistance +5" aspect to buying new armor or weapons, there is a realistic aspect to it.

[Mazus]

Umm, chain mail is heavy, so it would weigh you down. Not as heavy as full armor, though.

Armies, supplies their troops, with equipment. Also, what I am saying, there is no added defense if you buy armor, so there is no way therecan be a shop. Because a person, who buys something, wouldn't have an advantage over someone who said they had armor. Also, taking it that everyone who would get into battles, are in the armies if warriors, or mages. So like I said before, most likely, they would be supplied with armor.

[Aleph il'Aranroth]

Well, yeah, chain mail weighs you down. But not as much as plate mail, and it offers more protection than leather armor. That was kinda my point in choosing that type of armor.
And what about the random warriors who aren't in the army? Such as my character. He's a mercenary. Are you saying that he shouldn't have armor since he's not in any military unit? And why do you assume there'll be a battle? The country's not at war, so the only fights are more likely to be one-on-one type things. Really, it's perfectly possible and plausible for there to be armor shops around. After all, wouldn't a blacksmith generally know how to make or at least fix armor?

[Mazus]

But if you read the history, it suggests that there could be a war. Also, if there weren't going to be any wars, or battles, then why have a army?

As for your character, and everyone else, you can say you had armor. Like your fther gave it to. The only thing that isn't allowed, is that it can't have special powers.

I am stopping replying. If you want my to reply to a question, then PM it to me. I feel that this is a cheap way, to get posts.

[David Augustine]

Mazus, I'd like to see wher eyou see the rule that says that you can't have weapons or armor with powers? I happen to know for a fact that there are such weapons that can be made that way and have benefits. I for one uses enchanted weapons as well. In fact, I think they should be allowed but you'd need to provide a history for the weapons as well. Nobody has told me that I can't have the weapons that I'm using so far and from what I've read there is nothing against it yet unless there is some unspoken rule about it that no one knows about.

[Verdan]

Guys, I hope you realize that this argument is pointless, seeing as a person of a particular class can only wield one type of weapon, meaning a spearman isn't gonna go waving around longswords, otherwise that would be extremely cheap. Also, I'm sure you can change your weapons if you wish without any particular shop (meaning instead of a purple spear you can get a green one for free) And considering that you can't change weapon class at all, it doesn't matter anyways. As for armor, I'd say you can change it around however you wish, as long as you don't go from wearing light leather to huge full body plate mail, reinforced with chain mail, then with some huge pieces of metal there to look fancy (meaning don't go from extremely light to unreasonably heavy). If you keep to within reason, you can do most anything. The main part is not to go overboard, like I've seen people do, I won't name anyone.

[David Augustine]

Just letting you know Verdan, that characters are allowed to have secondary weapons. My happen to be long swords and just because you are part of a certain branch doesn't meant that you have to use only that one weapon. I haven't read that rule anywhere either.