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This is a thread to make any suggestions/complaints you may have. Also, if you happen to find someone who might be interested in joining this guild, you can mention their name here to suggest that they get invited (we are a little short on members at the moment, so it can't hurt to invite people who might be interested).

Ok, sure, but don't expect it for a while, as I would have to make a post about the Beast Courts and all the other Hengeyoukai and then make a post about the Kitsune. I won't have much time to work on this as school is starting and I am getting a job, so it might be a few months before you see the necessary posts. It would probably be faster to buy or download the Hengeyoukai book yourself. But I can work on posts.

For Buying: Try www.amazon.com or a used book store near wherever you live

For Downloading: Try the internet, I can't direct you to a place to do that without violating the TOS, sorry.

Ok if you want to RP then sign up for the temp. We will start once we get 2 more people.

I do agree that the profile is way to long. Most of my profiles come out at around 4 pages in MS word. I will look into shortening it, but I don't think it will get any less confusing. I will also try and get up an in-depth guide to the profile. I keep forgetting that not everyone has spent a summer creating multiple characters sorry sweatdrop .

ninja no where........... sweatdrop
Alright I was waiting for this to come up sometime, but actually expected it much earlier. The Litany for all those who don't know is the "rules/laws" that govern Garou Society. They are VERY important (underline 2 more time). When the guild was being created (almost a year ago) we did have a thread slated for the Litany as well as explanations of how each pack viewed it based on how it is explained in each book. Yet because we wanted to start up the main RP so the guild would be "active" it along with other threads was shelved. In all fairness we did intend to finish it when the guild RP became self sustaining. Well as you can guess it never did.

I will try and get up a thread with the Litany ASAP, but I am still backlogged with threads that are more vital to the resurrection of the guild.

That would be great. Probibly a thread in the Character Creation sub forum for now.

I'm dragging this out of the LOA thread and into here.



I had sent the following in a PM to BFU because I couldn't post due to a database hiccup... but now that it's fixed, I'll copy it here for you all, and add a little to it.



The main thing I've learned in RPing is that you need to have places people feel comfortable RPing in... In other words, if half the group here has never seen the inside of a bar, they more than likely won't feel 100% comfortable posting to that setting. It's easy to post things that you understand... I'd wager just about everyone here has been inside a school or library or fast food joint, so you wouldn't have a problem imagining that layout.. the decor, the sights, sounds, and smells... everything you'd need to lay things down for a post. The same can be said of a larger setting.. if you've never spent the night out in the forest, it's going to be hard (but not impossible) to get the feeling for a post.

So if we do scrap the current setting, or even if we don't, I would suggest maybe having everyone help out with things. Here's some ideas...

Look up the location on Mapquest, or Google map.... take a screen schot and post the screencap here for people to look at. Everyone can visit one of those sites, and browse the map, getting a feel for the layout. I suggest Google map mostly, because you can zoom in fairly close on the streets, and in many areas, you can switch to satelite view and see the houses... (I looked up my last apartment complex.. that was a trip)... the satelite images are a bit outdated, but it gives you some ideas for things.

Have several people host smaller settings. At Hawthorne, we had someone who ran a bed and breakfast... myself and a friend ran the club, three other players hosted a college with dorms and events, and the room hosts hosted the Manor, which held events like the Valentine Ball and Halloween Haunt. There were also mini places like coffee shops, libraries, new age stores and things of the like which were used for meeting areas, and which changed hands often.

Have players help with descriptions and maybe even images. >_> I'm a graphics type person.. so I like to see things. WE had pages devoted to different places with setting descriptions and even photographs. I'm sure people could go to one of their favorite places and snap some pics, upload them and use them as settings. So what if it's a library in New York, if it looks like a bed and breakfast in Las Vegas? That creepy house down the block might make a good photo of a Shadow Dancer hideout. If players get involved in creating the settings, by supplying photos or descriptions, it seems they get involved more and want to do more, because now they are more in control of some things.



It just seems to me like mabe we're all waiting for someone else to do everything... for someone else to post settings, post the first more, to tell us to get involved. And while the GM is technically in control, I think we really might have a little more freedom to just start stuff than most realize.

That said... I've got to wet-vac the old place tomorrow, and then I'm finished with it, and can start unpacking boxes. The first thing I'm hunting out into the open is my box with all my W:tA stuff, so I can update the Gurahl and Litany pages, and maybe add in some other things around the guild.

I'm going to guess by the lack of "don't do it" that my idea for sample posts is okay, so I'll add that thread tonight and toss in some samples of my posts for you guys to read. I hope everyone who likes that willdo the same.

I also added a few pictures to the Changing Breeds *whistles*. I would have added the one for Bastet, but I need to photoshop it for content and I still don't have photoshop up and running.