Hello There.

Way out yonder in Thera, you might know me as Mossi(!), the semi-insane, gnomish cake creating Herald.

Now, this has been bothering me a bit and I'm just wondering if it bothers anyone else... That is, this:

!!A Complete And Utter Lack of Realism In Roleplay!!

Now, I'm probably guilty of this a bit myself, but I try to stay as realistic as possible when I roleplay. Mossi is a gnome... she's round and she waddles. She can't do backflips, so she doesn't. She can't sing, so she doesn't.

But there are those who just walk into a roleplay and are instantly capable of doing humanly (or felarly or arially or giantly or whateverly) impossible things. Or simply not realistic things. I understand a thief, trained in acrobatics, doing a backflip onto the bar. I don't understand a bard doing triple backflips and landing with relative ease on an unsturdy stool with a big grin flourish. I don't get that.

I've been brooding over this awhile. Maybe I just notice it because I play a Herald and Heralds deal a lot with things like that, but it's beginning to really bother me. Even little things, like making food in the Inn... it can be at least semi-realistic. But no... somehow the Inn has a limitless supply of whatever.

I'm just a little worried because it seems, sometimes, that my character is the only one around that is "human". Of course, not human, because she's a gnome, but you know what I mean. She's not a super, uh, woman. Yeah. If she's the only one who can't sing like an angel, can't dance like (hehe) Meladori, can't do backflips like a thief, can't cook like the Inn has a limitless supply of everything, can't write poetry... well... you get it... then what's left?

What's left for the, uh, little, er, girl?

I dunno.

Anyway, please rant back if you feel so inclined.


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