You know... roleplaying as another guild isn't as hard as most of you think. I pretend to be a Moon Mage, and I rather good at it. Why am I good? I do research. I know what some of the things they 'do' and how to impersonate them. Just remember these things which has helped me out a lot...

1: Don't BRAG about being in the guild your not. It arises supision
2: Remember, you don't have to prove anything. If someone wants to cast CV just to prove your a Moon Mage or whatever, you don't HAVE to do it, or give a supereme excuse. Just say something like, 'I don't have time, I'm busy training my skills', or 'leave me alone and quit bugging me'.
3: The more you try to convince someone being in the guild, the more they will get supisious. In other words... Just act normal. If your acting like a Moon Mage, perhapes GESTURE every once in a while, OBS SKY. But don't do those things if someone is supisious.
4: If your impersonating a Magic guild, it doesn't mean you have to act like your training Magic. Perhapes your bored with it? Or trying to catch up with the new req's.

I'm sure there's a lot more I can list, but what this all mainly says, is just 'fit in'. Perhapes teach a class, like around the Moonie guild teach scholarship, mech lore, Barbarians, teach weapons and such, and hang out around the places where they generally hang out.

Also, it really helps if you used to be part of the guild, or have another character in it. If you don't, you can always hang out in hiding or just hang out in the room and observe the people who are in the guild.

Hope all this makes since... I'm a bit tired now. hehe.

Zulkirs-

I'd just like to add that I've seen a few really good impersonators. I had talk with a 'ranger' (granted, not the hardest guild to immitate) a little while back. I never would have known him for an imposter if not for one little issue. I was teaching him evasion, but he was talking about pick adan'f boxes. I like to think I have pretty good disarm/lockpicking for my level, but adan'f are way out of my range yet. Now, there could be rangers out there with the skill to pick adan'f boxes, but can't hunt them (way below them), but my guess is they're rare if at all. Had I not been teaching him evasion, never would have aroused my suspicion. Wish I could remember his name (not that I'd post it ;), but kudos to him.

I've seen another play an empath... actually healed some people.. albeit with herbs, and using touches. Said he was too banged up (which he was) to heal by taking wounds. Would have probably fooled many younger players, and some older.

~Tanshar

>>The "good" twin gets most of the exposure and everyone likes him.. no one to date has realized (or at least called me out) that sometimes they aren't talking to who they think they are ;)

You'll end up getting caught through OOC accident.

Someone will sooner or later highlight your name because they're your friend or whatever.

The 'close but not quite' name you use at times won't end up highlighted.

I love the trick you're doing, though. That's just how you might end up getting outed.

Some people will also just assume that you're the same person with two different characters...

Nice work, though...

One important thing to do is be sure you train skills specific to that guild as much as you can (like music theory (lore) for bards, HP for paladins...) And never teach PM :)


The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

we're not ABLE to teach PM,TM,Harness or Power perception any longer.

So, teach devices...<hum>


~ The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which hath been is that
which shall be,
And that which hath been done is that
which shall be done;
And there is nothing new under the sun.

>P.S. Backstab messaging needs to be addressed too.. the only time someone should be able to distinguish between a backstab and an ambush is when it happens to them, or if they have some backstab skill and would be familiar with the technique. It's a required skill that forces us to "out" ourselves while training, and I think that's wrong :)

I second this.

~Nakeeta

its only "not required" if you substitute climbing or escaping.


~ The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which hath been is that
which shall be,
And that which hath been done is that
which shall be done;
And there is nothing new under the sun.

From what little I've been able to pick up in the Crossing, it seems that the guild is divided into two factions:

Faction the first:

"Thieves are thugs, and proper roleplay involves wiping folk out and taking things from their graves so as to 'foster respect for the guild'."

Faction the second:

"The guild is a secret, our purpose is to gently divert attention from it, lull the populace ever more thoroughly into a disbelief in it's existence; skilled thieves get the coin and are gone with their victims being none the wiser."

I'm SURE there are more opinions than that, but I can't really seem to get folk to talk about more than slight variations on the aforementioned.

I'd like very much to hear what you all think of when you think of thieves, and how your IG roleplay aligns with that, if at all.

I play my thief similarly to the way Jim described above.

My thief views the guild as a loose association of opportunity-seekers. He'll occasionally pick the pocket of a passing straggler, assuming he deems it safe to do so. He feels he's above common thuggery, as anyone can do that. Using our unique skills, talents, and smarts to come out ahead, though, is perfectly fine. As such, he enjoys disarming, harvesting, and picking boxes.

He tries not to ruffle too many feathers or associate too closely with anyone; the former for obvious reasons and the latter so as to put distance between himself and his schemes (or others') should something go wrong. Generally polite and cheery, he constantly watches people and listens for any advantage he might be able to exploit.

~player of W

Mine views the guild as nothing more than a collection of individuals with a common interest. With a very specific in-character goal and loyalty that's a tad guarded in purpose, and a guild policy that states, essentially, "do what thou wilt, just don't draw attention to us," it's a nice fit. And just as the purpose is hidden, so is the membership in the guild.

---

The guard stares at you and swears. The guard says, "I do not see why you even bother living."

<<Also, cough ever since that event back in 200?, the guild as such no longer exists, and so much as mentioning the name of The Black in the wrong company can get you killed.>>

I don't believe that's quite accurate. IIRC, right around a year ago certain parties (not just players) took to the streets making it quite known that the thieve's guild was very much alive and well.