Description
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Description Basics
We seem to be having some issues with the uniformity of descriptions, and it confuses new people. First, the bot does not accept quote marks, so rather than typing 5'10", just type 5'10. We all get it, you'll only succeed in messing up the description if you type the "
Next, the bot reports your name in your description so don't type it out. It looks dumb to have "Bob bob is 5' tall and..."
Game mechanics, links, etc. needs to be in parenthesis. Feel free to write them out if you have room, but please put all this all in parenthesis to separate it from the rest.
List it like this:
(Pres 3, SL 4, http://x.com )
And not like this:
Pres 3, SL 4, http://x.com
Pres 3, SL 4, (http://x.com)
(Pres 3, SL 4) http://x.com
How To Set Your Character Description
The easiest way to set your description is to type: !deschelp in a channel with Canaille and the bot will instruct you as how to set it.
When you type that command it gives you this text.
Commands:
!desc <description> adds a description for your current nick to the bot.
!deldesc removes description of your current nick from the bot.
!deschelp shows you this help.
? <nick> shows the description of <nick>.
!me shows the description for your current nick.
So, to set a description, in a game channel, you type !desc is a tall, handsome man.
and the bot will respond with: desc has been added.
You may then type: !me or ? <nick> to see your description.
Make sure your description meets the requirement of the post before this one. Anything else you add to your character is up to you. You can link to a character picture or a gallery of pictures, or you can make not of something you may feel sticks out as far as style, grace, how the act.
Character Description Requirements For everyone
-Presence score
-Striking Looks
-Any other obvious physical features (Giant, some flaw, scars, etc).
-You may state an ethnicity or race for your character, otherwise they will be assumed to be generic American. This can include any noticeable accents.
Character Description Requirements For Kindred
-Humanity score (This limits your social interactions with mortals, and they subtly notice that you're inhuman because of this, so this is the way they find out. If you think someone is abusing it, see an ST)
-Blood Potency (For Predator's Taint; again, if you suspect abuse, contact an ST)
-Any permanently-on powers (Protean 1 does not need it as that affects yourself only, but Obfuscate 2 is required.
-Nosferatu's flaw must be made obvious in the description. An ST can ask you to be more specific in doing this. Also, this is a flaw, if it is written in such a way that it could be construed as a positive thing, an ST probably will ask you to rewrite it.
Character Description Requirements For Uratha and Wolf-Blooded
Uratha must put Primal Urge and their score in their description, since there is a penalty to social interactions with non-Wolf-Blooded mortals determined by that score.
There are no other special requirements for Wolf-Blooded.
Wolf-Blooded cannot be detected in the same way as Uratha. An Uratha (or Vampire with Heightened Senses: smell) using scents will notice a Wolf-Blooded is slightly different than other mortals, but nothing that is definite. A Wolf-Blooded simply smells "better" and "more attractive" than "regular" mortals. If you have some other special ability that can sense Wolf-Blooded, then you can ask the person if they are Wolf-Blooded or not, or more preferably, ask an ST.
Wolf-Blooded can always and automatically detect Werewolves, though, due to the powers of the merit Unseen Sense that they get for free as part of the Wolf-Blooded merit, the same way they can automatically detect spirits in the area around them.
Character Description Examples
Ako is a small, Japanese girl in her mid-teens with short, black and red hair. She stands 5' tall and weighs nearly 100 pounds. She wears a black leather trenchcoat with a purple dragon design on the back over a black tshirt with a matching purple dragon design printed on it, and a black snap-button skirt. (Presence 2, Blood Potency 4, Humanity 4, City Status 1)
Arkady towers above most men at 6 and a half feet tall and weighs in at nearly 290 pounds of pure muscle. His features give him a regal bearing and his gaze is captivating and show off his Russian ancestry. His shoulders are broad and his body itself exudes power. His long, flowing hair is dark brown and held back in a quick ponytail, and his eyes are a warm brown. ( Presence 4, Giant, Striking Looks 4, Primal Urge 5 )
Nadia is 5' tall, 100lbs and in her early teens. She has Asian features with a smooth, light olive skin tone, with long, deep brown hair and almond shaped brown eyes. Her body is curved and exquisite and she moves with undeniable grace. She wears a rose colored, gorgette dress that ties up her back, strappy heels. (Presence 3, Striking Looks 4, http://amokk.org/~sascha/characters/nadia/001.jpg )
