Character descriptions

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Aveline
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Character descriptions

Post by Aveline » Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:26 am

From the DESCRIPTION help file:
The DESCRIPTION command puts you into an editor to edit your long character
description (what people see when they look at you).

Your description SHOULD:

* Describe what your character looks like (e.g., facial features, hair and eye
colour, build and dimensions, identifying marks or scars, etc.)
* Be between four and 15 lines in length, after justification
* Be complete and in place by level five, and BEFORE leaving the training hall
* Be carefully written, using correct English spelling and grammar
* Be justified to the correct width by using the /j command in the note editor
I personally have never really been a creative person. Coming up with a decent description is always a chore for me, so I can really appreciate those people who write very clever, unique, and descriptive descriptions. However... They are not meant to be books. I do not see a problem if you need to go a few lines over 15 in length.. But please try to keep them manageable.

For some of us, descriptions that are really long create problems. If I have to hit enter twelve times before I am all the way through it, by the time I get there a whole screen worth of other actions have already happened.


I am just posting this as a reminder because I just saw a description that was 40+ lines long. Very well written, but very long! I do not expect everyone to keep it 15 lines and under. Lets just not get excessive.
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