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Yes, Nebok raised an interesting topic. In Шабет, my character lost an arm due to a trap that opened a door (and, apparently, the door couldn't be opened any other way), lost all her equipment after losing in a Tournament (all unique, super-powerful items, even armor were stolen, you jerks), then lost the character Arandor, who went solo to the enemy base to retrieve his harpoon, which was taken in the previous point, and almost lost her virginity due to hypnosis... Then, due to real life, I took a break, which caused the character to be on autopilot and forgot to come to the battle... The battle was on a ship, the character was also there, but she slept through it all -- and when I arrived, the battle was naturally over, and the character was raped by sea pirates. Rev was young and inexperienced, but straightforward; he didn't beat around the bush with hints or suggestions, he got straight to the point. In RI1, after completing the deadly palace, which claimed the lives of many characters, my character was cursed by a dark priestess, and the curse literally forced her to become evil. In RI2, this same character, because she was evil, was humiliated in almost every other random event with desert spirits, because they don't like evil, and it was awesome. In particular, she lost all her skills. It was interesting that she was "cured" by random NPCs who were acquaintances, as they understood her situation and showed friendliness despite some unpleasantness. Unfortunately, the character still died in the next random event; she was completely drained by a tree. In AA, read it yourself if you want; no one kept anything there, neither possessions, nor the skin on their face, nor a human face in general, nor skills, nor life. And did someone steal Erika's monocle? She's not experienced. Considering that Iliman now owes her for life, she's probably better off; if she tells them about the problem, he and his friends will probably organize a whole convoy for her, and no one will even approach her. And yes, Erika is definitely not a white raven; don't worry, I personally like her, and 80% of my characters have always been even more "white raven"-like. But when Asmidul completes the main quest, because no one bothered to join, then I will feel sorry for your characters... But for now, it's just a light walk

80% of my characters have always been more unconventional.

I thought that Mент doesn't play anymore... :D:D:D

Ushumgallu is sitting in prison and basically doing nothing except making not-so-successful bets. The other participants who haven't been eliminated in the Tournament are succeeding thanks to Muva, but definitely not Ushumgallu himself. Who knows when he'll be released and in what condition.

Nebos had the most unremarkable characters in the last few expansions, and none of them were lucky. Although, one of them was in my expansion, of course... But the rest were with Revan. And Nebos's last non-niche character was killed by a maniac in the park.

Kamistella almost got into trouble at the beginning of the expansion, making an enemy of Druzh and ending up in a mansion without servants. A time skip resolved the situation, and now my incredible experience, talent, and skill are helping her. That's why I hired Rinzeit as a bodyguard, without even talking to him for five posts, because Rinzeit is fun.

Asmidul is on the main quest, and the main quest is tough. Especially when it might not be in character for the other players' characters to help him.

Genza and Co. are in a dangerous organization, and anything could happen to him, even despite all the coolness of Loken's roleplaying.

Aretz... is giving an interview. This interview is starting to resemble Nebos's roleplaying from AA

And Erika. So far, nothing threatens her life or dignity. She's outside the main plot (well, almost, Asmidul has taken a slight interest in her), she wasn't directly sent to Asmidul without the option to refuse (well, it would have been possible to cleverly avoid this meeting, but... it would probably have been worse), Revan teased her about her underwear, but he also teased Genza at the time, who seriously went after those underwear, now Revan stole her monocle, BUT! The monocle belongs to Kamistella + Erika checked everything with it. On the one hand, it seems logical, on the other... if you press the same ability every turn, the probability that something will happen will increase with each post. A pickup artist is just a small thing compared to the (eventual) husband of Loken's character from AA, or even Druzh, who could also cause trouble. And freebies... you can never be sure that this freebie won't come back to haunt you. This is Revan's expansion. Besides one-off actions, there might be an action with consequences until the very end. You always take risks in an expansion. As in life, in general. And the more valuable the character is to you, the more your nerves are on edge. That's what people play Revan's expansions for – for that pleasant feeling. And also for the plot, Revan usually comes up with interesting things. Or for roleplaying something specific, like Nebos and his niche-like characters. But everyone knows that you can't just enjoy peace in Revan's expansion. He always plays with your nerves a little (or a lot). With random encounters, micro-events, stolen items, etc. Erika is not unique here. And you're like this in every situation: will I die if I eat this fruit, or is this really the first harmless fruit in the history of expansions? That's how the interest is formed.

I personally like Revan's expansions, I'm going to go grease my butt with Vaseline. They're fun, and I hope it's clear from my roleplaying that I'm also having fun.

So, don't worry, Yashur, everything is fine so far. We need to keep playing, because Revan seems to be getting sad. And when Revan is sad... no one knows what's going on. What if something terrible happens?

No one was left with anything – neither possessions, nor the skin on their face, nor a human face in general, nor skills, nor life.

If it's "no one," then at least it's fair...

Actually, the last non-niche character from Neba was killed by a maniac in the park.

Actually, the last non-niche character from Neba is still successfully selling tickets at the station and eating delicious food cooked by his wife. He's probably just gotten older, and there's a high risk of hemorrhoids from a sedentary job.

Erica was basically scouting them all.

Well, not "all," but her potential opponents in the tournament...

Actually, the last non-niche character from Haven is still successfully selling tickets at the station and enjoying delicious food cooked by his wife. He's probably gotten older, and there's a high risk of hemorrhoids from a sedentary job.

But this isn't a character. It's Nebos himself, his life-like avatar.

Shabet was awesome. Gerich was killed by a random thug, I died from a dice roll (literally), Ples killed himself by running into a rock because he also ran out of luck, everything is clear with Ment, and it seems like nothing good happened with Siver either. And before AA, Shabet was, without irony, the best expansion, at least one of the best.
In Cerberia, we, on the contrary, went all-in and died on a simple quest.
In Reima-1, there was a terrible dungeon, and then Nairu was ambushed during an assault on a bar and we lost.
In Reima-2, we mostly just PvP'd.
In Lungwort, we wiped out the entire party on the first quest because we listened to an allied NPC.
And the fruits of Tiara are simply legendary.

In short, trash, pain, and humiliation have always reigned in the expansions, and there is absolutely no way to guess which character will be injured next, blow up on a chest, or be raped by pirates. Neither build, character, role-playing, nor even a forum nickname will save you. It happens to everyone, basically.

Revan joked about her underwear.

I'm sorry, but I don't appreciate this kind of trolling...

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In short, the expansions have always been filled with trash, pain, and humiliation, and there's no way to guess which character will be injured next, blown up by a chest, or raped by pirates. Neither build, character, role-playing, nor even a forum nickname will save you. It happens to everyone, in short.

Still, it's "not for me"... I should have been told about this right away...

It should be noted that sometimes Revan makes up for the losses. Nariya (and Rynze, as far as I understand from reading that expansion) often gave gifts, which were often really cool, and sponsored Karneol. Later, the healer from the school of healing fists patched up the faces of half the players, and so on. And during Karneol's wipe from the fruits, Revan spared the group and only robbed them, then replenished the losses with those same gifts. So... it depends. Maybe Erika will be rewarded by an archmage in such a way that she won't care about the monocle anymore. Ah, it would be great to have Ples, Koshu, and Ment in the expansion... But the first one hasn't been active on the forum for a while, and the others chose the path of popcorn.

No. If your "expeditions" are structured in such a way that "all the benefits" go to "fans of brawling" in the style of Ushumgallu or Genzai, to "unshaven Persians" like Kamistella, and "curious, scholarly Persians" like Erika are doomed to "get beaten up" because they "stick their noses where they shouldn't," "act in a way that's not quite right," and constantly "end up in the wrong situations," then it's not for me. My Persians won't "kiss boots" or "go around without underwear"...

Mine didn't kiss boots either, so at some point I would drop them, kill them, or they would be killed. It's a perfectly valid way to play. Technically, I didn't complete the expedition, but I still had fun.

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If "no one" gets anything, then at least it's fair...

One way or another, in one expedition or another, everyone was brought down, and that's true.

I read the thread about Thiaral and was a bit disappointed. The expansion was released prematurely, and I was hoping for gruesome scenes of characters dying and being overgrown with mushrooms. The rumors turned out to be exaggerated.

Gave up? Most of the characters, in order to get the medicine, went on a suicidal mission to attack their own employer and were predictably killed there by overpowered palace guards. I personally wrote the epilogue for mine. I don't know who gave up on what, but I think someone among the Heroes players survived, though not in a combat role (but even there, it seemed like the Heroes player wrote something about the future).

Ah, really? There was just a discussion going on for about five to ten pages, and it seemed like everyone was already starting to agree, but there were still about thirty pages left, and I stopped reading it, considering it to be just pointless chatter.

The argument was about whether to die with honor or die comically, once again falling into the trap of trusting obvious villains and deceivers; in the end, the latter was chosen. To be fair, it turned out that the mysterious clan could have provided a cure for worms – after keeping everyone in slavery for several years. As for the mighty Visterian hero, Heroist, they wouldn't have let him go at all, if I'm not mistaken, because he was too valuable as a workforce.