<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4973119#msg4973119">Quote from: Shihong on 24-07-2011, 23:02:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Okay, I think you're confusing in-character with out-of-character here.  <em>I</em> do not get bored when games are light on combat.  I've played plenty of intrigue-heavy games in the past, and combat was never the reason that I was drawn to system gaming.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Thank you, for answering the question, of whether<strong>you</strong>were going to get bored without a combat scene, but you failed to answer whether<strong>Magnus</strong>had the same issue.<br/><br/>I dislike you saying I was getting OOC mixed with IC as Terra hasn't had any issues with Magnus, except that he misunderstood her. He's been pretty polite with her, thus far. :)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4973119#msg4973119">Quote from: Shihong on 24-07-2011, 23:02:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I also think that you're misconstruing Magnus' actions.  Valenar reacted as though Magnus was the sort with something to prove, and would be liable to charge off into a suicidal situation at the drop of the hat.  He took issue with being taken as a novice, so he took the time to explain himself (deliberately and <em>without</em> irritation).  He's not giving anyone orders here.  When he was told to stay to the back, he mistook that as a slight against himself.  As everyone seems to be treating him like a powder keg waiting to go off, yes, he's slightly on edge.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I don't think I've misconstrued anything, but you did answer most of my questions about Magnus. Mangus has been insulted, and it's not likely to abate anytime soon. Polite to the point of  offensiveness (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/offensiveness). I think it said it all, but that tone is a precursor point to extremely bad happening, in my experience. The next step I usually see is someone slipping a threat, and while it's often just a slip of the tongue, blades are drawn quickly after threats.<br/><br/>This is not the 21st century, threats are taken VERY seriously, it is always assumed that someone will follow through with them, and so people DO NOT travel with people that threaten them.<br/><br/>Magnus was irritated, by your own description. So, please don't contradict what has already been written, in an attempt to alleviate my concerns.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4973119#msg4973119">Quote from: Shihong on 24-07-2011, 23:02:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Allow me to allay your concerns.  Magnus is <em>not</em> the sort of paladin to start cleaving and smiting the second someone starts setting off his Evil-dar.  If the other characters are willing to give him a chance, maybe they'll see that for themselves.<br/><br/>I should also mention, since this is becoming surprisingly heated out of nowhere, that I personally have <em>nothing</em> against any of the characters <em>or</em> their players.  I've been loving all the tension between these drastically different personalities thus far, but now I'm worried that some may have taken it personally.  This was not my intention, and for that I apologize.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I wasn't heated, I was worried. I've seen this sort of thing turn badly again and again. I've already stated, earlier in the post where and how. But you did not answer my question of whether his tone would change, whether his offensive tone would calm as we went on, so I will assume it won't, and make sure to keep my character FAR away from yours!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4973387#msg4973387">Quote from: Tagan on 25-07-2011, 00:08:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Let me note (from out of the blue as it were) that Shihong loves a good, IC argument, but tends to play rough exteriored characters with hearts of gold.  He never takes things personally, and is a delight to banter with, if your taste runs to such.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I know some people like the heated debates IC, but I'm not a fan. I don't care how much of a golden heart a character has, if they are threatened, they draw blades in all but the most candy colored D&D styled settings. His tone IC is a precursor to things that will tear this group apart! He doesn't have to bait arguments to have a rough exterior, which is what I feel he is doing! :\<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=113528.msg4976046#msg4976046">Quote from: Shihong on 25-07-2011, 13:48:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Thus far, I believe that Magnus' irritation has been at least somewhat justified.  He took being incorrect in great stride, not one to stubbornly insist that he's right when shown the contrary, but took issue with the concern that he was going to be a liability.  For a warrior whose main goal in life is to pursue the protection of others, that was something he felt he needed to address.  But he's still merely a man, and sometimes men let themselves get carried away.  <br/><br/>Does he especially <em>like</em> Valenar based on their interactions thus far?  No.  But at the same time he believes that Valenar is a good man, and that you don't need to like everything about a person to consider them worthy of working alongside.  Nor does it mean that he is unwilling to put any differences aside in order to do so, so long as it does not involve going against the Code of his order.  Magnus is not a man to hold grudges, so once on the march I don't see him continuing to antagonize the elf.<br/><br/>Does that make sense? <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Can you stop contradicting yourself for FIVE seconds?! This makes it hard to have any conversation with you about it. First he's not irritated, now his irritation is justified!?<br/><br/>I hope the rest of what you say is true, but I'll be keeping my character as far away from yours as possible, until I see it. All I've seen thus far, is you change what your saying in order to justify yourself, which justifying yourself was never what was asked of you.