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Why? Most people who hit the gameworld already know EXACTLY what they want to do, who they want to associate with, who they DON'T want to waste time with, and what they need to do to get there.

I think this is really what you're up against.  It's a nice thought that all of these portal arrivals are fresh-minded and new to EFU and even NWN but that's just not the case, it's an old game with few new players, and most experienced players have their home server and if they pop in here they're just sightseeing.  So most if not basically all new characters are from the same set of players.  They know who the factions are and who they want to drift towards.  It would be nice if they RPed more bewilderment along the way but then again when the player has been through the portal six or ten or twenty times now they're more likely to want to "fast forward" to get to the good parts.  Or maybe they want to RP that they were raised on the island or arrived a different way, and don't want to RP the portalling at all...  Another reason they'd want to scurry away quiclkly.

Don't forget that newcomers from others servers think about Xp and Loot first, shoot and kill, to make a powerfull never flee character. Take time to discover and understand about IC and RP, to envolve to a concept character player, but we are here to learn and teach, to wellcome all and make fun, make then participate.

I've played on maybe five or six NWN servers now and they all have this attitude towards the other ones, that they're the only ones who truly RP  and every other server is just about hacking and slashing.  I have yet to see an exception really...  Go read some other servers forums and you'll see this exact message dozens of times.  But I really don't think most NWN players are only after xp and loot, if they're still playing this game in 2009 they're probably after RP in one form or another.  

At the same time stepping into a new server can be intimidating for some people and these folks may need time to acclimate.  They were ready for some hand-holding newbie quests and NPC interactions (which don't exist here) not to have PCs instantly engaging them.  I'm not saying don't do it (it's great that you do!) but maybe a little patience towards genuinely new arrivals, letting them explore a bit if they need it, instead of writing them off as only interested in powergaming or whatever  if they seem shy or overwhelmed.

People shouldn't assume it's a familiar, I totally agree, and should react appropriately.  If it's a small animal of course that might just mean ignore it.

But (and I think this is a lesson I learned the hard way by annoying people) when it comes to expecting people to interact with your familiars a little goes a long way...  It's good occasionally but the novelty can get old especially when there's no purpose to it (meaning the only reason you're doing it is just trying to get them to react to the creature) or when the familiar is interrupting something else a group has in progress.  

Again I learned this by doing it myself.  And when I read "Oh, It's just a wizard's familiar" I kind of recognized that as possibly a situation where they had something going on and didn't want to drop it because a mephit was trying to annoy them.  (If it's delivering a message or some other real purpose that's totally different of course)

Well, on the server I first played on we were encouraged not to use them because so many people would write metagamey paragraphs that tried to force RP on you (like "this person strikes fear in your heart" and "you find this woman strikingly beautiful").  Or would give background information that you really should be finding out through conversation.

So I got out of the habit and didn't know it mattered so much here (house rules are so crazy different everywhere..!)  So please don't ignore me for that and I'll do better if I make another character.  I promise.

Also..  On yet another server I play on, Arelith, they allow you to change your description later on.  Is that something that could be possible to do here?  After all your character goes through so many changes in their lifespan that what you initially wrote often doesn't apply any more five or ten or more levels later.

I have two questions, sorry if this isn't appropriate to ask here but I couldn't find answers in the forums and I hate to ask OOC stuff like this to people in the game.

.. Is is possible to customize clothing and armor appearance?

.. Is there any support for other languages (like elven?)

Thanks..!

I tried to create a wild dwarf character, and did not apply for it as it is listed as "no" under "requires application?" on your Races information page.

However when I logged in I ended up in the DM restricted subrace area

So, one or the other probably needs to be changed.  Thank you..