Righto, I've only run one noble - he was a Reynolte four years ago (kudos to whoever gave props to Reynolte!).. and I'm quite sure it was a pretty different experience than what I would get if I played a noble now. It still has given me a lotta opinions though. Muah!
What's the most difficult thing about running a noble? The easiest?
Difficult - Well, this from my perspective. The most difficult part of running a noble for me is the politics. I SUCK at politics. I'm not subtle, manipulative, or scheming in the slightest. My characters tend to very good ones I like to think, but very good ones who aren't good at politics. However, I -am- trying to learn. Heh.
Easy - Easiest? Nobles are the closest we have to western fantasy characters. They're beautiful, pristine, and aren't fighting for survival. This is the shit I grew up reading, and so it's familiar.
What sort of actions on the part of a noble make you go, "woah, okay, that guy doesn't know what he's doing, why'd they give him that role?"
DARK IS DEEP MELODRAMA. Seriously, if you're playing an application only character, rise above bad gothic horror novels and play a believable personality. I don't mind dark broody types, but.. y'know.. an average joe character roleplayed badly is sort of boring. A 'dark is deep' character played badly is AWFUL. The nature of said personality is to attract attention, and when you're trying to be impressive with long, poorly written emotes about how you're sitting absolutely still I want to vomit. This pet peeve of mine happens everywhere, but I have seen it a great deal in nobles.
What do you think the responsiblities of a noble are?
I'm going to take an ooc perspective on this, because ICly a noble's responsibility is whatever fits the character. OOCly - you are in a position of power, you employ people, and they all look to their clan to entertain them. Even if their IC duty is to entertain you, it's the other way around OOC. Create goals, responsibilities - work with your clan imm, and above all else - realize that fun and games won't come to you if you sit all day in a tavern HOPING somebody will make the mud fun for you.
If you ran a noble, what questions didn't get answered for you beforehand that you would have liked to have seen answered? Would you run a noble again? Why or why not?
Umm... my last noble was four years ago - the question that kept going through my mind was 'What do I do? What do I do?'. To be fair, countless imms talked with me, helped me, debated with me, yelled at me, and generally were kickass people. I still kept on asking the same damn question though. Heh.
Which noble house or houses would you prefer to run a noble in - and why?
Fale is closed right now, but I've always wanted to run a Fale. I think there's just something about loopiness that appeals to me. Otherwise, I'm finally applying for my first noble in four years - but that doesn't really indicate a favorite house. I think the three active Houses in Allanak are all quite cool - there might be some blurring of the lines in situations, but that's due to IC directions, not the template of the House. What I -WOULD- like to see is perhaps a new House opened as something refreshingly different from what we have. No idea what though.. but oh well.
-Crystal D
