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Old 05-11-2012, 12:27 PM   #16
camlorn
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Re: What do you look for in a mud?

I'm not into rp muds, personally, but:

Ghostcat, that description requires the reader to know a great deal of medieval vocabulary. I, for one, got lost after the short desc, and know only that it's a somewhat short sword; while the example is indeed detailed, it doesn't actually say anything to someone who's not familiar with swords.

Just saying. I think that it's a nice description, even if I have no idea what it's saying, but it does raise the entry barrier a lot, doing it that way. I agree, personally, with the leave the examination to the player, kind of. It's important to distinguish two swords, for instance, by their short description, but perhaps hide away the "I'm a medieval swordsman" description in some sort of material component identification spell, or something.
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