I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN

[lightningpaw]

name:Lightningpaw
species:Badger
gender:Male
age:18 seasons
appearance:Large black badger lacking the 2 typical white stripes from nose to tale.all black fur except the two silver lightning bolt shaped patches on each forearm.
weapons/equipment:war hammer, twin scimitars(not the pirate ones) .Wears a chainmail shirt and a kilt.
strengths: is faster than most badgers and can swim like an otter do to being raised by sea otters.
weaknesses: not as large as most badgers.
desired profession: ship captain or crew member.
desired divisions: one with boats.

please approve.[

[Rinafera Woxwitty III]

Okay, please go back and look at the divisions and profession. There is no crew member or ship captain profession, and we already have both a ship captain and a commodore. There is not a "one with boats" division. Also, please watch the grammar. And please don't flame, which is writing in all caps.

Another thing: a badger cannot live with sea otters and become an excellent swimmer; otters are great swimmers because of their body shapes, rudders, etc. Badgers don't have that. They're large, heavy, etc.

Fix these things if you want it to be accepted.

[Riverwake]

Whoa, tear the post apart Rina.

While the guy may need to make some small grammatical changes and fix some capital letters, I see nothing wrong with a badger being raised by sea otters. he may need to develop a backstory as to how this came into being, but as long as it's within the realm of believability it is an ok/interesting history that I'd like to see developed.

One more important detail, badgers can swim. I may not be able to list off times in the Redwall series this has happened, but actual badgers CAN swim.

[Shard Prime]

Feb 21, 2009 14:40:35 GMT -5 lightningpaw said:

name:Lightningpaw
species:Badger
gender:Male
age:18 seasons
appearance:Large black badger lacking the 2 typical white stripes from nose to tale.all black fur except the two silver lightning bolt shaped patches on each forearm.
weapons/equipment:war hammer, twin scimitars(not the pirate ones) .Wears a chainmail shirt and a kilt.
strengths: is faster than most badgers and can swim like an otter do to being raised by sea otters.
weaknesses: not as large as most badgers.
desired profession: ship captain or crew member.
desired divisions: one with boats.

please approve.[

Righto, where to start...

I can agree with your character being able to swim like an otter, but I seriously doubt it could be as efficient or speedy a swimmer. Also, a background story might help out, though it isn't necessary, I think. The weapons you listed and the chainmail would likely prove to be pretty difficult choices of arms for a swimmer, also.

Reply to this thread with whatever arguments or explanations you have; I'll ask the other War Commander if she has anything to add. :3

'Tis the squirrelly guy from school, by the way.

[Rinafera Woxwitty III]

Mar 6, 2009 18:10:58 GMT -5 Riverwake said:

Whoa, tear the post apart Rina.

In Redwall, badgers don't swim. The question at hand is not whether or not he could be raised by otters, but whether or not he can swim like otters.

Badgers can't be as efficient of swimmers as otters. You can't try to fit two species into one character; that's called a sue.

I wasn't even that harsh, Riv'. Despite the fact that I'm now retired, I'd prefer it if you stopped contesting the ruling of officers. Unless Crystal or Shard decide that he's accepted now, it stays the same. Anyway, I'm out. This is the first time I saw this post and now I'm a little irritable. >.>

[Crystal M. V. Rosepaw]

Rina', shush. Before I get your character a cane. xD Riv' was expressing his option; don't get mad. I think he also recognized that Lightningpaw's character had that same flaw.

Riv', I have to agree with Rina. I've seen him get harsh - nowhere near the same thing, I assure you. And I also agree that even if you are an honorary officer, and have been role playing a long time, Rina had the superior judgment. Kill the message, not the messenger.

Also... My take on it.

Lightningpaw, if you could give some more detail, it'd be great. I don't expect anything huge, since I doubt you've RP'd him much of anywhere else (I try to keep up with new RPers on the ROC) so I doubt demand huge ammounts. A last name, and maybe remove the 'swim like an otter.' I can understand if an otter taught him how to swim, since the same happened with my main character, but she, even working on a boat, cannot swim well enough to compare herself with an otter.

I suppose the best idea would be to repost your information in a new thread. I'd be happy to accept you after these are done. If you have any questions about it, feel free to send a private message to me. :3

[lightningpaw]

sorry about the poor word choice what i meant by that is he can swim and well though your right not as well as an otter.
as for the weapons the war hammer would be unwieldy the scimitars can be used one or both and are actually efficient in water fighting do to the shape and wait. and i would love to tell what group or faction i would like to join but i don't know what any of them are.

[Crystal M. V. Rosepaw]

Alrighty. I can help you with that! :3

The swords would be good, because the speedier alternative, a saber, would mostly likely get broken, since your character is of the largest species. ^^;

You'd probably like being part of The Sojourner better. It's sea based, taking place mostly on a ship commanded by an officer named Scratchfur and my alternative character, Rikian. We currently don't have much going on due to the recent leader changes, but there soon will be. The other is more of, well... the land military.

Shard, this is something we need to make a board about. xD