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'''Experience points''', often referred to as '''exp''' or '''xp''' for short, are a tangible measure of the experiences a character has accumulated in Avaria. Experience points may be spent to acquire or raise the many different skills which characters have access to. The only way to earn xp in Song of Avaria is to engage in roleplay -- all experience is gained through in-character interactions, posts, and storylines. | '''Experience points''', often referred to as '''exp''' or '''xp''' for short, are a tangible measure of the experiences a character has accumulated in Avaria. Experience points may be spent to acquire or raise the many different skills which characters have access to. The only way to earn xp in Song of Avaria is to engage in roleplay -- all experience is gained through in-character interactions, posts, and storylines. | ||
==Usage== | |||
A character's experience points can be viewed using the command INFO, SCORE, or STATS. | A character's experience points can be viewed using the command INFO, SCORE, or STATS. | ||
==Experience and enjoyment== | |||
You should keep in mind that while earning experience and boosting a character's skills is fun and rewarding, skills are not the end-all be-all of your time in Avaria. You will never miss out on storyline involvement or be excluded from plots based on your character's skill levels, although they may affect the options that are available to the character in a given situation. | |||
It's also good to keep in mind that failure is not always a bad thing! Sometimes failing at a task or goal can be even more interesting than completing it with flying colors would have been, and become the spur for more complex character development. And as far as world storylines go, staff is just as interested in developing story twists based on characters' failures and losses as their successes and wins. | |||
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Revision as of 15:33, 16 December 2021
Experience points, often referred to as exp or xp for short, are a tangible measure of the experiences a character has accumulated in Avaria. Experience points may be spent to acquire or raise the many different skills which characters have access to. The only way to earn xp in Song of Avaria is to engage in roleplay -- all experience is gained through in-character interactions, posts, and storylines.
Usage
A character's experience points can be viewed using the command INFO, SCORE, or STATS.
Experience and enjoyment
You should keep in mind that while earning experience and boosting a character's skills is fun and rewarding, skills are not the end-all be-all of your time in Avaria. You will never miss out on storyline involvement or be excluded from plots based on your character's skill levels, although they may affect the options that are available to the character in a given situation.
It's also good to keep in mind that failure is not always a bad thing! Sometimes failing at a task or goal can be even more interesting than completing it with flying colors would have been, and become the spur for more complex character development. And as far as world storylines go, staff is just as interested in developing story twists based on characters' failures and losses as their successes and wins.