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MELBORNE at 17:15, 29 August 2020

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	'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

	Commoners ~~experience~~ drain all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary, but all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] pool sizes are tertiary.		Commoners drain all experience [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary, but all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] pool sizes are tertiary.

	==History==		==History==

GRIM45: Corrected info on commoner skillsets

2020-05-26T14:56:44Z

Corrected info on commoner skillsets

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	'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

			Commoners experience drain all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary, but all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] pool sizes are tertiary.
	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain Commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).

	==History==		==History==

CARAAMON: 1 revision

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CARAAMON at 03:26, 3 March 2014

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			::''Returning players may want to read the page for [[Returning Players]] before continuing.''
	'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

CARAAMON at 05:14, 12 February 2012

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	Although Commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have Commoner characters that remain so for the sake of role-play.		Although Commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have Commoner characters that remain so for the sake of role-play.
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	==See Also==
	{{PostLink}}

	{{cat\|Guilds,Definitions}}[[page type is::definition\| ]]		{{cat\|Guilds,Definitions}}[[page type is::definition\| ]]

ISHARON at 01:30, 20 December 2010

2010-12-20T01:30:06Z

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	'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as ~~commoners~~. It is largely assumed that ~~commoners~~ intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as Commoners. It is largely assumed that Commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain ~~commoners~~ to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).		Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain Commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).

	==History==		==History==

	A rash of trained ~~commoners~~ sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players have been told that the joining mechanics for the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would not be startlingly different from that of other guilds, and they would therefore be able to keep their skills. As a result, many players trained ~~commoners~~ in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. Though the delay has caused the initial surge of ~~commoner~~ characters to ~~slake off~~, many still keep well-trained ~~commoners~~, and recent developments with the guild have caused another surge of ~~commoner~~ characters. These ~~commoners~~ are sometimes called "~~necrocommoners~~."		A rash of trained Commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players have been told that the joining mechanics for the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would not be startlingly different from that of other guilds, and they would therefore be able to keep their skills. As a result, many players trained Commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. Though the delay has caused the initial surge of Commoner characters to diminish, many still keep well-trained Commoners, and recent developments with the guild have caused another surge of Commoner characters. These Commoners are sometimes called "necroCommoners."

	Although ~~commoners~~ clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have ~~commoner~~ characters that remain so for the sake of ~~roleplay~~.		Although Commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have Commoner characters that remain so for the sake of role-play.

			==See Also==
			{{PostLink}}

	{{cat\|Guilds,Definitions}}[[page type is::definition\| ]]		{{cat\|Guilds,Definitions}}[[page type is::definition\| ]]

CARAAMON at 07:50, 31 January 2009

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	Commoners are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as commoners. It is largely assumed that commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		'''Commoners''' are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as commoners. It is largely assumed that commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).		Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).
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	Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay.		Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay.

	{{cat\|Guilds}}		{{cat\|Guilds,Definitions}}[[page type is::definition\| ]]

CARAAMON at 05:34, 19 January 2009

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	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).		Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).

			==History==

	A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players have been told that the joining mechanics for the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would not be startlingly different from that of other guilds, and they would therefore be able to keep their skills. As a result, many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. Though the delay has caused the initial surge of commoner characters to slake off, many still keep well-trained commoners, and recent developments with the guild have caused another surge of commoner characters. These commoners are sometimes called "necrocommoners."		A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players have been told that the joining mechanics for the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would not be startlingly different from that of other guilds, and they would therefore be able to keep their skills. As a result, many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. Though the delay has caused the initial surge of commoner characters to slake off, many still keep well-trained commoners, and recent developments with the guild have caused another surge of commoner characters. These commoners are sometimes called "necrocommoners."
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	Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay.		Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay.

	~~[[Category:~~Guilds]]		{{cat\|Guilds}}

Maintenance script: Updated, removed some POV stuff

2008-08-17T08:19:01Z

Updated, removed some POV stuff

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	Commoners are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as commoners. It is largely assumed that commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.		Commoners are characters that have not joined a [[Guilds\|guild]]. All characters in [[DragonRealms]] begin their adventuring careers as commoners. It is largely assumed that commoners intend to join a guild, typically very soon after they are created.

	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason, some players ~~will~~ ~~train~~ ~~their~~ ~~new~~ ~~characters~~ ~~for~~ a ~~while~~ in the ~~tertiary skillsets~~ of ~~the~~ ~~guilds~~ ~~that~~ ~~they~~ ~~plan~~ to ~~join.~~ ~~For~~ ~~example,~~ a ~~player who intends~~ to ~~start~~ ~~a Moon Mage character might train his/her armor skills as a commoner, knowing that~~ the ~~game~~ ~~mechanics~~ ~~make learning those~~ skills ~~more~~ ~~difficult~~ ~~once the character actually joins the guild~~. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).		Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason in the past, some players would remain commoners to train future tertiary skills in the guild of their choice, but this is no longer necessary or particularly efficient due to changes in the experience system for skills under 100 ranks. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).

	A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players ~~were~~ ~~guaranteed~~ that ~~commoners~~ ~~who~~ ~~joined~~ the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would be able to keep their skills, ~~and~~ so many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. These commoners ~~were~~ sometimes called "necrocommoners".		A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players have been told that the joining mechanics for the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would not be startlingly different from that of other guilds, and they would therefore be able to keep their skills. As a result, many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. Though the delay has caused the initial surge of commoner characters to slake off, many still keep well-trained commoners, and recent developments with the guild have caused another surge of commoner characters. These commoners are sometimes called "necrocommoners."

		⚫	Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay.
	The GM's originally responsible for developing the Necromancer guild are no longer on active Simu staff, so since that time it has become more or less accepted among players that the release of the Necromancer's Guild is on hold indefinitely. However, it continues to appear on the [http://www.play.net/dr/news/2007/goals.asp goals list] that the [[Gamemaster]]s release yearly. Many necrocommoners have joined other guilds or been shelved completely.

⚫	Although commoners clearly lack the powers of guilded characters and are not mechanically balanced to be their equals, a rare few players have commoner characters that remain so for the sake of roleplay~~. Most if not all of these commoners are "alt" characters of players whose primary character has joined a guild~~.

	[[Category:Guilds]]		[[Category:Guilds]]

Maintenance script: Joining the Thieves guild does not wipe skills, the bug that caused the Crossing guild to was fixed.

2007-11-28T22:56:16Z

Joining the Thieves guild does not wipe skills, the bug that caused the Crossing guild to was fixed.

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	Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason, some players will train their new characters for a while in the tertiary skillsets of the guilds that they plan to join. For example, a player who intends to start a Moon Mage character might train his/her armor skills as a commoner, knowing that the game mechanics make learning those skills more difficult once the character actually joins the guild. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).		Commoners train all [[Guilds#Skill Sets\|skillsets]] as if they were secondary. For this reason, some players will train their new characters for a while in the tertiary skillsets of the guilds that they plan to join. For example, a player who intends to start a Moon Mage character might train his/her armor skills as a commoner, knowing that the game mechanics make learning those skills more difficult once the character actually joins the guild. Unlike guilded characters, Commoners do not gain skillset perks associated with skill-secondaries (e.g., Commoners do not get to [[Foraging_skill\|<tt>FORAGE CAREFUL</tt>]] and are limited to small-sized arm-worn shields).

	A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players were guaranteed that commoners who joined the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would be able to keep their skills, and so many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. The retaining of skills on joining the guild was not guaranteed, as it was thought that the same principles that cause the Thieves Guild to wipe new members' skills would apply to the Necromancer's Guild as well. These commoners were sometimes called "necrocommoners".		A rash of trained commoners sprung up around 2002 and 2003, after it was announced that the Necromancer's Guild was nearing release. Players were guaranteed that commoners who joined the [[Necromancer]]'s Guild would be able to keep their skills, and so many players trained commoners in the hopes that they would have a head start among the eventual crush of new Necromancer characters. These commoners were sometimes called "necrocommoners".

	The GM's originally responsible for developing the Necromancer guild are no longer on active Simu staff, so since that time it has become more or less accepted among players that the release of the Necromancer's Guild is on hold indefinitely. However, it continues to appear on the [http://www.play.net/dr/news/2007/goals.asp goals list] that the [[Gamemaster]]s release yearly. Many necrocommoners have joined other guilds or been shelved completely.		The GM's originally responsible for developing the Necromancer guild are no longer on active Simu staff, so since that time it has become more or less accepted among players that the release of the Necromancer's Guild is on hold indefinitely. However, it continues to appear on the [http://www.play.net/dr/news/2007/goals.asp goals list] that the [[Gamemaster]]s release yearly. Many necrocommoners have joined other guilds or been shelved completely.