Housing Servants

Masaryk

First off, love the idea. So far I've just hired a steward, but I'm excited to see all the different aspects of this newest housing update.

What sort of customized servants have you guys put together so far? I've fashioned my steward to be somewhat of an organizer/member of my clan, the Achaean Ornithological Society. Obviously the possibilities for customization are near endless, and I'm eager to see if they add any new types of servants to the list in the near future. 

Trilliana

If I had a house... would totally get one

edit for brainfart and bad spelling

Mishgul

I have a cook. She wanders around my out of subs house in the northern vashnars displacing novices.

Bluef

Clad in flowing grey robes, Hedra lingers here, muttering softly to unseen spirits.

Draped in flowing grey robes so her fragile figure is all but hidden from view, Hedra appears asomatous, radiating an ephemeral authority emphasised by her dark eyes that peer forth from their shadowy depths at something invisible to you. Smooth tresses of ebon limned with grey fall about her petite shoulders. The top section is pulled to the side and braided with beads and feathers. Blessed with a luminescent aura, her niveous skin is mingled mysteriously with strange, interlacing symbols, and an intricate pattern of gold swirls like a viper over her exposed flesh. She clasps a slender staff swathed in flame in her hands, its dazzling hues of violet and blue waxing and waning without discernible pattern.

The Curia has been roleplaying interactions with a spirit for 3-4 real life years. We are super excited to see her finally cross the great divide and materialize as our sanctum's steward. Eventually she will be leading rites, teaching about the Spirit Realm, etc. She's going to be amaaaaaazing! 

P.s. The staff she's wielding in her description is an item we had roleplayed physically receiving from 'the spirits' and then it was stolen by a shadowy thief. I'm really looking forward to Hedra sharing the story of how she reclaimed it from him!

Shirszae

Surely some more people have made servants? I am very curious about seeing what people come up with, so post up!

Jurixe

I have a butler who gives directions around my keep and a servant who bustles around cleaning everything and tells you you're pretty.

Arditi

Requesting that we add musicians and vocalists.

I'll buy credits and build a mansion if I can have a room that I can walk into for instant singing of praises.

Synbios

Arditi said:

Requesting that we add musicians and vocalists.

I'll buy credits and build a mansion if I can have a room that I can walk into for instant singing of praises.

I, for one, would like my scantily-clad servantscultist minions to do the Macarena every time I greet them.

Ruth

A softly-lit ivory chapel (indoors).
A runic totem is planted solidly in the ground. An intricately woven plains rug is spread out on the
floor, adding a splash of colour to the surroundings. Lying flat on the ground is a key-shaped sigil.
 A sigil in the shape of a small, rectangular monolith is on the ground. A scarred servant dressed
in ivory white robes stands here quietly. A bold white birch shelf is here.

You tell a mute servant of House I'llur in Mhaldorian, "I cleanse myself of weakness beneath Your
gaze today, Master. I confess the sin of indulgence."

A mute servant of House I'llur takes up a black vulture quill, one hand holding the parchment on the
altar straight as he steadily pens down Ruth's spoken confession. Ripping off the written section,
he holds it to the flame of a lit candle and watches mutely as the words are sent up to the heavens
in ashes and smoke.

That's one of the reactions for the servant I  have!

Masaryk

Arditi said:

Requesting that we add musicians and vocalists.

I'll buy credits and build a mansion if I can have a room that I can walk into for instant singing of praises.

I'm really hoping for a gardener too.

Bluef

Masaryk said:

Arditi said:

Requesting that we add musicians and vocalists.

I'll buy credits and build a mansion if I can have a room that I can walk into for instant singing of praises.

I'm really hoping for a gardener too.

I'd love a gardner and a librarian. The more types the more I will end up purchasing though...so conflicted. :C

Masaryk

Bluef said:

Masaryk said:

Arditi said:

Requesting that we add musicians and vocalists.

I'll buy credits and build a mansion if I can have a room that I can walk into for instant singing of praises.

I'm really hoping for a gardener too.

I'd love a gardner and a librarian. The more types the more I will end up purchasing though...so conflicted. :C

Hah, well luckily unlike many other things, they are very reasonably priced!

Aerek

Do wandering servants open doors?

Bluef

I don't believe so, at least mine never did!

Jukilian

Add a door opening option and make Pericles Jr and put him in a house with a hundred doors.

Tharvis

Jukilian said:

Add a door opening option and make Pericles Jr and put him in a house with a hundred doors.

don't forget the function where he slams them shut behind him!

Rinzai

So I only have one to test, mess with, sort out some issues and limitations but if I can really get one per room, it seems like Actar is going to have a ton of these awesome guys bopping around. And some on the ship too, I absolutely love this idea.  Finally I can create an honest fan club of halflings!

Rinzai

Aerek said:

Do wandering servants open doors?

From the issue me I put in, no they do not.  

The one trick that confuses me, is that they appear to reset to the room they were purchased in... so I let the silly woman out, she wanders I shut the door and she resets behind it.  Confussssed me.

Jurixe

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself as well. They don't seem to open doors, but they definitely disappear out of the room they get locked in. I'd love for them to just stay in the room if the door is closed (please don't make them open doors).

Shirszae

You can order them to follow you, though, and they will stay with you until you either lose them or leave the house. Not the perfect solution, but good enough if you need the reactions of a particular one while in another part of your house.

Rinzai

Jurixe said:

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself as well. They don't seem to open doors, but they definitely disappear out of the room they get locked in. I'd love for them to just stay in the room if the door is closed (please don't make them open doors).

I believe the issue here is that they are tied to the room that you purchase them in, least that is what it really appears to be for me, unless there was something else going on.  

Noting that I was just really careful in setting up my first 4 servants, now I just hope it's true.

Shirszae

Yes. They reset to the room you bought them in.

Rinzai

Okay another fair warning as I just noticed this unfortunate turn of events....

Message #3265236        Sent by Meletus

9/11/14:24 Greetings. In response to your issue #70011: With regards to the enquiry into the door opening activities of the subdivision denizens, luckily, the denizens have all been carefully trained to never open an external door. Let us know if you experience anything to the contrary!

I keep missing keyword details... the keyword here is EXTERNAL.. that means the house that if your in the subs leads to the wilderness, and .. I am assuming out of subs, it means the IN room only. Because this nonsense just happened.

A plump cook opens the door leading out.

Scurrying on surprisingly nimble feet, a plump cook darts out to the out.

And I suppose it is an -internal- door, but that doesn't help me because some of actar is public for people to enjoy, and .. some is prism proof and private for me to enjoy.  meh.

Jurixe

Can we just have them not open doors? So if they're set to wander but put in a room where there's a door, they'll just stay there? This is still a security risk for if someone breaks in and there aren't any key sigils - normally they wouldn't be able to get through the doors at all, but this would bypass that. Not to mention the huge amount of door opening/closing spam.

Bluef

That's really weird because my servants weren't opening any doors - internal or external - before I set them to be stationary. Tharosian Estates is set up with doors on the street (public area) that lead to (private) housing, so I was really grateful for that. If new ones are going to roam around the entire subdivision, including into other people's private residences, I may have to rethink some future planned purchases. 

Rinzai

Bluef said:

That's really weird because my servants weren't opening any doors - internal or external - before I set them to be stationary. Tharosian Estates is set up with doors on the street (public area) that lead to (private) housing, so I was really grateful for that. If new ones are going to roam around the entire subdivision, including into other people's private residences, I may have to rethink some future planned purchases. 

Just to add more information so people are informed and don't make silly decisions based on assumption.

In response to your issue #70036, denizens cannot open a door that has any permissions at all set on it.

So that seems to me like an ideal solution to what was my confusion, and it also seems that it should work for everyone else.

hurray. 

Jurixe

This particular servant was pretty funny to make, so I thought I'd share.

Chopping, slicing and stirring with militaristic efficiency, a stern-faced cook is here.

Though constantly surrounded by all manner of steam and heat, this middle-aged woman exudes an icy demeanour as she works on her latest culinary creation. Tall and thin, her hawk-like features are not improved by the constant frown above her dark hazel eyes and the disapproving press of her lips, while her greying brown hair is pulled back into a severely neat bun. Her hands are constantly occupied by all manners of cooking preparation, whether chopping, stirring, mixing or otherwise, moving with a deft efficiency that is a marvel to behold. She wears the standard Nithilar uniform of a black linen dress and white apron, which somehow manages to stay pristine despite her occupation. There is little question of her authority in the kitchen as she often stalks away from her own work to correct or reprimand one of the other unfortunate kitchen helpers under her command, uncompromising in her evident desire for perfection.

A dour cook is a humble-looking creature.

She has 100% health remaining.

She weighs about 210 pounds.

She is loyal to Jurixe.

A dour cook is holding:

Nothing.

Iuneos

The real question here is: will it blend?