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I could list my knowledge based on what I know, but perhaps finding what appeals to you then going further once you have an idea at least will be best for helping
I'm particularly interested at the moment in events occurring or influencing the last eighteen game years that Synne would have been aware of. I will continue to search the forums for information but if someone could give some helpful links it would be much appreciated.
Also, are the library books available offline?
Thanks!
To address your final question, the books stored in the game's libraries are not available offline, I'm afraid.
Alternatively: Ask your peers in-game what happened in the past. It's a great RP opportunity.
(Illuminai): Saltz says, "Moxie is just doing the Moxie thing to do, often misinterpreted."
(Tells): Sir Iames Gallant, the Executioner tells you, "The one Illuminai beyond prayer, I swear."
Valingar: "How could a daughter of me, the most noble man in the south, be so heartless?"
(Tells): Haven Locke, Illuminai Khimaira tells you, "Be that as it may, I've also seen the strength in you. You can take care of yourself."
(Illuminai): Saltz says, "Moxie is just doing the Moxie thing to do, often misinterpreted."
(Tells): Sir Iames Gallant, the Executioner tells you, "The one Illuminai beyond prayer, I swear."
Valingar: "How could a daughter of me, the most noble man in the south, be so heartless?"
(Tells): Haven Locke, Illuminai Khimaira tells you, "Be that as it may, I've also seen the strength in you. You can take care of yourself."
Edit: NVM. Just looked up the help file. It's like achaea's party system.
(Illuminai): Saltz says, "Moxie is just doing the Moxie thing to do, often misinterpreted."
(Tells): Sir Iames Gallant, the Executioner tells you, "The one Illuminai beyond prayer, I swear."
Valingar: "How could a daughter of me, the most noble man in the south, be so heartless?"
(Tells): Haven Locke, Illuminai Khimaira tells you, "Be that as it may, I've also seen the strength in you. You can take care of yourself."
- If you are in a Guild, work your way through GHELP at your own pace. It's mostly a lot of reading, and it helps you get used to the game as a whole.
- Do the non-interactive things first. There's no need to push yourself into doing what you are uncomfortable with. Some people play this game mostly to kill things, some just to wander around. No pressure. No one is forcing you to play it in any certain way. Go bashing. Explore areas.
- If someone speaks to you and you get a panic attack, leave it be for now. People will not hate you for ignoring them. If you fear people spontaneously approaching you might set another attack off, use the command TELLS OFF and people will not be able to send tells to you until you use TELLS ON again.
- If you're having a good day, simply stand in a room where others might be walking by or stopping to chat, but don't feel forced to actually interact back. There are a lot of people who idle in the game and people know real life can happen to pull anyone away or make them unable to respond.
When/if you eventually feel like reaching out to people, do it on your own conditions.
Sure, you can't do this every single time you're asked a question without it being awkward, but I found that just having that option made things a lot less stressful.
There was one person who consistently pestered/cornered me via OOC tells and then got uppity with me for not responding. First of all, I reserved the right to ignore them, i.e., to just not reply when I didn't feel like it, no matter how much they felt entitled to my attention. Eventually, I then calmly said: 'I'm sorry that I sometimes don't reply; the truth is I'm a very private person, OOCly, and I'm often uncomfortable with excess OOC communication. I am easily prone to stress, and if I don't reply, it doesn't mean I'm trying to be passive aggressive (which they accused me of) — it just means I don't feel equipped to handle this at the moment.' Eventually they got the message, but if they don't, that's what
SNUBIGNORE is for.(I'm new to Aetolia but not to IREs. Do we have snub here, actually?)EDIT: Thanks for the correction, @Zaila and @Draiman!Always remember to take care of yourself, first and foremost, and that you don't owe anyone on the internet scheisse. RL B4 OL. This is a game, and if it's causing you stress or harming your mental health rather than relaxing you and bringing you enjoyment, then something here is wrong.
Finally, given the nature of your question, I can't tell if you're just new to Aetolia or to RP in general, but if it's the former: one thing that tremendously helps me, as a lifelong roleplayer and theatre-geek, is that when I get stressed... I look back on my history of characters and I try to 'RP'. It helps IRL, too! Before a job interview or a first date, I ask myself, 'How would that sexy, confident, kickass character I played back in 2012 deal with this situation?' And then I try to focus on that character's head-space, rather than whatever crazy shenanigans are going on in mine. Remind yourself in RP that the social situations you face aren't real, that your character isn't you, and that here, in Aetolia, you are free to be whoever you want to be.
Good luck!