new character stuck in a room upon enterering server

[Joeward]

Forgive me..its been a few years. I just made a new character and found it locked in a wooden room upon entering the server. There appear to be 2 trap doors that I can't manipulate..they look like they are there for asthetics. I'm wondering if this is a place characters go that are not allowed on the server? I will try logging in again as it seems the server went down while I was trying to sort this out. Any input or knowledge about this would be greatly appreciated!Tthanks!

[Cornuto]

What class/race did you pick?

[Joeward]

I ended up making a new character and it also was locked in a room. This time I noticed a quick message that faded away. It appears the character may need approval or is not allowed. I will go more conventional on my character choices. the first one was half drow palidan..which I had a feeling may not work. The second one was also a palidan..i believe a half elf also but not a half drow......
Thanks for the help!

[Dragor]

Using the same name caused the secound one to get stuck...due to the information retained in the DB from the first one which was due to Half-Drow...the Char Name is whats used as the primary identifier for DB entries..a one character difference will get around it

[DM_Equinox]

Two possible reasons:

Perhaps you made a cleric with the wrong domains - we enforce the correct ones here, and they can be looked up on our Wiki (under "Deities")

If you have made a locked race or class you will not be able to enter the game.

These races must be unlocked by a DM, which usually happens after you win a Role Player Award.

Please check out our Wiki on which classes and races are open for everybody


In both cases, I'm afraid you'll have to create a new character that's within these guidelines.


*edit* and yes, re-using the name of one such character may cause locking as well, so try to pick a different name.

[Joeward]

Thanks so much for the information everyone. I will give it another shot tomorrow.