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George Rozas

George Rozas

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I'm just frustrated that I have to make a character who is immediately competent so I don't get shown up by a goddamn 9 year old.

Which I will bring up at every opportunity, because no matter how much training they have, a 9 year old is still a 9 year old. I am Inferi.

11-May-2017 11:39:29

Westenev

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Doesn't Annie spend the majority of the roleplay waiting for the most dramatic time to discover her powers, or asking for lessons on swordplay?

I don't think you have anything to worry about! Annie Wells won't be the first 9 year old who thinks she knows everything, and she certainly won't be the last!



EDIT: THAT SAID, I would somewhat prefer not to have a repeat of Children of Koray, where every character was so combat deficiant that they spent the whole time running away from the plot. :P
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11-May-2017 11:50:14 - Last edited on 11-May-2017 11:53:02 by Westenev

George Rozas

George Rozas

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I'll avoid running away from plot this time around, if only because my character has likely gone through their "deny everything" phase already.

Also, I'm pretty sure she is completely useless when she first appears and pretends to be a spy, gets caught by being inept, then tries crawling away uselessly. Five minutes later she is a master sword fighter who can take down groups of full grown men, or monsters, with 'the speed of an elf'.

I also cannot think of a power at all. Actually... Not true, I can think of powers, I just don't know if I want them. I am Inferi.

11-May-2017 11:55:40

Westenev

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The way I'm trying to develop the characters abilities is by imagining a REALLY BAD situation, and then coming up with a miracle solution. Kind of like Cinderella and the glass slipper, only the magic doesn't wear off after midnight.

I'm currently thinktanking an ability, based around "why couldn't it have been me?" - an ability that can swap the position of two objects, or swap positions with her. The ability is broad enough to be extended upon later, and possesses sub abilities the character doesn't want to learn.

Another is, "I want to be remembered" - essentially making a character immortal, so long as people don't forget they exist.


They're corny, but I kind of like them.
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11-May-2017 12:18:08 - Last edited on 11-May-2017 12:30:42 by Westenev

George Rozas

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I'm still not fully aware of how powers can be expanded on later. As in, you figure out how to use them differently? Or they get more powerful all of a sudden? Or you get additional powers that make the first power have extra effects?

Speaking of additional powers, is this going to be one of those roleplays where, with every BAD situation a character gets into, if they wish hard enough they can get another power? Because fucking hell the idea of each fight giving everyone an extra power because they wished for it is maddening. There'd be no powers left. I am Inferi.

11-May-2017 12:36:53

Westenev

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You can change your perception of the ability - essentially setting limits on your own power. For an extreme example, think of Spiderman 2, when Toby Maguire stops wanting to be spiderman, and subsequently loses his spidy senses. Perhaps a person with spiderman's power may feel distaste for webbing, in a similar manor to those possessing gender dysphoria fell disgusted with the plumbing they have. So they may retain the super-reflexes and super strength without the webbing.

Yes, this story's premise certainly does revolve around 11th hour superpowers gained in the heat of the moment...

... but...

Think about it. If a person gained every power in the book, they would have had to have gained every pleasure life had to offer, enjoyed them... and subsequently lost them in the most ungratifying ways possible. Such a person, I feel, would either self terminate or lose the will to get out of bed in the morning.

It's also entirely possible I fate won't let you have your new power, if I feel your reasons don't match up or that the situation is too trivial.
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11-May-2017 13:08:45 - Last edited on 11-May-2017 13:18:38 by Westenev

Westenev

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Well, I assume everyone will have the thread's best interests in mind when we coin the term, "AS THE PLOT DEMANDS!"

I mean, sometimes it's cool to get a new power. Sometimes it's just more dramatic if you try to get a new power and fail. That said, I don't think anyone here (bar me) is actually all that interested in dragging their characters through the worst hell imaginable.




EDIT: I'm reading through Azi's thread. I mean, it's okay to say you can't have technology and biotics for balance's sakes... but, I mean, isn't that the role the "Sentinel" class plays in Mass Effect? Who's to say a spartan who intakes Eezo wouldn't get powers - hell, I'm sure exposure would be manditory in the operation if it existed.

EDIT: Now that I think on it, isn't that kind of what they did to Gen 2 Biotics like Kaiden? Dump Eezo around coloneys, snatch children, put a biotic interface in their head and train them to be soldiers at an early age?

Now where have I seen that before...?
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11-May-2017 14:02:43 - Last edited on 11-May-2017 16:14:37 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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Ah, thanks for clarifying about the Covenant, I had no idea that by Halo 4 their ships were vulnerable. I have not played beyond Halo 2, actually, and I will admit I'm not as much of a gamer as I used to be. I'm just not into games that much anymore. I will have to work things out better.

West, about Biotics
I am trying to balance out the role-play, but yes, you're right, in-game in Mass Effect, it does happen. The point is, is that the races and classes are meant to apply only to user-created bios, for gameplay balance thus far. There is a single sentence somewhere that alludes that some cyborgs actually can utilize supernatural powers, it's just meant to be subtle. Basically, cybernetic bios can get Biotics, but at a later time in the role-play.

Anyways, I will continue work very soon, get moar pikchers in der.

11-May-2017 20:59:26 - Last edited on 11-May-2017 20:59:51 by Azi Demonica

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