OOC Discussion

Personally, I am old school and have trouble letting go of the idea of rolling dice to settle corner cases (like Riley vs Lucas with equal agility scores) I was perfectly happy to go with getting owned after rolling poorly. The beauty of dice is that they teach you that there is always a good story to be told with either result.
 
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Gus said:
Or get consent ahead of time!
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Now if only I would be able to dig up the message welian gave me about there being no OOC consequences if Ioana attempted to kill Avecca


If that never happened then I have a faulty memory.
 
Attempting =/= auto killing in one post with no chance for a response by the player.


It's like playing both parts. That was my big issue with the Knights. While grabbing two of them and bashing their heads is a possibility, you can't write in their reactions to getting grabbed. Unless you collaborate, it's best to leave things open ended in aggressive attempts.
 
I remember seeing a 'no consequences' for leaving the zoo. But you aren't in that conversation, so must be something else I guess. I will say this: There will be IN character consequences if she dies. Aaron specifically said not to kill anyone while he was out. He will be deeply disappointed in you.
 
My point was that if it was okay in the OOC to kill her, I don't see why it wouldn't be okay to incapacitate her.
 
She might electrocute you if you touch her too, by the way. Worth considering. Consequences were hinted at. (METAGAMING!)


Another consideration, partly from my own experiences with martial arts in the real world, and partly speaking for Aaron: There is no level of force that is capable of incapacitation that might not also kill with just a bit of bad luck. Any intervention that becomes physical has the potential to become unintentionally lethal. This is considerably less typical in the world of comic books, but still worth keeping in mind. Aaron is the way he is because he could literally sneeze somebody to death, but also he thinks of the world in terms of real life consequences.


(That he lives in a comic book world is just a delicious irony frosting.)
 
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She might electrocute you if you touch her too,
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Unless the process is automated and there is no delay, I find it hard to believe she was fast enough as her only superpower is being very pale and having naturally blue hair.
 
If I were designing anti super tech for normals, EVERY defensive measure would be automated. Preferably predictive, and area of effect. Also avoiding normal defenses by using electricity or gas or sensory scrambling attacks. Also nets.


Damn. I should be working for the bad guys...
 
Toward the end of the school year, I was in a D&D campaign where we took turns being the game master. The kids had us fighting Kraken, Demons, and Mad Gods. I came in, made them trust the wrong NPC and then attacked in their sleep with a pile of low level rogues. Six rounds later, they were trussed up and thrown in the dungeon. Was meant to be a cliffhanger ending, to set up their daring escape during planned public execution in the morning. Now they all have jobs with different schedules and our heroes are all suffering a long dark night of the soul. 6 weeks long at this point… Very existentialist.
 
I've been feeling a little down ever since Eve's post. I need to take a little break because I think I'm being a little irritable. What I can't wait for, though, is Swan's reaction and to get the chance to have Eve's brother give him a stern talking to. Cheers and see you later.
 
Breaks are good. Writing is intense and takes it out of you. Hope you feel better soon, Aldur.
 
There are no OOC consequences to killing Avecca. There ARE consequences for auto-hitting, which is in the rules that are posted in the Overview tab. That is the key distinction.


It's also fact that Avecca is weak. So, yes, Ioana's attack would have 98% landed. It's just piss poor ettiquette to write that in as the result without at least asking the other RPer first.
 
Realized my D&D story is a little less than obvious in the way of having a point.


The point being: Well organized, well equipped, and well trained, with good tactics? Way more scary than any Big Bad could ever be.


It took me some finding, but I eventually tracked down this quote:


"Of course they're dangerous. Humans could wipe us out if they ever really understood about us. They could hunt us by day. Don't ever underestimate that single advantage. Again, the rules of the old covens have their wisdom. Never, never tell mortals about us. Never tell a mortal where you lie or where any vampire lies. It is absolute folly to think you can control mortals."


-Marius to Lestat


Never underestimate ordinary humans. They are numerous and boundlessly inventive and dangerous. Powers make you a threat to individual humans only. The species as a whole? Not so much. You can make a start at it, but the rebound will get you every time.
 
I'll go eat some leftover cake or go shopping to clear my mind a little bit. I'll hopefully be able to continue tonight or something.
 
welian said:
It's just piss poor ettiquette to write that in as the result without at least asking the other RPer first.
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My only regret is being too impatient to wait for you to come online and ask you. So I just assumed it was ok. My bad.
 
Aldur said:
My only regret is being too impatient to wait for you to come online and ask you. So I just assumed it was ok. My bad.
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Happens, dude. We can do an epic battle collab later.
 
[QUOTE="Teh Frixz]Ass u me

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I am sorry, I have no idea what that means. The last time I assed someone it ended pretty badly.
 
Ok, I've been thinking. This could be an opportunity to turn Jericho into Overkill.
 
Aldur said:
Ok, I've been thinking. This could be an opportunity to turn Jericho into Overkill.
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OOOoooh! Good thought. Iron mask. Cyborg eyes. Attitude shift. I can see it!
 
Woohoo! Having never done a proper collaboration, either of us, @RemainingQuestions and I have muddled through our first collaborative post!


(Lucas's previous interactions with McNabb were each solitary writings with no back and forth)


I, for one, am very pleased with the results!
 
In my endless hype, I've already begun thinking of a Knights character.


He'd probably be a sort of Engineer or something within the group who makes / helps out with dealing with all the technological shit.


Insane, fanatical pyromaniac who's nicknamed the "Purifier."


Has a thing for creating deadly weaponry or explosives and making highly concerning use of Napalm / White Phosphorus.


He's also horribly disfigured resulting from an incident in his early adolescence which resulted in him becoming the man he is today.


Not gonna reveal exactly what happened in the past but he'd probably regard Alexis as either a Fake demon imitator or a holy seraph incarnate as a result of that incident. @CloudyBlueDay
 
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