OOC Discussion

[Necessity4Fun]

[QUOTE="The Blue Element]
Remember me Welian? I just got on skype after like a month or so of not touching it and I saw the message! Is the RP still accepting? Or is it too far in now?

[/QUOTE]
It will open again in the 8th, right after the snowball fight ^^


You have one week xD

 

[Grey]

Evenin' all. Sorry to intrude, but Weli mentioned some of you were interested in giving traditional roleplaying a go.


To that end, I'm extending an invitation to anyone here who feels like giving it a try - I know it may seem intimidating, especially some of the weirder material I like to use, but I'll do my best to walk you through the process.


For the moment, I've got at least two space open in this: Fantasy - Vehiculum Furtus Maximo: Pandemonium


Which is definitely on the weirder end of the scale, but it gives you a lot of room to flex your creativity. And any relevant material is free because I wrote it.


Alternatively, I do have some very short RP scenarios practically designed for first-timers. Assuming I get a sincere commitment from five people (because they're designed to function with five character fulfilling specific narrative roles) I can run one of those - they're mostly slow-paced, high-intensity modern horror. These also have the advantage of pre-made characters, which means you don't have to engage to heavily with the system at first, and you don't need to do all the reading.


That's one thing, you see - the settings for these things are typically so well-defined there's some reading required so you have context for your character. The scenarios are meant to let you jump right in, more or less. Hrm, Tribunal is set up that way, if you prefer something more fantastical.


On the other hand, I do have this right here which has a plethora of examples of what I could run. Essentially if four or five of you approached me and said 'oh, we like this one - will you run it?' I probably would.


So, that's my pitch! Sorry if it's a little overwhelming; I can always come back a little later with a definitive 'Newbs Get In Here' RP ready to roll.


Feel free to PM me or spam my profile or post in any of those threads, rather than clutter things up in here.

 

[welian]

Thank you, Grey!!


I definitely encourage anyone in here who wants to see what a REAL dice system looks like, to check out Grey's stuff.

 

[Necessity4Fun]

So, that's my pitch! Sorry if it's a little overwhelming; I can always come back a little later with a definitive 'Newbs Get In Here' RP ready to roll.

Yeah that does seem kinda complicated, I like some stuff but hey, I never played D&D or anything and I'm not even sure what classes do what! @.@ I would read the Crucible thingy but I can't right now (it just looks too weird on the cellphone and it also likes to crash for no reason... I really miss having a computer.)


If you ever do make a 'Newbies here' thing do let me know ^^ I'm up for anything less complicated, I'm just REALLY rusty with the RP stuff so, baby steps for me~


I appreciate your announcement tho ^^

 

[ManicMuse]

@Grey I am very interested in one of the smaller ones. It has been about 12 years since I did dice, so there is a lot of dust to shake off. Let me know if you end up going with one of those.

 

[welian]

Team Switchover

HEY NERDS. Dano is being a functional adult and sleeping at a decent hour, so I'm posting the team switchover.


Team Red, we got thirty-six hours to create pain for our dearest friends. I want them bleeding and cryin', am I clear?


@Chibii @Swimswamswom @TheDaftStudent @TheDox @theunderwolf @too much idea @ViAdvena @welian @Zahzi

 

[simj26]

Pssst team red, dont post at all and I'll give you likes for all ur posts.


U wnna kno how rare a seemjay like is? Pretty fkin rare, I tell you wot. So dont post k

 

[TheDox]

Pssst team red, dont post at all and I'll give you likes for all ur posts.
U wnna kno how rare a seemjay like is? Pretty fkin rare, I tell you wot. So dont post k

Do I get likes if I don't freeze Bruno's organs?

 

[King Of Imagination]

Do I get likes if I don't freeze Bruno's organs?

No

 

[TheDaftStudent]

Pssst team red, dont post at all and I'll give you likes for all ur posts.
U wnna kno how rare a seemjay like is? Pretty fkin rare, I tell you wot. So dont post k

do i get likes for throwing snowballs mercilessly at the poor hobbling cripple boy?

 

[welian]

[QUOTE="The Blue Element]
Remember me Welian? I just got on skype after like a month or so of not touching it and I saw the message! Is the RP still accepting? Or is it too far in now?

[/QUOTE]
Of course I remember you! I wish I still had your phone number, I switched phones and my contacts couldn't transfer. Like the others have said, I'm taking in a new batch of players on the 8th (Tuesday) so post a profile then.

I want them bleeding and cryin', am I clear?

In the end, it was my own character who bled...

 

[sorrow made you]

@welian, best post na

 

[Dano]

Just a reminder that the BLUE TEAM is on the clock for the next 34.5 hours (ending Sunday at 11:59pm EST)

 

[Dano]

Ok - for the remainder of the event, if you do not put the name of your target in the FOR box when rolling, it will not count. I'm tired of trying to figure out exactly who is throwing at whom when they put in garbage like "Throwing at the Korean" or "Throwing at the blue haired person".


Please just put character names or use RPN names idc which.


No name = no credit


Thank you.

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Hello! I was pointed here by Necessity4Fun, as you may know them. I am interested in joining when this snowball fight is over. I've written up an application, but I can't find this code testing thing that's been mentioned. Could someone please point me in that direction? I would be much obliged.

 

[ManicMuse]

[QUOTE="Bag o Fruit]Hello! I was pointed here by Necessity4Fun, as you may know them. I am interested in joining when this snowball fight is over. I've written up an application, but I can't find this code testing thing that's been mentioned. Could someone please point me in that direction? I would be much obliged.

[/QUOTE]
Coding for Character creation is listed in the Orange tabs of Character sign-up. The role play is accepting new person's as of Tuesday 8. However, if you wanted to, you could always post the finished/fully coded, profile once you are done so that other members can provide feedback and fine tuning. This will assist into getting you into the active role play that much fast. Welcome and looking forward to having you.

 

[Necessity4Fun]

[QUOTE="Bag o Fruit]Hello! I was pointed here by Necessity4Fun, as you may know them. I am interested in joining when this snowball fight is over. I've written up an application, but I can't find this code testing thing that's been mentioned. Could someone please point me in that direction? I would be much obliged.

[/QUOTE]
OMG Sam Sam, In the home page there is a thread called "My Private Workshop". You can create a thread there with the code so you can keep editing it until you think it's fine!


If you're still confused comment on my profile instead of here xD


Sorry guys about that, Sam is a little lost :33

 

[Swoob]

@Bag o Fruit aaaalso be sure to go to the dropdown at the top bar (where it has ur avatar and name next to ur inbox) and select preferences then search for and uncheck the box where it says "use rich text editor etc etc etc"

 

[Bag o Fruit]

If you say so.

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Okay, I think I have a final draft of my application written up. Looking forward to your input, because I have no doubt I messed up the formatting somewhere...

 

[Bag o Fruit]

KRAVITZ, CHRISTOPHER

• General
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name	Christopher Markus Kravitz
  Codename	N/A
  Gender	M
  Age	18
  Rank	B
  Role	Student
  Subject	N/A

  Race	White, slightly Asian
  Eyes	Blue
  Hair	Black
  Height	5'8"
  Build	Thin but muscular
  Limiter	Level 2, active

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	?????????​	Courageous	08	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish	?????????​	Altruistic	07	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic	?????????​	Orderly	01	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel	?????????​	Kind	06	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary	?????????​	Proactive	03	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  Unassuming: Chris sees the value of all people, whether old, young, foolish or cruel. (However, he makes a notable exception for Commonwealth, which he monumentally distrusts.)
  
  
  Brooding: Everything good that happens to Chris is a penny in the change dish. Everything bad that happens to him is the worst thing to ever ruin his life, and he'll have to spend some time in the corner with a dark hoodie and an Ipod to handle it.
  
  
  Compassionate: He may not say or do too much to suggest it, but he feels very deeply for other people. He'll be torn by even the least convincing sob story, and he always helps the helpless.
  
  
  Pugnacious: He doesn't like bullies. From playground dolt to untouchable lawmaker, there is little there for him but dislike. He knows that there's a reason they are that way, that they're really a good person and their actions are a result of their circumstance just like Rousseau said. Usually he acts upon this dislike because something is being done that needs to be stopped, but sometimes he just doesn't give a damn.
  
  
  History
  
  
  Chris never knew his father. For some reason, he was killed when Chris was a baby, or possibly before he was born. His mother never talked about it but he deduced over the years that his father was killed by Commonwealth officers.
  
  
  For now obvious reasons, his mother gave him identification with E stamps he never earned and uprooted the pair of them every few months to move to some other part of America or sometimes overseas countries. She never talked about why this was.
  
  
  A few weeks ago, AEGIS agents found out Chris and his mother, imprisoned her, and sent him into screening, where he discovered that his strange skills (which his mother never talked about) were in fact 'superpowers'. With no friends or family, he was sent to an orphanage in Boston, where they were found.
  
  
  One thing his mother did tend to talk about was the heroism of some vigilante who worked with Rapture 'before they lost sight of a brighter world'. He took a liking to the sound of that and, finding himself under legal scrutiny, went to 108 for his Blue Card.
• 
  
  
  Ms. Kravitz
  
  
  Chris has a lot of conflicted feelings about his mother. She raised him and taught him how to get by, but every time he got used to a place she'd rip him up by the roots. Even though he understands the reason now, he has a lot of deep-seated anger directed towards his mother, for the moves, for keeping him in the dark, and, on some level, for letting his father go, even though he's sure that wasn't her doing. Of course he loves her just as much as any son. He really wishes she had told him her first name before it was too late.
  
  
  Mr. Kravitz
  
  
  Every angry feeling Chris has about his mother he feels twice as much about his father. Every feeling of love he gives his mother is a feeling of hatred that his father could leave her like this. Every feeling of compassion for her is a confused, bitter plea for understanding. What was it about fighting the Commonwealth that was so much more important than his mother? More important than him? But when he used to think about how his father was killed by Commonwealth, how Commonwealth was equally responsible for their renegade status, he caught the darkest image of comprehension. Now he doesn't need to think about it very hard. Just look at his limiter.

• Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	?????????​	02	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	?????????​	04	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	?????????​	01	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	?????????​	05	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	?????????​	03	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	?????????​	05	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Mushin; Christopher possesses an instinctual and superhuman understanding of physical reactions to his own and other's actions, and is thereby able to do seemingly impossible things. He can dodge punches, throw with uncanny accuracy, literally bat (almost) 1000, and other such things merely by willing himself to. He can apply his own strength in such a way as to lift insane weights, with no more physical strength than the average man. Put concisely, he has all the power and speed of the average man, but he knows exactly how to use it.
  
  
  Secondary powers
  
  
  Zanshin; he has unusually high situational awareness. He can't quite fight more than five men in the dark, or by any means hear a heartbeat from across a room, but he's perfectly capable of dispatching whatever thug means to sneak up behind him and deliver a heavy blow to the head.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  As mentioned, he has only the power, speed, etc of the average man. He cannot actually break the laws of physics, which may seem like a copout weakness until one considers that half his classmates can shoot fire from their fingertips or teleport between trees. Since he is not any faster than the average person, he can't entirely dodge a well-sighted bullet, and since he is no stronger, there is a limit to what he can move.
  
  
  Unfortunately, he doesn't know his own limits, and in order to maximize performance, he has no subconscious barrier preventing him from unwittingly harming himself. If he reacts to something too quickly, or if he tries to lift some 500 kilograms, he might not stop himself before muscles are torn and bones are broken.
  
  
  His powers are based in his mind, his abilities mental, not physical. As such, it is exceedingly easy to shut him down with a telepathic repression or instilled psychological block.
• 

 

[Swoob]

[QUOTE="Bag o Fruit]KRAVITZ, CHRISTOPHER

• General
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name	Christopher Markus Kravitz
  Codename	N/A
  Gender	M
  Age	18
  Rank	B
  Role	Student
  Subject	N/A

  Race	White, slightly Asian
  Eyes	Blue
  Hair	Black
  Height	5'8"
  Build	Thin but muscular
  Limiter	Level 2, active

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	?????????​	Courageous	08	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish	?????????​	Altruistic	07	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic	?????????​	Orderly	01	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel	?????????​	Kind	06	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary	?????????​	Proactive	03	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  Unassuming: Chris sees the value of all people, whether old, young, foolish or cruel. (However, he makes a notable exception for Commonwealth, which he monumentally distrusts.)
  
  
  Brooding: Everything good that happens to Chris is a penny in the change dish. Everything bad that happens to him is the worst thing to ever ruin his life, and he'll have to spend some time in the corner with a dark hoodie and an Ipod to handle it.
  
  
  Compassionate: He may not say or do too much to suggest it, but he feels very deeply for other people. He'll be torn by even the least convincing sob story, and he always helps the helpless.
  
  
  Pugnacious: He doesn't like bullies. From playground dolt to untouchable lawmaker, there is little there for him but dislike. He knows that there's a reason they are that way, that they're really a good person and their actions are a result of their circumstance just like Rousseau said. Usually he acts upon this dislike because something is being done that needs to be stopped, but sometimes he just doesn't give a damn.
  
  
  History
• 
  
  
  Ms. Kravitz
  
  
  Chris has a lot of conflicted feelings about his mother. She raised him and taught him how to get by, but every time he got used to a place she'd rip him up by the roots. Even though he understands the reason now, he has a lot of deep-seated anger directed towards his mother, for the moves, for keeping him in the dark, and, on some level, for letting his father go, even though he's sure that wasn't her doing. Of course he loves her just as much as any son. He really wishes she had told him her first name before it was too late.
  
  
  Mr. Kravitz
  
  
  Every angry feeling Chris has about his mother he feels twice as much about his father. Every feeling of love he gives his mother is a feeling of hatred that his father could leave her like this. Every feeling of compassion for her is a confused, bitter plea for understanding. What was it about fighting the Commonwealth that was so much more important than his mother? More important than him? But when he used to think about how his father was killed by Commonwealth, how Commonwealth was equally responsible for their renegade status, he caught the darkest image of comprehension. Now he doesn't need to think about it very hard. Just look at his limiter.

• Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	?????????​	02	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	?????????​	04	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	?????????​	01	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	?????????​	05	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	?????????​	03	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	?????????​	05	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Mushin; Christopher possesses an instinctual and superhuman understanding of physical reactions to his own and other's actions, and is thereby able to do seemingly impossible things. He can dodge punches, throw with uncanny accuracy, literally bat (almost) 1000, and other such things merely by willing himself to. He can apply his own strength in such a way as to lift insane weights, with no more physical strength than the average man. Put concisely, he has all the power and speed of the average man, but he knows exactly how to use it.
  
  
  Secondary powers
  
  
  Zanshin; he has unusually high situational awareness. He can't quite fight more than five men in the dark, or by any means hear a heartbeat from across a room, but he's perfectly capable of dispatching whatever thug means to sneak up behind him and deliver a heavy blow to the head.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  As mentioned, he has only the power, speed, etc of the average man. He cannot actually break the laws of physics, which may seem like a copout weakness until one considers that half his classmates can shoot fire from their fingertips or teleport between trees. Since he is not any faster than the average person, he can't entirely dodge a well-sighted bullet, and since he is no stronger, there is a limit to what he can move.
  
  
  Unfortunately, he doesn't know his own limits, and in order to maximize performance, he has no subconscious barrier preventing him from unwittingly harming himself. If he reacts to something too quickly, or if he tries to lift some 500 kilograms, he might not stop himself before muscles are torn and bones are broken.
  
  
  His powers are based in his mind, his abilities mental, not physical. As such, it is exceedingly easy to shut him down with a telepathic repression or instilled psychological block.
• 

[/QUOTE]
shhhhh


wait till march 8th


(repost the profile then)

 

[Bag o Fruit]

Oh, okay. Sorry!

 

[TheDox]

@Bag o Fruit Just a tip - in the power stats, 1 is below human average, 2 is human average, 3 is above human average


Anything about 3 is superpowered level


Also, if your power is purely mind based, I'd suggest shifting more points into Willpower.


EDIT: Oh and, Intelligence might go well with the awareness

 

[ManicMuse]

[QUOTE="Bag o Fruit]KRAVITZ, CHRISTOPHER

• General
• Biography
• Relationships
• Superpowers
• Gallery

• Full Name	Christopher Markus Kravitz
  Codename	N/A
  Gender	M
  Age	18
  Rank	B
  Role	Student
  Subject	N/A

  Race	White, slightly Asian
  Eyes	Blue
  Hair	Black
  Height	5'8"
  Build	Thin but muscular
  Limiter	Level 2, active

• Heroism Meter
  
  
  

  Less Heroic	Points	More Heroic	Total	Description
  Flighty	?????????​	Courageous	08	Do they have a pair of steel, or do they prefer to exit before chaos strikes?
  Selfish	?????????​	Altruistic	07	Are they motivated to help others, or do they help themselves first?
  Chaotic	?????????​	Orderly	01	Are laws and regulations "suggestions", or written in stone?
  Cruel	?????????​	Kind	06	Are they genuinely nice to people, or do they enjoy causing distress?
  Reactionary	?????????​	Proactive	03	Are they content to watch events unfold, or do they jump in and guide things?

  
  
  Personality
  
  
  Unassuming: Chris sees the value of all people, whether old, young, foolish or cruel. (However, he makes a notable exception for Commonwealth, which he monumentally distrusts.)
  
  
  Brooding: Everything good that happens to Chris is a penny in the change dish. Everything bad that happens to him is the worst thing to ever ruin his life, and he'll have to spend some time in the corner with a dark hoodie and an Ipod to handle it.
  
  
  Compassionate: He may not say or do too much to suggest it, but he feels very deeply for other people. He'll be torn by even the least convincing sob story, and he always helps the helpless.
  
  
  Pugnacious: He doesn't like bullies. From playground dolt to untouchable lawmaker, there is little there for him but dislike. He knows that there's a reason they are that way, that they're really a good person and their actions are a result of their circumstance just like Rousseau said. Usually he acts upon this dislike because something is being done that needs to be stopped, but sometimes he just doesn't give a damn.
  
  
  History
  
  
  Chris never knew his father. For some reason, he was killed when Chris was a baby, or possibly before he was born. His mother never talked about it but he deduced over the years that his father was killed by Commonwealth officers.
  
  
  For now obvious reasons, his mother gave him identification with E stamps he never earned and uprooted the pair of them every few months to move to some other part of America or sometimes overseas countries. She never talked about why this was.
  
  
  A few weeks ago, AEGIS agents found out Chris and his mother, imprisoned her, and sent him into screening, where he discovered that his strange skills (which his mother never talked about) were in fact 'superpowers'. With no friends or family, he was sent to an orphanage in Boston, where they were found.
  
  
  One thing his mother did tend to talk about was the heroism of some vigilante who worked with Rapture 'before they lost sight of a brighter world'. He took a liking to the sound of that and, finding himself under legal scrutiny, went to 108 for his Blue Card.
• 
  
  
  Ms. Kravitz
  
  
  Chris has a lot of conflicted feelings about his mother. She raised him and taught him how to get by, but every time he got used to a place she'd rip him up by the roots. Even though he understands the reason now, he has a lot of deep-seated anger directed towards his mother, for the moves, for keeping him in the dark, and, on some level, for letting his father go, even though he's sure that wasn't her doing. Of course he loves her just as much as any son. He really wishes she had told him her first name before it was too late.
  
  
  Mr. Kravitz
  
  
  Every angry feeling Chris has about his mother he feels twice as much about his father. Every feeling of love he gives his mother is a feeling of hatred that his father could leave her like this. Every feeling of compassion for her is a confused, bitter plea for understanding. What was it about fighting the Commonwealth that was so much more important than his mother? More important than him? But when he used to think about how his father was killed by Commonwealth, how Commonwealth was equally responsible for their renegade status, he caught the darkest image of comprehension. Now he doesn't need to think about it very hard. Just look at his limiter.

• Ability	Points	Total	Description
  Health:	?????????​	02	The ability to resist illness and recover quickly from injuries, overall health.
  Strength	?????????​	04	Physical strength, the ability to strike hard, lift heavy objects, and so on.
  Toughness	?????????​	01	Endurance and stamina, the ability to take a hit and still keep going.
  Agility	?????????​	05	Speed, dexterity, nimbleness - agility is the ability to move quickly.
  Intelligence	?????????​	03	Not book smarts, but the ability to perceive and retain lots of information.
  Willpower	?????????​	05	Strength of mind, the ability to stay focused and determined.

  
  
  Primary Power
  
  
  Mushin; Christopher possesses an instinctual and superhuman understanding of physical reactions to his own and other's actions, and is thereby able to do seemingly impossible things. He can dodge punches, throw with uncanny accuracy, literally bat (almost) 1000, and other such things merely by willing himself to. He can apply his own strength in such a way as to lift insane weights, with no more physical strength than the average man. Put concisely, he has all the power and speed of the average man, but he knows exactly how to use it.
  
  
  Secondary powers
  
  
  Zanshin; he has unusually high situational awareness. He can't quite fight more than five men in the dark, or by any means hear a heartbeat from across a room, but he's perfectly capable of dispatching whatever thug means to sneak up behind him and deliver a heavy blow to the head.
  
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  As mentioned, he has only the power, speed, etc of the average man. He cannot actually break the laws of physics, which may seem like a copout weakness until one considers that half his classmates can shoot fire from their fingertips or teleport between trees. Since he is not any faster than the average person, he can't entirely dodge a well-sighted bullet, and since he is no stronger, there is a limit to what he can move.
  
  
  Unfortunately, he doesn't know his own limits, and in order to maximize performance, he has no subconscious barrier preventing him from unwittingly harming himself. If he reacts to something too quickly, or if he tries to lift some 500 kilograms, he might not stop himself before muscles are torn and bones are broken.
  
  
  His powers are based in his mind, his abilities mental, not physical. As such, it is exceedingly easy to shut him down with a telepathic repression or instilled psychological block.
• 

[/QUOTE]
Great start, I am a little confused on the powers part. I think, I kind of understand what you are going for but the information seems contradicting almost overly so, creating a lot of loopholes. If he has the average abilities of a man, then that would suggest that while he can figure out a way to lift massive amounts of weight and or attempt dodge bullets he is still average. So with this being an extreme intuitiveness, I would assume this comes from a genius mind point of view, correct? Like Sherlock Holmes on steroids, if you may?