Out of Character Chat

BlueUnicorn said:
Must say I prefer option 3, but it's based on my character's personality in combat seeing she's reckless D:
Would be exciting to see some "do-or-die"-battles play out.


In general, unbiased from my character, I'd choose 2. Because balance and story is c'est importante. :]
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Well to lay some of your fears to rest, all three will be appearing throughout the story.


What with one shot arc villains or organizations being ex 1.


Rival crew's and growing marines/bounty hunters being ex. 2


And most anyone with Admiral in their rank for quote some time, Shichibukai, and Yonko being examples of 3.


You'll find all of them at some point. From laughable one punch villains to enemies the whole crew can't scratch.


Mainly this is just to gauge the most popular of what I consider the base archetypes. And to spark conversation.
 
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Any advice on how to write back history for a Marine that joined cos he was just looking for a way to make ends meet, came from a normal family that always did right and succeeded in the Marines due to the simplistic concept of, if you're doing to have a job, do it well and take pride in it?
 
AllHailDago said:
Well to lay some of your fears to rest, all three will be appearing throughout the story.
What with one shot arc villains or organizations being ex 1.


Rival crew's and growing marines/bounty hunters being ex. 2


And most anyone with Admiral in their rank for quote some time, Shichibukai, and Yonko being examples of 3.


You'll find all of them at some point. From laughable one punch villains to enemies the whole crew can't scratch.


Mainly this is just to gauge the most popular of what I consider the base archetypes. And to spark conversation.
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Well, I find ballance the best choice in this world, so I chose the middle path.
 
Veirrianna Valentine] [URL="https://www.rpnation.com/profile/1070-allhaildago/ said:
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Any advice on how to write back history for a Marine that joined cos he was just looking for a way to make ends meet, came from a normal family that always did right and succeeded in the Marines due to the simplistic concept of, if you're doing to have a job, do it well and take pride in it?
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If he himself is rather boring in such a manner he is already a special case. Perhaps however give him a tone where he's astonished the world around him is so strange and goofy, like the Straight in the usual Straight/Goofy comedy duo.


Or have it where he's kinda resigned that no matter how hard he tris to do things the normal way, something goes wrong
 
If number 3 is done right - that can make for the best stories. I used to build all my characters up to play that role and then kill them off after passing the baton.


The continuing growth of said npc is great, plus the shared development of the world we shape. Something big happens, the npc will react to it. If the npc is recurring, then often I'd have them start of monstrously evil but do a face turn near the end - but that's mostly because I enjoy anti-heroes the best.
 
#2 is my favorite. I like villain characters that grow with you. It makes them more realistic in my mind.

Veirrianna Valentine] [URL="https://www.rpnation.com/profile/1070-allhaildago/ said:
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Any advice on how to write back history for a Marine that joined cos he was just looking for a way to make ends meet, came from a normal family that always did right and succeeded in the Marines due to the simplistic concept of, if you're doing to have a job, do it well and take pride in it?
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He seems like a fairly driven character. Emphasize on that. Write about events in his life where he showed off his determination.
 
[QUOTE="Veirrianna Valentine]Uwah, when I wake up I'll get a response for Arlen and Nerissa =P
Also I'll look into it. It's so mind mindbogglingly simple yet so stupidly difficult.

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Have a good rest.


I don't blame you for a having a hard time. Normal characters are hard to make exciting. If necessary, start with a basic skeleton: childhood life, teenage life, and adult life. Build from there.


The history of a character always takes the longest for me to write, but the hardest for me is and will always be personality.
 
QuirkyAngel said:
Have a good rest.
I don't blame you for a having a hard time. Normal characters are hard to make exciting. If necessary, start with a basic skeleton: childhood life, teenage life, and adult life. Build from there.


The history of a character always takes the longest for me to write, but the hardest for me is and will always be personality.
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See, interesting backgrounds are easy. Make a big catalyst that affects their lives and boom. But regular joes? That's always a challenge.
 
[QUOTE="Veirrianna Valentine]See, interesting backgrounds are easy. Make a big catalyst that affects their lives and boom. But regular joes? That's always a challenge.

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Even regular joes should have at least something driving their lives...even if it's something regular.


My marine's background is pretty vague, but that's because it has to be.
 
QuirkyAngel said:
Even regular joes should have at least something driving their lives...even if it's something regular.
My marine's background is pretty vague, but that's because it has to be.
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True enough, I'll focus on that in a bit though, want to get my posts out this morning. Also Maquey-poo's gonna kill me (> :D )
 
[QUOTE="Veirrianna Valentine] Also Maquey-poo's gonna kill me (> :D )

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Explain.
 
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[QUOTE="Veirrianna Valentine]I plugged a link to the check in here xD

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Ah...


May Aquarius be with you.
 
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I felt bad about leaving him and posting before you had a chance to respond, so I went back for him. He reminds her too much of her early days with the Marines to ignore him, but hell will freeze over before she's going to admit it to him. Instead she just treats him like a fool child that needs tutoring xD
 
Veirrianna Valentine] [URL="https://www.rpnation.com/profile/9893-quirkyangel/ said:
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I felt bad about leaving him and posting before you had a chance to respond, so I went back for him. He reminds her too much of her early days with the Marines to ignore him, but hell will freeze over before she's going to admit it to him. Instead she just treats him like a fool child that needs tutoring xD
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Don't feel bad. If he'd followed her earlier, he would've run away without paying=)


And lol. Ferra's so tsundere xD
 
[QUOTE="Veirrianna Valentine]Basically, cept she has a valid reason for not showing that she can be nice to people =P

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^_^ " *slowly hides his love for tsunderes*


Also, wow will you look at that vote! Seems a resounding agreement that progressive npcs are favorite amongst the lot of ya. Although a couple of ya like the thought of the wall of power that'd likely roflstomp you a time or two. I enjoy it too. Someone your character can't beat always gives a good chance for character development in my opinion.
 
*Sigh* I feel like something's hapening around my character, but I have no clue what's going on right now. Because of this, I just pictured my character just standing there staring into space as if he's a video game character and the guy playing went AFK.
 
CelticHero37 said:
*Sigh* I feel like something's hapening around my character, but I have no clue what's going on right now. Because of this, I just pictured my character just standing there staring into space as if he's a video game character and the guy playing went AFK.
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There actually hasn't been anything happening in that situation for a while now. What you're character did in your last post actually made perfect sense.


We're waiting on @BlacklegSanji to reply.


The ship itself had the kitchen blow up. Stacy and Syrin came to fix it while Kenji was out gathering a crew. Then Stacy finished fixing the ship and she met Wasabi and brought him on board. And then right away, Kenji came back with the rest of the people he'd gathered for his crew. Now Stacy's demanding payment and waiting to receive said payment from Kenji.
 
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