Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Ahhh I get it now. Thank you for that bit of enlightenment. To answer your questions: His resurrections/reincarnations do not come with any explicit personality change. Honestly even he doesn't know much about his voices. They have nothing to do with his being an Epic, seeing as he had them pre-calamity. They're basically under a dozen different voices that speak to him internally and help him cope with the world. As for the word choice of "betrayal" and "beloved" I really don't agree that they are vague, considering the back-story I gave. His weakness is being betrayed by someone he loves. Examples of betrayal: harming him maliciously, exposing his secrets for personal gain, etc. Basically something that you or I would consider a betrayal of love and trust. Honestly if that weakness doesn't work I can scrap it and create another. The reason I´m asking about the voices is because there are people that would use such voices as an excuse to give their character info he shouldn´t have in character. I obviously have no clue if you would do that, but that is why I´m asking. Simple question then: What is love?
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 The reason I´m asking about the voices is because there are people that would use such voices as an excuse to give their character info he shouldn´t have in character. I obviously have no clue if you would do that, but that is why I´m asking. Simple question then: What is love? No no his voices are nothing like that. Nothing special about them beyond the fact they help him sort of out information he himself knows. They can't warn him a bullet's coming or that this person's weakness is ____. They're just quirks of his messed up brain. And what do you mean "what is love"? I'm talking about the strong connection people feel towards one another. In this case it's romantic love specifically though.
Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 No no his voices are nothing like that. Nothing special about them beyond the fact they help him sort of out information he himself knows. They can't warn him a bullet's coming or that this person's weakness is ____. They're just quirks of his messed up brain. And what do you mean "what is love"? I'm talking about the strong connection people feel towards one another. In this case it's romantic love specifically though. What I mean is that you can´t really claim the term beloved isn´t vague if you can´t properly define what love is. Which is insanely hard and probably a question without an exact answer. For example stalkers also feel a "strong connection" to their victims but I hope we can agree that such a form of obsession isn´t love.
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 What I mean is that you can´t really claim the term beloved isn´t vague if you can´t properly define what love is. Which is insanely hard and probably a question without an exact answer. For example stalkers also feel a "strong connection" to their victims but I hope we can agree that such a form of obsession isn´t love. I think it's fairly clear to those who have been in love what love is. Muddying the waters by launching into a philosophical debate over What Love Truly Is, is counter productive in my humble opinion. Bottom line is if he is in love with a woman, and she betrays him in some way, his weakness is triggered.
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Having looked through the EoO thread again it is quite messy, I'm going to try to compile all of the main characters into a master list in the OP. I'll probably then move all of my Epics into a second post and update that list a bit too. Eventually I'll hopefully be able to split all of the characters into groups based on what faction they're in and which factions are in which town, since just knowing who owns that character is less useful for new players than knowing the structure of the city.While I'm cleaning it up though, Twi would you mind using your super-awesomtastic Mod powers to combine the multiple posts so that each player only has one post?
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Having looked through the EoO thread again it is quite messy, I'm going to try to compile all of the main characters into a master list in the OP. I'll probably then move all of my Epics into a second post and update that list a bit too. Eventually I'll hopefully be able to split all of the characters into groups based on what faction they're in and which factions are in which town, since just knowing who owns that character is less useful for new players than knowing the structure of the city. While I'm cleaning it up though, Twi would you mind using your super-awesomtastic Mod powers to combine the multiple posts so that each player only has one post? Voidus I would hug you if you provided such a service.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 8, 2015 Author Posted February 8, 2015 Having looked through the EoO thread again it is quite messy, I'm going to try to compile all of the main characters into a master list in the OP. I'll probably then move all of my Epics into a second post and update that list a bit too. Eventually I'll hopefully be able to split all of the characters into groups based on what faction they're in and which factions are in which town, since just knowing who owns that character is less useful for new players than knowing the structure of the city. While I'm cleaning it up though, Twi would you mind using your super-awesomtastic Mod powers to combine the multiple posts so that each player only has one post? Yeah, I'll work on that when I get home. If I try on my phone, I'll probably wind up replacing someone's post with a .gif of a carrot or something. 2
Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 I think it's fairly clear to those who have been in love what love is. Muddying the waters by launching into a philosophical debate over What Love Truly Is, is counter productive in my humble opinion. Bottom line is if he is in love with a woman, and she betrays him in some way, his weakness is triggered. So, how would a weakness like that manifest itself in relation to his powers?
Kobold King he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Yeah, I'll work on that when I get home. If I try on my phone, I'll probably wind up replacing someone's post with a .gif of a carrot or something. Why not an image that incorporates both? 2
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 So, how would a weakness like that manifest itself in relation to his powers? Well in the case of the loved one harming him in some way physically, such as shooting him, the manifestation would be he wouldn't be reborn in another body. He'd simply die.
mail-mi he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Voidus, your last post in the EoO is repeated twice. It says the same stuff twice in a row.
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Voidus, your last post in the EoO is repeated twice. It says the same stuff twice in a row. Thanks, fixed it. So I hit a bit of a problem, even with removing all of the original content of that post and trying to only post the bios of major characters I've still hit the character limit for posts. I thought about removing all of the backstory/appearance stuff from the Epics but that just leaves out so much detail that I don't feel it would do its job of providing information about the characters.
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Thanks, fixed it. So I hit a bit of a problem, even with removing all of the original content of that post and trying to only post the bios of major characters I've still hit the character limit for posts. I thought about removing all of the backstory/appearance stuff from the Epics but that just leaves out so much detail that I don't feel it would do its job of providing information about the characters. Maybe create a Google Doc to store all the info and just link to it in the thread? Idk what's allowed or what's not. Just a suggestion.
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Maybe create a Google Doc to store all the info and just link to it in the thread? Idk what's allowed or what's not. Just a suggestion. We do use google docs quite a bit, I just don't feel like it would be a good medium for providing a quick summary. I really prefer using spoiler tags to shorten a post into something manageable and easy to look through. I might just end up making another thread and split it into multiple posts in that. Then we can add the story summary afterwards too.
Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Well in the case of the loved one harming him in some way physically, such as shooting him, the manifestation would be he wouldn't be reborn in another body. He'd simply die. That´s the simple one though. Betrayal is mostly a mental thing so what about cases where he doesn´t get hurt. Does he need to know about it and is it more about him feeling betrayed or intend. Thanks, fixed it. So I hit a bit of a problem, even with removing all of the original content of that post and trying to only post the bios of major characters I've still hit the character limit for posts. I thought about removing all of the backstory/appearance stuff from the Epics but that just leaves out so much detail that I don't feel it would do its job of providing information about the characters. There´s a character limit?
lwd24era he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 That´s the simple one though. Betrayal is mostly a mental thing so what about cases where he doesn´t get hurt. Does he need to know about it and is it more about him feeling betrayed or intend. There´s a character limit? I will be making a different character actually. But thank you for the great questions!
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 That´s the simple one though. Betrayal is mostly a mental thing so what about cases where he doesn´t get hurt. Does he need to know about it and is it more about him feeling betrayed or intend. There´s a character limit? Yeah I didn't know either, but given that I'm putting an entire page worth of character bio's into one post I suppose it was inevitable.
Kobold King he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Yeah I didn't know either, but given that I'm putting an entire page worth of character bio's into one post I suppose it was inevitable. Maybe something a little more summarical? Something like: Portland Characters: Altermind: the illusionist/telekinetic leader of Thoughttown. Obsessed with forming an intellectualist utopia. CorpseMaker: leader of the Dominion. Invulnerable to all harm and can kill with a stare. Seeks to bring all of Oregon under this thumb. Lightwards: a former professor turned necromancer, who seeks to transform the population of Oregon into an undead army. Leads the Empire of Light. Doctor Funtimes: an exuberant matter manipulator/teleporter, capable of instantly transforming any object. Currently allied with the Empire of Light, and corrals a small group of normal humans. ...and so forth? 2
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Maybe something a little more summarical? Something like: Portland Characters: Altermind: the illusionist/telekinetic leader of Thoughttown. Obsessed with forming an intellectualist utopia. CorpseMaker: leader of the Dominion. Invulnerable to all harm and can kill with a stare. Seeks to bring all of Oregon under this thumb. Lightwards: a former professor turned necromancer, who seeks to transform the population of Oregon into an undead army. Leads the Empire of Light. Doctor Funtimes: an exuberant matter manipulator/teleporter, capable of instantly transforming any object. Currently allied with the Empire of Light, and corrals a small group of normal humans. ...and so forth? I guess I just feel uncomfortable summing characters up like that when everyone's done such a great job of fleshing them out into such detailed characters. Probably what I'll end up doing though, starting yet another thread seems a little extreme.
Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 I guess I just feel uncomfortable summing characters up like that when everyone's done such a great job of fleshing them out into such detailed characters. Probably what I'll end up doing though, starting yet another thread seems a little extreme. Just out of curiosity, which are the characters you tried to include, because I don´t think that would be significantly more than what for example I have?
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Just out of curiosity, which are the characters you tried to include, because I don´t think that would be significantly more than what for example I have? As much as I can, I suppose I could just stick to just the faction leaders but again I don't think that'd really convey the state of the city very well. Basically anyone with more than one PoV would be included ideally along with some of the more important backstory Epics (Mobius and Koschei for example)
Edgedancer he/him Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) As much as I can, I suppose I could just stick to just the faction leaders but again I don't think that'd really convey the state of the city very well. Basically anyone with more than one PoV would be included ideally along with some of the more important backstory Epics (Mobius and Koschei for example) Well, for a master list I suppose a quick summary would be enough. The larger profiles are still there afterall. In case of a master list it would probably also make more sense to sort by location/faction than by writer and only note in next to the name or something like that. Would you want help with such summaries? Edited February 8, 2015 by Edgedancer
Voidus Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Well, for a master list I suppose a quick summary would be enough. The larger profiles are still there afterall. In case of a master list it would probably also make more sense to sort by location/faction than by writer and only note in next to the name or something like that. Would you want help with such summaries? Yeah I was hoping to do that eventually, it's easier to move it all around once it's all in one post than when I have to keep scrolling though. If anyone wanted to submit summaries for their characters that'd make me feel a lot better about it.
Guest Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 My Chef set-up post is up. I'm not a huge fan of the ending, but oh well. I had to have Lester die, because Lightsworn requested death by Panda.
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