Jo and the Bush all/any Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 Why not just base all the Epics off of your friends? Because I've already done that. I don't make new characters, I just take my friends and family and give them Powers.
Kobold King he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Because I've already done that. I don't make new characters, I just take my friends and family and give them Powers. Huh. Even CorpseMaker? Does anyone remember if there was anything specific I needed to wrap up in the next Lightwards post?
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Huh. Even CorpseMaker? High school Bully. All the people I like are in the Reckoners cell, which is weird considering I'm kinda planning on killing half that cell. Sightline is me, as you know. Murphy is based on a guy I like and Toymaker is based on my Ex. Blackwave is literally the only Epic I created from scratch. 2
Kobold King he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 All the people I like are in the Reckoners cell, which is weird considering I'm kinda planning on killing half that cell. Sightline is me, as you know. Murphy is based on a guy I like and Toymaker is based on my Ex. Must have been some Ex.
Kobold King he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm a Reckoners RPG lurker, and I recently read through the 2 pages of 'What Happened in Calamityville'. So, Kobold, what was the actual reason behind Möbius's destruction of the city? What happened after the chaos of the Epics pulled in was resolved? The most nightmarish thing about Calamityville was how poorly planned it was. What it ultimately boils down to is that Möbius was being attacked by another Epic, a sort of telepath who was able to attack her mind as well as her body. At risk of being driven permanently to insanity, she was destroying the areas most likely to have housed the attacker while simultaneously using her temporarily enhanced powers to summon dangerous Epics she thought she might be able to sway to her side and use to her advantage. It's as simple as that. And also sounds kind of stupid when I lay it all out like that. Other people did some exceptional writing in that thread, but I was not a very good thread GM. What Happened in Portland, What Happened in the Dalles, and literally any other thread are much better reads if you're looking for quality plot lines. 1
Voidus Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I do wish I could have written a bit more of Simon. He was probably my most creeptacular Epic to date.
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I do wish I could have written a bit more of Simon. He was probably my most creeptacular Epic to date. Simon was where I stopped reading. I had thought that Nighthound had me desensitized to horror, but it was just getting to be too much. Uh, anyway, I've been thinking about Eugene, and here's the powerset for my main Epic, Riftwalker. I'm worried about it being a little too much... -She can summon blasts of energy with her hands or through her sword. The blasts shoot forward, exploding on contact and leaving a black "stain" in the air around the blast site for a few hours -She can teleport (she calls it Rifting) up to 300 paces. She can't take anything with her except her clothes. She can't teleport into solid objects. The teleportation also leaves a stain in the air at the sites where she comes from and goes to, as well, as an inky, jagged line between the two points. Teleportation is not instantaneous. It's connected to a danger sense. -She can peer into a dimension she calls "The Rift" filled with monsters and other unspeakable horrors, and can force other people to experience it, too. -She can "Rift" small objects forward in time to where and when she needs them. She usually uses this with her sword. Mostly, I just like her character. I'm working on it in the EoO right now.
Mestiv he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Simon was where I stopped reading. I had thought that Nighthound had me desensitized to horror, but it was just getting to be too much. Uh, anyway, I've been thinking about Eugene, and here's the powerset for my main Epic, Riftwalker. I'm worried about it being a little too much... -She can summon blasts of energy with her hands or through her sword. The blasts shoot forward, exploding on contact and leaving a black "stain" in the air around the blast site for a few hours -She can teleport (she calls it Rifting) up to 300 paces. She can't take anything with her except her clothes. She can't teleport into solid objects. The teleportation also leaves a stain in the air at the sites where she comes from and goes to, as well, as an inky, jagged line between the two points. Teleportation is not instantaneous. It's connected to a danger sense. -She can peer into a dimension she calls "The Rift" filled with monsters and other unspeakable horrors, and can force other people to experience it, too. -She can "Rift" small objects forward in time to where and when she needs them. She usually uses this with her sword. Mostly, I just like her character. I'm working on it in the EoO right now. At first, while reading the second point of her powers I've misread that: "She can take anything with her except her clothes." And well... that would be an interesting power!
Blackhoof Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Simon was where I stopped reading. I had thought that Nighthound had me desensitized to horror, but it was just getting to be too much. Uh, anyway, I've been thinking about Eugene, and here's the powerset for my main Epic, Riftwalker. I'm worried about it being a little too much... -She can summon blasts of energy with her hands or through her sword. The blasts shoot forward, exploding on contact and leaving a black "stain" in the air around the blast site for a few hours -She can teleport (she calls it Rifting) up to 300 paces. She can't take anything with her except her clothes. She can't teleport into solid objects. The teleportation also leaves a stain in the air at the sites where she comes from and goes to, as well, as an inky, jagged line between the two points. Teleportation is not instantaneous. It's connected to a danger sense. -She can peer into a dimension she calls "The Rift" filled with monsters and other unspeakable horrors, and can force other people to experience it, too. -She can "Rift" small objects forward in time to where and when she needs them. She usually uses this with her sword. Mostly, I just like her character. I'm working on it in the EoO right now. I think she is pretty good power-wise. The only thing I'd change if you want to weaken her is the time-travelling objects part. Other than that she is no more powerful that any powerful Epic we have. How does she force others to experience/travel to the rift? and why does she spend so much time fighting monsters in it? (assuming you are still going with that point) What Happened in Portland, What Happened in the Dalles, and literally any other thread are much better reads if you're looking for quality plot lines. and they all have their own creeptastic nightmares walking around too On another topic, I was having a look at a map of Oregon, and it reminded me how close a lot of major cities are to each other- spread across a main road with relatively small gaps in between. It goes Portland, Salem, Corvallis and then Eugene. So it seems to me that Salem can probably get most of its daily needs supplied by trade with Corvallis, or at least from ample donations from Corvallis Epics who would probably go there a lot for entertainment. And with Corvallis especially being a relatively nice place to live, a lot of people from Portland and Eugene probably moved there (as well as just spreading to other towns and places around) to escape the violence in those cities. I'm beginning to think that my estimate for the vanilla population of Corvallis was much too low. Even with large population decreases from death or starvation, the combined populations of Eugene and Portland are over a million, certainly enough would be left over to beef up the population of Corvallis by a fair amount. Edited July 27, 2015 by Blackhoof
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Simon was where I stopped reading. I had thought that Nighthound had me desensitized to horror, but it was just getting to be too much. Uh, anyway, I've been thinking about Eugene, and here's the powerset for my main Epic, Riftwalker. I'm worried about it being a little too much... -She can summon blasts of energy with her hands or through her sword. The blasts shoot forward, exploding on contact and leaving a black "stain" in the air around the blast site for a few hours -She can teleport (she calls it Rifting) up to 300 paces. She can't take anything with her except her clothes. She can't teleport into solid objects. The teleportation also leaves a stain in the air at the sites where she comes from and goes to, as well, as an inky, jagged line between the two points. Teleportation is not instantaneous. It's connected to a danger sense. -She can peer into a dimension she calls "The Rift" filled with monsters and other unspeakable horrors, and can force other people to experience it, too. -She can "Rift" small objects forward in time to where and when she needs them. She usually uses this with her sword. Mostly, I just like her character. I'm working on it in the EoO right now. Apart from what Blackhoof already noted I have to ask, what use is there tying the teleportation to a danger sense if it isn't instantaneous?
Mestiv he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm currently reading the Dalles story, everything is nice, however I think I should start with Portland, but whatever. I'm getting interested in Backtracks adventures and all and suddenly... Pandas Didn't expect that coming... I wonder how many more surprises this thread holds... 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm currently reading the Dalles story, everything is nice, however I think I should start with Portland, but whatever. I'm getting interested in Backtracks adventures and all and suddenly... Pandas Didn't expect that coming... I wonder how many more surprises this thread holds... Yes, truth be told, most people don't expect the panda inquisition. The other suprises you'll have to discover yourself. 2
Curious Anamaximder he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Mestiv, Portland is closed to new members.
Mestiv he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I know, I want to read it just to know who Lightwards is etc, not to take part
Blackhoof Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) @Mckdee+Voidus: I hope you don't mind that I used your characters lightly in my Deathskull post? I figured that is what they would logically do in that situation, after all. If you have any issues I can edit the post and we can work something out? No big deal Edited July 27, 2015 by Blackhoof
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 How does she force others to experience/travel to the rift? and why does she spend so much time fighting monsters in it? (assuming you are still going with that point) I'm considering not having The Rift thing at all, except that it adds to her mystique, which I think is going to be kind of important considering what her tactics are going to be. She can't do anything except peer into it in the current version, but can force other people to see it if she has skin-to-skin contact. The reason I'm a little nervous about OP because in the original character concept (back when I was trying to make her sort of like Regalia,) she could do a whole lot more. Her powers were vaguer, so she could make force fields and spears out of darkness, transport people into her Rift, and transport monsters back out (she wouldn't control them, but they'd definitely go on rampages and stuff.) Apart from what Blackhoof already noted I have to ask, what use is there tying the teleportation to a danger sense if it isn't instantaneous? Did I describe that poorly? I pictured it looking sort of like that thing Death Eaters do when they turn into a cloud of inky blackness and fly. She moves instantly, it just takes a fraction of a second to get there, and it's easy to trace.
Voidus Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Works fine for me, it's pretty in character.I'll try to get something up for Salem soon. I have a few threads I need to post on, trying to get in a proper writing mindset but hopefully should get something in the next few days.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 I'm considering not having The Rift thing at all, except that it adds to her mystique, which I think is going to be kind of important considering what her tactics are going to be. She can't do anything except peer into it in the current version, but can force other people to see it if she has skin-to-skin contact. The reason I'm a little nervous about OP because in the original character concept (back when I was trying to make her sort of like Regalia,) she could do a whole lot more. Her powers were vaguer, so she could make force fields and spears out of darkness, transport people into her Rift, and transport monsters back out (she wouldn't control them, but they'd definitely go on rampages and stuff.) Did I describe that poorly? I pictured it looking sort of like that thing Death Eaters do when they turn into a cloud of inky blackness and fly. She moves instantly, it just takes a fraction of a second to get there, and it's easy to trace. I don't think we need to open Eugene yet. If/when we get more new players who want to use Epics, Eugene will be more of a possibility, but for now it'd probably just be current players who joined the new city. And while there's nothing wrong with that, Oregon only has so many cities, so opening up a new location when we don't necessarily need one yet kind of defeats the purpose.
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 @Mckdee+Voidus: I hope you don't mind that I used your characters lightly in my Deathskull post? I figured that is what they would logically do in that situation, after all. If you have any issues I can edit the post and we can work something out? No big deal 'ts all good. Actually, I don't even think any of my characters made an appearance. Just... mentioned I've vacillated a bit on what Showstopper even looks like (I was planning to introduce her in my next post, but that thing's never going to happen now.) I'll do that EoO soon, though. I don't think we need to open Eugene yet. If/when we get more new players who want to use Epics, Eugene will be more of a possibility, but for now it'd probably just be current players who joined the new city. And while there's nothing wrong with that, Oregon only has so many cities, so opening up a new location when we don't necessarily need one yet kind of defeats the purpose. Oh, sure. I get that. I just spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about her yesterday, and I wanted to get it all down on paper before I forgot.
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm considering not having The Rift thing at all, except that it adds to her mystique, which I think is going to be kind of important considering what her tactics are going to be. She can't do anything except peer into it in the current version, but can force other people to see it if she has skin-to-skin contact. The reason I'm a little nervous about OP because in the original character concept (back when I was trying to make her sort of like Regalia,) she could do a whole lot more. Her powers were vaguer, so she could make force fields and spears out of darkness, transport people into her Rift, and transport monsters back out (she wouldn't control them, but they'd definitely go on rampages and stuff.) Did I describe that poorly? I pictured it looking sort of like that thing Death Eaters do when they turn into a cloud of inky blackness and fly. She moves instantly, it just takes a fraction of a second to get there, and it's easy to trace. I'm with Twi on it being to early to really start mapping out characters but if we want to go with more of a lawless city again having an Epic like Regalia, kind of defeats the point, Sure if this were epic slice of life ruling like Regalia would mean she didn't have much of a presence but if she's strong enough (compared to the other Epics in the city) to rule even with next to no presence that makes her actually worse in a city war event like the nature of this RP demands, as she should be able to beat all resistance down herself. Otherwise the whole concept wouldn't really make sense and random new Epics comming in town just at the right time is also a trope we already overused because of to rigid structures for the town. I kind of suspected that you meant something like this, it's just that that means you are tecnically using the term teleport wrong. #nitpick
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm with Twi on it being to early to really start mapping out characters but if we want to go with more of a lawless city again having an Epic like Regalia, kind of defeats the point, Sure if this were epic slice of life ruling like Regalia would mean she didn't have much of a presence but if she's strong enough (compared to the other Epics in the city) to rule even with next to no presence that makes her actually worse in a city war event like the nature of this RP demands, as she should be able to beat all resistance down herself. Otherwise the whole concept wouldn't really make sense and random new Epics comming in town just at the right time is also a trope we already overused because of to rigid structures for the town. I kind of suspected that you meant something like this, it's just that that means you are tecnically using the term teleport wrong. #nitpick Right, exactly. She's not ruling the city in the current version, so I took away most of her powerset. Currently, she's basically a sociopath who gets people to respect/worship her by developing morbid fascination with her and her powers. It's just a silly definition, you slontze!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted July 27, 2015 Author Posted July 27, 2015 Right, exactly. She's not ruling the city in the current version, so I took away most of her powerset. Currently, she's basically a sociopath who gets people to respect/worship her by developing morbid fascination with her and her powers. It's just a silly definition, you slontze! But if she has their respect/worship, wouldn't she be ruling the city by default, and therefore be powerful enough to maintain control? Otherwise, she'd have been killed by more powerful rivals, if for no other purpose than to make an example of her.
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) But if she has their respect/worship, wouldn't she be ruling the city by default, and therefore be powerful enough to maintain control? Otherwise, she'd have been killed by more powerful rivals, if for no other purpose than to make an example of her. Well, I meant that was her strategy once the RP started. Right now, she's just leading a small crime ring or something and doesn't even imagine she'll be ruling or getting respect from anybody anytime soon (sorry for causing so much confusion.) But again, that's for later. No use opening the thread up right now. Edited July 27, 2015 by Mckeedee123
Edgedancer he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Right, exactly. She's not ruling the city in the current version, so I took away most of her powerset. Currently, she's basically a sociopath who gets people to respect/worship her by developing morbid fascination with her and her powers. It's just a silly definition, you slontze! #nitpick shall live forever. Well, I meant that was her strategy once the RP started. Right now, she's just leading a small crime ring or something and doesn't even imagine she'll be ruling or getting respect from anybody anytime soon (sorry for causing so much confusion.) But again, that's for later. No use opening the thread up right now. Might as well make a pony for her.
Kobold King he/him Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 I'm currently reading the Dalles story, everything is nice, however I think I should start with Portland, but whatever. I'm getting interested in Backtracks adventures and all and suddenly... Pandas Didn't expect that coming... I wonder how many more surprises this thread holds... We were as surprised as you were when Lightsworn showed up on the Question thread. 1
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