Question 19

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Funtimes/Quota post up. (And I just realized they'd be a horrible couple. Not that I was thinking they'd be a good one before, but I just realized how awful they'd be.  ) 

[Edgedancer he/him]

9 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Funtimes/Quota post up. (And I just realized they'd be a horrible couple. Not that I was thinking they'd be a good one before, but I just realized how awful they'd be.  ) 

They're like polar opposites. Frankly, I couldn't even imagine them in prolonged exposure to each other without violence taking place.

[Fatebreaker he/him]

On 6/26/2016 at 8:54 PM, Cognizantastic said:

Do any of you know if Fatebreaker is planning on writing a Quicksilver response scene anytime soon?

Ah, sorry about that. I just got back from a adventure in Thailand, and I've had work since the day I've returned. I'll try to get something up soon.

Anything else I missed?

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

I'm new to the whole "role-play" thing. And after reading Twi's rules and etiquettes post I may need some clarification.

I would like to join the Salem and Astoria threads please.

Also, I write up my character/s and post them in the Epics of Oregon thread?

And then I just work a way to introduce my character into the story and.....role-play?

EDIT- Upon further analysis, the Ascendant deduced that the "What happened in Salem" and the "What happened in Astoria" threads being....dead, seeing as their last post was mid-June.

Where can he go now?

Edited July 14, 2016 by Darkness Ascendant

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

12 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I'm new to the whole "role-play" thing. And after reading Twi's rules and etiquettes post I may need some clarification.

I would like to join the Salem and Astoria threads please.

Also, I write up my character/s and post them in the Epics of Oregon thread?

And then I just work a way to introduce my character into the story and.....role-play?

EDIT- Upon further analysis, the Ascendant deduced that the "What happened in Salem" and the "What happened in Astoria" threads being....dead, seeing as their last post was mid-June.

Where can he go now?

They're probably not dead, mid-June having been less than a month ago. This game moves slowly sometimes, and Voidus—whose characters are integral to both of those threads—hasn't been able to get on lately due to some IRL issues.  

Write up your character(s) and post them in the Question so other players can give their feedback and help you tweak them, and then talk with some players in the threads you're planning to join to figure out the best way to integrate those characters into the thread. 

Edited July 14, 2016 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles Thanks. I will edit this later with my character/s

EDIT- Here they are\

EDIT 2- Changed to Diablo 5, more clarification on the character's powers as well  

I was originally intending to make a single character and focus on him..but I decided to make a small group of Epics who can't succumb to the darkness.....(will reveal how later)

I call them Diablo 5

Spoiler

Diablo (their leader)

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Epic Name- Diablo

Before Calamity name- William Arkansas

William Arkansas used to work in a gold mine run by the Mexican Cartel where he was whipped regularly and worked like an animal. He and his friends had run on the bad side of a debt and couldn't repay the Cartel, so they extracted their payment from William and his friends. After a year in the gold mines, Calamity struck, and William and a few of his friends gained Epic abilities and sinked into the bloodlust. They killed their masters and hunted down the rest of the Cartel, shutting down their operations and gaining followers. But the man behind the Cartel. Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo had also turned into an Epic, calling himself "The Godfather" he was more than displeased with William and his gang ruining his plans, so he and a few other Epics ambushed William's group,and decimated WIlliam's followers and killed William's best friend Miguel, up until now, William had controlled the darkness but let it out in an anguished cry, killing The Godfather as well the rest of his mortal followers. Only 5 people survived, William's closest and most powerful friends. Together they shut down the Cartels and began searching for a new ideal to live for. Along their journey they met a woman known as only as Empathy. Diablo fell in love with her and after a series of crazy adventures they got married. Along their way one of their number, a good friend of Diablo's lost the will to live after his girlfriend died of cancer and succumbed to the darkness, Diablo....with a heavy heart was forced to put him down himself.

Primary ability- Extreme Metabolism- Diablo does everything alot faster than normal men. He needs to eat alot to support himself however. He heals fast, moves fast, has enhanced reflexes and can think 5 times faster than your average man.

Secondary ability- Concentration- Diablo enters a realm where time is slowed down and Diablo can still move at a normal pace, all life-forms are outlined in red. However Diablo cannot move his legs during this phase, or the Concentration will break

Passive abilities- Oxygen cloud, Diablo releases Oxygen through his pores which enhance the cognitive abilities of himself as well as those around him

Intuition- Diablo can instantly see the connection between objects, however vague

Weakness- Diablo can only be harmed by those he considers his friends.

Appearance- Diablo looks like Silas Greaves from Call of Juarez- The Gunslinger (look him up) I'll draw him but here's the general idea

 

Empathy- Diablo's wife

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Epic Name- Empathy

Empathy was born blind, and spent her whole life being treated like dirt from her devout Cristian parents who saw her as a curse from Satan himself. When Calamity struck on her 20th birthday, she discovered 

Empathy is like an empty cup. Waiting to be filled with emotion. She is a storage bank for emotions. She is also a gifter

Primary ability- Emotion storage- Empathy can take particular emotions from people and Epics like fear, but can also give them more of a particular emotion, like loyalty or love as long as she has stored it. She can only store one emotion at a time, which takes both Time and Effort. If given enough time and with the right amount of determination, then perhaps she could turn someone into an emotionless being. She has a limit to how much emotion she can store which proportionally depends on how much emotion she herself can handle and control.

Secondary ability- Clear thinking- Empathy can gift others with the ability of self-control and can help them control themselves. She cannot use the ability herself however

These two abilities are how she can combat the darkness. COMBAT the darkness!!!!!!. She fights it, similar to how Prof fights it, however she just has that edge of the darkness.

Epic Name- Medicine Man

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Medicine man/ Skinwalker

Before Calamity- Achak Mohegan (Spirit Wolf)

Achak’s friends called him Hogan. Well, that was before Calamity struck while he was partying late night in Las Vegas and he killed everyone :/ How? Well he turned into a massive grey wolf and ripped their throats out. When dawn approached, Hogan reverted back into human form. But even in human form….he had changed, his skin had become rock hard, he found that his…..genitals had disappeared, his tongue was black, he had more facial hair than he had ever remembered having. And on his arms, tattoos had appeared, of Native American wolf totems. Upon looking into a mirror, he found that his eyes had enlarged and softly glowed gold. And his teeth had become sharp and pointed. He was more wolf than man.

Primary ability- Skinwalker- Achak can turn into a wolf on will, however only at night when the moon shines. When he is in wolf form, he loses all traces of humanity, however becomes infinitely more intelligent and can imitate voices and anticipate possible futures and realities.

Secondary ability- Imitation- When in human form, Achak can take the form of whoever or whatever he looks into straight in the eye, but he can only turn into the last thing which eyes he looked into. He is still himself however, his voice, and physical properties remain the same. (glowing eyes etc etc)

Tertiary ability- Medicine man- Achak can create any cure and remedy and instinctively knows the properties of every herb and plant that he sees and can only create cures and remedies with his available resources.

Passive ability- Tracker- Achak can track anyone as long as they leave some sign that they were there. A scent, a broken leaf, a footprint, all of this Achak can use to hunt his prey.

Appearance- Achak is moderately tanned and has sharp features, an angular nose and clear, smooth, wrinkle free skin. He wears a wolf’s pelt around his shoulders with hawk feathers braided into the fur.  He has large glowing eyes and massive sideburns. He is tall, well built with rock hard skin. He walks around bare-chested with tribal tattoos of animals, spirits and totems on his chest, shoulders and arms. His back is covered with the pelt and has a wolf’s head just visible from under the pelt tattooed on. He wears a utility belt with all the herbs he could possibly need inside each pouch. He wears camo trousers with a machete and a hook and chain tied to his waist. He walks around barefoot

 

 I will do the rest of Diablo 5 later. 

Edited July 15, 2016 by Darkness Ascendant
updating post.

[Chandrian]

The characters are interesting, but nine of them seems excessive to me. Unless you wanted to join The Wastelands (which is kind of dead at the moment), I'd say nine is too many for any given area at once. Just my opinion though. 

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles Thanks. I will edit this later with my character/s

EDIT- Here they are

I was originally intending to make a single character and focus on him..but I decided to make a small group of Epics who can't succumb to the darkness.....(will reveal how later)

I call them Diablo 9

  Hide contents

Diablo (their leader)

  Hide contents

Epic Name- Diablo

Before Calamity name- William Arkansas

William Arkansas used to work in a gold mine run by the Mexican Cartel where he was whipped regularly and worked like an animal. He and his friends had run on the bad side of a debt and couldn't repay the Cartel, so they extracted their payment from William and his friends. After a year in the gold mines, Calamity struck, and William and a few of his friends gained Epic abilities and sinked into the bloodlust. They killed their masters and hunted down the rest of the Cartel, shutting down their operations and gaining followers. But the man behind the Cartel. Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo had also turned into an Epic, calling himself "The Godfather" he was more than displeased with William and his gang ruining his plans, so he and a few other Epics ambushed William's group,and decimated WIlliam's followers and killed William's best friend Miguel, up until now, William had controlled the darkness but let it out in an anguished cry, killing The Godfather as well the rest of his mortal followers. Only 5 people survived, William's closest and most powerful friends. Together they shut down the Cartels and began searching for a new ideal to live for. Along their journey they met a woman known as only as Empathy. Diablo fell in love with her and after a series of crazy adventures they got married. 3 more people joined Diablo's group by this and now they make their way to the town of Salem, hoping to find more good to do.

Primary ability- Extreme Metabolism- Diablo does everything alot faster than normal men. He needs to eat alot to support himself however. He heals fast, moves fast, has enhanced reflexes and can think 5 times faster than your average man.

Secondary ability- Concentration- Diablo enters a realm where time is slowed down and Diablo can still move at a normal pace, all life-forms are outlined in red. Howver Diablo cannot move his legs during this phase, or the Concentration will break

Passive abilities- Oxygen cloud, Diablo releases Oxygen through his pores which enhance the cognitive abilities of himself as well as those around him

Intuition- Diablo can instantly see the connection between objects, howver vague

Weakness- Diablo can only be harmed by those he considers his friends.

Appearance- Diablo looks like Silas Greaves from Call of Juarez- The Gunslinger (look him up) I'l draw him but here's the general idea

 

Empathy- Diablo's wife

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Epic Name- Empathy

Empathy is like an empty cup. Waiting to be filled with emotion. She is a storage bank for emotions. She is also a gifter

Primary ability- Emotion storage- Empathy can take particular emotions from people and Epics like fear, but can also give them more of a particular emotion, like loyalty or love as long as she has stored it.

Secondary ability- Clear thinking- Empathy can gift others with the ability of self-control and can help them control themselves.

These two abilities are how she can combat the darkness

 

 I will do the rest of Diablo 9 later. (I was waiting for paint to dry while writing this...and now it's dry)

They seem interesting, but I'll echo Chandrian and say that nine is excessive, especially for a new member. Plus, an Epic who "can't succumb to the darkness" breaks canon. 

[Chandrian]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

They seem interesting, but I'll echo Chandrian and say that nine is excessive, especially for a new member. Plus, an Epic who "can't succumb to the darkness" breaks canon. 

She may not be able to avoid succumbing to darkness, but she could use the emotions of others to emulate normality. Doing so would likely leave others empty husks, but it would be more interesting that way!

 

On an unrelated note, I hope to get a Wastelands post up, making it officially un-dead.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

2 minutes ago, Chandrian said:

She may not be able to avoid succumbing to darkness, but she could use the emotions of others to emulate normality. Doing so would likely leave others empty husks, but it would be more interesting that way!

 

On an unrelated note, I hope to get a Wastelands post up, making it officially un-dead.

Interesting, sure, but some hard limits would need to be set around that power, lest she become OP. (I'm envisioning her coming into town and turning player characters into empty husks without giving them the chance to fight back.) 

[Chandrian]

4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Interesting, sure, but some hard limits would need to be set around that power, lest she become OP. (I'm envisioning her coming into town and turning player characters into empty husks without giving them the chance to fight back.) 

The question is, though, would stripping them of their emotions make them docile or more dangerous. Taking emotions from someone might make them utterly remorseless and merciless. If they realize what's happening to them is inherently wrong, they could potentially be an incredible threat to Empathy.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

12 minutes ago, Chandrian said:

The question is, though, would stripping them of their emotions make them docile or more dangerous. Taking emotions from someone might make them utterly remorseless and merciless. If they realize what's happening to them is inherently wrong, they could potentially be an incredible threat to Empathy.

Doesn't change the fact that their emotions have been stripped from them against their will. If they were given the chance to fight that emotion stripping, then I can see it working all right, but if it's just "bam, you have no emotions now," I don't know that players would be comfortable with that. You could argue that Quota does something similar by dampening the emotions that are already there, but the effect wears off when Quota withdraws. I guess what I'm saying is that if Empathy's powers strip people of their emotions, it shouldn't be permanent. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

All things considered, taking away emotions is barely above turning them into mindless pupets as far as taking character agency goes, which is very much against the spirit of a game like this. Then there's planting emotions into people's heads, which just completes the set of effectively mind control.

Edited July 14, 2016 by Edgedancer

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

33 minutes ago, Edgedancer said:

All things considered, taking away emotions is barely above turning them into mindless pupets as far as taking character agency goes, which is very much against the spirit of a game like this. Then there's planting emotions into people's heads, which just completes the set of effectively mind control.

Right. And Quota doesn't control the people he affects; he just dampens a few of their emotions. He has no control over how they'll react to his manipulations, and if he commanded them to do something, there is a high likelihood that they would either refuse or attack him. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Right. And Quota doesn't control the people he affects; he just dampens a few of their emotions. He has no control over how they'll react to his manipulations, and if he commanded them to do something, there is a high likelihood that they would either refuse or attack him. 

Yeah, even upgraded Quota doesn't reach the same level of influence.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

@Comatose Not to be too pushy, but if at all possible, would you mind pushing the Altermind sample higher on your priorities? I leave in 3 weeks and will basically be dropping off the Shard in 2 and I'd like to get this all sorted ASAP. 

Does anyone wish to adopt Flashpoint and/or Edgerunner? Aside from Altermind, they're the ones I care most about getting taken care of. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

16 hours ago, Chandrian said:

The characters are interesting, but nine of them seems excessive to me. Unless you wanted to join The Wastelands (which is kind of dead at the moment), I'd say nine is too many for any given area at once. Just my opinion though. 

 

Yeah, I was thinking of the same thing. Turning them into Diablo 5. Maybe 4 of them died in their sleep.idk. It would take alot to keep track of them all lol.

16 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

They seem interesting, but I'll echo Chandrian and say that nine is excessive, especially for a new member. Plus, an Epic who "can't succumb to the darkness" breaks canon. 

She herself can succumb to the darkness, she cannot use her Epic powers on herself. (I need to update the thing with new ideas). She can take away specific emotions, one at a time, not all at once, And she also has a limit to the amount of emotions she can take. So if she wanted to take the loyalty from a guy with undying loyalty to a specific thing, a fanaticism almost, she will only be able to take as much as she can handle, or she will break her limit and all of the emotions would essentially "break like a dam" and flood out, consuming her and those around her, turning them into Primal emotions.

 

14 hours ago, Chandrian said:

She may not be able to avoid succumbing to darkness, but she could use the emotions of others to emulate normality. Doing so would likely leave others empty husks, but it would be more interesting that way!

 

On an unrelated note, I hope to get a Wastelands post up, making it officially un-dead.

To turn one into a husk would take ALOT of effort and time, as she can only take a specific emotion, one at a time, also she can always forget a specific emotion.

Also, the emotions she takes would have to be returned or given away to someone else, or else or else she won't be able to use her powers directly as she won't have enough storage. I'm thinking of having the Diablo 5 find a mysterious object along their path which can act as a receptacle for emotions, essentially limitless storage for emotions.

14 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Interesting, sure, but some hard limits would need to be set around that power, lest she become OP. (I'm envisioning her coming into town and turning player characters into empty husks without giving them the chance to fight back.) 

Answered above

13 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Doesn't change the fact that their emotions have been stripped from them against their will. If they were given the chance to fight that emotion stripping, then I can see it working all right, but if it's just "bam, you have no emotions now," I don't know that players would be comfortable with that. You could argue that Quota does something similar by dampening the emotions that are already there, but the effect wears off when Quota withdraws. I guess what I'm saying is that if Empathy's powers strip people of their emotions, it shouldn't be permanent. 

She cannot just go BAM no emotions for you. It takes time and effort, plus she has to be close to the person. Plus she doesn't have a prime invincibility. so....they could just kill her :/ which I hope they don't, cos I have many plans for her. many, many plans.

 

13 hours ago, Edgedancer said:

All things considered, taking away emotions is barely above turning them into mindless pupets as far as taking character agency goes, which is very much against the spirit of a game like this. Then there's planting emotions into people's heads, which just completes the set of effectively mind control.

They can fight back, no problem, the character would have to be......special not to notice their emotions are being tampered with. Personally, I would find it quite obvious if I suddenly lost the will to live, with no explanation. She can only tamper with them emotionally, not cognitively, so they wouldn't be mindless puppets, just people with less emotions than others. Planting emotions would not be mind control, as perfectly ascribed by Brandon Sanderson himself in Mistborn, like Breeze says, just nudging them in the "right" direction, they can always ask themselves, "Wait, why am I doing this", unless of course, Empathy has the forethought to take away their curiosity before giving them More  of a particular emotion, keep in mind that they already have the emotion, it's the amount that matters.\

I'm gonna start working on the character's. I was planning on playing Terraria  but I think my time would be better spent fixing them up and clearing any misconceptions.

Thanks for the great feedback guys! If you all were more active in Creator's Corner, some great things could happen. Keep it up so I have a reason to answer your questions

[Comatose he/him]

9 hours ago, Mailliw73 said:

@Comatose Not to be too pushy, but if at all possible, would you mind pushing the Altermind sample higher on your priorities? I leave in 3 weeks and will basically be dropping off the Shard in 2 and I'd like to get this all sorted ASAP. 

Does anyone wish to adopt Flashpoint and/or Edgerunner? Aside from Altermind, they're the ones I care most about getting taken care of. 

Thanks for the reminder @Mailliw73!  I'll try to get something together over the weekend so we have time to workshop things.  Does that sound good?

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

I've updated amy previous post, and added a new Epic.

MEDICINE MAN! Also known as, SKINWALKER!

What's better than an American Indian werewolf that can hunt and track anything as well as create cures for any disease????? Batman.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

17 minutes ago, Comatose said:

Thanks for the reminder @Mailliw73!  I'll try to get something together over the weekend so we have time to workshop things.  Does that sound good?

Perfect!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

5 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I've updated amy previous post, and added a new Epic.

MEDICINE MAN! Also known as, SKINWALKER!

What's better than an American Indian werewolf that can hunt and track anything as well as create cures for any disease????? Batman.

You have too many Epics for a new member. Since this game has a ton of Epics already, we've been telling new members to start with one Epic, though if the other GMs think Empathy and Diablo could go together, I could be convinced to allow two this time. 

[Edgedancer he/him]

@Darkness Ascendant I dunno that still seems like a pretty bad balance to me. See, in this setting the fighting back to the emotional manipulation you mention (or even realizing that someone could do this to them) effectively equates killing. So either the other person ends up warped pretty significantly or she gets murdered, a lose lose scenario.

[Blackhoof]

8 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

turn one into a husk would take ALOT of effort and time, as she can only take a specific emotion, one at a time, also she can always forget a specific emotion.

Also, the emotions she takes would have to be returned or given away to someone else, or else or else she won't be able to use her powers directly as she won't have enough storage. I'm thinking of having the Diablo 5 find a mysterious object along their path which can act as a receptacle for emotions, essentially limitless storage for emotions.

Answered above

She cannot just go BAM no emotions for you. It takes time and effort, plus she has to be close to the person. Plus she doesn't have a prime invincibility. so....they could just kill her :/ which I hope they don't, cos I have many plans for her. many, many plans.

it seems pointless to limit her, and then just give her an item that removes that limitation  plus, it sounds impossible within the canon of the world.

 

Don't worry, we don't kill characters without permission.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

19 hours ago, Mailliw73 said:

@Comatose Not to be too pushy, but if at all possible, would you mind pushing the Altermind sample higher on your priorities? I leave in 3 weeks and will basically be dropping off the Shard in 2 and I'd like to get this all sorted ASAP. 

Does anyone wish to adopt Flashpoint and/or Edgerunner? Aside from Altermind, they're the ones I care most about getting taken care of. 

I can look after Edgerunner, if no one else wants to. 

[Mailliw73 he/him]

35 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I can look after Edgerunner, if no one else wants to. 

I'd really like that.  I believe you have her weakness and backstory along with the potential redemption story, right?