Alleyverse Prequel Planning

[AonEne he/him]

39 minutes ago, Ookla the Foxed said:

Ah, right. I'm not really familiar with that side of the shard.

I’ve mostly only seen it in passing, I stopped being up to date on that stuff ages ago. 

26 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

Yes? I mean, they are sort of connected already. 

Well, in theory anyone could learn it, although it would be impractical for most; it's more of a magical skill. 

1. Wait, since when? The Happy Inquisitor is pretty noncanon, it doesn’t count. 

2. From my observations, a significant amount of people have to be interested in something for the Alleyverse to adopt a non-Brandon thing. Since you’re the only one (Edit: who I’ve seen, so correct me if there’s someone else) who wants a character with these abilities, it might be best just to make them an Epic, as Voidus said. 

Edited December 2, 2019 by Ookla the Roleplayer

[xinoehp512 he/him]

14 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

1. Wait, since when? The Happy Inquisitor is pretty noncanon, it doesn’t count. 

A character from Fallen. A scene, a few months back. The backstories of most of my characters in that continuity originate in the Alleyverse.

14 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

2. From my observations, a significant amount of people have to be interested in something for the Alleyverse to adopt a non-Brandon thing. Since you’re the only one (Edit: who I’ve seen, so correct me if there’s someone else) who wants a character with these abilities, it might be best just to make them an Epic, as Voidus said. 

But the powers don't make any sense as Epic powers. Like I said, it's more of a magical skill than a superpower.

Edited December 2, 2019 by Ookla the Blue

[AonEne he/him]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Blue said:

A character from Fallen. A scene, a few months back. The backstories of most of my characters in that continuity originate in the Alleyverse.

But the powers don't make any sense as Epic powers. Like I said, it's more of a magical skill than a superpower.

I don’t know what happens on the CBST side of things, but canon and the fourth wall are way weirder over there, so I understand how the Alleyverse could overlap with it - but not how it could overlap with the Alleyverse, other than in inspiration. Assuming you’re talking about Star’s character Sierra, iirc she was rebuilt slightly to fit the rules. Any magic directly taken from CBST, TLT, or Fallen probably wouldn’t be allowed to exist in the same form in the Alleyverse. (Unless I’m unaware of a change the mods have made, which is possible.) 

From your description, they might not be perfect as Epic powers, but it’s the thing they’re closest to. 

[+Sorana she/her]

4 hours ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

(Unless I’m unaware of a change the mods have made, which is possible.) 

No, there weren't any changes. The AV is based on Brandon's books and nothing else. (Exemption is WH 40k, which isn't used on anymore and we had a specific vote for that one.)

Personally I would prefer if we leave it as it is. With the Epic's there is an easy possibility to play different powersets and for me it's the core of the AV that it's about Brandon's books and not about other things as well.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Hello, I've realized I don't have the mental bandwidth to carry this many characters. Should I hide my singular post in the Prequel Thread or simply make a note that I'm archiving the characters?

@Ookla the Dreamer 

[+Sorana she/her]

1 minute ago, ZincAboutIt said:

Hello, I've realized I don't have the mental bandwidth to carry this many characters. Should I hide my singular post in the Prequel Thread or simply make a note that I'm archiving the characters?

@Ookla the Dreamer 

That post here is enough. No need to hide what you've written.

As the characters are only used in that one thread, you don't need to do anything else.

[AonEne he/him]

Yeah, don’t hide it, it was an awesome post and can exist on its own even if nothing else happens to them as a one-off.  

[Elend Venture he/him]

      Despite being possibly one of the least active members of the Alleyverse and my tendancy to occasionally bungle these sort of things (hopefully going to keep such behavior to a minimum), I have been reading this thread and the main prequel thread and it has rather struck my interest. I am certainly considering joining the RP if, like standard Alleyverse plots, one can simply join the roleplay at any time. If not, that's good too .

Edited December 19, 2019 by Elend Venture

[AonEne he/him]

3 hours ago, Elend Venture said:

I am certainly considering joining the RP if, like standard Alleyverse plots, one can simply join the roleplay at any time. 

You can! 

[Elend Venture he/him]

22 minutes ago, Ookla the Roleplayer said:

You can! 

Thank you, I have a character already made, so I'll get him approved and then join y'all!

[+Sorana she/her]

58 minutes ago, Elend Venture said:

Thank you, I have a character already made, so I'll get him approved and then join y'all!

Perfect! Character Sheets please in this thread here, as the characters can only be used for the Prequel. We upped the point cap to 300, so the ranking of characters is different compared to normal AV.

[Elend Venture he/him]

All right, thanks! Here is the sheet : 

Spoiler

Name: Rhode

Appearance: Thin, pale face with a short trimmed grey beard, framed by brown wavy hair, streaked with grey, that brushes his shoulders. Hooded blue-grey eyes. About three inches shorter than the average height and of a lean, but not muscled build. He is missing the very tip of his nose. Appears to be in his mid-late thirty's, but he, nor many else, know his exact date of birth. He often wears a black suit, with a white collar and ruffs.

Skills: Unusually skilled with a rapier, he has trained with it for nearly all his life. When anticipating a fight with Invested he will often carry an aluminium sidesword and wooden buckler, which he is nearly as skilled with.

Investiture: None.

Disadvantages: An extreme love of the contest and a fascination with death which often gets in the way of friendship, love, business, and many other things. He has a difficult time turning down a fight that presents a proper challenge. 

Equipment: Swept hilt rapier with a threaded dodecahedron shaped pommel and a burnished silver wire wrapped grip. The hilt sweeps gracefully over the grip to protect the whole hand with sleek, flowing lines emanating from the base of the fourty-three inch stiffened sprung steel blade. An aluminium alloy sidesword, a fairly simple blade, with a cruciform hilt, not knuckle guard, and a plain ring for the forefinger. It has an Oakeshotte Type XVII blade.

Family: Father, Sean. Mother, Annette. Sister, Abigail. Rhode has not seen them in years since his bloodlust drove him to kill his cousin in a duel in front of them over a petty argument.

Past: Rhode grew up in a wealthy rural-living family. He showed considerable talent and was sent off to a large town to study with a master by the time he was but a young teenager. He left the town after seeing his master brutally killed in a duel with another master about six years later and developed an unhealthy obsession with death. Soon after he chose to travel the open road and see all he could, fight all whom would allow, and kill all those who rivalled or insulted him in the glorious dance of blades and death.He has made most of his money at rapier tourneys, but finds these altogether boring; Fights to the death are some of the few remaining things that still holds much meaning to him. He is oddly optimistic and happy seeming which contrasts with his love of destruction sharply.

@Sorana

Edited January 15, 2020 by Elend Venture

[+Sorana she/her]

57 minutes ago, Elend Venture said:

All right, thanks! Here is the sheet : 

Character is approved!

[kenod]

11 hours ago, Elend Venture said:

aluminium sidesword

I don't think that sword will last very long in an actual fight, or be effective in general. Also, with sidesword, do you mean an arming sword?

[Elend Venture he/him]

1 hour ago, kenod said:

I don't think that sword will last very long in an actual fight, or be effective in general. Also, with sidesword, do you mean an arming sword?

Good point, the weapon is not ideal, but It's of a stronger alloy, with a blade shorter and thicker than most to take in consideration it's lack of flexibility, and mainly designed for thrusting against unarmored targets, the blade having a rough edge. And I mean sidesword: They exist and are pretty cool, you should check them out.

Edited December 19, 2019 by Elend Venture

[kenod]

Just now, Elend Venture said:

Good point, the weapon is not ideal, but It's a stronger alloy, with a blade shorter than most to take in consideration it's lack of flexibility, and mainly designed for thrusting, with a rough edge. And I mean sidesword:

Ah, alright, I hadn't heard of those before.

[Elend Venture he/him]

1 minute ago, kenod said:

Ah, alright, I hadn't heard of those before.

They are one of my personal favorites.

Edited December 19, 2019 by Elend Venture

[kenod]

1 minute ago, Elend Venture said:

One of my personal favorites.

Hmm, I'm personally more of a polearm type, though I did once have a character who used a claymore.

[Elend Venture he/him]

Just now, kenod said:

Hmm, I'm personally more of a polearm type, though I did once have a character who used a claymore.

Nice. The two-handed or basket hilted variety? But yes, for any kind of armored fighting polearms are definitely more effective.

[kenod]

1 minute ago, Elend Venture said:

Nice. The two-handed or basket hilted variety? But yes, for any kind of armored fighting polearms are definitely more effective.

Two-handed. One of the more oversized variants, since the character had strength enhancement.

To be fair, I like polearms meant for open-style fighting the most, so cutting types like glaives, naginata and war scythes.

[Elend Venture he/him]

On 12/19/2019 at 2:45 PM, kenod said:

Two-handed. One of the more oversized variants, since the character had strength enhancement.

To be fair, I like polearms meant for open-style fighting the most, so cutting types like glaives, naginata and war scythes.

Cool. Greatsword fighting really is more like using a halberd than a sword, which makes it kinda unique.

Naginatas have always fascinated me somewhat.

I think my favorite weapon overall would be the cruciform hilt falchion.

Edited December 21, 2019 by Elend Venture

[18th Shard he/him]

Having been an early Denizen, I find this idea intriguing. I don't plan on joining, but will definitely follow along. 

One world-building note, perhaps: this would be a time when this new reality/world/whatever it is is still some what new, and would probably involve a lot of experiments gone wrong in the process, which could heighten tensions. For instance, I believe this would be shortly after Xanas would have taken a small Research team into the void, which would result in a complete loss of the team with no signal reaching outside to let them know (along with other potential consequences to the area in the Alleyverse). If there were similar experiments in the Alley that are at risk of destabilizing reality, that could give your anti-city some real reasons and motivation for opposing settlement.