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Ah okay. That makes sense. I pretty much had Sebastian order the skeletons to hold the whelps back then....take care of them whenever they spawned. I am not sure how I am going to include it in his dialogue but I imagine his little army rising out of a swamp mire would give him the inspiration for his costumed name, Gravemire.
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Wed, 11/19/2014 - 14:54 #568
Xselcier
It's a world of superheroes. Everything is real and allowed. Edits will not be necessary. The teachers and students will take care of this situation, then things will go back to normal, okay?
As normal as things can get at a high school built for metahumans, that is.
Xselcier Nov 25
*purses his lips and blows the special Sebastian snowflake farther away* Go on, shoo!
It would appear some of us are more equal then others, It would also appear that violating the fluff is an offense for some of us, but for others its just a hand wave and move along. I was personally looking forwards to role playing in a super hero setting with the constraints and settings of a high school. I however cannot keep track of the number of immersion jarring nonsensical things I have read recently. If you want your powers based on yu-gi-oh that is fine. If you want to be half angle half demon half werewolf half dragon, that is also fine. If you desire to be the worlds most special snowflake, go for it, this is the land of superheros and silliness. What bothers me is the fact that people make a rule then ignore. place a limit on there character, then ignore it, and when people post something without at least a nod to the setting. I want to have fun too, and I love Sci-fi, that should not mean that I get to toss in an alien invasion were the real (lets say adults because there are plenty of real heroes in the school) super heroes and government don't react just so that my character can fight off aliens in space. If I did I would be placing the value of my good time above the foundational stability of the setting, and the other people playing in the setting.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
I'm much with you Oksana. I don't mind BS techno/Super babble. It's another when said babble has no meaning within the story once it's set. That why I wanted clarification on how Sebastian got through a forcefield designed to repel Superpowered attacks.
As for Leadwonder's character powers to create pocket dimensions. Me and him had a few good babble talks coming up with Magic/ scientific mumbo jumbo. And how those cards work with her abilities.
As for why Rotten asked if any would want to come along. Well there is a in story reason. He had the class students reports including a list of any who are active heros. Being new to being a Teacher and an old pro at superhero fighting his natural behavior would lean to accepting the students as fellow capes. Maybe sidekick level but he would still see them as fellow crime fighters.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Now on a personal view this story arc I think came on to soon. Why well we have a dark spirit somewhere, yeah that Gladatoria thing. But events and trouble caused by it could still be played out. A Half angel/ half demon could FEEL the darkness and react for example. There the idea of getting Misty into a more corporeal form. more character building RP but also could have unforeseen side effects. ALX prob in the ceiling.
basically many things were already set up for something to happen. I'm not angry or upset just timing seems off to me.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
While I appreciate a level of sarcasm in the appropriate places, I feel I should state that there is a time and a place for it. People have every right to take issue with another persons character, but I don't feel that statements or commentary such as 'special snowflake' and other things quite similar, which are thinly veiled insults at best, are not conducive for a civil discussion. Though I can certainly agree with other points made that didn't have a note of condescension, such as the idea of placing a limit and then discarding it. I also see the point in the events having realistic response from authority figures.
As for Rotten's point about the placement of the story, I can understand the feeling that it was a little out of place.
Here's why I did it:
There were two foreseeable manners in which her PTSD and the things that trigger her to panic could have been discovered.
The first being that she underwent some kind of psychological evaluation through the school, which if the current precedent is any indicator, the school is basically an NPC with a lot of moving parts that few of us seem to understand. As a result of this, most of the time instead of RPing between two players, there's one player left out to play exposition machine, or to hand wave that the meeting happened, this doesn't characterize well and it doesn't provide much enjoyment for most. This sort of situation usually ends up being one person chewing at effectively inanimate scenery, some might enjoy this. ::shrug::
The second was it being discovered through incidental occurrence. Testing her power limitations simply seemed like, to me, the natural place for her to come up against a foe that she couldn't avoid and had to face alone, and as a result couldn't lean on Tobias or others to get through, like she did with the Mecha Sue incident, though they didn't quite resemble the demons in question as the ones in the holo-simulator.
the top part of my post was actual quotes from Xselcier though I do agree. Linked below is a test that may help some people on this forum become stronger RPers. I agree with rotten on the timing, both of your examples Lead could have come about naturally during the course of character development. Instead were sort of shoe horned into the middle of things. If you felt you were being left out you should have had your character(s) moved into the gym class, Cher and Andy would have talked to them (or picked on) accordingly. As to the picking, out of character he is new to RP so a lot can be allowed to slide as the learning process goes on, In character Cher is a former jock feeling very insecure about herself, so yes she is probably going to find the weirdest (a kid who has never had any socialization in his life) kid in class and poke at him a bit.
As for no one running the school today I have asked a good friend of mine who is a very experienced GM and a kick starter founder of the game to join the forums. He has told me he would willing to create an account and run do all the NPC/normal people posting that seems to be needed but no one seems to want to do. If everyone is ok with that, then I will let him know after thanksgiving.
Just so no one feels left out or judged, I had Bormoz, my GM friend, and another girl I know run Cher through this test after hearing a full character bio, my scores where 12, 14, 15 on the chart.
http://www.unc.edu/~jemarti/marysuetest/
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Hmm I think I try that test for Rotten. Clearly he don't look like me, but his appearance is related to how I sometimes feel. The idea he shows what I feel effect. So should be interesting.
Seems Ron got the score of 19. 11-25: Your character is well-balanced. He or she has enough distinctive traits to stand out, but he or she also has some flaws. Although he or she has won some victories and accomplished some goals, the world doesn't bend to his or her will, and other characters treat him or her realistically. You probably don't need to worry about this character at all.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
It is a very useful character creation tool! I hope you enjoy it Rotten.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Kami Test results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6PmyKyXPv9gMXBoelBvTU5WaVU/view?usp=sharing
Tobias' Test results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6PmyKyXPv9gV05iYlAtZ3ZpSGs/view?usp=sharing
I've seen that before. Actually made Tobias go through a new rendition on CoH as a result of this test.
To a previous topic about students acting out of their own allowed roles, this is a matter for the school administration. Sure a student shouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean they won't. It also doesn't mean that none of my characters won't face consequences for their actions, they just haven't yet, but they will.
As for this GM friend of yours, while Gladatoria is on hiatus, we may not have an interim "GM", however I don't feel there should be any form of unilateral decision about that, but I'm not against the person asking for the opportunity. I just don't want to hedge too close to the problem I mentioned earlier, I'm not sure how the rules of RP in this venue work for you but let me iterate mine, which is widely held in a lot of free form RP situations.
Since this is a free form, essentially, with loose attempts to fit into an archetype from CoH or CoT, This is basically a consent based situation, you consent to the rules of the setting, if your character violates them you've consented to the consequences of them. On a character to character basis nothing happens to anyone elses character unless they consent to it, but if you never consent to something bad happening to your character, you're doing bad. If you always consent to something bad happening to your character, you're a door mat.
I've used the tool before, actually. Good for helping balance characters. Evelyn came out on the 1-10 score - understated character - which was planned (though that may be because I haven't RPed her much?). I don't care for making big waves when joining new rp groups. ^^;
~Sol
I don't like to make waves in terms of drama, but I do like making exciting situations.
Given how we already had a Vice President take over where Gladatoria couldn't maintain the role of President, I see no reason your friend can't take over the role of VP. Story wise there are only two things really affected by Gladatoria's absence. The Dark Spirit entity and the story about the girlfriend being abused by the Wolf Pack Leader.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Ron is the closest I came to a Mary Sue. A lot of his nature is a reflection of mine. He's deformed on the outside where me I have issues, Asperger's Syndrome where I have trouble in social settings. Ron I made him to reflect that, people would react to him being different and take the time to see the Human behind the Monster. Forcing others to not be sure how to approach him, where I have that anxiety when approaching other people. Most of my characters are slightly outside the "Norm" for that reason, because myself I don't Feel I fit in the "Norm". He's brave with a bring it on attitude where I do consider myself a coward. We share a tragic past, we both enjoy a beer's flavor and don't drink for the BUZZ but the taste. We both are smarter then we let on, at the same time don't grasps some basic things.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
I tested Sebastian on that, got a 28. Some Mary Sue tendencies that I could tone down....not really surprised I was already get the feeling I needed to tone him down. I wracked up most of the points in the ''Woobie'' area and even then I analyzed very closely on what I definitely would have in his backstory and left a lot of other stuff unchecked that appeared a bit too ''crazy'' for me. Some of the questions on that test made me do a double take though....never knew some people would create such overpowered characters with some of crazy traits mentioned there. It did say that it might be okay for the setting that is a bit-over the top and I was close to 25 but I will still tone it down.
And just so you know Oshana I find our characters relationship so far amusing and yeah I remember reading about some of the other experiences your character went through so I am usually trying to keep that in mind (that's why I had Sebastian try to avoid any serious argument with her, he doesn't really know anything about her other then her power aura is seriously unstable). I wasn't really put off by her picking on Sebastian, infact I find it quite interesting to write his response to that which is quite surprising as I was in his place when I was younger. I needed Sebastian to undergo character development anyway and she and Andy gave me a good idea on a serious character flaw that would get Sebastian killed very easily by villains, especially if it was the serious ones.
I am pretty sure Cher could still beat Sebastian power wise. The only time he's really dangerous is when he hits a trigger for his PTSD and even then the power suppressor bracelet would restrict that from happening. Beyond that he would still have restrictions that I already put on place. He never uses his ice magic or plague magic powers on people other than villains that he knows who would't be killed by it. Standard dark and reanimation powers would be used mainly. Blood would be used on rare occasions, mainly for healing usually due the triggers and all that (blood magic is also a huge energy hog, would exhaust him to even heal himself).
Again I am sorry if I caused any of the arguments here. Or if I confused anyone, trying to remember all the rules myself when I am writing it gets harder when my character is in the thick of something. I respect all of you as RPers and I would hate to see any of you go because OOC arguments. I keep having to constantly change my posts as Lead, Rotton, or someone else put up a post a few minutes before I finished mind or I think my post isn't up to snuff. I am a goddamn perfectionist that way
Formerly known as Bleddyn
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I do think that this foible could create an opportunity for something that may be sorely needed, a set of etiquette for dealing with the free form nature of RPing here, atleast in the interim until we've got the real game to RP in. Even then the devs may not have time, energy or resources to incorporate every possibility, and personally I'm not a fan of "The game is the rule for ALL powers." though with CoT this may not be an issue since there will be so much malleability within the character generation between appearance decoupling and the other things bounced around as ideas.
Reflecting yourself isn't necessarily Mary Sue. If anything, it connects you to the character better. Where most self-inserts go wrong is when who they want to be far outweighs who they are. I experience a lot of that, too, though that's mainly because I'm walking in Seb's shoes. I was bullied in school for years, and that doesn't just go away at the drop of a hat. I was also homeschooled for the last three grades of high school. Since I never really got a great social experience, I tend to feel awkward and panicky around people. Normally, I just become a silent observer.
~Sol
Sebastian has some traits of me. The social awkwardness, the goth kid that was targeted by bullies back in middle school, the temper that is frightening yet fast burning, the sad clown type of personality (I need to write him doing pranks), and his OCD over cleaning and hygiene are all traits from me but beyond that he has no other traits of mine. The long straight hair thing is a little weird tick of mine and his teeth were something that I really wanted for some reason. Although I am going to give him a story behind those teeth.
I do have a fondness for parkour and gymnastics but I mostly included that trait as a backstory plot relevance. He is built like a stick pretty much, even when he has his muscle mass back so I like to think he would be very good at dodging attacks but really bad at actual physical combat. Staves and daggers are not something I have in mind in the future at all.
Formerly known as Bleddyn
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My friend was simply going to run all the NPCs that no one seems to take up. however If we are going to conduct ourselves in a free form manor I guess NPCs are not needed?
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Ehh... I mean, free form still sometimes needs moderation, and someone to run the boring NPC's and stuff... I just didn't want someone who was around to make decisions, though someone to keep in mind the rules... I dunno, I was just stating how I generally saw the RP, guess I can't speak for the others about how 'free form' the thread is...
Geez, you go away for a day to do pre-holiday cleaning and some PnP...
I've tried to stay out of this argument because I just want everyone to get along and have fun while RPing. I'm kind of a hippie sometimes, so sue me.
But it's looking like this is going to require somebody to step in and moderate things at this point.
@LeadWanderer Kami's PTSD triggering and her response seem perfectly in character with how you have portrayed her so far. But I think that this thread was the wrong place to have that happen. Perhaps the Young Wanderers thread would have been a better place for it, that way it's the team dealing with the situation instead of a random grouping of students and teachers.
That being said, I have no fracking clue how to resolve things at this point. The situation has hauled the train so far off the tracks that the tracks are a dot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgp33-EVqXk
@Bleddyn Having your character be able to blow a hole in a forcefield meant to contain dangerously out of control students or to protect said students from an outside threat was probably taking things too far. A little bit of patience on his part would have netted the same result of him getting into the room to help Rotten.
I don't see any reason why someone who is willing to step in and administrate the thread shouldn't. It frees up those who don't want to or aren't particularly good at administration from having to do so and there won't be any chance of bias from someone who is also RPing in the thread. So I say bring them onboard.
[color=#FF7F50]Putting yourself in another persons shoes emotionally is something that everyone has to experience eventually. It's part of learning to be a human being. Roleplayers do it for fun.[/color]
Heh, I dunno if I can accept this test as accurate.
Maybe it's just me, but a character I used to use in an old thread RP got a 63.
"Your character is definitely in Mary Sue territory. He or she may have a tragic past that gets a little too much focus."
This might be true, since when players in the RP were grouped doing stuff, I'd occasionally have my character do solo-exposition/activities that focused on him or the setting but would go along with whatever else when grouped. A lot of drama revolved around him mainly because my character would act flawed and get into arguments and fights. Most others acted too passive to get any good drama going.
"In addition to having a lot of cool traits that may not always make sense, he or she often gets special treatment."
Only true in the sense my character was a junior student in the setting of the school and attended for 2 years prior while most of the other participating characters were new arrivals. The special treatment usually revolved around getting extra assignments from faculty, getting punished for doing the wrong things and not being tolerated for flirting with teachers.
"The story revolves around him or her, rarely letting other characters do anything important, and other people love him or her and let him or her get away with things that other characters couldn't."
This is a possibility since I was the GM of the thread as well so often created half of the combat encounters but my character wasn't even in most of those encounters and often lost fights but would usually be too proud to accept help.
Maybe because he was a teen without super powers at first, but was a master fighter (his super power was actually super acuity, the ability to learn exceptionally fast) who eventually got cursed to become a were-tiger who wielded a wooden sword most of the time but far in the future wielded a weight-changing claymore-type weapon is weighed too heavily against him on that scale.
There are always exception to some of those rules. I was tempted to mark yes on a few more then I did given how Rotten is well Unkillable, has access to a power of a God. I chose not to given that how I RP it not dying is a negative, and rarely use that god powers only used it as an excuse to change builds. Now with this Pocket Dimension story arc I'm using the third variation of Rotten and that the Mastermind. The primary version I use is the Street Justice/Willpower brute. The build I use with the chains is his Champions Online variation.
I also had a whole story arc around his origin, and mcguffins that could bring the End of days. Rotten one of those Mcguffins.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
I also think some of the questions are kind of not aimed at a super hero setting...like:
"Does your character master new skills exceptionally fast?
Faster than anyone has ever learned that skill?
Does he or she defeat the master who taught him or her those skills? (Skip this question if the mentor is old and infirm or has otherwise lost some of his or her skills.) "
Yeah, that's his super power. Although he never does defeat his master since his master is also a swordsman but his super power is super speed...so he never surpasses his master in regard to combat prowess, just acuity and other forms of combat.
I guess I can remove the "Is your character the absolute best at something?" check if he cannot surpass his master and loses fights...but in consideration of the setting, he was the best of the main cast at armed close-quarters combat...and would 'arena dueling' be considered a sports team for such a setting? He was often regarded as a dueling junkie so one could consider him the captain although no official team was made for it...
And how is having a cool weapon being a Mary Sue!? Gosh, my character is just not suited for that test :P
Yeah like Every Hero Ever with a Weapon would have that one checked. Hmm Wonder if IRONMAN would score high on that list. Tragic past, alcoholic father, wounded and forced to build a weapon by terrorist, yup that counts. Best at what he does, genius playboy billionaire philanthropist (Check), Cool one of a kind weapon MAJOR CHECK. Thought he could give spare suits to the other avengers he doesn't self centered a hole.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Actually that test is very applicable here. not including YOUR super power. If per-say you are a techno based genius like Ironman learning astrophysics in a night is in your power wheel, learning suddenly how to rock climb without the aid of your suit or technology? spending a few months in the woods and suddenly know bush craft and tracking? and yes you can have a rather large number of those things checked if your character has the balances to them.
To give you an idea, a main liner in the Marvel comics, someone that literally has whole movies written around is between a 31-38. if your characters who are not the star focus of one of the largest teams in the setting are scoring much higher then that, you perhaps need to look over them. try retaking the test with the caveat of in a super hero setting throwing fireballs ins't a unique and wondrous skill (if you read the headers to each topic they touch on reading the questions with a lens of "your setting" )
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Starting to get rather specific though with the exceptions. Trying again, I'm wondering more and finding it not well suited for the superhero setting. Like:
"Does your character have a job or skill that you really wish you had?" YES! But that could be said about lots of powers. Or, there are few powers I would wish I *didn't* have.
"Were one or both parents killed tragically, especially by the bad guy?" Technically not in his past but in his present. And his father wasn't killed by the bad guy although he had a direct hand in causing it. And the bad guy got away but since its the present, character is too traumatized to seek revenge yet so I'll keep that unchecked.
"Has your character been raped?" Okay, I'll leave this unchecked since this is in the future, not in the past.
"Does your character have a mysterious past that he or she conceals from other people?" I'll check this although this one would have been in the near past vs the distant past and he's got a good reason to conceal this information.
"Has your character lost a close friend, relative, or mentor (not counting parents)?" Yeah but it doesn't come up and doesn't really direct his character but it does affect his other friends from his past.
"Is your character plagued with guilt about anything else?" Yup, illusionist tricked him into trusting him and into killing someone innocent.
"Does everyone else try to convince him or her that it wasn't his or her fault?" All the time but it *was* his fault.
"Is your character a member of a despised race, class, or culture?" I'll leave this one unchecked since, at first he was picked on for not having meta powers in a meta highschool (backlash from them being picked on) but that changes as meta things start happening to him.
"Does your character suffer no lasting mental or emotional consequences from any of this, not counting dramatic angst? Skip this question if your character has a truly happy backstory." Technically, character does have a happy backstory (just training, fun and adventures) BUT, taking into account his issues, he does go through a year long blue state for his actions, contemplates giving up being a superhero but is pep-talked into continuing training. Still, he refuses to use real swords for quite a while...so still unchecked.
"Does your character have a cool weapon?" I guess we covered this. He does but this is a superhero setting so exception? Unchecked.
"Is he or she captain of a sports team?" Just gonna leave that out.
"Is your character an expert at multiple unrelated skills?" He practically masters most melee weapons with ease, but his mostly proficient with swords and their styles. He's a martial artist. He can pick up spoken languages very quickly, or learn written language by just memorizing a publication. Ambidextrous, agile, fast....Unchecked. Most of what he learns is what he comes into contact with, and not even all the time. But any sort of physical activity like sports, muscle memory type of feats or strategy activities are simple for him to pick up or even too easy for him. But nothing in the realm of plot-twisting.
"Is your character the absolute best at something?" Does this get a pass as well? It's related to his ability, and his training. Unchecked.
"Does your character master new skills exceptionally fast? " This again? I guess unchecked.
"Is your character a werewolf or vampire?" Is a were-tiger considered a werewolf? And more than half the thread he was a normal human with a fraction of that being him struggling to control a transformation once cursed. Checked because that's sort of a big factor of his character although why this makes him a Mary Sue is beyond me.
"Does your character have an unusual eye color?" Green eyes normally. When transformed, the sclera turns yellow. Checked. Not sure what this has to do with Mary Sue.
"Does your character have animal-like ears, a tail, or other "furry" traits?" Hah, omg...okay, Checked.
"Does your character have a special magical or supernatural attack?" He transforms into a stronger tiger man when angry? Checked.
"Does your character have a healing factor or healing powers?" Leaving this Unchecked. He is more resilient and has a minor heal factor when transformed but nothing like an actual meta-human who has those abilities as their powers.
"Does your character have magical ability not already mentioned?" Does this mean discovered or undiscovered? He learns to cut things with a wooden sword later but cannot accomplish this presently. Everything is whacking stuff with wood or picking up an improvised weapon. I guess unchecked.
"Does your character have any other highly unique skills or personality traits?" He hits on older women? I guess that's not unique. Can say he uses an ability paraphrased by 'chakra' to enhances his physicality to make himself momentarily faster or stronger or enhance his senses...Unchecked.
"Does your character defeat villains who are much more powerful than him or her?" Sometimes. But sometimes he loses and has to be rescued. It's more his nature to challenge things that seem like they are too strong. Checked. Wouldn't be an exciting narrative if he couldn't or didn't fight stronger foes.
"Is your character introduced very dramatically?" Checked. I mean, why introduce a cool guy by just walking through the gate and randomly shuffles into another student? Fight between him and a school bully attracting everyone's attention!
"Do you describe your character in particularly florid detail? " Why not? How can people visualize my character if I don't? Seems like a common courtesy."
"Do people obsess over him or her (following him or her around, wanting to be just like him or her, etc.)?
Even if your character is mean to them?" Going to leave those unchecked. He does gain a friend that helps him through a blue period even though he's cold to that person but I can't say that person was obsessed with my character.
"Do multiple other characters fall in love with your character?" I'll leave this one unchecked although other main cast characters ended up approaching him under some romantic undertones but love wasn't involved.
"Do people of the wrong sexual orientation fall in love with your character?" Gotta check this one. One of my other fav characters has a longtime crush on my character.
"Villains or enemies?" His main nemesis is a woman who cursed him so she could have sex with him. ~shrug~ Checked.
"Is your character allowed to do something that his or her age, gender, race, or class is not usually allowed to do? (Practicing in secret doesn't count.)" I probably shouldn't have checked this one before. Fighting crime on the streets is something everyone at the school usually does.
"If your character does have a job, is he or she never seen actually doing it?" Guilty. His parents are rich but he doesn't like relying on their money so does partime work testing his mom's inventions...you usually don't see him doing that though.
"If your character is in school, is he or she never seen studying, but always gets good grades? " Going to leave this one unchecked since it involves his super ability.
"Does your character have informed flaws (flaws that never actually negatively affect him or her)?"
"Are his or her only personality flaws stubbornness, impulsiveness, or a bad temper?" I suppose...kind of skips over one of his major flaws in that he's extremely arrogant, prejudice toward meta-humans, solves his issues with violence...hmm, I guess I'll leave that unchecked.
"Does your character consider a cool trait to be a curse, even though it doesn't have any actual negative effects?" Yeah, he turns into a hairy beastteen with enhanced strength, the ability to kick off air, claws and all that cool stuff. It's cool to me, not to him especially because he doesn't like arrogant meta-humans and yet he ends up becoming one (emphasis on the arrogant part).
"A different (real) ethnicity?
Does your character fail at something important?
Are there significant negative consequences?
Does he or she ever lose a fight against someone of the same or lesser skill level?
Does your character ever ignore a problem hoping it will go away (but it doesn't), or give up on something without trying?
Does your character need another character's help with something important?
Does your character get rescued by someone who isn't a love interest?
Is your character ever wrong and admits that he or she is wrong?
Does a wrong choice ever lead to negative consequences?
Does your character struggle with doubts about the morality of his or her actions, and are these doubts never fully resolved?
Does your character mistreat another person who isn't a villain?
Do other characters call him or her out on it?
Are there other characters who consistently outthink your character?
Does your character have other problems that don't go away by the end of the story?"
Yup to all of those.
That puts his score at 25 but required a lot of exceptions. It feels like cheating, IMO. I'd take whatever results with a huge grain of salt :P
I'm trying to accommodate wrapping up the pocket dimension arc as quickly as possible. I do apologize for leaving so many out by this, it was never my intention to railroad the topic like this, next time I have an idea like this I'll run it by the OOC instead of just throwing it into the mix without any discussion.
It was a good idea, just not the right place the Young Wonders RP thread would been better. And not the right time for this thread like I said there were plenty of seeds planted already for trouble.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
The simple short response to this, is if you can't tell your character is a sue, a self administered test will not help you. To Lead, I agree with rotten 150 percent, drama, character development and growth are always the right idea you just pulled the trigger at the wrong time. Also that is the best solution to most things, plan it out measure twice cut once.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
I only apologize for the inconvenience and lack of public planning. I already stated that I enjoy making and suggesting plots to move through. That's why I like making RP threads, sometimes they're open ended, sometimes they're not. I joined to expose my characters and get involved in the community at large. I personally didn't see any plots moving for the last couple pages, though to be fair I didn't read much after the first two pages or before the two pages before my entrance to avoid too much knowledge OOC that could color IC.
I did not want to present this in Wanderers because at the moment without Gladatoria active, I'm kind of the main driving force to get a plot going, other than personal plots. Though I think a few others are winding up towards them. I presented this here because I wanted to get interconnected with the heroes and villains other than my own, to provide drama for Kami and Tobias. Perhaps this is a bit self serving, but no one role plays only because they want to let other people have fun, there's always a small self serving component.
I would appreciate it if the topic about it could be dropped, the plots nearly done and unless someone wants me to go back and undo it all, the statements about timing and placement don't do any good, they only serve to make me feel like I'm being berated for trying to put out a plot for people to take part in.
I'm well aware that there's a certain negative 'coloration' to my point of view, and I don't deny that I am not in a very happy place right now. I'm dealing with emotionally taxing issues from my prospect of losing my pet, to remaining emotional upheaval from my uncles death a few months back. If I over react or misinterpret, I apologize, I don't want to argue or quibble, but I also don't want to feel like I'm being chastised. This is obviously just my interpretation of the things said.
As for the test, I think that the only way to take the test is to self administer it. Only the player truly knows every answer on that test, and if you came out with a Sue, I suspect it's a Sue. It states several times that setting should be kept in mind within most settings. For a super hero world, I'm inclined to think that up to the 50's would be 'acceptable' level of Sue. It's only there as a tool to help one improve their characters, and some of the questions are pretty easy to realize if you check enough, oh, this is a Sue trait. Others are less so, and more traits of someone who's got an eidetic memory, or actually part of a super power, like that power where you see something and you learn how to do it.
Also, the test is probably designed from a compiled series of traits that are present within a large majority of the Sue 'family', that said they're only in the business of pointing out if you're falling into the previous memes that the Sue family rely upon. Then again there are some stories with a Sue as the main character and we just don't care, cause they're still fun to watch/read. Sometimes.
I'm with you on this, Lead.
The situation has been handled, a resolution has been decided upon, and were in the wrap-up phase at this point. Opinions have been aired and lessons have been learned. It's time to move on and continue progressing our character's storylines.
/twocents
[color=#FF7F50]Putting yourself in another persons shoes emotionally is something that everyone has to experience eventually. It's part of learning to be a human being. Roleplayers do it for fun.[/color]
Love of god do you need a tampon? I do not know about anyone else I was just hoping you learned from your mistake and was trying to convey that there was no hard feelings. Don't worry I will let you character masturbate in peace.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
[soapbox]
Ah, geez, is this still going on? Seriously, dudes, if you want something to drop and move on...stop adding more fuel to the fire. Everyone was doing really well apologizing and moving on, and then this passive-aggressive nonsense started?
I don't think I've made any bones about my siding with Rotten and Oksana on this issue. I think Xselcier had things well in hand before this latest set of posts. I was actually coming back to check this for the first time in a few days thanks to Xselcier (good on ya, man, by the way). Things were looking way, way up and this stuff looked like it was about to be dropped when you had to rescind your apology, Lead? You had to realize that was just going to start everything back up again, right?
Okay, look. I forum-roleplayed for eight years before I retired, mostly due to this kind of crap. I can't tell you the number of threads and even forums I saw explode over petty issues like this, and don't think that this one is any different. Lead, you messed up, you realize that. Learn from it and move on; take it as a lesson--we are in a school thread, after all (also, everyone makes mistakes--no one faults someone for messing up; people [i]do[/i] fault others for getting pissy and passive aggressive about things, especially when it looks like they've already been resolved). Xselcier, I think you're learning a lot about the difference between leading and placating. Amount of effort it takes to keep everyone happy > amount of effort it takes to piss everyone off. The new guys: you're new; making mistakes is okay. Look up guides to writing well-rounded characters and put a lot of effort into making them into real people before making them powersets with legs, if you plan on keeping them and rp'ing them for an extended period of time. It ends up being a lot more fun working through your problems with limits, rather than coming up with a new power or ability to get around every obstacle the second you reach it. Your character should have weaknesses, and those weaknesses shouldn't always be able to be conveniently worked around or ignored in actual play just so that you can have a 'weakness' on paper. Once you've picked a powerset/personality-background set, research, research, research! If you frontload your work, you won't paint yourself into a corner as often and find yourself doing mental gymnastics trying to justify why something is happening later. And, no, being so awesome that everyone hates you for how cool you are isn't a weakness (joke, joke!). Also Leo, did I miss you in the thread? I feel like I've never seen you in the HS IC thread before (or at least not in the last couple months)...just wondering what your investment in all this is.
Also, rp tip for successful forum rp: It's less that nothing ever goes as planned in rp, and more that people rarely adequately plan before things start. Rather, you should always HAVE a plan agreed upon beforehand and a plot figured out amongst all the members of the thread (unless you have a proper OP running things) and try to follow it. If things go as planned, it IS good rp. If things go pear-shaped, and the players have to regroup and replan how attack an objective, and they manage the objective even with the obstacle by working through the problem as a team (even if members are on different sides of the team) it is STILL good roleplay. It is only BAD roleplay when a group devolves into individual members selfishly putting their storyline and characters at the forefront of the rp at the expense of everyone else, and without everyone else's knowledge or consent. It's selfishness and lack of communication skills that kill rp threads. ...Well, that and lack of posts, but members are always going to randomly disappear--hazard of the game.
So. Everything is cool. Lead, apologize for running off at a 90 degree angle with the plot, and don't then try to rescind or justify WHY it happened. It did, everyone is cool with it, we finish this up and move on. Xselcier, continue leading, don't wash out now, don't pick sides. Look at things objectively and try to be the OP this thread needs in lieu of its actual OP (who seems to be one of those hazards of forum rp'ing I mentioned earlier). Rotten and Oksana, continue being logical. New guys, keep being cool, don't get dragged down in all of this. Check your characters, flesh them out, [i]learn[/i] and [i]grow[/i] from this. Sol, I like your character--read the bio a few subsections over, looks like you put a lot of thought into it.
Guys, seriously, don't let this ruin your thread. I came back tonight to give this a second chance after the first storm, saw what was going on and honestly about left again. I thought I'd at least try to give you a little veteran advice to help you keep it going, whether I take another poke at this or not. But it's about to get nasty if you all keep trying to get that last word in to make yourselves feel better. It's the internet; it's not like your pride or reasons matter anyway. Nobody cares who you are; doubly so in a ROLEPLAYING section. What people really care about is your ability to learn and move on. So do that.
[/soapbox]
“How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe!” ― Jean Paul
....Checked the older posts. Leo is definitely a newbie although I would't say he's a newbie to RP (I have no way of knowing that). I am assuming he was using the Mary Sue test for his character before putting up the backstory/personality/powerset details. Probably preemptive research on his part.....
Hmmmm....I have a question though. Since this a school that actively teaches metahumans how exactly would they put together the documents of there students for future endeavors such as jobs, colleges, and such? I do remember seeing an law that was created in lore based on secret identities and I would assume the individual documents would be put somewhere under the guard of powerful heroes and systems which is a given.
Formerly known as Bleddyn
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I never said squat about rescinding. Done with mentioning factors or reasons, I agree it should be dropped, It's practically over; I was hoping people would enjoy themselves. I also never wanted as oksana so crudely put it, wanted to masturbate with my characters. Lessons learned, move on before no one's haven't fun anymore. I was just trying to say that obsessing over it was getting to me and my ability to enjoy this, not to further it.
Genera rule apparently needed, for humor or seriousness: Ask before sending a room or student to another dimension, timeline, opening a portal to another dimension or blowing up a room and/or dimension.
Thank you for the advice, bormoz.
*gets out megaphone*
NOW HEAR THIS! I'm resuming stewardship of the RP thread. EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION. The discussion concerning LeadWanderer's storyline is OVER. I don't give two shits if there is anyone in this thread who is still butthurt about the situation in the RP or about the backlash it caused here. This goes out to EVERY PARTICIPANT in this thread or in the RP. If you intend to continue sniping, then be aware that my characters and the NPC's will ignore your character(s) until such time as the subject is dropped. If anyone would like to join me in this stance, feel free.
I will NOT see this story self-destruct on my watch because of ego's and lack of communication skills. I was the one that fucked up and didn't step in to handle this before it became an unholy rolling shitstorm. But I am stepping in now and laying down the law. No more discussion about this subject.
*megaphone drop*
[color=#FF7F50]Putting yourself in another persons shoes emotionally is something that everyone has to experience eventually. It's part of learning to be a human being. Roleplayers do it for fun.[/color]
+1 ^^^
So, current locations, IIRC: Kami in her room up at the top. Misty just outside trying to blow off the lizardgrams, Bucky and Sings Loudly had started up the tree (maybe halfway?), Nightstrike (Ms. Smythe-Graeme) and [font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] (Lexi) are at base of tree with lizards at the top in sight, Rotten Luck (Mr. Bolton) and those students that joined him (Too Many, Didn't Count, but I know Tobias is there ^_^) have just portalled to near the tree, likely at the same side as the cats, maybe still having LOS to Nightstrike/[font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] and/or the soon-to-be-falling lizardgrams.
Feel free to correct, clarify, and/or confirm. ^_^
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I believe it was only Tobias and Sebastian who went through the portal with Rotten Luck.
Ever's still in chem class. She isn't ready to reveal any powers just yet, so she's taking notes like a good girl!
~Sol
+1 Xselcier
I believe Andy and Cher are outside the door to the danger room still, Bormoz is in English class ignoring the teacher to work on SCIENCE! if I remember correctly
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
I am going to say something more so do what you feel you need to do. Sorry. yup I fully apologize to everyone about anything I said that added to this problem. I gave my 2 cents and thought that was it. I'm having fun with it and thought everyone else was. I'm sorry.
Now that said. Rotten did step through the portal and asked if anyone could teleport Tobis to the room where Kami was at.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
oh shit! that's it rotten, forever now I shall ignore you, you dirty rotten trouble maker you! :P
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Hey what can I say I'm a Rotten Guy.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Ah, that's what I missed: Rotten's request to teleport Tobias up the tree after Rotten got him to the base...
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Not a newbie to thread RP, but perhaps by comparison to others here though.
I have contemplated joining in since it takes place in a familiar setting as a few of my old characters. I had been thinking about it way back when I first posted in this thread but kinda got busy. Thinking about it again though. Looks like things have been resolved but I haven't read much of the thread so wouldn't know.
Join when you are ready Leo. Hmm you seem familiar to me not sure how or why. Maybe just remembering someone with a similar name from somewhere else.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
I could probably try compiling a character list for the thread for any other new people that want to step in.......
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
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Given how many players this thread got. A James Duncan High RP NPC Guide and Quick facts. Might be a good idea. Listing NPCs what their functions are, what the school can handle. Things like that. A detail of the tech being used, how strong the force fields are.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Links to the Backgrounds any of the players have posted for their PCs might also be a good idea.
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I will see what I can do once I get the time......
The format will probably be like this
Metahuman Student Body:
Character Name: (Insert Character Name here)
Created by: (Insert Creator's name here)
Power Designation: (Insert Power Set and wielder name here)
Background: (Insert links and an possibly a summarized background here)
Notes: (Insert any info such as mental ailments, dangerous power registrant, titles, and such like that here)
Same would go for any designated non Metahuman students (I think there was only one) and the NPCs or staff (only I would replace Power Designation on NPCs with functions)
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
[url=http://cityoftitans.com/forum/nyktoss-character-cove] My characters [/url]
I say a new thread for this project. We all can add to the information that way. Instead of it being just on one person's shoulders.
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Personal rules of good roleplay
1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Yeah that would be a good idea so the other new guys would't have to scour for my post (If they needed any help in remembering info about other characters there own might be interacting with) in the sea of posts if I were to make all of it. Hell that idea might even spread to the other Open RP threads. There is way more that can be expanded on with a bigger format then the one that I was thinking of and a new thread would work better for that.....
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
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I agree, a list would be nice...
~Sol
I think if Misty can toss one off the tower, which I haven't responded to yet, Toby can probably fly up there. Rotten could also, though I may not know his portals... pull a portal gun trick? Other thoughts, any shadow will do, but since there don't seem to be any shadows in the thrown room, perhaps the cats could make one?
Edit: Also, agree the list idea's a good one. The accepted NPC staff should be compiled though at the top of the list so that we know who's actually working there and who's not, and even have another list of people posing as staff, just in case that happens... Probably will...
Though the compiling the list wouldn't be necessary if there was already a standard format and people could just list off the NPC's they intend to toss into the pile and their player characters at the top? That way you can search by player and we essentially just have one topic for everyone to post and/or edit a brief bio for their new characters or link to their own thread if they have one, or site. Whatever they've got?
Perhaps a character sheet of some form with a brief bio and power list? put them somewhere then have links to said somewhere in rotten's quick tips? Because honestly I have no idea who half the NPCs are really and how they function or much more then there name and general title, and given super heroes are sorta hush hush with powers, identities and backgrounds (usually) having a place to put that info might be a good thing.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
I can create the thread if need be and start up the list. The general problem for this little side project would be time more so then anything else....
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
[url=http://cityoftitans.com/forum/nyktoss-character-cove] My characters [/url]
Heh, I remember when I started out thread RPing, I volunteered to keep track of cast and NPC data for reference purposes. Ah, good times...kinda.
How in-depth do you want to get with the NPC list? All the NPC's that have been named so far or just the NPC's that have had "speaking parts"?
As for the bio / power list, did you mean just for the NPC's or should we include PC's as well?
[color=#FF7F50]Putting yourself in another persons shoes emotionally is something that everyone has to experience eventually. It's part of learning to be a human being. Roleplayers do it for fun.[/color]
If you create the template for information, people can just post their own character profile(s) to the roll call. If you want, I can also help scour the forums for the npcs and such. :)
~Sol
Yeah what Sol is saying there. Make a template for people to fill out, and everyone can just upload there own to the list. As for NPCs id guess any that were plot critical doesn't matter if they have been introduced or not, if you have a wise old ex-hero janitor/groundskeeper like Mr. Boothby from star fleet academy or something that hasn't been intro-ed but would be plot important tor characters to know about/use post him up! maybe list people like your empathic character and the fellow in the office, the desk lady, ect ect.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Hmmm...I think the template will go like this
Main Template
PC or NPC Name: (Insert Name here)
Created by: (Insert Creator's Name here)
Function and Power Classification: (Insert Function and/or Power Classification here)
Power Threat Level: (This can vary. If your character has a power suppressor bracelet or cuffs because of there threat level then it would go here)
Personality: (Insert Personality here)
Physical Traits: (Insert any physical traits here, expand to height, age, skin color, hair color, eye color if needed)
-[Height: ]
-[Weight: ]
-[Age: ]
-[Skin Color: ]
-[Hair Color: ]
-[Eye Color: ]
Metahuman/Alien/Robot type: (Is your character a mutant? A undead human? Discovered there powers through magic? A robot? A alien? Technological or physical based? Insert that here)
[Optional] Racial Descent: (Insert anything based on race here. Metahumans and Aliens mainly, if you are going to make up a race then you will likely need a backstory to that race and what happened to it.)
Backstory (Optional for NPCs): (Insert backstory here)
Status: (Active in thread, on Hiatus, on Indefinite Hiatus....subject to change)
Notes: (Little details about the character or NPC, little tics if you will)
[Optional] Codename: (What is your character's name when they are suited up? Superhero Identities)
[Optional] Physical or Mental Ailments: (Self-explanatory, very much optional)
[Optional] Affiliated with/Was previously affiliated with: (organizatons, groups, superhuman teams, criminal teams and such listed here.
Both templates would be pretty much the same and any trait that you don't feel like making up could just be labeled as ''Not Given'' or ''Unknown'', player characters usually are given heights, ages, and weight but NPCs (from what I have seen) usually do not have those traits given (I think only a few staff members and that one spectral summoning hero had a few physical details given) . Notes could include fashion choice, the PC or NPC's significant other, stuff the character enjoys.....pretty much all the little stuff that is put there to make the character more....''alive'' I guess you can say.
Not sure if I want to put in Moral Alignments....
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
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I'm fine with this, though I thought we were going for a shorter template. What about those who have their character profiles already written down in the Backstory forum? Do we rewrite it all or simply provide a link?
Hm... On the topic of Moral Alignments, I suppose if one wants to they can place it under Notes? Or it could be another optional category.
~Sol
Well the earlier, shorter template was an example. We can still use it however and I am pretty sure robots, aliens, and some mutants (I also forgot to include cats and animals that have achieved sentience) would't have certain discernible physical traits.
The backstories really depend, it could be linked or summarized. I am not sure if writing all the details out would work, might take too much room. Moral Alignments could go under notes (I imagining stuff such as....Chaotic Good Vigilante, Neutral Good Hero, Chaotic Bad Villain....such like that)
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
[url=http://cityoftitans.com/forum/nyktoss-character-cove] My characters [/url]
Fair enough. :) Yeah, my character's background (and profile in general) is pretty lengthy, so I'll probably put a link there. >.>;
~Sol
Link and short form I think for mine...
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Sounds like a winner, either fill out the long, or short and link to bio ^>^
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Okay, created the new thread. Sadly I won't be able to start working on it because I am currently sick but I provided the template so anyone can copy paste it and fill it out so I can edit it into the original post.
Formerly known as Bleddyn
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqnt88Umk]Do you want to be a hero?[/url]
[url=http://cityoftitans.com/forum/nyktoss-character-cove] My characters [/url]
You may want to reserve some extra posts, just in case. The list is likely to get pretty long.
~Sol
What kind of scale are we using for threat level?
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Not sure, myself, but for Ever, I've put down: "Dependent. Threat level is relatively high to biological species, but is able to neutralize her threat levels temporarily."
I figure I can always edit that if need be. :/
~Sol
I dunno, I'm sure there are a lot of scales for various organizations, schools tend to try to keep things simple, so probably 0-10? Or color code it for convenience? General nod to the scenery. Though that's subjective, so not great but would leave us seven grades of threat to work with.
So the threat level would be based on worst case scenario, assumedly? Not including technicalities?
~Sol
Yeah, how dangerous could they be and for a student or staff reasonable precautions, though not sure bout those who are hidden, that causes a whole IC situation, so they'll be handled as they happen I suppose? Though everybody should have that part filled out in the case that the school knows, or eventually finds out.
Blue would probably be minimal danger to others or self, lots fit here. People who shoot cinders out of their fingers, sometimes people who regenerate.
Green would probably be a danger to themselves or others but controllable. Turn yourself into metal, okay you can hurt someone, break the bed from suddenly weighing too much, not a problem though.
Yellow would probably be either uncontrollable greens or those who choose not to control themselves, or they can for more damage to themselves or property than a green. Someone who can blow things up, burn things, but not huge danger under controlled circumstances.
Red would mean they can't for some reason or another control it and have the capacity do a lot more damage. People who suddenly light on fire for no reason, or summon screaming hordes of dead when they have nightmares, probably all reds.
Purples are dangerous to a bunch of people and probably can't or don't want to control themselves. They could nuke most of the population of the school.
Blue's are like purples but under control, still probably have to be under watch. Still ridiculous powers though?
Indigo's are probably not common since they're probably scary powerful regardless of whether they're in control or not. Kinda classify Sandy as an Indigo, if anybody saw her, cool character of Steamtanks, but she could warp time seven ways to tuesday. Literally...
Just my idea how it might work.
There is an argument to be made for there being two scales. The first would be the persons level of control. The second would be how dangerous they are, whether it be to themselves or others.
[color=#FF7F50]Putting yourself in another persons shoes emotionally is something that everyone has to experience eventually. It's part of learning to be a human being. Roleplayers do it for fun.[/color]
So Ever would probably be a Green according to this? Or does the "BLOCK PARTY!" (see previous pm) thought put her closer towards Purple? ._.
I agree, level of control and level of power/danger are two sides of the same coin to threat level.
~Sol
As the taco girl once said...Why not both? the color intensity scale for direct power level, and then a 1-10 on controllability. that way if someone has a very dangerous power, but is well under control they are not met with extreme measures. Vise-verse if someone has a moderately harmful power but is utterly out of control, lets say throws cinders, they don't get overlooked as they have a panic attack and light the gym on fire. So lets say
White for no power students
Red for minimal powers (can cast lights from there fingers, is overly funny, can walk forever without getting tired)
Orange for students with minor powers (things that are less then lethal, such as tossing cinders, minor electrical jolts, doubling in size and strength)
Yellow for potentially lethal (can punch a car door in, throw small fireballs, grow bone spikes)
Green for lethal (super strong, can fire lasers, cast deadly magics)
Blue for dangerous powers (throw a massive fireball, raise an undead horde to fight for you, call down lightning bolts)
Purple extremely dangerous (detonate with the force of a nuclear bomb, raise an undead army of killer zombies, control weather, create species ending plagues)
then of course a 1-10 scale of controllability with one being utterly out of control without power suppression and ten being fully able to control the powers even under duress
so for example Oksana would be a Blue 8, Geist a Green 9, and Cher a Purple 3.
easy scale to use just ask if my character cut loose, and unloaded with there power, what is the worst result? if that result is "level a city" you are a purple, if its "kill a crowd" you are a blue, "kill someone" a green, "hurt someone perhaps kill them" a yellow, "hurt someone" a orange, and "maybe hurt someone probably just bother them" a red.
and of course remember that 1 would be like Jean Gray tripping out in full pheonix blow the earth up mode, and 10 would be like Captain America who even when being tortured has full situational awareness and access to his powers.
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Using this system... Worst result for Evelyn? Probably Blue. Control... Probably a 7? Given that she can temporarily remove the bullets from the gun - so to speak. Blue 7.
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Tobias would be a Blue 3/8, Kami a Blue 6, Terry's probably a Purple 8/3 depends on the power and new manifestation, new energy, other stuff. For Tobias the 8 is his melee powers, 3 means sometimes too much light or dark and he'll go holy roller or hel spawn. Technosis is around Green 8, known variable who plays with unknown things and sometimes that's dangerous.
I like this two scales thing.
Also: Totally think block party should be a thing. Needs to happen, totally have reason to say it was an accident too. I'll let you explain Sol!
Hmmm....Marionette I think would be yellow. While Sebastian could definitely be blue, on Blood Moons I imagine he could be purple. Albeit the real danger would be if the Barons attacked him during a blood moon....zombie mania and potential blizzard fights abound.
I am amused at the thought hordes of zombies just calmly eating each other while Ironport looks like a snow globe.
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Lol! Not much to explain. Since her powers envelop drugs, too, that means if she can get ahold of some, she can make everyone on the block start tripping! Or drunk, in the case of alcohol. Funny idea, not sure if it would make for an appealing rp, though. XD
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I think it's hilarious.... And possibly awful if she accidentally was dosed with Chaser or some other fictitious super drug. I dunno, seems like a natural avenue to explore with her powers... Maybe I'm just weird and shouldn't encourage this XD
Oh, it would definitely be funny, but I don't know if it would be an rp that would draw much attention. Would be interesting to see how supers handle their abilities when drugged/drunk, though...
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So shall it be official: Using the Color-Number threat assessment?
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I would have to think on what my characters Color-Number ranks are. That said I like the Idea, just to need to make sure the Code system is easy to see and understood by new viewers.
Now I'm wondering if Ever's powers would affect Rotten and Misty. Being that they are dead and Misty doesn't have a body. If so I can so seeing Misty putting pills and such into her drinks. Misty being a drug addict and she didn't quit she just died so was forced to go cold turkey (literally).
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I don't think her powers would affect them at all, but that's ultimately your call. Lol! I can see her doing that, too!
~Sol
Sounds like you guys are using pretty strong characters for a high school setting. What's the age range on these guys?
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Toni is sixteen, Signy is fifteen, Sings Loudly is around seventy, but he's not a student.
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Evelyn is 16. She may be powerful, but she has some glaring weaknesses, too.
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Misty was 17 at time of death. Rotten being a teacher 32 give or take.
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