DelaKayte wrote:
I solemnly swear, with hand on heart, and stick a needle in my eye, and pinky promise, and any other grade school method that will convince you I'm not lying, that I will never intentionally powergame. Furthermore, I will respect and assess when someone thinks I did by accident, and revoke or adjust when needed.
MMMMmmmm.... I actually rolled my eyes so hard that when they returned to their original positions in my skull i had to close them, take a deep breath, sigh and then hand-motioned a sweep, while at work. Good for one of those crazed looks you make at someone who is basically standing in front of a firing brigade with no weapon, then shouts some kinda insult at said brigade. That wasn't gonna go over well.
But i see what you're saying, like i said i'm a tad heavy handed in that regard, but i also remember saying
Spiked Edge wrote:...Having two different sides of an overpowered character did in fact create a tightrope situation where in which we all seemed to silently be much stricter with OP concepts, and quickly forget that there is a player who can be trusted behind them, a fatal flaw indeed.
You can take that as my own personal agreement with your oath. I did in fact recognize that i was being too strict, still that barely changes my feelings upon them (OP concepts/characters). As long as the dark side exists... I SHALL BE EVER VIGILANT AGAINST THEM. Just like people in real life! :D
DelaKayte wrote:
As an addendum: When a player is accused of something and truly believes they're not wrong, Yuki as GM would have the final call, but I know even she is afraid of accidentally showing favoritism. I suggest that Yuki, Doc, and RD, who seem to be the ones with the strongest votes anyway, become a tribunal.
With 3 of you there will never be a hung jury, and I trust all 3 of you to be quite fair with the game, and with each other. Should it be Doc, or RD's character in question, they should nominate a stand in for the tribunal. The 4 people in question (tribunal plus player) hash it out, make a decision, and move on, no questions, and no hard feelings afterwards, from anyone. The tribunal made their choice, and that's the end of it.
There's about 100 different quotes i could come up with to describe my feelings on this, but i think the most easily relate able ones would be 'With great power comes great responsibility', followed almost immediately by 'I didn't ask for this' in an all out Batman grizzle. I SUPPOSE you could say i'm decent at mediating.
Kind-of,
maybe,
sort of.
But i dun wanna. Fuck ya'll.
Its actually part of the reason i avoided speaking in the first place, if we were to be honest here. Yeah i listen to others well and try to work things out while still holding onto my own personal beliefs no matter what anyone says, but maaaaaannnnn.... I dun wanna be a mawwd... too much responsibilitah.
And yes i do know tribunal does not mean mod.
In all seriousness though' If Doc and Shino want me to be a part of this i'll do so, mainly because i'll do what i can to make this work. I WANT this RP to work out at my core, even if some of my actions seem to be nonchalant about this. Truthfully Dela, you're not the first person to notice i seem to carry some weight here, everyone else has said pretty much the same thing... the weight thing, not the tribunal thing, you're the first to mention that; though Shino-,I mean, Yuki did once ask me about being a mod, and i considered it, but declined.
TheWhiteRabbit wrote: RD just tweaked the character to be a dick.
PSssssssssssssHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh Twas an experiment.
Probably. TheWhiteRabbit wrote: ...stop and think if what you're doing would be un-fun for the people and maybe mix it up a bit when in a fight. Hell[,] mess up on something. This goes for everyone. Make it interesting. Don't just go in and drop the enemy. Work together.
I personally would like to see more of this. I tried to make this happen in some of the fights Spike was involved in and every-time it turned out pretty badass.
Working together, that is. Combo attacks and such. Make your actions flow to leave openings for others or cover others movements. Though i'm sure many of you already know this, keep it in mind when in certain situations, not just combat but conversation as well. Going along with a story or something one character says in certain situations can sometimes force NPCs to see things differently, WORK ON UR SOCIAL-FU.
Messing up could make things fun as well, remember, no one is perfect, we all F up sometimes. Experimenting with this on our characters makes them a bit more relate able, and of course makes things more interesting.
TheWhiteRabbit wrote:We don't need this tribunal thing. This is the point of these discussions. So we ALL can agree or at least understand what all of us are getting at so we can START THE DAMN STORY PLEASE!!
Theres a point here...
Hmm... Maybe even more than one...
Not sure what it is...
*shrugs* Ah well. I wish he'd be clearer about what he's trying to say...
I mean i don't read minds...
TheWhiteRabbit wrote: Ps RD carrot muncher is our word. I'm very offended with your racial slang.
Aight, 'Thumper'.
Dr.Atrium wrote: Dela wrote:Yuki, as for "making money matter" and these equipment issues. I have a somewhat radical idea... get rid of it (Money I mean)
No...This can not work. This is still suppose to be a believable world. We still need money to buy items and meals. It just isn't realistic to have everything for free.
He has a point, besides i'm in no real rush to complete the story after all. I'll admit the idea is tempting though. (My character could possibly just steal what he needs or the money he needs to get it.) I still agree with the Sidequest bit though, If there's gonna be a sidequest of some sort i kinda want either a legit storyline tied to it, or it ties into the storyline in some way, as long as its not a 'cash-grab' quest i'm down for some side story. Of course i'll try to work it away from being a loner situation though, i'll probably drag some (or a few) poor saps along for the ride.
Ok, now for that one part. The one where we describe the character more thoroughly.
Rauj is a thief.
OK DONE. GOOD WORK EVERYONE, AND THE OSCAR FOR BEST CHARACTER GOES TO-
Rauj, cuz he da best.
In all seriousness though, i made him with flaws on purpose.
He has no endurance, so you are more than likely never going to see him try to block something, deflect maybe, dodge definitely, but he cannot take an attack head-on.
He does not do or understand much about magic. He is for all intents and purposes a physical striker, who hits fast and with precision, if the enemy is physical resistant, he's more than likely thinking of a way around it, or a way to decommission or cripple it for a time so he can get away or another means of getting to the target.
He prefers not to kill, but that's not because of some kind of sentimentality. A living being is a wellspring of info, no matter what they do; a dead one can only tell you so much.
His social is low because of not only a certain event in his lore that basically forced him into thinking that too much talk is a bad thing, but also because he tends to stick to the shadows and listen, added to his general nervousness around women. There's another reason as well... but its something i'll reveal in time. Added to all this is his Kleptomania, which makes people a bit less than welcome to allow him access to their stuff, much less their lives.
And OF COURSE he's stealing things for a reason, other than the fact he does have chronic Kleptomania. Ironically sometimes he steals just to see if he can, and gives it back after just taking a look at it, but his main motive is yet another reveal that will happen in time.
All in all other than editing out the mess i threw in that is purposely OP, and finally creating some cohesion in his BG there's not much to mess with there in as to what makes him 'interesting'. Hell, he occasionally uses his stealth just to spook people cuz their reactions are funny (also why his agility is so high... dodging certain responses).
I worked all that in... did someone not?
Sarcasm. The video was indeed informative, giving a clear review of character dynamics via personality, something i picked up back in technical school.
As for who to roll with? I HAD something hashed out with a certain somebody, but my ideas have been dashed by (somewhat) recent events. I'll just snatch something offa one of ya'll, we'll pop a comedy routine and everything will go just fine... just like ur favorite action movie.
Always wanted to try those bracket thingys... ;P
