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Urbeth 06-24-2010 09:11 AM

We have updated the sample edges & hindrances list for review. Please, check them out and let us know about any questions you have. We have spent a lot of time discussing the way that we have accounted for special abilities such as magic and want your input! (:

Note: we missed Alter Time...bear with us, we will get it updated soon! We also will be adding a Level 3 Magic/Weird Science to all for the use of Level 3 abilities with the requirement of having Level 2. Flux and I will be "arguing" over how expensive it will be later today. XD (We don't really argue!)

kimichan84 06-24-2010 04:02 PM

Ah...how do I get to the actual thread? I can't find any links.

Also Urbeth did you get my last pm with the questions?

Urbeth 06-24-2010 04:31 PM

I haven't made the thread yet as we are still setting up. We haven't gotten any profiles yet.

And I answered one of your questions. Flux will answer your other questions. If it is okay with you, may we add them to the FAQs?

kimichan84 06-24-2010 05:58 PM

Sure ^^

I've read the question answers now I think I can make a profile, but if I'm being honest I find this whole point system for strength and weakness to be highly confusing.

Also what's your opinion on my possible characters?

Planet: Andromeda Prime (was the first thing that came to mind might change later)
Race: Sprite
Explanation: Sprite are a race indigenous to Andromeda Prime which have one distinct physical characteristic; a lack of gender until a certain age. In human years it would be 23 years of age. At that age a Sprite becomes either a man or a woman. Sprite possess either one of two abilities. Telepathy or Telekinesis. Their great weakness is that they depend on a nectar like liquid for their sustenance. They can not eat or drink anything other then that for a food source. Any food or liquid from other planets give them a bad allergic reaction (trouble breathing, loss of consciousness, vomiting). Earth humans call the food source of the sprites Ambrosia because it resembles that food source from Greek mythology. Sprite are peace loving beings that will not use their powers offensively unless they have no choice. The sprite home planet works on diplomatic hierarchy. The grand council votes on all major decisions and most Sprite that leave the planet are ambassadors or other kinds of diplomats for other planets. The closer one is to the members of the council the higher one's rank and importance.

First character:

Rin is the child of a high ranking diplomat and Rin and its younger sibling Tao were send to the school as representatives of their planet to see what it is like there. Rin and Tao are usually found together as Tao only communicates with Rin.

Rin's telepathy is of advanced level as it can not speak and is largely dependent on its ability for making itself heard.
Rin's sibling Tao is gifted with telekinesis, but its strength in it is limited unless it gets angry, but when angry it has no control over what happens. Tao is unresponsive to anyone it doesn't trust and stays close to rin or in its room.

I'm still working on all the details

Flux 06-24-2010 08:01 PM

So, Rin would likely require 3 points of Telepathy to have those abilities, but not being able to (or not having learned to) speak aloud would represent either a 1 or 2 point Hindrance, depending on the ease of learning how to speak aloud.

Tao would have either 2 or 4 points of Telekinesis (depending upon if it can manipulate elemental forces). The restriction on the quantity it can manipulate would either be a 1 or 2 point Hindrance (depending upon if it can manipulate elemental forces and if so, if the elemental control is also affected). The distrustful trait I'm not as inclined to turn into a Hindrance unless it will take time to overcome and you want to be strictly held to this.

So, doing the math:
Rin: 3 points base - 3 points Telepathy + 1 or 2 point speaking Hindrance = 1 or 2 points -> Good, even has leftover points to spend.
Tao: 3 points base - 2 or 4 points Telekinesis + 1 or 2 point Hindrance = 0 to 2 points -> Good.

I'd personally say the characters might be too limited currently, especially if Ambrosia is difficult to come by here (it would be a Hindrance regardless but I don't have sufficient information to say how much).

Any questions?

TaiyoTsuki 06-24-2010 09:27 PM

I'd like to enter! I'm just not quite sure what I want to do as a character.

Urbeth 06-24-2010 09:40 PM

*huggles Flux* Thank you! You are so much better at this than I am. ^^;

@TaiyoTsuki: What kind of characters do you like to play? Or want to play? That's always a good start.

kimichan84 06-25-2010 08:09 PM

Okay very important question what do I title my profile pm? Just the name of the roleplay or can I just give it a cute title?

Urbeth 06-25-2010 08:53 PM

You can give it a cute title ^^ I think we will know what it is for! (:

kimichan84 06-26-2010 08:29 PM

Something cute it will be something like 'call me princess and die' or maybe 'put down the dress and no one gets hurt' hihi. Sorry heat has fried my brain. Fudging heatwave...

Urbeth 06-26-2010 08:38 PM

^^ I know what you mean about the heat. We have all the fans on and my allergies are horrible. DX

kimichan84 06-27-2010 07:58 PM

Okay another question. These edges are they solely referring to powers or do certain tallents count too? My character speaks a good deal of intergalactic languages fluently and I'm wondering if this would be considered an edge or just a nice bonus? These edge and hindrance things confuse me endlessly. I usually work with skills and weaknesses. where you describe a character's strong points and weak points and where skills are any abilities they possess, both powers and things they learned like martial arts, languages or arts.

Also under equipment? Does the description mean I don't have to go into detail about the weapons she has hidden in the seams of her clothes or taped to her body or hidden in her long hair?

Urbeth 06-27-2010 08:14 PM

Knowing a language would be considered a skill and not an edge.

Flux and I have discussed how to handle skills as opposed to edges, but with a text-based role-play it may make it more confusing, so skills are free at this point. But thank you for asking! (:

kimichan84 06-27-2010 08:23 PM

Okay and the equipment question? No mentioning hidden weapons? Seems kind of silly not to since they are part of the equipment and stuff so yeah kind of wondering why only the non hide-able equipment needs to be described?

Flux 06-27-2010 09:25 PM

Equipment should be listed for description purposes. It's likely someone bringing a staff in will have the staff noticed, and may be commented on by another character. Hidden weapons are a little different as they likely won't be seen. Regardless of if they are described or not, you should have good idea what equipment your character will have, visible or otherwise.

Urbeth 06-27-2010 09:28 PM

I would say that an item with special abilities should be described, hidden or not. Like a time-shifting dagger (Prince of Persia) or a sonic pen (Dr. Who) should be listed and noted that it is not visible.

kimichan84 06-27-2010 09:36 PM

I see. Though I still think it kind of leaves an opening for trouble as people can just pull out whatever weapon they want since they needn't decribe all of them. Then it could just be that I've always worked with more descriptive profiles. (As a hobby novelist I'm used to describing everything in profiles.) Well on to the profiles once more.

Flux 06-27-2010 09:53 PM

I'll be making sure the privilege isn't abused. As with the skills, rather than try to require all the information up front, we're allowing the players to have an idea or what the characters have and can do and trusting the players will stay in line. If this is abused on a wide-scale, we will require all these little things listed for the entire world to see.

If you want to draw up a list and either pm it to a GM or put in into a character profile, that's fine.

kimichan84 06-27-2010 10:19 PM

Profiles sent. I'm not happy about this character limit in pm's...it works counter productive must make note of this and mention it to site personnel.

Urbeth 06-28-2010 12:45 AM

Haha! I got both PMs, Kimichan! ^^ I know what you mean. The same thing happened to me!

kimichan84 06-28-2010 10:07 AM

Okay...but were they accepted or not? >> Kind of important to know also when's the actual rp going to get set up?

Flux 06-28-2010 02:08 PM

@kimichan84: your submissions are accepted pending you answering the questions I followed up with. The thread will be set up once we get at least one more player.

kimichan84 06-28-2010 07:00 PM

err I got no pm with questions needing answer?

Urbeth 06-29-2010 05:43 AM

Did Flux PM you?

Also, Flux had me update the Edges and Hindrances explanations of the way we want you to use the points to make your character. After creating the point system, I forgot to update it. Also we added some more abilities to our list of Edges and added some points to the Hindrances for users to get a better idea of how to use them. Unfortunately, it meant I went over the 10000 character limit for the blog entry so the Sample Hindrances have been moved to a new blog entry.

Also, Flux and I will be working on our characters as well as some NPCs tonight/tomorrow.

Tomorrow I will be gone most of the day as I am visiting my family. I will try to be online tomorrow night, but it will probably be very late if at all.

kimichan84 06-29-2010 07:10 AM

I got her new PM and send one back.


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