Wicked Witch of Schwartzweld
[member="Salem Norongachi"] Totes sober for now. Also, talking about your favorite assassin Lena 
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Barkeep
[member="Curupira Hawk"] as pretty as she was, she was a terrible assassin.
Wicked Witch of Schwartzweld
[member="Salem Norongachi"] Says the guy who bailed on posting before we actually truly found that out.
The Blood Hound
Would you two just kiss already?
Barkeep
Implying we haven't already!?
The Blood Hound
We all know you haven't.Salem Norongachi said:
Beowoof
Morality Policeman :)
Nothing wrong with some far-fetched story, but there is a certain line, in my opinion.
I'd personally like to see some more characters who weren't gods. There are actually so many plots and adventures to explore with 'weaker' characters, and I think it promotes more obscure and unique creativity instead of the usual Super Smash Bros action. Remember that a physically weak character does not equal a character with a weak story. There's a movie called Radio.
This does not mean you shouldn't play a Jedi. Everyone loves a Jedi. I love Jedi. But I feel like it gets tired.
As for me, NFUs FTW. You guys have fun doing what you're doing.
I'd personally like to see some more characters who weren't gods. There are actually so many plots and adventures to explore with 'weaker' characters, and I think it promotes more obscure and unique creativity instead of the usual Super Smash Bros action. Remember that a physically weak character does not equal a character with a weak story. There's a movie called Radio.
This does not mean you shouldn't play a Jedi. Everyone loves a Jedi. I love Jedi. But I feel like it gets tired.
As for me, NFUs FTW. You guys have fun doing what you're doing.
Verrin Ris'To
K'paur Pureblood
[member="Supreme Overlord Dredge"] True that on the emotional aspect. I see so many people go out of their way to Power-RP it. To make the strongest characters they can with no emotional depth or character development involved. I have never been able to understand it. Ever. There is nothing wrong with your character being afraid, or angry, or sad, or depressed, or feeling. Vulnerabilities does not make the character weak nor does it make the writer weak. It makes the character real.
There is nothing wrong with losing a fight. If you are out to make a character that wins every fight because he is super awesome, and it soothes your ego as a writer... then I am not really interested in ever RPing with you. Threads, even duels, should be about making a good story and not about proving how totes awesome your character is compared to other peoples.
I have always seen RPing as playing a character and creating stories. Instead of hashing out a novel, you are a character in a novel that you create with other people. I love making numerous threads with the same people that is about developing characters and their relations with each other. I love making good stories, and I feel most satisfied, win or lose, when I have accomplished that.
There is nothing wrong with losing a fight. If you are out to make a character that wins every fight because he is super awesome, and it soothes your ego as a writer... then I am not really interested in ever RPing with you. Threads, even duels, should be about making a good story and not about proving how totes awesome your character is compared to other peoples.
I have always seen RPing as playing a character and creating stories. Instead of hashing out a novel, you are a character in a novel that you create with other people. I love making numerous threads with the same people that is about developing characters and their relations with each other. I love making good stories, and I feel most satisfied, win or lose, when I have accomplished that.
Darth Voracitos
Chaos-God of Gluttony
Something must be wrong with me then, because I'm a skimpy 5' 8" 132 pound 16 year old who has been acclaimed by many to be extremely kind, fair, and over all good person despite my several flaws that hamper my abilities significantly.
So why the hell did I make a 6' 500+ pound evil Sith Lord of those despicable nature? FURTHER MORE, WHY CAN'T I MAKE A KRIFFIN' JEDI! lol, the closest I've come to any character that was genuinely good and lasted a healthy amount of time was neutral.
I'm the nicest bastard you'll ever meet yet none of my inspiration for characters comes from it. Maybe I'm just sekritly eeeeeeevil inside or something
So why the hell did I make a 6' 500+ pound evil Sith Lord of those despicable nature? FURTHER MORE, WHY CAN'T I MAKE A KRIFFIN' JEDI! lol, the closest I've come to any character that was genuinely good and lasted a healthy amount of time was neutral.
I'm the nicest bastard you'll ever meet yet none of my inspiration for characters comes from it. Maybe I'm just sekritly eeeeeeevil inside or something
Eternal Father
*Is a tall, muscular Epicanthix Sith Lord whose body is decaying rapidly due to decades of Dark Side corruption and abuse. Right side of my face is a mess of scarred tissue and bone, body is lined with horrendous scars of countless battles, can't reproduce, and will eventually crumble into a withering husk of ruined flesh in the near future.*
I'm guilty all the same anyways, I admit that
Oh, and I was also the Sith Emperor of an entire Empire that caused the death of billions of sentient lives in a genocidal campaign to cleanse the Empire of impure alien inferiors while also throwing my subjects at the Republic, Mandalorian, and Fel war machines.
Still a tyrant too.
#TrueTyrannyReigns
I'm guilty all the same anyways, I admit that
Oh, and I was also the Sith Emperor of an entire Empire that caused the death of billions of sentient lives in a genocidal campaign to cleanse the Empire of impure alien inferiors while also throwing my subjects at the Republic, Mandalorian, and Fel war machines.
Still a tyrant too.
#TrueTyrannyReigns
Darth Voracitos
Chaos-God of Gluttony
And now I realize how off topic that was.
Yeah powers can go a little over the top from time to time, but I think it can be deserved if your characters go through a constant struggle with themselves. Voracitos is essentially an emotional (and physical) wreck. He's obese, diabetic, and now's he's freakin' dead, but he refuses to go to Chaos because he feels unfulfilled, unaccomplished, useless, and defeated, and will not go until those emotions are soothed. He is prone to anger, he is prone to mistakes, he has even been prone to sadness. Also, whenever he does a super awesome feat in the force it comes at a price (more often when in combat) and it's because he hasn't let loose in a looooong ass time.
Exhibit A: His duel over Ashin's Throne. MONSTROUS energy influx there, but it nearly killed him until Ashin beat him and thus saved him, additionally, it hampered him physically for a long while and mentally... permanently. He has never gotten over the defeat, and I don't believe he ever will.
Exhibit B: Not as huge a marker as his duel with Ashin, but still relevant. Over the Invasion of Dromund Kaas, to hamper the Mandalorians he generated a massive explosion of Torture by Chagrin en masse... result? It worked a bit, but then Voracitos was suffering it nine fold to what anyone else was, and he left that battle because of it.
Yeah powers can go a little over the top from time to time, but I think it can be deserved if your characters go through a constant struggle with themselves. Voracitos is essentially an emotional (and physical) wreck. He's obese, diabetic, and now's he's freakin' dead, but he refuses to go to Chaos because he feels unfulfilled, unaccomplished, useless, and defeated, and will not go until those emotions are soothed. He is prone to anger, he is prone to mistakes, he has even been prone to sadness. Also, whenever he does a super awesome feat in the force it comes at a price (more often when in combat) and it's because he hasn't let loose in a looooong ass time.
Exhibit A: His duel over Ashin's Throne. MONSTROUS energy influx there, but it nearly killed him until Ashin beat him and thus saved him, additionally, it hampered him physically for a long while and mentally... permanently. He has never gotten over the defeat, and I don't believe he ever will.
Exhibit B: Not as huge a marker as his duel with Ashin, but still relevant. Over the Invasion of Dromund Kaas, to hamper the Mandalorians he generated a massive explosion of Torture by Chagrin en masse... result? It worked a bit, but then Voracitos was suffering it nine fold to what anyone else was, and he left that battle because of it.
Mao
Commander Mao
All I know is this.
I sent that [member="Salem Norongachi"] kathhound to the Nine Hells.
Twice. No Force Powers involved. Got a saber in the belly and burn scars down the ride side for my troubles.
That is all.
I sent that [member="Salem Norongachi"] kathhound to the Nine Hells.
Twice. No Force Powers involved. Got a saber in the belly and burn scars down the ride side for my troubles.
That is all.
HK-36
The Iron Lord Protector (Neutral Good)
To me there isn't that many over-powered characters.
There are Non-Force users, but to play them really powerful you need to be smart about it and play off their skills or equipment, in environment where Force-users are a common sight and lightsabers can cut through pretty much anything except rare Cortosis, Beskar, or Phrik, Non-Forces really do need to play it cool to back their claims.
As for Force-users towards whom this seems mostly directed, it all depends on how much work they put into it. If a Padawan starts throwing asteroids around, I will call them out on it, because that does not happen, no character, especially a Force user starts off anywhere but the bottom of the foodchain. HK, for example started off as NPC training droid in my previous community, in this one he was a stuttering barely walking mess.
But if there is a Force-using Master-level character who has the post number and threads to back their powers, why should we limit them if their workers clearly worked for it?
I'm not saying just let Force-using Masters go do anything they want, but I'm saying that they will, indeed, be quite powerful, and they would have enough time behind their character and threads to learn great powers. Although if they go around throwing ships or planets around, or summoning explosions of powers and etc. I would probably ask for training threads where they learned the power It's all about training threads and learning.
It's not easy to get Master-level on Force-users, if a character did indeed get that level of power, then they probably deserved it through amount of work they put into it.
There are Non-Force users, but to play them really powerful you need to be smart about it and play off their skills or equipment, in environment where Force-users are a common sight and lightsabers can cut through pretty much anything except rare Cortosis, Beskar, or Phrik, Non-Forces really do need to play it cool to back their claims.
As for Force-users towards whom this seems mostly directed, it all depends on how much work they put into it. If a Padawan starts throwing asteroids around, I will call them out on it, because that does not happen, no character, especially a Force user starts off anywhere but the bottom of the foodchain. HK, for example started off as NPC training droid in my previous community, in this one he was a stuttering barely walking mess.
But if there is a Force-using Master-level character who has the post number and threads to back their powers, why should we limit them if their workers clearly worked for it?
I'm not saying just let Force-using Masters go do anything they want, but I'm saying that they will, indeed, be quite powerful, and they would have enough time behind their character and threads to learn great powers. Although if they go around throwing ships or planets around, or summoning explosions of powers and etc. I would probably ask for training threads where they learned the power
It's all about training threads and learning.It's not easy to get Master-level on Force-users, if a character did indeed get that level of power, then they probably deserved it through amount of work they put into it.
Sic transit gloria mundi
[member="Tamara"]
The Greek Gods had lots of flaws.
As for Siobhan, she's a ridiculously destructive telekinesis master who...specialises in throwing very heavy objects and crushing them. Which is fun because I like writing over the top carnage. Something that got built up over plenty of IC years and battles. She's not that great with a lightsabre, has zero aptitude for mentalism or healing. Also very vulnerable to electricity and such because due to several maimings half her body is bionic (as far as appearance is concerned the playby is rather idealised).
As for character flaws, she's unstable, rage filled, often teteering on the brink to the dark side due to her ridiculously brutal nature and codependent. On top of being a self-centred hedonist. All of which has been detrimental to her on a number of occasions. Tegs is the one who calls the shots in their marriage - and she's an NFU.
The Greek Gods had lots of flaws.
As for Siobhan, she's a ridiculously destructive telekinesis master who...specialises in throwing very heavy objects and crushing them. Which is fun because I like writing over the top carnage. Something that got built up over plenty of IC years and battles. She's not that great with a lightsabre, has zero aptitude for mentalism or healing. Also very vulnerable to electricity and such because due to several maimings half her body is bionic (as far as appearance is concerned the playby is rather idealised).
As for character flaws, she's unstable, rage filled, often teteering on the brink to the dark side due to her ridiculously brutal nature and codependent. On top of being a self-centred hedonist. All of which has been detrimental to her on a number of occasions. Tegs is the one who calls the shots in their marriage - and she's an NFU.
Dredge
Kneel Before Zod
[member="HK-36"] [member="Siobhan Kerrigan"]
It's not about how much you can lift or how powerful you are. not to pick the most badass thing to do or laugh in the face of danger to be smug and cocky when faced with something that could end your life. I just want people to feel fear, to laugh and love in a realistic manner. I don't clear facades of what humans really are, as I have said once, just be human that's all NFU FU Force Dead it doesn't matter. Express real emotion, and I haven't seen that from one person my entire time here. And recently I've noticed that while I have written the same thing as everyone else. Perfect people and I just don't want a part of it anymore. You guys are great the two of you and I'm sure you write your characters with plenty of emotions and such I just haven't seen it and I can't judge you both since I haven't read all of your threads. But if you haven't done any of the above this is for everyone that has taken time to read, comment and like this. I thank you for making this 4am half asleep writing as popular as it was and I hope you have all learned something from it. Just remember to be human
It's not about how much you can lift or how powerful you are. not to pick the most badass thing to do or laugh in the face of danger to be smug and cocky when faced with something that could end your life. I just want people to feel fear, to laugh and love in a realistic manner. I don't clear facades of what humans really are, as I have said once, just be human that's all NFU FU Force Dead it doesn't matter. Express real emotion, and I haven't seen that from one person my entire time here. And recently I've noticed that while I have written the same thing as everyone else. Perfect people and I just don't want a part of it anymore. You guys are great the two of you and I'm sure you write your characters with plenty of emotions and such I just haven't seen it and I can't judge you both since I haven't read all of your threads. But if you haven't done any of the above this is for everyone that has taken time to read, comment and like this. I thank you for making this 4am half asleep writing as popular as it was and I hope you have all learned something from it. Just remember to be human
Antoir Setrrin
I've Met My End
Every one of my characters have a piece of me in them. Some are built around my strengths (however few those may be), others around my flaws. My hopes, my fears. All of that. I've never been able to write a character successfully that I didn't understand on an emotional level. Sure, I may be a depressed 14-year-old who's only 5ft 3in in real life... but that doesn't mean I can't understand the emotions of an 8.5 feet tall giant like Ven. For the longest time I really did try to make attractive characters. Because that's what I wanted to be, what I thought I couldn't have. But I tried to keep in mind that everyone has scars. Some of them just aren't on the outside. As time went on, how stable my characters were started to change. Ven'Rain (and those she was based on, on another site) started breaking down further. Perhaps I tortured them in an attempt to better gauge how I was doing. Sometimes looking at yourself through the eyes of another can do wonders. And when every person you create holds a piece of you... well, you get it.
Ven isn't attractive these days. She's dirty, messy, covered in blood and dirt. Her hair is knotted, she smells like decaying flesh, and for the Gods' sakes, she's covered in scars. Scars like hers aren't beautiful. Scars rarely are. She's a complete mess emotionally. Lost most of her memories, forced to fill herself with rage. All the while she's realizing who she used to be. It's hard not to feel at least a little bad for her. Of course, if you look at what she's done, no matter how much you might pity her, you know that she's wrong. When things fell apart around her, she turned to hatred. Fear, anger, all sorts of negative emotions. She let those fuel her. Even now if you asked her why she did what she did... she would blame those who had been around her.
In all honesty... Ven is what I used to fear I would become. A hateful, spiteful fool who forgets that though bad backgrounds explain bad behavior, they don't excuse it. Being told that you are worthless does not make you so.
As I've grown up, my characters have as well. They became less perfect, more molded around reality. But I've never let them become so imperfect that they become a jumbled mess of nothingness. Because part of being human (or any other sentient species) is having things you're good at. There isn't a single person that isn't important. Never will be. Creating a realistic story requires making sure the good is balanced with the bad. The only time things will ever be completely negative... is when you make it so. When you decide to focus on what hurts, that's all you'll see. You won't see the way you make others smile. Or the way that your work brings some goodness back into the chaos. Things won't ever be purely good either, that's for sure. No one is perfect. Even in nonfiction.
Normality is boring. Averages are boring. Perfection is nonexistent- and boring. Having flaws makes you interesting. Sure, a character can be consumed by their flaws. That scares some people into trying to make them this unstoppable force of nature. At the end of the day, that may be enough to satisfy them. For others, like me, it's not. Struggles of sorts are what adds flair into existence. It makes things interesting... and as Dredge says, it makes them human.
'Course, I'm just a crazy teenager I've still got a lot of growing up to do. That's for sure! We all do. You don't stop growing up until you stop thinking, stop taking things in. Even Gandalf and Dumbledore could have learned more, done better. Even (dare I say it) Ashin Varanin, Spencer Jacobs, and people like them have things to learn (this is mostly IC, as I regrettably know little about either of them OOC, besides for the fact that John is a very nice, mature man who deserves respect and high fives). Whether or not people realize it, their characters have flaws. It's better to acknowledge them, to work with them, than to pretend they don't exist.
Ven isn't attractive these days. She's dirty, messy, covered in blood and dirt. Her hair is knotted, she smells like decaying flesh, and for the Gods' sakes, she's covered in scars. Scars like hers aren't beautiful. Scars rarely are. She's a complete mess emotionally. Lost most of her memories, forced to fill herself with rage. All the while she's realizing who she used to be. It's hard not to feel at least a little bad for her. Of course, if you look at what she's done, no matter how much you might pity her, you know that she's wrong. When things fell apart around her, she turned to hatred. Fear, anger, all sorts of negative emotions. She let those fuel her. Even now if you asked her why she did what she did... she would blame those who had been around her.
In all honesty... Ven is what I used to fear I would become. A hateful, spiteful fool who forgets that though bad backgrounds explain bad behavior, they don't excuse it. Being told that you are worthless does not make you so.
As I've grown up, my characters have as well. They became less perfect, more molded around reality. But I've never let them become so imperfect that they become a jumbled mess of nothingness. Because part of being human (or any other sentient species) is having things you're good at. There isn't a single person that isn't important. Never will be. Creating a realistic story requires making sure the good is balanced with the bad. The only time things will ever be completely negative... is when you make it so. When you decide to focus on what hurts, that's all you'll see. You won't see the way you make others smile. Or the way that your work brings some goodness back into the chaos. Things won't ever be purely good either, that's for sure. No one is perfect. Even in nonfiction.
Normality is boring. Averages are boring. Perfection is nonexistent- and boring. Having flaws makes you interesting. Sure, a character can be consumed by their flaws. That scares some people into trying to make them this unstoppable force of nature. At the end of the day, that may be enough to satisfy them. For others, like me, it's not. Struggles of sorts are what adds flair into existence. It makes things interesting... and as Dredge says, it makes them human.
'Course, I'm just a crazy teenager
I've still got a lot of growing up to do. That's for sure! We all do. You don't stop growing up until you stop thinking, stop taking things in. Even Gandalf and Dumbledore could have learned more, done better. Even (dare I say it) Ashin Varanin, Spencer Jacobs, and people like them have things to learn (this is mostly IC, as I regrettably know little about either of them OOC, besides for the fact that John is a very nice, mature man who deserves respect and high fives). Whether or not people realize it, their characters have flaws. It's better to acknowledge them, to work with them, than to pretend they don't exist.