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The Character Generation Thread
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Mon Jun 29 2009 7:34 am #
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Er, since I feel guilty about bumping the actual equipment list onto the other page, I'll quote it here to save MJ having to page back:
For reference-my room is 4 feet to my left behind a wall.
A 60 liter backpack, divided into two main sections and a small frontal section, containing several (4) t-shirts with witty slogans like "by reading this you have given me temporary control of your mind" (black, white, and blue), an ordinary black t-shirt, an ordinary blue t-shirt, and ordinary black sweat pants (3), and a package of socks (11 left, open), and 4 boxer shorts in blue. This bag is in my room.
A 1-liter canteen I keep in my room (full, it's water I keep in there for when I get thirsty at night, I replace it every other day).
A pocketbook entitled Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction: A novel of the Old Republic. 1 foot to my right.
My carved mahogany staff, polished and lacquered, in my room's closet. 5'10 length.
a steel and plastic harmonica made in Germany made by Marine Band (M. Hohner), was stepped on and the highest not won't play. In my pocket.
A textbook entitled Marine Biology fourth edition by Peter Castro and Michael E. Huber, in my room.
a 2 foot by 6 inch by 6 inch baseball card box full of Magic the Gathering cards, about 5-8 lbs? (I don't have anything to measure weight with) in my room.
the paperback set of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, up to Chainfire (total of nine books in the set owned). Books are pocket sized, with roughly 600-800 pages each. Bit bulky when not in a container, but there is lots of space left in my backpack. in my room's closet.
A 4 gigabyte pin drive containing a large amount of roleplaying game material .pdf files, and some assorted novels in .lit format, which are exceptionally small and are read by Microsoft Reader. 3.87 GB occupied. In my pocket. If you want, I can tell you everything on it specifically, but that would take awhile.
Assorted roleplaying materials, including a couple maps I took from a BattleMech kit and a bunch of characters I have been asked to hold, as well as the unforgettable characters with fully fleshed out stories that I made, like Kimichiko Otoro for Shadowrun. In a 3-ring binder notebook that can easily hold 1000 pages. about 15 lbs? in my room.
4 journal type notebooks with various notes on a RP system I was making, a book I have been writing, random thoughts, and reminders to do things. On my desk in my room.
a plastic bag containing about 800 assorted Pokemon cards.
another bag containing about 600 Lord of the Rings cards.
A 3-ring binder notebook holding about 1500 Harry Potter cards. all in my roomtwo more pocketbooks-Elminster: the making of a mage by Ed Greenwood (I think), and the Source of Magic by Piers Anthony. in my room, on my small bookshelf
A Swiss Army Knife-whoops, never mind, it wasn't where I thought it was.
two pictures of my little half-brother William, one where he first walked and one where he was drawing. (My brother is in foster care, I only get to see him twice a year). in my room hanging on the wall.
my wallet, containing a nickel, two dimes, and three pennies, my state ID card (printed vertically to show I am a minor, even though I am now 18, it's a bit old), my high school ID showing my student number and school related info, a June 09 bus pass for Pierce Transit for unlimited free rides during June of 09, and a money tree card allowing me to cash checks at Money Tree made out to me without my ID (that might be useful in Earth similar worlds!). in my pocket
A pair of black boxer shorts on my person, a pair of navy blue shorts reading Air Force J.R.O.T.C. (junior ROTC), on my person, with my harmonica and wallet in the pocket, and my pin drive.
Do you think I went over the weight limit?
Maybe I'll delete it again after Brock starts playing, to save future forum-goers the scrolling past it.
Mon Jun 29 2009 7:39 am # -
JohnA1nut
MemberI don't know why I'm posting this, mostly just superstition. Wednesday, July 1, I will be exactly the same age as my father was when he died of a heart attack. If you don't hear from me after Wednesday, that's probably why. If I post on July 2, it means I officially outlived my father. It's just superstition.
Mon Jun 29 2009 7:41 am # -
Brock
MemberSince this didn't seem to fit quite right in the sticky's, here is my additional personality info I wrote up:
I am an inquisitive individualist who loves learning for learning's sake, and am always seeking to strive for mental improvement. I practice meditation, and a few psionic skills, though I have never gotten truly verifiable results (as is inevitable with such things). Lately, my interest has been in history, and in the nature of the mind, particularly learning itself, psychology, etc. I prefer to take my time in all things that I can, and often do not feel 'rushed' to do anything, and react badly to pressure to hurry up-another reason my academic achievement is less than it could be. The exception is when there is actual danger afoot. I am also inordinately obstinate unless there is a logical reason for doing something, although in this case 'logic' can include emotion because I do understand how people feel. I rarely say 'yes' or 'no' or make promises, because I *never* break my word. I usually don't give a timeframe for *when* I will do it (unless time is a factor), but I will do what I say. Come Hell or high water, I will do it. I have been known to stop every other aspect of my life, including basic needs like sleep, to do what I have said I will do. I also firmly believe that if I am not learning something or improving myself at any point in time (these roleplaying games teach me about people and esoteric topics whilst being fun, so they are really good to me), I must be asleep. I have a good sense of humor, but my reactions to something funny are usually merely chuckles, not full-blown laughter.
I have studied many religions, mostly for the moral teachings and the absolute truths they believed, because if I study them all, then I can gain more knowledge than otherwise possible. I identify most with the eclectic pagan religion, wherein you construct your own faith by doing exactly what I have been doing-studying those you want to study, and shaping them to your own faith. When I feel the need to offer up prayers, it is to a variety of deities that match the situation. I took a work-name for any and all magickal endeavors (I don't feel like sharing right now). I have only actually tried to work magic but once, with my mom, in her 'fertility, abundance, and prosperity' spell (2 weeks later she was pregnant with my brother, we got $8000, and my step dad went to jail (that's a good thing)), just offer up prayers.
EDIT: I have been called 'solemn'
Mon Jun 29 2009 9:09 am # -
Brock
Membera few posts above, MJ. all the way back a page.
"Heightened Awareness of Surroundings P3@1 enables user to know general layout of buildings or other structures, locations of entrances and exits, and other information, without searching."
I found this skill in Harry's thread. I do this same thing, but I mentioned as an inherent part of my intuition, not really seeing it as a skill. How well does this translate, and how would a SAL be assigned? I pretty much always do this, I can't remember the last time I was surprised excepting the time my mom walked in the door at home when I was reading a book after 8 hours home alone. I know where the people around me are, as well.
Mon Jun 29 2009 10:11 am # -
Concerning the Swiss Army Knife, the fact that it is not exactly where you thought it was is not essential, as long as it is in a reasonably identifiable area (I would accept that you are certain it is in the house somewhere). It's only a problem if the fact that you don't know where it is means you actually might not own it anymore. Thoughts?
I don't recall seeing any shoes or other footgear apart from socks, and you do not indicate that you are wearing a shirt.
John--Bzzzt, wrong answer. He made a very good equipment list, and yes, there are some people who would take those cards, and actually they might be very useful in many ways besides being firestarter.
Everything else is my mom's, and she isn't coming with.
The equipment rules include things that belong to members of your family that you use as a matter of course. That's specifically because ownership is very blurry in family situations. I know which pillow is mine, but if you asked me about the sheets or blankets I don't know that any of them are mine, not my wife's. I have one fork in the drawer that I consider "mine", but that's a technicality--it's really the last fork that remains from the set of stainless we bought the first year we were married, so it's "ours", and as for the rest, it just all belongs to the family with few exceptions. If you took a knife from the kitchen drawer, that's reasonably yours even if it's technically your mom's. I'd have trouble if you took a brassiere, unless you said it really was something you used regularly without her permission (and I don't think I'd ask for what you used it, thank you). But in general, stuff that belongs to your mom with whom you live which you use as if it were yours is close enough to being yours for the sake of the rules--cups, plates, pots and pans if you cook, bedding, hand tools, lots of stuff like that.
The heightened awareness skill you describe is distinct from the one Harry describes. My impression of yours is that it is much more about what people are doing in the familiar area known to you; Harry's is about having an innate familiarity with places he has never been, and has nothing to do with people. The thing about never being surprised might be a sort of heightened awareness as you describe, but I'll want to understand it better before I decide what it is. It could be a body skill, for example, a simple sensory sensitivity. So talk to me about it.
--M. J. Young
Wed Jul 1 2009 2:50 am # -
Brock
MemberI don't really rely on my eyes to know my surroundings. I know when someone is near, and where they are relative to me, unless I am deeply concentrating on something. I can identify nearby people without looking at them. It does not have to be an area I have been to before; indeed, it works everywhere. I could tell you where the exit to the room I am in is before I look around, assuming I had got there without knowing where the exit is. This is why I included it as intuition-I just know. I'm the guy who knows 5 seconds before the bullet is fired by the assassin it is going to happen. I have a much better sense of the layout of my environs than individual objects, that's why I thought Harry's was similar, and the sense of where the people are is more of a vague directional sense. If the someone is someone I know, I know who it is.
The Swiss Army Knife is either in my room or in a box in the shed, and has the knife, nail clippers, scissors that are hard to use, a file, and some other tools I can only vaguely recall and so can't use. If I can take it I would.
At the time I wrote my equipment, I wasn't wearing a shirt. I was home alone and it was really hot, even with a fan on right next to me. I was kind of dressed like I would be at the beach.
I forgot my shoes. I have one pair of black shoes that fit adequately, size 13, that are 3 feet behind me. They are leather-like, but I don;t know if they are leather. If my feet grow anymore before I finish growing, then I will have to have custom made shoes.
When I say something is my mom's, I meant that she would object if I take it, though I hadn't considered kitchen ware. I am adding a fork, a spoon, a butter knife, a steak knife, a black ceramic plate, a blue plastic bowl with a 6 inch radius and 4 inch height that can contain a little over 2 cups worth of water, one pot with an 8 inch radius and a 6 inch height, and a paper bag full of ordinary plastic bags used by supermarkets (about 80 of them). We have way more kitchen stuff than we will ever need, and she probably wouldn't even notice they are gone, though she would notice I am:). The kitchen ware will be 6-8 feet to my right, I'm in a long trailer, so few things will be in front of or behind me. It's the end of the month, so I don't have much food left, but I can take an old fashioned army can-opener and 2 cans of corn and 2 of green beans.
I also am taking my red blanket that has a quilt pattern on the other side, and a pillow.
I hope THAT doesn't put me over my limit!
Wed Jul 1 2009 3:11 am # -
Equipment added, and I'm adding the skill at a 1@5 average amateur SAL.
Here's your sheet as it stands; please note any necessary corrections or questions here, and meet me on the new thread, Brock and Roll.
--M. J. Young
Name Brock Anthony Petersdorf-Nelson
a.k.a. Brocky: only mom, and he tries to stop her
Broccoli: as a derogation
genericfantasyname: Internet handle
ohconan: Internet handleAttributes
Persuasion 1@8
Charisma 1@7
Animal Magnetism 1@5
Strength 1@6
Stamina 1@4
Resistance 1@9
Density 1@1
Flexibility 2@1
Agility 1@10
Hand/Eye 2@5
Intellect 2@1
Intuition 2@1
Education Level 1@10
Will Power 1@5Averaged Attributes
Ranged Strike Value 2@3
Martial Strike Value 2@1
Target Value 1@7
Damage Value 1@5Best Relevant Attributes
Tech 2@1
Psi 2@1
Mag 2@1
Bod 1@10Bias
Tech
Psi
Mag
BodWeaknesses
I have very minimal use of my nearsighted right eye that requires me to close the left one to focus it at all, but it has always been that way, so my depth perception is not that bad, I know how to compensate. As such, I don't rely on peripheral vision, I rely on hearing and a "sixth sense" for detection. I am overweight, at 166% optimal weight. Also, I have trouble remembering things unless I consciously commit it to memory, and ritualizing the memory process by writing the info down greatly enhances the retention rate for me. I keep a notebook with me at all times, with a 'promise section' at the front for all things I have to do first.
Description
18 years old, b. 11/27/90 ambidexteritrousSkills
Tech
1@8 Survival: Forest T0@1 includes edible plants
1@5 Tracking T0@1
1@5 Simple Fire Skills Package T1@X
1@8 Ignite Fire from Spark T1@2
1@3 Use Bow T2@1
1@7 Electronic Repair T10@3
1@4 Computer Programming T11@1
1@1 Build Function Machine (Robot) T12@2Psi
familiarity: mother+10
1@9 French P0@0
1@1 Read Minds P1@1
1@8 Aura Reading (Empathy) P1@1 identifies emotional state of visibly observed subject +10SM (must see subject)
1@5 Heightened Awareness of Surroundings P3@1 enables user to know general layout of buildings or other structures, locations of entrances and exits, location of individuals and identities of those familiar, and other information, without searching.
1@1 TK Pulse T4@1 (used to control coin flips)Mag
1@5 Harmonica M0@0
Bod
1@10 Stealth B0@6 includes stalking, unobtrusive presence
1@8 Tumble to Erect Position B4@4
1@10 Fall Impact Absorption B4@6
1@1 Tae Kwon Do T7@1
1@10 Brock's Vital Area Style B7@1 fast defensive weapon-utilizing poke style RF2 -20 def SM
1@10 Use Staff B7@1 martial arts weapon skill
1@6 Brock's Staff-based Martial Arts Style B7@1 weapon-dependent vital area style fast aggressive RF2 +10 att SM -10 def SMEquipment
Backpack, 60 liter, divided into two main sections and a small frontal section
4 t-shirts with witty slogans like "by reading this you have given me temporary control of your mind" (black, white, and blue) in backpack
Black t-shirt in backpack
Blue t-shirt in backpack
3 pairs Black sweat pants in backpack
Package of socks (11 left, open) in backpack
4 pair boxer shorts in blue in backpack
1-liter canteen, full
Pocket Book entitled Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction: A novel of the Old Republic
Carved mahogany staff, polished and lacquered, 5'10" length.
Steel and plastic harmonica made in Germany made by Marine Band (M. Hohner), was stepped on and the highest not won't play, pocket
Marine Biology fourth edition textbook by Peter Castro and Michael E. Huber
Baseball card box 2 foot by 6 inch by 6 inch full of Magic the Gathering cards, about 6 lbs
Paperback set of the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, up to Chainfire (total of nine books in the set owned). Books are pocket sized, with roughly 600-800 pages each, in backpack
4 gigabyte pin drive containing a large amount of roleplaying game material .pdf files, and some assorted novels in .lit format, which are exceptionally small and are read by Microsoft Reader. 3.87 GB occupied, pocket
Assorted roleplaying materials, including a couple maps I took from a BattleMech kit and a bunch of characters I have been asked to hold, as well as the unforgettable characters with fully fleshed out stories that I made, like Kimichiko Otoro for Shadowrun. In a 3-ring binder notebook that can easily hold 1000 pages. about 15 lbs
Journal-type notebook with various notes on a RP system I was making, a book I have been writing, random thoughts, and reminders to do things
Plastic bag containing about 800 assorted Pokemon cards.
Plastic bag containing about 600 Lord of the Rings cards.
3-ring binder notebook holding about 1500 Harry Potter cards
Pocketbook: Elminster: the making of a mage by Ed Greenwood (I think)
Pocketbook: The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony
2 pictures of my little half-brother William, one where he first walked and one where he was drawing
Wallet, contains a nickel, two dimes, and three pennies, state ID card (printed vertically to show I am a minor, even though I am now 18, it's a bit old), high school ID showing my student number and school related info, a June 09 bus pass for Pierce Transit for unlimited free rides during June of 09, and a money tree card allowing me to cash checks at Money Tree made out to me without my ID (that might be useful in Earth similar worlds!), in pocket
Pair of black boxer shorts on person
Pair of navy blue shorts reading Air Force J.R.O.T.C. (junior ROTC), on person
Bag of dice in my equipment. 5 D20s, 3 D12s, 3 D10s and their match for d100s, 3 d8s, 26 d6s, and 5 d4s. 3 of each type are matched color sets in clear w/blue flecks, opaque aqua, and transparent jade green
Swiss Army Knife, knife, nail clippers, scissors, file, and other tools
Pair black shoes that fit adequately, size 13, leather-like
Fork
Spoon
Butter knife
Steak Knife
Black ceramic plate
Blue Plastic Bowl 6" diameter 4" depth ~<2c. Capacity
Pot, 8"r 6"h
Paper bag containing ~80 plastic grocery store bags
Can-opener old fashioned army type
2 cans corn
2 cans green beans
Red blanket with quilt pattern on one side
PillowStage 1
World List
Wed Jul 1 2009 10:58 pm # -
Brock
MemberUhh, whoa, all I remember about the base attributes listing is 2@1 means the top 2 percent, so I think my hand/eye is more like 2@2, not 2@5.
What do the various 1@ attributes mean? 1@5 was average, right? 1@6 is 1 in ?... etc. I want to question my Willpower being average, so I'm going to dredge up some memories...post them later....
Thu Jul 2 2009 10:18 am # -
Brock
MemberWell, besides mental exercises and meditation, I used to fire walk. That's when you walk barefoot over a bed of hot coals, with a very specific way to avoid being burned. It's a practice used by some cultures to test faith. You will get burned if you step too fast, odd as it may seem, because it causes the feet to come down harder and dig into the coals, increasing exposure by a large amount. You really have to know how to control yourself and banish fear to do it effectively.
The only way I can really effectively show my will is to reveal my past, snippets can't do it. I posted it in Family, it was most appropriate.
More as it comes to me. I have little remembrance of my younger days, besides abuse from my father-but more on that later in the family thread, once it;s all written out.
Thu Jul 2 2009 1:43 pm # -
johnosevens
MemberI read a thing about fire walking once... It lead me to discover:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effectI've always wanted to actually see someone do that, though.
Fri Jul 3 2009 1:42 am # -
The scale for attributes is not completely "fixed" in the way you suggest. Mostly it's seat-of-the-pants a bit better or worse. 1@10 is 95th percentile, generally, and 2@2 is 99th. I'm not uncomfortable with your high hand/eye because I think you've demonstrated the ability to use ranged weapons effectively without training or experience in them, and the easiest explanation for that is a high attribute base supporting a high ranged strike value.
If you think your will power is higher than 1@5, suggest where you think you fall.
--M. J. Young
Fri Jul 3 2009 8:49 pm # -
Brock
MemberFinally, I logged back in!
Ok, I understand about the Hand/eye. Thanks.
Willpower: 1@8 or so? It's difficult because it's so seat-of-the-pants. An example I heard earlier was "do you climb the mountain through sheer strength, or through agility, or because you would never forgive yourself if you didn't?'
It would definitely be the latter. My worry is, though, that this particular attribute is the hardest for me to define 'average', and thus compare. I don't know what average will is.
So my question is: How much pressure can an average person withstand before caving?
EDIT: I just remembered a recurring problem with my leg for my weakness section. When I move my leg in a certain way, sort of to the side and up or when a lot of stress is put on my hip, it will massively hurt and seize up. It is incredibly infrequent, and I don't know if it even does it anymore, because it has been 9 1/2 months since the last time. I was kicked by my stepdad in the hip, and about 2 weeks later it started hurting like nothing I ever felt before from any movement or pressure whatsoever. I was by that point used to taking everything thrown my way, and said nothing. You know that pain scale from 1 to 10? This was a nine, constantly. I limped everywhere, hiding it as best I could could. I kept falling over (lack of balance), and after another 2 weeks my mom saw me fall over. She took me to the hospital when she figured out what was wrong, and I was put on morphine, which I hated. One day before my surgery where they were gonna put a pin in my leg to hold the ball relatively still in the socket joint, it just stopped hurting. I was suddenly able to move again. Doctors did another X-ray, and I was fine, so far as they could see.
Since then, it has occasionally acted up under stress with a 6 on the pain scale, and restricted mobility when it does. It lasts about a day or two, then goes away again. Doctors are still mystified, though one conjectured it has to do with a nerve and not bones at all. Who knows?
It used to happen every month or so, but it has been slowly disappearing, and it may be gone entirely now.
Sat Jul 4 2009 7:08 am # -
I think I got to repost my character again :( joy, now I got to remember in detail what i was wearing all convention and what I ended up in my attributes and what I ended up in my carrying stuff, oh well, here it goes.
Thu Jul 9 2009 5:53 pm # -
Name: Ahmetia Andréus Campbell
Attributes :
Attributes @
Persuasion @
Charisma @
Animal Magnetism @
Strength @
Stamina @
Resistance @
Density @
Flexibility @
Agility @
Hand/Eye @
Intellect @
Intuition @
Will Power @
(I need help and will edit later)
Education: High school graduate, current student Brookdale Community College, studying in film and anthrpology(which I imagine is going to come in handy many times later over).
Weaknesses: Wears glasses, allergic to dust and pollen.
Physical: 5'2" 180lbs Dark Brown Hair (really long) 20 years old Blue Eye Fair Pale CaucasianTech
Psi
Mag
BodBias
Tech
Psi
Mag
BodSkills: Basic Fencing, Basic Sewing, Writing: Fiction Stories, Singing (Specialty: Renaissance/Medieval), Dance (Renaissance/Medieval, Ameture Belly)
Equipment:
Black corset shirt dress w/ studs and lacing
Black ruffle med-short skirt in 4 layers
White chemise style shirt with drawstring sleeves
Black 'fairyland'; shoes with lace high heeled
Black stockings
Black gothic lolita top hat with ribbon and fake lillies
Flower non-digital watch, pink painting for flower (I think stainless steel maybe copper but I got no green markings to be sure)
US Passport
Black linen purse
Pink Indian Style Wallet w/$25usd, Drivers License, credit-debit cards (which I am guessing will be useless)
Pens X2
Erasable Pens x5
Pencils x7
Yellow small hand-cranked plastic pencil sharpener
4 packs of travel tissues
5 journals
2 sketch books
1 journal book of shadows style
1 Irish-style chemise
1 Black renaissance skirt with drawstring
1 Renaissance bodice with gray soft leather and dragon embedding on ones side and black with white strips on the other, lacing
1 gray wool cloak with hood with red ribbon ties
1 tall wooden staff
Career in Film book
Belly Dance Instructional Book
Complete Works Of Shakespeare Book
Drawing Fairies Book
Tales Of Bettle Barb Book
My heart is my own Book (on Mary Queen of Scots)
Pink Dell Laptop w/ac charger
2g Memory Stick on a stainless steel necklace chain.
Black leather bag of watt converter plugs: (1 for Europe Middle East Africa Asia and the Caribbean, 1 for n and s America japan and Caribbean, 1 for Great Britain Ireland Africa Hong Kong Singapore, 1 for Austrailia New Zealand Fiji China,)-From a US Plug, 1 110v-250v converter, 1 50watt-1875watt converter
Violin + 2 like new Bows + Sap thing for it + Learn To Play Violin Book
Music Stand
1 Blue Duffle Bag with long black strap for over sholder and 2 med straps for backpack like carrying and zippers
1 Large Box Matches
1 Green celtic rectangle stash
2 pairs of jeans
3 t-shirts
1 pair of sandals, brown velvro straps
1 pair of black leather shoes
3 pairs of socks
1 Sprint Cell Phone, slide with case covering
1 metal spark tool (it's used to create friction along this rough nut bolt like peice in this enclosed space and you move the long piece of metal along it to create sparks to try and create fire)
((I think that's it))Thu Jul 9 2009 6:18 pm # -
I forgot about something I can't believe I did because if I forgot those Verser-Me is going be more violently upset.
3 plushies: 1 brown fluffy teddy bear with green ribbon around it's neck (from my current bf), 1 colonial style poppet with a black and green bonnet and dress (from my best friend), and 1 pocket goth bearing a small resemblance to Voltaire (sold by my favorite artist ever)
Mon Jul 20 2009 4:59 am # -
Yay! Plushies. This makes me happy for some reason.
If MJ were running your game, he'd probably ask that future forgotten equipment be added in the game thread ("this thread is dead to you now"), but since O'Sevens is your ref I don't suppose it matters. (I mention this partly for the benefit of future players reading back through this thread before joining the game under MJ.)
Mon Jul 20 2009 5:19 am # -
I try to remember everything, looked around my room and wrote things down.
Mon Jul 20 2009 5:33 am # -
And M. J. would also allow the addition, partly because it's still early in play, and partly because there's no particular game reason why these would be needed right at this moment in play. E.g., if you were in combat, and you said, "Oh, I forgot to bring the fully loaded AK-47 I keep in the closet, I should have listed that," you're going to get a very skeptical response from me, but a couple of plushies aren't going to matter to your conversations in the kitchen.
--M. J. Young
Tue Jul 21 2009 12:53 am # -
johnosevens
MemberOK, I'm going to agree with MJ - my player(s) post any future new equipment in your thread. Why? Because I wasn't expecting any new players and only bothered to poke this thread because I was curious who was dropping in (unlike MJ I'm not a mod and don't have to read absolutely everything). I wouldn't want to miss something like that and three worlds from now be like "what plushies?" and have you give me the look of death.
Tue Jul 21 2009 3:58 am # -
Ephemeral Dreamer
MemberIn all honesty, I have never done anything like this...but after stumbling upon Multiverser, I suddenly fell into a rabbit hole that I now feel I am convinced I can't get out of. I would like to try and get into this but I don't know where to start at all. May I ask for help to learn to join in this alternate life?
Sat Jul 25 2009 8:43 am # -
Howdy! Since I saw you first, I'm your friendly neighborhood greeter for today. Getting started, you'll want to go here and here - that's 'Yes, You Can Play, But' and the first post of The Character Creation Thread (that is, this thread), respectively. MJ should be by within a day or two to pick up your game.
If you have any questions at any time (that aren't answered by reading those threads), feel free to ask. Welcome to the boards!
Sat Jul 25 2009 8:55 am # -
Oh, and you might also want to check out Coding On This Board, which has some useful information about - well . . . yes.
Sat Jul 25 2009 8:56 am # -
Ephemeral Dreamer
MemberThank you very much! I just have several more questions; do I need to have the book first at all? Or can I proceed with out it? Will I be hindered in any way if I don't have it? What if I don't understand any concept of dice rolling (attributes, bias, etc.) and what not since I'm a total noob and game illiterate. Will that keep me from enjoying this at all?
Sat Jul 25 2009 9:46 am # -
You're on the right board and playing the right game. No, you don't need the book to play, the mechanics are all handled by your referee (posted in a separate thread from your game), and ignorance of the game's inner workings probably will not detract from your enjoyment. Don't hesitate to start on that account.
That said, these are teaching games. MJ can justify taking time away from his busy day to run games here on the forums because the players here can learn, through playing under MJ, how to referee their own games back home. The hope is that players here will become referees, buy the book, and teach the game to their friends (all of whom will also buy books, because they love Valdron and want the company to be successful). So the expectation is that you will learn the mechanics as you go along. But, no one expects you to know them now, and it will not even slow you down not to know them in the beginning.
Clear enough?
Sat Jul 25 2009 12:11 pm # -
Ephemeral Dreamer
MemberClear as day!!! Speaking of which...the sun will be up in a few seeing as it is 5:18am. Haha, but thank you very much! I can't wait to start! But first is time to get some rest. Once again, thank you very much! Can't wait to start exploring all those worlds!
Sat Jul 25 2009 12:20 pm # -
Maybe on your coast; the sun's been up for while on mine. But, aye, rest is rarely a bad idea.
Sat Jul 25 2009 1:06 pm #
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