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Post by HG on May 10, 2015 21:35:43 GMT
This thread is just for posting vague ideas for character concepts and asking setting questions. (A "five minute tour of Town" will be provided at some point.) Character creation for specific characters should be taken to their own threads. That said, the following questions bear asking, though you needn't answer any just yet: - What REGION of Town are you from?
- Who is your GUARDIAN? Is it a parent? If not, what happened to your parents?
- Are you from one of the SHRINE FAMILIES?
- Have you had dealings with the FORTITUDE RATS?
- Do you go to School? (And if not, why not, and how have you escaped Principal Entropy's efforts to get you back in classes?)
- What INTERESTS do you have?
- What have you HAD ENOUGH OF?
- What is your STAR SIGN?
- What is your chumHandle for PESTERCHUM, arguably Town's finest chat client? What colour do you type in?
- Do you have a typ1ng qu1rk?
- What are you best at?
- What do you HORRIBLY SUCK AT?
- If embroiled in STRIFE, what kind of WEAPON would you use?
- Which MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE is your INTERNET BROWSER named after?
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Post by HG on May 10, 2015 22:01:49 GMT
The basics of Town: At its core, Town is - Fortitude, a sweet, laid-back pastoral region;
- Horizon, the ruins of a vampire’s “Night London;”
- Big Lake, that spans the worlds, and its
- Little Island— a jewel in that endless lake;
- Arcadia, a dazzling whirl of fun and magic;
- Old Molder, left over from the age of progress;
- Bluebell Park, a lurid place of alien magic; and
- the Walking Fields, dotted by scattered settlements;
- and beyond and around all of that is the Outside.
Town used to be a youkai place. It used to be a monster town, home to creatures that served the gods of dream and nightmare. It used to be in darkness, every day, as it had no sun. But then humans came sailing over the Lake—first from Russia, then from Japan, and later elsewhere; and Alexandrel Celdinar built Night London; there was a grand age of deviant science and strange wonder, and one day Jade Irinka showed up. She was the sun. She’s dead now. She’s dead, and we all almost went with her. But we didn’t. The sun came back—there are a handful of different stories as to the reason—and that pretty much brings us up to the present day, in Town. |
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Post by HG on May 13, 2015 21:55:44 GMT
Other things to think about, though these don't need answering till at least the end of the prologue. - Where were you seven years ago when Jade Irinka died?
- (sylladex choice - what strange arcane way will your inventory work (eventually)? canonical examples range from stack data structure to pictionary)
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Post by darkshoal on May 15, 2015 18:40:29 GMT
What kind of restrictions on our Sylladex is there in terms of size, silly access conditions and added effects?
(I read the wikia page on 'sylladex' and I'm still somewhat confused)
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Post by HG on May 16, 2015 10:08:21 GMT
Size: roughly five arbitrary items
Silliness: you're going to have to deal with it, so any silliness you choose is your own fault.
Generally a vaguely data structure based one (or based on another video game, eg Tetris modus) are solid choices.
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Post by HG on May 20, 2015 22:19:08 GMT
One more question, though quite important:
- Where do you LIVE? Specifically: What is your house or home like? How many other people live in it? Pets? How is it decorated? That kind of stuff.
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