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[lazy man]

Originally Posted by Inbred Chocobo

Ah crap, now Lazy has made me want to redo my monster and make it like Rajang, or maybe Nargacuga. Man that would be fun to play. You suck lazy.

Glad to be of service! I was wondering if using Jinouga as an image would have an effect on you. Heh, hope that wasn't TOO much of a dick move.



Also you guys realize telling all of your monsters' weaknesses is just giving Toasty ideas, right? Orrrrr maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Well either way I'm not telling! ...mostly because it should be obvious if you think about electrical currents for a bit!

[Overcast]

Grounded conductor? Electromagnetic field? Big ass slab of wood?

[lazy man]

...GAH! Now I have to try and do something more creative!

...like a rail gun!

[Toastburner B]

Originally Posted by batgirl

Ooh! Ooh! I have a question! *waves frantically*

"Yes you in the back?"

So are we all able to communicate at all? I mean we have people who are going to be fairly humanoid monsters, but what about the dog things, the giant mouth? Can they talk? Telepathy? Speakey de Anglais?

I’ll leave it up to player choice. I think the last game the monsters were relatively mute, but that’s not necessary.

Originally Posted by Overcast

Teeth can talk, it is just a voice that comes out out of the Maw, and later on I was planning on him, even when he is suppressed, being able to whisper out of any mouth in the vacinity even if it is in a picture or a deer trophy or anything. Mostly to fuck with Earnest, he'll be doing a lot of esoteric shit just for that purpose.

This brings up a point I guess I didn’t address very clearly.

THIS APPLIES TO EVERYONE! SO PLEASE READ!

The monster isn’t a separate entity. You aren’t possessed of another sentient creature or anything like that…the monster is still basically you. The reason why you lose control and go crazy and such is because you suddenly develop the instincts of a predator that hasn’t is, as far as it knows, is starving to death.



Aerozord: Just to make sure, Incognito has a corporeal body, right? I just want to check, ‘cause “living shadow” takes my mind to a thinking that it is going to turn into “I have a body, but I can’t be hurt, because it’s all SHADOW! Wooooooo! (? Ghost moan)” Other than clearing that up, it looks alright…as long as you are still vulnerable when you are 2D, and you can’t lift anymore with your shadow lift than you can the old fashion way. Sound fair?

Originally Posted by Girasol of Chaos

Rift can talk, her voice is a little different but everything is fine. I imagine she has a hard time with "o' and 'u' sounds though. She's been playing in her monster form for at least a week, so I figured she is okay there.

Keep in mind that in the early going you won’t have too much control over the monster to start with. You’re still trying to reign it in, so to speak. You can check the old thread for examples, people did a good job with it on that thread.

Also, in the beginning, the transformation is, to put it lightly, painful. After the first transformation, you probably aren’t going to be in a real hurry to repeat the process.



AB:

Huh…guess I should get around to approving you.

…Approved.

Originally Posted by Wizardcat

I'll finish this later. Got the ideas, just not the inclination to type them out. Ill.

So, yeah, I’m not going to approve or disprove until you are done…

…and really, having a feline character with the name of Cataclysm deserves a sunglasses moment, but I can’t really think of one.



Arcanum

Those look like good compromises. And while I was asking about it before, don’t feel like you have to transform back with arms or legs missing or anything like that. It won’t be fun for you if you come back from the first real fight without limbs or something like that.

Originally Posted by lazy man

Also you guys realize telling all of your monsters' weaknesses is just giving Toasty ideas, right? Orrrrr maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Well either way I'm not telling! ...mostly because it should be obvious if you think about electrical currents for a bit!

Me? Use this information against you guys? Never!

…I’ve been plotting for ways to take you people down way before people started to admit weakness. That’s my job as GM



Okay…so here is what we have so far:

Approved:

Inbred Chocobo: Sarah Viticus (Judgment)
Overcast: Earnest Goodhouse (Teeth)
Steel Shadow: Charlie Heat (Amorphica)
Armored Bishoujo: Kaitlyn Wales (Mawface)
Hawk: James Wade (Ifrit)
Riin Whitewind: Rawli Prochainezo (Grin)
lazy man: Ryan Sorenson (Blitz)
batgirl: Amanda Levin (Eldonna)
Girasol of Chaos: Beatrice Thallium (Rift)
Arcanum: Eric Stenson (Swarm)



Pending:

Aerozord: Eibon Harden (Incognito) [I just need some clarification about the “living shadow” comment]
Wizardcat: Joshua Wood (Cataclysm) [Need to finish charactersheet]

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SinrXIII
Mauve Mage
Teal Mage

[Overcast]

Way to make it BORING. Nah I kid, still all my dreams of Earnest hearing voices, looking into mirrors and seeing a mouth appear on his face and his eyeball falling out, and various other amusing items getting crushed under the reality of everything is troublesome. I may end up dumping the Teeth concept, but I need some time to see if I can edit it into a more primal thingie.

[Girasol of Chaos]

Originally Posted by Toastburner B

Keep in mind that in the early going you won’t have too much control over the monster to start with. You’re still trying to reign it in, so to speak. You can check the old thread for examples, people did a good job with it on that thread.

Also, in the beginning, the transformation is, to put it lightly, painful. After the first transformation, you probably aren’t going to be in a real hurry to repeat the process.

Alright, I'll keep that in mind: She'll be talking eventually, and may attempt to do so soonish.

As for the weaknesses, if there's no challenge there's no fun! Or so I tend to think.

This is probably why I love rather evil games.

[Teal Mage]

Originally Posted by Toastburner B

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SinrXIII
Mauve Mage

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Oh my, I feel so unwanted.

[Toastburner B]

Originally Posted by Teal Mage

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Oh my, I feel so unwanted.

Huh. I guess I saw you on the thread so often I assume you submitted a character. My bad.

Originally Posted by Overcast

Way to make it BORING.

What do you think the “B” stands for?

I may end up dumping the Teeth concept, but I need some time to see if I can edit it into a more primal thingie.

This probably won’t kick off until next week, anyways. Besides, we still have a few more placeholders waiting to be filled.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Toastburner B

Aerozord: Just to make sure, Incognito has a corporeal body, right? I just want to check, ‘cause “living shadow” takes my mind to a thinking that it is going to turn into “I have a body, but I can’t be hurt, because it’s all SHADOW! Wooooooo! (? Ghost moan)” Other than clearing that up, it looks alright…as long as you are still vulnerable when you are 2D, and you can’t lift anymore with your shadow lift than you can the old fashion way. Sound fair?

yes more or less what I was thinking. He'd transform into a solid three dimensional shadow, and still be vulnerable when 2D. There was an alternative idea if you think its more interesting. He could be like Pride from FMA, his transformation transforms his shadow and body is just a manipulated shell, of course harming the shell still harms him.

On the communication side, I'd like this form
Shadow Language: A shadow cannot speak, but it can convey much. Incognito uses a gestural language that is mystically understood with accuracy comparable to speech.

Game play wise I'd just do dialog as normal, just requires sight instead of ability to speak and hear. If I go with option two and have the human shell, said shell could still speak normally as well.

[Toastburner B]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

There was an alternative idea if you think its more interesting. He could be like Pride from FMA, his transformation transforms his shadow and body is just a manipulated shell, of course harming the shell still harms him.

I apparently never made it that far in FMA, so I'm very familiar with Pride's powers. I just wanted to double check how solid you were, it looks okay if you wanted to go with your first plan.

On the communication side, I'd like this form
Shadow Language: A shadow cannot speak, but it can convey much. Incognito uses a gestural language that is mystically understood with accuracy comparable to speech.

Couldn't you just talk? I mean, we aren't really going for realism here, so it seems having a "mystically understood" sign language just seems rather...excessive. I mean, if you insist, I don't see the harm in it, but just rather pointless.