Character Development Thread--Discussion

Back from convention and posted for everyone I needed to post to. =D

Sorry about that but Henry's seen enough problems start from a small miss understanding.

I'm sure I'm sure, I just think it's funny.

Minor nitpick: The building Sophie and Midori are on top of is in the New City, not the Visitor's District. Not that it changes much, but just thought I'd point that out.

I guess you're right. Oh well at least he didn't pull it out.

~Flowing Cotton: You planning on posting soon?

When I got home, which will be around six hours from now. Feel free to post for Saya first, though.

@Mrship21: Just in case Henry encounters the group from Terra Nova in town, would it be too spoilerific if you gave an idea of whether or not this is before or after he was in Capital City so far as his personal timeline is concerned? For the Terra Novans, it's most definitely after their visit to Capital City (and the Resort, for some of them) and they would certainly recognise him.

@Wolf This is 3 years after his visit to the capital to Henry so yes he should remember them.

Thanks for that. I wasn't sure if the differences in description were "before" or "after".

@Yeah and now Henry's in the disco era. (Disco didn't really catch on in America until about 75 or so.)

Added in the Full Map by Flowing Cotton on the OP of Frontier.

For Samuel, I figured out a plot line for him. I just hope it doesn't intersect with the other ones going on.

Last couple of posts in Frontier have confused me somewhat.

Apparently there's a four-metre monster outside the Washington (East Railway Road) yet visible from Main Street?

If nothing else, Tsadro at least should be able to feel something that big and powerful, I'll be happy to edit in the morning (about 6 hours from now). Then again, I haven't designated exactly where Tsadro and Chloe are, either.

But, yeah, I'm not entirely sure what the exact deal is going to be with this thing.

edited 7th Sep '15 10:00:06 PM by CrystalGlacia

I have no idea how to react with either of my characters in the situations going on in Frontier. Can someone help me catch up to speed or something?

I was picking that Tsadro and Cloe are further away from the railway station than Christopher, Terra Novans etc on the grounds that there's been no mention that when Tana drove the Armoured Troop Carrier out of the Railway Yard and onto Main Street, that she drove past the Tipsy Toad. Unless Cloe and Tsadro have subsequently walked up the road towards the Railway Station and passed the group with the ATC.

I could have it completely wrong, though.

Sorry, no post today. I forgot. Also, tomorrow my semester starts up again, and I'm not sure how that'll affect my posting rate.

Also also, did the lizardman just cut a hole in the Washington - in plain view of everyone - revealing a huge, horrible monster outside?

That's pretty much the case, Blackfire.

While it is a bit late to mention this now, I was rather wary of this whole demon plot ever since the trail of destruction post. Frontier is a "main" thread, which normally allows for all sorts of crazy happenings. However, plots that have the potential to affect the whole thread and drag everyone into them no matter if they like it or not are bad form, and the demon plot's feeling an awful lot like that (at least in regards to the town).

And another thing: It's generally considered good form to wait for everyone in a certain group before proceeding. Meanwhile, ~Tempest Knight and ~In An Odder Way have pretty much sped the demon plot forward without giving ~Flowing Cotton or myself much of a chance to react. Which is a little annoying, to say the least.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Saya now, beyond getting her out of the demon plot because that sort of thing is way beyond her league.

On a brighter note, I am considering dropping a second character into Frontier. Is there anyone who needs someone to interact with/is planning on introducing a new character themselves?

edited 7th Sep '15 11:21:18 PM by Yomegami

I can do that. I've been meaning to drop someone else in and doing so will give me some time to work out stuff for Azhuhl and Ammolite.

EDIT: Where are you planning on placing them? Just to be in the know.

edited 7th Sep '15 11:30:29 PM by DarkbloodCarnagefang

I'll be introducing three new characters to frontier once a certain sub-plotline resolves itself in city. Hard to say when that'll be though.

@Wolf: Then again, it was stated that Chloe had been sobering up somewhere on Main Street; whether she was going about that anywhere near the Tipsy Toad is anyone's guess. In addition, Tsadro walked some distance away from where he spoke to Tana, who presumably was somewhere near their cargo.

Either way, I doubt it matters now, I edited my last post so Tsadro just felt the demon.

@Yomegami: Hopefully Tempest Knight thought of some way to drag the fight out of town. While I'm personally not opposed to the plot, we can't have it wrecking the town either (a bit too late for poor Washington, but hopefully that'll encourage more characters to gather elsewhere).

Also, I added some locations to the map (and fixed the map form not loading), mainly those pertaining to the Dead God plot. Only an approximate, though, exact location is up to KC.

I'll post in a bit.

@Yomegami:

I apologize if my plot has caused any kind of damage. That was never my intention. I'll try to get my characters into a more reasonable setting; I'll also try to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.

I think the problem might be that I put uber-powerful characters into a relatively mundane setting. I went in without a real idea of where it was going to go, and the whole thing just sort of got away from me.

It's not intrinsically wrong to have a character like Nosha in a CDT, you just have to make sure you're not disrupting characters who just plain aren't here to deal with things like that. Main series CDTs such as Frontier and Capital are intended to be as inclusive as possible, whether you want to develop an Eldritch Abomination or an Ordinary High-School Student. It would have been wiser for Kiyoshi to, perhaps, determine why Nosha wants to come to the town, and try to draw it away- in fact, we could try that right now. We all make mistakes.