We Are Our Action Avatars (Discussion)

Imca is the DM.

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Also, since Fokes asked me if it'd be okay to bring this character back to this game, I think it'd be better if I put up a sheet for 'em

• Name : "Zoe"
• Sex : Female
• Race : Elf
• Gear :
  • Smoking pipe.
  • Satchel full of seeds of strange mythical and potentially deadly plants
    • A type of cannabis native to her home world that when smoked is non-addictive and generally harmless...well, aside from just how trippy things will get afterwards.
• Powers : Magical powers, primarily specializing in defensive and passive magics such as shifting of the elements and weather, controlling the growth and development of plants or communicating with other beings such as animals, plants, or ancient spirits
• Skills : Great botanist, great dancer, and knowledgeable at magic even if she can't really explain it well. Might also be a decent navigator, maybe.
• Physical Abilities : More dexterous and graceful than a normal human, but not as physically strong. Handles hazardous conditions and exposure to the elements fairly well due to being an elf. Also fairly resistant to all the poisons and natural defense mechanisms some of her "temperamental" plants have.
• Quick Traits : Pleasant and kind in demeanor, but seemingly air-headed. Pacifist by nature, although it's less of a direct opposition to the use of force and more that she doesn't even consider it. Willing to listen to anyone's moaning and complaining problems if she has a bowl of snacks on hand without compensation. Might know more than she seems, although all the smoking makes it hard to believe.

edited 21st May '15 9:13:55 AM by Raidouthe21st

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So, uh, what arc will we be doin' after this?

I might have an arc idea, but I'm not sure whether it'd work best with WAOA or WAOAA >_>

Done with finals, what did I miss?

Will make dad jokes for friends.

First, NPC do follow reality logic, and shit that will get you in trouble with the cops will get you in trouble here, that is not new, you can ask any one who has been around for a while...

How often has the group gotten in trouble with the locals now? I think there is several worlds there explicitly not allowed back on.

The general rule is concessions are allowed with characters abilities, but the effects of how there abilities and skills are used DO NOT get concessions.

Hell some times not even there race does, been several plots that I know of where the Non-Humies have had to come up with disguises.

Second, I am getting a bit tired of all the fucking edge that is going on here lately, "Oh I am so good at illeciet activity", "Oh look at me as I nearly chop my fingers off with a knife" (that one was faust, dont try to say it was not you staples I know who it was)

These are not good ways to make your character very enjoyable to play off of.

edited 21st May '15 11:42:57 AM by Imca

Fair point on the edge, although I don't think it'd be unfair for a professional merc who's been on several jobs to have picked up at least the basics of one skill in smuggling.

Still, though, I don't get the issue. Again, these characters do the impossible with alarming frequency, but finding their way around basic security is too impossible?

"It stinks!"

I missed a lot, I'm guessing?

Will make dad jokes for friends.

I am fine with dark backstory and attitude and stuff but sometimes it gets a bit...

I dunno, a bit out of control?

My only comment is that Wasp is an incredibly hard character to like, since there's far too much brooding and casual threats to everyone that annoys them emanating from that character. And they always go "I'm boreeeeeeeeed" when people are having downtime, like a sociopath with ADHD or something. Sukuna...eh. No like, no dislike, but they do have a habit of overtalking about how nasty their past can be, so I haven't paid too much attention to that aspect.

To be honest, I really didn't see why there needed to be an argument over the possibility of the package not being a bomb after the package even opened, considering the issue was solved in, like...one single post. I'm just happy the DM decided it wasn't a bomb in the first place, since we've got plot shenanigans going on now.

edited 21st May '15 11:49:57 AM by Raidouthe21st

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The problem is holding up a plot due to over caution by assuming that every one and there mother has those skills.

SECOND, you cant use packages for smuggling under most circumstances, and trying to do so even for a plot would be something that would get you here as well.... Have you seen the amount of screening that packages have to go through in any thing comparable to the modern day?

We don't mind improbable skills, but what your claiming is the equivalent of "I can shoot good enough that I can kill a tank with an M4"

edited 21st May '15 11:51:20 AM by Imca

Nope. I really wouldn't have known or assumed any of that at the time.

To be honest, the thing I find more concerning is that said argument continued even after the issue was put to rest in a single stroke.

edited 21st May '15 11:55:10 AM by Raidouthe21st

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Have I had Sukana talk about her past that much? I ask that genuinely; I remember her bringing up the Reconstructor Matrix all of once, but I also remember steamrolling past that pretty quick.

I'm sorry, but I still find your reasoning ludicrous. In all the technology and abilities that exist in this RP, particularly from a futuristic or otherworldly environment, it's impossible for something to exist that would allow smuggling through mail, even riskily?

"It stinks!"

All mail is passed through an X-Ray machine which is viewed by an off sight bomb disposal technician, if any package fails inspection, the service is immediately contacted and the package is pulled from the line, In addition, they also scan for radioactive material and bio-hazards now.

If you use a legit mail service, an illegitimate package is not getting through.

"But what if you disguise the contents" You ask? If the mail is suspicious, it is STILL pulled, and is opened and inspected that way.

Your not getting through that unless you bypass the mail service directly, especially since the scanners are continually updated to be in line with current threats.

Another way would be to be from a scifi world, while the mail service is modern or pre-modern but that does not apply to the villains.

edited 21st May '15 11:57:56 AM by Imca

Yes, but that implies the security in the pokemon world is as stringent as it is IRL, I mean, it's not like the Pokemon world was full of super dangerous terrorists that pulled the kind of attacks that are behind the security measures we have today, yannow?

... Besides, what kind of archaic barbarian still uses mail anyways

Eh, while I personally can think up about, well, 15 different potential ways if you give me a minute for such a mailbomb scenario to occur...

I'd also have to justify sending a bomb to the characters undetected and pissing off several players if their characters ended up dead from the ensuing explosion and the subsequent "but how did they even get it past security" discussions and stuff.

Dunno how it is for Imca, but frankly that's far more work than I ever want to deal with.

edited 21st May '15 12:00:33 PM by Raidouthe21st

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Kyurem did 9/11

@Topic: The problem that differenciates this from the everyday oddities that occur with the group is that this particular type of interaction requires incompetence/failure on part of NPCs, which should not be assumed to be the case unless it has been specifically established that the local law enforcement or whatever are incompetent buffoons.

edited 21st May '15 12:00:40 PM by LeChuck4

That, exactly what Chuck said, thank you for wording it better then I could Chuck.

NPC are supposed to be taken as just as good at there job as the group is until stated otherwise.

edited 21st May '15 12:01:38 PM by Imca

Considering it takes a group of teenagers to counteract Team Rocket where an army of Officer Jennys failed, I'm pretty sure that's an established fact, Chuck

Were following Manga logic, where pokemon get snaped in half fuckyes, that is less of a valid point.

I'm fine with characters coming into conflict with each other, but it is starting to look like that's all Wasp can really do. The implied threat with the EMP grenades against XN really didn't help.

As for the package thing... I dunno man, I'm not going to argue the logistics of whether it'd be possible to sneak a bomb or something past security. My questions are just why is this so important, and more importantly, is a character who considers doing this to a fellow employee over a petty argument someone who should be in this game?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, I didn't say she'd send a bomb to Luna, I said 'illicit package.' That could be drugs or weapons. She'd want to prove a point, not hurt her.

edited 21st May '15 12:06:21 PM by StaplesZinger

"It stinks!"

True, true, but still

Which brings me to another point, by the way: We should maybe make clearer what's the intended tone for the whole thing, like, are we going with the anime logic where Team Rocket are a bunch of incompetent idiots using ridiculous machines, or...?

Also, wanna hear my arc idea I mentioned last page, btw?

To be honest, I never assume anything about an NPC's competence level. Ever. It's an incredibly dangerous supposition, overestimating or underestimating any NPC's intelligence. As this RP taught me painfully.

Also, what Hilarity said.

edited 21st May '15 12:09:01 PM by Raidouthe21st

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i got my tv back

" I did the right thing, didn't I? It all worked out in the end." "In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends."

No, Manga logic, they are a legitimate threat, a general idea is to keep fair amount of compantancy all around.

@ Staples: Here is is a maybe solution while I go get lunch....

How about we pretend the whole argument thing never happened? We just stop with Luna handing the VHS back to Samus.

This would not be the first time we have ignored IC clusterfucks for OOC benefit.

Then we can just get a move along on the plot, and we will be fine.... hopefully.