Out of Char -- Q&A, comments, stuff

[Cynder]

This is the thread for all that non-game business (& fun) stuff. That way we can keep all the posts in the game in character.

I'm going to edit posts to take out stuff that isn't actual role playing (like questions & comments). I'll try to transfer them here (but I might not be able to do that)

[magicmuffin]

Help! I'm becoming an RPG addict!! lol
Started a character there...will flesh it out tomorrow (today? later today...)

[Cynder]

Great! I look forward to the fleshing, Magic

SuperBattler ---- yep! you can be a mage, but..... warning! this is by far the hardest character to play in this world & not necessarily the most powerful (but could be a lot of fun if you don't mind the work) But you might want to supplement with some other abilities... maybe martial arts quarterstaff stuff to use that staff of yours? or....?

Fireballs --- if you can come up with a way to make fireballs work... then you can have them! I hadn't envisioned fireballs in this world - but I AM reasonable (ask Hermione)

[blacksky90]

Ok so i do plants. Plants with proporties is easy cuz not really magic. But Making them grow and move is a different story. Growing i need to get energy to the plants water sun ect. moving could be done with angles of sun(grows toward sun?) maybe giving it a replecation? But then there is the problem of replicating the sun and restoring balance. I cant make plants ungrow but i might be able to take nutrients to other plants then giving to others?

[Hermione]

Maybe if you make something grow quickly, it won't be as strong? Like a fruit tree is in blossom, and you're hungry so you make one of the blossoms fruit early, only it turns out to be nearly tasteless, because it didn't have time to grow properly. Hmm, maybe I should leave well enough alone...

[blacksky90]

the food thing is a great idea. If i wanted to make vines, could i use grape vines and not make grapes on them so they would be strong? Also for other growth could i make like thorny stuff with mostly thorns and almost no vine?

[Cynder]

Blacksky --- yes, you will probably get some abilities as we go along... I might tell you in the out-of-char thread that you would know something... or you might think of something new to try & I might tell you that it is a new ability you can count on.... (of course stuff could go wrong too )

directing growth --- yep! like a rose & decide mostly thorn & not much leaf, stem or flower.... yep! you can do that. Will take concentration & charisma (you have to convince the plant - against it's best interests)

you've got the right idea about nutrients/energy --- Note: you could tap energy of any form & convert (some lost in conversion) & send it to the plants (watch out for displacement factors -- sudden vacuum?)....

but the speed.... that's a tricky one. I can see speeding things up some (say double, triple, quadruple, even 10x speed) but to make a vine that would normally take a year to grow --- grow in seconds (like Entangle spell).... that's like 10 million times faster!

Are you suggesting speeding up or slowing down time? What could be exchanged/used/done to balance such a shift? (I'll listen to anything).

[magicmuffin]

Ok, my character is all fleshed out and ready to go. I'm going to do some actual research into chi and martial arts...hoping to justify a little "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" styled action...
I understand a little about feng shui but we can't decorate a monster to death, can we? ;D

[Cynder]

lol -- feng shui-ing a monster! ;D um.... battle positioning? strategic prop placements? lol

looovvveeee Crouching Tiger -- will be fun to see what you come up with -- definitely a good direction to go in!

[kluane]

Hi

I'm not the big fighter - never am in RP, but I like to be a seer. Can I see by this ability dangers a little earlier than others??? I'll be able to see things from birds flight and preferrably from liver. If that is alright by you I can fall into trance to see things - but as it was in the ancient time I'll speak out in secrets not always solvable...

Usually I'm a rather dark person who stands by his own, but I try to be trustworthy to my friends.

About a rusty dagger I wear? I think Bronze doesn't rust - so forget the rust on it...

[blacksky90]

I got an idea for acceleration. possibly carrying around something that lets me manipulate plants quikly and effectively from the outside to better gather resourses(kind of like evolution/mutation?) Otherwise maybe a mixture of herbs ect that are powerfull enough to stimulate the plant and make it think it has been longer than it has? im just spouting ideas at random if you have anyadvice(anyone) i would apreiciate it

[Cynder]

Kluane:

...a seer..... bit tricky.... I would have to feed you stuff (so it will all fit into the game -- can't have you 'forseeing' stuff that won't happen ) Are you willing to check your PMs before posting to the game? if that is acceptable, I think we can make it work.

umm.... rusty dagger.... copper tarnishes -- turns a bit green --- how about that? or if you want something a bit more unusual... how about copper wire? could be a weapon - could be useful..... also tarnishes green....

[kluane]

The wire is very fine!!! I like it by now..

It's no Problem to check the PMs. But if you don't like it - I change Character...

And - I don't have liver on me all the time and I'll sure see sometimes the wrong things

[Hermione]

Blacksky, there are a lot of semi-desert plants that have to grow, bloom, and fruit in a very short span of time (the week of the rains or floods or whatever). Maybe you could work with that, plus perhaps some sort of fertilizer?

[Cynder]

Blacksky---- hmmm.... . Hermione's got a good idea. Wanna do some research on those fast desert plants?

or.... maybe you could charge up some fertilizer/liquid from an energy source --- still wouldn't be fast enough for the middle of a fight, but.... could get a plant to go from seed to plant overnight (200x faster makes sense - what do you think?)

Kluane -- I will PM you stuff, but if you want to control when & what.... then instead of a regular post -- just have your character concentrate on --- whatever it is you want to focus on & I'll PM you what your character can pick up

I just sent you your first PM.... is that what you had in mind?

Frizzer -- I am assuming you will be sharing most of what you pick up with the group -- so I put it in the game thread between <> but if not, I could PM you like I do Kluane.... how would you like to work it?

[superbattler]

lets see, i would need to be able t use new spells. what kind of spells shouldn't be to hard. finding a way to use them might be tho...

[frizzer]

I guess so, its looking a little complicated I never played D&D but I'll stick with it

[blacksky90]

Thank you hermoine!! that is a great idea. i already have a few ideas for attacks and stuff just from the desert plant thing. I think that i have discovered a fertilizer that stores an enormous amount of nutrient is that ok?

[Cynder]

how much fertilizer is your character carrying?

[blacksky90]

uhhhh how much will you let him carry?