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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:30 am

So this will be something of an odd game. The game will be about the PCs being low powered creator deities of sorts (in addition to whatever they were before) and making their own world/plane of existence out of what concepts they can manage to get their hands on.

There will be several mechanical differences from a normal Pony Tales game.

I want you guys to make your characters with 8 points worth of traits from the Genetic Engineering document. I would like you guys to make stuff that isn't exactly normal and that's different from each other. You don't have to play equine races or even races that are already made or even anything similar. As long as it works for the sorta cute semi-anthropomorphic style of the show, and isn't basically a human or something, it should be fine. (An example of human-ish stuff that would be ok would be devils from the Disgaea games or stuff of that kind of style.) I'll probably be not super strict about that, so long as I like whatever it is you came up with.
Pre-post Edit: Also available at the same cost as Fireborn (1 point) are the various forms of "My Other Half is Also Dragon" found in the Joke Templates doc. You can even take multiple if you want.
Note: Seriously though, I advise you guys to take Cutie Marks/Expert Skills.
Edit: Ponykinesis/Telekinesis is a 1 point racial trait.

As for where your characters came from, I'd like this also to be different from each other. You're all starting out in a place called the Outlands which is basically a realm where pieces of shattered dimensions end up. So for example, one player could be a survivor of a plane that collapsed (say because something like Discord had their freedom and this ended up ripping the plane completely apart). Another might be a creation of a god. (Note: you guys are not "gods" in the technical sense, you're "creators".) Basically stuff like that. Just run ideas past me to see if it fits.

You can't take Fracture the Fourth wall or any Destinies/Utilities that allow you to break the 4th wall as part of their mechanics (though stuff that could otherwise be re-flavored to make sense could be fine).
Edit: You can't take It's Over! either. Smartass.

The History skill works oddly here (though mechanically more or less the same). Since most of the planes are places your characters have never been to, while it still does function as "this is what I've heard/read about this place", it also is used to learn facts about places by just trying to get an innate sense of them.

We will be using the Virtues of Living Legends, instead of the Elements of Pony Tales.

You have a second set of stats for the purposes of world crafting. They each start at 1 and you have 3 points to allot as you choose. You may choose to have 0 in a single stat but, if you do, you cannot ever use it. When using these stats you roll a d8 and add your stat value as a bonus to the roll. You cannot use these stats for any purpose but crafting your plane (unless I explicitly say so) and refining resources.

The Creation stats are as follows:
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In addition to each stat being able to do the things mentioned above, they can be used to Refine a resource. This is used to get resource types out of others. This costs a good deal of the resource(s) being refined and yields a lesser amount of the refined resource. Some stats are better at refining a certain type of resource from another (and some just can't do it in one step at all). The stat used it based on what you are trying to get out of what. Typically there will be a stat I deem is the best for this, a second that is not quite as good, and the other two will have more difficulty or won't be able to do it at all.
Examples of Refinement: Getting Passion out of Fire. Getting Electricity out of Energy. Getting Electricity out of Air and Fire.

Definition of terms: (I might add to this if there's significant confusion about things.)
Resource: A concept, element, etc. Examples: Fire, Water, Dreams, Love, Friendship, Anger, Sadness, Light, Darkness, Red, Yellow.
Expression: How a resource defines a created object. Examples: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Temperature, etc.

Clarifications: Each character possesses resources individually, not as a group. Thus a player cannot use Addition to create something out of Fire another player possesses. Players can swap resources by a willing use of Modification from all involved participants, though this will likely result in a loss of some amount of resources. Players can work together to use Addition to create something together with resources they possess but, this requires an Addition roll from all participants.

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If you guys want to take or make unofficial things (Utility, Combat Talents, Destinies, Virtues, Traits, etc.), I'm likely to be pretty accepting of that, just run the idea past me before assuming I'm saying yes to it.

Also, do you guys want to use Philadelphus' Talent Specialization Supplement?


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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:31 am

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Xel: Dynamo

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Elfy: Jingle Bell

Appkes: K'yath

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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:31 am

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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:35 am

I'm totally in this... And going to make a robot. Might or might not be pony-ish... Unsure at this point.

Edit: I vote no to using the Talent Upgrade system... We've got enough odd stuff to deal with without putting that into the mix.
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Post  elfowlgirl Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:37 am

I'm in! Claiming a spot now, character sometime tomorrow?

I agree with Xel.
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:11 am

CONFLICT!
I so want to...
but i'm in three games already...
but if I do, I lose the time to potentially play in any skype games starting up...
what the hay, i want to.
sign me up. please stand by while I come up with something truly weird, odd and/or baffling.
I assume you guys mean the Talent Show?
I can do without. love some of the options though
nvm. saw what I was missing


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Post  Doc pseudopolis Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:26 am

Give me a few...hours. I'll come up with something.

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Post  AProcrastinatingWriter Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:31 am

No, kaji, it is not the Talent Show. It is Philedelphus's Talent Refinement thingie.

I would like a spot, but it is very late at night/early in the morning and the character creation process is even more involved than usual so I'm just gonna go ahead and not make my stuff until tomorrow maybe day after if that's okay.
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:43 am

The talent upgrade thing seems... a little unnecessarily complicated. I can see how it could be a lot of fun, but this campagain will probably have a lot of confusion already.
Race so far:
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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:44 am

No real rush. In fact, I'm sorta hoping you guys will take the time to look over each other's characters and change things as needed for variety and better synergy instead of having to rush through the process.
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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:02 pm

Dynamo the Robotic Pony

The first of the new gods.
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:15 pm

adding some sf to your fantasy:
VNS-S-G4504-3
Now let's see how long it takes for the other characters to give it a nickname.

I just read Existence. Blame David Brin.
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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:31 pm

And I think with that we've hit our robotic limit. Sure people can still take that racial trait, but I'm thinking it'll be smarter to pick something more golem-ish or something for the rest of the group.
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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:04 pm

@Kajisora, a couple things. Does your character have any personality or a personal history? (Well more like it must since this particular swarm somehow exited it's origin universe.) Why Laughter? I'm not objecting, just wondering if there's a reason. You should get someone to help you out with your combat build, it's sorta all over the place. As a note, Paranoia is just a horrible move, don't take it.
Edit: Also I don't understand why your character has Arcana. It doesn't seem as if it has any way to actually use that skill aside from just Arcane knowledge in general.

@Everyone: How do you guys want to handle X/Session moves. I'm thinking either just treat them the same as X/Day or leaving it up to me to determine when I think a "session" has ended. Other ideas are welcome though. Except for X pages as that just doesn't work well at all.
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:31 pm

Ramsus wrote:@Kajisora, a couple things. Does your character have any personality or a personal history? (Well more like it must since this particular swarm somehow exited it's origin universe.) Why Laughter? I'm not objecting, just wondering if there's a reason. You should get someone to help you out with your combat build, it's sorta all over the place. As a note, Paranoia is just a horrible move, don't take it.
Edit: Also I don't understand why your character has Arcana. It doesn't seem as if it has any way to actually use that skill aside from just Arcane knowledge in general.

Personal history: Very little. I was planning on pulling the horrible cliche of "it fell into a black hole and weird stuff happened." It will have some quirks and knowledge passed on from it's predecessors though (serial number: generation 4504. more than enough time for stuff to happen to the programming.) The swarm is designed to interact with organic lifeforms: It's not going to do the whole "emotions? what are these things?" routine (It is supposed to raise the first generation of the colony after all)
Laughter I'm changing to Versatile: I did that before I decided on what the character was. It doesn't fit.
Combat I'll go have a look at... maybe I was trying out too many different things at once.
As for the arcana: that's for later. The universe it came fom doesn't have magic, but the swarm is programmed to learn and adapt. I'm taking It's Witchcraft and maybe ponykinesis as level up utility talents. I'm even thinking of taking the Spelljacker Destiny.
Besides, I tend to see it as a science stat, as in the understanding of magical theory, with magic being as much part of the laws of the pony universe as gravity and electromagnetism.

I also notice I forgot the actual world-shaping stats. adding those as well

EDIT done, done and done
pretty much a straight up dps build now: I was trying to combine too many combat roles at once
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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:18 pm

Well, that addresses all my questions/comments.
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Post  elfowlgirl Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:24 pm

Two real questions:

Are we gonna have a player limit/have we reached it?

Can I have my character take a "Expert Skill", not necessarily a "Cutie Mark"?
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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:29 pm

Well, I'm looking for 4-6 players so I won't take more than 6. 5 people have expressed interest so far. Expert Skill is fine. I wasn't really differentiating. Whether or not you have a picture on your butt is entirely up to you. =P
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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:54 pm

Admitingly I do hope I wont be the only one form a Pony-ish universe.
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Post  Ramsus Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:07 pm

That implies the other characters are going to be from a specific universe at all.
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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:11 pm

Good point. The more different the better the party will be.
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:27 pm

Ramsus wrote:That implies the other characters are going to be from a specific universe at all.
waiiit.
Is someone playing Cthulhu?
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Post  elfowlgirl Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:28 pm

Originally, I was going to make a deep, meaningful character from a broken and lost world (maybe on a quest for redemption?). Then it started snowing and Christmas music came on and that all went out the window.

Here, meet Jingle Bell!

For someone who's Jewish, I sure love Christmas...
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Post  Xel Unknown Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:31 pm

Headcannon: Jingle Bell is from Gen 1. XD
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Post  kajisora Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:37 pm

Xel Unknown wrote:Headcannon: Jingle Bell is from Gen 1. XD
Headcanon V2: she is the reincarnation of Minty from G3.
Literally the only thing I know about G3: A pony named Minty is obsessed with christmas
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