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Post by .~Kaede~. on Mar 8, 2009 16:48:13 GMT -5
See? Things are already looking up. ^_^
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Ikken Isshu
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 8, 2009 19:23:07 GMT -5
I went over to Wonderments and plunked a character sheet down into the FF roleplay. I went a little bit avant-garde with it, but I think I stayed inside the bounds of the original game. There's only one really 'original' concept in it, that being the Danaan, and I don't really think they're *too* much of a departure.
If you're interested, by the way, the Danaan are more or less based on the Dûnyain of R. Scott Bakker's The Second Apocalypse. (And, of course, their body suits are based on Dune's stillsuits, but the Danaans' suits are nowhere near as efficient or as advanced as stillsuits.)
And, since this isn't the purpose of this thread, I'll stop ranting about my FF character now. XD
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Post by SilverSugar on Mar 8, 2009 20:17:48 GMT -5
Yay for new character sheets! *attack huggles*
Anyway, since I'm lazy I'll give you my opinions of your character here...
For starters, it's awesome that he's a black mage. They rock. (Personally I never liked the Monks abilities. I'm a weapons girl, not an open-fisted style battler, but if you wanna switch, now's a good time.) Although, if we don't get a Fighter or someone like that around soon we might be doing the whole one battle-townheal-one battle-townheal thing... Or rather I will since I'm setting up a new file to play with based on our characters once we get our Fourth.
ANYWAY...
Since I have absolutely no idea what Danaan, Dûnyain, that person/book(?), or a Dune Stillsuit is... I'd like you to cut out those references if it isn't too much of a hassle. My rule for RPing in a Canon universe (even with non-canon characters like ours) is to not mix multiple styles unless the specific RP calls for it.
Thanks in advance.
A tip: A black mage wielding any other weapon besides magics isn't going to be very effective, and I will put your damage as such regardless of how skilled the character is. You can't multi-class so if you want good weapon skills you might want to consider switching classes or just stick with heavy hitting magics. Remember, later on there is Flare! (My personal favorite spell.)
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 10, 2009 0:34:21 GMT -5
Response: I'll just make him a monk, since the character he's loosely based off of is more of a monk than a magic-user any case. The removal of magic from his character is a much smaller change than the removal of his monk's upbringing would be. And the stillsuit was just an aesthetic thing anyway, so it's also no big deal to remove it. However, I'd like to keep the Danaan if at all possible, just because they're a major part of his personality/physical abilities/mentality/philosophy/history and so on, which means I'd have to do a lot of revamping if I got rid of them. And they're not actually from anything; they're just loosely based on an organization from Bakker's novels. Don't worry, though; they don't really have to be a part of the story in any regard, since they are almost obsessively xenophobic and isolated anyway. They need only exist as a part of the character's past. If it's a huge issue, I can work around it, but as long as I keep them out of the story itself, I don't think it will be. If this is acceptable, I'll go edit his description to appropriately reflect the changes. *awaits executive decision*
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Post by SilverSugar on Mar 10, 2009 15:01:14 GMT -5
I'm very stubborn, but if you can't find anything that works, I'll deal with it, but please try to work it out. There is actually a race in FF canon that would work if you just research a bit more. Sorry, I can't quite remember what they are called at the moment. I'm a Scatterbrain today, I should eat more brain grub. Heh. Bonus Points if you get the reference (hint: it's a from a TV show).
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 11, 2009 0:00:56 GMT -5
All right, I'll work around it. I suppose I can just... well, I needn't reveal my magician's secrets until I actually edit the description. I'll have it up in the next hour or so (if anybody is checking at the moment). EDIT: Got it much more quickly than I was expecting. So, edited. Let me know if it's all right now.
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Post by On Hiatus. on Mar 11, 2009 0:29:45 GMT -5
*glances around* Hello there! nice to meet you Mr. Soliphism!
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 11, 2009 0:41:20 GMT -5
Well, hallu thar. I look forward to seeing what we can do with this Pern RP!
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Post by L'tia of Honshu Weyrhold on Mar 11, 2009 1:32:07 GMT -5
Hehehe, wait and see what Rynne and I might cook up for it..... *evil grin* ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 11, 2009 10:33:25 GMT -5
Oh, Gawd... I'm so out of my depth...
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Post by On Hiatus. on Mar 11, 2009 11:11:55 GMT -5
It's okay, if you need you can go to your local library and check out a few of the Pern books or if you just want a basic idea you could try Wikipedia or Anne McCaffery's website maybe? But if you just have a few basic questions please feel free to ask me questions as I have red almost all of them.
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Post by L'tia of Honshu Weyrhold on Mar 11, 2009 12:29:59 GMT -5
Solipsism, for not having read any of the books, I think that you are doing an amazing job so far from what I read so far.
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 11, 2009 22:42:16 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I actually am shamelessly scouring Wikipedia for what I can find, and anything I can't find, I'm basing on Mercedes Lackey's Dragon Jousters, which was (I believe) based on Pern. Incidentally, if you're into books centered around dragons, the Dragon Jousters books are a great read. I despise the fourth and final one, because... well, I can't tell you why, because it would ruin the ending, but suffice to say I was heavily disappointed. But the dragon lore of the books is pretty neat, and the storyline of the first three is really good, especially the first one, because it sets up the world and the people and (of course) the dragons, which are awesome. The bond riders share with their dragons isn't telepathic, but it seems to be just as strong as those in Pern; at least, it is just as strong with the ones who do it right (I can't explain what I mean by that, but it is nevertheless true). ANYWAY, thanks for the votes of confidence. I think that's the first time I've ever used that phrase without being sarcastic. :XD
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Post by SilverSugar on Mar 12, 2009 0:16:49 GMT -5
I LOVE Mercedes Lackey. I've only read one or two of his books (Black Gryphon), but I intend to read more. Thanks for reminding me of that, by the way.
I think he is a much better author than McCaffery, personally, and I doubt the two are in any way affiliated with one another.
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 12, 2009 0:39:03 GMT -5
I don't know if they're 'affiliated', but it's worth noting that Mercedes is a woman. I have been meaning for ages to start working through her whole vast Heralds of Valdemar series, but so far all I've read are the Arrows trilogy (don't recall what its proper name is) and Exile's Honor. I adored Exile's Honor and it was the first Lackey book I read, and at the very least I need to read Exile's Valor, the sequel. I own Oathmakers and Oathbreakers, but never got around to reading them. They're a little difficult to get into after getting so attached to Talia from the Arrows trilogy. Which, by the way, had an awesome ending.
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Post by L'tia of Honshu Weyrhold on Mar 12, 2009 0:42:04 GMT -5
Have you read any of the the Elemental books that she has written? I read one of them and it was great. I wish that I could remember the name of the book right now so I could tell ya.
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 12, 2009 2:11:28 GMT -5
Ah! Yes, I've seen them at Borders and thought they looked intriguing, but I was already falling out of my interest in Lackey and into... God only knows who else, probably Anne Bishop at that time period. But now I'm thinking of jumping back into Valdemar. And my browsing of the Wikipedia article on Mercedes Lackey has led me to an interesting discovery: Apparently, This Scepter'd Isle is a prequel to the SERRAted Edge books.
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Post by On Hiatus. on Mar 13, 2009 11:33:46 GMT -5
You people have started talking my language....I have read all of Heralds of Valdemar and a Ton of Lackeys AND McCaffery's works, I love the Joust series but i have only read about to the third book...I love the Bedlam Bard set and the SERRAted Edge books too; If only you people lived nearby I would loan them out to you *Grin* But those two along with Diana Wayne Jones are my favorite authers!
If this keeps up we will need a Books chat thread.
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Post by L'tia of Honshu Weyrhold on Mar 13, 2009 22:51:11 GMT -5
Good idea Rynne, unless there is one already that we don't know about?
P.S. Rynne, if I haven't replied to any of the rps or the site(s) show that I haven't on either rp site by monday night, then my cat may have killed me in my sleep. The countdown starts after this post.
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Post by Ikken Isshu on Mar 13, 2009 22:52:00 GMT -5
You've read ALL of the Heralds of Valdemar? Good Lord, when did you start? 1990? XD How is Exile's Valor, if you've read it? Exile's Honor was the first Lackey book I ever read (ironically, it's one of the last Valdemar books published, hence one of the last in the suggested reading order, and at the time I read it, it was the last), and I adore it to this day. As to McCaffrey, the only works of hers I've read are a couple of the Brainships books. If I remember correctly, the titles of the two are "The Ship Who Searched" and "PartnerShip", both in one volume called "Brainships". They were some of the first real Sci-Fi I ever read, actually, because until that point it was all high fantasy. (EDIT: Scratch that, I also read the first, oh, two or three of the Acorna books. I barely remember anything about them, though. ) Which reminds me, I think it was Mercedes Lackey that finally cured me of Piers Anthony. I must have read twenty of the Xanth books, as well as the whole Incarnations of Immortality series except for the seventh, And Eternity (and HOLY CRAP there's an eighth Incarnations book, I can hardly believe it ); and I started... Oh, what the deuce was it called... Ah, the first book was called Virtual Mode, I read that and never went any further in the series, even though it was pretty intriguing. The thing I love about Piers Anthony is that he has this uncanny ability to come up with incredibly vivid and clever worlds/settings, but I'm not very fond of his actual writing. His characters always seem a little bit cookie-cutter to me, and his prose always feels stale, for some reason. Maybe it's just me. -_- But the premises of his stories are always intriguing, I'll give him that.
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