IHA Character Creation Thread

I have been trying to wrap my head around the 2 body problem. I love the idea but I thought we’d be waking up in world 2’s version of world 1’s character and not someone else’s body which makes fitting:
into the new body difficult. I mean mentally Oxana is still Oxana but she’s not stuck in Anika’s world and life so I kind of wonder if maybe a second High Aspect / Trouble might be appropriate because the troubles we encounter are going to be the troubles of these bodies, the family and historical baggage that these bodies bring with them that we’re about to blunder through like bulls in china shops.

Say for example Anika racked up a massive gambling debit prior to Oxana moving in, well that debit is mine now and the Midnight visit from Brother Guido Sarduchi is suddenly my problem.

What are your thoughts?

I suppose for me the thing that kind of tipped off this train of thought was I went with Anika being similar to Oxana till we hit the 15-16 year old bit and then I thought that’s not going to work anymore.

That's kind of why I went with a high concept and trouble that are the same regardless of the body I'm in. Akira is a mercenary. That didn't change, except that now she's kind of a mercenary without a war. Her trouble is, effectively, she likes to blow things up. Well, there aren't many explosives around, but she can and will still start metaphorical fires.

That said, I think Akira is the only one who currently needs to be in a different body. Dan/Josh I think was transferred almost 1 to 1. So I think that the criteria could be a mental synchronisation. Say maybe both Akira and Mirai both had a near death experience at the same time. Josh/Dan were just inherently similar enough.

Likewise. Although Lotte's background as a barkeep may not be very applicable, she still knows how to get connected and make a deal. Her trouble, by extension, is purely a rather flawed facet of her personality that would remain regardless of the body.

You are both more clever than I. 😃

I mean I can work both of those ideas into Anika but now that I’m playing here I can’t help but feel there’s something dark going on there too. It’s like I developed the character with one idea and then she became something different when she woke up. It’s kind of cool.

I'm not an author but my wife writes lots of stories. She starts that's the best part, when the characters start defying expectations and speaking in their own voice.

For you, I'd consider maybe an aspect like "same problems, different body", to indicate that problems you had before the change are leaking into this world in unexpected ways

Yeah keep in mind you can add Aspects if you feel one is coming on

I also write stories, when the muse visits me, and I completely agree with your wife. Nothing is better than writing something and watching your character turn left when you expected them to go right. I have a friend who writes for a living, makes a pretty good go of it and he keeps trying to get me to write more but my muse is fickle and she visits rarely.

When I get a moment I’ll have to look to see if there’s a power that allows you to nullify other people’s powers.

Yes there is

Well that works.

How long have people in this world had powers? Like when did they first begin to appear? Are we the first, second, third, one hundredth generation of supers? I know from MHA anime that it’s fairly recent, I think there are adults with powers who have teens with powers but I don’t think there’s much evidence of 3rd or 4th generation supers from what I’ve seen. Been more interested in rewatching "Killing Eve" to get ready for S3.

I suppose what I’m asking is could our parents have powers?

Oooo dang we have parents in this world --- oooo what is going to happen when they visit and we do not recognize them ;) or do not remember anything about them

I was only concerned about potential students that might have been friends which have not cropped up so maybe there were not any of course it seems with what 13 shared we do not really know anyone all that well

This was exactly the path I was going down. What if our parents are amazing here? What if our parents are psychopaths? Sooner or later Harry Potter is going to have to go back to the Dursley’s.

Off shift now...

Ya this was kind of where I was going with this thought from the beginning, these bodies have pasts, for good or ill. They have friends, foes, relatives, relationships about which we know nothing. This was one reason I was looking up my old bodies social media profile and why I was snooping through Anika’s phone. Our bodies might be known to some of the other students, there might be restaurants we used to hang out at locally... although this place has a kind of Hogwarts no where near home feel about if.

Anyway, I figured I’d kind of make up something for this past to bump up against.

Oh, I think I may have found the proper corrupted shadow look. Now I just need to find the exact image.

my sister ;)

Very nice