Character Creation

I say we choose one of two options:

1. We're GEO Peacekeeper on the frontier. Some fringe outpost. We get involved in local disputes between natives and newcomers, cartels and such, making discoveries along the way.

OR

2. We're trailblazers or pioneers trying to carve out a place where locals and newcomers can coexist in a peaceful thriving community. Building a new village we hope will grow into a town.

Fair enough. The book recommended that players discuss the group concept, but I can see why that would be problematic and time consuming over play-by-post.

I'm open to running almost anything, but my preference would be a mission-oriented game. I find with PbP that mission-oriented games, where players have clears objectives to achieve, work best. Consequently, I suppose a game where your characters work for the GEO Justice Commission. It doesn't mean that you are necessarily Peacekeepers or Marshals. You could be people from a variety of other backgrounds, and you've been hired as consultants or deputized. The Global Ecology Organization serves as a good middle ground for most games; its members want to protect the environment and are sympathetic to Natives, but must operate within their mandate.

Last time I played, the group had a similar group concept and it worked out well. The characters were a GEO Marshal, orca Peacekeeper, a scientist, and an aquaform Long John prospector.

I like that concept.

Agreed. :) I'll swing through the character creation with a clearer picture of what to play.

Submitted a rough character. I don't know how you guys make that character sheet stuff, so it's all the numbers, labeled and with a character pic. My concept is a modi with at least an implanted sensory recorder (100 hours +) and an uplink jack to livestream stuff we need to put on the interwebs. He goes by his handle "Helios", alternate handle is "Icarus" either one is ok with me.

Oh yeah, he's an artist and a techie, good with computers and so so with remotes. He wants justice and equal rights for all, he's probably deputized.

@umbraldragon - Thanks, I’ll take a look over the character tomorrow.


If anyone has anyone questions about the rules or setting, be sure to let me know.

OK

I've posted some new threads. One provides an overview of the planet itself, Poseidon. Another is a primer for the Synergy rules system. And a third details the errata for the player's guide. When I get a chance, I'll post a primer for the combat rules.

Hello everybody. Just joined the game. Still looking through the book and trying to create a character concept. What is everyone else making?

Welcome aboard!

Welcome Morgan_Freemans_Voice - umbraldragon's character is just up the thread and I'm doing a Modi human Biologist.

Thanks! I may go with a cetacean character if GreyGriffin doesn’t make one. I just need a few days to put something together.

Have we settled on an actual central group concept? I still have the character in mind I just want to know how to contextualize it before I start building it.

You mean Grumpy Dolphin Mechanic?

I'm assuming we're a loose band of deputized civilians concerned with keeping our huts clean, having a cold one in the evenings, and finding a nice fishing spot. Other than that we probably do a bit of protecting the weak and keeping our environment intact. Perhaps...?

Umbral has it about right. We’ll do a mixed group of individuals working for the GEO Justice Commission. You’re essentially freelancers who have been hired, perhaps deputized, to undertake assignments. This can be lots of things: investigating organized crime or illegal corporate activity, dealing with Natives on behalf of GEO, looking for missing persons, combating despoiling Long John miners, looking into reports of nereid sightings, etc. Basically, you’ll be doing the stuff that GEO doesn’t have the time or influence to do. I think this’ll provide the most flexible options for game play.

If possible, I’d like to get the game started for next week.

My character has been submitted. His name is Ezra Reddix. He’s an aquaform GEO Peacekeeper equipped with gills and whatnot. I was really stuck between making an aquaform or one of the Silvas, but I figured someone who can breathe underwater is a safer bet for a water planet.

Awesome...almost there!

I caught a pretty brutal virus this weekend (not the virus), I'll hopefully be able to get a character chunked out tomorrow.

Okay, thanks for the update.