Character Creation and Discussion

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Oct 8, 2023 11:23 am
As I understand we already have
Delinquent
Bull
Outsider
Doomed
Janus


My first choice for a playbook would be The Legacy
[ +- ] Legacy
Last edited October 8, 2023 12:39 pm
Oct 8, 2023 12:12 pm
Welcome! We also have a transformed, but yeah legacy is free :)
Last edited October 8, 2023 12:12 pm
Oct 8, 2023 2:00 pm
I'll be running Jerry using The Janus playbook. Ze uses ze/zir/zirs pronouns (https://pronouns.org/ze-hir - example sentence taken from that link "Ze is a writer and wrote that book zirself. Those ideas are zirs. I like both zir and zir ideas."). [I have enjoyed several books with characters with rarer pronouns, so wanted to try writing one. I know I'll mis-gender/pronoun them sometimes as a slip, will just edit it out and move on]

Ze is from a fairly well-off background, grew up in a rural farming setting. Currently ze is an undergraduate student at a university in Halcyon City studying English Literature.

Ze leads very much the double life - zir superhero team don't know zir secret identity, nor does anyone who knows zir in their mundane secret identity know about zir superpowers. It's kinda overwhelming for zir to balance the fantastic with the mundane like this.

Ze has an odd collection of powers - ze can take on the property of almost any substance out there, control and talk with invertebrates, and has heightened physical abilities (strength, agility, toughness.

I'm still choosing the Superhero alias (maybe Nightfly?), and answering the background questions - and once I'm done with that I'll put them in a GP character sheet.

For now I'm keeping track of the character build in this Google Document
Oct 8, 2023 2:18 pm
If we follow the suggested order of things, we should answer our relationship questions before moving on to "when our team first came together." The suggested order is (leaving out playbooks we don't have): Bull, Outsider, Janus, Delinquent, Doomed, Legacy, Transformed.

@LightOfMidnight: Tag. You're it!
Oct 8, 2023 2:55 pm
timplausible says:
If we follow the suggested order of things, we should answer our relationship questions before moving on to "when our team first came together." The suggested order is (leaving out playbooks we don't have): Bull, Outsider, Janus, Delinquent, Doomed, Legacy, Transformed.

@LightOfMidnight: Tag. You're it!
@timplausible - that’s great! Thanks!

@BeardHare - Jerry sounds interesting. I’ll try not to screw up zirs pronouns too much or too often, lol.

@Chloe - miss phase looks interesting
Oct 8, 2023 10:01 pm
Aegis says:
https://gamersplane.com/characters/custom/23132

Also, I found this character sheet on the site by Hubbtty, but I don’t know how to use it or make it a template or anything. *shrug* trying to figure that out too.
I'm not an expert, but here is one way you can get that character sheet. Go to the original template post which is here:

https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/21532/?p=1208158#p1208158

Click to expand the spoiler and then click the 'Create a Character' button. It will then create a copy of that blank character sheet you can edit.

Also, here is a video on how to use custom character sheets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b22tsCGkY4I

(And in general search on "gamersplane" on Youtube and you'll see a number of how-to videos.

I can submit my character sheet using the techniques above, but let me first wait and see which direction our GM wants to go.
Oct 9, 2023 3:00 am
I was going to at least answer the questions and share that info last night but GP was down. I'll get those done in here as quickly as I can, so we can start thinking about our relationships and all.
Oct 9, 2023 6:00 am
So my 'questions' are -
... is your love. You've opened up to them about the worst parts of your past.
... is your rival. They tried to control you at a cruical moment.

I'm choosing to interpret love as possible platonic love as well, as in my mind she's most likely gay.

Can see Tim's char as a possibility for either depending how they now interact with each other. While she's done crime she insists it was only out of necessity for food etc, rather than just because. Can also see them as 'those two guys' as the 'former' criminals trying to turn over a new leaf so more likely to talk to one another than the others.

Open to suggestions for others aswell, especially if I already the answers to one of Tim's questions (don't think I confirmed I liked that idea)

Hoping to do the other questions and post a sheet today if people want to wait for more info.

Also while understand its suggested in order for obp may be faster if we all post them at once? Found that for our Pbta games,
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Oct 9, 2023 7:05 am
Okay, for my character (The Transformed) so far:

I don't have a name or superhero alias yet. If one of you has any suggestions on the latter, I'd be happy to hear them.

Her powers are Impenetrable Armor and Technopathy. Her body is merged with strange metal from an alien device that protects her and also allows her control over electronic devices in her surroundings.
[ +- ] Questions & Answers
The relationships are:

____ comforted you when you were at your lowest.
____ knew you before you changed.
Oct 9, 2023 1:39 pm
bowlofspinach says:

I don't have a name or superhero alias yet. If one of you has any suggestions on the latter, I'd be happy to hear them.
Here are some superhero name ideas:
Cybera
Alloy Angel
Steel Sentinel
Nexus Knight
Metallique

And some alias / real name ideas:
Alexis (Lexi) Steele
Natalie (Nat) Forge
Emily (Em) Ferron
Lara Volt
Isabelle (Izzy) Irons
Oct 9, 2023 1:43 pm
I notice both LordOfMight's and bowlofspinach's characters are merged with an artifact in some way. That link might might help them bond. Each could be a good choice for the other's first question.
Oct 9, 2023 1:48 pm
I posted most the below as part of my character sheet, but posting the most relevant bits here so we can build relationships.

Hero Name: Solstice (The Outsider playbook).
Real Name:  Aria King
Powers: Can fly, pretty tough, radical shapeshifting, heliokinesis
[ +- ] Questions & Answers
The relationships are:
You’ve been learning about Earth by spending time with ____. 
You have a crush on ____ but you keep it under wraps.

Who wants a team-mate with a secret crush on you? (Which could be well-received or rebuffed if / when the crush becomes known).
Oct 9, 2023 2:42 pm
I don’t really care what everyone does for the CS, as long as it makes sense and all your info is there. I just wanted to provide something so everyone isn’t having to come up with something on thier own. Putting all that stuff into a CS can really kill. So feel free to use this anything else you want to do.
[ +- ] Character template
Yeah the site being down threw off my schedule a little. All good though.
Oct 9, 2023 3:06 pm
timplausible says:
I notice both LordOfMight's and bowlofspinach's characters are merged with an artifact in some way. That link might might help them bond. Each could be a good choice for the other's first question.
Like the name upgrade :p

This could work, altentaivemy can see them being at odds with each other as Lex can turn hers off. (Orginally had her also turning into some sort of metallic form, but a but too close so might be more stone kike/nature guardians or a different power)
Oct 9, 2023 3:59 pm
LightOfMidnight says:
Like the name upgrade :p
Oops.
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Oct 9, 2023 4:26 pm
You told _______________ all about your doom and the danger you’re in.

I think Leo would be a good for for this. I think Mirage would feel like he'd be the least likely to judge them for having worked for a villain willingly, and would understand what it's like to have a change of heart.

You’d love to kiss ________________ before your doom comes.

I'm leaning toward Aria. I think she's got kind of a magical, larger-than-life vibe that Mirage would be very drawn to. They might also see her as lacking a lot of the flaws they see in themself, and feel kind of inspired to be more like her.

Hmm... Aria's questions also include a crush one... I do enjoy the trope where characters have a mutual crush on each other, and everyone around other than them can totally tell. Up to you if that's something you're interested in, Dreamweaver.
Oct 9, 2023 4:28 pm
Here's a summary of my character for making relationships.

Hero Name Nightfly (The Janus playbook)
Real Name Jerry Steinbeck
Powers can command and communicate with insects, can mimic substances

Mundane "secret" identity as an English undergraduate student in the university.

Hero identity as a fully-suited infiltrator-type.

Came to Halcyon from a rural town to study at the university.

No one apart from xir knows that these two identities are connected - within the team you only know zir as "Nightfly".
[ +- ] Questions and Answers
The relationships are:
1. ____ knew you from your civilian life first.
2. You refused to tell _____ your secret identity when they asked.

As I'm imagining no one knows the two identities, how about for 1. it's one of you, in your non-hero mode, who Jerry knows in zir mundane identity (as a baby-sitter, an undergrad, their best friend)?

For 2. anyone think their character would be particularly nosy about zir mundane/secret identity?

@Dreamweaver happy for Aria to have a crush on Jerry
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Oct 9, 2023 5:04 pm
Would be glad for Leo to be the one Mirage told. Makes a lot of sense.

Leo could also be a candidate for Nightfly NOT revealing xir identity to. On a surface level, Leo's antics could make him seem unreliable/untrustworthy.
Oct 9, 2023 5:18 pm
Oh boy 😄 I'm at work for four hours and suddenly this channel explodes with activity. I'll catch up with everything in a moment.

First of all, I love Alloy Angel, @Dreamweaver. I was thinking along a similar line with something like Cyber Siren, but this is so much better. I'll snatch that name. (And now I'll definitely spend a level up on Flight powers so she will be able to grow metal wings)

As for relationships, a lot happened. I'll look over what's still open. But I could totally see my character being the one who asked for Nightfly's secret identity and was refused. Since she can't have a secret identity, I figure maybe she wants everyone else to reveal theirs as well, at least within the team. She might be a bit pushy about that.
Oct 9, 2023 5:18 pm
I edited my first post in here to include group stuff; Influence Chart, Relationships, when our team first came together. That way we can all see them and it’s all in one place. And if there were some solid decisions made that I missed, definitely @me so I can update it.

Looking back through it, the book says do Backgrounds first, then "When our team" (WOTFCT), then relationships, then influence. I like how we’re doing the backgrounds and relationships now though, I think that will help streamline things.

But I think it’ll probably be good to do the WOTFCT and I think we’re in a place where we can start thinking about it. I want us to do those in order so they can build on one another, in the order that I have it listed at the top. Bull, outsider, Janus, delinquent, doomed, legacy, transformed.
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