Oct 9, 2016 2:35 am
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Monsters and Other Childish Things Link
Monsters and Other Childish Things Link
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Oct 9, 2016 2:35 am
What I need from you:
On Kids:
First, create your kid. A few factors to consider: All kids are first year freshman in high-school. This means they are typically between the ages of 15 and 16. 14 is really young, but maybe you skipped a grade or got special treatment back in the day. Older kids are an option if you want, they will be social pariahs for NPCs. Also, they will have been held back in previous grades...high-school is a relatively new experience for all PCs.
Concept: If you are having issues coming up with a character, consider starting with a clique. "Rich Popular Snob" is the only one off-limits. Nerd*, Geek*, Freak, Jock, Wannabe, Stoner, Latch-Key, Troubled, School paper/Yearbook, Drama Club, Marching Band, Student Council, or some combination of these. My school had all of these in my opinion. * To me, Nerds are brainiacs who are interested in ‘practical’ school topics, while Geeks are into comics and RPGs...which are seen as less practical interests by most adults. Your personal definition may vary, and that’s fine.
Gender and Orientation: Please describe your character’s presented gender, prefered pronouns, and sexual orientation. There won’t be on camera sex scenes in this game, but high-school is a time of confusingly high hormone levels. This game has a sandbox quality and Romance is one viable corner of that sandbox. It might come up, unless there is significant consisus that it should not. There is no default. You may answer in detail or simply choose from this list of common descriptors (listed in alphabetical order):
Genders: Female, Male, Non-binary, Transexual, Queer.
Sexual Orientation: Asexual, Bisexual, Gay, Heterosexual, Lesbian, Pansexual.
On Relationships: When building your characters you will be asked to detail your PCs Relationships. I ask that you use at least 1 point of your starting 6 Relationship points to tie your PC kid to another PC kid. The relationship need not be mutual. You might look up to another PC, consider them your best friend, or have a crush on them, but they barely know you exist.
Below you will find a list of details I want on your character. These are mandatory, but you don’t have to be extremely detailed. A sentence might be enough to cover it. All of these are also potential Relationships for your character, but I am not making any demands beyond the one other PC kid you will have a Relationship with.
Any people named as Relationships will need that relationship detailed. There will be a Thread for "Who’s Who around town" in which names, important facts, and portraits will be posted.
Special Note: Player Secrets - I am not a big fan of secrets. I prefer to trust players to keep OOC knowledge in mind. I feel that if a player has a plot relevant secret from the other players, it might as well not exist. However, if there are secrets to be shared only between the player and GM about NPCs, like a secret crush or abnormal relationship, I will include them using the Note function in the NPC Who’s Who entry. That way other players will not see it.
Home Life: All kids are from Lower-Middle to Poor Class households. I want at least a brief description of homelife. Please provide a list of who the character lives with and some details about how they get along/interact. What do your parents/guardians do for a living? Detail what the home looks like a bit also. Do they have a computer and internet at home? Cable television? Do they have a car waiting for them once they get their license? (If yes, it WILL be a oil-leaking, gas guzzling POS in some aspect...no pristine Audis for these PCs.)
Phone: All kids will have a smart-phone capable of running the Skrimslimon EXPLORE! App. You might be lucky and have just the newest iPhone because grandma and grandpa were generous on your birthday, or it might be a few generations older, used/aftermarket that was all your parents could afford. You choose, but your choice could will impact other elements in the game. Texting is free, but no one will have an unlimited data plan...mmwwaaahahahaha!
Primary Hangout: Create a place your character hangs out at when they have personal time. If their prefered hangout is their room or at school (Nnnnerd!), that’s fine. Describe it some, but also give me a location away from home that they like. This should be someplace they are allowed to be. Someplace the cops don’t usually chase them away from on sight. You can share Hangouts with other characters, but be sure to you are adding a detail that makes sense. It is unlikely that you won’t have noticed each other coming and going.
Off-limits Hangout: Create a place your character wants to hang out at when they have personal time, but something prevents it. This could be the school roof at night, a dangerous cave or abandoned mine. A rock quarry or train yard. An abandoned house, or one under construction when the market collapsed and never bought by someone else. These will make great places to hide from enemies and speak openly with your monsters. If you are found here, the cops will chase you off, or even arrest you for trespassing! Again, you are free to share with other characters, but be sure that you are adding details.
Kid Character Sheet Template
Stats and Skills
Feet: 1 (Dodging +0, Kicking +0, P.E. +0) (HL: 1-2)
Guts: 1 (Courage +0, Wind +0, Wrestling +0) (HL: 3-6)
Hands: 1 (Blocking +0, Punching +0, Shop +0) (HL: 7-8)
Brains: 1 (Out-Think +0, Remember +0, Notice +0) (HL: 9)
Face: 1 (Charm +0, Connive +0, Putdown +0) (HL: 10)
Relationships:
X
On Kids:
First, create your kid. A few factors to consider: All kids are first year freshman in high-school. This means they are typically between the ages of 15 and 16. 14 is really young, but maybe you skipped a grade or got special treatment back in the day. Older kids are an option if you want, they will be social pariahs for NPCs. Also, they will have been held back in previous grades...high-school is a relatively new experience for all PCs.
Concept: If you are having issues coming up with a character, consider starting with a clique. "Rich Popular Snob" is the only one off-limits. Nerd*, Geek*, Freak, Jock, Wannabe, Stoner, Latch-Key, Troubled, School paper/Yearbook, Drama Club, Marching Band, Student Council, or some combination of these. My school had all of these in my opinion. * To me, Nerds are brainiacs who are interested in ‘practical’ school topics, while Geeks are into comics and RPGs...which are seen as less practical interests by most adults. Your personal definition may vary, and that’s fine.
Gender and Orientation: Please describe your character’s presented gender, prefered pronouns, and sexual orientation. There won’t be on camera sex scenes in this game, but high-school is a time of confusingly high hormone levels. This game has a sandbox quality and Romance is one viable corner of that sandbox. It might come up, unless there is significant consisus that it should not. There is no default. You may answer in detail or simply choose from this list of common descriptors (listed in alphabetical order):
Genders: Female, Male, Non-binary, Transexual, Queer.
Sexual Orientation: Asexual, Bisexual, Gay, Heterosexual, Lesbian, Pansexual.
On Relationships: When building your characters you will be asked to detail your PCs Relationships. I ask that you use at least 1 point of your starting 6 Relationship points to tie your PC kid to another PC kid. The relationship need not be mutual. You might look up to another PC, consider them your best friend, or have a crush on them, but they barely know you exist.
Below you will find a list of details I want on your character. These are mandatory, but you don’t have to be extremely detailed. A sentence might be enough to cover it. All of these are also potential Relationships for your character, but I am not making any demands beyond the one other PC kid you will have a Relationship with.
Any people named as Relationships will need that relationship detailed. There will be a Thread for "Who’s Who around town" in which names, important facts, and portraits will be posted.
Special Note: Player Secrets - I am not a big fan of secrets. I prefer to trust players to keep OOC knowledge in mind. I feel that if a player has a plot relevant secret from the other players, it might as well not exist. However, if there are secrets to be shared only between the player and GM about NPCs, like a secret crush or abnormal relationship, I will include them using the Note function in the NPC Who’s Who entry. That way other players will not see it.
Home Life: All kids are from Lower-Middle to Poor Class households. I want at least a brief description of homelife. Please provide a list of who the character lives with and some details about how they get along/interact. What do your parents/guardians do for a living? Detail what the home looks like a bit also. Do they have a computer and internet at home? Cable television? Do they have a car waiting for them once they get their license? (If yes, it WILL be a oil-leaking, gas guzzling POS in some aspect...no pristine Audis for these PCs.)
Phone: All kids will have a smart-phone capable of running the Skrimslimon EXPLORE! App. You might be lucky and have just the newest iPhone because grandma and grandpa were generous on your birthday, or it might be a few generations older, used/aftermarket that was all your parents could afford. You choose, but your choice could will impact other elements in the game. Texting is free, but no one will have an unlimited data plan...mmwwaaahahahaha!
Primary Hangout: Create a place your character hangs out at when they have personal time. If their prefered hangout is their room or at school (Nnnnerd!), that’s fine. Describe it some, but also give me a location away from home that they like. This should be someplace they are allowed to be. Someplace the cops don’t usually chase them away from on sight. You can share Hangouts with other characters, but be sure to you are adding a detail that makes sense. It is unlikely that you won’t have noticed each other coming and going.
Off-limits Hangout: Create a place your character wants to hang out at when they have personal time, but something prevents it. This could be the school roof at night, a dangerous cave or abandoned mine. A rock quarry or train yard. An abandoned house, or one under construction when the market collapsed and never bought by someone else. These will make great places to hide from enemies and speak openly with your monsters. If you are found here, the cops will chase you off, or even arrest you for trespassing! Again, you are free to share with other characters, but be sure that you are adding details.
Kid Character Sheet Template
Stats and Skills
Feet: 1 (Dodging +0, Kicking +0, P.E. +0) (HL: 1-2)
Guts: 1 (Courage +0, Wind +0, Wrestling +0) (HL: 3-6)
Hands: 1 (Blocking +0, Punching +0, Shop +0) (HL: 7-8)
Brains: 1 (Out-Think +0, Remember +0, Notice +0) (HL: 9)
Face: 1 (Charm +0, Connive +0, Putdown +0) (HL: 10)
Relationships:
X
Oct 9, 2016 2:38 am
On Monsters
As I said on the Game Detail page, you will be making a PC Monster, with their own character sheet that you will submit to this game. I want you to post your portrait picture in this thread at some point so that I may clone your monster for my NPC Clone version. Keep the Gamers Plane guidelines in mind. Sexually explicit and overly gory images will not work. That being said, I do have access to and knowledge of Photoshop and can make minor alterations to images if you find one that is slightly problematic but otherwise perfect.
The NPC Clone version of your monster will have no details other than their name, portrait, and the name of the PC Kid they are bonded to. You will still be responsible for tracking damage and recovery and any other details you deem necessary on your own character sheet..
Your monsters are under your Kids control. They are loyal, unless the kid abuses them...even then it takes A LOT of abuse to get a monster to turn on their kid. However your monsters are not slaves to your PC Kids. They are creatures with their own motivations and interests. At times I will use theses NPC Clones of your monsters to speak with their voice or take actions I want to. This will be completely at my discretion, but I make certain promises regarding these action.
The words and actions will be within the parameters you establish for the monster. For example, monsters are brave, but If they your monster’s one fear is the vacuum cleaner, you won’t come home to find it vacuuming your bedroom, or if you do, you will know it is a sign that something is very wrong with your monster and you should run or prepare to deal with that!)
Your PC monster wants what is best for their kid, however, it has a very alien view point about what is best. For your monster, eating a bully is way easier than dealing with them in a non-violent manner. If you don’t set down the rules, don’t be surprised if they break them, but they will do so with the best intentions.
Continuing that thought, monsters get bored easily. If you are not mindful, they will wander off and make trouble for your kid. Making out with your crush? Make sure your monster has something to do, or to chew on at least. You are free to speak and act using your PC monster, but keep it interesting, or I will make it interesting.
Again, I recommend finding the right picture of your monster first. Feel free to create it yourself if you are inclined, but it will help you decide on it’s Bits and Bobs (i.e. Stats) if you can see it first.
On the template below I have included the minimum number of Hit Locations for your monster. HL stands for Hit Location.
Monster Character Sheet Template
Bits and Bobs:
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
Notes:
Xxxx
As I said on the Game Detail page, you will be making a PC Monster, with their own character sheet that you will submit to this game. I want you to post your portrait picture in this thread at some point so that I may clone your monster for my NPC Clone version. Keep the Gamers Plane guidelines in mind. Sexually explicit and overly gory images will not work. That being said, I do have access to and knowledge of Photoshop and can make minor alterations to images if you find one that is slightly problematic but otherwise perfect.
The NPC Clone version of your monster will have no details other than their name, portrait, and the name of the PC Kid they are bonded to. You will still be responsible for tracking damage and recovery and any other details you deem necessary on your own character sheet..
Your monsters are under your Kids control. They are loyal, unless the kid abuses them...even then it takes A LOT of abuse to get a monster to turn on their kid. However your monsters are not slaves to your PC Kids. They are creatures with their own motivations and interests. At times I will use theses NPC Clones of your monsters to speak with their voice or take actions I want to. This will be completely at my discretion, but I make certain promises regarding these action.
The words and actions will be within the parameters you establish for the monster. For example, monsters are brave, but If they your monster’s one fear is the vacuum cleaner, you won’t come home to find it vacuuming your bedroom, or if you do, you will know it is a sign that something is very wrong with your monster and you should run or prepare to deal with that!)
Your PC monster wants what is best for their kid, however, it has a very alien view point about what is best. For your monster, eating a bully is way easier than dealing with them in a non-violent manner. If you don’t set down the rules, don’t be surprised if they break them, but they will do so with the best intentions.
Continuing that thought, monsters get bored easily. If you are not mindful, they will wander off and make trouble for your kid. Making out with your crush? Make sure your monster has something to do, or to chew on at least. You are free to speak and act using your PC monster, but keep it interesting, or I will make it interesting.
Again, I recommend finding the right picture of your monster first. Feel free to create it yourself if you are inclined, but it will help you decide on it’s Bits and Bobs (i.e. Stats) if you can see it first.
On the template below I have included the minimum number of Hit Locations for your monster. HL stands for Hit Location.
Monster Character Sheet Template
Bits and Bobs:
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
#Name# (HL: #-#) #d (Quality, Quality, etc.)
Notes:
Xxxx
Oct 11, 2016 2:02 am
Completely new to this system. How big are these monsters? Not kaiju size, surely? X-D
Last edited October 11, 2016 2:07 am
Oct 11, 2016 3:00 am
Well, actually...outside your monster can have it's head in the clouds, but when your kid gets called inside for dinner they manage to squeeze through the door...somehow. And you get to make up the reason why!
Like the old 80s transformer cartoon, when Optimus Prime turned from a big-rig semi truck and trailer into a humanoid robot that was maybe 20 feet tall at best...where did his 50 ft trailer go? Or how did Megatron transform into a gun that one of his cronies could hold and fire at the Autobots? No body knows.
Perhaps they can grow and shrink as needed, or maybe they shunt their excess mass into a pocket dimension. Or maybe they tell you not to ask. You decide how your monster works. The size has no bearing on your monster's actual stats...although claiming it fills all available space does justify why his Massive Stompy Feet migt have the Area quality on them.
Like the old 80s transformer cartoon, when Optimus Prime turned from a big-rig semi truck and trailer into a humanoid robot that was maybe 20 feet tall at best...where did his 50 ft trailer go? Or how did Megatron transform into a gun that one of his cronies could hold and fire at the Autobots? No body knows.
Perhaps they can grow and shrink as needed, or maybe they shunt their excess mass into a pocket dimension. Or maybe they tell you not to ask. You decide how your monster works. The size has no bearing on your monster's actual stats...although claiming it fills all available space does justify why his Massive Stompy Feet migt have the Area quality on them.
Oct 11, 2016 3:05 am
It doesn't have to work in real world logical ways. Like in Pokemon how a lv.30 Ratatta, standing a mere .3 meters and weighing less than a pound can knock out a 15 meter long, lv. 7 Onix, that is made of solid stone, in one hit with a basic Tackle attack.
Logic is nice, but it isn't mandatory.
Logic is nice, but it isn't mandatory.
Oct 11, 2016 9:30 pm
ok i will have time to actually read the rules and create my characcter this weekend, and find some art for the monster
Oct 14, 2016 2:55 pm
I haven't had a lot of time to read the rules document yet, but I did find some fun art for possible Skrimslimons. I haven't gotten to where the rules talk about how to stat out your monster but just based on the art I'm leaning towards the last two guys (electricity dude and the slobbering, slime-globes guy) 'cause they look like the most fun! :-)
Last edited October 14, 2016 3:24 pm
Oct 14, 2016 4:35 pm
Those are all great inspirational images. Don't be surprised if the unchosen ones show up in the game.
Oct 14, 2016 5:22 pm
Yeah be my guest! :-) The first monster is kinda meh but I love the style of the artwork! And the boom box - that's old school! I love it! I'm in my forties, by the way. :-D
Oct 15, 2016 3:31 pm
Jabes.plays.RPG says:
Yeah be my guest! :-) The first monster is kinda meh but I love the style of the artwork! And the boom box - that's old school! I love it! I'm in my forties, by the way. :-Dand since i have no idea about like american high schools, i kind of want to make a character that is like me, a nerdy type character, and this monster would be perfect for my idea that it can travel through electronics, but if you picked it i dont wana steal your monster
Oct 15, 2016 4:35 pm
I was leaning heavily towards the electric dude but if you want him, go ahead and I'll go with the graboid-tail thing. :-) Everyone else is welcome to the other ideas.
I'm not American either so this'll be interesting! I also intend to basically play my high school self (oh man, it's been 25 years!).
I'm not American either so this'll be interesting! I also intend to basically play my high school self (oh man, it's been 25 years!).
Oct 15, 2016 4:51 pm
Jabes.plays.RPG says:
I was leaning heavily towards the electric dude but if you want him, go ahead and I'll go with the graboid-tail thing. :-) Everyone else is welcome to the other ideas. I'm not American either so this'll be interesting! I also intend to basically play my high school self (oh man, it's been 25 years!).
Oct 16, 2016 1:04 am
Hmmm...I never thought about the idea of players from outside the US and the differences in high school experiences in other countries/cultures. My only frame of reference is anime where high school is portrayed, and few of the ones I have watched focus on the normal class scenarios. But questions aren't a problem. If you have them, ask them.
Oct 16, 2016 2:19 pm
GaztheDM says:
again i dont want to steal your monster, i can figure something out, i have a chem background, so i can also think some kind of ooze like creatureOct 16, 2016 7:41 pm
ok gang sorry to do this to you, but i have to drop out of the game, i have a lot going on in my life and i dont have time/energie to learn a new system... this monder system looks super cool, and really interesting but my mind is mentally exhausted (also because i am running a 5e campaing with friends in RL so that needs a lot of prep)
I wish you all hella fun and great monsters and troubles :D
I wish you all hella fun and great monsters and troubles :D
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