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Officer Judy Hopps

Officer Judy Hopps

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#1764750 The RP Lounge

Posted by Inumori on 14 September 2016 - 11:06 PM

Perhaps, but precisely how would Jeanne marrying Garm benefit the Noble at all? If it were only a minor house, there wouldn't be much profit, if at all. XD

And him acting like a street Urchin really annoyed Jeanne, if I recall correctly.

 

Actually it would have been pretty beneficial for everyone involved if a lesser noble like Garm ended up as Jeanne's husband. Recall that as an adopted daughter, Jeanne's children would not actually have any blood-rights to Gryphon land and title. To acquire such rights, all Jeanne would have to do is ask, but if a noble married her for power and claim (true colors showing only after the ceremony) they'd either need to win over her parents or successfully kill both her brothers to get it. A most daunting task in either case. This basically meant that Jeanne was free to marry for love and needn't concern herself with the trials of a political relationship, but also that if she married into another noble family it could expand the actually rather narrow line of Gryphons without leaving it susceptible to power-plays by the other House. Marrying into a lesser noble line like Garm's would end up beneficial for both families by both expanding the Gryphon family, putting noble blood (still important to many) into Jeanne's children by way of their father, and adding a great deal of legitimacy to the fledgling House Bernard (Garm's father being the start of it) by binding it to House Gryphon.

 

I freaking loved the depth that went into the backstory and politics of that world.




#1764219 The RP Lounge

Posted by Inumori on 12 September 2016 - 03:41 AM

It sounds to me like she's mixing in a bit of FFT's Brave/Faith setup with it. Intelligence and Wisdom would likely affect magical skills in some kind of mix for attack and defense with it (higher Wisdom takes less damage from a Fira for instance) rather than your character's literal IQ and common sense (but using that nomenclature to stick with the theme of human attributes and because they get the general point across). As for Charisma, there were quite a few FFT classes that utilized some form of Social Combat. I distinctly remember Thieves being able to Inflict Charmed on the opposite gender with a skill called Steal Heart that was pretty much sweet nothings in the ear, and of course the ever dreaded Invitation skill.

Not to mention that in a GoT styled setting, being charismatic can be a life saver.

 

Dude [Steal Heart] was ridiculously powerful in FF:T. Seduce some quality soldiers early game and you set yourself way forward. Scholars also got you monster forces which could quickly get grossly powerful, if less flexible than human soldiers.




#1764215 The RP Lounge

Posted by Inumori on 12 September 2016 - 03:29 AM

DnD stats are based on a very specific and mathematical system though. There's no need for charisma, or intelligence, or wisdom either without dice rolls involved.

 

The flat stats can still generally express a character's ability to demonstrate their talents and/or understanding (and cast affiliated spells). If Mors the person writes something really brilliant and thoughtful but Mors the character has piss mental stats then it comes off as the babble of a paranoid doomsayer that is incidentally correct. Unfortunately this also means the actual babble of a real paranoid doomsayer who happens to have high mental stats ends up being well-received, inspiring, even charming to anyone insufficiently aware of how terribly wrong and/or literally insane it is.




#1764211 The RP Lounge

Posted by SliceAndDice on 12 September 2016 - 02:54 AM

DnD stats are based on a very specific and mathematical system though. There's no need for charisma, or intelligence, or wisdom either without dice rolls involved.


It sounds to me like she's mixing in a bit of FFT's Brave/Faith setup with it. Intelligence and Wisdom would likely affect magical skills in some kind of mix for attack and defense with it (higher Wisdom takes less damage from a Fira for instance) rather than your character's literal IQ and common sense (but using that nomenclature to stick with the theme of human attributes and because they get the general point across). As for Charisma, there were quite a few FFT classes that utilized some form of Social Combat. I distinctly remember Thieves being able to Inflict Charmed on the opposite gender with a skill called Steal Heart that was pretty much sweet nothings in the ear, and of course the ever dreaded Invitation skill.

Not to mention that in a GoT styled setting, being charismatic can be a life saver.


#1762791 Epic Fantasia!

Posted by Diabeto on 31 August 2016 - 08:35 PM

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Epic Fantasia!
This is the prologue. Here, our protagonists begin their journey as nobodies.
 
You are woken up by the concoction of noise. What's going on, are neighbors having a party or something? You hear the sound of drums, cheers and singing. A very repetitive, but strangely alluring song. In fact, its so entrancing that it gets you out of your futon (because for some reason, you were sleeping in a futon) and removes any of that morning drowsiness you're supposed to feel in the morning. You know, like any proper millennial who never had to do early-morning manual labor in his life and is used to partying all night long. Or at least until midnight, that's something too.
 
As you get up, you feel that your movements are somewhat sluggish. Right, you got a new body. This is no longer Kansas, you died and reincarnated to another world. As you inspect (and feel) your newly acquired appendages, you realize you are not alone in the room. And it's a room. A very Spartan, archaic room. But anyway, you realize there are other people in there with you, just as confused with the current situation you all are in. Your gut feeling tells you that they share the same predicament as you. Suddenly, you don't feel as special as you did when you saw that reincarnation message.
 
Fortunately, you don't have time to get in a slump because the music which woke you up has grown louder during your check-up of your new body. The feeling of your mind going blank, like when that hot co-worker bends forward and reveals the full depth of her heavenly valleys, possesses you and your body, forcing you to leave the room and join the celebration and festivities that were just outside.
 
Across the door you find yourself on a street packed to the brim with a cheering crowd. Sweet Jesus, what a crowd it was! Some of them looked human, but most had an appearance like somebody took various animals, hacked them to pieces and then reattached them while dead drunk. And the scariest part of the whole scene is that they all jumped around, danced and cheered.
 
In the middle of the road, a procession was moving, it was something similar to an Eastern Asian version of a carnival in Rio. As it moved, the cheering got louder, the drums beat more violently and from time to time your ears were filled with the sound of a horn blowing loud enough to split earth. Well, that was an exaggeration, but it definitely split your eardrums.
 
You didn’t care though. You couldn’t care at all. The whole atmosphere filled you with maddening euphoria. Soon, you joined the fray, dancing and jumping and cheering, and your world turned into a chaotic mush of colors and sounds. A female voice, the most beautiful voice you ever heard, cheerfully resonates through the crowd and through your very being, adding to what was the greatest high of your life:
 
“Dance, dance everybody! Offer your fleeting existences to the Son of Heaven, the night of the Hunt is upon us!”
 
That sounded mighty ominous, but your brain wasn’t functioning right. It wasn’t until screams started that the euphoria began to let up and you suddenly realized that shit had hit the fan.
 
Something was coming from the back of the procession, but you couldn’t make out what. As it rushed through the carnival, the music was getting louder and louder, but the cheering was replaced by screams of terror and pain.
 
However, there was no need to panic! You aren't dying yet! A message appeared before your eyes, surely giving you a helpful tip for the situation:
 

Compulsory Quest: Escape the Wild Hunt

Difficulty: Hard-ish

Reward: Your lives and maybe more?”

 

 

Our group of protagonist find themselves in a ridiculous situation. Will the force be with them and allow them to pull through this adversity? Let's find out.



#1762108 The RP Lounge

Posted by SliceAndDice on 26 August 2016 - 09:48 PM

So...er....neat?

I have no idea what's going on, but I assume it's neat.

 

My Hero Academia is a manga/anime about an earth where 99% of the population has some kind of "super" power (some of them are pretty mundane), and as a result of super-powered crime on the rise various governments around the world have taken to licensing and subsidizing superheroes. As can be expected, becoming a Hero is now a very real and very possible dream- to that end, multiple high schools have sprung up that are dedicated to nurturing and growing young heroic talent (hence the title). It's an entertaining series so far, I really enjoy that the protagonist is actually intelligent.

 

Devi is proposing an RP set in that world, only with a more collegiate type setting.




#1760390 [OOC] Hordes of the Tower of Ishido

Posted by The Illuminati on 09 August 2016 - 11:58 AM

An odd sentiment? With all due respect, I took steps to help you guys write around Paper over a month ago. Then a few days ago, after I was pretty much sure you must have decided to drop out, you ask if it's your turn to post, which suggests to me that you're not following RP or the OOC. But whatever, I still decide to give you the go-ahead to write something. Now, days later, you still haven't posted anything or given me any real idea that you plan to.

So yeah, like I said, it seems to me like you guys are having trouble keeping up. I think that's a perfectly fair statement, and an extremely mild response, all things considered.

Anyway, I'm not trying to kick anyone out. I'm trying to get answers before I do anything else.


#1759552 [RPG] Hordes of the Tower of Ishido

Posted by The Illuminati on 01 August 2016 - 03:28 PM

 The Hero's Journey: The Cutthroat & The Vixen, Chapter Eight

The Third Wave
Spoiler

Lady Hisako Onryô, one of the Three Dead Sisters, looked on with growing displeasure as her most favoured disciples were made to look like fools by the remaining adventurers. Oh how she ached to remove her blades and use them to cut these filthy mongrels into slivers. But to do so now would stunt her remaining disciples' growth. Like everything else, this was a challenge. One they had to overcome on their own, or die trying. So instead, Hisako forced herself to watch quietly, digging her nails into her upper arms as she did so, drawing blood.

Still the first and second waves had only been partially successful, killing many up- and downstairs yes, but otherwise the mission had been a failure. And now it was time for the third wave to come and finish this fight.
 Across the room, the five remaining assassins used their shadow abilities to bypass Tiazu's magical barrier to attack the mage herself, who was currently suppressing the flesh hulk. First by using a ceremonial dagger, they each carved a unique mark into the palms of their hands, before then aiming the bloody rune at Tiazu and Aurora. It was then that both women were quickly enveloped in black and purple shadows as the assassins chanted their spell, banishing the two women to the realm of shadows.

Back at the inn, the flesh hulk was finally free. With a mighty roar that echoed around the room and down the street, the beast leaped forward, charging towards Markhala. Three of the five assassins joined the fray then, leaving the last two to keep Tiazu and Aurora prisoner.


#1757252 The RP Lounge

Posted by Rainbow Dash on 11 July 2016 - 12:50 PM

Thanks Pitou. So that means that he is like any shrewd politician.


The major difference is that most politicians align with their party.

Trump and Sanders were both pretty anti-establishment. The Republicans didn't really want Trump, but he was much more popular than his competitors.
 

It's called jumping to conclusions. People think just because new gun control laws coming in means "oh my god all my guns are gonna be gone", when in fact it just may be more intense psyche checks and increased tax on ammunition, and they keep their guns, but it becomes harder to obtain and use.


Psychological checks are a rather egregious justification for the restricting of individual rights since psychological fitness is determined so subjectively. Recall that homosexuality was once a condition that one could be institutionalized for and anyone with even a remotely egalitarian mentality will balk at the idea of using fallible psychology to abrogate human rights

 

To be honest I don't have a strong opinion of either Trump or Hilary. Trump is a bigot, and Hilary is a snake, but I don't believe either of them will actually run the country into the ground. After the elections, people will quickly realize that the president has much less power than they think he does.
 
The biggest current issue in the United States right now is, in my opinion, its terrible policies where guns are involved; and resolving that issue will be something left to Congress.


After the elections, people will quickly realize that the president has much less power than they think he does.


After the elections, people will quickly realize


people


realize


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#1753071 [OOC] Skybound Saga

Posted by Wandering Rogue on 16 June 2016 - 10:03 AM

I made a thing.

Spoiler




#1748951 The RP Lounge

Posted by Tres on 15 May 2016 - 10:18 AM

Talking about aesthetics. Just because, you know, he looks cool.  ^_^




#1747438 [RPG] Hordes of the Tower of Ishido

Posted by SliceAndDice on 05 May 2016 - 01:49 AM

Aurora Mysthen

 

Aurora's host beckoned her to be seated and set about preparing the tea. Taiyo poured and served with a well-practiced hand, and when she was finished she directed Aurora in what the monk could only assume was the proper ceremony for the priestess's patron deity. Not wishing to be disrespectful, she mirrored the movements precisely. The tea possessed a nicely balanced flavor to it, neither bitter nor disgustingly sweet, and it took quite some poise to not take another drink until after the two of them had brought their cups back to the resting point.

 

"This is very well-brewed. One of the best cups I've had the privilege to drink, I would say," she remarked as she took her next sip. When Taiyu mentioned her requests, the beverage gave her an ample excuse to consider them. She chided herself again for forgetting the surname custom; how long had she lived in these lands and still spoke to people by their birthname on first meeting?

 

"Ah, yes. I seems I've many reasons to offer apologies this night, Miss Obu," she began, "The name I go by is Aurora Mysthen. It is not my true name, but rather one I took as a result of a... significant event in my past. It serves as both a way to conceal my true name... and as a reminder. But I will respond to either name."

 

The second request, hushed and secretively asked, called for a longer sip. This priestess was remarkably different from most every other mage she had met. Many of them chose to flaunt their power, especially those with as much as Taiyo possessed, yet she wished it concealed. Still, it was far from an unreasonable request, especially from where Aurora herself sat. "I see no reason it would be. I know all too well what it is like to wish an aspect of one's self hidden from prying eyes. You have my word, and my silence."

 

"Now, if I may ask," she continued, "You mentioned that you were a priestess. May I inquire if there is a particular deity that you are beholden to? I don't recognize the robe or the rites, but then I'm only scarcely versed in the subject, I'm afraid."




#1746995 [RPG] Hordes of the Tower of Ishido

Posted by Mors on 03 May 2016 - 06:00 AM

Shin

 

A good assassin moves unseen. A great assassin moves unnoticed.

 

 It seemed as though no one questioned his backstory. Confidence was, of course, the key. Shin smiled, and carried on with his routine. One of the inn's patrons were the first to respond to his grand entrance. He certainly looked the part of the hero, at least. Blonde and broad shouldered, the foreign knight. Even though Ishido was far away from his home, Shin could hazard a guess at who he was. Devon Blanc, the so-called "Smiling Tiger" of Urvandel. 

 

"A bard? And from the Imperial Court no less. Well, well this is a party after all," he said.

 

Shin flashes him his brightest smile. "The pleasure is mine. Your reputation proceeds you, Mr. Blanc." From the corner of his eye, he saw the Inn owner, Lucian Graves turn his attention towards him. It was his cue. He unwrapped the cloth covering his shamisen at his back, and kneeled onto the ground, resting it over his lap.

 

"Everyone, it would be my pleasure to celebrate our meeting with a song."

 

Shin found that the best way to make everyone believe he was a musician, was to be good at playing music. And he was more than good. As he began to rapidly pluck at the strings, he summoned his companions, both in the art of assassination and the art of music. Materializing from the air, the kamaitachi began to dance alongside his tune, their form translucent like dust in the wind. To start things off, a fast song, one for excitement and adventure. He would save the dirge for later...




#1746656 The RP Lounge

Posted by ANIMA on 01 May 2016 - 09:00 AM

Happy Easter guys. 

 

And Worker's Day, if you have that in your country :D




#1746293 [OOC] Hordes of the Tower of Ishido

Posted by Crouching Bacon on 29 April 2016 - 04:01 PM

When I read Markhala's bio, I thought she'd be this badass emotionless blood queen, but the way DR writes her makes her feel like the star of her action shoujo manga. Not that that's a bad thing.

 

Am I the only one who wants to see what the ox of her dreams looks like? (holy shit, what if she falls in love with one of the monsters in the tower!!)