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SirPhoebos posted:Really, I can't emphasize enough how unoriginal and brainless Urist is. It's such a perfect example of unfunny LP-participation 'wit' that Dolash should just rename her 'Dongs' if she wins. Dongs Go-Left. But pretty well this, yeah. E and Joanna.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 03:50 |
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Joanna I am also sick and tired of references.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 04:17 |
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Voting Joanna on the grounds that as entertaining as Boatmurdered was I also would rather have some non-reference characters in this.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 04:28 |
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E and Joanna
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 04:29 |
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I'll have to change my vote to Joanna, I love the idea of Urist, but I'm just a little worried that she might just be a little too one note. I don't have a problem with reference characters though(Brian Blessed is one of my favorite characters in this thread).
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 04:49 |
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E, Joanna To be fair, though, even the reference characters are just fairly normal characters that have a better known name tacked on and possibly carrying their namesake's gimmick with them. (Also I have no idea who Robert Strapp/Bob Sapp is, though I think Dolash just took the name and traits and ran away with them rather than trying to play along with the gimmick, which works for me.) Sankis, though, doesn't really seem to have much going for her but the dwarfname and dwarfbackground.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 04:51 |
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Pingcode posted:
Definitely, for me I'm trying to cook up a character for if we eventually get a monk to grace our fine city. I won't lie, she'll probably be a reference character, but I want to try and write her so that she will have the potential for growth in this narrative if she is chosen. Still, I love all our characters, Dolash has done an amazing job with the writing, so I'm always excited to see how they will appear in the game.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 05:00 |
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Jimmy4400nav posted:Definitely, for me I'm trying to cook up a character for if we eventually get a monk to grace our fine city. I won't lie, she'll probably be a reference character, but I want to try and write her so that she will have the potential for growth in this narrative if she is chosen. Eh, so far Strapp has been boring as hell. I'm not sure if that's because he hasn't really been the focus of a mission yet or if his personality just didn't coalesce correctly for some reason yet but pretty much everyone else made a pretty distinct impression right away. Robert isn't even the focus of his introduction and he's mostly been stuck in the straight man role so far which would be fine except we just had Mortimer introduced who is both a straight man but also has the capacity to clash with his sister and because of his sister which lets him escape the role when need be. Its why I'm against voting for Joana too, she doesn't seem to have an interesting personality quirk that plays well off of anyone else and the cast really does not need a third straight man in a row introduced when most of the best interaction in the LP has been the friction and interaction between personality quirks of the cast. We need more insanity, not less, after the stabilizing influence of Mortimer and Robert.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 05:09 |
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Zore posted:We need more insanity, not less, after the stabilizing influence of Mortimer and Robert. Well, she's Bloodthirsty, that'll probably be pretty crazy. She might even kill someone.
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Roland Jones posted:Well, she's Bloodthirsty, that'll probably be pretty crazy. She might even kill someone. Yeah, but she's otherwise a very straight, serious character- at least Bob's very well-meaning, and Mortimer's got a mischeivous side. Joanna's great for a Game of Thrones run, but not for Ahab. Urist is crazy and cursed, and Bertha's amusingly German (also, she's got the build and hopefully the costume of a Wagnerian opera singer, so there's that too). P/S: Vote Bertha.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 05:26 |
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Roland Jones posted:Well, she's Bloodthirsty, that'll probably be pretty crazy. She might even kill someone. Unless they're a major fighting hero (King, Knight, Spy... I think that's it?) Bloodthirsty are limited to a fistfight.
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Vaga42Bond posted:Unless they're a major fighting hero (King, Knight, Spy... I think that's it?) Bloodthirsty are limited to a fistfight. In gameplay mechanics yes, but in terms of story possibilities? Anything is possible. As you yourself should know, Dolash has spun quite a few bits of story out a few details and traits. Also I seem to recall Dolash stating something along these lines Dolash posted:I'm glad to hear you've enjoyed the story so far! And the trick to being a straight man is to never be the straightest man - there always has to be someone more stiff and rigid than you in the cast to pass the punchline buck on to. That in mind, Mortimer just needs a humourless pedant best-friend and he'll be set! Brainamp fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2012 around 07:35 |
| # ? Jun 2, 2012 05:37 |
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If Dolash is playing with cheats you can give her some levels in other classes. In one of my games as an example. My knight can also fling spells like a witch.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 06:19 |
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I would like to vote for Joanna because I
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 07:52 |
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Changing my vote to Urist because Joanna seems boring and I don't want her to win.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 08:29 |
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E, Urist. Good traits. I might've voted for Joanna, but Mortimer already has the dedicated trait and that's more than enough. Such an annoying trait.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 09:11 |
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Seems nobody liked Daryna so I guess I'll vote for Joanna instead.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 11:09 |
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Voting for Joanna to give me hope. Also, E.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 11:45 |
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I thought character traits weren't allowed to overlap. Does that mean Dolash would choose an alternate character trait for Joana?
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 12:16 |
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Who said the traits couldn't overlap? Characters can have them whatever you want to give them as long as it's 2 traits and 1 flaw.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 12:37 |
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You know, for the next hero we should probably try doing a runoff vote - I can't help but notice that a lot of the time we're not voting for the one we want, we're voting for the one that isn't the one we don't want.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 12:43 |
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Brainamp posted:Who said the traits couldn't overlap? Characters can have them whatever you want to give them as long as it's 2 traits and 1 flaw. No, they actually can't. Some traits mean that you cannot choose other traits. I don't know about "overlap", but traits cannot conflict. For example, you cannot be Adventurous and Cowardly.
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Midnight Voyager posted:No, they actually can't. Some traits mean that you cannot choose other traits. I don't know about "overlap", but traits cannot conflict. For example, you cannot be Adventurous and Cowardly.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 17:49 |
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 votes up to Rumda plus my change to Joanna QUEST A) Bran the Blessed, after a wild night of making merry, finds himself accidentally signing on to the pirate cause. 2 Anoia, Poil B) Fearing for the kingdom's safety, Don quests after an ancient and legendary sword. The quest proves to be more than he bargained for, however, and it will take Robert's cunning and guile to bail him out of trouble before he brings doom down on the whole kingdom! 8 Policenaut, Vaga42Bond, JT Tag, CommissarMega, Endlessmonotony, Veryslightlymad, Zearothk HerrTog C) The pit beast - Ahab's sophisticated means of capital punishment - grows ill from eating the prisoners of war the Tribunal and Navy send to Ahab to 'dispose' of. It is Mortimer's unenviable task, with the help of a newly-arrived mechanical expert, to attend to the health of the terror beneath the kingdom. 7 Paragon1, Quiet Python, Giant boy detective, Klowns, Zore Cathulhu, NiceAaron D) The chaos of the war has driven a wizard from his home, leading to him terrorizing the people of Ahab in search of a new kingdom (to steal). Sister Superior, however, is convinced she can save the unfortunate sorcerer's soul, and Morticia is going to help her. 1 Jeabus Mahogany E) A famed blacksmith had been drawn to Ahab to help out during this time of war, but mere blacksmithery may not be enough to see the kingdom through. Therefore, the new blacksmith sets out to master all seven of the mechanical arts - so long as the blacksmith's meddling new friends don't get in the way. 29 Veloxyll, Brainamp, A student, Accursed Walrus, Wandering Knitter, Coco Bear, Antitonic, sirphoebos, Iunnrais, DrakePegasus, Suspect Bucket, Triple A, Lord_Ventnor, Jimmy4400Nav, Leal, Lifegetsworser, crepuscule adepte, Catsworth, HiHo ChiRho, veekie, Raspberrycommie, Zyrden, Bobfly, IamTheRad Deki, Robodog, Picard day, , Pingcode, Zaltys, Rumda SMITH Joana Greatblade (F/ Dedicated, Bloodthirsty, Solitary) 26 Brainamp, A student, Accursed Walrus, Wandering Knitter, Policenaut, JT Tag, paragon1, Antitonic, Veloxyll, DrakePegasus Lifegetsworser, Catsworth, Jeabus Mahogany Iretep, NiceAaron Joana, Sirphoebos, Robodog, Jenner, Roland jones, Picard day, Jimmy4400Nav, Pingcode, bobvonunheil, coco bear, shogeton, dereku, Rumda Ursist McSankis (F/ Earthy, Creative cooking, Solitary Cursed (Thanks for the heads up Jimmy4400Nav)) [Also probably a dwarf] 23 Vaga42Bond, Iunraiss, Suspect Bucket, Antitonic, Zore, Lord Ventnor, Endlessmonotony, Bobfly, Cathulhu, IamtheRad Deki, Sprite141, Zaltys Smilin’ Stan S. Stansman (M/Cursed, Friendly, Haggler) 2 Anoia, Klowns, Coco Bear, Prudence Pasos (F/ Solitary, Earthy, Bloodthirsty) 1 Quiet Python, Bertha “Big Bertha” Von Krupp (F/ Friendly, Earthy, Glutton) 6 CommisarMega, Triple A, Morgenthau, Zearothk, Zyrden HerrTog Remember to BOLD your votes. If you quoted a post that included a quest vote and you did not mean to vote for the quest please say so so you can be removed/changed dereku fucked around with this message at Jun 2, 2012 around 18:41 |
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voting for Joanna and E
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 18:39 |
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Switching to Joanna.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 19:30 |
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One more for Joanna.
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 “Step carefully now, Urist. The fire’s starting to spread to this tunnel, but so long as we’ve gotten here afore the others we should be well and clear of the hold soon enough.”  I don’t understand! How did this doom befall us? Everything seemed so peaceful, I never suspected uncle of being so...“You can’t blame the forge-madness on your uncle. It’s a terrible curse, and can lay low even the greatest smiths and-“  “BY A BUTTERFLY’S WINGS I AM UNDONE! BRING ME TURTLE SHELL AND RED SPINDLE! I MUST FORGE A CUP OF LEGEND!” Uncle!“Elf-spit! Run, Urist! I’ll hold him here.” But-“Go!”  “A DREG MUST NOT QUARREL WITH HIS BETTER!” “Run, Urist!”  RUN!  At last. It’s no hold, and it still lets in more sunlight than I’d like, but it’ll do. Once that dreg builder puts in a proper basement, start growing some mushrooms... Aye, it could be just like home. What the- Hgruk!  *Huh*, *huh*... Blade nicked on the spine. Would’ve kept its edge with more adamantine, but the weight’s already uneven. The next one will be better. Yes. Better. Move this inside before you get caught, Joanna.  Good evening, my fair lady! You the smith we’ve been expecting? This would be a pretty strange dress if I wasn’t. We’re just giving you an official greeting. On behalf of the kingdom, you see – Yes, yes, I understand. And now you’ve greeted me. So if you’ll excuse me, I have a lot of unpacking to do. My, she is a busy little bee! I am impressed by your determination, my lady. Ahab will need that sort of spirit in these troubled times. Yes. The war. Wars require weapons, armour, supplies, lots of work for everyone. That’s why I took the job. You need an expert, and you’ll keep me supplied. Well, I’d hoped for a little more camaraderie, but... We can work out the details later. The contract pays well, that’s for sure, Miss...? You may call me Urist McSankis.Final Talley A) 2 B) 8 C) 7 D) 1 E) 30 Joanna Greatblade: 29 Urist McSankis: 23 Smilin’ Stan S. Stansman: 1 Daryna Zielinski: 0 Prudence Pasos: 1 Bertha “Big Bertha” Von Krupp: 6 Sorry this took longer than usual, although by this point delays in my schedule are par for the course. Also sorry I couldn't put a long, luxurient beard on Urist, but of all the hack-magic I know that's a little beyond me. On to the next quest!
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 21:45 |
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 Oh this is too loving beautiful
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Dolash posted:“BY A BUTTERFLY’S WINGS I AM UNDONE! BRING ME TURTLE SHELL AND RED SPINDLE! I MUST FORGE A CUP OF LEGEND!” I love you Dolash.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 21:55 |
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This is everything I had hoped for and more.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:15 |
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Holy poo poo. I was worried Joanna would be boring, but... Nope. This is magnificent.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:45 |
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Yesssss now this has real potential! I can't wait to see where this goes
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:49 |
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I certainly did not see that coming and now I can't wait to see where this will be going. I'm loving it.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:52 |
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Well, at least DF doesn't have bearded dwarven women anymore, so it doesn't really matter. My question is, how dedicated to/knowledgeable about the disguise will Joanna be? And to what lengths will she go to hide it? I can't wait to find out in the story. Although, I did just think of something to ask: Does the game have a hard coded hero limit? And if it does, is it higher than the amount of heroes you can get? Mostly, I'm just curious as to some of the behind the scenes things.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:53 |
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That was beautiful 
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:56 |
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Kgummy posted:Well, at least DF doesn't have bearded dwarven women anymore, so it doesn't really matter. A few more behind the scenes details for you then. Technically you're limited to one hero per building and one building of each type, so one knight, one king, one wizard, etc, but with the help of cheats you can add hero levels to any NPC and make them a controllable character, meaning there's no hard limit to the number of heroes. As for controlling at a time, four is the limit (unless there's some clever way around that I don't know of, although you can swap control quickly between which four you want, so staging scenes with more characters isn't impossible.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:56 |
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Kgummy posted:
Dolash mentioned he has a separate game that he does these behind the scenes thing with. So he's supplementing other slots with the characters he uses.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 22:56 |
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 I see someone has read Matul Remrit.
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| # ? Jun 2, 2012 23:15 |
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Well I was wrong. Looks like joanna won't be as boring as I'd thought.
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