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This is usually no big deal, but I thought I'd ask to clarify. A lot of times the bonds are kinda lackluster. How do you feel about us writing our own?
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That's more than fine by me. I fully expect you'll all come up with better bonds than the playbooks suggest, so go nuts.
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Aug 25, 2015 16:39
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Hoorah! Error 404, Arashiofordo3, we ride again! As for bonds, anyone is welcome to be a crewman of the Black Heaven if they would like. Ratpick and Error 404 particularly, if one of you would like to be the ship's engineer that would be rather apropos (or both engineers who are at odds with one another on the finer points of mechanical science).
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Aug 25, 2015 16:57
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Hoorah! Error 404, Arashiofordo3, we ride again! This seems like a really interesting direction to take things! I could see there being a bit of a friendly rivalry between the two, since Usopp represents a more careful and analytical look at science and engineering, while Jerret's approach is more experimental. That said, I really feel that I need to figure out new bonds for Usopp, because I reflavored the Collector to such an extent already that the standard bonds are not really a good fit for his concept. Any ideas would be welcome!
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Aug 25, 2015 17:04
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Luka can't get burned, so would do well as a gunner/engine room person. Usopp, I will teach you the TRUE meaning of sacrifice: (it's letting me eat all those dumb gadgets from the surface world, they don't belong here!). Also they're the reason you can't live your life.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:05
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Ratpick posted:This seems like a really interesting direction to take things! I could see there being a bit of a friendly rivalry between the two, since Usopp represents a more careful and analytical look at science and engineering, while Jerret's approach is more experimental. *Posts image of Bruce Banner, Nick Fury, and Tony Stark arguing onboard the helicarrier*  E: at work, blah blah, phoneposting, blah, realpost when I get home, etc.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:06
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slydingdoor posted:Luka can't get burned, so would do well as a gunner/engine room person. If you think Gett is going to let a guy who's always on fire near the gunpowder, you...actually, he is pretty reckless. Edit: Actually, given your obsessions with fire and taste, how about ship's cook? Vulpes Vulpes fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Aug 25, 2015 17:19
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The fire is like completely contained with a soot suit and flexible insulation to give Luka a human form. And cool hair. Gunpowder would be safe. Making a creature without tastebuds the cook would be far more dangerous. Like Chef Bender, basically.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:42
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Master Gunner it is then. Your Wisdom is high enough to make you good at it too!
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Aug 25, 2015 17:50
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:If you think Gett is going to let a guy who's always on fire near the gunpowder, you...actually, he is pretty reckless. In the last Dungeon World game I ran, one of the players played a fire-elemental Channeler. She was the ship's cook.
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Aug 25, 2015 17:54
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So just a spitball, then: The Black Heaven, registered to Barsalvo Captain: Godolphin Gett, of Barsalvo Chief Engineer: Jerret Roarke of Tiphares Also Chief Engineer: Professor Usopp of Arcadia Master Gunner: Luka Solaspon of Sola As for Cy, it's up to you. He could be a passenger, or he could use his abilities as a Navigator or Oracle or whatever else you think fits. Edit: Or nothing at all to do with the ship and crew as well, I don't mean to force a structure on anyone. Vulpes Vulpes fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Aug 25, 2015 18:51
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:So just a spitball, then: Actually what if I wasn't crew? Like a partner (e: or passenger), who captains his own ship which has a crew of 1. Like I can get into areas the heaven can't and also work as air support and escort if the ship comes under attack. Error 404 fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Aug 25, 2015 19:13
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I doubt Cy would ever officially join the crew. Though I can see him adding his name to the roster moments after Gett had finished writing it. Just to mess with the guy.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:24
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I did want to float an idea by Ratpick and Error 404: you both had a free-floating city in your background/question answers. Error 404 has Aranis, the Cloud City, which floats on aetheric engines and isn't suspended on a branch or on an island, and has existed as long as anyone can remember; Ratpick introduced Skyport, which similarly floats in the air, unsupported by anything, and is possibly supported by ancient Surface tech. How do you two feel about merging the two concepts to help maintain the city's uniqueness? Up to you which name is "canon." Maybe scholars disagree.
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Harrow posted:I did want to float an idea by Ratpick and Error 404: you both had a free-floating city in your background/question answers. Error 404 has Aranis, the Cloud City, which floats on aetheric engines and isn't suspended on a branch or on an island, and has existed as long as anyone can remember; Ratpick introduced Skyport, which similarly floats in the air, unsupported by anything, and is possibly supported by ancient Surface tech. How do you two feel about merging the two concepts to help maintain the city's uniqueness? I'm down. Maybe skyport is a district or borough of Aranis? Like Brooklyn is to New York?
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That sounds pretty cool. Be a good idea if most of the airship construction goes on there. At least in terms of the flying tech. Bonds! quote:- I saved Capitain Gett's life during the Moon wars. Pulling him out of the falling fortress. He's forever asking about the fate of some princess within, but I promised that my lips were sealed.
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Error 404 posted:Actually what if I wasn't crew? Sure, Roarke and Gett can have an arrangement of mutual independence. Roarke can be a long-term passenger who aids the Captain and crew when needed, but who has never signed the accounts and has no official obligation to the ship. Like the lady who rents the shuttle on Firefly or something? quote:
If any of that rankles anyone, let me know! I've expressed Gett's doubts about the different characters as those seem like good hooks to be resolved in the future. Vulpes Vulpes fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Aug 26, 2015 |
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Aug 26, 2015 00:28
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Like the lady who rents the shuttle on Firefly or something? Exactly! I figure I'll have a workshop set up below decks with external access, like maybe you're short a cannon on one side because I use one of your cannon bays and its port to launch from?
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Bonds
E: I also found a cool pic that looks like what I imagine the Heaven to look: 
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Harrow posted:I did want to float an idea by Ratpick and Error 404: you both had a free-floating city in your background/question answers. Error 404 has Aranis, the Cloud City, which floats on aetheric engines and isn't suspended on a branch or on an island, and has existed as long as anyone can remember; Ratpick introduced Skyport, which similarly floats in the air, unsupported by anything, and is possibly supported by ancient Surface tech. How do you two feel about merging the two concepts to help maintain the city's uniqueness? I'm down with this. I like the idea of Skyport being a district of Aranis. Also, I love the bonds spitballed here thus far. Will post mine once I get back home after work today.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:00
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I kinda like the idea of Cy being some mysterious arsehole who just shows up without warning. Does his business and then is gone again. Poor Captain Gett, maybe one day you'll know what happened inside that falling castle.
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Aug 26, 2015 13:29
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That is a sweet, sweet ship. Just put some solar veins in the sails to catch Sola's rays and that thing'll sail the skies real pretty.
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Aug 26, 2015 13:59
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Alright, here are my tentative bonds thus far, let me know what you think:
The first two are pretty self-explanatory, but I should explain the third: basically, given Usopp's analytical and inquisitive nature he regards everything as a mystery to be solved. He doesn't understand what Luka is, but given the chance he would really like to disassemble the suit that contains him (assuming it's a piece of technology) just to see what's inside. That is if slydingdoor agrees with this interpretation.
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Aug 26, 2015 16:39
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Ratpick posted:Luka Solaspon is a fascinating creature, but a complete mystery to me. I need to find out what makes him tick. Given we were talking about him being the ships cook, I find the outcome of this bond and your avatar combination to be pretty funny.
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Aug 26, 2015 17:08
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Arashiofordo3 posted:Given we were talking about him being the ships cook, I find the outcome of this bond and your avatar combination to be pretty funny. Lmao
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Aug 26, 2015 17:16
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Arashiofordo3 posted:Given we were talking about him being the ships cook, I find the outcome of this bond and your avatar combination to be pretty funny. Oh god what have I done Also, in case you were wondering why Usopp has no bond with Cy: I really liked the idea that Cy has been watching over Usopp, saving his rear end a number of times without him even knowing, and I liked it to such an extent that I thought the best way to do that bond justice would be to have Usopp have no bond with Cy at all. Usopp might not even know that Cy exists, let alone that Cy has secretly been helping him evade his pursuers.
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Aug 26, 2015 17:23
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It's more of a sculpture/reverse hazmat suit. Otherwise looking at Luka is like staring into the sun, and everything's melting and on fire. Luka can't remember anyone in particular vaporizing themselves trying to creep on them, but the memory'd probably belong to Sola anyway, wouldn't it? So yeah, no one would have dinner, except ME. Or Sola. Whatever.
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Gotcha, so it's not exactly technological. I still think there might be something in a relationship between the two where Usopp just really wants to figure out what Luka is and how they work, but maybe I should phrase it differently. What do you think?
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Perhaps something along the lines that Luka shouldn't exist by all known natural laws and falls completely outside of what Usopp knows about how things work?
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Aug 26, 2015 17:52
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Perhaps something along the lines that Luka shouldn't exist by all known natural laws and falls completely outside of what Usopp knows about how things work? I get the feeling Luka is a more powerful version of the spirit I call Hal.
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Aug 26, 2015 17:58
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Luka knows poo poo only the Sola could know and doesn't share. That's why all those box gadgets need to go, they're dangerous. And telling certain curious cats the details of why they're dangerous... is dangerous! Why's everyone else gotta want something really bad for everyone? Including themselves...
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Aug 26, 2015 18:01
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Perhaps something along the lines that Luka shouldn't exist by all known natural laws and falls completely outside of what Usopp knows about how things work? Yeah, exactly: Usopp can't but want to crack Luka's suit up to see what Luka really looks inside, even though we as players know that actually doing so would probably wreak havoc on the entire world as they know it. The way I see that bond resolving is that in the course of events something happens that gives Usopp a glimpse of Luka's true nature, giving Usopp pause and making him go "Yeah, maybe I shouldn't do that." For now it's probably just going to manifest as a lot of curiosity and prodding questions on Usopp's part. He wouldn't be so crass as to try and break down Luka's protective suit without their permission, but because he doesn't fully understand the full extent of Luka's power he sort of still wants to, if that makes sense?
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Aug 26, 2015 19:06
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Finally got Gett's portrait drawn, don't have a scanner, macbook camera had to do.
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Aug 26, 2015 19:58
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Finally got Gett's portrait drawn, don't have a scanner, macbook camera had to do. Nice. I hate not having a scanner. I don't draw nearly as much as I used to now I can't scan it in.
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I still have 2 bonds to fill. Anyone want them? I'll answer questions or work together on some. Maybe in irc or whatever if that's easier just name a room.
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Aug 27, 2015 18:38
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I'm open, throw anything you like at me.
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So Luka lets people gamble for shine by giving up rarities to Sola. Maybe there's something Gett threw in but had second thoughts about despite/because of the rewards or lack thereof? The other thing I was thinking about was maybe Luka knows something about the late Lunar empire. Perhaps it is the fate of all planets who've lost their stars to join or conquer one still with a light giving sun and raw materials yet unmined. And maybe many Dark planets train infiltrators to seduce powerful people with similar "antiwar princess" narratives. Allowing the "resistance" within the invading force might have been their contingency plan. And since Gett's last marriage was a mistake (that ended amicably, granted), so he might have been a priority target for Seluna. Then Luka would want to therapeutically destroy any physical hooks she still had in Gett. Just thoughts none of these have to be canon.
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I don't know necessarily know about the dark planet idea, as I came up with the moon thing as a kind of Baron Munchausen thing, where the Moon would was jealous of Sola and wanted to take her place, rather than try to take it for itself. But the other bits could work fine- also, as an idea, as a Solaspon, Luka could not only be a...sense organ(?) for Sola but also a kind of antibody, something that goes out to look after her interests after the War Against the Moon where she was directly threatened? If so, then it would be his business to resolve this Moon Princess business. Thoughts?
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That film owns. How about "Gett has a keepsake from Seluna the Moon Princess that could bring her back, but then she could bring her people back. I need to find a way to get him to give it up...or gamble it away. That'd save everyone a lot of trouble."
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Sure, sounds good. Gett, of course, has no idea that it's anything other than a keepsake.
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