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Oh boy, as a total Fairy Tale buff this appeals to me greatly. Definitely expressing interest. EDIT: Considering the Fearless Youth as my character. Probe 17 fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jul 29, 2014 |
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Jul 29, 2014 05:10
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Erm, when you say "Extraordinary Powers", what exactly do you mean?
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Jul 29, 2014 19:32
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I was thinking that, as far as abilities go, literal inability to be afraid. No matter what. And maybe, just maybe, greater strength than is usual? I mean, considering that in the original story, the Fearless Youth could literally split an anvil in half with an axe and all. Does that sound good?
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Jul 29, 2014 21:59
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mugrim posted:Yeah, if anything you could easily have something else like a literal ability to control fear in others as well or an artifact from another tale that he has in his possession. Well, the way I see it, he's fearless, not stupid. He realized that things were going to end horribly, and made sure he was on one of the first boats out. I mean, it's really not cowardice, more severe pessimism? That makes sense, right?
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Jul 30, 2014 00:08
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Okay, here's my attempt at a write-up... Hans Furchtlos, The Fearless Youth Hans was always a bit dim growing up, and was somehow incapable of feeling fear! he was also particularly strong, good for strenuous labor and not much else. When his father told him to go out in the world and learn a trade, foolish Hans decided to learn how to shudder! His journey eventually brought him to a kingdom where the king sought a man to exorcise a nearby haunted castle. Hans stayed in the building for three nights, besting the worst that the castle had to throw at him. At the end of the third night, the castle was exorcised, and Hans gained the hand of the king's daughter in marriage. As time went on, and Hans learned the ways of the world, he realized that, in fact, his lack of fear wasn't borne of stupidity, but some almost supernatural effect! When the Adversary's armies came, Hans lost everything, and only barely managed to escape with his life.
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Jul 30, 2014 01:51
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Anti, I could totally imagine Hans stopping by their bar every now and then. Losing everyone and everything he holds dear has rendered him generally depressed. Just, kinda trying to work out relationships and such, assuming we both get accepted.
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Jul 31, 2014 00:37
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Antivehicular posted:Yeah, a big reason the bar is in the pitch was in hopes that it'd be a gathering-place sort of thing for PCs, and that'd be rad. (Hans sounds really cool, incidentally -- excellent source material choice.) Thanks! I'll admit, I've been playing American McGee's Grimm recently, so I've had that story on my brain for the longest time! I figured he'd be a decent character, though now I figure since I've got the basics I should flesh him out more, yknow?
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Jul 31, 2014 00:51
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I've decided to test out writing in character as Hans, and maybe see what you guys think? The man sighed, staring into his half-empty mug. "What, you honestly want to hear the story? Fine, I guess I'm drunk enough..." He sighs again. "Well, I was a dim boy growing up. What's the term, not the brightest bulb in the socket? Something like that. Well, because I was so dumb, I was incapable of feeling fear. I once slept underneath a burning, hanging criminal. Hell, I was the reason he was burning in the first place." Once, there was a boy who lived in a village. He wasn't very bright, and so his older brother was always sent out to work in his stead. But i his father made him go out at night, he would say "No father, I won't go out there! It makes me shudder!" the boy heard this, and wondered what it was like to shudder. The man takes a long swig from his mug, slamming it down and signalling for another. "Well, long story short, I turned 13 and my dad sent me to work for the sexton for a while. Apparently the man got it into his head to teach me to shudder, and when I went to ring the church bell in the morning, he dressed in white and stood at the top of the stairs." He laughs briefly before continuing. "So, being the stupid bastard that I am, I pushed the poor man down the stairs. He was lucky to get away with a broken leg, honestly." "Say something, or I shall throw you down the steps!" The sexton thought the boy was lying, and remained silent. So the boy threw him down the steps, rang the bell, and went back to bed. He thinks for a moment before continuing. "So, considering I nearly murdered a holy man, my father kicked me out of the house with fifty thalers to go and learn a trade. Eventually, I reached a town where the king wanted me to exorcise a castle. I stayed three nights in that place. I played nine-pins with some skeletons, rode a killer bed and murdered some jaguars, and then on the third day the place was exorcised. I won the princess' hand in marriage, and soon enough I became the new king. Of course, as I learned more about the world, I realized that for some odd reason my lack of fear wasn't because I was a stupid bastard." And so the princess poured the water and gudeons onto her husband. He awoke with a start and said "Ah, wife, what slithers in my clothes? At last I know how to shudder!" He downs more beer before continuing. "I dunno, I was the youngest son, and god knows us bastards have all the luck, but it's still strange. So of course the Adversary came by and nearly destroyed us all. I only barely managed to escape with my life. Everyone else got killed... I lost everything..." he says, holding his head in his hands. Thoughts? E: Decided to follow everyone else's example and add some good ol' fashioned fairy-tale quotes. Probe 17 fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jul 31, 2014 |
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Jul 31, 2014 03:30
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Puppies are dicks posted:Much love for the German fables commoners background, Probe17. Poor Hans is so sad. A magical inability to feel fear, maybe a drunk, irreligious, and probably a fatalist? It's like he inspired Kierkegaard's ubermensch. The funny thing is, the incident with the sexton was due to Hans' previous status as a stupid bastard. He literally thought the sexton was an intruder, and shoved him down the stairs because he didn't say anything. It takes a special kind of dumb to think a ghost is an intruder. It takes an even more special kind of dumb to shove that same ghost down a stairway.
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Jul 31, 2014 04:10
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Man, I'm getting excited for this! A warrior queen, the archetypal "Big Guy", a clever master of disguise, a man who literally can't feel fear, and a clever tailor who bluffs like a motherfucker. Together, they fight crime.
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Jul 31, 2014 20:31
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Antivehicular posted:Not criticism, but a question: would you mind if I stole your pregenerated code for the character sheet? I'm about to take a stab at making a sheet too, and yours looks really clean and nice. Thanks! I'd ask the same thing, except I have no drat idea how to make a sheet! My only experience with WoD was an ill-fated attempt at running a Changeling game! Though it did bring us the True Fae who fancied himself a Sauron-knockoff and the 50s writer who emerged from his Durance in a modern nightclub...
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Aug 1, 2014 01:37
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Dang, looks like things are heating up! This ball's really rolling now! [INSERT OTHER SYNONYM FOR THINGS ARE REALLY MOVING HERE]!
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Aug 1, 2014 16:01
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mugrim posted:Seconded. Eeyeah, not to gang up on you, cap'n, but that's probably... not a good idea. Granted, if you wound up making him a Hank Hill-esque traditionalist stogey, I'd totally support it.
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Aug 1, 2014 20:47
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Antivehicular posted:That sounds a billion percent more fun to me. "Damnit, George, did you eat my sandwich?!?" "I cannot tell a lie... It was Debbie from accounting, I swear! Don't hurt me!"
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Aug 2, 2014 06:33
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mugrim posted:You can be a delta green sniper for all I care, but there weren't guns in the Homelands and that's what the Characters bio read. In fact a spy/gun specialist would be fun, as well as a witch. For some odd reason, I'm now imagining Hans just pulling an Indiana Jones, and just capping some bastard who tries to intimidate him. "Hey, pal, gimme your wallet!" 
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Aug 5, 2014 20:27
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Screw it, I'm getting in on this. Hans seems a bit too flat for my liking anyhow.quote:Fearless Sheriff Brings Down Bogeyman! quote:Well, if we needed more confirmation that Rotgrub is a loving moron, then this is certainly it. We told him a thousand times, but did he listen? Noooo, he's too good for that, spent a good five minutes flailing around trying to find a form that'd scare the bastard, saw it myself. Allow me to go over what does work here. The man has a weakness for the sauce. A serious weakness. I doubt he's fully sober for half the arrests he makes. There's a theory floating around that he's only so immune to fear because he's so drat drunk all the time, but I wouldn't test it. Does this sound decent enough?
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Aug 6, 2014 13:25
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Woah hey Robodog looks like you're trying to overtake my post count! I better step up my game! Also I am so excited right now. I hope I get in!
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Aug 7, 2014 03:39
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So when'll the thread be made? I am an impatient rear end in a top hat, and must know these things.
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Aug 7, 2014 21:29
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Puppies are dicks posted:Pretty much, yeah. I mean, he basically bullshitted his way through everything. The man has Chutzpah to rival Ol' Scratch himself.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:36
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It is probably FAR too late to ask, but do you think it'd make sense for Hans to have connections amongst the "undead community"? Like, monsters, demons, bogeymen, etc? I just think it'd fit, considering that he is literally incapable of being afraid of them.
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Aug 8, 2014 05:46
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Robodog posted:Probe I think you mean 'I can barely work my cassette tape player.' Wait what poo poo I forgot the time period. I must now commit ritual suicide to appease the versimillitude gods, be right back guys.
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Aug 10, 2014 06:38
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Robodog posted:So long as you do it with period appropriate weaponry poo poo, I used a modern 9mm! *gets sucked into tabletop hell*
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Aug 10, 2014 06:49
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Sorry I haven't been active guys, my uncle that I honestly never really knew went and bit it, so I've had to deal with some of the fallout. I'll get right on posting.
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Aug 27, 2014 16:44
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