@ Tatsua - I am trying to find a suitable picture for two of your henchmen. I have their images in my mind, now I just need the internet to provide.
As for your CS, your abilities are some of the most difficult I've encountered in terms of balance, but I am willing to give them a go. This is my first "casual" RP. Usually I would make an RP in Advanced, I am very strict. But I wanted to see what people could make and I wanted this to be more open.
I'm looking forward to it~!
Oh, and as long as your points are valid, I'm totally not against you being strict with my content either now or in the future.
... Not that Alice is all that strong. I'm just making my stance on balancing clear~
Name: Oswald Malmonte (goes by Lord Hatred) Age: 28 Sex: Male Appearance:
Personality: Lord Hatred is an angry man, and quite dramatic. He takes a lot of cues from Saturday morning cartoon villains, but he isn’t quite as one-dimensional. Probably. While impulsive, Lord Hatred is not a stupid man by any stretch of the imagination. He’s just angry and unfulfilled, and wants for others to feel the same. Lord Hatred started off as an internet reviewer, yelling almost incomprehensibly at movies and video games. Needless to say, he saw huge success and massive encouragement. The angrier he became, the more likes and views he received. This lead him to relate anger with praise and adoration, and he became even more angry and cynical every day. He started becoming like this in real life too, and he ended up driving all of his friends and family away and losing his real job which, well, made him even angrier. Eventually, he became so enraged at everything that he gained the powers of a minor rage deity.
Ability: Good! I can use every OUNCE of your RAAAGE! - Lord Hatred becomes even more powerful the more anger there is around him. Being a minor rage deity, this means that he is always stronger, tougher, and faster than a normal human. His abilities increase even further when there are others nearby who are enraged. In addition, the range for this ability also increases dependent on nearby anger. Its starting range is about three yards and grows about a foot for each other angry person in range, though this growth is really more dependent on the amount of rage than the number of people. Quality over quantity, Lord Hatred always says.
Yesss! Let your anger grooow! – Lord Hatred can control anger, which extends to the ability to incite anger in others via his presence and/or oration as well as direct that anger towards a person or thing he specifies. This ability can work in conjunction with the first, but enraging someone completely artificially doesn’t provide as much power as real anger. In addition, he cannot incite or control the anger of PCs with this power as PCs are greater than his ability.
Skills: Talking smack – When Lord Hatred talks, the peons listen like the good little sheep they are. Years of reviewing video games and movies, no matter how garbled in anger the speech is, have prepared him for speaking to others and doing it well.
He’s got a sword! – Lord Hatred’s sword isn’t just for show; he can use it, and use it to the best of his greater-than-human abilities.
Critical observation – Reviewing garbage pieces of trash has given him an incredibly detail-oriented eye. He is able to spot things that most people wouldn’t, and then sarcastically comment on them. Or just go off.
I hate my fans – Lord Hatred has just the worst fans. They hate everything! Well, except for Lord Hatred. His fanbase consists of a lot of different people as well who, while they won’t put their life on the line for him, will help him out however they can. As long as it doesn’t cost too much or take much time.
Cash - $150
Lair
Ground Floor – This handsome one-story building used to house the whole Malmonte family. Now the bitter Lord Hatred and his cronies are the only occupants, as Oswald forced his parents into a home and his sister went away because she could no longer stand to even look at the guy. Basement 1 - Oswald’s inner sanctum is the wonderful basement he grew up in. What memories there are in this room; from the first time he realized that anime girls could replace real ones to that time he casually suggested kissing to his sister, laughed like it was totally a joke when he saw her unapologetic disgust, and backpedaled like a mofo while she didn’t talk to him for two whole weeks. Basement 2 – A secret laboratory, where all of Oswald’s evil experiments go on in. It was added after his parents moved out. Right now, he’s working on more anger-based devices. Like an anger ray. And a rage virus.
Minions Ted, the angry scientist. He was mad, but when your employer is Lord Hatred you kind of go with the territory.
Little is known about Mister Xeng. He is a demon of standing and infamy, although no one can quite remember why. He talks very little and has a fondness for birds - even the non-demonic kind
Abilities The Birds - In a fight spectral birds of all descriptions erupt forth from Xeng. These tear and peck at enemies, distracting and hurting them.
Birds Eye View - Xeng sees through the eyes of his avian friends as easily as he can see through his own. This gives him incredible vision, meaning Xeng counts as a Surveillance Room all on his own.
Weakness Outside of his Surveillance ability, Mister Xeng is only available for combat. He cannot work or infiltrate.
I’ll take the birdman, that guy looks sick.
I’m still keeping my named minions TBH, them being weak punks be damned.
Mister Xeng is pleased his application has been accepted. He is now yours.
Oh my god it’s so perfect. He can pose as the gardener, and when Gwen’s parents look out the window it’ll be like Snow White! He’ll just be trimming the bushes and be covered in birds!
A gigantic rabbit in a suit. He considers himself a gentleman and does not look to stoop to the common man's level. He is however a partaker of the pugilistic delights (he likes punching things, but only in a gentlemanly fashion).
Abilities Time, Itself - His golden pocket-watch allows The White Rabbit to engage in temporal trickery; he can briefly freeze time for enemies or projectiles. This may fail against some minions and henchmen.
Good Breeding - The White Rabbit is the pinnacle of manners, eloquence and skill. When he is not out cracking heads for his mistress, he will tour the facility and pick up slack. It's hard to be lazy when there is a gigantic rabbit staring at you with condescending eyes.
Weakness The White Rabbit has a tendency to run late. To everything. Always. Maybe his watch is off?
Name: Victoria Heart, The Red Queen Age: 32 Sex: Female
The Queen of Hearts used to wear a white dress, but due to her... hobby it has been permanently stained red.
Abilities The Queen Can Move In Any Direction - The Queen of Hearts cannot be hindered by any trap or ability
Off With His Head! - Every successful attack the Queen makes against minions is a killing blow
Weakness The Queen of Hearts has a short temper and gets bored quickly. If not kept busy she may begin executing your own Minions for whatever reason she can come up with.
Name: The Mad Hatter Age: 26 Sex: Male
Enjoys tea parties and days that aren't his birthday. Also enjoys his birthday. Easily amused
Abilities CHANGE PLACES! - Swaps the position of all minions and enemies with one another. Absolute chaos. May not always be helpful. Needs time to recharge
A Very Merry Unbirthday - The Hatter is extremely generous with his unbirthday presents. All minions cost half as much, rounded down to nearest $5, to upgrade.
Weakness The Mad Hatter is mad. A stark raving lunatic. He's a nut, he's crazy in the coconut. As such he is entirely useless at working and fighting
When I think back on it, I really am not satisfied with my choice of henchmen (or the one I chose). If at all possible, I'd much rather just have something ordinary than something specifically from Alice's dream world.
I do not mind if it is a handicap, but would it be possible for me to have just a relatively ordinary minion-tier individual as my henchman?
Obviously they would be a bit more character-ish than a minion, but this would be the ideal scenario for me.
When I think back on it, I really am not satisfied with my choice of henchmen (or the one I chose). If at all possible, I'd much rather just have something ordinary than something specifically from Alice's dream world.
I do not mind if it is a handicap, but would it be possible for me to have just a relatively ordinary minion-tier individual as my henchman?
Obviously they would be a bit more character-ish than a minion, but this would be the ideal scenario for me.
Man, I don't wanna feel like I'm rushing anybody but I don't like that this has been cold for two days. It brings back memories of good RP's dieing bad deaths.
Man, I don't wanna feel like I'm rushing anybody but I don't like that this has been cold for two days. It brings back memories of good RP's dieing bad deaths.
I was just thinking of posting something along these lines, too. It's be nice to hear something from the GM, at least.
Yes, being without so much as a word for two whole days this early in the game is somewhat distressing. Even if it's not progress, just to hear something would be good enough for me.
I also dislike being pushy, so I'm glad someone else spoke up.
