[OOC] Gotham City: Shadow of the Bat

[Jinny]

God I love that butler

[Rin]

[stuff about "Storytellers"]

@Ruby

...Huh, that's a pretty cool system, really.

Of course, now that you've mentioned him, we have to have Condiment King show up at some point. :D

[ProPro]

Is there a way to play Alfred that isn't sassy? :P

And you couldn't have a better villains storyteller, if I do say so myself. She's pretty fantastic.

[Ruby]

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...Huh, that's a pretty cool system, really.

Of course, now that you've mentioned him, we have to have Condiment King show up at some point. :D

@Rin

It fits my whole idea on GMing; that I do this for the enjoyment of Players first and foremost--because if the players aren't happy and loving it, I know I as the GM won't have fun and love it.

Storytellers allow players to feel a real sense of "ownership" over the game and the story and the setting--a sense of ownership I'm not sure they'd get otherwise. And players that feel a genuine connection to the game often are happier players that stick around. Not always, but more often than not, I've found.

And God yes, let's have all the obscure villains make an appearance. In the early stages of this game, when Talia was still going to be a GM NPC like Bruce, I was planning on her interrupting a meeting of low level obscure villains (kinda like Heath's Joker interrupts the criminals in TDK), a meeting chaired by Crazy Quilt.

This is how deep my love for the obscure and silly villains goes.

[Jinny]

Don't say things like that, they get stuck in my head!

>Talia waltzes in
>"wtf is this shit? Did I just walk into a circus?"

[ProPro]

@Ruby *Cracks open his DC Encyclopedia for crazy-ass zany Silver AGe one-shot characters*

[Ruby]

@Ruby *Cracks open his DC Encyclopedia for crazy-ass zany Silver AGe one-shot characters*

@ProPro

yussssssss

[Barrett]

Polka dot man forever.

[Lost Cause]

WIPping I guess.

Name: Katherine Kane
Age: 28
Alias: Batwoman
Appearance: Batwoman, Kate
Skills/Abilities:

• Acrobatics: Kate is quite skilled in gymnastics, having trained in the sport since she was very young and making it to senior elite level.
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Kate received basic training at West Point, then further, more intensive training in various martial arts during her travels around the world.
• Investigation: Kate has studied under experts in forensic science, law, behavioural science and criminology, learning methods both high-tech and old-school for tracking down criminals.
• Interrogation: While Batwoman does a lot of physical intimidation and violent interrogation work, she wouldn't torture or deliberately maim people.
• Intimidation: Kate can leverage her considerable presence, her excellent training in psychology and interrogation, being obviously willing and able to hit people really really hard, suddenly shifting toward protectiveness, etc. to achieve remarkable results.
• Gadgetry: Kate is adept in the art of tinkering with things both mechanical and electronic.
• Computer Hacking: Kate is capable of hacking and some basic programming, but more importantly, of keeping her own computers and gadgets from being hacked or traced.
• Stealth: Kate is a master of stealth, as noted by Batman, being so good that even Supergirl didn't notice her, even with her advanced hearing.

Weaknesses: Cardiac Weakness: During a previous confrontation with Intergang, Kane was stabbed in the heart by Bruno Mannheim. Since then, despite therapy and a healthy recovery, scarring remains and she is not as good as she might otherwise be.
History: The daughter of a pair of career soldiers, Kate often moved across the world as they were posted to different places. However, while they were living in Belgium, she was forced to bear the trauma of watching her mother and twin sister being executed by terrorists serving the Religion of Crime.

In an attempt to please her father, Kate entered the United States Naval Academy in order to train as a Marine officer. However, while at Annapolis she entered into a relationship with her room-mate, leading to her dishonourable discharge. Her father did not hold this against her, however, considering it more important that she had chosen not to lie in order to save herself.

Her father eventually married weapons heiress Catherine Hamilton. This new wealth established Kate as a socialite in Gotham City's upper crust. She became notorious for her partying and drinking.

One night after a party, she was pulled over by officer Renee Montoya. Instead of being fined for drink driving, the two entered in a relationship. They broke up when Renee told her she had no direction in her life, no education, and no apparent goal. She found her purpose soon enough: when she was confronted by a mugger in an alleyway, she was saved by Batman.

She decided to become a vigilante too. With her father's help, she travelled all over the planet for two years to learn how to fight. Her father used to family fortune and connections to come up with experimental weaponry.

[Ruby]

Oooh, Kate Kane. I love her. And we always need more lesbians in my opinion.

I think I got the roster updated. I think.

[Xtreme]

Speaking of which...

Q&A time! (As always, fake questions with real answers.)

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"You've mentioned this role of 'Storyteller' a number of times, now. WTF is it?"

A Storyteller, for this game, will be a player that has additional responsibilities. Whereas they aren't co-GMs in that they don't have to deal with any OOC issues, they do deal with IC issues.

So, for example...Dblade26 wants Damian to put a whoopin' on Condiment King, but doesn't want to write Condiment King himself. Well, he could ask myself, the GM, one of the co-GMs (when we get them), but his first and primary option would be asking the Villains Storyteller.

The Villains Storyteller helps the GMs out by NPCing villains in one-shot posts that push the plot and story forward, and they help the players out by writing villains for the players to write against, should the player not want to write the villain themselves like in our hypothetical situation with Dblade26's Damian.

Obviously, being the Villains Storyteller they'd have the ability to use any villain requested/needed, with the exception of PC Villains.

And any Villain plans/questions/etc discussed with the GMs will get shared with the Villains ST, so they stay in the Villain loop.

@LePouvantail has offered to be our Villains Storyteller, which is very much appreciated, and I happily accepted.

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"You mentioned you might have a Storyteller for a specific storyline/episode. How's that work?"

For our Night of Owls, we'll have a Storyteller for that arc. One of my long time Guild favorites, @Xtreme, will be filling this role. His role as ST for this episode is rather specific: he's helping me write Talons, because let's be honest, they'll probably be too many Talons in too many scenes for just one person (read: me) to handle.

After the Night of Owls episode wraps, he's done being a Storyteller.

So if during the Night of Owls episode you have a question regarding Talons, or your scene with a Talon, or your character possibly jumping in to help someone else fight a Talon, you'd holler at Xtreme. And if you asked me, I might (depending on if I'm writing your Talon or not) direct you to Xtreme for an answer.

As with the other Storytellers, the GMs will keep Xtreme in the loop on all things Talon related, so he's never in the dark.

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"How do I know who's the Storyteller of what, exactly?"

I'll list them on the OOC opening post, along with what they're the Storyteller of.

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Got any real questions? Don't be afraid to ask, you won't look dumb, and I don't judge. But hopefully the fake questions and real answers helped folks understand this RP game management concept.

@Ruby

Beware the court of owls, that watches all the time,
ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
speak not a whispered word of them
or they'll send the talon for your head.

aka The Talons are coming for you bitches

[Rin]

@Xtreme...See it's ominous and all, but whenever I see rhyming stuff in the DCU I always immediately think that a certain demon is going to pop up, and I am just going to disappoint myself since he's not associated with the Court of Owls. XD

[Ruby]

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Beware the court of owls, that watches all the time,
ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
speak not a whispered word of them
or they'll send the talon for your head.

aka The Talons are coming for you bitches

@Xtreme

Bittttchhzzzzzz

[Ruby]

@Xtreme...See it's ominous and all, but whenever I see rhyming stuff in the DCU I always immediately think that a certain demon is going to pop up, and I am just going to disappoint myself since he's not associated with the Court of Owls. XD

@Rin

Wait for Episode 2.

It dives into the dark mystic nature of Gotham City.

[Jinny]

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Wait for Episode 2.

It dives into the dark mystic nature of Gotham City.

@Ruby

ZATANNAAAAAAA! <3

[Ruby]

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ZATANNAAAAAAA! <3

@Jinny

I can neither confirm, nor deny, a guest appearance by a certain mistress of magic.

[Rin]

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Wait for Episode 2.

It dives into the dark mystic nature of Gotham City.

@Ruby

See now the only problem is that this RP seems almost too good and I'm starting to wonder what the catch is.

[Ruby]

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See now the only problem is that this RP seems almost too good and I'm starting to wonder what the catch is.

@Rin

I'm subtly brainwashing everyone with each of my posts into doing my ebil bidding so I can take over the local comic shop, and read ALL THE COMICS MUWAHAHAHAHAH

[Rin]

@RubyYou diabolical fiend! You'll never get away with it! D:

[Ruby]

@RubyYou diabolical fiend! You'll never get away with it! D:

@Rin

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