[OOC] Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

[Lightning Fast]

That's two people who posted it in the wrong place first. Eh, acceptable enough. Nice image! XD

... An image that I have in my folder here immediately went through my mind when I read of this... "Sir Wilhelm the White"... Did you have to theme him after a color...? Because this image so totally fit my mental projection...

Hider

Unfortunately he wasn't "Wilhelm the Purple". XD

@PlatinumSkink

Now that is an amazing picture. I just wanted the alliteration, to be honest. I'm changing his name to Wilhelm the Whatever-the-DM-Wants. The Wonderful? The Worthy? Something that doesn't use alliteration? I dunno.

Hm. I am raising my eyebrow a little bit at how great you're making Wilhelm sound, even in the second paragraph. He's sounding like he's THE man of Grado, pretty much, with bards praising him and him leading entire armies against hordes and such. I was kind of intending that to be Rioga, but to a smaller scale than this. Remember, monsters are few enough in number that normal villages still exist relatively safely with but a standard wall. While protection is in order, there are few groups of monsters large enough to be deemed a major hero by defeating. As well, Grado's supposed to be rather weakened, this guy sounds like he's got everything handled by himself. But, seeing how he apparently had enough mercenaries under his command that they could defeat him, suppose mercenaries of Jehanna actually comprised most of that army. Not that armies does much use when the majority of your enemies are spread out like that. Oh, well. It is fine, I just want to point it out. I'll decide myself how much of it is overblown.

@PlatinumSkink

You're right on that front, and I'll change that up if you want. Army-related mistakes are due to my lack of general Fire Emblem knowledge, and that I always sort of imagined that what happened on the field in front of the player was representative of a larger battle. Wilhelm's exploits, while probably fairly impressive, are likely exaggerated or used as a sort of rallying cry to boost morale. Seems like Grado needs the confidence boost.

Eh, otherwise, there wasn't very much data on the guy himself, so there's not that much to argue about. Other than the fact that... Gosh, he has such a normal-sounding name in a world filled with fantasy-names...! XD ... Kevin is accepted~!

@PlatinumSkink

You're right, and I was worried about that. Initially I figured since a large part of the premise was that he was overshadowed it was thematically appropriate, but I've thought of a few more things to add.
The name thing was because I couldn't think of a better one completely intentional because I thought it'd be funny.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Lightning Fast Wilhelm the what... "Worthy" sounds a lot like self-praise. Did he give that name to himself, was he given it officially given or was it a nickname bards randomly gave him? Because then "Wilhelm the Worthy" sounds likely since they're talking about him being worthy of legacy of ancient Grado or something. Yeah, I'm blaming all of his fame on the bards. He somehow became an idol, now, rather than a great warrior. He's that too, but the random bards made him into Chuck Norris by creating loads of absurd facts... Yeah, think of him as Chuck Norris, who would actually lose to Bruce Lee but everyone thinks he'd destroy the planet if he feels like. XD

And yeah, I do imagine everything being a bit smaller scale in Fire Emblem, somehow. Like, yeah, battles actually do take place with the amount of soldiers that we see on the battlefield. That is how I'm going to roll, anyway.

If you'd like to add anything, feel free. I'll look it over when you say you're done.

@ruler710 If it is magic then yeah, suddenly move double speed seems to be it. Unless we're also bringing in the different kinds of dances from earlier GBA titles, then they can do a variety of things. Haha. ... Or, well, suddenly allow the user to post another set of actions without allowing the rest of the world to react... But that sounds silly. haha.

@Nightmare Bunny ... Got stuck writing on the intro scene trying to figure out if Rioga is actually asking the serving girl he doesn't know is a Shaman to accompany them on this supremely dangerous mission along with the rest (and if so, why) or if she's going to follow them on her own after that he has presented the mission to the rest of them. Thoughts?

[Nightmare Bunny]

@Nightmare Bunny ... Got stuck writing on the intro scene trying to figure out if Rioga is actually asking the serving girl he doesn't know is a Shaman to accompany them on this supremely dangerous mission along with the rest (and if so, why) or if she's going to follow them on her own after that he has presented the mission to the rest of them. Thoughts?

@PlatinumSkink

Hmmmmm. Maybe she's being asked to accompany as an actual servant? There's a lot of royalty who probably aren't used to cleaning/cooking/greasing armor blah blah blah, so maybe she's just standing there and he's like... you! You're coming with! Or something.

Having trouble thinking of alternate solutions to this problem... XD

Uh, maybe... she follows along after for some reason? Hm, but she's quite cautious, so I don't know why she would be randomly risking her life like that...

I think the best option is for her to get sent along as some sort of page-type thing? Maybe? After all, there are two princes on this mission...

I DON'T KNOW.

[PlatinumSkink]

Post made. Apologies for the length for those troubled by it.

Aldo is, as you may have guessed, the device I will be using to push the plot forward if you're in a bind. He'll stick in the back when it comes to actually making decisions or fighting important fights (unless you command him to fight an important fight), he'll just provide the necessary information in times of need so you can make decisions.

The magic I gave him is, all in all, just an excuse to make things more convenient. If enough of you think this is completely absurd, then I will remove it. That's about it.

He was also the absolutely first character I created, the first character I intended would join you as an NPC, and the first character to get his class doubled by a player character... XD ... I already asked Bunny if that was fine or if I should change his class, and it was fine. All of you are going to get NPCs with the same class as you, anyway. ... Or at least your promotions. Haha. He'll be following your orders in battle, as will all NPCs, they will all follow the orders any player character gives them. Yupp, should a King or Queen join as an NPC, they'll follow the commands of the servants. No problem at all.

I apologize for having the NPCs talk a lot without you being able to respond. If you want to interrupt somewhere, do tell, and I'll consider it.

That's about that. If you have any complaints or see any errors, tell me, and I'll see to it. That is all. GM, out.

Edit: *sees @TheHangedMan as user reading the page* And oh, yeah, there was that side-quest... Haha... Alright... ... ... Give me a bit longer, unless you want to, like, start it out. You could, like, write the situation you think you're in and I could make a map to match it and control it from there... ... ... But that probably wouldn't be very nice of me... Haha...

[Nightmare Bunny]

Post made. Apologies for the length for those troubled by it.

Aldo is, as you may have guessed, the device I will be using to push the plot forward if you're in a bind. He'll stick in the back when it comes to actually making decisions or fighting important fights (unless you command him to fight an important fight), he'll just provide the necessary information in times of need so you can make decisions.

The magic I gave him is, all in all, just an excuse to make things more convenient. If enough of you think this is completely absurd, then I will remove it. That's about it.

He was also the absolutely first character I created, the first character I intended would join you as an NPC, and the first character to get his class doubled by a player character... XD ... I already asked Bunny if that was fine or if I should change his class, and it was fine. All of you are going to get NPCs with the same class as you, anyway. ... Or at least your promotions. Haha. He'll be following your orders in battle, as will all NPCs, they will all follow the orders any player character gives them. Yupp, should a King or Queen join as an NPC, they'll follow the commands of the servants. No problem at all.

I apologize for having the NPCs talk a lot without you being able to respond. If you want to interrupt somewhere, do tell, and I'll consider it.

That's about that. If you have any complaints or see any errors, tell me, and I'll see to it. That is all. GM, out.

@PlatinumSkink

Hey, nice job, Platinum!

I'll get a post up at some point tonight :) It's probably best if some of the more important characters do stuff first, so that Calico can casually follow after them XD

[Harbringer]

Archibald post up, now with appropriate reaction picture

Edit: Alternate reactions

[PlatinumSkink]

@Harbringer XD ... Thanks. That made me laugh. Haha.

@Nightmare Bunny Thanks~

If anyone has quick questions they want a character to answer swiftly or just a comment they want responded to or similar, they can probably ask those outside the IC and I can give the appropriate answer and the person who asked can simply involve it in their post as well. If that is more convenient to them.

[Harbringer]

@Harbringer XD ... Thanks. That made me laugh. Haha.

@PlatinumSkink

Glad I could help. Also potatoes. Potatoes everywhere, all over the floor.

Edit: Can you spot the hidden Simpsons joke?

[Nightmare Bunny]

@PlatinumSkink: Oh, by the way… how are we expected to use the map? I mean… how are we moving people around and stuff?

[71342]

I ....well... I vommited several pints of blood trying to roleplay Ret tried. XD.

Archibald post up, now with appropriate reaction picture

@Harbringer

Very appropriate.

edit: I'm totally going to be fIne with Aldo, no worries there.

edit 2: joke spotted.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Harbringer Oy. Everyone's going to have to move through there. Haha.

@Nightmare Bunny You tell me how you move, I update the map in my next post.

Alright, now let's check the IC...

Edit: Oh, Ret talks like that, eh? Teh-heh...

*onto Alvin's post* Oh, yeah, I could have worded some of those words differently, but the trying to talk would also be getting you killed, so yeah... Hahaha...

[Nightmare Bunny]

@Harbringer Oy. Everyone's going to have to move through there. Haha.

@Nightmare Bunny You tell me how you move, I update the map in my next post.

Alright, now let's check the IC...

Edit: Oh, Ret talks like that, eh? Teh-heh...

*onto Alvin's post* Oh, yeah, I could have worded some of those words differently, but the trying to talk would also be getting you killed, so yeah... Hahaha...

@PlatinumSkink

You mean, in the IC? Or in the OOC? Or... in a PM?

Sorry, I'm easily confused. XD

Also, about Ret... Well, we certainly have a very diverse selection of characters.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Nightmare Bunny In the IC, you tell how you're moving along with the rest of your post. Either by integrating it in the rest like Archibald traveling across half the width of the map just did, or... however else you want, really, haha.

And diversity is excellent~! ... Not sure he became like that when everyone in Caer Pelyn speaks normally, he's probably the only one in the entire world who speaks like that, guess he must have gone out in the wild even EARLIER than I thought, (gosh, that makes a certain detail none of you know so amusing), but eh! I approve! XD

Though really, at later times I'll put some realistic limits of how far you went before stuff started to happen, enemies should have moved an equal distance during their movement, after all.

[71342]

@PlatinumSkink He... he has his reasons. @_@ XD.

My Hider

Pray tell, what detail might that be! XD.

@Nightmare Bunny Yes, yes we do!

I have taken liberty to pressume that we post what our characters do in the IC "Charge at the enemy." or "Get to higher ground." then tell @PlatinumSkink the specifIcs in ooc/pm like which square to which. I might be wrong but that's what I've done so far.

[PlatinumSkink]

@71342 Really, any way of telling where you're going that I understand works well. I'd say Harbringer did it excellently.

Also, the guy you're dragging is a Priest, the regular class below Bishop. He can only use staves, you'll see no offensive light magic from him. Is this a conscious mistake or something we can throw in? XD

Oh, and when I say "Any NPC will follow your commands"... It is if the NPCs are of Blue color, so Green (or Red, or Purple assuming it doesn't make sense for them to follow your command) don't need to follow your command if they don't want to. Haha. But... heh...

[Draconfound]

If I wanted Habit to talk to those two archers, should I PM you first to work out the details of the conversation, or just post my half and wait for the reply?

[PlatinumSkink]

@Draconfound If you want to have a faster conversation, you could PM me short pieces and I'll reply as I see it and then you could post the full thing. I mean, we'd be able to have more answers and returns if we do it that way, but obviously that only works in private conversations and so. Posting your half IC and then I post the answers work as well, but it will definitely take longer.

If you wish to control the conversation yourself you could probably control them yourself, but I would suppose that doesn't get the same response and feeling as actually talking with me would do.

*is sitting on nails hoping nobody tries to recruit nameless individuals, because that'd be totally turn into way too many way too fast, since I'd have to give them all character and such. There's already been random naming of people who are supposed to be nameless... XD*

[Nightmare Bunny]

One more question before I actually start drafting up a post: how are we going to do combat? One action, and then you control the NPC? But that will make fight scenes take a really long time xD Or would it work the same way you just said a conversation would work, with short commands going back and forth between you and the player? And then the player going away and writing it up properly?

[Draconfound]

@Draconfound If you want to have a faster conversation, you could PM me short pieces and I'll reply as I see it and then you could post the full thing. I mean, we'd be able to have more answers and returns if we do it that way, but obviously that only works in private conversations and so. Posting your half IC and then I post the answers work as well, but it will definitely take longer.

If you wish to control the conversation yourself you could probably control them yourself, but I would suppose that doesn't get the same response and feeling as actually talking with me would do.

*is sitting on nails hoping nobody tries to recruit nameless individuals, because that'd be totally turn into way too many way too fast, since I'd have to give them all character and such. There's already been random naming of people who are supposed to be nameless... XD*

@PlatinumSkink

I might just choose the third option, but I'd still like you to make sure it is realistic. How likely do you think it would be that Habit could convince the archers that he is a castle servant and was sent to deliver a message to them that they were required to go help defend the throne room while the servant (Habit) evacuates the treasure?

[PlatinumSkink]

@Nightmare Bunny That long time fight-scene was actually kind of what I had in mind, yes, but they can be worked out like conversations if you players wants it to.

@Draconfound ... ... ... I... didn't actually consider those treasure chests... treasure chests. XD ... I just kind of picked the map because it is Grado Keep as it is in the game, any treasure chests on the map... just kind of came with it, I didn't actually think they'd come into play... XD

Considering that if those archers start walking out they'll run into the Spike Guild on the left and King Sion on the right, they'll realize rather quickly that they're not going anywhere. Remember that Sion will be heading up, so. And it is supposed to take a turn for a thief to open a lock, you might be left behind when everyone else moves... XD (the previous was a game-related joke)

... Well, you might succeed, depending on your explanation. The people around here aren't quite the type to put that much value into the treasures around here, most guards here are pretty sure they're going to be killed one way or another, not to mention I currently don't have a clue what those treasure chests contain. Well, that's entirely up to you to convince me of that something is plausible on that point, though. Haha.