[OOC] Arena Chat Thread

[ImportantNobody]

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Modern, Martial Arts? Maybe a mix ?

@Dynamo Frokane

So a guy using sci-fi magical gauntlets with a kung fu style who's trapped in a modern setting?

[King Tai]

@Dynamo Frokane

Probably modern setting with martial arts and a bit of fantasy in it.

[Dolerman]

@Dynamo Frokane

Probably modern setting with martial arts and a bit of fantasy in it.

@King Tai

Well Ive got a monk character but not for modern times, modern and fantasy dont really mesh that well together.

[King Tai]

@Dynamo Frokane alright then modern and martial arts will have to do.

[King Tai]

@Dynamo Frokane actually nevermind, famtasy and martial arts lol sorry

[Doc Doctor]

@Carrot

Let's see the character sheet. Sounds like a fun match!

[Guru]

So, is the ranking board even being managed anymore?

Or maybe I just need to bug Joe about that.

[ImportantNobody]

So, is the ranking board even being managed anymore?

Or maybe I just need to bug Joe about that.

@Guru

I don't recall anyone doing ranked matches lately.

I'm planning on doing an adult Evvie sheet. She'll be more well rounded and likely won't lose as much as a result. Maybe I can do a ranked match with her. I don't know how I'll have teenage version and adult both canon at the same time unless weird time schenanagins happen taking a different reincarnation version. Another explanation could be that she was reincarnated but the previous version actually didn't die, only being mostly dead and recovered. The only problem is I'd assume someone being reincarnated would rip the soul from the previous body to go to the new one.

I don't want to go with her clones, even if that would make perfect sense, as I want to show how Evvir herself as grown. I wonder how tall I'll make her. Would be funny if she's now 6 feet or something! And has big boobs. And is married.

[Guru]

@ImportantNobody Just go the DC route and rip apart the fabrics of space and time already. Which puts Some interesting thoughts in my head, now that i think of it. Joe and i have played with alternate realities a little bit before, but i think i might have to revisit something like that again.

Excuse me while i go jot down some notes.

[ImportantNobody]

@ImportantNobody Just go the DC route and rip apart the fabrics of space and time already. Which puts Some interesting thoughts in my head, now that i think of it. Joe and i have played with alternate realities a little bit before, but i think i might have to revisit something like that again.

Excuse me while i go jot down some notes.

@Guru

I have a lot of alternate realities planned for my scifi setting. My favorite absurd one is the cannon fodder gopher looking race for the bad guys discover a McGuffin that allows them to take control of the entire navy of the race in charge of that empire. They are not nearly as reserved with it so spark a galactic war that puts them on top, turning them into goose stepping nazi gophers with complete control over the Galaxy.

In another alternate reality there are magical girls of various races, so even weird ones like rock based aliens are wearing frilly skirts and stuff. And giant apex predator magical girls.

[Guru]

@ImportantNobody

Gophers...

Yup, that's what I got out of that. Lol

[Guru]

Any who... ignoring my randomness. I mean, the Arena essentially runs on the idea that a multiverse exist, otherwise some of these pair ups simply would not be possible. Specially the higher in tier you go.

And our multiverse story lines in the past have been kind of several combining or someone trying to take over.

But the multiverse is usually used in the arena as a means to an end. A tool or idea that we use to stage what we want. But it would be cool to just kind of explore the multiverse in of itself. Of course, you might start to get away from the whole arena aspect of the arena... but it would be a neat way to expand characters. I mean, not only in story but like
...

If your Evvie met an Evvie from a different universe, what would she be like. Would they be similar with minor changes or far different, or any variation in between.

[ImportantNobody]

If your Evvie met an Evvie from a different universe, what would she be like. Would they be similar with minor changes or far different, or any variation in between.

@Guru

Of course there would be a bizarro world where all our good guys are bad and vice versa. Otherwise the biggest change for her would likely be if she was adopted rather than mostly being in the wild. Civil Evvie would be more like the clones in temperament. She's still hot headed by nature so some of that would likely be found in most realities. A lot of them would end up fighting for attention if they were all forced into the same group. It would not be pretty. XD

[Dolerman]

@Dynamo Frokane actually nevermind, famtasy and martial arts lol sorry

@King Tai

Cool I got a stage and a character ready, just waiting on a character sheet from yourself.

[King Tai]

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Cool I got a stage and a character ready, just waiting on a character sheet from yourself.

@Dynamo Frokane

Alright, I'll work on my character soon.

[ImportantNobody]

I think it would be fun if I have a character with two souls in it. Just a random thought I had.

@LeeRoy, posted question in our thread, by the way.

[Doc Doctor]

Been working on a werewolf character. The twist? The poor bastard is utterly infested with all kinds of parasites. Mange, ticks, scabies, various worms, you name it.

Problem is trying to obtain good images to represent him. There are surprisingly few pics of ugly, diseased werewolves.

[Alphakoka]

Problem is trying to obtain good images to represent him. There are surprisingly few pics of ugly, diseased werewolves.

@Doc Doctor

Try mangy werewolf and see if your luck holds up.

[Doc Doctor]

Finally made a new character after a casual roleplay struck me with inspiration. Who will be the first to take on the awkward-but-lethal British cyborg known as Xil Gil, hmmm!?

Xil Gil

Name: Xillian "Xil Gil" Giles
Age: Thirty-two
Gender: Male
Race: Cyborg

Appearance: Xil Gil by all means appears to be a douchebag's rendition of a quintessential, stiff-gaited British salary man. He stands six feet tall, 180 pounds (He looks like he should weigh less, but you know, he's full of metal shit), with coke bottle glasses, tidy hair, and tea-stained teeth. He is never seen without a pair of black gloves on, and always wears long sleeve shirts in public. From about the middle of his forearms down, his skin tapers into black, zig-zagging wires and nodes which thicken into his fully mechanical hands, a flexible brown polymer coating the metal. This polymer feels and closely resembles what one might (falsely) guess to be some strange mix of leather and rubber, allowing Xil Gil's hands a protective covering just firm enough to pass for human skin when he has his gloves on.

Personality: Xil Gil comes across as a character you'd see in Monty Python. Everything about him screams "awful British humor". He's well-mannered but prone to accidental offences, a true upper-class twit. He enjoys the little things in life, and decidedly avoids discussions of a complex nature. Xil Gil is shallow and superficial, his quirky tidbits doing nothing to alleviate the unbridled cruelty with which he visits upon those his employers deem "troublesome". If anything, one could call Xil Gil a Bondian henchman and be right on the money.

Bio: Xillian Giles had a fine upbringing in (formerly) Great Britain, born in the year 2256. He had lousy showings in school and at home, not being the brightest bulb in the basement. Despite his poor aptitude he proved himself to be a hard worker and managed to claw his way into the Ministry of Defence, secret service. Hmm? His childhood? Not everyone has interesting childhoods, least of all little English turd tukeys. Trust me, it's boring. After a few years he migrated to Mexmerica (don't ask) and found work at the leading biomechanics organization. They appreciated his talents, and did their best to put him to good use. He was fitted with cybernetic enhancements and told to discreetly kill those that undermine the company. An assassin? No. A mercenary? Not that. You've gotta call it what it is, the lable on the can. They helped Xil Gil to become a murderer.

People began disappearing at a greater rate than before. Opponents of the corporation, some quite famous, just vanishing into thin air. Every force has its Red Baron. The one that people learn to fear. Is Xil Gil feared? Let's just say that he can get an empty table at any restaurant, at any time.

Abilities: Xil Gil uses his hands almost exclusively. His mitts are completely robotic, and their strength is such that he can crush an engine block in his grip as if it were Styrofoam. He can give industrial steel girders Indian sunburns or rub a quarter between two fingers and reduce it to warm shavings. The raw power of his pinching phalanges can make an industrial hydraulic press wet in the panties. The high tension single-atom filament muscle fibers and fiber optic nerve cables situated throughout his entire body serve only to make his paws as ridiculously strong as possible. Most of his frame is, metaphorically speaking, a pulley-system that powers his hands and wrists.
This being the case, it should be obvious why he likes to shake hands in dark alleys.

Since most of the sinew and bone in his body is interwoven with composite metals to power his monster grip, Xil Gil is quite the tank. He can endure more damage than a Caterpillar tractor, able to withstand continuous automatic gunfire and shrug off the frenzied teeth and claws of a grizzly bear. His innards are studded with electrostatic transformers that create a field which counters the effect that technology disrupting junk has on his circuitry. Microwaves and ions and all that jazz. All in all, he's almost as tough to put down as the Terminator. The primary difference is that he still has most of his human organs, and so he can't quite survive being blown in half or guard himself from a shockwave fierce enough to liquify his fleshy parts. Yes, he also needs to breathe and can be poisoned. His feet are purely cybernetic like his hands, but for another reason. The circumference of his soles are flanked by retractable claws which can dig into concrete or seal against metal via magnetism. The primary purpose of this is to allow him to walk up walls to get at hard-to-reach victims and maintain sure footing in combat.
His brain (in its shock-proof skull) also has a few chips in it that allow him to process information at a faster rate than what a normal human is capable of, juicing up his reflexes real good-like. He can perceive motion well enough to be able to evade a world champion boxer's punches without needing to take a step in retreat, snatch arrows out of flight, and identify the precise moment that a finger tenses to pull a trigger.

If Xil Gil finds himself in a tight spot, he can pull out a few mean stops. If given several seconds, he can open up his body's task manager and change his system processes, temporarily devoting all of his processing power into creaming the opponent before him. His reaction speed spikes even further and he no longer has any wasted movement. He becomes capable of extraordinary feats of agility and coordination.



Lastly, he can take his gloves off and latch a set of clawed braces onto his hands. In doing so he betters his chances of snagging careless victims and can use his deadly fingers like shivs, except few shivs if any can punch through cinderblocks as easily as the digits of Xil Gil.

Other: Despite Xil Gil's toughness and hand-to-hand killing power, he likes to avoid direct confrontations. He lacks the ability to deal with long-ranged attacks, and contrary to the public's perception of what a cyborg is capable of, he's actually no faster than a normal man. Yup, that's right. Xil Gil has no speed enhancements or guns. If you can outrun your average fit Brit, then you can outrun and most likely outmaneuver Xil Gil. Needless to say more physically balanced fighters can run absolute rings around him, and a good marksman can Kobe his ass from a hundred yards easy if they have the firepower required. He's also a bit of a dimwit, and can be outsmarted if somebody has the presence of mind to try and bluff him. The only conceivable way Xil Gil can nail a competent opponent is if he catches them unawares and grabs them before they can bolt. If he does manage to grab said opponent though, what usually follows is ghastly enough to make John Carpenter ralph in a baggie.

Theme:

[Athinar]

@Doc Doctor I'd be interested. Maybe a battle with either Chico or Athinar?