[OOC] The Echo Game! Something Different! Always Recruiting! Exclamation Marks!

[Aphelion]

Was it okay that I picked the Fae race for my character in game? (and made it something a little different than the typical fairy)?

[Genni]

@Aphelion From my understanding (by which I mean, don't quote me on this :p) Fairies were the nobility in the Land Beyond The Veil, while the term Fae covered any creature which resided in the Land. While all were touched by magic to some degree their actual natures and abilities varied drastically between different creatures.

Some were shapeshifters and could disguise their true forms from humans when dealing with them (either by changing their actual shape or by casting a 'glimmer' to obscure their appearance.) Others were tied to the elements and could manipulate them to varying degrees, such as Naiads and Nymphs who were tried to woods and streams respectively. While they were powerful creatures within their realms they became powerless and weak when out of them. For instance, taking a nymph from her stream would render her powerless to change shape and she'd slowly die unless returned to her home.

Were you planning on Nana having any special magical abilities in the simulation at all?

@SpookySquid What are race relations like between the different species in the game at the moment? Will @Aphelion be making life more difficult for Nana by making her Fae?

[Aphelion]

I was going to wait for Spooky's input on everything, but yeah. I was hoping to go for something to give her character an edge, as she has alot of weaknesses presently. Although, you do make a good point on race relations in the game. I would very much like to hear more about the different races, as well as possibly having magic?

[Genni]

It could be an easy way to balance a character if they choose to play as a different race, making it so they gain special abilities but will find it harder to either interact with or influence members of other races.

I could see it being useful if, for instance, a player chose to be an elf and they managed to get to an elf run country, since they'd have a 'racial bonus' for dealing with the natives, but if they ended up in, again for instance, an orc land they may find themselves getting attacked all the time due to a 'racial hatred' between the different cultures.

And that's before considering the language barrier.

[SimplyJohn]

And that doesn't even cover things like ideology, religion and political history which helps keep us humans at each other's throats.

[SpookySquid]

Playable Species List with benefits and downsides.
Dwarf
+Speak Dwarven
+Get along well with other Dwarves
-Disliked by Trolls

Elf
+Speak Elven
+Get along well with other Elves
-Disliked by Orcs
-Hated by Goblins

Orcs
+Speak Orc
+Get along well with other Orcs
+Loved by Goblins
-Disliked by Elves
-Disliked by Gnomes

Goblins
+Speak Goblin
+Speak Orcish
+Get along welll with other Orcs and Goblins
-Hated by Gnomes

Gnomes
+Speak Gnomish
+Get along well with other Gnomes
-Disliked by Goblins

Trolls
+Speak Troll Speak
+Get along well with other Trolls
-Disliked by Dwarves

Fairies and Fae
+Speak Dwarven, Elven, and Gnome
-Sometimes distrusted, disliked, and even hated
-Are not dominant race in any nation

-Detattlers
+You can remove you arms, legs, and head
-Commonly distrusted
-Are not dominant race in any nation

Humans (no positives or negatives)

All species can speak human or, for you DnD players, common.

[SpookySquid]

Also, I'm limited to using mobile till Monday and IC will probably start on Tuesday or Monday evening

[Genni]

Congratulations on getting that list done on a mobile. :)

[SpookySquid]

Congratulations on getting that list done on a mobile. :)

@Genni

Oh, that list wasn't on a mobile XD, I meant after 2day LOL

[SimplyJohn]

@SpookySquid After 2day.. two days..? Oh, textspeak for 'today', I get you.

*reaches for a gun to purge the heretic*

:P

[SpookySquid]

@tancuras@blackcat

If you guys want to join, you should post your CS soon.

@simplyjohn

Sorry, but you need at least an in game description of your character. If you insist on keeping this a secret, that's okay, but you have to at least PM it to me.

I plan to start the IC in less than 2 days.

[SimplyJohn]

PM sent with some details on what I have planned for Chuck. :)

Was there an answer on the whole backpack question at all? Will we get to choose from preprepared sets of items, or will it just be a random grab for bags?

[Aphelion]

You will be allowed to inspect the backpacks, however you will not be able to touch or open them. As for clothes, your character will start with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt of your backpack's color XD

@SpookySquid

So like, do we go full magical girl transformation sequence and as soon as we pick a back pack, a shirt of it's color melds itself onto our bodies?

Cus that sounds awesome. XD

[SpookySquid]

<Snipped quote by SimplyJohn>

You will be allowed to inspect the backpacks, however you will not be able to touch or open them. As for clothes, your character will start with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt of your backpack's color XD

@SpookySquid

Yeah, you won't know what's in each BP, should have made that more clear here.

[Genni]

I dunno... Chuck wouldn't look quite right in a Sailor Moon dress...

[Tancuras]

IT IS DONE

Name: Lachlan Breac

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Personality: Lachlan is a soul best described as "detached". Having experienced his entire life motionless within the confines of a life supporting apparatus, his mind is not shaped in a familiar way. He has no social stipulations to speak of, having very little experience with human interaction, and his actions are often unexpected, straightforward or brash. He has no concept of his own mortality, and little understanding of most human emotion, but when he is compelled by an emotion powerful enough he often has difficulty expressing it. Those who know him describe him as having a very quirky sense of humour, the jests he makes uninhibited by fear or shame.

Background/ Bio: Lachlan was born with a severe birth defect causing bone loss, rapid muscle atrophy, and the failure of multiple organs. Only through recent advances in technology was he able to survive, though what was left of the boy at that point could hardly be called a life. Confined to tubes and wires in a hospital bed, only his mind was left untouched. Lachlan could not even speak.

Several years into his treatment, an innovative medical professor introduced to him a digital interface wherein he was capable of rudimentary communication with the real world. He used this to speak to those around him, relaying messages of raw emotion and pain. Lachlan was also able to use the interface to receive messages. Through years of relentless rehabilitation he was finally able to learn the English language, and through these words he was granted the gift of knowledge.

Throughout Lachlan's teenage years he developed a general understanding of the world and his own state. He began to develop a stoic personality, beginning to refuse pain killers and claiming that they dulled his mind. Eventually he became renowned for his circumstance, and many were intrigued at the existence of his psyche, completely removed from physical stimulation. His mind was unnaturally developed and seemed to process things several times faster than the average person. Shortly after reaching the age of majority, Lachlan was offered a sponsorship by interested parties to enter The Echo Game, and he accepted immediately.

Method/ Plan to win the game: Lachlan has no initial agenda within The Echo Game - he simply wishes to experience the emulation of a normal life with a physical body. He will play simply to push his own limits and realize his potential - whatever that may entail.

Appearance:

Lachlan Breac

[SimplyJohn]

Personality: Lachlan is a soul best described as "detached". Having experienced his entire life motionless within the confines of a life supporting apparatus, his mind is not shaped in a familiar way.

@Tancuras

Another cripple? I'm not sure @Aphelion will be happy with you stealing her thunder. :)

[Aphelion]

Oh it's quite alright, he called it over on the Interest Check. :] Having two people who are just now able to really live a life of physical activity in the Echo Game could be interesting, and they are quite different from each other personality wise. Although... it is weird that they're both 18 hahaha. Bad year for people to be born, I guess. All fated to horrible lives as cripples XD

[Genni]

Good! Bloody teenagers don't know how good they have it!

[Tancuras]

@Aphelion I didn't even notice you also made your character 18! Sorry! D: