A Different sort of Post-Cataclysmic Earth RP

[oakman]

So far my character creation thoughts are as follows:

A man that owned an oil company somewhere in the old world, after the whole earth shattered into cereal corn flakes and came back as a gigantic sphere of- something else, he discovered that he has been changed dramatically.

Changed as in he can now change size and length of his body and limbs with the help of 'nature'. When he grows into a 400 feet giant, or stretches 200 yards, it will not be his own human skin but more like tree barks, moss, leaves, pine trees or shrubs, a fuckload of shrubs.

It is kinda ironic how a conglomerate oil company owner turns into mother nature's holy saint and guardian.

Oh and did I say every time he transforms he hates humans more and more, that is any kind of humans. But to avoid having a character that just stomps and fucks around, he will have extreme internal conflicts between himself and this new "green" him.

[merrrrideth]

Is it too late for this newbie to express interest?

If yes, then :(
If no, then... interest!

[Shoryu]

Is it too late for this newbie to express interest?

If yes, then :(
If no, then... interest!

@merrrrideth

Iii think that would put us at around 10 then, maybe 11 >3> I think I'll drawn the line at that, but more are welcome to express interest and maybe take places if someone bails ^.^

[aladdin_sane]

Alright, managed to flesh out some of my character's powers as evidenced by my updated sheet...pretty good for a guy bedridden with the flu. Also interest in this has exploded!!!

[Shoryu]

Alright, managed to flesh out some of my character's powers as evidenced by my updated sheet...pretty good for a guy bedridden with the flu. Also interest in this has exploded!!!

@aladdin_sane

Love that fleshing out XD and yes it has exploded.

On a side note, and i'm just mentioning these as ideas i've seen, not pushing you to use them, I've seen some interpretations that essentially benefit from feeding on positive emotions, while negative emotions can range from unhealthy to poisonous depending on which one and it's intensity. In such a case, 'in your face' feeding could be detrimental to said Changeling's own health from someone naturally directing their aggressive emotions towards a target.

Another considered the element of 'feeling' the emotions in the air, pretty much the empathy you mentioned, cept with passive feeding and that enough ambient emotions could range from annoying/agitating to unhealthy [probably requiring more positive feeding to counter-act] or of course ranging from calming to 'healthy'.

I've also seen yet another that went into the idea of different hives, or lacking hives because of this setting, different breeds I guess, who naturally lean towards a specific emotional range, while it's not restricting them from others, they get more nourishment and preferencial 'flavor' from certain ranges, like entertainment, types of love, comraderie/adrenaline, and so on.

[aladdin_sane]

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Love that fleshing out XD and yes it has exploded.

On a side note, and i'm just mentioning these as ideas i've seen, not pushing you to use them, I've seen some interpretations that essentially benefit from feeding on positive emotions, while negative emotions can range from unhealthy to poisonous depending on which one and it's intensity. In such a case, 'in your face' feeding could be detrimental to said Changeling's own health from someone naturally directing their aggressive emotions towards a target.

Another considered the element of 'feeling' the emotions in the air, pretty much the empathy you mentioned, cept with passive feeding and that enough ambient emotions could range from annoying/agitating to unhealthy [probably requiring more positive feeding to counter-act] or of course ranging from calming to 'healthy'.

I've also seen yet another that went into the idea of different hives, or lacking hives because of this setting, different breeds I guess, who naturally lean towards a specific emotional range, while it's not restricting them from others, they get more nourishment and preferencial 'flavor' from certain ranges, like entertainment, types of love, comraderie/adrenaline, and so on.

@Shoryu

These are great interpretations and I appreciate that you shared them with me; I am totally going to incorporate some of these into my character as I personally do not mind taking suggestions from people regarding character building.

Not a critique, but it is merely intriguing that many of the characters suggestions share similar threads such as:

* The ironic (or karmatic) properties of the magic.
* The loss of something the character particularly valued...a key facet of their existence; political power, faith, sanity, wealth, and so on.
* Becoming the personification something the character hated or revealing the true nature of that particular character.
* The changes come with unfortunate negative consequences that must be stopped (or at least forestalled as long as possible).

In this group thus far someone who benefited from and is happy about their changes would be the outsider.

[Shoryu]

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These are great interpretations and I appreciate that you shared them with me; I am totally going to incorporate some of these into my character as I personally do not mind taking suggestions from people regarding character building.

Not a critique, but it is merely intriguing that many of the characters suggestions share similar threads such as:

* The ironic (or karmatic) properties of the magic.
* The loss of something the character particularly valued...a key facet of their existence; political power, faith, sanity, wealth, and so on.
* Becoming the personification something the character hated or revealing the true nature of that particular character.
* The changes come with unfortunate negative consequences that must be stopped (or at least forestalled as long as possible).

In this group thus far someone who benefited from and is happy about their changes would be the outsider.

@aladdin_sane

I've noticed that theme XD though unintentional on my part, at least on the thorough scale so far, it is bound to be interesting for story/development.

[Shoryu]

Testing of all player quote announcement!
http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83756-post-cataclysmic-earth/ooc

Here's the OOC... I haven't quite proof-read it yet, and I can't shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something that I should have included in it [curse my occasionally unreliable memory], so if you think of something let me know and I shall fix that discrepancy! For now, I am going to go work on my own CS[es?] and the opening post.

I look forward to uncovering the secrets behind what's happening with everyone IC! Submit thine character's and lets have some fun!

@Double Capybara

@oakman

@Cynder

@Dirty Dan

@Frettzo

@aladdin_sane

@Dutchbag

@Mia

@Voltus_Ventus

@merrrrideth

[Shoryu]

So far my character creation thoughts are as follows:

A man that owned an oil company somewhere in the old world, after the whole earth shattered into cereal corn flakes and came back as a gigantic sphere of- something else, he discovered that he has been changed dramatically.

Changed as in he can now change size and length of his body and limbs with the help of 'nature'. When he grows into a 400 feet giant, or stretches 200 yards, it will not be his own human skin but more like tree barks, moss, leaves, pine trees or shrubs, a fuckload of shrubs.

It is kinda ironic how a conglomerate oil company owner turns into mother nature's holy saint and guardian.

Oh and did I say every time he transforms he hates humans more and more, that is any kind of humans. But to avoid having a character that just stomps and fucks around, he will have extreme internal conflicts between himself and this new "green" him.

@oakman

oh, i didn't comment on this before did I?

I can see it working, though it's funny that the number of humans for him to hate is going to dwindle rapidly as transformations set in.

just remember, s'gotta figure it all out before he can do the crazier side of his powers XD

[GloriousSunbutt]

Color me interested as well. Oh yes.

[Shoryu]

Color me interested as well. Oh yes.

@GloriousSunbutt

I believe you make the roster an even dozen! >3> I think I'll make that the magic number and make a waiting list from this point on XD