Halvtand

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

So far we have applications for:
2 Scout trooper
1 EVO trooper
1 Jump trooper
1 Tech trooper
2 Death trooper
2 Storm trooper (1 clone)
1 Recon trooper
1 Storm surgeon
1 Navy commando

What a crew...

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Here's a crazy thought that might be a little fun. It's kind of a waste to have players who wants to participate and then have them wait or not play at all. How about playable enemies?

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

My thoughts for Fan were like... "Aang screwed up so many times, and Korra screwed up with Varrick because they were naive and trusting. I mean, first thing Korra does when she gets to republic city is fish in a local park and share it with the first hobo she meets. Aang willingly trusts the Dai Long and suffers for it. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

So in a sense... our characters are opposites. One is a socially akward and naive fighter in her prime and mastery in combat. The other is a more cynical and world weary assassin whose focused on making life a little kinder for the Avatar.

....honestly, I will we could both play just to see these two interact.

@Dawnscroll

That is... Bloody brilliant. A built-in failsafe in a harsh world full of people who might want to kill/capture/do bad stuff to the avatar. Have an assassin right there in her crew. Takes one to know one.
If there is a possibility for us both to play our characters in this I can't even imagine the sort of cruel tricks Fan wwill play on Sang before she (eventually) gets savvy to it. XD

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

Mark the Scout trooper

Stormtrooper classification: Scout Trooper.

Designation: MK219.

Military Ranking: Private/new recruit.

Nickname: Mark (as in the thing you shoot at, and a longer version of MK).

Race/species: Human.

Planetary Origin: Coruscant.

Gender: Male.

Armor appearance: Vanilla, but has access to “stickers” that matches the environment on planets for future missions.

armor

Appearance: Like most people who have gone through the Imperial war machine and come out the other end alive Mark is a strong and durable soldier, and it shows on how his body is built and how he walks.
He is still an young lad, and hasn’t gotten too far in the rugged beard-growing yet, and quite frankly suffers badly from “baby face” without it. This is why he tends to keep his helmet on as much as he can even if it is ok to take it off.

Personality: Mark is a pretty quiet guy, he likes being alone or in a small crew with good, trusted people. In a larger crowd he's prone to go completely silent and gravitate towards the outer side of the group.

History: Mark was “recruited” as a little boy, accompanied by at least a hundred others. He used to have a family and a name, but after a few months of training, using only the designation he’d been given, he forgot most of it.
Training was hard, ruthless. Those who couldn’t keep up might as well be shot, officership was only for the best and the special corps? Forget it, you had to be some kind of a genius to get accepted to that. Mark made a name for himself as a fast and durable soldier with a few skills that would suit him better as a specialised unit rather than the one-size-fits-all-Stormtroopers.

Notes: Mark has good eyes and proved himself to be pretty good at sneaking, climbing and swimming, stuff you need to become a good scout.

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

The stormtroopers have changed a lot. Much of it due to the conflict between what the movies tell us about them (*Only imperial stormtroopers are that accurate" - Old man wan) and when we see (miss, miss, miss, miss).
My favourite theory is one I heard not long ago, and it centers around Darth Vader and his feeling toward his son. The main part is that whenever Luke is nearby Vader will use the force to mess with the stormtrooper's aim and cause them to miss. When he's not around, or busy fighting his son or the emperor or his own emotions and therefore is too occupied to do so, the stormtroopers are elite again.

So on the ship where Leia is captured they wipe the floor with the rebels.
On Tatooine, they are scary and professional.
On the deathstar they suck.
...
On cloud city things go south.
...
On Yavin 4 Han and Leia are surrounded and caught with relative ease...

It's not perfect, but I like it.

Anyway, the most important part of the imperial army is that it is heavily influenced by the old Roman empire. The stormtroopers (different kinds of legionaries) are EXTREMELY well-trained, but has only received their training under a very short time, most of the "training" is field-practice, ie slaughtering barbarians.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Drat I'm gonna have to wait till tmmrw to finish Fan's backstory. What do you guys think on the meantime?

@Dawnscroll

Even though you're my rival in this...
I like it. Fan is a very special character and one that will stand out in a crowd and create plot hooks and nice roleplaying situations. Background will be an important factor though, so don't rush it. :)

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

@ProPro@Halvtand wait! Come back, I want to discuss role taking philosophies too!

@Ellion

Just jump in dude ;)

My next theory is that the non-bender in entirely open (like ProPro stated) and you're pretty much free to do whatever you want with it. The benders are sort of limited. It's not just which element or subelement you can bend, it kind of limits a lot of things. Certain elements draw upon certain things, breath for fire, balance/rooting for earth... and so this will be an important part of the character. The original cast is also a factor, because they are the source of these "important factors", but you don't want to clone them. So earthbenders need to be forceful, airbenders should be influenced by their evasive nature...
The fighting style is another factor. You can't just get into this and think "I wanna be a bender" because the different styles are so very different. An airbender cannot fight like an earthbender, it wouldn't work.

In short. To want an elemental bender, you kind of need to like the whole concept of that element, the personality, visual style, everything. And depending on what kind of a person you are, you're going to like one or two elements more than the other.
At the same time, there are the non-benders. Completely unclaimed. Sure, there are some factions like the Kyoshi warriors and the pirates, but the aren't very well defined in the show, so you have a certain amount of room to improvise.
That's why there are less people on each element, but more on the non-benders. A better way to compare would be to look at (all) benders vs non-benders, in which case the split is pretty even.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

You'd expect just as many to want the other bender positions, though. There's only one of each, including the nonbender.

@ProPro

I expect you're right. On the other hand I believe the benders are harder to create (the avatar being a total bitch) since you hve to think about more stuff. The non-bender is relatively easy. At least that's how it seems to me.

I've always been fascinated by the non-benders of the Avatar-verse. They have to contend with superhumans in anything they do and some still come out on top, that's awesome. But then again I like having my characters in uncomfortable situations so...

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Well damn, that makes, like, 4 or 5 people that want to apply for the nonbender position.

@ProPro

Well, with only four available benders, one being the avatar... That's what happens.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Sandbender avatar. I like it, looks like we're getting a good crew together, the inspiration here is awesome.