ModeGone

Current Mood in One Gif

Can't find the animated version but

World of Light

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I think I've gotten the picture, although it's still a little confusing. I do think that simply being able to make himself two-dimensional would be a very useful Power in and of itself, without any extra confusion. Is able to become just a line in his game?

@Lugubrious

Kiiiiiind of? The thing about him becoming a line in the game is because when you see yourself use the Flip within a dimension you are turning your character sideways. Because they're a flat character and the rim of the paper-figure is facing the screen, they become "invisible". In the Paper Mario series you had all kinds of weird shenanigans playing on the "paper" theme like getting folded up into a paper airplane to fly across long distances or walking through iron bars because you're paper-thin. Changing dimensional perspective is following that kind of effect but with a result.

However like I said this is a 3D person. Trying to rework this effect without being a simple rotation implies that there's an actual effect. Since its not an Illusion and doesn't have anything to do with light I can't say that he looks invisible until you put your hand where really is and you feel him. So I'm overthinking this...

The two main effects that Flip has:

• Letting you walk around objects (be they enemy, prop, or attack) by going down the other axis.
• Travel to another world/dimension.

With the first form it is technically turning invisible and has been used to this effect by various characters. But you're still physically there so things like weight remains the same and since you only see the characters in the game from the side/front perspective I like to think that top-down would be a whole other story. Given the setup and how the effect has an actual upgradable timer in game, I'm going to say it'll last two or three posts in the current form. I also like the idea that light casting shadow on the "invisible" character would let you see the shadow as if the figure was standing there normally as it would give more of a challenge to sneaking around.
With the second I have it completely blocked until necessary because we're on one world and the character would take the opportunity to ditch given half a chance.

So in theory he could just be turning into a line because going from 3D to 2D would have a weird visual effect. Or following the displayed effect in the game he'd be "turning into a line" because of the way dimensional perspective is warping around him. In the end its the same kind of result but it has different connotations in my head that I'm having a tricky time spitting out.

World of Light

I went with the dimensional shift because I imagined he was in the middle of changing locations when the Super Paper Mario multiverse got attacked. I can change it.

As for the "seen from the front" due to him being a 3D being rather than 2D sprite in a 3D map I was picturing his dimensional shift making him look like a line at all angles like when you look at a billboarded sprite and see the same exact flat image at every rotation.
One of the giveaways I was thinking of was that his shadow would still look normal in spite of him having a less visible form. Another was that seeing him from above or below gives him away.

Good to hear that the sheet's almost ready to go!

What Are You Listening To?

Not me exactly but my brain:

World of Light

I fixed up and updated the character. Here's the l-oser.

Echo Fighter unlocked: The Green Thunder

Name: Mr. L Luigi Mario
Game Origin: Super Paper Mario Super Mario series
Appearance:

Personality:
Although his true personality is suppressed, elements can still be seen past the abrasive ego and smartmouthed sass. He'll help someone... but only if he can get something out of it that he can't simply steal. He's loyal and a hard-worker... but those traits only go as far as the job for Castle Bleck. He's a team-player... but he'll mock them and feels that he's better than any of them even though he's the newest recruit. He holds his family dear and near to his heart... but he doesn't remember them so he's built a machine to fill that void in his life. Where Luigi is timid, Mr. L lashes out. Where Luigi would hesitate due to empathy, Mr. L breezes past without a care. Luigi would be generous to a fault... but Mr. L's greed and pride would seek to ruin a target. Mr. L is willing to play along with these Light World cretini until he either sees Bleck's Void in the sky or his Flip ability lets him reach the black castle.

Background:
Once upon a time, there was the best minion ever to be hired on to Castle Bleck! And his name was Mr. L. Nastasia scouted him from... uh... somewhere and convinced him that working for the Count would be a dream come true. The pay was... okay, the pay wasn't so good. And there's no dental what with the multiverse being consumed by the Void. But the rewards for aiding the Count would be everything you've ever wished for. A place in the perfect world that would be born after everything has been destroyed.

So, naturally, Mr. L said yes.

As the greatest thief in the known universes, Mr. L's skills were invaluable to the team. They already had the bratty mistress of transformation (mistress is... literal, actually, yeesh what a freak), a meatheaded brawny boob, a crazy clown who won't leave L a-l-one, and Miss Nastasia. They were clearly bereft of a good sneak and someone capable of something more techy than the rest's fists and spells. Honestly, magic's not so reliable. Look at the thunder-whatsit in his hand. It's good for a spark half the time and the other half it's like it doesn't wanna do anything!

So one day while on the job (those wedding crashers that interrupted the preparation ceremony for the Chaos Heart's manifestation need to be trounced)... something went... weird. So while a bunch of worlds have the Void hanging overhead, Mr. L was in the middle of Flipping to another dimension when he found himself in a completely unfamiliar world. To make matters worse, it's like the anti-Dimension D! Instead of letting him fight or use his powers at their full strength he's weak as a Goomba about to march off a cliff! Something weird's going on. No Void in the sky, no powers... Someone is gonna get trounced and the trouncer's name is Mr. L!

Specialty: Mix of Stealth and Melee due to lacking his Brobot.
Level: 1
Experience: 0/10
Powers:

• Flip Dimension (Weakened) - Capable of shifting on the Dimensional axis into an concentrated line. While this lets him dodge attacks and seem invisible, if something hits it deals more damage.

Strengths:

• By Leaps and Bounds - Incredible jumping ability that dwarfs whatever that red midget with the horrendous mustache is capable of.
• Electrical Mastery - Mr. L's affinity for electrical magic seems inborn. Its origin is shielded in mystery but there is a hint of the divine in its energies.
• Technological Knowhow - Brobotics.

Weaknesses:

• Anxiety - Underneath all his bluster, Mr. L is actually a bit of a worrywart. When things don't go according to plan he freaks. Although given his attitude rather than cowering like some green stringbean loser, Mr. L lashes out.
• Self-Deprecation Overinflated Ego - Easily distracted by his own pride. Does not handle insults lightly.
• Lost Origins - Memories from before signing on to Castle Bleck are... hazy, to put it mildly. He has no idea who he used to be but he must had been the best, must had been number one.

Spirits:

Kindred Spirits:

• Baby Bowser - A strangely familiar koopa brat who clearly deserves a swift kick in the keister. "Waaa I want milk and cookies waaa the yoshis are mean to me!" Go jump in a lava lake without a stupid old geezer to magic you out!
• Jevil - Oh no, Mr. L thought he was done with creepy grinning purple-and-black jesters! Dimentio's multiplied again and this time its not an illusion!
• Cecil Harvey - Looks like someone he's robbed before but way too tall to say for sure. All but a brother to someone brainwashed by a formerly caring but now evil and malevolent cape-wearing sorcerer.

Inventory:

• Worn Useless Wooden Mallet - Mr. L has no idea why he has this. Its not even a proper construction tool to repair his Brobot! +10 to Attack
• Shroom Shakes (x10) - Much more useful! Heals 10% of user's health and purges poison.

What Are You Listening To?

@Potemking
Hey Radd... Remember these?

To Live life is one thing, to Write it is another

Welcome! Mind if I ask what systems and MMOs you've rped in? I have fond memories of the sheer versatility of Champions and really enjoyed reading the Shadowrun sourcebooks.

Various Fandom RP Interest Checks

I've been itching to RP fandom stuff lately. If someone is interested, we can set up a 1x1 or small group for one of the following:

Mario - Mario stuff in general not a specific plot or setting. I tend to reference anything and everything in the franchise so it could be anything from a grudge match between Mario and Bowser to Mushroom Kingdom denizens chatting about the latest Kart Tournament's fundraising efforts to repair stuff ruined by the last Dark Land invasion.

Pokemon - Humans but in non-trainer professions. I'd love the chance to explore the setting outside of the focus of Gyms and battles. So for example Rangers or Archeologists. Predominantly Game-derived but there's bits and blobs floating in the back of my head from PokeSpecial and the Electric Pikachu Boogaloo manga, plus half-remembered stuff from the early seasons and some films.

Undertale - ... yeah, I still have Undertale on the brain. I mostly RP as canonical characters (ex: Asgore, Sans, Papyrus, Flowey, Gerson) but some friends got me able to do Fell, Outer, Reaper, and Horror variations, as well as Undyne. I also have Deltarune's Spade King and Jevil, and an idea I had for what Deltarune Papyrus might be like based on how everything that shaped his bombastic personality in UT was different or gone.

Final Fantasy / Kingdom Hearts - As a warning I've yet to play KH3 because PS4 was stupidly overpriced for a while, so I'm still avoiding all spoilers on KH3 until I can get my hands on a system. I have however played almost every title in the series to completion and love it to bits (in spite of the constant headaches and sheer pulling-out-of-pants bull). That said I'd love to do something with Final Fantasy or have more of a focus on Squaresoft and Enix characters within the KH setting. Like for example facing Live A Live's Odio as a Heartless or Lifeform Hojo N as a Nobody.

I can also do fandom stuff with characters from said settings with characters from settings I am not familiar with or not expecting if someone wants to do crossover stuff.

What Are You Listening To?

These songs are still lodged in my head and overlapping:

World of Light

Thanks for the welcome!

Mr. L is an easy fallback. Considering how much of a jerk he is, he's a fun jerk and has the most existing connections.
Jevil takes some work but whenever I write out his dialogue there's a certain rhythm to him. Also half the time I can't even predict what he'll do next. A friend jokes that the Jester Dimension beams his posts through me. He'd be the most wild card character of the bunch but at least he'd be entertaining.
Metal Sonic is also a fallback but I haven't done Sonic stuff in a long time. Which does mean he is admittedly the weakest of the three.

Wasn't quite sure how Kindred Spirits worked, I'll think them over.