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So what about if you’re using villains for your character that are traditionally levied against a different hero? Would you need a sheet for them, and/or approval from the parent PC (if there is one)?

How ‘big’ does a heroic character need to be before they pass that ‘NPC Sheet’ threshold?
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"Life's a bitch and so am I!"
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Kitrina Elena Falcone
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Italian American | Thief
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Gotham City | New Jersey | United States of America

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Kitrina is the illegitimate daughter of Alberto Falcone and his illicit lover, Anna de Luca. With her father already the un-favourite of the Falcone children, Alberto being discovered as the Holiday Killer in the year of the Long Halloween did Kitrina no favours, and Carmine's murder - the severing of the last piece of goodwill toward her - sealed her fate. From then on, with her father incarcerated and her grandfather dead, Kitrina was left in the 'care' of Mario Falcone, her uncle, who partially blamed Alberto for Carmine's death, and was more than happy to unload this blame onto Kitrina by proxy.

When, in the aftermath, the efforts of Batman and Jim Gordan finally dealt a mortal blow to the Falcone Crime Empire, Mario and Kitrina were reduced to living in the Narrows; trying desperately to claw back Falcone assets that were being steadily liquidated, the situation only got worse. Eventually, Kitrina became embittered, numb, and angry enough to try something stupid in a last-ditch effort to earn back some respect, some much-needed cash, and maybe, just maybe, something daring enough to start bringing the Falcone name back into notoriety in Gotham.

That "something stupid and/or daring" is a heist on Wayne Enterprises. Bruce Wayne, magnanimous philanthropist playboy as he is, was well-known for Wayne Enterprises' outreach programme, that guaranteed stable employment and life coaching for less-fortunate Gotham residents. Kitrina is by no means unintelligent, and applied under the pseudonym 'Holly Robinson', getting a position rather quickly and using her time within the company plotting and scoping.

Hoping to find something within the belly of Wayne Enterprises that she can use as blackmail for the board, Kitrina/'Holly' has everything planned out to propel her out of Mario's vengeful clutches, and secure the Falcone name once again as a force of nature within Gotham, reclaiming her birthright and landing her back in the lap of luxury as she deserves.

Hopefully.

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With Kitrina I want to meld the characters of Kitrina Falcone, the spurned mafia heiress, and Holly Robinson, the street-urchin morality-chain to Selina Kyle, as well as explore the idea of the legacy character and the inheriting of titles. With an older Bruce, a retired Selina, and all kinds of Bat-babies running around Gotham, I'm looking forward to establishing a new Catwoman, taking influence from Selina's character as Kitrina/Holly's mentor, but also spinning a well-known anti-villain in a new direction.

Kitty Gets Her Claws
The research has been done, the plan has been made, and the time has come for Kitrina's heist on Waynetech to finally happen. What she seeks and what she finds are completely different things, but Kitrina will find her hard-won quarry will push her in a career direction she never could have imagined, and rubbing shoulders with persons she otherwise would have never met.

...But Satisfaction Brought Her Back
Under the tutelage of ex-Catwoman Selina Kyle, Kitrina Falcone has become quite the successful thief; however, when Sofia Falcone, surviving daughter of The Roman, catches wind of Kitrina's new money, she sees it as an opportunity to start rebuilding the Falcone Empire. Which Kitrina would have no issue with, provided her dear auntie knows how to show respect to the new generation of mafia in Gotham.

A Nice Big Ball of Yarn
Kick-starting a mafia empire is no easy task, especially in Gotham, where fierce competition hounds you at every corner. One specific player in the Gotham underworld has welcomed a return to a more traditional mob format, but he's set his beady eyes on Kitrina's budding empire, working backstage for the perfect moment to steal the limelight from the new Falcone boss. In time however, it will be revealed who's really pulling who's strings...

That's great, but what about my Constantine sheet?
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You like using that threat a lot for some reason.


"Quit delaying posts in my game! Or I'll be forced to delay posts in your game!"
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No, no. @Roman is a delight.


You know damn well that's a lie.
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People who left RPG for Iwaku and RPN due to the instability of the new site was called "The Great Migration". We are a melodramtic people.


Oh my god yes. The mad scramble to find another suitable site to carry on our nonsense. Short-lived if prosperous.
That's an... interesting and bold comparison to make.


"Interesting and Bold" could be put on my headstone to be honest.

...okay, maybe not 'interesting'.
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Yeah we're all pretty cool with eachother. Most this crowd has been hanging around long before Guildfall which was so long ago now. I'm old.


I still find it so funny, and such a microcosm of niche community, that Guildfall has a title, capitalized and everything, to signify its impact - lasting impact - on such a small little pocket of people.

Our own little 9/11.
If anything, if you were going to do a non-villainous Croc, Hillan's app helps as it establishes Croc is no longer a bad guy. Pretty easy to pivot from there into branching out as an (anti-?)hero.


This was my thought process as well - Hillan's pretty much tee'd up the ball for you to tap in. Already established Croc is at worst an anti-villain in this canon, and also given you pre-existing connection to another character for collabs.
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Me when I realize I'm 16 years older than Constantine:



Believe me, I'm not sure I'm the guy to be writing a character a decade younger than me, but he needed to be young for my story to work. I've tried older and more established Constantine before, and it's dead in the water (for me, more competent writers can and have achieved great stories with a more 'grown-up' John).
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