Wiwaxia runs a SBURB D&D(ish) game! (now playing!)

@boyacrossthestreet @(Not) Literally A Bird okay, you're both wearing the same t-shirt. One of you is gonna have to change. :V
Also, I think storms as an element may also be edging a bit close to Breath. That said, it has been noted, and storms are now a Major Theme in this session.

Also, Bird, your def is actually 11, not 10, because you have 13 dex.

Moss, if you're gonna take Space, where do you want your kernelhome/volcano/frog temple to be located?

 

I'll switch tshirts! let me mess with some stuff.
Hm. and can you elaborate on kernelhome? I understand the basic gist of Space players having one, but not a lot of other bits around it

 

@boyacrossthestreet Yeah, missing guardian works.
Not sure about humming, though. Harmonica, maybe?

 

@boyacrossthestreet Kernelhomes are grown from a seed found in the frog temple, which also grows you a lunchtop, wardrobifier, cookalizer and refrigerator.
It's got two rooms at the top in balls, a long spiral staircase down the stem with transportalizers for easier transportation, a glassed-in atrium and several large rooms in the lower floors.

 

(OH. will go back to edit. musical instrument: djembe.)
thanks re guardian q

 

@boyacrossthestreet Are you sticking with footkind? (fistkind goes away b/c not Void)
Also who was your late Guardian? (dead is not necessarily gone, after all)

 

Sticking with footkind! will go back to strike out fistkind.
((i feel like i'm having so many weird dumb issues with this *rolls on the floor pathetically*))

i'll edit that into my post!

 

No worries! Do you want to do footkind like fistkind with no alchemization, but natural progression as you level up? (more damage, maybe?)

Also, I'm gonna try to compile everyone's character sheets so I have them all in one place and one format and so I can see what I still need from people.

 

Ah sorry I got confused! Sorry @boyacrossthestreet and @Wiwaxia and, uh, probably everyone else.

 

Dammit, I knew I forgot to check something against everyone else's :V Also yes check my maths, I am Not Very Good at it. I'll go back and rejig some stuff!

 

Yeah! Uh, realtalk, I'm weirdly obsessed with capoeira, which emphasizes using the lower body as a weapon, which is half the reason i went with footkind. just so you know the background on that one.

 

Character sheets so far (you can still switch stuff around if you want)

@Arxon

Spoiler: Lemi Malloy

Title: Rogue of Hope

HP: 12
Def/Protection: [10,+0]
Attack: +0 (+1 damage)
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 13

Stats:
Str: 9
Dex: 12
Con: 10
Int: 15 (+1)
Gra: 13 (+1)

Saves:
Fort: 8
Ref: 14
Will: 11

Special:
Eclectic Guardian (6 bonus guardian interests)
Heart: Your Intelligence cannot go below 15, ever.

Other info:
Strife specibus: Axekind
Musical instrument: Omnichord
Interests: Photography, Cryptozoology/General Creepypasta stuff
Guardian: Big Sis
Guardian's obsession: Conspiracy Theories
Home:

Spoiler: A cabin out in the middle of the woods, probably with a bunker/basement and a bunch of generators everywhere

1= Living Room
2= Dining Room
3= Kitchen
4= Bathroom
5= Sis's Room
6= Pantry/Linen Closet
7=Storage/Tool Area
8= Stairs to Basement
9= Ladder to Loft
10= Backdoor
11= Front Door
1= Lemi's Room
2= Bathroom
3= Observatory/Darkroom/General Workspace?
4= Lil area where the ladder pops out

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Text color: Dark Purple
Shirt symbol: A bat
Misattributed quote: “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” -James "Bobo" Fay
Associated elements: Wood, Nighttime/Darkness

Prototyping: Nessie doll

Commentary: I assume that's Nessie as in the Loch Ness Monster? Also, are you going with Hope?
We should sort out what the special thing for that is, if so. Might want to lighten the purple a bit, it looks pretty black.


@KathyGaele

Spoiler: Sara Whittle

Title:Page of Heart

HP: 15
Def/Protection: [11,+0]
Attack: +0 (-1 to damage, min 0)
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 8

Stats:
Str: 8
Dex: 13 (+1)
Con: 8
Int: 7 (-1)
Gra: 8

Saves:
Fort: 7
Ref: 10
Will: 13

Special:
Heart: Your Dexterity cannot go below 13, ever.
Loyal companion: white fluffy cat (HP 7, def/prct [10,+0], saves (7F,13R,10W), attack (+1, 1d6))


Other info:
Strife specibus: Longbowkind
Musical instrument: Flute
Interests: Plush Collecting, pretend-play
Guardian: Aunt
Guardian's obsession: Bells/Chimes
Home: Rickety two story (but still relatively small) wooden house festooned with chimes. The slightest stirring of air sets the air tinkling. Only the top floor is used for habitation, the bottom is entirely dedicated to the aunt's bell collection. Sara's room is the only place in the house without a bell or chime stashed somewhere.

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Text color: Green
Shirt symbol: Happy Leopard Face
Misattributed quote: "I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance." - Bilbo Baggins
Associated elements: Earth, Sound

Prototyping: Stuffed Plush Leopard

Commentary: still need your saves. Also, do you want to go with Pretend-play as your second Interest?
Where do you want to put your 5 points from Heart?

@KarrinBlue

Spoiler: Myrtha Oscurr

Title: Witch of Void

HP:
Def/Protection: [10,+0]
Attack: +o
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 8

Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 12
Con: 11
Int: 11
Gra: 8

Saves:
Fort: 8
Ref: 13
Will: 10

Special:
Strife portfolio
Heart: You cannot take a penalty to your fortitude save, ever. (you are still vulnerable to situations where you have to roll 2d20 and take the lower)

Other info:
Strife specibi: Bladekind, Fistkind, Polearmkind
Musical instrument: Electric violin
Interests: Ballet, vulture culture
Guardian: Dad
Guardian's obsession: Society for Creative Anachronism
Home:

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Text color:Blue
Shirt symbol: Rosemary blossom
Misattributed quote:
Associated elements: Glass, Cobalt

Prototypings: Raccoon skull, battle flag

Commentary: Need your HP. You mentioned having trouble finding a good quote to misattribute, do you want me to find one for you? Also, should I come up with a house for you?

@boyacrossthestreet

Spoiler: Moss Kaplan

Title: Knight of Space

HP: 11
Def/Protection: [10, +0]
Attack: +0
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 15

Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 9
Con: 8
Int: 11
Gra: 15 (+1)

Saves:
Fort: 8
Ref: 11
Will: 13

Special:
Combat modus
Heart: Your Grace cannot go below 15, ever.

Other info:
Strife specibus: Footkind
Musical instrument: djembe
Interests: History & Martial Arts
Guardian: Mom (deceased)
Guardian's obsession: gardening
Home: Kernelhome, overgrown with vines

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Text color:Green
Shirt symbol: stylized spiral vine
Misattributed quote: "Poke about in the black recesses of the past until it devours our fragile present." - Richard Nixon
Associated elements: Vine & Desert

Prototyping: An Abandoned Vine Clipping.

Commentary: Do you want to go with history and martial arts for your interests (b/c you sounded uncertain about them)? What's the area around your kernelhome like?
We should also figure out how footkind scales with level.

@(Not) Literally A Bird

Spoiler: Leon Gaspar

Title: Seer of Time

HP: 13
Def/Protection: [11,+0]
Attack: +0
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 15

Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 13 (+1)
Con: 9
Int: 12
Gra: 15 (+1)

Saves:
Fort: 9
Ref: 14
Will: 11

Special:
Informant
Heart: Your Grace cannot go below 15, ever.

Other info:
Strife specibus: Flailkind
Musical instrument: Electric guitar
Interests: rock music, fashion
Guardian: Tia
Guardian's obsession: Horror films
Home: A two-bedroom flat in a high-rise apartment, right in the middle of the city.

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Text color: Neon Orange
Shirt symbol: A stylised lightning bolt
Misattributed quote: “She’s a killer queen, gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam” - Oscar Wilde
Associated elements: Static, Rhythm

Prototyping: An onryo (creepy ghost girl; think Samara from ‘The Ring’) doll.

Commentary: Needs a last name, too.

@whimsicalobservant

Spoiler: Ilmatar Nordwind

Title: Mage of Breath

HP:
Def/Protection: [10,+0]
Attack: +0 (+1 damage)
Movement: 6m per round
Song: 10

Stats:
Str: 8
Dex: 9
Con: 11
Int: 13
Gra: 10

Saves:
Fort: 7
Ref: 10
Will: 13

Special:
Large capacity modus

Other info:
Strife specibus: Fankind
Musical instrument: Ocarina
Interests: Occultism, High Fantasy
Guardian: Mom
Guardian's obsession: Maps
Home: A cottage at the north sea

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Text color: Mid-blue
Shirt symbol: the alchemical symbol for "air"
Misattributed quote: "It must be 3:23 PM somewhere. Maybe space?" - Emma Orczy
Associated elements: Bismuth, Oxygen

Prototyping: A plush doll of a book character

Commentary: which setup are you going for? Also, can I get a bit more information about the character the prototyped doll is of? Name, setting, general personality, &c.



General concerns:
If people want to shuffle bits of their characters around now that you've seen everyone's rough-draft character sheet, now is the time. Probably a good idea to discuss/conspire about this, too.

Common themes with elements and prototypings seem to be storms, dolls, sound.
These sound good to people for overarching session themes? (unsure about dolls particularly)

We have 2 Mothers as guardians and 2 Aunts. Do people want to come up with different names for them to differentiate them? (e.g. Mum and Mam)

Also, 4/6 first names are four letters. Do we want to continue the general Homestuck pattern of humans with 4-letter names and shorten the two longer names to fit?

Do people want to have me track individual kinds of grist, or just mash it all together into one big grist pile ? (it's not that much extra work for me, it's just a question of how much granularity you want)

Maybe start roughing out personalities of your character and their guardian, their relationship to their guardian, relationships to other players if you haven't already. Discussion about this junk is a good idea, but should probably wait until everyone's got their character sheets finalized.

 

@Wiwaxia Yeah, The Loch Ness Monster and yeah, Hope if it's not too much trouble. Is this color better?(#712AB4) Um, I like the idea of different kinds of grist.

Also, rough thing of Lemi's personality, tell me if it seems off.

Spoiler

Lemi is a fairly adventurous young lady, prone to wandering off and exploring whatever area she finds herself in. Her Sis is always wrapped up in various projects, so Lemi grew up knowing how to do things on her own, whether it be fixing dinner or entertaining herself. She spent most of her childhood exploring the woods around her house, looking for the creatures her Sis swore lurked there and getting lost in the dark forest. She’s very enthusiastic about her interests, but doesn’t always know the best time to share them, especially if she’s feeling stressed or lonely. Although she is accustomed to being alone she is always excited to be interacting with other people, and tends to go between “Hi hello yes can we be bffs forever!” and “ahhhhh I should probably not speak I just made friends they’ll hate me now.” She has a tendency in general towards not entirely thinking things through and beating herself up afterwards and then spending long periods of time frozen with indecision because “remember that one time I fucked up, guys?” She’s reluctant to ask for help, having been raised with her Sis’s very self-sufficient and very critical lifestyle. In general she feels more comfortable while on her own, but craves companionship while not sure she really deserves it.

Sis always has one project or another. She has a whole bunch of conspiracy theories she believes in wholeheartedly, from “lizard people live inside the sun” to “aliens built the white house.” She’s very gruff and standoffish in personality and doesn’t do caring well. About the only time she does seem very animated is when she is talking about her various interests, but the moment usually passes soon.

 

Oops, knew I was missing something. Let's go for Leon Gaspar. Also his guardian can be Tia. (He's half-Hispanic now.)

 

@Wiwaxia Now that I'm awake ::D

We've got a Rogue, a Page, a Witch, a Knight, and a Seer, hrm. I'm not sure, actually. What does everyone else think? @Arxon @KathyGaele @KarrinBlue @boyacrossthestreet @(Not) Literally A Bird ? Do you want/need a Thief or a Mage? (You can also ref the character outline down below, which of the two would rather be your characters friend)

HP: 14

Prototyped doll: Doll of a character from a JRPG in Webcomic form. Guile Hero/Stealth Mentor who serves as a troll/disruptive force for the first third of the story. Mixed blood shapeshifter, doll is in human form (dark skin, flax braid, four red eyes). Survivor.

Storms, more like hell yeah ::D

If Ilmatar is too long, I'll pick a shorter one, no problem - the meaning is the important thing (related to air, wind, storm, etc.).

Spoiler: Tyven character

Tyven is a devil-may-care type. If there is a big red button, the button needs pushed, because what good is a button that doesn't get pushed? Demands loyalty, but also returns it - if you are her friend, you are her friend, and pity the fool who dares hurt who is HERS. Can be cruel at times, and doesn't always think everything through, especially when angered. Nosy.
Tyven and her mama are at odds at times, although her mama is still capable of giving her the runaround. They love each other a lot.

Spoiler: Ilmatar character

Ilmatar is loopy at best, and confused flailing at worst, most of the time. Makes do with what's there to the best of their capabilities, but... yeah, accidents happen. Wrong button. Slipped and caused a chain reaction. Surprising bouts of insight at times. Ilmatar is not stupid, just... detached. Now, a world that functions on game rules? She can work with that. She thinks. Probably alternates between Genre Savvy and Wrong Genre Savvy.
(fun fact: "Ilmatar" is derived from finnish "Ilma", air. Ilmatar was a demigoddess. This one here is quite literally an airhead.)
Ilmatar's mama is quite worried about her cloudcuckoolander daughter, and doesn't quite believe that Ilmatar can take care of herself. Ilmatar is, apparently, blissfully unaware.

 

Saves:
Fort: 7
Reflex: 10
Will: 13
As for heart points, I'd like to put 2 in my dexterity, 1 in Leon's Grace, 1 in Moss's Grace, and I'll add 1 point to Myurtha's fort score. I think!

Thematically, I would enjoy the inclusion of dolls I think. Will post more when I have the brain for it

 

@KathyGaele I think I'm gonna have it so putting heart points in stats increases the stat by 2 per point, so it's not strictly worse than just putting the points directly into def or whatever. Which should free up one more point for something.

 

I'll stick one point in Lemi's Intelligence score then :D Also happy to change Aunt to Cousin or something. Initial thought was Agony Aunt, hehe

Spoiler: Blurb WIP for Sera under the cut

Your name is SERA WHITTLE, and you are [tbd] years old. You live with your [guardian] and FAITHFUL AND AFFECTIONATE CAT, Kitkat. You enjoy going on amazing adventures with Kitkat to faraway lands, riding your feline friend into battle and DEFEATING YOUR FOES, represented by your ARMY OF PLUSH COMPANIONS. You don't actually do these things, because you don't actually leave the house all that much, and also they are fake things that can't actually be done. But you like to pretend you do. You like to pretend a lot of things about yourself, and all of these things are TOTALLY TRUE and NOT TO BE QUESTIONED, like how you're incredibly brave and confident at all times, and above such silly emotions as fear and anger.
You have an irrational fear of chimes and bells, which is unfortunate because your [guardian] FUCKING LOVES CHIMES AND BELLS. Your abode is absolutely festooned with the things, your room the sole silent oasis in the whole house. You have tried to explain to your [guardian] that you do not enjoy the sounds their collection makes, but they seem to believe they just haven't FOUND THE RIGHT ONE YET. So the collection grows. And that's okay! You used to use the big room downstairs in your house for ARCHERY PRACTICE, but it is now dedicated to bell storage. That's okay! You're sure they need the space more than you do.
When you do venture outside, it's with a strict honor guard composed of your strongest plushies and captained by your very favourite, CAPTAIN SNOWTUFT: a happy leopard. This is because you do not like loud noises, and Captain Snowtuft is the very best at giving emergency hugs when everything gets noisy.

I put it in typical homestuck format because I'm a fuckin' nerd.

 

Also I just.

Spoiler: why is everything always so wonderful

 

@KathyGaele Heart points added, along with relevant interpretations of "cannot be limited or impinged upon."
Aunt works fine for your guardian, because Leon's Guardian is now Tia.
Also that drawing is great.