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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #105 on: April 04, 2012, 09:58:52 pm »

I should have my sheet ready for the wait-list tomorrow.  Just hashing out the history right now.
Since Simple's gone quiet, I may be opening a spot soon anyways.
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« Reply #106 on: April 05, 2012, 07:26:47 am »

Right, going to take a crack at my history today.

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« Reply #107 on: April 05, 2012, 01:28:36 pm »

Mah sheet.
How does it look?  Let me know if there are any problems or his skills seem out of place with his history.
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« Reply #108 on: April 05, 2012, 01:50:28 pm »

Only things glaring I can see with it are you only spent 3 dots on merits (you get 7), and that you didn't take any skill specialties (you get 3, but they have to be fairly specific)
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #109 on: April 05, 2012, 01:57:47 pm »

Question: What is it Hirov wrote/writes about?
« Last Edit: April 05, 2012, 02:15:04 pm by Deep Waters »
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[23:14:34] <GameMaster> And so (...) a one-armed dwarf and a mage wearing a blanket walk into a tomb.
[23:14:42] <GameMaster> Sadly, that isn't a joke.

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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #110 on: April 05, 2012, 02:25:32 pm »

You're lacking 4 merit points, and also your three specialties as has been said. Your skills and attributes look fine.
You need to specify what kind of contacts you have.

Regarding your backstory: Your prior experience with the supernatural is a little too overt. It's fine to have gotten a glimpse beyond the curtains of the unknown, but having literally been backstage when starting out is a tad much.
My suggestion would be to move the setting to somewhere where, logically, you could have just been attacked by a large ape or something. Anything that can provide just enough skepticism to cause you to question whether any of it was real, but just little enough that you don't just go "Wellp, that definitely had a logical explanation!"

E: Looking through your backstory a third time, merits which may interest you are Resources, Languages (for all the implied globe hopping), Status (among the cryptid hunting community), and/or Direction Sense (globe trotting, again).
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #111 on: April 12, 2012, 06:22:17 pm »

Hey everyone. As you've probably all noticed, the events of your first arc are already kind of planned out.

However, it would be really awesome if you could all come up with between 2 and 5 long term goals for your characters. These need not be goals your character actually has, and could instead be things that you want for your character eventually. They can be mundane or supernatural, and they can lead to acquisition of merits. They should be listed in order of importance.
Here's some example goals for two characters of mine, the setting is 1940s Boston.


Once both of us know what your goals are, we can begin to work on them. Some goals (such as Rosie's urge to move to LA or Orchid's urge to marry Rosie) can be weaved into other arcs as a secondary plot line, while others (Rosie finding Evelyn, Orchid solving the Three Branches mystery, or Rosie becoming a werewolf) may need to be the main plot of an arc or arcs.
Either way, I need to know now so that I can work on planning for any of them. Please do not be afraid to add strife to your character's backstory if it will aid in the creation of these. So long as it isn't paranormal (unless, like Orchid, your character has already undergone the change necessary to become a paranormal character), or the paranormal aspects are sufficiently able to be written off as mundane, it should be fine.
I should also note that I make no promises that your goals will be immediately dealt with. Rosie's player should not, for example, expect me to throw Evelyn's location to her without her first trying to find it - and if she doesn't try to seek Evelyn out, she may end up dealing with something unrelated or only tangentially related until either she does so or Micky and his gang beat her to it.
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #112 on: April 12, 2012, 07:41:59 pm »

Spoiler: Micheal 'Angel' Ragual (click to show/hide)
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #113 on: April 12, 2012, 08:18:12 pm »

I think I'm going to pull out, I'm afraid. I cannot get this stupid backstory down on paper, and the game has already gone on a bit, so... Yeah. I apologize.

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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #114 on: April 12, 2012, 09:07:12 pm »

I think I'm going to pull out, I'm afraid. I cannot get this stupid backstory down on paper, and the game has already gone on a bit, so... Yeah. I apologize.
No problem. You're welcome to reapply at any time, since there's nothing forcing you to take part in a plot separately from everyone else (hell, everyone's plot is separate at the moment unless they're already together).
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #115 on: April 12, 2012, 09:13:59 pm »

« Last Edit: April 21, 2012, 10:39:04 pm by Deep Waters »
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[23:14:42] <GameMaster> Sadly, that isn't a joke.

[20:42:03] <HailFire> our wizard tower just got smoked by projectile cats from space

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« Reply #116 on: April 13, 2012, 03:16:08 am »

Goals:
-Track the thugs that maimed him and get revenge
-Gather evidence that the supernatural exists
-Awaken
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #117 on: April 13, 2012, 03:21:31 am »

hmm...is there a *spot open* ? otherwise I'll just post to follow. U_U
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Re: The Hub: nWoD Sandbox Forum Game OOC Thread
« Reply #118 on: April 13, 2012, 05:18:22 am »

According to this post there's two spots open.
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« Reply #119 on: April 13, 2012, 08:30:02 am »

Spoiler: Liz (click to show/hide)

Also, I've been working on a couple characters related to Liz's backstory- should I go ahead and PM them to you?
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