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[GreatWyrmGold]

I think you guys are being a bit harsh on Froggy. It's true that most of his character sheet makes me wince, but he did have one interesting bit:

Personality
Generally fun based but has a surprisingly strong moral compass.

Plus, his main rival has a lot of the same issues:

Personality: It flip-flops. Will try to help you one minute, then try to kill you the next. To be more specific, Rassura is slightly crazy, so he has multiple personalities.
Goals: Play everyone against each other so chaos will win in the end. Or make things fun! Whichever comes first!

I like his physical description a lot, and obviously his name is better... but a bipolar multiple personality chaos god isn't exactly immune to the same concerns a blank one is.
In more general news, character selection is more difficult than I was expecting. Baldman's in particular is riding the line between interesting and headache.

Well, I personally consider "multiple personality disorder and intends to play others off of each other for fun" to be more interesting than "fun (whatever that means) and also moral". And that's not getting into things like the personalities treating each other as separate individuals to play off of others...
Then there's the new personality. It shows that Lyeos cares enough to try and change, and it shows a more interesting individual than "'fun' and 'moral'".


I'm willing to try and tweak my god, but...well...I like the idea of a less-involved god.

[Worldmaster27]

It seems like I'm in, but I should probably do some tweaking on the personality thing. Is slow okay, or should I do a full rewrite of the personality?

[The Froggy Ninja]

I think you guys are being a bit harsh on Froggy. It's true that most of his character sheet makes me wince, but he did have one interesting bit:

Personality
Generally fun based but has a surprisingly strong moral compass.

Plus, his main rival has a lot of the same issues:

Personality: It flip-flops. Will try to help you one minute, then try to kill you the next. To be more specific, Rassura is slightly crazy, so he has multiple personalities.
Goals: Play everyone against each other so chaos will win in the end. Or make things fun! Whichever comes first!

I like his physical description a lot, and obviously his name is better... but a bipolar multiple personality chaos god isn't exactly immune to the same concerns a blank one is.
In more general news, character selection is more difficult than I was expecting. Baldman's in particular is riding the line between interesting and headache.

Well, I personally consider "multiple personality disorder and intends to play others off of each other for fun" to be more interesting than "fun (whatever that means) and also moral". And that's not getting into things like the personalities treating each other as separate individuals to play off of others...
Then there's the new personality. It shows that Lyeos cares enough to try and change, and it shows a more interesting individual than "'fun' and 'moral'".


I'm willing to try and tweak my god, but...well...I like the idea of a less-involved god.

Changed my personality for clarity.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Eh. Still sounds a bit generic and dull, really. Also better-suited to a more mortal being, like a pixie or nymph or something, than a god.

[~Neri]

Still don't like the name, the lack of appearance, and the lack of goals.

[IronyOwl]

Well, I personally consider "multiple personality disorder and intends to play others off of each other for fun" to be more interesting than "fun (whatever that means) and also moral". And that's not getting into things like the personalities treating each other as separate individuals to play off of others...

The issue I have with that is that everything tends to look an awful lot like nothing. Saying you've got a bevy of different personalities that might do anything isn't terribly different from saying nobody knows how your character will act. If you had, for instance, a character who described themselves as "Can be cruel yet kind, cowardly but sometimes brave, patient except when impatient, swings between happy and sad..." and so on, you probably wouldn't feel like you had much of a better grasp on that character than one who hadn't said anything at all.

I may have been a bit dismissive of the playing people off each other thing, though. It struck me as kind of cliche and unlikely to work, which may not have been fair.

Then there's the new personality. It shows that Lyeos cares enough to try and change, and it shows a more interesting individual than "'fun' and 'moral'".

Well yeah, but Froggy hasn't really had the same chance as Lyeos yet.

Well, ninja'd by him doing so.

I'm willing to try and tweak my god, but...well...I like the idea of a less-involved god.

You don't particularly have to; it's okay and you don't have any competition. I'm just a little concerned about "passive" turning into "boring and unmotivated." The concept of a detached or aloof god is interesting enough in general.

It seems like I'm in, but I should probably do some tweaking on the personality thing. Is slow okay, or should I do a full rewrite of the personality?

Slow is fine, your character just came off as kind of like every stereotypical slow wise rock monster ever.

GLORF

Eh. Still sounds a bit generic and dull, really. Also better-suited to a more mortal being, like a pixie or nymph or something, than a god.

Still don't like the name, the lack of appearance, and the lack of goals.

Forced to roughly agree here. Lyeos' revised character has some real personality to it; this guy's now kind of a stereotypical G-rated trickster. The name and appearance are fairly petty concerns overall, though.

[Worldmaster27]

I remade my personality, and tweaked my avatar accordingly. I had an idea to go with a theme based around metal, instead of that standard rocky slowness.

[Propman]

Funny you mention that Owl, since I actually thought ole' Ormo would fit best as a chaos aspect, but seeing as that place was already contested, I lifted him into the next best thing. However, perhaps he could use a few revisions, to make him more fitting with his element;

Spoiler: Orpo-gom Revised (click to show/hide)

Name: Orpo'gom/Mog'opro (Answers to both pronunciations of his? name, though is not above pretending to be two separate aspects at once)
Aspect: Earth
Appearance: A dull brown menger sponge with a faintly crystalline surface that infinitely refracts light. Constantly shifts between levels one, two, and three at a rhythmic rate, while seemingly rotating on an unseen axis.
Personality: Orpo'gom is one of those aspects that views existence as an elaborate stage from which to procure works which entertain his? own pleasures and desires, without the cares of anything else. In spite of this, he? isn't terribly creative when it comes to thinking beyond squares, and as a result, he? will often "borrow" the works of his? peers and modify them for his own intentions, utilizing them as props and pieces from which to play with on his? elaborate sets. Likes to manipulate matter by forging it into geometric shapes, sometimes subverting physics in the process in order to make otherwise impossible structures such as cubical planets, or cylindrical moons.

On a side note, Orpo' is a fervent believer in creative property, in spite of his? own creative sterility. Nothing makes the earth aspect angrier then mortals attributing something he? made as being the works of some other aspect, or another aspect attempting to convince its followers similar.

Goals: To build a most amusing universe, or at very least a planet, from which all the other aspects will look at with envy.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Well, I personally consider "multiple personality disorder and intends to play others off of each other for fun" to be more interesting than "fun (whatever that means) and also moral". And that's not getting into things like the personalities treating each other as separate individuals to play off of others...

The issue I have with that is that everything tends to look an awful lot like nothing. Saying you've got a bevy of different personalities that might do anything isn't terribly different from saying nobody knows how your character will act. If you had, for instance, a character who described themselves as "Can be cruel yet kind, cowardly but sometimes brave, patient except when impatient, swings between happy and sad..." and so on, you probably wouldn't feel like you had much of a better grasp on that character than one who hadn't said anything at all.

I may have been a bit dismissive of the playing people off each other thing, though. It struck me as kind of cliche and unlikely to work, which may not have been fair.

Then there's the new personality. It shows that Lyeos cares enough to try and change, and it shows a more interesting individual than "'fun' and 'moral'".

Well yeah, but Froggy hasn't really had the same chance as Lyeos yet.

Well, ninja'd by him doing so.

I'm willing to try and tweak my god, but...well...I like the idea of a less-involved god.

You don't particularly have to; it's okay and you don't have any competition. I'm just a little concerned about "passive" turning into "boring and unmotivated." The concept of a detached or aloof god is interesting enough in general.

It seems like I'm in, but I should probably do some tweaking on the personality thing. Is slow okay, or should I do a full rewrite of the personality?

Slow is fine, your character just came off as kind of like every stereotypical slow wise rock monster ever.

GLORF

Eh. Still sounds a bit generic and dull, really. Also better-suited to a more mortal being, like a pixie or nymph or something, than a god.

Still don't like the name, the lack of appearance, and the lack of goals.

Forced to roughly agree here. Lyeos' revised character has some real personality to it; this guy's now kind of a stereotypical G-rated trickster. The name and appearance are fairly petty concerns overall, though.

Well that's not really my goal but it's hard to explain without evedence of action. I'll try to change it later.
EDIT: A little better but still flawed.
EDIT 2: It's hard to describe as a personality but in a way he his a "G rated trickster god" but with a large difference. Most such trickster gods are ether mildly annoying good guys or asshole badguys. Zorus is designed to be chaotic neutral. He won't really mess with any specific  group and could just spend time making amusing things and in general will be a neutral party who doesn't really care about who's on who's side and instead about the specific people and the circumstances in which the meet.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I may have been a bit dismissive of the playing people off each other thing, though. It struck me as kind of cliche and unlikely to work, which may not have been fair.

And hey, if it works, it'll be fun.

I'm just a little concerned about "passive" turning into "boring and unmotivated." The concept of a detached or aloof god is interesting enough in general.

"Boring and unmotivated" will likely be more boring for me than anyone else. I'll fix that problem if it comes up.

The name and appearance are fairly petty concerns overall, though.

Maybe, but...they're both really bad. They screw up the immersion, you know?

I remade my personality, and tweaked my avatar accordingly. I had an idea to go with a theme based around metal, instead of that standard rocky slowness.

Ooh, interesting.

[Beirus]

So, I was thinking of adjusting Aquilos' personality to make him a bit less manic and more reactive by giving him a generally calmer attitude and more patience before he reaches a point of outrage. I was thinking of basing it sort of on a hurricane or tornado, where there is a buildup due to outside elements before he decides "Rawr, I'm gonna destroy your trailer park!". Any thoughts? Also, sorry if this doesn't make total sense. I've been on the road for about 16 hours and I'm a little tired.

[IronyOwl]

Turn 0: Moment


For a timeless moment, the Aspects simply looked at each other.


Firalk Nivorik (Kevak), the Hyper White Wolf. Aspect of Life.

Mort (Pancaek), the Dutiful Black Spider. Aspect of Death.

Vanhurk Dorein (Zalkoz), the Noble Silver Bear. Aspect of Order.

Rassura (Lyeos), the Ditzy Black Shark. Aspect of Chaos.

Quinghai (GWG), the Calm Golden Sea Serpent. Aspect of Water.

Nohpalli (Wwolin), the Gluttonous Black Eidolon. Aspect of Fire.

Aquilos (Beirus), the Impulsive Serpent. Aspect of Air.

Enkisar (Worldmaster), the Stubborn Silver Wyrm. Aspect of Earth.


Then what happened?

[Beirus]

Aquilos takes a moment to look at the others before speaking. "This space is so...empty. It's kind of boring." Aquilos sighs, exhaling for the first time.

Exhale, creating the First Wind, a wave of gases and air currents that shall travel throughout the universe.

((I suppose this would be a good way to test the waters.))

[TamerVirus]

PTW!

[Lyeos]

Rassura watches the many-winged one as he speaks, clenching her teeth together in her best attempt at smiling in approval, or at the very least agreement, at his words. Now, however, was not the time to act - that would come when she learned more about the others.

Rassura bides her time, watching the others to see what they'll do, particularly the silver-haired one across from her.

((Indeed, although I feel my waiting didn't need to be bolded.))