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Author Topic: Of Substance and Spirit - OOC thread - Signups open!  (Read 8089 times)

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Re: Of Substance and Spirit - OOC thread - Signups open!
« Reply #45 on: June 23, 2015, 08:56:21 am »

Will edit it then.

EDIT: He said there would be some give-away insubstantial thing about them. Marina appears translucent in human form. Is that maybe enough?

There's also the matter of the backstory, though, in which the spirit and human have reversed places, which really shouldn't be possible as far as I know, given how spirits and humans fundamentally differ in physiology and origin. I don't recall such a transition ever being established as possible, at least, and it'd be a pretty big deal if it was possible. A part of the setting if I recall correctly is that spirits aren't particularly aware of how humans work beyond the immediately obvious.
Hm. Well, I had another possible backstory in mind. I'll just wait for Hugo's opinion, and change it if I have to.
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« Reply #46 on: June 23, 2015, 09:02:51 am »

Hm. Well, I had another possible backstory in mind. I'll just wait for Hugo's opinion, and change it if I have to.

To add a little on the previous point, that sheet I linked to had the spirit's end goal be what you have in your backstory - the spirit-human switcheroo. On that, Hugo did say:

As for the spirit Hannah's end goal, it may well be impossible to attain, but even without the more details required I can see how she wouldn't let that dissuade her from trying.
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« Reply #47 on: June 23, 2015, 09:13:49 am »

Hm. Well, I had another possible backstory in mind. I'll just wait for Hugo's opinion, and change it if I have to.

To add a little on the previous point, that sheet I linked to had the spirit's end goal be what you have in your backstory - the spirit-human switcheroo. On that, Hugo did say:

As for the spirit Hannah's end goal, it may well be impossible to attain, but even without the more details required I can see how she wouldn't let that dissuade her from trying.
Well then. Still going to wait, but I'll start writing up the backup backstory in case it's no good. I could always keep the backstory for another game.
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Re: Of Substance and Spirit - OOC thread - Signups open!
« Reply #48 on: June 23, 2015, 09:22:11 pm »

Yeah, I'm afraid it's sorta impossible for spirits to become human or vice versa. And aside from the appearance thing, spirits often have a hard time with human modes of social relationships. Be interested in hearing your other one though.
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« Reply #49 on: June 24, 2015, 10:50:30 am »

Ok, new sheet. Basically kept the characters and abilities, changed the backstory.
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« Reply #50 on: June 24, 2015, 11:11:57 am »

I added a short summary to my post that may explain a few things better. It doesn't really add any new information or anything.
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« Reply #51 on: June 25, 2015, 10:40:10 am »

I added a short summary to my post that may explain a few things better. It doesn't really add any new information or anything.
Works.

Note: spirits don't necessarily need a complete scientific explanation of their abilities, since they do tend to break our laws of physics (including conservation). They just need enough explanation that they can be judged for consistency / against other abilities.
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« Reply #52 on: June 25, 2015, 10:45:23 am »

I posted the new sheet. Basically the same abilities with different backstory.
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« Reply #53 on: June 25, 2015, 12:16:28 pm »

((I intend to join but im a bit drowsy right now, I should have a sheet up when I feeling more awake and the ideas turning in my head get bit more solid.))
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« Reply #54 on: June 30, 2015, 12:57:37 am »

Alright, this might take a while to get off the ground, because starting scenarios must be created. But I'm thinking of centering the action around a single area, somewhere in North North America. This is because North North America has both urban centers and vast expanses of wilderness.
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« Reply #55 on: June 30, 2015, 01:51:14 am »

I rolled up a latitude and longitude based on your starting location. alright everyone dress for .... the center of lake Eerie? Huh. hope you can swim.

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« Reply #56 on: June 30, 2015, 01:59:21 am »

Alright, this might take a while to get off the ground, because starting scenarios must be created. But I'm thinking of centering the action around a single area, somewhere in North North America. This is because North North America has both urban centers and vast expanses of wilderness.

North North America? What, Canada?
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« Reply #57 on: June 30, 2015, 02:01:23 am »

Canada, the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, Montana, any of those.
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« Reply #58 on: June 30, 2015, 02:03:12 am »

Personally I prefer Oregon. Because New Jersey isn't there.
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« Reply #59 on: June 30, 2015, 02:05:13 am »

Canada, the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, Montana, any of those.
Specifically, the center of lake Eerie. Didn't you guys get my post?
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