Swordland (SAO-inspired, but it makes more sense)

[Birdsie]

Before you even step into the first post, let me stop you riiight there and point out the major differences between the canon SAO and this awful jury-rigged arrangement of fanfiction you are about to be reading. Here we go:

• Most notably, there is going to be magic. I don't care what you say, but an MMORPG without devoted support classes would lose a spoonful of fun from the concoction.
• I will take some (but very little,) inspiration from Overlord's YGGDRASIL. For example, there will be items that let you request shit from the developers/Gods (Kayaba) and there will be ways to forge your own, custom items and even create NPCs using magic. There will also be unique magic items and the like.
• More than 10,000 players, because guess what? Games are made to make a profit from them, regardless of whether or not they are huge deathtraps. 10,000 sales for any MMORPG would be considered the biggest commercial failure in history.

Other than those main points, most of the stuff is pretty much the same to what you'd expect in canon SAO, except for a few differences. Kayaba is still a douche with a God complex who wants to use this situation to fulfill his throbbing power fantasies, if you die in the game your brain will explode, and you're not here by choice anymore.

Also, this will not be a dice-based system, because I don't want to spend ten days writing down a system based on SAO's mechanics. Despite that, there will be stats and the like, and they will have an impact, and you can have an impact on them. Just don't expect 100% ultra-accuracy in calculating every, single, little number.

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In May 2022, Kayaba Akihiko invented and published the second generation of FullDive technology and the NerveGear went live for the reasonable price of $6699.99, which later, fortunately, fell down to $1999.99. Of course, only YouTubers would buy it at first because it only included short example games that toyed around with the system. Despite that, because you were a completionist, you bought (or rather, your parents bought you, as a late-slash-early birthday gift, at your request,) a fully working, used NerveGear for half its price almost a month later.

In August 2022, Argus announced its plans to develop and launch a fully operational MMORPG using the NerveGear as a platform. Your pants were soaked at the news, 'nuff said.

You started playing games at the young age of eight, and have dabbled in many titles and genres since then. However, as you entered your teens, you started developing a strong favoritism for RPGs, not necessarily MMOs though. The game that established this mindset was...

[] World of Warcraft.
[] Fable.
[] EverQuest.
[] Wakfu.
[] The Elder Scrolls.
[] Neverwinter Nights.
[] Witcher.
[] Something else... (Write-in.)

After the announcement, you...

[] Broke your piggybank, worked part-time and begged your parents for extra pocket dough to buy the game with all DLCs when it came out. Pre-ordering has its perks.
[] Were invited to participate in the beta testing and spent most of your time every day doing that, becoming unattached from the real world.
[] Did the thing - you researched, looked for clues, asked questions to beta testers, so that you could master the game's mechanics before it was even out.

What is your attribute?

[] Fear Not The Ganker: Your combos are crazy, and you are an excellent multitasker and respond well to combat. Your APM is heads and shoulders above that of the other players.
[] Sound Of Mind, Statistically Speaking: You are and always have been a number person. Thinking about how to min-max your build, optimize, make it more efficient. It has always been your thing.
[] I Draw Forth... Pot of Greed!: You believe in the spleen of the cards. Being a charismatic person with little empathy for people over the internet has led many to believe you are a high-functioning sociopath. Maybe they're right, or maybe you just know what to say to make them think so. Also, you excel at strategy and minigames.
[] 1337 Trollgamer: The secrets of magic are open before you. By magic, I mean the ability to find exploits and glitches, including the capacity to enable the Respawn mechanic for yourself, but only for yourself because after you do it, Kayaba will patch it for sure. Now, you fashion yourself a lonely, traveling lich. However, the developers gods are onto your ass for making short work of your sins against the game engine nature.
[] The Xanatos *Proposition by @Unilateral*: You've always had a knack for thinking ahead of others and planning long-term. Every major decision you make is calculated to maximize your future success, without closing off any options. Despite this, you never bet more than you can lose, so you can switch tracks the moment things start going belly-up. You're always three steps ahead of everything and everyone else, your losses only serving to further your interests.
[] Roleplaying Nerd *Proposition by @Space Multiply*: Through thick and thin, you stay in character, stubbornly sticking to whatever personality you assigned to the pixels you played. You acting skills are awesome, able to pass yourself off as anyone of any background with the right disguise. Identity was just a costume to wear, right?
[] Shy Loner *Proposition by @Card Captor*: You've never been good at interacting with people. For some reason, talking with others just makes you a little panicky. You're fine with people you're close to, but strangers have you on edge. You made an effort to learn how to stay calm in such situations, but that somehow translated to looking 'cool and aloof'. You've got no idea how.
[ ] PC Master Race *Proposition by @Rossum*: When the nervegear first came out, it was an expensive bug-ridden toy and it wasn't long before someone made an emulator for it. You installed the emulator on your gaming PC, worked as a beta-tester, and by the time the first full-dive MMO was running you were an expert at playing a full-body avatar using only a game controller and an old-fashioned VR headset. When things turned into a death game, you were completely safe from the nervegear's deadly effect. However, your avatar isn't.
[] Baby Don't Fear the Reaper, nor the Sun in the Moon *Proposition by @Opifex-Plebian*: You almost have a complete of complete and utter offense with little or no defense like a glass cannon with a very much a death-seeking mentality.
[] Glitchworking *Proposition by @dunk1010*: You've found several loopholes in the Cardinal System through research and it finds it difficult to detect your abuse because you've found out how its pattern recognition algorithm works. You can exploit the game in various ways, such as making some items last longer, copy items, glitch through walls using items and mechanics. Doing these things tends to be tedious and usually can't be done in fight-or-flight situations but it does put you a shelf above others. As soon as someone finds out, expect lots of attention.
[] The Casual 'Genius' *Proposition by @Taku*: Things always come easy to you. Whether they be real life or online. Games weren't really any different. They were fun, and helped pass the time. Not to mention helped elevate your sense of self awesomeness. Thing is, anything too hard and you pass it off as not worth your time, or too lazy, or any other form of excuse to not do it because failure meant losing your Genius status.
[] Faceless In Majority *Proposition by @Taku*: You're just another pawn on the chessboard. Not a knight. Not a rook. Not even a bishop. You're nobody special, regardless of how good you actually are.
[] Propose... (Tag me, then give me a proposition. If I approve of it, then it will be added here.)

During a poll by the developers regarding the game, you voted...

[] That the game should be one, large, open world.
[] That the game should be a floating castle made up of floors.

And finally, the real kickers.

[] Name: Write-in.
[] Age: Write-in. (Above 14.)
[] Username: Write-in.
[] Avatar: (Appearance in-game; can be a picture or written description.) Write-in.

Select a starting class, specialties available later:

[] Fighter.
[] Mage.
[] Rogue.

One last, perhaps most important question. What is your gender?

[] Guy.
[] Grill Gamer?...

And then... in June 2023, the game was finally available on Steam and in stores alike.

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VOTE BY PLAN, I MEAN IT


STARTING CHARACTER SHEET

Spoiler

Name: ???
Username: ???
Age: ???
Gender: ???
Level: 1
EXP: 0/10
Class:
HP: 100/100 (Regen: 0.5 per second, needs to be out of combat for 10 seconds.)
MP: 10/10 (Regen: 0.1 per second, must not cast for 10 seconds.)

Statistics
Strength: 8
Constitution: 8
Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 8
Charisma: 8
Luck: 10

Skills
Appraise: lv. 0
Acrobatics: lv. 0
Sprint: lv. 0
Perception: lv. 0
Stealth: lv. 0
Melee: lv. 0
Ranged: lv. 0
Rhetorics: lv. 0
more?

Equipment


Weapon Slot #1: Shortsword (Average): lv. 1 melee weapon
Weapon Slot #2: --
Head: --
Neck: --
Back: --
Body: Starter Armor (Average): lv. 1 chest piece
Legs: Starter Pants (Average): lv. 1 pants
Feet: Starter Boots (Average): lv. 1 boots
Hands: Starter Boots (Average): lv. 1 gloves
Fingers: --
Accessory: --

Inventory
Small Health Potion (Average): lv. 1 (x1) - Heals 100HP.
Beta-Tester Guide (Average): lv. 1 book - This book written by the beta testers includes information on the game world that may be useful for new players.

Spells
--

Abilities
--

Traits / Feats
--

 

[Birdsie]

Spoiler: Player Profile

Name: Altro Nestorum
Username: Aldrich
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Level: 4
EXP: 0/48
Class: Mage (4)
HP/HP Base: 130/125 (Regen/Base Regen: 0.6 per second/0.6 per second, needs to be out of combat for 10 seconds.)
MP/MP Base: 51/31 (Regen/Base Regen: 2.5 per second/0.5 per second, must not cast for 5 seconds.)
AP: 40



Statistics
Strength: 10
Constitution: 10
Dexterity: 11
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 21
Charisma: 13 (14)
Luck: 10

Skills
Appraise: lv. 1
Acrobatics: lv. 1
Sprint: lv. 3
Perception: lv. 2
Stealth: lv. 1
Melee: lv. 1
Ranged: lv. 1
Rhetorics: lv. 1
Arcana: lv. 2
more?

Equipment
Weapon Slot #1: Legionnaire's Sword (Rare): lv. 6 melee weapon - 27-45dmg, 1A, 4% armor penetration bonus.
Weapon Slot #2: Golden Staff (Very Rare): lv. 10 magic staff - 7% spell effect improvement, 2% mana cost reduction, 0.2 passive mana regen/second.
Head: Smuggler's Hat (Rare): lv. 7 fancy fedora - 8AP, +1 Charisma when tipped, +5HP.
Neck: Wizard Medallion (Average): lv. 4 amulet - 0.2 passive mana regen/second.
Back: Apprentice Cape (Very Rare): lv. 10 cape - 8AP, 10% fall damage reduction, +10MP.
Body: Apprentice Tunic (Very Rare): lv. 10 clothing - 3AP, 1.0 passive mana regen/second, +10MP.
Legs: Smuggler's Pants (Rare): lv. 7 - 10AP, 2% movement speed increase.
Feet: Smuggler's Boots (Rare): lv. 7 boots - 7AP, 3% jump distance increase.
Hands: Apprentice Gloves (Very Rare): lv. 10 gloves - 4AP, allows to cast Mage Hand, +0.6 passive mana regen/second.
Fingers: Ring of Vile Paralysis (Very Rare): lv. 15 magic ring - 8% chance that each attack with a weapon causes the enemy to become paralyzed for 5 seconds during which they take double damage, bosses and entities above level 15 take halved effects and the ring only takes effect 1% of the time on them.
Accessory: Smuggler's Mask (Rare): lv. 7 mask - identity concealment on self.

Inventory
Col: 20,000
Health Crystal (Average): lv. 10 crystal (x1) - Heals 80% of the player's HP.
Small Health Potion (Average): lv. 1 potion (x11) - Heals 100HP.
Junk Food (Average): lv. 2 potato chips (x10) - Heals 5HP. Has the taste of potato chips.
Coca-Cola (Average): lv. 2 in-game advertisement (x15) - Heals 8HP. Has the taste of coca-cola.
Paysafecard Mascot (Average): lv. 10 crystal advertisement (x1) - Teleports you to the nearest town in 3 seconds.
Beta-Tester Guide (Average): lv. 1 book - This book written by the beta testers includes information on the game world that may be useful for new players.
Smuggler's Gloves (Rare): lv. 7 gloves - 7AP, increases weapon attack damage by 2%.
Smuggler's Band (Rare): lv. 7 ring - lowers pickpocket difficulty by 10% on all NPCs below level 20. (Set to wear automatically when pickpocketing.)
Apprentice Pants (Very Rare): lv. 10 pants - 3AP, increases effectiveness of self-cast buff spells by 5%.
Apprentice Footwear (Very Rare): lv. 10 sandals - 3AP, increases effectiveness of spells affecting movement by 5% when cast on self.
Sound Player (Rare) (On): lv. 11 sound device - plays a specific song when the player enters a room, when turned on. Song selected: ???

Spells
Prestidigitation (Average) (Free) (1 second): lv. 1 universal cantrip - creates a minor cosmetic effect affecting any of the five senses.
Improved Telekinetic Strike (Rare) (3MP) (1 second): lv. 3 evocation spell - creates a fast-moving telekinetic attack that hits a target and deals 27-42 damage.
Chromatic Orb (Very Rare) (11MP) (5 seconds): lv. 9 evocation spell - shoots an orb that deals one of 'acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder' damage types chosen by the player by speaking the type after the incantation. Deals 102-126 damage.
Prismatic Spray (Very Rare) (201MP) (10 seconds): lv. 27 evocation spell - creates a 20-meter cone attack, blasting multi-colored rays at everything in range, all of which have different effects. The damaging effects deal anywhere from 1722-1999 damage.
Mage Hand (Average) (Free) (Apprentice Gloves: 1 second): lv. 2 conjuration spell - creates a disembodied hand or hands that can be used to manipulate the environment from far away, such as activating traps, pickpocketing, attracting monsters, and similar.

Abilities
Spellsword Strike (Average) - For 5MP, deal an additional 10 damage with a mundane weapon attack.

Traits / Feats
Dedicated Spellcaster (Average) - shortens delay for mana regeneration to five seconds instead of ten.

Spoiler: Questlog

In-Progress:

Completed:

Spoiler: Friends List

Guild Members:

Friends:

 

[Birdsie]

Seriously, writing that "bought" a NerveGear thing shit is weird, and I didn't know how to handle it. How can people afford to play this damn game when the equipment itself would probably cost thousands? The estimate I put out there was a very charitable guess of what the price could have been.

Eh, whatever. The entire purpose of fiction is to sweep stuff like this under the rug.

 

[Unhacker]

I don't care if this quest becomes a hot mess, I just don't like SAO, so let's jump on this train.
[X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle

 

[DON'T SCARY]

[X] Plan: This old rasta motherfucker is going to kick ya punky little asses!

[X] An ungodly fusion of Dungeons & Dragons,the paper mario rpg series,Elder scrolls\fallout,bloodborne,Zelda,La mulana,.....and fucking metroid.

[X] Did the thing - you researched, looked for clues, asked questions to betatesters, so that you could master the game's mechanics before it was even out.

[X] I Draw Forth... Pot of Greed!: You believe inthe spleen of the cards. Being a charismatic person with little empathy for people over the internet has led many to believe you are a high-functioning sociopath. Maybe they're right, or maybe you just know what to say to make them think so. Also, you excel at strategy and minigames.

[X] That the game should be one, large, open world.

[X] Fighter.

I will have my Voodoo\shaman\ witch-doctor knight goddamnit!

[X] Name: Akoni Wright
[X] Age: 56
[X] Username: Big Bad Poppa
[X] Avatar\apperance:
(It's his actual photo.)
[X] Guy

 

[Unhacker]

I almost want to vote for the above option, just because of Vodoo Knight

 

[Cawasnow]

[X] Plan Charismatic Sociopath.

[X] Witcher.
[X] Were invited to participate in the beta testing and spent most of your time every day doing that, becoming unattached from the real world.
[X] I Draw Forth... Pot of Greed!: You believe in the spleen of the cards. Being a charismatic person with little empathy for people over the internet has led many to believe you are a high-functioning sociopath. Maybe they're right, or maybe you just know what to say to make them think so. Also, you excel at strategy and minigames.
[X] That the game should be one, large, open world.
[X] Name: Jack Delacurse
[X] Age: 24
[X] Username: Crocodile
[X] Mage.
[X] guy
[X] Avatar:

 

[Birdsie]

-[X] Hybrid Class - The thought of specialising in one specific class or vocation is something which never really worked for you, instead, you found that styling your character to be like a toolbox, not excelling in any situation, but not unable to do something, even in games which were class-based, you specced your character into not speccing into anything.
Oi, @Birdsie Sound good?

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You have to pick one of the three classes for start, but you can multiclass or pick additional specialist classes later. That said, the attribute is meant to be more of a "special" thing, not really reliant on the game itself, but on the protagonist's mindset.

 

[Unhacker]

You have to pick one of the three classes for start, but you can multiclass or pick additional specialist classes later.

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Hence the Rogue option that I picked to start with (Dragon's Dogma has ruined me when it comes to be anything other than an archer)

 

[DON'T SCARY]

As long we're a manipulative and drunk jamican grandpa that loves kicking the collective asses of edgy and cutesy japanese tweens. Then I'll be cool with it.

 

[Unilateral]

[X] Plan Magnificent Bastard

[X] Something else... (Write-in.)
-[X] Eve Online

[X] Did the thing - you researched, looked for clues, asked questions to beta testers, so that you could master the game's mechanics before it was even out.

[X] The Xanatos: You've always had a knack for thinking ahead of others and planning long-term. Every major decision you make is calculated to maximize your future success, without closing off any options. Despite this, you never bet more than you can lose, so you can switch tracks the moment things start going belly-up. You're always three steps ahead of everything and everyone else, your losses only serving to further your interests.

[X] That the game should be a floating castle made up of floors.

[X] Name: Yuki Makoto
[X] Age: 25
[X] Username: Weltschmerz
[X] Avatar

[X]Rogue

[X] GrillGamer?...

 

[Birdsie]

-[X] The Xanatos: You've always had a knack for thinking ahead of others and planning long-term. Every major decision you make is calculated to maximize your future success, without closing off any options. Despite this, you never bet more than you can lose, so you can switch tracks the moment things start going belly-up. You're always three steps ahead of everything and everyone else, your losses only serving to further your interests.

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Sure.

 

[Gabbie]

[X] Plan "Let's be Kirito but better"

-Game of establishment-
---[X] The Elder Scrolls.
-Post announcement event-
---[X] Were invited to participate in the beta testing and spent most of your time every day doing that, becoming unattached from the real world.
-Attribute-
---[X] Fear Not The Ganker: Your combos are crazy, and you are an excellent multitasker and respond well to combat. Your APM is heads and shoulders above that of the other players.
-Game design-
---[X] That the game should be a floating castle made up of floors.
-Character Design:-
---[X] Name: Kazuto Kirigaya
---[X] Age: 16
---[X] Username: Kirito
---[X] Avatar: Just Kirito's appearance
-Starting Class-
---[X] Fighter
-Gender-
---[X] Guy.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

[X] Plan Magnificent Bastard

 

[Chronobreak]

[X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle
[X] The Elder Scrolls.
[X] Broke your piggybank, worked part-time and begged your parents for extra pocket dough to buy the game with all DLCs when it came out. Pre-ordering has its perks.
[X] Propose...
- [X] Roleplaying Nerd: Through thick and thin, you stay in character, stubbornly sticking to whatever personality you assigned to the pixels you played. You acting skills are awesome, able to pass yourself off as anyone of any background with the right disguise. Identity was just a costume to wear, right?
[X] That the game should be one, large, openworld.
[X] Name: Tutku Tiryaki
[X] Age: 15
[X] Username: S0u1_N0mad
[X] Avatar: Sandstorm
[X] Rogue
[X] Guy

Everyone votes for their own plan until further notice. Continue on!

 

[Birdsie]

- [X] Roleplaying Nerd: Through thick and thin, you stay in character, stubbornly sticking to whatever personality you assigned to the pixels you played. You acting skills are awesome, able to pass yourself off as anyone of any background with the right disguise. Identity was just a costume to wear, right?

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I approve of this. It might allow you to disguise yourself as NPCs and annoy other players with your shenanigans.

 

[DON'T SCARY]

I really don't want to be a traditional glorious bastard\mastermind, or a teenager\youmg adults. What I do want to people foolishly and greatly underestimate us, and what's a better choice than a old,belligerent,and drunk jamican man.

And besides warrior based classes get no love on this site.

 

[Birdsie]

I really don't want to be a traditional glorious Bastard, or teenager\youmg adults. What I do want to people foolishly and greatly underestimate us, and what's a better coice than a old,belligerent,and drunk jamican man.

And besides warrior based classes get no love on this site.

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I do have to say, that'd be interesting to write.

Adhoc vote count started by Birdsie on Apr 19, 2018 at 4:39 PM, finished with 25 posts and 8 votes.

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  2 people have voted

  [X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle

  • Unhacker
  • DevilsAdvocate

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: This old rasta motherfucker is going to kick ya punky little asses!
  [X] An ungodly fusion of Dungeons & Dragons,the paper mario rpg series,Elder scrolls\fallout,bloodborne,Zelda,La mulana,.....and fucking metroid.
  [X] Did the thing - you researched, looked for clues, asked questions to betatesters, so that you could master the game's mechanics before it was even out.
  [X] I Draw Forth... Pot of Greed!: You believe inthe spleen of the cards. Being a charismatic person with little empathy for people over the internet has led many to believe you are a high-functioning sociopath. Maybe they're right, or maybe you just know what to say to make them think so. Also, you excel at strategy and minigames.
  [X] That the game should be one, large, open world.
  [X] Fighter.
  [X] Name: Akoni Wright
  [X] Age: 56
  [X] Username: Big Bad Poppa
  [X] Avatar\apperance:
  [X] Guy

  • DON'T SCARY

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan Charismatic Sociopath.
  [X] Witcher.
  [X] Were invited to participate in the beta testing and spent most of your time every day doing that, becoming unattached from the real world.
  [X] I Draw Forth... Pot of Greed!: You believe inthe spleen of the cards. Being a charismatic person with little empathy for people over the internet has led many to believe you are a high-functioning sociopath. Maybe they're right, or maybe you just know what to say to make them think so. Also, you excel at strategy and minigames.
  [X] That the game should be one, large, open world.
  [X] Name: Jack Delacurse
  [X] Age: 24
  [X] Username: Crocodile
  [X] Mage.
  [X] Guy
  [X] Avatar:

  • Cawasnow

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan Magnificent Bastard
  [X] Something else... (Write-in.)
  -[X] Eve Online
  [X] Did the thing - you researched, looked for clues, asked questions to betatesters, so that you could master the game's mechanics before it was even out.
  [X] The Xanatos: You've always had a knack for thinking ahead of others and planning long-term. Every major decision you make is calculated to maximize your future success, without closing off any options. Despite this, you never bet more than you can lose, so you can switch tracks the moment things start going belly-up. You're always three steps ahead of everything and everyone else, your losses only serving to further your interests.
  [X] That the game should be a floating castle made up of floors.
  [X] Name: Yuki Makoto
  [X] Age: 25
  [X] Username: Weltschmerz
  [X] Avatar:
  [X]Rogue
  [X] GrillGamer?...

  • Unilateral

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan "Let's be Kirito but better"
  ---[X] The Elder Scrolls.
  ---[X] Were invited to participate in the beta testing and spent most of your time every day doing that, becoming unattached from the real world.
  ---[X] Fear Not The Ganker: Your combos are crazy, and you are an excellent multitasker and respond well to combat. Your APM is heads and shoulders above that of the other players.
  ---[X] That the game should be a floating castle made up of floors.
  ---[X] Name: Kazuto Kirigaya
  ---[X] Age: 16
  ---[X] Username: Kirito
  ---[X] Avatar: Just Kirito's appearance
  ---[X] Fighter
  ---[X] Guy.

  • Gabbie

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle
  [X] The Elder Scrolls.
  [X] Broke your piggybank, worked part-time and begged your parents for extra pocket dough to buy the game with all DLCs when it came out. Pre-ordering has its perks.
  [X] Propose...
  - [X] Roleplaying Nerd: Through thick and thin, you stay in character, stubbornly sticking to whatever personality you assigned to the pixels you played. You acting skills are awesome, able to pass yourself off as anyone of any background with the right disguise. Identity was just a costume to wear, right?
  [X] That the game should be one, large, open world.
  [X] Name: Tutku Tiryaki
  [X] Age: 15
  [X] Username: S0u1_N0mad
  [X] Avatar: Sandstorm
  [X]Rogue
  [X] Guy

  • Chronobreak

  1 people have voted

  [X] Plan: This old rasta motherfucker is going to kick ya punky little asses!

  • Erehwon

 

[Chronobreak]

I understand the need for something different, but as far as I'm concerned being a dude is already pretty radical, considering almost all SV quest have Japanese/white female protagonist when given the option.

Old or young, it's all a matter of preference, and I just prefer someone closer to my age, since this setting is made for them.

And no way SV can do David Xanatos justice.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

[X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle

You won me over.
Edit: but could I possibly suggest a mage or rogue rather than a fighter?

I think of the fighter as a little less interesting as it lacks the potential magic/potion antics I enjoy reading. But it's mostly a matter of taste for me.

 

[Unilateral]

I really don't want to be a traditional glorious bastard\mastermind, or a teenager\youmg adults. What I do want to people foolishly and greatly underestimate us, and what's a better choice than a old,belligerent,and drunk jamican man.

And besides warrior based classes get no love on this site.

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Honestly, I can't fault anything you said here. I'm more than fine with your plan winning, would definitely be funnier.

 

[Chronobreak]

[X] Plan Sunshine in a Bottle

You won me over.
Edit: but could I possibly suggest a mage or rogue rather than a fighter?

I think of the fighter as a little less interesting as it lacks the potential magic/potion antics I enjoy reading. But it's mostly a matter of taste for me.

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Rogue probably has a disguise skill to make use of the trait, so I could change it to that. I feel like a RN can fit all three classes anyway, and he must believe earnestly in the stealth archer memes anyway.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Rogue probably has a disguise skill to make use of the trait, so I could change it to that. I feel like TT can fit all three classes anyway, and he must believe earnestly in the stealth archer memes anyway.

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Either way, I am fine with you residing to keep with the fighter, although I will still prefer the rogue. perhaps with a little magic later to let him play at being a mage NPC.

 

[DON'T SCARY]

I do have to say, that'd be interesting to write

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Just imagine him saying "I'm a grim tale of pain and misery for ya little Bumboclaats. And I don't have an happy end."

I understand the need for something different, but as far as I'm concerned being a dude is already pretty radical, considering almost all SV quest have Japanese/white female protagonist when given the option.since this setting is made for them.

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And that's why I want him to kick their lil asses and show them up....big time.

But seriously though, it's almost always the same cycle the beginning of quests,and became to the point were it's mind numbing and drains the creativity.

And personally, I believe in giving new things a try.

 

[Erehwon]

[X] Plan: This old rasta motherfucker is going to kick ya punky little asses!

Lets break the mold.