Neon Shadows OOC 2.0

[Mollisol]

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(Kickers and Major NPCs quick ref)
(Prior OOC)

Post Order:

1. @Quincunx
2. @daird
3. @Cresion Breezes
4. @Calypso Major
5. @Blighted_Agent
6. @Wolfsbane706

Initial Game Text

Hey @Wolfsbane706 , @Blighted_Agent and @daird :

This is the thread for us to discuss Kickers. I've had my nose in the PDF where they came from for a while today, so here I am with more complete information about them.

The game text (Sorcerer) does a really good job of describing them, and doesn't include too much game-specific info, so I've copied a few paragraphs here:

The Kicker is an event or realization that your character has experienced just before play begins. It catalyzes him or her into action of some sort. If your character has lived for years wondering what did happen to his father that stormy night, today is the day he finds a crucial clue. If he has quietly studied sorcery under his master until this moment, today is the day of his first mission. It can be anything as long as it gets the character going. Just imagine the first scene of a movie before the title comes up: "There's this guy. And then this happens to him!"

[...]

Kickers come in several categories, and at the very least the GM should tell the players what sorts are most appropriate for the story he or she has in mind.

• Shockers: "Today began like any other until you pulled aside the shower curtain to see the skinned body of your next-door neighbor hanging from the showerhead."
• Opportunities: "You open your suitcase after picking it up at the luggage carousel to find your clothes and stuff gone, replaced by a quarter of a million dollars."
• Mysteries: "A friend on the police force tells you that the scenes of each of the brutal crimes recently perpetrated in your neighborhood have been signed with your mother's maiden name."

Kickers should not (1) present a total mystery with no personal significance; (2) dictate a character's actions (e.g. in the suitcase example above, the character could respond in many ways, ranging from keeping the money, spending it right away, or going to the police); or (3) present something he or she may react to casually.

Clearly the player and GM should discuss the Kicker carefully. Some GMs will be happy to have each player come up with something independently, whereas others will want to link each character's Kicker carefully to events in the game's back-story.

My additions to that include:

• In this RP, kickers do not need to link to the history of Henzai no Kuni, or rebellions against it. They should, however, be personally relevant to your character, and be relevant to the setting somehow.
• I'd like to stress again that the kicker should be something that you need to respond to now, although it does not dictate only one solution. It shouldn't be just a background happening you can dread and wait on.
• Kickers can be intertwined between characters!

EDIT: Most appropriate Kickers are shockers (not necessarily gruesome like the one in the example) and opportunities. Mysteries are iffy with Henzai and hackers being privy to so much information, but I will listen to pitches for them.

 

[Wolfsbane706]

Should I post? My plan was to wait for everyone else, but everyone else seems to be waiting on me.

 

[Blighted_Agent]

Hard to be sure, it could be the others didn't get the message that the thread got updated. Iwaku being screwy again.

 

[Mollisol]

Should I post? My plan was to wait for everyone else, but everyone else seems to be waiting on me.

Hard to be sure, it could be the others didn't get the message that the thread got updated. Iwaku being screwy again.

I agree with Blighted_Agent; I think there might have been a missed notif. I'll tag everyone else ( @Calypso Major @Cresion Breezes @daird ) to make sure everyone knows I've posted in the RP.

 

[daird]

My god, I thought this had died! Post coming tomorrow.

 

[Calypso Major]

Whoops, I guess I was in the same boat. Sorry guys, I'll try to crank out a post by tomorrow!

 

[Wolfsbane706]

As usual, if anyone has any comments about my worldbuilding, let me know.
@daird @Quincunx @Calypso Major @Blighted_Agent
@Cresion Breezes

 

[Cresion Breezes]

Oh boy I didn't get alerts for this, actually I haven't been getting alerts for anything haha.
Post gonna be up later today or tomorrow.
I updated Senki's shadow outfit to have more of her color and less white, she still has the lab coat though with the science motif, it's not that polished but tell me what you think.

 

[Mollisol]

Are people waiting on me to post? I was gonna wait for @Wolfsbane706 and @Blighted_Agent , but if y'all think it's best, I can post. (Tomorrow. Awful day today; going to bed.)

 

[Wolfsbane706]

I was actually planning to post last before you were to jump in, but if you want to, I'll not stop you.

 

[Blighted_Agent]

Was waiting for @Calypso Major and @Wolfsbane706 since they're the two who've gone longest without posting.
Maybe we should define a posting order to avoid this kind of mixup?

 

[Mollisol]

Was waiting for @Calypso Major and @Wolfsbane706 since they're the two who've gone longest without posting.
Maybe we should define a posting order to avoid this kind of mixup?

While I would prefer communicating about who's waiting on who to a posting order, it would streamline that and make it easy to see who goes next. That said, I would not like to employ it based on only one person's opinion. What do the rest of y'all think?

 

[Wolfsbane706]

While I would prefer communicating about who's waiting on who to a posting order, it would streamline that and make it easy to see who goes next. That said, I would not like to employ it based on only one person's opinion. What do the rest of y'all think?

No objections from me.

 

[Cresion Breezes]

I'm fine with that.

 

[Calypso Major]

No problems with a posting order, sorry for the (unexpected?) inactivity. I'm writing a post as of this moment.

 

[Mollisol]

Okay y'all, based off of who's posted most recently:

1. @Quincunx
2. @daird
3. @Cresion Breezes
4. @Calypso Major
5. @Blighted_Agent
6. @Wolfsbane706

(Wolfsbane was listed last because he stated his intention to post after everyone else before Blight said they were waiting on Wolfsbane.)

If everyone's happy with this, I'll put it in the sticky first post.

 

[daird]

fine by me

 

[Wolfsbane706]

Finals are over. I'll have a post up tonight.

 

[Mollisol]

I'm going to be real about this:

Over the past month, I've gotten very busy with work, which is a blessing for me, but a curse for my activity on this site. I'm going to have to abandon this RP, because I've lost muse for it, and I don't have the time or energy to revive that muse every time we have a hiatus and lose collective memory/momentum. (To be honest, I'd forgotten this was even running until I got the notifs from Wolf.) I'm very sorry - especially for the long time this has been running and the energy we've put into it - but I can't run this anymore.

 

[Blighted_Agent]

I'm going to be real about this:

Over the past month, I've gotten very busy with work, which is a blessing for me, but a curse for my activity on this site. I'm going to have to abandon this RP, because I've lost muse for it, and I don't have the time or energy to revive that muse every time we have a hiatus and lose collective memory/momentum. (To be honest, I'd forgotten this was even running until I got the notifs from Wolf.) I'm very sorry - especially for the long time this has been running and the energy we've put into it - but I can't run this anymore.

It's just how things are. Unfortunate and sad, but as we all know, IRL takes priority. Thank you for your efforts and services, we had a good if short run. Maybe sometime in the future something like this can happen again. Good fortune to you.