Posts made by Quinn

My favorite character, hands down, would have to have been Isabelle on Tenebrae. I had never played a game with dice before, knew nothing about D&D, so I set up a rogue with high social skills figuring I could be a gather information character. Everyone made fun of me for setting up a useless rogue.

I even took Run as a Feat, guys. I took Run. I admit it.

She ended up being one of the most powerful characters on the game thanks to sneak attack specialities at higher levels that took away...I don't even remember. Strength? Con? And then a sword of wounding and a luck blade. She could talk her way into and out of anything. She was completely and totally out for herself and had very little loyalty to anyone. She wouldn't help if there wasn't gold attached to something. She had an insanely high gather information and even though she was a complete bitch, she'd give out information to people (in a mean way!) to get them into plots. She started up an investigation company with her friends (which was really just a way for me to run PrPs for newbies and get them involved in the game before I was staff) that hired contractors, took over the thieves guild at one point, and got roped into saving the city way too many times because she considered everyone else utterly incompetent. She was a leader who didn't take shit from anyone and would call people out on their stupidity instantly. She eventually actually took Leadership and got a baby dragon companion named Havelock who was super polite and called her Auntie, but was otherwise utterly useless cause he was a baby.

There are three stand-out scenes that come to mind:

1. The Saluven plot, which was one of the better meta-game plots I've ever seen run on a game anywhere (props to Maelstrom!), which was the culmination of like, years of plot pieces moving around before I was even on the game. Isabelle thought she'd figured it all out (she had like 9 of 10 pieces put together!) and went to confront a big NPC with what she had and WHOOPS that 10th piece? Was that that NPC was the bad guy who turned her into a statue and then went about amending his plans based on what the heroes knew. It was so awesome! One, because I was totally blindsided and thought I'd done such a good job of putting it all together (I figured out the secret plan, just not the secret person at the head of it!), and two because Isabelle was insufferable and it was totally humiliating. EVERYONE knew. Everyone! It was great.

2. During another big City-Is-Under-Siege-Why-Does-Anyone-Live-There plot, I was trying to keep Isabelle out of the Big Plot so that other characters could do things and had her follow up on a different plot where a rival thieves guild that was trying to take over instead. She got "caught" by the leader of that group and they demanded she take them to her Guild, since they had been unable to find it, so that they could raid and slaughter everyone.

She agreed and then led them to the main headquarters of the NPC bad guy for the Big Plot and they all got murdered. I was so proud. The staffer running the scene was like "...this wasn't even something I had considered could happen." So the alternate-guild was wiped out and it helped spawn a scene for lower PCs in the Big Plot (big plots being "solved" by only high level PCs was ALWAYS a big peeve of mine) with a weakened NPC villain.

3. There was a point where the game could've had a kinder, gentler Isabelle. She was totally and completely in love with her business partner and best friend, who was a Good Guy and completely mitigated her bitchiness. I mean, she was still mean to him, but she was less cruel than usual when he was around! But she never said anything, they never really acknowledged it or talked about it, and he fell for someone else. So she was like OKAY FUCK THAT and went all in on greed and any "love interests" she had (sorry guys!) were purely to advance her social standing and treasury.

But she was probably one of my best realized characters, super fun to play (though admittedly hard to take), and if you could stand her for five minutes she'd send you off into All The Plots. Her investigation agency would hire new players, which gave them access to PrPs we'd run for the company (just your average go kill some kobolds/guard a caravan) and also any plot information for things that she'd get from the many, many, MANY legworks I'd do.

She was great and I totally miss playing her.

@karmageddon I think it was Cartwright! He seemed cool, though I didn't have many scenes with him. I think I only had like two or three scenes with Zane. He was my character's boyfriend (already written in when I picked up the character!) and he was dull as dirt. Sorry Zane-player, but I don't understand why Trilony was dating anyone at all! I figured I'd play it up for like, protection? But ugh. So boring.

@fortydeuce Oh, it was the one with rosters. Cause I had some CRAZY shit in my relationships that me and another character (Meg?) ended up arguing with staff to remove from both of us because it made ZERO SENSE for either character based on our backgrounds. Which was why we'd picked them from the roster!

Apparently people did get plots and get to do things on there? But it wasn't us. So, we went a little space-crazy.

@coin I don't want any more kids, it's the only way!

@fortydeuce Logan sounds familiar, but I honestly did not play there very long. I was the Trilony that got exploded in the one damn plot I was ever in. I mostly played with Taye, Sevva, and Zane who, jesus christ, was played by Jensen Ackles and I think I might be the only person in the universe that does not think he's attractive in the slightest, but had two characters involved with people that used him as a PB.

I think he's haunting me.

There was some...pilot guy? That we were working with at one point. But then when the game went sideways, people ended up stuck where they were and we were in a bar. Where no one else was. With no credits coming in, but lots being taken out! And nothing and I mean NOTHING to do or RP about. I think this was the best scene we ever had honestly:

Taye sits behind the space-bar of the Outrider Club, using a microfiber space-rag to wipe down its polished space-chrome surface. Whenever he realizes that he's in the way of the actual bartender, he smiles politely and gets out of her way. Oh, Jynna. He and her have shared many wacky space-adventures. Maybe? When a space-guy comes over, Taye give him a confident space-smile. "Space-hello, my space-friend." The guy gives Taye a subtle space-nod, then wanders off to visit the space-toilet. Basic

Just back from her space-abortion, Trilony takes a seat at the bar. Basic
I mean SPACE-BAR Basic

Taye turns on the space-jukebox. Space-rock comes out. Basic

It's like a space-party in here. Basic

The Space-Eyed Peas come up on stage. "Let's get space-started in here! Let's get space-started, yeah!" Basic

Could I be a sentient lawnchair that made herself a person and then went around cursing people to the hell that was my life for crossing me? Is that a thing? That should be a thing.

what have i done

It wouldn't be dramatic of you, but depending on how close you are to her, it could just play into what I will assume is his "woe is me" play where he has to deal with his crazy ex and no one understands him blah blah but now SHE sees what he has to deal with and hey, drinks on him?

Speaking from someone who has been there, done that, got the "I should have listened to you" speech after he did turn out to be the total abusive asshole I tried to warn them away from.

WHERE DO I APP

I have only ever been on a handful of places but, here they are!

Project Infinity: Sorcha, Buffy, some staff alt whose name I don't remember. I did apps during the second or third staff group? Though that was hilarious since I actually was not a comic fan? Mostly I just made sure things made sense. I honestly had no idea that staff were supposed to run things on games cause they never, ever did here.
Tenebrae: Isabelle, Sam, Aerin, and Cataclysm (staff alt). My first stupid dice game!
BuffyandAngel (Aha! I figured it out!): Morgan, Anya
Devilshire: Marley, Claire, Anna, Abigail, Mandi, Drynwyn (staff alt)
String Theory: Sabrina. Didn't play there very long.
Star Wars Sagas: Trilony. Didn't play there long because the game imploded after the movie arc. This is also where I learned to hate roster characters.
Stranger Than Fiction: Clara
Arx: Sabella (everyone's favorite), Adora (no one's favorite), Miella (for a hot second), Gretchen (the one and only!), Korka (The one everyone either hates or loves there is no inbetween!)
Gray Harbor: Clarissa

I was on The Reach for like a hot second. I don't even remember my character name. I was in one big plot related scene where I questioned the wrong person? Honestly, I had no idea what was going on or who was who. And then I had people paging me telling me not to do that or I'd be shunned and people paging me thanking me for standing up to them and I was like, ugh, this seems like lots o' drama and never logged in again.

I would've played more places, but @HelloRaptor never showed me how to make a Mage that could turn people into lawn chairs like he promised! Also jesus christ, you people and your WoD rule discussions. So complicated!