Shadows of Bankor

So, only minorly active this time around. And most of what was happening went right over my head thanks to how little time I had for reading up on other people's stuff (IE, important people and events). Still, hope Ela added something to the game, and etc etc.

Before anything else, kudos for a proper Chiss name and way to abbreviate it for us primitives. XD

Daunt wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:33 pm

Before anything else, kudos for a proper Chiss name and way to abbreviate it for us primitives. XD

I ~try~ to get into the lore of things the best I can so I can play around with it. I worry about whether I've overlooked something or simplified it too much sometimes (like taking Thrawn's clan name in this case cause it's the only one I knew), but I am glad when it works out.

It did work out!

I enjoyed Ela - that said, I'm curious if you were going for a specific social difficulty for her, or just a generally over-analytic worldview? She had very unique ways of processing things, which was fun, and I was just curious if that was any particular goal.

Djanik wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:29 pm

I enjoyed Ela - that said, I'm curious if you were going for a specific social difficulty for her, or just a generally over-analytic worldview? She had very unique ways of processing things, which was fun, and I was just curious if that was any particular goal.

Ela's 5 main character traits, at least, what they were supposed to be;

1) Naive - Growing up on a ranch with little outside media, she was supposed to be ignorant of the galaxy at large, its history, and its customs.

2) Logical - In the vein of Spock from Star Trek. She certainly had an emotional side, but the thrust of this was supposed to be that she liked things that were well defined and easy to understand. So facts and statistics interested her more than feelings or hunches. And since social stuff and emotions are some of the harder to clearly define things, they made her uncomfortable.

3) Proud - Coming from a rich family and among an insular people, she had an inflated sense of her own worth. The Chiss really are an insular hegemony, so she was taught both by society and those around her that she was part of a chosen group of people. Even her time at the academy taught her she was special due to her good grades and popularity. The fact that those sorts of things don't matter to the galaxy at large was kind of beyond her at first, and the fact there are other opinions and tastes baffled her to some degree.

4) Aromantic - This was a tough one, since I am not an aromantic person myself. But it was intended from the start that she does not actually feel any romantic attraction to others. This might be related to her discomfort with emotion, but is also kind of more an innate thing with her brain. This isn't to say she never considered things like marrying, having kids, or sex, but it meant things like dates and courting and all the stuff that went with it did not make sense as part of the process to her.

5) Orderly - Part of this was supposed to be that she was intended to be a little OCD. But it was mainly just a related byproduct of coming from an isolated hegemony and an authoritarian family; She was taught such things were desirable, so she thought all the dirt and chaos and such in the universe a bit baffling.

The aquaphobia as a social difficulty was not meant to be a larger thing, just a specific phobia. She nearly drowned when she was six when she was stung by a jellyfish like creature while swimming with her siblings. They noticed in time, eventually, but she has vivid memories of being under the water and her lungs filling.

Think that's most of it.

Thanks for contacting the rahkghoul virus.

Dapper Dog wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:33 am

Thanks for contacting the rahkghoul virus.

Everything was going downhill there for a while!

Ela's defining moment from the past?

Highlight of the game?

Moment of despair?

Most emotional In character thought?

Daunt wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:07 pm

1. Ela's defining moment from the past?

2. Highlight of the game?

3. Moment of despair?

4. Most emotional In character thought?

1. One thing I've liked about playing Elaranu is that no one thing from her backstory seemed to hog everything. Going to the Academy and such was important, but that had multiple levels to it since it was a long process over years. Certainly almost drowning was a big thing, but that actually didn't come up as often as I might have thought. And her time hitchhiking across the stars barely came up at all.

2. Mechanically, making the droid carrier. I was afraid being a Shipwright wasn't going to come up at all, and I think it was a neat way for it to do so. Roleplay wise, I'm not sure I know yet, so I'll have to think on that.

3. In character, being unsure what was going to happen with the Rhakghoul virus. On the plus side, that whole experience really wrapped up the ooc moment... which was right around that time, being unsure how to get involved in things. Ela, as a character, was neither a rebel nor a criminal, so she didn't have much to do. Which was really despairing for a couple days.

4. Ironic, asking that of Ela Either finding herself in a glass tube underwater (panic, terror, anxiety) or getting bitten by a ghoul (despair, panic, terror). Everything else was muted by practice.

Wait.. so what is this about being a carrier of the T-virus? Did Elaranu work for Umbrella?

What is Elaranu going to do now that she has her ride?

Ela wouldn't mind being undead. Well as long as she could be more like lich or vampire and less like a zombie.

As to the ride... improve it. As much as she can. After it got shot up, she clearly thinks it needs something. She's also going to train with it (took the Squadron Leader spec with xp).

Coo. Squadron Leader sounds fun.

Venator Praedae wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:53 pm

Coo. Squadron Leader sounds fun.

After talking with people, I might go Strategist instead. My idea for Ela is to become a backline fighter that advises on tactics and strategy, so Commander seemed an obvious career. The specialization is a harder choice though... Squadron leader has some talents for leading as well as helping her ship to not blow up again with Defensive Driving and Tricky target. On the other hand, its leading talents are all more direct and based around Presence, which Ela has at 1.

Strategist gets around that by allowing you to use Knowledge (Warfare) in place of Leadership for such checks, which is huge since Ela's Intelligence is 4. But of course it has nothing for leading from a ship, so her piloting skills might go to waste.

Truly a tricky wicket.

Aye there is the rub. Well whichever you choose, I hope that works out for you.