forgottentales_ooc | Workshop #4: September 2019

Workshop #4: September 2019—

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Welcome to Forgotten Tales storybook character essence workshop! Here players can come together and discuss what storybook characters they are considering for their character's essence, their new potential abilities, and even ask for help if you can't think of anything on your own.

Here are some things to keep in mind:

Workshop participation is required for Registration as this basically takes the place of the traditional application form, as well as posting to the Test Drive. You don't have to post together at the same time (you can do one first and then the other), but they are needed eventually.
Participation in the Workshop does not guarantee a spot on either Claims or Registration, but you will need it to keep a Claim so there's no harm in trying early. Feel free to look over previous Workshops.
Make sure to check the Character Roster and Essence List to see if your choices are not already taken.
The character and essence don't necessarily have to perfectly match, and all characters will inherit characteristics and themes from that particular storybook character. You are free to be creative and take elements from related works and variations (like Disney), but try to keep it central to the original version. Refer to the Character section of the Game Info as a refresher on how essences and their abilities work.
Storybook characters can be from any work of literary fiction such as fairy tales, folklore, fables, nursery rhymes, classics, plays, mythos, legends, etc. They can be well-known or obscure, and origins must pre-date the 1950s.
Because the game currently doesn't allow duplicate essences, list your top preference and any others you're considering, but also be open for other suggestions. And if you see someone else list one you are considering, list it, anyway! Anyone could change their mind. Just don't be salty or badger anyone about their choice, otherwise it's an automatic boot out the door. The goal is to try to not only match the best essence to the character, but also one that people can have fun with.
Although you can only register one character, you can workshop multiple in case you are having difficulties in deciding who to pick.
Registration will open October 1. Claims will open September 24.

If you have any further questions about this or anything in general, comment to the Game Info page.

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If you're ready, just fill out the following form and discuss away! One character per comment.

Player: Player ID w/ contact
Character: Character looking to bring in
Canon: (and canon point)
Age: (of the character)
Bio Blurb: Instead of a full written history, please link a wiki page AND provide a 1-2 paragraph summary of the character's backstory. If no wiki page is available, that's okay; you're free to link a write-up if you have one or feel like making one. The summary is more of an "at a glance" to help those not familiar to get a basic idea of who the character is and what they were doing in their canon. If it helps, pretend you're writing a blurb for a CR Meme. What key important things about your character's history would you want to point out to others?

Personality Blurb: You are free to link to anything pre-written such as an app for another game, but for our purposes you must include a 1-2 paragraph blurb highlighting the main elements of the character's personality. If it helps, pick out up to 5 vices and 5 virtues that you'd associate with them and just toss in a few sentences about it. Again, you can pretend you're writing a blurb for a CR Meme.

Preferred Essence(s): Have one or a couple already in mind? List them here! Include reasons why you are thinking about that particular essence and how you would work it with the character.
Looking For: Open to other ideas? What kind of storybook character would you be interested in? Things you're not interested in should also be mentioned.

Appearance: Any notable features both for the character in general and any appearance or style changes you may be considering to match their essence.

Abilities: Whether you have an essence in mind or not, talk about what kind of abilities you're hoping to recreate or gain while in game. Any weapons that are going to be regained or explored? What abilities or weapons are lost? Skills?

Quirks: Are you interested in gaining any quirks of the storybook character? Or do you already have one already in mind? Need suggestions from your list? A reminder that the current limit is one.

Goal: What do you hope to do while in game? This could range from just having fun with the setting to exploring new aspects of the character because of the setting.
Extra: Anything else you'd like to ask or talk about. Can be about the essences or just general ideas of what you'd like to hopefully play out.
Questions: Any other questions you might have.

Post away and go buzz about everyone else!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ooooh these are all good ideas~ I think we mentioned last time that if you choose the Beast (my personal vote), maybe Oswald's bestial traits would be linked to his state of mind and character development (like him slowly gaining more of his humanity from the inside out?) And another good quirk for him would be possessiveness over his territory and belongings, especially any roses he might grow on his property.

For Hades, those are all good powers too. Mind defining Psychopomp Physiology for me, please?

Oh, I do like the territorial possessiveness...

Put simply, Psychopomp is actually the word for a person that guides souls so the Grim Reaper, Hermes, various angels in religions and myths, etc. are Psychopomps. Hades does the same but he also later judges the souls in the Underworld, but the job could also include outright killing an individual like Thanatos would so the term is broad range for any individual who deals with souls and leading/taking them to the afterlife.

Right, I'm familiar with the term, I was looking for a description of what you meant by their physiology in terms of Oswald's power. Do you mean wings, incorporeality, not needing to eat?

It would likely be tied mainly to the Invisibility and Necromancy - making surrounding souls nervous at his presence and collecting defeated blots/Erasers to fight (but we know how he feels about manipulation). Wings might be a bit... much (but I'm sure he'd love them since he's always been around fairies and Gwendolyn could fly), but flight, possibly. Maybe even a permissible awareness when another character might die in conflict be it against another character, blot, or Eraser.

Not eating could be... a maybe? He'd probably eat anyway so people were less suspect. There's a lot to consider which is why it's more iffy.

Ahhh I see. (I just didn't know if you had anything more specific or varied when you listed "Psychopomp Physiology" in there.) Flight is a good option though (and hey, wings aren't too far-fetched since Thanatos was very often depicted with bird's wings in statues and pottery), plus or minus "flash stepping" through shadows. And yeah, I think him growing a bit more inhuman over time might be an interesting take on things, and you can start him out with more or less normal physiology at the start, if you need some time to really flesh out the changes you have in mind.

Still, Beeeeaaaast!

Deefinitely do like the idea of more physically coming to look the part over time/over use of his powers. Something maybe like Au Ra from Final Fantasy XIV without the horns, but with those scale patches.

Haha, one vote for Beast.

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