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Workshop #4: September 2019
Workshop #4: September 2019—
§ instructions.
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:
If you have any further questions about this or anything in general, comment to the Game Info page.
§ form.
If you're ready, just fill out the following form and discuss away! One character per comment.
Post away and go buzz about everyone else!
§ instructions.
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.
§ form.
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.
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!
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Oooh, Snow White... and if you think about it, neither of them really look 'dead' when they die. Haha... ah, Rose making me sad again.
Hm hm, how about we brainstorm powers for both? Snow White is very Rosalia, but I do love the idea of Medusa.
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For Medusa, going off the ideas you have already, yeah, you can give her a naga-like body or other serpentine features instead of snake hair and wings if you want. And maybe her petrification powers are dampened by blindfolds or sunglasses ala Cyclops so she can look at people when she's first starting to control her powers. She could have a shield as well, in a slightly ironic nod to Athena's shield. One quirk that could be interesting is increased protectiveness, since even though Medusa was a monster, the Gorgoneia in her image were used as protective talismans against evil.
As for Snow White, you could give her an affinity with animals and animal-like beings, maybe give her the ability to talk to and command them over time. ..... And I JUST remembered an anime I used to off that's loosely based off Snow White (go watch Pretear, it's literally a cousin to Princess Tutu), but... maybe Rosalia could have a sort of power/transformation trinket with seven charms/gems/slots/what have you, that gives Rosalia different powers based on which setting she selects. It'd start out with only one or two or three, but she can gain the rest of the powers as she progresses through campaigns. (My vote would be gems, because mining dwarfs.) I... have no idea how to theme the powers beyond the usual elements, but in the anime I mentioned they were:
Red: Fire
Yellow: Light
Green: Plants
Light Blue: Ice
Turquoise: Water
Dark Blue: Wind
Purple: Sound
White: All seven powers combined, Sailor Moon levels of healing and evil banishment.
Or you can think of something different. Let me know how either set sounds to you.
OH! And almost forgot that Snow could also have a weakness to sleeping spells, and for quirks she could have an aversion to apples (or combs, or clothes with laces, because those were Evil Queen's plans A and B).
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Yeah, animals came to my mind first as Snow White (she is very Disney princess), and oooh, the gems are an idea. Same with her going Sailor Moon (or summoning Captain Planet lol). Though, what if something like Super Princess Peach with the dwarves and various emotions being powers themselves? But maybe not, it would be better for her to have something representative of them instead since the dwarves are other characters.
OH NO, NOT AVERSION TO APPLES! How would she make any apple treats for people? But ehe, either a weakness to sleeping spells, or an ability to detect poison...
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(And like I said, could make it an aversion to combs instead of apples; actually would be a good quirk for either essence if you give her the snake hair. Would be especially funny for Snow White, though: fairest of them all, always has perfect hair, NEVER LETS ANYONE BRUSH OR COMB IT.)
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(AKSJHakj that's true! The snakes would also hate scissors or anything sharp close to them. Also, Snow White with always perfect hair despite Rosalia's hair looking very floofy and probably tangled.)