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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!
seto kaiba | yu gi oh duel monsters
Character: Seto Kaiba
Canon: Anime, 4kids version, post-canon
Age: 18
Bio Blurb: (optional: Wiki.)
A young man from Japan of the early 2000s. He and his younger brother Mokuba were orphaned at an early age, and they remained at the orphanage for some time because most prospective parents were only interested in adopting the young prodigy Seto, not the wild child Mokuba. When the wealthy CEO of a weapons corporation visited the orphanage for a PR op, Seto saw his opportunity and forced the man to adopt them together with some trickery on his part. This came at a high cost: Gozaburo Kaiba was a cruel and abusive man, and conditioned Seto into a cold and calculating corporate type worthy of taking his place, with one motto: win or die.
After losing an important match and his prized dueling title, Kaiba's singular goal became taking revenge on the one responsible. He clashed with his new rival, the spirit of an ancient pharaoh, time and time again. And at times, the safety of the city hinged on their card duels. Kaiba used his vast wealth and position as new CEO to gain every advantage he could, but never quite overcame his rival's strength. In the end, the pharaoh departed for the afterlife without Kaiba ever achieving a win...and that fact became his new driving motivation to do the impossible: pierce the veil of death and face the pharaoh again.
Personality Blurb:
Seto Kaiba is...extraordinarily difficult to get along with. He's been isolated in his position as CEO for so long, cold and closed-off to protect himself from those who would attack him and his brother. Add to that his innate gift for computer systems and mathematics and he's really high on his own genius, with little patience for those he deems ignorant. Which is, let's be honest, almost everyone.
He's been ingrained with a compulsion to be recognized as the best, which makes him a fierce competitor. Put any contest or game in front of him and he'll immediately start cooking up strategies to win, complete with insults for the opponents he deems unworthy (which is, let's be honest, almost everyone). His style in dueling is to crush the opponent as fast as possible.
While his kinder side is buried deep, it'd be an exaggeration to say he has zero redeeming qualities. He's notably kinder to children, especially orphaned children and those who remind him of his beloved brother, and has been known to give the orphans free admission to his theme park. There are also certain moral lines he won't cross: he doesn't consider it fun to defeat a severely disadvantaged opponent, hates those who prey on the helpless, and has a particular contempt for abusive (step)parents.
Preferred Essence(s): No clue.
Looking For: I honestly don't know. All I do know is that I'd prefer that greed isn't a defining part of his essence...because while it is part of him, it doesn't define him.
Appearance: He's a rather tall human, and tends to wear large trenchcoats that make his profile more impressive and intimidating. His proportions are kind of out of whack, and that could be fun to play with...
Abilities: He's a brilliant strategist, doing especially well with games of skill. If there's any way he can summon small creatures or gain them as allies, that would be choice as well. He has no canon supernatural abilities of note.
Quirks: None in mind at the moment, but possibly a small one depending on the essence...
Goal: He needs to learn how to be human. That means getting along, even if he's not going to be best buds with everyone.
Extra: N/a
Questions: N/a
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The conflict between his nature and Santa's nature would be funny. I imagine him leaning more toward 'trickster Santa' interpretations.
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But I'm just not sure what his powers and quirks would be...related to desert storms? Something more than just 'evil'. But a trickster, yes, perhaps with some canine characteristics.
(for being in a fandom based on Egyptian mythology I...am not very versed in it, haha)
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Another option if you want to go for more reptilian/draconian is that there are... quite a few snakes in charge of guarding the sun god Ra on his nightly voyage. Overly Sarcastic Productions has a few nice videos on Egyptian mythology and underworld myths if you're interested.
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For the grump's essence, I personally think someone associated with competition or even obsession could work. I'd have to poke around for specific ideas, but how does that sound?
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Thank you!
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One, and this is only a half-suggestion at best anyway because you said you'd prefer not to lean on greed, but what about Ebeneezer Scrooge? You could focus more on the lonely, hated, "I pushed everybody away and now I have to repent" aspect of things, and different powers could be related to the Christmas Spirits.
For a more serious suggestion, perhaps Sherlock Holmes? It fits with the "Best of the Best (and damn well going to stay that way, no matter who gets in my way)" kinda thing, as well as the colder personality and a... unique.. sense of Style. Could go wild with having sorts of chemical powers, being a sharpshooter, and of course the investigative side of things would be top notch.
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