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Workshop #6: September 2020
Workshop #6: September 2020—
§ 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. REMINDER: We are NOT a memloss or AU game! The only things that are being altered are the character's abilities and maybe gain a small personality quirk, but that's all.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
If you have any further questions about this or anything in general, comment to the Mod Thread. We also have a Discord to temporarily meet current members and get further help!
§ 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. REMINDER: We are NOT a memloss or AU game! The only things that are being altered are the character's abilities and maybe gain a small personality quirk, but that's all.
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.
- Public Registration is closed until further notice, but anyone with an invite and current players can register at any time.
If you have any further questions about this or anything in general, comment to the Mod Thread. We also have a Discord to temporarily meet current members and get further help!
§ 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!
Zack [Un]Fair || Final Fantasy VII
Character: Zack Fair
Canon: Final Fantasy VII; Thinking very end of Crisis Core if possible?? Otherwise while on his way to Midgar.
Age: Twenty-Three
Bio Blurb: Wiki. A walking spoiler for FF7R honestly.
Zack worked for his world's military monster conglomerate called ShinRa. He's seen Some Shit. Continued to work for them despite all the wild things happening until things went Real Wrong. [ Spoilers: Ends up on a mission where he fights their head general, Sephiroth, after he loses his mind, his friend, Cloud, takes said general out, and then they both end up taken in by their own corporation's science department to be experimented on for four years. Breaks out with friend now in catatonic state. Goes on the run for a year until they end up cornered and he bites it protecting Cloud. ]
Personality Blurb:
From first glance, Zack comes off as the standard shounen protag. Friendly, cheerful, and optimistic. He's quick to pick up conversation with people and can be a huge flirt at times.
Zack's also stubborn, loyal to a fault, and has a knack for putting other people before himself despite how married to his duty he tends to be. All really serve him as strengths as well as weaknesses. In the beginning, he's a lot more naive, impatient, and quick to jump to conclusions, but this has mellowed out some due to all the things he's been through.
To that end, he's a bit more cautious with people now, a little less likely to accept help, and a lot more willing to question motives despite his cheerful, friendly front that might suggest otherwise. In the end, he still loves people, still wants to be a hero, and still will give it his all to do what he thinks is right. But he's definitely a lot more weathered and unlikely to share his personal demons with other people, more prone to helping them with their own.
Basically, he's real bad at taking care of himself.
You can see his full personality section here for more details.
Preferred Essence(s): Zack's kind of a lost hero type, but I could honestly go other routes with him. Like a story about either a fool or definitely someone who's considered to be a monster by other people would be my jam. Those might be more interesting to play with and give him some more demons to handle because who doesn't want more demons for their characters lol
Looking For: Ideas for his essence, his appearance when he uses it, and his abilities. It's been a while since I've brained things like this, but I've been pinged before by games like this. Just my first time considering Zack for it.
Appearance:
This fool. His original flavor. Definitely am cool with some differences to his appearance. He's tall at 6'3", broad, and definitely carries himself with confident stride.
Abilities:
By default, Zack's an enhanced human being/super soldier. Think Captain America. Strength, stamina, speed, endurance, heals faster, that kind of thing. He's proficient with an oversized 80lb. sword and can also use elemental, healing and buffing magic. Though they're tied to his world, so they might just be paper weights in this one.
Quirks: TBD based on essence.
Goal: Make new friends, do new things with Zack, and explore him in a setting that's a little less taxing and horrifying for him than the last one I threw him in.
Extra:
^^ Zack's life.
Questions: n/a Can't think of any off of the top of my head.
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ANYWAY, off the top of my head, I thought about the Lindworm Prince, Eros, and Bearskin. Dunno much about stories with fools outside of the short Aesop's fables, but you could give them a look.
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But thanks for these suggestions! I'll have a look at them. It's funny you mention the Lindworm Prince though. My friend just suggested that the other day, too!
Have you settled on Zidane's essence or are you still thinking it over?
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Really? It's a good story especially if you wanna start as a monstrous figure.
I'm sorta between Raven from Native Myths and Aladdin, leaning somewhat more Aladdin just for folklore sake (posted him on the TDM), but I'm open to suggestions.
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Oh, yeah! Like I definitely went and read it and all the little features and stuff I could add to Zack seem like it would make things interesting (and freak him out, but that's half the fun).
And I haven't heard Raven. I'll have to look that up. But Aladdin would definitely be fitting for Zidane!
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Oh yeah, sky's (and story) is usually the limit.
The most popular telling is how Raven stole fire/light for the world. The moon and stars are included semi-ish, but yeah!
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Thank you so much for the suggestion! I'm gonna look at it and then probably decide from there.