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    As long as he doesn't completely overshadow the Mortal Coil or the rest of Imperial troops Horngeek, I don't think anyone will have a problem.

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    I'm late to this party, but a great thing to do in FFRP to avoid seeming OP, and just in general make everyone have a better time, is to use the first rule of Improv. Never say no to anything. Of course, this isn't always possible, but in most cases, if you can avoid saying "no, that doesn't work", your post is gonna be a lot more enjoyable. Likewise, if your character is constantly contradicting other characters, that's no fun either.
    This bears repeating, I think. Basically, as far as OPness is concerned, the important thing to remember is that the low-powered, normal and/or mundane characters aren't NPCs, meaningless extras and cannon fodder. They're actual characters with actual players behind them. Players who won't like it when their characters are relegated to being background to someone else's powerful demigod/epic mage/demon lord/avatar of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
    And finally, what is it with you people and going through five pages of OOC in one night lately? Geez.
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    I'd love to hear more about improv rules. It sounds very applicable to ffrp.
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    The rules of Improv (sadly I had to Google this - I seem to have lost my GCSE Drama notes from last year):

    1) Don't Deny

    Denial is the number one reason most scenes go bad. Any time you refuse an Offer made by your partner your scene will almost instantly come to a grinding halt. Example: Player A) "Hi, my name is Jim. Welcome to my store." Player B) "This isn't a store, it's an airplane. And you're not Jim, you're an antelope."

    2) Don't ask open ended Questions

    Open ended questions (like "Who are you?") are scene killers because they force your partner to stop whatever they are doing and come up with an answer. When you ask your partner and open ended question, you put the burden of coming up with something "interesting" on your partner - so you are no longer doing a scene together but forcing one person has to do more work than you are willing to do.

    3) You don't have to be funny.

    The hidden riddle of improv is that the harder you try not to be funny the more funny your scene is going to be. Why? Because it's the very best kind of improv scene you can do is an "interesting" scene, not necessarily a "funny" one. When you do an interesting scene, a very surprising thing happens… the funny comes out all by it's self.

    The best ways to go are to stick to your character, stick to the story that is being told, and to stay within the reality of the scene you are playing.

    4) You can look good if you make your partner look good.

    When you are in a scene, the better you make your partner look the better the scene is going to be and, as a direct result, the better you are going to look. All too often, I've seen players enter a scene and I can just tell they have some really great idea about the character they are going to play or an idea they want to do. This is wonderful, but guess what? Your partner probably has absolutely no idea what's cooking in your evil little mind, and so has no idea how to react. And no matter how brilliant your idea might be, it's practically worthless if the scene as a whole goes bad.

    5) Tell a story.

    Storytelling is probably the easiest rule to remember but the hardest one to do. The real magic of improv is when we see the players take totally random suggestions (like a plumber and a cab driver selling shoes in a leper colony ) and somehow "make it work". If all these unrelated elements are going to come together then it's going to happen in the course of an interesting tale. So that's just what the players are going to try and do, tell us all a story.
    It's not terribly applicable. Rule 2 in particular is almost worthless in FFRP. One and Four are the best.
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    Actually I think those rules are good for ffrp except for number 2. Because we are not really constrained for time or anything we can actually take a break and go, "hmm, who is my character?..." But yeah, I like numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5.
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    This whole situation so far made me do this....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darklord Bright View Post
    This whole situation so far made me do this....
    Good drawing! Soon, LANTERN will be come a lot more actiony. When the crime-ridden city opens up, LANTERN will have a city to patrol, and villainy to destroy.
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    And Atheor will have been there for a few hours already, sitting atop a pile of vampire corpses and getting drunk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxios View Post
    Good drawing! Soon, LANTERN will be come a lot more actiony. When the crime-ridden city opens up, LANTERN will have a city to patrol, and villainy to destroy.
    And more pie to eat!

    Rae's really just sort of there for the pie.
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    Alright, a slight change in the NBR organization: I'll write up a generic signup form so that people can join without talking to Askepios or a member. It's easier this way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rae Artemi View Post
    And more pie to eat!

    Rae's really just sort of there for the pie.
    And Maxios is there for the talking toilets that cost more then the entire defense system
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    BTW, anyone who wants to catch Moff dumping itching powder in the arenas and kick his ass for it is welcome to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rae Artemi View Post
    And more pie to eat!

    Rae's really just sort of there for the pie.
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    BTW, anyone who wants to catch Moff dumping itching powder in the arenas and kick his ass for it is welcome to.
    Maxios may actually help him to do it just for the sheer hilarity.

    What? Lawful Good superheroes can't have fun every once and a while
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxios View Post
    Maxios may actually help him to do it just for the sheer hilarity.

    What? Lawful Good superheroes can't have fun every once and a while
    If he does, he'll be kicked out of the event and won't be able to come back. Just so it's clear.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxios View Post
    When the crime-ridden city opens up, LANTERN will have a city to patrol, and villainy to destroy.
    They're totally not lazy hero wannabes, and all of the villainy and crime in Inside is obviously a figment of my imagination, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Magtok View Post
    They're totally not lazy hero wannabes, and all of the villainy and crime in Inside is obviously a figment of my imagination, right?
    The most experienced ring user is keeping them out of the city for now so that they can train, actually.
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    Seeing as one of their members is Mr. Cat, a cannibal and identicle twin of Chezzy, I'd say they're probably the worst crime fighters ever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Magtok View Post
    They're totally not lazy hero wannabes, and all of the villainy and crime in Inside is obviously a figment of my imagination, right?
    Maxios isn't a lazy hero. At one point, he nearly sacrificed himself for the greater good, something that nearly everyone in LANTERN doesn't know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxios View Post
    Maxios isn't a lazy hero. At one point, he nearly sacrificed himself for the greater good, something that nearly everyone in LANTERN doesn't know.
    Only once? Man, Maxios will need to work hard to catch up to Rae. Granted, sometimes he was just trying to sacrifice himself in general, but still.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Magtok View Post
    They're totally not lazy hero wannabes, and all of the villainy and crime in Inside is obviously a figment of my imagination, right?
    Of course, knowing LANTERN, they would probably cause more damage than they prevented and would end up the target of Imperial intervention.
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    As a general rule, backstory events have less weight than on-screen ones. Reasons are, I believe, obvious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    As a general rule, backstory events have less weight than on-screen ones. Reasons are, I believe, obvious.
    Rae tried to sacrifice himself for the greater good on-screen too. Or, rather, to get rid of Mr. Cat, but I think most of us would agree that that would be a pretty big act of good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    As a general rule, backstory events have less weight than on-screen ones. Reasons are, I believe, obvious.
    In Maxios' case, it was an actual thing. And he actually did die, but was ressurected by Carrion. It was in HALO: Glub Glub Glub, or a couple threads before or after that one.


    Also, Mr. Cat's themesong would be Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    As a general rule, backstory events have less weight than on-screen ones. Reasons are, I believe, obvious.
    :sagenod:

    I gave Ermine a super sekret tragedy-filled backstory, but she's not as angsty as she would be if it were on-screen events.
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    I want to hug Ermine. (nodnodnod)
    And Rot. (nodnod)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lix Lorn View Post
    I want to hug Ermine. (nodnodnod)
    And Rot. (nodnod)

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    Let's be honest. I want to hug every character EVER.
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    I have this perverse impulse to hug Cricketbatman. >.<
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    I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to hug Chezzy.
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    I don't think anybody wants to hug Dalachrech. The idols in His temples are very good likenesses, I'm told.
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    I wonder how many vampires Lix could hug before she became lunch.
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