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savetheearth2013-07-14 04:25 pm
unwakingwaters) wrote in savetheearth2013-07-14 04:25 pm
Entry tags:
- !open,
- #action,
- animorphs: aximili-esgarrouth-isthill,
- ar tonelico: mir,
- baccano!: isaac and miria,
- bleach: hollow ichigo,
- dokidoki precure: rikka hishikawa,
- hatoful boyfriend: yuuya sakazaki,
- kamen rider ooo: kiyoto maki,
- kamen rider ooo: kosei kougami,
- kingdom hearts: aqua,
- kingdom hearts: riku,
- kingdom hearts: roxas,
- kingdom hearts: ventus,
- mistborn: vin,
- moon child: sho,
- transformers g1: starscream,
- warehouse 13: rebecca st. clair,
- yu-gi-oh!: bakura ryou
[Open!] Lock-con, the Locke City Science Fiction Convention
Who: NERRRRRDS. But basically everyone who would want to go to a science fiction convention. Also, Maya Aaronson, famous science fiction author.
What: LockCon, Locke City's science fiction convention! The name is a pun. Isn't it great???
Where: The Locke City Westin Hotel.
When: Semi-backdated; LockCon takes place July 12 - July 14 this year.
This is OPEN TO EVERYONE and intended as a fun casual way for people to get CR. Feel free to backtag and backdate stuff, even if your character hasn't formally introduced themselves to the network yet (as long as they've been accepted to the game is probably fine)
The Locke City Science Fiction Convention, affectionately called Lock-con (it's a pun!)
Lock-con was founded in 1990 as a sort of response to the dumb actions of a much older locak science fiction con, Keyvention. Keyvention had been founded as a strictly sci-fi con in 1953, but by 1985 had gotten really insular and exclusionary; for example, Star Trek, Anime, and comic books were banned from discussion at Keyvention because “we only talk about REAL science fiction here.” Eventually, they got so huffy at all these new fake fans trying to ruin their precious literature that they left the city. Keyvention still happens in the suburbs of Locke City, but very few people go.
Lock-con, meanwhile, was founded in 1990 by people disgruntled with Keyvention's draconian policies. Their philosophy? If it's sci fi or fantasy, or remotely related to sci-fi or fantasy, it's in. They cover the gamut from SF&F literature (which, admittedly, is still the main attraction) to Japanese media to Western comics to video games. Lock-con is small for a con (about 5,000 people) but pretty lively and considered one of the best local cons on the East Coast.
This is intended as a casual way to get CR with everybody. Feel free to backtag into the abyss.
What: LockCon, Locke City's science fiction convention! The name is a pun. Isn't it great???
Where: The Locke City Westin Hotel.
When: Semi-backdated; LockCon takes place July 12 - July 14 this year.
This is OPEN TO EVERYONE and intended as a fun casual way for people to get CR. Feel free to backtag and backdate stuff, even if your character hasn't formally introduced themselves to the network yet (as long as they've been accepted to the game is probably fine)
The Locke City Science Fiction Convention, affectionately called Lock-con (it's a pun!)
Lock-con was founded in 1990 as a sort of response to the dumb actions of a much older locak science fiction con, Keyvention. Keyvention had been founded as a strictly sci-fi con in 1953, but by 1985 had gotten really insular and exclusionary; for example, Star Trek, Anime, and comic books were banned from discussion at Keyvention because “we only talk about REAL science fiction here.” Eventually, they got so huffy at all these new fake fans trying to ruin their precious literature that they left the city. Keyvention still happens in the suburbs of Locke City, but very few people go.
Lock-con, meanwhile, was founded in 1990 by people disgruntled with Keyvention's draconian policies. Their philosophy? If it's sci fi or fantasy, or remotely related to sci-fi or fantasy, it's in. They cover the gamut from SF&F literature (which, admittedly, is still the main attraction) to Japanese media to Western comics to video games. Lock-con is small for a con (about 5,000 people) but pretty lively and considered one of the best local cons on the East Coast.
This is intended as a casual way to get CR with everybody. Feel free to backtag into the abyss.
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For once, she's actually showing off the robot arms and eyes, with a bit of pride. She gets stopped every five feet, of course, and tosses off some bullshit about their construction blah blah she's an engineer OF COURSE they aren't real it's all movie magic.
And... wow hey there's Bakura, settling in at a game table.
"Hey! HEY! Bakura!" she shouts, dragging Shiro along. "You gotta help me teach this loser how to play D&D."
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Turns out he's being looked at weird because of his albinism, as usual... so much for that.
And yes, Chris is literally dragging him by one arm. First they had to stand in that stupid line ("What name do you want on your badge?" "UH MY NAME?") and now he's in some huge room that never the less smells strongly of BO and nerd, being forced to do something he really doesn't want to do but he likes Chris so this is what he does.
"I don't see WHY I have to learn this crap!! And before you pull the cooking card again, THAT is actually a USEFUL life skill! This is stupid! Everything is stupid! ARGH!!" he turns his glare on Bakura, "Of course this is where you're rooted, nerd kid."
He's being meaner than usual because he's angry and out of his element, ok.
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Sorry, Shiro, Bakura was in his element utterly and no amount of grumpiness was gonna bring him down~
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She grabbed Shiro's shoulders and pretty much shoved him into a chair. While her arms couldn't produce any more force than a normal human's, they were heavy, and had pointy parts.
"All of which are startlingly relevant to us now! You said you wanted to learn useful shit? Well, here's your first lesson -- what the fuck you do when you have crazy powers and are fighting monsters."
"So first we're gonna make you a character and then we'll either find a DM or I'll do it myself. Even though I wanna play my Warforged Warlock."
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"Ok, if this were REAL LIFE none of this would be useful!" but he's loathe to admit, with their lives becoming more and more like a damn videogame... "A-anyway, I play RPGs so I know how all that works anyway!! I'd rather play it that way..." Unceremoniously shoved into a chair, he vaguely wonders if it would be possible to make a break for the door... he could PROBABLY outrun Chris. Probably. But hiding was a different matter entirely.
He narrows his eyes at Chris, "Warforged Warlock? My god, do you realize how fucking stupid you sound?" he huffs, "Fine, I'm a fuckin' dragon, and I kill everything and I win, bye!"
Trying to get up now.
So tempted to have that be a loaded die because Bakura's a little shit :D
Bakura tossed a d20 in a lazy arc for Shiro to catch. "Roll over a 15 and you get out of here free. 10 to 14 and you get a 2 minute head start before we release the bloodhounds. 10 and under, you suck it up and let Chris share something she enjoys with you. Deal?"
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"Roll it, Bakura, do it," she said.
"Anyway, shut up, Shiro, if you want to play a dragon there's a few ways. You can either pick out a baby dragon -- a White should do it -- and take the EXP penalty for being powerful, or a half-dragon, oooor a Dragonborn. Half-dragons are literally that, the result of interbreeding -- don't think about it too hard -- while the Dragonborn are an old race annnnd the material's kind of unclear as to how they became A Thing but they're also dragon-y. Anyway, pick one, I'll write it up."
"As for the rest, the difference with D&D is that it's unexpected. You can know, with utter certainty, how your average JRPG will go. You can buy the strategy guide or play it enough or hack it to figure out how it works... but D&D is never the same twice. You might get an old school killer DM who sticks to the books strictly, or you might get some crazy improvisational lunatic who gives you a space ship but then you find out that the universe is really the bowels of a cosmic monster and all your characters are secretly wireframe holograms projected by it's mad dreams. You have to adapt to the unexpected... and you also never know what your fellow players will do. It's all unpredictable. And you have to adapt quickly to changing circumstances. Also useful skills!"
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He pouts intensely, barely listening to Chris. He rolls his eyes. "Not nearly as useful as knowing how to feed yourself without burning down the building you're in, but somewhat useful. Admit that, and I'll play!"
He has SOME pride, ok.
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"Yeah granted, I'm a shit teacher. But cooking is a way more useful skill than Dungeons and Dragons. As long as we're clear on that, I'll play for a little while," he frowns and looks at his watch, "But I have something to do in about two, three hours, so... let's hurry up and get going, I guess. What were my choices, again? That half dragon thing sounds good I guess, whatever."
with Fran's permission, skipping Bakura for a bit :)
Well. Not yet, anyway.
"Okay, you got a race, half dragon. I'll make it easy and just go for the basics. You can be a Wizard (magic dude, but squishy in combat), a Fighter (hits things with a weapon), a Cleric (heals dudes, smites evil), a Thief (steals shit, backstabs people), a Druid (nature magic shit), a Bard (sings and does magic and also some theify stuff), a Barbarian (flips the fuck out and murderizes), a Ranger (shoots arrows or whatever), a Paladin (holy warrior guy), or a Monk (punches things). There's some weirder classes out there too like Samurai or whatever, but we won't get into that unless there's something super specific you want."
She paused. "And before you get sassy, there's no real magic Best Class Ever. Well, I guess in this edition, Clerics are super powerful. But you don't strike me as the heal and smite and be devoted to a God type."
yosh :D
Shiro frowns, taking off his glasses and cleaning them before putting them back on. He grabs one of the many pencils on the table and taps it. Why is this such a hard choice? He wants to be cool and powerful...
"Bard sounds so stupid, people actually do that?" he rolls his eyes, then pushes his lower lip out in a pout while he thinks. "Can my dude have a sword but also be able to punch people? Like, if his sword gets knocked away, he's not totally worthless? Also does he have any cool dragon powers?"
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"Soo, other stuff half-dragons get... you can see in the dark, as a White dragon you're immune to cold, and you can also spit a 30ft cone of liquid fucking nitrogen once a day."
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"Hmm... do I have to be white? Are there other colors?" a pause, "Just out of curiosity. I mean, I'm white in real life. I'd like to be a different color some time," he says with just a touch of bitterness.
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All tsun and no dere today.
"P-plus my favorite color is blue."
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"Shit, am I DMing then? Bakura, I dunno. You got a scenario or should I just bullshit up a tomb or something?"
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After all, that was apparently his name. Though he had a hard time believing it...
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"That's pretty anime, dude. But eh, I can't judge, my guy's named Cometfall, so... yep."
She dutifully wrote the name down, then finished up the rest of the guy's stats, whistling softly as she did.
"Dang, I rolled well for you. This guy's going to be one agile son of a bitch, and he punches like a truck. Not very charming, though. And he's got zero common sense. Buuut he's good at planning..."
"Anyway!"
She handed over the sheet, then rubbed her hands together. "Okay, let me think for a moment about what you two are doing... how about we go for the sun-kissed city of Belagael, on the southern coast of Verasian. On the north-west coast of the city, where the harbor ends in a cliff, there used to be a lighthouse that doubled as a temple to Sauviel, Goddess of Light and Learning... which has since fallen into ruin. People have stayed away from it for years, except now there's reports of shadowy figures and strange lights appearing at night. On the other hand, there's also reports that the treasure of the priests of Sauviel might still reside within the walls..."
"What are you gonna do?"
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Good at planning, but zero common sense? That could be a recipe for disaster... he looked over the sheet, eyes squinted behind his specs. It seemed easy enough; just like the status page on an RPG video game. Well, DnD WAS the progenitor of all those kinds of games, right? It was just... analog.
Analog as fuck.
"Treasure? Well I guess there's not much for me to do except go, right? But uh... do I need to stock up on like... healing potions and stuff before I go? Just in case?" After all, that's what he'd do before tackling a dungeon in a JRPG.
Pardon my late and lame
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"There's an apothecary shop on the main avenue of Belagael, a canal that feeds into the river Kalph, straddled by vine-covered white bridges, thus, the Avenue of White Bridges. The shop is well-appointed, and they've got a few healing potions, and then some weirder colored ones. If you ask the guy, he says that the yellow one will empower you and make your weapons strike true, though it'll give you heartburn, while the green one tastes like dandelions and piss, but it'll lighten your step and make you harder to hit. Up to you!"