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Holy shit this RP is exploding, you're gonna be one busy GM @Zeroth!
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Just out of my own personal taste I'm not a fan of genderswaps, but it's not my character. I would suggest really weighing how much it ties in to their desire to become "a different person," though--what was "gender" to them? Did they suffer for not meeting some standard of manliness or not being feminine enough? Did they have real and legitimate issues tied to their biological sex, medical or otherwise? And if their actions and personality don't change, would changing their gender really achieve anything? Although you could, if so inclined, try to answer these questions in the future rather than the present--maybe their story is about finding out what these answers are to them.

Again this may just be personal taste, but I'm not fond of characters who place too much weight on their gender as part of their "identity." A character who says "I am a civil engineer who listens to smooth jazz and rides a Harley" has an identity formed from active, observable skills, tastes, and preferences. Someone who says "I'm (insert random letter of sexuality/gender/political spectrum or an abstract adjective like intelligent, creative, etc)," isn't telling me something I can see about them in most cases, therefore I have only their own perceptions of themselves to go on--and if someone has to tell you how much of something they are, instead of just showing you, then it's just an informed trait they may or may not actually demonstrate.

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Whatever the Monster is, that's pretty much set in stone. You could change certain features if you wanted--colors, styles of fur, distinctive shape of the eyes, etc.--but they are specific creatures rather than categories. You will, however, be able to change into many different species of monsters over the course of the RP--transforming and evolving is one of the primary goals.
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...And here he is. Took a smidge longer than anticipated to get together though lol.

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After thinking about it for a while, I've come to the conclusion that perhaps I shouldn't go for a genderswap character. While I had a lot of ideas on how her past life and gender could work for character growth, including topics like society's view on masculinity and being uncomfortable in one's own body, I've realised that I'm probably not a strong enough writer to adequately tackle those kinds of issues yet. Thus I will be changing up her past life backstory so she was always a female.

Now moving onto other topics, what types of things can a Wisp evolve into out of curiousity? Or better yet, what's some of the end game evolutions for Wisps?
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@floodtalon If we go with Pokemon logic, a probable form would be something similar to a Protoss Archon.
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Honestly, I find that most non-trans writers struggle to properly, adequately, and accurately represent the internal, and external, issues factors affecting those of us who are are trans.

Ended up opting for a few hours of on and off sleep, so I'll finish getting caught up here on my breaks and such and see about uploading a CS on my lunch.
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@floodtalon Theres tons of branching paths so yeah there will be common stuff but they can diverge into weird stuff i think
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Who knows, you might just transform into a kawaii waifu or manly husbando.
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Or maybe a fifty billion headed dragon
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Can we please not get into a conversation about transexuality?
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Can I get a link to the discord, per chance? The link in the OP just takes me to Discord itself for some reason.
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A bit small, but I was worried about going too overboard with things until the concept was cleared.
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Ah balls. There went my idea of being a meek bird and evolving into the mightiest avian around.

I'm still not out yet though! It just means I might make a Goblin instead! Or maybe a Dire Rat! I'll figure it out soon!
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Huzzah! I made a goblin!

Fair warning, this gets dark. Blame @Old Amsterdam for giving me the idea to make it so dark.
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Aha! I KNEW one of these souls had to be from this..."glorious nippon!" They're the ones who created most of these stories I had to use to explain this whole reincarnation thing to begin with! I hope you're one of the ones who manages to make it to my palace without getting terribly traumatized, because I have so many things to ask you! Like this enslavement device called a "gacha!"

Skill Gain: Scribe I - Your past life as a writer has given you the gift of transforming emotion, sight, sound, and so many others into words. And words have power all their own. This skill's current rank allows the user to take any spell that they know, and inscribe it upon an object. That item can be used to release the spell at any time and by anyone. The same MP cost of the spell, plus the MP cost of this skill, is used up when enchanting the item.
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Wisps are "magically" focused, so their evolutions include things like elemental spirits, ghostly or otherwise spectral creatures, and other various creatures whose primary skillsets revolve around spellcasting. At end game a Wisp that stayed entirely focused on magic would probably be some kind of non-physical or otherwise amorphous being akin to some Lovecraftian being. A Wisp that might eventually try to gain some physical skills might end up as some kind of magical focused being with a physical body, like an archangel or archdevil. If they stuck to one element they might end up as a titan, archon, or some other metaphysical representation of that particular element.

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Ah, a street rat. Couldn't keep one step ahead of the bread line, eh? And yet you lived in a world where the government would step in and play nanny--how did you manage to stay on the streets? Even if it was fake, or run by bureaucrats instead of loving parents, shouldn't you have had a household somewhere? Doesn't that world force its children to sit in a desk for eight hours a day? How did you manage to get in such trouble, then?

It couldn't be because you wanted to hang out with thugs and addicts, with the rest of the refuse, could it? Or did they drag you down, like a bucket of crabs? Was it always someone else's fault? Were you just a good little girl who didn't do nothin'?

Skill Gain: Muffle I - Your past as a street urchin grants you experience with keeping your head down. This skill grants you the ability to be just a little bit better at being stealthy.
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Pft! You call that dark? Sure, it's "eeeveeel," but come on! Skulls in the bedroom, dead bodies in the back room, shallow graves in the yard? There's no class, no finesse. I could make a little boy watch as I put his beloved father on a meathook, cut open his guts, and let his intestines dangle until he bleeds out. It's plenty fucked up, but does it have depth? Will it strike a chord somewhere in you, will it make you question everything you've ever known? Anyone can be a psychopath--now a sociopath, there's a bit of an art to that. Did you know sociopaths aren't automatically evil serial killers? They could have a good job, a happy life, a loving family, they could even live next door to you! No, the thing is, they don't feel they way you do and they recognize that...so they just perfectly imitate everyone else around them, so that you will never know. And sometimes people like that are the good guys! Like that priest over there, the one with no light in his eyes, eating the spicy Chinese food! I bet he wouldn't hurt a fly! Or maybe he has an entire basement full of starved children! Either way, you will never be sure!

Skill Gain: Tremor Sense I - Your past life as one in tune with your Dwarven side makes you very good at diggy diggy. One part of that, though, is knowing how to avoid cave-ins. You can feel vibrations through the earth within a 30 foot radius or so around you, whether they be footsteps, tunneling creatures, etc.
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A follower of the occult? But you still have your soul. Can't do magic in your world with that still hanging around. And having it is the whole reason I could bring you here. In my world magic doesn't require making a deal, but in both our worlds it requires this: Sacrifice. What are you willing to give up, boy? You want control over others? You want the power to change things? You can't have your cake and eat it too. Expect to bleed, and cry, and howl, child.

Skill Gain: Extra MP - Your past as an attempted practitioner of magic still serves some purpose here, even if you never gained any real power. You have extra magical energy buzzing in your body, though at this level it's only enough to cast a single extra level one spell.
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@Knox YOU, SIR, HAVE DECLARED WAR ON SLIME-KIND
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Alright. Well I redid my backstory, so please look over my CS again. I'll post it again here for convenience. Probably going to try and spec for Archdevil, Mourningstar wants a physical body and awesome magical power.

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