Deserted

Carvings of the Galaxy

Guys, let's make sure that we have at least one action per post so that we don't just stand around observing each-other observing. Not that I think anybody here will do that, but you never know.

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@Clanty Oops, sorry, things kind of took a tangent there.

@Deserted So if I wanted to be a mechanical engineer who was also a mechanic I'd be a support wizard right? Sorry for all the questions, I just kind of have a feel for how I want her in my head and am trying to get it right.

So, here is an answer to your question.
That DOES sound like a Wizard/Support to me. That is pretty much the straight up, vanilla, expert through and through. However, if you are looking for some added flavor, you can always tweak the special effects or just treat the wizard to reserve your spot as a mechanic thing and fiddle around with other roles to see if that is more to your liking.

For example, someone might choose Wizard/Outdoorsman... you could define this as your classic D&D Druid by having magical control over nature. However, you could make the wizard technological and the outdoorsman survival. Suddenly we have a Doomsday Preper.

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Basically you... physical, real world you, sitting on the other side of that screen, YOU. Are a Rift Runner in that you play characters in roleplaying games (or as I call them in this thread... "other dimensions") and you are part of this gaming group. Our gaming group, at least with what I dubbed it since I had to name the thread something, is called the Rift Runners Gaming Group.

Since we don't really want to say "Hi, I'm so and so, I live here, and this is my deepest darkest secret." We are creating real-world analogues for us to play. If you want to make this analog to actually be YOU, that is up to you. In a face to face game I would simply have you guys play yourselves, but I think we should hold a level of ambiguity since it is the internet and some of you might be minors or might not be comfortable sharing things about yourselves with someone you can't even put a face to.

Carvings of the Galaxy

I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to have my character freak out because...
1) she's totally in her underwear
2) She's FREEZING
3) What the heck! She just passed out and all of a sudden she's surrounded by freezing people in their underwear! Totally didn't see that coming!

I'm guessing, say @beyond visions, are our characters disoriented, or do you want us to advance past the "what the heck!" shock stage, or are we actually cool... get it cool? No, but I mean is this not shocking to us?

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You are a rift-runner @6slyboy6 unless you don't want to be. I had to call our gaming group something, and figured I would kind of keep the feel something imaginative and fun.

Who are we? What do we do? Why do we do that?

Those questions, I believe, are for you to decide for yourself.

Right now just build a general frame of a character concept you wouldn't mind playing for an adventure or two. We are going to plug it into the real world just because the real world is something I hope we can all relate to.

Looking for some new RP buddies (Full with 7 folks, try this technique out for yourself)

@6slyboy6@DJAtomika@Darcs You all coming?

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Do you guys think we need to add or remove or clarify anything? Honestly, we can apply most of what is on this sheet to most rules and be able to build an appropriate character.

@Primal ConundrumI have tried to play GURPS, but every time I find some players, the group has JUST disbanded. I think eventually we are going to pull out some games with rules, but for the kick-off we might want to stick to free-form until we can decide if there is a super-awesome system we all want to stick to.

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@TheUnknowableYour character looks just fine. About the only thing I can see that needs a little tweaking (and this is totally optional) is his Intrigue. I kind of have that spot reserved for stuff outside of behavior (which is funny because I totally spaced that when I built my character. I have since edited it.) For instance, you say that your character is is small, you would list that in intrigue because he cannot choose to not be small. However, if you mean that he is slightly below average, and it really doesn't have any pull on how he interacts with his environment, then just leave it the way it is.

Intrigue doesn't always have to have something in it, is just something to identify something out of the ordinary and outside of your character's behavior.

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@ClantyAh, here we go. I've been trying to put words to this. A wizard is kind of like a Jack in that they can do just about anything... but they can't do EVERYTHING at the same time (like a Jack can) they have preparation and time to analyze before they can actually be effective (hence why many game systems require spell preparation.) While they have considerably more punch than a Jack has, they sacrifice being caught off guard.

Now, a support person, they are reliable on their area of expertise. They are both adaptable and potent in what they do.

However, there is crossover. A mechanical engineer might know how to design something and might be able to understand the problem, and probably will be able to fix it... however a mechanic is going to be used to actually doing it. Does that mean the mechanic cannot design? No, it just means he's better at repairing. Does it mean an engineer cannot repair? No it just means that he's not necessarily accustomed to getting dirty. In terms of magic, can a wizard buff a warrior? Sure, it isn't the best use of his time, but why not? Can a bard cast a damaging spell? Probably, but it isn't going to be as potent as a wizard.

I would say, if you definitely want to be the Tony Stark thing, go with the wizard.

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Yah, that would be a technological wizard right there. We even call them that "wiz kid" "a technological wizard"and stuff like that. Basically you are making the seemingly impossible happen.

But it's up to you what you would like to play. R2D2 (a support character) is every bit as respected as Tony Stark (a wizard) but they play very differently.