Lurking Shadow

GEARs: Silent Line [sci-fi, anthro, mecha RPG with a strong background and lore]

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For reasons related to the background of the setting, Arvarans are only Mammals and some marsupials. No reptiles, no insects, or the like. And no mythological creatures either, as that doesn't make sense from a lore point of view.

@Silverwind Blade

A bit of a shame. When it comes to humanoid creatures, snake people are my top choice (and to a lesser extent, other kinds of reptiles) for thematic reasons as well as the interpretations by the aforementioned authors. I have a better idea on how to write snake characters then other kinds of animals.

I guess my second choice would be bears. Would that work with the lore?

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It is an acronym, and in true anime tradition, probably a highly redundant one. There's some in-game disagreement about exactly what it stands for - it kind of depends who you ask and what their background is, but the commonly agreed one is:

General purpose
Exoskeleton
Augmented
Robot

@Silverwind Blade

Now I am wondering why it is named that way unless it is something about them being the 'gear or cog in the machine that is the military'.
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While I'm waiting on some more info, guess I'll start figuring out characters and whatnot.

GEARs: Silent Line [sci-fi, anthro, mecha RPG with a strong background and lore]

I am somewhat interested, though I do have a few questions to clarify a few things…

I assume the mechs are the traditional, titans of metal with a pilot in a cockpit. Right? I am not too familiar with the references you gave (save Gundam, at least vaguely), as I usually stick with more western styles such as 1920s+ or Supreme Commander (and though not too much a fan of Battletech/Mechwarrior, that as well).

The cultures on Arvara, do they have any similarities/inspiration from real world civilizations/countries? Like can I look at something and be like ‘oh yeah, they seem to basically be china but animals’.

How anthropomorphic? Would say, a cat be walking upright with clearly defined arms and legs or walking on four legs? Maybe somewhere in between?

What species of animal are allowed? I have always been partial to serpent men/snake folk myself. Specifically, as depicted in the works of Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.

Lastly, I am a bit curious, is GEAR an acronym or simply a name?

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I’ll prob think of more questions later, but the above’ll help me decide as to whether or not I’ll have enough interest to do this RP. I am generally averse to furry stuff for several reasons, but this does not seem to touch on any of those and there seems to be a good story in here and I have never been one to turn down a good story without reason.

Heroes and Monsters: A fantasy adventure RP

I am tentatively interested. Had an character idea in my head for a while now that I think I can use here.

I'm going to wait for more information on the world before I can definitively say whether I am in or not. A few questions come to mind first...

Is the world essentially like a medieval Europe but with the 'demons', magic, and some other things (regardless of whether the names and locations of towns/people/kingdoms etc. coincide with one of IRL)

Is there any sort of 'goal' or direction for the RP or is the story something we will be pretty much making up as we go along?

and when you get around to having concrete stuff on magic, I'd like to know how it works (more specifically what fuels or powers the magic) and is it something that anybody can learn or is it something that only certain people would have access to.

and if your curious about what I was thinking for a character, I was thinking it would be interesting to RP someone that could interact with people through their dreams and have it be mirrored in the physical world. So a Transient/Natural demon here. Think I'll even have some conflict with a split personality. An empathetic, altruistic one, and another that seeks to grow stronger with violence. A duality that often opposes each other, but sometimes may even work alongside eachother. Got a few ideas to limit this so as not to be OP as well.

Whenever you get an OOC or otherwise have more information, I'll prob think of other questions to add.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

With the Final Fantasy 8 Remaster out on Tuesday (got my copy, fuck yeah) I'm gonna take this time to remind everyone: Final Fantasy 8 is the best one and I will fight you irl if you disagree.

@Fabricant451

I have never played a final fantasy game and generally ignore the JRPG genre, but for some reason I definitely disagree with your statement.

Also, if it is the final fantasy, wouldn't the first one be the last one? It would not be the final one if there are more to come, that's the opposite of what final means. So I got to take points off for that, unless the semantics of it are different in Japanese.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

exclusivelygames.com/ion-fury-devs-re…

no wait, back to square one. I guess the finance situation was not looking so good for them.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Well, they are going to patch the offensive stuff out of the game, institute mandatory sensitivity training and donating $10,000 to The Trevor Project. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-08-19-ion-fury-studio-apologises-for-sexist-and-transphobic-comments-from-staff

From what I see, a lot of people have either decided to not buy the game as they were planning to or are seeking refunds if they already have. As for those on resetera, they still will not buy the game. Regardless of how one feels about this controversy, this decision appears to have a very negative impact, financially, for the game. Curious to see how much they sell in the coming week.

Although, someone with access to Voidpoint's twitter is telling people to pirate the original 'uncensored' version https://i.imgur.com/d0zEoHb.png

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I'll get around to joining the discord later after I make a character. Looking forward to starting this though, been waiting a while for an RP like this...

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@Allycat

No. He would have a lot of anxiety and confusion from this so he would be seeking to find a way to cure himself or at the least forget it in a flurry of drugs and or alcohol. I'd imagine that this sort of place would have loads of the former, and maybe the occasional latter. Though I am still not fully committed to this idea and am open to suggestions.

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@Allycat

kind of, though I was thinking more of having trouble distinguishing previous events he personally has experienced. like having multiple conflicting memories.

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@Allycat

Ok, just asking as most of the art styles used in anime is something I prefer not to use, I like a more realistic style. I'll see if maybe I can find something I'd like to use for a appearance.

and on the second thing, I was trying to get an idea of how isolated this place is from the rest of the world, so I take it is at least several days of a walk away from any other sign of civilization?

and the idea I got in my head (as far as anything wrong mentally) is of a guy with an overactive imagination who has trouble which previous events was real and which he just imagined. think something like that'd fit in?