Weird Tales

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I'm very supportive of GMs' decisions and how they want to run an rp, but I hate it when a GM is fine with a character's main powers, but gets nit-picky with secondary powers that were for the purpose of merely adding to the theme of the character. I had a GM do this to me because he wanted characters to not mirror each other in powers, even though there was only one other with a power that was a slight bit similar. Also it only had to do with the character having the increased senses of a particular animal so it wasn't superhuman strnegth or durability or an attack, it was just a minor ability.

So yeah I understand that it's great for a roleplay to have diverse characters with diverse powers, but there's almost always going to be overlap and getting nit-picky at powers that don't make the character OP or used to much does not help with getting people to join.

I know this has been brought up before, but Casual gets so much drama that it can kill rps

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Chester almost did a face-palm when he heard Ves refer to Super Smash Bros as 'Smack Bros' and he couldn't help, but laugh.

"Okay, I'd love to play Smack Bros, but I don't this place has any video games so we'll have to go to an arcade" he said to her and wondered if the others would come and join. That was when El Sasquatcho came in with Tacos and Churro Bites that he apparently had picked up at a fast food restaurant. Chester's stomach then began to growl and he realized that he had eaten anything for lunch yet and the food looked good. Of course he had to withhold a bag of food to himself and Chester rolled his eyes, bigger people could so greedy, he thought to himself.

"Thanks Sasquatcho" he said to the Luchador and began to eat a burrito and taco. It was good and he was glad to get something in his stomach. Chester listened to furry man talk about how they needed to get to know each other and decided to fill him in on what they were planning to do.

"We've got a better activity in mind and it's playing video games. We're planning to go the arcade maybe sometime today and I think you might like Street Fighter" he explained to El Sasquatcho. Chester then saw the Luchador take off running to the bathroom and having watched enough TV and moves he knew what that meant. He tried to keep his mind off of the disgusting thought, but then the sound of El Sasquatcho's amplified roars and shouts could be heard and Chester almost lost his appetite.

"Oh Dios mío" he said in a very fake Mexican accent as joke. Then the Luchador returned and despite just a moment ago taking a crap of an insane size he still continued to eat.

“It fought bravely. You would give it proper honor to wait twenty minutes before entering the room.” Chester then buried his face in his arms on the table in exasperation before lifting his head to speak.

"For the love of God, don't talk about it! I'm still eating" he said with a stern voice.

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Guys Argo will be Chester's meat shield and human steed when he's small lol!

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@Weird Tales

I was just referring to the "if you're religious it's understandable" part.

@January

In that case, while I disagree with their dogma at least they are more honest and don't rely on professional victimhood.

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@Weird Tales

OOC: Even if you're religious, that's no excuse to impose your biases on other individuals. Being religious just makes your stance understandable, but, in the context of an RP, I'd hardly call it permissible. If your religion is that strongly opposed to characters people have made, politely talk it over with them and hope they don't find you horribly offensive for demanding they change some core aspect of their character to fit your personal needs. If they refuse, either suck it up or join a different RP and hope for the best.

IC: Religious characters with strong to zealous beliefs add a good measure of spice to character interactions. This is a welcome thing, usually.

IC: Religious characters who are flagrant self-inserts intended to chastise all characters who disparage religion in one way or another can still be a good thing with a group who can roll with the punches. Usually, though, these characters just get damn annoying since self-inserts rarely develop past flat characterization and vapid interactions.

On another grievance along the lines of "so edgy you're making me bleed" characters, I already dislike the basis of those characters, first of all, and then, more specifically, I feel their sharp pain every time someone writes in an "Extras" section or a "Hidden Aspects" section that the aforementioned Edgy McEdgepants is actually a giant teddy bear who loves people with all of his giant teddy bear heart, but because his body is made of diamond-edged razors he tends to be misunderstood by those around him, something which cuts his heart so deeply he is eternally hemorrhaging inside, so his agony is twofold and very badass.

Sometimes, I'm so touched by their depth that I cry black tears for those kinds of characters.

@January

Most people who get butthurt over sexualized characters are social justice warriors, I've yet to see a religious person complain on here.

On the subject of edgy characters, I find it is more of how much of a douche bag they are that makes me dislike them. Like I dislike punk and pessimistic characters because it's done to make them look smart or cool. Smart ass characters are more annoying

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Even though i don't do it in roleplays, i hate players who get all butthurt over sexual characters like some social justice warrior. Seriously if you're religious I understand but if you're some open minded person then you come off as a hypocrite and a control freak to me

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8 hours earlier

Chester was still wondering how this whole invitation to meet Batman at the Grant Gym would turn. His anxiety started to kick in and his mind raced with the idea that this may be a trap set by either the bastards that killed Robin or maybe even the authorities. Ever since Robin's death Chester had been having bouts of anxiety and paranoia, making it harder for him to focus at times. Thankfully they weren't constant, but it made things difficult.

"What do you think about this? Do you think I should go?" he asked his pet rats as they climbed on his shoulder. He had two rats for pets, one was named Archie and the other named Amy.

"I can't see how the villains would have figured out where you live since they killed Robin before any of you could get to really know each other" Amy replied in a slightly squeaky voice.

"Ya you never know, there could be food involved and you know how I love food" Archie said with a little giggle.

"I'm not taking you two along yet" Chester said to the rats.

"Why not?" the two rodents asked almost simultaneously.

"Because I want to make sure that the place is safe and I don't want to put you two into unnecessary danger" he responded to them.

"But we've helped you before" they countered.

"Yes and you will soon, but this time you'll stay here and I'll come back for you as soon as I see what this whole thing is about" he said his pets with a reassuring smile. They were two of his closest friends and after Robin's death he wasn't keen on putting them in danger so soon after a teammate had died.

"Please be careful Chester" Amy told him in a concerned voice; of the two she was the most worried about his well being, which was natural for rats.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine" Chester half lied, he wasn't sure how this would turn out, but he didn't want to let his friends become worried.

Midnight

When he got to Gym Chester saw Batman and another costumed man who he didn't recognize. He looked like some type of feline vigilante and Chester was glad he hadn't brought Archie and Amy along with him, they might have panicked when they saw him. Chester also saw the others that he had met when the terrible night had happened, and some new heroes that he didn't know a thing about. One that caught attention quickly was Argonaut, she was so tall and that made him think about how much of a target she would make herself, well he now knew who he would use as a meat shield when shit hit the fan.

He followed Batman and the other older vigilante down to what looked like bunker that was built underneath the gym. Chester listened to Batman explain that the place was built during the second world war and it was now their headquarters.

"Military training facility, very hardcore" he thought to himself. Batman then informed them about their schooling arrangements and how he would assist in maintaining their secret identities. That was very nice of the dark hero and even though he didn't show it Chester was very thankful for help in keeping his hero life a secret. He was a little bummed that he would have to stay in school to get the Dark Knight's support, but there was a price for everything in life so Chester would have to deal with it.

Chester listened to Robert talk about wanting to go after Deadshot and Multiplex to bust their skulls, and he rolled his eyes. He too wanted to bring the villains to justice, but training was necessary if they were going not get their asses handed to them a second time. Batman then informed them that he had already taken down the two villains and Chester was glad that they were brought to justice, but he had wanted to bring them to justice as well. Either way he was still going to stay with this team in honor of their dead teammate.

After they were instructed to suit up, Chester went to find his new costume and upon seeing it he almost laughed.

"Oh my God, he replaced the yellow with black" he said out loud as looked over his suit. It looked cool and he was glad to have it, but it wasn't as bright as his last suit had been, which was probably for the purpose of stealth. His shrinking abilities already made him stealthy, but he guessed that the Dark Knight wanted it more harder for him to be spotted. After suiting up he returned to the room with the others.

"Nice suit, I really like the black" he said with a bit of sarcasm in his voice. He then heard Argonaut speak about her height making it tough for her to fit in and Chester chuckled.

"Don't worry, we'll just tell them that you were an experiment for height changing tech" he chuckled. He then heard Zero ask why everyone was being transferred to his school and why he apparently looked similar to the hero Firestorm.

"1: He probably wants to keep a close eye on us and what better way to do that then to go to the same school. 2: Now you and Firestorm can be a buddies of opposite elements, your team name could be The Arctic Volcanoes" he said with a laugh. His humor had gotten the better of him and he couldn't help, but make jokes.

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Rat Boy

Secret ID: Chester Prince
Alias: Rat Boy
Age: 15
Home Location: He's originally from Central City, but moved to Gotham
Powers:

Rat like physiology: his meta gene gave him a rat-like appearance including some of their skills, and other unnatural abilities.

Enhanced agility: he is much more agile than a normal human.

Enhanced Senses: He has whiskers that have better sense of touch than the human fingertip and his sense of smell is several times stronger than normal person. His hearing is strong enough to pick up noises that normal humans cannot hear and can detect much higher frequencies, into the range of ultrasound.

Shrinking: he can shrink down to the size of a black rat, which makes him have a height of exactly five inches.

Rat Control: he can telepathically communicate with and command rats, he can even project his mind into one and perceive through its senses like a powerful telepath. This power also allows him to tell the location of any type of rat within a two mile radius.

Teeth and Claws: His meta gene has caused him to have sharp claws and sharp teeth, which he can use to attack enemies.

Weaknesses: Rat Poison is like kryptonite to him and even though he has normal human vision, bright flashes of light are more disorientating to him. Aside from his teeth and claws, he has the same strength and durability of a normal human and while he is small his body strnegth is proportionate to his size.
Equipment: he has a utility belt with smoke bombs, flash bang grenades and small knives that he mostly uses for utility rather than combat. Finally Chester wears a suit that can shrink along with him and also makes whatever he's wearing shrink as well.
Appearance: Chester looks like a human boy with rat like features such as a longer nose and large buck teeth and stands at about five feet tall. He wears a sci-fi style black and red jumpsuit that is waterproof and fireproof. He also wears weather boots that are resistant to water, heat and electricity. Originally his costume was a bright red and yellow, but batman thought that a darker and more stealthier kind color pattern would do better for him. He also was given goggles for the purpose of further concealing his identity.

Personality: Chester isn't what you would call your brooding Batman style hero and loves to pop a joke every now and then. His humor is witty and dark and it is main form of self defense against those who insult him because of his appearance. Thanks to his powers Chester has developed a bit of an inferiority complex and his rat like appearance makes him not very trusting of people finding him attractive, though he tries to hide it if he can.

He has a love of rats and even before his metahuman abilities activated Chester considered them his favorite animal and had several as pets. He always hated that many people considered them disgusting vermin and pests, it also annoyed him seeing all of the tropes in fiction where rats are evil and few are good. Chester is very smart and cunning and prefers to use his street smarts over just brute strength.

He is friends with Ray Palmer who was his dad's best friend in collage and was grateful that the scientist was able to create a size-changing suit for him. His personality did somewhat change after Robin's death and occasionally has spouts of depression and anxiety. Almost like with the late Robin Williams, Chester tries to use his humor to hide his emotional problems almost like a mask.

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BRIEF Bio: Chester is the son of famous scientist Lionel Prince who was the collage best friend of Ray Palmer. His father and mother lived in Central City when he was born and Chester's earliest memories where the fun times he had in the city. Eventually his father got a job offer in Gotham by the city government trying to encourage scientific research to start flourishing in the crime ridden city and boost its economy. This job would pay more money and it had the attractive idea that his father would be helping the city progress into the future.

And so when he was thirteen they moved to Gotham city and he was enrolled in one of the private schools. School life wasn't like it was back in Central City. His fondness for rats and him talking about the pet rats that he kept made him an outcast among the prestigious at the school. Their words of disgust at the thought of owning rats made Chester mad and he didn't socialize at school very much. It was when a couple of the bullies at his school started to torment him by talking about how they torture rats that made him activate his meta gene.

His appearance became more like those of a rat and the bullies screamed in horror and ran away from him. Thanks to his slightly rodent like appearance his parents had to take him out of school and his dad looked for options to fix his son's appearance. Chester didn't want to go back to who he was, his meta genes had revealed who he really was underneath. As time went by he discovered other abilities including the power to shrink to tiny size.

It was then that Ray Palmer came to him and revealed himself to be the superhero known as the Atom. He asked Chester what he wanted to do with his powers. Chester replied telling him that he wanted to be a force of good and help end the myth of rats being all bad. Ray agreed to help him and gave him a suit that would shrink along with him. Chester now with his new suit and abilities became the teen hero known as Rat Boy.

It wasn't long until he was contacted by Robin to join a team of young heroes and he agreed. Things went bad quickly when Robin was killed and Chester was injured by the super villains Multiplex and Deadshot. His emotional state now worse for wear, Chester hopes to honor his dead comrade by making sure that criminals in Gotham get brought to justice.

Notes: Don't eat his cheese or insult his human and non human friends otherwise he might bite you.
Sample Post:
Chester groaned in terrible pain as he felt a bad blow to his head sting horribly and his surroundings felt blurry. He was bleeding from his nose and several areas on his body, his suit wasn't made for protection against physical attacks. Chester then also noticed that he had been shot in the arm and remembered the mercenary Deadshot shooting in his direction. Luckily it had only grazed his shoulder and he wondered if that had been intentional.

When his visioned a bit he saw more blood on the ground and the body of another individual on the pavement. Memories began to flood back into his mind. Robin had told him and some other young heroes to meet him here, but they were then attacked by the two super villains. He had tried to help the young hero, but Multiplex had beaten him into unconsciousness just as Deadshot had shot him. It was agony just trying to get onto his knees and he could feel the comforting nuzzle of rats beside him.

"Chester are you alright?" they asked him in a slightly high-pitched and concerned voice.

"Ah...I'm...I'm fine. Where's the others where's Robin?" he asked still a little confused.

"Dead" one of them responded. A deep well of shock and horror filled him and he looked closer at the body on the ground and saw that it was indeed Robin.

"Damn it!" he shouted as he slammed his fist onto the ground and winced in pain from the action. He remembered slashing several of Multiplex's clones in the face and gnawing on them viciously, but it didn't stop him from getting the snot beaten out of him.

"I failed my teammates" he said to himself. His sensitive hearing then began to pick up the faint sounds of police sirens far away that were getting louder.

"More humans are coming" a rat said to him and he nodded, the authorities would soon be coming and there was a chance he could be arrested for his actions. That's when Batman told them to go home and burn their suits and not take up heroism again. Chester thought about it, but a part of him said no and was determined to see justice brought to those so wronged by people like Deadshot and Multiplex.

He then heard Bolt give his response to Batman, but the dark vigilante disappeared with Robin's body into the night, leaving them alone. Chester decided that it was time for him to go and shrank down to rat size and hopped onto the back of one of the city rats. He then let the animal take him home and thought about what the future would hold after this terrible night.

"I've got to get better at this" he said to himself. He thought that this was the end of being part of team when sometime after he got a message saying "Meet me at this location, midnight." with an address on it. Chester suspected that it might be from Batman and he wondered if there was a future for a team. He looked at his pet rats eating cheese while on his shoulders.

"Well I guess that this team may happen after all" he said to them with a bit of a sad smile on his face.

"As long as there's food then will be happy" the both replied nibbling on their cheese. Chester wrote down the address and when it was close to midnight he suited up and headed off in the direction of Grant Gym.