[3/14/2015 10:37:39 PM] Krek: "Strange things are happening in the city. People sometimes disappear. Others rant about the end of the world. Sometimes, you feel like you're just waiting for something to happen. The local high school club seems to know more than they should. Will you and your friends try and learn more about the strange happenings?"
[3/14/2015 10:37:50 PM | Edited 10:38:14 PM] Krek: Uncovering the plot is part of the plot :P
[3/14/2015 10:45:39 PM] Crasian: I see
[3/14/2015 10:45:46 PM] Crasian: What's the age limit again?
[3/14/2015 10:45:53 PM] Krek: Uh.
[3/14/2015 10:45:55 PM] Krek: Not sure
[3/14/2015 10:46:11 PM | Edited 10:46:25 PM] Krek: Age isn't really a big deal, so try to be the same as the others?
[3/14/2015 10:46:17 PM] Krek: it's school age though
[3/14/2015 10:46:38 PM] Krek: Since vanilla MB is, ya know, school aged.
[3/14/2015 10:47:07 PM] Crasian: Well yes
[3/14/2015 10:47:37 PM] Krek: how about 13-18
[3/14/2015 10:47:41 PM] Crasian: Well why did we make everbody older in Pirates?
[3/14/2015 10:47:46 PM] Krek: Because alcohol
[3/14/2015 10:47:48 PM] Crasian: Oh
[3/14/2015 10:47:51 PM] Crasian: Oh riiiiiight
[3/14/2015 10:48:01 PM] Crasian: Because squuishy a fucking retard dumbass
[3/14/2015 10:48:06 PM] Krek: Board rules
[3/14/2015 10:48:06 PM] Crasian: Though uh
[3/14/2015 10:48:23 PM] Crasian: I dunno, the story you've described so far seems like it could delve into some pretty freaky places?
[3/14/2015 10:48:31 PM] Krek: Kinda.
[3/14/2015 10:48:48 PM] Krek: That's the thing though. Divulging anything risks going into spoiler territory
[3/14/2015 10:49:14 PM] Krek: I can say I have a plot now
[3/14/2015 10:49:28 PM] Krek: But it hinges on player actions. Snooping around and so on.
[3/14/2015 10:49:52 PM] Krek: There may be cults and youma, aka not-witches involved
[3/14/2015 10:50:40 PM] Krek: I'm already collaborating with Ugo, and tommorow I'm going to ask choo to come in for a quality/sanity check
[3/14/2015 10:50:54 PM] Crasian: I se
[3/14/2015 10:50:55 PM] Crasian: *See
[3/14/2015 10:51:02 PM] Crasian: Well then the only question I have
[3/14/2015 10:51:09 PM] Crasian: (apart from the absurd bullshit that is SV Boardrules)
[3/14/2015 10:51:18 PM] Crasian: Is what I should expect and assume for my character
[3/14/2015 10:51:36 PM] Krek: heh
[3/14/2015 10:53:22 PM] Crasian: One sec need food
[3/14/2015 10:53:24 PM] Krek: Highschool/Middle school student? Depends on what everone else choses, though I expect maybe 15-18. Strange things are happening, so at least a smidgen of curiousity as to what is going on. Otherwise, thematically there's no limit. Rook has Discoguca in mind, and I think Alfa has Potatoguca?
[3/14/2015 10:53:26 PM] Crasian: Oh
[3/14/2015 10:53:38 PM] Crasian: Uh
[3/14/2015 10:53:44 PM] Krek: Really, feel free to go nuts?
[3/14/2015 10:53:55 PM] Krek: With the concept
[3/14/2015 10:54:08 PM] Krek: Oh yeah, you don't start as a meguca.
[3/14/2015 10:54:08 PM] Crasian: So like, the only requirement is that the guca be curious about the Happenings?
[3/14/2015 10:54:19 PM] Crasian: What are the Happenings, exactly?
[3/14/2015 10:54:51 PM] Krek: People dissapearing.
[3/14/2015 10:55:31 PM] Krek: Mostly people dissapearing.
[3/14/2015 10:56:36 PM] Krek: Also going crazy
[3/14/2015 10:57:18 PM] Krek: A general sensation of dread and wrongness in the air that no one really talks about.
[3/14/2015 10:59:13 PM] Krek: Rumors of strange graffiti on walls that get /blowtorched/ away once the police hear about it.
[3/14/2015 11:00:22 PM] Crasian: I see
[3/14/2015 11:00:22 PM] Crasian: Hm
[3/14/2015 11:01:00 PM] Krek: here's a empty character sheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lwNYH46l-fWQXaMDaZaoamDu1t9LL26CYtsXe9gFtJg/edit
[3/14/2015 11:01:19 PM] Krek: you can go to rolz if you want help build a character or mechanics
[3/14/2015 11:02:11 PM] Krek: anyone in one of the mb rp's should be able to help. Me included to a degree.
[3/14/2015 11:02:47 PM] Crasian: Yeah
[3/14/2015 11:04:40 PM] Crasian: Right well
[3/14/2015 11:04:46 PM] Crasian: Going to get food real fast
[3/14/2015 11:04:51 PM] Krek: no rush man
[3/14/2015 11:05:03 PM] Crasian: Nothing crazy right?
[3/14/2015 11:05:16 PM] Krek: Aim high, then negotiate down :P
[3/14/2015 11:05:17 PM] Crasian: Go wild, as long as the girl's curious character is a go?
[3/14/2015 11:05:29 PM] Krek: She's still a highschool student.
[3/14/2015 11:05:42 PM] Krek: Not even necessarily curious.
[3/14/2015 11:06:21 PM] Crasian: Why would she contract?
[3/14/2015 11:06:25 PM] Krek: Just... go nuts. If there's a problem we can fix it
[3/14/2015 11:06:30 PM] Crasian: Is there a compelling reason or am I to make one up?
[3/14/2015 11:06:33 PM] Krek: She doesn't have to :P
[3/14/2015 11:07:08 PM] Krek: Btw, not starting contracted
[3/14/2015 11:07:21 PM] Krek: And this is MB. You don't make a wish when you start
[3/14/2015 11:07:41 PM] Crasian: well yes I know that
[3/14/2015 11:07:52 PM] Crasian: But it's not like everybody gets a trinket
[3/14/2015 11:08:05 PM] Krek: Spoiling a bit I guess, you get to see a magical in action. Then she invites you to become meguca.
[3/14/2015 11:08:12 PM] Crasian: Ah okay
[3/14/2015 11:08:15 PM] Crasian: That's more helpful
[3/14/2015 11:08:35 PM] Crasian: Well hm
[3/14/2015 11:08:39 PM] Crasian: To be fair
[3/14/2015 11:08:49 PM] Crasian: "Get Magic powers, shit happens, profit" is a reason...
[3/14/2015 11:08:54 PM] Krek: MBgucas aren't as bad as PMMMgucas
[3/14/2015 11:09:32 PM] Crasian: Well hold that thought
[3/14/2015 11:09:33 PM] Crasian: I need food
[3/14/2015 11:09:36 PM] Crasian: Baaaaaadly
[3/14/2015 11:09:38 PM] Krek: Yeah, go
[3/14/2015 11:09:40 PM] Krek: I'll be here for a bit
[12:01:15 AM] Crasian: back?
[12:01:22 AM] Krek: yeah, I'm here
[12:02:30 AM] Crasian: Cool so
[12:02:32 AM] Crasian: Question
[12:02:36 AM] Crasian: How rich is this high school?
[12:02:39 AM] Crasian: Specifically
[12:02:45 AM] Crasian: Have you seen Mahou Sensei Negima?
[12:02:46 AM] Krek: haven't specified
[12:02:58 AM] Krek: I say average?
[12:03:13 AM] Krek: But if you convince everyone else if can be anything you want
[12:03:21 AM] Crasian: Well the thing is
[12:03:31 AM] Crasian: High schools where I come from are barely funded
[12:03:45 AM] Crasian: So like, it'd be literally impossible to see a high school with a Shooting Club, for example.
[12:03:50 AM] Crasian: Or an Archery Club
[12:03:58 AM] Krek: Think typical anime highschool
[12:04:14 AM] Krek: Funded enough to have clubs if that's what you're asking
[12:04:20 AM] Crasian: I uh
[12:04:25 AM] Crasian: Don't actually watch all that much anime...
[12:05:11 AM] Krek: Me neither actually. Compared to people I know anyway
[12:05:33 AM] Krek: Uh. Like.
[12:05:37 AM] Krek: You watch Fate?
[12:05:57 AM] Crasian: No. <_<
[12:07:07 AM] Krek: Yeah
[12:07:16 AM] Krek: idk typical anime highschool. It's a thing
[12:07:35 AM] Krek: Aka, not madoka rich
[12:09:02 AM] Crasian: Hm I see
[12:09:09 AM] Crasian: So unfortunately no Exotic Firearms Club
[12:09:13 AM] Crasian: <sigh>
[12:09:42 AM] Krek: Hmm. I don't think gun clubs are a thing in japanese highschools :P
[12:10:09 AM] Krek: Archery club?
[12:10:22 AM] Krek: It's 'traditional'
[12:10:33 AM] Crasian: Yes I'm just being silly
[12:10:34 AM] Krek: kendo? soccer? sporty clubs
[12:10:56 AM] Krek: I'm just saying you can make stuff up and I'll roll with it
[12:11:44 AM] Krek: Robotics club? Amateur rocketry.
[12:11:55 AM] Krek: heh. okay.
[12:12:23 AM] Crasian: Seriously though
[12:12:27 AM] Crasian: Carte blanche
[12:12:34 AM] Crasian: I can make up whatever and you'll go for it.
[12:12:35 AM] Krek: Not all the way
[12:12:39 AM] Krek: Run it by me first
[12:12:45 AM] Krek: Because I a gm
[12:12:58 AM] Krek: I am responsible for regulating silly
[12:13:02 AM] Krek: And I am quite silly
[12:13:14 AM] Crasian: Well what's your ceiling?
[12:13:21 AM] Crasian: Can you give me an example of something you'd be meh at?
[12:13:38 AM] Krek: Uh. Just be reasonable
[12:13:54 AM] Krek: No building formula one cars.
[12:14:02 AM] Krek: Or actual human sized rocket ships
[12:14:33 AM] Crasian: I see
[12:14:35 AM] Crasian: Hmm
[12:14:40 AM] Crasian: But if I uh
[12:14:44 AM] Crasian: If I made a quadcopter
[12:14:59 AM] Crasian: http://gadgetsdeal.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Q450-quadcopter-kopen.jpg
[12:15:06 AM] Crasian: And then put model rockets on it
[12:15:09 AM] Krek: oh that's fine
[12:15:17 AM] Krek: Hell it could be a hobby thing
[12:15:17 AM] Crasian: And then blasted them into some youma...
[12:15:45 AM] Krek: This is a mundane weapon or a magical weapon?
[12:15:52 AM] Crasian: Mundane weapon
[12:15:54 AM] Crasian: For now
[12:15:56 AM] Crasian: But uh
[12:15:58 AM] Krek: Totally doable
[12:16:00 AM] Crasian: Maybe as a magical weapon?
[12:16:08 AM] Krek: But kinda expensive don't you think?
[12:16:20 AM] Crasian: Oh sure
[12:16:28 AM] Krek: Well. I guess you can drop the payload
[12:16:36 AM] Crasian: The idea is the copter is reusable
[12:16:56 AM] Crasian: And then you put explosions on the rockets
[12:17:00 AM] Crasian: And then fire the rockets
[12:17:13 AM] Krek: But just saying according to MB vanilla, mundane weapons, a.k.a guns don't do much to Youma. But we can fudge that a bit so it's more like PMMM Homura
[12:17:58 AM | Edited 12:18:07 AM] Krek: here's the passage "Magic is the only thing that can harm a youma; non-magical weapons are at best an inconvenience to them. Some magical girls find they can fight youma using normal weapons, but this is because their own magic imbues those weapons with the necessary power."
[12:18:51 AM] Crasian: Yeah that'd be the idea
[12:19:01 AM] Crasian: Or maybe meguca just summons rockets or some shit
[12:19:06 AM] Crasian: I dunno this is pure silly right now
[12:19:14 AM] Crasian: But it's doable silly
[12:19:21 AM] Crasian: /Fistpump/
[12:19:28 AM] Krek: take your time
[12:19:40 AM] Krek: character creation is fucking stressful
[12:20:07 AM] Krek: trying to be original is hard
[12:20:21 AM] Krek: and make a thematically consistence concept. Uh. yeah.
[12:20:40 AM] Crasian: I see?
[12:20:44 AM] Crasian: I uh
[12:21:00 AM] Crasian: Kinda do this regularly for TTS-stuff
[12:21:02 AM] Krek: Hell, you can take the power of flight and fluff it as riding a gyrocoptor
[12:21:09 AM] Krek: Oh. So you're fine then
[12:22:38 AM] Krek: Heh. Well this is your character you're playing, so... if you're not stressed out that's fine.
[12:23:17 AM] Crasian: Well I mean
[12:23:21 AM] Crasian: When you're writing a fight scene
[12:23:32 AM] Crasian: And need like seven gucas of various combat abilities
[12:24:22 AM] Krek: Yeah, but this is representing you, playing with others. Some people, me included find character creation horribly stressful.
[12:24:31 AM] Crasian: Eh that's fair
[12:25:13 AM] Krek: And uh. Just asking. Are you planning to be social awkward?
[12:25:17 AM] Krek: The character
[12:25:49 AM] Krek: It's fine and all but really, socially awkward charaters are... kinda hard to interact with. Slightly.
[12:26:12 AM] Krek: Forget I said anything
[12:26:25 AM] Crasian: No no
[12:26:29 AM] Krek: It is your prerogative
[12:26:30 AM] Crasian: Being socially awkward is bothersome
[12:28:25 AM] Crasian: Hm though in all seriousness
[12:29:06 AM] Crasian: Are you doing anything specific for character interactions?
[12:29:13 AM] Crasian: Like is there anything you'd prefer for the story?
[12:30:04 AM] Krek: Nah. Not really. I would like if you knew some of the other characters. Being friends pre-rp helps with interactions
[12:30:19 AM] Krek: Players thus far :
Rook
Alfa
Cras
Aeqnai(Tentative)
Etched
Firn (Tentative)
[12:30:43 AM] Krek: So you can talk to them once they have characters
[12:30:48 AM] Crasian: I see
[12:31:07 AM] Crasian: Remind me again what the rules are on chardev for MB, conceptually?
[12:31:21 AM] Krek: Also you can have npc friends, either controlled by you or me. Up to you.
[12:31:36 AM] Crasian: I know there are talents and weapons and such, but is there beyond the crunch that I have to worry about?
[12:31:41 AM] Crasian: Limitations, etc?
[12:31:48 AM] Krek: well https://yarukizero.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/magical-burst-4-0.pdf
[12:32:12 AM] Krek: instant magical girl on page 25
[12:32:37 AM] Krek: so uh. Not really?
[12:32:47 AM] Krek: It's very flexible
[12:33:06 AM] Krek: But the setting is modern day japan, metropolis
[12:33:24 AM] Krek: And... family income is up to you. Most of the details are up to you.
[12:33:27 AM] Crasian: How big is the metropolis?
[12:34:21 AM] Krek: Big.
[12:34:29 AM] Krek: How bout... toyko sized?
[12:34:52 AM] Crasian: Okay cool
[12:34:54 AM] Crasian: I can do that
[12:34:56 AM] Krek: or  Mitakihara sized?
[12:35:01 AM] Crasian: Well Mitakihara is actually smaller
[12:35:04 AM] Crasian: I think
[12:35:18 AM] Krek: The thing though, is that MBguca's don't need grief seeds
[12:35:29 AM] Krek: So the population can be a biiiit higher
[12:36:33 AM] Crasian: Okay
[12:36:39 AM] Crasian: Are the Oblivion Seeds still at hign/
[12:36:42 AM] Crasian: *thing?
[12:36:54 AM] Krek: Yessss :3
[12:37:06 AM] Crasian: So wishes are still things then/
[12:37:13 AM] Crasian: Just not immediately so
[12:37:14 AM] Krek: But...
[12:37:23 AM] Krek: You can have a wish
[12:37:37 AM] Krek: But I'm not using that as a driving point in the plot
[12:38:03 AM] Crasian: Well sure
[12:38:18 AM] Krek: As in, I'm not planning on granting any wishes
[12:38:31 AM] Krek: and the number to grant a wish is going to be more than 13
[12:38:44 AM] Krek: if wishes could be granted at all
[12:39:07 AM] Krek: who knows... the rumors could be true.
[12:39:10 AM] Crasian: Well what reason, nominally, do we have to contract?
[12:39:21 AM] Crasian: Like is there at least a
[12:39:27 AM] Crasian: Step 1: MAGIC!
[12:39:30 AM] Crasian: Step 2: ???
[12:39:34 AM] Crasian: Step 3: PROFIT!
[12:39:36 AM] Crasian: Going on?
[12:41:15 AM] Krek: Protect the innocent from youma? Keeping yourself safe from youma due to having increased durability? having access to magic? The near lack of downsides? If you don't use magic, it'd be like nothing has changed at all, apart from getting a swanky trinket.
[12:41:29 AM] Krek: Also peer pressure
[12:42:00 AM] Krek: If all your freinds became meguca, wouldn't you?
[12:42:32 AM] Crasian: Well yes
[12:42:56 AM] Krek: Become a hero of LOVE and JUSTICE!
[12:43:16 AM] Crasian: Right
[12:43:20 AM] Crasian: Well then.
[12:44:20 AM] Krek: Also to better find out the truth about what's happening? If Youma are involved, would it really be safe to go mucking around without magic? Youma can be very dangerous.
[12:44:58 AM] Crasian: Do the contracts happen during/right before a youma attack then?
[12:44:58 AM] Krek: Bah. You need a more solid reason right?
[12:45:14 AM] Krek: It could. I'm not planning on it, but it could.
[12:45:26 AM] Crasian: Well the way I do this is
[12:45:40 AM] Crasian: I figure out the personality
[12:45:48 AM] Crasian: Then I figure out the circumstances of the wish
[12:45:53 AM] Crasian: (For PMMM)
[12:45:59 AM] Crasian: Then I figure out the wish in that context
[12:46:23 AM] Crasian: So while obviously there are issues translating that to MB
[12:46:30 AM] Crasian: That's just sort of my perspective here.
[12:46:41 AM] Krek: Yep. Wishes aren't up front here
[12:48:22 AM] Krek: They're something to strive for. And given how much work a meguca has to go through to get that wish, it might not be the same as wish as she would have had when she started. A perspective shift from the journey etc. So you have a character in mind?
[12:49:06 AM] Crasian: Well I have no goals that she would accomplish with magic so far.
[12:54:12 AM] Crasian: Yeah actually that's sort of the sticking point
[12:54:31 AM] Crasian: She has no goals that magic would help her accomplish
[12:54:49 AM] Krek: So maybe she doesn't have to become meguca.
[12:54:58 AM] Krek: That could lead to an interesting dynamic?
[12:55:04 AM] Krek: Be the madoka :D
[12:55:21 AM] Crasian: Hmm
[12:55:22 AM] Crasian: Maybe
[12:55:34 AM] Krek: Maybe.
[12:55:44 AM] Krek: Any sense of Justice or righteosness in her?
[12:57:37 AM] Crasian: Not really
[12:58:12 AM] Krek: How about character flaws?
[12:58:31 AM] Krek: Any strange and exciting past?
[12:59:12 AM] Crasian: A certain degree of apathy and not really, respectively
[12:59:38 AM] Krek: Mmm
[1:12:20 AM] Crasian: I'll note that my usual style is to go for very mundane magical girls
[1:12:32 AM] Crasian: Characters in general actually
[1:12:56 AM] Crasian: I used to be super into the Naruto Fandom, but as a result I've contracted an allergy to Special Characters.
[1:13:37 AM] Krek: Well that's fine.
[1:13:53 AM] Krek: The thing though, is strong characters have strong motivations.
[1:14:01 AM] Krek: Not necesarily always
[1:14:06 AM] Crasian: Yeah I know
[1:14:24 AM] Crasian: It's more a case of uh
[1:14:26 AM] Krek: Apathy is kinda me.
[1:14:32 AM] Krek: Try making a ugo.
[1:14:33 AM] Crasian: "Ohhhh my character has such a tragic backstory"
[1:14:42 AM] Crasian: "She lost everything when she was sixxxxx"
[1:14:54 AM] Crasian: "Now she has epic powers that bend time and spaaaaaace"
[1:15:08 AM] Crasian: Like the magic is epic enough yo
[1:15:29 AM] Crasian: No need to turn it into some craziness of
[1:15:44 AM] Crasian: "The Character is Sooooooo Cooooooool"
[1:16:04 AM] Krek: Hey, don't worry to much. We all talk
[1:16:15 AM] Krek: We can regulate
[1:16:29 AM] Krek: Uh.
[1:16:32 AM] Krek: Words are hard
[1:16:35 AM] Krek: Let me try again
[1:17:14 AM] Krek: I dunno.
[1:17:21 AM] Krek: Make a character
[1:17:35 AM] Krek: If they're cool, they're cool. If they have a tragic backstory, they do.
[1:17:51 AM] Krek: If you want a second opinion if they're too cool or edgy ask.
[1:18:11 AM] Krek: If you wanta a apathetic character, go ahead
[1:18:18 AM] Krek: but find ways to include yourself
[1:18:41 AM] Krek: maybe try to make friends with an enthusiastic friend that drags them along
[1:18:48 AM] Krek: npc or other player
[1:19:38 AM] Crasian: Yeah I know
[1:21:06 AM] Crasian: I'm just saying that I'm allergic to edge
[1:21:13 AM] Crasian: And tend to end up being insufficiently edgy
[1:21:15 AM] Crasian: But anyway
[2:03:21 AM] Crasian: Hey isn't there a power for letting a magical girl get insight on a Youma
[2:03:27 AM] Crasian: "Scan" or something?
[2:03:33 AM] Crasian: Or "Analyze"?
[2:03:49 AM] Krek: You're thinking of Yumi in doomedgucas right?
[2:04:02 AM] Krek: I think that was a custom talent by firn
[2:05:03 AM] Crasian: Ah I see
[2:09:40 AM] Krek: I'm not seeing any references in the OOC so I think they handled it through skype or rolz. So if you want a custom talent like that, uh... tell me.
[2:10:20 AM] Crasian: Yeah I'll think about it
[2:10:33 AM] Krek: weee