Acronym OOC X-2: What?? Final Fantasy did it, so can we.

[Ashen Lilies]

Wait, who put the hit on Happy?

[horngeek]

One of NK's characters, Cierra.

[happyturtle]

You know. I find all of your lacks of faith disturbing.

Happy's married to a VAMPIRE who eats souls now when he drinks blood in sufficent amounts (And that sufficent amount is every drop in someones body, even if a single drop goes amiss they retain their souls, which happens to be my reasoning why he will NEVER eat a PC soul unless its on purpose, and with much fore planning.)

Oh, and about a Year ago, Fan bit Happy, so that whenever she died (and we actually discussed this over PM.), that she would have Vampirism that had been laying dormant in her veins (As she had not imbibed of his blood in turn, a rule in place to prevent the turning of those who do not want it.) become active when it happened .

And now all of my intricate fore plotting is brought to bear!

Ooops... I.. um... totally forgot about the latent vampirsm thing.

I sort of went a completely different way with events, that I think should be fun and provide many interesting complications.

Also... 4cm of global warming snow last night. DO NOT WANT!

[Morty]

Why does everything happen when I'm away? Also, it's an assasination job that actually got finished. I think Dipsnig's going to get thoroughly drunk out of happiness. And fear, when he thinks about what is GLoG going to do to them if they find out.

[happyturtle]

Happiness and fear... sounds like a good combination.

[Ashen Lilies]

NO has Apostle. Who is armed with the Brightheart. I think they're safe from all but the most OTT of attacks.

[Morty]

Happiness and fear... sounds like a good combination.

And copious amounts of alcohol.

NO has Apostle. Who is armed with the Brightheart. I think they're safe from all but the most OTT of attacks.

Good point. Aside from Apostle and now retired Ms. Trophy though, NO is probably the least powerful organization.

[happyturtle]

Oh and Morty? I think we should make try to keep Michalson and Dery from ever going to GLoG. All those ghosts....

[Morty]

As fun as them going on a rampage would be, I agree. BTW, since we're at it, what are Jedwiga's view on ressurected people in case Michalson runs into one someday?

[happyturtle]

She disapproves of resurrection, but she's not quite militant enough to start killing them, and she doesn't have any ability to tell the difference between someone who is alive for the first time or has been resurrected.

[Ashen Lilies]

Cross posted from Last Blade of the North >.>

((Could you spoiler the 'previously, on Battlestar Galactica Last Blade of the North' bit as well? It's... Really long. >.> And thanks. This is really, really great. ))

Kip returns! He's got a sickle tied to his belt on a sling.
"So, what's happening?"

Pwease? :thatdamnedpinksmileyyouusedtouse:

[happyturtle]

This one?



Yes, I still have it. I use it when I'm trying not to be lynched in werewolf.

And done. I was actually surprised it fit in one post.

[Ashen Lilies]

Yes. Oh how I loathe that smiley.

I still keep expecting to hit the cap every time I update the Character Registry.
...
Which I need to do... sometime. >.>

[happyturtle]

You loathe it?

You made pink smilie turn purple and sad!

Can you undeadtime Jazirian or Khiansa? Someone needs to figure out that Happy is dead.

[Neon Knight]

I sort of had a thought, recently...

I don't like the current Power Rating system we use in the Registry. I mean, I know that it isn't all that important of a thing, but I still ended up disliking it and thinking of possible alternatives.

So I came up with each. Instead of a Rating, a simple rank system. A character's estimated combat value is represented by a rank, which can be modified with either a prefix of a + sign or a - sign.

E Rank: E Rank indicates combat ability equal to that of an untrained human adult of average capabilities. E- Rank is used to indicate capabilities below even that. E+ Rank might indicate either some combat training with average capabilities or above average capabilities with no combat training.

D Rank: D Rank encompasses normal developed human combat ability. This indicates that both combat skill and natural aptitudes and abilities are developed to be above the typical human norm. D- Rank has some overlap with E+ Rank and can be used for similar purposes. D+ Rank is used for the near end of what real life humans can do combat wise. D Rank represents a combat ability similar to an average human warrior or soldier.

C Rank: C Rank covers a range from human peak abilities to beyond human capacities. C- Rank can cover the "best of the best" of normal conventional human combat aptitudes, as well as minor paranormal abilities. C Rank covers capacities and magnitudes of combat ability not capable of being achieved by normal humans. Action movie heroes are well covered by these two ranks. C+ Rank covers somewhat more powerful characters in a similar vein.

B Rank: B Rank encompasses truly beyond human capabilities, being best suited for representing high level DnD style adventurers, low grade superheroes, and other beings with capabilities and power levels in a similar ball park.

A Rank: This rank covers big bads when authority equals ass-kicking, full fledged superheroes, epic or near epic level DnD characters, extremely powerful magical creatures, etc. A Ranks are really the upper range of what

S Rank: Gods, deities, and other characters were you might as well not bother. S Ranks really shouldn't be involved in fights unless it is against another S Rank.

I covered the lower ranks in more detail because I believe that range will receive more use and attention than the higher ranks, and also because it is easier to differentiate between different grades of power and rank in that range. The ranks that I did not cover or address, like B-, B+, A-, and A+ do exist.

A couple examples of each rank, to illustrate my point:

E-: Children, invalids, and other beings of low ability and skill. Misaki.
E: An ordinary human.
E+: A particularly beefy orc with no combat experience, or a normal man who does a little bit of martial arts in his spare time.
D-: Similar to E+. A fit man who has some minor combat training or combat experience, or a being of a race with abilities above the human norm, but with no combat training.
D: A normal soldier or warrior, physically fit and conditioned, with good training or experience.
D+: A veteran or elite soldier.
C-: A legendary soldier or commando, like a Delta Force or Spetsnaz soldier. Grigori Vanek. Magic users whose magic gives them good combat ability, but who are otherwise normal might also fall into this rank.
C: An action movie hero, or quite possibly a video game hero.
C+: Similar to C, but representing a slightly higher level of combat ability.
B: Comic Book Batman is probably B+, perhaps A-, if the memes are to be believed.
A: Calublufiok. Superman is either A+ or S.
S: A DnD style deity.

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So, um... what do you all think? Is this bullhoneky? A good idea? Or is it addressing an issue that doesn't really matter and thus you don't really care?

[happyturtle]

I like it. Lessee...

Happy: E-
Turtle: C+/B-
Charity: E
Sunny: E
Acacia: D
Hannah: C
Molly: E
Dr Fitzhenry: C (with gadgets)
Deryni: D-


Hmm... I sense a theme here...

No idea about Ghavrion and Mainframe.

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[Morty]

I like it too.
Dipsnig: D (D+ or even C- when you count in magic items)
Wenomir: C- or C(especially when you count in Yaza's sword and blood powers)
Michalson: C- or C
Dorotha: E
Goblin miners and their leaders: E
Yeah, it works better than the older one. And I too sense a theme.

[Ashen Lilies]

I'll run my ridiculous list of characters* through later, when I'm not pretending to be asleep. I like it, and I'll add it as a recommended alternative to the existing one, so that people can add it to their individual registries, and people will know what the frell they're talking about.
...
I sense my trend, at least with active characters, will be at the opposite end of the spectrum to Happyturtle and Wenomir.

Hey, is there any such thing as an 'S+' rank?

*Well, most of them, anyway. Most of the Gods and some of my one-shot character's I'll downright not bother with. The gods are all S, anyway.

[happyturtle]

Whew! I finally got around to updating the character registry to flag the dead, perma-deadtimed and deep-deadtimed. Updated power levels on some of the active ones, but not all, because I decided the first task was enough work for now.

[Lord Iames Osari]

I prefer the power rating system we have now. It allows for finer distinctions.

[Fan]

Ooops... I.. um... totally forgot about the latent vampirsm thing.

I sort of went a completely different way with events, that I think should be fun and provide many interesting complications.

Also... 4cm of global warming snow last night. DO NOT WANT!

As I said, you have final say, but do TRY to remember it for next time.

For now we say she got pierced through the heart.

[happyturtle]

Next time? Is Cierra sending Ghostbusters after me?

[Fan]

Next time? Is Cierra sending Ghostbusters after me?

Assuming we're getting a Ressurection....

[happyturtle]

No idea, Fan. I make it all up as I go along.

[Fan]

No idea, Fan. I make it all up as I go along.

I've known this for quite some time.

But yeah, it's all up to you on that note.

[Je dit Viola]

Yay! Time to list my characters again!

Helykaan the demon: C without Heaven and Earth, B- with it
Marin the catgirl: E+ (little combat training)
Mizeri Kordo: D+ (elite soldier)
Maya the Nurse Trainee: E (nurse)
Dawn, elf of blood: D (Gladiator)
Eklipso, mind-wracked paladin: D (Farmgirl Soldier)
Violet Nuuitsu (Demonic Descent): D+ (Musician)
Leo Nuuitsu (Dhampir): D
Diane Nuuitsu (Dhampir): D
Prince William Darkbringer: C, B- with wolf (Flamedancer/Shadow Knight)
Will's wolf, Luminere: D+, C- with Will (Light Wolf)
Zophiel: D+
Rocha, ex-goddess: Used to be S- (Lesser Deity) but now is E
Marie Darkbringer: D, likely

So, as you can see, most of my characters are in the D range, with Will and Helen being the highest-powerd ones.


So, anyway, earlier today (two hours ago, in fact), I had a really scary burst of thought run into me. But, hopefully everyone's distracted by the other OOC stuff that's going on that I don't get asked, since I'm only writing this down to get it out of my system.

[happyturtle]

*asks* You had to know someone would....

[horngeek]

What's the scary line of thought?

@^: You NINJA.

[Je dit Viola]

No, you're not supposed to ask, you're supposed to ignore that paragraph so I don't have to write it!

But...
since you asked...
In one of my classes earlier today, there was a character in a book (name of book eludes me. I'll figure out next week). As I got thinking about his motives ('cause I wanted to make a male ACRO character, and I wanted to try a stab at an evil character again), I figured out that every single belief and motivation of that guy is diametrically opposed to every single of my own beliefs. He's like the complete opposite of me, and as I got thinking about it, it disgusted me. It was so horrible.

But that's not the scary part. The scary part is, that as I continued thinking about it, I realized I met some people, with the same mindset, same motivations (but not same beliefs, fortunately). That's the scary part. I know some people who are ideaologically opposed to everything I believe in.


So, now, I'm going to try to wash my mind out, reading something else.

[The Bushranger]

Hmmm...

E: Crissy, Jamie ()
D+: Brendan
C: Orion, Alex, Dani,
C+: Quinn (now)
B: Eileen, Shrike, Town-Erin
B+: Shawna, Patty, Quinn (before)
A-: Pat, Acro-Erin
A: Arina
S: BR, Roland