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[(Anonymous)]

excited for this game but side-eyeing some of the reserves tbh

i dont care if its an oc or whatever but would it kill people to be a little more creative? 'Incarnate of Evil' are you serious???? i guess i shouldnt be surprised that everyone just wants super haxxx powers

i hope the mod is really strict on justifications.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, me too. Something like "evil" seems like your character would have to be pretty damn evil to be the perfect representation of that aspect.

[(Anonymous)]

there's also compassion, sacrifice, loyalty, devotion, empathy--all of these piss me off because these are such wide concepts, p much any shonen protag could be the incarnate of loyalty or sacrifice or whatever

luckily, the two i thought were cleverest are the two apps received so far :) so that's good?

[(Anonymous)]

Why are those bad? Sure, they can fit to a lot of characters, but that is generally the case. The really bad one is evil, the others are fine.

[(Anonymous)]

its just underwhelming because it feels like no one wants to put in any actual effort to find really interesting, character-specific things

DA, +1

[(Anonymous)]

yeah, i thought it'd be really interesting/fun to find the beta/gamma level powers that really just fit that character specifically, not just their archetype with a few of their more broad traits taken into account.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

FUCKING THIS

this is basically exactly what i wanted to express, ty for being far more eloquent than me

Re: DA, +1

[(Anonymous)]

that doesn't seem to be the point of the game though.

if that was the point of a game, we'd just have a boring, slice of life jamjar.

[(Anonymous)]

why does it matter? the game will not survive

[(Anonymous)]

why is that?

[(Anonymous)]

no people and of those few who give a fuck too many want to use OCs

[(Anonymous)]

dude.

reserves are open for like a month still.

and there's already like twelve reserves, and that's not even counting people who could app without reserving first.

what are you even smoking.

[(Anonymous)]

One OC is too many OCs?

hold the presses, a game that allows ocs might get one

oh no it's going to die

[(Anonymous)]

That IS the general DWRP attitude, yes.

[(Anonymous)]

i think for the first round of apps, there'll probably be a lot of those simply because they aren't taken and they're the easiest to think of

maybe when the apps start coming in we'll see how it actually turns out

[(Anonymous)]

idk the player at all, but sicks's schtick was that his family line was literally bred for generations to select for the most 'evil' individual possible. it's a plot point that he's 'absolute evil'.

so it's pretty much canon, even if said canon is incredibly cheesy.

[(Anonymous)]

'absolute evil' by which standard? cheesy anime? akatsuki might be 'evil' in naruto but they're hardly hot shit out of their own universe...

plus being Incarnate of Evil would give this dude power over every instance of evil in the game, which sounds like a clusterfuck just waiting to happen tbh

[(Anonymous)]

that isn't how these powers work, anon. Please pack your grudge away.

Yes, it sucks that you can't reserve your team rocket character as incarnate of evil now, but you'll have to deal with it.

[(Anonymous)]

Fuck that. I feel bad for whichever schmuck comes along wanting to app Lucifer Morningstar who has to settle for Incarnate of Vague Unpleasantness or something.

[(Anonymous)]

Is rebellion taken? Because that would fit a lot of media representations of Lucifer much better than evil.

[(Anonymous)]

Pride
Rebellion
Ego
Temptation
Hell

Anon, a Lucifer that would pick evil is a Lucifer that should never be allowed in the game, because they would fucking suck.

[(Anonymous)]

lol christians thinking lucifer is somehow ultimate evil.

Dude, even Stalin would have a higher claim for that spot.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the big problem is that you're expected to really justify why your character is the Incarnate of Whatever, so people are trying to choose things that are hugely important to their character.

Like, it might be more interesting to play as the Incarnate of Begonias, but unless Begonias are super important to that character, it's basically impossible. Most characters wouldn't even be able to get away with apping as the Incarnate of Flowers. But if it's a big deal for your character that they are At One With Nature and are a huge nature-nut, it's going to occur to you that Incarnate of Nature is a good bet.

I'm also not getting where all this anger over people choosing powerful but broad concepts is coming from. Because imo, the broader the concept is, the easier it is to come up with something similar but different for your character. Someone has Incarnate of Madness? Choose the Incarnate of Instability. Someone has Incarnate of Music? App as the Incarnate of Rhythm, or Melody, and have them work together or butt heads. You're really more screwed if something like Pineapples are super duper important to your character and someone's already apped that.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

plus the naysayer/s? arent even waiting to see how it works in practice, when the game actually opens.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, there's also the fact that, like. Some of the characters might have super powerful concepts but either not want anything to do with them, or not be willing to abuse them.

Plus, I seriously am expecting (or hoping) for this to turn out like a game of Nobilis, where even the "minor" concepts can be super powerful, everyone is godmod, and therefore there's really no point in trying to abuse your powers. More things get accomplished by ingenuity, diplomacy, deal-making, and flat-out sneaking around than brute force.