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What to do?; ideas for story avatars/characters?
Topic Started: Sep 2 2012, 12:59 AM (264 Views)
Mr Pumblechook
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I'm stuck for ideas for story avatars/characters.

Not doing the demon god thing again.

Kind of like the idea of solar exalted but it's probably OTT.

I've been watching Fate/stay night a bit and there are ideas from there.

Are our avatars in-story supposed to be influenced by our own thoughts / feelings at the time we get yanked out of reality and dropped into this situation?

I'm still trying to come up with something that will be interesting and satisfying to write (so that I will get my finger out and actually _write_) without being self-indulgent. One thing I'd like is to have the character relatively weak to start with but capable of significant growth.

Any suggestions?
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biigoh
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Barry the EVIL wizard, who cares not for peak Prana?
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Dakkan Sall
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Well, since we're talking Nasuverse...

You already mentioned the possibility of summoning Caster in the other thread. Since in FS/N it's supposed to be the presence of the Grail that allows Heroic Spirits to be summoned to begin with, it might be that you don't start out being with her (or whichever one you may end up deciding on) but need to get control of some high-energy artifact/area/technique to be able to do so.

There might be alternative ways of gaining a Servant than summoning one Holy Grail War style... binding another sufficiently spirit-based entity that's present on its own rather than summoning it directly, eventually traveling through the Tower to a universe where it's easier to do so, forming shorter-term summoning contracts that have a more limited duration.

Moving on, as a Nasuverse magus, there's the possibility of Mystic Codes, Thaumaturgical Crests, Conceptual Weapons, etc which might be an alternate way of having/gaining power. Unless your 'character' is from a family or organization established within canon, that gives you some room to create those for yourself as potential developments in the future.
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Merior
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I'm currently trying to put together a coherent idea myself (an apparently common thing as I think only Prime has come up with something tangible as a character idea so far), but you might consider runes. They're used in the Nasuverse, are adaptable, can have very useful effects, and for some reason I can easily imagine you being rather startled to appear in this world as a young man barely out of his teens with a pouch of runestones and maybe a few little things like a wallet.

Of course, the persona who 'knows' the runes could be amusingly frustrated by the lack of conveniences and might feel rather entitled to various things which just aren't around.


As an aside, I'm currently eyeing thoughts on a character but such keep getting tainted by things from other settings. Such as a "Familiar of Zero" style Earth mage where my mind keeps pulling in concepts from GURPS or D&D in terms of spells and tricks. In a more general sense I'm trying to assemble a character who would end up 'forting up' as well as handle getting food and thus attract others who'd probably be willing to do a lot for regular meals, shelter, and a bed. (And that would free things up so that people can do things without having to worry so much about the basics of survival.)
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biigoh
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I should note that runes if done right, are VERY VERY scary; case in point Bazzet in Prisma Illya...

http://mangafox.me/manga/fate_kaleid_liner_prisma_illya_2wei/v02/c013/10.html

http://mangafox.me/manga/fate_kaleid_liner_prisma_illya_2wei/v03/c021/3.html
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Mr Pumblechook
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I could always to a twilight exalted... chicks love Twilight...
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biigoh
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*whimpers in horror*
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Mr Pumblechook
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Will there be sparkles, I wonder?
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biigoh
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*whimpers even more*

Twilight Exalted with Sparkles.... oh god, you're playing the catgirl, aren't you?
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Mr Pumblechook
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hehehe...

so, as long as it isn't a catgirl with sparkles...

Bwahahahaha!
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