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[Absinthe]

It's perfectly reasonable to want to remember the last words of the person who gave us the kid, even if they do end up being something silly as you said. Even if we never end up figuring out what she said at all. It's an important moment in our lives, both ours and the kid's.

Let it go man, if it's not happening, it's not happening.

Look pal, I ain't going to put up with this bullshit tactic where someone can do a phenomenally half-assed job of criticizing your take only to get told that somehow you are in the wrong now because apparently responding enough times makes you argumentative and "unable to let it go." So, if you have nothing useful to say, fuck off. You clear? Good.

If you wanted to just give your opinion, I'd respect that. But I don't respect this shit you just tried to pull.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

someone can do a phenomenally half-assed job of criticizing your take only to get told that somehow you are in the wrong now because apparently responding enough times makes you argumentative and "unable to let it go."

Huh?

 

[Absinthe]

I got drawn into a back-and-forth with Kipeci. That's what led to me being told to "let it go," basically. Because I spent too many posts presenting my own take. The actual substance of the posts didn't matter. Only the fact that enough posts were made as to present a basis for painting someone as needing to "let it go" and summarily dismissing everything they said now. It's a rather offensive form of conduct.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I got drawn into a back-and-forth with Kipeci. That's what led to me being told to "let it go," basically. Because I spent too many posts presenting my own take. The actual substance of the posts didn't matter. Only the fact that enough posts were made as to present a basis for calling someone argumentative and summarily dismissing everything they said now.

Ok

 

[Baltika9]

You know, if you had it in mind to transpose our character's stats to SPECIAL if you prefer working with that, I'd be game for it. What would our characters SPECIAL stats be? I'm guessing that Perception would (partially) act as a stand-in for Wisdom, although those two attributes don't quite compare so well.

Edit: Actually, it's best to just stick with one character sytstem for the long-haul.

Yeah I was a bit surprised you went with D&D-style stats myself. It's one of the clunkier stat systems imo. If we were looking for something a bit different, we could also have gone with Arcanum style stats.

I'll give a bit of thought to whether or not we can shift over to SPECIAL or Arcanum's stats while still keeping what the Hunter's currently like. Constitution is easy to transfer, wisdom not so much. The prologue is ending with the next update so better to make that shift now if we can.

I'm down with transitioning to SPECIAL. How would we handle Luck, though?
Edit: oh, and AB is leading.

 

[Nevill]

How would we handle Luck, though?

Default it to 1 for a proper Codexian experience.

 

[Esquilax]

How would we handle Luck, though?

Default it to 1 for a proper Codexian experience.

Well, our character's family died in a fire, only to get taken into foster care by an abusive piece of shit - I'd say that we're pretty goddamn unlucky so far. 1 would make sense with our character's life so far.

 

[Baltika9]

Let's see what ya'll gonna say when Elrond finds us.

 

[Egosphere]

BB

 

[CappenVarra]

fire astra wielding assholes, the lot of them

first they kill our parents, then they have the audacity to crispy elves in our neck of woods

we need some batfishman ears as a fire-fighting costume

 

[ERYFKRAD]

crispy elves

The emperor approves.

 

[Absinthe]

Guys, seeing as A and B are neck-and-neck for #1, shall we just go half-and-half on it? That we're cheerful at some times and calm and centered at others?

fire astra wielding assholes, the lot of them

Well, we're going to be a water astra wielding asshole later, so at least we'll have the right powers to screw with them.

first they kill our parents, then they have the audacity to crispy elves in our neck of woods

Huh, now there's a thought. You think those beasts were responsible for our MC's family dying?

Well, our character's family died in a fire, only to get taken into foster care

Technically speaking I suppose that goes for our adoptive elf kid too. Man, we're going to have an odd time explaining to the kid how we ended up taking care of him/her. Gonna be a hell of a story.

 

[Baltika9]

Guys, seeing as A and B are neck-and-neck for #1, shall we just go half-and-half on it? That we're cheerful at some times and cool at others?

...so you're flopping to 1A then?

And it's a given that our protagonist will be very emotionally withdrawn, given the abuse and social isolation he went through. If he ever does learn to function as a normal human being, it won't be overnight. In that sense, 1A takes a bigger step in that direction than 1B. For everyone (Tigranes) afraid that 1A will turn us into Anomen, don't worry, we'll still be acting like Bruce Willis most of the time.

 

[Absinthe]

...so you're flopping to 1A then?

I'm not flopping, no. The vote's split 10 to 10 so instead of going 100% on either direction we may as well do a bit of both.

And it's a given that our protagonist will be very emotionally withdrawn, given the abuse and social isolation he went through. If he ever does learn to function as a normal human being, it won't be overnight. In that sense, 1A takes a bigger step in that direction than 1B. For everyone (Tigranes) afraid that 1A will turn us into Anomen, don't worry, we'll still be acting like Bruce Willis most of the time.

Eh, treave is going to have to be the judge of that. The way I see it, A is a vote for cheerful protagonist and B is a vote for cool-tempered protagonist.

 

[Baltika9]

How do you halfway smile and not smile? Just smile at the baby, bro.
Edit: please.

 

[Absinthe]

As I said above, going halfway is to be cheerful at some times and cool-tempered at others. I guess in this instance it would be more like showing a slight smile.

 

[Baltika9]

Ah, so you do want to smile! I agree with you, and that is what 1A is for.

The way I see it, A is a vote for cheerful protagonist and B is a vote for cool-tempered protagonist.

I disagree. I think it's about how open our protagonist will be to his own emotions and towards the child in general.

Spoiler

Smile at the damn baby, Shinji Absinthe.

 

[Absinthe]

Not happening. I favor B.

 

[treave]

If you want to merge it, how about something along the lines of the Hunter being open only when caught off guard, with people whom he feels comfortable with showing a vulnerable side?

 

[Baltika9]

If you want to merge it, how about something along the lines of the Hunter being open only when caught off guard, with people whom he feels comfortable with showing a vulnerable side?

So the first choice is us essentially deciding between Adam West's/Kevin Conroy's and Christian Bale's Batman?

 

[Absinthe]

I'm down with the hunter being emotionally open only with people he trusts. What do you guys think?

 

[Tigranes]

And it's a given that our protagonist will be very emotionally withdrawn, given the abuse and social isolation he went through. If he ever does learn to function as a normal human being, it won't be overnight. In that sense, 1A takes a bigger step in that direction than 1B. For everyone (Tigranes) afraid that 1A will turn us into Anomen, don't worry, we'll still be acting like Bruce Willis most of the time.

Sorry, but if we want our dude to be stoic, then we obviously vote for the stoic option. If we want to be emo, we vote for the emo option. You're just assuming that we're some traumatised antisocial recluse when the only conversation dude has had so far is with a dickbag who doesn't even want to chat.

 

[Baltika9]

Only on the codex would smiling at a child be considered emo.

 

[Tigranes]

Yeah, and surely keeping a stiff upper lip in this instance means we're an emotionless sociopath, right???

You spent the entirety of last update arguing that these early choices are about the direction of our character first and foremost. (I agreed.) So 1A is if you want a more emotional dude, 1B is if you want a more stoic dude. It's pretty damn simple and there's no point trying to dress it up differently.

Don't worry, though, considering how the Leeroy Jenkins Charge on the Shadowbeast won out, I think our hunter boy will end up being pretty flamboyant all in all.

 

[Kz3r0]

As I said above, going halfway is to be cheerful at some times and cool-tempered at others. I guess in this instance it would be more like showing a slight smile.

Is this peak sawyerism?