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Posted 10 years agoI'm sorry this took a few days to put here, but it was hard to figure out the right way to put all of this. I don't think there's ever a perfect way to say things in situations like these.
On May 29th, 2015 after a very valiant struggle, Kara Ti'Naeone -- or Velveti Nyx as a lot of you know her -- finally found peace. She didn't want to go. She had to be told that it was okay to let go if the pain was too much. And the pain WAS too much. Ol' Handsome Teeth, that constant companion of Death for the last few months, was tired of waiting for the cancer to get at her, so he finally took another path to get her out of that proverbial cafe -- an infection in her leg that just wouldn't heal, that had spread before they could even really consider amputation. And even if they had been able to amputate, that would only have prolonged the inevitable with more pain and struggle.
But she was still strong, and would have struggled on if she was able.
Now she won't have to. Now she can be at peace.
I know she loved all of you who left her kind words during this time, and those who called her friend even before all of this started. Though she is gone from sight, she will never be truly gone as long as she is remembered.
On May 29th, 2015 after a very valiant struggle, Kara Ti'Naeone -- or Velveti Nyx as a lot of you know her -- finally found peace. She didn't want to go. She had to be told that it was okay to let go if the pain was too much. And the pain WAS too much. Ol' Handsome Teeth, that constant companion of Death for the last few months, was tired of waiting for the cancer to get at her, so he finally took another path to get her out of that proverbial cafe -- an infection in her leg that just wouldn't heal, that had spread before they could even really consider amputation. And even if they had been able to amputate, that would only have prolonged the inevitable with more pain and struggle.
But she was still strong, and would have struggled on if she was able.
Now she won't have to. Now she can be at peace.
I know she loved all of you who left her kind words during this time, and those who called her friend even before all of this started. Though she is gone from sight, she will never be truly gone as long as she is remembered.
I AM still alive, as you can see! Have an pdate!
Posted 10 years agoBeen working full tilt on LoM; We're not playable yet,
but making Progress!
We ARE on the other hand; open for non-member
visitors with a nice li'l beach area.
Open to add early players who want to just RP/chitchat
around the WIP/Construction.
HIRING Scripters and SL Mesh Modelers.
How?
1) Have/get a Second Life account.
2) Search for "Land of Memoria Players (LoMRP)" in Groups! Free to join!
"You can always send "Kara Ratner" an IM too :heart: I'll get to it ASAP!
but making Progress!
We ARE on the other hand; open for non-member
visitors with a nice li'l beach area.
Open to add early players who want to just RP/chitchat
around the WIP/Construction.
HIRING Scripters and SL Mesh Modelers.
How?
1) Have/get a Second Life account.
2) Search for "Land of Memoria Players (LoMRP)" in Groups! Free to join!
"You can always send "Kara Ratner" an IM too :heart: I'll get to it ASAP!
So hey. How about some UPDATE? Lifestatus+Gamestuff!
Posted 10 years agoHEALTH STATUS; Being
bed/wheelchair bound kiiiiiiinda
sucks. Hearing I may BE bedbound the
rest of my time? Sucks more.
Enough to make me quit?
I'm typin this.
There's your answer right there.
Shit I'm doing my best to slowly build an area and get the people&skills together to finish up making and running a functional fully scripted items-and-dice-and-all full RPG on Second Life!!!
SPEAKING OF GAME STUFF, I THOUGHT YOU FOLKS MIGHT LIKE SOME LORE/FLUFF~!
~~~~~A rare Zaephyri Origin/Creation
Myth, as rather spontaneously told in
the middle of an Culture lecture by
Loremaster Telgarilah just a few days
before his sudden breakdown into a
quote from witnesses: "Complete and
total alcoholic saturation" and
subsequent dissappearance;
"They say when this all very first
started, our dear world of Elegia was
a black ball of silent, sleeping
Baelstone, threaded through veins of
Auricite like full grown Wyrms; chunks
of Seer's Spine the size of horses,
absolute mountains of Palladium ore.
All riddled with tunnels by...things.
Colorless, lightless things devouring
eachother blindly in the Black.
Who is "they?"
Well the Zaephyri CLAIM to be the
First People, so I guessthe Zaephyri!
So according to the Zaph, not even the
gods could resist all that ore.
Just HAD to come start pokin' around;
SEVEN of 'em originally, even,
apparently!
Six lived through the first day.
It seems even the Gods can't keep
Baelstone from waking up, but those
THINGS that lived in the holes SWAM
in the shit when it started to flow,
sucked down the fumes like
pipesmoke, and just rolled in the
Baelfire, spread it around, and SANG
ALONG with the Dirge.
That's right.
THEY KNOW THE WORDS to that
insane "whisper" the Mindshredder,
the Dirge of Oblivion, "
They LIVED in
the bleakness that eats our memory!!!!
WE know the Five Gods.
Them Zaph say number Seven was the
Mama Boss, and she had some trick
that sealed these Baelstone-swimmers
outside of it so the rest could actually
have a fighting chance and escape,
but she got torn apart because the
sixth, the baby boy, couldn't leave his
creations, the Zaephyri, to die.
That part still pisses the Rherrol off.
Implyng Gods can die or that they
don't know all the names and have all
the Gifts. Worse that it'd be the Zaph's
fault! THAT'S why the Rherrol tried to
exterminate 'em!
So anyway, yeah.
The Six and the Zaph managed to
fight these horrors down, but Six was
so ashamed, he just... wept himself to
death.
His tears, blood, bones, flesh, it all
kinda... transformed as he sobbed
himself apart.
Mixed with all those ores, the shed
blood&all from the other Gods, you
know, the battle mess?
Changed as it went, too.
Went from pure grief to pure passion.
All the momories, the longings,
feelings, wants wishes,swirled up and
ignited.
So he just--- Suffuses this big
Baelstone ball in a sea of purest
Vibrance, seals them THINGS the rest
of the way up, you know so life can be
life, or so MOST of the Zeprhyri teach,
but their Doomsayers all rave about
how it wasn't QUITE perfect, and a
couple of them things are lurkin'
abound in the deep earth and such...
Eh.
's just Doomsayers...
Yeah...
Hey, who's in the mood togo get
sloshed, on me?"
~~~~~RACES AND PEOPLES~~~~~
Humans and have a good, strong
presence on Elegia, having arrived on
a crashed colony space vessel so long
ago. all memory of anything but once
sailing the stars has been lost; They
now make up over half the planet's
entire population!
~~~~~~
The diverse Anthros and various
demihuman breeds who fill a good
chunk of the other
half, from Drow Elves to Sergals, have
on the other hand mostly come in
small waves here and there over the
ages through various rifts, portals,
timeskips; about every imagineable
anthro and magical species from all
kinds of arrivals.
~~~~~~The Six Native Poeples;
(From an enscribed inclass discussion
between Loremaster Telgarilah and a
newly gated-in immigrant Anthro
student.)
"The Firstborn," the Zaephyri are a
rather reculsive reptile-avian people.
"Ohneat."
Physically characterised by their mix
of smooth supple light body scales
mingled with a blend of powerful near
armour-hard wings and 'furry' soft
body feathers with sleek dragonish
jaws and fierce, ridged Hawklike eyes
they possesss shieldlike clear scale
third 'eyelids'.
A drab-colored yet perhaps
surprisingly poetic poeple, uniquely
suited to their sandstorm winds-
scoured harsh rocky desert homes.
"Sound cute, got any pictures?"
==============
Ossurana: "Volcanic Forge-Lords."
Ferocious looking but peaceful
Black-glass dwellers, the Titanic
Pachyderm Ossurana range from 2.5
-3m. (7'6"-9ft) in adult height.
A massive horned-and-ridged shell
covers much of their bodies, with a
'skeletal plate armour' motif instead of
pangolin scale or armadillo bands;
"REALLY? What do they EAT!?"
"Whole shellfish, several kinds of rock,
the bones of any prey, fruit trees.
"...w-woahkay."
They possess agile primate-dextrous
hands and feet knuckled in knobbly
bone and tough wrinkly, fire-
retardant hide instead of digger's
claws.
Their uderbellies&other unarmoured
portions also bear hide so heat-
resilient, the beasts are known to go
into battle with their fists or powerful
Saurian tails wrapped directly in tar-
soaked
Their trunked heads bear their most
striking feature.
Tusked-AND-Undercurl-horned
ferocious-fanged "bare skull" looking
natural 'helmets' cap the heads of
most; females bear shorter horns and
tiny tusks but have sharper, stronger
fangs and more powerful trunks&tails.
==============
Rherrol: "Lords of The Seas"
It's gotten to the point that the
Rherrol may as damn well just be
described as "animate flaps of fish-
smelling skins with some kind of
limbs in there somewhere" they've
become so obssessed with obscuring
themselves.
Oh, "Some kind of limb and a
weaponStabhappy bastards are HAPPY
to share those, especially in the
middle of the night."
"Huh...Sound like real charmers,"
It's gotten a bit sad for sure, their
patron god's definitely got their main
secret-cult worked up hard. Ol'
squidface won't even let 'em speak
their own language in public Some
folks who were born here even really
DON'T know what one looks like.
Damn crazy Eel/Seal pricks.
Kinda cute like Sealfolk but with a lot
more fuggin' teeth in there and freaky
deepsea eyes, toughass knobbly ridgy
hides, NASTY claws fer some reason,
just mean head to toe. Short li'l shits,
top out 5 foot or so. Creepy, too.
"Loremaster," cuts in another student,
"Isn't that a bit harsh.... and biased?"
They're not ALL bad of course, no
species in the world possesses
universal traits of course, but yeaah.
Them eyes especially ive me the
godsbedamned cringes.
"Haha, spineless ol' bookworm.... You
know who spook ME, though? Them
Tekiktalli...
Brrrr.
"The Children of the Gearsong?
They're... different, yeah, but at least
they're peaceful unless you really
push, you know? Hell, the few I've
bumped inta've been outright gentlest
folks I've met! "
It's just... THEM. Period.
They're made like toys, not born....
weird metaly whirring magicy-doll-
things, and the way they can just
kinda... talk to each other all silently...
they gotta make folks into more of
themselves instead of breedin... metal
zombies..."
THAT one's untrue. They save folks
and put 'em back together with metal
bitssometimes, but they're actually
ALL still part flesh in them fullsuits
too! The Gearsong IS a bit unfair,
hahaha, but yeah. The Purebloods're
actually like... cute li'l Hive-city
buildin' rodent folks in there! They
just get all woven through with them
Auricrystal-Alki-cata-
Automechiwhatever suits at their
coming of age an' stuff! Never heard
of a cruel one, despite how crazy
strong. some of them suits can be.
That IS a bit weird I guess. Got funny
head wotsits and some funky smooth
parts and glossy armour in places,
though, kinda like bug parts?
"Damn am I glad they hate to fight. I
don't even wanna KNOW what kinda
weapons they could come up with...
"They HAVE weapons. They just ony
use 'em if severely attacked.
And no.
You really do NOT want to fight one.
==========
"Heeey... So what about the Photyrhyl?
They DAMN sure "don't breed like we
do." Hell, they goddamn well ARE
zombies! Sure, fungus-plant-vine-
things, but they LITERALLY grow out
of/animate&use what's left of dead
people!!!"
"Yeah, uh, but they're living things at
lea-"
"Oh Stuff it, I know EXACTLY Why you
don't care. The exact same reason
noody else does, hahaha. Not a one of
'em grown is less than some flavour of
disgustingly hot!"
"OK, guilty. Tend to be really friendly,
too.."
"....Wait wait wait , so there's like,
bone armoured omnnivore fireproof
elephants, unbonded self-aware metal
golems that're actually mole-termites
inside?, jerk fish-seals and slutty
Cordyceps Nymph people in this
world..? Ohyeah the cute fuzzy bird
dragons. Wellll...., I ended up
somewhere 'diverse'!"
==============
Don't forget the Matatua!
Everyone does until they either get
hungry.
"Joyful earth-tenders," You'll find
Matatua anywhere you can grow food.
They're the most common of the
native folk.
First in population last listed, ha.
Yeah. How it tends to go for the Mata.
They're "Just born farmfolk" and just
kinda do thier thing. They're generally
hese sorta square top, burly
shouldered, thick-fingered, just....
nice Mata farmer folks, you know?
Oh, no, you literally don't.
Mata are these kinda
Hyena/lizardkobold/fluffy monkey
folks.
So yeah like D&DKobold-Gnolls with
lots more mane and floofs and
prehensile tufty monkey tails. They're
generally just ten layers of generosity
hospitality an hard work. Love to have
company and party as long as the
work's all done.
So u know, mostly generic peasants
role with a couple twists, like the fact
that they tend to practice kung fu, an
"Giving is stronger than taking
culture," but yeah.
.
bed/wheelchair bound kiiiiiiinda
sucks. Hearing I may BE bedbound the
rest of my time? Sucks more.
Enough to make me quit?
I'm typin this.
There's your answer right there.
Shit I'm doing my best to slowly build an area and get the people&skills together to finish up making and running a functional fully scripted items-and-dice-and-all full RPG on Second Life!!!
SPEAKING OF GAME STUFF, I THOUGHT YOU FOLKS MIGHT LIKE SOME LORE/FLUFF~!
~~~~~A rare Zaephyri Origin/Creation
Myth, as rather spontaneously told in
the middle of an Culture lecture by
Loremaster Telgarilah just a few days
before his sudden breakdown into a
quote from witnesses: "Complete and
total alcoholic saturation" and
subsequent dissappearance;
"They say when this all very first
started, our dear world of Elegia was
a black ball of silent, sleeping
Baelstone, threaded through veins of
Auricite like full grown Wyrms; chunks
of Seer's Spine the size of horses,
absolute mountains of Palladium ore.
All riddled with tunnels by...things.
Colorless, lightless things devouring
eachother blindly in the Black.
Who is "they?"
Well the Zaephyri CLAIM to be the
First People, so I guessthe Zaephyri!
So according to the Zaph, not even the
gods could resist all that ore.
Just HAD to come start pokin' around;
SEVEN of 'em originally, even,
apparently!
Six lived through the first day.
It seems even the Gods can't keep
Baelstone from waking up, but those
THINGS that lived in the holes SWAM
in the shit when it started to flow,
sucked down the fumes like
pipesmoke, and just rolled in the
Baelfire, spread it around, and SANG
ALONG with the Dirge.
That's right.
THEY KNOW THE WORDS to that
insane "whisper" the Mindshredder,
the Dirge of Oblivion, "
They LIVED in
the bleakness that eats our memory!!!!
WE know the Five Gods.
Them Zaph say number Seven was the
Mama Boss, and she had some trick
that sealed these Baelstone-swimmers
outside of it so the rest could actually
have a fighting chance and escape,
but she got torn apart because the
sixth, the baby boy, couldn't leave his
creations, the Zaephyri, to die.
That part still pisses the Rherrol off.
Implyng Gods can die or that they
don't know all the names and have all
the Gifts. Worse that it'd be the Zaph's
fault! THAT'S why the Rherrol tried to
exterminate 'em!
So anyway, yeah.
The Six and the Zaph managed to
fight these horrors down, but Six was
so ashamed, he just... wept himself to
death.
His tears, blood, bones, flesh, it all
kinda... transformed as he sobbed
himself apart.
Mixed with all those ores, the shed
blood&all from the other Gods, you
know, the battle mess?
Changed as it went, too.
Went from pure grief to pure passion.
All the momories, the longings,
feelings, wants wishes,swirled up and
ignited.
So he just--- Suffuses this big
Baelstone ball in a sea of purest
Vibrance, seals them THINGS the rest
of the way up, you know so life can be
life, or so MOST of the Zeprhyri teach,
but their Doomsayers all rave about
how it wasn't QUITE perfect, and a
couple of them things are lurkin'
abound in the deep earth and such...
Eh.
's just Doomsayers...
Yeah...
Hey, who's in the mood togo get
sloshed, on me?"
~~~~~RACES AND PEOPLES~~~~~
Humans and have a good, strong
presence on Elegia, having arrived on
a crashed colony space vessel so long
ago. all memory of anything but once
sailing the stars has been lost; They
now make up over half the planet's
entire population!
~~~~~~
The diverse Anthros and various
demihuman breeds who fill a good
chunk of the other
half, from Drow Elves to Sergals, have
on the other hand mostly come in
small waves here and there over the
ages through various rifts, portals,
timeskips; about every imagineable
anthro and magical species from all
kinds of arrivals.
~~~~~~The Six Native Poeples;
(From an enscribed inclass discussion
between Loremaster Telgarilah and a
newly gated-in immigrant Anthro
student.)
"The Firstborn," the Zaephyri are a
rather reculsive reptile-avian people.
"Ohneat."
Physically characterised by their mix
of smooth supple light body scales
mingled with a blend of powerful near
armour-hard wings and 'furry' soft
body feathers with sleek dragonish
jaws and fierce, ridged Hawklike eyes
they possesss shieldlike clear scale
third 'eyelids'.
A drab-colored yet perhaps
surprisingly poetic poeple, uniquely
suited to their sandstorm winds-
scoured harsh rocky desert homes.
"Sound cute, got any pictures?"
==============
Ossurana: "Volcanic Forge-Lords."
Ferocious looking but peaceful
Black-glass dwellers, the Titanic
Pachyderm Ossurana range from 2.5
-3m. (7'6"-9ft) in adult height.
A massive horned-and-ridged shell
covers much of their bodies, with a
'skeletal plate armour' motif instead of
pangolin scale or armadillo bands;
"REALLY? What do they EAT!?"
"Whole shellfish, several kinds of rock,
the bones of any prey, fruit trees.
"...w-woahkay."
They possess agile primate-dextrous
hands and feet knuckled in knobbly
bone and tough wrinkly, fire-
retardant hide instead of digger's
claws.
Their uderbellies&other unarmoured
portions also bear hide so heat-
resilient, the beasts are known to go
into battle with their fists or powerful
Saurian tails wrapped directly in tar-
soaked
Their trunked heads bear their most
striking feature.
Tusked-AND-Undercurl-horned
ferocious-fanged "bare skull" looking
natural 'helmets' cap the heads of
most; females bear shorter horns and
tiny tusks but have sharper, stronger
fangs and more powerful trunks&tails.
==============
Rherrol: "Lords of The Seas"
It's gotten to the point that the
Rherrol may as damn well just be
described as "animate flaps of fish-
smelling skins with some kind of
limbs in there somewhere" they've
become so obssessed with obscuring
themselves.
Oh, "Some kind of limb and a
weaponStabhappy bastards are HAPPY
to share those, especially in the
middle of the night."
"Huh...Sound like real charmers,"
It's gotten a bit sad for sure, their
patron god's definitely got their main
secret-cult worked up hard. Ol'
squidface won't even let 'em speak
their own language in public Some
folks who were born here even really
DON'T know what one looks like.
Damn crazy Eel/Seal pricks.
Kinda cute like Sealfolk but with a lot
more fuggin' teeth in there and freaky
deepsea eyes, toughass knobbly ridgy
hides, NASTY claws fer some reason,
just mean head to toe. Short li'l shits,
top out 5 foot or so. Creepy, too.
"Loremaster," cuts in another student,
"Isn't that a bit harsh.... and biased?"
They're not ALL bad of course, no
species in the world possesses
universal traits of course, but yeaah.
Them eyes especially ive me the
godsbedamned cringes.
"Haha, spineless ol' bookworm.... You
know who spook ME, though? Them
Tekiktalli...
Brrrr.
"The Children of the Gearsong?
They're... different, yeah, but at least
they're peaceful unless you really
push, you know? Hell, the few I've
bumped inta've been outright gentlest
folks I've met! "
It's just... THEM. Period.
They're made like toys, not born....
weird metaly whirring magicy-doll-
things, and the way they can just
kinda... talk to each other all silently...
they gotta make folks into more of
themselves instead of breedin... metal
zombies..."
THAT one's untrue. They save folks
and put 'em back together with metal
bitssometimes, but they're actually
ALL still part flesh in them fullsuits
too! The Gearsong IS a bit unfair,
hahaha, but yeah. The Purebloods're
actually like... cute li'l Hive-city
buildin' rodent folks in there! They
just get all woven through with them
Auricrystal-Alki-cata-
Automechiwhatever suits at their
coming of age an' stuff! Never heard
of a cruel one, despite how crazy
strong. some of them suits can be.
That IS a bit weird I guess. Got funny
head wotsits and some funky smooth
parts and glossy armour in places,
though, kinda like bug parts?
"Damn am I glad they hate to fight. I
don't even wanna KNOW what kinda
weapons they could come up with...
"They HAVE weapons. They just ony
use 'em if severely attacked.
And no.
You really do NOT want to fight one.
==========
"Heeey... So what about the Photyrhyl?
They DAMN sure "don't breed like we
do." Hell, they goddamn well ARE
zombies! Sure, fungus-plant-vine-
things, but they LITERALLY grow out
of/animate&use what's left of dead
people!!!"
"Yeah, uh, but they're living things at
lea-"
"Oh Stuff it, I know EXACTLY Why you
don't care. The exact same reason
noody else does, hahaha. Not a one of
'em grown is less than some flavour of
disgustingly hot!"
"OK, guilty. Tend to be really friendly,
too.."
"....Wait wait wait , so there's like,
bone armoured omnnivore fireproof
elephants, unbonded self-aware metal
golems that're actually mole-termites
inside?, jerk fish-seals and slutty
Cordyceps Nymph people in this
world..? Ohyeah the cute fuzzy bird
dragons. Wellll...., I ended up
somewhere 'diverse'!"
==============
Don't forget the Matatua!
Everyone does until they either get
hungry.
"Joyful earth-tenders," You'll find
Matatua anywhere you can grow food.
They're the most common of the
native folk.
First in population last listed, ha.
Yeah. How it tends to go for the Mata.
They're "Just born farmfolk" and just
kinda do thier thing. They're generally
hese sorta square top, burly
shouldered, thick-fingered, just....
nice Mata farmer folks, you know?
Oh, no, you literally don't.
Mata are these kinda
Hyena/lizardkobold/fluffy monkey
folks.
So yeah like D&DKobold-Gnolls with
lots more mane and floofs and
prehensile tufty monkey tails. They're
generally just ten layers of generosity
hospitality an hard work. Love to have
company and party as long as the
work's all done.
So u know, mostly generic peasants
role with a couple twists, like the fact
that they tend to practice kung fu, an
"Giving is stronger than taking
culture," but yeah.
.
So Yeah, I AM in fact still alive; Her, Let's finally update
Posted 10 years agoI've been busy, good and bad: How about a game tease
update?
=============
FIRST, A Kara Health
Report:
Well bad news and, well, more bad but fuck it.
The bad first: The tumor has struck a decisive blow.
I am now unable to walk; Time for a wheelchair.
I retain VERY minimal left arm function.
My timescale/estimate has been reduced severely.
I have "anytime now for any reason" still to a more likely
"I MIGHT make this year's end, anything beyond that's
"pretty fucking unlikely."
So let's see how it goes?
You see how badly I've given up! Finishing off writing a
game an' shit.
=============Fading Anima mechanics teaser!
==================
1) Example Character Building, Core play mechanics &
some teases of other Character options~!
OK, so!
We are a Stat pool based, die-bid match/challenge,
One-Roll system...
uh,hahaha. XD
Let's just make a starter character, gear /skill up and
show what all that gibberish means to you as a player.
1)Universal Stats = Freeflow Action.
(ALL active entities; housecat to grand mountainous
dragon, use the same 5 core Stat pools.
Might:Sharp physical force;"strong"/violent muscle
actions.
Endurance:Bulky force and size /"Weighty" actions
Staying Power.
Reflex: Speed, Flexibility,&Rapid/"Agile" actions.
Wits: Precision, Memory, timing and "Skillful" actions.
Will: 'Soul',Determination,, Vitality&Life/"Sheer presence"
actions.
Allowing YOU to play pletty much anything you can
imagine as a character. (Systemwise. Fading Anima has
more structure, even "classes" kinda in Factions if you
want 'em, but still. Lemme preen a lil x3)
Okay~!
We have our stats. Now, our actual dice and how they
work.
In Fading Anima, our "Character Points" are called
Vibrance. "VP", as a link to our core lore theme of a
struggle between Vibrant Colour&Light vs the Withering
dark. ALL THINGS have a vp value, from skills to gear,
etc, letting us customise it all!
=====STARTING OUT======
We roll 10 sided die, giving us a roll range of 0-9.
In WA,Our baseline "Pure average Person" is actually
ever so slightly below pure average in stats.
EVERYONE GETS THESE FREE;
======
20vp
Mgt:4
End:4
Ref:4
Wit:4
Will:4
Move them around some to better define your strengths
and weaknesses, but these 20 can't be spent elsewhere.
TWO STARTING PATHS,
======
Neni the rather itty bitty, hella clumsy humble skunk
anthro peddler with a sharp tongue when riled and
surprisingly stout back who woke in The Haven after
hitting her head while fleeing a strange pack of freaky
monochrome wolf monsters.
20vp
Mgt:2
End:5
Ref:2
Wit:5
Will:6
Everyone gets 15 "freevp" in Starter gear,(It's craaap gear
that needs to be replaced asap is all.) then 10vp to
spend on Skills and other stuff.
Neni decides (Probably correctly) her life expectancy as a
main warrior is one crunch.
She's gonna focus on FieldSkills, sneakily/safely
exploring and gathering/crafting while others kill the
nastiest baddies for her; Then she'll carefully stealth up
and go out and sell them the stuff she's crafted right out
in the field now and again to keep 'em clearing new
spots for her to gather better fancier treasures and
ingredients to spruce up her stock. =P Everyone wins -
especially Neni, she earns extra Risk(the "xp" system in
WA) for being out in the field and vulnerable alongside
the fighters(Anyone a monster targets gets its Risk
award when it dies, no competition/Killsteal shit here,)
on top of her normal gain per transaction!
Neni
20basevp
Mgt:2
End:5
Ref:2
Wit:5
Will:6
Neni's chosen 15"freevp" of Gear;
Weapon:
starter's staff(3vp)+2BluntDmg.
Armour:
starter's Robes&hood(5vp):2end,1Slash Defense
Starter's Cloak(5vp):11Ref,1pierce Defense
Starter's Pack(2vp):+5 item slots(10).
And every other point goes in her Skills;
ProspectorLv.2(2vp)
StealthLv.2(4vp)
Treasure HunterLv.1(1vp)
Armorer Lv.2(8vp)
Neni's the spunkiest li'l weapontinker! around!
======vs======
Mira Hallowscale, a rather fierce dragon anthro who came to the Castle on purpose seeking some of the countless mTreasure it's supposedly filled with, has
taken a likinng to the skunk. Bodyguard already!
Mira's all stats/action with a clear plan: be huge, kill
lots, but also focus on being rich.
Pretty classic dragony!
. As long as Neni can provide the gear she'll invest in it
and bring PLENTY of power to it.
Plus she's an absolute TANK.
30vp
Mgt:6
End:7
Ref:6
Wit:4
Will:6
Her choice of gear goes the only way it can.
Starter's battleaxe(9vp):+4slash,+4crushDmg
Starter's Mail(6vp):2stat,+4slashDef
=====
Skills, too.
Cash MagnetLv.1(3vp)
WealthyLv.1(2vp)
======
Now, how do we PLAY this mess?
It's pure RP until you click "WARPG:on~!"
If you're inactive you can't interact mechanically with
scripted stuff of course, but you can freeform
RP/explore the build!
OK~!
Let's roll(Some dice =P)
First, we declare our RP action, and bid our dice into a
roll pool to make it happen~
Our first (very silly) "combat" is the result of another PC
badmouthing Neni: He's marked for PvP, so Mira decides
to turn that on and punch him in the face.
This is a Might based/violent action at its purest, so we
bid dice from Mira's Might pool first.
Mira
Mgt:6
End:7
Ref:6
Wit:4
Will:6
=====VS======
Gin
Mgt:4
End:4
Ref:6
Wit:7
Will:6
Gin REALLY needs to watch who he smarts off at.)
Mira bids 4mgt, making the roll 4d10.
Until the end of the scene,(in this case, our little
fistfight,) she can't use these 4 die again for anything.
Gin's still a cocky shit; "I'm way too quick and sly for
that!"
So Gin adds 4Ref and 5Wit to his default 4d defense
action of 4end: shake off getting punched in the face by
Mira =P), bringing the pool up to 13d total! Defender's
limit caps the bid, "Hmph! so we roll!
So it's
Mira; 8,5,7,5
======vs======
Gin;1,5,4,0+4,3,3,6+5,4,6,3
Each of Gin's die that is higher than one of Mira's can be
used to eliminate it.
So, 8>0
Howexer, Gin can't beat another 7+, so let's say she'll
still juuuuuust manage to bop him in the nose for 1mgt
damage. Or she can match his bid die and see if she gets
a better result...
Gin's attitude infuriates Mira to no end: She's
DETERMINED to crush him now. CRUSH, she wants it to
HURT.
So,she throws all her weight and determination in beind
it suddenly to catch that cap;
4mgt, +5end,+4will
She can use whatever, but only up to the bid cap
now, Mira; 8,5,7,5+7,0,9,5,1+4,2,6,8
======vs======
Gin;1,5,4,0+4,3,3,6,4+5,4,6,3
RESULTS
Mira's: 8,5,7+7,9,6,8 all break through.
==============
Gin's been preetty soundly crushed! 0vs0 is at least
defender's tie? But Gin's just been SOCKED in the face by
Mira for 7mgt damage while mouthing off.
With a friend like that?
Neni's gonna be just fine: and they're both gonna be
rich~!
===============
Other Mechanics teasers:
Field Skills&Gathering:======
Neni's ProspectorLv.2(2vp)
StealthLv.2(4vp)
Treasure HunterLv.1(1vp)
and Mira's Cash MagnetLv.1(3vp)
and WealthyLv.1(2vp)
Are all "Field" or "Gathering" skills. Always-on effects
basically.
Prospector will make harvestable gathering spots spawn
in places, and the level will help her get better stuff from
them.
Stealth will hopefully make monsters ignore her while
she explores.....
Treasure Hunter increases the chance of spawning
Caches of various stuff, cash to weapons, even items flat
out worth bonus VP.!
Cash magnet gives Mira an extra cash drop roll any time
she gets one, and Wealthy is steady periodic income!
======
Crafting:
How does Neni earn VP and make bank?
Using Components gathered to modify gear, which she
then re-sells,and earns Risk from making/when other
players assign VP to make them permanent&level them
upfrom there.
Armorer effects the level of parts&materials Neni can use
in gear pieces, decreases how much they cost to make,
and as she levels it, it gives her access to more
appealing special stuff, like magic weapons and even
PC-Made only special weapon traits~!
What kind of character do YOU intend to play?
===============
So.
Questions, comments?
ALSO, AN IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
I AM HIRING!!!
ARE YOU A SECOND LIFE SCRIPTR?
CAN YOU MAKE SL SCULPTS AND MESH?
LIKE TO EARN A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS?
YOU HEARD ME.
update?
=============
FIRST, A Kara Health
Report:
Well bad news and, well, more bad but fuck it.
The bad first: The tumor has struck a decisive blow.
I am now unable to walk; Time for a wheelchair.
I retain VERY minimal left arm function.
My timescale/estimate has been reduced severely.
I have "anytime now for any reason" still to a more likely
"I MIGHT make this year's end, anything beyond that's
"pretty fucking unlikely."
So let's see how it goes?
You see how badly I've given up! Finishing off writing a
game an' shit.
=============Fading Anima mechanics teaser!
==================
1) Example Character Building, Core play mechanics &
some teases of other Character options~!
OK, so!
We are a Stat pool based, die-bid match/challenge,
One-Roll system...
uh,hahaha. XD
Let's just make a starter character, gear /skill up and
show what all that gibberish means to you as a player.
1)Universal Stats = Freeflow Action.
(ALL active entities; housecat to grand mountainous
dragon, use the same 5 core Stat pools.
Might:Sharp physical force;"strong"/violent muscle
actions.
Endurance:Bulky force and size /"Weighty" actions
Staying Power.
Reflex: Speed, Flexibility,&Rapid/"Agile" actions.
Wits: Precision, Memory, timing and "Skillful" actions.
Will: 'Soul',Determination,, Vitality&Life/"Sheer presence"
actions.
Allowing YOU to play pletty much anything you can
imagine as a character. (Systemwise. Fading Anima has
more structure, even "classes" kinda in Factions if you
want 'em, but still. Lemme preen a lil x3)
Okay~!
We have our stats. Now, our actual dice and how they
work.
In Fading Anima, our "Character Points" are called
Vibrance. "VP", as a link to our core lore theme of a
struggle between Vibrant Colour&Light vs the Withering
dark. ALL THINGS have a vp value, from skills to gear,
etc, letting us customise it all!
=====STARTING OUT======
We roll 10 sided die, giving us a roll range of 0-9.
In WA,Our baseline "Pure average Person" is actually
ever so slightly below pure average in stats.
EVERYONE GETS THESE FREE;
======
20vp
Mgt:4
End:4
Ref:4
Wit:4
Will:4
Move them around some to better define your strengths
and weaknesses, but these 20 can't be spent elsewhere.
TWO STARTING PATHS,
======
Neni the rather itty bitty, hella clumsy humble skunk
anthro peddler with a sharp tongue when riled and
surprisingly stout back who woke in The Haven after
hitting her head while fleeing a strange pack of freaky
monochrome wolf monsters.
20vp
Mgt:2
End:5
Ref:2
Wit:5
Will:6
Everyone gets 15 "freevp" in Starter gear,(It's craaap gear
that needs to be replaced asap is all.) then 10vp to
spend on Skills and other stuff.
Neni decides (Probably correctly) her life expectancy as a
main warrior is one crunch.
She's gonna focus on FieldSkills, sneakily/safely
exploring and gathering/crafting while others kill the
nastiest baddies for her; Then she'll carefully stealth up
and go out and sell them the stuff she's crafted right out
in the field now and again to keep 'em clearing new
spots for her to gather better fancier treasures and
ingredients to spruce up her stock. =P Everyone wins -
especially Neni, she earns extra Risk(the "xp" system in
WA) for being out in the field and vulnerable alongside
the fighters(Anyone a monster targets gets its Risk
award when it dies, no competition/Killsteal shit here,)
on top of her normal gain per transaction!
Neni
20basevp
Mgt:2
End:5
Ref:2
Wit:5
Will:6
Neni's chosen 15"freevp" of Gear;
Weapon:
starter's staff(3vp)+2BluntDmg.
Armour:
starter's Robes&hood(5vp):2end,1Slash Defense
Starter's Cloak(5vp):11Ref,1pierce Defense
Starter's Pack(2vp):+5 item slots(10).
And every other point goes in her Skills;
ProspectorLv.2(2vp)
StealthLv.2(4vp)
Treasure HunterLv.1(1vp)
Armorer Lv.2(8vp)
Neni's the spunkiest li'l weapontinker! around!
======vs======
Mira Hallowscale, a rather fierce dragon anthro who came to the Castle on purpose seeking some of the countless mTreasure it's supposedly filled with, has
taken a likinng to the skunk. Bodyguard already!
Mira's all stats/action with a clear plan: be huge, kill
lots, but also focus on being rich.
Pretty classic dragony!
. As long as Neni can provide the gear she'll invest in it
and bring PLENTY of power to it.
Plus she's an absolute TANK.
30vp
Mgt:6
End:7
Ref:6
Wit:4
Will:6
Her choice of gear goes the only way it can.
Starter's battleaxe(9vp):+4slash,+4crushDmg
Starter's Mail(6vp):2stat,+4slashDef
=====
Skills, too.
Cash MagnetLv.1(3vp)
WealthyLv.1(2vp)
======
Now, how do we PLAY this mess?
It's pure RP until you click "WARPG:on~!"
If you're inactive you can't interact mechanically with
scripted stuff of course, but you can freeform
RP/explore the build!
OK~!
Let's roll(Some dice =P)
First, we declare our RP action, and bid our dice into a
roll pool to make it happen~
Our first (very silly) "combat" is the result of another PC
badmouthing Neni: He's marked for PvP, so Mira decides
to turn that on and punch him in the face.
This is a Might based/violent action at its purest, so we
bid dice from Mira's Might pool first.
Mira
Mgt:6
End:7
Ref:6
Wit:4
Will:6
=====VS======
Gin
Mgt:4
End:4
Ref:6
Wit:7
Will:6
Gin REALLY needs to watch who he smarts off at.)
Mira bids 4mgt, making the roll 4d10.
Until the end of the scene,(in this case, our little
fistfight,) she can't use these 4 die again for anything.
Gin's still a cocky shit; "I'm way too quick and sly for
that!"
So Gin adds 4Ref and 5Wit to his default 4d defense
action of 4end: shake off getting punched in the face by
Mira =P), bringing the pool up to 13d total! Defender's
limit caps the bid, "Hmph! so we roll!
So it's
Mira; 8,5,7,5
======vs======
Gin;1,5,4,0+4,3,3,6+5,4,6,3
Each of Gin's die that is higher than one of Mira's can be
used to eliminate it.
So, 8>0
Howexer, Gin can't beat another 7+, so let's say she'll
still juuuuuust manage to bop him in the nose for 1mgt
damage. Or she can match his bid die and see if she gets
a better result...
Gin's attitude infuriates Mira to no end: She's
DETERMINED to crush him now. CRUSH, she wants it to
HURT.
So,she throws all her weight and determination in beind
it suddenly to catch that cap;
4mgt, +5end,+4will
She can use whatever, but only up to the bid cap
now, Mira; 8,5,7,5+7,0,9,5,1+4,2,6,8
======vs======
Gin;1,5,4,0+4,3,3,6,4+5,4,6,3
RESULTS
Mira's: 8,5,7+7,9,6,8 all break through.
==============
Gin's been preetty soundly crushed! 0vs0 is at least
defender's tie? But Gin's just been SOCKED in the face by
Mira for 7mgt damage while mouthing off.
With a friend like that?
Neni's gonna be just fine: and they're both gonna be
rich~!
===============
Other Mechanics teasers:
Field Skills&Gathering:======
Neni's ProspectorLv.2(2vp)
StealthLv.2(4vp)
Treasure HunterLv.1(1vp)
and Mira's Cash MagnetLv.1(3vp)
and WealthyLv.1(2vp)
Are all "Field" or "Gathering" skills. Always-on effects
basically.
Prospector will make harvestable gathering spots spawn
in places, and the level will help her get better stuff from
them.
Stealth will hopefully make monsters ignore her while
she explores.....
Treasure Hunter increases the chance of spawning
Caches of various stuff, cash to weapons, even items flat
out worth bonus VP.!
Cash magnet gives Mira an extra cash drop roll any time
she gets one, and Wealthy is steady periodic income!
======
Crafting:
How does Neni earn VP and make bank?
Using Components gathered to modify gear, which she
then re-sells,and earns Risk from making/when other
players assign VP to make them permanent&level them
upfrom there.
Armorer effects the level of parts&materials Neni can use
in gear pieces, decreases how much they cost to make,
and as she levels it, it gives her access to more
appealing special stuff, like magic weapons and even
PC-Made only special weapon traits~!
What kind of character do YOU intend to play?
===============
So.
Questions, comments?
ALSO, AN IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
I AM HIRING!!!
ARE YOU A SECOND LIFE SCRIPTR?
CAN YOU MAKE SL SCULPTS AND MESH?
LIKE TO EARN A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS?
YOU HEARD ME.
KARA'S STUPID AMBITIOUS SECONDLIFE RP SIM PROJECT!!
Posted 10 years ago============WHAT ARE YOU DOING, KARA?
===========
I am going to focus 100% on Second Life, loves.
BECAUSE I AM WRITING AND HIRING SECOND LIFE
BUILDERS/SCRIPTERS TO CODE& MODEL FOR AN ACTUAL
GAME SYSTEM FOR AN ACTUAL FULLY FUNCTIONAL
LITTLE IN-SECONDLIFE RPG!!!
Seriously.
Already working on it!
Here's the deal:
(Names&some details WiP)
Memoria; A World of Fading Anima...
What is that?
Fading Anima is a Dice based RPG system written by
yours truly, assisted by my real life Partner and
Inspired heavily Atmospherically and mechanically by
such games as CastleVania/Dark Souls/Monster Hunter
and Vagrant Story, Fading Anima is;
A) A ruleslight Dice Pool/Character Points(Called
Vibrance or VP) based RPG featuring easy to
build, infinitely chracters;
1) Structured Classes/Roles and such exist in sim for SL
game purposes, but our core VP and super streamlined
stat pool roll system makes it super easy to build
ANYTHING you want within the game. Plain ol'
Human/Anthro!
Slime Girl? Giant flying psychic eyeball? Go hog wild*, it's
a world of diversity!
*Well within SOME temes/limits for RP setting coherency
etc, point is the system is hella broad. x3
2) A robust Essence-and-Attribute based
Crafting/Upgrade system; Gain both general VP from
combat, and claim defeated enemies' powers and traits
directly by absorbing their Vibrance directly and further
claiming their unique Essence,Parts and Components for
use in forging your own powerful Custom-trait Weapons,
Gear, Relics and Spells/Potions/etc.
Tons to collect, make, combine and use!
(And Plenty of fun defaults if you don't care/have time
Plenty of "Default/Prefab" items for those who don't
like/have time for that though! Even "Premium" drag-
and-drop scripts for sale^ so you can use your personal
items as Official system-capable statted gear!
Scripted NPC mobs/(icc) (In-character/game stat
currency)Shops/etc+Live Staff for RP
PureRP, and flaggablePvE/PvP advancement systems! Play
how YOU want!
4)A fun, rich Horror/Aventure Atmosphere and Lore for
all this chaos!
THE DEAL - AND HOW I AM DEALING WITH IT.
Posted 11 years agoSoooooo the bad news.
Given the size, class and location, it's 100% terminal. I do mean "100%" Chemo and radiation will only prolong my life shittily a few extra months at best.
We're talking - nat 20? Cool, you're paralysed on your entire left side, chemo med sick, and an immunocompromised naked mole rat for, ohhhhh.... +5 months of that?
I"m goan' end up with the paralysis an' shit ANYWAY? wat.
WELL FUCK -THAT- then!!!
HELLO HOSPICE!
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
YOU ARE GOING TO THROW ME IN THIS FUCKING TRUCK, KICK IT DOWN THIS FUCKING HILL, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW FAR THIS BITCH ROLLS.
In fact, =P I shouldn't even be typing right now, I was given 18ish hours when I posted that first journal due to brain swelling an' shit - but as it turns out, I am HILARIOUSLY sensitive to certain cortical steroids, which tanked out the swelling.
The problem is it's in MY FUCKIN THALAMUS IT FUCKING SELF AND SHOT UP IN A 3.5MM SURGE.
YEAH!
WELL BUDDY, FUCK YOU TOO!
The way I see it, I was minding my own business at the cafe of life, and Death fucked up 'is schedule, paniced, and drove 'is car right up to the door.
So now, I'm just going to be as annoyingly lingery ND OBNOXIOUSLY COZY as possible, =p until that mo'fucker loses 'is temper, throws 'is hat on the table, and drags me out - prolly while I'm still nibbling a mint.
Asshole - I work so fuckin' hard to get this far then yeh pulll THIS shit?!
Fine.
YOU get my coat.
An that is me.
Keep.
On.
Keepin'.
ON.
It is done WHEN IT IS DONE - and not a second before.
Yeh.
I'm 'fatalistic." The odds are HILARIOUSLY clear.
Do ah seem "defeated?"
FUCK.
THAT.
Those odds are FUNNY to me. It took THIS. To bring me down - and I am doing my damnedest to go down laughing, just to cap it off.
I am goan' steer this burning wreck right toward tha' fucker's mailbox.
I'm getting a headset soon, an' am goan' be voice chatting an' such as best I can as it gets harder to type - they're both hard! Oh no! Whatever will I doooooo?!
....Fuckin' do 'em anyway until I can't no more.
o.o
wat?
when was that even a question. o.o;
