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[Keeper of Kraata]

To be

New blood, new arguments. Let's just be thankful that's its just individual PCs, and not Armies of PC Organizations...

"Alright, army of Fa-Toa. Link hands, and accelerate this metal ball into that guy over there."

 

Before I try anything crazy, I check with a staffer first. For example: Casanuva's railgun was approved; the Kal Cannon wasn't. Basically a manual generator that a Fa-Toa could spin up and shoot lightning with. There one more crazy idea I have for Casanuva, should he ever meet Echelon, but that will be going directly to Ghosthands.

 

Also, to be fair, BS01 is not to be relied on entirely; says Ba-Toa can create black holes.

Edited November 17, 2014 by Keeper of Kraata

[shadow pridak money gang]

bs01 is to be relied on entirely, as the only reason toa can't create black holes here is that we say they can't. in canon, they can.

 

its a common sense ruling. black holes, being things you stay as far the away from as you can (despite what christopher nolan would tell you) are a no-no, according to common sense. similarly, absorbing the gravity in an area? common sense no-no.

 

take bs01 at its word until we say not to - and again, PM ghosthands if you have any questions re: elemental usage

 

-Tyler

[Constructelf]

"whereas every time it gets brought up in N&D it goes on for pages, and nobody wants to read those pages, and it just becomes this total cluster bomb that clutters up the topic."

 

So can we stop?

Edited November 17, 2014 by namcurtsnoC

[~Xemnas~]

EDIT: Nevermind, I decided not to clutter up the topic with more of this discussion

Edited November 17, 2014 by Toa Xemnas of Crystal

[Razgriz]

Edit: I went looking for Gabe and now I'm lost in Denmark send help

[Timageness]

Well, then... Looks like Iron it is...

[Ghosthands]

You know the funny thing about Physics?

 

The more I study it, the more it tells me what I can't do with an element rather than what I can. It's one thing to read a Wikipedia article or two, but it's another thing entirely to understand the concepts you've read about. And when you do understand them, you will often find that it would be extremely difficult (or outright impossible) to exploit them the ways you thought you could.

 

I'm certainly not saying everything we do in the game should be scientifically correct (although I do think it makes a very good benchmark); it's very rare to come across a work of science fiction that follows science to the letter, because in fiction, ultimately, the plot and the characters are more important.

 

In analogue to that, what I've come to realise over my time playing the BZPRPG—and joining the Staff has thrown this into even sharper relief—is that when it comes to powers, gameplay and balance should come before science and 'rule of cool'. Quite often when one tries to play around with physics one's going to get something wrong anyway, so what you should really think about is whether your idea is fair.

 

I love a good bit of technobabble as much as the next man, but you have to keep the big picture in mind.

[Razgriz]

What about NON powers because I am scientifically in the top five at least when it comes to punching things right

[Ghosthands]

What about NON powers because I am scientifically in the top five at least when it comes to punching things right

 

Railguns worry me more than right hooks.

[shadow pridak money gang]

- said gabe, before this guy happened

 

 

railed ON > rail gun

 

-Tyler

[Razgriz]

My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious.

Edited November 17, 2014 by Uncle Chael P. Sonnen

[Eyru]

A good thing to remember is that the BZPRPG isn't a game to be won: it's a game of character interaction and storytelling. Sure, there are plenty of battles factored into that, but the point of this game is not to win. It's to tell a good story. That's the deciding factor in whatever powers you try to use: are they fair to everyone involved, and do they help tell a good story? 

 

Chances are, if an argument over a particular power stretches over multiple N&D pages, it's probably not a fair or balanced power, and it's just going to harm the game. There's a time and a place for awesome displays of power (see BZPRPG 2010: Uhuraz vs. the Universe), but only ever in service to the story, and not at the expense of other players.

[The UltimoScorp]

So..... With everything being a little chaotic in Le, (and our own ignorance to the situation beforehand) is the small little skirmish just retconned? Or can we edit to say it happened outside to Koro and back into the main fray using the power of bzptime?

[25K Now!]

ha, fighting

 

fifty pages worth of one-liners is where it's at

 

i recommend you guys check out the first onu-wahi topic of this iteration of the bzprpg to witness the beauty

[sunflower]

A good thing to remember is that the BZPRPG isn't a game to be won: it's a game of character interaction and storytelling. Sure, there are plenty of battles factored into that, but the point of this game is not to win. It's to tell a good story. That's the deciding factor in whatever powers you try to use: are they fair to everyone involved, and do they help tell a good story? 

 

Chances are, if an argument over a particular power stretches over multiple N&D pages, it's probably not a fair or balanced power, and it's just going to harm the game. There's a time and a place for awesome displays of power (see BZPRPG 2010: Uhuraz vs. the Universe), but only ever in service to the story, and not at the expense of other players.

 

Quoting Eyru here because this post really deserves it.

 

This is what powers in the BZPRPG boil down to.  Yes, there's a metric ton of (scientifically accurate) ways I'd love to use Elements and powers and technically there's nothing saying that my characters shouldn't be able to use them like that, but it's not a question of possibility so much as good story telling.

 

Heck, the Enterprise could'a beamed a Photon Torpedo over to every single villain's ship and blown them sky high in an instant, but it sure would've made for a boring episode.

[Razgriz]

hey man


i've been working hard on my oneline game

you're gonna see a new and improved me this time around

[Ghosthands]

hey man

 

 

i've been working hard on my oneline game

 

you're gonna see a new and improved me this time around

 

so now we're playing

 

 

mata nui oneline game

[Razgriz]

what do i keep telling you drecks about tumblr gifs

why does that site even HAVE a gif culture its got a terrible setup for it



10 points for the pun though

GET IT
 

[Not Quite Dead]

why dont you nerds get jobs instead of clogging N/D

 

EDIT: No one even said levitation via magnetism wasn't allowed

 

EDIT 2: I now see the discussion was called off, so disregard edit #1

Edited November 18, 2014 by Tiragath

[The UltimoScorp]

On a nother note, the atmosphere of MAngaia is super creepy when listening to The Truth and Reconciliation Suite. Which is awesome.

[Timageness]

I really need to stop posting all of my new characters in Ko-Wahi...

[Not Quite Dead]

Ta and Onu are fun places to start.

 

Lots of stuff.

[Timageness]

Well, so far they've actually all had reasons to be there.

Verulas, who initially didn't have one, left for Ta-Koro and came back in order to make some widgets after the attack started.

Dravennica originally went there because she's trying to kill Verulas, and is now hanging out with one of Miras' characters, one of Grimlock's characters, and Krakant.

Zenithex, a lost Brotherhood of Ak'rei'an member, went there to murder someone, and is now hanging out with some of the Brotherhood characters who are trying to rescue one of their comrades.

And Septima, who has bad memories in both Ta-Koro and Onu-Koro, is there to do some looting, but is currently being held at knife-point by an Onu-Matoran.

Also, I've had better luck finding interaction in Ko-Koro than in Ta-Koro, oddly enough.

[25K Now!]

Po's a lot snazzier.

[Nato G]

I'm with a Hubert on this one. Po is great.

[Timageness]

Well, Zenithex is in the Brotherhood, so I'm sure I'll be heading that way eventually...

[Geardirector]

Go to Onu. I dropped my first character there, just look how well he turned out. 

[Nato G]

I dropped a character there, too.

 

She got arrested.

[25K Now!]

Must have grounded a lot of your plans.

[Nato G]

Apparently owning a Rahkshi is a crime. Edited November 18, 2014 by Roman Torchwick

[Geardirector]

Of course it is. It's the equivalent of owning a bomb, we don't just let people possess that sort of thing casually.

[Nato G]

Of course it is. It's the equivalent of owning a bomb, we don't just let people possess that sort of thing casually.

 

Uh... whut? Plenty of people in this game casually possess explosives. 

[25K Now!]

It's actually more the equivalent of harbouring a non-sapient terrorist.

[Timageness]

 

Of course it is. It's the equivalent of owning a bomb, we don't just let people possess that sort of thing casually.

 

Uh... whut? Plenty of people in this game casually possess explosives. 

 

I believe Gear was using a real life example here, Roman.

Question time: if a wounded Matoran comes into contact with a Toa Stone, will their body still have the injury after the transformation?

[Krayzikk]

That depends. A loss of limb, for example, will not be healed. Sulov had lost his hand prior to his transformation, and he did not regain it. A cut, on the other hand, is a minor injury. Given that a Toa transformation completely restructures and changes the body, it isn't hard to believe that it would heal small injuries. In other words, small things (a cut, a bruise, things of that nature) would likely heal. Anything that the body couldn't feasibly restore through its own healing process (too much blood loss, loss of limb, loss of organ, etc) will not.

 

It's entirely a hypothetical question, however. Toa Stones are rare, and their use generally requires being somewhere specific. From a purely statistical standpoint, it's unlikely the situation will ever come about in any major way.

[silo]

Talking of that, if you want one of your matoran characters to become a toa, 1. is it possible? and 2. If so, how does it actually work?

I assume you have to get a staffy's approval, but if you do, can you just say IC that they find a toa stone etc? I mean, I'm assuming that toa stones are very rare indeed, but with toa-turaga transformations taking place sometimes, it isn't impossible that a few will turn up...

[Keeper of Kraata]

I wonder if you can just do it the Green Lantern way...

[Silvan Haven]

I wonder if you can just do it the Green Lantern way...

 

You can't.

 

Staff has made a point about Toa Stones being rare. They are supposed to be rewards for good roleplaying and just having your character find one counteracts that.

[Krayzikk]

Talking of that, if you want one of your matoran characters to become a toa, 1. is it possible? and 2. If so, how does it actually work?

I assume you have to get a staffy's approval, but if you do, can you just say IC that they find a toa stone etc? I mean, I'm assuming that toa stones are very rare indeed, but with toa-turaga transformations taking place sometimes, it isn't impossible that a few will turn up...

No, you can't just find one. They're a reward. You can ask, but it doesn't help your case.

 

They are exceedingly rare.

[Keeper of Kraata]

I was referring to a dying Toa creating/transferring their power into one, then giving it. Abin Sur wasn't quite dead.