Pokemon Umbral Discussion 35: Under New Management!

[Menarker]

That's ok. Not a big deal, now that we got that little bit straighten out.

Also, just for everyone's info, I'll be mysteriously absent around Tuesday for about 4-5 days (most of the days). I'll be on vacation traveling to the States, on my own personal vacation. I'll have my laptop with me to check things at night, much like Gem is doing now, but otherwise, don't expect me to post as frequently as I have.

[Dracorion]

Are you giving me the perfect window of opportunity to stage my coup?

[Menarker]

I'm not going to be absent for THAT long at a time. You can still expect a post at least once or twice a day. More so if you respond ASAP to what I say and I respond back. ^^;

But why does my presence prevent a Coup in the first place? Unless you're planning on killing off Renny or something... >_> But I imagine that would backfire tragically...

[Dracorion]

Not unless it looks like an accident.

Or, perhaps, a certain player-controlled NPC who is not at all related to Pierce is the one that kills him.

[Geminex]

Ok, what I meant by the whole "Can't change roles" thing was less that everyone has to specialize on one UND PRECISELY VUN role, and more that, if someone's active in one role, and has been specialized on that one role, an ability that, by itself, makes them equally viable in an utterly different role, would be out. Renny's "Drink from the pain of his allies" ability would be perfectly acceptable, since it'd make him more offensive, but only in a defensive context.

Also, nice comic.

[Astral Harmony]

Sorry for not including Matthias in the comic, Dante. I can't for the life of me think of why I messed up there.

Today was kind of a shitty day for me. The day before was my duty day and despite finding a very nice place to sleep, I still lacked sufficient time for rest.

Then again, I also stayed up way too late to play h-games and finally watch Cosplay Complex that night. I've gotta get a schedule notebook or something.

I'll begin work on the RP post tomorrow. Hell, maybe my crazy ass will have it done the same night since I don't really intend to create any new enemies.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Ok, what I meant by the whole "Can't change roles" thing was less that everyone has to specialize on one UND PRECISELY VUN role, and more that, if someone's active in one role, and has been specialized on that one role, an ability that, by itself, makes them equally viable in an utterly different role, would be out. Renny's "Drink from the pain of his allies" ability would be perfectly acceptable, since it'd make him more offensive, but only in a defensive context.

Greeeaaaattt.

What about everything else?

You know, if I were really paranoid, I'd say you were purposefully trying to stall the discussion so that we never actually do anything about it. But I'm not, I'm really really not.

Seriously, I'm not. You probably just didn't have time to address everything with your busy schedule.

Anyway, yet another concern I have: I don't believe you'd give up leadership unless you were keeping the control you've gained, which is something you neglected to mention.

[DanteFalcon]

Honestly didn't even bother me. I enjoyed the comic regardless.

[Menarker]

^^ I just had a weird idea that every one of us should write a character sheet of our respective characters using TVtropes.

Like:

Renny Tresserhorn:
Cute Shotaro Boy Although in due time his looks is likely to change with age to be closer to a Bishonen.
Older Than They Look
Oyaji Kid
Cheerful Child
Kid Hero
Wise Beyond Their Years
Little Professor Dialog
Improbable Age
For Happiness
Power of Friendship
Meaningful Name (Renny means "Small and Mighty" in Gaelic.)
Combat Medic
Barrier Warrior (To an extent.)
The Beastmaster
Empathy Pet
Friend to all Living Things
Lawful Good (More focus on Good than Law.)
Child Prodigy
Just a Kid
The Pornomancer (Being the only guy in an otherwise large all-female party in mission 2, repeated Sexy Party during his sidequest, repeated naked Serene Blessing, Prosperous Gifts, his house party including sleeping with several ladies... he is the middleman to about half the in-character fanservice!)
The Messiah
The Chick/The Hero
The Heart
Magnetic Hero (At least in terms of trust and such)
One True Pairing (Lola, to the point of his pending relationship with her being the topic of MANY Running Gags. Theorized to even be an example of Single Target Sexuality.)

Naturally, there are sure to be plenty more, but this is about good for now, plus there are others that are sure to come with specific character development.

[Geminex]

Anyway, yet another concern I have: I don't believe you'd give up leadership unless you were keeping the control you've gained, which is something you neglected to mention.

Well yeah, I never said I'd give up control. It would, in fact, be very stupid for me to give up control!

I'm willing to give up the right to have my character boss all of your characters around and be generally unpleasant to them without risking retribution. I'd outline how you'd benefit from this, but I'm sure you've already considered, weighted and made a numerated list of, arguments against Impact's leadership. So yeah, I'm offering to give in to all those arguments in return for a balanced RP where I don't have to watch out for a few upgrades screwing the combat system over.

But anyway, gotta go.