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Overcast · 03-30-2011, 05:52 PM

Your signature has tainted the thread Toasty.

Teal Mage · 03-30-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Toastburner B

On a side note: WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH ALL THE MOUTHY ASYMMETRICAL LOVECRAFTIAN STUFF?!

...Not that I mind, really, I just find it interesting.

The last time you made this, I think you referenced Shadow Hearts as the basis. This time, you mentioned Digital Devil Saga - the difference is really quite staggering.

Plus you've got a slightly different crop of players this time around too.

Edit: Oh, and yeah, I'm following the thread, working on an Essay right now though, so the bio's still in the backseat. Its being written in my head as we speak though!

Toastburner B · 03-30-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

I foresee much darkness ahead.

Because the last Paradox RP was known for being so bright and cheery.

That and insane, utterly impossible phone calls.

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Originally Posted by Overcast

Your signature has tainted the thread Toasty.

Imagine what would have happened if was had fallen to the MLP craze.

Colorfully cannibalistic pony monsters!

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Originally Posted by Teal Mage

The last time you made this, I think you referenced Shadow Hearts as the basis. This time, you mentioned Digital Devil Saga - the difference is really quite staggering.

Actually, I think the only reference I made to Shadow Hearts last time was the fact that my character's monster was basically a watered down version of Amon.

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Plus you've got a slightly different crop of players this time around too.

Who let all these creepy people onto the forum?

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Edit: Oh, and yeah, I'm following the thread, working on an Essay right now though, so the bio's still in the backseat. Its being written in my head as we speak though!

Just remember: Creepy monster stuff goes into the bio, boring school stuff goes into the essay.

Do not get them mixed up.

Girasol of Chaos · 03-30-2011, 06:20 PM

Naw, the poison would be near-lethal/lethal to humans, and to other paradoxes simply a DOT.

Working on the character then with that approval.

Also I freaking love digital devil saga.

Riin Whitewind · 03-30-2011, 06:24 PM

A more normal monster-thing!

Name: Rawli Prochainezo

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Physical Description: Rawli is tall for a woman, on the thin side with long, almost gangly arms. To hide this, she prefers long coats with sleeves, and large pockets to shove her hands into. Her short, chestnut brown hair is soft-looking, and separates into feathery bangs over warm brown eyes. A scarf, white-and-green striped, is always seen dangling out of a pocket or wrapped snugly around her neck.

Bio: The only child of Meri Prochainezo, Rawli grew up around, was raised by, and was fed books since before she could walk. Meri, her mother, owns a bookstore in the Italian district of town, and either couldn't be bothered or wasn't able to care for a small child as well as a small business. She never talks about Rawli's father, not even so small a detail as his name. Despite her parent's distance, both physical and emotional, Rawli made fast friends among the neighborhood kids, whos mothers made absolutely sure that she was never less than stuffed with food and affection. Like every other kid on the block, she spent her free time playing soccer in the park, only returning 'home' when it started to get dark out.

Monster Name: Grin
Appearance: As though a guardian lion statue had come to life. Grin bears the stocky, deep-chested form of a twin-headed fu lion, as though it had been lovingly carved out of granite by artisans in distant China.

Abilities/Powers:
Stone Skin - Thick stone skin covers Grin's form, protecting it from most slash and piercing damage.

Mobile Mountain - A statue should not move at all, much less faster than some mortals. Grin prides itself on its mobility, prefering a chase when hunting.

Teal Mage · 03-30-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Toastburner B

That and insane, utterly impossible phone calls.

!

OhmygodIforgotaboutthisitmusthappenagain!

...

For those of you who don't know, we somehow got the entire cast of the previous game mixed into a single giant phonecall. I'm sure I did something illegal to make it work, but man, it was funny while it was happening.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 03-30-2011, 07:01 PM

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Colorfully cannibalistic pony monsters!

I would totally play that.

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That and insane, utterly impossible phone calls.

Oh god, I think my mind blocked that out because of the confusion it caused. I swear I was speaking to people in the past somewhere along the line there, or maybe it was the future.

lazy man · 03-30-2011, 09:59 PM

Ok, so I liked the idea I was coming up with, but this is turning into something more like Ifrit with a different element... well, I guess Hawk and I will just have to duke it out over the Elemental Doom Monsters! Although I do plan on turning this guy into a Ranged Elemental Doom Monster, so there's that.

Name: Ryan Sorenson
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Physical Description: 5'11" with short, dirty blond hair and hazel eyes, Ryan is really just your average young man. Usually wears jeans and some form of shirt. Depends on the weather. (Seriously, characters'll be busting out of clothes often enough, why describe em in detail?)
Bio/Background/Etc: Ryan grew up always wanting to work in some for power plant, or even as an electrical technician. He has recently gotten a job working for the local power company and is learning the details of being an electrical technician. He lives a rather dull life other than that, but he's at least happy with his job.

Monster Name: Blitz
Appearance:

(Thank you, Monster Hunter, for your awesome creature designs)
Blitz is much scrawnier than the pictures, but being about 10 feet long (nose to tail) and 6 feet high, he has a very intimidating figure whatever the case may be. He also has a series of 8 long, flexible spines (4 groups of 2) running along his back that can be moved freely (kind of like a wire mixed with a less useful tail).

Abilities/Powers:
Electrical Conduction: Blitz is constantly generating huge amounts of electricity in its body and is capable of discharging it into the atmosphere. Something like this, only on a much larger scale:

In addition, the spines on his back can conduct electricity, and are typically arcing without any control, mostly as a form of releasing stored electricity. In general, like in the picture, discharges are mainly let out of Blitz's body without any directional control, either incapacitating or killing anything around it.

Heightened Speed: Since Blitz's electricity mainly incapacitates opponents, speed is necessary in order to run away if any prey is tougher to take down or fights back. Or just to run down any fleeing prey. Blitz can easily keep pace with a car, so running away isn't exactly an option.

Sooooo different from my last Paradox. But then, there's also room to get creative. Lots of room.

batgirl · 03-30-2011, 10:23 PM

Name: Amanda Levin
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Physical Description: Short in stature and not very imposing, Amanda is only about 5'1" in height, maybe 5'3" with her boots on, and of medium build. She tends to wear her brown hair either down strait or in a ponytail and has dark brown eyes. When working, she wears her tech pants and uniform shirt with her shield on it, a pair of black steel toed boots, and carries a tech bag full of equipment. When not a work she usually wears dark wash jeans and some kind of button down blouse or shirt.

Bio/Background/Etc: Amanda has been an Paramedic in Hampington for 7 years and loves every moment of it. She knows her stuff and can save a life with the best of them. While her job pays a little better than average, Amanda lives well within her means, trying to save up enough money to buy a nicer apartment and maybe take a nice vacation.

Monster Name: Eldonna

Appearance: Ok work with me here. I found an awesome picture, but it's the wrong color. So picture this exactly, but blue.

Amanda will gain a foot and a half in height, bringing her to a far more imposing 6'6". The top of her body is covered in blue scales, and the bottom is also blue with the black cloven hoofs.

Abilities/Powers:
Subsonic flight: Those wings aren't for show, and Eldonna can use them to fly pretty darned fast.
Ice Manipulation: Eldonna has the power to create, shape and use ice. While small to medium things (spear, small ice ball, beam of ice) can be made just from the moisture in the air, larger constructs would require some body of water to be present (heaven forbid it to rain hard, big uh oh for the city).

Girasol of Chaos · 03-30-2011, 11:19 PM

Name: Beatrice Thallium
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Physical Description: 5'5", Beatrice has semi-long black hair that looks rather untamed. Her dark brown eyes shine brightly in contrast to her drab clothing, often now a white lab coat over a blue top and jeans. The coats are not always clean, having various bloodstains that accumulate before she replaces it. When feeling more human she will don her denim jacket over a red shirt, decorated with a faded leaf motif.

Bio: Beatrice is a veterinarian in training, or at least was. Her life in college was going swimmingly, she was the top of her studies, enjoyed a good roommate at the dorms, and couldn't want anything more out of life.

Unfortunately, she woke up in some form of nightmare, covered in blood and bodies in one of her labs. The last thing she had remembered before waking was an unsatiable hunger welling inside her, one that not even the doritos she snuck in could sate. Frightened, she fled the scene, wanting nothing more than to nurse her sore body and wake up from her sleep. Waking only led to more hunger, and the bloody scene at the dorms convinced her that her college career was over.

Ever since, Beatrice has attempted to keep the beast inside her down, and examines herself with upmost curiosity and caution. When the need arises, she stalks the city in search of a shady individual, someone whom society would not miss. She rather enjoys these moments, swimming in her self-righteousness as an excuse to not feed on the animals that she cares for more. Once in a while the beast will run rampant, but she is more than capable of retreating to the shadows, or simply slaughtering any human witnesses.

Monster Form: Rift

Rift is a lanky, reptillian monster made for agility. It is longer than Beatrice is tall, approximately 7 feet not including the tail.

Despite being eyeless, this does not prevent it from having vision, being able to use echolocation and other sensory organs that line its body between leathery flesh-segments on the skin. Pores line its body which can spew toxic gases, either as an attack or as a means of a minor distraction.

It's crest, jaw, and joint-covers are almost metallic, giving off a faded gleam and being the only 'true' armor this beast has. The segments act as toughened leather tightened over flesh, and the pores dot the real 'skin' of Rift, being white. The translucent segments are made of tough cartilage and are somewhat flexible, acting as a secondary defense mechanism when thrashing. These are rather sharp on the inner edge and points.

Abilities: Poison mist- Rift can eject toxic gases from any of the pores in its body, but only in patterns. For instance, the main section of the body cannot fire gases while the limbs are, the neck and tail act as one unit. Her mouth emits similar gas, but is concentrated and has a rotting odor. If Rift has eaten recently, the poison will be a little more potent

Swift feet: Rift has little strength or defensive capabilities, but she is fast. When encountered with something that *can* fight her, she is more likely to bounce off in a hurry and hide. If trapped she will attempt to outmaneuver her opponent, but would never win an arm wrestle.

Alright lemme know if anything needs changing.

03-30-2011, 05:52 PM	#31
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Your signature has tainted the thread Toasty. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

03-30-2011, 06:20 PM	#34
Girasol of Chaos Lady Scarlet Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 141	Naw, the poison would be near-lethal/lethal to humans, and to other paradoxes simply a DOT. Working on the character then with that approval. Also I freaking love digital devil saga. __________________ All bend to my will.

03-30-2011, 06:24 PM	#35
Riin Whitewind Shyguy Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 184	A more normal monster-thing! Name: Rawli Prochainezo Age: 19 Gender: Female Physical Description: Rawli is tall for a woman, on the thin side with long, almost gangly arms. To hide this, she prefers long coats with sleeves, and large pockets to shove her hands into. Her short, chestnut brown hair is soft-looking, and separates into feathery bangs over warm brown eyes. A scarf, white-and-green striped, is always seen dangling out of a pocket or wrapped snugly around her neck. Bio: The only child of Meri Prochainezo, Rawli grew up around, was raised by, and was fed books since before she could walk. Meri, her mother, owns a bookstore in the Italian district of town, and either couldn't be bothered or wasn't able to care for a small child as well as a small business. She never talks about Rawli's father, not even so small a detail as his name. Despite her parent's distance, both physical and emotional, Rawli made fast friends among the neighborhood kids, whos mothers made absolutely sure that she was never less than stuffed with food and affection. Like every other kid on the block, she spent her free time playing soccer in the park, only returning 'home' when it started to get dark out. Monster Name: Grin Appearance: As though a guardian lion statue had come to life. Grin bears the stocky, deep-chested form of a twin-headed fu lion, as though it had been lovingly carved out of granite by artisans in distant China. Abilities/Powers: Stone Skin - Thick stone skin covers Grin's form, protecting it from most slash and piercing damage. Mobile Mountain - A statue should not move at all, much less faster than some mortals. Grin prides itself on its mobility, prefering a chase when hunting. __________________ It's such a funny story, really...

03-30-2011, 10:23 PM	#39
batgirl Aim for the top! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Infield Posts: 2,583	Name: Amanda Levin Age: 26 Gender: Female Physical Description: Short in stature and not very imposing, Amanda is only about 5'1" in height, maybe 5'3" with her boots on, and of medium build. She tends to wear her brown hair either down strait or in a ponytail and has dark brown eyes. When working, she wears her tech pants and uniform shirt with her shield on it, a pair of black steel toed boots, and carries a tech bag full of equipment. When not a work she usually wears dark wash jeans and some kind of button down blouse or shirt. Bio/Background/Etc: Amanda has been an Paramedic in Hampington for 7 years and loves every moment of it. She knows her stuff and can save a life with the best of them. While her job pays a little better than average, Amanda lives well within her means, trying to save up enough money to buy a nicer apartment and maybe take a nice vacation. Monster Name: Eldonna Appearance: Ok work with me here. I found an awesome picture, but it's the wrong color. So picture this exactly, but blue. Amanda will gain a foot and a half in height, bringing her to a far more imposing 6'6". The top of her body is covered in blue scales, and the bottom is also blue with the black cloven hoofs. Abilities/Powers: Subsonic flight: Those wings aren't for show, and Eldonna can use them to fly pretty darned fast. Ice Manipulation: Eldonna has the power to create, shape and use ice. While small to medium things (spear, small ice ball, beam of ice) can be made just from the moisture in the air, larger constructs would require some body of water to be present (heaven forbid it to rain hard, big uh oh for the city). Last edited by batgirl; 03-30-2011 at 10:26 PM.

03-30-2011, 11:19 PM	#40
Girasol of Chaos Lady Scarlet Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 141	Name: Beatrice Thallium Age: 20 Gender: Female Physical Description: 5'5", Beatrice has semi-long black hair that looks rather untamed. Her dark brown eyes shine brightly in contrast to her drab clothing, often now a white lab coat over a blue top and jeans. The coats are not always clean, having various bloodstains that accumulate before she replaces it. When feeling more human she will don her denim jacket over a red shirt, decorated with a faded leaf motif. Bio: Beatrice is a veterinarian in training, or at least was. Her life in college was going swimmingly, she was the top of her studies, enjoyed a good roommate at the dorms, and couldn't want anything more out of life. Unfortunately, she woke up in some form of nightmare, covered in blood and bodies in one of her labs. The last thing she had remembered before waking was an unsatiable hunger welling inside her, one that not even the doritos she snuck in could sate. Frightened, she fled the scene, wanting nothing more than to nurse her sore body and wake up from her sleep. Waking only led to more hunger, and the bloody scene at the dorms convinced her that her college career was over. Ever since, Beatrice has attempted to keep the beast inside her down, and examines herself with upmost curiosity and caution. When the need arises, she stalks the city in search of a shady individual, someone whom society would not miss. She rather enjoys these moments, swimming in her self-righteousness as an excuse to not feed on the animals that she cares for more. Once in a while the beast will run rampant, but she is more than capable of retreating to the shadows, or simply slaughtering any human witnesses. Monster Form: Rift Rift is a lanky, reptillian monster made for agility. It is longer than Beatrice is tall, approximately 7 feet not including the tail. Despite being eyeless, this does not prevent it from having vision, being able to use echolocation and other sensory organs that line its body between leathery flesh-segments on the skin. Pores line its body which can spew toxic gases, either as an attack or as a means of a minor distraction. It's crest, jaw, and joint-covers are almost metallic, giving off a faded gleam and being the only 'true' armor this beast has. The segments act as toughened leather tightened over flesh, and the pores dot the real 'skin' of Rift, being white. The translucent segments are made of tough cartilage and are somewhat flexible, acting as a secondary defense mechanism when thrashing. These are rather sharp on the inner edge and points. Abilities: Poison mist- Rift can eject toxic gases from any of the pores in its body, but only in patterns. For instance, the main section of the body cannot fire gases while the limbs are, the neck and tail act as one unit. Her mouth emits similar gas, but is concentrated and has a rotting odor. If Rift has eaten recently, the poison will be a little more potent Swift feet: Rift has little strength or defensive capabilities, but she is fast. When encountered with something that can fight her, she is more likely to bounce off in a hurry and hide. If trapped she will attempt to outmaneuver her opponent, but would never win an arm wrestle. Alright lemme know if anything needs changing. __________________ All bend to my will. Last edited by Girasol of Chaos; 03-31-2011 at 12:54 AM.

03-30-2011, 09:59 PM	#38
lazy man Harrumph! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: My not-so-humble abode Posts: 2,891	Ok, so I liked the idea I was coming up with, but this is turning into something more like Ifrit with a different element... well, I guess Hawk and I will just have to duke it out over the Elemental Doom Monsters! Although I do plan on turning this guy into a Ranged Elemental Doom Monster, so there's that. Name: Ryan Sorenson Age: 23 Gender: Male Physical Description: 5'11" with short, dirty blond hair and hazel eyes, Ryan is really just your average young man. Usually wears jeans and some form of shirt. Depends on the weather. (Seriously, characters'll be busting out of clothes often enough, why describe em in detail?) Bio/Background/Etc: Ryan grew up always wanting to work in some for power plant, or even as an electrical technician. He has recently gotten a job working for the local power company and is learning the details of being an electrical technician. He lives a rather dull life other than that, but he's at least happy with his job. Monster Name: Blitz Appearance: (Thank you, Monster Hunter, for your awesome creature designs) Blitz is much scrawnier than the pictures, but being about 10 feet long (nose to tail) and 6 feet high, he has a very intimidating figure whatever the case may be. He also has a series of 8 long, flexible spines (4 groups of 2) running along his back that can be moved freely (kind of like a wire mixed with a less useful tail). Abilities/Powers: Electrical Conduction: Blitz is constantly generating huge amounts of electricity in its body and is capable of discharging it into the atmosphere. Something like this, only on a much larger scale: In addition, the spines on his back can conduct electricity, and are typically arcing without any control, mostly as a form of releasing stored electricity. In general, like in the picture, discharges are mainly let out of Blitz's body without any directional control, either incapacitating or killing anything around it. Heightened Speed: Since Blitz's electricity mainly incapacitates opponents, speed is necessary in order to run away if any prey is tougher to take down or fights back. Or just to run down any fleeing prey. Blitz can easily keep pace with a car, so running away isn't exactly an option. Sooooo different from my last Paradox. But then, there's also room to get creative. Lots of room.