Supercape Posted September 23, 2011 Author Posted September 23, 2011 Thats good stuff, Cubist - in fact there is some stuff related to Kickers called Bangs (in theory) that is what you may be on about. I'm good to go with this. However - and this goes for Bree/TT/Arichamus and others too, I have currently reached my GM limit (which incidentally is pretty large, I have lost count of the threads I am GMing but it is double figures at the moment). To be honest, I may have stretched myself to thin already. First off apologies, do not take offence, I have done this on pretty much a first to the post with a formed kicker. Secondly, this is not a brush off. At this point, there are two options: wait until I have space, [Cubist first in line, ARichamus Second], or take up Ozob or any others on offers of GMing (I would certainly like somebody else to GM a few kickers / improv style to see what I can learn from that but I have no wish to force that). In the mean time, this thread is still open for people to post ideas for kickers, I will get to them in the fullness, and it is still open to people offering to GM them, and for people to take up other GMs than me. EDIT: If any other people GM / Use Kickers may I request they post about it here / link (at least for now), as I would certainly be interested to see how they are used and maybe others would too.
Ari Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 If Ozob is alright with it, I'd like him to GM King's Kicker, seeing as you're full up.
trollthumper Posted September 23, 2011 Posted September 23, 2011 I can wait until there's space. And I'll take a look at the list and see if there's anything I could kick in for.
Cubist Posted September 24, 2011 Posted September 24, 2011 I'm okay with waiting a bit, Supercape. I expect you'd know better than anyone else how many threads you can decently handle GMing for at the same time, eh wot? In the meantime, I've got the perfect title for Jube's kicker-thread: Three-Legged Race.
Supercape Posted September 24, 2011 Author Posted September 24, 2011 Thanks Cubist. Currently we have waiting, in rough order of preparedness Cubist Arichmus (asking for another GM) Breella ? TT And maybe other people I have forgotten (like Ozob wanting a kicker?) TT and Ozob have offered to GM.
trollthumper Posted September 24, 2011 Posted September 24, 2011 Looking over the list of Kickers, I might be willing to take TiffanyKorta on for the "Revenant gets chased down by the mobsters who killed her the first time" idea. EDIT: Aaaaand apparently SC beat me to it. Yay for reading comprehension!
Ozob Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Right, since I'm back from the dead, if Arichamus wants me to run, I'd be happy too.
Ari Posted September 28, 2011 Posted September 28, 2011 Issue cleared up in chat: Marcy only wakes up just in time to see someone stealing his gear, too late to stop them. The darkness means he has no idea who they were or what they really look like.
Supercape Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 OK I now have a little more space! yay! Cubist, you are top of line. Ari - are you still interested. NOt clear where TT / Bree are. Lone Star expressed interest in PM.
Ari Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) Still interested. I'm waiting for Ozob's NPC to be approved and for him to send word he's ready. EDIT 2014: And then it never happened. Ooga-booga. Edited September 4, 2014 by Arichamus
Cubist Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 Excellent news, Supercape! Shall I set up the IC and OCC threads for Jube's thread, or would you prefer to do that yourself?
Ozob Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 I should have the stuff in today. Sorry about the delay.
Ozob Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Good man! I posted the NPC and we'll get going when they give me the green light on him.
Brown Dynamite Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 To follow up where we left off in the chat. After a week of dead ends Omen had finally cornered a suspected bomb maker for the Russian Mafiya to his residence in a local appartment complex. Hoping to get a drop on said bomb maker Omen enters the residence with the intention of interrogating him before turning him over to the police. Unfortunately the entire rumor trail had been a set up. A nasty little rumor had gotten around through Freedom City's less than savory types that Omen was working for the competition trying to make a foothold in the city by cutting of Driogano's major source of armaments(the Mafiya). Upon entering through the window, Omen soon found himself handcuffed to the bombmaker, now revealed to be hired gun attempting to take out the competition, holding a remote detonator. It wasn't long before he set off a series of explosives rigged throughout the building. The resulting chaos left a dazed Omen still handcuffed to the hired gun in a now burning building. Meanwhile, cries for help filled the air from the other residents of the appartment complex. Might've gone overboard with the clutter of events though. At least I didn't have Omen or the hired gun pinned beneath burning rubble as well.
Supercape Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 Arise! Necromancy! Im going to try a few more kicker threads, if anyone is interested in this post here (or indeed if anyone wants to GM one).
Raveled Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 I'd be up for this. Miras could decode an imminent prophecy she has to delay, or TNTeen could be caught in a collapsing building (that he collapsed!) or maybe Blue Jay is challenged to a 'game' of skill by the likes of Orion.
Supercape Posted April 17, 2014 Author Posted April 17, 2014 Want to do a paragraph intro for that, Rav?
Tiffany Korta Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Can I pencil one in for when Centuria gets approved? Maybe something about the burdens of carrying on such a big legacy.
Supercape Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 For which one? Your character, your story, your choice!
Tiffany Korta Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 If you're still up for this SC I wouldn't mind doing something for Triakosia. I was thinking of something about memory and identity, someone come to her with information about who she might be, but obviously it seems to good to be true... It would be around how far she will go to find out about her previous life and identity, and maybe the temptations that got with that.
RobRX Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Cho need to get some complications milked. Specifically, Cho's general immaturity and lack of understanding the responsabilities and repercussions of what exactly beign a superhero entails. Add some family drama and them risking getting harmed. Althought I'm not exactly sure how that could come about.
Supercape Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 That sounds interesting Rob - do you have some flesh to put to that? I will note (as per my essay on complications) that character traits like "immaturity" or "temper" are exceptionally difficult to work as complications, although they can make good role playing fun. They sound great on paper, but in practice they never hit the mark. Working parents as vulnerable significant others is easier. A kicker is something you write yourself - it goes counter to tactical RPG thinking, as you are deliberately getting your character into proper trouble. Not an enemy or a such like, but a position of anxiety. For instance, Parents turning up on your doorstep saying they have found a cure for Terminus powers, and would like (demand) Cho takes it. And they have arranged for involuntary administration of that cure... I say that as an example. Not to use. It demonstrates what a kicker is - something that kicks a character into action - and usually that means put them into an uncomfortable situation.
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