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Lycanus ..i am happy to defer to your scholarly knowledge .. the only points i would like to make is when i am talking about werewolves i am just speaking about them , not shapeshifters in general ..and by Mercs i mean they pay us we will kill people for you guys.. twas why is used the ther Merc , not hired soldier.
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Quote:no prob Tech, agreeing to disagree, and as i said IMHO. ..and in that mode of cooperation i would be interested in your opinon on the list ..and if i might add one to it, from birdies last post ..Well, we're going to have to agree to disagree, then. Because I don't agree with any of the above.
modren vampire .. two types ..the Ann Rice ..still evil ...as the corrupt others into becoming vampires ,
secondly the Blade Underworld vamps .. not really vamps at all these are the classic secret society style villains given a hollywood make over with fangs and fast cars.
and i am prode to say i have neither seen or read any Twilite ..so zero opinon.
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Quote:Point by pointExcept that's pretty much hogwash. I've seen zombie heroes, undead heroes, werewolf heroes, all accepted by players and (mostly) by characters. Why does 'Vampire' instantly mean evil?
Admittedly, a lot get played as being stereotypically evil (borderline crap evil in a few cases), but they are NOT, by definition, ALWAYS evil. Thats just type-casting. And makes as much sense to me as Floaty's 'All vampire characters suck and I'm going to ignore them'. Thats the exact same viewpoint that 'All catgirls suck', a point that many characters have proven otherwise at GG and other RP locales.
Vampire .. evil .. they are unholy, cast out by god, spirits
zombie ... object ...assuming magical origins .. animated corpse , under compulsion thus no free will ..However science Zombie ..depends on how much of the brain still works ..evil as any human can be , but may be any ...
werewolf ..cursed human..beast while in wolf form ..while human in human form..will show up as evil tainted due to curse.
demon ..evil being
Mobster ...criminal human
Merc ...amoral human
Peacebringer.. unclearly defined... personal view amoral exploting energy being
ok yes this is IMHO but to me these are defining traits, which takes me back to my earlier point ..people play Vampires not characters, and IMHO if you play a vamp or any of the others listed you have to take the ((ho ho )) good with the bad, there are degrees and levels in all characters but the foundations your stuck with. As Birdie pointed out the Vampire is a creature from a time when evil and good where taken as absolutes, none of this modern greys. IMHO, just to make that clear . -
Vampires are undead unholy spirits and by deff are always evil, not drinking human blood is not really relavent to the debate, it is not that act that makes the evil.
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Hmmm i now have a strange need to roll a Vampire, with all the weaknesses ..
must resist the thrist for alts......
so..full body power armour, water proofed , with garlic resistasnt air filtration, and a overcast day generator .. -
Quote:The issues i have with vampires it people play vampires, not characters who are vampires, no depth, no character development, just a flash of fangs, a dark comment or two, and going on about having lived for over 800 years, plus they all have "reasons" to avoid suffering all the classic vampire weaknesses, kind of making the whole effort pointless.Nope. I just can't stand Vampires, even before those stupid books/movies ever turned up.
I think they're a poor villain/monster, and think people should try using their own creativity instead of trying to copy something that's, quite honestly, rubbish.
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my DS/TA is now level 30 and works fine , he took down the Malta Zeus EB with no real trouble.. i have aid other but that more post combat ..also it is fun to play as the TA makes you active during the fights ..
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Parry ..it makes a huge difference. My 50 BS/Regn with Parry and CJ and no Fighting pool powers can deal with most things, while teamed ..and most EB's he comes across.
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recently i came to the conclusion that storage of salvage is a waste of time , after spending a good hour sorting through stuff that had sat there for an age , what i do now is i only keep rare stuff that i know i will need for a recipe to be made in the next few levels of a toon , and i can do this with storage alts own personal vault space .. so all my bases are now storage free...i even use storage alts for made IO storage..
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I am always up for some RP .. and yes unionverse stuff tend to run in single plot lines, but as long as everyone is clear how the RP is setup and going to run any form is viable.
btw Mechano was in game the night before last..if i see him do you want me to ask him to contact you ? -
Snatch mission has taken place ..Doctor captured, team escaped via back up exit route..Doctor now held by Venom in a secret location .. next phase is arranging the Exchange ..watch this space for updates .....
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My DS/TA MM is now lvl 20..and is the most fun MM i have played to date ..now i am not a power gamer , but he has survived all that Praetoria can chuck at him, and has been huge fun to play..i can ask no more of any Toon..
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people your target....
Doctor Oscar Hienlith ..expert on the Biochemistry of the Human brain , Age estimated at 69. No Powers, in fact makes little use of the high tech wonders of Praetoria outside of his research work. For his age, very fit and robust in health.
Born before the Hami War his records where lost in that war, it is believed he did research for a powerful goverment organization, that worked to bring forth "Supers" to serve the cause. It is thought that he was know of by Cole before the Hami War, and may have been involved in the early screening of refugees for Psi ability. He met Shalice Tilman when she was in training to join the Praetorian Guard.
Hienlith became and remains one on the leading light of Tilman's medical work with Psychics, and is thought to have developed a number of vital drugs used in the Seer program. he is a member of Tilman's inner circle,and has full access to all areas of her domain.
A man devoted to his work, and rated as a loyal Cole follower, he live is a private house heavily guarded. He does however have a hobby, sailing, and has a personal 40 yatch, named Hillda which he sails out of the Private Dock facility just south of the main City.
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Current plan is for the mission on the 3rd Jan , again a 7pm start if possible ..if that is a problem for you SHOUT now.....
PLUS Briefing 2nd Jan , 7pm..
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Op Animus stage one the Raid ..
The raid went off with out a hitch, the data was hacked and recovered, the team suffered no harm, and all returnned home safe. The PPD suffered 27 KIA and 41 injured, the Office was baddly damaged by fire, minor structrual damage has occured. The teams cover story seems to be holding as the raid has been blamed on Syndicate criminal elements.
Copies of the stolen data are now in the hands of the following : Thrice, Venom, Rek, Claire.
All team members have been told to be on two hour notice for stage two, the Snatch. -
Ok ..it is on 7pm in the AE in RWZ.. a prompt start please as some need to get to other events afterwards .. this mean we want to start AT 7pm ..
reminder notes ..the AE mission will set your level to 25, this is in line with the plot cover story for the raid, ..You are all disguised as Syndicate goons , armed as Syndicate goon..there is no need to make a new costume unless you really want to..
please remember it is a RP IC mission ..so no rush to zapp blam all the mobs ..
we will use Local for IC chat , Team for OOC , and Broadcast for any noticable actions..i.e player A is bleeding , and for any plot clues / notes / events ..
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ooh didnt know about that ..we may change plans then as that will effect as number of people
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given the problem of access to bases by red and blue toons, i was planning to move to the RWZ AE building and make use of the quiet room upstaires ..which would also be neutral ground.
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PART ONE OF THE SAVE VENESSA'S BODY IS NOW PLANED FOR WEDNESDAY AT 7 PM , PLEASE LET US KNOW WHO WILL BE THERE.
THIS IS PART ONE OF FOUR SO YOU WILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES TO JOIN IN, THERE WILL BE A IC BRIEFING TONIGHT IN POK D.
why was that in caps..cos i am not awake yet ..need cuppa tea... -
i was thinking of pre mission set ups, and RP, i was planing to use a Blue side base as the start point.
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Thought...i am assuming all characters are blue side , if not please shout now ...
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((C.U.R.P.O.O.C )) > CLOSED UNION RP OOC THREAD
OOC info for thoses involved in the recovery of Venessa's body.
The current idea is for 4 RP AE missions, each a seperate event so if you miss one you can do the next.
I need feed back on who can make the following dates, NOT all dates will be used, but this will allow the max number of people to join in.
Wed 29th
Thurs 30th
Mon 3rd
Tues 4th
idealy with a start time of 7 pm but again please give feed back.
The hope is to get enough players to do at least the first two missions over those dates
Pleaes post in this thread so we can all see where we are at.
details on the missions will follow, the basic set up is :
1. raid on PPD office to steal info
2. Kidnapping a VIP
3. clearing and control taking of the exchange site
4. the exchange and the getaway
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Quote:while these and Mr Hitler all had many followers and minions, it is also true to say they we all pretty much isolated from the rest of the population and lived in their own fantasy world, they had their own circle of people they interacted with and that was a very closed circle, and more based on power and not on being social.Idi Amin, Sadam Hussein, Pol Pot, Ivan the Terrible, or whoever your evil historical icon of choice, these all exerted power through their forces of loyal followers.
As said comic book AVs are loners, or have a tiny number of hench people, evil types tend to have followers and enemies , but no drinking buddies...