Hey, what's up.
Really awesome thread, and you're doing work that I think is really valuable and essential to many of us.
Sometime about two months ago, I posted this on Virtue looking for help, with a handful of responses. They were good, but they mostly all just agreed with ideas that I already had at the time, and I'm looking to be surprised. Because of the character's pulp-ish mystery-man feel, I grabbed a black trenchcoat for him as soon as the Vet Rewards went live, so costume #3 is just like costume #1 with the trenchcoat in place of the tuxedo jacket, and I'm now looking to fill costume slot #4 with something unique and intriguing. If it will help, let me know and I'll get a nice, dramatic shot of the trenchcoat costume.
Anyway, the original post:
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The character in question is The Arcane Mystic, pictured here in costume 1 (default) --
Costume #1
and here in costume 2, his sort of desert-expedition-pyramid-delving outfit --
Costume #2
Without going into TOO much detail, he's a magic ENG/ENG blaster. I like to think of him as Paragon's hardboiled, mystical gumshoe, or the kind of protagonist you'd see if Lovecraft had written comic books, moving through the seamy underbelly of New York City, taking apart cabals of cultists, hunting down alien-spawn monstrosities, and staving off the coming of great and terrible things like the Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones.
Yes, he's conflicted, and he's got a sort of fractured consciousness thing going on, but what makes him the most fun for me to play is his unbreakable will and determination. A spellcaster who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty busting some heads (or other relevant body part) to track down the stolen stuff, get the information, etc.
He's old. I don't know how old, though he looks to me around 60, and his movement and abilities don't seem hampered or restricted by his age. His behavior is occasionally eccentric, more often closer to weird and/or crazy, and sometimes just plain creepy -- if you can picture it, imagine staring out your apartment window and catching him standing on the corner across the street, motionless, staring up at you Michael Myers style. Other quirks include blurting out words and phrases that don't sound like any human language, which happen more frequently when he spots Lusca surfacing in IP. He's been spotted meditating in her presence, and he's been known to hover just out of tentacle's reach and shout challenges at her in those weird languages.
[EDIT: I've recently found him going into rage from time to time, being overtaken by some sort of alien, inhuman urge to rend and flay. Example -- last night doing a Baby New Year mission, he leapt into melee with Snaptooth, beating him into the ground, then wrenching and twisting limbs out of their sockets like that poor Red Cap goblin was a Thanksgiving turkey. Ultimately, the head came off, and he retrieved and pocketed something that he pulled from inside -- pituitary gland? -- and tossed the noggin on the ground. The mask seems to have a habit of soaking up blood, too, leaving him spotless.]
Okay, it's obvious that I like talking about this guy, but I hope that's enough to give your muse something with which to inspire you.
Thanks for your help!
--V
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