Mad Roleplay moments

[sparkindarkness]

And this one from character creation

A new character joined the group (remind me to do a resume of the group's actions so far) but it was clear we were having problems.

S: Damn, I can't make this character.
Me: *ever helpful GM* Well, start at the concept - what is the concept?
S: Reality TV Show winner.
Me: errrr... ick?
S: I know. I have too many points to spend! This bloody system won't let me produce a talentless waste of skin!

Yes, the character creation system makes it hard to create talentless narks! Though it did give us the chance to have a character with crafts "Bushtucker challenges"

It was also decided that if he chose Clan Toreador or Clan Ventrue the rest of the clan in the city would just commit suicide out of pure shame.

Comments

[jrho.livejournal.com]

Maybe he could have a special set of points for attention whoring.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

LOL - desperate attention seeking? Is that a merit or flaw?

[jrho.livejournal.com]

It would kinda depend on how you play it, wouldn't it?

[klgaffney.livejournal.com]

see, now your challenge is to run a game FULL of talentless fucktards. i'd think that'd actually be fun, really. =D

[kitsuken.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I think after a while you'd get used to/bored with their uselessness. It would be better if you had one character who had a clue to act as a reference of what normality really should be

[klgaffney.livejournal.com]

it's sort of really hard to say, in total generalities. i've seen the band of misfits thing played really effectively--it mostly depends on how well they mesh and what kind of scenario is being run.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I dunno, if done well, and I think I'd prefer a band of misfits to a band of rabid powerplayers. misfits lend themselves to more plots because you don't have to up the ante so much to keep up.

And people tend to ROLEPLAY misfits more, I find. Becuase the character CLEARLY isn't about the gnarly powers.

One character as a misfit can work... but it becomes very easy to shunt him off as comic relief or have him eclipsed by the other players. You end up with someone who is always in shade and not often involved.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I dunno, if done well, and I think I'd prefer a band of misfits to a band of rabid powerplayers. misfits lend themselves to more plots because you don't have to up the ante so much to keep up.

And people tend to ROLEPLAY misfits more, I find. Becuase the character CLEARLY isn't about the gnarly powers.

One character as a misfit can work... but it becomes very easy to shunt him off as comic relief or have him eclipsed by the other players. You end up with someone who is always in shade and not often involved.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Hee, ythat would actually be quite a good thing - lots of vampires whose common point is they were ALL disowned in disgust by their sires who then pretended not to know them

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

You can't become so extremely specialized that you're useless except for one thing? Say, icthyology in Chinese art during the Ming Dynasty?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

LOL, we had him justify lots of odd skills - crafts, bushtucker challenge. Athelectics for the time he had to pole vault through the canopy with a live armadillo on his head - and we gave him ridiculous amounts of fame so everyone would recognise him :) Good looks but low intellect. Lots of dodge (random poisonous animals)

[harald387.livejournal.com]

Quote of the day.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

thankee

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

Now, in GURPS, you could probably manage this. Just drop all those points into a bunch of useless reputations, maybe some unconscious mind-control powers to explain the winning, a lump sum of wealth--

--wait, but at Vampire-level point totals? Yeah, that'd be nearly impossible in any system. I applaud your bravery in tackling such a problem.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

we were desperate - how to make a truly talentless nark with the system?

We just went for lots of odd skills that were loosely justified if you made the reality show ridiculous :) And lots of fame

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

Craft (Fire) 5 and lots of points into lying, I take it?

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Craft (bushtucker challenge - ability to make useless toys our of randome crap) 3

:) Lots of subterfuge and empathy. Then weird things like Athletics (climbing in all the weird challenges), dodge (avoiding the weid poisonous snakes a la survivor), stealth (trying to avoid cameras to have a make out session with the cheap blonde bimbo), security (trying to break out of the Big Brother house). We had loads of funny excuses for weird stat line ups

[rampagingturtle.livejournal.com]

I would point out that while reality-TV show winners are for the most part useless gits, they are not completely without talent. Think about how much backstabbing and treachery go on in most competitive reality-TV shows. In order to win your player's character would probably have used a great deal of manipulation and leadership to fuck over his fellow players. While the Ventrue would be appalled by the attention-whoring that is required to even appear on one of those shows, they just might be able to find to find a use for the devious little... I'd say "weasel" except that I actually like weasels. I don't know how long he'd LIVE as a Ventrue, but that's his problem.

[rampagingturtle.livejournal.com]

Having thought about it further, if he started out as his sire's ghoul for a while it would work out even better. Then he'd be a devious little weasel on a leash. If you're player isn't absolutely adamant about his character being completely useless his concept could TOTALLY work.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Nah, he couldn't do that because he had the flaw - victim of the Masquerade :) - which also REALLY works


His concept is actually really fun, and it really does work - this oblivious guy with no real talent but desperately self promoting

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Ah, I don';t know how familiar you are with the vampire system but there are we columns of attributes.

Talents, skills knowledges. You divide them and put 13pts in one, 9pts in another and 5pts in the 3rd - so an impractical professor would have 13pts of knowledges but only 5pts of skills etc.

So we could spend the 13pts in talents. It was the skills and ESPECIALLY the knowledges that foiled us

LOL< the Ventrue may be attracted to him - but can you imagine the SHAME of it? Negative dignitas!

[rampagingturtle.livejournal.com]

Hehe, it's been a while since I've played. Craft: Falsified Resume, maybe? Since he's such a waste of oxygen I'm guessing he'd focus a fair amount on outward appearances. How about Knowledge: Structural Engineering (Overly-Gelled Hair Structures)?

[rampagingturtle.livejournal.com]

Just thought of another knowledge... Automotive Penis Overcompensation. He will know exactly which vehicle screams "THE RUMORS ABOUT MY MICROPHALLUS ISSUES ARE COMPLETELY FALSE! REALLY!" the loudest for any given time and place.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I could make it a drive specialisation! The ability to convey by engine noise and driving that you are in NO WAY OVERCOMPENSATING

probably going to get my flamed - but i am from qld, oz and like the man... don't get me wrong

[snuck.livejournal.com]

name him steve

get him up to spec on croc wrestling and over the top camera presentations

gets bonus xp every time he gets bitten by something and survives.

Re: probably going to get my flamed - but i am from qld, oz and like the man... don't get me wrong

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I can't do that.

Do you know why?

Because we have done it already. Steve Irwin, of Clan Malkavian. He tagged a werewolf. He filmed several Tzimisce war ghouls. He had a new cameraman every week.

[allthepettylies.livejournal.com]

Alas, the mad adventures of Supreme Dictator Sparky.

And on a completely random note/the reason why I am commenting.

I was readnig some quotes from my favorite band, and I stumbled upon one that just reminded me of you, for some odd reason. oO I dunno.. just READ.

Interviewer: What was the best pick up line used on you?
Jade: Will you have sex with me? No? Rape it is, then!

[allthepettylies.livejournal.com]

I guess its because Jade is a guy.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I guessed :)

Actually for a moment I had a horrible image of Jade Goodie, but thankfully my mind erased it from the sheer trauma of it

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

LOL, that may even beat all the pick up lines I've heard!