Paper Mario and the Ethereal Key(AKA Soul Smithing Deluxe)Signups and Game page 2 (locked)

GAME PHASE BEGUN, SIGNUPS STILL OPEN
“So you’re now in full control of the characer creation facilities,” a voice states. "I’m almost certain you have no practice with this, but I could be wrong, maybe you are all genius hackers and got in here before. Now, before we start, let’s share some backstory, because I know you all love hearing that. The way this used to work is revolutionary, really. It analyzed the player’s personality, and created a character for them to play roughly based on that. What you’re going to have to do is build your own personality of your characters. You will be allowed inifinite creation tools at the start, so let’s begin simple: templates. Templates are the type of character you get. Ever played a game called ‘Paper Mario?’ Those enemies are your templates. For example, here we have a ‘Chain Chomp’ template. This little guy gets an innate boost to attack. A ‘Goomba’ template, by contrast, is very knowledgeable(hell if I know why, I wasn’t in charge of that), and gets a special move to identify enemies. Our third and final example is the ‘Koopa’ template. They’re turtles, so naturally they get a bonus to defense. Get it? Good. Moving on to ‘mods’. They alter a character in a certain way, like the ‘Para’ mod, which applies only to goombas and koopas which can be removed by force, or the ‘Dark’ mod, which makes that character stronger, but at the cost of a certain aspect they might need. Now, to the creation itself. There are several ‘humors’ or traits, which make up a character, applying good effects and bad. These include the SHINE, LOGOS, FLOW, AEGIS, ARDENT, MEND, VISION, and _dire. Which one would you like to know about first?

All of the mods. All of them.

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

All of the mods. All of them.

Choose one of the humors. The mods were just examples, we’ll get into that when we’re actually creating the characters.

I think he meant all of the humors, but if we have to go through one at a time let’s start with SHINE, I guess.

No, I did mean the mods, but given that they’re not valid at this point…

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

All of the mods humors. All of them.

Originally posted by coolo2011:

Sign.

Originally posted by SilentSam:

I think he meant all of the humors, but if we have to go through one at a time let’s start with SHINE, I guess.

Ah, SHINE. It’s a common humor, but effective nonetheless. Shine is the humor of Optimism, Extroversion, and Joy. You can expect a character with a lot of this humor to bounce back quickly from an bad situation. Unfortunately, it also carries with it the traits of Selfishness, Gullibility, and in extreme cases, Insanity. Don’t worry too much about that though. If you all can catch on quickly, you might be able to mix souls with only 1 of the downsides of each!

Okay, what about LOGOS?

And ARDENT? And dire?

Originally posted by SilentSam:

Okay, what about LOGOS?

The LOGOS humor is the humor of REASONING, DEDUCTION, ORDER, and MEMORY. Too much allows OBSESSION, SUPERIORITY COMPLEXES, AND EMOTIONLESSNESS.

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

And ARDENT? And dire?

The ARDENT humor is the humor of LOVE, ANGER, PASSION, and ZEAL. Too much results in INFATUATION, IRRITATION, and RAGE.
Oh, um, _dire. You see, I’m technically not allowed to show you this one. are you SURE you want to see it?

How about AEGIS and FLOW?

Originally posted by coolo2011:

How about AEGIS and FLOW?

Yes, much better topics. AEGIS is what I consider as a fundamental humor. It’s great as a base, you pretty much can’t go wrong with some of this. The AEGIS humor bestows STEADFASTNESS, CONVICTION, SECURITY, and HOPE. Too much can result in PRIDE, RECKLESSNESS, and STUBBORNESS.
FLOW is the humor of PEACE, CALM and PATIENCE, altough too much results in SLOTH, CARELESSNESS, and COMPLACENCY.

Also _dire please.

(Signin up! Also, I’m guessing that the enemies will be quite an annoyance for us…Oi..)

Originally posted by coolo2011:

Also _dire please.

Yes, show us dire!

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

Originally posted by coolo2011:

Also _dire please.

Yes, show us dire!

Okay fine. But this humor is VERY DANGEROUS, SO DON’T USE IT. It is said that if balanced correctly, the DIRE humor imparts great POWER. But it is very dangerous, causing DEATH or SOMETHING EVEN WORSE
(you don’t want to know. It’s only been used once, and well, we’re not allowed to mention that incident anymore). Any more SANE requests before we begin?

…Let’s hear about MEND and VISION, just for good measure

Originally posted by SilentSam:

…Let’s hear about MEND and VISION, just for good measure

Alright! The MEND humor is something almost any good hero needs. It is the humor of COMPASSION, SELFLESSNESS, and EMPATHY. Of course too much can result in INSECURITY, INSTABILITY and ENVY, even.
VISION is the humor of INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, and FOCUS. Too much results in TUNNEL VISIO, INTROVISION, or OVERCOMPLICATION. Shall we begin?

(Dire…why do I get the feeling that humor is going to appear somewhere along the line? Also, am I in or…?)

Originally posted by doombringer2000:

(Dire…why do I get the feeling that humor is going to appear somewhere along the line? Also, am I in or…?)

Yes.

Do we have any other humors to choose from at the moment? If not, let’s continue to character creation.

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

Do we have any other humors to choose from at the moment? If not, let’s continue to character creation.

No. And sure!

Now here comes the complicated part. First choose a template from this list, everyone:
Goomba
Bob-omb
Koopa
Chain Chomp
Pirahna Plant
Shy Guy
Hammer Bro
Swooper
Blooper
Duplighost

Shy Guy

…so do you mind giving a list of what stats get boosted for each template?

Originally posted by BCLEGENDS:

…so do you mind giving a list of what stats get boosted for each template?

Nnnnnnnnnnope. Going in blind.
1/10 templates chosen.