Quinneapolis
[curse eater] ok, let's do this:
Quinneapolis
five years before the time frame of the eventual campaign
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there was some kind of major Incident
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involving maybe some specific Dragon or Fallen or something
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not apocalyptic or world-shattering but still a big deal
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that was addressed by a group of Curse Eaters
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and the exact details of what happened in that incident
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I leave in the capable hands of you folks
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regarding using characters now and then eventually also using them in the campaign:
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there are options
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option 1: One character in the Five Years Ago timeline, then another in the campaign
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option 2: the character has been a curse eater for 5+ years and was involved in both
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option 3: retcon
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"why would someone who defeated a dragon/fallen five years ago still be level 1" I dunno! maybe you lost an arm or something
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link to original plurk for reference
moontouched
oh ho this is interesting, i like this
Quinneapolis
the Incident of Five Years Ago may even end up incorporated into the campaign storyline
Quinneapolis
scope has to be kept at least a little limited, like... no destroying the Templar organization, no ending the curse, etc
Lightning Bolt
might have my shifting body horror character as the five years ago one then
moontouched
ancelin definitely looked a lot healthier before this incident
moontouched
so i have absolute justification for them being level 1 later on
Gabiluzbad
I think my character was the annoying tagalong kid
Gabiluzbad
Five years ago
Frozen Time
Obviously Tramp wasn't involved in this but their older sister was.
dragon time
Hm! Do I want Levi to have a remote chance of forming emotional bonds I do like him starting from scratch
dragon time
....Eric did say he should have a slightly dickheadier twin
mask of pride 🌸
:|a i kiiiind of have ideas for both parts of 1, and it involves a question i asked about, but i think that might be too much of a deviation so i think it'd make the most sense for dolores to be in the campaign and not have been involved in the 5 years ago stuff? maybe
mask of pride 🌸
i'll think on this tbh
Gabiluzbad
It was a thought
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The twin thing
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Concept:
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The Bloodlines Project is an organization within the Templar who are dedicated to using their influence to encourage specific people to get married and have children in hopes of, over generations, breeding humans who have a natural resistance to affliction
Gabiluzbad
They’ve been at it for like two hundred years and are just now getting to the point where they’re expecting to start seeing results
Gabiluzbad
My guy is a result which is how he survives an impromptu implantation of a cursed heart
Gabiluzbad
But there are others out there
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And also the Bloodlines Project has been doing shady human experimentation to speed the process along
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Leaving a trail of failed experiments behind them
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But who cares? If they can increase the overall immunity of humanity, that’s make WAY more of a difference than a few dangerous failures
Gabiluzbad
They kill most of the failures anyway
Gabiluzbad
Only a few escape. They’re statistically irrelevant
Gabiluzbad
What if I gave him a dragon theme and named him George
00000000
Could a disciplinary thing affect one's level/rank? Although that wouldn't necessarily affect their actual skill levels, so maybe not
Quinneapolis
yeah the relevant question is why they aren't massively stronger than the team newbies
Quinneapolis
although like
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I might pull a Tower of Valor
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and have the party start at different levels
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I was thinking mainly of Rafaela from Claymore as an example, since she was actually stripped of her rank and sealed her own yoma energy for awhile as a result of an Organization experiment gone wrong that they blamed her for. But she was the one who sealed her own yoma energy away; it wasn't imposed on her
Quinneapolis
things like that would be fine
Quinneapolis
PCs can be star or moon rank as makes sense for their backstory
Quinneapolis
sun is unavailable
dragon time
If I put Levi in the group I might just double down on personal traumas for him
dragon time
like maybe he pushed his heartbeat powers so hard it just stopped beating at all for a few years so he's out of condition
dragon time
actually thats metal as HELL
Quinneapolis
what if Tramp's sister falls immediately after or during the Incident
dragon time
im gonna do that
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Agatha might have still been too green as a Curse Eater for this incident
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but it probably colors her anger MASSIVELY
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actually, alternatively
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I did have the idea that Agatha was looking for her partner, who was a Curse Eater before her, and her becoming a Curse Eater was part of that search
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her PARTNER was probably involved in this incident, and might have been one of the many Curse Eaters who are probably just
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reported as "missing, presumed dead"
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or somesuch
dragon time
lets spitball ideas for what this big horrible critter was
dragon time
> much bigger than they thought it was - they thought they were invading some sort of riful-style lair but it turned out the dragon was the entire mountain itself
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> an afflicted that assumed a major position of power in order to lure in a curse eater and take their heart - and succeeded with one of these backstory characters
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> a fallen capable of flight that did a bunch of hit-and-runs, fucked up a bunch of towns and villages and unprepared curse eaters and we had to do some sort of bonkers launch to get the backstory party up there-
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oh wait i have a visual reference for that one
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that except its got like a screaming human face on it
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and we didnt have any nice cushioning water
Quinneapolis
Fallen are usually more humanoid than dragons
dragon time
big angel
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relatively small human body,
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50 meter wingspan
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feathers turn into explosive missiles
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also it is constantly howling and wailing
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how's that for tone/aesthetic
Quinneapolis
it's good for aesthetic but we need a story to go along with it, or it's just a monster hunt
Quinneapolis
who was it
Frozen Time
This incident being why Tramp's sister becomes fallen sounds very dramatic and good, yes.
Quinneapolis
what did it do
dragon time
It was once Imogen the Wanderer, who travelled across the known world fighting off accursed threats and was driven to this tragic state shortly after her journey to a place known as the Schlafenwust
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