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Livi-Wan Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 9/13/07 6:28am Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	I always figured that curious anthropolgists are a fact of life for many tribes throughout the galaxy and Dust just collared the first one that came her way with promises of rare cultural insights in return for lessons in speaking Basic. Given the hostile attitude of most Tusken tribes I imagine he/she/it jumped at the oppurtunity. As for 'thinking of it', there's no reason why sandpeople shouldn't know a bit about the wider galaxy and they've got the same mental capacity as any other race really so I don't imagine concieving the plan gave her any mental trouble at all. What I think LightWarden was trying to say about 'the difference between having a problem and whining about a problem' is that you don't need to actually have a character going on and on about their financial troubles to show that they have some. I think Saintheart said it best, and it's something I occasionally use in my Markus Carfax character, who for a variety of complicated reasons isn't allowed to handle money at the moment and usually gets along by scamming people out of stuff. Furthermore, LightWarden isn't 'crusading', just bringing up an interesting point that some people might want to address in their characters, which is after all the point of this guild. I for one couldn't care less who wins or doesn't win the contest as long as we get some valuable discussions out of it. -----signature----- Sithy, Livi, DVC- Clogs in the machine since 2005 Winner of Best RP-er, Autumn 2005 Mad Aunt Millicent- 007 family
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Sith-I-5 Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 9/13/07 11:53am Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Actually, I agree that 'crusading' isn't the right description, but I was halfway through the post when I realised I couldn't think of another word, and decided to forge ahead anyway. Alright, I shall concede the issue, and just assume that all the bounty hunters that I have seen being played should have had financial woes going on in the background. Punches fist into palm Dammit-all-to-Hapes, something has to be done! -----signature----- Crowning Moment of Awesome – THE MASTER. Summoning six billion robotic beach balls Of Doom to decimate the Earth, blowing a good-bye kiss to the Doctor, all the while dancing to "Voodoo Child". EPIC. EVIL. WIN. 007 Family - DVC's twin bro'.
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SephyCloneNo15 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 9/13/07 12:04pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	The CDG: Improving TF.N RPs by Frustrating One Munchkin at a Time into Good Habits -----signature----- Member: GDG, GMG. Sub-GM: CDG Zam Wessel Lives! Recipient of Thrawn McEwok's Squib Creations Limited-Edition Replica Glove of Darth Vader™ "Samuel L. Jackson isn't only a fine actor, but a gamer. He's one of us." ~ Kotaku
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Sith-I-5 Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 9/13/07 12:26pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	-----signature----- Crowning Moment of Awesome – THE MASTER. Summoning six billion robotic beach balls Of Doom to decimate the Earth, blowing a good-bye kiss to the Doctor, all the while dancing to "Voodoo Child". EPIC. EVIL. WIN. 007 Family - DVC's twin bro'.
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LightWarden Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 9/14/07 7:26pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Sith-I-5 posted: Alright, I shall concede the issue, and just assume that all the bounty hunters that I have seen being played should have had financial woes going on in the background. No, just that not all of the bounty hunters that you've seen should necessarily be financially solvent. As to why I haven't marked up the entries, it's because on many of these ones I'll be reduced to Ric Olié levels of insight ("Coruscant… the entire planet is one big city"). I don't have that much to go off of, so about the best I can do is point out oddities (how does a 4 meter tall droid move anywhere on a capital ship, where the corridors don't seem to be that tall since that would just be a waste of space) or offer information that could possibly be of use (such as the fact that the bond between a Tusken and a bantha is so strong that if one dies, the other is sent to wander alone in the wastes, though any Tusken who returns with a new bantha is considered to be greatly favored. Also, the most comprehensive report on Tatooine was written by Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole some time after the rise of the Empire, and it ended badly. Which isn't to say that the anthropologist couldn't have been someone else, though there also are the odd cases of non-Tuskens being adopted into tribes such as with the Hett family and Tahiri Velia. Also, it was Anthropologist Alkhara who incited the Tuskens vs. everyone feud around 550 BBY, a fact which the Tuskens are aware of owing to their extensive oral tradition of passing down all of the stories exactly- anyone who tries to be the storyteller and misspeaks is instantly executed for blasphemy). Really, you can do so much with character building if you just take your character and think about him or her. And I mean really think, come up with things that don't really mean much in the grand scheme of the game, but add a great deal of texture and believability. -----signature----- CDG Guild Master Strange how one small thing can determine the fate of so many... especially if it's a twenty-sided die The Internet is SERIOUS BIZNESS! It's all fun and games until someone loses a leg. TF.N RPGs: Less fun than pretending to have sex
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Apadamek Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 9/18/07 7:36pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild - Date Edited: 9/18/07 8:03pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Apadamek
	Name: Belsarius the Hutt Gender: Hermaphrodite (Male Personality) Age: 500 Species: Hutt Homeworld: Nal Hutta Affiliation: The Black Syndicate Personality ---Traits: Arrogant, Egotistical, Extremely Intelligent, Scheming, brutal. ---Likes: Winning, Women, Drinks, Power, Loyalty and credits. ---Dislikes: Losing, Disloyalty, The possibility of death. ---Habits: Belsarius was a lowly hutt and therefor takes great measures to protect himself. Every day he hovers checking the security his bodyguard with him, checks the clerical records for his operations and the prisons and various parts of his operational HQ. Weaknesses: Immobile: Belsarius is a hutt, he is large and fat, barely able to move except in emergency situations and then only maybe ten or twelve feet and quick speeds. Fear Of Death: If you have belsarius in a corner, he will instantly give you what you wish. He would prefer to lose a few assets then his life. Strengths: Belsarius is a brilliant Hutt, since he never spends any time working on his physical appearance he spends it learning. Scheming and vile Belsarius works his way to the top slowly and brilliantly but he is far from indecisive. Appearance ---Skin Color: Pinkish ---Hair Color: None ---Eye Color: Orange ---Clothing: None ---Other Attributes: None Special Abilities: Brilliant Intellect: Belsarius is brilliant even for an old Hutt, he is well known for his intelligence and valuable advice he is so famous one of his cover ups is a corporate adviser to large company's. Infared Vision: Belsarius's eyes can see Infared. Mind Trick Immunity: Nobody knows how but Hutt's seems to be unable to be affected mentally by the force, it is unlikely any mind trick or persuasion using the force will have an effect on a hutt. However this also makes it nearly impossible for the hutt's to use the force. Hutt Regeneration: Hutt's have extraordinary healing powers, able to regenerate limbs and take enourmous amounts of damage though it will take a long time to heal, it will heal. Weapon: His Bodyguards Biography: Belsarius was born into a large hutt crime family. Despised by his brothers he was often tried to be killed as he was regulated to small post after small post, he wanted more. When assigned to a little known all city planet called Trantor he met his future adviser, bodyguard, and only friend in the galaxy, Apadamek Thavas. Apadamek gave him the power and protection he needed and Belsarius slowly began to hire lowly swoop gangs on Trantor to work for him. His brothers and sisters and even father mocked him for wanting to stay on the dribble planet. He was the mockery of his family and to those who knew him the criminal underworld. Belsarius however had other plans, telling Apadamek to start making sure these swoop gangs got larger and well equipped he began to set in motion the legendary operation that would bring him the power over his family and legendary status among crime leaders the galaxy wide. He rented the entire of cloud city taking all the profits from his over thirty years dominion over Trantor and invited all the Hutt's of his family to gamble, be merry, and meet over what he called the new future of the family. They all came, surrounded by guards they sneered and mocked Belsarius "lord of the unknown world" they called him at the meetings. Belsarius begged the family to allow him to take control of the business's or they would have to go to war. His father mockingly told him that war it was. Thus began what is known as the war of the slugs. That night Belsarius angrily ordered Apadamek to kill his father in his quarters in cloud city. Apadamek led a large squad of Belsarius's personal guards and fought into the quarters. It was maddeningly how brutal Apadamek was, slicing open the hutt he ordered his men to leave the mutilated carcass hanging by the tail in the center courtyard. By the afternoon the entire family but Belsarius was gone. Now began to war. One of the soldiers proved himself worthy, a man by the name of Freal Reax and he became Belsarius's top lieutenant and other bodyguard. Belsarius had worked hard on keeping Trantor a fortress and his own head quarters were unknown a small estate high in the sky, nobody suspected it. There Belsarius was a whirlwind, ordering strikes and assassination squads of the expendable swoop gangs into dozens sometimes even hundreds of targets. Finally his brothers and sisters all met in his father's old palace to discuss the war which had to hurt them. Belsarius had only one planet and ruled it with an iron fist, the other's controlled one or two but they fought rivals who fed on their losses against Belsarius's ruthless assaults. However Belsarius learned of the meeting. Belsarius had taken hits as well his business's were in ruin but still slightly profitable and he was nearly broke, this was the final gambit. Freal and Apadamek led assaults into the palace with the only remaining gang members left a small force of less then two hundred in the over twenty acre palace. The fighting was harsh and the Guard's fought well but Apadamek and Freal were relentless finally breaking through into the hutt's chamber. However the family had decided to take what they could and had regrouped with whatever amount of guards they had left. The hutt's led the counter attack riding their hover thrones and the forces of Belsarius faced defeat. However Freal made the ultimate sacrafice, he stood before the guards and laughing in their face rushed into them. Taking blow after blow, stab after sab he finally fell after taking many of the enemy with him. At that time Apadamek led the counter attack and crushed the family of Belsarius once and for all leading him to cement his power over the underworld, making him a key figure. Freal was honored by having a huge tomb built and his family forever having a large pension for his sacrafice. However Belsarius did not like the loose ends Trantor offered, eliminating the Swoop Gangs who had aided him in the war absorbing what members left alive into his ranks. ---------------NEXT PROFILE------------------------------ Name: Apadamek Thavas Gender: Male Age: 35 Species: Human Homeworld: Trantor Affiliation: Black Syndicate. Personality ---Traits: Ruthless but loyal. Apadamek though he would hate to admit it is the perfect tool, he does not have the ambition to strive to the true top only the top of fighting. He is a little humble and can be brilliant in duels. He also finds a sense of purpose in training new soldiers to help his true friend Belsarius. ---Likes: Women, Fighting, Fine Eating, Loyalty. ---Dislikes: Disloyalty, Inactivity, Stupidity. ---Habits: Apadamek is always suspicious of new comers from his years serving Belsarius. Weaknesses: Apadamek has a soft spot for the people he teaches he is often betrayed by them though he has always won. Easy to trick, Apadamek is suspicious of everyone so it is easy to play him on his own suspicions. Strengths: Amazing fighter: Apadamek has been fighting his whole life and has accumulated many fighting styles from his iridorian training. Appearance ---Skin Color: Caucasian ---Hair Color: Black ---Eye Color: Hazel ---Clothing: Iridorian Armor ---Other Attributes: None Special Abilities: None Weapon: Blaster Rifle, Two Vibro knifes, Vibro Blade Biography: Apadamek was born into a legendary iridorian bounty hunting clan on Trantor. Belsarius was firmly in control by then and so Apadamek was trained without wars or problems. Eventually Belsarius was hired and then a friendship was sparked. Everyone was a little puzzled by it, Apadamek was a ruthless and blood thirsty Iridorian while Belsarius a lowly hutt at the time. Belsarius was thought to have no future and Apadamek was mocked for his association with the hutt and his refusal of offers from other larger lords. However Belsarius had let Apadamek in on his plans and he was able to await the coming blood. When Belsarius ordered the plan to go into effect Apadamek led the team onto cloud city and executed Belsarius's father. It was messy work and the guards of the old hutt were tough but Apadamek fought through with his pure brutality and blood thirst. This was only the beginning as the war of the slugs had began. Apadamek led attack after attack into bases and business's with the body count going up. The only hugely significant operation before the elimination of Belsarius's family was when the cops began to become involved. Apadamek was a ruthless fighter and so the body count had gone so high that the chief of police of Nar Shaada had became interested and put over thirteen squads of police after Belsarius. Belsarius refused to let his old friend be killed and offered to hide Apadamek but Apadamek refused. Instead he requested a fighter, a speeder and access to a account with large amounts of credits. This was granted and thus began Apadamek's war of attrition against the police, here he was the ultimate rage and fear of all Nar Shaada. Of the thirteen squads, eleven found their families dead, killed execution style, in their apartments in the first week. The police responded by raiding the Thavas complex only to be pushed back by the violent Iridorian mercs. Eventually Apadamek just whittled down the police's moral, their families were in danger and dieing every day as were fellow officers. They stopped the operation, but not before sending an assassin after Belsarius. The assassin made it and with Apadamek rushing back, the assassin shot belsarius before being shot multiple times by Apadamek. Belsarius was a little hurt but not badly, he was angry though and ordered Apadamek to let loose. Apadamek became even more feared, however he went off the radar for over a month. It all ended when the police chief was having a large party and Apadamek planned to infiltrate it and eliminate the chief. Apadamek entered the estate dressed as a businessman and socialized with all the guests. However he soon departed toward the bathroom, and seeing that nobody was around strangled the guard with his own ear mic chord (disconnected first of course)and took the guards uniform. Entering the party once more he found the police chief's family, telling them their was an emergency he told them to follow him. He led them to a private dining room and then killing the mother, he hung the three children by the ceiling light and called the father in. When the chief walked in and saw his family dead he turned to run, however he ran right into Apadamek. Apadamek made him pay for the trouble he had caused by tying the corpses of the children and wife, weighted by the jewelry and various other metal objects Apadamek stuffed into their clothes. Twenty minutes later a crash was heard in the ballroom and as guests rushed to see what is was a lone speeder rushed away with guards hearing alarms all over. The guests saw the grizzly site and began to run in fear and attempting to get away, the police chief was in the pool literally being pulled down by his own children and wife's dead bodies. Apadamek finally led the final assault with his friend Freal Reax. They fought hard and it ended with the sacrifice of Freal, Apadamek made them pay for his death by letting the hutt's bleed to death in their palace's large halls and he and his forces proceeded to purge all life from the remaining palace. When he returned Belsarius and him were famous in the underworld, he was feared and very little dared to attempt to kill Belsarius with Apadamek there.
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Prince_of_Kings Registered: Sep '07	Date Posted: 9/23/07 5:01pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Hiya! I think I'm going to create a character to introduce myself to all you good people. I would really appreciate it if you guys told me what to do better on it because this might be my character in one of the games I'm thinking about joining. Name: Ren Roth Age: 31 Species: Zabrak Homeworld: Coruscant Drive: Ren wants recognition for his talents and he works hard to perfect certain aspects of himself in hopes of someone recognizing him. He studies hard, exercises regularly to keep his body tight, takes pride in dressing well, and likes to complete things and not leave them half open. When someone shows him that he feels pleased with himself and rewards himself by buying certain foods and taking days off. Personality: He doesn't take kindly to being ordered around, and strongly believes in giving respect and expects to receive it. He doesn't fight unnecessary battles and understands failure because not everyone is perfect. When someone does better than him he pushes himself to work harder and be able to be better. Competition is something he needs because just succeeding isn't enough. He knows that he wants to be the best and without someone to compare that too, its hard for him to think of himself as being better. Critical Event: When his adoptive brother, Vin, became a lawyer. Ren loves his brother its just the fact that his brother was so good at what he did and made alot of money, often buying Ren gifts and clothes to make sure Ren was dressed well and given the right opportunities to become whatever he chose to become in life. Ren resents his brother because of his success and that is probably the biggest thing that makes Ren work hard in life. Affiliation: Sith Profession: Lawyer, but for a different firm then his brother's. Appearance ---Skin Color: Yellow ---Hair Color: None, he's bald ---Eye Color: Greenish-yellow ---Regular Clothes: Usually he likes black suits, they compliment the yellow of his skin. Grey undershits and red ties. Sometimes he wears burgundy suits, they also go well with his skin, at least he thinks so. ---Sith Clothes: A white tank top, a black oversuit. He puts it on with one leg, then zips the other leg up from his ankle to his neck. And he has black sole shoes, not boots. The suit has been fixed that it keeps him from over heating, but at the same time keeping him warm. Force Sensitive: Yes Weapon(s): Lightsaber, blaster Blade: Single Blade Color: Yellow Biography: Ren was put up for adoption when he was 3 months. His mother was dangerously ill during her pregnancy and his birth and after he was born, she gave him up because she was unable to care for him because she didn't have enough money and Ren's father had been killed at his job site when the cave ceiling collapsed. He stayed there until he was 6 and was adopted by the Roths. He had a nice childhood and looked up to his older brother, Vin. Vin was athletic and protected Ren from bullies. They grew close and loved each other and for Ren's 16th birthday, Vin took him to see his birth mother, who had moved to Iridonia. The relationship with his mother grew strong after Ren got over his resentment towards her for leaving him. Siah, his mother, cared for her son and eventually asked him to move to Iridonia with her and he accepted. He kept in touch with his parents and ended up calling his birth mom, mother, as he did his adoptive one. Siah realized, in Ren's high school years, that he was an extreme hard worker, but that he seemed to want to be the best at everything he did, and sometimes achieved that goal. She was the one who noticed that everytime Vin dropped by to give clothes and money to his brother, that Ren wasn't accepting to his brother's gifts and didn't like the fact that Vin had become a lawyer. At the age of 19 at a Karate Tournament, Ren was approached, after winning his weight division, by a middle aged man and was told that he wasn't as good as he thought. Arrogantly, Ren smirked and ask how couldn't he be. The man went on to explain certain things and experiences and asked if Ren had ever experienced them before. He was describing uses and feelings of the Force and they made sense to Ren. He had known what the Force was, but never thought he had it and had never been approached by any Jedi telling him that he had it. Ren had only applied the Force, unknowingly, to his combat and concentration to make him better at it, not really anything that a non Force user would notice as being abnormal. The man told Ren that he could help him harness the Force and teach him how to use it, to which Ren denied and left. But as he slept that night he begin to think about how proud his parents had been when Vin had become a Lawyer. He wanted to have their respect and it seemed that no matter what he did with grades, martial arts, he just never seemed to get the same recognition that Vin got when he settled disputes or got a client a not guilty. His things just seemed to pale in comparison. He started seeing the man between classes, but despite him wanting Ren to leave his mom, he refused, but continued with the training. He balanced out going to college and learning the Force with the same determination he had used in martial arts. He ended up becoming a lawyer and took his mom with him off of Iridonia to live on Coruscant under the advice of his master and became a Sith when he aligned himself with secret Sith forces on Coruscant. Despite many bad things being said about the Sith, he was being given the respect and recognition he wanted because of the way he excelled and continued to dwell deeper and deeper into the organization, taking, proudly, the title of Lord Roth. -----signature----- This place was empty, so I decided to fill it. Currently enjoying Legacy: Fool's Gamble
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LightWarden Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 10/3/07 8:21pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Hmm... it looks like it's a day ending in "y", so it must be time for me to do some more whining. Can someone please explain to me the appeal of using some random image off of the net for your character? Or even better, using a picture of an established character/real person for your character? Now understandably, if you're playing Luke Skywalker, you're probably going to have a picture of Luke Skywalker up for the others to marvel at and confirm that yes, it is Luke Skywalker... but if you're playing an original character? What exactly are you expecting the other players to do? "Oh, wow, that really is an original character, and not... Vincent Valentine. Tall, dark, brooding, and prone to gunfire? Surely you have broken the creative mold with this design!" "Wow, that is surely an original character, even the picture of George Clooney has your character's name on it!" The even creepier thing is when players go and use the pictures of non-celebrities, that one seems sort of like a skeevy breach of privacy (at least celebrities are public figures). So, why do people do this? I guess Shamus Young said it... When you want an image to use for your character portrait, you have two choices: Spend years mastering the art of sci-fi / fantasy illustration. Perhaps attend art school. Hone your craft until you can fully realize your character on paper just as you imagine them. Use Google Image Search and swipe something that looks roughly like how you want your character to look. For whatever reason, most players take the lazy way and opt for #2, despite the fact that there is a 90% chance they are going to look like a brooding androgynous goth / punk elf holding the wrong weapon. Go figure Why can't people just use their imaginations and words to describe the characters, or just take a shot at drawing on their own? -----signature----- CDG Guild Master Strange how one small thing can determine the fate of so many... especially if it's a twenty-sided die The Internet is SERIOUS BIZNESS! It's all fun and games until someone loses a leg. TF.N RPGs: Less fun than pretending to have sex
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SephyCloneNo15 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 10/3/07 8:34pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	God forbid we use words to describe stuff in the RPF (For some reason that Smiley always eludes me, and I search for it for a good 10--15 seconds in the tiny little box every time) I'm almost more bothered when players use an Anime character for their appearance...especially in a non-anime game. -----signature----- Member: GDG, GMG. Sub-GM: CDG Zam Wessel Lives! Recipient of Thrawn McEwok's Squib Creations Limited-Edition Replica Glove of Darth Vader™ "Samuel L. Jackson isn't only a fine actor, but a gamer. He's one of us." ~ Kotaku
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Apadamek Registered: Jul '07	Date Posted: 10/4/07 12:13pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild - Date Edited: 10/4/07 12:14pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Apadamek
	SephyCloneNo15 posted: God forbid we use words to describe stuff in the RPF (For some reason that Smiley always eludes me, and I search for it for a good 10--15 seconds in the tiny little box every time) I'm almost more bothered when players use an Anime character for their appearance...especially in a non-anime game. well it matters, sure you can have just some words about the character and yeah it works. But frankly sometimes words aren't enough, unless your a professional writer or even someone with writing experience in say a writing class then maybe you'd have the ability/confidence to just trust in your words as good enough description and it doesn't hurt to have a picture...After all whats wrong with using one of your favorite characters from another movie, Anime, Book isn't that whats role playing is about? i mean does it hurt the roleplay to have someone with a george clooney character? after all he just looks like george clooney, the whole point of the story is the character itself not of the characters appearance, so essentially, don't judge a book by it's cover.
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Livi-Wan Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 10/4/07 1:18pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Apadamek posted: After all whats wrong with using one of your favorite characters from another movie, Anime, Book isn't that whats role playing is about? With all due respect, unless it is a game set in a book/cartoon/movie universe where it is specified that you could or should use characters from that universe, no, it isn't what roleplaying is about. Roleplaying, at least in any case other than the one I just described, is taking player-created characters into an already existing or player-created universe and telling their stories. Using a picture you found off google to describe a character you have made up yourself is not only extremely lazy, it is also indicative of bad roleplaying. If you 'don't trust in your words' what the heck are you doing participating in a writing-based medium? My particular pet peeve is also using anime characters as pictures for fan-made characters. It's lazy, arrogant, and disrespectful to the other players (Oh hey, I can't be bothered to sit down and actually think through my characters' appearance like the rest of you did, so here's Faveorite Anime Character of the Moment instead). Write down a description or draw it yourself because otherwise I won't take you or your character seriously. -----signature----- Sithy, Livi, DVC- Clogs in the machine since 2005 Winner of Best RP-er, Autumn 2005 Mad Aunt Millicent- 007 family
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Sith-I-5 Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 10/4/07 1:42pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild - Date Edited: 10/4/07 1:54pm (4 edits total) Edited By: Sith-I-5
	Edits 1-3 WARNING. TOS BREACH IMMINENT. COUNT TO TEN. Edit 4 Apadamek posted: well it matters, sure you can have just some words about the character and yeah it works. But frankly sometimes words aren't enough, unless your a professional writer or even someone with writing experience in say a writing class then maybe you'd have the ability/confidence to just trust in your words as good enough description and it doesn't hurt to have a picture...After all whats wrong with using one of your favorite characters from another movie, Anime, Book isn't that whats role playing is about? i mean does it hurt the roleplay to have someone with a george clooney character? after all he just looks like george clooney, the whole point of the story is the character itself not of the characters appearance, so essentially, don't judge a book by it's cover. -----signature----- Crowning Moment of Awesome – THE MASTER. Summoning six billion robotic beach balls Of Doom to decimate the Earth, blowing a good-bye kiss to the Doctor, all the while dancing to "Voodoo Child". EPIC. EVIL. WIN. 007 Family - DVC's twin bro'.
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Kev-Mas_Colcha Registered: Dec '02	Date Posted: 10/4/07 2:31pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild
	Would this bio make a good character, or a good fan fic/movie... By the way, I drew my own picture for this character, as that is what you guys have been talking about, I thought I might throw in that tidbit of info. Told in First Person Point of View 12 ABY Species: Chiss/Human Age: 30 Alliegance: The Force, The Well Being of the Galaxy, The Templars of Twilight Lightsaber Forms: Form V: Djem So, applied to Jar'Kai Dual Lightsaber Combat. Bio: I was born 18 years before the Battle of Yavin, to a female Chiss Smuggler, Madj'an'arutor (or her core name of Janna) and a Human Jedi Master who survived the Jedi Purge, Dji-Mas Colcha, onboard my mother's Freighter, in the Corellian System. I, was raised as a Jedi by my father, as well as my mother giving me some of her own skills in evading the Empire which we were on the run from. At age 12, when I sensed a disturbance in the force which I couldn't exactly recognize, I took my personal Z-95 Headhunter into space, and was immediately sought after by Darth Vader, who then as I was about to break the atmospheric barrier, shot me down, forcing me make a landing. However, I managed to minimize my force presence with the Force Ability, Art of the Small, which I didn't even know up until that point. It was apparently granted to me by an outside source - someone had been watching over me. I survived in the jungles of Kashyyyk, with the Wookiees for 4 years, who raised me as one of their own. When I was 16 years old, Darth Vader sensed my presence on Kashyyyk, after the Imperials started their occupation of the planet. He told this news to the Emperor, who decided to take matters into his own hands, knowing that by now, all Jedi should have been exterminated on the planet. Perhaps he even foresaw the reason for my ability to evade detection, the elusive Force Ability, Art of the Small. The Emperor, arriving with the Lambda-class Shuttle Tydirium, catching me alone on one of my Trials as a Wookiee Warrior, which I was struggling with. He coerced me into turning to the Dark Side of the Force, telling me that the Wookiees had sent me on a suicide mission, that only a Wookiee could accomplish. He had saved me from impending death. I was then, trained to be an Emperor's Hand, trained to hunt down and kill Jedi like my former self. I was a prodigy, knowing all of the typical Jedi hiding spots, and ferreted out a record of 200 Purge Survivors. However, I was later on given a mission by the Emperor slightly after the Destruction of the first Death Star, to find, and kill a particularly difficult Jedi, one that even Darth Vader himself had been having trouble tracking down. It turns out that this was no ordinary Jedi, for he commanded the force as a whole. I found him on a planet in the far reaches of the Unknown Regions, and when I attacked him, he all of a sudden unleashed a deadly stream of Force Lightning upon me, forcing me to run. From that point, I, the hunter, was turned into the hunted. He finally caught up to me, after cloaking himself with the force and jumping in front of me. Instead of strike me down, however, he told me that the Dark Side was not the way to go. Enraged at these words, I charged him with mastered Djem So fused with Jar'Kai Dual Lightsaber Combat, and he matched with his own Dual Sabers. He told me to let go of pursuing him, and move on to more important matters, matters that would help myself. He told me that he sensed a fury in me, that would last for an eternity, if I would only give up trying to kill him, and instead learn from him. I agreed to his pleas, although wary of my future as an Emperor's Hand. He quelled that fear, telling me he was the reason I lived on Kashyyyk undetected, for it was his ability, Art of the Small, that had hid me, and has been hiding himself as well. However, he told me that in order for it to work, we would need to stay in touch, while he gave me lessons in the force, and I told him if the Empire was heading to his location in the next few days. From his first lesson, I learned the secret of his power. He indeed used both sides of the force, although, he explained that there were no sides - only good and bad motives. He taught me how to walk in between the lightside and the darkside of the force, in order to take advantage of both. From that point on, instead of killing Jedi to benefit only the Empire, I used them to benefit myself, learning from each Jedi I killed a little bit more about how they evaded the Empire, and how to better my abilities in the force. I developed a new philosophy, and that was to learn from everything you do, and everyone you encounter. 4 years later, the Empire was scattered, after the destruction of the Second Death Star and death of Darth Vader and the Emperor over Endor. I, with the Emperor gone, left the Empire, for he had no longer any reason to stay, for the man I was protecting would be safe from it. 6 years after that, I was found by Luke Skywalker, the very man who led the armies I fought against in the Galactic Civil War, and invited to join his Jedi Academy. I accepted, due to my philosophy that you can learn something new from everyone you meet, and this was certainly no exception. However, 1 year later, I was expelled from the Academy for "dangerous philosophy", for I was open on my belief that there was no darkside or lightside, only good and bad motives, and thus could use any part of it for good. Immediately after that, I decided to go to Dagobah, to see A'Sharadd Hett, the man who had trained me in exchange for helping him escape the Empire long ago. Why he had chose Dagobah, nobody knew, but, when I got there, I was introduced to Dade Leviathan, who was said to have been older than Yoda himself. He told me that Dade, was a Grandmaster of a new order, focusing on the very beliefs that I was taught by A'Sharadd. I was invited to join this order, the Templars of Twilight, right there on Dagobah. I accepted the invitation, and, with the recommendation of A'Sharadd, was deemed a Grey Knight of the order. The next day, I recieved word of a Dark Jedi who was spotted on Dagobah, in close proximity to the Temple. I was to exterminate him, and eliminate the possibility of Galactic Exposure for the Twilight Templars. Well, I did kill him, no problem, but, it turns out, there was a larger threat at hand. He had "imbued" the Ancient Sith Spirit of Darth Vectivus into a Force Crystal, and upon the death of the Dark Jedi, the newly "reborn" Sith Lord's Apprentice, he began sending Force Phantoms out across the planet, forcing the Twilight Templars to do something about it. I was granted special oversight over this crisis, and the rank of Silver Knight. Finally, I came to the source of the Phantoms, Darth Vectivus, whom looked like a Phantom himself. I had to kill him by shattering the Force Crystal in which he was contained, which I later on destroyed the fragments completely, making sure that his Dark Energy in the remaining fragments could not be used for a Darksider's Lightsaber. Or, making sure that, even worse, he couldn't be pieced back together again. From that, I was granted the title of Grey Master, and continued my training peacefully, taking on an Apprentice of my own finally... -----signature----- Kev-Mas Colcha - Kage Umbris of the Twilight Templars and Master to kit-kenobi Kexx Mazinn - Jedi Master to Mister_Master How dare you compromise... the balance of our lives... http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/29521316/p1/?6
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LightWarden Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 10/4/07 4:20pm Subject: RE: The Character Designers Guild - Date Edited: 10/4/07 5:28pm (5 edits total) Edited By: LightWarden
	My opinion: female Chiss Smuggler, Madj'an'arutor (or her core name of Janna) and a Human Jedi Master who survived the Jedi Purge, Dji-Mas Colcha Why is it that everyone is born to someone special, even if it means being born to a species that doesn't get around much in the galaxy at this point in time, and a guy of some significant power, despite the fact that they're two different species, which means baby-making is hard. You couldn't have been adopted, or had your father be just some Padawan/Knight, with your mother helping him escape the purge? I, was raised as a Jedi by my father, as well as my mother giving me some of her own skills in evading the Empire which we were on the run from. Because when you're hiding from someone who's trying to destroy you, the smartest thing to do is to paint your child in the most obvious manner available. At age 12, when I sensed a disturbance in the force which I couldn't exactly recognize, I took my personal Z-95 Headhunter into space, and was immediately sought after by Darth Vader, who then as I was about to break the atmospheric barrier, shot me down, forcing me make a landing. ... Vader... your 12 year old self managed to not only survive being shot by Vader (in your personal starfighter!)... However, I managed to minimize my force presence with the Force Ability, Art of the Small, which I didn't even know up until that point. It was apparently granted to me by an outside source - someone had been watching over me. But managed to hide from him using a particularly rare skill used by one known Jedi in existence as something a signature technique thanks to her knowledge of the Force on a microscopic scale. I survived in the jungles of Kashyyyk, with the Wookiees for 4 years, who raised me as one of their own. "[You see, he's my cousin, and he suffered in a chemical accident that left him hairless, thanks to our overly developed manufacturing industry. Oh, and...] GROOWWWWRRR!" When I was 16 years old, Darth Vader sensed my presence on Kashyyyk, after the Imperials started their occupation of the planet. He told this news to the Emperor, who decided to take matters into his own hands, knowing that by now, all Jedi should have been exterminated on the planet. Perhaps he even foresaw the reason for my ability to evade detection, the elusive Force Ability, Art of the Small. You do realize that they've been sitting on Kashyyyk almost since the Clone Wars, since they used Wookiee laborers in the construction of the Death Star, if the insanely conflicting back-story is to be believed. And you somehow managed to avoid Vader, only to... be detected by him? And then... not killed? Did your elusive art somehow fail you? The Emperor, arriving with the Lambda-class Shuttle Tydirium, catching me alone on one of my Trials as a Wookiee Warrior, which I was struggling with. He coerced me into turning to the Dark Side of the Force, telling me that the Wookiees had sent me on a suicide mission, that only a Wookiee could accomplish. He had saved me from impending death. Because, you know, the Tydirium was such an insanely important shuttle that the Rebels didn't have to just pick it up from a remote Imperial Outpost some fifteen years later... And the Emperor himself took a liking to you? I was then, trained to be an Emperor's Hand, trained to hunt down and kill Jedi like my former self. I was a prodigy, knowing all of the typical Jedi hiding spots, and ferreted out a record of 200 Purge Survivors. Wow, and here I always thought that the Emperor specifically raised his Hands with a massive amount of mind-screwing that left them so incredibly bent to his will that even after his death they kept trying to fulfill his commands... Mara Jade must have had the will and backbone of a damp sponge. And how do you have time to rack up a 200 kill count, considering that someone who survives the Purge is either really, really good at hiding/fighting, or really, really weak and not worth killing (though come to think of it, it might be hilarious to have a character who prides himself on the number of younglings and padawans he took down in the purge... "Ferocious little buggers, aren't they?") However, I was later on given a mission by the Emperor slightly after the Destruction of the first Death Star, to find, and kill a particularly difficult Jedi, one that even Darth Vader himself had been having trouble tracking down. It turns out that this was no ordinary Jedi, for he commanded the force as a whole. I found him on a planet in the far reaches of the Unknown Regions, and when I attacked him, he all of a sudden unleashed a deadly stream of Force Lightning upon me, forcing me to run. And how, praytell did you manage to find him when even Vader didn't? Did the Jedi finally take mercy on you and call you up to tell you that a specific uncivilized rockball in the Unknown Regions was an excellent place to look? From that point, I, the hunter, was turned into the hunted. He finally caught up to me, after cloaking himself with the force and jumping in front of me. Instead of strike me down, however, he told me that the Dark Side was not the way to go. Enraged at these words, I charged him with mastered Djem So fused with Jar'Kai Dual Lightsaber Combat, and he matched with his own Dual Sabers. He told me to let go of pursuing him, and move on to more important matters, matters that would help myself. He told me that he sensed a fury in me, that would last for an eternity, if I would only give up trying to kill him, and instead learn from him. TWF? Why is it that everyone uses Two Weapon Fighting? Do you somehow feel the need to be utterly ineffective twice as often? With Djem So focused on power, you'd think that you might gain more from actually using both hands on one saber instead of using the Way of the Spastic Monkey... And wow, people keep sparing your character, I think it's clear that he's mastered the most dangerous of techniques... THE CROUCH OF THE WILD TIGER! I agreed to his pleas, although wary of my future as an Emperor's Hand. He quelled that fear, telling me he was the reason I lived on Kashyyyk undetected, for it was his ability, Art of the Small, that had hid me, and has been hiding himself as well. However, he told me that in order for it to work, we would need to stay in touch, while he gave me lessons in the force, and I told him if the Empire was heading to his location in the next few days. It's not like anyone knew where you were going or your nifty communications equipment aboard your fancy Hand ship could be used to figure that stuff out. And of course, it would be easy to spot the Emperor since such a remote location is equipped with the finest in tracking equipment, capable of pinning the location of even the Big Cheese himself. No Bothans need die for this one. From his first lesson, I learned the secret of his power. He indeed used both sides of the force, although, he explained that there were no sides - only good and bad motives. He taught me how to walk in between the lightside and the darkside of the force, in order to take advantage of both. Sith-Lite! All of the great taste, none of the calories! From that point on, instead of killing Jedi to benefit only the Empire, I used them to benefit myself, learning from each Jedi I killed a little bit more about how they evaded the Empire, and how to better my abilities in the force. I developed a new philosophy, and that was to learn from everything you do, and everyone you encounter. What a heroic character! 4 years later, the Empire was scattered, after the destruction of the Second Death Star and death of Darth Vader and the Emperor over Endor. I, with the Emperor gone, left the Empire, for he had no longer any reason to stay, for the man I was protecting would be safe from it. 6 years after that, I was found by Luke Skywalker, the very man who led the armies I fought against in the Galactic Civil War, and invited to join his Jedi Academy. I accepted, due to my philosophy that you can learn something new from everyon