Cortex Game Interest Check

[AsBloodTurnsEverCold]

I have quite a few ideas I'm really into though among my favorite at the moment: 
- An unfortunate archaeologist whose physical form has been twisted either by the work of another or due to certain strange experiences 
- A foreign hunter who moved to the West to experience a new frontier 
- An automaton bartender or bartender hopeful 
- A wandering bounty hunter with a weapon addiction 
- A writer looking for a good story to save a failing careers looking into strange happening 
- A cursed singer looking for ways to save themselves 
- A nun/priest who could also be an automation whose church was destroyed by a cult making them the last 

Will narrow it down once I know what group I'm rolling with of course, might change entirely. I'm never short of ideas and all that.

Edited 5 hours ago by AsBloodTurnsEverCold

[DreamsnThings]

ah, i probably should have checked, on a scale of 1 to 10 how lewd oriented can/should we design our character concepts? @MagnificentBastard's concepts made me realize I could take things a few steps further if it works for the setting

[MagnificentBastard]

8 minutes ago, DreamsnThings said:

ah, i probably should have checked, on a scale of 1 to 10 how lewd oriented can/should we design our character concepts? @MagnificentBastard's concepts made me realize I could take things a few steps further if it works for the setting

Ah well you know me, I am basically a hedonistic pervert mascarading as a writer/roleplayer.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Perverts, on EcchiDreams?  Impossible.

[IsabellaRose]

21 minutes ago, DreamsnThings said:

ah, i probably should have checked, on a scale of 1 to 10 how lewd oriented can/should we design our character concepts? @MagnificentBastard's concepts made me realize I could take things a few steps further if it works for the setting

As lewd as you like. I’m 100% behind rampant sexual antics when I run games. 

[DreamsnThings]

fantastic, the sheriff is in with her fuzzy cuffs!

[Chiyako]

I've no clue what I'm going to make yet. It'll depend entirely on the setting and what in terms of character type (only Humans or fancier stuff) is allowed.

[DreamsnThings]

...ok so I had a thought, rather than go the sheriff with a busted gun angle I could play into the steampunk weird tech and make a scientist like gal who is researching pheromone compositions, who in combat would weaponize them almost like a DND enchantment mage, with her pheromones sometimes backfiring as being too sexually charged, leading to her being impromptly being made into her targets.. ahem.. "mate"... roughly on the floor.

[IsabellaRose]

@DreamsnThings - That would play well with the "aroused" and "orgasmic" stress tracks. I like making the sexual aspect grant mechanical benefits as well. I'm thinking if we want to focus on the lewd aspect, we could all have an "Erotic Distinction¹" to which we could attach various SFX².

Distinction: Pheromonal Alchemist

You are a scientist of scents, a chemist of desire, bending biology and chemistry into invisible weapons. Your steampunk vials, atomizers, and tinctures turn pheromones into tools of persuasion, distraction, and control. But the volatile nature of your work means sometimes the reaction is stronger than intended — intoxicating not only your enemies but yourself, and sometimes making you the target of your own concoctions.

Possible SFX:

• SFX: Enchanting Aroma
  Spend 1 PP to Step Up your Effect Die when using pheromones to charm, seduce, or distract.
• SFX: Intoxicating Backfire
  Gain 1 PP when your pheromones affect you instead of your target. 
• SFX: Tailored Brew
  Spend 1 PP and Add a d6 to Trouble to directly Step Up a target's Aroused Stress track, describing how your pheromones overwhelm their senses.
• SFX: Overdose Reaction
  Once per scene, you may choose to step up your pheromone-based Effect Die and take an Aroused Stress die of equal size, representing the strain of your own body reacting to your formula.

 

¹ Distinctions are like Aspects if you've ever played Fate. They're a description of an ability, talent, power, or something that your character can do. Using @DreamsnThings example she could have a "Pheromonal Alchemist" Distinction (example above) that would outline what the ability does and any costs associated with it.

² SFX are Special Effects that are attached to Distinctions. If Superman had a Kryptonian Distinction, his SFX would be stuff like Freeze Breath, Heat Vision, Invulnerable, etc.

Edited 34 minutes ago by IsabellaRose

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

These are the ones I am currently leaning towards, will cut down (or maybe consider something else) as setting/story is figured out and see what the rest of my group does for characters.  These could all be either man or woman with rare exception(s) where only one gender really fits:

Steampunk Character Tropes:

Gadeteer Genius
Mad Scientist/Inventor
Explorer

Western/Wild West Character Tropes

Bounty Hunter
Hooker with a Heart of Gold (yeah, that isn't going to be a man)
Magical Native American

[DreamsnThings]

I absolutely adore this as a baseline! Oh my fucking god this is perfect <3<3<3