OH LOOK SPAM
1) List your previous roleplaying and/or MUSH experience, as well as any characters you have played here at M3.
Uh, ex-Tama Tamagawa, 3D0, Beethro Budkin, etc, at Videoland, and Ex-Dazzle Here.
2) If you are applying for an OC, list their Faction, Function, Quote, Profile and Skills (See 'News Skills'). If you are applying for an FC and want to suggest changes, list them here.
Faction: Maverick
Function: Information Verification
Quote: "Is that the case? Yes? Impossible!"
Profile: Owls are, in the wild, dangerous predators to those below on the foodchain. However, Skeptistic Owl is about as distant from that as you can get. Ridicule aside, he's the 'Middle Management' type, essentially one of the office-paperwork-deskjob types that you always knew the Mavericks had to have somewhere. Lazy physically, and easily cowed out of actual combat, he tends to prefer staying hidden behind armed guards, and people who can keep him from getting full of holes, while poking his own holes in the ebbs and flows of intelligence that tide in a war. You probably don't have his stapler.
3) Describe your character's physical form. Also, are they human-form, animal-form, or some other 'form'?
Skeptistic Owl, perhaps in a stunning display of irony, takes the form of a particularly unlikely species of owl-- The Snowy White. While his stature is hardly impressive on a vertical scale, he fits into a rather standard owl shape, if a touch on the rotund side. While mostly white, the edges of his armor (if only to be able to even distinguish them) are trimmed with ice blue. This effect is especially easy to distinguish on his chest, which appears to have a somewhat cartoonish feathery texture cut into it. Of course, seeing as though he has more of a desk job than anything, he's unarmed, his arms generally hidden under the (useless) wing overshields. Of course, since he does have to walk, he has decidedly plantigrade boots, in a decidedly average style. Same color scheme, mind.
4) What is the character's origin and history?
In any war situation, there is a great deal of intelligence and counter-intelligence flying back and forth, and media information and disinformation. Naturally, much like the Phantom Brigade in World War 2, sides may slip false information to the other in a manner that appears to be leaked and stolen, or information gathered through espionage could easily simply be *wrong*. It is for this reason that Skeptistic Owl was built. His job is not to spy, not to gather intelligence, and especially not to fight on the front lines; His job is merely to examine what is before him, and distinguish truth from falsehood. It has the advantage of being a somewhat safe job, if a touch monotonous.
The Repliforce has developed a solar-powered death ray? Are they moving their troops at 2AM Tuesday? Is Dr. Wily seriously going to make that Robot Master out of plastic? From the absolutely absurd to the deathly serious, it falls to Skeptistic Owl to figure out what's real and what's just there to cause fearmongering. Lives do depend on it.
5) What is your character's personality? How does s/he interact with others? What things does s/he like and dislike? What is something your character would never do? What are his/her goals and aims? Don't limit yourself only to these questions, since the more detail in this section, the better.
Skeptistic Owl is one of those people who has a difficult time differentiating between on and off hours. He will, if given the opportunity, argue the smallest point should it seem even slightly incorrect, even in leisure time. About the only thing that keeps him from being entirely insufferable is his dedication to his work, and his general disdain for actually interacting outside of a business relationship. (He is not the fellow you want to take down to the pub with you on a friday night.) If, for some bizarre reason, he should actually loosen his tie for a moment, he's still going to bore people to death with the ever so intriguing trivia he's recently discovered, or, perhaps, some particularly intriguing BS he's managed to uncover upon his daily work.
On the other hand, he's not terribly brave when outside of his sphere of comfort. While he'll heartily defend his point of view to the death sitting in his own office, he's largely uncomfortable and even perhaps somewhat meek when forced to account for his own actions in public, or even in a higher-up's office. If at all possible, he'll do whatever it takes simply to send it over some impersonal medium like computer networks or even a telephone-type setup. Anything to avoid outright conflict. As one can likely surmise, this extends to actual combat, which he will avoid at almost any cost. Will he watch at a safe distance and keep notes? Certainly. Will he swoop in at the last minute and save the day? Well, if it...doesn't actually involve any semblance of RISK, maybe. Other than that? Pfft. Ridiculous.
6) Why is your character in a particular faction? How does s/he view fellow faction members and facheads? How does s/he see other factions?
Admittedly, there isn't much separating Owl from the other factions, except perhaps that he isn't Japanese, his name does not end in 'Man', and he's not particularly badass enough to be a Hunter. On the other hand, he's dedicated to his job, as previously mentioned, and a sizable amount of that job description is 'you work for the Mavericks'. Whom he views, in terms of rank and file, generally, as tech support tend to view the people who are emailing asking about chain letters. Naturally, this offhand disdain for their intellect does not extend to his superiors; He's not /stupid/.
7) Please include a sample pose or short RP example involving your character.
Supposedly, the owl thought to himself, X's new buster upgrades allowed him to combine two different stolen weapons at once. That was the intelligence he'd received, and he was doubtful. Largely, because this was about the third time in as many weeks that the Hunters had 'secretly' let slip that the upgraded Blue Bomber had some unstoppable superweapon, but in particular because it wouldn't serve any particular function, in his mind.
"This is ridiculous." The owl crosses his arms. "There is NO WAY this is the case--but regardless, let's try to send out our troops in a manner for a bit that combining their powers would be worthwhile to try. Worst comes to worst, we're mocking them."
Questions 8-9 are only required for Original Characters. Applications for Feature Characters may stop now. OCs, continue to:
8) Give us your character's statistics. (If you are applying for Armor, include stats for all of their modes, separated by mode. Charisma, Intelligence, and Courage remain the same throughout all armor modes.)
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 8
Courage: 4
Agility: 4
Dexterity: 6
Endurance: 7
Firepower: 5
Strength: 6
Velocity: 4
Combat stat total: 36
Size: 6
Weaknesses: Barrier Explosive
Resistances: Air
Primary Attack: Wing Whip = 6 ranged air
Secondary Attacks:
Worthless Dervish = 3 melee air area
Eagle-eyed Bellyflop = 4 melee blunt homing rebound
Charged Laser Pointer= 5 ranged energy
Droning Speech= 0 stun area
Ramming Speed = 6 melee rebound inefficient
Abilities: Holograms
Skills: I Need My (Office) Space, Who Gives A Hoot, Does Not Know How Many Licks, I Bet You Thought I Was Gonna Say
9) Explain your character's name and justify any attack with a level over 6, any effects on weapons, any ability, any stat out of the average range, resistance(s), and weakness(es). Also, please provide a brief explanation of the primary and each secondary attack where applicable. Some attacks are self-explanatory, but other ones may require a sentence or two to explain.
He's a guy who's job is to be the skeptic. I think the name is obvious. As for the holograms, well, his job is to give presentations and the like. He's a non-combat character, so I suspect this will not be /overly crushing/ in power. He's weak to Barrier because, as you'll notice, most of his attacks (ha!) involve running into your opponent. Which...well, barrier. I mean. Forcefield. Wham. As for explosives, well, it's the same general deal, he's just not very good at getting blown up. Seeing as though he's a bird, it's a pretty good chance you aren't going to aerate him with air.
<p><Chat> <Matto says, "What's up?"
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Angst."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Drama."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Betrayal."
<Chat> <Prince_Herb says, "Plushies."</p>
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:39 pm
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at: 4/7/06 21:33
