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1) You may submit between now and October 6th.
2) One submission per person.
3) Entries will be picked because they are fun. I like good stories and fun characters over mechanics and crunch.
4) Post entries here! Your entry should include the following:
Why are they important to you?
Tell me race / class / theme but also tell me backstory and personality. Why do they want in the Starfinder Society? Feel free to post the story in character.
Extra points will be awarded if submissions include your character's theme song, or alternatively, the lyrics to your character's favorite Strawberry Machine Cake song.
Please also tell me if the character is intended for a Play-by-Post, where I could see the character in play someday.
(PbP participation is not at all required to win, but it is something that would be fun for me.)
If you win, when you first play your character, you agree to post back here and tell us how the game went!
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((I have a boon, so I will submit this as a sample character only.))
Name's Mei Appleblossom. I'm a gnome if you can't tell from the stature and pink hair. I guess I could be a halfling with a bottle of hair dye, but I'm probably not.
I'm a Paladin of Sarenrae by trade, about to set out on a 5-year mission to seek out new life an convert them to worship of most glorious Sarenrae. I guess you could call me a xenoseeker if you wanted to.
Sarenrae reveals herself to me through the photon and the graviton, though I favor the bright, shiny photon. They say this makes me a "Solarion", but I prefer "Paladin" as I champion Sarenrae's cause. I bring Sarenrae's grace and mercy to far places, and her wrath when the time for mercy has passed.
It's kind of a family thing. Us Appleblossoms have been paladins as long as anyone can remember. I even dug up pre-gap records that link our name to paladins of Shelyn back on old Golarion. I wonder what happened to ol' Shelyn, I mean, people still have to appreciate art.
Theme song? Umm? I guess "For the Sun and the Fury." The old orange hymnal version, not the watered-down version in the pale blue book.
Anyway, I have to go grab a copy of 'Star Sugar Heartlove' before my shuttle leaves, seeya. May the dawn bring new light and all that.
((Not likely to be a PBP character. Also, clone avatars.))
Venture-Captain, Mississippi–Hattiesburg
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Dwarves are my go-to race to test out RPGs. I can tell how good a RPG is going to be by how they treat their dwarves. That’s my test. It’s so strange, but those little, bearded, axe-flailin’, goblin-smashin’ buggers are the best. And dwarves in space? Why not? A new challenge! Let’s do this!
Stone Smithley, dwarf mechanic mercenary with a combat drone
“I was born to me mutha an’ fatha onna Star Citadel outseye Diaspora. Dey had a ting fer de rocks an’ minin’ an’ stuff but I had de ting for de machins an’ de gadgets. So, when me beard be shorter, I’d seen dis holo ‘bout de ‘istory of me clan an’ how dey rode de wil’ boars inta battle. Dunno what de wil’ boar be but dat was badass. So, I made me one. I tink. Put de heavy laser on de flank an’ call dit de day. It’ll gimme de chance to kill sum space gobbos or orcs or sometin like dat. Sept dere not be any ‘round. So, I gots de job fixin’ de shuttles an’ de cruisas.”
“Then I met dose Starfiners dat time when dey paid me fer some work. Sumtin nassy chewed up dat shuttle. Bigun nasty. Was sum heavy work but I gots it done. Dey said dey be lookin’ fer good mechanics like me since a lot of dere fellas was los’ or sumtin like dat. An’ din dey say dere be sum space gobbos out dere. An’ I swear right din an’ dere I grab up me fatha’s fur axe an’ me gran-fatha’s armor an’ load up me boar an’ said less go!”
“Always fel’ dere was more to see, to do, to acheeve. Always fel’ dere was sumtin missin’. I tink me mutha an’ fatha was de same way. I cud feel dis sadness an’ sense o’ loss or sumtin. Seem like it be loss o’ dwarves be dis way. It even felt like ole Angradd wassun tellin’ us every ting. Shackin’ up wit’ dees Starfiners gonna help me to make de sense o’ t’all. I ken fix dey stuff den explore de space. Hopefully dey ken help me find de ansers. An’ to top it off, dey said I ken kill sum stinky space gobbos when dey fin’ sum.”
Theme Song: Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi
(I probably won’t be playing on PbP, but I’ll definitely be back to tell you how it went!)
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• Why do you want to play this character?
Gear was my first pathfinder society character, and is near and dear to my heart because of all the stories and friends I made because of joining the pathfinder society. Getting to continue her legacy "To Infinity and Beyond!" Would be an astoundingly fun way to get my starfinder society character off the ground.
• Who is this character?
Heya! I'm Gear! Gear Sprockton! As you can see, I'm the cutest gnome you've ever met in your life, and I'll have a word with anyone who says differently! I'm an alchemist by trade originally, but when Golarian disappeared, so did all my alchemy components! Now I'm back to square one, with all my knowledge of the alchemic arts basically worthless! But, in the years since the Gap, something more new, more wonderful has come about! Mechanics! I get the same kind of thrill I used to get by combining ingredients on Golarian by hooking together thrusters on ships, doing quick spur of the moment reroutes, and tinkering with my drone, Boytoy!
Okay, yes, it's a weird name, sure, but listen, have you ever TRIED dating a gnome? It's impossible! They're way to flighty. I thought upon the idea of just making the perfect man back when I was on Golarian, but the chance just wasn't available without getting into some seriously icky, ethically dubious stuff. But now? Well, if folks like the androids can have a soul, why can't my sweet little guy? He isn't there yet... I'm still figuring out how exactly one reaches that level of AI sophistication, but I'll get there someday and the Starfinder society is gonna help me do it.
Right now, Gear exists as a "Uploaded Android" for flavor reasons, but it'd be amazing if I could have her be a actual gnome again.
• Bonus: Theme Song!
The Dresden Dolls: Coin Operated Boy
• Other Information.
All my characters switch between PBP and real life, though I suspect I'll spend more time on PBP with Gear if only for the hilarity that is Boytoy.
• Explore, Cooperate, Report!
If you win, when you first play your character, you agree to post back here and tell us how the game went!
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Is it bad that I've started to recognize HMM's aliases by writing style?What? There was no filk in there! It was 100% filk-free!
EDIT: I did ask for a theme song though. That may have been a bit of a give-away!
Hmm
The PbP reference got me thinking. Then I looked over the whole post and said "this must be HMM" to myself. Just the overall, bubbly, tone. Perhaps the contrast to my curmudgeonly nature is why your friendly nature is so obvious to me. :-)
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Thanks for telling me about this contest! Given my noob status, I don't really know how boons work, but if it'll let me play my Themeless Half-Elf Soldier, I'll definitely take a crack at it! Good thing I LOVE making backstories! So without further adieu, here he is!
Who is your character?
He's a short guy, 4' 7", around 19 years of age, but his elven features and slight frame make him look even younger. He has scruffy light brown hair, bright golden yellow eyes, and a light tan from living on a desert planet with the attire to match. As for the rest of the details, I think I'll let him explain....
"Wanna get ta know me, huh? Alrighty then! The name's Felix, and if you need someone to spear things in the face, I'm your guy! Kinda comes with the territory if wanna survive in the desert on your own. That, and knowing how to steal food without some 4-armed dude getting his hands on you. Saw that happen to a guy I knew once. ...I don't know him anymore.
AAAANYWAY! Stabbing and running. I'm pretty good at that stuff, but that's not all I do! I've ran a few odd jobs here and there too! ...And BOY did that get boring fast! I mean, sure, it paid well enough, but still... I want something more! Action! Adventure! Seeing something other than a bunch of sand dunes for once in my life! I'm not really good with time, or other smartypants stuff like that, but I've wanted that for like, ever! ...But no dice.
Then one day, I was sleeping under my usual rock, as ya do, and woke up to this SUPER loud noise! Like, louder than my stomach after not eating for a week. I got up and saw that it was this HUGE spaceship! Flashing lights, fancy logo, the works! So naturally, once the guys flying it left the thing, I just HAD to check it out. And to make a long story short, they turned out to be these people called Starfinders, and they THANKFULLY didn't chuck me out the air lock when they found me. I don't know much about them, but I'd say they're pretty cool. If they're as adventure-y as they say they are, I think I'm gonna have a ton of fun working with 'em!
Oh! And one last thing! Did I mention that I LOVE cats?! THEY'RE SO AWESOME! That soft fur, that "can't-tell-me-what-to-do" attitude... I heard about these things called augmentations this one time. Think there's a way I could get some ears and tail?"
Why do you want to play this character?
I LOVE the whole primal/tribal warrior aesthetic, even in sci-fi settings like this one. I like unleashing my wild side, what can I say? I also like playing youthful characters, both in looks and personality since, well, it's not too far off with the way I am IRL! Finally, I know this is getting a bit into the mechanical side of things, but I've always liked the glass cannon/fragile speedster character and that's exactly what Felix is!
Win or lose, I hope you've enjoyed my entry!
EDIT: I still can't think of a matching theme song, but I'll post one later if I can think of one. Also, what's Play-By-Post?
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Muse, Halfling Operative/Envoy, Icon
"Hey I'm Eloritu's plaything, "Muse", a halfling this time around, eccentric in both behavior and form. What are these bouts of unpredictable behavior that carry me on for weeks? Today, I'm stoic as Verces's orbit, next week savage as a solar flare. I can't explain it myself, the god of secrets must be toying with me. My own theories include re-living multiple reincarnations. Sometimes I genuinely want to die. Where does that sacrifical urge come from? It usually results in my next incarnation...Strange. It's been halfling for a long time now, hasn't it?
Let's talk about impulsivity. Pick up that artillery laser gun - sure! - it works in my hands for awhile, sometimes successful beyond reason. Then predictably, the Streak sets in, regular as digiclockwork. I shoot my own face, then blackout, and then awake among strangers once again. Although, since I don't have any memory of specifics of what just happened, every day is a new shot at life, or death...
Dive over that pit of slavering orocorans for that triple chocolate mousse? Hell yeah. Take the party's soldier's challenge to stand guard and not blink for 24 hours straight? Sure, I think that's what I was supposed to do. Ink "you're taking your chances hanging with me" in binary around my nipple? No that's just being cute. Alright, maybe someday. But the message is true.
Know I'll be right behind you when danger comes; but you certainly won't know why, or what I'm doing there. You may regret it even. I won't guarantee you'll laugh, but you probably will. Or be angry enough to throttle me. And that's perfectly acceptable. I may find you again someday and apologize. But only if it's the first time I remember what happened.
So...where to?"
Playing Muse gives me the excuse to indulge every gaming whim I've ever had since my first crazy elf in 1977. Why does he act this way? The explanation is unknown, so chalk it up to forces beyond his control, and let the beast loose. Muse will make extensive use of skills to pull off memorable feats (halfling luck), then I'll roleplay to the utmost his tragic failures.
Of course, Muse hopes to make copious use of the Mnemonic Editor (I'll need to, in order to make this character come to life.) Sure, that'll be costly, but you can't take it with you, especially when you're dying all the time...
Theme song: Beck - Loser
Muse will see time in SFS play in San Rafael and Santa Rosa, CA and perhaps some Bay Area conventions (Pacificon, etc.)
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Why are they important to you? With a setting as open as Starfinders, I think it could be a ton of fun to play as a character that already has a really storied history with the setting, a character that might have view points considered out date or odd by the core races of Starfinder.
Tech is an Elven Mechanic once named Gaspard who has been laying low for the last hundred years or so, given his status as an Outlaw. Tech is in his fifth century of life and keenly aware of the Gap within his own memory, but he was already a Forlorn at that point. Having given up life among the elves, giving up the memories of living with them was easy, and likely a blessing as far as he's concerned. He doesn't remember his exact reason for leaving home, but he assumes his love and interest for the culture of other races had likely did not gel with the increasingly insular and xenophobic elven lifestyle. Eventually, that love of culture and understanding let him directly into the Android Rebellion.
Tech already had something of a reputation as a decent mechanic (dedicate a century or two to learning a craft, and you're bound to get good at it of course). So when he was approached by a few androids looking for assistance gaining their freedom he had a choice to make, and much like he had done to the elves, Tech said "To hell!" with the Pact Worlds restrictions and narrow view of sentience and was quickly embroiled in the Android resistence, using his mechanical knowledge to upgrade his friends and free others from programs that bound them to servitude. Not only was it fulfilling to aid another race in achieving their freedom and equality, but Tech found that Androids were among the few races that could appreciate the point of view that came with a longer lifespan.
Naturally an Elven Mechanic working against the law to free androids did not go unnoticed, but the elven practice of wearing masks provided an easy way for Tech to travel without rousing too much suspicion, and he's confident that his face was never revealed to anyone he didn't trust. After the androids gained their freedom, Tech went underground on Akiton, mostly running a garage to repair droids, or equipment and occasionally getting visits from his old android friends until eventually they'd all released their souls, and opened their bodies for new personalities free from the biases that oppression had given them.
After a century and a half, Tech finally felt comfortable moving throughout the pact worlds, though he's unsure if he still counts as an outlaw, he makes sure never to give his real name, and he hides his true mechanical competence so as not to draw much suspicion, he's even time locked the advanced features of his exocortex to temporarily limit his efficiency. He's joined up with the Second Seekers, eager once again to lend a hand in building/rebuilding a community and perhaps finding more of what the universe has in store in the meantime. The Pact Worlds now are far different from the ones he explored before the Thyst Rebellion, and through the planets are the same, Tech is quickly discovering a system very unlike the one he remembers.
Imagine - John Lennon
My Starfinder play is exclusively PbP so they'll definitely be played on these forums.
Would love to recap a first session!
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- Why do you want to play this character?
It's my core Dwarf Barbarian. He will be going though Bonekeep, ALL BONEKEEP scenarios as a core character. HE will be playing HIGH tier. No need to wuss out on this. After this he will need a new challenge. - Who is this character?
Toragur the Dwarf Barbarian (Core). A simple Dwarf at first looks. Short, hardy and red headed. With a full on dwarf worthy beard. He does use a Greatsowrd, but has his TRUSY pickaxe. - Tell me race / class / theme but also tell me backstory and personality. Why do they want in the Starfinder Society? Feel free to post the story in character.
For starters he is a standard Dwarf. He loves to mine and dig for gems. What would be more epic than mining for gems in space. Think of all of those possibilities. He loves to adventure and WILL put in a good hard days work. He doesn't back down from anything, or hasn't had to yet. HE even had to face a Dragon and rode it, even for a short time. He is always on the move, sometimes leaving his party behind. But he can stand on his own. He has alot of LIFE threatening situations but his faith in Torag has been nothing but beneficial. Torag watches over Toragur. HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE WITH OUT HIS TRUSTY PICKAXE. He would love to explore the Final Frontier and find cool new space aliens to ride and battle. And find cool new space gems to mine in his off time.I will admit I did dump his charisma, but I do play it that way 100%. He wants to be the face but not very good, and the group wants a permanant silence spell put on him. He did get silenced once and couldn't try the talking, the party loved the few hours of silence. Even though the group rags on him for him willing to spend 5 hours digging a whole and putting all the labor in, they are like a second family to him. You don't mess with his family. He will always stand with his family and protect them the best he can. His only job was the main front liner, but he finds trap , not with his face like most barbarians, haha. Tries to be the face, tries to be the sneaky one.
The only think he likes more than mining is drinking, and not afraid to drink anyone under the table. Always has a keg with him and always has a drink, especially after a good hard fight. He is a good hearted dwarf, but has a short temper. He will do whatever it takes to complete the mission, especially if he has to rescue slaves or allies or anyone needing help.
- Bonus: Theme Song!
Easy... Diggy Diggy Hole.
I do play this every time I play him. - Other Information.
Please also tell me if the character is intended for a Play-by-Post, where I could see the character in play someday.
PBP: Most likely not, But I am sure if I win, I could figure it out, and maybe look to it several times, just for you.I really had no interest in core games. Then I had a crazy idea. Lets take a group of Core characters through Bonekeep. There is no playing down, we play on hard mode. I wanted to see how possible it was to do. I somehow found 5 other brave soles willing to do this. We also do not have a dedicated healer, even crazier we be. When he does come out with his fellow members alive everyone will know that they aren't a joke and these 6 brave souls are not to be trifled with. We are just about to hit bonekeep. If all goes well should be November/December time frame. Starfinder was priority when it cam out.
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Why do you want to play this character?
I just have a weakness for the halfling characters, and I blame Paizo for making them so damn cool in Pathfinder. From Dale Farsight, half-halfling and unlucky witch, to Gadib, the surly slave-on-loan barbarian/opportunist, halflings have always made the most interesting characters for me - and as cool as I find ysoki, nothing scratches the itch to play a small plucky character like a halfling.
Who is this character?
At some point, secrets stop having value as a currency.
It’s simple, really - a secret only has value when it is shared. But the more people know a secret, the less value it has as a secret. At some intangible point, secrets go from being secrets to being knowledge, and then suddenly they become powerful again, but in an entirely different way.
This conundrum, part philosophy and part riddle, always fascinated Erry. A voracious reader, the halfling would sit down with news bulletins and forum posts, religious texts and technical manuals, occult tomes and books of magic - anything that promised secrets and knowledge. The halfling was fascinated at the synthesis and transformation of the two, and the role that magic played as both elite knowledge and a tool for the uncovering of secrets.
As he delved deeper and deeper into the foundations of knowledge and the founts of power, he began to discover the idea of a singularity - the point where all life, all knowledge, would become one - one single repository of all knowledge known through countless minds, one single interconnected life spread through countless bodies. Suddenly there would be no secrets… so there certainly wasn’t any harm in uncovering as many as he could now?
Part hacker, part spy, part scholar, Erry continues to explore the concept of secret truths through pursuit of the mystic arts. While he doesn’t have much of a torch to be a Starfinder, he found the Dataphiles to be an inspiration and a boon to his ‘research’ into other people’s secrets - the premiums that they pay for such knowledge help him fund further explorations into magic, conspiracies, and anything that someone wishes to remain unknown.
Bonus: Theme Song!
Erry has begun creating an algorithm to predict the next album by Strawberry Machine Cake. He anticipates a move from the sugar-spun pop anthems of their first albums to a more introspective tone with musings on what it means to create art. He’s also created an algorithm predicting the band’s eventual break-up, though he refuses to tell anyone the predicted reason.
Other Information.
Yes, I absolutely plan on this character being primarily PbP - after all, what’s more Dataphile than a primarily digital character?
Explore, Cooperate, Report!
If I win, when I first play Erry, I agree to post back here and tell everyone how the game went!
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Why do you want to play this character?
Brobdingnagian was my first Play By Post character and he never fails to elicit a smile. While I love how varied and interesting the Core Starfinder races are, Ysoki just don’t quite capture the natural sheer pint-sized *joy* that halflings possess.
Who is this character?
Halfling / TBD / Icon
A curly-haired halfling in a green and brown second-skin vaults up onto a stool at the bar beside you in the Lorespire Complex. ”Hiya, name’s Brobdingnagian, which means ‘marked by great size.’” He pauses a moment. ”I know, I know. Halfling and ‘great size’ don’t usually match. Though I’ll have you know that height isn’t the only measure of stature.” He flashes a guileless grin. ”There’s fame as well! Being able to stand tall amongst your peers and rising above where your limitations might have otherwise left you at. That’s partly why I want to join the Starfinder Society, and who knows? Maybe someone like me could become the First Seeker someday and give even the littlest among us someone to look up to. Metaphorically speaking.”
He orders up a glass of some synth-ahol and takes a drink before setting it on the bar. ”Beyond that, though… there’s just so many amazing places to explore and exciting things to learn. I’m sure if I wanted to, I could find a safe cushy job captaining a liner, like my Dad. Or maybe even break into the music business and swim in credits. But those both sound so… boring…” He raises his hands helplessly, sighing. ”Have you ever had that feeling, a hunger, like you’d missed Second Breakfast? But the only thing that fills it is new experiences? That’s how I feel. And for some reason, being exposed to mind-numbing terror has always inspired my best songs!”
”So, what do you think? Do I have a shot?” He grins hopefully.
Beyond the above personality, despite his irrepressible nature he has a coping mechanism of singing situationally appropriate song parodies!
Other Information.
Given that PbP is the best format to come up with songs, I’m sure he’d be in PbP sometime, one way or another.
Bonus: Theme Song and Obligatory Filk! :
Original: Through the Fire and Flames by Dragon Force
<Guitar Intro>
From the soft dawn of morning
'Til the Sun sheds its last light
While a single Starfinder remains
We stand prepared to fight
Though morale has fallen down
And the times are tough alright
The sound of all our laughter soars
Around the world tonight
Fighting hard, blending spell, tech, and steel
We adventure and explore
Our daring pilots steer the helm
And land on distant shores
From the Outer Planes to the Hell’s Domain
We seek and boldly go
Leaving behind all comfort of what we know
So now we fly, yeah we’re free
We’re defenders of the galaxy
On towards the unexplored
Our quest carries on!
Far beyond the Sun’s light
Far into the dark night
Fear has no place at all in hearts or souls!
So far away; won’t wait for the day
For our lives to be wasted and gone
We bear the scars of friends lost in the Scoured Stars
Through a trial forged by flame we journey on
<Guitar Solo>
Now a new day is dawning
And our spaceships fill the sky
We raise our heads to the heavens above
With wonder in our eyes
Racing back through the void’s darkest night
Resolve burns within my heart
We’re banished from our time and Golarian
To a life beyond the stars
From our darkest dreams lurk evil beings
Jealous of our light
And with their defeat we’ll all be free tonight
And so we Drift through a sea
That redefines reality
From the home-base of our Station
Into the Great Beyond
Safe inside we’ll never find
The destiny of our own kind
Day after day our mission must go on!
So far away; won’t wait for the day
For our lives to be wasted and gone
We bear the scars of friends lost in the Scoured Stars
Through a trial forged by flame we journey on
<Another Guitar Solo>
Woah, woah, whoaoah.
Woah, woah, whoaoah!
<Gratuitously Unnecessary Guitar Solo>
And still we stand proud with blood on our hands
We fight so hard so that we can understand
I’ll solve the mystery of the Gap if I possibly can
For knowledge of every man
So far away; won’t wait for the day
For our lives to be wasted and gone
We bear the scars of friends lost in the Scoured Stars
Through a trial forged by flame we journey on
<Gratuitously Unnecessary Guitar Finale>
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Hello Everyone! Thanks to all who entered my contest.
I’d like to say something great about everyone who submitted something.
Mei, I know you already have a boon, but thanks so much for having the courage to submit a character first. That, and you are clearly a gorgeous gnome.
Steve, Stone Smithly is an awesome dwarf. I know you already got a boon from Michael Eshelman, otherwise you would have been a strong contender. Your song totally should have been:
GM Starson, I love the name Gear Sprocket! He sounds like an adorable gnome. I hope that Charli can play with him someday.
IfritSlasher, I was so enamored by the idea of a primitive Starfinder character that I decided that my -3 will be a primitive Envoy Captain, who has no idea what any of the tech on his ship DOES, but knows how to order people to do that well. Thanks for inspiring me.
Sliska, that was some fun description. You made me smile.
Michael Smith, Toragur AM SMASH! That’s all anyone need say.
Twitch, you had some great backstory and setting detail.
Jelloarm, I really loved the writing style. The bits about secrets were wonderful. If I could have had three winners, you would have been the third.
And now....
Cue mini-drumroll
Brobdingnagian, you gave me a both great personality and a filk. For sheer fun, I am going to give you SOMETHING. I am currently trying to trade for a Legacy Boon. If I can get a second one, it’s yours. Stay tuned.
Tech, you didn’t rehash an old character, but struck out into new ground. You gave me setting, personality, back story in one very appealing package. Congratulations, you win Charli’s extra race boon.
Please PM me with contact information!
Hugs,
Charli (aka Hmm)
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IfritSlasher, I was so enamored by the idea of a primitive Starfinder character that I decided that my -3 will be a primitive Envoy Captain, who has no idea what any of the tech on his ship DOES, but knows how to order people to do that well. Thanks for inspiring me.
I may not have won the contest, but I'll gladly take giving someone creative inspiration! Glad I could help!
I also wanna say thanks for holding this contest in the first place! This whole thread has become a repository of creativity that's a heckin' ton of fun to read and may very well being a wellspring of inspiration for many more people to come! For that, you have my gratitude. You keep doing you! ...And all your other alter egos too.
EDIT: I've also done my research on Play-by-Post, and dang does it seem like a lot of fun! I'm not sure if I currently have the time to do a campaign, but I'll definitely be looking into it! Felix's original form may yet see the light of day! (I mentioned this in a previous topic of mine, but as a contingency, I made a human version of him in the event I didn't win, and that iteration is one I'm currently playing in Society. I'm writing it off as his elven DNA not being as strong.) It may also give me a chance to some of the Pathfinder characters I've built solely through online resources that would take WAY too many boons and source books to actually play in Society!
TL;DR: I'll probably be doing PbP sometime down the road. Keep an eye out for any half-elf spearman or efreeti fire dancers!
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Thank you Charli (Hmm) for hosting this and thanks also to everyone else that participated. Reading the other entries was awesome and there are so many good ideas here I'd love to emulate in the future. Also,
Michael I can't stop singing Diggy Diggy Hole, so thanks for that ear worm!
I hope you all get a chance to recreate the characters you've listed here, they were all awesome. Hope to see you all in some games soon as well!
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EDIT: I've also done my research on Play-by-Post, and dang does it seem like a lot of fun! I'm not sure if I currently have the time to do a campaign, but I'll definitely be looking into it!
TL;DR: I'll probably be doing PbP sometime down the road. Keep an eye out for any half-elf spearman or efreeti fire dancers!
They are fun!
Here are two of my favorite PBPs that I GMed:
I love the creativity and roleplay that goes into PBP. I hope you do come and join us sometime!
Hmm
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Thank you Charli (Hmm) for hosting this and thanks also to everyone else that participated. Reading the other entries was awesome and there are so many good ideas here I'd love to emulate in the future. Also,
Michael I can't stop singing Diggy Diggy Hole, so thanks for that ear worm!I hope you all get a chance to recreate the characters you've listed here, they were all awesome. Hope to see you all in some games soon as well!
This was a lot of fun. Me and the gf were going through youtube found that. Then we started our Core Bonekeep group and she said hey you have a diggy diggy dwarf. So it stuck and now when I play him he plays that song.
Toragur is one of my favorite characters to play. He is a lot of fun. Even though I am not a fan of Core games, he is one of my favorites.
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Awesome! Maybe Tech and Brobdingnagian will end up in a pbp together someday.
Heh, maybe so. If they do, I'll have to finish a song for the occasion:
Tech lived alone far apart from his kindHis life as empty as the Gap within his mind
He helped out some androids as a Mechanic
Is he an outlaw or just bad with Organics?
He's Tech, he's Tech, he's Tech
He has shaggy hair
He's Tech, he's Tech, he's Tech
Has a mask to wear
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I was happy that Wei Ji and Magabeus were so generous. However, I felt it important to offer this contest, because of how sad I felt when I first discovered that the legacy races were behind a boon wall. I’d already created Charli’s backstory, and knew that she was going to be running a little tea stand across from the Lorespire Complex.
I even wrote a little protest song about it:
♫ Let me tell you the story
Of a gnome named Charli
On a tragic and fateful day
With wayfinder and jetpack
She waved bye-bye to her fam’ly
Left for Starfinder SocietyCharli handed off her ticket
For Absalom Station
Where the Starfinders are so hip
When she got there the Society asked her
“Where’s your boon?”
Charli could not get off that ship!CHORUS:
Did she ever return,
No she never returned
And her fate is still unlearn'd
(My poor Charli!)
She may ride forever
Cross the wide diaspora
She's the gnome who never returned.Now all night long
Charli rides on the drift ship
Saying, “What will become of me?”
Standing on tip-toes
Her nose pressed to the windows
Crying, “I wanna be in the Society!”Charli’s ship has other stragglers
Half-orcs, Elves, Halflings too
It’s a mixed legacy crew
They all sigh as the station flies by
Oh well, at least the Dwarves
Make a damn fine brew!Ahoy, Absalom Station
Don’t you think it a scandal
That the little gnomes are locked away?
Contact your Venture Crew!
Start up your region’s RSP
Contact your Venture Crew
To bring poor Charli back today!CHORUS:
Or else she'll never return,
No she'll never return
And her fate will be unlearned
She may ride forever
Cross the wide diaspora
She's the gnome (who’s that gnome?)
She's the gnome who never returned.
She's the gnome (bring her home)
She's the gnome who never returned.
She's the gnome who never returned. ♫Source: The M.T.A. Song by the Kingston Trio
Now I realize that I’ll have to write a joyous sequel about her ongoing adventures in the Starfinder Society. At any rate, I knew when I got not just one boon but two that I had to share that joy around.
Thanks to all who submitted and a special huzzah to the generous Wei Ji and Magabeus! You guys rock.
Love you all,
Hmm
PS Tech, Brob, and Erry, Charli has not played 1-02 yet... If you guys want, we could all aim for the same PbP sometime!
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Will it be a problem that I will be Level 3 by then? And do we want to hand pick the rest of the group? Do we want this to be all Legacy Races or be open to others if they are awesome players?
I vote that we let Hmm make all the hard decisions like the above as a sign of appreciation for her starting this whole thing. *nods*
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I made Erry last night - he's an odd little mystic, that's for sure, but I think he'll be fun to play. I'm going to try to play him in The Commencement at a FLGS today!
Last-second change to Erry - he is going to be an Operative with the Phrenic Adept archetype starting second level, focusing on skills and some minor psychic magics.
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Erry's first scenario! Using the spoiler tag for anyone who hasn't already played The Commencement:
Erry turned out to be a soft-spoken supporter of other's skills, as the party was exceptionally well-balanced - He provided the hacking kit for our eager ysoki mechanic to access medical records and doctor an absent-minded hacker's account to help her fake her own demise, and served as a quiet supporter of our eager ysoki solarian's diplomatic overtures to a pair of well-meaning children.
In combat, Erry turned out to be coldly professional - when dangerous situations seemed likely, Erry would remove his suit's jacket, and used his uncanny knowledge of people's motives and minds to anticipate the exact right moment to inflict deterrant pain upon them. Woe befall the enemy that ambushes the fastidious little halfling before he's had an opportunity to shed his jacket!
While Erry never got the ability to use his budding psychic powers, it's only a matter of time - after all, having the ability to psychically send messages to his allies is not an ability that's going out of style, and his powers are only going to grow as he adventures more and expands his powers further.
Erry's finest moment might have been discovering that he's a little bit of a speed freak - in the junk race, he only failed a single piloting check, keeping the pedal to the metal the entire race.
His knowledge of applied computational skills helped really soup up our vehicle - between our mechanic and our mystic, I think we had added a total of 9 vehicle enhancements!
All in all, Erry played differently than I expected, but was a blast - looking forward to seeing where this quiet, fastidious little halfling goes within the Society and the Dataphiles!
