Maybe Ink was right. .. maybe we're just making this too difficult. Just have a reset without any explanation. It's an ugly way to go about it, but in my opinion not any worse than a freak lab accident.

to tell the truth id rather start all over again then help with a complicated plot device even though useing my machine is a great idea too.

To preface, Im indifferent in regards to a reboot or a reset or however we move forward from here. It doesnt matter to me how its done, when its done, why or who by. Take as much time as needed in the planning, and have fun with it. that said, Im with Pico in regards to wanting to write again soon.
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I think that Ill use Ink less often this time around (mostly due to his neutral personality, most of his story being told, and semi-overpowered nature) and introduce some new characters. People who are a little more volatile and much less powerful with room to grow.
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To follow the trend, I will now record Inks stats (pre-staff). I will avoid using numbers for simplicitys sake but I am not opposed to someone converting it into whatever system they prefer.
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Ink
Appearance: depends on which of his three forms. As a wolf (his main form) hes slightly larger than a German-shepherd with black fur and red eyes. His chest and muzzle are marked with tan. As a man, he has shaggy black hair, red eyes and pale skin. His hybrid form is something between the two. While in human or hybred form he wears blue jeans with black stripes over the knees a thick leather belt and a faded grey vest. His ears have each have a horizontal slash in them low and deep on the outer edge.
Personality: surprisingly laid back for what he is although he is somewhat fond of practical jokes. He is a weird mix of optimism, fatalism, and cynicism; fully expecting the worst of the world and smiling all the way. His views on death, slavery, and society in general are unique and he seems to content to live without ambitions. He is somewhat obsessed with stories and fancies himself a writer without books. In his own words, he does not fight. By this he does not mean that he is a pasifist, but rather is a piece of his philosophy. In a fight, everyone looses for no real purpose. Sparing, on the other hand has purpose in the improvement of everyone involved. Likewise, an assassin rarely looses.
Species: Black Shuck, although he identifies as Banshire. (some of the other names for his species include but are not limited to Old Shuck, Hellbeast, Barghest, Mauthe Dhoog, Skriker, Hateful Thing, Whisht Hound, Swooning Shadow, Galleytrot, Gytrash, Black Angus, Gwyllgi, Striker, Spectre-Hound, Gurt Dog, Barguest, Padfoot, Thost Dog, Hairy Jack, Cu Sith, and Glassensyke.)
Strength: stronger than average man but nowhere near body-builder status
Speed: many times faster than a mortal human is capable of in both top speed and reaction time.
Intelligence: yes.
Stamina: although very laid back and considered lazy, he does not tire no matter how long the task.
Magic/mana: none
Items: generic 9mm handgun and Glaive (Rhiannon)


Powers/abilities
Perfect Phasing: can selectively become incorporeal and move through solid objects. Can flawlessly control what body-parts are incorporeal and such control even extends to clothing worn and objects held. Body-parts and objects held while phasing have no mass and thus are unaffected by any physical properties that pertain to mass.
Shape-changing: can assume any of three forms at will. Retains the shadow of his base form at all times as well as his black hair/fur and red eyes. Base form: large black Wolf. Secondary forms: Human and Anthro-Wolf.
Invisibility: can become transparent or wholly invisible
Harbinger of Death: when fur is all black and in main form, any mortal (human or otherwise) that looks directly at him dies instantly.
Foresight, death: when he first looks at somebody he knows the hour of their death. should fate change, the selected hour of the persons death may also change.
Manifiest: can shift himself from any location to the house of death and likewise from the house of death to any other location. This method is not instantaneous and is far less accurate than conventional forms of teleportation.
Stable insanity: his mind is split into dozens of separate intelligences (or tangents) working together at all times. He can easily multitask and think of many different ideas simultaneously. He is extremely strong of will when pushed and is very resistant to all manner mental attacks. However, the vast majority of his tangents conceive stories and vast fictional worlds at any given time and he often has difficulty telling reality from fantasy. He calls people characters and his logic is often based around genre awareness and dramatic symbolism rather than cold hard facts.
Immortal: he is ageless and his wounds heal at many times the normal rate (even to the point of regeneration but not at any speed that could be thought of as a benefit in combat). He needs not eat nor sleep nor breathe. If killed, he returns to earth after a year and a day in deaths house although with temporary amnesia and significantly weakened.

Skills
Combat: hes practiced only with pole-arms and more recently handguns. That said, his skill in both can only be described as average. Its only his phasing and reflexes that give him an edge.
Technology: Ink has an old world mindset and although he understands what technology is capable of, he has no real knowledge of how to use it. Although anything more complicated than a phone is sure to confuse him, he knows enough to use his unique talents and some simple tricks to bypass most modern security.
Physics: although most modern technology is confusing to Ink, he seems to have an intuitive sense of physics and how things work. Although he cannot fly, he can use his phasing (and its massless properties) to ricochet off surfaces and extend hang time to the something thats almost indistinguishable from flight.

Weaknesses/restrictions
No entry restriction: He may not enter any active mortal dwelling unless he has spoken or unspoken permission to do so. (Unspoken permission includes welcome mats and open doors/windows)
Kill restriction: He cannot kill unless told to do so by royal blood
True name: if someone knows his true name than they have power over him, essentially becoming his master. He must follow any order they give him (but cannot kill for them unless they are of royal blood). He must follow their orders for as long as they live or at least as long as they know his true name.
Nondisclosure: he may not reveal the future to anyone save those who already have a perfect view of the future.
Cold Iron: Iron weapons that have been forged without heat are more effective against him than any other kind of weapon (though they dont affect him while he is phasing.)
Holy weapons: holy weapons are more effective against him than most others (though they dont affect him while he is phasing.), though the wielder must be devote and strong of faith to have any effect.
Salt: pure salt is effective against most spirits and Ink is no exception. A circle of salt is an effective barrier against him and contact with pure salt burns him (usually superficial though very aggravating).
Magic: Ink is just as susceptible to magic attacks as a standard human (or wolf).
Exorcism: Ink can be banished through exorcism, but due to the lengthy nature of the ceremony and the unique strength of Inks will, this may not always be effective. Especially if the person preforming the exorcism isnt sufficiently holy and strong of faith. If Exorcised, he remains banished to the house of death for at least thirteen days and possibly longer.
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As a side note, SB, I also play 3.5. Tell me, whats your favorite class so far?

I have an idea. Let's just have everyone put up a character description the way he wants. And in the end, we decide on the best method and convert the descriptions to that method. Until that (and to piss off SB (nah, just kidding)), I'll keep making Val's and Claire's the FF approach.



Valary





HP: 2/100


MP: 3/100
Attack: 3/100
Magic: 3/100
Defence: 4/100
Mag. Defence: 4/100
Knowledge: 4/100
Skill: 6/100
Speed: 7/100
Stamina: 6/100
Reflex: 6/100
Aim: 6/100
Rage: 4/100
Luck: 12/100



Restraint: 31%




Combat: 4/10
Healing: 2/10
Tactic: 5/10

ABILITIES
Attack
Double Attack
Dagger Toss
Dodge
Empathy (physical font-size: medium;“>


Claire





HP: 2/100

MP: 0/100





Attack: 1/100 (Nachzehrer: 89/100)


Magic: 0/100 (Nachzehrer: 66/100)
Defence: 1/100
Mag. Defence: 4/100
Knowledge: 2/100 (Nachzehrer: 0/100)
Skill: 2/100 (Nachzehrer: 0/100)
Speed: 2/100 (Nachzehrer: 47/100)
Stamina: 8/100 (Nachzehrer: 99/100)
Reflex: 5/100 (Nachzehrer: 0/100)
Aim: 6/100 (Nachzehrer: 34/100)
Rage: 35/100 (Nachzehrer: 100/100)
Luck: 4/100
Restraint: 63%





Combat: 1/10 (Nachzehrer: 8/10)


Healing: 1/10 (Nachzehrer: 0/0)
Tactic: 6/10 (Nachzehrer: 0/10)

ABILITIES

Attack
Feint
Dodge
Nachzehrer (additional ”ally"; breaks out after an unset amount of hell worthy creatures are around to devour them all; breaks out in three different ways; leaving the shell (Claire) behind unconscious until it re enters, breaking out completely but managing Claire's and its own movement in perfect synchro, or only having its mouth break out and otherwise extend Claire's reach and strength (in a way sorta comparable to Pico's demon form or Ink's hybrid form)
Desillusionated (damage output against enemies with an affinity for holy or unholy is slightly increased)

Elemental damage/resistance:
Fire: 75% (Nachzehrer: 10%)
Ice: 75% (Nachzehrer: Immune - 10%)
Lightning: 75% (Nachzehrer: 10%)
Water: 50% (Nachzehrer: Immune - 50%)
Earth/Gravity: 50% (Nachzehrer: Immune - 50%)
Air: 50%
Holy: Immune (Nachzehrer: 200%)
Unholy: Absorbed

Physical: Full (Nachzehrer: 33% - Full)
Magical: Full

Debuffs: 25% success ratio

Restrictions:
No magic
No Nachzehrer control

Nene:
hp:2
mp:5
attack:low
defence:medium
magic:high
magic.def:medium
knowledge:IQ of 120
skill:low
speed:normal
stamina:medium
reflex:low
aim:medium
rage:very low
luck:high
restraint:high
combat:low
healing:high
tactics:medium
ABILITYaura sense: shes able to pick up on aura users so i guess you can say she can keep tabs on Pico
as for elemental stats i will edit that on a later date when i figure them out

Well Ink, I'm going to be Frank with you and say…I've covered a lot of wars, you know.
Ah, but in all seriousness 3.5 is a pain for me to adjust to. I've been playing for over 2 years(23 sessions total all in what started as a simple tutorial for a slightly modified ADShadowblade
Appearance:being a contradiction, Shadowbladedoesn't really have a form, but chooses to take the shape of man as all incarnations have before him. his face is not that special, but some of it is concealed by his head wear. hereally likes to wear a lot of black. usual attire concists of black shirt, Jeans, shoes, trenchcoat, Sunglasses, gloves, a scarf he wears on what he deems a “good day”(red or white) and Fedora with a red(majority) white(curved stripe that seperates) and Black tipped feather.once and a blue moon he'll wear a necklace. does has other outfits and sometimes wears them. Least favorite:The Suit.
Personality: Shadowblade is one of those guys who is kind of laid back. He doesn't mind being a boss, though he prefers to be everone's friend. he always looks for New Members and trys to bring out the best in anyone. As for Shadowblade himself; He has a love/hate relationship with himself for various reasons that have happened in the past and wishes to improve. he has seen and knows a lot from his so-called “traveling”. Aside from that he spends he occasionally does what anyone would. read, relax, socialize, and play games. Although, it has been know that at times he plays to long and has to be heavily sedated and or tied up. There isone thing though he believes in. Everyone deseves a Second chance at happiness.
Strength: Current incarnation: unknown as of having no real combat experience and levels can not be determined at this time. It is presumed that of what one would call a “Final Boss.”
Speed: current incarnation: Unknown.
Intellengence: Much.
Stamina: Despite doing that of what a person would do it is not really required. He mearly Eat, drinks, and sleeps for fun and to be polite around others.
Magic:doesn't know many attack spells, however is very skilled with reviving others knowing many forbidden ways to do it(in other words spell that have no cost and are long forgotten)
Items: he has many.* currently in possesion: 13 Various swords that his previous states have used. A portable container with liquified quintessence in it. One broken multiversal generator. several spare crystals, and many alcoholic beverages.

*see weaknesses


Powers/Abilites
Shadow Manipulation: can hide himself in the shadows of various things from objects to people and occasionly extend his own for sneak attacks from behind.can also use this to forge physical objects such as,clothing, tables and chairs.
Portals: known to use to travel and retirve things from almost anywhere. for larger distances to retrieve others, travel he uses Dimension S .
Dimension S: a place he forged long ago. Reason long forgotten.
Tendrils: Parts of Shadowblade that remain hidden, can be used to grab, ensnare, subdue, assualt and (what its usualy known for doing)impale. for what ever reason the tendrils tend to do more damage to the energies that are in a creature rather than that of the wound it makes.
Blade Dancing: can make a swords out of his being and toss them. Occasionly as a barrier or cage. Very Durable but has no special properties to it.
Regeneration: bodycan heal very fast and benifits in combat. however under special circumstances can this be stopped*.
Final Form*: Appearance changes dramatically as his attire changes from black to white with what appears to be black thorns on it. Power increases dramatically along with speed and has acess to other worldy energies placed in it. has only been used once.
Skills
Combat: knows some hand-to-hand and versatile with various weapons. Sword fighting, however is his specitality and is one of the few traits that remained constant in all incarnations.
Forging:has the knowhow and can create artifical souls, new bodies, and enchant weapons/items with quintessence.
Magic: Shadowblade has a fair amount of experience with magic and better experience magical objects. he even goes as far as using magic to power several forms of technology. the Tower being one of them.
Technology:Above average understanding, of all gizzmos and gadgets he has either used or been assualted with. prefers using the more entertaining ones, such as consoles and computers.
Chemistry: can do it, butno where near Doc's level.

Weaknesses/Limitations:
Vivid Memories: While Shadowblade has done much not everything carries over from past lives. he can remember how to swing a Sword but not the use of other weapons. He knows there is something more to Dimension S but doesn't remember exactly what. He knows he's fought a great deal, but only because he's past selves were vain enought to record each hunt/fight they have had. Sometimes the fights will trigger memories of the full senario of went on, but the occasion that has happened is few. He has a great deal of stuff, the problem being he doesn't know where most of it is. Aside from what he placed at Zot and one or 2 places that may or may not even be around anymore.
Seperation form Dimension S: there are few things that can stop Shadowblade. seperating him from Dimension S is one. It is unknown why, but Dimension S is somehow connected to him. If he chooses to not use it to travel a huge Distance or move something huger than an average size being it can tear him apart and cause him to breakdown and possibly even erase him completely.
Ego: Shadowblade is one of those people that feel nothing can go wrong cause he's lived the and done the worst and already knows how to prevent it. he forgets at times that not everything revolves just around him and his decisions effect others too. he will set up cameras for big battles or events and watch them later. sometimes for info other times for fun.
The Urge to Kill: For some reason every incarnation of Shadowblade just loves to fight, kill, and sometimes asorb people for fun. some occasons he has no problems and can spar with ease, others times he swears he hears his previous selves calling out for blood. he fights this daily and hesitates in some situations. hoping that fighting would be the last resort.
Final Form: while powerful in the state, it can only be held for so long naturally. If held for an exceedingly long amont of time, after powering down, the body will become fatuige, temporaily unusable, and has a slim chance of even forcing the body to take a new form if he strains himself or moves around too much.
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Dear lord, that was a lot. thank heavens the others characters as long a page. So when does everyone want to begin? cause even I want to get this started soon.

i wouldnt mind doing it straight away i love to write ^_^

Your lack of solidarity is embarrassing. Did you ever notice we still lack of someone? What about DN? Don't we wanna start with a full cast? Or at least with the knowledge he won't join us for a good while?

This is true. he is after all part of us and many scenes do require him. I'd like to have a full cast if for this thing and would at least like to hear from him as he has not said anything within this topic at all. …you don't think he got lost looking for us do you?

well we wouldnt exactly be hard to find…

I don't know…this is a big area, and we didn't leave him a map.

damnit Shadowblade you know better then to not give DN a map-_-;

Knowing him he's either long here or playing Castlevania.

It is possible he got swamped in a horde of rabbid fangirls on the way here. It can happen to anyone.

oh god not again…he should know better then that*shudders* fricken twilight

Alright, I just received the word; DN is out. He's fine with whatever we do so long as it doesn't get too zany again, but for now he won't take part in anything regarding Zot.

Awww that's a shame , but understandable. he runs a comic and we don't know what goes on in his personal life. At least we know he'll be joining us at some point.(hopefully after the intro Arc) In anycase is there anything else anyone wants to add before I get the Zot reboot up and running?

As a matter of fact, yes. What exactly do you intend with the reboot? New story arc or a complete rerun of Zot? I really wouldn't recommend the latter. It was overall a good RP and just because of some less amusing events, we shouldn't abandon that past. Mistakes are not there to be ignored and forgotten. Additionally, we should have at least a voting for the way that reboot is going to happen (if it doesn't consist of starting everything anew). Because, Metroid here, Castlevania there, every story has already been told one way or another and I don't see the reason in turning the (IMO) best and most logical option down just because it shows similarities to one or a few games. Also, I don't think such an important plot twist should be done by something trivial as a freak lab accident. In these cases, the plot either has to revolve around it or else it sounds weak (again, just my opinion). Gimme at least the consolation that my plot device was voted down by popular demand instead of the opinion of one.

Well, to be honest I don't know. I have a faint idea with somethings written down on what I want to do diffrent but at the same time I feel a majority of it should be the same. I never planed on discarding anything bit of a story arc we have wrote(not even the flaws. I love it all too much. this thing has brought and made us better in some way and has grown with us i know I'm not the only one who goes back and reads the stuff we wrote). Also, I'd like to say that this is not a dictatorship and we accept all ideas for concideration(after all everyone has a say in this seeing how they all have contributed). Sorry if it seemed if I shot it down too quickly. I'd also like to add that I'm leaning with my overly complex idea(as I still have things that have not been worked out)

I agree that the event needs a strong plot to go with it, and several stories/ideas 7 out if 10 come from other stories/games just with additional content(we've been doing it for ages), but there are still problems within the main story that will lead us to an eventual wall.

As for voting, I do feel it may help us with the situation and which road we want to take with all of this.

i vote on starting over

I vote on proceeding where we stopped (if this gets the majority of votes, we should have a second voting on how the power reset will be like).

I also vote that Ink must not waive his vote.

I…am not sure what to vote on. on one hand there are potential new stories to be added(especially if we have added people) on the other I want to reboot and improve what we already have (not to mention the extra stories we can mix into what we would already have and give every new person that plans on joining a proper understanding of what Zot is, time to devlope over the course to any newcomers that this piques the interest of.) it really is a tough call…

ok I've decided. I will vote for a reboot/retelling. (however, after much thinking I am just as ok with the continutaion of what we have should it get the majority.)

great cause i have alot of ideas flowing andready to pour out

(My laptop decided to die recently, so expect unseen levels of poor spelling untill I can commendeer a computer toedit this with. I bless my smartphone for volenteering to transcribe this draft but the poor thing has no spell-check.)
for my vote I abstain…damnit Snow!
I will add reasons later, but for now I will simply say start something new. start at the beginining all over again but do not try to tell the same story all over again. call it a parellel dimension or a what if or whatever you want: I want to see what else could have happened.

a parralel universe…i like how you think Ink

That's not too bad of an idea… Some events would be simmilar others diffrent. Such as what would happen if Pico and Snow were left in charge for a day(or at least won them a wager that alowed them to do so)? What if Ink actually would have said yes to becoming a member of Zot? What if Snow Picked someone else other than Pico to help fight for his life in the house of Death? What would have happened if Torvek and Shadowblade actually got to have that final showdown and Ink was late upon revival? What if Claire's soul was cleansed upon being revived and she recieved something else instead? lot of questions right there. Plus at the same time we can keep the main story around and whenever are in the mood can add to that and see how things turn out there. Not to mention if we get others to join us we can have so much more happen.

Seems like I'm fighting a loosing battle here (to hell with you, Ink). Alright, fine. Start all anew… You do know you're single handedly crushing all my plans right now? … *sigh* What “What if”-scenarios and alternative decisions are there for a character that doesn't go out of his way? Yeah, I know what you want to tell me right now. “Stop complaining and do it.” I'll try.

Just lemme try to assemble the time to work up three proper character descriptions. After (or meanwhile) we should take the time and review the things we agreed to change for the better.

Actually, I was going to say there is no law saying we can't do both. that way all ideas can come to flourish. I apologise if it seems we're ganging up on you as I have no doubt that you can fix some of the holes and help keep the inspitration flowing. However, there are some things that I'm sure all of us have in the back of our head that we want to see diffrently, as much as what we have planed for the future. How about we compromise? we take a few months at a time and alternate back and forth between this reboot and the main story. that way we don't drive ourselves into a hole just writing for one thing and forcing some to take a break while others make up some crazy filler plot. That way everyone can get something out of it. sound good?

As for the next suggestion sure we can review things. and take all the time you need with the characters descriptions.

every couple of months? to easy

Well I know for a certain I won't do two versions of the same RP at once. Yes, I know it's technically not at once as it's moreso one after another, but still. All it does is help complicate things even more. And honestly, I don't see any other way to take the “middle road”. I was looking forward to some pre-parental tension, complications during pregnancy/birth and learning how to make the Nachzehrer at least slightly more useful, but whatever. At this point I am just agreeing on a new start just so we can leave this discussion behind now. Seriously, the more we delve into this discussion, the less sense everything makes and the more confusing it gets. Or maybe I just like to complain when I'm tired. You can tell by the number of just's in the sentences. Bad language skills and sleep deprivation don't mix well… I don't even know why I'm still typing. It's probably the best if you just ignore this entire post.