ooc icebreaker/au workshop?

[alliegiance]

OOC STUFF

ok fellas, here's the situation:

- you've been trapped in the shitty valley of barovia by a megalomaniac vampire who is obsessed with one of his subjects (read more here or honestly just ask me if you want more info)
- the megalomaniac likes to play with his food
- so do the powers that be here
- the gods cannot help you
- your gods can't even contact you
- you're not getting out any time soon (the mists are poisonous and will kill you)
- (maybe) you have a modern character that you now have to establish a full dnd/fantasy au for
- what does your character do in this situation

use this post to give people a jumping off point for that, and also to get to know each other/plot stuff maybe

code bases by tricklet

Comments

Astarion

[bloodtheft]

Move over, Strahddy, it's everyone's actual favorite vampire (sources needed). He's snarky, has an opinion about everything, and might steal anything not nailed down if it pleases him.

As annoyed as he will be about being thrust into another unprecedented event, at least vampires are familiar territory. Astarion here will be somewhere in Act 3 before confronting Cazador, Ascension right there for the taking but just out of his grasp. He will be interested in Barovia due to the rumors he's heard, but he will also lean toward where he feels the biggest hitter is. Could be the people with brain worms, could be the man with the castle. Who's to say?

I mean, it's probably the people with the brain worms, vampires are the actual worst.

[seemagicshit]

Don't mind Zhulong as he admires everyone's actual favorite vampire.

[bloodtheft]

Fawning is definitely the appropriate response.

[netherese]

Vampires are the actual worst, present company excluded.

Let's look at the bright side! Barovia hasn't seen direct sunlight in centuries.

[bloodtheft]

Ah yes, the bright side to the perpetually dark realm. Nevermind the tadpole negating the worst parts of vampirism, infinite darkness!

[netherese]

Surely the promise of such relief without the threat of ceremorphosis is a welcome thing! Difficult to imagine you with tentacles, my friend.

[bloodtheft]

Ugh, must you be so pragmatic? If anyone we know could pull off tentacles, it's me.

[netherese]

Of that I've no doubt; perhaps I overestimated your vanity. Still, I do rather like the idea of having options for the first time in a long while.

[bloodtheft]

Sounds like you should estimate your companions better.

[gwilym]

hey guys did either of you see a cliff i could jump off

[bloodtheft]

And allow you to skip keeping us all from wreaking havoc?

[netherese]

[GODFREY??]

Any chance we could convince you to reconsider?

[netherese]

Perhaps— I don't think I was entirely off the mark, mind you.

also HELLO I'm Chris and I am excited to see the squad's favorite rogue in attendance!

[bloodtheft]

Off the mark for what, my vanity? Darling, everyone is aware of that. As for our choices? I'd wager it's more an illusion of choice.

Hello, Chris! Lovely to meet you and be a part of this. I'm very excited to see what shenanigans everyone gets up to so Astarion can make it worse help.

[netherese]

Me too, me too! Excited to jump into things and see how the tadpole crew fares in Barovia... it's so much worse than most of Faerun...

Say 'hi' to the team's original favorite vampire!

[fangtabulous]

Boy, you oughta be careful around here. You're exactly the type of twink Himself is into...

[bloodtheft]

'Boy'? Madame, I assure you I'm quite older than I look.

She's so much younger than him fr she's like 52

[fangtabulous]

Oh, no hon, I meant 'boy' like 'wow!' Which, taking a look at you, I guess you must get a lot huh? I know I sure did back in my day.

[bloodtheft]

Yes, quite. 'Back in my day'? You sound like someone's doting grandmother.

Forgive the ic on the ooc thread, it's my first day

[fangtabulous]

Yeah well, that's what happens when you got the decrapitude of age on you. That and a few hard knocks and we're all some 20 years older than we oughta be.

shhh it's a thing of beauty

[bloodtheft]

If twenty years is something you have to worry about, I suppose.

ty ty

[fangtabulous]

Honey, up in here you gotta worry every twenty minutes, if you get that lucky!