Dice (Fate Core) We Are Gems

[SiliconKitten]

Hello!


This RP uses Fate Core for its system. So knowing how to create a character is an important part of the rp. Also, character creation isn't the same as other rps. Making a character shapes how the story can be told, having an influence on the game your choices matter.


If you're unfamiliar with Fate Core then you and I are in the same boat. I just picked up the system from [@Grey] so I'm very new to how it works. But I'll use my understanding to help you create a character for this game. Here is a link to an site which gives us the rundown of the characters.


http://fate-srd.com/fate-core/character-creation

• The Character Sheet
• High Concept and Trouble
• Name and Appearance
• Character Aspects
• Skills and Stunts
• Fate Points
• the Dice, Stress, and Consequences
• Getting Approved

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  The Character sheet should look something like this:
  
  
  Gemstone:
  
  
  Appearance:
  
  
  High Concept:
  
  
  Trouble:
  
  
  Other Aspects:
  
  
  Skills and Ranks:
  
  
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  A characters High Concept and Trouble are the building blocks of the character. A high concept is the initial impression of a character that helps to define the rest of the character. High Concept is easy to make; however, for this RP we are creating Gems, a being from outer space that consists of a gemstone and a body constructed of energy from the gem. Normally, simply saying that "I want to play a Gem" would be a high concept. But in this RP you'll have to take it a step further. Add an adjective or position to the sentence.
  
  
  "I want to play a New Gem from the incident of 1994" works much better in this rp. If you're reading the SRD then there are more examples of creating a high concept.
  
  
  Keeping with the process, a Trouble is essential. A personal struggle or problematic relationship are two was to describe a Trouble. An example for this rp is "Controlling and prude" could describe a character. An important note on Trouble is that it can be used against your character and in favor of your character. Fate Core describes this process as Invoking where you can spend a fate point to give yourself an advantage where your Trouble can help you instead of hider you. On the other hand the GM, being me, can invoke your trouble against you.
  
  
  Because this RP will deal with relationships, Troubles pertaining to a character's personality are important and well worth writing.
  
  
  A very important part about Trouble is that it can be used to Compel a character. Compelling a character is the process of playing on their trouble. Lets say your trouble was "Wanted by the US government" then it could be compelled by me the GM for government agents to find you. By taking on this encounter you gain a Fate Point which can be used later. However you can also use a Fate Point to avoid this situation outright if the context makes sense.
  
  
  The key to both Hight Concept and Trouble is that they are tools for telling a character's story, not bonuses or skills themselves.
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  Naming your character is an important part of this RP because your name also describes your gemstone. A name like Pearl means your gemstone is a pearl. The canon characters from Steven Universe: Rose Quartz, Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Jasper, Peridot, Lapis Lazui, Opal, Sugilite, Alexandrite, Malachite, Rainbow Quartz, and Sardonyx are all gems that cannot be used in this rp. Whether Gems can share names with other gems is unclear in canon but with so many gemstones that exist, it is preferable that you take on your own gem.
  
  
  The second part of this step is choosing your appearance. Gems are capable of shapeshifting therefore can decide what they look like. Usually they'll stick with one look and alter it slightly over time. For example: Amethyst is purple so she keep herself purple no matter what form she takes.
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  Character aspects describe a character in some way which are generally used in your favor.
  
  
  Each character needs at least 4 Aspects: 1 pertaining to a personality trait, 1 pertaining to character background or profession, 1 pertaining to an important possession or important feature of the character, 1 pertaining to a relationship to another character, and/or pertains to a title, reputation, or obligation the character has. You can choose to have a 5th aspect if you wish.
  
  
  The SRD of FATE Core has a wonderful list of examples which I'll link you to.
  
  
  http://fate-srd.com/fate-core/types-aspects
  
  
  
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  Here we go! This part of Fate is a lot more conventional than other mechanics. You get a pyramid of skills that help define how your character participates in the rp.
  
  
  Skills ranked by their bonus +1 to plus +4 for starting characters.
  
  
  Each character gets one Great (+4) skill, two Good (+3) skills, three Fair (+2) skills, and four Average (+1) skills for a total of 10 skills.
  
  
  What is a skill?
  
  
  Here's the SRD's definition.
  
  
  "A skill is a word that describes a broad family of competency at something..."
  
  
  The system gives us a few key skills that almost every RP uses in some way or another. Keep in mind that having a skill means you are assumed to have the tools to use that skill. I will also give examples of how Gems can use these skills in character. I won't be listing everything but the SRD has a long list to look at. I'll let you know if a Skill isn't worth your time having, like Driving.
  
  
  BUT FIRST: here's how each skill can help you in the rp.
  
  
  Skills let you use Basic Game actions that let you do things in the RP.
  
  
  Overcome: Using a skill you want to overcome an obstacle of some kind. Example: using the Athletics skill you can overcome a large gap between two high places, jumping over the huge space with an overcome action.
  
  
  Create an Advantage: using a skill you want to make it so you have an advantage over an opponent. This action creates Aspects which can be invoked against various challenges or opponents. Example: using the Stealth skill you can create the Aspect: well hidden to invoke whenever you need to use a surprise attack or when someone else is looking for you.
  
  
  Attack: in conflict when you want to inflict harm physically or mentally the attack action is the one. example: using the fighting skill you force an opponent to take a Consequence or Stress which accumulate enough to force them out of combat or they may perish trying to harm you. More explained later.
  
  
  Defend: is when you try to prevent a foe from doing an action against you. Example: Using the Physique skill you can prevent yourself from taking a small blow where someone else of lesser statue might be affected.
  
  
  Its important to note that the context of a situation can prevent skills from doing all four of these actions. Such as Notice. You can't attack or defend just by noticing a laser shoot at you. You have to act!
  
  
  But here are the basic skills which will be used in the RP.
  
  
  Athletics: the versatile mobility skill which Gems can use to get around obstacles in various places like a forest, city streets, roof tops and more. Overcome, Create Advantage and Defend.
  
  
  Crafts: able to create from mechanical parts or other various forms, Crafts in this rp will primarily deal with getting human machines to operate and old gem technology to activate. Overcome and Create Advantage.
  
  
  Deceive: use this skill to bluff your way through a situation through misdirection. Overcome and Create Advantage.
  
  
  Empathy: the emotional notice skill, seeing someone exhibit certain mental conditions can help you. Overcoming and Defend are related to the context were empathy may help you understand a difficult relationship issue or from the mental attacks of another person. Overcome, Create Advantage, and Defend.
  
  
  Fight: more or less related to your personal weapon, fight is a broad skill defined by a melee interaction. Its counterpart shoot is identical but handles range. Overcome, Create Advantage, Attack, Defend.
  
  
  Lore: drawing knowledge from various sources, this skill covers a lot of areas such as old Gem technology and human technology and human culture. You don't really need to worry about having this skill but its still notable because it will come up later. Overcome and Create Advantage.
  
  
  Notice and Investigate: two skills related to perception their major difference is time. Notice is reactive while investigate takes more time. It is completely possible to have no notice skill but able to investigate very well and vice versa. Overcome and Create Advantage.
  
  
  Physique: a skill about the body, it provides a mechanical benefit too. This skill can be used when your muscles and bulk are useful. Will is the mental counterpart. Overcome, Create Advantage, and Defend. The mechanical benefit is described later.
  
  
  These are the very basic skills that a character needs to use. You'll notice that I've listed only 9 skills. You're free to check out the SRD for other skills or to try proposing your own.
  
  
  Now for Stunts.
  
  
  A stunt is a special way a skill can be used, like special training, a unique ability, or otherwise. Essentially a stunt in an aspect that can be invoked to grant some type of advantage. You get 3 stunts for any 3 skills. The SRD describes 3 stunts for each of their basic skills but here's an example.
  
  
  A stunt is a special thing that happens in special situations. They don't cost Fate Points to utilize because they can't always be used. An example for an Empathy stunt is: "Flexible Personality: your rolls get +2 in rolls defending against mental harm when fused with another Gem." It's situation enough to justify no cost in Fate Points but still appears enough in the rp to justify use.
  
  
  Some characters may want to use stunts more often to display that the uniqueness of the stunt is more central to the character. In those situations it may cost a Fate Point to utilize instead of relying on a specific situation.
  
  
  One such example with with Garnet from the canon series. She has the Stunt of Future Vision on her Investigation which lets her reroll a single die from an investigation roll once per scene for free. She can do it again for a fate point in the same scene. Garnet may use this stunt on another skill like fighting or athletics. It is very much a potent stunt.
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  Fate Points are great things that allow you character to invoke aspects for personal gain. You'll start with 3 Fate Points in each session. You can lower this to 2 or 1 per session if you also want an additional Stunt for your character.
  
  
  You gain a Fate Point when your are Compelled. A compel is when the GM, being me, looks at your character and uses their Trouble in some way to compel your character to act. Remember, you can spend a fate point to avert this compel but doing so isn't always possible or recommended depending on the context of the situation.
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  Stress and Consequences are two methods of staying in a conflict. Each time you or a foe attack each other mentally of physically the idea here is to get each other out of the way.
  
  
  During combat both you and a foe will be rolling a skill and adding the dice.
  
  
  IMPORTANT:
  
  
  The dice of FATE Core are 4 sided and you'll always use 4 of them in a roll. Each of these die had 6 sides, two with a plus (+1), two with a minus (-1), and two with nothing (+0). When you try to make an action you add the skill's rank plus the result of the die. If an Aspect or stunt applies to the roll then those will also be configured into the roll. This is how all rolls work no matter the action.
  
  
  There are 4 results of the dice.
  
  
  Fail: if you total is lower than needed then you fail at the action and... don't get want you want, get what you want at serious cost, or suffer mechanical consequences for it. Its up to me which of these occur.
  
  
  Tie: if your total is equal then you succeed at a cost or get a not so great version of what you want.
  
  
  Succeed: If your total is higher by 1 or 2 then you get what you want at no cost.
  
  
  Succeed with Style if your total is higher by 3 or more then you get what you want and can get some type of advantage with it.
  
  
  The important part about knowing the result needed comes from the GM. I'll be determining how hard it is for an action to be successful, choosing when you'll only need to get past passive opposition (a stagnant number) or active opposition when an obstacle is good enough to challenge you. In both cases it's a matter of context.
  
  
  Back to Stress and Consequences.
  
  
  When harm is applied to you directly you have 2 methods of continuing the fight and 2 options getting out of the fight.
  
  
  The first method is with Stress. Stress is the way you narrowly avoid harm by getting out of a situation through the extreme ways. Every character gets four boxes that represent stress. These are a 1 point box and a 2 point box for Physical and the same for Mental.
  
  
  When a foe rolls and you defend but his/her result is 1 point higher than your result then you can use your point box to stay in the action. Depending on if its physical harm or mental harm means which stress box is taken. If a stress box is already taken, lets say that you already used your 1 point box then you can use your 2 point box. Just remember that difference between the result can only be negated by a stress box of equal or higher number. (A difference of 2 can only be taken by stress boxes of 2 points or higher.)
  
  
  Higher Physique and Will give a character more Stress boxes.
  
  
  Average (+1) and Fair (+2) give a character a stress box of 3 points. Good (+3) and higher give the character a 4 point stress box and a 5 point stress box. If a character has Superb (+5) or higher then that character gets an additional Mild Consequence slot.
  
  
  So a character with Physique of Great (+4) has 5 physical Stress boxes (1, 2, 3, 4, and a 5), 2 Stress Boxes (1 and a 2), and 2 Mild Consequence Slots, 1 Moderate Consequence Slot, and 1 Severe Consequence Slot.
  
  
  Consequences are notable because they last for a bit of time instead of vanishing like Stress. They are used to reduce harm by 2 for Mild, 4 for Moderate, and 6 for Severe. Taking a consequence is like taking damage or another form of harm. It may last a long time after the fight but eventually it can be removed. To take a consequence all you have to do is use up a slot and let the GM give you an appropriate disadvantage. In combat your opponent gets a free invocation on that disadvantage, which also means you can inflict them on a foe and use them once for free.
  
  
  In some cases you may wish to reduce a foe's harm to you by taking a consequence then using a stress box. This is entirely possible, just remember that your Stress boxes and Consequence slots are a valuable resource. In this RP death isn't a huge problem because Gems can retreat to their gemstone to regenerate. However, the damage to a gemstone can lead to death or an unstable and monstrous form.
  
  
  To be clear about combat, a character can make a movement action to a zone freely and also take a single action. You action can take the form of an active defense which means you need to forgo an action in the round to provide yourself a good defense, otherwise you'll only get to use Passive opposition.
  
  
  And example would be running into the middle of a battle. You may want to fight the boss but in the middle of his pack of goons you could be attacked. If you strike the boss then you can't defend against a goon's attack in the same round. Lets say your fighting is Good (+3) that means a foe only needs 4 points or more to harm you. If there's an aspect on the battle ground like Dark and Dim the foe could invoke it for a +2 along with any stunt they might have. Both get added to their skill rank and a die roll which may easily harm you because you weren't paying attention to them.
  
  
  Likewise its possible to capitalize on a foe that isn't aware of you, using situation aspects to your advantage.
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  Post you CS here and wait for it to be approved. Since a character can relate to another character with an aspect you can have 1 reserved when more characters have been approved for the rp.

• How To Fuse
• Being Fused
• Defusion

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  A very important part of this universe is the ability for characters to fuse together. To fuse the participants must trust each other enough that their energy will combine without instantly falling apart. Usually the process has a quick ritual of dancing with ones own style as if trying to focus the aspects of oneself then share it with another Gem.
  
  
  Although this quick dance isn't required, its a very common practice.
  
  
  
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  Being fused means that you and another player are essentially sharing a character. PM each other over the details of a character and their actions, whomever posts first will post the character but the actions of that character should always be agreed between the two players. If the characters would normally disagree then the two players should recognize this and account for it accordingly.
  
  
  The benefits of fusion are as follows:
  
  
  Combine all skills together then add +1 rank to the top 6. The skills that are higher take priority in the list of skills. Fusions get 10 skills max so two characters should look like this:
  
  
  Red -
  
  
  Fighting Great (+4)
  
  
  Physique Good (+3)
  
  
  Provoke Good (+3)
  
  
  Rapport Fair (+2)
  
  
  Will Fair (+2)
  
  
  Notice Fair (+2)
  
  
  Investigate Average (+1)
  
  
  Empathy Average (+1)
  
  
  Deceive Average (+1)
  
  
  Lore Average (+1)
  
  
  Blue -
  
  
  Investigate Great (+4)
  
  
  Notice Good (+3)
  
  
  Empathy Good (+3)
  
  
  Lore Fair (+2)
  
  
  Athletics Fair (+2)
  
  
  Fight Fair (+2)
  
  
  Will Average (+1)
  
  
  Physique Average (+1)
  
  
  Deceive Average (+1)
  
  
  Craft Average (+1)
  
  
  Their combined list should be
  
  
  Investigate Superb (+5)
  
  
  Fight Superb (+5)
  
  
  Physique Great (+4)
  
  
  Notice Great (+4)
  
  
  Provoke Great (+4)
  
  
  Empathy Great (+4)
  
  
  Rapport Fair (+2)
  
  
  Lore Fair (+2)
  
  
  Will Fair (+2)
  
  
  Athletics (+2)
  
  
  Any stunts that a character has can be transferred to the fusion as long as the fused character has the relevant skill.
  
  
  Aspects is where things get complicated, essentially the GM and the characters must create the new aspects of the fusion using the two previous characters as a base for personality and aspects. Some fusions will be ruled as unstable because the trouble of two characters may worsen.
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  When a fusion's mental stress boxes are full then each action they take may result in defusion. The fused character rolls with the will skill each turn. Depending on the context the difficult of remaining fused could start at fair or higher as a passive opposition. In rare cases active opposition between the two fused characters who don't mesh well, will provide a heightened challenge.

 

[Thief of Words]

Gemstone: Emerald


Appearance:


Emerald is short, lithe, and long-limbed. She almost always has a playful, mischievous expression. When angered, however, her face shows pure defiance. Her hair appears half-shaven, with the longer side tapering to a forward facing point and just long enough to headbang properly. Like her skin, her hair is a rich green.


High Concept: Punkish Psychic Pixie


Trouble:


-Former Full-Time Fusion


-Impishly Impetuous


Other Aspects:


Eternal Telepath: When properly centered and calm-hearted, Emerald can sense the thoughts of others and communicate in kind with them. Once, this ability was one of her signatures. Since she and Topaz split, though, Emerald has been more volatile than ever, so she often lacks the peace of mind to properly connect with another's thoughts.


Eternal Rebel, Rabble-Rouser: As a gem who was imprisoned shortly after her birth for fear the innate flaws in her gem type guaranteed she would shatter into some sort of monster, Emerald prizes freedom and utterly loathes authoritarian ideas of all sorts. The appeal to authority is her favorite logical fallacy to rail against. The type of person to go waltzing into the Policeman's Ball with "All Coppers are Bastards" written on the shaven half of her head, She can be a bit of a lightning-rod for rebellious sentiment. On the one hand, she rarely lacks for friends in a given area. On the other, she also rarely lacks for people who disapprove or hold grudges.


Skills and Ranks:


Great (+4): Empathy


-- Stunt: Mind Reader: [insert mechanical effects here]


Good (+3): Burglary


-- Stunt: Never Again - Having spent her entire early life imprisoned, Emerald resolved to never be captured and imprisoned again. This has led to her growing accustomed to a wide variety of techniques for escape artistry and breaking-and-entering. It is also one of the (now) rare areas where the legendary awareness of Emeralds manifests for her. By spending a Fate Point Emerald can automatically gain Advantage in attempting any feat of burglary.


Good (+3): Provoke


Fair (+2): Contacts


Fair (+2): Athletics


Fair (+2): Fighting


Average (+1): Rapport


Average (+1): Will


Average (+1): Notice


Average (+1): Physique


Outline of ideas this far:


So in keeping with a lot of the Gem character design from the show, I tried to mix original ideas or angles with traditional folklore or mythological meanings and etc associated with my gem. In that one of the most common epithets for Emerald is "the stone of successful love". That, plus the fact that Emeralds of any size are all but guaranteed to have flaws gave me the idea of what if the character had been (before the war) a stable gem fusion. Her partner (I was thinking Topaz, with whom she fused to become Amazonite) sided with the Homeworld in the war and was wounded/killed/forced off world. (Amazonite tends to represent strength among other things, Topaz is representative of courage, (I think) loyalty, and easing a temper.)

 

[SiliconKitten]

Can you show me the thought process of the high concept and troubles?


I like what you got so far. I may just play topaz if no one else does.

 

[Thief of Words]

Well, the bits of myth and assigned meaning surrounding Emeralds I was able to find informed a lot of it. As an example of what I was referring to: Rose Quartz is considered symbolic of gentle love (among other things), something clearly present in the show's characterization of the character with same name.


I drew the information from a variety of places online, which in turn collated various historical, cultural, or mythic associations made with the colors in question and thus the stones.


For some less "healing power of crystals" examples:


http://gemstonemeanings.us/blue-topaz-meaning/


http://gemstonemeanings.us/emerald-stone-meaning/


I ran into several that had to do with blue topaz being associated with calming tempers and restoring calm (probably due to blue color symbolism).


Both gems have a love-based association. Both were said to be beneficial to balanced and good relationships, which is where the idea of the character having been part of a stable fusion. The former part of it came about because I felt like it'd be more dynamic to roleplay than a character in a perfectly content or stable situation. One of the associations with blue topaz was that of fidelity or loyalty. That gave me the idea that perhaps Topaz sided with the Homeworld (i.e: their original loyalties). That idea informs the first of her two troubles. The second comes from some of the associations with Emeralds: they're involved with Spring, nature, renewal, vibrancy. Tip vivaciousness off-balance and mischievousness or impetuousness could be what you get.


Oh, for a bit of bonus symbolic overlap, I had considered having Topaz be (by Gem standards) the older of the two of them. Them having been something of a May-December romance would work, given they're the birthstones for those two months.

 

[SiliconKitten]

makes sense.


High concept: Punkish Psychic Pixie.


So she can read minds, acts like a punk, and looks like a pixie?


Very solid.


Now the Dual Troubles. Formerly Full Time Fusion. I can see not so much from this one. I mean will Emerald feel left out if other gems fuse in front of her? Does she feel depressed? As a trouble I don't know if I can compel this one very often, however, its a notable trouble nonetheless.


Impish and Impetuous can you elaborate more?

 

[Quill]

Here are my ideas so far. I'm not so sure about aspects or even trouble because I want to make something that meshes well with what other people are planning. Maybe @SiliconKitten you have some suggestions based on my charrie's planned skills and stunts that would help her functionality in the plot / story arc, which I'm not as familiar with.


Gemstone: Chalcedony


Nickname: Chalcy


Appearance: black hair, dark skin, misty green eyes


High Concept: scholarly rogue


Trouble


1. Curiosity Killed the Cat: She always wants to figure out how things work. She loves to compulsively take things apart and put them back together. She's extremely inquisitive about and fascinated by mechanics and engineering and is consequently easily distracted by them, sometimes leading her to throw caution into the wind in pursuit of her inquiry. (This curiosity applies only to objects and does not extend to people and their personal lives.)


2. I Don't Need Nobody: She's stubbornly independent and will sometimes foolishly reject support from others. It's not that she necessarily does not work well in groups, it's just that she'll try to do as much as she can on her own, which can be unwisely risky and alienating towards others. A natural extension of this trait is that she tends to overestimate her competence in areas where she is less experienced. When an important job needs to be done, the person she trusts most to do it is herself.


Other Aspects: tbd


Skills


Craft, Fight, Empathy, Lore, Notice, Physique, Resources, Shoot, Stealth, Will


Skill Ranks


Great (+4): Fight


Good (+3): Lore


Good (+3): Craft


Fair (+2): Empathy


Fair (+2): Notice


Fair (+2): Physique


Average (+1): Will


Average (+1): Resources


Average (+1): Stealth


Average (+1): Shoot


Stunt #1: Backup Weapon

• Whenever someone’s about to hit you with a Disarmed situation aspect or something similar, spend a fate point to declare you have a backup weapon. Instead of a situation aspect, your opponent gets a boost, representing the momentary distraction you suffer having to switch.
  

Stunt #2: I’ve Read about That!

• You’ve read hundreds—if not thousands—of books on a wide variety of topics. You can spend a fate point to use Lore in place of any other skill for one roll or exchange, provided you can justify having read about the action you’re attempting.
  

Stunt #3: Always Making Useful Things.

• You don’t ever have to spend a fate point to declare that you have the proper tools for a particular job using Crafts, even in extreme situations (like being imprisoned and separated from all your stuff). This source of opposition is just off the table.
  

 

[Thief of Words]

(Well the pixie part was trying to figure out something that fit with the youthful and playful aspects. Also because Absinthe/Green Fairy. )


Well, for the first trouble, the thought was that it added a bit of a paradox to her character: she's possibly the member of the group with the best history of stable fusion...but said relationship ended (potentially in the worst way imaginable). I'd thought it might make her a bit more than just 2-dimensional. She's friendly, cares about teammates, etc, but she still insists on a certain distance when it comes to particular things? A certain guardedness when she's at her most vulnerable?


As for the other: Impish, she can be a bit mischievous and playful, and impetuous: she can be over-confident or headstrong, sometimes acting before she really stops to reflect. In other words she often acts or reacts before she really stops to think about things thoroughly.

 

[SiliconKitten]

Here are my ideas so far. I'm not so sure about aspects or even trouble because I want to make something that meshes well with what other people are planning. Maybe @SiliconKitten you have some suggestions based on my charrie's planned skills and stunts that would help her functionality in the plot / story arc, which I'm not as familiar with.
Gemstone: Chalcedony


Nickname: Chalcy


Appearance: black hair, dark skin, misty green eyes


High Concept: scholarly rogue


Trouble


1. Curiosity Killed the Cat: She always wants to figure out how things work. She loves to compulsively take things apart and put them back together. She's extremely inquisitive about and fascinated by mechanics and engineering and is consequently easily distracted by them, sometimes leading her to throw caution into the wind in pursuit of her inquiry. (This curiosity applies only to objects and does not extend to people and their personal lives.)


2. I Don't Need Nobody: She's stubbornly independent and will sometimes foolishly reject support from others. It's not that she necessarily does not work well in groups, it's just that she'll try to do as much as she can on her own, which can be unwisely risky and alienating towards others. A natural extension of this trait is that she tends to overestimate her competence in areas where she is less experienced. When an important job needs to be done, the person she trusts most to do it is herself.


Other Aspects: tbd


Skills


Craft, Fight, Empathy, Lore, Notice, Physique, Resources, Shoot, Stealth, Will


Skill Ranks


Great (+4): Fight


Good (+3): Lore


Good (+3): Craft


Fair (+2): Empathy


Fair (+2): Notice


Fair (+2): Physique


Average (+1): Will


Average (+1): Resources


Average (+1): Stealth


Average (+1): Shoot


Stunt #1: Backup Weapon

• Whenever someone’s about to hit you with a Disarmed situation aspect or something similar, spend a fate point to declare you have a backup weapon. Instead of a situation aspect, your opponent gets a boost, representing the momentary distraction you suffer having to switch.
  

Stunt #2: I’ve Read about That!

• You’ve read hundreds—if not thousands—of books on a wide variety of topics. You can spend a fate point to use Lore in place of any other skill for one roll or exchange, provided you can justify having read about the action you’re attempting.
  

Stunt #3: Always Making Useful Things.

• You don’t ever have to spend a fate point to declare that you have the proper tools for a particular job using Crafts, even in extreme situations (like being imprisoned and separated from all your stuff). This source of opposition is just off the table.
  

Since all Gems have a unique weapon you don't need that first stunt. On that same subject, you should totally describe your weapon!


 


[QUOTE="Thief of Words](Well the pixie part was trying to figure out something that fit with the youthful and playful aspects. Also because Absinthe/Green Fairy. )
Well, for the first trouble, the thought was that it added a bit of a paradox to her character: she's possibly the member of the group with the best history of stable fusion...but said relationship ended (potentially in the worst way imaginable). I'd thought it might make her a bit more than just 2-dimensional. She's friendly, cares about teammates, etc, but she still insists on a certain distance when it comes to particular things? A certain guardedness when she's at her most vulnerable?


As for the other: Impish, she can be a bit mischievous and playful, and impetuous: she can be over-confident or headstrong, sometimes acting before she really stops to reflect. In other words she often acts or reacts before she really stops to think about things thoroughly.

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I like this yes.. Emerald and Chalcy have a character foil that seem a lot like Pearl's and Amethyst's character foil.

 

[Quill]

Since all Gems have a unique weapon you don't need that first stunt.

Why not? Can't I still be disarmed?

 

[SiliconKitten]

Why not? Can't I still be disarmed?

In a way you can be disarmed but your gem weapon is summoned fron your gem again anyway. So its very much making that stunt in particular redundant.


Something that you both get to do is spend a point of fate on situational stunts that your gem abilities would do. Weapon summoning being one of them, along with shape shifting and ffusion.


X) i just dont want you to have a dead stunt.

 

[Detective Rascal]

• General
• Concept/Troubles
• Aspects
• Skills and Stunts
• Other

• 
  
  
  Gemstone: Huebnerite
  
  
  Nickname: Hues
  
  
  Appearance: (I am drawing a full body pic right now, have this here as a placement holder till I'm done.)
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  High Concept
  
  
  Radio-Host Nerd
  
  Loud, Welcoming, somehow knowing what exact song needs to be played for when someone is down, and has great people skills. Along with having some great knowledge banks on her side, some small obsessions, and possibly having a presence on a certain race's internet.
  
  
  
  
  Trouble
  
  
  ~Laziness
  
  Absolutely lazy to a fault. If you ask her to do the dishes, they may not get done till the next century, but she is bound to actually do it if she doesn't forget about it. Though of course, if you ask Hues to do something she likes, like fix some tech or do something that co-insides with her interests, it'll probably get done a lot sooner, or when you're not looking.
  
  
  
  ~Distraction
  
  Hues can get utterly, and some times fatally, distracted. She could be in the middle of a fight, but if she saw something that caught her interest, she's gone from the battle and now suddenly investigating whatever caught her attention. Usually it would take some convincing, or yelling (However you want to tell it), before Hues will break off from a distraction, but this kind of thing doesn't happen too often anyway.
  
  
  
  
  ~Trouble with the Past
  
  Hues didn't exactly have the greatest past with Homeworld, and even though now Hues fights to protect the world, it still haunts her. Doubting her morals, doubting whether past actions can be forgiven, it's a past that's still mostly secret and kept close to her gem, but is still kept at the back of her mind for every second of every day.
  
  
• 
  
  
  Aspects
  
  
  Personality: A smile and some Smooth Talking can fix any situation
  
  
  Background: A Gem Techie Fate
  
  
  Important feature: Still dressed in Uniform
  
  
  Relationships: Mermaid Isle Gem!
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Skills
  
  
  Deceive, Crafts, Empathy, Notice, Investigate, Lore, Rapport, Shoot, Contacts, Will
  
  
  

  Skill Ranks

  Great (+4): Rapport
  
  
  Good (+3): Notice
  
  
  Good (+3): Investigate
  
  
  Fair (+2): Lore
  
  
  Fair (+2): Contacts
  
  
  Fair (+2): Crafts
  
  
  Average (+1): Deceive
  
  
  Average (+1): Empathy
  
  
  Average (+1): Shoot
  
  
  Average (+1): Will
  
  
  

  
  
  
  Stunts
  
  
  Body Language Reader
  
  
  You can use Notice in place of Empathy to learn the aspects of a target through observation.
  
  
  Attention to Detail
  
  
  You can use Investigate instead of Empathy to defend against Deceive attempts. What others discover through gut reactions and intuition, you learn through careful observation of microexpressions.
  
  
  Eavesdropper
  
  
  On a successful Investigate roll to create an advantage by eavesdropping on a conversation, you can discover or create one additional aspect (though this doesn’t give you an extra free invocation).
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Pronouns: She/her, They/Them
  
  
  Gem Weapon: Energy Blaster Gauntlets
  
  
  Music Motif: (Kinda of meta I know, but I thought it would be cool to add)
  
  
  
  
  
  Fusion Dance style: Rave Dancing, Mass shuffling
  
  
  

 

[Thief of Words]

Not that meta. It's consistent in the show that each gem gets an instrument and style of music.

 

[Teh Frixz]

• General
• Concept/Troubles
• Aspects
• Skills and Stunts
• Other

• 
  
  
  Gemstone: Schorle
  
  
  Nickname: Schorle
  
  
  Appearance:
  
  
  Taller woman with a model like build. Grey skin. A longsleeved black turtleneck with an exposed midrift to show her gem. The gem is an octagon of Black Tourmaline(Schorle) that runs through to her back, showing on both sides. She wears a linen maxi skirt that hangs tight to the body when not in motion. Her hair is long and straight, sitting shoulder length perfectly.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  High Concept
  
  
  Disenfranchised Warden
  
  The Rebellion had both winners and losers. The losers that remained intact more than likely got a chance to meet Schorle. A Black Tourmaline, Schorle built, maintained, and ran the largest Homeworld Gem prison. Excelling at creation and building, highly organized and quite administrative.
  
  
  
  
  Trouble
  
  
  ~ Bleak history
  
  Schorle is by no means a fan of the rebellion. In fact, to many, she remains a Loyalist Gem of the Homeworld. But being betrayed a higher position and a chance at promotion due to her Gem type was too much. Quickly located and exiled, Schorle is stuck amongst those she once held captive.
  
  
  
  ~ Dismissive
  
  Schorle knows better. Schorle is always right. Schorle's way is the right way.
  
  
  
  Despite the fall from Homeworld graces, Schorle is adamant that her way of following the grand design is and always shall be the correct thing to do and attempts to change her mind are quickly disregarded.
  
  
  
  
  ~ Hairline
  
  
  While not obvious, Schorle is suffering from hairline cracks in her Gem. Too small to be destabilizing her form, the cracks are ever present in her psyche, the result of both physical and mental stress at being rejected by the Homeworld. Until her issues are dealt with and gem reformed properly, her mental, physical and social states are hampered.
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Aspects
  
  
  
  
  
  Personality: There is no escaping your purpose but maybe I'm wrong...
  
  
  Background: A disgraced Gem Warden
  
  
  Important feature: Perfect but emblem-less uniform
  
  
  Relationships: Homeworld Gem
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Skills
  
  
  Crafts, Notice, Lore, Physique, Resources, Will, Investigate, Drive, Athletics, Fighting
  
  
  

  Skill Ranks

  Great (+4): Crafts
  
  
  Good (+3): Resources
  
  
  Good (+3): Notice
  
  
  Fair (+2): Will
  
  
  Fair (+2): Athletics
  
  
  Fair (+2): Fighting
  
  
  Average (+1): Physique
  
  
  Average (+1): Drive
  
  
  Average (+1): Investigate
  
  
  Average (+1): Lore
  
  
  

  
  
  
  Stunts
  
  
  Walls Closing in (Crafts)
  
  
  Schorle is a master of creation and construction, able to create structures to provide her advantages and trap her opponents.
  
  
  Create an Advantage (no free invoke) that takes a Good +3 roll to remove when you pay a fate point, in a specific circumstance (ex. when you're On Fire; when you're Surrounded)
  
  
  Always building ahead (Resources)
  
  
  Having a background in administration has helped Schorle prepare for most eventualities and always has a great deal of both material and planning on hand to use in any situation.
  
  
  Use a specific skill in a way that lets you ignore one of the laws of physics (ex. Athletics to fly) when attempting something that's your speciality (ex. expert on Languages)
  
  
  Punishment (Fighting)
  
  
  In hand to hand combat, the strikes from her weapon can cause worse wounds than they at first appear.
  
  
  Inflict a mild consequence once per scene
  
  
  
• 
  
  
  Pronouns: She/her, They/Them
  
  
  Gem Weapon: Killij Blade
  
  
  Music Motif: Chillwave
  
  
  Fusion Dance style: Body Popping and Locking
  
  
  

 

[Thief of Words]

Frixz! Eee!

 

[Teh Frixz]

How's it look!? I'm just a little worried because I haven't any place to put Schorle's good qualities! xD

 

[Thief of Words]

I like it. She seems like a good foil for Emerald, for one thing. The one so adamant on the rebellion that it broke a bond thought unbreakable...vs the one who is literally being broken by her rejection by the other side.


Plus, should be interesting to try and find a Fusion song analog for the two of them, given Emerald's instrument is the rock guitar in a range from classic to punk to metal.


 
At the moment the closest to an analogue I could think of would be this:


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It's even suitably disfunctional/demented-sounding.

 

[Teh Frixz]

Rock and Chillstep? What a glorious combination! I'm guessing a gem like an Elbaite would be the result. Tourmalines mix weird with Emeralds.


As for being broken, she's gotta play it subtle. I'm imagining Schorle very quietly demanding and argumentative but supportive of actions she thinks are befitting a better overall grand scheme. Chaos and Rebellion are never a good in her opinion. So maybe a slightly holier than thou with tints of embarrassment covered up by superiority complex and changing the subject.


Excellent choice on the music. It's a weirdly hypnotic electronic slow beat mixed with wild guitar. Exactly what I was thinking


Also Elbaite

 

[Thief of Words]

Well, I added my skills. I think you'll agree they fit a certain theme.


 
With permission, Frixz, I might use your character's history to inform my own. Would you mind if Emerald was a former prisoner from Schorl's prison? Would potentially let Emerald have been the Monkey King to Topaz's Xuánzàng.


Plus it'd tie together things nicely, such as why she's so anti-authoritarian. It'd also give a good, character-driven reason to have chains be her gem weapon.

 

[SiliconKitten]

Sorry i havnt had much time to reply. Its been a ludicrous weekend of business and ill get to posting tonight hopefully. Rightbnow i can say that all the stuff looks pretty great from everyone.


But as for that last gem, seems like a tough cookie to play, how do you plan on working with rebellious gems?

 

[Teh Frixz]

That's no problem at all ToW, use as much as you'd like!


As for tough characters, I like to think I thrive on them. Though in theory Schorle is a loyal Homeworld Gem, the treatment she received led her to empty her prison in spite. After being exiled with the rest of them, she understands their plight and thinks more of them as friends and allies of convienience than escape prisoners and rebels.

 

[SiliconKitten]

this is exactly what a good trouble is. But with so many thats might be a lot to worry about.


its nice to see character relationships.


I see a lot of the same basic skills being used by eveyone and stunts that look a little basic.


Does anyone want an ability from their gem as a stunt? I mean garnet has future vision, rose had a million abilities, any power can be a stunt really.


To round us out ill probably play a 1994 kindergarten gem.


posting from my phone on lunch break makes it hard to type fast. Also pelling errors everywhere.


 
Now that i think about it.... Who has a character that is comfortable with fusion and with whom?


"Onyx" who ill be playing has on know you guys for 21 years so she may or may not be very close to someone in particular but never fused before.

 

[Teh Frixz]

Oh that's what we are using stunts for! I was using skills mostly to reflect the gem abilities. Like Schorle crafting walls and structures a la peridot creating machines. If we are using stunts for that maybe I'll give Schorle one like her being immune to electrical energy like Schorle has in real life?

 

[Thief of Words]

Oh, I already am working on that. Emerald is a mind-reader.

 

[SiliconKitten]

The Character sheet should look something like this:


Gemstone: Onyx


Appearance:


High Concept: "A New Gem." She's only a 21 year old Gem from the 1994 Kindergarten activtion. As such she's not very savy of the Homeworld of Gems nor their culture.


Trouble: "Constantly seeking approval" Onyx always wants to make sure she serves some kind of purpose for her friends, even if it means doing boaring or crazy things.


"Fragmenting Fusion" Until Onyx forms a strong relationship with someone, her fusions will often defuse. When fused Negative emotions surface from both Onyx and her fusion partner.


Other Aspects:


"Fragmenting Body"- When Onyx's attention is required on multiple (stressful) fronts, her body may deform to creating (fake) heads and (weak) limbs as if trying to separate to give attention to multiple places. Staying focused allows her to be unified self, as such putting pressure on her can cause similar deformations.


"I Owe Emerald- Everything" -Trusting Emerald a lot, she believes that If it weren't for her actions that she'd likely be captured like many of her siblings from the incident. Onyx tries to be like her so much because she sees her as more than just another gem, but she is also her hero.


Skills and Ranks:


Great (+4) -Fighting - Gem Weapon


-- Stunt: Fragmenting Body- Instead of a normal weapon, Onyx uses her body to create unique shapes that can be used as a weapon. Although these do break off when used. As such Onyx can spend a Fate Point to reroll with the fighting skill up to 3 times per scene.


Good (+3) -Physique - Gem Body


-- Stunt: Fragmenting Body- When Onyx would spend a Physical Stress Box for the first time in a fight she can spend a Fate Point to reuse the stress box. This can only be used once per Scene.


Good (+3) -Deceive - Shapeshifting


-- Stunt: Fragmenting Body- When Onyx wold use Shapeshifting to deceive a foe she can reroll on while trying to Deceive by spending a Fate Point up to 3 times per scene.


Fair (+2) -Notice


Fair (+2) -Rapport


Fair (+2) -Stealth


Average (+1) -Athletics


Average (+1) -Shoot


Average (+1) -Will


Average (+1) -Investigate


Here's my Gem as I've drafted.


One aspect "Fragmented Body" which is not only an aspect but also 3 stunts. Its a big part of her personality so that's why you can see it in multiple places. I'm open to have a relationship aspect so that "I owe ---- everything" can have a specific gem involved in her rescue. She's a Fighting Gem by design of those who activated the Kindergarten and as such she has a few personality glitches as noted in Fragmented Body. The power of Onyx allows one to release negative emotion, however I'm reserving that for later when Onyx begins to master herself and the power of fusion.


I'm not done with her appearance but I'm thinking about a youthful look, and a darker pallet with black, grey, and a little white.

 

[Thief of Words]

Mind if that be Emerald? It seems sort of like her MO to fight for the freedom of someone else. (If anyone else wants to throw their hat in the ring, please do so. I'd love to hear what y'all think should be that.)