Does what it says on the tin. Welcome to the game, here's where we discuss stuff that isn't happening in-game!

Hello, thank you for accepting me into the game.  Man, it filled up quickly eh?

Hullo! So, how will we go about this?

I figure at the moment folks should just talk about what they feel like playing, or ask questions about others or the setting, and we can iron things out. Please keep it to your top three- I don't want people making their final selections before we get our whole group together.

Well keeping it to our top 3 that we applied with, I chose Legacy, Protege, and Delinquent.  The one I'd like least of these three is Delinquent, while the one I'd like most is Legacy.  Protege is fairly close of an option to Legacy, I just like my concept for the Legacy a bit more.

What about yours?

I was looking at Scion, Legacy and Outsider, in no particular order. But from what I understand Scion isn't ideal for what the Eye has in mind, which is fair enough; I can just save that one for some other game and consider Bull instead, which would've been my fourth. Anyhow, since you like your Legacy idea I can easily concede that one to you, Mouse. To be honest, a proper fish-out-of-water Outsider might be my best option for this game, though I'm still mulling it over.

A question I'd like to get out of the way early: just how, hmm, dark/morally ambiguous can our characters be? Like, certainly not actual villains or killers, but would something on the more ruthless or devious side be okay, so long as the character is still a team player trying to use powers for good and adhering to a moral code? Where would you draw the line?

Well if I go with my Legacy, he'd definitely want to talk to you if you have dark tendencies.  I would say it wouldn't go to blows, but it would impact how he interacts with you.  My Legacy is a Roman Catholic relative of Jehenne D'Arc, or as she is most commonly known, Joan of Arc.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:56, Tue 08 Jan 2019.

Basically the main thing I'm wondering about is, if I go with Outsider, how "alien" their morality could be. Since on the one hand I sort of like the idea of an alien hero having a noticeably different way of going about things, due to coming from a different culture with different boundaries and taboos. More pragmatic and underhanded or more quick to resort to force or demand obedience. But on the other hand I don't want to push it too far.

Though to a lesser extent it obviously applies to some other playbooks too, since Bulls seem likely to be a little brutal even despite themselves, and Scions' moves suggest being at least somewhat manipulative.

I guess what I'm asking is, so long as they don't cross a line into outright villainy and do try to fight crime and be team players, is having some antiheroic tendencies like that okay?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:57, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

I'll quote post 5 on 'The Game I Run'.



So long as you don't cross that line, it's good. I know there'll be some interplay if you decide to go dark, but please don't make it hammer and tongs to actually interact with other members of the group, or scenarios.

Hi everyone!

Looking forward to seeing what kind of story our characters make for themselves with this game. When I sent my RTJ in I listed some playbooks but I also said I was fine playing whatever. With that in mind in case we have some other players join us I'll refrain from choosing one until everyone else has picked theirs.

I wouldn't be stopping working with the dark hero, but would be watching extra close, and having talks with them when they break the "code of the hero" (think four color heroics).

Ah, the eternal "waiting to see what others go with before going with something yourself" dilemma. Fine, I guess I won't be that guy this time. :P

And, well, I figure some (IC) disagreement and drama is par for the course. Required, even, for a PbtA game.

I like all the playbooks so I'm usually the person who waits until everyone else has picked. lol

How many players are we aiming for?

How many can you handle?  I know I'd like enough to see my friend masterofdays make it in, but if he can't there's always other games for us to play together.

So it comes down to how many can you handle?  The more people we have the more chances for interaction, but also the more work on you.

I plan on taking in six. That's usually my maximum, and with any RPOL game, I expect attrition.

That sounds like a good number especially for a game like this. Given how popular Masks games have been in the past on this site I expect there won't be any problems getting that many players.

I'm currently waiting to see if the others in the 'GM wanted' thread come over here, as well as one other person that contacted me via rmail. Figure I'll give it a couple more days.

Later this afternoon or tomorrow morning I'll start up on some world-building with y'all.

Sounds like a plan.  I'm looking forward to it.

Likewise. Should note I still haven't fully decided which idea I will go with. My Outsider idea was something of a space warrior aristocrat, but it occurs to me that might step on the shoes of a knight in shining holy armour Legacy, if I'm getting Phantom's concept right. Or it could make for some very interesting contrasts...

I'm looking forward to some world building as well.

From what has been posted so far I think those two concepts could play very well off one another. It has also given me some idea on what kind of character that might fit well in terms of having a different concept. At the moment I'm considering playing the Beacon or Janus since they are more on the mundane side of things in terms of playbooks which could play well off the Legacy and Outsider.

I agree that the Outsider could play well off of my character, even if you're still planning on going darker.

It sounds like an interesting group we're thus far pulling together.

So, onto some world-building. I'm going to be pitching out some questions here, I'd like each of you to grab one- You can all discuss them (and I encourage that), and whomever 'grabbed' the question has final say as to how it's answered (much like the group questions in the playbooks).

- There's a teacher at the high school who has a bit of an unsavory reputation, but hasn't been removed from the classroom. Who are they, and why are they still accepted?

- There's a movie house in town that has a secret (non-supernatural, please). What's the name of the place, and what's the secret?

- The school has someone who recently went on to fame and fortune. Who are they, and what brought them their fortune?

- There's that one kid in school who always seems to know where the best parties are. Who are they, and what small crime did they recently get in trouble for?

- A song got banned from play in the school last year. What song was it? (Note that this doesn't have to be a 'real' song, but also remember that it would have to have come out in 2009 or earlier)

- There's a construction site a few blocks away from the school. It's been abandoned for four years. What was supposed to go there, and why isn't it there?

- There's been some odd graffiti plastered on buildings around the school of late. What's the weirdest graffiti your character has seen in that area?

- There's a construction site a few blocks away from the school. It's been abandoned for four years. What was supposed to go there, and why isn't it there?

A division of an arms manufacturing firm was to be built there, bringing both managerial and factory jobs.  It wasn't built because suspected ties to organized crime were proven and the firm was shut down.

Hey folks.  Glad to be here.  I put in for Janus/Protege/Legacy.