Here's where we'll put together questions of what playbooks will be used, answering questions, and collaborate

So, I asked for a top three playbooks, but y'all are by no means beholden to those. So nobody's running over someone else, I will maintain that nobody has the same playbook, but other than that, work it out amongst yourselves.

If someone else has an idea for their character that makes you reconsider what you do for yours, have at it.

Also, don't mind the names. They're placeholders for now, that will get changed around once things become more solidified.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:23, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

Hey guys, I have delinquent, Outsider, and Solider as playbooks. However, I can work around other peoples choices.

Hello everyone!

I'm looking at a doomed, nova, or reformed, in that order, with a strong preference for a doomed and the nova concept being a close second place.

I was hoping to play a young woman with terrifying magical powers struggling not to be overcome by them.

I'd love to hear more about what everyone else is interested in!
This message was last edited by the player at 04:14, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

So, for the purpose of clarity, unless I screwed something up, I think everyone should be able to get their first pick of playbook. If not, certainly their second.

Given that, this will be mostly to ensure that the characters, and more importantly, their plotlines, mesh well (which doesn't necessarily mean that everyone's characters are going to be friends; this is high school drama, after all)

My first choice was Transformed, then Outsider & Delinquent, so it looks like it's hello to... "the indestructible lizard girl" :)

She was turned into a lizard-woman through a medical experiment gone wrong. Most of the time, she's surprisingly cheerful about this, and tries not to act like a terrifying monster.

Hi everyone! My top choices were The Beacon, The Janus, and The Protégé.

But now I'm also thinking about The Outsider. I think I want to go between The Janus or The Outsider. I was trying to fill out sheets for The Beacon and The Protégé but I realised I didn't want those as much as I originally thought. Since someone else also had the idea of The Outsider, I don't want to just choose that one without talking about it.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:54, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

Hi everyone! I'm excited for this game.

The Playbooks I'm wavering between are Scion and Protogé (with a maybe Legacy lurking in the wings). Each a young woman with serious family drama, each a different kind of sheltered, each concerned with untangling the infinite complexities of 1. being a hero, 2. smooching boys (and/or girls).

The Scion concept I had in mind is the heir to an old, rich, powerful family that's all steeped in Dark Lovecraftian Magics. So she would be a sorcery character as well. But for her, it's less about controlling her terrifying powers and more about figuring out what to do with them.

Do we think two magic-focused characters is too many?

Also, this is a long-standing gripe of mine, but speaking of Nova, the standard Nova playbook has always seemed an odd fit. All the other Playbooks are about your relationship to your powers, and their relationships to others. But Nova is almost like a D&D Wizard with a list of effects with no real impact on who the character is.

I made a homebrew Nova Playbook a while back and it's been used successfully in games a couple of times.

If folks are interested, I can link it?

EDIT: Moded, if you're set on Protogé, I'm happy to take that off my list and go another way. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:53, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

In reply to Rose (msg # 8):

Hi there, so sorry. I changed my message because I was trying to figure out what the heck to do for Protégé and I realised I really just didn't know what I was doing with it. You can totally have it!

Haha! Sounds good.

I think, absent any other information, my first choice will be Protogé!

In reply to Moded (msg # 7):

I was thinking about the Outsider, but I can be flexible.

In reply to Doctor (msg # 11):

Hi, no problem! Janus it is!

I've put my character's name and such into my biography, and image into description, but I don't know if I should be doing it a specific way, so I can change it if necessary.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:23, Mon 14 Nov 2022.

Hi there everyone, I'm your friendly neighborhood me.  I've played in a bunch of MASKS games prior but all of them fizzled out sooner than later, so I'm really hoping we can play a good, long time together.  It's an itch that needs scratching!

My top three Playbooks were 1) The Janus, 2) The Legacy, and 3) The Bull (or the Delinquent to equal measure).  Looks like Moded is already calling dibs on The Janus though, so I can switch over easily enough.  I personally like to give others priority on their choices and fill in any necessary blanks in the roster.

In contrast to the magic focus some folk have, I'll be leaning more toward the super science/technology angle for my powers.  Potentially with a space theme, depending on how things go.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:04, Mon 14 Nov 2022.