[No]Rosetango/Lucy Astoria/Werecat APP

Puffy

No, I don't see her having earned it. Neither am I confident in her understanding of CoA lycans and their beastly nature, plus the responsibility and conflict tendencies. The player isn't a huge fan of PvP

Prof. Misclick

No. For all the reasons Puffy said. Also she is level 10 so there is not downside of suddenly getting an ECL +2 race. There will be no IC consequences since she’s established as a PC. Character should be working on retirement story.

Echo

She's not even a faithful of Selune or Sehanine Moonbow, but of Cyric. If it were either of the prior, I might've said yes.

Lord_Acererak

@Prof-Misclick tending to agree with this. As a story finale, turning into a lycan and running off into the woods as retirement, I could accept that, but Echo is correct - the deity is wrong. May be she just set it randomly, as a bard it doesn't matter I don't think - and she just picked up Selune in game after learning. Possible, but either way, as a continuation to the pc I dont see how this works as an above-standard app.

If we are continuing the trend of ECL2+ as a micro-DM, the desires of the pc do not directly affect others, and thus I don't think this is a pass.

Puffy

Denied

Puffy

Puffy — Today at 08:12
Hey, sorry to say but your application for werecat has been rejected. The reason being that we feel Lucy is already at the end of her story and haven't really gone about to earn the infliction of a werecat. Note also that playing a lycan is a very PvP and conflict heavy responsibility, with a lot of expectations which the DM team isn't certain you have an interest in.
Rosetango — Today at 08:14
...but I made efforts to gather cat based potions, did a ritual for a star sapphire, got a moonstone, and skinned various big cats.
I have tons of other cat related memorabilia (catnip) and the like in my inventory, as well.
unless that's not what you mean by earn.
Puffy — Today at 08:16
Sorry but themeing rites around cats isn't enough to earn the affliction of a werecat :slight_smile: Its about involving players in a story, running DMless encounters on your own themed around the afflication. Being a werecat does not mean being a cat, its a different creature entierly even if it has similarities to a cat.
Rosetango — Today at 08:16
I... did plan on involving players, though.
I thought I outlined that in my app.
Puffy — Today at 08:17
No worries, I get you're disappointed but lycans are very hard to earn and get approved. Because of their power, conflict heavy tendencies, and the fact they are literally kill on sight.
Rosetango — Today at 08:17
And... I'm also nowhere near the end of Lucy's story.
Puffy — Today at 08:18
That's fine, it's entierly up to you when you wrap up your PC. But the DM team does not see it as a suitable path for Lucy.
Rosetango — Today at 08:19
Why?
Also, why /does/ lycan have to be PVP heavy?
Puffy — Today at 08:20
They are monsters which spread an affliction upon others. Especially infected lycans are unstable, beastal, and uncontrolable.
Rosetango — Today at 08:21
And I planned on doing that but I don't think a CG werecat would seek out random people to harm unless they saw them as prey. I really wanted to play that angle and thought it would be fun.
Puffy — Today at 08:23
The issue is that its not about what a lycan wants when they are afflicted, they are an uncontrolable mess.
Rosetango — Today at 08:23
Lucy is already a mess. She's... literally insane. She has a madness.
Puffy — Today at 08:24
Then she would most likely become a volatile beast, attacking everything and everyone around her if she was affliected.
And I get the feeling that isn't something you're into :slight_smile:

Echo

@Puffy said in [No]Rosetango/Lucy Astoria/Werecat APP:

CG werecat

I thought we made them evil anyway. Canon-wise they're CG though.

@Lord_Acererak said in [No]Rosetango/Lucy Astoria/Werecat APP:

the deity is wrong. May be she just set it randomly, as a bard it doesn't matter I don't think - and she just picked up Selune in game after learning

https://nodebb.cityofarabel.com/topic/53337/rosetango-lucy-astoria
@Lord_Acererak said in Rosetango/Lucy Astoria/:

lucy is a not-so-sane bard whose entire village was slaughtered and burned to the ground. she saw her parents die to save her, so in her grief, she prayed for cyric (or anyone) to take away the pain. so, she couldn't remember various chunks of time in her life, and if she thinks about it too hard it begins to hurt. this is a consequence for asking deities for help :^)

Cyric is part of her backstory.

SpiffyMeister

@Echo @Puffy want me to do a lycan write up? So people know how we view them on coa

Echo

one exists

But feel free to add to it

SpiffyMeister

More, on CoA, lycans are exclusively evil for the player base. No hero kitties.

Echo

~~Yeah it seems we havent said that werecats arent CG in CoA like they are in canon. Maybe make a note in the Lycanthrope threads where they're listed to give their alignments~~.

Nevermind