[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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....And one part of Terra's backstory is done! Tell me what you think, mates!

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I really really like how it is connected to his Stats, High Vitality/Strength in return for low Insight etc., and it's an interesting thing on it's own to be saved by a wild Pokemon. ^^ Well-written and told! On the other hand, sad and tragic backstories tend to drag me a down a little myself if they hit a nerve in the means of 'I'm feeling sorry for chara XY having experienced that', which it kinda does in Terra's case. :C I'd happily would have Shiva react to things and show some care and empathy to that mountain of a man, but oh well, we can still have our moments and stories shared together later I guess. For example, I'm actually highly curious what has brought him to distant Chreshire...?

I, eh... prefer my backstory-concept for my own chara though, am somehow feeling uncomfortable to make it sad or tragic deliberately.

Also a question, Windos, since... I'm feeling a tad bit bad for Terra to be so (your words) 'dumb as a box of rocks', even since school. Isn't there a way or chance we can, uh, make him less dumb or help in that manner?

I wanted a simple, uncomplicated (in one aspect), and STRONG character as my backup should Ven had to go, so I made Terra all of that, gave him a strong moral compass, and left his Insight/Knowledge in the gutter! From there, I searched for Pokémon that would fit him and balance each other out (Originally it was just Shiranui and Basteele, but got to add more with Iron's permission!), then built a backstory around his first choice and stats! I wanted to make a character that would almost guaranteed to get along with everyone, since Ven was....devisive, so giving him good character and a sympathetic backstory was a must too, which ended up being what I described. The more adversity a chara. undergoes in life, the more interesting and fun they are to play/play with!

If you want to know how/why he left Hoen, just ask him. It isn't that special nor sensitive, so he wouldn't mind sharing it with anyone.

To each their own, and I don't blame you or ANYONE for just wanting a normal, relatively happy + undramatic life/backstory for their chara.!

In truth, Terra was born mildly retarded, and he's the type of person that wouldn't have done well in standard educational settings regardless. His parents, his teachers (to a extent...), and Brawly made sure to help him overcome his disability to a good degree, but he's always going to be more challenging and/or difficult for him to learn/get smarter stuff outside what he's good/experienced with. Maybe one day he'll gains 1 Point in Knowledge and/or Insight, but that's the about the maximum he can get purely intelligence wise.

I'm sorry for not responding sooner, tiredness got the better of me. Damn it.

Yes, I remember you once stated something in the direction that you would want to focus more on being strong in battle with a chara in case Ventus would go, which kinda matches Terra. ^^ Can't be great in everything however, so making him slow and pretty dense in return for decent in delivering and taking hits sounds like a fair exchange.

Got enough drama and hardships in life already, so having a RP-Chara that leads a calm and relatively uneventful life apart from various defining experiences (good and bad) is quite relieving to me actually. But thanks for accepting, dear!~

Huh, mildly retarded... Well, Terra's indeed giving off the image to me that he's getting along despite it, which is pretty neat to see - though I wonder for how long... I don't feel that scoring high Insight and Knowledge is directly linked to intelligence, neither in the means of IQ nor EQ, more like 'indirectly' or 'vaguely'. I still feel a little sorry for him though, so I'd happily help him widening his horizont a little or being less dense by sharing stories, experiences, train together or whatever would do the trick, regardless whether he levels-up due to that or not (your choice, really!). Shiva's definitely patient and insightful enough.

You know what I feel would be cool to see? Him joining and watching how she is trying to convince a wild Pokemon joining her without any battle, as you said that's something he neither knows nor is good at, wonder how he'd react to seeing her doing such a thing. How does that sound, would you/he be interested?