The Dark Academy on Korriban

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Okay, so please don't take this the wrong way, because this is more about me not following your character as much as I followed other people's, but....


...what was Rum supposed to be good at? Like, what was his thing?

haha, theoretically speaking, he has a lots of 'mental' traits. When I thought about how to play him, I decided in a sort of politician. Charm, Negotiation, Leadership, Cool and Discipline are his skills. He also has good skills with Lore (as a sage). Willpower, Presence and Intellect are his things. He is also good using the force. I have two force powers at Control level but I need Force Rating 2 to be effective.

Mechanically speaking, He was weak at combat because I don't need Brawn for combat. With Niman disciple I now use Willpower. My Brawn is 1.

Well, the reputation system made quite difficult for me to went up, and orokos didn't help me either so... But that was his deal.

Yeah, the Reputation system could be a monster. It definitely seemed to bite hard at the beginning of the game and then be a thorn for the entire rest of the game.

Namely, it seemed like people at orientation either gained a rep or lost a rep and that just made everything easier or harder. I was lucky to be on the good side of that, but seeing the bad side...that's harsh, especially without a lot of ways to improve rep after the first couple of days.

I wish I could have met Rum

/sigh

If I had been more with it we could have formed the Blue Alien Sith Society.

Yeah, well I don't post a lot so It's difficult to meet me. I have 300 post and half of those are OOC. Same as with Doji Aya and Ryuuhei in HT and VR.

It would had been nice to meet you two and make a united alien front! Actually my goal is create contacts with aliens.

I am honestly surprised that we somehow didn't hang out more after that space transport mission. I was figuring that Rumun was more of a talker so I was thinking of getting in with him.

I regret not making Rum my favorite per alien IC, after that OOC Chat about it.

Really wanted Rum to succeed though since I felt he got the worst dicerolls.

It's true, he definitely was the underdog that I think everyone was rooting for. But Rep 3 is ridiculously harsh especially with a lot of the later events where there were other challenge upgrades and setback dice to begin with.

You got the dice rolls I was expecting and had posts planned for in my mind. Instead Orokos decided to double my Reputation in the first 2 days. I did grimace every time I saw your rolls pop up though, Trollokos was really out for blood with you.

ha! Rep 2 was even worse, I spend nearly half the game at that level. In any case, I knew what I was getting into when I decided for a former alien slave. No hard feelings about those rules. It was exactly what I wanted.

It was orokos that was screwing me. One bad beat, ok it's reasonable. Two bad beats, it's passable. Three, four, five... One day I rolled seven times, the seven where bad rolls

I thought Rum was great, and felt for you with that awful run of trolokos

But you graduated anyway, and Nar Shadaa ought to be a good venue for Rum to really shine, if you're bringing him back?

Highlight of the game?

Biggest regret?

Moment of desperation?

Dirtiest in-character thought?

Thanks!

Yeah, I will bring him back at Nar Shaddaa. I try to keep keep playing with the same characters unless the background needs and information about a campaign makes it impossible.

• 1)Playing with such awesome players like you . I tend to enjoy every thread that I'm involved with, even if it is a minor one, so I don't have a specific answer for this question.
• 2)Not having a lot of time to play and post. Be limited by my english writing capacity, Sometimes I cannot find the right words to express what I'm trying to do with my characters. I can read and listen english without problem but when I try to reply, the scene's quality is quite different from how I imagined in my head to how I transcribe them into the forum threads
• 3)Orokos, Orokos, Orokos!!! And Dapper D bringing Thaya with a lightsaber...
• 4) Mmmm don't know, really. In broad terms, I suppose trying to devise a plan to kill Thaya by betrayal or something like that. In more snu snu terms, I don't think Rum had dirty thoughts as I tried to play him as asexual. I always imagined him more interested on 'mental' pleasures than on physical ones. To him, sex is more about having offspring.