[Enrollment] Druvian - Reaper of Dreams [ACCEPTED]

[Kyribird]

kuroopu

Kyribird

Hi bby <3

Nat ability > is almost okay, but just make sure you have someone's approval before doing the dream harvesting, just to keep it to Y1 strength and not be too OP. Also, the whole "seeing and knowing what they dream about" might be a little much for Y1, so maybe setting some limitations could be best? i.e., he can only see a few seconds of it, or maybe he has a time limit of how long he can be in a dream, or maybe it's fuzzy, etc., etc. Just something to keep it within reason! Otherwise, I really like the whole equal exchange thing of him switching a dream with a nightmare!

FEAR > Seems very interesting, I like the idea of it a lot. Make sure that you pick out a FEAR mechanic, though! All FEARS need to have a mechanic attached, as you probably know. So I can't critique much on FEAR until a mechanic is attached - it might need a little tweaking, but the general idea is good!

Otherwise he seems very interesting, I really like this quest <3

Hiiii.

AS FAR AS I KNOW the natural ability has been approved since the quest was already accepted! =D I'd think that if it wasn't, I would have been told? <3

AS FAR AS FEAR MECHANIC I actually have no clue. It'd probably fall under Battle Cry or Double Take as since he's keeping the nightmare fighting for him in some way he can also deliver his own physical punches? IDK ;;  

[Kyribird]

EDITED A BIT

Puttering around in the post before enrollment~  

[Seussi]

Okay I am terrible at crits and I'm not a GM so might not know what I'm talking about as much as they do but here goes.

Personality wise, I think he looks great! I try not to look too much into it honestly because we all know that what we put down on paper and how our chars want to behave when we begin to play them often changes drastically XD but he seems very teenage'd in attitude, and I love that he has little hobbies that he hides (like the drawing) because it can make for cute little side plots later on should somebody discover his "secret" /gasp

Natural ability. I agree with kuro and vamps that it is best at Y1 to start out with something weaker and to build on it as they grow into Y2 - Y3. I know that, for example, with my character, Alex, he has a natural ability of being able to "infect" somebody with his bite, but the effect only lasts for a few minutes at the most, making them feel dull, sluggish, and somewhat "zombie" like. As a Y1 ability, it was a no go, because it was a little too god-mody, as a Y2 ability, however, it was A-ok, but even then, I have always asked for permission before his ability was used, or have allowed the other RPer to have their char experience it or not. Maybe /sometimes/ he can successfully leave a nightmare behind in the place of a dream, but /most of the time/ he can't, as he hasn't quite mastered the ability yet? Or, as vamps said, you can always leave this ability for Y2 or Y3 and use something that is still to do with dreams/nightmares but is less invasive? IDK just some ideas, though I am actually sure with some work/restrictions, his natural ability as is shouldn't be a problem? Honestly might just be something to talk to Maru about, as she seems to be the specialist on Natural and Fear abilities.

Fear ability, I actually don't see a big problem with how it works against other students/ponies/hunters etc, and think it could be a lot of fun to play with in PVP especially. Though in terms of fighting say, mob bosses or big bosses in events, beings that don't necessarily have nightmares to extract (beings made of insanity, distortion, etc) it might become more difficult to work with D: I would suggest revising it perhaps in a way that makes it usable against everything, and definitely try to hammer out which Fear mechanic you want it to fall under! Sometimes choosing the mechanic first, then figuring out what attack would work best with that mechanic, helps a lot~

As for his appearance...I agree that he needs a more definitive Species to go with his Race. Honestly, you could just /make up/ an entire type of Reaper species, something that /you/ created yourself (if I am wrong on this, may one of the GMs smite me down and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about XD) but as far as I know, it has often been encouraged for people to create their own species, and I don't see why this should be any different? What makes them look the way they look? Are they a species already based on some type of lore/myth? Just a thing that could use a little bit of clarification, I think~

I hope that helps! I want RP when you get him <3  

[Kyribird]

Seussi

YOU ARE NOT TERRIBLE AT CRIT AND ILU <3 ty.

Natural ability: I think the problem was being being able to see the entire dream (which is what it originally was). I have since changed it so that he can only see bits and pieces of it and it's not necessarily coherent. It has a lot to do with consent, definitely. I pretty much never do anything unless I have consent with the exception of people I RP frequently with (I'm talking some friends I've been RPing 10+ years with) who I know will be OK with something.

SO I DO NOT KNOW.

Re: Fear

I actually hadn't thought about boss/baddie battles. s**t. *Psyducks*

Re: Appearance
He's based pretty much on the Oneiroi in Greek mythology. In mythology, they're the children of the Goddess Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness).
His sub-sect of reapers essentially evolved from the idea and fear of the Oneiroi. They evolved to match the night and darkness and the realm of dreams. At least that's what I've come up with. Hopefully it makes sense.  

[chiickadee]

hey i am coming at u with another appearance crit OVERKILL I KNOW im really bad at crits without being wordy so here goes

i think your description of the children of night reads more to me like a demon or a monster. all reapers have the basis that they take their fear from dead souls, from the guide- "It is only the job of a Grim Reaper to harvest Fear from the deceased." (grim referring to the original grim reapers, the source of the reaper lineage).

being based on the child of the night mythos doesn't really explain the gap between reaping souls? which is why i would suggest a monster or demon- it seems more likely that fear of the oneiroi would result in in a monster/demon (due to fear of the night/darkness and what have you), rather than a fear of dying/reaping/afterlife/etc.

one of reapers' biggest strengths is being able to blend into the human world- again from the guide: "Many Reapers go into the Human World for reconnaissance. They take note of what's been scaring humans lately and what events have been going on, then report this information back to Halloween. If there hasn't been a good horror movie in awhile, oftentimes it will be up to a team of Reapers to infiltrate the Human World's movie industry and make one, just to keep the Fear flowing." so having pretty space skin and glowing eyes and what not would make him stick out even more, and not really be helpful to a reaper race as a whole.

not saying that you have to change to a monster/demon, merely that i think your mythos would suit it more. i would say if you want to keep him a reaper, definitely hone in on the connection between the oneiroi and reaping!

ALSO FOR FEAR i know one of our dopplegangers Gene has the ability to "transform" into a character's worst fear, and she uses the double take ability. basically turning into their fear, she "stuns" them and gets a second hit in. to me that sounds a lot like his awesome dream illusion fear :'D that might help you out a bit?

this is all entirely critique and speculation though, not a GM's perspective nor admins! im super excited to play with u it was so fun in the meta <3 <3 <3  

[Kyribird]

As far as appearance goes I did end up checking with Zoo and was told his appearance was fine at least so that's a load off my mind! *Relief!*

Oneiroi & Reaping - The land of dreams, in the Odyssey (another place where the Oneiroi are mentioned) is set very close to the land of the dead. They tie pretty heavily dreams to the dead. The Oneiroi themselves let the dreams pass through one of two gates. One of these gates was prophetic dreams. Unfortunately, prophetic dreams usually have a nasty side effect of being associated with death and destruction of some sort. The other gate is for mundane dreams with no meaning. Both could produce 'nightmares'.

I really, really do not want to change his race. So I hope that makes sense or as much asense as I can make at 2am XD

I AM ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO PLAY =D  

[chiickadee]

OH IF YOU TALKED TO ZOO THEN COOL :'D <33333 /HI5 FOR THINKING AHEAD

that's awesome i look forward to playing with youuu /shimmies around  

[Kyribird]

chimarii

OH IF YOU TALKED TO ZOO THEN COOL :'D <33333 /HI5 FOR THINKING AHEAD

that's awesome i look forward to playing with youuu /shimmies around

I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TOO *Bounce*  

[Kyribird]

<3 Edited a little.  

[WE ARE HALLOWEEN]

BASIC CHARACTER KIT WHAT DO I DO NEXT

Welcome to This is Halloween!

Congratulations! Your character has passed the enrollment process and you're cleared to begin playing. Essentially, this means you can get your art certed, make your character's journal, and most importantly start RPing. If you're a little lost then don't worry, this guide is here to point you in the right direction.

gaia_crown [ Art Check! ]:

- Do you have your character's art? Great! Move onto the next crown.

- If you do NOT yet have your art, you may now contact your artist and let them know that they may now start on creating your character!

gaia_crown [ Certs & Emblems ]:

- If your character is a STUDENT, you may create a customized student pin for them. This is entirely optional (but fun!) special badge that is unique to your character's design! You can find more information about pins (also known as their emblem) here.

- Hallowen characters (Students & Horsemen) may bet their character certed here!

- Hunters may get their certs here!

gaia_crown [ Creating a Journal ]:

- A journal is a thread where you can keep track of your character's accomplishments, RPs, progress, relationships, etc!

- All HALLOWEEN characters (Students & Horsemen) may create one here!

- All Hunters may create one here!

gaia_crown [ Let's RP! ]:

- Don't be shy about RPing! As soon as your character has been enroll approved you can start! Check out this awesome information about The World of Halloween and Amityville Academy. All students start off in Amityville academy. Need more things to do? Check out this whole subforum! Anything labelled Activity is open for you! Occasionally GMs will promote and open CLASSROOM orps. These usually happen in the classroom subforum. All students are invited to participate!

- If you are a Hunter, you will want to read the Hunter Newbie Guide Occasionally GMs will promote and open MISSION orps. These usually happen in the main Deus subforum and be followed by a guild announcement. All Hunters are invited to participate!

- If you are a Horsemen, please refer to here and the handy links in the first post as well as the other posts for concurrent and quest information! Need more things to do? Check out this whole subforum! Anything labelled Activity is open for you! Occasionally GMs will promote and open CLASSROOM orps. These usually happen in the classroom subforum. All Horsemen are invited to participate!

gaia_crown [ What's happening currently? ]:
- We try to keep all important things happening regularily updated in the ANNOUNCEMENTS THREAD. This goes for ALL FACTIONS. Have a question? Ask it in the Q & A !

gaia_crown [ Still feeling a little lost or overwhelmed? That's okay! ]:
- Check out what was just mentioned in FULL DETAIL HERE! Don't be too overwhelmed, there's time to sort everything out. For now, just enjoy some simple RP!

gaia_crown [ Finding RP ]:
- There's a bunch of ways to find RP. You can just contact a friend or any shop regular OR one of our available GMS for help! Otherwise, there are a lot of people looking to plot with YOU in their plotting threads! You can even make your own and advertise in your sig/ in the main thread/ etc etc!

- In addition any thread marked ORP is open for you to join!

- If you ever feel lost as a newbie, our many GMs are more than happy to one on one RP with you to help your character get acquainted. Send a PM to WE ARE HALLOWEEN and we can get you started this way as well. Otherwise, enjoy immersing yourself in the many RPS in TiH! It is all about discovery after all!