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thestewards) wrote2018-12-09 06:30 pm
thestewards) wrote2018-12-09 06:30 pm
application
A Gentle Night uses rolling apps. You may post your app at any time as a comment, using Character Name | Canon as the comment's subject line. Paste your full application into the comment. Do not link to your app. Be sure to make your application friendly to those who may be canonblind by explaining canon specific terms.
Apps will be reviewed beginning on the third Thursday of each month, usually over the weekends.
Our Jewel RNG is permanently open, and you may request a Jewel via RNG at any time. If you don't want to try your luck, you are welcome to choose your own Jewel as long as it is no darker than Opal. Any app requesting RNG (the mods will not provide Jewel options at the time of application) OR any app submitted with a Green, Sapphire, or Red Jewel that did not receive that Jewel through RNG will be automatically rejected. All applications will be screened. Please make sure your Jewel roll was made in the app round you're apping in. If you rolled in February, for example, your roll is no longer valid and will need to be re-rolled.
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Applications will open 5/9/2019 at 8PM EST. Applications will close 5/15/2019 at noon.
characters 19/60
MAY APPLICATION QUEUE
CHARACTER
Name Your character's full name.
Canon Your character's canon.
Age Your character's age. Remember: your character must be at least 16 years old or have the mental capacity of a 16 year old.
Birthright Jewel Your character's Brithright Jewel, determined either by you on your own or RNG when you placed your hold.
Dreams made flesh What boon does your character ask for from the Queen of Hayll? Remember, she is not a god and cannot alter reality.
Canon point Describe the point in canon from which your character was pulled. You may lead with an episode name/number or something like "the end of book 2," but please also provide context.
Canon Powers Use this section to talk about your character's superhuman powers. Any mundane skill that can be learned (like being especially sneaky) doesn't need to go here. This means that a character like James Bond or Batman wouldn't need to put anything here, because their abilities (while top-tier) aren't superhuman. Consider how your character's Jewel may impact powers, either by increasing the potency of an ability or weakening it. Remember that Opal is the equivalent to canonical powers, and the Jewel essentially acts as a battery and power source for all powers or magical weirdness. Please do not link to wikis in this section, as the mod team would largely like to see powers divorced from in-universe jargon and such things as game mechanics (for video games and TTRPGs) as those do not exist in Draega.
Personality Describe your character's personality, considering what strengths made the Queen of Hayll select them as a hero and how their weaknesses can be utilized as a character arc for obtaining their Jewel of rank. You need not be explicit about either of those things, but this section of the app should be written with those concepts in mind.
History A link will do just fine. If informational material is scarce or is written laden with canon-specific jargon, please provide a short summary as needed.
SAMPLES
Network Sample Provide a sample of a first-person network-style post. This can be one part of a conversation over psychic threads, or a text or video message via Far-caster. It should be at least 100 words and strongly showcase your character's voice. Test-drive threads used for this sample do not require a single post of 100 words, but should be a minimum of 5 comments from your character and strongly showcase your character's voice.
Log Sample
Provide a sample of a third-person post, either in long form prose or action spam. It should be at least 200 words and strongly showcase your character's voice, personality, and mannerisms. Test-drive threads used for this sample do not require a single post of 200 words, but should be a minimum of 5 comments from your character and strongly showcase your character's voice.
PLAYER
Name Your handle.
Are you 18 or older? Yes/No
Contact How you prefer to be contacted, whether by email, plurk, pm, or other.
Current character Any characters currently in-game.
Name Your character's full name.
Canon Your character's canon.
Age Your character's age. Remember: your character must be at least 16 years old or have the mental capacity of a 16 year old.
Birthright Jewel Your character's Brithright Jewel, determined either by you on your own or RNG when you placed your hold.
Dreams made flesh What boon does your character ask for from the Queen of Hayll? Remember, she is not a god and cannot alter reality.
Canon point Describe the point in canon from which your character was pulled. You may lead with an episode name/number or something like "the end of book 2," but please also provide context.
Canon Powers Use this section to talk about your character's superhuman powers. Any mundane skill that can be learned (like being especially sneaky) doesn't need to go here. This means that a character like James Bond or Batman wouldn't need to put anything here, because their abilities (while top-tier) aren't superhuman. Consider how your character's Jewel may impact powers, either by increasing the potency of an ability or weakening it. Remember that Opal is the equivalent to canonical powers, and the Jewel essentially acts as a battery and power source for all powers or magical weirdness. Please do not link to wikis in this section, as the mod team would largely like to see powers divorced from in-universe jargon and such things as game mechanics (for video games and TTRPGs) as those do not exist in Draega.
Personality Describe your character's personality, considering what strengths made the Queen of Hayll select them as a hero and how their weaknesses can be utilized as a character arc for obtaining their Jewel of rank. You need not be explicit about either of those things, but this section of the app should be written with those concepts in mind.
History A link will do just fine. If informational material is scarce or is written laden with canon-specific jargon, please provide a short summary as needed.
SAMPLES
Network Sample Provide a sample of a first-person network-style post. This can be one part of a conversation over psychic threads, or a text or video message via Far-caster. It should be at least 100 words and strongly showcase your character's voice. Test-drive threads used for this sample do not require a single post of 100 words, but should be a minimum of 5 comments from your character and strongly showcase your character's voice.
Log Sample
Provide a sample of a third-person post, either in long form prose or action spam. It should be at least 200 words and strongly showcase your character's voice, personality, and mannerisms. Test-drive threads used for this sample do not require a single post of 200 words, but should be a minimum of 5 comments from your character and strongly showcase your character's voice.
PLAYER
Name Your handle.
Are you 18 or older? Yes/No
Contact How you prefer to be contacted, whether by email, plurk, pm, or other.
Current character Any characters currently in-game.
APPLICATION CODE
REVISIONS
Thank you for your interest in a Gentle Night. After reading your application, the mod team feels some revisions are needed.
► Overall, Akira’s powers are written from a very in-universe perspective or adhere strictly to video game mechanics. As you’re making the following edits, please consider how these powers manifest and how that might look in a world divorced from game mechanics. For example: SP and HP don’t exist as a concept in A Gentle Night. HP can translate into overall health/wellness, but as there is no way to regain the power expended in a Jewel except for time, abilities restoring SP would not have an effect on the world as it exists in the game.
► Currently, none of your abilities consider how a Green Jewel will augment them. Include such considerations for each power or grouping of similar powers.
► Many of the abilities listed in the powers section deal with stats or game mechanics. Instead of listing out how the intelligence, charm, dex, and similar stats function, consider how these stats actually impact Akira’s personality. Does his INT score actually impact how smart he is in the world in which he exists? Does that inform his character traits? If yes, fold these into the personality section. In the case of a stat-like agility, this only needs to be mention as a power if it exceeds human limitations and then it would be limited/increased by the Jewel as well. For example, Clint Barton is a supremely agile human, but it is no way super humanly augmented vs. Captain America or Spiderman who have augmented agility.
► All abilities and items that function as a game mechanic should be removed unless Akira is explicitly bringing these items. If he is, please include a reasonable count of how many of each he’s bringing and how those items will function in Draega.
► Personas need to be included in the power section of the app, not linked in a separate page. The mod team would like to see a description of how the Persona impacts Akira’s natural abilities (for example, this one Persona makes him stronger or resistant to fire) and how the Green will augment these skills. Special attacks, skills, and abilities for each Persona (such as Angelic Grace) should be described from the perspective that A Gentle Night is not a video game world and thus such concepts as 'doubles/triples/etc evasion' that are stat-driven need to be expressed in a way that is accessible to people who haven't played Persona and don't rely on stat calculations. Even with a more powerful Jewel, the mods ask that one-hit KO skills either be nerfed or draw so much power through the Jewel that it is drained and leaves Akira vulnerable. Large use of power should have a large associated cost.
As a more general note, skills that revive the dead will not work.
We saw your edit but would like to see a comprehensive consideration of the effect of Jewel on Akira's power. If you have any questions, please let us know!
You have three days to complete and submit your revisions by responding to this comment.