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MONSTER WORKSHOP
MONSTER WORKSHOP
This post is designed to help players workshop ideas for characters' monster forms while writing their applications, based on a small Plurk survey that suggested it might be helpful. If you don't need it, there's no obligation to post here, but we wanted to give players a space to pick each other's brains.
This would be a great time to review our FAQ information on curses. Consider how different stages of transformation might look on your character, or whether you want a monster that's more horrifying or more horny (or both!). Remember: violent and sexual urges influence monster transformations (and detransformations!) — failure to vent both will cause a person to transform, but either committing an act of violence or engaging in some monsterfucking is enough to transform someone back to their human(oid) state.
Below, we've paraphrased some helpful advice that players were already prepared to provide via Plurk (thank you to Kait, Pink, and Seph!):
In case it helps facilitate your brainstorming, we've provided the form below!
This optional form is intended to help, not hinder, so feel free to toss the form out the window if it's not useful. It just gives some ideas of what types of information you might include in that section of the application.
Alternatively, modify at your leisure! If you're caught between two monster ideas, you can include two versions of the monster section, etc.
This would be a great time to review our FAQ information on curses. Consider how different stages of transformation might look on your character, or whether you want a monster that's more horrifying or more horny (or both!). Remember: violent and sexual urges influence monster transformations (and detransformations!) — failure to vent both will cause a person to transform, but either committing an act of violence or engaging in some monsterfucking is enough to transform someone back to their human(oid) state.
Below, we've paraphrased some helpful advice that players were already prepared to provide via Plurk (thank you to Kait, Pink, and Seph!):
- The 400-word limit on the application is a suggested upwards limit on length! However, for those struggling to write much, bear in mind we expect you to stick to what's on your app, so try to cover everything regarding physical attributes, natural weapons, powers, and behaviors.
- If you're writing a monster that feels common, consider variations between different lores, and specify the version that you feel might better fit your character. Try not to leave out what feels "obvious" or "standard."
- Your application might answer the questions: can it fuck, and if so, how?
- If you want to make a monster unique, aim for unusual morphology (this werewolf has SPINES!) or build off your character's specific interests/associations (this faerie collects musicians!) to flesh out a more generalized monster type.
- When in doubt, pinterest vibes. This TUMBLR might also help.
BRAINSTORMING
In case it helps facilitate your brainstorming, we've provided the form below!
This optional form is intended to help, not hinder, so feel free to toss the form out the window if it's not useful. It just gives some ideas of what types of information you might include in that section of the application.
Alternatively, modify at your leisure! If you're caught between two monster ideas, you can include two versions of the monster section, etc.
Player Name & Pronouns:
Contact:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
username or otherwise
Aversions:
Character Name:
Canon:
Curse Type:
appearance
POWERS
behavior
Contact:
Aversions:
Character Name:
Canon:
Curse Type:
MONSTER
appearance
POSSIBLE_PHYSICAL_DESCRIPTIONS
POWERS
POWER_1 | DESCRIPTION
POWER_2 | DESCRIPTION
POWER_3 | DESCRIPTION
behavior
BEHAVIOR_DESCRIPTION
nicky | the old guard
Contact:
Aversions: nothing relevant to this post unless someone's monster of choice is A Car Crash
Character Name: nicolo di genova
Canon: the old guard
Curse Type: wilk orrrr maybe niez
still heavily brainstorming, so these are just super vague thoughts:
for his monster, my first instinct was to go classic with a werewolf. it was the first thing that came to mind for nicky when i was browsing the game pages and i can't really think of anything i like more than that! in terms of visuals, i've always really loved the werewolf design from the prisoner of azkaban movie – there's something really creepy and unnatural and not?? wolf-like??? about it, with the skeletal long limbs and hunched back, so that's the vibe i'm going for. furless, but i actually think he's gonna have a sphynx cat texture, where he feels like velvet to the touch. he will have the same lovely green eyes as nicky though. in terms of abilities, the vibe is pure strength, raw hunger, increased sense of smell, and speed. in his monster form, he'll be driven by animal instincts, won't be able to understand when people speak to him, and won't be able to tell the difference between loved ones and enemies.
my second idea which i ONLY JUST NOW came up with is to lean Very Hard into the christian/catholic angle with something in the vein of a nephilim, which is why i suggested niez as an alternative because i think the aesthetic fits better with this. the traits listed for wilk are definitely more nicky, BUT i could comfortably make an argument for him being niez. anyway the more i type about this one the more i like it, but the aesthetic would be: white marble all over and generally resembling nicky in an ancient greek statue sort of way (especially the eyes with no details and the completely expressionless face), VERY BIG (like i think verging on maybe 10 feet tall or more), big ol wings, possibly an extra set of eyes for that biblically-accurate angel energy, and also glowing faintly white. also what if he had eyes on his palms too like that dude from pan's labyrinth. also i think that leaning into the Marbleness would be fun, so if he was injured he would just crack and pieces of him would break off like actual stone. in terms of behaviour, i like the idea of him being compelled by a fanatic, destructive kind of righteousness, casting judgements on people and having an unstoppable need to follow through on those judgements which he would consider to be divine. it'd be a fun way of playing with his faith, which is very important to him. i'm kind of leaning more towards this one now BUT i don't know!!!
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