Board 8 > Inviso Ranks Their Top 52 Character's in Scarlet's DC TTRPG (The Top Five!)

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TotallyNotMI posted...

We'll have to do these again after we find Vertigo so he can place.

I feel you're just saying this so everyone else can rank Varra

TotallyNotMI posted...

We'll have to do these again after we find Vertigo so he can place.

I would already put Her Highness, Princess Iolande on the list, high up.

Kim Rebecki might be higher too!

Scare is worried where I'll rank Steve...

Ugh

Steve

My new rankings has THE WHOLE PLATE as a character

These were great write-ups, Vis, thanks for doing them and congrats on getting through 52!

What an interesting list, Vis! Obviously there was never a question to #1, but you lay out her case well!

GOOD LIST

soup

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Most important thing to point out is that those Ragman and Madame Xanadu transformations were drawn by our very own Johnbobb, and apparently there's more on the way!

Thanks for the shoutout!

and can confirm, there are more (hopefully progressively better as I practice this stuff) pictures on the way

Oh yeah, Alice as Saoirse!

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Some of my favorite bits about Alice is that she is just SO INSECURE and lonely and I like Saoirse finding the way to navigate it. Alice wants weed and Saoirse's the one who tokes up the most, so she has a superficial in, but when Saoirse tries to navigate Nightshade and Nightshade gets all tough bitch, Alice adds her bit in, and Saoirse knows that the way to get Alice malleable is validation, so she encourages that.

Alice is great! Good character.

Another good list, I enjoyed following along!

On to the next one.

Can I get PMs of the currently posted lists?

For no reason...

Does anyone have any characters theyd like my opinions on that I didnt rank? I figure thats easier than trying to go through the twenty or so characters that made my honorable mention list.

I'll go for a...Telok'telar.

Bluebird

Hraalkar

Helios

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Teloktelar

With his addition to Peppers Society infiltration task force under the guise of Ringo Starr, Teloktelar gets a decent boost in my overall rankings. Said task force has already garnered three members of my top 52, and two of those made my top 15. But Peppers relationship with Telok is still relatively fresh, so he doesnt quite measure up to some of the other characters on the list quite yet. Now, since this is just an honorable mention write-up, Im not going to go into HUGE detail here (I say, before inevitably writing a page and a half), but Telok was part of the Green Martian contingent that we brought back to Zonn Zorr, and even before he joined the task force, he was identified as the scientist among the group. Had he not given a specific cause for Pepper to talk to him, she would have sought him out eventually.

The one conversation Telok and Pepper have had thus far was a good one though, with them kinda sharing that scientific mindset, and Pepper being too fascinated with extraterrestrial life to have any biases or preconceived notions about the Martian race. As a result, I THINK Pepper is the only person who wasnt initially ON the mission to rescue the Martians that has been made aware that theyre all secretly White Martians masquerading as the safer Green Martian variety. Pepper doesnt care; this all came about because she was confused at how the Green Lantern Corps could hold a grudge against the Martians for actions millions of years old, and Telok appreciated that and revealed his true self.

As a final sidenote, since Ive already made people uncomfortable by lusting after Cheetah, might as well double down here. But there are constantly jokes about awakening something in Vis in the campaign. Yeah, thatkinda happened here too. >_>;; After revealing his true form, Pepper was cool with it and offered a human handshake as a sign of friendship. Telok returned the favor by shapeshifting his own hand and subsuming Peppers arm within his unyielding grasp. It was just such an intimate move, and I want to point out that Green Telok is eyepatch warrior sexy, while White Telok is Turian sexy. If Pepper wasnt such a dork (and wasnt already dating Half-Life), she probably wouldve tried an extremely bad pick-up line of If youre ever looking to further your scientific studies of human anatomy, let me know.

So yeah, well have to see where things go with Telok, but I think he could be a fun addition to Peppers growing circle of potential RP friends around Zonn Zorr.

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Bluebird (Harper Row)

Weve met Bluebird twice now, on our two trips to Highland Park, and admittedly her limited screentime has hindered her placement in my overall estimation. Youll note from my 52 that I dont have a ton of session-specific characters, and those that DID make the list have either made three appearances or more as major players, were returning characters from Campaign 1, or in White Lightnings case, that was more making a point about Manchester. That being said, Bluebird still has a lot of potential, especially once we actually bring her back to Zonn Zorr and she can get in the RP rotation.

As I mentioned a lot on the main list (especially towards the end, which is important when you consider that almost half of my top twelve were teenagers), I tend to be drawn towards the youth characters in this media, because that element of being rough around the edges and dealing with establishing yourself makes for more interesting stories for me. In Bluebirds case, shes a massive Ted Kord (the original Blue Beetle) fangirl, and shes going to college for engineering in part to emulate him, but on top of being a fledgling superhero (more in the vein of a vigilante than a metahuman), she has her little brother than she needs to look after, giving her that human connection to soften her otherwise punk aesthetic.

Bluebird being a scientist makes her immediately intriguing to me, because that would honestly stand out around Zonn Zorr. As much as I love Alice/Freddy/Jaime, even from the early days, there was a certain level of distance between them and Pepper, because all three of them were considered part of the Eighth Age of Magic. There are times when Pepper feels like a third wheel, or like her relationships are forced with them, and theyd be better off connecting with Brennus or Saoirse as a result. And yes, there are other scientists around Zonn Zorr, but theyre far more experienced than Pepper, which often makes them more intimidating to interact with, because I, as Inviso, feel completely out of my depth. Bluebird being around Zonn Zorr would probably help bridge that gap and give Pepper a friend thats more her equal, rather than an opposite, or a superior.

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Hraalkar

Hraalkar is one of the more recent additions to the campaign, and hes essentially the alien equivalent to Pepper. He was a criminal on his home planet (or at least he engaged in actions that allowed criminals to flourish), but he also possessed the willpower needed to be considered for the Green Lantern Corps. As such, his sectors Green Lantern gave him an ultimatum: join the Corps, or go to jail. Basically, its the same story as Pepper, told from an alien perspectivebut the crime itself is different enough that there isnt complete overlap between the two characters, and that allows for a certain level of dynamic growth potential between thw two. Like Telok and Bluebird, the fact that Hraalkar is a scientist, or at least scientifically-minded (and uncomfortable with magic, but thats beside the point), gives him more of a unique feel that I appreciate.

At the moment, Ive only had the one scene with Hraalkar, but he definitely serves to give Pepper more of a connection to life on Oa. Admittedly, I have had a difficult time with the Oa side of the campaign, if only because its like an expansion pack on top of an already overwhelming abundance of content, which makes it harder to dip my toe in and establish new connections with characters and really build bonds. Plus, having so many of the NPCs hostile to humans is intimidating. Hraalkar isnt like that though; hes completely green (no pun intended) and nave to the world, so hes perfect as a friend for Pepper right now. I think with some more scenes together, and maybe with him meeting/interacting with a few other PCs (or my eventual goal of giving him time to make some Green Lantern friends and introduce Pepper to them), itll flesh out his character enough to secure a more solid spot on my list.

Also, to hearken back to my Teloktelar write-up, Pepper has some weird tastes. I mean, Brennus might get a teensy bit hot and bothered by just about any guy in the campaign with a cute face (shirtlessly is a plus), but Pepper has her own trigger. Partly because shes a Space Trek nerd and finds Beast Boy attractive, that kinda set her down a path of just finding appeal in all sorts of characters that most might consider gross or weird or monstrous. So Hraalkar, seven-foot-tall behemoth that is he, is at least a little bit physically attractive to Pepper, and his sweetheart personality has at least planted the seed of a schoolgirl crush in Pepper. Its nothing major YET; again, shes faithful to Half-Life (himself somewhat of a monstrous design), but still, nothing wrong with thinking a schlubby alien guy is cute.

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Helios

Helloo?

Who all has done lists so far?

Han, War, MyImmortal, Inviso, and Ermine is starting one.

In case people are curious, here are the top 10 characters through 4 lists.

1. Amanda Waller
2. Black Alice
3. Patch
4. Blue Beetle Jaime
5. Starsa
6. Freddy Freeman
7. Harley Quinn
8. Susie / Su'zie
9. Valentina Vostok
10. Squeak / Uptup

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YO-8rORWJRihs7oD-QGoRWFc5c8IPw0mWx1zXKdn--A/edit#gid=0

Han has been keeping stats

Oh perfect. I will probably ask for a link to that later.

Does that link not work?

Annnnd bump.