gameplay & faq

[taxonmods]

the basics

Taxon is a subterranean city set into the heart of a moon in a galaxy so far off it hasn't even heard of the Milky Way. The Earth was destroyed millennia ago (for reasons currently unknown) and an alien intelligence has decided to re-construct it based on the only available traces of human history: Fiction.

arrivalWhen your character

Comments

[whomever]

I figured the place to ask questions would be at the FAQ, so! Does a character with a superhuman ability retain that ability upon arrival in Taxon? Thank you!

[taxonmods]

Yes, here seems as good a place as any other! And the answer is also yes to that question. Certain powers (if they directly conflict with the Taxon setting restrictions) will be either toned down or axed completely, but say the power was super speed, for example? The character would happily keep that. :)

[koreofmyth]

Hello! I have a few questions, and hope you don't mind answering them. And since it is the FAQs as the other person mentioned I thought I'd ask here >.>

1. I'm considering app-ing a character who's backstory is...well in bits and pieces. Fanon has a pretty collective view on what happened in-between - is it alright if I go with that?

2. Concerning the point in canon taken from - would you be alright with a character taken as much as years from where their canon ended? It'd assist in personality developement as well as the superficial reason of PB choices.

3. If the character was to bring a room, would it be empty or have all the belongings that it normally houses in it?

I know it's a lot of questions, and no rush on these - I just like to have a good overview of things before app-ing even if it's a bunch of little questions. Thanks for your time!

[taxonmods]

It's not a problem at all, and here is a perfectly acceptable place to ask questions!

1. Yes, that's fine. We're aware that some characters can have patchy and/or vague backstories, so creative license/a certain level of assumption is definitely allowed in those cases. As is fanon!

2. That would be acceptable, although if the intervening years are going to have produced very significant changes in the character, you might then consider just calling them an AU version.

3. It would be the room complete with all the normal contents!

Questions are welcomed and encouraged, don't worry! You're welcome.

/same person, just an character journal

[iffygenes]

alkdsjf THAT WAS SPEEDY. Thanks, I'll keep all that in mind! I may rethink the whole timeline scenario, to fit that!

[dismentality]

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS so I hope it's okay. Uhm. Bit of a funny question: I noticed that characters from video games aren't allowed, but what about cases like Final Fantasy: Advent Children, where a movie is made based on events that happened in a game two years beforehand?

siajdka sorry if I'm being a pain

[taxonmods]

HERE IS FINE DON'T WORRY. xD

Characters from a computer game based canon (even if a film has been made out of it) are still not allowed, so sorry about that.

And questions are not a pain!

[dismentality]

Aha, thought that might be the case, but thanks for clearing it up! AND I AM TOTALLY A PAIN. ♥

things of thingly nature....

[im_soniced_up]

01.) The tablet - all broadcasts are live, but is there a record of them? If one were technologically inclined, say, Nine and Hardison, could they go back through and see/hear old broadcasts not locked to specific people?

02.) The tablet - indestructible/untake-apart-able? :D Again, Nine and Hardison would be itching to take them apart if you don't tell them to cut it out. Also, Faith already acted like hers was indestructible, because I'm retarded and didn't think to ask.

03.) Hatches - same as above?

04.) Y SO SRS?

[taxonmods]

01.) There is a record! It's like going through old messages on a cell phone, a database type thing. All broadcasts that weren't locked to specific people are accessible, yes.

02.) Yes, you can't take the tablets apart. They're indestructible. All attempts will FAIL in an epic fashion. Also, if you lose them, a new one will reappear around an hour later.

03.) Yes, same.

04.) WHAT IS THIS SRS UR TALKIN ABOUT?

[im_soniced_up]

01.) \o/

02.) Potential lulz.

03.) More potential lulz!

04.) ಠ_ಠ

TL;DR

[sakhral_jinni]

So, having looked at the roleplay and gone 'oh hey this idea seems cool' I now have questions for you. I actually was directed here because I was looking into possible homes for... well, this guy, buuuuut he's something of a special case character.

He is Bartimaeous of the Bartimaeous Trilogy, on the off chance you've read it (why is it that so few people have?) and, if you don't know the series, the basic canon that applies is this

[taxonmods]

WOW OKAY. Well, alas no, apologies I personally haven't read the Trilogy (it does sound very interesting though), so thank you for the detail, that's very helpful.

In answer to your questions:

Yes, he could most definitely be 'pressed' into some kind of less volatile more corporeal and obviously human form, though if you wanted to keep the shape shifting (and other) abilities for special occasions? That would be very acceptable, as long as they don't go against any of Taxon's fundamental physics (people can't conjure things from nowhere, no-one can teleport outside of Taxon etc, and if a character is TOO strong we occasionally dampen them a little so that they're not accidentally godmodding everyone all the time).

Also, yes, I imagine Taxon would completely cut off his dependency to the other place, because that dependency is obviously counter-productive to their aims.

In conclusion: locked form is good, as is losing dependency to other place.
Hope that answers everything for you, but if you have any other questions, please feel