(09-23-2014, 01:02 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:Well, the first thing Ifrit does in the MSQ is try to temper the people brought before him -- because they were brought for that specific purpose!(09-23-2014, 12:59 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote:(09-23-2014, 12:56 PM)ArmachiA Wrote: Honestly, the only source of contention is White Mage. You can even be a Dragoon pretty easily as long as you don't run around calling yourself The Slayer The Azure Dragoon.There's a specific process for tempering/drowning/touching/etc, so it's possible for a primal fight to be narrated without the 'tempering' occuring! For Titan-egi it's the easiest to avoid, he doesn't 'temper' at all! It's not so hard after all
Summoner looks difficult but it's actually easy enough to bypass, the HARDEST is actually fighting a Primal and not get tempered if your character doesn't have the Echo..
But then you're stuck with Chicken Nuggets for an avatar. And the first thing Ifrit does is try to temper you when he's summoned! It's certainly possible, but don't expect the Faceless RP Public Strawman to accept it.
When constructing a narrative -- especially if someone wants to have an Ifrit-Egi, one must be prepared to go beyond that cookie cutter encounter. Perhaps, "WE STORMED TEH_MAJRALAA BAES AND AMBUSH AN' CHUCKED A PEBL AT IFRIT B4 HE COULD TEMPR." It may seem far-fetched, but it isn't impossible, and a valid course of action if a player wants Ifrit-Egi as part of their character's pokemon team.
I took a similar path with Berrod and his memory loss. I had to decide HOW he would discover that he had a few open chakras without the knowledge of what they even were. I made it happen during a thunderstorm in Upper La Noscea when lightning struck him during his training and he didn't die.
It can be a lot of fun crafting unique circumstances to give our characters what we wish for them to have, as long as it isn't ridiculous ("GO, HYDAELYN-EGI!").Â
And sometimes? You just gotta bullshit.
...also I don't like chicken nuggets. My friends call me crazy. PISTOLS AT DAWN, WARREN
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