Alt. Help

[Lubbock]

Okay, as you all know, I'm an indecisive bastard, and most of you know I have been planning on making Ruby Rose from RWBY as my alt. However, today (as I was having a wondrous hot shower), I had a brainstorm. I was thinking about how nice it'd be to RP as Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul. I just seriously don't know which one to pick, so I need you guys' opinions.

[Gildarts]

Aw, I haven't seen RWBY (but I do plan to watch it eventually) but I have seen tokyo Ghoul.

Kaneki is a character you could put multiple spins on and still get away with. How would you portray him as a character and would this contrast with your opinions of Ruby?

[Morene Fellon]

As long as I get to roleplay with one of them I won't mind :hee:

Really though, contrasting Gildarts, I've seen RWBY all the way through, but I haven't seen Tokyo Ghoul yet, so I'm obviously biased towards Ruby. All you need to do is think of how much fun you'll have writing either character, or how many ideas you have for them.

[Gildarts]

Some more advice before you reply to this is that you could make a character sheet for both, and also decide what overall plans you would have him do in the Omniverse

[Lubbock]

Some more advice before you reply to this is that you could make a character sheet for both, and also decide what overall plans you would have him do in the Omniverse

I was, in fact, planning on doing this :mygod: Thanks anyway!

I've still got around 1500 OM to go, so that'll give me a lot of thinking time

[Dark Link]

I think it would help those of us who aren't familiar with the source material if you wrote down a short description of both characters. Heck, it might even help you in your decision if you put in words what exactly makes you interested in roleplaying as eiher of these characters.

[Lubbock]

Warning: The histories may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Character name: Ruby Rose

Character source: RWBY by Rooster Teeth

Character history: (Written from Ruby's perspective) Finally! My second year has begun! I can't wait to get Weiss, Blake and Yang up! It's here, it's here, it's here! Okay, maybe I'm overreacting a little, but come on, we get to do even more fun Huntress stuff! Man, team RWBY's going to show everyone what real Huntresses are made of! I'm getting down from my rather precariously perched bed and crouching by Weiss's, and I'm going to wake her up first - wait, she's not there. Did she already leave? That snobbish Miss Schnee... I guess I'll go check on Blake then!

But she's not here either, and neither is Yang... what's happening? Are they playing a joke on me? If so, this isn't funny... I'm actually kinda scared... I'll go see if they're all already out. It is possible. But when I open the door, there is no hallway. Just blackness. It's ominous, to say the least... Is this just a nightmare? If I pinch myself - ow! N-nope... I'm not dreaming. This is getting scary...

Before I know it the doorway and floor have disappeared, and I'm falling into the nothingness. I can feel a scream in my throat and mouth, but no sound comes out. Before long, I feel nothing as I stop falling, stop screaming.

What's happening to me?!

Physical Description:


Stats:
ATK: 2
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
TEC: 3

Starting Proficiencies: Physical Strength (1000 OM), Ranged Proficiency (1000 OM)

Starting Powers: Super Speed (1000 OM)

Starting Moves: Crescent Rose (600-900 OM - Requires Physical Strength, Ranged Proficiency)
As its name implies, Crescent Rose's frame is colored rose red with black trims, with its large scythe blade forged into a crescent shape. Ruby's crest is engraved onto the circular swivel frame of the weapon.

The most notable property of Crescent Rose is its converting frame: it allows Crescent Rose to transform into different combat modes, from a full-scale scythe and sniper rifle form to a condensed rifle form. It can also fold up tightly and be holstered for more convenient transportation, stored underneath Ruby's cloak at her waist. Also, while it appears to be a bolt-action weapon, it does not need to be in its gun mode to fire.

Why this character is a candidate: Ruby is more my age, so it'll be slightly easier to connect with her thoughts and implement some of my own in. She's very, very upbeat, and that's a character type I believe would be very fun to play and interact with others with. Ruby would be a great character to bring a warm light to any situation.

Possible goals and interactions: Many people I have seen have the original thought of getting out of the place, then end up giving up, extending small notions about escaping on the way. Ruby, on the other hand, will have a long-standing goal of finding information and hauling ass out of the Omniverse, while enjoying herself a little on the way. Interactions are something that would be rather interesting. Being a young girl, many of the older characters I would expect to see her as a sort of little sister figure, even the more evil ones. On the other hand for the younger characters she'd be seen as a mischievous role model.


Character name: Ken Kaneki

Character source: Tokyo Ghoul

Character history: (Written from a CCG [Commision of Counter Ghoul] member's perspective) A strange, white haired boy with one black and red eye strolled up the road between our forces, leaving large but soft footprints in the white snow that lay upon the bitumen. He was holding something, what seemed like a body with a white cloth draped over it. No one made a move, not the Ghoul, not us. We just watched as this being casually made his way forward, like the ending scene to some old war movie where the hero comes back alive with his best friend dead in his arms. When the cloth was blown away, so were we - the lifeless body of Hideyoshi Nagachika. The poor boy was only spending part-time here in CCG, and now he's gone - but he doesn't look to be the Ghoul's victim. All it is is a slash to the gut, and if anything the boy would already have been eaten by now. That's right - a Ghoul was friends with a CCG member.

The Ghoul placed his dear friend upon the white earth, and looked up to face Investigator Arima, our best member. A few moments passed between the two, as they almost seemed to be trading words, greetings and farewells telepathically. Without warning, the two clashed with each other, fighting it out, Kagune to Quinque.

No more than two minutes in, something strange happened - as Investigator Arima's blade slashed into the Ghoul's ribcage, the creature almost seemed to disappear into ashes, leaving his black clothing behind with one last remnant of the boy's name - a mask with an eyepatch over the right eye.

Physical Description:




Stats:
ATK: 3
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
TEC: 2

Starting Proficiencies: Physical Strength (1000 OM), Remote Control Proficiency (600 OM)

Starting Powers: Basic Super Jumping (300 OM)

Starting Moves: Rinkaku Kagune (600 OM - Requires Physical Strength and Remote Control Proficiency)
Kaneki grows a group of four, scarlet, fox tail-like tentacles from his mid back, sprouting out to a normal length of two meters long, and able to extend to a maximum of ten meters. Kaneki uses these tentacles to attack his opponents, using them in two different forms: a slippery, liquid-based form which he uses for attacking and slashing his opponent and moving around like a spider, and a more solid form in which he defends against attacks. He can have the separate tentacles in different forms for a balance of attack and defense.

Why this character is a candidate: Okay, first off, why the f*** has no one picked this guy up yet? Now, Kaneki is an absolute beast. He's agile, doesn't fear physical pain and overall is a really cool character. He's fairly quiet, so not much dialogue would be needed, but seeing as he's a bookworm, writing in first person with loads of detail would fit so well. Unlike Lubba and Ruby, this guy's not good, but he's also not evil. He's fighting for what HE believes is right, and not what others tell him is right, even if it means getting his hands dirty. His dark side would be pretty cool to display IC, and the psychological side of the anime/manga would definitely pop up many times throughout his adventures in the Omniverse.

Possible goals and interactions: Kaneki's main goal: not get too friendly with people so he can survive the chaos and pull himself together. He's traumatised enough by his past, being sent here would 'Unravel' his world (TG fans will get that reference). His interactions are going to be the opposite of what he wants. I want him to be kinda cold to making friendships, but have a bunch of people try and pull out his soft side, his brighter side, and make it easier for him to pull himself together. Some people will be afraid of him, yes, but I want some people to be able to wade past his cold façade.

[Cloud Strife]

Edward Elric's #1 Tip: Don't become me, if you've been here long enough, you'll understand ;-; TT-TT

Edit: I also think that the stats for Ruby would be more like

ATK: 2
DEF: 1
SPD: 4
TEC: 3

At the very least, because she actually has nice defensive abilities with that scythe of hers and the way she uses it.

The stats I would use for her (at the beginning at least) would be:

ATK: 2
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
TEC: 3

Reasoning behind this?

ATK - Ruby is basically a normal human, she's trained for battle so she would, naturally, be stronger than a normal human.
DEF - Similar reasoning as above, basically she'd be more resistant than a normal human, so a defense of 0 wouldn't be fitting.
SPD - Her speed, well majority of it, comes from the opposing force of her Scythe's rifle shots, so it'd be more of a burst movement thing but she'd still have quite a bit of speed, she wields that scythe like it weighs nothing and she's small, so she'd be fast.
TEC - She's pretty accurate with that Scythe/Rifle of hers, and she's been known to deflect - intentionally - other projectiles.

[Lubbock]

Edward Elric's #1 Tip: Don't become me, if you've been here long enough, you'll understand ;-; TT-TT

Edit: I also think that the stats for Ruby would be more like

ATK: 2
DEF: 1
SPD: 4
TEC: 3

At the very least, because she actually has nice defensive abilities with that scythe of hers and the way she uses it.

The stats I would use for her (at the beginning at least) would be:

ATK: 2
DEF: 2
SPD: 3
TEC: 3

Reasoning behind this?

ATK - Ruby is basically a normal human, she's trained for battle so she would, naturally, be stronger than a normal human.
DEF - Similar reasoning as above, basically she'd be more resistant than a normal human, so a defense of 0 wouldn't be fitting.
SPD - Her speed, well majority of it, comes from the opposing force of her Scythe's rifle shots, so it'd be more of a burst movement thing but she'd still have quite a bit of speed, she wields that scythe like it weighs nothing and she's small, so she'd be fast.
TEC - She's pretty accurate with that Scythe/Rifle of hers, and she's been known to deflect - intentionally - other projectiles.

She's actually really fast without the use of Crescent Rose.
[spoiler]Remember the scene where she's helping Penny escape?[/spoiler]

[Negi Springfield]

Her semblance is essentially just burst movement, so she wouldn't need a high base speed.

[Lubbock]

Her semblance is essentially just burst movement, so she wouldn't need a high base speed.

You have a point... Okay, Imma edit that and tone down her Def in case I want to use her

[Cloud Strife]

I was just giving you other options as to how someone else might play the character, that way there are more ideas to draw from, but I would definitely give her at most 1 or 2 Defense

[Gildarts]

Those look like good join up threads Lubbock, each is unique in its own way. My first reaction for both:
Ruby: she's mega cool and seems fun (still suffer from a lack of knowledge but I'll try to help by just telling my gut instinct)
Kaneki: district, unique, intriguing perspective on the character

HOWEVER, some things to keep in mind will be: plot (where you want your character to go) and character interaction. Those are the main two, do you want a scary ish character like kaneki or would you prefer to he received as ruby. A good contrast is ganon and link, as they are sure to have their presence welcomed by some like minded people, yet possibly interpreted as dangerous by others.

[Lubbock]

Those look like good join up threads Lubbock, each is unique in its own way. My first reaction for both:
Ruby: she's mega cool and seems fun (still suffer from a lack of knowledge but I'll try to help by just telling my gut instinct)
Kaneki: district, unique, intriguing perspective on the character

HOWEVER, some things to keep in mind will be: plot (where you want your character to go) and character interaction. Those are the main two, do you want a scary ish character like kaneki or would you prefer to he received as ruby. A good contrast is ganon and link, as they are sure to have their presence welcomed by some like minded people, yet possibly interpreted as dangerous by others.

Edited and added goals and interactions

[Gildarts]

Seems pretty balanced, now you just hace to choose xD

In some ways, I'd suggest going with the character you have more in common, but in other ways, "growing with the character" and when it is done right, is so much more powerful.

Lastly, this thread I made may help you a little, (<!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://omniverse-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2485">viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2485</a><!-- l -->) why's and how's and whatnot. I haven't had a chance to respond to people yet, but everyone has a different connection to their character, so it is all up to you <3

[Dark Link]

At least based on what you said, I can see why it would be difficult to choose between these two characters. They're both appealing for very different reasons.

I'd personally go with Ken Kaneki, if for no other reason than because he seems a bit more unique (by Omniverse standards) and has more range. That said, I think Ruby Rose would be a better choice if you see yourself interacting with other characters a lot, especially other "hunter-esque" female characters like Mami.

EDIT: Just to be clear, again, I am not familiar with either source material. I am solely going off of what you presented here.