The Gamer?

[Alex Mercer]

If anyone's read the Manwa "The Gamer" then they know the way this question is going to go...

To what extent can someone with Insight "know" Omni-mechanics? Can a "Gamer" upon entry to Omniverse have a list of Proficiencies, Powers and other such bits of information? Moves (and Supermoves) would be very vague, due to their nature, of course. I'm considering playing Han Jee-Han, but I won't do it if his ability seems too far fetched to work with Omniphysics.

Anyone who's actually read the source material, I value your insight!

[All Might]

I think knowing/abusing Omnimechanics in character isn't allowed, with characters who break the 4th wall walking on thin ice. I can't find the specific post, but it was addressed to Deadpool. Your character's aren't supposed to know they're in an RPG, and even if they do know, they can't abuse the system without consequences for you the player.

[Trixie]

knowing/abusing Omnimechanics in character isn't allowed, with characters who break the 4th wall walking on thin ice. I can't find the specific post, but it was addressed to Deadpool. Your character's aren't supposed to know they're in an RPG, and even if they do know, they can't abuse the system without consequences for you the player.

This. All Might is correct. That would essentially be metagaming.

[Alex]

Q42: I saw that "blatantly breaking the fourth wall" is against the rules. That sucks, can I still make jokes?
A: It's one thing to reference real-life brands ie "Samus picked up a bottle of shaybelline shampoo" or to make jokes that only the audience would understand: ie, Cell meets a man with long black hair and a beard and says "looks like a nerd, I bet he runs an online RPG" but if your character, for example knows they're in an RPG, reads other players' posts, or knows information they shouldn't, that's totally over the line. Your character might believe they're in a game, or even say it, but in-universe the Omniverse is a real place and your character is crazy. Therefore they should have a reason for why they believe that, and in-universe, they are wrong regardless of what they believe.

In-universe, your character may come from a world where certain fictional entities exist: for example, Harry Dresden comes from a universe where Star Wars is fictional. All that necessarily means is that there is a universe where Star Wars is fictional and based on a movie. Importantly, your character should never use details of these fictional worlds to know real facts about other Primes, for example saying "oh hey, Palpatine was in a movie, he has lightning attacks!". Your character will have had this knowledge erased by Omni, for balance sake. Unless you purchase Insight, in which case you may roleplay in those specific cases as having that memory returned.