How to Be: Kaede
Time to talk about a character I’ve already spent thousands of words describing in terms of the negative space created by fighting games that enable a lot of fun interpretation and also selling us the vast and valuable currency that is nothing.
How to Be: Mystique
Let’s look at the first* transgender* X-Men*!
How to Be: Altair Ibn La-Ahad
What can we say about Altair? Well, being as he’s from the Assassins Creed franchise before it got really bloated and included dozens of nested sub-systems, he’s certainly the purest and simplest of the Assassins you get to play. We’re really lucky about Altair as a character because we get to see a lot about him and how he expresses himself, and we know for a fact that the ways he expresses himself in the game are the things he thought of as possible and doable.
When You Crit
I have never found feats or abilities that amplify the effect of critical hits to be exciting in 4th edition. Why, though? Ehhh, a couple of reasons.
How to Be: Amaya from Dragon Prince
She’s power, she’s grace, she’ll punch you in the face, she’s a queen, she’s a knight, she’s here to have a fight, she’s Amaya from The Dragon Prince!
How To Be: Amity Blight
I like this character a lot, and I like particularly the ways that she fits with some ideas like a D&D game, without necessarily already being a D&D game. There’s enough of a gap between what she does and how she does it, and how D&D would assume a character would do that to create an interesting creative space.
Alternative Rewards
So okay, Alternate Rewards. They’re kind of a problem.
How to Be: Samus Aran
The list of Samus Aran traits we have is a little bit like one of those ‘pick two’ triangles. Heavy armour works against mobility. Mobility tends to be paired with melee damage, not ranged damage. Ranged damage tends to not work with heavy armour. We’re kinda screwed on this one.
Fangs and Fists: Unarmed and Natural Weapons in 4e
There are too many furries in my world for me to let the “unarmed” weapon rules stay such a god damned mess.
How to Be: Link
With Frame Fatales running, I wanted to talk about a character who has a strong presence in speedrunning, and a character that owns a special place in the heart of the community, and a character who helps people feel connected to something. I figured what better to do, than look at a Link.