BZPRPG News and Discussion

[Ghidora131]

Anybody got some details on the Matoran Guard of Po-Koro?

 

They are Matoran.

[25K Now!]

Thank you very much, mon capitane.

 

But in all seriousness, the guard consists of rough and tumble types, eccentrics and everyone who survived a Rahkshi invasion and a bombing.

 

Silv has more info.

[Void Emissary]

They are also not necessarily all Matoran.

 

-Void

[FallenAtlas]

Thanks Battery for that bit of info.

 

The rest will be taken out and shot.

[Not Quite Dead]

I'm on a sort of hiatus, won't be posting much through the end-ish of this month, sorry lads.

[Nato G]

No...

 

You will be missed. 

[Timageness]

Just finished a MoC for the new Tiokaha character I'm working on.

Unfortunately, this one came to me with almost no details whatsoever, so now I'm stuck on creating the actual profile.

[Ghidora131]

Nice.

 

Once i'm able to pick up a black noble Rau, i'll be making a Tiokaha myself.

[25K Now!]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I just noticed: there aren't many followers of Makuta running around anymore...

 

Yeah...majority of the 'bad guys' aren't allied with Makuta at all. Maybe that's because the majority of Makuta's followers end up dead or worse eventually. 

[Krayzikk]

Things really do change.

[Snelly]

Yep, things have changed quite a bit for Makuta followers. They even have dental plans now.

[Krayzikk]

Only if you're willing to visit the dentist with a fondness for even bigger drills than normal.

[FallenAtlas]

 How does that even work, with the mask and what not? Is there a face? Or does the mask have teeth? Do Matoran need Wisdom teeth pulled before they turn into Toa? Does that make Toa adults? Do Turaga have teeth on that note? Nuju doesn't seem like it(I'm assuming he's dead, I haven't seen any notice of him in the RP.).

[Nato G]

Nuju's been dead for quite some time, as I understand it...

[Timageness]

1. A character's face is located under their mask (see any Toa set, with the exception of the Hordika and (because of story purposes) the Inika, as reference).

2. I believe there's a section on masks that opens and closes, depending on what the mouth is currently doing (that's how it worked in the movies, anyway).

3. Since this RPG treats its beings as being more humaniod for combat purposes, I would assume that dentistry would function somewhat normally, if not a little more painfully due to the technology barrier.

4. While the aging system you described somewhat applies to the character's voices after transformation (again, movies), Matoran don't naturally transform into Toa (they need a Toa Stone for that). For all intents and purposes, barring any eventful transformations, this RPG actually assumes that a character would normally stick to their particular sub-species throughout the entirety of their lifespan (so a Matoran can be ancient and wizened and a Turaga can be youthful and full of vigor).

5. Nuju was assassinated (?), along with the rest of the Turaga, way back when the Toa Maru were still fighting Makuta and his forces, I believe.

Edited September 27, 2015 by Timageness

[Krayzikk]

 How does that even work, with the mask and what not? Is there a face? Or does the mask have teeth? Do Matoran need Wisdom teeth pulled before they turn into Toa? Does that make Toa adults? Do Turaga have teeth on that note? Nuju doesn't seem like it(I'm assuming he's dead, I haven't seen any notice of him in the RP.).

 

O h  b o y.  We get some of these every few weeks. Timageness basically got it, but for the purposes of official clarity, here I go.

 

The BZPRPG treats basically all humanoid species as being human-esque, physiologically. They have hearts, lungs, brains, all the internal organs you or I do. Yes, they have teeth. Heck, the Skakdi canonically have teeth. Most people generally treat a mask as being like a face, but given that you can take them off and change them, that gets a little weird. Exactly how people think about that varies from person to person. Toa are not inherently adults, but you probably won't see one that would be considered a child very often.

 

Matoran/Toa/Turaga don't all have an inherent "age". There are many, many Matoran that will live their entire lives as Matoran. The ones that turn into Toa may grow old long before they become Turaga. And a Toa might become a Turaga much younger than usual, if the circumstances were right. Any of them could be any age. I'm not worrying about the wisdom teeth issue because there's no point.

 

And yes, Nuju is dead. All of the Turaga (and by that I mean the Turaga Metru) are.

[25K Now!]

Of course, how far you emphasise the human similarities is personal preference.

 

Some give their characters miniskirts.

[SnowyAegis]

I personally see them as closer to the movie interpretations. The original trilogy, that is. I liked the Huna(Is that Vakama's one? I get mixed up) in them more than the actual set one.

[Makuta Miras]

Turaga Metru

wait what

[FallenAtlas]

 

Turaga Metru

wait what

Well, because Nuju, Vakama, and the rest were doing their Toa thing in Metru Nui, that made them the Toa Metru team. Goes to follow that if they turned Turaga that they would be the Turaga Metru.

 

Can't shake old nicknames.

[Makuta Miras]

No, it's that Metru Nui doesn't exist in the BZPRPG.

(As far as we know.)

[Void Emissary]

he's just using 'metru' to clarify exactly who he's talking about

 

don't read too much into it

 

: )

 

-Void

[Krayzikk]

he's just using 'metru' to clarify exactly who he's talking about

 

don't read too much into it

 

: )

 

-Void

 

Ding ding ding.

 

I was going to just say "Turaga", but given that Turaga are a playable species, there aren't just six Turaga on the island. So I used 'Metru' to denote which set of Turaga I was referring to.

[Geardirector]

There's actually less than six Turaga nowadays, if I'm not mistaken

[Perp]

I count seventeen Turaga in the profiles.

[Ghidora131]

Of whose? I assume you counted mine since we're locked in interaction together.

[Perp]

I counted all of the Turaga characters in the Profiles topic. There are seventeen of them.

[25K Now!]

Playing old geezers is hard.

[Nato G]

But Turaga aren't all old geezers...

[Ghidora131]

But Turaga aren't all old geezers...

 

Exactly. They're just Toa who are slightly older, and have in one way or another sacrificed their Toa power. Based on this assumption, my Turaga plays the elderly act just to trick people.

[Nato G]

Actually... I was of the understanding that it was possible in the BZPRPG for characters to be born as Toa or Turaga... 

[Krayzikk]

Thaaaaaat gets into a slightly more odd aspect of BZPRPG canon that isn't generally explored in very much detail. I'm not even certain there's an official staff ruling on whether or not that is possible, though several characters have been implied to be born as Toa. Just not outright stated.

Edited September 28, 2015 by Riku Tryon

[Keeper of Kraata]

I always assumed that the 'natural Toa' come into existence as matoran, then fully transformed during early 'adolescence'.

[Nato G]

Thaaaaaat gets into a slightly more odd aspect of BZPRPG canon that isn't generally explored in very much detail. I'm not even certain there's an official staff ruling on whether or not that is possible, though several characters have been implied to be born as Toa. Just not outright stated.

 

Ah, fair enough. 

[Snelly]

I always assumed that the 'natural Toa' come into existence as matoran, then fully transformed during early 'adolescence'.

 

Except you know, not all Matoran become Toa, and some Toa were never Matoran to begin with, even though most do start out as Matoran. How 'old' they are really has nothing to do with it.

[Mel]

Well, most of the Toa native Mata Nui have been assumed to be created by Mata Nui's last gambit.  The dasaka certainly suggest that it's pretty much guaranteed that two toa will produce a toa child.

[Onaku]

Indeed? Then perhaps the same could happen with turaga? A turaga child... what a weird thought.

[SnowyAegis]

Turaga children playing games in the streets, hobbling along as fast as they can to like knock a ball around or something.

 

On another note, for Toa tools, are quake breakers allowed at all?

Edited September 28, 2015 by SnowyAegis

[Mel]

Indeed? Then perhaps the same could happen with turaga? A turaga child... what a weird thought.

 

I think it's generally understood that Turaga transformations halt the ability to reproduce.  I mean, since we're incorporating humanlike things like reproduction it just makes sense.  Old people in the real world don't have children together.

[Ghosthands]

I think it's generally understood that Turaga transformations halt the ability to reproduce.  I mean, since we're incorporating humanlike things like reproduction it just makes sense.  Old people in the real world don't have children together.

 

 

I give my official endorsement to this interpretation. I think it's just common sense that Turaga children shouldn't be a thing.

 

Now, I think we've strayed close enough to the iffy topic that is reproduction, so let's not go any further, eh?

 

(Side note: hello all, I'm back from my unannounced and unintended hiatus. In hindsight, I suppose I should've expected my holiday to be as action-packed as it was. Please let me know if you need posts/approvals/advice/whatever.)