Jiyo Sora wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:49 am
Master Jade! Good to see you...
BEWARE THE DREADED FORM QUESTIONS!
1. Biggest curveball Sugri threw you?
2. Biggest curveball the game threw you?
3. Favorite moment?
4. Biggest missed opportunity?
5. Any secrets Sugri has that never came up?
1. Honestly no major curveballs. There was a moment, near the midgame, where he had been making all his night event rolls and things like the forest weren't interacting with him the way they did with others, and I was left wondering if I should start playing him up as beginning to disbelieve and think the Rokugani were just being superstitious. But then the 'catch the needle-finger dream demon' result happened and that wasn't a plausible route any longer.
2. Sakkaku hating me in early D7. Every roll that should have been a sure thing was failing and my entire concept and plan for the day was shot. I was originally going to stay out of the Harbinger fight and console myself by finding the way out... then that went dismally despite all odds.
3. Getting the ok to send Tsubaki's soul onward. It's been funny to go from Master Jade, to Harbinger-to-be, to giving the Harbinger her finale (even if he didn't get to do the actual fighting part)
4. Interacting with people. I was averaging, at best, one non-event thread per IC day. Still better than dropping, which would have been the alternative, but I wish I could have had more scenes with more people.
5. I don't think so. His curse never came up in conversation with anyone but I think showed through enough to not count as a secret.
Togashi Satsuki wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:50 am
Enjoyed Sugri. Really wish he and Satsuki had had the opportunity to talk shop more about spiritualism and kiho and all that jazz, but he'll have a standing invitation to the Dragon lands after this. Though totes understand he'll want to head home!
Greatly appreciated the details and depths you were able to provide to the character.
What is the overall impression of the Rokugani Sugri will be taking home?
He does intend to take up the invitation at some point so he'll eventually be visiting the Dragon. He's not in a rush to head home now that 'warn them of impending doom' is off the menu. He's left his responsibilities there in good (better, in his opinion) hands so he can take his time.
As for the Rokugani - quite positive. They're a young empire, and there's chaos and danger that comes with that, but he's seen them be heroic and self-sacrificing in the face of evil and those he talked to were generally polite and shared similar philosophies.
Anjing wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:01 am
Sugri was a great character, I could get a read on his vibe very easily! I felt he we was a really well done ‘wise’ character. Clearly has his head on right and knew a lot, but never in a preachy or infallible way. He then also got to fight Shinsei which was quite the turn!
I’ll echo the question about how he viewed the day of Thunder. How long will he spend in Rokugan? Will he ever go home? Do you see him bringing any traditions back with him?
Thanks! I tried to keep him balanced. He's had a good number of years under his belt to get wise but isn't of the temperament to be holier than thou about it. If he had shown up in Dawn 1 things might have been a little more antagonistic but, at this point, things are pretty established. Yes the Kami are real and yes they are not the same as the gods of the Ivory Kingdom. So there wasn't any reason to have him trying to argue or debate otherwise and instead he was more interested in trying to figure out how that cosmology works if there are different gods in different lands.
I imagine he spends at least a year or two in Rokugan visiting with the Crab and Dragon as invited. After that he'll likely explore more of the world - see what's north beyond the mountains then circle back home. So he won't be back in the Ivory Kingdoms for some time to come.
Most of the traditions that he encountered to date were cult-adulterated so nothing is immediately in mind to take home with him. But he might pick up some things in the years to come.