#nell park-conrad

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hello everyone. it is my birthday (or it will be shortly) and i have decided that i am going to do a bit for mostly my amusement that you're all coming along on. inspired by @gyrovagi , who did this first a little while ago, i will be hosting the

🔥🔥 ULTIMATE SPACETRASHPILE/TRIALOFTHETOWER CHARACTER SHOWDOWN 🔥🔥

this showdown will last for five rounds, beginning on my birthday, june 17th, and ending on june 21st. in this tournament, sixteen of my beloved ocs will be pitted against each other in a battle to the DEATH. which is to say i will ask you all to vote on who you like most. the tournament hosted on this blog will be an assortment of original characters from ttrpgs, rpgs, roleplays, blaseball, and original stories. at the same time, i'll be hosting an alternate tournament with 16 of my dragon age ocs on my dragon age blog, @trialofthetower . when both polls have concluded, the winners of each will be pit against each other in a final showdown (on both blogs) to determine which of my characters is most well loved by people other than me.

WHO WILL EMERGE VICTORIOUS? YOU DECIDE!

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Ultimate OC Showdown Round Two, Poll One: "Dead Wife Showdown" - Hex Palethorpe versus Nell Park-Conrad

Hex Palethorpe, she/her, pan (tag) (playlist) (art via @celestialseamysteries)

My bestest friend <3 Hex began her life as my first ever dnd character in the hotdaga-based campaign Infinite Soup. She was a rogue from the cleverly named planet Mars 2 who spent time as a bounty hunter before her lover, Onyx, was killed in the line of duty on a mission she insisted they take. In an attempt to get enough money to run away from her guilt, she met a member of the adventuring group the Revengers and the plot of the campaign spiraled from there. While with the Revengers, she befriended and fell in love with a woman named Rosette, who was just as doomed as her last lover and who sacrificed herself to ensure the defeat of the big bad. Hex’s planned villain arc was originally dashed when that campaign fizzled, but she returned as a mechanisms oc. After Rosette’s death, Hex left the Revengers and joined up with mafia boss Lady Saturn, but she returned to attempt to exact revenge for Rosette’s death on a member of her old party. This went badly enough that she ended up dead, but Lady Saturn wasn't willing to give her up and had her mechanized, a process which gave her a mechanical eye and guts and made her immortal. Further shenanigans occur from there, including the Starship Caesura, more tragic lovers, and a slow, cold death in the void of space.

Nell Park-Conrad, they/them/ze/hir, non-binary lesbian (tag) (playlist)

Nell is a resident of the small, desert town of Rustblock and a MOTW character with the Pararomantic playbook, which, for those unfamiliar, states that the PC is fully human but has a "guide" to the world of the supernatural who is some kind of monster. Nell's guide is a ghost and hir wife, Victoria, who was killed in a car crash before being summoned back to the mortal world by Nell. Nell joined a monster hunting party run by a local bartender and nuisance and firmly neglected to tell anyone about that ghost wife thing.

who is the better character?

Hex Palethorpe

Nell Park-Conrad

Voting ended onJun 19

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Ultimate OC Showdown Round One, Poll Two: "The Curse of the Fuckass Bob" - Nell Park-Conrad versus Rosie Hart

Nell Park-Conrad, they/them/ze/hir, non-binary lesbian (tag) (playlist)

Nell is a resident of the small, desert town of Rustblock and a MOTW character with the Pararomantic playbook, which, for those unfamiliar, states that the PC is fully human but has a "guide" to the world of the supernatural who is some kind of monster. Nell's guide is a ghost and hir wife, Victoria, who was killed in a car crash before being summoned back to the mortal world by Nell. Nell joined a monster hunting party run by a local bartender and nuisance and firmly neglected to tell anyone about that ghost wife thing.

Rosie Hart, she/her, bisexual (tag) (playlist)

Rosie was once a normal foster kid, but when she was 9 years old, she got bit attacked by a monster and turned into something she didn't understand. She sprouted eyes all over her body (that she quickly learned to hide under her clothes and later to glamour) and could suddenly detect things beyond normal human perception, such as whenever anyone lies to her, even if they don't know they're lying! Which is to say she's The Flake playbook in MOTW and that "You know when people are lying to you" move spiraled far out of control for me and my GM. Rosie joined her monster hunting group through a flyer advertising a job at an amusement park, only to arrive there and learn that she and all the other applicants, including a ghost hunter who didn't believe in ghosts, a ghost, a genetic experiment, an amnesiac, a demon, and a teenage boy who is also a bug, were being looped into a plan to save the world from portals opening up into alternate realities. Oh boy!

who is the best character?

Nell Park-Conrad

Rosie Hart

option for me

Voting ended onJun 18

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🍩🌳🥐 nell ^_^

Nell is my character for Rustblock, a MOTW campaign set in June of 2008 in a rural Arizona town that lends the campaign its title. Nell is non-binary (they/them and ze/hir) and in their early 30s. Ze is the pararomantic playbook, a character with an intimate connection to a supernatural being who guides them through the supernatural world. In Nell’s case, their guide is their wife, Victoria, who passed in a car crash and Nell summoned back as a ghost.

🍩 [DONUT] What is your OC's biggest flaw? How do they deal with it? Do they deal with it?

Nell is not social, it’s like, a problem. Prior to joining the party (which is still technically work) ze never left the house outside of going to work or running necessary errands. Their wife is their only proper friend and as far as anyone else knows their wife is dead. Like, they’re friendly with the party and their coworkers but don’t consider them friends. For now. Nell does not deal with this- ze doesn’t think it’s a problem, Victoria does.

🌳 [DECIDUOUS] What's your OC's favourite thing to do at the park?

This is such a fun one. Nell is a nature person, and I think ze likes to climb trees cause why not. Get tall.

🥐 [CROISSANT] Where is your OC from? How do they feel about their homeland? Where are they now?

I don’t have a specific place Nell is from- just somewhere other than Rustblock. I think they’re from somewhere else in the general southwest of the US, but ze has been in Rustblock for years at this point. Either way, ze does not like hir hometown- ze and hir wife, Victoria, moved to Rustblock after being socially ousted from the community they used to live in, especially by Victoria’s family, because they didn’t approve of the relationship. They’re much happier in Rustblock.