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[pawnofrassilon]

Warnings
The Master has EXTREMELY flexible morals and as a rule probably doesn't care about your characters. People generally come in three varieties: Temporary allies, obstacles, or food. If your character forms some sort of relationship with him, he'll try to use them to get what he wants. Rarely can anyone earn his respect, but it is possible. If they're in his way, he'll get them out of it however he can. He has no compunction regarding dominating, torturing, or even killing 'lesser species', most notably humans. If he's hungry, he'll try to eat you. The Master as a rule can be pretty triggering in many ways, and I play him with very little compromise.

That said, I don't want to scare anyone off from playing with him. If you would like to do something of a lighter variety, or work on more complex CR with the Master and your character, I am all for it. I like putting him in situations where he has to deal with his own vulnerability, and I like finding him 'friends'. So if you are averse to your character getting hurt, we can still work something out.

Also, if you have a problem with something I've done with the Master, I do want to stress that I don't bite (well, unless bitten first). I would prefer to know and work it out with you rather than find out about it later from someone else. Nothing bugs me more than finding a nasty comment in some anon comm, or getting in trouble because of official complaints when I've heard absolutely nothing from the offended party. Please keep in mind that the Master is a tricky character to play because by his very nature he doesn't play well with others, but I am not the Master and I'd prefer if we all have a good time. So if there's anything we can work out together to make you more comfortable I'd like to try. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's move to the fun stuff.

Rundown of His Crazy Abilities

Physiological:

• Respiratory bypass system (meaning that it takes much longer to strangle or asphyxiate him)


• Ability to reverse the effect of certain toxins


• Superior senses/reflexes


• Time sensitivity (more aware of the passage of time, can see all possible futures, can tell whether a point in time is 'fixed' or susceptible to influence)


• Can undergo healing coma if severely damaged


• Probably figured out how to stop his hearts (if Romana could do it...)


• Can focus artron energy into a sort of... lightning attack or as propulsion ('flight')


• Can eat extremely fast, stripping flesh from bone in minutes. Not as fast as a Vashta Nerada swarm, but faster than you can run, let's just put it that way.

Psionic:

• Can sense/identify other Time Lords


• Telepathic abilities (sharing, witnessing or wreaking havoc with memories and communicating via 'mind meld'-type contact)


• Hypnotism (likely a learned skill augmented by telepathy)

Questions for you. Can the Master:

1. Read your mind?
1b. Mess with your mind?
2. Hypnotize you?
3. Hurt you?
3b. Torture you?
4. Kill you?
4b. Try to eat you?
5. Haxor your technologies?
6. Destroy/steal your stuff?
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise?
8. Have all some of those fries?

Obviously if you said yes to any of this it doesn't constitute a free pass for me. Anything will have to be agreed to on a per-plot basis. This is just to gather information on what people's specific no-nos are, as well as brainstorm how a plot might work if you were up for it. So let me know what your thoughts are in comments!

What you can conceivably do to the Master, and what it might be like:

Mind-reading/probing:
Ask first. I'm game, but the Master's not going to be an easy one to read. His mental fortification is fairly strong. I'd say he's much less susceptible to influence or hypnotism, considering he deals in subjecting others to it much of the time.

If you do get in, his mind is very much ordered, although it may make little sense to anyone else. His true thoughts and feelings are buried deep, hidden under not only the ever-present sound of drums (they hurt, and they're loud), but also beneath several well-crafted barriers of his own choosing.

Fourth-walling/Spoiling/Crazy "I just know stuff about you" powers:
In general, go for it! But take the interpretations of some of his actions on those Wiki pages with a grain of salt, and anything that isn't canon in the TV show should be run by me first because I don't subscribe to all the conflicting book/audio canon out there.

Things that are usually okay to sense include his species characteristics, and the drums. For plotting purposes I'd rather not have it really obvious he's a bad guy or that he's up to something specific unless we discuss things first. Vague feelings of dread are A-OK.

Nothing is off-limits to bring up with him personally, but the Master probably won't appreciate inquiry regarding his past relationship with the Doctor. Or his time as a human. So you've been warned there, but if you're up for making him upset go for it :D

If your character comes from a point in time beyond the Master's, feel free to spoil him on future events. I'm not even kidding. The Master would want to know anyway. He doesn't care about that pesky causality. This is moot at the moment, but who knows what the Moff will do next.

Physical harm
Oh, please hurt him. Please please please. I tend to be ridiculously easy in regards to this. I may even let you torture or kill him if you ask nice.

Snoopy-snoopy
The stuff from the fourth-walling/I just know stuff section applies here. Feel free to spy on him, but I'd like a heads-up if your character is about to discover anything that can wreck his plans or cause suspicion.

As for hacking private messages, I can guarantee the Master's not going to let that happen if he can help it. He's careful, and smart, and brilliant with tech. If you think you have a character who can out-tech the Master (like, maybe the Doctor) tell me and we can discuss it.

Threadhopping
Generally okay with this, although if the character is threadhopping in to wreck the conversation I'd appreciate a heads-up so we can work out what both of us are comfortable with happening.

Comments

[finepieceofcake.livejournal.com]

I play a lot of supernatural types myself, so I'll try to leave the relevant stuff about them too. Also I am more a fan of light-hearted funny, things. That said, I am not entirely against the more extreme stuff, so don't be afraid to ask? /o/

Miura Haru - so_tsunadere
Haru is just a normalish human, really.
1. Read your mind? Go for it!
1b. Mess with your mind? Depends on what way, but a general tentative yes.
2. Hypnotize you? Sure!
3. Hurt you? ...To a certain extent. Like, hitting her is fine, but more extreme stuff not so much.
3b. Torture you? I'd prefer not.
4. Kill you? Nope.
4b. Try to eat you? Try, sure. Not so keen on success. She'd be happy to feed him food, though!
5. Haxor your technologies? If he really wants to, but all he'll find is dating sims and Japanese TV show episodes and the like. :Db
6. Destroy/steal your stuff? Depends on the stuff.
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise? Sure.
8. Have all some of those fries? Go for it!

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Tibarn - hooker_feathers
Tibarn is a laguz, which is his canon's fancy way of saying a shape-shifter. He won't smell human. In his "humanish" form he's a tall guy with hawk wings, and his other form's a giant hawk. He's got better strength/senses/etc than humans, so he'd be able to smell that Master isn't really a human, I think, but that's about the extent of that. o7

1. Read your mind? Sure!
1b. Mess with your mind? It would be very hard, but I'm cool with it.
2. Hypnotize you? Nope
3. Hurt you? Yup
3b. Torture you? Nope
4. Kill you? Nope
4b. Try to eat you? Try, yes. Actually eat, no.
5. Haxor your technologies? Tibarn doesn't have anything but a cellphone.
6. Destroy/steal your stuff? Sure.
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise? He can... try. Succeeding depends on the situation. o/
8. Have all some of those fries? If he can get them before Tibarn inhales them. BATTLE OF THE APPETITES. :|

Yune - alloutoforder
Yune is the physical manifestation of Chaos. She's something of a living concept, like the D's from Sandman or Death from Discworld. Messing with her mind in some way will always be a no, but anything else will always be a yes; you don't even have to ask.

1. Read your mind? Yes
1b. Mess with your mind? No
2. Hypnotize you? No
3. Hurt you? Yes
3b. Torture you? Yes
4. Kill you? Yes
4b. Try to eat you? Yes-- and succeed, as he likes.
5. Haxor your technologies? She doesn't have any.
6. Destroy/steal your stuff? Yup.
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise? Yup.
8. Have all some of those fries? Yup.

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Celty - brainlesskink
Celty is a Dullahan, or headless horseman. She doesn't have her head with her, and he may be able to tell that her motorcycle is actually a supernatural headless horse. \o/

1. Read your mind? Unsure, talk to me
1b. Mess with your mind? Same as above
2. Hypnotize you? Same as above
3. Hurt you? She'll heal right away, but go for it.
3b. Torture you? Not so much
4. Kill you? It's implied to not be possible, but he can try!
4b. Try to eat you? ...Not sure how that'd work, but he can still try!
5. Haxor your technologies? I'd prefer the PDA be left alone, but her laptop is fair game.
6. Destroy/steal your stuff? Not the PDA or the "bike." Anything else is fine!
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise? I'd prefer not.
8. Have all some of those fries? He can~

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Squalo - jump_my_shark
Squalo is also more or less human. But the crazy shonen has lots of abilities kind.

1. Read your mind? Yes
1b. Mess with your mind? To a degree
2. Hypnotize you? To a degree
3. Hurt you? Yes
3b. Torture you? No
4. Kill you? Can try; would rather it not succeed
4b. Try to eat you? Yes. Can probably succeed. :|a
5. Haxor your technologies? Nope
6. Destroy/steal your stuff? The box weapon, the sword, and his hair (yes, the hair. :|) are nos. Anything else is fair game.
7. Dominate you, sexually or otherwise? ...Depends.
8. Have all some of those fries? Squalo doesn't share. :|

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The Mistress - offwithhisdick
I...think... she's human? I am unsure. I'm gonna go with "depends on the situation/let's talk first" across the board because I am not actually sure what all she is capable of. o7 S-Sorry ;o;

[syncopath]

Ooh I like all the detail here about species and such! Thanks for that!

I like the idea of the Master being fed by girls who only mean well, actually-- it reminds me of ducks at the pond. Only... I suppose they'd have to be man-eating ducks to really compare. x/

Also the thought of the Master meeting Chaos, as well as him having territorial food wars with a hawk amuse me greatly, NGL. <3<3