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This week's theme at PlayerHive continues with our literary adventure of creating our video game characters. Now, after the protagonist and antagonist, it's time to create an NPC who, although they may not have the limelight or be a crucial part of the adventure's development, can still play an important role and make them a memorable character. For this occasion, continuing with my adventure of an average and unexpected protagonist, alongside an antagonist who ends up being the hero, I want to create an NPC somewhat inspired by the famous merchant from Resident Evil 4, at least slightly in his physical appearance, but with an ability to manipulate the video game itself beyond what is expected of a simple NPC.
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My character's name would be Agil Pool, a reference to one of the arms dealers in the anime SAO, and his surname would be a slight clue to his special abilities. First, I want to mention what his role would be in the video game and how he would help us in our adventure. In a world that is slowly being consumed by darkness, he would be a traveling salesman with a clear mercenary appearance, hinting at his talent. As a mercenary salesman, he would wander the world at his own pace, so we wouldn't always be able to find him in the same place, and likewise, he wouldn't always have the same inventory available to sell us.
His inventory would range from the most basic items such as healing items, weapons, and armor parts, to magical items, cursed weapons, and items that could be incredibly useful in the adventure and make the game easier. Although his inventory may vary randomly and be affected by your progress in the adventure, it would also be influenced by your actions or morals in the adventure. If you have decided to play as an evil character, it will be more difficult for you to find powerful items to cause damage and even items that reduce your health in exchange for destroying your enemies. Agil would realize what kind of character you are and would sell you the most dangerous items or those with dark energy.
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The most interesting and undoubtedly most memorable aspect of Agil would be his ability to break the fourth wall if he sees you having problems in the adventure. If you find it difficult to advance or are dying too often, he will start teasing you about it while offering you healing items more often. Similarly, if you get stuck with a particular boss or area and die many times without advancing, he will offer you a secret to solve your problem. This secret would be to tell you about a bug to overcome those bosses or areas, Unlike other titles where gamers manage to discover bugs even by accident, here Agil would tell you all the game bugs, which walls you can go through, from which parts you can drop down to get off the map and move around the environment, and other aspects that can make overcoming each difficult point relatively easy, but only if you have already died a lot of times before.
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As for Agil's appearance, he is tall, with dark red hair and a large build, an appearance that recalls his past as a mercenary when he fought against all odds to earn a living. Now, faced with an almost imminent end due to the darkness, he is selling the treasures he has acquired from each of his adventures. He wears some parts of his armor, such as shoulder pads and wrist guards, He also has two short swords at his waist. Although he is a seller, he is still a great warrior. He also wears a long tunic with an antique look, torn from battles but at the same time containing the blood of his enemies. He is a character who, when you first see him in the adventure, you think he is a difficult boss to defeat or a character who will entrust you with very complicated missions.
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Since he cannot magically carry all his merchandise with him at all times, Agil has a pet that helps him carry everything: a horse with long, grayish fur, bearing wounds from the battles in which it accompanied Agil. It has some pieces of old leather armor, and tied to each side of the horse are two large, somewhat dirty cloth sacks where all the merchandise is always kept together without risk of being damaged by any blows. Agil is a somewhat secondary NPC; his actions do not directly interfere with the development of the adventure, and you could even complete it without buying any items, but he will undoubtedly be of great help when you need him and, if necessary, he will even teach you how to take advantage of the flaws in his own digital world to help you complete your mission.
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A large, tall video game character with a muscular build and scars that suggest he is an ancient mercenary. He has long, dark red hair tied back, and wears worn-out clothing in reddish and black tones. The character has partial armor on his forearms and some areas of his body, resembling typical male armor. He has two short swords sheathed at his waist. He is wearing a thick, long coat that looks somewhat deteriorated, stained with dirt, resembling a heavy overcoat with animal fur trim. The coat has a hood but is not buttoned or closed over the chest. The overall appearance is rugged, with a worn, battle-hardened look.
Now place that character next to a table in the middle of a stone street and place several colored potions, swords, and spears on the table.
Now place that character sitting on a rock with a desolate, destroyed-looking meadow in the background. The character is laughing at you.
Now place that character walking through a destroyed city with a ruined castle in the background, accompanied by a majestic horse with dark gray, slightly dirty fur, wearing leather armor and carrying two cloth sacks tied to each side of the horse.
Now place the two characters walking in the distance through a valley with ruins all around them. The man is wearing a hood over his head.
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La temática de esta semana en PlayerHive continua con nuestra aventura literaria de ir creando a nuestros personajes de videojuego y ahora luego de protagonista y antagonista llegó el momento de crear a un NPC que, aunque puede no tener el protagonismo o no ser parte crucial en el desarrollo de la aventura, si puede llegar a tener una participación importante y que lo haga ser un personaje memorable. Para esta ocasión continuando con mi aventura de una protagonista promedio e inesperado, junto a un antagonista que termina siendo el héroe, quiero crear un NPC un poco inspirado en el famoso comerciante de Resident Evil 4 al menos ligeramente en su aspecto físico, pero con una capacidad de manipular el propio videojuego más allá de lo esperado para un simple NPC.
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El nombre de mi personaje seria Agil Pool, una referencia a uno de los comerciantes de armas en el anime SAO y su apellido una ligera pista sobre sus habilidades especiales. Primero quiero mencionar cuál sería su rol en el videojuego y en que nos ayudaría en la aventura, en un mundo que poco a poco está siendo consumido por la oscuridad, él sería un vendedor ambulante con una clara apariencia de mercenario dando a entender su talento. Al ser un mercenario vendedor, iría vagando por el mundo a su propio ritmo por lo cual no siempre lo podríamos encontrar en el mismo sitio y del mismo modo no siempre tendría el mismo inventario disponible para vendernos.
Su inventario iría desde lo más básico como objetos curativos, armas y partes de armaduras, hasta objetos mágicos, armas malditas y objetos que podrían resultar increíblemente útil en la aventura y facilita el juego, su inventario si bien puede variar aleatoriamente, así como verse afectado por tu progreso en la aventura, también lo influiría tu forma de actuar o moral en la aventura. Si has decidido jugar de forma malvada, será más problema que encuentres objetos muy fuertes para causar daño y hasta objetos que te reste salud a cambio de destruir a tus enemigos, Agil se daría cuenta del tipo de personaje que eres y te vendería los objetos más peligrosos o con energía oscura.
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El aspecto más interesante y que sin dudas sería el más memorable de Agil seria poder romper la cuarta pared en caso de verte tener problemas en la aventura, si se te dificulta el avanzar o estás muriendo muy seguido, él comenzará hacerte burlas al respecto mientras te ofrece objetos curativos más seguido, del mismo modo si te llegas a quedar atascado con algún jefe o zona en particular y mueres muchas veces sin avanzar él te ofrecería un secreto para poder solucionar tu problema, este secreto sería contarte un Bug para superar dichos jefes o zonas, a diferencia de otros títulos en donde los Gamer logran descubrir los bugs incluso por accidente, aquí Agil te contaría todos los bug de juego, que paredes puedes atravesar, desde qué partes puedes dejarte caer para salirte del mapa y moverte por todo el entorno y demás aspectos que puedan hacer que superar cada punto complicado se vuelva relativamente fácil, pero si antes ya has muerto una gran cantidad de veces.
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En cuanto al aspecto de Agil, sería la de una persona alta, cabellos rojo oscuro y una contextura grande, una apariencia que recuerda su pasado de mercenario cuando combatía contra toda adversidad para ganarse la vida y ahora que ante un fin casi inminente por la oscuridad está vendiendo sus tesoros conseguidos con cada una de sus aventuras, lleva algunas partes de su armadura como lo son hombreras y protección en la muñecas, también cuenta con dos espadas cortas en la cintura, aunque es un vendedor sigue siendo un gran guerrero, también cuenta con una túnica larga con aspecto antiguo y rasgada por las batallas pero que al mismo tiempo contiene restos de la sangre de sus enemigos, un personaje que la primera vez que lo veas por la aventura pienses que se trata de un jefe difícil de vencer o un personaje que te encomendara misiones muy complicadas.
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Como no podría cargar toda la mercancía mágicamente consigo en todo momento, Agil tiene una mascota que le sirve para cargar con todas las cosas, un caballo de pelaje largo y grisáceo, con heridas de las batallas en donde acompañó a Agil y posee algunas partes de una antigua armadura de cuero, amarrados a cada lado del caballo hay dos sacos de tela grandes y algo sucios en donde toda la mercancía siempre va junta sin riesgo de dañarse con algún golpe. Agil es un NPC un poco secundario, sus acciones no interfieren directamente en el desarrollo de la aventura y hasta podrías completarla sin comprar ningún objeto, pero sin dudas te será de gran ayuda cuando lo necesites y de ser necesario hasta te enseñará cómo aprovechar los fallos en su propio mundo digital para ayudarte a completar tu misión.
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A large, tall video game character with a muscular build and scars that suggest he is an ancient mercenary. He has long, dark red hair tied back, and wears worn-out clothing in reddish and black tones. The character has partial armor on his forearms and some areas of his body, resembling typical male armor. He has two short swords sheathed at his waist. He is wearing a thick, long coat that looks somewhat deteriorated, stained with dirt, resembling a heavy overcoat with animal fur trim. The coat has a hood but is not buttoned or closed over the chest. The overall appearance is rugged, with a worn, battle-hardened look.
Now place that character next to a table in the middle of a stone street and place several colored potions, swords, and spears on the table.
Now place that character sitting on a rock with a desolate, destroyed-looking meadow in the background. The character is laughing at you.
Now place that character walking through a destroyed city with a ruined castle in the background, accompanied by a majestic horse with dark gray, slightly dirty fur, wearing leather armor and carrying two cloth sacks tied to each side of the horse.
Now place the two characters walking in the distance through a valley with ruins all around them. The man is wearing a hood over his head.
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