Forton is a Joke!

[teknoman2]

One thing is an older badass, another thing is an elderly weaksause. Forton is the later. Har! Just look at his sorry face

you beat the 70 year old kung fu master that lives in my neighborhood and then tell me he is too old

[Malau]

I want Forton to be that annoying uncle who cracks awkward jokes at you and gives you suprisingly well advice on what to do next and him to be an disenchanted monk who has a dark and serious past. Maybe he killed his master, or some fallout happened between him and his monk order and they have been hunting him for two decades now.

 

Better yet a suicidal old man who decides to tag along because being killed by raging monsters sure are more interesting than drinking hemlock.

[Agelastos]

I want Forton to be that annoying uncle who cracks awkward jokes at you and gives you suprisingly well advice on what to do next and him to be an disenchanted monk who has a dark and serious past. Maybe he killed his master, or some fallout happened between him and his monk order and they have been hunting him for two decades now.

 

 

So... Jolee Bindo minus the light saber?

[-Zin-]

Well, if Forton wasn't a joke... he is now. And a meme.

[jezz555]

I want Forton to be that annoying uncle who cracks awkward jokes at you and gives you suprisingly well advice on what to do next and him to be an disenchanted monk who has a dark and serious past. Maybe he killed his master, or some fallout happened between him and his monk order and they have been hunting him for two decades now.

 

 

So... Jolee Bindo minus the light saber?

 

For some reason I read this as Joe Biden

[Agelastos]

I want Forton to be that annoying uncle who cracks awkward jokes at you and gives you suprisingly well advice on what to do next and him to be an disenchanted monk who has a dark and serious past. Maybe he killed his master, or some fallout happened between him and his monk order and they have been hunting him for two decades now.

 

 

So... Jolee Bindo minus the light saber?

 

For some reason I read this as Joe Biden

 

Yes, well, when have you ever seen Joe Biden without a light saber? That's right. Never!

[Incendium]

I think the problem is that Forton's facial expression in the concept art did not portray the characteristics of a warrior/fighter. He looks like a weak man who has been enslaved and tortured.

[Agelastos]

I think the problem is that Forton's facial expression in the concept art did not portray the characteristics of a warrior/fighter. He looks like a weak man who has been enslaved and tortured.

 

Not weak, meek. He is a monk, after all.

[Incendium]

I think the problem is that Forton's facial expression in the concept art did not portray the characteristics of a warrior/fighter. He looks like a weak man who has been enslaved and tortured.

 

Not weak, meek. He is a monk, after all.

I said he looks weak, not he is weak. Despite his appearence, he is probably an experience fighter though.

Edited November 15, 2012 by Incendium

[TrashMan]

Improved Forton:

 

 

Edited November 15, 2012 by TrashMan

[Hellfell]

I'm happy we all agree that Forton is a joke. :D

 

 

 

[Sacred_Path]

Forton is a troll character. Doesn't respond to loot, looks old and weary, is of questionable moral orientation, has weird romance options and cannot into European. Pretty plz.

[Msxyz]

I hope we can choose whom we can bring along and whom we can drop off the party.

 

Nothing against middle aged men with a baldness problem, but I don't like Shaolin wannabes in my fantasy games.

[Jojobobo]

I hope he's really 20 and his appearance is just a sign of how hard he's lived. People wouldn't be saying he's an old fuddy-duddy then, would they?!

[Kane_Severance]

The first meth-addict in an rpg?

[Vargr]

Here's proof that a european-style priest/monk can work with eastern martial arts!

Also, Forton should be designed after this guy.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC6WAAlNHt4

Edited November 15, 2012 by Vargr

[.Leif.]

I vote Forton be a Drunken Master. He should get combat bonuses from imbibing alcohol.

[Hormalakh]

@Vargr What the hell.....was that?!

[JFSOCC]

I'm not judging this book by its cover

[Osvir]

Chin from King o Fighters, drunken master. Forton doesn't have the face/appearance for it, unless he's jut posing for the camera with a terrible hungover.

 

[DimuthuK]

I dont get it. He wears little clothing because he is a minimalist monk with few possessions. He's balding and wrinkly because he's old. There looks to be a sadness in his eyes. As if he doesn't want to fight but does so for the greater goal whatever that is for him. Looks like a pretty good base for an interesting character to me.

I also like how he doesn't look like your regular joinable npc. I wouldn't say he looks weak but I think the way a character finds strength in spite or because of a said weakness makes them extremely interesting. A trend with a lot of martial artists is their longevity i.e their ability to maintain high physical fitness in spite of their age. So, to me, Forton isn't cliche or completely ridiculous. He's just right even wih the kung fu pants. Calling him horrible looking and old peasant is a bit silly. Someone mentioned bad character design. A good story to go with the picture would solve a lot of issues.

[jezz555]

I dont get it. He wears little clothing because he is a minimalist monk with few possessions. He's balding and wrinkly because he's old. There looks to be a sadness in his eyes. As if he doesn't want to fight but does so for the greater goal whatever that is for him. Looks like a pretty good base for an interesting character to me.

I also like how he doesn't look like your regular joinable npc. I wouldn't say he looks weak but I think the way a character finds strength in spite or because of a said weakness makes them extremely interesting. A trend with a lot of martial artists is their longevity i.e their ability to maintain high physical fitness in spite of their age. So, to me, Forton isn't cliche or completely ridiculous. He's just right even wih the kung fu pants. Calling him horrible looking and old peasant is a bit silly. Someone mentioned bad character design. A good story to go with the picture would solve a lot of issues.

 

I can get behind this, It's mostly the way the character is drawn/positioned that makes me dislike him, stripped down to his base attributes I have no problem with forton.

[JFSOCC]

I just don't understand how people can call him weak. He's lean, but have you seen those muscles? I certainly am not that ripped.

[jezz555]

I just don't understand how people can call him weak. He's lean, but have you seen those muscles? I certainly am not that ripped.

 

But that's what's so weird about the design, his body is super buff, but his face looks like a glass of warm milk.

[Keyrock]