Template:LiathMetalBoxV

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Character Name ( )

Identity:

Biographical: Name: Confidential Aliases: None Species: Presumed Human Nationality: Confidential Ethnicity: Confidential Marital: Confidential Relatives: Confidential Occupation: Confidential Base: Confidential

Physical Traits: Age: Confidential Height: Confidential Weight: Confidential Physique: Confidential Hair: Confidential Eyes: Confidential Skin: Confidential Other: Confidential

Powers &Abilities: Powers: Confidential Abilities: Confidential Equipment: Confidential

Affiliations: Group: Confidential Rank: Confidential

User: User Name

LiathMetalBoxV

The LiathMetalBoxV is designed as a profile, with stylings similar to punched metal in a vertical format

How to use the LiathMetalBoxV

The long and involved process works thusly. If you just want the damn Box, go directly to the Cheat Sheet.

Trigger the use of the LiathMetalBoxV on your page if you plan to include it. At the top of your edit window, enter:

{{LiathMetalBoxV

Below that, you'll want to fill out all the parameters that you can fill out or care to fill out. For this, you'll need the name of the parameter that corresponds to the field you'll want to fill; in most cases, the parameter names are the same as the name of the field, but they differ in some. A complete list can be found below. The format for filling in a parameter is as follows:

| parameter = value
eg.
| charname = Vigilante

This will replace the {{{charname}}} placeholder in the original LiathMetalBox with 'Vigilante'. Each parameter should be put in a new line for ease of parsing and debugging in case something goes wrong.

How you fill the Powers, Abilities and Equipment fields is essentially up to you, but for easiest readability, you'll want to offer single terms that summarize some or all of your character's applicable capabilities there. This could still be a veritable laundry list of things, or it could be as simple as an entry saying 'Pheromone-Based Mind Control' or whatever. Remember the LiathMetalBox is mostly meant for an at-a-glance summary of the most important character data.

Close the Template. This is done by appending the following at the end of your list:

|}}

And with this, you're set.

List of Parameters

• charname - Your character's name. This will appear in big bold letters at top left.
• charlevel - Your character's level. This will appear in big bold numbers at top right.
• username - However you'd like to identify yourself. Ideally, you'll want to make this a link to your in-game global tag or user topic (User:Yourname, eg. User:Eisregen).
• profileimage - Character image. Should not be wider than 290 pixels. If it's too wide (or too small) it will be automatically shrunken (or expanded) to the appropriate size (but clicking on the image will display the actual image rather than the adjusted version). If you have no image, don't include this parameter and it will default to a placeholder image instead.
• caption - Text that goes right beneath the image, if you think the image requires further commentary. If not, don't include this parameter and there will be no text in the block below the image. Use this to perhaps include a favorite quote
• sgprofileimage - Your character's Supergroup Logo/ID. Should not be wider than 290 pixels. If it's too wide (or too small) it will be automatically shrunken (or expanded) to the appropriate size (but clicking on the image will display the actual image rather than the adjusted version). If you have no image, don't include this parameter and it will default to a placeholder image instead.
• sg - Your character's Supergroup Name.
• sgrank - Your character's Supergroup Position or Rank. E.g Leader, Team Leader, Member etc.

• realname - Your character's civilian identity. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• aliases - Any other names (civilian or heroic/villainous) your character may be using. Defaults to 'None' if not further specified.
• species - Your character's species. This is mostly important for aliens, sentient fungi and the like. Defaults to 'Presumed Human' if not further specified.
• nationality - The country of interstellar empire your character claims citizenship of. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• ethnicity - Your character's heritage. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• marital - Whether your character is single, engaged, married, widowed or whatever other forms of voluntary slavery there are between two people. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• relatives - What kind of (relevant) relatives your character has or had. Most likely you'll want to limit this to any important characters that appear in stories or RP (such as Ascendant's uncle and manager). Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• occupation - What your character does for a living. 'Professional Crimefighter', 'Adventurer', 'Career Criminal' etc. are thoroughly legit occupations. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• homebase - Your character's current residence and stomping ground. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.

• age - Your character's age in human (solar) years. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• height - Your character's height in feet and inches. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• weight - Your character's weight in pounds (see height). Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• bodytype - Your character's body type (are they Athletic? Wiry? Muscular?). Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• eyes - Your character's eye color. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• hair - Your character's hair color. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• skin - Your character's complexion or skin color. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.
• otherfeatures - Any additional distinguishing features, such as scars, tattoos, missing or replaced pieces, etc. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.

• powers - A place for a short listing of the powers your character possesses, eg. 'Weather Control'. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.

• abilities - A place for short notes on your character's non-superhuman abilities, eg. 'Black Belt Karateka'. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.

• equipment - A place to mention any notable equipment your character carries around, eg. 'Nemesis Staff carried at all times'. Defaults to 'Confidential' if not further specified.

• maincolor - Sets main color for the box background and raised text. Defaults to  Silver . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• altmaincolor - Sets an alternate color for the raised text (should you wish it to stand out more). Defaults to  Silver . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• hicolor - Sets lightest (top) color for the box and text border. Defaults to  LightGrey . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• midcolor - Sets medium (side) color for the box and text border. Defaults to  DarkGrey . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• locolor - Sets darkest (bottom) color for the box and text border. Defaults to  Grey . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• catcolor - Sets color for parameter titles. Defaults to  DimGrey . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.
• infocolor - Sets color for parameter data. Defaults to  Black . Values accepted include: standard HTML Color Names, any hexadecimal color value.

Note: To display the default value, remove the parameter line from the cheat sheet or alternatively comment out the section(s) as follows:

<!--| realname = -->

This way if you decide to fill in that section in the future, you can simply delete the

<|-- -->

comment markers

LiathMetalBox Cheatsheet

Copy the following onto your page and fill out the appropriate information.

{{LiathMetalBoxV
| charname =
| charlevel =
| username =
| profileimage =
| caption =
| realname =
| aliases =
| species =
| nationality =
| ethnicity =
| marital =
| relatives =
| occupation =
| homebase =
| age =
| height =
| weight =
| bodytype =
| eyes =
| hair =
| skin =
| otherfeatures =
| powers =
| abilities =
| equipment =
| sgprofileimage =
| sg =
| sgrank =
<!-- remove comment to use own colors
| maincolor =
| altmaincolor =
| hicolor =
| midcolor =
| locolor =
| catcolor =
| infocolor =
-->
|}}

LiathMetalBoxV Examples

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