The Library - OOC

[Kestrel]

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Name	Class	POW	SPI	AGI	Total	Skill	List
Adeline	Knight	10	4	4	18	8/15	TELEPATHY-1, WALLFLOWER-1
Andre	Rook	8	6	8	22	1/19	BINOCULAR-4, SCAN-5, WALLFLOWER-2
Arlette	Knight	4	4	4	12	2/9	PROVOKE-2, TELEPATHY-1
Diane	Bishop	2	10	6	18	6/15	YELL-1, BOON-1, JYNX-1
Emily	Rook	6	6	8	20	11/17	SCAN-1, TELEPATHY-1
Eowyn	Knight	5	1	8	14	0/11	DASH-1, STOMP-1, TRACTION-1
Ling En	Bishop	2	9	3	14	8/11	JYNX-1
Kurotori	Rook	10	3	5	18	7/15	SHOVE-1, STOMP-1
Lucy	Bishop	2	10	2	14	1/11	BINOCULAR-1, SCAN-1, SMELL-1
Lux	Bishop	5	12	5	22	0/19	PROVOKE-3, SMELL-2, SPELLATK-1, TARGET-1
McKenzi	Bishop	3	9	2	14	3/11	PUNCH-2, SCAN-2
Noelle	Rook	6	2	4	12	2/9	SCAN-2, TELEPATHY-1
Nuka	Knight	4	7	6	17	6/14	DASH-1, WALLFLOWER-1
Remia	Rook	4	4	4	12	1/9	PARACHUTE-1, WALLFLOWER-1
Salia	Rook	5	5	7	17	3/14	BINOCULAR-1, HEATVISION-1, TELEPATHY-1
Sol	Rook	12	3	3	18	1/15	PROVOKE-1, SHIELD-1, TRACTION-2
Tonia	Rook	5	3	10	18	6/15	DASH-3

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Welcome

The Library is the heart and brains of this world, more influential than the government herself. Much like a modern day company, the Library offers various services to those that can afford the fees. They develop magitechnology (magitech for short) fund scientific research and own most knowledge, and outsource specialists as well as mercenaries and administrative workers.

The players will take the role of the employees of the Library. The mercenary branch, to be more specific (although you can be part of a secondary branch) and become holders. Holders are connected to a spirit that can be practically anything. Do you want a samurai, a Roman gladiator, a satyr or even a fire-breathing dragon? It is all fair game! With your new companion, you will fight alongside the other holders against other super-powered beings... That for some mysterious reason want to kill you!

Library Structure

This is where the general info part starts. The Library is split up in different departments, or branches if you prefer.

The Library's branches are the following:

• Administration
• Culinary
• Intelligence
• Medical
• Mercenary
• Political Relationships
• Public Relationships
• Recruitment
• Research

But you're free to add suggestions.

Every branch has a small hierarchy. Names may differ depending on branch; but these are usually their roles.

1. Head of Department
2. Manager
3. Team leader
4. Worker

All players start out as 'workers' but may grow in rank over the course of the RP. Power level has nothing to do with rank and holding a higher rank grants no combat-related advantages.

All departments are under the lead of the director and the council. The director is the leading executive but requires permission from the council for major decisions.

The council itself has no executive power. It mainly consists out of major shareholders and heads of departments, but also a few certain managers. The highest possible position for a player to achieve is a council-member.

The World

The country in which the Library itself resides, is called the Hub. The dominant style in architecture is Victorian, like this, this, this, this and this.

The technology advancement is very similar to our own steam-era. However instead of steam; the Hub uses magitech. The (often liquid) magic that runs through machines is commonly referred to as mana. Rule of thumb is; if it doesn't run on a steam engine, it prolly won't run on mana either. Mana-powered machinery is often heavy and rarely makes an indirect connection with other machinery. Exceptions exist, but will be specifically mentioned in the IC and/or OOC.

In terms of the social and moral setting; think more or less modern. Money, knowledge, job and connections are what give a person power. Race, gender and castes are completely irrelevant.

Aside the Hub there are many other lands; all will be specified in the missions they're relevant to, but they range from rainforests to volcanic regions. From lands full of cavemen to nations nearly as advanced as the Hub.

Spirits

Spirits are immaterial beings that may or may not have been amongst the living at one point. Little is still known about them. They come in all shapes and forms and are drawn to mana, for some reason. Only through the use of mana, people can see and communicate with spirits.

Most spirits are intelligent. They have similar levels of intelligence to humans, regardless of what they look like, be it a man, an elephant or a grasshopper. Also all of them can speak, but only holders can hear them...

Holders

Sometimes a child is born with mana in their bloodstream, but people can also have implanted mana into their bodies artificially. People who hold mana in their bodies are called holders and can bond with spirits. Bonding with a spirit has some great benefits; but they differ from person to person. We make a distinction between different types of holders; Pawns, Rooks, Bishops and Knights (Queens and Kings are not playable.)

Pawn

These are the most basic of holders. Pawns can't do anything with their spirits, most can't even talk to them or see them, but they are still more powerful than the average human.

Rook

Rooks focus on the physical side of combat. As a Rook, you're tougher than a regular Pawn and can wield spirit-weapons! Every Rook has an arsenal of three weapons, based on the spirit itself. A holder of a samurai's soul for example, may have a katana, yumi and naginata. A dragon's soul, on the other hand, could grant you a huge flaming zweihander, a cannon in the shape of a dragon's jaws and ball (skull) and chain (spine). These weapons are the material form of the spirit itself and can be summoned and dismissed at any time.

Bishop

Bishops assume the role of spellcasters. While not physically tougher than the Pawn, a Bishop has an array of three magical spells. Again, using the dragon for an example, a Bishop could possess the ability to breathe fire, grow two scaly wings and have a really loud roar! Or perhaps he can summon dancing katana, empower allies' weapons/spells and force an opponent to single combat. The spells are literally the manifestations of the spirit.

Knight

Knights do not use their own body or mind to fight, but instead summon a physical form of their spirit; the spirit itself. Knight-type holders may not be more powerful than humans, but their summoned spirits sure are! The spirit can have both spells and weapons (the combined number is still three), making it a lot more versatile. Knights often fight alongside their summons, or may even mount them!

Stats

As a holder, you are capable of growing much stronger than the average human being. For this there are three categories in which you can grow; Power (POW), Spirit (SPI) and Agility (AGI). A quick summary of what they do:

• POW combines physical strength, sharpness and sturdiness of weapons/claws/etc. (don't ask how) with defense and stamina. Bishops will also want to get some POW but in lesser amounts because spells don't exert body.
• SPI provides greater spell-strength along with defence against spells and helps out your ability to keep casting spells. Rooks want some SPI so they're not burned to crisps by Bishops.
• AGI is a mix of speed, reflexes and dexterity. So you're faster at attacking, more likely to hit and when things go wrong you want some AGI so you can run the hell away!

Skills

Your standard powers may seem pretty cool, special skills add a whole new level! As you level up you will gain 'skill points', with which you can upgrade your character by buying skills!

An explanation on how to use this section can be found here:

Every skill has more or less the following lay-out:

SKILL Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Description.

Level	CD	Multiplier
1	4	0.1
2	3	0.2
3	2	0.3

Upgrading skills is possible, because when you buy a skill they're often not the most powerful they can be yet. Skill points are non-refundable so be careful! Skills also have stat requirements. 4/2/3 means it requires 4 POW, 2 SPI and 3 AGI. If you have any less; you won't get it. POW, SPI and AGI are not removed when buying a skill.

In this example; it will cost you 3 skill points to buy SKILL. All skills start at level 1 and levels cannot be skipped. You will also need to have 4 POW, 2 SPI and 3 AGI. To get SKILL to level 2, you only need 1 skill point, but now the requirements are 6 POW, 3 SPI and 4 AGI.

Most skills often have cooldowns (CD.) If a skill has 1 CD, that means that after you've used it you can't use it the next post. If it has 3 CD you can't use it for the following 3 posts, etc.

Most damaging skills have multipliers. The formula is stat*multiplier=output. So if SKILL uses POW, the user has 20 POW and SKILL is level 1, 20*0.1=2. So you would do as much damage as if you used a normal attack, but with only 2 POW.

The list of skills can be found here:

PUNCH Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Unleash a single punch factoring SPI instead of POW.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	2	1/1/1
2	1	1/3/1
3	0	2/5/1

DOUBLE Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Hits twice with same weapon/spell. Affected by multiplier.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	4	0.6	3/3/10
2	4	0.7	5/4/14
3	4	0.8	6/7/18
4	4	0.9	9/8/22
5	4	1	10/10/25

STOMP Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Shockwave that trembles ground. Disrupts balance.

Level	CD	Range	Requirements
1	5	1 ft.	2/1/1
2	5	3 ft.	3/2/1
3	4	3 ft.	4/2/1
4	4	5 ft.	5/3/1
5	3	5 ft.	7/4/1

YELL Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Sound-based attack that does light damage. Calculated: (POW+SPI)*multiplier.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Range	Requirements
1	5	0.1	3 ft.	1/2/1
2	4	0.1	3.5 ft.	2/3/2
3	3	0.15	4 ft.	3/4/3
4	3	0.2	4.5 ft.	4/5/4
5	2	0.2	5 ft.	5/6/5

SHOVE Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Push back an enemy regardless of weight and stats.

Level	CD	Distance	Requirements
1	5	5 ft.	4/2/2
2	4	7 ft.	7/4/3
3	3	10 ft.	10/5/5

HEAL Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Heal minor wounds, like cuts and bruises.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	5	3/10/5
2	4	5/15/7
3	3	7/20/9

RECOVER Purchase: 10, requires 2+ HEAL
Heal minor wounds after a kill.

SHIELD Purchase: 7, Upgrade: 3
Lessen damage taken once.

Level	CD	Damage	Requirements
1	5	50%	8/2/2
2	5	40%	10/5/3
3	4	40%	13/7/4
4	4	30%	15/9/5
5	3	30%	18/11/6

PROVOKE Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Draw enemy attention.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	3	1/1/1
2	2	2/2/2
3	1	3/3/3

WALLFLOWER Purchase: 4, Upgrade: 1
Avoid enemy attention

Level	CD	Requirements
1	4	1/2/2
2	3	2/4/6
3	2	3/6/9

BOON Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Increase duration/effect of buffs.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Targets	Requirements
1	3	1.1	1	1/2/1
2	3	1.2	1	2/3/2
3	3	1.3	2	2/4/3
4	3	1.4	2	3/5/4
5	3	1.5	3	4/6/5

JYNX Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Increase duration/effect of debuffs.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Targets	Requirements
1	3	1.1	1	1/1/2
2	3	1.2	1	2/2/3
3	3	1.3	2	2/3/4
4	3	1.4	2	3/4/5
5	3	1.5	3	4/5/6

DASH Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Short boost in running speed.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Time	Requirements
1	3	1.2	1 sec	2/1/3
2	3	1.4	1 sec	3/2/5
3	3	1.6	2 sec	4/3/7
4	3	1.8	2 sec	5/4/8
5	3	2	3 sec	6/4/10

CLIMB Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Short speed boost for climbing

Level	CD	Multiplier	Time	Requirements
1	3	1.6	1 sec	1/1/2
2	3	2.2	2 sec	2/1/3
3	3	2.8	3 sec	2/2/4
4	3	3.4	4 sec	3/2/5
5	3	4	5 sec	3/3/6

JUMP Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Leap higher.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	3	1.4	1/1/2
2	3	1.8	2/1/3
3	3	2.2	2/2/4
4	3	2.6	3/2/5
5	3	3	3/3/6

PARACHUTE Purchase: 4, Upgrade: 1
Reduce falling speed.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	4	0.7	2/2/1
2	4	0.6	2/3/1
3	4	0.5	2/4/2
4	4	0.4	3/5/2
5	4	0.3	3/6/3

WALL-CLING Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Allows user to stick to a wall like a spider for a single post.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	8	2/2/2
2	7	4/3/4
3	6	6/4/6
4	5	8/5/8
5	4	9/7/9

TRACTION Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Reduce knockback.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	3	0.7	2/1/1
2	3	0.6	4/1/2
3	3	0.5	6/2/2
4	3	0.4	8/3/4
5	3	0.3	10/4/5

BINOCULAR Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
See further away.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	3	1.4	1/2/1
2	2	1.8	2/4/2
3	2	2.2	3/6/3
4	1	2.6	5/6/5
5	1	3	6/7/6

NIGHTVISION Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2, requires 1+ BINOCULAR
See at night.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	4	2/4/3
2	3	3/6/4
3	2	4/8/5

HEATVISION Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2, requires 1+ BINOCULAR
Trace heat signatures

Level	CD	Requirements
1	4	4/2/3
2	3	6/3/4
3	2	8/4/5

SCAN Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Gauge the power of an enemy (know it's stats before fighting)

Level	CD	Targets	Requirements
1	4	1	1/1/1
2	3	1	2/2/2
3	3	2	3/3/3
4	2	2	4/4/4
5	2	3	5/5/5

SMELL Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Increased sense of smell. Experience a few seconds of bloodhound senses.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	10	2/2/2
2	8	5/5/5
3	6	9/9/9

HEAR Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Increased sense of hearing, enabling the user to pick up sounds from far away. Loud sounds can stun or even hurt the user and sound-based attacks gain double effectiveness against the user when this skill is used.

Level	CD	Requirements
1	10	2/2/2
2	8	5/5/5
3	6	9/9/9

TELEPATHY Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1
Alternative to mobile phone; use spirits to talk to each other's over distance. Unavailable to Pawns.

Level	Description	Requirements
1	Transfer spirit's voice.	2/2/2
2	Transfer all audio.	6/8/7
3	Transfer all audio and video.	8/12/9

TARGET Purchase: 3, Upgrade: 1, requires 1+ SMELL
Place tracking energy on opponent.

Level	CD	Targets	Requirements
1	4	1	3/2/2
2	3	1	4/3/4
3	3	2	5/4/6
4	2	2	6/5/8
5	2	3	7/6/10

IMMUNITY Purchase: 10, requires 2+ SHIELD
Resistance to poisons (halves effects of debuffs)

WARM COAT Purchase: 10, requires 3+ SHIELD
Resistance to cold (halves damage from cold-based attacks)

TOPLESS Purchase: 10, requires 3+ SHIELD
Resistance to heat (halves damage from heat-based attacks)

PAINKILLER Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Allows user to ignore pain for a certain amount of posts. Cooldown period activates when the skill finishes.

Level	Posts	CD	Requirements
1	1	5	5/3/1
2	2	5	6/5/2
3	2	4	7/6/3
4	3	4	9/7/4
5	3	3	12/8/5

IRON STOMACH Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Allows user to ignore debuffs for a certain amount of posts (does not include self-inflicted debuffs.) Cooldown period activates when the skill finishes.

Level	Posts	CD	Requirements
1	1	5	4/2/1
2	2	5	5/4/2
3	2	4	6/5/3
4	3	4	8/5/4
5	3	3	10/6/5

CELERITY Purchase: 7, Upgrade: 3
Alters user's time perception by a certain amount for one post, allowing them to to see everything in slow-motion.

Level	Percent	CD	Requirements
1	30%	10	3/3/3
2	30%	9	4/4/6
3	40%	8	5/5/9
4	40%	7	7/7/12
5	50%	6	10/10/15

WEAPONATK+ Purchase: 7, Upgrade: 3
Increases the POW for a single attack (works only for one weapon)

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	5	1.4	10/3/3
2	5	1.8	15/6/6
3	5	2.2	20/8/8
4	5	2.6	25/10/10
5	5	3	30/12/12

SPELLATK+ Purchase: 7, Upgrade: 3
Increases the SPI for a single attack (works only for one spell)

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	5	1.4	3/10/3
2	5	1.8	6/15/6
3	5	2.2	8/20/8
4	5	2.6	10/25/10
5	5	3	12/30/12

CRITPOW Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Increase POW when near fainting.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	5	1.4	7/2/4
2	5	1.8	10/4/7
3	5	2.2	13/6/10
4	5	2.6	17/8/13
5	5	3	20/10/15

CRITSPI Purchase: 5, Upgrade: 2
Increase SPI when near fainting.

Level	CD	Multiplier	Requirements
1	5	1.4	2/7/4
2	5	1.8	4/10/7
3	5	2.2	6/13/10
4	5	2.6	8/17 /13
5	5	3	10/20/15

Rules

Most rules are simple; play fair. Just abide to the common ones and you'll do fine. If you're unsure about something feel free to ask.

Aside that, there's a couple reservations I'd like to make as GM. Kestrel reserves the right to control your character if he/she is holding up the plot for an extended period of time. I also reserve the right to remove your character from the game entirely, should you be inactive for an extended period of time or be otherwise disruptive to the game.

I'm a fairly relaxed guy and I'm open to reason and discussion, but if I give you a no-go or warning; that is final. Insisting to argue a closed case may be considered as disruptive to the RP.

Oh and please don't put OOC-chatter in the IC. Just make a separate post in here. We get to read an uninterrupted IC and you get to raise your post-count! Everybody scores! But do place the name of the mission you're on on top of the post so that I can track them down more easily.

Character Sheet

Calculating stats is done as follows. You get 12 points to spread any way you like over POW, SPI and AGI. Average for a human to have is 1, so if you choose to have 0 POW you're weaker than an average human.

In addition to those 12 points, you get 2 predetermined points based on your class.

• Rooks get 2 points in POW
• Bishops get 2 points in SPI
• Knights get 1 point in both POW and SPI.

You also get 11 skill points to start out with. These can be spent on a skill right away, or saved up. Please make a notation of where they're going in your sheet.

The sheet is right below. We got an informative version and a clean, c/p-able version for your convenience.

Name: Your character's full name.
Appearance: How does your character look?
Bio: Quick overview on history and personality.
Branch: Totally optional. What branch is your character part of aside the mercenary branch?

Holder: Are you a Rook, Bishop, Knight or Pawn?
Spirit: Short description of your spirit, including name, appearance and personality.

Weapons/Spells: Weapons for Rooks, Spells for Bishops and a combination for Knights. Pawns can ignore this section.

• Name weapon/spell 1: Description
• Name weapon/spell 2: Description
• Name weapon/spell 3: Description

Skills: What skills from the skillz-section do you have? You can leave it open if you don't want skills or want to save points.

• SKILL 1
• etc.

Skill points: The skill points you have left to spend.
Stats: What are your stats, how much POW, SPI and AGI have you got?

POW	Amount
SPI	Amount
AGI	Amount
Total	POW+SPI+AGI

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[b]Branch:[/b]

[b]Holder:[/b]
[b]Spirit:[/b]

[b]Weapons/Spells:[/b]
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A few notes:

• UPDATE: Instead of 6 stat points and 3 skill points, latecomers now join with 14 stat points and 11 skill points!
• Dual wielding weapons is permitted, if they are 2 of the same set. Twin swords, sword and shield, etc. All cool. However a single sword will be just as powerful as the twin swords are together and more powerful than the sword with the shield combo. Things like a spear and axe dual wield combo will cost you two slots no matter what excuse you use.
• Dual wielding spells is not permitted.
• On Knight's summons and natural weapons (fangs, claws, etc.) rule of thumb; if it is more powerful than a punch or kick it counts as a weapon. Flight costs you a spell slot, even if your spirit has wings.

Player Characters

Knight Adeline Tourret - Valeric
Rook Andre Jackson - Alphakoka
Knight Arlette Langfeldt - Alphakoka
Bishop Diane Whimle - Hedya
Rook Emily Savanna Reece - Fallenreaper
Knight Eowyn Ryder Rohann - Alta
Bishop Ling En / Vologhn - Valeric
Rook Kurotori Uekira - Brovo
Bishop Lucy Fuhr - guinness
Bishop Lux Turrez - Alta
Bishop Mckenzi Bishop - Brovo
Rook Noelle Charesse - Xaltwind
Knight Nuka Hokolesqua Antiman - tirgesfu
Rook Remia Kyrie - Hedya
Rook Salia Kyrie - Hedya
Rook Sol Brumik - Player2
Rook Tonia Justus - guinness


Hiatus

Bishop Aelfric Moundrell - Lord Azazel
Rook Ramza Losstarot - Lyzan

Name	Class	POW	SPI	AGI	Total	Skill	List
Aelfric	Bishop	2	5	5	12	9/9
Ramza	Rook	6	4	8	18	7/15	BINOCULAR-1, HEATVISION-1

Dropped Characters

Rook Aiden Sahar - Lukas Kelly
Rook Alexi de Bassitan - Heroguy
Rook Allen C Marks - ArvinLarn129
Pawn Aven Grey - Animus
Knight Bill Dowry - Trippy
Knight Daniel West - Shade13
Knight Ethan Novacheck - Brand
Rook Exazie Hasae - PinnyThePanda
Knight Firittes le Langley - orangebox
Bishop James Longfellow - Corporal Lance
Rook Kyle Christensen - Kiltz Man Bagz
Knight Octal Chaser - entranteer
Bishop Ophelia Mercelliér - Xaltwind
Rook Orian Brenton - Gamerdude369
Pawn Ryan Mccormick - antonm1107
Knight Sairen Cerbves - Asuras
Knight Sean Barry Merister - SIngemeister
Knight Shirley Baxter - Xaltwind
Bishop Steren Novaya - Zvezda
Rook Yuzuriha Takeru - Asuras
Rook Valerie Kharn - Blazinvire
Bishop William "Will" Durkgein - Embested


Available Missions:

Contractor: The Library (Medical Branch)
Location: Ryznyk region (Irsztia)
Mission Objective: There’s another need for a new ingredient: A cave dwelling scorpion! Adapt at hiding and able to fit in a full grown man’s palm, this little critter likes to nestle under another creature’s skin for protection. So it could be inside anything from a quick rabbit to a large bear, manipulation the host’s behavior to attacking threats before seeking out a new host. It’s location in a deep cave in high mountains, so the sent team will suffer though the high attitudes, rocky climbs and dark caves to seek it out first. Once there, the Library has sent three vials of a special scent from the scorpion’s favor food to determine the current host and lure the scorpion out but this mission might not be as simple or easy as it seems...
Mission Participants:
End of Mission Statement:

Contractor: The Library
Location: Alwin Bay (The Hub)
Mission Objective: Recent monster captures missions have gotten a lot of media attention. Environmental activist organisation Pacific Beryl is holding a demonstration at Alwin Bay (for reasons we do not quite understand.) Considering their media influence, we've sent some guys from PR to the demonstration for damage control. Pacific Beryl is notorious for having many extremists in it's ranks. We need some mercenaries to shadow our spokespeople and keep an eye out for... Less peaceful methods of demonstration and possible riots in a neighbourhood (it wouldn't be the first time.) Work discrete and don't show yourself unless necessary, the less Pacific Beryl knows, the better. Especially when it concerns bringing mercenaries to supposedly peaceful demonstrations.
Mission Participants:
End of Mission Statement:

Contractor: Fusokuso clan
Location: Around Kyo-shi (Shima)
Mission Objective: Many children seemed to have gone missing from the town of Kyo-shi. Their tracks vanish into nothingness; as if the children simply vanished from the earth. With the daimyō unwilling to help the citizen's cause, fearing the wrath of the spirit-world, the town turns to the Library for help.

Contractor: El-hnur
Location: El-hnur (Gyptalria)
Mission Objective: Storms have been brewing for over a week now in the normally dry city of of El-hnur. It's up to you to venture into the barren outskirts of the desert and find the exotic wildlife that has been spotted there.

In Progress Missions:

Contractor: Hertz Rhajo, forest ranger.
Location: Szolner Woods (Irsztia)
Mission Objective: Monsters have been appearing in vast numbers among Szolner Woods area, slowly spilling into the local towns and disturbing the eco-system. Local rangers have contracted hunters and attempted to eliminate the monsters, but their numbers are too vast. Fearing the threat the monsters might cause, we need to put boot on ground and eliminate all the monsters within the area; before they overflood more than just these woods. But what is strange is that it's not just one species overtaking others, but a whole slew...
Mission Participants: Lux, Emily, Lucy
End of Mission Statement:

Contractor: The Library
Location: Poseidian Sea
Mission Objective: Ever since the mission 'Cargo Retrieval' failed, we lost track of or agents as well as the cargo. Good news, we've had word from the harbours and we have reason to believe the thieves are taking it overseas. We have identified the captain (being held hostage by the thieves) and it is up to you to contract a ship and return this mysterious cargo to us.
Participants: Andre, Sol, Tonia

Contractor: A. D. Slomski, mayor of Bihar
Participants: Noelle, Salia, Nuka, Adeline
Location: Bihar Ruins (Itsztia)
Mission Objective: With the knowledge extracted from doctor Valenci's findings, we have obtained the means and blueprints for the Bihar golems. We have secured this knowledge and are working on a method to disable the golems permanently. Regardless, recent sightings of camps and strangers on Bihar's outskirts have us on alert. Given our findings and the vanishing doctor Valenci, we fear that we are not the only party with access to this knowledge. Find out what the activity in Bihar means and if necessary; put a stop to it.

Contractor: The Library
Participants: Remia, Eowyn, McKenzi, Vologhn, Arlette
Location: ??? (Mösund)
Mission Objective: Rebels have been spotted heading past the mountains in Mösund. Their only destination can be the forests; as we already have men stationed in all the cities. Better dress warm; we need a team hunting these rebels down.

Finished Missions:

Contractor: The Library
Location: Highland Tracks (the Hub)
Mission Objective: There's a freight train with some pretty interesting stuff. Or rather, the men upstairs want it. There is one problem, and that is that it has been hijacked by a bunch of slumdog criminals! Guess who is going to get it back? That's right, you. Board and take over the train, re-route it to the hidden terminal. I'm sure one of you know how to do that much.*
Mission Participants: Trippy, Zvezda, Player2
End of Mission Statement:Mission Failed

Contractor: Hub Government
Location: Paggio, port city (Calacany)
Mission Objective: This is easy. Some questionable international documents, I say that due to them needing a heavy guard for pick up and delivery, need to be well, picked up and delivered. I'm sure you numbskulls can do that. You are under no circumstances allowed to read them or mention you have them. Head south, pick them up at the pier, travel unseen, don't do anything suspicious and trust no one! You are to bring them to the intel department of the Library, before ultimately delivering them at a location that will be specified at pick-up. Of course, nobody can know about us knowing, you know what I'm saying?
Mission Participants: Valeric, Animus, Andre
End of Mission Statement: Soon after reaching the port town of Paggio, the Aven Grey, Andre Jackson and Adeline Tourret received instructions in the form of a key to a house. They found their package in the address stated, but were soon pursued by drogans. The team made a hasty retreat from the town and returned safely to the Hub, albeit with some scratches.

Contractor: The Library
Location: Szolner Woods (Irsztia)
Mission Objective: Well for fuck's sake fellows, and ladies. The last batch of mercs fucked up something serious and you folks gotta clean up. For a bonus.. Bring the other mercs back alive or dead. Though, chances are, they are already dead. The contractors approached the team personally, therefore we have no documentation of what happened, all we know is that witness reports mention they were headed to a desolate village in the woods.
Mission Participants: Shade13, Alta, Embested
End of Mission Statement: Daniel, Will and Lux took on the mission to find out what had happened, but stumbled upon more resistance than they had accounted for. Will was shot out of the air and despite putting up a fight Daniel and Lux were overpowered. Daniel was beheaded and Lux captured. His captors, Kest, a powerful rook, and his minions, sent a threat to the Library, hoping they'd get off their backs.

Contractor: Midsummer & co.
Location: Olivia Town (the Hub)
Mission Objective: One of the contracting corporations (Midsummer & co.) has suffered a break in, and some rather important experiments have been taken. As such, they need some mercenaries to find and return these goods, or at the very least, make sure the experiment doesn't explode in the middle of the city! Footage of the thieves has been caught on camera, contact Midsummer & co. and track those thieves down!
Mission Participants: Lyzan, Gamerdude369, Hedya
End of Mission Statement: Salia Kyrie, Orion Brenton & Ramza Losstarot took on the mission & followed the clues they'd gathered, leading them to a university not far from the Midsummer's office. The experiment was safely retrieved & Ashley Vagren was apprehended but Micheal Vagren managed to escape. Mission accomplished!

Contractor: The Library
Location: Badlands (Gyptalria)
Mission Objective: Recent discovery of a new species of drakes has caught the attention of the Library, and they have contacted several mercenaries to capture this beast, alive. Specs are as follows:

Common name: Burrowing Drake
Size comparison: A horse-drawn carriage
Colour: Sand/brown
Diet: Carnivorous
Environment: Desert, steppes

Burrowing Drakes pose a threat for anyone risking a journey across the Badlands. These wingless lizards live in complex warrens which generally lead to nearby oases, hiding in the earth waiting for creatures to stray past. They sense their prey with feelers protruding from the snout which detect tremors in the earth. When their victim is close enough, they erupt from the earth, spewing clouds of dust and sand from a specialized sac in their throat in order to cloud their victim's vision. The Drake will then attempt to drag this unfortunate creature back into the hole from which it came. While we theorise it is possible to survive an attack from a burrowing drake, no one we know of has lived to tell the tale.

Mission Participants: entranteer, SIngemeister, orangebox, Trippy
End of Mission Statement:Mission Failed

Contractor: Library
Location: Szolner Woods (Itsztia)
Mission objective: The team sent to track down the missing mercenaries has been slaughtered! Whoever is behind this must have some heavy firepower to take out an entire mercenary team and then do it all over again to another. However, something is odd, they didn't take out one of the members, whom they refer to as the leader. Seems like now, we have a hostage situation that needs to be handled, on top of finding the whereabouts as the previous team. Godspeed to anyone who undertakes this, they have a heavy road in front of them.
Mission Participants: Alphakoka, Animus, Alta, Hedya
End of mission statement::

Contractor: A. D. Slomski, mayor of Bihar
Location: Bihar Ruins (Itsztia)
Mission objective: An excavation site near Bihar ruins was attacked by a mysterious golem, prolly one of them fancy-ass independent archaeologists screwed up. Now that the golem is making raids on the town they're finally wising up and hiring us. Take this thing down.
Mission Participants: Valeric, Lyzan, Blazinvire
End of mission statement: Adeline Tourret, Valerie Kharn & Ramza Losstarot took on the mission & ventured into the ruins of Bihar (Itsztia). We encountered strong resistance from the Golem and barely managed to escape the site. Mission on hold until we figure out how to stop them. We believed Dr. Valenci may hold the answer.

Contractor: The Library
Location: Old Shire (The Hub)
Mission Objective: 'cause we can't send no damned wounded dogs to do it, I sent another pup to deliver the letter. All nice and easy, but the government said it ain't done yet. Said there was a killing, we sent out a party to find our guy's body. The supposed killer has stolen the information too. We need you to find out who it was and bring them in. Preferably alive.
Mission Participants: Brovo, Heroguy, Corporal Lance
End of Mission Statement:

Contractor: The Library, Fayola
Location: Yallen Swamp (Allaria)
Mission Objective: A mission for the brave or stupid, our head of medicine wants someone to gather ingredients in Yallen Swamp. She needs blue swampgrass, hill-weed and something she described as a large, moving shrub.
Mission Participants: Vologhn, Nuka, Eowyn

Location: Mercenary Branch building
Mission objective: Attend the promotion event slash party.
Mission Participants: Every mercenary available.
End of mission statement: Liaison became the new head of department. The party, however, was hijacked by a rebellion, taking out 30% of the body of the mercenary branch. The rebels were suppressed and the survivors detained. Reorganisation of the Library is in order.

Contractor: The Library
Participants: Andre, Ramza, Emily, Lux
Location: Olivia Town (The Hub)
Mission Objective: The base of the rebels who attacked the party during Monster's Ball has been located. You will investigate it for leads to their organisation. You need to be thorough.
End of Mission statement: Rebel purged from the sewer, suspected leader caught and neutralized, remaining stolen chemical where about unknown.

Contractor: A. D. Slomski, mayor of Bihar
Participants: Salia, Allen, Adeline, Nuka
Location: Lyra (Calacany)
Mission Objective: In order to do something about the golems in Bihar Ruins, the holders have decided to look into dr. Valenci, the man who has taken artifacts from the ruins, after which the golems started acting up. He currently has an exhibition in the town of Lyra.
End of mission-statement:

Contractor: The Library
Participants: Aelfric, Tonia, Sol
Location: Cloverville (The Hub)
Mission Objective: A suspect named Micheal Vagren has escaped after an encounter with our guys during the mission Midsummer Explosion. He has recently been arrested near the southern border in Cloverville. We need a few guys to bring him in for questioning.
End of mission-statement: The mission was far from straight forward or simple. Micheal initially escaped custody due to a malfunction in Aelfric's teleportation ability. Micheal was soon found, in the company of a red headed who seemed to have amnesia, not knowing even her name. It was revealed that the malfunction was Micheal's doing. He possessed the ability to pollute the river's of holders, essentially turning their abilities on themselves. The red headed women unfortunately died, struck down a raining barrage of weaponry. Both Tonia and Sol sustained injuries, Aelfric is currently missing in action. Micheal is now in the custody of the Library.

Contractor: The Hub government
Participants: Andre, Ophelia, Ethan, Sairen
Location: Paggio, port city (Calcany)
Mission Objective: One of the government informants has gone missing in Calcany. Last party we sent got chased outta town, so what we know is that Paggio ain't that happy. Calcany enforcers are on the scene too, but refuse to co-operate in locating the informant. Worse; they're on the edge because there's been signs of the mafia showing in Paggio. What we need you to do is get into town, find the spy and don't cause any more trouble. End of mission statement: Agent still missing after mishap. Possible Mafia infiltration in Library and Paggio police due to their ability to seemingly predict our presence. Ophelia is MIA, assumed to be taken by the Mafia, also possibility that she's an accomplice to Mafia. Dead Holder sent to morgue.

Contractor: The Library
Participants: Emily, Lux, Ramza
Location: Badlands (Gyptalria)
Mission Objective: After recent discovery of the Sand Drake, we sent a team to capture one alive. They have not come back; we need a team to go after them and find out what happened... And capture a specimen for our research department to study, if you can...
Mission Statement: Those involved with Dragons of the Dunes mission were discovered, alive and in one piece, but are no longer apart of the Library. The reason for not returning was that they were held against their will as punishment for killing a drake, a fledging of a dragon, and were entrusted with delivering a message. The message had come too late after a surprise attack, ending in the current leader nearly being killed and the unfortunate death of one of the drakes. Lux, Emily and the team went to confront the dragon, now appeared around the caravan. Only Cerberus was able to communicate with the dragon and it was then that everything that was learned had been confirmed. As a result from a mother’s wrath and to prove her message, there were causalities and among those were the holder Eight and her spirit Octal.

Her message: This is what follows to those who not only mutilate, but goes as far as murder her children.

Contractor: The Library
Participants: Diane, Yuzuriha, Kuro, Aiden
Location: Ryznyk (Irsztia)
Mission Objective: Another mission to catch a monster. Several samples, this time. Harpies have been spotted in the mountain region of Ryznyk and it is your job to catch them and bring them back to us. Preferably both a female and the illusive and rare harpy male...

Monsters

Bihar Golem
Drogan
Sand Drake

FAQ

Q: Can Pawns advance to other classes?
A: Yes, they can. At a certain point they will be able to advanced to any of the other three available classes. This point will be requested by the player and determined by the GM's. Pawns will not gain advantages over players who did not start out as a Pawn.

Q: Are skills the only available weapons/spells?
A: No, skills are additional abilities completely separate from your weapons and skills. Weapons and spells their selves are completely up to you to design.

Q: Will we ever get more than 3 weapons/spells?
A: Not unlikely! At this point of time we can't say much about it, though, but until then there are always those extra skills that you may purchase.

Q: Can characters use normal weapons?
A: Yes, but normal weapons won't be affected by your stats. So at some point a 5+ POW character won't be damaged by your puny sword strike, then it will take your sword away and bend it with its own hands; because physical attacks utilising the body are affected by POW.

Q: If my character is a knight, do stats affect them as well as the spirit?
A: Only affect the spirit, yeah. Knights their selves stay human. The price to pay for their versatility.

Q: What happens to a spirit if their knight goes unconscious?
A: Without a concious knight, spirits have trouble staying on our plane so they will quickly fade out as if they were dismissed by their holder.

Q: Do Rooks carry all their weapons around all the time?
A: A rook's weapon is basically a materialised version of their spirit. It can be summoned and dismissed at any given time. However for this reason you also can't use two weapons at once. Only exception to this rule are Knights because parts of their summon's bodies may count as weapons.

Q: What's the deal with nobility in the Hub?
A: In this world taking pride in being of nobility means about as much as carrying around a plastic bag of poo; your nose might be held high but everyone can see your reason to do so is full of shit and will walk a circle around you. Nobility exists but it doesn't have any meaning. Just take note of that. It is just a title that's been passed down, the holder is just as likely as everyone else to be a part of regional politics as he/she is to do manual labour against minimum wage.

Q: Are there cars?
A: No.

Q: I'm new, do I need to read the entire IC?
A: In the post below this one, all finished missions have nice little summaries going on. Check 'em out.

Credits in Alphabetical Order

Hedya
Kestrel
Kilt Man Bagz
Player2
Rilla
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[Dual]

...What does a, "0," cooldown mean? Seems a bit easy to abuse, you know?

I'm referring to, "Punch," of course, and the fact that a cooldown is how many posts it takes before you can do it again...

Nevermind. I misread something. Many apologies.

[Kestrel]

PUNCH is basically a standard attack that uses SPI instead of POW. It allows Bishops and magic-focused Knights/Pawns to do the same (punch) as an unarmed Rook in exchange for a total of 5 skill points. It was put in so that Pawns who want to go the magic route have a means of offence. Once they upgrade they will have better attacks at their disposal.

[Dual]

What I meant was, since it had a cooldown of zero, could it be used an infinite number of times?

But then I reread your Skill Explanation section and realized that this wasn't the case.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Kestrel]

No worries. You can still only use it once per post, but 0 CD means you can use it again in the next post.

[Lyzan]

Name: Ramza Losstarot

Appearance: He stands at six foot two, well built and tanned. Short black haired nestled atop his head. He'd grim brows over fierce pair of brown eyes and a strong but arrogant jawline with a nasty cut under his clean shaven chin.
Ramza's attire was simply a pair of stolen leathered armor pants, stolen pair of leathered boots and a piece of ragged cloak he'd found so long ago. Myriads of small scars scattered about his body. On his back however, was an ugly scar deliberately made to be permanent and looking like a tribal tattoo of an inverted feathered wings.

Bio: Born as an orphan but disregarded and abused by his foster parents, Ramza fled the house at the age of seven. He grew up as a thief and slept on the balconies of stranger's homes or in the sewers of the Hub. Breaking into people's home was one of his hobbies and he'll steal anything in exchange for food. He even named himself after a deceased noble man whose name he saw on the front door when he broke in.
Each year, Ramza became bolder and more daring. Running away from authority and doing crazy stunts had rewarded him with a tough physique. But one day, he was caught by a drunkard man who happened to be a retired executioner. The insane man carved a tribal wing on his back as punishment but he knew it was merely an excuse for the sadistic man to torture him, to laugh at him as he struggled under the knife. The fool were too drunk that he couldn't tell the right side up of the boy hence why the scar tattoo was inverted.
When Ramza was fully recovered after months of suffering, he returned to see the executioner and ended up killing the man in his sleep using the same knife that was used to carve over his body. But he discovered that the drive which made him do so was not one of his own. It was as if it was the work of somebody else, or something else rather. All he felt was the hatred burning up within him, the hunger for revenge and the lust for the man's blood. Panicked, he dumped the weapon in the sewers and went into hiding. Well, he had been doing just that for most of his life, only this time round, he kept a low profile.
Soon, Ramza came to hear about the Library and it's Holders. Curiosity led him to learn more about it and he decided to sneak himself in and get himself employed.

Branch: Intelligence - Mercenary

Holder: Birth-right

Spirit:

Name: Bahamut
Personality: Arrogant, quiet, ruthless, observant and a tactician.

Weapons/Spells:

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Skills: -
Skill points: 3

Stats:
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Advance

Spoiler

Ramza Losstarot advances on the second mission in Clayman's Tattoo.

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Weapons/Magics:

• Exa Wing-Shield : A red cape in the shape of Bahamut's leather-like wings sprouts out from Ramza's back, either to envelope him whole or by half, acting as a shield. Unable to be used for flying. It's texture & strength absorbs as well as deflects both blunt forces either from a physical attack or that of magics & protects Ramza from receiving damage. However, it is vulnerable to both slicing & piercing attacks. The exterior of the wings is engulfed in flames, inflicting burn effect to attackers and also to those nearby. (POW influenced)
• Terror Talon : A pair of gauntlets with talons as long as a dagger. Capable of tearing & inflicting fear unto target. Also could be used for climbing & intensed gripping. (POW influenced)
• Exa Flare : Ramza's head, body & legs simply seems to transforms into that of the Bahamut's & from it's mouth, a non-elemental canonball blasts towards the target. Dealing non-elemental damage, ignoring defense. The ball however causes almost three times of Ramza's POW as well as deals shove effect. (POW, & AGI influenced)

-Details ~ Bahamut's head = helmet, body = body armor & legs = legging armor. The whole thing is a structure to fire the canon only and not for any other uses. Ramza is in fact carrying a huge canon over his back where the muzzle of the canon runs above his head -where the dragon's head is- & fires. His legs & tail acted as the firing platform and shock absorber whereas the body's functions as a recoil. AGI influenced simply because of the time needed to deploy, to aim and then to fire.-

Minions

[Animus]

Name: Aven Grey

Appearance: http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...oh/th_9707.jpg
Aven has brown hair, with a fringe that goes down as far as his eyes, and onyx eyes. He has slightly tan skin and stands at 5'9. Despite his slightly thin build, Aven is rather muscular although they don't really bulge out. His outfit is the same most of the time, a plain gray t-shirt,black jeans and white sneakers.

Bio: Aven was only age 14 when he first encountered holders, an event that led to his recruitment. His town as well as the orphanage he had resided in was razed to the ground due to battle between holders. The Library had sent a team to hunt down a renegade holder hiding out in Aven's town. The renegade had resisted and a fierce battle ensued. Aven had caught glimpses of the fight before being swept away to safety by a holder but instead of moving to the next town liek the rest, he had remained in the outskirts of town, diving back into the hellhole once the the renegade was put down. When he finally came across a holder, he demanded to be one of them. He was rejected, due to the fact he lacked natural mana. However, his determination apparently got through after he adamantly stalked after them for two days before finally collapsing. Three years have elapsed since Aven was recruited by the Library and had artificial mana injected into him, he is now ranked as a pawn in the Mercenary branch.

Branch: Mercenary

Holder: Pawn

Spirit: N/A

Weapons/Spells:

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Skills:



Skill points: 4

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[Loomith]

Will have my character up soon.

[Kestrel]

Good to see you guys and even a new guy/girl, Animus =) I saw you c/p'd the sheet; but here's one that should make life easier for you;

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[Rilla]

Embested, good sheet. You are allowed one more point though. :P