Nothing Ever Happens OOC

[Photon]

Status: IC Thread up, still open to join.

IC Thread

The Story Thus Far

A wealthy magician is looking for a group of adventurers to seek out some powerful magical items. He has sent messengers to gather as many potential Questors as possible, but refuses to give any more information about the items he is looking for unless the adventurers meet him at his manor. A large group of adventurers soon assemble at his door, ranging from wizards to warriors to thieves. The Magician tells them what he is seeking; a set of daggers known as the Four Daggers of the Elementals, said by legend to have once been wielded by the Kings of old.

The Magician says that these daggers have been lost for centuries, but that he has found, through studying ancient legends and folk tales, the location of one of them, the Dagger of Fire. To the west is a large cave in the side of a volcano, and in this cave is apparently a trove of treasure. Among the treasure lies the dagger. "You may take all the treasure you want, just return the dagger to me."

A few days along the path towards Mount Kali, our group of adventurers was attacked by Wood Elves.

Information

PCs
Adotiln Urthadar - pyrak
Alulynn Wolfswift - pyrak
Djömix Rêms - walesnz
Fiske - Lady Rawr
Ivellios - Ollumhammersong
Rinn Greywater - Jack Rinner
Thalia Steuben - Photon


NPCs

The man who started the Quest. The Magician is a wealthy old man, now seeking to set his name in the history books by recovering the Four Daggers. He lives on the side of a cliff in his manor, which is largely held together by his own spells.

Places

The home of the magician and the beginning of the adventure! The Manor is built on the side of a cliff, inside what seems to be an ancient volcano. Over the side of the cliff is a lake, around 50 metres down. Walking up the walkway leads to the lip of the volcano. North is a huge forest, unnamed for some reason even though civilization has known of it for as long as anyone can remember. To the West is The Kingdom, the main human civilization of the age, covering a large proportion of the continent. Civilized groups of elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes and half-orcs also live around the kingdom, in various densities in the different areas. Some places have almost no humans, while others seem to be populated only by humans. South is a small desert, followed by grasslands leading to an ocean which no one has crossed. At least, no one has ever come back from trying. To the East lie the realms inhabited by the wild elves, clans of dwarves who have never spoken to a human, travelling tribes of orcs, and many evil creatures; goblins, trolls, giant birds of prey and other magical creatures untamed by man.

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Race:
Class:
Appearance: (picture or short physical description)
Bio:
Equipment: (list your weapons and armor, as well as anything else which could significantly affect the outcome of a fight. This includes potions/bandages etc. Bear in mind that your character is carrying everything you write here.

Humans - The typical human race. Reasonably good at pretty much anything. Generally regarded as the best at magic, though some would say that it is just a more obvious magic than the elves use.

Elves - Living decades or occasionally centuries longer than humans, the elves are often seen as the wise elders of the land. This is mainly a stereotype caused by the fact that most elves do not leave their families to adventure until their dying years. The younger elves are often the least focused and the most obviously young beings around.

Dwarves - Short and stock, often innately warlike. The dwarves often do not trust anyone but their kin, due to centuries of maltreatment of their kind, particularly by humans and orcs. Dwarves are often comically obsessed by material wealth, and will often see anything dwarf made as their own property if anyone from another race claims it. Dwarves usually are unable to cast spells of any kind without the aid of an exterior source of magic.

Gnome/Halfling - While technically two different races, the gnomes an halflings are indistinguishable, unable even to tell each other apart usually. Both races are naturally fast and quiet, though the gnomes are more likely to use this for thieving, while the halflings will use this skill as their preferred method of hunting, often working in small groups to take down much larger animals with ease. Both races are typically between three and four feet tall.

Half-orcs - The result of a mixture of human and orc ancestry. Half orcs are almost always large and immensely strong, but are often of low intelligence, even lower than their orcish parents sometimes. The more intelligent half orcs are usually pacifists, for some reason that no scholars have yet been able to find.

Thief - Armed with a large knowledge of traps, alarm systems and the ability to become almost invisible in shadows, the thief is a mostly non combat class, which can help any group silently sneak past enemies they wouldn't be able to fight.

Assassin - Similar to a thief, but with a large capacity for killing enemies without being seen. Using methods ranging from poison to knives to deadly traps, the assassin will dispatch of enemies with ease. Unfortunately, the assassin is often unable to fight enemies in a fair battle.

Archer - A military trained archer, preferring to kill enemies before they reach the group. Though usually armed with medium armor and a short sword, the archer is often unable to hold their own in a close quarters fight.

Ranger - Similar to an archer, but usually trained as a hunter. The ranger is in their element when in the forest, creeping up on their prey with stealth rivaling that of an assassin. Can also fight reasonably well close quarters. Rangers are often tense and nervous in any city or town, and often are not very good at communicating with others.

Barbarian - Any combat class based on close quarters combat and without the aid of magic that has trained themselves and does not fight for a deity. Can often turn anything into a potential weapon.

Warrior - Military trained combat class, usually specializing in sword and shield fighting, but with the ability to use most weapons with some degree of skill.

Paladin - A close quarters fighter who fights for a deity of some kind. Paladins often (but not always) pray for help from their deity before battle. If you choose this class, please include a brief description of your deity in you bio.

Wizard - Uses his own magical power in order to affect the physical world around him. From fireballs to emotions, anything can be controlled with skill and knowledge.

Sorcerer - Uses the energy found in natural things to alter them. A sorcerer can make plants grow with amazing speed, change the natural properties of solid stone, or bend water, fire and air to his will. A sorcerer must be very careful, and maintain concentration while a spell is active, otherwise he risks his own mind becoming overwhelmed by the sheer amount of energy he can control. While powerful, sorcerers usually prefer only to use their skills in times of need.

Healer - The least combative class there is. A healer is usually a pacifist, instead healing the injuries of anyone who is in pain. Some healers refuse to allow even the worst of enemies to suffer, easing their pain as they die, often to the disgust of the more battle orientated of their groups.

Rules

1. I am the GM, my word is law when it comes to this RP. Seeing as this is a lighthearted RP I will be very lenient, unless you are in some way ruining the game for others.
2. Keep in character stuff in the IC thread, and out of character discussion in the OOC. Please do not mix them at all.
3. Minimum post length of 3 sentences per character. This is in the casual section, there are some expectations of length and grammar.
4. No meta gaming. This is when you use knowledge gained in out of character discussion to influence your character's decisions.
5. No godmoding/controlling other player's characters at any time for any reason unless they give permission in the OOC for a specific post.
6. While controlling NPCs a little is OK, especially for better flow within your post, do not make any decisions for them that could possibly influence the story. Leave that to me.
7. Make this a fun RP for everyone involved.
8. Breaking any of these rules will result in a warning, and if you continue to break them I may remove your characters from the RP.

Feel free to invent places for your bios, either within the Kingdom or northwards, beyond the forest. Read the manor description for an overview of the surroundings. Also feel free to create clans/tribes/other groups of civilized/semi-civilized species in order to get some more flavour for your backstory. Don't take anything too seriously, remember that this is meant to be lighthearted. At least three sentences for your bio, so that I can get an idea of who your character is.

[Lady Branson]

(I know you said Lighthearted but with this characters age I felt the need to explore some of her background in order to develop her personality and flesh out her character and as to how I will shift her into the plot of this RP. This was more for personal reference but thought i'd share it for anyone who'd like to read it anyway. )

Name: Hulda Taedhel

Age: 68

Race: Human

Class: Witch/Wizard?

Bio/Appearance: She is very skilled and knowledgable about the Arcane arts. She holds herself with relaxed posture, supporting some of her weight with her staff. Is a very good listener and team player but can appear as though in a daze at times.
Appears her age but her features reflect she was probably once a very good looking lady. Dresses in fine robes and wields a long wooden staff. Her hair is silver grey, very long and adorned atop her head is a jeweled coronet.




History:

Hulda was born into a wealthy family in the Western Kingdom. Her parents both worked in the city most of the time as members of the governing body. Hulda attended the Juhatis School of Arcane located almost 20 miles outside of the city. She spent most of her childhood inside the school and the nearby village where most of her peers lived. Her parents hired guardians to care for her as they lead extremely busy lives on account of their work.
Upon reaching adolescence Hulda was given her very own little cottage in the village and became an apprentice for a very powerful wizard renowned for his excelled magical skills and capabilities. Some dark, some mysterious and some benevolent. Hulda had a very active social life at this point in time. She enjoyed meeting new arrivals to the village and helping the elders with their needs and in return listened to their stories with enthused passion.

Throughout one year in particular, a series of unfortunate events unfolded in this part of the land. Bandits multiplied fast along the 'Vanishing Road' leading from the South to the village. Armed mercenaries and witches and wizards from various parts of the kingdom were called forth to help keep the bandits at bay and secure frequently targeted areas. As the battles against the bandits continued, an unknown dark force swept through the land. One believed that could only be countered by those who possessed magical powers. Whispers of ancient legends that Hulda had vaguely heard of once before began to plague the dreams of the villagers. Hulda took upon herself an almost vigilant role to investigate the origin of the creeping dark force and attempt to put a stop to it. Along her journey she met a handful of helpful and determined warriors each with the same goals as her own.

Over many years of searching on her journey the whispers came to a sudden halt and were barely mentioned for years to come. Hulda continued her search but became very frustrated with so many questions in regard to the unexplainable dark force they almost consumed her sanity. She knew her salvation lied back home thus she returned to the village.

After the land was finally healed of its scathing past, Huldas middle aged life involved scarce activity due to an illness that involved extreme fatigue and poor vision that set her back and weakened her for almost a decade. She spent most of her years of recovery in the city and continued to study the Arcane in bedrest. She has never truly recovered but seems in generally good health.

Hulda now currently resides back in her old cottage in the village.


Equipment: Satchel of vials containing various potions around her waist. A long wooden and enchanted staff. Purple and gold travel cloak and enchanted robes of protection.

[Photon]

Most definitely accepted. We need a few more characters before this can start, however. Also I may not have mentioned before, I will not be playing a PC.

[Maria]

Name: Yuki
Age: 18
Gen: Female if you couldn't tell.
Race: Roma.... Wander no race to call her own.
Class: Slave (got in a bit of trouble See BIO)
-Wizard/Sorceress(Due to gender and you can't say Wizardess)
-Manasmith/Blacksmith: she has no other magical gift other than weaponizing magic and smiting with fire.
Personality: Quite, Submissive, and willing to forge just about anything....
Appearance: (She has slave marks on both shoulders and the back of her neck...)


Equipment: she is a slave.... she has nothing, not allowed to, not that she doesn't need anything she can make what she needs.

Bio: One may not tell from her appearance, she is a Skilled Sorceress, and Manasmith as well as a blacksmith.... but due to her troubles with forging a sword, and several other weapons, and calling it better than "the Swords of Nobles", she got herself enslaved, and as of yet waits to be sold,She as a talent for making exploding arrows and strange weapons, and even calling weapons from the air....

Slave Marks: A Special set of seals, that can't be removed, and can be used to force her to obey, though not visible to the normal person, these seals are a curse most foul, if the wearer does not obey, they are forced to.... with the exception of Harm, Killing or Suicide... weapons, armor, and money will burn the marked, unless made by the marked.

[Korean242]

Name:
Evan Silver-ear

Age:
Unknown

Race:
Elf

Class:
Sorcerer

Bio:
Evan's career as a Sorcerer first began at the Wizard academy in the elven capital. He had originally planned to become a powerful mercenary wizard, but over-time, the Wizard academy became more and more dreary to him, the powers and magics of Wizards just weren't enough. One day a band of travelling sorcerers came to town, they dazzled the crowds with large displays of nature magic and the sort. Evan was fascinated and quickly begged them to teach him their ways, the traveller's reluctantly accepted his plea and Evan joined them on their travels. Evan soon became very adept in sorcery. Eventually he set out to find himself a fortune in the world.

Equipment:
Short-sword that he keeps sheathed on his waist


Book of Spells that he keeps in a pouch strapped to his thigh


Appearance:

[owlyunderwear]

I am interested in this and shall post a CS as soon as I get the chance

[Photon]

Evan is accepted.

As for Yuki, couple of things to straighten out first. Race would be human judging by the picture. As for the slave bit, it would make more sense if you were recently escaped or freed, as you would otherwise not be at the gathering at the Manor. Also, Excalibur does not exist in this universe, I would suggest changing that to "better than the swords of Nobility". Insulted a royal blacksmith or something, then got enslaved when the weapons were shown to be of a lower quality, proving she had no basis for her claims.

[Maria]

You could Buy her?

And the Ecaliber thing changed.

[walesnz]

Name: Djömix Rêms know as Jimmy to anyone of different race.

Age: 24

Race: Gnome

Class: Thief

Bio: Jimmy has spent his entire life in petty crime. Since he was abandoned at the age of 5 in the human city of Rethan located in the Far North, he has been forced into crime to survive. Picked up by the local thieves guild within the city, Jimmy was sent out to beg on the streets to earn himself food and shelter to stay alive. At the age of 9, he was forced to start pickpocketing, a far more profitable business though dangerous. The penalty for theft is public hanging.

As it turned out Jimmy's had natural talent for this art and but the age of 12 had become the guilds best pickpocket. It was during this time that he developed his skills in hiding in the shadows unseen. Even in a crowded street in was able to walk through the crowd without anyone even noticing him.

After many years of working for the guild he grew tired of their rule and decided it was time for him to operate along. Thus he started doing jobs without the permission of the guild, which was highly forbidden. Though it took some years for the guild to notice his activities (such was his impressive skill) they eventually found of his crimes against the guild and a death mark was set upon him. Jimmy had no choice, he fled knowing that he would never be able to return.

Heading south, he heard of a magician offer the promise of gold for anyone who did a quest for him. Jimmy headed to the magician thinking that with enough gold he could start again in a new city.


Appearance: Jimmy is approximately 3 foot 7 inches and has overall bland features. He has scruffy dark hair and brown eyes. He wears many layers of clothes (as was the norm in the cold north) which seem to have a never ending supply of pockets. Such is his appearance that most people, especially humans, sweep their eyes over him and then instantly forget him.


Equipment: Various daggers and knifes hidden in his many pockets.

[Maria]

Bumpidy bump bump ^_^