Decided to ditch my original progression plan now that it turns out we get additional Unique Traits. Bring on the physical magic.

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General Traits
--Heavy Hitter II
--Acrobatic I
--Slippery I
--Raw Talent I

Unique Traits
--Elvish Strength I: The blood of elves long used to the harsh deserts of the North runs through Abida's veins, making her stronger than most ordinary humans while still keeping a lean physique.
--An Unnatural Vision I: Pale blue tattoos frame Abida's eyes, and are in fact magical in origin. They let her see when vision would normally be obstructed by such things as darkness and weaker illusions.

--Stutter Step I: Abida can shift herself a few feet in any direction. Similar to a teleport, except for the fact that she still traverses the distance between the two points. Just really quickly. And yes this includes up. Momentum is maintained (AKA no shifting upwards to survive any fall).

Achievements
--Mighty Cleave I: "With one great swing the King laid dead, and all his kingdom mourned. With a second great swing, so too did Kyria, and that ended any hope, of a land: Forsworn." Like the mighty Archangel Typhon, you have a potent swing, and put a little more strength into it than most do. (Minor bonus to damage output & armour penetration.)
--Teamwork I: You work well with others, and are growing accustomed to doing so. You have a greater chance of success in any action if you perform it with an ally, rather than alone. (Minor bonus to anything when done with a compatriot, to a reasonable degree.)

Herzinth said
And yes this includes up

OH YEAH? Well what about DOWN? Didn't think about that, huh, did ya? ; P

Tempest said
OH YEAH? Well what about DOWN? Didn't think about that, huh, did ya? ; P

There's usually something in the way down

Herzinth said
There's usually something in the way down

Lies. What if you're in a really deep hole, falling, huh? You better be the FIRST to reach the bottom.

The issue with that comes if her teleport retains momentum or resets it, she'd just go splat faster if it was retained.

Just thought I'd post Alicia's updates here, since I changed a couple things and jiggled her old passive a bit.

Slippery-Level 2


Charger


Rapid Blows


Sharp


Unique Traits

Vampire, Diana’s Brood
-Fearing the ravages of old age, Alicia sought out something most people deem a curse. She decided that she’d prefer to face eternity as a monstrous beauty, as opposed to being an aging hag who will die when she is useless.
Effect: High bonus to speed and charm, lower bonus to strength and a passive regeneration bonus. These effects are null if exposed to sunlight and any prolonged exposure can rapidly become lethal. Due to being a vampire, blood is required as sustenance, and without it, Alicia would wither away and die.

The Grand duellist–Level 2
-While most of her adult life was spent wowing the nobles of Liveria’s court with fancy displays of showy swordsmanship, it proved a poor show for the fields of combat. Following her less than satisfactory efforts on the field, Alicia has rededicated herself to training, and has found and hammered out several flaws in her form: sharpening her skills as much as the tip of her blade. She maintains the skill developed in the court, she has simply expanded them.
Effect: A bonus to Alicia’s offencive capabilities, especially her Slippery and Quick blows stats that is increased even further in one-on-one fights.

New Unique: Vampire Socialite.
-Most of Alicia’s involvement in Liverian culture focuses around the aspect of courts, nobles and balls. Alicia may have spent more of her learning time in the training grounds, she was schooled and prepped for both leading her family silk empire and attending and entertaining nobles. These skills continue to serve her, although the Le’roux silk empire is the least of her issues.
Effect: Alicia gains a bonus when it comes to converting NPCs to Contacts, and she can offer a limited number of contacts the chance to become Thralls. Contacts must be willing and Alicia can only maintain a limited number of Thralls at a time.

Achievements:
--Purple Ribbon: You took a hit for Queen and Country, and have learned how to better handle pain. (Minor bonus to dealing with damage, less likely to fall into shock or succumb to injuries.)
--Counter Strike: You've found that dueling is more effective when you use your dexterity to attack something after it has attempted to hit you. (Minor bonus to hit chance and armour penetration, if countering an attack with another attack.)

LimeyPanda said family silk empire

Woah, hold the phone.

silk empire you say?

Alicia, being the sole heir of the Le'roux family, is the owner of a few rather large Silk farms.

Not exactly a kingdom starting amount of money, but more than enough to have a few dozen people living comfortably for the rest of their lives.

For approval purposes and such;

Unique

--Spellforge: Allows you to imbue your equipment with known magic. In Esyllt's case, this allows her to mold armour in shape as if it were a golem and even make it move as one.
--Non-magic telepathy level up: Can now telepathically communicate with souls bound to her (either a character making that contract voluntarily, or through a soulstone). This allows Esyllt to see or listen through the senses of another.

Regular

--Awakened Meditation
--Apprentice level Up

Achievements

--Guardian: When protecting another, you have a greater chance at successfully defending both yourself and the person or thing you are hoping to keep safe. (Minor bonus to defense when guarding someone or something.)
--Golemancy I: After seeing a magnificently sized golem get blown to bits, you have realized that if you can build one, and bring it with you, then you might not have to summon one on the fly, and risk its destruction before it can finish forming. (Can now start a mission with a golem premade. While it has a sustained cost like other golems, it does not continue to drain the user to keep it active.)

So eh, any chance some slots opened up so that I can get my character in? :)

anyone want to collab characters?

Maxim said
So eh, any chance some slots opened up so that I can get my character in? :)

At least 1 person died and another was outright killed so there probably is a spot. I havent done a surviving character count to confirm though.

Gat said
At least 1 person died and another was outright killed so there probably is a spot. I havent done a surviving character count to confirm though.

Survivor count is 16/15 players and 20/20 players, but those caps clearly aren't hard limits so who knows.

Gat said
The issue with that comes if her teleport retains momentum or resets it, she'd just go splat faster if it was retained.

This raises a good point in terms of vagueness. It has been clarified that momentum is indeed retained (in order to help reign in potential abuses)

Cant take full credit for pointing it out, it was brought up in a recent episode of an anime I watch where someone was falling to their death another character had teleport that could swap places and reset momentum while it was at it.

Hey look. Tempest and I did a thing together.

Where is everyone else's thing, huh?

I'm supposed to do a thing?

If anyone is interested in a collab with 1 or a pair of drow let me know by pm :p

As for the lvling up stuff, me and Selvi need to sit down and see what we want to get for our drow, haven't gotten a opportunity to do that just yet.

Hey Jorick, if you haven't done anything with her yet, can we have a collab between Zin and Laenaia?

Alphakoka said
Hey Jorick, if you haven't done anything with her yet, can we have a collab between Zin and Laenaia?

Sure. I'm about to head to bed, then I've got work for 6 hours, but after that I'll be free to do RP things.

Feel free to start something up and send it to me in the meantime though. Anything directly in the aftermath of the missions or within the first couple days of being back in Renalta would work. Or if you'd rather it be more planned out than that, go ahead and send me a PM with ideas or whatever and I'll get to it as soon as I can. Either way works for me.