In the year 203X, VRMMORPGs have become a common thing. After numerous trials and testing, none of the Sword Art Online gimmick occured. Until Insinuous Inc, a company that rides on the coattails of other successful studios, decides to chip in for the VR gaming goldmine too.
Demolishing ideas after ideas, and finally cherry-picking their mockbuster apple of the eye, Sword Fart Online, they launch the game and, as expected, is received quite well. Except they forgot to remove all the dump files stored in the developer folder.
Five chosen ones - how lucky! - who tried to hold out as long as they could before server maintenance booted them out find themselves reborn as new players in a secret, abandoned virtual reality game called The Nine Worlds.
The AI is conveniently a sadistic overlord who puts them through inane tribulations, threatening to fry their brains like fresh eggs if anyone tries to remove their VR headgears. So instead of figuring out a way to shut down the artificial psychopath, everyone in the outside world surrender and hope the hostages survive - because, plot convenience.
The World
Base Classes
Warrior
Perk: +50% Melee Damage. Weak: Slow MP growth.
Final Classes: Hero, Paladin, Dark Knight
Magician
Perks: +50% Magic Damage. Weak: Long casting time.
Final Classes: Elementalist, Dark Mage, Guardian, White Mage
Ranger
Perk: First move. Weak: None.
Final Classes: Bounty Hunter, Sentinel, Gunmaster
Wild Card
Perk: Able to equip any weapon. Weak: Random unlockable classes.
HP Your health points. It can be recovered by potions, food, resting, and spells.
MP You mana points. It can be recovered by potions, drinks, resting, and spells.
EXP Your experience points. It can be gained to level up. It is accrued by combat, elixirs, and interaction.
Cowrie Currency.
Stamina Health points denominator.
Strength Physical attack for Melee weapons.
Endurance Physical defense.
Spirit Mana points denominator.
Mind Magical attack and defense.
Perception Accuracy of attack.
Agility Mobility and speed.
Luck Critical hit, and chance of obtaining rare items.
Level Up & Skill Points
The automated system of The Nine Worlds allocates the 10 stat points for the player's best interest. Should a player switch class, the stats collected remain intact.
Every level up is granted 2 skill points.
Class Advancement
When your class is ascended, you gain new skills, passive and active, exclusive to the chosen class. You retain known skills.
You can change class if you drink from the Well of Urd, however, your class is reverted back to the base class (of choice).
Every time someone in the party advances class, the Wild Card will unlock a new class as well due to Wild Card's inherent bonus: "One for All, All for One".
Final Classes
Hero Ultima: Cry of Valhalla Call up to 5 Valkyries to fight for the Hero. They disappear when their hitpoints reach 0 individually. Each Valkyrie's stats are half of user's.
Paladin Ultima: Thor's Wrath The Paladin stands on a protective circle that attacks foes with a lightning chain upon touch. User is invincible for a period of time; surrounding friendly units get physical defence buff up to 50%.
Dark Knight Ultima: Sacrifice of the Dead Dark Knight's shadow spreads out to feed on corpses in the battlefield before forming a replica of Gungnir; for every consume, the damage is increased by 50%. Dark Knight takes 10% equivalent to the target's damage.
Elementalist Ultima (for Fire): Firestorm Rains down meteors to set ablaze the battlefield. Scorched lands have a 10% fire DOT on all units in affected area.
Ultima (for Water): Healing Rain A shower descends to bring relief to friendly units. All party members heal for 20% max HP.
Ultima (for Earth): Jord's Embrace The earth holds onto the target to immobilise it.
Ultima (for Air): Lightning Wall The user casts a meshed barricade made from pure electricity that fries enemy units upon collision.
Dark Mage Ultima: Undying Oath The dead rise again to fight for the user. Summon up to 5 skeleton soldiers. There is a 10% chance to summon Glámr, shepherd of the dead, a draugr warlock that deals fire and dark magic.
Guardian Ultima: Heimdall's Bridge The god of knowledge and protection temporarily lends his rainbow to the user and their friendly units. The rainbow allows instant teleportation, and up to 50% magical damage reflect.
White Mage Ultima: Ragnarök Revives all dead party members on the battlefield and deals a massive holy damage to all enemy units.
Bounty Hunter Ultima: Arrow Rain A flurry of arrows made from quintessence (aether) shoot out from the ground and down the skies to create an inescapable eschewing trap surrounding the main target.
Sentinel Ultima: Nature's Retaliation The Sentinel's heart calls out to summon aid from a Ljosalfar, light elf, capable of archery and dispelling magic. There is a 10% chance that a Dokkalfar, dark elf warrior, joins in.
Gunmaster Ultima: Moving Under Gunfire The weapon of the user is momentarily imbued with the power of infinity; endless bullets are shot out in vengeance. The bullets ignore magic and physical defense up to 20%, with a 50% chance to knockback.
Wild Card
Unlike the other base classes, a Wild Card has no higher tier advancements. For every level up, all their stats go up by 1. Each unlockable class comes with a signature move that doubles in effectiveness/duration when equipping the proper weapon/armour.
Bard • Anthem of Life A random ally gains Auto-Revive status. Harp Bonus: Two allies instead of one.
Mystic • Fast and Furious The user is so quick their shadow inflicts echoing damage. Claw Bonus: Shadow is eligible to perform critical hit.
Alchemist • Need for Science Upgrade potions to increase their quality. Glove Bonus: Potions produced are doubled in potency.
Tamer • Mother's Soothing Summon an elite child of Fenrir, the legendary wolf. Whistle Bonus: Summon two wolves instead of one.
Rogue • Nightwalker Teleport to a known location through shadows large enough to function as portal. Sandal Bonus: User can steal from NPCs.
Illusionist • Houdini's Prodigy Turn a friendly unit invisible to living, humanoid enemies. Wand Bonus: Gives user Hover status.
I'm not making a Rules section because I trust you guys won't be nincompoops. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me through PM. If it becomes an FAQ, I'll post it here to share the enlightenment, psha.
Here is the CS.
[b]:: In-Game Name ::[/b] Username [b]:: Hair, Eyes ::[/b] Put a picture or description here. [b]:: Base Class ::[/b] Warrior / Magician / Ranger / Wild Card
I'll also add that I'm a little confused on what exactly stats translate to. e.g. How much mana does one point in spirit give me? What sort of spells do I have access to out of the gate .etc?
@Naltorix I'll make it easy for everyone (since half of you guys are new to tabletop).
1 Spirit = 10 Mana Points 1 Stamina = 50 Health Points
1 Strength = 0.01 bonus for Melee Weapon damage For example, if a Warrior has 140 Strength, and the weapon does ~500 damage, then the total damage is roughly ... 500 x 1.4 = 700 DMG + original damage = 1200 damage.
(Confused? Anyone?)
I'll also be providing skillets for you guys to choose. Every time there's a change, I'll PM you guys individually your personal character stats.
For getting out of the game, there will be a final boss, which is only encountered if everyone fulfills their personal quest, told through riddles. Think of it like prerequisite for an event to be triggered.
UPDATE: I also forgot to add that the system is automatically allocating your stats until your first class Advancement (except Wild Class). After that, you'll constantly be prompted to use your 10 attribute points (AP) and skill points (SP) to add into whichever stat/skill you wish.
This decision is fairly impromptu, since I decided to give you guys free reign. If you want a Warrior with high constitution against magic attack, sure. If you want a muscle mage, go ahead.
Yeah I don't know why the hell you're that sort of math when it's only used in video games because the game takes care of the numbers. Most PNP games tend to make their numbers more manageable because otherwise things slow down.
But whatever.
:: In-Game Name :: MisterListertheSisterFister :: Hair, Eyes :: :: Base Class ::Ranger
@Skyswimsky Ai'ght! Move the lassie over to the official cast list.
Thank god, for a second I was somehow thinking you would not accept me because of our prior conversation probably making me appear like an Edgelord </3
@Skyswimsky Psha, not everyone eats frosty flakes and more sugar like me 24/7. I get that sometimes we just can't imbue online convo with the power of genki (localisation: "energy"). • • )9
