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If the human is powerful enough, he might even end up enslaving the demon. Or they could end up as legit partners. Lots of directions you could go with this.

@DarkwolfX37@Sawdust@Bloodtypesuper: You guys are the ones who already have accepted characters, so you should start thinking of posting something; some of you already have planned plot hooks with me. If you aren't sure what to post, we could toss some ideas around in the OOC thread.

Oh nah, he's eating the motherfucker. xD

I plan on either having him form a pact with Agnostos or another player's character if someone wants to! Same goes with Agnostos, if nobody wants to roleplay his partner it's gonna be Jack.

I have Jack completely fleshed out now, felt like it took forever.

I'll probably have another creative spurt tomorrow and finish Agnostos as I seem to think I should have finished several times by now.

@JohnSolaris I finished Agnostos too, can't wait to get all my messy sheets cleared up lawl.

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If the human is powerful enough, he might even end up enslaving the demon. Or they could end up as legit partners. Lots of directions you could go with this.

@DarkwolfX37@Sawdust@Bloodtypesuper: You guys are the ones who already have accepted characters, so you should start thinking of posting something; some of you already have planned plot hooks with me. If you aren't sure what to post, we could toss some ideas around in the OOC thread.

See here's my problem and the reason I haven't made an IC post yet. Sorry in advance for venting my frustration at myself, since this is basically a rant at my own ineptitude.
I can't possibly follow up after the amazing quality of the posts so far. Especially lately, where I can't seem to write as well as I used to be able to. I feel bad even considering following huge, flowing posts that are really, really good with a short and concise "this is what happens" that doesn't even reach half the length of it's predecessors or a third of the quality. 10 paragraphs where 6 of them don't even reach three lines worth of text isn't an acceptable contribution, and I can't seem to improve it enough to get it where I'm comfortable posting it. I'm in the middle of trying to create a post from scratch again, so hopefully I'll get something acceptable soon.

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See here's my problem and the reason I haven't made an IC post yet. Sorry in advance for venting my frustration at myself, since this is basically a rant at my own ineptitude.
I can't possibly follow up after the amazing quality of the posts so far. Especially lately, where I can't seem to write as well as I used to be able to. I feel bad even considering following huge, flowing posts that are really, really good with a short and concise "this is what happens" that doesn't even reach half the length of it's predecessors or a third of the quality. 10 paragraphs where 6 of them don't even reach three lines worth of text isn't an acceptable contribution, and I can't seem to improve it enough to get it where I'm comfortable posting it. I'm in the middle of trying to create a post from scratch again, so hopefully I'll get something acceptable soon.

You're too hard on yourself ^^;

@JohnSolaris

I thought you were going to officially start off the RP and then we would just start posting from there. But if you want us to start then I can have something going in the next 24 hours.

@DarkwolfX37: Yeah, I agree that you're being too hard on yourself. I'm completely fine with shorter, simpler posts, as long as they portray your characters adequately. You don't need to add fluff for the sake of adding fluff.

Also, I made the following change to the first paragraph of the Codex, section 2.2.3:

A soul’s power level determines the maximum amount of mana that it can control at once, and the density of mana manipulations it can perform. This includes both controlling one’s internal power, and channeling external power. The density is what makes certain magical effects powerful, often more so than the total amount of energy. For example, a star has a vastly greater amount of energy than everything on a planet combined, but the most powerful souls on the planet can still easily survive indefinitely inside the star’s core, due to the star’s energy being far less dense per unit of volume than the energy of those powerful souls. However, if all of the star’s energy is concentrated in the same volume as the aforementioned soul, then the soul most certainly cannot survive contact with this hyper-dense star.

So feel free to go chill out in the heart of the Sun or something.

@JohnSolaris

So to start the RP we just start posting in the OOC thread?

@JohnSolaris

So to start the RP we just start posting in the OOC thread?

No, you start posting in the IC thread. That stands for in-character, so it's where all the in-character posts go. OOC stands for out-of-character, so it's for discussions and stuff.

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No, you start posting in the IC thread. That stands for in-character, so it's where all the in-character posts go. OOC stands for out-of-character, so it's for discussions and stuff.

Got it, glad I asked.

@Bloodtypesuper: Sorry, but some things in your post need to be changed. I'm putting this in public instead of in a PM so that others also know what parts are inconsistent.

1. Maria is human, not a spirit. Some people might confuse her for a spirit, but the Protectorate shouldn't have intel that's this shoddy.

2. It's PCU (Personal Combat Unit), not PMC.

Those are the changes that you have to make no matter what. There are other things that are problematic, but since you said this is your first RP, I'm going to change my own plans to fit what you wrote, so that you don't have to overhaul the whole post. But I still need to point them out, so that you know not to do it again in the future.

3. Maria is my character, meaning that I control her. You aren't the one who gets to decide where she is, what she's doing, etc.; that would be godmodding, which is against the rules. As I said, since this is your first RP, I'll let it slide, and adjust my plans to fit what you wrote, but don't do anything like this again. When it involves someone else's character, you need to obtain permission from the corresponding player before you can do anything like this.

4. How would the Protectorate have even known that Maria would be in the slums at this particular time? I was going to have her go to the slums to go scout out potential recruits or something, but she has no schedule of locations that she regularly visits, so the Protectorate couldn't have predicted that she'd go to the slums on this particular day. Again, just this once I'm going to let you off the hook, and change my plans to make your thing work. I'll make it so that Maria is meeting a new recruit at the warehouse, except it's a trap made by the Protectorate. They were the ones who asked for the meeting in the first place, so they know where Maria is going to be at this particular time.

All in all, don't godmod again. Ask the appropriate players if your post contains stuff about their characters.

Added this to section 2.1.3 of the Codex:

The sixth sense forms an image of the soul’s surroundings by sending out waves of scanning magic, a process not dissimilar to echolocation. It becomes weaker the further away it expands from the origin, and will have more trouble penetrating dense, powerful materials; the user will then need more power or skill to make the scanning more effective. The mana of this magic is usually faint, and requires a notable amount of skill to detect, but more powerful scanning magic is naturally easier to detect. Additional magical effects can also be used to make the scanning more difficult to detect.

Again, those are things that have always been true, but I just forgot to put them in the Codex. I'm too accustomed to my own setting, and tend to subconsciously assume that other people are accustomed to it too.

I just have a few more things to clear up in my CS.

SOOOOOOOOO, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN PLAYING A PARTNER TO ONE OF MY CHARACTERS?

I need to know so I can start planning my first post. If nobody has responded by tomorrow evening (providing my CSs are accepted first) I'm gonna go ahead and post with my characters meeting each other. If someone wants to play one of my partners I'll draft a different post.

(providing my CSs are accepted first)

I PM'd you with things that still need to be changed. You'll be accepted after you make those changes.

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I PM'd you with things that still need to be changed. You'll be accepted after you make those changes.

Yeah I know, I've not had time to sit down and do that just yet.

@FrozenEcstasy: Your characters are accepted.

I edited the paragraph in section 2.1.3 of the Codex about the sixth sense a bit more:

The passive form of the sixth sense, always active by default, exists as a minuscule field of magic around the soul that weakens as distance increases, forming a basic image of its surroundings. It becomes weaker the further away it expands from the origin, and will have more trouble penetrating dense, powerful materials. The active form of the sixth sense, activated at will by those more skilled, forms a more detailed image of the soul’s surroundings by sending out waves of scanning magic, a process not dissimilar to echolocation; it also weakens with distance. It is possible for the user to use more power or skill to make the scanning more effective. The mana of the passive sixth sense is extremely faint, and requires an incredible amount of skill to detect, but more powerful scanning magic like the active sixth sense is naturally easier to detect. Additional magical effects can also be used to make the scanning more difficult to detect. Note that even if the presence of a scanning wave is detected, it may not be possible to tell its exact point of origin, especially if it’s far away from the detector, as the wave front is likely to have expanded to the point where it resembles nothing more than a flat wall of energy.

Also added this at the end of the Alignments section in the opening post:

Perhaps because of their extraterrestrial nature, the alignments of Light and Dark are potentially corrupting to one's soul. If a being is reckless in expanding the potency of her Light or Dark magic, or simply gives in to the corruption willingly, her power will grow more quickly than normal, at the cost of warping her mind and soul. Light-aligned warping causes her to become more adamantly and zealously believing in her ideals, while Dark-aligned warping causes her to become more willing to indulge in her desires and urges. This will eventually make her become the worst examples of angel or demon mentality as mentioned above; the more radical of angels and demons view this as a positive change that perfects the psyche. Hybrid alignments containing Neutral will dilute both the positive and negative effects of corruption, and the Light and Dark components in a Hybrid person can warp her in ways that do not cancel each other out. Of course, with sufficient care, anyone can train safely without being corrupted by her own magic.

Again, this was always supposed to be a thing, but I forgot to add it. It was present in another document of mine, and I forgot that it wasn't said here. So yeah, if you want to play as someone who got corrupted by her own power, now you can.

@FrozenEcstasy: Your characters are accepted.

I edited the paragraph in section 2.1.3 of the Codex about the sixth sense a bit more:

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Also added this at the end of the Alignments section in the opening post:

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Again, this was always supposed to be a thing, but I forgot to add it. It was present in another document of mine, and I forgot that it wasn't said here. So yeah, if you want to play as someone who got corrupted by her own power, now you can.

Oh?

This is gonna make Jack so much more fun.

Edit: OH yeah, I meant to ask. Mantles sometimes retain a souls memories, so that would mean Jack has memories of the various mantles he obtained after the consumption of the demon, correct? I was thinking about using this for an interesting plot point.

Edit: OH yeah, I meant to ask. Mantles sometimes retain a souls memories, so that would mean Jack has memories of the various mantles he obtained after the consumption of the demon, correct? I was thinking about using this for an interesting plot point.

Yeah, he could retain those memories if you want.