@Moon: Sorry I tend to get too carried away too quickly. I will def take that into account. I can make them family spells then. I have to come up with new innate abilities which is still really fun for me. Also I am willing to role-play a hunter as well. A local policeman officer type character that is an inducted member of the hunters.

This seems like it could turn out quite disorganised unless one person decides on the families (and their specialities) beforehand from which all other players may base their characters from. I would prefer if the GM did this. Obviously could take into account Viewtiful's ideas..

@ Viewtiful / JJ Doe

Ooh, I'm popular xD

My instinct is to stick around and hedge my bets to see whatever faction would suit my character best, though I am tempted to tweak my character to avoid overlap with other characters' specialities (I'm looking at you, JJ). Thinking of Scrying or Healing - something supportive that is not particularly powerful without some real muscle to ally with.

@Adjectives Please don't let my over eagerness to build my character display this rp as disorganized. It is merely just me getting the creative juices flowing is all. Of course, whatever the GM decides to do to shape the world we can all agree would be a nonissue for anyone.

@Doctor Belasco Lol everyone wants to dance with the doctor

Moon said @All: I also hope to have one or two player controlled hunters. If everyone wants a witch character, doubles will be acceptable too.

I can double... *Evil grin* In fact, I was thinking there can be a mole in the witch community.

@Doctor Belasco: My offer still stands :) My family is really desperate to "cure" their magic problem. They'll take/hire any help... though they'll think twice if its a rivaling family.

JJ Doe said
@Doctor Belasco: My offer still stands :) My family is really desperate to "cure" their magic problem. They'll take/hire any help... though they'll think twice if its a rivaling family.

My concern is that it would be in my character's interest to ally himself with a powerful family. He might consider yours a sinking ship. Obviously there's a plot here - he might have a history with you, or defect away from you over the course of the RP. Don't expect to keep him :P

Doctor Belasco said My concern is that it would be in my character's interest to ally himself with a powerful family. He might consider yours a sinking ship. Obviously there's a plot here - he might have a history with you, or defect away from you over the course of the RP. Don't expect to keep him :P

Sounds delicious! Without a doubt, my family is a sinking ship. Many members of the family know this, but do not want to give up. In a sense, this is why they excelled in alchemy.

The high-end witch society is a backstabbing one and being in the ring for so long, I would assume my family knows the game, thus, take precautions to who they take in. Since they also have symbol magic (which they will never teach anyone, but their bloodline), they could probably brand outsiders before letting them in their inner circle. So when and if they do---…

… *Thinks about it*

On second thought, it might be safer for your character to be unrelated to my family. If they did brand outsiders using symbol magic, then (based on what I can gather of your character so far), he probably wouldn't risk joining a "sinking-ship" family to learn all that he can from them and betray them, only to be possibly killed by the brand. My family may be a sinking ship, but it is a very dangerous one ;) Although, that can also be a sub-plot (your character carrying the cursed brand, which he managed to keep dormant for awhile and is trying to find away to be free from it).

@All: I'm gonna be a loser and push back the OOC date one more day, sorry haha.

@Adjectives: Don't worry about it, I'll be monitoring the families (as they are a central part of the story) very closely. I think submitting a small family sheet alongside a character one should allow for easy viewing of what other families are like. With the player limit and my looking out for overlaps and stuff it shouldn't be messy at all. I don't want to decide families and their traits beforehand as it limits the variety if they all come from me. I will offer some suggestions in the OOC for those who don't have an idea for a family of their own, but it should be fine for people to come up with their own if they so desire.

EDIT: Got it up earlier than I thought! Have at it!