And my character's a mage. Thank God I didn't make her a familiar.
Just two questions/concerns. You mentioned her health and frailty, and how they kept her from attending school before. Why? Why is she sick and frail? Is she still sickly? If she’s so delicate and unhealthy that attending school is too dangerous, how is she supposed to fair at a boarding school? If you could explain this and tell us if she’s still sickly and to a more specific extent, that would help immensely.
Next up, for the question of her tutoring, all the characters in the RP start out at the same level magic wise. Because some characters don’t have their magic or ability manifest until their first year, its highly unusual that she would get this tutoring at an early age. This would make her much more advanced than the other mages, and for equality’s sake, we’re gonna have to put our foot down on that. She can have received supplementary tutoring after starting high school, but I’m gonna be highly skeptical about before.
If you could address these issues over her health and tutoring, and correct your CS accordingly, we would be happy to admit your character. :)
Started writing this when there was the Familiar shortage, so, uh, I'll change him to mage if we don't get any more mages.
Also, this took me far longer than it should have.
Name: Regis Dimitrios
Description: Regis takes great care of his appearance and hygiene, especially with his deep black hair, which he keeps tied up in a ponytail several centimeters past his shoulder level, with bangs evenly parted down the center of his forehead. Dark brown skin and an almost obsessive need to not show any blemishes on it, Regis outright uses makeup to hide any freckles or marks. His eyes are a dark hazel, with a fairly slender face, with small ears and thin jawline. Rarely will you not see some form of smug smile etched on his face. Despite his grandiose nature, Regis stands rather short at 5'2" with a slim frame and no noticeable muscles. He doesn't think much of this, and will claim that he is still growing.
Age: 15 Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Mage or Familiar: Familiar Ability: Partner:
Personality: The very model of a sheltered rich kid, Regis is naively pompous, obliviously insensitive and whilst he is far from stupid or incompetent, he vastly over-estimates his own intelligence and abilities. However, Regis is not so much intentionally rude as he is severely lacking in real life social skills. Due to his upbringing he just never quite understood subtle social queues or what is considered acceptable behaviour, meaning that he can often be blissfully unaware of the nature of his actions. He will mock people whilst thinking it to be chummy banter between close pals, even if he barely knows the person he's talking to. Despite his behaviour, Regis absolutely loves working with people. He enjoys nothing more than the concepts of camaraderie and friendship, and was highly confused when his first year at a real school resulted in absolutely none of that.
Why, if he didn't know any better, he would have thought that nobody liked him!
Biography: Born in Lynden as the only child of a wealthy executive and businessman, Regis was doted on for most of his life by parents and maids that were hell-bent on hammering home just how grand and better than anyone else the Dimitrios family is, and by association, Regis. While homeschooled for most of his life, it wasn't so much that Regis never had a chance to make friends, rather that he ruined every opportunity given to him by being an obnoxious, self-aggrandizing brat. His parents or maids would try to bring him to sports clubs or games clubs to meet some friends, but his go-to conversation starter seemed to default to 'Wow, my parents are so much better than yours, aren't they?' meaning his stay at those clubs always seemed to fall short of expectations. Whenever there was even the slightest bit of doubt of his own greatness, his parents were there to dash those fears and reinforce his family's narcissism.
He always knew he would be going to St. Fortuna's Academy one day, though. After all, considering how important his parents are, he would require an education befitting that at some point. Whilst his parents have high hopes for him, and Regis for himself, he genuinely does not know what he want to do with himself, nor does he seem to care that much. He knows he'll figure that out eventually, so his main goal is trying to understand why nobody can seem to stand his presence.
Likes: - Himself, mainly. - Dogs are also pretty neat. - Adventure novels, usually ones with themes of friendship. - People's company. - Spicy food. He makes it a challenge to eat the spiciest. - Winning!
Dislikes: - People that worry excessively. - Whilst he likes group sports, he isn't fond of exercising on his own. - Mathematics and history are not his strong suit. Not that he'll admit this. - Classical music. His parents played it a lot, and it always got on his nerves. - Losing! Not that it ever happens!
1. What is your character's greatest regret? Regis would openly laugh and scoff at the very idea of regretting anything.
2. Your character is home alone after watching a horror movie and they hear a strange sound. What do they do? Turn on every light in the house and start shouting something about villains and malefactors never being able to beat the fighting prowess of a Dimitrios. Get bored three minutes later and watch another movie. Probably a comedy.
3. Two of your characters’ friends are fighting over something trivial, and they want them to stop. How do they go about this? More than likely he wasn't paying attention and heavily misconstrued their arguement as somehow fighting over him. He will then assure the two that there is enough Regis to go around for everybody, thus no need to fight. Cue attempting to understand why they are now mad at him.
4. While your character is on their way to class, they realize they forgot something crucial. They’re already on the verge of running late. What do they do? Regis would never be so careless as to forget something crucial, therefore, if he did forget something, he must not have really needed it in the first place! He would continue onwards and be very confused when the teacher gets angry.
5. If your character had the opportunity to turn into any animal, what would that animal be? A majestic bald eagle... is probably what he would respond with, but he'd actually turn into a house cat.
6. If your character’s house were on fire, and they only had time to save one thing from their room, what would it be? His laptop. Wouldn't want his precious p-... uh, documents being burnt up.
7. What season does your character like best and why? Autumn, mainly due to the rather appealing changes in scenery and aesthetic. Although Regis is fine with most forms of weather, so he isn't particularly picky with the season.
8. Vacation! You character gets to spend a week anywhere! Where is it and what do they do? His parents used to take him to this island resort occasionally when he was a kid. It was always pretty fun, he learnt how to surf there, and spending time with his usually busy parents was great. And then the island fell into the ocean when an earthquake hit it.
Just two questions/concerns. You mentioned her health and frailty, and how they kept her from attending school before. Why? Why is she sick and frail? Is she still sickly? If she’s so delicate and unhealthy that attending school is too dangerous, how is she supposed to fair at a boarding school? If you could explain this and tell us if she’s still sickly and to a more specific extent, that would help immensely.
Yeah, she's better now. She not going to public school was the combination of her easily getting tired and her parents being somewhat overprotective to her. That, and public schools not really teaching magic that much was quite a turn-off to her. With her now at the age of entering the academy, and her knowing that the academy is all about teaching magic, she is actually excited to go, and she will insist to go even if her body is still weak.
still quite nonathletic though, which is why her score on that matter is 0. If there's a running class, she will definitely be panting behind.
Next up, for the question of her tutoring, all the characters in the RP start out at the same level magic wise. Because some characters don’t have their magic or ability manifest until their first year, its highly unusual that she would get this tutoring at an early age. This would make her much more advanced than the other mages, and for equality’s sake, we’re gonna have to put our foot down on that. She can have received supplementary tutoring after starting high school, but I’m gonna be highly skeptical about before.
Ah, it wasn't my intention on making her more advanced than the others. I'm okay with leveling the playing field.
If you could address these issues over her health and tutoring, and correct your CS accordingly, we would be happy to admit your character. :)
Ask away if you still see something that bothers you.
@Invader Len If we need mages, I can easily switch my character into a mage if need be due to a large influx of familiars. And I don't mind do so at all, so it's definitely okay with me if it's alright with you guys!
Though, would I need to repost my app, but with the mage quiz filled out?
@Lord of Evil Yes, we do still have room! However, we will be accepting Familiars again once we get a few more mages. Errorist, onenote and I are going to be working on getting our second CS's up today, which will bring our confirmed Mage count up to 6.
@Jacobite, @Hammerman, @Discontent, we'll be reviewing your CS's hopefully by noon. I'm afraid I'm the only one on right now, and I can't interpret the quiz results all by my lonesome. However, things look good, and assuming the others don't find flaws that I've overlooked, you should be all set to enter! Which would definitely bring balance to our Mage:Familiar ratio.
@MechonRaptor Thank you for offering, it's very kind of you. I think that after we get our 3 mage characters up and work on accepting the two we have, we'll be balanced. No need for you to change, but I'm very grateful you offered. ^^
Image or Description: Short dark and finely combed hair, asides from the long pony-tail he grew out. Black eyes that always seem to have a far-away quality to them, as though he were not totally there. He stands at 5'5'', though he seems taller due to his habit of walking around on tiptoes. His skin is somewhat pale, and he has dark circles under his eyes. Matthew has a perpetual smile on his face that is somehow able to convey more than one emotion at a time. [Will add picture later]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual
Mage or Familiar: Mage
Magic Type: 「 」
Known Spells: 「 」
Partner: 「 」
Personality:
Matthew is a pathological liar, a sadist, a nihilist, an optimist, and overall just a very confusing person. He is a hypocrite of massive proportions: He enjoys poking fun at peoples insecurities and failures, but at the same time dislikes other people doing the same. He spits at liars, yet is a pathological liar himself. He is disgusted with talented people, yet is even more disgusted with people that try to put them down. He is a nihilist, yet belittles people who have no purpose in life.
Still, there is a method to his madness - though trying to decipher that method is an exercise in futility for normal people. Despite his ever revolving table of values, there are things that he holds strictly true to himself. These form the cornerstone of his mentality and prevent him from completely going over the end, and keep him 'eccentric' rather than 'insane'.
He believes that actions once started must be finished - for good or for ill; he believes that you must be willing to take as much as you can give; he believes that, ultimately, humans are not born equal nor are they equally valuable - yet he also believes that everyone has an equal shot at finding happiness for themselves; finally, he will, without exception, cheer on and assist those who are struggling.
He puts on a constant - and extremely obvious act - nearly all the time, always smiling and eccentric. He acts in an energetic manner, and is prone to violating others personal space or just making them feel uncomfortable in general; no that he cares much about how some random stranger feels.
He is oddly very attached and supportive of those he considers friends - though that will hardly make them an exception to his barbs and other disturbing habits; though those he calls friends may not share the sentiment. Nevertheless, he is a surprisingly loyal friend, and will honestly try to help them when in need.
He appears to care very little for his own self; or at the very least, he's got no self-esteem to speak of.
He is also somewhat of an open pervert, constantly talking about this or that fetish.
Biography:
From nobody to monster - that sums Matthew up easily. Born from a normal, albeit slightly impoverished family from Erridún, Matthew was a normal though somewhat introverted boy. He easily scared, and was a crybaby in the extreme. He played with kids, but often got excluded from games which did little for his self-worth. Still, he was a far-cry from the person he is currently.
What changed him was a certain incident during a game of hide-and-seek with neighboring kids. Eager to prove that he could play with them evenly and not end up crying or scared, he sought out the best hiding spot ever! This eventually led him to the back of a retirement home, where he spotted an open window, and a pile of junk he could climb to get there.
What followed was something that no one else knows about, and that he has never bothered repeating.
He landed and fell into the room of a dying and raving old man. The old and delirious madman took one look at him from his bed, and began screeching at him at the top of his longs, raving endless nothings at a petrified Matthew, who was to frightened to even move.
This went on for hours, and Matthew was stuck in the room for one whole night.
By the time faculty came to inspect the room, Matthew had long lost his fear, and in place of that fear, curiosity gave way. Somewhere along the way, he stopped shaking and started talking; started asking questions, to which the old man responded, and to which Matthew nodded in understanding. By the time he was found, he was carrying a back and forth conversation with the corpse of the old man - the madman had died hours ago.
Since then, he had changed, his personality twisted. He acted as though he were suddenly enlightened, and it seemed as though he no longer feared anything. He visited the old man's grave, referred to him as 'Master' and ostracized himself from the neighboring kids all the more - but this time, he hardly seemed to care.
His parents, hoping that he would go back to normal after awhile, gradually realized that whatever change had taken over him, it was permanent. Slowly, his personality twisted more and more, until there was no trace of the shy and introverted boy that he was. Instead, a scary kind of confidence had engulfed him.
Unsure of what to do with him, or what his motives in life were now. His incomprehensible and frankly sociopathic behavior was slowly driving them to their wits end; they were unable to predict how he would act, or what he wanted out of life.
Which is why, when he said he wanted to apply for St. Fortuna's, they jumped the gun and gave him their full support. At last, a somewhat normal request to come from him.
As for Matthew, he was intelligent enough to gun for a scholarship, even if his true interests lay elsewhere, somewhere asides academic pursuits.
Misc.: 「Carpe diem!」 - words to live by, perhaps? He's fond of quoting Latin proverbs.
1. What is your character's dream career? 「. . . I wanna be a politician . . .」
2. Your character is caught telling a lie/cheating. How do they react? 「Haha! Exactly, like that! Laugh it off - whatever comes next, well, I probably have it coming?」
3. Your character finds out someone close to them has been lying to them. How do they react? 「Shrug and roll my eyes - everyone lies at one point or the other; it's nothing to be surprised over! Fakers on the other hand . . .」
4. If your character were given $50, what would they do with it? 「Buy comic books! Oh, and ice cream I guess.」
5. Someone close to your character gives them something very important and asks them to hold on to it until they come back. However, your character somehow loses it. What do they do? 「Crap this is tough! Hmm . . . I guess I'd have no choice but to come clean . . .」
6. Your character is given the chance to perfect any one talent. What do they choose? 「Oh, this is easy! I want to perfect public speaking!」
7. What is your character’s favorite book or movie genre? Why? 「Errm . . . Action movies. Oh! And romance!」
8. Who does your character admire/look up to? 「My Master back at home! Truly there is no one wiser!」
@Invader Len Alrighty. I'll move my character over to the character tab now, can't believe I forgot to!
I will ask though, familiar abilities can progress, don't they? Does that mean eventually Nathan will be able to do things extremely quickly once his reflexes improve, or is it limited to simply running?
@Invader Len Alrighty. I'll move my character over to the character tab now, can't believe I forgot to!
I will ask though, familiar abilities can progress, don't they? Does that mean eventually Nathan will be able to do things extremely quickly once his reflexes improve, or is it limited to simply running?
With enough training, yes, his reflexes can improve! I left the improvement mostly up to the players to decide how they want to improve their abilities and what to do with them. That's because I can't predict how people will spend their points, or how they'll write out their training. Hope this helps!
@TheHangedMan Just one question. While Matthew’s eccentricities and delusions may toe the line of insanity, he is not going to go over that line, correct? I’m simply concerned, mostly because of the mention of sadism and the implication of insanity. As mentioned in the rules, insanity is forbidden. This is because I’ve often seen it, coupled with sadism, as an excuse for characters to 1) be inconsistent with their actions and personality and 2) deliberately cause strife and upset to other characters in ways that do not match the genre.
I don’t mind allowing his eccentricities or his sadism, but you can see why I would be uneasy with both. This is not going to be a dark RP, and so having both of these things in his character is rather out of genre. If you can tone down both of them or give him some kind of counter, such as he’s a sadist but the sight of blood makes him ill, or he’s eccentric but the thought of torture makes him cringe, that would make me feel much better about your character being in St. Fortuna’s.
Also, while I understand the trauma of a young child being in the room with a corpse, I cannot understand why his parents would not take him to therapy of some sort. I’d like an “exit strategy” to his route of madness. Either have him attending therapy on behest of his parents to overcome his trauma (he doesn’t have to be working very hard at it, just has to attend), or tone down the effects of the trauma.
With these corrections made, we would be happy to review your quiz results! Errorist and onenote are on now, and we’re going to be reviewing CS’s in just a moment!
Don't worry, I understand your concerns completely, and I made him with the explicit understanding that this RP is an SoL + Magic; nothing overtly dark or sinister will come from him, I swear. One thing I'd like to address though is the 'sadism' part - it's definitely an error on my part but in all honesty I couldn't find a better word to describe him without delving into a longer explanation. It is not exactly that he wants to physically harm or traumatize people, but rather he likes seeing them squirm or be insecure - in fact, physical harm doesn't come into play at all. A teaser or a trickster would be a way to define him but I felt those words were a bit too innocent, I guess? Another way to describe him is that he's got an extreme case of schadenfreude, but I felt that was too impersonal.
As for therapy, his parents aren't wealthy enough to afford it, and it would be largely useless - therapy is largely based on the assumption that the patient is willing to open up and tell the truth - the problem here is that Matthew is largely unaware or at least feels as though he doesn't have a problem, which also ties in to his motivation to attend St. Fortuna's, which I will edit in at @onenote's behest.
Thank you for clarifying on the topic of sadism. If you could change that in your CS to say he likes to tease and trick people, that would give a much better impression than sadism.
As for therapy, I’m still going to have to insist on it. I don’t care if he opens up to it or not, I still want it there. You can be creative with it, have his parents qualify for Prydainian medicare or put money aside for a therapist, take up an extra job or find someone cheap, I don’t care. But as someone who has endured trauma, is poor, and has received therapy, I’m going to have to disagree with you on the notion of Poverty=No help. In addition, there are numerous therapies designed specifically for people who don’t open up well. It’s not all armchairs and recliners. I’m not saying the therapy has to be effective, but I want him going. Otherwise, he will risk trouble with St. Fortuna for hiding mental illness, or St. Fortuna’s risks trouble for not giving him emotional support based special ed.
Please either give your character a more plausible mental health backstory, or remove the trauma entirely. If his parents are concerned about his personality, why would they send him off to a boarding school with no mental or emotional supports? This is not a hard thing to ask.
Edit: Fuck, I @‘d the wrong person. Sorry discontent. @TheHangedMan
@Discontent Congratulations! You’re accepted! Your character get an Ocular Ability! Your Ability is Aura reading! Your character can see the aura of those around them, and determine their feelings from the color! It’s very weak without a familiar, perhaps he hasn’t even noticed these aura’s until now! However, with enough training, your character can learn to read auras much more precisely, and determine health, strength, magic type, mixed emotions, and even see the outline of auras through walls! How cool!
@Jacobite Congratulations! You’re accepted! Your character’s magic type is Ice Magic! Using your magic, you can turn water into ice, shape it into fantastic forms, and utilize it in combat! So far, you only know Summon, which means you can turn nearby water into ice, but can’t do much else yet. With time, however, you can become a powerful ice Mage, in combat or out of it! Be careful, it still melts!
@Hammerman Congratulations! You’re accepted! Your character’s magic type is Healing Magic! Using your magic, you can summon an aura of healing energy that invigorates cell growth and repair in humans, animals, and even plants! However, you can’t cure terminal illnesses, spur the regrowth of limbs, or fix scar tissue. So far, you only know Summon, which means you can summon your aura and heal small injuries, like light bruises and paper cuts, but not much else yet. With time, however, you can learn to heal more damage, and even cast your healing energy into a ball to heal others from afar! Useful!
Is it possible to ask for a reroll, and if it's not as good, can I go back to the first one?
(I don't mind the ice power, because I can imagine much worse; I'm just not feeling it in combination for my character's personality at all.)
Yes, you can. The one reroll means that you are presented with a second option, but we're not gonna be awful and say you can't go back to the first if you like the second even less.
With that said, would you like us to reconvene and decide a new magic type for you?
