@Pathfinder They would have small light abilities, think of the elements as a tree of sorts. A fire users main abilities or the trunk is fire itself. Offshoots of that would be the heat that comes from the fire and the light that comes from it. If you can heat things then you can force them to expand or change shape entirely. By heating air you can in effect move air, hot air rises while cooler air sinks. Physics is your friend when it comes to elemental magicks.

@GodOfWar Sounds good, I look forward to seeing it.

@SepticGentleman Looks good.

@Rhiannon
Well, I guess I'll have to say a bit of detail about my OC. I take the inspiration from the card game shadowverse, specifically the class shadowcraft, which consists of undead creatures and uses necromancy for its powers. Skeletons are extremely common there, although only a few could speak, while others just roar, for the audio purposes (those that can speak for themselves, I don't know how they do that). The OC I'm using is, yeah like you said, reliant on the necromancy power that animates him. But I think I'll make his necromancy like the human stamina, which he could self-regenerate using the necromancy he has (that is pretty darn difficult and complicated to explain how he does that). For emotions, I could probably handle with that, as I have written about the Strike Witches anime, specifically about the Neuroi faction, a faceless and emotionless creature. Also, I also thought about using a kind of flame that is created using necromancy that burns neatly inside his skull, that acts as his eyes (although without irises) and one of his ways to convey simple emotions (For example: cyan for normal, red for anger, yellow for excitement, and deep blue for sadness, and none when he is sleeping). Complicated emotions, like @Pathfinder said, he could exaggerate their movements, like when disappointed, he could jerk his head down, or facepalming, or when frustrated when his classmate could not understand, he could just slam the table or something.

For speech, it depends on how the world works. If it has modern technology like we do, he may use a type-writer then let a computer say it for him (like Stephen Hawking, but this time he has to type what he wants by hands). It has all kinds of utilities, including Wi-fi (wow...), so I assume they are very modern, but in case they have yet to create machines like that, he can write down on notes (Like Eu in the Kore wa Zonbi Desu ka? series. She can speak but uses notes because of reasons). His emotions can also be written in forms of notes as well, similar to chatting.

I might make him able to speak, but on a very harsh condition, and in normal conditions, he cannot (like consuming a huge amount of necromancy). The lack of communication can also be used for comedy purposes, like misunderstandings or so.

I like the idea of undead creature (sorry if I sound like a freak), and would like to use it for the RP, if you allow.
Thank you for taking the time to work this out with me.

I'll make him write quickly so as not to waste time. Or maybe I can introduce another character that is not dead and goes with him to interpret things for him.

@Conscripts Sounds like a plan. I mostly ask these sorts of questions to get players thinking and put more depth into their characters, especially one like yours.

@Rhiannon
Here is my idea.

My idea for the Invisible People is more like a very powerful curse that is cast by either extremely powerful witches, demons, and things that lurk on the edge of reality. The whole entire thing boils down to the victim being stripped of pretty much everything they are and cease to exist. Obviously this is incredibly fatal to pretty much everyone, everyone except for witches who substitute most of their magic to cling to life. This leaves them with a body that cannot be seen, complete memory loss, and everyone else losing their memories of the victim as well. The victims are called "The Eaten" as the only thing they have left are scraps of magic that survived the ordeal.

The only "good" thing about being a member of the Eaten is that, well... you're permanently invisible and you live a long time. The exact numbers aren't known because there are no known records of an Eaten dying of old age, with most "Lying Down" and fading into the ether sometime in their lifetimes. The oldest Eaten on record was 79 before Lying Down. There are about several dozen Eaten in the world at any given time as the power needed to cast the curse is immense, the knowledge on how to cast the spell is sparse, and it always brings attention to the caster.

Dealing with their condition is up to the individual Eaten, but many take to applying vast amounts of makeup or wrapping themselves in bandages to give themselves the illusion of existing.

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In all honesty I just wanted to play a punk Invisible Man who goes out on the down doing mischief and occasional vigilantism along with existential dread.

EDIT: So I just got my killer idea, the reason why you can't see The Eaten is because if you did you'd be able to match faces with memories and that would be counterproductive to the curse. So it's not like they are actually invisible, it's just that the curse doesn't let anyone see them.

Given name: Mortem (Latin words for death)
Gender: Male
Age: 129 (current), he died when he was 22
Species: Undead

Appearance: For reference purpose only, since I cannot draw


In-Depth Appearance: Mortem stands at one hundred and ninety seven centimeters tall, wearing a yellow grey colored armour and black leather glove. His amour isn't as bulky as it was shown in the picture, instead, it is quite neat and tidy (no spikes or anything), that is more maneuverable so that he can live his life wearing it as well (to protect him from outside damage that can displace his bones or sever it completely). The meat has all rot away, leaving only his skeletal figure, most of them hidden below the armour, and the fire that contains his souls, burning neatly within it.
Brief Personality:
As a former guard, he is considered very competitive and likes to seek challenges in other students, especially in sword fighting. He's passionate about challenges, and always puts his heart into solving it. Because of that, he has a trigger for his anger when those around him do not face hardships directly and want to avoid them or push them to others, or those whose efforts in some works are half-hearted. When angered, he can be pretty rash and brutal. But when you're on normal or friendly terms with him, he's actually a pretty decent guy. He does not talk often, but fair and friendly

He isn't a total shut-in, he has a bit of sociability, but the only place he likes to hang out is the school's dojo (if you implement it in here), where he practice sword fighting almost every time he is there.

Mortem also has a fearsome loyalty to those who has earned his trust, as his loyal trait died along with his body. He has a common sense of rights and wrongs, but when those that he has grown to trust is hurt or threatened, he will not hesitate to abandon that common sense to protect them, regardless of them being right or not.

Familiar Name: Cerberus
Familiar Form: Hound.

Side notes:: He does not eat, drink or urinate (he's undead), and he communicates by writing on a note and a pen that he always carries within him. He has no facial expressions, so he expresses it by changing the color of the flame (basic colours: cyan for normal, red for anger, yellow for excitement, blue for sadness) (There are different colours, but to make it simple, I will explain it when I write it)

He can regain necromancy quickly if he is next to a dead person or at the cemetary. He physically cannot die, but he can be considered dead if he uses all the necromancy he has to the point that he cannot regenerate by himself or by obtaining necromancy from outside sources (that's when his soul and skeletal figure are completely detached)

*Yeah, I can totally see the questions coming, since I was just showing you the concept in the first place. I have actually created a bit already, but wanted to ask you about undeads. The vocal chords...yeah, I did not consider that until you make those questions. Thanks. And don't worry, I am a writer so I usually do not make my character's bio too short."

*Can you see if this is ok? The lore, skills and weaknesses shall be added later once you don't have any problems with this. Also about the sword, it is up to you to decide what happens to it. I can either make it something he can summon using his necromancy or something he carries but he either leaves it at the dorm or inside the equipment room (I don't really see people being allowed to bring weapons into schools)

I'll throw a character up, here.

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@Shard, A little out of left field, but that is one stunning character sheet. Fantastic organization and look. I'm sorry, just had to tell ya.

@Shard
I have no words to complain about that bio...Magnificent.

Aw, thanks so much! ^^

@Rhiannon Are multiple characters allowed? If not, I'd like to swap Kantus out for an actual student.

Here you go, @Rhiannon. Put a little twist on the Shapeshifter race, and I think it worked out alright.

@GodOfWar Ooooh, looking forward to seeing Mesuka in action. She'll get along just swimmingly with Raven xD.

OMG, you reminded me that I needed a theme song for that fucker. Starts looking.

@Shard Heck, if you want, we can get them into a room together. We'll call it the fur squad.

@GodOfWar Fur real? XD Hah, I am okay with whatever. @Rhiannon was gonna' roll a random die for it, though! ^^

Some female characters, finally. I'd love to see more of it

And @Rhiannon, can you leave a feedback on Mortem so that I can continue develop him? I don't wanna cause much trouble when things doesn't go as you want.

@Pathfinder I don't see any particular issues with this idea. Perhaps you could have them be able to manifest their bodies with lots of energy but they still wouldn't be visible or recognizable to those that knew them prior to being cursed? Just an idea to mull over.

@Conscripts You're good to go, sorry I've been at work all day. Only got on for a few minutes on my break.

@Shard Your character is good to go as well.

@GodOfWar The only issues I see are that your shape-shifters are basically Lycans with mating marks. Shape-shifters' animal forms are the same size as the real animal. So a wolf would be the same size as a wolf in nature. Also, your character would not have mating marks because she isn't mated, females don't get theirs until they meet their mate. After which they only receive the outlines and it colors in the more contact they have before finally completing at the mating ceremony. If she was mated, her mate wouldn't let her out of his sight for more than an hour or so at a time, in other words no school. Aside from that, mating marks are utterly unique and vary from couple to couple, shape-shifters do not pick their mates either. They're incapable of reproducing with anyone other than their true mate. That's why I mentioned above that your idea is essentially a Lycan. Lycans always breed true and can reproduce with nearly any species though most commonly either humans or their own kind. If you swapped over to a Lycan and turned the mating marks you've listed into ceremonial/traditional tattoos I'd be happy to accept. I hope I don't sound like a picky asshole lol I try and be overly clear so everyone is on the same page.

@SepticGentlemanI knew I missed someone! Yes, you are allowed up to two characters so long as you can handle both of them. Any higher numbers and we can discuss it after the roleplay.

@Shard@GodOfWar Shard is correct about the rooms as well, I'll be using random.org to assign them but the students are free to spend time in one another's rooms.

@Rhiannon Thanks for clarifying, but I'm actually just gonna drop Kantus in favor of focusing solely on Ethra regardless.