[OOC] Create Your Own Magic User

[Sapphire]

@Weird Tales gotcha, I will be diligent about self control. Thanks!

[Cuccoruler]

Oh... I feel like Gregory will start off as a conquering pigeon XD

[Gardevoiran]

I'm gonna have Johnson basically keeping peace and threatening others that try to disrupt it and/or are assumed evil. He's gonna be a fun character, I even started to draw him in my free time at class.

[Loki Odinson]

Well, either way, it's going to be fun interacting with Johnson.

[Gardevoiran]

@Loki Odinson
Oh yeah. It most definitely will.

[Loki Odinson]

So I'm assuming this RP wouldn't begin until we get a lot of characters and participants up, seeing as it is meant for a large group.

[Azazaa]

Name: Graucus
Age: It's really hard to tell. Somewhere between 300 and 5000 years...
Gender: Male
Race: Human. Well, he was one.
Appearance:

As illustrated by myself

Graucus was born with pale skin, green eyes and strong facial features. Most of those traits have faded over time, and all that's left is a skeletal body covered with rotting flesh and grayish skin. He still has some white and long strands of hair left on the back of his head.

Magic:

Necromancy: This type of magic allows Graucus to pull any dead creature back into the world of the living and turn it into a mindless servant (or a soldier). It also gives him the ability to see and interact with spririts, demons and the like.

Life preservation: This type of magic has allowed Graucus to unnaturally extend his lifespan over and over again, to the point when he no longer looks human. It also removes some mortal necessities such as having to eat, drink or sleep to survive and strengthens his senses. Now, this doesn't mean he can't be killed, and as a matter of fact his skeletal body is really fragile and vulnerable to physical damage.

Techniques:

Graucus has undead minions around him nearly all the time, and he rarely has to do any kind of physical work thanks them. He can either telepathically control them like puppets or allow them to have a low level consciousness, though even then they'll be unable to resist his orders or try to hurt him.

He doesn't have a direct way of fighting, and prefers to have someone else do it for him.

Skills: Graucus is very good at sneaking and stalking, especially when it's dark.

Equipment: A wooden staff, a black robe, a knife and an ancient tome on dark arts.

Personality: Practising dark magic for centuries has corrupted Graucus's mind and all he wants is more power and knowledge. He has little care for people, and sees them as nothing but tools and weapons. If the lich has a sense of humour, it's a very dark and twisted one.

History:

Graucus was born to a noble family in a land far, far away. He carried another name back then, one that has been long forgotten. All he can remember from those times is the fear of death and the unknown, and the will to control that fear. Perhaps he lost someone close to him? He can also remember finding a dusty tome about black magic and opening it for the first time, raising a bunch of corpses in his family's crypt and accidentally destroying the entire village, including his family's estate, with them - That was before he could fully master his skills and control what he had summoned. He also remembers spending the next few decades running from the angry survivors and their families, further studying dark arts and growing in strength. At some point here he started to pass on his knowledge to a few young and aspiring mages, but got tired of them and abandoned them in some dark cave. Again decades, possibly even centuries passed and the man managed to stay alive through his magic, slowly degrading into a lich. He moved back into the ruins of his old village and turned it into his ghostly lair. This is where he's been living to this day, perfecting his skills in necromancy and planning world domination - Needless to say, most travellers and wannabe heroes who have gone too close have met with an unfortunate fate.

Other:

Uneducated people easily mistake Graucus for some kind of ghost or demon, and his existence has sprung up a lot of folklore and stories in the area around him. His name means gray in an ancient and dead language favoured by many sorcerers and priests.

[Weird Tales]

@Azazaa accepted

[Dead Cruiser]

If I can find the time, I'll be throwing a Weredragon Shaman into the mix.

[Weird Tales]

If I can find the time, I'll be throwing a Weredragon Shaman into the mix.

@Dead Cruiser

That's fine

[shagranoz]

Hey, when we starting the IC?

[Dead Cruiser]

Crowned-By-Fire

Name: Crowned-By-Fire

Age: 150

Gender: Male

Race: Weredragon

Appearance: As a werebeast (also known as beastfolk, or Fera in their own tongue), Crowned-By-Fire is shapeshifter. His human form is that of a exceptionally large, muscular man. Bronze of skin, with yellow eyes and numerous battle scars. His thick, brown hair is tied into over twenty braids, each bound with the leather and bones of a fallen enemy, and various other, similar adornments are worn over the simple furs and hides he wears as clothing. Various reptilian features, such as his forked tongue and fanged teeth betray his inhuman nature. His draconic form is a terrible monster with scales like volcanic glass and a maw of hellfire. Jagged claws and vicious fangs make him a wicked, tyrannical beast, and his powerful wings allow no creature to rule above him. As his whims or necessity dictate, Crowned-By-Fire can partially shift from dragon to human to gain access to such advantages as his wings or claws without assuming his true and terrible form.

Magic: Wild Shamanism

Techniques:
Elemental Control: Crowned-By-Fire commands control over the chaotic and mercurial forces of the elements, with particular mastery over fire. He can shape and wield as weapons the natural forces that surround him, and can learn much from the elemental balance of a place or person. Fire is the element to which he is most naturally attuned, and such is his domain over it that flame cannot harm him.

Master of the Wilds: The Dragon King is master of the living forces of nature as well. Foliage grows and moves at his command, and he can easily commune with and assume control over most any beast. As well, he can imbue nature with particular elemental alignments, making even common animals into powerful magical entities.

Spiritspeaker: Crowned-By-Fire could not call himself a true shaman if he could not commune with the natural spirits of the world. He can perceive any spirits that wander outside their realm, speak with them, and even command or bind spirits weaker than himself. As well, he has a general sense of the spirit world, and with great effort and good conditions can open portals into it.

Skills: Crowned-By-Fire is a vicious close-quarters combatant, often easily able to overpower his enemies without having to resort to the use of his magic or transforming into a dragon. He is also an expert survivalist, able to thrive in nearly any environment, regardless of its harsh conditions or dangerous flora or fauna. While he is far from the ideal of a learned naturalist, he has considerable practical knowledge about nature, plants and animals, and the nature of spirits and their dimension.

Equipment: As a master of the natural world, Crowned-By-Fire often has little need for tools. He does carry a massive axe, carved from dragonbone, which he wields in battle and uses as a focus for his shamanic power. Apart from that, he merely wears various hides and furs over his body, and carries a variety of shamanic fetishes and charms.

Personality: Crowned-By-Fire knows what he is and makes no effort to hide it. While to many he would appear to be a hyper-aggressive, swaggering locus of arrogance and rage, no special effort is made on his part to present this. Deception is a construct of civilization, one that Crowned-By-Fire finds too distasteful to use. While he feels this way about many aspects of the civilized world, he is not naive enough to not understand or detect them. A firm believer in the ideals of "kill or be killed; eat or be eaten," Crowned-By-Fire has only contempt for the weak and those that would stoop to protect them. Appropriately, he has great respect for that which he deems strong and worthy, foremost being the concept of nature itself. A creature without pity or mercy, the only rules the Dragon King follows are his own and the laws of the wild.

History: In the savage, volcanic jungles of Zarkoum, the clan of Weredragons lives in secrecy in tune with their unforgiving environment. Normally unassuming creatures whose beast forms resemble large mundane reptiles, any who hatch when the moon eclipses the sun are Dragon Kings among their kind, which can take the form of the true rulers of the wild. Crowned-By-Fire was such a hatchling, and his coming was a subject of great celebration among his tribe. Strong of will and body from an early age, he was a survivor and warrior of esteem among his clan before he had completed the trials of First Change.

For werebeasts, every First Change is different, and each usually is given visions of what they believe to be the destiny provided for them by their patron spirit, Gaia. In his First Change, Crowned-By-Fire saw great visions of the world being reborn anew in fire and blood. He interpreted this to mean that he would cleanse the world of the corruption of civilization, and began to plan his conquest. Recognizing the power and potential of his peoples' magic, he dedicated himself to learning it, mastering it and improving on it.

After decades of study and practice, he became one of the greatest shamans among the Fera. Still, he knew that knowledge of a single form of magic would be insufficient to accomplish his destiny. As the ultimate power in this world, magic could still impede his conquest. He would have to study its other forms up close. To accomplish this, he has traveled to Rothar to investigate the magic of the civilized peoples personally.

[Weird Tales]

Hey, when we starting the IC?

@shagranoz

Either tomorrow or Sunday

Crowned-By-Fire

Name: Crowned-By-Fire

Age: 150

Gender: Male

Race: Weredragon

Appearance: As a werebeast (also known as beastfolk, or Fera in their own tongue), Crowned-By-Fire is shapeshifter. His human form is that of a exceptionally large, muscular man. Bronze of skin, with yellow eyes and numerous battle scars. His thick, brown hair is tied into over twenty braids, each bound with the leather and bones of a fallen enemy, and various other, similar adornments are worn over the simple furs and hides he wears as clothing. Various reptilian features, such as his forked tongue and fanged teeth betray his inhuman nature. His draconic form is a terrible monster with scales like volcanic glass and a maw of hellfire. Jagged claws and vicious fangs make him a wicked, tyrannical beast, and his powerful wings allow no creature to rule above him. As his whims or necessity dictate, Crowned-By-Fire can partially shift from dragon to human to gain access to such advantages as his wings or claws without assuming his true and terrible form.

Magic: Wild Shamanism

Techniques:
Elemental Control: Crowned-By-Fire commands control over the chaotic and mercurial forces of the elements, with particular mastery over fire. He can shape and wield as weapons the natural forces that surround him, and can learn much from the elemental balance of a place or person. Fire is the element to which he is most naturally attuned, and such is his domain over it that flame cannot harm him.

Master of the Wilds: The Dragon King is master of the living forces of nature as well. Foliage grows and moves at his command, and he can easily commune with and assume control over most any beast. As well, he can imbue nature with particular elemental alignments, making even common animals into powerful magical entities.

Spiritspeaker: Crowned-By-Fire could not call himself a true shaman if he could not commune with the natural spirits of the world. He can perceive any spirits that wander outside their realm, speak with them, and even command or bind spirits weaker than himself. As well, he has a general sense of the spirit world, and with great effort and good conditions can open portals into it.

Skills: Crowned-By-Fire is a vicious close-quarters combatant, often easily able to overpower his enemies without having to resort to the use of his magic or transforming into a dragon. He is also an expert survivalist, able to thrive in nearly any environment, regardless of its harsh conditions or dangerous flora or fauna. While he is far from the ideal of a learned naturalist, he has considerable practical knowledge about nature, plants and animals, and the nature of spirits and their dimension.

Equipment: As a master of the natural world, Crowned-By-Fire often has little need for tools. He does carry a massive axe, carved from dragonbone, which he wields in battle and uses as a focus for his shamanic power. Apart from that, he merely wears various hides and furs over his body, and carries a variety of shamanic fetishes and charms.

Personality: Crowned-By-Fire knows what he is and makes no effort to hide it. While to many he would appear to be a hyper-aggressive, swaggering locus of arrogance and rage, no special effort is made on his part to present this. Deception is a construct of civilization, one that Crowned-By-Fire finds too distasteful to use. While he feels this way about many aspects of the civilized world, he is not naive enough to not understand or detect them. A firm believer in the ideals of "kill or be killed; eat or be eaten," Crowned-By-Fire has only contempt for the weak and those that would stoop to protect them. Appropriately, he has great respect for that which he deems strong and worthy, foremost being the concept of nature itself. A creature without pity or mercy, the only rules the Dragon King follows are his own and the laws of the wild.

History: In the savage, volcanic jungles of Zarkoum, the clan of Weredragons lives in secrecy in tune with their unforgiving environment. Normally unassuming creatures whose beast forms resemble large mundane reptiles, any who hatch when the moon eclipses the sun are Dragon Kings among their kind, which can take the form of the true rulers of the wild. Crowned-By-Fire was such a hatchling, and his coming was a subject of great celebration among his tribe. Strong of will and body from an early age, he was a survivor and warrior of esteem among his clan before he had completed the trials of First Change.

For werebeasts, every First Change is different, and each usually is given visions of what they believe to be the destiny provided for them by their patron spirit, Gaia. In his First Change, Crowned-By-Fire saw great visions of the world being reborn anew in fire and blood. He interpreted this to mean that he would cleanse the world of the corruption of civilization, and began to plan his conquest. Recognizing the power and potential of his peoples' magic, he dedicated himself to learning it, mastering it and improving on it.

After decades of study and practice, he became one of the greatest shamans among the Fera. Still, he knew that knowledge of a single form of magic would be insufficient to accomplish his destiny. As the ultimate power in this world, magic could still impede his conquest. He would have to study its other forms up close. To accomplish this, he has traveled to Rothar to investigate the magic of the civilized peoples personally.

@Dead Cruiser

Accepted

[Weird Tales]

The IC will be up tonight

[Gardevoiran]

@Weird Tales
Would it be okay if Johnson adopts a little goblin girl when the IC is put up? Like I'd give it a few posts but then he'd adopt.

[Sapphire]

I'm working on a second character and I came across a problem, I'm good at making up interesting magics but my naming skills are lackluster. So, and I ask everyone and anyone, what would you call the ability to manipulate the age or more aptly time stream of an object. For example, lets say your mother's priceless vase was knocked over, this character would be able to reverse the effects of time on just this object to repair the vase. Another usage would be to stop projectiles or kind of send them back, maybe even the ability to heal wounds. This character would not be able to send themselves through time or send whole living beings.

My best naming attempt so far was 'Oddly specific time magic' which personally I like but is maybe not the best possible name. In any case, I'm open to suggestions and the power is not fully fleshed out because I have yet to delve into the many limitations it has, as most well balanced out time magics do.

[Gardevoiran]

@Sapphire
Focused Temporal Magic?
If you call it that though your character should be able to make bomb ass tempura though.

[Weird Tales]

@Weird Tales
Would it be okay if Johnson adopts a little goblin girl when the IC is put up? Like I'd give it a few posts but then he'd adopt.

@Banana

that's fine.

I'm working on a second character and I came across a problem, I'm good at making up interesting magics but my naming skills are lackluster. So, and I ask everyone and anyone, what would you call the ability to manipulate the age or more aptly time stream of an object. For example, lets say your mother's priceless vase was knocked over, this character would be able to reverse the effects of time on just this object to repair the vase. Another usage would be to stop projectiles or kind of send them back, maybe even the ability to heal wounds. This character would not be able to send themselves through time or send whole living beings.

My best naming attempt so far was 'Oddly specific time magic' which personally I like but is maybe not the best possible name. In any case, I'm open to suggestions and the power is not fully fleshed out because I have yet to delve into the many limitations it has, as most well balanced out time magics do.

@Sapphire

be careful you don't make your character OP

[Sapphire]

@Banana Thank you for making me hungry (it doesn't take much to do that though), otherwise that's actually a great name. A sushi chef time wizard.

@Weird Tales I'll be careful, I'm pretty good at limiting myself.

[Dead Cruiser]

I'm working on a second character and I came across a problem, I'm good at making up interesting magics but my naming skills are lackluster. So, and I ask everyone and anyone, what would you call the ability to manipulate the age or more aptly time stream of an object. For example, lets say your mother's priceless vase was knocked over, this character would be able to reverse the effects of time on just this object to repair the vase. Another usage would be to stop projectiles or kind of send them back, maybe even the ability to heal wounds. This character would not be able to send themselves through time or send whole living beings.

My best naming attempt so far was 'Oddly specific time magic' which personally I like but is maybe not the best possible name. In any case, I'm open to suggestions and the power is not fully fleshed out because I have yet to delve into the many limitations it has, as most well balanced out time magics do.

@Sapphire

"Temporal Restoration." Orihime and Crazy Diamond have roughly the same power.

Also IC when. I wanna cave some skulls.