[OOC] Edea Odyssey

[Rune_Alchemist]

Welcome to Oars Rest, your Gateway to Edea!

Edea is a large, mostly unexplored continent that has recently been discovered. The kingdoms and countries of the continent of Ailon all have an interest in exploiting this new continent for their own reasons, especially the Baumn Empire and Caededril Republic. However, the Edea continent is vast, unexplored, and teeming with wildlife and other creatures. Needless to say, it's not exactly a pretty or safe place.

That's where you adventurers come in! You're here to explore this new continent, and deal with all of its perils. Your reason for doing so? Well, that's for you to decide. Adventure itself, the potential to find riches, maybe even a scholarly interest in this new continent and possible civilizations that exist here.

And as, with all adventures you have to start somewhere. Oars Rest is a quaint little town constructed by the Baumn Empire and Caededril republic as a Neutral zone after their recent war for exploration of Edea. This has been going on for almost five years, and many adventurers travel inland, though few of these ever return. Those who do, often return with riches or information about what lays ahead for other adventurers.

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This is a dungeon crawler/Etrian Odyssey Inspired RP. I will be playing the world, creatures, NPC encounters, and other misc. creatures that your characters may or may not encounter. I shall also play a character, if needed for whatever reason but for the most part, I shall be playing god and making all of your characters lives miserable the most exciting they can possibly be~

I'm looking to keep this to a smallish group. At most, I'll be willing to have eight people at once, and those will be split into two different adventuring groups of four people, which will go on separate, yet simultaneous adventures and who will often likely cross paths, and either hinder or help the other group.

The RP is going to focus a lot on character interaction & Development, Adventure, and Combat. There will be down time of course, for characters to rest and properly recuperate and for some good character interaction to develop.

~Magic~

Magic

Magic indeed exists in Edea and Ailon, and comes in many different forms. Most often, in the Baumn empire it's used for more militaristic purposes. They teach combat magic to complement their soldiers on the field. Caededril, uses their for more commercial purposes. Often reinforcing their weapons and armor to increase their soldiers effectiveness through indirect means if it comes to fighting.

That said, there are many forms of magic known in the world. Feel free to make your own, so long as it's properly balanced. Feel free to get creative and think of unconventional magics.

As far as enchanting something goes, it's basically giving an item permanent magical abilities. Most items can hold one or two enchantments at most, though, and its difficult to stack a second one on something that's already enchanted.
Examples are:
"Adds fire effects to weapon by heating the blade"
"Increases the strength of the user"
"Increases Durability"

~More Lore~

Lore

Huh? You want...more? Well, then...why don't you make it yourself? The continent of Ailon is vast and large, and the Baumn Empire and Caededril Republic are only two tiny empires in the grand scheme of things. Much of the continent from their borders still house small city-states as well as countless tribes of people. Who knows? Maybe there's another empire or something out there, just a few kilometers away from their borders that recently cropped up during their recent war.

As far as races go, they are as numerous as stars in the sky, though humans are the most populous of people. Feel free to go crazy with the races - within reason - just run it by me first.

Point is, I'm not going to create a bunch of hard lore here - I'm going to leave that up to you guys when you make your characters. As long as it's reasonable, just run it by me and I'll let you have whatever you want so long as it's not some sort of OP thing and it makes sense.

~CS~

CS

[B]Name:[/B]
Fairly self explanatory. No strict rules on this.

[B]Race:[/B]
It can literally be anything you want, so long as you give yourself sufficient lore and history behind your race's backstory and is nothing OP. Or, if you want, you can just leave it ambiguous and just give your character a reason for being in Oars Rest. If you want to use a custom race, or tweak an existing fantasy race in some manner, it'd probably be a good idea to run the specifics by me before we start. Try to keep everything consistent as well.

[B]Age:[/B]
I think 18-24 is a good range for our characters.

[B]Gender:[/B]
Male or Female? Genderless space blob?

[B]Appearance:[/B]
Physical appearance. Picture along with at least a paragraph of description is recommended, otherwise, just go with really detailed written description.

[B]Clothing/Armor:[/B]
Any armor/clothing your character wears. Describe its basic appearance and generally how effective it is. Keep in mind, you're more or less novice adventurers here. No super strong or durable armor able to shrug off attacks for no reason. At least, not yet of course. Also list any perhaps, magical effects the armor has on it.

To start with, I'm limiting this to [i]one[/i] enchantment (Magical effect) to start with.

[b]Personality[/b]
Try to make it at least a paragraph. Include how they view the world, and how they will usually initially interact with others. Don't skimp on this.

[B]History:[/B]
Not all that important in this setting. Just where they grew up, how they acquired their skills and why they're in Oars Rest now, and their motivations for exploring be it fame, money, running from something...it can be anything really. Just make sure you include it. I would like at least two well written paragraphs.

[B]Weapons:[/B]
What weapons does your character normally carry with them? Keep it realistic please, and remember to keep it simple to start with. Does your character use a sword? Axe? Hammer? Spear? Maybe a mage who uses a tome to augment and cast their spells? Perhaps something unconventional? As long as you can make it work effectively in some manner, you can have it. Limited to one enchantment as well.

[B]Physical Skills:[/B]
Any [i]physical[/i] abilities your character might have, and what their skilled in. Limit this to three to begin with. Examples are
-[i]Swordsmanship[/i] - the character has training with a sword, and has practiced with one most of his life.
-[i]Quick on his feet[/i] - forgoing the use of a shield and heavy armor, the character makes use of superior agility to dodge and parry attacks rather than take a hit.
-[i]Eagle Eye[/i] - The character has extremely good eyesight, and is able to see things others normally wouldn't, and maybe even to tell where a weak point on a creature is, if one exists.

[B]Magic:[/B]
Any [i]magical[/i] abilities your character has. limit to three to begin with, and be realistic with this. A character using a sword or other melee weapon, is likely going to not know any magic to begin with, and if they do their swordsmanship wouldn't be as good as someone who solely focused on the sword, and likewise their magic would likely suffer in raw power.

Keep in mind though, magic can be almost anything you want it to be so long as its balanced.

[b]Weaknesses:[/b]
Keep in mind, your character also needs weaknesses of some sort. Perhaps their heavier armor slows them down? Maybe they fight with a bow, and aren't to skilled at close combat? Just keep this realistic, please, and the more descriptive and more of these you have, the more I might be willing to let your magic and physical abilities be a little above average.

just keep in mind that these [i]must[/i] be kept to. Of course with time though, they could grow out of more skill-based weaknesses like that bow user being unskilled at hand-to-hand combat.

[B]Other Inventory:[/B]
Anything else you have on your person? Alcohol? Drinks?

~Rules~

1. I will be keeping a strict posting schedule. As in, I want at least one post every two days. This is a rule I am going to heavily enforce and keep track of. If the timer above your last post reaches two days, then you'll receive a warning and your character will be on auto pilot so things don't get slowed down until you return. Two offenses of this, result in immediate ban from the RP. If you must be absent for some reason, tell me. I'm not going to kick you for some emergency or other reason.

2. I am the GM. You may call me Overlord Rune. My word is also law here. Any disputes OOCly will be settled by me and me alone if you can't settle it yourselves. I will try and be fair, but do try not to escalate something to the point where I have to intervene.

3. This, admittedly isn't going to be the most realistic of RP's. As in, there will likely at some point be big-ass anime fights with explosions and stuff like that. However, if your character gets injured, I expect that to factor into their actions and such in some way. No walking away from getting stabbed in the heart, kiddos without some really, really, good and heavy healing magic.

4. Any sexy stuff needs to fade to black. Or take it to the PMs. I don't care what you all do in your free time~

5. REMEMBER. One post every two days! I am going to be strictly enforcing this rule no matter what. I don't care how much someone complains. I am also going to try my best to keep to this rule. I won't expect posts during major holidays or if something major comes up, but otherwise you should try and keep to the rule.

[Pyromania99]

Ba-bam. Got my CS in. How is everyone? XD

[Rune_Alchemist]

Tired.

I only got three hours of sleep last night xP

Insomnia is a bitch, sometimes. Although. Playing Horror games like SOMA probably doesn't help with that xP

[Lauder]

It honestly doesn't. Though I play stuff like Amnesia, outlast, and I played that new resident evil demo. Oh and Alien: Isolation

[Rune_Alchemist]

Yeeeah.

I just love my atmospheric horror games. Playing them at night just makes them 100% better.

You lose sleep, of course, but its totally worth it~ xD

[Ariamis]

I wanna play a an illithid with psychic powers, is that allowed?

[Rune_Alchemist]

As long as he doesn't get to the realm of flaying someone alive with his mind (at least to start with) I don't see why not~

just keep it balanced.

[ERode]

Are we supposed to PM you our sheets first, before they get posted in the character tab? Or do we just toss them into the character tab once we're done?

[Rune_Alchemist]

You can either PM me if you want, or post it here in the OOC for judgement. Either or works~
All the ones so far have talked to me Via PM.

[ERode]

Cowards, the lot of them. I'll take my flogging with a side of public humiliation then.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Oh my~

Just post your CS here then and I'll make sure your flogging and public humiliation is all ready ;D

On a side note.
We have a good few Rogues/Mages in the works.

[Ariamis]

@Rune_Alchemist

Naz'rthatch the Mind Flayer

Name: Nazrc'thath Iyac'thorl'ieh

Race:
Illithids are a race of psychic but seldom seen beings with a humanoid body and an octopus-like head that live deep underground. They have four tentacles around a lamprey-like mouth, and use them to extract the brains of creatures and eat, preferring sentient above all since brains provide knowledge and psychic affinity in addition to sustenance. Their eyes are pale white, and they can see perfectly well in both darkness and light. Their sense of hearing is worse than a human's, and have difficulty distinguishing sounds from one another despite locating them the same as other creatures. Their skin is purplish blue to gray-green and covered in mucus, and is very sensitive to sunlight, to the point that they are rarely seen above ground, with the exception of a couple individuals who risk the danger in their quest of sating their thirst for knowledge. So if you see a tall stranger clad in a black cloak and a hood that obscures their face, do not stare too deep into the abyss...or the abyss may stare back.

Age: 50 years. Illithids live up to 130-150 years, so Nazrc'thath can be considered about 25 in human years.

Gender:
Illithids produce asexually, but his striking appearance and morbid curiosity cause people to identify him as a male.

Appearance:
In public, Naz'rthatch wears heavy black robes that cover his entire body and a hood that wraps his facial features in impenetrable darkness, with only the faint glimmer f his eyes seen through it. However, it is possible for a careful eye to notice the occasional tendril writhing in the depths when he is particularly excited, giving a hint to his true appearance.

Clothing/Armor:
Naz'rthatch wears the Black Robes of the Deep, which are heavy robes that completely conceal his body, including his face. The robes are enchanted with a powerful spell that shrouds the wearer's face in darkness, even when exposed to light.

Personality:
Naz'rthatch, though he is well versed in the human tongue, still has trouble speaking it fluently without making a disgusting sound of wet tentacles slapping together, so he tends to opt for simple phrases. He has an unending curiosity for the human culture and humans in general, finding even mundane things fascinating. He is not very approachable due to his nature, but if he finds himself in the company of someone with magical affinity, he may be drawn closer to them; whether it is due to his interest in the arcane, or due to the proximity of a delicious brain filled with magical power is a mystery to all but him.

History:
Naz'rthatch was always different from his fellow kin, ever since kin: his curiosity for the greater mysteries and particularly the surface world, which he was told was a hostile land of painful sunlight filled with hate and persecution towards the illithid. But despite his clan's resistance, he decided he would ascend, and become truly wise.
Once he blended into human society in disguise, he learned that the illithid had a dreadful reputation of being brain-eating abominations who knew only cruelty and domination. He then decided to sever the ties he had to his origins, and make a name for himself in the academic circles by finding the hidden secrets that lied forgotten in Edea's bowels.

Weapons:
Naz'rthatch wields the Tome of Eldritch Lore, an old scripture written in the illithid language; the runes are so grotesque and incomprehensible to the human mind that anyone not versed in arcane lore who dares lay eyes on the book may find themselves distraught if they are strong-willed, or outright driven mad in the case of the weak-willed. The Tome is filled with psychic power, and acts as a catalyst for him to channel his psionic skills as he reads upon the words of the Deep Ones, giving him greater control and precision over his powers.

Physical Skills:
-Brain Eating - Naz'rthatch may eat any brain he comes across using his facial tentacles, and gains both sustenance and psychic power by doing so, building up his potential for greater feats of the mind. Sentient and alive brains are the most optimal for this purpose, though non-sentient and even brains of dead creatures can suffice.
-Dark Vision - The eyes of illithids have developed for zero-light environments, and so he can see in complete darkness without hindrance.
-Magic Resistance - Illithid have a natural resistance to magical attacks and effects due to their psionic nature, shrugging them off like a creature with a carapace would ignore the stab of a sword. This has also allowed them to study magic and psionic power as a race so extensively.

Magic:
-Detect Thought - Naz'rthatch can sense the thoughts of sentient creatures up to 60 meters, and ascertain their approximate location. This requires him to stay still and concentrate, leaving him vulnerable for a moment.
-Telekinesis - Naz'rthatch can remotely manipulate objects lesser than his size up to 30 meters in distance, allowing him to draw them in, throw them or keep them still for a short while before having to take a break. He is limited to controlling two objects at a time as he directs the power with his hands.
-Lesser Dominate Mind - Naz'rthatch can impose his superior mind over those with a lesser willpower, bending them psychically to his dominion. Note that this does not work on creatures with human-level or greater intelligence. The power affects a a targeted area up to 30 meters away, affecting all creatures in the targeted area. The effect lasts for a couple of hours.

Weaknesses:
-Weak to Sunlight: Illithids are not suited to bearing the light of the sun on their slippery skins, and are affected by it even when wearing concealing clothing. Naz'rthatch in particular becomes partially blinded, and has more difficulty controlling his powers, which may result in him accidentally miscasting them on an ally. If the sunlight grows too intense, particularly in desert regions, they also start taking damage.
-Frail Fortitude: Illithids are physically weaker than the average human, and tend to get quickly cut down when in a melee of any kind.

Other Inventory:
Naz'rthatch carries writing tools in the form of scrolls, a quill and an ink vial, as well as empty vials in a satchel which he uses to store any liquids and body parts he wants to examine later.

[CrystalApple]

@Rune_Alchemist

Is the magic section basically individual Spells or are they types of magic that you can use as a magic-user? As I'm making a magic-based character.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Ariamis
I find your CS completely excellent. I can see him becoming quite the formidable character later.

As long as you don't go crazy with that mind dominate thing, you're good to go~

@CrystalApple
The magic is any sort of magic your character is well versed in. For example, Ophene's abilities with fire or healing. She could develop further skill with her fire abilities as well her healing magic. Any fire abilities would fall under that initial fire magic.

however do keep in mind that at this moment in time it would be rather unrealistic for your characters to master more than one or two sort of...shall we say 'elemental' abilities. I think Ariamis' character Nazrc'thath, is a good example to go by. A single 'element' - the Telekinesis - to start with, with two supporting magics that work well together.

EDIT:
I'm also going to say, try not to have abilities that are so similar to another character. If you do, at least try to make it different enough, please. If I get another character similar to any of the already accepted ones, I will likely ask you to come up with some different abilities.

[CrystalApple]

Hopefully I didn't overboard

Appearance

Name:
Destel

Race:
Human

Age:
24

Gender:
Male

Appearance:
Destel is an average human with neither too big or muscular of a build but simply slim. Being around 5'10 and having lightly tanned skin from traveling around the place, he is naturally pale from residing indoors all of the time. With eyes that are blue like the sea and his hair blonde to the point on getting tinges of white, his appearance is recognizable and noticeable wherever he goes. Often resorting him to always be hidden under his cloak to not be noticed as much.

Clothing/Armor:
'Armor' is a luxury to Destel for he wears simple clothing most suited for traveling rather than dragging around heavy pieces of metal around with him. However, he does wears something to protect him and lays upon him leather armor on his shoulders and feet but nothing else besides that, which in all honesty does not help at all. He instead relies on his cloak which wraps around his shoulders and behind his back, enchanted to turn semi-transparent and works better at night. So in general, if he doesn't get into trouble then he shouldn't be at harm as it is more than enough to keep him safe on a normal day.

Personality
It is impossible to describe Destel until you can apply the situation and context to him in which he will act accordingly. A realist with some issues at being hypocritical but despite that, he is a curious person at heart who wishes to expand what he knows. Being a variety of things, he can be described as weird most of the time and reclusive who prefers to spend time with himself. However, in general, he is nice to strangers and can feign naiveness until he decides with the charades is up with a pretty ambiguous morality. He is in sense a big gray area which his traits may change depending on the situation, being entirely chaotic depending on what is going through his head.

History:
Destel grew up apart from the Republic and Empire, growing up in what was known as the 'Citadel' which is a magocratic city-state which had segregated itself from the conflict between the two nations which had become a place of learning for mages all around the land. It was a floating city with a Castle to the west floating above the sea on the coastline, claimed by what was known as 'The Order' with a group of mages who formed a council to decide all decisions in the city. Before this however, their relationship with the two sides of the conflict was 'Shakey' at best, as they were forced to take sides in a matter they wished not to enter. Due to the fact that they themselves have been treated poorly which caused no motion to join the Republic which the city-state was located back then. Only through the threats of obtaining the support of the city by force, had incited the council to unwillingly accept their offer of helping them. During the war with the Empire, the Citadel changed immensely in order to become a force to be recognized in the shaky alliance of the Caededril back then. It was only apparent after the defeat of the Empire, that the Alliance saw that the Citadel itself became a growing threat that would be needed to be cut from the bud so that conflict could be prevented latter. Yet, betrayal was to be expected like time again which mages have been treated badly over the course of time and thus they left with their city and all, using their unique and honed mastery over magic to transport their city elsewhere to never be bothered. It now resides in the West literally floating above the ocean, about a mile offshore being surrounded by small uninhabited islands underneath the city.

The Citadel was a place where mages and apprentices all went to learn the arcane arts and thus, it was highly frowned upon to birth children in the city. Destel unfortunately, is one of those children born from such frowned upon meetings, but despite this was encouraged to learn magic from birth since he was already there. The results showed it as he excelled in the magical arts as predicted by the studies of the scholars of the Citadel. As those who are born in the Citadel, a congregation of magical energy both artificial, natural and even latently gathered from all places are absorbed into them during incubation. Despite this, there were always apprentices who were accepted by The Order as babies which was an honor by the parents who gave them up and those few who would turn out to be prodigies of magic even without being magically influenced would be memorable whether good or bad.

Magic can be obtained through vigorous training by those who are not magically adept nor attuned to it but it always helps if you are, in the case of Destel, he was. Under the tutelage of a teacher or 'master' as their official title, he would learn the basics of the magical arts before undergoing various tests to not only determine his aptitude and skill for the arts but to ensure he knew how to safely use them as well. Which as the years passed on, upon the age of 18 he was given his final test to determine if he could become an official mage by the minor council, a group out of four who handled the smaller business of the city while the high council handled bigger issues. Destel passed his tests with full marks and was ascended to an official mage now spending his time pursuing his own studies in hopes of finding what he should pursue.

Leaving the Citadel, he has wandered through the entire continent and has reached the opposite side of it to Oar's Rest in his continued search for knowledge. Hoping to apply his skills to practical situations which were glossed over mostly at the Citadel, learning to apply his magic. He acts as an extension of his home as well, destroying anything he can which do not fit in with that his teachings has taught him.

Weapons:
Tattooed Runes which are optionally given to mages who wish to have them inscribed upon them, allows to draw upon mana quicker from the area around them to cut a fraction that would cost a spell. Along with even being without active use, they passively increase the mage's absorption of mana for better or worse. These tattoos basically open the magical pores of the body to allow the intake of magical energy, allowing the possibility of the risk of corruption by how polluted the mana is that's entering. Due to the nature of these runes, they also have the properties of detecting magical sources whether they be inanimate or organic.

To his waist, he also possesses a short sword about 1 feet long in length along with a sheath to go along with it. Its mearly a ruse so that at least people second guess before taking him on, keeping his runes obviously hidden, it makes them think he's a warrior instead of somebody who can take them out from afar.

Physical Skills:

• Scholarly Sight - Destel has a keen eye to detail from his time in the Citadel where he upon close study and observation can notice things some people might not.
• Arcane Infusion - Born in the Citadel, he was infused with magical energies and since then has increased magical capabilities due to being able to hold more energy within himself and control it.

Magic:

• Ritual - The most basic form of magic that anyone can use due to the fact that it simply requires knowledge of what kind of magic that is wished to be performed. It requires at bare minimum a circle to focus magical energy and control it easier, which it gathers from the environment to cast the spell and is the broadest branch of magic along with being one of the easiest art to learn. Ritual magic touches every branch of magic as long as you have the knowledge to specific what is needed to be casted and the ingredients to do so. As the spells can be controlled and amplified with the use of materials to cast the ritual along with gestures, phrases and even dances but these are meant for those without magical aptitude. This form of magic's main purpose is to gather and control energy to cast spells which can be combined with other branches of magic to amplify them in what Destel isn't normally able to do. This form is basically a focus to channel your magic through, rather than free forming which trades in power and control for speed. However it is sometimes understandable when the need for speed is required but it will simply be more taxing if done so.

• Arcane - The beginner's step into the more magical side of magic which draws energy from the caster itself, it focuses on building blocks of more advance magics which is arcane or 'raw magic' essentially. Being magical spells with no specific elemental to them, they are raw magic which can be used to create missiles, blasts, shields and a variety of things. It should be the beginner's area of magic that a mage can learn before specializing in any other forms of magic in order to learn how to control their own mana. It also is the most common type of magic that mages use due to its simplicity and easiness to learn.

Weaknesses:
To beat any normal mage, it is easier to rush them down and attack them in close range to prevent them from casually slinging spells which rings true with Destel as well. They lack the physical training to compete is close quarters as most of their time is dedicated to learning their mystical arts. Often causing them to not have any or little martial skill or prowess, making them terrible at melee combat. While at the same time being lightly armored at best or simply wearing cloth like most, they are easily susceptible to damage by an surprise attack or damage from afar as well.

Magic when not being drawn from the environment target's the caster's own reserves causing also drain to their stamina as well when the point reaches to the bottom. Due to the time it takes to draw upon the environment around them, any rush from such melee opponents should be able to disable longer attempts of preparing for a spell usually. As its usually the case that you want to take down the person who can throw fireballs at you before he can do it.

Other Inventory:
A bag for traveling, lets hope everyone has one...

• A Sleeping Bag
• Blanket
• Smaller bag of charcoal
• Smaller bag of chalk
• Organized box of common ingredients
• Waterskin
• A map
• Rations for two extra days
• A few spare leather baggies

If its okay, can I make a more detailed post of my character's nation/city for lore reasons?

[Lauder]

I shall be starting on my character soon.

[RedDusk]

I have a snowkin/white-haired folk swordman I created long ago but never had a chance to explore properly. Ima give him a tweak and PM it to you. No public humiliation for me unfortunately. I prefer to take flogging in the privacy of my bedroom.

[ERode]

"Don't underestimate my ideals!"

Yozakura Tsukiko

Race: Blessed Human
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Appearance
Raven-haired and beautiful, Yozakura Tsukiko is a charming individual, a slender young lady that could be compared to a delicate flower, best admired at a distance. Considering her inhuman strength, that’s probably the right call to make. With hair of ink and skin of snow, she stands at 5’7, silver eyes gleaming with a divine clarity. Despite being a swordswoman, her slim hands do not have calluses, and despite her years of training in the martial arts, there is not a single scar on her body.

Clothing
Calling Tsukiko’s clothing ‘armor’ would be an insult to even the flimsiest of cloth armor. With soft shoes, stockings, detached sleeves, and a hybrid between a cloak and a leotard, one would be hard-pressed to imagine that such an outfit could be useful for protection at all. They don’t need to imagine it, however. Tsukiko’s clothing is purely cosmetic, and the one magical enhancement it has is the ability to resew itself whenever there are cuts in it.

Personality
A strong sense of justice dwells within Tsukiko, one that prompts her to honor her family, uphold her oaths, and fight to realize her ideals. She does not allow herself to hesitate, and takes pride in her unwavering beliefs. Even if they may consume her, Tsukiko’s too stubborn to back down, and will push on past it. Despite the elegant airs she puts on, she is a decidedly unladylike person up close, too straight-forward and aggressive to be the type of person who’d enjoy small talk at a fancy restaurant. Perhaps the description of an isolated, socially inept elite would fit Tsukiko better.

History
Yozakura Tsukiko is blessed, a mortal born with the favour of the gods early on. Granted a body that will never be blemished by age or injury, and a physicality beyond that of humans, she was put on a pedestal at an early age. The nation she was born in had, four hundred and eight seven years ago, been powerful and prosperous, one of the stronger members of the Caededril Republic, but was now merely a shadow of its former self. On the precipice of being absorbed wholly into the Republic due to national debts and a shrinking populace, the people of the oriental nation of Kanata saw Tsukiko’s birth as the coming of a new age. She was groomed as the Priestess of War and trained in many martial disciplines, from swordsmanship to horseback archery, while her parents worked in the background to ensure that there were no distractions in her learning environment. Her friends became her nation’s foundational scholar-kings, and her ideals the stone she used to sharpen her soul.

Unfortunately for her nation, however, the Priestess of War wasn’t interested in the glories of conquest or in reviving the grand dynasty of scholar-kings in Kanata. Instead, her ideals led her closer to the great spirits that blessed her to begin with, who told her to seek out and purge the evils of the Black Continent, known officially as the Neutral Zone. Though disappointed at first by their golden child’s decision, the council of elders decided that perhaps having a prominent explorer operating within this new continent would be a fine decision as well, seeing how valuable any information about this new place was.

And so, five years after her decision, Tsukiko, like many other prospective adventurers, headed out to Oar’s Rest, to purge the continent of the dark beasts that roamed there and to bring back the spoils to her crumbling nation.

Weapon
Tsukimi, The Phantasmal Blade
An absurdly long katana, Tsukimi is one of the Sacred Weapons of Kanata, a holy blade that cannot be drawn normally, as the steel is fused the black scabbard. Abnormally heavy even for other weapons the same size as itself, it can be considered to be more of a staff than a proper sword. It has yet to be cut by any edged weapon or scarred by any magical effects.

Physical Skills
Sheathed Sword Style
Tsukiko is capable of using Tsukimi both as a staff and a sword, giving her a flexible style that allows her to fight both in close range and mid-range. The bludgeoning blows, compared to the cuts of swords, makes it optimized for dealing hefty damage to both armored and unarmored individuals, but, ultimately, the Sheathed Sword Style is a defensive style, meant to disable an opponent, instead of kill them.

The Blessings of the Gods
Tsukiko, chosen by the Great Spirits, has been given a mortal form with many advantages. Her body heals seamlessly, boasts an incredible immune system, requires less sleep than most, and, most importantly, contains a strength that cannot be explained merely by her firm muscles. Though her agility and dexterity are solely a product of years of training, her strength allows for her to wield Tsukimi easily and supernatural feats such as jumping thrice her height.

Cooking
Tsukiko, despite being a Priestess of War, is still a Priestess. One of her most important duties is to prepare food offerings for her ancestors and the Great Spirits. As a result of training that was on par with her martial arts training, she has become quite masterful in the culinary arts of Kanata, and is fairly confident that she can make any dead thing into an edible thing, as well as identify most mushrooms and herbs within a forest.

Magic
One Strike to Split the Sky
Tsukiko’s ultimate technique, One Strike to Split the Sky is a lengthy ‘spell’ that allows one to draw out the Phantasmal Blade and cleave through the magical and the spiritual. It cannot be blocked, as it ignores physical obstacles and cuts through magical defenses as if it were merely flesh. It cannot be endured, as it leaves a permanent wound in the person’s very soul. And if it can be dodged, Tsukiko will not use it, because her One Strike can only be used once a day.

Naturally, if she was up against an inanimate object that neither needed magic or a soul to move itself, her One Strike is pretty much useless.

Weaknesses
With no ranged weapons, literally no armor, and an ultimate trump card that can only be used once a day, Tsukiko is fraught with weaknesses. She just makes up for those weaknesses by increasing her strengths. Essentially, it could be said that she is a specialist at taking down singular, powerful monsters, as opposed to a horde of many.

Other Inventory
Outside of basic adventuring gear such as a bedroll, torches, a firestarting kit, rope, and rations, Tsukiko also has a rare condiment not found in any other nation within the Caededril Republic: wasabi.

[Hawlin]

I have a character almost done, but got dragged off to a baseball game before finishing. I'll have it up, later.

:T

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Lauder@RedDusk@Hawlin

I shall look forward to all of your characters eagerly!~

@ERode
She looks absolutely good~

Just take care not to abuse that one-hit KO skill, and I won't have to publicly flog you~

@CrystalApple
Annnd here comes some flogging~

After some careful consideration and thinking...The problem I have with your character, is that a lot of his magic seems incredibly vague, and from what I can see is very...versatile. That's not how any of these characters should be starting out. At the moment, he seems like he can perform almost every type of magic.

which is a no-no. If I may be honest, you've used a lot of words to describe your characters abilities, but have done very little to actually describe what they actually do.

Ritual magic isn't exactly very well explained in what it is actually capable of and is incredibly vague in result, meaning and if I'm reading it right, there's a lot of room for him to...sort of be able to do everything, I think.

Arcane magic, while it seems fairly well balanced also has the potential to be incredibly powerful in a smart persons hands. Blasts of neutral-element magic while having no particular advantages, have no real disadvantages either. As such, if you want that I would say get rid of one of the second magics, or replace it with a more passive sort of ability.

Witchcraft, is incredibly vague, broad, and seems to include a lot of different forms of magic. Plus, it can't really be the 'most populous' as there are a lot of differing magic forms in this world. It seems to more or less fall under what one might call 'Hexes'. I realize I said go crazy and feel free to create your own form of magic, but also within reason, as long as it was properly balanced.

As it stands, I think 'Witchcraft' is just a bit too generalized at the moment for me to allow since apparently it includes 'Hexes, curses, spirit communication, divination'. Spirit communication would likely more fall under a necromancy sort of ability, and Divination is a fairly powerful ability in itself, and would likely be a stand alone magic ability with some sort of passive abilities such as some small precognition.

Apologies if this seemed a bit long-winded or overly critical. I would like to request you make your characters magic less broad in what they are capable of, and perhaps for now stick with two magics. An offensive based one and a passive magic feat, and properly explain what they can do

Once you make these appropriate changes, I will take a look at the CS again.