Lost Cards of Broken Paradise

[Brasslazer]

@MaeThis looks incredibly complicated and amazing, if there's still room I'd love to join!

[Mae]

@Brasslazer most certainly! wonderful to have you on board.

[ScreenAcne]

If, any one. Would like a motherfucking. guide to bcode colors. I found one here: absitomen.com/index.php?topic=331.0

Shit. I must of been more out of it than I thought because I literally wrote gibberish. I must be getting a connection to god or, motherfucking. something because I'm typing tongue.

Balith Benker

Balith Benker • 9th of Diamonds • Ticketeers

"For all heights there is a staircase"
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AGE (17) • Gender: Male

Appearance:

The most notable thing about Balith for anyone before they even get close enough to smell the hint of his Spicy pepper cologne would be that he is short. His shaded, swamp mist eyes are faced with the constant danger of being impaled by noses when talking to the average man despite having a very still and straight posture that would put most coat hangers to shame. His shoulders, betray his discipline by occasionally curving down and letting any tension slide off with it.

His olive skin is stricken with a smooth and cold lack of shine to it. Pale from the constant shelter that he finds himself in, bereft of any light outside of candles and late night socializing. His eyes, telling the same tale with a small, graying packages housing his sockets. Despite this his irises themselves are constantly glittering with vague dancing green jewels, wet with life even outside of any light. Resembling fire flies celebrating in the forests.

Balith's hair style is typically something smooth and quick to do. Either being very messy and slightly spiked with hair products or simply curved down all over, both dressing his smaller forehead in a charcoal black crown. Physically unimpressive and average in weight. His clothes tend to change readily over the weeks, rarely appearing in the same costume over and over. Almost all of his clothes are neat and uniform, normally citizen remakes or casually repurposed sets that relate to solders, organizations or business like attire.

Personality:

Balith is at ease with people, his eyes are solid marbles and roll about the room in relaxation. His breathing steady and movements minimal as if the populace were pillows even when entertaining talk of politics or emotions. Untouched by the seriousness that ether can take. He examples his class in drama, being certain in the face of despair or social anxiety of others, rarely if ever displaying violence or crass reaction to what going on around him.

Unlike many of his younger students, he is at home within the system. Appealing to his own need for organisation he rarely whispers a word against it and is just as quick to shun and try to guide those that belittle or mock it. Stubborn as he is certain in his beliefs, even in the face of evidence that he is wrong he will rarely react with acknowledgement, depriving those that best him with the satisfaction of a emotional or thoughtful reply. With a voice that sings at talking volume, a set of brows that never seem to furrow and a small shine off at the side of his eyes. He welcomes all to approach him although for what reason can be hard to ascertain. Whom he considers friends and whom he considers to be another step in his goals can be hard to tell due to his aversion of acting cold and disconnected to either.

This triangle of Certainty, stoicism and stubbornness form a structure that can coach others into feeling that the world is simple and straight forward. He displays knowledge when it is not there, courage for concepts when there is no evidence of worth, shunning in the face of victims for the sake of safety and restrictions to freedom for simple answers. Yet, he is stable when all is lost, kind when all is violent, values what others can see as worthless and shelters those who rely on him both from themselves and from others.

With a capacity to be both alarmingly helpful and hurtful he stands attention. His true morals stiff to the winds of change. Time will only tell if he never changes at all or is doomed to do so utterly from what he is.

Biography:

Baltih family had a long line of ticket takers. Write inspectors, currency spotters and generally anything that needed someone to look at paper and make sure it wasn't of dubious quality. As the times changed so did the things they had to inspect. At first it was the simple act of gold coins, being one of the many small families that would spend all day printing new golden coins, making sure they were of proper accord. Normally working with other smiths rather than being taking on the art craft themselves. As prints came out, their house was one that would validate the many, many letters that would come in and out of the streets.

For diamonds, they were rather respected. Not out of some greater knowledge or even notable skills but due their long heritage of the same job. Slowly moving to more and more trusted positions. They were an after thought but for the more diplomatic spades and hearts, it was typical to say "Take it to the Benkers" after receiving a dubious letter or an off stamp. Of course, the Benkers themselves didn't know they were more valued than some nor did many others. But for such sensitive information and governmental duties it was a must.

This secrecy while wise broken when Mister Benker, having grown frustrated to the monotony of his family line turned to selling the various seals and new prints to certain contacts that tried to entice him. Taking precious signatures of rich spades and Hearts alike in order to withdrew large amounts of gold from the treasury. These exploits and the increase in printing urged the economy into a crisis. Inflating the gold price to an extent that most lower classes could barely feed themselves at all.

Mister Benker was captured a month into his escapades when the guard found copies of the new government seal. Slapped onto fake bonds. Earning himself a 10 year sentence. His wife, on the other hand died in a fire started by out raged locals, who many had themselves deprived of medicine and food due to his actions. Balith, having return to a family home that now belonged to charcoal and soot. Left as a changed child, his rumored risk taking personality and world hungry eyes had vanished. Soon becoming a student, sure in the system. He never once used his family name again, nor ever replying to his fathers letters even when he got out a year ago.

The System

Stats:

Health: 10
Sanity: 15
Willpower: 20
Stamina: 10
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Stealth: 10
Magic: 10
Vigilence: 10
Luck: 0

Loadout:

The Stair Case LV1(Passive): For each Suit (except himself) add 1 point of sanity per player: EG (Diamond player, Club, Spade, Heart (4 points)

(LV 2: +1 sanity for full houses lv 3: +1 to full houses. Gain 0.5 points for each tier after Diamond. lv 4: Gain 1+ for each tier after Diamond. Another for full house and decrease mental or moral effects by 0.5 for each tier each level after this.)

Full House: Royalty healing gain 4+

Subordinate lv 1: Removes a debuff or add a buff onto a suit as long as a higher suit has it.

Lv2: May be used on enemy suits. LV3: Can make a lower suit mimic 2 buffs or debuffs

Lv4: If a friendly Heart suit is on the field. The selected friendly will heal sanity and health compared to 10% of their will power. While stacking on the previous lvs.

Administrative Will Power lv1: Balith does will power damage equal to 20% of his own. Causing a stunned effect of 1 turn. If the enemy loses all their will power they surrender(retreat/turn coat. What fits them)

Each lv his stun increase by 1 turn and his will power percentage by 10%

Skills:

Paper Pusher: Balith understands the system that permeates the world. Granting him the ability to forge documents, navigate politics, rules and ascertain if papers are legitimate along with currencies and official metal seals.

Gossiper: While not exactly his true job. Balith set up his room like an office, many knowing that he welcomes idle prattle and cries of help equally. He starts off with alot of tid bits of info about people in town. Knowing many by their name and has a large circle of contacts

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[Eklispe]

Working on a manly club blacksmith, no computer for now though cause fire got me evacuated so can't work on it for a bit.

[FantasyChic]

Debating on what type of character I want. I am definitely leaning towards either Heart or Diamond, with a preference for Heart reigning thus far.

[Mae]

@ScreenAcneI don't think your post is gibberish at all! I really like your writing style and your loadout/history is really unique :3

Only a few small changes, other then that he's looking great so far:

You can remove NAME/HOUSE NUMBER/SUIT/HOUSE NAME from the top line so it reads neater :D

This is my fault, I didn't mention this: Suit houses go up to 10, like in a deck of cards, with Ace being high. I think your family would maybe be around 7-8 since they're not like... farmers or cleaners, if you wanted to keep them low on the social scale, or you could move them up a bit if you wanted. That being said, given your family history, you could have them lower because they fell from their position when your father committed such a grave crime :D your choice!

Finally with your willpower ability, I would probably suggest at lvl 1 it being 20% of willpower + stun. Then as you level it up at the Training Grounds, you can push it up by 10% each time. At later levels the stun duration could increase :D

Also I am SO excited someone will be forging documents. It'll make things really interesting. I'll have a think of how it functions in the system - there would probably be a risk they might be found out, so you might spend some time getting punished like Fizzy no doubt will xD Other then that... hm... I would say you can forge up to 3 documents per week. If you try to forge like, documents that grant you Proven abilities, you'll be far more likely to fail forging something for an initiate. Forgeries have to be specific (e.g. A writ for one exotic pet) rather then Seal of an Advanced Student. If you have a tonne of forgeries on one person, they'll also be more likely to be found out.

Anyway, sorry for the behemoth post. I really love the direction of your character :3

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I'm in the process of updating the rankings, but I've changed it so that everyone is entitled to 1 Area unlock at Training level.
Fates/Destinies must be finished before IC goes up, but i understand if people want to wait until they've seen all other characters :3 my one is also currently incomplete.

Other then that guys, I'm sorry I'm such a messy GM! I'm trying to get everything set in stone for the OOC to make it easier, but there may be occasional small changes as i tweak the system a little. Thankyou so much for understanding!

@Eklispe damn that sounds scary. I hope you and your loved ones are all ok. I totally understand, do as you need to do. I look forward to seeing your smith when things chill out a little :D

@FantasyChic excellent! I can't wait to find out what you go for!

[Mae]

@Eklispe @ScreenAcne@FantasyChic still learning the mention system, sorry if i spammed~!

[ScreenAcne]

@Mae

Shit, don't sweat your water supply about it, sister. I was fucking with that system like a bi-curious teenager when I first got on here with it.

Fuck, all up in there with the good vibes. Thanks. I rewrote when I felt better, so it's all smiles that it didn't degrade into word goo without me realizing. I'll make those changes, they sound balanced to me. I might include a level up chart for all of them after I write my appearance section.

I made, the. motherfucking. changes to his title and stuff. It should look more cooked.

[Mae]

@ScreenAcne that's cool! I'm glad for people to test the system out for flaws. Helps me to work out what needs improving and what I don't need to tinker with :D

RP should be fun, it's all good vibes here :3 I think it's reading great and I'm really looking forward to roleplaying with you.

Right, I'll get back to finishing off a couple things, need to work out how I'm going to break up the OOC so it's not just a stream of TMI xD

[ScreenAcne]

Right, I'll get back to finishing off a couple things, need to work out how I'm going to break up the OOC so it's not just a stream of TMI xD

@Mae

I suggest

hider

hiders

That way you can keep all the info you want in, motherfucking. segments but you ain't got to sacrifice anything.

[Mae]

@ScreenAcne I was avoiding hiders because i couldn't get them to look right, but i think I agree with you. If peeps think Hiders will help I'll fix up the OOC to suit :D

[ScreenAcne]

@ScreenAcne I was avoiding hiders because i couldn't get them to look right, but i think I agree with you. If peeps think Hiders will help I'll fix up the OOC to suit :D

@Mae

Shit. I feel you sister. Hiders don't look too good. They're like the oil rigs of the B code world. They're useful but, they motherfucking. got the made for use look.

My sheet is now finished, sis. I added the appearence and put some lv chart stuff for the wicked powers. I let the forging thing stay statless because ti seemed like that would be something that would be fun to RP via logical narrative.

[Mae]

yeah, the more I think about it the more I think it's a good idea to use them though. I think the shops will definitely need them! and I am down for that :D

@Iktomi@GeminiRonin@Eklispe@Animus@Grim327@FantasyChic@tathgon@ScreenAcne@Brasslazer

May I ask what everyone is thinking for their first area unlock? I am thinking of temporarily removing the tavern, church and maybe Maria for now, just so I can get the OOC up sooner.

[Iktomi]

@Mae
I'm probably going to pick the Forge
given how my character will be. Though my character would probably pick the tavern so I'm kind of torn. I should probably go with what my character would pick though. Ignore that. Forge it is. I completely ignored the fact that you were chopping the tavern for now haha.

[ScreenAcne]

@Mae

Shit. Probably the market place for me.

[Eklispe]

Question. Under the novice header it says

They gain access to the forge and one restricted area of their choice (as well as the Clubs).

Auto Forge access yes?

Edit
In any case I'll go forge if not free, and training grounds is my next one.

[duskshine749]

I picked the wrong RP to check out before bed, I just read that whole monster of a first post and I'm exhausted X.X I'll check out the rest of this thread tomorrow but I'm liking what I'm seeing. If I'm welcome I think I'd like to join

[tal0n]

@Mae If there is room left, I would love to join this, cause it looks super interesting!

[FantasyChic]

I vote forge

[Mae]

@Eklispe I've been updating the rankings a bit so at Training level you will receive one unlock and each subsequent level you will receive two, with the oppurtunity to buy more with credits if there's something you're really dying for and can't wait. No area is currently guarenteed so people get to customise their Areas.

If it helps, here is an example. Higher ranks still need a little work before I resubmit it:

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Training (0 Credits):

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Students who have just arrived and begun their training within the city.
• One Restricted Area Token
• Cannot own property or buisness (must stay in Provided Accomodation: Dorms)
• Must pay for lodging
• Must pay for access to the library and training grounds when outside of training hours or if there is no supervision
• Access to any forges, places of magic or alchemy is limited - may only attend when part of a field trip.
• May own one trinket and one low-powered artefact. Powerful artefacts need a Writ to own or they will be conviscated until further notice.
• They cannot have corruptions, maladies or maddesses removed by healers.

The other thing I'm adapting slightly is that players have to pay Upkeep at certain times - for Students in Training, for example, this would be the cost of food, water and lodging - so people don't have to keep track of everything~

@Iktomi if enough people really want the tavern up and running, I'll try to get it together :3

@duskshine749@tal0n I'm very sorry for the wall of text! I think I'm just going to leave it open till I have the OOC up and I have enough character sheets, so feel free to get involved.