[OOC] A Good Old Dungeon Spelunk (Full currently, check back later!)

[Starberries]

@Banana Cool cool, fire weakness is fine with me, makes sense and sounds neat. I'll add that in and move it over.

[Gardevoiran]

@BCTheEntity@Kafka Komedy
You two are good as well, giving me the ability to start this thing soon.

The way this is going to work is that I'm gonna propose that some of the crew waits outside while the other crew goes with Irthorne into the dungeon. It'll allow me to keep up with things easier and it'll balance combat out as well.

Anyone want to volunteer for the surface? I promise it'll still be fun.

[Kafka Komedy]

@Banana I imagine Irthorne would be reluctant to let a 14 year old waltz into the dungeon at first, so I volunteer for surface dwelling.

[Horrid]

@Banana
Big Bart will go wherever the opponents are strongest. Hopefully that is on the surface.

[Bishop]

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Lorick Lockwell

Race: -- | Gender: Male | Class and Alignment: Neutral Evil

Age
22 years since the pact was made

Personality and Motivations
Guided by insurmountable greed, he craves all the knowledge and art among many other rarities to collect. He goes well with others as long as they prove useful and he will betray anyone if the profit gained surpasses the consequences, if there are any.

History

• The first thing he remembers is completing the infernal pact with a demon of greed. How high did the demon rank? He didn't know and only a fool would believe what a demon told them.
• Even before the pact he had 1 ability, shadow powers, which were seemingly lost, only his shadow remaining which he can merge with. He feels more complete than ever while in this state, giving the impression like his body is borrowed and he finaly achieved his true form.
• His life until now has been experiencing the best life has to offer, be it drinks, food, properties, women and many other delicacies. And he also slaughtered a whole Fae clan. The demon insisted on doing it, it wasn't him, although it technically WAS him doing all the killing but that's beside the point.
• Killing and replacing people has been his method of cheating through life. And he could as well be winning the race because he is living it to the max.
• After an uncountable number of things he has acquired, he felt the need for a safe so what better place then the Royal Treasury? He could get in and leave like he owned the place and that could very well be true if it wasn't for the drawbacks that came with it. He liked to move a lot you see, and a kingdom without a king is nothing but a ..dom.

Equipment

• Soul Dagger - A weightless dagger that can only be welded by the owner. Kinda like a soul security lock that only works with the right soul. It doesn't derive strength from the physical power but from the purity of the soul. Since he and his Shadow aren't even one, add being as impure as they come and the dagger will barely match a normal attack.
• Clock of Duality - A pocket watch with 2 clocks inside. One shows the normal time for the area where he currently is, the other is always one hour ahead. Once he makes a decision, if the clock that is one hour ahead stops, it means that that decision will lead to his direct death if it is within the hour, the exact time of it happening shown by the still hands. It only works if that is the last decision which leads to his death, which has to happen within the hour for the clock to show.
• Ring of the Lord - A ring which allows him to use force powers.He cannot buff himself directly by using it. After every use it needs to recharge, the time depending on how much force power was used.
• Coin of Finding - He thinks of something, flips the golden coin and if the thing he thought of really exists, an image of it will be carved on the front which will stay blank otherwise. The back side always being the same, with 2 more coins being portrayed in it. He then lets the coin fall into the ground where the coin moves towards the direction of the desired thing for 3 meters and then disappears, reappearing in his hand blank again.
• The Philosopher's Stone - A stone that lets him create anything he desires out of thin air. But he has yet to master even creating small knifes. Basically the only think he can create are small knifes which disappear after 10 seconds. The things are created, possessing no force or initial speed whatsoever and can only be summoned close to his person, in his hands. The cane is also a hidden sword. The sword is coated with a potent paralyses poison which takes effect within seconds.

Skills and Spells

• Doesn't need to sleep, eat or drink, though he does the last 2 for special occasions when the food or drink is particularly good and also to blend in, in some cases. He enters a form of sleeping when he becomes One with the Shadow.
• One with the Shadow - He enters a sort of meditative trance which allows his consciousness to skip his body and merge with the shadow. His body becomes dormant during this phase which also makes him the most vulnerable as if the body is destroyed, the shadow also ceases to exist in this world.
• Half Shadow - The Shadow being a part of him, also has some of his power within it and once it becomes dormant, the power he has is halved. The shadow, while merged with it, also becomes dormant if it suddenly becomes completely dark or there is a bright enough flash of light to extinguish all shadows hence blocking all ways of escape.
• Shapeshifter - One of the powers he got once signing the contract. He can morph to any humanoid creature, inheriting it's full abilities and memories, the latter is achieved by killing the humanoid he wants to morph to. He can also morph only parts of his body while the rest is something else.
• Hell Fire - Ethereal flames start burning the target's soul. They take on the color of the soul while burning, the color varies depending on many factors like the purity etc. As soon as he uses this power, his body turns to ash and he and his Shadow cease to exist in this world.

Living Shadow

• His Shadow seems to have a will of its own. Many times living the body without permission and other times staying dormant when its needed. What the Shadow experiences, knows, he knows and vice versa. The Shadow is a part of him and as so it actively tries to keep him out of danger, that being done either by scouting ahead, affecting the shadow of projectiles and objects so they miss, affecting the shadow of enemies to make them stop for a split second, controlling parts of the body of unaware people whose muscles aren't that active at the moment and, in rare cases even taking complete control of his body to achieve impossible feats though it goes dormant for some time after that, depending on how much it boosted him. It can also dim or extinguish small light sources and momentarily reduce the vision range over a dark area by making it darker.
• One with the Shadow - After merging with the Shadow he gains all of it's abilities but enhanced. He can influence the physical world by controlling the shadows of objects and live creatures, including humans, with force equal to lifting 200kg. As a basis he has instantaneous movement by moving from shadow to shadow but can't stray too far from the body or he will get teleported back to it, activating the body again while the Shadow becomes dormant.

Weaknesses - Holy Attacks, Spells and Objects.

Aaaand DONE

[Turbowraith]

@Banana The Axeman shall go wherever the noble gnome wizard instructs him.

Because that's the honorable thing to do.

[Gardevoiran]

@Bishop
Accepted, but this poses the question of what wold happen if he creates a holy item with the stone.

I'll fix the IC tomorrow afternoon. It's too late tonight.

[DracoLunaris]

I can do surface camping if there is more required. Someone will need to keep an eye on the evil 14 year old after all.

[Bishop]

@Banana I don't think he is that suicidal...

[Bishop]

Seriously I balanced this guy so hard..All the MOBA games would he jealous.

[Gardevoiran]

FIRST POST IS UP

Everybody arrive to do the things.

[BKburke]

Is this still accepting?

[Gardevoiran]

@BKburke
ye

[BKburke]

Character Name: Masrith

Race: Ulitharid (subspecies of illithid)

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Appearance: Like other Ulitharids, he sands 6ft 7in tall. Has for tentacles on his back due to a mutation that formed during ceramorphisis.
Another mutation gave him three extra eyes. Has two slightly above his natural set of eyes as well as one that is in the center of the other four.

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Personality and Motivations: Masrith hates everything. He ca be viewed as a racist because he sees every other race as only viable as food or slaves. Though he doesn't like to show it, he actually likes company as he was exiled from his home due to being a mutant. Masrith has the same motivations as any other of his race, to become immortal.

Class and Alignment: Evil psionic fist (it's a multiclass of psion and monk)

History: His life started as a larvae. Burrowing into the head of a mindless slave and devouring the brain and head. After attaching to the body, it underwent a process known as ceramorphisis. This is when the body alters and mutates to meet the needs of the larvae, eventually turning them into an Illithid or the much more rare Ulitharid. His body however, mutated far more that what was normal. After developing several mutations, he was held as an outcast. At first, he was sentenced to death, but after nobles consulted with the Elder brain, it decided that his stature being an Ulitharid was highly significant. Instead of being executed, Masrith was exiled to the surface world. They did not make him leave with nothing however. He was given clothes, several scrolls of knowledge about the ilithid empire and surface world. Since his exile, Masrith has primarily traveled on the outskirts on many villages, as illithids are viewed as monstrous creatures to most. He wold occasionally read the scrolls and books given to him to develop his abilities. After awhile, he heard the cries of help being needed about a crypt. Given the desperation, he figured he would be accepted. Especially because of his knowledge of creatures that inhabit the under-dark.

Equipment:
A pack with several books about his race, species of the surface (includes anatomy and such, like these species have been experimented on). Also includes books based on psionic abilities. Note these books are written in a strange form of brail that is only used by the illithids.
Standard Illithid armor

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Skills and Spells: While Ulitharids are physically powerful, their most feared aspect is their intelligence and mental prowess. Has psionic abilities. This includes telepathic communication with any species, mental domination (strong willed people can resist this, this includes slight suggestions to full on mentally dominating someone), can cast illusions, form mental barriers(about as durable as a wooden shield) read minds of others, can physically augment his body to become faster, stronger, and to heal himself and others (though he cant regrow limbs). As a photographic memory, and an extremely high learning capacity. His center eye allows him to see in the dark. Can use his tentacles to grab others (though they can't function in using weapons) Note that their mental abilities do not work on undead with broken minds. Ex:zombies and skeletons.

Miscellaneous:

Illithids

Illithids are not well known. They rarely ever visit the surface, only going up for slaves and food. They are known for their mental prowess. Nothing else is known about the Illithids.

[Bishop]

@Cuccoruler The Shadow is within* other shadows so it doesn't just stand as the Shadow of a man. Just wanted to clarify so everyone can picture the scene better.

Also, is that severed head just gonna keep company to those who stay behind? XD

[Gardevoiran]

@BKburke
I like the character, but I would like to address a few things about him that I personally don't have beef with, but I feel like it'd help in the long run.

He's a tall guy, firstly. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but this was a tall-dwarf sized crypt. He'd be hitting ceiling a lot, which would be annoying I'd imagine. I'd lower him like a half-foot in height, but that's up to you.

He has incredible psychic powers, which just seem a bit broken to me. If you nerfed a few of them down (like the mental barriers being equal to wooden shields) that would be appreciated, but I do want the detect-magic eye removed. I have a few GM tricks I want to pull off and this guy would hurt that.

tl;dr - Nerf his powers, remove detect-magic eye, and - if you want to - make him slightly shorter.

[BKburke]

I shall do that.

If I change the center eye to allow him to see in the dark, would that be ok?

[Gardevoiran]

@BKburke
Yeah thats fine.

[BKburke]

I have made the changes that were asked, is there anything more specific of his powers you want me to nerf? Or anything of them you want me to detail more?

[Gardevoiran]

@BKburke
It's good now. I'm gonna assume it takes a strain to fully-dominate someones mine so that's it's own catch.

Feel free to add to the Char tab.