[OOC] Buccaneers and Blades (Fantasy, High Casual)

[spicykvnt]

@Stormflyx It's going to be a swell ol time, mateys!

@Skull

A swell old time of Ed looking up your loincloth.

Pack jocks dude.

[POOHEAD189]

I'm looking to start by the end of this weekend, if not on Monday!

[Skull]

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A swell old time of Ed looking up your loincloth.

Pack jocks dude.

@Stormflyx

No way am I giving up the loincloth life.

But I'll see what I can do about Zahir. Probably.

[DeletedUser9Gh7]

@POOHEAD189

Back to the drawing board for me...

[Smystar99]

Sage Naifeh

Character Name:
Sage Naifeh

Race/Species:
Human- Andred/Khalahar

Gender:
Female

Age:
26

Role:
TBD

Skills/Traits:

• Healing Magic- She has studied and trained over half of her life on the subject, anything from simple wounds to curses. This isn`t to say she has fully mastered the field, but some would consider her as such in what she can do. To her some things are brought straight down to luck.
• Surgery- In her studies she often worked alongside her master in stitching wounds on battlefields. There were some operations that had to be done on site and as such she has experience in those as well. The use of magic in these instances wasn`t always required but sometimes necessary in her training. One must be able to connect themselves to another person in order to heal them. It is dangerous at times but when studying the field of healing magic she had to know how.
• Cooking- The majority of her travels were with a group of magic users, some of them only with her master. The art of cooking wasn`t exactly foreign to her as most of them had no idea how to make something edible, kind of funny for a group of mages. It was often her job to cook meals for everyone. Not to mention that making poultices, pulps, and medication was a skill that she also studied extensively.
• Knife fighting- Magic is almost like a drug to whoever casts it. The hunger for it can engulf a person. Therefore Sage fights with a knife, her magic is typically not used in battle at all, although she does have her personal grimoire on her person at all times. This skill has been refined for over a solid decade of her life.

Weapons:

• A Janbiya blade- This is the dagger she fights with, it has a crescent blade and a silver handle. The handle is engraved with different marks that represent signs of hope and valor.
• A Grimoire- Used to cast spells and incantations. This item can be used on and off the battlefield depending on the circumstance.

Physical Description:
The woman was pretty much genetically bred to be so fair that she appears almost transparent. The Khalahar blood running through her veins is most notable through her wavy crimson locks that run to below her shoulder blades. The not so noticeable muscle definition that she`d gained through years of hard travel is also thanks to her father. The appearance of it stops there for the most part as she stands at a sad 5'3 in height. The height was in part with genetics given to her by her mother, an Andred with grey eyes, in which she also received from her. The tiny woman isn`t dainty however, she has a curvy figure, of which she is quite proud of.

Armor:
Sage wears little armor, a light chest plate and gauntlets for battle at most. The clothing she wears is usually light weight and flows around her body when she moves. The amount of supplies she carries is heavy enough, adding armor on top of it would only make her slower and less agile. The only thing she wears on top of her clothing is a simple cloak.

Equipment/Other

• A mortar for making different types of medicine.
• Herbs of different varieties from cooking to medical.
• Bottles that store stuff she`s already made.
• This is all stored in her satchel.

Mental Description/Personality:
Always the observant one she often does not speak unless she feels that she should. This can sometimes lead to her being very quiet when it is not the time for talking. When she does speak it can be anything from wise to straight up sarcasm. The reason she chooses to observe verse talk needlessly is because her entire life from a young age has been built off her observations. In a few moments of meeting someone she can tell a lot about them. If they have always had money, if they talk more than listen, if they`re hiding something. Most would call it a gut feeling and sometimes it actually is. For the most part she isn`t wrong in some shape or form. This doesn`t automatically mean she is narcissistic however. On the contrary she wants to help other people deeply. This leads to a kind and understanding nature about her. In all honesty she`s the last to judge anyone as she also is quite out there. The idea of marriage is beyond her, she would rather have a life companion. The way she views love and relationships is casual and very open to discussion.

Background/History:
The family she was born into wasn`t a peaceful one. Her Khalahar father wasn`t a good man in any respect. From what she can remember at the lively age of four he was a huge drunkard that beat her mother. He was unhappy with what his life had become and loved to take it out on his family. This being said her parents were not bound together in any respect but her. They were not married. In a bad moment in time they had been together somewhat peacefully until she came around. In the past her father had felt in control of his life and with her being born there was something that bound him to Andred, a place he loathed in his very soul.

At the age of four he just disappeared with no warning nor trace. It was speculated he may have gotten himself killed, others believe he just fled from the only thing tying him down. In any respect her family life got a bit better there on out, while her mother struggled to raise her the next few years she always tried her best. The debt accumulated however and they couldn`t pay it. A man came to collect the money from their home by busting down the door. Sage`s mother hid her among crates so she wouldn`t be caught in anything. This hadn`t stopped the seven year old when her mother was attacked. The man sliced at her with a knife demanding payment or her life. A final blow that would kill the only person she loved, Sage ran in front of her.

She was stabbed by her heart.

The man in all his fear fled, the act of killing an innocent child was far more serious than a woman drowning in debt that was wanted for stealing. In those moments Sage knew at the age of seven she was possibly going to die. There was a miracle on this though, while her mother yelled and tried to understand what to do a surgeon came into the house and performed surgery on her. He repaired the gash on her heart and covered the organ in a metal to keep it in place. In a week she woke up alive, but now her life wasn`t her own.

As payment for his services he demanded that she would now be a slave to him. There was no room to argue either, as the metal around her heart was poisonous. He`d saved her life and forced her to be forever in his debt by making it so she was forever dying. Being as poor as they were they`d never be able to buy what was needed to keep her alive. He had the advantage, he knew how to make the medicine she needed.

For four years she was his slave, constantly doing everything that was asked of her. Just so she could live. When she started to reach her teen years she finally gave up on such an awful existence. Stealing as much of the medicine as she could she fled. The town she`d spent her entire life in, the one that still had her mother, she vowed to never return to again. The plan Sage had for herself wasn`t fool proof, it was all too foolish. The second miracle in her life happened shortly after fleeing. In a lone house in the middle of a forest she found a mage named Dhamir, he took her in and recreated the medicine she needed.

Once he had heard her story he told her something she didn`t know about herself. The type of medicine given to her was only aiding in curing her. Sage was being kept alive with her own arcane soul. It was undeveloped and unstable, but the medicine was making it keep the poison at bay. If she was trained to control her magic she`d be able to not be solely dependent on it, instead it would only aid in making her stronger against it.

This began the start of her training for the next 14 years in the arcane arts, more directly with healing magic. She learned to use her own magic to save herself from the poison. The obsession over magic and medical knowledge only increased as she grew older. It became her passion. The thing that was originally only supposed to keep her alive became something she wanted to do the rest of her life.

The magic constantly running through her body comes at a toll though. The art of magic comes quite easily to her but she`s constantly more limited. The amount of magic she uses to keep her alive makes casting other spells of huge proportions increasingly difficult. Some day she understands that the growing instability of it will cause her to become almost useless in terms of magic. A mage who can`t cast spells.

Goals/Aspirations:
The constant instability in her life makes her crave stability, not in the way most people assume it though. Stability for her is being able to live as freely as she can for as long as she can. She is not bound by a social clock to settle down. In actuality Sage wants to always live life by her rules. This lust for some control in her life is why she loves medicine and magic. They are things the she can keep stable, for the most part. The thing she strives for is to be able to help in any way she can while living the best she can.

Relationships:
TBA

Finally done, this took a lot longer than I originally thought!
Take a gander at this mess, hopefully I got most of the errors.

[POOHEAD189]

Anyone think a Pirate Discord channel is a good idea?

[spicykvnt]

yes.

[POOHEAD189]

Hmmmm let's see...

According to my calculations

there is going to be 5 ladies and only 2-3 male characters (bar NPCs)

Oh God!

[spicykvnt]

Hmmmm let's see...

According to my calculations

there is going to be 5 ladies and only 2-3 male characters (bar NPCs)

Oh God!

@POOHEAD189

Excuse me I'm a man.

[POOHEAD189]

Sorry Ava *cough* I mean, Ed ;)

[spicykvnt]

[POOHEAD189]

So we have heard from our resident mage Assalya, so most if not all are now accounted for! Still need some character sheets, but soon we'll be underway!

[POOHEAD189]

Got another day until I check people's sheets and start. If you haven't finished a character, don't worry. The intros should last a few days after that!

[spicykvnt]

Got another day until I check people's sheets and start. If you haven't finished a character, don't worry. The intros should last a few days after that!

@POOHEAD189

Looking forward to it :)

[POOHEAD189]

Here's my GM reviews, folks.

@Skull

Hider

Good sheet. Very well thought out, and doesn't go against the lore a lot. You're accepted, provided you edit these bits.

• Tone down your traits/skills somewhat. And by that, I don't mean redo them. But you've made him seem more like a monk rather than a pit fighter. Pit Fighters can have such abilities in a way, but not to the extent he is at. Pit Fighters are a bit more savage and less disciplined than monks, though that's not to say they're barbaric. He can attempt to reach a higher martial and mental state, but the pit fighter was more of a gladiator rather than a monk so treat him as such with a few edited sentences here and there.
• You'd need to explain why he's worshiping Bael/Mikhail when (while it's possible) he's not a God of the Arad Luin.
• Please list what alchemical concoctions he has.

I know these are vague, but he was a good enough character for me to trust you when I say tone it down a tad.

@Stormflyx

Hider

She is accepted. But here are a few edits I'd need.

• All praelians are sent to academies and do bits of each part of society before they are allowed to graduate. Write a few sentences expanding on that about her life.
• Give a small explanation of her making her way from Praelior to the port they are at now. It's like lowland europe, so it wouldnt be too exciting. But still, why did she show up for the festival?

@Smystar99

Hider

Accepted. Love her^^. Here's a few edits before you put her in the tab.

• You can add another skill/trait if you want. Maybe a charisma one from her comely appearance, or perhaps another talent of hers?
• Please bold the names of her skills/traits.
• I understand the symbolism of the stab in her heart, but see if it could be a wound that's a bit less final. Perhaps an artery near the heart? Or just say it nicked her heart, but it would have been enough to kill her regardless.
• Give an explanation on her journey from the eastern side of Andred to south of it on the coast of the Sea of Swords. Did anything happen while she traveled there? Why'd she choose to travel that way? What does she think of large festivals like the one we're at?

@BoyMom035

Hider

Accepted! Though you might be sharing your position as medic with Smystar, depending on how y'all post. I already helped you with edits, but let's see...she is accepted if you add these:

• Give her a goal that coincides with joining a pirate ship in particular. Why join such a dangerous operation? Is it because she'd used to danger with her past?
• How old was she when Dr. Henry Tate took her in? What motivated him to do so (don't need to get too specific), and how long was she there?

@bleedingwords

Hider

Not accepted (yet). If you edit these well, I'll change my mind and you can put him over. But he needs some work. Here's what I need.

• Reread him for spelling and grammatical errors. There weren't a lot, but it still needs to be re-read.
• Bold your traits/skills, as well as category titles like 'name' and 'physical description.'
• I think he has a good backstory, albeit incomplete. All Praelian children are required to attend the academy for a few years. But that doesn't mean he still couldn't be apprenticed to the map maker. Just make sure to mention it.
• Mention how he made it to SeaCliffe, and why he wants to be a pirate. It's a dangerous profession. Why not join a regular ship? Explain this in his backstory and goals.
• Has he ever experienced death, a lover, anything?
• Give me a small idea of the sundry sailor items he has.

@Utrax

Hider

Not accepted yet. But edit this and let me re-look, please. I want you to join bc I like your character.

• Need a lot more detail in her background. Where did she learn to fight. Who was important in her life. Did she ever have a lover or someone she hated? What parts of her backstory back up her skills/traits? When did certain things happen? It was a vague backstory that, while you shouldn't scrap it, needs more detail.
• You can add another skill/trait if you wish^^

@Rekaigan
Give the edits I have via PM and let me see it before you put the character sheet over.

@Assallya@SouffleGirl123Still need to see y'alls sheets when you are ready.

[bleedingwords]

@POOHEAD189 Thanks for your time, but I just got a new job and I'm not sure I will have time for this. Best of luck!

[Smystar99]

Have most of it edited and will finish it up after more sleep

In the meantime enjoy this cat with an off button:

Cat

[POOHEAD189]

@Smystar99Kitty!

[Utrax]

@POOHEAD189
Thing updated.
I'm used to keeping it vague for revelation purposes.
My bad. Added the full story.
Added one skill.
All is well.

[Squad 404]

I've got an idea for an elven bard that serves for crew morale/diplomacy and potentially healing. Is there any room for such a character?