[OOC] Crescendo of Steel and Magic: An Isekai genre RP

[AtomicNut]

I DO THE WIZARD

• Name: Sigfried Sasbach, Imperial Mage
• Age:19
• Gender:Male
• Race: Hooman
• Original Appearance:Back in the day he was a rather plump, tall scientist with a skin condition and thick glasses. He had blue eyes and black hair. He usually wore crumpled clothes and had a slight hunch in his posture, a product of many hours using computers.
• Current Appearance: Still a wet noodle though.
• Personality: Siegfried is a rather melancholic and jumpy individual. With an alarming lack of self esteem, product of years and years of frustrations and poor social interactions, he more than often crumples and apologizes more often than not. Barring that, he is clearly driven by the passion he once had in life: Science. Somehow, this has bleed out to his newfound competence in magic. He also has a surprisingly resilient moral code and values honesty, despite his overall timidity. He is also a huge nerd.
• Brief Backstory: Once a mortal man who dedicate his life to science, the man who would later be known as Sigfried was in the middle of a life crisis, when he realized he wasnt getting any younger and he had used Social skills as dump stat, basically. Sure, the allure of science was good and great, but in the end mediocrity set in, and he wondered what he was doing typing a simulation in a computer at 2 AM in the morning for an experiment barely anyone cared to begin with. To say that he yearned for a second chance was an understatement.
  
  Still, when said second chance arrived and begun to live his life as Siegfried after melding with his memorie, he found much to his chagrin he ended up doing the same thing he had done in his previous life. Yet, he could not bear himself to stay away from science and progress, and the fact that he could now set things on fire with the power of his mind only increased his interest in the subject. He had a bit of better looks this time. Also magic. That kind of was a neat thing. He ended up being conscripted by Grandia though, as it was the only people with enough funding to do research around.
• Abilities:
  
  • Magic: The ability to do stuff out of thin air. Sigfried seems to be particulary talented at this regard, and he has little trouble conjuring the lightning element. He has a basic knowledge on other elements (the basic projectiles and stuff), as well as knowing how to decently create barriers and simple sigils. He also has taken effort in learning a bit of basic healing. However, being a novice Imperial Mage, he can't do much more than the file-and-rank recruit mages...yet.
  • Bookworm: As a scientist, he was always ahead of the norm when it came to learning and processing complex and abstract concepts (specially Physics), as well as being able to learn new technological and magical disciplines quickly.
• Skills:
  
  • Science!: Siegfred attained a Physics degree in his former life, and boy, is he making use of it ever (well maybe not, given this world having magic and whatnot). Besides the knowledge in said field, this has allowed to actually use the scientific method in other disciplines, such as chemistry or magitech, and thus crank out innovations and employ lateral thinking.
  • Waifu Making:How did this one get in here? Automaton Crafting: He is able to create basic servant automatons, with a female shape. He is likewise able to repair them. Don't ask.
  • Basic Military training: He can shoot his own pistol and stuff. He still has the physical shape of a wet noodle however.
• Equipment: His Imperial Outfit, A gun, Basic magic implements, a diary, booze shots.
• Origin: Our World

[Raineh Daze]

I promise this won't become Youjo Senki

• Name: Yamada Jiro / Sif
• Age: 3X / 9
• Gender: Female
• Race: Alv
• Original Appearance-Activate Salaryman Powers

  
• Current Appearance-Much Cuter

  
• Personality: In general, Jiro was conditioned to take things in stride and simply deal with it. Of course, the current situation is far beyond what that would be... but that won't change the response. Unsuitably sarcasm and cynicism is the order of the day, by and large, though it's not like Sif can completely escape her childish impulses and present far greater level of energy. It's just not her normal reaction to things.
• Brief Backstory: In his original life, Jiro was about as stereotypically dull as it was possible for any living human to be. A middle child with no outstanding abilities or talents, he ended up working in a respectable office job and finding his way to middle management. Not one to find time for romance, he was also the type to sideline his interests to get more work in and then go out drinking. All in all, a banal but tolerable existence.
  Her life as Sif has hardly been one that could be construed as more exciting in concept--a child is just a child, even when they're an elf. Hailing from one of the Eastern kingdoms, one couldn't say much except that it was a comfortable family life. Uprooting to live with family in Grandia despite the risk of war--the magically inclined only increased in demand, after all--may have been one of their poor choices, given the presence of unscrupulous types who have an interest in young Alves.
  She's in quite a pickle right now.
• Abilities: Sif has unusually high magical potential even for an Alv, but that's it--potential. She has no actual training beyond a very rudimentary "and this allows you to clean dishes instantly" deal. If she had anything more significant, her current predicament wouldn't be so bad.
• Skills: In the skills department, Sif is woefully lacking in anything that would really be of use to a child. Whilst she now has the benefits of a full tertiary education, it is safe to say that a child is not going to be getting that much mileage out of office skills adapted for abundant computers and even less out of managerial ability. The most useful skill she has going for her is having learned well how to actually learn material--if presented with a chance to learn magic, she's going to do it a lot faster than her age would suggest.
  Though maybe she could put her skill at number-based logic puzzles to work and start writing games for newspapers?
• Equipment: Nada
• Origin: Our World

[VitaVitaAR]

@TheFake: Beastkin are intended to be more human-like then that, but I might be able to accommodate that kind of race. No other issues at least.

@Poi: Would like it if you used the bio format I provided for consistency. ^^;

@Raineh Daze: Accepted.

[AtomicNut]

Okay, that took less than anticipated.

Edit: Gah, forgot backstory, editing!

Edit2: Done.

[VitaVitaAR]

@AtomicNut: Remember, "our world" characters will be starting the RP as they appear in their new world. Or, possibly, remember their original lives.

It's deliberately vague.

[Joker892]

Name: Dustin Bernard
•Age: 21

•Gender:Male

•Race: Human

•Current Appearance:

His looks

He stands at a height of 5'11 and is built with the body of a typical frontline grunt. He has green eyes, brown hair and pale skin.

•Personality: Dustin is a cool headed man when off of the field and can be a source of entertainment for his fellow soldiers. He cares for his brothers in arms and will put his life on the line for them without a second thought. On the battlefield though he is cold towards his enemies and will take pleasure in killing them, though he does well to hide his joy when in combat.

•Brief Backstory: Dustin grew up within the slums of the Grandia Empire and lived along side his fellow street urchins and little sister. They stole, fought and cheated to ensure their survival. Though at the age of twelve he allowed himself to be caught by the authorities when trying to rob a rich citizen to let his sister and fellow urchins escape. He was thrown in prison and suffered its harsh and neglectful conditions seeing as how the guards saw him as just another rat that dirtied their homes. Through merciless beatings and cruel starvation Dustin grew to hate his homeland and was ready to curse its name. That is until Emmett Frederick, a captain within the empires military did his monthly browse of potential soldiers. They were much cheaper this way. Dustin despised the man once he picked him out along side a handful of other imprisoned thugs and dragged him to the nearest military base for training. Dustin had arrived at that base with hatred for his own homeland, but the first night there he was fed, bathed and given proper treatment. Hell, even Emmett arranged for meals of their choosing to be made for them. Dustin and the others who were picked simply questioned the man with hesitation. Emmett simply smiled and said, "I treat all men with great potential as if they were my own." They were all confused and somewhat shocked. They had potential in this mans eyes, even though they were just your common criminals. Dustin saw the man in a new light and decided to give this military life style a chance. Years have past now and Dustin and the original band of thugs and criminals have grown into fine soldiers. Dustin was even able to house his past street urchins and sister with the help of Emmett. His love for his country has now changed and he is prepared to give his life to protect all he has earned.

•Abilities: Dustin is known to use little of his magic, but when he does it is clear there is potential. There is even talk of moving him and his men to a Greatarmor unit just because of how talented he is.

•Skills: More than excellent when it comes to marksmen ship, has what some would call a 'hawks eye' when it comes to spotting things from a distance, can raise moral without even trying and is finally quick thinking and resourceful in desperate situations.

•Equipment: A standardized semi-automatic rifle of the imperial army, a pistol gifted to him by Emmett, trench knife, grenades, backpack to carry the essentials and a watch given to him by his sister.

•Origin: Native

[Carlyle]

@VitaVitaAR Will do. I'll probably get around to it later tonight or tomorrow morning, howerver.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Joker892: Hmm, my one concern is he might not have too much to do outside of any battle sequences we do, but then again I suppose I could introduce some things I was planning earlier to accommodate soldier characters like that right off the bat.

[Polaris North]

And done.

Orion the Merchant

Name: Orion Tanbei

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Race: Wolf Beastkin

Appearance:

My Hider

Personality: Orion is a rather cheerful individual. A smile is almost always plastered on his face as he talks with customers and other merchants alike. He isn't necessarily competitive so most people think he wouldn't survive in the world of merchants - but he has been doing this for quite some time already and has proved to be quite skilled in it. Understandably, he is quite the social person who rarely chooses those he interacts with before introducing a product. At the rare times that you don't see him working, he's quite the storyteller. Thanks to his years of being on the road, you get to experience a lot of things. People often tell him that he is naive and foolish because of his optimistic views in life, but he knows better than them. He believes in fairness when it comes to sales; if he thinks it doesn't deserve a high price, then he wouldn't put a high price on it. Though thanks to his good eye for products, his products never meet an all time low price tag on it. Orion loves reading books and has learned some of his magic thanks to this. When he has spare money, he buys himself a book or two which he reads for a while before trading it for another book and so on.

Brief Backstory: Hailing from the land to the East, Yashima, the Tanbei family have once been restricted to trading within their own country. As Beastkins, they proved to be quite excellent in protecting themselves from thieves and bandits. As years turned into decades, the Tanbei family had established quite a name as one of the leading merchants in Yashima. Figuring that they should expand their range, they began sending out travelling merchants who trade exotic goods from Yashima for coins or even exotic goods from their country. The Tanbei family became well-known for their success in the trading industry, making them one of the richest families in Yashima - an impressive feat for a Beastkin.

Orion was born in Yashima and trained to become a travelling merchant himself. He was taught how to properly handle a rifle and whatnot. However, he rarely used that since there were less bandits around the area. He sometimes conscripted the help of mercenaries when passing through shady areas just in case something goes wrong. As he continued travelling, he found himself in the countries of Felbar and Grandia and has quite the surplus of trading there. However, it became increasingly obvious to him that tensions were increasing and that there was an impeding war. Unsure on how to feel about this, Orion simply stayed to continue trading and see what happens. Perhaps a foolish decision on his part, but he is quite curious on what would happen. He hoped that he wouldn't die because of this.

Abilities:

• Summoning - Though it doesn't have as much variety as other summoners out there, Orion could at least summon a guard or two to protect him when he needs it the most. These appear as corporeal beings, the only difference being that they are slightly transparent if you stare at them for quite some time. He is still studying how to summon other creatures. His summons are limited to animals for now.
• Enhanced Senses - Being a beastkin, he has a rather acute sense of hearing and smell, attributed to his wolf-like features. They're better than that of a normal human's and he's usually careful when he begins to hear the small signs of trouble brewing up.
• Animal Instincts - He's quite hypersensitive to the world around him. Shifts on the planet that results to Earthquakes, explosions and whatnot are usually felt by him.

Skills:

• Art of Trade - A genetic trait from his family of merchants, traders and shopkeepers, Orion, himself, is rather good when it comes to selling his supplies to the right people. He charges fair price, yes, but it always rakes in good income despite the fairness of it all. Whether or not people would believe that he isn't robbing them blind is up to them; he doesn't care either way. He has the goods and he just wants to sell it.
• Cooking - He loves to cook and he's quite good at it
• Marksman - Another skill he picked up to try and protect himself from bandits that would try to attack his mobile caravan.

Equipment:

• His trading caravan is an altered machine created by his family's local smiths. It can open and close its window to allow access to the merchandise inside. It's fairly intricate and rather complicated to explain the full extent of its capabilities.
• He owns a rifle that he rarely uses but is still there for sentiment reasons. It runs mostly on magic power, translating magic into a bullet which it then sends out as ammunition. It can be loaded with real bullets but it has been known to be less effective.
• He does have claws and fangs that can be used as a means for attacking.

Origin: Native

[Carlyle]

@Polaris North I seem to have a habit of running into people I already know, huh?

[Joker892]

@VitaVitaAR Maybe him and the men he serve with could be selected for special off the battlefield parts of the RP. Like body guard work, or escorts.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Polaris North: Accepted!

@Joker892: Hmmm, that works. Accepted.

[Polaris North]

@Poi

I know right? I was quite surprised to see you again but hey, I suppose we just have some pretty similar tastes in RPs.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Hmm~

Looks like a few people I know are here as well. Been itching to do an RP like this, honestly.

I think I might make an Automata, if you'll have me.

Probably will be up tomorrow or later tonight if I once again, decide not to sleep.

[Carlyle]

@VitaVitaAR Updated the sheet to the format, as you requested. I wasn't exactly sure what to put for abilities or skills as most of my ideas could have worked for both, but if you could look for me and tell me if it's alright or not, that would be great.

[HumanMusic]

Mind if I tag along

[VitaVitaAR]

@Poi: It looks fine but I'll give my final confirmation tomorrow, as I generally try to avoid serious GM stuff after midnight. ^^;

As for Abilities vs Skills, Abilities are powers and skills are, like... "I can ride a bicycle".

@HumanMusic: Nope!

[HumanMusic]

Wait, nope... nope you can join or...

Raulph Mauser

Name: Raulph Mauser
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: human
Appearance:

Face

8 meter Mech

Personality: Raulph tries to stay stoic in his job but fails constantly in doing so, his stoic behaviour comes from his training in the military which is precisely what it aims to do, make men out of boys. When he is not on the job he is quite cheerful, cracking a joke when the need arises. He carefully chooses his friends and those he stands by, he works with trustworthy people and tries to be as empathic as possible. He enjoys the company of others and is a very kid friendly person, being optimistic and outgoing he finds company easily.
Brief Backstory: He was born in a low wealth family from Grandia, his father a sickly war veteran and his mother a trauma victim, he grew and found comfort in the sizeable military of Grandia. He trained as a rifleman, not being eligible for specialised roles, though, a few months after enlistment he was made to join the great-armour programme as a pilot. Now he works as a pilot for the "Mark V Titan Armour", a mobile tank capable of destroying a whole city by itself, he calls it Sascha.
Abilities:
- Human: He has the knowledge and power of a human also being in the majority of the populace, this means he has more freedom in racist areas.
- Low magical ability: He is capable of simple magic like flight and barriers, he uses his magic mostly to aid in hand to hand combat.
Skills:
- Basic training: He is trained to fight and knows how to survive in the wild and in combat situations.
- Rifleman: He has advanced knowledge in combat and survival, he is a killing machine.
- Mechanic: He is able to repair the internal functions of the suit, he cannot do much about the armour though.
Equipment:
- Mark V Titan Armour, a large suit of armour or Great Armour, there are four semi-automatic cannons that fire destructive rounds comparable to artillery rounds, gunports are seen in different areas of the suit for average soldiers to sit and fire in.
- Semi-automatic handgun
- Mechanics kit
Origin: Grandian

[VitaVitaAR]

@HumanMusic: I think people are underestimating what I mean by magi and magic here. ^^;

"Low magical capabilities" in this setting is still stuff like self-reinforcement, laser bullets, limited flight in some cases(can be bolstered by Altered Machines as well), barriers(autobarriers are possible for skilled magi or Altered Machines as well) and that kind of stuff.

That's not even getting into the kinds of crazy stuff really good magi can do. ^^;

[HumanMusic]

@VitaVitaAR
How about VERY low magical capabilities