[OOC] Royal Rumble: Rumble over the Heavens

[Spin The Wheel]

I got a character I might want to try for this, is there still room for me?

[Dezuel]

I think so, but gotta wait for one of the GM's to get online :)

[KillamriX88]

@Spin The Wheel We never filled up, so yes, I believe we should still be accepting. If you're interested in joining, just go ahead and throw down a CS and someone will review it as soon as they can.

[Spin The Wheel]

Alright, have a look and tell me what you think. Couldn't really find a good picture, though.

Duke

Name: Marmaduke Cashmere

Nickname(s): Duke, sometimes referred to as Rat Bastard

Age: 18

Grade: Mephisto's, 3rd year

Appearance: Long, unkempt black hair, mostly vacant brown eyes. Looks quite unreliable at first glance. Wears a heavily worn second-hand uniform, but sports noticeably expensive accessories. He's quite tall but somewhat thin, it seems like you could push him over without much effort.

Biography

Marmaduke (or Duke, as he likes to be called) was born to a poor home, to a single mother in a bad neighbourhood. His father was a far-gone fling of his mother's, so they were left to fend for themselves. It was rough, and they didn't always have the best relationship. His mother was convinced that he would do great things, but for young Duke, that was difficult to see. He had only average grades, even in the poorer schools he attended, and he wasn't any particular standout in sports either. He didn't have any kind of charisma, merely a penchant for getting caught in mischief. Given the circumstances he naturally gravitated towards the bad folk, and whether he was at fault or not, it seemed like he would always get drawn into trouble. Still, his mother insisted that he believe in his bloodline, though he preferred to rely on himself. He knew they were balancing on the knife's edge, and sooner or later, things would tip. And they did.

One day, on coming home, Duke discovered that his mother had been hospitalised. If his circumstances were tight before, they were downright asphyxiating now. It became a challenge of balancing school and work, scraping just enough money to pay bills. He had little time for sleep or food, and it took a toll on his health. He began to entertain darker thoughts as he spiralled downwards, wishing for a way out, wishing for a miracle, wishing for his father, perhaps. But, at the end of the day, he knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch. And at his lowest point, it arrived. One day, as if out of nowhere, a red imp appeared. It told him that it was a servant of his father, that it was there to teach him how to use his power, how to unlock his bloodline. If he chose to, he could have it all. Riches, fame, power, anything was possible. At that moment, the only thing he needed was money, and lots of it. He's not sure what happened next. He blacked out and then woke up in his bed, surrounded by a small pile of money. He was happy for the first time in a while. He rushed over to the hospital to make a payment and to tell his mother about the good turn they had received. Unfortunately, by the time he arrived, she was already dead.

Bereft of his purpose, Duke was stunned for a while. He tried spending his "hard earned" money in hedonestic ways, but nothing seemed to fill the hole inside. The imp had told him clearly, that there would be a price to pay. If he knew what it had been before, he wondered if he still would've taken it. Listlessly he drifted through his life, school, work, until it came time to go to high school. He decided to enrol at Mephisto's School for the Wickedly Inclined, because if anyone was Wickedly Inclined, it would probaby Duke. He found that he fit right in to Mephisto's and soon garnered some infamy for himself inside and outside of the ring. Outside he set up and participated in paid bets, winning and losing large amounts of money. Inside the ring he was known as a wildly inconsistent fighter, winning fights against people he shouldn't have, and losing fights that should've been easy to win. His track record was that of a fairly typical Mephisto daredevil, but he was just having a good time. It was the closest he had felt to being alive ever since that day.

Powers

Core: Hellfire
A "gift" left to him by his father. By using his blood as a medium, Duke is able to summon sickly green flames straight from hell. The flames sap life from those afflicted, plundering it for the controller of the flames and allowing Duke to imbue himself or others with life force, healing wounds and bolstering physical performance. Of course, this power is not without a price. If it can't sap the life force of his enemies then the green flame will sup from Duke's own reserves. Once formed, the hellfire can take many forms. Balls of fire, bolts of fire, flaming weapons, and more. Being afflicted with the fire drains the victim's stamina, but has no effect on non-living entities. Of course, there's a limit to the power one person can summon. Which is where his imp friend comes into play...

Ability 1: Spin the Wheel
Duke is psychically linked to an imp-like creature (dressed like a gameshow host) which he can summon at will. Formally known as Morton the Red Devil, or just Mort. On summoning them, the imp creates a giant wheel with various outcomes on it, both good and bad. Good outcomes can multiply the power of Duke's hellfire, whereas bad outcomes can divide it. The result is random, and not even Mortimer knows what the wheel will stop at. Mortimer can be summoned again consecutively with an increasing large tax of life force, so repeated spins are inadvisable. The effects of this ability last for roughly half an hour.

Ability 2: Double or Nothing
This ability can only be activated by telling Mortimer to do so while the wheel is spun. It doubles the eventual reward of the spin, regardless of whether or not the result was good or bad.

Ability 2: Blood Sacrifice
While the wheel is spun, Duke can spend a significant amount of life to force the wheel to land on a good result. The amount of life spent is always more than the reward, proving it to be an inefficient use of his powers, unless he has a good supply of lifeforce ready.

Relationships: No particularly close relationships, but most Mephisto students know of him, and some outside of Mephisto know of him as well.

[supertinyking]

Name: Erisse Augusta Narrativia.

Age: 25

Grade: N/A

Biography: The Narrativias were a family tasked by the God of Stories to record the ongoing tales and epics of the world; heroic and villainous both, and guide worthy warrior's hands to their victory, romantics to a chance at true love, and those who yearn for redemption for an opportunity to get it. This has made them masters of infilitration and magical surveillance, explorers of the physical and spiritual worlds, and translators of a hundred languages. And above all, mentors of a hundred heroes, crafters of five dozen magical relics, and healers of a hundred fatal injuries, sicknesses, and disorders.

Erisse was all right with that, but her brother, Kyros Narrativia, was not. Kyros wanted to be a hero himself, to use his knowledge of how Narrative worked to solve others' problems for them. He knew better than they did, can glimpse tropes and plot devices at work and even invoke them. Why shouldn't he have a turn saving the world? The answer was that someone who thought like that was not worthy to be a hero, that he didn't realize that heroism meant something, and he'd only cause more damage to people than he actually fixed. Neeedless to say, Kyros ignored the advice he was given and went off on his own.

Whenever Kyros went, he caused disasters in his wake, and Erisse had to clean up after them. Broken relationships, revealed secrets, lost trust and a trail of dead people and destroyed neighborhoods, that was the damage her brother caused. However, she was going to find him and put a stop to it, going to find him and... And... What would she do? Reason with him? Fight him? Maybe even kill him? Or should she just yield to her own desires and join him in trying to make things right?

Let Fate be the judge.

Powers:

Core Power: Narrative Role of the Fairy Godmother - The specific blessing given her by the God of Stories, Narrative Role of the Fairy Godmother allows her the power to vaguely sense a person's current needs, whether it be food and water, good advice, clothing and weapons, and grants her a mystic reserve of energy which allows her to conjure any mundane item she has seen, read about, or personally handled. However, she needs her other powers in order to produce anything with magical attributes.

First Power: Workshop of Heroic Desire - Erisse, by talking with a potential Hero or Heroine about their hopes and dreams for thirty minutes or an hour, is able to establish a mental bond with them which allows her to craft a magic item, not necessarily but often a weapon, which allows them to achieve their hopes and dreams more quickly. However, the hero/heroine has to be sincere.

Second Power: Bottomless Storage - Erisse has access to a lifeless parallel plane that exists alongside the real world and universe as a whole. Because of this, its size is effectively bottomless, and it exists in concert to all other places at once. Erisse can transport herself or items to or from this plane at will, but not other living beings. She is unable to transport a singular object larger than a tank in this way, and targets must be freely movable and not nailed down or otherwise physically tethered to the world in some way. For example, she could transport a chain link or the shackles linked to it but not an intact fire hydrant that is built into the ground.

Because the pocket dimension is connected to all places at once, Erisse can teleport anything inside it, including herself, to anywhere else that she can remember or visualize well. This cannot cause the phenomena known as "telefragging", so the transportation will only succeed if the destination is sufficiently spacious. In this way, she can easily clear vast distances, and merely being able to see the horizon is sufficient to burn it into her memory well enough to jump there.

Third Power: Narrative Role of Familiarity - To get a story, sometimes one has to get close to people. This power makes doing that easier by making people think Erisse Augusta is part of their inner circle. For example, Erisse can use NRoF to give herself the 'Narrative Role' of 'School Teacher', making people beleive that Erisse is genuinely a Teacher in any of the Schools in Rhea, including the ones with Magical powers.

That said, there are drawbacks: Narrative Role of Familiarity does not alter one's abilities, powers, or physical capabiliites. That means that you can make yourself part of a paratrooper unit yet not be able to use a parachute right. Or join a world-class chef competition yet not be able to cook. So Erisse has to be careful. Not just that, but Anti-Magic can break NRoF when Erisse is touched by someone with this power.

Narrative Role of Familiarity is stronger when:

1.) There is a set number of 'slots' in the organization to be infiltrated and one of them is empty.
2.) A member of the said organization or someone that said organization trusts vouches for Erisse.
3.) If false evidence supporting the altered memories of the infiltrated organization is planted; the more believable, the better.
4.) The infiltrated organization does not have a set limit of members at all.

However, Narrative Role of Familiarity is weaker when:

1.) There is a set number of roles in the infiltrated organization and all of them are filled up.
2.) If a member of the infiltrated organization is naturally paranoid to the point of distrusting their own memories.
3.) If Erisse is called upon to use skills expected of a member of the organization, but she does not have.
4.) If someone else uses memory-altering magic on the infiltrated organization.

Erisse can reflexively exempt any person she wants, preferably an ally, from the effects of Narrative Role of Familiarity, preferably if they can keep their own mouths shut. Also, this power is ineffective against anyone who actively realizes that it is being used; that's why the second set of conditions weakens the power's potency.

@Letter Bee

Approved

[supertinyking]

@Spin The Wheel

Approved.

[KillamriX88]

@Spin The Wheel discord.gg/sR7f7WwKvC
If you care to, now that you're accepted, I suggest joining the RP discord. We're all used to chatting there so the OOC here gets pretty minimal use.

[AtomicNut]

Substitute Character version Two

Name: Darla Drake

Age: 18

Grade:3rd Year at St Laurel's

Biography: It's safe to say that Drake was born in one of the wealthiest families of Rhea, if not the world. Her father, Arthur Drake, a geomancer, is a notorious tycoon with an appetite for new, raw resources and overthrowing goverments that he doesn't like. Drake Heavy Manufacturers is both seen with awe at the amount of worldwide money and clout it can muster, and the unrepentant bloodthirsty past it has. For Arthur Drake, originally hailing from Albion (not-Britain), everything was fair game.

Even buying royal blood. That's how Carla Maressan de Vauquelin came into his life. Originally a disgraced wreck of a disowned princess found in a third-rate country watering hole struggling to get her next fix and booze to support her waning hedonistic drug-addled life, the ruined beauty was in turn turned into trophy wife for the enterprising businessman.

From the union of a heartless businessman and a vapid, stupid princess who sought comfort in bottles and drugs rather than facing her own problems came forth Darla. Born in the lap of luxury, bereft of love. It was in this scenario when she caught the attention of a Crippled Blacksmith God, when in one of Carla's lapses of judgment, she dropped the infant on his head while being inebriated.

Following said revelation, Darla grew up wanting nothing but love. Everything that could be bought, was at her finger tips. The best food. The best tutors. But her father was all about business, and her mother...even though he couldn't shake off the feeling of affection and yearning she had for her, did not quite attend little Darla as she should have. The most motherly thing was probably sometimes singing for her lullabies when she was sober enough for her to realize she had a little kid, and to nurse a wound or two.

A harsh and unforgiving environment to grow up made Darla harsh and unforgiving. Not knowing the meaning of "No" for an answer, young Darla soon followed his father's footsteps, her gift having a tremendous synergy with the industrial and wealthy background of the family, and it all but set in stone that she would follow in his father's footsteps at the time. She was even gifted an entire city for him to manage at his 14th birthday, the city of BlackLake.

Things, however, took a turn for the worse when the fall of Vauquelin struck. While for her father this had been a very profitable business, despite the fact they technically their in-laws, it turned poorly for her mother, as she was seen as one of the loose ends that needed to be executed. Darla then moved. It is uncertain wether this was true affection or a sense of defending one's possessions but the assassins sent to execute her own mother were brought to heel by Darla's creations. One by one, then were extinguished in gruesome experiments, as the appetites of the youth for more philosophical questions like the nature of the soul were sought with steel and cut flesh, with energy and charred organs.

And so, It dawned upon her father a most disturbing realization he had nurtured a monster. Darla was everything he had wanted in a son and much more... It was an horrific and disgusting resounding success. Fearing for his future at the hands of the very child he raised, he sent her to Rhea, far from him, in a last ditch effort to at least teach her to fake, if not feel, empathy for fellow men and get a good PR image.

Powers:

Core Power - Ultimate Blacksmith: Darla was bestowed grace and power beyond mortal means to craft creations of metal and wondrous items, by none other than the god of the forge. As a side product she has an innate understanding for crafts and technology, but it has a huge caveat. For all the wondrous effects of her Blessing to take part, the creations she must assemble must be done by manual handcraft, while keeping automated processes to a minimum.

First Power- Legendary Metals: Darla can bring forth to life metallic alloys of legend. Three are of special mention. Adamantine, similar to a blackened steel but nearly indestructible by normal means (it can withstand lava and anything but the most extremely offensive powers), Mithril who is both as durable as the most durable mundane alloy while weighing as little as the most lightweight metal; And Orichalcum, a copper-like substance of a silver-gold colour which has superconductive properties at room temperature and most, importantly, it can react to powers channeled due to gifts, creating gear that enhances existing powers. Only Darla's gift can bring these alloys into existence, other people who somehow steal her recipe will find themselves with mundane alloys.

Second Power- Divine Armaments: Darla is able to hand-craft legendary weapons with the same ease people do wood carvings on small wood logs. Due to the heavy manual involvement, each item is a one-of-a-kind, and thus they have unique properties worthy of an unique name. A side effect of this power is that Darla can destroy Legendary weapons with her handcraft with the same ease one breaks down a failed pottery, being able to get raw materials out of the deed. Darla requires a certain amount of time to craft one, from weeks to months. She can hot-rig something in a few days or hours but it'll fall apart after a couple of uses.

Third Power- Spark of Talos: Darla's divine arts allow her to create life itself out a forge. Sentient automations who look up at her with reverence and near unshakable loyalty. They are capable of feeling and reason, and they can eventually rebel if Darla goes out of her way to abuse them for a prolonged period of time. After being made aware of this fact, Darla has built her automatons ever since with a Kill Switch.

Currently she has two of such constructs. Heavy duty Jet, with Adamantine chassis and suited for combat, and Pearl, with a lightweight mithril chassis for mundane tasks.

Relationships:

Vera Goh: A gorilla with money? Or is it a sow? Ugh. I cringe at her presence, but I must be polite. Until I can buy her family's company.
Wolf: Who? Ah, the Pink head's attachment. Forgettable. Might be worth to parade as toy. Maybe.
Andras: I don't know half of the names of these beggars. Stop.
Cel: Ugh. Disgusting little mishap of nature. They have potential, but I'd rather keep them outside my presence.
Parker: Eternal Gopher. I can make a dozen like him with my gift, so why bother? That being said, he's perky.
Ken: He's royalty? Good lord, Izumo really needed that revolution. Better not tell his uncle is one of our VIP clients... Possibly henpecked husband in the making?
Erisse: Idealistic. Cute. Her powers are useful. Maybe I should break her into servitude to be a carrier.
Suzakura: Probably the closest thing to respect? I still want to strangle him for his lecherous disrespect but gotta admire his spunk. Frenemy? Is that a thing, even?
Mina: Overflowing with abundance. I don't know where she buys her bras. Can heal wounds. Mind bogglingly stupid, and her parents insist she's on the same level as me. Well, maybe I can make use of her.
Michael: Come to think, my creations need fancy paintings. Maybe I should commission him... A nude maybe?
Duke: Fellow 3rd year. Rags to Riches and riches to rag. Bit of a street rat. Maybe If I entice him with the right cheese he would be useful. Oh yes, he could be at my feet squirming.
Chinami: She would be a great sidekick if she wasn't such a mongrel. Oh and that stupid Suzakura is after her. Misery draws misery.
Alyona: Fellow Royal blood. Completely cursed. I might feel like helping her. Might.
Rev: Cousin... don't overdo it. You're probably the only one besides mother I care about.

[Letter Bee]

The Mithril Paintbrush

A Relic made by Erisse Augusta Narrativia, the Mithril Paintbrush has the power to enhance, as well as replicate, the power known as The World is Your Canvas; the enhancement increases the potency of each use of the enchanted ink by a third of the base power's original strength. However, the Mithril Paintbrush can also change the ink to various 'colors', each with an Elemental Attribute.

Red and Orange - Fire.
Yellow and Green - Earth.
Blue and Indigo - Water.
Violet - Poison.
Grey - Air.
White - Healing Light.

This Relic can be used by anyone, but at reduced potency; they get a duplicate of 'The World is Your Canvas' at only one-third of the power's original strength (Moving ink is more sluggish, buffs are almost irrelevant, and creation takes a heavy toll on your energy), but can still access Elemental Attributes.

@supertinyking

[Aqutanama]

Is this still going and open? What are the expected post times and such?

Interest Check.

[Dezuel]

Still going and open to my knowledge, as for posting times it depends on who you RP with and how many are involved, as we tend to wait for people to have their character be able to make a reaction post and such.

[KillamriX88]

@Aqutanama We are indeed still open. If you wanna jump in, we're still relatively early on in things plotwise and you can throw down a character sheet and we'll look it over.

[Aqutanama]

Please take a look at what I have so far. If this is something that isn't accepted then I can try for another character. Either that or change this one up. Writing at 2am not so good.

If the above seems aggressive I can't use words at night. Sorry.

WIP

Name: Valathos
NN: Val
Names he was called by the faction his mother was with: Hey You, Little Boy, Smelly Boy, Dum dum
Sex: Male
Age: 13
Height: 5’9”
Max Height 6’6” (When he is older)
Weight: 90 lbs
Max Weight: 250 lbs
Hair Style: Long hair down past his waist
Hair color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown
Left Eye Color: Blue (Covered by an eyepatch)

Child Genius
Grade: 1st year

Biography:
Some say that great power has a great cost. Either that or one trains in order to gain said power. Val lost his world. Some would probably think that being reborn in another world would be great. However, that was not the case for Val. He was in his midlife and had a family that loved him. Fate, coincidence, bad luck, bad timing. These were all things that people would blame. He was happy with his family. However, his happiness wasn’t something that could be kept. Something had to go wrong to get to where he is now.

His death was abrupt. He was out shopping for his family when he fell over. Blacked out. When he woke up he was in the arms of his new family, his mother and a wet nurse. in a different world. It wasn’t like he didn’t know the troupe. Isekai, traveler, summoned, regressor, taken, punished, and so on. He knew enough that when he was a baby he spent his time learning the language as well as anything else he could. Speaking the language was a lot harder than the written and writing. It is possible it was because he already knew two other languages from his original life. That isn’t to say that the language was hard to learn, just harder than the reading and written versions of the language.

The village Val grew up in was too small for him. His mother was a traveling mercenary and never home. That isn’t to say that she didn’t spend time with him. However, he did get lonely while growing up. She would bring him anything that he wanted. For Val, he wanted books and information first. After that he wanted craftsman tools and a shop. His mother spent money, and pulled some favors from friends, in order to set up an official shop within the small town. While there weren’t many people that visited the Guild of Adventurers would frequent the town just to see the young boy. They would tell him stories of the world and about the main cities and towns.

It didn’t take him long to invent a few things from his original world. These things would make normal life a little easier, efficient. Tools, foundations, recipes, and so on. However, he kept most of these a secret from the outside world. While it was usually hard to recall this information in his previous world it was as if he had full access to everything he had seen, heard, or experienced. This isn’t to say that he could recall every exact detail of a memory. He just had raw information from said memories. Everything was easier to learn because he had foundations on just about every crafting subject.

Martial and military training started when he was able to run. Every day he would run until he couldn’t. To say that energy is wasted on the young was incorrect. It was more like the energy they used was in a smaller package. That and they were still growing, so healing was a bit faster. To not damage himself he made sure not to overdo it. Stretching was part of his mid day regiment. Martial Katas were part of the night time activities. Every other day he would do some weight training. However, to not cause strange growth he didn’t do it too much. Endurance, strength, dexterity, agility, wisdom, intelligence, and charisma. He tried to focus on these things and found ways to enhance each through each craft.

Otherworldly knowledge could lead to bad situations. Therefore, he kept most of his inventions to himself. He had several books full of inventions and technology paths. Most of the things he wanted to make would most likely scare people. However, it was nice to know that most of these thoughts were solid within his mind. It was almost as if he had another realm within his mind he could step into. While his imagination was powerful, almost nothing was close enough to the real thing. This is why he wrote down most of his concepts.

He was usually quiet and chose to watch people and their reactions. The flow of life. This could be because he was introverted in his previous life or that he just didn’t have anything to add at the time. However, no one really knew why it was. There were points when he would talk about crafts and get excited, showing his age. His usually dull bored looking expression changed to one of a child who was passionate about a subject.

All of this led to people calling him paragon, prodigy, gifted, genius, and so on. Most of these people were the adventurers from the Guild his parents were part of. He was not one to believe in gods or goddesses. However, that didn’t mean that they didn’t see the young man and his accomplishments. Deities were all always doing strange things throughout the years. It was a surprise to him when he received blessings and boons from the deities.

He was only ten when this occurred and he couldn’t figure out why. He did nothing to gain favor from the gods or pray. He focused on himself in order to get somewhere in this crazy world. That and he never met his father. He was unsure as to who he was. It wasn’t something his mother would ever bring up on her own. It was like pulling teeth to get her to talk about it. Therefore, he would never show his interest. It wasn’t like he didn’t have male figures in his life. The Guild members treated his mother like a mother or sister depending on age. Which was strange because she didn’t seem that old. She was maybe late twenties.

He did bring up wanting to know his family on his mother’s side of the family. However, she was almost as closed off about that as his father. He didn’t know why or what was going on but continued his work and research. His mother spent less and less time at home as she was training new recruits. On his twelfth birthday he asked to join in with the new recruits. His mother seemed put off by the concept but gave in after seeing the hope in Val’s eyes. She was aghast when she saw how advanced her son was. Others praised her for raising him well. Her response made it seem like she had nothing to do with it. People just assumed she was being modest.

A year after advanced training, his mother told him about her family and father. She was from a wealthy noble family and her father was a higher up. Someone that should have not been with her. He was a bastard son in his last life as well but he was acknowledged in that life. This one he didn’t know who his father was. She didn’t directly tell him in order to protect him. He grimaced at the thought of someone being so high up that this needed to be done. She handed him two rings from each respective family and informed him of the schools. The thought of going to a school bored him. What could this backwater teach him? Perhaps they could teach him about the gods?

Thus he set off on his adventure with some supplies from his mother and her guildies. (This is where he rode off with a horse drawn carriage full of basic crafting stuff and food. Don't forget the food.)

Powers:
Core Ability: Transcendent Creation
The ability to craft up to Mythic and Divine items. Does require specific materials in order to do so. Furthermore, this ability allows him to know how to craft everything from his original realm or world.
Blessing from the Gods/Goddesses of Creation and Craft.

Branch Ability:
Field of Space
This ability allows him to create a field around items in order to shrink or grow the items. Furthermore, he can create fields that exist outside normal perception. These fields are harmless but can store items which he can access from anywhere.
This gift was bestowed upon him by the Gods and Goddesses of Trickery.

Branch Ability:
Ocular Analysis
This ability allows him to see the flaws in everything. Furthermore, he can see what materials items are made of and gets an analytic analysis of the item. This includes what was used to make the items, which tools were used, the temperature of the flames, the methods and techniques used, and who made the item.

This gift was bestowed upon him by the Gods and Goddesses of war.

Branch Ability:
Heart of the First Spark
Heart of the First Spark grants him immunity to fire. Furthermore, he can control flames at will. However, he cannot create flames to do harm. His heart fire is the strongest flame in existence. Flames he produces are used for crafting in some way. Furthermore,

Blessing from The Gods and Goddesses of Fire.

People of interest
n/a

[Lewascan2]

Please take a look at what I have so far. If this is something that isn't accepted then I can try for another character. Either that or change this one up. Writing at 2am not so good.

If the above seems aggressive I can't use words at night. Sorry.

WIP

Name: Valathos
NN: Val
Names he was called by the faction his mother was with: Hey You, Little Boy, Smelly Boy, Dum dum
Sex: Male
Age: 13
Height: 5’9”
Max Height 6’6” (When he is older)
Weight: 90 lbs
Max Weight: 250 lbs
Hair Style: Long hair down past his waist
Hair color: Brown
Right Eye Color: Brown
Left Eye Color: Blue (Covered by an eyepatch)

Child Genius
Grade: 1st year

Biography:
Some say that great power has a great cost. Either that or one trains in order to gain said power. Val lost his world. Some would probably think that being reborn in another world would be great. However, that was not the case for Val. He was in his midlife and had a family that loved him. Fate, coincidence, bad luck, bad timing. These were all things that people would blame. He was happy with his family. However, his happiness wasn’t something that could be kept. Something had to go wrong to get to where he is now.

His death was abrupt. He was out shopping for his family when he fell over. Blacked out. When he woke up he was in the arms of his new family, his mother and a wet nurse. in a different world. It wasn’t like he didn’t know the troupe. Isekai, traveler, summoned, regressor, taken, punished, and so on. He knew enough that when he was a baby he spent his time learning the language as well as anything else he could. Speaking the language was a lot harder than the written and writing. It is possible it was because he already knew two other languages from his original life. That isn’t to say that the language was hard to learn, just harder than the reading and written versions of the language.

The village Val grew up in was too small for him. His mother was a traveling mercenary and never home. That isn’t to say that she didn’t spend time with him. However, he did get lonely while growing up. She would bring him anything that he wanted. For Val, he wanted books and information first. After that he wanted craftsman tools and a shop. His mother spent money, and pulled some favors from friends, in order to set up an official shop within the small town. While there weren’t many people that visited the Guild of Adventurers would frequent the town just to see the young boy. They would tell him stories of the world and about the main cities and towns.

It didn’t take him long to invent a few things from his original world. These things would make normal life a little easier, efficient. Tools, foundations, recipes, and so on. However, he kept most of these a secret from the outside world. While it was usually hard to recall this information in his previous world it was as if he had full access to everything he had seen, heard, or experienced. This isn’t to say that he could recall every exact detail of a memory. He just had raw information from said memories. Everything was easier to learn because he had foundations on just about every crafting subject.

Martial and military training started when he was able to run. Every day he would run until he couldn’t. To say that energy is wasted on the young was incorrect. It was more like the energy they used was in a smaller package. That and they were still growing, so healing was a bit faster. To not damage himself he made sure not to overdo it. Stretching was part of his mid day regiment. Martial Katas were part of the night time activities. Every other day he would do some weight training. However, to not cause strange growth he didn’t do it too much. Endurance, strength, dexterity, agility, wisdom, intelligence, and charisma. He tried to focus on these things and found ways to enhance each through each craft.

Otherworldly knowledge could lead to bad situations. Therefore, he kept most of his inventions to himself. He had several books full of inventions and technology paths. Most of the things he wanted to make would most likely scare people. However, it was nice to know that most of these thoughts were solid within his mind. It was almost as if he had another realm within his mind he could step into. While his imagination was powerful, almost nothing was close enough to the real thing. This is why he wrote down most of his concepts.

He was usually quiet and chose to watch people and their reactions. The flow of life. This could be because he was introverted in his previous life or that he just didn’t have anything to add at the time. However, no one really knew why it was. There were points when he would talk about crafts and get excited, showing his age. His usually dull bored looking expression changed to one of a child who was passionate about a subject.

All of this led to people calling him paragon, prodigy, gifted, genius, and so on. Most of these people were the adventurers from the Guild his parents were part of. He was not one to believe in gods or goddesses. However, that didn’t mean that they didn’t see the young man and his accomplishments. Deities were all always doing strange things throughout the years. It was a surprise to him when he received blessings and boons from the deities.

He was only ten when this occurred and he couldn’t figure out why. He did nothing to gain favor from the gods or pray. He focused on himself in order to get somewhere in this crazy world. That and he never met his father. He was unsure as to who he was. It wasn’t something his mother would ever bring up on her own. It was like pulling teeth to get her to talk about it. Therefore, he would never show his interest. It wasn’t like he didn’t have male figures in his life. The Guild members treated his mother like a mother or sister depending on age. Which was strange because she didn’t seem that old. She was maybe late twenties.

He did bring up wanting to know his family on his mother’s side of the family. However, she was almost as closed off about that as his father. He didn’t know why or what was going on but continued his work and research. His mother spent less and less time at home as she was training new recruits. On his twelfth birthday he asked to join in with the new recruits. His mother seemed put off by the concept but gave in after seeing the hope in Val’s eyes. She was aghast when she saw how advanced her son was. Others praised her for raising him well. Her response made it seem like she had nothing to do with it. People just assumed she was being modest.

A year after advanced training, his mother told him about her family and father. She was from a wealthy noble family and her father was a higher up. Someone that should have not been with her. He was a bastard son in his last life as well but he was acknowledged in that life. This one he didn’t know who his father was. She didn’t directly tell him in order to protect him. He grimaced at the thought of someone being so high up that this needed to be done. She handed him two rings from each respective family and informed him of the schools. The thought of going to a school bored him. What could this backwater teach him? Perhaps they could teach him about the gods?

Thus he set off on his adventure with some supplies from his mother and her guildies. (This is where he rode off with a horse drawn carriage full of basic crafting stuff and food. Don't forget the food.)

Powers:
Core Ability: Transcendent Creation
The ability to craft up to Mythic and Divine items. Does require specific materials in order to do so. Furthermore, this ability allows him to know how to craft everything from his original realm or world.
Blessing from the Gods/Goddesses of Creation and Craft.

Branch Ability:
Field of Space
This ability allows him to create a field around items in order to shrink or grow the items. Furthermore, he can create fields that exist outside normal perception. These fields are harmless but can store items which he can access from anywhere.
This gift was bestowed upon him by the Gods and Goddesses of Trickery.

Branch Ability:
Ocular Analysis
This ability allows him to see the flaws in everything. Furthermore, he can see what materials items are made of and gets an analytic analysis of the item. This includes what was used to make the items, which tools were used, the temperature of the flames, the methods and techniques used, and who made the item.

This gift was bestowed upon him by the Gods and Goddesses of war.

Branch Ability:
Heart of the First Spark
Heart of the First Spark grants him immunity to fire. Furthermore, he can control flames at will. However, he cannot create flames to do harm. His heart fire is the strongest flame in existence. Flames he produces are used for crafting in some way. Furthermore,

Blessing from The Gods and Goddesses of Fire.

People of interest
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@Aqutanama

So, I'm not a GM, but I'm at least semi-familiar with the lore for this setting... ish. I did help throw together the devil/demon part of it, after all. But I digress. So, we do a lot of the lore discussion in the Discord chat, so it's understandable you'd not know. Therefore, I'll lay out a couple things. Feel free to take them with a slight grain of salt and await a chime in from Killa, tinyking or Rofls.

Firstly, I will say that an isekai character should be fine. We have -I'm fairly sure- one confirmed isekai PC, who is literally possibly a variant and/or direct transfer of a character from the original version of this RP before it was rebooted. So, yes, that aspect at least should be fine. Mind you, nothing is directly confirmed yet. That character is being kept mysterious currently (they even have their CS hidden from everyone except the GM), so as I said before: grain of salt. (EDIT: I am told that isekais from Earth are specifically banned while others/original settings are fine, but you'll need to ask about the specifics on how far that goes).

I'd say the first major issue with the backstory is that the world the RP takes place in is actually very scientifically advanced. We're talking full-on cars, computers, internet and cell phones. The works. It's not clear due to the fantasy vibes, but this world is actually quite advanced, despite having many fantasy elements also being highly prevalent, such as magi-tech. Now, granted, it may simply be that it's Rhea that is the most advanced city/nation in the world (which is where the RP currently takes place), so there could be some nations that are still a bit behind the curve. Regardless, it's highly doubtful that this OC is going to be bringing any "inventions" to the table that would see him classified as some hereto before unseen genius... unless he's been born in some very secluded/isolated place from the rest of the nations before finding his way to Rhea at some point.

However, this is not to say that he couldn't be seen as a prodigy in general. Given his adult mind and the biological learning speed of a child body, it is quite possible with the right planning and resources that he could learn far more things than anyone his age should ever be rightly be capable of. So, while he's certainly not going to be bringing any revolutionary inventions to this world that they likely haven't seen before, he can still easily be a shocking child prodigy and be considered a genius for his achievements. Really, on an objective level, it would be hard not to consider him one in any case.

Not sure if I'd call this an issue so much as a random unexplained factoid, but holy shit. This guy is 13 years old and nearly 6 feet tall?! Damn, the Hulk called. He wants his muscles back. Dude be rolling up looking like he's about to be Hercules from Fate/Stay. In all seriousness, it's not an impossible height or anything I don't think, just extremely unlikely/rare. I can't see many people believing he's actually physically 13 years old when told. There doesn't seem to be any explanation for his monstrous growth/development pace, but there doesn't necessarily have to be either. It's just a bit of a head-scratcher.

Okay, now, the power section is where my advice is going to be extra shaky, but I can say a couple things.

For one: To my knowledge, no-one gets blessed by multiple gods. They just get multiple powers from the same god. Not saying it's impossible, just that no other character in the RP has this type of setup going on. I don't know if anyone has asked about it, so I can't say anything for certain. There have been some exceptions where -instead of a power outright- others have magic weapons or a very significant item that resides in and takes up a power slot (as one of Letter Bee's characters, Ken, does). Honestly, you'll need GM confirmation or denial here.

Also, just in general. The way the powers are structured is that you have one main CORE power, the central power that all your abilities are built around. Then you have 3 SUB-powers, all of which branch off of, enhance, or make use of the main power in some way. Again, this leaning more into the concept/assumption that these powers are likely drawn from a single source/God. Now, this isn't a hard and fast rule, but -if not that- the powers tend to be themed around a specific concept or archetype. Again, this is still seemingly reinforcing that idea that all the powers come from the same place/God and fall under that Authority. Essentially, what you did instead was slap down 4 separate Core powers instead of 1 Core and 3 Sub powers. So, I dunno if I can see that flying through unaccosted by the GM.

However, I can also say pretty much for certain that there is little reason for this guy to have directly attracted the attention of such a huge number of gods. If we're talking about gods that might notice without being told by another, the only ones that matter are the God of Spatial Boundaries/Realm Traversal (who might note the interdimensional intrusion), the God of Stories (a known meddler, who has a bit of an infamous and... storied (heh) history with the RP in the version before the reboot, someone that would likely notice a major change to the "narrative"), and lastly, Gods that deal with souls/reincarnation cycle. Other than that, this guy's entrance really doesn't have any innate ramifications to it that would attract divine attention in mass, and regardless of his status, he's just one guy and not that important in the grand scheme of the universe. The Gods don't require prayer or anything to bestow blessings (although some may require it on an individual basis); they're just looking for Heroes/Champions to serve their interests and/or snuff out the remaining dark embers of the Great Evil that lay scattered throughout the world.

Overall, I think you might be overcomplicating it with the powers. It looks like you really want this guy to be a legendary-smith-type dude down the line, so honestly, I'm pretty sure all but the "Field of Space" power could easily fall under the God of Smithing's domain. Just have that be the singular God that blessed this guy, and you should be good.

That said, if you're really attached to the "multiple gods" thing, feel free to bring it up with supertinyking. Ultimately, he's the final word on the matter of how viable it is.

As a final note:
Since you likely haven't read through the other CSs yet, you should know that we already have a good few "legendary crafter" type characters in the mix (though some of their sheets aren't public yet). So, if you go for the crafter route, you're more likely than not to just end up in an arms race and/or clash with those characters in terms of role in the story. If your heart is set on crafter, then go for it, obviously, but I just wanted to point that out. You said you had some other character ideas and/or changes you could make to this one, so it might be a good idea to start considering them.

[KillamriX88]

@Aqutanama

I don't have full approve deny powers, but I've been around long enough to at least review it. Honestly, Lewas did cover most things, but you can ignore the bit about your characters height for his age. That's WELL within the realm of normalcy. I've personally met people taller than your character when they were that age.

Let's assume STK approves the "isekai" thing. I'd say, if you're going that route, we need more information there, because, as Lewas said, RR's world already has some pretty solid tech. Basically, his original world would need to be like... Star Trek (or insert your favorite sci fi here) level or something for him to be a prodigy in Rhea. I'd put RR vaguely at Modern technology level, but with magic helping defy the laws of physics and supplying stronger materials. So we'll call it Modern-plus. Obviously the presence of magic has... altered the flow of advancement, so it's not always necessarily more advanced. After all, who needs surgeons when you have mystical healers, etc.

To quote the GM himself

Modern day with some things being a more mystical field.
Weapons and armor are held back a bit, and medical knowledge is a bit less omnipresent, other than that modern day.

So my advice, either have him from a SUPER advanced timeline, or something just completely alien and/or outlandish. Make it unrecognizable. Stuff that flies in the face of a modern engineer who also happens to have a magical blessing, but that can be done without magic somehow.

Alternatively, he COULD be from a backwards ass village, and then he comes to Rhea and suddenly he's not so special anymore. Could be an interesting character arc. But that's all for you to decide.

After all, we then come to said blessings which will ideally make him unique in some way no matter what.

I once asked the GM and he told me very plainly no more than one blessing per character. He also said there was ONE exception. In hindsight I already immediately broke that rule, but with a caveat, so... yeah. Currently, your character's four powers do vaguely all fit a singular theme of "craftsman" or "blacksmith" so it could be as easy as no longer saying that each power comes from a single deity. Or you could retool it a bit with a single deity in mind.

Orrr, and this would need the GM's approval, at least limit it to only two, but play into the fact that this is highly unusual. Give us a bit more about how he's from another world and thus his birth wasn't expected by the gods, or at least not most of them. He didn't receive his blessing until he was ten... which I actually don't know if that's common or not. My best understanding is that they're chosen from birth, but actual powers don't USUALLY manifest until mid childhood (6+). However, it COULD play into his unusual status. Could have gods sort've fighting over him since no plan was in place or something. His blessings could totally be incongruent with each other. (Edit: apparently being chosen early and manifesting later is more the norm, but the gods tend to bicker even without "isekai" being involved, so there's no hard rule on when powers are granted.)

Basically, all my thoughts sort've boil down to the fact that, if you're going with an isekai character, play into that a little more. Get weird. Two opposing blessings, or they could be synergistic, but limited by the fact that he doesn't have a singular well developed powerset. No more than two, though, I'd say, and even then it's not for me to decide.

Or think more about HOW and WHY he ended up here. Was it the doing of one of the local gods? If so, what kind of blessing would that god bestow? Or if not them, why didn't they? Is there a plan? Are they just having fun?

And since the city of Rhea isn't primitive, how does his original world compare to his current one? Is he still as prodigal as planned? Is he not so special at all? Or is he just straight up incomprehensible?

Because, as Lewas sort've touched on at the end, he may be an "Isekai," but by the end of his sheet, he boils down into just one of now many magical relic makers. If you're gonna give him a unique background, he should stand out more. I'm not saying he's boring, but he doesn't stand out nearly as much as he should.

But yeah, 4 separate god blessings is against the rules if nothing else.

(I didn't plan this out so hopefully it's not a total disorganized mess...)

[Aqutanama]

Mainly I just wanted to play as myself but have specialized abilities. As far as the time line. I was confused because of the schools. They reminded me of guild's and the names also compounded my mind. That and the Coliseum in the picture and Gods. It just all made me think of high power fantasy.

It probably didn't help that I have been tired. Traveling with the family.

My character isn't 6'6 yet. As I have no knowledge of the world's gods and what I can and cannot do limits my creation. But this is why I asked for feedback so thank you both. I would have to revisit my character once I get home. Unfortunately, that isn't going to be for a while.

[KillamriX88]

@Aqutanama That I can address easily. The gods are whatever you want them to be, mostly. The only limits are anything that has previously been laid out, like what I did with the goddess of love on one of my characters. But most sheets don't even specifically name a god, and even if they do, so long as they don't go into great detail, you can still share a god and have a completely different set of powers so long as they still thematically fit the god.

Basically there is next to no limit to what set of powers a character can have, just a limit on how strong those powers are... and even then we've been somewhat lenient.

There is no premade pantheon of gods. The list of gods grows as characters are made. If you want to be a patron of the god of ladybugs, go for it. Create your god/gods relevant to your character, and the powers granted thusly. And so long as those gods weren't already used by someone else, you can even design lore surrounding any relevant gods.

Also, as far as "playing as yourself" well I can't stop you, but if you go that route and get accepted just try not to let things get too personal. Some of the characters in the RP are... not terribly friendly. XD

[Lewascan2]

Mainly I just wanted to play as myself but have specialized abilities. As far as the time line. I was confused because of the schools. They reminded me of guild's and the names also compounded my mind. That and the Coliseum in the picture and Gods. It just all made me think of high power fantasy.

It probably didn't help that I have been tired. Traveling with the family.

My character isn't 6'6 yet. As I have no knowledge of the world's gods and what I can and cannot do limits my creation. But this is why I asked for feedback so thank you both. I would have to revisit my character once I get home. Unfortunately, that isn't going to be for a while.

@Aqutanama

Well, on the whole coliseum/school thing, it's more like a long-running tradition of combat. This is a world where the Gods are still highly active even in the modern day. They are well known, spoken to and extremely involved in the fate of the world, choosing and empowering champions to fight in their stead. This is largely because of an eldritch entity known only as the Great Evil, which still has remnants here and there even centuries after its destruction. This is relevant because humans naturally have a resistance to the Great Evil's power, while entirely mystical beings like Gods and demons are extremely vulnerable, despite their power. The Great Evil is able to overpower and dissolve/consume them like sugar in water, so the Gods prefer to have human champions combat it in their stead.

Also, Gods in this setting are more like embodiments of fundamental concepts of reality, and even a single one of their deaths could potentially destroy everything even vaguely associated with that concept unless another God can pick up the slack with their own domain, much like what happened with the death of the God of Magic in the D&D 3.5e lore. Which is to say that the Gods really can't take even the slightest risk that one of them might die, especially because (with the disappearance of the Overdiety) they can no longer create humans if the human race should go extinct. They have tried and failed for centuries, and some of their failures have gone on to become demons/devils, for example. And it takes the combined domains of all gods working together to create a human from nothing, something that is currently unviable due to lack of knowledge and sufficient cooperation.

As Killa said, don't worry about the height thing so much. In hindsight, my perspective is skewed due to my family being a bit on the shorter side of average, so the height really isn't a problem.

Anyway, yeah, on Killa's final note, some of the characters in this RP are sort of assholes or a gradient thereof IC (Vera, Suzakura, Chinami and Darla, to name a few), while their players are perfectly chill OOC. So, you know, not going to shoot down the idea if you're set of it, but playing a character without even the thin veneer of it not being an SI could run the risk of things accidentally getting personal. Which is to say, feel free to go that route no problems. Just keep in mind to keep separation between IC and OOC.

[Aqutanama]

3.5 deities and demigods. That book is real good. I would honestly need to see the crafter in order to decide. Lol as for the height I'm 6'4 and my little brother is like 6'7. Younger brother* in terms of dnd I can understand the entity. Something that consumes the divine or godly essence. Without it the gods shrivel and die. Godly boons, blessings, or cruses could be seen as something else to the entity. Or something the same. Assuming it attacks the schools.

Don't forget you can make a character that shoots 20 or so arrows in 3.5. Furthermore, with the correct help each arrow can be VORPAL. Additionally, with the correct feats one can shoot as far as they can see. No negs. See that speck on the mountain? Hit it! With a 13-20 crit range as well. Things were crazy. Unbalanced and could be fun. Anyways. We are like 2 hours from my home.

[Lewascan2]

3.5 deities and demigods. That book is real good. I would honestly need to see the crafter in order to decide. Lol as for the height I'm 6'4 and my little brother is like 6'7. Younger brother* in terms of dnd I can understand the entity. Something that consumes the divine or godly essence. Without it the gods shrivel and die. Godly boons, blessings, or cruses could be seen as something else to the entity. Or something the same. Assuming it attacks the schools.

Don't forget you can make a character that shoots 20 or so arrows in 3.5. Furthermore, with the correct help each arrow can be VORPAL. Additionally, with the correct feats one can shoot as far as they can see. No negs. See that speck on the mountain? Hit it! With a 13-20 crit range as well. Things were crazy. Unbalanced and could be fun. Anyways. We are like 2 hours from my home.

@Aqutanama

Pretty sure it's not exactly like that. Given that I'm only a player, not one of the GMs, I don't know a whole lot about the Great Evil quite yet this early on in things, but humans resisting it generally has nothing to do with the nature of their blessings (although some surely have blessings that stack with their natural resistance). Humans are basically "just built different". Even without a blessing, to my knowledge, any regular human will be far less innately harmed by the Great Evil compared to a God or Devil. And on that note, it isn't that the Great Evil seems to be specifically Anti-Divine so much as it's some manner of "Anti-Mystical". Otherwise, Demons/Devils likely wouldn't also be as badly affected as a God.

As stated, humans are basically "just built different". They're the now absent Overgod's magnum opus or something and the one reliable weapon the Gods can point at the Great Evil any time part of it resurfaces.