[OOC] Phi Mu Lambda: Friendly Wizarding Fraternity

[Half Pint]

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The scouser is accepted. I'm going to assume a lack of concentration when summoning familiars leads to them either appearing as deformed monstrosities begging for someone to end their suffering, or going totally off the rails and eating the furniture.

@Dyelli Beybi

Hahaha I love that idea

[Dyelli Beybi]

Character App

Character Description

Name: Abasi
Nationality: American
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Appearance:

Strengths and Weaknesses

Speciality: Potions
Any Unique Spell:
Imbue Divination
Abasi, just Abasi, has developed the ability to imbue magical divination magics into a variety of drinks, drugs, foods etc. Weed being the most common. Abasi has no control over the divination. It might reveal something about the past, the present, the future, an item of obscure trivia, or something beyond reality, you never really know what its going to be! It's also not always clear what is the drugs, and what is divination, but his stuff is very popular.

Non-Magical Skills: Chemistry, Cooking, Street Knowledge, Astrology, Feng Shui, Philosophy, Obscure Trivia
Misc. Weaknesses: General Organization, Probation order, Discipline of any kind

Background:

Major: Chemistry
Backstory: Abasi never knew his father and was raised by a single mom who'd emmigrated from Nigeria and worked three jobs to make ends meet along with two siblings.

The discovery of his unsual talents initially did little to improve the family's fortunes as they could not afford the tuition for the private school.

Despite early success in school Abasi fell in with local gangs, a right of passage in his community. Eventually transitioning to selling drugs and a number of contacts with police and youth services. The death of his brother convinced Abasi to reconsider things early on, refocussing on his studies and eventually using his drug dealing to pay his way into wizarding school, and sending money to his family.

He continued funding his education dealing weed, and booze to young wizarding students, coming in a few grades behind but otherwise was an intelligent, but underachieving, student that notheless always just squeaked by. A tradition he's kept up in ASU, studying potions and chemistry and adding the illicit manufacture of controlled substances in his reportoire.

Abasi has a juvenile record, is currently on probation for possession, and is known to campus police as a suspected dealer, though he's never been caught by them.

@Tesserach

Looks fine but can I recommend you change that 'specialty' to artifice? I set up the 'specialities' so you get some extra spells depending upon what you pick.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Steven Hammersmith

Character Description

Name: Steven (Steve) Hammersmith
Nationality: American
Sex: Male
Age: 19
Appearance: 6'1'', fairly pale with dark hair and a small goatee. Dark eyes and quite muscular

or...

Strengths and Weaknesses

Speciality: Defence
Any Unique Spell: Electric charge - Steve can send a bolt of electricity shooting from his wand. This can, potentially, be used to hurt people, but it also can be used to make electrical items work, like his amp.
Screwing this one up can lead to electrical equipment exploding, accidental fires and electrocution.
Non-Magical Skills: Can play the bass guitar better than most and has decent stage presence. Is also quite strong and goes to a boxing gymn where he has learned (no surprises for guessing this one) how to box. Also knows how to do stage magic reasonably well.
Misc. Weaknesses: Smokes. A lot. Also lazy (Cs get degrees).

Background:

Major: English Literature
Backstory: Steven Hammersmith, or Steve as everyone calls him, is originally from a well-to-do wizarding family in New York who (probably) used some kind of magic to manipulate the stock market, though nobody can prove it for sure. As such, Steve had the best education money could buy and the very finest of magical tutors to teach him how to master the arcane arts. Which he did, though without any particular passion. Steve was very much going through the motions.

Until he discovered 'Lordi' and the fact that both his parents, and most of his class mates hated 'Lordi'. Partly out of spite, partly out of a desire to claim his own image and partly out of a genuine love of the genre, Steve immersed himself in heavy metal. Picking up the guitar briefly before switching to the bass.

His grades slipped but Steve still managed to get through High School with good enough grades to get into Arizona State (after first taking a year to 'discover himself' in the Netherlands) and while his parents were deeply frustrated he insisted on doing English literature rather than Finance, continued to pay for Steve's education though they cut off his allowance, assuming this would bring him back into line.

Much to their irritation, Steve got a couple of recurring gigs with a metal band called 'Murderboss' and as a stage magician, using actual magic to impress small children who assume it is all an illusion.

Usually, Steve keeps his wand inside the neck of his base, which is great when you are trying to make lightning shoot out of it and pretend it's pyrotechnics.

Steve is in Phi Mu Lambda because joining required minimum effort.

[Tesserach]

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Looks fine but can I recommend you change that 'specialty' to artifice? I set up the 'specialities' so you get some extra spells depending upon what you pick.

@Dyelli Beybi

That was what I was going for just being more specific. Editing.

[Dyelli Beybi]

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That was what I was going for just being more specific. Editing.

@Tesserach

In the immortal words of Bill and Ted, 'excellent!'

[Dyelli Beybi]

The big question is should I create my second character as a Mancunian to constantly battle the Scouser?

[Tesserach]

The question I ask myself is: does it create more and more varied content, and if the answer is 'yes' then go with it!

[The Man Emperor]

Funni cat man

Character Description

Name: Seth Montes
Nationality: Philippines
Sex: Dude
Age: 19
Appearance:

Strengths and Weaknesses

Speciality: Telepathy
Any Unique Spell: Dominion - Seth can influence the minds of animals, to do what he wants. This spell also allows him to, as he claims, “know their every desire and thought.” He can establish a connection to one critter at a time, though he seems to prefer talking to an orange cat that he named Behemoth the Destroyer, and a crow that he granted the moniker of Munnin. It's been claimed by some other mages that the animals he talks to are slowly getting smarter whenever he uses the spell on them, but he has always said that such claims have no basis in reality.
Non-Magical Skills: Cooking, Microsoft Office, taking notes, the piano, and karaoke.
Misc. Weaknesses:

Background:

Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM)
Backstory: Seth hails from a pretty well-to-do Filipino family that migrated to America just a few years ago. Everything he did for most of his life can be summed up in one word: okay. He did well in school and never got a C, but not too well to be considered truly exceptional in any way. He was always in his own head. He would still be pressured to succeed, though, so in tests, he would wish that he could read the minds of the smartest kids in class so that he could copy their answers. He wished and wished until that wish came through. Seth actually heard a classmate's thoughts for the first time… which were essentially in the vein of “this wasn't in the lessons.”

The Magic Inspectorate would come soon enough, appearing out of nowhere in Seth's room and making him scream till he fainted. Still, they ended up teaching him to harness his magic. They noticed that he was more predisposed to telepathy… and had a special ability to actually connect to animals’ minds. Quietly acknowledging the potential for espionage from this spell, Seth was tutored by the Inspectorate to enhance his telepathic abilities.

Soon came college, and his family decided to leave the Philippines to instead settle in America. He would be sent to Arizona State University, and joined Phi Mu Lambda, as seeing other magic folk had been a rare occurrence so far.

Still, he talks to a cat and crow, even argues with them. Most would find that weird.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Funni cat man

Character Description

Name: Seth Montes
Nationality: Philippines
Sex: Dude
Age: 19
Appearance:

Strengths and Weaknesses

Speciality: Telepathy
Any Unique Spell: Dominion - Seth can influence the minds of animals, to do what he wants. This spell also allows him to, as he claims, “know their every desire and thought.” He can establish a connection to one critter at a time, though he seems to prefer talking to an orange cat that he named Behemoth the Destroyer, and a crow that he granted the moniker of Munnin. It's been claimed by some other mages that the animals he talks to are slowly getting smarter whenever he uses the spell on them, but he has always said that such claims have no basis in reality.
Non-Magical Skills: Cooking, Microsoft Office, taking notes, the piano, and karaoke.
Misc. Weaknesses:

Background:

Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM)
Backstory: Seth hails from a pretty well-to-do Filipino family that migrated to America just a few years ago. Everything he did for most of his life can be summed up in one word: okay. He did well in school and never got a C, but not too well to be considered truly exceptional in any way. He was always in his own head. He would still be pressured to succeed, though, so in tests, he would wish that he could read the minds of the smartest kids in class so that he could copy their answers. He wished and wished until that wish came through. Seth actually heard a classmate's thoughts for the first time… which were essentially in the vein of “this wasn't in the lessons.”

The Magic Inspectorate would come soon enough, appearing out of nowhere in Seth's room and making him scream till he fainted. Still, they ended up teaching him to harness his magic. They noticed that he was more predisposed to telepathy… and had a special ability to actually connect to animals’ minds. Quietly acknowledging the potential for espionage from this spell, Seth was tutored by the Inspectorate to enhance his telepathic abilities.

Soon came college, and his family decided to leave the Philippines to instead settle in America. He would be sent to Arizona State University, and joined Phi Mu Lambda, as seeing other magic folk had been a rare occurrence so far.

Still, he talks to a cat and crow, even argues with them. Most would find that weird.

@The Man Emperor

Accepted!

Let's get all these characters onto the character tab... I might even make a roster for post zero

[Dyelli Beybi]

I know there are apparently three more apps in the works so I'll give a little time to get them down here before kickoff

[Eviledd1984]

@Dyelli Beybi

I'd be intersted in joining this roleplay; I was just wondering If something like Necromancy would be forbidden or taboo to practice. Some other ideas I had for unique spells were blood magic or being able to speak to ghosts.

[Dyelli Beybi]

@Dyelli Beybi

I'd be intersted in joining this roleplay; I was just wondering If something like Necromancy would be forbidden or taboo to practice. Some other ideas I had for unique spells were blood magic or being able to speak to ghosts.

@Eviledd1984

I would imagine this wizarding world is pretty liberal about stuff like talking to ghosts. They mostly get stressed about things that overtly expose them to the outside world...

I'd suggest not going with blood magic as we have a simple magic system and that would probably involve coming up with a whole new one. That being said, I've deliberately left things pretty broad to allow for creativity. If it's a world ending spell I might ask tou to tone it down a bit, otherwise I'm pretty much open to anything.

[Eviledd1984]

@Dyelli Beybi

That's fair. Do you mind if i DM you some ideas for signature spells for my character?

[Dyelli Beybi]

@Dyelli Beybi

That's fair. Do you mind if i DM you some ideas for signature spells for my character?

@Eviledd1984

Go for it! Also, if you feel like it, feel free to hop on the discord and brainstorm with the folks there

[Dyelli Beybi]

I've posted a second char...

[rexgn]

can i drop a cs sooner or later?

[Bingelly]

can i drop a cs sooner or later?

@rexgn

Depends on if you have anything ready. We are also just going to keep the thread open for the foreseeable future so there is no rush to get a character application out now if you don't have time.

We are certainly accepting them now if you have things ready to post.

[Demencia]

Character App

Character Description

Name: Ava Sterling
Nationality: American
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Appearance:
Image 1

Image 2

Strengths and Weaknesses

Specialty: Artifice
Any Unique Spell: Mammicus Enlargicus - the spell that got Ava kicked out of Delta Iota Kappa. As a self-proclaimed 'master of orbs' Ava didn't limit herself to just the ones she used to juggle. Figuring one day that breasts were basically orbs, why not try them too? As such she can manipulate (but almost always chooses to increase) the size of the breasts of any person she sees. This serves no purpose other than her own enjoyment.
Non-Magical Skills: Contact juggling, League of Legends (Challenger, rank 13), Melee, drinking, improving work, multilingual (English, German, Korean[limited])
Misc. Weaknesses: Attending class (see: League of Legends), friends

Background:

Major: Marketing
Backstory: Ava Sterling is one of many kids with no real hometown owing to her father's service in the military causing them move frequently, with several postings overseas like Germany and Korea. This made her turn to more solitary hobbies like gaming, as developing a new friend circle every year just to lose it over the summer quickly grew tiresome.

Over one of these summers, her magical gifts began to manifest. Without anyone else to practice with, she learned as best she could on her own by incorporating her own hobbies into it. She found it easier to focus magic through the crystal spheres she used for contact juggling than trying to manipulate it freehand. As such, it's incredibly rare to ever see her without at least one of them somewhere on her person.

She originally was in Delta Iota Kappa, but due to an incident involving breast enlargement and the (possibly willing) girlfriend of the (definitely not willing) fraternity president, she was kicked out. Afterwards, she joined Phi Mu Lambda.

[Dyelli Beybi]

Character App

Character Description

Name: Ava Sterling
Nationality: American
Sex: Female
Age: 19
Appearance:
Image 1

Image 2

Strengths and Weaknesses

Specialty: Artifice
Any Unique Spell: Mammicus Enlargicus - the spell that got Ava kicked out of Delta Iota Kappa. As a self-proclaimed 'master of orbs' Ava didn't limit herself to just the ones she used to juggle. Figuring one day that breasts were basically orbs, why not try them too? As such she can manipulate (but almost always chooses to increase) the size of the breasts of any person she sees. This serves no purpose other than her own enjoyment.
Non-Magical Skills: Contact juggling, League of Legends (Challenger, rank 13), Melee, drinking, improving work, multilingual (English, German, Korean[limited])
Misc. Weaknesses: Attending class (see: League of Legends), friends

Background:

Major: Marketing
Backstory: Ava Sterling is one of many kids with no real hometown owing to her father's service in the military causing them move frequently, with several postings overseas like Germany and Korea. This made her turn to more solitary hobbies like gaming, as developing a new friend circle every year just to lose it over the summer quickly grew tiresome.

Over one of these summers, her magical gifts began to manifest. Without anyone else to practice with, she learned as best she could on her own by incorporating her own hobbies into it. She found it easier to focus magic through the crystal spheres she used for contact juggling than trying to manipulate it freehand. As such, it's incredibly rare to ever see her without at least one of them somewhere on her person.

She originally was in Delta Iota Kappa, but due to an incident involving breast enlargement and the (possibly willing) girlfriend of the (definitely not willing) fraternity president, she was kicked out. Afterwards, she joined Phi Mu Lambda.

@Demencia

I will accept this... against my better judgement :P

[Eviledd1984]

@Dyelli Beybi

Helmut Peter Spielzeugmann (WIP)

Character Description

Name: Helmut Peter Spielzeugmann

Nationality: German

Sex: Male

Age: 19

Appearance: A lanky-looking young man looking quite fragile. Pale skin that could be mistaken for a ghost or a corpse. Standing around 5’5 and weighing around 140 pounds, he usually hides his body in his heavy-looking clothing. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes, long and curly, reaching past his ears, and he has high cheekbones and deep bags around his eyes. Something noticeable about him as well is how rough his hands are.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Specialty: Artifice

Any Unique Spell: Helmut has a specialty spell that allows him to control and manipulate toys and dolls. He can manipulate any toy but not any other inanimate object. Helmut also created toys that he made to be used as weapons. These toys are hazardous and, unfortunately, could be confused for an average toy. Of course, they only attack when Helmut gives the command, so for the most part, they look like regular toys. The weapons and toys are very deadly and can cause immense damage.

Non-Magical Skills: Helmut is a talented toy/doll maker who can create any toy from most materials. He is also a skilled painter, usually creating strange and somewhat controversial art pieces.

Misc. Weaknesses: He is not very strong so that he wouldn’t be perfect in a fight. He also has entomophobia.

Background

Major: Art

Backstory: Helmut’s family is a long line of toymakers and wizards. They were initially living in Siegen. They were using a particular spell that would give the toy’s life. This, of course, caused his family to be attacked by the villagers. They were moving from town to town while making money from creating toys. This caused his family only to use their kind of magic to defend themselves if threatened. Some of his family members would use their magic to send the toys to attack and even kill the family’s enemies. However, for the most part, they were seen as harmless toymakers.

During WW2, his family used their magic to help spy on the Nazis and to kill high-ranking officers. After the war, they moved to America, where they became famous for their unique and beautiful toys. His grandfather Peter started a company called Puppenmacher. This company became famous, almost rivalling Mattel, Parker Brothers, and Hasbro.

At a young age, Helmut was antisocial and would rather hang out with his toys. The one thing he was good at was drawing and painting. As a child, he took lessons from his uncle, an art teacher. His grandfather taught him how to create toys and use the spells to bring toys to life. He gained some other artist friends in high school and gained some fame for his art. He went to Arizona State to further his studies as an artist, using his toymaking skills as part of his art.

Let me know if I need to change anything.