[OOC] Black Clover: Fool's Arcana

[Xaltwind]

Me'n Da Paw did a collab too~

[BladeSS4]

@Zeroth Yeah I figured that would be the case as I said it has been a while. This was just the first draft concept. I'm alright with completely changing the character. I'll get something together a bit more that works better. Honestly just plain normal spirit magic would work for me. So I guess I'll just start making my changes.

[Zeroth]

@BladeSS4 The thing about Spirit Magic is that it requires meeting that spirit and forming a contract with it over the course of the RP itself--it's not something that Players can start out with from the get go.

[BladeSS4]

Well here is version 2 of my character this one is extremely watered down. Kept it sort of flame magic with the potential of a spirit later on. Hopefully this version of the character is better and more acceptable than the first I submitted for review.

Bakuto-Sun Flame Magic

Bakuto.
Appearance 17* (80)| Age | 5'11 Height/Weight 200 | Male Gender | "." PERSONALITY: | Bakuto is off the walls at times. Many people think he is a little crazy at times, but most of the time it is just a show he puts on. He puts on a smile, tells jokes when he is out in public and tries to let people know things aren't ever that serious. Often playing the fool to get a laugh out of people. When his actual personality he is less of a jokester and more get the job done kind of guy. He really doesn't like sacrificing people, if he can put himself in the way of others getting hurt he will. In case of a trolly problem when having to sacrifice someone to save others he often picks a third option of throwing himself sometimes both figuratively and physically at things to solve problems. He follows his own code of conduct, which he often says he has how own rules, but it is just something he always makes up on the fly It doesn't matter to him if you are a commoner or noble he will speak to them and treat them the same. If you are a good person then he will treat them like a good person. Rude people, he treats them back as such. He has punched nobles and spent time in jail cells because of this. Often he forgets to 'pay' for things. Walking through towns he will often start taking food and eating as he walks through them and doesn't pay. At least not at first. He often says "just send the bill wherever I'll get it eventually." He does pay for things late down the line. Debt over food means nothing to him though. | MAGIC: Sun Flame Magic- Bakuto's magic is flame magic or at least he believes it to be flame magic. His grimoire is unique as one it possesses the picture of the sun and Bakuto cant open it. His flame magic and spells are improvised weakened versions The book waits to open until he is strong enough to open. Having the grimoire examined Bakuto knows that his magic is Sun Flame Magic or it was theorized it is. With an inside keeping the book closed magic experts can feel a presence of a spirit who is still asleep waiting for Bakuto to become strong enough to emerge. Inside the book is a Sun fire spirit, a Phoenix. Unknown to Bakuto it is merely only a baby bird within the book. Phoenix waitting for its choice wizard to become strong enough for Bakuto to use it and awaken it. | SPELLS: SPELL LIST Spell 1- Flame Sparkler and Flash Support distraction magic. Extreme light offensive magic Flame Sparkler is a spell Bakuto created when he was much younger as a 'party' trick that Pushing the mana through his finger tips he throws small spark like flames. Almost looking like sparks or some even see them as fast fireflies. They are light burns more of a nuisance causing mild stinging. Bakuto can increase it to a huge amount of sparks. The spell lights up an area quickly. Sparks are stage one of the spell. Stage two however he surges his mana up causing the sparks to Flash extremely brightly to blinding lights. Generally a useless spell against people can sense magic except for a quick surprise. Allows for an extremely quick distraction so Bakuto can help people run or prepare something else to assist him in combat. - Spell 2 Flame Magic- Fire Bullet Offensive Singular firing spell. This is Bakuto's last ditch effort spell. Good for one shot before causing Bakuto to be spent of magic currently. Focusing all his mana into the palms of his hands then he smashes his hands together and forcing all of his mana into a ball. Using his hands he kneaded together a ball like a ball of whatever up. Using his flame attribute he pushes everything into a singular ball of attack and compresses it down as small as it can go then pushes even farther until it expands again until he has a ball of fire the size of his own head. Many see a very small mini sun before he always yells, "Fire Bullet!" The compressed ball of fire gets shot out of his hands then explodes on contact. The sudden impact then explosion engulfs whatever it hits. The explosion pushed directionally towards whichever way it was fired at. ABILITIES & SKILLS: SKILL LIST Name - Description. Martial Arts- Fighting skills. Hand to hand combat. Bakuto's fighting he has studied many forms of fighting. Due not having that many spells at his command Bakuto trained to fight with his hands. Strikes, locks, throws the disciplines that go along. Fighting hand to hand without magic. Creative use of Mana- Bakuto has a bit of a creative approach when fighting and that goes to the way he uses his mana. Without his grimoire he possessed a bit of power starting off creating sparks just as a kid. Later he grew up creating a dense ball of fire where he can do what he calls 'real' damage. Survival- Basic skill of survival. Bakuto thrives out in the open area. Stranded out nearly anywhere Bakuto's survival skills are extremely high. He can catch his own food. And sort of cook it. (Bakuto sucks at cooking everything always ends up burnt) Strong- Due to living a rough life in the woods doing hard work, Bakuto is extremely strong. His strength isn't 'super' levels but he does have a bit of muscle on his body so when he punches someone they really get hit really hard. Name - Description. GOALS & FEARS: Goals- Become a decent magic knight Dreams- Also he dreams of making the clover kingdom a place where it's peaceful enough so he doesn't have to do anything but just have fun all day. To do that he knows he has to create everlasting permanent peace. Fears Water, he can't swim. Has great survival skills but throws him into the water and he freaks out and sinks fast. So he was scared to get into deep waters. Or getting even close to it. .............................................................................	HISTORY HERE Bakuto was born as a commoner on the border of the kingdom. Born of a lumberjack's child, Bakuto spent his childhood in the woods with his father. Chopping trees, and providing lumber for the towns around the clover kingdom. Bakuto's father was an honest man who always worked hard. The man possessed greater strength than anyone else. Compared to his father, Bakuto is tiny. The man stood nearly eight feet tall and was a goliath of a man. Hurling trees around all day just made him even stronger. Nobles saw Bakuto's father as a freak of nature and feared him because he was 'different'. Yet the wood he gathered was good enough they kept asking him to bring more. Always shouting cruel things at Bakuto and his father. But everytime Bakuto would get angry and shout back his father would smack him in the head to get him to stop. "Don't upset the nobles! Their words are only small, we are big. Don't let them get to you. Be bigger." his father always had said to Bakuto. A mysterious fellow one day when Bakuto was twelve had asked for a special project from Bakuto's father. A rare tree within a fiery strong magic was region. A magic tree that couldn't burn even through its surroundings was with volcanic regions. Twelve days and Twelve nights and Bakuto's father finished the mission and got this fellow his wood. Bakuto accompanied his father to the capital this day to sell this wood to the fellow who asked for it. The mysterious fellow was a nobleman who had been kicked out of Clover years ago but lived within other noble families that harbored him in. When they show up to give him the magic wood. Instead of paying for the wood, he killed Bakuto's father in a blink of an eye. And captured Bakuto. This man was creating weapons and selling them to criminals and the other kingdoms outside of clover. Bakuto was nearly sold to the diamond kingdom when the magic knights stopped it from happening. This man killed himself before getting caught. Bakuto never learned his name, only that he was working with the diamond kingdom to arm criminals within clover with magical weapons. Bakuto had to bury his own father next to the house he was born in. By the biggest tree of the forest Bakuto lived his entire life. The knight that saved Bakuto, gave him their deepest condolences. Told Bakuto to become a magic knight, to prevent others from going through Bakuto's trauma. So Bakuto spent time on his own training to become a magic knight. He showed up to some random town where grimoires choose their wizards. Bakuto spent five years training and learning how to become a magic knight. Knowing he needed his own Grimore. and after asking around he found a town that did just that. Those who saw him enter thought little of him other than he was a wildman coming out of the forest trying to get a grimoire. Thinking of him being a fool that would never get chosen. In this selection Bakuto's grimoire was the first to appear. And rather forcefully it flew out and knocked Bakuto out of the building the grimoire ceremony was held in. A solid gold book, but unlike others did not possess a clover on it of any kind. Instead it was a picture of the sun. Bakuto tried to open the book and it sealed itself closed and locked itself. The book picked Bakuto but refused to open for him. Not for the lack of him trying. First try to open it with brute force. There was only one spell that was written on the back of the book. 'Sparks'. Bakuto went town to town having his grimoire examined. Trying to get anyone to help him open it up and to learn anything about the book even if he couldn't open it. Learning the name of his magic even though he keeps calling it 'flame' magic instead of calling it Sun flame magic. The sparks are the starting to a much bigger fire in the future scholar told him in his travels. Telling Bakuto within time he will open the book once it is ready or once he is strong enough to open it. So with only one spell to use Bakuto trained until he had create own spells out of the base work of the first spell. He could blind and annoyingly burn someone or he could create a ball of fire out compressing the spell down. Bakuto once deemed he had a spell strong enough for the entrance exams, and possessed enough skills to use his mana and combat to make up for the lack of magic powers he has. So he is off to become a magic knight!

[Zeroth]

@BladeSS4 There are still several issues with this application as is, but it's somewhat more workable than before.

• We already have another player whose magic is Sun themed, as well as an important NPC, so I feel like this would be a little too much overlap given the rarity/power of that element.
• I'm not going to allow the grimoire to have a spirit inside it.
• Given his background information and the fact that he's not going to have lived multiple lifetimes anymore (you'll need to correct that in his details btw), it doesn't make sense for him to be a master martial artist. Characters starting the game shouldn't really have something like "knowledge of many styles" and so forth.
• The "creative use of mana" skill sounds like more of an informed trait, it's not really something that differentiates him from other players in any noticeable way. Especially when his spells are just "flashbang" and "fireball" respectively.
• This is more of an opinion than something that goes against "the rules," but to be perfectly honest a lot of details in his background, personality, and description of his magic come across as very...Gary Stu/Main Character Syndrome. I think characters having tragedy or extreme events in their lives that drive them is fine, but this just doesn't come off that well.

Again, it's more malleable than it was before, but by the time all of the above was addressed I feel like it would still be a completely different character.

EDIT:
I will be working on a GM update post this weekend! I think everyone's pretty much done with collabs, right? If not, let me know!

[Expllo]

I’m pretty comfortable where Hikari is, so I didn’t feel a post was necessary from me this round. I’m good to keep moving forward.

[Remram]

Hell yeah, looking forward to it

[SilverPaw]

For sure ready to move forward, yup.

[Xaltwind]

Let's-a go! :D

[ERode]

Eyo, will be dropping this RP. Just can't get into it, alas. Good luck with it though, y'all!

[Sp00ki]

I forgor about this, never even started making a character. :p

[Remram]

@ERode

Sorry to see you go, but it happens.

[Zeroth]

Update is go! I'll be collabing with Databug for Tristan's next part, but other than that I don't think I missed anyone? Let me know if there are any issues!

The next update will be the last one for this trial, and then we'll move on to the next...which I think will be quite interesting, given what we've seen from characters in this one! >:)

[Xaltwind]

I was wondering where Ricebolt went... So he finally shows himself, huh? And he's just as much of a casanova as Pompadouche I see. xD

Well then, in spirit with Nephy's character....

OF COURSE WE'LL ACCEPT HIS GENUINE AND OBVIOUSLY-NOT-AT-ALL BACKSTABBING-RIFE OFFER! 8D

[SilverPaw]

@Zeroth Assuming we can still deal with this on our own as long as we make it interesting? Should we check with you or with @Remram for Isvelt's reponses?

[Zeroth]

@SilverPawFeel free to defend against the attacks however you want--if you want to say your character directly blocks them, just keep in mind that it's multiple attacks from mages of varying strengths, so it's likely not something you could completely no-sell. But as far as "can I just go ahead and dodge," yeah, you have free reign. Bob and weave, send out a counter attack, whatever.

As far as taking any of the NPCs out in a single stroke, just be reasonable with it or make it narratively interesting. I will also accept "rule of funny," lol, if you want to have one NPC get in the others' way or something like that.

For Isvelt, it can go either or! If Remram wants to chime in I've got no issue with it!

[Remram]

@Zeroth@SilverPaw

Do you guys want me to respond as Isvelt? I can do that if you want.

[ReusableSword]

im dealing with some medical stuff on my end but im trying to work on keeping up with posts.

[Remram]

@ReusableSword

Take your time my dude. Your health always comes first.

[Th3King0fChaos]

Illios and Bryant meet again.