[CHAR] Tales Of Endoroth (A Slice Of Life MMO Roleplay)

[shylarah]

Emma /// Elian

Emma Ellison /// Elian Zefra

The Chaos Butterfly

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“If you want me to heal you, STAY WHERE I CAN @#$%ING HEAL YOU!”

O V E R V I E W

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Emma Ellison

_{A V A T A R}

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Elian Zefra (also answers to Elly, Zef, and a few other nicknames, including her unofficial title of Chaos Butterfly)

_{A G E}

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31

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female

_{A P P E A R A N C E}

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Emma is a fit young woman, her body shaped by years of dance classes. She is solidly built, not willowy, and if she isn't mindful of what she eats she gains weight. She's taller than most women, but this doesn't stop her from wearing heels if she wants to dress up a bit. Her dark hair is untamably curly and she keeps it cut very short so it is manageable. Her eyes are an unremarkable hazel, her brows thick, and her face rounded. Emma favors intense colors, be it vibrant crimson, royal purple, eye-searing green, or jet black. Outside of the dark and the bright, she also likes metallics, and a lot of her jewelry is metalwork, where it's not chunky modern-art plastic. Her fashion sense is a bit quirky, and she is just as likely to be wearing a blouse and a skirt as she is jeans and a T-shirt. One thing she does insist on is comfort -- if it bothers her too much she won't wear it, whether she's having a day in or a night out. Because she can't do much with her hair, Emma has a whole collection of hats, and she'll wear one more often than not.

Emma is very aware that her avatar is not herself. While she might embody Elian while she's logged in, and while MMOs are really not roleplay-heavy in most cases, outside of specific groups, her concept of Emma-as-Elian and Emma-irl are quite distinct. Since that is the case, it's not too surprising that Elain only somewhat resembles Emma herself. The build is the same, with perhaps an extra inch or two of height, but her brown hair has darkened to jet and her eyes lightened to gold. Since it was an option, she elected to get her hair permanently straightened. It's still a shorter style, but now the back is completely off her neck while the very front reaches her collarbone. Her skin tone is slightly darker too, more bronzed than tanned, and she's come out with elfin ears, just pointed enough to have the tips show through her hair. She's traded her hats for a woven golden circlet, but her fondness for dark colors is still very much in evidence. Her favorite attire is three pieces of black velvet, a close-fitting tank top, a long-sleeved jacket, and flowing pants. The pants might be mistaken for a skirt at a distance, cut loose in the leg and widening from hip to ankle. The waist is broad and snug, providing a bit of padding between her skin and a leather utility belt. Her jacket has no collar and only a single, small button near the top so it doesn't fly completely open. Unlike shirt and pants, this garment is covered in gold filigree, Even the smallest movement is accompanied by sparkle and flash as the embroidery catches the light. Leather boots with a slight heel finish off her outfit, with sturdy soles and metal reinforcement for the toes. She wears a light leather vest with a soft lining underneath her tank for defense, as well as bracers and kneeguards, but these are all hidden by her outfit. In addition to the utility belt, Elian often also carries a leather satchel of holding strapped to her thigh to carry somewhat larger items.

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Emma is generally kindhearted and compassionate. She's known among her friends for being a good listener and willing to lend a hand. She is mostly cheerful, with a good sense of humor, and fluent in sarcasm. She is willing to laugh at anything, including herself -- and all the inappropriate jokes as well. Her outlook tends to be a mix of optimism, pragmatism, and cynicism. She did well though not great in school, but she is particularly adept at puzzle-solving and thinking on her feet. She's mostly dependable and trustworthy, though she tends to have trouble learning names, and will forget when things are if she doesn't write them down. She enjoys a good party, so long as it's not too loud, and is perfectly at home among strangers. Emma is outgoing, eager to meet new people and make new friends. This desire for new experiences leads her to be the sort of gamer that enjoys exploration.

She's always had one foot in the virtual world, and the people she befriends online are just as real to her as those she knows in the physical one. She believes there are advantages to each sort of relationship. She's had a number of boyfriends over the years, some starting irl, some starting online, but she's yet to find the person she'd like as her permanent Player Two.

Emma is a huge geek, and acknowledges her various fandoms openly. She is also a dedicated gamer, though she does not play competitively. For her, gaming is a way to step away from any worries she might have and immerse herself in another world, a chance to be whoever and whatever she likes. It's not that she dislikes her life -- indeed, she is quite happy with it. But that doesn't mean there isn't time to let her imagination take the lead while chilling with whomever happens to be on.

Emma is quick to anger, but just as quick to forgive. She's mostly a good sport, though she never likes losing. She hates trolls and people who mess things up for others through sheer stupidity. It should be noted that kindhearted does not necessarily mean kind or polite. She tends to give those she likes a hard time, teasing, taunting, and being generally snarky. This verbal abuse is given with the greatest affection, a casual lack of concern for what's proper or polite that shows she's truly comfortable with that person. Of course, if she really hates someone she's likely to insult and mock sincerely, and this can be a bit confusing if one is not sure where one stands.

As a gamer, Emma tends to be a completionist, and she enjoys experimenting with what a game will let her do. She loves turning up secrets and the accompanying thrill of discovery. Her temper also shows in games, and there is a dent in one of her game room's walls where she once threw a controller a bit too hard after some idiot turned a challenging but doable boss run into a TPK. It's interesting to note that while she doesn't often yell at people in the real world, she has no such qualms in virtual combat and an impressive array of curses to boot. All of which she will unleash on...well, just about anyone. The guy that got the party killed. The camper that keeps killing her. The one that steals her kills. The teammate that ruined her perfect shot -- even the tank she was healing who moved out of range. But give her a brief break after a fight and she will settle down again.

Emma will play any class, but tends to favor melee DPS fighters and ranged DPS casters when playing alone. However, because she is very familiar with the shortcomings of MMOs, she knows that a healer and support caster will rarely lack for willing companions in dungeon runs, and these are the areas she chose to have Elian focus on.

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Emma's life has been nothing particularly exceptional. She grew up in midwest America, the elder of two siblings from an upper middle class family where affording the latest game system was never much of an issue. Both her parents had jobs dealing with computers, and Emma entered the world of the internet and video games young. She'd try just about anything, but has always gravitated toward puzzle games, rpgs, and open-world games. With a network of fellow gamers that spans the globe, it was no surprise that she heard about TOE very early on. She had to tighten her budget and do some saving, since dance instructors don't exactly make a ton of money, but it was more than worth it when she first entered the world of Endoroth.

A T T R I B U T E S

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caster (primarily healer and support)

_{P R O F E S S I O N}

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healer, dancer

_{W E A P O N O F C H O I C E}

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Butterfly's Wings - Rather unconventional implements, the Butterfly's Wings are deadly weapons masquerading as ornate, ornamental fans. The ribs are quite sturdy, made of metal with wooden handles and extending beyond the dark fabric of the fans themselves. Those tips are sharpened, as well as the leading edges of the outermost ribs, designed to slice and stab as effectively as long knives. Each fan can open as far as a hundred and eighty degrees, revealing a bright swirl of butterflies on the fabric, and she can lock the fans in any position, to keep them from collapsing on impact when this is not desired. The hingepoint of each fan consists of a large gemstone, a magical focus allowing the wielder to cast much like with a wand or a mage's staff.

_{O T H E R E Q U I P M E N T}

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Healing and Mana Potions - It's always a good idea to have some of these on hand.

Rope and Grappling Hook - Good for climbing.

Cooking Supplies - Useful in the wild.

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Healing and Restoration - Elian specializes in magic with healing properties, whether for a single person or for a group. She can resurrect a fallen companion, remove curses, and cure wounds of all kinds.

Buffs and Defense - Pumping up her allies is a key ability for a support caster. More speed, more strength, resistance to various forms of energy, protection from evil, these are all things Elian has under her belt.

Utility - Things like spark, light, and prestidigitation, these spells are not combat oriented but still very useful to have around.

Wind - Elian started playing as a wind mage before she decided to focus on healing, and she has kept a couple wind-aligned spells under her belt, including featherfall, jump, and one rather unique spell that allows her to retreat unhindered after a strike on an enemy.

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Healer - Elian specializes in magic with healing properties, whether for a single person or for a group. Because she's cast so many of them, the healing effects of her spells are improved, and she is better at casting them.

Support Caster - The vast majority of Elian's participation in combat is as a support caster. Because of her experience, she has excellent endurance when it comes to casting, much better than mages who only dabble.

Battlefield Awareness - Healers are responsible for keeping people alive, and this means knowing when they need help. Elian has done her best to consistently track her partymates and healing them when they need it, and now she has a general though vague awareness of who is in trouble, and how badly.

Danger Assessment - A squishy healer does not last long if she doesn't know how to avoid danger. Experience (and a number of early deaths) have taught Elian how to recognize unsafe terrain and places where unpleasant things might lurk, and now she is much better at noticing such things, almost like a gut feeling at times.

Dancer's Grace - Elian is a dancer, like her player, and she makes use of these skills even when not dancing. Between practicing routines and pushing herself in exploration, Elian is flexible and acrobatic. Her balance in particular is superb, and she can keep her footing and land jumps even on difficult terrain, where it's all but impossible to do so.

Agility - Before Elian started partying up regularly, and before she'd developed her skills as a mage, she employed a nimble in-and-out fighting style. She still relies on her agility to react to threats and make herself a more difficult target, as well as for getting past obstacles in her explorations. As a result, Elian is highly agile, able to get close and then fall back, and changing directions easily. She can pull maneuvers that others could not.

Saw It Coming - Elian relies mostly on grace and agility, trying to avoid taking damage as much as she can -- particularly since if she goes down, there's usually no one to come to the rescue. Practice anticipating and avoiding has left her better able to identify attacks that will hurt her in time to cast a counter spell or get the heck out of the way. Sometimes she can avoid attacks that she did not anticipate.

Identify Monster - Emma enjoys the tactical aspects of combat, and she believes that is important to know your enemy. To this end, she's made an effort to remember the appearance and location of various foes, and what sort of abilities they used. Upon reaching a town, she would look up the things she'd encountered to learn more about them. Her dedication and research have paid off, and now in addition to knowing almost all of the ones she's encountered, there is a small chance that Elian has skimmed over the entry for a monster that she has never encountered herself and knows a bit about it and what it is capable of, even if she never read the entry properly.

Enemy Assessment - If she identifies an opponent, she may know this automatically, particularly for common foes. For others, Elian tries to keep track of what works and what doesn't, and she thus has some skill identifying weak points and what kinds of attacks are effective based on the ones tried. Once she has, she is highly likely to retain that information for future reference. This is possible even on foes she's never heard of.

Pathfinder - With her love of exploration and taking the road less travelled, Elian has honed her pathfinding skills. She is quite good at figuring out ways to get somewhere, including less conventional routes. Her chances of noticing hidden doors, shortcuts, and less dangerous routes is increased, even if she's not actively searching for them.

_{R O U G H V I R T U A L H I S T O R Y}

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Elian has been in Tales of Endoroth since near the beginning, though she spent a good amount of time getting used to an entirely new system, and then playing with it. For Emma, the new system was fairly familiar, being a lot like other games she had played. Once she got the hang of it she immediately set off to see what she could do. A lot of time was spent exploring, whether by herself or with a party. A lot of solo explorations ended in death. Embarrassingly many, actually. She still likes solo exploration, as she does in just about any game, particularly the open-world ones, but Emma's learned that Elian's far better off travelling with a group in many cases. There was some benefit to all the dying, and it takes the form of Elian being able to actually land hits in melee combat and then get out of range. She can even do respectable damage for a character that isn't offensively oriented.

To the community of TOE as a whole, Elian is known as a reliable healer who will do everything she can to take care of her party. She's known to be adventurous and not afraid of a challenge. She is, however, also known to be a real firecracker, between her habit of shouting profanity at friend and foe alike, as well as her low tolerance for fools. One rather interesting rumor says that after a particularly close call, the feisty healer ressed, killed, and then reressed her party's DPS archer multiple times in a row, since he'd drawn aggro on not only the mobs they were fighting but several more beside, and then failed to back off when he was told he was making a mess of things. The rumor isn't true, of course. Elian only killed him once. And she had help.

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Relationships

name - description.

Emma/Elian uses FFCC55.

[Randomguy]

Robert Holden, the Eccentric Actor

Character Name: Robert Holden

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Appearance:

IRL



In Game

Personality:

A realistic optimist, Robert is someone who tends to look for the bright side of things but still makes sure to keep it in the framework of realism. A cautiously optimistic person, one might say. For instance, in an essay for a philosophy class, he once wrote that while on a global scale, humanity as a race is actually pretty awesome and has massive potential, on the other hand, he keeps in mind that most people are not the exemplars of what the best of humankind can offer, and therefore keeping in mind that collectively humanity is an existence full of wonder and potential but most people you meet will disappoint you, is the wisest course of action one might take. A less philosophical example is the fact that while he sees his job, acting, as a great artistic endeavour that explores deep into the psyche and consciousness of a role that may bring forth hidden insight and deeper truths of who people are...starving artist is a thing for a reason, and theatre actor is not really paying the bill, so better quit while you're ahead and switch track.

In his personal life, Robert tends to be more on the introverted scale of social engagement type, rather than the extroverted one. Of course, being an actor, he has no issues putting on a more extroverted mask, and he does it often. He doesn't quite like it, but is also pragmatic enough to chalk it to 'just how the world is'. Just like how some people are more academically talented and thus can go through schools easier than others, some people are just more socially talented, while others have to put in extra work. Nevertheless, on his off days, he dislikes going out unless necessary, opting to stay at his apartment reading books, playing music, and of course, gaming.

As a gamer, Robert gravitates to RPG exactly because to him, immersing oneself in an RPG as the character you create feels like acting to a certain extent. He doesn't exactly have a specific class he doesn't like to play, but he tends to always incorporate some form of magic into his build. While focusing mostly on roleplay, Robert also enjoys theorycrafting builds and min-maxing the build for optimal efficiency.

Background:

Having been enamoured with acting ever since joining the theatre club in middle school, Robert Holden, once upon a time, was someone who was idealistic enough to throw away a scholarship to a prestigious university in the STEM field to study acting instead...to his parents chagrin, of course. Of course, unlike many stories written in the scripts, the real world is not always kind to idealism, and he found himself struggling to make it as a theatre actor, he landed good roles here and there, but the reality was that it simply did not pay enough for rent. Robert 'wisened up' and thus came to his current 'realistically optimist' outlook, decided to quit while he was ahead and took the offer of an agent to switch to more glamorous showbiz instead. Starting as a small extra here and there, he had made considerable progress in showbiz within the past 3 years. While he was nowhere an A-list actor, he had recently got a breakthrough by landing the main lead role in a TV show adaptation of a rather popular fantasy romance novel.

He realized that rather than pure acting skill, the agency was more interested in his pretty boy look, but he figured you gotta do what you gotta do. That being said, he did miss the artistic side of acting. Of delving into a role, researching and imagining what the person he was playing would be like as a real person, and eventually immersing himself in the role that for the period of the performance, he was no longer Robert Holden, but the character he was playing. To Robert, the joy of acting is precisely when you are portraying a character that is vastly different from who you are. And thus, when he heard of the virtual MMO Tales of Endoroth, he became interested in using the game as an outlet, by becoming a persona, as different from himself as possible. Of course, being a man, one of the roles that would be the furthest from who he is...is to act as a woman. It's not something done on television or in movies unless the role is specifically a transgender role, or something along those lines because television is more 'grounded' than the surrealism of theatre. In theatre, it was a practice with a long tradition from Cross-gender acting in Greece to the 'onnagata' of Japan's Kabuki theatre. Robert had always been interested from an artistic perspective, but hadn't actually had the chance to do such roles, and so...that was how Claudia Solaria von Gatriel joined the world of Tales of Endoroth.

TOE Name: Claudia Solaria von Gatriel

Attributes

Role: DPS/Secondary Healer

Profession: Paladin/Sorcerer/Warlock

Weapon Of Choice:

Nyxblade

With a brilliant golden hilt and red blade, Nyxblade appeared to be a holy sword bestowed to valorous warriors at a glance. While that was the original purpose of the blade, one of the old gods Xal'Zagoth intervened in its creation, turning it into a cursed blade whose sole purpose is to entrap souls. Upon finding a worthy wielder, Nyxblade gradually asserts its influence until the victim succumbs to its power. Those fully corrupted by this dark weapon abandon all ties to their former life, assume the name Nyx, and obey Xal'Zagoth's will.

-Flavor Text of Nyxblade

A magic item of legendary rarity that is a very rare drop of the boss Nyx from the 'Emergence of the Old Gods' event in TOE. The longsword deals fire and slashing damage. Though limited by a cooldown, it can also be used to channel purple flames in the shape of a tentacle for a ranged attack, dealing necrotic and fire damage in a large AOE. Each time it felled an enemy, the soul counter goes up, to a maximum of 5. Each 'soul' can be expended to deal extra damage or heal the user. Expended souls cannot be replenished until the next day. Robert grinded the Nyx boss for the sword extensively, to the point of almost missing an audition the next day because he overslept.

Other Equipment:

Cuirass of the Vital Aegis

Forged in the heart of a celestial forge and blessed by the spirits of the ancient healers, this radiant armour pulses with the essence of life itself. As it envelops the wearer, a warm, golden glow infuses their being, fortifying the body and amplifying the restorative energies of healing magic. In battle, it is said to mend wounds as swiftly as they are inflicted, making the wearer an unyielding bastion of vitality.

-Flavour Text of Cuirass of the Vital Aegis

A magic item of rare rarity that gives extra HP as the 'False Life, Greater' spell effect that is replenished every day. It also gives extra HP to the user's healing spells.

Ring of the Inferno Pact

Forged in the flames of a boundless volcano and inscribed with runes of ancient firelords, this ring burns with an unquenchable ember. When worn, its wearer feels a surge of molten power coursing through their veins, amplifying their command over flames. However, this pact comes at a cost; the ring's fiery essence sears away any resistance to the cold, leaving the wearer vulnerable to frost's chilling embrace. As the heat intensifies, so too does the cold become an ever-greater threat.

-Flavour Text of Ring of the Inferno Pact

A magic item of rare rarity that significantly boosts fire damage in exchange for giving a frost weakness to the user.

Starshard Amulet

Crafted from the essence of a shattered star and set with gems that shimmer with the hues of the elements, this amulet is a conduit of pure arcane energy. When worn, it pulses gently against the wearer's chest, infusing them with an abundant wellspring of mana. The amulet's intricate enchantments weave a protective aura around its bearer, granting them resilience against the elements.

-Flavour text for the Starshard Amulet.

A magic item of a very rare quality that boosts MP and grants resistance to elemental attacks of the user's choice. The amulet comes with a set value of resistances that can be allocated to various elements based on the needs of the user. Robert allocated about 50% of the total resistance to offset the frost weakness from the Ring of the Inferno Pact.

Cloak of Protection

An arcane cloak weaved with magical threads that grant protection to the wearer.

-Flavour text for the Cloak of Protection

A magic item of uncommon quality that gives extra defence that stacks with armour for the user.

Magic:

[Divine Soul Sorcerer]

Word of Healing
Heals a creature of the user's choice within the 60-foot range. The spell has no effect on construct and deals half damage on undead.

Flame Strike
Conjure a divine pillar of flames with a 10-foot radius and height of 40 feet, that can be conjured within 100 feet of the caster. Half the damage is fire damage, but the other half results directly from divine power and is therefore not subject to being reduced by resistance to fire-based attacks.

Spirit Guardians
Summon guardian spirits within a 15-foot radius of oneself. For the duration of the spell. Hostiles within the radius have their speed reduced and take radiant damage over time while friendlies receive increased defense.

[Warlock]

Eldritch Blast
A beam of crackling energy that streaks toward a creature within 120 feet range. At the current character level, eldritch blast summons four beams, each can be directed at different targets.

Tendrils of Protection
Conjures black and shadowy eldritch tendrils that increase defence. The user can choose to end the spell by having the tendrils sprout in a 5-feet radius around the user, dealing psychic damage and chance of giving the frightened status at afflicted enemies.

[Paladin]

Divine Smite
Designate one enemy as a target of divine fury. While the spell is active, attacks from the user or its allies against the enemy have additional radiant damage.

Channel Positive Energy
Heals allies in a 30-foot radius of the user with divine energy.

Other Skills:

[Divine Soul Sorcerer]
Angelic Form
Manifest a pair of angel wings and a halo. The angel wings can be used to fly while the halo emits a source of light.

Metamagic: Quickened
Allows the user to cast spells with reduced cooldown. Can be used 15 times each day.

[Warlock]
Soul Crucible
A secret knowledge that imbued one's armament with the soul of the user. Allows the user to use Charisma instead of Strength to deal damage from melee weapons.

[Paladin]
Aura of Righteousness
Gives allies in the party resistance to status effect based on the Paladin's Charisma status.

Virtual History:
A scion of the noble house of Gatriel, having the power to command celestial magic due to being descended from Gatriel the heavenly angel, Claudia Solaria von Gatriel used to be a Countess who made a contract with the old god Xal'Zagoth to prevent her people and fief from being burnt down by an Ancient Dragon. The old god returned the ancient dragon to slumber, but in return, Claudia must now serve as his champion, doing his bidding lest the dragon awakens once more and devastate her home. In doing the bidding of her patron, Claudia now found herself as a member of the Ebon Covenant, in the company of dangerous and malicious figures who banded together for protection and possible cooperation...such was the nutshell of the backstory for Claudia Solaria von Gatriel that was crafted by Robert.

A male picking female avatars in games is hardly a novel concept. Some do it because they explicitly wish to troll other players, some because 'If I'm spending a lot of time with this character might as well make it a hot girl', and some actually do it in an attempt to explore their sexuality. Robert's reason was none of the above. He was interested purely in its 'artistic merit' as an actor, that is to say, to experience playing a role that is vastly different from who he is. Whereas Robert is an introverted somewhat cynical man, Claudia is an extroverted caring woman who is torn by her natural kindness and her deal with the old god. That is all there is to it to Robert, an interesting role to play and explore, nothing more, nothing less.

Robert first joined TOE about two years ago, about a year after he made the shift from theatre to showbiz. It was at this point, that Robert started to miss actual acting again rather than being a glorified fan service. While there was nothing stopping him from acting, his new schedule made it hard to dedicate time to a theatre troupe. It was then, that a friend of his from high school—who was still pursuing a career in theatre, unlike Robert—invited Robert to join The Ebon Covenant, his RP-focused guild in the virtual MMO Tales of Endoroth. The Ebon Covenant was an RP guild for evil RP, with the concept being a secret society of various evildoers who banded together for protection and ease of cooperation. Its members range from crime lord to a demon possessing a demoniac, to necromancers, to—in Claudia's case—a noblewoman who made a pact with an evil old god.

Now, two years later, what started as just a fun hobby has turned into a passion that Robert sunk quite a bit of time on. He mostly played with the guilds, but as someone who also likes to optimize builds, Robert occasionally plays with players outside the guild, since not all of the guild members focus on grinding for the best loot if it doesn't concern their RP. Of course, while Robert did not go full-on RP mode while playing with players outside the guild, since he treated Claudia as he treated a role he would play in a theatre performance, it was hard to break character completely while on 'Costume', especially after playing the character for so long, making Robert interact with people using the personality of 'Claudia' rather than 'Robert' just minus the whole fantasy noblewoman backstory bit. His ladylike prim and proper mannerisms as well as his fancy way of speaking as Claudia often make people in his party joke about his true identity being some famous socialite rich girl or even the princess of England or some other country that still has monarchs. A fact that Robert is quite pleased with as it means that his acting is impeccable. It is, admittedly a somewhat eccentric way of playing an MMO, but Robert always said that the eccentric artist is a trope for a reason. Art is rather quirky at times.

Notes:
*Claudia is built with dumping Strength and maximizing Charisma both for melee damage and spell damage.
*Jacob, Robert's friend and Guildmaster of The Ebon Pact is currently the only one who knows Claudia's IRL identity.

[vietmyke]

Riley Everett | Rathello

Riley Everett /// Rathello

O V E R V I E W

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Riley Everett

_{A V A T A R}

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Rathello

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24

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Male

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Wiry and lithe, Riley had the build someone might have expected from an athlete, though it's clear that in the recent years his physique hasn't been nearly as well taken care of. While never particularly tall, Riley often appears deceptively shorter due to being more or less confined to his wheelchair. His left leg has been amputated below the knee, and while he wears a prosthetic most of the time, walking has still proved a challenge to him. Riley's dark brown hair has been dyed blonde, is regularly in an unkempt mess, and a scowl adorns his face near permanently. His skin is pale and the lack of sunshine has resulted in a rather dire vitamin D deficiency. He generally wears baggy clothes to hide his figure, but his fashion sense can be regarded as 'vaguely techwear'.

Rathello

In Tales of Endorath Riley chose the Firbolg race, regarded as both the smallest of the Giant-kin, and the largest of the available races in the game for players. Rathello stands in at about ten feet in height, with blued skin and hair. In a single word, Rathello is brawny. Large and imposing, Rathello very much plays to the idea of a giant turned adventurer. Rathello is dressed in much a typical fantasy adventurer, well maintained but patchwork pieces of leather, linen and steel. Riley is not particularly attached to any one piece of Rathello's appearance, and changes out gear and style as his tastes- and the equipment's stats, change.

_{P E R S O N A L I T Y}

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According to friends and family, before the accident, Riley was a veritable ball of sunshine, gregarious, friendly, social and personable. Following the accident however, Riley has gotten considerably more sullen and irritable. Borderline antisocial, Riley is extremely quiet, and spends the bulk of his days indoors, avoiding communication with all but a few. Conversations he does have are widely regarded to be short, curt and argumentative. Due in part to his injury, Riley is insecure and avoids physical interactions when possible.

In stark contrast, Rathello acts very much like Riley did before his accident. Brave and bold, Rathello, while not part of a guild at current, is well reputed among raiding guilds as a reliable team player. Selfless and stalwart, Rathello will regularly throw himself into harms way for both party members and strangers in need. While generally more than happy to help when asked, Rathello has a habit of not exactly thinking things through and occasionally be a bit headstrong and stubborn. He's fairly competitive, and understands most of the games mechanics, but isn't quite as deep in as the no-lifers- though it's debatable how much of a life he has irl anyway. As a part of his own personal enjoyment, Rathello roleplays his character when interacting with NPCs, but generally talks like a gamer when dealing with other players.

_{B A C K G R O U N D}

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Riley grew up generally removed from the digital world. Born in Los Angeles before moving to the Chicago suburbs when he was 5. He was born the oldest of two, to an upper middle class family with plenty of access to resources. Riley took naturally to sports from a young age, joining various school teams as he was growing up. Well regarded as the prime example of a scholar-athlete, Riley did well in sports and school alike, earning himself a full ride to UChicago on a sports scholarship for soccer. While not destined for a career in professional sports, with no student debts to worry about, Riley was all but guaranteed a bright future.

The summer after his first year in college, Riley was struck on his way home by a drunk driver.

Riley woke up in the hospital to find himself with a broken leg, and a missing one. Due to complications with the injury, and the state he was found in, his left leg had gone septic and needed to be removed in order to save his life. He survived but spent the next several months in and out of the hospital.

While the accident itself didn't cause Riley to lose his scholarship, it did effect how he interacted with the world around him. He more or less closed himself off from everything. His friendships broke, his grades began to fall, his scholarship going away with it. Close to dropping out of school, it was only through a miracle that Riley managed to graduate, though not in his original field.

Now a graduate, stuck in a thankless, soulless job to pay off his student debts and medical bills, Riley found Tales of Endorath while trawling the internet and ended up buying himself a VR kit and copy of the game on impulse. The game quickly took over what parts of his life were available, and he immersed himself in the world so much different than his own, bleaker one. Riley spends more or less all of his free time when not at work or physical therapy in the game- though he does work from home, so sometimes he also spends his work hours in game as well.

A T T R I B U T E S

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Tank, secondary melee DPS

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Barbarian/Druid

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Gauntlets of the Storm Bear (Legendary) - Technically not a weapon, the Gauntlets of the Storm Bear are 1 of a 6 part 'Primal Guardians' druid set that Riley spent the better part of 3 months grinding for. While the gauntlets themselves can be used as unarmed weapons, infusing melee strikes with additional lightning damage, their primary ability allows druids to access the Storm Bear wildshape form.

In his Storm Bear form, Rathello has increased strength and defense, and massively increased health stats. The Storm Bear itself takes the shape of a giant bear with motifs of thunderbolts on its claws and a thundercloud like 'mane' of sorts around the neck. Its claw strikes are infused with lightning element and it can do thunder damage with a short ranged roar. While in this form, the Storm Bear is resistant to lightning damage, and while he can use class abilities, he cannot cast spells.

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Belt of the Blade Wolf (Rare) - The Belt of the Blade Wolf is 1 of a 6 part 'Primal Guardians' set for druids. The belt itself passively boosts the user's movement speed by a small amount, but it's primary function is to unlock the Blade Wolf wildshape form for druids.

While in the Blade Wolf form, Rathello has increased speed and strength stats, and minorly increased health stats. The form itself takes the shape of a grey Dire Wolf gripping a greatsword in its jaws. The attack boost granted by this form is directly influenced by the user's currently equipped weapon, which is required to be a bladed weapon.

Orcsteel Greatsword - An uncommonly found drop from the Green Tide theme dungeon. Its attack stat is only marginally higher than that of a standard steel sword, but has considerably better durability stats.

Druidic Tattoo - Divine tattoos inscribed onto the arms to allow for Druidic spellcasting in place of a traditional focus like a staff or wand.

Traveller's Pack - A set of useful tools for those in the wild. Waterskin, climbing rope, pitons, and dried rations along with a small knife and bedroll.

Basic Health and Magic Potions - Small potions to restore health and MP respectively. Any good player never leaves town with at least a few.

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Wildshape - Rathello's primary focus with his Druidic magic revolves around wildshaping. Rathello can transform into any beast-type creatures that he's defeated. While primarily used for combat, he can also use other forms for scouting, traveling, or even pranks. Rathello currently has access to 2 of the 6 Primal Guardian forms, though uses them sparingly due to their high MP cost and his comparatively low MP pool.

Basic Druidic Spellcasting - While not his primary focus, Rathello is capable of low level druidic magic. He can promote the growth of plants, create acid claws and conjure thorn traps, as well as create small sparks of fire or shift small amounts of earth.

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Frenzied Rage - Rathello's primary combat skill allows him to enter a Barbarian Rage. While in his Rage state, Rathello's attack, defense, and speed stats drastically increase and he is immune to status effects such as fear, charm or exhaustion, but he cannot cast spells. While Rathello can tell the difference between friend and foe, while in this state he cannot prioritize enemies and must target the nearest foe within sight.

Power Strike - As simple as it sounds. Use a small amount of MP to make an attack with increased damage.

Unarmed Expertise - While his class is capable of wielding weapons of all types, Rathello has specialized with unarmed and natural weapons.

Keen Perception - A must for frontliners and raid leaders, Rathello is well practiced in spotting traps and ambushes, and has a natural sense attuned to incoming danger

Outdoor Survivalist - As an adventurer style player who often journeys far from towns, being able to navigate and survive in the wilderness is a must. Rathello knows how to hunt and forage as necessary to help keep himself and his party alive

Natural Bulk - In TOE there are two main ways to tank- Soak and Dodge. Rathello subscribes to the former. As his combination of classes limit the amount and types of armor he's allowed to wear, Rathello instead focuses on having a massive HP pool to tank incoming damage.

Intimidating Pressence - While not nearly as useful in PvP combat, in PvE Rathello is able to draw rather large amounts of enemy aggro, often forcing enemies to focus on him instead of his party members. When interacting with NPCs, when necessary Rathello can use the force of threat to influence them.

Wildspeak - Rathello can communicate with most Beast Type creatures, though his low charisma stats often relegate his communication and requests to simple or basic questions or commands.

Permanent Lockpicking - A literally brute force method of opening locked things. Rathello can usually smash open doors, chests, or any other method of preventing someone from accessing something. Usually with mixed results, and ineffective against magic.

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Rathello has been in Tales of Endorath for almost two years now. Initially Riley spent almost no time at all in character creation, picking Firbolg 'because it was the biggest' and Barbarian 'because it was the biggest'. With little care for any of the backstory or world building portions of the game, Riley threw himself into the game because he was bored and had nothing else to do. He spent the first couple hours of the game walking around. 6 hours later, he realized he loved he game. He spent some money on a character appearance change token and tried began to replay the game in earnest.

Since then he's run the gamut: solo dungeons, party raids, field bosses, even the occasional RP session in towns, quickly jumping up in levels and the global ranking. Often questing, Rathello finds little joy in any of the 'professions' people can do with their downtime in town. More often than not Rathello is often seen spending his downtime just, walking. Always a pretty good guy with numbers, Rathello balances the number crunching and optimization with the desire to keep a 'theme' to his character.

To the TOE community, Rathello has earned a reputation for a bold, yet reliable tank, readily jumping into party dungeons and raids with whomever wants to go. He's been scouted by a number of the main raiding guilds, but for the moment seems to enjoy the freedom as a 'free agent'. Nevertheless, he's formed many connections with members of these guilds and has a stellar reputation as the goto sub/backup when a guild's main tank is busy for some reason or another.

[AwesomeZero5]

Jaiden / Goibniu

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Player Info

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Player Info

Character Name: Jaiden Hopkins
Age: 25
Gender: Male

Player Appearance:

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Player Appearance

Jaiden is a short Caucasian man. He stands roughly around 5’4” and 110 lbs, and is often embarrassed by his height. He has a rectangular body frame with bulky shoulders. His general physique is fair, not containing notable fat or muscle. The stature and frame does make it easier to get lost in a crowd, especially when feeling uncomfortable from others.

Jaiden’s complexion is between an ashy olive & rosy tone. His face maintains a tired youthful appearance. His eyes are a bright topaz blue with long eyelashes. Under his left eye there is a large scar from a knife cut. His nose is small and narrow. He has orange hair, that while straightened down to his shoulders always has a stray curl here or there no matter how much he treats it. Just below his eye scar, and on his right hip he has tattoos of red eyes & pale fingers peering out of a black void.

Jaiden often wears his favorite long sleeved purple sweater, and either jeans or pajamas depending whether he’s outside or at home. He’s rarely allowed outside the house without being reminded to carry a concealed firearm holster on his waist. Which increases his anxiety the longer he’s outside.

Personality:

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Personality

Jaiden is a a cheerful and curious creator. He enjoys diving into the underlying mechanisms of various subjects, though mechanical devices & software especially. Deep dive documentaries on random subject matter are an enjoyable pastime to study new things A recent interest is that of roleplays and so called ‘esoteric’ history, such as supposed alien technology. His curiosity tends to bleed into a spontaneity of whether he can achieve a certain function by messing with stuff. The consequences or the actual necessity of these projects isn’t often thought of, and has lead to dozens of weird programs & modified devices. One of the latest is an audio interface that requires a point & click game to played to change the volume.

There is sense of thrill found in ‘hunts’. Typically searches for either unique solutions, interesting information, or at times even finding traces of persons from ‘bounty hunting’. It’s a matter of challenging himself, an impractical game of sorts that can become enthralling. He tends to refuse to take a break, or stop until he’s made some form of progress or difference. The behavior can be detrimental to his health, or at least his sleep at times.

Despite his otherwise positive personality in person, he has a set distrust of others. He keeps most persons at an arms-length and outright refuses to provide personal information of any sort. He’ll rarely bring up his own troubles, or true feelings to others either unless harshly pride out of him. He doesn’t consider it paranoia, but he refuses to even use his real name in any public setting. If asked for a name, he tends to default to “Guy”.

Background:

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Background

Jaiden grew up in a small trailer with his retired military dad. It was a quiet life, though the two would spend time as a handy man for electronics & a little assistant. They weren’t particularly poor, just never saw the need for lavish housing. The small electronic business was supposed to support Jaiden’s future college fund. Albeit, he would choose not to attend in person. His favorite memories from his younger years was messing with various RC toys by scripting basic routines. He’d take this scripting skill to some old online games as well such as multi-boxing on the classic mmo ‘Forever-Venture’.

He continued to develop his tech skills, specifically computer scripting and hacking. In his teen years he would take ‘bounty contracts’ as a white hat hacker, unknowingly putting him on a government watch list. He found a bit of satisfaction of hunting down or finding ‘clues’ on certain bounties and getting paid a good chunk of money in the process. Most of which was reinvested in either drone equipment, or gaming. He did, unfortunately get caught on one of his prior ventures and not only doxed but attacked in his home. He had to get an implant in his left eye to maintain vision in it and it hasn’t been quite the same since.

They had to move out of state using Jaiden’s college fund. He still wanted to pursue a degree, though couldn’t afford the standard in person-experience. Instead, leveraging some of his bounty jobs, he secured government grants to take online courses for a Computer Science degree & other certifications. In exchange he was essentially tracked into working for state cybersecurity. Things, were never quite the same. His dad became a paranoid gun nut that Jaiden keeps calm, & Jaiden himself felt uncomfortable leaving their home. He’s trying to reach out and return to old hobbies of online gaming and even experiment with them through roleplay to further distance himself from his identity. He’s picked up and is rather new to T.O.E., but has dived in leveling craftsmanship within it with little ventures, until now. Especially as quality crafting components require dungeon delving.

Avatar Info

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Avatar Info

TOE Name: Goibniu_the_Waylander
Race: Centaur (Sphynx)
Class: Artificer
Role: DPS & Crowd Control

Equipment:

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Equipment

Primary Hand Slot (Weapon): Terezol A muzzle loading flintlock pocket pistol with two barrels. Perk: Low increase to critical hit chance. Ammo Pouch: Lead Bullets	Offhand Slot (Casting Focus): Sparkful Dial An ancient bronze dial that was once part of some greater powering mechanism. When wound and spun it emits a small static spark from assumed mystical means. It can be used as an arcane focus by artificers, wizards, & warlocks with eldritch patrons. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Body: Leather Apron of Smithing A standard leather apron used by craftsman surrounded by forges and fire. Perk: Low increase to Smithing skills. Perk: Low Fire Resistance Perk: Low Defense Increase

Accessory: Brass Cog Broach Perk: Low increase to Intelligence Stat

Avatar Appearance:

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Avatar Appearance

Goibniu is technically a ‘centaur’, with a purchased skin to make the lower half of the body to be a lion’s. There was a concept of modding in a set of wings onto the model as well, however this was decided against to avoid being blocked from open servers or striked for T.O.S. violations. Goibniu has a large frame of musculature buried under a fat looking heft. Resembling a “Strongman” physique who’s well fed.

Goibniu’s upper human half is of a dark brown complexion. His lower lion half is covered in a sandy yellow fur pelt. He has a diamond like birthmark on the back of his left shoulder. While his chest has a wide set of knife scars across it. He has black hair pulled back into thick wick locks the length of rests just below the back of his neck. He is often wearing a smith apron of some sort or another in terms of clothing.

Avatar Personality:

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Avatar Personality

Goibniu is supposed to be a roleplay account with a separate persona. Jaiden, is new to roleplay and struggles maintaining the persona at times.

Goibniu takes great pride in his craftmanship and pursues it over all else. He’ll gladly accept crafting projects for pennies, or small items in comparison to the value of the project itself: especially if materials for it were provided. He loves and seeks the practice and develop his skill. He pursues nearly all avenues to improve his knowledge even at direct risk to his own wellbeing. Which can mean inspecting traps too closely, looking at advanced dungeons, or kiting golem like enemies to get & ‘understanding’ of how they function.

He supposedly is supposed to have an apprehensive and gruff personality, using persons to his own ends. Even having a dark and vengeful spirit against those who have slighted him or his colleagues especially. Jaiden, often fails or struggles at these aspects.

Avatar Background:

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Avatar Background

Originally born as a blessed child named Mwayi from a small village in Scuonia, he trained in smithing. Tales of wondrous machines & golems from the ancient peoples of Scuonia & Ocren had inspired him. Time, had faded these legends but the tales had large contraptions that could read the skies, and golems with intelligence could rival that of any man. These legends were passed through word of mouth and ancient totems that no longer functioned for their original purpose. The deep scars in Jafrauca’s tapestry of shredded culture & history had lost much into mystery. Documents, Ideas, kingdoms, and even whole peoples were simplified into the colony of “Scuonia” or more often than not actively eradicated. This had gone over the course of centuries, but “Scunoia” had became a labor colony with a bloody history under the fluctuating rule of either Shebar or Jafrauca. Nations warred over the colony until its recent and hard-fought independence into a republic.

The world changed ever more and with rumors of Jafrauca’s advancing machinery, there were underlying anxieties. Scuonia was afraid of being subjugated again. The republic of Scunoia, hardly wished to take matters lying down and reached throughout the land for craftsman, warriors, and scholars. Mwayi’s village had sponsored the journey to Ministry of Sciences with the sale of their strongest cattle. He would take an apprenticeship under scholar Goibniu of the Measure. The Ancient Goibniu was a mathematician, though he owed much of his knowledge archaeological explorations in his youth. Mwayi, would develop a skill for a field of engineering called tinkering, thanks to Goibniu’s tutelage. In rather esoteric portions of the tutelage, Mwayi even began a spark to become an artificer instead of a simple craftsman.

Unfortunately, the Ancient Goibniu, did not get to die of old age. The scholar was assassinated by an elf named “Roam”. The Ministry’s great libraries were raided, and what wasn’t stolen, was torched. The nations of Shebar & Jafrauca are the prime suspects of involvement. Mwayi took up the name of his mentor vowing to reclaim their research, and expand the Ministry’s knowledge along the way. Sailing through Roclen to reach Shebar.

Special Abilities:

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Special Abilities

“Artificers abilities come from an understanding principle of the natural philosophies and breaching the underlying mechanics to function to the point of becoming magic! Applying arcane summoned machinery or tools to their ends.”

The Artificer:

Artificer

Stunning Shock: Creates a short-ranged beam of built-up static to attack a target. This beam inflicts low damage and has a low chance to paralyze a target. “Rub your hands together, and hope you don’t jolt yourself.”

Leyden jar: Tosses out an electrical capacitor jar. When the jar is damaged by elements excluding electric, it explodes. The explosion deals medium electric damage within a small radius. Electric effects that hit the jar have their damage and effects stored. Once the jar explodes the additional effects and damage are unleashed within its radius. "Turns out you can capture lighting in a bottle, just needs a good drink to cork it up."

The Automaton

The Automaton

Summon/Dispel Automaton: Summons or dispels one’s own medium size “pet” automaton. The creature can follow basic commands, attack, and perform different actions depending on acquired perks gained through special equipment or investing skill points. “An entity made by esoteric studies of magic & sciences, only few who can create or call such from beyond the veil.” Perk-Mechanics Assistant: The Automaton gains the crafting level & skills equivalent to the artificer.

Diving Bell: Activates the internal pistons to pressurize the zone around them. The zone is medium in radius mainly debilitating enemies. Enemies within or that enter the zone gain a stack of Pressured. Each stack of 'Pressured' decreases movement speed & increases the confusion status effect. Confusion effects the chance for a target to act unusually or erratically such as attacking themselves, their allies, or freezing in place. Allies within the zone gain 'water breathing' for the ability's duration. Pressured stacks on enemies are used by other class skills. "Feel it building upon you, pressing you further into the deep."

Automaton Appearance:

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Automaton Appearance:

The automaton creature vaguely resembles a humanoid made out of brass from the waist up. Its general frame appears similar to a slim vase, with a tapered neck, and a half sphere at the top for the ‘head’. At the base of the conjured creature is a large cog that spins clockwise. This ‘cog’ base seems to apply a levitation force against the ground through unknown means. The lower half of its ‘torso’ resembles a massive compressed steel spring. It has two thin arms that resemble solid levers with prong like claws on their ends.

On the automaton’s abdomen is a massive ‘slot’, that seems to be missing some form of gear. On either pec of its chest are two concave spherical slots as well. The head of creature has ‘eyes’ formed from horizontal shaped slits. On either said of the head or small protrusions vaguely resembling the ends of a horn.

Craft Skills:

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Craft Skills:

Smithing

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Smithing

Bronze Metallurgy 3- Removes ‘failure’ chance when working with copper-based alloys, including brass & bronze. Decreases the number of metal needed when creating copper-based items by 3/4ths. “Springs, wheels, and more. Let the trumpets play!” ‎ ‎ ‎	Steel Metallurgy 2- Removes ‘failure’ chance when working with iron-based alloys, including steel & ferrous metals. Decreases the number of metal needed when creating iron based items by 2/4ths. “A defining point of advancement, whether it be to defend yourself, or deal some damage.” ‎ ‎	Field Repair- Allows the use of smithing out in the open rather than at a forge. Whether this be repairing durability, crafting, or scrapping materials. The time of smithing is faster than using standard ‘magic’ repair hammers, that only restore durability. “Looks like there’s a chip in your armor there, let me just patch it up-…and done!” ‎

Tinkering:

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Tinkering

Tinkering:

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Scrap Saver: Deconstructed devices & metal objects drop additional scrap metals and components that can be used for tinkering. “One man’s trash, is another man’s spring for a lovely wall clock!” ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎	Gear Head: Allows the use of tinkering with devices directly in the field modify their traits instead of simply activating or deactivating the device. Normally a tinkering crafting station would be needed.This consumes scraps and other components. “This trap is great, but… what if I made if I moved that cog over here-?” ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎	Ballistic Craftsman 2: Grants a moderate chance of adding an additional perk when crafting or modifying a firearm. “The barrel could use some work, but with some love it’ll be blasting through walls.” ‎‎ ‎

Notes:

• Has been in multiple groups for 'bounty' work. Some of which, were in-field bounty hunters that bought or trade information on wanted persons. Bounties also frequently referred to tasks of testing security systems, or taking down dangerous networks.
• Used to frequently 'Multi-box- on Forever-Venture (An old and classic MMO). Playing a handful of characters at once, and having interacted with multiple guilds accordingly in the past.
• Lurks on a roleplay forum for their chatroom and the fun vibes and took a lot of advice for coming up with Goibniu.

[swordandpens]

Murphwintos

Murphwintos (Jack Manford)

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Tales of Enderoth isn’t Jack’s first rodeo, though that’s not far off; in fact, it’s his second. Having starting playing MMO’s in earnest only two months earlier (on his 30th birthday), he is not the most versed in them. But he has nearly boundless optimism and a desire to learn, so he has thrown himself wholly into learning. Seeing the monk class (and always having been a fan of martial arts movies), there was no other choice for him.
In the game, he’s a martial artist with an uncharacteristically sharp and angled nose, an equally sharp chin, brown hair, blue eyes, and small lips (sporting a green tunic, brown pants, and fighter’s open-finger gauntlets.) But in real life, he is an unassuming man with blonde hair, green eyes, a soft face and a bit of a belly. He could never dream of moving or fighting like Murphwintos could, but that was the beauty of full-dive VR technology.
While he’s endlessly optimistic, it can be to an extreme and to the annoyance of others, as he deftly dodges negative emotions as well as a punch. This makes serious topics a difficult thing for him to manage, as it flies in the face of his entire personality; this usually means that he fumbles any attempt to comfort someone in their time of need or show that he cares. He has been slowly working to solve this, and allow negative emotions the proper space to breathe.

Items

Green Tunic: A starting tunic, which is made of a cheaper cotton and features loose short-sleeves and a chest-height collar with two buttons.
Brown Pants: A starting pair of pants, made of a smooth canvas.
Shoes: A starting pair of shoes.
Fighter’s Gauntlets: A beginner pair of open-finger gauntlets, bought from a starting shop. They provide a small bonus to punching damage.
Weak Healing Potion (2): Heals a small amount of health.
Gold Pieces (40): Self-explanatory.

SKills/Feats

Athlete: A melee-class starting ability, this increases a player’s stamina by a small percentage.
Magic Initiate: A monk starting ability, this allows the class to use lower-level magic, at the cost of a middling damage penalty.