Dragon Age: The Coming Blight

[GreivousKhan]

And almost no ranged support. Looking forward to that dragon doing strafing runs until we're melted piles of gooey flesh.

At least we know how we'll die. :P

[Fat Boy Kyle]

The Fated Fallen said
The current head count seems to be at
1 Rogue
4 Warriors
3 Mages

Because of this I will not be accepting anymore warriors and only one more mage. I'm also putting the cap at ten players; if anything this is a bit high but I expect that as with any rp there's bound to be a couple of early dropouts

[The Fated Fallen]

Don't know how it will fit into your story, but it may be a good idea to split this many players into separate parties doing separate things, I've never had experience with running a game with this many players so what do I know?

[GreivousKhan]

Meh, overloading is actually a fairly well practiced tactic most GM's, or at least I also use, due to the high number of in-actives that pretty much always crops up eventually. I usually did it with my D&D campaigns online and still ended up with 4 or 5 at most, out of eight or even on one occasion nine players having to start with.

I imagine if people do leave mid-game due to RL or what have you, they're PC's wont be exiting peacefully... :K

[Fat Boy Kyle]

The Fated Fallen said
Don't know how it will fit into your story, but it may be a good idea to split this many players into separate parties doing separate things, I've never had experience with running a game with this many players so what do I know?

Something I already considered actually. Not all players will be turned into Wardens, so whoever gets lucky will likely be a squad leader. The only real thing I still haven't figured out is combat; I know it can be an issue with multiple players. I think my preference would be for players to collab on big fights rather than post a massive series of posts.

[The Fated Fallen]

Btw I have posted my character sheet, though it was easy to miss. Is it approved?

[Fat Boy Kyle]

The Fated Fallen said
Btw I have posted my character sheet, though it was easy to miss. Is it approved?

ah yes, I forgot.

I like your character but there are a couple of small things that bug me. She's an Orlesian, an elf and a mage, a combination that would cause her to be treated like filth, specially in Denerim. Your CS doesn't seem to reflect this though. Also seems unlikely that she would be able to serve the chantry and marry a templar without someone figuring out she was a mage. Also, what rebellion were you referring to? Other than this your character is fine.

Pyro V I'm not too sure on the sword; its not that I have any problem with the idea itself as much as the fact we would then have more sword using mages than staff using ones. If we get some more ranged characters this won't be so much of a problem though. Other than that your characters fine.

[Mortarion]

Fat Boy Kyle: Umm, would it be okay if my character uses his sword as a backup in case he ever runs out of mana/looses his staff?

[GreivousKhan]

Mage is probably died if he's relying on a sword at that point. :p

[Mortarion]

Hahahahaha, that's a bit of the point but my character is a stubborn one :P and it has a bit of a significance in his story

[GreivousKhan]

I just imagine it's easier to fight with a stick then a sword, probably why Donatello having spent the least time training in marital skills uses one. A sword takes years to learn to uses properly. But I'd think a swords allot better than using a knife. (not that fighting with stave is all that simple.)

On that note I'm probably going to add throwing axes to my characters arsenal if that's ok.

[The Fated Fallen]

I like your character but there are a couple of small things that bug me.
1) She's an Orlesian an elf and a mage, a combination that would cause her to be treated like filth, specially in Denerim.
A) Scullery maid is the lowest of the low. The chantry accepts almost anyone as a Lay Sister. My original intention was for her to serve under an Orlesian Arl, but clearly my character isn't old enough for that. I will change it so that she will be 36 instead of 27
2) Also seems unlikely that she would be able to serve the chantry and marry a templar without someone figuring out she was a mage.
A) Due to the rebellion (which is Ferelden gaining independence lead by King Maric Theiren) diplomatic relations with Ferelden may not have allowed armed Templars to enter Ferelden (even at the Chantry's behest). The reason nobody found out my character was a Mage was because she herself had no idea. It took a demon for her to remember. However once the Rebellion had been won the Templars came and attacked her. As for when she beat them they didn't attack her again, I'm uncertain. She could be protected in the Alienage by the other elves but there is some time before that where she was vulnerable.

[Mortarion]

Alexander Verinus

Appearance:

Under the hood Alexander had slightly large black hair that is usually unkempt, along with this he has a scar that starts from his upper lip and ends under the corner of his right eye. Over his left eye there is a tattoo in bright blue ink (in case you are wondering it's the tattoo that is in the Warden model used in the Sacred Ashes and The Calling trailer, sorry I don't know how to describe it) and his eyes are a moss-green color

Name:
Alexander Verinus

Race/Nationality:
Human / Ferelden

Age:
Thirty

Gender:
Male

Class:
Mage / Blood Mage

Personality:
Alexander holds no particular love for the Maker, believing him to be cruel and selfish for turning his back on the world simply because he lost something precious, for he believes that humans -specially mages- have to go through this on a daily basis, but this is a belief that he hold close to his heart and he does not share often. His time in tevinter transformed and once caring, naive, boy into a cunning manipulator with a slight dash of paranoia due to the betrayal he suffered in there. However, under this cruel layers of his personality lies a man who wishes for two things: freedom and peace.

The freedom to choose his path in life, be it either in a Circle of Magi or in the open world and peace, either of mind or actual peace, to pursue whatever desire, or goal, he has chosen to follow him on his life. Appart from this, Alexander is a studious man who likes to study history and ancient cultures and to experiment with magic, a tendency that was greatly amplified by his time in the Imperium, he is also quite a fan of smoking.

History:
Alexander, born to the name of Leith, was an apprentice to the Tower of Magi in Ferelden and born on it to unknown parents. He lived there a quiet life, although he was marked by an early age as a troublemaker and thus tended to gravitate towards the same kind of people; this had the unfortunate effect of him having to see most of his friends being branded as Tranquil, either due to the possibility of them falling prey to the temptation of Blood Magic or due to their unstable personalities attracting demos more easily (according to the templars). However, one night when he was 10, he heard a commotion and rising from his bed, he began following the sound which led him to a meeting between a group of mages, all apprentices but quite old, and templars.

Apparently they were planning a breakthrough, and seeing the young Leith they decided to take him with them since they were not going to murder a children in cold blood ot further their plans. So, that night, they broke into the phylactery chamber and the mage group escaped while the sympathetic templars pretended that they were lying on the ground injured. They escaped towards Amaranthine, but unfortunately they were soon given chase by the templars and so the young Alexander had to see the kind mages who had taken him to be killed one by one or turned into abominations out of sheer desperation; eventually him and the only other surviving mage, a woman of 20 years who had taken care of him during the journey, arrived to the port-city and charted a ship to Tevinter along other people, however the kind woman died of a wasting disease and died during the trip with her body being overboard to be fed to the fishes.

Eventually, he arrived to Minrathous and lived off in the streets, begging to people for food until an Altus mage of the family Verinus took him as a servant. After a few years of working for the mage, he accidentally used his powers in front of him. The Verinus mage, having no heir, decided to adopt him and gave him the name Alexander. He lived in the rich and opulence of a Tevinter Altus mage, learning blood magic and honing his skills in the spirit tree of magic study, specially in the death branch of it, and learning some swordplay as his adoptive father believed that it was foolish to not to have a backup plan. This little routine continued until one day the poor Alexander was used as a scapegoat by a failed attempt of the Verinus family to gain more political clout of the Magisterium, and so he was forced to run again and returned to Ferelden, this time more wise he arrived to Amaranthine and then made his way back to Denerim by proclaiming he was the son of a templar. Eventually, he settled into a quiet life in the Denerim market, using whatever contacts he had in the Imperium to sell and odd trinket here and there to make a living.

Weapons:
Staff with runes inscribed to provide easier channeling of mana and for lightning damage as well.
Tevinter sword

Armour:
A customized Tevinter armour usually worn by the mages of the Altus class, his arms, shoulders, chest and legs are protected by a thin armor with stylized image of dragons. Over it is what could be considered a trench coat that reaches up ti his knees, along with this he wears a hood to hide his face.

Skills:
Alexander has an average knowledge of elemental spells, being able to cast the basic ones of at least electricity, cold, and fire spells, but his specialty lies in the knowledge of blood and spirit trees of magic, in the latter one he specializes in the school commonly associated with death. Along with this Verinus has a good way around words, allowing to convince people of the truths he wants them to believe, and a mediocre knowledge of smart streets, he also knows to cook quite well even knowing a few Tevinter recipes.

Well, I have to go do some stuff for University now, sorry, I'll finish this latter. And if the character seems a bit confusing, don't worry I'll explain it when I finish the bio.

@GrievousKhan: Absolutely, and you are right and I have a reason for my character having a -rudimentary- knowledge of swordplay which will be explained in the story.

[An Outsider]

GreivousKhan said
And almost no ranged support. Looking forward to that dragon doing strafing runs until we're melted piles of gooey flesh. At least we know how we'll die. :P

To offset our complete lack of ranged support I've tweaked Faen a little, making him a crossbowman instead of an out and out swordsman.

[Laufey]

Fat Boy Kyle said
Something I already considered actually. Not all players will be turned into Wardens, so whoever gets lucky will likely be a squad leader. The only real thing I still haven't figured out is combat; I know it can be an issue with multiple players. I think my preference would be for players to collab on big fights rather than post a massive series of posts.

That does bring up the question of how are you going to decide whether or not someone lives after the joining? A coin toss, a simple yay or nay, or some other way of deciding?

[Pyro V]

Fat Boy Kyle said
Pyro V I'm not too sure on the sword; its not that I have any problem with the idea itself as much as the fact we would then have more sword using mages than staff using ones. If we get some more ranged characters this won't be so much of a problem though. Other than that your characters fine.

Was planning on only using the sword until I actually received a staff later on, seeing as the staves would be more powerful than the sword, since they were originally made to harness magical energy. After very early on in the RP, the sword would pretty much be a prop piece for Lucio rather than an actual combat weapon. I'd pretty much use it during the Harrowing, maybe a little after, but then that'd be it. If you still want, I can go ahead and start with a staff anyways, but I'd like the sword to stay, essentially for intimidation, prop, and any future story arcs with the Crows if anyone felt like doing it.

[Lucius Cypher]

Plus carrying around a staff and dressed in robes just scream "MAGE" and we might want to go incognito until we can get a convincing cover. Sure we might not know how to use a sword, but would you think a mage would know how to use a sword? If he had one, would you think that he's a mage?

[Dharc]

Well, since it seems my DA roleplay isn't developing much interest I'd like to give my attention to one that's in the same universe as mine. I will get a character sheet up shortly as the second watered down warrior, aka a rogue. Most likely as a Shadow.

[Dharc]

Maxwell Rosewood

Appearance:

Maxwell is, of course, without the dual pistols and ammunition belts, but the bullets are replaced with vials filled with a concoction that creates a smoke screen as soon as it makes contact with the air.
Name: Maxwell Rosewood
Race/Nationality: Human Ferelden
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Class: Rogue/Shadow

Personality: Maxwell, also known as Maxie by the several woman he's courted, is a flirtatious and vivacious young man who's pride and cunning have been compared to that of a "demon of pride" by a Circle mage he once knew. Truthfully, his only motive of flirting with every woman who looks his way is a need of constant attention and emotional contact, for he fears being alone. He's always had the aspiration to marry a woman who could meet his attentive and emotional needs, but none have filled that qualification by far, and in hindsight, does not work well with his lively persona since all he attracts are women who want a good time, anyway. Also, the husbands of some of these thrill seeking women, but that's a long story..or seven.

History:
Knowing not of his biological parents or his bloodline, Maxwell was left at the Chantry in Lothering for the Revered Mother or Templars to find..or was to have been found, if it were not for local highwaymen to have swept him from the basket in which he was left and raised with the art of coercion and swift exits close to his heart, for at the age of 16, he killed the leader of the thugs and made quick haste as he made way to Denerim and made a member of the espionage ring of the higher class in a short span of half a year. Within his time between pursuing lords, arls, and teyrns, and watching out for the bandits who raised him, Maxwell spends much time at local taverns with various women. Most recently, the young spy has been following a certain arl from Redcliffe who's spending too much time alone..

Weapons:
Dual daggers, red steel
Long sword, steel

Armour:
Leather Armor

Skills:
Swordplay
Concealment
Coercion

[Hexaflexagon]

Laufey said
That does bring up the question of how are you going to decide whether or not someone lives after the joining? A coin toss, a simple yay or nay, or some other way of deciding?

I believe he will go with the time honored tradition of going to New Zealand and finding two hobbits kidnapping them and naming one Live and the other Die. He shall then give them each a rusty spoon and telling them kill the other and you shall be freeded. Whoever lives decides if you survive the joining or not. Then again that is not the most practical option is it?