Dungeon Stomp: Ruins of Ironshore

[Jivusa]

We should have plenty of room.

[Taka]

Let's say I make a man with bull horns. An anthro race as you would have it. How "fantasy" is the rp?

Or can I make the Captain's 2nd in command? I have a very beautiful idea.

[SyrianHamster]

Kal-El said
Let's say I make a man with bull horns. An anthro race as you would have it. How "fantasy" is the rp?Or can I make the Captain's 2nd in command? I have a very beautiful idea.

Very fantasy.

Custom races are a go, say again, they are a go.

Captain's 2nd in command is available.

Very few limitations in this RP; creative freedom for the win.

Hero said
-finishes reading thread at last-This is quite the RP you guys have D: room for more? ;-;

Of course. The more the merrier. Maybe.

[PhoenixWhite]

And with patience my own questions have been answered--

I've already got plans a-whirring in my head xD

[SyrianHamster]

I think we're just about set.

Any last thoughts anyone wants to voice?

[Jivusa]

Oh my god, I just discovered something revolutionary.
If you click a link with the scroll button on a mouse, it opens in a new tab.
:O

No, not really.

[PhoenixWhite]

...... I can't stop giggling, but no- I think i've got everything xD

[SyrianHamster]

Jivusa said
Oh my god, I just discovered something revolutionary.If you click a link with the scroll button on a mouse, it opens in a new tab.:ONo, not really.

HOLY SHIT

[Forsythe]

good to go. *bounces*

[Taka]

How far along is the magic? What is the limit? I'm making a race that is attuned to a certain element for elemental magic.

[SyrianHamster]

Kal-El said
How far along is the magic? What is the limit? I'm making a race that is attuned to a certain element for elemental magic.

Magic use carries a simple principle in this RP, perhaps I didn't explain it well enough.

The bigger the spell, the bigger the life drain on the caster.

The more frequent the casting, the more exhausted the caster.

As wizards and mages train, they'll find ways to reduce the drain of their spells, and make them more efficient.

Everyone else is welcome to jump in here, I sense that it may be a hot topic. I thought my interpretation was preferable to the idea of 'mana', but what say you all?

[PhoenixWhite]

Your style of magic is the same I usually use xD

[Taka]

SyrianHamster said
Magic use carries a simple principle in this RP, perhaps I didn't explain it well enough.The bigger the spell, the bigger the life drain on the caster.The more frequent the casting, the more exhausted the caster. As wizards and mages train, they'll find ways to reduce the drain of their spells, and make them more efficient. Everyone else is welcome to jump in here, I sense that it may be a hot topic. I thought my interpretation was preferable to the idea of 'mana', but what say you all?

Welp my idea is similar to Espers from FF6 or other mediums that utilize beings that are the physical representation of magic except in this case the elements. Ironically I named them Espers in homage but mine is one of the air Espers that is manifestation of the wind itself, magically of-course.

[SyrianHamster]

Kal-El said
Welp my idea is similar to Espers from FF6 or other mediums that utilize beings that are the physical representation of magic except in this case the elements. Ironically I named them Espers in homage but mine is one of the air Espers that is manifestation of the wind itself, magically of-course.

So they're an elemental? Not played FF6, so I have no idea what Espers are, but I'm going to assume it's in line with an elemental or something similar.

Okay, I've no problem with it, but it needs a counter balance. You got some wind demon walking around throwing tornado at everyone, and things'a be getting stale real quick like.

So how do they function? They just keep casting, and casting, and casting, and casting - or do they have limitations to their powers? Tell me more.

Oooooooooonnnnnnnnnnn another note, the RP will go LIVE tomorrow. Sorry it's taken so long, I've been busy doing stuff and I didn't want to hit the big green button if there was a chance of me being pre-occupied. S'all good now though.

[PhoenixWhite]

Oh, goodie. That tells me I should work on a profile as fast as inhumanely possible-

XD Looking forward to it!

[Jivusa]

Here's my character sheet.

Kaeles Cymrael

Basics

Full Name: Kaeles Cymrael

Age: 40 years, equivalent to a 20 years-old human (Forest Elves age half as fast, living twice as long)

Gender: Male

Race: Forest Elf/Wood Elf

Appearance:



Clothing:



Armour:



Background: A member of a tribe of Wood Elves that inhabits the forests of and around Orysson. His tribe has been greatly affected by the war, the lumber of their homes being taken for war despite various treaties between them to leave their heartlands untouched. Many of his family and peers in the Cymrael tribe were killed in logging, or trying to protect the forests. Kaeles, however, went into the cities with his father and adapted over time to the bustling, but deprived, society. His only option was to hunt and gather food, selling it at various markets for cheaper prices than others as a living.

Getting wind of an expedition to a new land excited Kaeles. It would offer a new opportunity to inhabit a new home if it proved hospitable. There would also be new flora and fauna not ravaged by war. His father in the same mind, but too sickly to go, Kaeles would volunteer instead. He had many skills of trade that would prove useful for the voyage and settlement, and was accepted.

Faction: Volunteer

What do the others on the expedition know of your character after six months of being cooped up on a boat?
Some of the ones he'd became acquainted with know his entire backstory.

Moral Alignment

Selflessness: 10. A Wood Elf is tied to brethren for life, even if not kin. A friend to a Wood Elf is a friend to a friend.

Snobbery: 10. Wood Elves are more primitive than the city peoples, and are extremely tolerant of any wealth or unwealth. Money holds little sway over a Tree-kin.

Racist Tendencies: Wood Elves are distrusting of more civilized and advanced races, and rightfully so. After generations of slavery and logging, it's hard not to be angry. Though, they are forgiving to most individuals.

Piety: 8. A Wood Elf does not believe in a traditional God, but rather, the spirit of the earth, flora and fauna.

Justice: 5. Being from a lesser civilization, crime and its punishments followed the Laws of Equivalence (Essentially the Code of Hammurabi, an eye for an eye and all that, unless proven innocent and forgiven by tribe)

Sexist Tendencies: 10. Forest Elf society, following the Laws of Equivalence, bans discrimination of any way, shape, or form within the tribe, and this habit is part of the Tribe-kin. Most Forest Elves are women.

Combat

Main Skills: Archery, Stealth, Athleticism

Secondary Skills: Bladesmanship(Daggers or shortsword)

Primary Weapon: Longbow

Secondary Weapon: Shortsword

Hidden/Stored Weapons: Daggers

Passive/Suppport

Main Skills: Hunting, trapping, scouting

Secondary Skills: Music (Wooden flute), basic alchemy

Items of Note: Bow, small animal traps, wooden flute, and mortar with pestle.

Anti-Godmod 3000

Achlies’ Heel: Terrible at close-quarters combat, not very adept in teamwork. Absolutely awful at linguistics.

[Rhymer]

This all looks very interesting. Might I join ? I was going to wait for other characters to pop up before I decide what type to make-

[Forsythe]

We're sharing already? Fine ;P

Le sheet

Basics

Full Name: Tala Aranel Ivanova
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: Human/elven halfing

Appearance

Physical Description: Clicky for image
As a halfing, Tala takes mostly after her human father. She isn't too tall, just about 160 cm. Her ears are round, but her eyes are unmistakably elvish, as is her smooth skin and body language. Her face is usually mostly obscured by her anthracite hair, red hood and equally colored scarf. Her build is lean and agile and obviously not strong.

Clothing and armor:
When in comfortable environment such as a house or ship cabin, Tala likes to wear a long grey skirt and loose blouse of the same color, coupled with her brown work apron, so she can have her tools at hand at all times. Her outfit for outside consists of warm tunic and pants with hard leather pads sewn on to allow traversing rough terrain easily and without damage to the apparel. While the outfit is relatively sturdy, it offers next to no protection in a fight. Omnipresent is her red hooded cloak, often paired with a scarf of the same color. Her shoes are a pair of sturdy combat boots.

Other:
She wears a ring which is a symbol of her membership and rank in the alchemist's guild. The ring is made of gold with 4 runes and 4 gemstones spaced equally around it's circumference, each pair representing one of the four elements. The ring ranks her as a member. Tala also always carries a leather satchel with a trapped lock (Releases a charge of extremely potent mixture of itching powder and pepper extract if opened the wrong way), in which she keeps a basic field tools as well as some supplies and her money.

Background

Faction: Volunteer

A daughter of a farmer, Tala spent her childhood working on the field. Her mother died giving her birth, leaving her without a woman figure in her life. Naturally a bit lazy person, instead of slacking off Tala found herself ways to make her work easier, tinkering with the tools. Having no desire to live without his wife, not even for his child, Tala's father withered and perished in the following winter, leaving the 10 year old Tala orphaned.

Taken by an alchemist from the orphanage at the age of 14, Tala worked in the house as a maid, and often as extra pair of hands for the scientist. Inspired to study the art, she begged her master to teach her, but was shooed away as a lowly woman. It wasn't until she took care of the rat problem in the house with a poison she made herself that her master reconsidered, reluctantly taking her as an apprentice.

He soon discovered the girl had natural talent for the art, partly due to her superior half elven intelligence and senses. when she reached the age of 18, Tala sold her neglected farm to the neighbors and used the money to craft her member's ring. Along with passing the tests given to her by her master, she finally gained membership in the Alchemists' guild. In need of a job, she volunteered for the cutlass, hoping to find rare or new materials on the forgotten island.

Tala doesn't talk too much in a crowd, preferring to stick to her cabin where she either studies or does her thing, be it grinding spices for the ship's cooks or fixing the navigator's sextant. When in a small group or between four eyes though, she is quite friendly and will open up. Unless you visited her, you don't know much of the above.

Moral Alignment

Selflessness: Very 1. If she can run faster than you, she will do so and hope the dragon will be busy eating you while she legs it.

Snobbery: 8. Unless you're a filthy bum with rotten odor, she will not shy from anyone.

Racist Tendencies: Tala is not particularly fond of 'dumb' creatures such as goblins, trolls, orcs... However she will not openly proclaim it, but rather try to avoid their company.

Piety: 3. As an alchemist, she believes quite firmly that nature is governed by set laws and not divine will, but she will admit it all seems too perfect for being a 'coincidence'. In other words, she believes in higher power, but will not call it God.

Justice: 5. Depending on the situation.

Sexist Tendencies: 2. Being on the receiving end of sexist behavior for quite some time, she's not afraid to rub it into Male faces that they are lost without women.

Combat

Main Skills: Tala is no good fighting on her own, but is very effective at supporting others. This is proportional to how much preparation was she able to do - Did she have time to prepare tools? Could she survey the terrain? Is there enough time to lay traps? Are we in defense? - It all counts.

Secondary Skills: She is agile and has high stamina, meaning she can flee really well. Incidentally, it makes her a good messenger.

Primary Weapon: Variety of tools she prepares before engaging - Smoke fizzles, boomsticks, poisons and the like.

Secondary Weapon: Whatever she has on her at the moment, usually supplies form her satchel.

Hidden/Stored Weapons: Tala carries a hunting knife. If she is assisting hunters, she is reasonably skilled with a hunting bow, but lacks the strength to operate the combat ones.

Passive/Support

Main Skills: Tala is an all around alchemist, but her most developed skills concern the part you could call chemistry. She would be easily able to replenish the Cutlass' stores of black powder and able to process ores, cut gemstones and cast metals.

Secondary Skills: The other fields of alchemical studies include engineering (notably clockwork) and pharmacy.

Items of Note: Tala has a large tome of alchemy and her cabin on the cutlass is stacked with herbs and some rarer materials she needs to prepare potions, salves, construct traps and the like.

Anti-Godmod 3000

Achlies’ Heel: Getting surprised and being left alone.

Trivia

- Tala carries a deck of cards on her. Whether the girl is simply a good player or the deck is marked is unknown, but none of the cutlass' crew identified any markings on them yet.
- She is very keen on chocolate and hoards a supply stored in a safe place. Do not touch, or face her wrath.
- As an alchemist, she has job based rivalry with mages and secret admiration for thieves.

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Alchemists' guild
An organization setting standards for the profession, much like any other guild, be it bakers' or merchants'. The guild's hierarchy is made to distinguish skill levels of the alchemists and also to provide an ethical codex. Of course, there are rogue alchemists who do not follow the guild's laws. The rank of the alchemist is symbolized by their ring of varying degrees of quality. The highest contract an Alchemist can make is offering their ring, which binds them to serve their master to the end of time.

The guild ranks:
- Apprentice - simple ring of lesser metals, decorated by engravings: Apprentices are the youngest trainees of the guild. While they may have the skill to, they are not permitted to accept payment in coin for their services. It is all right if they receive naturalia as reward.
- Member - Golden ring decorated by engravings and rarities, such as gemstones: A proper alchemist who passed the tests and proven their goods are of required quality.
- Master - A golden ring with a large, dominating rarity: A seasoned member of the guild, whose abilities are oftentimes required to run a successful business, such as a forge. they often specialize only in one area of alchemy, but very thoroughly.
- High master - A mechanical ring, usually with a spring powered clock function: The prodigies of the guild, who are able to create magnificent things, like clockwork powered animated constructs, royal jewelry and the sort.
- Guild master - Only one guild master exists at a time, and is simply voted from the ranks of and by the high masters.
- Grand master - Elderly members who no longer practice alchemy, but are highly respected for their knowledge.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

Sarah Vermilion

Basics

Full Name: Sarah Vermilion AKA "Cerulean"

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Race:

Human of Red

Humans of Red are a peculiar biological elite that exists in few numbers among the human population. Their bodies, called the "Temple of Red" by their kind, are host to an astounding, bountiful supply of natural energy. No matter the hardships they are forced to endure, those blessed by Red will always remain healthy and vigorous, until the moment their heart stops beating entirely.

Humans of Red are almost always part of the same religion, known as the Church of Red. Followers of Red have developed their own field of magic known by none other. These magics are usually referred to as "Miracles", and practitioners of these arts are known as "Clerics".

Followers of Red traditionally wear a red hood over their heads, in order to signify their faith. This is helpful for identifying others of their kind, as otherwise they are sometimes difficult to distinguish from ordinary humans.

Very rarely, Elves of Red are born. This is not an understood phenomenon, but it suggests that the existence of Humans of Red has nothing to do with species.

In the teachings of Red, there is mention of an "Evil" faction, referred to only as the Church of Black. It is seemingly thought that this Church does not truly exist, but instead represents some other concept.

Appearance

Clothing: As pictured. Additionally, owns two red cloaks and an alternative red hood for colder weather. Her clothing has mostly been coordinated in such a way as to allow proper movement across treacherous landscapes.

Armour: Leather gloves, comfortable and well-fitted.

Other: Her red clothing was made using a special method, and their colours never seem to fade in the slightest.

Background

Faction: Volunteer

Who are you? "Ah, that lass over there? You've got good taste...eheheh. She's come a long way to join this journey, part of that Church of Red from the sounds of it. A bit of a joke there, innit? Anyways, I think her business here was to look for holy relics and provide...how did she put it? Religious and spiritual support? Something along those lines. She don't look like it, but she's supposed to be one tough Mage, I'd watch yourself."

Moral Alignment

Selflessness: 7 "If it is within my power to do so, and it does not interfere with the will of the Patron, then I shall face any challenge for the sake of another."

Snobbery: 8 "It is not the way of Red to look down on the weak."

Racist Tendencies: Besides those of monsterkind she has been taught to hate through her religion, she holds no real disdain for the other races, so long as they are at least somewhat "Human". Having grown up almost entirely around members of her own kind, she is still surprised whenever she sees an elf or dwarf rounding the way, but this is more in an innocent sense than one of shock or terror.

Piety: 10 "Ohh Patron of Red, it is through your kindness that I draw each and every breath, and I swear on my soul that I shall one day repay you for every last one."

Justice: 1 "To retribute for wrongs done is the way of Red. None shall be spared, except those spoken of in the word of the Patron."

Sexist Tendencies: 9 "All people man or woman, have their place in the eyes of the Patron."

Combat

Main Skills: Sarah is a Cleric from the Church of Red, so she has been taught the magic of her faith since a very young age. Wielding powerful offensive and supportive Miracles, she can be considered to be on the same level as a moderately learned and talented Mage. Compared to conventional magic, Miracles are often seen to be much slower to cast, while sporting a wide variety of effects uncommon in the arsenals of conventional Mages. Reinforcement, healing, illumination, shocking bursts, burning light, all of these things and more are at her beck and call. She's a true Cleric, through and through.

Secondary Skills: Problem solving, you could call this the skill of "finding the enemy's weak point" or "seeing the secret door that leads to unimaginable wealth". Rather than something that was developed, this is a sort of innate talent that she has possessed her entire life. In time, this skill could probably be honed greatly. Oh, she's pretty agile too, although this is mostly because of her healthy body.

Primary Weapon: Her faith.

Secondary Weapon: Nope.

Hidden/Stored Weapons: Nah, man.

Passive/Support

Main Skills: Outside of the action, Sarah's most powerful skill is definitely her diplomacy. Whether it's diffusing an argument or bartering for a good deal on the latest and greatest, she sports extraordinary luck in all sorts of conversational ventures. This isn't extremely useful, but hey, anything helps. She's also an accomplished healer, both in the magical and the medical sense.

Secondary Skills: Reading, she's one of the few people on the ship possessing rudimentary knowledge of ancient languages. She can sing pretty good, too!

Items of Note: A jar of disinfecting paste, blessed by a high-ranking cleric. A small bag containing beautiful red gemstones, each in a simple triangular shape. A sewing kit, with several sorts of thread (including some blessed red thread.)

Anti-Godmod 3000

Achlies’ Heel: Due to her upraising, Sarah has virtually no experience with species besides her own kind. During the journey, she's had plenty of time to socialise with ordinary humans, and has a decent grasp on how they act and function, but she still isn't what you would call an expert. Because of this, she may sometimes seem "inhuman" or otherwise distant. She's also quite innocent and naive, two traits that she has somehow managed to keep even through the hell of a journey she was forced to endure.

While hardy, she isn't all that strong physically, being unable to lift large objects or overpower similarly sized opponents. She has very minimal training with any sort of weapon, so she wouldn't be of much use even if given one.

Her very strong faith means that it is virtually impossible for her to disobey her beliefs. What this entails is entirely unknown, but it can't be good.

Very lacking in practical skills, outside of the few she's been taught.

Here's a barebones character concept for ya~!

[SyrianHamster]

Urgh. Just got in from work.

Need to pop out to buy food, before I starve to death - or even worse, I lose weight.

When I get in, I'll put the OOC up.

I do need to add a couple more notable NPCs, namely a Merchant Council "advisor" to the captain whose purpose is to watch over the mission and keep the council's interests at the voyage's heart. However, this can always be done later on, as he/she wont be significant to begin with.

I'll post a link here when it's up. Thinking of a name change, too, to reflect the mood of the RP. Something like "Jiggly Puff's Homecoming Adventures in Paradise Isle" but we'll see.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the crafting of this RP, you've all been very helpful.