[OOC] The Infinite Consortium

[Guilty Spark]

I'm working on a character, but the history is delaying me a bit. @Gisk, Oldus' age and his history have a discrepancy. The history states he was at least sixteen when he encountered the Boros Regiment; however, he spent ten years with them. That would make him a minimum of 26.

[Dead Cruiser]

I'm working on a character, but the history is delaying me a bit.

@Guilty Spark

No rush. @Pie Flavor, I like the look of your CS so far quite a bit. I feel like her personality so far might lend more to Green/White, but I'll hold my tongue on that matter until I see your completed CS.

[Guilty Spark]

I'm also not that experienced with MTG, so a lot of wiki reading is going on.

[Guilty Spark]

How is this going to be played out? How will things like creature effects be explained in the IC? For example, Bloodgift Demon requires that you draw a card and sacrifice one life each turn, what would that mean in the context of the RP?

[Melkor]

The way I've understood it, so far, is that effects like that are nullified.

[Dead Cruiser]

How is this going to be played out? How will things like creature effects be explained in the IC? For example, Bloodgift Demon requires that you draw a card and sacrifice one life each turn, what would that mean in the context of the RP?

@Guilty Spark

Just try translating it into approximate terms. For the bloodgift example, it drains the life and harms the PC, but grants them additional power with which to cast their spells.

[Guilty Spark]

Just try translating it into approximate terms. For the bloodgift example, it drains the life and harms the PC, but grants them additional power with which to cast their spells.

@Dead Cruiser

Alright, well you mentioned that the mana colors weren't canon within the setting itself. How would different magic types be referred to then, and magical alignments? For example, Angels are created entirely of white mana so if it isn't referred to as that in setting what would a Planeswalker say Angels are made of?

[Guilty Spark]

How does a planeswalker gain the ability to summon a creature? Is that creature one they know personally, or do they draw them from a magical hat?

[Dead Cruiser]

Alright, well you mentioned that the mana colors weren't canon within the setting itself. How would different magic types be referred to then, and magical alignments? For example, Angels are created entirely of white mana so if it isn't referred to as that in setting what would a Planeswalker say Angels are made of?

@Guilty Spark

I don't believe colors are still implicitly referred to, even with mana. An angel could be described as being comprised of "pure" or "holy" mana, or even in more vague terms such as "light" or the "essence" thereof.

How does a planeswalker gain the ability to summon a creature? Is that creature one they know personally, or do they draw them from a magical hat?

@Guilty Spark

A Planeswalker has to have some manner of familiarity with a creature in order to summon it. They're basically summoning their perception of that creature; the more accurate the perception, the more accurate the summon.

[Guilty Spark]

A Planeswalker has to have some manner of familiarity with a creature in order to summon it. They're basically summoning their perception of that creature; the more accurate the perception, the more accurate the summon.

@Dead Cruiser

So they're not summoning the real thing?

[Melkor]

So it's more like summoning a familiar? What about the stipulation that two legendary creatures, with the same name, can't be on the field at the same time? Does that still apply? Or may I summon four Niv-Mizzets? Though, I guess it could take too much energy anyway - what if someone else summons the same legendary? - That's a better example.

[Dead Cruiser]

So they're not summoning the real thing?

@Guilty Spark

No, they're not. It's a replication of the real thing, composed of aether.

So it's more like summoning a familiar? What about the stipulation that two legendary creatures, with the same name, can't be on the field at the same time? Does that still apply? Or may I summon four Niv-Mizzets? Though, I guess it could take too much energy anyway - what if someone else summons the same legendary? - That's a better example.

@Melkor

I'm not sure what you actually mean by summoning a familiar, so I can't comment on that. If I recall correctly, the flavor stipulation on Legendary creatures/artifacts/etc was that you're summoning an aetherial reflection of them, but there's still just one reflection out there to summon. This changed in the game for crunch reasons, but I'd like to keep that on in the game. Though I doubt there will be a situation in this game where the same legendary creature is being summoned by two different mages.

[Guilty Spark]

No, they're not. It's a replication of the real thing, composed of aether.

@Dead Cruiser

Alright, well I've posted my CS for your review.

[Dead Cruiser]

No, they're not. It's a replication of the real thing, composed of aether.

@Dead Cruiser

Alright, well I've posted my CS for your review.

@Guilty Spark

Looks good to me, accepted. Only (very minor) gripe is that Auramancer isn't an in-game class, but that is 100% negligible.

[Guilty Spark]

Looks good to me, accepted. Only (very minor) gripe is that Auramancer isn't an in-game class, but that is 100% negligible.

@Dead Cruiser

It's a subclass of wizard, according to the wiki. My character is a shaman, but auramancer further explains the type of magic she uses, is there an important reason why class is in the CS though?

[Dead Cruiser]

It's a subclass of wizard, according to the wiki. My character is a shaman, but auramancer further explains the type of magic she uses, is there an important reason why class is in the CS though?

@Guilty Spark

Mostly for flavor reasons, as most humanoid creatures fulfill the race/class format in the card game. Just to give a basic summary of the character's abilities, nothing too important.

[Melkor]

So it's more like summoning a familiar? What about the stipulation that two legendary creatures, with the same name, can't be on the field at the same time? Does that still apply? Or may I summon four Niv-Mizzets? Though, I guess it could take too much energy anyway - what if someone else summons the same legendary? - That's a better example.

@Melkor

I'm not sure what you actually mean by summoning a familiar, so I can't comment on that. If I recall correctly, the flavor stipulation on Legendary creatures/artifacts/etc was that you're summoning an aetherial reflection of them, but there's still just one reflection out there to summon. This changed in the game for crunch reasons, but I'd like to keep that on in the game. Though I doubt there will be a situation in this game where the same legendary creature is being summoned by two different mages. [/quote] A familiar is basically a spirit-like copy of something rather than the real thing. I see now that it is the copy half of it, which is what I was asking.

[Guilty Spark]

A familiar is basically a spirit-like copy of something rather than the real thing. I see now that it is the copy half of it, which is what I was asking.

@Melkor

That's not what a familiar is by any definition I know. A familiar is usually a demon, spirit, or magically sentient animal which becomes the personal servant/companion of a magic user.

[Melkor]

A familiar is basically a spirit-like copy of something rather than the real thing. I see now that it is the copy half of it, which is what I was asking.

@Melkor

That's not what a familiar is by any definition I know. A familiar is usually a demon, spirit, or magically sentient animal which becomes the personal servant/companion of a magic user.

@Guilty Spark

If that is correct then I submit. I have been using the wrong definition.

[Guilty Spark]

If that is correct then I submit. I have been using the wrong definition.

@Melkor

Imagine Wormtongue, from LOTR, was a summoned creature. He would fit the role of a familiar...as would Sam.