Final Fantasy - The Red Mage Chronicles

[Sigil]

Final Fantasy - The Red Mage Chronicles

Click here for the OOC

It is recorded that two thousand years ago, four Warriors of Light met in battle and defeated the Archdemon Chaos. Each held a crystal Orb representing the four alchemical elements; the power of these Orbs maintains the balance of forces in the world. It is believed that when this balance was threatened by Chaos and his Fiends, the Orbs chose the Warriors of Light.

Drawn from the ranks of common people of this world, the Warriors were determined souls who had the potential for greatness. Growing stronger from their trials, they became powerful enough to even destroy an immortal Archdemon, saving the world and restoring the balance of forces, bringing about a golden age of prosperity.

To commemorate this victory over evil, every year each civilization sends a single youth to Coneria to relive and recount the tale of the Warriors of Light. An ancient kingdom, believed to be the starting point of these Warriors, and eventually the place where finished their quest before returning to their own homes. Living fulfilling lives, the Light Warriors helped to rebuild and retired as heroes, their descendants still making their lands better for all goodly folk.

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Red Mage Intro

“Everyone knows this story, kids. You’ve heard it time and time again. It gives us hope, doesn’t it? Then again, there are those who don’t believe in a two thousand year old story about legendary warriors taking out an Archdemon. All just folk takes and fairy stories. Well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve spoken with fairies. It’s not all foolishness, if you know how to listen.”

The speaker was a stately looking man, his face of indeterminate but youthful age with a square cut to his jaw and otherwise angled features. Long, thick hair of alabaster white cascaded down his shoulders, framing a masterfully crafted breastplate. His most distinguishing feature, however, was his garb: An elaborate and very expensive looking red cloak covered his armor, trimmed in gold and accented with black stitching. On the table in front of him lay a sheathed sword, obviously of magical quality and amazing, ancient craftsmanship, over which lay an easily trademarkable, very wide-brimmed red hat, flourished with a single large white feather. He was a man of means, and judging by his cultured voice, a man of education.

“I have worked for a very long time to get to this moment. My Society had to increase in power and political standing enough to demand attention by the King of Coneria. Then I had to get myself placed in a position to act as Diplomatic Ambassador to the kingdom. I had to wait for quite a while afterwards until specifically you young people were chosen by your homelands to make the pilgrimage to Coneria this year, and then I had to bribe, bribe, bribe to make this meeting happen.”

He glanced at their surroundings, a small but respectable Inn filled with a warm, cooking smell and good quality drink. It was comfortable, off the tourist path, and afforded a measure of privacy while still being in the open. No one seemed to be paying attention to their shadowy discussion, so he man leaned in closer and continued in hushed tones,

“The stories are only partially true. Chaos sent his Fiends into the future, so that they would send him into the past. The Light Warriors came from this time, and traveled back to defeat Chaos. They closed the loop, and the events which were to follow. This means that the Fiends were never killed, and are masterless. Their time to rise will come now, two thousand years after their master simultaneously fell and started this whole temporal mess. You have no idea how important you all are.”

The skepticism around the table was palpable. Eyes darted back and forth, and the youths gathered no doubt questioned the integrity of the food in front of them. Sensing that he was speaking in an offputting manner, he leaned back and smiled warmly.

“As humble as our surroundings are now, all of your expenses while in town for the festival are being covered by my embassy. I only ask that you not expose me as a complete nutbar until after the festival. One way or another, it won’t matter then.”

He rose, donned his cap and buckled his sword about his waist. “Pay close attention to the Orbs during the ceremony. If anything strange should happen, send for me at my Embassy. Ask for Red. They will find me.”

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This RP takes place following the events of Final Fantasy I. Not having to suffer through the dark age of the Rise of the Fiends, the world is a bit more cheerful and upkept. Technology is also much improved, having a feel more like that of FF II. Unfortunately, the Fiends are still around, waiting for their chance to claim the power promised them so long ago.

Playable characters can only be chosen from original Final Fantasy character types, except for Red Mage. For reasons to be revealed, he is off limits. Characters may be of either gender, and can be customized to a degree. They must be immediately recognizable as their class, however.

Open:

Fighter
Thief
Black Belt
White Mage
Black Mage

(Duplicate character classes are acceptable.)

Character Class Descriptions, from original release

I would prefer four, but if interest is high I will take more. The concept is that the Characters are those among those that the Orbs would have chosen as Light Warriors, with full potential yet to be revealed.

Anyone interested?

Character Sheet Template

Name: (Totally optional. Not kidding.)

Class: (Job/Profession, etc.)

Gender: (If this needs clarification, you have bigger problems than character generation.)

Appearance: (Either a detailed description or a picture. Be creative, but the character must be easily recognizable as his/her class type)

Equipment

(This will have to be edited periodically as gear changes or changes hands. Remember that there will be weapon, armor, and accessory restrictions based on class. I will let you know beforehand if you can use the items, but if in doubt, ask. Example: Black Mage can’t wear Mythril Plate, Thief never trained with Hammers. To begin, all characters will be equipped very modestly, just as the Light Warriors supposedly started out.)

Weapons:

Armor: (Includes bracers for you spellcaster types)

Gauntlets:

Helm:

Shield:

Magic

(Only from classic FF1, please. To begin, you only have access to level 1 spells, limited castings of each. Fighters, Thieves, and Black Belts may ignore this section. Black casts black, White casts white.)

Lvl 1:
Lvl 2:
Lvl 3:
Lvl 4:
Lvl 5:
Lvl 6:
Lvl 7:
Lvl 8:

Non-Combat Magic: (This is a place for useful bits of small or indirect Magery. Cantrips, and the like. Starting mages may have one cantrip. Examples include spells that start campfires, purify drinking water, give a little light to see by, cause small obvious illusions, odd itching sensations on the opponent's nethers, etc. Look up uses for Cantrip in D&D sources for more ideas, and keep them in the feel of your Mage type, White or Black. As the RP progresses, you may learn additional spells of this nature without penalty, Non spellcasters do not have this option.)

Magic Items: (List any equipment that has magical abilities, stored spells, special defenses, etc. here, in addition to elsewhere on the CS. No one starts the RP with magical items.)

Personality: (A brief overview of what makes your character different from (or stereotypical of) their chosen profession. If you need to, 8-Bit Theater is an excellent reference.)

[ReaptheMusic]

I'd like to reserve the fighter please

[Pathfinder]

I'll be up for black mage.

[RolePlayerRoxas]

I'm very interested. I'll be going with White Mage, I think.

[Flamelord]

I'd be interested in being the thief.

[Sigil]

@ReaptheMusic@Pathfinder@RolePlayerRoxas@Flamelord

Excellent. I will post the OOC sometime tomorrow evening, and we can hopefully get the ball rolling. Until then, a tentative character sheet has been edited into the initial post here.

Or just below.

Character Sheet Template

Name: (Totally optional. Not kidding.)

Class: (Job/Profession, etc.)

Gender: (If this needs clarification, you have bigger problems than character generation.)

Appearance: (Either a detailed description or a picture. Be creative, but the character must be easily recognizable as his/her class type)

Equipment

(This will have to be edited periodically as gear changes or changes hands. Remember that there will be weapon, armor, and accessory restrictions based on class. I will let you know beforehand if you can use the items, but if in doubt, ask. Example: Black Mage can’t wear Mythril Plate, Thief never trained with Hammers. To begin, all characters will be equipped very modestly, just as the Light Warriors supposedly started out.)

Weapons:

Armor: (Includes bracers for you spellcaster types)

Gauntlets:

Helm:

Shield:

Magic

(Only from classic FF1, please. To begin, you only have access to level 1 spells, limited castings of each. Fighters, Thieves, and Black Belts may ignore this section. Black casts black, White casts white.)

Lvl 1:
Lvl 2:
Lvl 3:
Lvl 4:
Lvl 5:
Lvl 6:
Lvl 7:
Lvl 8:

Magic Items: (List any equipment that has magical abilities, stored spells, special defenses, etc. here, in addition to elsewhere on the CS. No one starts the RP with magical items.)

Personality: (A brief overview of what makes your character different from (or stereotypical of) their chosen profession. If you need to, 8-Bit Theater is an excellent reference.)

[ReaptheMusic]

Name:
Dev Altruis, goes by 'Fighter'

Class:
Fighter

Gender:
Male

Appearance:

Equipment

-3 potions
-1 hi-potion

Weapons:
Black Two-handed Sword

Armor:
-Leather Chest-plate
-Leather Shin-guards

Gauntlets:
-Simple black gloves

Helm:
-Currently None

Shield:
-N/A with two handed weapons

Magic Items:
N/A

Personality: For the most part, Dev is a stereotypical Warrior. He's headstrong, rushing into danger before taking the chance to size it up, and has a pretty good sense of humor. However, beneath the surface, he's pretty unhappy. He puts up a front in order to fit in with other fighters, or to simply 'play the role' that comes with his profession. In truth, he's very philosophical and soul-searching, deeply desiring for his life to have more purpose to it than just fighting for the rest of his life.

[ReaptheMusic]

I might change the gender later depending on how many of each gender we get >3>

[Pathfinder]

Black, The Black Mage

Name: Black

Class: Black Mage

Gender: Male

Appearance: Simple

Equipment

Weapons:
-Staff
Armor:
-Cloths
Gauntlets:
-Leather Gloves
Helm:
-Leather Cap
Shield:
-N/A

Magic

Lvl 1: Fire
Lvl 2:
Lvl 3:
Lvl 4:
Lvl 5:
Lvl 6:
Lvl 7:
Lvl 8:

Magic Items:

Personality: Black is a fighter, having to slough through life every step of the way. He keeps to himself and tries not to fall ill to chronic hero syndrome, focusing on bigger things rather than trying to fix every single persons problems. A tough nut with a wall built around it but you know what they say about a heart of gold, sometimes you just need to polish it.

[RolePlayerRoxas]

The White Mage

Name: Bianca Whitelaw
Class: White Mage
Gender: Female
Appearance: With thanks to Moerin

Equipment

Weapons: Iron Hammer
Armor: Clothes

Magic

Lvl 1: Cure
Lvl 2:
Lvl 3:
Lvl 4:
Lvl 5:
Lvl 6:
Lvl 7:
Lvl 8:

Magic Items:
Personality: A healer with the hot-blooded love for battle of a Warrior, Bianca loves nothing more than to test her strength against the monsters of the world, and is quite confident that she is the strongest White Mage in all the land. She is, however, still a white mage first and foremost, and if her healing abilities are needed, she'll begrudgingly yield the battlefield to others as she works from behind the scenes.

[Flamelord]

Thief

Name: Lumiere Vestraux

Class: Master Thief Extraordinaire

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Appearance

Equipment

Weapons: Dagger

Armor: Clothes

Magic: N/A

Magic Items: N/A

Personality: Lumiere loves her job, no two ways about it. She's fun, flirtatious, and all too willing to use that and her looks to her advantage. Surprisingly though, she has advanced beyond stealing for the sake of money or robbery, and instead steals for the challenge. The adrenaline rush of it is exhilarating, and that has led her after bigger and more difficult challenges. She isn't afraid to fight, but prefers to avoid it if she can, and if she can't then she never fights fair.

[Sigil]

@ReaptheMusic@Pathfinder@Flamelord@RolePlayerRoxas

Character concepts approved. A revised (and added to) CS template is available on the OOC. Looks good so far, all, be creative with the new sections in the CS.

@RolePlayerRoxas, Blindna (Lamp) is lvl 2. Feel free to pick another if you like; remember we're starting with original FF1 stuff. More or less. Ish.

[RolePlayerRoxas]

Whoops. The wiki's list was extremely unclear, and I swear that was a basic spell. I'll just stick with Cure for now.

[Sigil]

And giving this an obligatory BUMP. Still in the market for active people.

[Sigil]

Giving this a bump. A couple of back-outs have left openings in our troupe of Light Warriors. Very sad.

[Herald]

What classes are currently available?

[Sigil]

@Herald
All of them. I am allowing duplicates, as long as they are not carbon copies.

[Sigil]

On the lookout for at least two more characters to make this happen. Anyone interested?

[Red Helix]

I am interested. Still thinking on class.

[Sigil]

@Red Helix
So far, posting, we have a Thief and a Black Belt. As mentioned earlier, I'm good with duplicate character types as long as they're individuals. Classic FF1 looks highly encouraged.