[OOC] Alfheim Online: Fairy Dance of Death [Open]

[Animus]

Premise

The story starts from the premise that Kayaba Akihiko was obsessed with magic and Norse Mythology rather than swords and pure melee. As a result, he created the Death Game of Alfheim Online rather than the floating castle of Aincrad—a world in which player-killing is not a crime, and the nine player races are in competition with each other to reach the top of the World Tree. This is an alternate universe which may or may not follow canon rules from either SAO or the original Alfheim Online. Key differences from typical SAO roleplays would be the removal of levels, inclusion of magic, races and double the inital playerbase (20,000 players). Similar to SAO, the goal is to aim for the top. Only by completing the Grand Quest can players unlock limitless flight; the sole way to reach the top of Yggdrasil and escape back into the real world.

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Information

Racial Traits

Salamander

• Begins with Fire Magic
• +25% Base and Max Fire Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Fire Magic
• +10% rate of skill gain with Melee Weapons
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Fire effects
• +10 STR

Sylph

• Begins with Wind Magic
• +25% Base and Max Wind Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Wind Magic
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Wind effects
• +20% Flight Speed

Cait Sith

• Begins with Beast Taming skill
• +25% Base and Max Poison Resistance
• Enhanced Senses
• +10% rate of skill gain with Ranged Weapons
• +10% success rate for all Detection/Searching skills
• +10% Focus Distance
• +10% Focus Speed
• +10 AGI

Undine

• Begins with Water Magic skill
• +25% Base and Max Water Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Water Magic
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Water effects
• Water Breathing (passive ability)
• No falling damage on water
• Unencumbered swimming

Gnome

• Begins with Earth Magic skill
• +25% Base and Max Earth Resistance
• +15% Base and Max Cold Resistance
• +5% Base and Max Physical Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Earth Magic
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Earth effects
• +10% rate of skill gain for all Mining skills
• +10% rate of gain skill for all Refining skills
• +10 VIT

Imp

• Begins with Dark Magic skill
• +25% Base and Max Dark Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Dark Magic
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Dark effects
• Can fly underground and in dungeons (consumes Flight Meter 2x faster in no-flight zones)
• Night Vision (passive ability)

Leprechaun

• +25% Base and Max Lightning Resistance
• +10% Base and Max Cold Resistance
• Begins with Weapon Smithing
• Begins with Equipment Smithing
• +10% rate of skill gain for all Smithing skills
• +10% rate of skill gain for all Merchant skills
• Can create Devices and Constructs

Puca

• +25% Base and Max Cold Resistance
• Begins with Song Magic
• +10% rate of skill gain for all Crafting skills
• +10% rate of skill gain for all Merchant skills
• +10 INT

Spriggan

• Begins with Illusion Magic
• +25% Base and Max Illusion Resistance
• +10% Base and Max Status Resistance
• +10% rate of skill gain for Illusion Magic
• -1 Minimum Magnitude for Illusion effects

Player Demographics

World Map

Race Territories

As seen in the world map, everything is divided into zones. Every zone contains either a city or a town. Zones can either be neutral or belong to a race. Cities or towns in neutral zones act as global safezones for every race.

However, if the zone belongs to a specific race, it only functions as a safezone for that race. This means if a Spriggan enters a Salamander city, he would be helpless if a Salamander chose to attack him. This is far more impactful than one might consider it at first. If you enter an opposing race's territory, it means you'll be unable to restock potions or sell loot safely in towns, you're also exposed to greater danger because the respective race has nearby safezones whereas you don't. Attempting to hunt mobs or PK in enemy territory is extremely disadvantageous.

These safezones can be shared with allied races. A race can ally itself with up to two other races. As a side note, alliances can be broken but a peace treaty between these races will be enforced by the system for a day to prevent exploits. During this time, players cannot damage each other unless in a 'duel' as with their own race.

Ownership of zones can be changed. This can be done either by the leader of a race relinquishing it's ownership or by an opposing race occupying the city or town for a day. The main reason for conquering a zone is growth. It gives your race an additional safezone thus giving you access to the mobs and materials in that area.

Character Stats

Unlike SAO, levels do not exist Alheim Online. Stats do exist however, their values are only affected by your equipment and racial traits. The four basic stats are STR, AGI, VIT and INT. They all have base values of 30. STR affects your physical damage and weight limit, AGI affects your character's speed, evasion and accuracy, VIT affects your maximum health, health regen and defense and INT affects your maximum mana, mana regen and magical damage.

Instead you possess masteries. For example, constant use of a 1 handed sword sword provides you mastery levels in «1-H Swords». The higher your mastery, the high bonus % dmg done is dealt with that weaponry. Levels start from 1 and max out at 100. For example, maxed mastery in «1-H Swords» provides 100% bonus damage. Not all masteries are based on the weapons. You could have «Smithing», «Fishing» or even individual skill masteries. Feel free to create your own masteries and their bonus effects as long as they are feasible.

Although magic also exists, there are still no classes in the game. Everyone has access to both physical and magical damage skills although certain races will have an affinity to one of the two.

Flight

Yes, unlike in SAO roleplays, you can fly! As most of the battles in ALfheim Online take place in the air, the player's mastery of flight determines their effectiveness in combat. There are two ways to control the flight of an avatar. The first method is by using a joystick-like controller that can be summoned by holding up one's hand as if to grip something. The other is voluntary flight. There are several advantages to mastering voluntary flight such as the ability to have two hands free for the battle, as well as their agility exceeding the agility of players who use controllers. Moreover, the maximum flight speed when using a controller is relatively low.

However voluntary flight is notably difficult and even a month into the game, only a mere 8% of the current population are able to use it efficiently.

Death

When your character dies, you turn into a Remain Light. Remain Lights persist for ten minutes before they're extinguished and the respective player departs from the world... forever. However, during the duration of the Remain Light, the character may be revived by the high level magic possessed by Undines known as «Resurrection» or by rare consumable items in the game.

The Grand Quest

The players start the quest by arriving at the entrance to the World Tree and accepting the quest from the guardian statues. There is no limit to the amount of players participating as long as they are of the same race or an allied one. When the quest is accepted, the gate to the World Tree opens and players are temporarily granted unlimited flight for the duration of the raid attempt. The goal of the players is to reach the gate at the top of the quest area without getting killed by the infinitely spawning Guardian Knights, the number of which increases in proportion to the distance left to the gate, reaching a spawn rate of 12 guardians per second at the closest point to the gate. Although the individual guardians are easy to dispose of, their sheer number and re-spawn rate makes them more powerful than any boss monster.

Obviously this doesn't encapsulate every single thing about the world but it contains most of the key points. Feel free to ask me anything you have doubts about. I also greatly encourage people to contribute with worldbuilding in any way whatsoever.

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Character Template

Appearance: Picture (anime only) and/or description.
Height: In centimeters.
Weight: In kilograms.
RLN: Real life name.
IGN: In game name.
Age: Your character's real age.
Race: What race did you select?
History: What to to put here is up to you but keep it brief.
Personality: You can use personality traits and/or give a description.
Character Build: Describe your playstyle and key masteries. You don't have to specify exact values as long as they're feasible. Kirito took 2+ years as a frontliner and most of his skills were only around 90% mastery. We are only one month into the game.
Other: Whatever doesn't fit above goes here.

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Rules

• Acceptable grammar.
• Quality over quantity.
• Respect other players (but don't be afraid to kill them).
• No godmodding/powerplaying.
• No metagaming.
• No speedposting. Especially when you're in a group. Don't leave people out.
• Please don't just vanish. If you want to go on hiatus, I will allow it so you can return at a later time.
• Post character in OOC and await approval before creating it in the character bucket.
• Be considerate and realistic in battle posts. E.g. no autohits, no asspulls and no ignoring relevant battle posts.

[Animus]

@Izaka Sazaka@GrandzHelios@Eklispe@Taro@Jasonhero@Damiann47

I'll get the first IC post up tomorrow so everyone knows where the story stands.

[Izaka Sazaka]

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 84 kg

RLN: Gabrielle Chevalier

IGN: Valeria Valentine

Age: 28

Race: Salamander

History: What to put here is up to you but keep it brief.

Personality: Stalwart and determined. Valeria seeks out dangerous creatures and enemies to test her own skill and to make sure she can continue to survive in a hostile and dangerous game.

Character Build:
Heavy Metal Equipment Proficiency
Two Handed Spear Proficiency (Halberd)
One Handed Sword Proficiency
Battle Healing
Combat Parry

Other: Whatever doesn't fit above goes here.

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Height: 161 cm

Weight: 40 kg

RLN: Amelie Bellamy

IGN: Feera al' Naja

Age: 16

Race: Cait Sith

History: What to put here is up to you but keep it brief.

Personality: Very outgoing and express, Feera isn't afraid to make her thoughts or emotions known. Friendly to practical anyone she has very little problems making friends even out of stalwart opponents.

Character Build:
Beastkin Communication
Familiar Communication
Familiar Recovery
Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Whips)
Leather Equipment Proficiency
Acrobatics



Iron-Hide Boar Level 15 'Smokey'
Cait Riders Level 2

Pet Skills:
Primitive Weapon Proficiency (Tusks)
Primitive Weapon Proficiency (Hooves)
Battle Healing [Low Level]

Pet Abilities:
Blood Rage (Sacrifice HP for Attack boost)
Iron Skin Transformation (Sacrifice Speed for Defense) [Turns skin to iron]
Voluntary Flight (Cait Magic) [Low Level]
Battle Panic (Master loses control if HP is under 10%)

Pet Purpose: A high stamina, high health point pet capable of providing a potent threat and therefore also a potent distraction. It's hide is resistant to most physical attacks but it also a severe weakness to magic, especially fire and water (melting and rust). It is capable of flight through the magic of its Cait Riders, though their low level means that the usual buffs and debuffs that they would provide beyond that are not present.

[Ryuzaki]

Well, I HAD a CS nearly finished until my computer decided to turn off.

[JessieTargaryen]

will have an OC up tomorrow

[Damiann47]

Right getting to work now so CS will be done... whenever.

[Animus]

Both of Izaka's characters are accepted. Valeria is freaking huge though, imagine if she was a Gnome and her build was further enlarged.

Btw, as I mentioned in the IntChk, the current affairs of the world hasn't yet been determined. Does anyone have any suggestions of how things should be? Otherwise I will be taking the route of the fanfic in which the Salamanders killed the Faction Leader of the Imps granting them control over their zones.

[Izaka Sazaka]

@Animus

I wanted to make a beastmaster character because I figured no one else would.

;-;

EDIT:

What choices are we limited too in terms of pets? I totally forgot to ask because it wasn't a section on the character sheet.

[Animus]

@Izaka Sazaka I'll leave that up to you, as I've said before, anyone can help with ze world building <3. Oh but try to keep it within the game's theme of Norse mythology.

[Izaka Sazaka]

@Animus

Roger that.

[Demon Grave]

HI! This looks really interesting, but I'm a little confused as far as how you're determining the characters proficiency in flight and skills? Plus could I make a character that's like a mercenary? Where I can work for other races in their lands safely? Or relatively safe?

[Animus]

@Demon Grave
It seems you haven't seen the show or read the books. Though knowledge of those isn't really necessary.

Regarding stats, stuff like AGI and whatnot can only be altered by racial stats + equipment. You don't get to level up and add them. However, masteries will exist, and these are trained through repetition and use. Have you ever played Runescape or read novels like Moonlight Sculptor? Sorta like that.

Player skill here is more important. If you've played Counterstrike, then you understand having a better gun or armour gives you a huge edge but you can still die to that guy with the pistol.

[Demon Grave]

@Animus

I've watched the show, love it btw lol, I just didn't pay attention to the mechanics of the game they were it, or never noticed there were any other than Kirito being way too OP XD lol.

I guess a better way to word the question would be this. So we start the RP and we're all just pretty low in skill right? So as the RP progresses how are we determining how much our skills increase? Like we fight a boss and kill it, loot drops, are you going to determine who gets the loot and therefore the increase of stats? Or is that something we players can do as long as it's not like "OMG just killed a boss, get final hit, take epic loots now my character has +99999 of all stats?" lol

[Animus]

@Demon Grave
Well the RP will begin with a month time skip so all our character's should have already started specializing in whatever they wanted to. What you've been doing this month, I'll leave it up to you. As for all the stats and what not, there isn't really a need to be too specific but it's allowed. I personally do not want this to turn into the mayhem some roleplays based on stats experience.

I understand this turns some people off because they like specifics hence I'm allowing you guys to give X levels to your masteries and these will in turn be used as benchmarks.

Also I guess I didn't mention this one so it's my fault, stronger sword skills and magic will unlock through use of lower level ones.

[Demon Grave]

@Animus

ok sounds easy now lol ^_^, as for my second question about the mercenary role?

[Ryuzaki]

I'll finish this through out the day.

Not a WIP

Character One (COMPLETED)

Appearance

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 57 kg

RLN: Maki Naonobu

IGN: Arkan Light

Age: 20

Race: Spriggan

History: Maki is a Japan native who grew up in Tokyo with both his parents. He had a basic life full of video games and anime. Once inside the game he became the Race Leader of the Spriggans. When the announcement came saying the game was locked down, he started an effort to try to unify all the races to finish the game together. He quickly developed a small party full of multiple races.

Personality: Maki is more peaceful than war oriented. He is kind and gentle, but if somebody pisses him off or goes after somebody he cares about, he will fly off the hook.

Character Build:
Illusion Magic Proficiency
Healing Magic Proficiency
Staff Proficiency
Light Armor Proficiency

Other: None, yet.

Character Two (Completed)

Appearance

Height: 151 cm

Weight: 48 kg

RLN: Lexi Barton

IGN: Mizu Nagare

Age: 17

Race: Undine

History: Lexi is from America and is online friends with Maki. She convinced her parents to go on vacation to Japan during the summer, and when they let her go shopping she snatched up a copy of Alfheim Online to bring home with her. She has yet to find Maki in the game since she only started playing just before the lockdown. She never reached any special rank either.

Personality: Lexi is extremely social and loves to meet new people, but she is easy to anger and more than willing to kill you if you piss her off.

Character Build:
Water Magic Mastery
Healing Magic Novice
Twin Dagger Proficiency

Other: None :P

Finished.

[Ryuzaki]

Finished :P

[JessieTargaryen]

Height: 167.64 centimeters
Weight: 67.29 kilograms
RLN: Ryuu Kayaza
IGN: Agni Ormr
Age: 17
Race: Cait Sith
History: Ryuu grew up in a rough neighborhood, constantly bullied and made fun of the boy shrunk away from the world and went to online games to escape his hell that he lived through everyday. When the NerveGear came out, the boy found a way to truly escape his hell of a life. Upon the discovery of being trapped in this virtual world until they either died (in which case they died in real life) or the main quest was beaten, Ryuu (now known as Agni) began to grind to become stronger. His thoughts lay in the ideal that if he was stronger, then he would survive longer. About 3 weeks after being trapped Agni went with a group of fellow high leveled Cait Sith on a mission to tame a large dragon as a way of proving they could. The mission ended up being a success, with the leader of the group becoming the new owner of the Dragon who was dubbed 'Shriekr' for her high pitched and piercing roar. However this victory came at a great cost, as only 2 (including Agni) returned from the original group of 15. During a later fight (about 2 days before the rp starts) with some salamanders, the beast tamer was struck down as he finished off the last of the salamander raiding group. In his dying moments the man called Agni over and transferred ownership of Shriekr to his son. So now the boy goes onward in the quest, remembering the promise he made that knight as he watched his father slip into death 'I promise you, I will escape this hell and lead a better life in the world than we had, Dad. Shriekr will stand by my side and help me stand firm at the end of this hell. I love you... Rest in Peace'.
Personality:
* Friendly
* Loyal
* Intelligent
* Romantic (He just wants to find somebody to love, and be in a relationship in general)
* Highly protective of his friends
* Respectful
Character Build:
* Beastkin Communication
* Familiar Communication
* Familiar Recovery and Taming
* Voluntary Flight Proficiency
* Wall Running
* Multi-Weapon Proficiency (He has a Bow and Dagger)
* Low Level Healing Magic (He is trying to grind it high enough to save Remain Lights of others)


Note: Ignore size in image, this is what she looks like. She is smaller.
274.32 centimeters Tall.
579.12 centimeters Long.
777.24 centimeter Wingspan.

Black Dragon Level 20 'Shriekr'
Cait Riders Level 8

Pet Skills:
* Primitive Weapon Proficiency (Teeth)
* Primitive Weapon Proficiency (Talons)
* Primitive Weapon Proficiency (Tail)
* Fire Resistance [Low Level]

Pet Abilities:
* Fire Breathing [Low Level]
* Armor of Scales (Able to use their body and high defense value to shield player.)
* Voluntary Flight (She has wings)
* Battle Panic (Master loses control if HP is under 30%)

Pet Purpose: A high stamina, high damage resistance pet capable of providing a deadly threat and therefore also an excellent distraction. Her scales are resistant to most physical attacks and fire magic but it also a severe weakness to all other kinds of magic, and attacks placed at the weak points in her armor. She is capable of flight thanks to her wings, however with her wings extended it opens up a massive hit box for critical damage to the dragon.

[Damiann47]

Obviously this is her when armored, I’ll add an unarmored picture once she first takes off her helm. Keeps a nice sense of mystery, eh?

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Height: 192 cm

Weight: 86 kg

RLN: Sarah Jameson

GN: Sonia

Age: 21

Race: Gnome

History: There really isn’t much to say, after becoming trapped within the game Sonia went straight to monster hunting. Her goal was to build some combat skills quickly as possible; matters were only going to get worse and she wanted the skills to defend herself. Currently she is working alone, and often times takes low risk hunting trips out of town. More recently Sonia picked up mining seeing as a Gnome she has a racial advantage in learning it, and ore does make for a nice extra source of income.

Personality: If you were to ask her Sonia would say she's "Like everyone else." Now what's more notable about her is Sonia likes to take measured risks, meaning she won't go charging into a dangerous situation, after all her actual life is on the line, but she wouldn't likely run from them either. For the most part she likes her privacy, and being a freelancer suits her just fine.

Character Build: The main idea is a defensive build with a little bit of offense.
As for the actual skills...

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Proficient in Swords (One Handed)
Proficient in Shields
Proficient in Heavy Armor
Basic in Mining
Basic in Battle Healing

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Other: No idea what actual levels these skills would be, so hope this works.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Ohhh! Sounds good! I'll try get a character up soon!