Ammokkx

Nova Lux: A Magical Girl Game

I think obviously everyone wants as many people to play the game as possible.

@Plank Sinatra

i mean i've been campaigning pretty hard against this even if it may cost me a spot for it

Another possibility, if we do get pared down to 4-6 players, is to just assume that everyone else is still in the school. It is an academy, there's got to be more than half a dozen girls enrolled at a time, right? If retention becomes a problem and someone drops, all the sheets here have already been given at least a tentative thumbs up - poll who's still interested who might not have been immediately picked and then give them a chance to slide into the action.

@Plank Sinatra

To me this is the most sensible option. There's no reason *not* to keep a "reserve list" in case of drops. Give priority to those who wanted to sign up from the start, and if that pool's exhausted due to no or negative response, start scouting for new players (if so desired). Granted it would mean some don't get to play at the start and that runs the risk of them losing interest later down the line even if a spot opens up, but it's a better option than taking on the burden of more players than is needed.

I also dislike campaigning for co-GMs. It's better for the GM to spontanously want a co-GM they think is right for the job rather than the players suggesting they take one on, since it's a position inherently governed by trust. A GM that doesn't trust their co enough leaves the co with too little power, and a GM who trusts a poorly chosen co too much runs the risk of the co-GM running the show in their stead.

There's no real perfect answer to these things, everything has its pro's and cons. I'm pretty cynical by nature, and I've been around for a while, but I also recognize that uh

I don't

have the best track record when it comes to people wanting to RP with me, specifically

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I mean personally, I’m not sure if it would be awful to start with 12 or so characters, if nothing else because RPs on guild typically don’t have the best retention rates. I struggle to think of many games that don’t drop like half their players in the first few weeks. Ultimately though it’s your decision, just figured I’d give my thoughts.

@Onarax

You're still dealing with 12 players at the start though. It's a mess on the players' front, too, because who do you interact with? The first few pages are going to be bloated with all these disparate character interactions and somebody might not even show up on a page if they're a bit unlucky.

Personal experience has left me as not much of a fan, but it's Inedible's choice in the end. I can see my position is in the minority anyway, as from what I can tell, everyone here is assumed or hoped everyone got in.

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I'm giving some thought to running two versions of the game for two separate groups, but I won't make any promises.

@Inedible

Wouldn't recommend it for the sake of your sanity. GMing even one group is kind of a pain, and keeping track of two at once means your workload is also doubled. It's not just keeping track of everyone, but also double the amount of writing you need to do, and that adds up quickly.

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I'll be honest, I totally missed the Small Group tag when I was drawing up Selma's sheet.

@HereComesTheSnow

she good tho

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Personally, I hope nobody's left out, this seems like a very interesting premise, but I understand that not all games and not all GMs can handle this many people.

@shadowsaint007

10-11 people is a ridiculous number unless you have a team of like 3 to manage everyone. I personally don't really blame Inedible. I once GM'd an RP with a ridiculous amount of characters and after a while I struggled with coming up with stuff for all of them to do.

Hell, I know of a few people who've been in massive conglomerates and more often than not it feels like a couple of players just get ignored in favor of a more rapid few.

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@Inedible the cast is growing quickly...!

should we move accepted characters over to the character tab? or has no one been officially accepted yet?

@Zoey Boey

I'm going to walk back my earlier statement and close a bit earlier than planned. All submissions will be due by Wednesday the 14th. I'll pick 4-5 from that group.

@Inedible

that being said, while I made the "Are you a betting man" joke earlier, there's tough competition in here and idk if my character does enough to stand out. Good luck to everyone regardless, tho.

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Fire: 2
Air/Wind: 1
Ice: 1
Lightning: 1
Earth: 1
Gravity: 1
Darkness: 1
Light: 1
Aether: 1

@shadowsaint007

10 applicants so far out of a possible pool of 4-5

We're getting down to less than 50% odds boys, are ye a gambling man?

Nova Lux: A Magical Girl Game

Chie

(Source)
Name
益頭知絵
^{(Masuzu Chie)}

Age
16

Sanctum City
Calcaria

Personality
Chie is social yet distant. She keeps a cool, collected but not unfriendly aura around her. She's willing to listen to the problems of others, but much less so to share her own. Chie likes keeping her relationships to small talk, though she isn't afraid to tease other girls. It's hard to get a read on her because of her constant, slightly playful smile. It doesn't indicate her good mood, but just acts as the veil of mystery hiding her true thoughts and emotions. It's the disposition of someone who observes before others are allowed to observe her. She just has a naturally closeted personality.

Background
Chie is from a middle-class family in Calcaria. She used to be an energetic child, playing and socializing with other kids until her breath gave out. Chie was a far-cry from the cool girl she would later become. A common thread through her evolution would be loss. It started small enough, only losing a pet at a young age, which would give her an initial lesson in how to cope. Chie got along great with her grandmother, who she spent a lot of time with as her parents weren't always around, but her grandmother passed before Chie could reach double digits in her age.

Her mom and dad weren't home a lot of the time, so she felt lonely and distant from that point. Chie grew out of her cheery demeanor and put space between her and her friends. When her mom didn't come home again one day, and with dad refusing to tell Chie why, she completely closed off her heart to those around her. She started to listen instead of speak, to bottle up instead of cry. Chie was used to being alone, and maybe thought it was better that way. She wouldn't be tied down to people. It's that kind of unfettered disposition that made her fearless of joining Nova Lux. She promised herself that she wouldn't care for the friends she leaves behind, and that they wouldn't care for her.

Magical Girl Self

(Source)

Armgaus Name
Magnified White Quartz

Gladius

(Source)

Chie uses a pair of ornate chakrams to fight.

Parma
Chie's hair loses its colour as her eyes change to gold. Her clothing is replaced by a white dress with no strings and black stocking on her thighs. Both her hands turn black, that same effect continuing a bit into her forearm, and past that spot on the left arm she has the same fabric as her dress extending out to her shoulder. Her hair is adorned with a red hair accessory housing three diamond-shaped protrusions as her neck is covered by a warmer in the same colour of her hands.

Elementum
Gravity

Elementum Abilities
Chie's control over gravity manifests itself in the modification of its pulling properties. By changing the rules of how dense an area's matter is, Chie can create a field wherein objects collide faster or slower with each-other. Designating an area, its gravitational pull will either gradually increase or decrease depending on Chie's intent. She cannot instantly make something pull harder than it did before, as her power needs to ramp up over time. However, like a snowball rolling down the mountains, the longer she keeps it going the faster and stronger the effect will increase. To reverse her own magic requires the same kind of effort in reverse. Examples of practicality are making objects collide with each-other or jumping high into the sky while coming down slowly.

Nova Lux: A Magical Girl Game

I'm a fan of magical girl deconstruction, but not 100% on dice. I'll see if this goes anywhere.

Magokoro (SMT Nocturne x Kingdom Hearts x Alt History loosely based Post Apocalyptic adventure)

I'll keep an eye on this.