The second option is fine, I want to keep the curse at 30 years so that we have a generation that grew up with the curse their entire lives.
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Karu would take quite an interest in Anu'din's gun once he showed it off, the researcher's glimmer in his eyes as he took a look at the mechanics. "Hmmm, that's an interesting little trick you've got. I'm not exactly sure how you tick though, I wouldn't stick any dangerous enchantments in there until we try it out with a dummy first. You know, like a spell that flashes light or something so we know if it'll go off while firing. Nothing I could do by tomorrow unfortunately. The pellets we're developing would fit of course, but I don't exactly no much about you're kind, something weird might happen and make it go off prematurely." he said, tail flicking as he examined the rather advanced looking technology. Back when he was a large dragon he collected interesting things like this. He restrained himself from touching though... barely.
"Melting it down would either make the enchantment dissipate or explode, either way I don't recommend it. Would be interesting to try enchanting you, that would be too dangerous though." he said, his food being delivered over to the table. The plate consisted of some roasted meat and plenty of human desserts and treats on the side.
He glanced over at the centaur as he moved closer. Giving a bit of an interested glance. "Hmm, haven't see any centaurs in a long time, quite an interesting group Alan has found to accompany me." he sorta said to himself before becoming quite distracted by the sweet smelling slice of pie that was now on the table. Fortunately he had enough magic left in him to magically attach things to his claws, using one to slice pieces and move them to his mouth while the other held on to the table to keep himself stable, unable to stop himself from letting out a quiet pleased rumble at the taste of the first bite.
"Melting it down would either make the enchantment dissipate or explode, either way I don't recommend it. Would be interesting to try enchanting you, that would be too dangerous though." he said, his food being delivered over to the table. The plate consisted of some roasted meat and plenty of human desserts and treats on the side.
He glanced over at the centaur as he moved closer. Giving a bit of an interested glance. "Hmm, haven't see any centaurs in a long time, quite an interesting group Alan has found to accompany me." he sorta said to himself before becoming quite distracted by the sweet smelling slice of pie that was now on the table. Fortunately he had enough magic left in him to magically attach things to his claws, using one to slice pieces and move them to his mouth while the other held on to the table to keep himself stable, unable to stop himself from letting out a quiet pleased rumble at the taste of the first bite.
@knighthawk
Noticed you updated your character, everything seems fine, feel free to jump in whenever.
@Everyone
If you don't mind, I forgot to put an age category on the CS, just stick it in with a quick edit if you don't already have it somewhere.
Noticed you updated your character, everything seems fine, feel free to jump in whenever.
@Everyone
If you don't mind, I forgot to put an age category on the CS, just stick it in with a quick edit if you don't already have it somewhere.
Karu tilted a head up at the construct, tail flicking a little bit as he was asked about the weaponry. If there was one thing many of the older dragons enjoyed doing it was bragging about their accomplishments. Even if he was rather tired, his crabbyness would not get in the way of the joy of talking about his work. "Oh? I'll be happy to tell you. I've been working on a lot of projectile enchantments. Arrows, bullets, even throwing knives. The enchantment triggers when they hit something. We're starting with the basics, things like setting their victims on fire, but I've got a couple special ones, there's an arrow that turns itself invisible after being fired, perfect for picking off targets and remaining hidden." He said, beaming at the idea. "But the best one has got to be our magic gun, my latest project. It doesn't really look anything like a gun, but you load it with enchanted cartridges prepared beforehand, then point and shoot a fireball like mages used to be able to with ease. But the best part is these cartridges are small and easily stored and sorted, you could carry around and arsensal of spells in a small pack and just shoot em off one after the other!" he said, sounding increasingly excited before stopping himself, feeling the watch of the younger dragon. It was best to keep himself from acting too embarrassingly.
"That's of course, if it works properly. After I blew a hole through the wall and the three buildings next to us by accident, we were barred from testing any more in or near the town. We also have a couple claw extensions and other equipment for dragons." He added, giving a nod over at Senna who was clearly listening in. "Trying to find safe ways to enchant them in a way where they can't ever backfire. I of course have interest in that, if the gun works properly maybe I could mold it to be mounted on my claw somehow." he rumbles a bit to himself as his mind goes off on a tangent.
He snaps back to reality shortly after. "Ah yes, the equipment. Most important thing I suppose is that I didn't protect the enchantments at all, so they can be sealed and unsealed without much trouble, so you shouldn't have to worry about them going off on the road."
"That's of course, if it works properly. After I blew a hole through the wall and the three buildings next to us by accident, we were barred from testing any more in or near the town. We also have a couple claw extensions and other equipment for dragons." He added, giving a nod over at Senna who was clearly listening in. "Trying to find safe ways to enchant them in a way where they can't ever backfire. I of course have interest in that, if the gun works properly maybe I could mold it to be mounted on my claw somehow." he rumbles a bit to himself as his mind goes off on a tangent.
He snaps back to reality shortly after. "Ah yes, the equipment. Most important thing I suppose is that I didn't protect the enchantments at all, so they can be sealed and unsealed without much trouble, so you shouldn't have to worry about them going off on the road."
Yeah, once things cool down and everyone gets around to posting I'll skip us over to the test site.
Thinking of upgrading Karu from NPC to PC, so I'll write up a quick CS for him when I get a chance.
Thinking of upgrading Karu from NPC to PC, so I'll write up a quick CS for him when I get a chance.
Alan was quite easy to get to inside the building, his office was right in the front after all due to his general public relations jobs. Many shelves of files and books lined the walls of the room, making it look more like a library room than an office space. Alan was the one who kept track of all the employees and members after all.
The golem-like creature was quite strange, but as someone who spent many days around wizards and magic types he saw all sorts of strange things. He was calmly sitting at a desk in a rather nicely carved chair with appropriate cushioning for a person who sits most of the day. He glanced down at a paper real quick before answering, reading a name off of it.
"Ah, Anu'din I believe. I can't answer too much about the experimental equipment, that's more of Karu's area. He's got a variety things, I believe he they're meant to be able to be used by anyone though. All I know is that they are currently dormant until he does something to activate them, so the risk of them going off during travel is close to zero." he explained.
"As for the undead..." he continued, frowning a little bit with worry. "The united alliance patrols have apparently been running into almost three times the amount of encounters since last month, but only what appears to be wandering, lone undead. Nothing that couldn't easily be dispatched though. Your chances of running into something is actually higher than normal, but nothing but the slow stupid ones have been scouted near the town. There may however be beasts to worry about as the test location is a decent ways away from civilization. We've scouted it yesterday of course, it's only about 12 hours away." he nodded a bit to himself. "We probably overhired for this, but the research is of incredible importance to us here so we're making perfectly sure everything goes smoothly."
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At the inn, the black scaled dragon Karu was quick to move himself into the inn once Alan was done talking. He'd been up quite late the previous night checking over the prototypes to make sure they wouldn't go off during transit or anything. He was rather happy to see at least one normal looking human in the group. It was rather difficult for dragons to grasp some of the weapons with their claws.
He did give a rather knowing smile toward the younger dragon of the group. He could remember being that young and excited, and about three times the size he was now. He could only hope that bastard Vivian would fall to one of his inventions for what she did to him. Then again, it wasn't all so bad, his new home and size were inconvenient in many ways, but a sniff and the smell of the bar's cooking were certainly quick to remind him how bland his diet used to be. It was hard to stay grumpy at humans when they came up with so many interesting foods. Also he didn't have to spend so much time finding enough food to eat.
He moved into the inn after the others, opting to go up to the bartenders to order some food for himself. A large roast of spiced meat mixed with some seasoned veggies was soon on his mind as he slid a cushion over to one of the smaller tables to wait.
The golem-like creature was quite strange, but as someone who spent many days around wizards and magic types he saw all sorts of strange things. He was calmly sitting at a desk in a rather nicely carved chair with appropriate cushioning for a person who sits most of the day. He glanced down at a paper real quick before answering, reading a name off of it.
"Ah, Anu'din I believe. I can't answer too much about the experimental equipment, that's more of Karu's area. He's got a variety things, I believe he they're meant to be able to be used by anyone though. All I know is that they are currently dormant until he does something to activate them, so the risk of them going off during travel is close to zero." he explained.
"As for the undead..." he continued, frowning a little bit with worry. "The united alliance patrols have apparently been running into almost three times the amount of encounters since last month, but only what appears to be wandering, lone undead. Nothing that couldn't easily be dispatched though. Your chances of running into something is actually higher than normal, but nothing but the slow stupid ones have been scouted near the town. There may however be beasts to worry about as the test location is a decent ways away from civilization. We've scouted it yesterday of course, it's only about 12 hours away." he nodded a bit to himself. "We probably overhired for this, but the research is of incredible importance to us here so we're making perfectly sure everything goes smoothly."
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At the inn, the black scaled dragon Karu was quick to move himself into the inn once Alan was done talking. He'd been up quite late the previous night checking over the prototypes to make sure they wouldn't go off during transit or anything. He was rather happy to see at least one normal looking human in the group. It was rather difficult for dragons to grasp some of the weapons with their claws.
He did give a rather knowing smile toward the younger dragon of the group. He could remember being that young and excited, and about three times the size he was now. He could only hope that bastard Vivian would fall to one of his inventions for what she did to him. Then again, it wasn't all so bad, his new home and size were inconvenient in many ways, but a sniff and the smell of the bar's cooking were certainly quick to remind him how bland his diet used to be. It was hard to stay grumpy at humans when they came up with so many interesting foods. Also he didn't have to spend so much time finding enough food to eat.
He moved into the inn after the others, opting to go up to the bartenders to order some food for himself. A large roast of spiced meat mixed with some seasoned veggies was soon on his mind as he slid a cushion over to one of the smaller tables to wait.
So I put up an attempt at an IC (first post is not my strongest area xD).
Asteran is the current 'Capital'. It hosts the headquarters of almost all the human factions and has the largest variety in races. If you leave the tavern area, you are free to develop the town however you wish, just no spawning undead in it.
Asteran is the current 'Capital'. It hosts the headquarters of almost all the human factions and has the largest variety in races. If you leave the tavern area, you are free to develop the town however you wish, just no spawning undead in it.
It was quite a nice spring evening in the city of Asteran, the sun was still up though clearly headed for sunset. The sky was cloudless and the temperature was quite comfortable even if it was a little breezy.
A young stout human man in some extremely fancy looking blue dyed clothing stood before the odd group outside the inn, trying his not to lose his cool in front of the group. he cleared his throat. “Ahem. Welcome all of you, I am Alan your main representative for the Enchanters Guild. This gathering today is mostly an icebreaker for the group. Everyone here will be travelling together tomorrow and I’m sure many of you would prefer not to be complete strangers with the companion who may be watching your back. The enchanters guild has a lot invested into this endeavor, and as you all know we are paying quite well for the safety and research of the cargo and are quite confident that all of your are quite skilled at your specialties.” he explained, waiting just a moment as he fixed a wrinkle in his garment.
“Anyways, a bit of business first, due to recent increased activity of undead in the area, our group has decided to give an at cost discount on all equipment provided by our guild in the town if you wish to purchase further preparations. Just inform the merchant, they’ll have a list of names. We hope you’ll take advantage of this to make even better preparations for this trip.” he explained.
“Lastly, a review of what you all agreed to. Your cargo is a variety of experimental weaponry deemed too dangerous to test inside or near the town. Please keep your hands off of them until you’ve reached the destination and the researchers have properly tested them. Then once they have been deemed ready you are free to give them a combat trial if any undead do happen to wander your way. Also please protect Karu here...” he added, pointing to a black scaled dragon about the size of a bear who gave a bit of a huff at that line, causing the man to hesitate a moment as he chose his next words carefully. “...er, given of course he is unable to protect himself for some reason, he is one of the top members of our development team and we’d be put back significantly if we lost him.” he said, the dragon looking quite sated with that. That was good, he’d rather not get chewed out later after all.
The man shook his head as he snapped out of his thoughts. “Anyways, as we wish to encourage some socializing and a happy group your drinks, rooms, and food tonight will be on the guild’s tab, though the bartender has been instructed not to let you get too drunk. I will be in the enchanters guild hall which is just down the street if you need me to answer any further questions. He added before leaving the group to their devices.
The inn was one of the most popular in town, quite large with very nice rooms and recently revamped to accommodate creatures of different sizes and even body type for the dragons. All the doors were quite wide and large, and inside was seating for both four legged and two legged patrons, cushioned chairs and large soft floor pillows mostly. The bartender was actually a pair, a human husband and wife with friendly smiles and much more average clothing. There was quite a mix of races already in the bar, dwarves, elves, humans, orcs, a couple kobolds and a naga even! It was quite odd to see everyone actually getting along, but it was likely because most kept to their own race, plus a pair of rather large half ogre bouncers were prepared if anyone decided to stir up trouble.
A young stout human man in some extremely fancy looking blue dyed clothing stood before the odd group outside the inn, trying his not to lose his cool in front of the group. he cleared his throat. “Ahem. Welcome all of you, I am Alan your main representative for the Enchanters Guild. This gathering today is mostly an icebreaker for the group. Everyone here will be travelling together tomorrow and I’m sure many of you would prefer not to be complete strangers with the companion who may be watching your back. The enchanters guild has a lot invested into this endeavor, and as you all know we are paying quite well for the safety and research of the cargo and are quite confident that all of your are quite skilled at your specialties.” he explained, waiting just a moment as he fixed a wrinkle in his garment.
“Anyways, a bit of business first, due to recent increased activity of undead in the area, our group has decided to give an at cost discount on all equipment provided by our guild in the town if you wish to purchase further preparations. Just inform the merchant, they’ll have a list of names. We hope you’ll take advantage of this to make even better preparations for this trip.” he explained.
“Lastly, a review of what you all agreed to. Your cargo is a variety of experimental weaponry deemed too dangerous to test inside or near the town. Please keep your hands off of them until you’ve reached the destination and the researchers have properly tested them. Then once they have been deemed ready you are free to give them a combat trial if any undead do happen to wander your way. Also please protect Karu here...” he added, pointing to a black scaled dragon about the size of a bear who gave a bit of a huff at that line, causing the man to hesitate a moment as he chose his next words carefully. “...er, given of course he is unable to protect himself for some reason, he is one of the top members of our development team and we’d be put back significantly if we lost him.” he said, the dragon looking quite sated with that. That was good, he’d rather not get chewed out later after all.
The man shook his head as he snapped out of his thoughts. “Anyways, as we wish to encourage some socializing and a happy group your drinks, rooms, and food tonight will be on the guild’s tab, though the bartender has been instructed not to let you get too drunk. I will be in the enchanters guild hall which is just down the street if you need me to answer any further questions. He added before leaving the group to their devices.
The inn was one of the most popular in town, quite large with very nice rooms and recently revamped to accommodate creatures of different sizes and even body type for the dragons. All the doors were quite wide and large, and inside was seating for both four legged and two legged patrons, cushioned chairs and large soft floor pillows mostly. The bartender was actually a pair, a human husband and wife with friendly smiles and much more average clothing. There was quite a mix of races already in the bar, dwarves, elves, humans, orcs, a couple kobolds and a naga even! It was quite odd to see everyone actually getting along, but it was likely because most kept to their own race, plus a pair of rather large half ogre bouncers were prepared if anyone decided to stir up trouble.
Still here, still planning on putting the IC up later today/tonight. Muttonhawk your character is fine, just put it in the actual character section.
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