Crowvette

Royal Rumble!

Okay, well Lise is posted, though I suppose I should see who in Laurels might be good for friends. Must be okay with being called "commoners" or some derivative of such.

Royal Rumble!

Liselotte

Name: Liselotte Castellan de Valois-Saint-Remy (or Lise)

Age: 16

Grade: 1st year, in St. Laurels High School.

Appearance:

Appearance

Carries a parasol around. Has a large wardrobe of Victorian clothing, but she has recently decided to adopt a more modern style.

Biography: Lise was born to a lonely but massive manor in the countryside, where time seemed to have stopped progressing. Exploring the halls of the giant estate was her main source of enjoyment, along with playing with her ever-present domestic servants. Due to an unexpected twist, her two parents insisted that she "broaden her horizons" by going to a more urban setting. For Lise, this is the first time she has ventured to a school, previously being taught only by well-paid tutors.

Lise has spent her life being pampered and treated as royalty, so moving to a new school is a bit of a culture shock to her. She has a morbid curiosity about what the commoners of the school do in their spare time, but at the same time insists she is above it all (while still being fascinated by it). She has a bit of a haughty streak, being raised as a modern-day princess, and holds her pride high, but she also just wants to have some friends of her own deep down.

Powers:
Serviteur d'ombre: Lise was born with multiple shadows, none of which appeared to be hers. These shadows are at least somewhat intelligent, and follow Lise's commands. They fulfill their duty and return to Lise's shadow once done, allowing them to return to Lise even if some kind of wall or barrier is put into place between them. Damage done to the servants will make them dispel, especially if the damage is of some kind of light energy. Due to Lise's personal tastes, the shadows generally take the form of maids and/or butlers, though their forms are rather incorporeal and hard to make out much beyond that. A curious sideaffect of her power is that Lise does not have a shadow if she has any shadow servants deployed.

Force d'ombre: Lise's shadows are very strong individually, but conserve strength based on how many are active at once. One servant has basic super strength, but ten servants only have one-tenth of that ability.

Apesanteur d'ombre: Lise's shadows have no real physical form to them, allowing them to move silently and weightlessly. This also allows them to move in ways that are normally impossible, such as jumping straight upwards a hundred feet, running on walls, and sticking to ceilings.

Manieres d'ombre: Lise's shadows are well-versed in all maidly and butlerly duties, including, but not limited to: dressing, bed-making, tea time etiquette, clothes-washing, dinner etiquette, housekeeping, bowing respectfully, and curtsying.

Relationships:
Alto Ganze: Though she carries respect for him, his light-based abilities scare her at least a little, and can't relax around him.
Clara Deimos Erdrigan: Though she would fight her if it was for her school's reputation, the fact that she beat Alto concerns her greatly.
King: As actual royalty, Lise is disgusted that someone would just declare themselves king. She would definitely love to see him defeated.
Cyan Bridget: A classmate that she enjoys teasing. She is a bit more interested in his mundane upbringing than she'd let on, but of course she hides it.
Open to ideas?

Royal Rumble! (Modern anime high-school super-powers? Oh my!)

Here's a draft of the character I was thinkin' of.

Liselotte

Name: Liselotte Castellan de Valois-Saint-Remy (or Lise)

Age: 16

Grade: 1st year, in St. Laurels High School.

Appearance:

Appearance

Carries a parasol around. Has a large wardrobe of Victorian clothing, but she has recently decided to adopt a more modern style.

Biography: Lise was born to a lonely but massive manor in the countryside, where time seemed to have stopped progressing. Exploring the halls of the giant estate was her main source of enjoyment, along with playing with her ever-present domestic servants. Due to an unexpected twist, her two parents insisted that she "broaden her horizons" by going to a more urban setting. For Lise, this is the first time she has ventured to a school, previously being taught only by well-paid tutors.

Lise has spent her life being pampered and treated as royalty, so moving to a new school is a bit of a culture shock to her. She has a morbid curiosity about what the commoners of the school do in their spare time, but at the same time insists she is above it all (while still being fascinated by it). She has a bit of a haughty streak, being raised as a modern-day princess, and holds her pride high, but she also just wants to have some friends of her own deep down.

Powers:
Serviteur d'ombre: Lise was born with multiple shadows, none of which appeared to be hers. These shadows are at least somewhat intelligent, and follow Lise's commands. They fulfill their duty and return to Lise's shadow once done, allowing them to return to Lise even if some kind of wall or barrier is put into place between them. Damage done to the servants will make them dispel, especially if the damage is of some kind of light energy. Due to Lise's personal tastes, the shadows generally take the form of maids and/or butlers, though their forms are rather incorporeal and hard to make out much beyond that. A curious sideaffect of her power is that Lise does not have a shadow if she has any shadow servants deployed.

Force d'ombre: Lise's shadows are very strong individually, but conserve strength based on how many are active at once. One servant has basic super strength, but ten servants only have one-tenth of that ability.

Apesanteur d'ombre: Lise's shadows have no real physical form to them, allowing them to move silently and weightlessly. This also allows them to move in ways that are normally impossible, such as jumping straight upwards a hundred feet, running on walls, and sticking to ceilings.

Manieres d'ombre: Lise's shadows are well-versed in all maidly and butlerly duties, including, but not limited to: dressing, bed-making, tea time etiquette, clothes-washing, dinner etiquette, housekeeping, bowing respectfully, and curtsying.

Relationships:
Open to ideas?

If everyone plans on going to Mephisto I can tweak a few things but I feel like she'd end up at Laurels otherwise.

Royal Rumble! (Modern anime high-school super-powers? Oh my!)

I like this idea. I think I can get a character coming in a bit.

What Are You Listening To?

Top tier love song cover.

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>get ye flask

What Are You Listening To?

Personally, I can only think of a rock golem playing guitar to this song.

Dungeons and Derps - The D&D Experience

Not all players are interested in going beyond diablo-style monster slaughter for their roleplaying. We suggest finding out whether they actually want to go more in character before you force it on them, @Crowvette.

@Ellri

Yeah, I've basically come to that realization.

If anything, the bigger problem currently is that they can be distracted off of a fight by the prospect of burgers and movies.

What Are You Listening To?

Hey, you man! Don't you find this great?

Dungeons and Derps - The D&D Experience

My group has trouble getting into character and RPing (instead seeming to see the entire thing as a video game-type RPG, focusing on stats and combat and whatnot over character) and in an effort to try to foster some more interactions, for a one-shot I once made a Ninja that could barely speak Common (basically single word phrases only) and instead spoke Japanese. Avoided talking out of character unless it was absolutely necessary.

It made them act in character just a little more (even if it was just for them to ask "What is the ninja trying to say?"). Group was sidetracked by ordering food and watching World War 2 movies, and the oneshot was never actually finished. Despite my pre-school level of Japanese competency, it was good vocab and grammar practice.

Overall: Success. Except for the game. It was superseded by Generation War. Oh well. Will have to try more methods.