Fairyfloss

The Savage West: Horrors of the Frontier

Alrighty, here's my character

Saya

Name/Alias: Saya
Species: Frost Sprite
Species Lore: Sprites are supernatural creatures that come in many different shapes and sizes, each attuned to a certain aspect of nature, though none as strong as Elementals and similar species. Sprites' behaviour varies greatly; some help mankind, while others try their best to make their lives miserable for example.

Appearance:
Saya is 18 (human) years old and has white hair and pale skin. She wears a simple, slightly damaged dress (it seen it's fair share of damage, though it's been patched up with some simple sowing) and simple sandals (she doesn't need to worry about the cold). Saya's hair is long and generally a bit of a mess, and she stands at around 5'0"/1.52M tall.

Faction: N/A

Biography:
From a young age, Saya has always been fascinated by Humans, especially those that lived in the small village near her home in the mountains - one of the few places with snow even in summer - and tried her best to fit in. While only really able to live in wintery conditions, Saya did her best to help the villagers near her home where she could, her abilities helping hunt food in winter and doing other things humans would have trouble doing in the cold. Over time, the villagers grew fond of Saya and got used to her presence, and she lived a happy life.
That, however, would not last forever. Word of Saya's presence spread to neighbouring villages, and eventually reached the ears of some unsavory people, who decided that Saya would be worth a lot of money if they got their hands on her, and hatched a plan. On a day of celebrations, when everybody was out having fun, the group of bandits attacked the town, taking everybody by surprise. Making short work of anybody who had a gun, and then decided to kill the others to avoid leaving witnesses while they took both Saya and all the money in the local bank, torching the town for good measure.

Saya, heartbroken by the loss, was demoralized, having lost everyone she cared for. She ate little as the criminals travelled further and further away, until winter started coming to an end. Knowing that she probably wouldn't survive the heat, she managed to escape one night (the criminals had their guard down because Saya didn't seem like she'd try to escape) and ran off into the mountains, far away from the criminals.

A few years have passed, and with the coming of the Weeping Winter, Saya has decided to take action. Having spent her time practing her hunting skills and acquiring a rifle, Saya has set out to find those that killed those she cared about, taking the occasional job as hunter, guard or even assasin as a source of money.

Personality: Friendly, Loyal, Shy
(Saya is, if you get to know her well enough, a friendly and loyal person, though she doesn't socialise a lot, so she's difficult to befriend.)

Melee Weapons: Saya carries a simple knife, both for skinning game, or stabbing people that get too close.
Projectile Weapons: As befits her jobs and abilities, Saya carries an accurate, scoped rifle (1 Shot) and a backup derringer (2 Shots)

Skills/Abilities:
Being a Frost Sprite, Saya has several abilities related to the cold and snow.
- Cold Resistance: Saya is immune to the cold (though she's not stupid enough to go out without clothes to prove it) due to her nature as a Frost Sprite, allowing her to spend the night out without needing to setup camp.
- Stealth: While not actually invisible, Saya is very difficult to detect in the snow. She doesn't leave footprints and can blend in easily, though she can't hide as well when she's running, and she can still be heard by those nearby
- Accuracy: Saya is an accurate sniper, able to hunt game and humans with equal ease
- Snow Regeneration: If Saya is buried under snow and left alone for a while, she can hibernate and heal wounds, (4 hours worth of rest heals simple wounds and might heal some broken bones, but won't heal anything very serious, that takes longer)

Other:
I'll just put in some weaknesses and such in here:
- Heat Weakness: While heat won't instantly kill her, the longer she spends in a warm place, the weaker she gets and the less energy she has. While spending some time in front of a hearth won't do her in, spending several days in a warm building without going in will leave her significantly weakned
- Carnivore: Non-Meat Food doesn't provide Saya with a lot of energy, forcing her to eat meat. (It can sate her hunger though)
- Can't ride Horses: Simple, Saya doesn't know how to ride a horse
- Uneducated: Saya never really got any formal education, she barely knows math (she can do simple calculations though) and is rather oblivious to most social etiquette

The Savage West: Horrors of the Frontier

Ah, thanks for answering. One final question though, about the character sheet itself. Is the 'Three Words that Describe' part of the personality necessary? I might want to put in more information than just three words, and I know people that would possibly prefer to just leave the personality hidden until the RP actually starts

The Savage West: Horrors of the Frontier

Ooh, this sounds interesting, I might join this, though I do have a few questions.
1. What kind of Species are allowed? I'm assuming creatures of god-like strength are banned, but are there other rules?
2. What is generally the relationship between non-humans and humans? Do Humans go out of their way to avoid non-humans, or do they treat non-humans like normal and just try not to get on their bad side?
3. Can Humans learn magic and, if so, are humans that dabble in magic seen as threats to other humans?

Forgotten Realms

Name: Ateya, the Travelling Witch

Height: Roughly 5'6" (or 1.67m)

Weight:

Age: 18

Race/Species: Human

Group: ?

Appearance:
Ateya has short, silver hair and blue eyes. She stands at roughly 5'6" (or 1.67m) tall and wears a simple, almost stereotypical black-white dress, mostly to scare off would-be bandits who would rather not deal with Witches that could curse them (even though Ateya doesn't know curses, bandits tend to assume she does so they mostly leave her alone).

Personality:
Ateya is a friendly and curious person once you get to know her, but she's a bit shy, worried that her inability to remember names makes people angry

Statistics:

-Strength: 2
-Perception: 5
-Endurance: 6
-Charisma: 6
-Intelligence: 8
-Agility: 4
-Luck: 4

History:
Ateya is a travelling Witch/Magician, specialising in Animal-Related Magic and (Mainly Animal) Summoning magic.
Ateya grew up in a small forest town, her father was a hunter while her mother died while Ateya was young. Ateya spent most of her youth in the forest, helping her father with hunting while also befriending/playing with forest animals while she wasn't. One day, while on a hunting trip, Ateya and her father were attacked by a wild animal, which killed her father. Ateya managed to save herself however, using magic she didn't yet know she had to subdue the wild animal, which then left her alone. Since then, Ateya has spent most of her life travelling from town to town, working on learning to master her abilities. Somewhere along the line, she got a familiar; a cat named Keo, who has accompanied her ever since.

Ateya suffers from a type of Nominal Aphasia (at least I think that's the correct term, please don't stab me if I'm wrong), and has a hard time remembering people's names. She often forgets Keo's name, for example.

Ateya decided to join the mission together with Keo partially because she likes exploring, but mainly because she's a bit low on cash right now.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers:
Ateya is good with animals and has several spells both memorised and written in her book (see the Items/History sections for more info on that). She's also a skilled hunter, and is proficient with a bow.

Items:
Ateya carries a book with her in which she writes her spells, but she hasn't memorised them all; the weaker spells she can cast from memory, but the more powerful ones she needs to look up in her book. The book also functions as a notebook and a diary however, so sometimes she has trouble finding the spell she's looking for.
As a traveller, Ateya carries with her a large backpack in which she keeps her items. Her most valuable items however she keeps in a messenger bag that is sealed with a lock, in it she keeps her purse, book and other important items. Having hunted wild animals for a large part of her life, she also carries a bow and some arrows with her, as she is quite proficient in using it, she also knows how to set simple traps and skin animals for eating.

Spells:
All spells drain some of Ateya's energy when cast, meaning that casting too many spells will cause her to fall asleep or lose consciousness. If this happens while she's casting a spell, it can be dangerous.
(Note: When I say 'Wild Animal', I generally mean unintelligent creatures like wolves or bears. Stuff like dragons and other 'intelligent' creatures aren't affected by such spells.)
(Some info is left open for the GM to decide)

Memorised:
- Calm Animal: Temporarily calms a single wild animal per cast (How long a creature is calmed depends on the creature, the more aggressive the creature normally is, the shorter it'll last. Angering the creature is certain to break the spell).
- Subdue Animal: Render a wild animal motionless as long as Ateya keeps eye contact with the creature and both Ateya and the creature can see eachother (so if it's dark or either is blind, it won't work).
- Pacify Animal: Temporarily causes a single wild animal to not fear Ateya. Great for hunting, terrible for keeping off predators since they'll not see Ateya as a threat then.
- Bramble Barrier: One of Ateya's few non-animal spells, this creates a small obstacles of prickly Brambles at a location of Ateya's choosing, as long as she can see the location and it's within 10 meters of her. The obstacle can take on several shapes, like a bush or a small wall. It's not a permanent barrier though, but it can buy her a little bit of time.

In book:
- Summon Familiar: This small ritual allows Ateya to either teleport Keo to Ateya's location if Keo is alive, or revives him at Ateya's location if he isn't.
- Call Creature: Causes the nearest wild animal (it has a limited range, however. So no summoning rare dragons fromt he other side of the country) of the chosen type (Ateya must know what the creature is called and what it looks like) to try and get to Ateya as quickly as it can unless there's no 'direct' way to get to her (as in, doesn't require the creature to break through walls to get to her). The affected creature will treat Ateya like a dog treats it's master, but not permanently. At most, it'll keep it's effect for 24 hours before the creature reverts back to it's original, 'untamed' state, potentially attacking Ateya if she's close by if it's a hostile creature.
- Wall of Thorns: An 'upgraded' version of Bramble Barrier, it has increased range (25 meters), along with other benefits. The thorns are tougher and spikier, making them harder to get through, and the barrier can be bigger.
- Summon Creature: Ateya's most complex spell, it allows her to summon a creature of choice to her location, though it has it's limits.
- The creature cannot be 'intelligent'. Ateya can summon wild animals with it, but nothing too intelligent. (Theoretically, she could summon things like undead too, but she doesn't know how).
- The creature won't stay forever, after at most 24 hours it'll turn to ash.
- Summoning a creature costs a lot of energy, how much generally varies per creature. Summoning a bunny costs far less energy than summoning a bear, for example.
- Ateya has to have killed one of the creature's species and know it's name in order to be able to summon it.
- The summoning process takes time, leaving Ateya vulnerable. How much time varies per creature.
- Ateya feels a small portion of the pain the summoned creature takes, not much, but something like the creature losing a limb would be quite painful to Ateya.
- Summoned creatures are not immune to things like mind control, meaning that they could be used against Ateya. De-Summoning creatures before they 'naturally' vanish takes time too.

Forgotten Realms

I changed the order in which things appear on this sheet just so it makes a bit more sense when reading, hope you don't mind.
Also, I worked together with a friend of mine, who'll be playing Ateya's familiar. He should post here shortly.

Name: Ateya, the Travelling Witch

Height: Roughly 5'6" (or 1.67m)

Weight:

Age: 18

Race/Species: Human

Group: ?

Appearance:
Ateya has short, silver hair and blue eyes. She stands at roughly 5'6" (or 1.67m) tall and wears a simple, almost stereotypical black-white dress, mostly to scare off would-be bandits who would rather not deal with Witches that could curse them (even though Ateya doesn't know curses, bandits tend to assume she does so they mostly leave her alone).

Personality:
Ateya is a friendly and curious person once you get to know her, but she's a bit shy, worried that her inability to remember names makes people angry

Statistics:

-Strength: 2
-Perception: 5
-Endurance: 6
-Charisma: 6
-Intelligence: 8
-Agility: 4
-Luck: 4

History:
Ateya is a travelling Witch/Magician, specialising in Animal-Related Magic and (Mainly Animal) Summoning magic.
Ateya grew up in a small forest town, her father was a hunter while her mother died while Ateya was young. Ateya spent most of her youth in the forest, helping her father with hunting while also befriending/playing with forest animals while she wasn't. One day, while on a hunting trip, Ateya and her father were attacked by a wild animal, which killed her father. Ateya managed to save herself however, using magic she didn't yet know she had to subdue the wild animal, which then left her alone. Since then, Ateya has spent most of her life travelling from town to town, working on learning to master her abilities. Somewhere along the line, she got a familiar; a cat named Keo, who has accompanied her ever since.

Ateya suffers from a type of Nominal Aphasia (at least I think that's the correct term, please don't stab me if I'm wrong), and has a hard time remembering people's names. She often forgets Keo's name, for example.

Ateya decided to join the mission together with Keo partially because she likes exploring, but mainly because she's a bit low on cash right now.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers:
Ateya is good with animals and has several spells both memorised and written in her book (see the Items/History sections for more info on that). She's also a skilled hunter, and is proficient with a bow.

Items:
Ateya carries a book with her in which she writes her spells, but she hasn't memorised them all; the weaker spells she can cast from memory, but the more powerful ones she needs to look up in her book. The book also functions as a notebook and a diary however, so sometimes she has trouble finding the spell she's looking for.
As a traveller, Ateya carries with her a large backpack in which she keeps her items. Her most valuable items however she keeps in a messenger bag that is sealed with a lock, in it she keeps her purse, book and other important items. Having hunted wild animals for a large part of her life, she also carries a bow and some arrows with her, as she is quite proficient in using it, she also knows how to set simple traps and skin animals for eating.

Spells:
All spells drain some of Ateya's energy when cast, meaning that casting too many spells will cause her to fall asleep or lose consciousness. If this happens while she's casting a spell, it can be dangerous.
(Note: When I say 'Wild Animal', I generally mean unintelligent creatures like wolves or bears. Stuff like dragons and other 'intelligent' creatures aren't affected by such spells.)
(Some info is left open for the GM to decide)

Memorised:
- Calm Animal: Temporarily calms a single wild animal per cast (How long a creature is calmed depends on the creature, the more aggressive the creature normally is, the shorter it'll last. Angering the creature is certain to break the spell).
- Subdue Animal: Render a wild animal motionless as long as Ateya keeps eye contact with the creature and both Ateya and the creature can see eachother (so if it's dark or either is blind, it won't work).
- Pacify Animal: Temporarily causes a single wild animal to not fear Ateya. Great for hunting, terrible for keeping off predators since they'll not see Ateya as a threat then.
- Bramble Barrier: One of Ateya's few non-animal spells, this creates a small obstacles of prickly Brambles at a location of Ateya's choosing, as long as she can see the location and it's within 10 meters of her. The obstacle can take on several shapes, like a bush or a small wall. It's not a permanent barrier though, but it can buy her a little bit of time.

In book:
- Summon Familiar: This small ritual allows Ateya to either teleport Keo to Ateya's location if Keo is alive, or revives him at Ateya's location if he isn't.
- Call Creature: Causes the nearest wild animal (it has a limited range, however. So no summoning rare dragons fromt he other side of the country) of the chosen type (Ateya must know what the creature is called and what it looks like) to try and get to Ateya as quickly as it can unless there's no 'direct' way to get to her (as in, doesn't require the creature to break through walls to get to her). The affected creature will treat Ateya like a dog treats it's master, but not permanently. At most, it'll keep it's effect for 24 hours before the creature reverts back to it's original, 'untamed' state, potentially attacking Ateya if she's close by if it's a hostile creature.
- Wall of Thorns: An 'upgraded' version of Bramble Barrier, it has increased range (25 meters), along with other benefits. The thorns are tougher and spikier, making them harder to get through, and the barrier can be bigger.
- Summon Creature: Ateya's most complex spell, it allows her to summon a creature of choice to her location, though it has it's limits.
- The creature cannot be 'intelligent'. Ateya can summon wild animals with it, but nothing too intelligent. (Theoretically, she could summon things like undead too, but she doesn't know how).
- The creature won't stay forever, after at most 24 hours it'll turn to ash.
- Summoning a creature costs a lot of energy, how much generally varies per creature. Summoning a bunny costs far less energy than summoning a bear, for example.
- Ateya has to have killed one of the creature's species and know it's name in order to be able to summon it.
- The summoning process takes time, leaving Ateya vulnerable. How much time varies per creature.
- Ateya feels a small portion of the pain the summoned creature takes, not much, but something like the creature losing a limb would be quite painful to Ateya.
- Summoned creatures are not immune to things like mind control, meaning that they could be used against Ateya. De-Summoning creatures before they 'naturally' vanish takes time too.

Forgotten Realms

Ah, thanks for the explanation, Time for me to choose some stats then.

Forgotten Realms

Oooh stats. Do they affect things in the way they would in Tabletop RPGs like D&D, or does it serve a different purpose, like simply illustrating how good a character is at certain things?

Also, I'm not used to applying to RPs on this forum (this is the first RP here that I plan on joining, I used to RP elsewhere), so I still don't know exactly where to post the application. Do I post it here, or do I post it as a reply to the character sheet?

Forgotten Realms

Oooh, this looks interesting! When/Where do we submit character applications?

Valanis

@Dirge
I considered putting it in Advanced, but I am not entirely sure I have enough time available to do that, but I'll keep it in mind

Valanis

Valanis, a magical floating world, inhabited by several species who worship a Pantheon, led by the almighty Pantokrator. Long has this world known peace, but times are changing.
In the north, a dark Necromancer named Fomalsa is leading his undead hordes against the Lizardian Empire of Hsithi and the Human Empire of Arhab. Amphibious Fishmen Pirates from Paland, named Paladians, constantly raid trading routes through the seas, and the Infernals from the depths often carry out raids against the Human Empire of Verbourg and the Aerian Samarani Republic.

The Empire of Arhab has long had trade routes with it's neighours in the Hanionuayn Empire, but with the increase of Paladian Raids the trade routes are becoming less and less profitable. Diplomats sent to the Hanionuayn Empire to negotiate an alliance against the Paladians never return, and tensions with the Hsithi Empire are increasing. Something needs to be done to get aid from the Hanionuayns, and fast. But it's too risky to send diplomats.

That's where you come in. You're a citizen from Arhab, and you have been recruited by the Empire to go on a journey to Hanionuayn to find out what happened to the Diplomats and convince the Hanionuayn Empire to form an alliance with the Arhab Empire. If you fail, the Empires of Man will surely collapse. Your mission is a secret to all but those involved however, as it's too important to fail.

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World Maps

Locations

Nations

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Hello! You might not know me, so let me introduce myself. I'm Darthrafael and I made this RP, and it's my first one on here! (I made other RPs on other forums before)

So, let's get down to business, and with that I mean character creation.

Let's start with the character sheet. Fill everything in unless it says optional, in which case it's optional.

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Home Province:
Province Perk:
Job:
Magic Paths:
Magic Schools:
Flaws:
Handedness:
Backstory (Optional):
Other (Optional):

Now let me explain the things in the sheet that might need some explaining:
Oh and by the way, the characters are Human.

Home Province & Province Perk

http://pastebin.com/3xUvZmi4

Province Map

The Province where your character used to live before the RP starts. Each Province has one or two perks. Choose One. A chosen perk may not be chosen by another character, so first come, first served.
This means that you can't have two characters from Nanel since only one perk is available, nor can you have two gatherers from Thron since the perk can't be used twice. Having a gatherer from Thron and a gatherer from Cael is possible however since they are both different provinces.
(I might remove/alter the limit if more people want to join than that there are perks available!)

Another thing that is determined by your starting province is your starting money. I've assigned a type (Very Poor, Poor, Normal, Rich & Very Rich) to each province which will determine what dice I roll to determine your character's starting money. The type associated with each province will be kept a secret however.

Job:
http://pastebin.com/H05RLdUX
Basically what class your character is. There can be multiple characters with the same Job.

Handedness:
Left or Right handed, it's as simple as that. No being ambidextrous for balance purposes.

Flaws:
This can be various things ranging from being blind to being allergic to something.

Backstory:
If you do write a backstory, ensure that it matches with your character's job (and perhaps also perk).

Magic Points

By now, you've probably noticed the word 'Magic Point' being used a lot in the Province Perk list and the Job list. Let me explain how it works

When creating a character you start with a few Magic Points based on your job. These can be used to give your character a level in Magic Paths and/or Magic Schools. Having points in a Magic School without having any in a Magic Path is generally useless, since you need to have skill in a magic path to be able to cast the spell, and you often need Magic Gems too. Magic Gems are consumed when a spell is cast.
Example:
This spell requires 7 levels in the 'Evocation' School. (Any spell requiring a level 0 something is available to everyone), and 5 levels in the Fire Magic Path, along with 5 Fire Gems.

Characters can gain additional Magic Points to spend during the RP.

Magic Paths & cost:
Common [1 Point]: Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Nature
Rare [2 Points]: Astral, Holy/Divine
Banned [4 Points]: Blood, Death

Magic Schools

Common [1 Point]: Alteration, Evocation, Enchantment
Uncommon [2 Points]: Construction, Conjuration
Rare [3 Points]: Thaumaturgy
Banned [4 Points]: Blood Magic

Conjuration - Summoning
Alteration - Combat Buffs & Debuffs
Evocation - Combat Spells
Construction - Forging magical constructs or items
Enchantment - Specialised Buffs
Thaumaturgy - Miscellaneous Spells
Blood Magic - Dark Magic

Here's the list of all available spells and an image on how to use the site/list:
https://larzm42.github.io/dom4inspector/

How to use the list. WARNING: BIG IMAGE

Some of these spells are either not available or nerfed because they're OP, I'll inform you if your character unlocks a spell that is different than what's listed. You can also ask me directly for info on spells if you want/need.

There are 10 types of gems, some more commonly available than others:
Common Gems: Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Nature
Rare Gems: Astral
Very Rare Gems: Pure
Banned Gems (Not publicly available so shady deal are needed to obtain these): Blood, Death, Universal

A 'Pure' gem counts as half a gem for Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Nature or Astral (So you need two Pure gems to cast a spell that needs one 'normal' gem). The Universal Gems are similar but also count as half a Blood or Death gem.

So, that's pretty much all info unless I overlooked something. Feel free to ask any questions you have!