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Expedition to Isekai [Short-Term Dungeon Delving]

the balls on this man to go for an rp that can actually end

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Hmm, would it be okay to have a character who's originally born in one of the inner districts, but ended up working in the 10th later on? Death of wealthy parents and the loss of her own wealth, a rank that allows her to travel or some other reason? If not, I can definitely have her be born in the 10th as well.

@Vertigo

Rank II cleaners and above can travel between districts (at least temporarily), so that's fine. Primarily, it's civilians that can't go between.

Generally, each district requires you to buy a citizenship unless you're born there, cleaner exemption withstanding. Most people won't be able to afford it.

You can go either way. Buying a 10th district citizenship (not worth much), being connected in politics, cleaner rank travel, etc.

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@PerfectThought Cleaners need a blessed weapon, magic, or a relic so make mention of one of those.

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she got that dog in her

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@Abstract Proxy I like the wolf-in-a-suit-and-tie. You can shift her over to the character tab.

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@ERode Yasu's real good. You can warp her into the character tab because she was always accepted, just in another timeline

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...Unless that teeters too close to supernatural territory, since the supernatural are subconscious beings of primal fears, and the belief that something lurks under your bed definitely started out as a fear for her too. But I guess that's more of a superficial similarity, since her summons are still created from her vitas and logic alone.

@Vertigo

It's all good.

I don't have very strict "it must be this or thats" for magic except for things that are permanent or resemble immortality. Having a character use their primal fears is perfectly fine.

Magic and the supernatural are two sides of the same coin, after all. There's going to be some overlap. The main difference between the two is that magic is the individual and supernatural is the collective.

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Is something like temp shifting plausible (polymorph/shapechange)?

@Abstract Proxy

Very much so.

Using an example of a demon-ish character:

If someone's foundation of logic for their magic is "the world is nothing more than a sandbox that I can smash around," their magic would function along the lines of something outwardly destructive. Throwing fireballs, breaking structures, etc.

If their foundation is more of "they may be right, I am a demon," they'd have the associated power of a demon (there are many types), but they'd also be able to safely manifest physical attributes like black sclera, horns, etc (the person above can also technically do the same, but it's irreversible and a consequence of duress).

If their foundation is more "My self is destruction and my body is merely a tool," they'd be able to have a wide breadth of changes they can freely control.

You don't have to think of it as phrases as I have. That's just the deep analysis of it. For most characters, it'll just be their unconscious thoughts. If you just want a power, you don't need to deeply justify it. There's like a 99% chance you can just have it so long as it's not permanent/resembles immortality.

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So thinking of a character whose childhood beliefs ended up shaping their view/logic of the world at an early age, and therefore granting them "magic", but haven't settled on specifics yet. Like someone who believed in their imaginary friends so much they stayed "real" via magic, or someone who was told they were a demonspawn or something as an insult and they believed in it so much they grew horns and got some related magic, someone who believed themselves invisible to others so they can turn invisible, or something with seeing ghosts etc. etc.

Would something like that work in general?

@Vertigo

Yes. Summoning is fine. Permanent physiological changes because of magic is a bit of a dangerous area (it's going to constantly be draining your life, attracting the supernatural). The demon thing would be more temporary and it happens when they use their magic as opposed to always having it. The rest of those work perfectly fine, though.

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How far do you have to get away from the city before you can see the stars?

@ERode

Less of a matter of distance and more of a matter of height.

Only the buildings of the 2 innermost districts have the height to breach the smog.

Though you could likely get an inkling from the skyscrapers of the 5th to 3rd districts.