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@imia it is a very interesting, original, and broad concept for a support mage that I haven't heard of before. I think that it's an acceptable start, and could definitely have a place in the roleplay. The things I would need to know for sure are:

What exactly is the reason this magic exists in the world? Is it involved with a specific god, religion, or culture? Is it for some reason a unique psychic (or empathic) ability that has only manifested in this one person? Making the lore fit the power is key for me.

Are your character's powers changing based on what person they're linked with, or do you simply need a connection to activate your own buffs? Are these buffs effecting both parties every time? I'm not worried so much about balance here as I am wanting a clear definition of what happens when you're linked with someone and why. Why would someone want to serve as your conduit? What's in it for them, and what might the drawbacks be for them.

I would honestly be very interested to see a character with rather powerful spells, but their spells drain their own mana AND their conduit. I think this concept sounds very fun.

If you can give me those answers, it should work out just fine.

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@shylarah enchanted items are more than welcome! I will say, I'd like it to make sense as to why your character has that specific item even if it's that you robbed another mage for it!

Lots of ways to go with a wind mage! Lots. Can't wait to see what you come up with, but take a look over my example character James at the top of the OOC thread, and the accepted Player character Elizabeth to see where the power level is. It's pretty high, so I could see lots of room for speed enhancements, flying, multi-cutting attacks, etc.

Edit: Having some specific lore around a few islands shouldn't hurt anything, either. So long as it doesn't get too crazy.

I've also been hoping someone might pick necromancer, so go nuts here as well and I'll reign you in when you've gone too far. Having zombies make up a chunk of the crew would be useful in giving the living mates a bigger share of the loot!

@imia please let me know what you're thinking, only one way to find out if it's acceptable!

Sea Of Spells (A world in which witches set sail)

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@Izurich HMMMMMMMMMMMMM well he is kind of my de'facto tank on the enemy side. One of the only ones I have a real personality in my head for. But I'm sure with a little direction from me you could play him just fine. Think a grumpy conservative for this guy. Doesn't even like how loosely members of the church today take their faith. That's without even scratching the surface of his hatred for witches. It is a bigoted, uninformed, uniform judgement as many religious fanatics do. Now put all of that in a physically imposing, 6'4" frame covered in Platemail and quoting scripture as he cuts men down, and you've got Gregor. The most violent and bloodthirsty of the witch hunters.

Edit: he really is everything Elizabeth hates huh lmao

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@shylarah more on the dark and gritty side. I cannot deny the adventure allegations, but we're thinking pirates of the Caribbean, not One Piece.

Thinking ghost ships, decks of ships filled with zombies, zombie krakens, going to be stranded once or twice, might get close to starving, and a big BIG focus on the war. Robbing, looting, pillaging (minus the murdering of innocent civilians) our main characters will be very morally questionable without being complete sociopaths. Y'know, PIRATES! hopefully this was the answer you're looking for!

Bleach: Rise Of The New Generation

I should need to just add my attributes, and I'll be going with Shunpo as my only one for now. Is it okay to post my character sheet to the character section already with those changes?

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The Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is out of it's infancy and off to a good start on the war. At least, as far as the Court knows. In reality, they've only begun to make up for the losses they've taken in the last twenty years. For a long time pirates did as they pleased across the Atlantic, robbing any and every shipping vessel they spotted. Just as the Navy got smart to regular military escorts for high value merchants, the pirates became well armed enough to sink their ships with relative ease.

It took a lot of resources, and many men's lives to finally figure out how to reliably control their shipping lanes at sea. Now the British economy is improving, and they've struck a few victories outright against the enemy. This new class of officers seems intent on keeping it that way. They have emerged through sheer natural law as the most elite combatants capable of taking on even magic wielding enemies with only their wits and steel.

This rule has trickled down to their crew members, as only the strong carry on when supernatural powers invade the ship. Only the strong of mind face the powers of the devil without cracking, and slow their heart enough to swing their sword. The British Navy nowadays are masters of their craft, proving more and more formidable when raided by pirates. Their officers are masters of combat as well as strategy, and their captains are often in a class of their own regarding one natural skill or another. Sword play, most often.

Admiral Torrington

Name: John Norris Torrington
Age: 45
Occupation: Admiral of the Royal Navy
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210lbs
Appearance:


Admiral Torrington is a man of 50, yet has kept in impeccable health all his life. A career at sea will do that to a man, what with all the sailing and hauling. Upon becoming captain of his own vessel he insisted upon investing a large portion of his own earnings into extra salted meats and dried fruits. Things that would keep at sea and keep up his men's strength while they hunted pirates. This means that his roundish figure is powerful, and unyielding. He has a barrel chest and hulking arms to match the strength of his faith.

Rarely does a grim expression leave his face. One wonders if the hard lines were carved by a lifelong military career, or if he was simply born with a darkened mood. One can easily tell his age by this and starch white hair. No one would be able to tell by his movements, however. He seems to be a creature perfectly adapted to war, an immovable object on a constantly rocking battlefield. One which never trips or falters at the crashes of the waves, nor the aiming of a pistol by a pirate.

Bio:

Torrington started his military career on land. At sixteen he fought in several skirmishes with the French, and eventually was recruited at an Officer's party by a member of the Naval Command. On recommendation from his commanding officer he made the switch, and by eighteen was a first mate to a fierce captain by the name of Reginald Hornblower. Perhaps it was his ability to roughhouse with the grown men of the crew, and win, or his well read wit. Few times did anyone find a flaw in Torrington's logic when discussing strategy.

So he was an indispensable soldier either way. Eventually as it always happens in war, Hornblower was struck down in the line of duty and John became a captain for the first time. Ten years after, he was a commodore at thirty. Something the others of his rank scoffed at when first suggested. His fleet's reputation for the least losses in the early days of the Pirate Revolution spoke for itself, however. Now, in the Kingdom's desperate regaining of ground, the King felt the Navy needed an Admiral of reputation and ability.

Natural Abilities:

As mentioned before, Torrington is incredibly strong. He once hoisted a small cannon and brought it around to the back of the ship. He ordered the rudder man to fire it several times at the small sloop which had been tailing them. He stood in place for each blast, and aimed at astonishingly well enough to sink the smaller vessel.

During combat, The Admiral is known to strap four blunderbuss to his belt and chest, and can quickly interchange each of them. When raided, he often positions himself in the middle of a firing squad, and uses these hefty shotguns for their cover while they reload.

In melee, he wields two hefty six pound cutlasses. They are custom made, each with three foot blades and handles large enough for a regular man to put two hands on. He most often sets up on his enemies with a series of chops which could fell an oak after a series. This is no berserker like tactic, but simply a proper application of force meant to break a person before they can come up with their own counter strategy.

Equipment: Two oversized cutlasses, four large Blunderbuss, two large ammo sacks hanging at the torso, one Spanish style metal breast plate; Not good for blocking firearms, very good at blocking melee weapons.

Magical Abilities: ABSOLUTELY NOT! How dare you sir?!

Commodore Briggs

Captain Luke Collingwood

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NPC Pirates

James "Bone Chime," Monroe

Name: James Nathaniel Monroe
Age: 26
Occupation: Captain
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180lbs
Appearance: James likes to hang loose clothing over his long and muscular frame. Better to be unassuming than show off the dense muscles years of work and fighting have sculpted for him. He has long curly uncombed hair, and a scruffy beard. Otherwise he looks like any other handsome bugger in England.

Bio:

James is a drifter like the rest of them. At fifteen he became a cabin boy in a privateering ship. Then, when the privateer work died off and so many of those ships became pirate ships, the choice to transition into the life was made for him. Life at sea, specifically stealing and killing, has been all he's ever known. Now at 26 it seems rather impossible to him to pick up a trade, apprentice under a blacksmith or leather worker. No, what would be the point?

Instead he'll stay on this path until he reaches the horizon. Maybe whatever's there will be worth it. Maybe his life will be cut short. One thing he's always known: it's the ocean he loves. It was what attracted him to the job in the first place. The chance to go anywhere except the old port of Liverpool. A ship is a ticket to freedom. Every sailor feels this and knows it. Since he first set foot in one the wooden planks have felt more welcoming than any cobblestone street or forest path.

For a time James stayed on his original ship. Under a man named Jefferson. One day they lost a proper sea battle to Veronica's own ship of which she was already captain. It was unclear why they had attacked, but before they all knew it they were being given the choice. Join today or sail away with their lives but no loot. James chose to join after seeing Veronica's supernatural prowess. This was before she demanded a religious commitment from her crew, and James enjoyed his time there at least as much as he enjoyed his first job. Veronica even informed him he had occult talent. He had apparently inherited druidic blood on his mother's side. Which made sense considering she was Irish. This led to his development in Biomancy. Though he uses it in certain gruesome ways specialized for combat, that portion of magic is actually of the Life Domain.

Now, Captain Kidd has gifted him with a sloop of his own. It was Kidd who taught him what piracy really is. Really, piracy is a rebellion. Against the government, against the gods, against one's own life circumstances. It is not only a means to make money, though it can be quite good at that if you're clever, piracy is what a person does when the whole world has fucked them over and they want to tell it right back to go fuck itself.

So with this spirit he's recruiting. James doesn't necessarily believe himself to be a "captain-ly," individual. He doesn't believe he particularly deserves the job. He does, however have the experience. Really, he learned from Kidd, a Captain's job should be to lead the crew in battle and mediate disagreements. Maybe come up with a good plan or two to decide who to rob. Other than that, the whole crew should be equal.

Kidd is a bit more sympathetic, but James believes the way Veronica and Blackbeard do piracy gives them all a bad name. The English papers can call them all cold blooded murderers because of their body counts. James sees himself and the Republic as the greatest band of thieves ever assembled. He intends to make sure the world knows that one day.

Natural Abilities

James is a balance between strength, speed, and technique. He hits hard enough to do serious damage to a bigger opponent, is fast enough to keep up with a smaller one, and talented enough to take on smarter or more versatile enemies. This of course means he'll never win a straight contest against a specialist. He must choose which skill to apply to which situation in order to succeed.

He likes to train with many different kinds of weaponry, really any he can get his hands on. In this way he has become a true jack of all trades. He is proficient with rifles, pistols, blunderbuss, large and small cutlasses, batons, daggers, and has even spent some time fencing. Every once in a while a French sailor makes their way onto a pirate deck.

Unarmed, James quite likes wrestling the way the Greeks and Romans did it. He finds it useful for incapacitating and restraining an opponent, so that they can no longer hit you.

Equipment

Flintlock Pistol × 2: slightly extended barrel for accuracy and range. Sanded grip for comfort.

Light single handed Cutlass. Standard cup hand guard. 3.5 foot blade.

Magical Abilities

Magic Type: Biomancy

Basic Effects: James's spell work allows him to absorb and produce organic material at will. This could be weapons or other intricate shape made of bone, extra limbs, even copying the organs of other living creatures. Both magical and natural. Poison sacs, gills, jagged teeth, night vision, anything nature has created is at his disposal. Not to mention generally he may increase the number of bones, muscles, and organs which are in his body.

When it comes to magical beasts, he must first come into contact with said animal before he can reproduce it's anatomy.

The cost to casting spells in this style is the organic material must come from somewhere. Plant material will do in a pinch, but animals (and people) do much better for when large mass is needed. A bit of blood won't do, either. To create a venom sack and fangs in his mouth, he would need to absorb an entire rat, for example. He can store an amount of organic material within his body equivalent to his own body weight, and usually does so at all times to be ready for an engagement.

Advanced Spells:

Touch of Entropy: though this is technically a basic effect of his powers, it can be quite effective in combat. Touching an enemy begins absorbing their flesh at the point of combat. It takes only moments of grabbing a wrist for his fingers to reach bone. Best to pull away one's hand immediately.

Nature's Tax: a healing spell of sorts. This ability allows James to regenerate his flesh and organs as long as he has the organic material to replace what was lost. He cannot use this power if his brain or heart stop working, or if he loses consciousness.

Osseus Platemail: James generates a suit of armored plates made from bone. Of course it is not seamless to allow for movement, and is very similar to Knight's armor in many respects. The difference being to get out of it it must be reabsorbed. The gaps in the armor can be taken advantage of the same with a thin sword. This ability would use all of James's reserves if there is no other organic material around. It is strong enough to block musket fire, and maybe one canon ball without shattering.

Beast Form: inspired by a werewolf crew mate he once knew, James designed his own beast form using his powers of generation. It is a creature the size of a Clydesdale. This of course means it takes much more organic material than the Osseus armor. It is semi-bipedal, with massive claws and fangs. The piles of muscle it has can snap a mast in half if it charged at it. The bony spines on its back are pointed and sharp. Even it's senses are superb. The nose of a hounded, ears of a bat, and the thing even has sets of gills and lungs. The only thing it can't do is regenerate since so much energy is used in it's creation, James is left exhausted afterwards.

Beast Form Faceclaim

(All of James's abilities use mana in addition to the organic material cost)

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@AliceInRedHeels for now, yes. In my experience multiple characters tend to cause posting to drag. However, I'm thinking I'd like to allow players to play some witch hunters or British captains for certain sections. Sort of a "bad guy of the week," scenario. So there's options there.

@lexisheeps Careful throwing too many concepts onto one character. I believe Alice was offering to be a more full time healer in her last post, plus like Izurich pointed out we each have healing spells already lol (though James can only heal himself) I say forego the healing if you're going pyromancer and just add in a little extra firepower, eh?

@Izurich imagine James using his self healing, you activate your heal spell, and he just walks through an unlockable attack. If that doesn't get Veronica's men to question their faith who knows what will lmao

Also, the limitations on your new power is perfect. Elizabeth is our first accepted character everyone! Please move her to the characters section