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Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

@Briza Alright, you're good then, send her over!

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

Double post aside, please note for all CS's currently in progress that I have made a small adjustment to the RP's timing and that it now takes place 30 years after Father's defeat rather than 40. This is for the sake of streamlining the ages of some characters with canon relationships, and making sure (as an example) Alex Armstrong wasn't in his 60s when he became a father.

For reference, I have a section at the bottom of the 0th post that is a change log; any adjustments made to the RP's rules, system, or setting will be noted there and I encourage a regular checking of it. Thank you!

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

@Briza Alright, seems somewhat feasible. Was it your thought that she can do so at a distance or by touch? Also, in your mind, where does her circle go to perform the action?

I'm fine for whatever if it makes sense. My only reservations for roll systems come from many, many years ago when I did RP in a game where it was entirely roll based, so if you don't roll high enough you just flat out fail, and my trained, old veteran warrior literally couldn't land a single hit on a skeleton, because RNG said so.

@Shandria

Yeah, that's... almost exactly what I'd like to avoid. I'll be taking a cue or two from a friend whose RP I'm in, where I've had a couple of times she's given me a "Because it wouldn't make sense" boost- like when the roll says my character should've gotten bowled over by a gust of wind, but he'd spent most of his life crewing an airship so she gave him a boost and said "He stays up, but it's difficult" instead.

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

@Briza Hmm. So, to make sure I understand correctly, her Satumine Skill uses Alchemy to rearrange the neurochemicals in her target's brain, leading to disorientation and possible hallucination?

Important, Please Read

Since it's been raised as a point of concern by a couple people now, I'd like to offer some clarification and a little elaboration on the Dice Rolling. It's not my intention to stake every little thing on a d20, nor is it my thought to have such things as "If you roll badly your character might get maimed or die". What I will try my damndest to have happen is that most of your odds for success will come from the situation you're put into, how you handle it, and how well you think through and describe your actions; in that vein, my intent is for the dice roll to, rather than be a flat "Beat this number or you suck," give me a little help (and inject a small amount of chance) in determining how much of a success (or how near a miss) your actions end up being. As a quick example, even if I set a difficulty of 14, if you hit a 12 or a 13 and your post was solid, you very well might get it anyway; or I might give you a partial hit rather than a full success.

If I'm being honest, the bit in the 0th post mentioning them is quite bare-bones, but that's because there will be a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff with the dice rolls that I'd rather you all not get too tied up worrying about or trying to calculate. What I can say for certain is that I place a lot of value and weight on a well-written post showing me a cleverly devised strategy (or, in some cases, something just crazy enough to work), and while sometimes bad fortune will strike part of my goal with hammering out the system is to have a bit of happenstance that could go wrong, but make it so that the player is equipped with all the tools to ward and mitigate Lady Luck's cruel side- provided they use them.

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

@Shandria Well, the trick of it as I look is there's a bit of a gap between understanding the theories and the chemistry having the ability to influence them with the circle. However, if you want, the Booksmarts could be expanded to cover the manipulation as well.

Moving forward then, the way Analysis would work as it is now is the bonus would kick in when she needs to solve some form of puzzle or problem out while under pressure, since it seems to be more angled toward keeping cool in those circumstances. If that's fine with you, just add a small bit to the end of Booksmarts that notes she's able to do the transmutations (just for the sake of being thorough) and you should be good!

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

Hmm. Okay, that brings up something I probably should've included in the system design, so thank you for helping me in that regard. The idea was that while some things you can try to do without a Skill and still succeed, there are also some things you just can't do without the proper training. Alchemy happens to be one of those. So, if you'd like her to be an Alchemist, I'm going to have to ask that a Skill be spent on it.

You have my sincere apologies for neglecting to cover that.

I'll wait to talk about Analysis for now, since you might use it's Skill slot on Alchemy.

As for the book, the biggest thing is what it says about Human Transmutation. I'm fine with saying that she's copied some records of attempts at it by others from over the years, but given how taboo it is and how Father was basically the only one to achieve even a semblance of success at it (and how he took great pains to keep such things hidden) I don't think she'd be able to find anything that details the exact specs of a confirmed process.

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

@Shandria It's an interesting idea, I just have a couple questions.
-So, to make sure I understand, she has a book about alchemy and alchemy circle imprints, but she herself is not an alchemist?

-Is her Analysis skill intended to be a boost under duress that applies when she needs to figure something out while under fire, or had you designed it to be more general-purpose?

-Finally, I would like to know how her Book came to be. Did she write it herself, was it given to her, or did she find it somewhere?

Neo Sorairo

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It seemed the conversation was getting a little out of hand. Ely, for her part, put two and two together and surmised that they were all cadets, which seemed to have an ostracizing effect upon the poor girl. But, Lucia thought, she'd be damned if she was about to let such an opportunity slip away. Ely was smart, kind, she had a soothing voice, and and she was quite pretty on top of it all. It was a chance to make such a friend completely outside of the Academy and the military, away from the fighting and the training and the constant vigilance. But if she didn't act fast, she might lose it.

"Oh, well, oui," Lucia responded, "I suppose the cat's out of the bag then. But, err, that said, well..."

Lucia paused for a moment. As mildly uncomfortable as Ely seemed to be, Lucia herself was feeling on the spot. Why was she nervous? This wasn't anything out of the ordinary, was it? All she was doing was offering her friendship... so somebody she'd met by chance, rather than being in the same class or sharing a circle with her family. She'd actually be offering her time in the future, with no guarantee that she'd see this person at a regular interval of any kind. Perhaps it was out of the ordinary in that sense, then.

It was ironic, really; the same girl who would fearlessly charge at an Invader was getting cold feet thinking of simple social interaction. But, she thought to herself, that simply would not do. If she could get through a life-or-death battle, she could certainly get through this. She took a deep breath, then spoke again.

"Well," she continued, "I'd actually like to make you less of a stranger, if that's alright? I think it would be quite nice to have a friend outside the Academy. Here..."

With that, she strolled back to her towel and reached into her bag. She fumbled around inside of it a little, but shortly her hand emerged again clutching her phone in its silver case. It was a solid model, not the latest or the sleekest, but it handled what she needed it to quite well and that was enough for Lucia. With it in hand, she ran through the various ID systems and password locks she used, pulled up the contact list, and extended the device towards Ely. "Your contact info, if you're up to sharing? Of course I'll return the favour," Lucia said with a warm smile.

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

I want to have what it takes. But RNG has screwed me more times than I care to admit in the past.

Can....... Can I have a descendant of the man, the myth, the legend himself, Major Freaking Armstrong, who is somehow, nothing at all like an Armstrong, and in fact is basically the exact opposite?

@Shandria

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Honestly same, RNG has never been kind, but I figured it'd be fun to see what happens anyway.

@Hero

Well, I'm going to try to not have everything hinge on just dice rolls. What I can say is that if you put the time and effort into your writing, I think you'll find the rolls weighted quite well in your favor a lot of the time.

@Eviledd1984 Come on down, we're still filling up!

@Vox Very nice, I'll chat with you about Anne at a later point in time. Everything seems to be in order, so you can add her to the CHaracters teb!

Law, Order, & Equivalence: A Fullmetal Alchemist RP

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