TheMerlin

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@Omni5876

"See for yourself," Leo said as he hobbled into the room on cast and crutches, using one of them to tap against the side of his plaster encased right leg. "Courtesy the laws of physics and a very hard deck. Healers said it'll mend in no time, but they're not letting me go until then so it looks like I'll be stuck here for a bit. Good to see you're still alive though... alive and well apparently."

Wearing nothing but a white hospital gown, the knight shivered slightly as he felt a chill in the room's air conditioned environment. It was noticeably cooler than the rest of the hospital ship, possibly meant to assist mages in recovering from exhaustion, though Leo couldn't help feeling that it was colder than it needed to be.

@deia876lat

Regardless, he tried to ignore it as he turned towards Tyrhallan and offered a lazy salute before saying, "Apologies sir, meant to report in earlier but Sarban decided to casevac me first. Wouldn't give me a say in the matter, the asshole."

Then in a more serious tone, Leo continued, "Also heard about what happened to Itzal. Is it true then, did he really lose in a fight?"

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I know this is a bit sudden, but how do you guys feel about making new characters to participate in the battle at Presper?

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Apologies for the silence, I've been intentionally avoiding the ooc thread to try and break through my block, but it seems like tonight's not going to be any different. I'm honestly kinda bummed out about it, but as long as you guys are still posting then I won't give up. I might be the gm, but you two are the ones breathing life into the roleplay and as far as I'm concerned, your ideas are just as valid as mine. That said though, there are a few things that need to be cleared up that and while deia explained a lot of it better than I could have, there's a bit I'd like to add.

@Omni5876 first off, don't worry about Leo for the moment. I'm not exactly sure what I want him to do or say yet (probably part of what's causing my block), so it's fine to edit that bit about him out and continue as is.

Now to answer your questions, I'd say that whether in Belisio or Vaim, mages are quite rare though I'm not sure what would be a good number exactly. I guess they'd be fewer than ki users, who are themselves also quite rare among the average citizenry. I think a suitable analogy would be comparing the number of those who are naturally talented vs those who acquire skill through great effort. Imo both kinds of people are few and far between, but maybe you or deia have a different perspective? In any case, I'd say there'd at least be enough mages for your Shooting Stars idea to work.

As for the advantages of either country, deia already explained it but I'll just make a minor correction. It's not that Belisio has more natural resources, they just have a higher concentration of it. Vaim has more territory and resources overall, but a lot of its land is just dry rock so they must expand for its growing population to prosper. Not any different from how it was pre-cataclysm really, they just don't have the Sorcerer King to rely on anymore.

Militarily, I'd say that Vaim has the advantage in numbers (in men as well as airships) and more powerful mages, but Belisio's knights and soldiers are an equal match for the Empire's troops, and they'd be more highly motivated in defending their homeland than the Vaimese invaders trying to take it. There's also the fact that the Vaimese are far from home, so they'd be vulnerable to a war of attrition.

Now to clarify on what deia said about healing magic, yes it does exist but it'd be a ki ability, not mana so mages can't use it. That said though, healing magic can be used on them and in a pinch, they could use fire to cauterize wounds or water for cooling burns. Not exactly healing magic, but it helps.

I'd also like to talk a bit more about magic in general, but that'll have to wait as I seem to have run out of time for today. All I have to say is...

(if this isn't what you had in mind, my apologies then for misunderstanding.)

@deia876lat

If it wasn't before, it is now. No need to apologize.

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Tried to post while in the middle of a writer's block and ended up with complete rubbish. Told my players to ignore it, but could someone delete it anyway?

roleplayerguild.com/posts/5210149

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Yet another incomplete post... Well at least it's a start. I'll try to finish it by tomorrow and add a section for Nena's interaction with Tyr.

Edit: I should seriously stop making promises I can't keep.

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I've actually been meaning to post for a while, but it seems I've hit a bit of the old writer's block. Idk whether it's because of the break or if 1 week just wasn't enough, but whenever I try to write it's like my mind goes blank and an hour passes without me making any progress. I'm going to make a serious effort to power through it today though, so fingers crossed.

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So it's been a week now and I managed to do nothing that I said I would, but at least I don't have to work until next Tuesday so I'll have that much time to work on the lore and new interest check thread. Guess I can do that in between posts. I kind of don't want to interrupt what's going on between Arn and Eilis atm though, so don't wait on my account guys. I'll try to post tomorrow but as far as those two are concerned, just pretend I'm still on my break.

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Sorry for the radio silence guys, it's like the moment I took a break from posting was the moment irl got more hectic. Christmas, what can I say. Anyways, to answer your question on the Vaimese @Omni5876, each side considers the other as the evil villain. The reason for the Belisians is clear, the Vaimese are invading their lands, but the reason for the Vaimese doing so will be revealed later. All I can say for now is that yes, the Vaimese are not truly evil as the Belisian are not completely saints.

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That's if it gets to that point before my break is over, I forgot to say. Otherwise, never mind what I said, I think it'd be a fun idea too.