TheMushroomLord

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

@Myrna Minkoff

Regarding the Fish

Just out of curiosity do you have a source for the vitamin D making skin darker.

From what I understand in colder climates when people have darker skin it's usually because they're getting the vitamin D from fish rather than having to produce it in their skin, the process for which would have been inhibited by the presence of melanin. This alternate method of receiving the vitamin allows evolution to select for darker skin as a beneficial trait.

This is to say that the skin tone in this case is the product of evolution and not epigenetic and as such could not be acquired through a diet rich in fish without many generations of such.

Take what I just said with a grain of salt though and tell me if I've misunderstood something, I might have. I just thought you might be interested.

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

I'm sorry, it's just that I do have a clear, fleshed-out setting here. It's a personal work for me as well as something I think works well in RPs: When you have an established setting you know what's possible and you know what can happen. I want to keep the rules consistent and I want to keep the races consistent.

That's why I want people to ask questions and please wait for my full response. Even when I don't have something completely fleshed out at the very least I can provide a general idea of it.

@VitaVitaAR

I mean there's nothing wrong with that approach at all. I've always been a fan of the give detailed lore but leave large enough sections of it blank as to allow flexibility approach, setting tendencies and upper limits but leaving plenty of wriggle room in between. But that's only my personal opinion.

I would say that it might be worth holding off on an initial response until that more detailed one or at least mentioning there will be one in the initial response, because I can see how one might jump to the conclusion that that's all their getting and get frustrated.

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

I think I'm going to have to drop out of this one. I like the setting, but from looking at the problems that players have faced in the character creation process so far I feel it might be a bit to ridged which coupled with how detailed and fleshed out it is means it's not quite my cup of tea. That said the premise and setting do still interest me so I might read along.

@Raineh Daze@VitaVitaAR

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

Not a good reason to be undead, no. Particularly as undead might not look undead but it wouldn't take months to realise "wait, I don't need food or rest".

@Raineh Daze

Ah sorry, I'd made the assumption that other than what was written they were still pretty much normal people and subsequently still needed food and rest, simply not needing to be so choosy about how they acquired it, my mistake. I did forget to ask about that after all. Oh well, it's not like it'll be hard to adjust my CS to have it be a human with amnesia rather than post mortem amnesia.

On another note, just before I finish up my CS could I get some information on how the guild determines the ranks of its members? Is it based off some kind of ability assessment or work done with the Guild? Particularly I want to know how long it might take a previously unskilled and relatively unfit amnesiac with a knack for picking up new skills to rank up as a Coin.

@Raineh Daze@VitaVitaAR

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

Damn, there goes that idea. My original plan was to create a sentient undead that woke up in a field a while back with no memory of their former life, not even realising their undead nature for the first few months after awakening, given sapient undead look like normal people as far as I can tell. The idea was to have their inability to find out who they were previously and the realisation that it really doesn’t matter be the basis for their personality and the lack of memories being their drive for becoming an adventurer. Unfortunately, that’s more of a character gimmick than a good reason to play a sapient undead, so I don’t suppose that’d be acceptable? Figured I'd check anyway.

@VitaVitaAR@Raineh Daze

Dungeon Clearer! The Wonderful World of an Adventurer

I'm also interested. Might make something soon.

A Funny and Clever Name for a Superhero RP

Ava was running to school, thinking up increasingly elaborate excuses for not having her homework, when she'd overheard some kind of argument, seemingly over some kind of accident. Despite doubting her ability to do anything about the dispute and having no current intention to attempt to do so, curiosity still managed to get the better of Ava. Not thinking to slow down as she rounded the corner, her momentary lapse in attention was enough to prevent her from noticing the girl until the moment before she collided with them.

Ava somehow managed to maintain her balance only to be pulled down into a comically tangled mess a moment later by the girl as they attempted to right themselves by grabbing onto Ava’s brightly coloured outfit.

By the times she’d recovered from the crash the girl Ava had collided with had already managed to untangle herself. Ava couldn’t help but notice the girls stare which stung a little, but given that she seemed to be offering Ava a hand up and for some reason apologising in spite of the collision not being her fault Ava guessed that she probably didn’t mean any harm by her staring.

“I’m fine thanks… I’m also sorry! I swear I didn’t mean to run into you!”

That didn’t quite sound right did it? Ava grabbed the girls hand, pulling herself up as she silently reprimanded herself.

Snobby Students Are Summoned As Heroes?

Phann found the elf’s concern to be rather amusing if a little out unusual. Was it because Phann was no longer covered in burn scars? No, the girl had borne witness to Phann acting like a crazy person and seemed to be aware of her identity, so maybe this person was just kind? Whatever the case Phann resolved to at least try and get a better reading on the elf before taking her antics too far.

The girl had said she was a student by named Tiki, Phann couldn’t say the name sounded familiar, so there was a chance that that was just a nickname or something, but then again it wasn’t like she actually remembered most of her classmate's names anyway so it could just be that. Tiki’s reasoning as to their course of action made enough sense, either way, it was a gamble but at least if they followed the others if they survived they’d have other people to rely on for help.

”Okay then, sounds good to me!"

With the plan in mind, Phann nodded in response to Tiki asking if she’d be able to stand, a few moments later pulling herself up with a dramatic teeter for effect and taking a moment to shake off. Damn pins and needles. It was definitely starting to seem to Phann like Tiki might actually just be a good person, with her offer to let her rest, the constant apologies and the comment about elf solidarity… wait. Phann’s hands reached for ears, poking at the tapered points.

"Holy shit! I’m an elf! You’d think I would have realised this earlier, huh?"

Phann figured that explained the tingling feeling she’d had in her feet, either that or some kind of summoning sickness. Speaking of which a similar tingling sensation had begun in her stomach so maybe eating those butterflies earlier hadn’t been such a good idea, didn’t really matter now there were more pressing matters to deal with, like Mr Angry Roars. After a mighty stretch and a failed attempt at violently cracking her neck, Phann turned back to Tiki.

"Okay then Tiki, I suppose it's best if we get going now… Onwards to that way!"

Phann pointed vaguely in the direction Albrecht’s party had headed off in holding her arm out for a few seconds before beginning to move in that direction. Only a short while after she’d begun her march a bright light flashed from somewhere behind Phann and a feeling similar to the one being caused by the literal butterflies in her stomach, albeit somewhat more annoying, washed over her. Turning around Phann immediately spotted the source of the disturbance, a massive beam of light, looking like the result of some kind of arcane WMD, shining up into the sky from where she’d previously seen the now presumably dead lizardman.

"Hehehe… That’s our cue to begin running the hell away right? ... Tiki?"

Glancing over at Tiki, Phann realised the elf wasn’t doing so well. Was it panic? Maybe, kinda hard to tell, but this seemed like something else. Running over to her companion Phann grabbed onto the elf’s arm, yanking at but not really doing much given her lack of strength.

"Come on, you know I’m a fan of games, but I’m really thinking it’s probably time to get going, you know? Also, my new year's resolution was to die no more than once per day and there was that thing you mentioned about elf solidarity, so I’d really appreciate it if we could get moving."

Phann briefly considered ditching Tiki, but that seemed like a bit of a dick move after the elf had offered to help her, so instead she busied herself continuing to tug on Tiki’s arm and breaking down into manic giggles, partly because Phann found the whole idea of dying immediately after being given a second chance hilarious, but mostly because she was panicking.

@soph

A Funny and Clever Name for a Superhero RP

Ava woke up to the sound of her phones alarm blaring in her ears. Groggily she hit the snooze button, rolling over on to her side and squeezing her eyes shut, hoping to get in just a few more minutes of sleep, before finally, several minutes of unsuccessful rest later, giving up on the idea and getting out of bed.

Running down stairs Ava greeted her parents, not waiting to hear their response before dashing off to get ready. After chucking her stuff in her bag Ava briefly paused to concider making herself something to eat, but deciding in the end that she wasn't really hungry enough and couldn't afford to be late for school anyway.

In spite of how tired she felt Ava held a grin on her face as she hurried off to school, long gone by the time her mother shouted at her to eat something before school and only stopping to search her bags at the realisation that she couldn't recall grabbing her homework from her desk before leaving.

"Damn it!"

After a brief internal conflict, the zombie like girl decided she didn't have time to head back now and would just have to make an excuse if any of her teachers questioned it and resumed hurrying to school.

Snobby Students Are Summoned As Heroes?

Phann had just wanted to eat her insectoid delicacies in peace. That was a lie actually, she couldn’t say enjoyed the butterflies taste, quite the opposite in fact, and she didn’t exactly have much of a mind for peacefulness either. Either way she hadn’t expected to be greeted by the elf girl from earlier flying through the air and colliding with Phann. Unprepared and rather lacking in the strength department, Phann was easily toppled over and found herself pinned underneath the elf's body? Well this was awkward.

”Good eeevening… ahhhhhhh… hehe… this voice still sounds weird!”

Wrestling one of her arms out from under her body Phann began theatrically gesturing with it as if to emphasize her words, putting on quite an impressive show of completely ignoring the fact that she was currently stuck under a elf.

”You can call me Phann, Avoid Her, Go Away or any one of my other nicknames! Anyway, you wouldn’t happen to be a student, bus driver or terrorist by any chance would you or do I just sound like a crazy person?”

Phann let out a small deranged giggle and flung her free arm wildly out to the side in a less than comfortable motion, just in case there was any chance that she didn’t sound like a crazy person. Quickly trying to work out who this person sitting on top of her might be, assuming that they where another student, Phann came up with nothing, realizing she hardly knew anything about any of her peers at all and hoping that whoever the elf was they would just give her their name. Maybe it hadn’t been such a good idea to have isolated herself from pretty much any and all social interaction with normal people for most of her life, then again, it wasn’t like Phann had any plans on so easily giving up her ideological beliefs and starting to act like a normal person.

"Ya know it might be worth us moving away from Mr Angry roars at some point, maybe hide from it in the forest when it comes out?"

@soph