I'm back, probably even more insane than I was.
It's just I'm not ready to enter if this is dying. ;oP HoNk
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Sat, 03/15/2014 - 18:49
#352
You bet.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 18:55
#353
Replies
@Malkalack: Okay. I'll see what I can do.
@Seatus: W00T!! Welcome back man! This RP is still alive and kicking, even growing. Let's see that app. >:)
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:17
#354
Plot advancement
Ooh, I could use this event with Cicero to bring both he and Gwen back to the surface so I can expand on the Morai invasion.
...or I could just knuckle down and try to make sense of all the chaos and make stuff happen.
Or I could let players make alternate Morai characters. Opinions?
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:18
#355
#Sonosuks
I guess I understand why you would ask that, since half the players are on only occasionally.
Join Us, Seatus
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:20
#356
#Sonosuks
Wait, alternate Morai characters? Like Morai variants of our own, or completely new Morai? Cuz I just killed off my first one a few posts ago.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:23
#357
@Sonosuke
Completely new Morai. Their stories should be separated from your mains
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^like this.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:26
#358
#Sonosuks
Would they be having their own mission, or helping Elzilia doing whatever it is she's doing?
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:34
#359
Yesssss
HERE WE GO!
Name: Xindao Spade
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Highest Isoran (True Royalty, decided by blood color)
Appearance: Black loose clothing, a black belt resembling a snake that appears to be eating its own tail, no shoes(no defense power). Black hair, and horns wreathing around his head looking like a crown of thorns, blaring white. Young appearance, 6 feet 2 inches, and eyes are unknown, as he wears a blindfold to cover his blind eyes. He is unable to see. A long tattoo of ancient Swarm language wraps a line around his body, looking to be in the form of a snake.
Weapon: A 4 and a half foot-long gavel-like staff, the power of 6* on it's side. It takes one turn from the person it's attacking to actually do some damage, so it's pretty powerful. It is black. It can only do status damage rarely and against opponents who "deserve" it.
Traits: Black blood. Psychic abilities. Can recall gavel to hand. Cannot control elements or shadow elements, but purify their potency, this is a buff for his friends and enemies. He can see the Core's light, the only thing he can see really. He can mask his presence when hiding, but not become completely invisible. When he wants to present himself, an abominate power encompasses himself. He plays for either side equally, ultimately his side. He's benevolent until proven malevolent. Core can communicate with him. Swarm can communicate with him. Tattoos glow at night or in extreme darkness, the colors of fuchsia and gold lighting them up. Separate personalities encompass him, Benevolence and Malevolence.
Personality: Benevolent. Kind to others. Destructive. A threat. He is mysterious. Ambivalent, in all terms.
Bio: The Highest Royalty of the Isorans, Xindao has spent his time as the most well-guarded secret of Isorankind. He has been locked deep in the darkest of cells, guarded by half of the armies most well-trained unit. He has advised Kings and Queens of Isora for more millenia than can be counted, and only appears like a 16 year-old. His blood is black, and his crown of horns is signature to his position. His DNA is the purest of any Isoran, and seems to be full of energy that signifies some other source entwined with his bloodstream. He was released into Cradle for the sole purpose of gaining the current King and Queen eternal life, as they commanded of him. His gavel was his birthright, and his divided personalities were the Judges of Isorans from the moment they were born. He knows the injustice he has been caused, and so he will give the King and Queen just what they deserve. He won't stand for injustice, never. His title is spoken in hushed tones only by two sources. The King and Queen, and the Core. He is His Ambivalence, the Judge of the Court, and the Core offers him his rightful place as a new Judge. The Swarm agrees, the only thing that the two have agreed on since their birth.
He will find a way to deliver all injustice, and fulfill the prophecy the gods and devils far away have laid out for him. The ancient infidels guide him, and he will make friends of the good side and the bad side. His past is unknown, but maybe this was a character that was once a part of the story, and has resurfaced in his rightful place, and not one he has lied about. The dark of Cradle and the blood soaking into the ground is the time for wrongs to be righted. Xindao is the Royal.
...sounds about right.
LONGEST APPLICATION OF MINE BY FAR HOLY....
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:36
#360
#Sonosuks
"Xindao is the Royal."
Seems legit.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:38
#361
U_U
*can't tell if being condescending or not*
*throws Chromalisk baby at Sonosuke*
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:49
#362
@Seatus
Well now! THAT is an interesting character. You do have a knack for making really unique ones. Xindao seems to have a lot of power, but whether he's overpowered remains to be seen.
App accepted as-is.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 19:52
#363
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:20
#364
@Seatus
Dang, you've got a lot of brushing-up to do! e_e
The Garrison is east of the Haven Town Square, opposite the Bazaar.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:22
#365
Dual meanings.
u_u Do you mean improve abilities or improve knowledge of what's going on?
:o) HoNk
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:23
#366
Double Post!!!
@Double-Post
We meet again old enemy. =.=
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:24
#367
@thin
Need some advice man, should I just meet ya and get the battle over with between valkeries, send him into hiding, or jst have him start building some things up in the intel department?
Was also considering making an easier character to play in the morai, but i need to know a little more about them
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:39
#368
Replies
@Seatus: Improving knowledge. There have been several major updates since you left.
@Blessid-Bombardier: You need to meet up with Hexlash's character Brandon. I'll be describing the Morai in more detail later.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 20:42
#369
Oh okay. U~U
I was scared you were criticizing my post. I almost coughed up a lung. (no no he's fine) ;~;
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 21:36
#370
The quiet.
It disheartens me when the threads get like this.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 22:04
#371
I'm sorry that I've been quite disconnected from this story myself, but I don't have time to try and figure out everything that has happened before Brandon joined.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 22:08
#372
@Hexlash
/sigh
Blessid-Bombardier seems to be ignoring you, and frankly, it's ticking me off.
Time for a little modervention.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 22:11
#373
Heheheheheheh!
MOD-ervention
*giggles in giddiness at wordplay*
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 22:50
#374
:/
Okay guys, just for your curiosity as in what is going on in my story arch, here is brief run through of what happend.
Elzilia, a Morai secret operative / super soldier, is sent on a task to defeat the valkyrie queen. The three spiress that is maintianing the pwoer of all valkyries stand in her way. By removing these spires, the valkyries will begin to loose their power and eventually rendered to mere mortal, Elzilia is currently attacking the golden spire, the first of the three spires. Teaming up with one of her ranking superior, an old spiral convict and a male night valkyrie, they embark on a journey to eliminate the white council of the cradle. Yes, I am controlling four characters, it is hard work.
Golden spire:
Boss: Judge Xinos
-A primordial tree of near infinite wisedom, this tree has being in the golden spire since the beginning of time, father paradise assigned him to be the judge of the sinned and wicked. His will along can decide who is, and who is not a sinner. But now the tree is corrupted, judge Xinos, in a blinding rage, has classed every one on cradle a sinner. His breath has the magical power of accelerating decay or reverse the course of nature, bending the fabrics of time it self.
Platinum spire:
Boss: Immortelle (AKA the first valkyrie)
-A primordial valkyrie, retainning all the perfection of an original valkyrie, without the weaknesses added by the mutations, he is the true perfect valkyrie, with the purity of his mind, he gets to decided whether or not a person gets to go to heaven or go to hell. Father paradise gifted him the blade of genesis, the sword that was used to create a gap between the chaos and the paradise, this weapon cannot be used by mere mortals.
Diamond spire:
Boss: Nezunazali (AKA the mother)
-Father paradise's consort, the mother to all celestial beings and the goddess of fertility and hapiness. She becomes corrupted as well, started to give birth to abberations as well as demons. She is sealed within the diamond spire while her children searched for a cure. While she is trapped inside the diamond spire, she is impregnated by the chaos and evil around her, inside her womb, an evil is growing. But due to her love for the baby, Nezunazali is determined to give birth to this child. The child must be destroyed, if failed, cradle will fall into an age of darkness.
Sat, 03/15/2014 - 23:06
#375
I might have forgotten to mention U_U
Xindao is interested in mostly males, but claims to be pansexual. U~U
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 06:30
#376
Oh helm concerned!
Dude, Gwenivere is comically overpowered, yet still a character in this game. How am I supposed to fight a Valkyrie Queen, if she has "2" in EVERY SINGLE category. AND, to top that off you arbitrarily removed Vog from my character, making him even weaker.
(@ Thinslayer)
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 06:35
#377
Malkalack
I am not Thin but maybe I can help explain:
1.) She is a Valkyrie, this she has more power then a human could ever have. You started a fight with a monster that you an't going to win.
2.) You summoned her to remove the Vlog from you system so you have no one to blame but yourself.
3.) At this point you need to use your asset's to your advantage and get back to the others and tell them what you know. Remember strangth in numbers.
4.) You put your self in this situation by hitting on Gwen so I really can feel any remorse for you PC. Hitting on something that tried to kill you, not smart.
5.) At this point you need to run, staying an fighting will lead to your PC's death and a big fat GAME OVER for you mate.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 06:56
#378
Psychnade
Blesse is slowly making her way around Haven, she didn't walk up to anyone. She is looking for Jaxter yes, but she is still in town square.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 06:59
#379
Band-wagon ho.
Everyone's done some sort of humanoid thus far.
I plan to correct this:
Title: Wildwood Legend.
Name: Anguis, "The Ghost in the Ground".
Appearance: http://images.ados.fr/1/medias/photo/8737506873/28866172ef/img-img.jpg
Faction: Whichever can win its trust.
Race: Ancestor of Chroma / Serpent
Sex: Male
Life Stage: Ancient
About your character: Amongst the various legends already known in the vast expanses of the wild-woods, including that of the Great white Lumber & Swarm riddled beast, there was another, lost in both book and record, passed only by local tongue. The centre of such legend is a beast that was thought extinct long ago. Anguis, the Ghost in the Ground.
Strangers told of it to be weakly related to the Chroma of today, only seen through its reptillian nature. It bore a long, serpent-like body, with a thick scaly hide covering its body. A piercing gaze that could stare into the mind & soul of any who caught its eye-line. But what was most distinctive was how it vanished almost as fast as any had spotted it. Not into the air though, but deep into the ground. Some say it delved into the clock-works, and created the very holes that today's elevators were based upon. Others say that such things were just nightmarish tales, spun by elders wishing to scare the young, to keep them out of the woods.
However, ever since the Knights of Isora departed, and the woods calmed of activity, holes have been seen across the ground in the wild-woods, going as far up as the surface of Cradle. Yes, it could be some drilling machine brought upon by the Morai. Or, if your imagination is free to wander, it could be that such tales of the Anguis are not yet done.
Gear: Fangs, Muscular body, powerful tail, extremely tough head.
Special Abilities: (see below)
Stats:
Muscular: 1
Sensory: 2
Analytical: 0
Endurance: 2
Abilities: None
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 07:57
#380
I have a slight problem with this RP...
Hey Seatus, Welcome back. (Indeed.)
So, I've been noticing something a lot recently. Right now, The story feels like many stories shoved into one, Left to unfold without interaction from other players. I don't mean to be rude, But Midnight's shown this already. I'm not saying that it's bad and you shouldn't keep doing it, But you could improve.
For starters, Elzilia (Keep wanting to type Elizia for some reason) and the others have a wonderful plot, But it crumbles before the massive wall of Roleplaying: "Not Relevant"
It may be relevant to the story, Yes- But is it relevant to anyone but You and Thinslayer?
Right now, I'm questioning the compability of the story, Not the story itself.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 08:58
#381
#Sonosuks
Uh... what just happened?
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 09:17
#382
Replies
@Malkalack: Gwen is a plot driver and the "Hand of the Game Master", so to speak. Her overpowered stats are important to both roles. Killing the plot driver 1. derails the story and 2. removes my "hand" from the game, limiting my interactions with the players to descriptions of environment and the occasional takeover (like "mysterious teleportation"). And if you had been able to maintain her allegiance, she would have been a powerful ally in your fight against both the White Council and the Morai.
I removed Vog because I thought you wanted that. My bad.
So Darkwatck is pretty much right on the money.
@Edolas: Very interesting character! But we could really use more Morai, so I'll hold off accepting this one at the moment. If I hear confirmation that you'd really rather play as the beast, I'll accept it.
@Liminori: Now that you mention it, I think you're right. Is anyone here willing to propose a solution? It need not be a single big one - we could somehow try to pull all the other chars together in-game individually.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 09:32
#383
@ Thinslayer
Waitaminute. My character is going to DIE because you have no other method of driving the plot?
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 09:36
#384
Confirmation.
Id really rather play as a beast.
Per usual preference.
As a compromise, the morai could always gain his trust 1st.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 09:56
#385
#Sonosuks
Maybe bring the characters together when they're forced to fight the Fallen Valkyrie. IF Elzilia already took down the Queen. I'm saying if because the Queen could have been taken out by the time the Knights get past Snarble.
If she didn't, then they can come together against the Queen, where Marsh would show his true colors and they'd be forced to fight him as well.
@Sho no one is going to Tinkinzar just yet. We have to at least take out Snarble and the Queen beforehand.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 10:16
#386
Replies
@Malkalack: I didn't say that. I was saying that *killing Gwen* is not an option because I have no other method of driving the plot. But Cicero will almost certainly die if you try to power play or god mod your way to victory, and he will definitely be injured if he tries to stay and fight. Even running away is unlikely to be successful, since Gwen is stronger and has more endurance, and can thus outrun him. The only way Cicero can come out of this unscathed is by talking Gwen out of killing him.
You can start by not antagonizing her any further.
@Edolas: app accepted.
@Sonosuke: Problem is, the Valkyrie Queen is supposed to be the final boss.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 10:30
#387
#Sonosuks
OOooh that makes sense.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 10:43
#388
#Sonosuks
Would any kind of poison apply in-universe?
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 10:45
#389
@Sonosuke
Depends on the type of poison and the intended target.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:19
#390
#Sonosuks
Hmm... I was thinking something along the lines of a stronger variant of the in-game poison status. Nothing special, just applied to Sono before his regeneration started up, hampering it's process on his left arm.
As to how he got it: a Morai's flourish had a venomous tip and he was sliced down the length of his arm. Of course, I can just say he healed through that as well.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:22
#391
Replies
@Sonosuke: You could do that. If you really want to debug yourself, I won't stop you. ^_^
@Seatus: Bear in mind that both Spirals and Morai are Isoran.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:22
#392
The ingame working of Poison hurts you for healing. So in a since you would be killing yourself with your own Regeneration.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:27
#393
#Sonosuks
Well I actually forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me Dark.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:33
#394
Aware
@Thinslayer
Yep. Absolutely aware. This is very important to Xindao's fantastic plot.
@Liminori Yes, you're right. But I am always open for someone to join me instead of Thinslayer, mind I'm not tired of his company. I'm just open for new experiences with these new and interesting players.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:33
#395
Seatus
I believe its inferred that the Arcade was blocked off, hints why Thin stated the remaining Morai are trying to find out what they where hiding. Don't get me wrong I could be wrong. But as it stands I believe the Morai led you to one of the entrance's of the Arcade but no inside it.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 11:34
#396
Theeeeeeeen
Bwahhhhhhh edits.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 12:06
#397
I have found the problem!
This looks more like a bunch of separate stories where many "main character" types are all being tugged by a bigger "main character" type...
...which isn't good.
And Thin, like in the past, I think you MIGHT be pushing a little too hard for a story that you want (even if you're GM, it looks like it isn't gonna work).
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 12:15
#398
Feline-Grenadier
It can work, the only problem are the PC's. Remember they all have to work together inorder to push the story forwards. If some one strays too far from the main story line then Thin must take it on himself to fix the problem. Now that stated you have to see it from the side of the PC's. We are telling the story based on the clues given to us by Thin or the plot driving moments.
IN other words we can do this, but everyone has to work together to keep it from derailing.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 12:23
#399
Oh helm yeah!
Yes, I have a plan. No, I'm not dead. No, I'm not telling you.
Sun, 03/16/2014 - 12:26
#400
@Malkalack
I suddenly had an idea.
Don't post yet. ;)
... Did you really just ask that question?