Speaking of which, I noticed that Open Heart is the only one of the charms that allow you to enhance an action with an invocation that doesn't grant 9-again to specific specialties belonging to said skill. Do ya happen to know if this is a mistake? If it helps, Open Heart is tied to Empathy, in the smae way that Keen Obsevation and Celestial Dance are tied to Investigation and Athletics respectively.
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Is it? I don't see Celestial Dance saying anything about 9-again.
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No, you're right it's not... Which means this might've been intentional, or the editor goofed twice...
OK, I felt the need to gather the evidence on that one, and here's what I have found:
There are a total of 14 charms which permanently improve a certain skill for the transformed Princess. Of these:
9 Charms grant Invocation and the 9-again to a single specialty, as you stated.
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Life of the Party, Unseen Traveller, Illuminatus, The Naked City, Fire on the Mountain, Razzle Dazzle, Keen Observation, and Liberal Artist
2 Charms that allow to Invoke a single specialty, but instead of 9-again negate the penalties for improvised equipment
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Ministering Angel and Always Prepared
2 allow Invocations on all rolls of a skill, but without the 9-again bonus
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Open Heart and Celestial Dance
And lastly, Data Wizard adds 9-again to all computer rolls, but doesn't allow to apply Invocation.
So, no, that doesn't seem like an editing mistake; rather, a different patterns of skill-boosting Charms.
update: got a confirmation; yeah, all those Charms are working as intended.
So...We're looking at a potential Moriarty Amanojaku, someone (Cult of Broken Dreams? Darkness agent?) trying to drive a depressed teen to suicide, a battle between two supernatural entities...An exciting start, I'd say. XD
OK, I felt the need to gather the evidence on that one, and here's what I have found:
There are a total of 14 charms which permanently improve a certain skill for the transformed Princess. Of these:
9 Charms grant Invocation and the 9-again to a single specialty, as you stated.
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Life of the Party, Unseen Traveller, Illuminatus, The Naked City, Fire on the Mountain, Razzle Dazzle, Keen Observation, and Liberal Artist
2 Charms that allow to Invoke a single specialty, but instead of 9-again negate the penalties for improvised equipment
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Ministering Angel and Always Prepared
2 allow Invocations on all rolls of a skill, but without the 9-again bonus
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Open Heart and Celestial Dance
And lastly, Data Wizard adds 9-again to all computer rolls, but doesn't allow to apply Invocation.
So, no, that doesn't seem like an editing mistake; rather, a different patterns of skill-boosting Charms.
update: got a confirmation; yeah, all those Charms are working as intended.
This all sounds fairly reasonable!
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So...We're looking at a potential Moriarty Amanojaku, someone (Cult of Broken Dreams? Darkness agent?) trying to drive a depressed teen to suicide, a battle between two supernatural entities...An exciting start, I'd say. XD
So I'm working on backstory, but I need to have Iscariote at hand to finish it (due to Two Heart, One Soul and all that).
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All I can say up to now is that the blossoming will take place in her first true concert: she had already some concerts, but that were the first true one, on a big scene and all.
A small notification. Decided to switch Aria to my primary and legno to my secondary Invocation; I also decided to trade out Soothing for multiple as my Levinbolt upgrade.
A small notification. Decided to switch Aria to my primary and legno to my secondary Invocation; I also decided to trade out Soothing for multiple as my Levinbolt upgrade.
So wait, now we're three Champions waving around upgraded Levinbolts?
So I'm working on backstory, but I need to have Iscariote at hand to finish it (due to Two Heart, One Soul and all that).
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All I can say up to now is that the blossoming will take place in her first true concert: she had already some concerts, but that were the first true one, on a big scene and all.
Just to be clear, you're a 15-18 year old who's had a major concert? I could see you playing at small venues, but it's going to be a little weird if you're actually a legitimate big deal around town.
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So wait, now we're three Champions waving around upgraded Levinbolts?
Hey, here's a thing people who are bored or done with their preludes can do.
Post three things your character is interested in.
Post any after school activities your character attends.
Post any cliques or circles your character frequents.
Post anything you think is a good story hook for your character.
I like to run character based games, if you haven't been able to tell. Expect anything you post to come back and bite you violently!
I'm also trying to figure out what to do with people who finished their preludes fast. I'm hoping everyone will get wrapped up fairly quickly. Two days at most.
Should we post stuff our characters do after their prelude? Erin's gonna be one busy girl, even before other Princesses find her...
Sure, if you want. It'll be one week until you all actually meet. In that time you'll be having an audience with your queen and generally be getting the hang of your powers. I might give you some info, but not a whole lot. Not until we really get started.
Wait, just a week? That's a lot less time then I thought. Guess I should remove that extra Dot of Inner Light then; don't think she'll have enough time to focus on increasing it amongst the whirlwind of change that'll be happening to her afterwards.
Guess it's time to do a bit more editing to my sheet then.
Should we post stuff our characters do after their prelude? Erin's gonna be one busy girl, even before other Princesses find her...
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Wait, just a week? That's a lot less time then I thought. Guess I should remove that extra Dot of Inner Light then; don't think she'll have enough time to focus on increasing it amongst the whirlwind of change that'll be happening to her afterwards.
Guess it's time to do a bit more editing to my sheet then.
You could just innately have a stronger Inner Light than most people do.
Sola is going to be a young harpist, therefore, given how this instrument is considered, she could have been to make music for something like a dinner or something. Even without this differences, there is a cap between playing in bars and playing in a concert room, even a little one.
Sola is going to be a young harpist, therefore, given how this instrument is considered, she could have been to make music for something like a dinner or something. Even without this differences, there is a cap between playing in bars and playing in a concert room, even a little one.
I could buy you playing as part of the school band, or even having your own solo part in that, sure. I'm not sure anyone would give a teenage girl a part-time job playing harp in a hotel lounge, though.
As a final edit, Swapped out Reflected Light for Celestial Dance; in the end, it just fit better.
Also, pardon all the wait, had a test today. In any case, I believe Mia is finally up to par with how I'm envisioning her. My apologize for the trouble it may have caused; but hey, that's what preludes are for right?
Hm, but Sola could have been noticed by some critic, labeled as a "prodigy" and offered a chamber concert as a result; I believe harp is more of a classical music as opposed to popular one, anyway...
Also, yeah, I think a gymnast would definitely get a Celestial Dance; it essentially reads, "get a bonus of your Aria to all aerial acrobatics, for free".
Hey, here's a thing people who are bored or done with their preludes can do.
Post three things your character is interested in.
Post any after school activities your character attends.
Post any cliques or circles your character frequents.
Post anything you think is a good story hook for your character.
Erin Watson is interested in:
-Science. She reads science books and magazines, she's been playing with chemistry sets and electronics since she was a kid, and she can easily get lost in Wikipedia for hours reading about physics.
-Science-fiction. Erin dreams of advanced robots changing society, humanity migrating to orbital cities, grand tales spanning galaxies and timelines. From the hard science of Arthur C. Clarke to the soft science of George Lucas, Erin loves tales of the future, the futuristic, and the impossible.
-The state of the world. Erin may look at the global picture more than at the personal one, but she is concerned. Endemic poverty in third world nations. Low literacy rates. Rising crime rates. A disappearing middle class. Worrisome statistics. She is hardly a doomsayer, but she believes there's so much that could be better, that should be better. She tries to do what little she can - she donates to charity, she signs Amnesty International petitions, she tutors classmates - but she never feels it's enough.
Erin's after-school activities...Well, she doesn't get out that much, you know? She generally spends 1-3 hours a week tutoring classmates. Several times a month, she helps out at the local branch of Amnesty International, trying to get people to sign petitions and the such. She's part of the school's debate team. She gets some extra cash designing websites. And of course, she spends a lot of time at the library, or tinkering in her basement.
People Erin frequents...Well, she doesn't really have that many friends. There's a handful of classmates she helps out with schoolwork. Most of her social interactions are online - some friends she's made in various circles, ranging from science to science-fiction to interest in the world's welfare to just random acquaintances.
Plot-hooks:
Erin is already trying to "do her part" by tutoring classmates. Now that she's a Princess of Diamonds, she'll certainly try to take that to the next level: She's got Practical Magic, she's got Echo, she's going to see if she can turn around some of the problem students at school and inject some hope in their lives, salvage their education and all that.
Erin is also going to take her responsibility to build a better world pretty seriously (and with some enthusiasm). Part of that will be trying to learn more about hunting down supernatural threats (she'll certainly be looking stuff up online, and asking questions in the Dreamland)...but, no less importantly, she's going to be looking into the mundane things that can make the world better, globally or locally. She'll probably be investing some XP in Politics pretty early as she strives to get a better understanding of how things work in San Diego, and what needs fixing.
You can all still change whatever you want on your sheet before we begin play with the group. So, no problems there. That is, as said, what preludes are for.
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Hm, but Sola could have been noticed by some critic, labeled as a "prodigy" and offered a chamber concert as a result; I believe harp is more of a classical music as opposed to popular one, anyway...
So I did some research, and such a thing does exist. Incredibly rare, but I've found a few examples.
I still find it hard to reconcile allowing this, but if silphael is willing to take dots in Fame I'll let him have it. Keep in mind Sola would be ALL ABOUT the harp. She'd be the talk of the town. If she transformed during a crowded performance people are going to know about it.
I could see her getting a solo piece as part of an orchestra, as a compromise. Still very important, but not as crazy as packing the house as a teenage girl harp hero. Once again, that's a very public transformation. Most people will forget, but there's a chance not everyone will.
Sorry for the late. Here is the Character Sheet to my Shina Campbell
Background
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Shina is a teenage girl (16 years old) who's travel around the world with her father and meet a large bunch of guy. To the bad guy to the helpless.
One day, with her exploration group, they fell in an ambush made by treasur hunter. She refused to abandon, but crushed by the number and power, she lost consciousness. At least this is what she believed, because a part of herself blossomed.
What really happen remind in her mind the night after the clash.
But she couldn't repeat it again until one night when she was invited to a representation of classical music. Here, she saw another girl who seemed to have the same inner light as her. Shina doesn't understand it at first, but when the orchestra begun, it was as if Shina was the girl and the girl was Shina. The symphony inspired the young woman who begun to sing with them and then, the two young women understood what happen to them.
Sola, despite being one of the prettiest girl in her school while she was little, got the chance to evade the little miss contest. Would have she won one of those, the rest of her history would probably have been far different.
But it isn't the history of "little miss godforsaken place", it's Sola's story.
Born from to affectionate parents, Sola began playing music as she was very young... the neighbour learned it quickly enough, because at this age, all a child could do is striking again and again the same thing.
The thing is, her parents encouraged her to continue, and she began to learn an accurate sense of rythm.
When she entered the school, she began to learn to read and write, and at the same time learned how to read music.
One year later, she choosed her instrument. She singed well, but harp appealed her, and she choosed it.
She took part in a concert as she was 11. She hasn't a big part to play, it wasn't difficult, and wasn't the main melody, but she enjoyed it, and decided to continue so. She saw the look of the listener, heard their voice rejoicing after the concert... and she loved it.
Five years later, she had a very long solo for the first time, and she was rejoicing ahead of the concert for it.
When the time comes, someone began to sing in the room, but it didn't anoyed her : to the contrary, she managed to adapt her music to the song, which, without being something perfect, were coming from an innocent heart. The other musiciens managed to stay calm at this instant, despite their surprise, and they finished the concert without any true other problem.
That was her blossoming, and so she found her friend for life, Shina.
Sola Rose's interrest are:
-music, if it wasn't clear enough ^^
-partying
-debating about the why behind a lot of political decisions
After school activities:
-training in music
-debate club
-tried, once, cheerleading, but dislike it
-sometimes some little musical animation to earn some money (in french we say "cachetonner", but I don't know this word in english...)
Cliques and circles:
-debate club
-music club
Plot hooks:
-one of the musical animation may take place in the house a shadowed
-she is trying the best she can to interrest the others from music cclub, to push them to try harder, to train harder, in a word she is musing them. As Erin, that may bring things one way or another.
-now that she knows what she is, she will do anything to rise the spirit of the people around her, and, over time, she will consider far more far places and people as being "around her".
Great. Sorry if I was being too antagonistic about your backgrounds, that wasn't the intent. Those will do. Now, since everyone is almost done with their preludes, I'm going to give you an option. Do you want:
A) Me to run a prelude for both of you and you can join the game late, probably after everyone else meets.
Or
B) We'll leave your background as is, and you can join in as everyone is meeting up and doing their first evil slaying thing.
Oh, are you two going to have a Palace seperate from the rest of the party?
Why? We will be a party, so we can make one. It's just that Sola and Shina known each other since a moment ago.
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Post three things your character is interested in.
Post any after school activities your character attends.
Post any cliques or circles your character frequents.
Post anything you think is a good story hook for your character.
Interest:
-Other people
-Old History
-Music, song
After School
-Driving a bike on the back land of cities
-Shopping
-Meet Jet Set
Circle
-University's Teacher of History
-Jet Set
-Industrial representative (sponsor for investigation)
Plot Hook:
Since she come back at the university, Shina live in the appartement she receive at her mother death. It's the place were she was born and lived the first years of her life. It's an important place in her memory.
At Inedible
The B case for me too is good for the moment
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Oh, I ask because you have 6 dots invested in palace, 2 of which are in size; which coupled with the ones the others have invested...well, we're gonna have an awefully big palace.
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