Anyway, I'll keep up with any rule changes/revisions here in the first post, because that's probably a good thing to do in a playtest.
First, the rule changes for the setting:
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When making your character, you must have at least one rank in each of the following:
Your species
Your title
Your Strife Specibus
Magic and magic-like abilities will be handled as follows:
You get a number of uses per day of your magical abilities equal to the number of ranks you have in an ability related to that specific magical ability. (Ex. John gets to do the windy thing a number of times per day equal to his number of ranks in "Heir of Breath.")
Second, the rule changes that I make on the fly because some part of the system is broken (of which there should hopefully be very few):
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None yet!
EDIT: Third, ritual magic rules:
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Magnus Occulus
Magnus Occulus is defined as 4 main entities, The βέλος, The δόρυ με πελέκι, The δαχτυλίδι, and The ξίφος.
The βέλος
Sharp and fast, the left hand (the left side of the picture) of Magnus. It is he who strikes first, attacks first, damages first. The power of fire, ferociously, strength, using The βέλος is to utilize sheer offensive magic - anything from lightning bolts to great balls of flame, The βέλος is a force to be reckoned with.
"Strike fast, strike true, for none shall pierce as I do."
The δόρυ με πελέκι
The halbard, swift and fast but steady, is the right hand of Magnus. But unlike The βέλος, The δόρυ με πελέκι is defensive, meant to protect the wielder while The βέλος goes on a rampage. Spells that strengthen the body and soul are derived from here. Long-time followers of Magnus Occulus (one person) often uses the cleansing techniques of this area to sooth and heal the body and soul.
"Swing the halberd, follow up with the arrow. My speed offers a defence none can match."
The δαχτυλίδι
The Ring of Magnus is often known as his eye, for from within the circular boundaries, one can spy many a great thing within, whether it be from the future or the past. Linked to the brain, The δαχτυλίδι sees all. Within its depths lie the power of clairvoyance, scrying, divination and dowsing, though it is pupported that it is possible to achieve psychic abilities as well, such as transvection or pyrokinesis, though this has not been observed yet.
"As the ring spins, so shall the halberd and the arrow, for I guide them in the vortex that is the past, present and future."
The ξίφος
The sword is the spine of Magnus, and it connects everything else together, keeping the blade and arrow orbiting around the ring aligned. Mysterious but powerful, its effects seem to be a combination of all the rest, and though stronger, it is harder to predict what is going to happen.
"You cannot understand the mystery that is Magnus. A god, but yet not a god, alive but dead, Magnus cannot be sought or controlled by mortal men. I am his spine, but yet, I am his blade, and all shall bow before his might and glory."
There are four areas of ritual magic that can be tapped into, which are offensive, defensive, psychic and random. To utilize any of them, a number of sacrifices must be put forth, and the strength and power of its effects depends on the quality and quantity of the sacrifice used. Even then, the spell cast is seemingly random - you may sacrifice to The βέλος, but you cannot determine what spell will come out. It may be a fireball. It may be a lightning bolt. It may even be a hurricane that accidentally destroys your house. Its effects are unpredicatable and uncontrollable. The ξίφος is a bit special, as sacrificing to him may result in an effect from any of the other three areas, but the effect is noticibly stronger.
Finally, list of characters and whether they are dead or alive, as well as which attribute each of their titles falls under, and, once you find out, whether they're Prospit or Derse dreamers:
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Draketh Oculus - Seer of Doom (Mental) - Alive
Luke Zambwe - Page of Life (Social) - Alive
Marcus Crane - Mage of Time (Mental) - Alive
Laobhán Ó Hallmhurán - Witch of Mind (Mental) - Alive
Sir Urre de Lyonnes - Knight of Light (Physical) - Alive
Sean Doherty - Rogue of Space (Social) - Alive
Britt Sandau - Maid of Rage (Physical) - Alive
Agalne Maryam - Thief of Heart (Social) - Alive
Now, if everyone could please re-post their stats here now, and hold off on conversation until we have all sheets in this thread?
You are LAOBHÁN Ó HALLMHURÁN. Yes, most people do find your name rather unusual. Must have something to do with being a SÍDHE. Or not, but sometimes you would like to think you are. For a start, it would distance you from these thick-headed apes. Really, do they do ANYTHING but fight amongst themselves? And THEY'RE the ones in charge of the universe? Sickening. And another thing; it's honestly disgusting how easy you find it to SWINDLE THEM. You seem to be able to convince anyone of anything; hell, the only reason you got Alt-Earth in the first place is by tricking some poor sap out of his. Which you NEVER FELT BAD ABOUT. And of course, underpinning tricking someone is KNOWING ABOUT THEM, which you also seem to excel at. Or just processing information in general, but psychology does factor into it.
Some people might describe you as GREEDY AND AMBITIOUS, but that's utter BS to you. You have the skills to attain power and wealth, so surely you were meant to use them? Besides, you being in a position of power keeps some idiot monkey out of it. Some would point out your young age as an obstacle, but really, it's only a matter of time before that leaves the equation entirely. Assuming it's even an obstacle in the first place. You also have quite an interest in history and myth, especially Celtic myth, as one might expect. Though not your forte, circumstances do often force you to defend yourself with... er... force... in which case you make use of a NEEDLEKIND SPECIBUS. Silent. Elegant. Discreet. It's more or less as close to your normal MO as combat gets. You also rely more on AGILITY rather than toughness or sheer strength-maximum output for minimum input and so on.
Your Chumhandle (hey, it helps being able to talk to the ones you torment) is eldritchBeguiler and your words always seem to have an otherworldly tone about them.
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Concept: Fair Folk
Abilities:
Human? 2
Witch of Mind 2
Deception 2
Speechcraft 2
Analytical 1
Psychology 2
Gathering Information 1
Historical Knowledge 1
Needlekind Specibus 1
Agility 1
Attributes:
Physical: 1
Mental: 5
Social: 4
Flaws: Ambitious
Disgusted by humanity
And now I'm going to go see if my attributes have changed. You've picked a really awkward system for determining them, you know that?
And if I may nitpick for a moment, it's hAllmhurán, not Hallmhurán. Gaelic is weird.
EDIT: Ah screw it, I'm just putting in what looks right now. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by The-Mage-King, on water;
Hydrogen Dioxide! It kills more people than ANYTHING ELSE! Billions are CHRONICALLY ADDICTED to it!
Your name is AGALNE MARYAM. Though you are a member of the JADE-GREEN caste, being saddled with the singularly useless and high-maintenance IMPERIAL SWAIN as a lusus absolves you of many of your CASTE DUTIES. Shirking the rest has left you time to explore VESTMENT AESTHETICS, ROLE ASSUMPTION, and QUADRANT ANALYSIS. You ABSOLUTELY NEVER ship anyone you know. That would fall below the standard of DIGNITY you do reserve from your caste, and be highly unprofessional besides. Your talents and interests have turned you toward the path of the MOIRAILIENATORS, a covert MILITARY BRANCH regarded as GENERALLY DESPICABLE for the way in which they dispose of trolls whom the EMPRESS really HAS IT OUT FOR. Usually through making an UNHOLY MESS of their QUADRANTS by SABOTAGING or SUPPLANTING the MOIRAIL, leading to SUICIDE or NECESSARY EUTHANIZATION to preclude DESPAIR-DRIVEN RAMPAGES. You decided on this a sweep ago, and there’s no turning back.
Someone told you once that he didn’t find your chathandle, ghastlyArbiter, very fitting. He never learned e<x>actly how wrong he was.
Concept: Relations “expert”
M4 S4 P1
1 Thief of Heart S
1 Troll (Jade) MS
1 swatheKind P
3 Quadrant Theory M
2 Quadrant Assumption MS
2 Feelings Jamming S
2 Feelings Jarring S
2 Tailoring M
1 Schemestress M
No REAL fills, please.
Calculated emotion
Interesting, the only troll somewhy. Can't wait for this to start.
Your name is LUKE ZAMBWE, and you have DEVOTED YOUR LIFE to the PURSUIT OF THE RIDICULOUS. It's probably because of this that your friends always seem to think you are high and/or drunk, when you are neither, but you don't mind. You have a bit of an IMPISH STREAK, so you have a fondness for PRANKS, but you'd never try to seriously harm anyone. Naturally, you idolize the legendary COLONEL SASSACRE. Your house is full of WHIMSICAL METAL ANIMALS, such as your LOYAL BULLDOG CAM NEWTON. You have also trained long and hard to master the unpredictable HATKIND SPECIBUS, although your SYLLADEX'S MIRACLE MODUS is still unpredictable. Your tendency to FLIRT with ANYONE AND EVERYONE makes some of your friends uncomfortable, but you never seem to notice. Your chumhandle is chaoticAbsurdity, and you don't have a set typing style, mixing it up whenever you feel like it.
Abilities:
Hatkind 3
Page of Life 2
Human 1
Creativity 2
Friendliness 1
Determination 2
Prankster 3
Flirt 1
Attributes:
Physical 2
Mental 2
Social 3
Flaws:
Impulsive
Unpredictable
Kind of surprised I didn't end up being a Bard, but whatever.
Your name is MARCUS CRANE, and your life is one of ADVENTURE!
Ever since you were capable of standing up, adventuring has always been your calling, your obsession. Seeing new sights, overcoming new obstacles, making new friends... You have profound ATTACHMENT to such a lifestyle.
You have never really been interested in adventuring due to any tangible REWARD, but instead do it for the ADVENTURE itself. This has led to you not having much in way of FRIENDS as of yet, given that you wander around too much to properly GET TO KNOW people. Thus, you value your ONLINE CHUMS highly. One day, you hope, you will experience a GRAND ADVENTURE that will finally put an end to your WANDERINGS and show you your true PURPOSE. For beneath all your love for ADVENTURES, you sometimes feel lost and ALONE.
Your other interest is ELEMENTAL MAGIC, the PRIMAL FORCES of the universe having always been of special interest to you. Although you master but a small fraction of such power, you are still capable of bending the element of EARTH somewhat to your will. The rest will take TIME and PATIENCE to master... But you have no doulbts that you will manage after you have CONQUERED enough CHALLENGES.
Personality-wise, you are quite INTELLECTUAL and CURIOUS invidual, who seeks to understand the MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE. When confronted you can be somewhat FICKLE and HOT-HEADED, however. You are adept at LATERAL THINKING and have particular AFFINITY towards DOORS AND KEYS, both physical and metaphysical in nature. In fact, when beginning to solve a PROBLEM, you see it as a DOOR you must open to ADVANCE, with KEY being the solution to your dilemma. This particular mindset of turning ABSTRACT CONCEPTS into more MUNDANE and EASILY COMPHREHENDED things has allowed you to become rather adept at solving PUZZLES.
Your chumhandle is articulateAdventurer and you tend to type With perfect capitalization, as well as perfect punctuation. ALSO, WHEN YOU ARE EXITED OR MAD, YOU ADD HEAVY EMPHASIS TO YOUR TEXT!!!
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Concept: Adventurer Elementalist
Abilities: Human 1, Mage of Time 2, Keykind specibus 2, Adventurer 3, Terrakinesis 2, Lateral Thinking 2, Pathfinding 1, Dextrous 1, Portals and Keys 1
Attributes: Physical 2, Mental 5, Social 3
Here we are again... I will try to edit flaws in when I can come up with them.
Your name is BRITT SANDAU and you have no off button. No control valve. You live with NO LIMITS, TO THE EXTREME, and other cliches that you refuse to ever actually say except ironically because they're TOTES BULL****. You just don't believe in holding back anything, anywhere, EVER. You always speak your mind, run as hard as you can, dress hoever you want, and fight as hard as you can. It makes some people think you're COMPLETELY INSANE. It doesn't help that you always carry PAIRED BLADES, because attacking with only one hand is for LOSERS. Your pesterchum handle is biblicalBombshell and you swear A WHOLE ****ING LOT.
Concept: Unstoppable Girl
Abilities: 2xbladekind 3, Human 1, Maid of Rage 1, Acrobatic 2, Athletic 2, Intimidating 2, Sexy 2, Perceptive 2
Fatigue makes me wax philosophic and/or babble. If I've posted something strange and tangential, that is probably the cause. This entry would be an example.
Flaw:
Archaic Code of Conduct: (mercy, courage, valor, fairness, protection of the weak, protecting the innocent, being the champion of good against evil, being generous, general gentleness and graciousness to all women, ect.) Gear: Motorcycle, Various Chain weapons [some incomplete], bow, Armour and shield w/Heraldic Crest, Desktop.
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Your name is Sir Urre de Lyones. A number of INCOMPLETE ENGINEERING PROJECTS are scattered about your room. You have a variety of INTERESTS. You have a passion for ARCHERY, and some skill with it. You are a decent PROGRAMMER, partly because of the COMPUTER IN YOUR HEAD. You are a KNIGHT, along with having the relevent TRAINING and DUTIES. You also like to RIDE on your trusty motorcycle.
Your Chumhandle is cyberCavalier and you always speak in a formal, verbose, and sonorous manner.
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Your name is DRAKETH OCULUS. That is not your real name, but your NICKNAME. Your real name has been SACRIFICED to the ELDER GODS you now WORSHIP. Others say you are very WEIRD, which is probably true, since you make an effort to remove anything MAINSTREAM. You are a LEADER of your ONE-MAN CULT, which you take pride in, having spent YEARS developing its philosophy and rituals. As a hobby, you like to COMPOSE MUSIC, since both CULT ACTIVITIES and RITUAL MAGIC needs a BATON, which is your favourite weapon. There is a constant need of SACRIFICES for your MAGIC RITUALS, which you have resorted to SACRIFICING your SQUIDDLES and other FLUFFY TOYS as you have much difficulty catching the BULLS that roam your yard. You occasionally dabble in EXPERIMENTS as well. Your house is situated near a VOLCANO, and you enjoy searching its depths for OCCULT MATERIALS. You are FAIRLY PROUD of your OCCULT BOOK COLLECTION, and your SELF-CRAFTED MEDALLION that you made with the lava from the VOLCANO. Due to an RITUAL, you accidentally POKED YOUR EYE OUT with your BATON, and now, you WEAR AN EYEPATCH. In terms of personality, you are VERY LOYAL to your beliefs, and PRAISES YOUR GODS CONSTANTLY, trying to recruit others into your CULT. Your chumhandle is esotericVirtuoso, ãńd ÿøû špęäk wįth â råthėr štrāńgê äççèńt.
Stats
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1 Human
1 Title
3 Batonkind
3 Occult Knowledge
3 Musical Prowress
1 Surgery
1 Agility
1 Experimentation
1 Exploration
Attributes:
Physical: 3
Mental: 4
Social: 1
Flaws:
Obsession
Blind in one eye
Ritual Magic
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Magnus Occulus
Magnus Occulus is defined as 4 main entities, The βέλος, The δόρυ με πελέκι, The δαχτυλίδι, and The ξίφος.
The βέλος
Sharp and fast, the left hand (the left side of the picture) of Magnus. It is he who strikes first, attacks first, damages first. The power of fire, ferociously, strength, using The βέλος is to utilize sheer offensive magic - anything from lightning bolts to great balls of flame, The βέλος is a force to be reckoned with.
"Strike fast, strike true, for none shall pierce as I do."
The δόρυ με πελέκι
The halbard, swift and fast but steady, is the right hand of Magnus. But unlike The βέλος, The δόρυ με πελέκι is defensive, meant to protect the wielder while The βέλος goes on a rampage. Spells that strengthen the body and soul are derived from here. Long-time followers of Magnus Occulus (one person) often uses the cleansing techniques of this area to sooth and heal the body and soul.
"Swing the halberd, follow up with the arrow. My speed offers a defence none can match."
The δαχτυλίδι
The Ring of Magnus is often known as his eye, for from within the circular boundaries, one can spy many a great thing within, whether it be from the future or the past. Linked to the brain, The δαχτυλίδι sees all. Within its depths lie the power of clairvoyance, scrying, divination and dowsing, though it is pupported that it is possible to achieve psychic abilities as well, such as transvection or pyrokinesis, though this has not been observed yet.
"As the ring spins, so shall the halberd and the arrow, for I guide them in the vortex that is the past, present and future."
The ξίφος
The sword is the spine of Magnus, and it connects everything else together, keeping the blade and arrow orbiting around the ring aligned. Mysterious but powerful, its effects seem to be a combination of all the rest, and though stronger, it is harder to predict what is going to happen.
"You cannot understand the mystery that is Magnus. A god, but yet not a god, alive but dead, Magnus cannot be sought or controlled by mortal men. I am his spine, but yet, I am his blade, and all shall bow before his might and glory."
There are four areas of ritual magic that can be tapped into, which are offensive, defensive, psychic and random. To utilize any of them, a number of sacrifices must be put forth, and the strength and power of its effects depends on the quality and quantity of the sacrifice used. Even then, the spell cast is seemingly random - you may sacrifice to The βέλος, but you cannot determine what spell will come out. It may be a fireball. It may be a lightning bolt. It may even be a hurricane that accidentally destroys your house. Its effects are unpredicatable and uncontrollable. The ξίφος is a bit special, as sacrificing to him may result in an effect from any of the other three areas, but the effect is noticibly stronger.
Omg, the seer of doom! That is so thematically appropriate, haha! Can someone help me make an picture for my character? I can do one myself, but it'll have to be the week after, since I won't have the time to do it next week...
Just decided to post to say you guys have a lurker, because I like homestuck and I thought your game system was hilarious (plus I'd like to see how it plays).
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Pokedex #568: Roc Ness Arrgh I forgot there was a 5th gen and that number is taken now. D:
Avvie by Serpentine.
Not just ninjas, much as you love those shadowy rogues, but all manner of MARTIAL EXPERTS. Shaolin MONKS, kung-fu MASTERS, anything with that combination of ancient mysticism and lethal cunning. You started practicing martial arts yourself a few years ago in an attempt to get cooler, an attempt which FAILED MISERABLY, but at least it's decent exercise to punctuate the EXCESSIVE amount of time you spend on the INTERNET.
Not that you can really blame yourself there. You're a rather UNPOPULAR fellow around town for a variety of reasons, particularly your STRAPPING FRAME and MEEK DEMEANOR. It probably doesn't help that profanity makes you UNCOMFORTABLE.
Still, there are upsides. You're active in several GAME MODDING WEBSITES, where you've achieved a certain degree of INTERNET NOTORIETY for your bizarre and occasionally elegant projects. It's amazing, but people actually seem to like you there.
Your chumhandle is grandioseGrasshopper, and you type pretty normally, really. How else would someone even type? o_0
Abilities: Human 1, Internet Socializer 1, Martial Artist 2, (Title) of (Aspect) 2, Friendly 2, Programmer 2, Staffkind Specibus 2, Gamer 3
Attributes: Physical 3, Mental 3, Social 3
Flaws: High Anxiety
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91% of DMs started their first campaign while wearing pants. If you're one of the 9% that didn't, copy and paste this into your signature.
Any sort of introduction of your character is fine. Feel free to go ahead and start doing things, too. I'll let you know if you have the game yet when you look in your mailbox, or at any other time when you could (hypothetically) get a copy.
Two other things: In keeping with the Homestuck theme, please use the second person for IC posts.
Also, I've seen Homestuck games that make you keep your posts in spoilers until other players can see what you're doing. I think that's silly and you should be able to RP without using OoCn knowledge. Also, if something really needs to be private, that's what private messages are for... *menacing GM laughter*
If two people want to work it out off-site, they can, or they can just start writing in the IC thread and keep the dialogue going there.
Basically do whatever works.
Oh, should we decide who directly knows who (and how)? Sean could easily be internet-friends with anybody, he's active on plenty of gaming communities and much more sociable on the internet than in person. I'll try to stay on Pesterchum (grandioseGrasshopper) if anybody wants to get in touch.
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91% of DMs started their first campaign while wearing pants. If you're one of the 9% that didn't, copy and paste this into your signature.
Oh, that pink monkey? Ha. Hahahahaha.
I ate it.
Also, I imagine that Marcus might have met us all in person in the course of his travels. Like Jade, sort of.
Or else moirailienated the three trolls that would have made us four.
I'm now signed up as ghastlyArbiter.
Are people perhaps having trouble finding a way in? I'll happly type up some pesterings hinting at some character history or something if anybody needs a prompt.
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