Everyone's A Hero Again ( Freeform newbie heroes, LGBT friendly )

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Everyone's A Hero II: Everyone's A Hero Again

Welcome, new adventurers!

Amberdale is a little town in need of helping hands. The rabbits are in the watermelons, Sister Melody has misplaced her prayer book and goblins are pilfering our coal. This isn't exactly what you'd call heroic work, but everyone has to start somewhere

Your tale begins here.




(Thanks to Crash for the snazzy graphic!)

This is meant to be a sexy lighthearted farce of RPG starter towns. All kinds of character archetypes are drawn to Amberdale for their first baby steps into adventure, from half-angel orators to drow assassins to heterochromatic bunny-eared summoners of eldritch horrors. The game will be loosely guided by quest-style events where a job will be posted, and one or more people may answer the summons for a quickie low stakes quest. Alternatively, you might hone your skills under local trainers, fill the blacksmith's position, settle down and raise a farm- the door is wide open.

Characters from last year's game are welcome to return and may have a little more experience and renown, if desired.

Amberdale
Your home for now is the quaint, sleepy town of Amberdale, a caravan stop between the Eastern Trade Road frequented by familiar fantasy races and the Shadow Vale Caravan Route inhabited by monsters. Creatures of both types inhabit Amberdale's cozy cottages and till its pastoral fields peacefully. Small farms cut into the spooky Oldwall Forest where gnarled old oaks are found strung with fairy lanterns, and a dense canopy lends a perpetual twilight. Living space for transient adventurers include the Vine and Horn Inn and Tavern, temple to the benign local gods, a barracks shared with six whole town guards, the witch's tower, and truly rustic trader's camp. All told the population is about 200, which means everyone knows everyone and new faces are reliably a source of entertainment.

Character Sheet

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[b]Name: [/b]
[b]Race: [/b] <Human, elf, half-ooze, centaur, etc>
[b]Sex: [/b]
[b]Orientation: [/b]
[b]Occupation: [/b] <A character class, or what you do in town if you aren't adventuring>

[b]Mode of Attack: [/b] <A thing you wield to give a goblin a nasty surprise. Be specific! If you're a spellcaster, make it a single spell>
[b]One Thing In My Pack: [/b] <One special thing that aids your adventuring career, but isn't always useful - silk rope, animal treats, a map, the holy symbol of your deity>

[b]Description: [/b] <If you have additional images, those can go here in spoiler tags>
[b]Personality: [/b]
[b]Likes: [/b] <Material things, scenarios, kinks; give us a practical idea of what you want to write>
[b]Dislikes: [/b] <Conversely, those things you don't want in your story>
[b]Story: [/b]

Crash


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Hobbes1266

Looks like it could be fun. How meta would we be allowed to be?

Crash

Everyone's favorite Wererabbit thief!!!!

Name : Low Moon Sung
Race: Wererabbit
Occupation: Thief!
Orientation: Pansexual
Ons : Pretty much anything not in offs.  Like most bunnies Low really likes sex.
Offs : Bondage, Barthroom Stuff, Pain
Favorite Mode of Attack:
Sneaky, sneaky.  Stabby, Stabby.  – Low works best when she has the element of surprise.
Ninja Stars!!!!! – Low throws shurikens
Height : 5’0”
Build : Low is a petite thing with slightly thicker hips. 
Description : Low is a quick little bunny with brown ears and brown hair.  She dresses in whatever patchwork clothing she feels looks interesting regardless of whether or not the article of clothing makes sense with the rest of her outfit.  She is a hodgepodge of stolen goodies and discarded treasures. 
Personality : When she isn’t stealing something Low is lazing about or in the middle of whatever sexual encounter she feels like having when she is feeling in the mood.  Full Moons are particularly arousing times for the wererabbit.  Poor Low has a bad reputation around town, but she is really pretty harmless.  Half the time what she steals in really only of interest to her and seen as useless baubles by others.  That doesn’t stop her from stealing valuables, they just aren’t a priority unless they are shiny or pretty.

Story :  Low has a few warrens just outside of Amberdale.  The wardens know about her main warren, a small but cozy place near the outskirts of town, but Low is a smart little bunny and never stashes her favorite things there.  Those go in her “bank vaults.”  While Low is generally a harmless annoyance to the town she can fight, she just does not fight fair.  Low would much rather ambush and trick others than stand toe to toe with them.  Her moonblade knives look impressive and she has scared enough things off with them even though they have no other real ability than storing moonlight.

If you are looking for hidden places around the valley you could do much worse than asking Low, just remember to check your coin purse before you leave and bring something to trade. Low doesn’t give anything away for free.


Or Necromancer


Name : Esmerelda
Race: Human
Occupation: Bubblegum haired necromancer!
Orientation: Lesbian
Ons : Graveyards, Gifts, Flattery, Being Watched, Outdoor sex
Offs : Animals, bland sex, bad hygiene
Favorite Mode of Attack:
Sick’em Pinky!  - Esmerelda is a lover not a fighter.  When the going gets tough, send in Pinky!  Pinky is the nickname of Esmerelda’s former jealous lover and her most favorite skeleton.  While Pinky (Penny Alabaster) was annoyingly jealous when she was alive, her unfortunate fall from death, while spying on an adulterous Esmerelda turned out to be a real blessing….of Esmerelda.  Pinky’s jealously in death as made her one heck of a bodyguard.  Yes she is a frail skeleton and has little idea how to wield the axe she carries, but she is really easy to put back together and forever willing to get in the way of danger so Esmerelda can turn tail and run.  The relationship isn’t all one way (anymore).  Esmerelda lavishes a lot of attention on Pinky touching up her pink dye and painting her metacarpals and metatarsals pretty colors.


Bolt of Inky Black Stuff – Esmerelda is still learning her newest spell, but hasn’t gotten the knack of it yet and it fizzles more often then it works.

Height : 5’10”
Build : Tall and shapely
Description : Esmerelda has poreline white skin and bubblegum pink hair.  No one knows exactly how her hair got that color or what bubble gum is, but the quirky Necromancer frightens most people so they don’t really question it.  Esmerelda likes to wear revealing mourning wear.  She says it is a reminder of the beauty of death, but really she just knows she looks damn good in it.
Personality : Esmerelda is pretty self-involved.  She tried being all moody and dark, but it didn’t really work for her.  If you can get around the fact that her world totally revolves around her Esmerelda she can be pleasant enough and if you get her around a graveyard she can be down-right frisky.  Don’t expect her to stick around if things get hairy though.  Her idea of helping is sicking Pinky on the nearest threat then hiding until the danger is gone.

Story :

Esmerelda has always found a way to get out of doing anything that resembles work.  For the most part she has been pretty successful.  Yeah she may flirt, cajole and use her wiles to get her way, but that is hardly work.  Esmerelda hooked up with a local necromancer for a while in hopes of learning how to stay eternally young, but found some of the rituals really icky and a lot of work so she hasn’t progressed in her studies to far yet.  That and she dumped the guy because he was a real downer so she has had to figure it all out on her own.  Esmerelda can often be found at the town cemetery.   She finds it both calming and exciting and really likes the old crypts for their craftsmanship.



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Dhi

Not very meta. This is a real, incongruous world, not an MMO. You're welcome to be silly as this is meant to be lighthearted, but there aren't quest icons, people don't lag out and run into walls, MMO-style names won't fly.

Low Moon Sung is welcome! I'm planning to change the character sheets a little bit to hopefully make them more accessible and emphasize some things over others.

Edit: Or Esmerelda.

Hobbes1266

Okay that's why I'm asking. At the moment I'm thinking of a sadistic paladin but I'm not sure.
Edit: or maybe an alchemist who's experiments often go (sexually) wrong...

Crash

Quote from: Dhi on April 20, 2016, 05:20:40 PM
Not very meta. This is a real, incongruous world, not an MMO. You're welcome to be silly as this is meant to be lighthearted, but there aren't quest icons, people don't lag out and run into walls, MMO-style names won't fly.

Low Moon Sung is welcome! I'm planning to change the character sheets a little bit to hopefully make them more accessible and emphasize some things over others.

Edit: Or Esmerelda.

I figured as much.  I just wanted to get them out of the old thread. :)

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Crash

Quote from: RedPhoenix on April 20, 2016, 08:33:00 PM
Would a somewhat inept drow slavemistress in training who took a wrong turn and went to the wrong starter town but is too vain to admit it be too silly?

Oh god...that is awesome.

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JoanieSappho

Hm. And I have an idea for a wizard-in-training. Who kinda keeps forgetting the whole 'training' thing, since she's usually distracted by writing filthy books and being a general pervert. Who actually has absolutely no actual sexual experience or knowledge and is probably in for a massive surprise when that changes. "W-wait ... you put it in your mouth?!"
Possibly big friends with that alchemist, if you go for them, Hobbes.

Or the old 'princess runs off to ADVENTURE!' trope. Where the princess was almost certainly allowed to go, because she sucks at disguises and keeping secrets. Also fighting. Still tries, though, bless her.

Dhi


Crash


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TotesRider

Sounds fun... maybe I could play a dashing hero wanna be who gets turned into a 'grunt' kind of a monster... like was turned into a slime or a zombie or something but still tries to continue his heroics and overcompensate. Plus his antics in battle mimic that of professional wrestling (smack talking, using grapple attacks and objects like chairs, carrying a microphone like object and even talking to the opponent as though they were in the middle of a match "Okay so after you hit me, i'll counter and choke slam you got it?")

Rel Mayer

Oh my. This looks amazing.


... I've shown so much interest to so many group games lately, but I think I'm gonna have to say yes, yes, yes to this one!

Crash


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Rel Mayer

Quote from: Crash on April 20, 2016, 10:22:04 PM
Awesome Rel. Glad to have you aboard.

Excited to be here! By the way, you pic you used for Esmerelda is one of my favorites!

Crash

It is one of mine too.  I never got to play her in the original game so I may play her here.  Not sure yet.  Low was a lot of fun.

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Dhi

Quote from: TotesRider on April 20, 2016, 09:28:33 PM
Sounds fun... maybe I could play a dashing hero wanna be who gets turned into a 'grunt' kind of a monster... like was turned into a slime or a zombie or something but still tries to continue his heroics and overcompensate. Plus his antics in battle mimic that of professional wrestling (smack talking, using grapple attacks and objects like chairs, carrying a microphone like object and even talking to the opponent as though they were in the middle of a match "Okay so after you hit me, i'll counter and choke slam you got it?")
I think so. I like the idea of a polymorped hero. Just keep in mind with the wrestling stuff not to get too meta, we don't actually know about things like microphones and folding metal chairs. Tavern brawling and theatrics are absolutely fine.

TotesRider

Okay I was just spouting off dumb ideas <~<; I'll cut out the wrestlin stuff

JoanieSappho

Name : Johanna Laurus
Race: Human (mostly)
Occupation: Wizard/Secret smut writer
Orientation: Uncertainly bi, prefers women
Ons: Breasts, taller people, confident people, heavy petting, voyeurism, kissing/licking (except butt stuff), non-human partners (especially non-humanoid ones)
Offs: Bondage, Bathroom Stuff, Pain, anything rough, anal, rimming, bad hygiene
Favorite Mode of Attack: Flail Wildly - although exactly as strong and martially trained as she looks, Johanna will, when in a panic, slap the shit out of any and everything around her.
Kill It (All) With Fire - while setting things magically on fire came easily to Johanna, aiming did not.
Height: 4’10”
Build:   Very small and slender, slight bit of belly pudge

Description: Short and delicately built, Johanna has quite clearly led a sheltered life free from work, stress and, judging by her paleness, direct sunlight. Give her a week or so out in the sun and she'll probably turn red and start leaving flakes everywhere. As the only child of minor nobility, she has been relentlessly spoiled for most of her life, and it shows, especially when dealing with people. Her ancestry is a bit muddles, and the identities of several of her grandparents are only rough guesses at best. Apparently the women in her family have a thing for other races, and it's widely suspected that her grandfather was a halfling or a gnome, which would both fit with what the people who knew her grandmother say she was like, and explain Johanna's small size. As for clothing, she has a ready supply of outfits but, most of the time rarely ever bothers to change out of whatever she slept in the night before.

Personality: Sheltered, innocent and startlingly well-educated, Johanna still shares in the characteristic xenophilia of her family, however she hasn't been given the chance (or had the courage) to do more than look. Often half-asleep or tired, she is very much the absent-minded mage, although her training in those arts are rudimentary at best. Not for lack of effort on the parts of her tutors or, indeed, natural talent and intelligence on her side, but Johanna's mind drifts easily and often and she tends to miss things. Still, the etiquette lessons (finally) sank in and she is a nice, polite young woman, even if her sheltered life has left her rather gullible and innocent. And, although she hides it, she has a very filthy imagination and sense of humour

Story:  With the fact that simply being taught how to master her magic was well and truly shown to not work with Johanna, the case was made by her that the only real way she could learn was by doing.And that the best way for that would be for her to, finally, leave home. While her parents took much convincing, and only permitted her to go to the quiet town of Amberdale, Johanna was overjoyed. At last she would get to see the big wide world and do things, instead of simply staying inside and, using a false name, writing stories with names like 'Seduced by the Sphinx', 'Fingered by Frost Giants' and 'Pounded in the Butt By the Ethereal Plane'.
Despite the quickly obvious fact that she has absolutely no real knowledge of how sex works, these stories seem to amuse their readers, although she sees them as true erotic masterpieces.

Crash


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Revelation

Just showing up here to say i'd love the chance to replay my Inumimi monk character, or maybe make something different.

Dhi

Character Sheet

[float=right][img height=400 padding=8]<URL for optional character image goes here>[/img][/float]
[b]Name: [/b]
[b]Race: [/b] <Human, elf, half-ooze, centaur, etc>
[b]Sex: [/b]
[b]Orientation: [/b]
[b]Occupation: [/b] <A character class, or what you do in town if you aren't adventuring>

[b]Mode of Attack: [/b] <A thing you wield to give a goblin a nasty surprise. Be specific! If you're a spellcaster, make it a single spell>
[b]One Thing In My Pack: [/b] <One special thing that aids your adventuring career, but isn't always useful - silk rope, animal treats, a map, the holy symbol of your deity>

[b]Description: [/b] <If you have additional images, those can go here in spoiler tags>
[b]Personality: [/b]
[b]Likes: [/b] <Material things, scenarios, kinks; give us a practical idea of what you want to write>
[b]Dislikes: [/b] <Conversely, those things you don't want in your story>
[b]Story: [/b]


Returning characters can add to this

[b]One Extra Trick: [/b] <An additional thing you've mastered, such as animating a loyal skeleton>

so we can grandfather in those slightly more powerful characters.

If you're playing a returning character please also consider making them a class trainer! This is a perfect niche for a character with a little more experience.

Example NPCs:


Name: Gianna & Bianca
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Warrior Trainers

Mode of Attack: Gladius & Heater Sheild (Gianna), Shortbow (Bianca)
What's In My Pack? Bandage (Gianna), Bird Whistle (Bianca)

Description: Gianna is a svelte, cheery young woman with an expressive face accented by ruby lipstick that always leaves a mark. Cozy locks of warm chestnut hair keep her insulated in the cool forest. Gianna is a mori girl, layering herself in loose skirts, vests, scarves and tunics of blueberry, cornflower and sky blue over snug stockings of robin's egg or white. A scent of vanilla, white honey and acacia drifts from the fabric like a perfumed doll.
Bianca knows the appeal of her hourglass figure, and it gives her confidence. The natural sway to her walk is slow and gliding, preserving the well-teased dirty blonde bouffant against country winds. A mori girl like Gianna, she weaves wildflowers into dark shirts and dresses of rust red, blum, bordeaux and sanguine, always with a highlighting trim at the hip. Her own perfume is white sandalwood, tea leaf, and berry leaves layers with Gianna's to call to mind a sweet pagan festival in an elven forest.
Personality: Gianna and Bianca are sisters at arms, rarely encountered apart, but both are outgoing and gregarious creatures. Both share a mercenary outlook, selling services to the highest bidder without moral compunction, and both squander their earnings at the Horn and Vine drinking, gaming, and socializing, where they're often among the first faces seen by new arrivals. As a proponent of action without thought, Giana follows her instincts and speaks frankly; Bianca is a more reserved student of the masters, but still has no special love for social conventions.
Likes: Training, tavern culture, helping ladies to self-actualize, a little pain (Gianna), an audience (Bianca)
Dislikes: Joining you on a low-paying quest, settling down, humiliation
Story : Gianna was raised on a farm, and Bianca by her tavern wench single mother. They met as young women when Giana shucked her responsibility to her family and took a job as a sellsword traveling with a caravan. In a town much like Amberdale she met Brianna, the daughter of a tavern wench, using her natural assets to unload a seedy bowmaker's wares. With bigger dreams between the two of them, they headed a two-woman mercenary company and bet everything on making it big in Amberdale. Although they achieved marginal success as adventurers, there was better profit to be found in regurgitating tricks of the trade and techniques read in books to a fresh-faced audience for coin.

Revelation

Name : Enkh
Race: Inumimi (Wolf-person)
Occupation: Martial Artist, Monk trainer
Ons : Musicians/bards, Dancers, defending the weak, fellow martial artists. Women with 'vavoom'/curves, mildly pleasant scents, light bondage, mutual roughness, oil, body paint, and similar ways to temporarily decorate people, And in general the players ons and offs.
Offs : Loud noises, pungent odors, petting his tail without permission, scratching his ears the wrong way, jerks, and player offs.
Favorite Mode of Attack: Budding practitioner of Nokhai-соео style. (Tribal martial arts focuses on mostly punches and kicks)
One Extra Trick: Wolfs claw strike (quick attack that induces bleeding on the target)
One Thing In My Pack: Body paint kit



Height : 6'2"
Build : Lean and toned
Description : A tall and well built man, Enkh shows much of his heritage in his appearance. Somewhat dark skinned and with a messy mop of white hair, the striking locks almost hide his tufted ears. Usually seen wearing a simple sleeveless vest with matching slacks most of the time. From just around his lower back extends a fluffy tail, the same snowy color as his ears and hair.  When smiling or eating, it's easier to notice his sharper canines as well, slightly longer and more pointed than normal teeth. Occasionally, one may see him adorned at times with body paint.
Personality : Fun loving, easy going, and a man who loves to help others, Enkh is a friendly young man who tends to seek people to count as a 'pack' for him to belong to and defend. His tribal upbringing may make villagers seem a tad odd to him, and often curious as to their practices. He loves the night, and can sometimes be seen training at night while singing. Enjoys art, though more art that comes from the body or person (Singing, dancing, art on the body, etc). While he does speak the common tongue well enough by now, certain words may elude him which will result in him deferring to his native tongue or clumsily explaining the term.

Ever since beginning t live in Amberdale, he has learned more of the people he lives with and their words – and some of that naivety has been lost. Replacing it is an interest to help others out of genuine friendliness and an interest in teaching others the ways of his fighting style. Of course, there’s still a yearning for adventure and often he may help others on their quest. If they ask nicely of course!

Story : Coming from a distant land of steppes and deserts, Enkh is part of a tribe of beast-people with wolf blood.  An eager martial artist, he took it upon himself to explore distant lands and seeks to practice his unique style amongst them. He has settled on Amberdale, in part thanks to other travelers like himself. He’s been living in the town for some time now – and has garnered a name for himself from helping farms, to finding things in the wild and also dealing with minor monsters. He likes the land and the people, and has decided to offer others insight to his unique fighting style.

DazzlingCockroach

#23
I'd be tempted to make an overconfident conjurer who has no control over what she summons. And more often than not, no control of it either.

Crash

I think Esmerelda would make for a better trainer type than Low so I will go with Esmer to start and make her a Necromancer/Magic User Trainer.  I will update her this weekend.

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Dhi

Sounds good! Do you see Esmerelda as being in charge of the witch's tower?

Crash

Thinking about a adventurous chef too....gah too many ideas!!!!!

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Revelation

I'm likewise pondering a librarian who can do some minor magical cantrips, or perhaps a novice/up and coming blacksmith! Good ideas are so easy to come by.

Rel Mayer

Question: What about a terrible necromancer? Would that be something allowed?

Revelation

Hrm, since we seem to have many more magically inclined characters so far, I think i'll go with a blacksmith if I do a second character.

Dhi

Quote from: Rel Mayer on April 21, 2016, 01:19:49 PM
Question: What about a terrible necromancer? Would that be something allowed?
Probably, as long as you can frame them in a way appropriate to the power level. As I see it, having magic at all puts a character at an advantage over a swordsman because you're less at risk when you can just wave your hands or utter a word and cause things to happen. We have no tabletop mechanic here for limiting how often you can do such a thing. So that's my main concern when it comes to magic: putting it on equal terms with folks who just want to play a brave squire.

The other concern with necromancers is undead minions. I'm okay with Esmerelda having one as a returning character. If you were to design a character with a minion, keep in mind that if giving your minion a sword makes it as capable a fighter as your average villager, then you're suddenly twice as powerful as that brave squire. So, maybe consider something like a crawling hand minion, or necromancy like weakening ray, life siphon, or supernatural fear. Junior necromancy.

From a social perspective necromancy's icky but acceptable. Amberdale should be able to accommodate all kinds of heroes.

caelcormac

This is a very tempting game. Would it be too silly to have a ranger/hunter/whatever with this fearsome creature as an animal companion?

Rel Mayer

Quote from: Dhi on April 21, 2016, 01:45:27 PM
Probably, as long as you can frame them in a way appropriate to the power level. As I see it, having magic at all puts a character at an advantage over a swordsman because you're less at risk when you can just wave your hands or utter a word and cause things to happen. We have no tabletop mechanic here for limiting how often you can do such a thing. So that's my main concern when it comes to magic: putting it on equal terms with folks who just want to play a brave squire.

The other concern with necromancers is undead minions. I'm okay with Esmerelda having one as a returning character. If you were to design a character with a minion, keep in mind that if giving your minion a sword makes it as capable a fighter as your average villager, then you're suddenly twice as powerful as that brave squire. So, maybe consider something like a crawling hand minion, or necromancy like weakening ray, life siphon, or supernatural fear. Junior necromancy.

From a social perspective necromancy's icky but acceptable. Amberdale should be able to accommodate all kinds of heroes.

Hmmm...

Well, I'd like to play something that is easily able to place into the story, as well as fun for other people to play along with. I also don't want to be too powerful, even if she's like an aspiring necromancer that just isn't doing it right.

Maybe I'll skip out of that idea and favor something else! Are themes like pirates styled mercenaries welcome?

Dhi

Quote from: pdragon on April 21, 2016, 01:08:52 PMHope it's alright to make a futa character.
Yep, that is alright by me. I don't see it as being the focus of the game, but with magic and all, it's to be expected somewhere.

Quote from: caelcormac on April 21, 2016, 01:47:45 PM
This is a very tempting game. Would it be too silly to have a ranger/hunter/whatever with this fearsome creature as an animal companion?
lol, go for it.

Crash

Rel - Esmerelda is also an extreme coward and her minion is quite brittle.  ;D

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Rel Mayer

Haha, the only reason I brought up the necromancer, is because I found a hilarious picture that I wanted to use.

But there are so many other pictures out there--that I can move on to a different idea!

Dhi

Quote from: Rel Mayer on April 21, 2016, 01:50:46 PM
Maybe I'll skip out of that idea and favor something else! Are themes like pirates styled mercenaries welcome?
Sure! The geography of Amberdale is intentionally vague, it may or may not be near a coast with rampant piracy, or atop a deep underdark complex, or on ley lines where space elves cross over from the moon every hundred years.

Crash

Quote from: Dhi on April 21, 2016, 01:59:12 PM
Sure! The geography of Amberdale is intentionally vague, it may or may not be near a coast with rampant piracy, or atop a deep underdark complex, or on ley lines where space elves cross over from the moon every hundred years.

Lol!  Stop giving me more ideas!

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Rel Mayer

Quote from: Dhi on April 21, 2016, 01:59:12 PM
Sure! The geography of Amberdale is intentionally vague, it may or may not be near a coast with rampant piracy, or atop a deep underdark complex, or on ley lines where space elves cross over from the moon every hundred years.

Haha, space elves!

That gives me a lot to work with. :) I should have something up today or within the next few days.

JoanieSappho

Quote from: Dhi on April 21, 2016, 01:45:27 PM
Probably, as long as you can frame them in a way appropriate to the power level. As I see it, having magic at all puts a character at an advantage over a swordsman because you're less at risk when you can just wave your hands or utter a word and cause things to happen. We have no tabletop mechanic here for limiting how often you can do such a thing. So that's my main concern when it comes to magic: putting it on equal terms with folks who just want to play a brave squire.

The other concern with necromancers is undead minions. I'm okay with Esmerelda having one as a returning character. If you were to design a character with a minion, keep in mind that if giving your minion a sword makes it as capable a fighter as your average villager, then you're suddenly twice as powerful as that brave squire. So, maybe consider something like a crawling hand minion, or necromancy like weakening ray, life siphon, or supernatural fear. Junior necromancy.

From a social perspective necromancy's icky but acceptable. Amberdale should be able to accommodate all kinds of heroes.
How well does Johanna work with that? She has magic, but is both rather useless martially and socially, and has terrible, terrible aim with it.

Crash

Red - Delightful

Joanie - She didn't look op to me, was that an area effect fire or single target fire?

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Dhi

It's tough to extrapolate how you intend to use it. The metric I'd like to use is this: if it's a nasty surprise for a goblin, that's great. If the one character alone could solve all of Amberdale's nuisances, that's too powerful. So, unreliable fire magic is great. Being able to call down an uncontrolled inferno is not. It's all in the intention.

In the previous game I played a character who could make a thimble-sized portal. Something like that could be abused, so it didn't sit right with some. But the concept was a junior portalmancer, it was intended to foster laziness and freaky sex stuff. She was not ever intended to unlock doors from the inside or put a dagger in someone's heart. Maybe one day she would be able to do those things, or create bigger and better portals, but part of the fun here is exploring those heroes when all that potential is still ahead of them.

JoanieSappho

Then she should be fine. Fire bolt, rather than ball or cone or wide area damge. It'll still give a goblin a surprise (especially if she's aiming at something else near to id) but won't kill everything in the room. Yay!
Also, have I been spoiled, or does the size of a thimble sound a little on the small end for sexytime fun to anyone else?  :P

Crash

Quote from: JoanieSappho on April 21, 2016, 03:29:52 PM
Then she should be fine. Fire bolt, rather than ball or cone or wide area damge. It'll still give a goblin a surprise (especially if she's aiming at something else near to id) but won't kill everything in the room. Yay!
Also, have I been spoiled, or does the size of a thimble sound a little on the small end for sexytime fun to anyone else?  :P

You haven't written with Dhi have you?  Low is still sad she didn't get a chance to see where that relationship was going to go. ;)

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Dhi

Quote from: JoanieSappho on April 21, 2016, 03:29:52 PM
Also, have I been spoiled, or does the size of a thimble sound a little on the small end for sexytime fun to anyone else?  :P
lol

I might have measured it as two fingers. I dunno, it's been a year!

Dhi

Red, I like Zebbie a lot. My main concern is that barbed whip or blinding magic alone would make her formidable. Would you be willing to go with one over the other, or to use a regular whip?

Hobbes1266

Name: Lesslie Alkens
Race: Ninteen twentieths Human and one twentieth Succubus
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bicurious
Occupation: Alchemist, shopkeeper

Mode of Attack: Fly you fools! Lesslie is not a fighter, she's more than happy to run away and hide until it is safe to come out.
Fire! Fire everything!!! if desperate enough to fight Lesslie will chuck any and every potion and item she has with her in a blind panic, it is best not to be in the splash zone.
One Thing In My Pack: Shop key Lesslie keeps a key to her alchemy shop with her at all times.

Description: Lesslie stands at five feet and four inches tall, long purple hair on her head matching her purple eyes caused by one of her many lab accidents. Lesslie has a thin two foot long sensative tail with what appears to be a heart shaped tip, a slight point to her ears and unknown to her, her vagina can vibrate. She has a pale complexion to her smooth mostly hairless skin, a curve to her body practically no muscle tone to her body.
Personality: Lesslie is a very shy curious girl constantly striving to discover more about the world through her study of alchemy. At times Lesslie can be fairly obsessive often forgetting to take care of herself spending days in the darkness of her lab.
Likes: Lesslie is very fond of erotic fiction shes stumbled upon, she likes learning new things, despite being fairly introverted she enjoys company, Lesslie has very little actual experience with any kind of sexual activity, and Lesslie likes honey.
Dislikes: Lesslie is squeemish around bloody injuries and if ever introduced to the idea of any bathroom related sexual activity she would likely vomit.
Story: Lesslie was born in a small village while her merchant parrnts were passing through. She grew up traveling never having a permanent home. She learned a lot about business by watching her parents work. One day she stole a book from her parents cart and began studying alchemy. She grew fascinated by the science and magic of it running away to study at a mage tower. When she was asked to pay her bills for her studies Lesslie ran away and started an alchemy shop in Amberdale with all the books and supplies she could steal.

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Dhi

Multiple characters are okay. I can see wheels turning there already and there's no real reason not to flesh out the town with characters and see what sticks and what doesn't. Don't get overwhelmed!

Crash


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Revelation

If anyone wants to work out potential relations or prior interactions with Enkh and their character before the game i'm all ears too - he's been in the town for a while, done some things. Minor name for himself and all!

Dhi

I have plans for two farmer NPCs, one of whom is inumimi and might interact with Enkh. I don't think I'll finish them tonight though.

Crash


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Revelation

There's no rush! Curious about the other inu though!

Figured i'd just get the ball rolling and see if anyone wanted to have some prior interactions is all.

JoanieSappho

I imagine that Johanna has been (trying) to quietly/subtly perv on him. She's the sort who'd get all red and squeaky if caught, but would have maybe approached him for general random conversation. And tried to sneak peeks when she could.

Revelation

Quote from: JoanieSappho on April 21, 2016, 05:22:53 PM
I imagine that Johanna has been (trying) to quietly/subtly perv on him. She's the sort who'd get all red and squeaky if caught, but would have maybe approached him for general random conversation. And tried to sneak peeks when she could.

He's most definitely quite easy to perv on, really. He's shirtless a lot, some innuendo will go completely over his head, and is always open to conversation. Part of him might like riling up others interested in him though, and he can get quite hands on. And hell, he doesn't even mind if people watch him half the time, he comes from a tribe where people don't get all fussy about being fully clothed like in Amberdale.

Dhi

Quote from: Crash on April 21, 2016, 05:17:57 PM
Are you running your shopkeeper Dhi?
No I don't think there'll be much call or opportunity for me to play an adventurer. We have interest in playing shopkeepers already.

Quote from: Changingsaint on April 21, 2016, 05:26:37 PM
And hell, he doesn't even mind if people watch him half the time, he comes from a tribe where people don't get all fussy about being fully clothed like in Amberdale.
I get what you mean, but don't forget Amberdale is hardly Victorian. Chainmail thongs would not go amiss.

A Person On A Computer

So, I just managed to get my acceptance to Elliquiy!  Yay!  This was one of the games I was looking at when I...devoured the potential threads when I was waiting for the past week! 

I had an idea for this game that I thought would be perfect, but it really depends on whether or not you want straight up fantasy characters.  The character I had in mind was from the modern world who was pulled through to this one with only his knowledge of modern science and the clothes on his back.  After having pulled something together to stop a roving water elemental, he has been hailed as the Sage of Lost Magic because of the resulting powerful explosion, and now he is trying desperately to fake the role as much as he can to not let people know he's really just a powerless human who is flying by the seat of his pants in this world he has no clue about. 

I think it would add a great deal of potential hilarity, but I don't want to push something into the setting you weren't wanting to be there! 

Dhi

That one is meta with a capital M. I like your enthusiasm for the idea but it's not right for the setting. A character from a different fantasy reality would probably be okay. One who introduces familiar contemporary elements into a world that resembles his RPGs would lead to crossed wires.

A Person On A Computer

No problem!  I can probably write something else up.  Character concepts fly into my head like nothing else, so I'll see if I can pull something together in short order. 

Is there a cut off time you had in mind?  I want to make sure that I have a rough idea of the deadline lest I get too lost in my own mind! 

Dhi

Now that I know we have the interest I want to push ahead and start soon, but new characters will be just as welcome after launch. I'm not sure on when the launch will happen. End of the weekend seems like too optimistic an estimate. I do want to strike while the iron's hot, so not too much later than that.

Hobbes1266

If anyones had there character buy anything from my characters shop they'll probably know there's about a 50/25/25 chance of it actually working, doing nothing or doing something it's not supposed to.

Steir

Is there room for a (self-proclaimed) treasure hunter who is presently an adventurer in training?

:)

JoanieSappho

Also, I can very easily see Lesslie and Johanna being friends and just sort of generally hanging out, with Johanna spending time just being in the shop chatting, occasionally actually making a purchase, but more often than not just talking about stuff and trying not to be obvious that she has a little bit of a crush/attraction to Lesslie.  :P

Hobbes1266

Quote from: JoanieSappho on April 21, 2016, 10:12:09 PM
Also, I can very easily see Lesslie and Johanna being friends and just sort of generally hanging out, with Johanna spending time just being in the shop chatting, occasionally actually making a purchase, but more often than not just talking about stuff and trying not to be obvious that she has a little bit of a crush/attraction to Lesslie.  :P
And Lesslie being completely unaware that her friend is also her favorite author... ;D

Kokaine

Tentatively interested. Need to look over things when Im not so tired and see what's what and if there is space for the sort of character I prefer to play.
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  Hmm...I was thinking a wizard in in training who constantly forgets their components and resorts to flailing with a staff. Or who has the components but messes up the words and her spells always go wrong.

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Steir

Name: Jacques "Jack" Loreseeker
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: (Self-proclaimed) Treasure Hunter, helps in peacekeeping around town and random errands

Mode of Attack: Hit-and-Run
Jack is quick on his feet, making use of lightweight weapons to deliver a quick strike at an opponent and move away at the same time before the opponent has a chance to get back at him. He prefers the use of a bow and arrows, but is just as good with any one-handed weapon he can get his hands on.

One Thing In My Pack: A set of lockpicks claimed to be a family heirloom.

Description: Jack stands at 5'6" in height, with pale green hair and eyes. He has a fairly athletic build thanks to a constantly active lifestyle around the town. He favors wearing lightweight equipment for protection, allowing him more mobility in his movements.

Personality: Jack tends to be upbeat and open with his thoughts, not wanting to hide what he thinks of others. This tends to make him frank on his opinions, but he does not hold ill will of others unless he is on the receiving end of one. He's quick to forgive when he understands others better, and isn't afraid to lend a hand. This tends to make him intrude on other's affairs when he feels that he can do something to help.

Likes: Magic items, adventuring, exploring things, helping people out
Dislikes: Mutilation, gore, whatever is listed in my offs

Story:
Jacques Loreseeker has moved in to Amberdale with his family when he was still young, and grew up helping out around town (if he was not plotting any practical jokes). He enjoys reading and listening to stories about adventurers and their travels, aspiring to become one some day. He aspires to become a treasure hunter - seeking out magical artifacts on the belief that such wondrous items are better put to use in aiding people than being locked away in some obscure dungeon or musty tomb.

DazzlingCockroach

Name: Kaea Blem
Race: Half-elf
Sex: Female
Orientation: Pansexual
Occupation: Terrible conjurer / Tasteless tailor

Mode of Attack: Summoning - Kaea knows how to summon something. She has, however, no idea how to choose what she summons, which turns out to be inappropriate more often than not. Literally throwing chickens at orcs has never saved anybody.

Given the tiring nature of this type of magic, she can only do it about every ten minutes, and the portal through which her useless companion will crawl/trot/fly out is a sphere about half a meter wide.
She can't have more than one summon in this plane of existence at a time, and whatever it is, it can't stay more than an hour.

Last, but not least, she has no innate control over the summoned creature. Her best experience in term of control is that one time when she conjured a hellhound puppy and managed to stick part of her lunch on the back of a goblin. She still chuckles when she pictures the chase.

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Description: Kaea is not tall, not muscular, and not freckled. She likes wearing her red hair in one or a few braids and dresses lightly under her big coat. Her elven blood shows in a smooth body and pointy ears. She experiments with body paint from time to times, believing that drawing sigils on her skin will make her better at summoning. Spoiler alert - it doesn't.

Personality: Curious and oblivious to danger, It's already happened to her to stop running to marvel at the puppy she had just summoned. Then she remembered it was because she summoned a puppy that she was running.
Kinda pervy, she has little actual sexual experience. And the little she's had can be... odd.

Likes: Summoning puppies and (secretly) tentacles, berries, rain, experimenting
Dislikes: Stuff that makes her go "Ew"
Story:
Born to a human mother, she never knew the elven side of her family. She grew up showing an interest in magic, but was too distracted and not disciplined enough to make a good apprentice. She ended up reaching teenhood and be only able to dabble in conjuring magic.
Unable to find anyone to teach her in her other interest, clothes making and encouraged by an adventurous mother, she left in search of someone able to make her learn.
She quickly made a reputation for herself in Amberdale the day she arrived, when she summoned a pranking imp out of boredom.

Lunar Raven

Looks like a very great concept and one which I'd be interested in participating in.  I'd like to pitch the following two character concepts (I'd rather play one or the other, but not both at the same time, at least for now):



Name: Valdis
Race: Half-elf
Sex: Male
Orientation: Hetero-flexible
Occupation: Eldritch Knight/Sword-for-hire

Mode of Attack: Trusty sword; tried, tested, true.
One Thing In My Pack: Lantern.

Height: 5' 9''; Weight: 136 lbs.
Description: Lithe and well-built, Valdis has messy, unkempt hair that looks like burnished bronze, and keeps the excess tied in a short ponytail.  His appearance largely favours the human side of his heritage, with only the barest tapering of his ears, though his teal eyes are always considered his most striking feature and seems almost luminous.  He tends to prefer neutral facial expressions when on business or adventuring, since he doesn't want to be regarded as someone with a temper, whilst his smile accentuates his youth (which he's decided isn't conductive to being taken seriously when trying to get a job or quest).
Personality: Valdis remains a fairly easygoing individual until there is a job at hand, in which case he is intensely focussed, almost to the exclusion of everything else.  When he doesn't have to draw his blade, he affable and as generous as his pocket allows him to be.  He presents an air of confidence without arrogance or servility.  Matters of honour are important to him, not only his own, but also that of others; something he will arduously defend.  His manner is marked by a certain degree of old-world genteelism, unless startled or angry.

Likes: In addition to player ons: outdoor adventures; exploring ruins (especially elven ones); sparring partners; peasant girls; tavern wenches; frustrated widows; socialising with half-elves, half-orcs, half-anything; chances to act gallantly/knightly; training with experienced magic-users and warriors; romance.
Dislikes: In addition to player offs: excessively arrogant or rude characters.

Story: Valdis grew up on a minor border village.  His father was a wandering elven adventurer-mercenary, who made it a regular point to come an visit Valdis and his mother every few years or so, bringing stories of the outside world and some of the wealth he acquired in his travels, including a light gem which the boy treasured.  Though his mother wanted him to take over the family inn become a innkeeper, he preferred to learn his father's craft with sword and magic when she wasn't looking.

Then one day, his father stopped coming and, instead, some of his companions came to deliver his sword.  It was fairly easy, even for a young Valdis to figure out what it meant.  Not too long after, he overheard an arranged marriage with his name in the matter.  The prospect of being tied down and losing his chance to see the world was so daunting that he slipped out of the house in the early hours with his father's sword and has been marching the road until Amberdale was coming into view.




Name: Axivinniusaluvien ('Ax' for short)
Race: Winter-Fae Centaur
Sex: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Wanderer

Mode of Attack: Claws and Horns
One Thing In My Pack: Heavy cloak (Ax's main item of cloathing, and large enough to double as a big sack if need be)

Height: 6' 5''; Weight: 352 lbs.
Description: Though generally centauric in nature, Ax is a bit more gaunt the normal centaurs, with unusual otherworldly colouration.  More so, his legs are less horse-like and more cat-like in nature, a feature further accentuated by his razor crystalline claws.  Due to this difference, he is a great deal more agile and nimble than the average centaur.  Great curling, ram's horns on his head add to the difference.  His humanoid torso is athletic and toned, and his facial features are gentle though he always seems a little smug.  The unruly midnight locks of his hair contrast vividly with his bright blue eyes.
Personality: Ax always appears curious about something or other, and displays a lot of interest for his new surroundings.  Occasionally, his homesickness makes him moody, but that's usually when he's spending time by himself - in the company of others, he's always active and cheerful (though his elation more often than not comes off as strange to others).  Generally friendly, he always maintains a minimum of courtesy, even when in the company of those he dislikes or even hates.  Boisterous around men, often flirty in the company of women, Ax's fae nature often means that he is hard-pressed to remain still when interacting with others, making him feel a little constricted when inside buildings not made for his size.

Likes: In addition to player ons: humanoids who are fascinated by him; physical competition; deep, primeval forests; dungeons; other fey creatures; music; wine & festivities; exploring; wearing out sexual partners.
Dislikes: In addition to player offs: extreme timidity; climbing on his back without permission; lifting his tail (touching is fine).

Story: Axivinniusaluvien comes from the realm of Faerie and had the misfortune of crossing an intersection of leylines during a lunar eclipse, the result of which left him stranded in this strange new (and often uncomfortably warm) land.  Even so, he did not let it get him down and has been spending his time roaming around the lands he's come across, content to observe.  Ambervale is the first major settlement he's come across and has taken to linger there since it is something new and exciting for him.
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Dhi

Lunar Raven, can you change your magical equipment to something mundane? Even though a light gem and gloaming cloak aren't more powerful per se than ordinary lantern and drab cloak, and the moonblade might not perform any better than a regular sword, the swag factor is a bit much. Remember that others are arriving with just the clothes on their backs and the means to clear a cellar of mice or escort a dairy cow. This is the power level of the game.

Lunar Raven

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Dhi

Excellent, thank you!

Low Moon Sung,
Esmerelda,
Johanna Laurus,
Enkh,
Zebeynil "Zebbie" Shuruque'fyn,
Helia Plum-Tail,
Lesslie Alkins,
Jacques "Jack" Loreseeker,
Kaea Blem,
Valdis,
and Axivinniusaluvien are all approved.

The cast of characters looks great so far. I know there's further interest as well and we can accommodate more. Today I plan to have a character sheet thread up for those of you approved to post your sheets, and an OOC.

In the meantime, another NPC:


Name: Ishi
Race: Inumimi
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Farmer

Description: Blame good inumimi genes for the widow Ishi still being the spry wolf of a woman half her age. She carries herself with a comfort in her own skin that can only come from the years and satisfaction of a life well lived, and now her lavender hair is going silver to match her bushy wolf-tail. At 6' plus eartips she still cuts an impressive figure, and her inumimi muscle is wiry and lean for the tribal life, though with age it takes a little stretching in the mornings to get going. With this in mind she dresses light and loose, and keeps that tail always wagging in good health.

Mode of Attack: A sturdy shovel
One Thing In My Pack: Plenty of water!

Personality: Ishi fancies herself a source of wisdom, and dispenses it unasked for when there's a little drink in her (which is often, for she's fond of it). For the sake of helping people realize their potential or foolishness or potential foolishness she can be a little mean-spirited like the trickster Coyote. At heart she is a peaceful soul dedicated to nurturing new life one seed at a time; it's merely that people have greater airs to get past than do trees.
Likes: New scents, teaching life lessons, gardening, robust adventuring types, tail pulling, roughness
Dislikes: Religion, stuffy humorless sticks in the mud, machines, unpleasant odors
Story: Ishi was a blushing inumimi bride once, by all accounts the happy wife of a soldier. The pair never had children, and he passed peacefully while Ishi yet had decades of life left in her. Rather than remarry, Ishi moved to Amberdale with a ten year plan to keep busy expanding a humble farm to the brink of Oldwall Forest. So far the life has treated her well, keeping her fit and in the path of an endless stream of interesting young adventurers. In the interest of staying social or ogling the new blood, Ishi always leaves something or other for hired troubleshooters to dip their hands in, meaning there's always at least one paw-stamped request on the Horn and Vine bulletin board, and promise of a bribe from gods know where the widow of Lone Wolf Orchard has treasures stowed for a rainy day.

JoanieSappho

Hmm. Realized I didn't put a One Thing in my Pack in for Johanna. Tempted to just say 'money' and leave it at that, since sheltered spoiled rich girl, and such.

Also, all these interesting and exotic people! Hanna's going to have trouble deciding whose bushes to hide behind at this rate.  :P

pdragon

If anyone wants to plot anything with Helia before hand I'm down for it. She's only been in town a few days, so there's not really anything substantial to set up, but any awkward first meetings/introductions or anything like that would still be cool.


Quote from: Dhi on April 22, 2016, 12:43:39 PM

Speaking of which, I planned to have Helia start out bumming a room.barn loft from a kindly old couple's farm, would you be willing to have her staying at Ishi's farm specifically? It'd just kinda be a starter thing, I planned to have Helia be garbage at farm work to kinda force her to go out and find actual odd jobs/quests in town, but I figured it'd be a pretty natural fit, Ishi being the wise elder passing on sage wisdom and Helia needing all the wisdom she can come by.
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Dhi

I'd prefer for adventurers to come together in communal living situations like the tavern. That way, you have cause to rub elbows with folks you wouldn't ordinarily, and can build off one another. If there's an NPC you specifically want to interact with though we can talk about it.

pdragon

Ok, I was coming from the position that she would be so broke she wouldn't be able to afford a room in the tavern, and thus she'd have to be freeloading somewhere or living on the street, but I guess it doesn't matter all that much where she starts.
What a thrill...with silence and darkness through the night....

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caelcormac

Here is my belated application.

Name: Stanis
Race: Human (with a teeny bit of giant)
Sex: Male
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Ranger

Mode of Attack: Let me Axe you a question! (One handed Axe attack)

One Thing In My Pack: Big, warm wooly sweater from mom.

Description: Standing at a puny 6'7" and a lean 280 pounds, Stan was the smallest man in his village, and has been pleasantly surprised to find that everywhere else considers him to be tall. His black hair is kept cut short and practical and his dark brown eyes gaze out from a thin bur friendly face. Stan always has an easy going smile and a little twinkle of mischief in his eyes. He tries to keep vlean shaven, but his dark beard and irregular shaving schedule often leave him with a 5 o'clock shadow. Stans clothes are rugged and practical, with leather boots and vest worn over a green linen shirt and brown wool pants. Slung across his back is his trusty axe, a large single bladed axe that was designed to fell trees as opposed to monsters, bit will do well enough until he gets a proper weapon.

Personality: Cheerful and outgoing, Stan couldn't be happier to be out of his village and beginning his life as an adventure. His village built things big and sturdy so things in Amberdale  make him seem clumsy: bumping his head on low doors, triping on small furniture, and finding the plates and silverware a bit too small. He takes it all in stride, offering to help clean up whatever mess he's just made, and never making an even bigger one in the process. Well, hardly ever.

Likes: Trees, Being Outdoors, Working Hard, Partying Harder

Dislikes: Lazy or Slovenly people, Low ceilings, small rooms, being called 'Tiny' ironically or otherwise.

Story: Bestla's Landing is a logging village deep in the forest, home to an especially large breed of humans that once bred work giants. Now they are lumberjacks and woodsman,and every man, woman, and child learns to swing an axe from a young age. Stanis is the middle child of 5 brothers, and is the smallest of not only them but of everyone in the village, earning him the hated nickname "Tiny".

Tired of being treated like he was small and helpless, he left to prove that just because he's small doesn't mean he can't make a big impact in the world by by becoming a hero. Imagine his surprise when he got to Amberdale and found out he is one of the biggest people around. And the fact that nobody knows his nickname here makes it even better.

Notes:

As much as I wanted to use the battle beagle, I just couldn't make it work, so here is an giant, axe swinging lumberjack. I'm aware that my pic has a bow and a sword, but it was the best I could find.


Dhi

Stanis is approved, welcome!




Name: Pris Cotton
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Rancher

Mode of Attack: Pitchfork blunted with age
One Thing In My Pack: Animal treats

Description: Curves for days lend credence to the adage that milk does a body good. The dairy cows certainly do a brisk business with Pris at the helm of Cotton Ranch, though her dear departed dad certainly wouldn't approve- she carries his sensibilities with her in modest manner and modest dress, though it happens to be stuffed to capacity. A smattering of freckles here and there and everywhere from a youth of ranch sunburn becomes hidden with a touch of rouge and milk of roses. She'd really rather you didn't notice, but her sharp eyes betray a clever girl with a stubborn will. There's no hiding from Pris Cotton where the gaze settles.
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Personality: Determined! Tidy, certainly, a conscientious woman is the guardian angel of Cotton Ranch from dawn til dusk; Pris will never leave for tomorrow a job that could be done today. With the gumption of a firecracker she's rolling up her sleeves and putting out every fire with a little help from the local adventurers for hire. Unfortunately, Pris has the idea in her head that apple pie or a jar of honey are fair trade for mercenary work. She's rarely good for a single coin and abhors charity. The nerve of some people, trying to claim a handout with two capable arms!
Likes: Animal rescues, artisinal foods, beautifying Amberdale, milking, the superiority of animal-people
Dislikes: Cruelty to animals, shoddy work ethic, giving up control of the ranch, having freckles
Story: It takes a pioneering soul to carve out a ranch on the verge of Oldwall Forest. Pris' dad was such a soul, and after Mr. Cotton's demise, the mantle fell to unwed Pris to shepherd Amberdale's precious animals from the dangers of the woods. Out there on Cotton Ranch she works every hour of the day pampering sheep and dairy cows and hens and bees, and what comes to town three times a week are the prettiest little stenciled jugs, lace-wrapped jars, ribboned egg baskets and spun fleece. Everything out at Cotton Ranch is made with love, but not a bit of meat is sold. Don't even ask!

A Person On A Computer

So, I took a bit of time thinking and came up with a new concept.  I hope it meets your approval! 

Name: Shigure Tenma
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation: Sword Dancer

Mode of Attack: Steel, Blood, and Bone - While Shigure primarily uses his twin blades to fight with speedy footwork, his family has a saying.  "Blades until they break, muscles until they tear, bone until they shatter."  He has been trained to use weapon as well as the physical force of his body to bring down an opponent. 
One Thing In My Pack: A copy of How to Make Friends and Counter Social Anxiety, Vol. I

Description: Standing at approximately 5'10" tall, Shigure's body is one of a person who has never missed a day of training in their life.  Built incredibly lean, his physique is one rife with tightly-packed, springy muscle that is made for fast-twitch reflexes to deliver a precise, powerful strike rather than bulky muscle made for lifting and power.  Akin to a dancer or gymnast at its peak, it is obvious when looking at him that he is an imposing sight.  Jet black locks of straight hair that hang down to his mid-back frame a face that may as well have been finely-crafted from chiseled marble and a pair of intense, pale eyes the color of the sun when high in the sky.  Due to his years of training, he carries himself with an almost wolf-like grace--an air of physical danger permeates his immediate surroundings as if Death itself stalks him in the hopes that he will slay someone else nearby with the precision of an assassin. 
Personality: Despite his rather intimidating looks and demeanor, in reality all Shigure has ever wanted was a friend.  Due to carrying his family's legacy as the legendary warriors of the continent the Tenma clan, he has trained every day of his entire life without stopping to consider what a social life would actually be like.  A body like his did not come without a price, but after getting older and never even having been able to hit it off with a woman despite the fact that his intimidating demeanor seemed to portray that women would willingly throw themselves at him, he often found himself wondering whether or not the price was just too high.  People fear him despite the fact that he really is just a nice person wanting to get to know someone well.  Despite the fact that the motto of the Tenma clan is that each one of their members should be the equivalent of a small army (and since Shigure was to be the heir, he should eventually be the equivalent of at least ten!), he has difficulty completing even the most mundane quests due to the fact that people mistake him for a high level adventurer and bypass him thinking that their quests are just a waste of time for him.  It is downright discouraging, but he won't give up!  He has recently found a book to help him get over his social problems, so he has an ace in the hole now! 
Likes: Swords, training, meditation, pondering the mysteries of life, learning new skills (maybe they will help him socially relate to people?  That's in Chapter XI!)
Dislikes: People who judge others by their appearance, disrespecting others. 
Story: Born as the only son to the head of the Tenma clan was no joking matter.  Legendary warriors renowned throughout the continent, they were the stuff legends were made of.  Literally.  Almost every tale known referenced a member of their ancestry in some physical capacity saving the world from imminent disaster.  It was into such a family that Shigure was thrust.  Daily training piled on with special training compounded with warrior ethics was crammed into his mind and body every day since as far back as he could imagine.  The Elders taught him how to look to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies (Secret Technique: Glare of the Fire-Hearted Sky Serpent) that once mastered had caused the Orc Lord Gruth'kar to defecate his own loincloth and run from the battle which he headed the entire host of the combined Orc and Goblin forces according to legend. 

It had taken a great deal of time for his training to be completed, but once he came back to himself, he had already left his teenage years behind to never have been very close to a woman.  Nor had he even completed a quest!  Despite all the training from his family, he had never passed level one!  However, he has been defeated again and again at the most basic quests.  The scion of the Tenma clan looks so experienced and intimidating that the villagers will not even approach him to ask him to complete a quest for them!  They do not want to even waste his time!  The shame to his family if they knew!  But, what villager would want to waste the time of a warrior of the legendary Tenma clan with their low level quest?  And because Shigure has been training his entire life without having been socialized with anyone besides gruff Elders of his own clan without even having siblings to talk to, he is unable to correct these misconceptions of the villagers himself!  Having stumbled upon a book to help build his social skills, he has learned his new secret weapon.  How to smile!  Though, he has no idea why it seems to cause people to run away from him in terror... 

Dhi

Shigure Tenma looks good for the most part. His extensive training threatens to logically put him ahead of other characters. I understand where you're coming from with the Confucian approach to hero-forging though, so I'm going to trust you to not play him as an iaijutsu master. He sounds like fun. Approved!

At this point if you've posted a character in this thread I ought to have reviewed and approved.

You can go ahead and copy those characters over to the approved sheet thread here:
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=248042

A Person On A Computer

I'm basically going for the "all tough look and will never succeed" kind of thing.  The Hulk could probably beat every opponent the Avengers face, for example, but he has enough crippling defects that ensure he never gets to that level of effectiveness.  xD

Thanks for understanding and approving!  I'll make sure not to abuse that trust!

Steir

Quote from: A Person On A Computer on April 22, 2016, 11:45:18 PM
I'm basically going for the "all tough look and will never succeed" kind of thing.  The Hulk could probably beat every opponent the Avengers face, for example, but he has enough crippling defects that ensure he never gets to that level of effectiveness.  xD

Thanks for understanding and approving!  I'll make sure not to abuse that trust!
Shigure's case reminds me of one chapter or two in Gintama, when the team needs to help this fearsome and huge mercenary learn how to make friends. I can see how Jacques will try helping out with that and getting mixed (and probably hilarious) results.

:D

Dhi


A Person On A Computer

Quote from: Steir on April 23, 2016, 12:49:48 AM
Shigure's case reminds me of one chapter or two in Gintama, when the team needs to help this fearsome and huge mercenary learn how to make friends. I can see how Jacques will try helping out with that and getting mixed (and probably hilarious) results.

:D
Totally up for that!  Feel free to interact with Shigure at let the magic happen!  xD

Crash

Name: Esmerelda
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Orientation: Pansexual
Occupation: Bubblegum haired necromancer (and spell trainer).

Mode of Attack: Sick’em Pinky!  - Esmerelda is a lover not a fighter.  When the going gets tough, send in Pinky!  Pinky is the nickname of Esmerelda’s former and jealous lover, who is also her most favorite skeleton.  While Pinky (Penny Alabaster) was annoyingly jealous when she was alive, an unfortunate fall resulted in her death while she was spying on an adulterous Esmerelda. The turned out to be a real blessing in disguise….for Esmerelda.  Pinky’s jealously in death as made her one heck of a bodyguard.  Yes she is a frail skeleton and has little idea how to wield the axe she carries, but she is really easy to put back together and forever willing to get in the way of danger so Esmerelda can turn tail and run.  The relationship isn’t all one way (anymore).  Esmerelda lavishes a lot of attention on Pinky touching up her pink dye and painting her metacarpals and metatarsals pretty colors.

One Extra Trick: Bolt of Inky Black Stuff – Esmerelda has learned her newest spell, but it backfires often covering her with ectoplasmic goo.  She would much rather have Pinky bash things.


One Thing In My Pack: Canopic Jar she got on a family vacation to the Hotalota Desert Kingdom.

Description: Esmerelda is tall and shapely with porcelain white skin and bubblegum pink hair.  No one knows exactly how her hair got that color or what bubble gum is, but the quirky Necromancer frightens most people so they don’t really question it.  Esmerelda likes to wear revealing mourning wear.  She says it is a reminder of the beauty of death, but really she just knows she looks damn good in it.
Personality: Esmerelda is pretty self-involved.  She tried being all moody and dark, but it didn’t really work for her.  If you can get around the fact that her world totally revolves around her Esmerelda she can be pleasant enough and if you get her around a graveyard she can be down-right frisky.  Don’t expect her to stick around if things get hairy though.  Her idea of helping is sicking Pinky on the nearest threat then hiding until the danger is gone.
Likes: Graveyards, Gifts, Flattery, Being Watched, Outdoor sex
Dislikes: Animals, bland sex, bad hygiene
Story: Esmerelda has always found a way to get out of doing anything that resembles work.  For the most part she has been pretty successful.  Yeah she may flirt, cajole and use her wiles to get her way, but that is hardly work.  Esmerelda hooked up with a local necromancer for a while in hopes of learning how to stay eternally young, but found some of the rituals really icky and a lot of work so she hasn’t progressed in her studies to far yet.  That and she dumped the guy because he was a real downer so she has had to figure it all out on her own.  Esmerelda can often be found at the town cemetery.   She finds it both calming and exciting and really likes the old crypts for their craftsmanship.


Name: Low Moon Sung
Race: Wererabbit
Sex: Female
Orientation: Pansexual
Occupation: Thief Trainer

Mode of Attack: Sneaky, sneaky.  Stabby, Stabby.  – Low works best when she has the element of surprise.

One Extra Trick: Ninja Stars!!!!! – Low throws shurikens

One Thing In My Pack: Shiny things of little value to anyone but her.

Description: Low is a quick little bunny with brown ears and brown hair.  She is petite, yet thick in the hip.  Low dresses in whatever patchwork clothing she feels looks interesting regardless of whether or not the article of clothing makes sense with the rest of her outfit.  She is a hodgepodge of stolen goodies and discarded treasures. 
Personality: When she isn’t stealing something Low is lazing about or in the middle of whatever sexual encounter she feels like having when she is feeling in the mood.  Full Moons are particularly arousing times for the wererabbit.  Poor Low has a bad reputation around town, but she is really pretty harmless.  Half the time what she steals in really only of interest to her and seen as useless baubles by others.  That doesn’t stop her from stealing valuables, they just aren’t a priority unless they are shiny or pretty.
Likes: Pretty much anything not in offs.  Like most bunnies Low really likes sex.
Dislikes: Bondage, Bathroom Stuff, Pain
Story: Low has a few warrens just outside of Amberdale.  The wardens know about her main warren, a small but cozy place near the outskirts of town, but Low is a smart little bunny and never stashes her favorite things there.  Those go in her “bank vaults.”  While Low is generally a harmless annoyance to the town she can fight, she just does not fight fair.  Low would much rather ambush and trick others than stand toe to toe with them.  Her moonblade knives look impressive and she has scared enough things off with them even though they have no real abilities.

If you are looking for hidden places around the valley you could do much worse than asking Low, just remember to check your coin purse before you leave and bring something to trade. Low doesn’t give anything away for free.  If you want training from Low you have to catch her first.


"Sorry, you must survive at least 3 games with me before we can chat like this."
Congratulations, you've unlocked Flirtatious Crash! - Envious

Idlewyld

Name: Maelynn Swallowtail
Race: Lepidopteran
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bi
Occupation: Sky Marshal

Mode of Attack: Dive attack - Sarinda doesn't really deal a lot of melee damage on the ground, but when she builds up speed from above, watch out!

One Thing In My Pack: Weather Marker - A small music-box-like device that predicts the weather with about the same accuracy as your typical modern-day weather forecast, but it's better than nothing and certainly helpful when your entire livelihood depends on wind conditions.

Description: As you might imagine, Mae is small (about 5'2") and very frail, about 90 pounds  - Lepidopterans are unnaturally light due to their need to fly. She has a set of large aquamarine butterfly wings with which she sails upon the wind. Other than that she doesn't look particularly extraordinary with deep brown eyes and short cut brown hair.
Personality: Maelynn has a bubbly optimistic personality. Because the Lepidopteran race is isolated from the rest of the world, she is somewhat more naive and trusting than is probably good for her health.
Likes: Flying, shiny pebbles, nuts and berries
Dislikes: Being treated roughly. Bondage. Spiders. Especially spiders.
Story: Maelynn is a member of the Swallowtail race from the Rose Kaleido, deep in the woods. She had as happy a larvahood as any Lepi could want. But while she was in her chrysalis state, slavers took her pupa with intent to imprint upon them upon her emergence, making for the perfect slave with no will. Through some (preferably PC-related) turn of events, the slaver was driven off and she was free to emerge in peace. But she is far from home, or anything familiar.

Yarnover

This is adorable and I would love to join. That is, if you don't think the game is already full?
O/Os ~ ~ A/As

Crash

It is a sandbox style game so I don't believe Dhi is limiting the number of players.

"Sorry, you must survive at least 3 games with me before we can chat like this."
Congratulations, you've unlocked Flirtatious Crash! - Envious

Crash

Name: Bubbles Greenbottle
Race: Elfling (Half-Elf, Half-Halfling)
Sex: Female
Orientation: Lesbian
Occupation: Adventuring Chef!

Mode of Attack: Spiraling Utensil Strike – Bubbles brains things with frying pans, rolling pins, cutlery and other kitchen utensils

One Thing In My Pack: Utility belt o’ Spices

Description: Pleasantly plump and slightly short Bubbles is considered too tall and skinny by Halfling standards and to full of figure for her Elven family. Bubbles has a bit of a complex about her looks because of this.  She has a heart shaped face, is thick in her hips and thighs and is quite busty for an elf(ling).  Her ears are long and pointy and she has chestnut brown hair that falls just to her shoulders.  While at work she often has flour or sauce stuck to her cheeks or the tip of her nose.  Bubbles is never without her utility belt of spices and a filet knife.
Personality: Bubbles is as effervescent as her name. Sometimes it seems impossible for her to be depressed or sad.  This isn’t true, she just keeps those times to herself. She is a hard worker and more than willing to pull her weight be it in the kitchen or an adventuring party.  Her curiosity for new and interesting delights does not end in the kitchen as the few young maidens she has had the chance to take to her chambers have found out.  She is self-conscious about her looks since she has not fit in in Halfling or Elven communities. Bubbles hopes that Amberdale, being a way point for many races will be a place she can feel comfortable in her own skin.
Likes: She’s a foodie!  Eating it, being smothered with it having it eaten off of her…it is all good,   the stickier and sweeter the better, Making new recipes out of the oddest things, Taverns, Adventure.
Dislikes: Elves that are snooty, hunger, selfishness, bland food, wastefulness, bathroom stuff, pain
Story: The Greenbottle family is known for their beer and the distinctive green bottle it comes in.  Bubbles, named by her father, took an interest in food rather than beer, much to the chagrin of her mother and father.  They had high hopes that their daughter would come around and be another cog in the Greenbottle wheel, but Bubbles would not be deterred.  Always a bit of a scrapper Bubbles took to working in the family tavern for a time because she could handle herself with any handsy patrons and it gave her a chance to follow her real passion…cooking.  Her parents were equally stubborn however and insisted that she come back to work at the family brewery.  Fed up with the constant badging, Bubbles left her family home to make her way out in the world.  She has settled in Amberdale and taken to working in the local Inn as a cook.  Her boss, a penny pinching troll of a troll named MacDoogle, insists on using the cheapest ingredients and serving the costumers as quickly as possible which is quickly driving Bubbles insane.  To help bring MacDoogle’s up to a class of cuisine that Bubbles feels is worth of her time and talents she can be often be found rooting around the forest outside of Amberdale for interesting new ingredients or asking others to do that for her.

"Sorry, you must survive at least 3 games with me before we can chat like this."
Congratulations, you've unlocked Flirtatious Crash! - Envious

Rel Mayer

I still plan on creating a character. I'm just running a bit behind in the creation process. :)

Dhi

No problem Rel. I don't plan on putting a limit on characters now or anytime soon. There are going to be more quests and if things go to plan quests will be short enough that new adventurers can jump in without feeling like you've missed half the movie.

Bubbles looks good and is approved!

Maelynn's Weather Marker doesn't sound too lavish or game-breaking but it sounds like something magical nobody else can get or have instead of the kind of thing you could pick up with limited means. Can you make it a more mundane weather prediction kit?

Idlewyld

Quote from: Dhi on April 23, 2016, 11:55:26 PM
Maelynn's Weather Marker doesn't sound too lavish or game-breaking but it sounds like something magical nobody else can get or have instead of the kind of thing you could pick up with limited means. Can you make it a more mundane weather prediction kit?

I suppose we could just change it to a book - 101 Easy Ways to Predict Coming Weather Conditions

Dhi


Yarnover

Name: Callie Rhodes
Race: fae-blooded human
Sex: Intersex
* Gender: female
Orientation: Pansexual
Occupation: Bard

Mode of Attack: She's mostly about distraction. Callie uses anything from music to her "feminine whiles" to gain someone's attention and then attacks if necessary. She has some small amount of training in martial arts and also tries to use her scarf to trip opponents in a large group melee. But that's assuming she has to fight and won't just be able to calm someone down with some soothing music.
One Thing In My Pack: Although she can play a few string instruments, Callie is never without her tambourines.

Description: Somewhat tall and generously proportioned though her legs seem to go on forever. She's toned from dancing but not so much that she completely loses the bit of cushion that her love of food affords her. Long auburn hair sits tidy in a braid down her back and she rarely lets it down.
Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide
(I can't find any face or bust pictures of her yet)


Personality: Playful, fun-loving and kind; Callie lives for new experiences. She likes to meet new people and help out and she's the first to find the bright side of a situation or - conversely - add in some music to give the situation a bright side. However she's a bit short-sighted and tends to take many-a-leap without thinking it through first.
Likes: Gourmet food - particularly cheeses and drinks, fruits of all kinds, reading romance novels, playing games and Callie just LOVES it when someone else plays the music so she can just dance!
Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide
As for what I'm looking for: She fits the role of a "cheerleader" quite well I think but Callie dislikes being alone. I'm hoping to find one or two others that she can form a party of sorts with and she'll go on adventures and take quests with them.

Surprisingly, Callie is actually a virgin. She has flirted and kissed several but sex is entirely a new thing, unless you count the smut that she can't seem to get enough of... If someone wanted to take her virginity that would be great. I intend for her to grow into someone polyamorous eventually.

Please keep in mind Callie was born intersex and doesn't have typical female genitalia even though she completely identifies as female. If you ask I can give specifics but she is uninitiated and doesn't believe there is anything wrong with her so keeping it secret for now works well and I'm open for scenarios involving surprise and even - possibly - rejection

Dislikes: Poor hygiene, beer breath, unwanted advances (in general just see my ons and offs)
Story: She struck out on her own a little too early but the wanderlust her fae heritage gave her was too much for the orphanage and the abbey to contain. School, rules and monotony kept her itching for freedom so she was out there nearly a year before the nuns would normally allow it. But Callie's a pretty smart young lady and they were fairly certain she would be OK on her own.
O/Os ~ ~ A/As

Dhi


Wolfy


Dhi


Wolfy


Steir

Quote from: Wolfy on April 25, 2016, 01:12:37 AM
I'm interested in joining...but so many characters!
I think sooner or later you'd find someone for company in the threads, and wouldn't have to worry much about getting lost.

;)

Wolfy


Dhi

If you're shy! Everyone's been posting characters here for everyone to see, which is also fine.

Once a character is approved we're putting them here:
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=248042

There's a link in the first post, but sometimes those edits go unseen.

Wolfy

Name: Alexa Bowsong
Race: Nekomata
Sex: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Archer, Adventurer

Mode of Attack:
Bow and Spell. Alexa is adept at using her bow, and at using illusion magic to make her opponents see things that aren't really there.
One Thing In My Pack: A special medallion that acts as a focus for her spells.

Description: <If you have additional images, those can go here in spoiler tags>
Personality:
Likes: <Material things, scenarios, kinks; give us a practical idea of what you want to write>
Dislikes: <Conversely, those things you don't want in your story>
Story:


(Profile in progress)

Torterrable

Thinking about joining. I've always had this idea of a hero who could dismember himself and kind of...multiply his limbs. Sort of like a...starfish? Will have to develop more.

Steir

Quote from: Torterrable on April 25, 2016, 11:17:04 PM
Thinking about joining. I've always had this idea of a hero who could dismember himself and kind of...multiply his limbs. Sort of like a...starfish? Will have to develop more.
Starfish man?

:3c

Torterrable

Quote from: Steir on April 25, 2016, 11:23:31 PM
Starfish man?

:3c

I'll name him Patrick. No one in the world will know what that means but it'll be hella meta.

Nah I'm still ironing out the details. It wasn't exactly gory but it was a little grotesque, the last time I thought about him. He can basically remove any body part and send it on its own self-driven journey up to a certain range of distance from his body. Anything that's not his head chest, stomach, and waist could be used. This includes eyes, ears, fingers, feet...

Dhi

A character who tears off pieces of himself is just not going to be a good fit for a game where people are interested in having sexy lighthearted fun.

Wolfy, can you scale back your mode of attack? It sounds like you're describing earthbending. The other characters are typically competent with a weapon or able to blast you with an icky feeling. Controlling the earth is not in that same sphere of power.

Torterrable

Okay! I'll think of something else, then ^^; I guess you could say that idea...fell to pieces. *rimshot*

Here we go; I think this'll do it!

Name: Patrick Milgram
Race: Human, with Siren somewhere in there.
Sex: Male
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Offensive Bard

Mode of Attack: Screaming very, very loudly
One Thing In My Pack: A metronome to help keep the tune of his heart

Description: He's never the largest person in the party, nor the biggest. In fact, among adventurers and "main characters", if you will, he's often the easiest to pass by. Average black hair, an average body shape, and an average facial structure often make people write him off as the NPC-type, which he's often not loud enough to correct. His only standout feature is a pair of glasses that tend to not fit on his face very well at all.
Personality: Shy to a fault, but extremely determined. Patrick's never really learned how to interact well with others, and often times he's either too quiet or too loud. Desperately eager to please, he misinterprets things based on what comes first and ends up missing out on what truly matters.
Likes: Helping others with their adventures, singing, fighting, pretty trinkets, tavern parties, quest rewards, small adventures
Dislikes: When evil wins, being bullied/seeing bullies, seeing two people on the same side fight,
Story: Raised alone by an eccentric musician living in the forest, Patrick had an odd childhood that centered around him being the musician's slave and student at the same time. Unfortunately, he never took to music as quickly or as soon as his master would have liked, and was often instead relegated to simple errands, such as polishing the piano, tuning the violin, and recopying sheets of music. A few of his errands took him into town, where he often saw and admired the adventurers that passed by. The occupation of bard, especially, seemed to sing to him.

And so he practiced and trained. Not sure of how adventuring actually worked, he focused on trying to use his surprisingly loud voice in an offensive capability. His crude, self-developed method of attack is basically screaming very loudly in a targeted fashion to disorient opponents. The damage he does is minimal, and the supporting effect is not as appreciated as what real bards do, but he doesn't know that yet.

He doesn't want to work with the musician anymore. The musician doesn't actually seem to care, except to tell Patrick what chores to run when he does return "home". He stays away, now, only going back to nab a few coins or run a few errands out of appreciation or convenience; he prefers to sleep on the streets rather than sleep at home. It feels much more adventure-y and real that way! He's still finding his place in life, and hopefully, his place in a story, but he's driven and he wants to go places.

Also, despite his occupation and upbringing, Patrick's singing can be rated on the bad side of average. He often trades volume for tune, singing louder and louder as he grows less and less confident if he's actually singing correctly. The metronome gives him confidence, though, and something to follow!

Kokaine

Kinda running behind here but do we have a cocky acrobatic (and ultimately clumsy or easily distracted) character? Im thinking either cat or fox girl.
Current Craving/Looking For: Romance, Adventure, Action, Humor, and Erotica. (F/Any)

Current Post Rate: Moderate

Current Posts Owed: 1/8

My O/Os

JoanieSappho

re: the 'flying body bits guy' thing. Is it terrible that my immediate thought was "What if he could only do that with one part of his body? And it's his dick?"  :P

Torterrable

Quote from: JoanieSappho on April 26, 2016, 08:58:58 AM
re: the 'flying body bits guy' thing. Is it terrible that my immediate thought was "What if he could only do that with one part of his body? And it's his dick?"  :P

that

sounds

REDICKULOUS

*rimshots the hell outta that joke*

Steir

Quote from: Torterrable on April 26, 2016, 09:08:19 AM
that

sounds

REDICKULOUS

*rimshots the hell outta that joke*
I do hope that is enough punishment for the day. It's more than I can bear.

Dhi


Torterrable

Quote from: Dhi on April 26, 2016, 12:42:15 PM
Patrick is looking good. Approved!

Awesome, thanks!

It is only now I see some stylistic errors in his profile that I itch to correct. Will do those sometime, hopefully.

Wolfy


Steir