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This is the OOC Thread for the White Tower Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13606760#post13606760).

Everyone has to act civil in here and the IC Thread or you will be asked to leave.


Place your character stats here so everyone will know what and who you are playing.


EDIT:

Obviously I agree with your comment.

Oh, from this point forward, only the yet to be chosen instructorrs, Eldrad, and myself can sucessfully teleport, gate, or other means of magical travel into or out of the Tower. The defenses was ICly activated. Any sort of travel TO the tower will deposit you outside the main gates og the school grounds in the forest. Attempts from within will just fail.

Instructors will be able to travel and they can take a class with them. In the case where an instructor is going to teach the various methods of magical transportation the restrictions will be relaxed on a single room or even two rooms so one can 'port from one to another.

I will edit these restrictions into the first post of both Threads so anyone joining can find them easier.

I thought I had placed links to images of the Tower in this post already but apparently I had forgotten. Sorry.



White Tower from outside the walls (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTfrontview.jpg)

From the Tower entrance (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTfrontdoornight.jpg)

View from the Crystal Dome (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTviewthroughdome1.jpg)

Side map showing the floors (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/citadelmapsmall.jpg)

In the MT Kirisuban Empire I used to play there were magical folk similiar to Harry Potter style wizards and witches.

So here goes:

Name : Miyu Otsuki
image: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/nihongaz/flowerkimono.jpg
age : 21

bio: Miss Otsuki is from Kirisubo Beta, a planet 30 lights years from Earth. Even with her peoples high FT technology magic has always flowed through those who were born with the gifts to tap into it.

She's a teacher of Charm spells at the planets wizarding school and was one of the most gifted witches of her generation. She knows how to fly a broomstick, silent spell casting and knows how to magically guard her thoughts. A small furry tribble is usually found on her shoulder on in a slung over handbag.

She's also the witch selected by the Neo Kirisuban ministry of magic to represent the nation.

Like many people on her world she wears a long tanto dagger, a traditional weapon used by a lady to preserve her honour and knows how to use it as well as as she does her wand.

Here he is, my "teacher" character. However, I'm not quite sure what role he will play as he could fit in several. I think we'll just see what happens when he arrives. My student(s) will come later.


Name: Arkane
Title(s): Prophet, Maester, Seer
Age: Unknown though presumably Ancient and at the very least old.
Race: Human (?) in at least appearance, his age and mysterious aura give question to whether he is of the same branch as the rest of humanity.
Gender: Male (one of the few certainties about him)
Appearance: Image (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/Arkane.jpg) - Once he may have been a stout young figure, but now he walks with a slight hunch, hiding his true height and weight. His face, though old and worn by time, does not have the level of wear that one of such a presumed ancient stature might have. He is always covered head to toe by his cloak and is most usually seen using his ash staff to support his slow and measured walk.
Possessions:
-Orb of Existence: A golden orb contained in the folds of his cloak, it contains all of the knowledge and magical power in existence. When knowledge or magical power increases throughout the many folds of existence, it glows brighter, and when knowledge or power is lost, it dims. Within the orb, there exists two white trees devoid of flowering that oppose one another in perspective - only one can be seen at a time by flipping the orb over. However, there is no apparent use to it as none have ever accessed it. It is also known as "The Golden Orb."
-A Script of Verse: "A Verse lies within the Script / The Wording is the Key..." The bottom half has been burned off, leaving the poem incomplete. However, it remains permanently in the pocket of his cloak.
-White ash staff with bumps and knots.
Secrets:
Hidden
Abilities:
On top of his magical abilities, he has a couple other unique facets:
-World Walker: With this ability, he can travel across immense distances with ease just by taking a step forward. He transports immediately from one location to another without any magic, aura, or effort. Though seemingly useful due to his slow walk, while he could cross rooms or fields in a moment, he generally chooses to walk instead. He can cross continents in a single bound and even jump from world to world. The only restriction is that when he steps from one world to another, he can only travel as far as the nearest planet, thus stepping to a planet across the galaxy requires many steps. However, what would be just a walk down a corridor can instantaneously take him from one land to a world on the other side of the universe, each step inviting a new world and then melting away just the same.
-Spirit Summons: Effortlessly and usually unconsciously, he summons little, translucent spirits that aid him in his age. They do all types of menial work such as carrying or retrieving objects, but can also cast low levels of magic for whatever need (be it to heal, to light a fire, or other).
-Foresight: He has been blessed with the ability to glimpse little images of the future, giving rise to many references to him as Seer or Prophet. However, he would be the first to say that his foresight is as much the true future as it is a possible future, a warning, or a foreshadowing of events yet to come. The images are often hard to interpret if they are even perceptible at all. "No future is set in stone, only possibilities, and every tap of the finger brings a new one."
About Him:
-He is blind, unable to see with his eyes, but somehow is entirely aware of his surroundings, never needing help finding anything or aid in avoiding anything. If one did not know or could no see it in his blank eyes, it may not be obvious at all that he is blind as he is as able as any old man.
-In both his wisdom and his age, he tends to speak little, doing so only when he feels that his words are truly in need of expressing, and even then he is extremely soft spoken. His voice is light and gravelly, barely more than a whisper, necessitating that near silence be maintained if anyone wishes to hear him. However, it seems, ironically, that he speaks softer when in the company of many then with just a sole other.
-He is incredibly wise and knowledgeable, but rarely does he flaunt his power or understanding of the ways of magic. Instead, he is quick to offer help while disguising he knows much at all and maintains his humility at all costs. However, he does sometimes speak cryptically in poems or puzzles, wanting some effort on the part of the one to whom he is speaking.
Other:
Some of the spirits that have accompanied him for ages have taken corporeal form and are able to appear and disappear at will:
-Orson the Bard (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/Orson.jpg): He is a "teddy bear", no taller than a foot or two, with a carefree attitude, but fears danger immensely. He decided to take on the role of "Bard," choosing a baby guitar as his instrument to sing of great tales.
-Chipper (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/Chipper.jpg): He is a chipmunk that is full of energy and is highly mischievous. Constantly digging through whatever he can get his paws on, he often gets into trouble and is in need of rescue. Food is a useful bribe for him.
-Torio the Dart (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/DMG2005/Torio.jpg): Torio is a dart-sparrow, a remarkable messenger bird used to sent messages or very tiny parcels. Because it is such a small bird, it can't carry much physically, but carrying notes is what it is most used for. The unique aspect of this messenger bird is that once it gets out of sight of everyone's eyes, it disappears into thin air and then arrives very near to its destination only a moment later. Torio, unlike most dart-sparrows, is very intelligent due to his spirit nature and also has a rebel, "tough guy"-like attitude.

Glad to see the White Tower rise again.

Name: Zena Montello
Age: 19
Height: 5'4"
Appearance: shoulder length black hair, a black knee length skirt with heavy black boots and, following the trend, a shirt of the same color. Both the skirt and shirt have dragons on them which move and change color like a mood ring thanks to some clever enchanting. She's a lot less athletic than Joshua, but still thin.
Powers: Psyonics in general, but telekinesis and sensory illusion are her specialties. She has some level of elemental magic, but it's unrefined and tends to backfire if she's not careful. She has limited ability to see imminent danger which comes in handy quite often.
Belongings with her: various throwing knives, a spellbook, and a small bag containing a seemingly impossible amount of reference material and supplies.

Bio: Zena was fortunate enough to grow up in a decent family and she never went without. Her paths crossed with Joshua when he began taking lessons in magic from her teacher. Where he specializes in altering matter, she specializes in psyonic magic and the combination of the two is nearly unbeatable. She has done well and now works with Joshua as both a representative and researcher. She's also absurdly clumsy and often finds herself in embarrassing situations, rarely of her own doing.

After the rift at the Wizard's council, Joshua had a quill pen a letter and teleport it to her. Upon reading it, she left for the white tower.

Chaz the Cat Image. (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i214/jratz91/IMG_0206.jpg?t=1208150584) Please note this image is about 10 months old, he's grown a lot since then.

Chaz is a very small, very fluffy cat. From head to tail tip, he's no longer than 20" and is a black and grey with a fair amount of random white hairs all over him. His face and chest are also white. Three of his paws are also white and he's very playful, despite being shy. He speaks occasionally and holds secrets not even Zena knows. He also can travel between worlds and deliver messages. Chaz can also act as Zena's eyes and ears when she can't go somewhere and can channel the powers of both Zena and Joshua, to an extent.

Considering all, and how I'm dry on this area of character-centered roleplays. I'm bringing my own character, I hope he'll be accepted. There is a sort of "comic relief" in the way he is going to be an epileptic wizard addicted in gambling, if that's not a problem. I'll be basing his skills in a mix of SPECIAL with Arcanum. So basically when he casts spells his stamina is drained, so as he isn't physically very apt, actually he is sort of Fail... he can't cast too much. But I Like roleplaying flawed characters. And Balrogga, just if you don't know already, I roleplay Solar Communes too. He can be the "Healing Magic" teacher... although he has some other secret pursuits he does after midnight.

Name: Ivan Berezovsky
Title: "The Trembling Wizard", "Healer Berez"
Age: 51 years old
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: Socialist Republic of Soviet Steam
Civil Status: Wanted for illegal practice of magic and occultism.
Previous Location: Self-imposed exile to the Theocracy of Perun.
Physical Description: B&W Full Body Photograph (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Rasputin-PD.jpg), Face-only Photograph (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Rasputin_pt.jpg). Usually in his black smock, pants and shoes, Ivan is a mysterious looking and physically frail but elegant middle-aged man with a large beard and a bronze amulet with the ancient symbols of Perun (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Thundermarks.svg/270px-Thundermarks.svg.png) hanging on his neck. Supposedly he has problems sometimes, when he starts trembling and shaking his entire body until someone handles him one of his potions.

Physical Disadvantages: Epilepsy

Personality Description: Although somewhat closed in more personal questions, he still has a strong extrovert side, and tend to be very conceptual in his thoughts, as a man who has more ideas than actions. Ivan also is a very cunning man, who has little time for letting emotions influence his behavior guided by mostly rationality, but he also is known for his sense of humor and for being tolerant and easy-going despite his problems. He prefers everything organized, and like to plan ahead for each day, but he doesn't like being ordered by others, and he takes risks, calculatedly.

Mental Disadvantages: Addiction(Gambling).

Alignment(Political): Neutral/Don't care
Alignment(Moral): Rational Egoism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_egoism)
Alignment(Ethics): Utilitarianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism)
Religion: Slavic Mysticism, Perun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perun) worshiper.

Base Stats

Strength: 2 (Bad)
Perception: 5 (Average)
Endurance: 3 (Poor)
Charisma: 7 (Very Good)
Intelligence: 10 (Heroic)
Agility: 5 (Average)
Luck: 7 (Very Good)

Magic/Technology Alignment: -100(Cannot use technology)

Technological Disciplines: None

Spell Colleges:

White Necromancy (http://www.gamebanshee.com/arcanum/spellcolleges/necromanticwhite.php) Level 5

- Minor Healing
- Stop Poison
- Major Healing
- Sanctuary
- Lifeforce Surge*
...

*Recovers Stamina and disposition to fullest, like a long night sleep or vacation. Or more exactly, transfers the stamina of the caster to someone else.

Black Necromancy (http://www.gamebanshee.com/arcanum/spellcolleges/necromanticblack.php) Level 2 (IC Secret)

- Harm
- Conjure Spirit
- Minuscle Lifeforce Drain*
...

*Opposite of Lifeforce Surge, but ridiculously weaker. Basically gives him enough stamina to cast a minor, extremely weak spell at the expense of someone's yawn. The advantage is that it's so insignificant most can't perceive it.

Note: Each skill has a total of five levels

Combat Skills: He can try running away from melee.

Social Skills:

Gambling: Level 4 (Expert)
Persuasion: Level 2 (Basic)
Jokes: Level 3 (Expert)
Healing: Level 1 (Basic)
Language(English): Level 2 (Basic)

Technological Skills: None

Inventory:

1x Amulet of Perun: Just an amulet with the ancient symbols of Perun, purely symbolic and with no magical power. In Soviet Steam magic cannot be absorbed by inanimate objects.

40x Shake-stopping potion: A small transparent vial with a transparent liquid and the label: "Primechanie k sebe: Pit'e odno kazhdyjj den'. Ja ne khochu svernut' na pole trjastija snova", it doesn't seem magical.

1x universal card set: Blackjack, poker, tarot... There is always something enough for all of them.

400 Perun Rubles: Their worth is questionable.

My teacher isn't technically a mage at all, though she can teach many useful things...

Name: J'age
Age: Unknown- looks to be mid 30's
Race: Human?
Gender: Female
Nationality: None
Appearance: Tall - 6'0"ish; Slender - 160ish muscled like a martial artis or swimmer - long flat muscles sleek rather than bulky, feminine but not overly lushly curved. Ebon haired, but the skin of her face is porcelain white which fades down her neck to merely extremely pale human tones. Her eyes are an icy, glowing, translucent aquamarine with a wolfs ring - "Eyes like ice with hidden fire" as some one once said..

Photo (http://www.atddm.com/Jage1a.jpg)

Antecedants: J'age is the current Avatar of Death, Death made manifest.
or as it was once put ...


Most people don't understand Death. They have been conditioned to think of Death as evil, fearsome, hateful, and wrong. But they are the ones who are incorrect.

Death loves all of those who chose to visit mortality. Death is their guide home; the one who aids in the return to the Whole, the greater unity that they seperated from to come here, to the Realms where they are both lesser and greater than they once were. Death is the one who takes the burdens that they leave behind, who shoulders the cares and worries they shed like a snake shedding it's old skin for the new.

And Death is strong enough to take all of these without hesitation, without stint... and the one who is Death, the one who will be Death, they must be cut from a different cloth than any other.

J'age has been a body guard, an assassin, a vigilanti, a terrorist, a guardian, and now she holds the position her Father once held..

She is preternaturally skilled with weapons but she is not formally trained in military tactics/ strategy, though she has picked up a good bit here and there. J'age knows poisons, toxins, venoms, diseases and a million and one ways to turn life to death. She knows the human body intimately and can cause pain - and death - with the merest touch, and even without a touch if motivated enough. She can also heal in the same manner.

A woman of few words she doesn't look at all like one would expect.


Speciality: Necromancy/Necromantic Arts

Hey Tan, long time no see. Glad you're here though.

Anywho, not sure if you say the debate in the previous thread or in the original White Tower, but necromancy is... well... often not accepted here. I'll leave it for others to expand on.

Hey, Death's just misunderstood. And the one thing Death won't allow is any one abusing the dead.

Tan, the main reason this got started when it did was because of necromancy. We have characters here that left the other thread because of it. Bringing it here will cause them to leave again. Not to offend you, but it caused a big problem. We had some continue despite being scared of it, some left, and some fought for it. I have a feeling it'll be another big problem to bring it here. I'm not saying you should leave, but it might not be a bad idea to choose something other than necromancy for a specialty. If you keep going, we can see what happens and what others think. I don't have a problem with it, I'm just bringing my wisdom here.

No, I'll bow out rather than ruin any ones fun.

You could change your character a bit too or keep the necromancy to yourself. There's not a need to leave unless you really want to. If that's what you do, well, the elves will just get pissed off. So long as you don't try to get it taught here or force it on someone, you might be ok.

No, I'll bow out rather than ruin any ones fun.

I don't think it is ruining anyone's fun considering it is an IC issue. However, seeing as I don't really have an opinion either way on the matter (OOCly or ICly), I'd say before you do anything (in or out), you let everyone weigh in (especially Bal).

Teacher Character - June RoverMouse (if Accepted)

Age - Quite Old
Race - Mouse (Bigulated)
Gender - Female
Appearance - Her Fur is the dark grey with brown tinges. She stands on two legs as tall as an "average" human, but however for the most time she will be on 4 legs. She doesn't wear clothes as she believes "it just interferes in construction and maintenaince.". Her fur is seemingly long and un-managed but there is a reason.

Studies:
She deals with practical usage and construction of magical items mainly, however she is dabbling and looking to unlock the full magical potential and allow her Race to cast spells just as anyother fantasy group. Her current tests involve her enchanting a puppet with magic and then attempting to get the puppet to 'cast' the spell. Results have not been good.

Fur of Holding: Yep she's enchanted her fur to act in essence as a massive bag of holding. She could do this due to her long hair and once anything is hidden from sight in there it's held in an extra-dimensional space until it's retrieved. Things that enter in there go into a stasis state with no changes can be made inside. A sandwhich that was put in there 10 weeks ago would come out as fresh as it went it.

She has made over the years quite alot of things Her office, workspace and Fur are littered with large to small items... each has a specific effect and could be useful in a wide number of situations.

~~~

Students to be filled in later.

My lad Ruari might actually benefit from the Tanaaran necromancer's help, if you let him in.

Ruari Dhurigh is a 15-year-old Findhornian who, when he was 13, accidentally raised his grandmother from the dead. The Findhornians, shocked (because they work very hard not to believe in magic), palmed him off on their lost but rediscovered (magic-using) colony, Ardchoille. The Ardchoilleans, unable to figure out what had happened and being terribly conscious of their White Magic reputation, not to mention terribly stuffy about the Dark Side, paid to have him hustled off discreetly to the Nocturne Academy of the Dark Arts.

He spent most of his first year there learning that (a) vampires do exist, especially in Callisdrun, and (b) they're sexy. He also managed to animate a cat skeleton in a botched attempt to take part in a class exercise. But he remained hopelessly incapable of genuine necromancy.

In the Christmas/Yule/Whatever holidays back home, he came into possession of an old ring (like, cliche?). It is more than likely that the ring is a trap matrix, and trapped inside it is Ruari's family black sheep, Uncle Hector, but how he got trapped and what will come of it all, who knows?

So far this (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12408940&postcount=234) is all that's happened with the ring.

(Ruari's adventures came to a halt when my RL house got flooded last year.)

Ardchoille helped get the "undead" Granny Dhurigh out of sight by sending her as their ambassador to Omigodtheykilledkenny. But now the Kennyites are getting stroppy about having a dead ambassador. With a fraught domestic political situation, Ardchoille can't afford any more trouble. So it's conceivable that that bunch of lily-white witches would be quite willing to push Ruari off onto any scholastic establishment that might help.

I'm thinking he will prove to be a throwback, a witch in what was once the Findhornian, and is now the traditional Ardchoillean, mould, and there's been a bit of confusion about the "necromancy". He's still very pro-vampire, however,and likely to get into fights with anyone who disses them.

Oh, for the rest: human, dark red hair, pale skin, doesn't tan, freckles madly, hazel eyes, already taller than his father, strong for his age, rural background but familiar with computers, knows that physical space travel exists, has met non-humans, good climber and swimmer, goatherd extraordinaire, knows lots of herbal remedies for goats.

Any chance Ruari would qualify for membership of the White Tower's student body?

Name: Marvel

Age: 213 (appears early 30's)

Race: Redeemed Demon/Red Gargoyle (uses illusion magic to appear human)

Hair: Short, black. Goatee.

Eyes: Black

Skin: Dark Red

Sex: Male

Build: Atheltic (2 batlike wings)

Height: 6'3"

WOC: Magic/Illusionist. Also has venomous spine at tip of tail (hypnotic narcotic venom doesn't kill but makes victim VERY suggestible).

Wears: Brown pantaloons, white shirt and a brown jacket

Marital Status: Never Married

History:

Marvel's ovum was laid in an archeologist on Earth. He matured and pupatated in this human's body, as did all of his species at the time, and then took his place in the infantry of the underworld. Owing to the fact that he retained his host's ability to read, among other things, he rose through the ranks and was transferred into the underworld's Diplomatic Corps.

He escaped the underworld when the information reached him that his master had come to feel that he knew too much about an ongoing conflict. He once again entered earth, where he took human form and tried to blend in.

He took up living with a temple prostitute in the city of Gomorra. Though he became close with the human, he used his tail stinger to give her enjoyable interludes. At the time, he was unaware of the digestive enzymes in the venom. He learned the hard way. Then, he found that another demon controlled the temple, and had used him to deal with a temple prostitute, who was too free-spirited and independent for the controlling demon’s liking. Marvel trashed the temple, exposing and killing the demon, and the city did not survive the turmoil that followed.

Then, he took to living as a farm hand for about ten years in the land of Yendor. It was during this time that he learned to pass as a human. One day, as he was plowing the fields, he noticed that things were too quiet. A troop of (other) Red Gargoyle Demons were attacking the town and trying (and often succeeding) to impregnate the townspeople. Together with the farmer and a few other friends, he moved the townspeople into the castle at Yendor Keep. Once there, he found out that the local ruler, a man by the name of Duke Rodney ("Rodney" is "Yendor" spelled backwards) was in league with the demons. It was during this time that he was completely turned and ceased to be a Creature of Darkness--though the process took many years. With the Court Sorcerer and a few other friends, he thwarted the Duke's evil plans. The few remaining demons carried the Duke off and did who knows what (I'll leave it to your imagination) with him. And, from this, the underworld learned that he walked the land. They have a policy against unlicensed realmwalkers, so...they sent a little Sanitation Detail—only about 10,000 troops. Its purpose was to turn the extinct volcano (Mount Yendor) into which Yendor was built from a mountain to a crater, and the Town of Yendor into a little red smudge on the map.

So, with the help of the Court Sorcerer and a few others (as in just about everyone left in the castle), Marvel faked the eruption of Mount Yendor. And it worked--convinced that the town had met its demise, the Sanitation Detail returned to the underworld. This left the townsfolk healthy, happy and alive. Oh, and the Court Sorcerer, a corrupt, greedy man, ended up in the Duke's seat. When he tried to capture Marvel and turn him into a medical sample, Marvel spread his wings, took off and never looked back.

Lives now as a traveling bard and worker—help with a harvest here, build a wall there, commune with the local magic users when they get together. Because others can try to burn him at the stake if they find out what he is, he has learned to live alone. Wants to come "out of the closet" and get some respect from the humans. Though his nature is good, he still retains the memories of the time he spent as a minion of evil and can be quite the trickster when the need arises.

He is primarily a magic user, but still has some weapons training from his time as a grunt soldier, and is quite a wheeler-dealer from his time as a Diplomat from Hell. He is a very good illusionist, but does not cast other types of spells as well.

Pictures:

http://www.nls.net/mp/413/marvelbod_demon.png

http://www.nls.net/mp/413/marvelbod_human_clothed.png

Okay I'll wait until more people have had their thoughts on this but please understand she is not going to allow any one to abuse the dead. But dealing with the dead is not in and of itself evil - its the intent and use to which it is put - and that goes for any other strain of majic.
Reposting...

Name: J'age
Age: Unknown- looks to be mid 30's
Race: Human?
Gender: Female
Nationality: None
Appearance: Tall - 6'0"ish; Slender - 160ish muscled like a martial artis or swimmer - long flat muscles sleek rather than bulky, feminine but not overly lushly curved. Ebon haired, but the skin of her face is porcelain white which fades down her neck to merely extremely pale human tones. Her eyes are an icy, glowing, translucent aquamarine with a wolfs ring - "Eyes like ice with hidden fire" as some one once said..

Photo (http://www.atddm.com/Jage1a.jpg)

Antecedants: J'age is the current Avatar of Death, Death made manifest.
or as it was once put ...

Quote:
Most people don't understand Death. They have been conditioned to think of Death as evil, fearsome, hateful, and wrong. But they are the ones who are incorrect.

Death loves all of those who chose to visit mortality. Death is their guide home; the one who aids in the return to the Whole, the greater unity that they seperated from to come here, to the Mortal Realms where they are both lesser and greater than they once were. Death is the one who takes the burdens that they leave behind, who shoulders the cares and worries they shed like a snake shedding it's old skin for the new.

And Death is strong enough to take all of these without hesitation, without stint... and the one who is Death, the one who will be Death, they must be cut from a different cloth than any other.

J'age has been a body guard, an assassin, a vigilanti, a terrorist, a guardian, and now she holds the position her Father once held.. She is preternaturally skilled with weapons but she is not formally trained in military tactics/ strategy, though she has picked up a good bit here and there. J'age knows poisons, toxins, venoms, diseases and a million and one ways to turn life to death. She knows the human body intimately and can cause pain - and death - with the merest touch, and even without a touch if motivated enough. She can also heal in the same manner.

A woman of few words she doesn't look at all like one would expect.

Speciality: Necromancy/Necromantic Arts

Here are the two human students I am bringing in. Please note there is not really anything special about either one.


Kyle is an average looking 17 year old human. He was sent here by his old master. He is naturally talented for Magic but does not have a specialty. At best he would be considered a bright student who might be a little ahead of his classmates in a normal school. He was sent here by one of his benifactors although he does not know who that was.


Marcus is a moody 24 year old male. He was taught everything the local hedge wizard knew and then dismissed. He wandered his homeland until one day he was lead by a feeling through a dark shadowy valley and found himself staring at a sky which was not his own. He followed the feeling to the front gate of the White Tower.

The Garbage Men, which is also a nation controlled by me, does have some fantasy elements...

And I was wondering if I could involve in a different way, There are six characters which I want to bring in, however not as a student nor as a Teacher, though they'd certainly interact with both.

The idea is that being TGMites they'd be suitable for the position in many ways. First they know how deal with rubbish and all the other chores would be necessary. They have skills in both magic and psionics as well as one of them into divine magic.

I'm asking since this is not a usual role of the teacher/student. Perhaps they, or at least some of them would do some mentoring but they would be seperate from the teachers and would mainly be responsible for maintenaince of the grounds.

So, Bal, What say you?

@Tan: I think most people understand that, but there have been considerable debates (IC and OOC) about necromancy at all should be allowed here. In the previous White Tower, all Necros were turned away.

@Bal: Your comments on Tan's character.

@Mice: That would seem fine. "Teacher" is actually a misleading label for the White Tower. It's more like a haven for wizards where young and old come for learning and guidance. You could spend your days at the Tower and never really teach anyone. Plus, my character Arkane (see first page) is along the same lines - he could teacher if someone asked him (and he wished to), but he will often just play the role of a mentor and a "groundskeeper" (though I'm not sure what type of groundskeeper that is yet...).

In the past, the interactions between characters determined how things were run as far as who would feel welcome and who was not. At this point, Galvenor has yet to meet anyone so I will attempt to wait until that happens. Also SE, another origional instructor has posted a TAG and will join after his short Holiday. I am waiting to hear from him too.

At this time, I am looking for instructors who can teach their own speciality (Galvenor's is Meta Magic) and the students will seek them out for instruction. I have two students here already but we need to determine who is here to learn and who is here to teach. If you have a teacher here, please make a student or three to learn, otherwise we will become teacher heavy ahd have to do RPs involving them instead of the students. The low powered RPs are desired over the ones that would need the Teachers and their power levels.

LOL I know exactly what J'age would teach -

Ethics.

and Findhorn, yes she's be glad to help Ruari get ahold of his powers.

the past ban on Necro was because of IC dislikes and with a new group of players and characters, it would be best to let the characters determine it like before. IC character interaction is what this game is about.

One thing I am sure we will have to do is differentiate between White Necromancy and Black Necromancy. Healing is a necromantic spell. it causes the body to accelerate it's healing and thus qualifies as being necromantic.


Here are the definitions of Magical Spheres according to the AD&D 2nd Ed Players Handbook:

Schools of Magic
Although all wizard spells are learned and memorized the same way, they fall into nine different schools of magic. A school of magic is a group of related spells.

Abjuration spells are a group of specialized protective spells. Each is used to prevent or banish some magical or nonmagical effect or creature. They are often used to provide safety in times of great danger or when attempting some other particularly dangerous spell.

Alteration spells cause a change in the properties of some already existing thing, creature, or condition. This is accomplished by magical energy channeled through the wizard.

Conjuration/summoning spells bring something to the caster from elsewhere. Conjuration normally produces matter or items from some other place. Summoning enables the caster to compel living creatures and powers to appear in his presence or to channel extraplanar energies through himself.

Enchantment/charm spells cause a change in the quality of an item or the attitude of a person or creature. Enchantments can bestow magical properties on ordinary items, while charms can unduly influence the behavior of beings.

Greater divinations are more powerful than lesser divinations (see below). These spells enable the wizard to learn secrets long forgotten, to predict the future, and to uncover things hidden or cloaked by spells.

Illusions deal with spells to deceive the senses or minds of others. Spells that cause people to see things that are not there, hear noises not made, or remember things that never happened are all illusions.

Invocation/Evocation spells channel magical energy to create specific effects and materials. Invocation normally relies on the intervention of some higher agency (to whom the spell is addressed), while evocation enables the caster to directly shape the energy.

Lesser divination spells are learnable by all wizards, regardless of their affiliation. This school includes the most basic and vital spells of the wizard--those he needs to practice other aspects of his craft. Lesser divinations include read magic and detect magic.

Necromancy is one of the most restrictive of all spell schools. It deals with dead things or the restoration of life, limbs, or vitality to living creatures. Although a small school, its spells tend to be powerful. Given the risks of the adventuring world, necromantic spells are considered quite useful.

I am not saying we HAVE to use these ICly but OOCly we can use it as a guide if we wished.

This is a personal OOC:

I don't believe in white or black necromancy - it's the intent and what you do with it- Just as with all majic.

But thats just my opinion.

White being healing type

Black being undead, demons, death magics type

Personally, I prefer GURPS and its derivative SPECIAL, I even have a nifty character creation software which contains some spells and alike based on that system, I just didn't see it necessary yet to make a character sheet of this new one, although I have one for Yelena, I might upload once.

I will be making one for Ivan as well later.

Regarding an additional student character, unfortunately I believe I'll roleplay infinitely better with just one character. Although Ivan has as much to learn as he has to teach.

*Quick edit:

I did it. Just As reference, I'll be making Ivan stats based on this, but with only magical skills:

http://www.freewebs.com/yrmbook/yelena.htm

Note that I won't use these stat blocks as absolutes.

Wow, another player that remembers GURPS


I based my Psionics out of GURPS Psionics so there would be an extensive list that would be readily available to any who wished to look them up.

You mean the Generalized Unlimited Role Playing System?

Never heard of it. :) :) :)

Is that what they are calling it now?

Back in the day (about 15-20 years ago) it stood for Generic Universal Role Playing System

I never liked GURPS.

And Soviet Steam, just to let you know J'age's dislike is all IC -

Is that what they are calling it now?

Back in the day (about 15-20 years ago) it stood for Generic Universal Role Playing System

It is "Generic."

It is "Generic."

Thus serving as a basis for truly original settings of all types rather than being a generic all-around world of a different setting absorbing usual clichés of the genre with some exceptions around as well, which tend to rarely be described or explored *throws finger at Sword Coast and salutes Chessenta* while offering potential for more diplomatic ways of solving issues, plus I'm not a fan of "choose your alignment" over "let your actions define your alignment" and I like the potential the advantages/disadvantages and quirks system offer for creating some unique characters. But nevermind, this is a subject for another thread.

And don't worry, I am someone who knows how to differentiate OOC from IC properly. I have chosen to RP a, physically speaking, gimp, who "cheats" to gain more stamina under the facade of a healer, and I won't be over-protective of a fictional character.

I personally adhere to a mix of the choose/action for your alignment. Certainly you can't be pure good if you go around killing innocents, but you could be bad and do good things and vice versa. You could be from an evil race and be helping out / being good in a certain RP.

Good done in the name of evil is still good, evil done in the name of good is still evil.

Good done in the name of evil is still good, evil done in the name of good is still evil.

I couldn't have put it better if I'd tried for weeks.

To put my opinion clearer, I usually prefer roleplaying characters "in shades of grey" rather than "black and white", thus meaning a conventional alignment system can't be applied to them because I attempt to define their actions on their personality rather than in absolute moral values.

Ya, we got that. The point made was that no matter the alignment, the action made can still be good or evil.

Or he could mean he is Neutral with Good/Evil tendacies...


Oh, I am sorry if I wasn't clear but the main tower stairs are internal and cannot be seen from outside. In my next post (later tonight I hope) it will be clearer.

Again. I am sorry.

Could i join this?

If you have a fantasy based mage. We want to keep technology out of this as much as possible.

Good done in the name of evil is still good, evil done in the name of good is still evil.

You misunderstand what I said (unless of course you weren't replying to my comment). My point was that a good action or even a series of good actions does not make one good. Maybe slightly less bad, but it doesn't negate everything else. If you have lived a life of evil and will continue to do so, saving a single soul doesn't change everything.

So, I can has entry, Balrogga?

I don't play within a strict hierarchy of magic, but, since balance is the watchword of my characters' ethos too, I think Ruari will end up learning much from Tanara's character.

Forgot to mention that he has a red-and-black chess set bought for him at his birth by the absentee Uncle Hector, and that his name "Ruari" + "Dhurigh" means, "Red king, black king".

Just try to keep things low powered. Students would not be able to do powerful magics otherwise they would not be students.

If you bring in someone that might teach, try to bring in some students. I have one teacher and two students. Macus and Kyle are only versed in the very basics of Magic. Other than that they are human with some flaws.

There'll be two witches from Neo Kirisubo at the school and they look like this: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/nihongaz/kimono_left800.jpg

The one on the left is Yuki and the other is Miki. School uniform for them is mainly plain kimonos in light pinks or reds.

Name: Yuki Harada
age : 16
interests : mainly playing her guitar and riding a broomstick, girls
bio: Yuki is now of age but she's still got a good few years of study left before she works for the Ministry of Magic. She's just transferred from her nations magic school and attends here with her sister Miki.

She would prefer to mess about with girls and broomsticks rather than work but will put the effort into her studies from time to time. She dosen't lack courage but goes to pieces when she sees a really cute girl or boy.

Oh and she's also bi-sexual like a lot of women back home :)

usual kimono colour : deep red

Name: Miki Harada
age : 15
Interests: her pet tribble, flowers, boys, looking her best, broomsticks
bio: like her sister Yuki she's attending the white tower school but is hetrosexual. She's smarter and more of a scholar than her sister is and can rein in her interest in boys.
Usual kimono colour: light pink

It sounds like there are still a couple others joining so I will wait until tonight to post Galvenor opening the Tower doors and appearing. Until then, please RP together and get aquainted more with each other.

I have been requested by SE to hold off on the introduction a bit. He wants to make an entrance so two of the origional members can have a chat before both meet the guests.

Just letting you know what is going on so you don't think I forgot to post.

Well, I see the OOC thread is going well. Hey to all those of you who knew me from before I had to drop out due to RL issues. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Snake Eaters, more commonly known as SE or simply Snake. I was one of the original members of the White Tower, and am glad to see it restarted under the auspices of my good RP buddy Balrogga.

I'm not going to post my stats here, at least not yet. This is for two reasons: 1) I don't have any ready-made

2) I've been doing this long enough that those of you who knew before know that I rarely RP utilising stats or otherwise. If anyone who doesn't know me has any questions regarding my character, please don't hestiate to ask.

Although, playing without stats does add to the mystique...

Hey SE, how's it going?

Note, I'll be busy/gone for the next couple days.

James Alan:

The psychotic bard most of you met in the Wizard council thread. Yes, he will nuke you in the face if you annoy him like the Behemoth did.

Joram:

His overlarge metallic draconic compatriot.

Gustav Von Stueben, Graf von Stueben:

A Captain in his Imperial Majesties Royal Knights, he has mage potential, and the Herr Ritter of the Order directed he seek instruction. His armor, weapons, and mount are all being sent with him. Keeping a horse at the tower may prove interesting, though time to practice with arms and armor may be equally scarce.

I am assuming all the quick actions the group is taking happened while Eldrad and Galvenor were talking. When things have stopped then I will open the door, unless SE wants to do it himself.

I am assuming all the quick actions the group is taking happened while Eldrad and Galvenor were talking. When things have stopped then I will open the door, unless SE wants to do it himself.

That would be a fair assumption. Plus there's the fact that it's vague how fast Galvenor can walk down a flight of stairs.

Yep.

Besides, it is better ICly for their own selves if they can handle a simple wolf without the teachers rushing in to hold their hands.

On another note, Marcus is deathly afraid of wolves and it is one of his flaws. He just fainted from the panic attack he suffered.

I am glad we have no werewolf characters, or even anime wolfgirls

Yep.

Besides, it is better ICly for their own selves if they can handle a simple wolf without the teachers rushing in to hold their hands.

On another note, Marcus is deathly afraid of wolves and it is one of his flaws. He just fainted from the panic attack he suffered.

I am glad we have no werewolf characters, or even anime wolfgirls

Then it's a good thing that cat's aren't related to wolves in any way cause Zena seems to be acting as the reviver of the group. And yes, anime wolfgirls would be a bad idea in this case.

Then it's a good thing that cat's aren't related to wolves in any way cause Zena seems to be acting as the reviver of the group. And yes, anime wolfgirls would be a bad idea in this case.

Cats and dogs do share a common ancestor. Not as close as dogs and bears, but closer than dogs, cats and humans.

Hmm, I was wondering whether it'd be alright if I sent a character there, not really as a teacher or as a student, but rather some kind of observer-type who just is there (could teach things to those who care, but wouldn't do it in a regular teaching environment). Considering the *cough* magical nature of the Ermorian Empire... I don't see why one of their more, um, lively types wouldn't take an odd interest in something like this.

If so, here's a sort of profile thing.

Name: Betegrath
Title(s): Grand Thaumaturg
Age: Looks like about forty-fifty, real age unknown (like many others)
Species: Baseline human, although he does have a strange, weak and unexplainable aura of death around him.
Sex: Male
Nationality: Unknown/Withheld
Appearance: Black hair, brown eyes, about standard height. Nothing really special about him. Wears a purple robe. Has some colorful rings on his fingers.
Possessions: A bag full of strange gems. Not carrying much else.
Specialties: A sort of generalist. As a result, doesn't have one.

No Bio/History, due to the fact that he would not tell about those.

So, at this point do we need more students? If so I have a pair that I could bring but really would prefer not too.

Get them ready in case we have some drop out or if the gaggle of mages all want to be teachers/instructors. You can bring in students anytime and as many as you can handle comfortably.

So... Can I or can I not bring this character of mine to the white tower? Or who makes that decision? I thought it was you, Balrogga. :confused: Since I'm not even trying to bring a student or even a proper teacher...

My characters description is: Teacher

Name: Mathus Magnus
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 160 LBS
Eye color: Bright Blue
Hair color: Dirty Blonde
Race: Human - Eborian ( Half-breed )
Age: Appears 60- Actual- 100
Items in possesion:

Master Wand of Mathus: A wand of untold power, and untold horror. The wand was created by Mathus asa final test from his master and mentor - Magnus The Grand Wand master. The wand is constructed from a rare and magically embued wood called Gold Aura Oak located only in the Grand Forest of the North, in the Renezarian province of Remeilia. Its focusing crystal is actually a synthic crystal forged from the pure Magical and Spiritual energy of his master. And its Magic essence fill is the blood of his master Magnus. As per tradition, a master Wand maker, upon completeing a students training is to be used in the creation of that students last and greatest wand.

Tools of wand making

Dastardly Stench;13637549']Cats and dogs do share a common ancestor. Not as close as dogs and bears, but closer than dogs, cats and humans.

I know they share a common ancestor, if you go back far enough (this is scientifically of course) we all come from the same original single celled organism, which grew and multiplied and adapted.

I have updated my characters info.

If you bring in a teacher/instructor, please bring in some students or this will be top heavy.

You can bring in characters but if the other players don't like them we can discuss it in the OOC Thread. Of course, the characters will have to survive IC interaction. If a werewolf character joined, Marcus would be rendered in a vegitative state from his trauma.

Well then, note to everyone, NO WEREWOLVES!! :p

Ivan does much better in an war room discussing plans with generals and organizing logistics than casting spells, thus he is more of an warrant officer and strategist than of a wizard, or in Hearts of Iron 2 terms, he is a "Logistics Wizard". In certain ways, he's both an student and a teacher. Like I mentioned earlier, I prefer roleplaying single characters because I believe it makes it easier to maintain a better level of overall quality.

Before anyone asks, for a strange reason I can't log in as Soviet Steam directly through Jolt, and I was not going to open the NS page just for that.

I just don't want too many cooks and not ennough customers. I plan on only using Galvenor when it is necessary to teach or some other interaction but I plan on using the two students more to draw attention to the student aspect of the thread instead of the teacher aspect.

My characters description is: Teacher

Name: Mathus Magnus
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 160 LBS
Eye color: Bright Blue
Hair color: Dirty Blonde
Race: Human - Eborian ( Half-breed )
Age: Appears 60- Actual- 100
Items in possesion:

Master Wand of Mathus: A wand of untold power, and untold horror. The wand was created by Mathus asa final test from his master and mentor - Magnus The Grand Wand master. The wand is constructed from a rare and magically embued wood called Gold Aura Oak located only in the Grand Forest of the North, in the Renezarian province of Remeilia. Its focusing crystal is actually a synthic crystal forged from the pure Magical and Spiritual energy of his master. And its Magic essence fill is the blood of his master Magnus. As per tradition, a master Wand maker, upon completeing a students training is to be used in the creation of that students last and greatest wand.

Tools of wand making

Not much competition in the field, eh?

Wands are a forgotten part of the magic world I simply want to bring it back.. thats why I would want him to be a teacher.

Also I am working on a fantasy Rp website now. It is my Regions official page to.

http://z9.invisionfree.com/Renezar/index.php?act=idx

Actually wands are a foci that allows one trained in them to channel their ability through it. The danger in them is if the mage is deprived of his foci, he loses the ability of being able to focus his magic correctly.

A good example is in the Potter novels, you take a wand away from one of those mages and it handicaps them greatly.

This is my opinion and only mine unles you agree, then I will share it with you too...

I was hoping that Rollings would have used the opportunity to have a rogue wizard (for lack of a better term) take Ron Weasley and teach him to cast spells better without a wand than he could with that poor excuse he always used. It always seemed to me that Ron's wand was as much a handicap as an advantage to him. Ah, well.

Maybe cause his wand was shiite?

Anyhow, I'm back... again. It appears the only thing I missed was a tussle with a wolf, but that's okay because Arkane wouldn't have done anything. He's just been sitting on the bench as everyone arrived.

I'll probably make a student sometime in the next few days, but Arkane is definitely not one. Post coming soon.

Maybe cause his wand was shiite?

Would that mean that Harry's was a Suni?

;)

Dastardly Stench;13645004']Would that mean that Harry's was a Suni?

;)

Perhaps a Sunni.

;)

Wand play far more of an intricate part of the wizarding world. A wand is a focus tool of a mage and those who are skilled in their use can be a very challenging opponent. But unlike what Rollings portrays in her books, wands do not constitute a weakness. If a mage is only skilled in the use of wands then he was never worthy of actually handling the wand. A mage should only use a wand once they have fully trained themselves in other field of magic.

This is a silly debate.

Rowling wasn't wrong or misguided. She created an entirely different world with one view of magic. This one is vastly different, mostly in including almost an aspect or view of magic. Wands are what we say they are.

Period.

Wow someone is grumpy

Wow someone is grumpy

Yes... making a valid and intelligent point with a tinge of authority = grumpy.

Spot on.

First point: I'm surprised nobody bothered to correctly spell J. K. Rowling's name.

Second point: The comment could have been said nicer, but it was direct and that's good enough for me.

Final point: Different magics use wands differently. J. K. Rowling used it as THE way to cast spells while my characters probably wouldn't benefit from using one.

First point: I'm surprised nobody bothered to correctly spell J. K. Rowling's name.

lol, it never even crossed my mind for some reason. I do know how to spell it and yet I just copied what I saw before me.

Lol! That much was obvious when I read everyone's posts.

It seems that if you specilize in something, you become weaker in other areas. If you are string in all areas, you can only acheive a certain degree of power.

"Jack of all trades, Master of none."

I am assuming there is a general level of training needed to be a mage and once you reach this level you could specilize OR your non-specialty powers would only advance to that average level. A genetic engineer wold not likely know much about Astrophysics and forging swords and armor as an example.

Wow. I was just making an idle comment on a story. I had no idea that it would turn into a religious debate.

Since the point has come up, for the purposes of Nationstates, I favor letting the individual determine the nature of magic wands for his or her characters.

Don't have a cow, man.

agreed.

It seems that if you specilize in something, you become weaker in other areas. If you are string in all areas, you can only acheive a certain degree of power.

"Jack of all trades, Master of none."

I am assuming there is a general level of training needed to be a mage and once you reach this level you could specilize OR your non-specialty powers would only advance to that average level. A genetic engineer wold not likely know much about Astrophysics and forging swords and armor as an example.

The difference being that this is not RL and this is fantasy. These are not normal people and they don't have normal capabilities. Some have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, others absorb information easily, etc.

But if you spend most of your time in one area of magic or any other area of a specilty you risk losing a good teacher or losing anyone who can teach you at the level needed to be a master in that subject.

Also... My student

Name: Crisi Ikarus ( Izis for short)
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Eye color: Blue
Hair Color: Redish Brown
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 154 LBS

Powers: Levitation, Knowledge of Mysticism

Possessions: Clothing, Soul gems

The difference being that this is not RL and this is fantasy. These are not normal people and they don't have normal capabilities. Some have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, others absorb information easily, etc.

But you can't deny that a sense of moderation is required, to avoid characters becoming seemingly all-powerful. That, I think, is the mark of a good RP'er. So, in this particular instance, Balrogga does have a good point.

For example, Eldrad is powerful in his area of expertise, but when it comes to other forms of magick, he may be wholly ignorant.

Nope, not denying that at all. But I think it would be a little presumptuous to say someone couldn't be a master of fire and summoning.

I have only one advice on this all: Be careful to avoid munchkinism (http://www.feartheboot.com/comic/default.aspx?c=23)

I always choose skills which probability of a character using in most RPs is of 0.0001% like "military strategy" and "logistics" to be the things my characters are "master of".

Of course this means he might help into planning a "dungeon raid" to ensure the adventurers won't run out of supplies during their way. Or this:

http://www.feartheboot.com/comic/default.aspx?c=40

Nope, not denying that at all. But I think it would be a little presumptuous to say someone couldn't be a master of fire and summoning.

True... but I think it's fair to say that whilst they may be a master in both, it is entirely plausible to suggest that they may be slightly below the ultimate master in each respect. Of course, this is all theoretical, because anybody claiming that their character was all-powerful would be denounced as a god-modder.

I have a research paper due next week so I will be spending much of my time writing it. Please excuse my absences and minimal posting during this time.


SE has permission to play my characters during this time.

He know Galvenor from all our RPing and I am sure he can figure out Marcus and his wolf phobia and Kyle with his problem of having too much knowlege about magic and not enough faith in himself to make it work beyond the minimal basics.

I will post Galvenor and others later.

Thank you

Unfortunately, Arkane isn't the most actively social person (that is, he doesn't seek out the conversation, but rather lets it come to him), so not much for me to do. He'll probably just sit on the bench and listen to music for ever...

I'm noticing that some people seem to have had a problem with my actions. So, I'm going to make this clear - that post is open to a retcon at a later date. I did what I thought Balrogga might do in that situation. Any issues with this are to be brought to me first.

IMHO, I don't even think it was a big deal. Sure, you could take issue with it, but it wasn't done with any hostile intentions and it was mostly just to get everyone's OOC attention focused for the moment ICly.

I agree. SE did fine with his actions. Galvenor cannot Psionically possess any mammal or reptile body without experiencing great pain, it is one of the weaknesses I built in long ago.


By the way, I consider Psionics as an ability much like a number of superhero abilities, not a magic you can study and learn. This means Galvenor's Psionics are not magical in nature and effects that resist Magic would not affect Psionics just like Psionics would not resist Magic in any way. The Force (for all you Star Wars fans) would be a third effect that is different from each of the other two. Think of it as Psionics would be physical, Magic would be Meta-physical, and The Force would be driven by the Life(force). A Force lightening bolt, a Psionic Eletrokinesis shock, and a magical Lightning Bolt all do the same thing, each is resisted differently depending upon the source.


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This week I have my final projects due and next week I have my tests. After that I will be free to post more but until then I am stuck studying, turning out homework, finishing projects, and other school stuff. Forking full time doesn't help much either.

Thank you for your patience.

Taking into account "saves against" would be problematic at best, and a precedent for character godmodding at worst. As an unconventional PT/AT/Fantasy NationState, in Soviet Steam continent for example only innate psionics(of the type that otherwise only serves to twist forks) can trigger magic, and it is a rarity rather than commonplace for this reason alone, and why I don't have any magic words, hand waving and alike. This alone is also one of the reasons why, unless I discuss it with those affected before posting it, I won't preemptively use any stat-affecting magic(stun, confuse, etc etc).

Or in other words, this always work best if discussed before done in a collaborative manner rather than by establishing arbitrary rules and leaving at that. Of course I see this case was more of a plot device than anything else, but I'm just leaving my opinion here on these matters.

Magic could do a very nice job if you use it right, to beat psionics. Like warding against compulsions and charms(which is gonna be one of the first things that Gustav does, so Galvenor can't do it again.).

Might as well chime in. ICly, I posted a strongly-worded warning against Galvenor's glamour.

OOCly, I don't really have a problem with it. You really shouldn't go around pushing out spells that affect the minds of large numbers of other characters, but this is a school of magic, and most of the characters there should have the savvy to neutralize such a minor incantation.

I had some arguments in the forums of Liberalia, the region where one of my nations is located, because they tried to do that to force the story in a certain direction. THAT is a no-no. Getting people to listen to a humdrum speech that won't affect the plot line isn't big deal. Like everything else, it's a matter of judgement, and I think that SE used sound judgment when he made that post.

Am I the only one who considers Psionics something that could be both magical and mental? It appears that way, but I'm just wondering.

The reason I did it was simply because barely a single character was paying attention. The blanket was there simply as an aid... think of it more like a nudge in the right direction. But at the end of it all, I didn't think everyone would agree with it.

Am I the only one who considers Psionics something that could be both magical and mental? It appears that way, but I'm just wondering.

Forgive my choice of words--it is admittedly more inflamatory than I'd like--but why is this important?

Dastardly Stench;13676106']Forgive my choice of words--it is admittedly more inflamatory than I'd like--but why is this important?

Well when you consider that my only character (thus far anyway) uses only psionics and haphazard-at-best elemental magic, you start to see the importance.

Am I the only one who considers Psionics something that could be both magical and mental? It appears that way, but I'm just wondering.

I think I kind of agree with you.

I see it mostly all as the same crap and it can be responded to however you see fit. I generally like living in a single-magic universe (i.e. SW only had the Force). So if you do bring them together, I view them as variations of a kind. Just my view.

I think I kind of agree with you.

I see it mostly all as the same crap and it can be responded to however you see fit. I generally like living in a single-magic universe (i.e. SW only had the Force). So if you do bring them together, I view them as variations of a kind. Just my view.

I think I understand you. Basically what you're saying is that though our characters have different abilities, they're all just variations of magic in general. Correct me if I'm wrong though, if you could.

I think I understand you. Basically what you're saying is that though our characters have different abilities, they're all just variations of magic in general. Correct me if I'm wrong though, if you could.

Quite right. Especially in RPing, where "saves" and other systems are needless and tedious, everything is just as people perceive it. One metaphysical ability is no different from another in type.

Quite right. Especially in RPing, where "saves" and other systems are needless and tedious, everything is just as people perceive it. One metaphysical ability is no different from another in type.

Well I'll be darned, my English teacher actually managed to do something before she had to go to chemotherapy.

But yes, one ability is no different than another except what it can do so long as it's in the same category. Physical can combat Physical, Metaphysical and Metaphysical, Mental with Mental, and so on and so forth. But there are times when they can cross. Say you have someone physically trying to move a boulder in one direction but someone with telekinesis can possibly apply the same force in the opposite direction, without even touching it. That boulder won't move because the forces aren't enough to move it one way or another.
Basically, although the abilities the two have are from different categories, they can still go against each other.

Also, second character information.

Name: Mali Jungers
Age: 17
Appearance: Brown wavy hair to just below the shoulders, a bit on the stocky side though quite able to keep up with Zena and Joshua, round face, and usually seen wearing any number of odd combinations of clothes.
Items in posession: reading glasses and a flute

Bio: Mali, like Zena, attended the same school as Joshua, though now she wishes to join the White Tower. Also like Zena, she wears clothing that can sometimes be a little "out there" to reflect her bubbly, outgoing personality. Although she loves a laugh, Mali is insanely smart and isn't afraid to show it. Her older brother constantly outshines her though so she is perpetually trying to catch up. She grew up living near the school and never went without. Her family keeps very religious, though they too enjoy variety, having a different prayer for every day of the week. Though she never really needed help, she always is around when someone needs a good cry, to vent their feelings, or simply to ask for help on magical theory.

Powers: Mali is a bard, plying her flute and occasionally using her soprano voice to cast her magic. She is much more advanced than Zena is with elemental magics and versed in magical theory well enough to sometimes create a spell on the spot.

Either Bal or SE will have to respond to my post (and seemingly Bal as SE's character walked away).

OK, this is the last week of school. I have one test on Monday and two on Wednesday plus a project due.

After that, I will be back full time.

I am sorry about the delay, College comes first.


Here is a rough draft of what I am thinking about for the White Tower.

The White Tower - rough draft... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/TheWhiteTower-roughdraft.jpg)

We understand how it goes. Just be glad you only have one week left. I have to go till the 30th till I'm done with school.

Nice work on the tower though. It looks good.

Thanks, each of the side towers is for one of the Instructors. I need to get it done better, right now it looks like a white phallic symbol with rocket engines, I need to make adjustments after I am done with my tests but it is good enough to give an idea.

Gotta love DoGA.

Thanks, each of the side towers is for one of the Instructors. I need to get it done better, right now it looks like a white phallic symbol with rocket engines, I need to make adjustments after I am done with my tests but it is good enough to give an idea.

Gotta love DoGA.

Marve wanted me to pass on that it doesn't hold a candle to him. Even WITH the rocket engines.

;)

Marve wanted me to pass on that it doesn't hold a candle to him. Even WITH the rocket engines.

;)

Ok, now that's disturbing even for Marvel.

Yeah but the harder Marvel tries the harder he fails. :p

lol, true dat! :D

LOL!!! Yeah, true indeed! (Just don't let him know I agree with you!)

:) :) :)

I always pictured it more towery and fantasy-like, if you know what I mean [probably not].

Thin, stone, giant tower, with others coming off (though not touching); courtyards, trees, benches, etc.

After Finals is over I will work on it, that was just a rough draft.


How grand should I make it?

Very, of course

not my art wqork but oh so very nice! (http://www.ludd.luth.se/~mdr/pic/trace/GuardiansOfTheWhiteTower.jpg)

I was sorta thinking something more along the lines of the wedding-cake type castles along the RL Rhine. But then, I'm dead derivative. :D

Maybe we could add in a little bit of Superman's Fortress of Solitude / the castle from the end of "The Dark Crystal."

Dastardly Stench;13689833']Maybe we could add in a little bit of Superman's Fortress of Solitude / the castle from the end of "The Dark Crystal."

Isn't the FoS all crystally?

I don't know how to describe my vision. Just like a tall white, stone spire with other spires coming off of it (elbow shaped).

Yes, the FoS is made of crystal. And wouldn't elbow shaped spires need magic or something... oh wait, this is a tower made for those practicing magic. :p

I pictured something more like a castle, not exactly sprawling, but really compact and tall.

Hehe... perhaps.

For some reason I don't picture this as very castle like. To me, I associate tall, lone towers with wizards/magic... walls and the like seem kind of... useless, what with magic and all. :)

So you're thinking of something like this (http://www.ffrebirth.com/kh2/images/yen-sid.gif)? Sorry it's so small, but it's all I could find.

I suppose that makes sense for a wizard, I just like castles and mansions a lot. Though I do believe the work Bastion fits nicely with the subject.

Yeah, actually, similar to that. Only, the central tower would be more straight. The stone would be stark white (and the roofs would be some other color). And obviously without the goofiness of the wizard's hat.

Okay guys, listen in.

I'm not entirely sure when Balrogga will be taking control of his characters again, so for the time being assume that I am in control. As such, here's how it's going to go down:

Eldrad will take you all inside, and show you where your rooms are. They are all the same basic design, but I'm sure Balrogga won't mind if I give a description. You can add to this, of course, as your character unpacks. I'm also going to assume for the time being that each has seperate toilet and shower facilities, as opposed to sharing with a few other people.

After that, I'll take control of Galvenor and he will show you round the Tower, making sure you are orientated. I'll be (again) going with gut instinct here, but given that Balrogga has already given me several details, I can build on those as we go. Once that is done, we can really move into the 'teaching' phase - those wishing to become teachers should approach Eldrad at any seemingly appropiate moment (say, over dinner, or whilst he is walking in the grounds as he tends to do - don't worry, I'll make it clear to all when he's free and when he isn't.)

Here's hoping that this runs smoothly, and then we can once again let you run wild. If I am going to make large posts, I'll give you advance warning, as I'm in the middle of revision for end-of-year exams and thus it might take sometime before I can get one up.

This stands until Balrogga makes it clear to me that he has returned full-time.

Aight then, I'll just some Galvenor responded by saying that they were going to give a tour and then get some food ready. No response needed.

I just have to make it through this week and then I am home free. Today and Tomorrow. Damn finals.

This weekend I can take control again of Galvenor.

Thank you SE for you assistance and thank you everyone else for your patience.

Back to studying for my Logic and my Geography finals...

*sigh*

~Bump~

The lack of posts may have something to do with recent OOC posts indicating SE moving this along soon.

OOC: Yes, but there were conversations going and I was trying to encourage them to continue. Unless of course they just decided to end them, which I've seen frequently happen.

OOC: Yes, but there were conversations going and I was trying to encourage them to continue. Unless of course they just decided to end them, which I've seen frequently happen.

Psst... this is the OOC thread. No tags needed. :p

Psst... this is the OOC thread. No tags needed. :p

Psst... That shows how much attention I was paying. I saw the quote from DMG and thought it was the other one without bothering to check.

Psst... That shows how much attention I was paying. I saw the quote from DMG and thought it was the other one without bothering to check.

Oh, lol.

At first that didn't make sense until I realized that you meant I quoted your post from the other thread into this one.

I have another rough draft to view. I like it better than the first but it still isn't right:

Rough Draft II (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/TheWhiteTower-roughdraft2.jpg)


I think this might be the final version. It fits better with the initial description I used. It also uses the "cake design" option mentioned earlier. I have a view from the front stairs looking up at the night sky with the moon illuminating the tower.

Figure 1 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTfrontdoornight.jpg)

And a view pulled back a ways.

Figure 2 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTfrontview.jpg)


The top of the structure has two towers extending upwards and in the middle between the base is a large crystal dome. The students can take the central chamber (the one where people float up and down) all the way to the top and step out on the roof under this dome. There will be a minature park-like atmosphere up there with places to study or just to sit.

Dome at sunset. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/WTviewthroughdome1.jpg)


Opinions?

It's not bad.

Though I suppose anything other than what I outlined before, I won't be able to fully accept. :p

I like it, personally. DoGa construction, by the looks of it?

Anyway, I've done a very very brief description of the interior as Eldrad leads them to the rising-falling beam. Obviously, if you are planning on giving them a tour, as I was going to do, then you can flesh it out a lot more than I ever could.

It's not bad.

Though I suppose anything other than what I outlined before, I won't be able to fully accept. :p

Yeah, actually, similar to that. Only, the central tower would be more straight. The stone would be stark white (and the roofs would be some other color). And obviously without the goofiness of the wizard's hat.

Well, it is a straight stone construct (the central levitation room dictated it will be straight) made out of white stone. There are eight towers rising out of the lower level for the eight HeadMasters that will teach their respective specilities. There are two towers at the top for Galvenor and Eldrad, mainly because it was theirs in the first Thread. There are grounds surrounded by a wall and there is running water as well as some outer buildings (stables, store rooms, outside classrooms, ect... I am assuming the arena would be out of sight from normal view slightly away from the main complex so it doesn't distract but close enough to use.

This version is based upon an academy I build while playing D&D back in the 80's (I started in '78). That was when I got the idea for the levitation chamber. No stairwells to line up when you are drawing a thirty floor tall school/citadel. I called it The Citadel of Magic (how imaginative, hehehe).

Let me catch up reading all the posts in the IC Thread and I will get back to posting again. I love having free time again.

Yes SE, it is a DoGA construction. I just love how it made the reflections in the crystal dome. I just wish I could have gotten the amber crystal set into the top, perhaps after I make it I can superimpose it...

I just posted a little. I stopped so everyone can post what they are doing if they wished.

Each room is spacious but not too big. They are all basically the same in structure but not quite square. Each room will respond a little to the tennant's likes but not too much. Just stuff like temperature, smells, ect...

You're really sending some humorous thoughts through my devious little mind...

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Up steps a balding, fat little man in a gray suit and tie.

"Excuse me," he says. "I represent the Sales Network for the Advancement of Kinetic, Ergonomic and Olfactory Improvements to Life."

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That's S.N.A.K.E.O.I.L.

:) :) :)

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"I believe that, if your plans are that well along, we can do some consulting work for you."

He starts to pull a contract out of his briefcase, but it's so long that it fills the whole thing up, so he ends up just pulling out the bottom of the thing.

"If you'll just sign here, we can begin."

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Sorry...couldn't resist sharing. Thought it might be funny to someone else...

I understand snake oil, but I'm not sure what you are referring to (perhaps I didn't read things closely enough - just a brief skim).

Oh, lol.

At first that didn't make sense until I realized that you meant I quoted your post from the other thread into this one.

Lol, I tend to let people figure a lot out on their own. It's what I do. Also, I missed the jokes, something that happens quite often.

And I do believe we have now lost J'age unless someone wants to attempt to get her back.

Hey, it's no problem - she really wasn't fitting in there.

Guve me a bit to finish preppeing my two students and I'll bring them in

(I've lost my microsoft Front Page program so geeting them up on the web isn't as easy )

Well, so long as you haven't left entirely. It'd suck to lose someone just cause their first character didn't fit in. I'm thinking of bringing over Joshua as well from the Wizard's Council. He might be fairly young, but he's my brightest character and he might show the teacher's up a bit.

I'm having trouble of thinking up an interesting student character.

how about an Elemental?

how about an Elemental?

I mean more than just their type of magic (plus, I don't think I'm going to do an elemental :P). All of the little things that makes each character unique (appearance, personality, etc.).

Hey, it's no problem - she really wasn't fitting in there.

Guve me a bit to finish preppeing my two students and I'll bring them in

(I've lost my microsoft Front Page program so geeting them up on the web isn't as easy )

I am really sorry that I missed that. Please forgive me.

Is my paranoid would-be instructor Ivan too clichéd or lacking of uniqueness? I could always try a new student character but I can't guarantee enough time to RP both properly.

We're all cliché to an extent. I'd say go for it unless Bal says otherwise. Besides, I'm neglecting Mali like nuts, and I REALLY wanted to put a Bard in.
I still don't know if it's a good idea to bring in my 3rd character. Or 1st considering that he told Zena about the White Tower...

TBH, I haven't read many of your posts TSS, but from what I saw, they looked good (i.e. not cliched).

Hey no problem Bal - These two fit in much better.

Drai'lee ( formally the Demoiselle Tiger Lilly Ki'tora -Ryu du Fae, daughter of Aurora Khalida du Fae ) 1/2 human (ish), 1/2 Fae she never knew her father - he left when he found out her mother was pregnant - she's never missed him and has no interest in finding him. Had a secure and mostly happy childhood, but when she reached Fae puberty the fact that her father wasn't as human as he seemed came out and she can command at least one dragon - it's a very small and Very young dragon who spends most of his time asleep as a picture on her body. She is the equivallent of about 18 years old.

Khat - well Khat's just Khat. He has no idea of whom his parents are/ were - much less what race he is.. He's a 3+ foot tall felinid appearing being with more than a touch of majical potential about him - most of which he can't control and it 'acts out' when he least's expects it - though some how Drai'lee can siphon it off, exhaust it for a time but not always. He is much older than he looks - he was very badly injurd about a hundred and twenty years ago and he has no memories from before the injury. He looked then much as he does not. He waslks errect but can move qwuadrapedally if he chooses - and very fast at that.

First, my last post was purely for humor purposes. It was just some corporate nazi type offering to do overpriced consulting work on building the White Tower. Yes, I know that the wizards there have no need of his services. Just thought it would be funny having a guy from SNAKE OIL, Inc. show up and try to make a quick, crooked buck.

Second, Marvel's pretty much a bard in and of himself. I'm not sure that we need another one.

First: ah, ok then.

Second: You just noticed Mali was a bard? I put it in her profile way back when. So far though I haven't noticed Marvel use much magic that deals with music unless I missed it. He's been using a lot of illusory magic though. Mali however needs some kind of music (be it singing if an instrument is unavailable or her favorite flute) to work ANY magic.

I certainly have no objections to the two of them doing bardly things together--or separately, as the case may be. Marvel is a savant--he is great with illusions, but not so great with any other type of magic. Thus, he uses his illusions to help in "the show." He can use one to play a little tune, one to make a picture (for example, during a story about a dragon, he can make an image of a big, ugly, fire-breathing dragon) and one to just set the mood (ever hear of "smellivision?").

I just didn't want to step on someone else's toes here. Certainly, Marvel, happy-go-lucky type that he is, wouldn't mind another bard, but not all bards have his benevolent attitude.

Would Mali mind sharing the stage with another bard? (She could even borrow some of his illusion magic.)

Mali doesn't have any problems sharing the scene. She's got half an orchestra anyway so she could lend out some instruments should Marvel want to use one.

Let me know when you are done with your rooms and ready to continue.


Also, Galvnor is not stuck-up. I lost the ability to comment ICly on many of the conversations due to the "moment" being gone ICly to do so while I was out for finals and when I returned, the tour was already began.

I just decided instead of backtracking and derailing the current RP, I would continue along as if they had already been answered by Eldrad or Galvenor while I was away.

Well I got Mali and Zena done, though I might add more to their rooms. Their walls are still the norm until they can amend to that at a later date, probably "tonight." And if I ever find a good time for Joshua to enter, I'll get his room ready then.

OK, everyone else done yet?

Let me know here and I will continue the tour.

I'm going to add Yelena to the roster. Yes, she has some tech skills, but all of them will be rendered useless as all her gadgets will be broken by sheer magical power, and by the time she already discovered that the presence of nearby technological devices disrupt her magic, which was one of the reasons for her long train of fail. She's actually a student despite all, or maybe someone looking to recover from her trauma and inner conflict because she actually acquired a disgust for magic, as expected from someone who lost an arm, was tortured, was countless of times attacked by magical giant spiders, had horrible nightmares induced by magic and almost died because of magic. She has some really bad luck, and despite acquired a disgust for magic she was born with innate skills and sometimes do stuff even involuntarily.

This is the "totality" and should be used only as a reference at best:

http://www.freewebs.com/yrmbook/yelena.htm

Now on the more brief version with some adjustments

Name: Yelena Praskovya
Title:
Age: 37 years old
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Nationality: Socialist Republic of Soviet Steam
Civil Status: Wanted dead for betraying the trust of the people.
Previous Location: Blanquigradd
Physical Description: Face Reference (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/LyudmilaPavlichenko1.jpg). Yelena is 1.73 meters tall, has 75 kg of weight, brown bob cut hair, steel blue eyes, pale skin and a slim, agile build, and looks like a mature woman with traces of 20s youth covered by some signs of probably difficult moments and worries, with a noticeable difference between the color of her left hand compared to her right, while her left hand seems to move slowly as well. She usually wears a brownish red suede jacket and a brown trenchcoat asides from a brown pant and black boots.

Physical advantages: Lost left arm and forearm during a conflict with a magical beast, replaced by a less efficient prosthesis.

Personality/Psychological Description: Yelena is primarily noticeable by a certain degree of absent-mindedness on usual circumstances, and tends to not pay attention to standards of etiquette and good manners, being particularly prone to not wait for her turn in lines, mostly due to lack of attention than to intentional uneducated pushes into lines, and also prone to, some times say things a lady shouldn't say. She is particularly prone to fear, and some who knew her close are well aware that she will only not run from trouble where there is nowhere to run, while the mere though of spiders is enough to make her as frightened as if she saw hell with her own eyes. She is neither very sociable despite being talkative due to lack of manners, but she is a good liar as well. Emotionally unstable, she lack the fiber to be a true hero, and will usually cower in fear while the brave march forward. However, although she might use some questionable means to achieve her ends, she is a good-hearted person, and an idealist as well, however she lacks the push to put her dreams of a worker's world in practice. Which does not mean she will not help others in situations which don't endanger her life.

Mental Disadvantages: Cowardice, Arachnophobia, Impulsiveness, Tourette's Syndrome, Sense of Duty (Ideology).

Alignment(Political): Commie
Alignment(Moral): Altruism
Alignment(Ethics): Utilitarianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism)
Religion: Mystic Atheism

Base Stats

Strength: 4 (Fair)
Perception: 7 (Very good)
Endurance: 4 (Fair)
Charisma: 5 (Average)
Intelligence: 9 (Superb)
Agility: 8 (Great)
Luck: 3 (Poor)

Magic/Technology Alignment: 0(Jack of both trades, master of none)

Studies: Electric Engineering: Steam Power(Intermediary), Slavic Occultism(Advanced)

Skills: Black Powder Weapons: Pistol(Advanced), Melee: Short Staff(Basic), Diplomacy(Basic), Fast-Talk(Intermediary), Tactics(Basic)

Spell Colleges: Conveyance(Advanced).

The art of manipulating space and movement.

Inventory: Iskra ("Live Magical Wand")

As a workaround to the fact only living beings can be enchanted permanently by the clergy of Perun, some mages of Pangaea have used familiars or even normal pets as their improvised magical focus devices. Iskra(Sparky) is the name Yelena gave to a lost crow that was desperatedly trying to either wake up or feast on the flesh of his former master, a wizard killed by a Soviet Steam patrol, her patrol, which was visibly having sparks of electricity pouring out from it. Against her will the creature, apparently sentient, have decided to establish a bond with her, and since them follows her wherever she goes to. She didn't like it, as her recent experiences with magic were anything but pleasurable, and she even swore to never use magic again. Of course her comrades did not become happy to see the way she unwilling broke her promise, and having no other choice, Iskra saved her life by allowing her to instantly teleport her out of there, and to a random location, which coincidentally was the a strange tower, bristling with magic to the point both all her mechanical gadgets, and her pistol, immediately jammed. Now the annoying, bad-mouthed bird with a sarcastic sense of humor is all she has, again exiled from her homeland. Perhaps that crow is a bad omen, although someone as unlucky as her doesn't need one to end in situations like this.

Oh screw it, I've been talking and talking and when I find a good time, I'll make some showy entrance.

Name: Joshua Raditz
Age: 18
Height: 5'8"
Appearance: Athletic build, snow white hair, average height for a Sylvonian, black pants and short sleeve shirt, white long sleeve shirt underneath, usually with a traveling cloak although he teleports, his left hand has claws, the right is mechanical, and he has various other demonic looks about him
Powers: Transmutation of physical objects (power stays after one touch), extended sight (also through touch), runic magic, and magical vision (auras and the like)
Belongings: chalk, glasses, various mechanics tools

Bio: a slave for over a decade, he escaped after his arm was torn off. He was saved and by grace brought to a school to harness his natural talents. He was saved by the person who granted him his mechanical arm. While there, he met Mali and Zena as well as gained attention to eventually become one of the most prominent magicians in Sylvonia, reporting sometimes directly to King Tobias. Currently he is a researcher and magical representative for Sylvonia with Zena working under him and Mali with an internship until she finishes school.

I'm ready to move on if we haven't already (I haven't been on in a couple days to check the IC thread).

Bad news is I'm having trouble getting inspiration for a student character. I may just bring Loki back.

That would make for an interesting addition. A return student!

Um, who's Loki?

That would make for an interesting addition. A return student!

Yeah, could be pretty interesting now that I think about it. I'm not sure what you are thinking of in terms of time elapsed between the closing of the White Tower and the reopening, but I think in Loki's coninuum he may return anywhere from a few months to a couple of years later. (Such discrepancies between our two versions can be explained away by his adventures and their effects on the timeline).

Um, who's Loki?

He's a small mage of unknown race that used to be a student at the White Tower. He left a short time before the tower closed.

Yeah, could be pretty interesting now that I think about it. I'm not sure what you are thinking of in terms of time elapsed between the closing of the White Tower and the reopening, but I think in Loki's coninuum he may return anywhere from a few months to a couple of years later. (Such discrepancies between our two versions can be explained away by his adventures and their effects on the timeline).



He's a small mage of unknown race that used to be a student at the White Tower. He left a short time before the tower closed.

In that case, I have but two words that fit: Freaking sweet. :D

In that case, I have but two words that fit: Freaking sweet. :D

Quite. I believe he is my first continuous RP character.

At the very least he's a recurring character if you bring him in. I know Joshua is the first character of mine to serve me in more than one RP here at NSG and Zena is the second. I suppose I'll go back to preparing Josh's entrance.

Ah, what I meant was that he was the first of my continuous characters. As in, of the multiple continuous (or reoccurring characters) I use, he was the first I created/RPed with. He has participated in numerous RPs over the past couple of years.

Oh, now that makes much more sense. I could see you continuing to create new characters over and over, but reusing characters tends to work well if you do it tastefully.

Please bring him back.

You can make whatever changes you feel would have happened to him. I think he should probably come back ICly and apply as a grad student or something of that order. It would brigde the gap between the "instructors" and the "students" where both groups would think of you as part of their own.

I can see this being fun for you too. You can help with lessons!!!

That actually sounds cool.

Time for him to become slightly more mature. He's going to need advanced training now. And while he will help out as a "grad student," he probably isn't the best teacher.

I guess we'll just have to find out.

I think I am going to bring him in once everyone settles down and gets into a normal rhythm.

Sounds good, I will look for him to arrive at some time.

Advanced training? That means lessons with me (according to Old School).

Oh, now that makes much more sense. I could see you continuing to create new characters over and over, but reusing characters tends to work well if you do it tastefully.

Using old characters creates a sense of continuality, a history of your nation written by the actions of individuals that keep being in the right place at the right time (serendipity). I have been using this for years here and it fleshes out your nation more than you would think.

I keep a roster of characters I use commonly for mages, officers, and diplomats. Of course this list includes many main characters and several minor ones but when I need a diplomay I use Anyhony Stark (he has been in about eight threads I think), an Admiral, Ba'El/Darth Atrox (He has his own string of Threads from his introduction through his fall and now his creation of a Sith Order and even his being a witness in a trial).

When you build up your list, have fun with it. Don't be afrain to add to it or feel you have to use people from it. Just have fun.

Sounds good, I will look for him to arrive at some time.

Advanced training? That means lessons with me (according to Old School).
Sounds good (to me, it doesn't matter who it is with - just means a higher level than before).

Using old characters creates a sense of continuality, a history of your nation written by the actions of individuals that keep being in the right place at the right time (serendipity). I have been using this for years here and it fleshes out your nation more than you would think.

I keep a roster of characters I use commonly for mages, officers, and diplomats. Of course this list includes many main characters and several minor ones but when I need a diplomay I use Anyhony Stark (he has been in about eight threads I think), an Admiral, Ba'El/Darth Atrox (He has his own string of Threads from his introduction through his fall and now his creation of a Sith Order and even his being a witness in a trial).

When you build up your list, have fun with it. Don't be afrain to add to it or feel you have to use people from it. Just have fun.
Well put. I am the process of fleshing out a story in which one of my newer characters (or at least one without much detail or true RP experience) will become very important to the nation.

A few months ago I created a list of every character and institution (government agency, restaurant, etc.) I've ever used, so that I can bring them back in for minor roles.

Using old characters creates a sense of continuality, a history of your nation written by the actions of individuals that keep being in the right place at the right time (serendipity). I have been using this for years here and it fleshes out your nation more than you would think.

I keep a roster of characters I use commonly for mages, officers, and diplomats. Of course this list includes many main characters and several minor ones but when I need a diplomay I use Anyhony Stark (he has been in about eight threads I think), an Admiral, Ba'El/Darth Atrox (He has his own string of Threads from his introduction through his fall and now his creation of a Sith Order and even his being a witness in a trial).

When you build up your list, have fun with it. Don't be afrain to add to it or feel you have to use people from it. Just have fun.

I just meant that when he rephrased what he said it made more sense to me. I understood how continuality and such works. And I SHOULD develop a roster, I've only got a couple characters, but there's some from other works I've created that might be interesting.

Sounds good, I will look for him to arrive at some time.

Advanced training? That means lessons with me (according to Old School).

Or what about having him learn about other forms of magic and possibly teaching him how to do them. For example, Joshua's (original) magic can be taught and if practiced enough, will evolve and change. Zena's magic however is something that is a part of her. There are some aspects that can be taught, but not many. And Mali's magic probably could never be taught because without something inside her to make the songs magic, they're just songs.

in the Old School (A good term for now referring to the first Thread) The other instructors taught the students and when they felt the pupal had progressed far enough they would referr them to me for advanced studies. Since I specilized in Meta-Magic, it made sense. You would have to know the basics really well before dealing with the raw power manipulation to make spell adjustments on the fly.

Meta Magic is the specility of beinging able to take a normal spell and manipulate the underlying meta-physics, adjusting Area of Effect, Color, duration, or later combining them together with other spells like making an earthquake-fireball spell or a (actually possible) drain life/resurect life. IT also allows you to start directly manipulating the Mana with your willpower itself, shaping it into spell mimicing effects.

Alright, I'll probably have him inquire about the following:

Meta Magic
Actually how to fight/duel (rather than just cast)
Summoning (some of which he has done already)
Powerful spells

Remember, you can take instruction from the other Masters too if you wished to round out your edication. They would have advanced as well as basic and intermediary level cources for their specilty. For my speciality you need to have a good founding in other forms as well so I set it as an Advanced course (logically).

Yeah, I know. I'll ask around (and maybe look through everyone's bios again to see who'd fit well).

Loki has a pretty good base in most types of magic.

Yeah, he was bouncing between a few trainers getting lessons if I remember correctly.

Yeah, he was bouncing between a few trainers getting lessons if I remember correctly.

Yeah, something like that. I'm pretty sure he started with Xos, moved to some other guys, then possibly finished with Eldrad and spirit magic(?).

Plus, I have to check on my continuum, but he's had some travels since he left, so his abilities will have increased.

Sorry, I've been learning some stuff well outside my usual field, and it takes more time than it should because I haven't got the jargon yet, so I'm just catching up here.

Ruari is not a magic user because it's believed in Findhorn that magic has mostly died out since the Lost Ship left. However, he's found out he has the potential for magic.

So he's pretty much a clean slate if any teacher can get past his twin obsessions: his accidental raising of his dead grandmother and the meaning of the ring he acquired last year.

in the Old School (A good term for now referring to the first Thread) The other instructors taught the students and when they felt the pupal had progressed far enough they would referr them to me for advanced studies. Since I specilized in Meta-Magic, it made sense. You would have to know the basics really well before dealing with the raw power manipulation to make spell adjustments on the fly.

Meta Magic is the specility of beinging able to take a normal spell and manipulate the underlying meta-physics, adjusting Area of Effect, Color, duration, or later combining them together with other spells like making an earthquake-fireball spell or a (actually possible) drain life/resurect life. IT also allows you to start directly manipulating the Mana with your willpower itself, shaping it into spell mimicing effects.

Gotcha. And that's a pretty awesome explanation of Meta Magic too.

Thanks, I try...


[/modesty]

Can I still join?

If so, I'm typing up a D&D style character sheet, so you guys can see his abilities, becuase he is extremely powerful, and I wanna make sure I'm not doing anything too bad.

My take on meta-magic makes of it something which manipulates not specific spells, but magic itself as a whole, and a mostly defensive school of magic. It can be used to nullify magic, empower it, deflect it back to the caster, absorb the magic of an already casted spells to use it for other purposes or convert something harmful into something beneficial, depending on the way it is mastered. Finally it has an offensive purpose, as it can be used to unleash pure magic, unconverted into things like fire, ice or lightning.

As I don't work with preset spells, modifications on spell effects and combinations depend only on how skilled one of my characters is with their schools or both of them. I prefer to have specialists only though.

As for Yelena, she has practically "mastered" everything in Soviet Steam, where teleport is considered the pinnacle of her magic expertise, because there magic is significantly underpowered due to the presence of technology and of a heavy aura of disbelief and skepticism.

Well, that is another use of Meta-Magic. Direct manipulation of the Mana powering the "spell". Be it defensive or offensive, it is the same thing.




@Halna

If you are bringing in a powerful mage to be something like an instructor, you should also bring in some student characters so we don't get top heavy with too many teachers. I was thinking of 1-3 students, I used 2.

Okay, here's my characters (these are the short versions):

Name: Halna LeGavilk
Alignment: True Neutral
Age: ?????
Height: 10'
Weight:1323 lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: None or white
Skin Color: Possibly black, possibly white
Species: Crystal Soul (Currently emulating the LeShay.
Physical Description:Halna stands ten feet tall, with short white hair, just over an inch long, and completely white skin, with thick, muscled arms and legs, with a chiseled face, incredibly handsome and dashing looking (he would be considered really, really hot in modern day society).
He wears golden plate armor, with boots of the finest silver and a helm covered in fine jewels.
Magical power seems to leak from his very pores, and anyone who can see magic sees a bright ball of light when they look at him. His eyes shine brighter than every other part of him combined, revealing an amount of energy that is dangerous, and not quite controlled.
Personality:Halna (at least right now) is very scholerly and philosophical, though quick to smile and laugh if the chance comes up. He is not quick to anger, rather deflecting other's bad feelings with a joke or gentle remark.

Can Teach: Metamagic; Magical Forging; Battlemagic; Enchantment; Anything, really. Beings trillions of years old and surviving three different universes tends to impart some knowledge

Name: Jenna Marioc
Alignment: Neutral Good
Age: 23
Height: 5'6"
Weight:153 lbs
Eye Color:Blue
Hair Color:Red
Skin Color: White
Species: Human
Physical Description: Little more than plain looking, mostly because of dress and the way she carries herself, minimizing her otherwise feminine figure. Her glasses do not add or subtract from her figure. SHe can actually be very sexy if she wanted to (and actually knew how good she looked) but does not want to.
Personality: Jenna is rather quiet and keeps to herself, and wants only to learn the secrets of magic kept that she has felt inside herself ever since she was a little girl. She is kind, and gentle, and wants to get along with those around her.
She is emotionally hurt quite easily, and for that reason does not let others in on her past.

(I keep all of my character's pasts hidden for a reason. You'll have to RP it out of 'em.)

Name: Karia Larestin
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Age: 214
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 126 lbs
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Skin Color: Black
Species: Elf
Physical Description: Karia is wildly beautiful, and aware of it. Her skin is smooth and supple, and she has womanly curves. Her silky black hair runs down to her shoulders, and all her features are accented by the black scale mail she wears (which is very revealing).
Personality: Karia is not above using her feminine charms to get what she wants, though she can also use her intelligence. She wants only to have fun and gain power. She generally puts herself first, well, always, really. She is sometimes snotty and likes to mess around with people.

Anything, really. Beings trillions of years old and surviving three different universes tends to impart some knowledge

:rolleyes:

...

Beings trillions of years old and surviving three different universes tends to impart some knowledge

I had always planned to cause trouble ICly, provide some form of minor opposition to break up the montony of school, and now thanks to you, I have a legitimate IC reason to do so. Everything must end eventually, Everything, and Everyone, it is the way of things.
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However, I promise it won't be a regular every day occurance, monthly maybe, but not daily, and not with anything so extremly powered a group of students couldn't take it down.

Marvel would disagree. He would be quick to point out that the only absolute is that there are no absolutes--and even THAT might be wrong.

Thanks for the tip-off, though. Marvel's here to "break the monotony," too. Maybe he and some of your characters can get a few running gags going together. :) :) :)

Dastardly Stench;13720437']Marvel would disagree. He would be quick to point out that the only absolute is that there are no absolutes--and even THAT might be wrong.

Thanks for the tip-off, though. Marvel's here to "break the monotony," too. Maybe he and some of your characters can get a few running gags going together. :) :) :)
Only time and RP will tell. I'm thinking, yes, I'm thinking the first attack will come after the tour and teacher auditions. A Void Dragon and three common soldiers, to get that running gag you mentioned started.

Dastardly Stench;13720437']Marvel would disagree. He would be quick to point out that the only absolute is that there are no absolutes--and even THAT might be wrong.

*shifty eyes*

"You have just entered the Twilight Zone."

*cue music*

I hope somebody else but me realized what you said.

NOITCIDARTONC

Mali would like me to point out that she will be running the opposite direction of the location Marvel and Hoyrel meet at.

Zena would like to get in on the action and could help keep people away until things are set up.

And Joshua would rather sit back and watch the show then clean things up before the teachers figure things out and dole out punishments.

:D:D:D

:rolleyes:

...

So. Before I've even had a chance to RP him, I get the :rolleyes: thingy. Please, please don't do that. It shows an utter lack of respect for me, and my RP skills. Have you ever even seen me RP? No, you haven't, I least I really doubt you have, so, wait for a while. If you think I'm godmodding, then come to me and talk about it, I'll try to fix it. If I have to, I'll take the character away, it's not that big a deal. Just show a bit more respect for me. I may just seem like words and type on your screen, but there's a human on the other end.

Besides, we have a living avatar of Death here, I think she can keep Halna in line, hmm?
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Warhaven, I look forward to the challenge.

Um, about that. The avatar of death rode away on the pale horse. But Mali is usually a voice of reason above all else so she'll fill the role nicely.

Um, about that. The avatar of death rode away on the pale horse. But Mali is usually a voice of reason above all else so she'll fill the role nicely.

Oh...crap. Must have missed that. 99% of the information in his head is locked up by the Threads of Prophecy anyway.

I find that between having a few hundred million souls controlling his mind and body, combined with the fact that he has to have the permission of the souls before he can cast a spell, since the spells use the power of the souls, a very tempering factor.

I believe the character Halna LeGavilk would belong in a God Thread instead of an instructor here. You will have to tone him way down to the same ability levels as everyone else of instructor level otherwise everyone will level complaints at the unlevel playing field.

Can I fit another "level" in there?


Also, please hold off at the Void Dragons and other seemingly random attacks.

Ya, and I find that by having 3 characters they keep themselves nicely in check. Their tempering factor is each other.
Mali is a voice of reason and thought.
Zena is the voice of cultural insight and mischief (a word I can NEVER remember how to spell).
And Joshua is the voice of action and intelligence.
At least, that's how it works in my group. Odd combinations, I know, but that's how I put them together and that's how I like them.

Oh, and Bal, level. (http://eprotool.com/images/CRT-WoodLevel.jpg) :p

So. Before I've even had a chance to RP him, I get the :rolleyes: thingy. Please, please don't do that. It shows an utter lack of respect for me, and my RP skills. Have you ever even seen me RP? No, you haven't, I least I really doubt you have, so, wait for a while. If you think I'm godmodding, then come to me and talk about it, I'll try to fix it. If I have to, I'll take the character away, it's not that big a deal. Just show a bit more respect for me. I may just seem like words and type on your screen, but there's a human on the other end.

Sorry, I didn't think you were so sensitive as to spazz about a smiley face and an ellipsis.

Now, what you may have to realize is that I wasn't questioning your RPing skills at all. However, just because you may be a good RPer, doesn't mean that outlandish things are all of a sudden acceptable. Some things are bad form regardless of how you use or don't use them. If I say my character has the power to kill everyone ever instantly, it doesn't make it okay simply because I don't use that power.

Enough said, Balrogga made his judgment, I'm done.

I'm trying to break the so called monotony by having three characters who hate each other to an extent. And with some humor as well

Mali is a voice of reason and thought.
Zena is the voice of cultural insight and mischief
And Joshua is the voice of action and intelligence.

Here are mine:

Ivan is The Ex-Commie (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefectorFromCommieLand) Machiavellian Soldier of Fortune (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrivateMilitaryContractors) pretending to be a good guy.
Rational, misleading, manipulating and cold-blooded.

Yelena is The Quasi-Commie Magician Girl (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackMagicianGirl) pretending to be a drama whore and a hero.
Emotional, easily angered, coward and glory hound

Sparky is The LULZ (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PluckyComicRelief) pretending to be there for serious business.
Aggressive, joker, irreverent and bad-mouthed.

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Yelena wants to basically find someone who could tune her innate skills and allow her to learn the much more complex spatial displacement, which instead of an illusion is a sort of teleport where multiple parts of the magician exist simultaneously at different places and each take less damage than otherwise and can be controlled simultaneously, while the magician doesn't die during it, because when done wrong, it's fatal and insta-death with no turning back(so it can't be exploited and used constantly as a "get out of jail free" card).

And earthquake, implosion(another very complicated one), etc.

And maybe... after "mastering" space she would want to learn how to deal with something related and much more complicated, temporal magics.

LOl little Drai'lee just wants to learn human majick. She's bored with Fae majick. While powerful it's very limited in it's own way.

And besides it will p.o. her mother ( one thing D' always likes doing ) and is far more fun than the deadly dull court. And if she happens to find a boyfriend thats cool to. She's just enough of an outsider by blood ( being half human ) to the rest of Fae that most are very wary of her....and the dragon.

Khat is more here to keep her safe but if he can learn to control his majical powers that'd be good too. He's Very wary of humans and isn't big on talking much. He is also completely dislexic and illiterate, but has an almost perfect memory.

Here are my two students.

Kyle is a braniac that knows a lot but has little talent to use what he does know. His knowledge gets in the way of the act of doing. He thinks too much about it instead of doing and that prevents him from casting anything beyond basic magics. He could eventually become a sage if he can overcome his "problem".


Marcus is older but obviously from a back-water area where the wolves still keep the community in terror, especially during the winter months. As you remember, wolves got his family when he was young and he still wears the scars, both physically and emotionally. He will go catatonic when encountering anything wolfish. He has eagerly learned everything the hedge wizard (barely better than one of the students but the best in that area) could teach and was led here by "something". He is actually talented and strong but has not settled upon a specialty yet.


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I hope to use them more than Galvenor, the Chancellor will mainly be used for official stuff and for instruction unless he is needed. The character is too powerful for everyday use but needed for continuality. His history is scattered through a thousand pages of the original White Tower Thread. Consider him the last option after all the other players have tried. I will mention in the OOC before bringing him in to save the day unless someone else asked me for it first. Of course there are other extenuating circumstances (like stopping the destruction of the school, answering a challenge, ect...). I really want to keep him as an authority figure and an instructer if possible, my students being the main characters for me here.

I will tell you he is a Ta'Nar Mage and also one of the Warlord's Advisors. That puts him in the fourth top status Caste of my nation in both power and prestige. I will not use his powers unless needed and only after the others have tried like when he let all the others try stopping the monsters at the meeting in the Council Thread. He did it knowing the others had to try first or his attempt would belittle them (IC reasoning, no offense).

Being a Ta’Nar, he is a pure Psion, a pure mind existing as thought. (The Ta’Nar form being part of natural evolution is why he considers Psionics being natural and not magical. There are magics that simulate Psi abilities of course…) He is projecting a photonic illusion of his body surrounding a telekinetic field allowing him to interact in the physical world. He is also keeping his multiple sheilds intact so you would barely be able to detect them.

All Ta’Nar perceive energy itself, not possessing actual eyes or ears to sense light or sound. A lot of people thought he was a ghost in the old Thread but those from it would know better. Loki and Eldrad would remember correctly I think, I don’t remember what Loki would know and that would depend upon the player himself, I bet the rumors were pretty wild too. Make some up if you wish and spread them around to the other students if you want, it would provide some interesting dynamics later.

*shifty eyes*

"You have just entered the Twilight Zone."

*cue music*

I hope somebody else but me realized what you said.

NOITCIDARTONC

;) ;) ;)

Of course. He's a demon.

;) ;) ;)

Zena is the voice of cultural insight and mischief (a word I can NEVER remember how to spell).


Yeah, but you spelled it right THAT time!

SO THERE!!!!

;)

There's this little invention I'm sure you've heard of. Safari (my web browser) has it built in, which is nice. Microsoft Word and almost every other word processing program out there has it too.

It's called SPELL CHECK.

I believe the character Halna LeGavilk would belong in a God Thread instead of an instructor here. You will have to tone him way down to the same ability levels as everyone else of instructor level otherwise everyone will level complaints at the unlevel playing field.

Can I fit another "level" in there?


Also, please hold off at the Void Dragons and other seemingly random attacks.


I'm going with Balrogga on this one. I'm more than happy for people to join the thread, but there have to be some limits. Otherwise, it poses a risk to the enjoyment of all concerned.

PLease, I am not trying to curtail fun, for that's what we do this for. I just ask that certain ideas be tempered... for example, if Eldrad and Ivan (Soviet's character who he is speaking with) were to get into a fight, it could well prove that Ivan could defeat Eldrad, maybe through luck or skill. I wouldn't claim Eldrad is all powerful, but he is exceptionally skilled at what he does... but this doesn't remove the chance for defeat.

for example, if Eldrad and Ivan (Soviet's character who he is speaking with) were to get into a fight, it could well prove that Ivan could defeat Eldrad, maybe through luck or skill. I wouldn't claim Eldrad is all powerful, but he is exceptionally skilled at what he does... but this doesn't remove the chance for defeat.

It's either very unlikely or utterly impossible for someone like him to enter in an one vs. one fight. He is not very courageous, he is as crippled as if he was 30 years older than he is, and his spells are mostly defensive in nature.

He wouldn't have a chance. But he prefers to deal with his enemies indirectly, and with people to help him and using tactics. And he can't just make something like the "Night of the Living Dead" and raise an army of the dead either. Nor he is interested in that part of necromancy, he just talks with the dead and use them for divination.

Cartomancy
Chiromancy
Necromancy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy)

His is more of a divination school of magic based on the dead rather than the typical fantasy faire of raising the dead.

Hey, SS--hope you don't mind that I used up your bionic arm. It's part of the plan to show the things that you and I discussed via TG.

SO THERE!

;)

(Curmudgeon training. Gotta get in a "SO THERE!" every so often or they kick me out.)

:) :) :)

LOL Marvel is about to get Fae slapped ...

Lerim is my other student, because I plan on having a teacher there as well.

Lerim, is dangerous to be around, because he suffers catastrophic spell failure that often.

And, yes, I understand Magiscience doesn't work in SS's worlds, Lerim doesn't. He's read too many of fictional accounts of Xos's adventures.

And, yes, I understand Magiscience doesn't work in SS's worlds, Lerim doesn't.

Meh, SS's character assumed that technology doesn't mix with magic anywhere, too (or else the said character was just doing some sweeping generalizations while knowing it to not be true), so I think others pointing out that they indeed do elsewhere is a good thing!

Actually in Balrogga, science and magic do work together but that is because way back in "04 I ICly developed Hybrid Technology and everything after that was based on those first developments. The end result is my tech works in a magical enviroment.

The reason this happened is one of my colony ships crashed on a world rich in Mana. The Mana field completely shut down their tech and they spent almost a millenia uplifting the human shamons to a point where they had wizards that could transfer the islands to another world, Earth. I then sent out people to get toasters, blenders, and other gadgets that did not function and figured how to make them work. Going from there, I developed my tech tree and now I am zipping around the galaxies four years later.

I could bring down one of my ships and use the weapons to blast one of those void dragons but that would not make the RP any fun... I will keep my tech far from this RP.

LOL Marvel is about to get Fae slapped ...

Kewl. He could also use a good spell check!

:) :) :)

(Sorry! Couldn't resist!)

And also, where Joshua's arm is technology, magic bridges the gap and protects it from outside sources. It all depends really on how you look at it. Even more so here in NSG where we create the nation we want and dream of.

Dastardly Stench;13725099']Kewl. He could also use a good spell check!

:) :) :)

(Sorry! Couldn't resist!)

Your editorial knack is annoying :p

j/p

(I don't know what you're talking about as I have not read the relevant posts, but I enjoy a good spell checking)

(I was joshin' an' punnin'. I joshed somebody earlier 'bout spellin' somethin'. He wrote back that he had a spell check. So I wrote that Marvel's magic could use a spell check, too.

Get it? Spell check? AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

::ahem::

Anyway, it's just word play an' joshin' an' punnin'. Just 'cause I was usin' someone else's words doesn't mean I was tryin' to insult 'em--just the opposite, in fact. Just havin' a li'l fun. It was all in the OOC thread, too--no need to read any more.)

You sure like your apostrophes, don't you? :p

My eyes hurt from all those apostrophes. And yes, we get it. DnD reference...

Actually, I don't get the DnD reference. Sure, I get the pun on "Spell" considering this is a magic thread and he was talking about correcting spelling, but no DnD comes to me from that (though no DnD would come to me from anything).

In DnD, in order to cast a spell, you need to preform a "spell check" to see if the spell will fail or not. If you pass the spell check, you can continue and use your spell.

Note that that's the simplified version of things, but you get the idea.

Ah, well then, I think that makes the pun worse for me then :p

Ya, I have a habit of that. As Mereshka said though, Nationstates is where old puns go to die.

You sure like your apostrophes, don't you? :p

Nah. I just get in obnoxious moods sometimes (heh heh).

And now, just for the fun of it, I'm going to recite the entire collected works of William Shakespear!

Did you see it?

Twice. And jump at this dead hour.

[IP Address Disconnected for abuse of Terms of Service.]

O_O

Wow, and I thought I was into Shakespeare...

Dastardly Stench;13730129']And now, just for the fun of it, I'm going to recite the entire collected works of William Shakespear!

Wow, and here I was thinking the whole time that his name was Shakespeare.

(Yeah, eat that Mr. Spell Checker)

Wow, and here I was thinking the whole time that his name was Shakespeare.

(Yeah, eat that Mr. Spell Checker)

Good catch. I thought it looked a little funny.

Mr. Spell checker? Hmmmmmm...does that mean that, even though someone else brought the whole thing up and I suggested using it for MAGIC spells...that I can go around and correct other people's spelling now??????

(Muaaahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!)

Now that worries me.

At any rate, I'm not going to be here this weekend. I'm visiting my dad and then graduation is at school and the yearbook wants pictures and I'm apparently their man. Happy posting, see you Sunday night!

So, Bal, old buddy old pal, since Eldrad's gone off and left us to our own devices, does that mean that if we have a teacher character in mind we can bring them in and apply for a job?

Mr. Spell checker? Hmmmmmm...does that mean that, even though someone else brought the whole thing up and I suggested using it for MAGIC spells...that I can go around and correct other people's spelling now??????

(Muaaahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!)

No, it means you already do. :p

This thing about knowledge reminded me of a Gith NPC in the epic computer RPG called Planescape:Torment. Something on the teachings of Zerthammon(sorry if I mispelled it)

The quick foraging through the Internet calls it "philosophy of Zerthimon". Never played Planescape myself. I've always been more of a strategy game player myself than a roleplaying game player. :p

And we're getting awful close to the "I could tell you more but then I'd have to kill you" line in this knowledge thing!

And we're getting awful close to the "I could tell you more but then I'd have to kill you" line in this knowledge thing!

If Soviet Steam was MT, Yelena would be a KGB agent. :P

I hope there is no metagaming on her suspicions. It was just logic because it doesn't make sense for a living being to own something that will always kill all living beings who touch it.

I can't resist... can't resist

In Soviet Steam, the knowledge kills because of YOU!!
In Soviet Steam, the spell checks YOU!!

I hope there is no metagaming on her suspicions. It was just logic because it doesn't make sense for a living being to own something that will always kill all living beings who touch it.

I was actually expecting her to reach the conclusion of him being not properly alive. That was the point of the whole demonstration. But she went a bit off, although that was to be expected. He's got a far larger secret he's hiding, but that's for the good of everyone involved (well, except him). What his secret is exactly would be easily found from the other threads I've posted in. :p

Temptations, oh yes Temptation it is my pretty... yes bring back J'age, bring back J'age ...

*looks the other way*

Did I miss something? Why is this person lying on the ground dead? Did I hear the sound of a horse galloping away? I hate it when that happens...


Hehehe


Edit:

Oh WH, why would Liam have Harry's legs, Oh, you mean they were HAIRY.

Beware that nasty evil Spellcheck flying around this Thread...

Another thing, the White Tower does not have a Time Out closet. My Imps also would not do that.

Ah but the Pale Horse makes not a sound, no matter the footing, no matter how fast it moves

No, but the squire following behind knocking the coconuts together does make a sound!

What squire? I wasn't informed of any squire! Thats not one of the listed perks! ( which is a damnably short list. )

...but no, we do not have a time-out closet, this is not Romper Room or a daycare.

What squire? I wasn't informed of any squire! Thats not one of the listed perks! ( which is a damnably short list. )

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Who goes there?
King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Pull the other one!
King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? Ridden on a horse?
King Arthur: Yes!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You're using coconuts!
King Arthur: What?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

This thing about knowledge reminded me of a Gith NPC in the epic computer RPG called Planescape:Torment. Something on the teachings of Zerthammon(sorry if I mispelled it)

I don't mind that, but you misspelled "misspelled!"

SO THERE!

(Everybody's favorite curmudgeon in training STRIKES AGAIN!!!!! Mua-ha-ha!)

:D :D :D

(Normally, I correct grammar, not spelling. I edit novels for a publishing house when I'm in the mood for charity work, so I'm good enough to get away with it. Spelling, on the other hand, reviles me. Seriously, I caught a spelling bee on TV last night while channel-surfing during commercials, and I IMMEDIATELY AND FORCEFULLY turned to another channel in disgust. Our system of spelling is an anti-phonetic pile of trash, and yet there are people out there who venerate it. What luddites!)

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Who goes there?
King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Pull the other one!
King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? Ridden on a horse?
King Arthur: Yes!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You're using coconuts!
King Arthur: What?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

All of which is a wasted reference if they don't know what "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is...

For the record, MPHG starts out with "King Arthur" skipping around through a field (actually, most of him is obscured by a hill, so it almost looks like he's riding a horse until he gets to higher ground) with a guy running along behind him knockin' coconut shells together to make it sound like a horse's hooves.

It's jolly good satire.

Of course, I personally preferred the part where the angels played the fanfare. :) :) :)

LOL Thats about the only part of that that I know about - I don't do Monty Python - they forgot to give me a sense of humor on the way out the door - or at least one of a sort that would allow me to find them humerous.

Besides like I said her list of perks is very short, in fact massively so.

A)The privilege to argue a case before the Divine- and she gets to give the dead their life back...if she wins.
B) Healing - what? You think Death should be able to heal? - well, thats why it's a Perk, but it does have it's limitations.

See short list of Perks ( note I did say perks - not powers - though there really is just one power involved )

What ever is necessary to do the job.

Even the list of 'Useful items" that comes along with the position is not so long:

1) Pale Horse - Nice, since it came with it's shapechanging features preinstalled. ( Don't ask me how an ages old something or other knew long beforehand how to look like oh say a Rolls Royce Limmo, or be a Tanaaran Strikecraft X88 air superority combat platform. It hasn't answered me yet.)

2) Scythe - I managed to alter that in to 'weapon, variable as needed'. I am not an undocumented middle ages migrant agro worker. I never learned to harvest grain. And besides it just looked so uncool.

3) Robes, Black - Argued and won for more modern tailoring, now they conform to how I want them to look...

(Seriously, I caught a spelling bee on TV last night while channel-surfing during commercials, and I IMMEDIATELY AND FORCEFULLY turned to another channel in disgust. Our system of spelling is an anti-phonetic pile of trash, and yet there are people out there who venerate it. What luddites!)

A spelling bee... A spelling bee! Try THE spelling bee. Scripps 2008 National Spelling Bee.

Yeah, let's just scrap it and move on. Esperanto FTW!