Trad

IC:"Hmm? Do I look like a thief?" murmured Katis. "You however, look like a liar, regardless of your puny size..." Saying so, she fired and arrow that landed just inches from Voi's foot. "And I've heard horrible things about you, but I won't do anything unlike you."

I whole heartedly agree. Death Arts anyone?

IC:"Oh. Hi." was Ire's only greeting.

Agreed. I'll have an absolutely evil character who's a sadist, but the best plan he can come up with is to point his wand at people as hard as he can.BTW, since this is about magic, does anyone (other than those who read my planned ideas for a RPG) know about Skulduggery Pleasant? I'm just seeing about its forecast popularity here.

IC:Madness was about to panic and he knew it. Keep calm, keep calm, chant in some weird language, but ignore where you are now or who you are in close proximity with...Jocasta stirred and Madness promptly nudged her, causing her to be immediately wide awake. Jocasta, please don't panic, but we seem about to die!

Well, I've written most of the backstory, but I'm still in the dark on the mechanics, the endgame and such.If you find what I said is strange, this is because I'm treating this like an unlookable idea which would disappear if I face it directly.

IC:Devastation was what Trad saw at his hideout. Marks of a struggle were there and from the sight of it, War Music was used recently.The hair of his back raised and he knew something was about to happen. To him, and it would have adverse effects on his health. OOC: Open for interaction!

Castlevania maybe?Meanwhile on the other side of the world, or same side of the world, depending on where you are, I'm still the only one who's writing a gigantic backstory for the SP RPG.

IC:"Turaga, what do you suppose we should do then? We are absolutely in the dark about Voi, the spear and what the heck actually happened!" Ire said heatedly. "I want to do something, but what?"

IC:"Where am I?" Jocasta groaned, sitting up in the room. She looked around. Plush, and very tasteful.She slapped herself, and as she guessed correctly, she was dreaming.

Yes, that could do. *In a dramatic storyteller voice*Listen to the story of the Ancients and Faceless Ones.A long time ago...( I don't know how long but let's say the time where humans became humans) The Ancients were the first people to discover magic. They had all the time in the world to learn the extent of their skills and therefore were very powerful. But not more powerful than the Faceless Ones.The Faceless Ones were gods. Not really gods actually, but they were god like. They were far stronger than the Ancients and could do many horrific things (tearing someone inside out, killing the world's strongest man). They needed a host body to actually do all of those things, but if you happened to catch them without one, you would go insane, immediately. It wasn't fun for the host either. Their sense of self and personality was erased, along with their faces.Now, the Ancients had enough and fought the Faceless Ones, who won every battle, be it land, sea or air. Until the Ancients constructed their secret weapon-The Sceptre of The Ancients. It's power source was an enemy-detecting crystal, which oddly did not detect the Ancients when they stole it from the Faceless Ones. Using the Sceptre, the Ancients succeeded in banishing the Faceless Ones from this reality. They were invincible.But all power came with a price.The Ancients squabbled with one another, and turned the Sceptre on each other. When the last one realized the truth of his actions, he flung the Sceptre deep into the ground. It is unknown what happened to him later.Time skip!Mevolent was a fanatical Faceless One worshipper, who wanted to let in the Faceless Ones into this reality again. So that was why The War started. Each of us is born with two names, the True Name (created form the oldest of magic languages eg.Laudigan,Darquesse etc.) and a Given Name. A Taken Name is created by the person taking it.NOTE: I'm not allowing anyone's character to actually know their True Name.

OK. So, Tunneling, Necromancy, Healing, Teleportation and Hypnosis are my favorites for this RPG. For symbols however, China Sorrows can pull out all sorts of crazy powers, but she would need to tap where the symbols are and therefore if you put her in an armlock or chokehold, you'll effectively disable her., so Symbol users would have to use scrips or tattoos, and MUST be weak in melee combat. Better? Oh, and if a symbol isn't carved to its exact specs, then it would go haywire and do things it wasn't intended, such as implosion.Oh, and as for healers, they are sworn NOT to fight. Except for this guy called Nye, who does horrible experiments on live/dead people.Moar stuff!Zombies can be created by Necromancers, but only one at a time.Necromancers can shadow-walk (limited teleportation) and their weakness is that once their item that contains most of their power is destroyed, they will be powerless and all the power will flow back to them. They are mostly neutral.Vampires can be created, but only by an untreated Vampire bite. Once bitten, anyone will become an Infected and will have to serve the Vamp for two nights until they are full Vampires. They change into beasts at nightfall and will kill anyone who stands in their way. Their weakness is saltwater.

IC:The world phased in an out of Jocasta's focus. She felt sick, yet she saw the city below her. She seemed to be locked in a dak grey room and Madness seemed to be sitting there, looking at where the intangible person sat.Then she had a gigantic headache and fell gladly back to sleep.

The story would be basically this:Mevolent defeated the Sanctuary. However, when he was about to open the portal between realities,he was assassinated by Lord Vile, who took over and conquered the whole world. He ruled with an iron fist. The Sanctuary has been driven underground, but there are sympathisers within the ranks of those with Lord Vile. It is rumored that Lord Vile is a sympathiser, for some weird reason.The PC can be a "mortal" who found out about magic, an Adept, Cleaver or an Elemental. Mortals have no magic at all and must rely on their wits to survive.Cleavers are the army, security and police force of the Sanctuary rolled into one. They use scythes and have enough magic to boost their skills in physical combat. There are some mercenaries who have received Cleaver Training, but they utilize Sickles and are known as Rippers.Elementals are the most basic of magic users and are considered starter mages, but they can be very dangerous. Mevolent was an Elemental. This discipline of magic let's the user to control the four elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air). Some people who have trained for a rather long time can "fly".Adepts come into power more quickly than elementals, but are not neccesarily the strongest. They can include Necromancy, Teleporter( only 4 of those), Tunneler, Symbol Magic etc. Lord Vile is a Necromancer.Warlocks are a possibly different class of magics entirely, dealing with light, soul stealing and power stealing. No one knows much about them. Mevolent once sent a deputation of mages to forge an alliance with them. The deputation never came back, save for one blind Mage with a box of bones.IF you choose to have magical abilities, you MUST have three names for your character. Each.The Given Name is the name your parents gave you,The Taken Name is a safeguard against people using your Given Name to control you,(you can make it up, such as Valkyrie Cain or China Sorroes)The True Name is the source of your magic. Most people do not know their True Names, but if they did, they'll be able to take on The Faceless Ones without a weapon. You may seal the True Name, but only if you and no one else find out what your True Name is.You cannot switch between magic disciplines.Magic will also slow the aging of Your body, so you will need to say how old you actually are. Or your birth date. And also your appearance.Moar coming soon.

IC:"Calm down." Katis said, trying to soothe the old Turaga."It was a bit hectic and panicky, so I'm not sure" was what Ire said, choosing her words carefully.

IC:"Well, he went insane and wanted to destroy everything, Katis here slammed a meteor into his back and he started going even more insane and Ussalius, (he's the Fire Toa) split the spearFor some weird reason, when the spear was split into two by Ussalius, Voi somehow became a Matoran, and we teleported to different places." said Ire. " I was teleported to Onu Wahi.""And I was teleported back to where my equipment was." Katis said.

OK, so here's my idea.But first, has anyone here read Skulduggery Pleasant?Since I"m going to create an RPG based on the series, only set in an alternate version.

IC:"Is he feeding on blood? No? Then he's not."

IC:"Zombies eat other people and are occasionally not sentient." said Ire.

IC"What?" asked Ire and Katis at Hubertus' statement.

IC"Where the ######...am I?" he muttered as he came to. "Oh, ###." was what he said when he looked at his surroundings.

IC:Ire walked the streets of Po-Koro and bumped into a female Toa of Air. "Oh! Sorry!" she said, extending her hand to help the other Toa up. That was when she spotted the bow."Say, didn't you help us defeat Voi?"Katis scrutinized the Toa of Sonics. "Yes. I'm afraid we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Katis, hunter. And you are?""Ire.""Nice job of helping me smash that....being with the meteor. What were you doing in that cave?""Finding treasure! Oh, that and talking with a resurrected Turaga.""Oh, who?""Lokhare.""And where is he now?""Still in the- oh Mata Nui!"Ire ran off to find the Turaga, followed closely by Katis.

OOC: Thank you for your information.IC: He quickly passed through the city. Where the heck are you, you son of a Muaka, you said you would be somewhere here. he muttered. His contact said that he would be somewhere here to give him the required information, but he had somehow disappeared.He needed to get out of here. Now. Get back to the original rendezvous where his contact said he would be before he suddenly changed the drop point.