[OOC] Witch Trials (Title up for change)

[BayRat]

Wouldn't be much of a problem if I had him over 200 years old?@Gisk@Arcalept

[Gisk]

Well my character is pretty old and I'm considering bringing in an even older NPC for plot jazz. Though yours would be more 3-400, if we're talking Salem.

Here's kind of a problem I'm having, though. His price is reasonable, I think, really. But because it has such a long time span it really won't come into play during the game itself. That comes off as kind of unfair to me; every other player is going to be dealing with it throughout the RP, but you're pretty much safe from it. Even if it does come up, it'll only be the one time.

I like the vein it's in, though. A price of blood and fire, it works really well for a dragon based witch, I would just say that he should have to pay it more often, like monthly. In fact, I notice that both of the witches already made have monthly consequences tied to the moon.

EDIT: To be clear, I don't mean he should pay that exact price, but a lesser price more often, y'know?

[BlackPanther]

@dragonmancer@Gisk
maybe like a lesser sacrifice once a month? like a goat or something...
random idea you can ignore me completely if its silly

[Gisk]

@dragonmancer@Gisk
maybe like a lesser sacrifice once a month? like a goat or something...
random idea you can ignore me completely if its silly

@BlackPanther

I would even say maybe a person every month, he's reasonably powerful, but more importantly he has eternal youth, that's costly.

Compare to my character: Her youth is artificial. Eventually, she'll be so old that she literally cannot go the short amount of time that she's forced to live in her own skin and she'll just die when her powers recede.

The two are actually kind of cool foils. I imagine Beth would have some strong words for Jason.

[BlackPanther]

@Gisk
ah good point.

strong words be had lol

maybe the younger the person the better the sacrifice...to be real morbid

[Gisk]

Yikes, that's harsh.

We'll wait for Arcalept and Dragon to weigh back in on this one lol.

[BayRat]

@Gisk
How about every season?

[Gisk]

At the equinox or solstice maybe? That could do the trick.

It would also make the murders easier to link together, which brings some drama to the character.

I like it. We shall await Arcalept's final decision.

[BayRat]

@Gisk

Sounds great and I look forward for Jason being the foil to Beth.

[BlackPanther]

yea I'm really tired so my brain is in a really morbid state lol.
every season defiantly sounds better...and less...harsh

[BayRat]

@BlackPanther
I mean who's to say he wont kill infants, whatever he can get is all the same really. Fits in the Jersey Devil Alius to for snatching babies that live near or get lost in the woods.

[BlackPanther]

@dragonmancer
well frig that is really...terrifying yet for some reason I'm finding it cool since it works so well and makes him a bad guy

[BayRat]

@BlackPantherh
Haha yeah, but he's only a bad guy because he will die a horrifying and sudden death if he isn't c:

[BayRat]

Because of his greed he's not going to get rid of his valuables, so the only other option is to kidnap, but that's risky because the rite will be nullified if she escapes.

[BlackPanther]

@dragonmancer
...what if he tries a witch at some point and finds that he gets much more from that ritual

[BayRat]

@BlackPanther
Kidnapping or burning?
If its kidnapping that would be very interesting, hell if thats the case he can try to capture Beth,@Gisk

But burning well, thats just gonna make him more evil isnt it? Would that change him to neutral since he's now going to be killing witches as well? Or does he make a deal with the government to kill other witches?

[BayRat]

So many possibilities I can go with these ideas.

[BlackPanther]

@dragonmancer
why not have him try both?
heck him working with the government would give him more wiggle room with doing that route

....i am realizing i am putting my own character at risk now...but hey...drama and tension and such

[BayRat]

@BlackPanther
Idk my issue is he hates the government after what happened to his kind, and he innately now wishes for utter anarchy and chaos, he is also sympathetic with other witches. He's definitely not perfect and will kill or kidnap witches without hesitation if he's desperate, but the government part may be a stretch. If he is going to be an antagonist, id prefer him being a more of a side villain that is reasonable to converse with and doesn't do evil for the sake of evil, let alone enjoying the evil he does.

[BlackPanther]

@dragonmancer
ah good point
in which case he will have to make sure he isn't caught...that puts an interesting problem to your character and i think I'm excited to read about that aspect.

interestingly my character is neutral even though his mom was taken because he realizes that every being is capable of evil when they are afraid of something. So, this makes him neutral with a healthy side of carefulness o as not to get caught himself. As in, he will still give spell books to an evil character...because he also understands that some prices are high and they have to learn the lesson the hard way.