Hidden 6 yrs ago 6 yrs ago Post by Ciaran
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Things are looking rough.


Magic. It's real. Hidden from the eyes of "mortals", kept secret to all but the lucky, or unlucky, few, it's been influencing history since its discovery, so long ago no one even knows which millenium it was in. It's always been relatively small-scale, a tool that influential individuals have used to tip the scales in their favour... until recently.

For the first time since the Ancients, a sorcerer began gathering an army. Mevolent, a mage of extreme power, prepared for war, aiming to kill those who opposed his beliefs so that the evil gods, named "Faceless Ones", could return unhindered. If they do return, it's game over for the world. No one, not even their worshippers, can survive the insane power of the Faceless Ones.

Immediately, Mevolent gained enemies. Previously, organisations named "Sancturaries" were unnoficial safe havens for mages and sorcerers to practice their craft, away from the mortals. This ended with Mevolent's rise. Now they are a united, worldwide force dedicated to stopping Mevolent and his followers. Lead by Eachan Meritorious, Grand Mage of the Irish Santurary, they are the only line of defence the world has against the worshippers of the evil deities.

The war went well for the Sanctuaries, at first. Though Mevolent is believed to be the most powerful sorcerer alive, his armies were smaller and suffered numerous defeats during the early decades of the war. However, in 1700, after fifty years of fighting, Nefarian Serpine, one of Mevolent's most dangerous followers and a general of his armies, killed Skulduggery Pleasant. Skulduggery was an excellent warrior and tactician, and his team (later called the "Dead Men" for surviving suicide missions) had been an almost unbeatable force in the battles against Mevolent. His death was the beginning of when things began to turn around for Mevolent, and now, he's at the height of his power.

Alongside Serpine, Mevolent has another famous, powerful general - Baron Vengous. However, in the past few weeks, rumours have been confirmed that Mevolent has recruited a third. Lord Vile, a necromancer of unmatched power.

Ireland, 1850. Grand Mage Meritorious has ordered the formation of a new team, their goal to sunder individual components of Mevolent's force, and, eventually, cut off the head of the snake. "The Deicide Squad", skeptics have called it, and the name's stuck. A handful of specialists from every corner of the world, gathering together to do the impossible. Better get to work.





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Yeah, I would have an Adept Discipline if that's an okay opener here with you. That discipline would be Tectomancy, the art of commanding shockwaves in solid matter.

Tectomancy as an art allows for little fine tuning and is largely destructive in nature. As an example an elemental mage does not want to try to use the element of earth as defence against a Tectomancer, that is bound to end poorly. This type of magic works best on intact matter, for one with cracks and defects tends to react unexpectedly and perhaps even violently to the shockwaves produced. The main things one can expect from a Tectomancer is to break down walls and cause fissures, in addition to the accompanying minute quaking.

Does that sound like anything to you @Ciaran?
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@Hekazu It sounds fine. However, it will be limited in the size of things that can be affected (though weaker materials can be affected across a larger area), and in that it can't be used on living matter (since, if it could, it would be inherently better than the bonebreaker discipline). Some items, such as a necromancer's power source, will also be especially hard to break, due to the magic within them.

Anyway an elemental could defend against it using air to deflect flying shards. Wouldn't be able to prevent it from breaking the object, though.
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@Ciaran Yeah, no shockwaving an entire building down at once. Crack the basement and hope for the best if that's what you are aiming for. And not on living matter, hardly solid enough to really carry the shockwave through itself. Tectomancy works better on things that muffle the reverb less.

As for the air defence against flying shards, sure. But they better not do the hunker down trick with earth.
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I think he is about done @Ciaran

Hidden 6 yrs ago Post by Ciaran
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@Hekazu He looks good to me. Put him in CHAR.
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I noticed that Kineticist wasn't listed in Adept Magic. Is there a particular reason for the omission?
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Well this is not promising.

EDIT, 7 DAYS LATER: I thus formally retract my participation on the grounds of the RP not going anywhere. Doing it this way to not bump the thread in the process.
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