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In an alternate version of our world, humans are not the only intelligent race. Most races are descended from humans, though, as a spirits, aliens, deities, or random mutation led to specific groups of humans being different from the norm and becoming different races.

While technology is equivalent to that in our world, magic is a part of this world as well. Most races have powers, and some have superhuman enhancements which aren’t technically magic but do make them superior to normal humans. There are also other classes of magic, including witchcraft, Sorcery, and Ki. Witchcraft takes various sources of effects and combines them to create magical effects. Sorcery pulls energy from a powerful source, usually and Deity, spirit, or natural phenomenon. Ki draws on the power within oneself and reinforces you body or produces attacks and defenses of raw magical energy.

The Governments of the world tend to be city-states, with different states generally banding together only when they face a specific threat, such as bandits or invaders. These states have different laws and treat different races in different ways. Where one might give equal rights to all races, another might limit the rights of one or more race.

Recently there have been attacks against non-humans in many cities by Pure Human radicals from the city of Claus at the North Pole. This city is a Feudal society which is Ruled by the immortal King Nicholas Claus and the Sorcerer Queen Morgan LaFeye Claus. In Claus, the nobility are pure humans, standard humans are peasants, and non-humans are slaves. Anyone who revolts against the King are banished to the wastes, where they almost always freeze to death.

In the city of New York, a trade city on the East coast of the Americas, where all races are equal under the law, the Mayor calls together a group of people to try and stop these attacks.



If anyone wants to add a race, feel free to post it here. I’ll be adding more as I think of them.



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Nice! So @TheUnknowable, any of the races can utilize magic?
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@HallionWith a few exceptions, namely the Vs'ks'thi aliens, who have no natural talent for it but can learn to do some basic things, and the Nulls, who are unable to use any magic except magical items. The Watchers rarely learn it, as it isn't part of their culture, and the angelic races consider it blasphemous unless it the very specific "El gave me a special ability" form of sorcery.

Just don't go too crazy with your other magics, and remember that you would need to have spent a significant amount of time to get very far.

High Schools in New York teach basic witchcraft, sorcery, and Ki as electives, but they don't do anything too advanced.

Witchcraft tends to be the slowest one, as rituals are the most efficient way to do it. Sorcery is taxing on the body and may take time to gather large amounts of energy, especially if you draw power from a sapient being that resists you. Ki is fast, but far more limited. It also doesn't allow you to become nearly as powerful as the other forms, as it is limited by your own stores of energy, like your powers are.
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This looks interesting. Might be dropping off a CS.
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@TheUnknowable I noticed you have them all listed on the CS, but I assume we pick one from the three magic disciplines then, yeah?
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@HallionActually, you can pick any combination, but they, and your powers, require a good bit of time to master, so if you stretch yourself out too much none of them will be very strong.
A generalist would be pretty weak, but could do most of the basic things. A specialist, in contrast, would be really good at one area, but have little to no ability in the others.
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Awesome, thanks @TheUnknowable. TBH, I'm probably going to pick one and specialize in it because I don't want magic to get too complex.

I'm going for a Changeling, so maybe witchcraft would suit her. We'll see :)
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Added "age:" to CS.
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Added a sample character sheet: Queen Morgan LaFeye of Claus.
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I was thinking of doing a Null Mercenary, combining modern weapons with magical items, and maybe giving him a non-human family as motivation?Would that be a viable concept?
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@Shadow Daedalusyep. that sounds good.
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@TheUnknowable, let me know if you need me to expand on anything, but I kept it somewhat open ended in order to elaborate IC.

Also, wasn't sure if copy/pasting the racial & genetic traits from the races section made sense or was I supposed to make up my own?



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@HallionPowers, racial abilities, and genetic traits only really need to change for hybrids, unless you're human, in which case you need to decide on your powers. For a pureblood non-human like Sam, they'll be the same as what's listed.

You also called you character "Bryn" in the history. If they go by two different names, then list both under Name. Otherwise, it's approved.
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You also called you character "Bryn" in the history. If they go by two different names, then list both under Name. Otherwise, it's approved.


Bleh...sorry about that, I fixed it. I have another character in another RP named "Brynn" and while I was writing Sam's bio, I was (for whatever reason) thinking Brynn, lol. Must have had an impact on me. But no, her name is Sam :D

That being said, is the CS accepted?
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@Hallionyeah, it's accepted.
It wouldn't be that strange for a changing to have multiple names (maybe just a male and female, depending on which body they're using), so I didn't know if that was why, or if it was just a mistake.
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I'm considering doing this as more of a sandbox style RP. That would mean that I don't create a character for your group, just NPCs for you to interact with and villains. Would that work for all of you?

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Works for me
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Id definitely be interested in this
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heres mine. Hope its fine. ^^
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@GreenGoataccepted
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