[quote=@Deja] I was thinking of making a second year elementalist traditionally from an aeroflying daemon matriachy but is reforming himself as he grows out of his damilys shadow and learns his other heart is far more pyromatic. He fencces and looks up lyquistics alot in the library, if anyone needs a spitfire twerp around. Eagerly awaiting this I'll draw up a portrait in the mean time. [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] I think that's a great concept. The son of a Daemon matriarchy would probably have to unlearn some things from their upbringing but remember, for his mother to have been classified as a Daemon, she has done some bad stuff and is likely a fugitive of the Royal Guard, as all Daemons are if they are not already being held in Cespheus Prison, some have just managed to avoid capture. Also, I think it's great that you're drawing up a portrait, but I might ask you to use a more high-quality character art when it's time to submit your character sheet. I'm pretty flexible I think, but I tend to be a stickler for high-quality aesthetics, as you might have already guessed. lol [hr] [quote=@LuckyBlackCat] Hmm I might go with a Somatic, I like shapeshifters. Thinking someone who can take on feline traits, and with training might even learn to fully turn into a wildcat. Kitty characters are a go-to thing for me. They'd be curious and adventurous, and of course they'd have a pet cait. As for Discord, in my experience RPs with them last longer than RPs without, but yeah toxic people are a concern. I RP with a few people here though, namely Crimson Flame, TheNoCoKid and Emeth, and can attest that they're respectful. [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] A feline-based Somatic shapeshifter totally works. She could be like the cat version of Rahne Sinclair from X-men, who could turn into a semi-wolf and full wolf form. Also, thanks for vouching for your friends. That does give me some reassurance. :) [hr] [quote=@Crimson Flame] The character I have in mind is a Light elementalist with an interesting relationship with their gender. They come from a prominent noble family who are heavily involved with the church, they were bullied for being different, and found acceptance in the church. They think their gift is a sign from the deity that they worship that they were destined for bigger things. They act all haughty and superior to mask their loneliness. [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] That totally works. There are many religions throughout Lekë and each island has its own culture to a degree, so your character could definitely come from a noble family with heavy religious ties. Not at the level of the Royal Family of course, but I'm sure the aristocracy does exist to a lesser extent in certain places. Which means your character probably comes from money and certain privileges, despite the bullying. The overt personality traits represent that overcompensation as the spoiled, rich, but bullied, lonely noble child archetype. Delusions of grandeur perhaps? I like it. :) [hr] [quote=@Emeth] I'm not the [i]most[/i] active in group RPs but I've only ever seen one member of one Discord server from this site stir up trouble. They wrote some stuff that broke forum rules and kinda ignored the main plot in general, so I consider them a pretty special case. I've never used Discord for anything else except keeping in touch with a few RL friends, but I could imagine random servers for subreddits getting pretty toxic. It's not an issue I've run into with RPGuild though, but alas, I do a lot of lurking in the 1x1 section mostly, so my opinion might not be the most representative. I'm working on my character now, actually. Her ability that falls in the telepath/empath category is something I've wanted to play for a long time but never found the right RP for it. Basically, she can see the connections between people, visually represented as threads of various colors, texture and thickness. By touching them, she can directly feel how others feel about each other, and by plucking them like a stringed instrument, she might hear a stray thought or two. By implication, she [i]should[/i] be able to manipulate those threads somehow, like strengthening/weakening or outright creating/breaking them, but because of some childhood trauma, she has an extreme aversion to messing with them too much. She has another ability which works kind of like a heavily nerfed version of Koishi's ability from the Touhou series. She can slip away from the collective consciousness of everyone around her and become imperceptible, but there's tons of limitations on it due to her inexperience. It's probably more comparable to being Anonymous/Blended in Assassin's Creed if you've ever played or watched one of those. Basically, if she does anything that's too high-profile (like tripping over her own two feet), her cloak fails and she becomes perceptible again. I have a cute idea that she could be using this ability to attend more than six classes on the sly, but let me know if that's chronologically impossible. I currently have a half-baked idea that she has "The Kiss" but one of her aeonhearts is kinda funky, so she intermittently loses access to one of her abilities and a good chunk of her vitesse. She spends an unusual amount of time in the infirmary as a result, which could lead to some inconvenient questions being asked. I'm thinking she hasn't been found out yet since one of her abilities is an easily kept secret and the other helps her escape unwanted attention. I think making her a first year would be fun too so there's that in the cards. So, a mixed bag of pretty powerful abilities with pretty powerful weaknesses, and unlikely to see combat (of her own volition). [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] Interesting. So she's an Astra with a telempathy kind of power. Emma from Mutant-X had a telempathy power, so it could work. I think the way you described it is lovely and you'd be surprised what she could do in combat. She's a support role on the battlefield. She could use her telepathic threads to boost the teams morale, help two bickering teammates work better as a team, help someone whose given up to get back up and fight again. Don't shoot yourself short. :) In fact, with her spending so much time in the infirmary, maybe she can take up an apprenticeship under the nurse and become somewhat of the field medic during battles. But yes, I think whenever we're dealing with psychic powers that can influence others, we want to be wise and use that gift with caution if its to be used on other player-controlled characters. Perhaps getting permission on the front end is the best policy if not being used on an NPC. The Second Ability is cool too. Reminds me of an X-men character called ForgetMeNot, who had the power of imperceptibility. Though I think it's good that you put some limitations on it to keep it grounded. :) And I think it's possible she could use it to attend more than six classes. What she'd be doing is similar to what Hermoine did with the time-turner. Yeah, most Mystic's with the Seraph's Kiss keep one of their gifts hidden, IF POSSIBLE. Some people can't due to the nature of their magic. The school staff and Headmistress would definitely know about one of her gifts (I imagine the telempathy), how else would she be at the academy right if they didn't already know beforehand? lol [hr] [quote=@Alfhedil] Despite building what would otherwise be a fairly combat heavy character, there was actually the idea of leaning more on the artifice side of things for her lol. Like, yeah on one hand in my head there was the gunslinger with artificed revolvers and some kind of 1600's style magitech wheel-lock repeating rifle going on monster hunts with the class or using specialized ammunition during the magic duels mentioned in the OP for the Colosseum or Dueling Room. Then on the other there was the idea of exploring the entire concept of actually making these things and testing them in something like the Halls of Artifice or whatever kinds of workshops they may have. Things like building new arms and legs, new and [i]hopefully[/i] improved tools for expeditions, and of course a vitesse controlled laser eye. You know, to replace the one she lost lmao. But yeah, I totally get trying to lean more towards the actual school-life aspect of X-Men rather than what we usually get from it, though I would say that there could still be a place for things like weapons training and hunting classes. I mean, not every jaunt through a portal is going to be a nice and relaxing one, right? Having been around the forums for a bit now, I do feel that while there is a downside to Discord in that it can direct more conversations away from the thread and present the appearance of inactivity, there is a much greater benefit to having it from the expedience of character planning, the ability to quickly and dynamically develop pre-existing character relations, and of course the most important thing of all... A place to shitpost without disrupting the thread lmao. But also, while I don't really know many of the people who have expressed interest so far, that at least means that most of the people here are alright enough that they don't have a reputation for themselves lmao. [i]That I know of...[/i] [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] I definitely appreciate your creativity. And while combat is definitely a part of this RP, let's air on the side of nuance when it comes to what kind of artifice weapons she crafts for herself. She's still a school student after all. It'd be a bit odd to bring guns to a magical powers fight against other students, you know? LOL But if she does create a few weapons, she could probably use them during her portal missions or during combat against foes in Lekë. Again, she's an older student and experienced, so I imagine she might have permission to work on her craft. But yeah its true, some jaunts through the portal will be incredibly dangerous. But that's also the nature of X-men. The X-men are constantly put in perilous situations time and time again and they usually only ever have their teamwork and powers to rely on to get them through. I see those same struggles happening in this RP as opportunities for the characters to grow, rather than having weapons that, in some ways, may act as a safety net. Like with the X-men, life isn't always going to be easy or convenient. Sometimes you just gotta work with what you were born with. haha but yeah, there probably won't be weapons training or hunting classes and I want combat to be a nuanced addition rather than the center of it. But there is the General Combat Training class, Defense Against the Ni-Seraphi class, and Daemons class which are more combat focused and would help students prepare for combat situations. There's the Artificing and Magi-Tech Advancements class too, so I imagine there's a workshop in whatever classroom that class is held in where your character can artifice (maybe the Artificery Workshop or something. I'll figure it out lol). I like the idea of a vitesse-powered laser eye, very magi-tech :) [hr] [quote=@Mirandae] Great to see that you are back on your feet [@Aeolian]. Very impressive return. Keeping an eye on this for sure! :) [/quote] [h3][color=7ea7d8]AEOLIAN[/color][/h3] Thanks babe. :) It's been a minute, but it's time to jump back into another story. Hope to see you hop in. You're the aesthetics queen, so I always appreciate your presence to elevate an RP.