Achronum

Double Duty (A Highschool DxD RP)

@Polaris North I think you'll be good. Despite Baradiel hitting his dislikes pretty hard, Alfonse's family values usefulness over personal interest and as an rather useful asset, Alfonse will be professional enough not to hate you. though some pettiness here and there may occur XD

Double Duty (A Highschool DxD RP)

Alfonse Corrumpi

Age: 23

Appearance:

Alfonse wears appearances like clothes- each illusion carefully crafted, each part an express purpose. Manipulating his appearance is as simple as breathing after all these years but doesn't often use it daily, other than to darken his reds eyes to black. Each black hair on his head is kept neatly combed and parts, face shaved clean, nearly always dressed in a suit and tie, and shoes with a mirror like quality. Any deviance from his well groomed standards is almost certainly an illusion.

He accessorizes simply, a watch, ring, and earring on the right ear in either gold or silver depending on his suit. He keeps a pair of half moon reading glasses in his breast pocket. His favorite thing to do while reading reports is to randomly stare at people judgmentally over the rims of his glasses until they start babbling.

Alfonse always makes a point to smile, no matter how upset he is at a situation. His true feelings always surface later in private, generally expressed through some sort of food.

Evil Piece: Queen

Familiar:

Narti – A large crow, Narti demands attention and grooming daily. She enjoys perching on her master's shoulder while he reads and tends to stash shiny things she finds in random places for other members of the peerage to find. Alfonse can see through Narti's eyes when she is away from him.

Magic:

Shadowmancy: Manipulating the semi-tangible manifestation of shadows, the Corrumpi clan can create and manipulate shadows into a variety of forms ranging from tendrils to shadow fire. The technique is most notably used to infuse this shadow material into spells, altering their form and function in a process called Corruption. Although the spells are undeniably stronger, their original function may cease and the corrupted version costs additional magic.

Mind Delve: A spell requiring constant eye contact, this allows Alfonse to peruse through the thoughts and memories of a subject. The subject seems to fall into a trance while under the spell's effect. Those with stronger magic auras or unusually strong wills can struggle against and even shrug off the magic if they catch it being used,

Forgetful Mind (Corrupt): By infusing shadows into the magic, Alfonse can alter and erase memories of the individual he is reading.

Illusion: Alfonse manipulates the senses of those around him as easily as breathing, Most notably used to alter his appearance to fool those he has Mind Devlved, Alfonse can create and maintain larger illusions with relative ease.

Phatasm(Corrupt): This variation draws the target's greatest fear to the forefront of their mind and subjects them to the resounding horror. Only they perceive the threat and react accordingly.

Barrier: Alfonse can erect a variety of magical barriers, costing more magic the larger they are.

Miasma(Corrupt): Using the newly erected barrier as a focus, the magic circle(s) composing the barrier ooze an inky mist that lulls them into slumber.

Teleport: Alfonse can move himself and other members of the peerage instantaneously.

Shadow Step (Corrupt): Alfonse can step from one shadow to another so long as it is at least his size.

Flight: Alfonse's devil wings allow him to fly when necessary.

Languages: As a Devil, he can speak, read, and understand every language he comes into contact with.

Skills:

Diplomacy: Alfonse learned the art of diplomacy,and all the manners and tact involved, from the knee of a member of the royal household of England. He personally prefers the intimate settings of dinner tables and formal parties, where subtly and words sting far more than swords and spells.

Cooking: While attempting to hide from his lessons as a child, Alfonse found the kitchen to be a consistent haven. He grew up watching, and eventually learning from, the chefs in the royal kitchen and continues to hone his skill. Its especially useful as a stress reliever.

Bio:

Alfonse was born just as his mother took over as head of the Corrumpi clan. Her father died suddenly at the hand of an overly enthusiastic vampire and while the clan as a whole were shocked, the fallen angels that encouraged the situation sowed the seeds of discord in the resulting vacuum. In order to maintain order, his mother Eleanor passed him down to her Queen, the resurrected member of the British royal household. Eleanor made temporary appearances in his life for the next twelve years but clan business always demanded her attention far too quickly.

When her Queen accepted him as her ward, he followed her around like a duckling. She brought him to her home and raised him like her own, claiming he was a nephew from a relative on the other side of her former marriage. He was taught everything from history to etiquette, maths to literature. Magic was his favorite subject however and he displayed a natural talent for it. His teacher, originally delighted, ruefully acknowledged teaching a seven year old with a predisposition for disappearing from his lessons would have been easier if illusion magic was taught later. He often created duplicates of himself so he could hide away in the kitchen and easy pastries the cooks snuck him.

On his thirteenth birthday, Eleanor returned with the family firmly under her heel and reclaimed guardianship of her son. From there, he refined his Shadowmancy, the family's specialty magic, and mental magics while continuing his education. Eleanor kept him by her side almost constantly, having him take notes and keep watch as she went around the clan business. She polished and perfected his manners and instilled a rigid sense of discipline and responsibility. Over the next decade, Alfonse would learn to regard Eleanor as his superior rather than his mother.

Just before his twentieth birthday, the Corrumpi suffered a staggering loss of members as the fallen angels launched a massive counter attack. With the loss of just less than half the family, Eleanor decided the family needed to fall back into the shadows and hide inside other groups. Eleanor directed most of the family to fade into mortal society fully or disappear within the confines of another devil family until a more appropriate time. So she turned her eyes back to Devil society in search of another noble family. She succeeded in finding and seducing a suitable target but got caught up in her own game and fell for the man instead. Alfonse had a suspicion the man she chose was fully aware of her objective but seeing that it completed the objective, he chose not to interfere.

With the merging of the two families, Alfonse was given to Alice as part of the arraignment. His mother commanded him serve, support, and, behind closed doors, evaluate Alice and her methods with the intent to report upon their return.

Likes:
Tea
Magic
Cooking
Reading
Engaging Discussions
Formal Parties
Manners

Dislikes:
Disrespectful People
Unintelligent Conversations
Aggression as a solution to every problem
Coffee
Servants of God
Fallen Angels

Talrae (SAO Inspired RP)

Looking to Recruit New Players for this active RP!



Hello, I'm seeing if anyone would be interested in playing a game that was developed in a different forum years ago. Essentially its a project that started out as "What if we want to rp SAO (anime) in a better way?" So we went ahead and spent a bunch of time and energy polishing it into our own version we thought was cool.



Essentially storyline is very similar to SAO, you are stuck in a VR fantasy game and have to beat it in order to escape it alive. In-game death will mean death in real life. The world is huge, consisting of 100 different "floors" all featuring different themes and inhabitants. There are 100 floors to clear and only by clearing all the floors and defeating the demon king on top will the players be finally free.
What does this rp feature? We essentially added a lot of different elements we wanted to see in the traditional SAO setting such as magic, more classes, beast pets, player interactions, guild interactions, more exploration of different environments, etc. Always loved SAO theme but felt that it lacked mages? Want to be a beast-tamer? How about exploring an arctic region filled with strange creatures or a desert theme floor guarded by the scorpion-lords?

Customization is up to the player! A lot of game files on pre-existing items and spells were erased meaning you are the master of filling in the details of this world to arm your character with! A new item or spell you'd like to see in-game? Just draft it up and send it to the GM and it'll be featured in the game!

You will all be starting at level 1, floor 1, right when the moment the game decides to turn against you and stop you from logging off. It's your job to find other players, NPCs, etc and adventure your way through the game towards victory. Or should you choose so, you can enjoy your second life in this game. Make a living, buy a house, form caring friends or family and put beating the game on second priority list. The choice is your's.



I personally found that players who tend to enjoy the "slice of life" aspect as much as the "action" aspect of the rp get the most kick out of it as we did take the time to develop some background material concerning everyday life. Also clearing 100 floors actually gives players a solid goal towards to work at. I think the longest run I've seen people made it to around 60(?) floors.

Contact @HueMan for more details

Here is the OOC: roleplayerguild.com/topics/166414-tal…

Talrae (SAO Inspired RP)

Still looking for players and possibly a Co-GM!

The Promise of Adventure & Family --- [CLOSED]

Renji Altha

Abilities(Stats):

HP: 455/500. score MP: 135/150
-Strength: 30, Rank: I
-Endurance 25, Rank: I
-Dexterity: 10, Rank: I
-Agility: 35(Base 20), Rank: I
-Magic: 15, Rank: I
-Magic Resistance: -10%

"You should really learn when to quit." Renji laughed as the two he knocked down approached him, "I'm dropping you guys like flies!" With a tight spin, he stepped fluidly over to the pair of goblins and laughed a flurry of blows into one of their chest before spinning again and letting the back of his fist connect with the other's face. He continued the spin, widening the movement so he turned neatly to the side of the goblins as he launched another flurry of blows into them.

Talrae (SAO Inspired RP)

Looking to Recruit New Players for this active RP!



Hello, I'm seeing if anyone would be interested in playing a game that was developed in a different forum years ago. Essentially its a project that started out as "What if we want to rp SAO (anime) in a better way?" So we went ahead and spent a bunch of time and energy polishing it into our own version we thought was cool.



Essentially storyline is very similar to SAO, you are stuck in a VR fantasy game and have to beat it in order to escape it alive. In-game death will mean death in real life. The world is huge, consisting of 100 different "floors" all featuring different themes and inhabitants. There are 100 floors to clear and only by clearing all the floors and defeating the demon king on top will the players be finally free.
What does this rp feature? We essentially added a lot of different elements we wanted to see in the traditional SAO setting such as magic, more classes, beast pets, player interactions, guild interactions, more exploration of different environments, etc. Always loved SAO theme but felt that it lacked mages? Want to be a beast-tamer? How about exploring an arctic region filled with strange creatures or a desert theme floor guarded by the scorpion-lords?

Customization is up to the player! A lot of game files on pre-existing items and spells were erased meaning you are the master of filling in the details of this world to arm your character with! A new item or spell you'd like to see in-game? Just draft it up and send it to the GM and it'll be featured in the game!

You will all be starting at level 1, floor 1, right when the moment the game decides to turn against you and stop you from logging off. It's your job to find other players, NPCs, etc and adventure your way through the game towards victory. Or should you choose so, you can enjoy your second life in this game. Make a living, buy a house, form caring friends or family and put beating the game on second priority list. The choice is your's.



I personally found that players who tend to enjoy the "slice of life" aspect as much as the "action" aspect of the rp get the most kick out of it as we did take the time to develop some background material concerning everyday life. Also clearing 100 floors actually gives players a solid goal towards to work at. I think the longest run I've seen people made it to around 60(?) floors.

Contact @HueMan for more details

Here is the OOC: roleplayerguild.com/topics/166414-tal…

The Promise of Adventure & Family --- [CLOSED]

Renji Altha

Abilities(Stats):

HP: 455/500. score MP: 135/150
-Strength: 30, Rank: I
-Endurance 25, Rank: I
-Dexterity: 10, Rank: I
-Agility: 35(Base 20), Rank: I
-Magic: 15, Rank: I
-Magic Resistance: -10%

Renji focused on the four goblins moving towards him, trusting the other two to handle themselves. Throwing a confident smirk at the closest goblin, he grabbed it and tossed it at its neighbor and whirled to face the other two. Bouncing lightly on his feet, he lashed out towards one with a swift kick tot he face and punched at the other's throat.

The Promise of Adventure & Family --- [CLOSED]

Renji Altha

Abilities(Stats):

HP: 455/500. score MP: 135/150
-Strength: 30, Rank: I
-Endurance 25, Rank: I
-Dexterity: 10, Rank: I
-Agility: 35(Base 20), Rank: I
-Magic: 15, Rank: I
-Magic Resistance: -10%

"Slow down? Please. You could barely keep up!" Renji threw himself into the fray after throwing an excited grin at Misha. He launched a finto one of the goblin's face and followed it up with a sharp jab to the stomach. He whirled around and kicked another one in the stomach and lashed out towards its face.

He loved the thrill of battle, the satisfying crunch beneath his fists and the need for constant movement. No wonder adventurers loved what they did! He shook his head and stopped thinking, riding the high of the fight.

✧ Talrae ✧ (LOOKING FOR CO-GM)

_{Interacting with:@Ithradine}

At the Inn

Xenos rubbed at his eyes, mouth set in a sharp frown. His pen lay discarded next to his book, looking worse for the day after flinging it across the room irritably several times, and his ink was running low. The grenade launcher plans weren't going well to say the least. Several attempts had been made but the system detect errors in his plans and canceled the operation. He leaned back in his chair and sighed. More than once, the barkeeper and server had asked how he was doing but he’d been rude in his responses. He’d have to apologize for that eventually. With another sigh, he let his eyes wander the room. It had started filling up recently-
’Dinner rush, I guess.’ he thought to himself- and it was getting loud. He shrugged, determined to finish his project tonight and started pouring back over his notes.

A few minutes more passed, the noise level only increasing. The background hum had grown to a murmur when a clear voice cut through it over Xenos’s head. “Xenos, I presume? And I believe Reylan said you are a Tinker, too.”

The words took a second to process and he paused for a moment before looking up at the unfamiliar voice. ”Um, yeah.” He spoke hesitantly.
“Something I can help you with?’ He reached to adjust his glasses as he forced his eyes to focus on something other than his tiny, unintelligible handwriting. His finger tapped the bridge of his nose. He stared at it cross-eyed, confused, before remembering he didn’t wear glasses in-game.

The brown-haired magess smiled down at him. “Plenty. May I sit?” As Alisea slid into the chair opposite Xenos, her eyes flicked down to the paper he was working on, then back up to his face. “My name is Alisea, my class is mage. I assist Reylan as our guildmaster, so I was hoping I could come to know you more. If you are busy, though, another time may be…”

Xenos spent a long while just staring at the woman, attempting to will his eyes to open fully again. He looked her up and down for a few more moments and decided to fuck it for the night. ”No please by all means. Give me just a sec to…” He said quickly as he pushed the books from the library he still needed to return off to the side and closed his workbook along with it. ”I’ve been working on this bullshit since I woke up and it. Just. Doesn’t. Work. So please, interrupt me. Want a drink?” Xenos asked as he flagged down a waitress.

“Only a water. I am still underage, even if that means little in Talrae.” Alisea planted her elbows on the table and laced her fingers together, resting her chin on the backs of her hands. “Could you tell me more about how the Tinker class works? I met only one, but he left before I could ask questions.”

”Odd that he left.More people means more money and that is something us Tinkerer’s desperately need.” Xenos responded after placing his order. He paused a moment to think of how to explain it. ”The Tinker class is both the weakest and most powerful class Talrae has. We struggle out in the field, limited by stunted skill point growth, long reload times, and an overabundance of passive skills, but we are the only class that can literally change the game. The class revolves around what inventions we create and the Tinker class, given enough time, can create anything. In theory, at least.” He said the last part a little bitterly, glaring at the book he had been working in. ”Apparently, there are some unsaid guidelines but trial and error I guess. Was there anything specific you wanted to discuss about it?”

Alisea shook her head lightly. “I want to know all I can about it; as you said, it has the most potential to change the balance in Talrae. Enchanted gear is my first hope, but I have no firm idea of how long it will be before you, as a smith or a tinker, are capable of producing such.”

“As long as its metal, I can give it a +1 enhancement pretty easily and a bit better than 50/50 on the +2. Once I join the guild, I should be funded to upgrade all the Guild’s armor and weapons. Or at least I’ll run it by Reylan since the next dungeon is full of massive trash mobs.” Xenos thanked the server as she passed by with their drinks and he sipped at his. “So, what else? Invent is the skill that lets us add items to the game but only us Tinkers can use what we invent. We can swap blueprints but that's about it. We have upgrade skills, all consumable unfortunately, for our inventions. And that's the real price of the class. It's expensive on every resource. We literally have a passive that can consume a fourth of any Renn given to us from the game for a single point in Tinkering. And since we get a stunted amount of skill points to start with, it's incredibly necessary.”

Alisea sipped at her glass as she listened, her clear, blue eyes never leaving Xenos. “That is troublesome. Not the cost, per se--three fourths of my income go to spells, that will simply be life in Talrae--but the limit on users. You must be able to create consumables, right? Hand grenades, mana stones, fire starters--smaller items that avoid falling into the category of weapons.”

“Yeah, absolutely. Items that already exist in game I can make for everyone. It's just new ones that suffer that limitation.” He took another sip and frowned. “Of course, there are several different crafting skills. Fire starters, for example, would fall under the Crafting skill while armor falls under Smithing. Sure, Tinkers do have actions that allow them to substitute their Tinkering skill for it but like all actions, they eat a ton of Mana so it's an unsustainable method at these levels.”

“The class specialty is in the weapons, then…” she said more than asked. Her eyes closed for a period of deep pondering. “Versatility,” she breathed at length. “You can use weapons for the frontline or backline, with high power or high area of effect, that damage or drain or distract or divide. But your limit will be your funds, the quality of materials available, and your ingenuity.” The magess’s eyes came open, the crystal blue of her irises sharp even in the lamplight. “Is that an accurate assessment?”

Xenos tilted his head as he considered her comments. ”Mostly. It's true that our strength and weakness is our versatility. A Tinker can overcome any situation in all reality with enough planning. But weapons don’t have to be our specialty. It happens to be mine, weapons and armor, thanks to the particular skill build I have. Tinkers can create anything and with the proper skills, so can anyone else. It just depends on what the Tinker wants to specialize in really. Could I make a portable forge? Yes, eventually. Would it be easier to make a sword? Yes, because I have the skill build for it so I can make them at higher quality and faster than something that falls under the general crafting concept.” Xenos took another sip and tapped his fingers lightly on the table. ”There are already a few Tinkers discussing the future possibility of aircraft design actually and I’m hoping to put together a steam powered omni-directional device in the future as is. Though I’m thinking cannons are going to be my main focus honestly. After all, how many things can weather a few volleys of cannon balls?”

“Only two come to mind: floor bosses and Dirk.” Alisea smiled and resumed sipping at her water. “Then-” she began again. Something behind Xenos, near the entrance of the inn, pulled her gaze away for only a moment. It flicked back quickly, this time with a firmer smile beneath it. “Then we will be counting on you for that. I missed the chance to see you in battle before; what position did you take while scouting that dungeon?”

Xenos snorted. “The back. I’m the artillery darling. I’m barely useful at long range, get me up close and I’m like a fish out of water.” Xenos made a face as he thought back to the scouting mission. “I am very much not made for combat. I’m here to keep people’s gear in decent condition, upgrade your stuff, and shore up your team’s shortcomings as I can with what I produce. I am a full on support member. Not particularly glorious but it keeps people alive when it counts. And yourself? Where do you like to stay in a fight?”

Alisea’s eyes glanced over Xenos’s shoulder again. “I like,” she began, drawing out the word as she leaned in conspiratorially, “to be just a step away from the danger. As our guildmaster here can tell you!” she concluded, falling back into her seat and waving Reylan over. “I stand by Reylan in the middle. Being closer gives me more accuracy for my magic, and I have skills to intercept attackers before they reach Karma in the rear.”

The girl barely waited for Reylan to reach their table before she stood and grabbed onto his arm. “And being beside Mister Reylan is the best place. I never see enough of this wonderful, white hair.” Alisea traced a finger from his temple to behind his ear, pulling back the longer strands that were hanging loose and tucking them neatly away.

✧ Talrae ✧ (LOOKING FOR CO-GM)

Xenos

_{Interacting with:@Ithradine}

Xenos grumbled to himself as he awoke, feeling barely rested and sore everywhere after the scouting mission. 'Never say yes to River again. Noted.' The tinkerer thought irritably as he stretched, his body more than happy to remind him exactly where he belonged. Anywhere but a god damned scouting mission. He'll leave that to the rogues next time. And River, the hyper active child he is. Maybe going alone would help burn off some of that boundless energy. He sighed, resigned to the fact he wasn't going to drift back to sleep, and wriggled his way out of the bed, careful not to wake up River.

“I need a bath. I feel so gross.” He muttered, grabbing his stuff and heading down the hall. He had dropped into bed without bothering to eat or wash up and he regretted it. Missing meals for projects and fun is one thing, missing meals for actual work is an entirely other apparently. At least yesterday wasn't a complete bust. Simple dungeon, right out of the cliché low level dungeon list--Tons of trash mobs, railroad track path, big evil boss thing, big pile o' treasure.

He sighed again as he finished up his hygiene routine, the haunting image of his undoubtedly useful passive from two nights ago floating into his thoughts. “Would you like to trigger Curiosity over Money?” the prompt had asked. He remembered hesitating, the sixty odd Renn itself not much of an issue but the potential for loss stilling his hand. How do you price a point in tinkering? Sure it was sixty something Renn this time but what happens when he has to burn a few hundred? A few thousand? But, he told himself, this was a problem for future Xenos and not present Xenos! With a quick confirmation, he watched a fourth of his awarded Renn disappear into the system and a single up tick in his tinkering skill appear. What he does for skill points.

His stomach interrupted his pity party, reminding him loudly that breakfast was necessary and soon. He hurried down into the dining area and ordered the first thing on the menu and water. He tucked himself into a corner to enjoy it, letting his thoughts wander back to the dungeon yesterday. Trash mobs galore man. Level ones, threes, and fives littered the path to the door and that was basically it. The dungeon itself wasn't complicated, just annoyingly packed. And he, Xenos realized,was going to be completely useless. Reloading this rifle took so damn long, the party would have probably wiped a good chunk of enemies off the floor by the time he got out. He pulled out his book as he ate, chewing slower now that the edge of his hunger had been dulled. He started brainstorming, jutting random words that came to mind.

Goblins. Weak. Lots. Mobs. AoE. Magic? Machine gun? Fire? He lookedat the last word and quickly pulled up the main screen's data base. He was sure he'd seen... Ah! A shit eating grin spread across his face. Grenade Oh now wasn't that an interesting little thing. Sounds like possibly a grenade launcher might be just what the party needs. Plus some upgrades but he'll work on that later too. Xenos started a to do list on the next page.

Return books to library.
GET VOTED INTO THE GUILD.
Work on creating a grenade launcher.
Upgrade everyone's equipment at least to a +1 if possible.
Actually create grenade launcher.
Rain death upon those bitches!!!!

Content with his plans, he sent a message out to Reylan before sketching a few ideas about a launcher while finishing his food.

Reylan PM

Hey boss man, got a few questions for you when you have a chance. Just hit me up when you are free!

_{Summary:
Woke up
HYGENE IS IMPORTANT
Ate
Decided blowing things up is always a good idea}