Deserted

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Ah, a minstrel! This should be good.

You can get more than 12, you can sell off a single Stat down a maximum of 3 levels but gain 3 additional skills. This means that you are horrible at something though.

However, I don't think that is necessary. You can easily compile some of his related elements into one thing. Such as Storytelling: Plain Chant, Storytelling: High Chant, and Knowledge: Stories. It would be reasonable to combine them into just "Storytelling." He would need to know stories in order to tell one, and the differences in technique are not likely to really affect the outcome of a scene.

Many of these skills can be parked into Mental, Perception, or even Cunning. So keep that in mind. Mental would represent stories and music he has learned and is reproducing. Perception would be accurately emulating another person's work (kind of like forgery or impersonating), and Cunning would represent his own creations.

You do need to divide Unarmed and knife combat though.

I look forward to seeing the rest.

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That should be enough to get you guys most of the way there.

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Skills and Stats

So, I haven't unloaded my skills and stats yet. If I look at the second page of skills (Under "To build a character"), I can get a general idea of what sort of build I am going for.

Since I'm sort of a jerk, I have decided to torment my character by drowning them in melancholy by making them not particularly good at anything... to some extent. I would like her with tolerable reflexes.

I also figure that since my character has had life kick her in the teeth again and again, that Heart would be a strong stat since that is where I put all of my psychological benefits. (I would put magical powers in Metaphysical.)

Now that I think about it, I want my character to be pretty heavy in heart and not so great anywhere else.

I have chosen to have her “Normal.”
This means that I have 1 stat at “Decent” with 3 skills in it, 1 stat at “Okay” with 2 skills in it, 2 stats at “Unremarkable” with 1 skill in each.

I also get a few more skills to spend, but I can decide on that later on

So, this is what I come up with.

Hider

Mnt:(Unremarkable) Random facts about magic
Per:(Okay) Breaking and entering, stealth
Soc:(Meh)
Hrt:(Decent) Brave, Stubborn x2
Cun:*(Unremarkable)
App:*(Meh)

Mat:(Meh)
Cor:(Unremarkable) Acrobatics
Phy:(Meh)
PTH:*(Unremarkable)
HE:*(Unremarkable)
Mtp:(Meh)

You will note that I have those stats marked with an * are higher. That is because their parent stats raise them.

Also note that Brave adds an extra point to Fear, and Stubborn x2 adds 2 to Frustration.

I have 7 skills with this build, so I actually have 5 more to decide on.

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Step 2: A few skills

So, I already have a little bit about what they can do. I have little or no articles listed in "metaphysical" because that would mean this thief was actually no thief at all, but a magic user. But I DO have thief-y skills... particularly breaking and entering as well as stealth. Those are probably going to be located under perception because they involve senses to identify noise making and subtle obstacles that can cause problems. I DO have the choice to place Breaking and Entering into physical, meaning that she uses bruit force to get in... but that isn't the style I'm going for.

Per(Meh): Breaking and entering, Sneaking

These 2 skills come out of my 12 that I am thinking up.

Thinking about it, though, I don't want this character to feel like a somber student. I want them more fun and childlike. Having them imagine that they are a powerful wizard already would be the feel I was going for. Likewise, I would want them to be too impatient to do their homework to figure out the correct channels to become a student.

Look at that, 2 more intrigue articles! Intrigue articles are great, because they mean that I can determine how and when I get experience. I don't want just 1 or 2 situations that I get rewarded for playing in, I want tons of them!

Imaginative
Impatient

This also opens up my personality sliders because I know where I'm heading.

Energetic 0---- Lethargic

Theory 0---- Reality

Orderly ----0 Adaptable

I keep them extreme, because they are way easier to play. The ones closer to the middle are more subtle, and I find that a little more difficult to play accurately. I want to maximize my exposure to the GM so that I get awarded for it.

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Step 1: Character concept

(I am going to use one of my characters I've been itching to play, but I will not have a GM PC for this game, nor will they appear as an NPC. This is just for example and nothing more.)

The idea... I want a thief that poses as a magic user. This character really wants to become a magic user, but has never had luck to actually run across anything to actually learn magic. This gives me 2 things on the character sheet.

Hopes and dreams: To become a master wizard some day.

and also

Character Sacrilege: Gaining powerful supernatural abilities (This would cause character exit rather than just a bigger and better hope or dream. Why would she keep searching and risking her life for something she already has. Also, this specific character would not really go any further, they would just sit and tinker with magic in a tower somewhere until the end of her days.)

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How about I do a step by step in the OOC on character construction for you guys?

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I actually like colored text for conversation because it helps differentiate who is talking. I encourage it.

Don't forget that this game is based off of art. Work together to try to get an awesome and well though team of characters so that it is easier to sell to your audience.

Likewise, don't forget that underdogs and losers are perfectly okay to have in this game. Character concepts like C3PO can actually survive in this game system and not turn it lame. Feel free to build whatever you like.

Don't forget that your characters should be mostly self-motivated. You shouldn't make a placid potato along for the ride, these concepts hold very little interest to an audience and will probably get killed off unless you have them stay home and away from all of the action. If you have someone being dragged along against their will, work with other players or with me so that we can get something that works.

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We will be using a text-base representation (instead of graphic) of the character sheet here. just make sure you close the ] at the end of the hiders when you post your character sheet.

Example

Personality traits Fight -0--- Flight
Skills Mnt: (Meh) LLAMA system
Defeat Injury: 0 Bruised 0 Beat Up - Incapacitated (treatment) Skill ---
Experience 0 Learning: 0-- Skill:Ancient Greek

Character:

Basics

Hopes and dreams:
Failings:
Intrigue:
Obsession:
Character Sacrilege:
Character Ideal:

Situational:
Description:

personality

Humorous ----- Serious
Selfless ----- Selfish
Fight ----- Flight
Optimistic ----- Pessimistic
Energetic ----- Lethargic
Big Picture ----- Details

Contemplative ----- Committee
Theory ----- Reality
Ideals ----- Rationale
Orderly ----- Adaptable

Interaction

Mnt:()
Per:()
Soc:()
Hrt:()
Cun:()
App:()

Action

Mat:()
Cor:()
Phy:()
Cloudy (Mnt, Per -1s to roll)
Exhaustion: - Tired - Winded - Spent (+1 Victory) Skill ---
Injury: - Bruised - Beat Up - Incapacitated (treatment) Skill ---
Pain: - Discomfort - Pain - Agony (-1 to stat level of roll) Skill ---
Plot Armor: --- --- --- --- --- ---
PTH:()
HE:()
Mtp:()
Vulnerability:

experience

- Resting: - Scene --- Reference
- Learning: --- Skill:
- Advancing: ---(-3) ---(-2) ---(-1) ---(+1) ---(+2) ---(+3) Stat:
- Honing: (Double) ----- ----- ----- or (Triple) ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Skill:
- Recuperating: --- Prep (Obsession) --- Kudos Skill:

History:

Stop! You wan't to play this game

OOC is up

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/126684-adventure-kingdom/ooc

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Life, real life, isn’t for the faint of heart, nor is it for those who have something to lose. If you are brave enough, lucky enough, or clever enough, you can grasp the wonders of the world... or at least that’s how everybody imagines it to be.

Premise: Your characters are the underdogs, the broken, the dreamers, and the fools that are willing to risk their lives to dawn the title of “adventurer.” Whereas a mercenary has one task (violence) an adventurer is a jack of all trades functioning as detectives, messengers, enforcers, paranormal investigators, daredevils, exorcists, privateers, spies, explorers, decoys, and treasure hunters. However, their true talent lies in getting killed. They sort of have a knack for doing that. Yah... suuuuuuper popular in adventurer organizations right now.

While this sort of work is what you would like to do in the long term (unless of course, your character is looking for suicide by hazardous profession,) tasks are not exactly prevalent. So....*dum da da duumm!* while juggling your full time labors to pay the bills, you are moonlighting as an adventurer in your free time!

Setting: This a blend of historic fantasy and classic fantasy. Freedom is really not a concept many people know the meaning of well. Most likely you are going to be a serf, peasant, or knight locked into servitude to some noble. You reside in the kingdom of Fortchanar, in or near the village of Chazwall.

magic

Magic: Magic is extremely rare. In fact, magic is so rare that it is more of a myth than a reality. People encounter this maybe once a decade, so it is not impossible, however, the secrets are heavily guarded, and the potency never quite seems to live up to its reputation.

Good news though... your character’s story will encounter magic and gain options like being able to alter themselves into becoming mythological creatures, gain supernatural abilities, become flat out awesome, or even just find a new appreciation for normal.

Size: No fewer than 3 and no more than 6 players

Posting Frequency: About 3 times a week. Honestly frequency is better than length because it keeps the game moving.

Mood:

light hearted

While the story is true and rational in and of itself, things are exaggerated or full of truisms and irony. Though dark scenarios can and will occur, there will always be a level of humor poked at everybody everywhere so as to avoid a macabre mood. Likewise, characters are welcome to have a sense of humor, but are not allowed to be intrinsically silly.

Rules: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4FeeTooQb04d1I2clBydGx5OGc/view

Furthermore, there are going to be a few rules specific to this game and are listed as follows:
-No one will start with magic but eventually the characters will encounter options to learn or utilize it.
-All characters are human... right now. Oooooowaaaaaooooooo! (Ever wondered why dwarves, elves, and orcs all look human-ish?)
-1 character per player (NPC’s need to be under GM control, if you have an NPC that shapes your character, work with me.)
-Rated PG (About the level of Star Wars)

play

I’m here to roleplay because I’m super sick of being bored. I like roleplaying, I think it’s tons of fun. So, vacations, stress, and other things in my life actually make me want to play more, not less. I would hope it is the same for you. If you aren’t serious about actually playing, but just want to create a character or show your support, that’s nice and all, but I want to play! Won’t you play with me? So, please don’t jam up the application and make genuine players think that there isn’t any room left.