@Balthazar007 I'm tentatively interested as well, but like Tenma I'm a little worried about the showdown aspect. I'm concerned that we will be somewhat forced, or at least encouraged, to create a team that is 'meta' rather than one we want to make in order to avoid being eliminated in a battle.
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@FoxSoxs In regards to the slowness, from what I understand a couple of people are working on posting stuff collaboratively so while there is not much going on at the moment in the thread there is a lot going on in the background that will go up all at once. Me and Ammokkx are also starting to work on something as well.
If we get more people involved then hopefully we don't end up with these periods where everyone is involved in large collabs at once and we get more smaller, interaction based posts so the thread doesn't look completely dead.
As far as tone goes, well, this is a world where there is a huge prestigious academy dedicated entirely to teaching people how to play a card game and one of my characters backstories included mention of professional level Duel Monster tournaments. So I think it's safe to say that Duel Monsters is a ridiculously big deal in this world like it is in the show.
If we get more people involved then hopefully we don't end up with these periods where everyone is involved in large collabs at once and we get more smaller, interaction based posts so the thread doesn't look completely dead.
As far as tone goes, well, this is a world where there is a huge prestigious academy dedicated entirely to teaching people how to play a card game and one of my characters backstories included mention of professional level Duel Monster tournaments. So I think it's safe to say that Duel Monsters is a ridiculously big deal in this world like it is in the show.
He's the character sheet as promised. I wasn't able to finish the history unfortunately and the only image I could find turned out to be far too small, but here he is.
@Squirrel98 I'll try and get a character sheet up tonight. I'm just trying to find a decent image to use.
Oberon’s concentration broke and the thin shard of mana between his hands dissipated, quickly fading from sight as he stopped forcibly holding the mana together. Leaning back from his seated position he allowed himself to fall back until he felt the ground under him, lying flat on the ground as he recovered from his efforts; although he had not done anything physical he felt drained in some unknown way, probably related to whatever part of him was being used to manipulate magic. More than he felt mentally drained from concentrating so hard on something that required so much attention.
Although he had not received any knew skills from his efforts, he definitely felt as if he had made progress. Even if no breakthroughs had occurred he thought he could understand a little more about mana now and it certainly seemed like it was getting easier towards the end. A little bit more training like this and he imagined he would at least gain a usable version of Mana Shape and possible a new variation of Mana Orb as well.
Hearing a growing commotion over by the remains of the bonfire Oberon sat up to see what was going on. Several people seemed to be gathered around some strange light; different from the soft orange glow the fire had given off earlier. Rising to his feet Oberon flew over to the group, vaguely noticing that the process seemed to be slightly easier now, until he could see the pile of variously coloured crystals hidden under the ash and cinders of the bonfire.
Oberon examined the crystals with his Magic Analysis and saw much the same information as Mourningstar had. The description of the Mana Crystals was interesting but by this point a given, what really grabbed his attention were the Flame-Touched crystals. “Elemental mana?”
Reaching out Oberon picked up one of the small orange crystals and held it up so he could see it better. It felt warm in his hand, whether that was because of its nature of just because it had been buried under a fire pit he didn’t know, but it was a comforting feeling either way. “So there’s more than one kind of mana, I guess.”
That there would be multiple types of mana in this world had never occurred to Oberon before, mostly because there had been no reason to think too much about it, but he supposed it made sense; different varieties of mana would result in different kinds of spells, for example a simple projectile made with regular mana would take the form of Mana Orb, whereas the same spell made with fire elemental mana would likely produce a basic fireball spell.
If his hypothesis was correct then it would mean there was a limitation on what kind of spells he could learn when the only mana he could manipulate was non-elemental; Oberon was beginning to find he didn’t like being limited when it came to magic.
The description for the flame-touched crystal suggested it was infused with fire mana in some way; it had probably been created in an area high in fire mana in the same way regular crystals seemed to be formed in areas of high non-elemental mana. And since mana crystals gave off mana when broken which could be absorbed by creatures such as himself, then it stood to reason that when this crystal was broken it would also release mana, albeit explosively due to its nature.
Even so, if the sudden burst of fire mana was similar to low-ranked fire spells as the description suggested then Oberon should still be able to learn something from it if he used Magic Analysis on the blast. With no actual fire magic to observe it was probably his best bet of learning how to manipulate fire elemental mana.
Before he got ahead of himself it was perhaps best if he continued training himself to shape the mana he could already use before trying to learn anything new; if nothing else being able to use Mana Shape would make it easier to create new spells from scratch and might even help in understanding how elemental mana differs from the mana he was already used to using. Reaching back into the pile Oberon grabbed a handful of the blue crystals before flying off back to his previous spot alone. “Sorry, I have an idea.”
Settling down in the same position he was in before Oberon began the same process as before, diving back into his experimentation with renewed fervour. He started by forming a sphere of mana between his hands and then proceeding to stretch and sharpen it into an arrow; he repeated this multiple times, each time using what he gleaned from the previous attempt to improve the next.
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Although he had not received any knew skills from his efforts, he definitely felt as if he had made progress. Even if no breakthroughs had occurred he thought he could understand a little more about mana now and it certainly seemed like it was getting easier towards the end. A little bit more training like this and he imagined he would at least gain a usable version of Mana Shape and possible a new variation of Mana Orb as well.
Hearing a growing commotion over by the remains of the bonfire Oberon sat up to see what was going on. Several people seemed to be gathered around some strange light; different from the soft orange glow the fire had given off earlier. Rising to his feet Oberon flew over to the group, vaguely noticing that the process seemed to be slightly easier now, until he could see the pile of variously coloured crystals hidden under the ash and cinders of the bonfire.
Oberon examined the crystals with his Magic Analysis and saw much the same information as Mourningstar had. The description of the Mana Crystals was interesting but by this point a given, what really grabbed his attention were the Flame-Touched crystals. “Elemental mana?”
Reaching out Oberon picked up one of the small orange crystals and held it up so he could see it better. It felt warm in his hand, whether that was because of its nature of just because it had been buried under a fire pit he didn’t know, but it was a comforting feeling either way. “So there’s more than one kind of mana, I guess.”
1 Flame-Touched Mana Crystal added to inventory.
That there would be multiple types of mana in this world had never occurred to Oberon before, mostly because there had been no reason to think too much about it, but he supposed it made sense; different varieties of mana would result in different kinds of spells, for example a simple projectile made with regular mana would take the form of Mana Orb, whereas the same spell made with fire elemental mana would likely produce a basic fireball spell.
If his hypothesis was correct then it would mean there was a limitation on what kind of spells he could learn when the only mana he could manipulate was non-elemental; Oberon was beginning to find he didn’t like being limited when it came to magic.
The description for the flame-touched crystal suggested it was infused with fire mana in some way; it had probably been created in an area high in fire mana in the same way regular crystals seemed to be formed in areas of high non-elemental mana. And since mana crystals gave off mana when broken which could be absorbed by creatures such as himself, then it stood to reason that when this crystal was broken it would also release mana, albeit explosively due to its nature.
Even so, if the sudden burst of fire mana was similar to low-ranked fire spells as the description suggested then Oberon should still be able to learn something from it if he used Magic Analysis on the blast. With no actual fire magic to observe it was probably his best bet of learning how to manipulate fire elemental mana.
Before he got ahead of himself it was perhaps best if he continued training himself to shape the mana he could already use before trying to learn anything new; if nothing else being able to use Mana Shape would make it easier to create new spells from scratch and might even help in understanding how elemental mana differs from the mana he was already used to using. Reaching back into the pile Oberon grabbed a handful of the blue crystals before flying off back to his previous spot alone. “Sorry, I have an idea.”
3 Mana Crystals added to inventory.
Settling down in the same position he was in before Oberon began the same process as before, diving back into his experimentation with renewed fervour. He started by forming a sphere of mana between his hands and then proceeding to stretch and sharpen it into an arrow; he repeated this multiple times, each time using what he gleaned from the previous attempt to improve the next.
@Zeroth@Gardevoiran@floodtalon@ReusableSword@Guy0fV4lor
Unsure if his words had had any effect or not, Oberon watched as Mourningstar seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in before muttering to herself and wordlessly drifting back in the direction of the bonfire. Sighing, the pixie spent a moment just staring into empty space to recompose himself before he too began flying back towards the bonfire to re-join the others.
The somewhat… erratic behaviour of their self-proclaimed leader was somewhat worrying. Even beyond the brash plans, the megalomania and inflated sense of power, the way she sometimes seemed to almost flip between one persona and another at the drop of a hat was probably the most concerning character trait she had exhibited. Some peculiarities could be expected and even forgiven, considering their predicament; the fact that they had died, been reborn and then thrown into bodies that were not their own or even human and placed into a situation would place a lot of strain on anyone. It was to be expected that some of them would have a negative reaction and begin to behave… strangely.
Oberon thought that he was handling things fairly well, considering. Aside from the fact that he was treating this whole event like a campaign from a table top RPG, perhaps justifiably given the similarities between this world and those games, he wasn’t behaving any differently than he did back home. Part of that might just be down to the fact that he hadn’t truly had time to process the realities of his new life.
Mourningstar on the other hand… it made him start to wonder exactly what she was like in her past life. And if she was ever really stable to begin with.
Drifting over towards Digbie and his flambéed rat, Oberon stared down at the charred corpse that was apparently their breakfast. He examined the thing closely, attempting to use some kind of analysis skill to determine if the thing was even edible. “Is this really safe to eat?” Glancing around at the others he saw that some of them were already eating the burnt flesh, suggesting that the meat was a least safe, if not exactly appetising. With a shrug he reached down and tore off a chunk of flesh for himself, grimacing at the feel of it before he began eating as fast as he could stomach while also trying to avoid eating any fur. The combination of alternating raw and burnt meat made him heave, but somehow he was able to keep it down.
Flying over to sit on the ground by himself Oberon settled himself so as to be able to observe the rest of the group. It seemed they had grown in numbers somewhat following the battle, the lizard he had healed earlier had stuck around and a pixie with bizarre colouration was over with Mourningstar around the remains of the bonfire. They seemed to be talking about something and he briefly considered joining in before dismissing that idea; let them socialise for a bit, while he had some free time Oberon had a few things to deal with.
At some point after the battle he had levelled up again. It was a surprise to have it happen again so quickly but given how many Goblin’s they had just fought it probably made sense; as always in these games the best way to earn experience was through fighting. Typical, the players who focused on good RPing never got the just rewards they deserved.
Whatever had caused it, having another level up so soon after the last one left him with a surplus of skill points to spend and a number of skills to spend them on. If Oberon guessed correctly then skills should level up every time they reached a whole number and each skill point would probably raise each skill by 0.1 points. Shield was close to levelling up again if that was the case, perhaps not surprising with how much he was using it, and both Minor Heal and Lesser Flight were progressing, if not as quickly as he would have liked.
In fact, the reason he and Mourningstar were unable to catch-up to the retreating Goblin’s had been due to a lack of speed. While he wasn’t particularly upset about that fact it was troubling to think that if he couldn’t catch-up to a Goblin, he probably couldn’t outrun one either, making flight a worthy skill to invest in.
“Put 1 skill point into Lesser Flight.” Oberon paused a moment, waiting to see what happened just in case a single skill point really was an entire skill level. When no message appeared he put another four skill points into the Lesser Flight skill.
With that dealt with, Oberon turned his attention to what he had been working on this morning before their search for food had turned into all-out war; magical experimentation. If Oberon had to put a word to his overall goal in this world, it was ‘versatility’; rather than just become powerful he wanted to be able to cast a wide range of magic, to be able to have an answer to any situation. Or even multiple answers. If you just wanted to hit things as hard as you could you would become a fighter or a barbarian; spell casters were supposed to be the classes that let you do more than just kill things.
Offense, defence, healing, support, crowd control, status effects, buffing and de-buffing; eventually Oberon wanted to be able to do all of that and more and hopefully do it well. At the moment however he only had three spells and while they still covered the areas of offence, defence and healing fairly well, he wanted more.
The quickest path to being able to make more spells would probably be in learning how to manipulate mana a bit more freely. When he had created Mana Orb all he had really done was try to form raw mana into a certain shape and then throw it. This morning he had seen Mourningstar try to shape the Mana Orb into something else and apparently it had worked out because she had been able to hit a Goblin with a cutting blade of mana. Being able to shape his mana into different configurations would at least let him diversify his spell list a little.
The unusable skill he had, Mana Shape, must be exactly what he was looking for. He had probably earned some points in that skill while trying to create Mana Orb and would hopefully earn enough to turn it into a true skill with what he was about to do. Much like this morning, Oberon brought his hands up in front of him and began to gather mana between his palms. He shaped the mana into a sphere the same way he did instinctively when firing Mana Orb but this time he tried to do it manually, focusing on what he was doing and stopping just before the spell was complete.
Oberon could feel the mana struggling against his control, wanting to leap from between his hands like an ordinary Mana Orb, but he kept it contained. He then began to try and shape the mana, forcing it out of its spherical shape, forcing it to flatten and to stretch, to take on a long and narrow shape like an arrow made of magic. All the while he was absorbed utterly by his task, completely unaware of what was going on around him.
@Zeroth
The somewhat… erratic behaviour of their self-proclaimed leader was somewhat worrying. Even beyond the brash plans, the megalomania and inflated sense of power, the way she sometimes seemed to almost flip between one persona and another at the drop of a hat was probably the most concerning character trait she had exhibited. Some peculiarities could be expected and even forgiven, considering their predicament; the fact that they had died, been reborn and then thrown into bodies that were not their own or even human and placed into a situation would place a lot of strain on anyone. It was to be expected that some of them would have a negative reaction and begin to behave… strangely.
Oberon thought that he was handling things fairly well, considering. Aside from the fact that he was treating this whole event like a campaign from a table top RPG, perhaps justifiably given the similarities between this world and those games, he wasn’t behaving any differently than he did back home. Part of that might just be down to the fact that he hadn’t truly had time to process the realities of his new life.
Mourningstar on the other hand… it made him start to wonder exactly what she was like in her past life. And if she was ever really stable to begin with.
Drifting over towards Digbie and his flambéed rat, Oberon stared down at the charred corpse that was apparently their breakfast. He examined the thing closely, attempting to use some kind of analysis skill to determine if the thing was even edible. “Is this really safe to eat?” Glancing around at the others he saw that some of them were already eating the burnt flesh, suggesting that the meat was a least safe, if not exactly appetising. With a shrug he reached down and tore off a chunk of flesh for himself, grimacing at the feel of it before he began eating as fast as he could stomach while also trying to avoid eating any fur. The combination of alternating raw and burnt meat made him heave, but somehow he was able to keep it down.
Flying over to sit on the ground by himself Oberon settled himself so as to be able to observe the rest of the group. It seemed they had grown in numbers somewhat following the battle, the lizard he had healed earlier had stuck around and a pixie with bizarre colouration was over with Mourningstar around the remains of the bonfire. They seemed to be talking about something and he briefly considered joining in before dismissing that idea; let them socialise for a bit, while he had some free time Oberon had a few things to deal with.
At some point after the battle he had levelled up again. It was a surprise to have it happen again so quickly but given how many Goblin’s they had just fought it probably made sense; as always in these games the best way to earn experience was through fighting. Typical, the players who focused on good RPing never got the just rewards they deserved.
Whatever had caused it, having another level up so soon after the last one left him with a surplus of skill points to spend and a number of skills to spend them on. If Oberon guessed correctly then skills should level up every time they reached a whole number and each skill point would probably raise each skill by 0.1 points. Shield was close to levelling up again if that was the case, perhaps not surprising with how much he was using it, and both Minor Heal and Lesser Flight were progressing, if not as quickly as he would have liked.
In fact, the reason he and Mourningstar were unable to catch-up to the retreating Goblin’s had been due to a lack of speed. While he wasn’t particularly upset about that fact it was troubling to think that if he couldn’t catch-up to a Goblin, he probably couldn’t outrun one either, making flight a worthy skill to invest in.
“Put 1 skill point into Lesser Flight.” Oberon paused a moment, waiting to see what happened just in case a single skill point really was an entire skill level. When no message appeared he put another four skill points into the Lesser Flight skill.
With that dealt with, Oberon turned his attention to what he had been working on this morning before their search for food had turned into all-out war; magical experimentation. If Oberon had to put a word to his overall goal in this world, it was ‘versatility’; rather than just become powerful he wanted to be able to cast a wide range of magic, to be able to have an answer to any situation. Or even multiple answers. If you just wanted to hit things as hard as you could you would become a fighter or a barbarian; spell casters were supposed to be the classes that let you do more than just kill things.
Offense, defence, healing, support, crowd control, status effects, buffing and de-buffing; eventually Oberon wanted to be able to do all of that and more and hopefully do it well. At the moment however he only had three spells and while they still covered the areas of offence, defence and healing fairly well, he wanted more.
The quickest path to being able to make more spells would probably be in learning how to manipulate mana a bit more freely. When he had created Mana Orb all he had really done was try to form raw mana into a certain shape and then throw it. This morning he had seen Mourningstar try to shape the Mana Orb into something else and apparently it had worked out because she had been able to hit a Goblin with a cutting blade of mana. Being able to shape his mana into different configurations would at least let him diversify his spell list a little.
The unusable skill he had, Mana Shape, must be exactly what he was looking for. He had probably earned some points in that skill while trying to create Mana Orb and would hopefully earn enough to turn it into a true skill with what he was about to do. Much like this morning, Oberon brought his hands up in front of him and began to gather mana between his palms. He shaped the mana into a sphere the same way he did instinctively when firing Mana Orb but this time he tried to do it manually, focusing on what he was doing and stopping just before the spell was complete.
Oberon could feel the mana struggling against his control, wanting to leap from between his hands like an ordinary Mana Orb, but he kept it contained. He then began to try and shape the mana, forcing it out of its spherical shape, forcing it to flatten and to stretch, to take on a long and narrow shape like an arrow made of magic. All the while he was absorbed utterly by his task, completely unaware of what was going on around him.
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Fair enough, can't say I didn't expect that. I'll probably scrap it then as nerfing the semblance would just make it useless. It's not true precognition to begin with and believe me it was going to be far from perfect; it's subject to being misinterpreted for one thing and only gives a second or two advantage at most. It was only ever going to end up as 'slightly better than average at combat'.
I'll swap it out for something else when I put the full profile up.
Also you need [] around @name to tag someone.
Fair enough, can't say I didn't expect that. I'll probably scrap it then as nerfing the semblance would just make it useless. It's not true precognition to begin with and believe me it was going to be far from perfect; it's subject to being misinterpreted for one thing and only gives a second or two advantage at most. It was only ever going to end up as 'slightly better than average at combat'.
I'll swap it out for something else when I put the full profile up.
Also you need [] around @name to tag someone.
@Squirrel98 You might want to update the character sheet as well, since at the moment it still looks like you can only pick Weapon or Meister.
“We’re not catching up to them at all.” Still flying in pursuit of the two Goblins and their surprise Pixie ally, Oberon found that he and Mourningstar could just about keep pace with the retreating figures if they pushed themselves slightly but were completely unable to gain any ground. This was even despite the fact that they didn’t have to deal with the uneven ground or navigating obstacles. “We won’t gain any ground unless they slow down or stop.”
Even so the Wisp didn’t show any signs of giving up any time soon. “They’re going to lead us wherever they want if we just keep following them like this. What if they have a trap planned, or reinforcements waiting?” If anything it was extremely likely they the retreating Goblins were leading them directly into the waiting arms of another group of green-skinned barbarians. “We can’t handle that by ourselves.”
Coming to a stop Oberon lowered himself to the ground, abandoning the fruitless chase for now. “Do you even have a plan? And don’t just say ‘catch them’. We should go back to the others for now.”
@floodtalon
Even so the Wisp didn’t show any signs of giving up any time soon. “They’re going to lead us wherever they want if we just keep following them like this. What if they have a trap planned, or reinforcements waiting?” If anything it was extremely likely they the retreating Goblins were leading them directly into the waiting arms of another group of green-skinned barbarians. “We can’t handle that by ourselves.”
Coming to a stop Oberon lowered himself to the ground, abandoning the fruitless chase for now. “Do you even have a plan? And don’t just say ‘catch them’. We should go back to the others for now.”
@floodtalon
The cause of that is a rival organisation containing witches and fellow villains who work for them with as purpose to help Arachnee strengthen the Kishin.
This might just be me, but I'd prefer this to be set after the series. Completely separate this story from the anime/manga storyline and have this be a completely new faction. As it stands though, I am fine with starting with this storyline.
So, I guess we should make a start. I'm definitely planning on making a Meister so if anyone wants to pair up with me I'm open to applications for my characters weapon. I might also make a minor villain as well, just so we aren't short of people on that side, but they'll probably be disposable and intended for a short run.
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