Letter Bee

Abberant Dawn - A BeeNCQuest Mecha RP

@Letter Bee

one story is about 3m on average, unless you accidentally misread a measurement, in which case 1 Story is about 10-12ft.

Edit: Then again, it's not standardized, so apparently it can vary wildly... huh. I always thought that would be standard throughout the world?

@ArmorPlated

I misread a measurement. Large is 10 meters or even 16.

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Question, regarding the size of the mech, what size would one define as a small, average and tall?

@Lacroix

Small: Four meters.

Average: 8 Meters.

Tall: One Storey.

Abberant Dawn - A BeeNCQuest Mecha RP

Name: Andrew Avalon - Field Captain

Appearance:


Age: 26, but looks 20.

Personality: Andrew is a man dedicated to a goal that is hidden from other people, including his team. A kind person who generally wants to seem optimistic due to a need to keep up a positive apperance, Andrew wishes to be loyal to his team while expecting them to be loyal to him. Though he wants to be fair, Andrew admits that despite his age, he has many inadequacies and flaws, including vanity in his good looks. Surprisingly, despite his usage of advanced science to maintain said looks and longlivety, Andrew opposes transhumanism beyond a certain point; he will not accept the alteration of fundamental human drives using scientific means.

Backstory: Andrew Avalon was born in Australia, in an Independent settlement that used to pay tribute to Red-Star before Haven emerged from its hidden Burrow and threw out the tribute collectors and their collaborators and brought relative peace to the surface. The next years were spent in education, as the Democratic Union Party of Haven organized mass literacy programs among towns and villages. Andrew found that life was happier there than it was in his early childhood, and committed himself to Haven as soon as he was old enough to be tested as an NC Pilot.

Finding himself with a fair Sync Ratio of 85%, Andrew Avalon was soon recruited into Haven's NC forces, piloting a Mech as part of the Havenite People's Protection Units in various actions against Red-Star's raiding forces. And after a string of successes and even counter-raids against the Asian MegaCorp, Andrew was 'scouted out' by a company of Mercenaries who were looking for new talent among the Independents of the world. Theodore Narra, General Commander of Haven, allowed said Mercenaries, the Electrum Company, to hire him as one of their members; the commander's rationale was that he wanted a liason in the 'mercenary scene', someone who would increase relations between Haven and various 'Merc Guilds'.

And with that, Andrew now had the perfect way to increase his experience...

Tactical Preferences and Skills: Andrew is a jack of all trades, but has mastered only few. Swords, guns, bare fists, Andrew has dabbled in many styles of fighting but is most comfortable with ranged weapons. When fighting with NCs, Andrew prefers to help his team as much as possible, shooting from mid-range, boosting Utility and Support Mech's systems, and occassionally going into melee range should circumstances be dire or he be provoked into an assault. As for non-combat skills, Andrew is a cook, a singer, and knows how to maintain his own guns and his NC.

Notes: Andrew is Bisexual.

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NC Character Sheet:

Code-name: Angel of Kobane.

Appearance:


Body Type: Bipedal/Hover

Type of NC: General-Purpose

Equipment & Armaments: Gauss Blaster that shoots both regular bullets and explosive gel, a meta-material blade that can encase itself in an energy field, and a dagger and chest-mounted set of machine guns for close combat. But the trump card of Kobane are two things: A 'Quantum Signal Booster' that increases the speed and encryption of Inter-NC communication, and a 'Wireless Energy Transmitter' that allows it to provide extra power from its fusion reactor to other NCs on its team. Said fusion reactor is also extra-efficient compared to other NCs...

Abberant Dawn - A BeeNCQuest Mecha RP

@Letter BeeIt says ita a GM job

@NPC

Yeah, I forgot.

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Also, if no one claims Field-Captain, dibs!

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@ArmorPlated, can you put your approved Character in Characters?

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@Finny, sounds good!

Letter Bee's Character Sheets

III. Magic System

Magic

There are six disciplines of Magic:

High - There are many theories that try to explain High Magic. Some say that it is the power of The Divine, it is the power of positive emotions, channeled through the human soul. Nevertheless, High Magic is the power of controlling Magical Energy itself, allowing for the ability to see all Magic, to draw available magical energy from the sky and earth, create constructs of condensed Mana, create and fuel magitech and enchanted items, ward people and places from magic, and finally, the ability to create bolts of silver-white light that cause damage that cannot be healed by Magic (although Science is exempt).

World - World Magic is control over the physical elements of the world. You want to create Fire? World Magic. You want to alter Gravity to make yourself float? World Magic. You want to use lightning to electrocute a person? World Magic. Basically, if it has nothing to do with changing one thing to another, or controlling something that isn't wholly of this earth? World Magic is your key. Basically, Bending from Avatar: The Last Airbender, but without healing or spiritual arts and with control over gravity.

Change - This is the magic that deals with changing one thing to another. This magic can knit wounds and reverse aging, cause trees to grow fists and turn vines into whips. This magic can change one substance to another, turning lead into gold, earth into acid, and fire into water. What it cannot do, however, is affect stuff protected by High magic, or mess with things that are already dead. That belongs to another school, the magic of the Underworld.

Underworld - Death is all around us, and the old laws against disturbing the ghosts who chose not to pass on are gone, cast into the wind. Nevertheless, the souls of the departed have to be treated with respect...but it is not the same for their bodies. Underworld Magic is the magic of Necromancy; it is the magic you wield when you want to raise an army of the dead, to control the shadows of the world, to speak with ghosts, and to strike people dead with one blow. You can even use this to transcend death, allowing you continued existence in this world without need for food, drink, and sleep...

Timespace - The magic of travelling vast distances in a single bound, of teleportation, portals, bullet time, and scrying. The strongest Magi can even control probability, making a person luckier or unluckier, sometimes to absurd levels. But what it cannot do is reverse the past, basically, no time travel. Time stop, however, is a possibility...

Mind Magic - This magic deals with controlling minds and altering emotions of both humans and animals, as well as creating illusions, mental compulsions, and even erasing or editing memories. A very powerful magical discipline, but a strong willpower can break its effects...

Basically, each PC is supposed to mix and match effects from multiple sources of magic, but the more disciplines you take your power from, the less room you have to grow.

You have six spells available, but the more schools you pick, the weaker they will be, as a rule.

Counterspell/Dispel Magic rules.

Countering and Dispelling Magic

Making Anti-Magic spells is a bit complicated, but basically, you first need three High Magic spells, including the Anti-Magic rote, and one spell of the School you want to dispel. For example, if you want to dispel Underworld Magic, you need three High Magic spells and one Underworld Magic spell. As you have six starting spells available, you can theoretically be able to counter or Dispel three schools maximum. You can only counter or dispel High Magic if all six of your starting spells are of that school.

Enchantment Rules

Enchantment Rules

Enchantment requires High Magic and a spell that you or another party member knows, along with an item to be enhcanted. Note however that the weaker and less durable the material is, the magic you can put into it is more limited; for example, oak can be enchanted to emit laser beams, birch cannot. This is the same for metals, and the strongest of spells can only be enchanted into 'Perfected Electrum (more below)'.

Perfected Electrum

Perfected Electrum

Electrum is a mix of Gold and Silver that occurs naturally, but can be made by artificial means. This material, if treated by High and Change Magic by four different Magi (see 'Group Spells' below) can be 'perfected', aka transformed into a metal as hard as diamond yet not as brittle, and whose lightness is that of cloth. But the most valuable property of Perfected Electrum is that it can contain very, very strong spells, except for Resurrection (see below under 'Group Spells'). The Ascendancy of Man has a monopoly of Perfected Electrum; not that it helped them win the war.

Group Spells

Group Spells

Basically, multiple spell-casters with different Schools can do things that would strain a single Mage. This also helps in compensating for single Magi's weaknesses in specialization.

Example Spell:

Resurrection (High, Change, Underworld + materials for a new body) - Three Magi, or alternatively, a single Magi who has six High, Change, and Underworld spells each, can bring back a dead person. High Magic is used to supply magical energy for the permanent return of the Soul (said soul must always be willing), Change is used to turn inorganic material into organic matter, and Underworld is used to tug back the Soul from wherever it's been. Resurrection cannot be Enchanted into Items.

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@FoxSoxs, Now that you've explained the idea better, I like it. Go with it.

@Noxx, Gundam and Code Geass-like Mecha are actually allowed, but for High Sync Pilots.

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@FoxSoxs, Well, the main issue seems to be that NC Cores (the reactor/cockpit/central computer units of the Mechs) are precious and regarded as irreplaceable, while the NC bodies built around said cores are not. This is the reason Mercs and Independents with NCs can function, as they typically code it so that if a Corp siezes their NC, they can rig the Core to explode. So a 'Salvage Mech' would be a waste of a good Core. It's not insurmountable, but still an issue.