Lewascan2

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

It seems the honor of claiming the final post of the first IC page is mine. :)

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

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A transmission from the Covenant delegation was quickly processed and responded to in a rapid-fire murmur of orders to the droids, as Sinnali stepped out of the lift.

>TO FIRES OF ANTIQUITY
>RESPONDING TO REQUEST: TRANSFER OF DELEGATION FOR BATTLE PLANNING
>DELEGATION MEMBERSHIP: APPROVED
>TRANSFER VECTOR: APPROVED
>DOCKING LOCATION ATTACHED
>AWAITING ARRIVAL

Sinnali nodded at the alert of the arrival of another friendly IFF, the Thoth, and finally turned her attention from her holocommunicator to properly greet her guests aboard the Malevolence. Tucking the device into a belt sleeve, she quickened her pace to make up for lost time, approaching the Republic and Hammond delegations. Her black cloak trailed behind her lightly, a lightsaber hilt swaying on each hip.

Habitually, her presence was both closed and contradictingly open, the eddies of her open curiosity swirling in the Force, as she raised a brow behind her blindfold at the black armor the Jedi and Clone Troopers were sporting. Special forces? Local preferences? Perhaps. This was another universe, after all.

But what almost brought her up short -even though it really shouldn't have, in hindsight- was the sight of a dead man walking among them. Fascination overtook trepidation alongside a concoction of glee, as she made a show of eyeing the Jedi up and down with a brief tilt of her head, wetting her lips. If he was alive... from what she knew of how that had happened... Well, it wasn't like she kept tabs on every Jedi there was, but when someone was involved in the death of a fellow Apprentice? That deserved attention. It was a shame he hadn't lived to tell the tale. Well, hers didn't, but this one had, which meant... something was very different in this galaxy far far away.

"Master Qui-Gon Jinn," she grinned widely in genuine amiability. "The pleasure is all mine," she returned his greetings, sketching a bow of her own. "It's not every day Jedi and Sith can unite under a common banner, and I, for one, am quite elated at the novelty." She hummed cheerily at the Jedi's luminous presence, her ever-present tendrils in the Force resisting the urge to poke at him or his mind. It had been... a long time since she'd last met this Jedi, and the hunger to find out how much this local version differed to her own was not small.

Addressing the group of delegates as a whole in turn, she said, "I am Darth Sinnali, Commander of the Malevolence. Though, in practice, 'General Sinnali' is my rank and most practical address." For the benefit of the non-Jedi, she added, "'Darth' is something of a... 'religious title' is the best comparison. Feel free not to acknowledge it at your leisure. But I digress..." She bowed again. "I speak on behalf of the Sith Order and my galaxy's Confederation of Independent Systems to aid in whatever way we can to snuff the Replicator threat before it can spread across the rest of this galaxy and the wider multiverse."

"Speaking of which," she returned her attention to Master Jinn and nodded. "We have heard much of these 'Replicators' in a broad sense, been lectured on their threat, but as you say, we have yet to hear how this all began and how it has devolved to this point."

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Hmmm I could be something like a Berserker/Human/Axe-Wielder at least. 🤔

@Remuri

That could work.

Berserker is a sub-class of Barbarian, which you could choose at level 3, and a greataxe is a very common choice for a barbarian weapon. Though, Barbarian abilities mean they don't really wear armor. But since we're not staying 100% true to official D&D rules, the GM may allow it.

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Hmmm, isn't that a turn based game?

I'm not familiar with American turn based game. I only did play some asian turn based game such as Mana Khemia and Honkai:Star Rail.

@Remuri

Video games are a poor comparison.

Dungeons and Dragons is traditionally a pen and paper RPG. It's designed to use dice, but we're translating the abilities to pure narrative assets that don't use dice, since that will flow better in a RPGuild roleplay. So, yes, you're at least correct that it will perhaps be turn-based... in the sense that all text RPs are technically turn-based.

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Errr…
You might want to look at the previous Character Sheets. Yours is missing a lot of information.

Also, we’re using Dungeons and Dragons 5e for determining classes and abilities. If you need help with that, don’t hesitate to ask. ^^”

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That’s a fair presumption. I do have a similar presumption with Ciel and her being a warlock: She wouldn’t have her warlock abilities until she actually makes a pact with the Djinni Patron.

Since it sounds like @CaptainManbeard is considering taking on a pure GM role, that means contract terms may need to be hashed out in game. But I do imagine the prerequisite to make the contract being “For the love of everything that is good, break up with Bartholomew!”

So, they might not even realize that Bart is a changeling until later or someone native to the new world points it out.

EDIT: Reread CaptainManbeard’s post! Sorry for the confusion on my end.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

I’m pretty sure that when all the party members received their “dream training” that they forget about until the isekai kicks off, they already have some of their abilities but are unaware of it. So, Ciel would probably have made her pact in that time-frame. Assuming that’s what our lovely GM goes for as the explanation for why all the PCs have a minimum of preexisting sudden competence in their abilities.

Malcer, being the RPG nerd he is, would probably be the most likely to identify Bart’s race. Since Daniel perhaps isn’t as into RPs as him, and Ciel probably is super rusty from being isolated for years.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

All we know so far about catalysts is that Qui-Gon didn’t die. From that, we can directly extrapolate that this was what led Dooku to not Fall and leave the Order.

Palpatine is still around, and it’s heavily hinted that he’s still Sidious (since he was able to negotiate a stand-still with the Separatists), but there’s no clues about his Apprentice. It’s possible that there’s no Maul, which led to Qui-Gon’s survival, or Maul hasn’t yet been deployed against the Jedi. If there’s no Maul, that begs the question who Sidious’s Apprentice is (if he has one at all). For all we know, the butterflies could go far back enough that Darth Plagueis is still alive and Sidious is the Apprentice.

The clone army is still here, which means Sifo Dyad was probably still involved, got Jango Fett DNA, went mildly insane and made a whole-ass army behind the Republic’s back that they didn’t even know they owned somehow. His fate is uncertain, but since Dooku isn’t involved enough to spare him, Sidious probably killed him.

I am curious in particular what this universe’s inciting incident for the Clone Wars was though… as well as what happened in their Battle of Naboo.

Star Wars Invasion [A Multiverse Spaceship RP]

Dooku walked down the ramp of the Jedi shuttle on the surface of Coruscant, the bombardment continued unabated and unhindered by the presence of new ships on the surface. In the distance, the usual chaos of local air traffic was almost non-existent as while many people couldn't evacuate they had moved as far away from the threat as possible. Some had ventured deeper underground, whereas others to the opposite side of the planet.

Behind him walked a bald woman in similar robes, a lightsaber hilt on both sides of her waist. Dooku bowed his head ever so slightly at the various beings gathered, they were all... surprisingly colorful barr two. "Greetings. I am Master Dooku of the Jedi Order. I have been sent here by the Jedi Council to get you acquainted with the events that have... transpired"

@Sep

Why, Hello There?!

Oh shit.gif.

What a mike drop of a post in regard to what this implies about the state of this Star Wars universe.

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@Guardian Angel Haruki, honestly, the more I think about it, Daniel won't allow a shapeshifter who means them harm to live long enough to, say, go find the nearest settlement and use his shapeshifting to impersonate the party to frame them for crimes they didn't commit.

So he'd probably work with Malcer to ensure that Bartholomew dies as soon as possible.

That is, if Barth being a Changeling is obviously known.

@Letter Bee

You presume much about how "gung ho" Malcer would be to murder a party member, no matter how unempathetic he can be towards those that aren't his friends. Consider that, starting out, Malcer is likely at least slightly disassociating his situation in this new world. He might partially feel like he's in a dream, but it feels too real and too clear to think like that. So, for safety's sake, he operates with the assumption that everything is real and that his choices matter and can have consequences.

Regardless, on his stance on murder, this isn't exactly accurate without going more in-depth, but basically he sorta sees his party members as more "real" than the locals, who are naturally "NPCs", and he sort of treats his situation like that. Now, as an avid role-player, he has this understanding, a gentlemen's agreement of sorts, that one of the biggest cardinal sins is to deliberately sabotage the party or kill a fellow PC. For this reason, no matter his garbage attitude, Bartholomew has some leeway. As long as he, himself, does not commit that cardinal sin, Malcer may not like him, but for the practicality of greater firepower and utility, he is willing to tolerate him... to a degree.

And consider: Malcer may be unempathetic, but he's not a psycho/sociopath. The party to him are "real people", and killing them is nothing less than murder. Malcer was never a murderer in his past life. He was a pretty normal guy, and that hasn't changed, no matter how much he's now enabled to exercise his power fantasies. It's one thing if he's killing a bandit or monster that attacked him on the road; he won't hesitate in such a case. But to escalate to murder against someone that's "only" an asshole and hasn't tried to kill him or his friends first? Wouldn't be something he'd feel like would be "justifiable" to the party.

That said, if Malcer were to (perhaps inevitably) plot Bartholomew's murder, it's unlikely he would collaborate with any of the rest of the party. To spare the morals and feelings of people like Ciel and Finn, Malcer would likely go it alone. He would want Bartholomew's death to not be something that could be tracked back to him, because he cares about the rest of the party and wouldn't want to compromise his reputation in their eyes. So, if he commits premediated murder like this, he's not going to ask anyone else to stain their hands.

So, jokes aside, don't expect Malcer to do more than menace/threaten Bartholomew out the gate to keep him in line. Actually trying to kill him is a whole other level of response to be reserved for an appropriate time and offense(s).

I think Bartholomew would realize how invaluable being a Changeling is for him, and would most likely keep that secret.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

I'm currently presuming that the party would arrive in their base states with no abilities active, given they are basically just growing into fresh bodies. So, I wonder if Bartholomew would even be able to hide it from the party... It's funny though, but even if he can't hide it from them, when I really think about it, it's still incredibly hard to defend against without straight-up mind-reading. It's pretty clear to me examining that ability why changelings are often feared and hated, because it's absolutely sinister what they can do unchecked.

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I hadn't heard that in a long while! XD

When the 4 genie warlock party backs an NPC up.


Would the 4 genie warlock party all have the same genie patron or all of the four different genie patrons? :P

@Guardian Angel Haruki

The way I think would be a good way for this to start is for the players to actually play out the acquisition of their patron. Like, I think it could be some gathering of genies and prospective contractors they've gathered. The idea is that all the genies are either competing for some reason or are united for a particular purpose but need agents to act in their stead. Each of the genies basically sells what their offering for what they expect in return, and the PCs pick right then and there which patron they vibe with best, which determines what kind of warlock they are. They could all be different ones or all even be the same type. Depends on how large the party is and if they have multiple options. Like maybe more that one of the prospective patrons is a djinni, for example, and a PC might like one djinni and not the other.

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That face when 4 genie warlock party:



Not even gonna lie, that actually sounds like an interesting premise.