Lucius Cypher

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

Donny was fiddling with his hands, or at least a few of them which he created. Standing around like this made him anxious. He would normally play on his phone to calm his nerves but he knew that he would get into trouble if Mako saw him on his phone right now so all he could do was wait. More students joined after they finished changing but Donny was just a bit too busy going over all the possibilities of what they're about to do. Off the top of his head the first scenario that came to mind was heroes chasing the villain: The villains had to try and keep away from the hero team for as long as Mako said so. In this scenario Donny might do okay, since this was something he was familiar with. It was basically just tag but with more at stake. Alternatively, the hero team might have to escort something important from Point A to Point B, while the villains need to try and take it from the heroes. That was also possible and something Donny was much less confident about.

Most of all Donny was nervous about fighting. Sure, he's wrestled and play fight before as kids, but he's never really gotten into an actual brawl. Even the rowdier kids at his old school were kept under strict watch and most didn't bother Donny, since he was always quick to slip away. Though it's also not as if Donny has never considered fighting or using his abilities offensively. Due to lacking any form of human anatomy, a lot of Donny's fighting techniques come from one source in which he's had many years of practice: Video Games and Anime. He intentionally seeks out such mediums that had slime based characters and try and learn from them, though obviously not all slimes are built the same. Still it would give Donny some idea of what to do if it comes down to a fight... Despite his complete lack of experience in it.

When Junko started speaking to him Donny jiggled in surprise. He wasn't paying attention to her at all and didn't expect anyone to approach him. "Uwa!? Uh y-y-yeah! So weird, right?" Donny stammered out. He didn't want to say that. He was part of the hero class because he wants to be a hero, so calling it weird that he was part of the hero team just made it sound like he was second guessing himself. Soon Alice came over and Donny felt a bit calmer. She was a nice person so Donny didn't feel quite as strange around Alice and he knew she was quite capable in her own way. "Hello Nova-San. Let's uh, let's do our best yeah?"

If anything, Donny was more worried about their opponents. Off the bat he looked over at Acion and Dulga. Alice was the only one in the group that could really deal with Acion in the air. Kouji wasn't someone Donny could just write off either; even if he can't use his wind powers very much they're still pretty useful and there's no telling just what Kouji's limits is. At best, Donny would have to weather his attacks until he exhausts himself but Donny wasn't positive if that's something he could or should do. There was also Carol who... Donny frankly didn't find all that threatening, but then again maybe he also just didn't know what she was fully capable of. Sure her little light show yesterday wasn't exactly anything bombastic but maybe she was just holding back, or the circumstances just weren't good to show off her full powers. Donny himself would've preferred if they had done their demonstrations say, here, where he could show off his real talents.

Which actually reminded Donny that he should let his team know what he's good at. While he doesn't know what Mako has planned for them, surely someone in their team can think of something on the fly. "S-So I didn't really uh... Show this yesterday very well but since we're here and all um..." Donny spoke quietly, trying to make sure only Alice and Junko could hear. "I'm not all that good in a fight. But I'm good at eating stuff. Like real fast. Even dirt and rocks. So maybe like... W-We could tunnel or something? I mean, they might expect Nova-san to come flying in, but I doubt they'll think we'll pop out from the ground, yeah?" He looked to the two girls to see how they would feel about this tactic. Donny didn't think about it until right this moment, but they might not be quite as comfortable being in a cramp, dark hole in the ground as Donny is.

@TheWendil@Melpaws

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Twenty comfortably, thirty if you're willing to reconvert the current prison quarters into a crew quarter.

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

While it depends on the ship, technically speaking one man could crew the Kraken. He'll just have to constantly be moving, adjusting, and praying that the weather doesn't fuck him over. But more people means that if something does go wrong you can rely on them to fix it while you do your own job.

I might've not been very specific, but during your crew's travel they're pretty much always busy. The only person who gets to rest is the captain and maybe whoever is assigned to the night crew, which mainly consist of Hurrik, Nyx, and whoever you or Tayang assigns for the Night Shift. Which is a standard rotation (2 hour watch, six hour sleep) anyways. A day that could be considered "smooth sailing" means that the crew can eat some of their rations while they work, but they will still be working. Hence why the crew enjoys shore leave when they can.

In short: One man at the minimum to make the ship go anywhere. Two if you want to make sure they go anywhere for longer than a few days.

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

The first day of school wasn’t too bad. Though Donny wasn’t a fan of all of the homework they gave him, he did his best to do them before going to bed. The important thing was that it was done after all, and anything he didn’t understand he was certain he could figure out eventually. That night he had dinner with his grandfather, eating a somewhat fancy bowl of instant noodles with ramen eggs and fresh nori. He was rather excited and thought that his first day of school went pretty well for him.

The second day however was a drag. Most of Donny’s classes were rather boring lessons that nearly made him fall asleep and on top of that more homework. So much so that Donny seriously considered trying to get some of it done during lunch so he wouldn’t have to spend all night on it, but ultimately Donny simply ate his lunch and played with his cellphone instead. ”Ugh what a slog. Education’s important and all but you’d think they’d make learning more interesting in this day and age…”

Eventually Donny would reach his final class, Hero Course. Already fairly beaten down by the earlier classes Donny figured they would go back into boring stuff again, like the history of heroism or laws and such. Things that ordinarily may interest Donny but at this moment he just wanted to take a nap and eat some somen. However what surprised Donny was that Mako was going to put them straight into a practical exercise. Heroes vs Villains, though Donny wasn’t sure what exactly that entails. Did they have to chase down the villains? Protect an objective? Both? Additionally Donny was chosen to be on the hero team. While part of him was eager another part of him was worried. He’s never really done anything remotely heroic and a lot of people on the villain teams are really tough!

Donny was too nervous to really ask any questions and simply went to the lockers to change. Or rather, offload all the food he had stored inside of his body. Today he had brought chips and a thermos of barley tea. Neither which he figured would be of much use, so he stashed that away. He also put his wallet away in his locker and was considering putting his phone away too. However he decided to keep it: perhaps he could make use of the flashlight or something. As for his gym uniform, once more he simply took off his school uniform, folded it, and headed to the training ground. “Oh boy oh boy oh boy…”

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

As you unleashed your fury against the decapitated orc, the rest of your crew were quick to avoid your anger and went to work. The slaves were released, most of them only interested in freedom. They assisted your crew in plundering the ship's stores though it was mostly spare weapons, materials to maintain the ship, and a rather meager supply of rations. Enough for the orcs but hardly any for the slaves. It took about half an hour before the plunder was gathered and both ships were heading towards Red Shard, avoiding the storm. You could make out the vague barkings of Tayang as he ordered the men to ready themselves to deal with the storm and you'd feel your ship shaking as the waves grew harsher and violent. Fortunately however this was as worse as it got as your crew was able to expertly navigate away from the storm and would make it to calmer waters.

After almost an hour since you left there's a knock on your door. "Captain. Iron Guts reporting in." Once allowed inside Tayang would give you a brief rundown of the plunder, a status update on the crew, as well as the estimate time to Red Shard. "56 gold, 130 silver coins, and 301 copper coins, three units of dried fish, four units of salt, six pounds of assorted silver holy symbols, a crate of books, three gallons of holy water, and four units of sailing canvas is all we managed to grab from the hamlet. From the orcs we've grabbed twelve usable greataxes, a set of Chainmail, ten units of wood, three units of dried meats and hardtack, and the entirety of the orc's warship. We've already covered up it's emblem and the slaves are operating it right now. Three dwarves, six gnomes, four halflings. All of them from the Majadan, sold by slavers to the orcs. Most don't have any skills beyond labor but they're eager to live a new life in Red Shard." Tayang looked directly in your eyes.

"Now, as the captain I figured I ought to let you know that while Doros outlaws slavery within it's borders, they've also no obligation to liberate any slaves that reach it. And with Red Shard being on the fringe of the law as it is, tis still viable for you to return them to Silvermane for some compensation. Additionally the orc's ship is still in usable condition. It lacks anything in the way of storage space even compared to the Kraken, but it's fast and sturdy. Ships like these are designed to ram into other ships and scuttle em before their warriors go for the boarding. Of course like anything orc made, it's cheap, so we're looking at maybe two thousand gold if we sell it to Silvermane. And finally, at our pace we'll reach Red Shard by early morning, before the sunrise. Storm's still next us but it seems to be moving north so we won't have to worry about it so long as we stay our course."

Waterdeep Dragon Heist (D&D 5e)

Once everyone was gathered into the room, Volo sat at the head of the long table. Drinks were served, beer from the Yawning Portal's own taps. "Allow me to formally introduce myself, I am Volothamp Geddarm, chronicler, wizard, and celebrity, at your service. I trust you've noted the violence in our fair city these past tendays. I haven't seen so much blood since my last visit to Baldur's Gate! But now I fear I have mis-placed a friend amid this odious malevolence." Volo clasped his hands together, his jovial appearance taking on a slightly more somber look. "My friend's name is Floon Blagmaar. He's got more beauty than brains, and I worry he took a bad way home a couple nights ago and was kidnapped - Or worse. If you agree to track him down with all due haste, I can offer you ten dragons apiece now, and I can give you each ten times that when you find Floon. May I prevail upon you in my hour of need?" Volothamp looked at the party assembled before him.

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Not exactly? It's possible, but most of the time no one really knows what constitutes having a soul in the first place. And even if they didn't, how would one go about figuring that out? There isn't exactly a spell called "Find Soul" or anything like that. Strictly speaking you're a human without a soul, you still ping as human for the purpose of stuff like hold person, charm person, etc.

Now having your soul removed, possibly at birth, in and of itself is not unheard of for those wise in the way of magics. Anyone who consorts with the likes of fey or demons would know that this is entirely possible, though this also typically kills the child and results in a stillbirth. And even so there's some debates about if that is truly the cause or if it's more a medical issue (Keratia is at that weird point in scientific development where they can try for a purely scientific method of healing, technology, and so forth, but magic adds in factors that no real-life science can explain sufficiently). Theologically speaking, it is your soul which joins with the gods after death, and it is also the soul that can haunt a corpse or location depending on the circumstances of one's death as well, so a lack of a soul means that doing either isn't possible for them. But for someone to live without ever having soul is almost unheard of. Even Lich's technically have souls via their Phylactery, so they are not truly soulless beings. Golems and constructs are generally considered soulless as the likes of Warforged have not yet been discovered (Buddy himself being a very bizarre entity even within Keratia).

So tl;dr is no, no one has ever been born without a soul.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

No problems. I ought to post something for my RP's too.

Paladros: The Questing City

The orc was more than willing to share a drink with Nanaya and took whatever she gave him. Having already reached his limit before, he barely managed to stay on his feet afterwards. His words were slurred and he was visibly dizzy and swaying. "Chaaaah! Dats da guuuuud stuff right dere lassies laddie! Yare yare, dey got sum real ANIMALS in dere dontcha know, champions a -hic- Fuckin BEAR, soze da odds ain't never in yer favor... Newcooms always sumthin... Thirteen-ta-one... Good shit." The orc continued to sway and his body was slumped against the wall. "Gotta get dat copper... Damn drow got me indebted mhmmzer... Lots ol lads and lassie copper coinflip... Washed up and brought down under ta... Ta spider chow..." The orc stopped talking as he suddenly just fell asleep on the side of the wall.

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

I say we take a longrest and secure the fortress while we can. We'll leave once we're rested regardless of what time of day it is. As for the loot, Orchid would want to at least collect on her payment, and take the magic glaive. Finally she'll take a potion of heroism and potion of healing, and she'll be good for loot.