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London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

Ok, sorry for the delay everyone ^^; Anyway...

@Sinsystems I like it, although yeah the "healing cutting" thing needs clearing up. Am I right in thinking you're referring to magically enhanced surgery? Once that detail is clarified, consider the CS accepted.

@Suneli Ah, sorry if I intimidated you yesterday! For the most part it looks good, it's just that yeah, you seem to be a little worried about making your character overpowered, and underpowering her instead. I'd personally relax some of the restrictions on The Hanged Man, especially as she isn't guaranteed to get it at any one time. Very creative though, and I like the personality changes as a side effect of her powers.

@Mistress Dizzy Yep, that suggestion seems like a good one to go with. Considering things weren't at all easy for black people in the 1800s, a servant background would be likely. As for the magic, got to say you need to elaborate on it. The versatility looks good though, and I'm interested in seeing more details.

@Killy Once you write the personality section, your character seems fun, especially with the bug magic! That's pretty unique.

@Vega7285 Hehe, classic light and dark, lawful good and chaotic good duo. I'd recommend having them both as foils, although it's understandable if you only want to go with one. You'd always be able to bring the other in later.

@Majoras End Yup, vampire concept looks good so far! Let us know when the CS is complete.

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Whew! That's way more characters than we expected. It's probably time to close applications, and start the RP soon.

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

@Suneli That idea has potential if it's fleshed out. While it's pretty complicated, the fact that you're willing to work with GMs shows you're serious about keeping things fair. Plus the randomness could be an interesting weakness, if she gets the wrong type of magic for a particular situation.

It'd be tricky, but as Majora's End said, it can work for RPs. That and yes there could be some low-level prediction involved, although I'd keep it pretty vague and limited to the near future.

Two suggestions for how to make the concept workable and relatively simple: One is her weapon could be a deck of cards that turn into projectiles when thrown (I had a magical girl in another RP who did this with playing cards). Every so often, she can use a card to predict an enemy's move, but the vision is very brief and the ability has a cooldown period of several minutes. Every day, she also gets a random slight boost or alteration to her abilities based on a Major Arcana card, of which she'd only start out with a few. They could also have disadvantages - the Strength card, for example, could trade her predictions for increased attacking power.

The other suggestion is that the random card determines her weapon/item for the day, based on the four Minor Arcana suits: a sword, a baton, a disc or a cup. Each would have their strengths and limits - sword would deal physical damage and be for close combat, wand or staff could channel magical energy attacks, throwing disc would make her a ranged fighter that day, and a cup could contain a potion that would buff or heal allies but would have no offensive use. She'd have to train a lot to adapt her fighting style accordingly. You could also include the prediction thing though, that would be a constant.

Hope that helped, and I'm up for chatting if you want to discuss ideas :)

@Sinsystems Nice, a healer! I was wondering if we were going to get one. That magic is creative, and I like the background, it fits the gritty but ultimately hopeful feel of this RP.

The only issue is, she may be a bit too young. SimpleWriter and I envision the characters generally being between 15-19 years old, although there can be a few older exceptions, like Veronica. So she could be 15, maybe 14 if you feel it'd work best with her being the youngest?

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the CS!

Be my Sanctuary

Jessamyn "Jess" Bailey

"Well... An activity, in any case," Jess replied. She swept her glance over the cool blue of the water, deceptively tranquil in a fraught environment. The pool looked like those in hotels, grand and inviting, but she doubted anything under this roof would feel much like leisure for either of them. Still, maybe it was the only thing close to a way to unwind, if Roxy's emotions were anything to go by. "An outlet."

At the mention of heading back, Jess bit her lip. "I guess we'd better get this done with," she murmured, trailing after Roxy. Tension knotted through her, around her, until she felt like a fly in a spider's web - and it wasn't just her own feeling. Through the growing stress, a stab of guilt spiked. Jess flinched. What had brought that on? Had Roxy dismissed an unpleasant thought, or was she still convinced all this was her fault?

"Please try not to blame yourself," Jess whispered, so low nobody else would hear. "We'll find a way to get through this." What that way was, though, she had no idea.

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

@Suneli Yup! SimpleWriter and I are looking for up to 7 people besides ourselves.

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

@Vega7285 You could start off with one and bring the other in at a later point, if you'd find that easiest! I personally like the sound of both concepts, but yep, there's plenty of time for you to choose. We'll keep a spot reserved for you :)

As for the magic, hmmm... A detective archetype could have an ability that lets them track down enemies/analyse weaknesses, or something along those lines. Maybe something involving a bullseye lantern, a light that was commonly used in investigation? So your character could have one she uses for light based attacks. Whereas a thief could be based on a sneaky animal like a cat or a fox, could have the typical shadow powers, or could be ghost-like as a play on the term "phantom thief". (That and there's taking inspiration from tricksters in mythology and folklore.)

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

@Majoras End Yup, if it's her own blood most of the time, that'd make for a good weakness. And of course if an ally got wounded, she'd be able to use the blood they lost.

Weapons can be a physical feature the witch gains upon transforming (I had a magical girl in another RP whose "weapon" was a pair of crystal wings), so fangs are fine.

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@Vega7285 Well, my character Lucilla is a bit of a trickster, or at least was, so that route isn't out of the question. Generally, the pixies would seek out people with at least some kind of moral code, but it can be an unconventional one, not all the magical girls have to be classic righteous ones.

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@Hammerman No problem, you can just reply with it if you want, instead of editing it in.

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

Just one thing @Hammerman. You might want to add something to your post, or post it here as a reply. It's hinted at in the rules, just to prove you read them - it's easy to overlook, but it's just something we ask of people who join.

London By Lamplight: A Victorian Magical Girl's Story !

@Hammerman Hahaha, well I like the pics you chose! And she seems like she'll get along with SimpleWriter's character.