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@Prince of Seraphs I'm not super hot with setting DT aside for now, but I'll go ahead and do it. I mean, he's pretty integral to her character. It's like making Mario start without his hat. :( Aw, I just made myself cry a little.

Magic: The Custom Set-ening (Recruiting new members)

Starting with my designer sheet. Custom cards don't have images yet, but when I get some time to myself at home I can use my Magic Set Editor for it.

Designer

How long have you been playing Magic?: Somewhere in the realm of 15 years, I think? Always casual, though. Been collecting since the game first started though, at the age of 3. Got me some alpha Dark Rituals, mwahahahaha.
Favorite mono-color: Red, so passionate and heated! Wizards loves to crap all over it, though. Makes me sad.
Favorite dual-color: Izzet (R/U), a combination of my favorite color and my least favorite. Applying raw passion to cold thought is something that I relate to so hard.
Favorite tri-color: Temur (R/U/G) for no real reason, I actually don't like/don't do tri-color very much.
Favorite plane: Ravnica. It's filled with so much intrigue and everyone has some kind of machinations in play.
Favorite set: Homelands. *Gets pelted with rotten tomatoes* Just kidding, just kidding! Guildpact, for introducing both the Izzet and the Orzhov.
Favorite mechanic: I have two. Double Strike (it's the ultimate 2 for 1 deal!) and Extort (it combines two of my all time favorite things, killing my enemies, and being lazy!)
Favorite card: Teysa, Orzhov Scion. Without a doubt, without question.
Favorite archetype/deck: Teysa based extortion/spirit summoning
What formats do you play?: Casual, Commander, Draft
Favorite format: Commander
What is your least favorite thing about Magic?: Condescending competitive players.
How much experience do you have with creating custom cards?: A fair amount. Not tons, but nothing to sneeze at.
Design a custom mechanic: Fuse-Lit - This creature has Haste. During the end step, sacrifice this creature, it deals damage to target creature or player equal to its power. (Red exclusive)
Decay - Sacrifice this permanent: Add X mana to your mana pool where X is half this permanent’s converted mana cost rounded down. (Green exclusive)
Both of the above come from a custom set I took part in helping design waaaaay back in the day, focused on a plane where black was infecting and perverting the other colors.

Design a creature:

Despairing Goblin

Despairing Goblin 1R
Creature - Goblin
Fuze-lit
1/1

Design an instant, sorcery, artifact, or enchantment:

Bramble Armor

Bramble Armor 3G
Enchant Creature Aura
Decay
Enchanted creature has +2/+1 and has, “when this creature blocks or becomes blocked, each creature blocking or blocked by this creature takes 1 damage and this creature takes 1 damage.”

Design a non-basic land:

Hidden Waterfall

Hidden Waterfall
Non-basic land
Hidden Waterfall comes into play tapped.
T: Add U to your mana pool.
1T: Scry 2.
UUT: Remove target creature from combat.

Design a planeswalker:

Phaerun Markuv

Phaerun the Faithless (W/B)
Planeswalker - Phaerun
Phaerun the Faithless can be used as your Commander. When casting Phaerun the Faithless, pay X where X is the number of your opponents or exile Phaerun the Faithless.
+X: Each opponent takes 1 damage and Phaerun the Faithless gains loyalty equal to the total damage dealt.
0: Until the end of the turn Phaerun the Faithless becomes an X/X spirit creature with Flying and Lifelink where X is its loyalty.
-6: You get an emblem with “Creatures named “Phaerun the Faithless” get Shadow and Shroud.”
Starting Loyalty: 1

Do you have any ideas for a plot/setting?: Looks like things are already fairly underway. I can jump on what’s already built and construct more on the foundation.

Character

Name: Phaerun Markuv
Titles or Aliases: The Faithless, the Wandering Spirit
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Race: Human/Ghost
Color: W/B
Appearance:

When Healthy

True Face

As a member of pure Orzhov blood, Phaerun's natural form has some physical deformities. His skin is a dark gray, appearing to be rotting. That's because, well, it is. His face lacks any distinguishing features beyond this under normal circumstances. When he has taken life force to heal himself, he takes on the form of what he would have looked like if it hadn't been for that nasty Orzhov tendency to twist up genetics like a balloon animal in order to achieve longevity. In this form his skin is a dark white Mediterranean, with a short goatee and long hair, black as obsidian. Regardless as to whether or not he is in his healthy form or his true birth form, Phaerun's eyes shimmer golden, and his left ear is pierced with an earring designed to be identical to the Orzhov sigil. When his spirit is separated from his body, it appears to look perfectly identical to how his body currently looks, apart from being translucent with wisps of blue. Phaerun wears protective leather armor everywhere he goes, along with a hooded cloak. The hem is made of white silk, the main body of the cloak is black, and the symbol of Orzhov is worn proudly emblazoned upon the back.

Brief personality: Usually reserved until he has something to say, but when Phaerun does speak, he tends to show off his intelligence and education with adept observations and somewhat long-winded sentences. He very much believes in the "little guy" and does his best to look out for commoners, but more to the point he enjoys rooting out corruption and paying evil unto evil. He's a classic example of how being good does not necessarily mean that you are nice, as his punishments often involve draining the life force from his enemies in order to heal his own body, then subjugating their ghost to his will, or animating their corpse as a thrull. Phaerun often hides his kind and caring nature behind the facade of a self-centered elitist.
Home plane: Ravnica
Equipment: An ornate dagger for protection and ceremonial use, leather armor, cloak with Orzhov symbol.
Abilities: Aside from his magic, Phaerun has the ability to separate his soul from his physical body, which then enters a trance-like state. Phaerun’s ghost retains all of his spellcasting and planeswalking capabilities, but cannot interact with the living or any solid matter.

As a pure blooded Orzhov, Phaerun is a master of magic involving contracts, life force (specifically taking it from others or imparting it to allies), the creation and animation of thrulls, raising the spirits of the dead, and of course the ultimate power in any plane: money.

It should be noted that due to the nature of his soul and his body, Phaerun’s physical form decays faster than your standard pureblood Orzhov, so he needs to steal the life force of other beings regularly to repair his body.

History: Our story begins somewhere quaint, quiet, and completely normal without any expectations of greatness... Is what I would say if I wanted to lie. Phaerun was born the first son of Korva, head of the Markuv family and pure blood members of the Orzhov Syndicate. From an early age the family raised and educated Phaerun on how to be a good Orzhov elitist. How the Obzedat ghost council was the supreme law within the guild, about faith, tradition, and profits. He was taught what to shun, such as the evils of charity, falling into debt, independence. All for one for the faithful of Orzhova.

As he grew, Phaerun focused his studies on the other guilds, as a method of knowing the competition. At least, that's what he told his family and his tutors, and it was true... At least at first. The more he studied the methods of the other guilds, the more he became enamored with them. These were nine other governing bodies of the city-plane, all with radically different methods and ideologies, and yet each one was successful in its own way (except for the Gruul, whom Phaerun still has nothing but disdain for). How could the rule of the Obzedat be so absolute when clearly they had nine equals? Guildpact or not, that did not sit well in the mind of Phaerun. And so he took a turn that he would live to regret...

Upon his 17th birthday Phaerun was given a modest sum of money with which he was to invest however he saw fit. The test was to ensure that he could make back his initial investment within one year. He did exactly that. After all, Phaerun was a born and bred pure blood Orzhov. It's what he did with that profit that became an issue. Phaerun began taking profits off the books and using them to provide for the sick and needy, particularly in the slums of the Undercity. His activities were discovered by guild bookkeepers after a few months and while it was not illegal to use his own money in such a way, it was shall we say, highly discouraged. Phaerun lost favor within his family and the guild, and this act of charity inspired others to teach him another economic lesson: cutthroat competition.

Over the course of the next two years other guild members acted against Phaerun's interests. He put up a good fight, called in numerous favors, expanded his businesses, and showed them all that he was of a fantastic business mind, but their combined efforts bled dry his coffers until he eventually had to rely upon his family's wealth once more. Wealth that he couldn't spend however he saw fit. The guild and their church preached unity among the families, sharing their influence and wealth amongst one another, yet for the small crime of charity they turned on him in an instant, and at the order of the ghost council itself. Phaerun lost faith in the church. Not in what it preached, but what it practiced. This made Phaerun desperate.

No longer caring for the consequences, the Markuv heir began to share with the commoners once again, this time from the coffers of the guild itself. Unfortunately he did not think this plan through very well, and was almost instantly caught red handed. For the crimes of stealing from the Obzedat and treason against the Orzhov Syndicate, Phaerun was sentenced to death and 1000 years of indentured servitude, in that order. The council made the necessary preparations to have Phaerun's soul torn from his body and placed under thrall to carry out his sentence. It was during this painful, excruciating process, that something unbelievable happened.

Phaerun's spark ignited.

Half way through the ritual, the young Orzhov heir's planeswalker spark flared to life, and by reflex he found himself transported to another location, another world entirely. One where foxes spoke, men lived in the clouds, and the very land itself came to life. Ever since his first walk interrupted that dreadful ceremony, Phaerun has possessed the magic to separate his spirit from his body at will, a most fortuitous ability.

He has spent the last three years walking to different planes, studying the various cultures, and doing whatever he can to help out. He doesn't consider himself a usurper, but a liberator. The one thing he cannot stand seeing more than any other is the ruling class lording their wealth and power over the suffering of the common man. Such tyrants often find that their very life force has been stolen away, used to heal the body of the Wandering Spirit, just as their money is used to feed the servants they built such wealth from.

Now Phaerun the Faithless has found himself on the plane of Omara, hopeful that he can make a difference here. He intends to spread the good word of Orzhova, but unlike the guild he has left, he intends to practice what he preaches.

Card:

Actual Card Print to Follow

Phaerun the Faithless (W/B)
Planeswalker - Phaerun
Phaerun the Faithless can be used as your Commander. When casting Phaerun the Faithless, pay X where X is the number of your opponents or exile Phaerun the Faithless.
+X: Each opponent takes 1 damage and Phaerun the Faithless gains loyalty equal to the total damage dealt.
0: Until the end of the turn Phaerun the Faithless becomes an X/X spirit creature with Flying and Lifelink where X is its loyalty.
-6: You get an emblem with “Creatures named “Phaerun the Faithless” get Shadow and Shroud.”
Starting Loyalty: 1

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2. Techniques in the real-world sense. A front kick is a technique. Do you want me to list his entire command list because they essentially break down to combos. The stuff outside of that is already listed. As for his other ninpo, they aren't listed because he won't be using them. Just the starting one.

@James Marshall

Pretty sure our GM is looking more for the special techniques, rather than basic techniques. I mean, I sure wouldn't put Ryu's "flying swallow" technique on the same level as a front kick, y'know what I mean?

Magic: The Custom Set-ening (Recruiting new members)

Just saw this, going to post some things on it soon as I've got the opportunity. Heading to work for the day, hopefully something goes up before I leave, preferably during my lunch period.

Controlled Chaos

You've all got a few posts to yourselves for interaction before I do anything (unless you take action that requires my input). Just assume that as time passes, you can see the Death Star getting bigger.

Fallout: Terror of the Everglades

Alright, well then as soon as we get an update from @ImpLaughs, we'll still be waiting on @Azazaa and @clanjos, assuming the GM doesn't opt to leave them behind.

The Three Realms War [A DMC, Bayonetta and Darksiders RP]

Feeling the pull of the creature's vortex of a maw, Akoni only narrowed his eyes, grit his teeth, and powered through. Thankfully his blow struck true and he managed to tear off a piece of the abyssal's flesh before narrowly escaping. He had succeeded in keeping the thing's attention away from Souta, but they were not yet out of danger. The "librarian" proved that it was a creature of thought, or at least an adaptable one, when it evolved a defense for the attack strategy that Akoni had just utilized. Unfortunately, Mary (now in a form Akoni did not recognize but had no time to theorize about) was now attacking in a similar manner to what he had just done. In response, the monstrous beasts lashed out by firing a volley of projectiles directly at his team mate.

With nary a second to think, Akoni had to react. He had no way of knowing how durable Mary was, but that beast was truly something to be frightened of. Five barbed spikes shot directly at her, but they would not hit if he had anything to say about it. Akoni opened a set of gates to redirect the spikes harmlessly into the side of the dome, figuring that throwing the attack back at the abyssal would mean nothing based on what he'd seen so far. Unfortunately the distance between them was taxing the maximum range on his gates, and Akoni could only redirect three. Mary would have to deal with the others himself, as unfortunate as it was.

While he did his best to defend his team, the others were hard at work doing what they could to further damage this creature. Silas had issues of his own, but it was not anything that the old mage could assist in. Meanwhile Midori had managed to take the abyssal by surprise from above and actually caused some real damage. Just as I thought. Stronger than you let on. Souta put himself in even greater danger than before as he changed where he hung from the great beast, using his weight to open up the librarian's existing wounds to even greater attack for their flying demon companion. ”Well, here’s your chance. I’m gonna drop off in a sec so it doesn’t stab me. Get going!”

Akoni immediately dissipated the gates he had used to defend Mary, and threw up a new set. One directly below Souta's hanging feet, and one significantly closer to the ground. That way he wouldn't suffer injury when he dropped. "You're safe!" the old man called out. I'll just have to keep working defense and support. I simply don't have the stamina to take any hits from that thing if I get in close.

Fallout: Terror of the Everglades

@MarshallWell yeah, but we've already posted. There's a large number of individuals who have not. They're the ones to which I am referring.

Fallout: Terror of the Everglades

Any reason there hasn't been any posts the last few days? I expected things to slow down for July 4th, but we should be passed that now, and no activity makes me a sad ProPro. :(

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Gaige the Mechromancer

Name: Gaige the Mechromancer
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Game: Borderlands 2
Appearance:
Equipment:

• Storage Deck - A highly advanced inventory system developed in the distant future, storage decks allow physical objects to be compressed into computer data and stored on a massive mobile hard drive, and reconstructed (or “digistructed” if you will) back into reality at the user’s demand. Currently Gaige’s storage deck can contain up with 12 objects.
• Maliwan Lightning SMG - A submachine gun manufactured by Maliwan, it doesn’t shoot traditional “bullets,” but converts live ammunition loaded into lightning shocks, dealing out energy based damage. Each magazine holds 22 rounds and it has a fire rate of 3.2/sec.
• Jakobs revolver - If it took more than one shot, you weren’t using a Jakobs! This sleek hand revolver holds a standard 6 shots, is powerful enough to puncture most metal armor plating,, fires as quickly as the user can pull the trigger, and the grip is made of a beautiful wood finish.
• TORGUE Shotgun - Highly inaccurate and only able to hold two shells before needing to be reloaded, this shotgun does the one thing that all TORGUE guns excel at: THE BULLETS *BLEEP*ING EXPLODE!
• Maliwan Fiery Spike Shield - It’s dangerous for a teenage girl to roam around the horrible bullet-riddled, monster infested, bandit occupied, everything-trying-to-murder-you surface of Pandora. That’s why Gaige has a personal energy shield manufactured by Maliwan! It can take a fair amount of abuse before failing, and in that event Gaige just needs to get out of the heat of combat for a bit to let it recharge! Oh, and anybody that tries to melee Gaige while the shield is still active gets set on fire! WOO!
• Dahl ECHO HUD - This nifty device, created by the Dahl Corporation, gives a heads-up display for Gaige, detailing all manner of things that’s good to keep in mind at all times. It provides a compass so she always knows where she’s going, displays her shield’s current strength, keeps track of ammunition, allows access to a map (automatically filled in as the terrain is explored), provides a journal (both audio and written), can interface with similar technology, and helps her to be more aware of her surroundings in general.
• D374-TP “Deathtrap” - A robot hand-built by Gaige to act as a “bully deterrent,” Deathtrap is about 6 feet tall, but floats at about an imposing 8 feet with its anti-grav propulsion system. Highly protective of Gaige, this synthetic creature looking to be cobbled together from spare parts and rust will defend its mistress and her friends to the last electric surge in its wiring. Outfitted with some truly impressive weaponry, which include digistruct claws able to tear apart flesh like a hot knife through butter, a highly inaccurate lightning bolt projector, and a shield regenerator, Deathtrap’s main failing is its low power supply, meaning that the majority of the time it has to be stored in Gaige’s personal storage deck and power beacon. When Deathtrap is unleashed, expect Hell to follow.

Abilities:

• Gadgeteer Genius - See Deathtrap? Gaige designed and built that. By herself. In her father’s garage. As a school science fair project. And it was meant to deter bullies. Needless to say, Gaige works miracles with machines.
• Cybernetic - Gaige is, in only the loosest of terms, a cyborg. She accidentally cut her arm with a saw one day and figured, “Why bother wasting a healing hypo?” and lopped the rest of it off. She then built a robotic replacement, which contains Deathtrap’s personal digistruct beacon and storage deck. While the arm is strong enough to smash concrete, it’s not made with the same durability in mind, so it’s somewhat fragile. It also can’t interface with any technology, seeing as it’s only a prosthetic.
• ANARCHY!!!! - The longer she’s in a fight, the more fervent and, dare I say, insane Gaige gets. Once she’s fired off enough bullets, she changes from a chipper, somewhat hyper girl, into a hysterical machine of death. As she gradually slips down this path, her bullets, for whatever reason, fire off with greater and greater force, until eventually a single shot that normally wouldn’t scratch an alpha skaag becomes powerful enough to outright slay a rakk hive. That is, if she can actually hit something.

Weaknesses and Limitations:

• Only Human - Gaige is, for all intents and purposes, a normal human teenage girl. Take away her equipment, and she’s only somewhat more athletic than your average fit 17 year old, quite squishy, and easily killable.
• Excitable Temper - Gaige is a bit hyperactive and passionate about everything she does and says. This includes her temper, so she can be easily angered if the right buttons are pressed (top of the list being bullies, stealing ideas, corrupt authority, or being that stupid bitchface Marcie Holloway). Naturally, this can lead to rash decisions and big mistakes.
• ANARCHY!!! - As Gaige’s battle lust grows, and her power swells, her aim suffers. At first it’s hardly noticeable, but at its worst the bullets she fires completely defy all known laws of physics, sometimes by firing behind her altogether!

Personality: Energetic, determined, passionate, highly intelligent, and anti-authoritarian are the key words to describe Gaige. She’s well educated on current events, and while she’s a bit of a social shut in, this hasn’t stopped her from broadcasting her own ECHO cast show (which has spiked in subscribers ever since Deathtrap killed that stupid bitchface Marcie Holloway and she was forced to stow away to Pandora!). It’s not that Gaige is a natural introvert per say, just that her interests generally keep her away from groups of people. She takes a strong dislike of anybody abusing others, whether this be bullies, or the entitled taking advantage of their power and positions. If you’re in a position to stop this sort of injustice, and you aren’t, then you’re just as bad in her eyes. FIGHT THE POWER! ANARCHY FOREVER! Because she has such mature interests and takes such a stance on intergalactic politics, Gaige is quick in an attempt to prove that she’s a “mature” woman so that her opinions aren’t just swept aside as the naive beliefs of some teenaged kid. Despite this, she is very much still a young girl, and enjoys a number of things you would expect her too, such as cute things and hot cocoa.
Backstory: Raised on Eden-6 by a loving and understanding father, it was quite apparent from early on that Gaige had a natural knack for technology and engineering. Life was comfortable and nice, but even in the distant future among other solar systems and galaxies there is one constant in life that will never really go away: high school life sucks. It especially sucks when you have rich stuck up whore bitch-faces like Marcie Holloway always acting superior and smug in your face. Whatever, Marcie doesn’t know anything. The only reason she’s even in this school is because her father has more money than God. Oh, sorry, tangent. Anyway, Marcie inspired Gaige’s next science fair project: an anti-bullying robot!

Enter Deathtrap, or as it was simply known back then, DT. Gaige spent many hours designing and building DT in her makeshift workshop based in her father’s garage, at one point accidentally cutting her arm, then deciding to slice it off entirely to replace with a robotic prosthetic she designed (no big deal, though dad kept throwing up, hahaha). Anyway, when all was said and done, DT was finished and he was glorious! That’s exactly why Marcie decided to steal his design, made an imperfect replica, and had her rich as sin dad bribe the judges to give her first place while Gaige was dropped down to, wait for it, THIRD! THIRD PLACE for DT, while Marcie’s stolen and barely functional version won! Not only that, but Marcie immediately sold the design to the planet’s incredibly corrupt police force! The injustice! Gaige couldn’t let that stand, so she confronted Marcie about it, and what did Marcie do? She shoved Gaige! She had the gall to shove the girl she had stolen from and cheated! This activated DT’s anti-bullying protocols, so he went over to make Marcie leave Gaige alone with a little swipe of his digistruct claws. No biggie, just a warning, ya know? Unfortunately Marcie kinda… Um… Exploded. Yeah.

So because DT was a little too zealous in his programming, Gaige was escorted to the principal’s office and expelled, expelled! Can you believe it? Gaige was the real victim here! And to top it off, those same corrupt police were going to arrest her! Gaige did the only sensible thing she could do. After her father caused a distraction with a golf cart and a bunch of gasoline (go dad!) she stowed away on a transport ship off planet, headed for Pandora. Gaige headed right for the thick of it all, the most dangerous charted planet known to mankind. She was going to be a vault hunter! And Deathtrap was gonna help, too.
Entry Point: Handsome Jack has been thoroughly murderized and the Destroyer destroyed. Gaige and her friends recently got word of a large stash of pirate booty out in the sands...