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Tales of Adventure and Discovery RPG, an Epic Adventure RP

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Essentially you start off with an amount of XP equal to 45 + your Aptitude at character creation. Whenever you increase Aptitude you get another point of XP.

Tales of Adventure and Discovery RPG, an Epic Adventure RP

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Tales of Adventure and Discovery RPG, an Epic Adventure RP

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Tales of Adventure and Discovery RPG, an Epic Adventure RP

Traits

The second thing you can spend XP upon are Traits. Traits are special abilities and passive qualities that your character possesses. You may choose Traits from the lists below or you may create your own. Just either PM me your idea or put it in the OOC and I will see if the idea can first be even possible, second, if your chara meets the requirements for it, and third if you currently have enough XP for it (if its at Character Creation then you definitely will). If you do not see any Traits you want and do not know any ideas for Traits to create then you can ask me for a certain type of Trait and I will give you a few recommendations for ideas either from the lists here or something that I create on the spot. Note that it is possible to acquire Traits for free sometimes in game and some Traits, whether created or from these lists, can only be purchased before game or maybe during time skips.

Any Trait that has a * next to its name can only be purchased during Character Creation or during a time skip (with GM permission and an explanation on how you would have acquired it).

Note that for Traits that let you choose different Talents to meet the requirements you cannot use or gain the benefit of the Trait for the other Talent(s) unless you have enough Ranks in the other Talent(s) meet the requirements. For instance for the Proximity Shot Battle Trait you need either Projectile Weaponry or Thrown Weaponry Rank 7. If you learn the Trait and meet the Projectile Weaponry requirement but not Thrown Weaponry then you cannot get the benefits of the Trait for Thrown Weaponry until you achieve Rank 7 in Thrown Weaponry. You don't need to purchase the Trait twice, you just need to meet both Talent requirements if you want to use the Trait for both Talents.

General Traits

These are just basic Traits that can fit really anywhere. You are allowed up to five of these at Character Creation. If you have any ideas for Traits or see these, but have an idea for a change, don't be afraid to ask me.

Affiliation (3 XP): You somehow have a connection to an order of some sort. If you meet the requirements needed for joining that order you will automatically do so and can join them at character creation if you meet them at character creation. If you have an idea for an order you would wish to join just tell me, or you can join one from the list below (the ones on the list being ones a bit more well known or higher in influence, but there could be more secretive or less known ones out there).

Agile Climber (2 XP): You rely on speed and grace to climb instead of just size and strength. Instead of your Might Score you can use your Dexterity Score for the Climbing Talent. Requires Dexterity 6 and Climbing Rank 3.

Ally (2 to 3 XP): You have an ally somewhere in the world and if you can communicate with them then you can ask for favors from them (which requires a DL 20 Negotiation Roll). For 2 XP can be with an individual of somewhat influential or skilled individual. For 3 XP it can be someone who is a bit more influential or skilled or it could even be a small group or organization. Requires 5 Charisma or a Positive or Negative Reputation of 7 or higher.

Animal Magnetism (3 XP): You have a natural knack for befriending animals. You get +2 on all Riding and Animal Handling Rolls. Furthermore you may attempt Negotiation Rolls on animals (at a -5) in an attempt to befriend, soothe, or otherwise 'negotiate' with them. Requires: Charisma 4 and Animal Handling Rank 1.

Apprentice* (3 XP): You had a teacher at some point in your life for a number of years who taught you a good number of things. For 3 XP you get a +2 bonus on all Rolls with a Talent of your choice (except for Sorcery, Arcane Craft, Alchemy, Hardiness, or Concentration). Your option is to be able to instead learn and use either Alchemy, Arcane Craft or Sorcery (you can purchase this Trait twice to get Alchemy and Arcane Craft or Sorcery if you want). Requires: Aptitude or Willpower 5

Beastial Companion (2 XP to 4 XP): You have a beast companion that is quite loyal to you and travels with you. This creature knows one trick (attack, sit, follow, fetch, carry, guard, pilfer, etc) for every Rank you have in Animal Handling at character creation after the first Rank (so number of ranks minus one). For 2 XP it is a common creature. For 3 XP the creature is somewhat uncommon. For 4 XP it is a bit more exotic creature. Requirements: Animal Magnetism or Rank 5 Animal Handling.

Cache (2 to 4 XP): Perhaps someone gave it to you as a gift or maybe you found it somewhere. Regardless, you have a small cache of coins and maybe small jewels. For 2 XP you start off with an additional 30 iL. For 3 XP its 65 iL. And for 4 XP its 100 iL.

Cat-Like Reflexes (3 XP): You have incredible reflexes and reaction time to where you can quickly react to any ambush. If Off Guard, you may add your Dexterity to your Off Guard Defense (which is just a flat rate of 10). Requirements: Dexterity 5 and either Acrobatics Rank 11 or have the Swift Actions Trait.

Clue to Discovery (2 to 4 XP): You possess a clue of some sort. Maybe an old map, a strange tome with pages missing, or other such item that is a clue to some incredible secret or discovery. The amount of XP spent will determine the greatness of the discovery and/or the preciseness of the clue.

Comeliness* (3 XP): You are quite attractive looking. +2 to Negotiation and Performance Rolls. +1 to Reputation for your good looks. Requirements: Charisma 5.

Destiny* (4 XP): You are destined for some great or incredible fate. You can tell me what you wish for this incredible fate to be. While this provides you with no special bonuses or protection, you do gain an additional Luck.

Durable (3 XP): You are able to take more punishment than most. Thus when you succeed on a DL 20 Concentration or Hardiness Roll you negate Vitality loss Roll penalties. Furthermore you get a +5 on the Roll to resist falling unconscious when your Vitality hits 0 or lower. Requirements: Endurance 6 or Hardiness Rank 5.

Educated* (3 XP): Something that isn't too common in these more archaic times, but you have had tutors, scholars, or other such types teach you. You get +2 on all Knowledge and Linguistics Rolls and may find certain Knowledge Rolls a bit easier. Requirements: Apt 4 and be of a civilized upbringing.

Famed* (2 XP): You are quite well known for something you did in your past and are a bit famous in your own home region. Maybe its some incredible deed you performed or some special title or job you have held for a bit of time. Regardless, you are a bit renowned for this. You get +1 to your Reputation and +5 to all Negotiation and Performance Rolls while among your tribe/clan or in your home city/town/region/village. Requirements: Positive Reputation, Charisma 4.

Fast Healer (3 XP): You have always recovered from injury faster than others, letting you regain 2 additional Vitality per day. Furthermore anyone who attempts to use First Aid or some other form of healing gets a +2 on their Roll to do so, and anything else that has a healing affect on you (that requires no roll, like a potion or something) heals an additional 2 Vitality. Requirements: Endurance 6

Heirloom (2 to 4 XP): Either one was bequeathed upon you by a parent, other relative, or even a friend or mentor or you found one. Regardless of the special circumstances, you are in possession of a rare item of some sort. For 2 XP it could be something a bit more simple like a Master Crafted Light or Medium Weapon, an old scroll containing a small bit of knowledge, a strange potion, small rune stone, or some other minor mystical object with a small bit of power, or some other rare and special trinket. For 3 XP its something with a little more rarity and value like a master crafted Chain Shirt, a few scrolls containing some special knowledge, and etcetera.. For 4 XP its something quite rare and valuable, even something that may be considered something that is a bit on the side of extraordinary (with GM approval).

Henchman (2 or 4 XP): You have a loyal companion who follows you around for one reason or another. They require no charge except for paying for their food, lodging, and other travel expenses. For 2 XP they start off with 3 less Stat Points with no Stat being higher than 7 or lower than 2 at Character Creation (after Modifiers) and start off with 15 less XP than their normal racial amount and they only get 50 iL for equipment. For 4 XP they start off with standard Stat Points, with no stat being higher than 8 or lower than 2, and only 8 XP than their normal racial amount. They also get 75 iL for equipment. Requirements: Charisma 5 or Reputation 5.

Intelligent Bluffer (2 XP): Instead of trying to use charm and social grace to bluff and lie, you use your wit to fool people instead. Whenever you are Bluffing someone you can use your Aptitude for the Negotiation Roll instead of your Charisma. Requirements: Aptitude 5 and Negotiation Rank 5.

Intimidating Physique (2 XP): You have quite the incredible bulk and know how to throw it around or just display it to intimidate people. Whenever you are using Negotiation to Intimidate someone you may use your Might Score instead of your Charisma Score. Requirements: 6 Might

Invoke Thy Name (2 XP): You have been growing more known and your name carries weight. Depending upon the state of your reputation and just who you are in general when you invoke your name you may get certain bonuses to the current Negotiation attempt depending upon the situation (the best bonus being half of your Reputation). If they do not recognize you though then they will assume you aren't that well known and you get a -2 to the Negotiation Roll. This Trait doesn't work if they already know who you are. Requirements: Charisma 5, Negotiation Rank 3, and Reputation 11.

Light Sleeper (3 XP): You are a light sleeper than most. You only need 6 hours of sleep to be fully rested and can wake up quicker as a Simple Action instead of a Major Action. Not only that, but you get only -5 on all Observation Rolls while asleep and get a +2 on all Concentration or Hardiness Rolls against any sleep affect. Requirements: Endurance or Will 6.

Mentor (2 XP): You are quite the skilled teacher, perhaps having taught someone else before. Regardless by instructing them in either a Talent or any Trait that you possess for four hours a day for a week you can give them an XP towards said thing. To do so, you must make a Charisma Roll that has DL 15 - Student's Aptitude. When you succeed, they gain an XP towards the Talent or Trait you are teaching them. Requirements: Aptitude or Charisma 5.

Night Sighted (2 XP): You are good at seeing in the dark. You no longer suffer a -5 penalty to Sight based Observation Rolls in low light or at night. This does not work if it is pitch black though.

Nobility* (6 XP): You are born to a somewhat influential or noble family (noble being somewhat definitive in some more rougher areas, which is many places in these starting times). You start off with +2 to your Reputation, 100 extra iL (plus an additional 10 for the amount of Reputation you possess), some noble clothes, and a 2 XP Heirloom. Not only that, but once a year the money that you get as this talent is actually a stipend you get from your family as long as you are still communicating with them.

Powerful Voice* (2 XP): You have a voice that can most likely take command of a room in one way or another. You get +1 to your Reputation as well as +1 to all Performance and Negotiation Rolls that involve speaking. Furthermore you pay 1 XP less for vocal based Traits (like Words of Power). Requirements: Charisma 5 or Bard Profession.

Profession (2 to 4 XP): You are somewhat skilled in a certain skill set or 'job'. A few examples are Artisan, Bard, Assassin, Gladiator, Hunter, Merchant, and etcetera. When you purchase this Trait you get a few bonuses based upon what you have chosen. Certain 'jobs' for this Trait cost more than others in terms of XP. For some of these you may be able to only get them during Character Creation as well. Requirements: Varies

Profession Mastery (8 XP): You are even greater at a profession than normal, either due to having been at it for a long time or just having gotten very good at it recently. You gain bonuses for your 'Profession' that are a bit better than normal. The Bonus is a bit better though if you get both Profession and Profession Mastery. Requirements: Have Profession and having gotten quite good at everything it entails or the Veteran Trait.

Rare Discovery (5 or 7 XP): You have discovered something incredible already or perhaps know someone who did and they passed it on to you. For 5 XP its a pretty extraordinary discovery. For 7 XP this Discovery can be magical or supernatural.

Task Focus (2 or 3 XP): You are good at a specific form of task. You can choose a specific form of task (bluffing, repairing, grappling, punching, navigation, empathy, sight, and etc), a specific something (specific kind of weapon, horses, roots, shields, mountains, and etc), or even something for a specific Trait you possess (that gives you an ability). You get a +2 on all Rolls related to said task (like for bluffing you would get +2 to Bluff and to spot bluffs or for a specific type of weapon you would get +2 on all Rolls to attack with, parry with, make, repair, examine, or other rolls relating to said kind of weapon). Not only that, but if you get a Critical on said Roll then something better than a normal Critical can happen. For 3 XP getting a 19 on the die lets you also Roll for a Critical for the task you select only. Requirements: Rank 4 in the Talent primarily related to the task you are selecting.

Tireless (3 XP): You are a hard worker and not easy to tire. You get a DL 15 Concentration or Hardiness Roll to negate the Roll penalty that comes with low Energy. Furthermore if you succeed on the roll to resist Fatigue then the penalty is only -2. Requirements: Either Endurance or Willpower 5, or Hardiness or Concentration Rank 4.

Veteran (Special)*: You are quite old, having experienced a lot more in your long life. You start off with an additional 50 XP, plus an additional amount equal to a fifth of your age (max 70, you would have to be part of a race that can live for 100 years for this much). This XP counts towards your Earned XP though and thus your Character Growths (but you do not get the Character Growth bonuses). You get also get +2 Reputation, 50 additional iL, and either a Master Crafted Item or two Exceptional Quality Items. You does suffer a -2 to Might and a -1 to Dex, Vitality, and Energy due to your body declining over time from years of adventuring. Also you can have up to Rank 8 on Talents that can only have Rank 5 at Character Creation and you can have 3 Traits above the max for each type of Trait (excluding Bloodline, only 1 extra for Extraordinary). Also due to how long you have lived you do not learn as quickly as you used to as other members of your Race do. Not everything gives you XP, and whenever you do gain XP you gain 1 less. Requirement: Must be an age that is considered Elderly for your Race. You may also start off with 3 additional XP worth of Flaws than whatever your racial normal is.

Battle Traits

These are all traits having to do with the field of battle including just knacks to make you better or special battle techniques or tactics to attack foes or dominate the field of battle with with. You can start with up to four of these. Note that I got out the main ones, if there are special things you think would be cool combat techniques or abilities, tell me. You can have up to 3 of these.

Ambidexterity (3 XP): You know how to fight somewhat effectively while wielding a weapon in each hand. As long as you are wielding a Light Weapon in your off hand you can wield another one in your main hand (Medium or Light Weapon). You can also get a second attack with this other weapon, at a -5 to the roll. This also includes a fist as your other Weapon. Can use this with just both fists if you get Fisticuffs Rank 4. Requirements: Dexterity 6 and either Melee Weaponry or Fisticuffs Rank 4.

Armor Proficiency (2 XP): You are quite accustomed to wearing and moving in a certain kind of Armor. Select one Armor Type (chain, leather, padded, plate, scale, etc). Your Armor Penalty while wearing that Armor type is reduced by 1. Also when sleeping in any armor you only lose half of the Energy that you would normally lose. This can be purchased multiple times to get the -1 Armor Penalty bonus for different kinds of armor. Requirements: Endurance or Will 4.

Arc of Death (4 XP): You create a spinning arc, wall, or circle of steel or wood by spinning your weapon (Medium or Heavy) about you in a vicious arc or circle. For every round you do this you get +5 to your Parry Defense as well as letting you make a Negotiation (Intimidation) Roll for all of those close by (as this act is very intimidating). Furthermore you also get one Free Strike per round as your weapon moves about you. This rare combat technique uses 1 Energy per round and is a Major Action that cannot be used while moving more than half speed. Requirements: Melee Weaponry Rank 6 and either Dexterity 6 or Might 6 and Dexterity 4.

Bashing Blow (3 XP): You strike hard at your foe to try and get through their armor and shear it away with brute force, spending 1 Energy to do so. If you hit you ignore half of the opponent's Armor Rating. If you get a Critical you permanently damage their armor, meaning the foe's Armor Rating is reduced by half for rest of the combat. Requirements: Improved Shattering Blow.

Berserker Rage (3 XP): You can enter a complete frenzy, using your incredible rage, by spending 1 Energy per round. While in this state, you get +5 to all Melee Weaponry, Fisticuffs, and Concentration Rolls. Furthermore, you ignore all Energy and Health penalties while in this state, but the moment you leave it you feel these penalties. Requirements: Endurance 5 and be of a more barbaric disposition.

Careful Aim (2 XP): With your skill in using ranged weaponry you can concentrate and take aim carefully, able to fire at a target who is fighting another target in melee without penalty or fear of hitting an unintended target. This costs 2 Energy though. Requirements: Dexterity 6 and either Projectile or Thrown Weaponry Rank 3.

Cleave (2 XP): When wielding either a Heavy slashing weapon or a Medium one in two hands you can cleave through your foes. If you attack a foe and take them down (as in, knocking them to 0 Vitality or lower), you then can follow up this mighty slash into the next opponent, getting a Free Strike against any opponent within range of your blade (as all Free Strikes, this has a -5 penalty). You can spend 1 point of Energy to eliminate this penalty though. Requirements: Might 6, Melee Weaponry Rank 1.

Dual Wielding (2 XP): You are a bit more skilled in dual wielding now. You can wield two medium weapons without penalty (although you still get a -5 penalty on the offhand second attack). You can opt to spend a point of Energy to eliminate the -5 penalty though for your attack. Requirements: Need the Ambidexterity Trait and Rank 5 Melee Weaponry.

Feint (3 XP): You are skilled enough in combat and the art of bluffing to where you can mislead an opponent in combat to throw them off guard. You may make a Negotiation (Bluffing) Attempt (or Performance if you have 3 Ranks in it) against your opponent's Concentration or Observation Roll. If your roll beats theirs they become Off Guard against your next attack, which can either be a Free Strike or another form of followup attack (like a Shield Bash, Pugilistic Extra, Swift Actions, or Swift Strike). Using this takes 1 Energy. If you get a Critical (or they Fumble) then you can do this and a regular attack all as one action. Requirements: Melee Weaponry Rank 3 and either Task Focus (Bluffing) or Performance Rank 5.

Fell Swing (2 XP): You have learned to swing your weapons with either more power from a heavy hand or just dead on accuracy. For any Medium or Heavy Weapons you wield two handed their Damage increases by 1 and the Max Damage they can deal increases by 5. Requirements: Dexterity or Might 6 and Melee Weaponry 5.

Harrowing Presence (3 XP): As the Inspiring Presence Battle Trait, but instead you cause fear to your enemies, giving them a -2 on all Combat Rolls. Costs 1 Stamina and lasts one minute. If you do have Inspiring Presence then both of these affects can be active at the same time for just one Energy per minute. Requirements: Charisma 7 and Reputation 15 (Negative or Neutral).

Heavy Hitter (2 XP): You are quite the heavy puncher. The maximum damage for all Unarmed Strikes raises up to 15. Not only that, but you only get -2 when attacking or parrying armed opponents while unarmed instead of a -5. Requirements: Fisticuffs 5, Might 6.

Hefty Slugger (2 XP): You prefer just pure brute force in a punch or even a pure unarmed brawl to give accuracy rather than speed, and know how to do such. You may use Might for Fisticuffs instead of Dexterity. Requirements: Fisticuffs Rank 3, Might 6

Impale (2 XP): You are so strong and skilled with a weapon that with any piercing weapon (spear, polearm, longsword, etc) you may impale a foe upon it if you score a 10 over their Defense. If your Might is equal to or higher than theirs, then they are stuck upon your weapon. They may attempt to free themselves on their turn (Might or Fisticuffs Roll opposing your own), but if they fail then they are stuck to the weapon and suffer Vitality Damage equal to the difference between Rolls. Upon successful impalement a point of Energy is used. Requirements: Might 7, Melee Weaponry Rank 3.

Improved Disarm (3 XP): When attempting to Disarm the penalties you suffer are halved (-2 for disarming Light or Medium Weapons, -5 for disarming Heavy Weapons instead of -5 and -10). A Disarm is a Melee Attack (and thus a Primary Action). By spending 1 Energy for Light/Medium Weapons or 2 Energy for Heavy you may eliminate the penalties. Requirements: Dexterity 6 and Melee Weaponry Rank 5.

Improved Shattering Blow (3 XP): You are much better at using your own brute strength and weapon skill to break an opponent's weapon, armor, or shield. Instead of needing a 10 over their defense you only need a 5 over their defense. If you succeed you either destroy (if its damaged or wooden) or damage (if its metal or wooden master crafted) the targeted object. Master crafted steel weapons or heroic/legendary weapons can only be damaged or destroyed if attacking with a weapon of equivalent craft or strength. Using this maneuver costs 1 Energy and requires either a Heavy Weapon or Medium Weapon wielded with two hands. Requirements: Might 7 and Melee Weaponry Rank 5.

Improved Shield Bash (3 XP): You may now attack with a Shield as a Primary Action with no -5 to your Roll or by spending one point of Energy you may make a shield attack as a Free Strike, which like all Free Strikes has a -5 to the Roll. Normal shield attacks are primary actions with a -5 to their Roll. Requirements: Fisticuffs or Melee Weaponry Rank 3.

Improved Trip (3 XP): You can use a staff, spear, polearm, greatsword, greataxe, greatflail, maul, or other similar weapon to attempt to trip an opponent. You do not get the usual -5 penalty for Trip Attacks (unless the creature has more than two legs). If you get a Critical you Trip and deal damage (and a Fumble causes you to fall Prone). This costs 1 Energy and may not work on larger creatures or those with strange anatomies. Requirements: Melee Weaponry Rank 5.

Inspiring Presence (3 XP): Your presence inspires all allies around you, allowing them to do much better in battle. By spending a point of Energy you grant +2 to all Combat based Rolls to all allies within a number of yards equal to your Charisma (so just... people within basic movement distance of you somewhat) if they can see or hear you. It is twice the distance if you have a banner or shield regalia, something to identify you. This effect lasts for one minute (10 Rounds). Requirements: Charisma 7 and Reputation 15 (Positive or Neutral)

Mighty Weaponry (3 XP): Instead of relying on speed and finesse when using heavy weapons you can rely on their weight and your own physical might to power their swings to hit targets with great speed and power. Instead of using your Dex for Melee Weaponry when wielding Heavy Weapons you may use your Might Score. Requires: 6 Might and Melee Weaponry Rank 3.

Mounted Archery (2 XP): You are an experienced rider and user of ranged weapons. You get a +5 on your Riding Roll to attempt to use a Ranged Weapon while moving while mounted (normal DLs are 15 for half speed, 25 for full). Requirements: Riding Rank 7 and either Projectile Weaponry or Thrown Weaponry Rank 5.

Mounted Charge (2 XP): You plow into a target the size of your horse or smaller to either try and knock them back or deal additional damage with an attack. For knocking them back you make a Riding Roll verse their Defense and knock them back a yard, plus an extra yard equal to 1/5th your success over their Defense. If you choose additional damage you make an attack, dealing additional damage equal to 1/5th of your success over the Roll. If you have a Lance or Spear you get +2 on this Melee Weaponry Roll. This maneuver costs 1 Energy to use. If you get a Critical you perform both affects. Requirements: Riding Rank 3.

Power Shot (2 XP): You are strong enough to fire projectiles with even greater strength and power, increasing the damage modifier of all Projectile and Thrown Weapons (excluding Crossbows) by 1 point. Requirements: Might and Dexterity 5 and either Projectile or Thrown Weaponry Rank 5.

Precision Shot (3 XP): Your ability to take steady aim and focus allows you to try and locate and shoot for weak points in a foe's armor. By spending 2 Energy when you make an attack with a ranged weapon you can ignore the Foe's armor if you hit them. This only works for Projectile Weaponry. Requirements: Careful Aim

Precision Strike (3 XP): You can spend 1 Energy to focus and concentrate, trying to strike an unarmored point on a foe with a -5 to the Roll. If you hit then you ignore the Foe's Armor Rating. You can spend an additional point of Energy to eliminate the -5 penalty for this maneuver. Requirements: Dexterity 7 or Melee Weaponry 8.

Proximity Shot (2 XP): You are so good with ranged weapons that you are capable of even firing at point blank range without incuring a penalty. The foe still gets a Free Strike against you, but you suffer no penalty. If you manage to avoid the Free Strike (or make a DL 5 + Damage taken Concentration/Hardiness Roll if hit) then you can fire your weapon at the foe at point blank with a +5 to your Roll. Also when firing at a foe from close range you get a +2. Requirements: Either Projectile Weaponry or Thrown Weaponry Rank 7 and Dexterity 6.

Pugilistic Extra (3 XP): As a follow up to any Major Action melee attack (meaning not a part of a Free Strike), you may make another unarmed strike at a foe as a Free Strike (-5 to Roll) that round. Doesn't use Energy. Requirements: Fisticuffs Rank 3 and Melee Weaponry Rank 3.

Riposte (3 XP): You are skilled enough and quick enough to react to the flow of battle to where you can attack immediately after you are attacked. By spending 1 Energy you can immediately make a Free Attack at an opponent who attacked you (regardless of whether or not they missed). If you have 4 Ranks in Fisticuffs you can use this Trait with Fisticuffs as well. Requirements: either Swift Actions or Dex 7 and Melee Rank 8.

Rushing Attack (3 XP): You are skilled enough at moving through the field of battle to where you can make a free attack as a part of your movement (meaning as a Simple Action) as long as you run for a few yards (meaning if you want to move and attack, you could get two attacks out of this). This attack has a -5 penalty like all other Free Attacks. By spending 2 Energy though you can eliminate this penalty. If you have Riding Rank 3 then you may use this Trait while mounted. Requirements: Rank 3 Melee Weaponry and either Might 5 and Dex 4 or Might 4 and Dex 5.

Sneak Attack: (3 XP): If you manage to sneak up behind someone, aside from catching them off guard, you get a +5 to your Attack Roll when attacking an opponent with a sneak attack if you are wielding a Light or Medium Weapon. If you have five ranks in Projectile or Thrown Weaponry then you can use this Trait with those Talents as well (but you must be within close range for the +5 to count). Requirements: Dexterity 7, Melee Weaponry 4, Stealth 4.

Sweeping Strike (4 XP): If you use a weapon capable of performing a Trip (staff, spear, polearm, greatsword, greataxe, greatflail, maul, and etc) you may make an attack against all opponents around you. Upon a successful hit you not only deal damage to all targets within reach of your weapon, but you also trip them. If anyone has 6 or more Might than you do then this Trait doesn't work. The target also must be capable of being tripped. Requirements: Melee Weaponry Rank 7 and Might 4.

Swift Actions: (4 XP): You are swift enough to where you can act twice in a single short period. By spending a point of Energy you can perform an additional Primary Action. Note that you cannot use magic or any other special power twice in a round without the Swift Cast Trait as well as this one. Requirements: Dex 8, Will 5

Unite and Conquer (3 XP): You are good at working with others. When you and other allies outnumber a foe on multiple sides your Flanking bonus doubles. So instead of +1 to Attack for each person Flanking a foe, you get +2 to your Attacks Rolls for each person. Requirements: Dexterity 6 and Observation Rank 3.

Bloodline Traits

These are special Traits that show uniqueness about your bloodline. I am not going to write any of these down since there are so many potential possibilities due to all of the different kinds of beings, creatures, and even entities that exist in this world (Well, I might put a few down here and there). These Traits can include having their blood in your bloodline, being a direct child of some being, or even just having some kind of blessing (or curse, depending upon how you look at it) that affects you immensely. You may only have one Bloodline Trait, and they can only be purchased at Character Creation, no exceptions. They also usually cost alot of XP (the cheapest possible ones probably being 4 XP with the most expensive being around 8 XP).

Extraordinary Traits

These are traits that depict the supernatural, magical, or just above the ordinary abilities. You may have only three of these at Character Creation. Note that these Traits can either be related to magic or even grant you other special supernatural powers (within reason). Ask me if you have any special ideas.

Arcane Sense (2 XP): You know how to use magic to sense magical powers and forces. By spending 1 Energy you may try and sense for magical power in the area. When you do this you make an Arcane Craft or Sorcery Roll, the higher the roll the more you can intuit about powers you detect or you can detect things that might be harder to detect in an area. Requirements: Arcane Craft or Sorcery Rank 3, Observation Rank 3, and Willpower 5.

Blood Magic (3 XP): By pouring a bit of your own blood onto the symbols you draw you effectively use your own life force to increase their power. For each point of Vitality you spend (up to your Endurance Score), as this represents you cutting yourself either a little or alot to get your own blood onto it, you get a +1 on your Sorcery Roll (if you have a powerful or evil bloodline you get +2 for each point of Vitality spent instead). Furthermore, for more ritualistic magical attempts, sacrificing an animal gives you a +2 and sacrificing a person gives you a +5 and the Energy Cost is halved. Note though that repeatedly cutting yourself is not only seen as bizarre and strange (if someone sees the cuts), but it can also lead to infection. Requirements: Endurance 5 and Sorcery Rank 5.

Beyond Sight* (4 XP): You have the mysterious gift, or curse depending upon how you look at it, known as Beyond Sight, which lets you see things others cannot. There will be times when you will be plagued with very vague visions, a DL 15 Apt or Will Roll being required to be able to interpret these visions. Not only that, but you can spend 1 Energy to force a vision about something to try and intuit more information about it, this requiring a DL 15 Will Roll to force it and then a DL 15 Apt roll to interpret it. Requirements: Will 6 or Observation Rank 6

Counterspell (3 XP): You can use magic to negate and resist other magic by uttering the appropriate words of power and essentially just knowing how to turn back other magic. This is done as a Simple Action outside of your turn and is done using the Words of Power Trait. It costs 1 Energy every time you do this, but it essentially allows you to defend against magic with either Arcane Craft or Sorcery instead of the normal skill. Getting a Critical will allow you to turn the magic back upon the user. Requirements: Words of Power, Linguistics Rank 6

Dark Contract: (6 XP): You or someone in your family perhaps have made a contract with a demon or other dark creature and now it is bound to you through a contract. For starters, one of the benefits of this contract is that you may now learn Sorcery if you so choose to (and meet the Stat requirements) as the force you are contracted with teaches it to you (this must be purchased at Character Creation for this option, unless purchased during a longer time skip). This Contract means you are bound with a demon or other dark being. By sacrificing 3 Energy and 2 Vitality you may call upon this dark force to aid you either in combat in some way for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma minus one. You may also make Negotiation Rolls whenever you call upon the being to try and convince it to do other things for you. Note though that it may ask for you to pay a price when you do this, the price varying upon both the being contracted and what you are trying to make it do. Requirements: Charisma 4, Willpower 5.

Far Reaching Magic (3 XP): Your magic can affect objects or things a bit further away from you now. Not only that, but for uses of magic that would be better on an object, you can now use just within close distance of said object. You can double the range of effectiveness on both accounts by spending 2 Energy. Requirements: Sorcery or Arcane Craft Rank 8.

Grimorie (3 to 5 XP): Either something you compiled yourself or a gift from a teacher, you have either a collection of scrolls, tome, or some other form of writings that contains a collection of your magical and possibly alchemical (if you know Alchemy) knowledge. Whenever you use magic and you are consulting the Grimorie you get +2 to your Sorcery or Arcane Craft Roll, but this uses up an additional point of Energy. Furthermore you get +2 to all other Arcane Craft, Sorcery, and Alchemy Rolls you make while consulting this Grimorie. Furthermore, for 5 XP instead of 3 XP, your Grimorie can contain some rare or special knowledge of either Alchemy, Sorcery, or Arcane Craft. Requirements: Apt 5, Linguistics 3, and either Alchemy 3, Arcane Craft 3, or Sorcery 3.

Magic Affinity* (8 XP): You possess a strange natural affinity for the power and knowledge of magic, having a natural knack at understanding it. Untrained, you possess a few abilities of your own. For starters, you acquire the Arcane Sense Trait for free and can use your Willpower or Aptitude Traits to roll it and if you do learn Arcane Craft or Sorcery you automatically detect basic powers in an area if you are close to them or if an item you touch has power within it. Also you may use magical items freely as long as they can be used without restrictions. Furthermore you get a +1 on all Rolls to understand, use, or resist magic. If you spend 2 XP though you gain Rank 1 in Arcane Craft, meaning you can now use and learn this art (as your natural knack for magic allowed you to somewhat self teach yourself in a slightly difficult manner). Once you learn Arcane Craft you get a +1 bonus to using it. This Trait cannot be used to learn Sorcery. Furthermore, you pay 1 less XP for Words of Power, Counterspell, and other select Magic Traits upon purchasing this Trait. Requirements: Aptitude 5 or Divine Sight.

Ritual Magic (3 XP): You possess the knowledge of how to perform special magical rituals. These are forms of magic that involve very intricate symbols, glyphs, and even sometimes special materials and other things (using some certain special materials can let you perform different forms of magic). You can now use Arcane Craft or Sorcery to perform special rituals of power that let you perform much more complex and intricate magics. Note though that these rituals take at least one hour. For each additional hour you spend though you get a +1 on the Sorcery or Arcane Craft Roll. For each helper you have who either has 2 ranks in Performance, has the Magic Affinity Trait, or has a rank in Arcane Craft or Sorcery you get an additional +1 to the roll. For every hour you spend on the ritual you must spend an additional point of Energy, but this Energy cost can be split between helpers. Some special forms of magic can only be used with this technique due to how complicated they are. Requirements: Arcane Craft or Sorcery Rank 7, or Magic Affinity and Rank 5 Arcane Craft or Sorcery.

Runic Glyph (3 XP): You know how to make Runic glyphs. These are special glyphs that allow you to store the power of magic within the object you draw or even engrave them upon to retain the power of magic in an object for a long period of time. The power of the magic in the glyph can be called upon from the object any time and it can be slightly altered to the fit the current situation at hand (like if you put magic in it meant to just move an object you could use it to control an object specifically since both of these things deal with basic movement). Making a runic glyph and empowering it with magic takes an hour, but you get a +5 on the Arcane Craft or Sorcery Roll to make the magic you are putting into the glyph. This means that you could take the chance to try and attempt a bit more complex magic. You can also use this special glyph to store a usage of Ritual magic into a Runic Glyph to use at a later time. Requirements: Either have Arcane Craft or Sorcery Rank 8 or the Ritual Magic Trait.

Spirit Calling* (5 XP): A strange power that very few have. In fact, most people who even hear about it either are skeptical that it even exists or assume it to be some form of dark magic. Still, it does exist and it is not what most think it is. This power is a mysterious one that one is either naturally born with and hone over time, or learns through many long months of meditation and training, usually from someone who has it already. By spending 2 Energy you can make a Willpower or Charisma (DL 15) Roll and call upon a spirit of the area. Usually its just a basic spirit, but the situation or area you are in may alter this. The spirit will stay and aid you for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma. The spirit will aid you in combat, but may also be convinced to do other tasks through a DL 25 Negotiation Roll. Requirements: Charisma and Will 5, Observation Rank 5 or Beyond Sight, Negotiation Rank 3, and Survival Rank 1.

Spirit Pact (7 XP): You have made a contract or pact with a powerful spirit, binding you to it and it to you (most likely the second one though, as its usually powerful spirits who do this). This goes a step above Spirit Calling. This spirit that you have pacted with shall lend you some of its power, allowing you to call upon it with powerful Spirit Invocations, special prayer like chants that invoke its power and presence. These work in the same way that Arcane Craft/Sorcery does with Words of Power, only unlike Arcane Craft and Sorcerery, you can only use what powers are given to you in the chants, which depend upon the Spirit you have made your pact with. Furthermore, you get a +5 on all Rolls that involve Spirit Calling this Spirit or any other Spirit that happens to serve this one. Ask DM for details on what types of Spirits you can pact with and what powers they can bestow upon you. Requirements: Spirit Calling, Charisma 6, Will 6, and Negotiation Rank 5.

Swift Casting (3 XP): You know how to channel and use powers quickly. Instead of a full round action you may use magic as just a regular action, allowing you to perform other simple actions. Alternatively, if you possess the Words of Power Trait, and use that instead you can use magic as a Simple Action. Regardless of which one you do, using this Trait gives a -5 to the roll and makes the magic use up an additional point of Energy. Note that if you possess the Swift Actions Trait you can use magic twice in a round, both uses costing additional energy, but only the second one taking a -5 penalty. Requirements: Arcane Craft or Sorcery Rank 6

Words of Power (4 XP): You have learned a very special and powerful way to use magic. Instead of drawing glyphs you know how to speak these glyphs in words in the arcane language. You no longer have to draw glyphs, meaning that using magic in combat is a regular action if you choose not to draw the symbols on a surface. Note though that using these words takes a bit more energy, increasing the energy cost of your magic by 1. Requirements: Linguistics Rank 4 and either Arcane Craft or Sorcery Rank 7

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CS Skeleton

Here is the character CS.

Name:

Gender:

Age:

Race: (Automatically a Galmin unless you want to start off as something else, but you will have to ask me about that)

[b][i]Appearance: Either a paragraph or so description (if you do not choose to have a picture) or a picture (can be anime, realistic, etc. I really don't care) You could also do both a typed description and a picture, do whatever you want.

Personality: At least a paragraph, how your character acts generally or anything else you need to include.

Bio: At least a paragraph or two, maybe more. Maybe how your character learned what they know, a bit about their origins, or whatever else you feel is relevant. If you have any special Traits or Flaws, please allocate them in as well.

Stats

Total XP: (45 + Aptitude to start off with)
Unspent XP:
Earned XP:

(25 Points to start off with)
Might:
Endurance:
Dexterity:
Aptitude:
Willpower:
Charisma:

Vitality:
Energy:
Luck:
Reputation: (List if you want either Positive or Negative, or Neutral)

Talents

Put the number of ranks you want in each Skill next to it. 1 XP for Ranks 1 to 5, 2 XP for ranks 6 to 10, 3 XP for Ranks 11 to 15, and 4 XP for Ranks 16 to 20.

Acrobatics (Dex):
Alchemy (Apt):
Animal Handling (Cha):
Appraisal (Apt):
Arcane Craft (Apt):
Blacksmithing (Apt):
Carpentry (Apt):
Climbing (Might):
Concentration (Will):
Disguise (Cha):
Engineering (Apt):
First Aid (Apt):
Fisticuffs (Dex):
Hardiness (End):
Herb Craft (Apt):
Knowledge (Apt):
Leather Working (Apt):
Linguistics (Apt):
Manipulate Device (Dex):
Negotiation (Cha):
Observation (Apt):
Performance (Cha):
Riding (Dex):
Sailing (Apt):
Sleight of Hand (Dex):
Stone Cutting (Apt):
Sorcery (Apt):
Stealth (Dex):
Survival (Apt):
Swimming (Might):
Tailoring (Apt):
Thrown Weaponry (Dex):
Melee Weaponry (Dex):
Projectile Weaponry (Dex):

Traits

Put either Traits from the list you want here or put ideas for your own Traits if you have any and I will see if they are possible.

Flaws

These are character Flaws. Things like physical flaws, character flaws (flaws of mind or personality), or other forms of flaws (even things like being cursed or corrupted or other such things). Even things like oaths, phobias, obsessions, or having enemies can be character weaknesses. Just think standard RPG game weaknesses. Tts recommended that you take one. Each Flaw you take gives you some bonus XP to start off with at Character Creation. You can have up to 6 XP from Flaws, but you can take as many flaws as you want (three is the recommended number though). It is possible to gain Flaws in game, but you do not get Bonus XP from Flaws acquired in game (as acquiring them in game is a bad thing).

Gear

How much money your character has and any other gear they have goes here. You can put gear that you would want your character to have here (remember to also think about adventuring specific gear as well, as it doesn't hurt to be prepared, but also remember how much you can carry, think of your Might). This includes weapons, armor, and other such things.

Wealth: (You start off with an amount of iL (silver pieces) equal to 75 + 5 (times Reputation)

All of the Characters have been moved here.

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Bestiary

A short compendenium of the various beasts and creatures you all encounter on your journey. Do not use this knowledge to metagame. CL represents Challenge Level, which means how hard the creatures are to fight.

Riding Horse

CL 2

Might: 12
Endurance: 6
Dexterity: 6
Aptitude: 1
Willpower: 4
Charisma: 4

Vitality: 51
Energy: 14

Talents and Traits--
Acrobatics: +9
Observation: +6
Swimming: +7

Traits--
--Durable
--Tireless

Attack: Hoof (+6 Attack) (+6 Dmg)
Defense: 16 Dodge

War Horse (Light)

CL 3

Might: 13
Endurance: 7
Dexterity: 5
Aptitude: 1
Willpower: 5
Charisma: 5

Vitality: 55
Energy: 22

Acrobatics: +9
Observation: +6
Swimming: +7

Attack: +13 Attack (+7 Damage)
Defense: 15 Dodge

Basic Bandits

Bandits: CL 2
Might: 4
Endurance: 5
Dexterity: 6
Aptitude: 4
Willpower: 4
Charisma: 4

Vitality: 28
Energy: 21

Negotiation: 7
Concentration: 7

Attack: (Broadsword Bandit)
Melee Weaponry (+10) (Broadsword: +9 Damage)
Defense: (Dodge 20, Parry 20)
Armor: 3

Broadsword + Shield Bandit
Defense: (22 Dodge, 22 Parry)
(+8 Damage)
Armor: 3

Crossbow Bandit
Ranged Weaponry (+12) (+3 Damage)
Melee (+9) (Dagger +4 Damage) (19 Parry)
Dodge (22)
Armor: 3

Double Axe Bandit
Melee Weaponry (+11/+6) (Axes: +6, +6)
Defense (Parry: 21, Dodge: 21)

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Locations

Right now, in this early stage of the RP with the world as unexplored as it is, the world is a bit unbuilt right now. What maps there are do not have many locations marked upon them or places filled in. However, for the viewing pleasure of the players, I do have a topographical map of Ithelia, but currently as it is, no locations are marked upon it. So when making your chara bio, have your chara be from. There are more areas and places than this, but those parts of the map are unfilled and thus not there. You can be from anywhere on this map (cept for those islands way out there, those aren't known, used a map generator to get this)

Map Here, Current Known Map

Gallas Tildein

One of the few "cities" of civilization in this world. While it can be called a city, it is more like a larger town of sorts, having a few more stone buildings than most cities and with maybe a few streets being a bit cleaner. It is these differentiations that set Gallas Tildein apart from the rest of the known world. Also this place is home to the main "Library" where the Scribes reside. This city is also one of the only places in known Ithelia where a 'King' and 'Queen' of a large area reside, the land known as Gallastre, which is claimed to consist of the two western peninsulas (on the map, the ones that are a bit near the top and right on top of one another) and the islands that are near them. This is only claimed as their kingdom though, and while a good number of the villages or towns in this large area of Gallastre are loyal to them, there are others who are not, especially on the nearby islands.

Religion

Religion in this world isn't exactly a thing. There are those who preach their strange and out there beliefs that seem strange and crazy, including those who speak of other realms or strange gods or other such strange entities. Many of these people (few as they are) who preach their strange religions or beliefs are considered crazy or brain washed by the dark creatures that wander these lands or the dark powers of magic. Sure people know of demons or other dark forces, but they consider these creatures or forces just things in this world, many people not believing the tales of other realms. Rumors do tell though of strange and mysterious white robed figures that have been wandering around in the more recent years, but these are mostly considered myth of what the rumors of these figures entail.

Orders and Sects

These are special organizations, groups, or even religious sects of sorts. If you want to join any of them at Character Creation, you must have the Affiliation Trait and meet the requirements for joining said group. If you do not meet the requirements at Character Creation, but have the Affiliation Trait, you will be able to join upon meeting the requirements. Joining these can give you access to special secrets, items, knowledge, and etcetera. There aren't many well known or incredibly influential groups for now in this era, but there are a few. If you have any ideas for a special group in which you'd like to join tell me (these could be things like dark cults, groups of thieves or bandits, assassins groups, and other such things).

Explorers of Teldir

A group of adventurers, explorers, and other such types who are quite small, but a bit famous. Founded in the village of Teldir about one hundred years ago, this group dedicates themselves to exploring the unknown to discover more about the world and unearth hidden places or great secrets. There are no real requirements for joining at Character Creation other than proving yourself to be a capable adventurer who can excel in several fields. Joining this group would give a character access to special info and various other secrets of where adventure and discovery await, even maybe resources to help you on your adventure.

The Scribes

A small group that is somewhat known. This is a group of scholars whose purpose is to gather knowledge both known and lost and record it down for the future to know. A bit more secretive is their desire to keep dangerous knowledge hidden from the world, written down but hidden away so that it never sees the wrong eyes. Unknowingly to many, a more secretive part of the Scribes is that higher ranked members are often users of Arcane Craft, known as the Arcane Scribes. You can join at Character Creation as just a scholar and learn Arcane Craft from them at a later time, but if you do know Arcane Craft when you join them then you will be treated as an Arcane Scribe, but will not be granted access to their more secretive knowledge of the Arcane until you have proven that you're someone that can be trusted.

To Join as a regular Scribe: Aptitude 5, Knowledge 6, Linguistics 4.

Silent Blades

They walk the night, quiet and silent as shadows with blades that are even quieter. Very little is known about this group, many even believing that they are just a myth, but others more sensible know better. They are a group of assassins who choose their targets and clients carefully. Joining them is said to be quite difficult. Unlike other orders, which can be joined In Game even without the Affiliation Trait, you must get the Affiliation Trait to join this order, whether at Character Creation or in game.

Requirements: Stealth Rank 7, Thrown Weaponry Rank 5, Melee Weaponry Rank 5, Projectile Weaponry Rank 4, Secret Strike Talent, Dexterity 6, Sleight of Hand Rank 4, Manipulate Device Rank 4.

The Workshop

A somewhat well known order of craftsman of various trades and disciplines. Blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors, and all other types gather here. Joining this order can give you access to work spaces (with helpers) where the Workshop can be found, special materials for crafting, special items, advanced crafting techniques, and even jobs to help make some money, plus you can also become more well known here. Alchemy is sometimes practiced here as well, but not by many and is not a requirement for joining.

Requirements: Rank 5 in at least two Craft Talents, Knowledge Rank 5, Dexterity 5, Aptitude 5, Engineering Rank 3

Races

Right now, currently, the Galmin are the only known humanoid race to be out in the open. Sure there are other types of creatures that can walk like humans out there, but they are more or less considered monsters especially due to their hostility (and not all of them have standard intelligence, if any, no one knows for sure). If you want to be a member of some small or secretive race, then just ask and tell me the idea you have for said race.

Galmin

The Galmin. The 'humans' of this world. Galmin are usually able to adapt to any situation and thus can vary greatly depending upon where you go. What sets them apart from standard humans though is they are a bit tougher in terms of constitution, their teeth a small bit sharper, and their eyes are a small bit slanted and darker and their ears have very tiny points upon them, but its almost unnoticeable really unless you look closely.

All Galmin get +1 Endurance and may gain an additional point of XP from some certain challenges.

Discoveries

Any time players make special discoveries (either through the Rare Discovery Trait or in game) they will go in here to remind us what they have discovered.

Timeline

The RPs timeline, as it progresses, will go here along with a summary of major events that happened in each time period and what our faithful heroes had to do with it. Can also serve as a very brief story summary for those who don't want to read through the entire RP.

Adventures

Here is where I will give brief summaries of every adventure our protagonists have as well, whether its one's they abandon or one's they see through to the end (or cannot see through to the end due to either unforeseen circumstances or death).

Era 1, Chapter 1: The Scream of Adventure

Current date, Year 850 of the Rising Dawn Age, 3rd Cycle, 12th Day. Currently it being 1500 years since the dawn of Galmin civilization, 650 years since the ending of what scholars call the Archaic Age, when Galmin kind was much more primitive back then. Civilization through the past 850 years has been on a very slow rise though, being achieved in a few places in terms of a 'proper' civilization.

In the village of Calgeth, there have been strange disappearances that have taken place a few days before the Three Moon Festival for some strange reason. Our main "heroes" first gathered information from and around a tavern named The Sleeping Hilk which was ran by quite the entertaining tavern keep. They learned that Captain Selvus of the Calgeth Village Guard was hiring and rewarding anyone who was willing to go and investigate these disappearances.

They soon learned that the bandits a day's ride north of here may or may not be responsible for the disappearances and that a somewhat handsome reward awaited them if they brought back information, proof of the culprits' demise, and even live villagers. They also learned that not a day ago another figure came by, obscured by a cloak, asking about these very rumors and that the figure may or may not be on foot. Our heroes accepted the quest, each having their own reasons for doing so, but money was probably part of the reason as to why they accepted this quest, or perhaps it was 'heroism'.

Regardless, our heroes set off for the Bandit Camp that was a day's ride north of Calgeth. Along their way as they got to the hills where the camp was they met, you guessed it, some bandits. A short, but quick, fight broke out and these bandits were actually somewhat of a decent match for our heroes, Fiore being on the verge of death himself after receiving some nasty blows. They managed to intimidate the last bandit into surrendering after their 'leader' was killed. He told the heroes of a secret cashe of treasure that they buried near the camp, which he also told them was abandoned, but quickly escaped his bonds after that with what was most likely adrenaline fueled speed, far beyond what he probably would have been capable of.

Soon after a traveling herbalist named Allereun joined their ranks, and the group set off once again. Just like the bandit said, when they arrived the camp was a ghost town, it looking as if it was vacant for months, meaning something other than bandits was responsible for the disappearances of the villagers. After searching a bit and not finding much of use aside from a few coins and newly formed tensions between Fiore and Leifr, the group decided to rest elsewhere, lest they become victims to whatever emptied the bandit camp. Unfortunately it seemed that resting elsewhere, Allereun's survival knowledge finding them a good spot not too far away from the camp in the hills, was futile.

Their camp was soon attacked by grotesque, twisted looking creatures that had a presence that instilled fear and smelled of rot and death. With quick thinking from Allereun using fire they managed to escape the creatures and flee to the camp, having enough time to prepare a strategy to use the only hut with a door to be able to fight the creatures one-on-one without risk of injury to them. During their planning though a female swordsman named Vialesa came into the camp, obviously lying about having resided there before their arrival.

Fortunately though she was to be trusted, and with her help the group managed to quickly dispatch three of them with their strategy, but two of them went after the horses tied up outside instead. Luckily, after a bad blow to one of the horses unfortunately, the two were soon enough dispatched, allowing the group a moment's respite.

Lore

Here I will put important Lore of the world that is not listed in other places.

The Moons of Ithelia

Ithelia has 4 moons. A Day Moon and three Moons (also known as the Night Moons) that appear at night. The Day moon is very hard to see, sometimes not able to be seen at all. The three moons at night are the two Lesser Moons and the Greater Moon. In Gallastre and a few other places across Ithelia, the Three Moon Festival is a festival to celebrate the three Night Moons being full all at once, which is an event that takes place once every few years. Some people though in other places view the Night Moons being full as an ominous sign.

Alchemy

Society accepts Alchemy. In fact, they think it is better than the dark, bad shit magic by a long shot. this because of the good it has done in recent years. There are some people here and there who don't like it, thinking it is a craft that perverts natural things by making strange substances or items (like acids), but those people are far and few.

For Alchemy you can make many different kinds of items (you can always experiment, special materials or herbs you find in travels good for this). You can TRY to make anything, but the DL for certain rare or advanced things (like Liquid Fire (alchemist's fire, but here it is known as Liquid Fire or Sea Flame)) may be alot higher.

As you travel though you may find scrolls, tomes, or other such writings that depict how to make certain special things, either giving you access to special forms of alchemy or lowering the DL for certain items (like with the Grimoire Trait for instance, it could contain a way to make some special form of item).

Instant healing potions or shit like that is incredibly rare though, very hard to make even with knowledge (and of course, usually is best for those with a decent Hardiness Score as are all alchemical substances meant to be consumed)

The difference between herbal medicines and alchemical ones is that herbal medicines aren't as strong, but they are somewhat easy to make if you have the appropriate herbs (which means you also don't need to come out of pocket for expensive materials).

Alchemical medicines or substances meant to be consumed are stronger, but have side affects that occur upon failure of a Hardiness Roll (you still experience the intended affect if you fail the roll, but you also experience the bad side affect). Like a 'healing elixir' would rejuvenate you, healing Energy and Vitality, but upon failure of a Hardiness Roll you become nauseous for a time, getting a -2 to all rolls for about thirty minutes to an hour. Usually Fumbling a Hardiness Roll when drinking things like these means you don't experience the intended affect and you experience the side affect (in some cases, the side affect may be a bit more severe).

Dark Contracts

Not much is known about these strange contracts. But for those who do know them and perform them, a good bit is known. To make a Contract one must simply scribe the symbols of contract in either blood or coal (blood works better, especially if it is fresh and yours). Then they focus upon the symbols of the contract they inscribed upon the ground, focusing what they desire into it. Whether its power, knowledge, or something more specific.

Depending upon the person and the desire, and the symbols used to make the contract, any different kind of dark being could appear. There are the Demons, strange creatures of flesh that also have somewhat non-physical forms, or even other dark entities or creatures that can be called forth either entirely from the contract or just a bit of their presence appears there (this also all depends upon how well the Contract is performed).

The being and the contractor make a deal. The contractor states their desire, but they must give something in return. For starters, for even attempting the contract, a bit of dark force resides in the user, marking them permanently as one who tried to do this (but this 'mark' upon their soul is impossible to sense unless they are very skilled at the dark or mystical arts or they have what is known as "The Beyond Sight".

The dark being will either give them what they desire, or give them a way to help them obtain it, but these dark beings are tricky and sometimes what they give never turns out the way you want. Sometimes. In return, the dark beings ask a price, usually a price that has to do with what the contractor is asking for. The greater the desire of the contractor, the higher the price as this usually means the contractor wants more.

Uglings

Rather short, grotesque looking creatures. Their ears are usually very long and pointed, their skin upon their ugly faces a mixture of green and brown, quite grotesque looking actually. Their noses was long and pointed, various warts dotting across its face. In its mouth were sharp, pointy, but also crooked teeth, its tongue forked and its eyes as black as coal with no discernible pupils.

A mock name gave to them due to how twisted these creatures were in both appearance and personality. They were known to be vile, humanoid creatures that seemed intelligent, but were also no better than savage beasts. Abhorred and hated by all, it is said that if one should be captured by them to either try and escape or kill yourself as soon as possible because being captured by them is said to be a fate worse than death itself.

Far Lands

While not many ships leave the continent, there are those who do, and then return many months later. It is said that beyond the Sea of Storms, to the south, is a strange land simply known as the Far Lands. Not much is known about them since the Sea of Storms, which upholds its namesake and has sunken many adventurous ships, is said to be a kingdom of all sorts of strange and exotic things. It is believed that if you can successfully make it there then you will be set for life, as some believe that this far away land holds many incredible riches, but these are all just the dreams and ramblings of adventurous fools, although in more recent years, with some more improved ships, although this number is less than five according to rumor, having made it there and back, it may not be such a lie after all.

Tales of Adventure and Discovery RPG (Final Name Pending)

Finally done with the basic chara creation stuff (Stats, talents, and Traits).

I may go ahead and post the OOc so you guys can take looks at that, ask questions and stuff while I finish the other junk.

In fact, already did. Here is the link.

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Link to Interest Check (That has general ideas for RP of how it shall go)

First things first, lets get introductions out of the way. If you read the Interest Check you will know that this RP is not gonna have a plot that arcs over the entire RP. There is no grand quest to go find a magical maguffin to defeat some big bad dude or some super huge organization you are apart of that has to do battle with these other guys. I mean, those things CAN happen, but those would just be a few among the many adventures that your characters will have. And of course, like all quests in a game, your characters can drop them like the plague and move onto something else.

This RP is about an ever changing world and the people who adventure in it, the discoveries they make, and the adventures they have. Characters will come and go as they may have to go on their own for a while to do something special or perhaps they just die (or the players vanish). Naturally, as this RP is much about the World as it is the journeys in it, time will progress. Every few adventures or so there will be time skips (around six months, give or take depending upon the situation) and there may be even longer time skips (like a hundred or so years, maybe more depending upon the situation) every now and again (where naturally new characters will have to be made unless you happen to be a member of a race that can go through 100 years like they would a bathroom break). Naturally what the PCs do here will affect the world in either a small or big way and will also affect their adventures as well.

Any more special questions about the idea can either be found from the information in the Interest Check or just ask me in the OOC here (or in a PM if you would rather others not see your question).

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Anyway, now that is out of the way, time to go over the biggest aspect of this RP. The Game System. The first thing we will start off with is Character Creation, then move on to the other bits like Combat and all that junk.

Stats

Obviously one of the more important parts of an RPG to go over are the Stats of your characters. Your characters will start with 25 Stat Points to allocate into your six different Stats. Note that none of your stats can start at 0 (in fact, any of them getting to 0 is a very bad thing). A brief description of what each Stat does will also be present. Note that in any of your Stats having a value of 4 for them represents about the average with 10 being the max (11 for Favored Stats, I.E. any of them that receive a bonus at Character Creation. At the same time 9 is the max value if they receive a penalty at Character Creation). Note that special Traits you acquire can give your Stats other uses as well.

Might: This Stat represents your character's physical strength and general physique. Might is generally used for all strength oriented tasks including being required to wield heavier weapons, wearing heavy armor, carrying more gear, and dealing more damage with melee weapons. It also helps increase your character's Vitality and helps them run faster (RP wise).

Endurance (End): This Stat represents the physical hardiness and toughness of your character. While not used in tasks, it is very useful in helping to stave off fatigue and unconsciousness from damage, resist physical ailments, and other such things. Helps increase your Vitality, Hardiness, and Energy.

Dexterity (Dex): Represents your hand-eye coordination, reflexes, and overall agility. Used in all forms of tasks that require physical finesse from picking locks and pockets to swinging a weapon or firing a bow. Also useful for dodging, blocking, or parrying attacks as well.

Aptitude (Apt): Represents your character's general knowledge, intuition, and intelligence. Used in all knowledge based tasks, like magic, and helps slightly sharpen your character's mind by giving you an extra bit of XP to spend as well.

Willpower (Will): Represents your characters mental strength and overall resolve. Used in mainly resisting mental based affects as it increases Concentration, it also has uses in many other special abilities including mystical ones as well and serves to help increase your character's Energy.

Charisma (Cha): Represents your character's overall magnetism and somewhat basic attractiveness of either body or personality. Useful for a few things, the best use being talking to people whether its diplomacy, haggling, intimidation, or other such forms of communication and negotiation. Also useful for those who wish to perform as well.

Sub Stats

These are special Stats that you do not put your Stat Points as instead they are determined by your character's regular stats.

Vitality: The overall health of your character. Goes down when your character takes damage from anything. As your Vitality decreases your abilities will decrease as well. To make things more interesting you will not know how much Vitality you have remaining. Instead I will simply tell you that your character is feeling weaker and weaker, incurring a penalty to all rolls every time your Vitality reaches a certain interval (this adds a bit of suspense and intensity to combat). When your Vitality does reach 0 your character will fall unconscious unless they make a successful Hardiness or Concentration Roll (DL 20). If they manage to succeed then they will have a -5 to all Rolls and can only perform a small Simple Action on their turn, otherwise they will fall unconscious and start bleeding out, needing to make a successful Hardiness Roll in order to automatically stabilize as their Vitality will decrease every turn they continue to bleed out, dying once they hit -50% Vitality. Your character's Vitality is determined by the following: 10 + Might (x2) + Endurance (x2).

Energy: The mental and physical stamina of your character. Decreases when you perform special abilities. Like Vitality, I will not tell you how much remaining Energy you possess. I will simply tell you when you begin to feel the signs of Fatigue (and thus incur a small penalty to all rolls). When you hit 0 Energy you must make a Hardiness or Concentration Roll (DL 20) or become Fatigued (see Status Affects). If you manage to succeed you resist the more detrimental affects of Fatigue, but are still at a -5 on all Rolls. If your Energy hits below 0 instead you must make the same roll to stay conscious, failing instead just giving you Fatigue. Energy is determined by 5 + Will (x2) + Endurance.

Luck: This is the game's special mechanic for helping to save the lives of your characters. All characters start off with 3 points of Luck. You may use a single point to either re-roll any roll or add +10 to any Roll. Furthermore if you are on death's door you may use 2 points to cheat death. You may only use 2 points in any round. Usually I will PM you if you want me to use Luck, but also if you just want me to use it for your characters when they get killed so that they don't, just tell me so that we don't have to waste time communicating on the issue. You may also use Luck to make special things happen, things that wouldn't normally happen under normal circumstances. Luck can be increased by one upon Character Growth or be acquired from performing epic deeds. Once you use Luck, it does not come back though, you must earn more.

Reputation: As you travel your character will become more and more well known, in either a good way or a bad way. At Character Creation your Reputation starts off at an amount equal to 1/2 Cha + 1/10th of your Age. Reputation can be increased upon Character Growth or after you do great, or terrible, things. At Character Creation your Reputation can start off either Positive or Negative (your choice unless you have something that dictates otherwise). If you do good deeds your Reputation will be positive, but if you do evil deeds your reputation will be negative. Depending upon whether your Reputation is good or negative if people recognize you, depending upon how they would receive you from the good or bad deeds you are known for, various things could happen. Of course, if you do your deeds discreetly or try to stay hidden your reputation won't increase, which can also sometimes be a good thing as well. The Disguise Talent is good for staying unrecognized.

Talents

Talents are your character's basic skills that are performed as basic tasks. These range from somewhat more specialized tasks like Animal Handling and Manipulate Device (which is essentially lock picking and trap disarming) to more generalized things like Acrobatics and Climbing. You use your XP to improve your Talents. All Talents, except for the ones that say otherwise in their description, can be used at Rank 0. The amount of XP needed to improve a Talent depends upon the current Rank of the Talent. Ranks 1 to 5 require only 1 XP, ranks 6 to 10 require 2 XP, ranks 11 to 15 require 3 XP, and ranks 16 to 20 require 4 XP.

Note that getting a Critical on a Roll (see Dice Rolls in the Gameplay Section) puts a free point of XP into the Talent used in the Roll, which can either improve the Talent if only one point of XP is needed to do so, or can put you on the step to doing so as this represents you learning something from an above and beyond accomplishment. Anyway, here are the Talents. Note that, currently, three of these Talents require background training in the form of Traits in order to use and put points into. Note that the Stat that the Talent uses in its score is listed in ( ) next to its name.

Note that at every 5 Ranks you achieve in a Talent you gain a Synergy Bonus for said Talent. This means that you can select one other Talent that the Talent you have achieved the five Ranks in has a Synergy with and you gain a permanent +1 bonus on all Rolls with the other Talent you selected. At Rank 20 you get two Synergies instead. Some Synergies may have listed in ( ) next to them some information, this is usually a special circumstance of when the Synergy bonus applies (as not all of them can always apply to every situation that Talent is used in). Note that Talent Synergies for Talents can change as time progresses for certain Talents as they change themselves over time.

Also at Character Creation the highest rank you can get any Talent to is 10, although I don't recommend that as that would put you back a good 15 XP, not leaving you much else to spend on other things. Note that Talents that require background Traits in order to use can only be brought to Rank 5 at Character Creation. Talents can only be raised by one rank at a time. This means only one rank during an adventure or one rank during a time skip, as this represents a bit more of a realistic talent growth as suddenly improving immense in a Talent in a week's time is a bit unrealistic.

Note, I may accidentally refer to the Talents as Skills, which is what they really are as well. Deal with it. XD

Also any Talent with a * in its name is affected by the Armor Penalty.

Your characters start off with a base 45 XP for purchasing Talents and Traits (some Races may start off with other amounts), plus an additional amount equal to their Aptitude and whatever is granted from their Flaws.

Acrobatics* (Dex)

Acrobatics is the Talent that allows one to move with grace and agility from common dodging in battle (its best use) to jumping, balancing, tumbling, dancing, and other forms of acrobatic movement. As mentioned before, its best use is being your Dodge Roll for evading attacks in combat (see Combat in the Gameplay Section). At Rank 10 the Armor Penalty (as long as you are wearing Medium Armor or lighter) of the armor you are wearing is decreased by 1 for only movement based tasks.

Talent Synergy: Climbing, Fisticuffs, Melee Weaponry (but only with Light Weapons. Also only able to choose at Rank 10 and higher)

Alchemy (Apt)

Alchemy is a special Skill that involves the identification and creation of various substances and items using other special materials, substances, and even items. From special potions to explosives, Alchemy, despite how uncommon it is, is still considered a somewhat extraordinary Skill among the more common people with what it is currently capable of. For this Talent, when making something you can either ask me for a list of what you can make (as in what recipes you could know), or try and experiment and ask me if you can try and make a specific form of item. On your travels it is possible to stumble across writings containing very special recipes for rather rare or potent items.

Note that Alchemy is best performed in a town where you have access to a place where you can buy the needed materials unless you decide to buy a bunch of random materials at a town that you want to carry on the road. Note that you also need an Alchemy Pouch Item that has the needed basic tools for performing Alchemy.

Alchemy is a rather rare Skill that is quite complex and thus it takes years to learn. You must purchase a Trait at Character Creation that would give you background training in this Talent in order for you to use it. Also you may only attain five Ranks in this Talent at Character Creation.

Talent Synergy: Herbology, Linguistics, Knowledge, Arcane Craft, and Blacksmithing

Animal Handling (Cha)

Ranks in this Talent represent your knowledge and ability of being able to handle and train animals. This Talent involves various interactions with animals, both common and exotic alike. Especially useful if you plan on dealing alot with animals from just your own mount to maybe a loyal animal companion.

Talent Synergy: Riding and Survival (but only for hunting animals).

Appraisal (Apt)

This Talent involves appraising and determine the value and basic quality of various goods from weapons and jewels to slaves and spices. The higher the result, the closer to the exact value of the item you can determine, which can help in haggling. Also can be used to gain some other insight on the item if you do not have the appropriate Craft Talent needed to do so. Even can be used to determine the authenticity of something.

Talent Synergy: Any Crafting Talent and Observation.

Arcane Craft* (Apt)

This is the powerful craft of magic, a skill of knowledge rather than one of power. To use this Talent you must acquire a Trait that would have given your character background training in the Arcane Craft. You also must have a Willpower of 5 and an Aptitude of 6. You may also only attain five Ranks in this Talent at Character Creation. Magic is a much more ritualistic based art in this world as it is now, with no real direct attack spells being apart of the common magical knowledge, even among those who practice the darker, twisted arts of Sorcery. Arcane Craft is an art that makes things happen, not an art that summons and calls forth incredible power. This Skill can be used in one of two ways in its basest state. Special Traits that you acquire may allow you to use it in different ways.

When you use Magic you draw the magical symbols (essentially just special letter like glyphs) that relate to what you are trying to accomplish and try to perform a very special feat of magic using your knowledge. You essentially RP what you want to happen, or what your character tries to make happen, and I will determine if one, it is possible with the current knowledge of magic your character possesses (it is possible to acquire special writings that have knowledge of how to do special things in magic). Upon success that thing happens. A Critical may make something even greater than that happen. Note that using this counts as a Full Round Action, meaning you cannot perform any other Simple Actions (except for maybe a tiny bit of speaking or such during the process) in the round (which includes free attacks and other such things). Also when using magic, unless stated otherwise, you go at the end of the Turn.

The first way, as seen above, is to use magic. The second is negating other magic. When you see magical glyphs and symbols on surfaces you can attempt to erase them with your own knowledge of magic if they currently have power (like some could be placed there as traps or something).

Of course, the other way that this Talent is used for is essentially learning magical knowledge from writing to be able to do more with your magic or writing, and possibly encoding, but that requires a Linguistics Roll, the magical knowledge so that only you and those who you give the encryption to can access the knowledge you are trying to keep a secret by encrypting the knowledge in your writings.

All uses of Arcane Craft when using magic use Energy, using 1 to 5 points of it depending upon what you are trying to accomplish. Also Armor Penalty only affects Arcane Craft when using magic, not when just studying or learning.

Talent Synergy: Knowledge, Linguistics, and Alchemy.

Blacksmithing (Apt)

The art of forging and repairing objects made of metal such as weapons, armor, and other metal tools or objects. The following goes for all Talents from here on out identified as a 'Craft Talent'. The cost and time needed for repairing or making objects depends upon the complexity of the object. Also sometimes you may need certain tools or a certain type of work space as well (like for Blacksmithing you need a forge). Craft Talents are also be used in attempts to examine objects that would be in their category (like using Blacksmithing to examine a sword or a metal door). You must have a Dex of at least 4 in order to properly utilize crafting (as it takes some finesse and hand eye coordination). If you do not have a Dex of 4 then you suffer a -5 penalty on all Rolls with all Crafting Talents.

Talent Synergy: Appraisal, Leather Working, Stone Cutting, and Alchemy (can only be selected twice)

Carpentry (Apt)

This Crafting Talent is for those who would work with wood including making wooden tools or even weapons. Even houses or ships could be made with this Talent (although a team would be needed for those two types of very large projects else they would take a very long time and be very difficult). Even catapults could be made with this Skill.

Talent Synergy: Appraisal, Stone Cutting, and Engineering.

Climbing* (Might)

As its name implies, this Talent is just for scaling various surfaces, objects, or steep terrains, special tools like grappling hooks or climbing hooks able to help with this. At Rank 6 you become able to climb at your regular speed instead of half an descend at double.

Talent Synergy: Acrobatics and Swimming

Concentration (Will)

Your character's mental strength and fortitude from just your own natural willpower and perhaps any way you might have strengthened it over time. Used to resist mind harming affects. Every 4 Ranks you have in this Talent increases your Energy by 1.

Talent Synergy: Hardiness.

Disguise (Cha)

This talent represents the art of disguise, which includes making and wearing convincing disguises to various forms of acting and even voice mimicry. Its takes about a minute to put on a Disguise, but at Rank 10 you can put on a disguise in half the time. This Skill can also be used to create camouflage for stealth.

Talent Synergy: Stealth, Performance, and Negotiation (for Bluffing only)

Engineering (Apt)

A somewhat rare skill in more uncivilized lands. Engineering is a knowledge of scholars and, while it does not require background training, in order to acquire any Ranks in this Skill you must have at least an Apt of 4. This Talent represents a more mechanical or architectural knowledge. It is often used in accompaniment with other Talents to build complex devices or traps, like black smithing to build metal traps or locks for instance. Also used for building large scale objects like houses or ships, things that require architectural knowledge (while they may not actually require Engineering, you can certainly make a much better house or ship if you do use it). This somewhat young art (among Galmin anyway) is somewhat rare, more common among more learned scholars really and craftsman who spent their lives building houses, fortresses, or ships. This Talent may also be used to disarm traps or pick locks, but only when it reaches Rank 6 and if you have a Dex of 5 or higher.

Talent Synergy: Any Crafting Talent, Appraisal, Observation, Manipulate Device, Knowledge, and Survival (only for making traps in the wild out of things in the woods).

First Aid (Apt)

The art of diagnosing and treating patients wounds or ailments. In battle it can be used to stop an ally from bleeding out (DL 15, 20 for a creature of a different race). If the wounds are fresh on a person you can use this Talent to treat them (DL 20, 25 if someone of a different race). You heal their Vitality by an amount equal to half of your success over the DL plus 1. This can also be used to treat old wounds to help them heal faster or administer long term care to a patient.

Talent Synergy: Herbalism, Survival, and Alchemy (only applies to substances meant for healing).

Fisticuffs* (Dex)

The act of attacking opponents while unarmed with things such as elbows, kicks, punches, choke holds, grapples, eye gouging, and etcetera. When used to parry or attack against Armed opponents you suffer a -5 penalty since its harder to attack an armed opponent without a weapon. At Rank 10 you are now considered Armed while unarmed and thus no longer suffer a -5 penalty when fighting armed opponents and you no longer suffer the Armor Penalty when fighting unarmed. At Rank 20 you get a free Trait related to unarmed fighting. Improved Tripping Attack and Shield Bash are also two options. You get this free Trait instead of the two Talent Synergies.

Talent Synergy: Melee Weaponry (for Light weapons only)

Hardiness (End)

This represents your own natural bodily fortitude and how you have actively or passively trained it over time. This Talent is used in any roll to resist physical ailments. Every four Ranks you have in this Talent increases your Vitality by 1.

Talent Synergy: Concentration

Herb Craft (Apt)

The knowledge of herbs and how to preserve, dry, and use them in various ways, including making herbal concoctions out of herbs you find. Also used to locate herbs in either a garden or in the wild. Preserving herbs for storage if you do not plan to use them immediately (or need them preserved and dried) takes about an hour for the process, then a good six to eight additional hours of waiting for drying out after that (the six to eight hours is not apart of the process, so you can do whatever during this time).

Talent Synergy: Alchemy, Survival, and First Aid (but only when using herbs or herbal concoctions in your first aid attempt)

Knowledge (Apt)

This Talent is a bit special. It represents your general knowledge of all different sorts of things whether its religion, arcane, nature, or other such things. The DL of all Rolls not only depends upon how rare the knowledge you are trying to understand is, but your background as well. For instance, a person who is an expert hunter or herbalist might have a better understanding of Nature than say a scholar who spends much of his time with his nose in tomes, who would probably have a better understanding of History or Arcane. Yes, the DL of all Knowledge rolls till vary based upon your character's background. Some rolls may be easier or harder based upon your character's background and current skill set. Like a nobleman would have a better understanding of court lore and heraldry for instance and a knight or even a mercenary might have a better understanding of military tactics and lore. Someone who travels around alot (like a bard or other such) may have a better understanding of geography and even local or folk lore. Essentially put, this Skill can vary in its uses for different characters.

Talent Synergy: Linguistics, Alchemy, Sorcery, and Arcane Craft (Sorcery and Arcane Craft can only be selected twice a piece and can only be selected at Rank 10 and higher)

Leather Working (Apt)

This Craft Talent involves working with leather and leather based goods including making armor, skinning animals, tanning hides, and other such things that involve leather.

Talent Synergy: Tailoring, Survival (only when dealing with skinning animals), and Blacksmithing

Linguistics (Apt)

In these current ages, the need to know languages is not really apparent since Galmin usually speak a common language in their different regions of the world. Other than knowing these different languages, Linguistics does not have much use other than for knowing, understanding, and deciphering lost, ancient languages. It does have one other use though, knowing how to write properly including encoding and deciphering written messages and codes or spoken codes and innuendos (which has use in battle for giving tactics or advice to allies secretly in hearing distance of the enemy without them understanding it). Also useful for writing messages meant to negotiate with others.

At 4th and 8th Rank, gain access to one new language. At 10th and every second rank after, gain access to another new language.

Talent Synergy: Deciphering and learning special secrets from books, scrolls, or other written sources (select for either Alchemy, Arcane Craft, or Sorcery), Negotiation (Where the written word is commonplace only), and Knowledge (Where the written word is commonplace only).

Manipulate Device (Dex)

Unless a lock smith or the apprentice of one, this Talent is a more covert and illegal one as opening a lock without a key isn't exactly a legal action in most places (although you'll find that not every place employs the usage of locks, like in some more rough or 'primitive' villages for instance). Aside from picking locks, this Talent can also be used to disarm traps as well.

Talent Synergy: Sleight of Hand, Engineering, and Blacksmithing (but only for making and repairing locks and traps)

Negotiation (Cha)

Your ability to negotiate with and influence others through your words or actions whether its through diplomacy or other means like intimidation, bluffing, haggling, and etc. Note that Negotiation can only be used on creatures with an Apt of 2 or higher, so not things like Undead, animals, and etc (although intimidation is different for some non intelligent creatures who would be able to fear).

Talent Synergy: Disguise, Performance, and Observation.

Observation (Apt)

Represents your character's ability to discern the environment around them through your own senses to make you aware of things happening around you (like those trying to sneak up from behind for instance). Also allows you to discern information about someone as well (like if they are lying or how they may be reacting to something).

Talent Synergy: Appraisal, Stealth, and Negotiation

Performance (Cha)

Your ability to perform and entertain whether it be singing, story telling, dancing, juggling, and etc. If its just for things like singing, playing instruments, telling stories or jokes, and other things like that you just use this Skill. But if you want to entertain through other ways with things like dancing, juggling, parlor tricks, and etc, then you would make the Roll for a different Talent first to see if you are successful in those endeavors, then you make a Performance Roll to make them entertaining. For instance for dancing you would make an Acrobatics Roll and for parlor tricks a Sleight of Hand Roll would be needed.

Talent Synergy: Disguise, Negotiation, Arcane Craft, Sorcery (but only when using Rituals or the Power of Words Trait for both Arcane Craft and Sorcery), and any other Talent (but only when using that Talent to perform and it has to be one that can be used to Perform, like Acrobatics or Sleight of Hand for instance).

Riding* (Dex)

Your ability to ride certain kinds of animals and man made vehicles effectively. Once you get Rank 2 in this Skill you no longer suffer Armor Penalty to Riding Rolls.

Talent Synergy: Animal Handling, Melee Weaponry, Projectile Weaponry, and Thrown Weaponry (for the last three its only for when riding on a non-exotic/monstrous mount).

Sailing (Apt)

Encompasses the piloting and other operations of a vessel as well as how to navigate while properly at sea. In a sense you can use this to navigate at sea instead of using a Knowledge Roll. Also represents your knowledge of anything having to do with sailing or other naval things.

Talent Synergy: Swimming, Knowledge, and Survival (for the last two its only anything involved with rivers, seas, coasts, and islands).

Sleight of Hand* (Dex)

Represents your ability for pick pocketing, concealing items on your person, parlor tricks, palming things, and other such tricks of the hand. Can also be used to stealthy do things with your hands to hide the actions from onlookers, like maybe secretly passing a note or silently drawing a small weapon (which would be part of item palming/concealment).

Talent Synergy: Manipulate Device, Disguise, and Stealth

Sorcery* (Apt)

This darker, twisted form of magic harnesses the strength of dark powers to instead twist and corrupt the world around you. This works in the same way as Arcane Craft does as you draw darker symbols that are twisted versions of the regular arcane symbols, this dark power drains life force. Essentially, like Arcane Craft, you simply tell me what you are trying to accomplish and it will happen, only instead of making things around you happen, you use dark powers to twist, harm, and corrupt. For instance you could use it to cause a person incredible pain or maybe use it to make something shatter (which works better if you can inscribe the symbol on what you want to shatter, but it works still if you don't) and other such things. Even twisting and shaping the earth near you into deadly, horrid spikes is not impossible for this evil art.

Of course, you can use this talent to learn more dark arts and study the evil, dark, or even demonic writings that these teachings would be present in. This Talent requires 6 Will and 5 Aptitude to use. You also cannot learn both Sorcery and Arcane Craft. You also can only attain five Ranks in this Talent at Character Creation.

Talent Synergy: Linguistics, Knowledge, and Alchemy.

Stealth* (Dex)

Represents your ability to hide, move quietly, camoflauge, and perform other actions in a stealthy manner to hide them from onlookers (like maybe silently drawing a regular sized weapon or quietly drawing a glyph). Can be used in combat to try and hide if there is something in which you can hide in/behind. At Rank 6 you become able to move at half speed with only a -5 penalty and full speed with a -10. At Rank 11 you can now move at half speed with no penalty and full speed with only a -5 penalty. All attempts at Stealth are opposed by the Observation Rolls of onlookers.

Talent Synergy: Disguise and Sleight of Hand.

Stone-Cutting (Apt)

A Crafting Talent that involves crafting and making things with stone and also examining stone work and even gem cutting. Usually just a hammer and chisel are all you need for this Talent.

Talent Synergy: Engineering, Blacksmithing, Appraisal, and Sleight of Hand

Survival (Apt)

Represents all of the skills and abilities for surviving in the wild such as hunting, foraging for food, building campfires or shelters, detecting natural hazards, setting up safe or well defended campsites, tracking, and etcetera.

Talent Synergy: Observation, First Aid, Herb Craft (only for searching for Herbs in the wild), and Hunting (not a Talent, selecting this Synergy gives just the bonus to all attacks made against common Game animals).

Swimming* (Might)

The ability to stay above and move through water whether its fording a river, swimming along the surface of a lake, moving underwater without disorientation, treading water, and etcetera. Note that Armor Penalty has a double affect on this Talent.

Talent Synergy: Survival, Sailing, and Acrobatics (but these are all only for rolls involving water and being close to it)

Tailoring (Apt)

This Craft Talent deals with working with cloth including sewing, weaving, and other such things. Can even be used to make things like basket, rope, or other such things that involve weaving.

Talent Synergy: Sleight of Hand, Appraisal, and Leather Working

Thrown Weaponry (Dex)

Represents your proficiency in thrown weapons such as throwing knives, javelins, throwing spears, and other such forms of thrown weapons whether actual thrown weapons or improvised thrown weapons. At Rank 5 you become able to swiftly procure and aim a Thrown Weapon as a Simple Action instead of a regular Action (which costs you your turn). At Rank 10 you become able to throw Medium Weapons not meant to be thrown a very short distance with no penalty to the roll (like a battleaxe or longsword). This can also be done for Heavy Weapons, but with a -5 to the Attack Roll.

Talent Synergy: Ranged Weaponry, Melee Weaponry (only for light weapons that can be thrown), and all Crafting Talents (selecting this gives a bonus for repairing or making any kind of thrown weapon).

Weaponry, Melee (Dex)

Represents your proficiency with any and all melee weapons both common and exotic such as swords, daggers, hammers, maces, axes, and etc.

Talent Synergy: Fisticuffs, Thrown Weaponry, and all Crafting Talents (selecting this gives a bonus for repairing or making any kind of melee weapon).

Weaponry, Projectile (Dex)

Represents your proficiency with projectile weapons such as crossbows, regular bows, and any other sort of weapon that can be aimed and fired. At Rank 4 you become able to swift load a Shortbow or Composite Shortbow as a Simple Action. At Rank 7 you can now do the same for any type of Bow. At Rank 11 you can now reload Crossbows in half the time (just one turn for a Light Crossbow and 2 Turns for a Heavy Crossbow).

Talent Synergy: Thrown Weaponry and all Crafting Talents (selecting this gives a bonus for repairing or making any kind of projectile weapon).

Gameplay

Everything Gameplay related will be here including how Combat and Rolls work. Note though I will be taking care of all rolls and number crunching. You guys just worrying about being awesome RPers.

Rolls

We will start with the most important thing. The success, or failure, of any task your character attempts will be determined by a roll of the dice, of a d20 to be exact. There are two types of Rolls. Talent Rolls and Stat Rolls. A Talent Roll adds the total score of your Talent to the result of a d20 Roll to determine whether or not the task succeeds. A Stat Roll just adds the Stat Score of the used Stat to the result of the d20 Roll.

Criticals

There is a chance that your character can succeed beyond the normal limit. Whenever you get a natural 20 on the dice the die will be rolled again, adding the result of the second roll to the result of your 'Check'. If the total result is 20 above the DL then you get a Critical. Upon a Critical something beyond the ordinary result will happen, this usually being a very good thing. Also if you get a Critical on a Talent Roll then you will get 1 free XP towards said Talent. This can rank up any Talent that is from Ranks 0 to 4. Otherwise it just gives you a free point of XP towards the next rank. For instance if you have Rank 6 in a Talent and you get a Critical, then you only need to spend one more point of XP to rank up said Talent. This represents becoming more skilled in this Talent through your incredible success.

Fumble

A Fumble is the opposite of a Critical. A failure beyond the norm, you screwing up so bad that you make something really bad happen. To get a Fumble you get a 1 on the dice roll, add the Talent or Stat you are using, and then roll another d20. This time you subtract the result of the d20 from the roll. If the total result is below a 0 then you get a Fumble. If you do survive the Fumble though (and its a Talent Roll) you can learn from your mistakes, getting one free point of XP towards the Talent that was used in the roll in which you Fumbled. I will PM you though whenever you get a 1 on the die to see if you want to use a point of Luck to reroll to prevent a potential Fumble.

Combat

On your Journey you will come across many different people and even different kinds of creatures. Some may be friendly or just indifferent to you. Others, however; will probably be hostile towards you. You can either choose to run, but other times you may have to choose to fight. This section will be teaching the mechanics of how Combat shall work within this RP.

Turn Order

Turn Order will be essentially first come first serve. Whoever posts first gets to go first. The players will go, then the enemies will go, then it goes on until combat is over (note that sometimes certain things may happen to change this, but other than that this is how it will go).

Actions

When you post for your turn in combat just RP how your character acts in a few seconds. You can do a single 'major' action such as Attacking a foe once, using magic, etc. You post what you want to do in that few second period that is a round (like moving and attacking, taking out an item and using it, or other such things). Be inventive and creative and just RP combat awesomely. When you post then I shall post to determine whether or not whatever you were doing succeeded. Just RP whatever your character would do in a single 'turn' of combat.

Attacking and Defending

This is rather simple. When you attack an Attack Roll is made using the appropriate Talent. If it beats the opponent's Defense then you hit. You deal an amount of damage equal to how much you beat their Defense by plus an additional amount equal to your weapon's Damage Modifier. If its a Melee Weapon or Unarmed Strike then your Might Score is added to the damage. An opponent's Armor Rating is what reduces the amount of damage you take directly. So if you get dealt 6 damage, but have some Armor that gives you an Armor Rating of 4 then you would only take 2 Damage. All weapons have a max damage statistic though, meaning they can only deal a certain amount of damage. For instance, Unarmed Strikes have a max damage of 10, which is the lowest of any and all weapons.

Defense is a bit different. You can either use Fisticuffs, Acrobatics, or Melee Weaponry for Parrying or Dodging. You can Parry Melee Attacks, but if you try to Parry any Ranged Attacks you suffer a -10 to your attempt to do so, so it is best to just Dodge any Ranged Attacks, unless you have a Shield. If you have a Shield then you can Parry any Ranged Attacks. I will automatically defer to either the highest score you have for Defending yourself or to whatever best fits the situation, but if you want to always do something specific for defending, just tell me. If you try to parry a Weapon with just Fisticuffs you are at a -5 to the attempt to do so.

For defending you do not roll. Instead you have what is known as a Static Defense. This is an automatic 10 plus whatever score you are using to defend. (So you have a Dodge Defense and a Melee Defense). This prevents you completely screwing a Defense Roll and getting a fumble or really low score. This means it can be a bit easier to get hit, but at the same time it cements you in a really good position to also not get hit. If you guys would rather me Roll your Defense though, as if you are willing to take that risk, then tell me. Otherwise, Static Defense it is.

Combat Conditions

Here are several conditions that can happen to characters in combat.

Blind:You are somehow struck with blindness and the loss of your visual senses. You are at a -10 to all Ranged Weaponry Rolls and automatically fail any sight based rolls. Furthermore, you are at a -5 to most other physical rolls.

Concealment: You have found cover of sorts. There are two kinds of concealment. Light and Heavy. Light is just light cover like water, tall grass, or other such things, grants +2 to Defense and Stealth. Heavy is things like much denser or taller grass or other forms of dense foliage, deeper water or other such things. Grants +5 to Defense and Stealth.

Cover: Like Concealment, only its standing or hiding behind solid things like rubble, bodies, walls, or other such things. There is Light, Medium, and Heavy. Light gives +2 to Defense and Dodge Rolls to resist certain 'area affects'. Medium gives +5 to Defense and Dodge to resist certain 'area affects'. Heavy gives +10 to Defense and Dodge to resist certain affects. Then there is total cover, which protects perfectly and is things like... being behind a castle wall or something. Its obvious. Note that when firing into melee your target has cover, getting a bonus to Defense equal to the highest Might of the other targets next to the target. There are Traits that can get around this though (Careful Shot)

Cowering: You are so stricken with fear that all you can do is either run or curl up in a ball and whimper until the source of your fear goes away.

Deaf: You have been stricken deaf, barely or even unable to hear. You have a -10 to all Observation (hearing based) Rolls and other auditory based tasks gain a -5 Penalty to their Roll as well.

Despair: You are struck with a soul crushing despair that makes you unable to do any form of action and makes you Off Guard. Willpower is reduced to 1 as is Concentration until you are freed from this affect. You are also considered Off Guard while in Despair.

Diseased: You have caught some horrible, or not so horrible, disease. What happens depends upon the disease and treatment of it would fall under the area of the First Aid Talent, as would diagnosing it. Of course, you do get a Hardiness Roll at each stage to help lessen the affects, as your body staves it off, or be rid of it entirely.

Fatigue: To put it simply you are exhausted. This occurs when you reach 0 Energy and fail the DL 20 Concentration or Hardiness Roll. Upon becoming Fatigued you get a -5 to all Rolls. Not only that, but most things that would be considered Simple Actions (moving a short distance, aiming and preparing a ranged weapon if able to as a Simple Action, and etc) are considered Primary. Note that every Minute that a combat takes place drains all combatants of 1 Energy.

Flanked: You or your opponent are outnumbered with multiple opponents surrounding you in combat within melee reach. When outnumbering someone like this you get a +1 on your Attack Rolls (for melee) for each opponent

Free Strike: Whenever an opportunity presents itself to you in combat (like if an opponent leaves themselves open), or you just have the natural ability to do so, you can make what is known as a Free Strike, a very quick and on the spot attack. Note that, due to the spontaneous nature of all Free Strikes, you get a -5 penalty to the Attack Roll. Free Strikes only work for melee.

Helpless: You are completely helpless, unable to move at all. Perhaps due to being tied up, asleep, unconscious, or otherwise immobile. You are considered to have a Static Defense of 1 and can be dispatched with a Finishing Blow (which takes a whole round, unless you have a Talent that says otherwise, like an assassination style Talent).

Intimidated: You are somewhat unnerved by something, this being a fear based affect. You have a -2 on all Rolls for either until the affect fades (usually its a one round thing) or until the source of your fear leaves.

Muted: For whatever reason you are unable to speak. You suffer -10 to all tasks that would normally require speech (like Negotiation, except when intimidating someone, there are more ways to do so then just speech). You also cannot use the Words of Power Trait or other special Traits that require speech.

Poisoned: You have become affected by some bad poison or venom. Similar to disease, every time the poison affects you, your character gets a Hardiness Roll to resist the affects of the poison or to stave it off entirely.

Prone: You have fallen down. All foes who attack you from melee get +5 against you, but all foes who used Ranged get a -5 penalty to hit you. If you attack from prone, you get a -5 to your Roll. You can either stand up as a Major Action to avoid getting attacked, or a Minor Action so that you can act upon standing, but you will be open for Free Attacks from adjacent opponents.

Surprised: You have been ambushed and caught off guard, or perhaps are just unable to be on guard for whatever reason. While Off Guard, enemies get an additional action against you and your Defense is 10.

Terrified: A step above Intimidated, but a step below Cowering in terms of fear. You are at a -5 on all Rolls and must attempt to move at full speed away from the source of your fear or hide wherever you can until either the source of your fear is well out of sight, dies, or the fear wears off.

Experience Points (XP)

As your Characters travel and adventure they will naturally grow and become more experienced, able to learn new things and grow stronger as they travel. This growth will be numerically represented by XP, which is acquired whenever difficult challenges or adventures are completed. XP can be spent on improving your Talents or acquiring new Traits for your character. You start off at Character Creation with 45 XP to spend, plus you gain an additional amount of XP equal to your Aptitude Score as that represents your ability to learn more. Every time your Aptitude increases, you gain one more XP to spend (any XP gained from Aptitude increase does not go towards your Character Growth.

You must use all of your XP at Character Creation unless you have a couple of points you want to save for some reason, but other than that you must use all of them.

Character Growth

Naturally as you travel you will find yourself naturally growing stronger over time. Every time you gain a certain amount of XP (XP gained from Aptitude increase is not included) your character will grow in strength. At the first and every other period of growth after that you will get 3 Points which you can allocate into your Sub Stats. You can put two of them into Vitality or Energy at a time if you want, but only one into Luck or Reputation at a time. At the second and every other time of growth after that you will only get two points, but get one point to put into any of your regular Stats (as long as they have not reached their maximum).

You start off only needing 10 for the first two growths, then 15 for the next two, then 20 for the next two, and so on and so forth. Level Ups must be applied immediately, they cannot be 'saved'.

Items and Gear

As adventurers, gear is quite important. You need weapons to fight enemies, food and water to live, mounts possibly to help you travel faster, and all other sorts of items and supplies to help you along your way. You may even stumble upon more magical and mystical items as you venture across the vast world of Ithelia. The common currency of this world is iL, or silver coins. Talms are bronze coins, common currency of the poor, and Gilms, or gold coins, are usually only seen in the hands of the wealthy and are quite rare among commoners and especially rare among poor people.

Item Quality

The first thing to go over is the quality of items.

Poor: These are items that are either just poorly made or were of average quality, but were damaged somehow. Any item of poor quality, or damaged item, gives its user a -2 to all Skill Rolls made when using the item and if its Armor then -1 to its Armor Rating and +1 to the Armor Penalty. If its a Weapon, -1 to its Bonus Damage. Poor quality or damaged items cost around one third of their not damaged or average quality counterparts.

Average: Items of average make and quality. Most gear purchased is of average quality.

Exceptional: Items a bit better in make and quality than normal. Cost three times as much as their average counterparts. If its a weapon it does an additional point of damage and if its armor or a shield then its Armor Penalty goes down by 1. Sometimes items of this quality can be made into mystical items through means not known commonly as of yet. Also all exceptional quality Items give the user a +1 to all Rolls made using said Items (which include attack rolls for weapons)

Master: An item of incredible craftsmanship and quality. Items of this quality give a +1 on all rolls and a +2 damage bonus. Not only that, but armor and shields give +1 to their Armor Ratings and -1 to their Armor Penalties. Items of this quality cost six times as much as their regular counterparts.

Heroic: Items of such great quality that they are considered to be fit only for the grandest of heroes. Items of this quality get +2 on all Skill rolls, +3 Damage (if a Weapon) and +2 Armor Rating if a Shield or Armor. It is said that items of this quality have been once used by incredible people, some say they are even infused with some of the strength and spirit of that hero, which is what gives them their strengths. Items of this quality may sometimes have some mystical properties.

Legendary: These items are extremely rare. Very powerful relics or rare artifacts, Legendary Items are something else entirely. You get +3 on Rolls made using this item and if its a weapon, +5 to its Damage. Also armors give +3 Armor Rating now when they are legendary. Not only that, but these items, just like Heroic quality, are usually nearly impossible to damage through normal means. Items of this quality are also usually always enchanted or have some other incredible power within them.

Starting Gear

I could write out lists and lists of gear, but that would take up space and alot of freaking time for not only me to write, but you to read. It would make shit more confusing, and also I am lazy. Instead, you can just ask me for what gear you want whether its a specific kind of weapon, shield, armor certain kinds of items (like alchemical materials, shovels, rope, etc) and other such items.

You can also buy somewhat more special items as well, but not magical ones. Things like some special items made with alchemy or even things of a more herbal nature, like healing salves, poisons, and other such things. If you use magic or sorcery you can also buy materials that can be used in those as well (like things for drawing symbols, special things for rituals, etcetera).

Essentially, just tell me what kind of things you would want your character have, whether its actual gear, or even materials for making things, an adventurer's gear is quite important to being an adventurer.

You start out with an amount of iL equal to 75 + 5 times your character's Reputation.

Encumbrance

This is a bit important to go on. While I will not be heavily focused on allocating gear weights and all of that junk, we will just go on a basic look of how much you are carrying and your Might Score. You can carry more stuff and heavier stuff with a higher Might Score and less stuff without.

Light Encumbrance: There are no penalties. The amount of stuff you are carrying (or wearing for armor) is easy for you whether its due to a larger amount of Might or just you aren't carrying a whole lot.

Medium Encumbrance: You incur an 'Armor' Penalty of 2. The amount of stuff you are carrying weighs you down a little bit, with your character finding a small bit of trouble moving quickly.

Heavy Encumbrance: You incur an 'Armor' Penalty of 4. The amount of stuff you are carrying weighs you down a good bit, making it a bit harder to move swiftly.

Maximum Encumbrance: You incur an 'Armor' Penalty of 6. The amount of stuff you are carrying is immensely weighing you down, making it pretty hard to move quickly. You might be better off with a horse, pack mule, or cart of some kind if you are carrying this much stuff.

Magical Items

Sometimes you may happen upon items of magical or otherwise mystical origin. These items are special and unique, and harnessing their powers is not easy. Sometimes these items can be just carried and their powers automatically given to the user. These types of items are especially rare. Others must be used, but only those with magical knowledge can use them. To use them without making rolls you must either have the Magic Affinity Trait or know Arcane Craft or Sorcery.

To use them with instruction on how to use an item that you come across from either some writings or someone else who knows how to use it you must have an Apt of 4 or Knowledge Rank 5 and you must make an Apt or Will roll to successfully use it the first few times before you can use it freely without needing to make said roll, the DL of the Roll depending upon the item.