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Alright then.

looks like it's going to be another one of those times where Grey takes a few days to come up with the culture/locales of an entire Race :D!

I should have things ready by Wednesday hopefully. I have to look at picture of Sagahin and perhaps brush off my old monster manual for some lore to erm... Borrow.

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Is it an open world?

Or do you have some sort map of the realm planned out for lore building purposes? I hesitated in saying too much about Sagahin culture/settlements hence the brief bio.

I have made a miscalculation in my own Luck. By the luck of the dice.

I'm waiting on the summoner/blue mage list.

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Something small like lvl 0 spells, costing 1MP.

Flame Mote: Produces a small magical ball of flame at one's finger tips, generating enough heat and light of a single candle.

Frost Mote: Produces a small magical ball of cold at one's finger tips, generating enough cold to chill half-a-pint of beer.

Thunder Mote: Produces a small magical ball of static at one's finger tips, generating enough electricity to gently stimulate an animal to move.

Helper Mote: produces a small magical ball of floating energy to assist in fetching or sending objects up to 10 feet away from the caster. Mote lifts up to an object weighing up to 1LBS at maximum range, with up to 5LBS at close distance (1 foot away)

Stuff like this could help in making wizards also able to use magic for menial tasks X3

Edit: I'm not sure, could you check my math given these source references? Or did you have a typo from the character/race sheets? I noticed troll had +4 int.

Stat analysis

From Class
Strength - 0
Endurance - 0
Stamina - -1
Agility - +3
Dexterity - +3
Magic - 0
Wisdom - 0
Spirit - +1
Intelligence - +3
Luck - 0

From Race
Strength - 3
Endurance - 3
Stamina - 2
Agility - 1
Dexterity - 2
Magic - 4
Wisdom - 4
Spirit - 3
Intelligence - 5
Luck - 2

From Rolls
Strength - 4
Endurance - 5
Stamina - 6
Agility - 5
Dexterity - 5
Magic - 5
Wisdom - 6
Spirit - 3
Intelligence - 3
Luck - 2

Edit2: Also, I feel like I Know Evanist... Or at least someone known as Evanist. Say you're not from the RPCH on a particular thread/forum are you?

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It seems fine so far.

It's a simple list for standard rp purposes. Although you should add a tagline about resistances and damage types in the game mechanics.

Also, are there no cantrips? Like basic spells usuable only by wizards for non-combat purposes?

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Alright that's fine. I'll have to think a bit on it in then.

For character purposes, I enjoy semi-elaborate stories, although this one is a bit tongue-in-cheek given the circumstances.

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Roll(10d6)+0:
4,5,6,5,5,5,6,1,1,2,+0
Roll(10d4)+0:
4,2,4,4,2,1,1,3,3,2,+0
(taken from wizard's Dnd Dice roller online, because I feel too lazy to roll physical dice ten times <_>, I feel as though the generator gave me a min-max feel. If you feel I should roll again, please do.)

R'lyeh, the Sagahin Resercher

Name: R'lyeh (humans tend to pronounce it... "Riley")
Gender: Male
Species: Sagahin
Class: Scholar

Starting Stats:
Strength - 7 [(4) 3+0]
Endurance - 8 [(5) 3+0]
Stamina - 7 [(6) 2-1]
Agility - 9 [(5) 1+3]
Dexterity - 10 [(5) 2+3]
Magic - 9 [(5) 4+0]
Wisdom - 10 [(6) 4+0]
Spirit - 7 [(3) 3+1]
Intelligence - 11 [(3) 5+3]
Luck - 4 [(2) 2+0]

Bio:

R’lyeh, or Honored Light per his namesake suggests, was a promising youth in his academic studies. Like most of his people, as a spawnling R’Lyeh had been educated in the classical Sagahin arts, literature, sciences and magics. Literature and the arts were not his favored subjects, nor was magic more than perhaps a hobby to dabble in a few cantrip spells and theory. The greatest passion R’lyeh had developed was the sciences, particularly in biology as he excelled in the study of living nature. Of course he studied life, and focused his magics not on the elements but life forces to walk a path between a white mage and researcher. The final choosing test was a case of either killing an injured rare animal for scientific study or healing it and watching it escape. R’lyeh of course chose to study the animal for the benefit of others of its own species such that greater knowledge can lead to better conservation efforts, which set his course towards the sciences.

Having shown great promise in elementary studies, the young Sagahin was granted the great privilege to be enrolled in the city of Aug’toor, to study in The Augtoor with other strong candidates. There he conducted further studies on the nature of aquatic life and possible origin point theories which delineated the beginnings of even the Augwin. This of course was not without some controversy regarding the argued data, rather than the implications against quasi-religious beliefs which had already been weakened in recent times. Of the prevailing origin point theories, R’lyeh had suggested life had begun with the introduction of planetary heat and ionizing light which activated inorganic substances in the primal seas to become the first organic compounds. These compounds overtime aggregated together and continued to become larger and larger deposits of organic matter within the oceans. The spark of life came as a sudden magical storm which introduced charged arcana in the form of electrical current into the debris to which some of the organic materials became infused with the first sense of life energy. While this theory is up for years of peer review, R’lyeh has advanced on to other pursuits in the field.

They had called him Mad when he decided to travel upon land to document the strange and curious fauna of the terrestrial sphere. But these studies would certainly make him a pioneer in the field of Sagahin Biology by introducing a more accurate description of Land to the aquatic scholars. Taking up a metal walking rod to help support his terrestrial activities and water-retaining clothing and of course a fine scale garment, R’lyeh left the comfort of Aug’Toor. With his background in arcanobiology, he hoped to be the best candidate to document the wondrous land-based animals and plants in all of Tervary to his travels to become a published Sagahin researcher. Unfortunately, annoying human adventurers tend to interfere with his research.

The miscalculation of considering the human studies of their race, R’lyeh had placed too much trust in his human escorts who claimed to have been able to guide him to strange and fantastic creatures in the woodlands after impressing him with various dead specimens and a hunting dog. It seemed as though they had planned to rob the unsuspecting Sagahin of his metal staff for their own means, but were also more focused on the strange and heavy crates he had some of the local sagahin carry around. In their greed, they had taken the research troupe into a forest clearing and slaughtered them all, save for R’lyeh who had managed barely escape by healing himself with his magics. What the humans would find in the crate however may disappoint them, carved tablets in Sagahin, worthless unless purchased by the right collector. But for R’lyeh, they were priceless: His Research Notes.

Abilities:
Spear Master - can use polearms with any class, and has a +50% chance to hit with said weapon, as well.
Heightened Learning - Attains bonus EXP in combat. Can also gain INT or WIS up to a certain cap (50% of current Wis or Int) during battle.
Ability 1 : Study - Studies' enemy current state and weak points.
Ability 2 : Magic - Cast Spells. Can use all Schools of Magic except Summons.

Hidden Skill : Pharmacology - Items are twice as effective.

Wields : Books & Polearms.

Spells:

Poison: A basic spell that poisons a single enemy by magically changing the composition of their blood. Can be cast at melee range, and you must see an opponent you're casting the spell at. Cost: 5MP. level 1/1. Damage: d20% of enemy's health per turn (if successful)

Cure: A basic healing spell that will cause the body to regenerate a little bit. It won't heal injuries, but it will being back HP. It can be cast up to 20 feet away, and requires you to see who or what you're healing. Cost: 2MP. level 1/1. Healing: 1d6 + (stat modifiers)

Thunder Mote: Produces a small magical ball of static at one's finger tips, generating enough electricity to gently stimulate an animal to move. Cost: 1MP. level 0. Damage: 0

Helper Mote: produces a small magical ball of floating energy to assist in fetching or sending objects up to 10 feet away from the caster. Mote lifts up to an object weighing up to 2lbs at maximum range, with up to 5lbs at close distance (1 foot away). Cost: 1MP. level 0. Damage: 0

The Blood Compact

Time.
The river flows and ebbs.
The waters gush forward.
No more could the hours waste away.
Sands trickling in the glass.
Night falls upon the humanity.
The elder council begins.

There in the midst of the Castle Carfax, within the heart of the old fortress was the macabre scene prepared. Engraved wooded tables sat around in assembly, a mockery of the United Nations as dripping overhead each seat were corpses of sedated humans, burning alive from their feet while slowly dripping blood from their necks. Both lighting and dining purposes, as the sanguine drops filled the goblets which collected the ruby liquor. In the middle of the room presented was an ancient rock, far older than the castle itself as it was placed upon a pillar. A relic of times past it was, moved from the Collection to be used as political tool. Vampires both old and young would fill these halls, and satiating their needs was wise to do, for the ancient ones would most certainly be irked at such a meeting should they come, only bound by a loose agreement within their blood creed. These allies would be enemies, and enemies would be allies, here in the heart of darkness, let them come to test humanity.

"Night Lady Natasha, you come early, once more I offer my condolences." Bedivere stood inside the council chamber, personally greeting each elder arriving per a formal reception. Anything less would be a insult, even if they see Bedivere as a lesser vampire from his own relative youth compared to the Pale Lady, who has taken to a long leave of absence and as thus delegated Bedivere to fulfill her role within the Elder Council. To such end, he himself had to be careful of who he offended, place a group of old vampires in a single room and surely there was going to be internal scheming and conflict. As such, to project a neutrality between the vampires would be most ideal. Calling for Void to be punished for breaching the per norm rules, was on the agenda, but the truth was the rally up the global leaders into initiating a full on war to end the struggle for power between human and vampire, But it was a pseudo-democratic processes after all, with votes only counting if one was not dead.

"Sir Bedivere, you know very well this castle belongs to me. My father purchased it and it is rightfully mine. This event is not your to host." Ah Natasha, the young girl had spark, she takes after her father, but nevertheless in spite of her outburst she took her seat as designated, swirling the goblet of blood as a vintage wine before quaffing the liquid. She knew that since Britain belonged to the Pale Lady, her father stole the castle in the first place.

The evening would be filled with more characters such as this as evident by Bedivere's greetings.

"Dark Lord Atta, Lord of the Vodun, and Night Lady Amunhotep, Queen of the Nile. I welcome you both to Carfax. Good Evening Dark Lord Kami Yi of Dark Sun and Night Lady Zheng Yin. Lady Michelle au Paris and Lord Raphael da Stella, my closest European allies. The famed Guru of the Night I am humbled by your presence..."

And so Forth and so Forth, until the seats began to be filled. The power held here within this chamber was something truly frightening.

Lady Mo, Magnus, and Void were still to arrive.
And of course Mithias as a Stand in for Gabriel, lest the old dog decide to show up himself uninvited.
Albeit very expected of him to do so.

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Seems fun.

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I vote that these mysterious letters be delivered in some dramatic/fantastical/oldworld/medieval type way... like a black raven flying in with a letter attached to its leg. You know, real Game of Thrones like.

@Silent Observer

Giant Catapults With Letter-Stuffed Flaming Methane-infused Cows.