TheHangedMan

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Alright. I'l PM the guys on this forum once its out :)

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I've decided that the permanent spelling should be Fae - I kinda like that better too, and you can call me HM or Hanged, both are fine.

On the topic of Ouramancers . . . well, I guess we can save that for the RP. In any case, anymore recommendations to the OOC sheet before I make this official?

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And yes, most Ouramancers are stationed in big cities.

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Komamisa said
So ultimately, it's a form of innate talent/natural genius versus hard work/learned genius within a specialized field. So does this mean that, like Ouramancy, the traits of Sepcarim are inherited through a bloodline's affinity toward said traits? Likewise, would that qualify Ouramancers as a form of Sepcarim?

I can see a slight irony here, where a Magestrava might find theirself jealous of a Sepcarim's innate and ridiculous control of a branch, easily and thoroughly controlling something they can only dream of having such fine power over; whereas a Sepcarim might be jealous of a Magestrava's flexibility and potential, covering the majority of fields that they can't even hope to find proficiency in.

Sepcarim aren't defined by their abilities, but rather, they're defined by what made them the way they were, namely, the ability to use only one form of energy. As Ouramancers can use all types, they aren't Sepcarim :)

Also, Sepcarim, much like Magestravi, are spontaneous and random mutations. Bloodline has nothing to do with.

Type-Moon references abound (okay, perhaps not)! So that makes sense, many a Magestrava's ultimate goal would be to reach the sum-total of knowledge, the Akashic Records. But it's such a hard road that they may strive to only scratch one facet of all-knowledge—that is, mastery over one school or another.

It's rather understandable that someone trying to learn... Well... EVERYTHING will be put through hell if they tried to learn. While this isn't my character's goal, I'm looking forward to see if anyone will be attempting this arduous task.

Makes me wonder just what it takes to be a teacher in this field. Or maybe they're secretly divine beings having fun and posing as teachers. Hah.

Ooh, nice, someone got the reference :) Anyway, about teachers on this field . . . well, there aren't really any teachers. Once you get to the point of studying this branch, it becomes a matter of personal research and gathering information. Some help others by sharing information and results, while others hide their discoveries because they don't want others to achieve the impossible first.

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Imperfectionist said
...that's a little inconsistent, as you haven't mentioned spirits that can take physical form until now. What other types of "Greater Beings" are there? Demons? Lovecraftian horrors? My character's the one whose whole deal is that she communicates with these things, and I feel like I have very little understanding. Perhaps you could give us a section in the info post specifically detailing the various types of Magical Beings, from ascended ancestors to the recently dead to trickster gods to Zeus and Azathoth...:/ It might help.EDIT: My problem is that I have my own interpretations of these things, how I think Ouramancy should work and the types of Beings that are out there, etc, and they are obviously quite different from yours. Compounding that, even with the discussions we've had, this is a very complex branch of magic, and I need to know how you picture the Outer Planes (or whatever), exactly how an Ouramancer speaks to these spirits, and what the Magestrava can do with/to them (again, I have my own ideas, but you obviously have it all figured out already). I'm in the dark here, and my character background's going to suffer if I have to rewrite it because I got the magic wrong...

I see your point. Alright, I guess I should get started on that. Anyway, on the Fay, I know that they were classified as Spirits, but in truth, this is just for formalities sake. The reason I was a bit wary on explaining about the Fay is because they technically belong in their own category. I know your view point on Spirits and Ouramancy, and from what I can see, it's actually similar to mine.

The Fay have powers like Spirits, but they have physical form an can make contact with anyone. For organizations sake, they were just classified as 'something in between' but still technically a spirit, as they come from a realm that's different from ours. Every other kind of Spirit is as you think - only an Ouramancer can communicate and interact with them.

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Imperfectionist said
Isn't this all going against the explanation of Fae we were given earlier? Spirits, separate and alien to the mortal realm, where only people like Ouramancers could communicate with them?

Fae are different. It's why their classified as 'Greater Magical Beings' rather than 'Supreme' - they have that kind of power, but they have physical form and interact with whomever they please. They're kinda out there.

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Leotamer said
I am not going to work on the CS until the OOC is up because knowing me I would lose my CS otherwise, but the idea is of my character is a Syker who was orphaned really early in live, like at the age of 10, I am not quite sure why in my head but it is just from some mundane reason like disease. (You can tell me if I need to change anything with how I represent Fay, I don't mind, this is probably going to be changed around a lit bit anyways.) At this point, he only his intent magic which was pretty much uncontrollable clairvoyance, his mind would just show him things to help keep him alive, and basically a Fay took a liking to him and decided that having a Syker could help her in the long run, and so she tried to meet with the boy indirectly trying to allow him to find her, so every day while he was in the forest collecting things for some copper (or whatever currency we are using) and/or food she would watch him, until a few days past and his primitive magic sense detected her. My character would still believe meeting her was pure chance. So she took the orphan in and basically raised him as her own, all the while completely indoctrinating him. She, being a magic being, taught him some magic, however when he came to age, she realized what use is a mage with out formal training and so she sent him off to school. (Basically, how I see Fay is not just completely random creatures but very manipulative creatures who like humans, but as a human would love a dog kind of sense.) And basically part of this character is that he will not only not believe you if you said he was basically brain-washed (even though he really is) he will say you are flat out lying and are evil, and gods forbid you say anything bad about the Fay around him.

Hmm . . . not quite what I had in mind with the Fay. Their quite good natured and generally don't manipulate humans. If this is how you're planning their relationship to be, then might I suggest that rather than the Fay saw some use in him, make the Fay childish in nature, and decided to 'play-momma' so to speak.

They separated when she tried to teach him magic, because the Fay realized that it was impossible for him to learn the magic of her race, so, adhering to her 'mommy' role, she sent him off to school, quite unaware that to your character, the 'game' of 'mommy' was not a game to him.

Does that sound fine?

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PhotoHammy said
Melody nods slowly and starts to play an old tune again but different.

Rina moved closer to Melody. "You don't mind if I stay here close to you do you?" she asked quietly. "Just nod or shake your head."

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Imperfectionist said
Ah, I have another question. You haven't mentioned intelligent humanoids other than humans themselves, so... no non-human races?

They'll be mentioned in passing. I have something in mind for humanoids, but generally, yeah, all humans :)

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Imperfectionist said
Well, I'm planning on having regular outings, so a few basic details would be nice... As a corollary, how much time would an older student be forced to spend in the Academy? Is there a point where research becomes self-directed, or does every student have a grueling, regimented schedule up until graduation?

Alright, I'll add a bit about the city, but no specifics.
Once a student hits seventeen (age of maturity) then they are free to leave the school or continue on to higher levels. Kind of like college. At this point, there schedules is mostly made by themselves.

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Imperfectionist said
Mm, I have a question. How close is the Academy to the nearest city? Is there even any city nearby?

There is a city nearby, about, say, six kilometers away. I didn't think to add it as it was more of an accessory if anything. Should I?