Zeroth

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@Bishop
The experiments are mostly fine, but keep in mind what he'd be able to accomplish over a seven day period and given what has already been described about the cave. He couldn't do experiments with fire because the only source of fire is the goblins' bonfire, and that'd be far too dangerous for him to go near right now. His Lesser Force is also nowhere near powerful enough to use "high pressure zones" or anything like that.

I would like you to basically remove the encounters with other creatures though, because of what I said before about random encounters.

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

@Perascamin
That might work once we get through this first little chunk and the world "opens up," if @Product planned to do it that way, but right now we're going to be heading into the castle, probably facing some light opposition, and then making an escape. Unless he wants to declare any "bad guy" Knights of Hyrule to be fodder ala Hyrule Warriors, and give us freedom over establishing the environment, we'll need him to post more frequently to give us the action-reaction flow.

For example, if he describes a stairwell from the sewer tunnels to the ground floor of the castle, and it's lit by one wall sconced torch, and there are footsteps and clinking metal coming from the top of it, that's giving us info to use in our posts. Someone might douse the torch and plan to ambush the guard when he comes down. Someone else may just rush up there and try to knock him out straight away. But Product is gonna have to tell us what happens when we make our attempts at action, what we see, what sensory info we're getting, etc.

All I'd recommend now is just waiting for every player to post, then responding to them all at once--if need be, using Mentions and header-text to identify who the specific part of the post is aimed at. Unless players are interacting directly with each other in a back-and-forth, they don't need to post more than once per "round," and even then if their back and forth goes on too long they need to create a collaborative post and copy-paste it.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@Bishop
Originally Wisps were going to be more spirit like, but then I figured "No they still need to be at least partially physical cause the others need to be able to hurt and kill them."

As of now, a Wisp DOES have a physical body. It is essentially a Koosh Ball (look it up if you don't know it but I bet you do and don't realize it) made out of very squishy flesh and soft hair instead of rubber. The hairs have a quality somewhat like the fibers or filaments used in electronics, and the magical energy that suffuses such a small body flows through them to create the differently colored auras that make them look like floating magical lights.

If they use up their MP, they have a much harder time Levitating, just like you would have a hard time holding up your entire body on a pull up bar when all your muscles are exhausted. They won't generally run out of MP just FROM Levitation, though. If they can't hold themselves up and they fall, or if they are knocked to the ground, they DO take fall damage.

They do need to eat, sleep, poop, etc. It is assumed the less pleasant biological functions will usually take place off screen. So long as they are near some source of food and water they don't have to get very specific with that either. Pixies and Wisps can, to an extent, subsist off of Mana Crystals and ambient mana, but that's mostly like baby food or something and won't keep them going indefinitely once they mature enough or start using up more energy to hunt and fight.

Wisps are NOT anywhere near equal to human intelligence under normal circumstances. I'm not sure what else you're asking when it comes to the Earthlings' minds overwriting those of the monsters they have become. Even if there are "stats" mentioned, this isn't a setting where one can be smarter than someone else just because they have a higher Intelligence or Wisdom stat. Learning is based from experiences and study just like in the real world. As former humans who have already lived and been educated in a modern day environment (except a few characters) the players are far and away smarter than most entities of this world in regards to certain things.

Write the first few days however you'd like, but in the first week there aren't any random encounters because the characters are basically infants during that time. If they didn't spend their time hiding, avoiding conflicts, keeping to themselves and only getting what they needed to survive, etc they'd already be dead. If you want to fight certain creatures just look specifically for those creatures in the cave and you'll be more likely to have a random encounter involving them.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@Bishop
If you really and truly want him to suppress his old life or have amnesia or something, I suppose you could do that, but it would kind of defeat the purpose of the "isekai" or "person from our world in a new world" genre. If you DID do that, depending on how much of his human self you really "suppressed" he'd either lose his mind entirely and become just like the random monsters, in which case his behavior would solely be based on instinctual or biological imperatives until he gained more intelligence/awareness, OR he would be like a completely blank slate human--he wouldn't know his own name or where he came from, just the "general" knowledge that a person with certain kinds of amnesia retains. But because so much stuff is tied to memory he'd be losing some distinct advantages.

I'm not really sure what you're trying to get at with the different actions aside from general experimentation, and I'd rather you not run your own random encounter combat scenarios because of some behind-the-scenes stuff I do for them. If you have questions about stuff you'd like to know the answer to, go ahead and post them, but I may not give direct answers to everything. The whole point of this RP is encouraging players to be creative, to experiment, and to explore.

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

@Vertigo
Yep, that's a perfect example of how an NPC can help a rag-tag bunch of misfits not be so mis-fitted. Without Telma, how would we have convinced the blood thirsty desert savage to help save the new heir of the kingdom that ransacked her home? Then again...

"The dog that barks is too busy to bite, young lady. For all your bluster, it seems to me you might just be scared to go down into the damp dark well and possibly fight your way through the entire castle guar--"

*Drifter blocks her fist* "Haha! The deer that returns to the same salt lick too often is soon hunted--"

*She kicks him in the groin instead, then angrily jumps down the well as he collapses*

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

@Inkarnate
The telepathic message mentions "Friends," and given Telma's involvement with a resistance group in Twilight Princess, I figured the implication was that this version of the character would also be involved in something like that. A faction loyal to the Queen or whatever. It'd be even sloppier if a bunch of unrelated people with vastly different mindsets--some of which might lead to infighting like Lesina and Nadijah's completely opposed views--just all gathered around the well and suddenly decided "We're best friends in the same party, off to save the world we go!" when they don't know each other from Tingle.

Having an NPC to smooth over an initial meeting and keep it from devolving into a bunch of "who are yous" and "what's all this about," as well as assuage the questions and worries of the lest trusting characters, makes it easier to establish them as a "group," if that's what they're meant to be.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@BishopThe tattoo can carry over, but having it associated with evil acts won't have any effect besides aesthetics. No such thing as a karma meter here and what he is seen as solely depends on his actions and how others individually perceive them.

He never actually experienced hell, the Demon King plucked him out of our universe basically at the moment of death.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

@Guy0fV4lorIf you would, just keep in mind that Stone Shot needs ammo but you can only carry 10 items total on your person at once right now.

@Bishop
Accepted!

Well now. Here I thought that ghetto street rat, or that Triad femme fatale, would be the worst of my "Heroes." After all, the world you came from is far more peaceful--despite what breaking stories assault your minds from every direction at every moment. You don't even have magic anymore, although some of your science seems to be just as prone to abuse and misuse.

You, though. Now you are a rarity. Are you evil, or sadistic? Or were you just such a weak willed, ignorant follower, that you joined in on the rape and plunder because everyone else around you was doing it and you didn't want to be singled out for their abuse the next time? I always laugh when people like you say they had a "realization." Or they "made a mistake." As if you weren't raised to follow societies' rules and morals your entire life. As if learning "rape is bad" was something completely new to you.

You claim you were religious, but how important was your God to you, truly? Was He less important than getting your rocks off inside some third world goat farmer's wife? Did your Faith weigh less on the scales than that rifle in your hands? How amusing, the way you Earthlings play gymnastics inside your heads!

I've pulled you out of Hell...for now. But rejoice, oh ye of self-informed faith! You may still bear your cross and parade yourself about. Just don't expect anyone else to join your pity party.

Skill Gain: Curse Affinity
An Affinity Skill makes learning skills related to that affinity easier and boosts their power. The Curse affinity is a category including magics that are solely meant for causing harm and misfortune, and spreading malice. But those who immerse themselves in hatred often drown in it...

The Demon King

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

@Product
I'm not real clear on the distance between the alleyway and the back lot of Telma's with the shrubbery, and I kind of intended Drifter to be sort of unseen in the background until the rest of the characters made their way back there, so as not to overcrowd the potential fight scene. Should I assume this wasn't the case, and Telma's addressing him with the rest? It's not that I don't want to interact with everyone else, it's just that I didn't want to charge in and make the scene even more chaotic since it seemed fairly clear it was about to be a "THE BEACONS ARE LIT, GONDOR CALLS FOR AID" moment as everyone rushes to save Dekkunda.

Would it be okay if I just had him feel an unusual draft or something, then find the well on his own? Is it under a bush or overgrowth like in Link to the Past?

Hyrule's Civil War (Zelda RP)

D R I F T E R

Taking the High Road in Castle Town

---

It's good to watch the rain from a dry standpoint.

A dark red umbrella, a bit rough around the edges but still sound, gave a steady pitter-patter under the watery onslaught of the sky. The slim reeds forming its frame spun in a circle as the man beneath it twirled the handle with a flick of his wrist. The man took a deep breath through his nose and enjoyed the scent of fresh rain and cold wind. The hem of his cloak and robes hung heavy with water and his boots splashed through the puddles, but he still had a cheerful spring to his step.

"Good evening!" The man turned his scruffy chin to call out as he passed a weary guard out on patrol. The guardsman's hood and poncho shed rivulets as he hunched his shoulders against the wind.

"Very funny, traveler. What business are you on that's got you in such a sunny mood?"

"If you believe sunshine brings happiness, good sir, you have never danced in the rain!" The traveler chuckled, then bowed. "But I'm merely a wanderer, sir. Came into town this evening shortly before the bridges went up."

"Be wantin' lodgings, then?" The soldier hugged himself to ward off the chill. "Most of the inns are in the Red District. Might find somethin' cheap in the Green District's dive bars, but watch your purse."

"Many thanks, my friend!"

"Welcome to it, friend drifter. I'll leave you to your dancing." The guardsman sneezed, then headed off down the street--but noticeably with a little less burden in his own step. "Dancing in the rain, huh? Maybe..."

The drifter turned to follow the signs towards the Green District...

"Help me... my name is Zelda... I have gone into labor within the castle, and I fear I won't survive. My husband is not to be trusted. Please, come to me. There is an old well hidden behind Telma's Bar in the green district that passes beneath the castle's walls. Friends await you there."

The drifter stopped dead in his tracks, one hand tightening its grip on the umbrella while the other immediately went under his cloak. But as he slowly exhaled, his amber-gold eyes canvassing the street, nothing save the wind and water moved. No mouth had carried that voice. Perhaps magic, then? Or perhaps his imagination? But no, the words were too clear, and how could he have ever known that a well behind this tavern of Telma's disguised a secret passage into the royal castle? Magic it was. So Zelda--the Queen--did not trust her lord husband, and had called him...for what? To save her? To go to her? Why? Did she think her husband posed her some threat for some reason?

Never say "no" to adventures.

But he did not need to go to Telma's, just to the well behind it. Perhaps it would be in a yard, or an alleyway. But going from street to street, following these signs, seemed it might be confusing and consuming of his time. The drifter ducked into an alleyway, and soon found a few barrels where someone kept their garbage. Testing the lid with one hand first, he then hopped atop it--and from there to the lip of the rooftop. He held his umbrella in one hand, still managing to keep himself dry, while his other supported his body weight. With a grunt and a flex of his core, he swung his legs up, then back and around again, before flipping himself up onto the fired clay shingles.

With a lighter, quieter, swifter step, the wanderer headed along rooftops and rafters, over beams and awnings. At one point, in the alleyway down below he spied quite the kerfuffle. It seemed someone had been attempting to mug...a child? A child in a play costume of leaves? No, wait. That was probably one the wooden creatures called a Deku Scrub. How interesting! But the Knights of Hyrule were on the case, doing their kingdom proud--or at least one of them was. She challenged the ne'er-do-well with a flashing sword. And there were two more people watching across the street. Thieves didn't like officers of the law or witnesses, so it seemed the fool would either spend the night in a cell, or take off running if he knew what was good for him. So the drifter didn't bother with that for the moment.

Under the shadows of the storm, he made his way over the roof of the buildings adjacent to Telma's Bar--which seemed like it had gone quite to the dogs as of late. He wondered if the place still did any actual business. But sure enough, a back yard full of untrimmed hedges and uncut grass sat in a small lot behind the dilapidated tavern. The swordsman hopped down off the lowest part of the wall, bending his knees to absorb the short fall.

"Now, if I were a well with a hidden passage, where might I be...?" He brushed one thumb across the stubby whiskers on his chin as he walked around the muddy ground, giving his umbrella a few more lazy spins...