The Gate of Lords Discussion

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edited 8th Jun '12 5:59:19 PM by Speedchesser

Where are the orbs usually kept and how do people use them to transform?

Depends greatly, though it's most common for them to be stored in the pocket or in a bag for security purposes. As for your second question, all one has to do to transform is concentrate on transforming while touching the orb or wearing it on their person.

Do the orbs vanish for the duration of the transformation or are they still where they were when you transformed?

Well, I was figuring that because the rest of someone's equipment and clothing changes, whether the orb is still carried by the person when they transform is up to them. Usually, it vanishes so that the person doesn't have to worry about losing it and has both hands free, but occasionally someone will keep the orb around when they transform.

Suppose it's too late, 'cuz I've already posted over there, but can one "graduate" from the Trials and go on to more intense training?

If one believes they should learn more before continuing on, or if they wish to become a member of the staff, then they can continue to learn from one of the three masters until they decide they have learned enough or become the equal of their master. As such, your character having already passed is acceptable.

Not sure which of the three masters he'd learn from yet. I'll let you know when I figure it out.

How big is an orb, actually? And you should post a general layout of the city/area to make things a bit easier.

I was thinking an orb would be about two and a half inches in size.

I'll work on getting a finished version of the layout of the area. It should be up soon.

Out of curiousity, who are the three masters?

Also, what are the orbs made of?

First there's the master who made the academy, Master Gratso. He's humanoid, but his species isn't so much as named, and it is widely speculated that he was actually part demon. He's serious and has a strong sense of justic. His element is nature, and he's skilled at sword fighting and survival skills.

Second is Master Gregory. Basically a lax kind of man who specialises in unarmed combat and magic, with the energy element.

Finally, there's Master Conrad, who specialises in agility and archery. He's a mind specialist who is serious yet not really uptight.

I'm thinking there might be other teachers as well, but the masters are the primary three, and are the people to go to if one wants further training or has an issue.

The orbs are made of thick and strong glass, but appear to contain their owner's element (a fire orb appears to have a flame in it, for example). If the element is solid and sufficient in strength, the orb might instead become that element.

edited 9th Jun '12 3:17:50 PM by Speedchesser

Thing and strong glass, huh? However, glass is still glass; are orbs destructible? If yes, how will this affect the orbkeeper whose orb is broken?

If an orb is destroyed, then the Orbkeeper who it belonged to will not be able to use their powers short of getting another or getting someone powerful enough to repair it, both incredibly difficult tasks given how rare the orb is. Other side effects may occur to those with particularly strong bonds to their orb or those who have lost them before, but usually nothing too bad.

I imagine the Masters will be able to repair them, right?

Not to be impatient, but things have been moving along pretty slowly.

About the orb question, yeah, they probably could.

Hmm... Yes, I see what you mean about the RP slowing down. I'm not exactly sure how I should try to get it back to speed, primarily because I'm not sure if most people are done with their characters socialising.

An easy way to speed it up is have one of the masters/NPC's come into the room and say the trials are going to start soon and then people will naturally wrap up what's going on, in theory. That's just my two cents since socializing will come throughout the story anyways I'd think.

Yeah, that sounds good. I'll get working on the post right now.

Is it okay if the Orb your character has nothing on the inside of it, but the outside looks different while still being made out of glass?

I suppose so.

After finished doing an Archive Binge for a certain roleplay, I am tempted to suggest that we post combat dossiers for our characters, to make things less seem like an Ass Pull later in the fights.

edited 10th Jun '12 2:24:37 PM by LimitRemoval

I suppose. However, I'm worried about Metagaming because even though we all know we shouldn't do it, it happens subconsciously sometimes...

The attacks should be a surprise to the characters, but not to us. You know what I mean?

edited 10th Jun '12 4:29:37 PM by Collen

@speedchesser - Would it be ok if I acted as an 'apprentice judge' for the trials? Learning how to analyze styles of combat, stuff like that?

edited 10th Jun '12 4:54:22 PM by Rockonman

I agree with you, but they have their benefits. Maybe you could make them works in progress, starting off with only the details that the characters know from seeing them fight or fighting, then adding any details that weren't shown when the Trials are over.

Sure.

That said, we should include a lot of detail in power-related actions, without going into Magi Babble territory, of course.

I have high hopes on the imminent trial...

The whole picking of teams is gonna be interesting, specially considering Andel's skillset. This is shaping up to be an interesting first trial.