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Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#51: Jun 13th 2012 at 9:41:57 AM

I sort of assumed that, because usually for a male that name's spelled with an 'ly' rather than an 'lie'.

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LimitRemoval MS Paint? Hell Yeah! from C:\Users\Name\Pictures\ Since: Oct, 2010
MS Paint? Hell Yeah!
#52: Jun 13th 2012 at 10:19:17 PM

@Billie: I'm aware, but the name can confuse me at times. Posting at 1 AM doesn't help.

I've edited the post to fix that.

LimitRemoval MS Paint? Hell Yeah! from C:\Users\Name\Pictures\ Since: Oct, 2010
MS Paint? Hell Yeah!
#53: Jun 15th 2012 at 8:52:53 AM

I've noticed the constant slowdown (and failed revival attempts) of this RP. I am sorry in advance if any part of the following rant offends you. Expect some complaints. I can think of a possible cause of this loss of interest.

First, there are not enough information for the setting. The players are basically told a brief history and the fact that they're in an academy that teaches you superpowers to fight creatures emerging from Gate of The Lords. From that summary you posted on the RP thread's first post, any casual person will assume the setting is a medieval one, while you said it happened at modern times. This disconnect in narrative, in my opinion, turned people off from the RP.

The roleplayers have no idea who are they fighting for, what city they're at, or what is the world's situation. Just giving out several names can actually help a lot. You can see Vann's conversation with Greg and Billie, where they refer to locations with "West", "East", "South" with barely any knowledge of it.

All in all, the premise has a ton of potential; you just need to establish the setting more.

Don't worry too much, I'll be faithful till' the end smile.

edited 15th Jun '12 9:37:08 AM by LimitRemoval

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#54: Jun 15th 2012 at 1:33:52 PM

Definitely not offended. I found that advice very helpful, and the post came across as constructive criticism, not a complaint about the RP.

I agree that my opening post was not nearly clear enough. I figured that someone would ask questions about the parts of the setting I didn't mention, and that I'd answer them as they came in instead of making a gigantic opening post.

I should probably go ahead and explain about the details you mentioned in the third paragraph. Orbkeepers have varying motives for fighting demons, from the excitement of it to their own survival to just plain heroics. The city they're in is one that doesn't actually exist, starting out as a refugee camp after a magical mishap and growing into one as more and more people came to it and their needs grew. It's in France, and is named Craego after the wizard who created the mishap in the first place. As for the worlds situation, Laws are usually much stricter, war is much more common in some places due to the lack of resources that has been the case for a long time while in other places it has become less common due to the low number of people willing to fight after all that destruction, islands like Hawaii have thrived due to the massive number of people who once fled there but have now become incredibly overcrowded after all this time, cities have become more frequent and towns less so, and a few places have completely unravelled and never really reformed, becoming lawless lands full of war, needless death, and crime of every form.

I should probably explain about some places in particular. Japan is somewhat chaotic after a lot of people fled there, China and America have become ridiculously strict, France and some other places such as Australia have grown and progressed without being really changed, England has suffered from there being too few people there for a good while and shrunk, Germany has become more of a wilderness after they figured out that demons usually found people through seeing towns or cities, Russia has become more powerful and become a major influence for other places, the people of Canada have began dividing so that cities and towns became smaller and houses more likely to be on their own, and Latin America has suffered under inefficient but strict laws causing both anarchy and draconian laws to cause problems for the people living there. Those are the most major changes, though they aren't too extreme in most cases (some exceptions being China, Germany and America).

If you think there isn't enough information about something in particular about the world, please ask about it. I agree that I haven't given enough information, but I can't think of everything that people will need to know.

Thank you for your advice, Limit Removal. I appreciate it.

AkenJizo Since: Jan, 2012
#55: Jun 16th 2012 at 11:54:45 PM

@Speedchesser: I probably should have asked this a while ago, but how much better than normal people are our characters at our specialties? For example, would the people who chose agility be able to literally dance circles around weaker enemies, or would it just make them better at parkour?

@Rockonman: This is just my own little peeve, so I'm sorry about this, but could you change your description of your transformed appearance? The wording just makes it sound like transforming would be an Instant Win Button for him (yes, I realize he's a graduate, but he wouldn't be that much better than the others if he isn't a Master).

edited 16th Jun '12 11:54:59 PM by AkenJizo

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#56: Jun 17th 2012 at 12:17:48 PM

[up]That depends on whether the person has two specialities or only one. With two, they're significantly, but not ridiculously, better at both of them, while with one their speciality is much stronger.

Oh, and are people still going to the meeting, or have they all abandoned that?

AkenJizo Since: Jan, 2012
#57: Jun 17th 2012 at 12:33:20 PM

Khaine WAS going to the meeting, but events have put a stop to that.

AuraofMildChaos In The Zone from Elsewhere Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
In The Zone
#58: Jun 17th 2012 at 12:47:39 PM

I think knowing there is a dying man in the room spurred most of us to action. Not to mention I also think most of us are itching to get to some demon hunting action (though that may just be me).

I, for one, welcome our new Basketball Z overlords. All hail The Generation of Miracles! (Aomine is the best though)
Scrounge (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#59: Jun 17th 2012 at 6:11:33 PM

Yeah, I think it can be assumed that the meeting is probably less of a priority to most people than a room with a horrible demon and a man who's dead or dying (And if the latter, needs to be kept from becoming the former.)

daltar (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#60: Jun 17th 2012 at 8:22:42 PM

A question, since Megan is both a traditional mage and an inventor can she have access to magical artifacts created by herself? Like a staff of lightning, a pen that writes by itself, boots to run slightly faster and the such?

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#61: Jun 17th 2012 at 8:38:27 PM

Yeah, she would. They wouldn't start out too powerful, but as time passes she'll become able to make them much stronger.

daltar (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
AkenJizo Since: Jan, 2012
#63: Jun 17th 2012 at 9:34:45 PM

@Speedchesser: That reminds me; how will character strength progression work? Is it going to be in increments or is it going to be a slow and gradual thing? Sorry if this seems like a stupid question; I just don't want to assume.

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#64: Jun 17th 2012 at 9:46:36 PM

It's mostly gradual, but every now and then power can jump varying amounts for one of several reasons.

LimitRemoval MS Paint? Hell Yeah! from C:\Users\Name\Pictures\ Since: Oct, 2010
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#65: Jun 18th 2012 at 1:38:49 AM

The demon... ended up being weaker than what I had expected. Of course, I understand that we can't have high-level spells thrown like pies in the firstt fight of the RP, but it seemed underwhelming.

Well... it is being beaten up by 3-4 orbkeepers at once...

edited 18th Jun '12 10:44:00 AM by LimitRemoval

Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#66: Jun 18th 2012 at 10:34:17 AM

Yeah, I see what you mean. I'm upping his next attack in power.

Insano Mad Pinoy from At my laptop, refusing to waste time Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Mad Pinoy
#67: Jun 18th 2012 at 2:42:06 PM

Eh, read the last post. Don't know what's going on, action-wise. Can you please explain the post, Speed? If it's no trouble of course.

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Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#68: Jun 18th 2012 at 2:48:35 PM

While, Phoebus was jumping at the demon as far as I understood it, while it was being attacked from behind by Carwyn. What it did was let the attack by Carwyn push it forwards, then used the momentum to roll underneath the airborne Phoebus in the hopes that the two will smash into each other. After that, it cast a spell to destroy the floor in a nearby place so as to create a dust cloud to make sight difficult.

If I misunderstood what Phoebus was doing, let me know and I'll edit the post.

Insano Mad Pinoy from At my laptop, refusing to waste time Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Mad Pinoy
#69: Jun 18th 2012 at 2:53:01 PM

No, no. You understood my last post. I was the one misunderstanding.

One more thing: Does the demon still have Phoebus' spear?

edited 18th Jun '12 2:54:39 PM by Insano

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Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#70: Jun 18th 2012 at 3:08:44 PM

It dropped it when it used it to help it do that pole-vault. The spear is lying on the ground at present.

AkenJizo Since: Jan, 2012
#71: Jun 19th 2012 at 12:57:26 PM

Hey, guys. Sorry for posting so infrequently. Summer school has started and I'm in a math class.

Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#72: Jun 19th 2012 at 1:13:26 PM

Does the demon have horns, by the way? I'm just wondering.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
Speedchesser Since: Feb, 2012
#73: Jun 19th 2012 at 1:16:26 PM

[up][up]It's fine. Real life always comes before RP.

[up]Yes, four of them.

AuraofMildChaos In The Zone from Elsewhere Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
In The Zone
#74: Jun 19th 2012 at 2:55:14 PM

It's rather refreshing for me, personally, to play a character who is mostly support. In most game like Dungeons and Dragons I play the berserker or the warrior. With that said, that fight didn't even have every character going all out, I'd wager we could do some serious damage if we all truly unleashed our Orbs.

I, for one, welcome our new Basketball Z overlords. All hail The Generation of Miracles! (Aomine is the best though)
AkenJizo Since: Jan, 2012
#75: Jun 19th 2012 at 6:10:00 PM

I prefer playing warriors or warrior/mage hybrid classes, myself. I don't think I have the imagination to play a pure wizard/sorcerer or any type of stealth class.


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