Thread: The League of Guilds (Signups Open)

I know this OP may look like a lot, but once you understand the combat system, it's incredibly simple and easy. It's a lot of fun once it starts, and most of this is really just archives of information for later or something.





A new era is coming to pass. The guild master Forsyth is retiring. His seat as Head of the League of Guilds is opening, and as his last action, he is looking for his replacement. Guild leaders all over the nations have heard about Forsyth's challenge. A tournament of the highest caliber, for those willing to lay their lives on the line and set their souls on fire. A battle royal between the strongest Guild Leaders. The winner of the tournament will end up becoming the leader of the League, and will aid in the running of the League. Many have started growing new guilds, others training, in hopes to reach the top position in the tournament and become the new master of the League. But things aren't so simple. The other League representatives are vieing for his position, the four grand heads in a power struggle for the name of Guild Master. And the kingdom of Belithon and it's power hungry Noble's are looking to wipe out the guilds once and for all, seeing Forsyth's retire as the key piece in finally starting an invasion, without their queen's knowledge of course. The Dukedoms of Terlyrs are at the cusp of a civil war, and the Baron of Chalphy has had a mysterious Sage join his side.

Politics are not the only problem. Nomads and bandits have been roaming free, seeing a opening in freedom with the guild's changing hands, and recent discoveries at the Ryutarian School of Magiks has lead to rumors of Ice, Earth, and Water tomes. The Holy Papal has not graced his people in several moons, and a Dark Select is said to have taken control of the church. Pirates and Sailors alike have said to seen ghostly beings and a ship mysteriously disappear along the coastlines. The desert has said to have grown larger in the past months, and even demons have appeared. What is happening to these lands? Why are the people being subjected to such misfortunes? Have they done something wrong? Are they even connected?

Many powerful obstacles stand in the way to the top, and the journey will not be easy. Friends will be met, riches won, lies told, enemies defeated, allies betrayed, and secrets revealed. Will you be able to withstand the trials and tribulations of these lands and become victorious, or will you fall and be wiped from the pages of history, like so many before you?



Sign Ups

As far as the human races are concerned, there is only one, true, race within the world. Yet, despite these strong convictions that permeate even the most open-minded people, there are rumors. Rumors of dragons who can take the forms of man, woman, and children. Supernatural beings who are not demons, yet are not of this world either. Are the rumors true? Or are they simple child-like fantasies that have progressed too far?

Most races will be unavailable to players. Very rare exeptions will be present as they may conflict with canon information.

Sign-up sheet: The following is an example sign-up sheet complete with an example sign-up/my characters sign-up sheet.

Name: Fairly obvious. What’s your name?
Age: While there is no minimum age or maximum age, please keep it reasonable. I do not wanna see gramps going out there and fighting when he is 102 years old!
Likewise, five year olds do not belong on a battlefield without a damned good reason.
Gender: Male or female.
Appearance: A simple paragraph should suffice, but a picture can work too.
Element: Which of the support element is your character?
Class: What class? Remember to keep it as one of the base classes at first.
Stats: Be sure to list all of them.
Simplified stats: HP, Might, Hit, Attack speed, Avoid, Defense, Resistance
Inventory: List any and all weapons here.
Items/gold: The base starting gold is 15. If you buy a item, please deduct the cost from your base gold.
Skills: List any skills here. Skills that are Class skills and come with the character's class should be in Italics. One free skill is granted on creation.
Backstory: Only a paragraph is needed. You do not need to list every detail, but in general their backstory should flow into the story in some way.



Reasons for Rejection:
I am fairly lax on the characters that are approved. However, here are some pre-emptive reasons why I may reject a character.

1) Improper stats. I won’t complain if you are a few stats off, or forgot to deduct for a skill, and will simply ask you to edit the post. However, if you are clearly giving a character more/less stats than they should have, I will reject it.

2) Improper builds. I won't complain if you have a unusual character. However, if your character is a mage, I expect them to have a at-least somewhat mage-y build. If you max HP, STR, and DEF while giving them only 1 MAG and RES, well that’s clearly not a mage!

3) Self/other insertion: If you are planning to insert yourself into this RP. Don’t. Or at least have the decency to give yourself a fitting name and proper backstory! Same with characters from other, established, mediums. You may adore FFVII, but if you want to play as Aeris, at least make her fit the world. Using artwork of a established character does not constitute insertion.

4) Trying for a instant badass. Just don’t try it. Trust me. This is the one ‘unfounded’ reason I will reject a character for. If it’s clear the character is impossible or was written with the sole intent of being ‘a badass’, I will reject it.


Make sure you read the other posts after this one, as they have vital info to the story about countries/regions and hold the majority of the battle system.

Combat System and Notes

This RP is not like most RP’s in which a person is allowed to create any character they so desire and then give them unique, if not god-powerful, skills to utilize. Instead, this RP focuses on a more balanced system in which every character is more or less human in their power. In order to represent this, upon sign-up it is required that you fill out a stat-sheet that represents your character’s strengths and weaknesses and is used in most forms of combat to ensure at least a semi-balance of equality (not one person doing all the work/doing bleep type things while others are struggling to score a hit). Combat in this RP is fairly simple and not overtly difficult, however it is distinctly different from what you may be used to. In order to help you out, I have provided a section on the basics of combat for you. The exact rules of combat are listed at the end of this segment while the stats and how they work are listed in the beginning.

Initially, when you make a character, you will receive 20 points that you can put into any of the stats that you desire. You must put a minimum 1 point into HP, but are otherwise uninhibited with one exception. At no time may you place more than the amount of points over the cap into any category. If you have a basic understanding of how FE stats work and do not desire a skill for your character, while it would be best for you to read to try and understand how everything works, it is possible to skim at least several topics.

HP: As should be obvious, HP is the health stat of the game. Unlike in normal FE, having your HP drop down to 0 does not equal death. Instead, depending on the situation, they have been ‘knocked unconscious/disarmed/made unable to fight via some other means’. This is not to say that having it drop down to 0 is a good thing at all though. You are unable to fight until after the current fight is over and receive no EXP at all for your efforts. Typically, healthy or fit characters will have higher HP than sickly or physically weaker characters.

For every point spent in HP, you receive three HP.

Strength and Magic: Strength and magic are the two stats that help to determine damage. After you have confirmed a hit on the opponent, you will normally roll for damage. Once you have that result, you will add in whatever your STR or MAG score (depending on weapon) is to the final result. So for example, if you rolled a 3 for damage and have a 2 for your STR, you will deal a total of 5 damage to your opponent (before DEF/RES). Obviously, characters who focus more on physical strength or powerful strikes will have higher STR than someone who is physically weak. Meanwhile, a character who is smart/wise/ethereal or whatever else will have a higher magic score than someone who does not possess any such traits. Lastly, all weapons and tomes require that you have at least 1 STR or else you will take a -1 penalty to SPD.

Each point spent in STR/MAG will raise your damage with each of those attacks by 1.

Skill: Skill is a very useful stat indeed. Before you can deal any damage to an opponent, first you need to hit them after all. In this RP, if you hit an opponent or not is determined by a hit dice. Skill aids this dice out by adding on to its roll in a manner similar to STR/MAG. A character who is experienced or focuses largely on accuracy or precision will have a high SKL while a character who relies on blind strikes will likely have lower SKL. It is possible to have absolutely no SKL at all, but do not expect to hit an opponent too often.

Speed: The first of the defense-style stats listed here. Speed is an important stat since it determines two very important things. First off, speed determines your evasion rates for the most part. Normally, in combat, if your opponent is trying to hit you, they will need to roll a dice to see if they hit. In order to determine if they hit or not, they need to roll against your evade stat, and evade is determined by your speed. Additionally, if your SPD is two or more points above that of your opponent, you will be able to attack twice in your posts instead of the default one (and the same applies to your opponents). Speed provides a flat 1 evasion.

Luck: Luck is a weird stat in what it controls. It can effect skills, it can save your HP from dropping to 0, and it helps evade all at once. Some skills in this game will use luck for various things, so in this matter it is best to consult the skill itself as to what luck will do. When you take a blow that would drop your HP down to 0, you can try to roll to save yourself at 1 HP. Every point of luck grants you .5 evade as well.

Defense/Resistance: The third and final ‘defender’ type stat in the game that helps to reduce any incoming damage once a hit has been scored upon you. Normally, when you have been hit by an opponent, he will roll for damage. After he has rolled, if you have no defense/resistance (depending on the attack) he will deal the damage directly too you without any reduction. However, having points in defense and resistance will lower this damage potentially all the way down to 0. Simply subtract the proper value of each stat from your opponents roll and you are GTG.

Each point spent in Defense/Resistance will give you 1 point of the proper status (rounded down). However, for every three points in DEF/RES, you may gain 1 additional point in that stat. So if you have 3 DEF, your defense is actually a 4. If you have 4, it's actually a 5, and so forth. This point should be added to your simplified stats so as to be easy to see. It shouldn't be in your base states.

Combat: Stat based combat in TLG uses a set of D6s (six-sided dice), each for a different purpose with three in total. They are identified from left to right (first, second, and third).

The HIT die: The number rolled here is added to the rolling character's SKL stat.
The DMG/Damage/MT die: The number rolled here is added to the rolling character's Mt(how much damage they would normally be doing.
The Bonus die: The number rolled here determines skill activations.

Critical hits:
If the MT die and the Bonus die number match in a roll, double the damage dealt to the target. Weapons that are effective against a certain class double your might before your roll when you attack with that weapon.

Dice notes:
This is the dice tracking site we use to prevent roll fixing and roll picking.
http://invisiblecastle.com/
When using the site, to further prevent roll picking, it's always good to fill in the extra fields. Some examples would be the comments field. This is useful for noting who your character is attacking. These should be filled out before the roll is made.

When attacking, an enemy, several defense factors come into play. The sum of your skill and HIT roll must be subtracted from by the opponent's evasion.
Note: Evasion is the sum of 1.0 x SPD and 0.5 x LUK rounded down to the nearest whole number. Alternatively just add speed normally, cut your luck stat in half, round down to the nearest whole number and you've got the right number.
After subtracting speed, if the sum of the attacker's SKL and hit roll are greater than zero, the attack hits. Zero or less is a miss.
The sum of your attacking damage must be subtracted from by the opponent's DEF or RES (DEF for STR/RES for MAG).
After subtracting DEF or RES from the attacking damage, if the sum of the attacker's attack damage is greater than zero, that number is subtracted from the opponent's HP. If the number is zero or less, there is no damage.


Useful notes:

Knives: Knife wielders have an automatic +1.5 evasion bonus, but suffer a -1 might penalty.
Bows: Bow wielders have an automatic -1 DEF/RES penalty and can only be countered every other phase.
Light Magic: Priests and Clerics use light magic at half might until promotion. Chaplains use light magic at half might until promotion to Valkyries.
Healing with a healing staff gives 8 EXP. Specialty staves that do not heal give 10 EXP.
Dancers dancing give 8 EXP per dance for an ally. Special dances with rings give 10 EXP.


Saving rolls: Dying sucks. Even if your character isn’t really dead, it sucks big time. Dropping to 0 HP is never a pleasant thing since it usually means your character is unable to fight at all until the combat is over. This is very true if you happened to die from a critical attack as those can feasibly happen at any time! I’ve done what I can to reduce the chances of this happening, and that has lead to the creation of ‘saving rolls’. Saving rolls see if your character will be able to continue on at all during that round of combat. When you take an attack that would normally drop your HP to 0 or below, you may make a special roll to retain 1 HP instead of outright dying/being knocked out/retreating. You must roll a number that is less than your luck divided in half. For example, if you had 4 luck, you would need to roll a 1 or a 2 in order to succeed and retain 1 HP.

You may only make one saving roll per battle. So if you make a roll and succeed on the first attack you took damage on, than got hit again for damage, your HP would drop to 0. Additionally, special effects like poison do count as something you may roll a saving roll on. Obviously, if you choose to not make a roll, go right ahead.

Range: There are 3 ranges. Combat range, 2 range, and Siege range. Combat range is what all weapons and magic operate under. 2 range is for bows. Every other turn, bows will attack from 2 range, avoiding counters. Specialty weapons and other things may attack from range. Siege range can not be attacked under normal circumstances. First, you must sacrifice your turn in order to get closer to the enemy. On the next turn, you can freely attack the enemy. Siege tomes and Balista attack from Siege range. Fliers do not need to waste the 1 turn waiting penalty and may attack Siege range users immediately.

Classes, Skills, and Weapons

All base-tier classes are available for use so long as they have been featured in a Fire Emblem game with some exceptions. Laguz, Manakete, and trainees along with any other classes unique to one game are not acceptable. Every class is capable of using whatever weapons would be normally available to them.


The following is a chart for class caps.

HP:

Cap 6: Bandits, Fighters
Cap 5: Armor Knights, Cavaliers, Wyvern Riders, Soldiers, Mercenaries
Cap 4: Myrmidons, Archers, Nomads, Pegasus Knights, Monks, Shamans
Cap 3: Wind Mages, Fire Mages, Thunder Mages, Clerics, Troubadours, Rogues, Dancers

Str:

Cap 6: Bandits, Fighters
Cap 5: Armor Knights, Wyvern Riders
Cap 4: Mercenaries, Archers, Soldiers, Cavaliers, Rogues
Cap 3: Myrmidons, Nomads, Pegasus Knights, Dancers, Troubadours
Cap 2: All magic users

Mag:

Cap 6: Shamans
Cap 5: Fire Mages, Monks
Cap 4: Thunder Mages, Clerics
Cap 3: Troubadours, Wind Mages, Dancers, Pegasus Knights
Cap 2: Non-magic users.

Skl:

Cap 6: Pegasus Knights, Myrmidons, Archers, Wind Mages, Clerics, Troubadours
Cap 5: Mercenaries, Nomads, Rogues, Thunder Mages, Monks
Cap 4: Fire Mages, Soldiers, Cavaliers, Armor Knights
Cap 3: Fighters, Bandits, Shamans, Wyvern Riders, Dancers

Spd:

Cap 6: Myrmidons, Nomads, Rogues, Dancers
Cap 5: Troubadours, Pegasus Knights, Mercenaries, Monks
Cap 4: Clerics, Wind Mages, Fire Mages, Thunder Mages, Shamans, Fighters, Bandits, Archers, Cavaliers, Soldiers, Wyvern Riders
Cap 3: Armor Knights

Luck:

Cap 4: All classes

Def:

Cap 6: Armor Knights
Cap 5: Wyvern Riders, Soldiers, Cavaliers
Cap 4: Mercenaries, Archers, Fighters, Nomads
Cap 3: Myrmidons, Bandits, Pegasus Knights, Dancers, Troubadours, Shamans
Cap 2: Wind Mages, Fire Mages, Thunder Mages, Monks, Clerics, Rogues

Res:

Cap 6: Clerics, Troubadours, Wind Mages, Fire Mages, Thunder Mages
Cap 5: Pegasus Knights, Monks, Shamans, Dancers
Cap 4: Archers, Cavaliers, Soldiers, Nomads
Cap 3: Fighters, Myrmidons, Mercenaries, Rogues
Cap 2: Wyvern Riders, Armor Knights, Bandits

Level Ups

As always in a FE game, you are capable of increasing the level of your character. It takes 100 EXP to level up as always as well. EXP is gained either from fighting opponents or from exceptional roleplay combined with somewhat signifigant posts (in other words, yes I give roleplay EXP). The EXP is awarded according to this formula.

5 for attacking a normal enemy; but not killing.

10 for killing a normal enemy.

7 for attacking a mini boss

15 for killing a mini boss

10 for attacking a boss.

20 for killing a boss.

Additionally, late joiners gain 15 EXP for every chapter missed. So if you join in chapter 10, you gain 145 EXP, putting you at Level 2 with 45 exp, since you have missed 9 chapters.

There are currently 8 level-ups which follow this pattern.

Level up one: Normal level up.
Level up two: Class change.
Level up three: Normal level up.
Level up four: Normal level up.
Level up five: Class Change.
Level up six: Normal level up.
Level up seven: Normal level up.
Level up eight: Normal level up.

A normal level up grants +3 stat points to any desired stats. These must be distributed without breaking that unit's class caps. During a promotion, three points can be sacrificed to gain a new skill.

Class Change
During a class change, your character will gain +1 point for every stat across the board. Like in normal level ups, three stat points can be sacrificed to gain a new skill. Simply choose which three stats will not receive the +1 and pick a skill for it. Upon the first class promotion, a class skill is also granted at no additional cost. Stat caps also increase by 2 during promotion.


Skills

Skills are unique abilities, often triggered by rolls of the Bonus dice. All characters may accept one skill for free and may take a second skill for the cost of three skill points. Additionally, when you class change, you will acquire at least one skill. Below are listed skills including when they may be acquired, their effects, and any class skills. You gain one skill for free at the start of character creation.

Name: Skill name
Activation: Active, passive, and if active what roll is needed to use it.
Effect: What it does.

Name: Adept
Activation: Roll a 1 on your Bonus die.
Effect: Make one additional attack. Skills cannot activate off this attack, criticals that activate off this attack only deal 1.5x damage instead of 2x damage.

Name: Arcanium
Activation: At the start of your round.
Effect: Half or your MAG stat, or half of your STR may be added to the other(can go over caps). When you attack, you can choose to deal damage to either your enemies DEF or RES, regardless of your normal method of attack. While this skill is active, enemy attacks will target whichever is lower of your DEF or RES. This ability lasts one turn.

Name: Defense Shift
Activation: At the start of your round.
Effect: Halve either your DEF or RES, and add those points unto the other defensive stat for one turn. May go over caps.

Name: Charge
Activation: Roll an even number on your Bonus die.
Effect: Initiate another round of combat, if the character using the skill is not KO'ed.

Name: Full Tilt
Activation: Twice per battle, before your turn.
Effect: For that turn, speed gives 1.5X evasion, but DEF and RES are halved rounded down. Only available to 4 SPD and under class trees.

Name: Daunt
Activation: Passive
Effect: Reduces the Hit and Evasion of any unit facing this unit by one until the end of the turn.. Only 4 SPD and under class trees, excluding Magic Users, can have this skill.

Name: Resolve
Activation: Passive, once per battle.
Effect: Multiplies unit's primary offensive stat, speed, and skill, by 1.5 (rounded down), when unit is 33% health or lower. This speed only adds .5 evasion. Only available to 4 STR/MAG and under classes.

Name: Cancel
Activation: Roll a 2 on your Bonus die.
Effect: Prevents a counter attack for that round.

Name: Parry
Activation: Roll a 1 or a 5 on your Bonus die.
Effect: Reduce the damage taken on your opponents counter-attack by 50%.

Name: Gamble.
Activation: Activate at the start of your round
Effect: Reduce your SKL by 2. Add 1 to your Bonus die.

Name: Speedy Strike
Activation: At the start of your round.
Effect: Reduce your STR/Mag by 1 or 2. In return, you may boost your SPD by a similar amount until the start of your next turn. This SPD gives only .5 evade. May break caps.

Name: Hawkeye
Activation: Twice per battle.
Effect: Select any number of LCK points you want and increase your Hit Die roll for each point. Every point you use this way may not effect your Evasion for that turn. LCK may still be used for saving rolls at full value.

Name: Vantage
Activation: Passive.
Effect: During one round of combat in which you are counter-attacking, you may attack first with one counter. If you can double your opponent, you can do so before their counter.

Name: Miracle
Activation: Passive
Effect: Once per battle, you may automatically succeed on a saving roll.

Name: Wrath
Activation: Have your HP down to 1/3 your total (rounded down)
Effect: Add or subtract 1 to/from your Bonus roll.

Name: Charisma
Activation: Passive
Effect: Choose 2 allies. These allies gain +1 Hit and +1 Evasion for the battle.

Name: Heavy Strike
Activation: Before you attack.
Effect: Before rolling your attack, you may choose to lower your Skl by X amount, and for that attack, you will gain X STR.

Name: Overcast
Activation: At the start of your turn
Effect: Before rolling your attack, you may choose to lower your Skl by X amount,and for that attack, you will gain X Mag.

Name: Protect
Activation: At the start of your turn
Effect: Up to two times per encounter, you may select an ally. Until the next time you launch an attack, any attacks directed at them will be rerouted to you. You may not launch an attack this phase, and no doubling may occur while Guarding.
** Only selectable by soldiers, armor knights, wyverns, and mercenaries.

Name: Stillness
Activation: Passive
Effect: This character may only be targeted once during enemy phases. Character may not be doubled during enemy phase.

Name: Prayer
Activation: Passive
Effect: If your HP falls at/below 1/3 of your max, Evasion increases by 3, and criticals rolls do not do extra damage to you.

Name: Counter
Activation: Passive
Effect: If an enemy rolls a number =< your luck on the bonus die, you deal the damage you took back to them.


Class Skills:
These skills are unique. They can not be obtained by spending points or through any other method. Instead, when you class-change, you gain the abilities listed here for your class.

Class: What class gets it.
Name: It’s name.
Activation: When you can use it.
Effect: What it does.

Class: Rogue
Name: Lethality
Activation: Passive
Effect: Critical attacks deal X3 damage instead of X2

Class: Thief*
Name: Steal
Effect: If you have more speed than your opponent, you may steal 1 item from an enemy that is not equipped. You may not critical or activate any other skills on the attack in which this skill is used. You must defeat the enemy to steal.**
*The thief base class can use this even though they are not promoted.

Class: General
Name: Bastion
Activation: At the start of your turn.
Effect: You may transfer as many points from DEF or RES or from RES to DEF as you desire until the start of your next turn. Can break caps.

Class: Swordmaster
Name: Counter Attack
Activation: Enemy Phase
Effect: If the enemy rolls an odd number on his skill die, you are given a chance to counter attack, similar to enemies on Player Phase.

Class: Halberdier
Name: Pierce
Activation: Roll the same number on your Hit and Bonus dice.
Effect: Subtract 4 from the enemy's defense and deal damage directly to that.

Class: Sniper
Name: Deadeye
Activation: Twice per battle, does not work on boss types.
Effect: Divid accuracy by 1.5, if it hits, enemy is put to sleep.

Class: Paladin and Nomad Trooper
Name: Stat shift
Activation: At the start of the turn.
Effect: A paladin may shift up to two stats from any non-HP category into any other non-HP category until the start of his next turn.

Class: Falco Knight
Skill: Momentum
Effect: Passive
Description: Applies extra damage for speed differences between your unit and the opponent. +1 for one speed, +2 for two, and +3 for 3 Speed gaps in your favor. This effect is capped at +3. Opponents out speeding you is neutral strength.

Class: Wyvern Lord (wyvern lords have one of four class skills depending on their chosen wyvern type)
Name: Agile Winds (Plain Dweller Types)
Activation: Any time twice per battle
Effect: You may increase your attack speed(AS) by +2 for one round.

Name: Thick Scales (Mountain Types)
Activation: Any time twice per battle
Effect: You may increase your defense by +2 for one round.

Name: Dampening Field (Sea Types)
Activation: Any time twice per battle
Effect: You may increase your resistance by +2 for one round.

Name: Sandy Hide (Desert Types)
Activation: Any time twice per battle
Effect: You may increase your evasion(avoid) by +2 for one round.

Class: Sage
Name: Arcane power
Activation: At the start of your turn
Effect: Reduce X amount of any one stat except for STR, Luck, and HP to bolster your MAG until the end of your turn.

Class: Druid
Name: Summon
Activation: Passive
Effect: Summons one Phantom. One per druid can be in battle at any one time.

Class: Bishop
Name: Slayer
Activation: Passive
Effect: When attacking demonic enemies, that enemy's resistance is reduced to 0 for the duration of the combat round.

Class: High Priest
Name: Panacea
Activation: Passive
Effect: Allows you to heal for full magic, instead of the 3/4 magic formula.

Class: Chaplain
Name: Serenity
Activation: Passive
Effect: Nullifies enemy weapon effects.

Class: Berserker
Name: Rage
Activation: At the start of your round.
Effect: Boosts a Berserker's STR by 3, but reduces SKL, DEF, and RES by 2 until the end of your round.

Class: Warrior
Name: Battle Parity
Activation: At the start of your round.
Effect: Ignores enemy and player supports, skills, weapon effects, and other in battle effects.

Class: Hero
Name: Heroic stand
Activation: At the start of your round
Effect: Increases STR, SKL, and Luck by 2 until the start of your next round, but costs you 2 HP every round this is active.

Class: Cavaliers, Knights, Soldiers, and Mercenaries
Name: Pavise
Activation: Start of round.
Effect: Forfeits battle phase for 50% damage reduction.

Class: Dancer
Name: Dance
Activation: Start of Round
Effect: Allows an ally to attack again during a battle phase. Dances can be effected with the type of ring used in addition.

The weapon triangle is present in this RP, though in a weaker way than in most FE games. As always, swords > axes > lances > swords, but the differences between them have been weakened. First off, no weapon or weapon type has any innate stats. All swords do the same amount of damage as axes and lances and they all possess the same hit rating. Think of it like them all having stats of 0MT, 0 Hit. However, the weapon triangle is still present in this game. When a matchup between two weapons occurs, the higher weapon gains +1 Might while the lower weapon loses 1 Hit. So if a person using a sword were to fight a person using the axe and they all had stats of 2, the sword user would actually have 3 MT while the axe user would only get +1 hit from his SKL instead of +2 hit as he normally would.

Staves, bows, and knives are all considered WTN, but each of them has their own unique advantages and disadvantages. Knives get +1.5 evade added to their base evasion. Additionally, a bow user may attack someone without taking a counter attack (unless the person also is using bows or magic), but the user takes a -1 defense and resistance nerf. Staves allow you to heal a ally for an amount equal to 3/4 of your magic stat, but you can not attack with one equipped in combat.

Now, this isn’t to say that special weapons don’t exist. Most weapons available for purchase have a special effect on the battle. Please see the shopping section for notes on purchasing weapons.

The weapon triangles are as follows.
Melee triangle:
Swords < Lances < Axes < Swords

Magic triangles
Fire < Thunder < Wind

Anima < Dark < Light

Anima is considered Fire, Thunder, or Wind.


Weapon Availability

Classes have certain weapons available to them. Some can use healing staves or tomes of different kinds, or bows or swords.

Mages: Specific tomes specified via class
Sages: Anima
Archsage: Anima, Staves
Shamans: Dark
Druids: Dark, Staves
Summoners: Dark, Staves
Monks: Light
Clerics/Priests: Light (Nerfed), Staves
High Priests and Bishops: Light, Staves
Saints and Cardinals: Light, Staves
Armours: One of Bows, Axes, Lances, or Swords
General: Two of Bows, Axes, Lances or Swords
Marshalls: Three of Bows, Axes, Lances or Swords
Cavalier: One of Axes, Lances, or Swords
Paladins: Two of Axes, Lances or Swords
Champions: Axes, Lances, Swords
Pegasus Knights: Lances or Swords
Falco Knights: Lances, Swords
Seraph Knights: Lances, Swords, Staves
Wyvern Rider: One of Axes, Lances or Swords
Wyvern Knight: Two of Axes, Lances or Swords
Wyvern Lords: Axes, Lances, Swords
Nomads: Bows
Nomadic Troopers: Swords, Bows
Gypsies: Swords, Bows
Archers: Bows, Crossbows
Snipers: Bows, Crossbows
Marksmen: Bows, Crossbows
Fighters: Axes
Warriors: Axes, Bows
Reavers: Axes, Bows
Brigands: Axes
Pirates: Axes
Berzerkers: Axes
Kamikazes: Axes
Soldiers: Lances
Halberdiers: Lances
Sentinels: Lances
Mercenaries: Swords
Heroes: Swords, Axes
Vanguards: Swords, Axes
Myrmidons: Swords
Swordmasters: Swords
Trueblades: Swords
Troubadours: Staves, Swords
Chaplains: Staves, Swords, Light (Nerfed)
Valkyries: Staves, Swords, Light
Thieves: Knives
Rogues: Knives
Assassins: Knives
Whispers: Knives
Dancers: Swords, Knives
Charmers: Swords, Knives
Sirens: Swords, Knives, Staves

FAQ, Supports, Shopping, and Other


F.A.Q.

Q1) I rolled a 4 on my skill roll, but I have an ability(s) that allow me to gain +3 or more critical. What happens?
A: You cap out at 6 and can not go higher. You won't loop around and start at 1 again or anything like that.

Q2) Is all combat stat-based?
A: No. If you so choose, you can engage in fights without stats. However, the fight should still reflect your stat build, and should not contain "god-modding" or controlling the other combantant without permission or doing something insane.

Enemies presented with stats in a post involving them can only be engaged in stat combat.

Q3) An enemy just attacked several different opponents at once/attacked without being countered! What gives?
A) That enemy was likely a boss type. Bosses tend to do that sort of thing if they are sufficiently powerful/the players are grouping up in obvious groups.

Q4) In some skills it mentions ‘counter attacks’. Except we don’t counter in player vs player. So does this mean that you will control some of our attacks?
A) No. I will not control a players character barring special circumstances.

Q5) How many times may I start a combat round?
A) Once per character until the next player phase. Player phase consists of the first five battle posts. After that, you can attack again. Dancers can let a player character to post twice during the five post battle limit. It will not allow all PC's under one person to attack again.

Q6) But then couldn’t my character just clean up an entire field of enemies in one post?
A) While I plan to make them strong enough to not allow this to be a possibility, I will not deny that it is possible I will make them too weak. If this is the case, please be considerate of others and don’t take more than your character should be able to realistically handle (even if his stats could keep going) and try not to hog kills.

Q7) Stat/skill is unbalanced! Your system sucks! I hate it.
A) Then please have at least the curtsey to point out why it’s OPed/UPed. If it can not be fixed here, then at least I can retool it in case this system is ever used again.

Q9) What will happen if I try to be a insta-badass?*
A) Nothing at first. But even if you have a character who has a reason to be badass, you may notice others not wanting to RP with you. Additionally, if you persist and it starts to get in the way of the story, do not be surprised if permission to kill you is granted.

*This is referring to a ninja-badass. Namely, a character with an okay sign-up who completely breaks form a few posts in.

Q10) What? But that’s unfair!
A) It’s unfair that you’re ruining the fun of people who want to enjoy the RP. While I won’t ban someone for outright disliking someone else/being disliked, I won’t tolerate you trying to upstage everyone else, especially if you end up trying to upstage a clearly important person/character/whatever.

Q11) You mentioned that many kingdoms and foreign lands. Does this mean I can create my own nation and have my character be a prince/princess/King/Queen/lord?
A) Yup. So long as it isn’t the King or Queen one of the mentioned countries specifically, go wild. Just be sure it makes sense.

Q12) I want X place/society/land/whatever to exist due to my backstory/plans for my character. Is it alright to include them?
A) So long as it isn’t something half-assed, sure. Go right ahead. While I do intend for there to be a plot, I’m not going to push people along it. Take your time, tell your characters story.

Q13) No one asked these questions. Why do you have a F.A.Q.?
A) I wanna try to pre-emptily give answers/ideas/suggestions/cautions to the people interested in this RP.

Q14) There’s a lot here! What do I need to read?
A: Since you have read the F.A.Q. I would assume, if you have a understanding of how Fire Emblem stats work, you can likely just get away with the sign-up so long as you keep your stats to their proper limitations. You don’t need to read the skills (which takes up the most space) but it would be wise to read what’s going on as well. Also check the notes.

Q15) I just started, but no one will interact with me. Why?
A) While I don’t want people to get hung-up in one spot, it does happen. Current players should at least try to interact with newcomers and newcomers should try to interact with current players. Don’t try to do over-the-top things like blow the door to a tavern down as you enter, but don’t hide away in a corner either. In general, treat others like how you would want to be treated.

Q16) Can I make a custom class/race?
A) No. Rather, I will reject it unless you run it by me first for sure. As for races, they need to have a reason to exist. No saying ‘my character is a half-elf’ when elves more or less don’t exist here. This does NOT mean you can not have a custom class! What this means is that a custom class must be approved first! Bosses/NPC's are NOT required to fit into a specific class however!

Supports

A support is a bond between two player characters that symbolizes how well they have become connected. Supports come in four different levels of C, B, A, and S. A C-level support shows a level of friendship beyond simple aquantence, but not yet a 'true' friend. A B-level support is a strong friendship, A A-level is either love or a INCREDIBLY strong friendship, and a S is... well... pretty much either husband and wife or a friendship on par with Jesus and Peter (or Mario and Luigi or something similar). In order to obtain a support, the two characters MUST have time alone together and must engage in some activity that allows for trust to be built between them. Upon such an activity, I will give a judgement as to if it is worthy of a support level or not (be sure to indicate it in some way). You may have only 1 A/S level support, and one B or two C-level supports which actually give you bonuses. However, this does not limit you in how many in-character relationships you may acquire. Additionally, a support can be lost if one of the supporters breaches the trust of the others. Also, to state the obvious, supports stack.

In order to determine what bonuses you acquire, from a support, find the two elements on the table below, then combine them together and round up. Multiply the bonuses by the support level (1, 2, 3, 4) and vioala! Supports!

Fire: +1 MT per level
Ice: +1 Def per level
Anima: +1 Res per level
Wind: +1 Hit per level
Thunder: +1 Evade per level
Dark: Each 1 allows you to reroll your dice for a saving throw.
Light: Each 1 increases the amount potions and staffs heal you by 1.

Supports that are A rank and higher are able to help cure the Berserk battle status.

NPC characters: While there are no rules regulating them, there tends to be a general consensus among the GMs on how to deal with problematic or poorly written ones. It is preferable that newcomers refrain from having any npcs roaming around. Afterward is fine but this usually prevents some of the problem npcs from ever springing up at all.
In the event it is decided that an npc is negatively effecting the rp/story/main plot(not the party, sometimes the party is meant to suffer) or simply taking up too much spotlight without a good reason, that character may be modkilled.

PC characters: There is currently a three PC limit in effect. You can start off with one or two, but it's highly recommended to start off with less than three. You'll have to make arrangements to have one of your characters replaced entirely if you find that later you like a new character idea more than a previous one. This does not mean a former pc must be "killed off" but replacing them with a new pc means they can no longer gain exp or participate in stat combat.

PC stats: It's always a good idea to keep your characters' information readily available for viewing by the public. There are several ways to do this.
Keep character info in your profile, or signature. If using a signature, the Sprite sheet maker is a popular and preferred method. http://www.feplanet.net/sprites-tools-statsheet/


In the RP, players have story gold to purchase things like inn services, food, or the like. The money is not regulated.

Our economy is a little different. Each character is given 15 gold for specific RP purchases. 10 addition gold is added for each Chapter after Chapter 1 that a player joins, similar to exp. Characters under the same role player have individual money sources. Characters with a high level support can give each other money if they want.



Items and Weapons

Throughout the story, different types of items will be unlocked. For now, these are the items available for purchase. Some have special stats in battle. Weapons can never break, but some items have a limit of how many times they can be used. Sometimes, bosses will drop gold, items, or weapons to the victor that defeats them.

Everyone is given a free Iron weapon/Basic tome of any weapon type they start with. Should someone gain a new weapon type on promotion, any new Iron weapon/Basic Tome costs 5 gold. Staves are the same.

Weapons:

Hand Axe - An axe that can attack at range. -1 Mt, -1 Hit. 15 gold
Javelin - A lance that can attack at range. -1 Mt, -1 Hit. 15 gold
Steel Weapons - Weapons made out of Steel. +2 Mt, -1 Hit, -2 Avoid. 20 gold.
Short Bow - A bow that allows a user to attack up close. Ignores Anti-Bow Counterattack, -Bow Nerf, -2 Hit. Not for use by Nomads. 15 gold.

Throwing Knife - A knife that can attack at range. -Evasion Boost, -1 Hit. 15 gold
Combat Knife - A knife made for combat. -Evasion Boost, -Knife Nerf, +2 Mt. 15 gold.

El Tomes - Tomes with more magical Power, but also take more toll on the caster's body. +2 Mt, -1 Hit, -1 Avoid. 20 gold.

Mend Staff - Heals 3/4 magic + 6. 15 gold.
Barrier Staff - Able to boost an ally's resistance. Effect decreases by 1 each turn. Can not be used on the same target till effect wears off. Being used gives the user 10 exp. Formula - 1/2 Magic + 1 + 1/2(1d6) [[You have to roll a die]] 15 gold.

Vulnerary - Heals 5 HP in battle. 3 uses. 10 gold.
Pure Water - Boosts resistance by 3 points, but wears off by 1 each turn. Does not add a 4th bonus point to resistance. 3 uses. 10 gold.
Stagnant Water - Boosts defense by 3 points, but wears off by 1 each turn. Does not add a 4th bonus point to defense. 3 uses. 10 gold.
Herb - Heals 3 HP in Battle. 2 Uses. 5 Gold.
Antitoxin - Cures Poison. 1 Use. 10 Gold.

Shield Ring - A dancing ring that boosts defense by 1 for one turn. Able to add a bonus point should the unit's base defense (As in, not simplified stats) become a multiple of 3. 20 gold.
Barrier Ring - A dancing ring that boosts resistance by 1 for one turn. Able to add a bonus point should the unit's base defense (As in, not simplified stats) become a multiple of 3. 20 gold.

Coin - You're not sure what this does. 10 Gold.

History and Notes


Regions

Dentria: The land of the guilds. The Warrior Forsyth is the leader of the Head Guild Razor Steel. Below him are 4 Major guilds that aid in the running of the country. All guilds must register with the League to become official. Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters abound also call this land home. The majority of the land is very wet, which many rivers and lakes running through the country and there are also many swamps in the region.

Belithon: Home to the Queen Diatia. The young queen is not trusted by her people, and many noblemen plan to overthrow her and take control. She tried the best for her kingdom, but her inexperience far outweighs her charisma. Dozens of lush forests, many wild pegasi are found here. It's army is composed of these wild beast, and believe them to be descended from the heavens. Pegasus knights are women only, and must under go rigorous prayers during training. Those that don't are looked down on as outcasts and vagrants and banished from the royal army.

Kioryu: Home to the Cathedriel of Saints, the Bishops and Holy Papal lives here. Many priests and clerics are required to do thier pilgramiges to the capital to pay respects. Recently, hushed whispers have begun to appear around various druids and shamans looking to place Dark magic above the Holy Papal and remove him from his platform. All priests and clerics of the nation's abbeys must journey here on a final pilgrimage before earning their titles.

Ryutara: This country is the location of the magic society known as the Ryutarian School of Magiks. They study the natural world, and focus on unlocking the secrets of magic. Each student is assigned a rank from 1-9. Rank 9's are legends, and only the Headmaster has ever reached that rank. Very little is known about him, as he is rarely seen and always wears a dark cloak. People can not simply become a rank 9, for it requires something more than natural talent, something...different.

Verstein: Home to nomadic tribes, they live meagerly and hunt wild game. The king Salmoth does little more than see over the land, but has recently begun high taxation and angered the way of the nomad's life. Plains wyverns are very common in these parts. Fall and Spring seem to grace these lands daily, and harsh Summers and Winters are unheard of.

Terlyrs: Known as the "Shields of the Lands." Home to the largest armour knight army in the continent, this country is seperated in to Dukedoms, each ruled by a power thirsty ruler. Chalphy is the head of this nation and leads the other Dukes at the Cabinet of Nobles that meet to discuss their country.

Berklu: A mountainous region, home to many bandits and cutthroats. Large mountain wyverns make their nests here. Little farmable land is found here, and the large and dense Alpine trees make it appear very dark even during the day. Winters are harsh and long here, and Summer is almost non-existant.

Fuun Islands: A chain of tropical islands and home to sailors. Sea wyverns nest at the cliffs on the beaches, and many pirates scope out the seas around it. Legends say of a ghost ship that haunts the shallows. Lush plant life and wild animals not found anywhere else call this place home.

Gorph: A largely desert nation, many nomads and desert wyverns are found here. Towns will form on oasises and many ruins are hidden deep within the shifting sands.

Vespia: A strange country high in the mountains, it experiences an almost eternal Winter. Snow falls all year long, and it was originally part of Berklu until bandits started to exalt themselves. It's army is made up of largely Wind Mages and Archers, and have experience in snow based combat. The King and Queen here live in the Palais Cristal and the Princess' Wedding is occurring in mere months.

Wyverns

Sea Wyverns: Found only near sources of water, most are found near beaches and large bodies of salt water, but it has not been unheard of to see a lone wyvern in a lake. When found near a source of saltwater, they will dive into the deep oceans and grab fish in their fangs. It is also the only time they will be found in packs. It's been said that a whole clan of Sea Wyverns can pick the carcass of a beached whale clean in under 6 hours. Their hides and scales seem to be more resistant to magical blasts than normal wyverns, and when made into armour can aid in the resistance of magic. They are typically slimer than most wyverns and run in the blue-green spectrum, though even purple wyverns have not been unheard of.

Plains Wyverns: These wyverns also run in the slimmer range. They come in greens, yellows, and other grass and terrain colors. They have larger wings than other styles of wyverns and are able to fly faster than others, but still not as fast as a Pegasus. They commonly eat wild game and other meat, but will attack travelers should they feel threatened or hungry.

Mountain Wyverns: The larger, bulkier wyverns. These wyverns will attack travelers that run into their territory and are commonly found in muddish browns, blacks and reds. These wyverns will eat wild boar, vennison, or other mountainous game, but rogue wyverns that have not eaten in many weeks will even attack others.

Desert Wyverns: The mid range of wyverns. These wyverns are typically yellow, orange, brown, and rare white ones have been heard of, but no reports have been made. These wyverns will always have a sandy camoflage styled hide. Due to their environment and the lack of water, these wyverns can go for months without water and are also more resistant to heat and harsh conditions. They will also do whatever is necessary for food and attack travelers and caravans of all kinds.

All wyverns will attack if threatened and will eat whatever is necessary if they have gone for several months without food. Hunger rages have also been heard of where even tamed wyverns will turn against their masters without food. It is up for their riders to also provide the younger wyverns with food for those that can not yet hunt for themselves and still remain expected to return to their trainers. A wyvern will always defend their nest and eggs over attacking a fleeing enemy. Wyverns have a life span of 70-100 years, though reports of wild wyverns living up to 150 years has not been unheard of.

Wyverns can also become "Bull" sized if fed constantly and excessive amount during their youth. Bull Wyverns will be several times larger and heavier, but also lose some of their speed. Commonly, females in heat will become Bulls when their mate feeds them during the hatching. Bulls are incredibly dangerous in both the wild and captivity and whole platoons have incredible difficulty in taking down even one, often leading to only a dozen men surviving. Under no circumstances should one engage a Bull Wyvern if there are other options.

Magic

As with wyverns, there are many types of magic. Magic involves the harnessing of mana and manipulation of your mana network to properly form the spell one is trying to cast. Wind magic spells are cast when a mage attempts to shape the mana into a blade-like shape. Thunder magic involves manipulating the ions in the air, as to create an electrical shock and aim it at the body. It is the most dangerous type, as if one can not properly rearrange their own mana network to lessen the impact of the shock, it can lead to the heart stopping or being disrupted. Fire magic occurs similar to a microwave, in which a mage will actually manipulate the mana in the air and cause it to move around quick enough to create a rise in temperature and then shoot the ball of mana at the enemy.

Dark magic involves the natural world, or rather lack there of. It can be cast by manipulating the mana into physical shapes such as whips or spikes and shooting them at the enemy. It can do many things such as increase gravity, sap health from an enemy, and due to it's wild nature, may even bypass an enemy's mana network entirely.

Light magic is widely from faith and is not easy for mages to cast. One must fuel their power with their hopes, dreams, passions and desires, fueling it with human emotions and the goals of human life. However, due to this, it is also incredibly easy to twist and distort, either from a loss of faith, or a flash of anger, and as such a user of light magic must always be able to keep their head about them.

Healing magic, at the surface, appears similar to Light magic. It is based off of positive emotions, and requires you keep a level head in time of panic. Like most magiks, it requires a catalyst, typically in the form of staff. What's different about healing magic, is that instead of turning one's mana into a form to be used as a weapon, a mage will pool his mana into a mist-like gel or salve on the victim's wound. The mana will seep into the wounds, and act in coordination with the person's own mana, similar to a blood transfusion. The added boost of mana will heal wounds, mend bones, stop blood loss, and fix other injuries. Depending on the severity of a wound, however, it may take several rounds of healing in order for a wound to fully heal. Healing magic can also be used in a negative way, again, with a staff as catalyst, and can cause multiple afflictions on the body. Sealing vocal cords shut, blinding someone with rage, inducing them to sleep, petrify a person's entire body, and other statuses can occur, as well as being able to heal multiple people at the same time, heal over long distances, warp people across distances, and recover from statuses. Very experienced healers are said to be able to use their mana to turn it into a physical source of light, or even work in the molecular level, physically mending weapons back to a battle-ready status. Some can even unlock doors and chests, refresh combat units, boost an ally's mana network thereby reducing damage from magical attacks, and even bring people back from the dead.

Types of Weapons

Physical weapons have a specific hierarchy. Weapons are made out of Iron, Steel, and Silver, each stronger than the last. Some weapons can be made with certain types of ores or mixtures creating different types, such as Toxin weapons, Brave or Hero weapons which allow a unit to attack twice as often, and Slim weapons, which are weapons with less weight and might and are commonly used by women. Weapons can also be specially crafted to deal with mounted units, wyverns, and even armour knights. Some weapons can be strengthened, such as heavy bladed claymore-type swords, long pike greatlances, or poleaxes. Some bows also apply special forgings on them to allow bows to shoot over longer distances. There are also siege weapons such as Balista which are huge bows that fire rocks or arrows at enemies, and are the bane of all flying units. Recently, archers have begun using Crossbows as well, which enable up close combat.

Tomes are a bit special. Each tome is infused with a magical dust, called mana powder. This is the physical form of mana when it is not being used to cast spells. Depending on the amount of mana in the spell, it's strength can increase. The hierarchy of tomes are a bit special and follow as such.

Low level or "E" rank tomes:
Fire, Thunder, Wind, Flux (Dark), Light, Frost, Soak, Stone

Mid-Low level or "D" rank tomes:
Elfire, Elthunder, Elwind, Carreau, Ellight, Chill, Drench, Tremor

Mid level or "C" rank tomes:
Arcfire, Arcthunder, Arcwind, Verrine, Shine, Freeze, Flood, Quake

High level or "A" rank tomes:
Volcanon, Thoron, Tornado, Fimbulvtr, Tsunami, Atlas

Specialty tomes; Many light and dark tomes have special effects, due to the way their spells are formed.

Rezire, Light, heals the caster by absorbing the damage done
Valaura, Light, a corrupted spell that poisons the target
Nosferatu, Dark, heals the caster by absorbing the damage done
Poison, Dark, poisons enemies
Stone, Dark, petrifies enemies
Hell, Dark, cripples the target, leaving them inches from death

Siege tomes; similar to Balista, these tomes aid in the defending of long range sieges and have enormous range, but are very difficult to aim properly and are not effective at close range combat

Purge; Light
Bolting; Thunder, causes an effect similar to Silence
Meteor; Fire, enrages targets in a Berserk like fashion
Tempest; Wind, puts targets to Sleep
Eclipse; Dark; halves the enemy's life force
Fenrir; Dark
Blizzard; Ice
Storm; Thunder and Water, requires the use of at least 2 sages working in tandem
Downpour; Water
Rockslide; Earth


There are also some specialty spells that are effective against armours or mounted units similar to weapons.

Staves can be imbued with mana powder to heal additional health.

Heal - Basic healing spell
Mend - More effective healing spell
Recover - Heals all of the target's wounds
Physic - Long range healing staff
Fortify - Heals multiple targets over a longe range
Restore - Fixes status conditions
Barrier - Boosts an ally's mana network, increasing their resistance
Rescue - Brings an ally to the user
Warp - Teleports an ally to a distant location
Berserk - Causes the Berserk status
Sleep - Causes the Sleep status
Silence - Causes the Silence status
Stone - Causes the Stone status
Torch - Creates a light source in darkness
Unlock - Unlocks doors and chests
Thief - Steals from enemies

Map

Red - Capitals
Blue - Large Cities
Yellow - Forts, Dukedoms, or Mansions
Pink - Small towns or temporary settlements
Orange - Other important places
Whirlpools included for the genius who will eventually ask "Psych, why did we walk around the whole continent when we could have taken a ship."

Finally, my character.


Name: Tory
Class: Soldier
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Element: Fire
Skills: Miracle, Pavise
Stats:
HP 4
STR 4
MAG 0
SKL 3
SPD 4
LUK 2
DEF 3
RES 0
Simplified Stats: HP 12, MT 4, Hit 3, AS 4, EVA 5, Def 4, Res 0

Backstory: A young man from Terlyrs. He grew up in an orphanage with his two best friends Sylvie and Bradely. When he was only 16, Sylvie fell sick during the winter. Her condition grew worse and worse, until she passed away. 6 months later, Bradely set out on a journey to lands unknown, and no one had heard from him since. Many people were worried about him, but he had come of age and no one could stop him. Tory grew lonely from the loss of his two friends, but he put himself into his training, working hard to grow stronger so he could go after Bradely and save him from whatever may be. One year later, word of the Guild Tournaments reached Tory. He decided to travel to Dentria, forming a guild on the way, and become Master of the Guilds in order to help find Bradely as well as become a master fighter.

Appearence: A tall man, he wears a green suit of armour. The breastplate is second hand, and has a gash across it, but Tory thinks it makes it look tough and couldn't bear to part with it. He carries a matching helm with him, but rarely wears it as he feels it makes him look scary and partially obscures his vision. He has medium length shaggy hair that falls over the left side of his face. He has lightly tanned skin from his hours of training, and his gloves are worn over the palms. His greaves and gauntlets match the rest of his armour, and he carries a leather pack on his back.

Inventory: Iron Lance, Vulneary, 5 gold

Name: Evan Nates

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Appearance: Evan's appearance reflects his devotion to his work, in that he's willing to sacrifice it for his studies He stays up late every night studying magic, so he has dark rings under his eyes from lack of sleep. He hasn't cut his blonde hair, almost white, in over a year, so it goes down to his shoulders. He tends to dress in a black cloak with gold trim, along with a red tunic underneath and white pants. He usually goes barefoot, only wearing sandals for formal occasions.

Element: Dark

Class: Shaman

Stats:
HP 4
STR 2
MAG 6
SKL 3
SPD 4
LUK 1
DEF 0
RES 0

Simplified stats: HP: 12, Might: 6, Hit 3, Attack speed: 4, Avoid: 4.5, Defense: 0, Resistance: 0

Inventory:
Items/gold: Flux Tome, 15g
Skills: Arcanium

Backstory: Evan was born in Kioryu to a highly religious family, and joined a small sect of shamans to rebel against them. They weren't the smartest sect, however, being mostly composed of teeny bopper posers, and shortly after he joined, their chapel was burned by religious fanatics while Evan was out getting snacks for them. Evan, learning this, swore revenge on the Cathedriel of Saints, and started to learn true elder magic. He recently learned of the tournament for guild leader, and decided to go and compete in it, disguising it from his parents as a pilgrimage. He doesn't think he'll win, but has decided he doesn't have anything to lose, and if he wins, he gets to lead all the guilds in the nation. He hasn't decided whether he wants to make the world a theocracy or just make it so religion has no power, but he plans to figure it out at some point.

Question, if I have one strength, would Arcanium round up and still add one point to my magic? If so, I'll edit it to switch my point of strength to an additional point in luck.

No, pretty much all things round down. You'll do 7 damage to the defending stat of your choice before the enemy's stat is applied.

Otherwise, it's great. Approved

For now, the only minor problem there might be is the current opening plot and things I have don't take us to Kioryu for a little while. As long as you can get it to make sense when we open, it's fine.

Actually, he's travelling to wherever the tournament takes place, which looks like where most people will go, so he should be arriving there when the game starts.

Probably a little bit of spoilers, but the tournament is actually the *Final Showdown* thing. We have to travel to get there, and besides it doesn't start for a few months. XD

The point is for us to travel together across the continent and make allies until we get there in time for the contest.

could you reserve a spot for me? I would love to try out for this, but am in the middle of writing another chapter for my fanfic, but I promise u one will be up tomorrow :D

The sign ups for this are always gonna be open so people can join in the middle if they want to. ^_^

Don't worry though, you're okay. XD

Name: Mila Fey

Age: 25

Gender: female

Element: Thunder

Class: Thunder Mage
HP: 3
STR: 1
MAG: 4
SKL: 4
SPD: 4
LUK: 0
DEF: 2
RES: 2
Simplified Stats: HP 3, MT 4, Hit 4, AVO 4, AS 4, Def 2, Res 2
Skills: miracle

inventory: Thunder Tome, 15 Gold

Appearance: Tall, with long black hair, tends to dress in a black a lot. Piercing green eyes that sparkle when presented with a challenge. Wears a unusual green pendant around her neck

Backstory: Mila grew up in Kioryu with one younger sister, whom of which she adores. When their mother mysteriously vanished five years ago, it meant that Mia was the sole carer of Maya, and has looked out for her ever since.

class: thundermage

Personality: Smart, and thinks on her feet. Likes a challenge and works well in a group. However, she prefers the company of a few select friends instead of a big group

You're at 21 points total, and your strength, magic, and HP are over the caps. You also get 15 gold, a Wind Tome, and a free skill of your choosing. And I know that's a fairly obvious Expy, but for now I'll go ahead and allow it I guess, but if you can change some of the stuff it'd be appreciated.


I'm probably going to put the start-up thread up tomorrow, even though I would have liked a few more people to join.

I'm gonna try and make mine now.