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 41 
 on: January 21, 2013, 05:43:18 am 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Author Roy
Mood Music: Tsujiyoko Yuka - Comfort's Call

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To join Chapter 1:

Refer to the Imperia map in the setting thread.
Roll 1d9 to see which gate you enter the city from or if you are already in the city.
If you are already in the city, roll a D33 to pick a district from the list. (All districts within the inner wall are considered to be on the mountain)

1 North - Yosef
2 NE
3 East
4 SE - Rosaly, Herp, Embra, Blythe
5 South - Eglath
6 SW - Tae
7 West
8 NW - Nefele
9 Already in the city

Post in this thread.
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Tae stared up at the massive form of the mountain in the center of Imperia, as the rain poured down her body. She had seen similar rock formations in the Underdark, but none were quite so massive, so majestic, as the towering monolith before her. Atop its peak stood a castle of stone, with some smaller, slightly less impressive estates built into the sides of the mountain. A spiraling path went around the perimeter of the mountain.

It was not only an impressive sight to behold, it was also strategically sound; they had the high ground, and any enemies trying to make their way up the mountain would either be forced to take the long, winding path, or climb up the nigh vertical cliff face. Either way, they would be exposed to bombardment from the castle’s rangers and spell casters.

She had to give the humans of Imperia some credit for that. They had picked the location of their capital city with at least some forethought.

The hybrid Elf fought off a shiver as she and her erstwhile companions walked towards the gates that would grant them entrance into the city proper. The rain had appeared so suddenly; the most they had encountered on the journey was some fog, but as soon as they got within sight of the city gates, a vicious downpour greeted them, as if by magic.

She had heard of rain before – many times, in fact, but having never been to the surface, this was the first time - as with many things, including the sun - that she had seen it.

A guard stood at either side of the gate, donning nearly identical sets of chainmail, visored helmets, and a halberd. They stood utterly still despite the cold downpour of rain, steadfast in their duty.

Tae glanced over at the plate-mail clad fighter - the apparent leader of the five adventurers she had traveled with for the past two days. He looked uneasy for some reason, though she could not fathom why. She could only hope it didn’t mean trouble for her.

“Is something the matter, Master Regdar?” She asked in a pleasant voice.

“As a matter of fact,” The man began with a heavy sigh. “There is. We’ll be parting ways here,” He explained. “Best of luck to you, Tae Syl’Esril. May you find what it is you are looking for.”

There were some grunts and nods of agreement from the other adventurers, and she blinked for a moment, caught somewhat off guard by the sudden revelation.

“Ah… I see,” she began, forcing a mask of gratitude onto her face. “Very well then. You have my thanks, all of you,” She said with a gracious nod. “Fare thee well, Master Regdar.”

After she made the last of her goodbyes, the human adventurers turned and began walking through the grass, away from the road. Odd. From what she had heard, they were on their way to Imperia themselves, so there was no reason for them to go in another direction…

She wasn’t nearly endeared to them enough to watch them go, however, and simply turned and made her way towards the city gates. As she neared, however, the two guards lowered their halberds, blocking her path.

“State your business with the good people of Imperia, Sub-human.” One announced.

She blinked. First, in surprise, then, with a furrowed brow, several more times, in disbelief.

Excuse me?”

“I said state your business,” The man repeated. “Sub-Human.

She frowned. The other man made no objection to his derogatory remark, which meant he either approved or didn’t care. If that sort of attitude was normal around here, this was not a place where she wanted to be for long.

I suppose  the surface-dwellers aren’t so different from us after all.

She cleared her throat, and though she wiped the displeasure from her face, she refused to show them any sort of complaisance.

“I am here seeking guidance to another land, a land called Tindharia.” She said. “But for now I would like to find a place to dry off and rest, until the weather passes.” She said.

The two men stared at her for a moment, then shared a glance, before they burst out laughing. She frowned, wondering what could have possibly set them off. They quickly regained their composures, however.

“Very well. You may enter,” One said, raising his halberd. The other did the same. “Though if you’re planning to stay until the weather passes, then you may be here for quite some time.”

She frowned. Things were looking up now, but that last bit did not sound good in the least.

“Does it rain here often?” She asked.

The man snorted.

“Every day.” He said. “Go on. Get out of here.”

She refrained from deepening her frown at his dismissal, and instead walked through the gates, where she soon joined a roaming crowd of people.


 42 
 on: January 21, 2013, 04:29:32 am 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Author Roy

Mood Music: Kanno Youko - Shadow of Doubt

Tae stood, panting, over the last remaining Drow. The look of betrayal in his eyes as his life bled away was one she had become accustomed to in the Underdark. A look that conveyed his seething hatred, a look that confirmed the suspicions that had been seeded in the hearts of every Drow she had ever come across - that she was a worthless half-blood, who could only bring ruin upon the Drow. He mustered the last of his strength to spit in her face - spit laced with blood - blood that she herself had spilt. As she pulled her rapier free of his chest and stood to her full height, allowing that same blood to drip off of her blade and splatter down into those hate filled eyes, she looked up, utterly indifferent to the soon to be corpse’s apparent contempt.

There were five of them - all human, and just as haggard as she. Adventurers, she supposed; some were martially trained while the others had favored the use of magic. It had been a fierce battle for all of them, and they watched her now that all the other Drow were dead. The flames of their camp-fire still crackled and burned away, as none of her fellow-raiders had been able to get close enough to put it out, so they could see her clearly. It was easy to see that she was not a Drow - at least, not full-blooded. Her skin was pale - a decidedly non-Drow trait - and her eyes were blue. Expressions of wonder and confusion adorned their faces, clearly uncertain of how to deal with her.

She took the initiative. She swung her blade, flinging the remaining specks of the now dead Drow’s blood onto the stone floor of the cavern, before replacing her weapon in the scabbard hooked to the belt on her waist. She composed herself as best she could, smoothing out her clothing, and finally cleared her throat and spoke, her voice flowing out in a rich, melodic soprano.

“My name is Tae Syl’Esril. I understand it may be somewhat hard to believe, but I wish you no harm.” She said, using the tongue of the surface dwellers. She was well practiced in its use - her father had been a surface dweller, and refused to speak Undercommon, despite the fact that he obviously knew it. After his death, she had practiced it with slaves from the surface, careful not to let her mother or sisters hear her, lest she be… scolded.

After sharing a look, and muttering amongst themselves for a moment, they regarded her once more.

“What then, pray tell,” a man clad in plated armor began, “Do you want from us?”

She bit back a smirk. They would assume there was something she wanted from them. After all, she would not have ruined so perfectly planned an ambush by calling out in warning and literally back-stabbing her cohorts for nothing at all, right?

Of course, she would have, but there was no need to tell them that.

“I have had my fill of this place,” she said, gesturing the corpses. “Of these people, and their vile goddess.” The looks on their faces spoke of disbelief. “I seek the land of my late father, on the surface. Unfortunately…” She trailed off. It was painful to admit what she had to, but there was no choice. “I have never been to the surface. I… require guidance.”

After those words left her mouth, disbelief gave way to realization as they seemed to understand at last the reason for her pale skin.

“Yer… som kinda elf hybrid,” One of the men - this one donned in much less impressive hide armor - announced.

She simply stared back at them, waiting for a more intelligent response. They took that opportunity to convene once again. After a moment, they seemed to reach an agreement, and the man in plate mail turned to face her again.

“We can take you as far as Imperia, lass,” The man said. “But beyond that, you’re on your own.”

She gave him as emotionless a look as she could manage.

“I assume this… Imperia is some sort of surface settlement?”

The man nodded.

“It’s a large city.” He said. “The capital of the nation above us.”

She stood there for a moment, with a hand on her hip. As the capital of a nation, there would definitely be someone there who could at least direct her to her father’s homeland. It would do.

“Very well,” She said. “If you’ll have me along… then you have my thanks. However… I would suggest we leave at once. This,” She said, gesturing around them, “Is not the only hunting party in this area.”

 43 
 on: January 21, 2013, 02:11:40 am 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Author Roy
City 1438 Outskirts; Forest Clearing; November 23rd, 4:09 PM

Ena watched as the person she was talking to blinked back down to the ground. To her sped up perception, it was in slow motion, however, and she was easily able to see that it was not Lucien. Though the person had not opened fire or anything, there was no reason to not approach more cautiously. She slowed down her flight, and allowed gravity to take its hold on her once again, quickly falling down towards the ground. As she neared the forest floor, however, she looked down in time to see a tall, colorful girl walking through her landing zone. She almost instinctively cried out a warning to the poor girl, but then remembered where she was.

For her part, the tall girl on the ground - whose hair really made her look rather clownish - turned around and looked up at her in time to get that panicked expression on her face, but Ena plowed... through her, bleeding off as much momentum as possible at the very last second. As she landed, bloody chunks of girl rained down on her, before it all vanished in a flash of light.

She stood up, and looked around, none the worse for the wear.

"Oh well. Free kill!"

And then she began walking, carefully, to seek out the person she'd seen earlier.

City 1438 Outskirts; Forest Clearing; November 23rd, 4:09 PM

Marianne respawned in a flash of light, a look of terror etched on her features. She immediately cried out, and fell to her knees as the phantom pain of her rather messy end wracked her body. Tears dropped out of her eyes as she hugged herself tightly and fell to the ground, where she rocked back and forth in agony. She could distinctly remember feeling her rectum widen as her bowels had emptied themselves. Luckily she had not re-spawned with a mess in her pants.

After a moment she regained her composure, and she remembered the form of the one who'd killed her. It'd happened too quickly for her to really get a good look; all she'd seen was that it was a flying girl.

She growled and sat up.

'You fucking slut,' She thought, climbing up to her feet. 'I'm gonna kill you! Man, why does everyone want to kill ME so much!?'

And then she started running, rather pissed off, and wholly determined to murder the next woman she came across.

 44 
 on: January 21, 2013, 12:55:04 am 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by JSB
City 1438 Outskirts; Open field; November 23rd, 4:09 PM

Derik made it to the open field, noting that there were a few trees, a few large rocks, but nothing else to really get in his way. It would do as a nice dueling ground. In a flash of light he shifted back to his humanoid form, and stood waiting. She was probably a pretty damn powerful psychic. He was pretty sure he could handle it though. Not many psychics actually know how to deal with constant barrage of fake plans planted into their heads.

City 1438 Outskirts; Forest Clearing; November 23rd, 4:09 PM

As she fell a bit, Sarah noticed a dot in the distance move extremely fast. Not only that, it was heading straight towards her. "That's not a good sign," she muttered before making the series of blinks to the floor. It looked like she was going to have a fight on her hands in a moment. Best to be prepared. Given the speed it was moving, it reminded her of Lucien's one friend. She just forgot her name.

And so Sarah waited. She was kind of curious anyway, her tail once again wagging in excitement. She personally blamed Cody.

 45 
 on: January 20, 2013, 11:09:53 pm 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Author Roy
City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:08 PM


Roi burst out of another shadow at enough speed that would carry him into another, while firing upon the floating woman. However, in the mere span of time it took for him to pull each trigger twice, he was assaulted by this utterly terriblesound, and his eyes widened and he let out a silent gasp of pain. Even as he cradled his head, his momentum carried him into the tree whose shadow he'd been planning to re-enter, but he simply crashed into it and fell down to the ground, some ten feet below. He winced and sat up, trying to focus despite the phantom raucous he was hearing. Though she'd caught him by complete surprise with that maneuver, he'd had enough mental conditioning to at least function while under such blatant psychic, and outright ignore attacks from lesser mentalists.

As the sound ended, he fell into the shadow of the tree he'd crashed into, not wanting to fall victim to a repeat of that attack.

In the realm of darkness he floated, almost almost aimlessly, towards another entryway to the material world.

'She must be extremely powerful if she can use such different powers to that sort of extent,' He thought, wincing. Most psions, as far as he knew, liked to specialize. That she had the kind of kinetic power she'd shown earlier in addition to whatever she'd just used showed that she was no slouch.

Instants later he emerged in the shadows of shrubbery and looked up, but couldn't see the floating woman, and damned if he knew where his original target was. His entry into the shadow realm had been less than stellar and he hadn't had time to see where he'd be coming out.

'Damn,' He frowned. 'There's no telling if either of them knows where I am... I'll have to keep moving until I find something,'

 46 
 on: January 20, 2013, 10:22:08 pm 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Xero
City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:08 PM

"Oh, I'm sure it'll be quite interesting for you."

Nymt replied, the mental emphasis on "you" making the playful taunt clear. With an amused smirk the pudgy woman tilted forward, a small burst of psychic energy propelling her after the invisible wolfman. If he wished to get his butt whooped in private, she had no problem obliging and it was simple enough to follow his mind. It was lucky that she did, as a loud thunderous bang sounded out followed near instantly by the screaming of a bullet tearing through the air where her had had been moment prior. Her eyes widened in surprise as she realized she'd forgotten about the "ninja" that was still present. Whoever it was possessed some method of teleportation, which was always annoying. She could pick up their mind as easily as always, but the use of such abilities always made her lose track momentarily. It also made them irritating to finish off, always vanishing out of the way of her attacks. Luckily she knew just the trick for that type of opponent.

"Ah, one moment." Nymt mentally called out, swiveling around to face the precise location of the hidden ninja. The exposed teal crystal on her forehead and along her collarbone both began to glow as she focused intently on the mind of her target. The hum of the Z-Exo began once more, though no outward energy appeared this time.

For a single instant, her physical senses were swallowed up by her mental ones. She focused her thoughts and energies on crafting a hellish "sound", sending it burrowing across the unfortunate man's psyche. People were far more accustomed to the "manipulating the physical" type of psychic, so she doubted this random person would have the ability to put up much resistance to her mental assault.

Then her awareness snapped back to normal and she once more aimed her palms towards the no-doubt writhing man. With a slight huff of exertion, she rapidly discharged several psionic bolts. Each was only about the size of a baseball, but numbered at about a dozen and easily capable of shredding a small swath out of the forest in their way. The strain of attempting to incapacitate opponents while outwardly attacking them at the same time was always a difficult feat, even with the help of the Z-Exo.

"That should take care of that." The Saegin noted lightly, as if she had simply paused to fix her hair. The hum and glow dying off, she zipped off after her soon-to-be-defeated challenger.

 47 
 on: January 20, 2013, 07:35:00 pm 
Started by Xero - Last post by Author Roy
This is being done by modifying Florian's old profile. It's not quite done.

Jessica Tierney
Race: Mithra
Job: Dark Knight
Sub Job: White Mage
Level: 1
Experience: 5000
EXP to Level: 2500
HP: (30 + 8 + 4d8(27) + 9[74]) + ((4)*(4)[16]) + 4 = 90 - Roll HP Die a number of times equal to level and use total

Gender: Female   
Age: 13
Weight: 110 lbs
Height: 5’2”
Build: Lean
Hair/Fur Color: Midnight Blue
Eye Color: Lavender
Code:
  Att Current  Max    Rating      Default
                   ((Attx3)+10) (Rating/2)
  STR    8      21       16          8
  VIT    8      19       37          18
  AGI    6      21       46          28
  SPD    7      20       46          28
  MAG    8      18       13          6
  SPR    5      21       34          17


Code:
Evasion: 24 + Bonus (5) = 29
M.Evasion: 9 + Bonus
ARM: (ARM value [9] + VIT modifier (125%) [11]) = 20
M.ARM: (M.ARM value [12] + SPR modifier (120%) [9]) = 21
Dexterity: 79
Mind: 57
Accuracy: (Level (5) + (AGI x2 [24]) + Job Attack Bonus (20) + Weapon Skill [50] ) = 99
M. Accuracy: 107
Expertise: (Pickpocket Rating [50] / 2 [25]) + Level [5] + (AGI x 2 [24]) = 49
Move: 5 + Bonus
Jump: 4 + Bonus

Code:
Equipment:
Location        Name         ARM   M.ARM   EVA   M.EVA   Effects & Notes
Left Hand      Stinger        --     --     --     --  (2 x AGI) + d8 Poison touch
Right Hand                    --     --     --     --   
      Head  Leather hat        4      6      0      0         
      Body  Training Suit      4      4      0      0       Sleep Proof
     Hands  Chocobracelet      1      2     +5      0
 Accessory

Code:
Advantages:
Hardened (2) [Has experience fighting monsters]
Tenacious (3)
Combat Reflexes (2)
Disadvantages:
Unskilled (1) [Due to her age, she is inexperienced]
Fury (1) [Temper Tantrums]
Slow Learner (2) [Due to her age, she is inexperienced]
Gold Sink (3) [She wastes money on aesthetic accesories and the like]
Job Abilities:



Code:
Limit Breaks
Style: Trance

Evader
Level 1 (100%)
 Name     Cost       Effects
 Joy       30       
 Critical   2         
 Slice
 
Level 2 (150%)
 Name     Cost       Effects
Level 3 (200%)
 Name     Cost       Effects
Level 4 (250%)
 Name     Cost       Effects

Skills:
Affinity: Thievery, General, Social, Weapons

Code:
Name           Points Spent   Rank
-General-
Trade               20         40
Acrobatic           20         40
Awareness           10         50

-Social-
Etiquette           20         40
Smooth Talk         20         40

-Thievery-
Pickpocket          25         50
Lockpicking         25         50
Escape              25         50
Stealth             25         50
Traps               20         40
Streetwise          12         24

-Weapons-
Light Swords        25        50
Boomerangs          25         50


-Wilderness-
Climbing            10         10
Swimming            10         10
Survival            10         10

-Languages-
Common Tongue        8         58
Ancient             50        50

-Lore-
Lore (History)      40         40
Lore (Crystals)     20         20
Lore (Catastrophe)  28         26
Lore (Kenelm)       30         30
Lore (Area)         10         10

--

Code:
Items:
Name    Amount   Effect
Tonic       3    Restores 25 HP
Potion      2    Restores 50 HP
Antidote    2    Cancels Poison and Venom Status Conditions
Eye Drops   1    Cancels Blind Status Condition
Gil        99
Flame       1    (2 x STR) + d6 Fire Strike
Boomerang

Traits:
Positive:
Negative:

Key Points:

Zodiac:
Blood Type:

Advanced Traits
Origin Traits:

Social Traits:

Personal Traits:

Background:




Appearance:


Personality:


















EDIT: ....

 48 
 on: January 20, 2013, 06:31:03 pm 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Author Roy
City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:08 PM

As Ena floated in the air, she noticed the distant form of... some kind of fire, rapidly appearing and re-appearing, but it was too small to make out. After a second they disappeared altogether.

'Lucy?' She wondered idly. She was too far to tell, really. 'Let's get a little closer.'

And then she threw a powerful punch in the direction the flames had been, multiplying the momentum of the swing enough to switch what direction she was flying in.

City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:08 PM

Roi watched in momentary shock as the woman's psychic blast casually pushed his spike of darkness aside, as if it were a limp noodle. He was clearly underestimating her. He quickly dove back into the shadow realm, again mere instants before the tree was utterly demolished by her psychic might.

'Not bad at all. I can take this one seriously.' He thought as he floated through the sea of shadows to another exit point. As he did so, he retrieved the two handguns holstered on his hips, and when he came out of the shadows once more, he quickly spotted the woman, who was apparently looking for the invisible combatant.

With that he raised his handgun and pulled the trigger, and with a crack of thunder, a single explosive round screamed through the air at her head. Even as he fired, he was already sinking back into the shadow realm, to seek a new position to fire upon her from.

 49 
 on: January 20, 2013, 05:30:42 pm 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by JSB
City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:08 PM

Derik laughed inside his head, completely forgetting about his fear from a minute or so ago. Psychic's were always so confident, with their ability to read minds and what not. What a joke. He forced his thoughts his thoughts into her head with an amused, invisible grin.

'Sure I can. I expect some interesting tactics here, as I've dealt with many psychics in the past.'

With that said, the large Kizeriub beast sprinted off, heading for a less densely packed, and less populated by other fighters. He wanted to play with this girl for a bit, and that's no fun with others interfering.

City 1438 Outskirts; Forest Clearing; November 23rd, 4:08 PM

Sarah Wiolt sighed as she realized she was in the perfect, and yet worse place for her to be. A forest. A very dense forest area. One use of her blinking ability and she'd start the mother of all forest fires. It was her fastest way of travel too, and she could cross quite a large distance in a matter of seconds. Sure, she wouldn't know where to go, but she could easily figure that out if she was to get high...enough.

"That's it!" She yelled triumphantly, snapping her fingers. Leaping as high as she could into the air, in order to avoid lighting the grassy field on fire, the young woman then disappeared in a burst of fire, only to reappear in another burst of fire higher up. This process repeated a number of times until she felt she was high enough to get a good view of the area. She could see a city in the distance, thankfully, so she wasn't that lost.

"Alright, well...No to just poof back to the ground. I don't really feel like killing myself this time."

 50 
 on: January 19, 2013, 10:08:07 pm 
Started by Author Roy - Last post by Xero
City 1438 Outskirts; Heavily forested area; November 23rd, 4:07 PM

Nymt's eyes narrowed as she felt the tree-lurking mind briefly pop out of existence before appearing safely out of the way. She blinked in surprise as the calculated observation from the illusive combatant was picked up across her attempts to keep a psychic lock on him, and offended huff escaping her lips. She was hardly chunky! She was curvaceous, more so than the average person to be sure, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with her figure! Locking her forearms together in front of her, a glassy field of psychic energy formed a barrier that intercepted the shadowy spike. Focusing intensely, the shield shimmered brightly along with a rapid hum as the spike attempted to force it's way through before the person-sized collection of energy blasted across the same trajectory the elemental attack had come from, unraveling it as it went.

She let out a small puff of exertion. Even with the boost the Z-Exo gave her, something like that would be difficult to pull off on a regular basis. The familiar tingling of thoughts directed at her caught her attention, drawing her focus back to the presumably invisible opponent. A challenge? A confident smile formed on her face, the 'ninja' forgotten for the moment, putting her hands on her hips as she faced where she was sure the combatant was after dodging her attack.

"I'm one of the strongest psychics around." She replied telepathically, the smug and playful tone coming through clearly. "Better hope you can put your money where your mouth is."

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