Collab RP Thing - Part One

[Channelknight Fadran]

Crystals aren't any more useful than gold...

Edited December 15, 2022 by Ookla the [Redacted]

[xinoehp512 he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the [Redacted] said:

Crystals aren't any more useful than gold...

Yeah, but they're cooler.

[Channelknight Fadran]

I like gold

But crystals were also my idea so we're going with it.

Which crystals we do?

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

7 minutes ago, Ookla the [Redacted] said:

Crystals aren't any more useful than gold...

You can stab people with crystal. Can you stab people with gold? I didn't think so.

The rarer the crystal, the more it should be worth. Maybe there could be Broken Earth style giant geodes underground that have valuable crystals.

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, Ookla the Nerdy said:

You can stab people with crystal. Can you stab people with gold? I didn't think so.

Uh... yeah, you can.

But whatever.

Quartz, amethyst, citrine, garnet, agate, peridot, jade, turquoise; all those are decently common.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

On 10/17/2022 at 8:28 AM, Ookla the [Redacted] said:

Potted Plant Wizards

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I was just reading along for some reason and stumbled upon this.

Is this stolen from my failed Planet Insanity role-play?

 

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

Just now, Ookla the [Redacted] said:

Uh... yeah, you can.

But whatever.

Quartz, amethyst, citrine, garnet, agate, peridot, jade, turquoise; all those are decently common.

Not as well

Opals and diamonds could be the top currency.

Good-sized rubies are rare as well.

[Channelknight Fadran]

Ruby, sapphire, topaz, diamond, opal; all pretty rare.

A reminder that it won't be like Quartz: 1, Jade: 10, Ruby: 100. The likes of corundum and diamond are going to be leagues above the likes of citrine.

[Channelknight Fadran]

E V E R Y O N E

Looks like the thread took off! Epic! Y'all have no idea how much seretonin that gives me.

I figured it might be nice to check in and make sure everybody's up to date as to what's going on. After all we're all sooooorta planning on having everyone bump into each other at the Triluminescence festival (have some epic Smash-Bros-Brawl-style inciting incident kinda hijinks), so let's figure out where we're all at timeline-wise and coordinate from there.

*ahem*

@Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff @The Wandering Wizard @The Bookwyrm @CalanoCorvus @NerdyAarakocra @Justice_Magician @Mr. Misting @InfiniteInsanity @Shallan Stormblessed @Ookla the Unknown @Ookla the Inverted @Tani @xinoehp512

Edited December 21, 2022 by Channelknight Fadran

[Going_North_cal]

Currently me, Xino, and Mr. Misting are fighting some queen on the Nameless Isle who likes to take people's names and control them.

No idea when we're done, ask Xino, but yeah.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

My character vanished and I've been inactive for months.

I can bring him back, but...

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

Annimus is having a conversation with Quendi and Anikel while they are almost at what ever town they are riding to. 

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, The Bookwyrm said:

My character vanished and I've been inactive for months.

I can bring him back, but...

I just summoned everyone whose character I had in the OP. That included you.

That did not include Xino.

Can someone point me to Xino's character sheets plz?

[Going_North_cal]

yeah idk where i'll just summon him

@xinoehp512

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Hope neither of you looked for too long because they don't exist

 

Spoiler

Name: Yerik Leksor

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Magic: Forgemaster Smith/OotFS acolyte

Personality: Often indecisive. Has a penchant for exploration.

Backstory: Grew up travelling the world with his parents until he was about 10-12 years old. At that age, his parents journeyed to the Nameless Island. His father returned a couple of years earlier, driven insane; he died shortly thereafter. A couple of years ago, he was recruited into the Order of the Fallen Star.

Other: Has mousy brown hair and greyish-blue eyes. 

 

Spoiler

Name: Anikel Detrivir

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Magic: Forgemaster Shaper

Personality: Brash and confident to the point of stubbornness. Fiercely loyal; holds to his word.

Backstory: Has lived his entire life on Orteo. (Otherwise a work in progress.)

Other: Brown hair, green eyes.

Edit: As far as timelines go, the Nameless island is chronologically asynchronous until a worldwide event happens.

Edited December 21, 2022 by xinoehp512

[Channelknight Fadran]

I figured that might be the case . They're been added to the OP.

[Mr. Misting he/him]

Yeah, you know what my characters are doing. Two things to add:

Are we saying that all the timelines started at the same time, or will we just try to get everyone to the festival and then set that meeting point as a base time for the timelines? I phrased that poorly but I think you get the gist. 

Also I don't think we ever got Miyako on the OP. I dredged it up if you want to add that:

Spoiler

Name: Jai Miyako 

Race: Human

Gender/Pronons/Otherapplicablethingsthatgohere: She

Magic: She uses the element of water. Specifically, she water bends a stream of water to basically act as a really fast, adaptable flying sword. Can control water in other ways but she is an expert in this technique specifically. She also has access to the shadow art of the Vacuum. Basically she is a Leecher who can interfere with magic if she touches you.

Personality: Miyako is very direct, she cuts to the root of a problem and has no time to dance around the details. She will do whatever it takes to deal with a problem and little will stand in her way. If you can get past her defenses, she is caring in her own way and loves to help others get better or to learn herself. Though the one thing she cannot stand is someone who doesn't try.

Backstory: Miyako was the daughter of a influencial man in a small fishing village along the coast of Riath. Her family were the guardians of there town, trained to defend it with the use of their shadow magic. One day a *blank* and the fight was *blank* left town. Her father was dead, and she was crushed but driven by the cold fire of revenge. She was going to avenge her father no matter the cost. She petitioned hard and long to get into the Oceaneirids school of water magic, The Crashing Wave. Miyako learned what she could and left. She hunted down her father's killer, fighting the murderer to the death. She left knowing her father had been avenged, leaving her kill in the collapsed cave. She hadn't seen a corpse but she knew she had won. She became a mercenary, using her newfound skills to fight whatever came her way. 

Description: Miyako is a mid 20s asian women. She wears a one of those japanese straw cone hat things and carries a katana. She carries a large travel pack on her back and has a blue sash tied around her waist. Miyako has long black hair that goes halfway down her back.

Other: So the thing is, her father's murderer is one of the characters in the campaign, and they happen to be very much alive. 

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by Mr. Misting

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

I don't think we ever actually figured out if the Triluminescence was at Orteo or somewhere else. 

If it is at Orteo, then my storyline is like a couple days before. If it isn't, then my storyline needs to get moving.

[Channelknight Fadran]

We agreed to do it in Orteo 'cause that's... where we are.

I think.

[Channelknight Fadran]

Oh also I made the currency system:

Every island pretty much has its own currency, but the most widely-accepted is the Ortean crystal-based coinage (known as Crys, for short). It consists of tons of different crystal types carved into rough shapes, then smoothed and polished and engraved on both sides (the Ortean crest on the front, monetary value on the back).
    These are the most commonly-attributed coins:

• Mica (1) - Usually quite small, and rarely useful enough on their own. Most farmhands and low-end workers are paid in these for a bit over 10 crys a workday.
• Feldspar (5) - Also quite small. You can probably buy yourself a meal at a tavern with one. Often used in tandem with mica for paying low-end workers.
• Quartz (10) - Medium-sized, most often used for bank exchanges or more expensive marketplace items. Probably worth a stay at an inn or some oil.
• Onyx (20) - A small coin, occasionally confused with Mica (amusingly enough). They aren’t used particularly often. Good for a solid set of warm clothing or maybe a chicken.
• Agate (25) - Large-ish, with an allure about them. They’re quite common among the middle-class for trades and purchases of slightly more luxurious items, like ironcast lanterns or pieces of silverware.
• Citrine (50) - Smaller than an agate, roughly. A peasant might see one or two of these in their vault in their lifetime from a lucky score or a particularly bountiful harvest. Probably worth a small case of incense or maybe even a piece of jewelry.
• Garnet (100) - A bit smaller than a quartz. Most peasants are worth a few of these, but rarely have enough money on them at one time to have reason to exchange for one. Worth about milk goat or a bottle of decent wine.
• Amethyst (200) - “Where’s all our amethyst?” were the cries of the nation of Klincal during a massive investment blunder made by the local duke (his increased taxes had gone to funding a navy that sank a day after departure). After all the taxes are collected, they’re changed at the bank for these coins to be sent more easily to the local government. You could easily buy yourself a cow or several acres of land with one of these.
• Turquoise (250) - Also initially crafted for tax-gathering, but amethyst turned out to be much more useful at it. Bankers like their little inside jokes about this one. Worth a workman’s labor for a whole month, pretty much, though they’re certainly never paid like this.
• Opal (500) - Quite large, often with a few holes poked into it so rich folks can sew them onto their clothing. If you’re wealthy enough to actually be using these, then you probably worry less about what each coin is worth and more about things like monthly expenses or long-term investments.
• Past here are just honorific coins. The odds of seeing these used in actual trades is incredibly rare, as the gemstone are likely more valuable cut into jewelry or just on their own than stuck with a stamp and given a number. They’re given out as rewards from the throne for great services or grand achievements, and are usually cashed out for more applicable coinage or tossed into a vault where it will sit for all eternity. Each is roughly the same size as a quartz coin.
• Jade (1000) - Maybe if you’re rich you’ll have one that’s been passed down through your family after your great-grandfather saved the king’s nephew from a fire or something. Put it in a case and display it on your wall: make your house a great target for the local burglar.
• Emerald (1200) - Given to civil servants as a reward for grand scientific discoveries.
• Ruby (1200) - Given to military officers as a reward for grand successes in battle.
• Topaz (1500) - Just a general reward for people who do really cool stuff.
• Diamond (1500) - Just a general reward for people who do really cool stuff but don’t like topaz for some reason.

 

Most likely our characters won't be dealing with coins any larger than agate, with the largest we'll be seeing being citrine or maybe garnet if we're lucky. Try to avoid going full-on D&D for this (i.e. merchants offering you a thousand gold coins for delivering oOoOoOoOooo pLoT dEvIcE).

Edited December 21, 2022 by Channelknight Fadran

[Quivil]

@Channelknight Fadran The OP still says my character's name is Ashe, could you change it to Lenne?

[Channelknight Fadran]

Sure thing boss

[Going_North_cal]

@Mr. Misting Miyako probably handed me a couple of feldspar then. Or 10 mica. Whichever you say. Hell, maybe even just a quartz

[Mags she/they]

Timeline wise our stamp collecting storyline has only taken like 2-3 days so far

I have no idea how long it will take us to get to the festival, but it probably won't be a full two months (as we had planned for the festival deadline), more like a couple weeks.

I can probably stretch things out if its needed though

also @Channelknight Fadran would it be okay to use some of the more expensive crystal coin things on NPC's? not using them as money, but I like your idea of using them as decoration 

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by Justice_Magician

[Mr. Misting he/him]

43 minutes ago, CalanoCorvus said:

@Mr. Misting Miyako probably handed me a couple of feldspar then. Or 10 mica. Whichever you say. Hell, maybe even just a quartz

Oh, sorry. Miyako handed you a large object, that's value was roughly of onyx. The object itself is not money.