Alleyverse Era Nine Signups

[Koloss17 She/They]

On 5/6/2026 at 4:00 PM, Beholder said:

Hello! I would like to join Era 9. I might not be able to play until after 4 most days (school). But here it is. Might be a bit long.

 

Edit: Sorry. Just realised that Era 9 already started. Can I still join? If not, it's alright and if I could join next Era, that would be nice.

Okay so a few things (sorry for taking a while to get back to you)

1) I really like the amount of thought you put into the character! It seems clear that once things are sorted out that he should be fun to roleplay

2) being able to teleport objects to places he’s been before seems really powerful. My main problem approving new folks with powerful characters is that it can easily lead to godmodding. Either you can deprive another player of their agency, or you can make them feel useless in an encounter. This can be solved with some very intentional role playing, but it’s a risky thing. I’d put a fairly limit on the distance an object can teleport, just so that we don’t have a “I teleported your important item to the other side of the city” moment. Or at the very least give me an idea on how much effort/concentration is required for the power to be used at distance. I’m not against approving a powerful character, it’s just a tricky business

3) unfortunately inter dimensional travel doesn’t work like that. The gateways (called Alleyways) only take you from a universe to the Alleyverse, or vice versa. While it is possible your character could go from the Alleyverse to the Cosmere, it requires a lot of skill to maneuver the Alleys to wind up in the right place. If you want your character to gain specific items or experience, I’d keep it within the Alleyverse.

4) are your affiliations planned NPCs that you’d be interacting with? Are they people that would be around the character often? I’m mostly curious what you have planned for them.

 

[Qianweilian He/him]

@Beholder, the secret to getting powerful characters approved (from what I've gathered reading through threads), is to make it fun to roleplay with—for others.

[Beholder He/him]

On 5/15/2026 at 5:34 AM, Koloss17 said:

I’d put a fairly limit on the distance an object can teleport, just so that we don’t have a “I teleported your important item to the other side of the city” moment. Or at the very least give me an idea on how much effort/concentration is required for the power to be used at distance.

*Sigh* Just had to rewrite the entire thing after accidentally deleting the draft. 

In the "I teleported your item scenario" Waymaker (my character) would not do that on impulse unless he had a grievance against that person. It could always be that it's harder to teleport an Invested item because of 'Cross Investiture Interference' or something like that. For concentration it's pretty hard and effort the equivalent of doing a long sprint. (Though it's easier for him to teleport himself)

 

On 5/15/2026 at 5:34 AM, Koloss17 said:

3) unfortunately inter dimensional travel doesn’t work like that. The gateways (called Alleyways) only take you from a universe to the Alleyverse, or vice versa. While it is possible your character could go from the Alleyverse to the Cosmere, it requires a lot of skill to maneuver the Alleys to wind up in the right place. If you want your character to gain specific items or experience, I’d keep it within the Alleyverse.

Would it be alright if I said my character had maybe been to the Alleyverse once or twice before and from there had gone on a long 'tour' of the Cosmere. (This would fit in with his time in the thieving group).

 

On 5/15/2026 at 5:34 AM, Koloss17 said:

4) are your affiliations planned NPCs that you’d be interacting with? Are they people that would be around the character often? I’m mostly curious what you have planned for them.

Maybe some of them but they're mostly just like people you know from around. Waymaker is not one for friends. 

Edited May 16 by Beholder

[Koloss17 She/They]

16 hours ago, Beholder said:

*Sigh* Just had to rewrite the entire thing after accidentally deleting the draft. 

In the "I teleported your item scenario" Waymaker (my character) would not do that on impulse unless he had a grievance against that person. It could always be that it's harder to teleport an Invested item because of 'Cross Investiture Interference' or something like that. For concentration it's pretty hard and effort the equivalent of doing a long sprint. (Though it's easier for him to teleport himself)

 

Would it be alright if I said my character had maybe been to the Alleyverse once or twice before and from there had gone on a long 'tour' of the Cosmere. (This would fit in with his time in the thieving group).

 

Maybe some of them but they're mostly just like people you know from around. Waymaker is not one for friends. 

Yeah it'll be harder if not near impossible for you to teleport invested items without getting a power boost. All non-cosmere magic systems are treated as if they are just a different form of investiture, and will operate on cosmere rules, more or less. 

I can proooobably say your character has been to the cosmere, but just be aware that it requires a guide to navigate the alleyways to get to the cosmere and back. It's not something you can just do willy-nilly, and is probably something you won't have the opportunity to do again any time soon. Is it possible? Sure. And I can give it to you as a backstory tool, but just know that it's not likely something you'll be doing while RPing. The Alleyverse is very good at sucking people into it, and is very reluctant to let people out of it.

[Beholder He/him]

7 hours ago, Koloss17 said:

Yeah it'll be harder if not near impossible for you to teleport invested items without getting a power boost. All non-cosmere magic systems are treated as if they are just a different form of investiture, and will operate on cosmere rules, more or less. 

I can proooobably say your character has been to the cosmere, but just be aware that it requires a guide to navigate the alleyways to get to the cosmere and back. It's not something you can just do willy-nilly, and is probably something you won't have the opportunity to do again any time soon. Is it possible? Sure. And I can give it to you as a backstory tool, but just know that it's not likely something you'll be doing while RPing. The Alleyverse is very good at sucking people into it, and is very reluctant to let people out of it.

Thank you. This also fits in with why my character is actually in the Alleyverse (To heal up and hide) so I can say he's not going to leave for a long while.

[Koloss17 She/They]

On 5/17/2026 at 7:07 AM, Beholder said:

Thank you. This also fits in with why my character is actually in the Alleyverse (To heal up and hide) so I can say he's not going to leave for a long while.

Alright, well so long as you make those changes and make sure to avoid godmodding with your character, your character is approved!

[Beholder He/him]

Thank you @Koloss17!

[Qianweilian He/him]

On 5/16/2026 at 10:23 PM, Koloss17 said:

Is it possible? Sure. And I can give it to you as a backstory tool, but just know that it's not likely something you'll be doing while RPing. The Alleyverse is very good at sucking people into it, and is very reluctant to let people out of it.

I could see it being a way to retire a character, but yeah. Specifically one with a goal to escape.