Voidus

1 hour ago, Koloss17 said:

Hmm. Overall, I think the character is good. Elantrians are always going to be powerful, but if this one has a strong aversion to confrontation, that could be a decent dampener. 
 

My main issue is with the Archive. The idea of a hidden area that exists within the Alleys is entirely plausible, but something would have to keep it stable, as the Alleys are unpredictable and extraordinarily dangerous. And something of the scale you are talking about would need to be created or at least permitted by Voidus himself (not @Voidus but their god-like persona in-world). However, Voidus does like knowledge and progress, so it would not be entirely unreasonable. 
 

The library portals, while interesting, is a bit too Discworld. Obviously the Alleys are something similar, but they are much more dangerous and much more cognitive realm-esque.

And a consideration: if you want to go the living in the Alleys route and craving knowledge, the likelihood of Archibald being recruited by the Dark Alleys is high. Now, that might be a bit out of your character’s moral comfort zone, but it is an option.

Yes this sounds somewhat like the Department of Records for the DA, but obviously accessing that has some moral implications for most characters. But then sacrificing morals for knowledge is one of the principal themes of the Alleyverse so could be an interesting angle to play off of. Stability is primary concern here, learning how to get to a specific place in the Alleys is incredibly difficult and almost always lethal.

Observes.

On 11/1/2023 at 12:47 PM, Ravenclawjedi42 said:

I had an idea for a character, and @Ashbringer said to put it here, so in the hopes that I’m doing the right thing: (warning: very minor Yumi spoilers ahead)

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Name: Kimura Itsuki (note: Itsuki is the given name and Kimura is the surname. I’m not sure what’s been said about name order on Kilahito, but the planet is based on Japan and Korea, both of which usually put the family name before the given name)

Appearance: has pale skin, dark hair close to black but not quite there, his hair just barely touches his shoulders and is greasy, appearing like he rarely washes it.

Guild: nothing intended currently 

Personality: frequently sad and mildly depressed. Not very social and keeps to himself for the most part, though when he bonds with someone he is extremely loyal to them.

Concept: romantic man searching for lost Worldhopper lover.

Motivations: first and foremost, finding his lost love. He also enjoys cooking and wants to open a Kilahitoan restaurant that isn’t a noodle bar, as he never liked ramen.

Merits:

• Major: his determination and loyalty are some of the strongest in the Cosmere. Some even have thought that he is an electrum compounder (they were wrong)!
• Normal: Reasonably good at cooking. Not good enough to open his own restaurant or even be hired as a cook at a nice, tasty one, but still pretty good. He is also very talented at painting, often painting abstract works with bright colors and thick paint.
• Minor: can play the guitar (the Scadrian equivalent, anyway); not bad with a dagger; speaks Kilahitoan, whatever the lingua Franca is in Alleycity, and a little Scadrian.

Flaws: bad at making new friends, and his worldhopping girlfriend who he has not seen for many years has a pretty big influence on him, and can be used to manipulate him.

Relationships: Vinette, his lover that I keep mentioning that I might end up using as a character, or and NPC, or just not involved in the plot. Stilewn, a Terris restaurant owner that Itsuki works as a waiter at.

Home Planet: Kilahito

Current Residence: a small flat in New Hallandren

Backstory: In his youth, Itsuki was working as a struggling artist in Kilahito when he met a woman named Vinette who was interested in buying some of his art. They could not agree to a price, though, and had frequent meetings to negotiate a price. During this time, they became friends, and later lovers. After two years of being romantically together, and 2 1/2 years since they first met, Vinette confessed to Itsuki that she wasn’t from the area. Or the planet. She told Vinette that she was part of a group called the Phantomgores, and that she bought the paintings for something about a Court of Gods and that she wanted to stay with him, but she was being ordered to leave by her leader. Itsuki regretfully watched her go into a Perpendicularly, and went back to his house. The next day, Itsuki realized he had made a mistake and went into Shadesmar to try to go with her, but couldn’t find her. This search eventually led him to Alleycity, where he is staying for the time being.

Loose ends: Vinette, not much else.

Links: N/A

 

So a little tricky but I can approve given that it isn't super core to the character and wouldn't expect any spoilers to arrive but will need any spoilers about books still in spoiler policy periods to be marked clearly, etc.
Other than that, approved!
 

On 11/4/2023 at 7:42 AM, Stormlightsong said:

This is my character idea to help in upcoming plot stuff:
Keshi

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Name: Keshi
Appearance: a 4 inch tall Kitsen that wears tight silk clothing. He rides upon an  armored (the armor doesn’t really do anything it just is for aesthetics) hyperslug named Goto.
Guild (or intended guild): none
Personality: Keshi is an honorable warrior, or, at least, that’s how he sees himself. He’s extremely stubborn and will never go back on his word. Even though he is a spy, he doesn’t lie to get into places. In fact, he distains lying.
Concept: Keshi is a cytonic kitsen spy who was once the prince who was not prince before he self banished himself after getting his entire team killed. He rides on the hyperslug goto. He can create illusions to make himself undetectable and copy voices or sounds.
Motivation (Short & long term goal): Keshi is motivated by his shame at getting his team killed. Which is the reason he has not left Alleycity since arriving. He believes he deserves to work in this uncomfortable large city for what he has done.
Merits: major merit: cytonic ability to create illusions. Medium merits: Goto the hyper slug (allowing teleportation), espionage expertise. Minor merits: multiple small spear-like tools (actually screwdrivers), electrical equipment and hijacking devices, and can fit into small spaces.
Flaws: will not directly lie (is OK with telling half-truths), prideful, finds it hard to break promises even if he needs to.
Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): son of the current king who is not king. Because of self banishment he has no one from his past except for Goto.
Home Planet: Evershore
Current Residence: nomadically traveling through Alleycity 
Backstory: Keshi was born the prince who is not prince on Evershore after superiority occupation. He was one of the first cytonic kitsen born in the centuries. After finding he lacked skill in fighting, he was made a spy for the kitsen, using his hyperslug steed to sneak aboard ships and his illusions to stay hidden. On one reconnaissance mission (probably against the superiority or something IDK) he snuck onto the main ship of a small scouting group. He saw a chance to take down all the ships and, disobeying his orders, he hijacked the ship. This was a fatal mistake as this so-called “scouting group” what is an ambush. All of the other ships put up anti-cytonic bubbles. To trap and slaughter the rest of his group. before he could get caught he flew the ship out of range and teleported randomly arriving in the Alleycity. Believing he deserved this fate, he vowed to not return until he had redeemed himself.
Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): he must redeem himself before he can return home to his people.

 

So we haven't dealt too much with cytonics still so this one may be a mod discussion. The scale tends to be a little different than what we typically permit is the main issue.

 

On 11/5/2023 at 5:53 AM, Koloss17 said:

Perses’ Villain Arc

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Name: Perses (based on titan of destruction and peace)
Appearance:

Young looking, but grizzled. Has slight scarring around his body, but mostly around his eyes, where two metal spikes are pounded through them. If he wants to be stealthy, he would wear blind glasses to hide them. However, he is not afraid to show his Hemalurgy off. He wears a dark mistcoat that he keeps perfectly clean. For those that recognize an inquisitor, he would look oddly lanky for an inquisitor.  

Guild (or intended guild): was granted Hemalurgy through the Dark Alleys, but is working to get a foothold in Alleycity’s underground without being part of any guild.
Personality: Is willing to work with others, but refuses to serve under someone. Has been traumatized by being abandoned and subjected to the Alleys within Wickwillow manor, leaving him mildly insane. He was rescued from his torment by a member of the Dark Alleys and given ambition and trust issues. Is a quick learner, and is used to violence. He hears voices guiding him on what to do and to trust no one, but doesnt know what they are or question them.

Concept: Perses has gone to the dark side, and in addition to his other skills and abilities, now with even more Breaths and both an A-Iron and A-Steel spike.

Motivation (Short & long term goal): seeks to gain a foothold in Alleycity without guild affiliation. Where he previously wanted to feel valuable, he now wants to be respected and feared.
Merits: Twinborn of A-bronze and F-tin. This allows them to reverse compound bronze and sense many magic users with relative ease. Obviously still needs bronze to store the bronze sight, but can get away with not having any with a full A-bronze tinmind. He can sense feruchemy and awakening being used, but is not experienced with other magic systems being used. 
 

has a healthy amount of breaths, putting him comfortably above fifth heightening. Is not very experienced with awakening, but knows how to do it. He is able to awaken and give basic commands, but has not been trained past the basics. Expect him to be able to do straightforward, but not particularly creative commands. Can store the lifesense granted by these to detect when there are others around, and can do so with extra prescision if need be.

He has recently (like around 6 months or so ago) been granted an A-Iron and A-Steel spike. He is not particularly skilled with either, and so mostly just uses them in a brutish way. However, being able to store steelsight has allowed him to sort of see for the first time in his life, and so his ability to detect where exactly anyone and anything is around him is unmatched.

He’s a fast learner, and can adapt to a fight fairly quickly. He is still not physically capable, though. When people get in close, his main inclination is to dodge, and boy can he dodge.

due to his abilities, he can decently deduce people’s affiliations and motives through interacting with them, so he has some detective’s info skills. He has however become quite biased, so he generally assumes the worst in people.

He’s learned to navigate Alleycity, but has certainly not seen everything there is. He does not know the customs or mannerisms of the vast cultures in Alleycity, and still acts somewhat like an outsider. However, as a quick learner, he can pick things up.

Flaws: Is blind, fully blind. No abound of sight storing and tapping can change it. Perses is 100% blind. This can be slightly mitigated with lifesense and bronzesense allowing for some amount of person recongnition, but doesn’t really make up for it. However, with steelsight, this weakness is mostly mitigated. However, he still can’t recognize faces, color, or any sort of detail past visible protrusions. He can now fight easier, but he’s still blind.

 

He knows street skills, but nothing else. He can’t read or write, and really only knows what the street has taught him. He’s good at reading people, but is no scholar by any stretch of the imagination.
 

Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): none anymore. Had a mother, but vanished for unknown reasons when he was a teen. Has okay relations with the Dark Alleys, but no contacts or friends in it.
Home Planet: scadrial (era 2, likely outer cities)

Current Residence: somewhere in the Alleyverse, mostly wandering around. Has a residence in a secure location, but past that, doesn’t own much past what he can get from his work.

Backstory: Perses is a Scadrian from some of the outer cities about 50 or so years after era 2 of Mistborn. He’s mostly lived off of what he could get and survived alone. His dad was never around, and his mother disappeared when he was young. Very little relationships were formed, but he made do. Perses was taken advantage of quite a bit, and got into some minor crime. 
 

Eventually Perses got tied into a gig that was much larger than he thought it was, taking him off-world. He learned some about the Cosmere and got himself into a very peculiar situation, which ended him with about 500 breaths and basic training. 
 

During his time with this Cosmere-wide crime syndicate, he discovered the existence of Alleycity. A few members were thinking of going and hoped it would be a way out, and a place of new beginnings. Perses decided to join up with them, but soon after their arrival, the forgery erased them from existence.

 

After the events of Wickwillow Manor, he became lost within the manor, abandoned by those that accompanied him. He was subjected to the Alleys, and, with no metal reserves and no one to save him, was driven mad by the experience. He wasn’t completely mad, and has mostly recovered, with trauma and voices in his head as scars to his experience.

He was rescued by a member of the Dark Alleys, who gave him a new goal: power. He has done away with his need to fit in and belong—all that he wants now is to make the world respect him, and for it to adapt to his will.

Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): deep down, he wants peace. He wants to live a normal life, and to live a happy existence where he is loved and appreciated, not for what he can do, but for who he is. However, through the various cruelties and misguided teachings of his world, he feels that only way to achieve happiness in this world is to be on top of it all. 

 

 

Presuming this is a villain other people are happy to deal with it works fine for me. Approved. 

On 11/6/2023 at 9:46 AM, Ancient Elantrian said:

Guess I should put this here:

 

This one fits into a trope we usually try to discourage. Lone wolf characters, especially those with the 'Oh I don't trust anyone' vibe, can be a really difficult fit in a collaborative RP like this. Can potentially allow something like this but then there needs to be a reason they would work together with other people. What ties them to others still? What keeps them grounded?
 

2 hours ago, Edema Rue said:

Okay, I have no clue what I’m doing but, uh, here’s a character

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Name: Ela
Appearance: She’s short, but stands tall. She has brown hair cut to her chin, pale blue eyes, and is usually holding some small animal she picked up somewhere. 
Guild (or intended guild): I…don’t know what this is.
Personality: She usually jokes and makes fun of people, but the second someone seems to be hurting even a tiny bit she’ll get serious and make sure they know she cares.
Concept: A forgotten edgedancer.
Motivation (Short & long term goal): Short term is to find people she can care about who will also care about her, long term is to find out more about herself. 
Merits: Major: 3rd ideal edgedancer. Normal: can help other characters with trauma? Normal: good at sneaking around. Minor: sarcasm :).
Flaws: She has forgotten almost everything about herself.
Relationships (Eg. Family and Friends): She used to have a big family, but doesn’t anymore and doesn’t remember why. 
Home Planet: Roshar, nowhere specific but probably Alethi.
Current Residence: She’s currently in an inn (is that allowed), paying for it with money she brought with her from Roshar, she hasn’t been there long. 
Backstory: She’s from Roshar, and is an edgedancer, and doesn’t remember anything else. Am I allowed to leave it there until I make something up, or do I need to come up with something now?
Loose ends (What is unfinished in their life?): …everything?

…I don’t know if that works, but I’m happy to change anything I need to.

Works wonderfully. I might suggest dialing back to a second ideal edgedancer just to give some room to grow, maybe an opportunity to swear her third oath somewhere could be found? But that's just a suggestion not a requisite.
Approved! (And yes you can be in an inn and leave backstory currently unknown, the latter is something we can be a little nervous about, but since Ela seems the very helpful sort it should still be easy for her to be involved in things.

2 hours ago, Scars of Hathsin said:

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Name: Arranis Reelwiron

Appearance: Youngish looking man, and short cropped hair, and Azish like, in appearance

Guild: Unknown ( I dont really know guilds)

 Personality: He is an easy going guy, that has a more relaxed view on his ideals

Motivation: Learning more about cultures, and people from around the universes 

Merits: Always wants to help people, but is more focused on the overall need of the universes, and keeping places and people safe. 

Flaws: Can seem cold to some people, as he always wants to learn, and is more focused on protecting. 

Relationships: He has had many friends, and has lost a few , and his parents are long gone.

Home Planet: Roshar

Current Residence: A tavern, that is of standard quality

Abilities: Arranis is proficient with many weapons, as well as other combat, and has amassed plenty of experience of his years. 

History: Arranis grew up on his home planet, but early on found at that the planet seemed dull to him, and he wanted to explore the wider universe in time found his way to places people could only dream of going to. When he earnt his spren, and said the ideals, he decided he was going to break the mould in which his specific order of knights were associated with, and has almost successfully broken the mould, changing his and his spren's view on the ideals, and serving a higher purpose, with more freedom. He has taken to the alleyverse, to learn more, and expand his knowledge on the places he had visited, by experiencing things first hand with people from those planets. 

Loose Ends: Can be angered quickly at points, and still has many things to learn. 

Is this good?

So the 'merits' field should include things like skills, magical abilities, etc. Noticed a spren bond (Presumably KR) was mentioned but not specified which. Would need those details added please.

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Merits: Characters should have three minor merits, two normal merits and one major merit. A major merit is the defining ability of your character, what sets them apart from others. This could be being a Knight Radiant, or an expert swordsman, or a genius inventor. A normal merit is a secondary but still key skill or talent. The bread and butter skills that the character uses the most frequently after their major merit. Minor merits represent rp skills (Such as being a talented singer or musician), a lesser talent (An amateur swordfighter), or a very minor magical ability. 

7 hours ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

Name: Soynir Soxless (dont question it)

Things: he's good at finding people to do jobs, and he's honest and true with everything he does. he can fix basically anything, and gains a lot of knowledge from reading, so you can likely find him at a library, legal or illegal, he doesnt discriminate. he has a network of people if you want to find him, but you gotta pay them a decent sum before getting to him. hes an twinborn compounder, im gonna figure out what that would be at some point. not gold. and he likes to play pranks, but only when he can. 

He's a bronze compounder.

Assuming this is intended as a character submission could I get you to do the full template? It's available on the first page for future reference but I'll put a copy here.

Apologies, been a bit ill. I'll try to check in more regularly going forwards. Big thanks Arlin for explaining things to people.

The era 6 character thread should be used for any character submissions, that thread also includes the character sheet template for people to fill in and some guidance for creation. Can see some people have already done so, I'll head over to take a look now.

There are some that are unique to the AV, but primarily it's a setting involving the entirety of Brandon's works in a single cultural melting pot of a city. So the magic system is all that you might find throughout the cosmere and beyond. 

Sure is! I'm happy to chime in and offer help but I do think plotbuilding should be a collaborative effort, helps everyone get involved and invested.

I'm happy to get people started, and participate somewhat alongside, I've got plenty of characters to help show around certain parts of the AV. But I think the important thing is for people to build characters that are invested in a particular plot to keep momentum. So a discussion of what that plot could be is helpful. And given this would be effectively a revival there are plenty of options available.

Timeskips and new eras and drastic changes oh my.

No, not at all. Can't promise that I can be as personally involved as I was back during the peak of the RP, but if people are mindful of the potential problem I think it can be mitigated.

Seems like quite a group, apologies for my delayed reply. But this does seem more people than we've had previously. The main problem is usually a slow start followed by inevitably some people trickling off and the momentum fading.

So a plot that everyone is excited about and can actively work towards is really helpful there.

Also, while we do have an AV Discord server for social purposes I've been considering setting one up for RP purposes as well, I've shifted most of my RP over to Discord personally and it has some fun options available.

Oh Hemalurgy was very much the main event, it just became more of a social situation over time. And there was some expanded implication of 'people who like Hemalurgy reside in dark alleys and will probably stab you'.

It's buried in the RP forums now because of the game it spawned but there's been The Dark Alley group for Hemalurgy fans.

7 hours ago, Aeoryi said:

I made a character back in 2020 if that helps (I can't remember if I even got it approved but) 

I mean, what happened to the good ol' alleyverse mods like Ene or Voidus? Or kenod? 

I still hang about, just the posting dropped slowly off until it was mostly just Zinc and I.

Could look into it if people want to join for a revival but it would need some pretty clear direction I think at this point.

Yeah coffeelock builds are always broken as hell

SeKaan, the Grand Hotel, the Bindpoint

Picking out who they wanted to replace had been the hardest part. There were so many employees in this building, but who was the right one to overhear what they needed? But when yesterday evening they had gone out to one of the many bars in the city, a rather tasteless establishment, they had found a familiar face. Emboldened a little by their own irritation at the recent encounter with another of their own kind and somehow a surviving Inquisitor, SeKaan had seen about ensuring they were invited back to the gentleman's own house.

From there, a simple matter to ensure he was too sick to work today, and then to sneak in and take his uniform. Avoiding notice by anyone else had been a little more difficult, though not by much. But best that none of his fellows noticed that 'Telian' had worked today after all and decided to ask him about it. And infiltrating as a servant had always been a favored tactic, so few payed attention to the comings and goings of them, or which of them were nearby when discreet conversations were held. They were always an excellent method to find additional little secrets to support another role.

And oh had they discovered some secrets today. Their body practically thrummed with the satisfaction, a heady cocktail of pride, danger, and intrigue filled their veins as they pretended to busy themself. It was a risk, staying here as they heard, with particularly sensitive ears, the door open, the footsteps down the hallway. But some small chance of gaining even more information was worth it. And fleeing might only attract more attention, she was a watchful one this Lita. And interesting. Was she Lita LaPetit? Or Attar? Or something else entirely?

"Ah Telian" She called out, approaching with a casual smile. "Just who I was hoping to find. A little early for it, but I do enjoy promptness.”

"Of course." They provided quickly, slipping easily into the voice they had memorized last night. "Never polite to keep a lady waiting."

They gave a professional smile, with just the hint of the other that they had received themselves on first meeting Telian. A slight playfulness that SeKaan had enjoyed a great deal. The words were also an almost perfect repetition of those Telian had given when joining SeKaan to leave for more private quarters, and were paired with a casual glance down the hall as if looking to see who else may be watching.

Inwardly their mind raced, trying to fill in the gaps of this persona. Being caught in a temporary guise was always a frustration, and was the main other reason they had avoided any other employees. But some kind of pre-existing and seemingly personal relationship with the very person he was tailing? Deeply problematic. But still, they had centuries of experience with this, and should be able to play a vague enough line to let Lita take the lead without arousing any suspicions.

Besides, they were playing a servant right now, and while it was possible that she was simply very friendly and there was simply some personal errands that Telian ran for Miss LaPetit, SeKaan knew of a far more common reason for such familiarity. That would, if anything, only make things easier as this was one area of Telian that SeKaan had experienced personally in some detail. But for now, yes best to let her take the lead.

Laurelai, Lita's rooms in the Grand Hotel, the Bindpoint

Laurelai kept her hands deliberately in her lap as she listened, suppressing a fidget with only a little difficulty. Lita had moved far enough that the Soothing was only half as effective as it had been and she felt some of the worries slipping back in, her thoughts drifting from the conversation with her mother to the other recent events, and then back. She still caught enough to give a half-scandalized little choke as her mother called Voidus as stubborn ass, though really she retained enough memories from the Forgery to know it was quite an accurate assessment.

But really, did either of them know anything about him? Truly? Laurelai had memories that were entirely false, and some distant impressions she'd gained of him as her boss for several years. But none of him as an actual person. And Valeria... she knew him as he had been before. But time changed people, something a Forger knew all too well, and that much time... was he in any way the same person?

"A lovely story." She remarked with a small smile, one she even half-meant. "I haven't... known that he was my father for very long. I don't really know that much about him personally. It's still very strange sometimes, I had... well I had given up on ever meeting either of you."

Thought it would be best if they never came back. A small little returning voice whispered, though without its usual strength. Knew deep down why they left, and that you'd only hurt them if they came back.

@Mrs. Voidus @ZincAboutIt

55 minutes ago, CalanoCorvus said:

MY BIRTHDAY IS IN 28 DAYS ITS DURING GAY MONTH WOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE GAY MONTH

Makes me wonder if there's a correlation

Mine is also in June.

Laurelai, stared after Lita as the door closed behind the redhead, a small part of her mind aware that she should be worried, though the emotion was suppressed by Lita's continued Soothing. Once again she longed to simply be able to return to her apartments and wait under a stream of cool water in the shower. But leaving... would not be a good idea. Not until she had a better grip of herself. Or she'd just end up causing even more problems.

"Oh Laurelai," Valeria said, interrupting her thoughts. "It saddens me that you will never know the sweet burn of our ambrosia nectar."

A new drink? She wondered, immediately curious as to how it might taste. But then other worlds can be a bit hit and miss. Might get stuck with a Roshar where they call that colored swill wine.

"Come, come," Valeria continued, moving for the bedroom. "You can't let me go out shopping in an outfit I have already worn. Perhaps you can show me that marvellous forging ability again. Oh, Parum Faba, the things I could tell you about the silks we had..." 

A slow smile appeared, actual enjoyment rather than the sort of ambiently pleasant vacant one she had been wearing. It would certainly be the most preferable distraction, a drink and a discussion of one of her favorite topics. And new silks... well perhaps if she could ask enough questions, she might even be able to reproduce some. Gods what could some of her favorite tailors do with a new fabric?

"Yes, please do. It was one of the first things I started studying by myself... fabrics. Have to study quite a bit to effectively Forge anything, and I always wanted new clothes." She smiled, moving to follow after her mother. "Wanted to learn how to do it on purpose, thought it might help to..."

To stop accidentally murdering everyone who tried to care for you. A dry voice whispered in her mind as she trailed off. How far you've come, now you just hurt them with every waking moment instead.

She shook her head to dismiss the voice, and the images that threatened to follow. The continued pleasant calm from Lita's soothing, a little more generalized now that she wasn't here to adjust it, but it helped her to calm once again. Forcing herself to divert the topic.

"Parum Faba... you call me that often. I... remember it, I think. But not what it actually means." She said, latching on to the moment of curiosity.

@Mrs. Voidus

Took a passing glance over the most recent ones but yeah they've well and truly lost their chance for me.

Lita's Suite, The Grand Hotel, The Bindpoint

It was a strange feeling to be completely relaxed and calm while being verbally attacked by a woman who had been an utter stranger only a couple hours ago but had in fact been your presumed dead mother. But Laurelai was grateful for Lita's continued soothing of her emotions. Even with them in a tight grip such as this she could feel her mind fixating on the numerous impossible revelations of the last few minutes.

Veevee is still alive? She considered with a mental monotone. And we've both been in the Dark Alley. How many times have I walked past Vivica? How did I never realize?

"Plenty of vices to indulge here. Wine in the cupboard, cigarettes in the drawer." Lita interjected, breaking Laurelai's musings.

She turned to follow the gesture, feeling oddly dreamlike and unaffected for better or worse by each new shift in tone of the room. Simply absorbing the the information. It was oddly relaxing, but also gave a sense of sharpness, keeping her alert. Almost like...
An azure fall of droplets to the stone floor below, a silent rainfall. Whispers that promise a relief from all troubles, an answer to all questions-

"-think you could stay here and wait for me?" Lita finished, Laurelai only just catching the end and the look that Lita directed at her.

At the same moment she caught the subtle movements of an Alleycant message, taking a beat longer than usual to decipher it and nod.

"Of course." She replied aloud, voice almost eerily calm. "Bad habits need company don't they? And I'd be happy to catch up more with... with my mother."

It was difficult to adopt her usual polite tone and expressions, the extra-carefully constructed ones she used for lying. In truth, she wanted nothing more than to go home and enjoy a long shower. Though a small part of her realized that she needed Lita to continue Soothing her until she could come to terms at least a little with the rapid shift in her life.

@Mrs. Voidus @ZincAboutIt

59 minutes ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

For your spellcaster character, might I suggest planning out what spells to cast while other people go?

Can never be emphasized enough, one of the most frustrating things as a DM when you get to someones turn and they have given no thought as to what to do. Also as a piece of advice, keep in mind your character does not have to do the optimal thing, they are even more pressed for time to make this decision than you are. They have six seconds to decide and act. It's okay for them to make a mistake and do something suboptimal rather than count out five different kinds of area effects to decide which perfectly hits the most enemies.

Well I hope you enjoy it. A very different sort of game, but as long as everyone's having fun that is after all the point.

My response is more at how one could possibly justify hundreds of Tiamats rather than the mechanics of damage
5e damage is silly. Though a million... outside of a very specific mechanical exploit I imagine that would have to be from homebrew? Even with multiple lvl 20 classes there's a limit to action economy.

1 hour ago, The Last Fæ said:

100s of Tiamats.

On 4/26/2023 at 3:11 AM, Frustration said:

I've been giving some more thought to trying Pathfinder, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you mind pitching it to me, just a paragraph or so about what you like most about it?

Oooh where do I begin?

Well first off this is less a specific thing and more a general feel, but I really feel like the designers pay a lot more attention to what does and doesn't work in their game, have a better grasp of how it is actually played, and design accordingly. There are so many oddities of 5e that make me genuinely wonder if WOTC actually know how people play their game.

Probably the biggest specific things for me are the customisation and the action economy. I adore the three-action system, it just simplifies so much and I know so many GMs who kind of houserule similar things for 5e and it honestly amazes me that it took so long for someone to actually make it this simplified. No specific actions that can only be used for specific things and you only get one a turn. Spend your whole turn sprinting? Can't do anything else but sure you can do that.
And it removes the 5e problem where some classes just have nothing to spend certain actions on. Like Bonus action is often dead for many players.

Customization is amazing, the weapons all feel so diverse and actually give you a potential reason to branch out from the standard longsword, greatsword, longbow, shortbow, dagger or rapier. And the Archetypes and the way multiclassing work give a lot of ability to diversify your build without becoming broken like a lot of 5e multiclasses do. Helps make every character feel actually unique. So many 5e subclasses give little to no variation, so everyone who plays that subclass feels very 'samey' but the feat progression in PF2e means you'll never have the same build as another character unless you're like deliberately copying them. And love the racial feats, the high level unlocks are amazing and let you do things like Tieflings with actual wings that don't break the game, gnomes who feel fey because they can just pop back to the feywild when they feel like it, even if they're not a caster.

Whisper gave an approving nod as Vivi moved around the room before finally returning to Whispers side. She was cautious, but not so paranoid that she let it freeze her, or avoid looking into potential dangers. That was well. If only all of their other compatriots could be said to fair as well. Whisper had initially been planning to use the others as potential bait for any traps they might find, but so far they had not met with anything of the sort, only creatures.

Cobalt, the Steward, had obviously not explored this deeply into the phenomenon either, which meant his experience was no longer useful. And Vivi and Whisper had, both times now, been the ones to enter and evaluate rooms first. Was it really for the best that they continue to stick together as a group? Or was it time to re-evaluate Vivi's earlier suggestion, make a run for it with the two of them. They were smaller than the others, and likely quieter. They had already proven they could both navigate around the exterior of the estate effectively as well.

The others will take some time to climb up. She wrote, opting to use letters scrawled in the air rather than an audible means of communication. And we are already ahead... perhaps we should remain that way?

She gave a smile, a secret, wicked expression, wordlessly motioning in the direction of the door.

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 "No more than two on the rope at a time, and I'll go just before Byron. Cobalt, you should probably go, then you, Perses."

Cobalt gave a sigh, frustrated at the lack of ability to strike back at the creatures, but nodded. A whisper of steel against steel as he resheathed his saber and moved to the window, reaching out to pull on the rope and test it was secured. From the angle of this window it was difficult to entirely see what was happening in the next floor, though it seemed perhaps one of the windows had been broken, based on the sound they had heard.

Lady Warren anticipated some damage to the estate. He reminded himself, though unable to keep from entirely wincing. The box is the most important, so long as we recover that...

"Stay safe." He said, giving a respectful nod to those who would be following him up. "Do not risk agitating them any further, don't look down once you start climbing, just in case."

Curious how your fighter got six attacks per round at 10th level, that's wildly throwing off the power curve of the game.