The Tower of Druaga (heroic fantasy- Started)

[hiei82]

I am pro Reboot, but I think in that case we should discuss the problems that caused the need for a reboot so we can prevent the from occurring again. We may want to all get on the same page as far as overarching plots is concerned.

 

[Raynoson]

The cause of the reboot is by my guess the fact so many people left and went *PooF*. If not then maybe all the hectic foo loo loo going on with people, places, and power.

 

[hiei82]

@Raynoson: I agree about the leaving thing, but the question is why they went "*PooF*"

 

[Asclepion]

You're aware that only 3 people disappeared, right? And we gained Raynoson. You make it sound like a mass exodus.

I don't think it's something that can be avoided. Even in a best case scenario some people won't be able to commit to a game- things happen in their lives, they lose interest, etc. Events are still hectic for me.

Another thread would be more about starting a new arc and giving us time to refresh. I like Ramirez, only I'm not really sure what to do with him at this point. Personally, I don't care for threads that go on and on- after a while it becomes impenetrable and stops being cohesive. I prefer a more tight plot and feeling of engagement.

 

[Raynoson]

I'll agree with that, and yes overall things in life arise that cause issues with commitment. Understandable as it is, and tightening up any story really helps.

 

[NastoK]

Another thread would be more about starting a new arc and giving us time to refresh. I like Ramirez, only I'm not really sure what to do with him at this point. Personally, I don't care for threads that go on and on- after a while it becomes impenetrable and stops being cohesive. I prefer a more tight plot and feeling of engagement.

And every level we have a new arc but I reboot is fine.

Then we have a thread per level? Sounds fine to me. I don't really mind a reboot, would spare me having to read all the posts I missed (which I still haven't done for some reason), and I could switch from Stonefuse to something more meatbaggy.

 

[Redryhno]

It wasn't so much that 3 people disappeared so much as they disappeared so early on in the game, almost simultaneously, and with next to no warning. As for the reboot, alright, whatever, I've got a few friends interested in this, so we should get a decent showing

 

[dalekprince]

Hey guys. Im the guy that avouleance mentioned. What do i need to do to apply? This is my first rp so hopefully itll go well

 

[Asclepion]

Hey guys. Im the guy that avouleance mentioned. What do i need to do to apply? This is my first rp so hopefully itll go well

Hello and Welcome
A new OOC thread will go up as soon as one of our own completes his section. It will contain all the needed info.

 

[Raynoson]

Also while helping DP with character ideas I decided to get a new concept down in case I decide to retire Prail. It?s early days but I?d appreciate feedback on the concept I?m working on.

Spoiler: Which is This

Name: Oubliette Gnossia

Age & Gender:
Female and technically she?s ageless but appears grown up if not quite adult.

Height & Weight:
Probably best described as average height and weight. Maybe it would make more sense to say nothing about her indicates she?s too short or freakishly tall or for that matter that she?s too thin or fat.

Appearance:

Her appearance fluctuates fairly regularly everything from features to colouration are constantly gradually changing not noticeably but it is there. Her clothes are simple for the most part, black and white in most places apart from a single accessory for colour, you can keep track of the day of the week by the colour she wears, going through the 6 colours of the rainbow red orange yellow green blue violet and then having one where she wears all 6 with no black or white.

Right now she?s taken to a form of light armour, resembling leather of some beast or another.

History:
Oubliette?s history is a little difficult; she doesn?t even really know how long she?s been alive. However she?s heard a story or two very old stories, about the little girl who sought to be worshiped over even the gods, who made herself the object of their temple. And so in their rage the gods delivered their cruellest punishment.

Oubliette would never be remembered, any trace of her even the smallest bit of information would fall inevitably to time and be destroyed.

Forgotten by everyone she leaves the grand city of the gods where she?d spent her entire life and climbed the tower.

Reason to be here/things to do: Over the countless years of climbing Oubliette has had many motivations, her personality changes almost as much as her appearance. In the past she?s wanted revenge, understanding, reconciliation sometimes mixes of 2 or more but in truth climbing is by now just a habit, each level an attempt to leave her curse behind and to actually be remembered.

Personality:
Oubliette?s personality like everything else is unstable; her curse makes it almost impossible to hold onto a real sense of who she is for too long. However there are a few things that stick, she?s a very open person almost to a fault for example her inability to hold on to a secret and desire to be honest also means she never considers stealth or subtlety. When she fights she dam well makes herself known.

She?s also very expressive; always passionate her feelings come in bursts short but so sweet.
Notable skills: A powerful psychic Oubliette?s fighting style involves a mix of techniques; she?s able to control the emotions of those around her for short times, from breaking a well ordered group apart with a burst of rage to sending them fleeing for their lives with fear, one more extreme example is the wipe she can take any memory and completely destroy it only problem is to truly remove her enemies memory she has to remove it from her own as well completely. Similarly the emotional explosions don?t exactly chose to hit and it takes a lot of self-control for her not be affected by her own powers.

Then there?s her telekinesis able to move objects with her mind in a small area around her. 1 interesting caveat is that she?s limited in her finesse with her psychic powers to what she?s usually capable of. So for example having no bow experience with bows if she tried to use a bow with her psychic powers she?d probably not be able to hit anything or maybe even fire the dam thing.

She?s however able to counter this slightly by skill linking so for example if there was an archer inside the same spear of influence she could steal the skill from them for a short time and use the bow the sphere of influence is about a few meters in radius expanding with her concentration.

And finally there?s her sword simple but elegant in its design, a hilt with a blade, no hand guards no scabbard nothing even for balance.
This blade is single minded nothing in the way of defence this blade is only for attack, it doesn?t even look like it would parry, well unless you count cutting the other sword in half as parrying. There?s nothing magical about the blade not a single enchantment unless you count audacity. Her fighting style is fitting of the blade fast and savage with little concern taken about staying alive, after all what?s going to kill you if everyone else is already dead.

Equipment:
Apart from the blade and under her normal clothes Oubliette wears light leather armour one of her only acknowledgements of the need for defence. The sword hangs on her back when it?s not in her hand and in a messenger bag at her side she holds her only three other possessions, two books.

And a strange device, hard to explain, a small box with an eye in the front. No one apart from her knows how to use it but in her hands, she can make it work one of the weirdest magics. There is a flash of light so bright it can daze you for a while and then from inside the box comes a picture, it has captured the image in the eye.

The curse:
Oubliette?s curse is a strange one and it hurts like hell. Basically cause any traces of her to start to decay rapidly. It?s mostly noticeable in memories; people find it hard to hold onto her mentally she can spend years traveling with someone, be together every day for a decade and they?ll barely even know her, like they?ve only recently met.

She can pour out her heart to them and tomorrow they won?t remember a word. She can?t even keep track of herself; while not as drastic she sure feels it having been alive as long as she thinks she has. Her memory is almost photographic; she remembers everywhere she?s ever been every single thing that?s ever happened but not a thing about herself, her looks her personality what part she played in her own life are all a mystery to her. She won?t even recognise any of her own faces, past or present.

Her appearance is probably the most fleeting thing about her. You could be looking her right in the face for hours taking in every detail look away for a split second and not be able to even say what her hair colour is.

Her powers also spread to non-mental records, nearly every source of information on her seems cursed to ended up destroyed before it?s time. One of the greatest painters in the tower inspired by her beauty paints her face on a cliff hundreds if not thousands of feet into the air to last forever and that very night an earth quake of strength not seen in living memory tears the rocks to shreds beyond any sense of repair.

Even when she just tried to take her own picture her camera nearly exploded and the picture came out overexposed so you couldn?t make anything out.

So how?s that? A potential successor?

Anyone else Care to share?

Also idea what if the re-boot is like a 1 year on thing so it would give a chance to rework people staying on, maybe get some upgrades in or develop a relationship (Wedding bells as an example).

The curse seems rather extreme and might interfere with a great deal of things, at the same time it makes great for a character development. Overall an interesting character but power/curse will cause issues I think.

Though if I bother to keep Cecilia(maybe) or change it up(likely) then there will be issues if the two meet.

 

[NastoK]

I find the curse interesting, and could end up being fun... but also might explode into our faces, so to speak. The never-aging thing is also interesting, and reminds me somewhat of Aes Sedai from The Wheel of Time. The camera is fine-ish, I guess, and it's obviously something of import for the character, so she can remember. Only beef I have is magic, even though you don't call it that.

Due to the sheer enormity of the structure and world, it is likes that virtually any culture concept you could think of exists -somewhere-. Worldsetting is high medieval. Magic exists, but to learn how to use it asks for nearly complete dedication on its studies, and mostly even then you specialize in certain aspect of it: some element, certain types of spell, and so on. Magic items are rare and difficult to create.

Sure, she lived long enough to be able to acquire it through study, but still... Well, I made my opinion clear before, I'd like less powerful characters, and I don't see being less.

If the others don't mind/care however, well then, I can't fight the voice of the many.

 

[NastoK]

Also idea what if the re-boot is like a 1 year on thing so it would give a chance to rework people staying on, maybe get some upgrades in or develop a relationship (Wedding bells as an example).

Uuu, I like this. It's obvious that I'd like to make a new character, and this would help getting rid of Stonefuse. Say, he didn't feel like waiting in that town, so he went on scaling the tower without them. Heck, he can later be used as an NPC even. That might be interesting.

I could just dump/ really nurf the telekinesis to be honest it doesn't add much to her as a character.

After a second read of her notable skills, they don't seem that powerful, it's more that there are so many. If it were only one of those, or even two, it would be better, though since we're here to discuss this I'll go forth and say that I kinda dislike the "memory wipe" one.

 

[NastoK]

Seems fine to me (though I've only re-read the notable skills as I presumed that's what you edited. Wasn't Asc going to make a new thread for this?

 

[Redryhno]

Yeah, apparently whenever we finish this level

 

[NastoK]

I'd like to mention that I've also a friend that might be interested in joining in. I'm guessing he won't be posting here, but instead wait for the new thread. Just giving a heads up.