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[Kansa]

Sounds good to me, I have no intention of changing my character.

[ragnarok97071]

Mine's set.

Fate-Ninjary ho!

[EagleV]

I might find a way for people who don't make it into the game or don't have time to join to participate in some small way. I'm considering it.

Will you let us know when you're done considering it either way?

[Weirdsound]

Sure. I'll likely make that call after the first meeting.

[Grek]

Since I've never actually played PTU, let's see if I understand the basic mechanics right:

During the Forum Turn, there's something called the Reflection Phase, during which you can spend Feature Points to get features, rituals, spells and cantrips. You also get Attribute Points which can be spent to increase Body, Mind or Spirit. And possibly Skill Points and Stat Points to go with them?

Skill checks are usually Xd6+Attribute where X is your skill rank, but can be [3+S]d6+Attribute if you have a specialization (S=Specialized ranks), or Xd4+Attribute if you're attempting a [Difficult] skill without enough ranks, or even [3+S]d4+Attribute if both are the case. Attribute checks are always 3d3+Attribute. Presumably specialized ranks are cheaper/easier to get than normal ranks?

Rolled attacks are always 1d20-Evasion vs. the AC (Accuracy Class) for the attack. Or, equivalently, 1d20 vs AC+Evasion. Or, perhaps most usefully, 1d20-AC vs. Evasion. Natural 20 is a Critical Hit, natural 1 is a Critical Fail, and if you roll less than Evasion on the 1d20 roll, the defender gets a counter action.

Damage is determined by adding Base Damage + Stat (+2 if you're of the same type as the attack? Do mages have types?) and then comparing to the Damage Chart, rolling the amount listed and then multiplying (if applicable) based on elemental weakness/strength/immunities.

Taking damage can cause Injuries, which prevent you from healing back up to max HP and can cause death if left untreated. You heal 1 Injury every 24 hours as long as you rest and don't get injured again.

[Weirdsound]

Since I've never actually played PTU, let's see if I understand the basic mechanics right:

During the Forum Turn, there's something called the Reflection Phase, during which you can spend Feature Points to get features, rituals, spells and cantrips. You also get Attribute Points which can be spent to increase Body, Mind or Spirit. And possibly Skill Points and Stat Points to go with them?

Skill checks are usually Xd6+Attribute where X is your skill rank, but can be [3+S]d6+Attribute if you have a specialization (S=Specialized ranks), or Xd4+Attribute if you're attempting a [Difficult] skill without enough ranks, or even [3+S]d4+Attribute if both are the case. Attribute checks are always 3d3+Attribute. Presumably specialized ranks are cheaper/easier to get than normal ranks?

Rolled attacks are always 1d20-Evasion vs. the AC (Accuracy Class) for the attack. Or, equivalently, 1d20 vs AC+Evasion. Or, perhaps most usefully, 1d20-AC vs. Evasion. Natural 20 is a Critical Hit, natural 1 is a Critical Fail, and if you roll less than Evasion on the 1d20 roll, the defender gets a counter action.

Damage is determined by adding Base Damage + Stat (+2 if you're of the same type as the attack? Do mages have types?) and then comparing to the Damage Chart, rolling the amount listed and then multiplying (if applicable) based on elemental weakness/strength/immunities.

Taking damage can cause Injuries, which prevent you from healing back up to max HP and can cause death if left untreated. You heal 1 Injury every 24 hours as long as you rest and don't get injured again.

I have not decided how I'm going to handle Mage Types, and I'm not sure if I'm keeping the same PTU injury mechanic, but otherwise I think you got it.

[Lillipad]

So any ideas on how you'll decide the inhuman ancestry of internals?

[KujiUn]

Applying (well, already applied) the floor interest. Will write a character concept when I get to Nate's house.

[Weirdsound]

So any ideas on how you'll decide the inhuman ancestry of internals?

On a case by case basis, deciding what works based on the character backstory and the demands of the plot.

Applying (well, already applied) the floor interest. Will write a character concept when I get to Nate's house.

Good luck getting free time for a character sheet at Nate's house without yours truly to draw his attention.

[Criptfeind]

Fuck it, my backstory was a six hundred word essay on how to be cliched. Sorry it took me so long to delete it and replace it with a sliiiightly shorter one on the exact same topic.


Character Name: David Clarent
Gender: Male
Location of Origin: Eastern coast of the United States

Class: Druid
Theme/Style (in a sentence or less): Using the power gained from his pacts with spirits David focus on creation, viewing his use of magic as a sort of art as reality and his own body move fluidly under his hands to fit his needs. Thank god for commas.
Preferred Meeting Date: I guess I would like later in the week, but really, it does not matter to me.
Issue with Friday: Nope.

Spoiler: Character Background: (click to show/hide)

David Savett grew up poor on the east cost of the united states, destined perhaps to become a low level criminal, until his great uncle, a black sheep of the family, died, for reasons David was unaware of at the time he left him his journal, detailing the history of the Savett family. Telling of how in days long past they used to be powerful spirit knights serving a nature spirit until a invasion of Saxon priests defeated them and scattered the survivors to the winds. His last journal entry told that he had found the location of the spirit they once served. David's first thought was to dismiss the claims as the ranting of a crazy man, but something within him stirred, some quality, the same quality that his uncle had seen in him to leave him this journal, nagged at his mind. In order to put his mind to rest be scrapped together all the cash he could and went on a trip across the Atlantic.

Following the journal, he found his way to a lake on the outskirts of a small town. A power spirit of the lake, sensing one of her knights, arose and met him. He was suitably terrified at first, eventually the spirit gave filled in the blanks left by his uncle, apparently the lord Savett was one of her knights, a group of human lords that she gave power in return for help protecting the lands, it seems that 1,500 years ago a invasion of the lands, both mundane and magical eventually ended up crushing her knights and banishing her to the lake for a millennium, by the time the spell was broken and she was set free, her knights were totally lost, their history all but forgotten. Since then she had been rebuilding her power base in secret. In the end as a gesture of her respect for his blood line she taught him how to make pacts with the spirit world, and he became a druid, his first pact with her, to return to her aid should the need arise.

When David left the lake, he felt elated but confused, for the first time he felt he was part of something important. Even if he did not actually know what to do next. And then his phone notified him that he got a email, surprising him so much he almost dropped it since he was far far outside of his coverage area.

IC Response to Jan's Email:

Re: Employment Offer. That you will accept.

i'll meet you there I guess? uh... i hope you have some answers because i am confused.

[Lillipad]

Redid my theme/style again. Probably won't be touching it anymore, since I'm finally satisfied with it.

[Grek]

Bit of mathhammering for Weirdsound/the players:

The mean number of Cantrip frequency spells you can cast in a day is equal to

[B+S] + [Summation from N=[B+S] to [4S+B] of P(U(4)^S > N+4-B)]

for S<2 and

[B+S] + [Summation from N=[B+S] to [6S+B] of P(U(6)^S > N+4-B)]

for S=3 and S>3, where U(x) is a uniform distribution of X integers, 1 through X; S is your ranks in Contain Magic; B is your Body attribute and N is the number of contain Magic checks you've made so far today.

Looks complicated, right? It is. But, fortunately, it comes out to be about equal to Average Roll - 4 for normal mages and Average Roll - 2 for Internal mages. And your average roll is Body + 2.5*CM skill for people with a CM skill of 0, 1 or 2 and Body + 3.5*CM skill for people with a CM skill of 3 or more.

tl;dr: You probably aren't going to run out of cantrips most days unless you're constantly using them for everything.

[KujiUn]

Character Name: Francis Wennington
Gender: Female
Location of Origin: Bristol, England

Class: Scribe / Merchant thingy?
Theme/Style: Song. It's a quiet one, but she keeps some instruments on with her as she has to have the frame of mind for it.

Preferred Meeting Date: WED
Do you foresee any problems moving the playing date to Friday in Late August/Early Sept? No

Character Background:
Francis loved learning new things, especially at her young age. When she was four, she started going around and exploring the city of Paris all by herself. Her mom did not like that, though, but her and her dad both had different viewpoints on how to handle the matter. When she was seven, her parents split up, but with a stroke of luck, Francis was able to stay with her dad, who moved into her rich aunt's house over in England. There, she had libraries of books, and a new city to explore, more when she grew up and take the train. Her mom and dad still wanted to keep an eye on her, though, and asked everywhere for help. One day, when she was twelve, she found a magic shop. Going in, there was an old frail man. He had heard about her parents' wishes through the Network, and did what he thought was best. He offered to teach her the magic of the Network. She agreed, and over the past few years, she learned about the workings of the Network, brushing up and finding out her natural powers of information. When she was done, the letter came, and right before then, she told her parents about what she can do, and contacted them via magic in order for them to stop worrying, which...

IC Response:
To Jan:

I would love to join. I've heard about America so much, but I've never visited there (except for Hawaii, but I don't think it's right to judge a whole country by one little chain of islands.) I have switched the plane ticket for one sooner, though, so I can explore the city of Boston. It sounds like a lovely place, really, and I'd like to be able to look around where I will be staying before I decide to stay there. I will meet you there, though, definitely. Thank you for the opportunity!

Salutations:
Francis

[Lillipad]

Wouldn't performance go better with your theme?

[Criptfeind]

I call the room furthest from the mage who sings her magic and works during her sleep.