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[The Froggy Ninja]

I'm not sure. For me it's ether he dislikes that I argued and my semi lack of story making me unlikely. On the far more improbable hand he may think my Emotion and confrontational yet cynical attitude would make the geme more interesting. So :/

[Parsely]

Final sheet.

Spoiler: Logan Glast (click to show/hide)

Vital Information
Gender: Male
Appearance: A pale, slim-framed man. Has blonde-brown hair that falls around his eyes, which are a dull blue-green. His sharp features are always clean shaven. Wears loose, comfortable deep blue robes that cover his entire body and bunch up around his neck, obscuring the bottom half of his face, and always has his worn, faded green Big Hat perched atop his head. He wears a dozen assorted belts over his robes, wrapped around his chest, for carrying things. He wears dark, long-cuffed leather boots on his feet, a matching glove on his right hand. He tucks his robes into them.
Mark: A bright white stain stretching from the fingertips of his right hand up to his wrist. Its blindingly bright on his fingers and faded the further you go up his arm.
Personality: His general attitude is one of amusement, as if he knows something you don't, and one would quickly note this by his facial expression and tone of voice. He often crosses his arms, adopting this posture often and especially when he is feeling thoughtful. Tugs his hat downward and tugs at his chin when he's thinking, and pushes his hat up when he's feeling cocky or confident, or when he thinks he has something clever to say. Pulls his robes away from his face when he's curious or surprised. Has a tendency to grin or laugh in inappropriate situations.
Catalyst Emotion: Guilt

History
Background: Lived in the city for a time as a scholar and an antique collector. He was well off for himself at such a young age, and ran a successful business out of his home, and in only a few years had developed an impressive collection of rare items, especially books.
Curse: Logan read.. Something.. In one of his books. It was a menacing item with an unclear past, though it was clear by the state of the seller that it was dark, and with little real value to it, though Logan didn't mind of course. The owner was a haggard young man who seemed desperate, like he was running from something. As Logan was prepared to come to the matter of compensation, and just as he said he would accept it, the owner shoved the book into his lap with trembling hands and fled. Logan was surprised but at once please, and, despite it being the midst of the afternoon when he had the most customers he decided to close up and retreated to his room to study the book..
Retreat: Logan doesn't remember leaving, for his memory is blank from the moment he read the cursed book, and it grows even patchier the further back he goes, though he remembers distinctly the sheer hatred with which his former friends had accosted him when he tried to return. A gentle, friendly man was driven mad by the experience after having his conscious damaged so heavily. He turned from all he knew, or thinks he knew, and never looked back..

Important Game Data
Element: Light
Attributes:
Endurance: 2
Focus: 3
Knowledge: 5
Quickness: 5
Resistance: 1
Spirit: 3
Strength: 5
Training: 3
Wisdom: 3
Skills:
Improvised Weaponry 5
Alchemy 2
Tinkering 2
Acrobatics 1
Searching 1
Hand to Hand 1
Survival 1
Traits: Permanent Memory Loss: The curse has damaged Logan's mind irreparably. Has to roll to remember major details.

Malignant Curse: The curse isn't finished with Logan just yet. He suspects it is still actively trying to consume his body. Whenever Logan experiences a significant spike his catalyst emotion, roll to see if his mark spreads further. If the mark covers his entire body Logan's powers will turn on him and he'll die catastrophically.

Unpredictable - The curse has affected Logan's mind in some..interesting..ways.. Has a bonus to using improvised weapons and unconventional techniques.

Suspicious - The curse has skewed Logan's sense of reality, and he's wary of even mundane things should they turn out to be a specter generated by his broken mind. Has a chance to unconsciously sense hidden motives or ambushes.

Physic Arcana - The curse is affecting Logan's flesh where he is touched by the mark. When Logan uses his marked hand to channel his power, he receives a +1 to his focus roll and +.03 to his power roll.

[Lenglon]

I... I hope I get in. Don't really know what GWG's standards are. We'll see.

[GreatWyrmGold]

15 applications, one of which was three characters long. What fun.

Anyways, I'm judging characters on the following method:

Spoiler: Rubric (click to show/hide)

1. Is the character complete? One free point. Merry Christmas.
2. Put the character's element on the scales of Solid, Simple and Serene (or not), each from 0-3, trying to be generous.
3. Appropriateness of Catalyst Emotion, 1-10. Again, trying to be generous.
4. Work that seems to have been put into the character, 1-10.
5. Creativity in the character, 1-10.
6. How well the character will fit with the campaign and other characters.

Once we have the characters graded on the 50-point scale, I'll see where we are and work on selecting a party that should go well together.

Spoiler: Ratings (click to show/hide)

Kyle Johnson (kj)
His element and C.E. work well, but much of the rest is a lot like other Kyles. Could be an interesting dynamic with female PCs and NPCs, but potentially disruptive. He didn't answer stuff with more than a sentence or two, though. And while I'm here:

Not done yet

1+3+1+3+8+5+5+7=33


Altrius Dathion (Sanure)
While the physical description of Altrius was lacking, he went all-out with the backstory and described his proposed abilities in depth. Pretty neat character. Now, how will he fit into the campaign? Potentially a bit more of a loose cannon than a Training of 4 suggests, but eh. Hard to tell, what with the lack of personality given. A bit of a Spock, I guess. And since I mocked kj about it:

Making a character. Will post here when done.

1+0+3+3+5+9+6+6=33
Huh.


Warden Tsunami (darkpaladin)
First off, really?
Second off...your character isn't complete. At all. Huh.
0


Kuroe Emiya (scapheap)
Neat name. I'm imagining some taiga-ey mountains up north, full of a vaguely Japanese culture. Ninja versus Viking invaders. It's awesome. No idea if that's what you were going for, though.
Aside from that...while you show wit and creativity in your character, you did write fairly little. (Plus, metal seems a bit on the strong side; this is okay, but I feel obligated to ding you somewhere.) And how would Kuroe fit in? Well, probably dry comic relief, but I dunno. I'll say she'd fit well into most groups. And you did explain how your character got recruited, so...
I suppose I could poke fun at the "spoiler:writing" thing, but eh.
1+3+3+3+7+5+9+10=41


Jack Reinsworth (Kansa)
Nice work on the backstory. Tragic, nice touch. A bit on the cliche side, though...but hey, every group needs a loveable rogue, eh?
1+3+3+3+5+8+5+7=35


Kext of Moodus (H. Baldman)

Done, baby, done!

Good for you.
Anyways. You've clearly put a lot of work into your character (although I'm dinging you for the mullet). Well done! He's pretty unique, too. How would he fit into the group? Averagely, I guess.
1+2+3+3+10+9+8+5=41


Alvar Anu (PowderMiner)
Another neat name.
Anyways. Interesting character, interesting concept. Problem is, it's hard to fit a character from a hidden village into a military recruitment...especially since there's every chance that Alvar's village would not have the knee-jerk reaction to sorcery that so damned the queen.
1+3+2+3+6+7+5+4=31


Angel Tempestmourner (ragnarok)
And this name is less "neat" and more "awesome".
"Mage-Pirate Captain" seems to be the min part of your character's description. Nice finding the picture, though. Shouldn't be hard to get your character in.
1+1+3+3+9+7+5+8=37


William "Billy" Jenkins (F. Ninja)
Aside from issues with catalyst emotion, the character seems to have been made by throwing together a few tropes. On the other hand, I suppose I can find ways to get you into the military.
1+3+2+3+3+4+4+6=26


Logan Glast (GUNINANDRUNIN)
You've put a significant amount of work into this character, that much is clear. A bit on the cliche side, but eh, not as bad as some. He should be interesting to fit into the plot...
1+0+3+1+5+10+6+7=35


Selina Hallis (Cado)
Ah, Selina. Said character is always fun. I'll try not to let my familiarity with the character cloud my judgement.
As you seem to enjoy doing, this Selina is different than the others. Sure, her parents are dead like the Name Pending one, but that's about the only link that springs to mind. Nice to see the girl. Selina's personality seems like it would be interesting in a military environment...
1+3+2+3+7+7+7+8=38


Yuun Rhavi (Avis)
Pansexual? ...Oh, good, not quite as wide as I thought. Ahem.
Nice attention to detail. A decent motivation, too, I suppose.
1+2+3+2+7*+8+7+7=37
*Note to self: If chosen, change to "Hubris" because that sounds better.


Lenglon's Characters
Oh my. I kinda skimmed over this the first time, thinking that Lenglon statted out siblings for a previous application. As they say, d'oh.
After a quick scan...Ahrian is out for being nonhuman (sorry, but this campaign is humans-only), and Maryne has by far too specific of an element. Thankfully, Lirian lacks big flaws!

Lirian (Lenglon)
I've got to give you an A in effort; you made three well-detailed characters. Interesting mix of attributes. Hard to say how she'll interact with others, especially since her goal is locating an NPC.
1+1+3+3+8+10+8+5=39


Alastor Dedran (Draignean)
Damn, that is a lot of background. Neat character, too, although perhaps a bit tough to fit in. Partly...well, he's already been through so much, what does it matter that he's through a little more? It's like writing a dragonslaying into the background of a 1st-level character who's going to be fighting orc hordes and clearing kobold caves for a while.
1+3+1+3+6+10+6+4=34


[NAME]Kieren Halcyon (T. Ensorceler)
A little cliche, but not bad.
1+2+2+3+8+6+6+6=34

Awww cmon, I had the whole thing typed up and posting it before you said this. Can I please be let in to the analyzation? Please? :|

Oh all right.

Rune (Mr. Tardypants)
First off, seriously? "Rune"? That sounds more like a name a wannabe-magigangsta would give himself than what any sensible parents might call their kid. Unless it means "Hope" in his language...wait, Hope is a guy, that would still be embarrassing.
Alright, seriously now. A bit cliche, a bit...off. But you certainly put your work into it. And working him into the story shouldn't be hard.
0+1+1+2+5+8+5+7=29

Spoiler: Using Ratings (click to show/hide)

Do these numbers smell funny? Yeah, there's a reason for that. I improvised them, trying to keep things even and consistent. If you object to scores in some way, or to the weighting of categories, please articulate things (and please don't just say "Number X is unfair," explain why; someone the text implied was worse than you but got the same/a better score is a good example, or if the same thing got a different score), and if this affects the results I'll be sure to compensate you. Ideally, I'd add you to the squad, but at the least I'd let you control some antagonist or something.
Yet, these should help me narrow down the field. First, let's look at the distribution, taking away the characters the numbers represent for a sec:
41, 41, 39, 38, 37, 37, 35, 35, 34, 34, 33, 33, 31, 29, 26, 0
Alright. Nearly all of you are in the 30's, so I'll say that those two above 40 are definitely in, and the three below 30 are out.

Congratulations, scapheap and Harry! Sorry, Froggy, Rune, and...well, darkpaladin didn't seem to care that much. Forget him.
There are still about four positions to fill, however. So let's look first at what we have so far and what they would "rule out".
Kext kinda minimizes the demand for more folks mentored by a magic person, and "writing" pushes out child-looking or metal-using characters. So...Jack, probably Yuun, and possibly Lirian are out. (Huh. I remembered more magical mentors.) That leaves...Alastor, Logan, Angel, Alvar, Uma, Altrius, Selina, Kyle, probably Lirian, and possibly Yuun, right?
...
Okay. This is gonna be tough. Any convenient patterns in remaining scores?
39, 38, 37, 37, 35, 34, 34, 33, 33, 31
Not really.
Alright...as neat as wood magic would be, Alvar has the lowest score. And I'll chuck out Yuun to simplify things a bit...ugh.
Selina and Angel have good scores, so they're in along with Kext and Kuroe. Let's see, we have a pirate, a smith, a shy girl, and a creepy oil guy. We need more guys, so all female characters are out, sorry girls. So, two out of Altrius, Kyle, Logan, and Alastor. Altrius is a bit overlapping with Ms. Sun over there, so sorry. Kyle and Alastor have the same element, so Logan is in. Out of the fleshwarpers, I think Kyle would be more...entertaining, so I am very sorry Draignean.

FINAL ROSTER:
Angel
Kext
Kuroe
Kyle
Logan
Selina
And I just noticed that half the band has names beginning with K. Ah well.
And if you didn't get selected, don't feel bad. The field was damn competitive, and the reason your character didn't get chosen was more likely that s/he didn't fit with the group or the lore as well as another than anything with quality. For instance:

I... I hope I get in. Don't really know what GWG's standards are. We'll see.

You very nearly made the instant-in bracket, and did in fact make a neat character. But in the end, we had a young-looking girl (jeopardizing your place), and we had a lot of women (sealing your fate). You made a great character (and possibly three, I didn't read the others much), but she didn't quite fit into our group.
And this wasn't an easy choice, trust me. For every character I let in was a character I wish I could have included. But I am not going to playerbloat again. Hopefully, I can give some of you runners-up positions as replacements or antagonists or something.

Now then. Some time tomorrow, I hope to be able to figure out gamey stuff and get the first proper game post up, but until then...


The six sorcerers are gathered in a barracks room, worried. They vary greatly in appearance and background, but they have one thing in common: Magic. This awe-inspiring curse, this accursed blessing, whatever you call it, is shared by the tiniest fraction of people in the whole world. And for you several here, you know what your magic will be turned to do.
But you don't know how. Few of you have been in intentional fights, let alone battle. Most of you are worried, some holding back powers. None of you know any of the others.

[USEC_OFFICER]

We need more guys, so all female characters are out, sorry girls.

So Uma would have made it if she had a penis then?

Anyways, I shall start cursing your names lurking now.

[kj1225]

Kyle looks at the women in the room with an appraising eye.

[GreatWyrmGold]

We need more guys, so all female characters are out, sorry girls.

So Uma would have made it if she had a penis then?

It got pretty competitive towards the end there (as if there was a stage it wasn't), but it's definitely a possibility.

Anyways, I shall start cursing your names lurking now.

Hm...How many of you intend to lurk? If most of the folks are, I could just post to ask for stuff when I need extra players, instead of deciding on folks and PMing them. This makes sure that only folks with an idea of what's going on and a firm interest would be getting parts, which is a plus in my book.

Kyle looks at the women in the room with an appraising eye.

Predictable. Poor Selina. And Kuroe, I guess. Angel can handle herself.

[Powder Miner]

((CURSSEEESSSSok))

[RangerCado]

Selina is clutching her crystal tightly, clearly distressed and afraid. Was she to be executed? Was everyone here a criminal of some description, doomed to hang? Her clothing dirty and torn, she must look the worst of them... was she to die this night?

[kj1225]

Kyle walks over to Selina.
"Hello. How're you miss?"

[Sanure]

((Totally lurking. Also, I could totally see Altrius being an antagonist.))

[RangerCado]

Selina looks up at Kyle, clearly terrified.

_{"Wh-wh-what...?"}

[RangerCado]

((Oh, and her mother isn't dead. She almost killed her though, which was a big part of why she ran, thinking she had no one who would take her side there))

[kj1225]

Kyle smiles kindly at her.
"How are you miss?"

[Parsely]

pirate, a smith, a shy girl, and a creepy oil guy

((Was one of these supposed to be me..?))

Logan leans against a nearby wall, eyeing everyone from beneath his hat.

...

(Hum. Never met another cursed such as I before.. This should prove interesting.)