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[Dwarmin]

I wanna see if IO had begun to mellow in his old age.

Name: 'Kay' Alandon (Short for Kaylanna)
Description: A short, neat looking, middle aged woman with good looks and a deal of body grace and musculature. Hair is kept shoulder length, a riot of auburn red, slowly going dark in her older age. Faded blue eyes and a rich skin tone. Walks with a slight limp on her left foot, when the weather is bad. Scars are small, scattershot across her body, the most visible being a puckered, triangular hashmark above her left breast, right above her heart-to those that know, it's the obvious calling sign of a sniper demon. A long, intricate, tribal tattoo of a segmented snake trails from her right shoulder, down to her stomach.
Mental: Kay has served in the White Guard for most of her life-a noble child of the 'much renowned' Alandon family-and as such, maintains a calm, patient, stoic approach to most obstacles in her life. As her personal totem dictates, she tends to wait and see if the situation allows it, striking quickly and subduing a threat through sheer perseverance-her patience and her intelligence are as taut as a snakes coils.
Kay will often look down upon those she deems below her station-she has little love for fools, and a nobles inbred disdain for the irresponsible, willfully stupid or those who refuse to help themselves. Despite these scruples, she rarely feels comfortable among her own noblekind, frittering away valuable resource and time on luxury. Kays temper is calmed somewhat by a steely, romantic heart. She enjoys questing, travels and victories-doing things and helping people who actually need it, being active and being known for her actions. She can rarely stand to be pampered herself for very long, and material wealth holds little meaning to her, for one who has never had a lack of it.
She has little imagination, and not much of an eye for beauty, judging things by their real world impression, rather than speculating on what might be, or what could be-her attention would be less on the wild beauty of a fierce snowstorm, than the strong cover she would have to seek out to survive it. This has enabled her to withstand some of the more fearsome things she has encountered in her travels.
Those who earn her hard won respect find she is equally as graceful in her social life-cultivating strong relationships and the occasional brisk romances with an equal degree of casual abandon. Her strongest virtue is pride, an invisible trait that ensure her head never dips-no matter how much her old wounds might bother her.
Primary Skill: Apprentice Staff Fighting
Secondary Skills: Novice Totem Magic: Snake, Novice Knowledge: Snakes
Starting Items:
White Guard Longstaff (An engraved wooden staff, heavy, two handed in use-has the mark of the White Guard upon the center, and a lacy red ribbon tied around the 'neck' for effect. It tapers to spiral points, ending in three carved, angular heads-each prong writ in the old letters of Ayum's primary creeds-strength, honor, courage-it's an old fashion statement, rumored to make the weapon strike better against demonkind.)
Courtiers Armor (A female set of White Guard armor designed to look flashy and ostentatious, if not a bit risque. Perfect for attending a ball while looking properly militaristic.)
Rose-in-Glass (A fine blue rose, flattened and perfectly preserved in a pane of glass, like a picture frame. An expensive gift usually given during courting, from a man to a woman-though, usually for one far younger than Kay is herself. Tradition in kind is for the woman to plant a lipsticked kiss upon the glass, and return it to the man in question as approval of his desire to court. There is no such mark upon it.)
Rosary of Ayum (A believer in Ayums teachings-her beliefs stem from real world effects she has witnessed, as compared to simple faith-Kay has a 19-bead rosary, made of carved redwood, looped around her neck whenever she is traveling or meditating. Each of the beads is some sort of personal benchmark she has completed in her life, as awarded by the sect she pays homage to.)
Dry Rations and Waterskin (Heavily salted fish and strips of jerky, Fresh Water in a metal canteen. Tasteless, but functional.)

[IcyTea31]

Spoiler: Antaeus of Blackthorn (click to show/hide)

Name: Antaeus of Blackthorn
Description: A pale-skinned man of maybe 35 years of age with short black hair and deep blue-gray eyes. He seems rather shifty, almost constantly ready to step into a combat stance.
Mental: Growing up among heavy corruption, both magical and social, left Antaeus very paranoid, only trusting himself in serious matters. One could say, he's quite cold.
Primary Skill: Frost Magic
Secondary Skills: Necromancy, Runecrafting
Starting Items: Simple hooded linen robe, dyed a somewhat dark turquoise, a pair of leather shoes, a thin leather belt, steel shortsword with scabbard, an athame, a messenger bag, a canteen full of water, 3 items yet to be determined.

((My combat plan is to freeze enemies solid, then store their souls into an easily carried medium, then later fusing them to icy simulacra of their former selves; should I change my skills or are they good for the plan?))

EDIT: Since multiple applications can be given, here's another I thought of, a polar opposite:

Spoiler: Maria Ferion (click to show/hide)

Name: Maria Ferion
Description: A quite average-looking woman, with brown, curly shoulder-length hair, green eyes and a slender build. She does seem to twitch and constantly look around, though.
Mental: An extremely creative and constantly excited woman, possibly has some sort of attention deficit.
Primary Skill: Enchanting
Secondary Skills: Lightning Magic, Weapons: Thrown
Starting Items: A padded leather suit worn over a plain shirt, leather pants, a thin leather belt, a pair of leather shoes, a gray woolen cloak, a dagger, a bag of 16 javelins, an athame, a belt-pouch, 3 items yet to be determined.

((Yes, thrown lightning bolts could be done with Conjuration too, but complicating matters increases flexibility.))

[IronyOwl]

transforming a shovel into an axe tends to be more difficult than transforming a longsword into a shortsword

Couldn't you use a more extreme example? I wouldn't think it would be that difficult to give a shovel a wedge shape, be thicker, and sharp at one end.

I was worried a more extreme example might lose its nuance, though I'm not sure it came through in any case. Tweaking a thing's traits tends to be easier than giving it new ones, even if the amount of physical alteration seems similar. A somewhat peculiar example might be that it's easier to grow extra eyes in your head than on your hands.

EDIT2: question: can we do combined moves? I mean, x person knows metamagic, I know earth magic, can we make a stone barrier combining our knowledge?

Yes, though it may be trickier to do than with one person.

((My combat plan is to freeze enemies solid, then store their souls into an easily carried medium, then later fusing them to icy simulacra of their former selves; should I change my skills or are they good for the plan?))

Interesting. Frost sounds good for the freezing, simulacrum construction, and supporting knowledge for attaching the soul. Necromancy is good for soul manipulation. I'm not sure exactly what kind of Alchemy variant you're going for, but you might be better served by Enchanting or especially Runecrafting to help shackle the soul to its new form. Either of those might come in handy in creating the container as well.

[IcyTea31]

I'm not sure exactly what kind of Alchemy variant you're going for, but you might be better served by Enchanting or especially Runecrafting to help shackle the soul to its new form. Either of those might come in handy in creating the container as well.

I did do a bit of reimagining of Alchemy, but its description does imply it is possible:

...conversion of substances into more magically reactive and concentrated forms...distilling reagents into purer or more focused forms...portable, reliable methods of [doing things]...more interested in refined products than potions, which are then used in other processes or rituals...bring out the innate powers of materials...

Still, Runecrafting makes sense too, and it does give me a legitimate reason to have an athame.

[Beirus]

This game seems like it will be awesome. Might as well throw my character sheet into the mix.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Beirus Calaen
Description: A man of average height and fair skin, with brown hair and brown eyes. His shoulders and chest are broad, and the muscles of his arms and legs are well-defined. He has a scar on his right cheek that looks like three claw marks.
Mental: Beirus tends to look out for himself before anyone else. He does not mind being around people, but he usually keeps to himself unless someone or something interests him. He has a relatively calm demeanor and a good amount of patience, but he has a very explosive temper if aggravated.
Primary Skill: Totem (Tiger)
Secondary Skills: Transmogrification, Transmutation
Starting Items: Loose-fitting pants and tunic, both brown; a knapsack containing enough food for three days and a canteen of water

Also, I was wondering if Tiger Totem mages are too rare for it to be a viable starting primary or secondary skill. I'll change it if I can't use the Tiger Totem of course. Would Jaguar be a valid totem?
EDIT: Sticking with Tiger Totem. Also, throwing in another character sheet just because.

Outlands Guide

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Thomas Darethon
Description: A man standing at six feet in height with brown hair and blue eyes. His skin is tan from time in the sun, and weathered from exposure to the elements. His body is lean but athletic, as though he has recieved only the bare minimum of necessary nutrition for some time. His hair is short but uneven and shaggy, as though he had been cutting it himself with a slightly dull blade. His face sports a shaggy beard that appears to have been trimmed in the same manner as his hair.
Mental: Thomas is rather friendly towards others for the most part, always willing to be an optimist when the situation seems dire. However, he is also quite serious and does not tolerate people whose foolishness would threaten his well-being.
Primary Skill: Weapon (Sword)
Secondary Skills: Knowledge (Outlands Geography), Knowledge (Outlands Creatures)
Starting Items: A simple iron sword that has started to dull, a padded leather vest over a green tunic, and brown trousers. He also has a knapsack filled with enough provisions for three days.

I'd like to go with the first sheet if it gets chosen, but I have a feeling the Outlands Guide would be more helpful.

[Sarrak]

Name: Al Korrak
Description: Slightly tall and scrawny. Has fair skin, pale gray eyes and hair of same color. Possess sharply hooked nose and thin lips. No facial hair.
Mental: Korrak is self-centered scientist with hidden god complex. He is calm and assertive most of the time, but can be quite psychotic, even sadistic, when conducting another necromantic experiment. He is atheist and believes only in himself, preferring to be left alone.
Primary Skill: Necromancy
Secondary Skills: Toughness, Knowledge (undead)
Starting Items: Dark robes, multiuse ritual knife, two self-autored tomes (necromancy & notes about undead), encrypted in customary form of necrolingua.

[IronyOwl]

Also, I was wondering if Tiger Totem mages are too rare for it to be a viable starting primary or secondary skill. I'll change it if I can't use the Tiger Totem of course. Would Jaguar be a valid totem?

Between being an unusual individual and other wizards occasionally doing odd things to the world, wielding a relatively rare magic type is more than acceptable. Jaguar would also be fine as a totem.

[HmH]

Hm. Since this is not FCFS, I'll post several sheets to cover the possible openings in the party layout.

Spoiler: Medical Impostor (click to show/hide)

Name: Nathan Smith
Description: Nathan is a pale-skinned young man of average height and slight build, with deep-set green eyes and hay-colored hair. There's a slight scraggy beard on his chin: just a patch of hair showing his youth better than anything else about him. He wears worn emerald robes and traveling boots; there are faint outlines of dried blood clinging to the leather.
Mental: Nathan really dislikes the Outlands. The last time he walked there was just a few months ago, but it seems like years have passed since. The Emerald-Whitekeep caravan he and his teacher traveled with had to cut through the Red Wastes and was soon raided by sniper demons. He was the only one who survived the attack, and that was only because he crawled under the nearest wagon and waited for the arrows to stop falling. After the battle was over, he looted the bodies - his meager knowledge wasn't enough to help them, anyway - and veered south into the Fey Coast. By pure chance, he arrived at the White Guard Tower unharmed and relatively unmolested.
Since then, he had to abuse the trust that people had towards a healer's Emerald Badge: real, certified medicine men are the only ones people trust to heal someone, mere apprentices get brushed off and told to bring their masters. Nathan has had some successes impersonating a person who knows what he's doing, but he's had some pretty spectacular failures, too - the kind that got people killed. Eventually, the rumor mill started producing tales of a sadistic healer purposefully inflicting illnesses on his clients. The sadistic healer's description matched Nathan perfectly; he took it as a sign for him to find a new line of work.
Primary Skill: Restoration
Secondary Skills: Knowledge(Wound Treatment), Alchemy
Starting Items: Worn green hooded robes, a surgeon's bag, a field alchemy kit, a bag with common alchemy ingredients, a simply wooden staff, Emerald Badge of a Certified Healer, a small pouch of gold, three random items.

Pure healer, cripplingly over-specialized in order to actually heal people instead of, you know, doing the traditional thing and Cheddariusing them into unholy abominations of nature.

Spoiler: Fallen Paladin (click to show/hide)

Name: Daren Tudalin
Description: Daren is a large, swarthy, mustachioed man in his middle years, bushy black brows towering over his sunken eyes. He scowls at anyone who looks his way and his right hand is lying on his mace's handle. All in all, he behaves like all broken veterans do: he's constantly waiting for someone to attack him.
Mental: Daren is not in good mental shape. He has seen far too many friends and comrades die to stay calm in battle, and he finds himself prone to outbursts of anger even in seemingly harmless situations - the situations where his wrath is most definitely not appropriate. After throwing a beggar into the wall, he was subjected to public humiliation and relieved from duty as Ayum's paladin, with some of his fellow guardians even going as far as to suggest exiling him in order to "protect the city's aura". But this won't happen. Daren has decided that he'd rather die than be exiled from a city he was guarding for so long.
Primary Skill: Maces
Secondary Skills: Divine(Heretic of Ayum), Destruction
Starting Items: Iron armor with Ayum's holy symbol on it, grey cloak, a pouch of gold, a mace and a shield, three random items.

Fighter with a bit of Destruction to put extra oomph into his attacks and an unhealthy religious bend just for fun. "Ayum, guide my protective hand as I launch my opponent's head into the orbit! In your infinite mercy, make his death quick!"

Spoiler: Roguish Conman (click to show/hide)

Name: Bellem White
Description: An average-looking man with black hair, green eyes and a beaming white smile. He is wearing a pretty fancy suit with an equally fancy steel dagger hanging from his hip.
Mental: Meet Bellem White, an entrepreneur of the highest sort: he can sell you anything, and if he doesn't want to sell it to you, then he'll just take your money with magic. Bellem's motivation is not the money - or rather, not just the money: he loves the dangerous game of conmanship, and he likes even more the triumph, the moment of winning, proving that he is better than the suckers around him.
Primary Skill: Charisma
Secondary Skills: Illusions, Daggers
Starting Items: A fancy white suit with golden trimmings, an ornate steel dagger, a pouch with a sizable amount of gold, a cold-forged iron nail in suit's inner pocket, three random items.

This one is probably only going to be any good in the White Guard, so unless two or three more people make a dashing swashbuckler, there's little sense in even submitting this guy.

[Tiruin]

Ochita is back. O_O

I remember Outlands...

Posting for sheet soon.

[Tomcost]

Well, we have a a lot of sheets. I wanted my earthbender to participate...

[Yoink]

Name: Jerydd Blackbrook
Description: A thin, austere man who looks to be a few years past middle-age, with greying hair, a straight, pointed nose and piercing black eyes.
Usually wears an expression of either curiousity, disapproval or suspicion, and keeps his salt-and-pepper beard trimmed in a short, bushy affair. His greyish skin has been weathered by a lifetime of outdoors exploration, and he bears a few scars acquired in his travels.
Mental: Jerydd has long been fascinated with the inner workings and motivations of demons, ever since seeing one tear his aunt apart when he was a boy.
A generally scholarly sort, but with an adventurous nature. Seeks to solve the mysteries of the demons and the reasons for their original attack, and their sudden retreat.
Views most humans with distrust, contempt or confusion, where applicable- his studies haven't covered them sufficiently to provide much in the way of social skills.
Primary Skill: Knowledge (Demons)
Secondary Skills: Knowledge (Demon History), Weapons (Sword)
 Starting Items: A trusty old sword, a wooden pipe carved in the likeness of a demon, and a pouch of the Valyn equivalent of tobacco.
And simple travelling clothes, I guess.

[Pancaek]

Name: Federic Serrel
Description: A somewhat tall and gangly build man in his early thirties, he has nonetheless already gone bald. Sporting a bushy moustache and with plain brown eyes, everything else about his face is utterly plain. 
Mental: Federic is usually aloof, though he is quick to panic and prone to outbursts. He would like nothing more than to lead a simple and quiet life, but he realizes that the current state of the world simply will not allow for this. He places a high value on friends, family, and the wellbeing of his city of residence, and doesn't hold back on those who threaten either of those. For that purpose, he has honed his magical skills in the raw arcane powers, believing that the most direct path is usually the simplest and most effective.
Primary Skill: Metamagic
Secondary Skills: Destruction, knowledge: metamagic
Starting Items: Plain clothes with a dark grey cloak, knife, provisions.


--edited skill.--

[Samarkand]

Will edit in sheet tonight!

[HmH]

Question: how exactly does Supporting Knowledge make spellcasting easier? What are the mechanics of this?

Suppose I have a +2 main skill and +1 supporting skill, and cast a spell that is fully included in both(example: healing spell with Restoration and Knowledge: Medicine). Do I get one action with a +3 bonus(quite reasonable, considering the sheer size of penalties this system has for most, if not all, worthwhile actions), or two actions with +2 and +1 bonuses(which would result in the chances of success dropping rather than rising as the amount of supporting schools increases)?

Just asking to be sure whether specialists are better off in this game than generalists.

[Rolepgeek]

Uhhh...posting to watch, at least. I'll try to put in a sheet when I have a better computer to read and reference all those spoilers.