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[Asilidae]

Ooh. This should be fun.

Name: Vazastar
Description: Tall but with a terrible hunch. Long limbs with a stout body. Pale skin with sickly blotches. Wears a black turban and veil with a ragged black cloak. View of eyes implies old age but not a lack of vitality. Long finger and toe nails. Barefoot. Keeps arms in front of himself in a lazy, mantis-like fashion.
Mental: Cheerful nature. Quick with a braying laugh or chuckle. Repeats "yes" frequently. Complements and agrees with others to the point of seeming a bit like a sycophant.
Primary Skill: Conjuration
Secondary Skills: Summoning & Element: Far Flesh(Sickly purple meat covered in lashing tentacles, staring eyes, and gnashing mouths with a completely random distribution
Starting Items: Black Turban. Black Veil. Black cloak.

[IronyOwl]

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.

Supporting knowledge tends to allow you to do different things, rather than granting bonuses or adding extra actions to things you already do. It works by making the principles, abilities, and knowledge of one skill available for use by another.

That example's kind of odd because there's so much overlap; it's more the kind of thing you'd see on somebody trying to be The Best Healer Ever than on your more typical character. Plus, medicine in the item/substance sense tends to be more for diseases, ailments, or slow recoveries, so knowledge of it probably wouldn't do a whole lot for most healing spells.

So overall, the main effect from supporting Restoration with Knowledge: Medicine would probably be that you'd be far better at magically easing joint pain and curing colds than a healer of similar Restoration skill. Supporting Knowledge:Medicine with Restoration would probably grant additional insight into the magically beneficial facets of certain medicines and components. If we're talking about Medicine as in all nonmagical healing, those effects would generally be similar, but broader and weaker.

[IcyTea31]

It should be noted that Restoration can also do things mundane healing cannot, including resurrection. As I understand it, Knowledge: Medicine supporting Restoration would make the healing more natural, less aggressive and less risky, at the cost of culling impossible things from happening. Restoration supporting Knowledge: Medicine would let the healing break a few limits and make it faster and easier, such as repairing a broken bone by setting the bone pieces in place during surgery.

[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.

Supporting knowledge tends to allow you to do different things, rather than granting bonuses or adding extra actions to things you already do. It works by making the principles, abilities, and knowledge of one skill available for use by another.

That example's kind of odd because there's so much overlap; it's more the kind of thing you'd see on somebody trying to be The Best Healer Ever than on your more typical character. Plus, medicine in the item/substance sense tends to be more for diseases, ailments, or slow recoveries, so knowledge of it probably wouldn't do a whole lot for most healing spells.

So overall, the main effect from supporting Restoration with Knowledge: Medicine would probably be that you'd be far better at magically easing joint pain and curing colds than a healer of similar Restoration skill. Supporting Knowledge:Medicine with Restoration would probably grant additional insight into the magically beneficial facets of certain medicines and components. If we're talking about Medicine as in all nonmagical healing, those effects would generally be similar, but broader and weaker.

Oh. I see. Changed the skill in the Medical Impostor's sheet to Knowledge(Wound Treatment). And yes, I'm trying to be The Best Healer Ever, "best" in this case meaning "the only one not turning people into murderous tentacle monsters".

Still, what are the mechanics of being 'better' at something, exactly? Are the bonuses summed up to create one big bonus, or does the effect of a low-magnitude supported spell become similar to the effect of a high-magnitude unsupported spell, or something else happens entirely?

[Samarkand]

Spoiler: Ayum Rune Armor (click to show/hide)

Name: Karla 'Mageforge' Perloc
Description: Slightly below average in height, Karla has a stocky build. Her hair reaches just past her shoulders and is fairly unkempt, being held in the loosest of ponytails to keep it out of her face as she works. Her skin is rough and calloused despite her youth, and her clothing is stained with soot and oils from her work. Her face maintains an appearance of cocky optimism, reflecting her youthful assurance that she will succeed.
Mental: From the age of 13 Karla apprenticed in the art of smithing, spending five years under a local smith. However, before she could complete her seven year apprenticeship she began to diverge from her master's philosophies. He argued that simple steel, forged perfectly, was the key to repulsing the demon threat. She rejected his traditionalism, and tried to convince him that incorporating new magical techniques would lead to the best weapons. He forbid her from such experimentation, only to find one day that she had begun carving runes into some of the discarded armor. He expelled her from her apprenticeship. Still only an apprentice smith, she began working as an acolyte of Ayum, and over the course of four years built an understanding of that priesthood, and the ability to craft runes. Confident in her knew knowledge, and its ability to lead to stronger armors, she hoped to forge armors that would make its bearer impervious to any demon threat.
Primary Skill: Metal Armor Crafting
Secondary Skills: Priest of Ayum, Runecrafting
Starting Items: Burlap shirt and breeches. Smith's apron. Smith's hammer and prongs. Burin for etching runes.

Spoiler: Alchemist, Thrown Potions (click to show/hide)

Name: Therun Orth
Description: Taller than average, though barely noticeably, Therun has a very thin body. His muscles are clearly rather poorly developed, his time having been mostly spent in his garden. He goes about in a simple robe, which is dark green to hide the stains left on it from crushing plants.
Mental: He wants to explore beyond the pockets of civilization for new plants to cultivate, and new potions to brew. Recognizing the danger of it, he has practiced throwing vials, containing potions and poisons. He hopes to be able to weaponize the normally peaceful art of alchemy, though what he enjoys most is crafting potions to help others.
Primary Skill: Alchemist
Secondary Skills: Thrown Weapons (Potions), Knowledge (Botany)
Starting Items: Dark green robe. Leather bandolier of vials. Mortar and Pestle.

[IronyOwl]

It should be noted that Restoration can also do things mundane healing cannot, including resurrection. As I understand it, Knowledge: Medicine supporting Restoration would make the healing more natural, less aggressive and less risky, at the cost of culling impossible things from happening. Restoration supporting Knowledge: Medicine would let the healing break a few limits and make it faster and easier, such as repairing a broken bone by setting the bone pieces in place during surgery.

Possibly, though that'd depend on the implementation. Adding a bit of Restoration magic to make otherwise mundane surgery go a bit quicker and smoother would be a good example, though.

Oh. I see. Changed the skill in the Medical Impostor's sheet to Knowledge(Wound Treatment). And yes, I'm trying to be The Best Healer Ever, "best" in this case meaning "the only one not turning people into murderous tentacle monsters".

Still, what are the mechanics of being 'better' at something, exactly? Are the bonuses summed up to create one big bonus, or does the effect of a low-magnitude supported spell become similar to the effect of a high-magnitude unsupported spell, or something else happens entirely?

Basically the latter. Somebody using Restoration supported by Bone Magic, Bone Setting, and Knowledge: Human Bones would cast bone mending spells as if they were much simpler and easier to pull off than someone without that sort of background knowledge.

This sheet is assuming that the knowledge of metals from her primary will provide the supporting knowledge required to effectively conjure metals. If that's false, I'd change the sheet some.

It will, though your selection might be rather limited. Also bear in mind the limitations of conjured materials, in that even if you make them permanent they'll sap your Conjuration skill while extant.

[Samarkand]

This sheet is assuming that the knowledge of metals from her primary will provide the supporting knowledge required to effectively conjure metals. If that's false, I'd change the sheet some.

It will, though your selection might be rather limited. Also bear in mind the limitations of conjured materials, in that even if you make them permanent they'll sap your Conjuration skill while extant.

Oh. I figured with 8 slots you'd be looking for more specialized characters. But if conjuration is not going to be very effective for this and your looking for characters that are slightly less specific, I'll edit my sheet.

EDIT: So looking at runecrafting/enchanting it looks like the supporting knowledge requirement is going to make it a difficult skill to simply start out using, so I'm going to rewrite my sheet rather more drastically, still with a primary of crafting.

EDIT 2: Decided to write a second sheet. This game just looks too good, and I still want to get some form of crafting character going.

[IcyTea31]

I made another character for the pool, a red oni hero instead of a blue oni anti-villain. See my original post.

[Tomcost]

This RTD had a lot of acceptation, hasn't it?

[Tiruin]

So I finally figured out how disorganized I am!
...I have a lot of tabs open--in which I discover that the reply to the old Outlands hasn't been pushed through (in which I assumed it died after I replied :/
I am so sorry Irony.)


...I will not let this go. :I

Spoiler: Catherine S. Mistral (click to show/hide)

Primary Skill: Elementalism [Air]
Secondary Skill: Musicality (Partly Restoration and custom-ized, yes this is a copy of the old game)
Physical Description/Mental Description/Bio:

In the olden times of yore and thought, the spread of tales traveled through men's tongues; years of stories and forgotten lore were revived and remade by the will of the young.

During those times, there was Catherine, born to two people of modest earn. A tavern-keep and a scholar: the professions of father and mother both, she was said to be of mundane lineage, yet of honored birth; the only child of an aged couple.

Her figure was lithe and slender, so the young men say; of light, cream or tanned skin--opinions were divided on this--and raven hair did they speak of, a round face and earthen-hued eyes.

Favored by her family, of there was none else to follow; Catherine grew up in a free environment. A village amongst the plains and brooks of the eastern seas. From left to right, there was no impediment to the eye: from lakes to vast ocean, forest to hilly glen was all visible to the village and its inhabitants. It was on one place where young Cathy grew to love, a grassy hill overlooking the seaport and the western sunset.

Through the years, she was taught and schooled in the teachings of her elders. Keeping an open mind and an open heart, there was none which escaped her curiosity; particularly of intellectual pursuits as she believed on studies before romance, it was with the flute and lyre did her studies take her (as well as a few other areas of art and literature) and it was with the instruments that she learned how to convey her thoughts and words instead of banter and debate.

As such, the stories of faraway lands intrigued her; sailors and their exotic keeps from across the shore-bound seas. The world was larger, and more concentric than the rudimentary world she knew. Stories and tales of magic and wonder; glory and honor; life and death. There was much to do in a life, and with her parents' permission as well as the blessings of her village, she set out on a journey. Her only promise held to her by those before her was this:

"Keep moving forward."

Starting Items:
[editing]

You know I'd personally request a flute for Elementalism as a random item. :p

Though on the items, you don't really mind me going overboard with them, right?

[Dermonster]

There are so many applicants @.@

[Tiruin]

IO is a fairly killer GM u__u

Though we all know he'll be fair in lethality. He's got years of practice that he won't give in to temptation.

[IcyTea31]

As this game runs on hit points instead of chunky salsa, it would be quite hard to argue a death unfair.

[Dermonster]

Yeah. It's been so long since I've actually gotten to play a good 'Generic fantasy' RTD, if generic can even be applied here.

If you haven't noticed, I'm fairly terrible at actually describing characters and their personality. Seeing as his quests more or less require that to be accepted early on...

[IcyTea31]

If you haven't noticed, I'm fairly terrible at actually describing characters and their personality.

Same here. I usually make my characters blank slates to build a personality on, instead of deciding it in advance. This is because a serious game means serious characters, and vice versa, and we can't always know how serious the game will be before it begins. Judging from the world-building done, though, this one seems quite serious.