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This is the OOC thread for Rise of the Magic Girls, v3.

IC Thread

Five years have passed since the conclusion of the last version. The world is a different place:

Spoiler: Lore Tidbits (click to show/hide)

Anti-magic fields, like IRIS already used them years ago have become relatively common, if expensive. The government uses them to cover most public areas and buildings, but private corporations, like banks, can also obtain licenses to protect their buildings from magic. Vigilantism is less and less tolerated, especially if the magic used for it is harmful. Private companies need a license for anti-magic fields, and need to respect whitelists. Many magic communities are protesting against the fields quite regularly.

All magic users need to be registered, and if they want to use their magic in public, they need a license, so they can be whitelisted from the anti-magic fields. Get caught magicing in public without a license, and the punishment depends mostly on what you were doing, but is usually handled demonstratively strict, to get the message across. Get caught without being registered at all and trouble awaits. These licenses require both a psychological evaluation and proof that you have your ability under control.

There is a bit of tension going on in business, where magic simply out-performs traditional craft. A good example would be healers for example, who can deal with so many things within minutes and with little problem where traditional medicine has great trouble. However as medical magic services vary a LOT in quality, most insurance companies don't pay for them, making that kind of stuff something for the rich - further increasing tension. Meanwhile traditional doctors earn less and less, despite having spent so much time and money on education. Similar developments can be seen in many branches of business.

Out of the First-World nations, the United States of America is the slowest to accept magic into its everyday life. Why? Well, to start with, it's easily the most religious nation in the Western world, and just imagine how those people banning Harry Potter books would react if they met Harry Potter. More notably, they are (for better or for worse, depending on the issue) overall the most conservative of said nations. Finally, it's been established and never retconned that they had a blanket ban on using magic; this would have hindered progress. DARPA's ties with IRIS mean that the military might have a good amount of enchanted gear, at least for special forces and such, but aside from that and occasional toys for the rich...not much.

Japan, on the other hand, has accepted magic quite readily, integrating it with everyday life and technology. First off, there's Yuri's family, which would have been a great boon in making the nation more magical (especially since Japan's small size makes it easier for such things to proliferate). Second off, Japan is perhaps the greatest indisputably successful example of a backwards nation quickly advancing to the State of the Art, and it hasn't really lost its momentum. Finally, think of the implications: Train Cars of Holding, giant majitek robots, and maybe the occasional kaiju.

Dragons are still trying to find places to fit in. They don't like humans terribly much, what with dragonslaying and such in bygone ages, and they don't really fit in human cities anyways. (Not that they want to; they have the whole "we'll still be here when you are all gone" thing going on.) They're finding places to live in uncharted rainforests, polar regions, ice caps, and the like, but there's still a bit of tension, not helped by the occasional would-be dragonslayer or attack by a hot-headed wyrmling.

All first world nations, with integration starting up in other countries, have sensors in stores and banks to detect magically made items or cash to prevent counterfeiting. Sale of many creation items is full out banned in the States, but some countries are fine with it to an extent. The UN has listed a ban on all magical creation of precious metals, gems, weapons of mass destruction, guns, etc (although this rule is frequently broken). Creation of any creature life NOT already part of the natural ecosystem is also banned.

Many corporations are attempting to exploit the powers of Magic Users, specifically creation users, to further their businesses as quickly as possible. This is causing a bit of public ire. The courts are still working out how severe punishments should be on magic users, especially for those who don't have AS much control over their abilities. Anti-magic designed prisons are attempting to be prepared to hold the truly destructive and bad magic users, but things are difficult.

The multiple dimensions/universes theory has been confirmed via magic. However all attempts to actually visit another dimension have ended in failure. Probes stop working and scrying spells just fail for no obvious reason. Obviously no humans or living creatures have been sent to another dimension due to the apparent danger involved. All indications show that they'll never return.

Magical clubs/societies have sprung up, and are composed of people who can do or are very interested in magic. These clubs discuss latest advancements in magic, show off their powers, construct magic circles for fun, conduct fundraisers, petition governments about issues affecting these topics and many other things. Not all nations or countries have these clubs though, and they are more common in tolerant countries like Japan and Australia.

With access to teleportation magic, space flight becomes much cheaper and practical, which has sparked a second space race. No longer constrained by orbital dynamics and rocketry, mankind has visited most of the (relatively) habitable planets and moons in the solar system, spurred on by feelings of national pride and the desire to be the first to do something. More practically, plans for Lunar and Martian colonies are in the works, and the number of probes in space has increased exponentially. Additionally many asteroids in the solar system are being prospected for metals and minerals, and several are being prepped for teleportation back to Earth to be mined. Needless to say the various governments of the world are scrambling to try and keep up with all of the legal cases and legislature that this second space race is creating.

Shape shifting is a lot more common now, and some have formed groups, much like USEC's idea of magic clubs. They do a lot of the same things as he suggested. Shape-changers are required to register as such and must carry identification for all of their forms where identification is required; if an unrestricted shapechanger they must settle on a base form for ID and be chipped.

Many governments around the world have set up an elite task force which deals with unregistered and dangerous magic users; these forces are equipped and trained specifically to deal with magic users. Usually the head of each squad is a magic user themselves.

Special schools have been set up to teach control to those with uncontrollable or dangerous powers, each of the schools is built away from the rest of society, and each have their own anti-magic generator. Due to the cost of providing both the expertise and the equipment provided to teach this control there are only a few of these in first world countries so far.

Prisons to deal with people who possess magic have begun to be set up, these are very high security prisons and even people with minor magic who commit crimes find themselves locked up inside them. They each of course have their own anti magic generator to make sure that those inside cannot commit magic of any kind.

3rd world countries are clamouring for magic citizens to reveal themselves as a way to close the gap between themselves and the developed world, such magicians are being state sponsored as a matter of course with any past crimes wiped off the book and a blind eye generally turned for low level crimes they may commit.

There are small communities that came together because they believe the growing magic is a sign of the end times, they hold up with munitions stores that are frankly absurd for their size. And shoot anyone found to be a magician without question, these are mostly breakaway religious groups, but some "scientific" people that refuse to believe their eyes can be found as well.

Magical creatures are generally seen as a boon in society, but are also treated by most as outsiders, this is not helped that some are able to easily replace most unskilled labor with a cheaper alternative, even if paying more per individual.

The medical world has begun integrating IRIS made artificial limb machines. The relatively cheap nature of the machines and their produced items have made them a great boon and sturdier versions of them have been seeing use in the military for disabled soldiers.

Nintendo and IRIS have gained an obscene amount of money from sale of official pokemon. They require a license in many areas but it is agreed that it is worth it to get one if only as a pet for your child due to the wide variety and the fact that they also are low cost protection.

Certain companies have taken to employing shapeshifters of a specific species (or multiple specie), effectively making them more intelligent guard dogs that are also paid. However, several magical creatures fill this niche much better.

The most common shapeshifters can turn into normal animals, i.e. dogs, cats, birds, fish, etc. Whether through better training or just chance, a small few have been able to transform into pseudomagical creatures such as manticores, chimeras, and even one or two dragons. Shapeshifters of high-power magical entities, such as demons, have yet to be recorded anywhere.

New York is now in an eternal eclipse caused by curse magic and most of the city is in ruin. So far no one has been able to break the curse, let alone survive inside of the "Eternal Twilight." There are plans to deploy anti-magic fields to reclaim parts of the city.

An exhibit known as 'The Gallery' has been opened to the public. Its current location is inside the world’s most famous museum, Musee du Louvre located in France. A man calling himself Dio Granse is the currator.

The Order of the True Sword, run by Arthur Dramon, is currently holding a Witch Hunt on a group of Demon Worshipers for destroying multiple holy sites around the world.

ASMRA was reformed under a new name: MP&RA (Magic Protection and Research Association). They have a new CEO (of course), who has set his eyes on regulating magic use in Saudi Arabia. They overthrew a corrupt government and restored order after years of riots over a magic bombing in the capital. MP&RA has become the leading supplier of jobs in Saudi Arabia, and has stopped magical testing unless they are given permission by the said magic user to study how it works. They've developed a prototype armor suit that has magical properties to give a mundane soldier to have a chance against criminals who use magic.

The void gate still stands outside of Kyle's castle (and if the castle is now flying, then it remains where the castle once stood).

Void and Ashley have divorced, Nodoka living with Void for the time being as Ashley gets settled back in her apartment in Paris.

A large ship seeming to be composed of brass and expelling steam made an island in the ocean at some point. It was later revealed it was the monster peoples doing and as of now all monster people are living there.

Entities that seemingly come from the void have been seen around the world, but they have no come from the void gate but were summoned elsewhere. It is rumored that Sanguine have been summoning these entities in large numbers, but nobody seems sure why they defy the void gate completely.

With the dawn of what some are calling Mithril Age of Space Travel, putting a satellite into Low-Earth Orbit and even higher orbits became much, much cheaper. This led to a proliferation of satellites for various purposes, from major (allowing all locations to receive satellite-based telecommunications and surprisingly fast Internet) to petty (an array of geosynchrous communication satellites which keeps one over a given city at all times). Unfortunately, collisions between satellites, often involving so called pirate satellites put in orbits without proper permission, have caused many to believe that Kessler Syndrome is going to be coming into play shortly. It is feared that this could destroy countless satellites, crippling much of the global communications network, especially in poorer countries, and possibly even leading to spacecraft debris crashing to Earth. A spacecraft sent up to try and curb the issue by safely de-orbiting defunct or illegal satellites was famously struck by another satellite within hours of deployment.

Another change is that humanity isn't alone anymore, it shares the planet with a whole host of new sentient species. As per our normal ways, xenophobia initially follows, quickly followed up by the key trait of the 21st century: the social requirement to be tolerant. Generally, people are fine with them, so long as they aren't being really weird or terrifying. More and more non-humans pop up in public, some causing chaos, most just trying to fit in, and multiple industries attempt to account for that. Service industries are revolutionised to account for a whole new caste of customers, public structures are slowly modified so any species can use them, and multiple cultural exchanges happen all at once, leaving sentients with entirely different cultures to explore.

((I might have missed some, poke me repeatedly in the face if I missed yours))

Now onto the new system:

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Want to join? Fill out the sheet. Before you instantly copy-paste the sheet into your post, check the spoilers below first.

Name: Obvious.

Age: Again, obvious.

Description: A physical description, some background story, and personality description all rolled into one.

Stats: /100
Health: Your vitality. 3 HP for every point in this stat.
Mana: How much energy you can hold. 2 MP for every point in this stat.
Speed: How fast you are. Used for dodging, and running (usually away).
Skill: Your accuracy and timing. Out of combat, it's used for crafting if the situation is right.
Strength: How good you are at dealing physical damage. ((yes, this includes guns, but just go with it, okay?)) It also determines how strong you are.
Magic: How adept you are at manipulating magical powers.
Defence: Your resistance to physical attacks.
Resistance: Your resistance to magical attacks.

Equipment: What physical weapons and armor you have. See the equipment spoiler for information.

Ability: Basically your magic. See the magic spoiler for information.
Examples:

Negligible:

Small:

Medium:

Big:

Enormous:

Gigantic:

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

In this stat-system, the stats a completely average human would have are set to 5. This is for reference when stating your own character, but also combat encounters. There are 8 (optional: 9) stats in the system, meaning a perfectly average human has a pool of 40 points. The pool of starting stats is 100. To clarify, all rolled dice depend on the skill. If you have 7 strength, you roll a d7


Optional rule: Depending on which stat on a character is the highest, he gains a perk based on that stat. This serves to further differentiate characters from each other, but needs a bit of review regarding how powerful the perks are. Of course, you can suggest own perks. If two stats are the same level, pick one.


Health:

This stat represents your vitality. It grants you 3 (optional: 4) hitpoints per point in this stat, and also dictates your rate of regen. Any regen phase, which is usually a good nights sleep, or simply whenever the GM acknowledges that you have time to regenerate health, you regen twice your health stat. That means if you were close to death, you'd need about 3 days of rest to be back to full. Not realistic, because this is a game and all, but also not so miraculously quick that grave wounds are without consequence - you may stumble into the next encounter with less than optimal health if you do not watch out. Professional medical care can boost the regen to 3 times your health stat. And I mean professional, making sense with the caretaking chars background. Just bandaids and clumsily applied bandages with a bit of antiseptic salve is nice and all, but will only do something if the GM in question feels generous. More on this stat below under Combat.

Optional: Possible perks: Regen happens in shorter phases or no medical care is needed or death threshold (more on that later) is increased or one point in health is now worth 4 Hitpoints.



Mana:

How big of a vessel for energy you are. It grants you 2 (optional: 3) manapoints per point in this stat, and also dictates your rate of regen. A regen phase is about 12 hours without using mana, and regens your Mana by as many points as the stat is high. So a complete nights rest should get you back to full mana, and unless encounters or times where you use mana come in rapid succession, you will not entirely run out.


Possible perks: regen of mana during combat 1 point every 5 rounds or one point of mana is now worth 3



Speed:

How fast you are. This stat is used for dodging, but also for chases and of course when the GM feels now is an appropriate time to use it. When you are dodging multiple enemies in succession, you gain a penalty of -1 on each successive dodge. This penalty resets between hits. Dodging AoE attacks get's a penalty of -2 per size category.

Possible perks: If your speed is at least 5 points higher than your targets speed, you can dual attack him or if your speed is at least 5 points greater than your target, dodging them does not cause a penalty for successive dodges or you can attack two different targets each round, but in that case only deal 60% damage to both



Skill:

How good you are at aiming, timing your attacks or going for blindspots. This is also the skill that is used to roll on for mundane skills, like crafting and whatever else, if the GM feels it is appropriate.

Possible perks: if the optional rule for critical hits, see below, is active, and your skill is at least 5 points higher than the target, your critical hit chance increases from 5% to 20% or if your skill is at least 5 points higher than the targets, you can aim at weak spots in their armor (if that exists?) to ignore 2 points of damage reduction

Add a .5% chance to crit with each point in SKILL you have, and write the percentage next to it in brackets. Crits only apply to physical attacks, and deal double damage.


Strength:

How good you are at dealing physical damage. Yes, I know, being super buff should not affect your damage if you use a gun, BUT we are looking for unified system, with clear rules. So you better be lifting son. Note, this does not necessarly have to mean you are incredibly buff. If you want to deal tons of damage and still play something that is frail and not muscular at all, this is roleplay - feel free to roll strength checks for lifting the huge boulders badly on purpose.

Possible perks: When grappling an enemy, he needs to roll at least 5 points higher than you to escape your grapple or if you strength is at least 5 points higher than the enemies defence, ignore two points of damage reduction or your unarmed attacks deal 2 points more damage



Defence:

How good you are at minimizing damage to you. This may mean you have thick scales or are a robot made of steel, but also that you know how to properly brace yourself before a hit, to prevent that a bullet that otherwise might have been lethal hits anything too important. Every five points of DEF now gives a bonus +1 to the roll for that stat.

Possible perks: If your defence is at least 5 points higher than the enemies strength, the incoming damage is reduced by 2 or physical AoE damage is decreased by 25%



Magic:

How powerful your magical abilities are, and how adept at using them. For the sake of unifying the game, magic covers all supernatural abilities, no matter wether it is actual magic, or a superpower. Wether or not Personas use the same stat or are so radicaly different, I barely care. Only one person uses them, and in fact, does not use them for anything other than the healing spell, and instead has technology skills that definetly classify as a superpower. I will leave this for others to figure out. More on this stat in the magic section.

Possible perks: Your spells are more mana efficent (-1 cost), or simpler to cast (TN -1) or have less drawbacks


Resistance:

Works exactly the same as defence, but against the supernatural.

Possible perks: As with defence

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Combat innitiative is determined by the speed stat. When you attack someone, you roll skill vs the targets speed, if you rolled higher, you hit. Damage is calculated by you rolling strength+(weapon, more on that later), vs the enemies defence (+possible extra armor). Simple.
For magic the same, assuming it is a kind of magic that needs to be aimed and that can be dodged, skill vs speed, and then mag vs resistance. Depending on how much mana you use, the mag score will be increased, more on that on magic.

Should someones health fall to 0, that character is unconscious, probably heavily bleeding. His allies now have [health] turns time to perform any sort of CPR or live saving measures on him. This takes no roll, however while doing so, you are an easy target, and prone to interruption. Maybe you wanna kill the demon first and CPR then? Maybe someone should cover you? Should health fall below 0, you have that much less turns to save the wounded allies live. Whether he was saved or not, that character is out of combat.

Spoiler: Magic and Abilities (click to show/hide)

Magic (all abilities go under magic for simplicity) is split into categories, starting from negliable, small, medium, big, enormous, epic. To be able to cast medium spells, one needs to have a mag of at least 6, 9 fof big, 12 for enormous, 15 for gigantic, higher categories may exist.

Negliable skills cost no mana, and are mostly flavour. This also covers a basic magic attack that does nothing besides rolling on mag for damage. They require no roll to be successfully cast, except skill if it need to be aimed.

Small skills cost 2 mana. That's either attacks that deal more damage (mag+20% is rolled here), or add side effects, like setting the enemy on fire to do damage over time, or adding a small AoE etc.

Medium skills cost 4 mana, and you either need to beat a TN of 3 on mag, or the spell could come at a minor drawback. Mag+40% for damage

Big skills cost 6 mana, and you need to beat a TN of 6 on mag to pull them of, or a TN of 3 alongside a minor drawback, or no TN, but two drawbacks. Mag+60% for damage

Enormous cost 8 mana, and need a TN of 9, or 6 with drawback, 10 mana, TN of 12 etc for bigger, you see how the categories increase

If the TN is not met, it is reduced by 3 if you try to continue casting the same spell next turn
 
A charsheet should provide ample amount of examples what their abilities would do in each category, and the GM needs to look those over carefully.

Examples of drawbacks: Deal a d3 of damage to the caster, cost 1 more point of mana, is immobile while casting. A turn to charge the attack counts as two consecutive immobilisations, so that's two drawbacks. You can always come up with more, customise your character.

Summoning:
Negliable: some cute critter of no actual use apart from being cute, and possibly distracting
Small : 25 stat base
Medium: 50 stat base
big: 75 stat base
enormous: 100 stat base
Gigantic: 125 stat base
Even bigger: 150 etc. etc.

The summoning itself takes 1 turn, with the summon being ready to act on the next turn. For enormous summons, there is a delay of 1 turn while the summon manifests itself. The character that summoned it can already act that turn, Gigantic 2 turns delay, etc. etc.

Summons remain for as many turns as you have rolled over the TN, example, for an enormous summon, with a TN of 9, summoned with a mag roll of 11 stays only 2 turns. It is generally recommended to decrease the TNs and add drawbacks instead

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

As magic attacks are mostly about huge burst damage, physical attacks are more about steady, but comparatively lower damage, but comes at no drawback. Your damage is defined by your strength roll, of course, but also by your mode of attack, which is determined by the quality of your weaponry. The values here mean *on average*. A bit of variation is entirely okay if the GM allows it.

Unarmed: no bonus. Note that dragons, clawed things, things that are permanently on fire etc etc do not count as unarmed.

Normal: +3, your everyday weapon that is really nothing special. A PC could likely make or acquire such a weapon with no problems whatsoever

Good: +5, a weapon that has received some fine tuning, or is in other ways above average. Acquiring these should cost money, which should be finite or proper skill in weapon making, that is not only your skill stat must be high; it should also fall in line with your background.

High quality: +7, these are usually rare, and probably won't be found in a store, but more in the grave treasures of some ancient warrior or whatnot. Characters are unlikely to be able to make these easily.

Masterwork: +9, does not get better than this. A character should have real trouble getting his hands on one of these babies.

One time use: Explosives etc, that you can only carry a very finite amount with you deal between +5 (for grenades, added AoE), to +10 (RPG) damage.

As far as the effects of enchanting does, that really depends on the enchant, but a pure damage enchant would probably add a +2.

Optional: For further customisation, there could be a distinction between light, medium and heavy weaponry. Light weaponry (daggers etc) deals 1 point less damage on average, but grants a bonus of +1 on the skill roll to hit, while heavy weaponry (huge ass hammer) deals 1 damage more, but reduces skill by 1, as it is easier to dodge.

Armor:
no armor +0, light +1 defence, medium+3 but -1 speed, heavy +5 but -2 speed and -1 skill.

As for other items, like the speed increasing 3D gear, or whatever you want, the above guidelines give a good idea how much stuff can give. Of course, the GM decides alone whether something is allowed or not. For already existing gear that carries over, they may be subject to rebalancing. As far as new starting gear goes, the GM decides how much one should be allowed. Equipment that increases Mag should be incredibly rare, as it would snowball most likely.

Spoiler: XP and Levels (click to show/hide)

An XP reward is assigned at the end of a campaign, usually an amount between 50 and 150XP. 100XP is required to level up, giving players 4 additional stat points to assign. Additionally, every 5 levels players can take an additional perk.

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Characters

Kyle <Active

Selina < Inactive

Tobias < (usually) Inactive

HILDA <Active

Maria/Anima < Inactive

Alice < Active

ICARUS < Active

Alucard < Active

Stella <Active

Bartimaeus < Active

Lizzie < Nah, she dead lol

Winry < Active

Dalia < Active

Fredrika < I don't even

Ashley < Active

Sen < Active

Michael <Inactive

Will < Dead, apparently, since everyone forgot he existed

Kaiser < Active

Albrecht < Inactive

Constanza  < I don't even

Spensir < I don't even

Null < Inactive

Talia < Inactive

Sam < Inactive

Nomad (less a PC and more a host)

Aztec ((LOOK AT IT GO)) < Inactive

Leth < Inactive

Garrett  < Active

Kaotaro  < Active

Mary < Inactive

Kasumi < Inactive

Issei < I WILL FIX IT, EVENTUALLY

Walpurga < Active

Bakterial < I don't even

ThiefTitus < I don't even

Isaac < Active

Linda < Active

Hakim

Berny the Seer (too lazy to spell name correctly)

Catherine

[Laura]

Done?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Kara Alackson

Age: 22

Description: Tall and lean with short pixie cut hair thats dyed a greenish blue color. A small bust and likes to wear black T-shirts and skinny jeans. Works at her aunt Diana's bar for cash? Not a very likeable person often, and rough.

Stats: /100
Health: 18 [54]
Mana: 10 [20]
Speed: 25
Skill: 17
Strength: 16
Magic: 6
Defence: 14
Resistance: 14

Perks: Speed? I guess?
 
Equipment: Nothing yet?

Ability: Wood manipulation and plant growth?
Examples: Hiding in and breathing through a tree? increased growth rate? Ivy from Batman I for reference if your inclined.

Negligible: Small revival of flowers?

Small: accelerated growth of plant life?

Medium: Mass acceleration and wood manipulation

Big: Enter a tree? Barkskin? Turn a large bush into a couple of 50... stat treants?

Enormous: ?

Gigantic: Turn tree into 125 stat Ent?

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Main Characters:

Spoiler: Ashley Davis (click to show/hide)

Ashley Davis, Voidwalker
Gender: Female
Age: Creation years, appears 23.
Appearance: Image

Level 8
Exp: 55

Stats
Health - 17 -51 HP
Mana - 5 - 10 MP
Speed - 17
Skill - 24
Strength - 21 - 4 SP
Mag - 12
Defense - 16
Resistance - 16
Perks:
   Deadeye- If the character's skill roll fails by a margin of 2 or less, the attack lands as if it landed successfully by 1.
   Counter-Strike- If Ashley successfully dodges an attack, she can counter-attack once for free, while still rolling for the Fatigue Katana if it is being used. (This again, can be upgraded every 9 stat points in Speed. So at 18, it'll be 2 chances, and at 27 it'll be 3, etc.)
   Chained- Ashley can chain together tele-strikes, with a max of 3. (This max will increase every 8 Skill stat points. So at 24, it'll increase to 3, then at 32 it'll be at 4, etc.)

Equipment:
Voidwalker clothing- Can exist both in Creation and Void on its own. A gift from Void to Ashley after she was killed in the Dumah fight. When her weapon is drawn, black Mordite plating covers her from head to toe. When the plating forms in Creation, it has no weight since it is not of Creation and doesn't have the same properties. (+1 Defense when it's in its regular form. +2 defense, +1 resist to standard magic (due to Mordite plating) when in armored form.)
Starwalker: A +9 Masterwork blade made with a Divine Rapier and the Embargo Katana, forged through mysterious unidentified energies. Mysterious runes are written along the hilt, the only deciphered part saying "The Blood of a Walker, The Blood of a God". An aura of the
                       mysterious energy still lingers off of this blade. It seems to carry a hidden power within.
Mordite Blade- Sword made of Mordite, which is pure void, extremely concentrated into a metal. Requires summoning (+7 to damage (High Quality), and increased damage to beings of Creation. Ignores most armor. Costs 7 mana to successfully summon, and lasts 5 turns. TN: 3 If the roll is failed, then the mana is not spent.)
Resonant Fluxer:
  -Once every 4 turns, the wearer may dodge a single attack.
  -Wearer's attacks may apply the debuff: Fluxed (Each time the opponent would deal damage, reduce the damage by 1dX where X is the damage dealt.) for 3 turns. Chance to apply the debuff is 20%.

Ability: Void Manipulation.

Negligible: Teleportation anywhere reasonable within a 5 mile radius.
OR
Pumps a very small amount of void energy into a target, causing +1 damage to beings of Creation.

Small: Teleportation anywhere reasonable within a 25 mile radius, or 5 mile radius and up to three passengers.
OR
Pumps a small amount of void energy into a target, causing +2 extra damage to beings of Creation.

Medium: Teleportation anywhere reasonable within a 75 mile radius. (TN: 3)
OR
Pumps a medium amount of void energy into a target, causing +4 extra damage to beings of Creation. (TN: 3)

Big: Teleportation anywhere reasonable within a 300 mile radius. (TN: 6, or 3 and she gains Fatigue III. -3 to Speed and Strength Rolls until Rested.
OR
Pumps a large amount of void energy into a target, causing +6 extra damage to beings of Creation. (TN: 6, or 3 and she gains: Parched- May only cast a max of 3 more damage-based void spells until combat ends.)

Enormous: Teleportation anywhere reasonable within a 1000 mile radius. (TN: 9, or 6 and she gains Fatigue IV. -4 to Speed and Strength rolls until Rested.)
OR
Pumps an enormous amount of void energy into a target, causing +8 extra damage to beings of Creation (IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MULTIPLIER. IT IS ADDED AFTER!). (TN: 9, or 6 and she gains: Near Empty- May only cast one more damage-based void spell until combat ends. Replaces Parched.)

**Upon Ashley killing a target with a damage-based void spell, if she has Drained, it is replaced with Near Empty. If she has Near Empty, it is replaced by Parched. If she has Parched, it is removed entirely.
Special Maneuvers:

*Chaos Star Barrage (Tier 1):
Ashley uses a combination of rapid void teleportation, and increasing momentum to strike her target with a flurry of strikes. Ends with a negligible splash of void magic (caps at 10 damage).

 1 SP, 5 strikes at 75% damage, -25% to speed rolls next turn. Single Target.
 2 SP, 10 strikes at 75% damage, -25% to speed rolls next turn. Single Target.
 3 SP, 15 strikes at 75% damage, -25% to speed rolls next turn. Single Target.
 4 SP, 20 strikes at 50% damage, Ashley is stunned for the next turn. Single Target. *Not Unlocked
Note: Chaos Star Barrage uses all remaining SP, but the strikes increase per SP used. Caps at 20 Strikes, all other SP is wasted.

*Piercing The Vale and Beyond
Ashley fills her hands with void energy and uses it as a propellant to launch a weapon or object at an enemy's gut at high velocity.

 2 SP, +50% damage, target is impaled (-3 HP/turn), and the target gets -25% speed to the dodge of the blade due to high velocity.

*True Strike
Ashley's next attack hits the enemy head on.

2 SP, Auto-Hit, full damage.

((more to come))

Spoiler: Linda (click to show/hide)

Name: Linda [Callsign: Unit-058]

Age: [Classified]

Description: Physically fit, since she was trained as a soldier. After dissolving from the Army due to persecution of magic users in the Americas, she joined MP&RA (yay for finally introducing stuff!). Because of her exceptional skills, she was trained in long-range combat. Not much else is known about Unit-058.

Level 7:
30/100xp

Stats: /128
Health: 10 (30)
Mana: 0 (0)
Speed: 14
Skill: 30
Strength: 50 (10)
Magic: 0
Defence: 12
Resistance: 12

Equipment:
L96A1 Sniper Rifle: +5 damage, pierces up to medium armor.
M6G Magnum: +3 damage, Pierces light armor.
Selkhim's Axe-Scythe: +9 damage. 25% lifesteal.
Circlet of Purest Light:
  Passive
     The person who wears this circlet can always see perfectly clearly despite all conditions that might limit sight (This also works with conditions that are magically induced.)
  Active
     Once every three turns the user can make the circlet unleash a flash of brilliant light, this blinds all creatures within an AOE radius of 5. (Blinded creatures must re-roll all successful attack rolls). This blindness lasts for one turn and does not discriminate between allies and enemies.

Perks:
First Shot: Her first shot, if she's in a set position (takes one turn to do), will get a +10% skill bonus (rounded to nearest whole number)
Trained Professional I: Linda may use of 3 single SP cost boosts for the cost of 2, as long as they only cost 1 SP each. Although, she is also capable of using 3 different tiers of SP in the same turn, at no discount.

Ability: Can buff either speed, strength or skill, lasting for a single round (does not count as the action for the turn it's used, but is limited to one per turn. Exceptions: lvl 5 perk (and upgraded versions of said perk).


Skill

1 SP, +25% to Skill.
2 SP, +50% to Skill. Or, Auto Hit target at 50% damage.
3 SP, Auto Hit target, at 75% damage.
4 SP, Auto Hit target, +25% damage.
5 SP, Auto Hit target, +50% damage.


Speed

1 SP, +25% Speed.
2 SP, +50% Speed.
3 SP, Auto Dodge with a 25% chance of a counter-attack.
4 SP, Auto Dodge with a 50% chance of a counter-attack.


Damage

1 SP, +25% Damage
2 SP, +50% Damage
3 SP, +75% Damage
4 SP, +100% Damage
5 SP, +125% Damage
Etc...
10 SP, +250% Damage

Special Maneuvers:

Double Tap- Linda fires two bullets at (a) target(s) in quick succession.
  2 SP, first shot at full damage, second shot at 75% damage.

Wondershot- Linda makes a near-impossible shot that lands on any target, as long as she has coordinates, using MPRA teleportation matrices to help with the bullet drop.
  10 SP, auto-hit at +150% damage. Stuns target for 1 turn. ((This one is just for laughs, seeing as I'll probably never use it.))

Breakdown- Linda enters a defensive melee stance where she attempts to minimize the amount of damage she takes.
  2 SP, The engaging enemy gets a -25% Skill debuff when attacking Linda. If they miss, Linda counter attacks (melee) to slowly whittle them down, at 50% damage. She exits this stance when she uses a ranged weapon or uses another SP ability.

Takedown- Linda pins a target to the ground, dealing physical damage and debuffing the target afterwards.
  2 SP, The target gets dealt 75% damage, and recieves a -25% Speed and -25% Strength debuff as long as they're pinned.

Gut Slice- Linda drags her current melee weapon across the victim's stomach, deeply slashing them.
  2 SP, +25% damage, and -25% Speed for next 2 turns.

Strong- Linda uses her brute strength to deal more melee damage.
  1 SP, +25% damage and 10% chance to stun the target.

WIP

[smurfingtonthethird]

Sorry guys, I have to merge GWG's GURPS stats with the normal stat sheets, and it's taking longer than expected. Will be done later this evening, since real life is being a douche canoe.


Moved sheet up.

Spoiler: Kaiser, Stage 2 (click to show/hide)

Name: Kaiser
Age: True age unknown, but he looks young (17-21 range)

Description: Kaiser is 5'5'' tall, and has short, dark brown hair. He is fairly stocky, and has heterochromia: one brown eye, one gold eye. Below his collarbones, his entire body appears to consists of a biological metallic substance.

He is extremely withdrawn, and tends to run away when faced with awkward situations. This may be related to the fact that he was locked in the equivalent of a corporate asylum and 'played with' for combat purposes, as well as a host for prototype magic-powered nanobots. However, he's managed to escape the labs, losing most of his memory in the process, some of which he has recovered.

520XP
Stats: /120
Health: 19 (57)
Mana: 21 (42)
Speed: 10
Skill: 15 (+3)
Strength: 15
Magic: 20
Defence: 10
Resistance: 10

Perk - Complex Magical Routing: if a spell's casting takes more than one turn, mana cost is reduced by 1.

Perk - Frenzied: IT'S A SECRET UNTIL SOMEONE TRIPS IT, HA

Obviously Abnormal: It's an amnesiac named Kaiser who happens to be withdrawn and made of metal. Most people will immediately suspect him to have some sort of supernatural ability.

Equipment:
Nanocore: see below.
Nanocore eye: ditto. Grants +3 to Skill. Scanning tool.

Ability: The Nanocore

Kaiser has a raised lump of metal on his 'back'. That part is a 'nest' of magically powered nanobots. They are controlled by Kaiser's golden eye, a biomechanical mess of nanobots and targeting sensors, which allows him to command the nanobots (including the ones that form is body) to form weapons and armor. This drains his mana, however. Removing the nanocore greatly damages Kaiser's brain and eye, as he starts to lose control of the nanobots present there.

The nanobots inside can be programmed to take many forms; Kaiser prefers to create various types of weapon and armor. The substance used to make the weapons gathers inside the nanocore on the back, and it creeps over Kaiser's body to where it needs to become a structure or part.

Due to the consuming nature of his ability, Kaiser has developed a set of chemicals that allow him to control the nanobots to a degree where it won't kill him.

SP moves:

1SP - Living Wall: Kaiser plants himself between an enemy and his target, taking 80% of the damage sent towards the target.
2SP - Crystalline Focus: Kaiser locks onto a target, having a 25% roll bonus on the target next turn.
3SP - Regenesis - Kaiser 'regrows' either himself, the Nomad, or a machine ally. Heals 4d6.
4SP - Ramage - Kaiser gets really fucking mad. Massive buffs to strength, skill and health, and major debuffs to everything else. Lasts 2 turns.
5SP - [CLASSIFIED]

Negligible:

-Simple Reshape: Kaiser reshapes part of his body.

-Create items: Can create and reshape small, metallic objects. Up to size.

Small:

-Launch Nanomush: Kaiser throws half-developed nanobot mush at a target. The mush hardens on contact, encasing wherever it hits in thin metal. His magic roll needs to be beaten with a strength roll in order to remove the metal.

-Weapon Creation (melee): Kaiser creates a (+3) melee weapon of his choice. Includes shields.

-Create items: Can create and reshape larger, metallic objects. Up to couch-sized.

-Shred: Damages a metal object. Damage done is calculated as normal per tier.

-Thrusters: Kaiser activates several thrusters around his body, allowing him to fly for the cost of 1 mana per turn.

Medium:
-Light Armor: Kaiser creates a set of light, metallic armor over him (+4 D/R). It self repairs itself, which requires a stream of 1 mana per turn. The smallest one.

-Weapon Creation(Ranged): Creates a  sort of Gauss rifle (+3) that shoots bullets at high speeds akin to a standard firearm. Image

-Weapon Upgrades: Kaiser uses special nanomush on a weapon, improving its quality. It self repairs itself, which requires a stream of 2 mana per turn. (Upgrades any metal weapon by (++1) , up to (+10).)

-Create items: Can create and reshape even larger, metallic objects. Up to car sized.

Big:

-Heavy Armor: Kaiser creates a set of heavy armor on himself. (+6 D/R) Has a life support system. The middle one.

-Advanced Weapon Creation: Kaiser creates a larger ranged weapon,(+3) that shoots standard fire, larger shells or straight nanomush. Nanomush shots cost an additional 2 mana.

-Create items: Can create and reshape even larger, metallic objects. Up to tank size.

-Shred: Damages a metal object. Damage done is calculated as normal per tier.

Enormous:

-Mega Armor: Kaiser creates a massive combat suit on himself. (+8 D/R) It self repairs itself, which requires a stream of 3 mana per turn. The big one.

-BFG: Kaiser creates a massive gauss chaingun/cannon combo (+7), which he can only properly use with the Mega Armor.

-Create massive item: Can create even larger, metallic objects. Up until A380 Airbus sized. Mana cost dependant on object size.

-Shred: Damages a metal object. Damage done is calculated as normal per tier.

Ultimate

-Titanic shifting (15 mana): Can create and reshape metallic objects the size of a skyscraper. May require sacrificing a body part to a similar fate as his eye.

-Full Assimilation: 25 mana Completely consumes a weakened (>10% health) target enemy, stealing any equipment they had, and storing their consciousness/AI if they have one.

[PrivateNomad]

Aww

[Projeck37]

Side Characters:

Spoiler: Isaac Winter (click to show/hide)

Name: Isaac Winter

Age: 17

Description: A 6'3" male with rather short light brown hair and a rather slim build, while still being muscular. Son of a mortal woman and Ea (gotta change it up a bit ), which explains his habits of tinkering and improving weapons and other devices. Born in Germany, and adopted into an abroad family whose father is part of the US air force (stationed there obviously).

Level 6:
45 exp

Stats:
Health: 15 - 45 HP
Mana: 20 - 40 MP
Speed: 14
Skill: 15
Strength: 3
Magic: 29
Defence: 14
Resistance: 14

Equipment: Gauntlet of Focus- +2 MAG. +3 versus stunned targets.

Perks:
Mana Frugal: -1 mana cost to all spells.
-Hidden Level 5 Perk-

Ability: Projection magic. Makes temporary weightless, unbreakable objects extend from already existing matter. It takes on other properties of the material, such as wood being able to burn and oxygen letting you, well, breathe it. These projections can be made permanent instead of temporary, without any drawbacks.
Hidden Ability: TN for indentifying/creating items lowers by 1 with each attempt. Can easily improve mistakes in self-made equipment by one tier. The highest something can be improved to is Good quality.

Negligible: Simple projections, such as small spikes or a 4x4ft wall.

Small: Standard spike, about the length of a normal pair of scissors. Perfectly geometric cone. Or a 8x8ft wall. Etc.

Medium: A spike about 2 feet long. Or a 12x12ft wall. A small defensive bubble with a 3 foot radius. Etc. (TN:3)

Big: A spike roughly 4 feet long, with smaller spikes sticking out the side, like thorns. A 16x16 ft wall. A defensive bubble with a 6 foot radius. Etc. (TN:6, or 3 and -1 extra mana).

Special Move: Aerial Lance- Isaac creates 2 intertwining spikes from both of his hands, forming a long lance. He creates platforms that send him into the air, spiraling into his target, and impaling them with the projection lance. (7 mana. Counts as a Big spell.)

Enormous: A spike of... exceedingly large size. 8 whopping feet long. A 20x20 ft wall. A defensive bubble with a 12 foot radius. Etc. (TN:9, or 6 and -1 extra mana)

Gigantic: A spike too big for any person really, 16 ft long. 24x24 ft wall. Defensive bubble with a 24 ft radius. Etc. (TN:12, or 9 and -1 extra mana)

Colossal: Mainly finisher catagory, being -14 mana for this, and a TN of 15, or 12 for -1 extra mana. Damage at dMAG+120%

Bigger Colossal: -16 mana, TN of 18, or 15 for -1 extra mana. Damage at dMAG+140%

Spoiler: Tobias (click to show/hide)

  Tobias
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Appearance: Image

Level 7:
30/100XP

Stats
Health - 15 -- 45 HP
Mana - 16 -- 32 MP
Speed - 14
Skill - 13
Strength - 9
Mag - 32
Defense - 15
Resistance - 14

Perks:
Shadow Being: +2 DEF in human form, or +2 RES in Shadow Form.
Summoner's Blood: Summons cost, and have the same TN as the next lowest tier.

Equipment:
Custom 3D Maneuver Gear- +5 to Speed and +3 to Strength when using. Grants semi flight.
Hardened Steel Blades- +2 Damage. Ignores Light Armor.

Ability: Shadow Magic. Can summon shadow beings to fight for him, or use the enemy's own shadow to attack. Can also send a Shadow Ball at a target.

Negligible- Summons two small, Shadow beings.

Small- Summons a small, 25 stat base Shadow.
OR
Sends a tiny Shadow ball at the enemy.

Medium- Summons a medium, 50 stat base Shadow. Or, two small 25 stat base Shadows. (TN: 3)
OR
Sends a regular sized Shadow ball at the enemy.
OR
Uses a shadow to attack the enemy.

Big- Summons a big, 75 stat base Shadow. Or, two 50 stat base Shadows. (TN: 6)
OR
Big Shadow Ball
OR
A shadow attacks the enemy

Enormous- Summons an enormous, 100 stat base Shadow. Or, two 75 stat base Shadows. (TN: 9)
OR
Enormous Shadow ball
OR
A shadow attacks the enemy.

Gigantic- Summons a gigantic, 125 stat base Shadow. Or, two 100 stat base Shadows. (TN: 12)
OR
Gigantic Shadow Ball
OR
A shadow attacks the enemy.

Epic- Summons an epic, 150 stat base Shadow. Or, two 125 stat base Shadows. Or thirty-two Shadows (flavor). (TN: 15)
OR
Epic Shadow Ball the size of a school bus.
OR
A shadow engulfs the enemy, causing damage, and giving the target fear for three turns.

Colossal- Summons a colossal, 175 stat base Shadow. Or, two 150 stat base Shadows. Or sixty-four Shadows (viewed as one big entity, really only for flavor). (TN: 18, or TN: 15, takes -2 extra mana and 1d8 damage)
OR
Colossal Shadow Ball the size of a garbage truck.
OR
A shadow engulfs the enemy, causing damage, and giving the target fear for four turns.

Bigger Colossal- Summons a colossal, 200 stat base Shadow. Or, two 175 stat base Shadows. Or sixty-four Shadows (viewed as one big entity, really only for flavor). (TN: 21, or TN: 18 for -2 extra mana and 1d8 damage)
OR
A bigger colossal Shadow Ball the size of [too big]
OR
A shadow engulfs the enemy, causing damage, and giving the target fear for four turns.

.:Special Summon:.
U’balik the Mighty: The captain of the Shadow Guard. 200 stat summon, takes a summoning ritual that takes 3 turns. No TN, but costs 15 mana, and deals Tobias 1d8 damage. The mana cost can be reduced by 3 each extra turn Tobias decides to use.

NOTE: Shadow beings are immune to any physical attack (this includes bullets). Take double damage from light-based, and fire-based magic.

Spoiler: Marilyn (NPC) (click to show/hide)

Name: Marilyn [redacted]
Age: 20
Description: http://i.imgur.com/KcVgGnx.png


Level 17
0/100 exp

Stats: /168
Health: 35 - 105 HP
Mana: 22 - 44 MP
Speed: 10
Skill: 20
Strength: 35
Magic: 16
Defence: 10
Resistance: 10

Perks:
 Strength of the Ice: +3 to STR rolls, or alternatively, +3 to DEF rolls.
 Relentless: If her first attack misses, then she gets another attempt, with normal damage.
 Bringer of Winter: An aura surrounds this character, that decreases the enemy's speed by a quarter.
 Polar Hunter: Her first strike of combat gets a bonus +10 STR.

Weapon: Frostbite- HF Blade. Black Steel. +7 DMG.
Armor: Plate of the Blizzard- +3 DR, -2 SPD. Wearer is immune to Cold Magic.
Abilities: Can boost Strength, Skill, and Speed in the exact same fashion as Icarus, by overdriving her blade’s power. Reference Linda's SP abilites for Marilyn. I'm too lazy.
            Can also use ice magic.

[PrivateNomad]

When we make the trope page, lets not clog it with the old stuff.

[Laura]

Finished character right after the OP. That work out for now?

[PrivateNomad]

The abilities tend to scale. You could summon a treant at small and give it a higher stat base as it goes higher.

[kj1225]

When we make the trope page, lets not clog it with the old stuff.

...
Okay, I'll bite, why are we suddenly using a new trope page?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Kyle Johnson
Male
Age: 23
Description:  A tall 23 year old with brown eyes and hair that wears glasses. In the back of his pants is a cold steel machete. He wears what looks like a bulky version of the SPARTAN armor.

XP:  15


Stats    (100)
 HP------20 (+1) (-5 for one in game week) [48]
 MP------8 [16]
 SPD-----12 (+1)
 SKL-----16 (+1)
 STR-----13 (+1)
 MAG----- 16
 DEF----- 13
 RES-----14

Perks:
-Technical genius (Gadgeteer):  Allows construction of technical marvels. (I.e. Power armor)

Disadvantages:
-Chronic Depression (Mild) (-7 Points)
-Lecherousness (-15 Points)

Equipment
-Power armor:  Gives +1 HP, SPD, SKL, STR, the flight ability, and it takes 10 points less damage from all attacks, no penalty to hit, can break down [-35%], Can be Stolen [-10%], Unique [-25%]
-Machete:  +2 strength
-Mana sucker pistol:  Can suck mana from opponents as well as firing in various modes.
- Net launcher:  TN 7 to escape.

Ability: Kyle can fly, and controls air.

Negligible-
Air buckler- Forms a small shield to block attacks. Adds +1 defense that negates damage if the roll is under the defense roll. (Shield can be increased in size for more Defense and cool factor)

Air ball- Allows him to form an air ball that constantly swirls.

Medium-
Garula:  Fires a cyclone at a single opponent. Attack (4-yard area), Mana Cost (29*0.2=6)

Rashengan- (Requires a successful air ball.) Makes the ball move at extreme speeds dealing damage and looking fucking awesome.

Magarula: Fires cyclones at several opponents. Attack (2-yard area, RoF 7), Mana Cost (32*0.2=7)

Major-
Diarama, Media: Heals an ally using wind, for 1/2 of their HP and 1/4 of their HP respectively.  Healing (Cheaper, +50%) (45)

Dome- creates a nearly impenetrable dome.

Enormous- Shocker:  Kyle uses the air to make a huge static shock. Uses 3d6
Rot- Kyle makes a person's defense drop by 10% by oxidizing their equipment.

Entrapment finisher- Entraped enemies are crushed into a ball with the force of the air.

[PrivateNomad]

Current one is really clogged up in my opinion. We could just add on to it, I guess. Keep the old one and use a new one maybe.

[kj1225]

That's kind of a thing that happens to trope overdosed works. It's not all that surprising.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Right.
*begins plotting Izzy, Albrecht and Maria shenanigans*

[ragnarok97071]

... so I'm thinking of reentering with Shys as an envoy from the Midorikawa Group.

If I do, permission to literally have her stat sheet be 100 points in Variable Pool or whatever the advantage that is just a big pool of reassignable character points?