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[GiglameshDespair]

IC is up!

Long ago, the mortal races lived on a single world - the shell of the great earth goddess, Teryavere. But when her heart was broken, so deep was her grief that her very body broke and scattered to the heavens. The mortal races were cast out into the void - but they persevered, building ships that sailed the Ether and colonies to rebuild what was lost.
 
Life is preserved by the binding of spirits and demons, who provide gravity and air, heat and fertile soil. Such binding are possible through mana, mined from the rock or through the blood rituals of the elves.
 
As one of several, you have banded together and have purchased a old, run down ship - for whatever reason, you plan to sail the void. Are you looking for wealth? Every man has heard the rumours of the fragments of the Goddess hidden in the void. For power? Mighty captains command fleets, and men spring to action at their word, and many had beginnings as humble as you are now.

Revenge?

Whatever the reason, you have decided that you will sail the void - for all things can be found in the Ocean of Stars...
 
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Spoiler: SPIRITS AND DEMONS (click to show/hide)

SPIRITS AND DEMONS
 
Spirits and demons are the basis of life in the Final Ocean. They both require mana, which is crystallised magic energy. Mana is associated with the sun, and can be found in greater quantities the more in-system you go. Mana is both a fuel and a currency - small disks of purified mana are often used as coins.
 
SPIRITS
 
Spirits are very simple, magic given basic life and a command by a mage. When summoned, the mage will attempt to give the spirit a focus. A fire spirit would deal with heat, typically producing; a spirit of decay could crumble rock into dust and rot food. Spirits are almost mindless, but dislike being given life - if their binding is broken they typically release all the mana they're holding as quickly as possible and cease existence. This makes them safer in many sense than demons, as they will never form grudges, but their abilities are limited in scope. A spirit that exists for a very long time can become a demon.
 
A skilled spiritologist can give them more advanced commands and bind stronger spirits.

An example of a command a spirit could fulfil is "Increase the power of this crossbow."
An example of a command a spirit could not fulfil is "When a enemy approaches, fire the crossbow at him."
 
DEMONS
 
Demons are intelligent, animate forces of magic. Demons have their own thoughts and opinions, even if many of them are not terribly bright. Binding them is more complicated, but done well demons can be much more useful than spirits. Demons also have focuses, but this restricts them less than a spirit. Some demons are malignant, and may try to trick or harm their binder, but some may be befriended and help beyond their duty as best they can. Demons may form grudges, particularly if they are desummoned by running out of mana. This is very unpleasant for the demon. Demons claim to reside in the Not-Here when not summoned, but that is as much as they will say about the matter.
 
Demons associated with plants and life are called Fey, and have a particular connection with Elves and the goddess Teryavere. All races use Fey to an extent, to assist in growing crops vital for life. Very weak demons are often called things like Gremlins, and powerful ones Devils, but in truth the categorisation is without solid boundaries.
 
Particular demons can be summoned by using their name and modifying the ritual to their affinity. A ritual designed to summon a demon without specifying the name of the demon gets one according to the skill of the demonologist. A cleverer, more powerful demon can fulfil commands better, but often falls into resentment quicker - or has sinister intentions from the start.

When summoned, a demon has a malignancy roll. The lower it is, the more a demon is likely to try to 'creatively interpret' your orders or outright try to work against you (as far as it can, being bound).
 

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Spoiler: OCEAN MAP (click to show/hide)

MAP
 
SUN---Golska--- Ynidus---The Scatter---Tanglewoods---Losanii---Britagl
 
GOLSKA
 
A burning world. Far to close to the sun to support life. The surface is airless and molten, and contains great quantities of mana, but none can get to it and live.
 
YNIDUS
 
Ynidus itself is deadly hot, with the temperature in the sun too great to survive - the very stone turns to lava doing the day. The atmosphere is poisonous and more acidic the closer to the surface you go. The night is cooler, and in it lives the dwarves in their walking cities. Has thick deposits of mana, which allow the great cities to continue to function. Few outsiders come to Ynidus and stay - some dwarves leave on the trade-ships alongside shipments of mana and metals.
 
THE SCATTER
 
The world-that-was. Nothing more than a thick asteroid field, the Scatter hosts to disparate nations of humanity. Contains many relics of the old world, and perhaps even tiny fragments of the dead goddess. Medium levels of mana deposits. Thick with merchant traders, navies and raiders. A good level of resources, much of which go to repulsing the constant elf raids. Friendliness depends on wealth and location. Elves are rarely welcomed on their own, but both they and dwarves have small populations with the Scatter
 
TANGLEWOOD
 
The Tanglewood is the primary home of the elves. This is a great cluster of gnarled roots and branches holding together clusters of rocks and ice. Greatly overcrowded, it constantly grows the great hollow trees the elves use as ships before they break off and sail towards the Scatter to raid. Contains a large shard of the goddess, which is bolstered by constant sacrifice. Hostile to outsiders, but perhaps one strong enough to prove themselves. Poor in resources.
 
LOSANII
 
A gas giant. The moons within the rings are small, and not particularly rich. Has a small population of humans and non-Tanglewood elves, who live a harsh life fearing raiders.
 
BRITAGL
 
A frozen wasteland. Small, and far from the sun, it has little heat and little mana. Perhaps a few hermits live here, hwing out a basic life. If one wished to never be found, they would come here.
 

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Spoiler: RACES (click to show/hide)

RACES
 
HUMANS
Themes: renaissance; advancement
Bonus: +2 for crafting and rituals involving only spirits.
 
Humans can be found in disparate nations throughout the Scatter, clinging on to the remmants of the Old World. With access to the ruins that remain, they are perhaps the most technologically advanced, which helps them hold back the elven raiders. With decent mana supplies to power their ships and islands, they are currently expanding despite elven raids.
 
Humans tend to rely on simple spirits rather than demons, preferring to try to make up the gaps with technology.
 
DWARVES
Themes: toil; endurance
Bonus: +4 health; +2 to resist hostile conditions (the void, smoke inhalation, etc)
 
After the Scattering, many dwarves found themselves ill-suited for life in the void. To that end, they settled on Ynidus. Golska was too hot beyond any spirit or demons' means to fix - Losanii had no surface, and Britagl was both distant and infinitely cold, with few mana deposits at all.
 
Ynidus itself is deadly hot, with the temperature in the sun too great to survive - the very stone turns to lava doing the day. The atmsosphere is poisonous and more acidic the closer to the surface you go. The night is cooler, however, and the dwarves have adapted to their new world but keeping to the night - they have build cities on the backs of  titanic, crab like behemoths of enchanted stone that trudge endlessly across the surface, dwarves swarming down to quickly mine mana deposits and fleeing before the sun comes up. The walking cities rarely come near each other, and when they do there is other a flurry of trade - and violence on the surface over mana deposits.
 
The dwarves use springjacks, giant stone devices shaped like fleas that spring into the upper atmosphere to catch or release ships to allow trade and movement between the surface and the void.
 
Unfortunately, they are not the only ones living on the world. Many dragons descended from the void, quickly adapting to the hostile surface. These wyrms prey on the dwarves that leave the cities to mine.
 
ELVES
Themes: struggle; ferocity
Bonus: +2 dodge, +2 to rituals involving Fey; -4 to rituals involving other demons.
 
The elves, after the Scattering, found themselves in a desperate position. Their innate connection to fey demons, opposed to any other, meant they were limited in their magics. They also had very little resources of metals or mana available. With their prodigious birthrate, it also meant that the few resources they had were stretched to their limits.
 
The elves responded to this by becoming raiders, reliant on blood magic, to ensure their civilisation continued. They sail the ether in great trees that detach from the jumble of rock and roots called the Tanglewood, raiding and pillaging anything they can. Fortunately for the humans, with the elves poor supplies and lack of knowledge on siegecraft they are rarely able to hold territory they take.
 
The Tanglewood is maintained by a shard of the Earth Goddess, who is mainly powered by the sacrifice of captives - the elves have very little mana deposits.
 
The Elves have developed a caste-based structure based on martial and magical ability.

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Spoiler: SAILING AND DANGERS (click to show/hide)

There are many dangers in the void.

The not least of those are running out of supplies or power. This is slightly abstracted.

The ship typically runs off mana - the mana used for fuel and used as money typically differs in purity, but money can be used as fuel if needed. Ship mana is less purified, sold in barrels, and takes up room in the ship hold. The more enchantments on a ship, the more fuel it uses up per day. Without power, you will no longer have things such as gravity, movement, or air. This is typically best avoided.

Supplies are simply food and water. This goes down based on the number of crew on the ship per day.

Sometimes you will be attacked by - or attack - other ships or creatures such as space dragons. If such a thing occurs, there is a chance you will be exposed to the void in the course of battle. If unprotected by a spacesuit, you will have to pass a consecutively harder roll each turn or take damage.

MONEY

Money is in the form of highly purified disks of mana, the size of coins. In an emergency, this can be used for power. Purified mana is represented with a m - so a dagger could cost 10m, for example. 1m can buy five units of fuel.

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Spoiler: MAKING A CHARACTER (click to show/hide)

Name: your name, son
Gender: try and guess
Race: Human, elf, or dwarf.
HP: 10 unless modified

Skills: Choose two of the following skills, or make a suggestion for me to consider.

COMBAT
Brute: +2 damage in melee
Brawler: +2 damage when unarmed
Fighter: +2 accuracy in melee
Marksman: +2 accuracy at range
Survivor: +4 HP
Sneak: you gain a +2 bonus to attempts to hide.
Double weapon: you can use a knife or shortsword sized weapon in the offhand without penalty.

SAILING:
Navigator: +2 on navigation rolls
Skilled pilot: +2 on manoeuvring small spaceships
Repairman: +2 to repairing objects and ships
Gunner: +2 to hit with ship weaponry

SUMMONING
Basic spiritologist: +2 on summoning spirits
Basic demonologist: +2 on summoning demons
Demonfriend: +2 on malignancy rolls involving demons
Demon Ally: you know the name of a particular, medium strength demon. This should be discussed with me as to the limits and benefits.

SOCIAL:
Charismatic: +2 on rolls to convince people
Ally: you have a particular ally, who you can appeal to for particular help. This should be discussed with me as to the limits and benefits.
Doctor: +2 on rolls involving medicine and healing

Starting gear: You have ten points to distribute for equipment. Things such as ordinary clothes, soap, paper, etc, you can assume to have.

Weapons:
These may be the precise items listed or an equivalent: a mace is equal to a shortsword, etc

Brass knuckles: 1d3, counts as unarmed, one hand: 1 p
Dagger: 1d4, one hand: 1p
Shortsword/shortaxe: 1d6, one hand: 2p
Longsword/ battleaxe:1d8, one hand: 3p
Greatsword: 2d5, two handed: 4p

Ranged weapons come with 10 of their relevant ammunition.
Shortbow: 1d6, two handed: 2p
Longbow: 1d8, two handed: 3p
Light crossbow: 2d4, two handed, reloads: 2p
Heavy crossbow: 2d5, two handed, reloads: 3p
Hand crossbow: 1d6, one handed, reloads: 3p (note - it takes a second hand to reload)
Musket: 2d6, two handed, reloads: 5p

10 arrows: 1p
10 bolts: 2p
10 cartridges: 3p

Armour:
Armour can have two effects: it can increase or decrease your armour class - how hard it is for you to be hit - and increase your damage resistance, which reduces the damage you take when you are.

Buckler: +1AC, one hand: 2p
Light shield: +2AC, one hand: 3p
Heavy shield: +3AC, one hand: 4p

Heavy robes: +1AC: 3p
Leathers: +2AC: 4p
Chainmail: +1AC, +1DR: 4p
Splint mail: +2 DR: 5p
Light plate: -1 AC, +3DR: 5p
Heavy plate: -2AC, +5DR: 6p

Summoning:
Book of Spiritology: +2 to spirit rituals turn after reading: 5p
Book of Demonology: +2 to demon rituals turn after reading: 6p

Medical:
Bandages: Heals 1HP. Cannot stack for the same wound. 1 use. 1p
Antidote: cures common poisons. 1 use. 2p
Basic medical kit: each use heals 1/2/3/4+ HP, depending on the roll. 5 uses. 3p
Advanced medical kit: each use heals 3/4/5/6+ HP, depending on roll. 5 uses. Cures common poisons. 5p

Your special item:
This is something important to your character, and quite possibly valuable. A spyglass? If this is a exceedingly good weapon or suit of armour, it will give extra benefits, but you would still have to purchase the item with points beforehand.
 
Description: looks and personality

Backstory: who are you?

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Any questions, or has everyone been scared off by that wall of text?

[GiglameshDespair]

This is not first come first serve.

Spoiler: Example sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Johnas Celton
Gender: M
Race: Human#
HP: 10

Skills: Basic demonologist, brawler

Starting gear:

Brass knuckles: 1d3, counts as unarmed, one hand: 1 p
Dagger: 1d4, one hand: 1p
Book of Demonology: +2 to demon rituals turn after reading: 6p
Bandages: Heals 1HP. Cannot stack for the same wound. 1 use. 1p x2

Your special item:
Fey charm - this is a token of favour, made by a fey. Typically only granted to elves, Johnas looted this off the body of an elven raider. It grants a bonus to malignancy rolls when summoning fey.
 
Description: Johnas is a bookish looking sort, but the scars on his knuckles bely a hidden steel. He is not overly tall, and typically wears plain if well made clothes. His brown eyes are the same as his close-cropped hair. He is no-nonsense and stern, but is willing - some would say too willing - to talk for hours about summoning and demonlogy in particular.

Backstory: Raised in a family of scholars, elven raiders attacked his home asteroid village of Celtsrock when he was a young man. As he house burned, he saw his mother cut down before his eyes. In a fury he'd never felt before, he leapt at the raider - with great anger he struck the elf again and again, heedless of the injuries he took. After the long months it took to restore the village, he decided to set out into the void - if he became rich, if he became powerful, he could return and protect his home from any more of the dangers of the deep stars.

Playerlist:

[Haspen]

PTW!

[Pencil_Art]

PTW. Sheet incoming.

[spümpkin]

This looks like quite a venture to be had.

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Name: Raelyn Ashter
Gender: Female
Race: Human.
HP: 10

Skills: Demonfriend, Charismatic.

Starting gear:

Light crossbow: 2d4, two handed, reloads: 2p
10 bolts: 2p
Book of Demonology: +2 to demon rituals turn after reading: 6p

Your special item:
Demonic Flute: Raelyn carries with her an ancient flute, which when played, makes it much easier to calm down demons. She inherited it from her grandmother, a famed demonologist (ability to re-roll malignancy rolls once per demon.)

Description:
Raelyn is... fairly average looking. She has a streak of red in her hair, and a scar running all the way across her face, but aside from that, there's not much to say. She is quite a shy person, and generally won't get involved in much unless explicitly asked to, and she is mostly willing to bow to most's needs. That is, when she's dealing with people. When she's dealing with demons, however, her other 'side' takes over, and she gets vicious, and unrelenting. In this 'mode' she won't listen to anyone, and do whatever she thinks needs doing, whether it's right or wrong. This makes her generally less lenient to demons, and as such they listen to her more. It is quite stark in contrast when she plays her flute in this mode, as she calms down and plays a soothing melody, like she is her usual self again.

Backstory:
Raelyn thought she lived an average life growing up. She was wrong. All the 'business trips' her parents had taken, had actually been going out to perform jobs as demonologists, and she only found out about this after she left home, and got a call from her grandmother. Her parents had died. She had rushed home, in a fit of rage, but seeing them being killed by a demon was too much. She banished the demon then and there, using one of her parents spell books, and visited her grandmother soon after. She was given her flute, and a quest. She must go out, and find the truth about the demon world, so she can find out how her parents had died in the first place. Oh yeah, and also so she can murder the demon who killed her parents.

[Twinwolf]

PTW and making a sheet.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Jane Treston
Gender: Female
Race: Human
HP: 10

Skills:
Repairman: +2 to repairing objects and ships
Gunner: +2 to hit with ship weaponry

Starting gear:
Leathers: +2AC: 4p
Shortbow: 1d6, two handed: 2p
   20 arrows: 2p

Your special item:
Magi-tool: An engineering tool, that functions as several different commonly needed tools- and a few specialty tools- at once, changing it's shape to match the job. Adds a GM-determined bonus to engineering-related checks.
 
Description: A short woman- although not dwarf-short- with medium length, black hair and light brown eyes- although you can't see the latter under the goggles she's usually wearing. She has pale skin, due to usually being under the decks of ships rather than in the sunlight.

Backstory: Jane's lived in the ships and stations of the Scatter her whole life. Her father was a cargo ship captain, and her mother his first mate. Not a very formal ship. She was born in between docks, so she isn't technically a citizen of any particular nation of the Scatter. Being born and raised on a ship, she knows how they work, usually, and became a mechanic once she was old enough- and learned how to use the guns she so often had to repair- and became a fixture of the crew. Eventually the ship was retired with her father's death of a bad sickness. She had to take a job on a new ship. She met the Captain, got offered a job, and that was that.

[adwarf]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Granite Ironblood
Gender: Male
Race: Dwarf
HP: 14

Skills: Brute, Brawler

Starting gear:
Heavy Plate [-2AC, +5DR: 6p]
2x Bandages [Heals 1HP. Cannot stack for the same wound. 1 use.]

Your special item:
Pair of Masterwork Adamantine Knuckles - These were supposedly made by a very distant relative of Granite's back when all the races lived on a single world, before the races learned to sail through the Ether, and supposedly they had been forged specifically for use on demons though if that was true it's long since lost any power it may have had. They're worn down and marked from the countless times they have been used, but they still hold a certain rugged charm that makes one wonder at what craftsman could have made it. [2 Points]
 
Description: Granite Ironblood is of average height for dwarves with a sturdy physique born from years of mining, and quite a few bar fights though those are of much lesser note than his former life as a miner. He is bald with a neatly trimmed grey beard obscuring the lower half of a face that's been busted up a few too many times.

Backstory: Granite was born the son of a miner and a somewhat wealthy merchant's daughter who promptly abandoned his care solely to his father before leaving their lives entirely due to what she claimed was a 'mistake made in the haziness of drink'. From there he spent his time being watched over by the wives of other miners who were more than willing to help out their husbands' friend with only a few times throughout the year when he'd get to actually meet with his father who would always spend some of his meager remaining wages to buy him a gift. Though meetings with his father were rare, Granite still gained from them a dedication to hard work and a desire to make his place in life better so that his children wouldn't have to endure the same lifestyle him and his father had. Of course when he grew old enough to work his father helped him get a job with the mining crew he ran with, and gifted him the family heirloom, a pair of battered adamantine knuckles that had been in the family for centuries he said. Now, after mining for so long he hopes to set out into the Ether in search of wealth.

[Romans]

Sheet done!

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Name: Xandria Manadhel
Gender:Female
Race:Elf
HP: 10

Skills: Marksman, Basic spiritologist




Starting gear: Longbow: 1d8, two handed: 3p, 20 arrows: 2p, Book of Spiritology: +2 to spirit rituals turn after reading: 5p


Your special item: An ornate locket with the name of a demon inside, only known to her family. This demon is extremely malignant and usually finds a way to kill or at least harm in some way the owner.

 
Description: Long Black hair while she is not the prettiest of Elves there is a commanding and fierce aura about her. She has thin narrow features with piercing blue eyes, she is of nimble frame but is stronger then she looks. She is of average height for an elf and she is never seen without a locket around her neck.

Backstory: Alexandria comes from a proud and noble family of elf's who are slowly fading away. Her family guards the last known traces of several demons, believing that while these things are evil they should not be forgotten. In emergencies they call up these demons, who often betray their master after the deed. That was how her father was killed, he summoned the demon who's name she now carries around her neck. She avoids summoning any demons and prefers to use spirits, and her bow. She wants to make a name for herself and revive her family name. So she strikes out, to make a place for herself in the universe.

[Haspen]

If this goes well, me and DigitalDemon can team up to scam people with Raelyn's and Richard's DOUBLECHARISMA and we will sell demonskin sweat oil as miracle medicine and become filthy rich, muahahaha.

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Name: Richard Bartholomew Puddington of Largeham City
Gender: (Gentle)man
Race: Human
HP: 10

Skills: Doctor, Charismatic

Starting Gear: Light crossbow + 10 bolts + Basic medkit + Antidote + Bandages (2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 1 = all 10 spent)

Your Special Item:
Puddington's Teacup: An exceptional artifact of porcelain and brass, Puddington's Teacup enhances the quality and taste of any tea that ends filling up its majestic innards.

Description:
An eccentric man in his mid-thirties, Richard Bartholomew Puddington is a medium-sized, averagely-sculpted male with impeccable dress, almost always wearing black pants and white shirt and a black bowler hat. His ashen moustache is well-groomed and his ashen hair is short and kept slick. Not a hair does adorn his chin, however, a fact that always hangs heavy on poor Richard's heart. Whenever he is reading a book or a scroll, his attire is enhanced by a pair of reading glasses; oval lenses set in black bronze frame.

Backstory:
Little is known of Richard Bartholomew Puddington's early life as there is definitely no place called Largeham, least it having any sort of nobility or reputable house. T'was just a flight of fancy that Richard took on this elaborate name, as it did help his trade - after he failed a medical school of some renown, he had to resort to making medicine, less or more efficient, to go with his life. Said elaborate 'family name' just puts a certain degree of respect to the man, and to his strange and mysterious and enigmatic tinctures and tonics and brews (which often are distilled and spiced fruit juices (of which mango juice is Richard's favorite)). His years at the medical school did leave him a skilled doctor, as Richard Bartholomew Puddington is not a stupid man - nay, only a person as smart as him could attain such a skill at medicine AND profit off the fake products with such ease!

[spümpkin]

That can be a side thing, while I'm summoning and slaying demons.

[Mopsy]

Here is my sheet. By the way, how is this game intended to flow? Will PC's submit one action per turn or will actions be resolved individually? Will it be combat-heavy, RP-heavy or somewhere in between?

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Name:   Hyury Akebey
Gender: Male
Race:   Human
HP:     10

Skills:
   Repairman: +2 to repairing objects and ships
   Ally: The Uplifters (see Backstory)

Starting gear:
   Shortaxe: 1d6, one hand: 2p
   Book of Spiritology: +2 to spirit rituals turn after reading: 5p
   Basic medical kit: each use heals 1/2/3/4+ HP, depending on the roll. 5/5 uses. 3p
   2p + 5p + 3p = 10p.
   Padded leather coif: Free?
   Linen jumpsuit with tool belt: Free?
   Toolkit: Free?

Your special item:
   Uplifter Device: A smooth, rectangular slab of very dark gray stone. About as large
   as a human hand. Surprisingly light. When touched by its owner, it opens like
   a book to reveal a compartment for storing small tools, keys, money, etc.
   
   So far, its nothing out of the ordinary for a spiritized knick-knack. The unusual
   thing about it is that it lets Hyury locate and communicate with other Uplifter
   contacts, and with the Uplifters themselves. The Uplifters have hinted that it
   also has other powers, for use in dire emergencies.

Description:
   A man in his late twenties, reasonably fit and of slightly below average height.
   Greyish blue eyes, platinum blond hair in a crew cut. Not a party dude, but curious
   and fond of constructive debates, unless he's working on something.

Backstory:
   Hyury is a shipboard repairman. It is his job to calmly deal with shattered planks,
   frayed ropes, bent axles and frazzled spirits while everyone screams and everything
   explodes. He likes his job, but he also serves a far greater purpose.
   
   It was three years ago now that he was first contacted by the Uplifters. They
   told him that they had been watching the peoples of the shattered world, observing
   the violence and misery of their lives. Now they had decided to do something about
   it, even though it was contrary to the established rules of their kind, which put
   great emphasis on non-interference in the affairs of less ascended cultures.
   Therefore, they had to use subtle methods, acting via local contacts dispersed all
   over the system.
   
   Was he skeptical about mysterious strangers with grand and noble ambitions?
   Did he suspect that "they" were actually Elf intelligence, or some insane demon?
   That was good. Sensible. If he wanted to, they'd show him their network in action.
   Sparking innovations, establishing cooperation, occasionally removing tyrants from
   the scene. Hyury was, eventually, convinced. Most of the time he uses his mechanical
   and spiritological skills to tweak things here and there. Tweaking for progress.
   The world was shattered in a day. It will take many years to put it back together.

[Pencil_Art]

Spoiler: Gert Firebrand (click to show/hide)

Name: Gert Firebrand
Gender: Male
Race: Dwarf
HP: 14

Skills: Choose two of the following skills, or make a suggestion for me to consider.
- Navigator
- Demonfriend

Starting gear:

Weapons:

- Long Sword
- Light crossbow
- 10 bolts
- Medical kit

Your special item:
Ancient Toolkit: An interesting keepsake Gert inherited from his ancestors, this set of ancient yet still useful equipment provides bonuses to repairing ship parts. It appears to have a greater affect on magical components.
 
Description: Gert is a generally amicable and likable person, but likes working with machinery so much that when he is working he doesn't really have much time to talk to real people, without being totally distracted. He has a long, brown beard, and wears overalls and other tough clothing in his line of work. He does make time to talk to demons, though, finding them fascinating. If he's got nothing else to do, he will talk to people, but he fumbles often in social situations. He seems at least competent at using weapons, but swings them a tad too freely, a testament to his mining days.

Backstory:
Gert grew up on one of the huge city-creations on the surface of Ynidus, brought up by his miner father and a mother who had associations with the supernatural. He, as a child, often watched her mother working with the demons and spirits, and his mother, enthusiastic to have a eager and willing learner (for once), taught him the ropes of talking to demons (scary!) with gusto. He always had a fondness for those creatures of the other world, so free in comparison to him.

Gert Firebrand used to work in the mines in Ynidus, but was always fascinated with machinery more then the treasures that could be found beneath the surface of Ynidus, especially after a wyrm attack that took most of the people he knew to the next life. He decisively stopped working in the mining business and decided that any job would be better than what he had then. He caught the next ship off the planet and spent some time trying to find a job that would put him nowhere near the mines of Ynidus, which he now considered a haunted place.

Looking for his place in the world, Gert took a spot upon this ship, partially because he was curious, and partially so he could have a stable(ish?) job. Perhaps he would see what it was like to be a demon.

[Sl4cker]

Spoiler: not enough tree-huggers, i say (click to show/hide)

Name: Callisto Galilei
Gender: Male
Race: Elf
HP: 10

Sneak
Infiltrator - +2 to picking locks, getting past doors, and other such acts of breaking and entering.

Starting Gear:
Serrated dagger(Shortsword equivalent) : 1d6, one hand: 2p
Light crossbow: 2d4, two handed, reloads: 2p
10 bolts: 2p
Leathers: +2AC: 4p

Your special item:
Zephyr Bracelet: A technological marvel, this "watch" has the ability to almost instantly copy a 3D image of an item, and create a static illusion of that item that Callisto could hide inside, although any sort of electrical or magical interference could make that illusion disappear easily. This prize was stolen by Callisto during his first and last raid, and is responsible for jumpstarting his career in thievery. "Zephyr Bracelet" probably isn't actually what it's called, but it's a cool name nonetheless.
 
Description: Callisto is tall for an elf, with a thin and lithe build. He has dull blond hair, which is somehow still well maintained. Otherwise, nothing truly stands out at all - one could forget his face easily in a crowd; a useful trait to have in the profession of his. Personality-wise,  he is rough, determined and a bit of an ass; he'd be right at home with alcoholics and brutes. One would be pretty hard-pressed to love Callisto Galilei, especially if one were an elf.

Backstory: Ever since Callisto was young, he wanted the Tanglewood to be more magnificent. Not out of any desire to help his world, however - Callisto merely wised to be surrounded by splendor. He has heard of the scorched, walking cities of Ynidus, the divergent nations of the Scatter, and yet those places might as well be paradise compared to the Tanglewood. So, when he became of age, Callisto knew he needed to be in a raid, which he was accepted into due to his deftness with a blade. During the raid, he looted whatever he could even during the midst of battle, which is how he got his hands on his little bracelet.

To his brothers, Callisto Galilei died in his first raid. To Callisto Galilei, that was when he began to live. With a hidden talent for pickpocketing, infiltrating, and general thievery coupled with an eye for opportunity and a larger one for valuables, Callisto calls himself a master thief - maybe even one that could steal a piece of the Goddess?

[GiglameshDespair]

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Name: Granite Ironblood
Gender: Male
Race: Dwarf
HP: 14

Skills: Brute, Brawler

Starting gear:


Your special item:
Pair of Masterwork Adamantine Knuckles - These were supposedly made by a very distant relative of Granite's back when all the races lived on a single world, before the races learned to sail through the Ether, and supposedly they had been forged specifically for use on demons though if that was true it's long since lost any power it may have had. They're worn down and marked from the countless times they have been used, but they still hold a certain rugged charm that makes one wonder at what craftsman could have made it. [10 Points]
 
Description: Granite Ironblood is of average height for dwarves with a sturdy physique born from years of mining, and quite a few bar fights though those are of much lesser note than his former life as a miner. He is bald with a neatly trimmed grey beard obscuring the lower half of a face that's been busted up a few too many times.

Backstory: Granite was born the son of a miner and a somewhat wealthy merchant's daughter who promptly abandoned his care solely to his father before leaving their lives entirely due to what she claimed was a 'mistake made in the haziness of drink'. From there he spent his time being watched over by the wives of other miners who were more than willing to help out their husbands' friend with only a few times throughout the year when he'd get to actually meet with his father who would always spend some of his meager remaining wages to buy him a gift. Though meetings with his father were rare, Granite still gained from them a dedication to hard work and a desire to make his place in life better so that his children wouldn't have to endure the same lifestyle him and his father had. Of course when he grew old enough to work his father helped him get a job with the mining crew he ran with, and gifted him the family heirloom, a pair of battered adamantine knuckles that had been in the family for centuries he said. Now, after mining for so long he hopes to set out into the Ether in search of wealth.

Putting more points into an item will not make it more powerful

Here is my sheet. By the way, how is this game intended to flow? Will PC's submit one action per turn or will actions be resolved individually? Will it be combat-heavy, RP-heavy or somewhere in between?

Roughly an action per turn.
I want it to be relatively rp-heavy, though how much combat will depend on the players.

If you want your coif to provide armour, it'll cost points.

While I'm not being super serious, I'm not taking out-and-out joke characters, so

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Name: Dopey Docson
Gender: Male
Race: Dwarf
HP: 10 unless modified

Skills: Choose two of the following skills, or make a suggestion for me to consider.
- Navigator
- Demonfriend

Starting gear:

Weapons:
These may be the precise items listed or an equivalent: a mace is equal to a shortsword, etc

- Long Sword
- Light crossbow
- 10 bolts
- Medical kit

Your special item:
Strange Wrench: Dopey found this wrench one time while he was mining on Ynidus. It seems to provide a bonus to repairing parts of ships, especially if they're magical.
 
Description: Dopey Docson is a generally amicable and likable person, but likes working with machinery so much he doesn't have much time to talk to real people. He has a long, brown beard, and wears overalls and other tough clothing in his line of work.

Backstory: Dopey used to work on the mines in Ynidus, but was always fascinated with machinery more then the treasures that could be found beneath the surface of Ynidus, especially after a wyrm attack that took most of the people he knew to the next life. He decisively stopped the mining business and decided that any job would be better now.

Which is how he ended up with the others, here on a grand adventure. Dopey would fix things. Everything would be alright!

A name like Dopey Docson won't really help you be chosen. As a dwarf, your starting HP is 14 due to their bonus.

Spoiler: not enough tree-huggers, i say (click to show/hide)

Name: Callisto Galilei
Gender: Male
Race: Elf
HP: 10

Sneak
Infiltrator - +2 to picking locks, getting past doors, and other such acts of breaking and entering.

Starting Gear:
Serrated dagger(Shortsword equivalent) : 1d6, one hand: 2p
Light crossbow: 2d4, two handed, reloads: 2p
10 bolts: 2p
Leathers: +2AC: 4p

Your special item:
Zephyr Bracelet: A technological marvel, this "watch" lets the wearer turn invisible at the push of a button, the "watch face" actually displaying how much time is left on said invisibility. This prize was stolen by Callisto during his first and last raid, and is responsible for jumpstarting his career in thievery. "Zephyr Bracelet" probably isn't actually what it's called, but it's a cool name nonetheless.
 
Description: Callisto is tall for an elf, with a thin and lithe build. He has dull blond hair, which is somehow still well maintained. Otherwise, nothing truly stands out at all - one could forget his face easily in a crowd; a useful trait to have in the profession of his. Personality-wise,  he is rough, determined and a bit of an ass; he'd be right at home with alcoholics and brutes. One would be pretty hard-pressed to love Callisto Galilei, especially if one were an elf.

Backstory: Ever since Callisto was young, he wanted the Tanglewood to be more magnificent. Not out of any desire to help his world, however - Callisto merely wised to be surrounded by splendor. He has heard of the scorched, walking cities of Ynidus, the divergent nations of the Scatter, and yet those places might as well be paradise compared to the Tanglewood. So, when he became of age, Callisto knew he needed to be in a raid, which he was accepted into due to his deftness with a blade. During the raid, he looted whatever he could even during the midst of battle, which is how he got his hands on his little bracelet.

To his brothers, Callisto Galilei died in his first raid. To Callisto Galilei, that was when he began to live. With a hidden talent for pickpocketing, infiltrating, and general thievery coupled with an eye for opportunity and a larger one for valuables, Callisto calls himself a master thief - maybe even one that could steal a piece of the Goddess?

Invisibility is a very powerful ability. I'm afraid I won't allow that. You could have something that improved your general stealth, however.

[Pencil_Art]

Alright. New name.