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[Powder Miner]

i already worked around it :v

[Empiricist]

Whoops! Sorry! I tend to go a bit overboard with formatting at times 

[Chevaleresse]

Spoiler: Shiro (click to show/hide)

Name: Akari Shiro
Gender/Sex: Female?/Female
Age: 16
Description: A somewhat unusually tall girl who shows some foreign ancestry in her vibrant, strong green eyes. Her hair is about shoulder length and a dark brown color, and not worn or cut in any particular style, which tends to clash with what one might expect from someone who wears high-quality, expensive clothing. She's fairly well-muscled and has a generally athletic build from kendo practice. She's not really the type that would be described as a stunner, though she's attractive in her own way. Going back to her clothes, she usually wears a favorite jacket and high quality jeans outside of uniform (and usually tries to get away with the former in-uniform as well.) She's also commented that she would wear her favorite swords if she was allowed to. (She owns six of varying lengths; her two favorites are a katana-wakizashi pair.)

Personality: Shiro is proud, very proud, and prickly about it. She is often convinced that she is correct and/or the best person suited for any given task and tends toward being arrogant and almost domineering. As a result, she will only grudgingly accept assistance from others, and only if it's clear beyond a doubt that she isn't up to the task at hand. Somewhat fortunately, she tends to be fairly competent at whatever she sets her mind to - or at least is stubborn enough to be decent at it given enough time. She tends to be rather tactless as well, bluntly stating her opinions and almost daring people to contradict her. She also tends toward making snap decisions and generally following her gut on things; whether this is a positive or negative quality is a matter of debate.


She, surprisingly for some, does often find herself helping others. This stems in part from arrogance, in a way; after all, if someone wants or needs your help, it must mean that you are their better. However, she also has a genuine desire to make others happy and doesn't actually enjoy seeing people put down or hurt; for every person who she's sent storming off in anger at her comments, she's sent another scurrying for daring to pick on someone with her around. She hates seeing injustice and will go out of her way to right it, and can be counted on to repay any actual or perceived debt she may accrue. She's not above using her status to get out of trouble, though you'll never catch her directly leveraging it to get back at somebody.


Part of the reason she can be so. . . unpleasant, is simple stress from the high expectations placed on her by her family. She is the best because she must be the best; to be otherwise would be to disappoint the family. People who manage to get past her (occasionally literally) sharp demeanor understand this, though it does not protect them from occasional tongue-lashings (though it will earn a grudging apology later.) She's also been described by others as rather lacking in femininity, and at times seems to deliberately try to be masculine.


Backstory: Shiro is the only child of a wealthy Japanese family with a storied history that they often claim stretches back centuries, transforming from an ancient line of warriors to the business magnates they are today. As such, she is currently set to inherit the bulk of the family's numerous holdings and all of the responsibilities associated with owning and managing such. This role has clashed throughout her life with the image of what a wealthy Japanese girl should be like; which is to say, not being near-obsessed with sword fighting and getting into the occasional fistfight. Similarly, throughout her life, this contrast has caused both of her parents a great deal of frustration; wanting their daughter to be both capable of running a business and match the image of the traditional Japanese woman.


She attends the local Hakanai High due to a certain lack of expensive private schools in the area and an unwillingness on the part of her parents to send her off to a boarding school. The important skills for her to learn will be taught by the family regardless, in their minds. (That, and money has been a bit tighter than usual the last few years; dealings have been going sour more often than not lately.) Additionally, if you listen to the stories they tell, the family's been here for ages; it would be a near-travesty to ship the children off to learn in some distant city.
Weapon: Swords. Two-handed, usually, preferring nodachi.
Arcana: The Emperor.

Spoiler: Karna (click to show/hide)

Name: Karna

Stats: 20 points to give out at level 1. Must have at least 1 in each stat. I don't recommend complete minmaxing, I don't think the system will reward it.
Strength (STR): 3
Magic (MAG): 5
Endurance (END): 3
Luck (LCK): 2
Agility (AGI): 5

Roles: Light, Wind
Weakness: Darkness

[Powder Miner]

Sorry about the long delay, I've had a frustrating few days what with losing a lot of my stuff when my backpack was probably stolen. Second battle will start up later today or tomorrow, depending on IC response time.

[Powder Miner]

Everyone advances to Level 2!
Levels:
Kanade Akiyama/Lenore:
+MAG, +MAG
Aoi Tachibana/Faust:
+MAG, +MAG
Mijimeki Genmutsu/Frankenstein's Monster:
+STR, +STR

these were all randomly generated

Anyway, two things: After that one-sided smackdown of a battle, I'm introducing a change in balance: Hitting an enemy with their weakness doesn't immediately knock down the enemy; instead it gives a "stagger" penalty that lasts until the end of next turn, and hitting a staggered target with their weakness WILL knock them down

Secondly, I'm gonna begin the boss battle for this dungeon this weekend, after which it will end, so if you're still interested despite the pace so far, now would be the time to make any edits if you feel you need to make any (I'm not mandating any), and tell me you're still interested. I'll pick someone and introduce them the day after the dungeon.

[Chevaleresse]

I am still interested, of course.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Also still interested, I've made some edits to the sheet.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

yoy
i here lol

[Powder Miner]

yoy
i here lol

you're already in the game elf

[SOLDIER First]

*is here*

[Empiricist]

Okay, strategy meeting time!

This boss can dish out a decent amount of damage it seems, which is quite the issue seeing as Kanade is kinda squishy, and Mijimeki is vulnerable to Fire. Personally, I'm thinking that Aoi should Tarukaja herself, and Kanade should Dia herself while Mijimeki Defends.

My reasoning is that, assuming that the boss doesn't change elemental affinities or something, Aoi's probably going to be our damage dealer for the fight so burning a buff on her could be worth the SP. Meanwhile she can take another hit, while Kanade might actually be Knocked Out if it rolls well. Mijimeki is probably going to want to Defend for now since if it uses a Fire attack on him, he could be quite badly hurt.

I'm thinking just playing it safe for now until we figure out what the boss can do. Probing for vulnerability to Physical could an option as well once we get a better idea of its arsenal and behavior.
However, with my current action for Aoi she'll only have enough SP to use two Bufus (she's just one short of a third) after buffing, whereas if she just went straight into a Bufu, she'd have enough SP for three more. Is that an acceptable trade-off? Or should I switch to just Bufu spamming?

It seems like in future, we may have to use regular Attacks more unless we find enough SP recovery items to recharge between battles.

[Powder Miner]

miji DOES have a method of dealing damage besides zio
just so you guys remember v: :v

[OceanSoul]

I really want to make a character for this, despite the waitlist. I have a good idea of everything I'll put in it, except one thing..the name. How can anyone come up with a Japanese name for this? I have no idea about the language, so I don't know where to start on that part.
My character's going to be the Star Arcana (XVII, +Str -Agi), and my Persona will be Knight-Errant, Don Quixote de la Mancha. Roles will be Wind and Passive, though I'm not sure if they should be treated equally or if Wind will be primary. I'll post the Character Sheet once I get a good Japanese name.

[Chevaleresse]

just go to behindthename.com and mix and match elements

[Powder Miner]

Welcome aboard, to my exceptionally slow ride. The character that gets in next isn't determined by the order they signed up but how well they would fit in with the current party