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[Roboson]

Deep bellow the world there exists a large and ever changing network of tunnels and caverns. Only a few rare Nodes remain constant and unmoving in this twisted world. Filled with strange and dangerous beasts, this is not a safe place for mortals. Yet mortals manage yet, especially one tribe of humans with a particular kind of magic. Fleshmancy. Unlike other magics it must be precise and controlled, or untold horrible effects may occur. And unlike necromancy, the subject in question must remain alive for the magic to work. Truly a specific and careful sort of magic, yet this tribe has used it to survive this harsh world for millennia.

You are a member of that tribe, living in a village in a Node cavern. You have now come of age and will begin to learn the art of fleshmancy.

The elder fleshmancer poses three questions for each of you:

What is your name?
What do you look like? (Must be unmoddified human to start)
What is your personality?

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

First come first serve. This is going to be a high creativity / low mechanics game. Low skill tasks won't be rolled on. High skill tasks will have a d20 roll to see if you succeed. Tasks under stress (like combat) will also be rolled on in a similar way.

[flazeo25]

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Name: Azura
Physical Description: 4"7 petite girl with pale skin and purple eyes, she has long braided auburn hair. 
Personality Description: Perceptive and driven by curiosity to be creativity, as wells as being sarcastic.

[crazyabe]

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Name: Lewendigo
Disc: Tall, Dark, Male, and Perhaps Handsome, if not for the Scars that Cross Most of his Body.
Personality: Lew is a Survivor, He does What He believes is necessary to survive, Whatever that may be.

[vishdafish]

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Name: Delector Palefinger
Appearance: An extremely pale young man, with a skinny build. He is of average height, and has a malicious look to him.
Personality: Cruel, cold and uncaring, Delector seeks power and dominion over all beings.

[Dwarmin]

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Name: My name is Alys the Blue. If the legends speak true.
Appearance: In a mirror, I'd describe myself as tall and tough looking woman with pale skin, short, shaggy blonde hair and dark green eyes.
Personality: I have a strong sense of duty toward clan and family...suppose you could say I'm honest and blunt, not likely to coat things in sweetness...I believe in justice and law-self sacrifice for a greater good is in my nature.

[Roboson]

The elder takes the four of you to the Hut of Ceremonies in order to teach you basics of fleshmancy. Hours go by as he slowly begins explaining the fundamentals of life and magic and flesh. Ultimately he is rather boring and uninspiring. As a member of the tribe you've heard all of this a million times at the various annual holidays. Only when he gets to the actual magic section do you start paying more attention.

...that is why we are who we are and how we do what we do. Now, we will begin to try to mance. He retreats to a room in the back and brings forth 4 small sacs. He hands each of you a sac. Contained within is a small creature, a fleshball. Each one has had several parts added to it for your use. They make wonderful training dummies because they are incredibly easy to mance. Please, attempt to shape each one into a new creature of your own design. As you work, narrate your actions and feelings. Tell us what your creature will be as it comes into being.

Spoiler:  Fleshball (click to show/hide)

Fleshball: 3 units flesh, two unit bones, one unit mouth, one unit organs.

Spoiler: OOC (click to show/hide)

NPCs will have glowing text, players should have colored text.

[S34N1C]

PTW

[Tomasque]

 Damn! I didn't even notice this until it was full...

Is there any sort of way I could get it? Upon player death, when the party gains a member, or - hell - as an NPC/enemy?

[Demonic Spoon]

Waitlist please?

What is your name? Dresda
What do you look like? Short, thin albino woman with violet eyes.
What is your personality? Inquisitive and shy.

[vishdafish]

"I hope that the esteemed elder finds my humble work satisfactory."

Delector shapes one unit of flesh into the outer skin, and two units of flesh into wings. He puts one unit of bones inside, to prevent it from collapsing, and one unit of bone on the outside, shaped into armor. The mouth is placed in the middle. The organs are positioned inside the ball.

((So basically, a ball with wings and bone armor and a mouth to attack. An example would be cool, to help us on how to do it.))

[flazeo25]

"Right elder, I will try my best."

Azura focuses on shaping one of the pieces of flesh into 8 tiny tendrils, another piece into small roundish body and final one to make the outer skin. She then focuses on placing one unit of bone to be placed into the tendrils while the last into the body to support it from collapsing. The mouth is then reshaped more into a beak and placed closer to the top of the body. While she trys to finish it off by putting thr organs inside the body.

[Dwarmin]

"Indeed...I was born for this, after all, wasnt I?" Alys says quietly.

..

"I believe the simplest creations work best, to start. But is there not a hidden complexity in even the simplest things? Let me look upon the phylum Annelida in my minds eye. External segmentation to aid in mobility, invertebrate biology, multiple redundant organs to aid in survival, a closed circulatory system-relatively simple binary mental processes, easy to replicate. It is said the annelids have remain relatively unchanged for untold eons of time, while mans great towers rose and fell-they persisted, having no need to change. I feel a certain awe at the elegance of their design, the fundamental perfection. The worm has no more need to evolve-it is a flawless biological design. Only adaptation needed is to environmental constraints. ...I now feel slightly judged, unworthy of my gifts. Simple is not beautiful, nor is it wonderous, will it impress? Yes, I do not feel I am not making art. I prefer function, over form. This creature will merely survive, because logic dictates it must survive. It's survival is the only end I aim for...now, I will shape this flesh as I will, for I am Alys the Blue, One Reborn as Another."

Action: Shape portions flesh into a long, segmented worm shape. Integrate simple closed circulatory system, redundant organs, invertebrate biology, segmentation, a simplistic mind, and a mouth at one end. Leave the bones out, and any unneeded flesh-I try not to use any more resources than I have to.

((OOC: I wonder if I took the GM too literally? ))

[crazyabe]

"I will Do What I can."
I Begin by Shaping it into A Three Legged Shape, and Placing Bones within The Legs so it Doesn't Collapse, Afterwards I move onto Other Things, Such as Mouth Position, Which I Move to the Bottom. Finally I Shape A Few Bone Blades upon the Top and Make Sure the Stomach is Within.

[ATHATH]

Damn! I didn't even notice this until it was full...

Is there any sort of way I could get it? Upon player death, when the party gains a member, or - hell - as an NPC/enemy?

Ditto.

Didn't there use to be a game with this same premise/name? Are you reviving/reincarnating it?

[Tomasque]

Damn! I didn't even notice this until it was full...

Is there any sort of way I could get it? Upon player death, when the party gains a member, or - hell - as an NPC/enemy?

Ditto.

Didn't there use to be a game with this same premise/name? Are you reviving/reincarnating it?

That's what I thought! Perhaps it's the one with the necromancy element in it? You know, where there  was the flesh-wagon or something?