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[syvarris]

A young girl cries in a corner, all alone, and without hope.  A tragedy has befallen her, and even though she doesn't yet know the full extent of it, she's already been devastated by what she does know.  Some part of her is aware that she needs to try and make things better, prevent just a little of the tragedy yet to come, but she can't.  Her will isn't strong enough to change anything, she isn't strong enough, and she's fully conscious of that fact.  So instead she sits here, curled up, crying and waiting for things to get worse.

Soon enough, however, she isn't alone anymore.  A creature joins her, a very strange creature.  A tiger cub, pink-furred and purple striped, sits beside her, and talks directly into her mind.  It, unlike everyone else, understands her hardships, and understands her desires.  Its dissonantly calm golden eyes stare into her own, and it explains that she isn't so weak as she thought.  She can change things for the better, she can improve her life, and the lives of those she cares about.  It tells her she can become a beacon of hope... if she's willing to sacrifice just a little.  All she has to do is make a wish, and everything will get better immediately...

She accepts, trusting the small creature who believes in her, and she holds it close as she makes her wish.  Satisfied, the adorable animal snuggles close to her, smiling internally as it hears her naive wish.  It always finds them fascinating.

Spoiler: What is this? (click to show/hide)

I've been asking myself that question a lot, lately.

It's a ~MAGICAL GIRL~ game about beating the odds and earning your happy ending, inspired by Puella Magi Madoka Magica (and Piecewise's various works, for the mechanics).  If you aren't familiar with either, they're both very happy and optimistic, just like this game, and I encourage you to join!  If you are familiar, note the "inspired"; while quite similar on the surface, this game diverges greatly from its roots.  Don't assume anything works the same way, unless I explicitly say it does.

Anyway, the game revolves around a group of young magical girls (the player characters), semi-led by the adorable tiger cub described up above, who is named "Pumsy".  These girls hunt witches, powerful creatures of misery which Pumsy says are what a magical girl becomes after she loses all hope.  Putting witches out of their misery rewards the girls with grief seeds, the remains of a witch's soul; these can be used to restore one's hope and life, reversing the slow descent towards becoming a witch.  It may sound like a bad deal, but it's really just the payment for something major: Every single magical girl was granted a wish by Pumsy, after they agreed to hunt witches in return.

As far as the gameplay, it's a cooperative class-based system, where everyone is extremely powerful, but also quite vulnerable and unreliable without supporting allies.  Witches are dangerous, and death is always just a couple careless actions away--or even a couple unlucky rolls.  In this game, if you're alone, failure is only a matter of time... but on the other hand, a group bears the burden of every member's mistakes.

Spoiler: Stats and Rolls (click to show/hide)

All characters in this game have seven stats, named after positive traits, which determine ALL their physical attributes and skills.  Everything you do, with the exception of casting magic, requires you to roll on one of the following stats:

Bravery: The ability to stand up against fear, and the dedication to never give up, Bravery is rolled for melee combat and other actions requiring strength.
Joy: The capacity to stay optimistic, and always enjoy the pleasures of life, Joy is rolled for ranged combat and acrobatic actions like jumping and dodging.
Love: The selflessness to hold someone else higher than yourself, and truly empathize with and understand another human, Love is mostly rolled for charismatic actions.
Purity: The confidence to stay true to yourself, and resist attempts to change or control you, Purity is rolled to resist debuffs and other attempts at manipulation.
Innocence: The wisdom to keep yourself grounded, not losing yourself entirely in the magical world you've found yourself thrust into, Innocence is rolled for most mundane actions which don't fall under another stat.
Creativity: The ability to think laterally and see things from a unique perspective, Creativity is rolled for stealth and perception checks.
Mercy: The kindness to see the goodness in everyone, and realize that even those who mistreat you aren't pure evil, Mercy is rolled for mundane healing actions, self-restraint, and pain tolerance.

(In addition to what's explicitly stated above, all of the stats can also be rolled on a variety of other reasonable actions.  For instance, resisting fear rolls on Bravery, singing or dancing on Joy, making art on Creativity, etc.)

Rather than the traditional numeric bonuses, each stat has a proficiency level assigned to it, indicating general competence.  Every character has one stat that they're "Talented" in, two which they're "Skilled" in, two that they're an "Amateur" at, and finally, two which are "Cursed".  Another difference from traditional systems is that gaining levels can never upgrade your stats; levels only improve magical abilities.  Due to this, characters start at a relatively high level of competence--even amateur stats are more likely to succeed than fail--but no amount of experience can make you perfect.  There's still an option if you need to ensure success, however.  If two or more players specifically state that they're working together on an action, they all roll normally, but the best roll is considered to apply to all of them.

Finally, no, you don't get to see the rolling system.  It's not straight RTD, I'll tell you that much.

Spoiler: Default Abilities (click to show/hide)

While every magical girl has her own special powers, there's some abilities which are common to all of them.

First, a magical girl's soul is not tied to her body like a normal human.  It's crystallized into a solid gemstone, which can survive separate from her body, though the soul gem needs to remain in contact with it for her to move and use her senses.  This way, if one's body suffers significant wounds, or even dies, the girl herself survives, as long as she can protect her soul gem.

Second, magical girls can telepathically communicate with each other and Pumsy, as long as the recipient is willing and known to them.  Being anime-inspired, this communication is instantaneous and can transmit entire speeches within a fraction of a sentence, and best of all, has no cost whatsoever.  If little girls had to burn their souls just to send instant messages to their friends, the world would be blanketed in misery within a week.

Third, magical girls, being magical beings, can sense the flow of magic around them.  This is normally only useful for finding witches and other magical girls, but some specialists can extend this ability to see the future or to improve their normal senses.

Finally, every magical girl has a "totem", a manifestation and focus for their powers.  Most totems are weapons such as swords or bows, to facilitate hunting witches, but there are exceptions.  You choose a totem at character generation, and it can be just about whatever you want.  The only requirements are that it be tangible, nonliving, light enough to carry, and not involve chemicals such as acid, explosives, or medication.  Firearms, cats, and cars are all non-functional, but crossbows, shields, or bicycles are perfectly fine.

Aside from those, physical and mental abilities are completely mundane.  A fourteen year old magical girl is just about as strong and fast as a mundane girl.  Stats have some effect here, but even talented bravery doesn't mean they can arm wrestle adult men and win.

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

A magical girl's soul and hopes are the fuel she burns to power her magic.  Almost every magical power costs some amount of soul to cast, sometimes a very significant amount, but as long as a magical girl has any soul left at all, she won't suffer any penalties.  Only when a magical girl spends the very last bit of her soul does she finally lose control and become a witch--the only true way to die in this game.

As such, a core part of the gameplay is in managing your soul's strength, being careful to not overspend.  This is made more difficult by the fact that you can't see precisely how much soul you have left, instead only being able to judge how brightly your soul gem shines.  You also don't know exactly how much powers will drain you, instead being given a general estimation.  Some powers are basically free, at "cheap" cost, while others will deplete most of your soul immediately, at "finale" cost, but most are between those two extremes.  Worse, magic isn't the only thing which can damage soul--psychological trauma and negative emotions can also erode it, bit by bit.

There are ways to restore soul, however.  Most classes have some unique method of regaining it, very positive events and emotions can help, and if all else fails, a grief seed--the dead soul gem at the heart of every witch--can fully restore a magical girl's soul.  With proper caution, and supportive allies, no single magical girl must become a witch.

Beyond the soul mechanics, magic is rather simple.  Every character has a list of available powers determined by their class and how they spent their levels.  These powers are 100% reliable, not requiring any roll to take effect, though some may require a roll to aim, or to dominate another's will, if necessary.

One final note: Due to the emotion mechanics, roleplaying is important, and how you roleplay your character will affect their magic.  In particular, highly emotional characters tend to have much more powerful magic, and higher costs, while sociopathic characters (or those who never RP) have much weaker magic and somewhat lower costs.  The former is generally better than the latter.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Go with whatever you want.  We aren't in any particular country, and the local city is a melting pot of cultures.  Feminine, unless you want to be made fun of.
Age: Between twelve and fifteen, inclusive.  Younger is possible, but not for PCs.
Description:  What color is your hair?  You could write a lot more, describe your outfit or whatever works for you, but hair color is important!  Go crazy with it, any color is okay.
Backstory: What is your life like?  Boringly mundane?  Happy?  Depressing?  Are your parents still taking care of you, or are they dead? ...Or abusive?  Any other family?  You don't need to write much, but the more interesting your character is, the more likely they'll get chosen for the game.

Wish: When you became a magical girl, what did you wish for?  (Just the wording; how it worked out is up to me.)
Motivation: Why have you decided that fighting wtiches as a magical girl is something you can keep doing?  Are you fighting for someone?  Is it because this is the right thing to do?  Do you just find it fun, or consider it the cost you have to pay for getting a wish?  You must have some reason.
Greatest Fear: What would be most devastating to you, ruining your life?  Is it being alone?  Being unable to help?  Failing?  Losing someone?  Simple pain?  People fear many things, but everyone fears their own demons most of all.

Totem: What's your primary weapon or tool, the item that's always with you?
Stats: (One is talented; that's your class.  Two are skilled, two are amateur, two are cursed.)
   Bravery:
   Joy:
   Innocence:
   Purity:
   Mercy:
   Creativity:
   Love:

Abilities:  (Choose from Equanimity, and whichever class you're talented in.  Abilities cannot start at Level 3, though totem abilities can start at 2+1.  You have ten levels to invest.)

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Spoiler: Magical Powers and Levels (click to show/hide)

Magic in this game is limited to pre-defined powers, each with three levels which affect power and scope of the power.  It's a class based system, and each of the seven classes has access to six unique powers, along with six which are common to everyone. 

However, you don't start with every single power at maximum level.  Each player character starts with only ten levels, which they can distribute among the twelve powers available to them (though you cannot start with any power at level 3).  Thus, two characters of the same class can have entirely different power sets from each other at the start.

These levels are also the main form of advancement.  When you defeat particularly strong enemies, you gain additional levels which you can invest in your powers, making them more powerful, or giving you a wider set of options.  If you get enough levels, eventually you'll be able to select a second class and start investing in those powers as well.


Now, as for how powers work, there's three types.  Passive powers are constantly active, and usually don't cost soul unless stressed greatly.  Primary powers are the most powerful, and do have a soul cost, but you can only use one per turn.  Finally, Secondary powers, which also cost soul to activate, are usually weaker than primaries, but they can be used at the same time; you can use three secondary powers along with a single primary, if you like.

Powers aside from passives have an activation cost, which is paid when you use it.  Most of the time the cost is set and unchanging, costing the same amount whenever activated, but there are variable cost power which drain different amounts depending on how powerful the effect you're trying to create is.  Some powers also have a maintenance cost, which doesn't interfere with casting, but drains soul continually for every turn that you keep the effect active.

Finally, every class has a single "Dark Soul" power, always at the very end of the list.  These powers scale in strength with how much soul you've lost, but at low soul levels, can easily eclipse all other powers in strength.

Temporary Note: Due to someone imposing a time limit on me, roughly half the class abilities are mechanically bare, without fluff.  That'll change in a day or so. Hah, no, I'm much too lazy.  Bug me about it if you want more fluffy ability descriptions.

Edit cause why not: This game's been running for about a year and a half at the time of writing, and a fair number of powers have changed since the start.  If you're only reading through the game now, there will be some early installment weirdness, with people having powers that no longer exist, or powers working entirely differently.  Not much major, at least. Aside from Duet with Reality, which kinda screwed over Tooru.

Equanimity:
This is the neutral "Class"; everyone can take its powers.  They're mostly basic utility, useful and important to everyone.  Additionally, unlike all other powers, every Equanimity power has a level 0; every magical girl can use these powers to some extent, though in general they're far weaker than even the Level 1 version.

Spoiler: Equanimity (click to show/hide)

Mobility - Improves your physical form, making you faster and more agile at all times.  Passive.

• Level 0: Completely normal teenage girl mobility.  Many attacks are undodgeable.
• Level 1: Mobility is equivalent to an olympic athlete--in every category.
• Level 2: Mobility is superhuman, but obeys physics.  Run at 40 MPH, leap over small buildings.
• Level 3: Mobility is impossibly good.  Outrun most vehicles, jump on thin air, etc.

Telekinesis - Extend your soul outwards to physically grip and handle things near your soul gem, within a maximum range about three times as tall as you.  Minor cost Secondary.

• Level 0: Any telekinesis you can manifest is pitifully short ranged and weak; it's limited to a hand's span around your soul gem, and can do nothing more impressive than sending the gem semi-randomly bouncing and rolling along in a specific direction.
• Level 1: You can only manifest a single telekinetic contact point, with about as much dexterity as your own hand, but strength more comparable to an adult's.  Manipulating something requires line of sight and a complete lack of obstructions.
• Level 2: You can manipulate two points of contact independantly without difficulty, and additionally, telekinetic contact counts for any powers which require physical contact or similar.
• Level 3: As L2, but you can now manipulate up to six points of contact easily, and can choose to create many more, though the physical strength is split between them, and manipulating more points simultaneously will drastically reduce your dexterity.

Manabolts - Form your soul into burning bolts of pure energy, and fire them at enemies.  Variable cost Primary. (Special: This power is considered to be one level higher if used with a ranged weapon totem)

• Level 0: A manabolt equal in strength to a rifle is major cost, and is the strongest you can produce; the weakest manabolt you can produce is minor cost, and has very little effect unless targeted perfectly.
• Level 1: A manabolt equal in strength to a rifle is moderate cost.
• Level 2: A manabolt equal in strength to a rifle is minor cost.
• Level 3: A manabolt equal in strength to a rifle is cheap cost, and you can fire as many manabolts as you like in one round.
• Level 4: A manabolt equal in strength to an anti-vehicle rifle is cheap. (Only available to ranged weapon totem users)

Close Combat - Directly channel your soul into your body, improving your strength and reflexes.  Minor cost Primary. (Special: This power is considered to be one level higher if used with a melee weapon totem)

• Level 0: Abilities are on par with an average healthy adult.
• Level 1: Abilities are on par with an olympic class athlete.
• Level 2: Abilities are superhuman, but not inconceivable.  Throw punches that can break another's bones.  Parry and disarm a large sword with your bare hands.
• Level 3: Abilities are extreme, but not beyond something you could imagine power armor granting.  Bodily throw a person high into the air.  Parry an arrow after it's launched.
• Level 4: Abilities are downright physics defying.  Chop a car in half with a single sword swing.  Parry bullets after they're fired.  (Only available to melee weapon totem users)

Totem Manipulation - Form your soul into a tangible copy of your totem, and alter its shape and properties.  Variable cost Secondary. (Special: This power is considered to be one level higher if used with a non-weapon totem)

• Level 0: Summon a copy of your totem, at moderate cost.  You cannot possess more than one copy or batch of your totem at a time.  "Disposable" totems come in batches of seven.
  
• Level 1: Summon a copy of your totem, at minor cost.  "Disposable" totems come in batches of seven.
  
• Level 2: Summon additional copies or batches of your totem, at cheap cost.  At extra cost, alter a single copy's traits to a low extent; lengthen a sword, add a scope to a rifle.
• Level 3: Summon as many copies of your totem as you like, for free.  At extra cost, alter a single copy's traits significantly, deforming it into most any shape that at least resembles the original, and even change the physical properties.
• Level 4: Summon as many copies of your totem as you like, for free.  At extra cost, alter all their traits significantly, deforming them into any shapes you desire, while changing their physical properties or even mimicking unusual substances such as explosives.  (Only available to non-weapon totem users)

Regeneration - Channel your soul into your body, repairing any damage it has sustained, over several seconds.  Variable cost Secondary.

• Level 0: Regenerate wounds that would take weeks or months to heal, at major cost.  Wounds that would never heal, such as lost limbs, at massive cost.  Anything worse, from death to complete annihilation, at finale cost.  Largely cosmetic wounds and blemishes can be healed at only moderate cost.
• Level 1: As L0, but all costs discounted by one step.
• Level 2: As L0, but all costs discounted by two steps.
• Level 3: As L0, but all costs discounted by three steps.  It is entirely free to heal cosmetic wounds and blemishes.

Bravery:  [glow=red,2,300][color=Red][/glow]
Bravery is a class centred around frontline combat, and having a lot of very cheap power.  Braves are very powerful, and very good at taking damage for their team, but are always at high risk; beyond the fact that they actively want to get hurt to increase their power, they have a lot of different maintained powers which can build up to a significant cost if one isn't careful.  Still, they're powerful, and if you're careful, manageably efficient.

Spoiler: Bravery (click to show/hide)

Berserker - Danger and damage to your body only make you more excited, giving you more emotion to power your magic.  Passive.

• Level 1: You do increased damage based on how injured you are.
• Level 2: As L1, but if your body is crippled, you can ignore one cheap cost every turn.
• Level 3: As L2, but you don't need as much damage to activate the effect.  If you've taken injuries that would be lethal to a human, the effect is doubled.

Painless - You're conscious of your body simply being a tool, and can easily alter it to ignore pain and circumvent damage. Minor cost Primary; Cheap Maintenance.

• Level 1: Ignore pain, and any injuries which don't significantly affect your body's function.
• Level 2: As L1, but even crippling injuries don't affect your body's function--your soul can compensate.
• Level 3: As L2, but no injury, even up to outright annihilation of your entire body, can slow you down.

Effigy - You can form your soul into temporary copies of your body and totem, which are just as combat capable as yourself.  Any power which affects you affects all effigies identically.  Moderate cost Primary; Cheap Maintenance per effigy.

• Level 1: You can only summon one effigy.
• Level 2: You can summon up to three effigies.
• Level 3: You can summon as many effigies as you like.

Beacon - Directly release your soul as a glow of inspiring light, weakening misery and empowering your allies.  Moderate cost Primary; Cheap Maintenance.

• Level 1: The light interferes with environments formed from misery, protecting you and your allies from their debilitating effects, and dispelling witches' illusions.
• Level 2: The light directly dispels misery, freeing you and your allies from witches' debilitating magic, while causing pain to such monsters.
• Level 3: The light is so bright that it blinds and burns creatures of misery, potentially even destroying weaker familiars outright.

Martyr - You are willing to go to lengths far greater than others if it's necessary.  Moderate cost Primary.

• Level 1: Manually injure yourself.  The wound is mirrored identically on a target of your choice.
• Level 2: As L1, but the target takes more severe damage than you.
• Level 3: You can choose to have multiple enemies be damaged by the effect, with each enemy past the first incurring an additional cheap cost.

Severance - When you attack an enemy in melee combat, you may choose to wager some amount of soul to gain a bonus to your Bravery roll based upon how much soul you wager.  If your attack kills the enemy, your soul will be healed by an amount corresponding to how strong the enemy, or how much you wagered, whichever is lesser.  If the enemy survives, you will lose the soul you wagered.  Variable cost Secondary.

• Level 1: Cannot be used if your soul has more than a tattered light.
• Level 2: Cannot be used if your soul has more than a shadowed light.
• Level 3: Cannot be used if your soul has more than a fading light.

Creativity:  [glow=green,2,300][color=green][/glow]
Creativity is the stealthy manipulator class.  They're bad at direct effects, but are extremely versatile, capable of filling multiple roles.  Most of their powers are highly variable in effect, which can make it hard to be efficient with soul, but means a Creative almost always has an answer to their problems.

Spoiler: Creativity (click to show/hide)

Sixth Sense - You are unusually in tune with the web of magic that makes up your surroundings.  This grants you the ability to see the reality around you in an entirely different way.  Passive.

• Level 1: Your senses are augmented and extended, allowing you to sense what's immediately around you without even looking.  Precise details are impossible to make out, but movement and obstacles are clear.
• Level 2: Your nearby surroundings are always known to you, even when you should have no way to detect anything.  Absolute darkness barely hinders you, being completely numbed is nearly unnoticable.
• Level 3: You can always sense and understand everything around you in intimate detail, even internally.  The nature of reality is as obvious to you as a strong wind is to a human.

Semblance - You understand that your physical form is purely a creation of your soul, and therefore can be altered and moulded as you please.  EXTREMELY Variable cost Primary.

• Level 1: You're mildly limited; you can significantly change various traits and how you look, but you still must remain clearly human.
• Level 2: Most limitations are removed.  You still have to be a living creature, but turning yourself into a werewolf or bird is perfectly possible, if expensive.
• Level 3: There is no restriction on how significantly you can change your form.  Turn into a hairpin or a dresser, if you want.  It will just cost a lot of soul.

Offspring - You've figured out how to create a replica of your soul gem, and while this replica does not house your soul, your senses and powers still work through it, regardless of its distance.  Massive cost Primary to create.

• Level 1: You can only have a single offspring in existence at a time, and must pay an additional moderate cost to use a power on or through it while it is distant.
• Level 2: You can have two offspring at a time, and the cost to use a power on or through a distant offspring is minor.
• Level 3: You can have three offspring at a a time, though the cost to use a power on or through one is still minor.  At Massive cost, you can transfer your soul to one of your offspring gems instantly.

Masquerade Manipulation - Magic distorts perception, hiding itself from mundane people, but you've learned how to distort this effect to weaken or strengthen it.  Variable cost Primary, maintenance cost 1/6th of casting cost.

• Level 1: You can appear to be mundane to magical sight, limiting some entities' ability to perceive you--or you can reveal your clearly magical nature to mundane beings.
• Level 2: You can fade away from reality to become almost impossible to casually detect, force all attention to focus on you, or significantly change the impression you give off.  In addition, you can extend the effects gained at L1 to your surroundings.
• Level 3: The effects gained at L2 are strengthened, and can be fully extended to your surroundings, making an entire group or area difficult to perceive, unnaturally terrifying, or whatever else you desire.

Projection - Extend your soul out to create illusions of images and sound nearby.  Variable cost Primary, maintenance cost 1/6th of casting cost.

• Level 1: You can only create minor illusions, simple images and sounds which are clearly fake if subjected to scrutiny.
• Level 2: Your illusions can be fairly advanced, appearing completely real to normal examination, though they're without tangible form.
• Level 3: Your illusions are completely lifelike, nearly impossible to distinguish from reality.  You can even fool tactile senses, though it drains you greatly.

Mimicry - Extend your soul to consume something, and completely dismantle it in the process.  You can then recall its form, and shift your own body to mimic it.  Minor cost Primary (paid on consumption and mimicry).  (Special: Mimicry can only be used if you have more stages of soul darkness than memorized forms.)

• Level 1: You can only shift a portion of your body into memorized forms, and must replicate them exactly.  You could turn your arm into a gun, or excrete chemicals from your hand.
• Level 2: You still must replicate forms perfectly, but your entire body can be altered.  Shift into a clone of another person, or become a bird and fly.
• Level 3: You no longer need to perfectly replicate memorized forms, allowing you to selectively mimic individual parts of memorized forms.  Change your skin into metal plating, or heal wounds by mimicking that section of your original form.

Innocence:  [glow=hotpink,2,300][color=hotpink][/glow]
Innocence is the pragmatist's class.  They don't have direct powers, and what they do have isn't as versatile as a Creative's powers, but they're particularly efficient and can be very powerful if played carefully.  I've spotted more annoying exploits that Innocents can use than any other class.

Spoiler: Innocence (click to show/hide)

Determination - Your soul is particularly strong and resistant to trauma.  Passive.

• Level 1: You have an additional stage of soul brightness, above the standard maximum.
• Level 2: You gain a second additional stage.
• Level 3: You gain a third additional stage.

Refuge - You've created a large pocket dimension outside of reality, which you can access via a semi-permanent entrance.  Major cost Primary to summon the entrance, cheap cost to dispel it.

• Level 1: The refuge is little more than a bare closet that you and one other person could fit inside.  While inside, you can only summon an entrance in the location you entered from.
• Level 2: As L1, but the refuge is a fair-sized room, and has some simple furnishings if you wish.
• Level 3: The refuge is the size of a small house, with the number and size of rooms depending on your whim.  You have a great deal of control over the appearance and furnishings of the refuge, even summoning specialized items if you wish, though you cannot take them outside the refuge.  Additionally, if the entrance is dispelled, you can summon it in any location you are familiar with.    

Stasis - You've created a number of small pocket dimensions outside of reality, which you can quickly access by creating small portals.  Cheap cost Secondary to store or remove an item.

• Level 1: For every ten objects you have stored, you must pay an additional cheap cost to activate this power. Objects must be small enough to comfortably hold in one hand, without magical assistance.
• Level 2: As L1, but objects can be stored as long as you can comfortably hold them without magical assistance.
• Level 3: As L1, but objects can be stored as long as you can lift them without magical assistance.  For an additional minor cost, you can also store or remove something small which you can't actually hold, such as fire, acid, or a speeding bullet.

Prediction - By paying careful attention to how magic flows around and from you, it's possible for you to gain a limited degree of prescience, or occasionally see things from the distant future.  Minor cost Primary.

• Level 1: You can usually only gain a vague and limited sense of the immediate future, mostly just improving your reflexes.
• Level 2: You can usually only predict the next few seconds with accuracy, knowing what someone will say before they speak, or knowing how an enemy will attack.
• Level 3: As L2, but you can direct the prediction towards an individual, gaining significant knowledge of how their luck will go in the near future--whether they're likely to fail at whatever they try, succeed against all odds, or something in between.

Teleportation - Bend reality around you to instantly teleport yourself and possibly others some distance.  Cheap/Moderate/Major cost Secondary, additional half cost for every person taken along.

• Level 1: You can teleport short distances--no more than fifteen feet or so--at cheap cost.
• Level 2: You can teleport anywhere within line of sight, at moderate cost.
• Level 3: You can teleport to any location which you have significant familiarity with, at major cost.

Time Stop - Activate the power this turn, it takes effect just before the next turn.  Time stops for everything except you and anyone you're in contact with, for a span of time depending on how dark your soul is.  Any powers used while time is stopped have their costs doubled.  Finale/Massive/Major cost Primary. 

• Level 1: Finale cost, additional half cost per person you extend the effect to.
• Level 2: Massive cost, additional half cost per person you extend the effect to.
• Level 3: Major cost, additional half cost per person you extend the effect to.

Joy:  [glow=darkorange,2,300][color=darkorange][/glow]
Joy is the second primary battle class.  It's notably much more powerful than Bravery, but also more fragile and inefficient.  They also use exclusively area-of-effect powers, which can make them more dangerous to their teammates.  Alone, Joys are possibly stronger than any other class.

Spoiler: Joy (click to show/hide)

Invigorating Passion - Come up with some simple activity that is fun to do, like singing, dancing, eating, etcetera.  You have a chance to restore a slight amount of soul whenever you do that activity.  Passive.

• Level 1: There isn't much chance of the effect activating, and generally your soul will passively drain faster than it will increase.
• Level 2: There's a decent chance of the effect activating, enough that it will typically balance the drain of everyday life.
• Level 3: There's a good chance of the effect activating, enough to act as passive soul replenishment, unless you lead a very unpleasant life.

Outburst - Summon a bomb of some form into your hands.  Moderate cost Primary.

• Level 1: The bomb will explode next turn.
• Level 2: You can make the bomb stable, only exploding when you choose to spend an additional cheap amount of soul on it, wherever it is.
• Level 3: The bomb can be summoned anywhere within eyesight.

Irresistible Dance - Sing a song which compels everyone and everything which hears it to dance, including you.  Anyone else who attempts to move must succeed on a Joy roll first.  Moderate cost Primary; Cheap cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: While difficult, it is possible to resist your song's compulsion entirely.  It is much easier to avoid the melee attacks of anything forced to dance, yourself included, due to the predictability of their movements.
• Level 2: Your song is almost impossible to resist; only special individuals with indomitable wills can even hope to avoid your dance.
• Level 3: You have exceptional control over the precise motions of the dance, forcing all victims aside from yourself to roll Joy, with any of those who fail moving as you direct them to.

Duet with Reality - You sing a song, and warp reality around you to resemble the subject; link a lyrical music track, along with the effect you intend to create with the power. Variable cost Primary; Variable cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: You must spend a Minor cost to activate the power, and for each turn you maintain in.  The changes to your environment will be significant, notably affecting people near you, but will grow slowly.  A song of fire would make your surroundings painfully hot, and start small fires which grow with the song.
• Level 2: You may optionally pay a Moderate cost when activating or maintaining the ability, gaining a significant increase in the size and growth of the power's effects.  A song of fire would set your surroundings ablaze, and cause them to rapidly grow in power.
• Level 3: You may optionally pay a Major cost when activating or maintaining the ability, causing the changes to your environment to become extreme and far-reaching.  A song of fire would engulf your surroundings in a hellish inferno, and cause it to spread across the landscape at a blistering pace.

Resounding Echoes - Shout to create shockwaves which, while not exceptionally harmful, move and force entities around.  Minor cost Secondary.

• Level 1: You can knock down, throw, or jostle someone around, but it's difficult to precisely control where they go.
• Level 2: As L1, but with more precision; you can juggle others in the air, force them away from you, or drag them back.
• Level 3: You can make the shockwaves repeat and last in an area, effectively forming a semisolid wall of force which blocks passage.  Maintaining such a thing requires you to pay a minor cost again each turn.   

Soul Nova - Burn off a significant portion of your soul, to immediately create a massive and devastating explosion around you.  The effect is stronger the darker your soul is afterwards.  Variable cost Primary.

• Level 1: You must pay at least a finale cost to activate the power, but may spend more voluntarily.
• Level 2: You must pay at least a massive cost to activate the power, but may spend more voluntarily.
• Level 3: As L2, but you may prevent certain people from being affected by the explosion if you pay a finale cost or more.

Love:  [glow=#DFC600,2,300][color=#DFC600][/glow]
Love is a pure support class, that is crippled alone.  Their passive is vastly stronger than most others, but can also weaken them--it links them specifically to another character, and grants several bonuses to both the Love and their ally, while making the Love's powers far more efficient and practical.  It isn't exactly safe to team up with a Love, because they can betray you easily, but it can be quite useful, especially for vulnerable characters.

Do note, "Love" here does not necessarily mean romantic love.  It can very well be platonic.

Spoiler: Love (click to show/hide)

Memento - At major cost, create a wearable item that is quite obvious--a ring, ribbon, or something of the sort.  If given to another person, gain benefits, and lose soul if you remove it--they cannot, if they willingly put it on.  "Passive", but with secondary effects.

• Level 1: You and the wearer always know each others' locations and health, at all times.  Additionally, you and the wearer are always considered to be in contact for the purpose of power targeting.
• Level 2: Love powers used to directly support you or the wearer are discounted by one step.  Additionally, either of you can use the others' stats for a roll, at minor cost.
• Level 3: Love powers used to directly support you or the wearer are discounted by two steps, and love powers used to directly support anyone else are one step more expensive.

Empathy - Transfer some amount of soul power between you and another whose soul gem you can touch.  If you drain from them, they may roll to resist, and possibly reverse the effect.  Minor cost Secondary (activation cost is lost, not transferred).

• Level 1: Choose a level of soul cost.  You transfer soul power equal to an amount within two steps of that cost.
• Level 2: As L1, but the variance is only one step.
• Level 3: As L1, but there is no variance.

Shield - Summon an extremely robust wall of force anywhere within line of sight.  Moderate cost Secondary; Cheap cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: The shield is large enough to fully enclose a small object, or block a human's torso.
• Level 2: The shield is large enough to fully enclose a curled up human, or entirely block a standing human's front.
• Level 3: The shield is large enough to fully enclose a car, or entirely block one side of a small building.

Wound link - Make contact with an ally or enemy.  You share damage between with them until the power is deactivated.  Major cost Primary; Minor cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: Any damage taken by either you or the target is split equally between the two of you.
• Level 2: For an additional minor cost per turn, all damage will be redirected to only one of you.
• Level 3: As L2, but the damage can be magnified or diminished as well.

Absolute Faith - Make contact with another character.  Any actions they take have an increased chance of success.  Moderate cost Primary; Cheap cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: The effect is relatively small, granting only a slightly higher chance of success.
• Level 2: The effect is increased.
• Level 3: As L2, but the target also gets to roll twice, as if someone were assisting them with their own stats.

Summon Shade - Choose a person who has worn a memento of yours.  Summon a copy of them, still wearing the memento, under your control.  They will have more soul the darker your own soul gem is.  Massive cost Primary; Cheap cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: Any powers they have are Level 1.
• Level 2: Any powers they have are Level 2.
• Level 3: Any powers they have are Level 3.

Mercy:  [glow=#4444FF,2,300][color=#4444FF][/glow]
Mercy is the healer class, and if you make an Overwatch comparison I will smack you.  They revolve around wound management--literally, managing both your allies' and enemies' wounds.  Mercies are easily the most valuable support class, but could end up with limited options if their teammates play exceptionally safely.

Spoiler: Mercy (click to show/hide)

Heal and Steel - Harming enemies empowers your healing powers, and vice-versa.  Passive.

• Level 1: Your next attack after healing someone rolls using Mercy, rather than Joy or Bravery.
• Level 2: As L1, but if you kill an enemy your next healing power is discounted one step.
• Level 3: As L2, but witnessing an ally being injured causes your next attack to roll on mercy, and you only need to damage an enemy to discount a healing power.

Triage - Cause a wound to someone, and magically heal an equivalent wound.  Minor cost Secondary.

• Level 1: Both wounds must be on the same individual, who you must be close enough to touch.  You can break their leg to heal their broken neck.
• Level 2: The inflicted wound can be magically created on some other entity which you can see, for an additional minor cost.  Transfer your ally's broken neck to the monster attacking you.  You still need to be close enough to your ally to touch them, and the enemy must be nearby.
• Level 3: As L2, but you don't need to be very close to either your ally or enemy if you spend the additional cost; you only need to be firmly aware of their locations.

Soothe - Heal another character whose soul gem you can touch, no matter how significant their wounds.  Variable cost Primary.

• Level 1: Fully heal them of all wounds, almost instantly.  Cheap cost if their soul is completely pure, but very quickly increases with darkness.
  
• Level 2: As L1, but there is less cost for healing a darker soul
• Level 3: As L1, but it is free if their soul is completely pure, and the cost for healing a dark soul is lowered even more than L2.

Flagellation - Magically inflict damage to another person's body, tearing out darkness and restoring a moderate amount of their soul.  Cheap cost Secondary.

• Level 1: The wound you inflict will be very significant, risking death for a normal person.
• Level 2: The wound you inflict will still be significant, but not necessarily lethal; a broken leg might result.
• Level 3: The wound you inflict may be so minor it doesn't impair function, but will be painful.

Convalescence - Touch another person when you activate the power.  Until you end the effect, any wounds they sustain immediately heal.  Major cost Primary; Minor cost Maintenance.

• Level 1: Most regular wounds are instantly healed, but more severe damage such as severed limbs will take more than one turn.  Lethal damage is still lethal.
• Level 2: Most damage that a human could survive, and some damage even past that, is healed.
• Level 3: Nothing can permanently harm the target.  Even being crushed or obliterated is only a momentary setback.

Relieving Plight - Release your darkest thoughts and desires and allow them to degrade reality around you.  Everything nearby become more fragile and vulnerable, and destruction purifies your soul.  Major cost Primary, Moderate cost maintenance.

• Level 1: All damage inflicted near you is significantly worsened.  Punches shatter bones rather than bruise skin, blades rend people apart rather than merely gash them, explosions annihilate matter, and the strongest attacks tear apart reality itself.
• Level 2: As L1, but whenever any strong entity within the range of the effect is killed, regain an amount of soul based upon how dark your soul gem is.
• Level 3: As L2, but entities only need to suffer serious damage to restore your soul.

Purity:  [glow=darkorchid,2,300][color=darkorchid][/glow]
Purity is the bossy leader and crowd control class.  They have the most versatile multi-target powers, able to buff and debuff, and are the best at supporting their teammates' actions.  Unlike Loves, Pures aren't affected by tunnel vision, but they also aren't quite as directly powerful.

Spoiler: Purity (click to show/hide)

Immaculate Soul - You are highly resistant to being changed by others, always staying true to yourself.  Passive.

• Level 1: You are unaffected by extreme environments, such as heat or cold.  Outright lethal environs, such as an open fire, are still somewhat dangerous.
• Level 2: As L1, but you can survive even when you should have no ability to, such as while on fire or underwater.  In addition, whenever anything tries to magically affect your mind or form against your will, you find it easier to resist the effects.
• Level 3: As L2, but you aren't hindered in any environment, and never fail to resist debilitating effects--at most, you lose some soul.

Prattle - Tell someone else how they should be doing whatever it is that they're doing, and grant them a bonus or penalty to their roll to do it.  They can roll to resist, but if their roll is low enough then they will be forced to pay the cost of this power.  Minor cost Secondary.

• Level 1: You alter their effective stat by one rank; someone at talented could be reduced to skilled, or skilled could be increased to talent.  This power cannot improve stats above talented, or degrade them below cursed.
• Level 2: As L1, but you can alter their stat by two ranks.
• Level 3: As L2, but you can spend moderate cost on the ability rather than minor to guarantee that your target fails their roll to resist.  This protects them from paying the cost of the power, however.

Ruler's Rune - Magically inscribe the ground below you with an arcane circle proclaiming your control over the area.  Next turn, if you were not interrupted, the circle will be completed and you will gain permanent dominance over the flows of magic within it.  Major cost Primary.

• Level 1: The area is small, a circle about twice as wide as you are tall, and your control of it is limited to ending almost any magical effects within its boundary.
• Level 2: The circle is twice as wide as L1, and you can affect physical properties of the entire area; remove or strengthen gravity, thicken the air, set it afire, or remove all light--with no more than a thought.
• Level 3: As L2, but the circle is twice as wide again, and your control can affect as small or large a section as you like, and as many individual sections as you like.

Incite - Target something with a mind which you can see.  Force your own magnified emotions onto them, weakening their resistance to your magic and strengthening their own, in addition to altering the target's mental state.  Moderate cost Primary; Cheap cost Maintenance (per target).

• Level 1: Somewhat strengthen the effect your emotions have on the target; if you're angry, they will have some difficulty distinguishing friend from foe.  If you're sad, they will have dulled reactions.
• Level 2: Substantially strengthen the effect your emotions have on the target; if you're afraid, they will flee in abject terror.  If you're happy, they'll be too distracted to even attack.
• Level 3: As L2, but you can target as many individuals as you like, paying a cheap cost for each extra target.

Mind Control - Directly take control over another entity, possessing it and puppeting its every action.  Cheap cost Primary; Special cost Maintenance.  (Special: Target repeatedly rolls to resist until they fail; every success increases soul paid by one step up to Finale cost, and you can specify the maximum number of successes an enemy can have before you give up, though you lose any soul invested in the attempt.  Maintenance cost is equal to the cost paid the previous turn, and can be increased further if target resists.)

• Level 1: You have complete control over the being, but have no capacity to weaken its will, and actions you force it to take roll using your own stats.  Strong willed targets will quickly drain you, even if they can't quite break free.
• Level 2: As L1, but the being takes penalties to their rolls to resist.
• Level 3: As L2, but the being takes more penalties to their rolls to resist.  In addition, actions you force it to take can be rolled with either the being's stats or your own, rather than only your own.

Inner Monster - Release all your negative emotions, and give them physical form, creating a proto-witch that is loosely under your control.  It is stronger the darker your soul is.  Massive cost Primary

• Level 1: You have no control over the proto-witch, at all.  It may decide to kill you immediately after being created.
• Level 2: While you can't direct it, you can try to make the proto-witch ignore you and your allies with a Purity roll.
• Level 3: You have very loose control over the proto-witch, and can attempt to direct it to act in certain ways with a Purity roll.

[syvarris]

Spoiler: Thanks (click to show/hide)

Piecewise, for doing so many things wrong, and making amazing games anyway.

Devastator, for threatening to ruin one of my characters if I didn't post this.  I never would have if not for that.

Egan_BW, MidnightJaguar, and Nikitian for testing and making it plain that the game was, to quote Dev, "too thunderdome".  Especially Nik, for snatching apocalypse from the jaws of victory.

Those who are Left:

Spoiler: Alida Larsen (Devastator) (click to show/hide)

Age: 14
Description: Salt-stained blonde hair.  Magical girl outfit is inspired by classic sailing outfit, with white whites and blue accents like an overdecorated navy cadet uniform.  Notable inclusions are shiny buttons and vertical stripes down the pant legs.  Soul gem is blue, and pinned to the left breast like a medallion.  It may manifest with a more full-coloured jacket should conditions be inclement.

Backstory:  Alida Larsen was a fisherman's daughter.  Second of seven children, she grew up in a warm home full of loving (and exasperating) siblings, until the wreck of her father's ship killed all aboard save for one, who never spoke again.  The difficulty and stress of raising seven children alone drove her mother to the edge of sanity, and Alida's older sister to enter the workforce early.

Wish:  To know what happened in the tragic accident that took her father's life.

Motivation:  She always thought she'd be busy out there on the lines working for the benefit of others, and what is fighting witches but that?

Greatest Fear:  The loss of herself and those around her, not in some noble cause or necessary sacrifice, but because of some foolish mistake or accident.

Totem:  A fishing club.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Talented
   Joy:  Skilled
   Innocence:  Amateur
   Purity:  Amateur
   Mercy:  Skilled
   Creativity:  Cursed
   Love:  Cursed

Abilities:
   Mobility Lvl3
   Close Combat Lvl3+1
   Totem Manipulation Lvl2
   Regeneration Lvl2

   Berzerker Lvl3
   Painless Lvl2
   Effigy Lvl2
   
   Duet with Reality Lvl1
   
Related NPCs:
Helena Larsen: Alida's mother, who is overworked and overstressed by having to take care of her children alone.  She's often on edge, and tends to overreact to small things--but she does dearly love her children.  She spends most of her limited time off with her children, and feels guilty that she doesn't have enough time for all of them.
Eva Larsen: Alida's older sister, seventeen years old.  She works part time and does most of the housekeeping chores, feeling that it's her responsibility to look after her siblings when their mother is away--and, often, when their mother isn't away.  She's intelligent and perceptive, and does a much better job at keeping track of the family than Helena, though the stress has been wearing on her as well.  She has no real social life outside the family.
Gregory Larsen: Alida's younger brother by a two and a half years, he's only twelve but is often deputized by Eva as her assistant.  He's a bit rebellious to this, but knows well enough to not disobey or complain to Eva often.  He's been spending a lot of time away from home lately, getting back from school late, and will sometimes sleep over at a friend's house without telling anyone.  This worries his mother greatly, but Eva has almost encouraged it at times.
Lydia Larsen: The middle child of Alida's family at ten, Lydia is the source of most trouble.  She's loud, disobediant, and likes to start fights--she usually will only do chores if one of her older sisters threatens her, and when they do she always runs to her mother to get them in trouble.  Eva constantly worries about her.
Kade and Lana Larsen: Seven-year old fraternal twins, Kade and Lana are almost inseperable, though their personalities are rather different; Kade is a brash and excitable young boy, who's constantly getting himself into trouble, while Lana is a calm and very intelligent girl who gets dragged along with him.  They're good kids, but still require a lot of time, especially because Kade is liable to run off if he's left to his own devices.
Patrick Larsen: A very quiet five year old, called "Patty" by his mother.  Helena is very worried something is wrong with him, because he rarely talks, rarely listens, and generally doesn't seem to have interest in his family.  He's very calm and sedate most of the time, but occasionally throws long-lasting and uncontrollable temper tantrums, which tend to end suddenly for no apparent reason.  Most of his siblings avoid him.

Kim Smith: One of Alida's friends, who she often walks to school with.  A talkative and aggressive girl who's quick to defend her friends, and who doesn't tolerate any kind of insult--though she's not exactly nice herself.  She's virtually never deliberately mean, but she doesn't have good social skills.  Despite that, she's an unfailingly loyal friend, once one gets past her abrasive personality.  She has ADD, a fact that she tries to keep hidden and feels is a terrible problem.
Finn Iyatuw: One of Alida's friends, who she often walks to school with.  He's cheerful and friendly, always trying to make his friends' days brighter.  Extremely conflict averse, he tends to quiet down and look sad when people argue.  Kim often describes him as being puppylike, which he dislikes.  An avid reader, who wishes his friends would read more of the books he likes.

Violet Wetherby: One of the other girls who plays volleyball, Alida doesn't know her well.  She's moderately poor at the sport.  Alida accidentally hurt her with a ballistic volleyball shortly after gaining her powers, and hasn't seen the girl since.

Mr. Tanaka: The corrupt captain of Alida's father's ship, who cut corners and ultimately caused the ship to sink through his poor management and choices.  Drowned to death along with the rest of the crew.  Alida only knows about the details of what happened because of her wish, which she rememebers somewhat poorly.  Her father usually spoke well of the man, and often complained about the many troubles that plauged him, which caused difficulties for the crew.
Mr. Takeda: A lazy engineer who worked alongside Alida's father, on the same ship.  He had been in charge of inspecting and maintaining the lifeboats, among many other things.  Directly caused the deaths of the entire crew aside from himself, as when the ship sank he took one of the lifeboats, alone, leaving the entire rest of the crew to crowd onto the other lifeboat.  While it should have been able to hold the entire crew, it ended up sinking, leaving Takeda the only survivor.  Alida only knows about the details of what happened because of her wish, which she remembers somewhat poorly.  Her father spoke very rarely of Takeda, and the only things that Alida can remember is that he was supposedly a small man, and a complete coward.

Spoiler: Asha Tia (Nakéen) (click to show/hide)

Age: 13
Hair: Ashen
Description:
Her long hair reaching her elbows are usually tied in a single braid. Her ashen hair match with her pale skin and marble eyes. Her gaze always seem cold and distant, as if longing for something the common people cannot see.

She is of average height and figure for her age.

Clothes-wise, she favor robes, pants and long sleeved shirts. She feels comfortable covering her skin, but doesn't mind having it exposed. Her clothes are usually rather plain, she doesn't like standing out.

At first sight, she seems like an expressionless and asocial person. She keeps a cold demeanor around acquaintances and strangers, but stays overall polite. In contrast of her stoic attitude, she is extremely prone to going out of her way to help people. Her tendency to help people is actually pretty worrying sometimes.

With her close friends, she is still a calm individual. She will sometimes attempt to crack some jokes, despite a lack of wit. Her friends may realize that she always put others above herself, and she actively avoid to chase after her own desires. She has a strong empathy, and deeply hates herself.

Favorite color: Cyan

Backstory:
Currently, Asha lives alone in a home for young girls not far from her school. Distant family send her an allowance to take care of her needs, but she has no relatives in the city. All her close relatives are gone.

Not long ago, she lived in an isolated village somewhere in the country. She lived with her father, her mother, and her twin sister. Life was peaceful, bright, carefree. Until one terrible day, a mysterious plague affected the village.

It started with a mere cold. Then they all started coughing blood. Then their flesh began to rot. Then... Thinking about it gives her terrible nightmares. And at the epitome of despair, devoured by the fear of death, she heard the voice. Asking her what she wished for. With her family wasting away in agony, she wished. Wished to be liberated from death and its fear. And then her sister, on the verge of death, spoke to her. No sound came out from the rotten mouth, but her half gone lips articulated "Don't die".

She was the only survivor of the village, and was forever changed. Regretting her wish ever since they day after the catastrophe, she fights as a Magical Girl, hoping to find solace and redemption. She wished to never die, and to make amends, she swore she would never live.

Wish: To be liberated from death and the fear of her mortality, was the selfish, cursed wish she made.
"I am scared. I don't want to die. This horrible fear... Never, I never want to feel it ever again. I don't want to ever die."

Motivation: She fights to amend. She fights to remember. She fights to forget. She fights for the memory of those she should have saved instead of herself.

Greatest Fear: To lose someone close. To be alone. To be unable to save. To die.

Totem: A Ribbon. The one her late sister wore.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Skilled
   Joy:  Cursed
   Innocence:  Cursed
   Purity:  Amateur
   Mercy:  Talented
   Creativity:  Amateur
   Love:  Skilled

Abilities:
   Mobility: Level 3
   Close Combat: Level 2 
   Totem Manipulation: Level 1 (+1)

   Heal and Steel: Level 2
   Soothe: Level 3
   Flagellation: Level 3

   Memento: Level 1

   Three unspent levels

Related NPCs:
Claire Tia: Asha's little sister, who died because of a witch.  She was a cheerful and happy young girl, a little shy, but always eager to help out however she could.  Liked to draw, and was quite good at it.

Aura: One of the other girls at Asha's new home, and the only one who has really tried to engage her.  Those attempts at engaging her have broadly been given up on, as pretty much everyone else considers Asha a strange and creepy person who they don't want to be around--a perception Asha has done little to dispell.

Spoiler: Tamazaki Tooru (KingMurdoc) (click to show/hide)

Age: 13
Description:  Tooru has bright scarlet hair a few inches past shoulder length and eyes of a slightly more subdued shade to match, which she usually ties a big, frilly, lacy ribbon into - usually pink, since it's hard to find ribbons of appropriate frilliness to go with bright red hair. Despite the somewhat villainous cast the eyes can give her (along with the the stray bits of bangs that don't ever seem to want to sit nicely with the rest of her hair), her expression is usually bright and friendly, with a personality to match. A hard glare is something almost nobody has experienced from the girl. Her clothing options tend toward the childish, though she's been growing out of it; out of uniform, she tends toward cutesy-looking t-shirts paired with simply-patterned skirts. (She wore light-up shoes until last year.) She's generally known as friendly, if not incredibly reliable (if you want help, you're best off asking for it thirty seconds before you need it), though there are a few people who have gotten an outright cold shoulder and silent treatment from her.


Her outfit as a magical girl (they're not required, but she thinks they are) consists of a red shirt and long skirt that match the tone of her hair, both of which have white accents around the openings along with two additional white rings around the skirt. If you, for whatever reason, look up her skirt, you will see endless layers of petticoats. Don't try to count them. The shirt's sleeves are actually detached, leaving her shoulders exposed - the sleeves themselves are white and somewhat droopy at the ends, yet somehow stay right where they are and don't really interfere with her hand. It's probably magic.

Backstory: The Tamazaki family isn't a particularly notable one; they're neither very rich nor exceptionally poor. They live near a shrine that Mrs. Tamazaki used to work at during college; now that the children are grown enough that they can be left at home for a few hours, she's actually using that business degree. There's a little bit of tension, since Mr. Tamazaki works at a rival firm, but not nearly enough to cause anything but the occasional slightly-less-than-joking prodding about the other company's secrets. Her two older brothers are sixteen and twenty, with the oldest off at university already. Tooru was always a little pampered by her parents growing up; being both the only daughter and the youngest child can have that effect. The only dark spot in an otherwise idyllic life is her chronic problems with bullying; her childish likes combined with the strong desire of the average person aged 6-18 to distance themselves from anything associated with being two years younger than they are combined with her coming off as a "rich girl" due to parental pampering has done quite poor things to her social life. Not that she lets it affect her that much, though she remembers almost every single person she's suffered abuse from in school. . .

Wish: Tooru wished for the bullies at school to leave her and her friends alone forever.
Motivation: Tooru hates bullies, but never really felt able to stand up to them. Now she can finally fight the biggest bullies of all, now that she has magic powers to boost her confidence.
Greatest Fear: Losing her family.

Totem: A paper talisman known as an ofuda. She summons and shoots them at things with magic, and they explode and such.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Cursed
   Joy:  Talented
   Innocence:  Skilled
   Purity:  Amateur
   Mercy:  Cursed
   Creativity:  Amateur
   Love:  Skilled
   
Abilities:
   Mobility II
   Mana Bolt III (+I)
   Regeneration II
   Totem Manipulation III

   Invigorating Passion II (Passion: playing games with her family)
   Outburst III
   Duet with Reality II
   
Related NPCs:
Tamazaki Kuriko: Tooru's mother, a hardworking businesswoman.  Doesn't work quite as much as her husband, but her schedule constantly changes, and has been working at night a lot lately.  She's a cheerful woman who loves to spend time with her children, though she's something of an irresponsible parent.  Exceedingly intelligent and perceptive, but rarely serious.
Tamazaki Akio: Tooru's father, hardworking businessman who is very tall.  Unlike his wife, he works a steady forty hours weekly, always during the day.  Often very serious and stern, in contrast to his wife, but it's a gentle sternness--he's never unfair, or mean.  Usually takes charge of the family's plans, and can be a bit overbearing at times, due more to inattention than anything.  Only rarely talks about his work at home, supposedly because Kuriko works for a rival company, though she holds to that rule far better than him.
Tamazaki Taro: Tooru's sixteen year old brother who's still at home.  He's lazy and often sarcastic, though he generally gets along okay with his sister.  Has a vocal dislike for school, and the concept of entering the workforce, which his father lectures him about on occasion.  Spends most of his time at home playing video games, though he sometimes disappears off to a friend's house for some reason or another.
Tamazaki Daisuke: Tooru's eldest brother, a large and very serious man who very much takes after his father--he's only twenty, but he acts like he's in his forties.  Currently away at university, pursuing a degree in business to take after his parents--mostly his father, as he's on fairly bad terms with his mother.

Violet Wetherby: Tooru's best friend, a somewhat insecure girl who disguises that insecurity with humor.  She's a big fan of sports, though she's not much good at them herself.  Violet has a way of attracting bullies, and is very, very bad at standing up for herself.  Tooru's barely talked to her over the last week.
Sandra Gill: One of Tooru's other friends, she's an overbearingly happy and social person who has a habit of being casually rude.  Despite that, she has an enormous social circle and is well-liked, mostly due to being aggressively friendly to basically everyone she meets.  Everyone at school knows Sandra, and she knows everyone at school.
Alison: One of the bullies at school, who has a small clique of lesser bullies that she orders around.  She's vindictive, and has a particular fondness for targeting Tooru and Violet.  According to rumor, her father--who is Irish--works for the Russian mob as an enforcer, and that he wants her to take after him.  She's basically disappeared from Tooru and her friends' lives ever since Tooru made her wish.

Spoiler: Aleksandra "Sasha" Chernov (RandomGenericUsername) (click to show/hide)

Age: 12

Description: She has long, straight black hair and her eyes are blue. She is taller than her age would suggest and her skin is slightly pale. She's always dressed with simple and cheap clothes, but also wears a black and white checkered scarf that her father bought for her before disappearing.

Her soulgem takes the form of a simple bracelet located around her right wrist, which appears to be made of crude steel. Her outfit is somewhat inspired on the russian uniforms she saw on old photos and history books, consisting of an ushanka, a telogreika, valenki, trousers, fingerless gloves and her checkered scarf, all of these colored gray, black and white. If Sasha is feeling cold or nervous, a fur greatcoat may appear alongside the rest of the outfit.

Backstory: Her family used to live in Russia and was quite big. There were a lot of aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters. Not even Sasha remembers all of them, since they always used to disappear for long periods of time or never returned home after a while. Except for her father, he always was there to support her and help with anything the family needed. Her father could barely make enough money in his old job to buy food for everyone who wasn't begging for food in the streets and pay the bills. The place they all lived in could barely be called a house, it was made of wood and had a lot of holes and vermins. When she was very young, her whole family emigrated from Russia. Her father was fired from his job and the family urgently needed money, so her father had to accept a shady job overseas and took the whole family with him. For a few years, his father made a lot of money and they could afford a big house that had enough space for everyone and even a car. Suddenly, they weren't poor anymore! They had a lot of money and could even be called rich. Of course, this wasn't going to last. When Sasha became 10, her father disappeared and never returned. This greatly hurt Sasha and she distanced herself from the rest of the family. Despite being surrounded by family members, none of them truly understood her like her father. She was alone. While the family still had a lot of money, they knew that they would soon become poor again and end in the streets, since many of them were too young/old or didn't go to school. Sasha was very lucky that her father sent her to a school for her education before leaving.

Additional details added by gamemaster: Sasha's father emigrated with her and his own father--the rest of the extended family already lived here, and they agreed to let him share their home, mostly because he could help with their own monetary issues.  Most of them had been very suspicious of Sasha's father, and they all pretty much agreed he was a dangerous criminal, and they told their kids to stay away from him and Sasha.  He never bothered to argue with their accusations, though he told Sasha it was only because nothing he'd say could change their mind... not that Sasha ever actually understood what his job was, either.  Since he died, her grandfather has been raising her, pretty much without interference from the rest of the family.  He's been working odd-jobs off and on, supplementing what money her father had squirreled away, but Sasha is quite aware that the money's going to run out eventually.

The family used to be fairly rich about a decade ago, and their house is quite large, though in disrepair.  It's also in a wealthy neighborhood, but between the family's poor status and generally paranoid, abrasive behavior, basically everyone nearby tries to ignore the fact that they exist; Sasha has no friends who live nearby, and in fact no friends who know where she lives.  Pretty much half of the house is ignored by everyone except kids, and nobody comes near the area where Sasha and her grandfather stay.

Wish: For Alida to become a werewolf.  No, really!

Greatest Fear: Time. No one can stop time. Sasha fears the pass of time aince seconds are being contantly wasted. She fears that her older family members die of old age, she fears losing her childhood and growing too fast into adulthood without enjoying her life as a kid and she fears wasting her limited time in useless and pointless things. The world is constantly moving and changing and Sasha doesn't think she will be able to keep up. Every second is a wasted oportunity that will never repeat itself forever. Every moment is unique.

Totem: An old and dusty AK-47. It's out of bullets, but Sasha always keeps it close since it was inherited from his great grandfather. It's quite sturdy and could be used to bash things.

Stats:
   Bravery: Skilled!
   Joy: Skilled!
   Innocence: Talented~
   Purity: Amateur...
   Mercy: Cursed ;-;
   Creativity: Cursed ;-;
   Love: Amateur...

Abilities:
   Mobility: Level 3
   Telekinesis: Level 1
   Manabolts: Level 2 (+1)
   Close Combat: Level 1
   Totem Manipulation: Level 2
   Regeneration: Level 1

   Determination: Level 3
   Stasis: Level 1
   Teleportation: Level 1

Related NPCs:  ((This one gets a picture, since I made one back when writing things up for Aleksandra.  See the bottom for a visual depiction of the family tree.))
Milorad & Snezhana: The worst sort of people.  Old, and unable to do anything, used to be rich, pissed at their sons for wasting their wealth.  They hate everything, including each other, and yell a lot.

Olenka & Kazamir Siyanko: Olenka was a pretty horrible woman, abusive to everyone, but she died about a year ago.  Her husband's always been nice, the only person in the family who Kirill liked, but he generally never argued with his wife.  He is VERY protective of his children, though he actually doesn't dislike Sasha.
Anton Siyanko: Just as horrible as his mother, an absolute bully who constantly picks on the other kids.  The only reason he stays away from Sasha is because he's always been afraid of her father and grandfather.
Zakhar Siyanko: Usually an accomplice to Anton, but actually fairly nice when his brother isn't around.  Very stupid.
Valya Siyanko: A horrible little brat who is spoiled by her father.  Tends to scream bloody murder if anything happens that she dislikes.

Maksim Siyanko: Makes most of the money for the household, well educated, and absolutely domineering.  Sasha's father always said he wasn't a bad man, just unconcerned with being polite.
Natasha Siyanko: Nice enough, but quiet, and never disobeys Maksim.
Kristina Siyanko: Very quiet, avoids everyone else.  Sasha barely ever even sees her.
Milorad Siyanko the younger: Some kid who died before Sasha emigrated in.  She knows nothing about him.
 
Lavro Chernov: Sasha's grandfather!  Bit gruff, but has a heart of gold.
Nina Chernov: Sasha's grandmother!  She's long dead, but Lavro talks about her occasionally.  Supposedly she couldn't hurt a fly.
Kirill Chernov: Sasha's father!  Would do anything for his family, and was generally a very thoughtful, kind, intelligent man, though he could be quite dangerous when the need arose.
Masha Chernov: Sasha's mother!  She knows less about the woman than about Nina.  Her father never spoke of Masha, and her grandfather generally respects that.

(Red Xs mean dead people)

Those who are Lost:

Spoiler: Mina Ross (TwinWolf) (click to show/hide)

Age: 14.
Description:  Bright green straight hair that falls just above her shoulders, and eyes of the same shade. Prefers clothing in colors that compliment this color, as it happens to be her favorite!

Backstory: Mina's life has been... reasonably happy, actually. Compared to the others at least. She's not had any horrific trauma and is mostly mentally intact, and her family's pretty fine as well (she's an only child and has both parents). That said, she's been chronically ill nearly from birth, spending days or weeks in the hospital when things got really bad. Mina never stopped being positive, though - after all, every time she pulled through, why wouldn't she be glad to be alive? And then, one time, she... didn't get better. A month passed and she was still in the bed. And then that weird monster thingy showed up...

Wish: Well, she'd been sick and proooobably about to die, it was simple. "I don't want to die... I wish I'd be happy and healthy from now on!"

Motivation: Well, gotta do it doesn’t she? This is what she paid for her wish. That's her understanding of this. Hey, maybe it'll be like one of the video games?

Greatest Fear: Yeaaaah, being alone isn't going to fly. She can't stand the feeling of isolation, which is why she tries to make friends.

Totem: Call it stereotypical, but a halberd. Mina’s played too many videogames.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Amateur.
   Joy:  Skilled!
   Innocence:  Amateur.
   Purity:  Skilled!
   Mercy:  Cursed ;-;
   Creativity:  Talented~
   Love:  Cursed ;-;.     

Abilities:
   Mobility: Level 2
   Close-Combat: Level 2 (+1)
   Regeneration: Level 2

   Sixth Sense: Level 3
   Semblance: Level 2
   Projection: Level 2
   
Related NPCs:
Ugh, later, the girl is dead so they mostly only have historic relevance anyway.

I'm pretty sure only her mother and father ever showed up, and to sum up, they're helicopter parents who were super worried about their sickly daughter, which actually got kinda worse after Mina improved in health and started going out.  They're now completely and utterly horrified that their daughter has disappeared, not that any of the players know this.

Death: Died in Lucy Taylor's labyrinth.  She gave herself wings and tried to drop one of Tooru's talisman bombs on top of the glass witch.  However, Lucy was too fast for her, and bit her in midair.  Trapped within the glass blender inside of Lucy's head, she struggled briefly before her body was entirely eviscerated, and her soul gem destroyed.  The bomb was still successfully delivered to the inside of Lucy's head in the process, though, and its explosion was crippling to the witch.

Those who are Found:

Spoiler: Maria Mazzella (Witch of Hatred) (click to show/hide)

Age: 15
Description:  Long black hair, and quite pretty, though she's a little short.  She's always wearing a bubbly smile, and is very friendly to everyone she meets!  Maria has many friends, and knows everyone who's worth knowing.  She's great at connecting people, and always knows what's going on among the other students at school; her friends make sure to tell her about every interesting rumor or story that passes their ears, and she always makes sure to spread those rumors to anyone who deserves to know them.  Her soul gem is a shining silver tiara, with an array of seven golden gems arrayed across the front.

Backstory: Maria's parents were young lovers in high school, but her mother has always been much more in love with her father than he was in love with her.  Maria was born before either of her parents graduated high school, and both ended up dropping out to take care of her, marrying immediately after.  Neither of their families were willing and able to support them, so both her parents had to work simply to survive.  At first, they were quite happy with their life, but the stress of continual poverty, and taking care of a child neither of them had been ready for, wore on them.  For most of Maria's memory, her parents have been constantly fighting, and while they don't tend to involve her directly in their fights, she hasn't been able to fully avoid their anger and stress either--the only times she's felt truly safe from it is when staying with friends or extended family, which she's done as much as she could.  Her home life has only deteriorated in recent years, as her father's drinking habit has been worsening at an accelerated rate.

On the other hand, Maria has long been very popular at school, and does her best to maintain that status.  She's secretly terrified that all of her "friends" only stay around her because they want to leech off of her popularity, which leads her to be very strict with them, and very sensitive to perceived betrayal.

Wish: To be popular and loved by everyone.

Motivation: To find friends, fall in love, live life and enjoy it as much as possible.

Greatest Fear: To be hated and forgotten.

Totem: A metal net.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Skilled!
   Joy:  Amateur...
   Innocence:  Skilled!
   Purity:  Amateur...
   Mercy:  Cursed ;-;
   Creativity:  Cursed ;-;
   Love:  Talented~
   
Abilities:
   Telekinesis: Level 1
   Mana Bolt: Level 1
   Close Combat: Level 2 (+1)

   Memento: Level 1
   Empathy: Level 1
   Shield: Level 1
   Summon Shade: Level 2


Death: She depleted her soul before even fighting a single witch, by using her newfound powers to toy with humans, and forcing her most recent crush to abandon a rival and date her.

Witch form: A giant clockwork spider, as large as a van and built entirely from old brass.  Streaks of greenish corrosion run across her brass exterior.  Her eyes are seven bright gold lamps arrayed across the front of her single-segment body, which continually change position, chaotically sliding across the brass like it's made of ice.  A jagged row of tarnished silver spikes crowns her front, the spikes on the right side mostly cracked and smashed away.  Two heavily plated limbs are protectively folded across the bottom half of her front, hiding a mouth filled with continually-grinding gears powerful enough to rend metal.  The two limbs are tipped in industrial chainsaws.  At her rear end, she carries two enormous spools of cable; she can pull a cable from either of these spools, and throw it at a target using one of her eight plier-tipped legs.  Using her powers, she causes the cable to split apart and wrap around its victim, before dragging them back in and either cocooning them in further cables, or mulching them in her gear-filled mouth.

Memories: Consumed by Asha Tia

Spoiler: Lucy Taylor (Witch of Mania) (click to show/hide)

Age: 14

Description: A tall and aloof girl with dull brown hair, and an ever-changing assortment of clothes matching the latest styles.  She's thin, but not at all muscular, and is virtually always wearing headphones playing some music or another.  As a magical girl, she wears a full-face motorcycle helmet, a leather motorcycle jacket with extra-large zippered pockets, cargo pants, boots, and fingerless gloves.  Her soul gem is a extremely detailed metal wing about a third as large as her palm, with a small gem set into the base of it.  She wears it as a brooch which she pins to her leather jacket--a habit attested to by the many small holes in the leather.

Backstory: Born to wealthy and very busy parents, Lucy and her twelve year old sister Isabelle--whom she always calls by the pet name "Izzy"--have been left to their own devices for much of their lives.  Both are outcasts at school, due mostly to Lucy's aloofness, and Isabelle's crippling shyness, and neither sister has any close friends outside her family.  Lucy is something of a hedonist--her parents are wealthy enough that she doesn't think she really needs to do well in school, an opinion they aren't around often enough to dissuade, and she has no significant aspirations or desires.  Most of the things she wants, she gets, without any hesitation on the part of her parents.  Her sister is different; Isabelle has many high hopes for her future, which she is all too happy to regale Lucy with when asked.  Lucy does love her sister dearly, but dislikes the girl's clinginess, and is often annoyed at her parents leaving her to take care of her sister rather than hiring someone.

Wish: To be able to fly.

Motivation: She fights because it makes her feel alive, and it matters; she loves to be the hero, saving lives, and she's good at it to boot!  How could she not love being a magical girl?

Greatest Fear: Lucy doesn't really know what she's afraid of.  Nothing, really?  What happens, happens, that's life.

Totem: A pair of stained-glass wings, affixed to her back with a harness.  They fold up impossibly small when not in use, and have astounding mobility thanks to her wish.

Stats:
   Bravery:  Cursed ;-;
   Joy:  Talented~
   Innocence:  Amateur...
   Purity:  Cursed ;-;
   Mercy:  Amateur...
   Creativity:  Skilled!
   Love:  Skilled!
   
Abilities:
   Mobility Level 3
   Totem Manip Level 3+1
   Close Combat Level 1

   Invigorating Passion Level 3
   Outburst Level 2
   Irresistable Dance Level 1
   Duet with Reality Level 2
   Resounding Echoes Level 1
   Soul Nova Level 2

   Sixth Sense Level 1

   Teleportation Level 1

   Memento: Level 1

   Relieving Plight Level 2


Death: She died by soul depletion, using a maxiumum-power soul nova in an attempt to destroy her sister's grief seed, and the witch ruling the labyrinth that she had been inside.

Witch form: A massive five-story tall angel made from jagged and ever-shifting stained glass that flows across her form like a liquid.  She always appears to be two-dimensional, and this in fact isn't entirely an illusion; she's more like a two-dimensional existence projected into a three-dimensional shape.

Memories: Consumed by Tooru Tamazaki and Alida Larsen

DON'T FORGET!





PUMSY LOVES YOU!

[Devastator]

Sheet up:

Name: Alida Larsen
Age: 14
Description: Salt-stained blonde hair, short.  Just covering part of her ears.  Magical girl outfit is inspired by classic sailing outfit, with white whites and blue accents like an overdecorated navy cadet uniform.  Notable inclusions are shiny buttons and vertical stripes down the pant legs.  Soul gem is blue, and pinned to the left breast like a medallion.  It may manifest with a more full-coloured jacket should conditions be inclement.

Backstory:  Alida Larsen was a fisherman's daughter.  Second of seven children, she grew up in a warm home full of loving (and exasperating) siblings, until the wreck of her father's ship killed all aboard save for one, who never spoke again.  The difficulty and stress of raising seven children alone drove her mother to the edge of sanity, and Alida's older sister to enter the workforce early.

Wish:  To know what happened in the tragic accident that took her father's life.

Motivation:  She always thought she'd be busy out there on the lines working for the benefit of others, and what is fighting witches but that?

Greatest Fear:  The loss of herself and those around her, not in some noble cause or necessary sacrifice, but because of some foolish mistake or accident.

Totem:  A fishing club.

Stats:

Bravery:  Talented
Joy:  Skilled
Innocence:  Amateur
Purity:  Amateur
Mercy:  Skilled
Creativity:  Cursed
Love:  Cursed

Abilities:
Mobility Lvl2
Close Combat Lvl2+1
Effigy Lvl1
Painless Lvl2
Berzerker Lvl2
Totem Manipulation Lvl1

[Egan_BW]

Looks interesting.  I'm in, but I'll do my sheet tomorrow.

What he said. Except I don't have to say it looks interesting because I've already been behind the scenes of this thing all over the place.
Sheet later, when I'm biologically capable of creativity.

[MidnightJaguar]

In, sheet in a couple hours.

[OceanSoul]

I've been considering making a character for a while, but there's one point I'd like clarification on. I'm considering making the Totem a Shurikens, but I'm not really sure how it'd be handled in the system. It's technically a ranged weapon, but it isn't used to launch anything. But, if I aim to use it for itself via duplication from Totem Manipulation, there's no real applicable totem benefit. Cheaper mana bolts have nothing to do with the use of the Totem (I assume mana bolts would be the form of ammunition, while shurikens ARE ammunition themselves), while the bonus for non-weapons (better Totem Manipulation) is most relevant to using shurikens, but cannot be used, since shurikens are throwable weapons. So, how would it work?

[Egan_BW]

I assume any throwing weapons count as melee. Because in this system lots of attacks will involve throwing your melee weapon anyway, because you have a near-unlimited supply.

[syvarris]

Yeah, Shuriken would count as melee, though they are on the edge.  "Ranged weapons" is intended more for weapons which fire a separate projectile, since technically close combat makes just about any melee weapon throwable.

Shuriken would be weaker than other weapons, due to their small size, and it'd be hard to parry with them, but they would be a lot cheaper to make with Totem Manip than a sword or something.  You'd get ten or so for the cost someone else might pay to summon a sword.

[Empiricist]

A magical girl game ran by syvarris of all people? This I've got to see.

Posting to fetch popcorn and watch.

Edit: Oh my, this is the unholy spawn a product of the ER IRC channel, isn't it?

[Twinwolf]

...Goddamnit, I don't have time for another game
But inspired by PMMM tho
...Will sheet Soon(tm), unless outside things prevent me from doing so.

[Egan_BW]

Edit: Oh my, this is the unholy spawn a product of the ER IRC channel, isn't it?

Yes, we're still around. And occasionally we even accomplish things like this! Also we all watched Madoka together, so that's pretty much why this exists.

[Empiricist]

Goddamn I really should get back on that channel.

[Egan_BW]

http://widget01.mibbit.com/?settings=d4a2e2317b84e8897df0b736464a8ee4&server=mibbit.darkmyst.org&channel=%23einsteinianroulette
You know what to do~

[kj1225]

Spoiler: Don't shoot, I'm innocent! (click to show/hide)

Name: Bailey McDonald
Age: 15
Description: This girl makes you think of a menacing shark. She has wide eyes the color of dark chocolate. Her thick, straight, cream colored hair is worn in a style that's short but cute. She looks older than she actually is, though still looking young enough that anyone showing untoward interest should probably be put on a list. Her skin is cream-colored. She has nearly-nonexistent eyebrows. Her wardrobe is uncomplicated and boyish.
Backstory: The McDonald autoshop is fairly well known in the city, being the only real marker of where the rural area ends and the city begins. That's not quite enough to keep it fully afloat however. Some weeks it looks like Mr. McDonald will have to sell just to make ends meet but they pulled through alright. Bailey is named for her father's favorite way to take away stress, a method that he hasn't been able to indulge in since her mother passed. He's tried his best to raise her, teaching her how to repair anything with a motor from a young age. Things were going rather good for her until the debt collectors came knocking. Mr. McDonald didn't have the money for them of course, it looked like there wasn't anything they could do. Pumsy changed that. The debt collectors never called again! The McDonalds were overjoyed, though one of them still had to pay up...

Wish: I wish those Debt Collectors wouldn't bother us anymore.
Motivation: When you have a Debt you have to pay up somehow, and this beats whatever that creepy one had in mind...
Greatest Fear: Failing to pay back her father for what he's done for her.

Totem: My screwdriver!
Stats: (One is talented; that's your class.  Two are skilled, two are amateur, two are cursed.)
   Bravery: Skilled
   Joy: Cursed
   Innocence: Talented
   Purity: Skilled
   Mercy: Cursed
   Creativity: Amateur
   Love: Amateur

Abilities:  (Choose from Equanimity, and whichever class you're talented in.  Abilities cannot start at Level 3, though totem abilities can start at 2+1.)
Determination L2
Telekinesis L2
Totem Manipulation L2+1
Prediction L1
Refuge L1
Time Stop L2