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[MCreeper]

Is syvvaris stuck himself, or is he waiting for nakeen to show up again? 

[syvarris]

Nah, Nakéen's out even if they suddenly came back saying they want to keep playing; I've already told Paris that he's in, and figured out what to do with Asha.  The delay is just because my crippling insecurities make writing this stuff feel impossible.  A couple more days and the terrifying specter of failure will get big enough to force me to write something, don't worry.

[randomgenericusername]

Nah, Nakéen's out even if they suddenly came back saying they want to keep playing; I've already told Paris that he's in, and figured out what to do with Asha.  The delay is just because my crippling insecurities make writing this stuff feel impossible.  A couple more days and the terrifying specter of failure will get big enough to force me to write something, don't worry.

By the way, would you mind telling us if any of the wish ideas mentioned in the thread would be allowed or not? Like, wishing for extra levels or unbreakable soul gems.

[syvarris]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Uh... Have you heard of "time travel"?

((Time travel is possible but not in the way you think.  This is not PM3, Aleksandra is not Homura.  I suggest you not try it.))

"...Maybe I can wish to have second wish granted later on, whenever I want to?"

((As Pumsy said, this is functionally impossible.  Don't try it.))

"...I can't wish for extra wishes can I?"
"...Or maybe, wishing I had made my wish this morning, before we entered labyrinth?  ...Maybe I can I wish I had wished this morning that no one would die during labyrinth?"

((This is just getting absurd.  Good roleplaying!))

"I want to be.. a werewolf."

((This would function, and might even have a positive result if made with good intentions and worded well.  GM stamp of approval, because either way I'll find the result fun and entertaining.))

"Or, um, I dunno, maybe wish that everyone had a house, or something."

"Or, um, I dunno, maybe wish that everyone had a house, or something."

((Boring as hell.  Also, would fail, that's a lot of frigging houses.  Oh, and I quoted this twice, because apparently you type [glow=red,1,200].  The second version is the default [glow=red,2,300], the default; does anyone actually see any differece between those two quotes?  I don't.))

"Maybe wish we all had indestructible bodies?"

((Functional, but wouldn't work as well as you want.  I don't recommend it.))

"Or that we all were super strong and powerful?"

((You already have CC, you know.  You'd get some result from this, but I don't recommend it.))

"So, maybe we could wish our gems were unbreakable."

((Won't work as well as you want, and will only really help if you do poorly and not terribly, but you're screwed regardless in the latter case, and do you really expect to do well?  Probably a better wish than either of the last two.))

((Irrelevant: I think it was stated in the previous rule change that magical girls have some vague innate understanding about how abilities like telepathic communication and totem manipulation work. Does anyone remember if this applies for all abilities even if you don't have them, only the ones you have or only the default ones that everyone has?))

((I thought I replied to this?  Apparently not.  Well, MGs can use their powers naturally on an intuitive level, but they don't start with instant, concrete knowledge on exactly how their powers work.  Precisely how intuitive their powers are varies; some might just naturally get when to do things, and always see positive results, while other might have to struggle through repeated experimentation and accidents.  It depends largely on what you feel like role-playing.  I might even refund some of the cost for learning, if you write something entertaining and believable.))

"[...] maybe for all of us to be better at making and keeping friends.  I'm.. not good at that."

((Don't you fucking dare.))

"Maybe.. a weapon, then?  How about a tank that can fold up into a briefcase, and back into a tank?"

((I like this one though.  It'd work, kinda, though the exact utility of a tank could vary a lot depending on how you use it.))

"Or maybe.. wish that when magical girls die, their families won't feel despair, but know that their family member had been doing something good?"

((DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!))

((Does anyone have any ideas other than wishing to make Alida a werewolf?))

((Try for something that isn't an always-enabled buff, that takes clear physical form, and which adds to the world rather than removing challenges or strengthening already-existing effects.  The first because it helps prevent me forgetting things and avoids difficulty just scaling; I have to consciously decide how difficult an action is, and how capable you are, so it's easier to remember that you're 20% stronger than normal because you just activated a power two turns ago, rather than because you made a wish for that two years ago.  Clear physical form adds to that, because if I'm always describing the effects, I will remember to factor it in when deciding what happens; this is why "make me a werewolf" is better than just "let me toggle on superstrength".  Finally, the last point is because in general wishes that remove challenges and notable things from the world make for a boring and uninteresting story.  Saying "This person used to have a problem, but now they don't" is barely better than saying "This person exists", and that's a shit story.))

((Also, wishes have a finite amount of power, and that power can be diluted--and can be wasted.  If you wish for one AK-47, you will get one AK-47.  If you wish for ten AK-47s, you will get ten AK-47s.  If you wish for a million AK-47s, you will get a million LEGO AK-47s.  If you want to powergame, wish for something that's vauge enough to scale up well, and not spread out so much that the result will be inconsequential.  Being clever and interesting helps too, when I think a wish will result in a more interesting story if it's a bit stronger than it otherwise should be, I'll just go with the stronger, more interesting version.))

((I'm not sure if it would be too meta, but what about wishing for extra levels?))

((Cosmologically I suppose there's nothing wrong with this, but it'd be relatively weak and it's boring as hell.))

((Wish to be a rich and happy adult with lots of people to help and support them. Then buy everyone guns. Lots of guns.))

((Actually, not bad at all.  Happy would probably fail, but the rest... Well, if nothing else I'd find it fun.))

[Chevaleresse]

((I didn't actually have an OOC suggestion, I just had to throw out the obligatory "world peace/elimination of poverty/etc" thing.))

[randomgenericusername]

((Thanks a lot for that. Also, I'm wondering if wishes can make living things, like fairytale creatures or mythological monsters. If so, I was wondering if I could wish for something like a giant firebird Sasha could ride into battle or carry others with. But I guess I'll probably have to go with the werewolf wish if even the GM likes it.))

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler: Sandra Thompson (click to show/hide)

Name: Sandra Thompson
Age: 15
Description:  Long Blonde hair, blue eyes, skinny, has a quiet voice.
Backstory: Sandra's life tended to bore her, until she convinced her parents to let her start caring for plants and listen to the news. Her brother and sister prefer to play sports instead, so she mostly sits alone at her house, listening to the news and tending to her plants. Her parents are Mary Thompson, her mom, and Bill Thompson, her dad. Mary Thompson works as an elementary school teacher in the Waterbrook Elementary School in the town of Waterbrook, where the family lives. Bill Thompson works at the docks, building various boats for the Waterbrook Shipyard. Her brother’s name is Elliot, and her sister’s name is Patricia. Elliot is 17 and in the high school in town. He was in last year’s boat race and plans to enter the one for this year too. Patricia is 18 and has just graduated Waterbrook High. She sometimes watches the news with Sandra when she’s not racing boats with Elliot. Through this, Patricia learns of the various pirate attacks and she wants to build boats stronger than all other boats, and is hoping on getting a job at the shipyard in town to help with building better boats. Elliot wants to race boats and become the best boat racer. Sandra, while watching the news, learns of the various wars taking place and terrorist acts, and wants them to stop.

Wish: “I wish that people use diplomacy to solve issues, instead of conflict”

Motivation: She feels like fighting witches is what she has to do to have her wish granted

Greatest Fear: The world gradually falling to tyranny, with the peasantry not noticing or doing anything until its too late.

Totem:  A watering can

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

Abilities: 
Totem Manipulation: 1
Regenenaration: 1
Heal and Steel: 1
Triage: 2
Flagellation: 2
Soothe: 1
Convelescence: 1
Mobility: 1

(ok, it will be here in case someone turns into a witch. At least I will be able to watch)

[syvarris]

((I will say, it's very flattering when people ask to join the game, but sadly you can't join right now.  The main game has three players, and the next two replacements are already most of the way through their PM-stories, and will join the game shortly.  That makes five, the absolute cap.  While a spot might open up in the next labyrinth, and I might accept another character at that point, you're very likely to have to wait a long time; the game began twenty months ago, and in that time has had two characters leave, only one directly due to in-game events.  That implies an expected wait of at least ten months, unless one of the current players gets fed up with my glacial pace and leaves.

...That being said, I'll still respond to the sheet.  First, Sandra's totem would not work as you intend, I don't believe, as totems explicitly must be nonliving.  A dead seed would be fine, but sounds rather unhappy.  Second, Sandra only has eight levels in powers, but magical girls begin with ten; I'd recommend investing in Mobility Level 1, and either Triage Level 2 or an attack power such as Manabolt or Close Combat so that you aren't pure support--though Triage would probably be better, as otherwise you'd have to rely on assist actions and Heal & Steel to do damage.  Third, and most important, it would be better if you could write out more about your character; detail her family, her experiences, the specific wording of her wish, anything and everything.  It'd be difficult to write too much, and otherwise the more the better.

That all being said, it's still exceptionally unlikely for you to get into the game, unless you're willing to wait a year or more.  So... yeah, you can safely ignore this post, I think.  Sorry.))

_{^{((On the topic of my glacial pace, and because I feel bad about bumping the thread without stating anything relevant to the game progression, I fully rewrote the next memory's outline a couple days ago, and finished the first ~third of it today.  So... progress, just glacial.}}

[MCreeper]

At least tell us who the witch was before closing the game, dagnabbit.
aka bump from second page.

[Egan_BW]

Impatience.
(Nobody's going to forget the game exists just because it drops from the first page.)

[randomgenericusername]

Impatience.
(Nobody's going to forget the game exists just because it drops from the first page.)

I hope not. I really don't want to see this game being forgotten and dying.

[syvarris]

((The game isn't dead yet, or being closed, I am just capable of procrastinating arbitrarily long.  My intention is to post something on Thursday, as I'll be leaving on an eight-day road trip on Friday, but even if not the game isn't dead.  I won't give up on it at least until Egan's character is properly killed off; he's been waiting too long for me to just end it without doing that to him.  :P ))

[piecewise]

May I offer you a fitting image in this trying time?

[Egan_BW]

No.

[Devastator]

Well, I'd like to attack monsters with claws..