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[Glass]

It makes significantly more sense as a character illustration, yes.

Additionally, I do not feel dirty for having looked at it, and do not feel embarrassed to have it visible on my computer screen.

[Madman198237]

I mean, personally I don't really have a problem if you get shot, burned, impaled, or laughed to death because of your silly original thought on what your character would wear into battle.

In addition, you seem to be conflating "enjoyment of history and dislike for ridiculous caricatures" with "caring about what picture you chose any further than making a joke or three about its ridiculousness".


Oh, and the new picture has the following problems: The sword is too heavy, the shield is too heavy (and made entirely of metal! That's not how you make a shield unless it's a buckler), that armored collar thing around the neck will make it impossible to look up or down, the lack of armor on the upper arms is STUPID, the bracers don't extend far enough up the lower arm to be meaningfully protective, the spikes on the legs are stupid, the breastplate is not only shaped ridiculously but also extends down too far (thus making you unable to bend at the waist which is actually important in combat), and the hanging cloth waistband thing is just going to trip you in combat.

There's more I'm sure, for instance the plates are probably too thick but I can't see that for absolute certain.

[FakerFangirl]

(✿◠ヮ◠）╯︵ ┻━┻

[MrThrowaway]

I'll be a wanderer since no one else is

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Demir
Gender: Male

Appearance: An average-sized, leanly muscled young man standing at about 5'10 with dark brown eyes and the beginnings of a scruffy beard


Biography: Demir was working as a laborer on a caravan going on distant trade route, when the caravan was attacked by bandits, Demir fled but quickly found himself lost in a strange, dark, land

Active Effects


Stats


Class:

Level: 1
Kill Count: 0
Experience: 0/256

Health: 40/40
Endurance: 60/60

Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Vigor: 10
Faith: 10
Equipment:

Wanderer's Drape - A lightweight set of armour composed of cloth sewn together with chain, covered by a cloth cloak. It offers a moderate protection against worldly threats.
[15 Physical Protection, 5 Fire Protection, 40 Durability]

Scimitar - This curved sword of eastern origin serves as an excellent slashing weapon, yet falls flat when used for thrusting attacks. Its relatively low weight and very sharp blade allow to swiftly induce blood loss.
[25 Physical Damage, 60 Durability]

Light Crossbow - The perfect ranged weapon for a weary traveller, allowing to get out of many ambushed unscathed. Its only hinderance is its low reload speed.
[30 Ranged Physical Damage, 40 Durability]

Quiver - A container for arrows or bolts, usually made of leather.
[50 Short Bolts]


Abilities:

Pathfinder - The life of a traveller makes one proficient with marching through difficult terrain. Grants a +1 bonus to movement rolls.

Stealth Proficiency - Sooner or later, you will need to hide from the beasts during your journeys, whether they are in human form or not. Gives a +1 bonus to stealth rolls.


Skills:

Detect Ambush - Allows the wanderer to check the clues in the surrounding area indicating that an ambush is waiting for him, 2 turns cooldown.

Field Repair - Restore the durability of a chosen item. Each consecutive repair permanently removes 10 durability points from the maximum durability of the item, 2 turns cooldown.

[Dark One]

There's only one player slot free, so we may begin and accept new players during the game if you wish.

[Smoke Mirrors]

There's only one player slot free, so we may begin and accept new players during the game if you wish.

Or... you could not.

I claim this. I haven’t read anything about it, but it’s a Dark One game, it should be fun.

EDIT:Now I’ve read, still looks fun. Well, Dark One fun, meaning doing you absolute best not to die.

Spoiler: A little different from what I first said (click to show/hide)

Personal Data

Name: Rainer Edmunton
Gender: Male

Appearance: Rainer appears to be a handsome young man, but it is difficult to see under the hooded cloak he wears. He is a bit taller than average. His hair is pitch black, and his eyes are gold. He keeps his hair short, but messy. His skin is tan and he has well toned muscle. He gestures when he speaks, and puts his hand on his sword or on his on the clasp of his cloak when he is nervous.

Biography: All you need to know is that I will work to defend you. Everything else is private.

Stats

Class: Knight

Level: 1
Kill Count: 0
Experience: 0/256

Health: 40/40
Endurance: 60/60

Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Vigor: 10
Faith: 10
Equipment

Knight's Plate - A heavy, ornamented set of plate armour that protects well against worldly threats, yet wasn't tested against the dark.
[25 Physical Protection, 10 Fire Protection, 80 Durability]

Knight's Kite Shield - This shield provides a balance between weight, mobility and protection. The kite shield can stand numerous strikes with a bludgeon without a dent, and serves as an improvised blunt weapon.
[15 Physical Protection, 10 Fire Protection, 60 Durability, 15 Physical Damage]

Longsword - A standard straight sword suitable for thrusting and slashing.
[30 Physical Damage, 40 Durability]
Abilities

Knightly Vigor - Years of training physical prowess resulted in great strength and endurance, her wounds mended much faster than usual. Restores 2HP per turn when you are not in combat (passive).

Melee Mastery - Hours of training made him one with his weapon. Hand to hand and attacks with melee weapons receive a bonus of +10 points of damage (passive).
Skills

Crushing Strike - A bludgeoning attack with enhanced strength adding +20 points of damage (works only with blunt weapons), 2 turns cooldown.

Parry & Strike - Parry a melee attack with your weapon and instantly counter-attack with a doubled damage, 4 turns cooldown.
Active Effects

N/A

[Glass]

EDIT:Now I’ve read, still looks fun. Well, Dark One fun, meaning doing you absolute best not to die.

I believe you mean !!fun!!, my good sir.

[Tiruin]

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Personal Data

Name: Iolani
Gender: Female

Appearance: Iolani is a young woman, around two decades and a half in age, and appearing much younger than that. She has a light brown complexion and wavy, black hair. She stands at five and a half feet.


Biography: Iolani was a hunter's only daughter, raised with an upbringing that helped her into the niche of independence early in life. She was raised on the code of survival, with a perspective of respect, and a keen insight into feelings and emotions in the natural world. Her childhood was otherwise as pristine an environment a child could hone and grow their potential and skills in, raised solely by a single-parent; her father, and her second family, the community. This sense of empathy did not go unnoticed, however, as she took time during her hunts to also commune with the world around her, whether it be with what she knew of meditation, or merely appreciating the surroundings--at times, she believed, there were others around her inasmuch as the thoughts within her could communicate, and she called outward thoughts as spirits; she respected both the spirits, and the living.

Her area was blessed to have access to both the scribes and the teachers, which gave way to libraries and the study of reading, writing, and the arts. This was her escapade from monotony, and a whittling point to keep her wits as sharp as her physical skills; books were a common retreat for her, and also a constant companion in her day to day life. Driven by a thought of how important these objects and developments were, she decided to enlist herself into the local guard, both to be able to access these needs in her time, and to provide in turn, after her father had passed away.

The East was a calling. Proficiency in work meant knowing about the rumors and sayings of the lands--she decided to bid her time and connections in order to chance a journey to do so, alone.


Stats


Class:

Level: 1
Kill Count: 0
Experience: 0/256

Health: 40/40
Endurance: 60/60

Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Vigor: 10
Faith: 10


Equipment



Knight's Plate - A heavy, ornamented set of plate armour that protects well against worldly threats, yet wasn't tested against the dark.
[25 Physical Protection, 10 Fire Protection, 80 Durability]

Knight's Kite Shield - This shield provides a balance between weight, mobility and protection. The kite shield can stand numerous strikes with a bludgeon without a dent, and serves as an improvised blunt weapon.
[15 Physical Protection, 10 Fire Protection, 60 Durability, 15 Physical Damage]

Longsword - A standard straight sword suitable for thrusting and slashing.
[30 Physical Damage, 40 Durability]


Abilities


Knightly Vigor - Years of training physical prowess resulted in great strength and endurance, her wounds mended much faster than usual. Restores 2HP per turn when you are not in combat (passive).

Melee Mastery - Hours of training made her one with her weapon. Hand to hand and attacks with melee weapons receive a bonus of +10 points of damage (passive)


Skills


Crushing Strike - A bludgeoning attack with enhanced strength adding +20 points of damage (works only with blunt weapons), 2 turns cooldown.

Parry & Strike - Parry a melee attack with your weapon and instantly counter-attack with a doubled damage, 4 turns cooldown.


Active Effects


Occuring mid-game.

[randomgenericusername]

Spoiler: Unfghe Ihytgz (click to show/hide)

Personal Data

Name: Unfghe Ihytgz
Gender: Male

Appearance: A wanderer from an unknown eastern land. He's bald and has pale skin, a long silver beard and bright red eyes.


Biography: Born from a poor family, he was sold as a servant to a merchant by his father when he was young. While he had to do lots of strenuous work, the man also provided him with food and shelter. The years passed and he grew into a strong man, and was later tasked with protecting trade caravans as a bodyguard.

Things didn't really go well during the last job. The caravan was crossing the desert on their way back to the city, as a violent sandstorm forced Unfghe to split from the group. After wandering alone and lost, he somehow ended on this place. Not even the gods know yet if it was a miracle that he survived or if it would have been better for him to die on that fateful day to avoid a far worse fate.


Stats


Class:

Level: 1
Kill Count: 0
Experience: 0/256

Health: 40/40
Endurance: 60/60

Strength: 10
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 10
Vigor: 10
Faith: 10


Equipment


Wanderer's Drape - A lightweight set of armour composed of cloth sewn together with chain, covered by a cloth cloak. It offers a moderate protection against worldly threats.
[15 Physical Protection, 5 Fire Protection, 40 Durability]

Scimitar - This curved sword of eastern origin serves as an excellent slashing weapon, yet falls flat when used for thrusting attacks. Its relatively low weight and very sharp blade allow to swiftly induce blood loss.
[25 Physical Damage, 60 Durability]

Light Crossbow - The perfect ranged weapon for a weary traveller, allowing to get out of many ambushed unscathed. Its only hinderance is its low reload speed.
[30 Ranged Physical Damage, 40 Durability]

Quiver - A container for arrows or bolts, usually made of leather.
[50 Short Bolts]


Abilities


Pathfinder - The life of a traveller makes one proficient with marching through difficult terrain. Grants a +1 bonus to movement rolls.

Stealth Proficiency - Sooner or later, you will need to hide from the beasts during your journeys, whether they are in human form or not. Gives a +1 bonus to stealth rolls.


Skills


Detect Ambush - Allows the wanderer to check the clues in the surrounding area indicating that an ambush is waiting for him, 2 turns cooldown.

Field Repair - Restore the durability of a chosen item. Each consecutive repair permanently removes 10 durability points from the maximum durability of the item, 2 turns cooldown.


Active Effects


Occuring mid-game.

[FakerFangirl]

((Now we fight!)) 

[Dark One]

Dark Fortress

Reign of the Blackened

Prologue

Another dawn over the Bleak Valley. All the vegetation within its borders is completely covered with black ichor - the night must have been unusually violent and restless, as the nightly dark storms come with such intensity only when something of great importance is about to happen. The damned were silent throughout the whole night, giving all those living by the border of the pit a good night's sleep. Gazing upon this dark and withered scenery one could feel the weird charm of it - a sensation hard to describe or explain, yet clinging to one's soul for hours. The call of the Dark Ones is powerful, and it is rumored that they call only those, who are ready to undergo the beastly transformation.

However, the nature of the Wastes is even more powerful than the call of its rulers, and all those who dabble with arcane are especially influenced by it. Surely it is a time of great changes, the number of magicians, mystics, fortune tellers and wizards within the perimeter of Bleak Valley has never been so high.

Quinn Learner

After finding and speaking with literally all of the knowledgeable and skillful arcane scholars and magicians in the world, a pale man in dark grey robes finally set off towards the blackened wastes of the Bleak Valley. The infamous Black Archivist, as Quinn Learner was known by some, concluded that if he won't be able to squeeze any more information out of other arcanists, he has to conduct his own research, away from the safety of his study. Thus he approached the Bleak Valley from the north, spending the night in one of the borderline inns, and when the morning finally came, he passed through the barrier. There is no return now, even Gods can't break the spell keeping everyone inside the Bleak Valley. In front of him extends a path that leads deeper into the dreaded lands, its sides blocked off by unnaturally steep rock walls.

Quan

It was the last night in the damp, rotting cell within the dungeon of the Darkbog Citadel. All the hours of torture, pain, sorrow and malnutrition were about to end with Quan's first, and at the same time - last journey to the Bleak Valley. The sentenced were granted their only wish before their untimely death - the right to speak for the last time. Quan was travelling with people who tried to cross the border of the Northern Empire, a thief was among them. They have finally reached the Bleak Valley and guards brought them closer to a very deep pit. One by one, they were sent plummetting down to their deaths. it wasn't the fall that killed however - the monsters were doing it. Each and every one of the prisoners was brutally mauled by the blasphemous revenants once they hit the ground. As Quan was kicked, his orchard and previous life flashed before his eyes - then he fell on the ground and lost consciousness. He woke up next day, alive, covered with the black ichor and lying in a pool of blood. It wasn't his blood, and it seemed to look inhuman. There was something unusual about it.

Quan didn't know why he was left alive by the damned. He heard someone shouting in fury from above: 'I placed a bet that you'd die this night you muck eater!' it was one of the guards. Still bound by chains, Quan moved further into he Bleak Valley.

Leona Maple & Rainer Edmunton

She came from the east, with a noble goal and extreme bravery in her heart. Leona Maple, accompanied by her mysterious companion, Rainer Edmunton finally reached the Bleak Valley, the heart of darkness they both swore to destroy. The wandering knights descended down a dilapidated tower and following a straight path, they moved forward towards the blackened land. The couple reached a place where they had to split however, and the dark magic of the land ensured to split them for good. Leona found herself back in the tower, while Rainer moved towards a pit used to drop off the sentenced.

Morion

Many years have passed since Morion started to study the arcane. Many years of dissapointment and pain. Led by jealousy, the pale and gaunty man set off towards the Bleak Valley, the dreaded land of dark spirits, revenants and black ichor. His tenacity only increased, when he found out that The Black Archivist is going to be among the beasts as well. It was his chance to finally gain all the power he was after, and so he came from the west, from where he could clearly see the Dark Fortress.

Demir

Demir escaped from the bandits that attacked his caravan. He had no sense of direction whatsoever, he was led by his survival instinct. However, this untamed strength led him into even worse situation - he ended up within the accursed lands. He spent the night in a relatively safe cavern, and when he woke up and left it, he had no idea where he was. All Demir knew was that the death is waiting for him at every corner of this dreadful land!

[Glass]

Nowhere to go but forwards.

Quinn advances upon the path, all the while watching the currents of magic.

[MrThrowaway]

Look around. Maybe there's a village or something that could be shelter

[FakerFangirl]

Leona looks for quests, and gathers information.

[darkwarlock3]

Quan being thirsty starts to look for a water source, even if its contaminated by the black ichor his need to drink something wouldn't stop him from doing so