Too bad, they'll have to stay dead, then.

EDIT: What is the force distribution? Sorry if I jumped in on the side of Rab without looking, they looked like they were having their asses handed to them by the Magitek.

In FF terms, it's Geomancer, not Elementalist... Or a dancer in Mog's case...

Edit: I think that's the point... If the creator says that one side is losing, they are losing...

Ah , then you can just divert Dante's attention from the rest of the battle. Or occupy him with the duel with the master. Master black magi are not to be played with.

So, in your opinion, a normal mage is worth a dozen fighters? (I'm refering to your 'your mage kill many pikemen', and making a wierd little ratio out of it)

Just on a side note, someone's eventually going to have to teach Arc to fight better.

Right now he's okay I guess, but still. (Please don't kill me IHMN)

Yeah, don't kill him... I haven't gotten the chance to see him and beat the crap out of him mehself *evil snicker*

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Geomancer is an Elementalist with a different name. Square should be a little more consistant with their class names...

Thanks for the ideas, but I'm already thinking up something. I'll PM Ecurt for the OK (when I'm ready) before I post a profile, to save space.

Around there... the younger mages need time to properly cast the spell, the high-powered ones can throw off weak spells almost at will and with little cost to their own stamina, though they still need to concentrate for the really powerful ones, like the earth shield thing.

That said, once he's out of mana or unable to concentrate he's meat.

Celes, you're fine. Jump in once you've gotten a background and you feel like it.

Alan, tell me your proficiency, and what a Psylord is. I have no clue, and if he's super-powered like he sounds (I haven't yet had a chance to check out the other thread, nor respond to any pms-sorry Dante, and I will) you better have a good reason.

IHMN-You're right, I intended for at least most of you guys to be N'Revat. It's easier to control the flow like I said earlier, besides....that side's going to win or lose once everyone has introduced themselves in this chapter who wants their character to (it's a flip of a coin really, I have two outcomes planned, and however you guys decide to portray yourselves affects my decision).

Mr. V-Monk, Blue Mage, Thief, Noble (Aristrocrat, same thing), Black Mage, Oracle (Unless Alan explains the Psylord, he's Oracle in my mind), Dragoon, White Mage, Engineer, Shaman, and another type of Mage, plus a Light specialist Mage.

Wouldn't making several shields, lots of exremetly sharp air blades, and a gaint hole in the ground count as out of mana, or atleast very close?

He does Yin-Yang magic, but he wants a better title I guess... And he has himself completely invisible to everyones sight while enslaving mages minds easily.

Not exactly... though it was quite a big drain, around 35%. Fighting normies is easier becuase you can preempt their attacks and thus avoid the need for shielding, but against mages you have to be ready for anything.

The problem isn't so much how much mana you have, but how much your body can sustain before burning out.

Well, I kinda GAVE a reason he's so strong. I left his history practically blank, meaning he's probably older than he thinks, and used to be very powerful. Another note: He's evil, he needs to be strong because without strong evil characters, it's too easy for the heroes.

How do you not know what a psy-lord is? How long have you been rping? It's just what it says, a Psychic lord, meaning hes extremely proficient at using his psychic abilites.

Do you know how many evil people we already have?

We have evil people already?

And Alan, pick either telekinesis or telepathic powers, not a master of both...

Probably more than I originally thought.

Okay, newbie. You might think you're some huge RP expert but news-flash.

Having memorized the D&D handbook does not make you a good RPer.

Why should I have to choose? Those abilities go hand in hand. That's like telling a white mage to choose either being able to heal wounds, or know how to make remedies.

You are an idiot. I don't even play D&D.

Should I assume I'm on the good-guy's team, right? ^_^ (just want to make sure before I make her background ^^ I'm sure a happy good-guy would have a different past than a spiteful bad guy.)

Alan think about it.

One is manipulating outside material

The other is manipulating minds (which you have overpowered extremely I might add)

They are two COMPLETELY SEPERATE THINGS!

Umm...White mages dont usually make medicine, they just use magic to heal...shamans I guess would use medicines...plus, were all just gunna call you a stupid newb till you stop godmodding...

There is no bad guy team... I think... I'm not really sure, story isn't that far yet... All of our bad guys so far are unrelated (It's obvious who the bad guys are...)

Edit

Ecurt, in some other RP you mentioned you like longer post... Do we have to have long post? I'm not a fan of them myself...

We have good guys? Hmm... Anyway... I think you should probably be good aligned and a N'Revat soldier (as that Ecurt wants most of us as N'Revats... and we already have a bunch of villains).

Who became the bad guy(s)?

Geez I'm not fucking god moding, I'm trying to make this RPG interesting, and not full of weak ass people who can't cast a fireball without passing out. Fine, I'm gonna go kill myself. I remember when these boards were fun, and not so damn serious about something that's supposed to be fun, guess it's changed since I was last here...

BM... It's very, very obvious...

YES! I call dibs on points for getting rid of that newb!

Well... so far we have a general sacrificing troops and smirking... a mercenary preparing to beat the crap out of a cowering ex-thief... and a mage arrogantly slaughtering every thing in his path.

Lets go over this. You took a random mage, and completely and utterly wiped his mind to be exactly what you wanted, then ordered him to massacre a whole bunch of people without losing a bit of energy. Following that you proceeded to run away.


This is not god-modding how?

Alan-they're just asking you to tone it down a bit to make your character not so ultra-powerful. It's not like they are hating you, or anything. Go ahead and ask Ecurt if you can have all those abilities, or just loosen up.

It's to bad the mods never would let us make a God-Mode-All RP, like what BMHadoken suggested. THAT would be the place to kick serious behind :)

I think most of the problem here is just that he posted an extremely small bio, then threw himself into the RP. Most of us around here wait under the person running the RP tells us the char is okay, that way there's no arguing about whether it is a god-moddy char or not (since said head of RP will have approved). Yeah o.o No offense or anything guy.

Look...I mean PsyLord in relation to this RP, I don't remember an FF having it in the game. I'm not stupid.

Also, the story starts of with weak characters. If I introduced a villain right now it would be bad for the plot and the RP. With someone so strong to exert so much power in an introductory battle...that pretty much kills everyone else, and seems kinda cheesy to me.

You're character, for just waking up in the battle, doesn't seem to confused or worried. I only got to glance, but I don't remember seeing any motivation.

IHMN-Long posts, I meant posts with a little description, not one liners. I prefer those, but if you can't really think of anything and you need to react, those are fine...I won't like it, but it's fine. I know I do it sometimes.

Celes-Yes, you will start out as a good guy. (People may switch sides if they reasonable motivation)

He killed himself off anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

Sorry, but when I was here some months ago, everything was different. The atmosphere was not so serious. It used to be full of people who just wanted to have a little fun rping and some really funny stuff, like the Black Academy, omg that was hilarious.

Go away...and The Sphere sucks, just delete it right now...

And I can't do anything until cruelty posts...are we at her factory, or are we at the battle?

Look, BM, I'm already out. Stop right now. I really don't care what you think about my stories, I'm already confident I'm a better writer than you. So just shut up and get over it ok?

My bad! :x
 

Sorry, sorry...spirits, right... *notes* =)

I think I'll leave him at:

• Makes potions -- healing, mana, or otherwise -- at a rate of one a day (8 hours +/- a couple hours)
• Archery: Can hit stationary objects at 50 meters if he has a solid 10 seconds to aim.
• Raises spirits, one at a time, with limited abilities and time limit.

Anything more and I'll feel too strong. I already feel a little too strong, actually...

Oh, and he's an old man; really old, like in his fifties or sixties. But anyway, I'd rather enter at a later time...like, if the party passes through some town looking for potions or whatnot, then I can pop in. :P

But I'm not too sure if I really want to join...I'm kinda happy with my RP load as it is.

You're a cliche writer. That's not a lot to be proud of. (To Alan)

OOC: You might want to be mroe specific...

Thank you Mr. Zephir, we'll keep you resume on file and contact you if anything else is needed...

j/k, but I see no problem with you joining in later.

And for a shaman, I personally would see him making magic healing potions, but also some other stuff that might temperarily make a person strong/faster/ what have you. Also, I would see a shaman as speaking with the spirits of the dead, and summoning some sort of nature spirits to help in battle, like wind spirits or forests spirits etc. Just my two cents worth on a shaman type calss.

SS: ;_;

j/k :D Heehee, post mistimings're fun. =D

Enough with the spam now...may I can a summary so I can kinda get my bearings? Please? Pwetty pweaaaaaaase? :>

EDIT: Ahhhh, thankies, FZ! =D

I'm no idiot, but I won't pretend to know a lot. Many thanks! I didn't really have much of an idea of where to go with him. =">

Sorry Zephir. Wasn't meant for you.

Ecurt, you might want to change whatever Rad is to what N' is, since the Rad side has more PC then the N' side...

Alright, I edited in Kirie's background. I'm not extremely happy with it as it is, so it's subject to change.

And I think I'll join the group a little bit later, jsut so we're not having everyone at once. ^^;

I know it's alittle late (well it's a lot late actually) but Ecurt allowed me to join, so here I am!

Name: Cassie

Physical Traits: 6"0 with brown eyes and red hair. She wears black baggy-ish pants and a white tank top. She mostly has a grey cloak over her clothes

Class: Chronomancer (or Time Mage I haven't plaed FFT in a loooong time)

Main Skill: Time Magic. Cassie can control time to a small extent and inflict status ailments to her enemies. She can speed up and slow down time, but only for events that have already happened. She can also stop time very briefly, but it drains her almost completely.

Secondary Skill: Red Magic- Cassie knows some basic white and black magic as well, but only the very basic fire, lit, ice and heal spells.

Background: Cassie's father, a powerful Chronomancer, went to war very early on and was slain in a bloody battle. Now that the call to arms has risen again, Cassie has decided to take her father's place by joining the battle. (not sure which side yet)

Extra info: Cassie is very friendly, but no one better make fun of her family, or they'll get a big whack upside the head with her Time Staff.

Pre-Rp Relations: N/A (at this time)

Well... the N'Revat have kind of defeated the Rab, under Ciaran's (my character) expert leadership... and then Ciaran usurped the throne (by manipulating Ripel [Ecurt's character] into killing the king) and became emperor... so the sides are basically, Rab refugees and resistance, which we haven't heard much from, other than the heroes (Celes was a member of the resistance who joined the heros, I suppose you could do that too)... The N'Revat Imperial Armed Forces (NIAF!), and the army of demons...

Just to help you decide what to do... also, I suppose the heros could find a Rab resistance group on their way to Preos, and you could be a member of that.


Anyway... I like the bio.

That was just to help you pick a side.


Also... in order to catch you up with the story, so you know what's happening:

Ciaran was a general of the N'Revat stationed at the border of N'Revat and Rab. Some fires were started in the N'Revat camps... who did it no one knows. This triggered a battle... The N'Revat took the upper hand, thanks to Dezil's, the expert engineer, (FZ's character) anti-magic field generators, which allowed them to nullify any magic, including that from the VERY powerful mage Dante (Dante's character). It's about then that Elyse showed up with Luce (neither of which have posted in AGES), in an airship, which was shot down by magitek, and Ciaran had ordered some of his troops to circle around behind the Rab forces. Caught in a pincer attack, and with their most powerful weapons nullfied or destroyed, Rab forfeited. Ciaran had the Airship rebuilt, and flew it, loaded with magitek and troops as well as some prisoners (any PCs that were in the Rab army), to the Rab capital under Rab colors. Once he had infiltrated the capital, he ordered the attack. The anti-magic magitek easily made their way to the capital building, only to find that Dante, having been betrayed by the Rab, had already slain all of the Rab rulers. The Rab forces surrendered shortly after. Ripel and Blyr (the two Rab PCs that were captured--Blyr=Mr. Viewtiful) then tried to escape. Ripel ran into Ciaran on the way out, who allowed him and his friends to escape, if he'd assassinate the king... promising release of General Clique (NPC general of Rab forces) when it was completed. Meanwhile, Ark (SS's character... he can't get online currently and hasn't posted in awhile), the neutral thief who had snuck aboard the ship to see Carolina (LWM's character, she's in the same boat as SS), due to their pre-rp relations. Ark was caught by Deamon (IHMN's character), and Carolina and Ark were in deep shit. Ripel had them released along with himself and Blyr.

Ripel and Ciaran then planned the death of the king, and Ciaran made Ripel a royal guard for the king. He assassinated the king while he was reading, and then managed to escape with the help of Deamon, Ark, Carolina, and Blyr. Ciaran did not release Clique, but did gather all the generals together, and assassinated anyone who didn't care for him taking power (only one person, actually). Ciaran became emperor. And his first order was to have Ripel's village destroyed, along with Ripel... who was the only person who knew Ciaran had him kill the king.

The magitek, led by Dezil, attacked. In the battle, just as Ripel was about to die, Kairi (celes's character) showed up and pulled him out of the line of fire, using her mad dragoon skillz. Dezil, then realizing that Ciaran was not a good person (having been assigned a 'guard' along with all other high ranking officials [you know... to kill them if they betrayed Ciaran]), and he activated a self destruct mechanism in a nearby magitek, as well as his own, faking his own death. He joined the Rab resistance shortly after, and the Magitek retreated, thinking that the mages had found a way to penetrate the A/M fields.

When Ciaran received the report he sent bandits after the refugees in order to kill the people that knew how to penetrate the A/M fields. The bandits attacked, but as they did, Deamon convinced Ripel to open a gateway in the side of a mountain, telling him that there would be reinfocements there. When he did... the gate to the netherworld was open, and demons surged out. Deamon was revealed as a demon himself (although not physically... just commanding the demon army). The refugees and bandits escaped, while the demons were too pained by the fading sunlight to attack. Ripel, however, was left behind as everyone else escaped, and is now seperated from the group.

While all this was happening, Dante was attacked by the black mage council of N'Revat, as that they assumed he was the one who killed the king. Dante was able to easily kill every one of them except for the grand master Bandon... who defeated him and sent him crashing down into the mountains below, where he was retrieved by servents of a being known as Radaeus. Radaeus took control of Dante's mind and sent him against Ciaran and Bandon. Bandon was slain in a magical duel, rocking the castle... but when he moved to attack Ciaran, he activated many A/M fields all throughout his room, supressing Dante's powers. They then dueled, Dante using his Channelers Chain (or something like that), which was a semi-sentient whip which had glowing links that cause concussive force at even the slightest touch, and Ciaran using his Rapier. The Duel was impressive, and you can read it yourself... with Ciaran taking the upper hand and stabbing Dante many times... just before the A/M fields winked out. Dante's wounds healed, and he attacked Ciaran with fireballs, which Ciaran dodged. Sister Millani (an NPC from Dante's past) then came forth from the white mages gathered in the room... and cast Esuna on Dante, which relieved him of his mind control. Dante then took her with him and escaped... moving to kill Radaeus.

The heros, in the meanwhile, are trying to regroup and discussing their next move. They've decided to seek Ciaran's help with the demons, and are headed toward Preos.


That should catch you up.

Bah, you would be nothing without my technology, NOTHING! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

... j/k.

Oh, and welcome to the RP Batgirl, you can expect a lot more of this in the future...

Wow, thanks for the recap. I actually read the battle which was awesome and I'm eager to jump in. Also, look for an Omake coming from me in a few days!

There's a Deamon vs. Dante battle coming up...

In 16 days...

I gave you proper credit, a little bit after that. See...

Yeah, I was just messing around. Very good recap by the way, a lot more has happened then I thought. And of course, more plot twists then you can shake a stick at are up ahead...