Summoner: Birth of the Dragon God (OOC)

[cats]

Light subsides ands fades around you. The cold fluid of nothingness briefly fills your being. All the colors of your vision, all of the sounds in your hearing, all of the scents and tastes merge into one. Very briefly you this is all you know. After that you cease to be.

How long you cease to be is irrelevant. A matter of moments is no different from countless eons, this is because your body and mind are simply no longer around in any form. However a part of you remains behind, your fate, and fate is timeless.

You come back feeling first the incredible cold of absolute void, the very void that your were part of not to long ago. This cold is replaced with the sudden burst of new warmth form the environment. It doesn't matter where you were or where you now are, it is always much warmer then the void. Then the odors take you, they say smell is the most primal of senses, the new scents come even as the tastes of the old linger in your mouth. Sound and sight some to come at the same time, or so you must imagine all though both arrive as a blur you fail to notice for some time.

This is where the confusion starts. You have no idea where you are. It isn't as though this place is completely alien to you, but the simple fact is you knew where you were before and your definitely not there any more.

Now you slowly assemble a new world and gain understanding of what is around you, what is different now. Only after this do you note that you are the same as you were, or are you the same now? In either case, this is where the adventure begins.

 

[cats]

This is a fantasy thread, as you probably surmised.

The story is simple, a bright star has appeared in the night sky, and that means the dragon god will soon be born. This event means a great change is in order, and that begins with the appearance of new heroes. These heroes have been summoned here from sub worlds of the true world. Earth, as we know it, is one of these worlds

The story is going to begin with training as a summoner, and then advance into a tournament of sorts, with the ultimate prize at stake. This new god will grant the winner one wish, one change, one favor before you return to your world. Of coarse you can skip some of this format, ignore training and just begin the adventure on your own.

This is very much a character development story, but when the thread begins you'll see why.


Characters can be from any time, in any world, and any place in that world. So of coarse many character types are possible. Hell if you made a character you liked for a thread feel free to bring them into this thread. Hell, for some extra fun try this, bring an existing character from another thread and then change something fundamental about them, such as race, gender, age, eye color, maybe even species. Although I would prefer to see your own unique character, you could possibly be megaman, sailormoon, or Capitan Kirk. Just be fore warned, just because you can use your phaser in your world doesn't mean you can use it in this world. Things are very different between the world you come from and the world you find yourself in.


Basic notes on home worlds.
a) not every hero comes from a different world, some are home grown.
b) not every hero comes from a world unique to it, some worlds have more then one hero.
c) some times heroes exist in more then one world, and are surprised to find some one they know is totally different in another world.

 

[rengadeirishman]

sounds cool, im definitely interested.

 

[Angelus]

I am definitely interested in this thread.

 

[cats]

Jeese, I havn't seen you in close to a year angelous.

In a bit I am going to add more information on summoning and a few sample characters.

I am also open to questions always.

 

[let3us2be1free0]

im in. i might bring in a charecter from another thread, maybe make a new one.

 

[cats]

Summoning

Okay summoners aren't necessarily the soft bodied spell casters that may come to mind. Also they can summon more then just monstrous brutes.

The summoner is an all inclusive group, capable of summoning equipment, monsters, lighting, and many other things. I am going to allow some play in this field, I simply ask that you keep power and skill in mind, the first thing summoned is more likely to be a knife then dog, and summoning an 80ft dragon is pretty much impossible until the story is well underway.



So how does summoning work?

A summon is pulled from some point in some world by the hero's mind or soul. This means somethings are simply impossible for a particular summoner to make a giant spider, while another summoner may easily be able to make a giant spider. It depends first on the world the summoner is from and then on the way the summoner views the world. A person who values power will tend to get brutes, and a biologist may only get things that are possible in his home world. These are just examples, and not firm rules. For example two summoners value freedom, one summoner may express this by making flying creatures and hyperactive little animals, the second summoner can express his like of freedom by making walls and cages.

So enter the first loophole, many summoners who can't summon the giant spider above include such a creature in there mind after seeing one in front of them. This means that after some time that experience becomes something they except and they gain the ability to make a giant spider. Of coarse if one doesn't have the power and skill to make a giant spider then they have a different set of problems.

Enter loop hole number two. One can get more power for a short time using a couple of tricks. First we have combined summons, if two summoners have spiders in their world, and they have a similar outlook on the desired creature in terms of size, color, and general looks, then they can make a larger spider working together. A second option is scrolled summons. These are creatures, gear, and pretty much anything that can be summoned, stored in some sort object, usually a scroll. The main benefit of this is that you don't need to be familiar with the summon, a roman soldier can summon a tommy gun. A side benefit is a scroll often has most of the needed power put in it when its made, making far stronger and larger creatures possible. Mind you, a saint simply doesn't have the mind set to summon a blood thirsty monster.

Other loop holes may be possible such as transformation of existing material, or sacrificing human lives. If you have an idea contact me via pm and will work out how it works.

The last note is a general rule of thumb, making a summon taxes the mind, and so does maintaining a summon. Depending on how complex it is maintaining a summon for a minute can take any where from 1%, of the creation cost, to 50%. In general both costs go down with experience and skill. It is fairly common for an inexperienced summoner to collapse into unconsciousness by overtaxing there mind.

 

[cats]

Characters

Okay here is a new sample character.

Name: Joey Alston
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Height: 6'0
Weight: 190
Eyes: deep brown
hair: Joey has a large forehead and a receding hair line, he is in denial though and sports a come over similar to that of Donald Trump. His hair color is also brown.

Description: Joey is a reasonably strong man, despite not being in the best of shape. He tends to be greasy and dirty and fine with it. He favors simple clothing and no jewelry save his wedding ring.

Bio: Joey was born in 1990, on the same earth we currently reside. He grew up in the suburbs of Las Vegas and like many upper class children was somewhat spoiled with out any one noticing. He finished high school and had trouble finding work eventually becoming a mechanic. He married his high school sweet heart Kelly, and has two children. His life is hard but worth it. Like many people he was shocked when Ralph Nader and Ale Gore came out of no where and won the presidential race of 2008. He like every one in the world was scared when Nader and Gore legalized gay marriage and the two became the first legally married gay couple in the US. Any how, in December of 2017 he was showering after a long day of work, and suddenly he was naked and wet in a new world.


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That is an example character, it has all the details I would expect in character and some light hearted notes for the hell of it. I plan to run NPCs for the first leg of the game, so you may or may not see a confused joey.

Now to illustrate a few points I am going to modify an existing character. I pulled this character from a Dragon ball Z thread I joined in 2002.


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Nilons is a decedent of of Bra (A child of vegeta and bulma in DB GT who dose nothing but shop.) and goten. Even though she is a cross of the two lines she grew up with the family buiness capsul corp. Most of Vegta's decendents have some conection with the buiness. Even though she has slightly more saiyan blood and a power over 100. She efevtively fights at a power of 57. Like many a decedent of the Breif family she has a name similar to an under gorment.

Name: Nilons
Power level: 103
Trained at power Level: 57
Race: 31/32 human and 1/32 saiyan.
goals: To prove she is just as tough as any man. Live up to her morals. Die proud of herself (Hope fuly not right away.)

If the extra saiyan blood bothers you then she is not related to Goten. She still is related to the only female 1/2 saiyan Bra.

Nilons has brown hair like Vegeta, but the blue eyes of Bulma. She is 19 just turned. She fights in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. When not fighting or feeling agresive she likes skirts and dresses. She avoids wearing pants. She keeps her weight to herself and is 5'7"

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Name: Nilons Brief
Gender: Female
Age: 26 (We played for a long time)
height: 5'7"
weight: 150lbs
Eyes: Large blue green.
Hair: Black Brown, in a pony tail that reaches just past shoulders.
Description: She wheres traditional namik clothing modified with modesty in mind, sense they are all men. She still wheres black fingerless gloves and has a dislike of pants. She is in shape despite giving birth to one child. She is surprised that she lost her monkey tail upon arriving in this world.

Bio: She was born into wealth, and inherited a warrior legacy. In her youth she fought often to stroke her ego and vent some rage. She was trained in martial arts by piccolo, and then by Zeo, the father of her child, and then studied independently on the planet namic. Her daughter was kidnapped from her and she waits on Namic expecting her child to come there in an attempt to kill her. While waiting she suddenly appeared in a new place, and calmly explored what was going on.


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So I picked this character for two reasons. The first being I played her for over a year and so I understand the character. In the bio however I included only what was important. Secondly DBZ characters are ridiculously overpowered against, lets say, inspector gadget. Now despite being so powerful in her native world that she can destroy a planet, in this world she can't throw balls of pure energy, fly, or push mountains. A touchier area is if she can become a super sayian, well my first thoughts are no, but alternatively she could but she would have to relearn it and it only modestly increases her power. So training to become a super sayian is balanced because she gives up training to become a stronger summoner.

A minor note is I removed her tail. I could of left it and had her be fine, or better still I could of left the monkey tail and made her a monkey in full with the one exception is she has the same intelligence as always. Changes like these are a lot like changes in dreams, while dreaming everything looks fine but often a person in a dream looks very different from what they do in reality.

So this is a rough guide to characters.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

I was thinking of using Rana from my Luna Lupa thread or Skemet from the old Matrix thread...but can't find them. I guess they are too old.

How about Mina Harker, a vampire who believes in God? Or my very frist D&D character...Terragon "Terra" Ebon...a quasi-paladin half-elf bastard-princess?

 

[cats]

All are possible. As for to old, thats never the case on lit. The bottom right has search options so to speak. Select all threads from now to the begining and it should be there. You just have to try and find it either alphabetaicly or by thread starter or something else you remembered.

In the above I was looking for an OOC thread so I searched for the thread starter Dark Warrior. While I was at that I found out this was the 45th thread I made.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

I think I'll go with Mina Harker then...in the classic Bram Stoker tradition not the movie tradition, which means that yes, she can go out in daylight, but has very few special powers during the day.

Mina Harker née Murray
Female
Age: apparently 30ish
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 125 lbs
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Chestnut brown

Description: Mrs. Harker is a very prim lady most of the time, and tends to move gracefully and with the social graces of a forgotten age. One might even call her fussy. This is, of course, only the exterior of a very complex and steel boned woman and when her eyes flash red strong men step back. Pale suits her smooth skin, and when she smiles it is almost always demurely, with her mouth closed or hidden by her hand. She wears her wedding ring, a plain gold band, and a Victorian mourning locket.


Bio: Born in 1870 Mina was orphaned young but had a small trust which provided for an excellent education at a girls boarding school at which she became a teacher when she graduated. She made many friends among the upper class and married a young up and coming lawyer with whom she bonded with almost instantly as he also was an orphan named Jonathan Harker. After many well publicized adventures Mina and Jonathan settled into a life centered around work, family, friends and church.

However, in 1900 their past caught up with them in the form of Radu, Vlad's wrathful brother, who burned their home to the ground, killed Jonathan and completed Mina's change. Not exactly the wisest thing to do, as Mina dispatched him. With her son Quincey set in boarding school and dear personal friends who knew a bit too much about vampires for her safety Mina took a large portion of her fortune and left for India at first and then other counties through the ages. She never lost her belief in God, who she trusts to have a divine plan for her even under her changed circumstance and keeps track of her descendants and help them in times of need. Currently, she lives in America and runs a used bookshop.

Vampric powers:
Day-walker (in the book Dracula Jonathan first sees the count on an afternoon walk)


Consumes blood to maintain youth. (in the book the Count appears quite old in the beginning, and doesn't eat as far as Jonathan sees...yet in England he is quite young looking. Mina discovers that she can 'age' herself depending on the amount of blood she drinks, but only actually requires a few ounces a day to stave off blood-hunger)

2X as strong as she appears, 3X as strong when freshly fed.

Night Vision.

edited by PS

 

[cats]

I like the character but we need to reduce the vampire advantages some.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

PMed you cats, and tell me what you would like to have changed and I will do so...Oh Might Narr!

 

[Bladesman]

I might be interested in this story.

 

[cats]

Quick word of warning, when it comes to beter then human norm, I'm going to ask that its a modest advantage at best. You can increase any ability from its base over time however. Be it eye sight, or endurance.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Adjustments made, mon capitain!

 

[cats]

Kay, I'll post the IC after one or two more character posts.

 

[rengadeirishman]

Name: Alleron Talarus
Gender: male
Age: 21
height: 6'4"
weight: 225
Eyes: green
Hair: dark red shoulder length, beard.
Description: Wears bone white armor and a red cape, in each gauntlet sits a large emerald on the back of the hand. Wears a large runeblade on his hip

Bio: Son of the former kings champion, Akaron Talarus. Alleron was born heir to the Duchy of Stormgard and thus into fabulous wealth. He was raised from a young age as a Rune-knight and entered the service of King Soren of Garlyn at age 16. Quickly became marchwarden of the Northern Reaches. On his way to slay a the Dragon Drumgar he found himself in a unfamiliar place, unaware of how he could gotten there.

 

[cats]

You know wealth kind of scales it self down on its own doesn't it. Well if he wants to sell those gloves he'd have a leg up in that regard, ofcoarse its a one time boost, and he'd have to be willing to sell.

Well its to late to post the IC tonight. Tomorow I'll try and get it up.

Feel free to suggest terrans and enviorment suggestions.

 

[rengadeirishman]

they're enchanted to increase his magical power. Rune-knights are mages as much as knights. and very good at both.

 

[cats]

The enchanted isn't in the bio. Can you pm me the specifics you would like, so I can see if they're balanced, and possibly adjust them.

 

[Angelus]

Name: Daniel Cain
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 190lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Dark brown shoulder length hair
Description: Tall, muscular and handsome. Usually wears jeans, black button up shirt and long trenchcoat with black boats.

Bio: Daniel is the heir to a vast fortune from his parents although he hates the fact that he is rich and never acts like it. All that he wants is his freedom so that he can do his own thing. He loves that he has his own hours though and can do his own thing which tends to be extreme sports and things like that.

He longs so much for freedom that one day he is going to the airport so that he can escape if only for a few days until he is suddenly taken over by a bout of dizziness and falls unconscious only to find himself somewhere vastly different.

 

[cats]

Well angelous you and irish are aproved too.

So all three of you fill free to post in the IC if you want.

Pick any gate to apear in that you want.

 

[cats]

Trainer number one bio:

Name: Rijin Kin Rogers.
Gate: White/ ivory
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0
Weight: 140 lbs
Appearence: Blue eyes, and long white hair. He is a thin build. Currently a brown outfit, with light brown fur at the ends of his gloves and boots. Hood is down. It is obviously warm.

The other trainers will be added as needed, or make up what they are wearing I'm open either way.

 

[rengadeirishman]

posted to the IC