Sounds a little bit like Mai-Otome, actually, in a lot of ways, though not exactly the same. Wooly, if you haven't seen it, I'd recommend it since it's pretty good. I won't be thinking of a concept, however, until I know how we're making characters, due to the random nature of both Maid RPG and Dark Heresy.
Anyway, you said our characters will most likely be around college age and in their first year - 18-22. How early are these gifts discovered, since you said that training waits for when they are mentally prepared? How are girls with the potential treated up to this point?The Gift can be discovered anytime really; some girls might manifest as toddlers even to someone paying close enough attention. Others might be picked up as part of routine medical screening. Not really picky about how you want to go about that. Probably most girls/young women manifest at school playing sports or something stressful/exciting where they trigger a small, noticeable, but largely harmless burst of magic.
Also, what's this hero-worship like? Do maids end up feeling socially isolated via being put on this pedestal? Do they continue this 'traditional maid' work after graduation, or is that just during training, or do they do some for a period of time each year as a rite, maybe?
Can you tell us more about this 'elemental' system you mentioned on the Cbox? Is that something maids choose, or an innate thing?I will when I've finalized it. For now I've got some cool names and ideas cooking. That's totally unhelpful I know, but bear with me. This is something the players will get to choose (probably after the first session) and will be an innate thing to their maid. I'll likely ask for a primary and secondary element that'll give your maid the magical tools she'll work with for the rest of the campaign. Don't think of it as simply as water, fire, etc. It's really more like a school of thought or philosophy/methodology rather than something as banal as "wind"; you'll see when I reveal the full details.
What do the final duties of a maid end up being? You mentioned spec-ops style stuff - would it be accurate to say that they might be used as proxies for armies in battles between different Barrier Cities? IE we don't want to waste thousands of lives and other resources in a war, but this conflict requires force, so we'll send our maids on a mission against them where they may fight enemy maids? Would they also function as police?
Great answers, too! In regards to elements again - I know it's not finalised - but you mentioned that the maids are assigned to teams or squads for their education - parties, if you will. Does each member of a 'party' have to have a unique element? If so, what if two players both want a particular element? How would you resolve that issue?
What does an average week look like for a student at a Lyceum, or even a day?
Can we expect conspiracies from without or within to bring down the Barrier City from the start, or will this be a little more mundane? Or even more like a slow build-up to a thrilling conclusion? I've no preference, but I thought it'd be nice to get an idea of where you're aiming on the 'epic' scale.
Some of the traits you can have in Maid RPG are quite out there, like catgirls, soul reapers, and vampires. No mechanical effect or anything, but are these things that exist in your world?
Tell us more about the airships!Still working on a fun name for them. For now, the leading candidate is "Zephyrs". Zephyrs come in all shapes and sizes, although there are elements of commonality between all of them, namely having a relatively large Adalstier core to keep them afloat and supply power to the ship like a reactor. Zephyrs also have large, scintillating wings (the number of pairs depends on the size of the craft) that ripple with color as they fly. Some Zephyrs are large, ponderous constructs, almost like massive blimps. These usually carry cargo and heavy equipment and it can take them days to weeks to reach other Barrier Cities depending on how far away they are. There are smaller passenger craft too for those who wish to travel between Barrier Cities on business or otherwise. More or less similar to international flights in our modern day, these Zephyrs take hours to days to reach their destination, although passage aboard them is relatively expensive and the flight, less than comfortable unless you've really got cash.
Uhm... I might be losing something - but what, in practical terms, makes a maid superior than a normal trained soldier? Reflexes? Strength? You say they're able to manipulate elements, though I assume that, in order to be useful in a military context, these abilities are really impressive on their scale. I assume you mean "traditional" elements (Earth, Water and whatnot)...?
Is there a proper way to counter a maid, without recurring to other maids? I assume there're at least some studies on their particular biology and attempts to replicate it, or instruments to disable their powers. If there weren't, the maids themselves could easily overthrow any civil government and run the cities for themselves (assuming they don't already do that...).
Also... It might sound quite stupid, but... Is this gift only for girls and is there a particular reason for that, other than "it's maids"?
Would you allow cyborgs in it? For example, a girl with mechanical limbs?
What culture can we expect from the Barrier City we'll be from? Naming conventions, stereotypes, what kind of ship it was, government structure, social values, religion, etc?
Does there exist a character sheet somewhere that interested people could start filling out?
What parts of that do you not want us to fill out just yet?Does there exist a character sheet somewhere that interested people could start filling out?
http://www.maidrpg.com/resources/romance.pdf
What parts of that do you not want us to fill out just yet?Does there exist a character sheet somewhere that interested people could start filling out?
http://www.maidrpg.com/resources/romance.pdf
Is there a genetic component to becoming a Maid? Are the children of Maids more or less likely to be a Maid? Have there been programs to give more people the ability to become Maids? What is the current leading theory behind Maids and how they do what they do?
the plus side (or downside depending on their cooking ability) is that they get to eat the result, only incentivizing improvement. The same goes for lunch and dinner.
Decided to browse for images for the character I have in mind. These two are good, but I'm not sure... the guns might not be big enough.
Of course, such weapons may not actually be valid options, so these might not work out, but... sharing is good, I figure people might enjoy them anyway~
... Everytime Wooly says "peace~~" like that, my bullsh*t counter rises. There's been not a single time in human history where a paramilitary organization separated from the government yet at the same time supposedly serving the government has ended well. Not a single time. So I look forward to see some shades at sometime.
the plus side (or downside depending on their cooking ability) is that they get to eat the result, only incentivizing improvement. The same goes for lunch and dinner.
From experience, I can say that does not tend to work that well. I made my food (only for lunch though) for 2 years without barely improving. Yet only 3 months doing food sometimes for my brother has made increase my proficiency threefold (of course, it has merely changed from 1 to 3, but to me it was an improvement). Normally it's when you do food only for yourself that you get very lazy and your worst habits come to light.
On NPCs, Wooly, I actually have a nice idea for a pair of instructors (one a "scholar", the other a maid) NPCs. I have more or less the appearance and bios thought out. Would you like me to write it and send it to you? I advise you, it's going to be classic Marx's wall of text. Oh, and given they're supposed to be instructors NPCs and relatively old (~40s) I meant for them to be fairly powerful.
-Given that everything outside the Barrier Cities is dangerous and barren, there's agriculture, mining, or anything to obtain raw materials? Or is almost everything salvaged and the food generated otherwise? There's even a lot of fauna or flora to eat or maintain the ecosystem?
-Also, there are different government systems between Barrier Cities? As in, maybe some have a king (either as a ceremonial head of state or as a true rules), other maybe ruled by an oligarchy, a third a social democracy, etc. Or all are generic democracies with a very similar system?
-Does the power of maids fade with age? Or they simply move from front-line jobs when they start getting old?
-Besides combat maids, are there still old classic maids around?
Maid uniform - is there any reason why these battle hardened individuals wear (possibly) frilly dresses into combat?
Does our Barrier City happen to have an upper class? Are they more like a nobility, or wealth based, or something else?
Meta: Your suggested addition to the character sheet has been rejected. :P
What sort of extracurricular activities are there at the school? Are student Maids expected to join clubs ala a Japanese school?
Uhm... You said on the CBox the maids are supposed to follow a certain ethical code. Could you expand on it?
What level of technology are weapons at? Ballistics (including gauss)? Lasers? Plasma?
My two pics had two huge assault rifles and the other was I believe a railgun... Elvis's had a minigun and a gauss sniper rifle? IDK. I just know that it's gonna get weird. May I suggest using hybrid weaponry as well?
Are there any forests or woodlands around the area? What sort of occupations to the general public have?
What are some examples of what Adalastier's Gift does?
... Uhm, my first NPC has somehow ended with a 4 page word detailing only his backstory and general personality and skills... And I still have a second to prepare...
I now remember why I don't tend to do much RP...
You mentioned that we pick a primary and a secondary element. Are secondary element inferior in some way or is just the second one picked?
Looking forward to seeing what your NPC is like! I'll probably being (attempting) to make a character who is kind of like a loveable alpha bitch.
Good Gravy Man! One question: How can your character have skills when I haven't even detailed most of them yet? Oh well~
Ok, so if we can choose a primary and secondary Engine, what effect does that play into our abilities? WHat I mean is, if we can create our of strategies and skills, does that mean that our primary Engine's abilities will supersede or at least take on a the majority of our skills while the secondary Engine will either back up our own powers, support our allies, or cover a particular weakness? Basically, why should we choose two Engine types? Isn't that like Hybrid Classing?
Wooly, you mentioned that the Engines are wrist-mounted. Right now I'm just kinda picturing a crystal Pip-Boy. How accurate is my imagination in this regard?
I envision them as gauntlets GJ, with a glowing crystal on the back of ones hand. I think questions one might be to ask instead:
Are all engines standardized in apperance?
Are thier locations worn also based upon element?
How much can one engine be customizable?
How durable are the crystals? Is there any chance of them being shattered when hit?
You've also mentioned the existence of monsters. What sort of creatures are they? By this I mean are they more fantastical (dragons, manticores) or realistic (bears, tigers).
On a much less important note are calenders the same or have such things been lost to the mists of time? If calendars are the same what year is it?
Do maids only have one crystal with two elemental alignments, or two crystals, each with one alignment?
I finally have decent questions to ask! What would happen if someone put on a second Engine? Of their Element? Of their Secondary? Furthermore, what would happen if they put on only one Engine, of a different Element? I assume their main Element would only be partially effective, while the Secondary/whichever other wouldn't gain all that much from it, so you'd end up a lot weaker overall. I also recall you stating that the Engine chooses the Maid, so even putting on a secon probably wouldn't be all that effective, but.. it never hurts to ask~
For Vidrein, it's more difficult to make something appear or to change something's material?
Interesting to hear about Adalstier poisoning. How does that affect Aevum Maids, who have more power over their own bodies? You said before, I think, that they can be strong even later on in life? Also, do they maintain a youthful appearance, or would that just risk poisoning themselves?
For Cyseince, if they formed a crystal barrier of some sort in front of them, could they continuously elongate it, using it as an object to increase their range?
For Vidrein, it's more difficult to make something appear or to change something's material?
Also, is there anything actually stopping maids from abusing their abilities aside from it being stupid, or is a "live fast, die pretty" mentality valid for the more reckless maids? Lola (I finallu have a name for her!), having grown up a criminal, never planned for a long life, so the danger of being a maid is ideal. And while she may take measures to preserve her life in battle (no one wants to get shamefully beaten by some unthinking monster, after all), I don't think she'd be terribly cautious when it came to long-term consequences if it were capable of making immediate results in the moment.
1 - How many players will be picked up?
6 - Are we going to have tentacle monsters for mass meido harassment?xD
6 - Are we going to have tentacle monsters for mass meido harassment?xD
You've also mentioned the existence of monsters. What sort of creatures are they? By this I mean are they more fantastical (dragons, manticores) or realistic (bears, tigers).
So the monsters are certainly a threat to most folks in the world. For Maids they might range from nuisances to "Aw... crap." They're just about as fantastical as your Maids are.
What happens when a Maid is at the end of her career and about to start suffering from serious poisoning? Does retiring prevent the symptoms from progressing as long as she doesn't use her powers, or will they continue regardless due to taking in dust from the environment? Is it a personal choice if a Maid retires or continues to serve despite degrading health, especially since the increased amount of crystals means stronger powers?
Do you want us to roll for maid types, or pick ones that fit with how we want to play our characters?
How much stuff are we rolling for at all? It appears that a large number of the tables are designed to create a character from scratch rather than give traits to a character that's been given a story. For example, the "Maid /roots" table is literally just rolling for backstory/motive, and the "Special Qualities" table is much the same, but more with appearance and mannerisms (one of them is "[Character] wears glasses and can't use contact lenses"). You had said you don't really care about cosmetic things, so I'd normally say the table can simply be ignore or items selected manually, but some of the results affect game play, such as "Shy," which means the character is suppose to remain quiet when encountering new NPCs. More drastic effects are results such as "Magic," which grants the character some form of magic/supernatural power such as divination or necromancy.
2 - Is it going to follow a plot the gm will present to the players, or the players build the plot and the story develops by itself?
3 - Do players die? What happens if they do?
4 - Is there a losing or winning condition for the players?
5 - Players will get cookies for good rp?
What would happen if a Maid attempted to use an Element that isn't their Primary or Secondary? Based on the idea that they can use their Primary-Element Engine to use their Secondary Element- albeit at a much lower level- it may theoretically be possible to use any of them, though I imagine the effect would be about as much lower than the Secondary as the Secondary is to the Primary; you'd get only the very, very slightest bit of effect, or whatever happens wouldn't even be noticable. Probably about at the level of trying to use your Primary, when not wearing your Engine at all. But, again, it never hurts to find out for sure~
What's some of the recent history, both local and worldwide? What do people usually do for fun - I know tech is similar to modern day, but does that mean people have smart phones, TVs, computers, and internet? Who is the current leader of our fair city?
This question I thought should be a PM, but maybe it should be addressed now, kinna. I know you mentioned about how crossbreeding results in Mother, race-oriented children, but what about genetic mutations or dominant/recessive traits or genes? Imouto and I want to be fraternal twins, but she's a Cat Girl (I think, I forgot) and I want to be a human. Can this work if our mother was a Human, Cat Girl mix and our father was a Human? Basically, we might need to use a Rule-Break Coupon if this doesn't work out...
Great question~ I'll definitely think about it and flesh out the universe from this point of view before we get started or as we get started. For now, know that there's quite a lot of excitement coming up as the annual event where Maids compete against each other in a giant arena is coming up in another few months. Our city (as usual) will host the event, which is watched worldwide by avid audiences. The winning Lyceum brings tremendous prestige and fame to itself. This year's favorites are one of those military cities (predictably) although our Lyceum's faculty took second last year to them and are determined to bring the prize to our school this year. That's the highlight of the competition, although there is also an amateur ladder that your maids can compete in and which are taken seriously by viewers and faculty spectators.
Considering that they have the internet, they must clearly have porn. How does the difference in what maids are effect fetishes and pornography involving maids? Are they considered more sexual, because people love them? Or would they be considered 'sacred', and thus, off limits?Not that this would stop anyone.Would the same people be attracted to a maid fetish as in our world? Ooh, and what about butlers? Since they take up a lot of the 'traditional' maid duties in this universe, perhaps they're more popular subjects of kinky things~ Why does any of this matter? Who knows! But if we can't discuss alternate universe pornography, then what's the point in having an alternate universe?!
Really, I'm more interested in this world's views on lewdness. Is it considered something never to be brought up in "civilized" conversation?
wooly said before that you can not bother wearing any clothing, at the Lyceum, that you wouldn't get kicked out for it... but that you wouldn't succeed or advance or be taken seriously. This hints that, while not quite as strict as real life, there are limitations in place, and social stigmas related to nudity, and probably general lewdness as well. Though, I'm sure Mister GM will supply a more informed answer.
2 - Is it going to follow a plot the gm will present to the players, or the players build the plot and the story develops by itself?
I have a plot planned. Obviously this is a cooperative RPG and expository experience, so the 5 players who end up being in the main cast will certainly be bringing their own stories/conflicts/etc. into the campaign. But that doesn't change the main plot. So the answer is both.
3 - Do players die? What happens if they do?
Players can die. If they die, they might be replaced. Might not. We'll see. Pro tip: don't die.
4 - Is there a losing or winning condition for the players?
You win if you kill the big bad. You lose if big bad kills you.
5 - Players will get cookies for good rp?
Probably the single most influential factor in my picking your maid as a member of the main cast will be a player's ability to RP well and to write the RP coherently, descriptively, and appropriately. I'm not going to lie; it's not going to really going to fly if I can't make head or tails out of your post even if you've got the coolest Maid ever (who's Eli BTW).
Ah Wooly... My character is going to be... interesting in a good way. Basically her personality will be closer to a business woman than anything else. I need to know though, what's the economy like? Currency? Resources? Etc. I'm going to try to put my econ knowledge to good use here in the game, so if you don't have the answers, I'll make the things up myself and most likely will base it off of the modern economies today.
Lots of stuff
You've said that the maids do all their stuff in the school. How is housing handled? Two to a room? Singles? Barracks style?
Question: How many special qualities are you allowing?
How much money/pat/backstab-to-my-friend do I need to give for me to be sure to be chosen for the rp?
Aevum: Sure you might be bullet proof in limited fashion, being able to heal and the like, but pain from injuries is no less real for Aevum Maids than anyone else. Also, although they might have tremendous resilience, an attack that definitively kills an Aevum Maid or one of her sisters will afford no opportunity for her to use Aevum to her advantage; healing doesn't work if you're already dead.
Vidrein: So I touched earlier on how Vidrein Maids needed to know exactly what they were trying to materialize. By exactly, I mean exactly. If your Maid can't physically assemble the weapon she's trying to manifest from basic components blindfolded, she's probably not going to abstract it in enough detail to produce a functional weapon. Also remember that whatever weapon a Maid is manifesting has to be "real." Just because you're imagining a weapon that fires pure energy doesn't mean you're going to make one that actually does. Vidrein Maids also cannot violate the principle of Conservation of Adalstier. You can't make Adalstier. Ever.
Hah! Comparing the age difference between her and her parents, and me and mine, my age difference is bigger! I win! So. Like. They'll... probably die sooner?Lol
Do maids only have one crystal with two elemental alignments, or two crystals, each with one alignment?
The Engine only has one crystal with the Primary alignment. The secondary represents your Maid attempting to use her own crystal for a different Elemental manipulation; she can compensate to a degree through training and dedicated study, but she'll never be able to manipulate as well as someone with the appropriate alignment.
I felt like it was more of the maid having the capability to use any of the elements, but the Engine that chooses them determines their primary. Their secondary is whatever element they choose to focus on outside of their primary, albeit with far more difficulty than their primary, due to having an Engine with another alignment.
Except for those people *coughRevcough* whose secondary and primary are the same. Dunno about them.
- What was the name of our Barrier City? I think I've lost that bit of info.
Also, I see everyone very passionate about Skadia, but remember that, even if they're very cool, they're also the setting's equivalent to a squishy wizard, specially if you take no secondaries. Be careful to not die at the drop of a hat...
/me crosses a few names on his list of person to kill to be sure to be chosen for the rp
You know what's a damn shame? When everyone else can edit your hard work in character creation!...
*coughs*
Change doc settings people!
I would have thought people could be trusted not to fuck about with others work...
Have people been dicking with other people's stuff?
Mm, I didn't bother locking my sheet, because I don't think anyone would do anything to it~ If we're going to be a team, we need to trust each other!
When you say that pain is no less real for Aevum maids than any other, does that mean they have little/no ability to control the nervous system? One thing I was considering for my maid was the ability to amplify the sense of pain in opponents in order to suppress them more quickly (and somewhat because she's a bit of a sadist in ways). I'm cool with that not being allowed, or if there are potentially other effects, such as being forced to heighten her own pain in exchange for being able to alter that of someone else (or something to that effect). You had said before that she would need to be really close to someone to be able to change their perception (vision, hearing, etc), so would physical contact be sufficient to manipulate more extreme things such as the perception of pain?
When changing something's material, or simply creating a simple item with just a few static parts (like a knife or stake), does the maid need to know how to create the material in question, or just the item? For example, if Lola were to change a glove into something like diamond, would that require different knowledge/skills than changing it back into cloth? To expand on that example, diamond has a very uniform makeup, crystalline carbon, while cloth is rather complex, some types more so than others based on if they're organic or artificial (ex: cotton vs polyester) and various other factors (dyes, weave pattern, design, etc).
On a separate theme, what happens to a maid after they've died? Not in a game mechanics sort of way, but more of a "funeral/final rites/will and testament" way. Could a maid volunteer her crystallized body to research/technology, or would that be considered an affront to the dignity of the deceased? If they can be researched or the like, how pure is the crystal that forms within their body? Could the maid ask to be used to make new cores for the engines of future maids or to help power the city's technology in similar fashion to how people in the real world can ask to be used as fertilizer for trees or have their ashes turned to diamond for use/ornamentation?If harvesting the body for resources is too extreme, could they be used to further biological understanding of a maid's biology to make advancements in the way of discovering new maids, slowing the crystallization process in others, or maybe even artificially creating more maids? As with all adventurers/heros, it pays to think about such things, as the risk of death is always lurking just around the corner. Why die and leave only memories when you can sacrifice your now vacant body with the chance to advance the world you died to protect in the first place, am I right?Spoilerkinda like in MGS5 when Snake said to turn the dead into diamond so they could be carried with the others into battle[close]
- How do elements and weapons exactly work together?
Would it be possible, for example, to use Skadia on weapons to imbue bullets (or blades) with fire or electricity? Or making the bullets "teleport" or change their direction using Leysa? Or having virtually infinite ammo using Vidrein? More generally, how compatible are Adalstier-powered fire weapons with Adalstier manipulation and Engines?
- Aevum as a secondary skill wouldn't allow a maid to heal her sisters, but would it be enough to improve her own combat capabilities (like wielding heavy weapons, for example), right? (I think this was already answered, but I'd like to confirm it.)
- How hard is it to control Skadia? Would it be easier for a Skadia maid to channel the generated electricity through electrical conductors? Would it be possible to power up electric motors and contraptions this way in order to increase Skadia control and efficiency? Can Skadia-generated electricity be stored in batteries? Does Skadia damage the maid's body severely even though she uses it "responsibly"?
- You said that a maid chooses an element to fully specialize in, but the engine chooses the maid.
Is it possible for a maid to be chosen by an Engine that already uses a specific element? (That is, the maid HAS TO use an element she doesn't like, for example. This would fit nicely in my character's background.) What I mean is: does the maid choose the primary element or does the primary element choose the maid (like the Engine does)?
- What was the name of our Barrier City? I think I've lost that bit of info.
This is irritating (but very good, thanks for thinking out of the box and bringing this issue to my attention)... now I have to think of an even worse limitation for Aevum Maids.
Or make another 1d4 Wiki page...
FAQs... 50 pages...
I don't think wooly intends to use any preset scenarios, anyway, so at least part of that shouldn't be a problem. Plus, each Element has a specific trainer, and there's also the headmistress, so I'm sure wooly would be able to find someone for us to gain and lose favor with- possibly more than one person, possibly independently. Though, I haven't actually read anything in the book, as is my wont. At least this time I can say 'the GM also hasn't read it' and not seem so lazy~ And, as always, nice answers, wooly. Looking forward to hearing all the new ways my body will fall apart!
So you raise a valid point; from a neuroanatomy standpoint there are certain strokes in areas of your spinal cord and brain stem that could knock out your sensation (including pain) from areas of your body. This puts a serious crimp into my previous thoughts on the matter... Hmm...
I'll say this; for manipulating other people's nervous systems your Maid would need direct physical contact, be it perception, pain, whatever. As far as shutting off her own pain, I can't think of a reasonable thought as to why that wouldn't be a valid application if your Maid was completely OK with going numb in said dermatome. Of course you'd probably have to read up on a few neuroanatomy articles before you could RP that sufficiently for me to allow. But it's possible.
This is irritating (but very good, thanks for thinking out of the box and bringing this issue to my attention)... now I have to think of an even worse limitation for Aevum Maids.I have a bad (for GMs, at least) habit of breaking systems by way of thinking beyond their intended scope, and I've also been on the receiving end a number of times, as players wiggle around my plans almost every time I design a world too. I'm happy enough to help you patch any holes I poke, as I know how frustrating it can be to have such grand plans fall apart.
Well as I said before, this is probably why Vidrein Maids don't manipulate their own bodies and the like. Organic products like cloth are, as you pointed out, incredibly complicated on the molecular as well as macro level. Having said that, their manipulations aren't permanent. As soon as they stop supporting the manipulation with their Engines, whatever they were manipulating will revert back to its original state; whether a Vidrein Maid can guide the process so that the original material is intact depends on the original item's identity. For anything organic like skin, flesh, leather, fabric, your Maid is liable to end up with a pile of mush like lettuce after freezing. For something simple like a metal wall, it just goes back to being metal.
As I said before; artificial Maids are simply considered an impossibility; "normal" people just don't react to Adalstier the same way, no matter how much dust you expose them to. Some Maids might donate their bodies for research the same way as some of us might do so, but, again, the research has more or less yielded nothing of note. Most Maids are probably cremated or buried as most people are. The crystalline deposits in their organs and bodies aren't discrete crystal nodules; a Maid dies long before it's that extreme. If you want the analogous medical principle that gave me this idea, check out "amyloid disease." Just because you died from amyloid deposits doesn't mean you're 100% amyloid, even in the worse affected organs. To that end, harvesting Adalstier from a deceased Maid is probably too silly and inefficient for most people to think of as a worthwhile pursuit.
Combat in maid RPG is really simplistic, and basically needs nothing of what we're doing about elements and etc. It's juts one roll taking into account simply one stat and some modifiers the GM may want to apply. Given that, I suppose Wooly is thinking of his own system on combat, where weapons will probably matter (just in a more "narrative" way than the classic +1 modifier way, I suppose)
Oh, bugger! I didn't notice the Maid Weapon Table! :o
(Can I still have a shotgun and make it count as a rifle or something?)
I thin the way it works is the maid has an affinity for a specific element or two, one obviously being stronger than the other leading to a Primary and Secondary.
I thought it was more they're attuned with one element which lines up with which Engine chooses them, and then they train like mad to learn even one outside of their natural one. It's just not practical to learn more than one secondary.
From what I saw, Wooly never mentioned any specific name for any city. I called it as [Capitol] in the bios I sent him, but I think he's waiting a little before deciding in name (I mean, it would be for example weird having a norse motif naming and then having a plot and maids with nothing to do with it).
Also, I see everyone very passionate about Skadia, but remember that, even if they're very cool, they're also the setting's equivalent to a squishy wizard, specially if you take no secondaries. Be careful to not die at the drop of a hat...
Oh, and wooly, writing the NPC's has actually gotten me fairly interested in the setting. I'm wondering if maybe I could write some other NPCs, or help you with something? (I'm not that interested in participating as a player due to my irregular schedule, and, well, that I kinda always enjoy more playing on the setting that being part of the main characters)
But Marx, my maid IS a squishy wizard lol Entirely intentional..although let me echo you in offering to give Wooly any support he needs in terms of NPCs (whether selected as a PC or not).
Oh yeah, I'm with you, Rev, Marx. I'd be part of the game as an NPC rather than a PC, considering my personal schedule, AdEva and the fact it's just fair to have different players in different campaigns.
Though I'm not really sure how I could support you, if there's anything just tell me and I'll try my best~
Since the world is run off Adalstier does the tech look more modern, steampunky or does it have a different style altogether?
We're gonna have to get all of these answers collated in one location for easy reference at this rate :P
... Hum, reading the Maid RPG book, and we'll probably need to ad-lib a lot... If we maintain something of the original book. I mean, lacking a master makes favor points kinda strange (or maybe we could work them as "academic points" given to Maids excelling?), the other attributes are generic but the setting basically focuses on combat unlike most of the scenarios, so a bit of re-balance will be needed (or simply changing some of their effects?). And the whole seduction and likewise events, while funny in a crazy "everyone-likes-everyone" setting, are kinda impossible to make into a half serious or that tries to make sense setting.
And as it seems everyone is pretty engrossed in the setting and story it would be kind of a bummer to just cheapen those stories with random events or force it all to a single place (almost all the scenarios are supposed to happen in a "Mansion" or similar place). I think we're at a point were we should just take some of the strongest core mechanics (stress, some equivalent to favor and the attributes) and just run with them.
Looking forward to hearing all the new ways my body will fall apart!
Can we "weaponize" the inability to revert to organic materials? Let's say a Vidrein Maid touches another person/creature and changes a limb into stone. When the Maid ceases her manipulation, would that limb then turn to mush, thus being unusable? If such techniques are possible, I would be inclined to assume that they would be banned from competitions, or perhaps forbidden completely as taboos (like blood magic in Dragon Age, I guess).
Also, can materials be learned in a sort of intuitive sense from deconstruction/interaction rather than an academic sense via constant, diligent study? That may be a little too abstract, so I'll try to narrow my idea down a bit. If a Maid frequently tries to alter a certain material, organic or not, could they "learn" or "master" it? To help try to understand the process, think of it as learning by trial-and-error, similar to how a lot of people learn to swim; they don't so much understand why they can do it, but they still know how.
As far as I've come to understand, the maid RPG book seems to dictate that weapon choice is irrelevant to combat.
Has this been addressed in this thread? I actually used the search function (Shocking, I know) and didn't notice any thing about it.
I mean, since we're taking things in a far more combat oriented direction, I guess that needs to be addressed...
Exactly.
I was wondering mostly because I was thinking, and my train of thought went from wondering which ranged weapon would make the most sense for Katherine, because, for example, giving a tiny girl a .50 cal sniper makes no sense. and then it wandered to what kind of ray gun it means, like, just look at all these types of rayguns wikipedia has listed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raygun#Types)
And then it wandered naturally to, how does it stack up against the other ranged weapons in terms of damage? Recoil? (Which brings us full circle to what ranged weapon makes the most sense for her)
Oh, bugger! I didn't notice the Maid Weapon Table! :o
(Can I still have a shotgun and make it count as a rifle or something?)
You can have whatever you like. Seriously. Let your imaginations run wild with cool stuff. Transforming weapons FTW too~/me sniffs.
As someone who just got a new job on top of beta testing and is already in mafia and AdEva, and running BSG... bring it. Cordelia will be the best damn maid ever!
Thanks for the ham wooly, and don't worry, I love complicated messes. I'll also luckily have more than enough time!I'll probably make a word with every answer in your thread anyway for my own use, so doing it that and maybe uploading it later wouldn't be too hard.As someone who just got a new job on top of beta testing and is already in mafia and AdEva, and running BSG... bring it. Cordelia will be the best damn maid ever!
Don't worry! Somehow, the elements you chose fit exactly with the intsructor NPC that I sent to Wooly, and she's awesome!though if you want to learn from her your maid will probably need to do lost of traditional maid tasks too, so, character development, ho!
On seducing, the thing is not much about the immediate (the seduced gains favour points, and the seducer can win any engagement against the seduced) effect, but rather the total ramifications later (can trigger tragedies and pile up stress really quickly) and the way it's done (it's a simple combat with any attribute you want, so unless you for example give Eli more than one attribute of 7, she would have a real chance at being seduced by any maid with one specialty, even is she has 0s at the rest). All in all, I agree, better to strip it out and let your lilies flower naturally.
I thought about dropping out. It would probably be for the best; let other players have fun, and let me focus properly on AdEva. However, I decided not to. Because it's gonna be super-awesome.
/me sniffs.
Smells like...
RWBY... (http://roosterteeth.com/show/rwby)
Or smells like God Eater. Or Final Fantasy. Or Luminous Arc. Or anything else with transforming weapons. It's a cool trope~
Rule of Cool is probably rule #1 of this campaign.
Technically our Aldastier Engines also seem to violate every single standing tenant of sound engineering and conservation of energy and mass. I think Rule of Cool is probably rule #1 of this campaign.
Anyways, if we were looking for realism, we should've probably stopped as soon as I even opened my stupid mouth about this Maid RPG business~
Rule of Cool is best Rule.
Rule of Cool is best Rule.
Second only to Rule 34. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Rule of Cool is best Rule.
Second only to Rule 34. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
/me waits for porn starring people from the forum
And no AdEva doesn't count!
Rule of Cool is best Rule.
Second only to Rule 34. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
/me waits for porn starring people from the forum
And no AdEva doesn't count!
Well, I guess this eliminates my need to ask any questions about theoretical physics, though that would really been more clarifying that things in the game world functioned as I would imagine based on modern science rather than how the science works (I'm much better at physics than biology/physiology). Strangely, I still have a slight urge to ask, but that's probably because I've spent my time listening to lectures about theoretical particle physics all day.
How common are transforming weapons for maids? Also, I look forward to seeing your NPC, Marx. I think the humility training could be good for Cordelia. She's not a bad person by any means, just haughty.
Oh, well, in that case, the axe OBVIOUSLY transforms in order to create a large bow :P. Would crystal arrows with Cyseince be effective? I know that it's fragile, but would they be tough enough to be effective?
Transforming weapons? Sounds like fun. My gun will turn into a hammer. And by that, I mean I will swing it at stuff really, really hard.
I don't want a sniper rifle...but I have trouble thinking of what could a scythe transform into if not a sniper rifle...
A weapon could transform out of anything if you so desired. In the Heroes of Olympus series of books by Rick Riordan we have 2 examples; First, a gold coin that when flipped can transform into one of two weapons depending on what side of the coin it intends to land on, a sword or a spear. Second, a pen that when uncapped turns into a sword.
In that case, special situations against the monsters will call for special arrows. Huge arrows. Made from some special composite metal with custom heads with explosive or armour piercing or even electric qualities. Whatever is possible. Only the best that money can buy.
BITCH MY SCYTHE SHOOTS SCYTHESBUT DO THOSE SCYTHES SHOOT MORE SCYTHES THAT EXPLODE INTO MOAR SCYTHES?
What about a gun that shoots guns that shoot bullets? We've had those beforeBITCH MY SCYTHE SHOOTS SCYTHESBUT DO THOSE SCYTHES SHOOT MORE SCYTHES THAT EXPLODE INTO MOAR SCYTHES?
What about a gun that shoots guns that shoot bullets? We've had those beforeBITCH MY SCYTHE SHOOTS SCYTHESBUT DO THOSE SCYTHES SHOOT MORE SCYTHES THAT EXPLODE INTO MOAR SCYTHES?
I think we're getting somewhere, but we're still missing something.What about a gun that shoots guns that shoot bullets? We've had those beforeBITCH MY SCYTHE SHOOTS SCYTHESBUT DO THOSE SCYTHES SHOOT MORE SCYTHES THAT EXPLODE INTO MOAR SCYTHES?
Can the chainsaw bullets spit fire too?I think we're getting somewhere, but we're still missing something.What about a gun that shoots guns that shoot bullets? We've had those beforeBITCH MY SCYTHE SHOOTS SCYTHESBUT DO THOSE SCYTHES SHOOT MORE SCYTHES THAT EXPLODE INTO MOAR SCYTHES?
How about a gun that shoots a gun that shoots chainsaw bullets?
Damnit...with everyone making transformer weapons, I think my parasol shield/tesla coil/garrote is grossly under powered......perhaps parasol shield/electric whip/rocket launcher instead ? ::)
Whips will be made of lightning, and strike people very painfully
....Scythe that transform into a big gauss rifle...(http://orig03.deviantart.net/b484/f/2014/276/c/d/rwby___it_s_also_a_gun__by_lightning_in_my_hand-d81ep84.png)
Maybe I should steal from Deus Ex and put retractable blades and shock generators into Lola's prosthetic. Granted, it'd only be one arm with those things, but it'd still be cool. Have to resist the urge for a rocket fist, though. They're cool, but also incredibly stupid.Rocket propelled chainsaw fist
That unfortunately still leave her without a fist. Otherwise I'd be all over a rocket fist with things in the knuckles that launched little drones that sprayed enemies with fire while flying around them like flies around rotting fruit.Maybe I should steal from Deus Ex and put retractable blades and shock generators into Lola's prosthetic. Granted, it'd only be one arm with those things, but it'd still be cool. Have to resist the urge for a rocket fist, though. They're cool, but also incredibly stupid.Rocket propelled chainsaw fist
/me sighs at all the talk of ridiculous weapon designs
At least I tried to keep Sylvia's weapons realistic. And neither of them transform into the other.
I'm fairly sure I saw something earlier that when you use your Adlestier Engines, you transform them. This could be extended over your whole form, thus turning you into a MAHO SHOUJO.
Ugh... Wooly... Imouto is forcing me to ask... CAN SHE BE A MAHOU SHOUJO?! Can she transform is what she really asked but...
I'd really not go too crazy and I'm going really basic with normal projectile based weapons... with normal, realistic mods... I think...
Wooly, I'm using two very normal guns with mostly realistic attachments. Can I keep both, but choose one over the other for certain missions/combat parts? It makes more sense for Eris in this way and the two guns are for two different purposes.
/me cries as he understands nothing about some of the things work
Even after reading your explanation, I find myself at a loss with everything about seduction...
/me cries as he understands nothing about some of the things work
Even after reading your explanation, I find myself at a loss with everything about seduction...
Basically, you chose someone you want to seduce, and choose either Affection or Cunning to do it. The target is free to choose any attribute it wants to defend (thus, it can in theory facilitate the attempt by choosing a poor stat: they can't however simply give up, they have to roll).
Also, I was mistaken before, you can't use any favour to strengthen the roll or attributes if you're the seducer (should we extend this rule to luck as well, Wooly?). The defender can though
Then you roll: if the seducer wins, he basically becomes the master of the seducer (meaning she can order her around, and automatically wins any fight against her), while the seduced can win favour from the seducer (following the typical ruleset, i.e.: she has to do something from her). It also opens a serie of romantic activities that can reduce stress (and get the seduced favour), but also a series of penalties (insulting words from the seducer cause stress, cheating, catching them with others, etc)
The effect normally lasts the whole game, though we will probably have to introduce something here to limit it in some way (most Maid RPG play sessions are after all thought for 2-3 hours, not a long-lasting campaign like this one). You can also seduce as many as you want, and even get seduced yourself by the one you have seduced just before (the seduced, while having to obey orders from the seducer, can do as she wants besides that, including seducing others). Thus, you can seduce as many as you want and get seduced by everyone. Of course, the stress penalty and results when you catch someone (or get caught) cheating won't be pretty (the game actually includes yandere scenarios, NTR and even the possibility of running away due to the pain :o).
Weapon: ONE melee. ONE range. Transforming weapon if you like. I might consider allowing a 3rd function to your weapon, but that's really it! None of this crazy “my gun has more guns that shoot swords” business I've been catching wind of. You can, of course, choose to have one non-transforming, exclusively melee/ranged weapon. None of this makes a damn lick of difference except for RP purposes. Unless you've got Aevum.
Costumes, Items, Events: A lot of these seem goofy and inappropriate for our setting. I'm going to ignore it for now. If there's some really pertinent costume/item/whatever from these pages that a player thinks is appropriate to throw in at some point, we can talk.
Otherwise, in general, feel free to add/take off anything from your Maid outfits as appropriate for good RP and interesting writing, even if it doesn't do much mechanically for now.
If I get picked, gonna be engineering a headdress with retractable sunglasses built in. lol.
I will be rolling here publicly and in the order of stats that the book details.
/me cries as he understands nothing about some of the things work
If you press preview and then post, it will alter the dice results in the post itself from the roll. Also editing the post, whether you touch them or not.
Now that Marx posted, wow, that's a pretty impressive roll. So, if I'm reading this right, my Affection and Will would be 3 and 4 instead of 2 and 3 due to your modification? Also, would Skill affect my use of a bow, or can I use Athletics for that?I'd guess that a bow would be skill, as it's going to be the equivalent of the Dex score in traditional RPGs. While there are games that allow one to add their strength score, I don't know of many that allow simply replacing Dex with Str for bows (throwing weapons seem to vary in that regard).
Also, does Manipulation Stress return to zero at the end of a session?I wouldn't think that Manipulation Stress resets, seeing as it appears to be the factor that determines Adelsteir poisoning in maids.
I get to keep my auto turret ray gun, right? also... If I get picked, gonna be engineering a headdress with retractable sunglasses built in. lol.
Also, I worry that Luck will be incredibly overpowered with your houserule. That scaling is incredibly high - get more uses of it as it levels up, and at higher strength.
I admit I'm a tad bit worried about seduction, and some of your wording confuses me a bit, Wooly. Can the "target" still use any attribute they want to defend, or are they now limited to affection? I suppose we at least opt out the "tragedies" ruleset? That could really cut the playing time short...
Then though, I would strongly recommend giving most NPCs (like most instructors) really high stats. The use of favour and luck can compensate for around 2 to 4 stat point difference very easily (or maybe add a modifier to NPCs already married or in a relationship? this could also mitigate the widespread gains of stress I can foresee when people start trying to seduce each other).
Also, 2 Maid Types max like in the ruleset, or more or less than that?
Is a melee weapon required? Because Alice is purely a ranged based character and I don't see her getting up close and personal when fighting. Not to mention the fact that she doesn't actually carry any physical weapons due to being a Vidrein using Maid.
Now that Marx posted, wow, that's a pretty impressive roll. So, if I'm reading this right, my Affection and Will would be 3 and 4 instead of 2 and 3 due to your modification? Also, would Skill affect my use of a bow, or can I use Athletics for that?
Also, does Manipulation Stress return to zero at the end of a session?
Could a shotgun also work as melee?
(Point-blank range or contact shot, or buttstroke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttstroke))
Btw, can I have this function (https://youtu.be/1L0CpGOze8o?t=20s) for non-lethal or stealth purposes?
What?! No swimsuits? No beach episode? :'(
You can have a shotgun. That minority report gun doesn't seem particularly stealthy to me, but I guess? Pretty sure it'd be more of a manipulation than a weapon function though.
Spoilers! This is an Anime RPG with an all women cast! Of course there's a beach episode! Jeez... credit me with some standards...
Also never mind your tampered dice rolls, go ahead and use them. This forum's weird about stuff like that. I trust everyone~
You can have a shotgun. That minority report gun doesn't seem particularly stealthy to me, but I guess? Pretty sure it'd be more of a manipulation than a weapon function though.
It's relatively stealthy for a shotgun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZnSQAlW34), if you ask me. :P
The non-lethal part is important, too. We don't want to kill the other Lyceum's maids in the competition, right? ... Right?
I hope I can do that with Vidrein, because it's f*cking awesome. (The shockwave thing, not killing the maids.)
And so..for those of you that haven't seen it, my first pic of Maho was finished today 8)Maho(http://i.imgur.com/IC8IY2I.png)[close]
| Athletics: | 4 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 1+1=2 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 1 |
| Affection: | 1 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 4 |
I'm just that guy waving his hands about excitedly spinning a story until Marx tells me I've written myself into a narrative corner~Welp, that's basically what I do~
Ahh, the beautiful relationship between producer and director... oh yeah, it sounded like you were saying that you could make your own types? I'm reluctant to do so because it's not a feature of the game, but yeah, it sounded like that's what you were saying?
I'm just that guy waving his hands about excitedly spinning a story until Marx tells me I've written myself into a narrative corner~Welp, that's basically what I do~
Ok, my rolls.
Athletics
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Rolled 2d6 : 6, 5, total 11
Affection
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Rolled 2d6 : 5, 1, total 6
Skill
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Rolled 2d6 : 6, 4, total 10
Cunning
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Rolled 2d6 : 3, 1, total 4
Luck
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Rolled 2d6 : 6, 5, total 11
Will
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Rolled 2d6 : 6, 5, total 11
Alice is now a secret assassin... She also has a habit of killing people when on official business... It seems she just can't stop herself...Lola's relentless killer identity is slipping away! D:
I'm just that guy waving his hands about excitedly spinning a story until Marx tells me I've written myself into a narrative corner~Welp, that's basically what I do~
Who's pulling Elvis's strings?
OK, let me know if you decide to change things for the Affection and Will thing. Thankfully Marx is on top of things with including the modifier. Looks like I won't be very good with a bow, but will be smashing with the axe. lolI don't think there's a need to change that. As wooly put it before, affection will be a little nerfed in this play, and with the Adalstier pool having low will is basically a death sentence (literally).
I hereby appoint Marx your actual GM. I'm just that guy waving his hands about excitedly spinning a story until Marx tells me I've written myself into a narrative corner~3 months later:
Ahh, the beautiful relationship between producer and director... oh yeah, it sounded like you were saying that you could make your own types? I'm reluctant to do so because it's not a feature of the game, but yeah, it sounded like that's what you were saying?Well, if you can justify it, I see no problem, and wooly has consented too: I for example was thinking of a "diligent" (Will+1, Affection-1), Fighter (Athletics+1, Cunning-1), etc.
Hey Marx, mine were already posted on the Drive earlier in the week, but I'll post them for everyone convenience:Wait, you have put the special qualities already, but haven't put the modifiers to our game (the +1 to affection and luck), or something else? (this question is also directed towards YBuy and Heinrike) You'll have to be clearer Rev, because if not, and I kinda want to believe you with all my heart, but two 4s, one 3, one 2 and a 1 does kinda press my statistician's mind "suspicious" switch (like, lower than a 3% chance...)
Rev:
Athletics: 2
Affection: 4 (3+1)
Skill: 4
Cunning: 0 (1-1)
Luck: 2 (3-1)
Will: 5 (4+1)
Special qualities to be updated later~
Pluto:
Athletics: 1 Affection: 1 Skill: 3 Cunning: 2 Luck: 3 Will: 4
I left pretty much everything else alone... Does this mean that we can remove the Favor "Box" in out sheets? I didn't know what they were to begin with. Also, are we using Seduction/Trauma or not? It seems... really weird in this context (The way it's written originally. If we're gonna change it, I'm cool with that) and yeah, kinna broken.?
Right, Special Qualities... so long as they exist in the manual, we can choose whatever with the max being... 0-4 or something?
Wait, you have put the special qualities already, but haven't put the modifiers to our game (the +1 to affection and luck), or something else? (this question is also directed towards YBuy and Heinrike)???
???
Oi, so untrusting Marx! *shakes a finger* As for the modifiers, I used due diligence once I saw the game book was in the Drive. If you want I will reroll :\
All I put was the modifiers from my maid types on my stats.
All I put was the modifiers from my maid types on my stats.
All I put was the modifiers from my maid types on my stats.
Ditto. Sorry. The stats go Base+Mod (From Maid Type)
Eris is: Heroine and Cool
Athletics: 1
Affection: 1 (2-1)
Skill: 3 (2+1)
Cunning: 3
Luck: 1 (2-1)
Will: 4 (3+1)
As for my roles... I want to keep them. They aren't too bad and statistically my dice rolling IRL and on Roll20 have generally been... very abysmal... so much so that my cousin, the GM for my first DnD game, forced me to choose a preset because he got scared that I'd die in the first encounter... Also, RP-wise this makes a ton more sense.
As for Trauma, I thought they were added when the character takes relationship damage or something from a failed Seduction. Was I wrong, or are we also including RPing Trauma, in which case... Eris doesn't really have that... I haven't fleshed out the whole backstory because Imouto was busy this past weekend.
All I put was the modifiers from my maid types on my stats.
Ditto. Sorry. The stats go Base+Mod (From Maid Type)
Eris is: Heroine and Cool
Athletics: 1
Affection: 1 (2-1)
Skill: 3 (2+1)
Cunning: 3
Luck: 1 (2-1)
Will: 4 (3+1)
As for my roles... I want to keep them. They aren't too bad and statistically my dice rolling IRL and on Roll20 have generally been... very abysmal... so much so that my cousin, the GM for my first DnD game, forced me to choose a preset because he got scared that I'd die in the first encounter... Also, RP-wise this makes a ton more sense.
As for Trauma, I thought they were added when the character takes relationship damage or something from a failed Seduction. Was I wrong, or are we also including RPing Trauma, in which case... Eris doesn't really have that... I haven't fleshed out the whole backstory because Imouto was busy this past weekend.
Apparently we're all getting a bonus to Luck and Affection. Just for this game.
All I put was the modifiers from my maid types on my stats.
Ditto. Sorry. The stats go Base+Mod (From Maid Type)
Eris is: Heroine and Cool
Athletics: 1
Affection: 1 (2-1)
Skill: 3 (2+1)
Cunning: 3
Luck: 1 (2-1)
Will: 4 (3+1)
As for my roles... I want to keep them. They aren't too bad and statistically my dice rolling IRL and on Roll20 have generally been... very abysmal... so much so that my cousin, the GM for my first DnD game, forced me to choose a preset because he got scared that I'd die in the first encounter... Also, RP-wise this makes a ton more sense.
As for Trauma, I thought they were added when the character takes relationship damage or something from a failed Seduction. Was I wrong, or are we also including RPing Trauma, in which case... Eris doesn't really have that... I haven't fleshed out the whole backstory because Imouto was busy this past weekend.
Apparently we're all getting a bonus to Luck and Affection. Just for this game.
Will and affection*
Apparently we're all getting a bonus to Luck and Affection. Just for this game.
I dont understand what you all mean about exclusive game modifiers X_X;
Perhaps I skimmed the wall of text in this thread, but my modifiers were based upon Heroine and Pure traits. I plan to keep those, but since I'm essentially being forced to re roll (and will thus have to change my Maid skill) people will have to wait until I update my character sheet. Though I would appreciate if someone updated it for me as I'm sort of busy at the moment. Will, Skill, and Affection being the order of preference in distribution of these scores.
Apparently we're all getting a bonus to Luck and Affection. Just for this game.Will, not luck, Will. I misspoke earlier. Just leave it to me, I'll sort this mess tomorrow.
I don't feel you need to change your stats. The old rolls are possible- someone has to get that full house sooner or later- and I doubt you cheated, anyway.
Hmm, If you pair Alice, with her sniping skills and an Aevum Maid who can heighten her reflexes, you've got a pretty powerful team I've just realised.
IT'S THE POWER OF YURI.It's the power of GRAYSKULL!!!!
IT'S THE POWER OF YURI.
One thing leads to another. There's a fine line between friendship and yuri.*lick*
| Athletics: | 4 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 1+1=2 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 1 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 1+1=2 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 3+1=4 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 1 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 3+1=4 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 1 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 4 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 4 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 4 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 1 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 2 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
If Yuki were Headmistress:
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You'd all be butlers.
You can take my stats from Alice's sheet. I currently do not have access to my computer so I can't get them myself.
How will Stress Explosions work? In the normal game it is based on 1 minute per point of stress, but that doesn't work here. Would it be post count, IE 1 post per 5 points of stress? Hours? Until Wooly says?
YBuy:And so, with this, I think we have almost anyone's base stats. Now, I'll wait until everyone's decided on the types before making the final stat sheet. Remember though to also say the types, as besides the stat modifier you'll also have to RP them, and if you're using a custom type (as long as it has a +1 and -1 modifier and you justify them, there should be no problem). (Also, it seems Meta, Merne, Blackstar and Y-Buy's Imouto still haven't confirmed their stats; even if they're on the sheet I would want for everyone to tell me in this thread and to confirm they've been obtained through rolling dice and which modifiers they have)
Athletics: 1 Affection: 2+1=3 Skill: 2 Cunning: 3 Luck: 2 Will: 3+1=4
What do ya mean Marx?:P (As a clarification, I'm always stubborn!)
I already said I had the following maid types: Pure (Affection +1, Cunning -1) & Heroine (Will +1, Luck-1) ......but I'll suppose I'll stop what Im doing, go to the drive, open the manual, and post the stats of them for everyones convenience ::)
I'm thinking of taking Boyish, but I don't think Cool quite fits - and also it is the most popular trait selected so far. I'm thinking maybe making the Aristocrat or Noble trait, for a +1 Cunning, but I'm divided on what to subtract. Affection or Luck, perhaps? Also, does that mean Stress Explosion is more a way of venting stress rather than what happens when you max out now?-1 affection (due to looking snobbish and following formal etiquette and all) sound good to me. And yes on the second (in the first place, stress explosion is more of a comical event, so it would be kinda weird for a maid to go sulking to her room or start teasing the others in the midst of a life and death battle...)
What do ya mean Marx?:P (As a clarification, I'm always stubborn!)
I already said I had the following maid types: Pure (Affection +1, Cunning -1) & Heroine (Will +1, Luck-1) ......but I'll suppose I'll stop what Im doing, go to the drive, open the manual, and post the stats of them for everyones convenience ::)
Basically: You rolled 12d6 in groups of 2, and twice you got two 6s so you are sure that the stats there (once we take into account only the maid type modifiers) are completely correct and you didn't make a silly mistake like rounding up or something of the style?
(BTW, this also applies for Blackstar, though in his case he somehow got double 6s thrice... really, call me if you ever go to a casino)
This won't be binding, but I might roll for Maid Power, Maid Type, and five traits.
For my rolls I used a set of dice I got in an xmas cracker over xmas so unfortunately I can't give you the originals. But I did subtract and add the boons and detriments from Alice's types before then adding the bonuses for this round.
Oi - why is this being still talked about Marx?
Yes, I originally had two 12s, I didn't round up, and I didn't include the House Rules: +1 Affection and +1 Will mentioned by Y Buy (Which I still dont know where this rule is located). The only difference is that I rolled 14d6 in groups of twos and dropped the the lowest score. Isn't this sorta a moot question now since I re rolled so there would be no question of a lack of transparency? Heck I already updated the character sheet with the new rolls ???
I'll ask for everyone to confirm their maid types again with their "new" stats (no need to tell the modifiers, that will just bloat the thread, simply tell me your 2 types again in a short post, that will make it easier to follow).
A remind to everyone. Besides stats, you don't have to roll for anything else. Remember though that you can only have up to 1 maid power (as no one, not even Kana, is below 10 stat points) and it has to be one of your best stat (you also have to decide the 2 types of maids before). I'll ask for everyone to confirm their maid types again with their "new" stats (no need to tell the modifiers, that will just bloat the thread, simply tell me your 2 types again in a short post, that will make it easier to follow).
Oi - why is this being still talked about Marx?
Yes, I originally had two 12s, I didn't round up, and I didn't include the House Rules: +1 Affection and +1 Will mentioned by Y Buy (Which I still dont know where this rule is located). The only difference is that I rolled 14d6 in groups of twos and dropped the the lowest score. Isn't this sorta a moot question now since I re rolled so there would be no question of a lack of transparency? Heck I already updated the character sheet with the new rolls ???
We are still talking about it because I wanted to know what the heck was happening, how much you were offended, and what the heck was happening. If you insist so much, I'll take the new rolls, but if you want then given the whole conundrum there has been (that is partially my fault), you can choose to roll again. I mean, we're still waiting for Merne (though did he pull back in the end? I can't remember) an imouto, so we have time.
A remind to everyone. Besides stats, you don't have to roll for anything else. Remember though that you can only have up to 1 maid power (as no one, not even Kana, is below 10 stat points) and it has to be one of your best stat (you also have to decide the 2 types of maids before). I'll ask for everyone to confirm their maid types again with their "new" stats (no need to tell the modifiers, that will just bloat the thread, simply tell me your 2 types again in a short post, that will make it easier to follow).
No need to post anything more, just the types. I'll handle the maths alone.I thought we chose both regular and Adalstier manipulation stress explosions.
And Heinrike, choose the one that is easiest to RP (the ones related to Adalstier will be given by wooly though, in his position as Supreme-Director-and-also-doctor-because-we-can't-afford-an-specialist). As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.
Stress Explosion: Pick a horrible side effect (feel free to run them past me, but really any medical disease you can think of should suffice; debilitating arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) of excessive Adalstier manipulation. Then pick a regular stress explosion from the table or your imagination. This'll represent what your Maid does when she snaps from psychological and physiological stress.
As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.
No need to post anything more, just the types. I'll handle the maths alone.I thought we chose both regular and Adalstier manipulation stress explosions.
And Heinrike, choose the one that is easiest to RP (the ones related to Adalstier will be given by wooly though, in his position as Supreme-Director-and-also-doctor-because-we-can't-afford-an-specialist). As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.Stress Explosion: Pick a horrible side effect (feel free to run them past me, but really any medical disease you can think of should suffice; debilitating arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) of excessive Adalstier manipulation. Then pick a regular stress explosion from the table or your imagination. This'll represent what your Maid does when she snaps from psychological and physiological stress.
And I was wondering whether to go with extreme Migraines, because even mild ones can be bad, like, I had one and couldn't walk straight, it hurt so bad... not to mention the fact that any light at all made it worse, or Severe Carpal Tunnel, which can result in lots of bad, very uncomfortable stuff regarding the hands, which is very troubling for an engineer or fighter for obvious reasons (numbness, tingling, burning sensations, loss of grip-strength, pain in the wrists or hands, loss of manual dexterity.)
Both are easy to rp, but I was wondering which to go with, Because they'd both be pretty bad for the character.
Idk, physical trauma can manifest in pretty weird ways sometimes, and migraines, from what I've seen of my sister when she has trouble with them, can be pretty incapacitating. As I mentioned earlier, I currently have gone with substance abuse as my stress explosion, and cravings/withdrawal symptoms can be triggered in a wide variety of ways, including physical pain/stress. I'm not sure I should go into detail, but I'm acutely aware of just how crippling the sudden onset of drug cravings can be. I would figure that as long as we're capable of RPing the issues both in and out of combat, we should go with our stress explosions over just blacking out. The game element is there, so I think it would be a waste to just toss it out because some of them aren't quite battle appropriate. Perhaps people with effects like crying or shopping could pick an alternative to use in combat scenarios. Things like migraines, seclusion, drugs, or even prayer could all be RPed quite effectively both in and out of fights.
No need to post anything more, just the types. I'll handle the maths alone.
No need to post anything more, just the types. I'll handle the maths alone.I thought we chose both regular and Adalstier manipulation stress explosions.
And Heinrike, choose the one that is easiest to RP (the ones related to Adalstier will be given by wooly though, in his position as Supreme-Director-and-also-doctor-because-we-can't-afford-an-specialist). As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.Stress Explosion: Pick a horrible side effect (feel free to run them past me, but really any medical disease you can think of should suffice; debilitating arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) of excessive Adalstier manipulation. Then pick a regular stress explosion from the table or your imagination. This'll represent what your Maid does when she snaps from psychological and physiological stress.
And I was wondering whether to go with extreme Migraines, because even mild ones can be bad, like, I had one and couldn't walk straight, it hurt so bad... not to mention the fact that any light at all made it worse, or Severe Carpal Tunnel, which can result in lots of bad, very uncomfortable stuff regarding the hands, which is very troubling for an engineer or fighter for obvious reasons (numbness, tingling, burning sensations, loss of grip-strength, pain in the wrists or hands, loss of manual dexterity.)
Both are easy to rp, but I was wondering which to go with, Because they'd both be pretty bad for the character.
Hum, I missed that. Thanks. Then, as he says, let's run by himAlso, like this I can also give him some work.. However, I thought they were kinda supposed to be more grave; it's not something normal, it's of the kind that will sent you to a hospital (in which probably nothing can be done) and may kill you if you push it enough. Both that you say sound bad, but also not particularly life threatening or affecting the whole body.Idk, physical trauma can manifest in pretty weird ways sometimes, and migraines, from what I've seen of my sister when she has trouble with them, can be pretty incapacitating. As I mentioned earlier, I currently have gone with substance abuse as my stress explosion, and cravings/withdrawal symptoms can be triggered in a wide variety of ways, including physical pain/stress. I'm not sure I should go into detail, but I'm acutely aware of just how crippling the sudden onset of drug cravings can be. I would figure that as long as we're capable of RPing the issues both in and out of combat, we should go with our stress explosions over just blacking out. The game element is there, so I think it would be a waste to just toss it out because some of them aren't quite battle appropriate. Perhaps people with effects like crying or shopping could pick an alternative to use in combat scenarios. Things like migraines, seclusion, drugs, or even prayer could all be RPed quite effectively both in and out of fights.
If it's related to RP, then you have all the liberty of the world. It has however to end with you knocked out and with no possibility of doing something to defend yourself (even if it's for your life) during at least an hour. It hasn't to be "pretty incapacitating": a stress explosion during a mission is a loss, 0HP, unconscious, etc. You might be able to run if its with the help of your comrades, but by yourself you're in a state in which you can and will die if nobody helps.
As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.
Idk, physical trauma can manifest in pretty weird ways sometimes, and migraines, from what I've seen of my sister when she has trouble with them, can be pretty incapacitating. As I mentioned earlier, I currently have gone with substance abuse as my stress explosion, and cravings/withdrawal symptoms can be triggered in a wide variety of ways, including physical pain/stress. I'm not sure I should go into detail, but I'm acutely aware of just how crippling the sudden onset of drug cravings can be. I would figure that as long as we're capable of RPing the issues both in and out of combat, we should go with our stress explosions over just blacking out. The game element is there, so I think it would be a waste to just toss it out because some of them aren't quite battle appropriate. Perhaps people with effects like crying or shopping could pick an alternative to use in combat scenarios. Things like migraines, seclusion, drugs, or even prayer could all be RPed quite effectively both in and out of fights.
Carpal tunnel, if left untreated, can lead to muscles wasting away, and as a character that would spend a lot of time working on some project, likely to help manag stress, not being able to do that would be devastating, and likely cause even more stress, including the fact that that requires surgery if it gets bad enough, which makes the whole stress issue even worse when you have to wait for recovery, although IIRC, it's existing flesh that turns to crystal, or something like that, that means that surgery may not be an option, thus leading back to the muscles wasting away. It wouldn't be so much causing death, but it would definitely be the end of a maid's career if surgery wasn't an option, leading to major depression in a character with a maid root like Katherine, which in turn could be life threatening via suicidal tendencies and overall unwillingness to live due to not being able to be what she'd always wanted to be or doing what she loves to do in her free time. (being one of those maids from stories, and tinkering/engineering things)No need to post anything more, just the types. I'll handle the maths alone.I thought we chose both regular and Adalstier manipulation stress explosions.
And Heinrike, choose the one that is easiest to RP (the ones related to Adalstier will be given by wooly though, in his position as Supreme-Director-and-also-doctor-because-we-can't-afford-an-specialist). As i said before, the stress explosions will not be as important in this game, mostly because I doubt we could make a tense scene when the reaction of maid getting punched by a 10ft monster is simply moaning about having migraine.Stress Explosion: Pick a horrible side effect (feel free to run them past me, but really any medical disease you can think of should suffice; debilitating arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) of excessive Adalstier manipulation. Then pick a regular stress explosion from the table or your imagination. This'll represent what your Maid does when she snaps from psychological and physiological stress.
And I was wondering whether to go with extreme Migraines, because even mild ones can be bad, like, I had one and couldn't walk straight, it hurt so bad... not to mention the fact that any light at all made it worse, or Severe Carpal Tunnel, which can result in lots of bad, very uncomfortable stuff regarding the hands, which is very troubling for an engineer or fighter for obvious reasons (numbness, tingling, burning sensations, loss of grip-strength, pain in the wrists or hands, loss of manual dexterity.)
Both are easy to rp, but I was wondering which to go with, Because they'd both be pretty bad for the character.
Hum, I missed that. Thanks. Then, as he says, let's run by himAlso, like this I can also give him some work.. However, I thought they were kinda supposed to be more grave; it's not something normal, it's of the kind that will sent you to a hospital (in which probably nothing can be done) and may kill you if you push it enough. Both that you say sound bad, but also not particularly life threatening or affecting the whole body.
One thing to note is that this game isn't serious to begin with, and neither are the regular Stress Explosions. However, this campaign is serious, to a decent degree, and I assume our Stress Explosions- including the minor ones- are meant to be handled seriously, or at least in a semi-realistic fashion. I don't think they're intended to be comedic here. This isn't entirely what the discussion is currently about, I admit, but I felt like stating it anyway.
If it's related to RP, then you have all the liberty of the world. It has however to end with you knocked out and with no possibility of doing something to defend yourself (even if it's for your life) during at least an hour. It hasn't to be "pretty incapacitating": a stress explosion during a mission is a loss, 0HP, unconscious, etc. You might be able to run if its with the help of your comrades, but by yourself you're in a state in which you can and will die if nobody helps.
Stress Explosion: Pick a horrible side effect (feel free to run them past me, but really any medical disease you can think of should suffice; debilitating arthritis, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) of excessive Adalstier manipulation. Then pick a regular stress explosion from the table or your imagination. This'll represent what your Maid does when she snaps from psychological and physiological stress.
Spirit: Will score x10. In Maid RPG, this is a single pool. We'll have two “stress” pools, equal in value, one (stress) for conventional things for when your Maids go head to head against each other or get attacked by monsters. The other (manipulation) for Adalstier manipulation. These two pools are effectively HP and mana respectively. Each time you manipulate Adalstier, you'll subtract a certain amount from the manipulation pool. When this pool hits zero and you attempt to manipulate again, you take a point of Adalstier manipulation stress and I refund your pool in its entirety.
Each time you take stress from an event as stipulated in the manual, you'll subtract it from your stress pool. When stress > spirit, you trigger a stress explosion. If you're in a combat situation, this also amounts to a mental breakdown/falling unconscious; either way you're out of the fight and down for the count. Since psychological stress and your physiological stress in battle come from the same pool, it behooves you the player to think twice about being too obstinate for no reason at all against each other or figures of authority and to make sure your Maids are in good shape before battles. In general, you'll all start a session with 0 stress.
Adalstier Manipulation Stress: This number will NEVER decrease- each time you accumulate a point here, subtract 1 from Athletics and 1 from Skill; increase will by 1. Each point will also give you some additional RP elements as your Maid begins to fall ill, which we'll work out together as player and GM; it'll be abundantly clear to you as a player when additional manipulation carries a real risk of death or inability to continue.
Sure, we're all badasses with superpowers, and such, but we're still human, and humans can only handle so much.I call discrimination against Katherine, she's a tiger-girl! :P JK
((Man, everything turned depressing, suddenly.))
I'm not sure if I got this right... Stress explosions apply on the battlefield or at the Lyceum? (Or both?)
I also remember someone talking about "Adalstier Poisoning Stress Explosion" so what's the difference?
Do we have to choose two different stress explosions? (I don't get how some explosions from the manual would apply on the battlefield. Like gambling or shopping, for example. Or do we have to come up with original ones?)
I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
Well, the cause would probably be incurable/irreversible, unless surgery is an option. Is it? But then the recovery process would have to be extremely long, like months?
The symptoms may be treatable, but you know the saying "You're just treating the symptoms".. I think that applies here.
I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
Well, the cause would probably be incurable/irreversible, unless surgery is an option. Is it? But then the recovery process would have to be extremely long, like months?
The symptoms may be treatable, but you know the saying "You're just treating the symptoms".. I think that applies here.
I think it was concluded that Adalsier poisoning is irreversible and incurable. Pretty sure all we can do is treat symptoms.
I remember having asked Wooly about what happens when a maid dies and if they could donate their body to research ways to treat other maids and he said that research had proven mostly fruitless. He directed me toward amyloids, which was apparently his real-world inspiration for the crystallization process, and from the wikipedia page, amyloids seem to be related to several incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, in which the symptoms are treatable, and perhaps even temporarily improved, but ultimately unstoppable.I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
Well, the cause would probably be incurable/irreversible, unless surgery is an option. Is it? But then the recovery process would have to be extremely long, like months?
The symptoms may be treatable, but you know the saying "You're just treating the symptoms".. I think that applies here.
I think it was concluded that Adalsier poisoning is irreversible and incurable. Pretty sure all we can do is treat symptoms.
well, if it's flesh crystallizing, I guess in theory, you could remove the crystalized flesh... not savory and probably would yield a high mortality rate, but... in that sense it's neither cured nor reversed, you're just removing diseased flesh..
With muscle transplant surgery being a possibility, muscle crystallization could technically be "reversed" via taking a muscle from some non-diseased part of the body, for example, Katherine's back muscles could be taken if she were to say, suffer from arm or leg muscles crystalizing...
I remember having asked Wooly about what happens when a maid dies and if they could donate their body to research ways to treat other maids and he said that research had proven mostly fruitless. He directed me toward amyloids, which was apparently his real-world inspiration for the crystallization process, and from the wikipedia page, amyloids seem to be related to several incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, in which the symptoms are treatable, and perhaps even temporarily improved, but ultimately unstoppable.I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
Well, the cause would probably be incurable/irreversible, unless surgery is an option. Is it? But then the recovery process would have to be extremely long, like months?
The symptoms may be treatable, but you know the saying "You're just treating the symptoms".. I think that applies here.
I think it was concluded that Adalsier poisoning is irreversible and incurable. Pretty sure all we can do is treat symptoms.
well, if it's flesh crystallizing, I guess in theory, you could remove the crystalized flesh... not savory and probably would yield a high mortality rate, but... in that sense it's neither cured nor reversed, you're just removing diseased flesh..
With muscle transplant surgery being a possibility, muscle crystallization could technically be "reversed" via taking a muscle from some non-diseased part of the body, for example, Katherine's back muscles could be taken if she were to say, suffer from arm or leg muscles crystalizing...
Migraines totally fine- if you want an idea of what'll happen to your Maid if you overmanipulate bad enough, check out "Uncal Herniation". Carpal tunnel... sorry, but the worse cases of carpal tunnel conceivable don't even come close to the degree of incapacitation we need.Even if the surgery is simply good old amputation and replacement of affected limbs? :P
As far as your brilliant idea to address the matter surgically, let me assure you amyloids are not treatable via surgical options. More than that, we'd be getting into anti-rejection meds and the like, none of which you could possibly be on and still be useful as a Maid. Ever see a multi-organ recipient competing in the Olympics? Me neither.
Sorry, I guess I didn't do migraines justice when I said "pretty incapacitating." I've seen my sister curled up in the fetal position gripping her head yelling in pain from migraines at times, so I'd count that as being down and out for combat purposes.
Hein brought up a good point about crying that I had overlooked. I wasn't thinking in terms of nervous breakdown, but more of temper-tantrums; I've seen people blubber about losing a fight, but those situations weren't really life-or-death fights. Combat trauma can indeed break someone down to a helpless, whimpering state both during and after a fight, regardless of what people that deny the existence/severity of PTSD may say.
Meta also has a good choice with entering a catatonic state. There's not much hope for a combatant that's disconnected from the world entirely.
As for my choice of substance abuse, I'd guess that if you don't believe withdrawals would drop leave a person helpless, you've never been in contact with someone hit by sudden withdrawal symptoms, though I'm not sure if you were downplaying that example or not, so I don't want to assume your experience in that regard. Either way, they can be incredibly debilitating, painful, and destructive.
Basically, I just want to say not to underestimate the potential effects of various conditions just because they don't sound terrible at first glance. I personally think stress explosions have a lot of potential in this campaign and shouldn't be excluded on the grounds of "they aren't serious enough." Yeah, the game as laid out by the book is a rather silly world, and we're not going that route, but I'm sure everyone involved is capable of coming up with something more creative than falling unconscious, though even I'll admit that sometimes that may be the proper way to play things.
On drugs withdrawal, I admit I luckily have close to 0 experience with it and I know the symptoms are more than enough for our prupose, but I have a doubt about it. I know the symptoms are pretty terrible, but I thought that in the case of withdrawal simply consuming the addictive could improve the symptoms in a relatively timely manner (not immediately, but yes in minutes). My problem is there: Stress explosions are supposed to leave you out of the combat for a substantial time (the rest of the mission, be it 30 seconds, be it half a day). Most drugs are small enough to be carried, and while consuming them is not precisely the best solution, choosing between that and her whole squad being eaten by a 10 ft monster is fairly easy. And simply having her not carry anything, despite the fact that he knows she can have an episode and she is risking not only her live but also that of other maids would speak pretty poorly about her character. If you want some way to work around that, I have no problem.
No need for more, I can more or less see the idea. I still have some smallish gripes about it, but they can be easily settled: it's an alternate setting after all, so the drugs don't have to be equal or even real. You will probably have to check with Wooly a bit about the types of drugs you are thinking of (its place on the setting, etc), and a kind of way for them to be completely inaccessible on the battlefield, but this can be done through PMs or be left for later.
Hmm..my thought is that if your Adalstier Stress explosions aren't bordering on Marburg virus like symptoms....then ya prolly arent worth yer snuff as a Skadia maid! ;) Isnt that right Y Buy?
Go for broke! :p
Hmm..my thought is that if your Adalstier Stress explosions aren't bordering on Marburg virus like symptoms....then ya prolly arent worth yer snuff as a Skadia maid! ;) Isnt that right Y Buy?
Go for broke! :p
Marburg is for wimps!
Everyone knows Ebola Zaire is the true King of Filoviridea!
Check out what Marburg does to your testicles... lucky for all of you, your Maids don't have testicles.
Marburg is for wimps!
Everyone knows Ebola Zaire is the true King of Filoviridea!
Check out what Marburg does to your testicles... lucky for all of you, your Maids don't have testicles.
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/hbTv2go.jpg)
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/hbTv2go.jpg)
...What? I assume female anatomy still applies here. :P
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/hbTv2go.jpg)
...What? I assume female anatomy still applies here. :P
If a non-canon happen, we'll have to try to rp that XD
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/hbTv2go.jpg)
...What? I assume female anatomy still applies here. :P
If a non-canon happen, we'll have to try to rp that XD
Damn, we haven't even started and we're planning the downfall of the world
No, our maids just have squishy insides that bleed once a month. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/hbTv2go.jpg)
...What? I assume female anatomy still applies here. :P
If a non-canon happen, we'll have to try to rp that XD
Damn, we haven't even started and we're planning the downfall of the world
More like bloodfall of the maid, but whatever~
And yes, Marx, I did tell Elvis he could make a unique Maid Type, just like I said in my monster post earlier.
It's a fictional world. And it isn't like there aren't male NPCs...
So, for example, nausea as a stress explosion is not a good idea itself: eating a lot however is something that could give you a nausea in the field yet also give you more possibilities in the non-combat parts.
Epic. Then Andromeda's mysterious relationship with Melea can blossom into a beautiful love in which one might have helped the other die. Or killed her. Or neither of them may be dead. Who knows.It's a fictional world. And it isn't like there aren't male NPCs...
*quickly deletes all male characters from everyone's sheets*
So, for example, nausea as a stress explosion is not a good idea itself: eating a lot however is something that could give you a nausea in the field yet also give you more possibilities in the non-combat parts.
It isn't? I thought we were supposed to think of a severe poisoning symptom for our maids. I meant nausea (and hematemesis as a consequence) due to internal organ damage was the "stress explosion" due to Adalstier poisoning, not the "normal" one that involves seclusion, teasing, shopping (or eating a lot and then get a much more innocuous nausea, like you propose), etc.
This is what I understood (probably wrong, it seems, but wooly said it was okay so I'm not sure anymore):
Two different "explosions":
1. Normal stress explosion that happens if you have too much stress and mainly affects the maid's behavior (like the ones from the manual).
2. Adalstier stress explosion that happens if you manipulate Adalstier too much and causes severe physical damage and symptoms (and even death). It's more like the medical condition each maid will suffer the most if poisoned by Adalstier.
Meh, whatever. I'm afraid this whole RP stuff is too complicated for me, after all.
Yep, it was me I've misunderstood kana, I though you were referring to the normal stress explosion. For better understanding, when you talk about the other, use the term Adalstier poisoning.
((Man, everything turned depressing, suddenly.))
I'm not sure if I got this right... Stress explosions apply on the battlefield or at the Lyceum? (Or both?)
I also remember someone talking about "Adalstier Poisoning Stress Explosion" so what's the difference?
Do we have to choose two different stress explosions? (I don't get how some explosions from the manual would apply on the battlefield. Like gambling or shopping, for example. Or do we have to come up with original ones?)
I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.
Could nausea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea) be a valid symptom?
It's non-specific, but it can be caused by dizziness, fainting, poisoning (maybe Adalstier poisoning, too?), stress and depression...
I wouldn't underestimate such ailments. Besides, if you vomit mid-battle you would be totally weakened, vulnerable, defenseless and unable to fight.
Add blood vomiting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematemesis) if the Adalstier poisoning is particularly severe (there are many horrendous diseases that cause it, so why not Adalstier?).
See also hemoptysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis), which is similar, but not the same.
(This would also fit in my char's backstory somehow.)
Yep, it was me I've misunderstood kana, I though you were referring to the normal stress explosion. For better understanding, when you talk about the other, use the term Adalstier poisoning.((Man, everything turned depressing, suddenly.))
I'm not sure if I got this right... Stress explosions apply on the battlefield or at the Lyceum? (Or both?)
I also remember someone talking about "Adalstier Poisoning Stress Explosion" so what's the difference?
Do we have to choose two different stress explosions? (I don't get how some explosions from the manual would apply on the battlefield. Like gambling or shopping, for example. Or do we have to come up with original ones?)I see, thanks!
(Since it's a consequence of Adalstier poisoning, I guess it has to be irreversible/incurable, right?)
Okay, then. I'll add an Adalstier explosion to my character sheet later.Could nausea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausea) be a valid symptom?
It's non-specific, but it can be caused by dizziness, fainting, poisoning (maybe Adalstier poisoning, too?), stress and depression...
I wouldn't underestimate such ailments. Besides, if you vomit mid-battle you would be totally weakened, vulnerable, defenseless and unable to fight.
Add blood vomiting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematemesis) if the Adalstier poisoning is particularly severe (there are many horrendous diseases that cause it, so why not Adalstier?).
See also hemoptysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis), which is similar, but not the same.
(This would also fit in my char's backstory somehow.)
I thought I was being clear enough, to be honest...
I'm having a bit of difficulty thinking of a good Adalstier Poison trait for Cordelia. Anyone have any good ideas? Wooly? Marx? :P
Everyone else, decide on a maid power and both stress explosions (ask wooly if you're doubtful about the adalstier one), and either repost them quoting this post or put in your sheets (I'm sorry for this, but as you can see this thread has become very chaotic, so it will make it a lot easier for me).
Immune to Pain - During a battle, even if you’re sent flying, you don’t take any Stress. Outside of battle, however, you can still take Stress points like usual.
Okay, I'll take the chance upon wooly's sudden revival and remind both Merne and Imouto that they still haven't rolled for their stats, and that mrgw still hasn't decided any maid type. I'll give you 2 days more before making the final stats list (that should be the same as the one in your sheet, if you see any difference, contact me). If you don't say anything (I'll accept a "I'm superbusy, give me until the weekend"), I'll assume you've lost interest and drop you out of the list.
Marx, relax~ There's no need to rush people. I'm not ready to start for another week at the very least...Oh, well, it was more that some people seem to have disappeared, and I wanted to keep track of them (a simple message and I would keep them, I don't think I was being too harsh... but then I tend to be said that, so I'll try to relax even more). I knew we were still a little far off from the start, but if we want to start someday, we've still need some kind of hard date to at least have the final stats ready (I don't care if it's 2 days or 2 weeks, but we kinda need a hard date for the stats to start working on the rest).
Remember, this is more about people having fun than hard numbers and shakedowns. As much as I appreciate you trying to bring some organization to all this, let's just take it down a notch and give people some space to breathe?
Ok, I'll raise this now - better than later.
Maid power - will.
I picked this:QuoteImmune to Pain - During a battle, even if you’re sent flying, you don’t take any Stress. Outside of battle, however, you can still take Stress points like usual.
Basically, "you're invincible". Now, as much as we all like the concept, this's... A bit extreme, for our setting (which should be more about killing giant monsters rather than serving tea). What do we do? Do we nerf it? Or do we remove it?
And yeah, if you haven't noticed I'm the bad cop, so FEAR ME.
And yeah, if you haven't noticed I'm the bad cop, so FEAR ME.No!
Hey Wooly, I don't if I've directly asked you this or not, but I'm considering using something like arachnoiditis for my adalstier poisoning. Perhaps adding discitis-like symptoms for short term or immediate effects, since what I looked at seemed to imply that arachnoiditis isn't overly gradual with its symptoms. Basically, I'm wanting to cause issues with Lola's spinal cord to reflect her tendency to target her opponents' nervous systems. I liked the idea of how arachnoiditis can eventually harden the nerve membranes into what's effectively bone. The issue I saw with doing that was that it might onset too quickly and just incapacitated her near the start, so I wanted to combine it with something less serious such as discitis. The inflammation of the discs between the vertebrae seemed sufficiently crippling, but not something that would permanently take her off the battlefield. I'm sure combining the two is realistically a horrid situation, but I was thinking they could be adjusted to fit our purposes well enough.
And yeah, if you haven't noticed I'm the bad cop, so FEAR ME.
And yeah, if you haven't noticed I'm the bad cop, so FEAR ME.
Let's all be honest and admit that Marx has done a LOT in terms of organizing what we're doing and actually giving people instructions and answering questions (instead of my silly handwaving). Yeah, it's not the most popular thing to do and there've been a few instances where head butting has occurred, but I like to think we're all in this together, trying to bang out something that wasn't really intended to run on Maid RPG and I want to thank Marx and everyone else for being good sports while we sort this stuff out. Don't worry, once we start to play you'll all realize I'm easily swayed by coolness and will let many things that are thematically appropriate, setting consistent, and sufficiently cool happen with a good dice roll.
Holy Crap.... Did I really write 22 pages of setting already? WTF...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnnf0DOPlXuV3695jI7TFo6VnzgYnCnEOCa6tuIXmGs/edit
Thanks to WhyBuy and Marx for pulling that together... @[email protected]
Excuse me as I increase power to my Yuri goggles...
Excuse me as I increase power to my Yuri goggles...
Excuse me as I increase power to my Yuri goggles...
Are you trying to tell me your yuri googles have a setting other than MAXIMUM POWA?
Excuse me as I increase power to my Yuri goggles...
Are you trying to tell me your yuri googles have a setting other than MAXIMUM POWA?
Yes.
The settings above MAXIMUM POWA are EVEN MOAR POWA and UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Ah, Marx, thanks for all your hard work lately. You've done a lot for everyone. Though, I'd like to point out that I have Lolita and Docile, not Cool and Docile.
| Athletics: | 4+1=5 |
| Affection: | 2+1-1=2 |
| Skill: | 1-1=0 |
| Cunning: | 2+1=3 |
| Luck: | 1 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 1+1-1=1 |
| Skill: | 1+1=2 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 3-1=2 |
| Will: | 1+1+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 2-1=1 |
| Affection: | 1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 2+1=3 |
| Cunning: | 2-1=1 |
| Luck: | 2+1=3 |
| Will: | 3+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 1+1=2 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 2-1=1 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2-1=1 |
| Will: | 3+1+1=5 |
| Athletics: | 3+1=4 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1-1=0 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 1-1=0 |
| Will: | 1+1+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 3+1-1=3 |
| Skill: | 2+1=3 |
| Cunning: | 2+1=3 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 2+1-1=2 |
| Athletics: | 1 |
| Affection: | 2+1-1=2 |
| Skill: | 2+1=3 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2-1=1 |
| Will: | 3+1+1=5 |
| Athletics: | 2-1=1 |
| Affection: | 3+1=4 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 2+1=3 |
| Luck: | 1+1=2 |
| Will: | 3+1-1=3 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 2+1-1=2 |
| Skill: | 3+1=4 |
| Cunning: | 1 |
| Luck: | 3-1=2 |
| Will: | 3+1+1=5 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 1+1-1+1=2 |
| Skill: | 1+1=2 |
| Cunning: | 3-1=2 |
| Luck: | 2 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
| Athletics: | 4 |
| Affection: | 2+1-1=2 |
| Skill: | 4+1=5 |
| Cunning: | 2 |
| Luck: | 4-1=3 |
| Will: | 2+1+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 3+1=4 |
| Affection: | 2+1=3 |
| Skill: | 1-1=0 |
| Cunning: | 3 |
| Luck: | 2-1=1 |
| Will: | 2+1+1=4 |
| Athletics: | 2 |
| Affection: | 2+1+1=4 |
| Skill: | 3 |
| Cunning: | 1-1=0 |
| Luck: | 1-1=0 |
| Will: | 3+1+1=5 |
| Athletics: | 3 |
| Affection: | 1+1+1-1=2 |
| Skill: | 2+1=3 |
| Cunning: | 3-1=2 |
| Luck: | 3 |
| Will: | 2+1=3 |
Don't worry Rev, Eris will... oh right... no she won't... Huh... Well, you'll have my OOC support mate unless you can persuade Eris that you're remotely useful to her!
Don't worry Rev, Eris will... oh right... no she won't... Huh... Well, you'll have my OOC support mate unless you can persuade Eris that you're remotely useful to her!
Between the awesome powers of Skadia & Moe, I'm confident that Maho can accomplish anything! (Rule #1 of being a Maho Shojo ~ believe in truth, love, justice, and yourself) 8)
Oh yeah, how do we get favor ?
Oh yeah, how do we get favor ?By being good students and Maids. In a normal Maid RPG the Master is the one giving and taking favour, and here similarly the instructors (though I suppose Headmaster Eri will be the main one) will be the ones doing that. Helping the teachers, doing well in lessons and in the "field studies", maybe helping that NPC that by a miraculous twist of fate it's actually a friend of a teacher, etc will give you favour. Disobeying instructors or doing clearly unlawful or dangerous things will be penalized. Whenever you reach 0 favour you will be automatically expelled from the Lyceum, so take care~~.
With 0 Cunning, would Rev be like, unable to lie, play chess, form strategy, etc?
Personally, I think the most damning attribute to get a 0 in would be luck. "Let's see if they'll let you trade in the movie... roll luck... Oh, your stat is 0? Well, turns out, they do, but the disk in the case is actually a child pornography video someone had snuck into the case. The cashier calls security and you're arrested for possession. They don't listen to anything you say in your defense. You are given the maximum sentence applicable. Bad End."Wooly actually gave that bonus to luck because normally is the one less used, as most GMs are not so evil as to roll for every event, and when fighting/doing something you roll for that attribute. But you are right that the few rolls on luck we'll have will probably be painful~~
Zero skill would be like, clumsy and unable to do housework, cook, etc, right?
Zero skill would be like, clumsy and unable to do housework, cook, etc, right?
Well, in this game skill also means dexterity (specially when related to Adelstier), so it will also kinda mean you're a bit of a brute. Not so much on the physical side (that's athletics) but yes on the more technical and adalstier side. You will basically have 0 control and be unable to do anything except the most simple and straightforward techniques, besides being completely at lost at any kind of task that requires something more than brute force or speed.
... yeah, we will probably have to find some way to upgrade you if you somehow are unable to raise it naturally for some time (probably a lesson of hell that will give you tons of stress).
Oh dear, that's a bit nasty on the Adelsteir side of things. I guess the implication there is that Cordelia just expects it to work how she wants it and tries to force it like one might give a command to a servant, but while a well-trained servant might be able to interpret your commands according to your wishes, this is all on you. Then she gets frustrated that it's not doing what she wants, and it gets stronger and even more wild and uncontrolled. Raw power, but no technique or skill. I think it could make for an interesting class where she learns a lesson in nuance and how to properly do things.
By being good students and Maids. In a normal Maid RPG the Master is the one giving and taking favour, and here similarly the instructors (though I suppose Headmaster Eri will be the main one) will be the ones doing that. Helping the teachers, doing well in lessons and in the "field studies", maybe helping that NPC that by a miraculous twist of fate it's actually a friend of a teacher, etc will give you favour. Disobeying instructors or doing clearly unlawful or dangerous things will be penalized. Whenever you reach 0 favour you will be automatically expelled from the Lyceum, so take care~~.
Important questions relating to my first post.
Will our maids' weapons already be at the academy, are the maids supposed to bring them, or is it up to us?
How many new maids typically enroll in the academy per year, and how many is that compared to other years?
Important questions relating to my first post.
Will our maids' weapons already be at the academy, are the maids supposed to bring them, or is it up to us?
How many new maids typically enroll in the academy per year, and how many is that compared to other years?
Marx, for those engines, I think some people like Jynx have them as family relics or such while the rest of us plebeians will have to pick one up at the Lyceum.
Imouto and I probably will change our character bios to reflect this. I forgot to tell her that RP-wise we shouldn't have engines on us.
I've got a question about the Core Block. Where would Cordelia's estate be in relation to this? Obviously she's filthy rich, and living in a mansion, but is the Core Block where the wealthy live, or would they live somewhere more like the outskirts, where there's more space? After all, it might be all high rise buildings at the Core for all I know.
It's not meant to be snooty or exclusionary, nor is it meant to grade some forum members' abilities above others or make you compete in a banal fashion to satisfy my ego.
Well, I was going to post some more fanart to celebrate the Matriculation thread, but then the site went for maintenance x_x
Anyway...its a little late now, but as promised..
(http://i.imgur.com/O586vRhl.jpg)
Well, I was going to post some more fanart to celebrate the Matriculation thread, but then the site went for maintenance x_x
Anyway...its a little late now, but as promised..
That's either a really big cup or a really small girl. :P
That's fantastic~ I absolutely love the clothing design. Debating a stricter school uniform policy to put all your maids in some nice thigh-highs and leg ribbons now... Hmm...
Go overboard.
Ok, if we're gonna have a brawl, can I try to prevent it as well? Technically Eris has no weapons on her, but then again, she does have her intellect and mind to use as her weapon too...
Quick question for Wooly and/or Marx. Will we be allowed to gain more "special qualities" as the game progresses? Upon discussing things with Jynx, I was thinking that Lola and Bea might at some point end up developing a friendly rivalry or sorts, and Friendly Rivalry is one of the things listed in the book, so I was just thinking perhaps since the special qualities don't have too much of an actual game impact that maybe they could be used to show a sort of character evolution as things progress.
I don't know if to feel touched you liked the game enough to make an art commission, or feel a lot of pressure towards not trying to disappointing you...I know the feeling well~ And I agree; she looks very nice. I'm happy you got an(other) awesome character image, Arra.
Well, all in all, the art is beautiful either way.
I'm officially signalling my intention to arrive at the ceremony~
I'm officially signalling my intention to arrive at the ceremony~
As am I, just waiting on Duke's part of the introductions.
Im currently in thr government district of the Core Block, bordering the park and Lyceum....so Im up to meet whoever on the way 8)
On Languages: the executive order is to keep it simple, so everyone basically speaks the same.
There exists some other foreign languages, as Wooly mentioned in his post. Most Barrier Cities speak the same common tongue though, which dates back to the First.
Yeah, like regional language opposed to a country's main I guess?
Yeah, like regional language opposed to a country's main I guess?
Basically, at the time of the First notions like "countries" were already disappearing in exchange of super-empires\federations encompassing enormous chunks of the world; all of them using a common language and currency. By the end of the First after a whole set of world-encompassing wars the world was already using mostly one language and the Kyn, and the Second used them during their own set of world-encompassing wars.
The Third (current people) inherited that. While travel between Cities is a lot harder than it was in time of the First and the Second, the Intercity communication net is still working and so a common language and currency were simply more convenient.
On some very isolated Barrier Cities there may be some foreign languages descending from some regional language, or even a dialect of the common tongue that with time diverged enough to become a language of their own, but everyone important you'll meet talks in the common tongue. Akkierens being the communication hub of Antiope, you can expect everyone from there to speak it (Eli's poor victim was probably a clueless immigrant; most people already know to not mess with Maids...).
I was wondering, with Aevum, which can influence life, is it possible for example to prevent a flower from withering?
Thanks for creating such a thing, Rell~ It'll certainly come in handy in the future. And, this way, I won't have to do it! Leaving more time for longposting. Will probably add Pluto's information... eventually. Might not do much for the wiki until if/when she gets selected, since nobody will have an entirely solid idea as to what's relevant and not until then.I look forward to seeing more of your longposts. Don't worry too much about posting stuff on Pluto yet. I left the character sections blank for now because we don't know the lineup yet and the Matriculation thread is a test run that is only semi-canonical anyway, so whatever occurs may end up getting tossed regardless. We can get characters filled in once we know more.
Thanks Rell, this'll be a big help I'm sure. And a boatload of fun. Speaking of boat. Shipping section. You know it needs one.I'll get right on adding a Harbor, Shambleman. It'll probably be empty for now though, as I haven't been paying enough attention to the ships being constructed. I'm sure it'll fill up soon enough, though.
So there have been a few questions regarding the Captain and these network resonators you all have. I'll answer what I can (and please feel free to ask again if I didn't address the questions I've undoubtedly forgotten).
The Captain: You've all seen him on the news or at particularly important government/social events/functions, but the man's more or less a recluse otherwise. Certainly none of you know him on a personal level, and no one you know seems to either. He's seldom seen more than a handful of times a year in various holidays or inter-city events. As far as his popularity, it seems to vary. Some folks think the whole mask and hood act is creepy and frankly archaic. A lot of other folks (the majority by a long shot) afford the Captain a strong respect for his position and more or less trust him and the Administration to do their thing. Although all seats in government and the cabinet are elected positions, the Captaincy passes from one Captain to another; some of your parents/grandparents would remember the last time the title passed hands. Some Captains from other cities may be figureheads, not all too different from a constitutional monarchy, but Akkierens's Captain is very much in control over the Administration. Admittedly, he doesn't say much nor issue too many executive orders, but when it happens, the entire city seems to bow to his will.
Network Resonators: As one of you described it, it's a bracelet shaped smart phone. Tapping on your network resonator or activating its voice command (which you can set), will activate the device, causing it to project a holographic user interface. When your fingers disrupt the hologram, the device registers your input. You can surf Antiope's version of the web, watch movies, make phone calls, etc. These functions your Maids should be familiar with, at least to a degree, since most people have one, impoverished backgrounds notwithstanding. The resonators you Maids have are military-grade hardware with a hardened connection to the Lyceum's encrypted channels and the city defense grid as a whole. Resonators that civilians have don't have all those extra bells and whistles, obviously. At any rate, your Maids will be able to use their devices to get an update on the TacNet, receive orders from Command, etc. when the issue becomes relevant.
So basically it's a military issue Smartwatch?
The resonators you Maids have are military-grade hardware with a hardened connection to the Lyceum's encrypted channels and the city defense grid as a whole. Resonators that civilians have don't have all those extra bells and whistles, obviously. At any rate, your Maids will be able to use their devices to get an update on the TacNet, receive orders from Command, etc. when the issue becomes relevant.Does this mean we can do some Aiden Pearce type shit and be awesome?
You can be awesome, sure.
Who's Aiden Pearce?
You'd think being "magic" wielding Maids with lethal weapons and abilities would be enough for one person...
Are we just inventing skills for people now? Well, let me just say that any "assets" I deem extraneous may come at the price of "drawbacks" ala AdEva. I'm willing to be lenient and generous to a point, but there are limits. How many of you were super skilled at things in your adolescence hmm?
Eris has a better idea, get a black market variant of everything. Sure it may cost more, but it will have more bells and whistles than the legal, standard stuff.
Are we just inventing skills for people now? Well, let me just say that any "assets" I deem extraneous may come at the price of "drawbacks" ala AdEva. I'm willing to be lenient and generous to a point, but there are limits. How many of you were super skilled at things in your adolescence hmm?
Lockpicking is one of the skills available in the MRPG rulebook. There haven't been any skills invinted yet, to my knowledge. For what I was saying about using the resonators to look at security footage or unlock restricted areas or bypass protocol, I was assuming that with access to a military channel connected to the defense grid we'd be able to do that stuff anyway, just because we were given access, limited as it will likely be. It's not like a civilian police force would have the capability to prevent a maid from overriding their security, right?
Are we just inventing skills for people now? Well, let me just say that any "assets" I deem extraneous may come at the price of "drawbacks" ala AdEva. I'm willing to be lenient and generous to a point, but there are limits. How many of you were super skilled at things in your adolescence hmm?
Lockpicking is one of the skills available in the MRPG rulebook. There haven't been any skills invinted yet, to my knowledge. For what I was saying about using the resonators to look at security footage or unlock restricted areas or bypass protocol, I was assuming that with access to a military channel connected to the defense grid we'd be able to do that stuff anyway, just because we were given access, limited as it will likely be. It's not like a civilian police force would have the capability to prevent a maid from overriding their security, right?
I think they do. Maid have tgheir power on their side, police have trained "informatician", or whatever is the equivalent in this world. We are individually stronger, but we can't just take on the city ><
Are we just inventing skills for people now? Well, let me just say that any "assets" I deem extraneous may come at the price of "drawbacks" ala AdEva. I'm willing to be lenient and generous to a point, but there are limits. How many of you were super skilled at things in your adolescence hmm?
Lockpicking is one of the skills available in the MRPG rulebook. There haven't been any skills invinted yet, to my knowledge. For what I was saying about using the resonators to look at security footage or unlock restricted areas or bypass protocol, I was assuming that with access to a military channel connected to the defense grid we'd be able to do that stuff anyway, just because we were given access, limited as it will likely be. It's not like a civilian police force would have the capability to prevent a maid from overriding their security, right?
I think they do. Maid have tgheir power on their side, police have trained "informatician", or whatever is the equivalent in this world. We are individually stronger, but we can't just take on the city ><
I was refering more to maids having authority over systems rather than technological skill. Kind of like how having an administrator password on a computer give access to the entire system, a maid with access to the city's defense grid would be able be able to access security systems.
Yeah I don't think the city defense codes are going to be out on some rookie Maids' resonators... Eli and some of the senior Maids probably have overrides like you're thinking of, but you guys are greenhorns...
Yeah I don't think the city defense codes are going to be out on some rookie Maids' resonators... Eli and some of the senior Maids probably have overrides like you're thinking of, but you guys are greenhorns...
So basically Lola will either need to steal the codes somehow, or work her way to a position she's given access legitimately. This shall add a new layer of complications, but that's just more fun. Someone has to be the stalking horse of the group, after all.
Yeah I don't think the city defense codes are going to be out on some rookie Maids' resonators... Eli and some of the senior Maids probably have overrides like you're thinking of, but you guys are greenhorns...
So basically Lola will either need to steal the codes somehow, or work her way to a position she's given access legitimately. This shall add a new layer of complications, but that's just more fun. Someone has to be the stalking horse of the group, after all.
Oh, just as a note to those of you who have +1's (butlers, I'm looking at you); they're not going to be allowed on the dropships. If you have anything else to say to them, now's the time. From here on out, it's just the Maids.
Oh fret not, there is ALWAYS tea time 8)How right you are~ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwy9yk1d7Tk) And I still feel like this would be a great theme song for the game as a whole~
I second the motion. We should definitely make that the MRPG theme song.Oh fret not, there is ALWAYS tea time 8)How right you are~ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwy9yk1d7Tk) And I still feel like this would be a great theme song for the game as a whole~
I second the motion. We should definitely make that the MRPG theme song.Oh fret not, there is ALWAYS tea time 8)How right you are~ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwy9yk1d7Tk) And I still feel like this would be a great theme song for the game as a whole~
Cordelia's... not gonna do too well at the micromanaging of her life. Time to make Jane a servant~She is shy and has trouble standing for herself, but harass her too much and she might definitely break...or you're gonna be broken by Élice, depending on if she is able to reach us~
woolyshambler [Apr 15, 2016, 02:14:19 pm]: i dunno meta, ask marx if it's something about the rules!
D'aw!
She's so cute, Rev! Keep sending those pics! Although I feel so bad that some of our Maids will shred her in the future... Jristan can't save you now Maho!
She's so cute, Rev! Keep sending those pics! Although I feel so bad that some of our Maids will shred her in the future... Jristan can't save you now Maho!
Nah.. Im not worried. Trust me, Lil' Maho can take care of herself ;)
Quotewoolyshambler [Apr 15, 2016, 02:14:19 pm]: i dunno meta, ask marx if it's something about the rules!
I wanted to know if my "weapon from nowhere" power would work on the remnant, giving me a surprise attack on them, for if it doesn't, I intend to take the power that decrease stress taken by 1, taking only 4 from that event for example.
Aww, poor Jane. ::) Not to worry, Ill have Maho send you some snuggles~
(http://img00.deviantart.net/c9c6/i/2016/106/1/9/chibi_commission_for_revontulet1982_by_arusuko-d9z3bol.jpg)
Weapon from nowhere is my move than you very much >.> I would appreciate it if you didn't try and steal it >.>Wait, so I have to change mine too?
Basically everyone made their characters almost completely independent of anyone else, each of us building a character we would want to play. I really don't think anyone should be needing to change their character's abilities just because someone else came up with a similar idea. I don't think anyone was trying tot steal anyone else's moves, and it seems pointless to make people rethink how they want their character to be just because a coincidence occured of more than one person picking the same option.Weapon from nowhere is my move than you very much >.> I would appreciate it if you didn't try and steal it >.>Wait, so I have to change mine too?
Weapon from nowhere is my move than you very much >.> I would appreciate it if you didn't try and steal it >.>Wait, so I have to change mine too?
I didn't change because of BSL, I changed because of marx's answer about the power!
A 6 in Athletics should be able to brute force my way through anything :P
Giant weapon gives him +1 on athletics for attackingA 6 in Athletics should be able to brute force my way through anything :P
You only have 5!
Giant weapon gives him +1 on athletics for attackingA 6 in Athletics should be able to brute force my way through anything :P
You only have 5!
Don't worry, once we make the final selection I'll force wooly to sit down and either crunch some numbers with me, or give me all the executive powers related to gameplayyou can totally trust me.
Don't worry, once we make the final selection I'll force wooly to sit down and either crunch some numbers with me, or give me all the executive powers related to gameplayyou can totally trust me.
T_T
A 6 in Athletics should be able to brute force my way through anything :P
Don't worry, once we make the final selection I'll force wooly to sit down and either crunch some numbers with me, or give me all the executive powers related to gameplayyou can totally trust me.
T_T
In regards to Maid power though, I'm planning on doing something special (part of why I want wooly to sit with me for a while); you would start without it as the rookie maids you are, but gain it (the one you choose, of course) through plot events and doing stuff (so, basically, becoming a real maid). Of course, this would also allow me to "upgrade" your special power through the campaign to be even better as you improve. It would also help avoid having things as "I'm an untrained teenage girl, yet I can teleport/have-super-evasion/be-the-best-cook-ever/have-super-stealth/etc".Does that mean if they would have a story reason to be skilled at something they'll lose that until later, or will it just get nerfed for the time being? for Lola in particular, I can understand her not being super-duper stealthy just yet, but she was a thief and a killer for most of her life, so she'd need to have at least some measure of stealth, even if it's not of epic levels.
All of this is still undecided, as for example I don't even know how long Wooly plans to run.
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I'm not sure where everyone is getting these super powerful abilities from - Maho's ability is that she just works really hard.
But then I suppose, with Skadia, one doesn't need to do anything other than blow things to smitherins~
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I'm not sure where everyone is getting these super powerful abilities from - Maho's ability is that she just works really hard.
But then I suppose, with Skadia, one doesn't need to do anything other than blow things to smitherins~
They're all in the book.
Does that mean if they would have a story reason to be skilled at something they'll lose that until later, or will it just get nerfed for the time being? for Lola in particular, I can understand her not being super-duper stealthy just yet, but she was a thief and a killer for most of her life, so she'd need to have at least some measure of stealth, even if it's not of epic levels.
<<;;Mine's just taking other people's stress onto my shoulders...
I'm not sure where everyone is getting these super powerful abilities from - Maho's ability is that she just works really hard.
But then I suppose, with Skadia, one doesn't need to do anything other than blow things to smitherins~
I also did rather think someone other than just Jynx would get impatient, have their Maid realize there was some kind of hold-up, and join the little spot of drama that Pluto's causing.
Actually, I was waiting for Elvis to update AdEva... Can't have him distracted by Pluto's plight right?
But there actually is an objection and Marx raises it nicely; how the devil is Pluto going to be a Maid if she can't get over her fear of flying? Better to do it here than keep making excuses; she's going to need to confront the issue sooner or later.
In addition to waiting for Elvis's AdEva update, I also did rather think someone other than just Jynx would get impatient, have their Maid realize there was some kind of hold-up, and join the little spot of drama that Pluto's causing. Instead, most everyone's just sitting comfy and letting the issue slide. Tsk Tsk~ Player driven solutions and interactions are much more valuable than the GM just waving his hands and saying "yeah, you need to get on board." Since the whole exercise was intended to get players to test how they interact with one another and since a fair number of you did seem disappointed that you hadn't interacted with Pluto yet, it seemed more appropriate to let you lot handle the issue rather than step in and magic the situation away.
And the pilot's a Maid. Just sayin'.
Kurumi's on this thing too?! I though she disappears off stage left? It was only supposed to be new Maids aboard these ships...
Kurumi's on this thing too?! I though she disappears off stage left? It was only supposed to be new Maids aboard these ships...
You werent watching? lol I put her in the cockpit of one of the Zephyrs...(as either pilot, copilot, nav, etc.) just to mix things up to get things moving along...either to fly away or for make Lola feel awkward 8) You wanted player driven....::)
Kurumi's on this thing too?! I though she disappears off stage left? It was only supposed to be new Maids aboard these ships...
You werent watching? lol I put her in the cockpit of one of the Zephyrs...(as either pilot, copilot, nav, etc.) just to mix things up to get things moving along...either to fly away or for make Lola feel awkward 8) You wanted player driven....::)
/me does a Kurumiverdose
Really, a third Kurumi? I'll never know which one we're talking about...
/me goes crying in a corner
Just thought I'd mention that the wiki gallery has been updated. If you have original art that is to be included, please PM me the URL to it. After character selection has been made, those selected please send me a PM containing original or reference pictures of your characters for inclusion. Its not much, but hopefully it helps out Relli and Marx with updating the Wiki.
Just thought I'd mention that the wiki gallery has been updated. If you have original art that is to be included, please PM me the URL to it. After character selection has been made, those selected please send me a PM containing original or reference pictures of your characters for inclusion. Its not much, but hopefully it helps out Relli and Marx with updating the Wiki.
Do you still have the art for Jane to put it? If not I can send it to you
Where's the picture with Maho's pantsu?!
True, yet I get the feeling that this exists in multiple artworks of yours already >.>Where's the picture with Maho's pantsu?!
*gasps* So scandalous! :P
True, yet I get the feeling that this exists in multiple artworks of yours already >.>Where's the picture with Maho's pantsu?!
*gasps* So scandalous! :P
Here is Jane ~ still shy 8)
Just a heads up to everyone; the next major plot relevant update (probably sometime this coming week) is going to deal directly with your Maids getting their Engines. If you haven't thought about what you'd like them to look like or be like (not that anything right now is binding), I'd encourage you to think about it since you'll all be writing a post about how your Maid finds her Engine in the first place. In general, since your Maids know nothing about the name or history of their Engine, there shouldn't be a lot to consider besides color/shape of the Aldalstier crystal and what your Engine looks like between active/inactive states. Might also want to think about what draws your Maid to said Engine. I'll happily answer what questions I can if any of this is confusing to you.
Basically, what form can the adalsteir engine take?
Can it be a weapon? A piece of armor? An accessory?
Basically, what form can the adalsteir engine take?
Can it be a weapon? A piece of armor? An accessory?
This was addressed previously. You will find the relevant information on page 19 of the setting document on the drive.
I've already got a bit of an idea for what the engine will look like when fully deployed. For it's non-deployment status can it be any wearable jewellery? Like a ring or bracelet or something like that? Or even a plain old glove?
Hm. I may go back and flesh out the story for Sylvia's engine a bit more.
Hm. I may go back and flesh out the story for Sylvia's engine a bit more.
If players come up with a story, I'll use it as a rough draft for the story you'll be given in the thread. So yeah, that'd be good I guess.
About the story, should we pm it to you to be able to see the right and wrong and correct what must be?
How old are the oldest engines, and how much freedom do we have with crafting stories? Do we do them when we find our Engine, or here prior? If we don't, will you make your own?
Going commando? Guess there's a reason why she went with Eli.
So, um, yeah... Not sure how to say this really... In the process of designing a casual, non-maid uniform outfit for Lola the question of what type of undergarments she would wear arose. As of this time in the story, Lola is going commando, but that won't always be the case. It has been suggested that the maids go clothes shopping (particularly hitting up the local underwear boutiques). Could have the Desert Foxes gang outside shops harassing the maids some more, some bonding time for the team, etc. I am aware this all sounds incredibly stupid, but whatever. It could be amusing XDI'm pretty sure that conversation has resulted in women's underwear ads getting past my adblock.
So, um, yeah... Not sure how to say this really... In the process of designing a casual, non-maid uniform outfit for Lola the question of what type of undergarments she would wear arose. As of this time in the story, Lola is going commando, but that won't always be the case. It has been suggested that the maids go clothes shopping (particularly hitting up the local underwear boutiques). Could have the Desert Foxes gang outside shops harassing the maids some more, some bonding time for the team, etc. I am aware this all sounds incredibly stupid, but whatever. It could be amusing XDI'm pretty sure that conversation has resulted in women's underwear ads getting past my adblock.
Whoops! My bad. XDSo, um, yeah... Not sure how to say this really... In the process of designing a casual, non-maid uniform outfit for Lola the question of what type of undergarments she would wear arose. As of this time in the story, Lola is going commando, but that won't always be the case. It has been suggested that the maids go clothes shopping (particularly hitting up the local underwear boutiques). Could have the Desert Foxes gang outside shops harassing the maids some more, some bonding time for the team, etc. I am aware this all sounds incredibly stupid, but whatever. It could be amusing XDI'm pretty sure that conversation has resulted in women's underwear ads getting past my adblock.
An pantsu discussion on a forum about waifus? I don't believe... ::)
A list of illicit (and non-illicit) substances in Akkierens. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19D8NZqWWMH8R7yoMCi2iv7pKjn7IbZhNH6GR2WMaqrU/edit)I can see it now.
A list of illicit (and non-illicit) substances in Akkierens. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19D8NZqWWMH8R7yoMCi2iv7pKjn7IbZhNH6GR2WMaqrU/edit)I can see it now.
"Remember, kids! Don't do drugs!" -Yuki Minase
And heres Kat!
(http://i.imgur.com/fNwfApKl.jpg)
*Must not pat tails. Must not pat tails*
Cuuute :P Thanks, Rev.
And heres Kat!S-so cute!
(http://i.imgur.com/fNwfApKl.jpg)
Chibi Kat is adorable. Also, Wooly, Meow-Meow is actually a drug in the real world... It's often referred to as M-Cat and it was until recently a legal high in the UK. It was reclassified into a Class C drug due to various high profile incidents.
Probably smells like smoke.I was just asking cause some things have distinctive smells when you burn them.
If you can manage to get talcum powder to burn it has an interesting smell that I think would be similar to if you smoked Dust. I can't really describe the smell well though.Probably smells like smoke.I was just asking cause some things have distinctive smells when you burn them.
“Ilskaieh had always accused Varnadria of violating the sanctity of their Core with their research and experimentation."
I believe you got Iskaieh and Varnadria mixed up. Also, Cordelia shall endeavour to achieve victory for Akkierens against Vlidrika in at least the recruit division of the Maid tournament. The rest of you better not slack off!
“Ilskaieh had always accused Varnadria of violating the sanctity of their Core with their research and experimentation."
I believe you got Iskaieh and Varnadria mixed up.
“Ilskaieh had always accused Varnadria of violating the sanctity of their Core with their research and experimentation."
I believe you got Iskaieh and Varnadria mixed up.
Yep. Just corrected it, thanks. I don't even know how I did that considering the original idea for Varnadria was mine.
Ugh, now I understand....
Forget everything I posted (I've already eliminated the post). The reason I got the names wrong is because I kinda got everything wrong. Just some old notes that weren't even checked by wooly.
... Just forget my dishonourable mistake as I get my sh*t together...
Ugh, now I understand....
Forget everything I posted (I've already eliminated the post). The reason I got the names wrong is because I kinda got everything wrong. Just some old notes that weren't even checked by wooly.
... Just forget my dishonourable mistake as I get my sh*t together...
Yay for lots of guns on the stratocarriers!
Maid RPG on hold for the next few days while I sort out some real life crap. Sorry guys.
(Nothing serious ^_^)
Maid RPG on hold for the next few days while I sort out some real life crap. Sorry guys.
(Nothing serious ^_^)
Maid RPG on hold for the next few days while I sort out some real life crap. Sorry guys.
(Nothing serious ^_^)
Maid RPG on hold for the next few days while I sort out some real life crap. Sorry guys.Not a problem~ I'm just glad to hear things aren't too serious. I
(Nothing serious ^_^)
But what if a Vidrein maid uses weapon out of nowhere to make a giant weapon? Something, something, Giant-Harley-Quinn-style-Mallet-wielding Vidrein maid.
what I'm not sure of is how the battles themselves will be.
So basically our success in combat will be based around our ability to roleplay well, and to explain things properly.
/me smiles deviously.
/me remembers his pacifism, and forces his face to keep the same expression.
You mean Madoka, right? Because that's Madoka. :P
Make a wish and become a Magical Girl, Pluto! Being meguka is suffering.
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAHsH8VrIJKsc95rohqpDiUdVcu84oMTwzfDVRJQ8JTUaCRG_Z)
Make a wish and become a Magical Girl, Pluto! Being meguka is suffering.
Elvis and I (and soon Duke, once he gets his copy of the game) have begun porting the MRPG maids into Fire Emblem: Fates, as there is a really awesome Maid class. This post here is to notify everyone of our goal, as well as obtain input from each of you as to the creation of your maid's FE incarnation. There's a great customizer web app (http://serenesforest.net/app/kamui/) to create avatar appearances for FE:if, so feel free to pick how you'd each like your maids too look. Other information for the character creation process is their birthday ('cause the characters can have in-game birthdays on whatever day is chosen), bane and boon stats (I'll go over those in just a bit for anyone that doesn't know how FE stats work), and talent (which for our purposes will probably always be Troubadour, as it's what allows them to reclass to Maid).Bane & BoonBane and Boon stats are chosen during character creation and effect how characters develop throughout the game. It's basically choosing a strength and a weakness. The two must be different (no cancelling itself out, sorry), but can be of any of the 8 base stats: HP, Strength, Magic, Skill, Speed, Luck, Defense, and Resistance. For the most part, the bane/boon stat determines the growth rate of the selected stat (i.e. how likely the stat is to increase upon leveling up), but they can also have an impact on the maximum possible value for stats. If you're interested in how the spread of affected stats looks, check here (http://serenesforest.net/fire-emblem-fates/nohrian-characters/maximum-stats/).
As for what each stat does:
HP is pretty standard. It's the character's health.
Strength determines damage for physical attacks (swords, axes, lances, hidden weapons, and bows)
Magic determines the damage for magical attacks (levin swords, bolt axes, bolt naginatas, flame shurikens, and tomes), as well as the effectiveness of staves and rods.
Skill determines hit and critical chances. Higher skill means more likely to hit, and greater chance that a hit will deal critical damage.
Speed determines the number of attacks a unit gets in battles. If a unit is enough faster than their opponent, they get extra attacks against them.
Luck modifies many things, such as hit and critical chances, evasion, and critical evasion (ie preventing opposing critical hits).
Defense is protection from physical attacks.
Resistance is protection from magical attacks.[close]
Elvis and I (and soon Duke, once he gets his copy of the game) have begun porting the MRPG maids into Fire Emblem: Fates, as there is a really awesome Maid class. This post here is to notify everyone of our goal, as well as obtain input from each of you as to the creation of your maid's FE incarnation. There's a great customizer web app (http://serenesforest.net/app/kamui/) to create avatar appearances for FE:if, so feel free to pick how you'd each like your maids too look. Other information for the character creation process is their birthday ('cause the characters can have in-game birthdays on whatever day is chosen), bane and boon stats (I'll go over those in just a bit for anyone that doesn't know how FE stats work), and talent (which for our purposes will probably always be Troubadour, as it's what allows them to reclass to Maid).Bane & BoonBane and Boon stats are chosen during character creation and effect how characters develop throughout the game. It's basically choosing a strength and a weakness. The two must be different (no cancelling itself out, sorry), but can be of any of the 8 base stats: HP, Strength, Magic, Skill, Speed, Luck, Defense, and Resistance. For the most part, the bane/boon stat determines the growth rate of the selected stat (i.e. how likely the stat is to increase upon leveling up), but they can also have an impact on the maximum possible value for stats. If you're interested in how the spread of affected stats looks, check here (http://serenesforest.net/fire-emblem-fates/nohrian-characters/maximum-stats/).
As for what each stat does:
HP is pretty standard. It's the character's health.
Strength determines damage for physical attacks (swords, axes, lances, hidden weapons, and bows)
Magic determines the damage for magical attacks (levin swords, bolt axes, bolt naginatas, flame shurikens, and tomes), as well as the effectiveness of staves and rods.
Skill determines hit and critical chances. Higher skill means more likely to hit, and greater chance that a hit will deal critical damage.
Speed determines the number of attacks a unit gets in battles. If a unit is enough faster than their opponent, they get extra attacks against them.
Luck modifies many things, such as hit and critical chances, evasion, and critical evasion (ie preventing opposing critical hits).
Defense is protection from physical attacks.
Resistance is protection from magical attacks.[close]
Wait, isn't there only one unit creation per playthrough? Do you plan to use all your save slots, or have another plan? In all cases, props for your dedication.
I myself have just got the game, but I'll probably wait a little before starting it (combination of busy, and wanting to start with birthright but have Nohrmasterrace physical so I have to deal with Ninendo's bullsh*t digital)
I'm getting the game tomorrow, most likely - next week at the latest - so I might just make Cordelia in game. Nohr Master Race indeed. I'll share my friend code if people want to add me, anyway. I can't guarantee when I'll actually play, since I'm wrapping up the Phoenix Wright Trilogy and want to start Super Pokemon Mystery Dungeion, but who knows~!
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If I recall correctly, someone told me that Maho was already designed in this...but here is what I think her appearance and bane/boon stats would be (Not Sure if it helps...):
2-6-10-26-3-None-Smiling. Bane: Luck or Defense Boon: Magic or Skill
Hmmm, Maho's birthday eh? Lets go with....November 9th.So it shall be
Hmmm, Maho's birthday eh? Lets go with....November 9th.Maho's birthday is three days after Pluto's? Interesting~ They'll have to have an even bigger party than they would otherwise.
Alright, I'm back ;D
So we're going to need to get Pluto/Kat caught up; once they're done we'll all move on to other fun things. Thanks for your patience.
/me looks at his unfinished short story./me huggles the Evils
/me looks at the thread, needing his attention.
/me suppresses his screams.
We could perhaps use the icons along with things like roll20 (https://roll20.net/) and dungeon painter (http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/) to lay out any fights or whatever. Doing so would really be up to wooly and Marx, and may or may not be of any help when trying to figure out where people happen to be during whatever situations may arise. Just a thought.
Well, dungeon painter does indoors, outdoors, and even naval situations. It's pretty useful, and it's pretty simple. Not always the most flexible, but any issues it creates can often enough be fixed in photoshop/GIMP. Even Paint might be able to fix things nicely enough (dunno, as I don't ever use Paint anymore).We could perhaps use the icons along with things like roll20 (https://roll20.net/) and dungeon painter (http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/) to lay out any fights or whatever. Doing so would really be up to wooly and Marx, and may or may not be of any help when trying to figure out where people happen to be during whatever situations may arise. Just a thought.
Hum, I'll look into both, but I don't think they're supersuitable; more than dungeons most of the time you will simply be sent in missions with a clear path and objective. I'm sure we'll sneak by some moments of exploring and decisions, but I'm not sure if it will work with that. As we only need dice, I'll probably just spend some time in Paint using those icons if the need arises~.
I don't have the time right now to explore it completely, but I don't think it'd be a complete shift exactly. After all, Maids still aren't common - they're the exception rather than the rule. But I'm sure there would be some differences - I think that women would be able to be strong AND feminine, for example. After all, Maids wear frilly dresses into battle and they don't get looked down on for that.I'd like to think men wouldn't have to hide their softer side. Even if they are huge and buff, like Kat's dad.
I would also point out that the Maids aren't the military, even if they are an elite fighting group. And from all intensive purposes, it sounded like the armed forces are blended with both sexes.Yeah, the maids are Paramilitary, kind of like Huntresses in RWBY, they aren't part of the military, but if shit hits the fan, the military can count on having them around to help.
What few talks I've had with Wooly about this pointed to being far above 1 million, but the reason we want to avoid fixed numbers is to avoid an analysis like this creating a plot-hole later. That and the scale of the world are things we're we probably won't pull any fixed numbers for that reason.
You can pretty much say that if adalstier suddenly disappeared half the Barrier Cities would enter the worst economical crisis of their history.
Indeed, isn't Adalstier powering the barriers that surround the cities in the first place?IIRC, yeah, and we know what happens when the barrier gives out. RIP.
<3
This is clearly the end CG of the Maho Route. Where's that VN writer got to >.>
That first one is Jane, right?
They're all adorable, as expected~ Thanks for getting them, Rev~ I think I'll take a bit of time to add the chibi icons to the wiki, since they're missing, and I'm sure people would like to be able to see 'um in one place.Cool. Thanks for doing that, Elvis. I was planning to wai r until we had all of them, but that's really just because I'm being lazy with the wiki at the moment (I know, terrible, right?).
Just thought I should mention, Pluto only ended up with that song because the first, like, six things we tried weren't there. So... I'll post the other stuff that I feel has some connection with the girl. I could explain my logic in said choices, though I'm not sure anyone would be interested in such matters. I'll just supply a little info, instead of all the details. One thing I should mention is that I base the theme of a character based on how I feel the lyrics fit them. I also consider this sort of thing at about the same level as choosing a name, as far as importance goes. Which is probably why I'm clarifying to begin with.
Rise Against - Survive: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsKk5_xftNI) This would probably be her official theme song, at least until she manages to develop a bit as a person. Becomes a bit less depressed, and a little less angry. Plus, this song has always meant a lot to me, and made me feel better when I was really down.
Rise Against - Tragedy + Time: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2YgwN6P_7E) Always felt like this and the previous song were sort of two sides to the same coin. Different ways of looking at the same concept. So, maybe, once she matures a little, this would fit better.
Relient K - More than Useless (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1oN9vskt4w) Like the first two, this song is basically about looking at yourself and being able to say that you're worth something when you feel like you aren't. It might seem dumb. But sometimes that's all that keeps you going.
Lenka - The Show: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKDCqnH_7M) A much softer, upbeat sound than might be expected. This seems more something she would be singing, instead of something that would be sung about her (if she didn't suck so much at singing anyway). But the lyrics fit. Besides, she's not always sad. It's just been a bad day. Everyone has those sometimes. ...something like this might also be how I imagine her sounding on the rare occasion that she talks.
The Cranberries - Ode to my Family: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMgEc3aaP80) Only heard this song in the last week or so. Normally wouldn't pick something so new to me, but I feel it fits, especially from the perspective of Orbit, and looking back at the past, compared to the present. Plus... "Do you like me, standing there? Does anyone care?" Those sort of doubts are the type she struggles with a lot.
Wish I could be cool and list a bunch of epic, long, instrumental pieces, but that's simply not the type of music I choose for this sort of thing. Also, this has been an entirely pointless post, but I hope someone finds something useful here. There are also, like, five other songs I could list here. But I think this is enough for now.
Bea's main theme: La Guerre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY2rLfhJLmY), by Janequin~So, I'm having a bit of trouble finding that song on Soundcloud. Unfortunately for us, roll20 uses Soundcloud for music, so youtube links don't do me a whole lot of good beyond giving me something to listen to and then try to find. I've found several similar things with seemingly the same name, but I'm not sure if they're correct, so I'll just link the search results (https://soundcloud.com/search?q=La%20Guerre%20-%20Janequin) for you to choose from, or pick a different song if you find none of the result satisfactory.
Since I figure it might be hard finding something esoteric, and keeping with Cordi's trend of using classicial peices..So, Bond is doing similar to Rise Against it seems and making their music count as a preview, and thus not usable by roll20. There are several versions posted by other people, and while most are covers (this one (https://soundcloud.com/begundalz-potter/explosive-bond-cover) and this one (https://soundcloud.com/erickpidux7/explosive-bond-cover-by-electra) being particularly cool, in my opinion) or poor quality recordings that I'm not sure are appropriate for Maho, this one (https://soundcloud.com/marc-mcbride-98754398/explosive-bond) seemed pretty close to right. I'll let you pick.
Maho's Battle Theme: Explosive by Bond
https://youtu.be/HiaOFOMPOBc
Bea's main theme: La Guerre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY2rLfhJLmY), by Janequin~So, I'm having a bit of trouble finding that song on Soundcloud. Unfortunately for us, roll20 uses Soundcloud for music, so youtube links don't do me a whole lot of good beyond giving me something to listen to and then try to find. I've found several similar things with seemingly the same name, but I'm not sure if they're correct, so I'll just link the search results (https://soundcloud.com/search?q=La%20Guerre%20-%20Janequin) for you to choose from, or pick a different song if you find none of the result satisfactory.
Ah, sorry~ Didn't know. That's better: https://soundcloud.com/hotmale/philippine-madrigal-singers-la
Alright, both Maho's battle theme and Bea's main theme have been added.Ah, sorry~ Didn't know. That's better: https://soundcloud.com/hotmale/philippine-madrigal-singers-la
Don't worry about it, it was my fault for not properly clarifying that in my first post on the subject. Anyway, would you like to pick a battle theme for Bea, too?
As for the wallpaper... If you're really going to do it, it'll be awesome, I'm sure of it~ Right now, I have no input to provide. I'll make sure to tell you if I think of anything.
Also... Thanks. I'm going to have far too many debts here around :D
So that's what happened when I had to go to work... also, Maid RPG got a progression post! I'll have to post... tomorrow. I kind of passed out for an hour or two at my computer and that's probably not the best sign for writing.Drunken Cordi x Drunken Maho or a bit of Tipsy Loladeli might have been interesting, but we got a bit of Jaho in, so I it's fine. Work is important too. XD Anyway, you don't need to rush with posting. It's late for you right now, anyway. Go get some rest. Quality Cordi posts are better than sloppy Cordi posts.
"I too would like to know your position in the Lyceum, if it's not too much trouble." Alice chimes in. "Because, I hope you'll forgive me for this, you do not look like a combat specialist. You appear to me to have a focus on etiquette."
Quote"I too would like to know your position in the Lyceum, if it's not too much trouble." Alice chimes in. "Because, I hope you'll forgive me for this, you do not look like a combat specialist. You appear to me to have a focus on etiquette."
(https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/74/6a/746a5609-1a96-4ec3-ad21-d51a0283ecea/etiquette-and-protocol.png)
Quote"I too would like to know your position in the Lyceum, if it's not too much trouble." Alice chimes in. "Because, I hope you'll forgive me for this, you do not look like a combat specialist. You appear to me to have a focus on etiquette."
(https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/74/6a/746a5609-1a96-4ec3-ad21-d51a0283ecea/etiquette-and-protocol.png)
Additional Maho image music for the Roll20 campaign:I'll add it in a bit.
Saint-Saens - Le Cygne
https://soundcloud.com/stayforeverawesome/shimizu-keiichi-le-cygne-by
Note: Beth, Rinko, Jristen, and Mitchiko are already in production.Lists updated.
Oh, right, For simplicity, we decided on https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/carefree for Kat's themeI've added it to the list of songs here (http://innomenpro.com/forums/index.php/topic,1654.msg83893.html#msg83893).
And......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
And......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
And......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
And......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
And......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
Even Geoffrey Simons?
That's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdAnd......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
Even Geoffrey Simons?
Oh yes. Yes....everyone X_X
That's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdAnd......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
Even Geoffrey Simons?
Oh yes. Yes....everyone X_X
Are you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.That's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdAnd......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
Even Geoffrey Simons?
Oh yes. Yes....everyone X_X
Nobody said she limited her fantasies to human
I don't think Pluto will be crushing any hands XDAre you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.Nobody said she limited her fantasies to humanThat's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdOh yes. Yes....everyone X_XEven Geoffrey Simons?Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guyI'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
N-No, I-It's fine, n-nothing wrong or offensive was meant, I'm sure.Are you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.That's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdAnd......more icons 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sy487Xx.png)
Rinko
(http://i.imgur.com/dVsjEqc.png)
The always lovable Taku~
(http://i.imgur.com/Lu25alI.png)
Jristen
I'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen
>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guy
Even Geoffrey Simons?
Oh yes. Yes....everyone X_X
Nobody said she limited her fantasies to human
Isn't Pluto an Aevum maid? :PI don't think Pluto will be crushing any hands XDAre you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.Nobody said she limited her fantasies to humanThat's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdOh yes. Yes....everyone X_XEven Geoffrey Simons?Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guyI'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
She is, and I think her strength is actually higher than Lola's, but I don't think she could bring herself to crush anyone's hand. It's not a physical limit, but a mental one.Isn't Pluto an Aevum maid? :PI don't think Pluto will be crushing any hands XDAre you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.Nobody said she limited her fantasies to humanThat's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdOh yes. Yes....everyone X_XEven Geoffrey Simons?Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guyI'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...
She is, and I think her strength is actually higher than Lola's, but I don't think she could bring herself to crush anyone's hand. It's not a physical limit, but a mental one.Isn't Pluto an Aevum maid? :PI don't think Pluto will be crushing any hands XDAre you trying to imply those with more unique features in our community aren't human? I thought we culled this sort of arrogant racism generations ago, but it seems such thoughts still persist. How crude. How unrefined. If you keep this up, I'll definitely crush your hand.Nobody said she limited her fantasies to humanThat's some crazy yaoi goggles, there. Cat boy on Boy... LewdOh yes. Yes....everyone X_XEven Geoffrey Simons?Well, more like she's shipping Jristen with every possible guyI'm sure Maho is shipping Taku and Jristen>>;
*sighs* Thats probably accurate...