Dawn of Heroes

Oshha · Jul 6, 2019

Hero

Name: Tamara Lyn/Fairy Knight (PL11)
Age: Biologically 25
Gender: Female
Personality: Tamara is a playful and excitable individual who maintains a cheerful demeanour. She will take everything in her stride whilst maintaining her optimistic outlook. Tamara will do her best in whatever task she is attempting but has no pride outside of that. In combat, Tamara will hold back and attempt to take her foes in alive unless they make things personal, where she will then do her best to take them down one way or another.

Powers
Shapeshifting (Magic-Fey): Morph 3 (Animal Forms, Limited to +10 Deception bonus, Metamorph with Variable Descriptor 2 & Limited to reduced PL by 2), Regeneration 2 (1 per 5 rounds)
Ethereal Beauty (Magic-Fey): Enhanced Advantage 1 (Attractive), Feature 1 (Change the external details of your appearance/+2 Circumstance Bonus to Interaction Skills)
Faerie Heritage (Magic-Fey): Enhanced Strength 2, Enhanced Agility 2, Immunity 5 (Ageing, Starvation & Thirst, Need for Sleep, Suffocation Effects), Partial Immunity 7 (Disease, Poison, All Environmental Effects,) Concealment 1 (Regular Hearing),
Talatine (Device-Sword/Magic-Fey): Penetrating Damage 5, Weaken Fighting 2 (Resisted by Fortitude), Feature 2 (Summon to hand at will as a Standard Action), Teleport 1 (8 Metres & 24 kg/Medium: Talatine), Indestructible, Personal, Impressive, Dangerous 2, Easily Removable,
-Thrown Talatine: Ranged Damage 5, Weaken Fighting 2 (Resisted by Fortitude), Feature 2 (Summon to hand at will as a Standard Action), Teleport 1 (8 Metres & 24 kg/Medium: Talatine), Indestructible, Personal, Impressive, Dangerous 2, Easily Removable,
Torlyn (Armour/Magic-Fey): Impervious Protection 10, Continuous, Limited to Human Form, Noticeable (Shining Silver Plate Armour), Feature (+5 Bonus against Mental Attacks) & Partial Immunity 5 (Mind Control),
Minor Spells (Magic-Fae): 3-Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
-Mimicry: Feature 1 (Imitate almost any sound you heard using your voice with +10 bonus to Deception checks to convinces others that the sound is real), Feature 2 (Disguises require no preparations, +5 to Deception checks for disguises),
-Urban Camouflage: Feature 1 (+5 to Stealth checks in an Urban Environment), Concealment 2 (Regular Vision, Limited to Urban Environments),
Major Spells (Magic-Fey): 4-Point Power Array with 2 Alternative Effects.
-Healing Spell: Healing 2.
-Lighting Bolt: Ranged Electrical Damage 2.
-Teleport: Teleport 2 (32 Metres & 24 kg).
2/Fairy Wings (Magic-Fey): Flight 1 (4 MPH)

Abilities
Strength: 2 (4)
Stamina: 2
Agility: 3 (5)
Dexterity: 2
Fighting: 4
Intellect: 4
Awareness: 4
Presence: 0

Defences
Dodge: 6 (8)
Fortitude: 7
Parry: 8
Toughness: 2 (12/Impervious 10)
Will: 10

Attacks
Initiative +11 (13)
Unarmed +11: Close Damage 2 (4), Critical 20,
Talatine +13: Close Damage 7 (9/Penetrating 5), Critical 18-20
Thrown Talatine +5: Ranged Damage 7 (9), Critical 18-20

Skills
Acrobatics 5 (8 [10])
Athletics 5 (7 [9])
Close Combat: Sword 9 (13)
Close Combat: Unarmed 7 (11)
Deception 4 (4)
Expertise: British Politics 5 (9)
Expertise: Current Events 4 (8)
Expertise: Fey Transformation Magic 20 (24)
Expertise: General Magic 4 (8)
Expertise: Maid 6 (11)
Expertise: Politics 3 (7)
Expertise: Fey Royalty 6 (10)
Insight 3 (7)
Intimidation 2 (2)
Investigation 1 (5)
Perception 3 (7)
Persuasion 4 (4)
Stealth 5 (8 [10])
Technology 5 (9)
Treatment 2 (6)

Advantages
Accurate Attack: Trade effect DC for attack bonus.
Artificer: Use Expertise: Magic to create temporary devices.
Assessment: Use Insight to learn an opponent's combat capabilities.
Attractive: +2 (+5) circumstance bonus on Deception and Persuasion checks based on your looks.
Benefit (Friend on the Force): You are engaged in a covert partnership with Inspector Brown
Benefit I (Government Influence: Tara Lane): You have minor influence within the government as Tara Lane.
Benefit (Neighbourhood Hero): Call upon local support within Whitechapel.
Benefit (Prepared Rituals): Delay the effects of a completed rituals until a time of your choosing.
Diehard: Automatically stabilise when dying.
Defensive Attack: Trade attack bonus for active defence.
Evasion: +2 circumstance bonus to Dodge resistance checks to avoid area effects.
Improved Defence: +2 bonus to active defence when you take the defend action.
Improved Initiative II: +8 bonus to initiative checks.
Instant Up: Stand from prone as a free action.
Interpose: Take an attack meant for an ally.
Languages: English, Fey
Power Attack: Trade attack bonus for effect bonus.
Quick Draw: Draw a weapon as a free action.
Ritualist: Use Expertise: Magic to create and perform rituals.
Takedown: Free extra attack when you incapacitate a minion.
Tracking: Use Perception to follow tracks.
Uncanny Dodge: Not vulnerable when surprised or caught off-guard.

Equipment
Winfield Castle
Size: Huge; Tou: 8; PL11
Intellect: 6; Awareness: 3; Presence: 3
-Living Space, Magical Defence System, Technological Security System (DC20), Magical Laboratory, Magical Workshop, Technological Workshop, Power System, Sealed (Magical Barrier), Self-Repairing, Magical Portal to Elphane, Intelligent (Rebecca),

Complications
Motivation (Her Duty): Tamara is the Fairy Knight because she sees it as her duty to protect the innocent and to fight evil.
Magic over Tech: Tamara is well-acquainted with the technology of the human world and has great respect for what it can do, especially in the hands of a genius. Yet when given a choice, Tamara will choose the magic she grew up with over a more technological solution.
Enemy (Prince Auraen): Prince Auraen has not forgotten his defeat at the hands of Tamara and Sapphire Squire. Escaping his imprisonment, Tamara's cousin now seeks to get revenge on her in his self-imposed exile.
Secret Identity (Tamara Wallis): Fairy Knight maintains a secret identity as Tamara Wallis nee Lyn, widow of Benedict Wallis and mother of Alexandra Wallis.

London

Known Heroes and Heroic Organisations

The first costumed vigilante in both the British Isles and London, the Night appeared in early 1916. Primarily focused on fighting the Consortium and stopping the criminal empire taking advantage of the then ongoing war, the Night also focused on regular crimes and the criminals of London soon learnt to fear his presence. He vanished in mid 1919 without a trace while investigating the politician Barnaby May-Porter and his ties to the Consortium leadership.

His secret identity is Benedict Wallis, grandson of the wealthy retired politician Gareth Wallis.

The youthful squire of the Fairy Knight and aspiring heroine, Sapphire Squire relies on a mixture of physical skill, mental ability and technological gadgets. A genius and prodigy, Sapphire Squire holds her own on the streets of London and has proven herself worthy of fighting alongside her mentor. Since 25th December 1920, Sapphire Squire has gained two magical abilities from her mentor, one which allows her to change her outfit at will and provide her clothing with protective properties while the other removes her needs for sleep, food and drink.

The second squire of Fairy Knight, Onyx Squire comes from a criminal background and seeks to help the world rather than hurt it like the rest of his family. Relying mainly on his fists and hardiness, Onyx Squire has picked some equipment and magic from Fairy Knight and Sapphire Squire, the most exotic of these being his partial invisibility and complete silence.

His secret identity is David White, son of the street thug Jacob White.

Jordan Brown is a chief inspector within the Metropolitan Police. A determined man who believes in stopping criminals and protecting the innocent, Chief Inspector Brown is willingly to bend the law a little if it means seeing proper justice done.

Following his systematic dismantlement of the Dragonsteeth, Jordan Brown was promoted from Detective Sergeant to Detective Inspector. Following the arrest of the Templar, Jordan Brown has formed a formal covert partnership with the Fairy Knight.

As of 1st March 1921, Jordan Brown has been promoted to Chief Inspector from Detective Inspector under a cloud of politics, high tenses and borderline infighting amongst the Metropolitan Police.

Gareth Wallis is a wealthy man and a retired politician who has known great tragedy. The ageing man has outlived all of his family and currently lives alone in London with his butler. He was aware of his grandson's activities as the Night and covertly funded his crusade. As of January 1920, he supports and funds Fairy Knight's continuation of the Night's crusade.

Known Villains and Villainous Organisations

While some call him a hero, the Golden Knight is definitely a criminal. Appearing in 1919, the Golden Knight and his Golden Order are returning veterans of the Great War. While they fight the Consortium and claim to see justice for the people, many of the Golden Order's activities are regular organised crime and in some ways, the Golden Knight is just another crime lord who dressed up as a costumed vigilante.

On 9th February 1920, the Golden Order captured Sam Carson of the White Devils and hold him captive.
On 24th April 1920, the Golden Knight aided Fairy Knight at Anna Lucas' party.

The White Devils are a London street gang that was led by Sam Carson and backed by the Consortium. A male dominated gang that believes in the supremacy of the white Englishman, the White Devils seek to purge London of its 'foreign filth'. Covertly supported by the Consortium, the White Devils rose to prominence falling the Night's disappearance and seek to 'clean out' Whitechapel so they can turn it into their territory and use the neighbourhood as a base of operations.

On 9th February 1920, Sam Carson was defeated by Fairy Knight before being captured by the Golden Order. Following the loss of their leader, the White Devils have fallen into infighting and got systemically picked off by their foes. As of mid 1920, the gang no longer exists.

As of 25th February, Sam Carson was freed from the captivity of the Golden Order by Redcoat, presumably on the orders of the Consortium.

The Dragonsteeth were a major street gang that was founded and led by Anna Lucas. Covertly backed by the Consortium, the Dragonsteeth held a position of prominence within the London criminal underworld and the gang held great influence over several small gangs.

On 24th April 1920, Anna Lucas was defeated by Fairy Knight and later arrested by the police alongside several of her subordinates.

Between late April 1920 and early August 1920, Detective Sergeant Jordan Brown systematically dismantled the gang. He did so by arresting and putting in prison most of their leadership and membership, shutting down all of their major operations and most of their minor ones and he ruined their reputation.

As of September 1920, Cliff Gregory currently leads what is left of the Dragonsteeth with the gang having gone to ground as a remnant of their former glory.

As of April 1921, the Dragonsteeth are no more after being consumed by rivals in the gang war following the downfall of the Royal Ravens.

Levy Porter was the chief enforcer of the Dragonsteeth, a feared man for his deadly prowess. He was arrested by Detective Sergeant Jordan Brown on the 24th April 1920 after being defeated by Fairy Knight and was later sent to prison.

Levy Porter was a sub-boss of the Dragonsteeth and their main accountant. An experienced elderly man, he managed most of the gang's finances and briefly took over half of it following Anna Lucas' arrest.

He was arrested by Detective Sergeant Jordan Brown during early June 1920 and was later sent to prison.

Cliff Gregory is the current leader of what remains of the Dragonsteeth. An ambitious and dangerous man, he leads what is left of the gang after avoiding being arrested by Detective Brown.

As for 25th February 1921, Cliff Gregory is attempting to return the gang to prominence and has broken its prior ties with the Consortium.

As of April 1921, the Dragonsteeth are no more after being consumed by rivals in the gang war following the downfall of the Royal Ravens. The current fate of Cliff Gregory is unknown.

The Consortium is the top dog within the criminal underworld of London with its leadership remaining unknown to outsiders and most within the Consortium. Whilst it has sway across most of the British Isles, the Consortium is located in London where it holds the most of its power and influence.

Despite enjoying a good couple of decades of effectively uncontested dominance, the Consortium has founded itself increasing under attack in recent years with its most prominent foes being the Night, the Golden Order and Fairy Knight.

An middle-manager within the Consortium who is responsible with coordinating with outside assets. He was Windstrike's liaison when the Consortium hired her to kill Fairy Knight in March 1920.

Known as Ronald Barr in his civilian identity, the Templar is a fearsome warrior who dresses up in plate armour, styling himself after a medieval knight. Wielding his imposing war hammer, the Fist of God, the Templar is one of the most dangerous individuals on London's streets with very few capable of matching him. Having retired from the army after a decade of service at the end of the Great War, Ronald seemingly works for an Anglican organisation that seeks to purge London's streets of heretics and infidels.

He was arrested on the 18th September 1920 after being defeated by the Fairy Knight, but avoided going to prison due to destruction of evidence during his trial.

Peter Michaelson was the leader of the Royal Ravens and a member of the Consortium. The Royal Ravens were the top gang in London and the Consortium used them as a proxy to control the streets of London. Following a rash attack on the Brown family in February 1921, the full force of the Scotland Yard came down on the Royal Ravens and as of April 1921, the gang has been systemically destroyed one way or another and is effectively no more.

Allen Baxter as the chief enforcer of the Royal Ravens.

On 16th February 1921, Allen Baxter was accidentally slain by Fairy Knight in battle.

25th February 1921, the Regal Ravens split off from the Royal Ravens.

Known Civilians and Neutral Organisations

A waitress, Lydia lives with her older sister Ellen and more recently, Tamara.

A telephone operator and a feminist, Ellen lives with her younger sister Lydia and more recently, Tamara.

Barnaby May-Porter is a prominent and respected politician who has ambitions of being Prime Minister. The Night disappeared uncovering evidence financially connecting Barnaby to the Consortium's leadership.

Also known as Tedd Donald, the Squirrel is a talent and agile thief who steals from the rich as a challenge. After being caught by Fairy Knight on 10th August 1920, he has given up his life of crime.

The wife of Jordan Brown and mother of Brenda Brown and James Brown. A formerly cheerful and supportive woman, she was almost killed on the 18th February 1921. While she survived thanks to Fairy Knight's intervention, her right hand has been maimed and Eira has fallen into a deep depression.

As of May 1921, Eira has fully recovered thanks to Moira Lyn and her magic.

The son of Jordan and Eira Brown and the younger brother of Brenda Brown. James Brown was a shy kid who witness his mother almost being killed in their own home on the 18th February 1921 alongside receiving injuries of his own. While he and his mother were saved by the Fairy Knight, the fallout has left him spooked and jumping at shadows.

As of May 1921, James has fully recovered thanks to Moira Lyn and her magic.

British Isles

Known Heroes and Heroic Organisations

The partner of Sentinel and student of Merlin, Galahad is a powerful superhuman with powers he claims are a gift from God. With flight, super-strength and toughness alongside his Blaze and Radiance, there are only a handful of individuals out there that can match Galahad. While he is based in Winchester, Galahad operates in all of Hampshire.

The partner of Galahad and student of Merlin, Sentinel is a genius who creates devices and invents technology beyond what the rest of the world uses. Operating out of Southampton, Sentinel no longer takes to the field as per his agreement with Galahad and instead acts as off the battlefield support to his partner.

Formed by the British government in August 1921, the Kingsmen are an officially sanctioned team of heroes that work for the national authorities. Lead by the Fairy Knight, the founding members consist of Fairy Knight, Imperial Lion, Spider and Longbow.

Known Villains and Villainous Organisations

Named for his signature redcoat, Redcoat is the deadliest killer in the British Isles with none of his targets having survived him going after them. After a week of back and forth fighting with Fairy Knight and Sapphire Squire, Redcoat was defeated by the duo on the 11th December 1920 and later arrested by the police. His secret identity was revealed to be Oliver King, a soldier turned mercenary.

An upstart criminal group formed by some Irish folk up in Glasgow, they have seized control of the Glasgow criminal underworld from the Consortium and are battling the Consortium over Edinburgh's criminal underworld.

A villainous magic user, he has proven a capable spellcaster and a dangerous foe, especially if given time to prepare. He apparently works for an employer, but holds little loyalty to them and is willingly to further his own goals at their expense.

On the 18th March 1921, Druid defeated Sapphire Squire and bound Fairy Knight to his will for multiple hours. On the 19th March 1921, he foiled Sapphire Squire's attempt to rescue Fairy Knight before later releasing Fairy Knight.

A hired thug of little fame, he has been known to work for the Druid. The man is more dangerous from average thug, but has yet to display any out of ordinary.

On the 19th March 1921, he was defeated by battle by Sapphire Squire.

Known Civilians and Neutral Organisations

Kingdom of the Faeries

Known Heroes and Heroic Organisations

The King of the Faeries and former ruler of the Little Court of Ireland, Tiarnach is a stern, but fair ruler. A capable warrior and respected leader, he is a highly popular leader thanks to his own actions as King and his overthrowing of his aunt. He seeks to change the ways of his people and turn them into something more noble and less capricious.

While time flows differently in the Kingdom of the Faeries, it wa roughly 6th May 1921 that Tiarnach became king.

Known Villains and Villainous Organisations

Sister to the first Queen of the Faeries and temporary usurper, Princess Taenya is an ambitious and paranoid woman. While she was able to amass a loyal following that allowed to overthrow her sister, Taenya valued loyalty and subservience over competence and ability. She would later meet her downfall when her paranoia and tyrannical rulership resulted turning half of her realm against her, purges that left her supporters greatly reduced in number and putting the most loyal subordinates in charge rather than those that were qualified to do the job.

While time flows differently in the Kingdom of the Faeries, it was roughly 6th May 1921 that Prince Tiarnach overthrow Taenya and became king.

The son of Taenya, Prince Auraen made up what he lacked in competence with obedience. He was left in charge of defending the Little Court of Scotland when his mother was overthrown, resulting in his defeat at the hands of Tamara Lyn and her squire.

Known Civilians and Neutral Organisations

The mother of Tamara Lyn and many other important fairies, the Queen of the Faeries was a powerful and uncontested leader. Having rightfully earnt both fear and respect, the Queen of the Faeries was a whimsical and capricious ruler who did what she felt like at any given moment thanks to being powerful enough to get away with it.

At some point prior to start of 1920, she was overthrown by her sister Taenya and has not been seen from since.

The daughter of the Queen of Faeries, Princes Moira rules over the Little Court of England. While she is a decent ruler, Moira is more focused on magic and improving her magical abilities. She and her half-sister Tamara consider each other to be their favourite sibling.

As of May 1921, Princess Moira has taken up the human identity of Moira Lyn.

The son of Princess Taenya, Prince Zelphar ruled over the Little Court of Wales before being disposed alongside his mother.

The daughter of the Queen of Faeries, Princes Maeryn rules over the Little Court of Cornwall. While not a bad ruler, Princess Maeryn is more interested in socialising than running her realm. Maeryn likes to spend her time engaging in politics and the high life of society.

As of May 1921, Princess Maeryn has taken up the human identity of Maeve Lyn.

World

Known Heroes and Heroic Organisations

A German vigilante operating in Munich, he is an inventor who wields an electrified sword and a belt that protects him from electricity. With his partner Sportlerin, he battle the local crime lords, Fredikorps and anarchists. His main foes are the crime lord Oskar Lowith and his hired enforcer, Eisenfaust.

On 7th April 1921, he fought alongside Fairy Knight and Sapphire Squire against Eisenfaust and the Consortium.

Known Villains and Villainous Organisations

A mercenary assassin for hire, Lucilla Verona aka Windstrike is a skilled Italian archer and swordswoman. Prideful and greedy, Windstrike is a professional for whom there is little that she won't do for the right amount of money. Known for her competent and professionalism, Windstrike takes contracts from all over the world with a preference for remaining within Western society.

On 21st March 1920, Windstrike was arrested by the Metropolitan Police whilst attempting to kill Fairy Knight after her victim inflict a near-fatal injury on the archer.

As for August 1921, Windstrike has secretly joined the Kingsmen as a founding member under a new identity as Longbow.

Eisenfaust is a German mercenary named for the distinct gauntlet he wears on his right hand. Eisenfaust is hardy man and a fearsome foe and has recently taken up employment as an retainer for the crime lord Oskar Lowith for an indefinite length of time.

His attempts to deliver a weapon to the Consortium was foiled by Fairy Knight, Sturmschwert and Sapphire Squire on 7th April 1921.

Known Civilians and Neutral Organisations

Oshha · Oct 10, 2019

While the rules have Intellect as the default ability modifier for the Expertise skill, I'm wondering if that is the best ability to be associated with it. Unsure of what ability to associated with the Expertise: Maid skill (I'm currently leaning Agility), I have decided to ask you guys for your opinions on the matter.

Barondoctor · Oct 10, 2019

Awareness (time / sense of something being off), agility (flexibility and balance), stamina (time?)

Dark as Silver · Oct 10, 2019

Oshha said:
While the rules have Intellect as the default ability modifier for the Expertise skill, I'm wondering if that is the best ability to be associated with it. Unsure of what ability to associated with the Expertise: Maid skill (I'm currently leaning Agility), I have decided to ask you guys for your opinions on the matter.

Good news the rules cover you Skills – d20HeroSRD

Article:

The ability modifier for Expertise is typically Intellect, but some areas of expertise may call for different abilities, perhaps depending on the task involved. For example, a technical expert might rely on Intellect to answer questions and handle day-to-day procedures, but need Dexterity to perform the actual functions of the job. Performance skills, such as acting or music, may rely on Presence. The GM sets the ability modifier as needed for the specific Expertise check.

Feel free to change what stat it keys off of if it doesn't make sense for the situation... But its probably better to keep it on Intellect if you were doing something like "How good did you maid over the whole week"

Oshha · Oct 11, 2019

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[X] Mystic Wardrobe. Gift the ability to change her outfit into any other outfit at will including strengthening her attire and the protection it provides.
No. of Votes: 7

[X] Jrin
[X] Axel Fones
[X] Barondoctor
[X] GGreader
[X] POTDL
[X] Varano
[X] veekie

[X] A Beginners Guide To Magic. Saphire has already expressed interest, you stay up for a few nights recording all the training spells you remember learning and a few others of your own invention.
No. of Votes: 1

[X] Dark as Silver

[X] Partial Shapeshifting. Gift a partial copy of your shapeshifting to your squire so they may share your beauty and your healing.
No. of Votes: 1

[X] Parzival95

Total No. of Voters: 9

Oshha · Oct 11, 2019

[X] Mystic Wardrobe. Gift the ability to change her outfit into any other outfit at will including strengthening her attire and the protection it provides.

In the end, you decide to go for your initial idea of giving Sapphire Squire the ability to change her outfit at will into any other outfit within reason, something you decide to call the Mystic Wardrobe. This is something you could normally do, but the time of year allows to add more power to it, allowing Sapphire Squire to turn her clothing into what is effectively armour.

It wouldn't be strong armour, but it would be unnoticeable until the clothing starts providing your squire from more harm than they should be capable of. You are sure that Sapphire Squire will appreciate this given how her costume has been left in ruins twice now and the added protection should serve her well. Beyond combat usage, you are sure that a girl like your squire should find plenty of ways to benefit from the Mystic Wardrobe.

As always, life goes on and Redcoat's defeat has dominated the news. It is not surprising given the killer's infamy as the man has not been shy about taking credit for his many assassinations and murders. The main change for you is that you are suddenly thrown into the centre of public attention.

You are known to lawmen and criminals of London rather well and none that live in Whitechapel or the neighbouring areas doubt your existences or abilities, but you do not have much in the way of a public presence. While rare, vigilantes do exist and most major cities have at least one so while you are a curiosity, most do not care about you unless they are interested in the subject or your actions interfere with their lives.

But now your name is known across the whole kingdom and beyond as your name is tied to Redcoat's downfall. Not only was it your hand that took him down and you the one that handed him over the authorities, but you were his target and the one he was actively hunting when he got arrested. To make things more interesting, knowledge of your magical nature or belief that it is real are not common outside of the those that regularly interact with you one way or another.

It is a mess given how some believe in your magic while others scoff at the idea of it being real, but it is not a mess that you need to worry about. Your concerns are in London and those that you need to worry about are already well aware of what you are capable of. While you might get some extra attention, that is nothing new as your actions have already brought the likes of Windstrike and Redcoat to London.

When it comes to the aftermath of your victory over Redcoat, the killer's trial is the thing that draws your attention the most. Unlike other trials, Redcoat's conviction isn't in doubt thanks to his many, many crimes. The question isn't if he will be punished, but what his punishment will be.

But ultimately, it is all in the background for you. Something interest and perhaps worth keeping an eye on, but nothing that affects your day to day life.

***

"So who is the girl?" asks Inspector Brown at one of your regular meetings.

"You will need to be more specific," you reply, "There are several individuals that you could be referring to."

"That girl that Redcoat claims fought alongside you," clarifies Inspector Brown, "The one in blue that has been spotted patrolling and fighting alongside you."

"That would be Sapphire Squire," you tell him, "She entered my service after forcing Redcoat's flight when he first attacked me. She has proven herself by fighting alongside me against Redcoat and I have no problem with her status as my squire."

"How old is she?" demands Inspector Brown, "The kid can't be an adult."

"She is old enough to be a squire," you answer, "I do not know the specific as she has a secret identity and I have not pried into the details of it."

"Secret-of course, she does," says Inspector Brown, "I can't say I blame her or disapprove of that, but I don't like that you got a kid out there fighting criminals."

"It isn't like I can stop her," you reply, "I recruited her because when she was already going out. Even if I was to cut ties with her, she would still go out and seek to bring justice to the streets."

"I still don't like it, but I'll admit that I can't see a better solution," says Inspector Brown with a sigh after a moment of silence, "At least as your squire she gets training and protection. Just keep her safe Fairy Knight and good lord does it feels weird to call you that."

***

Mess is your foe, chores are the mission and the arsenal of cleaning tools are your weapons while your black dress with its white apron your armour. You have been hired as a maid and you will serve as one valiantly. Duty is duty and you will carry out your responsibilities as a maid with the same diligence that you carry out your responsibilities as a knight.

The house is large and while much of it goes unused, that just means that there is more cleaning to do. It will take you some time to go clean out the entire building, but when you do, it will just be a matter of keeping the dust and cobwebs from returning. You look forward to that day for you shall triumph over the villainous dust and the evil cobwebs.

Rooms aren't the only thing that you have to clean for while you do not cook, you do take over the job of cleaning the dishes, cutlery and other items used in the cooking and eating of meals. And once you have proven your glory at cleaning, Amar even lets you begin to wash the clothing, something you take to with great vigour.

You find it intriguing how regular people have different articles of clothing that they must clean after wearing and store while they are not in use. It is not something that you have ever had to concern yourself with as you can just pick your outfits by swapping into Torlyn and then back out into your outfit of choice.

Perhaps you could try doing that yourself now that you are earning an income?

You find yourself both excelling and enjoying your job. You won't deny that you had a few doubts when you first accepted the job, but you decide that you like being a maid. Perhaps a less pleasant or accommodating employer might deter you from the job, but Gareth Wallis is a good and understanding man and even then, you have nothing against the job itself. No, you enjoy cleaning, you enjoy looking after the house and you have fun doing your job. You imagine each room in need of cleaning as an enemy fortress to take while each item of clothing that needs cleaning is another foe to defeat. Many people, including the rest of your family, might consider servant work to be demeaning for a princess such as yourself, but you find it to be extremely satisfying.

***

"Happy Christmas," says Sapphire Squire upon arrival as your squire gracefully lands on the rooftop where you have agreed to meet, "Sorry it took me a while to show up, I needed to find a good time to get away. And speaking of which, I hope this is quick because if I don't get back soon, I'm going to be in a tone of trouble."

"It will be quick," you inform her, smiling at the girl from beneath your helmet, "I have a gift for you."

Calling upon the ritual you have performed in advance, you target your squire with it, letting the powerful magic flow into her and infuse itself with her very being. It is a bit of light show with swirling green-gold magic and a flash of white and blue. Recoiling from it, Sapphire Squire jumps back as she futilely tries avoid the magic.

"What the-what did you just do?" demands a startled Sapphire Squire, "What the heck Fairy Knight? What just happened to me?"

"That was my Christmas gift," you answer, "By using Christmas and the Winter Solstice as focal points to channel more power than is normally available, I was able to come up with abnormally powerful ritual to infuse you with a magical ability."

"Wait, wait, wait," cuts in Sapphire Squire before you can explain what her new power is, "Did you just shove a bunch of magic in me without telling me? To give me magical powers."

"Yes, that sums it up," you confirm before deciding to explain how the Mystic Wardrobe works to her, "Your new power-"

"Can we just clear something up first?" interrupts Sapphire Squire, cutting you off mid sentence with an agitated wave of her hand, "Please don't do magic on me without getting my agreement or at least telling me first, especially if it is permanent. I trust you and magic is cool and all, but just ask permission first before using it on me. Please."

"While I thought you would enjoy the surprise, I will shall endeavour to make sure that you are aware and knowledge about all magic I use on you in the future," you promise her, noting how nervous and unsure your squire is, "I shall explain to you the new ability that I have given you?"

"Yes please," answers Sapphire Squire, "Magical powers are cool, I just want to know about them beforehand and to be given them with my agreement."

"Noted," you say before breaking into the explanation.

Your squire listens eagerly as you explain to her how the Mystic Wardrobe works and give her a brief tutorial on how to use it. As expected from someone of her intellectual prowess, Sapphire Squire quickly grasps how to use her new power. A few tests reveal to you that your squire is a redhead, but by making sure that all of her outfits have a mask as part of them, Sapphire Squire continues to keep her identity a secret.

"So I would stay and chat longer, but I got to go," says Sapphire Squire after a few minutes, "I can't be away too long without drawing suspicious and, actually, I don't need to worry about changing back into regular clothing, but better safe than sorry."

"I understand," you tell her, "My time is more flexible than yours and I get the impression that I have less commitments than you do. If you wish to continue this at a later day where you have the spare time, I shall do my best to oblige you."

"Thank you for the present Fairy Knight," says Sapphire Squire, "It is definitely my best Christmas present."

"Happy Christmas and good fighting," you tell her.

Sapphire Squire turns to go before pausing in hesitation. Making up her mind, she spins around and runs up to you. She wraps her arms you and squeezes to give you a hug before running off, humming to herself.

With a smile on your face, you watch your squire go before making your own exit in bird form.

***

"I'm not sure which I find harder to believe," says Lydia as the young woman watches you clean up the dishes, "Fairy Knight being a maid or a maid like you being the Fairy Knight."

"What is so unbelievable about me being a maid?" you protest, giving your housemate a mock glare, "I find cleaning to be fun and enjoy my job."

"But you're supposed to be some fairy princess," replies Lydia as she shakes her head, "You stomp about the streets beating bad guys, but then you just turn about and do a bunch of servant work. Wait a moment, you are a servant. How does being a servant fit in with you being a princess and a knight?"

"I enjoy cleaning and I have no problems helping others," you answer, "My titles do not make so arrogant that I turn my nose up at doing chores."

"But couldn't you be an actress or something," says Lydia, "I get me being a waitress, but you could totally be something other than a maid."

"Ignore Lydia, Tam," says Ellen from another room, "I for one am glad that you got a job that you enjoy, especially since you not only pay rent now, but you clean things up around the house."

"I am glad that I am able to contribute around the house after so long," you tell them, happy with how your life is in the mortal world as the year comes to an end and you finish your first year in exile.

Pick up to 1 Power Upgrade for Fairy Knight.
[] [Power] Improve your Shapeshifting.
-[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to let you take on parts of animal instead of the whole body. Change Limited to Animals to allow for partial animal forms.
-[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to allow for easier and faster shapeshifting. Reduce requiring a Standard Action to requiring a Move Action.
[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to create a pair of fairy wings to fly with. Gain Flight 1.

[] [Power] Improve your Faerie Heritage.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your flexibility and grace. Gain Agility.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your precision and coordination. Gain Dexterity.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your senses and instincts. Gain Awareness.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your aura and force of personality. Gain Presence.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your mind and reasoning. Gain Intellect.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve your resistance to diseases and poisons. Gain Immunity 1 (Disease) and Immunity 1 (Poison).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to change the basic needs of your body. Gain Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to get rid of your need for air. Gain Immunity 2 (Suffocation Effects).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve your speed and running ability. Gain Speed 2.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve how quickly your body can accomplish tasks. Gain Quickness 4 (Limited to Physical Tasks).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve how quickly your mind can accomplish tasks. Gain Quickness 4 (Limited to Mental Tasks).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to speak to animals. Gain Comprehend 1 (Speak to Animals).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to understand animals. Gain Comprehend 1 (Understand Animals).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to speak any one language. Gain Comprehend 1 (Speak any one language).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to understand any language. Gain Comprehend 1 (Understand Language).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to sharpen your hearing. Gain Senses 2 (Accurate Hearing).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to let your see in the dark. Gain Senses 2 (Darkvision).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to improve your eyes and ears. Gain Senses 2 (Extended Vision, Extended Hearing).

[] [Power] Upgrade the power of Talatine.
-[] [Power] Make it so you can disarm and cripple the weapons of your attackers. Gain Binding and Breaking for Talatine.
-[] [Power] Make it easier to disarm and cripple the weapons of your foes. Gain Disarming and Smashing for Talatine.
[] [Power] Upgrade the might of Torlyn.
-[] [Power] Use your magic to improve its protectiveness. Gain Impervious Protection 1.
-[] [Power] Make it so that Torlyn extends its unyielding nature to the body it protects. Gain Impervious Toughness 2.

[] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells with new spells. Gain additional 2 Alternative Effects for Magic Spells.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a fire-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Fire Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a lightning-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Electricity Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing an ice-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Cold Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a teleportation spell. Gain Teleport 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a way to conceal your noises. Gain Concealment 1 (Normal Hearing).
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a way to conceal your smells. Gain Concealment 1 (Normal Smelling).
-[] [Power] Focus on improving your healing spell. Gain Healing 2.

Pick up to 1 Power Upgrade for Fairy Knight to help Sapphire Squire with.
[] [Squire] Improve her physical body.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire set up a routine to improve her strength and muscles. Sapphire Squire gains Strength.
-[] [Squire] Put Sapphire Squire though a training regime to strengthen her endurance and constitution. Sapphire Squire gains Stamina.
-[] [Squire] Help your squire copy your own innate fey grace and mobility to improve her flexibility and grace. Sapphire Squire gains Agility.
-[] [Squire] Assist Sapphire Squire in practicing her precision and coordination. Sapphire Squire gains Dexterity.
-[] [Squire] Put your squire though a series of combat training that hones her reflexes and reaction times. Sapphire Squire gains Fighting.
-[] [Squire] Channel your magic into Sapphire Squire to hone her mind and reasoning. Sapphire Squire gains Intellect.
-[] [Squire] Help your squire train her senses and instincts to she may better detect danger and oddities. Sapphire Squire gains Awareness.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire practice her social ability and force of personality. Sapphire Squire gains Presence.
-[] [Squire] Use your healing magic to help Sapphire Squire boost her immune system so she succeeds rather than harming herself. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Disease) and Immunity 1 (Poison).
-[] [Squire] Channel your innate magic to give your squire a boost when she is improving her running ability. Sapphire Squire gains Speed 2.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire train her body and mind to their limits of how quickly they can accomplish tasks. Sapphire Squire gains Quickness 2.

[] [Squire] Give your squire a magical ability.
-[] [Squire] Grant her some of your shapeshifting by giving her a copy of your ethereal beauty via ritual. Sapphire Squire gains a copy of Ethereal Beauty.
-[] [Squire] Channel your innate magic into a ritual to create a pair of fairy wings for Sapphire Squire to fly with. Sapphire Squire gains Flight 1.
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual to permanently satisfy the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual that gets rid of her need for air. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 2 (Suffocation Effects).

[] [Squire] Empower your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.
-[] [Squire] Improve the quality of the protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Impervious Toughness 2.
-[] [Squire] Make the clothing of the wardrobe quieter and allow for silent movement. Sapphire Squire gains Concealment 1 (Normal Hearing).
-[] [Squire] Make the clothing of the wardrobe blend into the background. Sapphire Squire gains Partial Concealment 1 (Normal Vision).

Pick two areas for Tamara to improve in.
[] [Skill] Study magic and the mystic arts. Increase Expertise: Magic Skill.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you about modern technology. Increase Technology skill.
[] [Skill] Train and exercise your body alongside your squire. Increase Athletics and Acrobatics skills.
[] [Skill] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to properly investigate matters from Inspector Brown. Increase Investigation skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to trick and deceive others. Increase Deception skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to scare and terrorise others. Increase Intimidation skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to socialise and convince others. Increase Persuasion skill.
[] [Skill] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to drive from Inspector Brown. Increase Vehicles skill.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire about unarmed combat and swordplay. Teach Sapphire Squire how to fight like a knight.
[] [Skill] Learn about stealth and trickery from your squire. Increase Deception and Stealth skills.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire about magic. Teach Sapphire Squire about magic.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire how to fight with more force. Sapphire Squire gains Power Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire how to attack in a defensive manner. Sapphire Squire gains Defensive Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to attack with more precision. Gain Accurate Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.
[] [Skill] Have Gareth Wallis teach you about modern politics. Increase Expertise: Politics and Expertise: Current Events skills.

Pick two activities for Tamara to get up to.
[] [Life] Investigate the Consortium and their lackeys. Find out more information about the Consortium.
[] [Life] Investigate the Golden Knight and his Golden Order. Find out more information about the Golden Order and its leader.
[] [Life] Expand your patrol area beyond Whitechapel. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.
[] [Life] Learn about the other prominent vigilantes in the kingdom. Find out more information about the rest of Britain's vigilantes.
[] [Life] Learn about other influential villains and criminal organisations in the kingdom. Find out more information about other villain and villainous groups in the British Isles.
[] [Life] Gather rumours regarding the supernatural and extraordinary in the kingdom. Find out information on any known extraordinary events in the British Isles.
[] [Life] Integrate your social circle further together. Attempt to form links between your various contacts.
[] [Life] Properly look through the Night's notes to see what useful information remains. Investigate the Night's notes thoroughly and properly.
[] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.
[] [Life] Check out the building that the Night was using as his base of operations. Investigate the Night's base.
[] [Life] Spend time with a certain individual. Improve your knowledge of and relations with someone.
-[] [Life] Write-in who you spend time with.
[] [Life] Write-in (Subject to QM Approval).

Selling Brown on your squire.
Persuasion Check, DC15: 16+4+2 = 22, 2 DoS.

Tamara the Maid.
Agility Check, DC10: 20+5 = 30, 5 DoS.

***

And so this arc and the in-game year come to end and you have a time-skip to get some upgrades before Fairy Knight faces her first adventure of the new year. I'm not sure if I have mentioned it before, but I will begin to introduce more superpowered characters and characters which have supernatural or extraterrestrial origins. This includes other PL10 characters and so far, Fairy Knight has only faced foes who at PL9 at most.

In the update, I have mostly covered social stuff and showing Tamara's main social connections and obligations with a couple rolls. The first was to convince Inspector Brown to go along with the underaged sidekick while the second was to see how well Tamara takes to her new job. And boy did Tamara take to her new job.

Anyway, pick your upgrades and actions so we can go into the next adventure.

Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to. Feel to ask questions for more details and information.

Parzival95 · Oct 11, 2019

[] [Squire] Improve her physical body.
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to change the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).

I definitely want to give her this, that's actually pretty major. Reducing her need for food, water, and sleep could free up a lot of time (and money) small bits that add up to something really effective.

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.

Three point power array boops it to the point that these are powers rather than just features

[X] [Squire] Enhance your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[X] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.

Honestly I don't really want to be using magic to boost SS. Mechanically it just gives her all the same counters that we have already which is bad for a team. Narratively it's kinda boring, I'd rather see Tamara working as a mentor to help SS grow in her own right rather than just going poof now you are like me.
Because of this:
[X] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.

[X] [Life] Expand your patrol area. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.
[X] [Life] Investigate the Consortium and their lackeys. Find out more information about the Consortium.
[X] [Life] Teach your squire how to attack in a defensive manner. Sapphire Squire gains Defensive Attack advantage.
[X] [Life] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.

Varano · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
[X] [Squire] Enhance your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[X] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.
[X] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.
[X] [Life] Expand your patrol area. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.
[X] [Life] Investigate the Consortium and their lackeys. Find out more information about the Consortium.
[X] [Life] Teach your squire how to attack in a defensive manner. Sapphire Squire gains Defensive Attack advantage.
[X] [Life] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

Dark as Silver said:
Honestly I don't really want to be using magic to boost SS. Mechanically it just gives her all the same counters that we have already which is bad for a team. Narratively it's kinda boring, I'd rather see Tamara working as a mentor to help SS grow in her own right rather than just going poof now you are like me.

Hmm, I see your point. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative way of doing things? I didn't want to have too advanced technology for the era in play and Sapphire Squire has limited resources to come up with better gear so I decided to have upgrades come from Fairy Knight's magic. I suppose training for new talent-based powers could work, but I don't see how the players could choose that unlike Fairy Knight choosing what magical upgrades to give her squire. I suppose Fairy Knight could choose to give training to her squire, but I don't see how that would relate into power upgrades for Sapphire Squire. Something to think about and if you don't like the current way of doing things, I would like some suggestions on how alternatives would work.

On a related now, I'm thinking of splitting off the skill boost actions from the rest of the life actions so you don't get too powerful too quickly.

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

Oshha said:
Hmm, I see your point. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative way of doing things? I didn't want to have too advanced technology for the era in play and Sapphire Squire has limited resources to come up with better gear so I decided to have upgrades come from Fairy Knight's magic. I suppose training for new talent-based powers could work, but I don't see how the players could choose that unlike Fairy Knight choosing what magical upgrades to give her squire. I suppose Fairy Knight could choose to give training to her squire, but I don't see how that would relate into power upgrades for Sapphire Squire. Something to think about and if you don't like the current way of doing things, I would like some suggestions on how alternatives would work.

On a related now, I'm thinking of splitting off the skill boost actions from the rest of the life actions so you don't get too powerful too quickly.

Honestly you could just remove magic from a lot of the training options.

Oshha said:
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to hone her muscles and strength. Sapphire Squire gains Strength.
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to hone her endurance and constitution. Sapphire Squire gains Stamina.

going to

Oshha said:
-[] [Squire] Walk her through the exercises the knights used to hone their muscles and strength. Sapphire Squire gains Strength.
-[] [Squire] Walk her through the exercises the knights used to hone their endurance and constitution. Sapphire Squire gains Stamina.

For example.
Other things you could do would be move training options like getting and giving advantages out of activities and into this category. So we agree on that. I also don't like that it means the mechanically optimal strategy is to never talk to people just grind skills so removing bad incentives is another plus for this change.
If its a precedent you're happy with setting (And I'm not sure I'd go for it personally) we could create enchanted items for her. But then you need to deal with us trying to do the same for Tamara and the list grows even more.
And we can just have things where she's done something of her own accord without Tamaras prompting such as improving her gadgets. This vote is a meta one already so not everything has to be driven by the MC.
These might look like:

The Oshha your Oshha could be said:
-[] [Squire] You spend a very boring few afternoons helping her with a problem about her gauntlet's crank. You're meant to be the Knight, why are you the assistant! Improves Sapphire Squire's Gauntlets.
-[] [Squire] You don't see her for a few nights, by the time you're worrying she's back with a grin. Apparently she had a Eureka moment on a smoke bomb she was working on. Clearly your lessons about stealth are rubbing off... you may not be the best role model. Sapphire Squire gains Concealment Attack.
-[] [Squire] You enchant her Boomerangs to always strike true. Yeah, I couldn't think of what to say here. Sapphire Squire's Boomerangs gain Improved Accuracy

Oshha said:
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to improve her resistance to diseases and poisons. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Disease) and Immunity 1 (Poison).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to change the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).

Dropping ones like these entirely as they seem a little weird and creepy and maybe something waiting for a social link upgrade before she'd trust us to them. Also the fact that our Innate magic can affect others seems counter intuitive. Is it making her part Fairy?

Oh and please cut down the general options. Perhaps we could turn it into a skill tree where you need to get one thing to unlock other like
Understand -> Speak or Speed ->Quickness

Jrin · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing a teleportation spell. Gain Teleport 1.

I really like the idea of gaining ranged lightning attack, would really jump around using the metal armor and weapons of our enemies.

Oshha said:
Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.

Can you explain how that work?

[X] [Squire] Enhance your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[X] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.

[X] [Life] Investigate the Consortium and their lackeys. Find out more information about the Consortium.
[X] [Life] Learn about other influential villains and criminal organisations in the country. Find out more information about other villain and villainous groups in the British Isles.
[X] [Life] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to drive from Inspector Brown. Increase Vehicles skill.
[X] [Life] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to properly investigate matters from Inspector Brown. Increase Investigation skill.
[X] [Life] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.

Learning modern tech would have to wait, I prefer we boost our Investigation skills since our takedown of the infamous Redcoat would cause criminal groups to cover their tracks.
Since we will be taking on organized crime, cutting through lots of people fast is needed to stop their bosses from fleeing but honesty its weird that our squire know a lot of skills since she's just got recently.
A Knight driving sounds like fun, hoping we could use criminal vehicles against them by running them over or crashing into their stronghold packed with high explosive.

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

Jrin said:
Can you explain how that work?

I can do it if you like.

Arrays are a alternate way of having powers. It links them so that instead of having all of the powers at once you only have one at a time. However the benefit is that you only pay the price of the highest cost power in the array + 1 point for each extra power.

This is used to represent niche power tricks and things you can do, but don't necessarily do often. Think Super-man back when he could knit. Flight, Strength, Eye Lasers are all different powers but Super-Kiss, Super-Makeup, Super-Baking and all those other dumb things go into a single array.

Jrin · Oct 12, 2019

Dark as Silver said:
I can do it if you like.

Arrays are a alternate way of having powers. It links them so that instead of having all of the powers at once you only have one at a time. However the benefit is that you only pay the price of the highest cost power in the array + 1 point for each extra power.

This is used to represent niche power tricks and things you can do, but don't necessarily do often. Think Super-man back when he could knit. Flight, Strength, Eye Lasers are all different powers but Super-Kiss, Super-Makeup, Super-Baking and all those other dumb things go into a single array.

Ah so let me get this right so in short, it unify all these minor powers into one that it cost 1 point which free up from constantly using + 1 point for each of the minor powers?

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

Jrin said:
Ah so let me get this right so in short, it unify all these minor powers into one that it cost 1 point which free up from constantly using + 1 point for each of the minor powers?

Kinda, they don't have to be minor and are less cost efficient when they are.

So right now we've got an Array of 2 Powers which each cost 1 point for a total of (1+1) 2 Points worth of power. So we're not actually saving any points for setting it up this way.

Ideally we would have higher ranked powers so that if we stored 5 pt powers in the array it would save us points as rather than cost 5*(the number of powers) it would cost 5+1*(the number of powers -1).

The two votes we have for upgrading our Array are +2 powers (Alternate Effects) added to it or +2pts to the strength of each power in the array. And I'm voting to upgrade those powers.

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

Dark as Silver said:
Dropping ones like these entirely as they seem a little weird and creepy and maybe something waiting for a social link upgrade before she'd trust us to them. Also the fact that our Innate magic can affect others seems counter intuitive. Is it making her part Fairy?

Oh and please cut down the general options. Perhaps we could turn it into a skill tree where you need to get one thing to unlock other like
Understand -> Speak or Speed ->Quickness

Fair. Innate magic is the in-universe way that Tamara gets access to more power points for her powers. The way it works in-universe more a high status fairy like Tamara naturally generates excess magical power that they can use to permanent improve themselves or other people or other things. As for making Sapphire Squire or a non-fey into part fairy? I guess sort of, but not by much. It would added some extra stuff to her spiritual/mental/physical structure so she wouldn't be 100% human, but we're looking at making her maybe 1% Fairy or 0.5% Fairy. So technically, but insignificant for the most part and thinking about it, Sapphire Squire is already part fairy thanks to the Mystic Wardrobe. Regarding trust, Sapphire Squire already trusts Fairy Knight (even if the latter arguably has yet to earn that much trust) as a fan trusting their idol.

I might do that. I'm just worried about limiting the player ability to choose your progression and railroading you down certain paths. Will comment on your other ideas in a bit.

Jrin said:
but honesty its weird that our squire know a lot of skills since she's just got recently.

Sapphire Squire is a prodigy and the only thing holding her back is social norms. Even then, she has founded a way around those social norms through Fairy Knight. It is also important to note that while Sapphire Squire might have just started out, she has likely been preparing for it or something similar in nature for longer than she has been active as a vigilante.

Jrin said:
Can you explain how that work?

Jrin said:
Ah so let me get this right so in short, it unify all these minor powers into one that it cost 1 point which free up from constantly using + 1 point for each of the minor powers?

Pretty much. You pay for the cost of one power and then for the price of one point, you can add an alternative effect to create an array. Each alternative effect is a different power that costs the same amount of points as the first. The downside of this is that you can only use one power in an array at once so if you have an array of a teleport power, a ranged attack power and a protection power, you can only use one per a turn. Another version of an array is using the dynamic alternative effect, which costs two points for a dynamic alternative effect, but you can mix and match between different dynamic alternative effects in an array up to the points limit of an array.

Below is the array that Redcoat used as an example. He has crippling strike, but one is linked to close attacks while the other is linked to ranged attack. He pays the full cost of the close attack one and then pays for the ranged attack version as an alternative effect for a single point, creating an array. He gets the second power cheaper, but can only use one of them at once. It is less of a problem for Redcoat, but if for example, you have your magic as an array, you might end up having to choose between using your teleport spell or your fireball spell in a turn.

Crippling Strike (Talent): 11 Point Array with 1 Alternative Effect
-Close Crippling Strike: Affliction 9 (Resisted & Overcome by Fortitude; Impaired/Vulnerable, Disabled/Defenceless), Limited Degree, Extra Condition, Linked to Close Attacks (Variable Descriptor),
-Ranged Crippling Strike: Ranged Affliction 9 (Resisted by Fortitude & Overcome; Impaired, Disabled), Limited Degree, Linked to Ranged Attacks (Variable Descriptor),

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

Dark as Silver said:
Honestly you could just remove magic from a lot of the training options.
going to
For example.
Other things you could do would be move training options like getting and giving advantages out of activities and into this category. So we agree on that. I also don't like that it means the mechanically optimal strategy is to never talk to people just grind skills so removing bad incentives is another plus for this change.
If its a precedent you're happy with setting (And I'm not sure I'd go for it personally) we could create enchanted items for her. But then you need to deal with us trying to do the same for Tamara and the list grows even more.
And we can just have things where she's done something of her own accord without Tamaras prompting such as improving her gadgets. This vote is a meta one already so not everything has to be driven by the MC.
These might look like:

Yeah, I believe I will re-write some of the more normal actions to be more mundane training that might be boosted in magic nature. At least for the normal stuff. Stuff which is beyond the limits of the human body or technology will require magic to get.

I will split the stat increasing options into a more limited category so as you say, you aren't forced to grind skills at the expense of other things due to mechanical optimisation. I won't be giving options to create magical items until Fairy Knight gets the Artificer advantage.

I am also going to take your suggestions for having the options being to pick what Sapphire Squire does on her own time rather than something initiated by Fairy Knight. I've done similar things in the quest.

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

Oshha said:
I will split the stat increasing options into a more limited category so as you say, you aren't forced to grind skills at the expense of other things due to mechanical optimisation. I won't be giving options to create magical items until Fairy Knight gets the Artificer advantage.

What Oshha said: "I will allow this after you have the appropriate advantages"
What the thread read: "Magitech ho!"

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

I have updated the latest vote to include new changes and a slight change to how it is formatted. As a result of these changes, I am going to be re-setting the word hence the temporary threadmark (@Dark as Silver @Jrin @Varano) I also realised that at 1.6k words, the vote options may need spoilering.

Pick up to 1 Power Upgrade for Fairy Knight.
[] [Power] Improve your Shapeshifting.
-[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to let you take on parts of animal instead of the whole body. Change Limited to Animals to allow for partial animal forms.
-[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to allow for easier and faster shapeshifting. Reduce requiring a Standard Action to requiring a Move Action.
[] [Power] Channel your innate magic to create a pair of fairy wings to fly with. Gain Flight 1.

[] [Power] Improve your Faerie Heritage.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your flexibility and grace. Gain Agility.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your precision and coordination. Gain Dexterity.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your senses and instincts. Gain Awareness.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your aura and force of personality. Gain Presence.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to hone your mind and reasoning. Gain Intellect.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve your resistance to diseases and poisons. Gain Immunity 1 (Disease) and Immunity 1 (Poison).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to change the basic needs of your body. Gain Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to get rid of your need for air. Gain Immunity 2 (Suffocation Effects).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve your speed and running ability. Gain Speed 2.
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve how quickly your body can accomplish tasks. Gain Quickness 4 (Limited to Physical Tasks).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to improve how quickly your mind can accomplish tasks. Gain Quickness 4 (Limited to Mental Tasks).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to speak to animals. Gain Comprehend 1 (Speak to Animals).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to understand animals. Gain Comprehend 1 (Understand Animals).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to speak any one language. Gain Comprehend 1 (Speak any one language).
-[] [Power] Use your innate magic to develop the ability to understand any language. Gain Comprehend 1 (Understand Language).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to sharpen your hearing. Gain Senses 2 (Accurate Hearing).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to let your see in the dark. Gain Senses 2 (Darkvision).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to improve your eyes and ears. Gain Senses 2 (Extended Vision, Extended Hearing).

[] [Power] Upgrade the power of Talatine.
-[] [Power] Make it so you can disarm and cripple the weapons of your attackers. Gain Binding and Breaking for Talatine.
-[] [Power] Make it easier to disarm and cripple the weapons of your foes. Gain Disarming and Smashing for Talatine.
[] [Power] Upgrade the might of Torlyn.
-[] [Power] Use your magic to improve its protectiveness. Gain Impervious Protection 1.
-[] [Power] Make it so that Torlyn extends its unyielding nature to the body it protects. Gain Impervious Toughness 2.

[] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells with new spells. Gain additional 2 Alternative Effects for Magic Spells.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a fire-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Fire Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a lightning-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Electricity Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing an ice-based ranged attack. Gain Ranged Magic/Cold Damage 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a teleportation spell. Gain Teleport 1.
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a way to conceal your noises. Gain Concealment 1 (Normal Hearing).
-[] [Power] Focus on developing a way to conceal your smells. Gain Concealment 1 (Normal Smelling).
-[] [Power] Focus on improving your healing spell. Gain Healing 2.

Pick up to 1 Power Upgrade for Fairy Knight to help Sapphire Squire with.
[] [Squire] Improve her physical body.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire set up a routine to improve her strength and muscles. Sapphire Squire gains Strength.
-[] [Squire] Put Sapphire Squire though a training regime to strengthen her endurance and constitution. Sapphire Squire gains Stamina.
-[] [Squire] Help your squire copy your own innate fey grace and mobility to improve her flexibility and grace. Sapphire Squire gains Agility.
-[] [Squire] Assist Sapphire Squire in practicing her precision and coordination. Sapphire Squire gains Dexterity.
-[] [Squire] Put your squire though a series of combat training that hones her reflexes and reaction times. Sapphire Squire gains Fighting.
-[] [Squire] Channel your magic into Sapphire Squire to hone her mind and reasoning. Sapphire Squire gains Intellect.
-[] [Squire] Help your squire train her senses and instincts to she may better detect danger and oddities. Sapphire Squire gains Awareness.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire practice her social ability and force of personality. Sapphire Squire gains Presence.
-[] [Squire] Use your healing magic to help Sapphire Squire boost her immune system so she succeeds rather than harming herself. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Disease) and Immunity 1 (Poison).
-[] [Squire] Channel your innate magic to give your squire a boost when she is improving her running ability. Sapphire Squire gains Speed 2.
-[] [Squire] Help Sapphire Squire train her body and mind to their limits of how quickly they can accomplish tasks. Sapphire Squire gains Quickness 2.

[] [Squire] Give your squire a magical ability.
-[] [Squire] Grant her some of your shapeshifting by giving her a copy of your ethereal beauty via ritual. Sapphire Squire gains a copy of Ethereal Beauty.
-[] [Squire] Channel your innate magic into a ritual to create a pair of fairy wings for Sapphire Squire to fly with. Sapphire Squire gains Flight 1.
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual to permanently satisfy the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).
-[] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual that gets rid of her need for air. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 2 (Suffocation Effects).

[] [Squire] Empower your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.
-[] [Squire] Improve the quality of the protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Impervious Toughness 2.
-[] [Squire] Make the clothing of the wardrobe quieter and allow for silent movement. Sapphire Squire gains Concealment 1 (Normal Hearing).
-[] [Squire] Make the clothing of the wardrobe blend into the background. Sapphire Squire gains Partial Concealment 1 (Normal Vision).

Pick two areas for Tamara to improve in.
[] [Skill] Study magic and the mystic arts. Increase Expertise: Magic Skill.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you about modern technology. Increase Technology skill.
[] [Skill] Train and exercise your body alongside your squire. Increase Athletics and Acrobatics skills.
[] [Skill] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to properly investigate matters from Inspector Brown. Increase Investigation skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to trick and deceive others. Increase Deception skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to scare and terrorise others. Increase Intimidation skill.
[] [Skill] Improve your ability to socialise and convince others. Increase Persuasion skill.
[] [Skill] (Friend on the Force) Learn how to drive from Inspector Brown. Increase Vehicles skill.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire about unarmed combat and swordplay. Teach Sapphire Squire how to fight like a knight.
[] [Skill] Learn about stealth and trickery from your squire. Increase Deception and Stealth skills.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire about magic. Teach Sapphire Squire about magic.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire how to fight with more force. Sapphire Squire gains Power Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Teach your squire how to attack in a defensive manner. Sapphire Squire gains Defensive Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to attack with more precision. Gain Accurate Attack advantage.
[] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.
[] [Skill] Have Gareth Wallis teach you about modern politics. Increase Expertise: Politics and Expertise: Current Events skills.

Pick two activities for Tamara to get up to.
[] [Life] Investigate the Consortium and their lackeys. Find out more information about the Consortium.
[] [Life] Investigate the Golden Knight and his Golden Order. Find out more information about the Golden Order and its leader.
[] [Life] Expand your patrol area beyond Whitechapel. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.
[] [Life] Learn about the other prominent vigilantes in the kingdom. Find out more information about the rest of Britain's vigilantes.
[] [Life] Learn about other influential villains and criminal organisations in the kingdom. Find out more information about other villain and villainous groups in the British Isles.
[] [Life] Gather rumours regarding the supernatural and extraordinary in the kingdom. Find out information on any known extraordinary events in the British Isles.
[] [Life] Integrate your social circle further together. Attempt to form links between your various contacts.
[] [Life] Properly look through the Night's notes to see what useful information remains. Investigate the Night's notes thoroughly and properly.
[] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.
[] [Life] Check out the building that the Night was using as his base of operations. Investigate the Night's base.
[] [Life] Spend time with a certain individual. Improve your knowledge of and relations with someone.
-[] [Life] Write-in who you spend time with.
[] [Life] Write-in (Subject to QM Approval).

Parzival95 · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Squire] Give your squire a magical ability.
-[X] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual to permanently satisfy the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).
I would want this. So much utility.

[X] [Power] Improve your Shapeshifting.
-[X] [Power] Channel your innate magic to allow for easier and faster shapeshifting. Reduce requiring a Standard Action to requiring a Move Action.

[X] [Skill] Teach your squire about unarmed combat and swordplay. Teach Sapphire Squire how to fight like a knight.

[X] [Skill] Have Gareth Wallis teach you about modern politics. Increase Expertise: Politics and Expertise: Current Events skills.

[X] [Life] Integrate your social circle further together. Attempt to form links between your various contacts.

[X] [Life] Check out the building that the Night was using as his base of operations.
Investigate the Night's base.

Focusing on set up and consolidation here. Training our sidekick to fight, setting up a base of operations, getting a feel for current events, making sure our whole circle is integrated and cooperating.

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

For those wondering, in-character Sapphire Squire's preferred choices would be increased intellect because she wants to be smarter and has no idea how to increase the intelligence she was born with outside of literal magic, shapeshifting to go with her Mystic Wardrobe so she can properly disguise herself for vigilante work and she can play dress up as book characters while her third choice would be getting rid of her basic needs so she can do secret squire stuff instead of sleeping.

Do note that these are the favourite choices from the biased perspective of fourteen and a half year old girl whose newest hobby is to dress up and fight crime under a fake name alongside a magical woman so don't necessarily take them as gospel on what the best options are.

Dark as Silver · Oct 12, 2019

Oshha said:
don't necessarily take them as gospel on what the best options are.

This is true, the best option is that she stops getting shot!
This hasn't changed much of my choices. Except I'm dropping Defensive Attack in favour of Gareth Interactions. I don't know if that new or if I just missed it because the options are so freaking long, but I'd like to meet the old guy more than I want give Sapphire Defensive Attack... And I want Takedown because even if its utterly useless 90% of the time, its broken the other 10%.

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
[X] [Squire] Enhance your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[X] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.

[X] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.
[X] [Skill] Have Gareth Wallis teach you about modern politics. Increase Expertise: Politics and Expertise: Current Events skills.

[X] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.
[X] [Life] Expand your patrol area. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.

Oshha · Oct 12, 2019

Dark as Silver said:
I don't know if that new or if I just missed it b

It is new. If you are working for a retired politician who knows your secret identity, you should be able to learn some politics from him. Especially since you are on good terms with him for bringing the killer of his grandson to justice.

Varano · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.
[X] [Squire] Enhance your squire's Mystic Wardrobe.
-[X] [Squire] Improve the amount of protection that it provides. Sapphire Squire gains Protection 2.

[X] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.
[X] [Skill] Teach your squire about unarmed combat and swordplay. Teach Sapphire Squire how to fight like a knight.

[X] [Life] Expand your patrol area beyond Whitechapel. Patrol Whitechapel and the surrounding neighbourhoods to help deal with any street crime and deter organised crime.
[X] [Life] Check out the building that the Night was using as his base of operations.

Barondoctor · Oct 12, 2019

[X] [Squire] Give your squire a magical ability.
-[X] [Squire] Use your innate magic to do a ritual to permanently satisfy the basic needs of her body. Sapphire Squire gains Immunity 1 (Thirst & Starvation) and Immunity 1 (Need for Sleep).

Post-hunger and post-sleep sounds amazing. The ability to pursue whatever your heart desires in time is big.

[X] [Power] Improve your magical skillset.
-[X] [Power] Focus on developing your repertoire of minor spells by improving the existing spells. Increase Magic Spells to 3 Point Power Array with 1 Alternative Effect.

More tools for the toolbox!

[X] [Skill] Have your squire teach you how to take down multiple foes in rapid succession. Gain Takedown advantage.
[X] [Skill] Have Gareth Wallis teach you about modern politics. Increase Expertise: Politics and Expertise: Current Events skills.

Takedown helps wiping out minion-level goons.

[X] [Life] Check out the building that the Night was using as his base of operations.
Investigate the Night's base.
[X] [Life] Look over the Night's old equipment. Gareth Wallis has kept all of the spares and while it might be of limited use to you, your squire may get usage out of it. Investigate the Night's old equipment.

Set this stuff up for Sapphire Squire to potentially pick up Gareth as a "grandpa" and rig up a Batman Beyond dynamic except with Alfred and Kid "Batman" girl, whose name (probably?) isn't Terry.

ThatGazzer · Oct 13, 2019

Oshha said:
Do note that these are the favourite choices from the biased perspective of fourteen and a half year old girl whose newest hobby is to dress up and fight crime under a fake name alongside a magical woman so don't necessarily take them as gospel on what the best options are.

oh dang I would watch that rebecca sugar show.

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