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Familiar Quest (Magical Girl, Experimental Hybrid Quest/Roleplay)

Arcus2611 said:
Hmm, we should probably think of the general descriptions as a matter of style. Do people want to see a girl pulling out muskets from the air and blasting demons, do they want to see an MG brawling with a demon in close quarters, or a magical girl standing still and blasting away with beams of magical light.

Because OS is not going to kill us on our first few fights. Probably.
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My absolute favorite type of character is essentially Vergil from DmC. A character who fights in melee with a sword but can mix things up with a ranged attack every now and again.
But none of the current one's really fit that image or come close enough with a backstory I like so I am currently going for option 2:
A combat caster who can rain hell on her enemies from a distance while using mystic powers to thwart enemy plans and tactics at every turn without even having to move. But is still formidable up close due to her potent buffs.
 
Jace911 said:
Assuming I've tallied the votes correctly, the current totals are:

Amelia - 4
Lizzy - 3
Elena - 5
Sarah - 1
Samantha - 4
Anita - 0
Lyra - 0
Banhi - 1
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Updated vote totals. Looks like it's Elena in first by a slim margin, Amelia/Samantha tied for second, and Lizzy right behind in third with Banhi and Sarah near the end with one vote each.

Anita and Lyra remain forever alone, unless I've missed some revotes somewhere.
 
Heart of the Star said:
My absolute favorite type of character is essentially Vergil from DmC. A character who fights in melee with a sword but can mix things up with a ranged attack every now and again.
But none of the current one's really fit that image or come close enough with a backstory I like so I am currently going for option 2:
A combat caster who can rain hell on her enemies from a distance while using mystic powers to thwart enemy plans and tactics at every turn without even having to move. But is still formidable up close due to her potent buffs.
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We don't actually know if the mage has a stance spell on them (dedicated suggests a spell list built around one or two base particles, which in this case are probably offensive spells), and none of the summaries say anything about the fighting styles of each character.

I think a melee capable character with secondary ranged attacks would probably fit the flexible fighter character, actually.
 
All this talk about fighting styles and tactics seems kind of silly to me when we aren't even going to be the ones making those decisions in a fight anyways.
 
Arcus2611 said:
Mayyyybe~. :V

Thing is, there's going to be some constraints depending on the build.
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But in character I don't see how we would have any way of knowing any of that. The familiar should be judging the candidates based on their personalities and situations because that's all he would know about. Looking at roles and trying to hypothesize about stats seems kind of counterintuitive to me.
 
That's what I was assuming. I was just wondering If he'd given a vague idea of how long he was going to leave it and I just hadn't noticed. I wasn't trying to push anything I was just curious. :p

Also have we decided what actions we want to take once the voting is complete? My impression is that we had decided to go after the Court operation first. But that was before we were told that there were other ways than magic to help Wild Demons.

I think that we should hit one target as a test run then see if we can focus on gathering mana faster so we can recruit the next person as soon as possible. Because no matter which Character we pick as a starting one they are still going to be extremely vulnerable on their own. We don't want another Molly situation :p

Also if character submissions re-open it would be good if someone submitted a Refresh based character as it will be very useful in an actual campaign. For many reasons because it would be just like O_S to throw a high level Subverter at us when we have no real way of countering them. Also it's a great interrogation technique, cast refresh on a Demon and ask it what the enemy plans are.
 
Heart of the Star said:
That's what I was assuming. I was just wondering If he'd given a vague idea of how long he was going to leave it and I just hadn't noticed. I wasn't trying to push anything I was just curious. :p

Also have we decided what actions we want to take once the voting is complete? My impression is that we had decided to go after the Court operation first. But that was before we were told that there were other ways than magic to help Wild Demons.

I think that we should hit one target as a test run then see if we can focus on gathering mana faster so we can recruit the next person as soon as possible. Because no matter which Character we pick as a starting one they are still going to be extremely vulnerable on their own. We don't want another Molly situation :p

Also if character submissions re-open it would be good if someone submitted a Refresh based character as it will be very useful in an actual campaign. For many reasons because it would be just like O_S to throw a high level Subverter at us when we have no real way of countering them. Also it's a great interrogation technique, cast refresh on a Demon and ask it what the enemy plans are.
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Demons are mindless constructs. They're unlikely to actually know very much so trying to interrogate them probably won't yield very much. The way to counter Subverters is to a) have a high Connection to resist spells, b) have Dispell on you at all times.

The vote is very close right now so we might want to have a clear winner pull ahead before we close it.
 
Arcus2611 said:
Demons are mindless constructs. They're unlikely to actually know very much so trying to interrogate them probably won't yield very much. The way to counter Subverters is to a) have a high Connection to resist spells, b) have Dispell on you at all times.

The vote is very close right now so we might want to have a clear winner pull ahead before we close it.
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They would have to know something if they are running an operation like I would imagine they are for the jewelry store. Even if it's just a bit of stuff like there's an operation in Big Ben it could be useful.

Also i was under the impression that you needed Refresh to counter someone who has been mind controlled. As it says in the spell description

- You attempt to rid the target of outside influence to stabilize their mind, or to take control of a Demon. Enemies can use this spell on you to mind control you as well!
- Regular Humans, Possessed Humans, Marshals or Magical Girls will untransform (If applicable) and immediately fall unconscious. They will be set to 0 on their respective Emotion, and they will be freed of the effects of any mind control.

So I think that you do need it. Refresh becomes much less useful if it can be countered by Dispel.
 
Heart of the Star said:
They would have to know something if they are running an operation like I would imagine they are for the jewelry store. Even if it's just a bit of stuff like there's an operation in Big Ben it could be useful.

Also i was under the impression that you needed Refresh to counter someone who has been mind controlled. As it says in the spell description

- You attempt to rid the target of outside influence to stabilize their mind, or to take control of a Demon. Enemies can use this spell on you to mind control you as well!
- Regular Humans, Possessed Humans, Marshals or Magical Girls will untransform (If applicable) and immediately fall unconscious. They will be set to 0 on their respective Emotion, and they will be freed of the effects of any mind control.

So I think that you do need it. Refresh becomes much less useful if it can be countered by Dispel.
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I don't see why Dispel shouldn't counter Refresh. Refresh shouldn't be too useful, I think. But let the person making this game decide that, I guess.
 
Arcus2611 said:
I don't see why Dispel shouldn't counter Refresh. Refresh shouldn't be too useful, I think. But let the person making this game decide that, I guess.
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This is the text for Dispel
Any spell effects that are applied to the target are immediately dissipated.

So to me it sounds like it counters things like modifiers or shields and stuff. Things where the spell itself sticks around after casting. While my reading of Refresh is that it activates, makes the target switch sides then stops. It's the same idea of how you can't dispel health from someone who's been healed.

Of course I could be completely wrong but that's how I see it.
 
I think he's waiting for the perpetual deadlock to break on the top votes. :oops:
 
Could some people in the loosing camps switch their votes? I'd do it myself but I'm supporting Elena, and I'd rather not play a dedicated caster. Besides, the reluctant sadist is always a fun option! :D
 
Jace911 said:
I think he's waiting for the perpetual deadlock to break on the top votes. :oops:
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Almost certainly. The problem is that the votes aren't high enough to completely discourage the people voting for the less popular options. The person who made the character is going to keep voting for them if there's even a chance of them winning. :rolleyes: So until someone decides that there choice isn't going to happen and switches side we're stuck.

NotAlwaysFanfic said:
Could some people in the loosing camps switch their votes? I'd do it myself but I'm supporting Elena, and I'd rather not play a dedicated caster. Besides, the reluctant sadist is always a fun option! :D
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Maybe we could start cutting deals? If you switch sides now then you have my vote at the next opportunity? :p
 
Elena and Samantha have five votes each, Amelia has four, and Lizzy has three.
 
I am indeed looking for a breakout or some kind of consensus because this is a big decision and I don't want any resentment. I will definitely be handling this differently next time.
 
I don't think there was really a good way of doing this to be honest. Everyone has a stake in the matter and we're working off of limited information. I'm not sure which system could be better.

Maybe we should do anonymous voting with O_S eliminating the options with the fewest votes and asking people to revote? *shrugs* I have no idea.
 
Heart of the Star said:
I don't think there was really a good way of doing this to be honest. Everyone has a stake in the matter and we're working off of limited information. I'm not sure which system could be better.

Maybe we should do anonymous voting with O_S eliminating the options with the fewest votes and asking people to revote? *shrugs* I have no idea.
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Anonymous PM votes could work, with a set deadline to keep things from stretching on and on.
 
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