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Arturia Character Sheets.
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    • [] Name: Arturia
    [] Age: 20
    [] Species: Human/Esprit hybrid
    [] Job Class: Dragoon
    [] Side jobs: Paladin
    [] Appearance:

    [] Personality: Confidant. Prideful. Arrogant some would say. But is it arrogance if you can really live up to it?

    Arturia succeeded. With time and effort she could quickly catch and surpass those who would be called masters of their fields.

    And this was where her vanity began.
    [] History: Arturia hit the ground running and didn't stop even in her childhood. She liked to compete and she liked to win. Thrived in it even.

    And so she was indulged.

    She grew from a young age, the flexibility of youth lending astounding heights to her progress, spurred on by a spark of want and ambition that is rarely seen in those much her senior.

    She competed, she lost, she advanced, she competed again, she won.

    And with each win her pride in her abilities and strengths grew.

    It was a self-aware Pride though. Not one of bluster and hot air, so easily exploited and destroyed. No, it was a Pride born of hard work and winning again and again and knowing just how much better she was than those around her.

    It was a Pride not easily destroyed, even as she lorded it over others and incited others to fight her. Even would the odd master beat her she would learn and either challenge them again or acknowledge the gap of experience and age between them and promise herself that she would catch up at a much sooner age than they had taken to achieve their skill.

    ---

    Not sure if one can have excessive, healthy pride, but she does. She's... genuinely noble. But she takes Pride in it and ends up lording it above others. It's a case of "Praise Me!" except she actually deserves it when she demands/asks for it. Like 95% of the time anyway.

    Also, couldn't really figure out how to figure it into the story, but I pegged her as being a little bit hedonistic when she grew...


    ... I'm sorry, what were we talking about? I got distracted.

    And a commoner/fallen noble version?
    [] Name: Arturia
    [] Age: 20
    [] Species: Human/Esprit hybrid
    [] Job Class: Dragoon
    [] Side jobs: Dark Knight
    [] Appearance:
    [] Personality:
    [] History:

    Right, not too sure how to purple prose this one as much. Kinda tired, lost steam, etc.

    Anyway, she's the above's commoner, or perhaps family of fallen nobles, version. Instead of Pride she's Wrath. Basically got kicked down far more harshly and wasn't really nurtured. She clawed for every scrape of progress and she fucking made it work. I also see her being quite a bit more hedonistic and reckless than Pride!Arturia as she's kind of trying to distract herself a lot of the time from her shit childhood.

    A bit of me is stuck on her history for that as well, I don't know how modern/medieval/other the setting is. Or what the caste system is like especially.

    Also, crapton of Saber Alt pics. Might craft another character or two. I'll try to change it up from Dark Knight though.
     
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    • Hmm, I could possibly see the both of them (if not the same person pre- and post-fall) as Rubicante heirs, the latter of whom however was outcast at birth when she received a prophecy warning she'd bring 'destruction' or something like that to the family. Let me know if you think is a good history or not.

    Also, if Arturia's still too close to her original name, might I suggest the names Falchdera and Dicteria (feminised Welsh translations of Pride and Wrath respectively)?

    Being FF-style this setting's technology level's a bit all over place. In the Old City it'd probably be Late Medieval at the least advanced and Victorian at the most, probably Louis XIV-era on average, the hierarchy being pretty strict with social climbers a rarity.

    The New City on the other hand is supposed to have a more 'retro-futuristic' vibe, kinda like how the 20s, 50s and possibly 80s imagined the future would be like with some modern conveniences thrown in, though with space travel only as advanced as an under-construction space elevator. Social hierarchies are far more flexible and merit-based, though corruption is still far from unknown.

    Speaking of which, I've also been updating the character sheets with things like Equipment and Skills, as well as added an Alert System to show how suspicious each faction is of the party.
     
    Votes locked, update soon.

    New chapters should hopefully be at most once a day but at least once a week.
    Adhoc vote count started by Lapin Lune on Jul 11, 2017 at 3:43 AM, finished with 8 posts and 3 votes.
    • [X] The Bubble & Scrape Tavern. Not the nicest of places, but anywhere more high-class (which I can certainly treat you to if you're any good) might attract too much attention.
      [X] See if this lot can make their way up a Church bell-tower without being found out. There's nothing I want up there, it'd just be a test of their abilities.
      [X] The Entrance to the Catacombs
      [X] Take this lot to the Crystalworld Colosseum, see what they're like in action
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    III. Twilit Cathedral
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    • "Well as you've all been so kind as to introduce yourselves, some more than others, I suppose I ought to tell you who I am. That is if I even need to" I chuckled then gestured at myself "As surely anyone with any interest in the Arts would already know my name".

    The five of them were silent.

    "Afraid not, and I don't tend to forget faces"
    "Sorry, can't say I do. Then again I get distracted by machines alot"
    "Yeah, not really. I guess you remind me a bit of this rival girl I was cast with"
    "Ooh, are you another singer?!"
    "I've only just come to this city, so no"

    Oh come on, seriously?!

    As I tried to keep calm, I gently told them "You truly do not recognise the Opera Soprano and Judgemaster Artemisia Lucrecia d'Ultima?"

    Now that got some reactions out of them, as they all went wide-eyed...

    "The Ultima? Fufufu, those nobles have such strange genetics..."
    "One of the Five Lineages, w-wow! Are-are my inventions really being recognised?"
    "Yeah, talk about your big break, hoo boy!"
    "I did know one of the Ultima Line bore that name, but that was it. Most of my research was about the Head"

    ...simply over my family's status than any of my own achievements. Actually though, Cosmic at least had something to say about me personally.

    "Oh yeah, 'Lucia'! I, I think I was given a recording you did, er, but I don't know if I got around to listening to it..." she blushed.

    Well, least that was something.

    "Anyway, let's get to the point. Now that you've learned of my rank, you can tell nothing less than the best of the best will do for me! Why it's in my family's motto don't you know, Primus, Postremus, Omnia. So to prove your worth..." I then lowered my voice, partly for dramatic effect, and partly because out of the corner of my eye I could see some servants of the Cagnazzo and Valvalis walking in.

    "I'll have to assign you a little starter mission. Oh nothing much, just to accompany me up the Sacre Joyau Cathedral's bell-tower. Sound alright?" I grinned. "Of course, as Noble and Judge I can easily get away with being caught on restricted church property, but as for the rest of you... Well if you truly are the adventurers I've been seeking, then you'll have no problems, hmm?".

    I clasped my hands and fluttered my eyelashes, all the while beads of sweat started dripping down Kristen and Xihe's faces. Cosmic's too strangely, was that some feature they'd programmed in to enhance her expressions? Even the Doktor and Elatha seemed slightly shaken.

    "Alright crew, let's go!" I cheerily called as I proceeded to leave, only to walk my way into an awkward meeting with those servants.

    "Oh-ah, Lady Artemisia? It-it's certainly a surprise to see you here, but why ever would one of your position come to so low a bar as this?" an off-guard servant gasped.

    "Naturally I do have my reasons" I began my response, but then found myself struggling for words.

    "I take it if Lady Lucia went to somewhere more upper-class, she'd be swarmed all over by her high society fans! So she came down here to be herself" Cosmic of all people offered an excuse for me. My my, i wouldn't have thought her to be so quick-thinking.

    It seemed to work though "Ah, our apologies Madamoiselle, we fully understand" that servant said back while bowing.

    I just had to pry the good Doktor away from inspecting some unconscious drunk, lest he take him away to dissect him or whatever, and we were off.

    * * *
    ​
    The sky was dark sunset yellow as we made our way along the cobbled streets, towards the market square that the rickety old Sacre Joyau Cathedral loomed over. There were quite a few priests and other followers still within the building, but that would just test my accomplices' stealth skills all the more.

    "Alright, there's our finish line" I pointed all the way up at the cracked bronze church bell. "Now, I trust you've got everything equipped and Junctioned, wouldn't want to disappoint a Noble on your first assignment, now would we?".


    QM's Note: You can Junction Spells to Strength, Vitality, Agility, Magic, Charisma, HP, MP, and Resistance against Elements and Status Ailments. The Magic we currently have in stock can be found in the Spell Bank on the second post, but to recap:

    White Magic Level 1

    Cure x 10, Scan x 5, Poisona x 5, Blinda x 5, Protect x 3, Shell x 3, Null Fire x 3, Null Blizzard x 3, Null Thunder x 3, Holy x 5

    Black Magic Level 1

    Fire x 8, Blizzard x 8, Thunder x 8, Water x 4, Aero x 4, Quake x 4, Poison x 3, Blind x 3, Deprotect x 3, Deshell x 3

    Note that you won't start casting from Junctioned Spells until your MP is used up.

    List from 1 to 6 which Party Members to prioritise giving the best Junctions to:
    [ ] Lucia.
    [ ] Doktor.
    [ ] Kristen.
    [ ] Xihe.
    [ ] Cosmic.
    [ ] Elatha.

    What each Party Member has equipped can be seen on the third post, but to recap:

    Lucia's Equipment:
    Left Hand - Judgment Blade (2-Handed, +3 Strength), Lawhammer (+3 Strength, -1 Speed)
    Right Hand - N/A, Iron Shield (+2 Evasion)
    Head - Noble Tiara (+2 Charisma)
    Body - Judge Armour (+3 Vitality, -1 Agility), Opera Dress (+2 Charisma)
    Accessory - Judge's Badge (Auto-Intimidate), Sheet Music (+2 Sound damage), Ultima Crest (-3 Evasion, Shemhazai Summon)

    Doktor's Equipment:
    Right Hand - Crooked Staff (+1 Strength, +2 Magic)
    Left Hand - Doctor's Purse (+1 Evasion, +2 HP)
    Head - Black Hat (+2 MP)
    Body - Doctor's Coat (+1 Magic, +3 Healing)
    Accessory - Bird Mask (Blocks Scan)

    Kristen's Equipment:
    Left Hand - Assault Rifle.
    Right Hand - Rifle Shot (Ammo).
    Head - Goggles (Auto-Scan).
    Body - Engineer Outfit (+3 Vitality against machines), Labcoat (+2 HP, +2 MP).
    Accessory - Repair Manual (+4 Healing on machines).

    Xihe's Equipment:
    Right Hand - None
    Left Hand - None
    Head - Bandanna (+2 MP)
    Body - Superhero Outfit (+1 Strength, +1 Agility, +2 Charisma), Martial Gi (+2 Strength)
    Accessory - Black Belt (+2 HP, +2 Strength)

    Cosmic's Equipment:
    Right Hand - Microphone (+1 Attack, +2 Magic), Megaphone (+2 Attack)
    Left Hand - Firewall (+2 Evasion)
    Head - Headset (+2 damage from own songs), +2 defence from enemy songs)
    Body - Idol Dress (+2 Charisma)
    Accessory - Backstage Pass (+2 Evasion, +1 Charisma), Batteries (+2 Max HP, +1 Agility)

    Elatha's Equipment:
    Right Hand - Crossbow.
    Left Hand - Silver Bolts (Ammo).
    Head - Bandanna (+2 MP)
    Body - Detective Coat (+1 Vitality, +2 Evasion)
    Accessory - Notebook (Boost to memory)

    Is this equipment okay?
    [ ] Yes.
    [ ] No, instead equip (write-in).

    Note that you can write-in at any time to change character's Equipment and Junctions.    ​
     
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    • Cosmic looks useful I guess. *Looks back at char pic* ... Now I remember why I forgot about that one. I can't tell if that's a girl or a guy with boobs/padding/whatever.

    Lapin Lune said:
    Hmm, I could possibly see the both of them (if not the same person pre- and post-fall) as Rubicante heirs, the latter of whom however was outcast at birth when she received a prophecy warning she'd bring 'destruction' or something like that to the family. Let me know if you think is a good history or not.

    Also, if Arturia's still too close to her original name, might I suggest the names Falchdera and Dicteria (feminised Welsh translations of Pride and Wrath respectively)?
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    Oh, feel free to knock around the personalities, names, or anything else really of the characters to make them fit better. I'm just making a... framework I guess with all these characters at this point.

    If it was the PC I was making I'd have issues, but since these are side-characters and perhaps even other Main Characters I expect them to be knocked around a bit in order to fit the story.
     
    Sophia Character Sheet.
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    • [1] Lucia.
    [2] Doktor.
    [6] Kristen.
    [5] Xihe.
    [3] Cosmic.
    [4] Elatha.

    [X] Yes

    I mean, I'm not sure how good any of that is, so... sure?

    Also, have another character. :V

    Help Me!

    Before:
    [] Name: Sophia
    [] Age: 14
    [] Species: Human
    [] Job Class: Warrior
    [] Side jobs: N/A

    [] History: She was a simple girl growing up. Her family was poor, her parents stressed, her siblings many. And so she was quiet and retreated to the background, silently helping where she could as one of the older of them.

    It was a hard life, but they made it by. They always ended up with enough food and a roof over their heads. It was close sometimes, but they made it.

    And then father was sick.

    There was always a need for swords. Always a need for more to fight against the monsters, both sapient and non.

    Always a need for more bodies on the battlefields.

    That's why she and her brother were there.

    They weren't the only two who knew how bad it would be, but they were the only one's old enough to do anything about it. Even if they had to lie about her own age a little bit.

    She was fairly sure the captain knew. She never did find out why he let it pass...

    They were trained. Quickly and hurriedly, enough to use a sword or axe or spear and to kill the enemy in front of them.

    How foolish they all were.

    An ambush, it wasn't even monsters. Or at least, not just monsters.

    A cut opened her back and a warhammer from her front left her paralyzed from the hips down and drowning in her own blood. Seconds later her brother smashed against the wall next to where she lay.

    It wasn't fair.

    She still remembered the way his eyes looked. The resolve... and the potion clutched in his hand that he broke on her back.

    Useless, it would just delay everything by her for a few seconds, but it might have given him enough to live.

    But no, even as he glowed with an aura of black and red, she could see the blood pouring out of his armor. Even as she felt White Magic seep into her body, he slaughtered those who had ambushed them almost single-handedly.

    Even as the others rallied and fought the ambush off... he was already dead. His own muscles having exploded inside his armor.

    They cheered, all but the White Mage healing her who saw her crying under her helmet.

    It wasn't fair.

    The sack of gil that followed her home felt too heavy and too light. She wanted nothing more than to throw it away, but her family needed it.

    Her family needed her brother more, but... it wasn't fair.

    In the following weeks she couldn't help but begin to like her work more than her home. At least there she could don her helmet and no longer have to deal with condolences for her brother, at home there was a pall now.

    It became easier and easier to stay in the barracks everyday. "I need to practice more" and "I need to do some overtime" were both frequent and true. And her siblings didn't need her, they were beginning to grow up and come into their own. Or the older ones were at least. They just needed her money.

    So they didn't need her or the memories, the nightmares, she carried with her.

    Or, at least, that's what she told herself as she drank enough to sleep dreamless once in a while.


    tl;dr: Poor family, make it by, father gets sick, two oldest join the Guard, squad ambushed, oldest dies saving them, gil awarded, feels empty, all but abandons family, drowns sorrow in alcohol occasionally.

    After:
    [] Name: Sophia
    [] Age: 18
    [] Species: Human
    [] Job Class: Dark Knight
    [] Side jobs: Warrior/Templar
    [] Personality: Some call her a ruthless leader, others a good if harsh one, and to yet more... the crazy one.

    To herself, she's just another simple guard doing the job given to her.


    She never quite got over her brother looking like ground meat ya know? :V

    In general she's just a fairly straightforward character with a set of simple priorities. Make sure her family is safe and looked after, do her job, get drunk a couple times a week so she can sleep at least half-decently.

    Ya know, the usual. :V

    I just finished a Drakengard 3 LP, so this is honestly a pretty good ending all told.
     
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    • Oops, I made quite a big mistake in my last post! I forgot to indicate which equipment in their stock each character currently had on. Sorry about that, they should now be underlined.
    I'll also admit that asking what to junction and equip might've been a lot to ask of readers, albeit not really any more than your average FF game would ask, but hopefully I'll be able to keep votes more basic in the future.

    Guess the thing about Cosmic is that, while she's supposed to be female in appearance and identity, as an holographic AI she's technically genderless.

    I was also thinking that, if I'll be trying to fit in 'Arturia' as a character, I should also try to still include Aednat (since she did tie), the two other Lucias and Ellis in somewhere, most likely as NPCs but maybe as party members depending where the Quest goes, if their original creators are still okay with that.

    I was considering giving Doktor and Xihe side-jobs of Thief and Blue Mage, Doktor being an organ stealer-type Thief and Xihe in Kung Fu fashion having learned moves from animals, seeing how Plan Bebop was tied.

    Also another thing I meant to comment on before, for the extra pictures ShadowAngelBeta submitted on his character post, I was thinking:
    1. Ooh, halberd! Seems a typical Warrior type, maybe a Dragoon, could work as a town guard NPC under Sophia.
    2. A more Chinese-style Dragoon, with possibly Monk as a Side-Job.
    3. Antagonistic Rubicante Samurai probably.
    4. Definitely Lunarian, possibly Cagnazzo or maybe Silvari? Even though she doesn't look it she could work as a Berserker, due to her reminding me a bit of Saix.
    5. First thought was Church Paladin, though i also thought a more Princess-Knight type.
    6. Looks like a White Mage/Eastern Dragoon hybrid, possibly a spear-wielding Onna Bushi or even an Onmyouji?
    7. Already written up as Sophia, I personally didn't have anything in mind.
    8. Since Scathach isn't with Gae Bolg here, I'm thinking more martial mage, probably Mystic Knight with Side-Jobs of Black Mage and/or Necromancer. Either Rubicante or Scarmiglione, maybe even the Rubicante Head?
    Out of those pictures, the only ones I recognised were Kan'u Unchou and Scathach.

    The last thing I'll say is that I'm grateful for submitted characters, as in FF style I wanted this to have a fairly big cast (as you can see by all the factions I had included) yet might have trouble thinking up that many characters myself, as any author would. Plus it gives another degree of interactivity to the Quest.
     
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    IV. Stealth Mode.
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    • QM's Note: Tally not really needed with only a single vote.

    "Okay, let's head in!" I announced, only for Kristen to come back with:

    "Just a second, I've got the very thing for this!" He kept rummaging around in his coat until he pulled out some clunky brown metal sphere with a robotic eye stapled to it.

    "Hey there, you on? Alright buddy, we need to detect where those priests are. And go!" Oh Lord, did Kristen seriously just talk to that contraption? I mean, it's a metal ball!

    But with that, the device flew off and puttered its way around the church corridors. When it finally arrived back, it showed a bunch of red dots on its eye.

    "Great! Enemy positions confirmed" Kristen patted the floating ball before sending it back into his coat "Ah, I should explain. I call that little guy M2, short for MiniMap. he should give us a rough idea of the area ahead". Well, as long as it proved useful...

    As the six of us entered the Church, Cosmic to my dourest expectations had to ruin everything by... breaking out into song. Really, at a time like this?
    Immediately I could hear footsteps coming our way. I dashed out of the way, only to be shocked that I and the rest of our group had already managed to ascend some rickety wooden stairs to several floors above, any alerted priest long left in our dust.

    "It's Rousing Melody" Cosmic cheerfully explained herself "Its tempo raises your reflexes! I, er, kinda thought you'd be familiar with it, Miss Lucia, since you're an opera singer and stuff".

    That was Bardsong? Sheesh, why I didn't I work out that was what she was doing earlier? Hmm, I guess that was because I was less the 'I shall praise thee noble heroes!' type of Bard and more the 'My high notes shatter all the windows in the room' type Bard.

    "Wow! Synthetic voices sure have advanced to be almost life-like" a bubbly-eyed Kristen said, to which I promptly paid no attention.

    As we walked around this church's upper floors, which were dark and likely not dusted in centuries I would say, we could hear quite the commotion coming upstairs. Hopefully it was just some over-ecstatic Mass and not anyone having worked out we'd snuck in.

    Peering down through the gaps between planks in the floor, I could see quite a number of priests had gathered in the white stone courtyard, with even Paladins there looking like they had to step in to prevent any clashes.
    "My my, the clergy getting rowdy? Hmhm, but whatever for, someone spike the holy water or something?" I gave a low laugh.

    The answer however soon became clear. "I tell you, if the Cryst Pantocrator Church continues down this same road, it is headed for oblivion! the world is changing, and if the Church is to survive it must change with it!" I, and probably people on the Moon, could hear a brown-robed priest yelling.

    "How dare you! To imply that the Eternal Word could ever falter, that the Holy Gift of the Crystal would ever become obsolete! yours are nothing but the raving of a heretic!" a white-robed priest on the other side spat out.

    "The Eternal Word speaks of what the Divine promised to humanity, you but assume it ever spoke of the Crystals!" another shouted rebuttal.

    "Yo, what's going on?" Xihe knelt down and asked me.

    "Nothing much, a mere Schism brewing" I sharply grinned "Thought it might be fun to watch in case a brawl broke out, but we should complete our little mission while they're all distracted".

    Unfortunately, turns out not all of them were as distracted we'd like, as already we could hear the footsteps of what must've been three priests bounding up stairs.

    Reacting almost out of impulse, unless it was part of some Ranger training I knew nothing of, Elatha fired off a crossbow bolt which, while looking way off at first, kept bounding around corners until it stuck one of the priests in the back.
    In the split-second the other two holy men had turned to see what'd just happened, Xihe swiftly knocked both to the floor with a two punches and a spinning kick. "Okay, move it!" she called back.

    Not all of us however responded so, as that Doktor was now kneeling a little too close over the three priests. I grabbed his arm and dragged him off, he at first struggled but then had to say "Hmm, they are priests. They're squeaky-clean living conditions and regulated diets would likely produce little of biological interest".

    ...Okay sure, whatever convinced him to stop trying to 'biologically examine' unconscious people.

    This wasn't the biggest cathedral, so we soon made it inside the bell-tower. "This would be mission complete, right?" came Elatha's soft voice, helpfully magnified by the tower's acoustics.


    [ ] "You're right. You've all shown your usefulness, let's head back".
    [ ] "No, this just starts the second phase of the challenge. Let's give everyone a jolt by ringing that bell!".
    [ ] "Say, you know what would really convince me that you guys are what I'm looking for If we stole that bell from right under the Church's nose! What, of course we'd give it back... eventually".

    As soon as I'd said that though a loud rumbling could then be felt all throughout the tower. Then from a high-up window a giant demon monster made of stone came flying down in front of us, accompanied by two giant bats with blood dripping from their fangs.

    ​


    "A Gargoyle!" gasped my pale-faced self.

    "Entirely made of stone, so zero body parts to examine too. What a pity" the Doktor oh-so-casually muttered. Casting I guess a Scan spell on it, he then went on "Being a church construct it resists Holy, but if we can pin it to the ground somehow it should be weak to Earth, and some Thunder spells should take care of those bats. Pity though none of us here knows Cast Black Magic".

    "I-I, I'm sure I must some machine that can help us somewhere..." Kristen again began frantically rummaging.

    "Awesome!" Xihe just had to go and shout "Now this looks like a real fight! Not like those priest wimps back there".

    "Well, if Miss Sun's happy..." Cosmic tried to smile.

    As for me, well as a Judge I can Disable any Action with a Law, or Penalize it to deal extra damage against its violator. However that Law'd apply to my side too, and my Rank's only high enough to have one Law set up at a time.
    [ ] Disable (write-in).
    [ ] Penalize (write-in).
    [ ] Write-in.


    As for everyone else:

    [ ] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
    [ ] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!"
    [ ] "Just ignore that Gargoyle and run!".
    [ ] Write-in.
     
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    • [Q] Disable Flight/Going above X height

    *Shrug*

    Not exactly... the best. And if we'd stated a no causalities or don't leave any evidence behind clause then they would have failed outright as well.
     
    Lapin Lune said:
    As for me, well as a Judge I can Disable any Action with a Law, or Penalize it to deal extra damage against its violator. However that Law'd apply to my side too, and my Rank's only high enough to have one Law set up at a time.
    [ ] Disable (write-in).
    [ ] Penalize (write-in).
    [ ] Write-in.
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    Can you give us an example for the penalize skill? I feel like I still don't understand it honestly.

    ShadowAngelBeta said:
    [Q] Disable Flight/Going above X height

    *Shrug*
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    It was my thought as well.
     
    [X] "You've all given me enough reason to think you're competent at least. We'll see what happens when we're under real fire."
    [X] "Oh, look," Cast Disable Flight Law, "a fire."

    [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
    -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
    --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
     
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    [X] "You've all given me enough reason to think you're competent at least. We'll see what happens when we're under real fire."

    [X] Disable Flight

    To combat test or not to combat test

    [X] "Oh, look," Cast Disable Flight Law, "a fire."
    -[X] "Xihe, in front with me. The rest of you, rear line support duty. Doctor, protect and shell first."

    I'm... rather disgusted in how many people stopped following this. I guess I can get those who might not have won the MC poll, but even most of those who voted for Lucia aren't bothering to show up. Arthur being the obvious exception.

    Two people is not a voting community.
     
    ShadowAngelBeta said:
    I'm... rather disgusted in how many people stopped following this. I guess I can get those who might not have won the MC poll, but even most of those who voted for Lucia aren't bothering to show up. Arthur being the obvious exception.
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    human beings are like that

    [X] "You're right. You've all shown your usefulness, let's head back".

    [X] Disable Flight

    [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
    -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
    --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
     
    [X] "No, this just starts the second phase of the challenge. Let's give everyone a jolt by ringing that bell!".

    [X] Disable Flight

    [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
    -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
    --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
     
    King Arthur said:
    Can you give us an example for the penalize skill? I feel like I still don't understand it honestly.
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    Penalize usually works like "If a character does X, then the Judge can do Y". For example, if a character uses an item, then the Judge gets a free counter-attack on them. Or if someone casts a Buff, the Judge inflicts an instant status effect on them (of her choice, as long as the enemy isn't immune to it).

    ShadowAngelBeta said:
    One thing I should note about the default Xihe vote is that if the Disable Flight is valid, then she won't need the boost to reach it.
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    Well the Gargoyle is still pretty large.
     
    ^Ah sorry, forgot about that, I guess I mostly associate Jumping in FF with Dragoons.

    The Gargoyle is supposed to be kinda big, like up to half the size of the tower.

    Also, realised I forgot to post the Boss Fight music!
     
    Lapin Lune said:
    ^Ah sorry, forgot about that, I guess I mostly associate Jumping in FF with Dragoons.
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    Well Jumping is solely the realm of Dragoons, but anyone can jump.

    I figure just kind of look at FFT and then adjust it a bit for armor and weapon weight. Like we can probably barely jump a foot, but I expect Xihe could easily clear 5 to 10 feet straight up depending on how you want to run that really.

    Lapin Lune said:
    The Gargoyle is supposed to be kinda big, like up to half the size of the tower.
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    And, uh, how big's the tower?
     
    Votes locked, update soon.

    Also included a bit of info on two of the family Heads, info about the Valvalis Head should be up soon.
    Adhoc vote count started by Lapin Lune on Jul 13, 2017 at 6:46 AM, finished with 14 posts and 4 votes.
    • [X] "You've all given me enough reason to think you're competent at least. We'll see what happens when we're under real fire."
      [X] "Oh, look," Cast Disable Flight Law, "a fire."
      [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
      -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
      --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
      [X] "You've all given me enough reason to think you're competent at least. We'll see what happens when we're under real fire."
      [X] Disable Flight
      [X] "Oh, look," Cast Disable Flight Law, "a fire."
      -[X] "Xihe, in front with me. The rest of you, rear line support duty. Doctor, protect and shell first."
      [X] "You're right. You've all shown your usefulness, let's head back".
      [X] Disable Flight
      [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
      -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
      --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
      [X] "No, this just starts the second phase of the challenge. Let's give everyone a jolt by ringing that bell!".
      [X] Disable Flight
      [X] "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" if that fails then
      -[X] "Xihe's the strongest of us, hoist her up so she can jump on top of that Gargoyle!".
      --[X] Herr Doktor, cast protect on her.
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    V. Forbidden Flight.
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    • "I decree Flight against the Law of Battle!" my voice rang out throughout the tower.

    At those words that Gargoyle came crashing to the floor, its impact creating a fierce shockwave and a great cloud of dust that sprang up everywhere.
    Xihe should've been right in the centre of that shockwave, but seemed to have resisted it quite well thanks to a barrier of light the Doktor was courteous enough to cast on her.

    As for this dust cloud, well the Gargoyle was more than big enough a target that one of us had to have a fair shot at hitting it anyway. Those bats however, soon proved more elusive targets, as crawling their way on the floor they were already trying to sink their fangs into Xihe's legs.

    I could see Xihe's face cringe as she endured one of their bites, but instantly afterwards she leapt up, seemed to set herself on fire somehow, spun down and crushed one of those bats underfoot. Kristen then made short work of the other one by holding up an exposed cable from one of his little devices which the bat unknowingly bit into.

    Of course the main threat was otherwise still at full strength, the floor shaking with each booming step it took towards us. Clever bastard isn't it, as even if it couldn't beat us it'd still make more than enough noise to alert the priests. I hoped that little argument they were having about reformation back there was still loud enough to drown out anything from that Gargoyle.

    Not that we couldn't use sound to our own advantage. "Cosmic! Try to phase inside that Gargoyle and use Sound Attacks from within!" I called to her.
    The hologram girl shuddered as she stared up at the Gargoyle, well more the Gargoyle's silhouette with all this dust around, but braced herself and ran up to it anyway. Unfortunately she mostly just ran right into a Holy spell the Gargoyle promptly tossed her way, it looked like it hit pretty hard as I could then see her flashing rapidly in and out, but she seemed to be back to normal after the Doktor tossed a Cure spell her way.

    With her now having successfully phased inside the Gargoyle, the stone beast became swiftly immobilised as sound-waves of Cosmic's own came vibrating out from inside it. I couldn't tell if it was her doing or a side-effect of her voice coming out from stone, but Cosmic's voice sounded quite distorted and even dissonant as opposed to its usual squeaky-clean soprano tones.

    "Hope you don't mind, hiyaah!" Xihe called out from behind me before I even had time to react, as she leaped on top of my shoulders to then spring up, flip in midair and then land right on top of that Gargoyle. The instant she was there she... started meditating while sitting atop that Gargoyle. Hrrm, that had better be part of some secret technique of hers...

    Meanwhile Elatha had been firing crossbow bolt after bolt at that Gargoyle, probably not even making a scratch on it but at least keeping the beast in place so its steps wouldn't make anymore noise.

    Xihe's little meditation finally proved its point, as she then raised her right hand, her whole body glowing with a white-hot aura, and delivered a lightning-fast chop straight down onto the Gargoyle's head, splitting it in two. Landing on the ground, carrying Cosmic in her arms (or at least pretending to, hologram and all), she then dusted herself off, grinned and said "Little thing us Monks call Focus. Combine with an Esprit's innate Trance, and look out! Shame there weren't any cameras running".

    "Shame too how big a noise smashing a stone head makes when you're trying to stay undetected" I muttered in an attempt to cut down Xihe's overwhelming optimism. Almost as to prove my point, voices could then be heard in the distance saying things about "Intruders!". Elatha swiftly reacted to this by jamming the door behind us with a crossbow bolt.

    "Hey, look on the bright side, least I obliterated the big boss here" an unflinching Xihe came back with, but then had to eat those words, as it turned down that while the Gargoyle's head might've been split, its body was still fumbling its way around, already looking to reassemble itself. How in hell was it still going- oh yeah, statues don't exactly have vital organs.

    [ ] "Let's finish that Gargoyle off while we have the chance, then make our escape through the window!".
    [ ] "Let's ditch that Gargoyle and escape through the window!".
    [ ] "One of us will distract those priests while everyone else escapes".
    - [ ] "I'll do it, as Judge I'm most likely to be pardoned".
    - [ ] "Elatha can do it, he's probably the most evasive of us".
    - [ ] "Cosmic can do it, as a hologram she'll be hardest to catch".
    - [ ] "Kristen, can one of your machines keep them busy?".
    [ ] Write-in.

    (Doktor's MP -12, Xihe's MP -5, Cosmic's MP -5. Xihe learned Vampire)
     
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    • I'm thinking Kristen can drop some distraction and/or covering gadgets (flash bangs?) and maybe the ranger could make a quick trap out of them to let us get away
     
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