[X]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, dispite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Spend.
-[x] Buy Skill: Magic (Holy)-1Sp,
-[X] Buy Skill: Athletics-1Sp
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, despite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[x]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[x]- Save.
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, dispite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Slightly Fearful: You were very brutal in his you dispatched the Umbra, and this has led to some unease to form in the townsfolk, your families are unchanged in how they see you though. (Townsfolk still willing to help you, but now out of fear. Your Light feels..."darker" yet you feel...more powerful.)
Yes embrace the Dark Side.
Adhoc vote count started by ShieldCrown on Jun 9, 2017 at 8:10 PM, finished with 58 posts and 10 votes.
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, dispite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]- Slightly Fearful: You were very brutal in his you dispatched the Umbra, and this has led to some unease to form in the townsfolk, your families are unchanged in how they see you though. (Townsfolk still willing to help you, but now out of fear. Your Light feels..."darker" yet you feel...more powerful.)
[X]-Time's Warden: By The Light of Thy Soul, The Sands of Time are yours to command. (For 2 Lp you can slow Time, with 1 Lp for upkeep for each round of combat. 5 Lp stops Time, with a 5 Lp upkeep per round.)
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, despite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Spend.
-[X] Improve Speech
-[X] Buy Skill: Athletics
-[X] Buy Skill: Magic(Enchanting)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Spend.
-[X] Improve Speech
-[X] Buy Skill: Athletics-1Sp
-[x] Buy Skill: Magic (Holy)-1Sp,
Undying, Save Points, and you guys don't turn into arrogant douches. A good vote I say!
Adhoc vote count started by ShieldCrown on Jun 9, 2017 at 8:10 PM, finished with 58 posts and 10 votes.
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, dispite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]- Slightly Fearful: You were very brutal in his you dispatched the Umbra, and this has led to some unease to form in the townsfolk, your families are unchanged in how they see you though. (Townsfolk still willing to help you, but now out of fear. Your Light feels..."darker" yet you feel...more powerful.)
[X]-Time's Warden: By The Light of Thy Soul, The Sands of Time are yours to command. (For 2 Lp you can slow Time, with 1 Lp for upkeep for each round of combat. 5 Lp stops Time, with a 5 Lp upkeep per round.)
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, despite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Spend.
-[X] Improve Speech
-[X] Buy Skill: Athletics
-[X] Buy Skill: Magic(Enchanting)
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Spend.
-[X] Improve Speech
-[X] Buy Skill: Athletics-1Sp
-[x] Buy Skill: Magic (Holy)-1Sp,
[X]-Undying: By The Light of Thy Soul, Death has lost its hold on thee. (Immune to Instant Death Effects, When all Hp is gone half of your Lp will be spent to bring you back to full Hp.)
[X]- Save.
[x]- Normal: They didn't treat you any different than before, dispite your powers you were still the kids they saw grow up and help raise. (Townsfolk willing to help you out, powers less likely to go to your head.)
Honestly, you had expected that the townsfolk would be a little scared of you and your friends after how you ripped and tore the Umbra apart in such brutal fashion, your mind goes back to Tom beating one of those creatures with its own skull, so you were pleasantly surprised that ultimately the townsfolk didn't treat you differently than normal. Sure they were grateful and thanked you for saving the day. Plus, the actions of the guards, Dad, and Al were recognized as well, so it wasn't like you took all the credit. It had been a full week after the attack and news was coming in from around the kingdom. More and more towns and villages were attacked and while the ones that the Paladins got to managed to survive, several of the frontier villages near the borders had gone completely silent or later found wiped out. The Church and Mage Colleges were both trying to find a solution to what was happening from what dad told you.
Speaking of, dad and Al had left with a group of other Paladins to travel around the kingdom and try to fight off the Umbra wherever they showed up. But they couldn't make it in time sometimes and you could see the effect that was having on Al. You had heard him swear to purge every last one of the Umbra off the face of Cael, even if it killed him...
You and your friends weren't idle either, you all had been practicing with your powers and had found that your "Light"s had grown in strength after the one sided massacre of the Umbra that attacked your home. You don't know what change in you, but something felt very different in your Soul, like something had been removed or it felt more...solid? You could quite describe it. Sam had gained the power to tell when people lied and to see passed some illusions mom had made to help test our powers. Tom had gained the power to smash past most defenses and you remember how he had gotten such a lecture from one of the guards. Celica could see a little bit into the future, so long as it wasn't yours or the other "Light-Bearers" as mom had called you as a joke. It ended up sticking and soon most of the town called you and your friends by that title. Will could now cast Arcane spells and could see the strengths and weaknesses of things and people. Alice could now control "gravity" around people and took some enjoyment out of it. Alex could now control plants and even summon plant elementals like Treents and Dryads to help her.
Today, you were all gathered in the fields outside the town walls and were just watching the clouds and talking. "So...why do you think we have these powers?" Sam asked the question that everyone had been wondering. "Were we chosen to have these powers, is it destiny? Are we simply an anomaly, one that just so happened in right place at the right time? We don't know Sam, and I'm honestly not sure I want to know." Said Will, his eyes narrowed in thought.
"Well..." stated Tom. "...If we were chosen to have these powers, then I can guess why we got them." Ah, this argument again. "We know that our "Light" can hurt these "Umbra" things and can even kill them, so obviously it we are chosen for some great destiny or something, then it has to be related to stopping these things right?" He said, and a part of you agreed with him. You had the power to fight these creatures, so obviously you should be out there fighting them, right?
"And how exactly do you think we're going to do that, Tom?" Said Will. "No one knows where these Umbra are coming from, no idea where they could operating from, or even what they actually are! We can't hope to stop something we have practically no information about." But then Alice gave her own argument. "Then we simply have to learn more about them, don't we? Maybe if we could capture one of them, Sam could get some information out of them."
Sam sat up and gazed across the field. "While I do appreciate the belief you have in my abilities here Alice, my eyes only let me know when people are lying, not make them tell the truth. Plus, these things aren't exactly talkative in the first place." Alex then chimed in. "But it wouldn't hurt to at least try, would it? If we don't do anything, we won't know for sure will we?"
"While I agree with Alex on this, just where are we going to find one to get the information from? It's like the answers to our questions will drop out of the sky." Said Celica, gesturing to clouds above. Suddenly the cloudy sky opened up and an heavenly choir was heard as divine light shone down from the heavens. You were all awestruck and saw a shape descend from the opening towards The Heavens Eternal. You couldn't fully make it out through the intense light but saw it land in front of you on the fields. Then light relented and choir went quiet as the portal to the Divine Realm closed and the sky returned to normal. You all looked at the being that had descended from Heaven.
It was a majestic white lion with some heavenly forged armor, and it possessed a pair of beautiful ivory wings. The heavenly being looked upon you and your friends, who were all standing now. Fang gave the winged lion a respectful nod, recognizing the lion's power and authority as a heavenly being. The lion spoke in a voice like thunder, booming with a presence that inspired awe and demanded respect. "Fear Not, Chosen Children of The Sacred Lights. I Am A Servant of The Gods of Light and The Creators of This World. I Have Come From The Heavens Eternal By Command of The Gods. Thou Art Chosen By The Sacred Lights To End The Threat of The Umbra Malem, Those Demons Born From The Darkness Born Of All The World's Evil and The Dark One Who Commands Them. Fear Not of Losing Thy Way, For The Gods Have Chosen One of My Own To Act as Thy Guide. Go Forth Now O Chosen Children, And Remember, The Light Will Always Be With You." The Lion said before spreading their wings and flying upwards, the portal to Heaven reopening and the Great Choir welcoming them back before the portal shut.
You all just stare at the spot where the portal had been for a full minute before Celica looked at her hands. "...I must use this power for good!" She said while raising her hands to the sky. You turn to her with a befuddled expression befitting the situation before saying, "What?" The heavenly portal opens again and a small form shots out of it and slams into your chest, knocking you on your back. You look towards your chest where you see a small winged lion cub shaking their head to get rid of the dizziness. "Owwww, that was rough." The small cub said, it's voice soft and sounded like a young boy. The cub sees you looking at him and waves one of his paws. "Hello, my name is Leo. It is nice to meet you!"
You stare at the cub for a few more seconds.
"What?"
Your Journey To Save The World Officially Begins! The Celestial Lion Cub "Leo" will act as your guide but due to Your Fateless Nature, He Can Only Give You Possible Paths For Your Journey.
Which Path Do You Take First?
[]-The Frontier: It's where the attacks happen the most and Leo thinks stopping these attacks will weaken the Umbra and The Dark One.
[]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[]-Fort Avalon: A Fortress Monastery of the Paladins, reports indicate that a force of "Demon" knights and "Fallen" angels are attacking the Fort and the surrounding villages. They are supposedly lead by some warrior wielding a "Corrupted" Light and a dark sword. Your Soul burns when Leo tells you about them.
[]-Balthazar College: A premier Mage college, rumors have spoke of strange creature roaming its halls and the surrounding countryside, causing fear to grip the hearts of the villagers and for the college to be accused of creating some sort of abomination. Leo says this creature feels wrong, a Void without Light or Dark.
Before Heading Off On Your Journey, You Make Sure To Pack Supplies. Choose Three, Can Select A Option Multiple Times:
[]-Food: 14x Apples, 10x Water, 7x Salted Meat, 8x Potatos, and 4x Carrots.
[]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[]-Money: 500 Gold.
[]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
[]-Book: Spell Book, Prayer Book, or Journal.
"Leo" has joined your Party!
QM Note: If anyone wants to draw up the characters, I'll be sure to give you a +15 bonus that you may spend however you like or I will write up an omake/interlude of your choice.
[X]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[X]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[X]-Money: 500 Gold.
[X]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
Edit: vote has changed
so the most obvious of are choices are the one where we get a new party member to join our party and the one where one of our fellow lightbearers has fallen to darkness. Well things just got very interesting
so the most obvious of are choices are the one where we get a new party member to join our party and the one where one of our fellow lightbearers has fallen to darkness. Well things just got very interesting
Here you go!
The world of Cael is filled with many wonders if one knows where to, and sometimes those same wonder instead find you. One of the wonders of Cael are the many races and civilizations which call the world home. The most numerous are Humans, a diverse race who come in many shapes, colors, and sizes. They are a species that has been divided into three kingdoms: Sanctum, Olympia, and Tengoku.
Olympia occupies territory on the south western side of Gaea, the main continent of Cael, and are ruled by the Council of Twelve, immortals who rule over Olympia and make the major decisions of the kingdom while a "Lesser" Council handles the day to day matters. Sanctum resides on the more northern and central areas of Gaea, and is the largest of the kingdoms of man. They are currently ruled by King Artorias Starcrown and Queen Angelina Starcrown, with Crown Prince Michael Starcrown being their only heir at the time of writing. The empire of Tengoku rules the seventy two islands off the eastern shores of Gaea. They are currently ruled by Emperor Hōsha Ryū, a wise and benevolent leader, and good friend with King Artorias.
There are also the Light Elves, a fair and long lived race that lived in their white-gold city of Lucerna, and their darker cousins the Dark Elves who live in the subterranean city of Abyssus. The two races were once a single people until some great calamity called the "Skyfall" caused a split between them. Details are unknown to most scholars and the Elves have lost many records of their past. The Light Elves are in a formal alliance with Sanctum.
Next are the Dwarves of the Heavenly Peaks, a short and stout people who posses great physical attributes and a hardiness not seen in others, they are excellent craftsmen and enchantment makers, they also excel in mining ores and gems. The Dwarven holds are in a formal alliance with Sanctum at the moment.
Finally are the Saurians, or Lizardfolk. They live in the southern lands of Gaea, in the dense jungles in there great temple cities dedicated to their worship of Dragons. Little is known of the Lizardfolk as they rarely ever leave their jungle home and talk with the other races.
It should be noted that this covers only the primary races of the world and does not include Half-Elves, Beastkin, Dragonkin, Dragons, or Giants either due to them being sub-races, hybrids, or lacking a true kingdom of their own.
[X]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[X]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[X]-Money: 500 Gold.
[X]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
I select this configuration of provisions because with the money we can buy all the food, and we don't exactly have to waste too much time in the nature as we would be able to go instantly with our power of teleport. And the Potions, well, I think they are necessary for our survival in battles.
[X]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[X]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[X]-Money: 500 Gold.
[X]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
[X]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[X]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[X]-Money: 500 Gold.
[X]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
[X]-Ivory Hall: The City of Ivory Hall has been experiencing mysterious attacks by a figure in a hooded cloak with a scythe and strange blob like monsters. Leo believes that the Umbra might be involved. The city has also been rumored to have a "Holy Child" that causes your Light to react at the mention of the child's name.
[X]-Potions: 7x Healing Potions, 7x Light Potions, 7x Cure Potions, 7x Revival Potions.
[X]-Money: 500 Gold.
[X]-Map: A Map of the Kingdom.
It took you a full three five days on foot to reach Ivory Hall after gathering your supplies and saying your goodbyes, and the group getting their new coats. Each of you got a warm coat since winter was starting early this year, with them being their owner's respective color. Fang got a nice little green bandana around his neck, while Leo got a golden cloth scarf. You still don't know how the local seamstress got a hold on Gold cloth to work with, but didn't bother to ask since she always seemed to have a surplus of supposedly expensive materials.
The journey was peaceful enough, you had ran into a pack of wild wolves but one look at a pissed off Fang had them running with their tail between their legs. You also had plenty of food still thanks to Will's folks giving plenty of their baked goods to him, which were still as fresh as they were when you all left because of another aspect of your Light, the "Inventory" as Leo called it. It was a pocket dimension located within each of your Souls that you could store and retrieve items from at will, with any item put in being put into stasis and remaining the same as when it was put it in, no matter how much time passed.
Your mom was a former Archmage, you could understand and accept stuff like this easy.
Ivory Hall had many things that made it one of the greatest cities in Sanctum, one of which were its monolithic walls of white stone and the marble like gates with a masterwork depiction of the Light Elves, Dwarves, Tengoku Emperor Kiba Ryu, and King Orion Starcrown the Third. It represented the long standing peace friendship between the four kingdoms and the Pact of Dawn they had made that solidified the alliance between them.
Again, your mom was an Archmage, you knew this kinda stuff.
Your group came up to the gates and met with the guards, who let you right in when the literal Heavenly Lion told them you were on official "Chosen of The Gods" business. In fact, you were escorted straight to the local lord's palace, which was surprisingly humble for the home of a Duke of Sanctum. On the way, you notice that the local mages and Paladins seemed to be on high alert. The markets and stores seemed to be closed up too, and those few people who you could see through windows looked...terrified. Looks like whatever these blobs things and the scythe user has done a number on these people.
The inside wasn't as humble, but instead of insane levels of opulence the inside was filled with shrines and holy iconography, to the point that the palace looked far more like a cathedral on the inside. There were also a large number of priests and clerics of the Gods of Light and the Kami of the Tengoku Empire. You even see shrines and statues of Light Elf and Dwarven Gods. Leo was straight up glowing and form a Halo above his head from the colossal amounts of Faith and Holiness in the building alone. "Wow, the bosses item mentioned that Duke Francis was a Pious man, but I had no idea this place was blessed by four pantheons!" Said a shocked Leo, which alerted everyone of your presence. "Nice job Leo." Muttered Alice, giving the winged cub a deadpan look causing him to hold up his front paws in surrender.
Your escorts found the gathering of Holy men, elves, and dwarves joining them as your now far larger group makes way to the throne room. There was Duke Francis Lionblade IV, and he looked like at the large gathering with clear surprise in his eyes. Then he spots Leo, you, and your friends, his eyes light up and his family face seems to regain color and hope. "Could it be? The Gods have finally sent us a means to be freed from those horrid demons and their master? Seven angels upon Cael along with two holy beasts? Surely between them and the Holy Child, our city may yet be saved!" The Duke said, while you grew confused. That was when you had noticed that, like Leo, you and your friends had gained halo the same colors of your respective Lights, and a matching pair of see through wings. "Oh, I knew I forgot to mention something." Leo whispered, only loud enough for you and your friends to hear.
"Heavenly messengers of the Gods, I beg of you! Please save my city and its people from the terrible demons who have struck fear into the hearts of the good folk of Ivory Hall, and who taken the lives of the innocent. If there is anything that I must do, I will do so without hesitation! Even if I must sacrifice my own life to save theirs, I will do it!" The Duke said, desperation, conviction, and hope mixing in his voice as he kneels before you.
Oooh, this is so very awkward.... What Do You Say To The Duke? You can anyone in the party speak, and if you manage to incorporate everyone you might receive a bonus.
[]-Write In.
Afterwards, What Do You Do In Ivory Hall? (Choose Two):
[]-Monster Hunting: go look for these monsters yourselves! (Spawn of Fear numbers decreased. Amount depend on roll.)
[]-Fear The Reaper: search for the scythe wielding master of the monsters. (Success based on Roll.)
[]-The Holy Child: Look for and possibly recruit The Holy Child for your Party. (Success based on roll.)
[]-Light Bringers: Restore Hope to the people of Ivory Hall. (Success based on roll.)
