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System Test (A Warhammer 40K AU Quest)

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Why are You guys Choosing Sympath. Its Pretty much Just a Way weaker Evoker that Can Scry? Im Not saying This to Convice you Of Anything but im seriously curious Why you would Vote for A Mage that can only effect Inanimate objects that Can Scry over A Evoker which is Basically a OP elemantal Caster And A Mind adept Who Can Control People And Do telekineis And Etc.
 
Twisted Mind said:
Wow Guys we Dont have To be Evil Just Choose Mind Adept And Everything will Be Better. Come on Guys trust Me on This Dont You Guys want To be the Next Slaanesh. If So Vote for Mind Adept. Or We could use The mind Rape Powers for Good But thats Less Fun. 99 percent Of Quests on this Forum are All Good people. Guys dont you want to Be A Villain And just Let Loose. If So Then Choose Mind Adept The COOL Choice :cool2:
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Why is every other word of this capitalized like it's the start of a sentence?
 
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Why are You guys Choosing Sympath. Its Pretty much Just a Way weaker Evoker that Can Scry? Im Not saying This to Convice you Of Anything but im seriously curious Why you would Vote for A Mage that can only effect Inanimate objects that Can Scry over A Evoker which is Basically a OP elemantal Caster And A Mind adept Who Can Control People And Do telekineis And Etc.
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Because that really is not what a Sympath is.
A Sympath usually starts by buffing themselves, then may branch out into other applications. It's the most defensive choice, although Mind Adept gives obviously better mental defenses and the ability to permanently enhance your own mind.
 
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2. What?
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    • [x] Yes female Space Marines
    [x] Angelika
    [x] Null
    [x] 13
    [x] Sympath





    A new screen flickered into being in front of her face. Like something from a Dataslate, inside her head. She would have noticed if someone was putting something in there, right? It would be easy to just take her, lying there on the ground, if she wasn't dead. But why the frack this out of all things?

    Subject: Angelika ?
    Species: Human
    Age: 13
    Attributes:
    STR     -2/10
    SPD 0/10
    PRE 0/10
    PER 0/10
    LOG 0/10
    CRE 0/10
    Points: 5

    Stamina: [X] [X] [O] [O] [O] [O]
    Conditions:
    Burned
    - 2 Stamina capacity
    Disadvantage on melee combat, athletics, crafting, performance, and infiltration

    Resistances:
    Poison: 5
    Radiation: 2

    Wait, what? What the Frack? Zero? Maybe she wasn't that great but Zero? Minus two?

    The ordinary human Attribute range within this System is -10 to 10. 0 denotes a person is considered average, -2 accounts for the Subject's age and physical condition. A more accurate estimate of all attributes can be made and applied based upon the subject's previous life and body condition. ​

    No. Nope. That would only put her Attributes even lower and no matter what this whole thing was about, that would be bad. Minus two is fine.

    Did they… Do you just read my mind and respond to everything I think?

    No.​

    Then what the frack is this?

    The system will provide previously unexplained information to its subject to facilitate improved testing. ​

    So you're going to tell me anything I ask, once? Anything you know? This could be…

    The System will provide information relevant to the Subject's optimal utilisation of this System.​

    But nothing else, because that would just be too easy, wouldn't it?

    Correct. ​


    Okay, so, what the frack does STR and all of that mean exactly?

    STR: Strength influences melee weapon attack and carrying capacity.
    SPD: Speed and PER influence combat initiative and actions per turn, Speed influences movement speed.
    PRE: Precision influences ranged weapon attack, and critical ranges.
    PER: Perception and SPD influence combat initiative, actions per turn, Perception influences ability to see chances and oddities.
    LOG: Logic influences the speed of skill and stat increase as well as exp point cost.
    CRE: Creativity grants extra feats and influences feats granted.

    Right. That… made some amount of sense. If you're not looking at how she could now somehow alter her mind and make herself smarter, more perceptive and more creative. With points. Because that wasn't creepy at all.

    No comment from the 'System'. Of course not. So everyone has stats between -10 and 10?

    The maximum of every Attribute is determined by a Subject's species and modifications. Attribute maximums may be changed by modification of the subject's body or mind. ​

    Frack. Mind modification? Didn't sound creepy at all. Taking whatever Scevrel was on to up her mental stats? Sure. Great idea. What could go wrong with that? And on top of that all she'd have to do to get the physical ones up was become a mutant. Which definitely wasn't any kind of problem if she ever wanted to get out of the Underhive. Definitely not. Or whole body cybernetics but that wasn't really any less creepy.

    So what is this 'testing' thing about anyway?

    The Subject's universe, environment, and person have been chosen to achieve near maximised conflict and growth potential and a sufficiently stable Subject for optimised testing. ​

    Oh great. Just what she wanted to know, growing up in 'near maximised' conflict conditions. That's fracking great news right there.

    She still didn't feel like opening her eyes. Maybe if she was lucky she would end up somewhere completely different. She wasn't lucky though. Not even this stupid system would give her that, so either where she had been in burning pain, or worse. She didn't think she would survive worse and at least there was no pain now.

    So… what's up with melee combat and all that?


    Skills:

    Athletics (STR)    : 0
    Brute Force (STR)
    Climbing
    Swimming

    Close Quarters Combat(STR/SPD): 0
    Unarmed
    Bladed
    Heft
    Polearm
    Shield

    Crafting(PRE): 0
    Chemical
    Cloth
    Cooking
    Gardening
    Metalworking
    Micro
    Woodworking

    Driving(PER): 0
    Riding
    Sailing
    Driving
    Piloting
    Voidcraft

    Infiltration(SPD/PRE): 0
    Stealth
    Sleight of hand
    Acrobatics
    Burglary

    Insight(PER): 0
    Cultural
    Persons
    Animals
    investigation

    Performance(CRE): 0
    Oratory
    Physical
    Drawing
    Sculpting

    Ranged Combat(PRE): 0
    Bow
    Pistol
    Rifle
    Sniping
    Thrown

    Science(LOG): 0
    Biology
    Chemistry
    Cogitators
    Mathematics
    Physics
    Psychology

    Technology(LOG): 0
    Engineering
    Manipulation
    Understanding


    Points: 10


    …Ah.

    Why does going in melee say 'str/spd'? What's that supposed to mean?

    Every skill is governed by an attribute or attribute pair. The level of each skill cannot be raised above the Attribute score +5. In the case of the two governing attributes, the higher Attribute will be utilised to use the skill and the lower Attribute will be used to calculate the maximum skill level achievable.​

    She was starting to get a headache. Whatever. None of this made much fracking sense, so Sympath it was, and Null, because she was not going to get killed by a fracking Psyker if there was an Emperor damned thing she could do about it. No one sane wants to be a Psyker anyway.


    Skills Acquired:

    Sympathetic (CRE): 5
    Control 0/5
    Physical 0/5
    Metaphorical 0/5
    Points: 5

    Shaping (CRE): 1
    Solid: 0/1
    Liquid 0/1
    Gaseous 0/1
    Points: 1

    Scrying (PER): 1
    Linkage: 0/1
    Spectrum: 0/1
    Projection: 0/1
    Points: 1


    … Frack it one more question. Wasn't like her headache could get much worse.
    Why Can I only see those skills now?

    Some skills may only be utilised or accessed once they are known to the Subject.​

    Great. So those other skills? There is a way to get at them, right?

    Correct. ​

    She just didn't know how.

    …

    And this 'System' wasn't helping, because that would also be too easy.

    Correct.​

    Just great. She was starting to feel the pain now too.

    And the windows would not go away.

    What the hell was she going to do with those points anyway?



    Voting is by plan, points can only be spent in their particular sections, these are not EXP points.
    Available points must be spent now.
    Points will be able to be saved later.
    [x] Write in



    EXP: 0

    Stamina capacity point: 24 exp
    Attribute point: 12 exp
    Resistance point: 12 exp
    Skill point: 6 exp
    Subskill point: 3 exp
    Extra Feat: 15 exp
    Psyker awakening: 50 exp
    QM boon(spoiler/full explanation): Omake/20 exp
    NPC Character sheet: Omake/15 exp
     
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    • [x] plan character build
    -[x]PER     +1
    -[x]LOG +3
    -[x]CRE +1
    -[x]Technology(LOG)     7
    -[x] Infiltration(SPD/PRE) 3

    [x] Sympathetic (CRE): 5
    -[x]Control 2/5
    -[x]Physical 2/5
    -[x]Metaphorical 1/5

    [x]Shaping (CRE): 1
    -[x]Solid: 1/1

    [x]Scrying (PER): 1
    -[x]Spectrum: 1/1

    I hope I did this right?
     
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    [x] plan character build
    -[x]PER     +1
    -[x]LOG +3
    -[x]CRE +1
    -[x]Technology(LOG)     7
    -[x] Infiltration(SPD/PRE) 3

    [x] Sympathetic (CRE): 5
    -[x]Control 2/5
    -[x]Physical 2/5
    -[x]Metaphorical 1/5

    [x]Shaping (CRE): 1
    -[x]Solid: 1/1

    [x]Scrying (PER): 1
    -[x]Spectrum: 1/1

    I hope I did this right?
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    Looking great!
     
    woody12 said:
    what do these mean I only chose Spectrum because I liked the word?
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    Linkage is your ability to link your scrying to something or follow things linked to other things. Like spying on a person once you have their blood sample.
    Spectrum is what kinds of things you can perceive and in how much detail
    Projection is projecting yourself out of your body and using magic at a distance
     
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    I added some more system information in an info threadmark. The kinds of things Angelika probably won't ever see, but I think might be relevant for anyone trying to make plans.
     
    [x] plan character build

    YESSS! MORE FANFICTION FOR THE FANFIC GOD! KHORNE CARES NOT FROM WHENCE THE FANFICS FLOW!
     
    [x] plan character build

    Yeah no one sane would want to become a Psyker. We could invest more on the physical sides later and chalk it up to the zealots as blessings of the Emperor. I would definitely want our character to have a body that we could literally grind some meat in!

    Also, how many points do we have right now?
     
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    VexMasterTyrant said:
    [x] plan character build

    Yeah no one sane would want to become a Psyker. We could invest more on the physical sides later and chalk it up to the zealots as blessings of the Emperor. I would definitely want our character to have a body that we could literally grind some meat in!

    Also, how many points do we have right now?
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    None. Exp will be awarded in the next chapter.
    You definitely picked one of the best options for physical combat.
     
    3. Getting back up
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    • [x] plan character build
    -[x]PER +1
    -[x]LOG +3
    -[x]CRE +1
    -[x]Technology(LOG) 7
    -[x] Infiltration(SPD/PRE) 3

    [x] Sympathetic (CRE): 5
    -[x]Control 2/5
    -[x]Physical 2/5
    -[x]Metaphorical 1/5

    [x]Shaping (CRE): 1
    -[x]Solid: 1/1

    [x]Scrying (PER): 1
    -[x]Spectrum: 1/1




    Pain. She could feel it throbbing with every heartbeat, getting stronger. None of this made any fracking sense. Points? Precision? Logic? Logic made it easier to learn things… she couldn't even ball her fists or grit her teeth in this darkness. So she picked logic, perception, creativity, technology because this had to be some kind of tech, infiltration because that sounded kind of like sneaking and put the points for the skills she didn't understand more or less at random.

    Anything to at least get to move.

    Finally, fracking finally, the screens went away, and she could actually open her eyes.

    There was still some red glow coming from… She could see charred bodies now, everything around her coated in black, heat still on her skin, pain sinking in deep, flaring up. That boy, he'd been maybe half her age and his body was still glowing deep red. Deep red and fading.

    Her arms were covered in burns. The edge of her cheek burned and she couldn't really feel the rest. Her shirt was half burned off, but at least she still had her shoes. Big boot and little boot. She still had everything below the waist on. But the burns…

    She'd have to be really lucky to deal with it, to not get infested. She knew that. How…

    If she could find something that could regenerate…

    What?

    How did she? Sympathy, she was a Sympath how the frack did she just forget? No. How the Frack did that feel natural? She knew she'd never even heard of any of that, no one had, but it was right there, in her head. She could just reach out and…

    Angelika did reach out. The put her hand against the crumbling wall behind her, felt it, the Ferrocrete or whatever it was, reached out and pushed that slow pulsing power inside her into her body.

    Her skin took on the same colour as the wall.

    Angelika let go. The power slipped away. It was fracking impossible! She knew Psykers. Okay, she'd seen Psykers, which was basically the same thing wasn't it? This wasn't how it was supposed two work. There were no voices, no vortex of weird powers from somewhere else. She felt a bit drained… but she could definitely do it again, and better. If there was actually any point into making herself as solid as a wall with no one in hearing range because even the animals were apparently smarter than her.

    Pain lanced through her again, and she lost focus for a moment.

    When she opened her eyes again, the red glow was almost gone. There weren't even the green glowing mushroom on the ceiling anymore, just complete darkness, everything charred around her.

    She should have been dead.

    She was also very sure she didn't want to question it anymore before somebody tried to correct that.

    As it was, what could she do? There were still glinting knives of the ground, bolters that might or might not've been half-melted. Those… Pushing herself to her feet hurt. Moving hurt, but she could walk. Her legs were fine, every bit of air on her arms and face stung like she was getting burned alive, but she wasn't dying. She'd have noticed that. The light was fading, but it didn't really matter, did it? The Scrying. She still had this power inside her.

    PER+Scrying+Spectrum
    d20+1+1+1 = 11 vs. 10
    bare success

    She could see. Not that much more than she had been able to before, but it would do. She could feel it draw on that power, couldn't keep it up for that long, but even so... The red glow was enough to make things out by, and she had powers.

    Was that what cybernetics felt like? Being better if you just kept them repaired?

    The pain brought her out of her thoughts and made her scramble forward. The knives glinting out there were still hot, but the torn fabric from her shirt was enough to protect her for now, enough to grab them and half run, half stumble away before something worse happened or somebody came to investigate.

    Those guys might've been Cheires, but someone might go looking anyway, just to check if there was anything to grab off their bodies. Couldn't even blame them, it wasn't like she did anything different.

    Either way she finally got to somewhere they at least had some light. She let go of that power, hidden within a small hole in a destroyed manufactorum and caught her breath, tried to ignore her pain, and leaned back.

    Her hair was probably half gone, sure smelled like it.

    Couldn't afford the drugs she'd need. And that System could see what it was going to do if she was dead. If it cared at all anyway. But if she could just find something that could grow itself back, regenerate? Regenerate. Why did she know those words? Find something that could grow itself back…

    Maybe. Her powers at least told her it made sense so…

    Quest:

    Cure the Subject's burned condition.

    Reward:
    one small System boon    ​

    Yeah. Sure. Subject was her because she didn't even have a name worth saying, did she? Maybe that was the pain. Hey! What's a quest?

    Quests are tasks accomplished by the System's user to progress.
    Quest rewards are scaled to the difficulty of the quest.    ​

    Right. Sure. No problem. She would get right on that.

    As soon as she made it back to her little hole in the stripped ruin she was using as a place to sleep. Hole from the outside anyway. The safest place she'd ever found after she'd escaped, complete with extra clothes, some food, a knife or two, and whatever else she could find. Wasn't much but… getting back up wasn't going to work anyway, and Javi next to her was alright, wasn't looking at her like a creep and gave her small jobs sometimes.

    So… screens in her head, burns all over, probably going to die. What was she going to do now?


    [x] Find something that regenerates. Some of the creatures in the tunnels did, if she could find some parts of one, or trade for one, that would do it. Probably.
    [x] Sell those knives, see what she could get, see if she could get her hands on some bandages or something or trade for the parts she needed
    [x] write in



    Exp: 5

    Spend Exp?
    [x] write in
    [x] no

    EXP SHOP:

    Stamina capacity point: 24 exp

    Attribute points:
    LOG Point: 12 exp
    STR Point: 6 exp
    Other Points: 8 exp

    Resistance point: 12 exp

    Skill points:
    Technology Point: 6 exp
    Sympath Point: 6 exp
    Other Points: 4 exp

    Subskill points: 3exp
    Technology subskill Point: 2 exp until 3, 3 exp from 3
    Sympath subskill Point: 2 exp until 3, 3 exp from 3
    Other Points: 2 exp

    Extra Feat: 15 exp
    Psychic awakening: 50 exp
    QM boon(spoiler/full explanation): Omake/20 exp
    NPC Character sheet: Omake/15 exp



    AN: A character sheet and some explanations for the system have been added in informational
    Also I would love feedback, both on the character, the writing, and the system
     
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