If this is ever out of date, or you want an explanation/trivia added here, let me know, I'll fix/add it.
Notes:
Do not take this quest too seriously.
Points are used for many things, you can buy hints, you can use them to upgrade you or your minions/servants abilities, and can even let you not die when you are killed, if you have enough.
Points are earned by: Finding information, unlocking traits, defeating opponents, and doing tallies for me because screw tallies. Also possible through good write-ins, omakes or doing something particularly funny/impressive. You will also earn a point per snip/segment for now.
You can take any path you want, you can try and wipe out the dark side of Academy City, you can go hunting for conspiracies, become a human god, you can become a member of the Academy City leadership, if that floats your boat. Do what you want. Write-in is always an option.
The canon of Raildex is being used as a guideline, not the law, you will notice quite a few changes as we set out, best to think of it as the general terms being correct, but locations, mechanics, and even some characters will be slightly modified.
The QM (Me) lives in a GMT+0 Time Zone, so any comments on 'tomorrow' and such will be relevant to that time zone.
If you roll more than once for a roll, as in multiples of the same title (2 perception rolls) none of them will be counted.
HP: 18/18
EP: 81/81 Regen: +13 points per hour, +20 when asleep and uninjured.
Abilities
Esper Topology manipulation Level 3 [Personal Reality]
Changing the properties of space, distances and shapes, Vista Style.
This is your primary power, your Personal Reality, the expression of your Self.
The source and basis for all others.
Dimension Reader [Added perception from Topology Manipulation]
Dimensions and proportions are a key part of your ability, and so you can discern them with a glance. - Living [Lvl. 1] Living things are different in that they are active, that difference is highlighted when you know how to look. Living things find it much harder to hide from you when you can read the minutely changing dimensions. +2 to Perception for living organisms, and passive awareness of them. - Living [Lvl. 2] I know that number! This upgrade allows you to 'save' a number of people's dimensions so that when they enter your range they are immediately identified. There is a limit on how many people you can have saved, and after a week or undergoing physical change they will no longer be identifiable using this ability. This ability also makes it a lot easier to separate friend from foe when it comes to fights. - Awareness [Lvl. 0] Increased chance to dodge/block attacks that you can see coming. A fragile disposition and excellent perception has left you the realization that maybe one should be used to cover for the other. Can only be increased through combat experience.
And the Kitchen Sink [Pocket Dimension] [CURRENTLY LOCKED] An unholy amount of practice has resulted in a very specific application of nonsense. You can increase the carrying capacity of your pockets/bag by up to 20 times, gravity is somewhat distorted so this can be rather useful. This ability requires an Investment while active. (It will spend from your capacity rather than the pool, not regen' ing until you have dropped the effect.)
Sure Footing [Movement Protection] The angles and differences in height of your footing are evened out by your power, eliminating dangers of the vast majority of terrain. This ability requires an Investment while active. 9EP Investment.
Impact Dilution [Damage Reduction] [Lvl. 2] The ability to stretch and spread a physical blow over your body, diluting the power to reduce the damage taken. A passive power, chance of triggering increases per level.
15% chance to activate, and reduces physical damage by half.
[Frequency] Path, Level 1 - This Path increases the frequency totake effect by 5% per Level, in exchange for not decreasing the damage further, eventually forming a cloak of defensive distortions that will decrease all physical trauma's effect. Active
[Dampening] Path, Level 0 - This Path increase the amount of Damage that is negated by Impact Dilutionby 5% per Level, eventually dispersing damage into the air to fully deny it's potential to harm Kagari.
Skills
Skating: GoodFocused on using the concealable skates you have, but you could easily learn to use more heavy duty ones.
Parkour : Average Good at it, but reliant on your powers for anything more advanced than hopping a wall.
Fencing: Hobbyist It is mostly a hobby, but your interest has increased lately.
Photography: Average You've never really been a picture kinda person, but you seem to have some talent at it.
Traits
Background: Ojou-sama
-Bonus to Social and Scholastic activities. Penalties to associating with 'undesirables'.
Tokiwadai Student
A member of one of the most prestigious schools in the entirety of Academy City. [+3 Points}
Journalism Society MemberLvl. 1
You are a member of the influential Society, and have been granted the privileges that entails. A high quality pin marked with a inky black feather quill represents this status.
Fencer
On and off you have practiced fencing as a passing interest, which led to your joining of a Fencing Club last year, which probably inspired your uncle to gift you the umbrella-rapier hybrid. No points awarded for obtaining this trait, as it was bought.
Dice Fiend
+5 to Luck, Once per encounter you may re-roll a single Die. [+3 Points]
Spending Power [Tier 2]
+2 Points per Story Post, for a total of 3 per Story Post. No points awarded for obtaining this trait, as it was bought.
Saving for a Rainy Day [Multi]
Current Reserve EP: 0
This trait allows you to spend points or time to build up extra EP over the normal Capacity limit. Reserve EP can only be gained when sleeping restfully (Full HP and EP) or when in a Power Dev Lab.
Shinies
-Cash: 226 Credits
-Student ID Card [T01892172]
-Phone. Reasonably high tech, will get signal anywhere in the City that isn't blocked. Has a multitude of functions. (Will be specified as needed.)
--Decent 10MP camera
-HaK1 Camera. 100MP, All options, transfer system to private server, decent night and thermal vision modes, GPS tracker, battery life of 12 hours, EMP Resistant, Waterproof up to depths of 150 meters, shockproof of 200 meters (Should be able to take more, but that is as far as the warranty will cover.) Comes with a solar charger that should fully charge it in under 4 hours.
-Journalist Access Pin. A pin marked with a inky black feather quill, it is of incredibly high quality craftsmanship. It will allow you access similar to a Judgement officer.
-Umbrella-Rapier. A hybrid that is apparently bullet proof… Your (crazy) uncle chose to make up for missing the holiday with you in a way only he can. By arming his niece with a weapon that doubles as a proper weather deterrent.
-Runners that can deploy wheels, got to love Academy City tech, these blow heelys out of the water.
-Keys to Techies Apartment. Its actually a key card, her apartment complex is pretty high tech huh?
Relationships/Allies Background Check... Social Panel unlocked!
School/Academia: Tokiwadai student. [N/A]
Yuna 'Techie' Niaka: Good Friend, you are currently based out of her apartment. Samantha 'Sam' Dunst: A long time friend of yours, a Level 4 Thermokinetic.
Shokuhou 'Onee-sama' Misaki: An old friend, you haven't seen her in years, and she left rather suddenly...
Misaka Mikoto: The Railgun, she has been pretty friendly so far when you have ran into her, at least once you cleared up what happened with Kuroko.
Shirai Kuroko: You wouldn't say you are friends, but she holds no ill will over the incident and you enjoy talking to her.
Amelia Fria: The primary scientist who works on power development with you. Has a tenancy to tease you.
Kismet: Proprietor of Tarot Tea, gave you a standing invitation to return after commenting on your Fortune. She seemed nice... now if you could stop blushing, you might return.
Shay Taka: A friendly acquaintance, you saved his bacon.
Spending +93 (Q+12) (C+33) Blue marked options are not currently available, due to being bought previously. Some abilities will have Multiple Tiers that will unlock, and some may be bought as many times as you can afford.
-3 Raise EP Capacity by 1 [Multi] //////////////////////// /// -10 Increase EP Regen by 1 [Multi] //// //// -3Gain 9 reserve EP. [Multi] Rainy Day
-9 Increase Health Capacity by 1 [Multi] / -1 Gain 15 Credits. [Multi] Rich GirlMoney is power. -9 Impact Dilution - Choose Path when Leveling.
-15 Increase points earned per Story Post by 1. -50 Raise Luck cap -15 Dimension Reader [Tier 2 of Living ][Branches Locked] -27 Pocket Dimension [Upgrades Locked] -18 Sure Footing
Imaginary Numbers There is something nagging at the back of your mind, something that is made of egotism, arrogance and pride.
Altering reality is your power, and you reject their right to sully it further. Esper Nullification Field Creation -180 [Prerequisite: Unfulfilled]
Deeper than Darkness, the Delusional Dreamer Your craft is one of Love.
New dimensions, ones beyond what there is, tug at your attention and illustrate to you the story of a Crawling Chaos. Halves EP capacity, but allows continued spending beyond zero, Grants the ability to inflict SAN Loss with distortions.
-207 [Prerequisite: Unfulfilled]
Reading: Reveals all Luck stat details, such as Malleability, Grace, Modifiers and Caps. [-10 Credits] Luck Fixing: This change will decrease the effect ongoing events and rolls influence your Luck Stat (Ie, if it would change by 10, it would change by 5) -Luck Malleability. [-9 Points, -15 Credits] Luck UnFixing: This change will increase the effect ongoing events and rolls influence your Luck Stat (Ie, if it would change by 5 it would change by 10) +Luck Malleability. [-9 Points, -15 Credits] Luck Improvement: Temporary Buff to Luck equal to the points spent. Duration is increase by adding a /X modifier to the Luck increase, where X is days. Your Luck stat will not raise while this buff is active. Only one iteration of this power can be active at once. [-X Points for X/2 Luck, -30 Credits] To Start Once More: Sets Luck stat to 0, and returns Luck to maximum malleability. Does not alter Luck Cap, or other Luck effecting traits. [-1 Point, -100 Credits] Goddess's Dice: Grants a re-roll. Requires 25 minimum Luck to use. Physical Token = Die. Cost increases by 9 for each iteration active. [-15 Points]
All of these purchases must be made at: Tarot Tea
That's all for now~ Spending more time and resources at Tarot Tea may unlock further purchase options.
Waiting List Saving for a Rainy Day [Requirements: Power Dev Lab/Fully Rested Sleep]
+81 Reserve EP -27 Points
Part 1
Welcome to a Quest based in the Raildex universe.
Be advised that canon has been bribed into looking the other way while I have my wicked way with it's universe.
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You control a student in Academy City, and let me tell you, there has been some weird crap going on.
You can either be an Esper, or a Magician.
A Magician is a person who is trained to use magic, and wields a large variety of abilities when compared to an Esper, even if most specialize to some degree
As a Mage you would wield a larger amount of powers such as alchemy, astronomy, and summoning, and be able to pick and choose per situation, as well as being able to develop new abilities with effort. This comes with higher risks when stretching your limits compared to an Esper.
As a Magic user, accessing your abilities is harder than for an Esper, and can require tools for more advanced workings. You are also part of a hidden society, with all that entails. -Mechanical Terms: Nearly any ability can be yours if you work at it, they all pull from the same pool of energy, and you will start with a list of spells and general magic, which can be used for a lot of things. It will be easy to learn new spells and increase old ones. Various tools will help greatly in wielding your power.
If you take Magician, you also choose a [Fake] Esper ability when the specifics of your magic are chosen.
Espers can only have one type of Esper power but tend to be more powerful than a given Magician in that area, for example: Misaka Mikoto is an Electromaster and is in control of all electrical phenomena. For instance an Esper who has an ability to specifically control fire cannot control water. In contrast to Magicians, Esper powers need no preparation or elaborate rituals to create some sort of phenomenon or effect in reality. An Esper having more than one ability has been concluded as a theoretical impossibility, though this does not stop researchers from putting the theory to the test. According to researchers, Esper's brains cannot handle too many abilities. If an Esper attempts to learn magic, it will kill them by overloading their bodies. -Mechanical Terms: Semi-random, single-type wide applicable power, with a larger mana pool than a Mage. You will not be able to gain new abilities, only increase the scale and broadness of your starting one. Level will be decided by points placed into the various aspects of it, with a beginning Cap. (This can be altered by use of Backgrounds)
Or you can play as a normal, baseline Human. Not sure why you would do this, but may as well give you the option eh?
Of course, there are things you can discover should you play this card right, but I'm hardly going to tell you them, am I?
Yes, every line of the human option description ends with a question... or does it? -Mechanical Terms: You start with no abilities, and a completely clear body. You can attempt to find someone to teach you magic, but you will be far worse at it than the Magician starting Class. You could try and get into the Power Curriculum Program and become an Esper.
A few special questlines not available to the other two classes are available.
Now, lets fill in your student file shall we? Don't want to be setting off warning flags just yet… Or maybe you do? What would I know?
Name:
[ ] Write-in
Gender:
[ ] Male
[ ] Female
Age :
[ ] 13-21
Appearance:
[ ] Write-in/Find a picture
Background: This will provide Traits, depending on which you choose, and will be altered by your class. There is more to these than I have told you, and there are more than are listed here, and I invite you to make your own/find the ones not given.
[ ] Average Student. No Traits, good or bad.
[ ] Transfer Student, Non-Esper only. Boost to all skills, penalty of ongoing mission. No starting relationships.
[ ] Top of Class, Ojou-sama style. Minor Social boost, Minor School standing bonus, Penalty interaction with 'undesirables'.
[ ] Slacker. If Magician, large boost to magic abilities, as it is assumed you spent that time on them rather than school work.
[ ] Level 5 Pursuer, Esper only. Large boost to Esper powers, at the cost of other skills, especially Social.
[ ] Spectator. Bonus to Stealth, Detection, and Investigative skills. If Esper, power will be perceived as one level weaker. Penalty to Social Skills, including and not limited to eloquence and socializing.
[ ] Gossip. Investigative and Perception boost. Distrusted with secrets.
[ ] Social Adept. Bonus to Social Skills, especially when making new allies, and you will start with more allies. If Esper, abilities are well-known. If Magician, its harder to hide your nature. Penalty to starting Powers. Minor boost to leadership.
[ ] Natural Leader. Large boost to Social, boost to 'Negotiator' style actions.
[ ] Hothead. Bonus to Physical Attributes and Encouragement. Penalty to Perception, Stealth and Investigative.
[ ] Sorcerer (In training), A teacher of magics, and handler of Grimoires… or at least you are training to be one. Magician only. Boost to theoretical magics, and potential to teach others the craft, Grimoires are dangerous business people.
[ ] Write-in. Make an interesting one, and I'll even throw in bonuses~
Okay, this isn't part of the student file, but you can tell me, right?
Class:
[ ] Magician
[ ] Esper
[ ] Human
[ ] Not telling. This isn't actually an option.
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This is the second run of this quest, the Google Doc archive for the original run is here.
BONUS~
Since this is the second run of this quest, after the absolute mess the last set of players made of it, you get some bonus's.
Bifauxnen Mod Unlocked 'Bifauxneeeeen~' -Zen Zero Luck Mod Unlocked Did you see those rolls?! You won't like him when he's angry Trophy Unlocked Died due to enraged character Whatz 'Meta'? Trophy Unlocked All the magic under the sky, and you don't take teleport after you just offended Accelerator? Either the best sportsmanship, or the dumbest choice, ever. Piggy Bank Bonus unlocked Remaining points will carry over onto the next playthrough.
Mods
[ ] Bifauxnen "Bifauxneeeeen~-Zen" Female character only.
[ ] Zero Luck "Did you see those rolls?!" Presets Luck score to the minimum.
Background: This will provide Traits, depending on which you choose, and will be altered by your class. There is more to these than I have told you, and there are more than are listed here, and I invite you to make your own/find the ones not given.
[X] Sorcerer (In training), A teacher of magics, and handler of Grimoires… or at least you are training to be one. Magician only. Boost to theoretical magics, and potential to teach others the craft, Grimoires are dangerous business people.
You can choose Esper, and get some form of Anti-Magic, but nothing as bullshit as Touma.
In addition, most of the people you will be against will realize that just stabbing/shooting the Anti-magic user is very effective.
You can choose Esper, and get some form of Anti-Magic, but nothing as bullshit as Touma.
In addition, most of the people you will be against will realize that just stabbing/shooting the Anti-magic user is very effective.
Good to know, obviously we'd make it something unimpressive enough to avoid notice but still good enough to act as an excuse in the event someone finds evidence of some of our magical activities.
Good to know, obviously we'd make it something unimpressive enough to avoid notice but still good enough to act as an excuse in the event someone finds evidence of some of our magical activities.
Aye, and this will be repeated if/when it comes up, the Level it ends up being considered will also influence how much cash you have available from the Academy as an allowance.
Aye, and this will be repeated if/when it comes up, the Level it ends up being considered will also influence how much cash you have available from the Academy as an allowance.
Points are used for many things, you can buy hints, you can use them to upgrade you or your minions/servants abilities, and can even let you not die when you are killed if you have enough.
Points are earned by: Finding information, unlocking traits, defeating opponents, and doing tallies for me because screw tallies. Also possible through good write-ins, omakes or doing something particularly funny/impressive. You will also earn a point per snip/segment.
Points are used for many things, you can buy hints, you can use them to upgrade you or your minions/servants abilities, and can even let you not die when you are killed if you have enough.
Points are earned by: Finding information, unlocking traits, defeating opponents, and doing tallies for me because screw tallies. Also possible through good write-ins, omakes or doing something particularly funny/impressive. You will also earn a point per snip/segment.
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