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Are You Interested?
Yes 6 (75%)
No 2 (25%)
Total Votes: 8
Witch School
Topic Started: September 27, 2015, 4:03 pm (419 Views)
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I...haven't really done an interest poll or anything like this in a really long time, so forgive me if this ain't the way to do this.

Before I even say anything, I want you guys to know that none of this is quite set in stone completely. While there are definitely themes and such that I really would like to keep, if there's something you guys want to suggest something, let me know.

Alright. So the concept here is an institution for young Witches (Girls)/Sorcerers (Boys) to learn how to use magic. For the people who were going to have a hard time joining because they would be forced to have a female character: I have eliminated that restriction! :D Boy and girl characters are allowed now.

Setting is going to be pretty unique. Think medieval for the time being, but a lot more colorful/less bleak. Magic is going to be ubiquitous. The world is going to have Ley Lines that spread magic throughout the world. Plants and animals are going to have some kind of magical energy to them. All living things, regardless of whether or not they can utilize magic, have magic within them.

The biggest thing about the RP is going to be the magic system. While it may be on your mind at this point in time, don't think about Harry Potter or anything like that. The kind of magic we're looking at here is a lot more extravagant and colorful. There's going to be a decent list of different types of magic. To preview a few of them: Fire, Air, Light, Spirit, and quite a few more. If you guys have any suggestions for potential magic types, let me know here.
There are going to be Major schools of Magic and Minor schools of Magic. Major schools are going to be magic on the higher level like the types that I listed above. Things that people usually use for things like combat or whatever other major things. Minor schools are going to be things like Divination (Making things float, light telekinetic abilities, etc.) and Alchemy (Making potions, utilizing the magical properties of plants, etc.)

The biggest thing about this RP is I want it to be adventurous and fun. I want people to really put some color (I love that word, don't I?) and creativity into their characters. I'm hopefully going to be give you some decent freedom as to how your characters can use their magic. I have always personally put lots of emphasis on players creating characters that are as unique and fun as possible within the realm of plausibility. When I say I'm going to give you guys freedom over how your characters use magic, I mean that instead of making you designate specific abilities, I'm going to have you choose a specific style of magic use that your character uses. This will also be pretty free. If your character for example (forgive me Onime) summons a spirit dude that fights on his behalf, just think of a cool way to title that in a few words. Or if your character has a more traditional approach and is really just a caster in general, say that. Be creative and do your best to make it match your character. Y'all got this.

The kind of plot we're going to be looking at is going to be a variety of things. There will probably be the ever-familiar "mission" sorts of things that players can do, and there will also be an over-arcing storyline that everybody can choose to or not to participate in. This will also all be connected to the institution that the characters attend, so there will also be lots activities related to the school itself.

Part of this institution's curriculum is that upperclassmen eventually obtain the privilege of learning Double Magic or Combination Magic. This will allow characters with this privilege to make their magic even more unique to themselves by combining the type of magic they are already proficient in with another, creating a special combination. This is honestly a super cool mechanic that I look forward to seeing you guys get REALLY creative with. Honestly, a character that only uses fire magic or something can still have an absolutely individual way of using that fire magic, so adding an additional magic to that which can ALSO be really distinct from character to character really allows for extreme diversity among characters. A side note: I really want to be careful with this because I don't want you guys to all just rush to making upperclassmen characters so you can have access to this. That'd be kinda...boring. I'm not sure if I want to somehow limit the availability of this until a certain time or what, so let me know if you have any ideas.

Since this is a school, there will be some semblance of a uniform, but characters will be allowed to add their own unique spin to their uniform. Primarily as long as a student sticks to the color-code of the school and doesn't wear anything too crazy, it should be allowed. There will also be different sorts of occasional clothing (i.e. formal, casual, etc) that students may have to have.

Brooms. Y'all know what it is. They happenin'. These is another concept that I would like you guys to really tailor to your specific character.

Because this is a school, characters will mostly fall within a specific age range. I'm thinking an 8-year school, with the entrance age being about 12 and the exit age being about 20. Most characters will fall into this age range unless for some reason your character has some special circumstances. i.e. Maybe a character graduated already but stayed to do some kind of research or work or whatever it may be.

I may allow for a couple of you guys to make staff members/teachers if you really want. If you do, let me know in a PM or something and we'll talk about it.

I may or may not have left some stuff out, so please for the love of all that is good let me know if you guys have any questions before you make a judgement call on whether or not you're interested. Some of this is pretty flexible, so just let me know if you think something should be changed. I also haven't really done the RP thing in a WHIIIIIIILE now, so just bear with me, guys.
Edited by HTD, September 27, 2015, 10:26 pm.
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I may vote no but I'm saying FUCK YES MAKE IT HAPPEN BOI

EDIT: What is the point of this RP? Is this gonna be like Harry Potter where its mostly about graduating before the convoluted mess that is the 6th and 7th book? Or will it be like FF8 where we go onto field and do shit?
Edited by Hyuna, September 27, 2015, 4:32 pm.
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Onime No Ryu
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I'll be your Undertaker this evening
so what kind of world does it take place in and what's the school's role in that world
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September 27, 2015, 4:21 pm
What is the point of this RP? Is this gonna be like Harry Potter where its mostly about graduating before the convoluted mess that is the 6th and 7th book? Or will it be like FF8 where we go onto field and do shit?
It'll be partially about the students actually learning how to use magic and doing things that enhance their skills, and also partially students going out into the field like you said and performing certain tasks. There's going to be a portion of the school dedicated to "missions" or whatever you want to call them that the students can go out on. There will also be an over-arcing plot, like I said in the post, that the characters will be involved in. It's not going to be focused on sitting in class and passing classes or whatever, but instead the more...practical/applicable things that have to do with classes. As far as school life goes, that is.

Onime
 
so what kind of world does it take place in and what's the school's role in that world


So I think everybody will pretty much know about magic and this school. The kids that get admitted will just be kids that are, as the institution itself judges, worthy of learning to use magic. The school, the students, and witches/sorcerers in general serve as a means of protecting people from the nasty things that can also come from magic (monsters, whatever).
Edited by HTD, September 27, 2015, 4:51 pm.
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Onime No Ryu
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I'll be your Undertaker this evening
so is it a modernish world or what?
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Onime No Ryu
September 27, 2015, 4:53 pm
so is it a modernish world or what?
HTD
 
Setting is going to be pretty unique. Think medieval for the time being, but a lot more colorful/less bleak. Magic is going to be ubiquitous. The world is going to have Ley Lines that spread magic throughout the world. Plants and animals are going to have some kind of magical energy to them. All living things, regardless of whether or not they can utilize magic, have magic within them.

So it's a little medieval in PHYSICAL setting but not everyone is fucking sad and dying and shit all the time. The government isn't super corrupt and shitty so things actually run pretty smoothly. Electricity isn't a thing.
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Onime No Ryu
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so with these magic veins and shit is the planet alive or whatever

does it have a will

how does using magic affect the veins

where does the power come from

how do humans channel it--what's the process from "charging magic" to "releasing spell?"

if magic is powerful enough to make many other things obsolete, what is the limiting factor that justifies the existence of swords and melee based military forces
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Onime No Ryu
September 28, 2015, 7:46 pm
so with these magic veins and shit is the planet alive or whatever

does it have a will

how does using magic affect the veins

where does the power come from

how do humans channel it--what's the process from "charging magic" to "releasing spell?"

if magic is powerful enough to make many other things obsolete, what is the limiting factor that justifies the existence of swords and melee based military forces
I'll answer these in order. Forgive me if these are...REALLY short answers. It has been a long day. However, these are the answers I would give anyway. The biggest thing I'll say is that...the majority of these things either don't have answers (in the world in which the RP will take place) or they don't matter/don't really come up (in the world in which the RP will take place.)

The planet is not alive, at least not in the way you're thinking.

It does not have its own self-given "will."

Using magic doesn't much affect the ley lines. For the most part, the magic power from the ley lines is inaccessible as far as like...harnessing pure magical energy goes. And they have so much energy within them that unless thousands upon thousands of people are somehow tapped into one and constantly using magic.

No one in the RP world really knows where it originates from. There's obviously lots of speculation and research being put into it, probably with some progress being made, but nothing that has solved a great mystery.

For the most part, there are really only a handful of HUGE ley lines in the world. The rest are small sort of...dendritic off-shoots of the larger ones. As I said in chat a while ago, the school is going to be built (purposefully) on top of a big intersection of ley lines. The sheer residual magic off of the intersection is used to perpetually charge a large stone housed within the school called the Arcana Stone. The Arcana Stone is used to provide essentially endless magical energy for the school and the magic users of it. All living things are naturally stuffed with magical energy as they live. People that can USE magic can utilize the magical energy that is naturally within them. Unless a magic user is constantly near an energy source (Like the Arcana Stone) they will eventually run out of that energy. So if a witch/sorc were to get too far away from the school or some other magical shrine and were using magic a bunch, they would sort of drain themselves of magical energy; think of living things as sort of...rechargeable batteries for magical energy. People are also capable of sort of...increasing their capacity to hold magical energy within them.

About that last one/the obsolete question, I'm not really sure. I think potentially some materials could have a natural resistance to magic? Or maybe those sorts of weapons and military forces don't actually exist in this world at this time?
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Caitlyn
September 27, 2015, 4:21 pm
I may vote no but I'm saying FUCK YES MAKE IT HAPPEN BOI

EDIT: What is the point of this RP? Is this gonna be like Harry Potter where its mostly about graduating before the convoluted mess that is the 6th and 7th book? Or will it be like FF8 where we go onto field and do shit?
But Book 6 and 7 are literally so much better than the rest precisely because it sheds the "school" facade and the stakes are so much higher.
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how do humans channel it--what's the process from "charging magic" to "releasing spell?"

this is the only one i don't think you really gave an answer to

do people have to chant spells or write runic circles or is it just "shout the name of your special attack" or is there a set-up period or what
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Onime No Ryu
September 29, 2015, 10:38 am
how do humans channel it--what's the process from "charging magic" to "releasing spell?"

this is the only one i don't think you really gave an answer to

do people have to chant spells or write runic circles or is it just "shout the name of your special attack" or is there a set-up period or what
Oh, sorry dude. I think I missed it.

It's really up to the person. There's no specific way you have to. No foci like wands or staves or anything like that are required, though some may use them. You can just cast with your hands and be silent if you want, you can write some kind of inscription or some shit if you want, you can be anime as all hell and shout out complicated spell names. It's really a style choice depending on your character, and unless special circumstances permit, different kinds of casting methods won't have a real difference in power; they may have a difference in application or overall use however if a witch/sorc so chooses. It's really all about personal expression.
As far as like...set-up periods/cast times go, there may be big extended charge ups if it's magic that requires a LOT of energy.

Bodies charge with magical energy simply by being near a magical source (The Arcana Stone, some other shrine, etc) and the way you actually CHANNEL the magic is simply through...channeling it. That's what students learn in the school, how to manifest the magical energy within themselves.

Hope that answers it.
Edited by HTD, September 29, 2015, 11:22 am.
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Onime No Ryu
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I'll be your Undertaker this evening
still trying to figure out a character idea but just to let you know i am still interested
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Yep! Sorry it's just been...really busy on my end. I'm going to start working on some kind of info post very soon. I'm just trying to remember exactly the kind of shit I need to do.
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When do we start?
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Take it easy, my brother. I'm piecing everything together as we speak. I like the enthusiasm though!
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