Against the Night OOC

[Xavier Akafur]

Nemael, you still around? Been awhile since I've seen you post

[Eden-H]

Ah! I am indeed still floating about. I haven't posted on this one since I really have nowhere to go or anything to do with SW, ignoring maybe a paragraph just putting her into a room which seems a waste of space.

[tangletail]

To Drakey...

It's fine if there is another stealth character. Keep in mind that each one of them actually has their own archetype and functions.

Neshar: The Shadow Dancer: Has absolutely no aggressive spells. Can hide effectively without the need of magic. He's a thief with military training. But he's still a thief. He can steal, hide, sneak, and tumble. Find and disarm traps. Scout, and follow. But direct confrontation isn't his thing. His weapons are daggers, a bow and arrows, and gadgets. He is better off in a fight against a group, where he can make use of the chaos and confusion than he is in one on one. He's constantly moving, deflecting, stealing weapons and using them against opponents. If his opponent is well prepared to handle him, he's screwed.

The illusionist: More of a mage heavay arcane trickster. He's a glass cannon with a long reload time. And his illusion magic really can't compensate for heavy foot steps, and moving brush. But it can move people out of a sticky situation.

As long as the next stealth character has a unique style it's fine.

Flat potion healer. Magic is not normally better than a potion in general. Magic can stitch wounds back together which is great for a fix up. But diseases, curses, restoring lost blood and energy? Different story. Not to mention there is the old moniker that naturally healing is generally better than a hurried one.

Plus potions also provides other benefits. Poisons, oils to coat blades. Specialized bombs. And boons.


THe marksman. Honestly. He can easily be the close quarters guy if he has gun-kata.

Neshar  does sort of fit the knightly role... sort of. His current weapons won't work for it. But if people get as friendly as to ask for some background... then maybe they will learn that the Sergal army's default weapons are...

• Spear
• Halberd
• Short Sword
• Long sword

However... they suck with projectile weapons because of the position of their eyes. So... it's kinda a boon that Neshar knows how to use a bow. But not a gun.

[Xavier Akafur]

Good, good. I figured you were lurking I just wanted to make sure


Do you have any input on inducting new people?
And I'm in agreement with Tangle. I would much rather have any of those character types than another mage xD

[tangletail]

Leo could train one of the new characters through their adventure . Not to steal. But to fight.

[Eden-H]

I understand. ^^

As for input on the situation, I would have to say Dustin and possibly Willow, though I will admit the latter makes me feel a tad uncomfortable due to their history. That said, I think Dustin's character would round out the party beautifully and I love the thought of introducing an alternate civilization; one that is based more around technology than the current fantasy elements we have going on. As for Tempest/Willow, having someone who can make potions of a large variety would be extremely useful and easily fill the hole created with Silas' departure, so long as his OC would have been willing to share, haha.

Though if I had to choose between the two, I would hands down say Dustin.

[Drakeyboy]

You know what tangle i never really thought of it that way. But i still have to argue against the the marksman thing. It specifically states that he uses flintlock weapons. Not very useful for gun kata unless he has a tone of pistols.

And because of that light i'll have to put my vote on either Dustin or Willow.

[tangletail]

Have you played guild wars 2? The thief's usage of the flint-locke pistol is just devastating. She can somehow rapid fire dual-wielded flintlocks. I'd imagine that is limited to someone with some really good slight of hand however.

Now here are my opinions about the options.

Drago - I have a few issues with it, and it's really mostly logical and bias. I typically don't like the Master of All approach. There are a LOT of weapons and variations of said weapons each with a specific function and purpose. Like how a broad sword might have rivots closer to the hilt. It's function was to shake the opponents weapon severely enough that it'd loosen or force the weapon to creep about in their grip. And the sword breaker dagger, which has combs on the back of the knife to catch blades, and break thin ones. I'm fine with a Jack of all trades... but mastering one weapon will take years of effort.

The dark and broody bit is the one I am biased against. Only because I have seen it a lot in my years of RPs. It's interesting to see it on a warrior, I'll admit that... because I've usually seen it on rogue like characters like a rogue isn't allowed to be jovial.

I like Cala. She has a good background. And if she's going the full assassin route, then there might be some conflicts between her and Neshar (As in she's professionally an assassin. Or holds no real value over life). Character wise that is. Neshar does not like assassins, and often openly makes fun of the "White Cloaked Bastards" for a number of reasons. With her, it'd be more like two full stealth characters. And one pseudo (illusion might not turn you invisible, it might just disguise you as a tree )

I also like Willow. She's a more utility character, which means she might need to hang back far more than most of the mages in the group . But potions are always fun, not to mention potions of transmutation! Beware of Dova-Bear!

I'm not sure about the marksmen yet.

[Drakeyboy]

Do you know how to reload a flintlock weapon tangle? First you need to replace the wick if you have been using it a lot, then gunpowder packing it right after with a fabric stopper on top, then the ball with another stopper over top. Now unless you have plenty of pre made shots which were actually thought up much later that process usually takes about a minute. That's kinda why pirates had multiple pistols on them so they could shoot and pick up another pistol right away.

Either way he said he was a rifleman so this WHOLE discussion is kinda pointless.

[tangletail]

I know how to reload a flint lock . But in an RP where we are dominated by mages. Lesser characters might need spell like abilities to avoid being redundant. By spell like ability. It means that they use a trick or training to emulate something impossible.

[Drakeyboy]

Yeah i guess you're right about that. By the way what happened to silas? He kinda just up and dissapeared. I remember he said something about having trouble of what he said as going to do but that was it.

[Xavier Akafur]

I don't think anyone knows. People just come and go on forums.

As for new people, I think Dustin has also not returned since he posted that character sheet. However both of the others are still around. My vote is for Cala, primarily due to Willow's backstory getting under my skin. I like brutality but not of that variety. Otherwise I think each character would fit equally well into the group and I haven't noticed a huge disparity between their writing abilities.


So I think that puts the vote at:
Cala-1
Willow-2


There's always the option to bring them both in if we wanted as well. I thought we would have more applicants given that this thread appears to be one of the only high-activity RPs on the forum right now.

[Drakeyboy]

Well we do have five so six is a good number. Any more and we may have too many people in my opinion.remember how chaotic our first battle was with eight people. Not again please.

[tangletail]

My vote is for Cala

[Eden-H]

I would say Cala as well. I read back over Willow's sheet and I still cannot get past their, ah, history. Even if the overall abilities of the character would be useful, I genuinely do not think I could (personally) handle posts where that came up or was mentioned ICly.