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Finished reading, if Ren is going to post I might wait until later to post.
Edit: Guess not, he went offline. Must be about 4pm in NZ so he probably needs to work.
@Arctic, you were the first to maim Duncan, Ren killed him, and then you had the general slash Ama to ribbons!!
Anyone mind a injury induced flashback in the middle of a battle?
Zran - It's not really a flashback since you would be posting from the time she was injured to the present :)
Ren - The latter part of your post basically described the difference between the Sorcerer and Wizard classes. Sorcerers have a wide range of spells at varying levels of strength, but they are generally weaker due to their not needing to be prepared. Wizards have very limited At-Will spells, but have very powerful Prepared spells that usually only require a short break between fights to re-prepare. Exceptions to both rules exist, of course, but they have a different feel from each other when played. In Cyradis' case, she's technically a Sorcerer, but she's also very powerful due to certain conditioning and the aid of arcana such as the staff. To me, it doesn't make too much sense for her to become physically exhausted when casting magic (unless tapping her life force, which I detailed in earlier posts) but it is possible for her to become mana-drained. She would still be alert and only as fatigued as she physically exerted herself.
Kyra and Cyradis's magic are very different, in my opinion, though. Kyra has no magical ability and can not manipulate ley energy or mana or any other natural force at all. Her's is a purely physical prowess, but her devotion to Sarenrae has earned her the Goddess' favor and by prayer, she can call upon the Sarenrae to perform divine magic through her. I see it as thus: look at the world as being a ball submerged beneath the ocean with randomly spaced, tiny holes punched all around it. Mortals live inside the ball and grab the water seeping though to use as magic when, once used, returns to the ocean outside the ball. Gods exist on the outer surface of the ball, looking in, swimming in the vast ocean. Their access to the power is unlimited, and they are therefor capable of virtually neverending spellcasting, however, they can't cast through the ball itself, so they have to use a mortal vessel (an avatar) or a devotee. One can onyl wonder of what the beings who exist above the surface of the ocean are capable....
like the last statement. ;)
So then it sounds like we both see the same thing, in essence. Kyra isn't a magic user by nature, but by gift. Cyra's magic is more 'scientific' in a sense in that it has been broken down for her and others in kellei into it's constituent parts to better understand it. de-mystifying the mystical, as it were. And Cailey sounds to have a god-given gift in her connection to magic in that it is the intimate connection itself that is the gift, not a transmittal of godly energies itself (although, I'm sure that is also part of it).
Good analogy with the ocean. ;) Same coin different side, but much more filled out than my mistiness... ;)
Zran - don't wait on me. And I think you mean a flashback induced by the injury. As in, amateira's past?
Yes that's what I meant, lets see how interesting I can make island life. Wasn't going to go too far back only a few years at the first arrival of the Smugglers. When the islanders realised the world was much bigger than they suspected, etc.
Nice post Zran, still some grammar issues, but it is at least over-lookable (yes i realize the irony of telling someone they could improve their grammar by making up a word) for the most part. I think you've created another interesting dynamic to rp out with a variety of crew members, that being she was captured by the smugglers, beaten and whatever else, and then ordered by Wek'au to leave with other foreigners. She may know we are not the same, but it's not so easy to forgive something like that. I can feel the tension brewing already ^_^
Yeah edited those speeling issues, though I had to open word the internet one didn't pick up hardly anything.
I see tension brewing between her and Garin, and maybe Steiner since he is pretty fearsome maybe reminiscent of the First Mate. Don't know if that was clear in the post but it wasn't suppose to be. Oh yeah, you may have noticed that when she healed Arlen she'd said she'd only seen healing that good once before. *wink*
Just so you know, calling characters by what their profession is isn't a slight but she has a hard time remembering names having know maybe all of 100 people her whole life.
Of course not. Personally, that's my favorite part. Very unique.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zran
Did we all get busy at the same time or did we all lose our imaginations somewhere in the last couple weeks? Will finish up with Seph tonight hopefully.
I'm ready to finish the battle and move on - but didn't want to soil whatever you had planned with Sephara.
I figured as much. I'll do my darndest to post tonight.
yeah, been away for some time, I'm currently on my summer vacation... so I'm busy doing stuff and busy being lazy :) Will try to write something up soon.
:P Place gets harder and harder to come by every month.
I have no idea what that's supposed to mean... although I do have a question for you... why do you keep coming by every month?
To steal ideas and claim them as my own on rpg.net.
Although, if we're being technical, I haven't dropped in since my last post(s) a few months back. Was searching for something and found out Jolt had rights to something else. Remembered the board. Posted.
Nice to swing by though. Wave. Note that folks from way back are still breathing. See the old game is still up and going. Like running into someone from high school and remembering all that stuff.
Up, sure. Going? More like crawling... dragging itself across the digital ground by the fingernails left on its one remaining hand!
I need an outlet, people! I might have to post a thread with random, unrelated stuff (fiction, of course) to pass the time ㅋㅋ
Wow my computer dies, I disapear return much later and the fight just ended. Lol. I figured we would be alot further. Lets see first to catch up on the discussion that I started before hand. Actually my characters were designed (and also led by circumstances) to be somewhat outside the crew for the simple reason that I have no faith in keeping up. With my shoddy computer I and hectic schedule I wanted to make sure my characters would not hold everyone back. I did start working on that however as I have tried interact more heavily with Cailey.
Now as far as the flashback sequences and their past. To be honest I have just had fun with it. Its meant to be consdered a seperate story and I do have a plan to tie it all in when the opportunity presents itself. Now Drice was a creature of circumstance he was raised from a very young age to fight and had only 'graduated' when the conflict began. He sort of came into his own during the war having to deal with the issues of taking life and following orders. Cailey had a role in the conflict but I have not gotten to that point quite yet. She never really fought in the battles was used as kind of a magical resevoir for the Juvarian mages.
I will be posting something in the morning more as a catch up post...
Never fear I am here! Although I can't say the same for my old computer. R.I.P old computer...
odd
This community has moved.
We are now located at http://rakuen.46.forumer.com
Hey.
So I haven't been in here is ages (freakin' years), and someone took my old name in my absence. Just wondering if any of my old buddies are still around here and thinking about getting back into some RPing. Maybe make some new pals while I'm at it, haha. Except it seems a bit slow around here? Huuuum.
Umm .... we have actually moved....http://idkfa.com/haven/index.php?tit...cial:AWCforum/
i am 12 and what is this?
we're all confused
This is like finding a time capsule. I remember the days when if you didn’t post on 24 hours your thread might be lost forever. Any of the old ones still check in?
Well there's a name I haven't seen in forever. Howdy :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drice
It’s been a long time Crystopher. Is there a new board that people moved to or did it just kind of die out