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PirateJack:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on December 20, 2014, 08:53:44 AM ---I can't comment on accuracy to the source material, but the Aspects and the stunts look pretty cool. And unless I miscount he actually bought an Average level in every single skill the honest way, which I like.
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25 skills means 25 points to buy Average in every skill. Didn't occur to me to do it any other way.
--- Quote ---The Power stuff is a little iffy. England isn't really a valid Demesne, and I wouldn't let someone use that item if I was GMing. It's too much like an IoP. Also, unless I misread, he ought to have a bunch more specializations.
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The Raven King is essentially a god-like figure in the story and is magically linked to the entirety of Northern England. He was the one who struck up a bargain with the hills, trees, streams and sky to allow English Magicians to use magic, and has full control over all of them.
(click to show/hide)When he returns to England in the book magic is returned so that all mortals who would wish it are capable of performing magic, rather than just Strange, Norrell and Childermass.
As for specialisations, I think I've counted right. 20 specialisations with Divination Power and Control taking the +4 spots with the others working their way down. It costs 10 specs to build a skill column up to +4, so two columns of such works.
(click to show/hide)His story is that he was abducted by fairies as a child and forced into slavery, never having heard his name. The fairy king Oberon took a liking to him and took him in, giving him a good education and setting him up as the commander of a fairy army. When he was 15 (or appeared so, it's hard to tell with the Raven King) he led the army to the mortal world and conquered the cities of Northern England, setting up his capital in Newcastle. He could have conquered more, but claimed that what he had taken was recompense for the lands his family had lost to Hubert de Contenin and Henry I.
A short time later he magically compelled all of his mortal subjects to build a huge black tower in their dreams, all of whom worked for a month in their sleep and gained no rest from it until they had finished. Nobody is quite sure what it did; the two prevalent hypotheses are that it was used as a defence against the Black Plague, as his kingdom suffered less from it than elsewhere, or that it was a weapon to be used against his enemies in Hell, part of which he conquered. He once argued with Winter and banished it from his lands, giving four years of continual summer. He caused the Moon to vanish from the sky and travel through the rivers and lakes of England.
Then, in 1434, he left to travel Faerie with his closest advisors and never returned. Magic eventually began to decline until only the protagonists of the story were capable of it and the Southern Kings took over as stewards for the Raven King.
An interesting figure, is the Raven King.
Sanctaphrax:
--- Quote from: PirateJack on December 20, 2014, 12:55:20 PM ---The Raven King is essentially a god-like figure in the story and is magically linked to the entirety of Northern England. He was the one who struck up a bargain with the hills, trees, streams and sky to allow English Magicians to use magic, and has full control over all of them.
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Okay. He still can't take England as a Demesne. Demesnes have to be in the Nevernever, and from a power level perspective control over England is worth a lot more than 1 Refresh.
--- Quote from: PirateJack on December 20, 2014, 12:55:20 PM ---As for specialisations, I think I've counted right. 20 specialisations with Divination Power and Control taking the +4 spots with the others working their way down. It costs 10 specs to build a skill column up to +4, so two columns of such works.
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Oh, I see. I was reading each of those double specializations as a single one.
Sanctaphrax:
Arlen Bales (Scuba Diving)
Not sure about the Aspects. Let me know if they're off.
For the rest I'm going by what you guys told me. There's a fair bit of guess-work in his skills.
I made Arlen's warded-item-crafting skills a stunt since it sounds like producing wards is a commonplace activity in his world. For situations where that's not enough, he has Sponsored Magic.
I'm not sure exactly how his demon-eating works or how serious a weakness his reliance on it is. Here I assumed it's a constant issue that constrains and weakens him significantly. So I gave him a 50% rebate on the affected Powers. Which might be too generous, but needing to constantly eat demons sounds like a significant weakness to me.
High Concept: The Rune Painted Man
Trouble Aspect: Scared Of My Stolen Power
Other Aspects: Messenger, Married To Renna, Magical Super-Horse, Reluctant Deliverer, On A Mission
Skills:
Superb: Fists, Survival, Lore
Great: Bows, Presence, Athletics
Good: Endurance, Conviction, Discipline
Fair: Alertness, Rapport, Intimidation
Average: Scholarship, Empathy, Investigation
Stunts:
Speech Maker (Presence): Use Presence, unmodified, to make speeches.
Master Of Wards (Lore): Use Lore to manufacture wards and warded items.
Powers:
Limitation (Only against demons) [+1]
Holy Touch [-1]
Blood Drinker [-1]
Limitation (Must eat demons to fuel powers) [+10]
Supernatural Strength [-4]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Supernatural Toughness [-4]
Supernatural Recovery [-4]
Gaseous Form [-3]
Sponsored Magic (Wards) [-4]
Total Refresh Cost:
-14
Refresh Total:
3
To-do:
-Goku
-Aang
-Father
-The Dragon (from the Paranet Papers)
-Nia Ofumbe
sdfds68:
That actually looks really good. To me at least.
The limitation actually seems appropriate to me, both refresh wise and thematically. Because, well, he does actually spend all of his nights demon hunting. It's easy for him, since they're literally everywhere.
Sanctaphrax:
--- Quote from: sdfds68 on December 21, 2014, 01:27:34 AM ---That actually looks really good. To me at least.
The limitation actually seems appropriate to me, both refresh wise and thematically. Because, well, he does actually spend all of his nights demon hunting. It's easy for him, since they're literally everywhere.
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Glad you like it!
If hunting demons is easy, though, it really shouldn't give him 10 extra Refresh.
That aside, here are some rough notes for the super-characters. Posting them here because it's the easiest place to store them.
Once I'm done these, I think I'm going to retire this thread again.
(click to show/hide)Goku (Deep One)
Kaio-Ken? Mythic Skill? Spirit Bomb?
High Concept: Saiyan Hero
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Epic: Fists
Fantastic:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Martial Artist (Fists):
Powers:
Potent Natural Weaponry [-2] (Fists)
Supernatural Martial Arts [-2] (Enhanced Accuracy, Enhanced Defence, Enhanced Damage, Enhanced Resilience, Distant Strike, Flurry)
Wings [-1]
Large-Scale Attack [-15]?
Long-Distance Teleportation [-4]
Mythic Strength [-6]
Mythic Speed [-6]
Mythic Toughness [-6]
Inhuman Recovery [-2]
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
Aang (Deep One)
High Concept: The Avatar
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects: The Last Airbender, Goofy But Wise
Skills:
Epic: Athletics
Fantastic:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Famous
Powers:
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Wings [-1]?
Incite Potent Physical Selective Mass Effect At Range (Airbending, Firebending, Waterbending, Earthbending) [-9]
Limitation (Avatar state) [+]
Supernatural Speed [-2]
Large-Scale Effect [-]
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
The Dragon (Deep One)
High Concept:
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Epic:
Fantastic:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Powers:
Marked By Power [-1]
Supernatural Sense (Las Vegas) [-3]
Flesh Mask [-1]
Addictive Saliva [-1]
Cloak Of Shadows [-1]
Natural Weaponry [-1]
Blood Drinker [-1]
Strength
Speed
Toughness
Recovery
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
Father (Deep One)
High Concept:
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Epic: Scholarship
Fantastic:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Powers:
Undying [-0]
Mythic Recovery [-6]
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
Nia Ofumbe (Deep One)
High Concept:
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Powers:
Wizard's Constitution [-0]
The Sight [-1]
Soulgaze [-0]
Evocation [-3]
Thaumaturgy [-3]
Superior Psychomancy [-2]
Refinement [-]
Magic:
Evocation (Spirit):
Thaumaturgy:
Foci:
Enchanted Items:
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
Biscuits Oliva (In A Submarine)
High Concept: Strongest Man In America
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects: Condemned Criminal, The Unchained, True Love, An Excellent Hunter, Omnitalented
Skills:
Fantastic: Might, Endurance
Superb: Scholarship, Intimidation
Great: Athletics, Investigation
Good: Presence, Conviction
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Brute Force (Might): May use Might to attack unarmed.
Shrug It Off (Endurance): Can roll Endurance and use the result as armour instead of trying to dodge a physical attack.
Powers:
Natural Weaponry [-1] (Fists)
Mythic Strength [-6]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Mythic Toughness [-6]
Inhuman Recovery [-2]
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:
PS: Biscuits Oliva is a character from a manga I like. Nobody asked for him, but I feel like writing him up.
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