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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2014, 05:19:32 PM »

If you make your opponent count as tiny, they're no longer valid for Climb Aboard.

That would work, yes.

I did not think of that.

That's exactly what I wanted :D
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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2014, 05:23:16 PM »

If you make your opponent count as tiny, they're no longer valid for Climb Aboard.

That would work, yes.

I did not think of that.

That's exactly what I wanted :D
Battle tactics are being formed~

I will allow you to sit on my shoulders. >.>

... aside from anything else, I'm fairly certain from the way it's worded, this would Area Divine Shield cover the both of us with no difficulty. :p

Sitting on someone else is fine too, though. :lmao

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #22 on: March 08, 2014, 05:51:57 PM »
I can also make myself Tiny, so this game should be pretty interesting...

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #23 on: March 08, 2014, 06:24:17 PM »
I can also make myself Tiny, so this game should be pretty interesting...
I don't think we're going to have any characters that are big, but will have 1-2 that are tiny, which is definitely a change-up from what is typically seen in games allowing monster classes (remember the giant crab in Heroes Reborn?  :lmao ). In fact, is anyone even going to be larger than medium? This party might be able to pass for semi-normal from a distance.  :p
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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #24 on: March 08, 2014, 06:56:06 PM »
I can also make myself Tiny, so this game should be pretty interesting...
I don't think we're going to have any characters that are big, but will have 1-2 that are tiny, which is definitely a change-up from what is typically seen in games allowing monster classes (remember the giant crab in Heroes Reborn?  :lmao ). In fact, is anyone even going to be larger than medium? This party might be able to pass for semi-normal from a distance.  :p

I apologise for not going with the Tarrasque//Hecatoncheires option. :p

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2014, 06:57:12 PM »
No one can see me from a distance anyway unless they have See Invisibility (so just Steyven and the occasional foe); even True Seeing only extends to 50 feet. :)

I still need to worry about creatures with scent or tremor/blind sense/sight. Tremorsense is less of an issue since I can fly. I could always take Darkstalker as a feat, though I'm unsure if it's worth it for me.

Oh, and if need-be, I can just make myself medium-sized to pass as semi-normal. Except for the whole "having wings" thing. :P

Also, due to his name, I will only ever think of calling him Steyven Universe...

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2014, 07:00:18 PM »
... damn it now I want to use that abomination in something again. :p

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #27 on: March 08, 2014, 07:27:56 PM »
So here's what I gather from the current pre-start relationships:
-Steyven Olara and Nina  know each other beforehand as part of the Desert Ghosts.
-Serafina T'Kenna is a member of the Magedom organization led by the Grand Hight Torch. Dunno what that organization does since the Desert Ghosts are already tasked with burning down stuff that's too tainted, but their lines of work should cross each other and thus the characters have met.
-Bulwark is an ex-member of the Order of Truth, expelled after killing his own companions that became too tainted instead of sending them in suicide runs as per the Order's protocols. He found a new home among the Desert Ghosts that granted him a new identity in return for his services in helping keep Taint in check in the Magedom.
-Tsukiyo drops down to Earth because Taint is running a bit too rampart. She ends

Hhmm, that gives me an idea...

How about the IC starts with a "meeting" of Tsukiyo with the other characters? Lunarians are pretty rare down on Earth, and she has some reputation as a god, so the other characters, as elite agents of their organizations, are sent to attempt to "recruit" Tsukyo to the Magedom's cause. How does it sound for starts? Said meeting happens in an isolated village where there were some rumors of taint spread that had drawn your attention.

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #28 on: March 08, 2014, 07:31:36 PM »
I am fine with this option. Even if it offloads a lot of writing in the first scene to me, I like writing. :p

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #29 on: March 08, 2014, 07:45:30 PM »
Sounds fine to me.

As for the Grand High Torch, if you've got an idea, I'm open to it. The fluff made me think that the majority of people in the Magedom don't actually know if the Desert Ghosts are real (sort of like bogeymen) due to being a "secret order", but that threat of being burnt at the pyre was very real.

Originally, though, my idea was that Serafina had joined the Magedom's forces (possibly the Desert Ghosts, to make organizing our characters easier) but that she sort of made Grand High Torch up as a title for herself that she hopes to make real some day.

"Surrender, Tainted maurauders, before the Grand High Torch! Lay down your arms... all six of them... or be charred by cleansing fire!"

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #30 on: March 08, 2014, 07:52:22 PM »
Sounds great. I had suggested earlier that we might try to contact her as an information source, since she's the god of knowledge (and has the skills to back it up :P ). I thought maybe we were seeking information about a recent increase in the spread of taint (or whatever other plothook you want to throw in there ;) ), and thought she might be able and willing to help. And then maybe she decides to go with us personally, rather than just provide us with info, for her own reasons.

What is Soro's backstory?
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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2014, 08:01:34 PM »
Works for me, I'll fiddle with my backstory some more to make it fit that.

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2014, 02:04:09 PM »
If you make your opponent count as tiny, they're no longer valid for Climb Aboard.
I did not think of that.
I will allow you to sit on my shoulders. >.>
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Said meeting happens in an isolated village where there were some rumors of taint spread that had drawn your attention.
Sure.

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2014, 10:19:37 PM »

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #34 on: March 10, 2014, 07:42:50 PM »
Oh crap... I forgot to put down any anti-taint items, also... Can I also do a quick retcon to pick up a finger of jade? I think that is certainly something a team of anti-taint warriors would do before heading out on a mission...

If not... my character's saves should hopefully hold him over for a couple of days, especially if whoever it was that took the Confessor feat has ever healed me of taint in the past. (And if not... well, we'll be better off next time :P)
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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #35 on: March 10, 2014, 07:46:41 PM »
My items weren't finished anyway. :P

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #36 on: March 10, 2014, 07:56:48 PM »
So, I suppose this should be worked out now: is she, in all senses of the word, a god; or is god being treated as an extension of the 'Lunarians are disturbingly competent' thing? :p

Since by Touhou canon, they're basically the oldest sentient creatures and have a habit of being revered like gods. :lmao

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #37 on: March 10, 2014, 08:33:04 PM »
Oh crap... I forgot to put down any anti-taint items, also... Can I also do a quick retcon to pick up a finger of jade? I think that is certainly something a team of anti-taint warriors would do before heading out on a mission...

If not... my character's saves should hopefully hold him over for a couple of days, especially if whoever it was that took the Confessor feat has ever healed me of taint in the past. (And if not... well, we'll be better off next time :P)
Since my guy has 10 int and 6 wis, maybe he actually wouldn't remember to bring jade...  :P
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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2014, 09:00:06 PM »
Call me an alien... I was probably born on this planet. ;~;

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Re: Purified Halls (ooc talk)
« Reply #39 on: March 10, 2014, 09:05:31 PM »
Calls you an alien.