Fated Pair OOC Thread

Anyhow. At some point over the next day or two, IC threads will be going up for each individual character to RP with their advisors and flesh out the game world. Once both of you have your sheets finished, and I finish some behind the scenes mechanical stuff, I'll put up the group IC thread and start the game proper.

I think I gave you enough flexibility for building you mons without doling out inheritance moves.

Awesome, thanks for choosing Kota! I've just returned from vacation but I'll try to get my crunch completed tonight. Looking forward to butting our characters against each other, Goliathus! For the record, I prefer RPing together over going solo most of the time, but I'm not going to fuss if you prefer the opposite.

For future reference, our chosen orders aren't set in stone, right? Like, since Kota is already culturally inclined to repurposing the Regis for constructive uses, he might eventually be persuaded that rehabilitating demons is a worthy cause too?

I'm very accustomed to fluid time in other RP forums, so that works fine for me.

I believe the price for move tutoring and other 'mon improvements was based on the Skill Rank required for the feature you want to make use of?

On a side note, do you guys think this looks too technologically advanced for a Dragon/Steel Latios? Or would it work?

So did you guys not see the IC threads because I haven't linked to them yet? Or have you just not had time to post yet?

In case #1 is the issue, here are the links:

Ida
Kota

Apologies - I actually hand't noticed the IC threads. I bookmarked this thread but didn't see there were new ones. Really wish it was possible to bookmark an entire subforum.

I'm about to go to work, but I'll read through the thread at lunch and get a post tomorrow, along with my finalized character sheet.

I am very sorry to hold up the game, especially to weirdsound(really sorry about wasting your time on the advisors). Since I will have no internet access until the end of the month, I will withdraw myself from the game.

IIIII'M HERE, BOYOS, AKILEIJA RIDES AGAIN POSSIBLY LITERALLY I DON'T KNOW.

On the topic of sorting out Akileija's advisors...I'm having trouble. She looks up to the Questing Blades and Breath of Winter a lot, but she's definitely savvy enough to realize that those she'd associate with as a wandering heroine are very different than the ones she now NEEDS to associate with if politics aren't going to eat her alive.

Question for you: Would it be unlikely to have a slightly different "sect" of the Blue Daughters centered in Cragspur? Established by a nun who singlehandedly defended a school against a horde of enemies (unspecified, legends vary from demons to orcs to rival countries) with nothing more than an iron candlestick and sheer stubborn refusal to lie down and die, they've grown into a slightly more militant sect than most Daughters. They value standing up for the common folk and defending those who can't defend themselves, and venerate Keldeo (as a noble warrior), Suicune (as an unshakable hunter) and upon occasion Articuno (as a guiding regiment). They will occasionally support the activities of the Breath of Winter, acting as a rear guard and a line of defense as the knights move forward. Small in themselves, but VERY closely affiliated with the other Blue Daughters. Basically, think Provost's Guard from the Tortall books with a little more lawfulness.

...This is not me "powergaming," this is me realizing that while Akileija would oh so very much like to call on the knights or the Questing Blades, she's too smart to do so without some political gain, and she knows that the Daughters Militant are gathering surprising momentum among the populace by being the ones willing to chase down petty pickpockets and robbers if you can't find a guard (while the Breath of Winter are often too highborn and locked away in the guardhouse for that) even if they aren't the ones to call for super-dangerous events. Plus, she's known the local Eldest Daughter since she was still at her mother's breast, of course she's going to call for help from the mother-figure her mother really kinda wasn't.

As for the other guilds, I'm going to go with the Guild of Tutelage (the beleaguered representative of which her mother insisted follow her so she didn't make a COMPLETE ass of herself) and the Caravan of Clear Skies (trading was one of the few things she actually wrapped her head around, mostly because it didn't involve her dressing up in constrictive clothes, and she learned enough to know a kingdom with fresh royalty miiight have need of trade agreements). She sympathizes with the Redemptive Reflection, and likes the Questing Blades, but knows enough about both to know that they might not be the most helpful thing in the world. She's also trying to keep on good terms with the Breath of Winter without officially requesting help.

Oh, and as long as I'm updating things, do you want a characterization of Akileija's siblings? Shouldn't be too hard to bang out something simple, I already had some ideas in mind.