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Name: Tabitha Maria Fulgnis
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Personality: Quick to action, Kind, Caring, Quick to temper. Always up for a party. Suffers from a rare genetic trait that unlocked her magic at a young age. Is super sensitive about it. Trait shows itself in her eyes.
Appearance:



History:
Taken in by the Captain of the Royal Guard at a young age, Tabitha has been trained to operate and repair Mage Knights, the Mechanical legion guarding the fortress city of Esbellern. She quickly ascended the ranks, and quickly became one of 7 knights to be named Mage Knight Lord. She is fierce in battle, having gained renown as a tactician. Her nickname is Twin Lightning due in part her nature with Lightning magic.


Level: 1
Exp: 0/100

Hit:        [-][-][-][-][-]
Shielding:  [-][-][-]

Stats: [Stat cap is 3. 3 points to spend. all skills start at 1]
Physique: 2 +2  [4]
Training: 1     [1]
Mysticism: 3    [3]


Actions: [You get 4. Each action costs dice. More cost means more strength. Passives do not cost dice]

Active
Heavy Cleave- Costs 3 Dice. First hit ignores armor. 1 Turn Refresh.
Lightning Drive- Costs 2 Dice. Each 6 rolled counts as an additional hit. 1 turn Refresh
Warrior's Stance (Sustained)- Costs 1 Dice. When used, Target an ally. Each time that target is attacked, Roll against the Attacker as an attack. Using it again ends it.

Passive
Mage Knight Lord- Grants the knowledge to control [1] Mage Knights. User currently controls:
 -Mage Knight Vulcan, Level 1```

```Equipment: [You get 3]

Name: Jötnar
Description: A Cleaver type sword used by the Mage knight Lord, Tabitha. Blade is Eerily sharp.
Type: Broad Sword
Qualities:
+2 Physique

Name: Steel Plate
Description: Durable metal Armor forged of Metal Plates.
Type: Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Name: Plate metal Shield
Description: A sturdy Metal shield forged from steel.
Type: Shield/Armor
Qualities:
+1 Shielding


Spellbook: [Can have up to {Mysticism} spells starting out. Spells use Leylines (world lines in this system) Leylines refresh once all dice are used up.]

Burn Leyline(Free spell) - Spends 1 Leyline, seemingly does nothing. Using this bars the user from magic, and vice versa.

Chain Lightning - Roll [2] Dice, Damage dealt is Lightning. Leyline 4
Fulgar, Itero, Palatinus

Thunder aura - Gain [1] Static Shielding, which stuns the attacker that breaks it. Leyline 2
Fulgar, Fortis, Aventinus

Name: Mage Knight, Vulcan
Race: Machine Knight
Appearance: a Mechanical Knight powered by Magic.

Level: 1
Does not level up. Needs to be upgraded to advance levels.

Hit:       [-][-][-][-][-][-][-]
Shielding: [-][-][-][-]

Stats:
Phsyique:  3  [5]
Training:  2  [2]
Mysticism: 1  [1]


Actions:

Active
Cross Slash: Cost 2 Dice. Roll 2 Dice, Each hit deals 2 damage to single target. On each 6, deals 2 damage to two targets instead. Refresh 3

Dynamic Thrust: Cost X Dice. Roll X Dice, Each hit deals 1 damage to single target. On each 6, hit ignores shielding. Refresh 1 Turn

Guardian Stance: Cost 1 Dice, Sustained. When Target ally is attacked, Attack instead hit user.

Passive

Guardian Expertise: At start of each turn, recover Shielding granted from equiped Shield.

Equipment: [You get three, typically a weapon, armor, and Accessory or Shield]

Name: Steel Long Sword
Description: A steel sword wielded by Royal Knight and their squires.
Type: Long Sword
Qualities:
+2 Physique

Name: Steel Plate
Description: Durable metal Armor forged of Metal Plates.
Type: Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Name: Steel Shield
Description: A Steel Shield emblazened with the Crest of the Seat of Valkain.
Type: Shield/Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Special Traits:
Magic Powered- If A leyline on this unit is ever burned, The unit shuts down until the leyline is restored.
Mechanical- Magical or Alchemical Effects that heal or harm do not affect this unit.
Repairable- When this unit is knocked out, it must be repaired before it can function again.

1. GM has final say. Please do not argue with me about something petty. It's pretty rude to constantly yell at the GM because something wasn't fair to you.
2. Follow the Bay12 rules. If you want your alone time with a love interest, take it to the Discord. I will make you a channel so no one else has to see it. I will kick you for not following this golden rule.
3. If you start an argument with another player, please take it to PMs. If you don't and I have to get involved, I will kick you.
4. Have fun. Seriously, while this game is grimdark, it doesn't mean you have to be serious all the time. Have fun with the game, laugh and enjoy yourself.

Characters have 3 stats: Physique, Training, and Mysticism.

Physique is the characters prowess in combat. If you use a sword, a bow, a hammer, or even a sharp pointy stick, this is how you deal damage.
Training is your skill in crafting, sneaking, reaction, etc. This is used when the character must make a check on anything outside of combat.
Mysticism is your magical talent. The higher your magic stat, the more connections to the World line you can make.

At the start of combat, each character rolls their Leylines. Players that do not have any spells, do not do this. (they don't need to)
Once a leyline is rolled, they do not get re-rolled until all leylines are used.

After that, each participant in combat rolls Training to determine turn order. Highest roll goes first, with ties going in order of who has the higher total training. If another tie happens, then GM will choose who goes first.

during each turn, a character gets a dice pool equal to their total Physique. a character may use any number of actions until they exhaust their pool. Actions can include using magic (which do not use Combat dice, but instead leylines). when a player runs out of dice or they end their turn, it moves on to the next player. If a character would recover a combat dice after they expend all of their dice, they may use that dice immediately.

A hit on a dice is any roll of 4-6.

Each character starts with 7 Hit blocks (known as hits). When a character reaches 0 Hits, They are rendered unconscious, and a death check is preformed. If the roll is a 1, the character is killed. if the dice is 2-4, they gain an injury which will need to be treated, and a 6 means the character is simply knocked out.

Actions come in two forms: Active and Passive.

Active actions cost dice to use, and typically are used for attacks, buffs, and other sorts of Combat Tricks.
Passive actions do not cost dice, and are always active. Passives range from Shielding regeneration to gaining additional damage die on attacks.

Any number of Active Actions can be used in a turn, so long as you have the combat dice to do so.

Sample actions:
Active
Claw sweep: Cost 1 Dice, Single target. Roll 1 Damage dice. Refresh 1.
Brace: Costs 1 Dice. Gain 1 Shielding for 1 turn.
Heavy Cleave- Costs 3 Dice. First hit ignores armor. 1 Turn Refresh.

Passive
Dragon hide- Recovers 2 Shielding at the start of their turn.
Crafty- Increases Crafting rolls by +1.
Shield Technique- At the start of each turn, user recovers Shield's Shielding.

Level up happens at every increment of 100XP. Yes, you will have to work towards this Typical XP gain from non-boss fights is 25xp while a boss gives between 25xp and 50xp. Certain tests can grant XP based on how hard the test was.

At each level up, characters gain 1 Fate. Fate points can be spent on 1 Hit Block for 1 point or 1 stat point for 2 points.
At every 5th level, a player is granted 1 Action point, to be spent on a new action or a new spell. (note: Actions and spells can be learned outside of leveling up, usually for gold or by finding a teacher.)

Equipment are used to augment your stats, or otherwise give boons to the character. Equipment can be upgraded at a blacksmith, usually for gold or rare materials. Magical artifacts require a legendary smith, and equally legendary materials.

Sample Equipment:

Name: Scholar's Robes
Description: Long, cerulean blue hooded robes.
Type: Armor
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Pitchfork.
Description: This is not a weapon to any but the most desperate combatant. It’s literally a pitchfork.
Type: Weapon
Special Qualities:
+1 Physique

Name: Dagger
Description: A nice stabbing implement for wounds that don't heal well on their own.
Type: weapon
Qualities:
+1 Physique & Training

Name: Steel Plate
Description: Durable metal Armor forged of Metal Plates.
Type: Armor
Qualities:
+2 Shielding

Name: Plate metal Shield
Description: A sturdy Metal shield forged from steel.
Type: Shield/Armor
Qualities:
+1 Shielding

Name: Alchemy Book
Description: A book detailing a variety of recipes and reagents for alchemy and potion brewing.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Training

Name: Burlap Cloak
Description: A raggedy cloak that protects the wearing from harsh winds.
Type: Accessory
Special Qualities:
+1 Shielding against Wind Damage.

Crafting is rather simple, in that, unless its for upgrading equipment, all crafting is done via gold and Training tests.

Resources for the craft are purchased with gold, and add a dice to the dice pool for every 100 Gold spent on the craft. If the character already has some of the materials, he adds 1 dice per material he has. Then, the character doing the craft adds in his Training Dice, and must roll against the difficulty of the craft. Example: Smithy Jim is working on upgrading a Steel Short sword. He has 500 gold to his name for the craft, and a training of 3, and 2 bars of steel. His total dice pool is 10, and the test difficulty is 4.

Magic has 5 schools of magic:
Cantrip
Words of Power
Mutation
Alteration
Metamagic


Each spell is made up of at least 1 cantrip, and 1 other school of magic.

Each school will just contain basics. Anything more exotic will need to either be discovered by the characters, or invented entirely.

Even if two characters make a spell using the same parts, the spells may end up vastly differently. This is because of part placement.

This is basically the magic system in a nutshell. It’s super simple.


Schools and their basics:

Cantrips - Spell parts that determine elemental affinity and damage modifier.
Umbra -  adds the unholy affinity to the spell.
Sanctus - adds the holy affinity to the spell.
Ignis - adds the fire affinity to the spell.
Fulgur - adds the lightning affinity to the spell.
Aqua - adds the water affinity to a spell
Ventus - adds the wind affinity to a spell
Terra - adds the earth affinity to a spell

Words of Power - spell parts that turn the spell vocal, but add amazing effects.
Maximus - increases spell size, doubling the effect of the spell.
Remedium - causes the spell to remove an effect based on the cantrip when used.
Fortis - Cause the spell to fortify resistance against damage or effects based on Cantrip.
Infirmi - Causes the spell to weaken effects or resistance based on cantrip.

Mutation - spell parts that change how a spell operates. . (this school is almost unknown, as few mages and wizards have researched it.)
Animus - turns the spell into a magical construct, usually in the form of an elemental.
Fascinare - Imbues the spell into an object instead of casting.
Transmutare - Warps the spell, causing it to gain or lose spell parts when cast.

Alteration -  spell parts that alter the spell’s behavior.
Fluctus - Causes the spell to weave past the original target, striking a random target instead.
Findo - Causes the spell to split before hitting the target, striking two targets instead, causing it to use up an additional block of mana.
Mora - Causes the spell to disappear temporarily, instead striking later on.
Itero - Causes the spell to repeat after use

Metamagic - Spell parts that increase or decrease the power, scope, or range of a spell. This school of magic is by far the strongest.
Visus - Cause the spell to happen at the target, with little to no travel time. Spell costs an additional mana block in. Causes the spell to ignore shielding and barriers.
Gravitas - Causes the spell to become affected by gravity and have weight to it.
Spectralis - Cause the spell to ignore armor and barriers

Example Healing spell (since I promised one)
Spell parts used: Sanctus  Fasinare Tactio
Lay on Hands: Roll 1 Dice, on hit, restore 1 hit to target. On 6, restore 2 hits to target.

Spell break down: Sanctus infuses Holy into the spell, While Fasinare Infuses the spell into a being, changing the spell into a healing spell. Tactio was included to allow the spell to be touch range, reducing it's cost down 1 mana, since Fasinare increased it by one.

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Level: 1
EXP:  0/100

Hit:       [-][-][-][-][-][-][-]
Shielding:

Stats: [Stat cap is 3. 3 points to spend. all skills start at 1. Format is:  Base  {Total}]
Phsyique:  1  [1]
Training:  1  [1]
Mysticism: 1  [1]

Actions:

Active

Passive


Equipment: [You get three, typically a weapon, armor, and Accessory or Shield]

Spell Parts:

Spell Book: [You get base Mysticism spells starting out.]

Burn Leyline [Leyline Any]: Burn a Leyline. Cannot use magic, nor be used after magic. (Free Spell)