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Done. I'm wondering, can a mage attempt to enchant armor or weapons at some point via learning a certain amount of skills/levels in skills, spending gold on classes (which are higher priced but allow better and better degrees of enchantments), or assisting the enchanter? I can see this becoming a mostly "chance for extra element hit" system through a gladiator mage, and would have a higher failure/lower gain while costing less money.

For balance, Warriors could forge weapons much the same way (by gold-consuming classes or guiding the forger) and get enchantment-like benifits, and Rangers could make their own ammunition, use the forge, or otherwise to get the same as the other two.

Furthermore, events where an item is won could be a very fun affair- a detailed, highly enchanted weapon of the highest quality adorned with decorations. Metals that aren't commonly used (that have the exact same stats as other metals for ease of use, ha). I'd gladly throw out suggestions for anything, and possibly even having unique weapons or magic rings.

"101 ways to shoplift" and a box of .22s

Totally did not mean to hit quote, but this does give me a chance to throw something out here.

Can mages use/own weapons that aren't staves, but are small such as a dagger? Assuming that they cast through their hands and use a staff as a focus, it should be possible to go focus-less assuming the skill is above a certian level or just at a penalty- I'm not expecting Sanya to be any good with a dagger but it's just... better to me. Character wise.

Also, I have no idea what weapons cost. A simpler guide of starter weapon costs this, metal upgrades are +x, would be very helpful.

Pull out my katana and slash at anything that gets too close.


Draw my katana and get too close.

---CHECKMATE---

Dim blue light filled the darkened operations room, cold air flowing in through noiseless ventilators and large screens displaying data.
A general sat in the middle, with four soldiers in armored suits standing in front of him.

The general spoke up.
"We have a huge problem. Apparently the enemy got the drop on us and took down an entire convoy. Normally we wouldn't sent an armored squad out, but... I'll let the audio log do the talking."

Speakers played static, then a man's voice came through.
"Approaching I7. We'll make it to the drop zone with time to spa-"
An explosion sounded, fairly close by the crackling of the speaker failing to register the full volume.
"Jesus Christ! Convoy Team A taking fire! Teams B and C, respond!"
"TEAMS B AND C, RESPOND!"

Gunfire could be heard along with another explosion.
"I-It's the Death Corps! I'd recognize those all-black frames anywhere! We're done!"
Two more explosions, then static filled the ops room.

"That's why we're sending you, Lynx Squad. You're the only one outfitted well enough to take them down."

The four soldiers saluted, turned, and left the room in unison.

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Moments later four mecha left from the base, each one a brilliant white. They were the last of the Corporation's pilots, the strongest and best outfitted. Each soldier had gone through rigorous training, ready for any conflict to arise.

They had rivals. For instance, the group they were sent out to fight, soldiers of the Felix Foundation. Other companies fought in the war and had pilots ready to stake everything on the line, and it led to the massive war that tore the world to shreds.

Zodiac, the leader of the Lynxes, commanded his troops from within his mecha. All the Lynx were bipedal machines, but no two were alike.

They moved along the ground conserving fuel to their target area, less than 10 minutes away.

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"Look out for anything on scanners, we're in the mission zone. Find, destroy, and salvage from the Death Corps. Mission time is 10 minutes."

The white mechs had barely begun to scan the area when a loud crack echoed through the lightly forested terrain.

"Ahh! Ha... I'm fine. Left arm's got no response. We have a sniper, gonna provide some cover fire..."
Sanya, the specialist of the group built for intel collection and long range assault had already lost a big chunk of her available weaponry with her left arm including an all-important radar, but she still had a missile launcher and rifle. Her missile system scanned the general area the sniper was before firing a barrage of 12 missiles, followed by Sanya dashing forward to attack directly. The rest of the squad dashed ahead in front of Sanya, to assault the unit that attacked.

The missiles seemed to get a lock on a target, as all 12 homed in on the same spot and promptly exploded. Sanya fired off another 12, as the white machines covered ground quickly to reach the now injured sniper...

More warning lights flashed as scanners in the mecha frames went off. Directly behind the Lynx were the other three Death Corps members.

"Shit!" cried out Sanya, narrowly missing the bright flash of an enemy energy sword. She fired upon the group with her rifle as did the others with their weapons, but it was useless. From an entirely different position, the sniper mech fired again, putting a bullet directly through one of the Lynx cockpits. It uselessly tried to eject itself before exploding violently.

Sanya's somewhat slower mech was being hounded by the much faster blade-carrying Death Corps, as the hidden sniper picked away at the remaining units. The leader was fighting back with energy weapons, but one of the Death Corps caught up and delivered a solid blade directly into the side of his mech, stunning it and almost throwing it down to the ground. The Death Corps member followed up with another solid blade driven into the cockpit, as the sniper took out the other Lynx. All that was left was Sanya, who still tried to escape in vain.

The bright blades of the Death Corps soon lit into Sanya's machine, ripping apart the heavy armor and working it's way to the cockpit. Sanya was typing as fast as she could on the console in her mecha, authorizing protocols and the like, before a single screen appeared before her.

"CHECKMATE Y/N"

She hit Y, feeling another blade slash through the core of her mech.

"AUTHORIZATION CODE"

She typed quickly, sure to make no mistakes.

"AUTHORIZATION CODE"
"NIGHTMARE OF NIGHTMARES"

The console blinked as another blade was driven into Sanya's core, as hot metal began to wear away to the onslaught. However, the weapon located in the rear of the core was intact.

"AUTHORIZATION CODE ACCEPTED."
"HAVE A NICE AFTERLIFE AND THANK YOU"

Sanya's mecha exploded, but it wasn't caused by the energy blades. A small nuclear warhead had been affixed to the back of Sanya's core, and she set it off before the Death Corps could eat away her armor.

The nuclear detonation immolated the three blade mecha and the sniper, along with causing major damage to the surrounding area. The base had to be evacuated, but the Corporation had just lost more than their strongest pilots- they also lost their stronger enemies.

I say one entrance that could allow a wagon in without too much trouble. We need a system of full open/closing, like a floodgate or bridge.

I'M DONE YAY

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I want Sanya to fight two wolves and Nikolai to fight a single dire wolf.

I'll be posting two eventually, probably fairly soon. Since this will get edited anyway, can you PM me the system or however you're giving that out? I'm very interested and might make my own tabletop eventually, so resources are nice.