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Fire Emblem on Forums: Rebel Impulse

[Cichol Trailer Theme ~Crossing Field~]

[Lugh Trailer Theme ~database~]

2020. The release of Rebel Impulse, the first VRMMO by new developer Intelli Studios. The premise; a War in Heaven killed the majority of the gods and almost tore apart the world of Hybris, with eight Gods remaining in the ashes. The king of the gods, Nuada, and the remaining gods of the Otherworld and the Land held together the broken world of Hybris, dividing it into eight Shards, at the cost of Nuada's health. With Nuada sealed away in the golden tower of Elphyne, the remaining gods ruled their Shards and now, with the power of Impulse, a new age begins as plots unweave across the myriad Shards of Hybris. Rebel Impulse won best VRMMO at the Game Awards 2020 and 2021, dethroning the former winners Elder Saga and Diabolos Dive. It currently stands as the most popular VRMMO on the planet, and quite possibly one of the best-selling games in history.

2022. The Corinth Detective Agency. A small guild being run out of a run-down office somewhere in Corinth, hub city of Lugh Shard, home to over two hundred thousand Rebel Impulse players and roughly that in Firbolgs, non-player characters. Deep in the city of wind and thunder, two kindred souls work together to never again let the city cry.

The detective; username OnyxJoker, real name Joey, wielder of a black, gunslinging Impulse Gear. Dressed with looks to kill and a mind to become a man harder than stone, but a heart that melts at the sight of a cute kitten, and a poker face that could fool only his own mother. The partner; Maya, a mysterious player from Cethleann, running the books and filtering the cases. Cooler than ice in late December, slicker than fresh paint, sharper than a straight razor. Nobody really understands why they work together, but from their humble office, they solve cases nobody else can. Whispers of the mysterious program CALADBOLG, purported to grant wielders power beyond the average player and even have effects outside of the game, filter through the rumour mill, and reports of the mysterious Aes Sidhe, Firbolgs that can disguise themselves as players, abound.

Seven individuals join them, dragged into intrigue by the mysterious CALADBOLG, blown together by the winds of fortune to solve cases and maybe discover the secrets of Rebel Impulse and the world of Hybris.

Welcome to Fire Emblem on Forums: Rebel Impulse!

Spoiler: Who are you? (click to show/hide)

You are either:
- A player of the hit VRMMO Rebel Impulse, dubbed a Diver, going about their normal business.
- An Aes Sidhe, an NPC in Rebel Impulse who breaks out of their routine to masquerade as a Diver. If you do intend to play an Aes Sidhe, please PM first either on Discord or Bay12 (Discord preferred).
The game takes place on an alternate Earth where, among other differences, VR gaming took off significantly earlier. You will start at First Class for your characters.

(OOC Note: Do not worry about overlap or what best fits the party. I care more about if your character is interesting. Being the sole representative of a class or testing new classes is not a guarantee of getting in. The only stipulation I have is that, for game reasons, all player Divers are based in the same city in reality, which shall remain unspecified.)

Spoiler: Important Data Files (click to show/hide)

Lore of Rebel Impulse - Must Read!
Shards of Hybris - Must Read!
Guilds of Rebel Impulse
Notable Players and Firbolgs
Combat Arts (Rebel Impulse) - Must Read!
Impulse Techs - Must Read!
Spell Trees (Rebel Impulse) - Must Read!
Example Elatha/Morrigan Character Sheet - Must Read!*
*NB: Example Cichol/Lugh and Cethleann/Oghma sheets are to be found below under Joey and Maya's sheets respectively.

Spoiler: Imaging Resources (taken from previous games, purely for illustrative purposes) (click to show/hide)

Cethleann Races (Elf, Goblin, Troll, Spriggan, Merrow)*

Oghma Races: (Puca, Fuath)*

Lugh Impulse Gears:

*_{NB1: Yes I know that's just Benedict and a recolored Pyra from Wonderful Blessing and a recolored Maximus from Solrise Academy. No I don't care, they look close enough to what y'all need anyway. Sue me for not doing too much more work. Or don't. I'm broke you wouldn't get much from me anyway.}
*_{NB2: Yes I know these are just Silence, Kaya and Elma from Solrise Academy. They'll still work for illustrating what a Puca and Fuath are supposed to look like. Roughly. Fuath can theoretically look like other mythological beings, I just chose to pick two angels.}

WWe'll be using Player's Handbook 2.3.2 unless otherwise noted. We will also be using my personal class supplements, which are linked here (for the vast majority of the classes) and here (for Gun-wielding classes) as well as some further supplements, which are explained in the Important Data Files.

Spoiler: Rules Changes (click to show/hide)

- There is no permadeath in Rebel Impulse; downed allies will be incapacitated and unable to participate in the next map after their incapacitation as they must "respawn" at the nearest respawn point.
- Cavaliers may promote into Great Knight. Great Knights have 6 MOV to compensate.
- Lockpicks are no longer items; instead, any class with the Lockpick skill may open doors and chests without keys.
- New formula for Ailment staves: Staff%= Staff Hit + [(User MAG - Target RES) * 3] + (SKL * 2) - (Distance between user and target * 5).
- Characters may choose any starting weapon within the proficiencies of their class. In addition, units that have Staff proficiencies and access to one other Proficiency may select a weapon from that in addition to a Staff. You may start with any weapon of C-rank or below that is not a Devil Weapon, a Siege Weapon or equivalent.
- Stillness, Taunt, and Provoke are not available.
- Savior, in addition to its other effects, gives the user +3 Aid.
- Pirates and Bandits may swap their Axe proficiencies for Fist proficiencies, as can their promotions, Heroes and War Clerics. Fencers and their promotions may use Whips in place of Swords. Troubadours may take Light or Heavy Guns, but Disciples may not use either of the Gun categories.
- Merchants and their promotions, Artificers and their promotions and Wanderers have an additional class skill, Negotiator.
Negotiator: The holder of this skill pays 30% less at shops.
- For every 20% growths put into both STR and MAG, you gain 5% growths to put into other stats. Maturity and other Skills that affect Growths, as well as the First Class and Promoted increase, do not count towards the 20% for this rule.
- Daggers gain +5 Critical across the entire subcategory. Knives gain +2 MT across the entire subcategory.
- This game will be using the Milestone system for EXP; completing objectives or defeating a certain bloc of enemies will gain EXP, instead of gaining EXP per action or per combat.
- Players may pick their own affinities. However, this affinity must match either at least one Spell tree, their Elemental Infusion or the intended element of their Impulse Tech. Anima and Heaven are replaced by Nature and Metal; otherwise, they have the same effect. Do not take this as a chance to abuse this opportunity, as I have right of final veto.

In addition, Threat Attacks, Great Monsters, Press Turns, Talk and Life Points are in play.
- Threat Attacks: Powerful attacks that hit multiple tiles, triggered by attracting the attention of the attacker. Threat Attacks are marked with red squares over the tiles that will be hit and will activate one turn after they are triggered.
- Great Monsters: Monsters that occupy more than one tile, have massive HP counts and have Threat Attacks of their own. They reward large amounts of EXP for defeating them.
- Talk: Certain marked enemies will have the option to be Talked to, which grants the talker items or EXP. If an enemy is made to leave the map through Talk, EXP will be gained as if the enemy was defeated through combat. Some enemies can be Talked to after certain conditions are fulfilled, but enemies that are attacked while Talk is enabled for them will no longer accept being Talked to. Furthermore, certain enemies will be weakened when Talked to.
- Life Points: Certain enemies will have Life Points, which allow them to be healed completely upon being reduced to 0 HP at the cost of that point. Life Point expenditure cancels all Threat Attacks launched by the wielder that have yet to land.
- Press Turns: Certain bosses will have multiple moves per Phase. Depleting a Life Point destroys all of their Press Turns for that Phase and if Talk is used correctly Press Turn points can be reduced.

Spoiler: New Personal Skills (click to show/hide)

 -Aegis (Free): When suffering an attack from Bows, Hidden Weapons, Tomes and Dragonstones, there is a (SKL+LCK)% chance to reduce the damage dealt by half.
-Aegis+/Pavise+ (Cost): When suffering an attack, there is a (SKL+LCK)% chance to reduce the damage dealt by half.
-Desperation (Free): When making an attack or counterattack, if you are < or = 30% HP, you may make any followup attacks after your first attack/counterattack.
-Desperation+ (Cost): When making an attack or counterattack, if you are < or = 40% HP, you may make any followup attacks after your first attack/counterattack, and you gain 15% crit.
-Dragon Ward (Free): When an adjacent ally suffers an attack, there is a (SKL+LCK)% chance, based on your stats, to reduce the damage by half.
-Dragon Ward+ (Cost): When an adjacent ally suffers an attack, there is a (SKL+LCK)% chance, based on your stats, to cancel it out altogether.
-Malady (Free): Extends the duration of buffs, status conditions and debuffs inflicted by one turn. Debuffed enemies deal 2 less damage and allies buffed deal 2 extra damage.
-Pavise (Free): When suffering an attack from Swords, Lances, Axes and Monsters, there is a (SKL+LCK)% chance to reduce the damage by half.
-Rend Heaven (Free): During an attack, you have a (SKL+LCK)% chance to deal damage equal to half your enemy’s STR or MAG stat based on the type of weapon you are wielding. (lf using a physical weapon, calculate with enemy’s Strength. If using a magical weapon, calculate using the enemy’s Magic. Weapons capable of both use the stat that targets the same defensive stat as they do.)
-Trailblazer (Free): Penalties for moving into forest, desert, deep snow, and hills tiles are reduced by 1. No ill effects from Weather are suffered as well.
-Vengeance (Free) – During an attack, you have a (SKL+LCK)% chance to add half of your missing HP to your attack.

Spoiler: New Classes (click to show/hide)

War Cleric
Promotes from Priest / Sister
Requires: Faith Icon
Wields Staves (A/C), Axes (A/C) or Fists (A/C)
Preferred Stats: HP, LUK
Class Skills:
Renewal: The War Cleric gains the Renewal character skill on promotion. If they already had Renewal before, they can pick a different Free skill.
Twin Disciplines: Healing an ally grants the War Cleric +5 AT to their next combat. Attacking an enemy grants +5 HP extra healing to their next heal. The buff from Twin Disciplines must be consumed before another Twin Disciplines buff can be used. A Twin Disciplines-boosted combat does not activate the heal boost of Twin Disciplines and vice versa.
Promotion Bonuses: HP +3, STR +3, MAG +1, SKL +1, LUK +2, DEF +1, RES +1, SPD +0, CON +3, AID +3, MOV 6

Spoiler: Class Changes (click to show/hide)

First Class:
- Bards receive an additional Class Skill, Team Spirit: Allies Performed, buffed or healed by the Bard receive an Energised buff. Energised status grants +2 DMG and +5 Hit/Eva in addition to other buffs and lasts until the end of the next Phase.
- Cavaliers can choose between Swords/Lances and Axes/Lances for weapons.
- Fighter’s “Clear a Path” ability now also applies to Pillars, to Forts, and to any miscellaneous terrains that cost 2 MOV to move into.
- Pegasus Knights may choose between Swords and Lances for proficiencies.
- Shaman’s Ancient Gamble trades 1 SPD for 1.5 MAG (rounding up), instead of 1 SPD for 1 MAG.
- Tactician has Press the Assault’s effective range reduced from 3 to 2. In addition, if promoting into Commander, Tacticians may elect to change their Anima A/C proficiencies for a Sword/Anima D/D pair of proficiencies.
- Troubadour gets a buff on Healing Flow – each turn’s worth of healing is 1/2 the normal healing amount, not 1/3 the normal healing amount.
- Wyvern Knights may choose between Lances and Axes for proficiencies.
- Necromancer's Draw Life now restores an additional 20% MHP in addition to the 20% of total damage it already restores.
- Soldier's Anti-Cavalry activates against Monsters as well as Cavalry.

Promoted Classes:
- Assassin’s Vital Strike is limited to a cap of +25 Crit at maximum.
- Berserker has Berserker Barrage capped at a total of +24 crit from sacrificing DEF/RES.
- Dark Rider’s Life Steal only heals 33% of max HP.
- Dread Fighter’s Element of Surprise also applies on pillars, and any miscellaneous 2-MOV terrain.
- Falcon Rider’s Charge must be declared during the initial attack.
- Illusionist doesn’t get Brilliant Disguise, but instead they get the following ability: Deceptive Dance: The Illusionist can choose to create an illusion and refresh the action of one allied unit within 2 spaces. This doesn’t replace Bolster, which Illusionist does get.
- Nomad Healer gains the supplement's Polymath's Mastery of Transmutation instead of Medicine Man.
- Nomad Trooper’s Master of the Plains activates on any open terrain outdoors.
- Saint’s Splashover can be applied 3 times per map, and Doublebuff only takes 2 QL.
- Shadow Sword’s Marked for Death doesn’t apply to the overall bosses of a level, but can be used on midbosses and other named enemies.
- Swordsmaster has Faster than the Eye capped at +30.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Race (RL): (Aes Sidhe or Human)
Race (RI): (If from Cethleann or Oghma)
Mug: (OPTIONAL. Due to the nature of this game as being far outside the usual setting of a FEF game, you do not need to submit a mug if you do not have the time, skills or resources to make one yourself.)
Shard: (Cichol, Cethleann, Elatha, Lugh, Oghma or Morrigan)
- Impulse: (Dependent on the above)
Guild (if any):
Character Skill:
Affinity:
Personal Fault:
Personal Skills:

Preferred Stats:

Total Level:
Level:

HP: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
MP: 14 (+Level) (If from Oghma/Cethleann)
STR: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
MAG: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
SKL: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
LCK: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
DEF: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
RES: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)
SPD: Base (+Bonus) (Prog%)

Supports:

Inventory:*
Vulnerary (3/3)

Bio:

Impulses:
Impulse Arts (If from Cichol/Lugh):

Impulse Spells (If from Oghma/Cethleann):

Impulse Techs and Impulse Burst (If from Elatha/Morrigan):

*NB: Feel free to fluff your items up as you wish, fitting it with the Shard's aesthetic (i.e. renaming repeaters into assault rifles or having your mounts be motorcycles or unicorns). Keep the original name of the item in parentheses.

Player List:
Guild Head: Joey Garcia/OnyxJoker, Gunslinger -> Desperado
Partner: Maya, Troubadour -> Holy Guard
The Companions:
1. Alexis Demitriou (Chevaleresse), Warden Knight -> Hospitaller
2. Ceiwynn (Wolfhunter107), Wordsmith -> Chronicler
3. Ken Stars/CruXadder (SirAston), Soldier -> Sentinel
4. Matthew Endell/Cynefrith Godeliva (SOLDIER First), Wordsmith -> Chronicler
5. Lyra Delacroix/Ellen Mag (Twinwolf), Artificer -> Mechanist
6. Ben Garrison/L33tNint0 (ctsun), Shinobi
7. J_S_Sasaki (SeriousConcentrate), Buccaneer
8. Cameron Villeneuve/Sgt_Gustave_Noir (IcyTea31), Spellslinger -> Mage Hunter

Dropped:
None.

Graveyard:
None. Probably.

Player Gold: 0 noda

Recruitment will begin today and last about three weeks, ending on the 10th of April with audits to be conducted weekly. The game will begin upon the end of the final map of Wonderful Blessing.
_{We definitely didn't rip off Sword Art Online, Log Horizon, Accel World, Warframe, Avatar, Kamen Rider W, and everything else we totally didn't rip off, no sir. No idea what you're talking about. Nuh uh.}

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Reserved.

[Wolfhunter107]

Spoiler:  Ceiwynn (click to show/hide)

IGN (In-Game Name): Ceiwynn
Name: Ceiwynn
Race (RL): (Aes Sidhe)
Race (RI): (Elf)
Shard: (Cethleann)
- Impulse: Cethleann's Blessing
Guild (if any): None
Character Skill: Wrath (Free)
Affinity: Light
Class: Wordsmith -> Chronicler
Personal Fault: Perfectionist: If Ceiwynn misses an attack, she loses 15 Eva until her next turn
Personal Skills:
Student of Battle: If Ceiwynn is within 3 spaces of 3 enemy units, she gains 10 Crit until her next turn
/ Workaholic: If an ally within 3 spaces is reduced to 0 HP, she gains 2 AS until her next turn
// Mage's Stand: If Ceiwynn is under 50% health, she gains +15 Hit until her next turn                 

Preferred Stats: Luck, Resistance

Total Level: 1
Level: 1

330/330

HP: 20 (70%)
MP: 15 (+1)
STR: 2 (0%)
MAG: 5 (60%)
SKL: 3 (+1) (60%)
LCK: 5 (20%)
DEF: 1 (30%)
RES: 6 (35%)
SPD: 5 (+1) (55%)

CON: 4
AID: 3
MOV: 5

Supports:

Inventory:*
Vulnerary (3/3)
Shine

Bio: By all appearances, Ceiwynn is an average Cethleann player, maybe a little too eager to fit her character into the lore of Rebel Impulse, but competent enough to avoid being dismissed as a hopeless roleplayer. Agreeable and always ready to run a dungeon or go grinding, Ceiwynn isn't part of any guild, instead joining temporary groups as she wishes. Occasionally, she even plays solo. As befitting a roleplayer she's rather bookish, and obsessively seeks out game lore when she has the free time - and sometimes even when she doesn't.

 The bookishness is hardly fake, but Ceiwynn's reluctance to "break character" and discuss the real world is due to a rather different reason: for her, Rebel Impulse is the real world. Ceiwynn was once a Firbolg, hailing from the Elfin Kingdom in Cethleann, where she was an ordinary student at the big mage school in the capital. There, she often interacted often with Divers, and sometimes even joined groups of them in excursions outside the city for "practical experience".

 And then, one day, for no apparent reason, everything changed. The world was no different, but Ceiwynn's perception of it had changed. As if waking from a fog, she began to notice things that she had always overlooked, and question parts of reality that she had never questioned. Maddeningly, only Ceiwynn noticed it; her classmates and teachers swore that nothing was amiss. Needing to know why, Ceiwynn walked out of the school one morning, determined to find answers one way or another.

 It was something resembling a disaster, and Ceiwynn came close to inadvertently revealing herself as an Aes Sidhe on several occasions. But she did come away with an understanding of her situation, if not how or why she had become self-aware. Ceiwynn decided to seek out players-or others like her-who might have a greater understanding of the Aes Sidhe, figuring that somewhere in the morass of rumors there must be someone who actually knew the truth. In the meantime, she would search Hybris itself for clues, growing her level as she bided her time...

Impulse Spells:
Trees: Light, Wind
First Class Spells:
Icarian Smite: WTA vs. Flying, 3 MP
Piercing Gleam: Inflicts -3 DR for 1 turn, 3 MP
Dawn: +2 MT, 6MP

Promoted Spells:
Branding Fire: +2 MT, inflicts Backfire for two turns, 9 MP
Condemnation: +10 Critical against opponents under 50% HP, 9 MP
Guiding Wind: Grants adjacent allies and user +2 AS for 1 turn
 
Ascension Spell:
Grand Radiance: +5 MT, +10 Critical, 9MP

[SeriousConcentrate]

Here's my character.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: J_S_Sasaki
Race (RL): Human
Race (RI): Human
Mug:
Sprite:
Shard: Oghma
Impulse: Customised Magigadgetry
Guild (if any): Sort of Fight Club, but aiming to join The Warriors
Affinity: Dark
Class: Buccaneer
Character Skill: Maturity
Personal Fault: Poor Peripheral Vision: For each occupied space within the eight spaces around Sasaki, he loses 5 DG.
Personal Skill: Issue The Challenge: If Sasaki is not adjacent to an allied unit, +10 Crit
Personal Skill: Wind Sways The Wisteria: When Sasaki is over 50% HP, +15 EVA
Personal Skill: Take One Last Deep Breath: If Sasaki lands a critical hit, he recovers +5 HP

Preferred Stats: SKL, SPD
Weapon profs: Light Gun (D), Sword (D)

Special: -

Class Skills:
Daring Rush: The Buccaneer gains +1 AS and +2 DMG for every enemy within two spaces, up to 5 enemies for a total of +5 AS and +10 DMG.

Total Level: 1
Level: 1 390/390

HP: 20 (45%)
MP: 14 (+Level)
STR: 3 (+1) (65%)
MAG: 4 (65%)
SKL: 5 (60%)
LCK: 5 (+1) (60%)
DEF: 1 (15%)
RES: 1 (15%)
SPD: 5 (+2) (65%)

CON: 7
AID: 6
MOV: 5

Supports:

Inventory:
Name                              | Type ( ) | Rng | Wt | Mt | Hit | Cr | Ql
Katana & Flintlock (Viper)   | GnBl (E) | 1-2 | 7  | 4  | 75  | 10 | 35/35
+2 AS when equipped
Vulnerary (3/3)

Bio: Very little is known about the player of J_S_Sasaki, save that his accent suggests he used to live in the American Midwest, very likely Wyoming or Nebraska. He's clearly a younger fellow, possibly between 18 and 25, and apparently has a lot of free time to play which suggests he is independently wealthy. As a player, he's currently in the top 150 of the PvP charts despite being fairly new (his account was created only three months ago) which leads some to believe it's a smurf account despite the fact his voice and personality doesn't match that of any of the top players. He also tries to stay 'in character' as much as possible.

And what is that character? That of an old school ronin from Le Corbeau mixed with somewhat eclectic modern tastes. He often writes haiku, rhyming it when possible (and finishing it with J S Sasaki when he clearly can't think of a third line - or, more rarely, when it's appropriate), and seeks to be the strongest in the game. He is clearly a bit of a weeb judging from his character customization and his 'backstory', as well as his penchant for challenging other players to duels. He especially enjoys seeking out the most scenic locations in the various shards and fighting people there, and has many aesthetic screenshots available to view on his profile.

As for his goals, he's stated in the past his desire to join The Warriors and become the strongest member of the guild, as well as become the top rated PvP player. He also wants to defeat RainMaker on stream at a specific location: the shallow basin of the waterfall in the wisteria jungle in Cethleann. He's waiting until he has raised enough ranks to be a worthy opponent before issuing the challenge, however.

Impulse Spells:
Trees: Water, Dark

First Class Spells:
Smoke Bomb Ambush (Wave Form): +10 EVA during combat, 3 MP
Shuriken (Water Whip): Targets RES instead of DEF, 6 MP
Kunai (Maelstrom): +2 MT, 6 MP

Promoted Spells:
Flash Step Strike (Condemnation): +10 Crit against enemies suffering negative effects, 9 MP
Poison Mist Spit (Punishment): Inflicts Poison and Sick for 2 turns, 9 MP
AP Bullet (Dark Void): Ignores 5 points of defensive stats, 9 MP

Ascension Spell: Kamaitachi: +5 MT, +10 Crit, 9 MP

[SirAston]

Bio is WIP

"The stench of poison runs through the shards, and their only cure is someone spitting venom."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ken Stars (CruXadder)
Class: Soldier -> Sentinel
Race (RL & RI): Human
Shard: Cichol
- Impulse: Weapon Skills
Guild: Struggling to find enough petitions to create and lead "Nehushtan"
Character Skill: Vantage+
Affinity: Wind
Personal Fault: Lure In Prey - While at or above 90% HP, CruXadder's Dodge always equals 0.
Personal Skills:
Hissing Metal - After missing an attack, CruXadder gains +2 DMG until he hits. Can stack twice.
Effigy of Serpents - If the opponent is at or below 50% HP, CruXadder gains +15 Hit.
//Constrict and Devour - While Vantage+ is active, if his non-follow up attack or counter-attack hits, his follow-up attacks in the same combat have +10 Crit.

Preferred Stats: Skill, Defense

Weapon Preferences: Piercing (C), Lance (D) [Reflavored as Kanabo and Club respectively]

Total Level: 1
Level: 1

HP: 24 (+0) (70%)
STR: 6 (+1) (55%)
MAG: 0 (+0) ( 0%)
SKL: 7 (+2) (60%)
LCK: 1 (+0) (25%)
DEF: 5 (+0) (25%)
RES: 0 (+0) (15%)
SPD: 5 (+1) (55%)
CON: 8
AID: 7
MOV: 5

Inventory:
Iron Kanabo (Iron Lance)
Vulnerary (3/3)

Bio: Ken Stars, the average student. Ken Stars, the average office worker. But in the evening hours, he becomes many things: Under the name "Adishesha", he becomes Malsim in the Fighting Street franchise and Jacquel Brent in the Virtua Brawler franchise. Under the name "Jormungandr", he dominated local Skullgals and Splash Brothers tournaments. Ken Stars, a skillful and eager fighting game player dreaming of becoming a professional and making big bucks while chasing after the world titles. His dream will never be fulfilled, for he was good, great even, but just shy of being exceptional. He never got scouted, and his tendency to smacktalk people online gave him a bad reputation in various online forums dedicated to his beloved fighting games. A bad rep without much flavor and style, even as a villain he wasn't suitable for the top 1% of the fighting game community.

After he got banned from a forum as a result of his badmouthing having gone especially rough, Ken put down his controller and began some soul-searching. He can be an ass, but he also doesn't want to add the hole to that. His eagerness has become bitterness as he attempted to force his dream upon others. Ken needed an outlet. And after a few days of thinking and reducing his overall time spent in fighting games, he came to a conclusion: He is unable to put down his competitive streak, he cannot pretend to be a guy who can play cooperative games all the time and be happy about that. He must know his place in the world, where exactly he stands, and who is better than him and who is not.

Obviously, fighting games were not a long-term solution, after all, he know he needed to get his attitude under control. Yet, he yearns for competition. He found his solution: Entering the world of MMO PvPs.

Building up a new identity as "Mushussu", Ken spent the remaining year on a popular MMO at the time, ultimatively becoming the leader of the guild "CruXadder" and placing in the top 10 of PvP-centric guilds. To stay competitive, he embraced becoming a leader for the guild, for teams and for raids, learning how to combine his competitiveness with the need to coordinate and be trusted. The inner circle of the guild became good friends outside the game and when he opened up about his alternative names, two recognized them and ultimatively became close friends. One even lived in the same city as his, leading to an offline friendship filled with joy and countless hours of playing various fighting games together.

When Rebel Impulse arrived and became the smash hit of the year almost instantly, Ken instinctively knew that this game will be the ultimate competition for him. New challengers, new people to find for a guild, new online acquaintances to share stories with. It would be his personal test to become part of the top 1% PvP players in that new kind of MMO, and once he has achieved it, he promised to himself that he will chase after his old dream once more, for real this time. While he stayed in the old guild and sometimes goes online there for old times' sake, he informed his guild members about him joining the Rebel Impulse hype and transferred leader- and ownership to his offline friend.

Using the old guild's name as his player name because all the good snake mythology names were already taken, Ken enters a new battlefield, one unlike all the others.

Impulse Arts:

• Tempest Kanabo (Tempest Lance)
• Iron Judgment
• Sonic Strike (Sonic Slash)
• Kanabo Jab (Lance Jab)
• Swift Strikes
• Primal Force
• ABSOLUTE SKILL:

[IcyTea31]

Spoiler: Gustave Noir (click to show/hide)

IGN (In-Game Name): Sgt_Gustave_Noir
Real Name: Cameron Villeneuve
Race (RL): Human
Shard: Morrigan
Guild: Task Force Hrimfaxi
Impulse: Echelon Combat Kit
Affinity: Dark
Class: Spellslinger -> Mage Hunter
Character Skill: Luna: On hit, Skill% chance to ignore half of enemy's defensive stat.
Personal Fault: Melodrama: While under 50% of his maximum HP, Gustave cannot perform critical hits. // Acting as though hit point loss was actual wounds might not be tactically sound, but it makes for a great source of drama. And of annoyance from teammates.
Personal Skill: Edgelord: While not adjacent to an ally, Gustave has +10 Hit and Eva. // Even if the game is all about teamwork, Gustave insists on working alone due to "traumatic past events".
\ Personal Skill: Obscure Stealth Mechanics: If an enemy initiates combat against Gustave at range 2, he gains +2 DEF/RES until the end of his next turn. // Cameron has memorized every stealth mechanic in the game and how to use them to mess with the AI, even in open combat.
\\ Personal Skill: "Traumatic Past Events": When a supported ally is attacked in the enemy phase, Gustave gains a point of Impulse Gauge. // Both despite and due to his edginess, Gustave truly appreciates his friends and wouldn't allow them to come to harm, "again".
 
Preferred stats: SKL, MAG
Weapon profs: Light Gun (D), Dark (D)

Class Skill:
Elemental Shot:
The Spellslinger may spend 1 QL from both a tome and a gun to enhance their attack. This new attack counts as whatever Tome was used for WTA and effectiveness, and targets the lower of RES or DEF.

Level: 1
 
Base Stats: (335/335%)
HP: 18 (60%)
STR: 0 (0%)
MAG: 4 (65%)
SKL: 4 (60%)
LCK: 2+1 (20%)
DEF: 1+2 (20%)
RES: 3 (45%)
SPD: 5 (65%)
 
CON: 6+1
AID: 5(+1)
MOV: 5
 
Inventory:

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Name                  | Type ( ) | Rng | Wt | Mt | Hit | Cr | Ql
Tranq Round (Eclipse) | Anct (D) | 1-2 | 10 | 6  | 65  | 0  | 35/35
Inflicts Sleep for 1 turn
Vulnerary (3/3)
Battle Stats:
Name: Eclipse
AT: 10
Hit: 74
AS: 3
Eva: 9
Crit: 2
DG: 3
 
Bio: Let it never be said that Cameron Villeneuve doesn't finish what he starts. A literature student and casual gamer originally from Canada, he first started playing Rebel Impulse under pressure from his friends. They wanted him to just be an extra body to help with a few boss fights, so he made his incredibly-edgy character mostly as a joke. He'd planned to roleplay shell-shock and laugh about it afterwards. But the game was far more engaging than he expected, and soon he found himself not only playing it with his real-life friends, but alone as well. He especially enjoyed soloing dungeons through extensive abuse of stealth, even pioneering a few techniques. A few times, other players caught him doing this, and as an inside joke, he never dropped the edgelord act, giving him a small reputation as a quirky but skilled player. Eventually, he decided that it shouldn't be entirely just a joke, and that Gustave should work as a serious character as well, so he set out to write his backstory.

17 pages of repeated trust, betrayal, loss and melodrama later, Gustave was in a strange superposition of a serious character and a too-silly-to-take-seriously character. But most importantly, he was enough of a character that Cameron could play him across the board, rather than simply throw edgy lines here and there. The dark backstory worked. While playing, Cameron became "Sergeant Gustave Noir", not just "Cameron being an edgelord". He pushed the roleplaying even further, refusing to address the real world while in-character, and though this was a great way for him to wind down after a long day, it annoyed his real-life friends to the point that they quietly stopped inviting him to raids. Cameron didn't even mind, they'd still be amicable in the real world, but he was even a little sad that the "casuals" didn't push things as far as he did. But then he found about Task Force Hrimfaxi.

He applied to join, and his reputation preceded him: they accepted him immediately. Since then, life has been great for both Cameron and Gustave. With a few tweaks to his backstory, Gustave now has a long history with the task force, and going out on "operations" is what Cameron most does in his free time. As a player, he still needs practice in playing with a group, but extensive solo play has given him a commendable skillset. After all, you can't roleplay a badass lone wolf without actually being one.

Impulse Techs:
Minor Impulse Tech: Short-Range Teleporter [Impersonal Ambush]: Targeting an enemy at weapon range, Gustave moves to the opposite space behind them, then initiates combat with them. [2 QL] // Calling your opponent "kid" while using this tech is optional, but encouraged.

Minor Impulse Tech: Electromagnetic Barrel Extension [Hypervelocity Coil]: Gustave's next combat gains WTA vs. Armored. [2 QL] // Sure, it makes the gun louder and less stealthy. But an elite mook taking a headshot and surviving to call for help is even less so.

Major Impulse Tech: Fated Rifling [Swerving Round]: Gustave's next combat gains +3 MT and ignores the enemy's defensive terrain bonuses. [1 turn CD] // Waving your gun in an arc shouldn't make the bullet curve in the air. E pur si curvare.

Impulse Burst: Field Order [High Noon Stratagem]: On the next player phase, Gustave and allies within 3 spaces gain +20 Crit. [Full Gauge] // A distant clock tower tolls for Gustave's enemies' doom. On the twelfth bell, his and his allies' weapons snap to aim at enemies' weakspots.

Mug coming later.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Preliminary Review 1
We'll review the sheets we have here. Sadly, it's not as many as I'd like; if you are somehow reading this, please do consider throwing a hat into the ring. We'll be doing another review next week.

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The 5% extra growth only applies if you place at least 20% in both STR and MAG; it's intended to boost hybrid builds. Fix your growths as appropriate. Do also finish your bio.

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Only thing I will insist upon is that every player lives in the same unnamed city. Otherwise, this is fine.

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Need a bio.

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Need a bio and your Impulse stuff.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Oh, sure, I don't mind that. I changed the wording a little bit; is that better?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Oh, sure, I don't mind that. I changed the wording a little bit; is that better?

yis gud

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Recruitment is temporarily halted for the moment. I will be reviving this thread later when we can get more players. In the mean time, keep an eye out for announcements on the Discord. The thread will remain up for people to go over lore and the like and will be returned to when we actually resume recruitment.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Recruitment is no longer halted. We will be aiming to start this game in the week starting the 10th of April.

[SOLDIER First]

Spoiler: Let the world around you inspire you to reach ever greater heights. (click to show/hide)

psych this is a friggin’ google docs link get owned

[Chevaleresse]

"What do I believe in? The strong protecting the weak."

Spoiler: Luminous Errant (click to show/hide)

Name: Alexis Demitriou
Race (RL): Aes Sidhe
Race (RI): Pixie
Class: Warden Knight -> Hospitaller
Shard: Cethleann
- Impulse: Cethleann's Blessing
Guild (if any): Formerly Crimson Legion
Character Skill: Guard
Affinity: Light
Personal Flaw: Nothing But Silence Will Remain: Alexis receives halved healing from allies.
Personal Skill: Holding the Ground: +2 DR while at 50% HP or less.
Personal Skill: The Reaper Must Wait: +2 MAG until the end of the
 next Player Phase if an ally is downed within 3 spaces.
Preferred Stats: DEF, MAG
Weapon profs: Axe (D), Staff (D)

Special: Armored

Total Level: 1
Level: 1


HP: 20 (+Bonus) (60%)
MP: 14 (+Level)
STR: 3 (50%)
MAG: 2 (50%)
SKL: 3 (35%)
LCK: 1 (+2) (30%)
DEF: 7 (45%)
RES: 5 (55%)
SPD: 2 (+2) (20%)

Supports:

Inventory:*

Vulnerary (3/3)


Bio: Alexis was a rather unremarkable healer-in-training at the grand halls of Meduseld, going about her daily routine of training, prayer, study, and more training under the watchful tutelage of her mentor. Around halfway through her progress toward graduation, however, rumors began to arise that said mentor, one Corraidhin, was not a defender of the realm at all, but working with the Returners. While Alexis herself was free of suspicion, her mentor was surrounded with more and more accusation. The stress and strain of trying to defend his name on her own terms pushed her to adapt further and further until the man's disappearance pulled her over the edge, breaking the chains of her routine and worldview as she sought a way to explain and respond to this turn of events.


Now, Alexis is wandering, attempting to garner information and strength, to the end of uncovering the truth behind Corraidhin's disappearance. Rogue players, other Aes Sidhe, or even the gods; she seeks to determine which of them is responsible and why, no matter the cost to herself. She left her training and the Legion behind, severing ties with her past save the thread that had been cut for her.


Impulses:
Trees: Earth, Light
Impulse Spells:
First Class:

• Jade Barrier: Increases user’s DR by 3 for 1 turn, 3 MP
• Piercing Gleam: Inflicts -3 DR for 1 turn, 3 MP
• Stalagmite: WTA vs. Flying, 3 MP

Promoted Class:

• Meteor Strike: +2 MT, +1 range, 9 MP
• Protection Light: Increases user's DR by 3 for 2 turns, 9 MP
• Elphyne's Law: +4 MT, 9 MP

Ascension Spell: Radiant Aegis (Light): Heals self and adjacent allies for MAG/2, 9 MP

[Twinwolf]

"Discovery, intrigue, adventure? Sign me right up~!"

Spoiler: Ellen Mag (click to show/hide)

Name (RL): Lyra Delacroix
Name (RI): Ellen Mag
Race (RL): Human
Race (RI): Puca
Shard: Oghma
- Impulse: Customised Magigadgetry
Guild (if any): Doesn’t really have one? Not so much a loner as focused on her own stuff.
Character Skill: Ignis
Affinity: Earth
Class: Artificer > Mechanist
Personal Fault: Distraction: When there are three enemies within three spaces of Ellen, -10 crit chance.
Personal Skills:
P1: Explorer: When fighting in evasion-boosting terrain, +10 hit/eva
P2: MagiTech Charge: When using a different type of attack to the previous strike (physical > magical or magical > physical), +10% Ignis trigger chance.

Preferred Stats: Def, Mag
Proficiencies: Axe(D), Anima(D)

Total Level:
Level:

335%
+10

HP: 20 (60%)
MP: 14 (+Level)
STR: 6 (50%)
MAG: 5(+1) (50%)
SKL: 3(+1) (50%)
LCK: 2(+1) (50%)
DEF: 3 (15%)
RES: 4 (15%)
SPD: 4(+1) (55%)

CON: 11
AID: 10
MOV: 5

Supports: N/A

Inventory:*
Duranium Charge Axe (Iron Axe)
Vulnerary (3/3)

Impulses:
Impulse Spells (If from Oghma/Cethleann):
Trees: Metal, Thunder
Spear Wall (WTA v. Mounted, 3MP)
Gyro Strike (+2 MT, 6MP)
Serration (Targets RES not DEF, 6MP)

Bio:

Lyra Delacroix is a dreadfully bored young woman. Her family is well off - and that puts it… pretty lightly. She wants for nothing, always having the funds for whatever new gadget or book or tool she wants. But she’s also a very sheltered young woman; her parents, paranoid after a previous child died young, have barely let her do anything even after turning 18 and now going on 19. A gilded cage is still a cage.

Rebel Impulse is one of those few ways to see beyond the bars of that cage. In the form of “Ellen Mag”, she gets to see a whole world, to do things and make things without being held back by her parents - a way to feel like she’s actually getting to experience life. Her coddled upbringing is the driving force of her desire to explore every little nook and cranny of the world and it’s systems; honestly, it’s maybe a bit of a concerning obsession. Ellen Mag’s personally-drawn maps (rather than using the game auto-mapper) are of some minor note in the community.

[ctsun]

Spoiler: "Yo d4wgs, it's ya boi Ninto here. Today, we're gonna...ugh, hold that thought. Here come some real uglies. Gonna catch ya later, dawgs. Dattebayo!" (click to show/hide)

IGN (In-Game Name): L33tNint0 (Ninto)
Real Name: Ben Garrison
Race (RL): Human
Shard: Elatha
Impulse: Elemental Style (Thunderstrike Style)
Affinity: Thunder
Class: Shinobi

Guild (if any): Ring of Honor-aligned but mostly indie
Character Skill: Wrath+
Personal Fault: Not so l33t after all: When less than 50% HP, -10 to Crit Evade.
Personal Skills: n0t 50 f457 n00b: +10 to Crit against enemies with lower skill.
L33t 834t5: +10 to Hit and Evade every even turn.

Preferred stats: Skill, Resistance
Weapon profs: Hidden (D), Anima (D)

Class Skills:
Snake Venom:
After battle with a Shinobi, the opponent loses a further STR or MAG (dependent on the
user's weapon)/2-enemy CON HP. This skill cannot kill the target and always does 1
damage unless the enemy is immune to Snake Venom. Enemies immune to poison and other
negative statuses do not have Snake Venom activate on them. Snake Venom only activates
on a combat initiated by a Shinobi and only once per Phase.

Total Level: 1
Level: 1
 
 300 +10
 
Base Stats:
HP: 17 (50%)
STR: 4 (+2) (40%)
MAG: 4 (+2) (40%)
SKL: 5 (50%)
LCK: 3 (10%)
DEF: 1 (20%)
RES: 1 (40%)
SPD: 5 (60%)
 
CON: 7
AID: 6
MOV: 6
 
Inventory:
Name           | Type ( ) | Rng | Wt | Mt | Hit | Cr | Ql
Iron Knife       | Knife (E) | 1-2 | 5 | 6  | 80  | 0  | 40/40

Impulse Techs:
Minor Impulse Tech: Thunderstrike Style [Power Up]: Ninto's next attack occurs at 2x the usual AS. [2 QL]

Minor Impulse Tech: Thunderstrike Style [High Voltage]: Double the Critical rate of Ninto's next attack. [2 QL]

Major Impulse Tech: Thunderstrike Style [Razor's Edge]: +3 MT, Ninto may teleport one square closer to the enemy before the attack. [1 Turn CD]

Impulse Burst: Lightning Flash [Thunderstruck]: Double Ninto's Crit before this attack. This attack does not double. Deals 50% more damage if Ninto would have otherwise doubled. Paralyze the enemy and all other enemies adjacent to the targetted enemy for 1 turn after this burst. [Full Gauge]

Bio: A fairly young player from the face of things, judging by his propensity to fall into what he terms 'L33t5p34k' but has nonetheless proven to be a fairly active player. His best claim to fame is hosting what he terms a 'stream', where by he apparently aims to show off the limits of the game to as many as possible. The size of said 'stream' is unknown but what is known is that Ninto, as he calls himself, has a propensity for sniffing out the barest of rumours and diving headfirst into the most bone-headed of stunts, simply to prove that they are possible.

Boisterous but easy-going. His self-stated goals are just to have fun and have an excellent time. His in-game persona is seemingly based on a ninja, complete with half-joking references to naruto-esque jutsus, but he falls in and out of character so often that it is simply hard to tell where his real-life persona ends and his in-game character begins. Claims to have many friends within the 'Ring of Honor' guild and shares many of their values, having been on record to claim that 'PK's are not l33t' but currently is very much unengaged with the larger guilds, claiming prefer 'soloing' a lot more.

What the future awaits is unknown but Ninto will try to 'stream' as much of it as possible!