OOC Chat

For out of character discussions.

Hey guys, apologies, but I'm going to have to bow out of this game. Hopefully this gives you enough time to find someone else. Scheduling is tighter than I thought and don't have time at the moment to world build, learn the rules, and do the game justice, esp with you all killing it so far! Swash those buckles, ahoy hoy mateys!

Sorry for not posting recently! I recently lost my job and the job hunt and various interviews (and preparing for them) has totally disrupted my schedule. I expect things will get back to normal in a few weeks, but given the chaos in my life at the moment, I think it best if I drop out of the campaign. My apologies, and I hope I can game with you again in the future!

No worries. Good luck on your job search!

Stunts are finalized and Bailin is ready to go!

I'll wait a couple of more days to see if we pick up a new player. Then I will launch session 1. Sound good?

Sounds great!

Sounds good.

We might have a couple more players joining us, but let's get started and bring them into the action soon after their characters are done.

Hi all!

Thanks to @Redcap for letting me join. Sorry for being late. I guess I probably have to workout/justify the magic I was thinking about for my character. I very much like the way the Session 0 chat was going.

Here's a rough idea of the character I was thinking of. I was originally thinking that she might be a storm/air mage, but I'm happy to go with something else rather than tread on someone's existing character's turf.

Is this visible? Seraphine, the renegade mage.

Air mage is fine, that player dropped for irl reasons.

It looks good, could you add the purpose for your final aspect?

Sounds good. My character is lacking a relationship aspect since that player dropped, but I guess we can leave it blank for the time being.

I'd be happy for my character to have a connection with one of the new PCs though!

For magic, look over the high fantasy magic system from Fate Core.
High Fantasy Magic

You generally roll the most appropriate skill. So shooting to blast someone with lightening, crafts to construct a barrier, rapport to charm someone, etc. If nothing seems appropriate, there is a default skill that gets used instead (typically Lore for a wizard-like character).

Great, If I'm not eating another player's lunch, I'll go with the idea of air/storm magic.
I thought it might be fun to go with a quirky aspect here. I'm always happy to negotiate on aspects or anything else about the character

The basic idea is that there's something about her appearance that just seems to work. Despite her youth, the eyepatch and scar give her a certain flair and gravitas. She looks like she's more experienced than she really is and can blend in with rogues, sailors and mercenaries.

As well as a bold fashion statement, the eyepatch is also a reminder of the painful mutilation inflicted on her by her keepers, where her left eye was replaced by the Eye of the Zephyr, an artifact with magical properties (see stunt All-seeing eye)

Invoke when: when she carries off her appearance with dash and flair

Compel when: when her roguish appearance might inspire suspicion or hostility, or make her memorable when she's trying to blend in.

I liked the eyepatch aspect.

I meant "Raised for a single purpose"

What is the single purpose?

Happy to have a relationship with Elwood.

Possibilities:
- Elwood help her during her immediately after her escape from her cult (that's in the character background now),
- there's a surrogate father-daughter thing going on with them
- Maybe she's become an apprentice of Elwood's
- something else?

Oops sorry I got the order mixed up when answering.

Actually I was changing my mind on that aspect. I was thing it might be a good idea to have an aspect that represented the mysteriousness of her past but also made a reference to the Eye of the Ocean (the magical artifact that replaced her eye).

How about Hidden depths as an aspect?

In many ways Seraphine is a ingenue in the real world. She had isolated and controlled upbringing, with little contact with the outside world. However, she was given very specific training in magic and the most arcane of lore. Also the mysterious Eye of the Ocean gives her access to strange knowlege.

Invoke when: she might know something or have a weird skill from her strange upbringing; ehe Eye of the Ocean might be useful to her.

Compel when: her lack of experience or limited upbringing might be a problem; the magical eye might cause an Inconvenience or problem.

Hi folks! Glad to be here! I'm gonna work on rolling up a character tonight after work if I can! I'll get one up as soon as possible.

The thought that jumps out to me is that Elwood would be fascinated by Seraphine's abilities—since they're meant to be rare in this setting and he's the curious intellectual type. That could probably work as an aspect on his end.

Then on her end, the apprentice angle could work. It could be like a mutual interest in each other's skills. And it doesn't have to be a carpentry apprenticeship either. I gave Elwood a high ranks in Sail and Academics as well, so maybe she's looking to learn about navigation, or she just wants a general education since she likely wouldn't have had one in the cult (now I'm wondering if she's even literate—it all depends on how the cult raised her).