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The Snake's Hand

As the last light of day slowly shrinks beneath the horizon, the five weary newcomers enter through the small bar's only door. The barkeep gives them a brief smile before returning to his duties. In the back corner, just by the warm glow of the fireplace, the bar's only patrons await them. A man possibly in his late fifties, with black hair, the early signs of gray setting in, well built, wearing a wolf's skin cloak. A knight with gleaming white armour, a massive claymore attached to his back. A woman wreathed in black cloth, a bow strapped across her chest. A red-haired dwarf, furiously tinkering with a gun-like contraption. And a young girl, presumably in her twenties, constantly writing in a leather-bound tome.

The oldest man addresses the new-comers. "Only five?" His voice is deep, though not as rough as one might assume upon first glance. "I had hoped for at least a few more. Luna, fetch us some drinks m'dear." The girl with the book immediately leaps to her feet and heads for the bar. "My name is Alistair Wolff. 39th Grandmaster of the Phari. These are my colleagues, Captain Ceres Branwick." The knight nods. "Journeyman Rina Farrah" The woman with the bow bows, "Balous Longtooth, our blacksmith." He gestures to the dwarf. "And Luna Perdin, our scribe is the girl who just went to fetch us drinks."

"When the White towers fell, us four came here. Samuel, the owner, is an old friend. He's allowed us to use the rooms upstairs in return for a small fee." He glances around the room. "But I am not familiar with any of you. Please, introduce yourselves." Luna returns with 7 mugs of beer. Without even looking, Balous down one of them.

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Name: Type-FreQuency "Nineball"| Age: 24 | Gender: Presumed Male. | Race: Warforged (Modernized.)

Appearance: Does four arms count as a power? Cause that's the case with them.

Powers: He has the standard racial traits of a Warforged, enhanced strength and ease of repair. Besides that, he can easily mend infused or non-infused items into his body, able to take the properties of it as well.

(Magic infused items can enhance his body or weapons.)

Immune to his own current.

Enhanced reflexes: Pretty much obvious, he reacts quite quickly, which was necessary for his previous occupation.

3 different types of vision: FLIR, Scan and X-Ray. Scanning allows a general readout on a subject as well as some structural data/history on it. (Not people's history, rather object history.) The scan function is artifact based. Only the scan is actually magic.

Enhanced durability: Compared to living things that aren't using armor or magic.

Bio: FreQuency, like most other Warforged, was made for combat to an extent. In specific, they were made for deterring crime for the most part, killing if absolutely necessary. Now, their creator didn't originally make them for that, they were originally planned to be a bodyguard. This was until Shadowscythe had risen of course. Oddly enough, FreQuency's creator didn't disappear at all.

She had just changed her mind, as she noticed the massive spike in disorder among the populace within the first year. Rogues and Thieves ran rampant in her area of town, so she figured it'd be best to talk to the mayor for permission to put FreQuency into action. He agreed, letting FreQuency be in charge of riot control, crime investigation or guarding important people that were passing by. Unfortunately FreQuency's creator went missing around this time, causing him to resign from his job in order to search for her. He figured that he might be able to get answers if he were to help the Phari.

Inventory: Shock gauntlets/"EG-201"(Capable of Taser stun to frying if necessary), Shock greaves/boots "EG/B-202", Arc Gun "ECR-01". (Has a limited range of 90 meters, sends electricity downrange. Can stun or fry. By fry, I mean think Arc Cannon from Titanfall. Might cause issues for those with weak hearts or pacemakers, as with the other weapons.) Not much else, a bag for carrying excess things. Pretty large bag, typically slung across his back.

Notes: Hello. Nothing to see here, carry on.

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Reno | 21 | Male | Human

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Powers

Projection: Reno can circle through all items stored in his pocket dimension.

Transmission: While focused during battle, Reno can shift a couple of metres away from his current position instantaneously as a reflex ability to dodge the otherwise inevitable attack. He can also utilize this ability to teleport instantly to the current location of the last thrown weapon that he used.

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Bio

Reno was born son to the imperial court of her majesty, Natalie Sivis the 3rd. His parents, both high ranking members of the imperial guard, raised him within the fonts of the royalty that they were serving. Reno lived as a little prince until the age of twelve, much like any other kid whose parents enjoyed elevated priviledges behind the walls of Castle Sivis. He was taught, among other things, four different languages, swordplay and martial arts, as well as magic casting and weaving.

At the age of twelve, young Reno found himself enlisted under the military academy of the imperial army. There, he would train and specialize into utilizing teleportation magic to beat his enemies by outmaneuvering them, and bruising them without being expected to attack. His paced fate would continue being weaved by others but himself for six more years, until the day of his graduation came as soon as Reno turned eighteen. The rewards that he sweeped were a masterfully crafted version of the weapon on which he focused during his training (glaive, lance and dagger), and a magic crystal - key to a personal sub dimension from where an entire arsenal of tools and weapons could be accessed instantaneously.

After graduation, class assignments followed. Mercenaries to the throne, all graduates were expected to serve willingfully and sacrifice their own lives to save the crown. Reno's team of five was originally sent to investigate the farthest reaches of the known world, a place of elvish mystery known as Arelia Isles, from which incoming reports acknowledged a looming catastrophe. The unfortunate team ran into trouble as soon as they made it outside of the safety of the human kingdom - surprised by an unprecedented attack from lackeys of Marchosias. The inexperienced team was shredded from the diabolical forces, leaving only a wounded Reno to be spared.

On that day, Reno managed to crawl an impressive one kilometre to the nearest outpost in those wrecked lands. There he was offered help, having been recognized as a member of the imperial army. Mending his damaged body tolled one year of his lifetime, however Reno's vandalized prestige didn't let him retreat to the safety of the inner kingdom. He was bound to complete his quest, no matter what. He spent the following year traversing the plane of existance on his own, searching for a way to reach the faraway lands of Arelia.

Deserted, broken, abandoned and traumatized, Reno has lived a life more fitting to a slave than an individual born in royalty. But there was no room for narcissism in such dark times. And after that year, Reno managed to make it to the land for which he had been searching for over two years.

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Inventory

Arcane Necklace. The crystal embedded within vibrates at a key frequency that allows Reno to access his pocket dimension. Within that dimension, Reno has currently stored:

-Moonshard

Reno's most praised possession, this specialized weapon has been forged from pure mithril. The legendary material grants the weapon unmatched durability and ensures that the blades do never turn blunt. The weapon serves as both a glaive if the primary side is used, and a thrown lance that Reno can use to utilize his Transmission ability.

-Lycata

A solid eight inch (~25cm) dagger of reinforced steel. The blade has been silvered in order to make the weapon more effective against shapeshifters and other targets that pose weakness to the metal. Lycata does also carry the thrown property of Reno's Transmission technique.

-Amigo

An ambidextrous handgun that fires 10mm rounds from a 20-round magazine. A reliable countermeasure against more vulnerable targets, and also a method to pick up lightly armoured combatants from a couple hundred metres afar.

-Ordinatus

The Ordinatus is no ordinary gun. This pistol sized monstrosity fires enormous 21mm rounds from an over-and-under barrel setup, with a maximum effective range of 600 metres. Within his pocket dimension, Reno carries four different types of rounds to fire; High Explosive, Armor Piercing, Incendiary Rounds, and the savage 21mm Sharks, which can be fired from double the range of the normal weapon effectiveness and hovers automatically to any targets that the round locks in mid-air.

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Notes

Noctis imposer.

Projection:

Transmission:

So, uhm.... Mafi broke?

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((Might I ask what you think magic should be like? I need to know so I don't do it the way you didn't intend to have it work.))

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((Magic Canonically comes in way too many shapes and sizes to describe. You should just pick a power and see what happens. If you don't want magic, that's a perfectly fine option, also using artifacts instead of powers is fine too.))

((On the gun thing, guns are most definitely more effective than swords in many instances, but a sword crafted for the slaying of dragons is going to be better for fighting dragons than a powerful gun, just as a gun forged and sealed to slay demons will be better at killing demons than a sword simply forged from a powerful metal.

The A to B thing is poorly worded, I believe that is what GG really meant.

In its simplest form, magic seems to give purpose. ))

((Solawind summed it all up fairly well. Most magic is cast mentally. Only incredibly powerful spells require preparation.))

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((So this basically means the best weapon of choice for a person who typically doesn't use magic OCs is a Railgun? Piercing is their specialty. Or just the amount of kinetic energy the impact has in general. You could've said you weren't using feasibly killable dragons. ))

((Wait, if it's impenetrable then what makes a sword or magic more effective? It's basically a downgrade from a gun.))

((*dramatic sigh*
Railgun's do not exist in a compact form. Unless you intend to mount a railgun on a dragon (or something of similar sie) you can't have a railgun.

Nigh-impenetrable. Guns, while powerful, are imprecise. Getting a bullet between the scales is quite a feat, requiring no small amount of luck. Getting a blade in there, however, is feasible.

Furthermore, you are far too focused on a single point in a paragraph meant to give context. There won't necessarily be any dragons within this RP. And saying swords are inferior to guns is like saying motorbikes are lesser than cars. They are both used to get from point A to point B, they just do it in different ways.))

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|| -curses in six different languages- I read it wrong,

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((Wait, Dragon beats gun? You obviously have never heard of GATE.))

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((You haven't read the rules properly. I recommend re-reading them, carefully. If you're still confused, try looking at the app I posted above.))

Yeah sounds good to me. I'll do it.

This is not a server. It is a forum roleplay. If you do not understand what that is, I suggest looking elsewhere on this forum for examples.

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