Shards of Ichor Discussion Thread

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Right. Well, the world Ichor was slightly more advanced then our modern world. Then an event happened that would have wiped out all life on the planet swept tgrough the galaxy. In order to save life on the planet, the god Aurelis used his power to move the planet ut of harm's way. Something happened, and he only partially succeeded. The planet was displaced from time, but it was nearly ripped apart in the process. Mysterious limes of power known as leylines appeared and now crisscross the earth, and along the planet's plates, the earth almost split apart, and now dark chasms mar Ichor, where time and space are distorted, and no one can successfully pass. The environment violently shifted, so that nothing is as it was before, except for one, human metropolis, a sprawling city the size of a large island, the seat of Aurelis prior to the shift.


Now for races.
as for Ichor's inhabitants, many stayed quite ordinary. One tenth of the remaining population changed in unpredictable ways, looking completely different afterwards. Some transformations were more interesting than others. They all became marked by the transformation by a a faintly glowing pattern, which marks them some place on their body. They also became able to tap into Ichor's primal elements, fire, air, water, and earth. That allowed them not only to manipulate the elements, but also manipulate other aspects of reality. Telekinesis, invisibility, shape-shifting, flight, increased speed and strength. influencing emotions, all that was hidden from them was direct control over another's body or their mind. (Well, it's possible, but it is much much harder than say, controlling an inanimate object of the same weight. And it impossible to see or control another's mind.) this strange, powerful new species has been dubbed, the Ley, and  are no longer human. Their life spans are approximately twice as long as healthy human life spans.

Outside the city, but not within it, another kind of people and animals were created. In the daylight, they appeared as normal, if more agressive versions of their normal selves, but when night falls, they become violent, usually grotesque, or strange giants, often growing two or three feet in height. Despite this, they are still very human, and identify as so, though to outsiders, they are called Ware. Even in day form, they are more durable and strong than the other races naturally, and in nightform, their physical abilities increase drastically.

centuries after the original Shift, new beings have risen out of the leylines, enigmatic elemental spirits which form bodies from thier environment around a shard of metallic ore converted to a new metal by exposure to the leylines known as Lylitite. They can be quite powerful, but are for the most part nom-violent, and have not made their intentions known.

lastly are humans. What do they get? Well, for starters, they have Bastion, and all of its technology. They are the only race that has access to, or can use computers and other mechanical devices. Ley simply cannot use technology derived from computers. They fail to work properly when ley are within five feet of them, and equipment they can use is within Bastion, the last human city. All the tech they could use is only available to humans, including grenades, modern weaponry, electric cars, and rail guns. While most weaponry is restricted to militery use, there are ways around that. Secondly, just because they do not have the natural power of alchemy, does not mean they cannot obtain it. A lylitite shard can be driven into key points on one's body in a very painful, permanate method with a high mortality rate, in order to gift an elemental power to an individual. There are ways to add more than one shard, but few dare. Aside from that, they're humans. I hope you're familiar with them.

Amy questions so far?

if not, I'll get more in depth into powers and abilities.

Also, do the Ley and Wares use medieval weaponry since most modern is locked away?

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't divided. I love a good CYOA, but another RP calls for me. I could finally create something awesome with shape shifting!

Os drives such hard bargains. I'll dub him "Os the diverger."

Humans do hunt Ware animals, but human Ware? No. None of the races like each other, and they all have reasons for disliking the others, including jealousy of course. They all fought a war for supremacy decades ago, which is ancient history for Man and Ware, but still fresh in the mind of elder Ley.

The Ley's greatest weakness is that they all have a weak point. Their Brand, that marks them as lay, is broken by say, a knife blow, or burned off, or shot by a high powered rifle (even with telekinesis, if they can't see something coming, they can't stop the bullet), they temporarily lose control of their abilities. They aren't gone, but they just can't tap into them. If needles are skewered through a Ley's brand, then it won't heal properly as long as they remain. Ley protect their brands in battle always. The patch of skin is never larger than the back of one's hand, and takes on odd shapes and otherworldly designs. It glows whenever they use their powers, (however not when simply sustaining powers, only during activation).

The greatest weakness of the Wares is that they have very little in terms of influence, resources, and outside of their own tribes, reputation. Their transformations are entirely involuntary as well. They can very easily lose themselves within it if they are not careful and become a mass of directionless rage. Their greatest weapon is a double-edged sword.

Humans are at a physical disadvantage when it comes down to it. They are more fragile, but more numerous. They have many different tools, the technological edge, but their physical and magical feats pale in comparison to the other two races.

So they've already gone through he'll with each other. Sounds cool. I'd be interested in either the CYOA or the RP(G).

So, aside from the previously mentioned stats, a character also has traits, feats and abilities.

Traits are simply aspects of a character. Characrers have character traits which can give them buffs in any situation that it applies to. A character who has trained with the sword his entire life will gain a small +1 bonus whenever wielding a sword.

Abilities are the powers a character has, and it's skill level with the ability.

2 is the minimum level a power must be to have any actual use, and 10 is complete mastery, but the scale actually doesn't cap.

Mimicry is the ability to appear like something else. It is incredibly hard to pull off well, and a mark requires days or weeks of study before one can assume his form perfectly, and even then, one might make mistakes. The better level of mimicry, the easier it is to create a copy of someone. Master mimics don't even need to copy anyone. They can assemble a person from memory of the various body parts they have studied over the years.

However, it is normally impossible, or incredibly difficult for a mimic to assume the form of an animal since their biologies are so different.

This is where stunts come into play. They are what make one character's mimicking so different from another. They are improvements upon an ability, that allow one to take an ability beyond its previous limits. One will pick them up over time, generally as one discovers its specialties or talents, taking their abilities farther than before.

Animal instinct stunt on the mimicry ability allows one to mimic animals as well as humanoids, at a minor penalty.

I would like to see this as cyoa. With all the others RPs out there I think this would be a better as a cyoa.

You don't alot stats. You just make your character. Stats come based on what kind of person your character is.