Deathworlds' Universe Quest

[SuperJack]

I think no race has affinity with psionics. Which is good for me
Dragonkin are like the most OP'st race, or so it appears. I don't think anyone went dragon yet.

Friendly fire seems to be less of a problem than how in the world deathworlds is going to distribute information :x

If people are insane together, does that mean they will understand the other's insane world??? Time will tell.
Looking forwards to what build you go @Gyrlander

Nah, I compared Demon to Dragonkin

Dragonkins ability really is very taxing and will fatigue you very easily, it's good for a mage build but thats it. at +2 more than demon.

Demons get Control of Fire, They get to fucking FLY and use devious tactics.

[Frog]

I checked the Dragonkin build, but in it you say that you inherit Demonology ???¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?

At one point I read the Dragonkin bio and assumed inherent magic proficiency meant +1 school of magic.

I think it just means your magic is stronger than other races' magic.

This was the OP Arcane Magic/Warrior build:

Race: Dragonkin [+4]
Trait 1: Magic Wielder [Void] [+1]
Trait 2: Strong [+2]
Trait 3: Military [+2]
Trait 4: Unstoppable [+3]
Trait 5: Durable (take less damage) OR Regenerative (very hard to kill) [+2]
Trait 6: Efficiency [+1]
Trait 7: Compulsive [-3]
Trait 8: Heroic Compulsion [-1]
Trait 9: Lightning Rod [-1]
Inherent Trait: Hunter
Inherent Trait: Magic Proficiency
Inherent Trait: Can turn into a dragon

This build makes an unstoppable strong tank that can use any weapon/armor, and channel the strongest magic type (arcane). And he can turn into a dragon...

*edit* basically if we're in an emergency situation, pull out the Void Dragon to save our asses, lol.

*Edit * AlTERNATIVELY

Replace Strong AND Military with 2 more schools of magic and make sure you have BOTH regerative and durable.

Maybe add in Elusive and a Phobia. This will make you a pure magic wielding tank.

*edit* I'd go for the build I suggested to be honest. With Strong I can make you OP armor that you can wear

*last edit* whatever, lol - just want to start soon

[Gyrlander]

I think I'll go

Name: Aiden

Race: Dragonkin [+4] (Male)

Traits: Magic Wielder (Void Magic & Arcane) [+2]
Lucky [+1]
Regenerative [+2]
Durable [+2]
Strong [+2]
Responsive [+2]
Efficiency [+1]
Compulsive [-3]
Mentally Unstable [-2]
Electrophobia [-2]
Elusive [+1]

Background: Aiden was a little dragonkin that was born in a scientific research involving Void Magic on advanced species. Since he was little, the friends Aiden made dissapeared after a while, never to be seen again. This caused the dragonkin to get extremely furious and often try to escape from the prison that he was in, but he immediately would get electrified with a collar that he had around his neck.

After some months, it was Aiden's turn to dissapear.... (or not). He was taken to a small room where he was (to continue)

[SuperJack]

Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning -2

That's similar.

[Frog]

Lol, kind of certain all my machines and ship weapons will fire electricity :-D

Hope plasma and lasers don't count against your weaknesses :-D

[Frog]

I think I'll go

Name: Aiden

Race: Dragonkin [+4]

Traits: Magic Wielder (Void Magic & Arcane) [+2]
Lucky [+1]
Regenerative [+2]
Durable [+2]
Strong [+2]
Responsive [+2]
Efficiency [+1]
Compulsive [-3]
Mentally Unstable [-2]
Electrophobia [-?] <--- I really need to know how much this discounts @deathworlds

Background: Soon.

Nice. As SJ said, that'd be like -2 for that phobia.

Lol, 1/10 NPCs you will kill. LMFAO.

[SuperJack]

I'm still not sur the phobia of choices is the right choice...

[Frog]

I'm still not sur the phobia of choices is the right choice...

Lol. Just walk around with ear muffs on and do as you wish.

[SuperJack]

Why can't you take mute, and telepathic. And not silver tongue and leader? Surely talking via telepathic you can talk.

[RLVG]

Why can't you take mute, and telepathic. Surely talking via telepathic you can talk.

CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY TINFOIL HAT

[Frog]

Full disclosure. This is my plan...

1) Main Spaceship

A) Hangar bay for smaller specialized machines that can be piloted or controlled by my AI:
-1 Stealth Drone [can be fitted with weapons/bombs/etc.]
-1 Engineering Vessel [Drill, Laser, Hands, 360• propulsion jets for stability and retractable wheels for --ground/air work]
-1 Fighter Mech Suit [armored, enchanted, weaponized]
-1 Armored Personnel Transport Vessel [heavily armored, can fit many people and equipment]
-1 Armored Freight Vessel [heavily armored, can fit a large volume of contents]

B) Weapons for the main ship, sub ship, machines, companions
-I'd like a tri-railgun with magically enchanted/protected projectiles for the main ship
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-first-...gun-1464359194
-I'd like similar variants that can be attached to ships/machines and smaller variants that can be carried by players
-Projectile Variants [Modifiable, size, weight, magical enchantments]
-Explosive variants that can be loaded with what is required- Magically enchanted (all of the elements), Nuclear variants, IEDs, Sleep powders, Mind Control gas, whatever.
-Varying degrees of electromagnetic devices that could work as traction beams for anything made of metal.
-smaller rotatable rail gunners spaced for the main ship [can be loaded with any projectile variant, manually piloted or by AI]
-Enchanted Melee Weapons [of course for players and ships
-Lasers [power/size variance for welding to aggressive]
-Experimental AI personnel [carry out ship tasks, connected to AI]

C) Armor for the main ship
-Enchanted for magical defense
-Ability to activate any of the elements (e.g. Activate Element X)
-I'd like similar variants for ships/machines/players

D) Armory
-The place where the magic happens
-Drop off your raw materials to pay main ship rent, and so I can make stuff for you and repair all the stuff

E) Bunks
-A place for fleshy friends who need sleep

F) Cargo Bay
-Drop your stuff off in the bay in your own personalized area, it's monitored and secured for a price
-If you enter the wrong code twice in a row, be warned...
-If you don't want to pay, use the unsecured storage bay

G) Captain's Deck
-Communication links
-Access to ship's AI and functions [ships/machines/gunners/personnel/weapons/armor]
-Place to congregate
-I need a captain, I'm just an engineer who can pilot

H) Kitchen
- I don't eat, bring your own fridge and cooking devices
- If you ask me to prioritize building this I'll need raw materials and some incentive

More thoughts coming with edits

[Frog]

Why can't you take mute, and telepathic. And not silver tongue and leader? Surely talking via telepathic you can talk.

Lol RLVG brings up a good point with tinfoil.

Also robots are immune to telepathy

[Gyrlander]

Full disclosure. This is my plan...

1) Main Spaceship

A) Hangar bay for smaller specialized machines that can be piloted or controlled by my AI:
-1 Stealth Drone [can be fitted with weapons/bombs/etc.]
-1 Engineering Vessel [Drill, Laser, Hands, 360• propulsion jets for stability and retractable wheels for --ground/air work]
-1 Fighter Mech Suit [armored, enchanted, weaponized]
-1 Armored Personnel Transport Vessel [heavily armored, can fit many people and equipment]
-1 Armored Freight Vessel [heavily armored, can fit a large volume of contents]

B) Weapons for the main ship, sub ship, machines, companions
-I'd like a tri-railgun with magically enchanted/protected projectiles for the main ship
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-first-...gun-1464359194
-I'd like similar variants that can be attached to ships/machines and smaller variants that can be carried by players
-Projectile Variants [Modifiable, size, weight, magical enchantments]
-Explosive variants that can be loaded with what is required- Magically enchanted (all of the elements), Nuclear variants, IEDs, Sleep powders, Mind Control gas, whatever.
-Varying degrees of electromagnetic devices that could work as traction beams for anything made of metal.
-smaller rotatable rail gunners spaced for the main ship [can be loaded with any projectile variant, manually piloted or by AI]
-Enchanted Melee Weapons [of course for players and ships
-Lasers [power/size variance for welding to aggressive]
-Experimental AI personnel [carry out ship tasks, connected to AI]

C) Armor for the main ship
-Enchanted for magical defense
-Ability to activate any of the elements (e.g. Activate Element X)
-I'd like similar variants for ships/machines/players

D) Armory
-The place where the magic happens
-Drop off your raw materials to pay main ship rent, and so I can make stuff for you and repair all the stuff

E) Bunks
-A place for fleshy friends who need sleep

F) Cargo Bay
-Drop your stuff off in the bay in your own personalized area, it's monitored and secured for a price
-If you enter the wrong code twice in a row, be warned...
-If you don't want to pay, use the unsecured storage bay

G) Captain's Deck
-Communication links
-Access to ship's AI and functions [ships/machines/gunners/personnel/weapons/armor]
-Place to congregate
-I need a captain, I'm just an engineer who can pilot

H) Kitchen
- I don't eat, bring your own fridge and cooking devices
- If you ask me to prioritize building this I'll need raw materials and some incentive

More thoughts coming with edits

Jesus Christ. Good luck gaining all the materials needed to do that.

[RLVG]

Jesus Christ. Good luck gaining all the materials needed to do that.

He only needs 4986 bars of metal, 900 electronics and 128 crew members.

[Gyrlander]

He only needs 4986 bars of metal, 900 electronics and 128 crew members.

Make it 127 crew members!

[Frog]

I'm coming straight out of a lab with all of it

I'm more of a host and player support

*edit* THINK BIG

Ok

Now think bigger

Not enough

Bigger

[Frog]

Make it 127 crew members!

Hell yes :-D

The dream is alive!

[deathworlds]

For anyone interested, I've not abandoned the game my schedule is just a bit tight right now, and I've been going through some personal issues. However I will update this by/at Wednesday with player's characters being put in the OP, along with potentially some new traits!

[Gyrlander]

For anyone interested, I've not abandoned the game my schedule is just a bit tight right now, and I've been going through some personal issues. However I will update this by/at Wednesday with player's characters being put in the OP, along with potentially some new traits!

Great! I guess it's time to do the Background.

[Frog]

Lol! MOAR TRAITS?!

I still think Lucky Trait is probably the most OP overall beneficial trait that affect every action.

I prioritized more abilities over OP Lucky for combo breaker, but maybe I'd better think about adding it if it changes 1 in 4 failures to 1 in 5. Just For the first 20 turns, that's 5 failures/20 vs 4 failures/20. Hmm, 1 less failure/20 probably isn't worth another skill? The dilemma! :-D

[Frog]

He only needs 4986 bars of metal, 900 electronics and 128 crew members.

You make a very good point.

I think I need geology trait because I need a hell of a lot of raw materials to build.

I don't know what I'd take as a negative trait though- didn't really want any negatives.

I can't be an addict according to my race.

Maybe Heroic Compulsion??

[SuperJack]

Fear of leaving your lab/workshop

[Frog]

Yeah, but that would defeat the point of piloting, and we don't have any other pilots.

I guess starting out I could work as a forge master/machinist/or ship builder

I'd like to make things that I pilot.

Like the ship for all of us, and a gundam type suit for myself.

If I start with the gundam suit first, I can test making all of the parts of need for the ship on a smaller scale.

For the suit, this is what I have in mind:

A) Elemental Enchanted Armor (as many elements as I can)
B) Weapons
- 2 retractable tri-barrel rail guns on the forearms
- Elementally enchanted projectiles for each barrel clip (e.g. Frost/Fire/Lightning loaded in each of the two guns tri-barrels, additional ammo feeds in from the upper arm clips)
- 2 retractable lasers on the shoulders
- retractable propulsion jets on the legs
- stabilizer jets on the wings
- Earth enchanted hammer on the back
- Electromagnets that can be activated/dis activated in the hands and feet
C) Power Source
- fuel rods connected to the jets on the legs
D) Comm link
- for communications with others elsewhere
- for visuals from my AI Stealth Drone

Just realized I could be the suit and upgrade my body as I go along. Lol. I just liked the piloting aspect idea.

Should probably start by working in a forge to acquire more cash and basic stuff I just outlined.

Then work on the main ship:
A) Cargo bay doesn't require anything special, it's just space
B) The lab only requires an actual forge, tools, raw materials, which could easily be in the cargo bay anyway. Just need the Forge and tools on board, which I'd have anyway.
C) The kitchen requires a microwave and a fridge.
D) Beds - easy to make if I have the materials
E) Ship Weapons, Amor, Fuel, Jets, Comms - larger scale versions of everything else I'll have made, just need the raw materials at that point

Seems pretty doable now that it's scaled down by processes.

I'm excited to get this started :-D

Good to have a vision, but who knows what happens once the game starts.

[Frog]

Probably if I start in a ship yard, there will be more scraps that I can work for.

[deathworlds]

Probably if I start in a ship yard, there will be more scraps that I can work for.

Everyone will start on a Merc station for their shopping spree, try not to anger the shopkeepers!

[Frog]

Everyone will start on a Merc station for their shopping spree, try not to anger the shopkeepers!

Lol. Definitely hacking the stations AI :-D

[Frog]

Everyone will start on a Merc station for their shopping spree, try not to anger the shopkeepers!

Ok I'm super stoked now.

@SuperJack
@RLVG
@Calix
@secondpassing @Gyrlander

Make sure your characters are in so Deathworlds can start

[RLVG]

Make sure your characters are in so Deathworlds can start

I'm already done, no need to change anything.

[Frog]

I'm also ready

[Frog]

Thinking up a mech pilot character now... Lol

Homemade Mechanoid (+1)
Military (+2)
Strong (+2)
Pilot (+2)
Programmer (+1)
Responsive (+2)

Inherent Traits:
Immune to telepathic attacks
Doesn't need to eat/drink/breathe

Bio:
Gundam Pilot was created to pilot mech suits and machines for land, air, or space combat. Or something.

If someone does this I can make you sweet mech suits/machines

[RLVG]

Thinking up a mech pilot character now... Lol

According to this game : Did you know Pilots can be blind?

Yo DW, can pilots be blind?

[Frog]

According to this game : Did you know Pilots can be blind?

Yo DW, can pilots be blind?

Lol, are you going to add even more? Hahaga!

[Never Unlucky]

Can we join the game at any time like in AQ?

[secondpassing]

Can we join the game at any time like in AQ?

It hasn't started yet. I don't see why not.

[deathworlds]

According to this game : Did you know Pilots can be blind?

Yo DW, can pilots be blind?

Yes, and no. If the ship is advanced enough, and the player is robotic, then they could potentially interface with the ship to pilot. Otherwise, no.

[Frog]

Yes, and no. If the ship is advanced enough, and the player is robotic, then they could potentially interface with the ship to pilot. Otherwise, no.

Lol, omg yes. Someone add blind and more buffs to this build:

Thinking up a mech pilot character now... Lol

Homemade Mechanoid (+1)
Military (+2)
Strong (+2)
Pilot (+2)
Programmer (+1)
Responsive (+2)

Inherent Traits:
Immune to telepathic attacks
Doesn't need to eat/drink/breathe

Bio:
Gundam Pilot was created to pilot mech suits and machines for land, air, or space combat. Or something.

If someone does this I can make you sweet mech suits/machines

[secondpassing]

Ok I'm super stoked now.

@SuperJack
@RLVG
@Calix
@secondpassing @Gyrlander

Make sure your characters are in so Deathworlds can start

It's coming along. I wish I had a silver tongue, as well as a hand that flows effortlessly on the paper.

[Frog]

I'm considering modifying my character.

If I'm going pilot, I'd just do the pilot build.

If I'm going crafter, I should just go pure crafter dwarf.

Adding pilot in my build is just kind of meh. Like yes, I can make my own stuff to pilot, but I'm lacking the raw potential of:
Responsive
Strong
Military

and I'm missing Geology from a pure crafter build.

I'm kind of splitting pilot with crafter but neither is really optimized.

I'd probably have more fun being either, but not my current. As is, they're both support type roles, but pilot build would be much more aggro, and crafter would be pure support/no aggro.

I guess I'm worried is be missing out if I didn't have strong/military. But as a pilot it's probably not a big deal as I'd already have proficiency, especially if stuff if make.

It's the lack of resnposive that's the biggest drawback.

I'm tempted to add:
Efficient
Compulsive
Responsive

But that compulsive aspect kind of scares me.

I mean as a pilot, i guess I'd already be efficient... Meh. Kind of annoyed.

[Frog]

@deathworlds - I keep second guessing my build! Lets start

[deathworlds]

@deathworlds - I keep second guessing my build! Lets start

I'm having an awful time finding time to dedicate to this, I don't know if I'll actually be able to host this soon

[Frog]

I'm having an awful time finding time to dedicate to this, I don't know if I'll actually be able to host this soon

No problem - let me know when you're ready

[deathworlds]

Lore Segment #1: Conventional Weaponry
.
In current times, the use of pre-modern weaponry has brought back into use after the invention of ultralight armor, allowing infantry to be as agile as guerrilla fighters, yet as armored as a knight. Swords, spears, axes and all sorts of maces are as commonplace as ballistic based weaponry. Combinations of force increasing enchantments and new materials have allowed "simple" weapons to be just as effective as premodern and present day technology. Most biological army compositions consist of about 20% melee warriors, 5% heavy weapon operators, 5% light vehicle pilots, 10% heavy vehicle pilots, and 60% troopers. Psionic warriors do not typically engage in non-guerrilla warfare, as their abilities are more prone to friendly fire, along with the simple fact that they are difficult to regulate.

[secondpassing]

Lore Segment #1: Conventional Weaponry
.
In current times, the use of pre-modern weaponry has brought back into use after the invention of ultralight armor, allowing infantry to be as agile as guerrilla fighters, yet as armored as a knight. Swords, spears, axes and all sorts of maces are as commonplace as ballistic based weaponry. Combinations of force increasing enchantments and new materials have allowed "simple" weapons to be just as effective as premodern and present day technology. Most biological army compositions consist of about 20% melee warriors, 5% heavy weapon operators, 5% light vehicle pilots, 10% heavy vehicle pilots, and 60% troopers. Psionic warriors do not typically engage in non-guerrilla warfare, as their abilities are more prone to friendly fire, along with the simple fact that they are difficult to regulate.

Wonder if/how/when my character will learn to defend herself.

::

Lore is cool, though maybe it would be better to find this out in-game as it happens? The journey of the discovery is an interesting one.

[secondpassing]

I may or may not be here for the start of this. In a week or two's time, I'll be on vacation~
My character background is pretty much done, so if you could spawn her in a cryostasis chamber because her feet had been injured that would be great.

[Frog]

@deathworlds - do any of these help when piloting if I already have pilot trait?

Responsive
Strong
Military

[deathworlds]

@deathworlds - do any of these help when piloting if I already have pilot trait?

Responsive
Strong
Military

Responsive helps if you do not have an onboard computer.

[Frog]

Responsive helps if you do not have an onboard computer.

Hehe, I am a computer

Ty for clarification - I feel a lot better now

[Frog]

Dropping this here:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...per-ship-14100

Railguns + lasers + nuclear power

There's also a lot of talk of plasma shields via radiation and electro magnets.

Energy requirements basically mean nuclear powered for all.

[SuperJack]

Can't wait for fusion reactors.

[Frog]

@deathworlds

This is pretty much the only thing that can keep the site alive. :P