Gaming W/Jemal - FinalFantasy D&D (Going Again!)

Allright, lets see what we got so far :

Tailspinner - ? ; Love Interest(Ranger)
Shayuri - Tinker Mage
Thaedrus - Criminal or Rich Person
Arkhandus - Relative/BestFriend(WarriorMage); Mascot()
Voda Vosa - Black Mage(Warlock) or Reformed Villain(Warlock)
Sound of Azure - BestFriend; White Mage
Sin - Criminal; Face
Avalon - Reformed Villain
WarlockLord - Blackmage/Rich Guy (Necromancer)
Darimaus - Mascot(Blink Mage); Black/Red Mage(Young Sorc)
Brother_Allard - Relative(Uncle, Veteran)
TheMagician - Summoner
*Caros - Main Character(Katana)
*Kayista - Black mage(Boom); Love Interest
ethandrew - ?

Total = 15.
I'll probably cut it down to 10 on Monday, and figure out which ones are in the starting party,a nd which ones will be joining later.

OK, so unless Caros decides he wants something else, I'm afraid the Main Character slot is taken (Sorry Ethan/Talispinner).

Tell Aurican he's got till Monday/Tuesday. As for others, I've got over a dozen interested right now, so please no new players that haven't allready posted. I'll pick the team by Tuesday, so please have any finalized submissions up by Monday, and I'll be updating to answer questions/etc until then.
I think I'm gonna go with 5-6 characters in the opening bid, and (As per FF) add more characters to the cast as the story progresses.

*EDIT: Also, Kayista/Caros - check out my Epic problem: Prevention, and Epic Problem: Return to Power threads in the Playing The Game forum when you have time. Tell me if I'm screwing up Alseria too bad.

My apologies. I didn't realise there was a cat in a bag to begin with vv

Character concepts

Criminal/Rich person- Mesa Crawe is the youngest son of the head of a criminal organization. His father wants to keep him out of the worst of the criminal activities, but despite his best efforts, Mesa was just arrested for fixing a gambling ring. Needless to say, the patrons of his ring are furious, and it took great effort on his fathers part to get him both out of jail, and out of hot water with other criminal types. His father is angry because Mesa has been given the best opportunities to study with master swordsmen, mentalists, scholars, and religious figures. Mesa has shown talent for all these things, but has not wanted to dedicate himself to any legitimate career paths. Seems that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

Now Mesa's been sent by his father on this exploratory/colonization trip to both get him away from his current friends/enemies, and to represent his family in some potentially lucrative legitimate business. Mesa just wants to have some fun.

No apologies necessary!

OK, bed time. But FIRST:

Ethandrew - good to hear, So did you want to put up a different concept then?

Thaedrus - I'm so sorry, I forgot to put yourname on the list. You poste way back near the beginning right? The guy who's never played FF? don't worry, I won't hold it against ya.

*Editing list*

Arkhandus - Relative/BestFriend(WarriorMage); Mascot()
Avalon - Reformed Villain
Brother_Allard - Relative(Uncle, Veteran)
*Caros - Main Character(Katana)
Darimaus - Mascot(Blink Mage); Black/Red Mage(Young Sorc)
ethandrew - ?
*Kayista - Black mage(Boom); Love Interest
Shayuri - Tinker Mage
Sin - Criminal; Face
Sound of Azure - BestFriend; White Mage
Tailspinner - ? ; Love Interest(Ranger)
Thaedrus - Criminal or Rich Person
TheMagician - Summoner
Voda Vosa - Black Mage(Warlock) or Reformed Villain(Warlock)
WarlockLord - Blackmage/Rich Guy (Necromancer)

Total = 15.
I'll probably cut it down to 10 on Monday, and figure out which ones are in the starting party,a nd which ones will be joining later.

Looks like you've got your hands full as is. You've only got one concept for White Mage, so if you choose Sound of Azure for something else, I can fill in there, but elsewise I'll leave the game for those already submitted.

FF Impaired

I will admit that my experience with video games has been limited for quite some time. The last one I played seriously was Resident Evil (the first one). School, work (I recently resigned from the fire department as a firefighter to go to medical school) and a new baby have eliminated video games, but I need a creative outlet, and seems that this will be the perfect thing. I really hope that I get picked. I have been trolling these boards for a while trying to find a thread that would fit the kind of character I want to play. So far I really like the idea presented.

Jemal said:

TheMagician - Definitely! I think there are some good PrC's for a Summoner, too.
Anyone else have any ideas for our intrepid Summoner? (I'll work up a special ability, but I think it should be fairly easy.. Unique, powerful Summons. (Not Spells, but X/day things. The normal summons would be as the spells, and you'd be allowed to take other spells, as normal summoners can cast black magic).

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Well, I'll confess the only actual gaming experience I have with Final Fantasy is FFIII for the DS (I never played the original, but I'm willing to bet a few gil that this is how to do a remake!), but I do know the general story for FFVII.

But, anyways, in FFIII, yah, summoners get the X/day per level of summon, sort of analogous to the sorcerer, but can only use summon magic. I don't know how you view the power of summonings in your game, but I'd be glad to help you come up with some summons for him, and any mechanics. I think maybe a small number of arcane spells (i.e. black magic) with the X/day thing on the unique summons like you said would be good.

Also, I noticed that summoner has been listed as my potential archetype...awesome! I was having trouble working out which one a summoner would fit into anyways. Maybe the government of the PCs country has recently discovered a tower/village/other location where summoners are trained, and has decided to press some of the summoners into service for military uses.

Hey Jemal! I was thinking about my character and stuff today, and I was just wondering.... if I fill the "love interest" role... will my character be frequently 'removed' from the party or placed in peril/harms way? I mean, normally when I play the chick character in a FF game or any other RPG (re: Colette - Tales of Symphonia) my character gets kidnapped, abducted, nearly raped, abused, and/or otherwise misplaced... and then saved.

So... is being the love interest going to be a pain in the ass? <3

Sorry it took me so long Jemal.

Frida

Gender: Female
Age: 16
Profession: White Mage*
Personality: Caring, Fiery, Friendly, Knowledgable, (A bit) Naive, Rebellious.

Frida is one of the main character’s best friends, growing up in the same town as him. While they do argue from time to time, she's very loyal to him. She is an orphan who was raised by a local priest. Since she is very strong minded and tempestuous, she can get into trouble with her mouth at times causing the elderly priest no end of grief. Frida's heart is good, but finds herself stifled by endless rules, both of the priesthood and of the small village she lives in. She wishes she could just help people instead of following rules and regulations.

At the beginning of the game she’s trying to push the Main character to run away with her to have adventures in the world she’s read so much about in the old priest’s books.

Frida frequently has trouble when the real world doesn't match up with the books she usually has her nose in.

*At present, Frida has levels in Cloistered Cleric only. I wanted to use the Combat Medic class from Heroes of Battle to augment Frida's healing abilities. I'd also like to eventually take levels in the Contemplative class (Complete Divine) if/when the PCs end up being level 11+.
I've given her the Healing and Summoning Domains (plus the free Knowledge domain from Cloistered Cleric). Summoning for this character would really only be a secondary focus, behind the healing aspect.