Destiny's Tears OOC Thread- Prologue: A Jewel in the Shadow
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No problem. I'm working on the history and such right now, should be done soon.FreeXenon said:Cool stuff! Thanks!!
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This is the history passed down by the Mojiin:
First there was Arris ("Mother" in the Mojiin tongue) and she was full of bountiful life energy, arraying herself in lush, verdant garments of plant-life. Slowly, through a process of evolution, animals came to evolve, at first in the large, beautiful lakes and oceans, but then upon the land.
In her love for all living things, Arris created the Mojiin ("People") to protect as caretakers to watch over and cherish all of her bounty. The Mojiin are special because unlike the other animals, who had been born through evolution of a common stock, each having mortal parents, the Mojiin are all the children of Arris. This is why Mojiin refer to all other Mojiin as sister (even though they have no apparent gender), as they have been formed from such a parthenogenesis.
The Mojiin prospered, as did the land, for many eons. And then a strange thing happened. One of the animals, a cute hairy little creature, evolved to a new stage where its members lost much of their hair and became bipedal with opposable thumbs. They developed culture and proved themselves to be even smarter than the Mojiin, if not full of the wisdom of the People. They named themselves Valsians after Valsos, their chieftain, and sought to find their place in the world.
Unable to evolve through reproduction, nonetheless the Mojiin were familiar with meditative rituals that allowed them to rapidly evolve during their own lifetime. One of these, for example, allowed them to gain wings and soar through the sky. The Mojiin strove to create a new stage of evolution, where they could become bipedal like the Valsians, that they might approach and befriend these new people, companions with whom they could share their love of Arris. However, the Mojiin loved their old shape, and so they instead gained the ability to transform between the two, and to this day, all Mojiin will learn this ritual when they are but young.
Having giving themselves forms similar to those of the Valsians, the Mojiin came as emissaries to Valthos, chief of the Valsians. Valthos agreed to meet with the Mojiin, and he asked the people many questions, learning much of Arris and her ways. The power of Arris's life energy intrigued him, and so he entreated the Mojiin to let him train with them, promising that despite his status as chief of the Valsians, that he would be as a child among the wise Mojiin.
The Mojiin were pleased with this, and so they taught Valthos the way of the Preserver, and Valthos excelled at his lessons, but even still, in sooth he learned his lessons well but sought to apply the knowledge of the Mojiin in new and more challenging ways, attempting tasks that his teachers had bade him try not until he had more experience, and some that they considered altogether impossible. When Arris was not ready to yield him enough energy to complete his desires, he used his link to grab more, as much as he could hold, throwing the precautions of the Mojiin to the winds and shaping the energy to his will instead of using the power that Arris provided freely. The lush land around him withered in response, but his magic was successful.
In horror, the Mojiin banished Valthos from them, but he no longer cared. Considering himself the true master of Arris, he honed his power and conquered many of the lesser dragons or Arris, turning them to his will and that of his people. Then he returned and spread his knowledge to his own people. Thus, he became the first Dragonlord.
With their newfound power, the Valsians spread from a small community to a flourishing culture with multiple cities, each ruled by a Dragonking, a mighty Dragonlord. But this prosperity came at a great cost, as the Valsians were rapidly destroying Arris, transforming the once-lush planet into a massive desert of barren wastelands, where water and forest were scarce commodities indeed.
Outraged at this cancerous growth, the heretofore peaceful Mojiin formed an army and assaulted the Valsians, but the People lost this battle, and so the Valsians subjugated them, as the Dragonlords were wont. Even so, some small number of Mojiin Preservers still seek to protect what little is left of Arris's wildlife, while Avengers hope to destroy the Valsian scourge.
Of recent note are two more inventions of the Valsians. One, named Vhalia, who loved Arris as did a Mojiin, created the art of Ecomancy. Although the People were initially sceptical, reminded of Valthos's betrayal, nevertheless, they were convinced by the love in her heart, and indeed their eyes teared as they thought of what could have been, had their first student been Vhalia and not Valthos.
Second, the thief Zharan has weaseled his way to a high position with the Dragonemperor Ghalcian, who nominally (but not in practical reality) rules over the other Dragonkings from his seat in Valthas (in reality, he's just the most powerful of the Dragonkings, but not strong enough to enforce hegemony). Zharan did this by developing a means of stealing power from Dragonlords similar to that used by Dragonlords to take power from Arris. He call the art "Dweamoureating" and taught it to a group that serves Ghalcian.
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There's more, but this isa pretty thorough brief summary. Names and culture coming up
This is the history passed down by the Mojiin:
First there was Arris ("Mother" in the Mojiin tongue) and she was full of bountiful life energy, arraying herself in lush, verdant garments of plant-life. Slowly, through a process of evolution, animals came to evolve, at first in the large, beautiful lakes and oceans, but then upon the land.
In her love for all living things, Arris created the Mojiin ("People") to protect as caretakers to watch over and cherish all of her bounty. The Mojiin are special because unlike the other animals, who had been born through evolution of a common stock, each having mortal parents, the Mojiin are all the children of Arris. This is why Mojiin refer to all other Mojiin as sister (even though they have no apparent gender), as they have been formed from such a parthenogenesis.
The Mojiin prospered, as did the land, for many eons. And then a strange thing happened. One of the animals, a cute hairy little creature, evolved to a new stage where its members lost much of their hair and became bipedal with opposable thumbs. They developed culture and proved themselves to be even smarter than the Mojiin, if not full of the wisdom of the People. They named themselves Valsians after Valsos, their chieftain, and sought to find their place in the world.
Unable to evolve through reproduction, nonetheless the Mojiin were familiar with meditative rituals that allowed them to rapidly evolve during their own lifetime. One of these, for example, allowed them to gain wings and soar through the sky. The Mojiin strove to create a new stage of evolution, where they could become bipedal like the Valsians, that they might approach and befriend these new people, companions with whom they could share their love of Arris. However, the Mojiin loved their old shape, and so they instead gained the ability to transform between the two, and to this day, all Mojiin will learn this ritual when they are but young.
Having giving themselves forms similar to those of the Valsians, the Mojiin came as emissaries to Valthos, chief of the Valsians. Valthos agreed to meet with the Mojiin, and he asked the people many questions, learning much of Arris and her ways. The power of Arris's life energy intrigued him, and so he entreated the Mojiin to let him train with them, promising that despite his status as chief of the Valsians, that he would be as a child among the wise Mojiin.
The Mojiin were pleased with this, and so they taught Valthos the way of the Preserver, and Valthos excelled at his lessons, but even still, in sooth he learned his lessons well but sought to apply the knowledge of the Mojiin in new and more challenging ways, attempting tasks that his teachers had bade him try not until he had more experience, and some that they considered altogether impossible. When Arris was not ready to yield him enough energy to complete his desires, he used his link to grab more, as much as he could hold, throwing the precautions of the Mojiin to the winds and shaping the energy to his will instead of using the power that Arris provided freely. The lush land around him withered in response, but his magic was successful.
In horror, the Mojiin banished Valthos from them, but he no longer cared. Considering himself the true master of Arris, he honed his power and conquered many of the lesser dragons or Arris, turning them to his will and that of his people. Then he returned and spread his knowledge to his own people. Thus, he became the first Dragonlord.
With their newfound power, the Valsians spread from a small community to a flourishing culture with multiple cities, each ruled by a Dragonking, a mighty Dragonlord. But this prosperity came at a great cost, as the Valsians were rapidly destroying Arris, transforming the once-lush planet into a massive desert of barren wastelands, where water and forest were scarce commodities indeed.
Outraged at this cancerous growth, the heretofore peaceful Mojiin formed an army and assaulted the Valsians, but the People lost this battle, and so the Valsians subjugated them, as the Dragonlords were wont. Even so, some small number of Mojiin Preservers still seek to protect what little is left of Arris's wildlife, while Avengers hope to destroy the Valsian scourge.
Of recent note are two more inventions of the Valsians. One, named Vhalia, who loved Arris as did a Mojiin, created the art of Ecomancy. Although the People were initially sceptical, reminded of Valthos's betrayal, nevertheless, they were convinced by the love in her heart, and indeed their eyes teared as they thought of what could have been, had their first student been Vhalia and not Valthos.
Second, the thief Zharan has weaseled his way to a high position with the Dragonemperor Ghalcian, who nominally (but not in practical reality) rules over the other Dragonkings from his seat in Valthas (in reality, he's just the most powerful of the Dragonkings, but not strong enough to enforce hegemony). Zharan did this by developing a means of stealing power from Dragonlords similar to that used by Dragonlords to take power from Arris. He call the art "Dweamoureating" and taught it to a group that serves Ghalcian.
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There's more, but this isa pretty thorough brief summary. Names and culture coming up
Rystil Arden
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Auto-languages? Mojiin. Bonus languages? Depends on your history if you have some from other worlds. If you're a stay-at-home kind of Mojiin (i.e. haven't gone Spelljamming) you might have picked up Lifesong from a Preserver or Valsian from a Valsian. Also Sylvan, Draconic, the elemental languages, and Celestial.
For armour, minimal ACP means high Dex bonus, pretty much always. The lowest ACP that I could find is -0 on a medium armour, but the armour is not cheap and it gives only +3 armour bonus. You best bet is probably (if you are willing to spend 2450 of your 3000 starting gold on one armour) is a Mojiin Greenweave Breastplate. it has +5 AC +4 max Dex and -2 ACP.
For armour, minimal ACP means high Dex bonus, pretty much always. The lowest ACP that I could find is -0 on a medium armour, but the armour is not cheap and it gives only +3 armour bonus. You best bet is probably (if you are willing to spend 2450 of your 3000 starting gold on one armour) is a Mojiin Greenweave Breastplate. it has +5 AC +4 max Dex and -2 ACP.
Rystil Arden
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Oh, FreeXenon. I think you may have given yourself too many magic items 
Rystil Arden
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By the way, looks like you got your name and history. Do you still need the other info then?
Keia
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FreeXenon,
Couple of easy things on your character . . .
Xps should be 2,000xps for the character at this point.
You get full hitpoints at first level (the first die roll should be a 10!) that should help in hit points.
And, of course
the nice items. If you want to give me them, I'd been happy to join your group!! 
Keia
Couple of easy things on your character . . .
Xps should be 2,000xps for the character at this point.
You get full hitpoints at first level (the first die roll should be a 10!) that should help in hit points.
And, of course
the nice items. If you want to give me them, I'd been happy to join your group!! Keia
Rystil Arden
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Yes it does. It isn't metal at all; its plants. But it is almost all of your 3000 goldEonthar said:
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