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 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:10 pm
first off, a character does NOT have to have or use cards, and may start at any time
a character can only summon one suit of cards
a character's native suit, weather you start with cards or not (unless stated otherwise) is randomly chosen.
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to pick it generate a random number between one(1) and twenty(20) then find the number you get in this list.
Hearts: 1,3,5,7,9 (odd numbers between one and nine)
Spades: 2,4,6,8,10 (even numbers between two and ten)
Clubs: 11,13,15,17,19 (odd numbers between eleven and nineteen)
Diamonds: 12,14,16,18,20 (even numbers between twelve and twenty)
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new cards (3-k) will be gained in two ways summoning and necessity; both of which are partly controlled by crew, they decide if a character has any chance of summoning a new card, and what that chance is, then the character has to get a random number in that range; for necessity crew will give cards, no chance involved, to a character they think is ready; there does however need to appear to be some sort of triggering event to jerk that card into existence, a character cant just be walking down the street and have a card poof into existence at their feet. the event doesnt need to be physical.
cards come in the standard four suits, hearts spades clubs and diamonds
the most powerful of each is the ace, of which exists only one, the rest of the cards are unlimited
Each suit has a specific type
Hearts deal with health, life, and body
Clubs deal with the mind and knowledge
Diamonds deal with the elements, and forces of nature (this includes plants and animals)
Spades are weapons, their materialized form is a weapon, whatever power they give to the character is a weapon
all cards have some sort of materialized form
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:01 pm
A bit of a conversation that may be helpful lily564a Marael Well, I don't understand how you get them...and what you can use each for...I mean, what's the difference between a 4 of hearts and an 8 of hearts?? And can you only use it for what the suit is for? Like all hearts are for healing or whatever?? well.. yea that is a bit confusing. lets talk about it in terms of a diamond card, lets say we have two hypothetical ones with the same ability, a beam of light, but ones a 2 and ones an 8. the 2 would have a considerable amount of power, a direct hit would definitely do some damage but chances are you'd survive. the 8 would blast a hole clean through you, and would have a considerably larger range. with hearts a 4 might be able to fix wounds, sorta appear to speed up healing so say a major gash is all healed up in a few minutes. an 8 would do it faster, more thoroughly maybe even just make it as if the wound had never happened, where the 4 might leave a scar. hearts is more than just healing, at the lower numbers you'll probably be limited to it though, up a bit higher a card might augment body functions, make someone stronger, faster, see like a cyborg-hawk, or vice versa as a sort of poison, higher levels might be able to cause wounds to form, the ace can cause spontaneously unjustified death. i dont remember what i said its powers were but hearts is life and body, the most spiritual of the suits, as an opposite to clubs which is mind and knowledge, their like science and religion. a very powerful warrior could be made out of someone with a high number light beam diamond card, a heart that increases dexterity, and a heart that improves sight. as for how you get them there are a bunch of ceremonies thought up by a bunch of cultures that summon your first card, they're all different visually and in what your required to do for them, but they all give you a 2 of a seemingly random suit. other similar ceremonies summon stronger cards, all of the same suit up to a highest of the king level but you can only complete the ceremony successfully if your ready (we'll be the judge of that). other than that, say your in a big fight, on the losing end; you have the potential to win but not the ability, if your strong enough to use the next card, and your in enough danger, the next card might just be pulled into existence by the stress your under, no ceremony needed. other situations could bring it about to, like maybe a soul search type-o-thing where your forced to face and overcome something deep inside you, and you earn the card. one of the big points is that each single card can do one very specific thing, destructive light beam card shoots a destructive light beam, it does not make a light sword, it can not be used as a flashlight unless you have some device to disperse the light beam harmlessly. a card that heals cuts will not heal a disease and vice versa. I'm having a bit of trouble visualizing exactly what it looks like when a card is activated but I imagine that would depend on the card's ability and the owner, a healing card wouldn't need much, maybe just a glow, the light beam could just shoot out of the face of the card, but the spades would all in some way form a weapon. or if the person works better with real things a healing card might turn into a piece of wrist/hand jewelry, the light beam thing turn into a bow, shooting a bolt of light instead of an arrow. I've lost my train of thought, did this help any? also please feel free to discuss further uncertainties here.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:08 pm
Okay, a few things...
1. So what if we are in one of those situations where the stress might create the card or solving some internal struggle? Do we ask you to decide if were ready, or do we just assume we are not unless you tell us?
2. How is the normal summoning performed, and what circumstances are needed for it to be performed.
3. Is it allright if I plan what I would have for each card on my character page as long as I'm clear which cards I currently have and which I don't. I just have a bunch of ideas in my head and I'm afraid I'll lose them.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:23 pm
1. that's a shaky subject, We'll try to watch it all and jump in where appropriate but it might help to contact us in PMs if you think your character is going to go through a situation like that soon. In general all card gain is crew controlled.
2. there is a multitude of ceremonies, most civilizations discovered their own and the actual ceremony seems not so important, go ahead and invent your own for now but it aught to make sense considering the reward. Mainly your character needs to be substantially stronger than he/she was when the last card was summoned, again this is a bit shaky and crew controlled. but at the moment none of us are probably real close to our next card.
3. Go ahead, you can even rewrite future cards at any time, and this may make it easier for us to tell if you're ready to get it. Note that you can not rewrite cards that you already have.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:44 am
I have a question about the Spades category.
Since weapons are very much a matter of the mastery of the person who uses it, how would you go about making it stronger the higher you go up into the set?
Also, are weapons limited to normal steel, or may weapons have elements attached to it. Though that does seem to push it into the Diamonds category. Could you for example have a bow and arrow that shoots fiery arrows, or lightning or a sword that melts through matter instead of cutting clean as though it's coming straight out of the forge.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:58 am
Spades is kindof an a** like that, it encroaches on the other suits in many ways but yea, a spade may be powerful but in its entirety it relies on the user's ability to use it.
take Mahna's 2 of clubs, he turns it on and looks human.
I could have an ace that causes your head to explode as soon as I land a blow or something like that, I still have to land that blow and if your a better fighter than me the card is useless. maybe you take Sasuke's ace, a chain that acts as an extra appendage, its a leg up but he still has to be skillful.
As you go on the cards might not in themselves be more powerful with spades but they will expand your abilities... that is to say I don't have a great answer for that part.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:06 am
So having a spade that's a balded weapon and ups the agility of the user would be acceptable, for example, even if that does seem to push into the hearts suite somewhat?
Hmm... tell you what, since you're in charge, I'll write out the entire deck of Spades as I could imagine them working for my character and you can tell me if I'm pressing boundaries.
I like the idea of a weapon's suite, it's just difficult to put it together so that it goes up in strength, picking one weapon over another. In short your character would have to be a master of all forms of fighting and weapon-use in order to use the suite succesfully unless the weapon itself came with the knowledge of its use...
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:24 am
Another question:
Since the Spades deck is so physical, can the cards activated state be a shield or some sort of armor instead of a weapon specifically made for attacking?
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:37 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:18 am
About the use of card:
When using cards in combat or any situation, is it a case of you can combine and use them together or is it one at a time?
Also are you allowed to start off with only one card? Or is the 1st and 2nd card up for grabs if you state yourself as a card-user?
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:28 am
you can use an infinite number of cards at the same time, but the powers dont combine to make something new, this isn't the power rangers' megazord.
people can start with one or two cards, just to help vary the skill level, since Ace is the highest this means you can start with a 2 and a 3 of your suit, or if you want you can start with no cards and gain your 2 card later.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:31 am
lmao - I actually forgot that the Ace counts as one ^^
Silly mistake. 2 and 3 it is then ^^
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:22 pm
 There are no such things as coincidence.Then I have a question about the suit of Clubs. It deals with the mind and knowledge, but you can't go into battle and say that you know your enemy's weakness using the ace or the king. That would totally be messed up. But since that is the case, couldn't club dealers use the mind/knowledge as illusions? Or would that be passing boundaries? There is only hitsuzen
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:53 pm
Illusions are of the mind, so thats fine. Knowing your opponent's weakness isn't terribly useful if they know it too, but you wouldn't end up with a card that just tells you their weakness, you could have to get one that lets you probe minds to a fairly great depth, unless the opponent just happens to think 'dont stab my shoulder', which would be easy to fake if they knew you were looking; It would also take time to look through all that information for one fact, it would only be useful in battles that you saw coming. All that would probably only come in a high level card, and high level cards are rare.
Most people never get past the five card, this would be at least an 8.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:12 am
There are no such things as coincidence.OK, thanks.
Now I will ransack my brains for ideas... There is only hitsuzen
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