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Srsly guys. I need help with making a character. DX Here's a current one I'm considering, she's really just an idea for a neat NPC from the Fable universe, kinda based off of/ associated with Reaver. XD (Actually, now that I wrote her bio... she seems to be influenced by Mephala from the Elder Scrolls series as well.) If you couldn't tell, Reaver is "the man" reference throughout her bio. Let me know what you think! Does she sound like an interesting addition to our little RPs?

Character Name:
"Cammy" aka The Chameleon

Sex:
Female (can be disguised as a male, and some believe the Chameleon is really a man)

Age:
Eternally 25, thanks to "a friend from Bloodstone."

Sexuality: Straight, but will pretend to like females under certain circumstances.

Biography: Hailing from a kingdom far, far, far away called Albion, the Chameleon's real name is known only to one man. After the Chameleon managed to avoid that man's plots to end her life, he gained respect for her and saw the uses in having an associate that was eternally youthful and strong, just like him. He selfishly drew the Chameleon into a dark, evil pact with the Shadow Court. Now she must participate in dastardly deeds she normally wouldn't touch with a 300ft pole...

Over the next 75 years, Chameleon didn't age a day. Other than occasionally fulfilling the man's requests and the Shadow Court's demands, she continued on her path - alternately helping a citizen in need and terrorizing ones who got in her way. Those who found out they had encountered the Chameleon didn't know what s/he was after. Riches? Power? Renown? None of these motives could satisfactorily explain the Chameleon's actions.

The man who had both cursed and blessed her left the country suddenly after the disappearance of Albion's power-mad ruler. The Chameleon took the opportunity to leave Albion also. The land she is currently in has Guilds full of mages, where she wouldn't have to hide her abilities. Deciding she liked the surrounding area, the Chameleon, or "Cammy" settled on joining the Mage Guild Fairy Tail.

Personality: The Chameleon changes personality depending on who she is. Back in her homeland, she spread rumors to keep the general population confused about the Chameleon's true identity. She has a keen understanding of human nature, and is manipulative; she also avoids conflicts she can't win with wit or her pistol, and will straight up run away from a losing battle. The Chameleon portrays Cammy as kind, intelligent, reserved, and trustworthy. Around uninhibited company, she becomes a flirty jester. She will try to develop a reputation of being dependable for jobs, but attempts to hide the extent of her power, and how she uses them. At times she will leave for two or three days and come back looking extremely refreshed, brimming with life and free from any blemishes. Despite this, she will act terse and separate herself from most company.

Crush: Gazille Redfox

Appearance: The Chameleon's true appearance in known to no one. For her current alias she went for "pretty, but nondescript." Cammy is tall, with an athletic though obviously female frame. Arms, legs, and stomach have slight muscular definition when at rest, and she had a slight hourglass figure. Cammy has dark red, shoulder-length hair, and keeps it out of her face with a bandanna. She has long eyelashes, hazel eyes, and lips a darker shade of pink. She often dresses in cotton flared-leg pants, sneakers, a short-sleeved shirt under a zippered hoodie, which also usually conceals her Augmented flintlock pistol.

Magical Abilities:
"Slow Time" - Slows the movement of time in a radius around her, or for targeted individuals. To affected individuals, unaffected individuals look like they can teleport from place to place, and they are unable to block the majority of attacks.

"Chameleon" - The ability to alter skin color/pattern and body type. With this power, the user can blend in with the environment, or completely change their physical appearance. This gives the opportunity to copy a person's appearance flawlessly when looking at/imagining them. Lends greatly to stealth.

"Augments" - Four magical abilities somehow attached to a weapon, and are impossible to manipulate. The four Augments on the Chameleon's flintlock pistol makes the weapon more deadly, and provides the user with a stronger constitution, greatly heightens the user's senses to inhuman levels, and saps the life force from enemies, transferring it to and healing the wounds of the user.

Non-magical Abilities:
Acrobatic - Movements are quick, precise, and elegant.

Gunslinger - Years of training lends the ability to reload in milliseconds and extreme accuracy.

Mimicry - The innate ability to replicate any sound or voice flawlessly, and to "throw" your voice.

Weaknesses:
-The Time Slow spell is limited to a 100ft radius, or 200ft for a targeted spell. The maximum time limit (reality) is five minutes of effect.

-The Chameleon spell is accurate based only on the user's power of observation. If the person being imitated has a birthmark the user doesn't know about, they can't replicate it, and would potentially give away the impostor. It also can't change her clothes. If attempting to blend in with the background, clothes will still remain visible.

-The Augments in Chameleon's pistol effect whoever is using it, so if it's used by another person, they would gain the benefits as well. Also, there is no way to upgrade/change existing Augments, or add new ones.

-With the exception of her pistol and other ranged weapons, Chameleon's melee skills are primarily defensive rather than offensive. In close combat, she can take a beating, but wouldn't be able to do much damage without a firearm.

Sorry for the late feedback, Sami. I guess I took too much time reading it all. I like to read things carefully. sweatdrop

Anyways, she sounds like a great character! If she's based on another character, though, I can't say she's completely original, but it's better than being cliche. I personally think she'd make a great addition for future roleplays nonetheless! biggrin

It's good to give an RP character reasonable flaws. It's so irritating when someone makes a Mary-Sue and godmods all the time! > 3< But I think with Cammy you'll be fine.

But I didn't know we can make other original characters for roleplaying. eek I just played as the character for Lia's manga. xD

Ah, I see. For a second there, I really thought that I can only play as Kiyoshi! I agree, a "Weakness" section is always helpful and gets people thinking. Sometimes I wonder if people are just too lazy to come up with a really good character, though. confused

And that RP idea sounds really funny! But at the same time, I personally don't think I'd join 'cause ever since I ran into my first god-modding RP partner, I've hated them ever since. It's just not fair how invincible they make themselves! mad But that's a nice disclaimer to add on. At times, I really wonder if I should host an RP, but I'd be kind of strict about it...

Haha, thanks Sami. But I don't usually get very good ideas for RPs, so I never host any.

I'm actually in the middle of filling out the skeleton for your RP! 3nodding I might think up of an RP later on, but at the moment I'm pretty much out of creativity. -_-

"RP Vocab" section? Oh, you mean to define things such as god-modding, Mary Sue, and things like that?

I'm glad that I helped out, lol. That's cool though, and smart! biggrin Oh, and about filling out your skeleton... My brother just took the other computer where I started working on my profile, so I probably won't get it to you 'til later on. Sorry... sad