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I don't know what it is, but... I think I'm done with role-playing. It doesn't give me the same buzz that it used to. I remember writing a post in the old Mercenary Fantasy RP we did a while back and actually getting goose bumps from writing it. I remember getting teary eyed when I used to write sad scenes, or having my muscles tense and my body heat up when my characters got mad. Now I don't feel anything when I role-play.

Anyways, that's why you haven't, and probably won't, see me RP for a while. Or maybe I just need to make a character that gives me an excuse to RP again. Hmmm....

So, as redundant as this is to everything I've represented since I first joined here, I'll probably just stick to the Parlor and all non-RPing stuff for the time being.

/minirant

It happens. Once you ascend into RP Nirvana, it's almost not worth the effort anymore.

That's why you need to make a shitty a** character to get their a** beat, to make you want to make them better.

Hey, I hear you. I feel kind of the same. Gaia just inspires me to move on with my own story but RP just isn't the same for me I still like to RP to develop my character and make it more round. So Nero might be on to something there. My character used to be super strong but I decided to tone it down once I saw everyone else did the same. It's a bit more rewarding that way...

You know what. After reading your idea, I just washed away any plans I had. I'd much rather go with your idea than mine. But I will say my idea anyways, which will probably sound like a copy of another idea anyways.


The age of Piracy is at it's end. Most Pirates have become Privateers, men paid by the British to steal only from the Spanish, and in the process lost much of their freedom. While there are still some Pirates who plunder both from England and Spain, the breed is dying. Privateers tend to distance themselves from these ruffians by striking at them when convenient, which has lead to a rivalry between the two groups.

On top of these factors a much bigger problem has surfaced. Spain has grown tired of their ships being targeted. They have built their Armada. They intend to punish the Pirates for their actions quickly, then move on to England afterward, any and all English ships met on the way were to be sunk as well as Pirate ships.


Basically there would be three possible sides, the Pirates, the Privateers as envoys of England, and the Armada of Spain. Possible attempts of Pirates to gain the Privateers as allies, or Pirates fighting against each other as to whether the Privateers should be turned, Privateers attacking Pirates, and the Spanish Armada destroying both.

Edit: Which means battle focused. I'm not so good on the story part of things. I have general plots, characters I would insert into the plots that are in depth and such, at least in my head, but not so much on the story.

The Job System, still in working condition. Click to see larger, readable version. I am completely open to any discussion about it. There are 73 jobs so far, and there's no limit to how many there could be, so suggest away!

Strifer: Question one: The big differences between jobs as they advance, I was thinking, would be three things. Special Abilities, techniques, and weaponry(offensive and defensive). A solider would use a limited variety of swords and basic leather and chainmail armor, and have only a few abilities and techniques to learn. As a soldier advances into a Knight, he can use better swords, a shield, plated armor, and he'd have a larger number of abilities and techniques to learn. So on and so forth. The difference between a Dark Knight and a Holy Knight is the magic he can use, white or black magic, and a Mystic Knight could use both. A fighter uses his hands instead of swords, but can grow to learn how to use a sword (Student -> Samurai, Thief -> Ninja) or stick to using his hands (Monk, etc). Do you get the idea? And of course, I would have descriptions for every job, including the abilities, techniques, and everything else.

Question two: You are correct. Black lines are normal advances, so you only need to meet the standard requirements to advance (like a number of abilities and techniques). Blue lines mean you have to meet those requirements, from two or more jobs (probably just two though). So, to advance from a High Knight into either a Holy Knight or Dark Knight, you need to have met the requirements to advance from the High Knight job, and the Black or White Mage jobs.

And I added the Pirate -> Captain jobs after hearing about your idea. Like I said, I'm looking to add a bunch more jobs, and I was thinking have it so you can eventually take on two jobs at once, like after unlocking your twelfth job or something like that.

That's exactly it. Which makes me think I should include an advancement that doesn't involve magic.

It would still be a Dark Knight. If you continue to advance in Black Magic (Black Mage --> Elementalist --> Black Wizard --> Black Sorcerer --> Necromancer) the level of black magic available in the Dark Knight class would also advance, with limitations of course (meaning the variety of spells).

Here's a good example. Say the black mage can learn six elemental/offense spells (four basic, two intermediate), and also three status effect spells (two basic, one intermediate). After learning all the spells for the black mage job, the Dark Knight job would have access to six for the spells, and it's their choice. If you work on the Elementalist job, which for hypothetical reasons we'll say would have fourteen spells to learn, five elemental/offense, three elemental/defense, three sub-elemental/offense, and four status effects, the Dark Knight would have access to nine of those spells.

The trick to unlocking the Dark Knight job is that you have to advance from the black mage to the elementalist job first, which is something else to think on and decide, as well as how to learn spells (which would be an abilitiy) and how to master them. Perhaps, in order to learn a spell, the character has to experiment in five separate posts (like training periods, or battle fails) before they learn a new one that works properly (during a sparring match, or battle win)? A similar learning technique could be applied to skills or talents or whatever we could think off. I’ll soon have the time to focus on working through the details enough to make something of it instead of just conversation.

How about… Captain --> Commandant --> Saint