let me think out loud about what I wanna do for the first plot post

Joysweeper do you want to escape with raist or were you going to use guts or some such?

hematite same question, are we teaming up for this?

they're both really appealing! I will say I don't think guts needs (heh) her but raist could - team up could be fun!

also the power set im hoping to give raistlin leaves him with basically no offensive spells

he's got some illusions and enchantments and that's it

he can ward like a motherfucker tho!

guts having a controlled freakout about possession has made need want to be a little less bold and more consent-y for the moment
lmao need has no offensive spells she just has take over and buff physical abilities

(and she can conjure an ethereal bearer but I wanna save her finding that out for some time when she gets dropped or yeeted or something)

that is sort of what I was thinking

also "we've just met and you're still getting over the sword thing but there's danger so cope" is a very traditional introduction to Need

it is! lmao
crowd up that little wizard body

raistlin is suddenly buff

he's never been physically competant before so she'd just be sort of dragging his body around while his mind goes AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

he tries to flinch when she cuts something and she has to tell him to relax

tbh after a fairly short time she'll be looking to run bc that's the pragmatic thing.
here you can do that, she'll keep your body from breaking down at an inconvenient moment

yeah he's literally never held a sword in his life

its is almost certainly safer to just keep manually pumping his lungs so he can fucking run

anabel I'm trembling with the want to play this

/ojousan laugh/

he can get an up close and personal look at her wanting/not doing the bad spirit thing

....also gotta rescue an npc woman on the way

it's Mandatory

what if its the fortune teller who keeps accosting people

raistlin has had multiple run ins

they are not friends

/snickers
need like TOO BAD!

raistlin: absolutely not, no way, no how
need: would u do it for.... an arcane lore?
raistlin: YES GIVE

/laughs
oh this relationship is gonna go places

kinda a shame she can't particularly teach him magics or vice versa (maybe some of his warding is helped by telling him about anti-spirit firewalls idk) but there is always the theory

anyway! I also got Alloran more at loose ends if you need an alien for either saturday or this impending mess (he will hate need she is a parasite)

i am giving aran right of first refusal on running away

with saturday that is

and honestly raistlin doesn't even need to be able to USE the magic he's learning, he just. loves magic.

like he tells himself it's all about learning to get power but he's also kind of lying to himself

he just is a giant dumb nerd who sucks up knowledge like a sponge

is cool is cool
hee.

need has forgotten many things and will probably be embarrassed as they come up
oooh, I'll get to use some silly nonsense from Under The Vale
that's a larry dixon essay where he brings up pre-cataclysm magic and I kinda don't think it fits for the timescale he's talking about

but if I have it be way before it I can have Need talk about poorly-structured magic generating heat and so mages with power caught themselves on fire regularly and had a trend for spellcasting in the nude

that would be before her time I think

I NEED TO READ THE PLOT POST

YES

yeah guts is going to need someone to stop him from going rage mode

he was doing so well

but prevention is easier than the aftermath

berserker buddy system

time for a detour, boy! we've got to round up that giant swordsman

cant lose your shit and fight til you drop if you're worried about ur friends

its true

cant be consumed by your looming inner darkness if you have a buddy

give the darkness a number that comes after the number assigned to your friends
.......where is my metaphor going

i imagine he'll have it doubly bad because ontop of not being warded, his brand isn't warded either

(unless we assume it is? the thread with Raist hasn't progressed entirely yet)

I wasn't sure if his app made it in!

his app is in!

unfortunately he's been extremely nerfed so the protection he can offer is time limited

it is. a magical rock. you can wear it on a string

make a little shield when you use the command word

in case we don't get there in time

the shield weakens every time it gets hit and doesn't last very long, but it can provide cover for a retreat

better get to the heartstone!

oof

i am into saturday, raist, guts, and need all running as one except I play two of those characters so its probably better to split?

i think itd be neat to have that thread with raist and need so they can get a tease of what the berserker armor does

well if you guys and dwrp rules are okay with it, since there's three players involved I don't have to self tag or anything weird....

need's warding is location-specific and has some stealth applications but zero protective ability so lol it's nice there's not total overlap

I'm down!

im getting double tags from anabel how can i complain

raist can ward a single portal or a 10x10 space, and can also make a magic object that does the same

imagining the progression of how need got woke up three separate times as with a corkboard and string
"okay, so, the treacherous winter fae yoinked the magic sword and put her to sleep and then went ow! owww!"
it's rp so the real answer is don't worry about it lol