CYOA Tales of Lona: 'Under the hood' thread

[coyoteredmoon]

Daughter of Heikya/Bookish Girl

This is cool too ^ If you want any of the other personalities, but still want the daughter of Heikya, this is a good way to say so. Do be aware though, the other personality will overwrite the Daughter of Heikya benefits.

There have been updates to the Personality Section, the Playing Section, and we now also have a Motivations Section!

I'll be back in a little bit guys with rules on character creation, So expect that in a little bit

[coyoteredmoon]

OKAY EVERYONE! THE TIME IS NIGH!
So character creation is pretty easy!

>Choose a Lineage, a Personailty, and a Motivation

>You have three points to distribute to Attributes

>you have 10 points to distribute into skills

>You may submit up to three characters! If you submit more, you will have to tell me which of the 3 submitted you will want to replace with the additional builds.

>Please do not total up the numbers. I'll do that later when I am compiling.

>After a few days, I'll do some math things and post three averaged builds. Then we'll do a vote to see which one every one wants

I may add some additional skills motivations and personalities if I think of good ones to add, and I'll be sure to inform you all of what I have added (not super likely I'll add anymore races, but you never know). Now that that stuff is all said, HAVE FUN GUYS!

[devilbird]

I assume that means 3 characters each?

Character 1: [Redacted]
Goblin, Daughter of Heikya/Bookish Girl, Archeologist
+2 intelligence, +1 sneak
+4 spellcraft, +3 chemistry, +2 medicine, +1 small arms
Same back story if possible, because i'm fond of the Heikya/Etim shipping

Character 2: [Redacted]
Knoll, Mother Hen, Honor for the family
+1 strength, +2 Charisma
+4 Marksman, +3 One-Handed arms, +3 Acrobatics
Having reached maturity, [Redacted] now faces a coming of age ritual that has been part of her tribe for ages. She must head out into the world and prove herself a mighty warrior worthy of becoming leader of the pack. Her pack has been neighbors with the local village, and [Redacted] has many friends with in its walls. As such, she believes the best place to start would be aiding the town her people have stood guard over for generations.

Character 3: [Redacted]
Goblin, Shieldmaiden, Get rich 7000
+1 Strength, +2 Constitution
+5 Shieldmanship, +2 One-handed arms, +1 Medicine, +2 Knot tying
Many people think goblins are greedy and selfish, but there are reasons for this. Goblin families tend to get rather large in a short amount of time. With groups leaning more towards civilization in this modern day, money has become essential in supporting a large goblin family. When [Redacted] had proven herself a vastly superior fighter to her brothers and sisters, she decided she was capable of supporting the family she loved so much. She has gained an odd expertise at tying ropes, though she could never tell her family how she came by this knowledge. That combined with her combat prowess makes her a more than capable at adventuring, bounty hunting, warfare and exploration. Maybe when she has reached her goal, she could even settle down and start a family of her own.

[coyoteredmoon]

Also If you dont mind, Let me do the naming XD It's just a bit easier since I'm going to end up taking everyones characters and working them together.
Also: yes, everyone gets three

[m3rchant]

Alright, two questions:

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First, did you WANT to keep this up forever!?!? 'Cause if you did, then ALL my respect to you!

second, the thought occurs to me that a secondary character could also be made as perhaps the best friend or rival of this new lady, whether this other woman is created out of the stats of the runner up or is made out of an entirely new pool of data would be completely up to you, but I just think it would be an awesome way to add depth if this happens.

And now, for my character choice.

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Lineage: A cross-breed between goblin and don't care (though I would like us to shy away from dog, rabbit, and horse: They've been done to death!)
Personality: At the risk of repeating myself, Don't quite know if this is allowed, but can we go with the clumsy daughter option?
Motivation: You've heard of Noah's Ark? This is Noah's Harem! She wants to have at least one male (and possibly one female?) of every species in existence at her constant beck and call. This, or she believes that there are creatures out there that no one knows exist yet and she intends to discover them all!

[KarmaHoudini]

Lineage: Goblin
+3 Constitution, +1 Sneak, +2 Intelligence, +4 Libido, +6 Fertility
Personality/Background: Daughter of Heikya/The Clumsy Girl
+3 Constitution, +2 Fertility
Motivation: Archeologist
Attribute Points: +3 Strength
Skill Points: +5 Two-Handed Arms, +3 Implication, +2 Hunting

Please let me know if I did this wrong.
I may or may not add another character to this list.

[EDIT] New Character
Lineage: Elf
+2 Sneak, +4 Intelligence, +4 Charisma
+2 to Spellcraft, +2 to Marksmanship, +2 to Medicine
Personality/Background: Innocent
-2 sneak, +1 Charisma, -2 Libido, -2 fertility
Motivation: World Tour
Attribute Points: +2 Libido, +1 Intelligence
Skill Points: +5 Spellcraft, +3 Acrobatics, +2 Marksmanship

[EDIT2] Final Character
Lineage: Nekomata
+3 Sneak, +5 Charisma, +2 Libido, +8 Fertility
+4 to Acrobatics, +2 to Small Arms
Personality/Background: The Sneak
+1 Sneak
+2 to Lockpicking, +2 to Acrobatics, +1 to Small Arms
Motivation: Get Rich! (5000)
Attribute Points: +2 Sneak, +1 Charisma
Skill Points: +5 Lockpicking, +5 Marksmanship

[coyoteredmoon]

ha ha! probably not forever XD but That is a goal made those that simply wanna run a character for a very long time
I'll keep the second character/ rival thing in mind. May come in handy eventually, but I dont see that as a feature in the foreseeable future.

[Omnimek]

Had one of those moments, so exciting. So hard to pick.

Char 1 Nekomata-> Ruler-> Lay the Demon lord +1 INT +1 STR +1 CON +1 Hunting +1Lockpicking +1Chamistry +1 Implication +1 Medicine +5 Hand to Hand

Char 2 Goblin->Heikya->Honor For the Family +1 Lib,+1 Sneak, +1 STR. +1Implication +1 medicine +1Hand to Hand +1 Chemistry +1 Engineering +1 Spellcraft +1Blacksmith +1Lockpicking +1Acrobatics +1 hunting

Char 3 Knoll-> She Wolf-> Get Rich (5000) +3 Cha +1 Lockpicking +1 Smithing + 3Implication +1 Small Arms +2 Shieldmanship +2 Hand to Hand

[VintageBass]

OK, let's try something a little different:

1: Lapinette -> The Wild Child -> Lay a Demon Lord
+4 Sneak, +3 INT, +2 Libido, +2 Fertility, +1 Medicine, +1 Marksmanship, +2 Hunting, +2 Acrobatics

2: Neko -> The Sneak -> The Archaeologist
+4 Sneak, +5 Charisma, +2 Libido, +8 Fertility, +2 Lockpicking, +6 Acrobatics, +3 Small Arms

3: Holstaurus -> The Clumsy Girl -> Get Rich! (7000)
+9 CON, +1 STR, +2 Charisma, +2 Libido, +4 Fertility

[moonblack]

Character 1:
Lineage: Elf
Personailty: The Wild Child
Motivation: Collect her own personal harem (of all genders)
+3 to Intelligence
Skills: Lockpicking: +2, Chemistry: +1, Spellcraft: +5, Implication: +1, Marksmanship: +1

Character 2:
Lineage: Elf
Personailty: The Shieldmaiden
Motivation: World Tour
+1 to Intelligence, +1 Constitution, +1 Charisma
Skills: Lockpicking +1, Acrobatics +1, Engineering +1, Hunting +1, Implication +3, Marksmanship +1, One-handed arms +1, Shieldsmanship +1

Character 3:
Lineage: Human
Personailty: The Sneak
Motivation: World Domination
+1 to Intelligence, +2 Charisma
Skills: Lockpicking +1, Chemistry +1, Engineering +2, Implication +3, Marksmanship +1, Small arms +1, Hand-to-Hand +1

[merlin169]

1)Lineage: Lapinette
Personality: The Sneak
Motivation: Get Rich
Attributes: 1 Sneak, 1 Intelligence, 1 Charisma
Skills: 3 Lockpicking, 2 Small Arms, 2 Marksmanship, 1 Acrobatics, 1 Hunting, 1 Implication

2)Lineage: Elf
Personality: The Bookish Girl
Motivation: The Archaeologist
Attributes: 3 Intelligence
Skills: 3 Spellcraft, 3 Chemistry, 2 Engineering, 2 Staves or 1 more Spellcraft and 1 Medicine if staves are not allowed

3)Lineage: Knoll
Personality: The Shieldmaiden
Motivation: Slay a Demon Lord
Attributes: 2 Strength, 1 Constitution
Skills: 3 One-Handed Arms, 3 Shieldsmanship, 2 Medicine 2 Hunting

[coyoteredmoon]

Looks like we have 18 builds already. That was quick
Let's see what else we get!

[xeragoth]

character 1: Nekomata, Innocent, Honor of the family
+3 Charisma
spellcraft 5, acrobatics 5 (i didn't saw magic as an offense so spell craft it is but i want her to know magic)

Character 2: Nekomata, clumsy girl, world tour
+3 Libido
Lock picking 7, 3 acrobatics


Character 3: Knoll, Wild Girl, World domination
+1 strength, +2 Charisma
+4 Marksman, +3 One-Handed arms, +3 Acrobatics

[coyoteredmoon]

xeragoth, good sir, you may only distribute 3 points into attributes

Also: an entry has been added to the 'Playing' section. You magic lovers will want to take a look.

[xeragoth]

fixed and added new one

[moonblack]

Magic seems awfully complicated. Will we at least know ahead of time if she memorized the spell properly, or if she "was skimming and can't remember the finer points"? What effect will the latter have?

Also, are the ingredients single-use only and have to be bought again after casting a spell? Because that would seriously discourage the use of magic, especially while we are low on money (since getting to -100 gold means "game over").

[coyoteredmoon]

I the case of a failed memorization, I will tell you guys XD no worries. Not memorizing the spell correctly will simply not allow her to use it in combat.
The reason that there is the cost associated with the combat magic is for two major reasons: There are not too many characters I have planned that will be able to defend themselves against magic and that outside of combat our heroine will be able to use spellcraft as a means of casting.
Spellcraft as a whole is involves putting specific runes on objects, and the associated cost is that of the drawing instrument and whatever is being drawn on (if you want to draw on a rock or something not worth worrying about price, all you need is the drawing instrument). In combat not a lot of people will allow people to draw on them, so use of a focus will be needed to cast spells.
And to answer you question about multiple uses on the items, they can be used indefinitely as long as the item does not break (however many spell components are flammable, and channeling energy through them has a chance of setting them alight.)

So yeah, spell casting is kind of the rich man's tactic to win a fight; but the chance of success is quite high when you use it. I think i'll add that little blurb to the 'Playing' section as well.

[KarmaHoudini]

Added a new character to my list.

[m3rchant]

Hey, this may just be that I'm an idiot, (or at least I feel like one at the moment) but I can't seem to find this 'playing' section you speak of.

[coyoteredmoon]

It's on the previous page (pg.18), about halfway down the page in one of the quoted sections.