Fantasy Knights Of The Round Table | OOC

[MedievalFanatic2023]

Elaine (legend) - Wikipedia

heres all the links i found.

 

[Birdsie]

_WastedYouth
How much experience in actual magic should Merlin have at the beginning? Rate it based on the chart below. If you want to leave it in my hands, I guess I'd go for 4.

Green: Good places for a start in my opinion.
Orange: Merlin will be a bit too strong/weak compared to other characters, but we can use this as a starting point too.
Red: We definitely shouldn't touch these levels of power.
Black: I wouldn't start here if I were you, but then again, it is up to you.

1 - Barely knows the orthodox basics and is unlikely to apply them in combat.
2 - Can pull off minor feats of telekinesis and telepathy when focused. Access to elementary spells.
3 - Can reliably use telekinesis and telepathy with minimal concentration, but the strength is lackluster. Access to basic spells.
4 - Can use telekinesis and telepathy at will, the strength is moderate. Access to a full branch of basic orthodox magic and some knowledge in other fields. Can reliably fight with magic alone, brew potions, and make magical swords given time. At this level, Merlin has visions and prophetic dreams, and all that kind of stuff you probably read about.
5 - Skilled in the use of telekinesis and telepathy and they may have combat applications. Intermediate magical knowledge in several fields. At this level, Merlin obtains his infamous shapeshifting skills although they are still unrefined and lackluster.
6 - Has a spell that might be useful for every major situation and encounter stored somewhere in his brain. Moderate knowledge in numerous fields. Shapeshifting becomes precise.
7 - Very skilled in the use of magic. Telekinesis and telepathy are enough to disable small groups of soldiers with minimal effort. Advanced knowledge in all fields of magecraft with exceptional hold over one of them.
8 - This reaches bullshit levels. Can create potions of longevity, or create powerful artifacts in the span of a week or several days. Access to powerful spells; stuff like summoning dragons at will, or creating an infinite hallway.
9 - This breaks through the bullshit barrier. As above, but can do so in less than a day, perhaps taking a few hours. Can incinerate small armies with storms of magical energy.
10 - Practically a living God that can pull off anything on the fly.

I'd say 3 or 4 would be good, but it's your roleplay . Also, a character sheet would be useful.

 

[_WastedYouth]

_WastedYouth
How much experience in actual magic should Merlin have at the beginning? Rate it based on the chart below. If you want to leave it in my hands, I guess I'd go for 4.

Green: Good places for a start in my opinion.
Orange: Merlin will be a bit too strong/weak compared to other characters, but we can use this as a starting point too.
Red: We definitely shouldn't touch these levels of power.
Black: I wouldn't start here if I were you, but then again, it is up to you.

1 - Barely knows the orthodox basics and is unlikely to apply them in combat.
2 - Can pull off minor feats of telekinesis and telepathy when focused. Access to elementary spells.
3 - Can reliably use telekinesis and telepathy with minimal concentration, but the strength is lackluster. Access to basic spells.
4 - Can use telekinesis and telepathy at will, the strength is moderate. Access to a full branch of basic orthodox magic and some knowledge in other fields. Can reliably fight with magic alone, brew potions, and make magical swords given time. At this level, Merlin has visions and prophetic dreams, and all that kind of stuff you probably read about.
5 - Skilled in the use of telekinesis and telepathy and they may have combat applications. Intermediate magical knowledge in several fields. At this level, Merlin obtains his infamous shapeshifting skills although they are still unrefined and lackluster.
6 - Has a spell that might be useful for every major situation and encounter stored somewhere in his brain. Moderate knowledge in numerous fields. Shapeshifting becomes precise.
7 - Very skilled in the use of magic. Telekinesis and telepathy are enough to disable small groups of soldiers with minimal effort. Advanced knowledge in all fields of magecraft with exceptional hold over one of them.
8 - This reaches bullshit levels. Can create potions of longevity, or create powerful artifacts in the span of a week or several days. Access to powerful spells; stuff like summoning dragons at will, or creating an infinite hallway.
9 - This breaks through the bullshit barrier. As above, but can do so in less than a day, perhaps taking a few hours. Can incinerate small armies with storms of magical energy.
10 - Practically a living God that can pull off anything on the fly.

I'd say 3 or 4 would be good, but it's your roleplay . Also, a character sheet would be useful.

I will get on a character sheet right away when I am home from being out and about. Also, I think green, maybe slowly changing into orange is good? and 3 & 4 sound good to me.

I want to make it clear that I want to give you all the most freedom with your characters, inside of a certain limit. That limit is judged by these three things:

1) your characters power level being way to strong.
3) Your character has no depth. By this, I mean there is no drive in your character. A thing that helps me with characters is I think of them as real people and if I could have a conversation with them what would they say.
3) Your characters backstory is too elusive. This means there is not enough in their past. It's fine to have mystery in your character, but I've seen people who are like 'yeah their bio is unknown'... Like bye. They came from somewhere and it shouldn't be unknown.

I am a sucker for details, so once the character sheet is up please keep those three things in mind.

 

[Birdsie]

I will get on a character sheet right away when I am home from being out and about. Also, I think green, maybe slowly changing into orange is good? and 3 & 4 sound good to me.

I want to make it clear that I want to give you all the most freedom with your characters, inside of a certain limit. That limit is judged by these three things:

1) your characters power level being way to strong.
3) Your character has no depth. By this, I mean there is no drive in your character. A thing that helps me with characters is I think of them as real people and if I could have a conversation with them what would they say.
3) Your characters backstory is too elusive. This means there is not enough in their past. It's fine to have mystery in your character, but I've seen people who are like 'yeah their bio is unknown'... Like bye. They came from somewhere and it shouldn't be unknown.

I am a sucker for details, so once the character sheet is up please keep those three things in mind.

Don't worry. I am a firm believer in 'Power Needs Depth' and I am known for my in-depth character sheets.

If a character's power isn't there for any other reason to establish the character as powerful, it adds little depth save for when the character is a villain and the heroes need a strong opponent. I will also include Merlin's full backstory, so no worries.

 

[_WastedYouth]

Hey, do you wanna have my source? I use this awesome podcast. Ill link it to you.

Yes! I would love to use your source. (:

 

[_WastedYouth]

MedievalFanatic2023 You can be Elain of Astolat.

I will conduct research and come back to you with ideas! And a character sheet. :3

 

[_WastedYouth]

Don't worry. I am a firm believer in 'Power Needs Depth' and I am known for my in-depth character sheets.

If a character's power isn't there for any other reason to establish the character as powerful, it adds little depth save for when the character is a villain and the heroes need a strong opponent. I will also include Merlin's full backstory, so no worries.

I like that. There are a lot of people out there who just don't understand. I also, wanted to ask you a little more about Mordred. I understand that he is Arthur's son, or... And if he is Arthurs son, perhaps our story could start when Arthur just achieves the title of king, and has dedicated his quest to the holy grail. (In my original idea, he was just a prince, without Excalibur keep in mind.)

 

[Birdsie]

I like that. There are a lot of people out there who just don't understand. I also, wanted to ask you a little more about Mordred. I understand that he is Arthur's son, or... And if he is Arthurs son, perhaps our story could start when Arthur just achieves the title of king, and has dedicated his quest to the holy grail. (In my original idea, he was just a prince, without Excalibur keep in mind.)

The whole thing with Mordred is that he is both a bastard and an incestuous child. He's a secret villain. Mordred was born out of one night that Arthur and Morgana spent together after she cast a spell on Arthur. Creating Mordred was a part of her plan to kill Arthur, and it played out exactly as she expected in the end. She basically played chess for several years and raised Mordred by herself, then when he was old enough she sent him to Camelot with a recommendation to Arthur (who had no idea Mordred is his son, or that he has a son with Morgana since it all came from a spell,) and thus, Mordred was quick to be accepted as a Knight of the Round Table. Cue several years of infiltration and mystery behind Mordred's true identity and Arthur has to set out somewhere else, in different versions of the story he either hunts Lancelot for having a relationship with Guinevere or he sets out to find the Grail, or on a crusade, or to conquer France, or to re-conquer Rome, or many other things. When Arthur is outside Camelot, Mordred steals the Clarent from the armory and crowns himself the new king. When Arthur returns, a civil war breaks out and you know the rest of the story. Both Mordred and Arthur die. Yeouch.

I want to point out Mordred's most common title is: "Knight of Treachery," and for good reason, as you can read above.

Also, Arthur obtains Excalibur much later. He achieved the title of King when he pulled out the sword in the stone created by Merlin, often called Caliburn. Excalibur comes from the Lady of the Lake and acts as a symbol of Arthur's virtue.

 

[_WastedYouth]

The whole thing with Mordred is that he is both a bastard and an incestuous child. He's a secret villain. Mordred was born out of one night that Arthur and Morgana spent together after she cast a spell on Arthur. Creating Mordred was a part of her plan to kill Arthur, and it played out exactly as she expected in the end. She basically played chess for several years and raised Mordred by herself, then when he was old enough she sent him to Camelot with a recommendation to Arthur (who had no idea Mordred is his son, or that he has a son with Morgana since it all came from a spell,) and thus, Mordred was quick to be accepted as a Knight of the Round Table. Cue several years of infiltration and mystery behind Mordred's true identity and Arthur has to set out somewhere else, in different versions of the story he either hunts Lancelot for having a relationship with Guinevere or he sets out to find the Grail, or on a crusade, or to conquer France, or to re-conquer Rome, or many other things. When Arthur is outside Camelot, Mordred steals the Clarent from the armory and crowns himself the new king. When Arthur returns, a civil war breaks out and you know the rest of the story. Both Mordred and Arthur die. Yeouch.

I want to point out Mordred's most common title is: "Knight of Treachery," and for good reason, as you can read above.

Also, Arthur obtains Excalibur much later. He achieved the title of King when he pulled out the sword in the stone created by Merlin, often called Caliburn. Excalibur comes from the Lady of the Lake and acts as a symbol of Arthur's virtue.

Huh. Mordred seems to play an important part in the scheme of it all. I like the villainy. So, do you think Mordred would be a good character to have in the beginning as a knight then, or should he be introduced later on, after we establish who will play Morgana, because she is on the list of characters I would want. To be fully honest I might play Morgana myself, but I am not sure.

Hm, interesting. I thought Caliburn was Excalibur. However, I trust your word for it. So, that all being said, where should this story begin? I want to start having a solid plot to follow, and I think I've overloaded my brain on Arthurian legends.

Totally off topic, and interesting poem I found from a poet is The Lady Shallot. I enjoy.

 

[Birdsie]

Huh. Mordred seems to play an important part in the scheme of it all. I like the villainy. So, do you think Mordred would be a good character to have in the beginning as a knight then, or should he be introduced later on, after we establish who will play Morgana, because she is on the list of characters I would want. To be fully honest I might play Morgana myself, but I am not sure.

Hm, interesting. I thought Caliburn was Excalibur. However, I trust your word for it. So, that all being said, where should this story begin? I want to start having a solid plot to follow, and I think I've overloaded my brain on Arthurian legends.

Totally off topic, and interesting poem I found from a poet is The Lady Shallot. I enjoy.

To be honest, there is no reason you'd have to trust me. There are hundreds if not thousands of different versions of the Arthurian Legend, each one differing slightly from each other and only having a few consistent details. Some describe Arthur as a greedy tyrant king, whilst most of them (especially early ones) describe him as a virtuous, pious man willing to give his life away for God and country.

Trust me when I say you can be totally free to re-invent things with the legend as you see fit. It's practically a part of its tradition at this point.

 

[_WastedYouth]

To be honest, there is no reason you'd have to trust me. There are hundreds if not thousands of different versions of the Arthurian Legend, each one differing slightly from each other and only having a few consistent details. Some describe Arthur as a greedy tyrant king, whilst most of them (especially early ones) describe him as a virtuous, pious man willing to give his life away for God and country.

Trust me when I say you can be totally free to re-invent things with the legend as you see fit. It's practically a part of its tradition at this point.

Nice. Thank you, your information is helping paint a picture in my mind. :3

My next question, to those who have decided to stay!

Are there any ideas you guys had in your head before I start to think of plots and barf them out on my keyboard?

 

[_WastedYouth]

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Family Crest | You may describe, or leave a picture down in the armor section.
Mother&Father |Name them. It's okay for first names.
Siblings |If you don't have any siblings, N/A will suffice.

Physical Characteristics

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Weapons & Fighting style
| What is the main weapon your character uses? |
This is the weapon your character will always have on them. Include all magical properties as well.
| Does your character have any secondary weapons? |
These are most likely to be concealed weapons, or weapons they don't really use, but have as a back up.
| What is your characters fighting style? |
Are they skilled at hand to hand combat, long distance, or weapons?
| What are your character morals? |
This is important. Knights have a code of conduct. If you have no morals and would attack anybody, that's fine too.

Magic
| Can your character use magic? |
If yes, continue to fill out the stuff below. If not, then delete this section.
| What is your characters main type of magic? |
Healing, battle, potion making, enchanting weapons...etc...
| Can your character use magic in battle? |
Can your character defend/fight/protect with their magic?
| What is your characters power level? |
Beginner/Intermediate/advanced *Special note for Merlin. Your character would probably fall under Beginner/intermediate after what we talked about.

Armor
You can describe your armor, or put a picture here of what it would look like. If you use a picture, i will probably edit it to a certain size.

Additional Information
This is where you can put likes, disklikes, relationships with other characters, favorites. Whatever you feel is missing from above, you can put it here.


This is the new Profile skeleton.

 

[_WastedYouth]

Birdsie Do you think Merlin would take on any apprentices?

 

[Field Marshall]

Hello all! Profiles are done.

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Date of birth | MM/DD
Gender | Male/Female
Sexuality | Straight/Lesbian/Homosexual/Bisexual
Hometown | Anywhere
Family Crest | You may describe, or leave a picture down in the armor section.
Mother&Father |Name them. It's okay for first names.
Siblings |If you don't have any siblings, N/A will suffice.
Personality | Brief description. You will be going into detail further down.

• Personality
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  Your personality should be minimum one decently sized paragraph.
  
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  Your biography should be a minimum of two decently sized paragraphs.
  

Physical Characteristics

Eye color |
Hair color |
Skin color |
Height |
Weight |
Physique |
Tattoos |
Scars |
​

Weapons & Fighting style
| What is the main weapon your character uses? |
This is the weapon your character will always have on them. Include all magical properties as well.
| Does your character have any secondary weapons? |
These are most likely to be concealed weapons, or weapons they don't really use, but have as a back up.
| What is your characters fighting style? |
Are they skilled at hand to hand combat, long distance, or weapons?
| What are your character morals? |
This is important. Knights have a code of conduct. If you have no morals and would attack anybody, that's fine too.​

Magic
| Can your character use magic? |
If yes, continue to fill out the stuff below. If not, then delete this section.
| What is your characters main type of magic? |
Healing, battle, potion making, enchanting weapons...etc...
| Can your character use magic in battle? |
Can your character defend/fight/protect with their magic?
| What is your characters power level? |
Beginner/Intermediate/advanced *Special note for Merlin. Your character would probably fall under Beginner/intermediate after what we talked about.

Armor
You can describe your armor, or put a picture here of what it would look like. If you use a picture, i will probably edit it to a certain size.​

Additional Information
This is where you can put likes, disklikes, relationships with other characters, favorites. Whatever you feel is missing from above, you can put it here.​

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| [B] What is the main weapon your character uses?[/B] |
This is the weapon your character will always have on them. Include all magical properties as well.
| [B] Does your character have any secondary weapons?[/B] |
These are most likely to be concealed weapons, or weapons they don't really use, but have as a back up.
| [B] What is your characters fighting style?[/B] |
Are they skilled at hand to hand combat, long distance, or weapons?
| [B]What are your character morals? [/B] |
This is important. Knights have a code of conduct. If you have no morals and would attack anybody, that's fine too.[/RIGHT]

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| [B]Can your character use magic? [/B] |
If yes, continue to fill out the stuff below. If not, then delete this section.
| [B]What is your characters main type of magic? [/B] |
Healing, battle, potion making, enchanting weapons...etc...
| [B]Can your character use magic in battle? [/B] |
Can your character defend/fight/protect with their magic?
| [B] What is your characters power level? [/B] |
Beginner/Intermediate/advanced *Special note for Merlin. Your character would probably fall under Beginner/intermediate after what we talked about.

[B][U]Armor[/U][/B]
You can describe your armor, or put a picture here of what it would look like.  If you use a picture, i will probably edit it to a certain size.[/RIGHT]

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If anyone has questions, or things they would like to add, don't be scared to ask. :3

I'm sorry if there's one thing I don't do it's coding

 

[_WastedYouth]

I'm sorry if there's one thing I don't do it's coding

You don't have to use the coding. You can just copy paste without the codes?

EDIT: See above for the uncoded skeleton.
I just changed it, incase anybody else was the same way.

 

[Kabboom]

Hmmmm. Well, I have no idea what's going on.

BUT STILL I SHALL TRY.

What roles are left _WastedYouth ?

 

[_WastedYouth]

Hmmmm. Well, I have no idea what's going on.

BUT STILL I SHALL TRY.

What roles are left _WastedYouth ?

There is not much going on, just discussion on the legends of King Arthur. . IF you see the first post, there is a list of characters.

The available characters are: King Arthur, Mordred, Morgana, and whoever wants to make an oc can. :3

 

[Kabboom]

An OC, you say?

Hmm, since magic is allowed, do you allow any magical beings as part of the crew?

 

[_WastedYouth]

An OC, you say?

Hmm, since magic is allowed, do you allow any magical beings as part of the crew?

I am thinking not, should stick to humans for now.

 

[Kabboom]

Hmm, no more knights?

What would be a non-knight combat role? Trying to think here.

 

[Field Marshall]

Is there a csthread?

 

[Misuteeku]

So do I use the Coded, or the uncoded cs sheet?

 

[_WastedYouth]

Is there a csthread?

Not yet. I am about to head out the door.
It will be up tomorrow.

So do I use the Coded, or the uncoded cs sheet?

Everyone should use the same one, so you can use the uncoded one. :3

 

[Safety Hammer]

The whole thing with Mordred is that he is both a bastard and an incestuous child. He's a secret villain. Mordred was born out of one night that Arthur and Morgana spent together after she cast a spell on Arthur. Creating Mordred was a part of her plan to kill Arthur, and it played out exactly as she expected in the end. She basically played chess for several years and raised Mordred by herself, then when he was old enough she sent him to Camelot with a recommendation to Arthur (who had no idea Mordred is his son, or that he has a son with Morgana since it all came from a spell,) and thus, Mordred was quick to be accepted as a Knight of the Round Table. Cue several years of infiltration and mystery behind Mordred's true identity and Arthur has to set out somewhere else, in different versions of the story he either hunts Lancelot for having a relationship with Guinevere or he sets out to find the Grail, or on a crusade, or to conquer France, or to re-conquer Rome, or many other things. When Arthur is outside Camelot, Mordred steals the Clarent from the armory and crowns himself the new king. When Arthur returns, a civil war breaks out and you know the rest of the story. Both Mordred and Arthur die. Yeouch.

I want to point out Mordred's most common title is: "Knight of Treachery," and for good reason, as you can read above.

Also, Arthur obtains Excalibur much later. He achieved the title of King when he pulled out the sword in the stone created by Merlin, often called Caliburn. Excalibur comes from the Lady of the Lake and acts as a symbol of Arthur's virtue.

This is wrong! In the French Vulgate it states that his half sister Queen Morgoss (Morgana's sister and Gawain's mother) is Mordred's mother! Also, Arthur willingly slept with her, but did not find out that they were related until Arthur learned of his true parents around ten years later. Until then, he was known as a lowborn.

 

[Safety Hammer]

To be honest, there is no reason you'd have to trust me. There are hundreds if not thousands of different versions of the Arthurian Legend, each one differing slightly from each other and only having a few consistent details. Some describe Arthur as a greedy tyrant king, whilst most of them (especially early ones) describe him as a virtuous, pious man willing to give his life away for God and country.

Trust me when I say you can be totally free to re-invent things with the legend as you see fit. It's practically a part of its tradition at this point.

I couldn't have said it better