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The land was in turmoil, a lord of darkness arose to conquer the world and was transforming everything in his dominion into monsters. Warriors from all across the kingdom spent years trying to push back the advancing darkness but they would eventually fall, sometimes in combat but other times to the temptation of the dark lord's power. Throughout the kingdom, people would tell their children that someday a legendary hero would appear and slay the Dark Lord once and for all. You are not that hero.  At the age of 13 the kingdom's children were tested on their aptitude. The ones good at fighting or had natural affinity for magic were sent off to be trained as warriors. The rest were then tested to see if they had any natural proficiency at common trades needed to supply the war against the Dark Lord and were then offered apprenticeships in order to supply the next generation of heroes when they're ready to take up the fight. You just barely qualified to learn a trade. Once that's done it's off to the edge of the lands on the edge of the Dark Lord's corruption to help supply the kingdom's warriors. Sure, it's dangerous, but it's also prestigious, could make you rich, would help save the world, would let you see more of the world and it's not like you had many real prospects for your future at home.  Who is our character? 1. What is their name? 1b. (Optional) What was their childhood like? Just a short suggestion to build off.  2. What trade are they going to learn? A. Blacksmith - You will learn work weapons and armor out of metal, protecting the warriors and arming them to kill monsters. B. Leatherworker - You'll learn how to work hard leather for armor and arrow quivers, soft leather for clothes, bags and upholstery. C. Gunsmith - Guns are a recent invention, the discovery of gunpowder in the early years of the war led to new ways to fight the dark lord and so far they've worked. Unfortunately, guns are still something of a rarity and not many gunsmiths exist. This could actually be a good opportunity for you. D. Clothier - Some warriors go without metal armor or hardened leather, choosing instead to enchant the fabric of their regular clothes to provide the same defenses. You'll learn how to make the clothes both they and non-adventurers wear and also make canvas tents, travelling packs and other things they might need. E. Apothecary - You'll learn how to make medicine. You'll also make combat drugs the warriors will be using in desperate situations. F. Bookbinder & Printer - Not all warriors specialize in physical combat, some focus on wizardry and require spellbooks in order to keep their magical knowledge straight. Even the ones who don't cast spells need field guides, atlases and journals. You'll be learning how to copy the texts and illustrations and then put the books together and emboss the covers. G. Baker - You'll be making bread, mostly. In addition to baking, you'll also be making other preserved rations that warriors will take into the cursed lands, as nothing beyond the western forest is safe to eat. H. Jeweler - While valuable on their own, gems set into precious metals can hold especially powerful enchantments. You'll learn how to work with gold, copper and silver, carve gems and set the gems into the metal pieces. I. Carpenter - Carts and bows for the warriors' use, but also furniture for the rest of the town. Wood is the tool of your trade. It's expensive since it has to be imported from the far end of the kingdom in order to be free of the Dark Lord's influence.  3. Stats These basic attributes will be added to your attempts to make and sell a product. Your character won't be good at everything, in fact, they're actually pretty bad at grasping one aspect of their future job. What do they consider their greatest strength and what is their greatest weakness? A. Stamina - How long you can work without it affecting you. Working past that point without rest will cause productivity and quality to suffer. B. Speed - How fast you can work. Higher speed affects the rate you produce simple goods in bulk and how much time it takes to make a complex item. C. Precision - Your attention to detail and accuracy. Primarily affects quality, also affects material cost and production time to a lesser extent. D. Talent - Natural aptitude for your trade. Affects the quality and value of goods. E. Creativity - Your ideas. Improves the value and diversity of goods you sell and will eventually attract more commissions. F. Shrewdness - Your business sense. You know what your materials are worth and how much your time is worth. G. Salesmanship - Your ability to deal with customers. High salesmanship will let you move inventory faster at higher prices and helps you get commission work. Our character's stats will be determined by die rolls, the strength rolled at 1d8, the weakness a 1d4, and everything else at 1d6. Don't worry if some roll low, you will be able to increase all of them to the maximum potential of these rolls with enough practice and even go beyond if you can find someone to teach you. Consider this part one of the character creation, we'll get to part two and narrow down a specialization after the votes are in.
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1. Rolandberry D. Redshorts, whose friends call him Shortcake. Rather rotund second son of a famous knight, the mighty Sir Crabapple D. Redshorts, whose wealthy and martial-minded family only barely puts up with his mediocre penchant for... 2. BAKING. He may be stuck baking loaves and drying rations now, but one day he will bake the cake that will defeat the Dark Lord. 3. E, B He's extremely Creative but sadly his work on his ambitious designs leave him a bit Slow to finish orders. He also invented the chef's hat, almost by accident. 
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Feb 21, 2018 11:19
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1.You are Reginald P. Boddy. You were born into a wealthy aristocratic family. For 34 years you have lived your life in a complete bubble. Your every need and desire attended by a small army of servants. Through your hedonistic and debauched lifestyle you have manage to waste your family’s fortune on women, food, and gambling. You are a soft fat spongy man-baby who is completely incapable of taking care of yourself. A former servant showed you misplaced kindness by taking you in - after you were forced to sell the last of your properties to pay off your debtors. You acquired the deed to his bakery shop when you accidentally dashed the back of his head in with a copper vase after he refused to serve you a fourth portion of hash-browns claiming that there were no more left - a claim which you verified after the fact. And so you have become a baker. Also you have no clue how to bake. 2. Baking + Barber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atSbk0vLuRw 3. You are utterly amoral and ruthless - the best possible trait(s) for an aspiring business owner MinutePirateBug fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Feb 21, 2018 11:37
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Not sure who we are, but we are A gunsmith who isnt very Precise but with good Creativity . This is definetly going to end well when dealing with gunpowder. Our creations will be very safe indeed.
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Feb 21, 2018 12:19
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I'm pleased that I'm not the only one who immediately thought "aristocratic baker"
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 Fizzycranks Tumbleweed at your service, mi'lord, 'umble apprentice to the late Cogwheel Artsplosion, whom passed away just this morning sir, terrible shame. Workplace accident, these things 'appen. So, yous was looking for a gunsmith, eh? One with more than a little spark of creativity an' who doesn't ever rush no job, no matter how urgent the clients need? Why thats awfully specific of ye, and it's true me work is slow, but it's the finest in the land since there are no other gunsmiths left after ol' Cogwheel passed...... Anyway, what was it that you needed?
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1. Thimblina Gardenspotz at your service, gnomish alchemists heir. You come from a long line of alchemists and were apprenticed to your aunt, Petunia Shelfenheim an apothecary, as a child when your parents met their natural end of their life- by exploding during a gunpowder experimental mixing gone wrong. You decided to continue this slightly safer trade instead. Pays better, too 2. E - Apothecary 3. Creative- being a child of inventors has its perks Low Stamina- we never got over our asthma
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 1.Zogsnak Worthington-Edsplitta is a half-orc, scion of the renowned weaponsmiths Rodrik Worthington and Gitkrusha Edsplitta. His parents instilled in him from an early age a deep and abiding love for forging tools of destruction, and many a happy hour was spent at home as the loving family experimented with the dangerous new technology fuelled by gunpowder. His parents were exceptionally proud when their coaching resulted in him scraping through the aptitude test, delighted that he'll be carrying on a proud family tradition. 2. C: Gunsmith. 3. He's very Creative, having grown up in a house where 'What if we added a third barrel?' and 'It still needs more dakka!' were frequent mealtime conversations, but his constant love of the new and of unending iteration means the precision of his work can suffer.
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You are Mikhail "Skinny Mike" Petrov, youngest scion of a family of disreputable traders in the kingdom's coldest and bleakest reaches. Your family did not make its fortune in agriculture or mining, but in the transportation and distribution of... somewhat ethically questionable comestibles. Your background left you with a passing familiarity with the products of the (E) Apothecary, though admittedly the family's stock-in-trade tended to be more psychedelic than the average healing potion. You have a natural (D) Talent for the work - indeed, Father had been talking about putting you to work in the khat-refining facility before you signed up for this gig - but honestly you'd never been terribly (C) Precise about your work, and a few indiscreet overdoses put the kibosh on that idea real quick. But mark this - you might be a small-time drug dealer banished to the outskirts of the realm, but one day your drugs will save the world. You just know it.
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2C. Clothing, but not just any clothing. We are tapping into the unexplored territory of unused equipment slots that everyone missed. Enhanced undergarment! 3. Shrewdness is important when it comes to choosing the most comfortable material for undergarment! Firm bra and soft underwear? All up to the client's personal needs! Undergarment are small equipment, and we never trained our Stamina to endures nights of sewing session like those smith or large clothing peers.
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AJ_Impy posted:
This for name
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AJ_Impy posted:
My votes!
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AJ_Impy posted:
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Nyaa posted:2C. Clothing, but not just any clothing. We are tapping into the unexplored territory of unused equipment slots that everyone missed. Enhanced undergarment! This
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AJ_Impy posted:
Supporting this
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Feb 21, 2018 17:02
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Looks like Zogsnak is winning, so I'm going to tentatively declare him the winner unless there's a major shift in opinion by the time I get back.
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Feb 21, 2018 20:47
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Oh boy the  is exactly what I wanted. 
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Voting closed, stats rolled. Actual update coming later; until then, here's a summary of Zogsnak's stats Stamina: 3/6 Zogsnak can work an average length of time before he gets tired and can easily do a hard day's work. Speed: 5/6 Zogsnak's favorite hobby as a kid was disassembling and reassembling the weapons his parents made and by the time he was old enough to take the apprenticeship exams he was already skilled at quickly assembling more complex guns than the one they brought out. Zogsnak can get a lot done in a day. Precision: 4/4 Zogsnak's lack of focus and general clumsiness meant when he did reassemble the weapons he took apart, they usually weren't as well put together as they were when he started. This frequently got him in trouble with his mother who would yell about how the guns needed to be put together properly in order to work. "If they aren't fit right, they won't hit the nasties. If they don't hit the nasties, we can't get revenge on the Dark Lord for cursing our lands." Zogsnak took this lesson to heart even though he was still generally clumsy and unfocused, he started making a conscious effort to do things properly when he worked with guns. He can assemble a gun reasonably well but don't expect anything fancy like inlaid depictions of famous battles decorating the guns unless we devote serious time to raising his skill cap. Talent: 4/6 Zogsnak always felt most at home when he was hanging around the production floor of the shop and loved to watch his parents and their apprentices build guns, so he'd already picked up a lot of knowledge in addition to knowing how to assemble the weapons. The only thing holding him back was his parents never let him build his own parts. They'd always tell him that when he was older he'd be given his own materials to build into guns and would have to wait until then. Zogsnak's guns will generally be regarded as high quality. Creativity: 2/8 While Zogsnak is naturally creative, he hasn't paid much attention to the world outside his parents' shop and also hasn't paid attention to the actual design theory behind the guns they made, just the results. Years later, if Zogsnak ever looked back at the ideas he had as a kid he'd probably say things like "Haha, can you believe I thought THAT looked cool?", "Nah, that design wouldn't work" or "Hmm, maybe if the stock and barrels were different and the sight was more practical". He's pure potential right now but with a lot of study his designs could eventually become marvels of both innovation and aesthetics. Shrewdness: 2/6 One of the other things Zogsnak never paid much attention to was the business side of the family business. He was still kind of naive and will need to learn if he wants to make a profit as a gunsmith. Salesmanship: 5/6 Zogsnak's passion for guns was unrivaled and he would talk at length about what he thought made a good gun. His knowledge and enthusiasm would eventually translate very well into convincing people to buy from him.
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Excellent, the world needs more dakka. Our shop should be called The Bear Arms and if anyone asks we just shrug and say it's a joke we don't understand.
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Feb 22, 2018 03:57
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Call our shop The Second Amendment
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Let's not overthink this. Call our shop Zogsnak's Dakka Shop. E: Creativity of 2, you guys, clever is out the window
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Feb 22, 2018 04:23
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Why not I Makes Gunz then?
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Our Gun Shop is An Armed Society, which shares a building with A Polite Society, which is a Coffee Shop. They share a backlot shooting range/designated soapbox zone.
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Feb 22, 2018 05:20
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Deadmeat5150 posted:Why not I Makes Gunz then? Simple yet effective, I like it
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Actually, on second thought I think I am down with I Makes Gunz: "It seems you gentlemen are in need of some More Dakka." Runa fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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AJ_Impy posted:
This, so long as Xarbala's pic is canon.
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 Your physical fitness test for becoming a warrior was a disaster, your lack of precision meant you were completely missing even stationary targets and tripping over obstacles. The magic test was far less tiring, though no less embarrassing. When your paperwork was returned, it just confirmed what you already knew even before taking the tests. quote:Warrior Trials You don't know why they even made you take the test, being half orcish you knew the orcish tales about the Dark Lord, how he invaded the elven homeland and how his corrupting magics transformed them into the orcs. Even if you had qualified, you'd be less effective at fighting the Dark Lord than other warriors, pursuing your true calling would do more damage to his empire anyway. ------------------------- Legends from before the Dark Lord's appearance told of a race known as the elves, how they and their idyllic glades in the west were renowned for their natural beauty. Sadly, they are no more. Being so close to the area where the Dark Lord's corruption first spread, they were one of the first races to turn. Their peaceful ways and love of nature were replaced with an appetite for destruction and a desire to strip the land's resources to make weapons of war. Their beautiful visages warped into monstrosity. Very few escaped the Dark Lord's grasp, but even they were scarred by his corruption's curse. These free Orcs managed to keep their sanity by performing purification rituals regularly.  Ceremonial purification tub of Scaldr, god of boiling liquids. The water jets allowed the faithful to symbolize being immersed in boiling water without actually being boiled alive.  Sacred vessel used to prepare the holy water of Skaldr in making the sacramental drink known as tea. As much as they hated the Dark Lord and wished to see him slain, no free orc could last inside his land for very long; being half-blooded meant you could go far longer but it still put a much greater strain on your need for rituals than someone without any orcish ancestry. Most orcs satisfied their desire for revenge by enlisting with the military's border patrol and cut down any were-beast scout or assorted mob of weird, misshapen creatures the Dark Lord was currently obsessed with. Orcs like you who are too young to remember the destruction of the elven lands prefer to devise ways to more effectively push the monsters back; your mother was especially famous at gun design, she took it from a mere novelty to an art form. ------------------------- You went home and right to bed in the middle of the afternoon, exhausted from being made to run and fight all morning. The next few days were much better, though not without their share of humiliation. quote:Apprenticeship Testing Yes! Exactly the result you had been hoping for, but that last part confused you. Weren't you going to be apprenticed to your parents? "Excuse me, sir," you said to the clerk, trying your best to sound polite and professional "Why does it say I'll be matched with a master, won't I be studying under my parents? They're already really skilled at making guns."  "Look kid," he replied wearily, "Every year we get dozens of kids who say the same thing, "'Daddy's the best at pies,' 'Granny knows a billion potions,'" he listed off the complaints in a mocking, naisally voice before continuing, "and you know what? I don't care if it's true. Half the point of this program is to get you used to the idea that you'll be leaving home, probably for decades, and we can't have you running back home before you even get to whatever village we assign you. UNDERSTAND?!" Deciding this would be a bad time to ask for more information you decided to head home. Home, a place you might never see again. You'd never get to see your dad invent new calibers of ammunition again. No more listening to mom yell at apprentices for fitting the wrong stock onto a receiver. You tried to block out those thoughts and decided wait in the living room for your parents to come in from the shop, but before you could relax, the back door suddenly swung open and a large old orc in swim trunks wandered in, dripping water all over the carpet, face flush from soaking in the ceremonial hot tub out back.  Grandpa Edsplitta! You always loved hearing his tales about the war against the Dark Lord and his stories about what it was like being an elf before the war started a century ago. What was he doing here now? "Hey kid, how'd yer test go? You gonna make those gun thingies like yer parents do?" Before you could reply, he continued, "Yer parents took off early today and. Someone shot down a dragon with one of their dragonkillas and they're off ordering more supplies for the shop while the apprentices take all the new orders that'll come pouring in. Going to cut this update short and open up question time with grandpa, he'll gladly tell you anything he knows about what you're getting yourself into. super sweet best pal fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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pinned a link to the thread in the CYOA discord.
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It went great, Grandpa! 'Extremely well suited!' Gonna be a Gunsmith just like them! Only... why do I have to leave to do it? Why is it so important to separate parents from children?
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"How long do you think this apprenticeship period is going to last? Did you have to go through one yourself?"
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Another Dragon! How common are Dragons in the Dark lands!
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Grandpa what is best in life?
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Grandpa, do I poop?
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Crazycryodude posted:Grandpa, do I poop?
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Feb 22, 2018 12:44
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Can I get you a sacred oblation to Skaldr? Milk, sugar?
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What do I do if my new town gets attacked by monsters?
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Ceremonial hot tub?  Hey gramps! I'm gonna get to make shooty things to kill the bads! 
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Grandpa, did you really used to eat dandelions?
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We should be the Lil' John of Orc Gunsmiths. *receives new of great victory achieved with one of his weapons* *hands out starter pistols to all the kiddies so they can participate in celebratory gunfire* EVERYBODY!
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