Wow. I decided to write a little back story, as well as introduce the world, but I went a little overboard. If you are not interested in the overly long story just skip to the bottom. ---------------------------------------------------- A bell sounds out over the large walled city of Amas, which could scarcely be heard over the shouts of it's inhabitants. At the main gate a battle was raging. On the ground, lifeless puppets of flesh or bone or both rambled along toward the walls, often climbing each other in an attempt to breach them. These where the undead. A somewhat uncommon sight in this land, the undead must be controlled by an insane wizard often called a necromancer. Few are left, as the toll that must be payed is far to much for moral humans.
On the wall the human inhabitants of the city where firing crossbows at the army of undead, to great effect. While most of the soldiers where simply conscripts, they where well disciplined and brave. Bolts would fire from their crossbows, which have been modified to be larger and more powerful then the standard, and would tear threw their targets. While there where many, few where strong.
A man the main gate from somewhere within the city with a purpose. He was wearing the standard uniform of the city, a steel chain mail armor with a cap helmet. The only difference between him and the rest of the guards to the casual onlooker would be his cloak over his chain mail, which has been cut in half and had bulges around the pockets. The man currently had his hands in said pockets as he spoke to a second man walking next to him.
"An army of undead, you say?" Said the man with the cloak.
"Yes, captain. An army of undead. That is what the reports say." The second man was somewhat larger then the first, but stranger was his crossbow. While most are rather large in this city, this crossbow was the size of a normal man and was loaded with a javelin that could likely cut a man in half. He held it casually over his shoulders as he spoke.
"You are aware of how magic works, are you not?" Spoke the captain.
"I have heard rumors, nothing more." Replied the second man.
The captain reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin, a silver piece with a crown on one side and a gate on the other, and flipped it in the air. He cought it and stared at it as he spoke.
"To do magic, you must make a sacrifice. You must pay a tole equal to what you want to get done. For a little spell this might mean sacrificing a meal, if you wanted to create a small hearth fire all you would need to sacrifice is a bowl of soup. Larger spells take something more valuable. Most spell casters carry around something that they value and can handle. After all, a novice wizard sacrificing a statue made of gold would have the same effect as a more trained wizard sacrificing a dagger. Personally I prefer coins. I can take out an entire army with this" he said looking at the coin still. "Now, what do you think would have to be sacrificed to bring back the dead? Golums usually run on gems, but that is different..."
The other man nods slightly and looks at the gate.
"We are almost there, captain. Try not to burn down the city."
The gate was, in fact, coming into view. The guards where firing from the ramparts at the army below still, with few casualties that could be seen. The captain stretched with the coin still in his hand.
"Looks like an easy fight. I will just go up the..." the captain starts, only to be interrupted by the gate disintegrating in a burst of energy, followed by thunder. It was as if the gate had been hit by a bolt of lightning and nothing had been left. Standing where the gate used to be was a man, or what appeared to be a man, standing in the gate way next to two undead soldiers. The soldiers looked different than the others, they where completely skeletal and armed with a two-handed sword each and some primitive plate armor. Most of the other undead where unarmed, and bolts stuck out of the bone and armor of these undead warriors at odd angles.
"Don't waste the cities coin commander, allow me to take this one" Said the man with the crossbow. He brought the giant crossbow into firing position and braced himself for the inevitable kick. The man then fired with a loud "WHOOSH" coming from the javelin as it flew threw the air. While the man is still a good distance away, it hits him square in the for head and pokes out the other side almost a foot, as well as throwing him back a few feat.
"Nice shot as always. I am surprised it did not go right threw him completely" stated the captain casually. The man was currently reloading his crossbow using a strange machine that he held on his back next to a quiver of javelins. While it can take a normal conscripted soldier minutes to load a crossbow this way, this man reloads the monster of a crossbow in thirty seconds. The skeletal soldiers simply stood in their place while several soldiers came to assist the captain from a distance, firing at them to no avail.
But then everyone looks up in shock as the hooded man stands up, with the javelin still in his head, as he walks calmly back to his position. Once he returned to his position, he and his skeletons continued to walk forward.
"Impossible!" Muttered the man with the crossbow in disbelief. "My javelins are one hundred percent steel... I have taken down steel golems in one shot..."
The captain smiles slightly and stands opposite of the hooded man. "Well looks like I will have some fun this time after all" he says as he takes a silver coin out of his pocket.
The captain calmly flips the coin in the air and snaps while it is doing a flip. A jet of fire flew from his hand, directly hitting the cloaked man, as well as going past him and threw the gate and even beyond that. The blast was about the same size of the gate in width, and managed to even destroy almost twenty of the undead that where simply in his sights.
The two undead warriors had been reduced to ash, even the weapons and armor had been vaporized, but the man had simply been blown back. His robes had been reduced to ashes and the javelin seems to have been as well. But the hooded man gets up, and appears to have regenerated his cloak.
The captain simply laughs as he pulls out a new coin. "It has been a while since I had gone gold..." he says as he pulls out a shiny gold coin. The soldiers in the area start running for cover as he does so, making sure to get behind him and out of the blast radius. The captain then starts to flip the coin in the air, but before he can snap the cloaked man had disappeared. The man catches the coin before going thru with his spell.
"I don't think he is dead yet. Search the city!" the captain yells as he turns around.
On the other side of the city, the cloaked man continued to walk. He was about to enter a large building, what appears to be the hall where the leader would live and such. Normally there would be two guards, but they had been called away to help with the attack. The hooded man simply walks in the building and makes a turn for the treasury.
"Thinking of taking my gold, are ya?" says a knight, who had always stayed in order to protect the king and his possessions. "I'm not sure how ya even know where that is... have at ya anyway!"
The knight wielded a well polished longsword and shield, as well as wearing full plate armor over chain mail, yet he still had the dexterity to pounce toward the hooded man. He gave a yell of effort as he jumped, bringing his sword down in an attack that would have nearly cut a man in half, sending the hooded man flying back once more. "Hehe, got ya!" says the knight, but that swiftly changes to a look of surprise as the hooded man gets back up again and continues to walk toward the treasury. The knight prepares for another attack, lifting his sword in preparation for a crescent strike at the head, but was stopped in mid preparation by the sounds of screams erupting from the king's room.
"Grrr my king needs me. I will stop ya later" said the knight as he jogs off toward the king's room.
The man continues to the treasury. The room was bolted by a steel door that could only be opened by the king's touch, as it was magically enchanted. The room was further enchanted to protect from spells like digging or simply transferring themselves in. The door then disintegrates much like the gate did, with the same clap of thunder. The man continues to walk in, ignoring the massive piles of gold and jewels that littered the room. He walks to the back of the treasury, and another door disintegrates. In a room no bigger then a closet, a book sat alone. It was a pitch black book, with a scull on the front that acted as a key hole. It got disintegrated as well. The hooded man gave a small cackle as he opened to book. "Your book is in another castle, princess" it said simply. There where more pages, but the hooded man could not read them. He gave a curse, but cut it short when he realized that the location of the book would be stated in this book. He then teliported out, holding the book...
At the gates, the battle is nearly over. The captain had replaced the gates using a silver coin and magic, now a stone gate was placed where the old one is. Most of the undead soldiers had already been shot down by the time he had completed everything, so he just left it to the others. The man with a crossbow for one was able to kill several undead in one shot, as his weapon was so powerful it would tear threw the weak rotting flesh as it hit. Strangely, when the battle was almost done, the remaining undead simply died on their own... ----------------------------------------------------------
Wow. Still a lot longer then I had hoped to right. Ah well. I showed the Big Bad and some of the world, as well as giving an example of each class...
This is a pretty standard fantasy game, other then what was already said in the back story.
For the class, the three main ones are "Warrior, Wizard, Ranger". That decides what you will do. You do get additional ones, after a few level ups. For example if you start at "Ranger" you might become "Ranger Hunter", "Ranger Assassin", "Ranger Soldier" or any other job you can think of that would need to be a ranger, and I will give you skills to accompany that. Did I scare everyone off yet?
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 4 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
I see an injured cat hobbling down the steet and I perform a healing spell on it.
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 9 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
"Ah, not as shiny as summoning a tornado or something, but more practical. It looks like the druids did train you a little bit. Here, follow me"
He then leads you inside the building. The halls are wide and open, with many doors leading to random rooms. As he leads you somewhere, he speaks. "Magic, as you know, is intent. That means that it is only limited to your imagination, sacrifice, and skill. Your imagination and sacrifice is up to you to find. This school is to help you with your skill."
He finishes this sentence as he enters a different room, with a heavy iron door. This room has two stages, a bottom room that has blood staining the floor and doors locking it off from the rest of the school. It looks a lot like an arena, you think.
"You have minor control of your magic, so you can do whatever little spell you can think of. You can shoot embers from your hand, cause the ground to turn into a spear, or heal minor wounds. If you keep practicing with that kind of magic, you can get better. Eventually you will specialize. For example, if you keep shooting fire from your hands, you will get better in destruction kind of spells, but your fire will still be the strongest."
He brings you to the lower floors as he says this. He pulls a lever and a group of rocks come out of a shoot at the end of the arena.
"This makes it so your main spell can destroy armies. But you must also remember to use your opponents weakness against them. If your opponent is made of fire, shoot water at them. If your opponent is a tree, shoot fire at them. Use your opponent's strength against them, if you have a fast opponent, turn the ground into a spike like the ones put up to stop horses on the battlefield. If you are facing a necromancer, take control of his undead and use them against him. The possibility of magic are endless, as long as you have the power to use it."
He then pulls out a small gem, milky in color, and closes his eyes putting his together as if in prayer. The rocks begin to move to life in a form that is almost humanoid.
"And one more thing before your second test. You are a mage! Don't be afraid to use a lot of magic!" He says as he throws you a bag of coins. "Now fight this golem I just summoned. Don't die, and remember what I just told you!"
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 9 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 9 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
You examine the golem from a safe distance. It looks like a rather round man, with a larger rock in the middle holding up a small rock that appears to be the head. The arms and legs are comprised of two boulders each, making it a little taller then the average human and as wide as three. The stone may be relatively strong, but you saw that the sacrifice was not very good which means the bond is probably weak. The bond between the rocks would be the place to hit if you can not think of a spell to pierce stone.
As it scrambles around after you, you noticed that it is also slow. You easily run to the opposite end of the arena to give yourself time to think, it is walking at a crawl.
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 9 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
I create a spear from the ground and run past the golem plunging it between the stones of his leg and torso
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 0/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
You take a coin and put it to the ground, pressing your hand against it. A spear comes out of the ground, at first it appears to be made out of stone but soon the head changes to be steel. The rest still appears to be made of stone, however it does not feel any heavier then a regular spear.
You wield the spear and rush at the golem, easily side stepping a clumsy swipe of his arms. You then use your momentum to put the spear in the area specified, hitting as well as you thought it would. You continue to run past as the golem topples over, landing with a soft thud.
You turn around to admire your handiwork, but to your surprise it seems to be still functional. While it seems to have trouble moving, at first, it turns on its head and uses its arms to spin as a top. It seems to be even slower then before. What do you do now?
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 5/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
You rush at the spinning top with your spear ready, sliding under the top as you pass by, while the arm spins right above your head. You focus as you aim for the place right under the head- hitting perfectly as you had aimed. The arms go flying off with the forces as you continue your slide, successful.
The stones turn to dust and blow away as Howe stats to speak to you. "Good job. Not the way I would have done it, but you only used one coin. I hope you learned something from the experience. "
"We will continue your training now. Two more tests is all I can give for now, so be sure to learn all you can from them." He says as he goes over to a chest on the upper level. He returns with a whistle which he blows, producing a strange sound like a bird of some kind. He then pulls on another chain, releasing a second door. "This next test is a little more difficult. Try not to die, and try not to kill it to badly. Now face the chimera!"
A beast that appears to be mostly lion with a tail made out of snakes. The strange part of this beast is that it has multiple, apparently venomous, heads as tails. Having multiple heads is strange for beasts. It is large, about the same size as the beast you fought in the forest, but it is obviously trained to help people train. "Now what will you do student?"
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 8 Copper Coins, Spear Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 5/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
"I have learned that all is not as it seems. I deduce from it that i cannot get a strike at it from the front or back. and I cant jump over it or slide under."I take the spear and throw it at the chimera aiming for its back
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 13 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
You throw your spear, hitting your target a little bit. The target is big, but your throw was unlucky. In any case, Howe smiled. "Ah yes, I had hoped that you would do that!". He then took the whistle from within his robes and blew it again, sending the beast back into the wall from which it had first came from.
"Now student, are you ready for the final test?" He says as he tosses you a bag of coins, which you add to your purse.
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 13 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 13 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
"Great!" he says with a smile. He pulls out a copper coin of his owns and closes his hands in a slight bow again, causing a gust of wind to blow from his location. He jumps down to the floor you are on, filling the arena with gusts of wind spinning around like a dust devil. He points his staff at you and says "For the final test, I will be your opponent!"
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 13 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
I plant my feet."I know I am no match for you, but I will do my best."I start to summon a spear but before it is finished and out of the ground I stop it and grip the stone pole tightly
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 12 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
You begin your spell, but Howe's looks at you determinately as the wind picks up as the wind blows harder. You finish the spell to the way you like and manage to hold on as the wind pushes you to the point you would be flying if not holding on, as Howe's look turns to one of slight surprise. He appears to say something, but you can not hear him over the wind.
The wind picks up again, and Howe lightly lets go of his staff. The staff then picks up speed as the wind pushes it, heading directly toward you and your hand hold. What do you do?
Character Sheet: Name:Jacque Dume Age:25 Class:Wizard Inventory: 12 Copper Coins, Status: None Race:Human Experience L1 EX 10/15 Skills: Minor Magic control, Minor healing, Minor Beast
I take out 5 coins and I try to make the wind go the other way stopping the staff
