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MACADEMY SIGNUPS
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ninjabanishWelcome to Midwest Magical Academy, Macademy for short, a school for students 12-18 who have the potential and ability to use magic.
The year is 202X. The school is located in a magical nook of Indiana, hidden away from prying eyes. Three years ago, a devastating earthquake rocked the area, sinking much of the school into a sinkhole, and reconstruction took time, but at last, the school has been rebuilt, and is reopening, taking a new class of first-year students. This is the fourth magic school in the U.S, due to the sheer small number of magicians.
But let’s talk about magic. What it is, how it works. Magic has been around since the dawn of human history, but how did it remain hidden, as a mystery? Magic culture preaches that magic is a tool for helping others- Magic exists for the sake of bringing happiness to people. Therefore, the idea of combat magic is… well, completely alien. Anathema. You can use magic to cut some tape, but using that same magic on a person is absolutely horrific.
Magic exists in secrecy for several reasons. First, the above. Magic is never used to hurt people. Magicians try to avoid calling attention to themselves, as this is what is preached by their culture. Second, magic is rare. There was an old legend where magic can only be used by ‘the seventh son of a seventh son’, and that’s not actually true, but it is about the right rarity- Maybe one in a million people can use magic. (However, with the growth of the population on Earth lately, many magicians are discussing the ideas of letting magic become public.)
Shortly after the school year begins, strange horrors will attack, attempting to abduct the children for reasons unknown. It is then our teachers will begin to develop the use of combat magic, for real, to fight off those horrors and protect their children. Magic exists for the sake of bringing happiness… And so for protecting children.
SO, THE RULES:
Your characters are teachers! They can be new teachers just now getting their first job, or have been teaching before the earthquake happened. Either way, the teachers are the heroes this time.
The tone is intended to be lighter. Yes, we’re dealing with eldritch horrors abducting children, but please avoid going like grimdark. Harry Potter’s first book is a good aim of the whimsy and tone. The worldbuilding may not be airtight but it doesn’t have to be.
No one knows about combat magic, much, at all! There are some wizarding sports similar to MMA, but the showboating is more important there, and there are a billion safety precautions. Generally, magic to defend yourself from a wild bear would be to make it ignore you or making a shield rather than actually harming or killing it. Thus, your characters will be starting at level 1, because they’re figuring out how to fight with magic from the ground up.
Each character will be given 4 extra SP at character creation for the purpose of taking two Proficiency or Asset skills, related to the topic your character is teaching. You won’t be an ace in combat, but at least, you’ll still definitely be an expert in your field.
SCHEDULING:
The game has two possible timeslots! Wednesdays at 5-8, and Thursdays at 4-7. Those are the only options I have, sadly. Times are PST!
SIGN UP
Reply here if you want to play! I’ll be choosing 4-5 players as players, but if you aren’t chosen, you can still be involved in plotting/contributing NPCs. The game will be run in the Valor system!
Name: Who are you?
Preferred Timeslot: See above. Wednesday or Thursday?
Character Concept: You don’t have to have your character nailed down exactly, just a basic concept will do, and you can talk to each other about concepts and work things out together.
Setting Questions: Hit me! I’m here to answer everything I can.
The year is 202X. The school is located in a magical nook of Indiana, hidden away from prying eyes. Three years ago, a devastating earthquake rocked the area, sinking much of the school into a sinkhole, and reconstruction took time, but at last, the school has been rebuilt, and is reopening, taking a new class of first-year students. This is the fourth magic school in the U.S, due to the sheer small number of magicians.
But let’s talk about magic. What it is, how it works. Magic has been around since the dawn of human history, but how did it remain hidden, as a mystery? Magic culture preaches that magic is a tool for helping others- Magic exists for the sake of bringing happiness to people. Therefore, the idea of combat magic is… well, completely alien. Anathema. You can use magic to cut some tape, but using that same magic on a person is absolutely horrific.
Magic exists in secrecy for several reasons. First, the above. Magic is never used to hurt people. Magicians try to avoid calling attention to themselves, as this is what is preached by their culture. Second, magic is rare. There was an old legend where magic can only be used by ‘the seventh son of a seventh son’, and that’s not actually true, but it is about the right rarity- Maybe one in a million people can use magic. (However, with the growth of the population on Earth lately, many magicians are discussing the ideas of letting magic become public.)
Shortly after the school year begins, strange horrors will attack, attempting to abduct the children for reasons unknown. It is then our teachers will begin to develop the use of combat magic, for real, to fight off those horrors and protect their children. Magic exists for the sake of bringing happiness… And so for protecting children.
SO, THE RULES:
Your characters are teachers! They can be new teachers just now getting their first job, or have been teaching before the earthquake happened. Either way, the teachers are the heroes this time.
The tone is intended to be lighter. Yes, we’re dealing with eldritch horrors abducting children, but please avoid going like grimdark. Harry Potter’s first book is a good aim of the whimsy and tone. The worldbuilding may not be airtight but it doesn’t have to be.
No one knows about combat magic, much, at all! There are some wizarding sports similar to MMA, but the showboating is more important there, and there are a billion safety precautions. Generally, magic to defend yourself from a wild bear would be to make it ignore you or making a shield rather than actually harming or killing it. Thus, your characters will be starting at level 1, because they’re figuring out how to fight with magic from the ground up.
Each character will be given 4 extra SP at character creation for the purpose of taking two Proficiency or Asset skills, related to the topic your character is teaching. You won’t be an ace in combat, but at least, you’ll still definitely be an expert in your field.
SCHEDULING:
The game has two possible timeslots! Wednesdays at 5-8, and Thursdays at 4-7. Those are the only options I have, sadly. Times are PST!
SIGN UP
Reply here if you want to play! I’ll be choosing 4-5 players as players, but if you aren’t chosen, you can still be involved in plotting/contributing NPCs. The game will be run in the Valor system!
Name: Who are you?
Preferred Timeslot: See above. Wednesday or Thursday?
Character Concept: You don’t have to have your character nailed down exactly, just a basic concept will do, and you can talk to each other about concepts and work things out together.
Setting Questions: Hit me! I’m here to answer everything I can.