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Annie1227 said :
Magic and can use a sword.

Okay, but which one of those do you want her to be good at, and which one do you only want her to know the basics of? Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

28-May-2017 03:26:29 - Last edited on 28-May-2017 03:34:18 by NotFishing

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Annie1227 said :
Idk

Well, this is where you have to make a decision, as it will affect her backstory.

If you want her to focus on magic, that would imply the following outcomes (lets assume she discovered her powers at the age of 10 or so, and is a prodigy):
-She was sent to the Mages Guild or some other magical institution to further develop her power.
-Her parents were very wealthy and hired her her own personal tutor.
-She was raised by a mage who taught her what she needed to know.

Remember that, as a mage, she is going to have to choose a particular element to specialize in at first.

Now, at some point she would have had to leave. Maybe she ran away? If she joined the Mage Guild, maybe she was expelled? If her parent was a mage, maybe her parent died? Again, these are just suggestions - you can try to come up with your own backstory here, but it's going to have to explain how she developed her magical powers, and what drove her to join the Mercenary Guild. Once in the Guild itself, she could have been taught the basics of swordplay by one of the other mercenaries.

Now, let's look at your other option: a warrior focus. In order to be skilled in combat, she would have had to have been trained from a relatively young age as well. Consider: who trained her and why? Was she a squire training to be a knight? Did she grow up in a rough neighborhood where she learned to defend herself? Was one of her parents simply a fighter who taught her combat in her spare time? Maybe, on the way, she discovered she had magic but for whatever reason was never sent to receive professional training. Once again, something would have eventually had to drive her away from her old life, and into the Mercenary Guild.

Again, these are just suggestions. But you do need to make a backstory that at least somewhat ties to her skillset. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

28-May-2017 03:50:15 - Last edited on 28-May-2017 03:51:08 by NotFishing

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Today, I was practicing bow drill friction fire. Got a bent stick, tied some cordage onto it, then carved a short but thumb-thick spindle, both ends carved into slight points, one broader than the other. I also used a masonry drill on my power drill, to drill a halfway hole into a square-shaped rock, so that I can used it to push down onto the spindle. While the spindle is set through the string, in the usual bow drill style, I went right to work. And I failed, every single time.

Curiously enough, when I went back to friction fire without a bow, just when you use your hands and twist the spindle (I used a different one) over and over again, I realized I got more results that way. I can now create heat and smoke, but not yet embers. So, I am improving in traditional fire making.

My progress thus far:
Striking steel against flint or chert or quartz rock: success; can make small campfire
Bow drill: failed (in progress)
Friction fire with hands: failed (heat and smoke, some hot wood dust; in progress)
Drilling into fungus to cause ember: failed

28-May-2017 03:53:35 - Last edited on 28-May-2017 03:54:40 by Azi Demonica

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Annie1227 said :
Maybe mage and knows basic sword fighting.

Alright, that's good. Now you can form a backstory around that. You're also going to need to pick a field to specialize in - check Mana Magic on Page 3 of the Echion Lore Thread. I'll let you know the basics of a secondary magical field too, but it'll have to be really simple stuff. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

28-May-2017 03:59:54

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Finally, a kiss from one of the Merfolk will allow you to breathe underwater, but usually only for a minute or two. They can be found scattered throughout the sea, but some have founded an underwater city between Pixia and Mainland Echion. They tend to live up to 200 years of age.

So, I take it that only airbreathers with the qualifications of a harem protagonist could visit a Merfolk city? :P 'Cause imagine how many kisses that would take to stay the weekend!
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28-May-2017 04:56:56

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