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How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Yunas13 - 05-26-2016
This thread is for any RPer/Writer whose character got magical abilities. Maybe you were a melee fighter and something caused some strange magic to awaken within you or you started with powers. Did you:
-Have an emotional moment when in fear or desperation caused your magical abilities to manifest?
-did you have a familiar (like in Sailor Moon) come up to you and give you a special item that awakened the powers?
OR
-Was it a skill learned through your family?
Or was it something entirely different!
Tell me how your characters got their abilities!
I'm really interested to learn how it happened. Thank you all for replying!
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Virella - 05-26-2016
Ave just trained. Very boring, I know. She wasn't even a prodigy when younger. I guess her mother continued to train her after she was forced to flee Ala Mhigo.
But no, very dull compared to most character's backstories. She just learned it at the place she was supposed to learn it.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Aaron - 05-26-2016
Aaron steals about half of his martial prowess from copying whatever he's seen other people do enough to where he can do it no problem.
The other half of his skills is him just fucking around with aether until he accidentally makes something he likes.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Caspar - 05-26-2016
She was a castaway, a feral child on an island that over time grew to be a refugee shanty town for people fleeing Garlemald. After attempting to mug a one-eyed woman who would become her Master, Virara was given a choice between learning how to kill, or a life of servitude. Master, who very much espoused the "learn or die" approach, and who never took students normally, agreed to this despite knowing Virara intended to use what she learned to murder her captor. As a result of this environment, Virara "snapped" something within her, and she grew stronger than she otherwise would have been, having exceeded the limits of what is normally considered healthy for her body. Something overall like over a decade of nearly nonstop peril, threat of starvation and training, which sometimes was more like torture.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Valence - 05-27-2016
Me? No powers IRL, unfortunately.
My character though, I guess when she noticed that not everyone was able to hear those trees mumbling stuff all around...
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - V'aleera - 05-27-2016
When you're in a war against dragons you either learn to fight dragons or you die.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - McBeefâ„¢ - 05-27-2016
(05-27-2016, 04:04 AM)V Wrote: When you're in a war against dragons you either learn to fight dragons or you die.Hey some people make baskets or bread or whatever!
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Nebbs - 05-27-2016
The background story for Nebula is that she comes from a line of witches, specifically her Grandmother was a notorious Witch/Pirate Captain. Her Mother turned away from the gift for the axe. Here is the classic Crone, Mother, Maiden set-up and they are kind of all in her head, which is one reason she is crazy.
Nebula herself grew up a supposed orphan, which lead to failed-poacher, failed-archer, okay-bard. It was as a poacher she was told at some village fair that she had talent and should seek out the Conjurers in Gridania. However, instead she got hitched up into the Archers guild. It was only when she was kicked out and her power started to materialise that she finally joined the Conjurers.
[edit - I came up with this story back in beta when Bard would require conjurer as a class. This was changed in the game but I continued anyhow]Â
She is a terrible student, and they pushed her off to the Sylphs, where she met her Witch mentor, Kraggy Nel. Under her witch training she was sent to learn the basics of how magic is done throughout Eorzea. She enrolled in the various magic guilds to achieve this, again she is a terrible student.
This broad grounding in the basics and variety enables the Witchcraft training that is more about intent and conviction than dogmatic methods. Throw in some alchemy and gemsmithing and she is set for potions, charms, magic of a hedge witch and  more.
Now she is off seeking out some lost Sharlayan Witch to continue her journey into high Order Witchcraft (you can guess this ends up at Matoya, though there is a quest(s) to do to get there).
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Askier - 05-27-2016
(05-27-2016, 04:59 AM)McBeef© Wrote:Probably a large percent does.(05-27-2016, 04:04 AM)V Wrote: When you're in a war against dragons you either learn to fight dragons or you die.Hey some people make baskets or bread or whatever!
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Garza Redwing - 05-27-2016
Back when Garza worked with Aether and Arcanism, he ruined his own Aether and now he unwillingly changes form to acquire similar qualities of whoever he has physical contact with the most.
One day he's a Hyur.Â
After a good night with his wife, he's a Miqo'te.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Warren Castille - 05-27-2016
The power of faith and belief.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Aaron - 05-27-2016
(05-27-2016, 08:58 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: The power of faith and belief."Ahem, excuse me people of grindstone would you take a moment to learn about our Lord and saviour Rhalgr?"
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - Zhu - 05-27-2016
(05-27-2016, 08:04 AM)Garza Redwing Wrote: Back when Garza worked with Aether and Arcanism, he ruined his own Aether and now he unwillingly changes form to acquire similar qualities of whoever he has physical contact with the most.
One day he's a Hyur.Â
After a good night with his wife, he's a Miqo'te.
Sounds like fun! But also expensive. How many fantasia do you use in a few months?
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - S'imba - 05-27-2016
Well initially S'imba got his power from being experimented on by a psychotic summoner. Cause apparently he was the only specimen who could survive the process. Later he became Edgelord Prime after being paid in a weird crystal from some ignorant merchant for recovering some stolen goods. He carried it around like all the other weird rocks people have given him. Eventually he was attacked by a monster. When his knives didn't work he stepped back tripping over an old sword. Picking it up the soulstone would wake and gave him the knowledge how to fight with the weapon. Afterwards it spoke to him offering the power to protect those he cared about, he accepted and started hallucinating that some old guy was talking to him. Though anyone watching him would have seen him having a conversation with himself.
RE: How did you discover or get YOUR powers/abilities? - FreelanceWizard - 05-27-2016
After running away from home, L'yhta was trained by a cult of superannuated mages who lived together in Limsa Lominsa. Why did they pick her? Innate talent, allegedly...
It's amazing how much and how fast you can learn when you live, breathe, eat, and sleep a subject. L'yhta did and still does spend the vast majority of her time practicing her Art, whether it's in research, studying at a guild, giving guest lectures at Mealvaan's Gate, or using it out in the field. She's the sort of person who wakes up, spends 12-16 hours living her work, then goes to bed.