The first thing you are aware of as you gain consciousness is that you are lying face down on a gritty sidewalk. The second is that four people are around you, looking concerned and asking if you are okay.Are you? It takes you a second to get your bearings. Who are you?>Please Choose a gender>Please Create a name. You are a human being living in a mid sized city in the southwest United States.>Please Carefully assign these five dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, and D12) to these stats (HP, STRENGTH, INTELLIGENCE, DEXTERITY, CHARISMA).>Please Care about one of these things more than the rest (Art, Literature, Film, Cooking)
As a heads up, Over Arms is a TTRPG that is heavily inspired by Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Persona. This quest will feature the social aspects and time management of Persona, and have the high stakes stand battles of Jojo's.
>>6167181>Female>Leila Lawdowne>HP - D6>STRENGTH - D4>INTELLIGENCE - D12>DEXTERITY - D8>CHARISMA - D10>Literature
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>>6167254>>6167262>>6167286You are Leila Lawdowne. You quickly push yourself up to your feet and dust yourself off. There is a woman in front of you with a concerned look. "Are you okay, honey? You looked like you fainted. Do you want me to call an ambulance?" She says, phone already in hand."No no, that's okay, I'm all right." You say automatically."Do you live around here? Do you want a ride home?" >"No thank you, I'm a college student up at the U. I live in the dorms." (Truth)>"I'm good, I'll call my dad. I just live with my folks." (Truth)>"I'll be okay. I work at a law firm and my boss is really chill. It's just a block that way." (Truth)>Write-In (Truth)You look at yourself in your phone's camera. >You have black, short hair and glasses. People find you Cute.>You have short, Blonde hair and freckles. People find you Pretty.>You have long Brown hair and a serious look. People find you Attractive.>Write-In
>>6167409>"I'll be okay. I work at a law firm and my boss is really chill. It's just a block that way." (Truth)>You have long Brown hair and a serious look. People find you Attractive.
>>6167418Your phone reveals you look just fine. You wipe some grit off your cheek and you're good as new. You take a few practice steps and your legs seem to be fine. "Thanks for your help, miss. I'm okay." You nod at her and start walking to Carrie and Fedderson Law.
>>6167463Continued.You push the glass door open and hear the bell above the door jangle to announce your arrival. Hanging up your coat, you debate telling your boss about passing out on the sidewalk. Better not. Erika is a worrier. It's part of what makes her such a good defense attorney. Erika Fedderson barely acknowledges your arrival. Four cups of coffee lay around her desk as she stares through smudged glasses at her computer screen. "You've got to be kidding. You can't just refuse to give me the body cam footage." She groans. "Looks like they're gonna need another continuance." You say, picking up the discarded cups and tossing them in the trash. Erika jumps at your voice. "Oh. Hey Leila. Yeah, more than likely." You turn to put the trash bin down and for a split second you see something in the reflection of the glass door. A figure standing behind you.It looks like>A tall vaguely male figure with an axe, wearing a huge green wizard hat>A vaguely female figure covered head to toe in spiked armor, wielding a pair of maces>A skeletal figure holding a burning sunflower>A humanoid circus tent with swappable faces and a birdcage for a stomach>A plague doctor in a lacy dress
>>6167469>A humanoid circus tent with swappable faces and a birdcage for a stomach
>>6167469>A plague doctor in a lacy dress
>>6167494>>6167504You see it, and for a moment it's odd. You should be startled by the thing in the mirror. But the sensation is more like looking in the mirror and seeing a bad cut that you already knew was there. Grim recognition perhaps. You turn and look over your shoulder, expecting it to be gone. It isn't. It stands there as plain as day, but doesn't take further action. For a moment, you wish it was gone, and it fades away. Erika has not noticed you staring down the office hallway for twenty seconds. "Did you see that?" You ask carefully."See what?" Erika looks at you for the first time. "Leila, you look really pale." Her keen eyes scan you. "And you have dirt all over your jacket. Did you fall? Are you okay?"You wish the thing was back, so that Erika could see it. As soon as you think it, the thing reappears, and Erika doesn't react. It moves in front of her. She only continues looking at you with concern. "Leila? Are you all right?"
>>6167577>>6167577The thought hits you that Erika can't see Looking Glass. You are the only one who can see Looking Glass. And somehow you know that it is called Looking Glass. You also somehow know that Looking Glass will do whatever you think it should. It is a puppet. A limb. Anima.It has a special power. In time it will manifest more, but the first one is>Affect the balance of anything in its range (Throw enemies off balance, enhance your own, change anything's center of gravity)>Swap the position of any 4 objects or creatures in its range>Perfectly Accurate Object Throwing>Enhances the flexibility of any creature within its range, willing or not>Boost all stats when you cause someone within range to laughIn addition to its unique power, it can do any simple action that a person could, including punching, kicking, picking things up, catching things, etc.Please assign these dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12) to the following Anima Attributes. (AP, Range, Defense, Speed, Power) You must also choose a word to describe your Anima's purpose>Fighter>Magician>Guardian>Assassin
>>6167598>Perfectly Accurate Object Throwing>Assassin
>>6167598>Swap the position of any 4 objects or creatures in its range>GuardianRange: D12Defense: D10Speed: D8Power: D6AP: D4
>>6167598>Affect the balance of anything in its range (Throw enemies off balance, enhance your own, change anything's center of gravity)>GuardianRange: D12Defense: D10Speed: D8Power: D6AP: D4
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>>6167955Rad. Erika physically pulls your arm and has you sit down in a chair. "Leila! Are you okay?? Talk to me!""What? Oh. Yeah I'm sorry, it's been a weird day. I kinda zoned out for a second but I'm okay, I swear.""Are you going to be okay for the hearing?"Oh. That's right, you're going with her to take notes. "Yeah! Of course." You say, willing Looking Glass to vanish for now. "Okay. It's a sentencing hearing, there's no reason the judge should go too hard on the client for just a drunken bar brawl..." she mutters as she gets up and starts shoving papers into a briefcase. You get your notepad and pen ready and follow her out to her car.A short drive later, you find yourselves in a modest justice courtroom, with your client being escorted to his seat. Something feels strange. Your client's face looks different than last you saw it. He seems like he's furious and there's new scars. One of his eyes is milky white. He looks like a Bond villain.The prosecutor is clearly trying to suppress laughter as the judge walks in the room. The judge's eyebrows raise as he sees your client's face. And then you spot a creature on the Prosecutor's shoulder. It resembles a strange child with a pair of umbrellas.The prosecutor has an Anima! He's using it to make your client look like some kind of supervillain.He hasn't noticed you at all, though. The hearing begins in two minutes. What are you going to do? What can you do?
>>6167968>Write-In
>>6168078Try to knock out his Anima?
>>6168151Maybe change his balance point to his nose, causing him to slam his face against the table. We just need to coerce him to stop using his power so we can get in with the trial.
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>>6168162You, via Looking Glass, adjust his center of gravity to the tip of his nose. "Your honor, this client's crime is concerning due t-" There is a smash and a splash of blood as his face suddenly slams down into the table. "AGGHH!" He cries in pain and alarm.The judge sits up, startled. "Mr. Sorensen, are you all right?"The Anima behind the judge fades out suddenly.You cancel your power and look at the prosecutor, but you see him spot your Anima, even as it is fading. His eyes blaze with anger. You've humiliated him and thrown a wrench in his plans. He turns to look back at the judge, using his Anima to quickly make his face appear uninjured. "I'm so sorry your honor. I'm all right and I apologize for that. Perhaps we could take a brief recess.""Yes, let's take 10 minutes." The judge agrees before adjourning for now. Erika puts a hand on your shoulder. "I've got to use the restroom." She says and steps out before you can say anything. The prosecutor wordlessly steps out too, but not before shooting you a hateful glare.
>>6168770The bailiff escorts your defendant out. Two minutes later, Erika comes back in, all smiles. "Thanks so much for sitting in. Can you believe that other lawyer? What a dick.">"He's just doing his job.">"Honestly I hope he gets his face smashed again.">"No prob, thanks for letting me be here.">Something isn't right...
>>6168773Oh and your current AP (Anima Points) is 7/8. You can use your Anima to enhance any roll (This enhancement is called a Junction, allowing you to roll 2 dice and add them together) or use its power once at the cost of one AP. Dice rolls without using Junction simply use your stat dice.For instance, An Intelligence roll to identify chemical bottles or craft an electrical circuit would use your intelligence (a d12) to hit a target number (anywhere from 4 to 12)By Junctioning, you could specify how your Anima is helping you (quickly handing you bottles to read, holding the wires so you don't get shocked) to add one of their stat dice to the roll, like their D6 speed or D10 defense.
>>6168773>"No prob, thanks for letting me be here."
>>6168773>Something isn't right...
>>6168773>>Something isn't right...
>>6168812>>6168789You squint for a second at Erika. Something here feels way off. That moment of suspicion may have saved your life, as "Erika" grabs your arm and moves to try to ram a pocketknife into your neck! Roll your Dexterity plus your Anima's speed for your initiative. Initiative doubles as the target number for enemies to hit you. Enemies have fixed initiative, and Sorenson has 6. For dice rolls, I'm counting the first one to respond at all with the correct dice rolled. In a separate message,>Write in what you want to do for your turn.Two more side notes: your speed per round is determined by your Anima's range X3. We are notably very speedy and can move up to 34 meters in a single round.And finally using a Normal Anima Attack (not using their power) is done by rolling Strength+Defense +2 to hit and Strength + Defense -2 for damage. Different anima types may use different stats.
