Interest Check & Idea Thread

So, speaking of MTG quests, I've been considering doing one of my own for a while.. though somewhat different in detail. With the Quest being about a character in another show who has just awakened to MTG style magehood.. and may eventually blossom into a planeswalker. Maybe. If you are lucky.

With the current list of characters you'd be able to choose from being Louise the Zero, Harmony from Angel, Sokka from ATLA, Anzu from Yu-Gi-Oh, and Aono from Rosario+Vampire.

Sound interesting to anyone?

 

Both. Some planes will be from the game, other's will be my own original thing, others will be from other fictions.

 

Um...I think you missed something about how planeswalkers work; you either have the spark or you don't, you can't progress from mage to planeswalker. Though if you mean one day the people we can choose from just had their spark awaken then that'd be cool.

That's just a minor nitpick though; MtG needs more love and I'd be all over that shit. Blue-aligned Sokka would pwn everyone. It'd be like the second coming of Urza.

 

Eh. Having Sokka suddenly MtG planeswalker gets in the way of his Normal Guy Schick.

 

Sokka as a Blue Planeswalker?

... That sounds like an awesome quest. I support and or endorse this product or service fully.

Nitpicking- Blue is Water, Red is Fire, White is Air... I suppose Earth would be Green, but what is Black?

 

Actually, Earth would also be Red. Consider Slagstorm.

 

Blue - Water, Air, Ice
Red - Fire, Lightning, Earth
Green - Plants, Trees, Wind
White - Light
Black - Death, Shadow/Darkness, Marsh/Bog/Sedge

 

Just because you have the spark doesn't mean it's active. And just because it's not active doesn't mean you can't learn MTG style magics. What the quest would start on is a moment of extreme stress making the character bond to a land, giving them a source of magic. Sokka, for example, would claim a landbond on the North Pole when Princess Yui gets all spirity and he gets emotional about it.

Depending on how the quest goes the spark might ignite, but just because you have the spark doesn't mean your guaranteed to have it light up. Of course, having the spark does give you the potential, so if people are lucky and make the right choices... It just won't be something easy and or casual.

Well, just vote for someone else then.

Black isn't a Bending Style on the count that no great spirit aligned with Black has made a deal with a tribe of humans to let them use it. Bloodbending is a Black/Blue style though, and other black influences can be found in other places.

Edit: Neither is White, as both airbending and waterbending draw from Blue primarily, even if Airbending has some heavy white influences.

 

Ahh...ok; that makes sense, your wording just confused me was all. As for it being hard, yeah; though life-threatening events typically do the trick, along with massive emotional trauma, or both.

 

What, you think life-threatening events or massive emotional trauma are fun and easy things?

 

You have obviously never played Dwarf Fortress*~

*I kid, I kid...​

 

I am sad that Sokka would only gain access to blue mana after getting to the NWT. Aang going into the crazy rage/depression induced Avatar state? No you don't, counterspell.

 

I have two ideas running in the back of my head these days.

- When Chao Lingshen casts her time travel spell to return to her time, it misfire and sends her tumbling through time. Right before she hits the Big Crunch, she gets yoinked away and fall into a small cobbled courtyard surrounded by a steel fence, lighted by a single lamppost. The she finds an old gentleman along with several time-space gates that opens toward different universes. Thus begins Chao's Journey Home: A Negima's Quest. With the assistance of the old gentleman living at the End of Time, she must travel the multiverse in order to find her way home.

- It is a day like any other in the life of Ranma Saotome, martial artist extraordinaire, irresistible Casanova, great friend, humble rival and all around awesome guy. There's no school today, but there's plenty of things to do.

Akane is thinking about life past highschool and intend to visit Todai. She asked him to tag along.
Nabiki has called in an old debt and wants him as a bouncer for the day.
For once, Kasumi asked for help shopping.
Ukyo is slightly worried, Konatsu has been fidgety for the last few weeks and he doesn't say why?
Nodoka called and said she wants to talk about a family matter
Rumors have it that there's a few newcomers at the Cat Cafe. Might be worth checking out before it inevitably blow up in his face.
Ryoga challenged you to the empty lot behind his home. He promised he'd be on time this time.

Pick his path, select the one we will meet that ordinary day. These events may seem nothing special, but they're all a first step toward a greater adventure. The first step of the Fool's Journey.

 

... A Chrono Quest would be awesome, but Fool's Journey sounds even better.

 

Agreed. I would love Fool's Journey.

 

Well, I needed a traumatic event to shock the talent into working, and Yui going all absorbed by the Moon probably counts...

Also, shutting down the spirit of the world you are living on might be a bit harder then a basic counterspell.

 

Playing MTG has taught me that counterspell is indeed capable of shutting down something that powerful, but I guess it wouldn't work in a story/quest. Not if you're trying to keep it balanced, heh.

 

What gets me about this idea?

Monstrous Growth on Momo.

It's totally something Sokka would do, too!

 

Stifle; IU. Counter target activated or triggered ability.

MtG has a solution for everything if you play blue. )

 

I wonder if you can unsummon the Avatar..

 

If you can unsummon gods, which you can, you can unsummon the Avatar.

 

Well, I think it's pretty clear there would be some support for this quest. Hell, I've seen ideas on SB's Idea thread that got less noticed then this that got good turnout.

 

So it seems. I'll be putting up the first posts soon.

And it seems to me that the primal spirit of the world itself can probably manage its own counterspells on your counterspells when you're trying to shut down it's avatar. And as was mentioned, story balance. Don't forget you'll be starting as a one land mage, not an oldwalker.

 

At the very least you can cast Capsize, and return the Avatar to its owner's hand.

Back into the iceberg for you, Aang!

 

Chrono trigger is meant mainly as an easy framing device for mutltiverseal hijinks, but sure, it could be included in the quest.

... Though neither idea seems to be gathering much interest. Too bad.

 

I like playing Chrono Trigger, but no, I am not sure how I feel about a Chrono Trigger quest.

 

Ah, I've found that interest threads don't actually tend to generate as much interest as an actual quest. Unfortunate, yes.

 

Well, it's been a few days since you checked on this, but I am actually pretty interested in Amber.