school for kids who can't fight good and want to learn how to do other stuff good too

[heavyhitter]

Hey guys! With Ramir's recent post in mind, I figured I'd throw something together for characters looking to be taught or teach fighty stuff. So here's an OOC planning thing for it! You don't have to have tagged the post to participate, you can assume your character found out there's lessons going on through word of mouth, or however else you like. And on a similar note, Ramir would be happy to play matchmaker and pair teachers with students if you're not sure how the connection might kick off, or you can also handwave that having taken place elsewise. Whatever works!

If you play a teacher, go ahead and use this form and post it in the teacher thread:
<b>Character name:</b> <b>Character journal:</b> <user name=journal> <b>Skills:</b> List any teachable combat skills your character has that they'd be willing to teach others! <b>Notes:</b> Here's the Anything Else section. Is your character going to be a hardass teacher, would they take some doing to be convinced to teach their skills? Would they demand payment from students? Any teachable non-combat skills to throw into the bargain? Any kind of personality they get along with really well, or clash with? Is there a maximum number of students you want them to take on? Anything you can think of that prospective student-players should know.

And students, here's your form for the student thread:
<b>Character name:</b> <b>Character journal:</b> <user name=journal> <b>Preexisting skills:</b> What is your character already good at, and what kind of a foundation are they building on? <b>Skills sought:</b> What would you like your character to learn? It's fine if you don't have anything in mind yet. <b>Notes:</b> Here's the Anything Else section. Would your character be a terrible student or a dedicated learner? Any hang ups that they'd have to get over in lessons? Handicaps? Any kind of personality they get along with really well, or clash with? Anything you can think of that prospective teacher-players should know.

Once that's all filled out, go student/teacher shopping! And yes, you can totally sign up under both headers. Pick up new skills, grab CR you've been coveting for a while! I'm figuring teachers could have multiple students and students could have multiple teachers, just to spread the CR all around. You're also welcome to either plan out threads here, or just talk out and handwave how the lessons would go.

Comments

[strictdiscipline]

Character name: Riza Hawkeye
Character journal: strictdiscipline
Skills: G.......uns??? Basic hand-to-hand too, but mostly firearm use. No need to BYOG, she has extras.
Notes: Willingness to teach depends on the student - she's far more inclined to teach a mature adult than a bubbly 12 year old. That said, given the messes of both Chantes and Nalawi, she definitely thinks everyone in ALASTAIR ought to be able to defend themselves in some way or another. She did a round of lessons in Nalawi so feel free to have your character hear about it through the grapevine. Otherwise her job is literally to kill people so if that's something your character struggles with, we can focus on that aspect of it too.

[grunehexe]

Character name: Sieglinde Sullivan
Character journal: grunehexe
Skills: Herbalism, First-Aid, Potion-Making, Medical Science (detailed here)
Notes: Sieglinde is a bit picky about what she calls her "disciples", but if someone shows a willingness to learn and a decent aptitude she's willing to at least try teaching them. She doesn't actually do classes per se, but allows people to watch her at work and expects them to be smart enough to learn via observation. Coming out of working with her you could expect your character to be able to do basic first-aid such as setting bones, stitches, cleaning/debriding wounds, and treating shock... potion-making, treatment beyond first response, etc. available if you do well at first-aid!

[grunehexe]

wow don't hate on 12 year olds

[strictdiscipline]

you're 12, you should be out enjoying life and not getting your feet unbroken and suffering through worlds of pain????


speaking of which i was going to tag your open log, when will i be completely reliable again, weeps

[strictdiscipline]

or if they're female, but that's their problem not his

excuse me???

[grunehexe]

well too late for that Riza strap in let's do guns instead might as well???

that is the good thing about open logs, they're oppennnnnn for yo any time still accepting tags

[strictdiscipline]

smh!!!!!

but okay good, let me chug though my current tags and then i'll hit you up. and not be a monumental failure this time around...

[strictdiscipline]

hello may riza learn some more first aid in case shit goes down again, please and thank

[grunehexe]

Character name: Sieglinde Sullivan
Character journal: grunehexe
Preexisting skills: First-Aid, Biochemistry, Potion-Making, Healing Magic
Skills sought: Magiccccccccccc, Modern Science
Notes: Torn between the fact that in her world she's... actually just a scientific genius whose mom taught her science as if it were magic... and the fact that she does have magic now (detailed here), Sieglinde is just. Throwing herself into both. She wants someone to teach her the modern terms for science because she knows it, she just can't discuss it properly in terms people understand. She also wants to understand the magic of other worlds and put it to use best she can, primarily for healing and defense. She's the most dedicated student you could hope for, almost obsessively/annoyingly so, but she is twelve as much as she acts like she isn't, so no promises there won't be bumps...

[grunehexe]

yes of course, it's only fair to trade

[grunehexe]

scooorrreeee

[respired]

Character name: Koltira Deathweaver
Character journal: respired
Skills: MURDER DEATH KILLING, which is to say, swordsmanship and disgusting magic. He's also proficient with any number of melee weapons--not just two-handed swords, but also 1handed style (dual wielding); axes; maces; polearms, etc.
Notes: i just presume that ramir is gonna strong-arm koltira into this and tbh he is a hard-ass teacher; he will DRIVE U LIKE A CAR OFF A CLIFF. You will have to periodically remind him that you are alive and therefore require things such as 'rest' and 'water' and 'sustenance, generally'. That said, if you want a teacher who will show you how to slice up a guy at close range and with surprising quickness, he's your man.

Personality-wise, he is taciturn and cold. Not the best fit for someone who needs a constant stream of positive reinforcement. But if you do well, he'll acknowledge it--eventually.

He doesn't need payment; ultimately, he'd just offer to do this because Ramir called him out and a man of honor does not back down from such things! Also because she's his friend, he guesses. He GUESSES.

He may also be able to instruct you on SOME of his nasty magic--some of it requires a runeblade to perform, but not all of it (his ice powers are independent of his sword, for the most part, and he can boil blood etc on his own).

[flashbanging]

Character name: Jesse McCree
Character journal: flashbanging
Skills: GUNS; grenades; punching real hard; rolling around a lot. He's an expert marksman and extremely resourceful; he can show you not only how to shoot, but how to observe a target, how to observe the environment, and how best to work those things to your advantage. He's lived rough and tumble since he was a teenager, so he can hold himself up in a scrap even sans gun.
Notes: McCree is a friendly guy, but he does not have infinite patience. If you screw around or don't take the thing seriously, he'll send you packing. But if someone is really trying their best, he'll be patient and supportive. He gets along with just about anybody--or tries to, anyway.

Payment wise, he might say you owe him one ... but he won't really expect to cash it in. Probably.

[12inches]

ladies not getting along with him

he likes ladies, ladies don't usually like him

they're the ones with the problem..... not him....

I wrote this half unconscious val

???? ?

[strictdiscipline]

i feel like there's a good reason why they don't like him............

[12inches]

no he's great.... you're all wrong....

[defenceless]

please teach rin how to be badass like you in hand-to-hand, riza

also killing things maybe

[defenceless]

that's enough! thanks, masamune. make her a new archer

[defenceless]

i need rin vs. sigma in a fist fight

[defenceless]

i'd be up for some hand-to-hand training with these two! rin respects him.

[12inches]

he can lay his head in her lap if he's concussed right???

[12inches]

no why she's angry and gotta weigh like ten pounds when wet he doesn't want to punch that...

(by which I mean yes please fight him)

[defenceless]

hey you don't know

maybe when they're fighting she'll get so turned on by those arms she can't help but throw herself at him

[strictdiscipline]

omg please there's probably better teachers when it comes to hand-to-hand now, she'd gotten a bit rusty

she can def do the killing thing though, even if......she would highly prefer that rin doesn't ever have to kill. she has Many Feelings about killing

[wardance]

He will be so glad to know this and will make her better than all the servants. He'll make sure she has the skills to avoid the shitfalls of self-loathing and guilt of failure and megalomania and... etcetc.

(Also it would be good for him to get back in his own feet from feeling lost from Gil's bullying in Chantes.)