#lbtw

Fandom: A Link Between Worlds (Zelda)

Pairing: Ravio/Link Hilda/Zelda

Warning: While mainly a crack, it does deal with heavy subjects. I have a little bit written, so its not finished and tbh may never be. Thats common for me tho. Feel free to use the idea. Just credit me and tag me on it so I can check it out. Also theres alot of notes before you can get to the writing.

Summery:

Ravio is sent to Hyrule in order to kill their hero of courage. He disguises himself as a traveling merchant that sells convenient magic items to the hero in order to get close. He waits for the perfect time, one where Link returns from a dungeon all beaten and bruised and unable to fight back. He may be a skilled assassin great with magic (it's just as good as poison, he finds) but he's still a coward at heart. His life and safety come first. But then he starts stalling the inevitable death of Link. Why? He's not sure. He's been raised as a ruthless killer with no emotions besides the ones he fakes and the need to preserve his own life above all else (despite how often they tried to train that out of him). So why is he hesitating??

Notes:

Ravio twitches, failing to mask amusement as concern. “You don’t like flowers?” 

“Uhh..” Link looks at the flowers warily, before sneezing again. “They don’t like me,” he clarifies thickly, rubbing his nose with a grimace.

Ravio laughs, leaning in to kiss his boyfriends cheek. “I guess I’d better take these then. It’s good you’re not sick.”

Currently working on a little ditty inspired by @the-au-collector regarding spring-allergies-link and flower-loving-ravio, tune in if you want tooth rotting fluff in the next .. 24 hours?

combat notes ESes, or Exclusive Skills, are literal RPG-esque "skills" that everyone has. Their effect is determined by a major factor in someone's personality, or a feat they are capable of. ESes can change throughout a person's life, but they are very hard to change. They can be as harmless as creating a perfectly cooked egg, or as dangerous as summoning a weapon capable of severing someone from reality. They can be used without expending a spell slot, and they can be used up to twice per short rest (mark this somewhere!). There are no components or requirements for using your ES, unless that is written in. There are essentially no restrictions on what your ES can be, so long as it's something that makes sense, and as long as it isn't, like, casting Disintegrate or Wish or something.

EPSes, or Exclusive Passive Skills, are just the same as ESes, except they cannot directly create an effect or deal damage; they simply are a passive effect. Again, an EPSes effect is tied into the personality of its user, and it is very hard to change. An EPSes effect can range from something as mundane as making you better at persuasion, or something like making you immune to certain status effects. There is no limit on how many times they can be used per day, and saying if/when its effect comes into play won't expend a spell slot. There are no components to the EPS if it is triggered by a certain effect, unless that is written in. If the effect is constant and does not have a trigger, you as a player should keep track of this and let your party members- and the DM- know how it effects a situation (if it does). There are no restrictions on what your EPS can be, so long as it makes sense and isn't, like, triple advantage on rolls.

SAs, or Special Attacks, are literal RPG-like finisher attacks. Again, they are typically tied to the core of someone's personality, and are almost like a trump card or some kind of Final Smash. They usually deal damage, but this doesn't always have to be the case. SAs can range from a very powerful healing effect similar to Greater Restoration, or the summoning of one's patron deity. Using your SA expends one spell slot for the highest spell level you currently know. There is no material component, but there is typically a verbal component. SAs can be used once per long rest, but using one's SA is often physically or mentally straining, depending on the effect. There are no restrictions on what your SA can do, so long as it makes sense. This is your opportunity to go ham.

wb notes This is a modern campaign set in the fictional city of Gracetown, California. Gracetown is very multicultural, and it has a population somewhere around Los Angeles (Los Angeles does not exist in this universe). It is 2006, five years after the final battle of World War Three- the Battle of Grace Bay- came to a close. WW3 was fought against giant monstrosities known as "Reflections," doppelgangers that morph into powerful creatures once given form by being perceived. Reflections originate from a place called the Flip-Side, a mirror plane of reality "attached" to this one. Reflections were discovered by the M.E.S branch of Nitroflux, which has since dissolved into its parent company.

Gracetown has recovered from the Battle of Grace Bay with the help of its corporate anchor, the previously mentioned Nitroflux. Gracetown, and other cities in America most affected by WW3, received funding from foreign countries, excluding France- France and America seem to have incredibly bad diplomacy, due to France siding with the Reflections during WW3. During WW3, the US military received significant support from the International Research Foundation for Biological Hazards (IRFBH), as well as Nitroflux. Nitroflux was hired to produce combat androids, while the IRFBH was tasked with studying the Reflections and developing strategies to best defeat them.

In this universe, one of the most major religions is Astraeanism, the faith in the goddess Astraea. Their holy book is called the Apocrypha, and they believe that the goddess has not abandoned them, but that she is waiting to bring her judgement upon this world.

An incredibly important mechanic found in this world is the Wireframe. The Wireframe is the basis for all of reality, and it is what keeps something or someone quote-unquote "attached" to said reality. Manipulating the Wireframe allows someone to travel between dimensions (or even planes of reality), but manipulating it takes a lot of practice, and can only be done through years of study, or an ES/EPS that does the heavy lifting for you. The Wireframe functions as an "inbetween" for planes of reality or dimensions, and as such, time has no effect there. If you are in the Wireframe, you are essentially in time stasis until you exit. Wounds sustained in the Wireframe will appear healed once you exit, but you're still gonna be big hurty.

Another thing to mention is the Septenary Clocktowers- seven clocktowers at an unreachable point in space and time that govern the seven main laws of reality. The seven are as follows, in order of importance: 1. Wireframe, 2. Cosmos, 3. Time, 4. Habitability, 5. Humanity, 6. Consciousness, 7. Human bonds If you die, but your force of will to stay alive is incredibly strong, you can "tether" with one of the Clocktowers to which you are most aptly attuned. Tethering to one of the Clocktowers pre-death is possible, but it comes with incredible consequences, and would more than likely kill you rather than keep you alive. Those with Septenary tethers have skill sets based around that Clocktower's law. Extra thoughts: - Even though this is a modern campaign, combat androids are more easily thought of as synthetic humans rather than robots (which means their stats are nearly the same to that of a human). They can imitate all human bodily functions, and they have a wake/sleep cycle like human beings. To find one walking around in the open in Gracetown isn't an oddity, so if you want to play some kind of synthetic human/combat android, go for it! They have ESes, EPSes, and SAs like everyone else. - Instead of the usual Common/Abyssal/Draconic/etc., you can just say you're fluent in multiple real-world languages if you so choose. Additionally, almost everyone in Gracetown is fluent in American Sign Language, if not other common Sign Languages. The usual DnD languages do still exist, but they're often an antiquity, or a cool party trick. However, there is one language I'm adding to the pool of languages you can know: Standard Galactic, abbreviated as SGA. SGA is both written and spoken, and is very rare. It is used most commonly by the Trans-Planar Court. If you know SGA, you're usually a friend of the Court, or you've somehow found someone or something to teach you. If you want to learn this language IRL, Standard Galactic is from the Commander Keen series, and there's an alphabet out there that you can learn if you wanna get in on the immersion.

Q: why are the neutralizers not included?

A: they are not widely known outside of ruth’s circle of friends. also, so the players could discover them themselves

Q: why are the material planes not included?