Transformation Roleplay (EX-NC)

[KeyOfTwilight]

What the title says.  I'm searching for a group roleplay that involves transformation of some sort.  I'm rather loose on the plot at the moment, I'd rather colaborate with my fellow roleplayers before developing that.  I am, however, setting a bit of a guideline down before hand.  I want the roleplay to revolve a lot around the transformation, and around the feelings, sensations, etc, that accompany it and exist afterwards.  We're looking at losing your characters sense of humanity, some turned into monsters of some sort, some completely turned into a creature of lust.  If you're interested, try thinking about your character, or characters, as if they were you, and how you would feel/react/etc.

If you'd like to post what gender your character will be, and how many you;d like to play, that would be great ^^  It will likely be in a fantasy world, so if you want to find an image for them as well, think along those likes.  Characters ages can be between 18 and 30.

Hope to make this work!





Ok, so here's the plot:

The world is call Almia.  On the northern continent of Desteria, there is an unexplored area of land spanning for hundreds of miles.  Unexplored, however, is a loose term.  The reason the land is considered unexplored is because caravans heading towards that area have all disappeared without a trace.  The lords and ladies of the land chalked it up to blizzards taking unprepared caravans unawares, but whispers of something possibly far more insidious always drift on the winds.  One Lady in particular believes that it is more than weather, after her father, a veteran of leading caravans through snowy lands, disappeared in one of the last caravans heading up that way. 

She has contracted you all, mercenaries, to set off into the unknown to discover the fate of those who went before you.  You are the best at what you do, some war veterans, some professional explorers or jacks(jills) of all trades.  The promise of gold and land are possibly worth the risk, but what you find up in the northern reaches may be more than you bargained for.

There are 3 races primarily in Almia: Humans, Elves, and Fey-kind.  The first two are self explanatory, and hail from different regions: Southern, Northern, Highland, and Underdark.  The only extremes are the highlands and underdark, the former having darker skin tones and vibrant eyes, and the latter having extremely pale skin and almost pastel, milky eyes.  Fey-kind are a far off-shoot of the elves, being about a foot shorter in stature, and their eyes and hair being of vibrant, almost garish colors, matching the color of magic from the part of the world they hail from. (Think of any color, really, fey kind are like that.)

General heights and weights are as follows:

Humans: 130-265 lbs, 5'5"-6'5"
Elves: 120-200 lbs, 5'8"-6'8"
Fey-Kind: 85-150 lbs, 4'5"-5'5"

Create as many as 3 characters. 

[Callie Del Noire]

Mildly curious but want to see what you got first.

[KeyOfTwilight]

That's cool ^^  I'm hoping to get more people incoming, I don't know how much of an interest there would be.  I'd imagine though, as far as stories go, I would play multiple characters, one of which helps initiate the transformations in a few people, either Non-consensually or consensually.

[nikibird]

Sounds like it could be pretty interesting! I'd love to join in, though I'm curious who decides what someone would transform into.

[HollowX]

You've got my interest as well, I'll join in if you don't mind :)

[Beatrice Black]

I'm listening. Guess which type of transformation I'm most interested in. ;)

[nightender]

Beatrice can vouch for me in this, but I like transformation roleplay too.  Not exactly sure what I'd play or what I'd like to become, but I'm curious and interested.  How big of a group are you going for in this?  I do well with maybe 6 or 7 players, maybe a few more.  When it becomes a huge group, I don't do quite as well.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Well it seems there is more of a demand than I thought XD  It looks like we might have 6+ players even, nightender, by the time this is done.

On the whole, who decides transformations will be sort of a colaboration between myself and the individual player.  I'd love to transform you all into whatever i;d like, but that might not go over well, so asking people and giving suggestions is the best idea.  I'm working on a plot at the moment, right now i've got a main villain (or is she(or he) a hero?) that will be transforming people some way, and i'm looking for a modus operandi.

[Silk]

I'm also interested in this, but it really comes down to what the detail/plot is like

[nightender]

I'm still interested.

[LeoStar]

are you still looking for more people or are you full now?

[KeyOfTwilight]

As far as I know I'm still looking for people, lol.  I'm working on a plot at the moment, hopefully I will have it up in a tiny bit.

[jisko888]

I would love to play in this game :) Count me in if you still have space~

[Lyell]

Do want. Could do either gender but would prefer a single female role. Too many voices in my head as it is.

[KeyOfTwilight]

So far those that have shown interest are:

Lyell
Jisko888
LeoStar
nightender
Silk
Beatrice Black
HollowX
nikibird
Callie Del Noire

*whistles* that's ten people if you count myself.  That's freaking huge, lol. 

I posted the plot to the first post, if you all want to start creating characters, Just use a general template and follow the guidelines for races in the plot.  I'll get an OOC as soon as a few of you post characters. 

Also, with some of these transformations it might get really weird, do you thiink it would be better under Extreme instead of NC-EX?

[HollowX]

In this case yes, otherwise the transformations would have to not be substantial. Extreme allows more then just a tail and ears for example lol

[HollowX]

Is this any good?


Name: Rei Jenning
Age: 21
Gender: female
Height: 5”6”
Weight: 145
Race: human
Appearance:


personality: Brash and rebellious Rei loves adventure. Rei's personality seems arrogant in this respect, though she never really means to be. She is simply seems very confident in what she can do, and irritated by what she views to be the stupidity of others. In truth, she prefers to be alone, and not many can tell her thoughts

Job: Warrior under the term 'Swordsage' Rei's specialties in ki style are shadow and fire, her fighting skills are good, but when the fire starts coming out is when she's getting serious.

Bio: Her origin comes from an order ki-wielders, but Rei has come so far from that place. A prodigy she has already been through countless battles and learned to be the best there was in her fields of practice. When she heard a call to an undiscovered area as she was starting to be harassed from the elders of her order, she gladly left for it. She has not escaped unscarred from her battles,  for a time a slave because of one bad battle (though she destroyed the whole city in her escape). Her order was not happy about this, and because of problems from both mentally and the order she prefers to be alone and in places unknown. Ultimately, this was just one more adventure to escape her past.

[LeoStar]

Well then this is my crack at a character for our little trip. sorry it goes on a bit, the idea just flew out of me.

Name – Jason Ironhand
Gender - male
Age - 18
Image

Job/class – scholar in geographic history
Race – southern Human

Background - Jason is the son of a village blacksmith and the youngest of his family. While growing up his three older brothers were always stronger, bigger and more aggressive than him which made them constantly picked on him. Jason by contrast was a small weedy boy who preferred to read and spent much of his time in his room with the few books he could borrow from people in the town. As he and his brother grew older they all began as apprentices in their father’s workshop, learning how to heat metal and form it. Jason was not cut out for this and his father could tell this from the first day of his training. Just a few months into his training and after another accident by Jason in the workshop his father took him to one side for a long chat. He told Jason that three apprentices were more than enough for any blacksmith and that Jason was not cut out for it. He also told Jason of the money he had saved over the years so that he could send Jason to a proper school in a city. Jason had a mixed response to this, he wanted to go learn more about the world, but he upset and nervous as he would have to leave his home. Though Jason could not pass up this offer and his father soon had him sent of to a school in a large city.

Years later Jason has studied had and learnt many things in the school. He had a fond interest in history and geography and learnt all there was to know about the discovered lands. This inevitable made him come across the undiscovered lands where no man has travelled across. Over his last year of study these lands were all that he could think about. He made theories and wrote papers about what could be out there just waiting to be discovered. During his last term in the school he was told by one of his professors of a noble lady that was hiring people to discover the fate of caravans lost in some undiscovered land and that it would be a great chance to document the area. Jason jumped at the chance of exploring the land and seeing if his theories were correct and quickly got in contact with the woman and made arrangements to join the team.

Personality – Jason is a very shy individual. Thanks to being bullied by his brothers and hiding his head in books for years he is not very confident with people. He is a prime example of a bumbling genius, with his small wiry framed body, glasses and constant attempt to look presentable he looks very out of place in the world. Jason gets exited very easily over subjects and will try to explain something in as much detail as possible when ask a question.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Is this any good?


Name: Rei Jenning
Age: 21
Gender: female
Height: 5”6”
Weight: 145
Race: human
Appearance:

Bio: Her origin comes from an order ki-wielders, but Rei has come so far from that place. A prodigy she has already been through countless battles and learned to be the best there was in her fields of practice. When she heard a call to an undiscovered area as she was starting to be harassed from the elders of her order, she gladly left for it.

perhaps a bit more information on the character, look at LeoStar's post for a good length.

[HollowX]

good now?

[KeyOfTwilight]

good now?

much better ^^

And if anyone feels inclined to create extra characters, like if they want to double, or an extra character who is expendable (death might play in a bit, but only to people who tell me this and that character can die.

[KeyOfTwilight]

We now have an OOC thread here:

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96587.0

Continue posting characters to this thread, and I will transfer them to the OOC until we are ready to start ^^

[Lyell]

Name: Fis'aerlae Heasi
(Literally Light, Order and Harmony of those above.)
Age: Appears 25-ish
Gender: Female
Height: 6'0?
Weight: 165
Race: Elven
Native Locale: Highlands
Appearance:


Personality: Fis'aerlae spends most of her time in careful contemplation. Seemingly cold and calculated, she makes a habit of saying only what needs to be while in the company of strangers. Her peers and friends would have you believe otherwise. Long-lived as they are, elvenkind tend to value powerful and lasting friendships. Truth be told she is meerly timid, shy and reclusive. In her armor she becomes a different person, hiding behind a shield of duty and honor that emboldens her to perform in situations she might otherwise panic in.

Job: Fisa is recognized in her home region as a Paladin. Among the first to answer any call to action, she earned the nickname 'Lightseeker' from her elders. When not clad in armor she can be found by listening, as she often entertains others playing her flute, supposing ofcourse she has no reason for stage fright.

History: House Heasi has, for as long as anyone can remember, been a family of healers, priests and clerics. Fisa however lacked the talent to channel divine energy as efficiently as her heritage, but held a strong affinity for martial prowess.
Against her parents' wishes, she honed her skill with the sword and pursued a life of faith her own way. Some speculate that her eager and sometimes hasty acceptance of dangerous duties is some form of seeking approval from her family. Thus far she's had a flawless track record, yet still she seeks new tests hinting that she has yet to garner the approval she seeks.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Excellent ^^  No one wanting to double so far though?

[Nazora]

I said I wouldn't take any more game but I had one group game go nowhere so I'll replace it with this one.  :-)

I'm very interested.

[Lyell]

Excellent ^^  No one wanting to double so far though?

I have a character profile sitting around somewhere. I'll find it and tweak it for this setting.

[Nazora]

Name: Luthien Coamene
Race: Elven
Age: 49
Native Locale: South Lands
Height: 5'7
Weight: 131

Personality: Luthien was a tomboy from an early age. She seems more human than elven. Many people are surprised to find out that she is indeed an elf on the rare occasions her hair is moved back to reveal her pointy ears. She loves to climb trees, ride animals, and explore the wilderness. If someone is doing something that irritates her she is not hesitant to pick a fight. Though the main things that irritate her are needless cruelty, abusive people, and those who speak ill of southern elves. Her temper can get the best of her when goaded. She is very fond of humans and prefers to live among them rather than her own people, though the lowest and basest among them she finds quite fowl. She considers her speed and agility her greatest asset in combat.

History: At the age of fourteen Luthien left the southern forests to explore the world and have adventures. She has had a little success as an explorer since then. She has seen several regions and been to several great cities. Primarily an explorer and mapmaker, she has taken jobs as a monster hunter, treasure hunter, guide, and even waitress to make ends meet.

Pets: Wildo, a ferret she has tamed herself, has been a faithful companion to her for about two years now. He is useful for retrieving items from very tight spaces.

Skills: Hunting, fishing, monster tracking, exploring, mapping, hiking, swimming, archery, racing, horseback riding, taming of animals.

Strengths: Speed and Agility.

Weaknesses: She finds herself rather lacking in strength. Her cooking has not improved in the past thirty years. Because she has neglected her studies to adventure outside elven lands her knowledge of elven culture and history is now much less than her knowledge of humans. She is not quite as intellectual or as well versed in magic as most elves, much of this is because she is still quite young.

[Lyell]

Name: Branchesca, Leglius
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Personality: By the books, hard ass, strict, protective.  Very quiet and punctual. Seems easily phased when people get out of order.

Job: Captain of the guard, retired.

Unique Weaponry - Bladed disks the size of small shields. Uses mixed martial arts to make proper use of them.

Physically large. 210 lbs 6'3", muscular build, X scar across left eye to rear lower jaw and left temple to chin. Strong points are strength and endurance.

History: Captain of the guard for more than ten years, Leglius was nearly married to his work after losing his wife and daughter to raiders, he became even more pro-occupied with his job. Eventually grief caught up with him and he drowned himself in alcahol. His subordinates relieved him of his position and Leglius was forced to retire. Unable to fully kick the habit or the need to engage in combat to relieve stress, he turned to the life of a mercenary.

[KeyOfTwilight]

I said I wouldn't take any more game but I had one group game go nowhere so I'll replace it with this one.  :-)

I'm very interested.

well we have plenty of room ^^  welcome to the game!

[Silk]

Just to note, I am still interested, just not sure what direction to take my character at the moment.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Just to note, I am still interested, just not sure what direction to take my character at the moment.

That's fine hun.

[nightender]

I have the same problem, Silk.  I think I might make two characters, though I need to spell out one of those characters before I can do anything.

I hope to get something up soon.

[KeyOfTwilight]

The OOC has been updated with the characters we have thus far.  I'd like to get this going in the next day or so if everyone wants to try and get at least one character made, or bow out if you don't want to anymore ^^

[nightender]

Name: Thomas Alexander
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: Over six feet tall, lean build.  Short brown hair, clean shaven.  Blue eyes.  Wears black pants and a matching shirt, along with a long, dark brown coat.
Personality:  Driven, competitive, ready for a thrill or an adventure

Job: Bodyguard, Sword for hire

Weapons - Katana with a 30 inch blade, Shuriken, 8 inch hunting knife

History: After finishing his initial training, Thomas took on the first assignment he could, guard duty.  He collided with another guard to block an arrow aimed at a noble lady.  The act not only got Thomas a reputation as a protector of wealthy women, but also his brothers in arms.  Some, however, saw him as a gloryhound, which wasn't entirely untrue.  Thomas wanted to be a man of worth, admired by others.  He was capable, but had much more to prove.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Thank ya much ^^  I'm transferring it to the OOC thread!

[Silk]

Name: Azure
Age: 47
Gender: female
Height: 4”7”
Weight: 105
Race: Faykind
Appearance:

Personality:  Aloof, faithful, caring, suspicious of humans.

Job: Priestess, Archer Maiden

Weapons - Bow and arrows, Weak water magic

History: Azure was born in a small temple within the outskirts of the highlands, at the base of the natural spring which lead to one of the country's greatest rivers, due to its elevation the area surrounding the spring is often laden with snow. Since birth Azure has been trained as one of the priestesses of the temple, charged with guarding one of the ones most predominant fresh water sources. She has been trained in some weak water based magic as well as combat with the ceremonial bows used by the temple in their defence of the spring.

The lead priestess who received a vision of a possible danger to the spring, sent Azure into the world, telling her that she would know what to do when the time came, and to prevent the destruction of one of the country's water supply.

[KeyOfTwilight]

Added it to the OOC.  Lets see if we can get one or two more people with their characters and i'll start it.

[gaggedLouise]

This sounds very interesting to me, especially if "transformation" might include a character changing gender, or having changed (magically) at some point before the game starts. And the northern setting, stretching into an unknown region, is appealing to me too. I'm from Sweden myself and spent some early years near the arctic circle, though not in a rank wilderness. I'll try to come up with a good character: probably female though she may once have been male in some sense.

[KeyOfTwilight]

This sounds very interesting to me, especially if "transformation" might include a character changing gender, or having changed (magically) at some point before the game starts. And the northern setting, stretching into an unknown region, is appealing to me too. I'm from Sweden myself and spent some early years near the arctic circle, though not in a rank wilderness. I'll try to come up with a good character: probably female though she may once have been male in some sense.

Well, the idea with the plot is that transformations wouldn't take place until later on.

[gaggedLouise]

Well, the idea with the plot is that transformations wouldn't take place until later on.

But we're talking of gender transformation, not species transformation (human to elf etc), are we? I'll take a closer look at the OOC thread soon, but from this thread it seems there isn't a definite and detailed backstory yet. In any case, dwarves and men transforming into elves or the like is an alien cconcept to most "middle-earth-style" fictional universes, which I assume is the kind we are moving inside here. So I guess that's not the kind of change you're after?

Would the transformations happen under the influence of the unknown or obscure creatues and forces inhabiting the northern terra incognita? Or are they the consequence of something that's already part of the nature of the person getting ransformed, or of his/her personality or destiny? And if there are gender changes they would also affect the position of the character, what he/she is likely to do, is allowed to do? Such as a male archer being transformed into a slave woman or a witch?

[Bella90]

 I'm interested :D

here's an outline of the character I had in mind.

Name: Alexandra Jenine King     (Alex)
Age: 21
Gender: female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 60 kg.
Race: Human
Appearance:
with chest nut brown eyes.
Personality:  Critical, Analytical, caring, Hot headed, sarcastic, generally nice and funny, stubborn, moody, romantic.

Weapons: hand to hand combat, sword, and occasionally the bow and arrow.

History:  Alex'smother had died a little after she was born, leaving her to live with her father. Years later under his harsh training, she mastered many things one of which is her hand to hand combat, he believed as a young lady she should have a lethal weapon -her hand- in case anyone tried to harm her, and in more times than one his training was put to use. As she grew she got more and more interested in things that she wasn't supposed to do. But after her father's death when she was sixteen, she felt this sudden awareness between right and wrong, and things to do and things not to do, she had lived with her uncle and aunt until she was able to buy herself a small apartment in the oldest sides of town, where she learned a lot about the wild life, and her constant reading helped her understand a lot of life's natural disasters.

General first impression:  Too confident, Loner, hard to please, her general outlook gives you the impression that she is content and pleased even if she was deeply hurt. in her good days, she would probably be described as an outgoing, nurturing character.

Weakness: Snakes, Spiders, her fears are her weaknesses, and her heart. She usually hides what she feels, in opposite to what she does about what she thinks, anything in the mind is said, anything in the heart is buried deep down, where no one would reach but herself.

[KeyOfTwilight]

But we're talking of gender transformation, not species transformation (human to elf etc), are we? I'll take a closer look at the OOC thread soon, but from this thread it seems there isn't a definite and detailed backstory yet. In any case, dwarves and men transforming into elves or the like is an alien cconcept to most "middle-earth-style" fictional universes, which I assume is the kind we are moving inside here. So I guess that's not the kind of change you're after?

Would the transformations happen under the influence of the unknown or obscure creatues and forces inhabiting the northern terra incognita? Or are they the consequence of something that's already part of the nature of the person getting ransformed, or of his/her personality or destiny? And if there are gender changes they would also affect the position of the character, what he/she is likely to do, is allowed to do? Such as a male archer being transformed into a slave woman or a witch?

All good questions.  The plotline was a bit lacking in telling what will happen, since I want it to be a surprise to be found out, rather than say "This is how it will go down."  I'm playing more the role of a GM/DM than a character, so in a lot of ways what happens may depend on how you all choose to face the Issues and NPCs I put in your way.  I can say it will be a mix of race/gender transformation, sometimes more sometimes less.  The way they change, however, will be hardly middle earth style, none of what I'm working with in the transformations would be found anywere in Tolkien or similar lore.

[KeyOfTwilight]

I'm interested :D

here's an outline of the character I had in mind.

Name: Alexandra Jenine King     (Alex)
Age: 21
Gender: female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 60 kg.
Race: Human
Appearance:
with chest nut brown eyes.
Personality:  Critical, Analytical, caring, Hot headed, sarcastic, generally nice and funny, stubborn, moody, romantic.

Weapons: hand to hand combat, sword, and occasionally the bow and arrow.

History:  Lilly's mother had died a little after she was born, leaving her to live with her father. Years later under his harsh training, she mastered many things one of which is her hand to hand combat, he believed as a young lady she should have a lethal weapon -her hand- in case anyone tried to harm her, and in more times than one his training was put to use. As she grew she got more and more interested in things that she wasn't supposed to do. But after her father's death when she was sixteen, she felt this sudden awareness between right and wrong, and things to do and things not to do, she had lived with her uncle and aunt until she was able to buy herself a small apartment in the oldest sides of town, where she learned a lot about the wild life, and her constant reading helped her understand a lot of life's natural disasters.

General first impression:  Too confident, Loner, hard to please, her general outlook gives you the impression that she is content and pleased even if she was deeply hurt. in her good days, she would probably be described as an outgoing, nurturing character.

Weakness: Snakes, Spiders, her fears are her weaknesses, and her heart. She usually hides what she feels, in opposite to what she does about what she thinks, anything in the mind is said, anything in the heart is buried deep down, where no one would reach but herself.

good one, ill pst her to the OOC thread.

[LeoStar]

I have a feeling this is going to be a very odd RP for my character. He’s a purely academic man surrounded by people who have trained for years to fight monsters. I mean he is going to be running away from everything we see

[KeyOfTwilight]

I have a feeling this is going to be a very odd RP for my character. He’s a purely academic man surrounded by people who have trained for years to fight monsters. I mean he is going to be running away from everything we see

But I never did say the caravan had to be all combatants.  It goes to figure some would want to study what was going on, not just kill it.

[Skyrider]

This looks fun.  If at all possible, I would really like to take on the role of an evil creature.  I have a pretty good idea of the character and an image for his transformation if that's okay.  If so I can show you the image of what his transformed state would look like.

[Nazora]

Name: Naomi Cordel

Race: Human

Age: 24

Height: 5'6

Weight: 127 pounds

Personality: Naomi is calm and analytical. She does not like conflict or fighting of any kind. The reason she likes to travel is to observe new things for the documentaries she writes. She loves to observe and learn about new things. Because of her noble lineage she tends to be spoiled as to the comforts of life and does not like to go without. At times she can be downright selfish. If there is something she knows much about she is always eager to explain about it to others, though her explanations can become long winded. Naomi is very modest and quite shy concerning romantic matters. She likes handsome men who are dashing and strong, yet at the same time she seeks someone more, or at least as intellectual then her and someone who shares her love of books and archeology.

Appearance: She wears glasses to correct nearsightedness. At all times she dresses professionally.

History: Naomi Cordel was born of the minor noble house of Cordel. Of a small selection of professions the family was known for, Naomi choose to teach history at a local university. Eventually, she developed a love of archeology and decided to explore less civilized regions of the world that lay outside her small kingdom.

Profession: Teacher, archeologist.

Other notes: She has a servant who attends to her and performs menial tasks.

[KeyOfTwilight]

This looks fun.  If at all possible, I would really like to take on the role of an evil creature.  I have a pretty good idea of the character and an image for his transformation if that's okay.  If so I can show you the image of what his transformed state would look like.

As I've said before, for the story, transformations will not take place before or at the beginning, it has to progress before that happens, and before people can think of how they will transform.  Context and plot play a lot into it.  If you;d like to play, however, there is still room ^^

[Skyrider]

That includes villain characters who are not a part of the hired mercs?  Cause I was hoping to be a character that is already influenced by whatever or whomever is causing the transformations, and my character would be one of the people that help push the events to progress surrounding the mercs.

[KeyOfTwilight]

That includes villain characters who are not a part of the hired mercs?  Cause I was hoping to be a character that is already influenced by whatever or whomever is causing the transformations, and my character would be one of the people that help push the events to progress surrounding the mercs.

Right now I'm not looking for any characters like that, I'm sorta running that side myself.

[Jated]

Removed Character...sorry all, I have another use for her.

[Silk]

Azure isnt really a combatant either, her weapon is ceremonial, and her goal is to find out this problem in the future that will cause problems for her people.

[Bella90]

good one, ill pst her to the OOC thread.

Thanks ^^ could you maybe link the page to me? :)    and do tell me when we start, sounds like an exciting game ^^

[Tad]

Do you have space for a survivalist/healer of some sort?  Good with plants and herbs, hunting and such?