Legendary: The Arena

[Kane]

7/10 Player Slots taken.

3/5 Female Character slots taken.

4/5 Male Character slots taken.

-The game may or may not feature 'adult content' I will allow every player to assert how far do they want to go in regards to sexual content. Therefore, it will be posted to extreme section. Whilst the game may not involve any sexual encounters for one player, I am capable of bringing in extreme content for those who want it. That said, the extreme content will only happen if and when it is relevant to the story. (Whatever players get up to with each other is up to them, but respect the limits of others. Don't go raping someone who didn't want rape in their roleplay)-

Also, there will be very violent scenes, and gory scenes. You've been warned.

Legendary is a multi-part fantasy roleplay set in a fantasy world much like earth in Victorian times. It will utilize a system built by myself, for the sake of simplicity. The system is easy enough to learn, and grants freedom for any kind of actions to be decided, without you needing to have full knowledge of the rules. In essence, you may play as if you were playing a free-form roleplay, but realize that the actions you decide to do in your post, may fail.

The first part is about The Arena, where it all begins, where the PC characters stumble upon their new powers and learn to use them. It's about their trials in learning to utilize and control their new powers. The roleplay will slowly steer toward more and more epic scale, as it moves from following the learning experiences of our heroes, to their quest to carve their names to the history of the world for eternity. To become truly "Legendary."

Legendary: The Arena
City of Gravenport has never been the most savoury of them all. Crime runs rampant in its streets. Governed by officials that have been bribed by the worst kind of criminals, it is unlikely that the people of Gravenport are going to be rid of this crime wave in a long long time. Gravenport exits in the world of Aether, much resembling the Victorian Era earth. Though in Aether magic and miracles are common place, so do the forces of the dark show their ugly faces in quite a terrifying fashion.

But back to Gravenport, as we were. Run by crime lords, the law department of this city hardly makes much of a difference. In fact, people are hardly ever locked up for actual crimes, or if they are, it's because those crimes affected the 'wrong people' Charges are often fabricated, for various reasons. Someone wants your land? If they got the money, but you are unwilling to sell, they might just use their money to have you put away for a murder you never committed, even when there is no victim. Albeit in Gravenport, there's always a victim. Somewhere.

Though the governing body is corrupt through and through, maybe the worst feature of the city is it's unique way of punishing criminals. "The Arena." It was introduced by the city officials, who reasoned it as a 'deterrent.' Their excuse was that to get rid of the crime, the punishment had to be horrendous. It had to be something that would make people more afraid than the capital punishment. They would make the convicts destroy each other. Much like the gladiators of ancient days, they were pitted against each other. Though they would pit anyone against anyone, there would be no gender restrictions.

At first the Arena was met with shock horror, but as years slowly ground past it became a popular past time. And the crowd acted like a pack of vicious animals, chanting for fighters to kill, to show no mercy. And often times, they would chant for them to rape their opponent. While many of the convicts were there through no fault of their own, there certainly has always been the element of vicious bastards, who would do the crowds bidding to humiliate their opponent further.

You are one of the convicts. You are to have your first fight today. An underdog in the eyes of many, that is for sure, as the newcomers are often fed to the more experienced fighters who have gained popularity. As you wake up in your cell this morning, you are feeling dizzy, you had a very strange dream for sure, and somehow, for some reason, you feel different today. Maybe it's just the nerves, maybe it's just the impending doom...

Without your knowledge, some kind of entity has granted you powers you never imagined, though you do not yet know this. Hopefully you'll learn to utilize your new-found power soon, or you might just end up as another corpse for the clean-up crew to handle...

Character Sheet:

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Afflictions:[/b] (Most likely none, at the beginning of the RP)

[b]Possessions:[/b] (Only the clothes you were wearing when arrested, at the beginning.)

[b]Appearance:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]Skills:[/b] (Choose 2 combat skills or 1 combat skill plus the magic skill. If you choose magic, PM me what kind of magic you want and I'll work on it with you. You may also choose two other skills outside of combat/magic. Most of the time I won't need you to PM me about the two extra skills, but if you feel the need to clarify, feel free to PM me, or if I need to figure something out, I will PM you.)

[b]Attributes:[/b] (You have 30 points to distribute, no maximum per attribute. Take a note that 3-4 would be average human stat. Your characters are augumented by a blessing. Do realize that certain actions will be rolled according to these stats (Lifting a rock will require a strength roll)
Strength: ( Hand to Hand, Swords, Blunt weapons/Axes, Bows, Polearms, Dual Wield)
Nerve: (Guns, Bows/Crossbows, Casting Magic. Whips/Lasso)
Agility: (Evade, Fencing, Whips/Lasso, Hand To Hand)
Perception: (Guns, Bows, Fencing, Dual-Wield, Blunt weapons/Axes, Evade) 
Might: (Casting Magic, Power of spells.

[b]History:[/b]

[b]Additional:[/b] (If you do not want Rape, or other extreme sex acts to happen, this is where you say it, otherwise they will probably happen at some point. Also, if you want to be practically set-up for extreme occurrences, this is the place to mention that as well. Though it doesn't decrease your chances to die, it will increase the number of events where you might get sexually assaulted. (Such assaults may lead to death though, with some bad luck and bad decisions, so again, be careful)









SYSTEM:

You do not need to understand the system, to be able to play it, but there are a few key points.
You gain stats and skills by training in that particular area. That is to say, if you keep fighting people with a rapier, your fencing skill and speed are likely to develop. (That is to say, there are no 'levels')

You will not be having health points, mana points, or anything of the like visible for you. You will get a text description relating to your state of health whilst in fight, or whilst otherwise hurt.

There aren't many attributes in game to keep it simple. The main stats are: Strenght, Agility, Nerve, Perception and Might. (Might relates to magical abilities) Intelligence is not included, as the players will have to use their own intelligence to figure out problems, and it is not necessary for combat in the system. Please note that there will sometimes be dice rolls outside of combat! If your character has 0 in a stat, it means they literally have practically none of it. (0 magic also means 0 magic resistance. 0 Nerve means that your character may be easily distracted by certain events/abilities, 0 strength means you can barely lift your weapon, 0 agility means you are as flexible as a steel pipe, 0 perception means you won't notice if a dragon lands in front of you and kills your party around you.)

The skills are as follows.

Weapons:Firearms, Bows/Crossbows, Whips/Lasso, Pole arms, Swords, Fencing, Blunt Weapons/Axes, Staves, Throwing, Dual-Wield. (Fencing relates to fencing swords only, swords relates to long swords, short swords, daggers and two handed swords among others.)

Other Combat skills: Hand to Hand, Evade, Magic Resistance. (Evade relates to dodging attacks, weapon skills and Hand to Hand relate to blocking and parrying)

Magic: Every magi has their own set of magical abilities and they may not be listed here. If you wish to play magic user, you come up with the idea on how your magic works, and work with me to set the power of the abilities so that the balance is not broken.

Other: You may have a certain amount of skills/abilities outside combat and magic. These are decided by you, and I will work them into the game with you in a manner that doesn't break the balance.

Notice that humans are the only playable race.

World Inspiration:
(Help with character creation ideas.)

Movies
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Van Hellsing

Games
Thief

[AurelieCatena]

Yeah! Exactly my cup of blood!

I'm applying for gladiatrix role.

Would lasso and whip be possible weapons?

[Kane]

Yeah! Exactly my cup of blood!

I'm applying for gladiatrix role.

Would lasso and whip be possible weapons?

Hmm, I never thought of them, but I see no problem with working them into the system, I should have time while waiting for additional players.

Also, I'll add here: You will not be having health points, mana points, or anything of the like visible for you. You will get a text description relating to your state of health whilst in fight, or whilst otherwise hurt.

[AurelieCatena]

That will be nice. I hope this game is going to take off.

If I may offer an advice, add your comment to your first post, where it will have more chance to be read.

[Juggtacular]

Very interesting. You had my curiosity... But now you have my attention.

[Siereis]

Hell, id be up for this as well.  Though how do you see the plot progressing over time?

Additionally, while I am totally fine with any adult content, can you go into more detail on what we could expect in the rp?  I realize you wrote it would be dependent on the player, but what would you ideally like?

[Kane]

Hell, id be up for this as well.  Though how do you see the plot progressing over time?

Additionally, while I am totally fine with any adult content, can you go into more detail on what we could expect in the rp?  I realize you wrote it would be dependent on the player, but what would you ideally like?

Right, I will be posting a better description in a short while, as it seems we have enough participants to kick this off the ground. (More players may join for the time being.) The story will progress from the daily life in the Arena, and the fights within, toward sort of a rebellion by the 'gladiators' to arrange an escape. (The reasoning to this is one of the few fixed plot points and would be a spoiler at this point.) From there on the story will evolve toward battling against, or for forces of darkness that threaten the world. As the game is open ended, many things could happen, but let's say the 'assumed goal' would be for the player characters to commit heroic (or villainous) deeds, carving their own legend into the history of the world. As the name suggests, to become "Legendary."

As for adult content, I am quite flexible in that, but say you fight in the arena and lose, your character might get raped instead of killed, it'll in a way serve as a way for me to not kill you off, most likely such encounter will also be rather violent. The story will involve different kinds of creatures, so various non-human encounters may potentially happen.

As a general rule, I try to be merciful This is not an easy roleplay to survive, but I will be attempting to come up with options for 'death' of a character. The opposition taking their gratification from your character, imprisoning your character and other such things. However, there's a limit as to how far this mercifulness will, or can realistically go. Death is a real possibility, so being careful strongly is recommended.

[Siereis]

Gotcha.  Thanks for the quick reply.  More interested than before now.

[AurelieCatena]

What attracted me is that this game was planned to be in the extreme forum. I hope there will be rape, violence and torture!

[Kane]

Updated!

Character sheet added.
Introduction to the story.
Whip/Lasso skill added.

The character Sheet has explanations, feel free to delete them when writing your own character.
Don't worry about making the character ultra detailed. You can if you want to.
Feel free to make a character now, and try to make them somewhat Victorian inspired!

As soon as you post your character, I will make an opening thread for you. (Since the role-play will pretty much start with a fight, the first person to get their character ready, will get the first fight, the Arena fights will be in separate threads. Others may roleplay watching them in the main thread, or may choose not to.)

And Aurelie. There will be. This is adjustable. I will work from "No Rape" to "Lot of Rape" This might mean that instead of getting any easy battles, your battles that would otherwise be designed to be winnable, will more likely end in getting raped. There will be difficult battles that can kill you though, but in those cases I might post something like. "It's clear all your opponent wants to do is to kill you" so you know you are fighting for your life (Aren't I nice?) Violence and torture will happen anyway!

[AurelieCatena]

You got me salivating! And not only with my mouth...

Do not expect my character to be weak in battle. I will not let her lose just to get her raped. She will do her utmost and her opponents should better be strong to win against her.

I'll try to come up with a character tomorrow.

[Siereis]

Expect a character from me some time later today. 

Also, since this is sounding to be an 'epic' story, are you planning on having equipment implemented in some manner?  For example:  enchanted thong of increased strength?

Additionally, will there be some manner of increased regeneration after fighting? 

[Kane]

There is equipment implemented, although the enchanted ones are hard to come by and definitely not quite that corny. :P

There will be ways to heal rapidly after fighting, especially in the Arena. Later on it will be harder to come by, unless someone in the party has healing abilities.

[Batman4560]

Should we post our sheets here or P.M. them to you?

[Kane]

Post them here, we will discuss them in PM's though, most likely, since the character creation is slightly more complicated than what everyone's used to :D

[Batman4560]

I have a quick question. On the character sheet is says to pick a type of magic skill. Does that mean we have the chance to develop more magic skills as the game goes on?

[Kane]

Yes, you have a chance of developing any skills as the game goes on, it's simply what your are profilic with to start with.

When you pick magic though, you'll have to work with me a little, because I haven't included any 'rigid' magic system in my system, to allow for freedom of creation, to let players use the kind of magic they wish to use.

I see magic as something free flowing and something that is to be shaped in ways fitting to the caster. Not in a way of "This is fireball, everyone will always cast the same fireball."

[Batman4560]

Name: Canderous Onasi
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Afflictions: (Most likely none, at the beginning of the RP)

Possessions: Black pants and jacket, with a white button down shirt. His shoes are black with silver bands and on his dark gloves rests another silver band. Atop his head is a matching black hat that has a wide brim and a single silver loop on one end of the brim.

Appearance:

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Personality: Relaxed and cocky. Canderous often will allow others to insult and harm him if it keeps his friends out of danger. However if someone attempts to harm his friends he will fly into a rage filled flurry in order to keep them safe. He tends to take life and luck in strides and has the belief that everything happens for a reason. More often than not, he can be found meditating on life and what events get him to the points he arrives at.

Skills: Magic Skill- Equip magic. (Being able to magically conjure various armors and weapons to the body ( Flexible yet hard leather like armor, a mace and a small round shield.) Combat skill- Blunt weapons/Axes
Other Skills-Keen eye sight, Magic detection (Ability to tell the kinds of magics being used.)

Attributes:

Strength: 5 ( Hand to Hand, Swords, Blunt weapons/Axes, Bows, Polearms, Dual Wield)
Nerve: 7 (Guns, Bows/Crossbows, Casting Magic. Whips/Lasso)
Agility: 6 (Evade, Fencing, Whips/Lasso, Hand To Hand)
Perception: 5 (Guns, Bows, Fencing, Dual-Wield, Blunt weapons/Axes, Evade) 
Might: 7 (Casting Magic and Spell Power)

History:

A wanderer by nature Canderous once belonged to a tribe of magic users who used their talents to aid smaller cities in times of war, thus forging strong bonds. The tribe would use these bonds to get food, water, and shelter during their travels. However after defeating a large army multiple times, the army paid off a smaller village to lure them into a trap where they did not have the time to cast the spells needed to defend themselves. While most of his tribe was killed, Canderous survived and escaped. From that point on, his face took on a saddened expression that never seemed to fade away.

He carried the pain of betrayal with him for many years while honing his skills at casting magic to the best of his abilities so that he would never be caught without his best defense again. Still when he entered Gavenport he was captured after defending a young child who was caught stealing to keep his family fed. Now Canderous awaits his "trial" in the Arena.

Additional: Im not really into guy on guy but anything else goes for me.

[Kane]

Bat's character has been approved, moved to OOC thread.

[Siereis]

Name: Anora del'Sol
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Afflictions: None - for now

Possessions:
Green dress:  a slim, well fitted dress that reached down to her feet.  The material was quite fine and obviously expensive, feeling like silk.  The neckline of the dress showed off Anora's ample chest and a tall slit up one leg all the way to mid thigh allowed for motion despite the slimness of the fit.  No pattern.  Now that she has been arrested, the dress has already torn in a few places.

High Heels:  When she was arrested, the girl was wearing a pair of black, small high heels.  Only a strap just above her toes and around her ankles keep them in place.  Two inch heel.

Appearance:  Anora is tall for a girl her age.  Standing at just under 5'11", she usually tends to tower over other girls.  She has healthy pale skin and long black hair with bangs that tend to cover her eyes on occasion.  Her hair would usually reach down to below her lower back.  She has blue eyes and a calm, collected look about her face.  She has long legs and strong, thick thighs as well as wide hips and a moderately large sized chest.

Personality:
Tom-boyish at times, a noble girl at others.  Anora has always dreamed of becoming an adventurer like the heroes on the stories, yet her own background as the daughter of a noble family has meant she is polite, proud, and pious.  She is honest, when it is suitable for her, and tends to keep her life 'simple'.

Skills:
Ambidextrous - able to use an item in each hand very well: either dual wielding weapons or a weapon and shield.
Sure footed - Training in secret on how to fight with a sword and also being what would be considered an 'expert' dancer, Anora tends to be both quick footed and balanced. Even in heels she rarely missteps and she tends to never trip.

Attributes:
Strength: 10 ( Hand to Hand, Swords, Blunt weapons/Axes, Bows, Polearms, Dual Wield)
Nerve: 4 (Guns, Bows/Crossbows, Casting Magic. Whips/Lasso)
Agility: 6 (Evade, Fencing, Whips/Lasso, Hand To Hand)
Perception: 7 (Guns, Bows, Fencing, Dual-Wield, Blunt weapons/Axes, Evade) 
Might: 3 (Casting Magic, Power of spells.

History: Anora is the daughter of the well esteemed and rich del'Sol family.   While most girl of her status tend to prefer flirting and dancing, Anora grew up watching the men practice with their weapons in the training fields.  Because of this, she has always been a thorn in her parent's side who have tried to convince her to act more like normal girls.  Growing up, she spent half of her time trying to become an adventurer and half acting the high borne noble that she was. 

Recently, her family was arrested on grounds of corruption.  Her father escaped, leaving the blame on Anora and her mother.  She has most recently been arrested a few days ago.

Additional: I am totally fine with any adult content.  However, I do not wish for exclusively sexual content...I will leave it vague like that.

[Kane]

Siereis' character has been approved.

[Batman4560]

Curse my need to keep characters balanced!!!! Siereis your character is so strong. I hope we never have to fight.

[Kane]

Well, Siereis has nothing on you in terms of magic... So you have some trump cards, but I agree in a purely physical confrontation you are sorely in a disadvantage :P Try not to piss her off.

[Batman4560]

Not until I develop his offensive magic powers some.

[Siereis]

So that actually brings up another question:

Should we pick stats based on our character's history?  For example, someone with a history as a thief would be more agility and perception, whereas a noble born might have higher strength and might from being able to train?

Or should we be picking stats based on where we want our character to progress?

I suppose the best answer is both...

[Batman4560]

I based my characters background on his stats.

[Kane]

Yeah, you are free to do as you wish with your stats though. As I said earlier, there is something else at work here, so your characters will find themselves being more powerful than they should be. However, for the purposes of realism, your background would probably still affect your stats. It's not a big deal for me, it depends more on how much realism you want to have with your character.

[Siereis]

Also..what is the climate like?  Typical 'European'?

[Kane]

Think UK. Though at the beginning of the game it's summer, so the weather is warm.

[Juggtacular]

Name: Kelsier Fredericks
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Afflictions: None

Possessions: A black sneak suit covered with pouches and hidden linings. A hood and mask to conceal his identity, and a small cape.

Appearance:

Personality: Kelsier is always cool, calm, collected, and level headed no matter the situation. His upbringing and lifestyle have made his way of looking at things a necessity if he wants to live another day. One nervous mistake, one wrong move, and he's dead. So he makes sure that no matter what the situation is, he maintains as much control over it as possible. He tends to see people for their value to him over friendship in the beginning. Force of habit really, but if you stick by him and earn his trust, he'd put his life on the line for you. Don't be surprised if he expects you to do the same for him though. He's also a bit of a joker, which tends to make people drop their guard around him.

Skills:

Magic Skill -
Darkness Magic -
Kelsier has an intrinsic connection to shadows and darkness, allowing him to manipulate them for his own uses. So far he has access to two distinct forms of Darkness spells.

Shadow Blending - When shadows are present, Kelsier is capable of blending in with them. His bodies connection with the darkness makes it so that he becomes a living shadow himself. Whilst moving in the shadows he will be practically invisible, even if someone was looking directly at where he was.

Shadow Step - The Shadow Step is a magical technique that allows Kelsier to convert his entire body into dark energy and instantaneously teleport from one point in space to another. It's mainly used to disorient opponents in a fight as well as augmenting Kelsier's fighting style, or for quick getaways and escapes. (Shadows/Darkness are not necessary to use this ability, but it does make it easier and more efficient as Kel can draw on the shadows instead of his own energy)

Combat Skill - Dual Wield

Extra Skills -
Sixth Sense(A tingling he gets when things are about to go wrong or out of the ordinary)
Enhanced Perception(With enough concentration, his perception of time shifts so things seem to happen in slow motion)

Attributes:
Strength: 8
Nerve: 3
Agility: 8
Perception: 3 
Might: 8

History: Born Dominic Dufresne, Kelsier was the only heir to the prestigious Defresne Shipping Company. His family had been one of the wealthiest and most powerful in the city for generations, built on the backbreaking work of his great great great grandfather with numerous legal and illicit business dealings. The power center of the DSC was in Gravenport, which meant despite their power, they were always at risk just like everyone else. Eight years though, eight years he made it before tragedy befell the entirety of his family.

A few other families decided that together they could get a good sum of money from Dufresne Shipping. In the night, all of the guards and his parents were killed. Luckily Dominic was staying with a friend for that weekend while his rooms were being refurbished. News spread quickly, and the rival families split the property and holdings between themselves even faster. Dominic would have been killed the moment he was found if not for his fathers best friend, a man like a brother to him named Morlun. Morlun had numerous contacts in the underworld, which was how it was so easy for Dorian(Dominic's father) to continue with the undersided nature of the business.

Morlun found him and whisked young Dominic away into the night. He told him in no short terms that Dominic Dufresne was dead. He'd died that night with his mother and father. He'd even left the body of a young boy in his place so people would believe the rumors he started circulating. He took him under his wing and began training him to survive in this harsh world, and so he could eventually do what both of them wanted...take revenge for those taken from them. For the next several years, "Kelsier Fredericks" trained under Morlun and his men to become the best the underworld had to offer.

He excelled at his training, and even at a young age he became infamous. Word was he could steal anything or assassinate anyone...for the right price of course. One job that seemed easy enough should have raised his eyebrow, but it didn't. He was hired to kill one of the men who'd orchestrated the downfall of his family. He jumped at the chance, but when he got there he found out that it was a trap. Somehow he'd found out who Kelsier really was, and wanted to kill him. Kel did succeed his mission though; he killed the man before he got caught and made sure that his secret followed that man to his grave. His sentence? The Arena. He awaits the moment where he can escape and get back to business as usual.

Additional: No guy on guy.

[seekeroftruth22]

Name: Kirito
Age: 20
Gender: male
Afflictions: none . . .

Possessions: dark grey shirt, black pants and a black trench coat (picture

Appearance: large pictures (put in spoilers because i forgot how to shrink them, i have been gone for a bit)

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Personality: Kirito was usually the loner and solo type of person due to his grandfather making him constantly train to fight harder and longer, this coupled with homeschooling and little if any social interation has made him quiet and unsure of himself when forced to talk to other people, girls are the worst

Skills:
combat: 1# duel wield 2# hand to hand combat
non-combat skills: 1# iron will 2# quick hands
Attributes:
Strength: 10
Nerve: 1
Agility:8
Perception: 10 
Might:1

History: Kirito came from a family that was deeply involved in a sport called "Ken-do" and Kirito was a prodigy much to his grandfather's approval, he owned the dojo. after winning every match with a single blade Kirito opted to use a style called "Nito Ryu" the art of duel wielding, at first this made his grandfather upset thinking his grandson was throwing his talent away on a style that could get him hurt and make Kitiro lose matches, this was quickly proved wrong when Kirito won a championship using this style, it was winning this tournament that got Kirito imprisoned, he had accidentally hurt the son of a drug king pin and was framed for the murder of his grandfather.

Additional: no guys please, if it can be avoided cool! if not oh well. if i need to change anything please let me know

[AurelieCatena]

Name: Adèle Louve de la Renardière, aka Louve, aka the Red Panthera
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Afflictions: None

Possessions: A sexy black silk and lace night gown

Appearance: (See picture)

Personality: Gracious, well-mannered, mysterious, seductive, manipulative, treacherous, amoral. 

Skills:
Combat: Lasso/Whip, Evade
Other: Escapology/lockpicking, manipulation

Attributes:
Strength: 3
Nerve: 9
Agility: 10
Perception: 8 
Might: 0

History: Adèle is the descendant of an old noble family of Normandy, France. Her family has traditionally owned lands on both sides of the Channel. Since the French Revolution, those lands have been reduced a lot so that members of her family have had to work to maintain the few manors they have managed to retain.

Adèle's natural inclination for acting and her beauty led her to an early career in the music hall as a magician, contortionist, escapologist… However, she was quickly remarked by the secret service of her Majesty and she was hired as a spy. Soon later, Adèle found that she could make a better living by spying also for the French Republic. For a couple of years she spied in both direction, earning a strong, if secret, reputation in both countries.

Then English were the first to notice something was wrong with her. One night they broke into her rich flat in the centre of London, woke her up in the middle of the night and arrested her. Although no material evidence could be brought against her, torture forced her to confess her crimes. This condemned her to the Arena.

Additional: I love extreme torture, extreme bondage and extreme humiliation. I hate romance and vanilla sex. Please do not attempt to pleasure her.

[Batman4560]

Here here! To the downfall of romance and vanilla sex! *Raises a glass of wine.*

[seekeroftruth22]

*raises bottle of grey goose vodka* I'll drink to that!

[AurelieCatena]

I told you not to attempt to pleasure me! Stop cheering at me like that!

;-)

[Juggtacular]

Cheers. Can't wait to see you in action.  O8)

[Kane]

seekeroftruth22 and AurelieCatena approved, moved to the OOC thread.

Juggtacular, check your IM for the magic concept suggestion when you have time, we just need to flesh it out and then you'll be approved.

[Kane]

Juggtacular approved, moved to the OOC thread.

Five is a good number. I'm willing to take in more players, but more is not needed.

[AurelieCatena]

seekeroftruth22 and AurelieCatena approved, moved to the OOC thread.

Thanks!

[Drake Valentine]

Name:
Felix Everbane
Age:
Nineteen
Gender:
Male
Afflictions:
None

Possessions:
Only his leather vest and boots, brown shorts, green short shirt, and of course his gloves.

Appearance:
Felix isn’t the tallest of men out there, in fact he is fairly short for his stature; only standing at a good 5’6” in height. His build makes up for his rather short stature, strong muscular legs, a toned abdomen, and  even his arms carries plenty of equal distribute muscle about them to give the youth a rather athletic appeal.  His wavy brown hair is medium length, nestling just at his shoulders. His eyes possess an unnatural ruby hue to them and often he meets everyone with a rather confident and cocky expressions.

Personality:
Outgoing is probably the best way to describe him. He is normally hyperactive involving most things and it is unknown where he gets all his energy from. He also isn’t the sort to just as easily back down as most people may. He does not believe in running from challenges, everything should be faced head on. This doesn’t mean that he may rush headlong into it, no, from his teachings he has been trained to keep a calm and collective mind in the best approach with dealing with a problem at hand.

Skills:
Combat
Martial Arts(hand to hand) - Felix is a primary hand to hand combatant and as a result he knows how to utilize his body to the fullest in battle. For him, there is no other weapon he can trust than himself.
Other:
Acrobatics - Felix is capable of performing ’flashy’ evasive maneuvers that sometimes may seem impossible to most people. He always has a great sense of balance and typically uses his environment or his opponents to his advantage.
Blind Fighting - Where as being unable to see may effect most combatants, it does little to bother Felix. To fight without relying on eyesight was one of the many fundamentals he was trained in growing up and he may often use this technique if an opponent is too difficult to follow with relying on eyes alone.

Attributes:
Strength: 10
Nerve: 0
Agility: 10
Perception: 10
Might: 0

History:
The young man has known little of the outside world, from the start of growing up he was raised within a monastery. From there at an early age the monks taught him how to live a rather pious lifestyle and the best way to achieve such was through self sacrifice and discipline. Being just a child then and orphan under their care, he believed them and gave it his all to live in their self image. Every day for the nearly pass nineteen years he spent his time between exercising, training, eating, sleeping, and cleaning the monastery. Never once had he dreamed of the world outside of it; but that in time would change.

Finally the crime was bold enough to ransack even the most holy of areas. Men who did no fear God, who openly killed many of Felix’s ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters.’ The young man was taken prisoner, probably along with several other survivors that day. Little would he dream that he would be thrown into another bird cage, one harsher and much more cruel than what he was accustomed to growing up to.

Additional:
Preferences

[Kane]

In general, having stats at 0 is never a good idea.

Having 0 nerve could mean that in situations where nerve check is required: Say someone uses an ability that will distract you unless your nerve check is succesful, you will potentially fail every time. If you are happy with this, go ahead.

So far as 'might' goes, it's a bit different ball game, it does affect your ability to resist magic, but realistically, it makes sense that not everyone has resistance to magic, as it is a magical attribute in itself.

Please inform me if you want to go ahead with this character as is, or if you want to make any chances. I can approve it as is, though, as there is nothing I'm personally worried about.

(If anyone else feels like they want to change their bio in light of this, give me a nudge and I'l sort it for you, at this phase of the story, it's easy enough for me to tweak your bio. Sorry for forgetting it from the description... Will update.)

[Drake Valentine]

Oh? I thought 'nerve' was mostly for range weapon use or magic, since in the parenthesis it had all of such as listed.  Hence is why I left it alone at the time. Though wouldn't there still be a chance of evading even when 'distracted?' Or will evade suffer whatever penalty?

[Kane]

Evade will suffer penality from being distracted, but it won't be completely useless unless your character is blinded. So high agility (Which affects evading) does compensate lack of nerve to some extent. I apologise again for the insufficient description of the system. (Seeing as the system is there more to complement than to dictate roleplay, it's not that important. Most of the time the imagination of the player is more important than their stats anyway.)

[Drake Valentine]

Hmmm, alright then. Well I am fine with him as is. Just makes him 'gullible' xD

[Kane]

Yeah, lack of nerve does cause one to be a bit jumpy, I'd imagine, but that by no means means lack of bravery, just might be easy to startle, hmm? But, anyway, approved and moved to the OOC thread ((Well, in a minute it will be  moved anyway.))

Your opening post in the main thread will be same as everyone else's so I'll just add it to my last post in there, feel free to post a response at your leisure. I'll not be responding today though, I'm high on codein... There's a good side to being in pain, ey?

[Divine Tenacity]

Are you still recruiting for this thread? I'm quite interested. If so, I'll get a character sheet up later on today for your approval.

EDIT: Took a little less time than I thought. C/S as follows:

Name: Violet or Vy to her friends (she has no friends)
Age: 23
Gender: female
Afflictions: None

Possessions: As seen in image

Personality: Rude, tenacious, arrogant. Somewhat outspoken when faced with a situation she does not care for, but is mostly quiet and analytical.  Violet doesn't take shit from anyone, which is how she ended up in this mess in the first place. She respects others when respect is due. If she had friends, maybe she would lighten up a bit.

Skills:
Dual wielding: Can and will use a weapon in each hand.
Proficient Acrobatic : Able to use various skills learned in order to evade, dodge or counterattack.
Hand to Hand Combatant: Proficient at Ninjutsu, Aikido, and Traditional Jujitsu

Attributes:
Strength: 7
Nerve: 6
Agility:7
Perception:7
Might:3

History: Violet does not have much of a past. She was raised as an orphan in a monastery, learning the art of staying silent in the shadows. Unfortunately there was a raid on the monastery by a bandit company in the middle of the night and she barely escaped with her life. She joined a traveling circus of little renown as an acrobat, keeping her head down and her mouth shut until the day her fellow acts decided to take turns taking her. She left them with throats slit in the middle of the night and travelled onwards to a large where she got work as a mercenary, despite her small size. She made quite a living until one employer got handsy and tried to rape her once more. He got away with it, but paid with his life. To her dismay, she learned her employer was Patriarch of the city. She was immediately found and clapped in chains, thrown into jail to await her fate.

Additional: Doesn't mind rape, blood, or multiple partners. Does mind when bodily fluids (and not the good kind) are involved.

[Kane]

I am not recruting, per say. However, I am willing to take in more participants up to ten characters (After ten the workload just becomes too huge for one GM, and since my system is sort of a mess, it'd be hard to get another GM involved :P I'd have to change the whole system to DnD or something, and that's more work than I want to do as well, and too restrictive for the freeform style of roleplay I want to encourage. xD)

So yes, you're in, I can see nothing wrong with your character, so I'll move it to the OOC topic at my earliest convenience, and post you an opener :)

[Divine Tenacity]

Awesome, thanks for having me! I wasn't too sure if you had a cut off point yet or not, so I decided to take my chances. 'Tis good that you are wiling to take on one more, I will do my best to not disappoint!