Shattered Lines: The Expansion OOC

[Pockets]

This is a modern day meets fantasy RP. Fantasy creatures, sword and shield, magic and warriors and battles suddenly come head to head with the modern day world with it's tanks, cars, televisions and everything else.

http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...e-Expansion-IC

http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...Lines-Bestiary

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Long before even the most distant recorded history, the world was a very different place from what is seen today. The creatures of myths and legends freely roamed the land, waring and loving as they would. The Elves kept mostly to their forest homes. The dwarves to the subterranean keeps. The Dragon, the tops of the highest mountains in Loringael.

Other peoples made their home around the world. Including the youngest, yet most rapidly growing in number.

Humans.

Mankind was very young compared to the Elves and the Dwarves yet they bred at an alarming rate. Consuming resources in vast quantities and fighting for land and treasure. Eventually man came to distrust the races he shared his world with and that distrust eventually exploded into war.

The fighting lasted for decades, centuries even. Finally, having seen enough bloodshed, Aegis, The Great Dragon called for a meeting of the most powerful Mages, Wizards and sorcerers of all the magical races.

He informed them that something had to be done. But man could not just be wiped out. For all the other races strengths, the elves long lives, the dwarves great strength and the dragons powerful magic humans had one trait that they all lacked. Mankinds greatest strength lay in their ability to adapt. And that flexibility of thinking would one day be instrumental to the safety of all.

So they did the next best thing. They sealed themselves away. As the spell was cast lines of magic stretched out across the globe and everywhere inside the lines was pulled away to form another world. In so doing as the seals went up the world shrank to roughly 1/5 its actual size and on that smaller chunk of rock, man was left to rebuild.

Man were not the only creatures left outside the wards however. A few beings were trapped in mans world that did not belong. A tribe of the Wild Elves. Half of them hid themselves away, like the others. But the other half married amongst the humans till eventually all visible trace of their elven heritage was lost.

Man was to be sealed off from the world of magic until such a time as they had matured as a race and could exist more peacefully amongst their magically gifted brethren. Such a time has not yet come to pass. However it is too late. The seals, which were never meant to be permanent have weakened beyond their ability to sustain themselves.

On December 21, 2012, the seals began to break.

Your characters start the first morning of The Expansion as Earth begins to grow to resume its original shape. Cities will be torn apart. Power lines, cell phones and general phone communication is lost the world over. Planes are forced to make emergency landings when their destinations are suddenly no longer where they're supposed to be.

Dragons, hipogryphs, harpies, naga and other mythical creatures are seen out in the open and for the first time in thousands of years man is forced face to face with the world they lost.

Characters may be human or any of the classic fantasy races. I'll accept some unusual ones but nothing too crazy. I would like a somewhat even mixture of human and fantasy characters, anyone willing to play more than one character is welcome to do so. I will be throwing in several creatures of my own creation. Some of them may be helpful, others are decidedly not.

PLEASE try to keep up a reasonably steady post rate. Not too slow or too fast. I would really like to get through all three of the rps planned for this story.

Fantasy characters please start with reasonably basic equipment. There will be opportunities to find or purchase armor and weapons of epic strength in game.

Human characters. Please, no one own a gun shop or anything crazy, let's keep it somewhat plausible.

Humans will have some access to weapons and modern tech but keep in mind after the expansion things like cell phones, electricity and so on are almost totally gone. Power lines and oil lines were destroyed so most of the world is without power and all the old streets and freeways have been destroyed. Gas will also be tricky to come by.

Wild Elves are distantly related to sun elves, wood elves and High Elves. The Wild Elves are just as long lived as their cousins but almost as in tune with nature as humans are. They're known as Wild Elves because as a race they chose to live in the most uninhabitable environments on Loringael. High mountains, deserts,volcanoes, deadly swamps and jungles. They sacrificed much of their affinity for nature to instead harness more purely destructive magics. Each Wild Elf is born with a special affinity to a certain element. Earth, air, fire, water, wood, lightning or metal. They have the ability to summon and control that particular element in various ways as well as great success with magics that use that particular Element. Only one metal user allowed as it is a VERY rare talent.

They range to about average height, 5' 6''-6' and are omnivores eating both plants and meat like humans.

Blood Elves - incredibly rare because their particular magic terrifies the other races, even Aegis the Great Dragon and oldest living thing on Loringael. Blood Elves, as their name suggests, have light red skin, black hair, range about 6' in height or more typically and have the ability to control blood. Their own and others. When cut a Blood Elf can cause their blood to immediately coagulate around the wound, thus limiting any loss of blood. Before battle they will usually prick their fingers and turn that blood into razor sharp claws. As they cut their enemies they use their opponents blood to create larger weapons like swords or axes. The most frightening ability they posses though is what happens if they get a drop of their blood into your body. Once even a single drop has been introduced into the enemies system they then have complete control of your blood from any distance.

They can cause your heart to burst. Or your blood to slowly coagulate. They can kill you slowly or quickly at their whim and there is no true defense.

Blood elves are also carnivores. Typically but not always eating what they hunt raw.

Dragon Kin: basically think a Half Dragon. Humanoid shape, scales, claws and teeth. No actual wings for Kin, sorry flight is still reserved for birds and dragons. Dragon Kin are however very strong and fast as well as possessing some of the same magic as their dragon halves. Most noteably their breath weapon. Color corresponds to weapon type.

Red- fire
Blue- lightning
Gold- lava bombs
Green- acid
Black- poison
Silver- ice

Breath weapons can only be used twice per day. They have a thirty foot by ten foot range except for the golds that spit explosive grenades basically made of molten rock, limit ten per day.

Players may play as a human from outside the barrier. A magical from inside the barrier or a magical from outside. If you were outside though you need to have a good story as to how your people remained hidden. No one may be old enough to have been around before the barrier went up.

Age limits are 300 for elves and 500 for dragon kin. Makes you roughly the equivalent of a mid thirties human.

CS

Name

Race

Gender

Age

Education/skills: (human only)

Weapons/equipment

History

Don't need a college thesis just a quick basic history the rest will be learned in game.

Character interaction is encouraged. Romances are fine as long as they don't take too much away from moving the story along. Please if it goes beyond an R rating take it to PMs.

Rules

Basically im looking for common sense here people.

No God Modding or ridiculous behavior.

Keep things civil and try to remember we are all here to have fun. More than anything that is our main goal.

Please keep a reasonable posting rate. If you can't keep up or can't refrain from running ahead don't bother joining.

If you have to post multiple times in a day to respond to side events between you and another player that is fine but attempt to not push the actual story along so far that others get left behind.

That said there is one final rule that is at the GM's discretion. I call it my Cinder Block Rule. This rule states basically thus, any player viewed to be antagonistic, rude, or generally just being a douche will receive three warnings after your third warning your character will most likely find a random cinder block dropping out of a clear blue sky to crush their skulls and you will be out of the RP.

Thus far I have never had to actually USE the Cinder Block Rule. Please let's keep it that way.

Alright let's get those CS up here and get cracking. :-)

Feel free to ask any questions and I encourage creativity. If you're not sure about something just run it by me and we'll see what we can do.

Bestiary

I have been writing a Bestary. Basically a list of creatures, races and beings that can be found within the world of Loringael. I haven't completed this list yet and some of the creatures mentioned aren't totally fleshed out but it is currently near to 100 strong and is nearly 40 pages long. If people are interested I will be creating a bestiary thread and placing a link here to connect to it. Check back for periodic updates to the bestiary and any questions you may have of the individual creatures I would be happy to expand on.

MOST of those beings are not playable, but if you see one that you REALLY like tell me about it and we will discuss the possibilities.

Magic

There are various different types of magic and they operate in different ways. Some take a greater toll on the user than others but all exact a price for using it.

Blood Magic- Blood Magic is in the realm of life and death and is one of the post powerful, and most feared of the magic types. It is typically used by Necromancers and Blood Elves and is universally feared and hated. Blood magic allows for the control of or linking to blood. Controlling blood like a Blood Elf does, or linking like making a shield or ward that can only be passed by a person with the correct blood. It can also be used to link others to a certain blood line, magically forcing an entire people to serve a single family by linking them all through blood.

Elemental Magic- Elemental magic is exactly as it sounds, it relies on the various elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Lightning, Wood and Metal. Elemental Magic can be utilized by Wizards, Sorcerers, Elementals (only one of each type alive at any one time) and Wild Elves. This is the ability to summon and manipulate the element in question. Varying levels of strength result in varying different reactions or levels of reaction. A weak elment user calling up wind might get a light breeze. A strong user might get a hurricane without meaning to. THe use of elemental magic comes at the cost of energy. This magical energy is different in all people both in level of strength and quantity. The amount of available energy can be built on, just like exercising a muscle. Rest replenishes this energ after expending it.

Mages- A Mage uses an inner core of magic to access energy outside the body. Mages create their magic through spells, incantations, potions, rituals and other forms of magic. Their power doesn't come from within entirely as most of the energy required to perform whatever spell is drawn from the world around them. The slightest misstep in casting one of these spells however can have disastrous results.

Sorcerer- A sorcerers magic is very similar to an Elemental. They use their own inner force to manipulate the external world around them. There are no incantations, potions or ritutuals. The Sorcerer simply applys his/her Will toward what they want done and their magic and imagination takes care of the rest. The slightest thing however can cause extreme exhaustion which again may be built up over time. Attempting to do something the Sorcerer doesn't have the required energy for will result in death.

The Gods

Each of the Major races has a Diety they worhsip that represents various aspects of life. There are also Gods of a less than benevolent nature that some worship in secret. A diety with it's name in green is of a good alignment. If it's name is written in Red it is of an evil alignment.

Therón

Therón is the Elvish divinity of Strength and Wisdom. Frequently depicted as a tall, painfully graceful and elegant being with brilliant Golden hair his crown is said to be made from three stars plucked from the heavens and placed upon his brown by the Father of the Gods, who favored him over all the others.

Noréht

Noréht is the twin brother of Therón and if Therón was to be considered the Sky, Noréht is the underworld. Twisted and deformed by hatred of his brother and of life in general he has become the patron deity of the Goblins. Similarly deformed and cast out by those they had once loved they felt a kinship to the Evil deity. Noréht is also worshiped by Assassins as a diety of death and shadows.

Routil

The Patron diety of the Dwarves, Routil is the God of Wine and the Harvest. Always depicted surrounded by food, beautiful women and a never ending supply of wine the dwarves revere him next to his wife for their opposite natures.

Jaenil

Routil's Wife, unlike her husband she is less flippant and prone to throwing large parties. She represents the solid nature of the mountains, the stone and the precious gems and it is through her that those Dwarves are blessed with their abnormal strength and the secret of their mining process.

Mikael

Mikael is the cold blooded snake diety of the Naga. Unfeeling, unloving and unloved followers of Mikael look out for none but themselves and live by the golden rule 'Do unto others, before they do unto me.' Represented by greed and selfishness it is said that a Naga mother would leave her children to starve before giving up any of her own meal to fill their bellies.

Tiamat

Tiamat is the Patron Goddess of the Dragon Kin and all other Draconic like beings including the Wyvern, Wyrms and Drakes. She represents Strength and Pride and many that worship her hold a yearly celebration with games of strength and skill. Some wonder if this might be an ancient precursor to the Greek Olympics which are still held every four years in the human world to this day.

Ok Pardon me gang. I gotta go do some stuff but I don't want to risk losing all this work I've been doing so I'm posting it now to be finished up later. I need to finish the listing for Tiamat and then four more after that, there will be a total of Ten listed Dieties but there can be any number of various gods that people believe in.

CS



Name: Joc

Race: Dragon Kin

Gender: Male

Age: 495

History: Joc grew up in the Churh of Light. A massive city on the continent of Aegean, the home of Aegis the Great Dragon. At the age of 100 he traveled by foot from the Church across the hundreds of miles of open land to where Aegis lived to request to serve as Aegis' personal Herald in the living world. Due to his age and extreme size Aegis was unable to travel to the various rulers of the world to meet and discuss events and situations taking place the world over.

Eons in the past when Aegis called for a meeting with the great magic users of the various races it was a Herald that went out and actually delivered the messages. The representatives then came to Aegis, to meet with him in person. Aegis was impressed by Joc's inititative, and agreed to give him a chance to prove himself. Nearly four hundred years later Joc still stands beside Aegis as his Herald and takes great pride in his position as the eyes and ears of the Great Dragon.

[Orion86]

Name: Michael 'Mikey' Krakovich

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Education/skills: Mikey is a skilled mechanic and has been working on cars, bikes and vans since he can remember. He works for reputable mechanic in outer london and has been saving money so that he could pay some space to set up his own garage.

His father is Russian and has taught his son to speak Russian. When he was younger it was to speak to his grandparents but since their death he only speaks it with his father or any Russian customers that might come into the shop.

He is a skilled bike rider and has been doing motocross racing almost as long as he has been taking apart engines.

Weapons/equipment: At work he is always in possesion of his tool kit, which he keeps handy on a belt on his waist. When not at work he is usually tinkering with his bike or a scraped car, so he is almost always in possesion of his tool kit.

Carries no weapons and has no formal training with any sort of firearm or melee weapon. However he can swing a wrench if he needs too.

History: Mike's father came from sovient Russia and was a mechanic for the red armies tank divisions. After the fall of the Berlin wall his father came over to London to try and earn some money to send to his impoverished family. Finding love he married Mike's mother and started to raise his own family in the United Kingdom.

Mike followed in his father foot steps when it came to mechanics but the bike riding came from his mother's side of the family. His maternal grandfather Freddie was a champion grass track racer, although not a high earning sport it is a source of great pride Mike. He has been working full time as a mechanic since he left college at the age of 18 and is hoping to save enough money to start his own garage in the near future.



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CS

Name: Karl'vum Estradum Brian Erikson the 117th aka 'Karl'

Race: Dwarven

Gender: Male

Age: 237 (32 in human years)

Weapons/equipment: Karl carries around his standard issue librarians mace and a standard issue round shield across his back. He often wears hard boiled leathers with a ring mail overshirt, the weight being no hinderance for a dwarf.

As for equipment Karl carries around his research papers, ink, fresh paper, librarian lantern (uses a non-flammable flame), a couple of favourite scrolls and a book repair kit.

History: Karl was born in the dwarven city of Kastravum into the prosperous Erikson family. His family business is the smelting and extraction of iron and lead ores from the raw ore produced in the city. The familys secret techniques have made them experts at extracting the most out of the raw ore and can produce almost 40% top quality ore than their next competator.

Having several older brothers Karl was happy to have them take over the family business when thier father passed on. Karl had always prefered reading and spending time in the cities great library, so when an opportunity came for him to work there he jumped at the chance. Karl particularly enjoys the legends surrounding humans and has spent several years researching the ancient stories and lore surrounding the old menace.




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Ahahaha got the first one this time! I know it seems rapid but these are the characters that I used the last time, just a quick cut and paste job. I just hope that they pass muster now that the thread is an advanced one.

[Pockets]

Muster they do pass. And I actually just had a fun thought that I hadn't considered before. I'm inclined to think that Russian might be based on the Dwarven language. Perhaps some people that spent a great deal of time with the Dwarves before the barrier went up set up home after the barrier went up in an area that became the Russia that we know today. Your characters might find a bit more in common than they did previously.

[Orion86]

Ooooo I do like the idea of that. The last time that we played this I never really got much action out of either of them but I am thinking I light play them slightly differently and have Mikey in a more of a sidekick role. This means that I will be able to focus on Karl as a character and get more posts in because of it. However I will have too see how things develop. Have you had any thoughts on how you will bring everyone together this time? Will it be in a similar way as last time or something else?

[1DVSguy]

Lol @ Orion I've used the image for your dwarf before in another RP
But anyways, Now I won't be playing a person that made the golem... but the golem itself.

If still no, Then I'll run and grab a description and picture of a warforged real quick

[Pockets]

If you are playing the Golem which would you be, the person that created him, or a victim of the person that created him? And if a victim what were you BEFORE you became a Golem?

Why don't you go ahead and post that War Forged info for me to peruse in the meantime? Just in case.

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@Orion I'm thinking it might be good to stick with the same idea as before but I'm open to suggestions if you have any other ideas.

[1DVSguy]

It can really be either, prolly the victim. But also I want him to wake up with like no memories at all kind of like one of those, "Who am I, What am I kind of moments." Also creativity prolly won't be the best word I think. I definitely won't be having him painting mona lisa anytime soon.
So think of it like this, he will basically have free will and moderate free thinking, his creator will probably be dead a long time ago so he can operate independently without orders.

And yea grabbing pictures and description

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Here's the official description from Wikipedia:

The warforged are a race of living, sentient constructs, superficially similar to golems. Warforged are composed of a blend of materials: predominantly stone, wood, and some type of metal. In Eberron, they were created by House Cannith in magical 'creation forges' to fight in the Last War, based on technology recovered from Xen'drik. When the Last War ended, they were given their freedom at the Treaty of Thronehold. Though they have free will, whether they have a soul is not known with certainty; they can be resurrected by spells designed to restore human souls to life, but, unlike humans, never remember anything of their experience in the afterlife after such an event.

While they have no biological sex, warforged may adopt a gender role as part of their individual personality. They do not age as the other races do, and it is not known what effects time will have on them. It is generally assumed that, like all living creatures, their bodies must experience degradation over time. Like other races, warforged may take levels in any character class.

[Pascal]

Thanks for the info Pocky. I will whip something up tonight, I just like to see what others are looking at. I know enough D&D to be familiar with warforged though. As far as a magical character goes, I would be all for an elf, or perhaps a sorcerer. I think of sorcerers and wizards in the D&D setting, so I am curious how those differ from your mages. I am also drawn towards changelings, if those are allowed, and if so, I have no idea if I would play a changling who had been outside, or one who was inside of the barrier. Too many decisions.

[Pockets]

I think I could live with a war forged. Your Golem might actually be sort of a precursor to a true War Forged so why don't we just run with that. I'll limit it to you however. You would be the only one all others must have a living breathing, bleeding creature as their character. I'll be getting my Character sheets up soon for some more examples of what I'm looking at.

[1DVSguy]

Thank you kindly sir!

One question before I go and make a CS, where is our starting location?