Borderlands 3

[Gisk]

There truly is no rest for the wicked. When the Siren Lilith attempted to destroy the key that the vault hunters had recovered from Handsome Jack, it revealed a map of the galaxy, showing the locations of several previously unsuspected Eridian Vaults.

One of the new vaults is located somewhere on the planet Actaeon, a Dahl controlled metropolis of a world. Most of the planet is one big city, controlled with unerring military discipline, and ruled by oppressive military law. The Dahl Corporation noted Hyperion's wealth after the first vault opened(and ignored their downfall after the second) and are greedy for that power for themselves. They're giving the planet a good old searching through, as there is a new three part key that they must acquire. They have one part already, but the rest are a mystery to them.

Enter the Vladof funded AMM, The Anti Military Movement. They are in possession of one of the keys, and have thus far kept that fact a secret from Dahl. They are seeking Vault Hunters of their very own to assist them in getting the missing key, and in stealing Dahl's.

~~~~

The plot will be chapter based, at the beginning of the first chapter, all of the characters have been specifically invited to a meeting with the leader of AMM, who has some form of proposition for you, with the promise of riches to come.

A CS for those who wish to apply. Actually, please send the CS to me through PM.

Name:
Class:
Appearance:
Action Skill: Their ability. Please do not copy/paste one from the games.
Weapon: One weapon to start, we will pick up more as the game goes on.
Grenade: The type of grenade your character carries.
Shield: The type of shield your character makes use of. As there will be no loot, shield and grenade won't be changing constantly. If you have a reasonable story reason why it should mid game, then that's fine.
Echo Log: Much like the ones that appear in your inventory upon starting a new game in BL2. Just like in the games, the character's stories and personalities will be revealed through dialogue and exposition, rather than explained in full in the character sheet.

Level ups: There will be five. Each one adds a new minor ability to the character, or improves their action skill in some way. The fifth and final one should be particularly badass.

My character, for reference.

Name: Malachi
Role: The Tracker
Appearance:
Wears a faded gray button down shirt, buttoned all the way to his neck. Colorless jeans, black boots and a brown leather coat. He has a flat brimmed hat. Smit's collar is hanging from his hip, clipped to his belt on his left side. On the right side, he has a digistruct holster, hanging low so that his hand can reach it naturally.

Facial reference

Action Skill: Smit the Sniffer. Mal carries a digistruct collar that he can throw out and teleport his trained tracking skag, Smit. Smit is trained to find any number of things, enemies, treasure, drugs, explosives. A chip in Smit's brain translates his sense of smell into a map that appears on Mal's ECHO HUD.
Weapon:

Leather Scarab

Grenade: A plain ballistic bouncing betty grenade.
Shield: An old discontinued Anshin shield. It heals the wearer when full. Their manufacture has been discontinued due to evidence that the rapid regeneration causes cancer.

Echo Log

Female voice: Oh, are you answering your ECHO now?

Drawling male voice: Evidently so.

Female: Great, where are you? Did you take Smit?

Male: Ship. I did. Left Wes, though. He's a good skag, he'll protect you.

Female, suddenly high pitched: Ship? Where are you going? I thought you were done?

Male: Actaeon. One more mark, then I'm done. Then we'll have everything we ever wanted. I promise.

Female,growing hysterical: Actaeon? ! That Dahl fascist hellhole?! You'll get conscripted!

Male, still calm: I'm too old for that.

Female: They don't care! Every citizen has to serve on Dahl worlds, they'll take your passport and send you to Cadmus, or worse!

Male: It's too late.

Female, quietly: Please come home, Daddy.

End Transmission

Level ups:

Full Metal Jacket: Mal can shoot through surfaces. This includes the bullets from his Bouncing Betty. Also allows him to penetrate armor.

Quick Draw: Mal tunes his digistruct holster so that it can 'struct his guns faster, and at longer range. Allowing him to start aiming before the gun is finished "downloading."

Mines: His grenades can be put on a tripwire so that they don't go off immediately. Good for booby traps.

Hog tie: Instead of summoning his skag with the digistruct collar, he puts it around an enemy and teleports them away, temporarily.

Wes: Mal imports his other skag, and now has two. Wes is bigger and tougher than Smit, but not as smart. He is more attack than sniffer skag.

[Strangelander]

Ooooh, I wanna be a Vault Hunter :v
I have no idea what my thing would be though. I'll come up with something eventually.

[Gisk]

I supposed I should mention that I will only allow one Siren. Should be obvious why.

[Gisk]

A CS for those who wish to apply. Actually, please send the CS to me through PM.

Name:
Role:
Appearance:
Action Skill: Their ability. I'm thinking that I'll allow upgrades periodically through the RP.
Weapon: I'm currently thinking one weapon in the beginning, and we'll add more as the game goes on.
Echo Log: Much like the ones that appear in your inventory upon starting a new game in BL2. Just like in the games, the character's stories and personalities will be revealed through dialogue and exposition, rather than explained in full in the character sheet.

[Rexcalibur]

/foams

I've been dying for a BL-themed RP for months. PMing you now with a couple of questions :)

PMing ya with CSes for a mime-Siren & a Pyro now, whichever would suit your team better. Hopefully you'll like one! :D

[Strangelander]

Mmmmk, I have an idea for a character. I'll have her posted tomorrow. Female not a Siren cyborg monstrosity, GO.

[Gisk]

Just make sure you PM it, and use the proper CS.

[Strangelander]

I'm gonna give this a lil bump. Hopefully we get one or two more guys.

And for anyone else who wants to see my character,

Grendel

Ok, here my character for the Borderlands RP. I made her as a sort of big bruiser type like Brick and Salvador (and Krieg too?). I think I'm going to change up the echo log because I'm not completely satisfied with it... She isn't ALWAYS ANGRY ALL THE TIME like she was in the log.

Name: Grendel

Role: The Beast (Grendel is very much a close-up fighter, whether it be her claws or shotguns.)

Appearance: Grendel arms have been replaced with hulking robotic replacements that reach partway down her calves, much longer than a normal human's arms that would look ridiculous if not for how scary they are. Her long brown hair is unkempt and constantly gets in her face. She wears baggy cargo pants and a simple garment that wraps around her breasts for modesty, but leaves her stomach bare. Her torso has two thin lines running up one-third and two-thirds of the way across it, further proof of her augmentation. Along her back are six circular ports, though they serve no known purpose yet. (Possibly an upgrade to her action skill?) Her voice has a definite robotic twang to it, but it's still obviously human. Her skin is unnaturally pale, and just underneath her skin along with her veins are softly glowing electric blue circuits.

Action Skill: Rip and Tear, Grendel flies into a combat drug-fueled rage, charging towards enemies at lightning speed and tearing them apart with her claws. Once the drugs wear off, she is temporarily weakened and slower.

Weapon: A Double Barreled Jakobs Shotgun

Shield: A Bandit Roid Shield

Grenade: An old Hyperion slagged Singularity grenade.

Level Ups:
Tentacles and Disappointment: Metallic tentacles with bladed tips digistruct from the ports on Grendel's back and whip around, damaging any enemies near her whenever she uses Rip and Tear.
More Mead: Whenever Grendel uses a health injector, she temporarily gains the ability to stun enemies with her melee attacks.
My Arm!: If Grendel is downed, she let's out an inhuman roar that sends nearby enemies running in fear.

Echo Log

*distant screaming and clanging, slowly getting louder*

Male Voice: I... I didn't want this. I didn't think it would go like this. Not at all... We were... We were going to... *sobbing*

Female Voice (worried): She's going to kill us all, isn't she? I.. (Suddenly angry). DAMMIT. What am I doing here? I should be out there. We can put her down. They left us guns, didn't they?

Male Voice: *sniffling* Uh, yeah, yeah... There's, uh.... in the locker...

*dull footsteps and metal scraping against metal*

Grendel: WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FROM ME? YOU SCARED OF A BITCH LIKE ME? THAT'S ALL I AM, ISN'T IT? YOUR LITTLE... *gun fire then brief silence* Oh... You... How Pleasant... *dull thud and metallic clanging*

Female Voice: What the hell is this shit? A dart gun? You're fucking kidding me?

Male Voice: We... We aren't supposed to kill the subjects... The higher-ups would be pissed.

Female Voice: You think I give a shit? How the fuck are we supposed to know if this would work with all the drugs we've been pumping into them? What if it didn't do anything and she just killed us? You know what, fuck this, fuck the corporations, fuck [redacted], we're getting rid of here. Send her to some hellhole we can forget about. I quit. I'm-

[The tape cuts off]

[Jinxlynx]

I spotted this and thought I would give it a go since I loved the borderlands series.

[Gisk]

Name: Malachi
Role: The Tracker
Appearance:
Wears a faded gray button down shirt, buttoned all the way to his neck. Colorless jeans, black boots and a brown leather coat. He has a flat brimmed hat. Smit's collar is hanging from his hip, clipped to his belt.

Facial reference

Action Skill: Smit the Sniffer. Mal carries a digistruct collar that he can throw out and teleport his trained tracking skag, Smit. Smit is trained to find any number of things, enemies, treasure, drugs, explosives. A chip in Smit's brain translates his sense of smell into a map that appears on Mal's ECHO HUD.
Weapon:

Leather Scarab

Echo Log

Female voice: Oh, are you answering your ECHO now?

Drawling male voice: Evidently so.

Female: Great, where are you? Did you take Smit?

Male: Ship. I did. Left Wes, though. He's a good skag, he'll protect you.

Female, suddenly high pitched: Ship? Where are you going? I thought you were done?

Male: Actaeon. One more mark, then I'm done. Then we'll have everything we ever wanted. I promise.

Female,growing hysterical: Actaeon? ! That Dahl fascist hellhole?! You'll get conscripted!

Male, still calm: I'm too old for that.

Female: They don't care! Every citizen has to serve on Dahl worlds, they'll take your passport and send you to Cadmus, or worse!

Male: It's too late.

Female, quietly: Please come home, Daddy.

End Transmission

[Rexcalibur]

I'll go ahead and post my Siren's CS here too. :) She's all about defense and support.

Name: Baltimore

Role: The Siren

Appearance: A smaller built girl with a clean bobcut hair style and cute buckteeth, around 14 years old. The signature blue tattoos of a Siren are not only in sporadic stripes along her left arm, but they are also found creeping along the left side of her face. She wears a modest black and white dress, with a giant red sash around her waist and tied into a bow on her back, matching the red bow on the back of her hair as well. She is mute and converses either through gestures (usually exaggerated), some form of sign language, or a notebook and pen.

facial reference

Action Skill: Phaseblock
Baltimore summons a translucent but tangible (trans-dimensional) wall with a stroke of her fingers. This stationary wall dies out after either accumulating a set amount of damage, or some time (30 seconds-ish?) has passed. It is only visible to friendlies in the same way that Lilith and Zer0 are only visible to their teammates and not enemies when using their action skills. Current properties include:

• Come On In: Oneway blockading, i.e. bullets and teammates from one side can cross over into the other side, but not vice versa. (Think jumping over rocks in Pokemon lol.) Effectively walls enemy bullets, and can help trap or hinder movement.


• I Love You More: Ricochet properties; not only do shots go through one side, but also anything shot at the unpassable side will rebound, which will help stack damage against enemies.

level ups

• Role Model: Distancing, i.e. she can erect a trans-dimensional wall anywhere within a set distance, instead of just in front of her.


• One Shot Two Shot: Baltimore summons two walls simultaneously.


• Like Toy Soldiers: Her shots become invisible (though still audible). Great for stealth shots and supporting frontliners without being easily detected.


• Yellow Brick Road: Friendlies are able to use her walls as portal-like doors for instant transportation.


• Rabbit Run: Consumes Eridium. Baltimore's entire body glows purple (similarly to when Lilith uses Eridium) and her eyes yellow. Pink peacock feather-inspired wings emerge from her back. Everyone immediately has their shields and health fully restored. In addition to her other two set walls, each friendly (max 4) has a wall extended before them and follows them around as they move, making them temporarily impervious to frontal attacks (vulnerable only from the side/back).

Weapon: Moloko, i.e. Vladof E-Tech Slagging Sniper Rifle. She prefers to support her teammates from a distance.

Moloko

Grenade: Longbow Tesla. Dat area of effect. Also down with dem shields.

Shield: Some Booster Shield her dad probably gave her. Shields for everyone! Yay!

ECHO LOG:

echo log clicky

Nasally male: "Hey little girl, we ain't gonna harm ya. Why dontcha just drop that gun and we'll turn ya in, no fussin' or nothin'."

*gun reloads*

Bloated male: "Now now, that's not how to settle things quietly. Just listen to the nice man and set down your snip-- there you go. Ah, no, you have to put it down all the way. Huhu."

*a loud shing! goes off, followed by the two men's laughter*

Nasally male: "Oh where'd ya learn that one, the carnival? Myehehe! A carnival! A carnival, get it, Coops-"

Bloated male: "Yeah I get it ya ding'un! Just hurry up and get her already! She ain't gon' be Wanted forever if we let'ter escape now!"

Nasally male: "Ayeee, all right, Coops! I got this! I got--ooph! Huh? What the? Oooph! Ooph! Hey Coops! Seems to be some invisible forcefield in the way or somethin'."

Bloated male: "Invisi--you're seriously fallin' for tricks now?? Ugh. Just go the fuck around it then and nab her already! She's weaselin' out of the bolas fast!"

Nasally male: "Hrrrrng! I can't get around this thing! Why don't yew go get'ter yourself, fatty!?"

Bloated male: "Dammit Harry, you and Lloyd were never of any use at all. I always have to--*huff*--do everything around--*puff*--here and I--*gasp* HARRY, YOU DING'UN!"

Nasally male: "Huh? What?"

*a loud ch-kuu! goes off, silencing Harry, before more shots of the same sound fire off*

Bloated male: "Hurk!"

*a large mass clumps to the floor; footsteps sprint lightly across wooden floor panels, coupled with voiceless panting*

Bloated male: "Can't escape us, little girl! It's just one o' you - and a ton of us, ready to reap some rewards! Ahahaha!"

*static*

[Gisk]

Oh, you totes did that already.
I should make one more note that I forgot to say:

I don't mind if you repeat a class that was used in the game, as long as the character isn't a carbon copy. However, the only action skill that can be repeated is a turret for a soldier type.

[Tunks]

Name: Morikir (More-ick-her)

Role: Mechromancer
Robot Name: Maverick

Maverick

Armor plating around the abdomen, instead of just wide open like it is there. When Maverick is not in use, unlike Gaige, he returns to Morikir and surrounds him much like normal armor would.

Appearance: Both of Morikir's arms are metal, as well as the middle of his chest. He wears a black hoody with sleeves that are chopped up and barely there, with a leather gun holster that fits around his waist with another strap that goes around his chest for larger weapons and crimson red cargo pants. He is 20 years old, standing at 6'1" with a fit and athletic body. He constantly wear's a 'gas mask' like contraption on his face, with his hood up, but a clear scar can be seen going down his left brow to his left cheek, though no noticeable damage is seen to the left eye itself.

Facial Reference

Arm Reference

3rd arm in line, 4th arm when Maverick is covering his body.

Action Skill: Summon Maverick


Weapon:

Princess

Even though Corrosive weapons are super effective against robots, Morikir always preferred to use them over anything else. He enjoys to be more up close and personal with his enemies so shotguns are his primary weapon of choice.

Echo Log:

Echo Log

Female voice: He has extensive wounds, we need to get him into the infirmary now!

Male voice: [static]...else is wrong with him?

Female voice: I don't know but [static]...

[loud bangs off in the distance]

Male voice: Fuck! Why can't we get [static] seconds of peace! Get him in the buzzar-Urk! [gun shot and blood splatter is heard]

[long static]

Deeper Male voice: He has burns in his lungs and throat, his respiratory system may be shot and he's going to need replacements for both his lungs, he also..[static]

Female voice: Let's get started then.

[long pause]

Deeper Male voice: Well, I can't believe it but [static]

Female voice: He's going to live, that's what counts.

[heavy quick breathing]

Female voice: Wha... He's awake?

Slightly muffled male voice: Where is she!?

[metal thuds, and loud commotion is heard]

Female voice: You have to lay back down sir!

Less muffled male voice: WHERE IS SHE!

-Transmission cuts-

Sorry if this seems a little rushed, I have class in 14 minutes. Hope its not too bad though, haha.

[Gisk]

A) I did say I didn't want any repeat action skills. Summoning a robot is too much like Gaige.
B) I also said to PM he CSs. I said it twice as a matter of fact. I don't like that you weren't paying attention, it honestly doesn't bode well for the rest of the RP.

Come up with a new action skill, and promise to pay more attention and I shall reconsider, until then not accepted.

[Tunks]

A) This quote by you

Gisk said
You can use an original or in game class. It must be an original character, though.

Clearly says I could use Mechromancer after I asked you via PM. Are you going to stand by your word, or are you going to go back on it? The character is original. You did say i could use an in game class though, which, for Mechromancer, is specifically what I did. EDIT: It also is slightly different, because instead of my Mech coming out of nowhere(Like Gaige's does), it's used as armor for my character.

B) I saw other people posting their CS's here, so I figured that's what everyone was doing. My apologies, I've been busy with college so I'm not reading every post made because a lot of it is usually just crap shooting.

[Strangelander]

Oh man, I'm loving the idea of a mime-siren :p

And Tunks: for the action skill dealio, I think it's just that just summoning a robot is what Gaige does, so maybe Maverick has some more specific function?

Oh, and a bit of clarification on Grendel's Rip and Tear, I was envisioning less as a Melee-mode like Brick and Krieg, and more like a charging attack designed for targeting a specific enemy or clump of enemies. Further upgrades might make it more viable for attacking more enemies though.

[Rexcalibur]

Haha thanks Strangelander! Looking forward to seeing your Beast in action too! By charging attack do you mean something like a bull? Cuz if so that's really interesting hahaha.

For Tunks, yeah pretty much what Strange said re: more distinct in-battle functions for Maverick might help distinguish him from Deathtrap better? I like how he's used as an armor when not summoned, though summoning bots in general does seem like Gaige's... thing. (That is something I disliked about Axton though, since he could've gone a completely different direction than another turret user. :S) I hope this makes sense though!

I think to avoid some misinterpretations here Gisk, perhaps you could edit a couple of other rules into your OP? Just so it's more clear and less likely to lead to any skimming over player banter haha.

[Strangelander]

Or you could do what I thought would've been awesome with Gaige and actually raise robots we've killed :v

Rexcalibur said
Haha thanks Strangelander! Looking forward to seeing your Beast in action too! By charging attack do you mean something like a bull? Cuz if so that's really interesting hahaha.

Yeah, something kinda like that, directly followed by being torn to ribbons for whoever ends up at the end of the charge.

[Tunks]

Strangelander said
Or you could do what I thought would've been awesome with Gaige and actually raise robots we've killed :

Damn dude! That was the idea I just came up with! Now I feel like I shouldn't use it because you came up with it xD But I will.

EDIT: Alright, I sent Gist a pm of my new character sheet and I added my own little twist to it. Hopefully it's accepted!

[Rexcalibur]

Strangelander said Or you could do what I thought would've been awesome with Gaige and actually raise robots we've killed :v

Right?? So much wasted opportunity with the word play there on Gaige, lmao. And good luck, Tunks! Don't feel bad about using that either; RPing's about stealing sharing each other's nonsense anyway lol.

Strange (or is there something else you go by?), cue the SSB Jiggly-Rollout killsteal at least once in the RP for me please? :D?