Like Mega Man X style action, (almost) bizarrely specific, anime style super powers, and futuristic, metropolitan settings? Well, if you do, welcome! Hi, how are you? Doing well I hope. Thanks for showing up! Now, on to the story bits-
Adepts- Individuals with superhuman powers. These powers, called Septima (or Septimal Powers) come from cells called Septisomes, the configuration of which allows the Adept to control the elements, manipulate technology, grants psyonic abilities, or shape reality. However, each Septima only effects one unique area, regardless of how powerful the Adept is who wields it.
The appearance of these Adepts, which has increased in recent years, has caused a rift between these powered individuals, and the general populace. When the strain seemed to be reaching a breaking point, a rising corporation, called the Sumeragi Group, bought the majority of the world's power distribution grids, and presented their solution. Under their guidance, humans and Adepts would live in peace. The speed of the Sumeragi Group's research into Adepts was astounding, and brought many advances to technology.
However, there is a growing unrest in Adept communities around the world. National Leaders begin drafting laws in attempts to control Adepts, and activist groups begin claiming the Sumeragi group is involved in illegal activities, but these claims never seem to last.
Your adventure begins in the near future, when the Sumeragi Group is poised for solid control over major industrial points all around the world. You will play Adepts and humans in the small Asian country which houses Sumeragi's headquarters, and find out what awaits you in this brave new world.
Name: (Given name first, then family name if any, please.) Nickname: (If any. One will be earned based on performance) Age: (Oldest Adepts should be in their early 20's.) Eyes: (Eye color) Hair: (Hair Color) Description: (Appearance, either in text or as an image. No photos please.) Country of Origin: (Pick anywhere. Adepts will be given a reason to be near Sumeragi's center if you can't find one already.) Condition: (Adept or Non-Adept, and the like) Biography: (Short history and personality descriptions here.) Gear: (Examples) Lens- (Contact lenses that give various boosts. More on this IC) Left: Right: Ring: (Only one works. If two rings are on, the one most distal from the elbow is the only active one. If two rings are placed equidistantly, and simultaneously, active ring defaults to the off-hand.) Pendant: (A necklace of some sort) Skills- (Skills and Septimal abilities will cost a certain number of points, as will specialized gear. You will start with 1,000 points, and earn other upgrades as the roleplay progresses. The additional points will be earned as Kudos, which are rewards for mission performance.) Mobility:
Run (25 Points) Jump (25 Points) Flip (25 Points) Wall Jump [Bounce off walls by jumping.] (25 Points) Wall Slide [Grip walls to slow your descent.] (25 Points) Dash [The ability to reach full speed in an instant] (50 Points) Air-Hop [A second jump in the air. Must be gear or septima-fueled.] (50 Points) Air-Dash [A burst of mid-air speed in a forward direction] (75 Points) Rebound [Redirect mid-air as if wall jumping, or hang in the air at a fight's boundary. Basically it's air-flipping at fixed points.] (75 Points) [Relative to target.] Float [Rise above the ground and hover. Gear or Septima Fueled.] (100 Points) Drift [A mobile version of Float. Move in the air between fixed points relative to target. Gear or Septima Fueled.] (100 Points) Hover [Move in the air as propelled by a jet pack for a limited duration. Gear or Septima fueled.] (150 Points) Fly [Gear or Septima Fueled.] (200 Points) Phase [Temporarily leave an area or travel through a wall. Gear or Septima Fueled] (150 Points.) Teleport [Change locations at will in less time than it would take to get there otherwise. Minimum one half second. Technology or Septima based.] (200 Points)
Combat:
Weapon Familiarity- Traditional [Small] (5 Points) Weapon Familiarity- Traditional [Medium] (15 Points) Weapon Familiarity- Traditional [Large] (20 Points)
Weapon Training- Traditional [Small] (10 Points) Weapon Training- Traditional [Medium] (25 Points) Weapon Training- Traditional [Large] (50 Points)
Battle Shoe [A soft shoe which makes little noise, but causes tripping in a double dash.] (10 Points) Super Sneaker [A stable shoe which allows Double-Dashing, and makes noise on hard surfaces] (10 Points) Combat Boot [Hard boots which makes noise on hard surfaces, and allows continuous dashing] (10 Points) Techno Boot [A boot infused with technology, such as a thruster.] (25 Points)
Simple Weapon (20 Points) Septima Attuned Weapon (50 Points) Special Weapon (40 Points) Septima Attuned Special Weapon (60 Points)
Septima- (If an Adept) [Septima use is finite, based on the body's EP. If all EP is depleted, the Adept enters Overheat, and Septima can not be used again until the entire amount is recharged. EP recharges over time, and can be charged by an Adept when not overheated. Depending on the pace, I'd say that three posts of heavy use, two posts of constant use, and one post of extreme use will put you on Overheat, relative to your Build, and it will take around 2 posts to regain any use of your Septima when Overheated.] Name: (Name of the Semtima) Element:(What is controlled.) Standard Element- (100 Points) Psyonic Remote Manipulation[i.e. Controling birds, machines, etc]- (150 Points) Psychic Power- (200 Points) Reality Manipulating Power (500 Points) Existing Septima (500 Points) Existing Plot-relevant Septima- (1000 Points.) Color: [Each Septima has a main color.] Powers-
Remote Manipulation: Tool [Control Septimal weapons/projections or devices like machines from afar.] (25 Points) Remote Manipulation: Mass [Control specific nonintelligent masses, such as liquids, plants, etc, from afar.] (50) Remote Manipulation: Animal [Manipulate animals or robots not created with RM:Tool from afar] (75 Points) Remote Manipulation: Individual [Ability to effect intelligent, sentient beings from afar.] (100 Points) Remote Manipulation: Group [Control large numbers of known Remote Manipulation targets] (50 Points) Element Generation: Shock [Make a very small small burst of your element within reach of a body part] (5 Points) Element Generation: Sphere [Make a small distanced instance of your element in one place.] (10 Points) Element Generation: Blast [Fire a single projectile of your element. Stacks] (20 Points) Element Generation: Beam [Launch an energy beam of your element] (50 Points) Element Generation: Field [Create a geometric field of your element around you] (100 Points) Self Adjust [Use septima to alter your own state] (75 Points) Projected Adjust [Alter the state of another with Septima] (150 Points)
Build: (Average- Health and EP/Resource are equal. Tin Battery- Health is half that of Average, EP/Resource increased 50%. Meat Can- Health has a 50% increase, EP/Resrouces at half.)[More added later] SP: (Default 3/3. Each extra SP costs 50 more points than the last. Selling SP starts at 100, such that having no SP gives you an extra 200 points. Similarly, you start with four Skill Slots, but can similarly sell them.) Special Skills: (Special Skills are abilities that outperform the normal limits of a character. They utilize SP, or Skill Points, which recharge slowly over time. Special Skills themselves have a cooldown time. Which is to say, depending on the pace, you'll have to wait a number of posts to use Special Skills again. Offensive skills usually have a certain mantra like verse or incantation which accompanies them, and usually requires calling out your Semtima in some way. Example. Minor to major spoilers for the game if you care.)
Offensive Skill 1 [Damage in a geometric area] (100 Points) Offensive Skill 2 [More Damage in a shaped area] (200 Points) Offensive Skill 3 [More Damage based on condition] (300 Points) Offensive Skill 4 [Large Damage in a large area, or large output] (500 Points)
Support Skill Recharge [Recharge EP/Resource in an instant. Recover from Overheat] (100 Points) Support Skill Power Charge [Temporarily increase Septima/combat effectiveness, defense, speed, etc.] (150 Points) Support Skill Heal [Use Septima or tech to recover] (100 Points)
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Let me know! [Based on Azure Striker Gunvolt]
Name: Gavin Prince Nickname: Horizon Cartesius Age: 24 Eyes: Blue Hair: Dark blonde. Description: Country of Origin: United States of America Condition: Adept Biography:
Personality-wise, Gavin is a person who craves interaction with others, with a natural kindness and generosity, sometimes verging on softness, that the young man tries to use to aid in said interaction. On the reverse, Gavin hates being left alone outside of combat situations, and he clearly doesn't like being isolated socially. So his impulse is to surround himself with friends and companions, although one should note that if said friends and companions do something harmful, Gavin would fight them, even though it would hurt him to do so. Thus, Gavin greatly values being around people who are humane and have understandable moral codes.
Born in San Francisco, Gavin was a boy obsessed with astronomy in his youth, but shifted to history later on, while maintaining love for the stars. Born to a family that valued solidarity among family, no matter who they may be inside, Gavin found out that there were people willing to stand by him even when his sexual orientation (he is bisexual) and status as an Adept were discovered. Eventually, he joined the Army, and at the young age of eighteen, made the cut for a Navy SEAL, even without using his Septima. Of course, he managed to succeed in that career only with the help of friends, friends who told him 'terrorists are terrorists; you can wonder about their motives after you shoot them', as well as 'there are things on this world worth killing for, and dying for'.
In time, Gavin would become good at what he did, his skills in mobility enabling him to take out targets from afar, from mid-range, or even in a straight fight. He can appear anywhere, surprise the enemy, and, with his team, take them out without casualties on their side. But in time, Gavin knew that their luck might run out, and that when that happened, he was going to need more friends...
Skills:
Jump (25 Points) Flip (25 Points) Wall Jump [Bounce off walls by jumping.] (25 Points) Wall Slide [Grip walls to slow your descent.] (25 Points) Dash [The ability to reach full speed in an instant] (50 Points) Phase [Temporarily leave an area or travel through a wall. Gear or Septima Fueled] (150 Points.)
Name: Wormhole Element: Space - Existing Septima (500 Points) Color: Blue Powers: Susbspace Hole (Wormhole). Element Generation: Blast [Fire a single projectile of your element. Stacks] (20 Points) Gavin can fire a small wormhole at enemies that does damage by distorting space-time around them.
Name: Joseph Leidner Age: 19 Eyes: grey blue Hair: dark brown, smooth
Joseph is rather slender, with pale skin and a face that for the most part does not stand out.
Country of Origin: Germany Condition: Adept
Joseph was born into the Leidner family, who own a small company – not big enough to make them rich. However, with the success of Sumeragi Group, their company is no longer doing well. His affinity for mathematics and logic was discovered early on, as he absorbed information on those topics like a sponge, quickly moving ahead of his classmates, but never skipping a grade as what he has in mathematics he lacked in language. Translation wasn't his problem, but interpretation, specifically reading between the lines. While in school Joseph witnessed another kid get bullied because they were an adept, so when he discovered his own septima, he decided to keep it secret from everyone, only using it if necessary or on his own in private.
Developing a rather calculating personality over the years, Joseph decided it might be a good idea to help his family's business by either finding or creating a niche, in which they can outcompete the Sumeragi Group. For that purpose, he is currently on a vacation in the city, that houses the Sumeragi Group's headquarters, trying himself at industrial espionage, without the goal of stealing technology.
Lens: none Ring: Ring of Gravity [on adepts that can fly using their septima, free falling while not using their septima will recharge their EP by half as much as they would need to fly back up to where their free fall begun] Pendant: none
Run (25 Points) Jump (25 Points) Fly [Gear or Septima Fueled.] (200 Points)
Battle Shoe [A soft shoe which makes little noise, but causes tripping in a double dash.] (10 Points)
Name: Gravimetron Element: Gravity [Reality Manipulating Power] (500 Points) Color: dark red Powers:
Gravity Slingshot [Element Generation: Blast(20 points)]- uses gravity to quickly fling an object, ally or enemy in a specific direction(usually at a target or wall/floor/ceiling). On impact both the flung and hit objects take damage based on their velocities.
Gravity Conveyor [Element Generation: Sphere(10 points)]- Changes gravity in a small sphere to point in a direction of choice with a strength of up to 5G. This will curve the trajectories of any objects, projectiles, allies or enemies passing through it. Once the sphere is created it will remain static until it ceases to exist.
Gravity Alter [Element Generation: Field(100 point)]- changes gravity to x*normal for the whole battlefield, with x being limited between -5 and 5. If this causes an enemy, ally or object to fall into the ceiling or floor with sufficient velocity, they take damage.
Event Shield [Element Generation: Field(100 points)]- a major alteration of gravity creating a non-spherical event horizon, that shields from anything trying to pass through it, as the velocity required to escape it exceeds the speed of light. Can be circumvented by moving around it instead of through it. Cannot be sustained for a prolonged time.
Event Trap [Element Generation: Sphere(10 points)]- a major alteration of gravity trapping a target within an event horizon generated around it. The target or anything within the sphere cannot exit the sphere by moving. This includes light. Cannot be sustained for a prolonged time.
Build: Average SP: 2/2 (-100 points) Special Skills:
Tidal Shredder [Damage in a geometric area(100 points)]- Uses tidal forces from a non-constant gravitational field to deal significant damage to any object within an area. Anything destroyed this way is ripped into multiple smaller objects. "A mass beyond compare / Pulling in and out / Ripped apart by the tide! Tidal Shredder!"
Description and Bio may be a bit lacking, as both aren't my strong suit.
Updates the original post with some relevant information, and also posting my (mostly complete) character. I just need to decide what he looks like.
Name: Palav Gul Nickname: Sakura Spear, 'Gero' Age: 16 Eyes: Hair: Description: Country of Origin: Tashkent (Country in 'Central Asia') Condition: Adept Biography: Palav grew up in a small village in Tashkent. Once he became older, he joined the newly formed Adept Representation and Education of Neutral Affiliates, in order to support the group, and seek safety in its numbers. He soon, however, found solidarity, as he excelled to the point of becoming a field operative in a relatively short time. Due to the resources at A.R.E.N.A's disposal, he was able to acquire a specialized spear attuned to his Septima, with a counterbore guard near the end of the blade. A cool, levelheaded individual, Palav is sometimes seen as someone who's hard to talk to. His responses often come off as cold and distant, as he tends to be rather terse. Despite seeming emotionless, Palav has preferences and his own way of doing things. While he'll usually let a one-time annoyance slide, constant infractions will soon raise his ire. Gear: Lens- Left: Cooldown Lense- Reduces the strain on septisomes when overheat is induced, reducing the effect.(A.R.E.N.A Standard Issue) Right: Ring: Pendant: A.R.E.N.A Signet B- Proof of A.R.E.N.A membership. Improves the effect of field medicine slightly. Skills- Mobility: (300 Kudos) Run, Jump, Wall Jump, Wall Slide, Dash, Hover[Septima Fueled. Falling Only.] Combat: (25 Kudos) Spear Familiarity [Traditional Medium] Hand-to-Hand Combat Training [Traditional Small] Gear- (50 Kudos) Super Sneaker Spear (Dig tip) [Attuned Medium] Septima- (100 Kudos) Name: Botamology Element: Plants Color: Green Powers- (460 Kudos) Touch of Green- Plant Growth[Shock]- Infusing an area of plants before him with Septima at a touch, he causes them to grow in a burst as he sees fit. (5 Kudos) Xylem Xenoem- [Remote Manipulation: Mass]- A manipulation of around four cubic meters of plant matter. (50 Kudos) Friends in Phloem- [Element Generation: Field]- Causes specific species of plants to grow within a two square meter area. (100 Kudos) Seedflight Flora- [Element Generation: Sphere]- Creates a sphere of seeds with cottony fruit that allows for wind-based travel. The sphere is suspended in the air unless strong winds cause it to move. (10 Kudos) Bark Shot- [Elemental Generation: Blast(x3)]- Shoots a scatter blast of three energized chunks of bark. (60 Kudos) Golden Apple- [Element Generation: Sphere][Self Adjust][Projected Adjust]- Create a large, septimally energized fruit which recovers health when consumed. (235 Kudos) Build: Average SP: 3/3 Special Skills: (100 Kudos) Active- (+100 Kudos) 1: Windfall Razor 2: 3: Known- Windfall Razor-"Drifting leaves... Which die aloft now falling Bring solace in emptiness" A turbulent breeze like cluster of razorized leaves. [Class 1] Kudos: Start: (1000 default, 1010 used, BONUS: 100, 90 Remaining) Total Used: Total Earned: Total BONUS: 100 Highest Earn: Highest "Combo":
So, due to the sheer amount of CS and my own obsesion over stats and gear it took a while longer than expected, but here it is. My CS proposal.
Name: Itachi Tatsumaki Nickname: None. Age: 19 Eyes: Brown Hair: White
Country of Origin: Japan Condition: Adept. Bio: Itachi was born into a small family in a small mountain village. As a kid he grew up with news of sumeragi's research, but excluded as he was in the small mountain village, the news never interested him much. from age 14 his parents trained him in kusarigamajutsu, which was considered an art as well as a means of defense in his village. Around this time he also stated paying more attention to the news, quickly realizing how much power Sumeragi had obtained while he was enjoying his youth.
Eventually at age 17 Itachi left the village to roam the world in search of his own happiness. During his travels he encountered some sumeragi agents and was forced to experience their influence firsthand. A week passed before he would be seen again, but he continued roaming as if nothing had happened.
Gear: -Lens: Sky Sight (Left) Reduces EP cost for air-dashes and air-hops. Seer Spec (Right) Prevasion is cheaper. -Ring: None. -Pendant: Barrier Locket
-Kamaitachi [Septima-Attuned Kusarigama* (60)] A special kusarigama that can propel itself and manouver using septimal winds.
Skills: -Mobility: [Run - Do we really need to pay for this? (25)] [Jump - Do we really need to pay for this? (25)] [Air-Dash (Septima) - As named (75)] [Rebound (Septima) - Air turns (75)]
-Combat: [Combat Training (Large)- Kusarigama-jutsu (50)] [Hacking (30)]
Septima -Name: Venti -Element: [Standard Element - Wind (100)] -Color: Cream-Yellow [Field - Tornado Aura (100)] Surrounds the user in a ball off rapidly rotating air that will knock most anything away. It performs similar to the original flashfield, except it's not compatible with tags. [Beam - Air Cutter (50)] A "beam" of air blades in a straight- or curved line. Like actual air, it doesn't care much about what you wear. This hurts more though. [Sphere - Storm Bomb (10)] It's a grenade, but instead of 'Boom', it goes 'Fwoosh'. Will give you a good knock regardless of sound effect. [Self-adjust - Divine mountain winds (75)] A passive ability that protects its user from harm at the cost of his EP. Doesn't work when Tornado Aura is active or when the user is out of EP. (It's prevasion.)
Powers: -Build: Tin Battery -SP: 4/4 (50) -Special Moves: (100 BONUS) 1: [Empty] 2: Second Wind [Support Recharge (100)] Immediately end Overheat and recover full EP. 3: [Empty]
Kudos: Start: (1000 default, 825 used, BONUS: 100, 275 Remaining) Total Used: 825 Total BONUS: 100 Total Earned: 350 Highest Earn: Highest "Combo":
@Ryougu I would prefer the name always being listed as given then family in the CS, only so I know which I'm looking at. Also, there is no 'very adept'. He's just an Adept. Secondly, you don't have a pervasion technique to utilize Seer Spec. If you want pervasion, it would be a self-adjust power.
@tobiax Fixed it. He now has a self-adjust and I altered the name order. I will still introduce him as [Last name - First name] though, since that's just how they do things in japan.
@Ryougu Sorry, I didn't get it was a joke until later. As for Pervasion, yeah. It counts as a self-adjust passive because there's nothing else that it really counts for.
@Ryougu You haven't technically earned any Kudos yet. And we do have someone coming, they just haven't put an incomplete up, but I'm in contact with them. Two people actually.
@Ryougu You haven't technically earned any Kudos yet. And we do have someone coming, they just haven't put an incomplete up, but I'm in contact with them. Two people actually.
Eh, well, fair enough then, seeing how long it took me to finish I guess it makes sense. Also, even if I haven't earned these Kudos, I still have them, right?
