[OOC] The Dirt Town Orphans - animeish, high fantasy gang RP [Always accepting]

[Medjedovic]

@Dead CruiserYou're accepted mate, I prolly forgot to tell you in IC

[Cu Chulainn]

You can start with only one monster to summon. If it takes too much damage in combat you will feel exhausted and wouldn't be able to summon it again soon. The beast shares attribute with you. As you grow more powerful you can either improve the monster you already have or gain more monsters.

@Medjedovic

Is it possible to start with the ability to summon two weaker than average monsters to summon? I had an idea for a character who has two familiars that act as scouts more than actual summons to face in combat.

[Medjedovic]

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Is it possible to start with the ability to summon two weaker than average monsters to summon? I had an idea for a character who has two familiars that act as scouts more than actual summons to face in combat.

@Cu Chulainn

Yeah, sure.

The most important thing is to clearly state how much and what kind of summons you have. Rule of thumb is that the more summons you have the less powerful will they be individually. You can even have a summon that is like a swarm of rats where each rat is weak but the whole group is dangerous. @zellected's is too open and thus difficult to balance.

Maybe I should have explained it better earlier.

[Cu Chulainn]

I have two character concepts in mind. One is a one-eyed master of strategy who has two raven familiars each with a different utility-based ability (You can guess what his name is, by the way). The other is an ambitious young man who has a sort of limited emotion manipulation ability, being able to motivate others easily to complete a goal with his words.

[Medjedovic]

Can't help you decide, both of them sound interesting

[Walnutella]

@Medjedovic edited ~ I added the information you mentioned to my app ^^

[Medjedovic]

@zellected I didn't explain it well before, but what I want you is to completely redo your Gift description.

Make it clearly state:
What you are summoning (name, physical characteristics).
What its capabilities are.
How many of them you can summon at the same time.

Yes, you can summon more than one creature at level 1 but only 1 creature summon will have a real, tangible combat presence. Anything more is a distraction and more than 2 or 3 will have the endurance of Naruto clones. More than 10 will be just a smoke screen, too weak to even hurt the enemy.

To make an example, here's how I would redo your gift (you don't need to copy this, it's just an example):

Hider

Yami can summon half a dozen demons. They vary in shapes and sizes, but their shared characteristic is that they are incredibly grotesque to behold and are not larger than an adult human. Demons possess moderate speed and strength and their main form of attack are their claws and fangs and they can also walk on walls. If a demon dies it will take a day before Yami gathers enough energy to recreate it. If all six of them die then Yami can't use his gift for a day.

Or you can start with one powerful demon and add more with time. Or have one demon and keep buffing him. It's your choice, just be clear on what your power does.

[KOgaming]

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Name: Thames
Age: 14
Gender: Male

Background: At the start of his life, Thames could not remember the reassuring touch of his mother or father not could he remember any warm words spoken by them. From the beginning, all that Thames could remember hearing was an incessant ticking at the back of his head. Indeed, Thames was born among machinery and raised by clockwork constructs which fed, bathed, and clothed him until he was old enough to do these things himself and the constructs had eventually broke down when Thames was aged eight. At that year, he didn't have the ability to fix these machines, almost starving to death until being taken in by an orphanage where he lived the rest of his life. There, Thames worked on building machines, tinkering with watches in order to practice until he could work on larger machinery. At the age of ten, Thames manifested his abilities, though were unsure exactly of how to use them, simply because they appeared weak and their effects were subtle at best. When he finally realized what he was doing, he was fourteen.

Equipment: Apart from his clothing, Thames also carries around a pocket watch, a set of keys to a house which may or may not be torn down, and a watch repair kit.

Level: 1.
Attribute: Fluid
Skills: Machine Repair, History, Perceptiveness
Affinity: Wind
Gift: Thames possesses the power of limited time dilation. At will, everything in an immediate area of Thames experiences time differently from everything else around him. For the most part, he speed up time around himself so that he personally can appear to be moving faster, actually experiencing time at a slower rate than everything around him. He can also slow himself down, making himself experience things faster, giving him more leeway to react to incoming objects. Of course, all of this could be construed simply as super speed and everything in regards to time may be completely made up.

[Medjedovic]

@KOgamingEverything's good, accepted ^^

[Walnutella]

@Medjedovic more information added ~

Yami

Name: Yami
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Background: Yami is a man whose been instilled with values. He is someone who believes strongly in being able to forge his own path by his own two hands. He's not opposed to fighting to protect his beliefs. Even if he loses. He's never set in his ways though he is constantly adapting to the world around him letting the way of the world help shape, define and re-define him. But his core beliefs never change. Fight for what you believe in, think with your head not your heart, if it's something that burns strongly within follow it.

It is mentioned that Yami has been a part of the orphanage since he was a baby. He could not remember anything before that but he had experienced all sort of things during his childhood. Born with a magic, he's tainted. Many people gave sinister stares but because he's used to it, he couldn't care much. He often gets into trouble and sometimes, Mr. Fritz help cleaning his mess. Thus, marking him as a troublesome kid. He fought a lot in the past but mainly, because he defended his friends or someone in need. Constant exposure to his dark gift, his hand changes into something dark and fearsome. Nowadays, he do what he wants and he doesn't care what other people think. He has his own value but he listened to lectures that come from his closest ones.
Equipment: Some stolen armors consisted of spaulders and couter and a hidden dagger.
Level: 1
Attribute: Fluid
Skills:

Athletic - Constant physical training makes him muscular. His physical strength, durability, endurance and stamina are above the average of children of his age.

Cunning - Probably his little crazy plans and tricks what make him alive till this day. He often gets out of troubles unscathed because he is cunning.

Hand-to-Hand Combat - Although he has his gift that he can use in combats, he's quite good at fighting using bare hands. This is achieved through small fights he had during his childhood. From someone bigger than him to little kids, no one leaves unscathed. Nevertheless, he likes to use his mischievous tricks to defeat adults instead of fighting them directly lol.

Affinity: Dark /
Gift: Through his dark affinity, he has been using dark magics that summon inhuman creatures, demon-like beasts using his imagination. The stronger he gets, the more vivid his imagination is, the creature summoned can be more powerful but this is achieved when he reaches new mastery of his gift, which is still far. At the moment, Yami starts with only one monster to summon. Yami summons a Grim Reaper donned in dark bloody cloak, wielding a long scythe that is as long as the grim reaper itself. The Grim Reaper is as big as a normal adult human. The reaper attacks the target using his scythe and it has moderate speed & strength. If it takes too much damage in combat, Yami will feel exhausted and wouldn't be able to summon it again for a day. The beast shares attribute with Yami. As Yami grow more powerful Yami can either improve the monster Yami already have or gain more monsters.

[Medjedovic]

@zellectedYeah, it's good now. You're accepted and can post IC now :)

[Ghost Queen]

@Medjedovic
I'm thinking of joining up if you still have room.

[Medjedovic]

@Ghost QueenYeah, it's open. Feel free to post a CS.

[Ghost Queen]

Here's what I got so far, I'm still ironing out the backstory but I'm fairly happy with what I have for now.

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Tonkatsu // WIP

An ogre of a boy, reaching 6'4 with no sign of slowing down and a body naturally prone to gaining fat and muscle in equal measures. Tonkatsu strikes a fairly intimidating figure, not at all helped by the intensity of his stares or the pointed lower canines that have begun to poke their way past his lips. Odder still the coloration of his forearms, as if he had rubbed soot into his flesh. His final quirk comes from his mother, the hair on the top of his head naturally growing white while the sides stray more on the side of pitch.

When it comes to clothing such a large child you do with what you can, which is not much given where he is. For the most part Tonkatsu where's a large, roughly made but functional poncho over a shirt made up of several shirts while his pants were made from two hemp potato sacks that were stitched together. In lieu of regular socks Tonkatsu has been forced to adopt bandage wraps which he also wears along his arms. He wears wooden sandals that he made himself, simple things of wood a leather cords.

Nickname:
Tonkatsu

Age:
15

Gender:
Male

Background:

Equipment:
A crude greatclub, a wooden mask carved into the face of a snarling demon owned by his late father, and a large carrying cylinder filled with schematics detailing the construction of various arms and armor native to his homeland

Level:
1

Attribute:
Force

Skills:
-Butchery, three years into his work with the local butcher has taught Tonkatsu how to disassemble anything from a chicken to a cow as well as desensitised him to the sight of blood, gore, and the smell of death. Plus he makes a mean smoked sausage.

-Natural Carver, Tonkatsu has natural knack for "seeing" the shape within materials and carving them out. While he hasn't been able to get his hands on stuff like marble or ivory he is fairly confident that he'll be able to handle them.

-Obfuscating Stupidity, much of the Tonkatsu that most people see is a front, the image of the big, dimwitted brute who likes to keep quiet. Those that are more trained in the watching of people, or to those who have just known him enough, will know that this is far from the case. He is always watching, judging the people and venue under scrutinizing lens of always expecting trouble. No one expects the giant wall of muscle to actually be able to rub two ideas together and get some ideas.

Affinity:
Fire

Gift:
-Physical Enhancement, by activating his Gift Tonkatsu is able to increase his strength threefold which manifests as the veins in his forearms breaking up like the crust of molten earth however this process causes no discomfort and heals shortly after his Gift is shut off.

[Medjedovic]

@Ghost Queen *that picture*
*that skill*

You monster! D:

(So far so good, tho)

[Ghost Queen]

@Medjedovic
Here is the finished product. What can a say? A boy needs to eat, especially now that he's going through that mondo growth spurt. I swear, this boy is going to be a monster.

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Tonkatsu

An ogre of a boy, reaching 6'4 with no sign of slowing down and a body naturally prone to gaining fat and muscle in equal measures. Tonkatsu strikes a fairly intimidating figure, not at all helped by the intensity of his stares or the pointed lower canines that have begun to poke their way past his lips. Odder still the coloration of his forearms, as if he had rubbed soot into his flesh. His final quirk comes from his mother, the hair on the top of his head naturally growing white while the sides stray more on the side of pitch.

When it comes to clothing such a large child you do with what you can, which is not much given where he is. For the most part Tonkatsu where's a large, roughly made but functional poncho over a shirt made up of several shirts while his pants were made from two hemp potato sacks that were stitched together. In lieu of regular socks Tonkatsu has been forced to adopt bandage wraps which he also wears along his arms. He wears wooden sandals that he made himself, simple things of wood a leather cords.

Nickname:
Tonkatsu

Age:
15

Gender:
Male

Background:
Tonkatsu's story begins several generations ago, in the fortress monasteries of Yamanoie far to the east. His was a hardy people who lived symbiotically with the harsh environment of their mountain homes, however what stood them out as truly odd was their dedication to Order in a world where Chaos was king. To put a long story and many tragic misunderstandings short, a war broke out between Yamanoie and it's neighbors that destroyed the their home and scattered the people to the four winds. Ever since then the people of Yamanoie have been dwindling, each generation shrinking as they are either absorbed into other kingdoms or meeting more violent ends. Tonkatsu's parents were in this latter group.

Descending from the great warriors of Yamanoie's past, Tonkatsu's parent's and several more families like them took to the life of wandering mercenaries. Young Tonkatsu grew up amongst these mercenaries, taught the beginnings of the ways of their warriors before things took a turn for the worse. Soon after the young boy's tenth birthday his parents gave him his father's mask, the carrying cylinder, a map of Dirt Town, and a scroll written in a language he did not know with the only instructions being to "Find the Orphanage, the owner is an... Old Friend of ours. Go," after which Tonkatsu never saw his parents again.

The old man read the scroll easily and looked upon Tonkatsu in a way that, even to this day he couldn't quite read, before taking him into his house of Urchins. The transition wasn't terribly hard, Tonkatsu wasn't a fool and knew that his parents were either dead or so deep into hiding that it didn't matter, though knowing them it was most likely the former.

This has left Tonkatsu in a sort of limbo. He isn't like most of the other kids, massive size aside. He knew his parents for a fairly long time compared to others and has only recently been "accepted" as an orphan, as it was. This has lead him to be a quiet boy who keeps many things to himself, only really speaking when absolutely necessary and an unconscious scowl that has become legendary amongst the other orphans. However he does not seek out solitude, instead just rolling with whatever happens while trying his best to keep everyone out of the worst of trouble.

Equipment:
A crude greatclub, a wooden mask carved into the face of a snarling demon owned by his late father, and a large carrying cylinder filled with schematics detailing the construction of various arms and armor native to his homeland

Level:
1

Attribute:
Force

Skills:
-Butchery, three years into his work with the local butcher has taught Tonkatsu how to disassemble anything from a chicken to a cow as well as desensitised him to the sight of blood, gore, and the smell of death. Plus he makes a mean smoked sausage.

-Natural Carver, Tonkatsu has natural knack for "seeing" the shape within materials and carving them out. While he hasn't been able to get his hands on stuff like marble or ivory he is fairly confident that he'll be able to handle them.

-Obfuscating Stupidity, much of the Tonkatsu that most people see is a front, the image of the big, dimwitted brute who likes to keep quiet. Those that are more trained in the watching of people, or to those who have just known him enough, will know that this is far from the case. He is always watching, judging the people and venue under scrutinizing lens of always expecting trouble. No one expects the giant wall of muscle to actually be able to rub two ideas together and get some ideas.

Affinity:
Fire

Gift:
-Physical Enhancement, by activating his Gift Tonkatsu is able to increase his strength threefold which manifests as the veins in his forearms breaking up like the crust of molten earth however this process causes no discomfort and heals shortly after his Gift is shut off.

[Shortcake]

Argo

Name: Argo
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Background: Argo was left with Old Man Fritz at the tender age of four. She doesn't remember much of her real parents, save that her father was a man of justice. Argo is utterly convinced that her father will return someday, and strives to become a girl he can be proud of: Kind, loving, and just. While admirable, this is tempered by the fact that Argo may actually be the singular dumbest, most gullible person in Dirt Town. How she has actually survived for so long is a mystery to everyone, but Argo's nine years in Dirt Town have firmly entrenched her as the village idiot. As for her relationship with the other orphans, she's something of a double-edged sword: While her abilities and contacts are useful, her hatred of crooked affairs means she's best kept out of the loop of any shady goings-on. Otherwise, things could get messy.

Equipment: A wooden broom, her father's hat, a thick coat with lots of pockets, a jar of fixative, a cheap brass locket, a tin cup with a dent in it, a stethoscope, a gyroscope, a baroscope, a telescope, various interesting rocks, a small pair of shears, some chestnuts, a coinpurse full of loose change (various foreign denominations, no value), a sock with a brick in it, a ball of twine, an ugly wooden statuette, four candle stubs of varying lengths, a tin full of marbles, a linen sack, a beetle cage (no beetles), a seashell, and a cat toy

Level: 1
Attribute: Finesse
Skills:
Navigation - Moving around the district at high speeds requires a great sense of direction and strong reflexes. Naturally, Argo has both.

Optimism - Argo is sunny and upbeat even at the worst of times, and holds ironclad belief in the inherent goodness of her fellow man. One would expect this to be a disadvantage, but Spirits are far more likely to keep someone alive or help them out once they recognize that said person is an endless well of positive emotions they can feed off of; a rare commodity in Dirt Town.

Likable - Likewise, Argo's willingness to help her fellow man and wide-eyed innocence mean that she's actually fairly well-liked among the Dirt Town population, and possesses friends and a positive reputation pretty much everywhere within and around the district, and quickly forges new bonds when brought elsewhere. Even the most blackhearted villains hesitate to raise a hand against someone so patently harmless.

Affinity: Wind
Gift: Argo has the ability to fly with the aid of a broom. To clarify, she can freely levitate and manipulate a given broom, but the most common usage is flight.

A friend told me I should check this game out. Looks interesting!

[Medjedovic]

@ShortcakeOuch, she'll have a tough life.

Accepted!

[Medjedovic]

I would like to move the RP forward by Sunday.
We have 3 groups atm: leadership trio, duo in the room and the two weirdos. Do you think you can wrap up your parts before then?
Also, anyone who is accepted but didn't post try to post by then.

Action incoming.

[FernStone]

@Medjedovic I have posted but it didn't particularly do much for my character, I'm assuming I should do another post to at least nice her into some interaction?

If so I definitely can but I'm busy with exams till Saturday ^^"