[OOC] Goblin Slayer: Newblood (CANCELLED)

CANCELLED!

This RP has been cancelled and is no longer active.

RECRUITMENT:

We are currently not recruiting new players.

[Xaltwind]

Welcome, Adventurer.

This roleplay is set in the universe of Goblin Slayer. There will be no canon characters present, nor will players be playing as any of them. Apart from some minor changes, the roleplay will hold true to the rules and settings of the original material. The people who will be participating in this roleplay have been invited prior to the creation of this thread, if you have not received such an invite, you are not eligible to join at this moment.

Thank you for reading this disclaimer.

Synopsis:
Palisade Town is a relatively small town on the frontier-outskirts of the nation. It's named after the wooden palisade that surrounds and keeps the settlement safe from the dangers and monsters outside. Thankfully, nothing too threatening dwells in the immediate vicinity of the town, so it's a perfect location for new, untested adventurers to come and begin their careers - and this is where you come in.

Be it that you graduated from an academy, completed your training at a temple, left your rural village, finished your studies with your master or just happened tos tumble into town, your days as a fresh-faced and budding rookie adventurer are about to begin! The time has come to sign up at the Guild, take on quests, grow strong and forge your very own, enduring legend! ... Or die pathetically in the very first week, whichever comes first.

Weapons, armor, magic, treasure, adventure, dungeons and monsters all await you! ... And goblins. Lots and lots of goblins. Like, seriously, scores upon scores of the little blighters.

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Rules & Regulations:

Please follow these rules, to ensure everyone is having a good time!

1. No Meta-Gaming. If you know something your character doesn't, then they don't know it.
2. No Character-Controlling. Don't take control or make another prson's character do something - let them act or react on their own. Be patient.
3. No Power-Gaming. You are not invulnerable, unhittable, inexhaustable or otherwise impervious. If you get hurt, you bleed and feel pain. If you get hungry, you want food. If you get poisoned, you will grow weaker and weaker and possibly die. There are no Kryptonians here.
4. No Prior-Knowing. You are not Goblin Slayer. You are not Spearman or Witch. You are a fresh, new, inexeprienced adventurer who has not gone on any (or at least not many) quests yet. You don't know the best way to defeat monsters, nor have you learned the best stratgeies or tactics. Those will come with time, not be present at the start.
5. Be Civil. Discussing, arguing and disagreeing is fine, just be sure to not start outright insulting or bashing each other. Be constructive and resonable towards each other.
6. Have fun! We're all in this to enjoy ourselves. If something is irking you or you're not feeling the desire to keep going, speak up! We'll try to work something out.
7. If your character dies, you may rejoin as a new character of the same (or lower) Adventuring Rank as the character who perished. But you may not join as a higher-ranked character.

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Guild's Quest Board:

Here you'll find all the available quests posted by the Adventuring Guild! Quests will be listed with a title, a description and a reward. Please discuss among your party which quest to pick! Note, that one quest may mean that you miss out on other quests, as the list of available missions will refresh every few (in-story) days.

Quests:

Name: Sewer Sanitation
Rank: Porcelain or above
Location: Palisade Town Sewers
Reward: 80 Copper
Goal: Slay 20 Giant Roaches
Info: The Giant Roach-population in the sewers has reached an unpleasatly high number. Please cull these pests before they become a real issue to the townsfolk.

Name: Sewer Hunt [TAKEN]
Rank: Porcelain or above
Location: Palisade Town Sewers
Reward: 100 Copper
Goal: Slay 10 Giant Rats
Info: The Giant Rat-population in the sewers has reached an unpleasatly high number. Please cull these pests before they become a real issue to the townsfolk.

Name: Supply Delivery
Rank: Porcelain or above
Location: Northern Farmstead
Reward: 200 Copper
Goal: Deliver supplies to the Northern Farmstead
Info: The farmstead north of Palisade Town has requested that someone bring a shipment of supplies to them. The cargo is mostly construction-materials, a cart and horse has been provided. Loss of any cargo is cause for personal reimbursement to the client.

Name: Fort Investigation [TAKEN!]
Rank: Porcelain or above
Location: North-east of Palisade Town
Reward: 150 Copper
Goal: The town council has requested that someone go and take a look at an old, abandoned hill fort some distance away from the town. The council wants to know the state of the structure and whether it's suitable for re-purposing or should be torn down for materials.
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Locations & Pseudo-Map:

Below you will find hiders with various listed, important locations or areas. The hider's name will indicate in what general area the locations inside of it can be found. As new areas and locations are encountered and learned of, these lists will expand.

Palisade Town

- Adventuring Guild
- Craftsmens' District (Smiths, armorers, fletchers etc)
- Market (Stalls, peddlers, caravans, etc)
- Shopping District (General Stores, Apothecaries, Alchemist Shoppes, etc)
- Residential District (Private Residences, Hobo-Shacks, etc)
- Noble District (Manors, Mansions, Villas, etc)
- Entertainment District (Brothels, Taverns, Inns, etc)
- Sewers

Outskirts of PT

- Eastern Farmstead (Small farm east of PT)
- Northern Farmstead (Small farm north of PT)
- Southern Farmstead (Small farm south of PT)
- Eaastern Forest (Large patch of thick forest)
- Northern Foothills (Rolling hills north of PT)
- Western Road (Road leading back towards the capital and inner kingdom)
- Long-floe River (Wide, long, banked river to the south-west of PT)

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Characters & Players:

Here are the current, active characters and their respective players.

- Druid Girl, played by Xaltwind
- Steppe Archer, played by The Irish Tree
- Lizard Fighter, played by Kazemitsu

[The Irish Tree]

Steppe Archer

Name: Steppe Archer

Age: 16

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Picture

A bright eyed girl from the Steppes of the Northeastern highlands, she carries with her a brightness and optimism that would lead one to believe her a simple runaway girl with dreams of adventure. Her complexion is tanned from her time spent under the open sky, and she seems to be in a perpetual good mood, judging from her omnipresent smile. She is of a lithe build, and has a slightly bowlegged stance from her life spent riding on a horse. Her arms and legs are fairly toned and muscular for her frame, making her a lot stronger than your average girl from a farm.

She is almost perpetually seen with her hair in a ratty mess, the only restraint to it being her hairband that keeps her bangs from blocking her vision entirely. Her outfit usually consists of a traditional tunic of the Steppe, with large sleeves that give her arms free movement, a black long skirt that has been ripped at the sides to allow her legs more freedom, and a pair of leather sandals. When adventuring, she wears a leather breastplate beneath her dress for added protection.

Height: 5'7"
Eye Color: Amber
Hair Color: White

Personality:
A little ball of sunshine and happiness, there doesn't seem to be much in this life that can get the Steppe Archer down. She carries with her an almost infectious energy that brightens up the room, seemingly always in high spirits.

Her optimism is matched by her keen observation skills. In just a few minutes, she can identify the people in a room at a glance, and tell how someone is feeling by their expression. Despite her perceptive nature, she herself is very blunt, and often unable to think before she speaks. It is not uncommon for something she says to come across as harsh due to her lack of common sense compared to most other people.

Likes: Horses, Sweet Meats, and Flowers
Dislikes: Enclosed spaces, Negative thinking, and Insects
Hobbies: Leather working, Cooking, and Stargazing

History:
On the large rolling plains of the Northeastern Highlands, one is born, lives, and dies on the move. There is no pause available to the nomadic people, with each waking moment spent with focus being on procuring food, supplies, and, once those begin to run low, the focus shifts to uprooting the camps and moving elsewhere on the Steppe. Their society is organized by numerous small "tribes" that have banded together to form a Confederacy, overseen by a leader who rules for a period of ten years after a martial tournament is held between the greatest fighters of the tribes.

Before she was born, her father was heralded as the mightiest man on the Steppe, unbested in archery, and a master of wrestling. On the second year after she was born, he was dethroned and retired to his previous life of being a hunter to provide. In the time she spent with her father, she would learn the art of the hunt, and come to grow into a young girl. Life would proceed as it did, the circle of life in an unending loop, marching onwards with the beat of the people who's lives were spent chasing life. It wasn't all bad, not in the slightest. The meat was plentiful, the hunt was thrilling, and the life lead was one far from purposeless.

Eventually however, the decade-held tournament would be held, and with the rise of a new chief came new and bizarre laws. One of which being that a "bride" of each tribe was to be offered to his son, as if they were pieces of meat to be handed out. And quite unfortunately, she was "selected" as the delegated bride. Rather than accept some impish demand for her virtue and hand in marriage to some spineless whelp, she would instead flee the Steppe with her father and mother's blessings, figuring that she could eek out a living as a mercenary or adventurer.

With no military willing to accept such a young girl despite her demonstrated skills, she was left with no avenue but to become an adventurer, arriving in Palisade town on the Frontier due to its closeness to home.

Adventuring Rank: Porcelain

Equipment:
Nomad Bow: A composite recurve bow of Steppe Archer's own making, made out of horn, wood, and sinew. It is well used from the years that Steppe Archer has spent hunting. Due to its smaller overall size compared to a normal bow, it is ideal for shooting on horseback and while moving, while not sacrificing the power of a full bow.

Nomad's Sword: A steel curved sword resembling a slightly less curved scimitar. Ideal for slashing things apart, or gliding past something with a slash. Has a large enough grip to be two-handed.

Torchfire: A beautiful mature auburn colored horse that Steppe Archer rode into town on. Despite the fact that she isn't able to bring it on many adventures due to the danger, she still insists on keeping it stabled up in Palisade Town, just in case she needs it. She is Steppe Archer's pride and joy, and her greatest asset in battle on a more open plain.

Skinning Knife: A small knife that's sharp enough to cut through flesh. Usually used by Steppe Archer to skin the beasts that she slays, in order to sell the pelts for a sizable sum. Steppe life taught her never to be wasteful.

Steppe Ensemble: Steppe Archer's protective leather breastplate beneath her folk-style dress. Her clothes keep her cool in just about any climate, and the leather armor beneath provides enough protection to shield her from light damage.

Porcelain Adventurer's Tag

Skills:
Horseback Riding: There are few that can match the riders of the Steppe when it comes to equestrian based combat, and as a proud Steppe child, Steppe Archer can ride with the best of them.

Trap Setting/Disarming: Much of the Steppe's hunting is done using traps to catch prey. As such, Steppe Archer is proficient in finding the perfect spots to place traps, whether that be to aid her friends, or harm her foes.

Handy Woman: On the Steppe, work is divided amongst the men and women equally. As such, Steppe Archer is skilled with physical labor, capable of many tasks that many in the realm would consider "men's" work.

[Shard]

I might make an elf rogue/assassin in training if that's allowed.

[Xaltwind]

@The Irish Tree: Steppe Archer looks good to me, so consider her accepted! Just go on and post her in the Character Tab and I'll fix everything with links and stuffs and things.

@Shard:

"Join Status: Full"

"The people who will be participating in this roleplay have been invited prior to the creation of this thread, if you have not received such an invite, you are not eligible to join at this moment.

Thank you for reading this disclaimer."

Both things, very top of the thread.

Snarkiness aside, the major reason for why things are as they are is because this roleplay was made for people who can post often and don't want to spend a full week or two waiting on the next person to post. It's a roleplay for people who don't have overly busy shecules and/or very limited free time. We will be trying to keep a pace of a post every 1-3 days, some exceptions of course.

If you think you can handle daily posting, staying active and refraim from "I am so busy because X" or "Something suddenly came up and I'm swamped with Y until Z now!" -excuses, I'd be alright with letting you write up a sheet and see how it turns out.

However, I cannot guarantee a spot in this roleplay even then. The two other players will have to agree to bring you on-board.

And even if they agree and we bring you along, if you fail to keep up the pace, you'll be ejected from the RP like an old, unwanted VCR-tape.

But if you're cool with all that, sure. Just wait for the other two to respond and write up your sheet. ^^

[Shard]

I can't belive I missed that -_-, sorry. In either event, with that said, I'll leave you to it.

[Xaltwind]

The exciting beginnings of noobie adventurers! Clean guters, exterminate pests and hunt down the weakest monsters! No way any of this could possibly go wrong~

Now to go register at the guild and get into all sorts of shennanigans.

[The Irish Tree]

Had intended to post today, but time slipped away from me. Will get one up as soon as possible though.

[Xaltwind]

Lookin' forward to it~

[Xaltwind]

Will post a bit later, got laundry today - as well as having to go to the pet-store and buy some kitty-litter for my poop-machine of a cat.

Also, Steppe Archer is best girl so far. xD

[The Irish Tree]

Wasn't the quest to exterminate three rat NESTS? Seems like we barely got through half of one.

[Shard]

Oh shit, I had a brain leak.

I fixed it.

[Xaltwind]

The Roaches are comign! THE ROACHES, OH MY GODS!

[Xaltwind]

Post coming later this evening, too tired right now. :(

[Shard]

I am really struggling to keep my writing spirit up, and I don't feel like I can keep going. I am having difficulties maintaining my interest for any RP, at this point, and I am probably just going to take a break from most, if not all my writing projects.

Thanks for a nice time, I enjoyed it. I wish you two the best of luck.

[The Irish Tree]

I am really struggling to keep my writing spirit up, and I don't feel like I can keep going. I am having difficulties maintaining my interest for any RP, at this point, and I am probably just going to take a break from most, if not all my writing projects.

Thanks for a nice time, I enjoyed it. I wish you two the best of luck.

@Shard

Oh, dang. Sorry to hear that, but hope that you have a nice break. Seeya around sometime, man.

[Xaltwind]

Aww, sorry to see you go, man.
Rest up and have a nice break, I had to do the same and my break lasted for years. Still, hope to see you back here some day when/if you feel like giving RP'ing another go.

[Shard]

Thank you, ^^. Was lovely RPing with you two.

Best wishes!

[Xaltwind]

We are currently recruiting one new player to replace the loss of Shard.

Please read the first post in the OOC for more details.

Many thanks,
- The Irish Tree & Xaltwind.

[Kazemitsu]

I'm very interested since I have recently found (and read it 3 times) Goblin Slayer, the year one and main manga. I actually plan to reread both tomorrow...

I'd gladly try my hand if you'll have me. (I'm not sure if it's still invite only or if you made it open)

[Xaltwind]

Hello, happy to see someone apply.

We're currently looking for one more player, to replace Shard who sadly had to leave. So, if you're interested and have read all the info in the first posts, we'd be happy to see you write up a character and submit it for scrutiny. ^^