[OOC] Diving into The Abyss - A Shattered World

[Stairdweller]

I tend to err on the side of under powering characters. Requires more creative problem solving that way.

Also, a general note: let's play nice, okay kids?

[barkmeat2]

When can we expect to start?

[Skyrte]

When can we expect to start?

@barkmeat2

In a couple of hours, between 5-7. I was supposed to do it yesterday but I fell asleep.

My character Nansemond seems a bit...underpowered. I don't know if he's a good fit for the direction this seems to be going? Also I must of misread, I thought this was post WW 1 era tech. Was that changed to WW2?

@Rhymer

Still post WW1.
And don't worry about feeling underpowered, we won't be fighting things 24/7. If you want to beef up your guy, send a PM to me and the Co-GM and we can work something out. Chances are we'll arrange for your character to find some kind of really cool thing they can keep from the Shatterzone.

That might not be a bad idea, however unless the GM wants be to just make shit up as I write I might need some more information. I'm also cool with making shit up, I do that pretty well.

@Prince of Seraphs

I don't mind people making stuff up for their characters.

[barkmeat2]

@Skyrte
Couple of hours is 1am for me, so i probably wont post until later, but im glad it'll be up soon.

[Lady Seraphina]

I don't mind people making stuff up for their characters.

Skyrte

For the characters of course, that's how character creation works but this would be specifically about this cult you'd vaguely outlined earlier which means that it falls under your domain. If I was to integrate the cult into Avelina's backstory I'd entirely be making up my own stuff about them which may or may not contradict whatever it is you may or may not have planned out for them.

If you don't mind I'll edit Avelina's backstory to include them.

[Skyrte]

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For the characters of course, that's how character creation works but this would be specifically about this cult you'd vaguely outlined earlier which means that it falls under your domain. If I was to integrate the cult into Avelina's backstory I'd entirely be making up my own stuff about them which may or may not contradict whatever it is you may or may not have planned out for them.

If you don't mind I'll edit Avelina's backstory to include them.

@Prince of Seraphs

To be honest I've got no plans or lore on the cult right now.

Also, could you limit your characters Engineering expertise to Mechanical Engineering? Just put Mechanical Engineer in the roles part of the CS, it's just for clarification stuff.
Once you do that, post your character sheet to the Character Tab, and you're in.

[Skyrte]

IC up

[RoflsMazoy]

Aaaawww yiss!

Post coming soon!

[Tatsua Aiisen]

Tael Astarte

Appearance

Tael's appearance is strange beyond ordinary explanation, giving weight to her claims of magical heritage. Despite the age she claims to be, she possesses a body similar to that of a child's, with undeveloped proportions indicative of having not yet reached the next stage in sexual development. Her hair and eyes are an otherworldly, violet hue, and her hair is usually kept very long and well-maintained.

Her size and weight are what you would consider normal for a girl between the ages of nine and twelve, and her style of dress accompanies this by being decidedly cute, and stylish, similar to what any other young girl would wear.

She may occasionally be seen wearing abnormal clothes for her age group, but this is often out of necessity, such as when her other clothes are damaged or during harsh or compromising environmental conditions.

Her girly hands show no signs of roughness or wear, indicating one who has not had much experience with machinery or hard work. Instead, she gives the impression of one who was more academically inclined, supported by the often vaguely knowing look present on her face.

Age
36

Gender
Female

Race
Fae/Human Mix

Role
Head of Deployment of Magical Countermeasures
Magic Specialist (Field)

Personality
As one who claims to be a member of the mythical race of Fairies, it's no real surprise to hear that Tael is most definitely among the strangest individuals currently employed on the Tychon. Despite her strictly monotone and indifferent mannerisms, her behaviour has a strangely "Cat-like" quality to it, embodied by her irritating habit of falling asleep in strange places.

When questioned about this, she claims that she does it in order to "increase my appeal", but anybody even the least bit familiar with her can tell that it is mostly unintentional.

She's prone to mocking others, but almost completely avoids any criticism directed towards herself, showing a nearly comical amount of arrogance for one of such small stature and childlike demeanour. When it comes to her magical talents, she likes to act as if the only reason she provides any assistance at all is because "She feels like it", and not out of any sort of necessity.

At her core, she is in many ways a cruel, but also unfathomably empathetic person. While she prefers to hide behind a blank expression and tone, she feels deeply for any who are experiencing hurt or anguish, and will often do whatever she can to assist them (in her own, indirect manner.)

When it comes to a crisis, she is an extremely level-headed and surprisingly reliable person, which one might not assume from her given how she acts during times of relative peace. She prefers to be alone, but will band up with or stick around others if she either is interested in them, or if there is a general need for her to assist in some way.

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Bio
Hailing from the Astarte Clan, most of Tael's earlier life is not exactly well-known, and her involvement in this campaign would be difficult to explain to those who do not understand her unique heritage.

However she may look, she is most definitely a certified and powerful Magic-user, one whose abilities and connections were enough to land her a ranking position on the Tychon. She has an interest in what lies beyond her simple home city in Atrea, and has likely joined with the crew of the Tychon in order to achieve some, unknown goal. It's worth noting that she is an independent Mage, not affiliated with the Order or the Guild alike.

It's a bit of mystery how a Mage with seemingly little background in the magical community managed to land such a position, or how they managed to become as powerful as she, but this is likely due to some unknown connections between the Astarte Clan and certain magical organizations.

Equipment

• A simple, evidently hand-crafted bag of sorts, containing personal items and certain favoured items (A blanket, a periscope, a flask of alcohol, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, assorted basic snacks and a change of clothes.)
• Several books, of no particular worth save a single romantic novel that might assist in miscellaneous romantic affairs.
• An ornate, extremely sharp dagger, possessing a four inch blade and accompanying sheathe. Hidden at all times.

Skills

• Highly skilled Mage, capable of using a variety of magics and counter-magics with or without the assistance of tomes. Due to her wide knowledge base, multiple varieties of magic are available to her, making her quite versatile.
• Has an understanding of romance unlike those of common men, and is able to provide effective romantic advice to all but the most hopeless cases.
• Basic understanding of a lot of things, including the application of basic medical techniques, navigation, mathematics, culture, psychology, hand-to-hand combat, military strategy, logistics, diplomacy, astrology, herblore, alchemy, architecture, fishing and puzzle-solving. Basically, she reads a lot, and knows about a lot of random shit.

Optional
Favours sweet snacks over salty or cracker-based ones
Has secret adult habits that ruin her image as a cute child
Tends to tease people who are easily embarrassed or overly serious

[barkmeat2]

@Tatsua Aiisen

Sudden loli.

Interesting concept, not meaning to criticize, just surprised lol.

[Lady Seraphina]

By the way, Avelina's supposed to have a Order Handler right? Is that another actual character, should I work up an NPC for him or should we just say he's not coming on the Tychon?

[Skyrte]

@Tatsua Aiisen

Sudden loli.

Interesting concept, not meaning to criticize, just surprised lol.

@barkmeat2

She's got approval from me to pull a stunt like this. That being said, nobody else is going go full loli. Unless we somehow find a little girl in a village or something.

By the way, Avelina's supposed to have a Order Handler right? Is that another actual character, should I work up an NPC for him or should we just say he's not coming on the Tychon?

@Prince of Seraphs

Yeah. What we could do is, this could be like a hand off. Your handler passes the job onto the Captain. Or you could work up an NPC, up to you.

EDIT: I'm gonna be doing some lore on majicks and stuff, since I left out a great deal of knowledge concerning the subject in the OP.

[Lady Seraphina]

I think passing her onto the Captain would work the best, unless of course the head engineer wants to take her on.

Oh, I posted my CS to the character's tab and made to edits to her bio after she's captured.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

I'm glad that nobody burnt my house down for going full loli.

[barkmeat2]

I'm glad that nobody burnt my house down for going full loli.

@Tatsua Aiisen

;) As far as you know

[Skyrte]

Did a thing on magic in the OP. So any magic users might want to look that over, maybe make changes if needed. Tatsua, look it over.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

That's some nice information to know. Will you require me to go into detail about Magic-related stuff, in the thread or via PM? I sort of kept things vague in my sheet, since you hadn't posted any information on magic at all yet.

[Skyrte]

Whatever you want, preferably the one that makes me do less work.

[BartlebyWhale]

Hi! I'm hoping this ship hasn't sailed yet, because I am loving this concept, so much so that I had to switch from a longtime lurker to actually registering just so I can join in.

I hope my character makes the cut, and I am very much looking forward to collaborating with you all.

Sir Nero Barsad

Name: Sir Nero Barsad
Age: 52
Gender/Race: Male/Human
Role: Xenobiologist/Pathologist

Bio: Born the youngest son of a middling farmer among many other thousands in Atrea, Barsad was saved from a certain future of anonymity, poverty, and worst of all, boredom, by an incurable curiosity matched only by the needle-like focus of his intellect. A polymathic autodidact, Barsad taught himself first to read, and then to read quickly. With his voracious appetite for the printed word and all the knowledge they represented, he obtained a working understanding of a variety of academic disciplines before turning his concentration onto medicine. A minor noble sponsored Barsad's enrollment into the King's College of Surgeons in Atrea's capital, where a few years' worth of accelerated education gained him a place among the Royal Family's cadre of personal physicians, a not unimpressive salary, and the title of baronet.

While a lifestyle that those of his born station could only dream of afforded him every luxury, Barsad despised indolence, fearing that the security of his position would encourage complacency and contentment and, ultimately, would dull the edges of his intellect. He briefly considered joining the Order of Progress, assured that a meteoric climb through the ranks would allow him access to troves of secret information and hidden data enough to keep even his mind busy for a lifetime. But he possessed no taste for their bureaucracy and believed that pure knowledge could be accessed only through an independent will and a pristine curiosity for the unknown, unfettered by the banal ambitions of superiors and managers. Thus he resigned from his post and used his considerable savings to fund an indefinite expedition around the world, a quest for understanding, for both internal and external discovery.

It was during the second decade of his pilgrimage, after spending much time with the various non-human races that inhabited this world with him, that his focus turned itself onto the fields of anatomy and genetics. He retrained himself as a pathologist, specializing in non-human anatomy, determined to find the origins of life hidden within their unfamiliar genetic structures, and quickly made a name for himself as one of the world's foremost independent authorities on xenobiology.

Now, intrigued by rumors of the odd creatures creeping out of the Shatterzone, Sir Nero made the decision to sign on with the crew of the Tychon, eyes aglow with all the possibilities to be unearthed in that ancient land.

All those artifacts.

All that knowledge.

And all that strange and alien life to cut open and peer into.

Personality: Sir Nero is mercurial at the best of times. He is hyperactive, irritable, and easily bored. He seldom gets along with others, not because of any cruelty or malice in his heart, but because he is convinced that he simply thinks too fast for most people to command his attention for more than a few moments. He believes humans are by-and-large incapable of providing him with any sort of interest, and identifies more, and interacts better with, non-human species. He nurtures a particular kinship for the Setra, those inscrutable insectoids whose natural intelligence and curiosity near rival his own.

He thinks himself a hunter of mysteries, a detective of the undetectable, an investigator of the unknown, a bearer of the light of knowledge and science in dark places, and, though he'd sooner draw a scalpel across your throat than admit it, an amateur poet.

Equipment: Portable field laboratory, basic medical gear, anatomy texts and journals, a few vials of fungal spores that, when prepared and ingested properly, tend to induce prolonged periods of, uh, spiritual commune. Oh, and scalpels. Lots and lots of scalpels.

Skills: Sir Nero's travels and natural aptitude for learning have bequeathed him with a host of skills and talents. Along with his expert knowledge in his chosen fields of study, he is able, given a modicum of interest and time, to teach himself the basics of near any discipline. Though focused primarily on biology, he enjoys a working journeyman's knowledge of fields ranging from mathematics to music to theology. And though his left-brain analytics and right-brain intuitiveness are far superior to his left hook and right cross, he has also trained himself a bit in the art of pugilism, and can acquit himself reasonably well in a fight. At least, much better than one would expect of a white-haired academic of late-middle years.

Appearance: Though he gives no thought to class or social graces, Barsad has a weakness for finely tailored clothing, and is rarely seen without some variation of an immaculate white suit and hat. He keeps himself in remarkable physical shape for his advanced age, and his long travels have given him deeply tanned skin and sun-bleached white hair.

[barkmeat2]

@BartlebyWhale

I like it, I hope u get accepted