[OOC] Torn Across the Rift

[Eyeris]

Torn Across the Rift

Welcome! This page is for all the information you need to learn about, apply to, and play along in Torn Across the Rift! (TATR for short!)

Plot Summary:

You Awaken Amidst Destruction...
There is a hole of some sort. A hole in the universe. A Rift. Beings, people, even monsters have arrived through it. Torn away from their lives and everything familiar to them. Who are you? or What are you? Human? Monster? Something else...

Is the Earth Prepared?
The otherworldly beings are not the only ones aware of the Rift. There are people on Earth who have noticed that something has gone terribly wrong and they seek to find out what has happened and fix it... before it is too late...

Why has this happened to me?
There are some, from earth, who have simply appeared. They seemingly have no reason nor connection to this event... At least, that is how things appear at first glance...

Will we ever be the same?
That, my friend, is up to you! The power is in your hands!

Ground Rules

1. Normal rules of the Casual forum all apply.
2. One character per one player please.
3. Have fun!

Wow! That was easy!

So You Want To Make A Character...

There are three groups of characters.
1. Other World Folk.
2. Members of TRIDENT - Secret organization devoted paranormal and supernatural investigation.
3. Innocent bystanders from earth

If you want to play an Other Worldly person...
- You are from another world or another time.
- You can be of any class, species, or profession.
- You can be from an already made fictional universe such as from a book, video game, movie, etc. If you do this your character should still be original!
- Please no one who already experienced in time or dimension travel... that would just create a really big plot-hole really early on...

If you want to play a member of TRIDENT...
- TRIDENT is a multinational secret organization! Most people in the world do not know about, or do not understand the para and super-normal. Nor do they have the means to properly deal with it once such things get out of hand. TRIDENT is the exception to this rule, and they seek to lend a helping hand when needed.
- The organization is loosely organized into a few specialized teams. The team that has been sent to investigate the Rift is called MERCY. Mobil Emergency Reconnaissance Contrl Y-team (Letter is a team designation. Yes, they totally thought of MERCY before they decided on the acronym.)
- TRIDENT recruits discretely. Members of TRIDENT have likely either encountered something strange before being recruited, or are a bit strange themselves. Many members of TRIDENT have special talents and abilities.

If you want to play an innocent bystander...
- That would be great!
- Seemingly normal person with little to no previous knowledge or encounters with the super or paranormal.
- Seemingly normal.

Character Sheet:

Name: (including nicknames or titles)

Age:

Gender:

Species: (i.e. Human, efl, swamp-monster... etc)

World of Origin: If the answer is not earth, please describe this world! Also describe your characters role in this world and its society.

Are you a member of TRIDENT? If so, what is your job/specialty?

Are you one of those seemingly normal people? If so, what do you do?

Appearance: A written description to give us an idea of your weight, physique, colors, and preferred style of clothing. Pictures are great too but optional.

Abilities and skills: Describe powers, magic, fighting styles, weapons training unique to your character. I am not just talking’ ‘combat skills’ either, do they like to cook?

Strengths and Weaknesses: Well rounded characters have both!

Equipment Requests: If you are dragged through a hole in the universe you might not be able to take everything with you... but list here what you usually carry or what you might like to have.

History: What was life like before the Rift took you away?

Personality:

**A quick note on 'power levels'**
Authored by Jdh97 Co-GM Extraordinaire.
A few things added by Eyeris.

To avoid unfair impact upon the game and the possible derailing of this plot and character driven role-play game, it is respectfully requested that you keep the strength of your character low. What does this mean?

- Your character should not be able actively seek conflict without fear of reprimand or consequence/ We do not want to kill characters off prematurely, but that doesn’t mean bad things won’t happen to those who leave no other option.

- Your character should not have powers or a power set that allow you to directly manipulate the actions and other PCs and NPCs. Powers such as mind-reading may people allowed, but exactly what can be discovered from this would be decided between the players involved and our lovely GM.

- Weaknesses should be more exploitable with stronger characters, at least at the start of the game.

- Weaknesses should be weaknesses. Something an average human could use against your character.

- Many of the characters are normal humans. This is the scale we are working with.

- Don't worry! Your character will 'level up' as the game goes and you may learn new powers and abilities! But we are starting from the beginning of a story! We should be playing appropriate characters for that!

If there is anything you want to be a secret, please feel free to PM me the information.

IMPORTANT IN GAME INFORMATION:
This section will be updated as we play!

List of current players:

Other Worldly Folk
1. Herbert West @JDH97
2. Dimitri @Affili
3. Vaughtar @Fetzen
4. Ariel @Belwicket
5. Dayna @Affili
6. Wolfe @cpldingo
7. Hirsch @cpldingo
8. XIII @Fetzen
9. Mallaidh @JDH97
10. Vata @Viridity
11. Shannon @Arty Fox

TRIDENT
1. Natasha @Affili
2. Charles @Arty Fox

This is the closet city

You are here.

NPCs of Note

DR. TWAIN - Team leader of MERCY

Hider

Specialty: Medical Doctor, Necromancer, Occult Specialist.
Twain is the team leader. ***He appears to be in his mid to late 30’s. He has long chestnut hair streaked with silver. He is an outgoing and friendly man. He leads as a ‘buddy’ and has a very casual manner with his team. He often wears a sly and crooked grin. Speaks loudly and tells bad jokes. His trademark look is a long braid and a black vest that seems to have endless pockets inside and out.***

ZESIRO - Communications technologist of MERCY

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Specialty: Communications, handyman, assistant to Twain.
***Zesiro is brother to Twain. He has the hunched shoulders and apathetic eye-roll of a boy in his late teens. He speaks with sarcasm and attitude. He wears a t-shirt and headphones at all times. You suspect he might be hired by trident as a favor to Twain rather than on the team as a favor to Twain, as he does not seem to have any special abilities nor does he seem enthusiastic about the job.***

ICARUS - Member of MERCY.

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Speciality: Muscle, tracking, wilderness survival, variety.
***Icarus is the most mysterious member of the team. He does not speak. He is covered in tattoos. These tattoos seem to be the source of his power. The tattoos on his body come alive, they jump out of his skin and into reality. When their work is done they jump back into his skin and become ink images once again. This guy might creep you out a bit. He does not speak, he doesn’t look at you… but his tattoos do. They seem to move, but it is only noticeable out of the corner of your eye. When you look directly at them, on his skin, they are perfectly still. Yet, when you look away the eyes of the drawings seem to follow you. Every time you look back, they are in a slightly different place than they were last time.***

DZEL - Member of MERCY

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Is a very young woman with dark skin, thick black hair in a halo around her head, and slender limbs. She looks like she would be 90lbs soaking wet. This is strange considering that she is listed as a battle specialist. You guys have not seen her in combat yet, but might have seen the roster and title somewhere. She does seem to have an incredible endurance, not complaining about the snow or the hike or showing fatigue as they climb up the mountain or in any training you guys have done she never asks for a break or to end.

Missing moon agents

[KoL]

Just stating my interest, I'll see if I do a CS later.

Just out of curiosity. Exactly how powerful can we be at the start? I have a half cooked idea but she was made for a RP were the GM doesn't care for godlike characters, I may be able to port her here depending on your restrictions.

[Eyeris]

Low-medium please! Thank you for asking!

I plan forv players to get more powerful ad things progress.

If they come through the rift we can always say that the rift has weakened them from their original strength.

Hope that makes sense! Feel free to let me know your thoughts I'm happy to help!

[jdh97]

Name: Herbert West

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Species: Human

World of Origin: Earth – 1940s England

Appearance:
Herbert is a slender man, with a gaunt face and high cheekbones. A dashing man in his youth, Herbert is now the antipode of his former self; his skin is pallid and tinted yellow, hanging loose on his face, making him seem many years older than he actually is, a consequence of many a sleepless night and the lengthy foregoing of sustenance. His nose is sharp, and sits above thin lips that crease at the corners of his mouth. One eye sits half-closed, blind, because of a chemical accident, but both rest in sunken sockets with dark bags hanging from them. A mop of hair, grey before its time, sits upon his head, the greasy locks scraping at his shoulder. He is always found in his musty jacket, unpolished shoes, trousers and yellowed shirt, with a red tie that he cut short. A smell somewhere between formaldehyde and turpentine permeates the air around him.



Abilities, Skills, Strengths, Personality, and Weaknesses:
Herbert has no experience in fighting, but he does have a quick mind and an extensive knowledge of the chemistry of his time. Since the death of his wife, he has become introverted, living in seclusion, meaning it would take while for him to adjust to the company of others.

History:
Herbert West was a brilliant mind, becoming the envy of many of his peers for his works in the medical field, producing a wide variety of antibiotics on the back of the work of Florey and Chain. At a young age he had accumulated a large wealth, and became an authority in his field and the publisher and editor of many journals and papers. However, arguably more enviable than his wealth was his wife; a flawless maiden from Holland, Elizabeth. They had met quite by chance at a gathering of important figures, full of smoke blowing and social engineering. The two became quite enamoured with each other, much to the confusion of many onlookers.

The couple wed not a year after, and moved from London to much more rural area, a few hours outside Leeds in the North.

Then one day she fell ill, and when it was clear she was not getting better, Herbert poured all his energy into finding something that would help, and he failed. There was no medicine that worked, not concoction brewed that brought colours back to her cheeks, no poultice that stopped her rasping breaths, and no tincture that quelled the flow of sweat.

The death was devastating to Herbert, and everyone was of the opinion it drove him mad, but Herbert knew differently, it had made him more focussed; death would not stop him, because he would bring her back. Perfectly preserving her body, he went about the business of perfecting a method to put the life back into that which was dead. Reanimation, he called it. He would keep an eye out for fresh burials in the local area, using the newly dead corpses as test subjects. The search for the cure for death consumed, and he locked himself away in his country house, hidden away from the light of day. He read books on chemicals and elements, on electricity and mechanisms, and even on dark magic, but none brought him any closer to a revelation.

When it all seemed hopeless and he hadn’t slept for days, on the verge of admitting defeat, he was torn across the rift.

[Anzu]

Josh told me about this, joining. Anzu = Cascade. Have idea, still writing. I already have a world to take the character from, though I just need to find the big write up and the map for it.

[KoL]

@jdh97 Man, that's a fantastic character, he seems like he was being torn out straight from a classic Victorian romance's pages.

@Eyeris I thought about my previous idea a little and think that I'll be doing an OC just for this game. Plus I'll be taking a spot as a MERCY agent. I'll throw the CS in as soon as I can, but probably not until tomorrow.

[Eyeris]

Love the character! You are approved!

Cascaaaaaade! I'm excited to have you playing!

Kol a MERCY agent sounds perfect! Can't wait to see your idea!

[jdh97]

@jdh97 Man, that's a fantastic character, he seems like he was being torn out straight from a classic Victorian romance's pages.

@KoL

Thanks.:D I took the name and some of the basis from one of Lovecraft's not so good works and added a romantic spin. Glad it worked.

[Viridity]

Very nice character jdh, great picture for him too.

Post with CS coming tomorrow, I currently have three competing ideas going right now.

[Eyeris]

Sweet! Choose wisely!

[pomme de terre]

I'm pretty interested in this!

[Eyeris]

Awesome! Welcome Pomme!

[Affili]

im thinking of rolling a CS from a MERCY recon specialist, but we'll see

[Affili]

If Kols doing a mercy agent, I may just use an otherworldly character. I'll try and get it sorted by tomorrow night so bare with me . A little busy these next few days.

[Eyeris]

There can be more than one mercy agent! :D in fact that's the point of having it be a PC team!

[Anzu]

CS will be finished in about an hour. Decided to just re-make the setting, add tweaks to make the character fit better. Eyeris, if you wanna see what the character is going to be like, look here http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/80820-anzus-storage-thread/ooc. The CS isn't finished with regards to History and Origins (especially as I need to move a part of History over for when I do the Origins bit) but there's the information you need to decide if he's OP, if he fits the tone, if he'll work in the RP/not be annoying to RP with, etc.

Tho you should probably just ignore the 'in about an hour' thing. Test tomorrow.

[Venku]

I made this character years ago and have made changes over time I hope he works out.
Name: Alexavier Xelanar, Reiva Xela, Prince

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Xelareivan

World of Origin:

Xela Reiva

Xela Reiva is one of two twin planets that orbit the star Xelasenno. It's atmosphere and biosphere are very similar to Earth's. It is about 1.6 times the size of Earth.There are 5 continents(Sendai, Olitai, Xelar, Condu, and Hiequa) and 4 Oceans(Cestia, Brendu, Kegna, and Tensai). The planet is ruled by a monarchy set up by the original Reiva Xela after a crisis involving the twin planet Xela Redna. There are two intergalactic factions the Reivan faction which has it's base on Xela Reiva and the Redna faction based on Xela Redna.

Are you a member of TRIDENT? If so, what is your job/specialty?
No
Are you one of those seemingly normal people? If so, what do you do?
No
Appearance:

Normal

Alex is about 6 ft tall with an athletic build. He has short black hair and his skin is tan. His eyes are normally dark brown but in certain situations they look like there is a storm happening in his irises(tip: if you cause this to happen RUN). He has a square jaw, a prominent nose, and a few miscellaneous scars that make him look like a veteran of battle.

Abilities and skills: Describe powers, magic, fighting styles, weapons training unique to your character. I am not just talking’ ‘combat skills’ either, do they like to cook?

Skills

Yes Alex likes to cook, but he enjoys eating more. He has the ability to use Xela which translates to Storm of Unity or Unifying Storm it is basically a fusion of the 7 main elements Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Light, and Darkness though he usually uses Fire, Darkness, and/or Wind. He is able to make clones of himself that are much weaker than his main body and will eventually disappear. He is telekinetic but can't use it without concentrating on the object(s). He is telepathic but can't read peoples minds unless he is allowed to he mostly uses it for communication. He also has the ability to fly and teleport but can't teleport instantly he has to be able to completely concentrate on his intended location and he has to know in what general direction it is. He is very intelligent by human standards but is pretty average where he comes from. He has received extensive training in melee combat and prefers it to ranged fighting.

Strengths and Weaknesses: Well rounded characters have both!

Weaknesses

Killing Alex isn't any harder than killing a highly trained soldier if you can negate his powers or match them.
He is not immune to fatigue in fact if he were to use his powers without rest it would kill him.
He will hold back against an opponent that he thinks is unable to kill him.
He must take time every 2-4 days to gather energy which he automatically does while asleep but doing it while awake is more effective if he does not gather energy he will be unable to use his powers and can even die.
Alex has seals that will activate to keep his powers from being stolen. These seals render most of his abilities unusable or extremely weakened.

Equipment Requests: If you are dragged through a hole in the universe you might not be able to take everything with you... but list here what you usually carry or what you might like to have.

Weapon(s)

Crenaxela- a sentient crystal that can transform into a spear/staff and swords of varying sizes only 1-2 swords at once and if 2 they are more like long daggers

History

Alexavier's life was different from the start. When he was born and given his soul crystal it revealed his name and it's own as Alexavier and Crenaxela respectively. It also revealed that Alex had three personalities and was destined to be the Reiva Xela. The Reiva Xela is one of two masters of Xela that lead the two factions. While anyone can learn to use Xela only the Reiva and Redna Xelas can master it. His father Coran the King of Xela Reiva determined that his son would be treated just as any other child with an elemental affinity on the planet. While this was his father's wish Alex still had powerful seals placed on him that would activate and seal most of his power if someone were to try to steal them. When Alex reached the age of 4 he was sent to the off-planet Veneran Academy where all children born with an elemental affinity from both factions were sent. There he met the other children destined to be the other seven Reivas and eight Rednas of the future. He learned and trained there for 10 years before he was sent home. For the next two and a half years he fought in the military and became a highly decorated soldier. When he hit 17 the time had come for him to take his place on the Reivan Council as the leader. As he was returning from a mission to Xela Reiva for the ceremony the Rift took him.

Personality:
Alex has three personalities Alexavier(main), Alexander, and Xavier

Alexander

Alexander is a bit violent. He prefers solving disagreements with force and is extremely confident in his own abilities. He is bold, hotheaded, and is an extreme extrovert.

Xavier

Xavier is almost the complete opposite of Alexander. If there is a disagreement force is a last resort. He is introverted, analytical, and makes calculated decisions.

Alexavier

Alexavier is between the other two's personalities. He will use force to back up his words if he thinks it will help his position. He is confident in his abilities but doesn't rush in blindly. He is outgoing and friendly, unless you get his bad side(aka threatens someone her cares about) in which case he is terrifying and he will stop at nothing to protect those he cares about. He is feircely loyal to his friends. He will help people without reason other than that it is the right thing to do.

[Affili]

Name: Dimitri

Age:32

Gender:Male

Species: Human

World of Origin:

"Temperance" [+]

Temperance,The Eastern Ridges. Temperance is a Planet with a Magical core that is somewhat a conscious entity. Temperance residents use catalysts forged at one of the four Great Catalysts to wield various forms of magic. This method was developed by artisan blacksmiths throughout the ages once the greater population realized that tapping into the core’s raw magic was detrimental to the environment. It only took a major re-terraforming of the world which the core initiated through its agents, and decades of seeking out what little syphons or veins were left across the new land masses for everyone to realize that days of using raw magic were gone.

Some of Temperance’s most pristine breweries and distilleries are found within the Eastern Ridges and due to the favorable climate, some of the largest plant life known to Temperance make their homes around this landmass. Some bloom flowers the size of men with vibrant colors and sweet fragrances, while others remain smaller and more subtle. Needless to say that a walk in a well kept garden would be a fond memory to recall long after the visit, and you will find no gardens finer both natural or made across any of the other landmasses.

The mountainous regions of the Eastern Ridges are the natural habitat for a few species of wildlife indigenous to this Landmass. Among the higher mountain ranges an Avian species known as the Winddancers claim the jagged cliff sides as their homes. They are a winged creatures and are regarded as quite intelligent. The monks of the Eastern Ridges have a monastery nestled within a small mountain range. Dimitris Monastery. Over the years they have developed a bond with the Windancers not seen anywhere else in Temperance. It is not uncommon for them to be seen riding on the backs of these great creatures.

Appearance: Standing at six foot two, Dimitri is well toned but not overly Muscular. shoulder length brown hair with dark blue eyes. He usually wears a heavy hooded cloak with loose silk clothing underneath it.

Abilities and skills: Dimitri would be classified as a shaman or healer. He is technically a monk and has been trained in hand to hand combat as well as a wide array of melee weapons. His monastery specializes in using chi, or the internal energy of their body in combat granting them powerful blows and increasing his ability to absorb attacks and even control the flow of his own bloood with little effort. Dimitri uses his chi both offensively and to heal allies.

Strengths and Weaknesses: Excellent agility, strength and stamina. He is quite often intoxicated so this affects his judgment. Constant use of his Catalysts will leave him drained and thus the effectiveness of his chi will be reduced also.

"The Catalysts" [+]

A catalyst is linked to a person’s soul and this link is what causes the reaction of the magic, they can have multiple catalyst linked to their souls, but too many of them would send a person into madness, and the use of all of them at once would cause physical and mental fatigue of the person until they eventually, could no longer fight or outright died. The larger the catalyst the more powerful it is. Most catalysts look like crystals varying in color and shape.

Equipment Requests: His flask, that has a minor water elemental catalyst embedded into it thus keeping whatever brew he has in there replenished and ice cold, as long as the monk can spare the energy to link with this catalyst. His one handed mace forged with three catalysts. one Major and two minor ones. The Major catalyst can be used to heal. one of the minor catalysts is fused with an earth elemental that can be used to increase the impact of the weapon, causing devastating damage to its targets. And the final minor catalyst can be used to increase the speed of wielder's attacks.

History: The Monks of the Eastern Ridges are very spiritual and may be one of the few monasteries still existing within Temperance that strive to be in harmony with nature and seek to reconnect with the Core’s essence. Dimitri, strives to be intoxicated. He is a master Alchemist and can make booze from virtually anything. He is also quite handy and making teas and herbal elixirs to cure ailments. Before the rift, he was on a mission with The Silver Fist Elite; a high end branch of a Mercenary Guild known as the Silver Fists back on Temperance.

Personality: Jovial and fun loving due to the fact that he ever endeavors to be completely wasted. He is easy to approach and extremely social. However he is quite deadly should the need arise. His constant inebriation in no way impedes his martial prowess. If anything it makes him less predictable when fighting.

[Affili]

there we go. hope it works for you miss Eyeris

[jdh97]

Interesting magic system. Funny character. Cool stuff. Reading it also makes me think you must have heard of zui quan. It is a martial art almost made for your character.