Hunting Beasts and Monsters (Remake)

[TheWendil]

OOC

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In Hunting Beasts and Nightmares

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GM: TheWindel

Co-GM:KoL

"Good evening fair Hunter. I trust you've had a pleasant rest?"

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The Story So Far...

Those were the words that graced your ears when you found yourself awake in the darkness, your head resting on the lap of a young girl. And then, darkness once more. When you awoke a second time, you found yourself lying before an old man and a church. A Hunter was he, and now so are you.

You have become a victim of the World of Wasted Dreams. A nightmarish realm that spews out only decrepit mysteries and terrible wonders. A plane of eternal night shrouded in mist, hosting the comfort and audience of twin blue moons. And monsters. All sorts of horrible beasts that roam the World like a ill-ridden plague.

Only one town dwells in this land of darkness: Iredele. It is here where the townsfolk treat the occurrences of this rotten place as a way of life. Any one of them could suffer an unruly fate at the hands of their own brethren and they have embraced their own foolish mortality.

Likewise, there are some who seek to liberate this World from the creatures that lurk unseen and out of sight. These people are aptly named Hunters in that it is their sole purpose to slay the monsters and purge Iredele of an everlasting nightmare.

You are one of those Hunters now. You have no choice in the matter. Regardless of who you used to be in the world of light and sanity, you are tasked to kill for your survival. Perhaps you will find some ancient riddle along the way whose answer is the key to escaping this place. Or you may rot beneath the teeth of some unholy spawn.

You remember nothing from your past life before being forced into the World of Wasted Dreams. Nothing at all. Well, except maybe the flickering images of a hospital room. The blood of your predecessors and the smell of your fear attracts only the worst after all…

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Information

Greetings. This is an RP based and influenced by Bloodborne a number of things and will mainly focus on the idea of player-driven actions and environments. That is to say, I’m not going to move the story anymore than you all explore it. So I suggest exploring the town of Iredele for your own survival. There are monsters. Many, terrible monsters for you, the Hunter, to slay. Each monster will reveal a clue about the World of Wasted Dreams and an indication to finding a way out. Oh yeah, and this is a remake of an old RP too. So there’s also that. Happy Hunting.

Magic

Blood

Blood is the source which binds all living things, man, monster…perhaps even deity. Blood magic can be considered the weakest of the three elements for blood is plentiful in the surrounding world. The more powerful the spell, the richer one’s blood must become. With it, one can heal their allies while also causing horrible inflictions onto their enemies, such as crushing or cutting their foe from the inside out. Do you risk the threat of wasting such precious fluids? Or will you simply collapse from your efforts and become food for the ones that have better use for your blood?

Fire

If blood is the body then fire is the soul for fire is what ultimately separates the beast from the Hunter. Fire can only be bent and manipulated, never created or fabricated. This magic requires existing flames in order to cast spells rather than forming fire from nothing; only the gods have that right. Those few with clear minds and strong wills against fear are afraid of being burned by such destructive force. However, such discipline takes time and can take away from the soul and spirit...although it’s still exhausting to control matter outside of the human anatomy.

Darkness

Darkness is the boundary between reality and fiction, a rift between dreams and the nightmare. Much like fire, one is granted the power of manipulating the physical shadows around the area. This, in theory, makes it the strongest magic as Iredele is forever covered in eternal night. However, it is also the easiest to go awry as the shadows often host…living residents. By using shadow magic, you are placing yourself at risk in having the nightmares that dwell in the darkness attack you on sight and at any time. For the control over darkness is no magic, but rather the taming of wild beasts and breathing creatures. If one chooses to consider these dark arts, they gain the ability to mold the shadows into physical shapes to guide and assist them in combat. They are also susceptible to being driven insane by the things that lurk in the corner of their eyes.

Iredele

The World of Wasted Dreams

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CS Template

Note: Although Iredele is a town with a Dark Ages setting, your character was plucked away from modern times. Please keep in mind that in the real world, your character is an Average Joe.

CS

Name: (Self-Explanatory.)

Gender: (Same as above.)

Age: (There's no limit to this one. Just know that you're probably going to get killed if you're a ten-year old Hunter.)

Appearance: (Regardless of who your character used to be, you're a Hunter now. Good gear means less time in scrubbing your remains away.)

Magic: (Magic does exist in the World of Wasted Dreams but comes at a price. The only elements that exist include Fire, Blood, and Shadow. Any magic user immediately draws ill omen to their character.)

Weapon: (Your Hunter can carry up to three weapons at a time, ideally a blade, a firearm, and something special. Keep in mind that Iredele is a backwards land so only old century weapons are permitted.)

Personality: (2-3 paragraphs is ideal, but we're not gonna deny you if you can only get one out.)

Bio: (As your Hunter cannot remember their time spent in the real world, their bios can be as vague or detailed as you want. However, all characters must include reference or mention to a hospital in their bio.)

Other: (Anything the above didn't already cover.)

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Regulations

Rules

1. No Godmodding.

2. Although there is no posting order, I strongly recommend that you wait at least two turns before posting again. In other words, no speedposting. If there is constant interaction between characters back and forth, please take the time to collab instead of clogging up the IC.

3. Although you all start out relatively alone, relationships between characters are strongly encouraged. Makes it more amusing to both me and my Co-GM.

4. Discussion in the OOC is nice, but if there is prolonged heated argument, take it in the PMs. Otherwise, I will solve the problem....quickly.

5. RPers who suddenly lose interest or leave without saying anything are discouraged. I strongly suggest you either inform me or the Co-GM of your leave of absence. If it’s an emergency, then at least tell us it is. We're reasonable people.

6. No controlling other people's characters. On that note, no killing other people's characters unless you have permission.

7. If you have any problems, questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to either let me or KoL know.

8. Have fun. Or I will make you have fun 0)_(0

[KoL]

Just coming to say that I'll post my Cs as an example as soon as I wake up tomorrow.

[ClocktowerEchos]

I sense Bloodborne. I'm in (should time permit)

[Zeroth]

Interested, but I have a few questions. If I were to have a character start basically from the absolute beginning--as in they're still wearing whatever they were in when they were pulled from their world, and haven't picked up any weapons yet--and have that character focus on learning how to fight the monsters, do magic, and other such things from either the Old Hunter, other characters, whatever means present themselves, how long would that character last? I kind of want to present a character that starts from literally nothing, so that I get more development out of them as they "learn the ropes," so to speak, but would a character who's "in-training," so to speak, be capable of surviving in this kind of setting? Seeing that magic and weapons are already present on the CS, it makes me think that characters are meant to have sort of "been at it" for a while already, and that a complete newb might not be viable.

[TheWendil]

Well technically speaking, all of the characters are going to be "learning the ropes"; no one starts off as a badass Hunter. That being said, there will be dangerous scenarios in the beginning but they'll progress in terms of difficulty as time goes on. Every character is going to be learning how to use magic or their weapon along the way with varying effects and consequences. With that in mind, your character's chances of living are high since everyone is in the same boat. No character, aside from the NPCs and GM characters, are "in-training"; everyone is a noob Hunter at the start.

[Zeroth]

Ah, so even though we're putting magic abilities and weaponry on the CS, we may still need to actually obtain it/learn it within the actual narrative. Alright, cool, I'll get a character up relatively soon.

[Guilty Spark]

I like this.

[RedDusk]

Expressing posible interest \o/

[Savo]

Naught a scratch, other than the clothes they bore.

Omen is on the way, and he is a harbinger of myriads more xP

Flintlock, check! Strange Broadsword, check! Special thing... could you define "special thing" Windel, or do I need to stalk around your profile to find the old version of this rp so I can discern what it might be xP

[TheWendil]

Flintlock, check! Strange Broadsword, check! Special thing... could you define "special thing" Windel, or do I need to stalk around your profile to find the old version of this rp so I can discern what it might be xP

@Savo

I could do the former, but it's much more amusing for me to see you do the latter.

[Savo]

<Snipped quote by Savo>

I could do the former, but it's much more amusing for me to see you do the latter.

@TheWindel

You just want an excuse to do the ಠ_ಠ face, don't you?

[TheWendil]

I don't know what you mean.

ಠ_ಠ

[Savo]

I don't know what you mean.

@TheWindel

ಠ_ಠ

[TheWendil]

ಠ3ಠ

[Zeroth]

Here's my character, let me know if anything's amiss or I need to change/flesh something out.

CS

Name: Kenji Nakamura

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Appearance:

Kenji

Magic: Blood

Weapon: Cross Spear, and a knife similar to the one seen in the appearance picture above.

Personality: Kenji is highly intelligent and analytical, but does nothing without a firm understanding of what the risks are, especially to himself. He's also a staunch believer in honest pay for honest work, though "pay" in many cases may be relative to what he needs at the moment. He's not entirely selfish, and is willing to help people or act altruistically, but he very much values his own life above the lives of others and it shows. He finds himself equally terrified and curious of this new world, and seeks to understand it as much as survive it. Preferably, however, he'd like to do this through study, from behind a very thick set of walls, rather than venture out into the nightmarish landscape.

To those first meeting him, Kenji often comes off as cold and aloof, perhaps even arrogant. Any of these things might be an accurate assessment, all told, but in truth Kenji doesn't have much skill in the way of social interaction. He hates small talk, claiming that it's pointless, but in actuality it's probably because he has no idea how to do it. Any time he speaks to someone it's because he has a clear goal; either ask a question and gain information, or present a statement relevant to the situation at hand. He's not opposed in the slightest, however, to working with others--indeed, he'd much rather be in a group, rather than all alone on this dangerous night.

Aside from his off putting speech patterns and lack of sociability, perhaps Kenji's biggest flaw comes from his own intelligence. He tries to consider every possible outcome of a situation and minimize risks, often to the point of freezing up and not taking any action at all out of a fear of the unknown. Combined with his quiet nature, it can make him appear slow-witted, and it's a definite danger in this world where the Hunters must put themselves at risk every night...

Bio: A late night at the school, attending to student council business...a long walk home, as a street light flickered. Running footsteps, a girl's voice. Then her face, which would have been cute if not for the twisted smile and the insanity in her eyes. A knife digging into his stomach. White walls, the smell of sterile plastic and rubber. A constant beeping sound he wished would stop, many voices over him. A blood red fog, a cloud that thickened and darkened. Another girl, though this one's face was kind. Then blackness.

Then two bright blue moons, and a world of nightmares.

Other: Surprisingly fit for such a nerdy sort.

[Savo]

ಠ3ಠ

@TheWindel

Welp, guess I know what his extra, super secret weapon will be then... IT WILL BE MIGHTY, IT WILL BE POWERFUL, IT WILL BE...

A book.

And I just realized how to make him a Blue Mage... maybe. Depends on if you find bludgeoning cruel beasts to death with a book and in return, procuring a certain type of... knowledge ok in your books.

[KoL]

OK, to all of you esteemed players, here's my huntress and your humble hostess to the World of Wasted Dreams:

Maria

Hider

Name:

Maria E. B'thory.

Gender:

Female.

Age:

Unknown, but she looks to be around her early to mid twenties.

Appearance:

Maria stands at a mean height of around 1,60 meter and has a moderate build as well, though Maria's curves are remarkably well-shaped, specially her bust. Maria has an extremely pale complexion, almost veering on gray and waist-long bleached-blond hair that matches her skin's lack of coloration. Actually, the only place you'll find any color on Maria (outside of her clothes) is on her burgundy colored eyes wherein lie her slitted pupils.

When it comes to garments, Maria prefers to wear a mix-and-match dress of Victorian design, along with a corset to support and oomph her bust and sturdy boots. Maria however, has a passion for belts and wears them in excess as any other fashion item, along with her most prized possession, her huntress hat decorated with a lovely crimson rose and ribbon.

Magic:

Maria can use magic with some degree of expertise on every field, favoring blood manipulation over the other two paths because it's much more available and less risky to use than either fire or shadow. However she doesn't rely on magic very much, preferring to trust her weapons in pretty much any situation.

Weapon:

- Vampire Killer: A special whip that was bestowed to Maria a long time ago. It has the power to destroy evil and a simple touch of its business end is enough to send most dark dwellers back to hell.

- Dark Titania: Maria's trustworthy gun, it's a break-action single shot pistol, capable of firing high caliber ammo (equivalent to early 9mm ammo). The only type of cartridge that Maria carries around is mercury filled cold-steel ammo that causes critical damage when it hits beings of the darkness. However, this is a relatively slow to reload and costly to maintain weapon, so Maria only uses it when she's sure that it'll not be wasted.

- Pandora's Box: Actually not an artifact of mystic powers (perhaps?), but rather a nickname that Maria gave to the mysterious case that she's always lugging around. The contents of Pandora are known to none but Maria. All who had ever witnessed Maria unlock the case have different reports about what is inside of it and Maria makes no effort to confirm or deny any of them.

Personality:

Maria is, for the lack of a better term, unique. A woman who really loves her way of living and despises those who make the hunters' lives a laughing stock. She has her little quirks, like any woman is allowed to, being a teaser who knows how to weave her words to get the desired reaction out of most persons. At the same time she has her guard low (and can be even naive) when it comes to things that catch her curiosity, like the rare times when a hunter brings trinkets from the outworld to Iredele.

Maria also can be quite introspective, enjoying to read every dusty tome that she can put her hands on and owning pretty much the biggest library on the World of Wasted Dreams. Maria likes to think, sometimes digressing into philosophical spiels, even practicing some of the knowledge found in her books. Over the time she became a quite efficient alchemist and these day can even produce many of her own necessities, thus she moonlights as an alchemist when the monster slaying business isn't going well.

Lastly, Maria has a soft spot for the younger generations and so will usually take on the task of teaching the idiosyncrasies of the World of Wasted Dreams to neophyte hunters. However, she knows all too well that theirs is a merciless world and won't take any hard blows when one of the fledglings she's overlooking ends up as food for the beasts they were supposed to slay. That is, unless it's one of those very few cases when someone manages to gains more than Maria's sympathy as a fellow huntress.

Bio:

Maria's history is quite long, so she usually doesn't bothers people with it. All that is needed to know is that she arrived in the World of Wasted Dreams a very long ago, in fact, she was one of the first hunters to ever set feet on this cursed land. She has seen all the ups and downs of this world and over the time has grown quite fond of it. Maria won't get in the way of anyone embarking on the fool's errand that is trying to escape this realm, however, she'll not follow them as well.

Some say that Maria had a lover on the Outworld (how she likes to call all that is not the World of Wasted Dreams) and that said lover had been taken by the clutches of death, which is perhaps the reason why the seasoned huntress doesn't want to go back.

Other:

Theme

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@Zeroth

Your character seems good to me.

@Savo

If you wanted to know, something "special" is a thing like Maria's Pandora, or you could have your character carry alchemical weapons, anything less powerful than the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is fair game.

[DELETED7282737]

Ill join, didnt read the ooc yet but itw from goshuujin-sama so it must be great

[Guilty Spark]

Ill join, didnt read the ooc yet but itw from goshuujin-sama so it must be great

@liferusher

[Zeroth]

Will magic take the form of general manipulation of the element(though darkness seems to include summoning), or do we need to come up with specific abilities that would be somewhat unique to our characters using those mediums? And if it's the latter, do we need to run those special abilities past the GM/co-GM?