[OOC] Waeldeshore: The Wars Beyond [DISCONTINUED]

[vietmyke]

and I'm off for spring break! posts will be up tomorrow

[Belwicket]

Sorry I've been gone for a while. Things have been hectic for me.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I will post later this evening, given it is sort of a lull in the events leading up to the adventure itself right now.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

@ArenaSnow, @IcePezz, I am having Sakaala cast Detect Magic to simply observe the environment because of her inherent distrust for other spellcasters and humans alike. If you could inform me either in a private message or in one of your posts the results of looking about with it present, then that would be most helpful.

[ArenaSnow]

I'll get on that later today unless @IcePezz catches ya first.

[IcePezz]

I will have some time after work to put a post together. Now that we've moved past introductions and the like, some other elements will come into play.

@The Harbinger of Ferocity I'll message you and @ArenaSnow with what I had in mind for those as soon as I get a chance.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

It has been done, @IcePezz. Hopefully I represented the warding well and in a fashion that was both befitting of a schooled arcanist and someone who is not fond of being ambushed by shadow-assassins.

[Jon Y]

I've got some free time this evening so expect a post from me in a few hours.

[Doc Doctor]

This here is a character that I've used for many other roleplays. If you want me to make any adjustments, don't hesitate to ask!

My Hider

Name: Chief Gonad Yaksplitter, The Lord of the Rising Sun

Species: Human

Age: 34

Description: Silhouetted against the burning passions of war, a figure stands tall, unmoving. His physique is as definitive as the gory victory with which his gruesome hands secure. Woven into his beard is a tapestry of blood, proclaiming the legendary tales of the countless scars adorning the sacred weapon, known as Gonad. For weapon he is, heated and hammered in the unquenchable fires of battle.

Pure unadulterated muscle. Lean muscle that ripples under his flesh like the waves of the ocean. He has muscles on his muscles. Feet Muscles. Finger muscles. Muscles in places that muscles should not be. A grisly body resembling tanned granite that might as well have been chiseled by the gods. Bulging veins, thick and course. Tendons like steel cords. Fingers like blunt iron rods. Long, sinewy limbs crafted for naught but the deliverance of phenomenal destruction. His enormous yet supple frame moves with a primal grace, the likes of which are comparable only to the untamed beasts of the wild.

His body is riddled with the innumerable wounds left by his combative livelihood. There are hundreds upon hundreds. Where the scars do not cover his body, coarse manly hair, thick and strong like steel wool, does.
He boasts a great dark gray beard speckled with the blood and bone flakes of his foes, flowing down his freakishly striated chest in thick, oily waves reminiscent of the River Styx. From it emanates the very stench of death and graverot, every bit as inescapable as his piercing glare. Within his single eye resides an undying flame, sizzling hotter than the arse-winds of Satan himself.



Personality: What attributes the primal organism known as "Gonad" bears are no different than the attributes of mother nature herself. Blood-tinged Westerlies carving jagged sluices along the tepid surface of a great and mysterious ocean, whose calm demeanor belies a vast and terrible capability. The wisdom of towering snow-capped mountains, whose interminable experience has been honed over countless millennia of wear and tear. The trepid balance between predator and prey, animal and man, intermingling to form a singular amalgamation of virile life. And yet, he maintains a feature apart from nature. Self-awareness. He lives only for pushing the boundaries of human strength and spirit, forcing himself beyond the utmost limit in extreme combat. He fears not death, nor pain, nor loss, for it is from these things that the vigor and strength of true manhood and honor spring. He revels in the pain, luxuriates in death, and basks in loss. He never will engage in dishonorable practices such as deception, and will not tolerate an unfair fight. Though he may oftentimes appear a comical fool, Gonad is truly just a simple man who very rarely premeditates an action, instead acting from the heart and without hesitation, following only the voice of his soul.

Skills/Abilities: Gonad is completely untalented in anything unrelated to combat and romance. It took him two weeks to learn how to use a doorknob, and he still can't read even a single word. However, he is revered by many as perhaps the greatest warrior to have ever lived, boasting tremendous dynamic and static strength and is capable of overpowering virtually any foe near his size. Above all else the strength in his hands is legendary, and so far no foe, living or dead, has succeeded in breaking his grip. He fights through experience and instinct, capable of reacting to attacks through muscle memory before he consciously registers them. Gonad is the supreme master of his own body, and can control its functions at will. He can use the full potential of his latent strength, constrict blood vessels to keep from losing fluids, and transmit senses other than sight through his visual cortex along with a plethora of other abilities. He is capable of touching and harming incorporeal or transdimensional entities by virtue of being too ignorant to know that he shouldn't. Yes, really. He witholds a vast array of rare and lethal wisdom and is said to know of over one-thousand ways to kill with his bare hands. Pain means nothing to him, and he can fight through most non-lethal injuries.
Gonad is a grandmaster of unarmed combat and the berserker arts, and has an effectively limitless tolerance for pain. In a tight spot, he can enter a berserker rage and increase his the immensity of his physical might. At his peak, he can generate such strength that his own muscles can tear themselves from his breaking bones.

Magic: None

Backstory: They say when the Barbarian called Gonad Yaksplitter was born, he came into this world bearing a full and mighty beard and had the equivalent muscles of a shaved adult yak. He was born on the battlefield, his infantile but well defined body gushing forth from the womb of his mother and landing in a puddle of blood that had been pooling from the corpse of a nearby enemy. It was in this way that Gonad had first been christened with the blood of his enemies. His mother, Chukka, had broken both legs in the battle and only she and her newborn son had survived the disastrous conflict. It had been a Barbarian war party, sent out from Gonad's home village which lay fifty-five miles East.

Chukka was forced to crawl back using her hands and teeth, bearing Gonad on her back. Only by sustaining young Gonad with the meat of her placenta and the warm milk from her breasts was she able to keep him nourished during the arduous trip back. Using the prodigious length of young Gonad's beard, she was able to fashion a makeshift diaper to keep him from soiling her back. After two months, they managed to return to the village, much to the great joy of Chief Jarvi. Upon being shocked at the sight of Gonad's beard-diaper being removed, he promptly named muscular Gonad after his hefty namesake, and renamed their village after the miracle child. For many ages the Village of Gonad has been renowned for its strength, most often migrating around in the deep Wilderness. Gonad's birth was the very culmination of generations of hard-earned might, his destiny pre-determined by the selective breeding of his ancestors. Their intent? To create the ultimate physical human. And so they did.

Since before he could walk, Gonad was made to train in the berserker arts with a relentless fervor that surpassed common sense. Nearly every minute of every hour of every day of his life he endured the most excruciating physical and mental training imaginable, his talent for unarmed combat pushed well beyond the boundaries of reason. He bears as many scars from his training as he does from battle. Gonad has participated in thousands of individual fights, ranging from one on one bouts to full scale wars, and from his experience has even created his own fighting style, which he dubbed "Hefty Fist".

As weakness had been beaten out of him at birth, it was not long before he became so well associated with hardship and pain that both feelings became an integral part of his personality. He enjoys agony and difficulty, and carries upon his shoulders the full weight of his village's pride and future. To Gonad, shame and fear are emotions that no longer exist. With adversity drilled into the very core of his being through unimaginable effort he shaped his mind into an unbreechable iron hull filled with undepletable reserves of determination. Though not by any means distanced from other negative emotions, he still bears them with neither complaint nor angst and has never allowed himself to feel regret.
Gonad now travels the land endlessly, seeking nothing more than worthy opponents to fight. He lives only for pushing the boundaries of human strength and spirit, pushing himself beyond the utmost limit in extreme combat. He fears not death, nor pain, nor loss, for it is from these things that the vigor and strength of true manhood and honor spring. He revels in the pain, luxuriates in death, and basks in loss. To fight for honor, the honor of both himself, and for the honor of those who are unable to defend themselves against the dishonorable.

Theme Music-

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

This here is a character that I've used for many other roleplays. If you want me to make any adjustments, don't hesitate to ask!

<Snipped Quote Contains Equal Parts Madness and Amazing>

@Doc Doctor

While I am unsure if this submission is serious within the context of this campaign and its design, as the piece's absurdness at times is impressive even if it were in the most fantastic of fantasy realms, but I feel indebted to give you commendations for the clearly dedicated effort put into it. You have truly crafted the epitome of the "legendary barbarian".

[IcePezz]

@Doc Doctor I would agree with Harbinger, it is too often that you find characters that are just slapped together without any thought or care. And I certainly appreciate the effort put into this one.

I won't say no right off the bat, and would like the chance to chat with my co-gm about this. We do have a heavy footed hulk already with our team, but I'm sure one more may not hurt... possibly. It would be interesting to see the two characters interact. :p
But as long as you don't mind the pace, I'd be willing to consider another character for the rp. :)

[ArenaSnow]

*blinks* thought that full tag was on... hmm...

Still, for what came out it actually isn't that bad. I would get @Zero Hex's thoughts on the character similarity, but honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing the character join. In that case, though, we might want to start thinking how the late arrivals arrive - or perhaps a different means of introduction altogether?

I'm still waiting for *cough*@The Fated Fallen*cough*...

[Zero Hex]

I don't mind character similarity if it's someone else doing it, I'm just personally anal about not having my character overlap with already posted ones. Besides, Ajax is rather more serious and I like to play up the fact that while he's crass and wild he's not the stereotypical dumb as a rock fighter. Sure, lets be muscle bros.

[vietmyke]

While I find the character interesting, I personally would like seeing a bit more variation between this character and Hex's. The idea of there being two massively muscled men with overflowing confidence, while an entertaining thought, can quickly lose its charm.

I also hope the idea of "acting from the heart, with no premeditation" doesn't separate the player's responsibility over the character to keep within the lines the GM's provide.

Is just me two cents on the matter.

[Doc Doctor]

@The Harbinger of Ferocity@vietmyke@ArenaSnow@IcePezz

Gonad was made to be both legitimate and entertaining, and that's the whole enchilada.

I'm not saying Gonad will ruin the plot or spoil important moments, but in life sometimes you find yourself in the company of a real "deep space cowboy". Someone that just operates on a wavelength different from other people.

All I can say is, he's fun.

[IcePezz]

@Doc Doctor to me, there is a time and place for everything. Yes, this is a bit darker of a fantasy rp. At least in my mind, it's not all sunshine and rainbows :p it's certainly got a hint of Diablo and d&d to its setting. Yes, we could add in a bit of comedic relief, but I believe our main concern is how comedic is this going to be? Is it over the top? Is it timed well? Does it fit our setting or is it going to derail us?

I personally am a firm believer that one can never take oneself too seriously, but in the setting of the rp, we have to make sure that your character is going to fit the atmosphere. I've had a conversation with my esteemed co gm, and we don't think that as is, he would be a fit.

Being legendary is great! But we're looking for something a little more down to earth, as it makes the adventuring aspect much more interesting. And comedic wise, we think he is a bit over the top for not only the atmosphere we have going but also for the plans we have for the rp. He is a great character though.

[Doc Doctor]

@IcePezz

It's not like constant slapstick or an inability to take things seriously. Gonad is of a more subtle humor.

The closest comparison I can imagine is...

It's like an action movie character in the real world. He's full of the stupid clichés and doesn't really seem to grasp what it's like for others to have to deal with his shenanigans. A normal detective is boring, but an action detective always goes for the crazy, unecessary shit just because he can. That is Gonad. Why drive slowly through a parking lot when you can hit a nearby ramp at 120 and fly ninety feet into a fire hydrant?

Why seek shelter against the spells of an evil wizard and time your shots when you can just sprint up and punch him in the face whilst using the body of a dead henchman as a shield, leaving a trail of musky urine behind you to mark the territory?

[The Fated Fallen]

@arenasnow

[Zero Hex]

@IcePezz
I feel as though the ball is still rather firmly in your court at the end of your last post. IDK about the others but personally, I think it'd be better for you to have the rogue pick an entry point now rather than go through another round of posts that will amount to "some level of faffing about in a room" and eat up at least 2 or 3 days given our standard rhythm.

[IcePezz]

@Zero Hex I absolutely have plans for that, hope to get on a collab soon. I've just been so tied up at work. Sorry.