[OOC] Kingdom Guild: Golden City

[Azena]

Hm I like Kusa. Badass without seeming too powerful. Accepted. Feel free to join the games at the Guild if you want.

[cerozer0]

Won't be able to make a post till this weekend (Friday or Saturday) so sorry to anyone waiting on me!

[Azena]

Hopefully that is the same for everyone else

[wonderlandalli]

Yes I've noticed a lot of my RPs I joined slowing down about this many IC posts in, and some stopping. Come on y'all, don't be quitters.

[Azena]

It's okay wonder. We'll go 1x1 if everyone quits lol

[wonderlandalli]

MountainLynx won't quit, or he'll have me on his ass. :)

[LeoricAquila]

took me a while, I have a friend in town for a few days so yea stuff going on but i posted

[Azena]

Slightly on topic, but mostly because I like pushing my enjoyments on others...I thought this was quite entertaining despite the obvious changes and current references.

[wonderlandalli]

Second character to run with second group!

Full Name: Marnie Robinson

Alias: Marian

Age: 22

Gender: female

Race: Human

Homeland: The Republic of Texas, now a State.

Appearance: Tall and red-headed with bright blue eyes and freckles, Marian is a descendant of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Not that she knows that. It's why she's such a fast draw and a sharp shot, and why she can handle a sword better than a Spanish landlord.

Languages: English, Spanish, Apache, Tonkawa, and some Lipan and Commanche, and some Latin.

Height/Weight: Five foot Seven inches

Outfit/Armor: Casually, she has a cotton dress made from homespun and a lace shawl for Sundays, several plaid or gingham blouses, a few long denim skirts and some real purdy boots with snakes and crosses tooled into the leather. Most often, and especially for missions, she dresses in leather chaps over denim Levi's, a plaid cotton blouse, and a duster with a leather hat. All the leathers and dyes are a dark, earthy brown best for blending in with the surroundings. It served its purpose in El Paso. Gotta hide that red hair.

Hunting Gear: A belt of bolts across her chest to go with her crossbow, which is a sturdy thing made of oak and brass. If she fails to shoot you before you get close, she can knock you with the damn thing quite effectively without damaging it. She also has a Spanish rapier that she is proficient with. She likes the crossbow better than pistols for a few reasons: it's quieter than pistols, and she can re-use her bolts, and she prefers sharp shooting more than large gunfights. She keeps a pistol anyway, though. One of those six shooter Smith & Wessons, but its more for a quick self defense. She makes an excellent sniper.

Likes: smoked meats, hot coffee, singin', and tequila

Dislikes: rich folk takin' 'vantage of simple folk, horse/cattle thieves, la-di-da yankees, folks as don't like her singin'

Occupation: Highwayman, thank ya kindly. Now you'll be handin' over those gold bouillons.

Skill Set: Picking locks, sniper with her crossbow or quick draw with her pistol. Rapier when she runs out of bullets. Good at hiding in the wild, and handles rough living well. She can move very quietly. She can lasso and hogtie as needed. No fear when it comes to animals.

Magic Abilities: None.

Pets/Companions: She has a very very fast horse named Bodaway ("Fire maker"). Perhaps that one has the magic in it. She got it from an Apache shaman after saving him from bandits. Sometimes it feels like that horse could outrun a steam engine. She appears to be some sort of ordinary quarter horse in a chestnut color with a blond mane and tail.

Personality: She prefers anything that takes her out into the wilderness and away from cities. She doesn't like wasting time at the guild when she could be out dealing with bandits, wendigos, and other beasties.

Background: Marian hails from El Paso, Texas. (Which just recently became a state.) She grew up on the frontier, mingling with a mixture of European immigrants, Spaniards, and various Native tribes. Her parents started out wanting to go all the way to California, but settled in El Paso seeing a good ranching opportunity. She has 5 brothers (2 older, 3 younger) back at the ranch, and she didn't grow up terribly lady like. She prefers rough living over sitting in a house knitting. When the railroad tried to take her family's ranch when she was 14, she and her elder brothers saddled up and went out robbing trains and sabotaging rail building camps until the company decided to change their route and go another way. This was how she learned to sniper, and her brothers were amazed to find her such a natural that they taught her to shoot pistols and bows. Aside from her lawlessness, she has a gentler side that just wants to be out of doors and free. She enjoys singing, and knows a lot of folk songs.

Unique Abilities: She's a fantastic sniper with a crossbow, always on the mark, and moves quite silently in brush and wilderness. Sometimes its like she can see in the dark like a cat, and darkness doesn't affect her sniper skills much. Excellent horsemanship.

[cerozer0]

That was crappy, I hate posting through my phone but I didn't wanna leave anyone hanging ;;

[Valeric]

I must say I'm still having some trouble getting used to my character. Usually happens when I try to play a personality I'm not accustomed to.

[HellHoundWoof]

Character withdrawn.

[wonderlandalli]

HellHoundWoof, did you read the original OOC post? The summary? Characters need to be based on or derived from fairy tale characters. Also, its set in real world earth in a sort of steampunk Victorian 1850-1860 time. The characters are in America.

[HellHoundWoof]

Ah well fuck. The kingdom bit confused me

[HellHoundWoof]

Would ome of you mind copying that bio and email it to me at [e-mail]
For some reason I cannot acess this site from my computer else I would copy it myself.

[wonderlandalli]

done!

[Azena]

Okay, it's not just your characters that get tested now, but you as players.

I can't be on all the time and you guys will often need to know what to do next instead of waiting around for me. For example, with the train group now at Havensburg and splitting up, short of slowing this down even more to play like a table-top GM, I can't really guide you too much now with Ellie going off on her own. This is where your test comes in. I've added a new section to the OOC on my second (2nd!) post. At the bottom is a section call Contracts in Progress. This is where the given contract information will be posted for things your character will know when accepting the job.

^In Addition! There is a part called "Out of Character Information". This is information that your character will not know off hand or right away, usually details that come up during an investigation. This is so that you can post with an idea of how you should proceed. However, make it interesting and don't force your character to just go straight to the information I set up unless they would. I can monitor this much easier and update it much faster than making a post. So anytime you get to a point where you need more information, I can add it there and let you know to check it.

This is a test to see if you can separate player knowledge from your character's knowledge. Essentially, I am giving you the answers to your investigation, but your character still needs to discover them and work out their meaning.

[Valeric]

That's great. Wasn't sure how controlling you wanted to be with this RP.

[wonderlandalli]

Yup we just need to get group 2 launched. I'm up for leading that group as Marian isn't someone in training. She could take them out tracking some "critters" and go from there.

[cerozer0]

Okay so the site just posted my post twice??? Sorry about that.

EDIT:

Three... Three times.