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The Paradigm Stone

Awesome! Ill keep editing and adding information. I just wanted to test the waters first.

Feel free to throw out any ideas you might have! I want to collaborate on all the aspects of the game as a group.

The Paradigm Stone

Edited! Also looking for Co-GM's and such!

The Paradigm Stone

This is an interest check for a character driven story set in a city that has recently been changed forever.

The OOC can be found Here

One Week Ago...

-It was a normal, sunny day with clear skies and a blissfully unaware population. There was a sudden sound, a shock wave that ripped through the air, accompanied by a blinding flash of light that was gone as fast as it came. News channels instantly had footage uploaded from citizens across the city- footage of a meteor streaking through the sky just before the ominous impact.
-Local scientists denied knowledge of where the object had landed or what the event could have been. It was far from the behavior most meteors exhibited and even amateur students knew that there had to have been some kind of object to be found.
-In the past week (or month, depending on what the group thinks) our characters have been feeling... different.
-They can have just now discovered their powers or you can choose to hold off for as long as you want. Or you don't have to play a super powered person at all.
-Character powers do not need to stem from the stone. They can be from technology, serums, alternate universe energy (magic) or just highly trained in specific fields.

-The meteor was, in fact, an object called the Paradigm Stone. It was instantly scooped up from a field outside the city by a corporation called Genetico (name to be changed).
-The Paradigm Stone has the ability to increase an individual's abilities while staying in contact with it (crown/glove/necklace).
-It will change shape, cut, color and how it is worn according to whichever master it serves.
-Possession of the stone means that your character will be able to take on three others at once before being subdued.
-Prolonged use of the Paradigm Stone/Gem increases the addiction and need for it. Mental deterioration and burning out result from extended use.
-For every minute a character uses the Gem, they will need an equal amount of time purging and withdrawing from the energy given off.
-Some may wish to keep the Paradigm Gem locked in an iron and lead lined case until it needs to be used, much like it currently is.

Powers and Points

-Every character is going to be equal to one another.
-One-on-one brawls are evenly matched where an agreement can be made for the outcome.
-Two characters working together will be able to subdue a single character.
-Team work and rivalries are highly recommended

-Points-
-You will have a fifteen point system with a three point limit to distribute between any range of skills you would like.
-Your character is an average citizen in every area that isn't awarded any points. That means if you don't have any points in 'Vehicle', 'Hideout' or 'Wealth', then your character is a homeless person walking on foot with no super base of operations.
-Zero points of wealth is living without income or very low class, without resources. One point is middle class. Two points is upper middle class with a nice home. Three points is exceptionally wealthy.

-Example-
Wealth: 3
Hideout: 3
Super Suit: 3
Flight: 3
Intelligence: 3
(Iron Man Styled Character)

Brawl: 3
Intelligence: 1
Melee: 2
Dexterity: 2
Agility: 2
Acrobatics: 2
Firearms: 2
Languages: 1
(Black Widow Styled Character)

Character Arcs

-Secret Identity lives are just as important as the superhero life.
-Weave character stories together. Have superhero rivals have a brief romantic relationship in their 'real' lives. Perhaps social rivals work together as nefarious villains looking to take control of the genetics industry.
-Give your character a GOAL! No one likes to write with a static character that has no personal drive. Give your hero an incurable disease that might turn them to the dark side. Maybe your billionaire heiress loses all her money at the beginning of the game and will stop at nothing to restore herself. There needs to be a reason you're writing from their point of view and showing their story.
-Work with one another in the planning process before submitting a finished profile. You can revise and edit a posted one as well.
-You do not need to be a super powered citizen. You can be a cop, corporate leader, scientist or anyone with refined skills looking to change the world for better or worse.

-We will need specific character roles to be filled such as: the CEO of Genetico, a scientist for the same company, maybe a police officer, possibly a reporter, etc.

The Unnamed City

-The city is currently without a name and without a lot of details. It's open to discussion to make specifics and a map (help needed!).
-You can use the citizens of the city as hostages, distractions or innocents to defend.
-This is an open sandbox world. Work with your character's main goals to shape the city in your own story. Your poor genius character wants a super laser? Looks like she needs to rob a bank. Your character is a thankless defender of the city? Looks like there's a bank heist in progress.
-Possession of the Paradigm Stone will give your character serious sway in influencing the city as a whole.

Character Sheet

-Basic Info-
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Alias:

-Stats-
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Skin Tone:
Body Type:
Notable Features:

-Psychological Profile-
Personality:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Public/Professional Goals:
Secret Identity Goals:

-Power Points:
-
-
-
-
-

-Public Identity-
Job:
Home:
Wealth/Lifestyle:
Clothing Style:
Relationships:
Rivalries:

-Secret Identity-
Uniform:
Alignment: Good/Neutral/Evil
Hideout:
Relationships:
Nemesis:

-Paradigm Stone-
Paradigm Stone Appearance:
Personal Appearance Changes:
Power/Ability Progression:
Power-Drunk Goals:
Weakness:
Withdrawl Symptoms:

A Wizard's Pilgrimage

I think I'll just change to the werewolf idea and edit up the abilities. I feel like a character trying to make a new elder wand might deter too much from an over arching plot- you can just use a werewolf to spice things up ;)

Sorry, like I said, that other sheet was in no way a final draft

A Wizard's Pilgrimage

Sorry all, I knew I should have posted a more thoroughly fleshed out character sheet, I just wanted to express interest before all of the spots had been filled. I'm a pretty complacent player and I can make whatever edits needed, there were just ten pages of OOC to catch up on. ^_^ I certainly don't want to be thought of as a god-moding jerk, I was just working on it in a rush. I had three ideas for a character: A Wandmaker, A Werewolf or A Sick-Kid-Trying-To-Figure-Out-How-To-Survive-By-Any-Means-Possible.

PrimezTime said
Easy there. The Elder Wand is pretty exclusive by the fact that it is commonly told that Death itself created it.Also a hocrux would require other human sacrifices in order to work. So if that is your suggested route, you'd be considered rather evil.

Sorry I should have been more clear. Traveling from Salem on a foreign group effort would have been because of research after his graduation.

If I was going to go the horcrux route, there was a whole back-story of a family illness and looking for a way to extend his life. The research brought him down some dark paths that finally led to something called horcruxes. He then signed up for the European journey to do deeper research into it. It was possible that he might end his research once he finds out the only way to make one is by killing someone.

As far as the Elder Wand, it would be research that any wandmaker would want to know. What wood it was, the length, the specific runes etched, the shape, the wood strength, core and other aspects would need to be things discovered from several different locations/artifacts. Maybe someone possessed the Death Stick in Spain briefly at some point with an artist who sketched specific details into a portrait. Although it's rumored that Death itself made the wand, even Dumbledore suggested that it was made by Antioch Peverell; who, with his two brothers, made each of the items.

Bertram's entire reasoning would be that "If wizards managed to make it once, why in the world wouldn't it be possible to do it twice?" I hope that clears it up a bit.

Doctor Belasco said
I don't want to be , but I kinda feel like Bertram's encroaching on Michael's patch, being a secretive, studious guy with a sideline in dark magic and probably-going-to-go-a-bit-evil. He also seems to be bordering on the godmodding, having mastery in four different fields.*squirmy face*

Completely valid points. I'm already thinking of details for the other two ideas I had so I don't crowd any character types. And I didn't think of 3 as being a mastery, but having advanced Newt level skill that was going to balance in a deeper description. Again, I can edit that stuff out, I just wanted to save a place.

A Wizard's Pilgrimage

I was hoping that there might still be some room, but I saw that there were a few other people with unfinished CS's floating around. I had shown my interest when this was posted in the last board and just now found this thread. I'm posting what I have done so far just in case you wanted a different gender/type of character that I can tweak around.

Statistics

• Name:
Bertram

• Gender:
Male

• Date of Birth:
3/18/96

• Blood Status:
Half Blood Werewolf (His Father was a Muggle Born Werewolf and his Mother is a Pureblood Witch)

• House or School:
Salem Witch’s Institute, Massachusetts

Appearance

• Height
5'4'' Not a very imposing stature.

• Weight
120 Again, a strong breeze could carry him away.

• Hair color
Dirty Mud Water Brown, as his mother would say.

• Hair style
Buzzed on the sides, parted and done like a proper 20's gentleman at the beginning of the day. By dinner, he's run his hands through his hair enough to look like he'd been molested by a troll.

• Eye color
Bright Blue, the same color even as a wolf.

• Skin color
Pale, he obviously doesn't go playing in the sun very often. During the different lunar phases of the month, he sways back and forth between a sickly looking kid and a not-so-sickly looking kid.

• Body structure
Skinny and not very athletic. If he was expected to leap across a crater and pull himself up a three story tree... good luck with that.

• Fashion
Dressed to perfection in (mostly) his father's old suits, which is oddly morbid in its own way. He has about two dozen varying suits and ties in his tent's wardrobe. Bertram's just lucky that his father was as short as him.

• Hygiene
Although he always tries to spray on some cologne in the morning, if he ever sweats, he can't seem to get rid of the smell of wet dog.


• Personality:



• Strengths


• Loyal to the Pack


• His nose and sense of smell


• Creative problem solver



• Weaknesses


• Lycanthropy
Both in the social and physical sense.

• Secretive
Again, he doesn't tell anyone upfront about his affliction.

• Physically weak
The only exception is as a werewolf.

• Curious
Bert can't help but investigate and go where his nose leads him.


• Goals


• Not getting arrested
Which is a serious risk on a monthly basis, even more so during his trip abroad.

• Perfecting his skills with the Wolfsbane Potion
Or an entire cure for Lycanthropy.

• Publishing a novel on Werewolves
Told from a point of view other than hunting them.


• Hobbies


• Walking indoors
Museums and libraries don't have the sensory overload that strolls in the forest offer.

• Lengthy hours of research outside of course work
Even if he hasn't physically practiced it, he knows an awful lot of magical theory.

• Potion Making
Since only three out of five Wolfsbane Potions are successful, he's usually making backups.

• Cooking
With a widening variety of dishes he hopes to sample in his travels.

History

• Describe your characters eleven years before Salem and how did they found out about it.


• What's their relationship with their family.


• How were the seven years of their school life?


• Where they popular or loners?


• How were their grades?

Extra Info

• Patronus:
A Wolf

• Worst Fear/Memory:


• Boggart:
Like most werewolves, The Moon.

• Amortentia:
Honey, a sizzling steak,

• Natural Ability:
Lycanthropy.

• Learned Ability:
He can pick locks without a wand, something he learned at a young age to escape his home.

• Pets:
None, he rents an owl only when he needs it.

Credentials

• Flying (1)
Not as steady as a Quidditch player, but he can get from point A to B with a tiny bit of skill.

• Prefect/Head Boy/Girl (0)
He wasn't the most well liked student by the staff.

• Astronomy (-100)
He would do anything to not stare at a diagram of a dozen different moons. It's a panic attack waiting to happen.

• Charms (2)


• Defense Against the Dark Arts (2)
He knows a lot of book-based knowledge, but unfortunately is susceptible to a lot of the deterrents against dark creatures.

• Herbology (2)
He can sniff out and differentiate between a thousand herbs; he's not particularly skilled at raising, maintaining or even dealing with living magical plants.

• History of Magic (1)
Simple knowledge from years of practice at school.

• Potions (2)
Proficient due to his skills with herbs and different dry ingredients. After many faulty attempts, it took until his fifth year at Salem before Berty could produce an acceptable Wolfsbane Potion. At times, he might make a miscalculation, but he intends to fine tune his skills on his travels- if only to help protect the group he will be traveling with.

• Transfiguration (3)


• Study of Ancient Runes (1)
Necessary in order to study historical wizarding texts and artifacts.

• Arithmancy (0)
No courses taken.

• Muggle Studies (0)
Most of his life was spent in a magical school where he didn't choose Muggle Studies or locked away in the middle of the swamp.

• Care of Magical Creatures (-100)
Animals of all breeds despise him.

• Divination (0)
Not skilled in the least and doesn't put much stock in it. Most fortune tellers tell him he has a dark future.

• Alchemy (1)
Somewhat versed but doesn't boast having much practice.

• Dueling (3)
Most of his skills in dueling stem from his inclination to transfigure threats into something harmless. He's a defensive dueler that prefers to counter than to attack.

• Apparition (1)
His skills are only just developing at the dangerous and precise branch of magic.

• Voodoo (1)
Something developed during his summers in the bayou, where he would slip out at night and visit the swamp witches.

Wand

• Length: 10 1/2


• Wood: Cedar


• Core: Unicorn Tail Hair


• Flexibility: Rigid

Inventory

He has a rather small leather backpack that carries quite a few supplies:

• A portable, professional-grade potion kit


• Assorted herbs and vials


• An antique silver plated cauldron
Which will burn his skin on direct contact, but necessary for his most vital potion.

• A Hand of Glory


• Omnioculars


• One pack of Non-Explodable Luminous Balloons


• Ever-Bashing Boomerang


• Decoy Detonator


• Extendable Ears


• A small vial of Floo Powder


• Nosebleed Nougat


• One Shrunken Head


• Lots of parchment


• Spell-o-tape


• A Wizarding Tent
Complete with three bedrooms and six beds

• A Cleansweep Eleven
An older model

• Various potion and spell books
For field reference

I gave him the wand that chose me on the Pottermore site ^_^

I was thinking of having him either searching for a cure for his terminal family illness (ie a horcrux) or revamping the sheet so he's less focused on dark magic and more on being the next great wandmaker. Possibly working to recreate the Elder Wand

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Oh my goodness, yes. I havent gotten involved in a new rp here since the site restarted, but this looks fantastic.

Many ideas running through my head.

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Definitely interested, I've seen a few HP rp's around but most havent gotten past the planning stage

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Definitely interested! Still thinking i might use either Quentin Quire or the Scarlet Witch