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Sky Pirates and the Voyage of the Golden Maiden:: A Steampunk Roleplay!!!

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Sky Pirates and the Voyage of the Golden Maiden:: A Steampunk Roleplay!!!

Sky Pirates and the Voyage of the Golden Maiden

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This Rp takes place on the Planet of Skur, a gas giant covered in clouds except for the myriads of floating islands making it habitable for the people and creatures that live there. On this RP you are answering to the call of a wanted add, asking for individuals to help crew the Golden Maiden. These individuals must be ready to go on a grand adventure promising treasure, fame, glory, and all your hearts desire. The first post for this adventure will be posted on 10/26/15.

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Character Sheet
Name:
Race:
Class:
Appearance:
Personality:
Magic Spells(if known):
Skills(if Known):
Weapon(if Any):

The World of Skur

The World of Skur

As mentioned before, this planet is covered entirely in thick clouds and gas. The ocean of cloud is poisonous to all sentient life, and will kill a man in about 5 minutes if surfaced bellow the cloud line. The inhabitants of sky avoid this fate by living on the many floating
Islands that are above the clouds. These islands contain there own ecosystem and towns and can range in size from tiny desert island to entire continents.

To travel between these islands, the people of Skur have created airships, powered by steam engines and in some cases, Magic. There are also "submarines" to explore the depth of the clouds but can only dive so far before the pressure of the planet crushes it or one of its many giant cloud swimming creatures mistake it for food. No one has ever been on the true surface of the planet.

Current affairs

There are many nations that inhabit the world of Skur, but the two to make note now are the Iron Alliance and the Nation of Magic. They are the largest of the nations and are across each other on separate sides of the planets hemispheres. Unfortunately, these two nations have been in war with each other for a decade and the fighting only seems to get worse as time passes. Both nations are not above hiring pirate mercenaries for their dirty work.

• Nation of Magic
  The nation of magic is an alliance of mostly Elves and Humans. Their culture is based of 19th century England and their airships are light and fast. They just started using magic to power their machines and weapons to keep up with the technology of the Iron Alliance. The color of choice for the nation is blue.
• Iron Alliance
  The Iron Alliance is a nation comprised of mostly Dwarf Kingdoms and Humans. They are heavily Soviet inspired and their airships are slow, but durable. They don't use a lot of magic in their machines as they believe it is untrustworthy and instead rely on hard dependable steel. The color of choice for the Iron Alliance is red.
• The Black Myst
  A dark substance that rises from the surface of the planet located in the northern hemisphere. Not much is known about the Black Myst other then its more deadly to people then normal and it harbors monsters that can only live in the Myst. These monsters have never been seen because the Myst is so dark but people can see their red glowing eyes threw the veil. Normally the two major nations have worked together to keep the Myst at bay but since the war it has slowly crept over closer and closer to the Two unsuspecting Nations.

The Races of Skur

Humans- Most popular race is Skur, humans can be seen everywhere. They are known as the most adaptable of all races and can fit a plethora of roles from mage, warriors or engineers. Their personality type and appearance can vary.
Humans can pick 3 spells, weapons, or skills (they can mismatch as well)
Race Perk- Can pick an extra Spell, Weapon or Skill (Already Included)

Dwarfs- Mostly inhabit the Alliance of Iron nation but some can be seen in the Nation of Magic. They are your typical Fantasy Dwarf in appearance. Dwarfs are master engineers but lack skills in magic and tend to like things the way they are so are not ambitious in theoretical science or discovery. They are known for being stubborn, proud, tough, intelligent, and loyal to a fault.
Dwarfs can pick either 2 skills, 2 Weapons, or 1 Skill and 1 Weapon
Race Perk- Resistance to Magic effects and attacks

Elves- Mostly inhabit The Nation of Magic but some can be seen in the Alliance of Iron. They are you typical Fantasy Elf in Appearance. Elves are masters in the art of Magic, Science and discovery but lack engineering Skills in comparison the the Dwarfs. The can be Arrogant, Sly, Wise, and extremely clever.
Elves can pick 2 Spells, 2 Weapons, or 1 Spell and 1 Weapon
Race perk- Can use one spell twice in one day

Orcs- Are stereotyped as brutish in appearance and usually looked down upon but they actually come from a proud heritage and can be nice once you get to know them. They can be seen in both nations equally, but not as often seen as humans. They are used by both nations for heavy labor and shock troops due to their great strength. Orc personalities are as diverse as humans but they can be tempered if provoked.
Orcs can pick 2 Skills or 2 Weapons
Race Perk- Can use one Enchanted Weapon effect twice in one day

Other- The land of Skar is great and is home to many other Creatures. If you want to be something i have not mentioned, IM me and i will let you know if I approve. Then it will be added to the race section of this post.

Classes

Mage- A magic using class, gets to know one more Spell

Engineer- A Tech based class, gets to know one more Skill

Warrior- A Fighting based class, gets to know one more Weapon

Rouge- A stealth based class, can see things others cant

Character Creation

Magic
The World of scar has many magical properties and some individuals can learn to harness these powers. I am pretty lenient on the spells your character may know as long as its not Game Breaking. Please post the name of the spell and affect. The only thing i ask is that the spells you know can only be used once until your character rests for 8 in game hours.

Skills
There are many talents in the world of Skur, I think its hard to make a game breaking skill but I will still say it still. Don't do it please. You can use a Skill as many times as you Want.

Weapons
Please post the weapon the character is carrying. You can attack with a Weapon as many times as you want, but you can use an enchanted weapon affects one time per day only.

This a RP is not as fleshed out as I want it to be. I want to get more interest before I add more lore to this post. If you are interested in a character post it down and await approval. Any Questions or concerns? Just IM me. This is my first Play by Post GMing and I am open for criticism. If you have any ideas please IM me. Please, no gmodding, mary sueing, being mean and all that good stuff. Other then that, have fun

The Academy of Solomon

Eisen followed the others. His stomach grumbled some more from hunger but now was not the time to worry about that. Being the normal human he was, he had to learn how to focus his mind in order to ignore pain and fatigue. He couldn't worry about these things when a witch was coming to tear his throat. But still, he was only human and he could only handle so much. Eisen instead went over his previous training in his head to ignore the hunger pain. He was also listening for orders and being vigilant for danger and ambushes. Just because this passage was a secret didnt mean the enemy didnt know. And what better means to set up a surprise attack for hunters then to attack them where they least expect it.

The Academy of Solomon

@Apollosarcher forgot to mention you in my comment lol

The Academy of Solomon

So when it comes to combat, do we write our characters attacking and the gm later writes the results? Or how does that work?

The Academy of Solomon

Eisen took the drop of holy water. His hammer was blessed by pope Pope Sixtus IV in the 13th century when his ancestors started hunting witches, but he didn't know if it really had holy properties or not. He did not understand enough of the arcane to risk condemning some poor soul to purgatory for his incompetence so he decided to put a drop of the water on his hammer just in case. He had an hour from now to make it count but that's all he needed. Worse case scenario he could just cripple a zombie to make it nonthreatening to anyone until they destroyed the source.

Into The Unknown [Viking/ Fantasy RP]

Full Name: Ulv Eidrson

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Rank: Warrior

Personality: Eidrson has a friendly (for a viking) and loud personality. He is always cracking jokes and making remarks. He knows lots of viking stories and songs and is usually the life of the party. His wise cracking and jolly demeanor is accompanied by loyalty to a fault, and he will die fighting for friend and lord alike. Eidrson likes ale (lots of it), parties and large women.

Appearance: Eidrson is a mammoth of a man and little on the heavy side with a Auburn beard and tomato face. He wears usually viking attire and can almost always be seen drinking from a stein.

Picture:
i.imgur.com/GkJ9CWI.jpg

Weapon(s): Short sword and Shield

History: Eidrson was born in a small village of fisherman. From an early age his parents knew he was going to be a mighty warrior if only they could keep up with his appetite. He eventually found himself as a kings guard for a local lord after proving himself into battle.

Skills: Ale making, Story telling, fighting, fishing

Weaknesses: Has a bad leg from a fishing accident a long time ago. Also drinks so much he passes out.

Into The Unknown [Viking/ Fantasy RP]

@Grifter All right cool! cant wait to see what viking mischievous we can start! I'll move him over then. When can we start?

The Academy of Solomon

All this talk about God, the soul, and what the undead were and what they were not was going over Eisens head. He didnt care to much on the metaphysical details as he did the physical.

"A question for those who have experience with zombies" he said nonchalantly.

"Whats the best way to defeat them. Are the movies any accurate? Hit them in the head and make them dead?"

That last part was his way of trying to be funny, despit the fact he was bad at jokes. It made him chuckle a little at least.

He tighten his grip on his hammer. He was awaiting for further instructions from Edge as well as an answer from one of his class mates.

The Academy of Solomon

Eisen followed the group threw the gate. His stomach grumbled from being hungry. As soon ashe stepped threw he wonder if one of his companions had a flatulence problem. Something smelt odd and he could see the others could smell it too