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Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@Dead Cruiser: I also mention Taira-no-Masakado and Yamata-no-Orochi as possible options, and yet both are already... Well, dead as far as we're concerned. There's also beings that govern the dead or are actually dead, but that's also not relevant to the conversation, so let's stop that topic there.

Regardless, I'm not changing my mind on the issue. On the topic of power scaling (which is referring to the Contractor, by the way), you're dodging the issue entirely. I've made my stance two posts ago, and it hasn't been addressed in either reply afterwards.

Simply put, let's drop the issue here. I don't wish to continue arguing over something set in stone, and constantly bumping the interest check like this becomes redundant when an OoC already exists.

@Grand General: Aye. OoC's been posted on page one (and I've updated the OP to give a link, too).

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@TheFake: Should be fine. Accepted (but don't push the form to Characters quite yet).

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Tominas: Yes, but there should generally be a good reason for such a case to occur, if at all. Everything boils down to justification, really.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@golani: Was aware, did see, replied 18h ago.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Enigma: Nothing's been taken yet, and there's no limit on how many beings of a given pantheon are allowed, so there's no need to reserve anything, either. You're safe.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@Dead Cruiser: Well, by that logic half the Egyptian gods, a good chunk of the Nordic ones, and a few beings who preside over the dead are no good. Also, like, 95% of anything in 'Outlier' is dead/has been killed in mythology, and that doesn't exactly make for interesting dynamics if you're not making a contract as much as you are looting off a corpse. Kinda defeats the point of the whole idea.

I still remain iffy about the power scaling regardless, though, as that seems to be the issue you've casually sidestepped here.

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@Tominas: Ayup, world events are as they are today in the real world. More or less. Famous people might not be the same, though, depending on circumstances.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

@Tominas: Yes, and no.
Soulflame is an organization without affiliation, and higher beings don't ONLY contract with those in their respective pantheons. It's just a trend.

I guess an analogy is like calling a phone number. If you know the person's number, you can call them directly. Otherwise, you might end up fishing randomly or having to look up their number in a guidebook, at which point you're still prone to making a mistake and contacting someone else instead. It's a similar case here; Anchors have the 'number' of the beings they're associated with, but Soulflame... Doesn't. Usually. Something might make it easier to get into contact with a specific deity, but it's usually luck of the draw.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP

Hooray, OoC live! Here's a form to reference (and also my entry, I guess).

Steven Fan

• Name: Steven Fan
• Age: 26
• Appearance: "As the law dictates."
• Personality: Steven is, above all else, meticulous in his work, which also means that he is, for lack of a better term, a workaholic. He is driven towards helping to make his home a better place by means of rooting out criminals from society, but unlike the being he has a Contract with, he believes that there is room for repentance should the crimes not be as severe as he believes. In other words, he acts as both a vigilante and a just prosecutor, simply at different times, and while working as the former he is far less merciful than he might be otherwise.
  Outside of work, though, Steven tends to spend time just wandering about the city according to his own whims. He is, of course, open to conversation at any given time, but his innate habit of being a judge of character (combined with his primary Contract) means that he doesn't always pull away his mask when making small talk. With friends and acquaintances, though, he's quite talkative and all ears... Assuming there's nothing that needs to be done, of course.
• History: To say that Steven had any sort of encounter with a Contractor prior to his becoming a lawyer would be a bald-faced lie; up until he graduated from law school, he had absolutely no contact with the supernatural. His world was turned upside down, of course, right after he graduated, as a firm heavily linked to Soulflame approached him. His natural aptitude was high, and his other talents and history were a boon to their line of work. Not knowing what he was being dragged into, of course, Steven accepted the offer and entered the branch located back in Fairstone.
  It was then, of course, that he was introduced into the world of Contractors, and it was then that he first made contact with the Yama. Impressed with how diligently he had worked to obtain his position and predicting that he would become a boon in the future, the King of Hell formed a contract with Steven (after a bit of legal probing that the young man was naturally inclined towards after seeing all of this inanity). In short, Steven would act separately from the other Contractors under the Yama to mete out judgement alongside Soulflame, as though he had many connections to other Anchors, there were many times where the groups turned a blind eye for the sake of unity or times where his men could not act for fear of being removed themselves. In return, of course, the Yama would grant him a textbook that would allow him to 'study' for the exams he would give to raise the level of the Contract between them.
  The whole ordeal was incredibly surreal to Steven, of course, but after a few days' worth of discussion and negotiation with the members of Soulflame, Steven decided to accept both the Contract and the job, leading to his position now.
• Affiliation: Soulflame
• Level: Low
• Primary Contracted Party: King Yama (Deity)
• Abilities: Steven's primary Contract with the Yama allows him to strike those who have committed misdeeds with attacks representing one of the Eighteen Hells. Of course, this necessitates that his assumptions on his opponent's actions are correct, as being wrong would result in him tasting his own attacks in turn. Other than that, though, Steven has the ability to make contact with (or even attack) incorporeal spirits, if only to send them to the Yama himself for judgement.
  At his current level of ability, however, Steven is only able to invoke the Hell of Needles and Hell of Flames, which allows him to create needles to stab an enemy with from any location near him and create (and fire) flames from hell from his hands, respectively.
• Skills: Other than being an amateur criminal prosecutor (and having all of the connections that that entails), Steven is adept at drawing information out of people and digging up little things that might work as pieces of evidence against his opponents. He is not adept at things involving physical exertion, of course, but that does not mean he cannot act swiftly when the situation calls for it.
• Other: Given the stipulations of his contract with the Yama (which technically includes a pathway for him to gain the strength needed to do his job better), Steven's work is often set to 'study the textbook more' in between cases or jobs from Soulflame. For the sake of his sanity, though, he's not allowed to study more than a couple of hours during the weekends.

Of Gods and Men—An Urban Fantasy RP (Interest Check)

@Dead Cruiser: Tiamat feels like she falls into the weird situation where she has, like, double the amount of authority than most other gods (water and creation on top of being the mother of monsters that went on a god hunt) on top of being a major antagonist in the mythos the originates from. I'm thinking that she's more in the weird Upper Deity-Outlier limbo, but that aside, I don't think that Tiamat is the best choice.

Especially if, y'know, the group is trying to keep quiet. Kaiju messes are way too conspicuous, to be honest, and making monsters (even if they're just goons) is on par with creating supernatural life from nothing, which already exceeds the scope of what I'm assuming most characters would be able to pull off. Not to mention, well... Contracting with an Upper Deity Outlier means that there's always the worry of working against humanity as a whole, and since Contractors are often beholden to the whims of their patrons to some extent due to the Contracts, well... Bad news ahead.

In any case, I think this is suitable enough for an OoC, so roll call for the others who haven't been mentioned yet...

@TheFake@Rin@golani@Silvan Haven@VitaVitaAR@KoL@Tominas@RolePlayerRoxas
Here you go!

Oh, and before I forget: Most Outliers should have a good reason for being contracted for me to give them the okay, okay?