Hekazu

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

With that in mind, would a zailor hailing from the Chelonate work out? Loves harpoons, fermented shark blood, scars, and worshipping Storm. I was playing a little bit too much Sunless Sea when I wrote her up.

Alternatively I also have some oddly well-to-do honey addict who has a devil acting as a benefactor.

@VitoftheVoid

I haven't really paid much attention to the Chelonate, but it shouldn't be much of an issue to have one around. I do have a preference for native Londoners though, it's the place I know best. Honey-addict whose soul is seemingly under the attention of devils is fine with me as well.

Do our characters have to be human in this RP?

@rush99999

Humans are the default, Tomb Colonists and Clay Men are okay if you know what you are doing, Drownies are kinda pushing it and any other races are strongly discouraged and will require a fair bit of convincing.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Hekazu
Tenatively interested. I assume a devil character would be off-limits as the characters oughta be the up-and-coming street-level gentlemen of no renown and with but a few particularly distinguishing qualities?

Would you allow one to play as a highly hopeful and irresponsible Benthic student that yearns hotly for knowledge of a more esoteric and forbidden nature but whose competence is currently not quite enough to mark him as a true scholar of correspondence?

If that's a no, what about simply a dangerous and ambitious person posessing a nigh-on preternatural potential for violence and looking to quite literally carve out a legacy of fame and wealth out of the streets and citizens of London?

@Keksalot

Devils are strongly discouraged. We would need to have an extensive discussion about their role and that may be more trouble than it would be worth. The Benthic student plan on the other hand is entirely fine. As is the Dangerous fellow.

In any case, I do believe we have about enough people for me to start working on the actual thread. I'll see if I cannot get it online tomorrow. I've a lot of lore dumping to do though, so if I take a bit longer you'll excuse me, right?

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

Would it be okay if my private investigator had some awareness of Parabola and the Fingerkings from the start? Or nah?

@EchoicChamber

Some awareness is well and good, just don't go overboard with it

Intrique in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@ihinka
Welcome to you too! The thread in the General checks has drawn in more traction, but I am glad to see this one also found something! We are actually starting to look like we could have an RP with the amount of interested folk!

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Hekazu Another Fallen London fan! God, I’m always a sucker for this sort of stuff. I had tried to make an FL rp a while back, and it sort of flickered out, sadly. I’d be really interested in something like this.
Would it be okay if I had a character with an career that’s not among the traditional FL careers? A private investigator, for instance? I’d probably join with a Correspondant either way, haha.

@EchoicChamber

Ouch, sad to hear that the earlier attempt did not work out quite that well. Let us hope this attempt goes down a little better, yes? Hopefully we will be in Mr. Pages's good graces.

As for the careers, sure. Custom ideas are fine by me! I've decided that people are not supposed to be of the most notable professions from the start though, so Correspondent would be something one would have to reach during the RP itself. Nonetheless, welcome!

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

What about a white rapper from Dunwich?

@Gordian Nought

I am unsure how well that and Victorian era mesh together, to be completely fair.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

What breadth of employment may we all sway from?

@Gordian Nought

Career paths are many. From the campaigners among Revolutionaries, through pickpockets on the alleys of Spite all the way to lecturers in the University. Choices are many, but the most notable of professions (Monster-Hunter, Crooked Cross, Glassman, Midnighter, Correspondent and Licentiate) should not be among the starting characters, though they may encounter fellow Londoners practising said duties. My planned character is a poet (Author) from the court of her enduring majesty, for example. If you had an example in mind, I could easily tell how feasible it is.

For reference, these are the current professions available to player characters in the browser game: http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Profession You need not be limited to them in this RP, but they provide a good base of things to start thinking from.

D&D 5e - High Seas and Tall Tales

How very anticlimactic. He had only just forced the creature to cease and now it already collapsed, its paralysed muscles losing their strength and flopping idly within the water. Bubbles formed in front of Dyn's mouth as he mimicked a snort and looked around himself. The 'detachment' that had wandered into the clutches of the mini-kraken was looking rough around the edges, with the exception of the octopodes that had arrived via druidic magic. Now, in most cases Dyn would not have cared much. They were serviceable and Jill was not among their numbers. But while he most certainly could press on, he felt his power had increased. And to best facilitate that, a brief or perhaps even slightly longer respite would be in order.

Oh, and his daughter was among those who had been on the receiving end of the beatdown. That was a matter he would also have to consider.

He swam to the side of the de jure captain and poked at the lifeless corpse of the creature his magic had held in place just a moment ago. The touch of Tradewind didn't bring up any surprises, so all would be good for now. "Dead it is. Threat is dealt with", he declared and took a look further down the corridor. With nothing visibly crawling, swimming, floating or otherwise approaching them, he turned back around and addressed everyone of the group. "Now, we shall take a moment to recuperate. An exhausted pawn is a useless pawn", he made his call and began making his way back to the room of treasure they had passed a while ago.

As he was passing Adrevz, the merfolk daughter of his took to swimming on his side for a moment and they exchanged a few words. She wanted someone to take a more thorough look at her new bracelet as she had chosen to use it. Dyn himself would have done the deed in a heartbeat if he had the tools for it. After all, there would be no better way of knowing for sure what it was than doing so. But lacking the pearl, that would fall upon the other spellcaster with said ability. And that would leave him with more time to scribe some of the new spells into his spellbook. "Jill, could you spare a moment? This item might need a more thorough look", he requested.

Mechanics&Rolls

HP: 68/68 AC: 16 Concentrating: Nope
Bladesong status: Inactive, 1 use left.
Slots/expended:
4/1 1st
3/1 2nd
3/2 3rd
3/2 4th
2/1 5th
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@JBRam2002@Zverda

Intrique in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

Three decades ago, London was stolen by bats. Dragged deep into the earth by the Echo Bazaar. The sun is gone. All we have is the gas-light of Mr Fires. But Londoners can get used to anything. And it's quiet down here with the devils and the darkness and the mushroom wine. Peaceful.

Or so it would appear at a first glance anyway. It might not exactly be the case, not after that masquerade.

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Oh hello, it is you! Welcome to the interest check, delicious friend! ...what, you are telling me greeting people in that manner will weird them out rather than draw them in? Maybe you are right. Just know that it is most common of judgemental hats to greet people like that. Not that I was from Polythreme. Or a hat. But I am getting ahead of myself, am I?

So, I am planning to set up an RP set in the Neath, a most interesting locale provided to us by the great Failbetter Games (FBG for short). Their games at the moment include Sunless Seas, Sunless Skies and the eldest, the very Fallen London I am drawing most from, though we may end up leaving the city at some point it will always remain the "home base" so to speak. We'll be back. After all, we couldn't stray too far from the Bazaar. What is the Bazaar, you ask? A good question. Nobody really knows, except perhaps the Masters. We are quite sure it's a sentient thing though.

Whether you know much of the setting beforehand or not is not important here. While experience is always a nice tool to possess, I will be doing my best to give enough information to give anyone the chance to participate! The most important things are as follows: It's victorian era England with gothic and perhaps Lovecraftian undertones. Everything takes place below ground, next to the mighty Unterzee the size of Europe. Surface is deadly. Death here in the Neath is not exactly permanent, though most certainly inconvenient.

What the RP itself will be about, well that is a mystery. No, not that I wouldn't know. But that's for our characters to find out. It all started from a rather intimate masquerade ball, no more than thirty people present. And when it came time for the host to share the reason of the gathering, the sudden appearance of not only Mr. Wines but another cloaked figure just as well would draw everyone's attention. Why would the Masters gather this ragtag bunch together?

So, in case of interest, you know what to do! In case of questions, follow that procedure but leave a question instead of the usual message!

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

Three decades ago, London was stolen by bats. Dragged deep into the earth by the Echo Bazaar. The sun is gone. All we have is the gas-light of Mr Fires. But Londoners can get used to anything. And it's quiet down here with the devils and the darkness and the mushroom wine. Peaceful.

Or so it would appear at a first glance anyway. It might not exactly be the case, not after that masquerade.

---

Oh hello, it is you! Welcome to the interest check, delicious friend! ...what, you are telling me greeting people in that manner will weird them out rather than draw them in? Maybe you are right. Just know that it is most common of judgemental hats to greet people like that. Not that I was from Polythreme. Or a hat. But I am getting ahead of myself, am I?

So, I am planning to set up an RP set in the Neath, a most interesting locale provided to us by the great Failbetter Games (FBG for short). Their games at the moment include Sunless Seas, Sunless Skies and the eldest, the very Fallen London I am drawing most from, though we may end up leaving the city at some point it will always remain the "home base" so to speak. We'll be back. After all, we couldn't stray too far from the Bazaar. What is the Bazaar, you ask? A good question. Nobody really knows, except perhaps the Masters. We are quite sure it's a sentient thing though.

Whether you know much of the setting beforehand or not is not important here. While experience is always a nice tool to possess, I will be doing my best to give enough information to give anyone the chance to participate! The most important things are as follows: It's victorian era England with gothic and perhaps Lovecraftian undertones. Everything takes place below ground, next to the mighty Unterzee the size of Europe. Surface is deadly. Death here in the Neath is not exactly permanent, though most certainly inconvenient.

What the RP itself will be about, well that is a mystery. No, not that I wouldn't know. But that's for our characters to find out. It all started from a rather intimate masquerade ball, no more than thirty people present. And when it came time for the host to share the reason of the gathering, the sudden appearance of not only Mr. Wines but another cloaked figure just as well would draw everyone's attention. Why would the Masters gather this ragtag bunch together?

So, in case of interest, you know what to do! In case of questions, follow that procedure but leave a question instead of the usual message!

Now, I'll just press this "Create Topic" button here before I question my ability to write an interest check once again...