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City in the Dark - An Urban Shadows RP

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Sheet Codes

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Character Sheets, Headers, Footers

Header

[center][hider=whateverhere][b][color=yourChoice]Name[/color] | The Archetype[/b]
Blood: # Heart: # Mind: # Spirit: #
Mortality: # Night: # Power: # Wild: #

Mark Tracker: [] Mortality [] Night [] Power [] Wild

Corruption Trigger: [this is your archetype corruption move under Drama Moves]
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[center][hider=whateverhere][b][color=yourChoice]Name[/color] | The Archetype[/b]

Debts:
> item
> item
> item

Advancement Tracker:
> chosen Advancement
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Generic Character Sheet

[center][hider=Archetype]
[color=yourChoice][b]Name Lastname[/b][/color]
The Archetype

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[b]Appearance:[/b]

[b]Demeanor:[/b]
(choose one from the list or your own. Feel free to elaborate if you wish, or leave it a mystery)

[b]Blood:[/b] # [b]Heart:[/b] # [b]Mind:[/b] # [b]Spirit:[/b] #
[b]Mortality:[/b] # [b]Night:[/b] # [b]Power:[/b] # [b]Wild:[/b] #

[b]Archetype Moves:[/b]

[b]Drama Moves:[/b]

[b]Corruption Moves:[/b]

[b]Gear:[/b]
> item - description (if necessary or if you want)
> item - description (if necessary or if you want)
> item - description (if necessary or if you want)
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Welcome to the OOC

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Hey guys!

Welcome to the OOC, enjoy your stay!

(We're currently full, as it stands! If you're interested still, stay tuned!)

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Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

@Jabberwocky @A Man Is No One @Penny @Lirriia @Grey@sassy1085 @Vertigo @Jarl Coolgruuf @Jeremor

Check out the OOC, it's up! Working on the character sheets now, but please feel free to call which one you're interested in. Note that some of them may change in functionality (I'm editing/removing some stuff based on what doesn't work for PBP).

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Update: We're currently full, as it stands! If you posted your interest in this Interest Check before the OOC was created, you have a guaranteed spot in. For newcomers seeing this, there are no open spots right now, but stay tuned!

City in the Dark - An Urban Shadows RP

At night, the city comes to life. Drunken laughs, too loud music leaking from nightclubs below the street, glimmering lights staving off the dark, and yet still shadowy corners linger. There's another layer beneath it all. A layer right in front of every single city-dweller, but very few are privy to it. Very few are privy to what you're privy to, to the secrets of the city, the creatures of the night, and the hum of unnatural force that flows through the air.

You've sensed it for a while now. Something is amiss. Misfortune is adrift and you're afraid it's about to leave the visceral and turn very, very real.

But amidst the fear, or in spite of it, you know you're prepared to face whats to come. The city shares with you its secrets. And you've a few secrets of your own. Secrets that are about to come in very handy.

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Welcome to Urban Shadows!

A table-top RPG adapted into a play-by-post, it will borrow some elements of the game, such as 'classes,' while foregoing others, such as dice rolls.

Here are the available Archetypes. Archetypes serve as this game's 'classes.' Only one Archetype per Player, please!

Aware: - a mortal human who has glimpsed a bit of the strange, who knows not all things are as they seem, and can see past disguises.

sassy1085

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Emily Andrada
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Hunter: - a mortal human trained to hunt creatures that aren't even supposed to exist.

Hider

Hunter Character Sheet:
WIP

Vampire: - once mortal, now a creature of the night that craves to feed off of human (blood, flesh, or emotions).

Jarl Coolgruuf

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Carolyn Harper
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Werewolf: - once a mortal human, now cursed with a terrifying half-humanoid form.

Zoey Boey

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Kiki Kent
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Revenant: - a mortal human who died, now given a second chance at life to right the injustice done.

Hider

Revenant Character Sheet:
WIP

Wizard: - a mortal human who has found a way to harness the supernatural.

Hider

Wizard Character Sheet:
WIP

Hallowed: - a mortal human whose deeds has caught the attention and blessings of a powerful entity.

Hider

Hallowed Character Sheet:
WIP

Immortal: - once human, and in ways still mortal, yet long-lived and cannot die of natural causes.

Hider

Immortal Character Sheet:
WIP

Tainted: - once human, but a contract, a sold soul, and twisted powers have long since changed that.

Hider

Tainted Character Sheet:
WIP

Dragon: - once a glorious and powerful creature, now permanently sealed in human form.

Hider

Dragon Character Sheet:
WIP

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Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

I don’t want to sound like that guy, but how is the pregame work coming? This is literally the only thing I have going on right now...

@A Man Is No One

Honestly, glad you asked! I have the info ready to go (just needs some polish), it's just the archetype sheets that I'm stuck on translating into a PBP format that I'm happy with.

Actually, why don't I pose this question to y'all:

@Jabberwocky @A Man Is No One @Penny @Lirriia @Grey@sassy1085 @Vertigo @Jarl Coolgruuf

Would you guys like if I put up the info first, with the archetype ('class/character') sheet and the info provided within coming in after?

(Sorry for any poor wording or if I missed to @ someone, I ate too spicy lunch and now I'm dying, lmao)

Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

This sounds fantastic, but I'm just wondering, are players required to have prior knowledge of the game and have tabletop experience too?

@Lirriia

Absolutely not, you can jump right in with or without any Urban Shadows and/or tabletop experience!

Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

@sassy1085 Welcome aboard!

@Jarl Coolgruuf, @Vertigo, @Grey, @sassy1085
I'm working on getting the OOC up! No guarantees on when, but I'll tag you guys on here once it's ready.

Good Evening

@Catharyn Thank you! :)

Persona ~ The Beholder

Maze of Lies

Name
Adonna Borromeo

Gender
Female

Age
22, January 17th, 1997

Sexuality
Bisexual

Nationality
Italian-American.

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Appearance
Tall, with lean muscles and skin that tans when it gets too much sun, or pales when there's lack thereof. Perpetual frown has now become her resting face, regardless if the woman's actually pissed. And she usually isn't, just confused or overthinking. Her hair, usually kept loose, is black though strands of it look deep brown when under the sun, and her dark-brown eyes often are mistaken for black.

She is seen wearing somewhat upscale-casual clothes, usually pieces borrowed from her cousin's lover. These pieces are more often than not monochromatic, i.e. a solid black tank-top with solid white capris, or vice-versa. It's uncommon to see her wearing color or shades of grey.

In the World of Fog, she'd likely opt for clothing that included maximum coverage and pockets. Perhaps a turtle-neck accompanied by a many-pocketed vest, cargo pants with steel-toed boots and thin, leather gloves.

Height
6'1"

Personality
Once quick to act and, more accurately, react, Adonna is now crippled by the idea of the right way to act, and the consequences her actions might cause, rendering her prone to inaction or slow reaction. Hers was, and still is, a black and white outlook, and when that was challenged, when shades of grey were thrust upon her, at first she reacted violently, becoming a volatile mess. But that sort of energy burns up fast, and it left her with few remaining in her corner. While she still believes in not tolerating injustice, and that justice should be pursued steadfast and straightforward, she's no longer sure what actions are right or even how to pursue it and remain just herself.

Adonna's shadow self is fully moon-white, outlines and details in black. She sits atop an elevated platform, motionless and mute, peering down upon those that circle around her: friends, family, all those she's known and have impacted her life, moving in several many circles around the center, predictable and paced. Those who are good are in circles closer to her, and they are full white like herself, inaudibly laughing and full of smiles. Those who are bad are in circles farther from her, and are unlit as though in pure night, shone only by the white outlines that make up their person. Outlines which show their frowns and silently howling mouths.

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Persona
Wendigo



It is said that the Wendigo was once a man who, having eaten the flesh of his own kind, became hungry for more and wouldn't stop hunting for just another taste until he became as monstrous in form as his desires.

There's another tale. One far less told. About a man of the law who grew tried of the maze of lies he had to navigate just to live. One day he saw himself in the mirror, and grew mad. For what he saw did not match the twisted man he was within. No longer could he deal in convulded punishments or tricky payments. He decided that, instead, from who'd done wrong he'd rip from them a pound of flesh.

The Wendigo appears as it does above, save for its shadowy muzzle can be seen in profile view, within which it has unnaturally white teeth. It moves slow, has no long-range attacks, and will only attack with its massive maw, attempting to rip away whatever it sinks its teeth into.

Arcana
Moon

Skill
Psychokinesis

Equipment
Monkey's Paw Knot
Manriki Chain

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Education
Thames' Edge University in Criminal Law

Year
3

Biography
There was good and there and bad, and they were two seperate things in Adonna's eyes. But when her mother got back with her father, she couldn't reconcile the world in front of her with the world she believed in. So she fought for her vision to be true. Literally. And this winded her in a string of trouble and several run-ins with the law. The consequences would have been greater had her father not stepped in, which furthered the confusion Adonna felt. Some people may have adapted, but she refused to budge from her beliefs, stubborn as ever.

Ironically, this landed her in with a poor moral crowd, and combined with her actions, threatened to get her into truly deep trouble. It was around this time that she expressed her desire for change, a do-over, to her cousin. Though much older, he knew first hand the volatility of their family and because he himself saw in her what he could have become had he not had help, he offered her a lifeline: Come live with him in London, get a fresh start, and he'd even get the ball rolling to get her enrolled at Thames' Edge University.

Affiliations

• Morgan Nash - Friend from the University's MMA society who, since Adonna left, has been trying to get her to rejoin.
• Nara Ito - The girlfriend whom she had to leave behind to start her new life. Though they tried the long distance thing, it unfortunately petered out.
• Tommy Cahill - Old highschool sweetheart who recently contacted her. He was surprised to hear that she was in another continent, thinking for certain she'd have spent the rest of her life in New York.
• Adrian Borromeo - Adonna's father with whom she has a strained relationship. Until Adonna moved overseas with her cousin, he bankrolled her expenditures.
• Elena Cannata Borromeo - Adonna's mother whom she used to be very protective of. Now estranged, Adonna has rotating feelings of guilt for not being there with her and confusion over her mum's choices.
• Virgil Borromeo - The elder cousin who moved to London back when he turned 18, tired of New Jersey, New York, the East Coast in general, and what he considered to be their toxic family.
• Landry Lange - Virgil's lover and lender/pusher of clothing pieces and accessories.

Relationships
TBU

Character Theme

Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

I’ve got a vaguely passing knowledge of how Urban Shadows works (i.e. I’ve been in a game that died quick + other PbtA-based systems). I’ll probably let everyone else pick their archetypes first, but speaking of which:

Are you thinking corebook only or are the expanded archetypes allowed too?

@Grey

Ah! Well, as it were, my plan is to stick with the core archetypes unless we go over 10 peeps. Did you have a specific add-on or add-on archetype in mind?

Urban Shadows - an urban fantasy, creature of the night RPG

@Jarl Coolgruuf, @Vertigo, @Grey
Excited to have you guys on board! Let me know if you have any questions or anything~

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Totally still open for more for whoever's interested!