So, what I'm looking for is a small group of people who can post at least once a day and two or three paragraphs at a time... Paragraphs being five to six sentences in this case. I'm not putting this in Advanced because I don't really feel like holding THAT high of a standard. I fall back and forth in my post lengths, I expect you to and I'm not nearly that strict on grammar and stuff. So long as I can read it and you attempt capitalization and punctuation that's all I care about.
Once I have a few people for the main group, you can branch off and play part of the Pack or a random lone mutt... Right now though, I'm only looking for members for the main group. We'll worry with those who want to have more than one character later, after the play is established. ^_^
Depending on how quickly or slowly things progress, we may or may not end up with a posting order... If things go too quickly and it seems like people are being left behind then I'll put up a posting order according to who seems to be posting the fastest to the slowest. If we're going slowly enough so that everyone is getting a chance to post then I'll leave it to you guys to post as you like.
As for fighting, no god-modding. If I feel someone is god-modding I will let you know if first, if I don't see a change I reserve the right as the GM to kill off your character in a random and tragic accident involving a car and your face. If there is some form of disagreement about how a battle is going, I will roll dice to decide who wins... If I am asked to do this, please don't argue with the outcome. If your character dies and you want to play as another let me know... I'm pretty cool about things like that.
Other than that, have a good time and help others do the same. Don't be afraid to offer up some plot twists either or take off on your own side stories... I like players who help drive an rp!
This story is loosely based on the book/tv series called 'Bitten'. In this story, werewolves are actually pretty rare as it's extremely hard on the body to survive the first Change, and even more difficult if you have been bitten. Our main group are a bunch of Nomadic Mutts who consider themselve's thier own pack. They have stayed out of trouble for years until recently... Someone is following them, leaving half eaten bodies behind and now the Pack is hot on their tails because they believe the Nomads are responsible... Now, the Nomads have to prove their innocence or they might be faced with an all out war with the pack... An outcome that no one wants...
Mutts - Nonpack werewolves who own no territories. Most mutts are mutts because they disagree with the way the Pack rules. There are laws in place for a reason but the mutts feel they are either above them or an exception to the rule. Other mutts are what they are because they don't feel like settling down, they follow the rules and keep a low profile and most times the Pack leaves them alone.
Pack - Wolves who fall under the Head Alpha's rule. Each territory, usually a couple states wide, has it's own Pack Leader who is also referred to as an Alpha. These Alphas form the council that reports to the Head Alpha once a year. Though it is possible for an Alpha or a Head Alpha to name a successor they usually aren't well accepted until they prove themselves. Any Alpha can be challenged for the title at any time by any member of the Pack, a Head Alpha can only be challenged by another Alpha. If a Mutt tries to challenge an Alpha they are usually taken care of by the Beta, the Enforcer of the pack. Only an Alpha can accept possible new members into the Pack, these guys are the Omegas, and at the end of their first year with the Pack they have to be taken to the Head Alpha for a final yes or no.
Betas- The enforcers to each pack. They take care of any threats and make sure the rules are followed. When the Alpha is out of commission for any reason, the Beta takes charge.
Omegas - New possible members to the pack. They eat last, they run the errands, are often picked on and given a hard time. They have to prove themselves worthy before they can rise from the rank of Omega and actually become part of the pack.
Female Werewolves- Even more rare than their male counterparts as they are born carrier's of the virus, with it lying dormant in their systems. For this reason puberty doesn't trigger the virus like it does in a male werewolf, they have to be bitten... This is the reason that it was only recently discovered that a woman could be changed at all or even that they carried the virus. It had been assumed that women were born completely human and for that reason the female child of a werewolf was often abandoned to her mother whereas a male child would be taken away with the father. The purpose of this was to keep the human mother from discovering what the father and son were, keeping the werewolf existance a secret. Unfortunately, a human woman without a werewolf parent will never make it through the Change because their bodies can't take the strain... even physically fit and perfectly healthy men have died from it. Lately, some of the werewolf fathers have been considering going back for their daughters now that the truth is known.
Change - Werewolves can Change at will until the full moon when they are forced to change whether they like it or not. The Change is agonizing but once the pain is done the endorphins and adrenaline that flood you make the experience worth it. The longer you wait between Changes the longer it takes to get through the process and the more painful it is... Werewolves have to eat a lot to keep their energy up, if they are tired or too distracted or haven't changed enough the Change could start and stop and take upwards of an hour instead of just five minutes.
Ijiraat - Shape-shifters that can't fully change from human to wolf and are instead stuck somewhere in between. They are as big as black bears and as strong as them as well. They live in the wilds of Alaska and are even more rare than Werewolves. As they are fewer in number they all live together and have never warred among themselves... Therefore, they are more familiar with ancient lore than the werewolves whose texts and scrolls have been burned by other packs more times than can be counted. It is because of them that the wolves found out the truth of female werewolves. They want to be left alone but seem to respect the werewolves as superior beings despite the fact that they are stronger.
There are other beings out there as well... Will-o-whisps, witches, and demons of different sorts... After we have a couple werewolves I'll think about possibly accepting other things.
Name:
Gender:
Age: Werewolves can live up to 300 years as the aging process is slowed signifigantly after the first Change... A were that looks 50 might actually be more like 150.
Group: Later you can also choose to be Pack or a lone mutt but for now I'm only taking members for the Main.
Personality:
Abilities: These should be things like strength, hunting, tracking, speed, agility, sneaking... if you want something more magical because maybe your mom was a witch... let me know first. Try not to make the requests too far fetched.
Appearance:
Wolf:
Background:
MY CHARACTER SHEETName: Rhyle Renée West
Gender: Female
Age: Twenty
Group: Main
Personality: Playful, sarcastic, willfully stubborn, protective, a bit of a tomboy.
Abilities: Speed, agility, and sneaking about are her strong suits.
Appearance: Wolf: Background: Rhyle grew up with a mother who was strung out on drugs and drinking. Her father was a mystery man, a one night stand in a long string of many... she'd had no way of knowing that he was a werewolf or that she had the virus lying dormant inside her. From age nine Rhyle had been taking care of herself and half the time, her mother. At age sixteen she got a job that was supposed to pay her way out of the hell that was her life, but her mother ruined that plan by failing to pay her bills in order to afford more drugs or liquor. The men her mother brought around often didn't know how to keep their hands to themselves but by then Rhyle had made sure she knew how to protect herself, her end of town wasn't safe for a woman who didn't know how to fight. Rhyle paid the bills and gave up on college... she was forced to stay with her mother until age nineteen. One night, on her way home from work, she'd was attacked by a recently bitten lone mutt in an ally. Since human women didn't survive the change, he'd left her for dead. It was pure luck that one of the mutt pack that later took her in had been passing by. At first he didn't think there would be anything he could do other than put her out of her misery but she surprised him by getting further through the Change than any other woman he'd ever seen bitten. He took her to the mutt pack and with their help she survived... barely. She has been with them ever since, abandoning her old life and embracing her new one. Being a tom-boy Rhyle fits in with the guys pretty well, better than she ever has with other girls, and now that the secret to turning a woman is known... there have been a few other ladies found and turned.