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Dawn Beyond Tomorrow: A Magitech distant postapocalyptic action-adventure RP

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Leo smiles underneath his mask and gives the ex-soldier an appreciative nod. "Much appreciated. I'll be sure to pull my weight...but let's follow Imarui's lead and get a move on. Those slugs will only be distracted for so long." The armored man finished with a quick glance up to see that the slugs were still occupied by the food but were already nearly done eating the bits of ration bars. Their window of ease of passage was closing soon.

Moving past the remaining tendrils was easier with the other slugs distracted, but it was a rather tight squeeze for him and his gear; at least there were no more signs of slugs further in the tunnel. But before he could double check if he didn't drop any loose hanging gear, he heard Imarui exclaim in surprise further in the tunnels. "Shit." Was the only word that escaped his lips before bolting off deeper to the tunnels to where he heard the young girl. Just as he arrived to fight off whatever fauna or flora that decided to mess with Imarui, he saw the girl in question admiring a cave cow. "Gods above, I thought you were in trouble." Leo says with a chuckle while putting away his axe. Opting to let the girl admire the armored but docile Tura, Leo scouted ahead and saw the pale visage of the first real danger of the cave.

A scouting Tunnel Phantom.

A lone Phantom was a nuisance but a deadly one at that. Hundreds of new hunters met their end by underestimating the might behind its seemingly frail body. Expecting that their thick clothing would easily stop the hungry jaws of the Phantom, only to feel four sets of razor sharp teeth rip into them. But a whole pack of them would be a completely different story; even more so if the pack had an alpha. The thought of fighting a whole pack and an alpha caused Leo to smile. Now that was something he wanted to experience again. But he snuffed the idea in his head as he had to account for the rest of his group. Taking cover behind some protruding stones, Leo would take out one of his gadgets. A cheap enchanted silencer for his battle rifle. It would sufficiently cancel the noise of the gun, but due to it's cheap nature not completely suppress the weapon. Leo really should have spent more on getting better gear...but he did not regret spending majority of his earnings helping the poor and downtrodden. Gods know that they needed the help.

If anyone had a better alternative to slaying the Phantom with minimal noise, Leo would refrain from shooting. Otherwise, he would level his rifle and try to shoot the insectoid creature dead before it can do anything in retaliation.

@VitaVitaAR@Rune_Alchemist@AzureKnight

Skills/Abilities/Equipment/Faction

Skills:
◼ Uncanny Combat Prowess - From humble fisticuffs to complex magitech weapons, fighting comes to him as if second nature.
◼ Equipment Maintenance Proficiency - Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
◼ Medical Ability - He's no doctor by any standard, but he can patch you up in a pinch.

Abilities:
◼ Peak Human Ability - You don't really last very long in the business if you aren't.
◼ Enhanced Willpower - Willpower is significantly above average. It will take a lot to break him.
◼ Natural Navigator - Unless caused by magical means, getting lost will not be a concern.

Equipment:

• Modified T-35b Combat Armor Set - Segmented combat armor lightened enough to not hinder movement, but kept tough enough to withstand small arms fire and offensive spells to a reasonable extent.
• Custom GK-4 Battle Rifle - A battle rifle modified with a shorter barrel for maneuverability in small areas and a fixed bayonet for instances Leo can't switch to his axe quick enough.
• Type 5 LH Axe - A battle axe fitted with a device that layers the axe head with a disruptive field to significantly increase its cutting ability. Helps retain the edges to boot.
• Durable Knapsack - A bag made from tough leather that contains tools, gadgets, supplies, and other goodies you wouldn't want to leave home without.

Faction: Independent

Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

Progress But With a Cost.

The use of a sonic attack was effective!

Sign Master was directly hit by the concussive force but, with the butterfly ninja's magics empowering the blast even further, was even disoriented to a degree. Even managing to cause the alien to disorient it and allow the Yuheng agent's attack to hit without any chance of defense. But this progress came at the cost of utterly frying the voice module, rendering the mech mute. A few of the armor plates on the robot's chest slid back as a cube of semi-solidified meld of plastic and copper was ejected to the asphalt before it could do any damage to the Exoframe's other systems. In the time that Grizzly-1 ejected the slag, Sign Master realized that a hands on approach would yield better results than being passive about its attackers.

The signs switched out, one to freeze the asphalt and another to enhance its speed significantly. So fast that that Grizz-1 failed to react fast enough to defend Gou or Luna. But the mech didn't have to do anything by that point. Yuri and Gou's competencies were enough to protect the Hydromancer and the young Yuheng agent. As its AI calculated the chances of hitting Sign Master with one of its combat claws, a system warning alerted the unnatural decrease in temperature to the left leg and the imminent immobilization of said leg. A quick system diagnostic revealed that Sign Master had embedded a sign similar to the one that caused the road to freeze into the knee joint. The frost was growing quickly as ice began to encase the entirety of the leg. Yuri then utilized his magics to summon spectral butterfly projectiles and Luna performed her hydromancy to make a cutting blade of water, both aiming at Sign Master and likely occupying the alien bioweapon's attention. Allowing Gou to provide support to Grizzly-1.

The mech wished to reply to the young man but with the voice module missing the only gesture it was able to give to him was a thumbs up. But with the combined efforts of Gou and the brute strength of the Advanced Exoframe, Grizzly-1 broke through the ice binding it down...but the damage had been done. A number of armor plates had grown brittle from the instant freeze and broke into pieces as the mech marched forward. The Exoframe of the mech was by no means weak, but having its only layer of defense stripped was definitely a bad situation. Straddling into a form similar to a sumo wrestler, it unleashed a pod's worth of Hornet missiles aimed at the hostile alien.

The Hornet missile did not function similar to more mundane and simplistic missiles used by the military. Rather than being launched and guided to the target and detonate the payload, the Hornets functioned as autonomous weapon platform that surround targets and launch attacks from multiple angles. Grizzly-1's Hornets were equipped with the fully charged direct energy weapons that focused more on quantity over quality of the attacks. With six of the Hornet missiles locked onto Sign Master, a barrage of light was unleashed.
(Warning: Link GIF contains flashing lights. Individuals with a Photosensitive trigger to seizures, do not click.)

Cacophony Concord

HP: 661/661 | MP: 567/567 | SP: 630/630

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"This place friggin' sucks donkey ass." Raime says wiping the mix of sweat and dirt off his face. Despite how cool it sounded, being a one-armed swordsman was a lot of work. But enough complaining, it was time to see if this place was the dreaded lamia lair where their former tank waltzed into.

It was definitely big enough for a group of monsters to call home, but the area was mostly empty. There were those strange oval things that looked kind of suspicious. That or the magma lighting the area just made them more ominous than they deserve credit for. There was also those grooves cut into the cavern floor. Perhaps there was a fight? He would need a better look if he was going to make any conclusions. "No monsters yet...but keep your guards up. This place is a great spot to get ambushed." The scout punctuated by drawing his sword before crouching down to get a better look and understanding of the grooves.

While the grooves at first look like the sorta stuff you'd expect out of something straight and sharp hitting a solid surface like this, judging by their width, it's a bit too wide for something like Lugh's sword. Either he swapped weapons, has some technique that expands the width, or it ain't his attacks that caused these grooves.

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Character

Username: Raime Braun
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 90 kg
Voice Pitching: 0
Decorations: None notable.
Appearance: Splitting image of his own physical appearance irl.

Attributes

=Points when applied to HP, MP, or SP, each point consumed grants 10.=

HP – 420 + 20 + 30 + 30% = [661]
[Determines how much damage you can take before death.]

MP – 420 + 5% + 30% = 567
[Used for spellcasting. Affects magical damage.]

SP – 420 + 30 + 10% + 30% = 630
[Used for techniques and skills. Affects physical damage.]

STR – 60
[General physical strength.]

AGI – 60 + 5 + 3 + 10% = 68
[Affects perception of time in combat. Partially affects physical speed.]

END – 30 + 5 = 35
[General toughness and physical defense. Affects SP regeneration.]

DEX – 60 + 2 + 5% = 65
[General skill and accuracy of movements. Affects weapons and tool usage.]

LUC – 16
[Affects item drop rates.]

Classes:
Scout Lvl.40 - [+5% MP | +10% SP | +10% AGI | +5% DEX]

Skills

• [Ranged Proficiency Lvl.3] = Increase Proficiency with Ranged Weapons.
• [First In, First Out Lvl. 2] - Passive. Increase movement speed by 20% when engaging and disengaging enemies.
• [Dive N Strike] - Active. 10% SP cost. Dive in any direction and roll, increasing evasion. If evasion is successful, increase the damage of the next attack.
• [Zoned In] - Increase AGI by 20%. Passively Consumes 5% SP Per-Turn while Active.
• [Asess] - Active skill that consumes 50 SP. Observe a single target and determine whether they are stronger or weaker than you. Has a chance of gleaning further statistical information.
• [Quickstep] – Active skill. 5% SP cost. Leap in any direction at speeds equal to [AGI + SP consumed], ignoring prior momentum. Contact with a surface is required.
• [Detect] - Active Skill. 20% SP cost. Sharpen all five senses to detect the presence of hidden enemies or traps in the area around you. Range and effectiveness increases with SP consumed.

User Experience

Perception: Realistic
Gore: On
Pain Setting: 100%
Clothing Damage: On
Nudity Censor: Off
Profanity Censor: Off
Combat Action: Manual
Spell Incantations: Manual

Equipment

Helmet: [N/A]
Armor: Fishscale Vest UC

• +30 HP
• +3 AGI
• +2 DEX
• +10% Movement Speed in water

Arm Equipment: [N/A]
Main Hand: Dewsilk Shortbow UC =[UNUSABLE]=

• +5 AGI
• +30 SP
• +10 DEX when using movement-based skill. Stacks 3 times.

Offhand: Adventurer's Sword C
Leg Equipment: Traveller's Shorts (Gray)
Footwear: Traveller's Geta

Accessory # 1: Wriggling Omamori C

• +20 HP
• +5 END

Accessory # 2:
Accessory # 3:
Accessory # 4:

Nuclei

[Jewel of the Valiant, Claiomh Solais]

Type Arms, First Stage
_{+30% HP, +30% MP, +30% SP}
A black-crusted armor that covers the left arm, inscribed with large runic symbols. Upon activation of the Nuclei’s skills, the runes, as well as the volcano-esque cracks within the armor, fill with a brilliant white light, while the hand transforms into a cannon.

God-Searing Light

[Active.] Enter Charging Stance, transforming armor into arm cannon. In this stance, consume any amount of HP, MP, and SP equally. Once charging is complete, incant the skill’s name to fire a beam that deals undefendable damage proportionate to the amount of HP, MP, and SP consumed to the first enemy it strikes. This beam moves at the speed of light. Traveling a maximum of 5000 meters, and ignores all normal physical and arcane obstructions.
Once used, this skill goes on cooldown for one hour.

Inventory

Money: 0 Silver/300 Rishi
Inventory Type: Common Pouch
Inventory Capacity: 07/20 Items

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List:

• Standard Bolts x ∞
• Standard Arrows x ∞
• Pearl Clover x 16
• Healing Vials x 2 (Consume to regain 30 hp.)
• Light Crossbow x 1
• Traveller's Clothes (Gray) x 1
• Wargtooth Dagger C 1

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Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

Understandable.
Then we'll be waiting for when Edgar pops with eager anticipation.

Dawn Beyond Tomorrow: A Magitech distant postapocalyptic action-adventure RP

Noted, GM.

Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

The Real Battle Begins.

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A good deal of other participants joined in the fray. The Butterfly Ninja, The Hydromancer, and a member of the Yuheng Sect. All individuals that the FDN had kept close tabs on. He was very pleased that they managed to keep the paranormal away from the normalcy of Earth, but he guesses that they couldn't keep the secret any longer. Titus smirked at the sight. Then a light chuckle followed. Not long after, it turned into a hearty laugh. The sight of the usually cold and stoic head of the FDN unsettled those in the command room slightly. "Apologies...heh...I just thought I'd never see the day that Operation Burning Cover would actually be used. Protocols A through G are in effect. Let's hop to it ladies and gentlemen." With a singular chorus of 'Yes sir' the staff redoubled their efforts and focus. Titus couldn't have asked for a better workforce than those of his employees.

Meanwhile...

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"Spacial anomaly detected. Recalculating plans..." Grizzly-1 said as Sign Master nearly effortlessly redirected the blast of energy. Harmlessly impacting...an invisible force? His sensors then picked up three new life signatures in the combat zone. The mech's AI recalculated the current strategy into prioritizing the safety of the organics present. What better way to keep them safe by keeping the hostile xeno-lifeform focused on it? But before it could act, the creature caused two more anomalies. One to prevent them from getting into melee range and another had summoned boulders the size of people crashing down upon them!

But with the intervention of the strange oar wielding woman, the waters she controlled reduced the boulders to a nearly harmless shower of stone. Merely doing superficial damage to the paint job of the mech. Raising a hand to give the woman a thumbs up as a sign of appreciation, it warned them of its attack. "Please cover your ears." If sound was still able to bypass the anomaly caused by the 'no trespassing' sign, then a concussive force created by sound will as well. Rerouting the energy meant for the arm lasers to its voice module, it modulated the volume to the maximum limit. Turning the somewhat mundane voice module of the machine into an impromptu one shot sonic cannon. Lunging forward and aiming its head at Sign Master, Grizzly-1 unleashed a powerful roar.

Dawn Beyond Tomorrow: A Magitech distant postapocalyptic action-adventure RP

I'm relatively fine as of the moment.

Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

Characters

Ret. Field Marshal Titus Ross

Appearance:

My Hider

Age: 67 years
Planetary Affiliation: Earth
Equipment: None Notable
Skills & Abilities:

• Government Funding
• Personal Army
• Secrecy
• Genius Technological Aptitude
• Military Experience

Weaknesses:

• Old Age
• Absolutely Abhors Raisins

Grizzly Unit 1

Appearance:
Equipment:

• Microfusion Reactor Core
• Enhanced Exoframe w/ Integrated TRM-01 Central Processing Unit
• Composite Armor Plates
• Twin Arm Mounted Direct Energy Blasters x 2
• Pneumatic Combat Claws x2
• Shoulder Mounted Hornet Pod Missiles x 2
• Chest Mounted Smoke Grenade Launcher

Skills & Abilities:

• Adaptive AI
• Near Infinite Energy
• Extremely Durable

Weaknesses:

• Relatively Slow Movement Speed
• Limited Movement Range
• Prone to Over Heating After Excessive Use of Energy Weapons

Field Agent Lorenzo M. Brooks

Appearance: Off Duty [] On Duty

Equipment:

• FDN Issue Multi-Purpose Suit x 1
• Tactical Visor w/ integrated hazmat respirator x 1
• Choice of Concealable Weapons x 3
• Psionic Enhancer Implant x 1

Skills & Abilities:

• Enhanced Psychic Abilities
• Shadow Creature Manipulation
• Exceptional Combatant

Weaknesses:

• Over Reliance to Abilities
• Psychic Exhaustion
• Still Human

Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

Oh whoops.
I knew I was forgetting something.
I'll have Titus and Grizzly-1 up soonish.

Target Earth! [A Monster Marathon]

Apparently Not a Waste of Government Funds.

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Warning klaxons blared and red emergency lights flashed on and off throughout an underground facility hidden beneath the peaceful Coral City. Dozens upon dozens of staff ran to and fro through the dull grey halls, some even stumbling over one another as they desperately tried to go to their respective posts during this emergency. Never had the city -nay- the world managed to face such an emergency of this magnitude. Aliens were invading the planet Earth. Humanity had always believed that they were not alone in this universe, but they hadn't expected their first contact with other intelligent life forms would be such an openly hostile one!

But the secretive Federal Department of Normality was always prepared.

From the spillage of information regarding the existence of the paranormal to the very extinction of humanity as a whole, the FDN had plans A to Z ready for each situation...not that Earth needed any of them since the creation of the Department. An excuse that nearly de-funded the FDN several times in the past four decades. But now...now they knew that they weren't a waste of tax payer's money. In the command room there was a clamor of voices ranging from information of the attack to the current location and actions of the invader. Screens were showing the flow of data and live video feeds of the city, news broadcasts, social media, and even the strange metallic creature itself.

Everyone was in a panic, all but one. The current department head and founder of the FDN. Retired Field Marshal Titus Ross. Hardened by years of experience both on and of the battlefield, the news barely phased the old man. Hell it didn't even stop him from smoking his pipe. With a simple wave of his hand, an intern handed him all relevant documents and records of the incident that occurred no longer than ten minutes ago. "Hmm. A humanoid creature with the ability to use road signs to predetermine actions of things...we don't know the full capacity of this monster. We'll just have to send some of our best." A number of the staff paused and looked back to Titus. He couldn't have meant sending that. Lumps formed in their throats as they waited for the words to come out of their leader's mouth. "Sound for an evacuation order for the immediate vicinity of the monster. Send Grizzly-1 to the scene." A collective sigh of relief was shared throughout the command room. They weren't using that…yet.

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Just as Sign Master reached the outskirts of Coral City proper, a looming figure roughly five meters tall stood in its path forward.

"Greetings, hostile xeno-lifeform. Prepare for termination." its synthesized 'voice' blared, uncaring and monotonous, before raising an arm and emitting a focused nova of searing energy at the alien.