Shiva

Forsaken

Any chance I could still join in? Been seeing a lot of people coming in, though I really like the premise of this rp!

@Kidgoat

Sure!

Forsaken

I really love the questionaire part. Its a joy to fill it in as a character :D

My general idea is a Tabaxi alchemist who has a bad case of ADHD and loves to blow stuff up. He does not have any magical abilities but extensive knowledge of the various chemical elements and he can combine them to create potions, bombs and other chemical agents. His potions sometimes have weird, rather harmless but intentional side effects.

@Milkman

As long as @Arty Fox doesn't mind sharing tabaxi, that sounds like fun to me! He could possibly create potions and whatnot to keep the creatures more docile, since hippogriffs are rather violent in nature

And I'm glad you liked the questionnaire ^-^

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I've been considering going for a Warforged who has grown to regret his original purpose and is quite hesitant to do any acts of violence. While he still could, by design.

An alternative idea is a Tiefling who is just totally fed up with the general view of his kind and, while holding a lot of internal anger he might release towards those too provocative, tries to prove that not all of his kind are what they say. A bit of a comedy aspect about him could be that he's also sort of a bodybuilding individual, so... huge.

Please tell me if any of those two ideas actually make any sense :)

@Fetzen

Another player is already going for a tiefling, so maybe not that one. We don't want to double up on concepts lol

I don't mind the Warforged idea but I'm curious what his motivation would be to accept the invitation?

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Yooo this looks really cool! Been waiting for something to catch my eye to drag me back into post by post rp :D

Just wondering about the area surrounding Forsaken. I'm guessing it's all pretty much dessert like in old western films and the like?

I'm currently thinking over a farm hand character and trying to figure out how they would fit into all this; leaning towards them being really good with the animals and general care of them on the farm being the reason they got a letter, and that reward money being a very good incentive.

@Arty Fox

Yeah I'm going pretty typical western setting. Maybe some grassier plains areas nearby for the farmers, but it fades into desert as well.

Glad to have you on board!!

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It was brought to my attention that I didn't have a list of deities, so I added one under the lore section!

Forsaken

I like the idea.

The problem I have, is that it conjures up so many options for characters.

Like, bringing back a character idea I had something like 20 years ago of a "Civilized Wildman" who practised both modern medicine and shamanism as a means of curing and healing people.

A dwarf. With guns. Big. Fucking. Dwarven. Guns. 5 shot revolvers, because they are .65 caliber. 8 or 10 gauge shotgun, cause....Dwarf. Either a bounty hunter or guard for hire.

Or a Kobold who has lost his tribe, and seeking something new. Likely a brawler for shits and giggles.

So many options!

@Goldmarble

Lol!!! This was partially my intention, to give people a lot of options. I'm looking forward to whatever you settle on!

Following a string of private messages and a GM review, I've posted Valanthe Vanatar, doubtlessly the most generous, kind, and innocent soul currently residing in the metropolis known as Forsaken.

@Rapid Reader

Absolutely. No one can doubt the innocence and sincerity of this beautiful soul.

Forsaken (fantasy western D&D setting)

Is there room for one more?

@Milkman

Of course!

Forsaken (fantasy western D&D setting)

@Timemaster @Rapid Reader @Fetzen @Jeremor @Jabberwocky @Lucius Cypher @Eisenhorn

Since we've already gotten a lot of interest, I went ahead and made the offical thread. It has some extra lore and whatnot that might be useful. I'm looking forward to seeing all of your characters!

Forsaken Official Thread

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Cinder Nordes

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ℂ𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕤

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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪

ℕ𝕒𝕞𝕖: Cinder Nordes (Born simply Nordes)
𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕤: Cin, Smokey, call her Cindy and she will murder you.
𝔸𝕘𝕖: 34
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤: Fire Genasi
𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣: Female
𝕆𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟: Bounty hunter/Dragon rider
𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥: Chaotic neutral, or so she likes to tell herself. Try as she might to ignore it there's a little voice inside her head that berates her and keeps her from doing anything truly evil... Usually.

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𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖

ℍ𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥: 5'2"
𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕: Cinder shares the same lithe build that most of her species possesses, and tends to be more agile than strong. Though should the need arise, she's been told she has a mean left hook.
𝔼𝕪𝕖𝕤: Gold eyes that sometimes flicker with fire.
ℍ𝕒𝕚𝕣: Bright orange with slight streaks of yellow, and it glows slightly in the dark. Her hair also catches on fire when she is angry or using her magic. It makes keeping hair ties around... problematic.
𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟 𝕋𝕠𝕟𝕖: Dark gray. If one were to touch her skin, they would find it exceptionally warm.
𝕋𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕤/𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕤/ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤: She has multiple scars of varying shapes and sizes across her body, but nothing particularly eye catching.
ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕪𝕝𝕖: Cinder's clothing tends to be practical, but elegant all the same. She enjoys wearing flattering clothing, but alas sometimes for the sake of her occupation she has to make sure it's not very eye catching in order to stay relatively unnoticed, so she's tried to maintain a balance between the clothing she enjoys, and what is practical.

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ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪:

Impulsive * Proud * Sarcastic * Quick-tempered * Introverted * Passionate * Honest

ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕤: Divorced.
ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕖:

What first impression do you make?
Well, I've been told that I'm loud and off-putting, but I suppose that's up to the individual. Usually when people first meet me I'm relatively polite. Until they say something I disagree with. In which case, I'll start a conversation with them on the subject, and try to convince them of why they're wrong, which usually escalates into an argument, and then we start yelling and- oh that's why they say I'm loud.

What are you like in a high stress situation?
I don't panic, but I definitely get stressed out. Usually in high stress situations I'll get very irritable and snap at whoever tries to talk to me.

What are your best and worst qualities?
I think my best qualities are that I'm very passionate and hardworking in what I do. If I believe that something is the best course of action, then there isn't a force in this plane of existence that can stop me from doing it, and that leads me to my uh... worst qualities. I don't listen to others very well, and I'm very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and don't like to be told I'm wrong, and if I am wrong it will take you a good hour or two to convince me. Not to mention temperamental. Usually I don't mean what I say personally, it just... Comes out. I'm also pretty impulsive, or so I've been told.

What is something about yourself that you would never admit to anyone?
I hate my elemental heritage. It has given me wonderful abilities, yes, but it has also been the source of much pain for me, and I'd really rather have just not had it to begin with. I walk out on the streets and people automatically know that one or both of my parents want nothing to do with me. They basically know my whole life story, and it's just because of what I am. Granted, I'm not exactly a very secretive person, but I still don't like people being able to read my past at the drop of a hat. It's just disconcerting, you know?

What are your dreams?
To one day find a bounty that makes it so I never have to work again, and I can just retire to a little farm house out in the middle of nowhere. Drink whiskey, maybe raise some animals. Maybe try out gardening. Well, okay, maybe not gardening, but you know. Have time for some hobbies.

How do you want to be seen by others?
I want to be seen as just respectable enough that people don't dislike me, but just scary enough that they don't poke into my business too much. I want to be a blend between friendly and terrifying. Hopefully that makes sense, but if it doesn't, oh well.

How do you see yourself?
Uhhhh... Hm. Hot-headed half elf Genasi? I don't know. I'm just me. I don't particularly hate or love myself, and I think I have a healthy opinion of my faults and strengths. I mean, I know I'm not perfect, and I've got issues, but I've also got stuff going for me too, and I like who I am. Anyone who doesn't is free to show themselves out.

Do you tend to make snap judgements, or stop and think about things?
I'm definitely more impulsive. Whenever I meet someone, I do tend to make up my mind on them rather quickly, and I'm almost always improvising. I've managed to survive my entire life flying by the seat of my pants, and I don't see any reason to change that now.

What haunts you?
The knowledge that I'm probably going to die alone. I'm not even talking about romantic relationships here, it's easy enough to find some fool who wants to marry you, just alone in general. There are a couple billion people on this planet, but almost none of them are worth keeping around for the long run, and usually the ones that are want nothing to do with me. So... Yeah. I'm probably going to die alone. That's not a fun thought.

What is your philosophy on life?
Do no harm... Unless someone is either in your way, or being an ass.

ℍ𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕤:

• Bouncing her leg.
• Resting her hand on her pistol.
• Humming to herself.

ℍ𝕠𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕖𝕤:

• Looking through wanted posters for her next mark.
• Reading. She has accidentally burned several books by getting mad at the characters.
• Dancing.
• Playing the flute.

𝔽𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤:

• Dying alone.
• Waking up one day and discovering everything she believes is wrong.
• Going broke.
• Genies.
• Getting attached to someone and watching them die.
• Cats.

𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:

• Money.
• Food.
• Parties.
• Saloons.
• Dancing.
• Fires.
• Books.
• Flowers.

𝔻𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:

• Cats.
• Arrogant fools.
• Other bounty hunters.
• Genies.
• Being looked down on.

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𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟:

𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤:

• Cooking.
• Excellent swimmer (ironic, I know).
• Lying.
• Reading people.
• Mediocre general surivial knowledge.
• Hunting (animals and people).
• Dragon riding.

𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝/𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤:

• Tracking.
• Excellent shot with a pistol, both hands. She has twin six shooters that she keeps at her sides at all times.
• Fire Magic: Thanks to her Genie heritage, Cinder inherently is gifted with the use of fire magic. Though active in her at all times, Cinder has the ability to repress it so that she isn't constantly setting things on fire. That's why when she's angry, her hair and hands burst into flames, as she forgets to repress the power within her. She can hurl fire at her enemies, cause her entire body to be aflame, create a campfire with ease, and many other various things with these abilities. It is very useful in combat. She cannot be harmed by fire.
• Dark Vision: She can see in complete darkness as if it were dim light. Due to her ties to the Plane of Fire, everything she sees with Dark Vision is tinted red.

𝕀𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:

• Extra clothing.
• Packs of dried food.
• Water canteen.
• A lot of hairties.
• A necklace she bought on the coast that she really loves but never wears.
• Ammunition.
• Flute.

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ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:

𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪:

My past is honestly not particularly exciting. Nevertheless, I'll walk you through it. I was born to a Woodland she-elf by the name of Gaelira. Poor thing. She was very young when she had me, and honestly just didn't know what to do. My father was an Efreeti, or genie from the elemental plane of fire, and he ditched my mother fairly early on. They don't really care for their offspring that much. It's a pretty typical experience for all genasi children.

So my poor mother, being only about twenty five at the time (which is very, very young for an elf), panicked and gave me to an orphanage. Again, practically the bio of every genasi child. The orphanage kept me until I was thirteen, then I ran off to make my own way in life, and I found work as a dragon stable hand. I was at home with the creatures, who didn't seem to mind me very much, and I did fairly well for myself that way. I mean, I wasn't exactly rich, but ya know. I had food in my belly and a roof over my head.

I also learned how to ride dragons, both from the dragon riders that passed through, and from the dragons themselves. A couple of them were only a couple hundred years old, and they'd never met a fire genasi before, so I was fascinating to them. We became good friends, and some of the older ones taught me how to hone my magic skills. To be honest, those dragons and their riders are really the closest thing to a family I ever had.

Anyway, I grew up in that environment, and eventually one of the riders that came through regularly offered to take me along with him on his journeys. He was a bounty hunter, and he was getting up there in years, so he was looking for someone he trusted to make sure his dragon was alright after he passed.

You see, dragons and their riders have very special bonds. It's not like you just go somewhere and buy a dragon, no, dragons aren't mindless creatures that you sell like horses. They're intelligent, independent, and they choose who rides them. Unfortunately, dragons almost always outlive their riders, so the man was hoping that perhaps his dragon would choose me as his next rider. And he did. After the bounty hunter passed, the dragon (whose name was Ulleiss) accepted me as his new rider after a period of grieving, and off we went. He'd practically helped raise me, so it was an easy transition for both of us, and he helped me become more experienced as a bounty hunter as time went on.

At some point I got married to this Tiefling fella. You know how it is. Tall, dark, angsty, I couldn't burn him to death, he was cute, how could I resist? We got married when I was 25 or 26, I can't remember specifics. Anyway, I walked in on him one day and he was in the midst of undressing this cute little human girl, and uh... Well. The house went boom.

So then I spent the next few years building up a name for myself as a bounty hunter again. I'm not exactly famous, but in certain circles I'm a well known name that might earn a shudder, if you're a criminal. I've managed to stay out of trouble for the most part. I tried to find my genie father once, met him, was greatly disappointed and just... Left. Genies are serious jerks, did you know? But anyways, now I just spend my days hunting down bad guys and saving up money for my little house in the middle of nowhere.

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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖: "I know my worth. I've paid dearly for every ounce of it."
𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔼𝕝𝕤𝕖: Rides a red dragon by the name of Ulleiss. He's a bit grumpy, but enjoys Cinder's company enough to stick around.

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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥

To get the code for this character sheet, click the 'view raw' icon on the top right of this post, and scroll until you see the big gap in text. Then copy everything

_{Note: Nothing is final until I approve your character.}

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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪

ℕ𝕒𝕞𝕖: (Full Name)
𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕤: (Nicknames, previous names, maiden names, etc.)
𝔸𝕘𝕖:
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤:
𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣:
𝕆𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟:
𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥: (Neutral good, lawful, chaotic, etc)

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𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖

ℍ𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥:
𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕:
𝔼𝕪𝕖𝕤:
ℍ𝕒𝕚𝕣:
𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟 𝕋𝕠𝕟𝕖:
𝕋𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕤/𝕊𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕤/ℙ𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤:
ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕪𝕝𝕖:

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ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪:

Trait * Trait * Trait * Trait * Trait * Trait

ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕤:
ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕖: This is going to be a little different. Instead of a typical personality summary, you get to pretend your character is answering a questionnaire! Just answer the following in character.

What first impression do you make?

What are you like in a high stress situation?

What are your best and worst qualities?

What is something about yourself that you would never admit to anyone?

What are your dreams?

How do you want to be seen by others?

How do you see yourself?

Do you tend to make snap judgements, or stop and think about things?

What haunts you?

What is your philosophy on life?

(Note: You do not have to fill out every single bullet point, as long as you have at least one filled out on each topic).
ℍ𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕤:

ℍ𝕠𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕖𝕤:

𝔽𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤:

𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:

𝔻𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:

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𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟:

𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤:

𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝/𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤:

𝕀𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:

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ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:

𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪: Minimal two paragraphs consisting of at least four medium length sentences.

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𝔼𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕤

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℚ𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖: Something they say a lot or live by
𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔼𝕝𝕤𝕖: