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Groundhog's Day: Apocalypse

Bob Stimson

Name: Bob Stimson
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Job: Semi-Retired Gardener (former Vietnam vet)
Special Skills:
- His time in Vietnam taught him competence with weapons and tactics
- Being a gardener he has a knowledge of plants and acidic Ph's more than then the average joe
- General handyman

Relationship to Other Party Members:
Could see him being a regular at Mawmaw's or Bean And Gone, probably showing up on the clock each day.

Flavour
A widower and a veteran, Bob Stimson is known by most residents of Senaca Glen as the town grump. Generally a man who prefers his own company, any child's basketball that ends up in his yard is considered lost forever. He drives a beat-up pick-up truck has an ever-present cigar in his mouth and a shotgun usually within arms reach. His life consists of a fairly set routine usually revolving around coffee, beer and fishing. He's a small-town man through and through.

Recently Bob's had a cancer scare which may open him up to looking at the world a bit differently. But he finds out his results tomorrow...

Appearance/Picture:

Groundhog's Day: Apocalypse

Yeah, high school sounds good. I bet most of everyone could be loosely acquainted. @Whirligig Maybe he could be a regular at the restaraunt Jenny works at?

@Zoey White

Yes! Reckon he'd come in at the same time each day and might begrudgingly make conversation.

"The usual Jenny"

Groundhog's Day: Apocalypse

Not sure if you're still taking apps but thought I'd throw my hat in the ring if you were

Bob Stimson

Name: Bob Stimson
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Job: Semi-Retired Gardener (former Vietnam vet)
Special Skills:
- His time in Vietnam taught him competence with weapons and tactics
- Being a gardener he has a knowledge of plants and acidic Ph's more than then the average joe
- General handyman

Relationship to Other Party Members:
Could see him being a regular at Mawmaw's or Bean And Gone, probably showing up on the clock each day.

Flavour
A widower and a veteran, Bob Stimson is known by most residents of Senaca Glen as the town grump. Generally a man who prefers his own company, any child's basketball that ends up in his yard is considered lost forever. He drives a beat-up pick-up truck has an ever-present cigar in his mouth and a shotgun usually within arms reach. His life consists of a fairly set routine usually revolving around coffee, beer and fishing. He's a small-town man through and through.

Recently Bob's had a cancer scare which may open him up to looking at the world a bit differently. But he finds out his results tomorrow...

Appearance/Picture:

|| Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP] ||

This is a WIP but if you guys let me know if you approve the concept or not I'd appreciate it. A man who's had his consciousness merged with a kaiju, I'd be playing from the perspective of the human and they wouldn't be chatting to each other, only dimly aware of the other's emotions. Thought it might be an interesting concept to play.

Depending how I feel I may drop Mocha for this, as I'm not sure about juggling three characters, or maybe use him more minimalistically (which would kinda suit the concept) or have him die dramatically haha

Lucky Dragon 5

LUCKY DRAGON 5

Names: Lucky Dragon 5, Ken, Ōwatatsumi

Appearance:
Had difficulty finding a picture here...Lucky Dragon 5 resembles both a glowing angler fish and a leafy seahorse in the shape of a kaiju dragon not dissimilar to Shin-Godzilla. His skin is a charred, pock-marked and mutated mess; this is contrasted by the bright iridescent ends of his appendages that glow in an alluring iridescent green.

Size:
140 metres tall

First Appearance:
Dormant at a Terra outpost near Bikini Atoll

Abilities:

Weaknesses:

Personality:
Lucky Dragon 5 comprises of two separate beings vying for control. The first is that of the ancient kaiju Ōwatatsumi, an angry, bestial yet cunning mind that loathes humanity for what it has done to him and wroughts destruction upon those who once worshipped it. The other is that of Kensei Kuboyama, a former fisherman who was 41 when he was presumed dead from radiation; he's woken up after 65 years sleep, in the unfamiliar body of a god that he has only partial control of. He's confused and scared, but for the moment, good.

History:
In 1954 the united states conducted it's largest ever hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, it lead to the crew of the Lucky Dragon 5 ship infamously gaining radiation sickness and a wave of anti-nuclear sentiment running through Japan and the world. But unknown to all but those with the highest clearance, it was not a test. Government forces had detected a colossal being in the vicinity and sought to destroy. They failed.

The prehistoric beast did not die, but he was severely irradiated and mutated beyond recognition, on a ship far above it a man staggered to the deck having being hit by a wave of radiation. His shipmates gave him a burial at sea, where his body sunk to the depths and met with the changing Kaiju. What was left of the two being became one. Each fighting the other for control and dimly aware of the other.

Other:
(Optional - Anything about the creature that one should know?)

Theme:
(Optional - No monster is complete without a badass theme song.)

|| Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP] ||

Mocha

Name:

Mocha Dick
The White Whale

Appearance

Barnacles and gangrenous seaweed dot his ghostly pale flesh, harpoons stick out lodged across his enormous hide, nets and lines trailing behind him, all speak of failed hunts from modern trawlers to ancient mariners. And upon his brow amidst scars and wrinkles are embedded symbols of what seem like a strange hieroglyphics.

Mocha's's eyes are small but burn out red with a fury, stark against his pallid colossal cranium. He is a hunched creature, longer by far than tall, his great tail dragging behind him as his blubbery form lumbers forward.

In essence, a grisly looking, bipedal sperm-whale.

Size:
300ft high and 500ft long with the tail. (See image above for a rough scale).

First Appearance:

Mocha Dick was known to Terra but his whereabouts were not, presumably deep below the sea until recently. He has since emerged in the South-Pacific and is en-route to Yokohama.

Abilities:

Sonar Shriek
Mocha Dick like many real life whales is as reliant on hearing as he is sight and can give a whale song loud enough to dwarf any other naturally occurring sound. He can also condense this into a focused beam able to rip apart buildings.

Geyser Spray
Mocha Dick holds a huge mass of water within him which can be jetted out with tremendous force from any of several blowholes across his body. He can also release is as a vapour to hide himself or simply vomit it from his mouth to flood an area.

Weaknesses:

Mocha Dick is prone to dehydration if out of the water for too long which would cause him to pass out and eventually die. This can happen ever faster if he uses his Geyser Spray. It is also possible to confuse him with with the use of sonar technology.

Personality:

Maybe it's because he's far older than he should be or due to the pain of his ancient injuries, perhaps it is his just his nature; but Mocha Dick is angry. He attacks, not merely out of self-preservation but his intense thrashing assaults display an underlying rage. It's been noted in the past how he'll appear to retreat only then to double back for intense attack with certain malice, toying with ships before destroying them. The rage of the White-Whale though is matched only with his cunning.

History:

Sailors in many cultures throughout history have made mention to a monstrous white whale of the depths. Norse sagas knew him as 'Lyngbakr', Spanish explorers spoke of 'The Devil Whale' he gained his most recent name from American whalers in the 19th century after destroying numerous parties around the isle of Mocha off the coast of Chile.

Mocha Dick has been mistaken for a regular whale by many hapless hunters across the centuries. Whether angered due to being attacked or in the defence of his kin is not known but he has subsequently wrecked havoc upon whalers and their civilisations. There are some who believe the ban on Japanese whaling was not out of preservation for the whales.

Of his origin, or the strange glyphs imbedded upon his brow little is known. But the sight of Mocha Dick has been known to drive some men into obsession.

Other:
Actually based off a real whale, the one that inspired Moby-Dick.

Theme:

Edmund Shaw

Name:
Edmund Shaw



Appearance:
Shaw seems quite pedestrian upon first glance. His skin is a touch more weathered than most but his build and height (5'10) are both very unassuming, he could almost be just another office worker. His eyes are piercing though and he speaks with soft intensity that people often describe as unnerving.

Age:
37

Occupation:
Poacher

Starting Location:
Guantanamo Bay

History:
Edmund had always been... a bit different. He was the child that would pull legs off spiders and as he grew older became fixated on animals and their nature and their predation. But despite this oddness he was a fiercely intelligent young man, excelling at school in England and eventually studied at Oxford gaining a first with distinction in Zoology. From there though he dropped off the radar for some years.

It was GreenPeace that eventually brought Edmund Shaw's name to public attention. He had become infamous in black-markets across the world leading a highly effective poaching operation dealing in rhino horns, whale meat and any valuable and illegal animal product you could pay for. He was alleged to brought at least six species to extinction before finally being apprehended.

Edmund stood out starkly from his colleagues, it became clear during interviews and trials that he did not poach animals for the money. He enjoyed killing and the challenge of a hunt, espousing a belief in Darwinian survival of the fittest and an almost tribal notion of gaining power from killing. His methods were as disturbing as they were effective and he was identified as an amoral potentially highly dangerous individual. Subsequently Shaw was but into special containment indefinitely.

Other:
Wasn't totally sure what kind of human characters you were looking for, so no worries if he doesn't fit the bill. My plan for his story was to have the/a government or Terra release him and provide resources to try and stop the Kaiju. Strong anti-hero.

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

<Snipped quote by wxps350>

That is also a good question, though from what i've seen of godzilla content over the years, I was assuming regeneration far above human standards, but with some kind of limiter [like rapid regen but with an upper limit, or a simply impressively high rate that doesn't constitute invincibility.] were a given for most of them in some form or another.

@Shoryu

You could have it as one of the Kaiju's abilities? Or perhaps limit it to regeneration in specific circumstances i.e heals when in the water or hot temperatures

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

My entry for a human character

He who hunts monsters

Name:
Edmund Shaw



Appearance:
Shaw seems quite pedestrian upon first glance. His skin is a touch more weathered than most but his build and height (5'10) are both very unassuming, he could almost be just another office worker. His eyes are piercing though and he speaks with soft intensity that people often describe as unnerving.

Age:
37

Occupation:
Poacher

Starting Location:
Guantanamo Bay

History:
Edmund had always been... a bit different. He was the child that would pull legs off spiders and as he grew older became fixated on animals and their nature and their predation. But despite this oddness he was a fiercely intelligent young man, excelling at school in England and eventually studied at Oxford gaining a first with distinction in Zoology. From there though he dropped off the radar for some years.

It was GreenPeace that eventually brought Edmund Shaw's name to public attention. He had become infamous in black-markets across the world leading a highly effective poaching operation dealing in rhino horns, whale meat and any valuable and illegal animal product you could pay for. He was alleged to brought at least six species to extinction before finally being apprehended.

Edmund stood out starkly from his colleagues, it became clear during interviews and trials that he did not poach animals for the money. He enjoyed killing and the challenge of a hunt, espousing a belief in Darwinian survival of the fittest and an almost tribal notion of gaining power from killing. His methods were as disturbing as they were effective and he was identified as an amoral potentially highly dangerous individual. Subsequently Shaw was but into special containment indefinitely.

Other:
Wasn't totally sure what kind of human characters you were looking for, so no worries if he doesn't fit the bill. My plan for his story was to have the/a government or Terra release him and provide resources to try and stop the Kaiju. Strong anti-hero.

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

Moved away from the idea of a more modern monster to this concept, let me know if it doesn't fit or anything needs changed etc

Call me Ishmael...

Name:

Mocha Dick
The White Whale

Appearance

Barnacles and gangrenous seaweed dot his ghostly pale flesh, harpoons stick out lodged across his enormous hide, nets and lines trailing behind him, all speak of failed hunts from modern trawlers to ancient mariners. And upon his brow amidst scars and wrinkles are embedded symbols of what seem like a strange hieroglyphics.

Mocha's's eyes are small but burn out red with a fury, stark against his pallid colossal cranium. He is a hunched creature, longer by far than tall, his great tail dragging behind him as his blubbery form lumbers forward.

In essence, a grisly looking, bipedal sperm-whale.

Size:
300ft high and 500ft long with the tail. (See image above for a rough scale).

First Appearance:

Mocha Dick was known to Terra but his whereabouts were not, presumably deep below the sea until recently. He has since emerged in the South-Pacific and is en-route to Yokohama.

Abilities:

Sonar Shriek
Mocha Dick like many real life whales is as reliant on hearing as he is sight and can give a whale song loud enough to dwarf any other naturally occurring sound. He can also condense this into a focused beam able to rip apart buildings.

Geyser Spray
Mocha Dick holds a huge mass of water within him which can be jetted out with tremendous force from any of several blowholes across his body. He can also release is as a vapour to hide himself or simply vomit it from his mouth to flood an area.

Weaknesses:

Mocha Dick is prone to dehydration if out of the water for too long which would cause him to pass out and eventually die. This can happen ever faster if he uses his Geyser Spray. It is also possible to confuse him with with the use of sonar technology.

Personality:

Maybe it's because he's far older than he should be or due to the pain of his ancient injuries, perhaps it is his just his nature; but Mocha Dick is angry. He attacks, not merely out of self-preservation but his intense thrashing assaults display an underlying rage. It's been noted in the past how he'll appear to retreat only then to double back for intense attack with certain malice, toying with ships before destroying them. The rage of the White-Whale though is matched only with his cunning.

History:

Sailors in many cultures throughout history have made mention to a monstrous white whale of the depths. Norse sagas knew him as 'Lyngbakr', Spanish explorers spoke of 'The Devil Whale' he gained his most recent name from American whalers in the 19th century after destroying numerous parties around the isle of Mocha off the coast of Chile.

Mocha Dick has been mistaken for a regular whale by many hapless hunters across the centuries. Whether angered due to being attacked or in the defence of his kin is not known but he has subsequently wrecked havoc upon whalers and their civilisations. There are some who believe the ban on Japanese whaling was not out of preservation for the whales.

Of his origin, or the strange glyphs imbedded upon his brow little is known. But the sight of Mocha Dick has been known to drive some men into obsession.

Other:
Actually based off a real whale, the one that inspired Moby-Dick.

Theme:

Primordial Uprising - [Kaiju & Monsterverse-Inspired RP]

Oooh, interesting

What are limits/guidelines on monster origins? Are they all ancient or are we allowed modern mutations and the like? Or maybe an ancient monster affected/mutated by modern means

Also second @Kingoftheskies question

Elder Scrolls: Skingrad Company

Sorry for absence guys but I'm still about