[Interest Check] Post-Apoc/Magical Humans RP

Posted 4 years, 11 months ago (Edited 4 years, 11 months ago) by January

Interested?

11 Votes Yes
2 Votes No

So this RP has been running for a few years now and as we approach a major turning point in the IC events, I'd like to see if anyone is interested in joining before formally opening for another round of applications? The upcoming IC event is due to dislodge much of the IC dynamics, so new players can effectively disregard the details of interactions and minor events that have happened in the years prior (and will, of course, be briefed on "the story thus far" in terms of major events).

The link to the RP is below and if you find the exact RP elsewhere it's because the original was posted to a different RP site before we ported all the old posts over to TH in 2018. The previous site was very well-geared for RP, but unfortunately suffered from horrible administration so it was either keep playing there and risk losing everything in yet another "Admin forgot to pay the site's bills and all the data was purged and for some reason never shared admin permissions/access to anyone else who was more responsible" or move elsewhere.

The RP's world page should be visible publicly along with some of the information pages on the side, but the main forums and character sub-forums will be members-only.

As a note for any potentially interested parties, the RP does deal with some rather heavy themes and is not for those looking forward to a lighter experience. No strict posting rates, and the GMs use an informal deadline system purely to make sure all relevant posts are up in time so we can write out an update without having to constantly change parts of it as players continue posting more events/interactions.

Feel free to throw any questions here/in PMs! (The RP has an active Discord group as well and it's generally easier to coordinate character interactions via Discord rather than back-and-forth messaging in the World's forums/through PMs, so we do require that you be Discord-compatible, so to speak.) You're welcome to request access to the Discord in PMs if you want to check out the group ahead of time and see if we're a good fit for your RPing style and needs.

RP: Wisheater

Edit: Changed the wrong privacy settings (and not the main one). The world should be visible now. Sorry for the confusion!

Edit 2: Anyone who wants faster responses can DM me on Discord @ Slug#0001 and I'll get back to you pretty soon--probably within an few hours--unless I'm asleep.

RustHeart

I am interested but I cannot view the group

January

RustHeart Do you mean you can't view the page at all or you can't click into certain areas like the forums? Edit: Oop, changed the wrong privacy settings--the world should be visible now.

mozaik

oh dang im super interested o: id love a ping if/when you guys open apps again!

January

Noted! It should be fairly soon as Iā€™d like to get apps settled before throwing down the earthshaker event anyway.

January

chihyyun

pechapanda

arrivederci

RustHeart

pidgen

Okay, after some deliberation I've decided to rework how new characters would enter, that means apps open early for interested parties!

Very bare-bones sheet requirements are below, relevant information should be accessible from the World's tab (check the visible pages), but otherwise you can fire me this sheet to apply. GMs (either myself or MoistMeat will look over the powers and tweak them a bit to fit the universe/scale, and we'll let you know ahead of time if something needs severe changing).

I feel I wasn't too clear in the intchk, but it should be mainly magical humans as that's the central gist of the RP, though I am open to being convinced if you think something else might fit well here.

Basic CS template. Feel free to spruce it up as you like. This simply details the information you must have on your sheet. Anything else is up to you. Make sure you change the text color to whatever you'll be using in-game for dialogue tags. We assign colors to dialogues just to help when skimming/backtracking.

ā„• š•’ š•ž š•– : Johnny Smithy

š”ø š•˜ š•– : Between 13-30.

ā„ š•– š•š š•˜ š•™ š•„ : xxx

š•Ž š•– š•š š•˜ š•™ š•„ : xxx

š”ø š•” š•” š•– š•’ š•£ š•’ š•Ÿ š•” š•– : Image and/or description. You do not need an image if you have none you can use. A description is perfectly acceptable.

ā„™ š•– š•£ š•¤ š•  š•Ÿ š•’ š• š•š š•„ š•Ŗ :

Be detailed here. Think quirks, small habits, triggers, pet peeves, and the like. How has your character's magic influenced their personality? (Last point applies more strongly for Aberrations.)

ā„ š•š š•¤ š•„ š•  š•£ š•Ŗ : Barring important events/plot-related events (PM me if you want to try a more involved history), keep it brief. Focus more on how your character found themselves at USARILN East. Everything else can be revealed artfully IC. As a note, every new player will be starting out new to the school unless a GM or the co-GM clears a different history.

š•„ š•’ š•˜ š•š š•” : PM me or the co-GM with what you want to do, first. Be as creative as you want. This is the game where I'll ask you to throw me your special snowflake ideas and I or one of the co-GM will take the proposed concept, apply limiters/tweaks to balance it out in the context of the universe, then give it back to you in both Arbiter and Aberration form for you to choose. Don't worry, you'll get more powerful. Disgustingly powerful. You'll need to, after all. But at the onset, you're all still working out the kinks in your abilities and making sure no one's losing an arm trying to cast a spell. We have mages for that arm thing, but it would still suck.

Please also note that we reserve the right to reject any powers we deem too similar to ones already possessed by other accepted characters. Feel free to ask anyway, as abilities with similarities aren't necessarily bad. Redundancy saves lives sometimes.

As a rule, Aberrations will generally have deadlier powers, though not necessarily "better" in all cases. There is a cost if you play an Aberration and I fully expect you to deal with the cost properly--no "shaking it off" or "ignoring it with willpower."

Finally, if, in the discussion of powers, I/the co-GM forgot to provide a visual/audio telegraph for your ability, feel free to make one up. One must be included, however.

š”» š•£ š•– š•’ š•ž : Do not fill this out until we've discussed your abilities. What your character saw in the first vision. This generally aligns with what your character perceives as "the 'best' version of themselves doing the 'best' things possible with their powers."

ā„• š•š š•˜ š•™ š•„ š•ž š•’ š•£ š•– : Do not fill this out until we've discussed your abilities. What your character saw in the second vision. This generally aligns with what your character perceives as "the easiest version of themselves accomplishing their most selfish desires in the most efficient way possible with their powers."

š”ø š•Ø š•’ š•œ š•– š•Ÿ š•š š•Ÿ š•˜ : Arbiter or Aberration?

š•Š š•„ š•š š•˜ š•ž š•’ : Do not include this section if you're an Arbiter. Feel free to fill this out if you're an Aberration.

š”ø š•£ š•ž š•’ š•ž š•– š•Ÿ š•„ š•¤ :

xxx

You have none, yet. You will get some as the story progresses. Keep track of them here. Some of them might be really important or something, I don't know.

š•‹ š•™ š•– š•ž š•– š•Š š•  š•Ÿ š•˜ š•¤ :

Feel free to have multiple.

ageofhalcyon

Just a question. Is the RP on discord?

January

arrivederci We have a Discord, yes, but the RP is through posts in the World's forums (which are visible to members only).

January

Those interested can DM me personally on Discord @ Slug#0001 to discuss any questions if you want more immediate answers--forgot to mention.