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[_DivideByZero_]

Tomb with a View (OOC)

When a human dies, the soul passes on from the mortal realm and embarks on a journey through the outer darkness toward the realm of light. During this journey, shouls shed their sins and memories and become pure, but some are unable to let go of their past selves. These souls are cast to drown into the River of Blood which flows eternally.

You are a soul whose sins have weighed you down excessively, too far to be let into the realm of light without penance. As such, it is your duty to ferry souls across the River of Blood, both unborn and departed. In recent years, however, the number of souls departing has increased and all of them must be judged. If this continues, souls will remain trapped in the mortal realm and become Fiends in due time. In response, the realm of light has weakened the barrier between the mortal realm and the outer darkness, allowing ferrymen such as yourselves to cross the boundary and presumably help return things to normal.

This is a 5-player RPG set in an urban setting with an unseen disaster spreading throughout the world. As ghostly ferrymen of the past, will you leave the world to ruin or take action to save it?

Spoiler: Mechanics (click to show/hide)

GENERAL

This game uses primarily d6 rolls. If your character is skilled at a task, I will roll a die with a higher # of sides. Likewise, if an action is difficult, you'll need a higher roll to succeed (you can appraise the difficulty of an action, just ask). Either way, the only significantly punishing rolls are the lowest (critical failure) and highest possible (overshoot) values of your dice, so your chance of getting those rolls is identical whether the action is difficult or not.

Many actions won't need rolls if you can easily do it in a reasonable amount of time.

COMBAT

As ghosts, it's pretty hard to die. But you'll need a body to do things, and that body can take damage (you can discard it at any time). As you suffer though, your soul (SP) is weighed down and if you lose control in combat, you'll enter a Soul Trance state in which you must roll to keep yourself from hurting others, but automatically succeed most actions. During this time your soul manifests itself as a physical body which can take damage as usual (and takes damage instead of your regular body if you still have it). If you die in this state, you'll die for good, so take care of yourself! (SP) regenerates very quickly outside of crisis situations.
Ghosts have a max (SP) of 10 by default, while normal humans will pass out at the equivalent of 5 (SP). Physical suffering is what deals (SP) damage, not normal damage.

• Anything with a body will take damage when hit successfully. This accumulates damage (DP), which accumulates on body parts and results in more temporary debuffs and status effects the next time you get hit.
  Your soul (SP) regenerates quickly outside of stressful situations, but it will never regenerate below your current total damage.
  
  
• An attack is a roll against a difficulty decided by the target's (defense) plus (evasion). Some attacks can't be realistically dodged, so evasion won't be factored in, while other attacks are too powerful to realistically block, so defense won't be factored in. Some attacks, like grenades and gunshots, can be defended against by additional attributes such as (speed), which will be added to the difficulty. Human bodies have a natural (defense) of 3.
  Weapons are tiered based on the bonus they give to their attack roll, such as a +1 sword or a +3 rifle. (strength) modifies the attack roll for most melee attacks, while (dexterity) modifies ranged attacks that need aim. If an attack needs both (such as a stab with a rapier) then the lower of both modifiers applies.
  
  
• Combat is usually resolved in order of your (speed) and (dexterity) stats, barring unusual circumstances. Simply put, the fastest will go first, followed by the slowest. Melee attacks go by (speed), while ranged attacks go by (dexterity).
• Stealth is rolled for whenever you perform a loud action that could give away your position. The relevant modifiers are (stealth) and (perception), unsurprisingly. Moving close to people may reveal you depending on the terrain.

TL:DR:
(defense): Affects taking hits
(evasion): Affects dodging
(speed): Makes you strike first and affects movement rolls
(strength): Affects physical attacks
(dexterity): Makes you shoot first and affects ranged attacks
(stealth): Lets you hide your moves and avoid detection
(perception): Lets you detect traps and predict enemy moves

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

As ghosts, you will be able to perform any kind of magic. The catch is that you only roll a d4 for magic you are unskilled with, so you will never perfectly succeed except for easy tasks.
There are two exceptions to this rule which are normal rolls: possession, and capturing a memory. You can possess both objects and beings, which is difficult against beings that resist and have a strong will, but easier if your target is willing to be possessed, is cursed, or is unconscious. A partial success results in disorientation (called Soul Sickness) and a penalty to actions for a few turns while you regain your bearings.

As ghosts, you are also intangible while you don't have a body, but you can become weakly tangible to try and move objects or cause trouble. You are invisible to normal people.

SHARDS AND MEMORY CAPTURE

In order to gain powers, you must find shards of memory from the souls of those departed. Magic was quite a rare thing in the past, and most souls of the past have already gone to the realm of light. It may be possible, however, to find souls willing to grant you their memories, either souls who are in the process of leaving or souls who have remained in the outer darkness.

These shards of memory let you roll more than a d4 when using magic, so long as the ability in question is contained within the memory. Abilities are classified into a TIER based on difficulty. Tier 0 abilities require a roll of 3 to partially succeed, while Tier 1 abilities require a 4 for partial success, and so on.
Shards, on the other hand, are classified by LEVEL. Level 1 provides a d6, Level 2 provides a d8, and so on.

You can gain Shards through the following:

• Attempting to cast the ability yourself, then possessing a witness and capturing the resultant memory. The subject will forget the memory and it will form a small shard that is invisible to humans and is stored on your ghostly body. Memory capture is harder to do for characters with high willpower, and during Soul Sickness.
• Receiving a memory shard from a human who has witnessed magic before. The same procedure as above applies.
• Forcibly capturing a Shard from a soul in a Soul Trance. You can also capture your own memories this way. While in a Soul Trance, a soul's memories are exposed and you can attempt to view or capture a memory through physical contact.
• Receiving a Shard from another soul voluntarily. A soul can freely give away its own memories to others, but the Shard will start off at Level 1

You can combine Shards of the same level and of different but related memories to create a single Shard of higher level. If you fail, you may end up with a Mixed Shard that contains both memories but remains level 1. You are more likely to fail by combining shards of different kinds of memories.

Code: (Character Sheet) [Select]

[b]Name: [/b](...)
[b]Past Life: [/b](Where is your character from? You can be from history, mythology, or even an alternate world that's a part of the mortal realm.)

[b]Description: [/b](Who is your character now? What does your character's soul look like?)

[b]Traits: [/b](Pick 2-3 traits that carry on between bodies, such as skills, maybe a physical bonus, or special mechanics such as "cannot enter Soul Trances.")
[b]Shards: [/b](If you want to start off with magic, pick a memory or two containing a magical spell being used. I'll adjust the Level of your Shards manually for balance. You can forgo this for bonuses elsewhere.)

I'll pick 5 players after some time. You're free to reserve a post so I don't start without you.
Discord Link (trying this out): https://discord.gg/VGkwMc8

[_DivideByZero_]

Characters:

Spoiler: Grégoire du Ponce-Reverdin AKA Pancaek (click to show/hide)

Past Life: An alternative history France, where monsters and the like were real. He was a monster hunter at that time, hunting vampires and other abominations in the eye of the Light.

Description: Now he takes the shape of a man, still. Wearing the dark grey clothing of a monster hunter a metal chestpiece for protection. All of it tattered and withered, marked with claw rends and other wounds from battle. His once magnificent dark green cloak is now but a ragged, torn mess. As for his appearance he has none, for he is a skeleton, having deemed himself unfit of looking like the living.

Traits:
Strong will (harder to mind control and fall for illusions and the like, and easier for him to force his will onto others.)
Eternal Penance (Will not enter soul trance, for even forgetting his sins for a moment would be blasphemy)
Fencer (good with swords and other sword-like weapons.)
Marksman (Good at shooting people. Or monsters. Is there really a difference?)

Shards: none

Spoiler: Xenaranthus AKA crazyabe (click to show/hide)

Past life: He was born in England around 1322, to a family of peasants. He didn't believe his family's status in life was right, and at the age of 13 he jumped at the chance to join a great and powerful "Wizard" as his apprentice, it was only later he discovered his master was a necromancer but he thought not of the implications of raising the dead. Fast forward thirty years and he is being dragged off by a group of peasents for killing the knights that were "Extorting them" a few minites later he was pinned up on a cross with his tongue cut out. After his death his head was cut off with a scythe and burnt.

Description: His soul, to those who can see it is wears tattered robes that may have been white once, but now are blood stained. Around his waist is a chain of silver and gold. His hands have two large holes in them. His eyes are entirely black. He has a cross burnt into his forehead. He had a pair of demonic horns coming out of his head that have been ground down to short stubs. Upon his back are a pair of black, tattered wings.

Traits:
Inhuman Strength
Holy Magic Resistance (Exorcisms, Blessings, anything that could be used to kick him out in god's name)
Pain Resistance
Shards:
Black Magic: Curse
Black Magic: Raise Dead

[ATHATH]

PTW.

[WunderKatze]

I'ma join. Making a sheet.

[NRDL]

PTW

[_DivideByZero_]

Well this plummeted. Hope a bump is okay once.

[TopHat]

PTW.

[TheBiggerFish]

Ooooh.  This looks interesting.

[Pancaek]

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Grégoire du Ponce-Reverdin
Past Life: An alternative history France, where monsters and the like were real. He was a monster hunter at that time, hunting vampires and other abominations in the eye of the Light.

Description: Now he takes the shape of a man, still. Wearing the dark grey clothing of a monster hunter a metal chestpiece for protection. All of it tattered and withered, marked with claw rends and other wounds from battle. His once magnificent dark green cloak is now but a ragged, torn mess. As for his appearance he has none, for he is a skeleton, having deemed himself unfit of looking like the living.

Traits:
Strong will (harder to mind control and fall for illusions and the like, and easier for him to force his will onto others.)
Eternal Penance (Will not enter soul trance, for even forgetting his sins for a moment would be blasphemy)
Fencer (good with swords and other sword-like weapons.)
Marksman (Good at shooting people. Or monsters. Is there really a difference?)

Shards: none

Hope I did that right

[_DivideByZero_]

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Grégoire du Ponce-Reverdin
Past Life: An alternative history France, where monsters and the like were real. He was a monster hunter at that time, hunting vampires and other abominations in the eye of the Light.

Description: Now he takes the shape of a man, still. Wearing the dark grey clothing of a monster hunter a metal chestpiece for protection. All of it tattered and withered, marked with claw rends and other wounds from battle. His once magnificent dark green cloak is now but a ragged, torn mess. As for his appearance he has none, for he is a skeleton, having deemed himself unfit of looking like the living.

Traits:
Strong will (harder to mind control and fall for illusions and the like, and easier for him to force his will onto others.)
Eternal Penance (Will not enter soul trance, for even forgetting his sins for a moment would be blasphemy)
Fencer (good with swords and other sword-like weapons.)
Marksman (Good at shooting people. Or monsters. Is there really a difference?)

Shards: none

Hope I did that right

You did it perfectly. Some nitpicks:

Spoiler: Mechanics (click to show/hide)

Note that being unable to enter Soul Trance means you are unable to form shards from your own memories, for better or for worse. I'm just telling you now, although it is conceivably possible to change traits later on if you so desire.

There is no mind control, only controlling bodies. But it does mean that you'll have more control over the body you decide to take, so that sort of wraps together both "can take bodies easier" and "harder to lose body".

Spoiler: Plot (click to show/hide)

What sort of sins did your character commit that kept him from moving on? Or is it voluntary? (voluntary would be OK)

Lastly, I noticed you mentioning "in the eye of the Light." Does this mean alt-history France has a different religion or are you referring to the realm of light? If so, note that the realm of light is called that by ghosts simply because that's what it is: a realm that glows brightly. If you enter, you can't return, but you can't enter if you are weighed down by sin.

[Pancaek]

Mechanics: That's fine, a little extra challenge to find magic will prove interesting.

No mind control is also fine. Maybe I could add a separate trait to more easily see through illusions and the like, or is it fine added into strong will.

Plot: He knows that some of those he killed, either himself or by proxy, might have been innocent. He also questions some slaying of more humanoid monsters. While he's certainly no wild lunatic, he believes that he has sinned and refuses voluntarily to move on.

The light was more of a generic religious thing. Instead of hunters being of a specific religion, they follow the light (just and good) and battle against the dark (sinners, abominations, etc). Since the light realm only allows those without sin, I'm sure they could be connected somehow.

[_DivideByZero_]

I see, all good then.

Illusions would fall under the category of perception in most cases, unless we're talking about a specifically magical illusion. The first would be affected by (perception), and would help you with non-illusional things, such as hunting and tracking and looking for clues. It'd count as a fourth bonus.

The magical type of illusion would be much rarer, so your ability to see through it better would be just fine added onto Strong Will. It won't make too much of a difference balance-wise until later on, conceivably.

[AzyWng]

PTW

[Pancaek]

I meant magical ones, yes

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: This Sheet Work for you? (click to show/hide)

Name: Xenaranthus
Past Life: He was born in England around 1322, to a family of peasants. He didn't Believe his family's Status in life was Right, And at the age of 13 he Jumped at the chance to join a Great and Powerful "Wizard" as his Apprentice, It was only later he discovered his Master was a Necromancer But he Thought not of the Implications of Raising the dead. Fast forward Thirty years and he is being dragged off by a Group of Peasents for Killing the Knights that were "Extorting them" A few minites Later he was Pinned up on a Cross with his tongue cut out. After his death his head was cut off with a Scythe and Burnt.

Description: his soul, to those who can see it is wears tattered Robes that may have been White once, but now are blood stained. Around his Waist is a Chain of Silver and Gold. his hands have two large holes in them. his eyes are entirely Black. he has a Cross Burnt into his Forehead. He had a pair of Demonic Horns coming out of his head that have been Ground down to Short stubs. Upon his back are a Pair of Black, Tattered wings.

Traits:
Inhuman Strength
Holy Magic Resistance (Exorcisms, Blessings, anything that could be used to kick him out in god's name)
Pain Resistance
Shards:
Black Magic: Curse
Black Magic: Raise Dead