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[Zarule]

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Setting of the RTD
This RTD will happen in a high fantasy setting where you will be playing the role of a adventuring party. The name, motivations and goals of this adventuring party will be up to you and your fellow players but expect to be put into nasty places with nasty people/monsters for the sake of loot, money and glory! Since it's a high fantasy setting expect magic to be quite common as there are powerful entities who give their power to anyone capable of using it and willing to pay the small price. The technology level will be steam-punkish so you can also expect there to be explosives, guns, zeppelins and other strange devices. I will also be mostly keeping to realistic physics unless magic is involved or you make the most amazing roll ever.

The Rules

The Basics:

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For every action you do I will be rolling a dice (6 Sided) to determine the outcome of it. These outcomes can range from bad to good depending on the number you get.

[1]: Epic Fail -  You fail terribly at your intended action and suffer bad consequences because of it.
[2]: Fail - You do not succeed at your intended action but you do not suffer extra consequences besides failing.
[3]: Meager success - You succeed partially, the degree determined by the GM.
[4]: Success - You simply succeed at your action without any further consequences.
[5]: Epic Success - You succeed at your action better then normal and any consequences that may happen are positive.
[6]: Overshot - You succeed to hard at your action and you overdo it. You suffer severe consequences, these consequences can be either good or bad depending on your confirmation roll.

You can get bonuses to these rolls from many sources, including magical buffs, Feats, skills, good equipment and random circumstance.

Confirmation Rolls
Should you be unlucky/lucky enough to roll a 1 or 6 I will roll a confirmation roll. This roll will determine how severe your Epic fail or Overshot will be. Confirmation rolls for Epic fails are just 1-6 where 1 is really bad and 6 is less bad. Confirmation rolls for overshot will decide if the consequences of overshooting will be negative or bad. 1-3 bad and 4-6 good. These type of rolls will mostly be used for basic actions.

Assisting/Sabotage
You can spend your turn to assist another player to help him with his action. If your roll is higher, it is taken as the success roll for that player's action action.
You can also spend your turn to sabotage another player's action. If your roll is higher, the opposite of it is taken as the success roll for that player's action.

Combat:

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Combat will happen in group turns. I will make a roll to see which group starts first, highest roll wins. (With groups I mean you and your fellow players VS Any enemies)
When you attack I will make a opposed roll to see if you hit the enemy. The defenders roll carries more weight should there be a tie. If you hit the enemy I will make a second roll to see how damage you do. A particular good damage roll (6) may earn you debuffs on the hit opponent.

Health, Stabilizing and death.
You have a base health of 20. This number can be increased by equipment, skills and feats. There is healing and potions to regain health in combat, outside of combat you can simply rest a turn to regain your health. Don't expect to be able to do this in all places however, resting inside the fort of a enemy for example is not the wisest of things.
When your hp reaches 0, you are knocked unconscious but stable. If you are knocked to negatives, you have to roll to stabilize each round.
At 3 stabilization points you become permanently stable and will recover, barring any further damage. You will however remain unconscious for the rest of the fight.

Rolling a 5-6 adds 1 to your stabilization counter.
Rolling a 3-4 no effect.
Rolling a 1-2 means you take damage equal to the amount of your negative HP. For instance; if you had 3 hp and took 8 damage this will result in -5 hp.

When you hit -10 hp you die. permanently.

Skills and Feats:

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Skills:
Skills can be anything you focus on, so you could be a master at opening doors if you would really want to. This means that there is no list of skills so the only way to see if it exists is to try it.
Skills have 8 levels, each level will be harder to attain. You will always start at untrained with most skills, unless logic dictates otherwise.
Each time you do a action involving a skill you gain points into your skill depending on the success of your roll. 1-2 will gain you nothing, 3-4 will gain you 1 point and 5-6 will gain you 2 points.

(0) Untrained: A static -1 on all your rolls involving this skill.
(10) Trained: You no longer have the -1 static on your rolls.
(20) Talented: You gain 1/6 Chance of getting a +1 on your rolls involving this skill.
(35) Skilled: On a Epic fail confirmation roll you no longer roll lower then 4.
(50) Expert: Instead of 1/6 you now have a 3/6 chance of getting a +1 on rolls.
(75) Master: Instead of a 3/6 chance you now have a static +1 on rolls involving this skill.
(100) Grand Master: You gain 1/6 Chance of getting a +2 on your roll.
(150) Legendary: Instead of 1/6 you now have a 3/6 chance of getting a +2 on rolls.

Feats:
Feats are special abilities or bonuses you can earn. For example; you drink a magical potion that gives you the Feat 'Night-vision' which will allow you to look in the dark preventing you from gaining negative bonuses because you are in the dark. You can also gain feats if you use certain sets of skills so if for example you play a thief-like character I might give you the feat 'Thief' giving you a bonus to thief related skills. Just leveling certain skills may also give you feats, mainly the combat oriented skills will net you abilities for use in combat.
So feats can be a wide range of things, They can be special abilities you have gained somehow or they are bonuses to certain skills or rolls. They will be earned by just playing the game and being successful.

Magic:

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Magic Spells are constructed out of arcane words. By combining words you can assemble spells and cast them. Each extra word will add a -1 on your roll, you can negate this by leveling the skill Casting and/or with magical items like wands or staves. Each rank in casting after Trained will give you a free word. So if you have a spell in mind that you want to cast you will have to break it down into words and state them in your post. Be sure to be exact. For example Fire - Ball. Will only create a ball of fire. You could throw it but don't expect it to fly without a word like Projectile added to it. One thing you won't have to state in the words is how you use the spell, you won't have to add words like "self" or "enemy" if you want to cast a spell on yourself or on your enemies.

The effectiveness of your magic will, of course, be decided by a roll but is also affected heavily by your skills. I will be separating spells into types of school and each school will level separately. Fireballs will be part of the Evocation school for example, so if your skill is low in Evocation your fireballs will be pretty small and ineffective instead of large and damaging if your skill was high.

When you cast magic you will use up Mana according to how many words you use, 1 word will cost 1 mana. Your max mana at the start will be 10 but like everything else this can be leveled in different ways. You can regain mana by performing the proper ritual for your patron. To perform a ritual you will need something that represents your patron and it will take a entire turn to do it. The amount of mana you gain depends on a roll I will make. You can gain bonuses by using items, Some items won't be consumed and simply give you a +1 but certain items are consumed in a ritual but these will give you much larger bonuses. One rule of thumb however is that the more rare the item you use the more mana you get. These bonuses will be very important as your mana cap gets higher as without using these items you will only get 6 mana max for each ritual, which means you will have to spend several turns to get your mana back up to max. Note: Rituals can not be performed while in combat.

To gain the ability to cast magic you will have to choose a patron God/Spirit to follow. A patron will allow you to cast all spell types but spells that have aspects of your patron will be easier to cast as each word that has something to do with your patron will grant you a 1/6 chance to get a +1.

Runes
Magic also comes in a written form, Runes, which you can use to set traps, enchant gear or make classic magic scrolls with. Magic is a powerful thing however and not all materials will be able to contain it and might be destroyed if attempted. To enchant a weapon you will either need it be made out of a special, stronger material then those of your standard weapons or enhance it with a magic core. Materials themselves also vary in strength, expect enchanted iron not to be as powerful as say enchanted mithril. For traps you will also need a core, a crystal for example, to contain your magic and scrolls will need special paper and ink. IE, Runes have a material cost.

The Patrons.
Zephyr, The Patron of Air.
Represents: Intelligence, Movement, Sound, Flight, Youth.
Ritual Item examples: Censer, Feathers, Bell.

Ignis, The Patron of Fire
Represents: Strength, Change, Destruction, Sensuality, Cooking.
Ritual Item examples: Athame, Burning Herbs, Candles.

Undine, The Patron of Water.
Represents: Wisdom, Healing, Purification, Visions, Divination.
Ritual Item examples: Chalice, Mirror, Corral.

Gaia, The Patron of Earth.
Represents: Endurance, Protection, Wealth, Fertility, Trade.
Ritual Item examples: Stones, Salt, Crystals.

Aethyr, The patron of Spirit.
Represents: Energy, Void, Time, Space, The soul.
Ritual Item examples: Captured Lightning, Stardust, A clock.

The representations are just a few examples, I am not going to list them all since that would make the list much to long as they all represent certain gems, musical instruments, tree's, Animals, Seaons, Metals etc. (For those interested I based the patrons loosely on Wicca elements)

Traveling and Encounters:

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There will be some traveling in this RTD and when you travel from point A to B you can encounter stuff.
Each 5 units of distance I will roll a dice to see if you encounter something. What you encounter will be up to your current location.

[1]: Very bad encounter
[2]: Bad encounter
[3]: Normal encounter
[4]: No encounter
[5]: Good encounter
[6]: Very good encounter

Posting Rules:

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Actions will be in bold. Speech will be in "". Any OoC comments will go in () but I would prefer if you kept those in this thread.
The RTD will go in proper turns so I will only make my post once all players have posted their actions. To keep the game flowing I will make my post after 24-ish hours of my last post at a minimum even if a player has not posted his/hers turn. Either the player will not have taken a action or I will temporary take control of it should there be a situation. Should a player not have posted for a week I will replace that player with somebody on the waiting list.

Signing Up
One thing I should say is that since my last RTD was cut short very early due to RL issues I will be inviting the people who were part of that one into this one. I will be accepting 6 people this time so should they all accept my invitation there will be one spot left. Should the players of my last RTD not respond or decline my invitation I will simply go down the waiting list to add people. For the  last spot I will accept the first person who posts a properly filled in Character Sheet. If you want to go on the wait list I still want to see a filled in character sheet before I add you to the list so should a person fall out I can add you to the game right away.

Character Sheet:

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Name: -
Age: -
Gender: -
Race: You can pick any race you want! You can make your own race or pick one from other fiction.
Patron: Do you follow one? If so, which one? (Pick one of the five patrons I have made. They can be found under magic)
Looks: Tell us how your character looks! Doesn't need to be to detailed.
Background: Tell us a bit about your character, what is his/hers personality? Reasons for becoming a adventurer? Dreams or wishes? Again, doesn't need to be to detailed.

Once you have posted the sheet and been accepted for the RTD I will give you two skills and one feat that fits your character based off your race and background along with some basic adventuring gear.

[Zarule]

Character Status
(Turn 36)

Powder Miner

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Name: April Eploc
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Patron: April isn't particularly devoted towards any patron, but as is natural for a thrill rider like her, she leans towards Ignis a bit.
Looks: April stands at 5'6'', with white skin, fiery red hair in thin braids that run down to her shoulders, green eyes the color of foliage, usually with a manic grin and a wild, excited look in her eyes. She's built with a relatively lithe frame, and she disregards current fashions, usually wearing whatever allows her to run or jump, typically in a pastel yellow.
Background: April is an adrenaline junkie, to put it lightly. She loves to sprint, leap, loves frantic chases, and firing pistols at high speed while barely dodging magic bolts, that sort of thing! She lives for the thrill of adventure. Originally, she came from a rather wealthy, inactive family, but she's pretty much totally disregarded that, trading in a life of posh stagnance for gun training, and to adventure- and she's rather the embarrassing child of the Eploc family, the one they prefer not to talk about- as she's ignored the social customs, and ignored her family's usual path completely, even casting aside her family's typical wealth to live off of adventuring!

Skills:
Pistols - Skilled (37)
Acrobatics - Talented (20)
Rituals - Trained (10)

Feats:
Quickfire - Every 3 turns you can attack twice.
Explosive Ammo - You use a different ammo, you gain a +2 to damage for 2 shots. Can be used once every 4 turns.

Gear:
Two revolvers
Light Leather Armor
Simple clothing (Pastel yellow)
Running Boots
Ammunition Pouch
Two Daggers.
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Coin Pouch: 8 Gold Crowns.

Scapheap

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Name: Grey Featherback
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Patron: Gaia
Looks: 5'10” brown hair, blue eyes, average build.
Background: Grey has follow his god since he could walk, being the protector to those too weak to defend themselves. His dream is to be a paladin of his god and thus set off to find out how.

Skills:
Hammers - Talented (24)
Abjuration  - Talented (24)
Evocation - Untrained (2)
Casting - Untrained (7)
Rituals - Trained (14)
Divination - Untrained (1)

Feats:
Protection Specialist - You have specialized in the protection magic of your goddess Gaia. You receive a +1 on magic involving such.

Gear:
War hammer
Tower Shield
Plate Armor
Arnet Helmet
Simple Clothing
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Blue Crystal
Bag filled with Teeth
Coin Pouch: 38 Gold Crowns.

Mesor

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Name: Duros Madotheld
Age: 17
Race: Noghri
Patron: Loosely worships Aethyr
Looks: He has dark grey skin and long black hair, is face is heavily scared in a ritualistic fashion. He is 6 FT 7 and weighs almost 300 pounds, all of it muscle. His eyes are jet black and his nose, ears and lips have long since been removed.
Background: Duros is an assassin, as far as he can remember he was always an assassin. His first memory is of being an 8 year old boy and waking before dawn to sneak into the kitchens for breakfast. If you got caught then you didn't eat.
He trained 15 hours a day every day to use his chosen weapons to the best of his ability and soon discovered that not only was he gifted bowman, he was also able to become nearly invisible when he wanted to.
By the time he became apprentice to a true assassin he was a lethal shot with a recurve bow and always enhanced his bow and arrows with poison or the magic that he was trained to wield.
He could defeat full armed men with the hidden wrist blades that had been welded directly onto his flesh on the day he passed the initial trials and was fast and powerful with the strangely shaped daggers he had chosen as his personal weapons the day he became an apprentice.
The day he turned 17 he faced his final trials, he was sent on his first contract alone and returned far faster then expected and not only had he killed his target he had also forced the target to give him information on many others that were still being worked on in the area.
But an unexpected side effect of this mission was several short flash backs of a young child and his family that he could not make sense of and kept to himself.
That is the day his nose, ears, and lips were cut from his face and the ritual scaring was performed to note him as a true member of the Everto Lupus.
Shortly after this he was sent out into the world for a period of 5 years to learn about the world and improve his skills and instructed to never remove the black mask that covers his face or the black armor with the insignia of his order on it, to do so was considered an act of treason against the order and would result in him being hunted down and killed.

Skills:
Bow - Talented (28)
Stealth - Talented (21)
Casting - Untrained (
Rituals - Trained (12)
Mysticism - Untrained (2)
Evocation - Untrained (1)

Feats:
Poisoner - Thanks to your training your poisons are more effective. +1 on anything poison related.

Gear:
Recurve bow
Quiver
Everto Lupus Armor
Everto Lupus Mask
Hidden wrist blades
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
4 Poisonous mushrooms (Ingested)
Kobold Spear (Small)
Coin Pouch: 8 Gold Crowns.

Caellath

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Name: Caern Ilman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Half-Golem
Patron: Caern has no religion
Looks: Tall and muscular, with short black hair and dark blue eyes which hint at his unusual origin. His skin is fair by birth, but the constant exposure to the heat of the forge causes it to darken slightly and usually be tanned, the color gradually fading the longer he stays away from the fire. All things considered, Caern would look like a common - if tall and bulky - human were not for the fact his arms and legs are not organic like the rest of his body - they are made of metal, which seems to change as his age advances. Once made of a material as durable as copper, now they are made of a resilient silver-colored alloy. All of his bones also seem tougher and more structurally sound than a normal human's, being able to withstand more punishment without making him much heavier than a human his size, his metallic muscles compensating in kind for the amount of extra weight.
Background: Born with an anomalous body due to problems caused by magical contamination around the area of his parents' home village, Caern caused great surprise and brought a deal of dread to his family when he was given birth due to his metallic limbs. The temporary feeling of unease of some was completely dispelled when a religious relative intervened and mentioned the possibility of a life blessed by the essence of the metals itself - a gift given unto his parents by some benevolent force of nature. Caern - now believed to be someone favored by the essence of metals by some and still shunned as a stranger by others - lived a relatively common life, deciding to be a smith due to his enhanced resistance when compared to normal humans and finding a bond and affinity with metals. As Caern grew, so did his strength and resilience of his body. Even if his skin and flesh were apparently as soft and vulnerable as a normal human's, his strong bones and metal limbs granted him superior resilience along with an edge during fights which assisted him fend off wolf raids. It also didn't take long for him to discover he was more resilient to poisoning than the people he lived in, a trait which only reinforced his inhuman nature. Despite his looks, he is a caring person, willing to do his best to help others while still retaining a good measure of reasonability.

Skills:
Smithing - Talented (20)
Hand-to-Hand - Talented (32)
First aid - Untrained (3)

Feats:
Tough - Thanks to your nature you are tougher then others. You gain a extra 10 health.

Gear:
Basic Clothing
Blacksmith's Apron
Metal Limbs
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
K.G. Candle-holder
Deck of Cards
Coin Pouch: 8 Gold Crowns.

Dermonster

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Name: Derm.
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Race: Half-Phoenix
Patron: Ignus.
Looks: Usually I do something different but I'll go with the classic green robe and wizard hat this time around. I'll say dark red and charcoal colored feathers.
Background: Derm was kicked out of a magic University due to all of his spells going horribly right... somehow. Plus a sort of reckless abandonment due to the whole 'rise from the ashes thing. He is perpetually cheerful but seems to completely fail to take into account some of the consequences, possibly inherited from the human who had sex with a phoenix. He wears the robe to hide his phoenix features, though this is usually an exercise in futility due to the wings. He hates being mistaken for a girl. Any jokes of 'what a bird!' will be met with fiery retribution nigh immanently. He became an adventurer to learn more magic. He wishes he could fly more often. He wants to know who his mother is.

Skills:
Evocation - Talented (24)
Alteration - Untrained (3)
Illusion - Untrained (1)
Hand-to-Hand - Talented (23)
Casting - Trained (11)
Flight - Untrained (1)
First aid - Untrained (4)
Rituals - Trained (13)
Alchemy - Untrained (2)

Feats:
Wings - Thanks to your phoenix ancestor you have wings allowing you to fly, but the wings are not made for you physique and thus you can only fly for a short duration at a time.

Gear:
Claws
Green robe and wizard hat
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
5 Hemp cloth
Coin Pouch: 5 Gold Crowns.

lawastooshort

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Name: Facol Wong
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Patron: Undine
Looks: Facol is fairly short and stocky, deeply tanned, and already mostly grey. He's dressed in what seems to be an outfit entirely made of fur, including the hat. He's not doing very well at growing a beard, but he's trying.
Background: Facol comes from a long line of northern shamans, and he has left the north to come of age as an adventuring shaman. He is, of course, adept at healing and finding the herbs needed to heal when his shamanistic magic is not necessary or will not work, but he prefers to travel in the spirit world and, more than anything else, to transform himself into the great animals of the north and wander the wilderness. His favorite animal is the polar bear for its endurance and its power.

Skills:
Transmutation - Talented (23)
Restoration - Talented (28)
Swordsmanship - Untrained(9)
Casting - Untrained (
First aid - Untrained (4)
Rituals - Trained (12)
Herbalism - Untrained (2)

Feat:
Healing Specialist - You have specialized in the healing magic of your goddess Undine. You receive a +1 on magic involving such.

Gear:
Fur Armor
Fur Hat
Shortsword
Small shield bound in leather
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
3 Hallucination mushrooms.
Coin Pouch: 6 Gold Crowns.

Waitlist
Persus13

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Name: Lemuel Neigh
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Race: Houyhnhnms
Patron: Zephyr
Looks: A bay horse with an irregular star on its forehead, and a fetlock on its back left leg.
Background: Lemuel worked hard at his job of killing Yahoos, but reasoned that if he found some way to kill them faster his job would be done. One day he walked through a portal someone built and fell through to this world. He joined the party to earn lots of money. He doesn't care about ethics, but reason and getting back home. He will tolerate riders if it is reasonable for him to do so.

Skills:
Lancing - Talented (20)
Logic - Talented (20)
Rituals - Trained (10)

Feats:
Sprinter - For a duration you can move particularly fast. Gaining you bonuses to actions involving movement.

Gear:
Horse Armor
Lance (Attached to the armor)
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Coin Pouch: 6 Gold Crowns.

Wwolin

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Name: Aulath Marab
Age: 520
Gender: Male
Race: Vampire
Patron: Aethyr
Looks: Aulath stands at 5'7", and his skin is horribly pale, even for a vampire. He has short brown hair, and his blood red eyes glow slightly in the dark.
Background: 495 years ago, Aulath was a healthy young man looking for a bride. His neighbor offered him the hand of his daughter in exchange for seven heads of lettuce, and Aulath tried to bargain this down to six. The two argued back and forth for days, until Aulath gave in and told his neighbor that he would be back with seven heads of lettuce the next day. Returning home, Aulath remembered that he had been bartering because he only owned six heads of lettuce, and he decided to steal the seventh from a local merchant. Aulath visited the merchant that evening, with a plan to slip sleeping powder in the man's drink so that he could steal the lettuce. However, in an unfortunate mishap, Aulath accidentally poured sugar instead of sleeping powder into the drink, and the diabetic merchant died an extremely agonizing death due to a sudden increase in blood sugar. Aulath was found guilty of murder the next day, and was sentenced to be hanged sometime within the week. While waiting in prison for his sentence to be carried out, he often woke up to find a strange prison guard biting his neck. Knowing that such things often happened in prison, Aulath simply pretended to be asleep until the guard left. One night, Aulath was lead outside, and was hanged. However, as he swung by his neck on the noose, he discovered that he didn't actually need to breathe. He hung there for quite some time, before deciding that he might as well take a nap, since he didn't have to worry about being molested by the strange guard. Everyone at the hanging assumed that him shutting his eyes meant that he was dead, and Aulath woke up the next morning in a coffin. He finally put two and two together, and realized that the strange guard must have actually been a vampire, and that he too was now a creature of the night. Although unable to escape his coffin, Aulath was able to survive due to the actions of a local cult. They sacrificed animals over his grave almost daily, and the blood that trickled through the lid of his coffin was just enough to keep him fed. Bored out of his mind, he scraped away the wood from his coffin bit by bit, growing ever closer to the surface. Today is the day that he has finally escaped from his tomb...

Skills:
Bartering - Talented (20)
Swordsmanship - Talented (20)
Rituals - Trained (10)

Feats:
Daywalker - Despite being a vampire you seem to be able to walk in daylight no problem. How odd!

Gear:
Longsword
Simple clothing
Black cape
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Coin Pouch: 6 Gold Crowns.

Tiruin

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Name: Talari Kuneho
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Kitsune
Patron: Aethyr
Looks: With white hued fur and deep brown eyes, Talari stands at the height of five and a half feet tall. His body is lithe and lean in structure, and his tail spans up to his neckline. He is normally in a suit of armor - preferably plate mail, and his head is covered by a customary made mask designed to hide his more signifying features.
Backstory: 'Tala' was born and raised in a monastery, having been adopted by the current monastic order due to a... caravan accident nearby caused by the local lawless factions. He was treated as one of their own, and his mindset is that of a human, other than the stereotypical animalistic comprehension given to those of his race. Minus the fact that he has fox-like ears instead of 'normal' ears and a long fluffy tail, these did not hinder his outlook on life. Aiming for the goodwill of others, while deeply cherishing the need in knowing what had happened in his past, Tala worked as a guardian and steward of his order until one of the high priests sent him from the area to complete his mission.
Which it currently is, or any exact details, are only known to him and him alone.

Skills:
Pole-Arms - Talented (20)
Scribing - Talented (20)
Rituals - Trained (10)

Feat:
Keen senses - Your senses are much keener then those of your human peers. +1 To anything involving your senses.

Gear:
Naginata
Platemail
Mask
Simple Clothing
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Coin Pouch: 6 Gold Crowns.

Death/Inactive

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Skyrunner
Name: Andras
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Race: Elf
Patron: She makes her own destiny.
Looks: At first glance, she looks quite human. On second glance ... nope, still human. She has a headband, usually white, that holds back some of her dull blond hair. Her bright blue eyes give the impression of being angled (though they are not), and her piercing gaze isn't friendly. She looks exotic in a vague way that's hard to put a finger on. She hides her ears beneath the headband and the hair - in fact, the strip of cloth is tightly tied. She isn't tall. Her black outfit, which looks like some sort of uniform, is accented with a red coat and a white collar. She is wearing pants.
Background: Andras was raised beneath humans. She always had a complex to her race, which wasn't helped by the other kids who made fun of her uncommon ear shape. The more she grew, the colder a shell she cultivated to try not to be hurt. Her desire to fit in is evident in her perfectly ironed and pressed clothes, and her omnipresent white band. She pursued the art of swords, especially one-handed ones that are light, and sometimes found herself enjoying the final stroke into the heart of some bandit or vagabond that tried to rob her. Perhaps the children of her youth were right: maybe she really was a monster, like elf's are rumored to be. To discover who she really is, to take her future into her hand, and to find the truth about elf's, she set off on the road.

Skills:
Swordsmanship - Talented (20)
Disguises - Talented (20)

Feats:
Elven Accuracy - Your race is particularly accurate with the bow or the sword. +1 on to hit.

Gear:
Rapier
Uniform
Red Coat
Backpack

Backpack:
Basic Supplies (Everything a adventurer needs: Food, Water, Bedroll, Flint and Steel, Medical supplies and other small things.)
Rope (50 feet)
2 unlit torches
Coin Pouch: 8 Gold Crowns.

[Powder Miner]

Let's see if I can slip into that last spot!
Name: April Eploc
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Patron: April isn't particularly devoted towards any patron, but as is natural for a thrill rider like her, she leans towards Ignis a bit.
Looks: April stands at 5'6'', with white skin, fiery red hair in thin braids that run down to her shoulders, green eyes the color of foliage, usually with a manic grin and a wild, excited look in her eyes. She's built with a relatively lithe frame, and she disregards current fashions, usually wearing whatever allows her to run or jump, typically in a pastel yellow.
Background: April is an adrenaline junkie, to put it lightly. She loves to sprint, leap, loves frantic chases, and firing pistols at high speed while barely dodging magic bolts, that sort of thing! She lives for the thrill of adventure. Originally, she came from a rather wealthy, inactive family, but she's pretty much totally disregarded that, trading in a life of posh stagnance for gun training, and to adventure- and she's rather the embarrassing child of the Eploc family, the one they prefer not to talk about- as she's ignored the social customs, and ignored her family's usual path completely, even casting aside her family's typical wealth to live off of adventuring!

[Dermonster]

Well hello there...

Name: - Do I even have to say it at this point? Fiiine. Derm.
Age: - 27
Gender: - Male
Race: To the random race generator!

'Male half-Phoenix. He has a feminine build. He appears as an 'humanized' version of his non-human parent, but the result is very disturbing.'

Anthropomorphic fire bird! What was my human parent doing shagging a flaming bird Don't answer that.
Patron: Ignus.
Looks: Usually I do something different but I'll go with the classic green robe and wizard hat this time around. I'll say dark red and charcoal colored feathers.
Background: Derm was kicked out of the Unseen University due to all of his spells going horribly right... somehow. Plus a sort of reckless abandonment due to the whole 'rise from the ashes thing. He is perpetually cheerful but seems to completely fail to take into account some of the consequenses, possibly inhereted from the human who had sex with a phoenix. He wears the robe to hide his phoenixy features, though this is usually an excersize in futility due to the wings. He hates being mistaken for a girl. Any jokes of 'what a bird!' will be met with firey retribution nigh immediantly. He became an adventurer to learn more magic. He wishes he could fly more often. He wants to know who his mother is.

These were answered out of order! Guess the order and you get nothing because I forgot.

>Applying to an RTD
>Decide to use standard green robe
>Race
>Randomizer!
>Half phoenix.
>Red feathers green robe
>GM: oshi-


EDIT: POWDER. POWDER STAHP. POWDER NOOOOOOOO

[Powder Miner]

Dun worry derm, I doubt all of the previous RTDers will come.

[Dermonster]

So about patrons, we can basically just make or pick anything right?

[Zarule]

So about patrons, we can basically just make or pick anything right?

You can only pick from those that I provided. Which basicly boils down to: Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Leftovers Spirit.

[lawastooshort]

Name: - Facol Wong
Age: - 22
Gender: - Male
Race: - Human
Patron: - Undine
Looks: - Facol is fairly short and stocky, deeply tanned, and already mostly grey. He's dressed in what seems to be an outfit entirely made of fur, including the hat. He's not doing very well at growing a beard, but he's trying.
Background: - Facol comes from a long line of northern shamans, and he has left the north to come of age as an adventuring shaman. He is, of course, adept at healing and finding the herbs needed to heal when his shamanistic magic is not necessary or will not work, but he prefers to travel in the spirit world and, more than anything else, to transform himself into the great animals of the north and wander the wilderness. His favourite animal is the polar bear for its endurance and its power.

[scapheap]

Sent it in a PM.

[Tiruin]

Why greetings, good sir.

Caellath, and Skyrunner are currently busy but have expressed their inclination to rejoin on your RTD.

As for me, I've sent it via PM in reply to your letter, courtesy of the Adventurer's Guild, which is somehow connected to the Glassblower's guild for some reason.

[Persus13]

Name: Lemuel Neigh
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Race: Houyhnhnms
Patron: Zephyr
Looks: A bay horse with an irregular star on its forehead, and a fetlock on its back left leg.
Background: Lemuel worked hard at his job of killing Yahoos, but reasoned that if he found some way to kill them faster his job would be done. One day he walked through a portal someone built and fell through to this world. He joined the party to earn lots of money. He doesn't care about ethics, but reason and getting back home. He will tolerate riders if it is reasonable for him to do so. Lemuel does not worship Zephyr because he has no religion but believes it is reasonable to follow Zephyr to gain some power.

[mesor]

I'm back in as well just working out my character.

Spoiler: My character (click to show/hide)

Name : Duros Madotheld
Age : 17
Race : Noghri
Patron : Loosely worships Aethyr
Looks : He has dark grey skin and long black hair, is face is heavily scared in a ritualistic fashion. He is 6 FT 7 and weighs almost 300 pounds, all of it muscle. His eyes are jet black and his nose, ears and lips have long since been removed.

Background : Duros is an assassin, as far as he can remember he was always an assassin. His first memory is of being an 8 year old boy and waking before dawn to sneak into the kitchens for breakfast. If you got caught then you didn't eat.
He trained 15 hours a day every day to use his chosen weapons to the best of his ability and soon discovered that not only was he gifted bowman, he was also able to become nearly invisible when he wanted to.
By the time he became apprentice to a true assassin he was a lethal shot with a recurve bow and always enhanced his bow and arrows with poison or the magic that he was trained to wield.
He could defeat full armed men with the hidden wrist blades that had been welded directly onto his flesh on the day he passed the initial trials and was fast and powerful with the strangely shaped daggers he had chosen as his personal weapons the day he became an apprentice.
The day he turned 17 he faced his final trials, he was sent on his first contract alone and returned far faster then expected and not only had he killed his target he had also forced the target to give him information on many others that were still being worked on in the area.
But an unexpected side effect of this mission was several short flash backs of a young child and his family that he could not make sense of and kept to himself.
That is the day his nose, ears, and lips were cut from his face and the ritual scaring was performed to note him as a true member of the Everto Lupus.
Shortly after this he was sent out into the world for a period of 5 years to learn about the world and improve his skills and instructed to never remove the black mask that covers his face or the black armor with the insignia of his order on it, to do so was considered an act of treason against the order and would result in him being hunted down and killed.

[Wwolin]

Name: Aulath Marab
Age: 520
Gender: Male
Race: Vampire
Patron: Aethyr
Looks: Aulath stands at 5'7", and his skin is horribly pale, even for a vampire. He has short brown hair, and his blood red eyes glow slightly in the dark.
Background: 495 years ago, Aulath was a healthy young man looking for a bride. His neighbor offered him the hand of his daughter in exchange for seven heads of lettuce, and Aulath tried to bargain this down to six. The two argued back and forth for days, until Aulath gave in and told his neighbor that he would be back with seven heads of lettuce the next day. Returning home, Aulath remembered that he had been bartering because he only owned six heads of lettuce, and he decided to steal the seventh from a local merchant. Aulath visited the merchant that evening, with a plan to slip sleeping powder in the man's drink so that he could steal the lettuce. However, in an unfortunate mishap, Aulath accidentally poured sugar instead of sleeping powder into the drink, and the diabetic merchant died an extremely agonizing death due to a sudden increase in blood sugar. Aulath was found guilty of murder the next day, and was sentenced to be hanged sometime within the week. While waiting in prison for his sentence to be carried out, he often woke up to find a strange prison guard biting his neck. Knowing that such things often happened in prison, Aulath simply pretended to be asleep until the guard left. One night, Aulath was lead outside, and was hanged. However, as he swung by his neck on the noose, he discovered that he didn't actually need to breathe. He hung there for quite some time, before deciding that he might as well take a nap, since he didn't have to worry about being molested by the strange guard. Everyone at the hanging assumed that him shutting his eyes meant that he was dead, and Aulath woke up the next morning in a coffin. He finally put two and two together, and realized that the strange guard must have actually been a vampire, and that he too was now a creature of the night. Although unable to escape his coffin, Aulath was able to survive due to the actions of a local cult. They sacrificed animals over his grave almost daily, and the blood that trickled through the lid of his coffin was just enough to keep him fed. Bored out of his mind, he scraped away the wood from his coffin bit by bit, growing ever closer to the surface. Today is the day that he has finally escaped from his tomb...

[Zarule]

Why greetings, good sir.

Caellath, and Skyrunner are currently busy but have expressed their inclination to rejoin on your RTD.

As for me, I've sent it via PM in reply to your letter, courtesy of the Adventurer's Guild, which is somehow connected to the Glassblower's guild for some reason.

I have yet to receive a PM from you. Received. And I would love it if Caellath and Skyrunner would be able to join but I will move on at some point and replace them with people from the waitlist should I not receive Character sheets.

Patron: Gaia (Lemuel has no religion except for the defense of reason. Gaia seems like the patron that is most reasonable)

After a look on Wikipedia about Houyhnhnms I would suggest you take Zephyr instead. It fits much better since Zephyr also governs common sense, logic etc. But also movement which makes sense for a.. horse.
Also, I have not get given you gear or skills since I am not sure how a Houyhnhnm would even fight. Could you perhaps explain that for me?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Aulath Marab
Age: 520
Gender: Male
Race: Vampire
Patron: Aethyr
Looks: Aulath stands at 5'7", and his skin is horribly pale, even for a vampire. He has short brown hair, and his blood red eyes glow slightly in the dark.
Background: 495 years ago, Aulath was a healthy young man looking for a bride. His neighbor offered him the hand of his daughter in exchange for seven heads of lettuce, and Aulath tried to bargain this down to six. The two argued back and forth for days, until Aulath gave in and told his neighbor that he would be back with seven heads of lettuce the next day. Returning home, Aulath remembered that he had been bartering because he only owned six heads of lettuce, and he decided to steal the seventh from a local merchant. Aulath visited the merchant that evening, with a plan to slip sleeping powder in the man's drink so that he could steal the lettuce. However, in an unfortunate mishap, Aulath accidentally poured sugar instead of sleeping powder into the drink, and the diabetic merchant died an extremely agonizing death due to a sudden increase in blood sugar. Aulath was found guilty of murder the next day, and was sentenced to be hanged sometime within the week. While waiting in prison for his sentence to be carried out, he often woke up to find a strange prison guard biting his neck. Knowing that such things often happened in prison, Aulath simply pretended to be asleep until the guard left. One night, Aulath was lead outside, and was hanged. However, as he swung by his neck on the noose, he discovered that he didn't actually need to breathe. He hung there for quite some time, before deciding that he might as well take a nap, since he didn't have to worry about being molested by the strange guard. Everyone at the hanging assumed that him shutting his eyes meant that he was dead, and Aulath woke up the next morning in a coffin. He finally put two and two together, and realized that the strange guard must have actually been a vampire, and that he too was now a creature of the night. Although unable to escape his coffin, Aulath was able to survive due to the actions of a local cult. They sacrificed animals over his grave almost daily, and the blood that trickled through the lid of his coffin was just enough to keep him fed. Bored out of his mind, he scraped away the wood from his coffin bit by bit, growing ever closer to the surface. Today is the day that he has finally escaped from his tomb...

That is a pretty funny character, I can only imagine his sanity after being locked up in a coffin for 500 years.

[Dermonster]

Its kinda like that quantum lich that was locked in a room in a mountain for two hundred years who managed to accidentally escape by going mad and making a hyper realistic imaginary adventuring party.