Guardian of the Chosen: A Interactive Fiction RTDChapter 1: Awakening of the ChosenYou open your eyes, expecting to see the same bedroom that you left when you fell asleep.
There was no reason to fear that it would be gone, after all you have left it for the night thousands
of times before, and it was always there for you in the morning. But this time was different, instead
of the the suns light welcoming you to the new day, the purest darkens shrouds you like a fog, and
you are standing on a stone floor, not laying on your bed like you expected to be. You try to move,
but your body wont budge, something is holding you in place. "How did i get here?" You wonder.
"And where is here exactly?" Not knowing any other course of action you could take, you scream
out for help.
"Hello, can anyone hear me? If you can please help me. I am trapped, and don't know
where I am!" Suddenly, and without warning, a deep voice calls out to you. Its menacing tone
chills you to the very bone. "
No one is going to help you human, for you are in the
land of the dead." You try to look for the man who is now talking to you, but the room is too
dark for you to see your own hand, let alone someone that is so far away from you. You decided to
give him a piece of your mind instead. "Land of the dead, are serious? Listen here asshole, I don't know
how you got me here but if you don't let me go I wi......." "
SILENCE! You are in no
position to make demands. The voice screams so loudly that the sound waves toss you into
the back wall. Strangely, you felt no pain from the impact. A unknown force then lifts you
back to your feet, and a ball of light descends from the ceiling, illuminating the room like a summers
day. The man, or what you thought was a man, stands before you. His black robe fails to hide the
skeletal body underneath. Bits of rotten flesh cling to his ancient bones, and he holds a massive
scythe in his left hand, giving him a frightening visage.
"Who are you?" You ask, your body now shaking with terror.
"I go by many names."The creature says, its mouth is unmoving. You have no idea how it can possibly be talking to you.
"
Anubis, Izanami, Angel of Death, The Taker of Souls, Dark One, but you would
know me as the Grim Reaper." His words hit you like a sledge hammer. "What, no!
This cant be real, You cant be real. You are lying. If you were the Grim reaper, that would mean I am
dead, and I am not, I can't be!" "
Denying the truth dose not make it any less true.
You are dead and I have come for you. Your body is mutilated, and is now only fit for food for
vultures, and worms. Your soul is mine." "But I can't die yet, please give me another chance."
"
You want another chance? Do you want me to show mercy on your wretched
soul? I have been watching you for a long time human. I have seen your dark deeds.
Tell me, how many of your victims asked the same of you? How many begged you to spare
their lives, as you took great delight in watching them suffer. Tell me human, how many people
have you killed? Why should I let you live when you have no respect for the lives of others?
You do not deserve a second chance. By all that is good and just, you should spend eternity in the pit
for your sins. But the fates have dictated that you will have your second chance. That is if you can
accomplish what is asked of you. "
"I will do anything to be alive again, just tell me what it is." The reaper nods its head."
Since the beginning of
time, darkness battled light for the souls of the living. This war takes place on every planet, in every
solar system. Each with its own heaven, and its own hell. The overall balance of power between these
two sides is always equal, but the balance on individual planets shifts. Some become holy paradises, and
others are consumed by darkness. Sometimes on those evil worlds, the pit fills up, and vengeful spirits
escape. And once in a millennium, a demon lords crawls its way out. Demon lords lead evil spirits to
other planets, seeking to cover them in there shadow."
"I tell you this because one of them is coming to earth, some of its minions are already there. They
have killed hundreds of people so far, but that is just a taste of the destruction that will come.
If the demon is not stopped, your race is doomed. There are four, seemingly normal humans, that
possess the power to defeat this demon. They just need to unlock their true potential. You are one
of those four."If this is true, and I am so important, then why did you let me die?" "
I have very
little control over what happens in your world. I simply bring souls from one world to the
next, nothing more, nothing less. I could not prevent your death any more then you could."
"Then can you just bring me back to life? I mean, you the Grim Reaper after all."
"No, I do not have power over life and death. Only the Creator has that power. I am no god, merely a
servant." "If you can't bring me back to life then how will you bring me back to earth?"
"
I will simply bring your back as a spirit. Your death has taking away most of your
powers so you will no longer be able to have a direct roll in the coming battle, but as a spirit your
remaining powers will be much easier to control. So instead of fighting the evil when it arrives, you will
have a different, but equally important mission. You will protected the remaining three chosen, and help
them unlock there ability's. If they succeed in defeating this evil, your sins will be forgiven, and the
ones above me will grant you a second chance at life. However, should you fail, you will spend
eternity burning in the ever lasting fires of the pit. You will know agony the likes of which you have
never known before. Do you understand?"
This was your only chance at a new life. If you succeeded you would be able to start over. Something
that most people can only dream of. This was it, no turning back now. "Yes, I understand." You say with
confidence. The Grim reaper nods its head. "
Good luck human. Although I think you deserve to be in the
pit, I much rather have you free, and the earth safe, then the other way around."
Death then snaps his fingers and the ball of lights starts to become brighter, and brighter. It soon becomes
so bright that you need to close your eyes to protect them from it. Minutes pass before you are able
to open them again. When you do, you find yourself standing over your dead body.
InstructionsActionsThis is a RTD in the style of interactive fiction games. Every turn you get one examination action, and
one normal action. A examination action is anything involving looking. Such as looking around a room, or
look closely at a object, person, ect. Normal actions are pretty much anything else. Walking short
distances will not take a action, and talking to other characters will only use the action of the person
who started the conversation.
These turn rules will be strictly enforced, so think carefully about what you want to do for a turn. If
you have too many actions for your turn, I will use the first ones listed.
CombatThis game will use VERY realistic combat, and damage for the chosen. So if you get hit in the leg, you
may break it, and then you will have a limp. If you get shot in the head you will be dead. You can bleed
out, and your wounds can possibly get a infected. You have a max of a 100 soul points or sp.
Soul points are needed to use your soul powers, most powers you use will deplete sp. If you are not at
100 sp, you will have a will check at the end of every turn. The check will determine how much sp
you regenerate that turn.
The Guardian uses a sp system for powers like the chosen, but he also uses sp for health. You will have a max of 100
sp, and will lose some when you take damage. If you run out of soul points, you wont die, because
you are already dead. But you will be banished to the land of the dead for ten turns, after which
you will come back to earth with 1 sp.
Soul PowersAt the start of the game the chosen have no soul powers, and the Guardian has only a few weak ones.
Over the course of the game you will acquirer soul shards. You can use a shard to ether gain a random
new power, or upgrade a power you already have. You can also give your shard to another player for
him or her to use.
Wining the game.The Guardian will only win if the demon lord is defeated, but the chosen have a variety of ways they
can beat the game, and not all of them will be good for the rest of the players. You will need to find
out what those ways are on your own.
Its RP stupidThis is less of a rule, but more of a request. Try to role play as much as you can. Try not to do actions
that your character probably would not do, and don't act on information that another player knows
but has not told it your character yet. This game will be a lot more fun if you all role play instead of
power game.
Character creation for the GuardianOne player will be the guardian, He lacks a physical body but makes up for it with his spirit powers.
Name: can be anything you want.
Age: How old you are.
Gender: I think you can figure it out.
Appearance: Most people can't see you but this is how you look like to the ones who can. Just
describe how you looked when you were alive, but with a faint glow.
Bio: Can be anything you want, just have it involve killing innocent people, and generally
being evil.
Now for your stats. You have 4 points to put in any stat you want. For every 2 points in a stat it will
get a +1 to all rolls that use it. A stat with no points will have -1 to all rolls that use it.
Will Power: Mostly effects sp regeneration, but it is used for other things.
Spiritual Endurance: Effects how much damage you take.
Light Soul skill: Effects your use of Light soul powers.
Dark soul skill: Effects your use of dark soul powers.
You start out with the following soul powers.
Low Level Telekinesis: You can move small objects with your mind. Costs 5 soul points.
Pass Through Matter: You move through matter as if it was not there. This is a passive
power that uses no sp, and dose not use a action. It is always active.
Sense Chosen: Lets you sense the emotional state of a chosen, no mater were he or she is.
Costs 10 soul points.
Low Level Telepathy: Lets you speak into the minds of living creatures. Costs 5 Soul points.
Flight: You can fly. This is a passive power. Dose not cost a action if you only fly a
short distance.
Teleportation: Lets you teleport to a chosen. Costs 20 Soul points, and takes two turns.
Character creation for the ChosenThree players will be the chosen. They must first chose one of three backgrounds. Which background
you pick will effect your story, but not your starting stats. They are just basic outlines of things you need
to have in your characters bio. You will need to fill in the blanks. There can only be one player per background, and only the starting three chosen need to pick one. Everyone else dose not.
Detective: You been on the force for many years, and have solved your far share of cases. You
are the father of high school girl.
High School Girl: You are a female student at the local high school. You are the daughter of the
detective, and the girlfriend of high school boy.
High School Boy: You are a male student at your local high school. You are the boyfriend of
high school girl. Your past holds a dark secret.
After you pick a class, you can start making the rest of your character sheet.
Name: Can be anything you want but detective and high school girl will have the same
last name. So the last name for high school girl will be whatever the detective picks
for his.
Age: How old you are.
Gender: I think you can figure it out. Must be the same as your background.
Appearance: What you look like.
Bio: Can be anything you want as long as you take your background into account when you are
making it.
You have 5 points to put into any stat you want. For every 2 points in a stat it will get a +1 to
all rolls that use it. A stat with no points will have -1 to all rolls that use it.
Combat skill: This stat effects your fighting ability, and your use of weapons.
Body: Your overall physical health, strength, and stamina. Also effects how much damage
you take when hurt.
Mind: How smart you are, and your deductive reasoning ability.
Will Power: Mostly effects sp regeneration, but it is used for other things.
Soul skill: Unlike the Guardian, you only have one soul use stat, instead of two. This effects
both light, and dark soul powers.
Final notesYou will have two days to post your character sheet. After those two days I will pick the four
character sheets that I like the best, and they will be the starting players. If you do not get picked,
and wish to be in the wait list, you will need to edit your character bio because the background you
picked will be taken. There will be no wait list for the guardian. The character can't die so if the player
who controls him or her dose not post a turn for a long time I will just give the character to someone else.
Active character list and wait list
Name: Ezekiel "Easy Money" Brown
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Appearance: a tall, imposing-looking man in his late twenties, with a plump face and generally amiable-looking features. He is wearing a very flamboyant wide-brimmed hat with an ostrich feather in it as well as a very expensive-looking fur coat with an equally expensive suit underneath. On both his hands, virtually every finger (of which he has 9, with one of his index fingers being missing) has a gold ring with a different precious stone on it. He seems to also be glowing faintly now that he's dead.
Biography: Ezekiel Brown, known by his Christian name to the police, as "Easy Money" to his acquaintances and "Easy" to his friends, was quite the career criminal in life. Born in Chicago in 1984, he did well in school, was even quite popular among his classmates. So it came as quite a surprise when, after finishing high school, he turned to crime. When asked on this choice, he would always answer that it was the only method of getting rich he had any patience for. He's done a whole lot of things in life - he's been a drug dealer, a drug runner, a pimp, a racketeer and occasionally a cold-hearted killer as well and at 25, the peak of his life, he had become a minor crime boss and accumulated what some would call a fortune, was sort-of happily married with children and had an entire gang of goons at his beck and call. However, he was still not entirely satisfied, and this ultimately led to his downfall. After only two years of relatively high-profile activity, he had pissed off enough people with powerful connections that one fateful night, as he was asleep in his home in one of the upper-class neighborhoods, his home was broken into, his bodyguards, his wife, his children and himself brutally executed in what became one of the top news stories that week.
Stats:
WP: 1
SE: 2
LS: 1
DS: 0
Name: Jackson R. Daubs
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Appearance: Five feet and ten inches tall, lightly muscled. Short, black hair. Stubble. Brown eyes. His skin has a dark complexion, but there is a white spot on his left ring finger. His outfit varies from work to lesiure, from a dress shirt and slacks with no tie, to bluejeans and a t-shirt, always putting on a longcoat before he step outside to cover his holster.
Bio: Coming from a varied background, he's been on the force for fifteen years. He went through college as a theatre major before a short stint in construction, before realizing he wanted to help people in only the best way he could: policing. After five years as a patrol officer, he decided to apply for an open detective position and managed to nail the interview and tests. He was working on trying to pin (The guardian) for his crimes, before (the guardian) died. He ended up handling the crime scene for his death instead of busting him. He knows how dangerous the streets are and he keeps his 9mm beretta strapped in a hip holster whenever he's out. Ten years back, he caught his wife cheating on him and divorced with full custody of the child, him being able to support and love her better, though recently he hasn't been able to make it home often enough to take care of her as he would like.
You have 5 points to put into any stat you want. For every 2 points in a stat it will get a +1 to
all rolls that use it. A stat with no points will have -1 to all rolls that use it.
Combat skill: 1
Body: 1
Mind: 2
Will Power: 1
Soul skill: 0
((All in all a mostly well-rounded character, as a detective should be. I felt a detective should have a strong mind and trust it more, and felt that therefore he would rely more on his intellect more than his soul in a given situation.))
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance: Rhea stands at 5'6" and looks to be of eastern descent. Her face is angled like a wide V and seems to emphasize her eyes, dark brown in hue. Her skin is light brown in color and generally gives the illusion of a younger age. It is said that her nose and figure comes from her mother, giving off the impression of a young woman in her prime.
Bio: Prior to pubescent age, Rhea was known for being a quiet and timid girl. Meek in action and nature, kind in addressing others, and obedient to her elders and seniors, as well having a penchant for immersing herself into books and knowledge. In reality, she finds the company of literary and aesthetic work a comfort, being a realist instead of an idealist at a younger age than most, she developed an analytical and philosophical point of view regarding the world as a whole.
Due to the scarcity in meeting with her parents and until the present time, she was known as being reticent with her feelings, keeping them bottled up when being negatively influenced by others and chose instead to strive as an independent person, taking a year or so from education to support her father in familial matters and to save up enough money for college.
She one day dreams to take and finish a course in Liberal Arts or Social Sciences, or preferably become a musician, author or an artist.
Stats
Combat skill: 0
Body: 1
Mind: 2
Will Power: 1
Soul skill: 1
High School Boy
Name:Alec Morgand
Age: 16
Gender: Male (Obviously)
Appearance: Tall, almost six feet, wiry build. Greenish/brown eyes. Pale skin, facial structure of English/gaelic descent. Cargo pants, grey t-shirt. Indeterminate accent.
Bio: Once a typical teenage boy, Alec got mixed up with Ezekiel 'Easy Money' Brown when he was fifteen. Working as a small-time debt collector and drug dealer at his high school, Alec made a decent amount of money, but when Alec went after the son of a politician to try and secure some payment for a rather large tab, the boy panicked and went to his father, who proceeded to arrange the killing of Ezekiel to eliminate the possibililty of his son's drug problem being publicised. Alec lost his sources of drugs and all the kids who owed him money refused to pay up, leading him to give up on his dealing and fade back into the fabric of the school. Luckily, his girlfriend -insert name here- never found out about what he had been doing and they stayed together throughout.
Combat skill: 2
Body: 1
Mind: 1
Willpower: 1
Soul Skill: 0
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