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[Cheesecake]

Welcome to Blackwood

Welcome to the dark and mysterious realm of Blackwood Forest, a mysterious dimension of darkness and insanity. Your party has been whisked away from your homes to this dark place. You are lost, confused. The air is cold, the harsh winds blow with malignant voices. The sky is ever bleak and black, and the growls and the barks and the screams further the desolation of the Mad Realm. Legends held that this place has no means of escape, that you are doomed to a life of survival and fear. But they are just legends.

The realm is ripe with conjury and augury, and witch-powers are enhanced. Nightmarish creatures and fiends stalk the night, and it is always night. Your goal in this game is to find a means to survive, or find a way out. Both paths are equally dangerous, and teamwork is a necessity for survival. Myths of people being carried to this dark land to be killed or used as playthings for the vile entities that prowl the land. You must survive.

(I will use various pictures from Google to show the various things. They won't be mine, so I don't take any credit, but once I get that graphics tablet I've been saving for I'll try to draw my own.)

Spoiler: Character Sheets (click to show/hide)

Name:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation: (What you worked as before you were taken. Anything a medieval era person would do; blacksmith, farmer, knight. Add a +10 to one skill that people from your occupation would generally be proficient in.)
Backstory: (Your life before this. Explain your personality, your relations, and other things of note.)
Appearance: (How you look. Explain as much as you can; height, weight, skin color, hair color, etc.)

Skills: (All of them start at 20, and you have 100 points to add to them. Your bonus is the tens digit of the skill, ie. 34 has a bonus of 3)
WS (How good you are with melee weapons)
BS (How good you are with ranged weapons)
S (How physically strong you are)
T (How tough you are)
Per (How sharp your senses are)
Int (How smart you are)
Fel (How well you interact with people)
Wil (How mentally strong you are)

Affinity: (Select an affinity and an incompatibility. For every two incompatibility, you gain an extra affinity. You gain affinities and incompatibilities along the way)
Swordsman [Gain a +10 to WS when rolling with swords in combat)
Archer [Gain a +10 to BS when rolling with bows or crossbows in combat)
Scholar [Gain a +10 to Int. Choose a academic subject to choose from, ie. Mathematics, Science, Philosophy)
Silver Tongue [Gain a +10 to Fel)
Hawk Eyed [Gain a +10 to Per)
Rich [Bring along an extra item, or designate one item to be master crafted.

Incompatibilities:
Weak [Gain a -10 to S]
Fearful [Gain a -10 to Wil]
Pacifist [Gain a -10 to WS or BS when using melee or ranged weapons respectively]
Ignoramus [Gain a -10 to Int. Choose a subject that you are utterly incompetent at]
Social Outcast [Gain a -10 to Fel. Roll a Fel Test when interacting with people other than your teammates]
Sickly [Gain a -10 to T. You must periodically take medicine, which you start with 1d10 of. You can search for them in the forest using the Per skill]

Inventory:
Clothes
Boots
One weapon of choice [including ammo]
One armor piece of choice
One meal
One item of profession
[See Items list below for item choices]

Spoiler: Items (click to show/hide)

Melee Weapons:
Sword [2d6+WS bonus damage]
Mace [1d6+S bonus damage]
Hammer [2d3+S bonus damage]
Twin Daggers[1d3+WS bonus damage each]X2 (Counted as two weapons)

Ranged Weapons:
Bow [1d6+BS bonus damage] [X20+1d6 starting arrows]
Crossbow [1d8+BS bonus damage] [X10+1d6 starting arrows]
Slingshot [1d3+BS bonus damage] [X5 stones; find more on the floor of the woods]

Armor:
Leather helm [Block 1d6+T bonus damage]
Bronze gauntlets [Block 1d3+T bonus damage for each arm]
Copper breastplate [Block 1d6+T bonus damage]

Items with Artificer gain +10 to either WS or BS, depending on melee or ranged. Items with Masterwork gain +5 to WS or BS. Artefacts give a +10 bonus plus an additional affinity and incompatibility.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Rolls will be done with a d100. Damage is described on the weapon description in the Items section. You need to roll under your skill rating, and if you roll a double, a special event happens. Example below:

[EXAMPLE ROUND]
Wilhelm tries to stab the orc. He rolls 1d100 and has to roll under his Skill rating. His WS is 30, which is pretty low, but he has the Swordsman affinity, which gives a +10, and he is using a Masterwork claymore, which gives another +5, so now he has to roll under 45. He rolls 11! He rolls a double, and his sword strikes deeper! He rolls on the chart, and he rolls a 41, which hits the orc's right arm!

He rolls a 1d6+WS bonus damage, and he gets 10! The orc takes 10 damage minus his T bonus of 4, which is a 6! His right arm now has 4 hitpoints left!

The orc retaliates by aiming for Wilhelm's head! He raises his mace and rolls! He rolls an 81, as opposed to his WS of 40-10 because of aiming. If you aim, you get a -10 penalty, but if you hit, you will always hit your target.
[ROUND END]

Body Chart:
Your character has 100 hitpoints. When you reach zero, you are knocked out. If you reach below your T rating, you die and are replaced. Armor can negate damage, and some spells can heal you. Your hitpoints are distributed across ten points on your body, which are:

Head 1-9

Torso 10-19

Left Arm 20-29

Right Arm 30-39

Left Leg 40-49

Right Leg 50-59

Left Hand 60-69

Right Hand 70-79

Left Foot 80-89

Right Foot 90-99

Rolling a 100 is considered a critical, and you roll once more on the chart and apply 1d3 damage to that area.

Players
Dwarmin|Jacquelyn Delahaye|DEAD
Tiruin|Amelia L. Aguilon
IronyOwl|Sana
scapheap|Ura Hakai Haze
Harry Baldman|Gertrude "Gorilla" Thompson
Caellath|Falken Stiehr

Waitlist
wolfchild|NEXT
Krath
Scriptwolf
Gamerlord
dewboy
Flying Dice
Nerjin

[Cheesecake]

Reserved~

[wolfchild]

Making Sheet

Spoiler: Shara Ivane (basically done if you can stand a bullet point past) (click to show/hide)

Name: Shara Ivane
Sex: Female
Age: 17
Occupation: Assassin (Not sure what skill i should be here)
Backstory: (bullet points, may make paragraphs out of it later but for now it should be enough)
* Started out with few prospects living on the street
* Killed man who tried to take advantage of her
* Found she had a knack for killing
* Quickly became one of the more sought after assassins
* One of the more rich people keeps hiring her as an excuse to see her
* She is actually quite friendly when not being paid to kill you
* Gets violent very quickly if grabbed from behind for any reason, even just a friendly hug
* Has been giving food to the more needy streetrats
* Keeps stashes of clothing and money in various places around where she works


Appearance: 1 and a half meters high almost exactly, Light but not pale skin, she has black hair, kept shoulder length, with steel grey eyes. She Weighs slightly less than the norm for her height and prefers to dress in nondescript grey clothing, most of the time.

Skills: (All of them start at 20, and you have 100 points to add to them. Your bonus is the tens digit of the skill, ie. 34 has a bonus of 3)
WS 40 (I am saying probably this one with profession skill)
BS 20
S 40 (-10 = 30)
T 30
Per 35
Int 20
Fel 35
Wil 40

Affinity: Rich
Incompatibilities: Weak

Inventory:
Clothes
Boots
Two Daggers (Masterwork)
Bronze Chestplate
One meal
Vial of poison

[Krath]

I'm super game.

Name: Hector Colt
Sex: Male
Age: 25
Occupation: Gong Farmer (+10 to Wil, mental fortitude and endurance is important for such a job! IT BUILDS CHARACTER.)
Backstory: Hector was never good at much, at least not much that could put food on the table. He was a quiet one, and tended to keep to himself and only worry about himself, and to hell with what other people thought of him. The life of a soldier was always there, but risking his neck for a smarmy lord never appealed very much either. His vocation was a simple yet crucially important one - he cleaned up dung. He didn't mind it much, given that it was a surprisingly well-paying job, and most people left him alone which was more than fine by him. Sure, it's a dirty job with mounds of health problems, but you get used to it.
Appearance: Hector doesn't stand out very much. 5'8" and a moderately built frame, with curly brown hair, blue eyes, and a bit of stubble. His weight and bulk is average, and he dresses in a normal beige tunic.

Skills:
WS 20 + 10 = 30
BS 20
S 20 + 20 = 40
T 20 + 20 = 40
Per 20 + 10 + 10 = 40
Int 20 + 10 = 30
Fel 20 - 10 = 10
Wil 20 + 10 + 30 = 60

Affinity:
Hawk Eyed [Gain a +10 to Per)

Incompatibilities:
Social Outcast [Gain a -10 to Fel. Roll a Fel Test when interacting with people other than your teammates]

Inventory:
Clothes
Boots
Sword
Leather Helm
One meal
One item of profession (a spade)

[ScriptWolf]

Reserved for making a sheet

Will have to be after work sorry op I hope that's ok

[Gamerlord]

Reserved, making the sheet now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Gorln Mond
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Occupation: Poacher (BS bonus)
Backstory: (Your life before this. Explain your personality, your relations, and other things of note.)
Appearance: tanned skin, hazel eyes, 90kg, 170cm tall.

Skills: (All of them start at 20, and you have 100 points to add to them. Your bonus is the tens digit of the skill, ie. 34 has a bonus of 3)
WS 20 (adjusted)
BS 60 (adjusted)
S 30 (adjusted)
T 30 (adjusted)
Per 50 (adjusted)
Int 10 (adjusted)
Fel 20 (adjusted)
Wil 30 (adjusted)

Affinity: (Select an affinity and an incompatibility. For every two incompatibility, you gain an extra affinity. You gain affinities and incompatibilities along the way)
Archer [Gain a +10 to BS when rolling with bows or crossbows in combat)
Hawk Eyed [Gain a +10 to Per)

Incompatibilities:
Weak [Gain a -10 to S]
Ignoramus [Gain a -10 to Int. Choose a subject that you are utterly incompetent at] - Science

Inventory:
Clothes
Boots
Bow + Arrows
One armor piece of choice
One meal
Mottled cloak (stealth)? (Dunno about this one.)
[See Items list below for item choices]

[Cheesecake]

Reserved for making a sheet

Will have to be after work sorry op I hope that's ok

No problem.

[Dwarmin]

Name: Jacquelyn Delahaye
Sex: Female
Age: 24
Occupation: Pirate (+10 to Strong)
Backstory: Jacquelyn Delahaye was born in France-the illegitimate, yet loved daughter of a well off merchant ship captain Argen Delahaye, she spent most of her youth on his ship, the Fisherhawk, learning to sail during his expeditions around the coast of Europe and further afar-she was shunned by the rest of her family for the implications of her birth, she found peace and purpose, on the sea-in this way, her father could keep her around. When she was 18, the world flipped-a month in the Doldrums caused a mutiny, and she could only watch as her father was tossed into the sea by his own men. She was chained in the hold of the ship, no doubt awaiting an unkind fate-for the mutinous crew had set their sights on the new world, where her youth would fetch a decent price as a slave.

Fortune interceded, though, in an odd fashion-an English pirate vessel caught sight and boarded the traitorous ship. They foolishly decided to fight, and Jacquelyn would hear the thumps of bodies hitting the deck not long after. And yet, when the pirates found their pretty prize in the hold, it was doubtful her fate would have been much different than with the mutineers-had she not stolen a knife from the belt of a careless sailor and removed his left ear.

Such an act endeared her to the crew, such as it was, and they allowed her to join-in essence, adopting her into their own family. Her new vessel was the Silverfish, a name she considered telling. It would take several years to rise above the rank of 'cabin girl'-and more than a few removed ears to fend off hungry men-but, Jacquelyn was driven and dedicated. She had no home to go back to, and found the freedom of piracy a liberating existence. She never wanted to step foot on land again.

In her 24th year, Jacquelyn is completely and without remorse, a pirate-raiding, looting, and pillaging as the situation demands-she always makes a habit of being on the frontline of any action. The crew likes to imagine her as a good luck charm-the reversal of the usual notion-and she thinks of them as close to family as she will ever have.

Appearance: A short, well built woman with visible muscles, tanned skin and a short, dark black hair-she's about 5 feet and 140 pounds. She has pale, slightly luminous sea-blue eyes. Her build is athletic and tough, and her skin is dark, yet light enough that her French-Caribbean heritage is evident. She has a spray of sun bleached dimples across the bridge of her nose. Her hands are calloused and covered in tough old scars. A stark black tattoo of a leaping shark is embraced on her right shoulder. Jacquelyn has a medium sized chest, and is all in all, fairly well defined and desirable by the standards of her time.

Skills: (All of them start at 20, and you have 100 points to add to them. Your bonus is the tens digit of the skill, ie. 34 has a bonus of 3)
WS 20+20=40
BS 20
S 20+20+10=50
T 20+30=50
Per 20
Int 20-10=10
Fel 20
Wil 20+30=50

Affinity: (Select an affinity and an incompatibility. For every two incompatibility, you gain an extra affinity. You gain affinities and incompatibilities along the way)
Swordswoman [Gain a +10 to WS when rolling with swords in combat)

Incompatibilities:
Ignoramus (Animals/Natural World)

Inventory:
Clothes
Sleek and seaworn blue coat, leather studded slacks, a sturdy pair of boots and a blue bandanna atop her head. It's comfortable, well worn and designed to mask her femininity rather than revel in it. She wears a golden hoop earring in her left ear.

Sword [2d6+WS bonus damage]
A short and deadly cutlass with a notch in the end of the blade, and a tarnished copper crossguard. Designed less for elegant parries and more for quick draws and brutal slashing cuts.

Bronze gauntlets [Block 1d3+T bonus damage for each arm]
Thick bronze gloves, with leather fingertips-judging by the design, she stole them from an Englishmen.

Salted Fish Meal
A strip of fish meat so salted as to be nearly inedible.

Leather Waterskin (Filled with Spiced Rum)
A heavy leather pouch made to carry liquid. Currently filled with a fiery alcoholic imbibement pirates use to hype themselves up for bloodshed, if it doesn't strike them blind first.

[Tiruin]

Name: Amelia L. Aguilon
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Occupation: Fencer (+10 to Per)
Backstory:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"A classical fencer is supposed to be one who observes a fine position, whose attacks are fully developed, whose hits are marvelously accurate, his parries firm and his ripostes executed with precision. One must not forget that this regularity is not possible unless the adversary is a party to it. It is a conventional bout, which consists of parries, attacks, and returns, all rhyming together."

--Louis Rondelle, 19th Century Fencing Master.

A student. A scholar. A teacher.

Hailing from Spain, Amelia was but one of those travelers of the world, schooled in the field of thought and knowledge. An idealist of her time as well as a free-thinker, her character and beliefs were vicarious--most of her beliefs and her attitude were honed during childhood: while not the most beneficial or the most provident, it was tempered by the strong reality and humanism around her which gave her a wide outlook on the world. Her closest friend and one from childhood, a young luthier versed in philosophy, was one of the factors which kept her in that right along with a supportive family.

Her lifestyle growing up was more often than not, "normal". An educated individual, at the age of adulthood she chose to travel around the region and offer her services of teaching and inculcating the knowledge of the world into those who were less fortunate. As an aside, her spare time was devoted to training her skills and talents--it was noted that other than a quick mind, her responses were just as swift when put to the test.

Until the current date, she lives as her own boss, working and contributing to the fields of knowledge which she was taught in her youth, traveling throughout most of Spain and its adjacent neighbors.

Appearance: A lean woman of slender build, she stands to the height of 5'4". Her black hair is shoulder-length, kept commonly in a ponytail and her irises are dark brown in color. Her skin is of a light complexion and, by what others have said about her, her face is well-defined, complementing her features.

Skills:

WS 20 +30 /-10	= 50/40
BS 20 /-10	= 20/10
S 20  +10	= 30
T 20  +10	= 30
Per 20 +10 +30	= 60
Int 20 +10 +10	= 30
Fel 20 +10	= 30
Wil 20	= 20

Affinity:
Scholar [Gain a +10 to Int; Philosophy]

Incompatibilities:
Pacifist [Gain a -10 to WS or BS when using melee or ranged weapons respectively]

Inventory:
Clothes/ A simple mix of what men would commonly wear in most areas make up this set: a chemise, kirtle with a surcoat topping it off, falling to about ankle height to name a few, it was an ensemble made to ensure comfort and warmth as well as function for everyday use.

High-cut Boots/ Taken out of its technical term, these boots are fitted and padded under the skin so as to provide full covering for the foot, heel and ankle as well as the lower portion of the thigh without sacrificing mobility.

Two-Handed Saber [2d6+WS bonus damage]/ The two-handed saber is an often overlooked weapon. These swords have similar proportions to typical longswords, though single-edged. The structure and make of the weapon-seemingly a hybrid of both-employs the use of the thick spine for deflection and it's whole weight being placed on the edge, for precise strikes.

Copper breastplate [Block 1d6+T bonus damage]/ Fully covering the torso, it confers protection in the most practical sense.

Quesadillas/ A flour tortilla filled with a savory mixture containing cheese, other ingredients, and/or vegetables,then folded in half to form a crescent. It is personally considered a sublime dish.

Chain-bound Diary/ "Notes and written words would keep any memory in check." - You see a tome, sturdy and filled with reams of paper. It is somehow light and easy to carry despite its appearance.

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: Sana
Sex: Female
Age: 16
Occupation: Herbalist [+10 Per]
Backstory: Sana's mother was a witch trying to infiltrate a noble court by posing as a servant. Her plan presumably failed when Sana was born, as the child's unnatural appearance outed her as a witch, cursed, a demon, or some other undesirable, and she was forced to flee.

Rather notably, she did not take her child with her, leaving the court to figure out what was to be done about it. The struggle between destroying something unnatural and not murdering infants was perhaps swayed somewhat by the fact that her father was the lord of that particular estate, though that produced somewhat different problems in the form of his wife.

While her father and the more civil members of the court could not justify tossing an orphan onto the streets or worse, they were less than enthusiastic about her otherwise, which left the lord's wife and the less compassionate members free to hound her as they saw fit. She was treated very much like an animal, tolerated by some and decidedly not tolerated by others, until being more or less literally chased out when it seemed she might be able to feed herself. She found the townsfolk divided along similar lines, but without any sense of obligation to care for her, that meant they ranged from uncomfortable at her presence to willing to chase her alarming distances with a pitchfork.

Unable to survive alone in the woods, she took up residence at the edges of civilization, feeding on scraps and staying out of sight. Her unusual appearance and rumors of her origins got more than a few people thinking she was a witch or spiritmonger of some sort, and more importantly that they might have use for something like that. Combined with her acute senses, inquisitive nature, and proximity to nature, it wasn't long before she was playing to those needs as an herbalist and occasional soothsayer.

Despite this relative success, however, she's never felt at home anywhere normal, and has a keen liking for fairy tales. She tends to get along well enough with woodsmen, who tend to be put off less and value her remedies more than the average townsfolk, but is usually distrustful and not overly fond of people otherwise.
Appearance: 4'6", shock-white hair, eyes, and skin. Very slight, almost skeletal build. Fairly long hair, unkempt but not too tangled.

Skills:
WS (How good you are with melee weapons) 20
BS (How good you are with ranged weapons) 20
S (How physically strong you are) 10
T (How tough you are) 20
Per (How sharp your senses are) 70
Int (How smart you are) 60
Fel (How well you interact with people) 20
Wil (How mentally strong you are) 50

Affinity: Hawk Eyed [Gain a +10 to Per], Scholar [Gain a +10 to Int. Science]

Incompatibilities: Weak [Gain a -10 to S], Social Outcast [Gain a -10 to Fel. Roll a Fel Test when interacting with people other than your teammates]


Inventory:
Clothes - Somewhat threadbare black flax robe
Boots - Rugged, sturdy, and a few sizes too large for her
Twin Daggers[1d3+WS bonus damage each]X2 (Counted as two weapons)
Leather helm [Block 1d6+T bonus damage]
One meal - Rabbit and mushrooms wrapped in leaves for ease of carrying
One item of profession - Mortar&Pestle

[Gamerlord]

Bit late there, IO I think. Hey Cheese, how are you going to handle waitlisters?

[wolfchild]

Kinda sad your late IO, I like playing these games with you

[IronyOwl]

Bit late there, IO I think. Hey Cheese, how are you going to handle waitlisters?

Yeah, but I'm banking on at least one of two things:

1. Combat mentions that when you die, you're replaced. So presumably there'll be a waitlist, and I'd think it'd consist of more people sucked into the Nightmare Realm.

2. Sometimes people will reserve and then never get sheets up. Sometimes GMs will be ready to start when this happens, and thus skip them. :3

Kinda sad your late IO, I like playing these games with you

Aw, thanks.

[scapheap]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Ura Hakai Kaze
Sex: Female
Age: 20
Occupation: Shepard(+10 to Wil)
Backstory: A shy, but hard working shepard, Ura was found a orphan near the bodies of what believed to be her parents, but the condition of them make it hard to be sure. She was too young to remember them. Her odd colourings and tattoos made her a lonely soul and more then once has she been banded a witch, with only the mayor stopping her from becoming a pile of ashes. Aged 16, she found a knack with dealing with animals and became a shepard, mostly to avoid the village.
Her isolation make speaking hard and she come off as slow and dumb, but the silence has sharped her mind, which make her a dangerous foe if you think she just a dumb weakling.
Appearance: A 6'6" tall woman with white hair, red eyes and strange black tattoos around her eyes. She has C-cup beasts and weights about 75 kg. She has fair skin.

Skills:
WS 20
BS 40
S 20
T 30
Per 30
Int 70
Fel 10
Wil 50

Affinity:
Scholar [science, biology in particularly]


Incompatibilities:
Social Outcast [Gain a -10 to Fel. Roll a Fel Test when interacting with people other than your teammates]

Inventory:
Clothes
Boots
Slingshot [1d3+BS bonus damage] [X5 stones; find more on the floor of the woods]
Copper breastplate [Block 1d6+T bonus damage]
One meal
Shepard's crook
[See Items list below for item choices]

done

[Cheesecake]

I'm not generally going to pick the players first-come-first-served. I'll pick the most interesting or if I can't make my mind I'll randomly roll. I'll probably start in a few hours, or later if you want me to wait.

1. Combat mentions that when you die, you're replaced. So presumably there'll be a waitlist, and I'd think it'd consist of more people sucked into the Nightmare Realm.

2. Sometimes people will reserve and then never get sheets up. Sometimes GMs will be ready to start when this happens, and thus skip them. :3

1. Yeah, there's a waitlist. I'm not going to fudge rolls, so expect to die once in a while.

2. I'm kinda glad there's a lot of people interested. I might bump up the player count to 8 if you guys want me to. Do you want two extra players? That might mean I'll take longer to write the turns, though.

Everyone's sheets seem good so far. @Gamerlord, you can add an extra affinity if you want. 2 incompatibilities grants another affinity.