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[Cheesecake]

Welcome to the Hero Corps!

You and your team have been assigned to your first mission as an expedition party on the Black World. After 5 months of hard physical training, psychological conditioning, and spiritual protection, you are now ready to venture out to the Black World and protect mankind from the myriad monsters and creatures that plague it. You are to rendezvous with the Lance Corporal at the Hullbeck HQ before nightfall.

Spoiler: Setting/History (click to show/hide)

It's been 10,000 years after the monsters appeared on Earth. They slaughtered man, woman, and child. They plagued supply routes and ransacked villages. They come in various shapes, sizes, and forms, but all they strive to do is to devour humans. Humanity was doomed. One night, however, during the meeting of all the leaders of Earth's nations, a man named Odyn appeared to them and gave them the answer they strived centuries for: a way to be rid of the monsters that plagued them.

Work started behind the scenes, away from the public eye. The construction of a tall spire, connected physically, metaphysically, and spiritually to Earth's mirror dimension: the Black World. Their goal was to send all the monsters to the Black World, and ultimately be rid of humanity's unnatural predator. It worked for nine millenia, until the monsters found a way back. Somehow, the channel between worlds had been warped; the monsters could come back and forth. Monsters conducted hit-and-run attacks on mankind, striking villages only to disappear before help arrived.

It seemed once more that humanity would perish under them. Odyn, or at least someone pretending to be him, appeared and gave another solution. He and a team of scientists created the RPG System: Real-time Physical Guide. It is designed to allow humans to travel and survive in the Black World, as well as increasing their natural abilities. This system allowed for the Hero Corps to be founded, and humanity once more had a fighting chance.

Spoiler: RPG System (click to show/hide)

The RPG System consists of three parts: the HP Tank, the MP Tank, and the Menu.

The HP Tank:
The HP Tank holds the Vitality Fluid, an elixir designed to fulfill all human needs, including rest, hunger, thirst, and oxygen supply. A Hero with 100 HP would not need to eat or sleep for two tot three days. The tubes connecting to all vital points of the human body, including the heart, brain, lungs, and digestive system all continuously run with Vitality Fluid. HP can be refilled with Health Elixirs and Potions.

The MP Tank:
The MP Tank holds materialized magic. It is utilized mostly by sorcerers and clerics. Materialized magic can be expelled from a magic-users focal item, and morphed into different forms, such as flame or ice. Magic works like a pail of water. The sorcerer is the pail, and he slowly fills himself with magic. When he is full, he may expel it in anyway he pleases: a large, inaccurate splash, a slow pour, and etc. If he overfills himself, he finds it hard to move or do much else until he expels it.

The Menu:
The Menu is a device directly implanted into the brain. It displays all system functions and all vital statistics. It is also what allows Heroes to use spells or abilities. Abilities are directly programmed into the Menu, which is fixed on a virtual hotkey. Using it will allow the Menu to directly control the body and perform the ability. The Menu also displays the other vital functions of the Party Members, and allows them to communicate through a function known as Teamspeak.

Spoiler: Combat and Levelling Up (click to show/hide)

Combat is divided into Turns and Rounds. Turns rotate between Players, then Allies, then Monsters. Each Party will roll initiative to see which goes first. Rounds last 10 seconds ingame, so only actions that can be completed in 10 seconds are allowed.

Roll Chart:
1-Fail+Negative Effect
2-Fail
3-Fail+Positive Effect
4-Success+Negative Effect
5-Success
6-Positive Success

You go unconscious when your HP reaches zero. You then have 6 rounds (1 minute) to be resuscitated by your team, be it healing or through potions. Fighting requires two or more rolls: hitting and damage. An attacker rolls to attack [ex. 4] against the defenders [ex. 3]and so the attacker lands a blow. He rolls his weapons damage [2d6=10] against the enemy's armor [5]. He deals 5 damage.

When you defeat an enemy, you gain EXP. EXP is a system designed by the Corps to find out which Heroes are more capable. Monsters have a fixed EXP rewards as determined by the Mission's GM. It is automatically uploaded as soon as the fight is over. Reaching the EXP milestone will move you to a higher level clearance. Some Abilities, Spells, and Gear can only be used when you reach a high-enough level clearance.

Spoiler: Classes (click to show/hide)

Warrior:
-Glory through Strength.

Warriors are a DPS Standard-Class. They specialize in bare-fist or double-wielding combat. They have the largest HP Tank of the classes, but carry no MP Tank. Their Class Highlight is their Bloodlust Ability, which allows them to channel extra Vitality Fluid directly into their body to give a boost in strength.

Class Stats: Start with 150 HP, no MP, Bloodlust Ability. Choose between: Barefist Combat, Double Wielding Combat.

Black Knight:
-For Humanity, I give my Black Heart.

Black Knights are a Tank Standard-Class. They specialize in Heavy Armor or Heavy Weapons. They are the only class able to equip Heavy Gear and are able to use mounts. Their Class Highlight is the Rally Ability. They give a +1 bonus to rolls to teammates near them as long as they give a speech lasting ten seconds per round. (You can't repeat a same speech over and over!)

Class Stats: Start with 120 HP, 60 MP, Rally Ability. Choose between: Heavy Armor, Heavy Weapons.

Sorcerer:
-My soul screamed when I sold it. Now I make my enemies scream as I once did.

Sorcerers are a Nuke Standard-Class. They have the Largest MP Tank, but the smallest HP Tank. They specialize in Flame Magic or Ice Magic. They start with a focal item of their choosing. Their Class Highlight is their Rend Ability. Their attacks will switch from attacking the HP Tank to the MP Tank, causing Mana Burn.

Class Stats: Start with 40 HP, 160 MP, Rend Ability. Choose between: Flame Magic, Ice Magic. Choose: Focal Item (A small item that can be held in one hand; anything from a wand to a totem)

Converter:
-I live to obey thy bidding, and the bidding of Humanity.

Converters are a Healer Standard-Class. They have low HP and MP Tanks, but they are able to convert MP into HP, and vice-versa. They specialize in HP Regeneration or MP Regeneration. Their Class Highlight is Covert. They can change someone's HP into MP, siphon HP or MP from a friendly target to another, and collect HP from fallen enemies.

Class Stats: Start with 50 HP, 50 MP, Convert Ability. Choose between: HP Regen, MP Regen.

Sniper
-I spy with baleful eye, a fearful man, ready to die.

Snipers are a Ranged Standard-Class. They can camouflage themselves, and specialize in Ranged or Ballistic Weapons. Their Class Highlight is Pinpoint. They can passively spot hidden monsters and traps, and can actively pinpoint a targets weakspot and signal it through the Menu to the other party members.

Class Stats: Start with 80 HP, 80 MP, Pinpoint Ability. Choose between: Ranged, Ballistic.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: [Your name]
Age: [16-40]
Gender: [M/F]

Background: [Please include: History, Personality, and Physical Appearance]

Class: [Choose a class, and the specialization you choose.]

Stats: [Change according to class]
HP:
MP:

Yo, Cheesecake here. This will most likely not live for long, and is mostly a test for the game mechanics, which I will use in other games if it works, and the setting. 5 players will be in, and you don't have to fulfill all 5 Classes. Updates will only be on weekends, excluding today and tomorrow. It will be more oriented to roleplay and world-building, so you can add to the game's history as you play along.

[Cheesecake]

Character List:

Spoiler: Jenna (click to show/hide)

Name: Jenna
Age: 33
Gender: F

Class: Black Knight, Heavy Weapon

Stats:
HP: 120
MP: 60

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Confessor Zu (click to show/hide)

Name: Confessor Zu
Age: 22
Gender: M

Class: Converter, HP Regen

HP: 50 HP
MP: 50 MP

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Kathryn Wellard (click to show/hide)

Name: Kathryn Wellard
Age: 24
Gender: F

Class: Sorcerer/Flame
Focal Item: Playing Card, Ace of Hearts ((could be hand or deck if it needs to be larger))
HP: 40
MP: 160

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Arron Hansen (click to show/hide)

Name: Arron Hansen
Age: 19
Gender: M

Class: Sniper-Ranged
HP: 80
MP: 80

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Larissa Kaydash (click to show/hide)

Name: Larissa Kaydash
Age: 21
Gender: F

Class: Warrior, Barehanded Combat

HP: 150
MP: 0

Inventory:
Rags

Waitlist:
Patrick Hunt
Xantalos

[Patrick Hunt]

Reserving, sheet coming in about 2 hours.

[Gentlefish]

Name: Jenna
Age: 33
Gender: F

Background:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Jenna's got brown hair and Hazel eyes. She's very muscular, a sign of the weapons she carries. She's 5'8, standard size, but her muscularity pushes her above the average weight class.

She's cold, all business, but will not leave a squad mate behind, monsters be damned.

Her town was raided. Nearly everyone died. Thankfully her and her father were out hunting. She only lost her mother and two younger brothers. She's trained with her father since to be strong enough to beat them back into their own world.

Class: Black Knight, Heavy Weapon

Stats: [Change according to class]
HP: 120?
MP: 60?

[Xantalos]

Reserving a Black Knight.

[notquitethere]

Name: Confessor Zu

Class: Converter
HP: 50 HP
MP: 50 MP
Convert Ability: HP Regen.

Age: 22
Gender: M

Spoiler: Background (click to show/hide)

Zu was born in a monastery, a ward of the Order of Retention. He has studied the Litanies of Transference and was taught that the monsters (and indeed, the Black World itself) represent the idea of Entropy, a foul negation of the ideal of Retention. He has been training for the role of Confessor, the Retainer of Secrets. In order to justify his right to serve his people's metaphysical needs, he has decided to prove his worth in the Hero Corps against the physical embodiment of his Order's enemy: the monsters.

Zu is a short, slim young man dressed in a yellow and blue robe. Across his chest he has the ritual tattoo of his order, a book clasped in a great stylised fist. His hair is black and has never been cut, it is bound in a high top-knot with a red ribbon that whips about in the wind.

Zu is kind and quick-witted and righteous driven by devout curiosity. He hasn't socialised much with people outside his order and views everything through the prism of his Retention theology.

[Dwarmin]

Interesting...

Name: Kathryn Wellard
Age: 24
Gender: F

Spoiler: Background (click to show/hide)

 Kathryn Wellard comes from long family line of monster hunters, though almost everyone can claim their family has done their share of slaying. During the dark days when it seemed the spire would never be completed, they were on the front line-trading blood for every inch. It's quite a history, and not as simple as it would seem...

She's the first sorceress of her clan, though not of her choice-she was a hunter like anyone else, until the day she was dealt a bad hand during a game of cards with a Demon and ended up being owned by him. Her family has banked a good deal of resources to keep her safe, and though her soul is technically forfeit in the event of her death, she's been able to inherit of a portion of the incendiary magic owed to her until that time....unless she manages to find a way out of the deal. Learning magic has been something of a risk for her, as she is high in innate power, but less on control. Still, she's not much of a choice. Maybe she can burn some monsters on her way down.

Personality wise, she's prone to risk taking-a lifetime of her families bloody glory has both enthralled her to heroism, and consigned her to the belief they'll all find an eventually anonymous grave. She doesn't expect to live long against the odds they take, and doesn't mince words or waste time. If she wants something, she'll pursue it. And until they bring her down, she'll keep fighting-A Wellard never gives up...she's in most ways more professional, and has experience working with others-she knows she can't do it all herself.

Physically, she comes in at 4.8-obviously fit and tone to her profession, but light on her feet, and somewhat short. With shoulder length dirty blonde hair, Caucasian skin and dark green eyes. She's got an attractive build, and has resolved to die looking as pretty as possible.

Class: Sorcerer/Flame
Focal Item: Playing Card, Ace of Hearts ((could be hand or deck if it needs to be larger))
HP: 40
MP: 160

((Edit: Daaaah, one spot off. Taken by THREE reserves. <_< ))

[Cheesecake]

Don't worry, it's not first come first serve. (Plus one of those reserves is me.  )

[Dwarmin]

Don't worry, it's not first come first serve. (Plus one of those reserves is me.  )

You should just drop out of the game and let me play!

/clueless

[wolfchild]

Name: Arron Hansen
Age: 19
Gender: M

Spoiler: background (click to show/hide)

Arron was always an adept sniper, slaying his first monster at age 6, and his first target at age 8, he fit in well with his family business of "The quiet removal of... obstacles", he had made his family a small fortune by the age of 13.  Otherwise he managed to at least fake a normal life, with friends, school, parties and other such things. No-one ever suspected him, but that is hardly surprising with the amount of experience his parents have had at blending in.

Eventually Arron became a monster hunter, it was not a hard thing to change from being paid for human targets to being paid bounties on monsters. It was more lucrative with the added advantage of the law not caring, being practical rather than hidebound, his parents encouraged his move, but they decided to stick with what they know.

Class: Sniper-Ranged
HP: 80
MP: 80


I maaaay have been playing hitman before making this character

[Cheesecake]

Range includes bows, arrows, guns, snipers etc. Ballistics refer to bombs, hand-held cannons, and grenades.

[wolfchild]

ok cool, ranged it is (glad I asked, I thought it was separated into pre gunpowder an d post gunpowder), editing sheet

[Cheesecake]

We need one more, so either the reservees fill out the sheets or I'm taking the next one. (Yeah, cuz I wanna get this started.)

[Errol]

Well - why not. I'm a sucker for this sort of thing.

Name: Larissa Kaydash
Age: 21
Gender: F
Class: Warrior
Choice: Barehanded Combat
HP: 150
MP: 0

Larissa is a bit on the small side, with a lean and athletic build, but more than compensates with attitude - she may not be stupid, but is still headstrong, unwilling to put in a lot of work and spirited to the point of foolish courage. Her pitch black hair is tied up in a ponytail to the back, and hangs loosely over her front in what was an accurate haircut two months ago, but it's not long enough to obscure her emerald eyes.
Usually, she wears a black tank top and wide pants for ease of movement, both worn out somewhat, sandals, and a jacket when not currently involved in fights. Her palms and soles are wrapped with bandages.

If one is a father, and the successor to a martial arts style with more than 1500 years of history, there is really only one path in life to send one's single daughter on. Thus, from early years on, West Kaydash made his little Larissa train and practice vigorously, day after day. But while little Larissa was a diligent model student, teenaged Larissa turned out a rebellious brat who did not see the wisdom in spending eight hours a day training with sweaty men - and since her father proved immovable on that issue, one day she simply ran away. Since she spent the next years mostly by getting into brawls and participating in several underground arenas, what she learned proved useful to her, ironically enough. These years have molded her style from what was once a very technical approach to a wild, improvised potpourri of all sorts of styles over immaculate martial arts fundamentals.

She mostly got into the RPG system because it paid well for beating things up. And she was good at beating things up.

She is very interested in magic as well and would love to incorporate it in her own style - although that's likely an idle dream, and the prospect of selling one's soul is not very attractive to her either.

[Cheesecake]

Chapter I: Black World

You and your team prepare yourselves for your first trip to the Black World. You gather around the circle in the dark room, sitting in predesignated areas set by the Black Wizard. The Wizard and his acolytes light the candles and begin chanting old words aloud from a large tome, so large it requires two acolytes to hold in front of the Wizard. The circle begins to glow eerily, and you feel raw power materializing through your veins; not the feeling of magic, but something even older. Your eyes close against your will, but you are still blinded by a searing white light.

The second your eyes open you gasp for air. You become disoriented after the RPG system is switched on; millions of bits of information directly rushing into your mind at once. You shiver, but after a while you calm down and begin checking on your systems. All the vital systems are fine, and soon the mission briefing pops up on the HUD. You and your team are to report to Hullbeck HQ and find Lance Corporal Michaelis. You get up and dust the dirt off your rags. You look around the landscape and find yourself in a strange land, where the sky is absolutely black, and only thanks to the RPG's flashlight are you able to see around you. The weather is bitingly cold, but the vitality systems report the temperature to be 26 degrees Celsius. The Wizard warned you about this; it cannot be avoided, as the cold is not physical nor magical in nature.

Your minimap indicates that you are in 5 kilometers from the main HQ, and you can see some tents and a fire up north, a round 200 m away. Next to you is a pile of weapons and armor, all according to your classes, as well as some elixirs and scrolls. Also there are 5 pouches, which your Menu tells is filled with gold. You hear snarls and growls nearby, but not close enough to be shown directly on your minimap. You all go and collect the gear from the pile:

Pile:
-x2 Leather Armor: 10 Armor Rating/ Mild Encumbrance
-x2 Cloth Robes: 4 Armor Rating/ No Encumbrance
-x1 Black Steelplate Armor: 15 Armor Rating/ Heavy Encumbrance

-x2 Dagger: 2d3 Damage
-x1 Unwieldy Sniper: 2d6 Damage/ Long Range
-x1 Zweihander: 3d6 Damage/ 50% Chance to Miss/ 50% Chance Crit
-x1 Ace of Spades: Sorcerer Focal Item
-x1 Converter: Convert HP and MP

-x5 Health Elixirs (S)
-x3 Mana Elixirs (S)
-x5 Gold Pouches: 50 GP each

-x1 Map Datapack

You check the Map Datapack. Apparently, there are two ways to get to the HQ. One is through a forest, dubbed New-Death Woods. It'll take longer, but it's been relatively cleared out. You estimate that it'll take you two to three hours to reach HQ from that route. Another route is through the Moaning Swamp. It is faster, taking you only an hour at most, but it hasn't been scouted out yet, so it hasn't been mapped out yet. Either way, nothing here will be incredibly lethal unless you act stupidly.

You also look at your teammates. You were not allowed to meet each other until this morning, and before that you all trained alone with trainers. You can see their names and classes, but an actual introduction never hurt anyone.

Spoiler: Jenna (click to show/hide)

Name: Jenna
Age: 33
Gender: F

Class: Black Knight, Heavy Weapon

Stats:
HP: 120
MP: 60

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Confessor Zu (click to show/hide)

Name: Confessor Zu
Age: 22
Gender: M

Class: Converter, HP Regen

HP: 50 HP
MP: 50 MP

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Kathryn Wellard (click to show/hide)

Name: Kathryn Wellard
Age: 24
Gender: F

Class: Sorcerer/Flame
Focal Item: Playing Card, Ace of Hearts ((could be hand or deck if it needs to be larger))
HP: 40
MP: 160

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Arron Hansen (click to show/hide)

Name: Arron Hansen
Age: 19
Gender: M

Class: Sniper-Ranged
HP: 80
MP: 80

Inventory:
Rags

Spoiler: Larissa Kaydash (click to show/hide)

Name: Larissa Kaydash
Age: 21
Gender: F

Class: Warrior, Barehanded Combat

HP: 150
MP: 0

Inventory:
Rags