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SUBTERRANEAN

Somewhere out in the void of space, way beyond the bubble that is our observable universe, there lie a planet with the name of Kryl.

The year is 1477. Breakthroughs in alchemy had led to rapid advancement in the development of increasingly sophisticated magic, as well as a new era of enlightenment. However, the ability for certain cults to finally operate without secrecy had resulted in a surge in magical crimes against humanity.

But the situation in the Greatgreen forest in the Kingdom of Ellera was no cult.

Inhabitants of the Greatgreen village had been disappearing at nights, and there had been sightings of unique flesh golems built out of woodland creatures and humans which were too numerous to disbelieve. Academic interest from the University of Syvel and the pressure to uncover the culprits behind these bogeys had persuaded the King to send soldiers and mercenaries to aid the researchers in studying these creatures.

The last message that the royal palace received from the commander was two weeks ago. It described the amount of research completed by the scholars which had previously been relayed to the University itself for compilation. After several skirmishes with the strangely organized flesh golems, they pinpointed the creatures to a single cave. They set up camp there.

Then they vanished.

You are a group of mercenaries who had been sent to perform preliminary investigations before the main army arrives.


This is an RPG. It will be pretty light on rules, and so you can sort of interpret this as almost free-form, except that I roll dices and occasionally arbitrarily decide how things should go. I will try to be fair, but this is still horror.

You will have some liberties with your character. 'Magic' in this game is precise work, and are not spells. There are no such things as magicians. Only scientists. Of course, this doesn't stop your characters from carrying magical devices, so long as they aren't game-breaking.

Spoiler: Character sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Description:
Occupation:
Skills:
Inventory:

This will be go relatively quick, so I'm only accepting 8 randomly chosen characters, sorry. The rest may get to influence the game through PM to me though.

[LordSlowpoke]

posting to put a bangin' wizard on it

[SaberToothTiger]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Jacques X. Egnew
Description: A middle aged man, balding, but with a powerful Stalinstache. He is extremely far sighted and has some early symptoms pointing to his weakening body and psyche. He walks with a slight limp, which is caused because of his once broken leg. Some of his moves are a bit shaky, making it seem as he is about to die right there.
Occupation: Alchemist.
Skills: A highly trained and well educated researcher with a specialty in geology. Has a knack for experimenting with unknown substances.
Inventory: Professional, glass and wooden alchemy equipment, comfortable clothes, some reagents and substances kept in safe containers, a walking stick with one metal end and a grip on the other.

[GiglameshDespair]

Name: Alicia Stonebreaker
Description: A tall, powerfully built woman.  She wears tight leather armour and a pair of metal gauntlets with bracers that extend to the elbow. A wide brimmed leather hat covers her long black hair and dark brown eyes. Scars along her arms, legs, and back, beneath the armour, reveal the surgery she had to increase her strength to superhuman levels.
Occupation: General face-puncher, maintenance woman
Skills: Face punchin', basic maintenance of magical systems.
Inventory:The Gloves of Vulcan: two metal gauntlets and bracers engraved with hundreds of arcane symbols, with cables leading to a small device carried on the small of her back, below her backpack. The device powers the Gloves, which can convert energy (such as heat) into  thermal energy (i.e. they can hit damn hot. Obviously, this means she can pick up very hot things too, as long as they only touch the gauntlets - the heat is just converted to energy, which is stored in the device on her back. She's well versed in using them to defend herself.
In effect, she can heat the gloves, cool the gloves, or project a burst of fire from them, though that takes a large amount of energy from them.

Maintenance kit: A set of small tools, pre-made crystal matrixes, and various bits and bobs for maintaining the Gloves of Vulcan.

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If not enough people are joining yet, I might have to start with less.

[Empiricist]

Signing up for the "influence game via PM" queue.

[technicallyAdventurer]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Evelyn Rothwell
Description: Tall, yet remaining in the average height, Evelyn is a thinner young woman with pale blonde, shoulder-length hair, fair skin, a porcelain complexion, and relatively narrow bluish-green eyes. She favors wearing lighter clothing/amour, as such allows for increased mobility during combat; thus, she can often be seen donning a snuggly fitting white outfit with green accents and sparingly-worn sections of lightweight metal armour about her person, and never goes without wearing a hooded cape of a similar dark-green color— particularly, one that reaches her ankles, and features two same-length 'tails' that pour over both shoulders. Although she is considerably frail in comparison to most fighters, she makes up for what she lacks with her agility, dexterity, and nimble-thinking. This can prove to be a deadly combination, but if she were stricken, it would easily set her off balance.
Occupation: Hitman
Skills: Acrobatic; Swift; Handy with a blade
Inventory:
Knives of The Storm Atronach: A dual-blade sword that is capable of being separated at the handle into two, and just as easily put together. It's blades are a metallic silver, strange carvings trailing along the edges, and the handle is a darker, duller shade, in addition to a dark green as the secondary color. Largely made of patterned-steel, it's almost effortless to swing, yet durable enough to inflict three or four direct blows with the flattened surface of the blades and without shattering. Given it's name, if enough fuel were provided; veins of white, or lightning, would run up the body of the sword (excluding the handle) and give it the ability to paralyze the opponent for a few seconds if they come into contact with or are within close proximity (2-2.5 inches) of them. In order to power such, it is required that water is readily stored within an compartment in the handle to act as fuel.
Miscellaneous Items: Though she carries few other objects with her, among those few is a coil of rope, latched onto the side of her belt to rest neatly upon her hip, and a pouch of water partially tucked beneath it.

Signing up for the "influence game via PM" queue.

If my character isn't chosen, I'd like to aswell.

[Remuthra]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Joe Bridger
Description: An unkempt old man, silver beard and hair slicked with dirt and grease, and with the odd twig or bit of lint sticking out, a good six feet tall. He wears a worn pink robe unfastened over a suit of shaped black leather. Across his chest is a double bandolier of containment canisters, his wrists are reinforced, and the lower section is a mess of pockets full of various bits of old meat and leather. Over his eyes is a pair of darkened targeting goggles. Sitting at a perch on each shoulder is a large, vicious-looking falcon in a set of barding, complete with sharp edges on the talons and the front of the wings. On his feet is a pair of black knee-high boots.
Occupation: Falconer
Skills: Animal Handling, Throwing, Rudimentary Alchemy
Inventory: Sasha and Little Joe, War Falcons; Skinning Knife; Falcon Treats; Shoddy Potions; Small Bell

[flame99]

I suppose I'll join.

Spoiler: Jariko Nahvul (click to show/hide)

Name: Jariko Nahvul
Description: Darkly tanned skin, fairly tall, bald. Hailed from a desert, and as such tends to wear warm clothing due to being unused to the colder climate. Tends to be a bit of a pack rat, and is often adventurous to a fault. Tends to be the first to rush into the unknown, and usually doesn't flinch in the face of danger.
Occupation: Archaeologist and artificer, specializing in magitek.
Skills: Skilled with mechanics, especially when combined with magic. Extensive knowledge of older civilizations. Decent with a blade, though far from a warrior.
Inventory: A short sword kept at his waist, and rarely drawn. Food and water for a few days. A heavy backpack filled with tools. A simple walking staff, with an enchantment to produce light. It isn't terribly strong, but enough to see by.

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Party Roster

• Jacques X. Egnew - Field Alchemist
• Alicia Stonebreaker - Hired Muscle
• Evelyn Rothwell - Hired Blade
• Joe Bridger - Falconer
• Jariko Nahvul - Field Archaeologist
  

Any late-joiners will have to PM me.


[Intro coming soon]

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The five of you were riding on horseback towards the Greatgreen village, led by one wizened old man on his mule. True to the forest's name, the greyish brown dirt gave way to green mosses and gigantic trees, their building-high roots reminding one of some sort of land krakens frozen in wooden form. Apart from the whistling tune of the wind through the canopies, there are no sound of any living beings apart from your party of six and the two falcons perched on Joe's shoulders.

Elias of Greatgreen unscrewed the cap of his drinking flask and gulped some water, his eyes darting around the silent forest. He pulled the mule to a halt. "Didja hear that?" he asked quizzically. You can hear the horses and the sound of your companions.

The old man raised his hand, signalling you to stop your horses.

[flame99]

"Can't say I did", Jariko replied, silently questioning the sanity of their guide.

[GiglameshDespair]

Alicia pulled her horse to a stop, glaring round the trees from under her hat before she shook her head.

[flame99]

Still skeptical, Jariko raises his staff, invoking the spell bound to it, and attempts to shed some light in the trees.

[SaberToothTiger]

Jacques carefully slowed his horse to a stop and looked at the old guy with irritation in his eyes.