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[Happy Demon]

Okay, editing in a foreword.

The rule for entering is simple:
Make a character, and you're in when your character included in the Characters spoiler on the recent post.
Just put yourself wherever in the inn you want. I'll probably include a description of the inn in the post when someone applies.
Okay, time to fail. By going straight in. This is a simple, serious, and silly (though may end up heavy on the serious) RP.
I'll be using dice for some actions, and making s*** up for others. In other words, you're probably going to die, because that's how I roll.
Anyway, the plot.

A dragon is terrorizing the lands of Murr, a land which is like Europe in the barbarian times, except with dragons and supernatural stuff.
The dragon has burned many villages, with disregard for the lives it ends (but those are rumors, so they may be false).
This is a time when iron is expensive, so chainmail is the best armor, but also pricey enough to buy you a house.
The Bear Lord has promised a sack of gold and a portion of his land to whoever can slay this dragon and bring it's head.

So, character sheet.

Code: [Select]

[b]Name:[/b] (I recommend Germanic or Celtic names)
[b]Race & Gender:[/b] (Human, Elf, Vespid/Bee Man)
[b]Occupation:[/b] (I recommend something which works well in combat, or tracking, or anything in regard to hunting dragons, no wizards allowed)
[b]Armor:[/b] (Clothes, padded armor, chainmail (though it's really expensive), and if your character wears a helmet)
[b]Weapons:[/b] (Sword, shield, axe, spear, sling, throwing knife, javelin, bow & arrow, club, knife)
[b][u]Description:[/u][/b]
(Pretty much everything else, appearance, backstory, etc.)Please put character sheets in spoilers. And if you could put the character name on the spoiler, that would be nice.

Spoiler: Lore (and Race Info) (click to show/hide)

Lore
There's 3 Human Lands nearby, the Land of Bears, the Land of Wolves, and the Land of Eagles.
There's also 2 Elven Lands, the Land of the Hawk, and the Land of the Flame.
Then there's the Vespid, the Vespid are so split up there's no real big faction.

There's 3 main races here, the Humans, Elves, and Vespid.

The Humans have 10 HP, and no other effects. They look human.

The Elves have 8 HP, and has a link to the spirits, especially nature spirits, because they are nature spirits.
They can go into a frenzy which makes them better at hitting and defending (ATK/DEF: +4/+4), but unable to use ranged weapons or do complex actions.
The frenzy is when an Elf decides to let loose their feral urges, and can be directed at a target, but should be avoided, or they'll risk losing themselves forever.
Elves look like humans with pointy ears, and they always look pretty.

Then there's the Vespid, who have 16 HP, deal 1 extra damage on all attacks, and has natural armor (2 AC).
There's no real drawback to it, they're just more powerful. Except they're also 9 foot tall bee people (can't fly though).
The big and scary appearance makes people suspicious and paranoid, so you might get a few extra battles.
Vespids are all male (the females are super rare, and even more OP).

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Combat
The combat system will mostly use a d20, 11 and up is hit, 10 and down is miss. 1 and 20 are botch and critical respectively.
The damage is a flat damage, so if you hit with a 2 damage weapon, you'll deal 2 damage on both hits and criticals.
Anyway, when attacking your attack bonus/penalty and the enemy's attack bonus/penalty will be added, and the first roll will be made.
So it's d20 + ATK - DEF, so if you both have +4, they cancel out, and it's just a normal d20.
AC (armor class) will be used on that roll, to make hitting even harder, on AC 0 you need 11 or higher, on AC 2 you need 13 or higher.

Critical hits can only happen on natural 20 (unmodified dice roll). While botches only happen on natural 1.
When these happen, I do whatever I want with the effect, but I can't deal anymore damage than the weapon allows. But I can add extra effects, like cutting off a toe, or a leg.
And no, I can't have it cut your head off unless it would kill you anyway.

Spoiler: Items (click to show/hide)

Items
Unarmed: 1 Damage
Sling, Club, Knife, Throwing Knife, Shield: 2 Damage
Axe, Spear, Sword, Javelin, Bow & Arrow: 3 Damage
Shields have the extra benefit of giving 2 AC when you don't use it to bash people with.

Padded Armor: 2 AC
Chainmail: 4 AC
Helmet: 1 AC

A chainmail is however quite expensive, for the price of a chainmail you could buy 10 swords, and those aren't cheap either, for the price of a sword, you could buy 5 spears or axes.
Helmets sell for the same price of a sword, so basically:
Chainmail: 50 G
Bow: 10 G
Sword/Helmet: 5 G
Padded Armor: 2 G
Spear/Axe: 1G
Quiver of Arrows: 0.5 G
Then the rest is below that.

I'm going to let you decide how pricey gear you get. So if you want to be OP, you can go right ahead and do so, no need to game the system.
Though that could mean I'll just find a way to kill you anyway.

You'll be starting in an inn, where other adventurers meet.

[Ghazkull]

so wait what...we have the choice between no bonuses super OP mega bonuses (that elven +4att/+4def is extreme) or the other op bonuses...hoookay...sounds fun.

Spoiler:  Gorm (click to show/hide)

Name: Gorm (sometimes referred to as Wyrmslayer...but mostly as "that mad bastard we all avoid")
Race & Gender: Elf
Occupation: Mercenary
Armor: Chainmail, no helmet though
Weapons: Axe and Shield
Description:
Tall for an Elf, Gorm has served many years as a mercenary captain. He joined the dragonslayer business because he slew a wyrm, which he insists was a dragon and that he killed it by being thrown onto the wyrms back, by a vespid, and then severing its spine. Take that as you will, the elf is clearly mad enough to pull such a crapshot off and the number of scars all over him prove that he is one of those elves who have long since given in to their more base nature.

Reckless, bloodthirsty and (some say) lecherous this elf might come in as a great boon to the team or a suicidal liability. You've been warned.

[Demonic Spoon]

Name: Xcotl
Race & Gender: Beeman
Occupation: Warrior
Armor: Padded Armour
Weapons: Shield, Spear and backup knife
Description:
Big beeman. Strong beeman. Beeman will kill dragon, impress lady Beeman, make many babies.

[Ghazkull]

don't forget: " crush the dragons eggs, see him driven before you and hear the lamentations of his mates"

[NRDL]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Nix
Race & Gender: Human
Occupation: Hunter
Armor: None ( Clothes I guess, no actual protective stuff )
Weapons: Spear, javelin, knife
Description:
A proud warrior from the Land of Eagles, Nix always sought to kill not only to feed himself and his kin, but to prove himself greater than the beasts that surrounded him.  What better opponent than a dragon?

[Happy Demon]

so wait what...we have the choice between no bonuses super OP mega bonuses (that elven +4att/+4def is extreme) or the other op bonuses...hoookay...sounds fun.

...

((I was originally going to include an even more OP race. But it's also super antisocial, so not the best team player.
Oh, and you're going to be fighting a dragon, so you'll need those bonuses.))

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

Gorm
HP: 8/8
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 3 (Axe), 2 (Shield)

Xcotl
HP: 16/16
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 4 (Spear), 3 (Shield), 3 (Knife)

Nix
HP: 10/10
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 0
DMG: 3 (Spear), 3 (Javelin), 2 (Knife)

You're at the Great Skull Inn, named such because of the giant skull that used to be here. 10 feet tall it was, but then someone came and stole it, somehow.
The inn is owned by the Harpy Aquill, though nobody has seen her visit in years. All that happens is a person will come and collect it's income.
Harpies are greedy, often making businesses to get lots of money. They've come close to owning a tenth of the Land of Wolves, but then the nations started making Harpy Taxes.
Some would argue the Harpy Economy is a bigger threat than the Dragon you're hunting.

It's a nice summer day, some sunlight shines through the windows of the inn, which is bustling with activity.
There's several dozen people in here, drinking, eating, talking, laughing, and such.
The waitresses are quite busy trying to attend to all the guests, this is the go to place for aspiring and real Dragon Slayers.
There's 3 groups of significance here, plus a robed figure.

The first group is of 7 ill equipped Humans, wishing to test their luck. They don't even have armor, they just have clubs, spears, and axes.
The second group is 4 people, of which 2 are Human, the third is an Elf, and the fourth is a Dwarf. The Elf has padded armor, bow & arrow, and a sword.
The Humans have padded armor and helmets, along with wielding sword, shield, and having javelins. The Dwarf is wearing chainmail and a helmet, and is wielding a big axe.
Dwarves are from the underground, and about 2 heads shorter than a human. They're renowned for their blacksmiths.
The third group consists of 3 humans, all wearing chainmail and helmets, and 2 of them wield swords and shields, the last has a sword and bow & arrow.

The robed figure has a hood that hides their head, though you can see they have a sword and shield.

You know the dragon was last sighted to the northwest, it's unlikely to strike here though, so this is a safe haven. About 2 days travel from here to the village of Estvall.
The farmers there don't know they're likely to be the next target, even if they did, they have nowhere else to go.
((You can pick where you are in the inn, some of these people may or may not join you, if you ask them.))

((I'm starting it now, as new players come in, they'll join you at the inn (you're in the inn when the update includes your character in the Characters spoiler).))
((You're free to embark with your group at any time, be it alone right now, or with a group some time later. Several groups can go at different times.))

[Demonic Spoon]

Xcotl sits at the bar, nursing a cup of mead as he considers which of these yucky fleshlings would be the most useful in killing the dragon.

[SOLDIER First]

((Ptw))

[Ghazkull]

Gorm settles down next to the Vespid.

"Eh, these folks don't seem particularly fancy enough to take on a dragon. And that hooded guy just screams edgy loner. If you talk to him he'll propably tell us some cryptic shit before getting some thousand-mile stare. Don't know about you Xcotl but i say we trust none of these shitheads and go off on our own."

[Happy Demon]

Gorm settles down next to the Vespid.

"Eh, these folks don't seem particularly fancy enough to take on a dragon. And that hooded guy just screams edgy loner. If you talk to him he'll propably tell us some cryptic shit before getting some thousand-mile stare. Don't know about you Xcotl but i say we trust none of these shitheads and go off on our own."

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

Gorm
HP: 8/8
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 3 (Axe), 2 (Shield)

Xcotl
HP: 16/16
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 4 (Spear), 3 (Shield), 3 (Knife)

Nix
HP: 10/10
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 0
DMG: 3 (Spear), 3 (Javelin), 2 (Knife)

As you say that, the robed figure is behind you, and spouts some cryptic s***.
"Beware the flame's lies."
Then he holds out a torch.
"Take this."
The voices, are different, but come from the same person.
"Beware the flame's lies."

[Demonic Spoon]

Gorm settles down next to the Vespid.

"Eh, these folks don't seem particularly fancy enough to take on a dragon. And that hooded guy just screams edgy loner. If you talk to him he'll propably tell us some cryptic shit before getting some thousand-mile stare. Don't know about you Xcotl but i say we trust none of these shitheads and go off on our own."

"...how you know me name? We meet before?"

Gorm settles down next to the Vespid.

"Eh, these folks don't seem particularly fancy enough to take on a dragon. And that hooded guy just screams edgy loner. If you talk to him he'll propably tell us some cryptic shit before getting some thousand-mile stare. Don't know about you Xcotl but i say we trust none of these shitheads and go off on our own."

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

Gorm
HP: 8/8
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 3 (Axe), 2 (Shield)

Xcotl
HP: 16/16
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 4 (Spear), 3 (Shield), 3 (Knife)

Nix
HP: 10/10
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 0
DMG: 3 (Spear), 3 (Javelin), 2 (Knife)

As you say that, the robed figure is behind you, and spouts some cryptic s***.
"Beware the flame's lies."
Then he holds out a torch.
"Take this."
The voices, are different, but come from the same person.
"Beware the flame's lies."

Xcotl takes the torch, then snuffs it out. Problem solved hopefully.

[Happy Demon]

Xcotl takes the torch, then snuffs it out. Problem solved hopefully.

The torch was never lit, it's a wood pole wrapped in a stiff rag (stiff due to the dried flammable residue), aka. a torch.
Though it does bear some strange carvings.

[Demonic Spoon]

Xcotl takes the torch, then snuffs it out. Problem solved hopefully.

The torch was never lit, it's a wood pole wrapped in a stiff rag (stiff due to the dried flammable residue), aka. a torch.
Though it does bear some strange carvings.

Xctol ignore the robed man then. (I was worred about them waving around a firestick in a place with a lot of alchohol)

[NRDL]

Nix settles in the centre of the room, closing his eyes, letting the cacophony of noises and words wash over him.  He catches the words of the hooded man, and walks behind him, trying to get a better look.

[Happy Demon]

Nix settles in the centre of the room, closing his eyes, letting the cacophony of noises and words wash over him.  He catches the words of the hooded man, and walks behind him, trying to get a better look.

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

Gorm
HP: 8/8
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 3 (Axe), 2 (Shield)

Xcotl
HP: 16/16
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 4 + 2
DMG: 4 (Spear), 3 (Shield), 3 (Knife)

Nix
HP: 10/10
ATK/DEF: 0/0
AC: 0
DMG: 3 (Spear), 3 (Javelin), 2 (Knife)

As you walk up behind him, you notice that the hooded figure smells burnt. He's also radiating heat.