The module screen begins scrolling through a rotation of digital characters that the game calls "Avatars". Most of them don't look like anything special, except for one. The allure of this Avatar is so great that you instinctively press a finger on the screen lest it rotates past this captivating character. It lists out this Avatar's name, age, a list of abilities for whatever this game is exactly, though you have a suspicion that it is not like
Super Mario Bros. First and foremost, the graphics are much more life-like than anything you've seen presented by a home console or an arcade machine. You click the "Accept" box for this Avatar and they do a little jig as the game declares that they have been chosen by you. Before you can explore further into this game, a bird caws in the distance and your focus reverts back into reality; no charming character is going to save you from the man on your tail. Reorienting yourself with the layout of the forest, you cautiously continue, further distancing yourself from the original campsite.
About ten minutes later, you come to a clearing revealing a single story camping lodge, and to your relief, a small band of teenagers huddled in front of it. You walk over to them, making sure to be obvious enough to prevent alarm. After some quick introductions, you can tell that everyone had the same idea once Jamie appeared in the middle of the camp. Just as your talking to them, another teen comes through the brush, and a second one hardly a minute later. It appears that everyone that ran in a certain direction had all come to this single spot. You wait after the ninth arrival, but it's obvious at that point that the flow of refugees has been siphoned. Everyone else must have ran in a different direction, at least that's what you hope. Now that you have a defined group, it's time to take action. Obviously, the lodge was a point of interest as they were all stocked with a few pieces of camping equipment that could be of vital use.
It is over seven years past the anniversary of the Fall of the Celestian Empire. A small party of partisans has come together to discuss and plan about what must be done about the rise of the Atlassian Empire; although the Atlassian Empire is currently small, it's borders are spreading exponentially fast, devouring small nations around it too meager or exhausted to resist. The clandestine location of this meeting was
McFadden's Taven', a locally popular dive-bar in the suburbs of
Neo-Atlanta. McFadden is a stout and powerfully built man with a full fiery beard and a jolly composition, he claims to have some Dwarf blood. A veteran of the
Popular Uprising Solidarity Soldier Yakuza Movement, compromising the collective of volunteer citizens who stood up to the Celestian Empire en masse, McFadden was happy to let this new group of warriors congregate in his little establishment, food and drink free of charge. "It's all I can do to lend my part in making sure history doesn't repeat itself, and what's brewing over the horizon burns my bones," he remarked when the party first arrived.
The entrance to the bar is right off a narrow but popular street. The full bar is adjacent to the door, so that you can sit down and get your crunk on right away. The top shelves of the bar itself houses two large televisions, broadcasting two games of Pelota Ball, the most popular sport in the Western Hemisphere. Further down, the bar is splits off into two areas. The Western half is full of your traditional round wooden tables while the East contains a section of recreational bar games such a billiards table and dart boards. All the way to the back are a walls of large booths for bigger parties, and it is at one of these that the group sits at, forming machinations over alcohol, soda, chicken wing and french fries. The crowd is fairly thick tonight, and diverse with races of people short and tall, skinny and muscular, smooth or furry or even composed of non-organic material that makes up an outer membrane. Despite this, the group can talk without whispering, as it is very unlikely that any Atlassian agents would be in this rinky-dink hole in the wall.
Name: "Joystick" Clarke
Clique: Nerd, Gamer
Status: Normal
Inventory: Empty
Name: Tobias Creed
Class: Vampire
Abilities: Vampiric Offense (Level 2 Active): Can drain blood from enemies to heal wounds and can turn into either a bat or mist.
Vampiric Defense (Level 2 Passive): Can only be perma-killed by sunlight (Takes a certain amount of turns to kill), fire, wooden stakes to the heart, and decapitation, but methods that kill normal mortals like drowning and gunshots can stun him until either combat ends or 5-6 turns have passed.
Power of Music (Level 1 Active): Can use music and his skills as a DJ to cast a sleep spell on targets.
The Radio Host (Level 1 Passive): Gains a +2 to resisting spells and status effects caused by, or related to, sound.
Status: Normal
Inventory: BoomboxName: Sharquia "Shay" Waters
Clique: Prep (Cheerleader)
Appearance: Shay's Black, and she has dark-brown skin, as well as naturally black and kinky hair, although she usually gets it curled. She has chocolate brown eyes, which are fairly large. On the day of the whole getting chased by a murderer and stuff, she was wearing hoop earrings, a purple halter top, jeans, and black high heels. So, something like this:
http://i.imgur.com/At3AGJj.jpgDescription: The daughter of a 70s one-hit wonder and a backbencher in the NBA, most expected Shay to seek the spotlight in some way. She did so, by trying to crush anything in her path to become the Queen Bee of the *insert the High School's name here*. Unfortunately, there was one wrinkle in her plan: Sally Fervixon. With Sally's sweet naivete and southern belle charm, Shay believed that she would always end up laying second fiddle, and despite all of her attempts to climb to the top, her efforts were always thwarted by Sally's sheet kindness. However, she never really expected Sally to go out like this.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: Rochelle
Class: Survivor
Abilities: (4)
[Tier 1 Passive] HELL NO. - +1 to Physical Resistance.
[Tier 1 Passive] Something Shady Around This Place - +2 to noticing small details.
[Tier 1 Active] Hit 'Em Where It Hurts - Rochelle kicks an enemy in the groin. (-1 to that enemy's damage, 20% chance for -2 debuff if enemy is male.)
[Tier 1 Active] Axe Me A Question - Rochelle swings very hard at an enemy with her axe, dealing extra damage.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: Jimmy Smith
Clique: Jock, Boxer
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: Giant Dad
Class: Bandit
Abilities: (4)
The Legend Never Dies (Lvl 1 Passive)- Once per combat, Giantdad can get back up from a fatal blow as if nothing happened.
Fire the Bass Cannon (Lvl 1 Active)- Make an attack with the Bass Cannon. It has a 50% chance to use this skill again. (up to 3 additional hits)
Power up the Bass Cannon (Lvl 1 Active)- Add an additional 10% Chance and 1 additional hit to "Fire the Bass Cannon" Per turn this is used. which is Reset when Fire the Bass Cannon is used
Well, What is it? (Lvl 1 Active)- Taunt an enemy, walking towards them with arms outstretched.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
The Bass Cannon
Father Mask (the best looking mask in the game)
Giant's Armor
Grass Crest Shield
Black Flame
Black Flame (that means new game+ bitches)
Havel's Ring
Ring of Favor and Protection (health, stamina, endurance. Everything you could ever want)
Name: Jack Austin
Clique: Preps: General +1 to most rolls. More susceptible to mental damage. Sub Clique: Health Specialist - +3 Medicine
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: Doomguy
Class: runner and gunner
Abilities: (4)
RIP AND TEAR YOUR HUGE GUTS!(active lv 1): Doom guy charges up to an enemy and tears them apart. +2 to his melee attack while doing this. (Has a two turn cool down)
BFG 9000 (active lv 2:) The Big. Fucking. Gun. 9000. Fires a massive ball of slow energy towards the enemy, annahilating whatever it hits. Though it's pretty slow moving and everything gets a +2 to dodge while dodging. Has a 5 turn cool down. Requires the BFG in Doom guys inventory to work.
Status:
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Shotgun
Chain gun
Rocket launcher
Plasma gun: has a +1 to attack but every time it's used it increases the BFG's cool down by one turn.
BFG9000: required for the BFG 9000 ability.
Name: Fred Johnson
Clique: Outcast
Sub-Clique: Pagan
Status: Normal
Inventory: A small vial of his own blood, some chalk
Name: Fred
Class: Summoner
Abilities:
(lvl. 1 - Active) Summon: Temporarily summons a sentient entity to do your bidding. More powerful/numerous summons have a chance to resist your control over them. This chance is reduced (possibly even to 0%) when in combat.
(lvl. 1 - Active) Prestidigitation: Perform a minor magical effect (of a similar power level to cantrips).
(lvl. 1 - Passive) Eidetic Memory: Exactly what it says on the tin.
(lvl. 1 - Active) Heal: Heals a sentient entity and/or an object (at range).
Status: Normal
Inventory: Wizard Staff, Chalk, Book, Ink, Quill
Name: Terrence Warren.
Clique: Nerd, chemist.
Status: Normal
Inventory: empty.
Name: DunkelsteinnClass: Sword-wizard.
Abilities: (4)
Quick dodging bastard (passive, tier 1) - Light armor has its advantages. Grants a +1 bonus to all defensive rolls.[/pun]
Moonlight beam (active, tier 1) - You didn't think that sword was just for show, did you? Fires a crescent-shaped beam of magical energy which attacks at range and has a +2 attack roll. 2 turn cooldown.
Homing crystal soulmass (active, tier 1) - Summons five floating wads of deadly crystal shards that streak towards any enemy that gets close. Next incoming melee attack gets a guaranteed bonus counterattack, which is at 50% power. Only one casting can be active at a time, and when the counter is triggered it goes away regardless of whether or not it hit. It's possible for a standard counter to trigger in addition to this bonus counter.
Int scaling (passive, tier 1) - The fact that all of Dunk's attacks have fantastic scaling means they have a tendency to just hurt everything that little bit more than you'd think they should. Each outgoing attack that hits is treated as if it had a bonus of +2 for damage only.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Moonlight Greatsword (required for moonlight beam, basic attack loses bonus from int scaling without this item)
Logan's Catalyst (Required for Homing crystal soulmass)
Grass crest shield
Big hat (The right side of the brim has been sliced off)
Sage's robe
Xanthous gloves
Gold hemmed black skirt
Havel's ring (required for all light builds. Also for the quick dodging ability.)
Ring of steel protection
Name: Mattew Kentwood
Clique: Outcast: Psychic
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: Karlston Meakin
Class: Faith Bard.
Abilities: (4)
Tranquil Spear of Silence(Active, Level 1): Requires 1 turn of setup, during which Karlston cannot counter-attack, and if an attack succeeds Karlston requires another turn of setup. Melee attack, deals moderate lightning and dark damage. As long as it remains lodged in an enemy, they cannot use magical abilities, move last during combat and lose all movement bonuses. GM determines how long the spear remains lodged in, however. 4-turn cooldown.
Endless Sunlight(Passive, Level 1): Heals Karlston's wounds at a fairly slow rate. Focuses on one wound until fully healed before moving onto the next, starting with the most severe ones and going from there.
Coiled Sword Barrage(Active, Level 1): Throws out Coiled Swords at a number of enemies equal to (current skill level +1). If there are less enemies than coiled swords to be thrown, more than one is thrown at a single enemy.
Refreshing Tears(Active, Level 1): A rain of light falls in an area around Karlston. Allies caught within the area feel their fatigue drain away, lowering skill cooldowns by 1, while enemies feel heavier, more tired, increasing skill cooldowns by 1. 2-turn cooldown.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
A Strangely Bulging Pouch: A strange pouch that Karlston wears at his hip. Seems to be where he gets all those Coiled Swords from. Apparently contains an infinite amount, despite its small size.
Karlston’s Northwarder Set: A black-and-brown set of robes. Supposedly lengthens the durations of spells.
Name: June Wildes
Clique: Outcast - Psychic
Status: Normal
Inventory: Empty.
Name: Yun
Class: Manifestation of Psychic Energy.
Abilities: (4)
1. Lvl 1 Psychic Overload [Active]: Yun releases an immense burst of psychic energy, enveloping any enemy in it's general vicinity, and attempting to overload their minds. Overloading a creatures mind can result in different things, depending on the creature and their mental strength. However, most of the time it will result in death. Does not work on constructs, the undead, or other beings with equal or greater psychic powers. Or other things without brains. Each level increases the strength, making it harder for creatures to stop their brains turning to goop.
2. Lvl 1 Psychokinesis [Active]: Yun can use it's psychic power to convert ambient energy into kinetic energy, creating great physical force. This can be used to crush enemies, move things, or even simply pick things up. Yun is very frail, and uses this to perform most basic physical actions with the environment. Each level increases the maximum kinetic force that can be created.
3. Lvl 1 Displacement [Active]: Using psychic energy, Yun can move from one space to another, in an instant. It can also use this to move into spaces not otherwise accessible, such as behind locked doors, or into the bodies of foes. Each level increases Displacement's applicable range by 1 meter, with a starting range of 3 meters at Level 1.
4. Lvl 1 Energy Absorption [Passive]: Energy is all around us. Yun harnesses this by drawing energy from around it, and it opponents, making its abilities become stronger the more foes it fights. This energy builds up during combat, but dissipates afterwards. Each level increases the efficiency of the energy, and how quickly it is gained. (+1 to Ability Rolls when fighting 2-5 foes,+2 when fighting 5-8, etc. For bonuses that are > 1, Yun gains +1 every 2 turns of combat, starting at +1 from the first turn. Example: Yun vs 2 enemies, Yun possesses +1 for the entire match. Yun vs 7 enemies, Yun possesses +1 from the start, and then gains another +1 2 turns later, up to a max of 2. Yun vs 10 enemies, Yun starts with +1, gains +1 in 2 turns, and then gains +1 in 2 more turns. The maximum bonus cap is up to GM discretion, but may be able to be improved by levelling up.)
Status: Normal
Inventory: Leftovers: A half eaten apple that never seems to run out. Heals slightly at the end of each turn in combat.
Name: Briefers ”Brief” Rock
Clique: Nerd Engineer
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Name: The Scourge
Class: Bullet Hell
Abilities: (4)
Tentacle strike (Level 1 active with passive components) - lashes out with a tentacle arm with incredible force, more than enough to punch clean through most things. Passively, the Scourges arms are tentacles, and thus The Scourge lacks any fine manipulation.
Bile shots (level 1 active) - The Scourge can fire projectiles of acidic bile and kinetic force from various randomly scattered holes in their body. Including their tentacles. The Scourge can choose for them to either splash to the ground, or to go on in a roughly straight line until they collide with an object. They can also choose the ratio of acid to kinetic force, the more acidic the bigger a puddle of acid it leaves, the more force, the harder it hits, at maximum levels of acid a single roughly baseball sized shot(the biggest they can make) leaves a puddle with a three foot diameter, at maximum levels of kinetic, they make small explosions. This is its basic form of attack.
Tentacle trap (level 1 active) - The Scourge can fire out its tentacles into objects and leave them extended, these tentacles cannot be passed unless you do so from more than five feet above or below, they cause harm on contact. They Scourge can also drag its tentacles across the object they are stuck into, thus allowing it to further manipulate the movement of foes.
Floating (level 1 passive) - The Scourge floats a foot off the ground at all times.
Status: Normal
Inventory:
Tattered Cloak
The Teens are free to interact, explore and perform actions as they see fit. The Avatars are in a state of non-fighting, so they do need to do anything, but they are free to interact with each other and their environment to develop relationships and their own personas.
This game now has a Discord Chat Channel.
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