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[Greatness942]

Greetings, people of Bay12!

There was an Earth IV game beforehand, but it's thread slowed and died due to my previous burnout. So, this is a new thread, with a timeskip of a month. Whether new or returning, I hope you enjoy.

Spoiler: The Past (click to show/hide)

Up until 1326, human history went as planned. The Romans rose and fell, the 300 Spartans died, and everything else that happened went as planned. From a time between 1326-1345, however, a form of Magic emerged on Earth from numerous sources, though that emerged often were crystals found in many places. Those who practiced this magic were considered heretics and killed in gruesome ways in public. This continued for a long while until the early 1700s. One execution to take place was with a young man using a fire spell in the woods to start a campfire. When he was brought in to be killed, and read his rights, the Judge came forward with an axe and split him in two. At that, however, Rifts in space-time opened at the beck and call of his screams. All three of the Rifts that opened up exposed three parallel universes to the crowd:

Beastia: The world of Beasts, such as Werewolves. A bustling, yet war torn city in a world surrounded by lava and heat. Ruled by the Pureblood; Immortal humanoids born of the Firstborn.

The Void: The world of the Undead, such as Zombies and Vampires. A large expanse of snow and ruins. Ruled by thousands of people, but two in particular are the Scarlet Queen (an undead girl brought back as a spirit of vengeance) and the Operator (a being composed of souls from a large, mutated Rift known as the Maw.)

Draconia: The world of Myth, such as goblins, elves, and orcs. A fantasy land of arid deserts and cold winters. Ruled by Agazhim, Ruler of the Fire Wyverns, Progenitor of the Dragonborn, and the End of Days.

When these Rifts opened, power surged to the man, who used magic to put himself together as a rain of blood fell from the sky. Dubbing himself The Rainmaker, he vowed to destroy the world as he began killing people. Before he could fulfill his promise, Agazhim bound him with a spell, and thrust him into the World Between Worlds. Intimated by the presence of a dragon, the people heard Agazhim as he defended Magic's use. The people listened, and as Monster Hunters sprung up to battle Monsters who sought to destroy humanity, the world of Earth IV was never the same.

Spoiler: Current Setting (click to show/hide)

It is now 1887. Brooks Lyn Price, the greatest Monster Hunter in the history of city-state Angel Fire, is now eighty-eight years old. His wife is long dead, both of his sons have had machines installed into their spines to let them live with their father, he himself is cursed, or possibly blessed, with immortality so that when the machines fail and he is alone, he can spend eternity with no one to be with. Still, he's holding on, still in a good enough condition from said immortality to still hunt Monsters with his double barrelled shotgun, The Old Mathilda. Still, with this curse or miracle, there will need to be people to step up when he no longer can.

The government of the new city-state of Angel Fire, the recently named The Bureau and Government Authority of Angel Fire, or the Bureau for short, approves a new directive from their V.I.P, Brooks Lyn Price. A department to hire new Monster Hunters to keep Angel Fire, and it's sister city-state Britannia, safe from rogue Monsters that rebelled from both human and Monster governments and rulers who seek to kill or sabotage.

It has been a month since the Expansion Project began. Monster Hunters hired by Angel Fire's government have experience in their field now. Whether they were there a month ago or are new is irrelevant. You are handpicked. You are a Monster Hunter.

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

Very simple. Like my other games, they are Roleplaying game that use a d10 and Chunky Salsa for combat and skill checks.

Spoiler: Character Creation (Human) (click to show/hide)

Name: Your name
Gender: Your sex
Nationality: Where you're from (City-States Angel Fire and Britannia allowed)
Age: How old you are
Height and Weight: Just your height and weight
Allegiance and Alignment: Good or Evil? Civilian, Bureau, or something on the outside?
Backstory: What happened before?

Starting Equipment: What clothes you have, plus a single weapon, or item.
Starting Magic/Powers: Any starting Crystallium, Tomes, or innate powers of a magical or psychic nature.
Best Skill: Can be anything so long as it's relevant.
Worst Skill: Same

Spoiler: Character Creation (Monster) (click to show/hide)

Name: Your name
Gender: Your sex
Species: What are you? (See Species Spoiler)
Nationality: Where you're from (Monster Realms Allowed)
Age: How old you are
Height and Weight: Just your height and weight
Allegiance and Alignment: Good or Evil? Monster, Human, or something on the outside?
Backstory: What happened before?

Starting Equipment: What clothes you have, plus a single weapon, item, or Magic Crystal or Tome
Best Skill: Can be anything so long as it's relevant.
Worst Skill: Same
Racial Ability: What your race has.

Spoiler: Species (click to show/hide)

Only for original species. Other ones like Zombies, Vampire, Werewolves, Ghosts, etc. should be assumed playable

Beastia: Insectolids: Human-Insect Hybrids

Pureblood: Only playable with permission. Immortal humanoids born from the Firstborn

The Void: Spectres: Humans brought back from the dead and sent into a hivemind with all other Spectres

Wraiths: Only playable with permission. Ghosts who have died, yet have become something destructive.

H-Goblins: Undead Humans who gain strength from blood.

Draconia: None. All established fantasy races.

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Magic in Earth IV works by channeling power from the Monster Realms. There are three main channeling methods, though others may be discovered:

Blood Magic: Casting magic from either your own blood or absorbing it from someone else.

Runes: Casting from Runic Symbols.

Crystals: Using Xinaxrium, Dielothium, Copperilium, or Xinax 3-B to channel.

Each method, and each Crystal, lasts a different amount of time and has a different strength with each.

Players: 4/4
Sosaku234 (Vadym Gulka), Hibou (Cordell Monroe), Paxiecrunchle (Pierre Homme), AbstractTraitorHero (Dalia)

Player-Run NPCS: 1/Infinite
roseheart (Ned Angry)

Discord Link

[Paxiecrunchle]

wish you luck!

[Hibou]

Looks really neat! I'll put up a sheet in this post sometime tonight or tomorrow.

Spoiler: Cordell Monroe, Highwayman with a poor sense of judgement. (click to show/hide)

Name: Cordell Monroe
Gender: Male
Nationality: Rural New England, United States
Age: 28
Height and Weight: 6'1", 186 lbs
Allegiance and Alignment: "Good" (Really, more neutral than anything.) Aligned with the Bureau, technically.
Backstory: Cordell was born Cordell Cornelius Monroe the Second to his parents Cordell and Agatha Monroe. He was born on a ship sailing on its way to America, and was the youngest of five other siblings: Three brothers and two sisters. He was, as a result, picked on and pulled around constantly as a child. He grew up on a muddy farm in the countryside where the winters were harsh and the harvests were slim. His father taught him to hunt with a rifle, but he was never taken on any real hunts as that was normally deferred to his older and more experienced brothers. Instead, he was left at home with very little to do. Though, as the saying goes, the devil makes work for idle hands. The day after his sixteenth birthday he ran off, in search for adventure and a life outside of the confines of that little farm.

He was quickly picked up by a group of ruffians. Petty thieves and criminals who harassed carriages passing up and down the roads in the backwoods. With them he learned how to sneak, how to threaten, how to cut, and how to get away with it all. He did pretty well for himself, putting together enough money to buy food, drink, and company. He had made a name for himself in the taverns he frequented, even had some friends. It was a term used loosely, however, as most of them would stab eachother in the back if it meant getting an extra coin purse or two. Still, things were going well, but Cordell grew overconfident. One night he tried his first solo robbery, but he picked the wrong carriage to stop. Evidently, the governor did not take lightly to threats, and neither did his bodyguards. After a quick scuffle he was knocked unconscious and arrested. Shortly after, he was sentenced to hang, but in a moment of true highwayman nature, he sold out his former "coworkers" for a bargain: A life sentence of community service under the Bureau. He had never heard the name before, but he knew bureaucrats and figured he could lay low behind a desk for a while.

It was only after he stepped off the ship in Angel-Fire that he learned this would not be the case at all.

Starting Equipment: Tough, rugged pants with some thick boots and a large coat covered in pockets. On his belt he carries an old dirk.
Starting Magic/Powers: A couple pieces of paper with runes inscribed on them that when spent cast Flash, a spell that creates a bright light and a dizzying effect, along with the know-how to make more. Works consistently on unsuspecting people with heavy coinpurses.
Best Skill: Sleight of hand. Bladework is great and all, but the goods are what he's really after.
Worst Skill: Rifles. There's a reason he was never taken on hunting trips.

((Took a couple liberties with the magic system and the background, let me know if anything is out of line.))

[Greatness942]

Looks really neat! I'll put up a sheet in this post sometime tonight or tomorrow.

Spoiler: Cordell Monroe, Highwayman with a poor sense of judgement. (click to show/hide)

Name: Cordell Monroe
Gender: Male
Nationality: Rural New England, United States
Age: 28
Height and Weight: 6'1", 186 lbs
Allegiance and Alignment: "Good" (Really, more neutral than anything.) Aligned with the Bureau, technically.
Backstory: Cordell was born Cordell Cornelius Monroe the Second to his parents Cordell and Agatha Monroe. He was born on a ship sailing on its way to America, and was the youngest of five other siblings: Three brothers and two sisters. He was, as a result, picked on and pulled around constantly as a child. He grew up on a muddy farm in the countryside where the winters were harsh and the harvests were slim. His father taught him to hunt with a rifle, but he was never taken on any real hunts as that was normally deferred to his older and more experienced brothers. Instead, he was left at home with very little to do. Though, as the saying goes, the devil makes work for idle hands. The day after his sixteenth birthday he ran off, in search for adventure and a life outside of the confines of that little farm.

He was quickly picked up by a group of ruffians. Petty thieves and criminals who harassed carriages passing up and down the roads in the backwoods. With them he learned how to sneak, how to threaten, how to cut, and how to get away with it all. He did pretty well for himself, putting together enough money to buy food, drink, and company. He had made a name for himself in the taverns he frequented, even had some friends. It was a term used loosely, however, as most of them would stab eachother in the back if it meant getting an extra coin purse or two. Still, things were going well, but Cordell grew overconfident. One night he tried his first solo robbery, but he picked the wrong carriage to stop. Evidently, the governor did not take lightly to threats, and neither did his bodyguards. After a quick scuffle he was knocked unconscious and arrested. Shortly after, he was sentenced to hang, but in a moment of true highwayman nature, he sold out his former "coworkers" for a bargain: A life sentence of community service under the Bureau. He had never heard the name before, but he knew bureaucrats and figured he could lay low behind a desk for a while.

It was only after he stepped off the ship in Angel-Fire that he learned this would not be the case at all.

Starting Equipment: Tough, rugged pants with some thick boots and a large coat covered in pockets. On his belt he carries an old dirk.
Starting Magic/Powers: A couple pieces of paper with runes inscribed on them that when spent cast Flash, a spell that creates a bright light and a dizzying effect, along with the know-how to make more. Works consistently on unsuspecting people with heavy coinpurses.
Best Skill: Sleight of hand. Bladework is great and all, but the goods are what he's really after.
Worst Skill: Rifles. There's a reason he was never taken on hunting trips.

((Took a couple liberties with the magic system and the background, let me know if anything is out of line.))

Those liberties actually work really well! Cordell Monroe is now approved.

[Sosoku234]

I withdraw my last character.

Spoiler: The Ukrainian Job (click to show/hide)

Name: Vadym Gulka
Gender: Male
Nationality: Britannia (Ukrainian in lineage, but born in Britannia)
Age: 27
Height and Weight: 7' 3¹/₂" and 180 lbs
Allegiance and Alignment: Good. Civilian.
Backstory: After the world was rent in twain, a small family of Ukrainians fled their once proud homeland. Vadym is the Third generation to be born in Britannia.
   From a young age his father, Joseph, had always told him stories of his grandfather's life as a Kozak, wielding the magics of the ancients against the Polish and fought tooth and nail for the liberation of the Ukraine from the Tsarist Russia. He used to weave stories to Vadym about the grand adventures of his father as a man of the Army, trying his best to stem the tides of the monsters seeking to take all that was precious from the peoples of the land. He himself had been a policeman trying to keep the calm in the streets as things started to go from a heavy boil to a low simmering. Now, Vadym had been through college, had his hand at doing several trades, but ultimately felt he would best be used as a monster hunter.
   His early life had been difficult, a two or three year shortage of food had led to his family starving as his father did his best to maintain the peace and his mother worked at the textile mill. He learned quickly that He'd have to do better than them to succeed in life, so he set his sights on college. He went through with flying colors and even had several promising job offers that would set him and his family for life. He worked for a while as a blacksmith, a traveling merchant, a banker, a farmhand, you name it, he's probably done something with it. He made some serious bank.
   But, he didn't feel content with this. He wanted action. Excitement. Danger. So he decided to go buy a gun and join the hunt for the Evil in the world.

Starting Equipment:Long trench coat with heavy wool trousers, thick padded gloves, and a Mosin Nagant M91.
Starting Magic/Powers: He can change an object's volume and shape using blood. The blood must first touch the material of the object to use it, though.
Best Skill: Long Rifles
Worst Skill: Athletics

[Greatness942]

I withdraw my last character.

Spoiler: The Ukrainian Job (click to show/hide)

Name: Vadym Gulka
Gender: Male
Nationality: Britannia (Ukrainian in lineage, but born in Britannia)
Age: 27
Height and Weight: 7' 3¹/₂" and 180 lbs
Allegiance and Alignment: Good. Civilian.
Backstory: After the world was rent in twain, a small family of Ukrainians fled their once proud homeland. Vadym is the Third generation to be born in Britannia.
   From a young age his father, Joseph, had always told him stories of his grandfather's life as a Kozak, wielding the magics of the ancients against the Polish and fought tooth and nail for the liberation of the Ukraine from the Tsarist Russia. He used to weave stories to Vadym about the grand adventures of his father as a man of the Army, trying his best to stem the tides of the monsters seeking to take all that was precious from the peoples of the land. He himself had been a policeman trying to keep the calm in the streets as things started to go from a heavy boil to a low simmering. Now, Vadym had been through college, had his hand at doing several trades, but ultimately felt he would best be used as a monster hunter.
   His early life had been difficult, a two or three year shortage of food had led to his family starving as his father did his best to maintain the peace and his mother worked at the textile mill. He learned quickly that He'd have to do better than them to succeed in life, so he set his sights on college. He went through with flying colors and even had several promising job offers that would set him and his family for life. He worked for a while as a blacksmith, a traveling merchant, a banker, a farmhand, you name it, he's probably done something with it. He made some serious bank.
   But, he didn't feel content with this. He wanted action. Excitement. Danger. So he decided to go buy a gun and join the hunt for the Evil in the world.

Starting Equipment:Long trench coat with heavy wool trousers, thick padded gloves, and a Mosin Nagant M91.
Starting Magic/Powers: He can change an object's volume and shape using blood. The blood must first touch the material of the object to use it, though.
Best Skill: Long Rifles
Worst Skill: Athletics

I dig it! He's a very interesting character, and his ability is pretty interesting, as well (Helps that it actually doesn't contradict Magic as it is within the Mythos; Blood Magic can be cast with any blood, and is compatible with any spell). There are a couple of things I'd like to make sure about, though.

1) "After the world was rent in twain", is that metaphorical (like a war) or literal?

2)Is that Russian-Polish conflict based on any real one? I'd like to look up the chronology of that to make sure it's consistent with Magic's acceptance/the Rainmaker incident (since they're the same event, really)

[Sosoku234]

1: It was meant to be both. A war for survival from both men and monsters and the rift opening.

2: Not between Russia and Poland, but between the Cossacks and Poland. Based on the appearance of the Cossacks in medieval history and their integration into Russia along with the revolution that allowed said integration from Poland. Based around the mid 14-15^th centuries. And the full integration in the late 15^th to early 16^th centuries.

[Greatness942]

1: Ah, I see. Well, Rifts are healing space-time wounds. They're what prevents whole Universes and Timelines from exploding. So, that actually makes sense.

2: Judging by the timelines on that, Magic would not become accepting until the late 17th century, if not the early 18th Century. So, is there a reason why Vadym's grandfather was allowed to practice Magic in the military?

Also, while I'm here: There's actually a Discord for both me and my Forum Games. There's a whole channel full of Lore about the Earth IV Mythos (since it's a legitimate fictional multiverse; there's a reason I think I can translate it to actual Video Games), so if you're interested, you can click the new link in the OP.

[Sosoku234]

1. Ah. Well, that was a misunderstanding on my part.

2. You have to remember that this is his great grandfather, given that it's the late 19th century, that would be about the late 1700s. Assuming that his great grandfather had lived for a while before or led an abnormally long life due to magic it could be even further back. But, regardless of the justification for his fighting, I never overtly said he was infantry. I'll have more later. I gotta go, though.

[Greatness942]

1. Ah. Well, that was a misunderstanding on my part.

2. You have to remember that this is his great grandfather, given that it's the late 19th century, that would be about the late 1700s. Assuming that his great grandfather had lived for a while before or led an abnormally long life due to magic it could be even further back. But, regardless of the justification for his fighting, I never overtly said he was infantry. I'll have more later. I gotta go, though.

Those are both fair enough points. When you get back, know that Vadym Gulka is approved.

[Sosoku234]

Got it.

[Greatness942]

Should we go ahead and start, or should this just serve as a Bump to get more people to join?

[Paxiecrunchle]

Should we go ahead and start, or should this just serve as a Bump to get more people to join?

you should try to get more people to join.

[Hibou]

It is finals season, so things are a little slow all across the board. I wouldn't mind waiting.

[Greatness942]

Alright, I'll just use this *bump* things up, then.

Should we go ahead and start, or should this just serve as a Bump to get more people to join?

you should try to get more people to join.

Y'know, while you're here, would you perhaps be interested in joining, Paxie?