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[Egan_BW]

Game in which mages fight mechs. 6 players in all, 3 on each side. (To start with, anyway.)
Mages are people with magic shit in their blood that lets them do magic.
Mechs are machines driven by normal not-magical humans but they've got magic all up in the technology so it works out. Also they're from space.
They fight each other over something something blood.
Important part: eat the heart of your enemy to gain his strength.

(If you want real lore go read the first thread.)

Actual mechanics:
If the thing you're doing isn't hard, you can do that thing. Good job.
If the thing you're doing is hard, roll 1d6:
1: bad.
2: still bad.
3: almost good.
4: pretty good
5: good.
6: good, then bad.

Also, if you're good at doing the hard thing, or conditions are just right, you get to roll again. Congratulations!
And if you're bad at doing the hard thing, you also roll again but not in a good way.

And there's other stuff but honestly don't worry about it? I won't.

Spoiler: character sheeeeeeet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Appearance: [Hair color restriction = none]
Personality: if you play a generic military dude with zero personality even after digging some i swear to god
Health: Hopefully you're not injured already. But if you are you can tell me here, I guess!
Traits: one beneficial physical trait, one beneficial mental trait, one detrimental mental trait. ...Use you own judgment, these are probably impossible to balance.
Inventory: Shit you're carrying. Like, on your actual person. This probably can't be a whole warehouse of tnt unless you have that one thing where it actually totally could be. Hint hint.

Once you've done the character sheet for being a human choose either the mage power sheet or a mech frame sheet, fill that out, and pin it to the bottom of your human sheet. Thanks.

I've gone ahead and created a discord for discussion, questions, faffing, derailment etc. https://discord.gg/3pKq47t

Hmm. So people are telling me that it would probably make things more fun if you'll abstained from reading character sheets from the other side. I'm not about to enforce that or anything, but maybe yeah go for that?

Also, just FYI this isn't first-come-first served, I'll wait a bit and pick my three favorite sheets for each side. You can post multiple sheets if you want to hedge your bets.

[Egan_BW]

Mage things:

Spoiler: Mage powers sheet (click to show/hide)

Mana: 3/3 (Required to do magic. Any turn where you use any amount of magic, mana decreases by 1. Any turn where you use no magic, or that you Push, mana is refilled to full. If you have 0 mana you cannot use any magic but Push.)
Push: 0/0 (Push as an action to refill mana and perform an extra-strong spell. Left number is your current amount of Push, left number is your current Minimum push. Minimum is half of current (rounded down), when you rest Push is decreased to the minimum.)
Mana Tether: (pick one from below.)
Powers: (pick four from below.)

Simple actions require no roll to execute. Generally you can use as many simple actions in a turn as you wish.
Complex actions do require a roll. Multiple can be executed in a turn, at the risk of splitting your attention.
Magical actions require and use mana. If you use any number of magical abilities in a turn, your mana will tick down by one. If you have 0 mana, you can't use any magic that turn. If you don't use any magic for a turn, your mana will refill to full.
Push powers can only be used when you push, and always require a roll. Pushing allows you to use magic and doesn't require any mana, and refills your mana to full afterwards.

Note that for the purposes of magic abilities, successfully creating an attack is not the same as hitting with it, so a simple magical attack still needs to roll to hit, and a complex magical attack must roll twice; once to successfully cast, and the second to land the attack.

Spoiler: Mana Tethers (click to show/hide)

   Focus: A staff or wand made from wood, bone or similar material. Can be destroyed, in which case you lose its benefits until it is mended.
      Passive: Re-roll any complex magical actions when not under pressure.
      Passive: Direct magic attacks are more destructive.
   Weapon: An infantry-usable weapon of your choice. Can be summoned to you or desummoned at will, and the weapon is immune to all damage.
      Magical simple: Summon the weapon to your hands or return it to hammerspace.
      Magical complex: Briefly summon any number of instances of your weapon.
      Magical complex: Control the weapon remotely.
   Familiar: A living creature (or plant or fungus if you want) of your choice, no larger than a moose. It looks just like a normal creature and can be injured or killed. If the familiar is killed you go down to 0 mana and don't recover mana until it's resummoned.
      Magical simple: Directly control the familiar.
      Magical simple: Share magical effects with the familiar while in contact with it.
      Magical complex: Share magical effects and cast magic through the familiar even while it's separated from you.
      Push: Resummon the familiar
   Symbol: A symbol representing your connection to magic. This symbol must be physically close in order for you to use magic, but can take any form, being written on your clothes, on a slip of paper in your pocket, or even just in your mind, if you focus very hard. (That last one is not recommended for normal use. it won't always work and you'll get a headache.)
      Passive: +1 max mana.

      

Spoiler: Mage powers (click to show/hide)

   Mobility
      Magical simple: Greatly increases ease of movement, allowing one to run faster than any mundane human, leap great distances, climb walls quickly, etc.
      Magical passive: Can dodge attacks such as gunshots, which cannot be avoided normally.

   Blink
      Magical simple: Teleport from one spot to another without passing through the space between. The target location must be in line of sight and nearby.
      Magical simple: Bring any small item to your hand instantly. Said object must be fairly nearby and must not be tethered to anything.
      Magical complex: Blink to locations out of line of sight, or visible but very far away.
      Magical complex: Blink along with up to 5 other people.
      Push: Blink to any location you know of, along with up to 5 other people.

   Soar
      Magical complex: Launch yourself from the ground high up into the air.
      Simple: Glide while in the air, like a bird. You cannot hover or gain height in this state.
      Push: Dash forwards while in the air, speeding up considerably. Melee strikes while dashing should be very effective.

   Power
      Passive: Greatly increases physical strength.
      Magical simple: Improves reaction time, giving you a big advantage in melee combat.
      Push: Become impossibly strong.

   Elebolt: Pick an element to use. Can be any simple material, or form of energy. Ice, acid, steel, fire, heat, kinetic energy, etc.
      Magical simple: Fires a bolt of the chosen element.
      Magical complex: Fire a burst or spray of bolts.
      Push: Create a coherent beam of elemental energy, dealing heavy damage to whatever it hits. Multiple beams from different people can be combined in order to produce The Ultimate Attack*

   Elebending: Pick an element to use. Can be any simple material, or form of energy. Ice, acid, steel, fire, heat, kinetic energy, etc.
      Magical simple: Manipulate the chosen element on a small scale. Works within reach range only.
      Magical complex: Manipulate the chosen element, with potentially very energetic results. There must be some source to work with; you can't just conjure things out of thin air.
      Push: Create and manipulate a large quantity of the chosen element.

   Selfshift
      Magical complex: Temporarily change your physical body in some way, emulating an animal or object.
      Magical simple: Maintain a shift after creating it.
      Push: Briefly change your body entirely into a different form.

   Lightshift
      Magical simple: Render yourself invisible to the naked eye.
      Magical complex: Render yourself invisible to all light wavelengths.
      Magical complex: Create a visual illusion.

   Meat
      Magical complex: Permanently change any creature (or plant or fungus) biologically. This can create some pretty broad effects but keep in mind that anything you intend to live for very long will require some way to get food, oxygen, and water. And no, photosynthesis is not a viable way to keep an animal fed indefinitely. The affect also has a bit of a mind of its own, which might make some things easier, and some things... messier.
      Push: Lets the meatmind take over for a bit. Why would you even want to do this...

   Regeneration
      Magical complex: Magically restores a living thing, closing wounds, restoring bloodflow, and repairing organs. Cannot create new limbs easily, but if the original part can be recovered and pressed into the wound, the magic will fill in the gaps.
      Magical Passive: You slowly heal from your injuries automatically. Prevents bloodloss but doesn't restore much functionality.

   Pockets
      Magical simple: Place an object into hammerspace, or remove it. An unlimited number of items can be stored, regardless of mass or volume. However each individual item must be small enough to carry. Living things are rendered nonliving upon entry.
      Magical complex: Creates one or more gates (either close by or a large distance away, though precision at long range requires an additional roll) to a room-sized pocket dimension. The shape of the room is up to you and objects placed inside will still be there the next time you create a gate to the same room. The gate cannot be closed while a living creature is inside the room.

   Link
      Magical complex: Create a link between your mind and other's. The link considers both sides to be equal so trying to mess with a strong-willed enemy might result in you pulling the pin from your grenade.
      Push: Attempt to totally dominate another creature. While you're in control of the target, you'll be unable to do anything with your own body.

Mech things:

(Pick one of the below mech frames and fill out the hardpoint slots with things from the armory.)

Frame Descriptions:
   Combat Hardsuit: Power armor that fits around the user, creating a form factor like a hulking great human. The Combat Hardsuit mass is complemented by the addition of a heavy exoskeleton, which in turn allows the user to heft what is perhaps the most notable feature of the suit: light mounted weapon. Normally such large munitions would be unusable by anything human sized. In addition the exoskeleton can provide some protection, allows the suit to enter "heavy mode", sacrificing power efficiency for even greater strength.
   Assault Hardsuit: Unlike its heaver cousin, the Assault Hardsuit lacks a large exoskeleton. For this reason it cannot mount a light weapon. Instead the assault hardsuit boasts slightly thicker armor plating, and a small arsenal of personnel weapons. Also, the flight system requires a bit less energy due to the lower mass.
   Support Hardsuit: Probably the squishiest you can be while technically riding a mech, the Support Hardsuit isn't intended for direct combat, but for a support role. However, the fact that the flight system is totally silent along with the ability to install thermal vision or other enhanced sense makes it a popular choice for snipers and other sneaky folks.
   Battle Gear: In a bygone era, Battle Gear were the primary mech used for direct combat, and formed the linchpin of warfare in general. In these times it's usually seen as outgunned and obsolete, but it still has it's use. The heavy mounted weapon is a real danger even to Titans, and its jump jets make it fairly mobile. Note that this mobility comes at the cost of leg armor, however.
   Tech Gear: This repurposed Battle Gear is intended for technical and combat support. The Tech Gear is armed with a light weapon, equipped with an auxiliary system, and can host a small flock of four drones. REgardless of what auxiliary system is installed, the auxiliary arm is capable of repairing damaged mechs and lifting heavy debris. All-around strong in most respects, though not ideal for direct combat.
   Stalker: A relatively new invention, this speedy quadrupedal mech is designed with flanking in mind. The Stalker can flank heavier foes and tear into them with a spinal-mounted heavy weapon. In addition, it is armed with a mount from which to launch drones, which can scout or harass the enemy. However, this speed and power comes at the heavy drawback of power consumption.
   Flight Gear: Though called a "Gear", this mech physically has more in common with the stalker. In addition to the four legs, the Flight Gear can, as the name implies, fly. This is accomplished by a pair of wing-like engines mounted on either side of the mech, giving it an appearance not unlike a giant wasp. With dual light weapons the Flight Gear can deal considerable damage from the air, but due to its weight, flight can only be maintained for a short time before energy reserves run dry.
   Titan: The undisputed king of mech warfare, the Titan stands considerably higher than any other machine and has the heavy armor to match. Both if its two arms carry a heavy weapon, and a third is even mounted on the back, generally aiming over one shoulder. In terms of raw durability and firepower nothing can beat the Titan. It does consume a lot of energy, however.
   Logistics Rig: Unarmed, six-legged support mech designed to transport Arcane and other supplies.

Spoiler: Mech frames (click to show/hide)

   Combat Hardsuit
      Appearance: (Provide a short description of your mech. You can also provide a name if you like.)
      Arcane: 100/100 (Arcane essence is the energy source that powers nearly all mech functions. If it reaches 0 the mech will be disabled.)
         Low-power (1A) (This shows the upkeep cost of keeping the mech running for one turn, in Arcane. In low-power mode you'll use less energy but weapons are disabled and the mech will move slower.)
         Combat mode (3A)
         Heavy mode (9A)
      Integrity: (Hitpoint totals for the different components of your mech. If a part's HP reaches 0 it will be disabled.)
         Torso: 20/20 (The mech's cockpit is always located in the torso. That means you're in there. Try not to let it take too much damage.)
         Heavy Exoskeleton: 10/10
      Hardpoints: (Connection points for weapons and other systems.)
         Flight system (8A) (Some systems require energy to be used. If so this is listed to the right of the system.)
         Light weapon:[empty]
         
   Assault Hardsuit
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (3A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 25/25
      Hardpoints:
         Flight system (6A)
         Personnel weapon1:[empty]
         Personnel weapon2:[empty]
         Personnel weapon3:[empty]
         
   Support Hardsuit
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (3A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Silent flight system (6A)
         Personnel weapon: [empty]
         Auxiliary system: [empty]
      
   Battle Gear
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (8A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 40/40
         RLeg: 15/15
         LLeg: 15/15
         WArm: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Jump jets (10A)
         Heavy weapon:[empty]
         Light weapon:[empty]
         
   Tech Gear
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (8A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 35/35
         RLeg: 20/20
         LLeg: 20/20
         WArm: 20/20
         AArm: 15/15
      Hardpoints:
         Light weapon:[empty]
         Auxiliary system:[empty]
         Drone dock:[empty]
         
   Stalker
      Appearance:
         Low-power (3A)
         Combat mode (12A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 25/25
         FLLeg: 15/15
         FRLeg: 15/15
         BLLeg: 20/20
         BRLeg: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Heavy weapon:[empty]
         Auxiliary system:[empty]
         Drone dock:[empty]
         
   Flight Gear
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (2A)
         Combat mode (8A)
         Flight mode (15A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 25/25
         REngine: 15/15
         LEngine: 15/15
         FLLeg: 20/20
         FRLeg: 20/20
         BLLeg: 20/20
         BRLeg: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Light weaponA:[empty]
         Light weaponB:[empty]
      
   Titan
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (3A)
         Combat mode (10A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 100/100
         RArm: 25/25
         LArm: 25/25
         RLeg: 40/40
         LLeg: 40/40
      Hardpoints:
         Heavy weaponR:[empty]
         Heavy weaponL:[empty]
         Heavy weaponB:[empty]
         
   Logistics Rig
      Appearance:
      Arcane: 600/600
         Low-power (2A)
         Combat mode (5A)
      Integrity:
         Thorax: 20/20
         Abdomen: 30/30
         FLLeg: 15/15
         FRLeg: 15/15
         MRLeg: 15/15
         MLLeg: 15/15
         BLLeg: 15/15
         BRLeg: 15/15
      Hardpoints:
         Auxiliary system:

(These are presented as examples and president, not a complete list of everything. Despite the fact that this is already a giant monster pile of silly, silly weapons, feel free to add to it!)

Spoiler: Armory (click to show/hide)

Personnel:
   SQ Infantry rifle: Automatic rifle firing a cartridge somewhere between a pistol and rifle in size. Very accurate and reliable.
      Ammo: 60/300
   RQ Special Rifle: Larger automatic rifle firing full rifle rounds. Not as reliable but can be configured in many different ways, eg. as a marksman's rifle, an LMG, or as a close-quarters bullpup.
      Ammo: 30/180
   HS ERifle 1: Rifle running on pure arcane energy, supplied from the hardsuit's reservoir. Fires arcane bolts. More powerful and doesn't need reloading, but will use up suit power.
      Arcane: 1A single shot, 4A burst
   Pump Shotgun: Fairly self-explanatory. Fires shotgun shells, with a pump action chambering the next shall after firing.
      Ammo: 8/32
   GGm8 Double-Barrel HYBRID: Double barrel shotgun using both suit energy and physical ammunition. Very destructive.
      Arcane: 8A
      Ammo: 2/32
   Lasdriver: Laser sniper "rifle". Generates its intense laser using a combination of chemicals which can be loaded in a manner very similar to a traditional firearm's ammo.
      Ammo: 5/20
   Infantry Machete: Designed mostly to clear vegetation, but can be used in combat as well.
   Regeneration Goop Sprayer: Sprays a thick green goo that covers the target and *should* heal any wounds it makes contact with.
      Ammo: 4
   H2 Grenade Launcher: Grenade launcher that uses power from the suit to lob larger and more powerful grenades. Holds six in a revolving chamber and can use a variety of different grenade types.
      Ammo: 6/18

Light:
   Arcbolt MMG: An arcane-powered medium machine gun. Due to its simple function and requirements it makes for a good weapon to complement something heavier.
      Arcane: 4A
   Physprop MMG: MMG using physical ammunition. Useful as a backup in case you're worried that you'll run low on energy.
      Ammo: 600
   Electric Tether: Whip/flail coursing with electricity. The head of the flail can attach to the enemy and start zapping them continuously. Useful for jump-starting your truck.
      Arcane: 3A
   Combiscythe Gunstruct: Large arcane rifle attached with an oversized scythe blade. Pulling the trigger both causes the gun to fire and the blade to become empowered, meaning one can pull off some interesting tricks. Or fatally injure themselves.
      Arcane: 5A for both melee and ranged
   L Missile Launcher: Fires a guided fire-and-forget missile. Effective against both land and air targets. (And sea targets, one supposes..?)
      Ammo: 1/6
   ArcaThrower: "Flamethrower" using pure arcane in place of flammable fuel. Arcane usage is unpredictable.
      Arcane: 1-10A

Heavy:
   Hybrid MG: Uses arcane energy to magnetically launch solid metal slugs. Rapid fire and penetrates armor.
      Arcane: 5A
      Ammo: 150
   Vulcan Cannon: Rotary gun that spews bullets all over the everything everywhere. Lacks the muzzle velocity of the Hybrid MG, but makes up for it in sheer fire rate. Note that the barrels must be revved up before firing, which takes a moment. The barrels can be kept revved up indefinitely, but will create noise.
      Ammo: 800
   "Earthcracker" fGyfy5697: A cannon. It fires armor-piercing cannon shells.
      Ammo: 1/20
   Hybrid "Mountain Smasher" fGyfy6497A: Hybrid cannon combining physical propellant and arcane propulsion. Compared to the Earthcracker, its shells are larger but move slower.
      Ammo: 1/20
      Arcane: 5A
   RHAINB00W™ M-M-M-MULTI GLAIVE: They're really gotten creative with the advertising for this.I don't even know what lambs riding motorbikes has to do with mech combat... Where was I? Oh, right; it's a glowing hot, electrified, rapidly vibrating, jet-propelled massive glaive blade lined with spikes and venom ducts releasing a highly acidic poison. It kills things in a frankly unnecessarily large number of ways all at once which is... cool maybe?
      Arcane: 15A
   H Missile Launcher: Fires a really big rocket.
      Ammo: 1/5
   MacroFlamer FR3: Large flamethrower, holding 8 canisters of fuel in a rotating mechanism, similar to a revolver. The fuel can either be fired all at once like a shotgun blast, setting everything nearby on fire, or spewed in a stream to achieve longer range.
      Ammo: 1/8
   Plasma Cannon: Uses tons of energy to turn innocent air into glowing hot plasma, then spews it all over everything. Neither subtle nor discriminate.
      Arcane: 20A
   Devastator Lance: Somewhat "toned down" version of the plasma cannon concept. Merely fires large quantities of particularly massive particles for a split second. Tends to bore circular holes through such things as concrete and mech armor.
      Ammo: (1/3)
      Arcane: 13A

Auxiliary:
   Regeneration Hammock: Can either be deployed or simply stung on the mech's back. Stick an injured human inside and the green goo inside should render them uninjured in quick order.
   Shield Gen: Stand it up on stable terrain and press the button and this device will project an opaque energy shield. Can be set to only project in one direction to create cover you can fire over, or in a whole dome if you feel like hiding from the world.
      Arcane: 5A
   Thermal Vision: Special sensors pick up on infrared light, allowing you to see the body heat radiating off of humans or other things. Can be used to measure the temperature of a thing from a distance, provided it's not too reflective.
      Arcane: 1A
   Sonar: Uses inaudible sound to measure distance. Useful in total darkness or where visibility is otherwise impaired.
      Arcane: 1A
   Cloak: Activate to make the mech invisible to visible light.
      Arcane: 8A

Drones: These all hold 4 drones.
   Laser Combat Drones: The most basic type of drone used for direct combat.
      Arcane: 3A each for 5 turns operation
   Rocket Combat Drones: Drones wielding rocket launchers. Can deal impressive damage in a full salvo, but each drone only carries one rocket and must dock again to reload after firing.
      Arcane: 3A each for 3 turns operation
      Ammo: 1/5 each, must dock to reload
   Repair Drones: Equipped with tools for performing basic repairs in the field. Uses an SMG for defense.
      Arcane: 4A each for 5 turns operation
      Ammo: 25/75 each, must dock to reload
   Scout Eyes: Very fast but unarmed drones. They fly high and watch the ground in good detail.
      Arcane: 4A each for 8 turns operation

[Egan_BW]

Progression:

When you survive a mission, you'll get 2d6 XP points. If you completed your mission successfully, you'll get an additional 5 points.
If you want small special things done, like extra spikes on your mech or an APC to park in your pocket dimension, you can spend a few points between missions on that. Exactly what this gets you is subject to approval and possibly dice rolls.
Also between missions, you can spend 10 XP to get promoted. The benefits of such are detailed below.
Finally, while on mission if you have 10 or more XP and perform a particularly impressive feat, you can spend 10 points to gain a boon similar to what you'd get for absorbing an enemy.

Having a higher rank will let you command any friendly units that are present (and theoretically PCs that you outrank), have a small squad of NPCs, and have more say in what the next mission will be.
From now on, I'm going to provide a few different scenarios that you can vote between, with whichever one getting the most votes being the next mission. Players with a higher rank will have more votes, letting you choose a mission more suited to your strengths. In addition your votes will be hidden from players on the opposing side until I count them.

Here's what rank will get you, specifically:
Rank 1: 1 vote. This is what you start at.
Rank 2: 2 votes, authority over friendly NPCs.
Rank 3: 3 votes, 2 NPC grunts to outfit and command as you please.
Rank 4: 3 votes, 4 NPC grunts, and fancier equipment for yourself.

Random lore bits:

• The substance called "arcane" is naturally found dissolved in the blood of giant, mythical creatures called "arcane beasts". These beasts are present on almost every planet, are immortal and do not reproduce. The arcane essence in their blood is theorized to be leftovers from the creation of the universe, and cannot be created by any known method.
• Mages are people with a large amount of arcane dissolved in their blood and the skill to use it. This arcane can be inherited from their mother, if she's a mage, randomly aquired at birth, or absorbed from the corpse of a mage.

Turn atlas:

• Scenario 1: Dry
  
• Turn 1: Foxes & Forgetfulness
  
• Turn 2: Delay & Danger
  
• Turn 3: Hurt & More Hurt
  
• Turn 4: Harm from the Machine
  
• Turn 5: That Happened
  
  
• Intermission 1: Goodbye
  
• Intermission 2: The Adjuticator
  
• Intermission 3: Questions
  
• Intermission 4: Answers
  
• Intermission 5: Deeps of the World
  
• Intermission 6: Return to Normalcy (?)
  
  
• Scenario 2: Damp
  
• Turn 1: splines crimes and limes
  
• Turn 2: A good day to plan victory

[Dustan Hache]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donnelly Adderson
Appearance: Thin man with brown hair and greenish eyes
Personality:generic military dude with zero personality reclusive, yet compassionate to the point of a fault.
Health: blinded (recovering), otherwise healthy
Traits: He is resilient, recovering from pain and injury that would knock other unconscious or kill them from shock(this is both my mental and physical trait.) However, he is a healer and refuses to kill, being too sympathetic to the pain of others.
Inventory: Steel capped quarterstaff, 2 bags of medical supplies.
Mana: 3/3
Push: 0/0
Mana Tether: weapon: Razor buckler.
Powers:Mobility, power, Regeneration, elebending (heat)

[Egan_BW]

Quick on the trigger, aintcha?

[Yottawhat]

Spoiler: I'm Blue (click to show/hide)

Name: Niko Tessa
Appearance: A 16 year old girl, with short electric blue hair wearing a over-sized military long, the sleeves covering the her hands and the back of the coat reaching all the way down to her knees.
Personality: Short-tempered, Niko is abrasive and quick to flew off the handle when dealing with people who she believed are not as smart as her (hint: Everyone)
Health: Pretty okay

Traits:
-Quick(Uses a combination of electric bending, mobility and blink to move much quicker than the average mage.)
-Smart (Smarter than average, Niko gets a bonus to deducing stuff)
-Conceited (Considers herself to be the smartest in the room; will refuse to work with others and when forced, will be as passive aggressive as humanly possible.)

Inventory:
-Azurite Striker-Niko's focus; a small baton made out of ivory, with azure blue gems at each end.
-Notepad and pen- To be used to diligently record her teammates failings.
-Batteries- A small handful of low-powered batteries, has little use in combat situations but is useful for more mundane utilities (charging phones, bug zapping, etc.)   

MAGE
Mana: 3/3
Push: 0/0
Mana Tether:Focus: A staff or wand made from wood, bone or similar material. Can be destroyed, in which case you lose its benefits until it is mended.
      Passive: Re-roll any complex magical actions when not under pressure.
      Passive: Direct magic attacks are more destructive.
Powers:
  Electric bending:
      Magical simple: Manipulate electricity on a small scale. Works within reach range only.
      Magical complex: Manipulate electricity, with potentially very energetic results. There must be some source to work with; you can't just conjure things out of thin air.
      Push: Create and manipulate a large quantity of electricity.
   Electric bolt:
      Magical simple: Fires a bolt of electricity.
      Magical complex: Fire a burst or spray of bolts.
      Push: Create a coherent beam of electricity , dealing heavy damage to whatever it hits. Multiple beams from different people can be combined in order to produce The Ultimate Attack*
   Mobility
      Magical simple: Greatly increases ease of movement, allowing one to run faster than any mundane human, leap great distances, climb walls quickly, etc.
      Magical passive: Can dodge attacks such as gunshots, which cannot be avoided normally.
    Blink
      Magical simple: Teleport from one spot to another without passing through the space between. The target location must be in line of sight and nearby.
      Magical simple: Bring any small item to your hand instantly. Said object must be fairly nearby and must not be tethered to anything.
      Magical complex: Blink to locations out of line of sight, or visible but very far away.
      Push: Blink to any location you know of.

[Radio Controlled]

Post to anxiously alliterate!

[randomgenericusername]

Spoiler: Werebear Berserker character sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Ursus.
Appearance: A tall and muscular man, around 50-60 years old. Long, gray hair and chestnut eyes. Multiple old battle scars in his whole body, mainly in his bare chest and face. He wears a hollowed-out bear head, skin and fur as some sort of hooded cloak, and a pair of bear-skin pants. His spirit animal has always been the bear.
Personality: He is a very tame and pacific man, but when he is forcedfight, he enters a wild and bloody frenzy that doesn't stop until someone is dead, his allies included. His voice is very deep and raspy, and he talks slowly (Liiiikeeee... Thiiiis...) He is always very lazy when out of combat and most of the time he is either hunting, eating or sleeping.
Health: Some scars, from other animals he has fighted against. None of them are too severe or recent, because he just recently finished hibernating.
Traits:
-He's very physically strong, able to whistand attacks without staggering and causing severe damage even when mortally wounded.
-His mind and spirit is very attuned to nature and animals, being especially connected to bears. He's a very spiritual man-bear.
-He's also has particularly violent outbursts, not being able to stop his berserker's blood-lust until blood is spilled, be it from his enemies or friends. This frenzied state turns him from a pacific man to an unstoppable feral beast, only being able to use his magic and abilities to kill.
Inventory:
-A pair of masterfully crafted steel gauntlets with bear claws for punching, slashing, clawing and tearing his enemies.
-His bear fur, wearing the hollowed bear head as a helmet, the hollow bear arms as sleeves and the rest as a cape or coat. It let's him look almost like a bear.
-Bear leather pants, the only thing he is wearing. Other than his bear skin.
Mana: 3/3
Push: 0/0
Mana Tether: Weapon: His steel gauntlet-claws. Shaped like bear claws. (Added to inventory and described there.)
Powers:
-Mobility
-Power
-Selfshift
-Regeneration

Backstory: Ursus is a bear. He did bear things. He was hibernating when giant space robots came from space, then continued hibernating for a long time. He just recently stopped hibernating because winter was over. He's now hungry.

[Dustan Hache]

Quick on the trigger, aintcha?

hurt and heal games: I sleep.
power and pulse restartin:. Real shit.

Also, what would you say to a pistol sidearm with a built in "riot" energy shield projector on it's wrist-holster for personnel weapons?

[randomgenericusername]

Shouldn't the thread name be "Power & & Pulse"?

[Egan_BW]

Nope.

[syvarris]

Well, I already made three mech characters, and no mages, so I'm definitely in on the mech team.  I'll wait to choose which character I go with depending on the rest of the team's composition though.

Spoiler: Character Sheet A, Jumping Spider (click to show/hide)

Name: Phidippus Audax, callsign "Spider"
Appearance: Dark silver hair--natural, he's only 28.  Thin, wiry build.  Constantly scanning his environment with an intense look on his face.
Personality: An experienced veteran, Spider has a long history working as a scout/sniper for deep territory killteams.  He has a somewhat unfortunate reputation for being the only survivor of several disastrous missions, due to being a stealthy scout who always fled when things got too dangerous.  He hates talking about his history, and on the rare occasions when he's pushed to speak he has always said that everyone who died, died due to their own incompetency.  Since he's a scout--the role most responsible for warning his allies of potential disasters--most people consider him to be unreliable and a liar.  His sarcastic and pessimistic outlook on life doesn't help matters.
Traits: Acrobatic (bonus to maneuvering), Perceptive (Bonus to detection), Thoughtful (Penalty to acting quickly without planning)
Inventory: Basic survival supplies, a suppressed takedown carbine (accurate and quiet, but weak and with limited ammo), emergency beacon, improved communicator.  He has no rations.

"Salty Caper", Phidippus Audax's Support Hardsuit
      Description: Dark, muted silver, except for two iridescent green streaks along the cheeks of the helmet.
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (3A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Silent flight system (6A)
         Personnel weapon: Lasdriver sniper rifle (5/20)
         Auxiliary system: Cloaking system  (8A)

Spoiler: Character sheet B, Kittycat (click to show/hide)

Name: Jag Laer
Appearance: A perpetually smiling young man, with altogether too much muscle on him.  Many mech pilots may tend towards the small size, but Jag is downright musclebound.  Despite that, he's softspoken and calm, and usually manages to look like one of the least threatening fellows around.
Personality: Friendly and happy-go-lucky, Jag is a likeable fellow.  He largely only has one mood--serenely happy--and is famously lazy, which is the reason there's so many rumors that he's got a painkiller problem, but it's still near impossible to dislike the guy.  At least, up until you see him butcher creatures in combat, the only time his calm exterior is replaced by manic excitement.  Most mech pilots enjoy their job to some extent, but Jag is far, far too into messily butchering his victims.
Traits: Close Combat Specialist (very accurate in melee), Lightning Reflexes (very fast, always the fastest, he's at your throa--you're dead already.), Bloodthirsty (He loves killing.  He wants to kill.  He needs to kill.  He will not be merciful for any reason, ever.)
Inventory: Basic survival supplies, and rations, but he's swapped out most of the emergency equipment to add room for personal weapons.  Not reasonable personal weapons, like guns--no, he has knives for days in there.  Jag has over fifty knives of various sizes and shapes in his mech's cockpit, he's considered to be the only pilot who can drive the damn thing just because anyone else would gut themselves on some blade or another.  That cockpit is a bladed deathtrap.

"Sasha", Jag Laer's Stalker
         Description: Muted cream, with black spots, emulating the look of predatory felines from the old world.  The claws and front of the 'head' have a chaotic and patchwork rainbow of colors covering them, mostly dried blood from a wide assortment of magical creatures Jag has killed in melee combat; he considers the blood a mark of glory, and has come to blows when maintenance personnel have tried to wash it away in the past.
         Low-power (3A)
         Combat mode (12A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 25/25
         FLLeg: 15/15
         FRLeg: 15/15
         BLLeg: 20/20
         BRLeg: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Heavy weapon: H Missile Launcher (1/5)
         Auxiliary system: Cloaking system  (8A)
         Drone dock: Repair drones (5A for five turns)

Jag's missile names, warheads, and load order:

• 1:"Narcissus", a wide-area napalm dispersion rocket.  Lacks on-board guidance, and detonates midair to spread fire over a large area.
• 2:"Marie", A homing missile with a fragmentation warhead, optimized for large area of effect at the cost of damage.
• 3:"Silene", Same design as Marie.
• 4:"Spider", A relatively slow and weak homing missile with cloaking technology integrated, making it impossible to see.  Costs 3A to fire.
• 5:"Aigresaur", Same design as Narcissus.

While nobody's ever asked him to stop, many mech pilots feel uncomfortable with Jag's habit of naming his missiles after his peers.  The names don't seem to be in honor of anyone either, Jag always replaces names if the namesake dies or retires, and the longest lasting names are actually some of the most famously hated pilots around.

Jag's drone names and ammo:
"Nyars" (25 + 50)
"Lulu" (25 + 50)
"Yog" (25 + 50)
"Shubby" (25 + 50)

Jag is very affectionate when talking about--or to--his drones.  He calls them "his little murderkittens" and takes offense if others use the term "drones" around him, though his version of anger is rather sedate by most people's standard.

Spoiler: Character Sheet C, RWBY cosplay (click to show/hide)

Name: Narcissus
Appearance: A red haired man wearing a large red cloak, a red shirt, and a red skir tactical kilt.  He always looks either smug, or utterly pissed off, and switches between the two at the drop of a hat.
Personality: He's a complete asshole.  He's a competent mech pilot, but he is the royal prince of all assholes--no, really.  His parents are both high-ranking officers, he knows a depressingly high number of other officers, and he's filthy rich, all of which combine to make him near-untouchable, and he knows it.  The guy never misses a chance to brag or belittle, and frequently lords his influence over other people for no reason other than feeling slightly more assholish than usual.  It's broadly agreed that someday he'll be the unlucky victim of a plasma cannon misfire.
Traits: Deadly (Narcissus never feels guilt, and always aims to kill.  Sadly, he's actually pretty good at it.), Influential (He's made of unending bribes, and is in bed with the brass.  Command is always lenient with him, and usually treats him as the favorite.), Overconfident (Narcissus believes his own hype, and pretty much thinks he's invincible.  Caution is cowardice, for him.)
Inventory: He's pretty much thrown out all his emergency supplies so that he can carry around a scythe-SMG, a miniature infanty-portable model of the mech weapon.  He figures food is pointless when the entire fleet would come to rescue him, in the unlikely case he actually gets shot down.

"Ruby", Narcissus' Combat Hardsuit
      Description: The entire thing is painted completely red.  The dude's an uncreative tool, what did you expect?
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (3A)
         Heavy mode (9A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 20/20
         Heavy Exoskeleton: 10/10
      Hardpoints:
         Flight system (8A)
         Light weapon: Combiscythe Gunstruct, 5A for both melee and ranged.

[Egan_BW]

Hmm. So people are telling me that it would probably make things more fun if you'll abstained from reading character sheets from the other side. I'm not about to enforce that or anything, but maybe yeah go for that?

Also, just FYI this isn't first-come-first served, I'll wait a bit and pick my three favorite sheets for each side. You can post multiple sheets if you want to hedge your bets.

[Hiddenleafguy]

(This was written in a sleep-deprived state)

Spoiler: Maire de Lachance (click to show/hide)

Name: Marie de Lachance
Appearance: Marie is short, spindly, her bronze hair is tied into a Chinese bun, with an artificial rose topping the hairstick holding it in place.  Her eyes are blue, and the occasional catching of light on internal wires shows some sort of cybernetic modification.
Personality: Marie is downright shy when compared to most of her companions, easily becoming flustered in social interactions with those she does not know well.  There are two exceptions to this rule, however.  The first is old, pre-exodus entertainment, particularly movies (And even more particularly, westerns).  And the second is whenever her life is in direct danger, as for whatever reason, she seems to be calmed by the constant danger of combat.
Health: Light scaring on her back, faded from many years of healing.
Traits:
Perception:  Marie's eyes are cybernetically enhanced, allowing her enhanced visual quality beyond what a purely biological human could ever hope to achieve.
Calculating:  In combat, Marie plays the role of the Strategist, always attempting to draw the enemy into engagements of her choosing.
Deferential:  Even when she disagrees with them vehemently, Marie is likely to follow any order given by those deemed to be superior to her in rank, always assuming that they must know better than her to have gotten to such a position.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

Basic Survival Gear
Condensed Plasma Revolver (Carries thirty rounds, thus leaving her with sixty shots (Each "round" can be fired twice))
Combination disc player/carrier contains enough movies to last one month.
Cyanide pill, for use after above item, runs out. (This is mostly a joke, mostly.)
Survey maps of mission region
Mechanical supplies (To deal with field breakdowns, not combat damage.)

Spoiler: Mech (click to show/hide)

Battle gear
  Appearance:  Marie's mech is obviously heavily modified, with the light weapon mount, and most of its outer armor removed to allow for greatly increased mobility.  It is also to be noted the cockpit has been outfitted with higher quality speakers, which typically plays music belonging to a pre-exodus genre known "Jazz."
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (5A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 25/25
         RLeg: 10/10
         LLeg: 10/10
         WArm: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Jump jets (10A)
         Hybrid "Mountain Smasher" fGyfy6497A (5A, and 1/20 ammo)

[Radio Controlled]

New mech person. Erm, a person in a mech, yes.

Spoiler: New character for the robutt faction (click to show/hide)

Name: Silene Silvers
Appearance: A young woman with short brown hair and a fair face. Shorter than the average, she compensates for any lack of height with an abundance of glaring.
Personality: Daughter of Lana Silvers, a woman of some notoriety within the first Expeditionary Marine Corps. Always standing in the shadow of her mother, who herself had been a distant presence in her life at the best of times, Silene constantly felt like she had to prove herself. This led to her spending hours upon hours in the simulator. What her mother did pass on to her daughter however, was a deep and burning hatred for all things wizard.
Health: Fine ‘n dandy cap’n.

Traits:
   - Muscle memory: quick reflexes in directly combat related situation, such as beginning to dodge or drawing your weapon before her conscious mind even realizes what’s happening.
   - Vigilant: always on the lookout for threats, especially sneaky sneaky mages.
   - Burn the Witch: despises mages with a passion and wants to see them crushed, see them driven before her, and to hear the lamentations of their women! Whoah, cool down girl.

Inventory:
- Backup revolver, 6 shots, 30 rounds, exhilarating reload time.
- A combat knife on her belt and a reserve knife strapped to her leg.
- Standard survival kit and rations, with some first aid supplies.
- A single flashbang grenade handed down from her mother, ‘apply to wizard face’ is written on the side.

Support Hardsuit     
Appearance: Painted in environment-appropriate camo patterns for the most part, except for some bright red letters on the torso saying “THIS MACHINE KILLS MAGES”.
      Arcane: 100/100
         Low-power (1A)
         Combat mode (3A)
      Integrity:
         Torso: 20/20
      Hardpoints:
         Silent flight system (6A)
         Personnel weapon: grenade launcher (ammo 6/18, arcane 2A)
         Auxiliary system: Thermal Vision (1A)