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[BlackPaladin99]

SWORDMASTERS

It is the year 1141.  The CHURCH OF THE CHAINSAW has revealed that they found the legendary blade CAN DO EVERYTHING, a weapon that can warp reality in accordance with its wielder's wishes, in one of their deepest vaults.  Now Swordmasters like yourselves have been pouring in to the capital city, Weaponopolis, in hopes of attaining CAN DO EVERYTHING.  But beware, the CHURCH OF THE CHAINSAW will not give up CAN DO EVERYTHING easily.  And what is more, the evil cult of the Double Barrel Disciples and their Gunpriests are rumored to be seeking CAN DO EVERYTHING too, hoping to reforge it into one of their vile guns. 

Spoiler: YOU (click to show/hide)

You guys are playing the role of individual Swordmasters, powerful students of the blade, and have come to Weaponopolis to acquire CAN DO EVERYTHING.  This game is intended to be a blend of competitive PVE and some PVP. 

Spoiler: RULES (Mostly Stolen From Multiworld Madness) (click to show/hide)

The GM (Game Master) posts a situation the players are in. The players then post their actions, according to the conditions GM sets. The GM then rolls for the actions' results, and writes them out in his post. Then the players post actions again, ad infinitum.

    The action results are defined by a six-sided die roll:
    [1]: Epic Fail. Your efforts only worsened your situation.
    [2]: Fail. Your skills or luck were insufficient.
    [3]: Meager success: The situation didn't improve by as much as you have intended.
    [4]: Success: Your efforts were sufficient to achieve your goal.
    [5]: Epic Success: Your skills and luck have combined to ensure your success.
    [6]: Overshot: Your efforts were more than required for the goal's completion, and your luck is such that unfortunate side-effects are inevitable.

    If at any time something threatens a player, that player may make a roll to avoid the threat.
   
    For each action, any number of rolls may be made, as determined by the GM.
    Primary causes for multiple rolls include, but are not limited to:

        * Actions explicitly composed of multiple actions
        * Actions that imply other actions that are not declared free


    For every dodge roll, any number of additional rolls may be made, as determined by the circumstances, and any skills or special effects applied to the player.

    Each successive dodge roll during a turn, unless it is a dodge against the same object or character, will get a -1 bonus.

    If you are Stunned, Dazed, or otherwise receive a temporary penalty to overall or individual rolls, this penalty lasts until your next action is resolved, and not through the whole turn.
    If you receive a long-term effect that has the potential to alter itself, you get an Effect Resistance roll immediately after your action is resolved to determine the spread and consequences of the
    effect.
    If you are Unconscious, whatever penalty you receive will not reduce your roll score below 2, unless stated otherwise.
    If you receive a mortal wound but are not killed outright, you need to pass a roll to dodge Death at the end of every turn. Only bad rolls here will provide penalties to survival rolls.

    You can spend your turn to help another player achieve his goal. If your roll is higher, it is taken as the success roll for the action.
    You can also spend your turn to botch another player's action. If your roll is higher, its opposite is taken as the success roll for the action.
    In both cases, individual player rolls determine what happens to the players in the course of the action.

Spoiler: SWORDS (click to show/hide)

Every true sword has a three-word name that describes the sword's general sphere of power.  The name must always be written in all caps, and the sword must always be referred to by its full name, not by pronouns or common nouns.  If you fail to perform this duty, your sword loses its swordiness and becomes just a hunk of metal and must be immediately disposed of. 

In game terms, each sword allows you to perform small miracles related to the name.  Additionally, each sword has access to a SUPER MOVE, decided by the GM when the sword is named.  Once you use a specific sword's SUPER MOVE, you must wait three rounds before using it again.  To use a sword's SUPER MOVE, you must shout the sword's name and wave it in the general direction of the target. 

For example, the sword KNOCK THREE TIMES allows you to open doors, unlock locks, make thumping noises, unwedge things, and attract people by pointing your sword.  KNOCK THREE TIMES' SUPER MOVE releases three shock waves from the wielder in rapid succession. 

Spoiler: SWORDMASTERS (click to show/hide)

As long as they are holding a sword or something vaguely sword shaped, Swordmasters have access to super speed, super strength, super durability, the ability to blast wind by flourishing their sword, the ability to wield multiple swords, and other anime-esque swordsman powers. 

Spoiler: CHARACTER SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name:
Description:
Wounds: (List them here)
Swords: (List the names and SUPER MOVES of all your swords here, and indicate if they are on cooldown or not, and, if so, how long they've been on cooldown for.)
Items: (List all your not-sword stuff here.)

[Imp]

I want in despite having very little time.  Apparently I think I'll make time and it'll be fine.

I am also confused.

When I submit my sheet, what can I put here?

Items: (List all your not-sword stuff here.) - what's allowed?  Like lands, property, titles, slaves, pets, clothes, food?

What should I put here? 

Swords: (List the names and SUPER MOVES of all your swords here, and indicate if they are on cooldown or not, and, if so, how long they've been on cooldown for.) - Do I just give you the name or am I supposed to provide you its supermove and other various related powers, or do you tell me that after I just give you the name?

Description: How about an image?  With my first weapon, even?  Or do you want a written description?

[BlackPaladin99]

Items is just pretty much anything you're carrying in your pockets/backpack.  Think 1920s tech level, but radio technology is smaller and TVs are as common as they are nowadays.  You don't have any money though, as Weaponopolis currency (chips) is pretty much only acquirable/useful in Weaponopolis.  As a side note, Swordmasters tend to be on the more ascetic side, not because of a belief that material possessions corrupt or anything like that, but more due to the philosophy of "Why would I buy fancy clothes when I can instead buy more swords?"  It's a generalization, so you could be one of the many exceptions. 

Under Swords just list the name of your first sword (remember, three words, all caps or you lose it), and I'll decide the miracles/super move.  Miracles should be pretty intuitive though. 

An image is fine, the description part is really just there for obligatory roleplaying purposes. 

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Genhov von Clubenstein
Description: A fat and sloven man who would not easily be mistaken for a SWORDMASTER if not for the excessive brace of scabbards and sheaths braced across his body.
Wounds:
Swords: NOT A SWORD
Items: Clothes, 101 scabbards and sheaths

[Egan_BW]

Name: Blade Itself
Description: A flesh-thing dressed in a plastic shower curtain re-tailored into a kimono.
Wounds: Nada
Swords: KILL CHOP DELUXE
Items: Letter Opener, Meat Cleaver, Sharpened Rebar, Sharpened Fountain Pen

[Imp]

Spoiler: CHARACTER SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Forever Nameless
Description: 
Wounds: - none yet that I know of
Swords:  ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS
Items: (List all your not-sword stuff here.) - Two coils of strong cord, one thin and longer, one thicker and even stronger, but shorter.  A toolkit with a wide range of tools, including what might be used to cook, polish, carpenter, carve, locksmith, sow, and a range of other general-purpose use tools.  A samples kit with various materials and fluids , such as glues, solvents, acids, buffers, dyes, a few swatches of several different kinds of fabric, 10 small pieces of uncommon woods, 10 small pieces of uncommon minerals.

[BlackPaladin99]

Spoiler: SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Genhov von Clubenstein
Description: A fat and sloven man who would not easily be mistaken for a SWORDMASTER if not for the excessive brace of scabbards and sheaths braced across his body.
Wounds:
Swords: NOT A SWORD
Items: Clothes, 101 scabbards and sheaths

Miracles: can behave as a nonmagical, simple tool (no moving parts), can turn invisible, can turn incorporeal, lets you convince anyone you choose that you are completely unarmed and harmless. 

SUPER MOVE: NOT A SWORD phases partially into nothingness for a few swings, allowing its user to choose what affects it and what it passes right through.  Additionally, in this state NOT A SWORD becomes much sharper, sharp enough to hack through even other magic swords with a few swings. 

Name: Blade Itself
Description: A flesh-thing dressed in a plastic shower curtain re-tailored into a kimono.
Wounds: Nada
Swords: KILL CHOP DELUXE
Items: Letter Opener, Meat Cleaver, Sharpened Rebar, Sharpened Fountain Pen

Miracles: Instantly prepare meat, do that thing where you cut up meat and somehow end up with more than you started with, turn anything into its deluxe version (if ith has one), instantly kill very small animals, fid the way to the nearest source of raw, cut meat. 

SUPER MOVE: KILL CHOP DELUXE goes into a frenzy, dragging its wielder a short distance, and when it stops, hacking back and forth into its target.  This ability can chew through several feet of mundane materials, and can still be directed by KILL CHOP DELUXE's wielder. 

Spoiler: CHARACTER SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Forever Nameless
Description: 
Wounds: - none yet that I know of
Swords:  ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS
Items: (List all your not-sword stuff here.) - Two coils of strong cord, one thin and longer, one thicker and even stronger, but shorter.  A toolkit with a wide range of tools, including what might be used to cook, polish, carpenter, carve, locksmith, sow, and a range of other general-purpose use tools.  A samples kit with various materials and fluids, such as glues, solvents, acids, buffers, dyes, a few swatches of several different kinds of fabric, 10 small pieces of uncommon woods, 10 small pieces of uncommon minerals.

Miracles: Never let you forget anything, make someone remember something, write secret messages that are only visible to those you choose, plant a fake but very very plausible memory in someone's head

SUPER MOVE: ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS causes the target to acutely remember the events of the next second.  The events are trapped in the person's mind, disorienting the target and causing them to lose focus.  This SUPER MOVE can affect one more powerful target or several weaker targets. 

Remember that the miracles listed here are only examples, you can do more than what ii list so long as it can be reasonably justified as part of your sword's sphere. 

[VermilionSkies]

Spoiler: SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Telcan
Description: That’s an orange cat. A orange cat with a scabbard. And a sword.
Wounds:
Swords: IMPAWSIBLE YET UNDENIABLE
Items: A feline-sized scabbard.

[Imp]

Yes!  I can totally do the 'These are not the droids you are looking for' thing, and it might even work!

[Egan_BW]

dragging its wielder a short distance, and when it stops, hacking back and forth into its target.

🤨
Did you just refer to KILL CHOP DELUXE as "it"? KILL CHOP DELUXE is KILL CHOP DELUXE.

[BlackPaladin99]

dragging its wielder a short distance, and when it stops, hacking back and forth into its target.

🤨
Did you just refer to KILL CHOP DELUXE as "it"? KILL CHOP DELUXE is KILL CHOP DELUXE.

I obviously did not.  I referred to the SUPER MOVE as being wielded.

[King Zultan]

Name: Swordhaver McHasasword
Description: A bearded man wearing a large hat and a trench coat, nothing suspicious about him, nothing at all.
Wounds: None
Swords: DEFINITELY NOT GUN
Items: Sawn-off Shotgun, shotgun shells, Sword Cleaning kit that has a secret compartment to hide the shotgun inside.

[Crystalizedmire]

Name: Fathglorhtag
Description: A ball of flesh with tendrils it can use to grasp with.
Wounds: None
Swords: OCCAM'S SUPER RAZOR
Items: a trench coat, barber's tools, a large suitcase.

[BlackPaladin99]

Spoiler: SHEET (click to show/hide)

Name: Telcan
Description: That’s an orange cat. A orange cat with a scabbard. And a sword.
Wounds:
Swords: IMPAWSIBLE YET UNDENIABLE
Items: A feline-sized scabbard.

Miracles: Limited ranged telekinesis (with cat paw strength/fine manipulation ability), make cat noises appear out of nowhere, make someone believe something utterly impossible until confronted with its impossibility, make nobody in a room verbally contradict you. 

SUPER MOVE: IMPAWSIBLE YET UNDENIABLE causes you to make a truly putrid cat pun, which causes those who hear it to reel out of sheer disgust and lose some ability to defend themselves as they retch because of your pun. 

Name: Swordhaver McHasasword
Description: A bearded man wearing a large hat and a trench coat, nothing suspicious about him, nothing at all.
Wounds: None
Swords: DEFINITELY NOT GUN
Items: Sawn-off Shotgun, shotgun shells, Sword Cleaning kit that has a secret compartment to hide the shotgun inside.

Miracles: make people fixated on any sword they see, make people go into a gun-hating frenzy, make people agree with you on one thing until they have cause to disagree with you again, find the nearest gun, have people hide guns in your presence

SUPER MOVE: DEFINITELY NOT GUN turns into any one thing you choose that is not a gun for a duration depending on its complexity and combat usefulness.  If the thing is expendable, DEFINITELY NOT GUN reappears in your hand after you use it.  For instance, a ballista or a grenade would only last a few seconds, a car or a drill would last a few minutes, and a shovel would last a few hours.  The cooldown restarts when the item turns back. 

Name: Fathglorhtag
Description: A ball of flesh with tendrils it can use to grasp with.
Wounds: None
Swords: Occam's Razor
Items: a trench coat, barber's tools, a large suitcase.

I'm sorry, but Occam's Razor is obviously a razor and not a sword.  Its name isn't anything like that of a true sword.  You stole it from a random schmuck named Occam, along with a can of shaving cream, and he would really like it back.  Maybe you can acquire a proper sword in Weaponopolis. 

(You might want to read the spoiler marked "SWORDS" a little bit more carefully.) 


Turn 1 coming when everyone organizes their sheets.  Also, please bold your actions and post your sheet along with them. 

[Egan_BW]

OCCAM IS RAZOR