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[SeriousConcentrate]

The year: 3517. The place: Cerberus IV, an Earth-like planet, the fourth from a yellow dwarf in the Marduk system. It was colonized one thousand years ago, and has been forgotten for almost that long, for shortly after its original discovery all the colonization teams were wiped out by the native life.

But with the invasion of the Algodal, humanity has been exiled to the farthest reaches of the universe. For the past three centuries, mankind has been battling for their survival on Cerberus IV, and has been depleted to a single city of twenty thousand citizens in a massive bunker inside Corryn, the largest mountain on the planet... or so it was thought.

Pocket civilizations grew from starships that had crashed in the jungles and deserts of Cerberus IV, and managed to eke out their survival despite the monstrous creatures that inhabited the planet. Resources ran low, and two formerly warring nations discovered the bunker and raided it, scattering the survivors. Some were absorbed into other tribes. Many were killed. The rest stuck together to rebuild their society, take revenge on the raiders, and unify Cerberus IV.

You are one of those survivors.

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

As always, we have to start with the rules. These are fairly light. Simply put, your character has five primary skills: Strength, Endurance, Agility, Intelligence, and Charisma. These can go as high as 9 and as low as 2; you have 21 points to distribute among them. Additionally, you can choose one skill to represent something your character is especially good at. Any actions involving this skill add +1 to the relevant stat; to use a Dev22 example, Dominique would pick Heavy Lifting as her skill, and whenever she had to move something heavy her Strength would count as 8 rather than 7.

Actions succeed if the number rolled is less than the number of the stat; in the aforementioned example, Dom has an 80% chance to move a heavy object successfully. If the roll comes up 10, then the action is a critical failure. If it comes up 1, then the action is considered an overshoot. Out of combat, this is not necessarily a good thing, but in combat, it is a critical hit, and speaking of...

Combat is only a little more complicated. Let's say Dom is attacking a deadhead; their stats are S: 7/4, E:  6/4, A: 3/2, I: 3/4. C: 2/2. Since Dom's Agility is higher (the exact amount doesn't matter, it could be 9 / 3 and the result would be the same) she gets a +1 bonus to her chance to hit. Her weapon is her fists, so she rolls against her Strength and rolls a 3. Since it's less than 7, she hits. The result is then subtracted from the relevant score: 7-3 = 4 damage. On a critical hit (or a 1), you deal the entire stats damage, +1d4 damage. In this case, Dom would deal 8-12 damage on her strike (7+1d4). A d6 is then rolled to determine hit location: 1 is left leg, 2 is right leg, 3 is left arm, 4 is right arm, 5 is torso, and 6 is the head. Note that you can target areas specifically to strike, at a modifier of -1 to your attack stat for the limbs and -2 for the head.

If a limb takes a multiple of five points of total damage, a relevant attribute is decreased, which is slightly different for PCs and NPCs. For both, damage to the arms and legs result in -1 to Str (for the arms) or Agi (for the legs) and additionally leg damage will incur initiative penalties. For PCs, damage to the torso will result in -1 to Endurance, and their max HP will be temporarily reduced by 1. For NPCs, torso damage lowers their defense by 1, making them take more damage. Head trauma to both PCs and NPCs results in -1 to INT, but it's also a little different. If the head ever takes 50% of the character's Max HP in damage, the character is knocked out for 1d4 rounds and unable to defend themselves, making every attack against them a critical if the other combatants choose to keep fighting.

You can also choose to specifically attempt other actions in combat. To disarm, your relevant stat is divided by two for the attack, but if it hits it deals normal damage and takes away the target's weapon. There's a slight penalty for missing, though, as I'll illustrate. Continuing with the Dom/Deadhead example, the deadhead is carrying a knife while Dom is still unarmed. Her strength is 7/2 = 3.5 rounded up to 4; she attacks and rolls a two. She deals 7-2=5 damage to the target's weapon arm and takes the knife! If she had rolled 6, she would have missed and suffered a +1 damage bonus to the deadhead's attack if it managed to hit her.

A third option is to try to force a critical. This works similarly to the above, but the division is slightly harsher, and there's a bigger penalty for missing. Let's assume Dom has a strength of 9 rather than 7. The deadhead has 10 HP; the only way to oneshot it is to roll a critical. Dom elects to force one and rolls 9/3; if her roll is above 3 she misses, but below it and she automatically criticals. She rolls a 5, so she misses the target. Off balance, the deadhead has an easier time stabbing her and inflicts +2 damage (5 {the roll} - 3 {the target score} = 2 {the amount added to the enemy's attack}). It rolls 2; 4-2+2 = 4, 5 torso, so Dom gets a knife in her stomach for trying such a risky move.

Finally, to close off the rules, is Health. A character starts with 10 Health + their Endurance. For every mission the character survives, the GM rolls against their Endurance. If the roll is a success,  the number rolled is added to their HP. Dom, the example character, has a 6 in Endurance, so if she rolls a 5 she gets 5 additional HP, but if she rolls 9 she gets nothing. Also after each mission, the character can either raise a stat by one point up to the maximum of 9, or pick a new skill.

Spoiler: Technology & Background Details (click to show/hide)

Technology is roughly equivalent to 1890s America in some areas but primitive in most. There are, in some sections of Cerberus IV, thriving industries; there are very few large communities, but those that exist have trade routes between them. Because the planet is so similar to Earth, many creatures were brought on the exodus to the planet and adapted well; cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats... they all exist here, although some in much fewer numbers than before due to the native life of the planet.

The form of currency in use is 'chips.' In the old civilization, they were used to represent money in casinos, and they still do here. Chips are extremely light ceramic, hexagonal, and blue in color, with an amount colored gold from $1 to $1000 printed on them.

Most weapons are made from the bones of native animals, the wood of native plants, or chipped from native rock. Iron and steel melee weapons are less common, but they exist in communities with a skilled blacksmith. Guns are much more rare, and used infrequently because ammo is so limited. The biggest prize on the planet are the coveted energy-based guns. Since these recharge over time, they essentially never run out of ammo and the two or three tribes that have them are very strong.

Perhaps the biggest change is the existence of small parasites in the air. These are impossible to filter out, and once they enter the human body they bond in a symbiotic relationship. Some have learned how to manipulate the parasites to exert their will upon others, sending out signals that manipulate the parasites within others. Extremely powerful 'psychics' can control another completely, but most can only cause hallucinations. Some have even learned how to use them to send their thoughts to the recipient. However, it is very difficult to manipulate these parasites, and the people who can do so are few and far between.

Spoiler: Sign-Up Sheet (click to show/hide)

Just fill this out with as much or as little detail as you wish and you're ready to go.

Code: [Select]

Name: First & Last, + nicknames or callsigns and such if desired.
Physical Details: Stuff like gender, age, hair color, eye color, clothing, interesting features, etc.
Psychological Analysis: How your character acts, thinks, what their background is, etc.
Equipment: Self explanatory. ^^ As a Corryn Survivor, each character has a wrist-mounted PDA. It's capable of data storage and monitoring the wearer's vitals, but not of ranged communication or anything else except reading data cores. Each character can choose either a melee weapon and armor of native make, or a salvaged gun. Be aware you'll only start with thirty bullets if you go the latter route and you'll have to find more when you run out...

[b]STATS[/B]
Strength: Most combat actions will require Strength.
Endurance: Endurance determines Health, and is also used for resisting many physical effects.
Agility: Agility covers not only speed but also dexterity; for example sprinting and lockpicking.
Intelligence: Intelligence is used for ranged combat and using technology.
Charisma: The force of one's personality; it is used for exerting and resisting psychic powers.
-- Remember you have 21 points to distribute here, and no stat can be below two!

[b]SKILLS[/B]
These can be pretty much anything as long as it's not too broad, and you only start with one... so choose wisely. ^^

[SeriousConcentrate]

Taricus
Taric Al-Sayyid, AKA Paladin
Str: 3     End: 3
Agi: 3     Int: 8
Cha: 5     HP: 15
Equipment
Salvaged Battle Rifle (+5 to damage when fired, 29/30 bullets in clip - can fire in single or five-shot bursts)
Toolkit with Small Wrench, Screwdriver, Claw Hammer, 2x Nail Packages, Handsaw
30x Empty Casings (can be combined with slugs and gunpowder to form bullets)
Empty Clip (Spare clips of ammo can be used to reload during battle)
Packet of Antiseptic Herbs (Restores 3 HP when used)
3x Piles of Junk
4x Wood Javelin (+1 to damage when thrown, use Intelligence. Have a 50% chance of breaking, but are otherwise reusable.)
2x Long Wood Spear (+1 to damage, can be thrown or used in melee, and have a 50% chance of breaking when thrown)
1x Bolo (Thrown weapon; uses Intelligence. If successful, has a different effect on where it hits; the legs keeps the target from changing distance, the arms prevent it from attacking, the torso does nothing, and the head stuns it for one round. Best used in mass combat or as an opener)
Reinforced Boots (These soak 1 damage point when the legs are hit)
PDA
Skills
Engineer (+1 to Intelligence when constructing/deconstructing items)

Dwarmin
Rebecca White a.k.a "Winger"
Str: 7     End: 4
Agi: 5     Int: 3
Cha: 3     HP: 14
Equipment
Coral Spear (+2 to damage)
Prowler Scale Armor (-2 to damage taken)
Large Rib (Used for crafting)
PDA
Skills
Athletic (+1 to non-combat Strength rolls)

Jetsquirrel
Marion Chris Hibaru, AKA "Grease Gorilla"
Str: 5     End: 6
Agi: 3     Int: 5
Cha: 2     HP: 16
Equipment
Metal Gauntlets (+1 to damage, attacks twice)
Prowler Scale Armor (-2 to damage taken)
2x Rock (+2 to damage)
3x Improvised Shuriken (+2 to damage)
Heavy Leather Backpack
4x Wood
PDA
Skills
Analytical Mind (+1 to Intelligence when examining an area)
Metallurgist (+1 to Intelligence when working with steel)

Riccto
Enriqe Halonz
Str: 4     End: 5
Agi: 5     Int: 4
Cha: 4     HP: 15
Equipment
2x Machete (+2 to damage, attacks twice)
Cerberus Coconuts x8 (Hard to eat; require inflicting 5 points of damage to open, but the milk inside is very nutritious and restores 1d4 HP)
PDA
Dead Zira (Used for crafting materials; has a shiny, reflective scale skin, sturdy bones, and two rows of sharp fangs)
100 chips
Skills
Weirdo (Skill is activated rather than passive. When activated, I roll the dice and if it's odd you get a +1 to the relevant attribute, and if it's even you get a -1)

Tarran
Tarran Bris
Str: 5     End: 4
Agi: 6     Int: 4
Cha: 3      HP: 14
Equipment
Tungsten Dagger (+2 to damage)
Black Leather Armor (-1 to damage taken)
Heavy Revolver (+4 to damage, 6/6 bullets in drum)
6x Revolver bullets
PDA
Skills
Assassination (+1 to Strength when blindsiding the target)
Mutations
Tail (This does nothing. We don't even know what kind of tail it is. o.o)
Tapetum Lucidum: Tarran suffers no penalties when in near-total darkness.

Powder Miner
May Powlin
Str: 2     End: 6
Agi: 3     Int: 4
Cha: 7      HP: 16
Equipment
Acacia Sword (+2 to damage)
1x Gahra Steaks (Restore 1d4 HP when cooked and eaten)
2x Sweetberry Bunches (Restore 1d4 HP when eaten raw)
PDA
Skills
Sword Training (+1 to Strength when attacking with a sword)

Spoiler: Waiting list (click to show/hide)

wolfchild
(Last name, First name)
Str: -     End: -
Agi: -     Int: -
Cha: -      HP: -
Equipment: PDA
Skills: -

Talarion
Adrian Zeikas
Str: 5     End: 4
Agi: 3     Int: 6
Cha: 3      HP: 14
Equipment: Coral Shortsword (+2 to damage), Brown Leather Armor (-1 to damage taken), PDA
Skills: Protective (+1 to Endurance when protecting someone/something)

Ahra
Antonio Rahk
Str: 4     End: 3
Agi: 5     Int: 6
Cha: 3      HP: 13
Equipment: Composite Fhega Hunting Bow (+3 to damage), Dark Scale Armor (-2 to damage taken), Bone Knife (+1 to damage), Leather Quiver (carrying 30/30 Arrows), PDA
Skills: Hunter (+1 to Intelligence when using ranged weaponry)

mcclay
Reno Clay
Str: 3     End: 3
Agi: 3     Int: 9
Cha: 3      HP: 13
Equipment: Salvaged HMG (100/100, fires in bursts of ten; +6 to damage) PDA
Skills: Dakka Dakka (+1 to heavy gun weapons)

[SeriousConcentrate]

Spoiler: Known Locations (click to show/hide)

Corryn Mountain: The tallest mountain on Cerberus IV, and the ancestral home of the party. With the exception of the bunker inside, no life exists on it, which made it the ideal location to settle.

Corryn Valley: An outpost formed by the Corryn survivors three miles from the mountain. It's located at the edge of a jungle and is an extremely small town, the buildings cobbled together from scrap metal found in a nearby crater. Some live in tents constructed from the skins of domesticated creatures like cows.

Rivergate: A bustling port town with docks on the ocean and the river.

Unnamed Ship: A broken ship buried underground on the outskirts of Rivergate. It is mostly destroyed from its initial wreck, but the kitchen/dining area, crew quarters, and storage are intact.

Spoiler: Known Factions (click to show/hide)

Corryn Survivors: The people of the Corryn bunker who survived the raid. There's only a few hundred left, scattered or captured by a bandit attack.

Rivergate: The townspeople of Rivergate. Highly capitalist; you do work you get paid, simple as that.

Spoiler: Known Technology (click to show/hide)

Datacores: Small metal spheres. These are very valuable and wars are fought over them since they hold information from the old civilization. They may hold weapon schematics, books, TV shows, music... pretty much anything.

Battle Rifle: A salvaged weapon. It is extremely powerful and holds a 30-shot magazine, and can be fired in one or five bullet bursts.

Heavy Revolver: A favorite of bandits. It deals good damage for a one-handed gun and fires one bullet at a time. It holds six bullets in its cylinder.

Spoiler: Known Lifeforms (click to show/hide)

Humanity: Humans. They are less diverse than they used to be, but there is the occasional aberration from the tan-skinned, dark-haired, dark-eyed norm. They have scattered into tribes, and where unique clothing, masks, or tattoos to differentiate themselves from others.

Algodal: A superior life form from the far reaches of space, and the destroyers of human civilization. They are bipedal creatures with four arms, pure black eyes that can view the infrared spectrum, and highly advanced intelligence. However, they haven't been seen since humanity retreated to Cerberus IV.

Prowler: Aquatic creatures that patrol the shoals of Cerberus IV. They are like oversized sharks, with everything that that entails, but their skin is very sensitive to heat.

Cerberus Coral: This coral is native to the planet and harvested by tribes near the ocean for spears and knives. It is very difficult to collect due to its extreme sharpness, but when the coral dies a week after being removed from liquid it becomes as hard as steel and is very valuable to the inlanders.

Amsir: These are large fish generally found in freshwater streams, lakes, and rivers. In smaller bodies of water such as rivers and streams, they grow to a maximum size of 25 pounds and three feet in length, but in lakes they've been caught in sizes of fifty pounds and six feet in length. Some fishermen claim they get even larger than that, but there's no physical evidence of it...

Zira: Carnivorous reptiles about three feet in height and sixty pounds in weight. Their reflective scales gleam like mercury, and they are very valuable to many tribes on the planet. They are also dangerous to hunt and are rarely found outside of the deepest, darkest parts of the jungle.

Donthra: A particularly stupid quadruped. It is best described as dog-like in body with an anteater's head, an elephant's tail, and the situational awareness of a rock.

Gillmara: Small fishlike humanoids. They have scaly bodies, sharp talons on their fingers and toes, several rows of sharp teeth not unlike a shark, and a bony plate over their forehead. Their scales are usually red but other colors have been spotted.

Ebolon: Thick-skinned mammalian creatures with short fur, usually black or brown, with a bony horn on the nose and at each temple and a equine head and tail. Quadrupedal most of the time, but they can walk on two legs if necessary. They're herbivores but very short tempered and known to charge at any large moving objects in their territory, such as merchant wagons. Rarely, some have been domesticated and used for heavy work.

Hentach: Flying, sharp-toothed lizards that live near the ocean's edge. Carnivorous, they hunt by swooping down and delivering fatal slashes to the throat with their teeth, then feast on the corpse.

Spoiler: Known History (click to show/hide)

The year is 3517.

Summer, 3511: Corryn Bunker was raided; construction of Corryn Valley begins.
Winter, 3512: Construction of Corryn Valley finished.
Summer, 3517: Corryn Valley raided and destroyed; the story begins.

Spoiler: Known Allies (click to show/hide)

Ilyana Zolotov
Str: 2     End: 2
Agi: 2     Int: 7
Cha: 8     HP: 12
Equipment

PDA
NPC Skills
Healer: Healing items used by Ilyana on others heal twice as much HP
Herbalist: Ilyana can identify some plants and their properties without needing an Int roll

A survivor of Corryn Valley. Very charming and intelligent, but not very strong, fast, or durable. She has long blond hair, green eyes, and stands a good 5'7 and 121 pounds. She generally wears a white jumpsuit, like most of the standard personnel in the bunker of Corryn mountain used to.

Spoiler: Graveyard (click to show/hide)

Simon Walker: Perished in a forest fire at the hands of a pack of Ziras.

[Jetsquirrel]

Name: Marion Chris Hibaru , Nickname " Grease Gorilla"
Physical Details: A medium sized man which is heavy muscled, likes short hair very much and has a little stub nose, Has multipipe scars around his body most notably on his right arm on the shoulder which is a straight line from 1 side to another. Has also a rare mutation which gives him 2 eye colours brown and blue. Wears a Olive colored Tank top and Military style pants which have lots of pockets, also has a belt and a broken watch
Psychological Analysis: Marion is a little over the average intelligent man, he knows much about mechanics of structurs and biology of the human body but dislikes the computer and astrology stuff science. He has great focus when it is needed but also good humour when hes just relaxing or slacking off. Also dislikes people who think arrogant ofthemselves and hypocrites.
Equipment: 2 Metal fists which are comfortable from the inside but hit like truck ( Not the same power tho but they hit real hard)
STATS
Strength: 5
Endurance: 6
Agility: 3
Intelligence: 5
Charisma:2
SKILLS
Analytical mind ( Skill which enables you to carefully examine the surroundings and foes for any notable details)

[Taricus]

Name: Taric Al-Sayyid AKA Paladin
Physical Details: 19, Male. Black hair, green eyes, white skin. Wears long-sleeved shirts and thick trousers.
Psychological Analysis: Is a loner. Tends to be creative. bossy. Extremely intelligent. Altruistic.
Equipment: Wrist-mounted PDA. Salvaged Battle rifle.

STATS
Strength: 3
Endurance: 2
Agility: 3
Intelligence: 8
Charisma: 5

SKILLS
Engineer.

[Riccto]

Name: Enriqe Halonz
Physical Details: 20 Male, Brown eyes tanned skin, wears shorts often with a variety of shirts
Psychological Analysis:  Agreeable with who tends to follow strange logic to find round-about ways around problems
Equipment: Self explanatory PDA- Machete (Or something similar)

STATS
Strength: 4
Endurance:5
Agility: 5
Intelligence:3
Charisma: 4

SKILLS
Wierdo (Can go about difficult tasks with a strange albeit simple way- Penalty-Has to do all tasks in this manner and if failed the manner of failure is greater)

[Tyberix]

Name: Simon Walker, sometimes called Stalk
Physical Details: Bald tall man with willowy appearance,he that seems to be constantly annoyed by the even the slightest problems.
Psychological Analysis: Simon hates to engage in the direct fight, be it natural danger,enemy or an argue with his companions - he always tries to either hide or misdirect his opponents instead of fighting. He likes to chew something when working either grass straw or gum.
Equipment:Simple light armor and two bone knifes, first is  bit longer than the other.
STATS
Strength: 4
Endurance: 3
Agility:6
Intelligence: 5
Charisma: 3

SKILLS
Camouflage Master

Uhh, i'm too late. Well, put me on the waiting list then..

[Taricus]

Actually, I think you're in.

[Tarran]

Uhh, i'm too late. Well, put me on the waiting list then..

Not really. Taricus was already reserved. So you're in.

Well, too bad, that's all the slots. So set me up for the waiting list.

Name: Tarran Bris
Physical Details: Tarran is a 24 years old Male. He has black hair, and blue eyes. He wears dark clothes. He strangely has a thin tail (see below). He is thin, but agile.
Psychological Analysis: Tarran is a serious man, but he's somewhat friendly. Against enemies, he's scary. To friends, he's, uh, friendly. Tarran once took a dunk into a pond from his friends' dare, that's where he got his tail. He encountered a species of parasite that modifies it's host slightly, usually mutating the host, for better or for worse. Tarran is a trained combat assassin, and has killed many with just his blade.*Will fill in more background when I get more inspiration, hopefully my headache will be gone by then.*
Equipment:
Old Tungsten dagger (salvaged from military ship).
Black-colored Light Leather armor.

STATS
Strength: 5
Endurance: 4
Agility: 6
Intelligence: 3
Charisma: 3
((Please tell me we'll get more stats as we level up. The amount we have at the start is just horrid. ))

SKILLS
Assassination.

[SeriousConcentrate]

To answer your question...

-after each mission, the character can either raise a stat by one point up to the maximum of 9, or pick a new skill.-

Also, screw it, I'll let you in. I was debating on whether to go for five or six initially anyway. Now we're just waiting for Dwarmin to sign on and post his character.

Edit: ...you ninja, Taric. :p

[Taricus]

Edited characet after realizing 9 was the stat limit.

[Tarran]

To answer your question...

-after each mission, the character can either raise a stat by one point up to the maximum of 9, or pick a new skill.-

Thank goodness.

Also, screw it, I'll let you in. I was debating on whether to go for five or six initially anyway. Now we're just waiting for Dwarmin to sign on and post his character.

Whoohoo!

[Powder Miner]

Reserving!

[Powder Miner]

Never mind, missed it Aaaaargh!
Oh well, waiting list.
Name: May Powlin (Time for a calendar pattern for my characters!)
Gender: Female
Physical Description:
Blond-haired with straight hair, upper waist-length. She has green eyes. She has white skin. Her right upper arm has a fairly large patch of scar on it- where she was stabbed by shrapnel during the raid on the mountain. She's 21 years old, and she wears a green short-sleeved shirt, and had been wearing (and still wears) a casual blue dress that's flexible enough to move quickly and easily in, and has an acacia shortsword that she had carved out of wood from the bunker.
Psychological:
She's socially adept enough, with an outgoing attitude. She has much patience, and she has an average intellect. She's very creative but has a horrible spatial sense, and can't be counted on for almost anything involving precise distances. When she needs to get something done though, she'll go to great lengths to get it done. And having trained hereself with it, she's fairly proficient with her sword.
Skill: Sword Training (+1 to attack rolls with swords)
Strength: 2
Endurance: 6
Agility: 3
Intellect: 4
Charisma: 6

[SeriousConcentrate]

I'll waitlist ya, Powder. ^^ Also, Riccto, quick question: Would using this mechanic for your skill work for you?

Weirdo (Skill is activated rather than passive. When activated, I roll the dice and if it's odd you get a +1 to the relevant attribute, and if it's even you get a -1)