In an alternate Earth, one where the ancient stories of gods, demons, and other fantastic creatures are mostly true.  Many ancient deities, referred to as corporeal gods, as they walk around in physical form, interact with humans for the most part, though their state as deities makes them arrogant.  They treat humans as Kings treat peasants, if not worse.

History occurred roughly as it did in this universe, though the Catholic Church never achieved religious dominance in Europe, merely in the Holy Roman Empire (northern Italy) and is a major religion in Jerusalem, as they sent many troops there to reinforce the locals several hundred years ago.

When the new world was discovered people, not all of them human, started moving there.  The first city founded there was Seaside City (roughly our Boston).  Once enough people were there, they declared the area to be the State of Seaside (often called "Triple S"), an independent state.  It continued to grow through trade with the other colonies and the Old World, and became a major trade hub for the area, and a place where people from many cultures around the world come together.

We are all in the city, and happen to be at the docks, maybe having just got off the boat, maybe living in the city or state already, when we are stopped by a man from a local newspaper who is doing a survey.  That's where our story begins.

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I'm going to create a stat system for the game so we can use dice rolls to determine how effective our actions are, but I'll need a co-GM to do the rolls when I'm not available.  Also to help me work out the exact story and tweak the stats system.

Test system(s):
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Strength: Number of d6 rolled for melee attacks.
Endurance: Damage threshhold and number D6 rolled for Demonic magic and resistance to it.
Agility: Number D6 rolled for ranged attacks and dodges
Intelligence: Number D6 rolled for Spirit and Holy magic, and resistance to it.
Will: Number D6 rolled for Elemental and Ki magic, and resistance to it.
Luck: Used for gambling and D6 rolled for thrown weapons.

NPCs won't have stated stats (for the most part), but I'll weigh your rolls against what I think it should be.  Ex: Shapeshifter will have super high agility and HP, but low strength.  An imp will also have good agility, and a touch of telekinesis, but will be weak and easy to kill.

[s]There are also skills, which are assigned to the stat associated with it.  Each point in a skill adds +1 to any roll for that skill, and every 5 points in a skill adds a dice to the roll as well.

You'll get 20 points to assign to add to your character's stats or skills (max 5 points to each stat, min 1), a minimum of 5 in each category.  A "dumb brute" type character would get 15 stat points, and 5 skill points.  A cerebral character would get 5 stat points and 15 skill points.[/s]

A successful roll will affect your target based on how much you exceed their resistance by (in GM estimation).  Equal rolls will do nothing, but they'll feel it.  Rolling way high will have a massive effect.
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Name: Sarah Tailor
Race:Human, She assumes
Age: 26
Appearance:[img]http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/changeling_costume.jpg[/img]
Personality: Inquisitive, she wants to "get to the bottom of things".  
Bio: A reporter in the city of Seaside, she works for the Seaside State Sounder (4S).  She also likes to show people new to the country around and show them the area.  Partly that's because the merchant's guild pays her to advertise in her paper.
Equipment/possessions: inkwell and several quills.  Leatherbound book for notes, about half the pages are empty.

Stats:
Strength: 1, Number of d6 rolled for melee attacks.
Endurance: 3, Damage threshhold and number D6 rolled for Demonic magic and resistance to it.
Agility: 3, Number D6 rolled for ranged attacks and dodges
Intelligence: 5, Number D6 rolled for Spirit and Holy magic, and resistance to it.
Will: 4, Number D6 rolled for Elemental and Ki magic, and resistance to it.
Luck: 2, Used for gambling and D6 rolled for thrown weapons.
 (total of 18)

Skills/Spells:
Holy Chaos spell
Holy Light spell
Lockpicking
Stealth
Persuasion
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