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The Shifting Sands


"It has been 141 years since the great Calamity. To this day, we still do not know where the sands came from, only that it forced us from our homes. Now, we are stuck travelling like nomads from one oasis to another.
When our cities disappeared in the sand, so did our hearts too apparently. All the races blamed each other for the great disaster and each went their own way. Now we have dozens of tribes roaming the sands, each tribe fighting for the little resources that are left.
Basic resources like water and food are already scarce, but the things people really kill for, are down in the cities. Things like technology, books or whale oil. To retrieve these things, we sent down expeditions. But we quickly learned that it wasn't that simple. Apparently other creatures have made our old cities their home. So we trained special folk to go down. We called them the Dwellers.
Now that you know our history, I shall tell you a special tale. This tale begins with a peculiar tribe. You see, this tribe had people from all races. Human, elves, dwarves and much more. Why was it like that you ask? Well, this tribe was tribe of outcasts. People thrown out of their own tribe were drawn to this tribe of misfits in order survive the Sands. Here your past didn't matter, only the present and the future. And this tribe too had special trained Dwellers, which this story will be about...



Welcome to the Shifting Sands



Your characters will be taken the role of Dwellers, tasked to scavenge the old cities for supplies in order for the Tribe to survive. Like it says in the IC bit, the tribe consists of multiple races. Of course the standard human, elf, dwarf fall under that, but if you can come up with something clever, do not hesitate to throw the idea in the group.

For you to nicely play along, I need you to fill out this Character Sheet. Do post this in the Characters Tab. Lovely stuff.


Fill that in, get a wink from me, and you're on board. With 4 Character sheets in and approved, the playing will commence!


Meet the crew:
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Not a bad idea, the fantasy/steampunk fits pretty nicely in the setting.
Interested, though I may have questions about lore and races.
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I am certain;y interested, so sidn me up!
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@Hawlin Questions are always a welcome sight of course.

@agentmanatee Awesome! You are signed up! ^^
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Well, to start with open questions, I was curious about magic in the world.
Since its post apocalyptic, 'steam punk' may be tricky to do what in the way of projectile armaments. Just a consideration, but it makes me wonder about the state of technology in this setting. Like, civilization has been reduced to medieval standards while the cities down below hold troves of lost knowledge as well as supplies/the means to acquire supplies? (Underground lakes and abandoned greenhouses (that sorta thing))

Lastly, races, I've been working on variations of a race et nauseum and was curious about the freedom of playing a non-standard-fantasy race. I'll probably end up PMing you about it just so I don't make a fool of myself with long explanations for all eyes to see.
>_<;
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Neat.
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I have an idea for Thaumaturgy with is a whale oil powered form of magic that combines arcana with technology. Is this ok, or no.
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Holy shit it's back!!! I'm in!
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Oh huh, well I posted in the general interest check but I should probably post something here too, it seems a little more active. Yes I'd be interested.
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Right, I have enough interested people on board now. I shall be making the OOC tomorrow. This will also hold some more information about the the world, races and other stuff in general.

Thank you for showing an interest in this idea!

@Yuritopia Magic -was- a thing, but all the great mages have long since perished and the secrets of the arcane lie buried beneath a thick layer of sand. Who knows? Maybe you'll find something in one of the old cities.
You could always be someone trying to rediscover the secrets of magic though. But the Tribes in general rely more on the secret tech, then some old arcane tomes nearly nobody can read anymore. But you're free to do something with that if you want.
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@Flynn
The character I had in mind would be using a form of "cobbled together" magic that, as I said combines magic with tech and whale oil. Something created after the Calamity, using scraps from the old world, but mostly good ol' fashioned tribal ingenuity and creativity. She'll also be an insufferable know it all who's a little too proud of her own limited knowledge.
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So, are we posting profiles here?
Ooor maybe we should have them approved via PM?
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Interested. Working on my sheet now.
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Woohoo!

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@Yuritopia Read the magic topic and the last sentence in the ooc. I'm cool with your character doing something with magic, but you gotta acquire it... in game. Much more fun to work towards something then to just have it after all.
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Name:Elidor

Race:Elf

Age:Elves age is determined differently than that of humans, but looks to be late teens, maybe early twenties

Appearance: Elidor has long, golden blond hair. He has 3 deep vertical scars down his right cheek, but other than that his skin is flawless( as it is for most elves). He has a medium sized face that comes to a rounded point at his chin. Elidor has a thin, worn leather breast plate. Under that he wears a white, tattered, long sleeve shirt made of cloth with a hood attached at the collar. His pants are made out of the same material as his shirt, but they are colored brown. He carries twin sheathed daggers. The daggers are made of what seems to be steel, and they are decorated with beautiful carvings on the handles. on his right thigh, he has numerous throwing knives sheathed in a bandolier.

Reason for joining the Outcasts: After the death of his parents he threw himself into seclusion, never leaving his tent except for food. One day while eating, a traveling mercenary mocked his scars. Noticing he was young, the man jokingly asked if his parents just got tired of him and beat him. Some sort of bottled up anger inside him was suddenly released. He dropped his food, tackled the mercenary, and started to beat him. He beat the man until he stopped screaming. When he realized what he'd done, he looked down at his crimson covered hands. He was then taken before his tribe's leader which then decided to spare his life and simply banish him from the tribe. He wandered the land for what seemed like an eternity until he stumbled upon the outcasts.

Skills: Close quarters combat, quick thinking, and knife throwing.

Motto/Catchphrase: none, only talks when he has to, but what he lacks in words, he makes up for in loyalty. He will risk anything, including his own life to protect his allies. This is due to the psychological toll that losing his parents had on him, he never wants to lose someone close to him again.
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@jfmoore
Welcome to RplePlayerGuild. :P
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Neat.

I concur
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@Hawlin
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