First off, the OOC stuff: [hider=Tags] Tagging those who showed interest: [@Daxam] [@ReapTheMusic] [@SaikaAnge] [@SomeChap] [@Savo] [@AkwardDingo] [@Hygswitch] [/hider] Ok, the signing up sheet has changed a little bit: [hider=Applications] Name of Hunter: Very self-explanatory Age of Hunter: Hunters have variable age. I'm putting the limit on 18 as the youngest possible characters and 35 as the oldest possible characters. (Generally hunter's don't live long enough to age, or if they do they stop trying to creativley commit suicide.) Appearance: At least one or two paragraphs on what the character looks like. Clothes, any accessories, how/where they keep their melee weapons, (Not applicable if digistructed), hair, facial structure, eye colour and the like. Scars/Tattoos: Does your character have any scars, and if so, how were they picked up? Remember, we're in a world where people can be ressurected with no visible damage, so scars need to have happened [i]before[/i] they started hunting and were jacked into a New-U Station. Tattoos are the same. Gender: Male, Female, Identifies as X, whatever is cool. Since we're in a bit more civilised space, there will have been chances for surgery, be it gender-changing or other. Surviving Weapon: Only one weapon the VH's came down with survived the crash-landing. What company made it and what kind of weapon is it? Skill: For this roleplay, only the first unlockable skill is counted. No levelling up. Skills can be anything from digi-structing a minigun to a particularly powerful siren ability. Siren: Yes/No. If yes, it's first come-first serve. PM me as to what you want your abilities to be. Melee weapon: Axe? Hammer? WH40K-Style-Chainsword? Digi-structible claws? Go nuts! Specialisation: What experience has your character had pre-hunting? Note that this WILL give a behind-the-scenes boost to your character in certain ways, and will help the character outside of combat in various ways as well. More on behind-the-scenes and abilities when I discuss combat later. [/hider] Ok, I'm accepting a max of 8 vault hunters in this group, although it'll probably cap out below that unless we become wildly popular for some reason. There will be only one Siren in the group, just like Maya and Lilith were the only playable ones in BL1 and BL2 (the only games i've played, sorry.) Current Hunters: [@HygSwitch] If she doesn't use at LEAST one Tiny Tina line I will be severly dissapointed in you. Just update her profile and I'll determine the range/effect of that skill. She's looking good! I'm not going to have the wit and/or charm of the original BL writers, but i'll try my best, and we'll see how terrible the jokes are and how flat they fall. So, how combat will work is that I will post the threat, you will make a response, then I will determine the outcome of these actions and reveal them to you afterwards. You can take multiple actions, however if you try to force a sucessful action (I.E putting a shotgun right against someone's forehead,) I [b]will[/b] find a way to screw you over, unless it's the end of a fight and you're executing somebody or something. Vastly Dumbed Down Example: X: Hunter dashes to cover whilst laying down fire with his assualt rifle. Me: Your hunter's shield absorbs a couple of shots before breaking down, and you take a bullet to the leg. On the other hand, a bandit is now laying dead with some head ventilation, so his comrades are now scrambling for cover. [b]The Backstory[/b] "Pandora was controlled by Hyperion Corporation, Hesios is Dahl property, and Dahl is getting worked up. Supposedly there's another vault down in the depths of Hesios, and it's causing Hunters to flock to the largely lawful planet like moths to a flame. What was once a relatively peaceful industrial planet is being turned into an urban warzone as everyone tries to grab the four key shards. Oh yeah, there's four of them. See, Dahl has known about the vault for a while, and was trying to get to it secretly. They knew what happened with Pandora and didn't want Vault Hunters and the other crazies coming, so they disguised the drill earthquakes as mining tremors for promethius, yes, the fuel, and searched for the key quietly. When they found the key, they shattered it into four separate parts and placed each part into the Dahl continental offices, which are built like fortresses at this point. Unfortunately for Dahl however, they didn't expect a lot of crazies backed by Tourge and Tediore to start breaking everything open, and now Dahl only has two key fragments. One is securely in the hands of Maliwan.Inc, and the other is owned by a group of crazies hiding out in what used to be the planet's largest cities." [b]The Current State Of The Planet:[/b] Everyone in Hesios has been bought off by the weapons manufacturers. For the most part, Maliwan controls one of the key fragments and most of the planet's tropical regions, Tediore has full control of the artic zones, Dahl has general control over the urban areas and Tourge is encroaching on all of them. After the death of Handsome Jack in BL2, pretty much any power that Hyperion had was wrested from them, leading them to control only a few island on the fringes of the area. Vladorf has chosen not to get involved, as they reason that waiting until one person has all of the key fragments, then swooping in like a vulture and stealing it is a better course of action. Because of this, Vladorf guns are basically non-existent as well as Jakobs, which missed the oppertunity due to a nebula-harvesting venture which is set to make a hell of a lot of money. Luckily for Jakobs however, there's still a quite a few people willing to sell their weaponry, because it's just that good. You, are a new Vault Hunter into all of this mess. You lose most of your gear after a shaky landing (by which I mean that Tourge wiped out half of the drop ships and nearly destroyed yours,) and you've landed right in the middle of Run, the new capital of Hesios, currently under attack by literally every major and minor faction and currently the location where the largest key fragment is, which is owned by Dahl. For now.