[OOC] 🦄 Machiavellian Masquerade - Chapter 1

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ℂharacter 𝔻eath ℂount: 𝟚

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𝕆verview

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๑۩↛𝕃ocation↚۩๑

Shadowell Manor, Rutas Mu

๑۩↛𝕋ime 𝔽rame↚۩๑

300 years P.S.

๑۩↛ℝℙ 𝕋ags↚۩๑

Horror, Mystery, Gothic, Drama, Thriller, Realism, Romance, 18+ Adult Themes

๑۩↛𝕋ype 𝕆f ℝℙ↚۩๑

Series RP (Book 1 of 9), Chapter Based, Leveling, Mystery Solving

๑۩↛𝔾oal 𝕆f ℝℙ↚۩๑

Solve the mysteries, progress the story, level characters, open the next book in the series

๑۩↛𝕊pecial ℕote↚۩๑

This is the first Rp in Lady A's Illusory Liaisons Rp Saga. The main element of this Rp is secrecy. Now I cannot force you not to speak to other Rpers about your PC but I will say this - the more you reveal to the other players, the more you lose when it comes to enjoyment of the RP. Guard your secrets well for they can be used against you by the other players. (Killing each other for personal gain is encouraged.)

*We currently are accepting no more characters.

ℙremise

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As we live, many times in our lives fall away to faded memory. We forget the faces of those around us, the smells and sounds no longer tangible. It happens to most memories. Yet there are specific times in our lives that are burned into our cortex, never to be forgotten no matter how much we wish they were. God you wished this one would go away but it won't. It haunts you, day in and day out. Even if you could forget someone refuses to let you.

On a random night, you found out that your darkest secret wasn't as secret as you had hoped. Someone, somehow, found out. You don't know who or how but they did. You tried to find out but they are as dark and unknown as you wish that skeleton in your closest was. Those that could afford to spent more than they could afford to try to find out but failed. Whomever knows has managed to remain unknown. If you ever find out you could end up freeing yourself or you could just end up with one more skeleton in your closet. They say dead men tell no tales. Live ones however, do.

They have agreed to keep it quiet, as long as you pay for the silence. Silence does not come cheap. Whether it be money, goods, more secrets, or even your own flesh - the cost of your secret remaining in the shadows is costing you everything you are, everything you have, perhaps even your very sanity. You cannot stop paying though. If you did, if your secret came to life, you might as well be dead. It could mean the death of you, if nothing else it will ruin you and perhaps even your family for generations to come. You can't afford that. You keep paying...

Yet, after all this time maybe there is hope. Another random night, another rap at your door, another person there to speak with you. They do not say much, only handing you a thick envelope sealed with wax and a symbol on it. You don't know the symbol, it isn't familiar but the neither is the delivery man. He doesn't say anything and refuses to speak. Simply handing over the envelope before tipping his hat and leaving. Within the envelope there is the following...

Ardad Lili, that is a name you know all too well. It is what your extortionist has referred to themselves as through their various cohorts over the time of your blackmail. Could this be the end you have longed for? Or is this a trap? And Shadowell Manor? That is a whole 'nother story all together but still... You have everything to lose if you go but in the end you could perhaps gain the one thing you have longed for all this time - An end to this nightmare. The final burial of not only the secret you must keep in the dark but the very person who has caused you all this turmoil. Oh yes, you will be attending the masquerade.

ℂharacters

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Only approved for RP Player Characters will be listed here. Noteworthy NPCs will be housed in the CS Tab for quick reference and ease of upkeep purposes. Please remember that no one has met anyone in this RP and because there are no photographs, you will not know who anyone is by appearance even if they are reputable. Keep track of who your character has met personally once the RP begins.

๑۩↛ℙlayers↚۩๑

• Madam Envy: NPC
• Justice Cobalt: @Romero
• Professor Walnut: @Morose
• Sister Penance: @Bluesky44
• Prima Rave: @rivaan
• Miss Creme: @Natsu
• Madam Mauve: NPC
• Debutante Blush: @FantasyChic
• Dr. Swamp: @Sigil
• Mr. Titian: @Lady Amalthea
• Master Tack: NPC
• Captain Moss: @Nallore
• Chanteuse Amaranthine: @Lady Amalthea

๑۩↛𝔻eath ℝecords↚۩๑

• Director Kindle
  • Chair Malfunction by Front Gate (Blamed on Plum)
• Master Plum
  • Bashed in the skull by Swamp

ℝutas 𝕄u

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A Tale Spun

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"Grandpa, why are all these books blank?" the young child asked with eyes full of suspicion. His baby fine hair, still not thickening up with age, hung to his lashes and brushed them each time he blinked. His clothing was of a fine nature, and yet there were worn patches in it. A sign of the times. It mattered not how wealthy one was, most things still showed the wear of time. It was just the way of Rutas Mu.

A sympathetic smile came to crepe like lips as the old man pulled his wire framed spectacles from the bridge of his nose, folding them over carefully and resting them on the oak table next to the arm of the crimson velvet chair he had been sitting in for the last hour observing the little one. The flames from the fireplace illuminated the ornate library, casting shadows and perhaps images of the demons of the past on the walls; climbing higher and up to the ceiling. The crystals from the chandelier reflecting the light and projecting dark rainbows on the walls and portraits that hung on them. People from the past, people whom they had never known.

"You are a curious one but I believe that I shan't be able to put you off any longer with your questions. Come here and let an old man tell you what my grandpa told me when I was just about your age." His voice was gentle but full of warning. It did not put the child off, it only made his eyes light up with the prospect that he might finally get an answer. As the elder reached out his arms the boy scuttled up into his lap and got comfortable. This was a story he had been waiting to hear for as long as he could speak. It was not so very long but to him it was a lifetime.

"Long ago, it is said, that the Gods became jealous of Rutas Mu for they had never felt what their creations had felt. Joy, love, laughter. Even pain and sorrow were concepts they had not known. While they had created all that lived we had taken what they had given us and created more. All you see around you was created by our ancestors. Those that came before us, before the darkness, they had knowledge that the creators never intended us to obtain; the language of the universe. They knew how to take was around them and create more than was ever supposed to be. They broke free from the prison they were caged in.

In time we learned even how to create ourselves. How to birth the next generation, flesh to flesh. Something else they had never intended us to know. We needed them not anymore. We chose to live how they lived, to be their equals. More than that we got joy and pain from creation, they got nothing. They wanted that and didn't want us to have it. It was for them. How dare the children out perform the parents? Their arrogance lead to the world we live in now. They wanted what we had but I wonder if they knew it would lead to what we are now.

They wanted to feel and create the way we did. To have that experience. So it is said that they came from above to us. That the heavens descended to the earth and melded into one. The land, once that shown brightly during the day by something out there became dark. The world was blanketed with darkness. Our ancestors stopped in their place, in time, as the Gods experienced for the first time what it meant to delve into their creation. As they pulled away, as the heavens separated from the lands and the seas the world was forever changed.

You see, once they knew what we felt, how we truly were, we couldn't continue. At least not in their eyes. Not in the way we had. It is said the world was consumed and those that were left behind were left as punishment, as a reminder to know that this is all there is now. No stars in the sky, no ball of light during the day. All we were left with was enough to survive but never thrive. I suppose they could have just ended us all but how can a parent murder their own child? They cannot, not all of us. Not now that they knew what attachment meant. So they stopped us. Restricted us. All the knowledge we had was gone. The books wiped clean. Our history erased so we could not build on it. So we couldn't keep moving forward."

The boy looked confused, even more so, and as if he had a question on his mind. "What is it?" his grandpa asked him.

"But we know things now. Right?" his light eyes reflected the fire from the hearth, radiating the life in both.

"Yes, some. How much we don't know that our ancestors did we might never know but we have learned since the darkness pulled away. How long ago that was, we are not sure but we do have remnants from the past. This manor, those books, other things and places in Rutas Mu. For at least the last three hundred winters we have progressed, been able to write again, to record. How long until we catch up to what we once were I do not know. Maybe never. Perhaps we will be punished again if we reach that point. Perhaps the gods will let us progress freely from now. Perhaps they are gone and we are orphans. No one knows."

That was enough for now. It was what he had been told when he was a young child so long ago. It was a start. It was the start that all children were given when they finally asked. The history of Rutas Mu was only that of the last few centuries. Since the darkness. No one knew more than that. Questions were asked, most were never answered. Most didn't bother to ask anymore. Life took precedence. Most didn't worry about the past, or even the future beyond their own mind. It was simpler that way, at any rate there was other business to tend to, the present and the future was of more concern.

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Notable Locations

ℝutas 𝕄u

• Settlements
  • Swanguard (Capital)
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 35,973
    • While the city itself is large, it like the rest of the large settlements and buildings in Rutas Mu, it is from before the known history. The city has the largest population and rightfully so. It is the seat of the Crown. Most of the military is there. The town is like any other city one would imagine with its areas of more well to do, parts of the city for the middle class and then the largest chunk of the city is filled with the poor just trying to survive. Crime isn't as rampant here as most places out in the wilderness but that is simply because the Crown places most of the funds and gains of the world here. They consider themselves the center of everything and those from here have an air about them that screams "we are better than you."
  • Stormmoor
    • Visual Representation
    • Populations 15,209
    • The southern most city in Rutas Mu. A coastal city and warm year round, yet because of this it tends to attract many sailors and pirates alike. Between being a hub to the limited waters and fishing, and a retreat for the lowest of the low the city is at constant war with itself. The crime rate is beyond imagining and there isn't a day that goes by someone isn't found dead in the streets. The people are so used to it they will usually just step over a body and keep on their way as if it was nothing more than a wayward piece of drift wood that washed ashore.
  • Wildevault
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 5,346
    • The western most settlement in Rutas Mu, situated on the coast and located right between Trihom Waters and Pralm Tides. It is a city under nearly constant touch by the storms. Due to its dark nature, the people of this city are some of the darkest in Rutas Mu. The place is slowly falling to ruins, but people remain. Wealth draws them because of the melding of the fridge north waters and the warmer southern ones creates an abundance of sea life and treasure not found in the rest of Rutas Mu. The numbers dwindle more and more each year and much of the city is abandoned but there are still hold outs.
  • Diregrasp
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 783
    • The northern most true settlement in Rutas Mu, separated from the rest of the world by mountains and distance. Only two other places are relatively nearby and they are not exactly settlements. This town supplies those two though with a way to live. Despite being so far away from the rest of the population, things here are rather calm in comparison. Thought not as crime ridden as other cities and town, it still has its fair share but things here are more orderly in their debauchery. A understanding that they are all each other has and they can't just run run off to another city quickly keeps much of the more maddening and perverse crimes at a minimal. Yet life here is harsh and only about 25% of the children born here ever reach their first birthday. Survival of the strongest.
  • Rockvale
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 945
    • The northern most town that doesn't have to worry about traversing mountains to get to the rest of the world. It is cold here in the winter but for the most part has far more pleasant weather than Wildevault because it isn't situated between two large bodies of water. With it being an outreach post at the base of the mountains, it is rich with resources but also with crime. Long winters means months closed up with your neighbors and it isn't uncommon to find bodies defrosting in the snow come spring. People thought lost in a blizzard are found with rope marks around their neck; bodies perfectly preserved because of the snow.
  • Midwick
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 873
    • If there could be a paradise in Rutas Mu, Midwick would be it. That is, if it weren't for the fact it was so beaten down by the waves and time. Saltwater and waves wear down the area quickly and the tides make it difficult to access multiple times a day. It is a nice enough to place to visit but few want to deal with it constantly. Not to mention the wild life can make it a death trap. The main thing it has going for it is a lack of crime, the lowest in Rutas Mu but even that isn't enough to keep people wanting to live there. That and the fact that the royal guard trains there and likes to use law breakers as fodder for their training, with or without the Crowns endorsement.
  • Greentide
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    • Population 742
    • Mostly just a stopping point for those headed out or having to come in from the limited sea quickly. Built on the waters itself, it is constantly being worn away and it a rather common thing for the buildings to crash into the water after so many years of rot and wear. No one is rebuilding and what is thought of as a once thriving town is growing smaller and smaller each year. It is estimated that in the next twenty years it will be completely washed out to sea.
  • Millpost
    • Population 91
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    • A small farming hamlet between the Capital and Stormmoor. An overnight stop for most to stay away from the roads during the night where highwaymen are ready to rob and pillage as they see fit. It is rumored it is also a trade grounds for kidnappings. Vacationers beware.
  • Greenshire
    • Visual Representation
    • Population 106
    • One of the warmer places in Rutas Mu, and home to some of the better people. It tends to get skipped over by some of the middle degenerate but the lowest of the low do tend to get pulled here because of its innocence. Thankfully for this small community, it has escaped with little issue for the most part, though every few years there is rumor of an innocent losing their way. They avoid the woods with everything they are. Something just doesn't feel right about them. It hasn't since the Celestial Happening.
  • Fearbury
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    • Population 41
    • Tiny hamlet not too far from Rockvale. The people of this hamlet keep to themselves and pride themselves on not needing the rest of Rutas Mu. Because of their location, few come to visit. Not many wish to travel this far north only to hit the dead end of the mountains. Cold and dreary during the summer, freezing and worse during the winter. That and the location tends to bring far too many Von Batty's - they do love dramatic settings.
  • Riverhollow Bridge
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    • Population 361
    • An old stone village that is long past its prime. It is the only bridge remaining intact that connects the lower part of Rutas Mu to the upper. Few travel north of the bridge so it has fallen into more disrepair than the rest of the towns and hamlets. It is nearly self imposed separation between them at this point and those that live at the hamlet of the bridge care not for either but have no problem charging far more than they should to cross - Taking a boat in these waters is just a death sentence waiting to happen.
• Waters
  • Ethereal Lock (Fresh Water)
    • The only large lake body of water on Rutas Mu.
    • North river from Garudarf Peaks to feed the lock, drains south to the Primeval Sea.
    • Dark water lock, especially shallow though the bottom cannot be seen. Water is murky and black. Constantly chilled from the water coming from the mountains and covered by a thick fog most of the year.
  • Serene Bay (Fresh Water)
    • Most Northeastern body of water.
    • Calm waters to the storms.
    • Oddly warm water for the northern location.
  • Wyrm Canal (Mixed Water)
    • Eastern Canal, separates Serene Bay and Primeval Sea.
    • Water is mixed from salt water to the south and fresh water to the north.
    • Water is untravelable, rip tides and harsh currents drag any vessel to its grave.
  • Primeval Sea (Salt)
    • Eastern most large body of water
    • Dark and blue waters, shallow waters and coral bottoms.
    • Tides are smooth enough until storm borders.
  • Pralm Tides (Salt)
    • Southwestern large body of water.
    • Blue green waters, very deep. Rough tides near mixing points, miles to western storms. Good fishing for smaller sized fish, large schools.
    • Heavy Trade routes, severe pirate issues.
  • Trihom Waters (Salt)
    • Northwestern large body of water.
    • Extreme depth, chill, and harsh waters. Best large fishing on Rutas Mu.
    • Storms seem to stay ever over these waters making them exceptionally dangerous.
  • Swan Bay (Salt)
    • Small southeastern bay that opens to Primeval Sea.
    • Crystal clear waters and white sandy beaches dotting coast line.
    • Warmer waters, heavily traveled.
• Mountains
  • Garudarf Peaks
    • The largest mountain range on Rutas Mu. Runs from the center of Rutas Mu to the north.
    • Divided by Ethereal Lock into northern and southern slopes.
    • Rough cliff like terrain. Sharp slopes, snow caped peaks.
  • Shadowed Mountains
    • Northern most mountain range on Rutas Mu.
    • Older mountain range, soft sloping terrain.
    • High winds, constant storms, snow covered year round.
• 𝔽aith
  • Pantheon of Revelations
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    • Faith: 'Ekahi
    • Following: 74% of the population
  • Temple Of The Forsaken
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    • Faith: Dereliquerat
    • Following: 17% of the population
• Ruins
  • Vault Of Carnality
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    • Historical ruins, fought over by both faiths. Maintained by one of each. Visitors are only allowed one day per year to enter. Few ever make the pilgrimage.
    • Population: 2

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How Advanced Are We?

๑۩↛ℂontrivances 𝕆f 𝕋he 𝔻ay↚۩๑
Technology on Rutas Mu is very similar to what one would think of during the late 18th century on Earth. Some more out lying areas are further back in their technological development and as with the world of Earth, much of what is available and understood as far as technology goes has to do with wealth and birth status. Those who have the funds and the education are more likely to possess or have at least dealt with the more advanced techs while those out on farms with little money are more concerned with making ends meet and live hand to mouth. Those in larger cities will deal with a fair share just day to day and are less weary of new inventions.

Some things that are available are listed below. Technology is not limited to these examples. If you are wondering if something particular is available, just ask. Never assume. Professor Von Batty's typically have the most advanced techs available and will usually either come across the newest or develop them out of driven need. People can get rather creative when trying to develop something.

• Creature Comforts
  • Flushable toilets (drains to cesspool which still has to be cleaned out)
  • Running water
  • Heated water through pumps to bathtubs that allows for a hot bath in around 10 minutes
  • Fireplaces that efficiently heat single rooms
  • Non-leaking sky lights
  • Gas/coal powered lighting
  • Rotating serving systems that allow items such as food to be passed from one room to another without the intrusion of servants
  • Mechanically driven turn spits for kitchens
  • Basic washing machines
• Transportation & Communications
  • Steam powered mechanical conveyances that can move small groups over short distances
  • Mechanically operated lifts for multiple stories buildings
  • Main mapped roads are well built, any others are basic wear from travel
  • Well built carriages that can handle long distance travel on well built roads
  • Ships are wind or paddle driven
  • Sedan Chairs
  • Ferry
  • Bell pulls in rooms to summon servants in larger buildings
  • Basic Postal System (daily deliveries within a single city, week+ for outside of town)
  • Homing birds (25% chance will never arrive, 65% chance of direct delivery, 10% chance falls into the wrong hands)
• Entertainment
  • Music Making Automatas (cylinders must be changed manually to change the tune)
  • Smooth floored rooms that can be used with roller shoes (aka roller skates - very basic and hard to use)
  • Fizzy drink machines (aka soda)
  • Basic mechanical automatons
  • Camera obscuras and lucidas
• Arsenal
  • Crossbows
  • Muskets
  • Swords
  • Blunderbuss
  • Cannons
  • Pistols
  • Knives
  • Basic Grenade/Bomb
• Medicine
  • Clean white rooms (ORs)
  • Wash sinks
  • Boil stations for instruments
  • Primitive surgery
  • Medicines are either herbal, toxic, or useless
  • Blood Letting
• General
  • Windable Pocket Watches
  • Pendulum Grandfather Clocks
  • Telescope
  • Barometer
  • Shaving Razor
  • Writing quills
  • Foot powered sewing machines

๑۩↛𝕃ore↚۩๑

Wild Imaginations

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In an age of moderate technology but limited scientific knowledge myths and legends are bound to arise. What lingers in the dark parts of the world, at night when the light is at its lowest, when the worst happens, there is always a reason. That reason however sometimes cannot be explained, whether it is lack of knowledge or something more is up for debate. Is it something we just don't understand or is it more? Monsters or villains? Angels or heroes? Miracles or just the luck of the draw? We may never know, perhaps it is better if we don't. While knowledge is power, ignorance can be bliss.

Things do go creep in the night and sometimes they get the better of your imagination. Listed below are the major stories characters in this RP would have grown up on. These are their boogeymen. Many claim these are real, that they have themselves seen or encountered them. Others just say they are stories. If your character has partaken in any drug that causes hallucinations, chances are they have seen at least one of these and are probably going to claim they are as real as you or I.

• Land
  • Bzou: A vicious looking hairy man beast with dog like facial features. A brutal and primal driven creature that is overwhelmed with perverse desires. Extremely strong but just as charismatic. It is said even the most pure can fall to their whims. Others have claimed if they are not given what they desire they will take it by force. They enjoy playing twisted games, luring women and men out into the woods only to trap them and do as they will. It is said they were once your common man but that they succumbed to their perversity and instead of fighting it, embraced it.
  • Demonaic: A human looking creature with horrifyingly distorted facial features and body parts twisted into unnatural positions. Said to have once been a normal person, this being comes about when one desires to be controlled after being in an uncontrollable situation, such as being kidnapped or imprisoned. Some tales tell of people asking for the help of evil powers in exchange for their soul. What was once a person is now just a house for an evil entity. Yet once broken free evil never wishes to leave and the being remains, tormenting those when they least expect it.
  • Wyrm: Of all legends, there is always one of a large reptile like creature with wings that is as wise as it is old, who hoards gold, lives in mountains, breaths fire, and whose saliva drips with poison and acid. Such is the Wyrm. Many blame the vanishing of their past to this creature. Saying they were the embodiment of the heavens, coming down to the lands and taking over, removing knowledge and keeping it for themselves. It is said there were once many but they are gone now, no longer needing or wanting to watch us live. (Though some still believe at least one remains high up in the mountains, dormant, sleeping, and there in case we ever become too advanced once again.)
  • Ogre: When the remains of person is found out in the woods half eaten or mauled, it is said to be the work of an ogre. An eight foot tall being with a single eye that craves human flesh. Catching unsuspecting victims out long passed the light dimming in the sky. Some say we all come from the Ogre, that they are what we used to be but when we became civilized our size shrank as our brains grew. Some people who have been found still alive claim it was an Ogre that caught them and tried to eat them. These tales are told to children so many times to make sure they are too afraid to wander off alone.
  • Satyr: The embodiment of hedonism, these half-man/half-goat creatures lurk in forests, by streams, and on the borders of civilization. Playing their lutes or pipes to seduce any beautiful and unsuspecting victim, luring them away from the relative safety. Legend has it that they live in the dark places of civilized men and are said to be especially attracted to the virtuous. It is also said they are what lures the religious to temptation and causes their fall from grace. They love food and drink and are often drunk.
• Water
  • Cecaelia: A frightful marine creature with eight tentacles that is over twenty feet long. Resembling an octopus, these creatures are said to be much larger and possessing high intelligence. Setting traps for ships or divers out in the water, catching them as food or just because they are curious. It is said the darkest waters are that way because of the ink that remains from a massive underwater attack by a Cecaelia.
  • Kraken: One does not simply release the Kraken! The terror of the cold seas. It is said to cause the sea to bubble and boil, to foam up and is the reason for the tides. It emerges from the deep with tentacles the size of a ships mast, wrapping around it, and dragging it down to the depths below to feast. Many washed up ships wreckage is blamed on the Kraken. Sailors driven mad out at sea that wash up with the wreckage claim to have seen them, looked into their eyes and known what that death is truly a living being.
  • Loch: A lake serpent said to be left over from a time long before the lost recorded history. Back when huge beings roamed, a creature that the gods kept as a pet and used the large fresh water lake of Rutas Mu as its home. Neither evil nor good, it is said that Loch just wants to live but defends its home if it is bothered. It is said to watch those on the shore from the safety of the water. Much of the time people will have claimed to see Loch but in the end it was nothing more than a floating piece of broken tree.
  • Sylph: A dangerous but enchanting creature that is half woman and half fish. A stunning woman with the scales and tail of a fish. Vain creatures who if insulted will kill, even if not insulted they might. Said to lure out lonely men by their voice and their beauty, pulling them down to the depth to just watch them drown. Sailors for as long as any can remember and probably long before that had said to have seen them swimming out in the ocean during long journeys or when caught in storms. From time to time it is said that a downing victim in lakes or rivers was lured by a Sylph after being spotted near the shore only to meet their death.
  • Tiamat: A monstrous serpent of the sea, measuring more than 150 feet in length that slips through the surfs as if it is gliding on air. Large fins help it cut through the hard currents. They are said to be a bad omen if spotted but most play off said sighting as nothing but a trick of the eye and a reflection of ropes in the water. Legend has it they are not aggressive but if hungry enough will approach a ship in search of food. Ships that have run aground are said to have been pushed by the Tiamat for fishing in water where the creature dwells.
• Air
  • Imp: A minor creature of evil. A small and red human like creature that is roughly two feet in height. It has bat like wings, horns, grotesque facial features, and a tail with a stinger on the end. Only one at a time usually appears. Scheming little bugger who fly around and cause a lot of twisted mischief. They are said to be able to take the form of a black cat, black dog, a toad, or even a raven. Many people claim that when they do something wrong that they were under the influence and control of an Imp and that there was nothing they could do to stop themselves.
  • Phantom: A ghost who appears to look like a human person but then can go suddenly translucent and corpse like in appearance. They can appear one at a time or up to a hundred in the form of a mob. It is claimed that they can change what a person is seeing, showing them horrible events that have occurred. These visions can be rather terrifying and they are said to appear anywhere a great tragedy has occurred.
  • Spectral: Like a phantom, this is a ghost like creature but in the form of an animal. Appearing normally but turning transparent. They can take the forum of any creature but the most common that have claimed to be seen are that of typically kept pets and are said to form either because of a cruel death or because they still have to protect those that cared for them in life. Children have been known to claim that their favorite dog still plays with them and keeps the bad men at bay. Usually only one at a time is ever seen.
  • Wraith: An evil being with a hatred of the living. It takes the form of a wispy dark human with corpse like skin and an angry expression. Blinded by rage, they are said to be horrible to encounter, seeking revenge for their life. Most who have said to encountered these say it happens at a place of a horrid death, or at least that is what people suspect. Animals are said to rush away from a location if one is near and that they only appear during the night, seeking out someone to harm. Many a suicide has been blamed on these myths, people said to have been driven mad at the sight and fled for their lives only to fling themselves out a window or off a balcony to get away.
  • Fae: Not all legends are horrid to behold. The Fae are an example of this, appearing as stunningly beautiful young men or women in golden tunics and with wings like butterflies or dragonflies. Their feet never touch the ground and they are said to be able to change into the very thing of their wings. They love, laugh, and giggle. Though never harmful, they can be curious and mischievous. It has been said that many a lost children or person of pure heart has been saved from a horrid death because of them.

๑۩↛Faith↚۩๑

You believe in what?

๑۩↛𝕋he 𝔹eliefs↚۩๑
What happens to us when we die? Who was the world created by? Why are we here? These are all questions that people ask themselves and in a dark time, or even an enlightened one, people turn to the Gods. Beings greater than us to explain things. They are given credit for life, blamed for disasters, and everything else in between. This is a quick overview of the beliefs of Rutas Mu.

• 'Ekahi: The main religion of Rutas Mu
  • Leader: Bevan Le Torneau
  • Center Of Worship: Pantheon Of Revelations
  • Details: They follow the last Goddess that watches over them. Not exactly virtuous but feel a balance is needed. Some desires must be held in check or everything falls to anarchy.
    • Type: Henotheism (slightly matriarchal)
      Focus: Avoiding Punishment
      Deity: Eka (Goddess of Protection)
      Titles: The Arcane One, She Who Decrees, The Last Watcher
      Divine Interaction: Thought to be through prayer
      Afterlife: Freedom from Rutas Mu and reinstatement to the world before
      Supernatural: Very feared
      Worship: Solemn individual meditation in temples
      Holidays: Many
      Holidays Celebrate: Past miracles, great priests, heroes, saints, & martyrs, winters
      Major Holiday(s): Involve great feasts
      Clergy: Both genders
      Function: Historians, inquisitors, helpers to the poor
      Lifestyle: Average
      Family: Small size
      Chosen: Ordained by other clergy
      Distinguished By: Special clothing
      Symbol: A 25-pointed star
      Holy Color: Mint
      Passed Down: Via oral tradition
      Creation Myth Type: Order from The Storms
      Mortals' Origin: Created from Mist
      Deadly Sins: Faithlessness, envy, selfishness, pride, gluttony and apostasy
      High Virtues: Tolerance and diligence
      Associated Artform: Singing
      Coming of Age: 19 years old
      Coming of Age Rite: Involves a test of strength/agility
      Marriage: Is considered sacred
      Marriage Rites: Involves private Celebration
      Death Rites: Performed by the Clergy
      Major Taboo: Sexually transmitted disease
• Dereliquerat: The minor religion of Rutas Mu
  • Leader: Savant Sephiran
  • Center of Worship: Temple Of The Forsaken
  • Details: Give into the temptation, enjoy the very reasons we were banished. This life is just a schooling grounds for the true pleasures to come.
    • Type: Henotheism (Slightly Patriarchal)
      Focus: Physical Desires
      Deity: Ero
      Titles: The Liberator
      Divine Interaction: Through pleasure
      Afterlife: Plane of Indulgence
      Supernatural: Ambivalent spirits and tricksters
      Worship: Reaching an altered state of mind
      Holidays: Two
      Holidays Celebrate: Day of The Storms, Mid Winter
      Major Holiday(s): Only happen once every few years
      Clergy: Male only
      Function: Teachers of ways of ways of indulgence
      Lifestyle: Indulgent
      Family: Rare
      Chosen: Chosen by Charisma
      Distinguished By: A symbolic sword
      Symbol: Chalice and a flame
      Holy Color: Red
      Passed Down: By one on one euphoric teachings
      Creation Myth Type: Divine Flesh
      Mortals' Origin: Creation
      Deadly Sins: Self-Injury and abstinence
      High Virtues: Indulgence and delinquency
      Associated Artform: Dance
      Coming of Age: 18 years old
      Coming of Age Rite: First Mind Altered Indulgence
      Marriage: Only for gain
      Marriage Rites: Consummation on the alter
      Death Rites: Week long celebration
      Major Taboo: Chastity
• Other: Not everyone follows the two main religions of Rutas Mu.
  • About 5% of the population follows their own form of the two major religions combined, taking what they like from each and getting rid of what they don't. There is no set following, just a collection of beliefs mostly stemmed from whatever religion they were raised in.
  • About 1% of the population doesn't believe in anything. There is no god, there was no punishment. Some asshat somewhere back in time fucked shit up. How they don't know but they figure there has to be some explanation for it even if it is one we will never know. Honestly they don't usually care. About 10% of the non believers are in a pursuit of scientific truth but in this day and age, figuring out anything that way is next to impossible.
  • The rest of the population falls under an agnostic belief of types. Sure, there could be something out there, sure there is a possibility of nothing. They don't bother. They just go about their day to day lives and what happens happens for whatever reason it happened.

๑۩↛ℂlasses & ℂoins↚۩๑

Better butter that bread

๑۩↛Class Structure↚۩๑

Like with most societies and civilizations there is a class structure and here you will fall into one of three. There is a fourth but that is Nobility, aka the Royal Family or the Crown. It is the only ruling body of Rutas Mu and you may NOT have a character of Nobel birth in this RP. Sorry, just not going there. Don't want to deal with it. So we are going to a simple cut and dry social structure.

• Upper: Or the Upper Crust. The most wealthy of society. They own the lands, the ships, the large businesses. They have the big houses and the servants. They have the money they need and money to burn. To them there is nothing money can't buy: whether that be love, silence, or power.
  • Referred to as Lord or Lady. (Young men under the age of 16 are referred to as Master)
  • About 1% of the population is considered Upper Class.
  • 5,000-10,000+§ per week of income.
  • Outside of Nobility they are the ONLY land owners. (Everyone pays rent to them.)
  • Wealth gets passed generation to generation. Most wealth was established from before the Storms came. Where it originally came from they do not know but they will do ANYTHING to keep it. Including murder.
• Middle: The bosses. They tend to run things for the Upper Class and Nobility. Military Officers, Church Officials, Clerks, Bankers, Shop Managers, Doctors, Lawyers, and the like.
  • Referred to as Mr., Mrs., Ms., or Miss.
  • About 20% of the population is considered Middle Class.
  • 800-5,000§ per week of income.
  • There is a very large spectrum of Middle Class in both job and income. Some verge on Lower Class, some are close to breaking into the Upper Class.
  • While money is passed from generation to generation, most of what a Middle Class family has is because of the work currently being done. Children tend to follow in their parents foot steps, making sure to go into the family business. They can learn a lot from their parents, growing up on the job. When they come of age children tend to work for their parents and then take over fully when their parents die.
• Lower: The Poor. Laborers, Farmers, Fishermen, Soldiers, Crooks, Thieves, Prostitutes, Servants, and such.
  • Referred to as by their first name. Most do not have last names. If they have a ~respectable occupation~ they will be referred to as that and then their first name. For example: Farmer John.
  • Around 79% of the population is considered Lower Class.
  • 50-200§ per week of income.
  • The largest portion of the population. It is hard, nearly impossible to climb out of the Lower Class. There is just such a division not only money wise but status wise as well. They are looked down on by Middle and Upper Class especially. They are there to make the world more comfortable for everyone else.
  • There is no money to pass from generation to generation. These people live hand to mouth. Sure some might have a trade that they teach their children but it isn't out of pride, it is of necessity. Many don't even know who their parents were, they grow up on the streets and do what they have to in order to survive. The lucky ones join the military or are a servant in a large house. At least that provides steady housing and food.

๑۩↛𝕄oney↚۩๑

Money makes the world go round. Or so they say. Now doesn't matter what class your character is a part of, they will have an income. It is NOT needed to write down exactly how much they have. Just know a few things...

• The local currency is called the Sera.
• It is represented by the symbol § (Just hold down the alt key and type 789 before releasing and it will appear. That or copy and paste it.)
• The Sera can be found in coin form only, so hold onto those coin purses.
• Coins are broken down into different values and materials.
  • Copper Coins come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, & 25.
  • Silver coins come in denominations of 50, 100, 200, & 500.
  • Gold Coins come in denominations of 1000, 2000, 5000, & 10,000

๑۩↛𝕊hadowell 𝔽orest↚۩๑

The Eye Of The Storm

๑۩↛𝔹ehind 𝕋he 𝕍eil↚۩๑

Every storm has an eye to it, a center, and the storms that surround the world of Rutas Mu are no different. Shadowell Forest is the eye of that storm. Like other storms, the eye of this one is calm. Too calm, and forbidden. Not be decree but by common sense. For as long as one can remember and before that, Shadowell has been a dark and dense forest where few dared to travel. A fog seems to roll through the trees and lash out at any and all that come near it. Some say a dark spirit resides in the heart of the forest. Dark figures, voids of light, shadow movements, a cold chill year round, vicious beasts with dripping fangs howl in the night. All of this and more has kept so many from wishing to enter. The stories of people entering and never returning is usually enough to keep the timid and common at bay.

Only one family resides within Shadowell Forest: The Ambesires. An Upper Class family of eccentric renown. They own all of Shadowell Forest, as well as most of the farm lands surrounding it, and guard the grounds of their home fiercely. It is walled, gated, and guarded with a rather vicious team of servants. It is said that those that have been caught on the lands have never been seen again. No one currently living has stepped foot within the gates other than the Crown. Little is know of the family other than their vast holdings. No one outside of the crown deals with them directly even though they seem to have a hand in nearly all the larger cities and towns. When the Crown does deal with them, they come to the Ambesires, not the other way around.

While most Upper crust families host events throughout the year the Ambesires never have in memory. At least not until now. There is to be a ball that will be held in Shadowell, the first. Families through out Rutas Mu watch for messengers in hopes of attaining the rare invitation. An event that has never occurred, in a place few dare enter, in a home only the royal family has laid eyes on? Oh yes, this will be an event to be remembered for centuries to come. No one that is invited dare not attend.

*Note that those partaking in the RP have not received this invitation. They have received the one posted under premise.

ℂartography

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Maps will be added to and new ones will come into play as the RP progresses. Pull these up in full size to note all details, labels, and such. This is why they are not posted as an image here, it just takes away far too much detail that is pertinent to the RP. These maps will play heavily in the Rp, refer to them often. ~Gm Suggestion: Print maps if you can to make personal notes on~

๑۩↛ℝutas 𝕄u↚۩๑

Knowledge is limited due to technology, beliefs, and fear.

The World Of Rutas Mu

๑۩↛𝕊hadowell↚۩๑

The grounds and the manor itself are a mystery but this is what PC's will see as they come through the forest onto the grounds proper and into the first floor of mansion itself.

The Grounds: Visible Grounds from the main road onto the property leading up to the manor.
Shadowell Manor: Visual of the front of the manor itself as the guests arrive.
Ground Floor: Main floor of the manor where the guests enter and are greeted by the staff.
Second Floor: Where Swamp and Walnut were first taken to the Sewing Room
Third Floor: Where dinner is served.
Attic: Where they are taken for "Confinement."

ℂharacter 𝔾eneration

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*Do NOT post your CS to OOC, or anywhere else in plain view for that matter. The more the other Rpers know about your character the more you look to lose. Once your CS is completed, PM it to me only. Any CS posted in OOC or the CS tab will be marked null and void. (I suggest you pm a copy of it to yourself for safe keeping.)

To fill out your Cs, change the color code provided to a personal one of your choice that is not already in use, or one marked as ~do not use~ in the rules. If in doubt, ask. Remove directions in the CS as you go through it. The original OOC post should provide you all the information you need to complete this with ease. Do read it all BEFORE you start filling this out. If you have questions, just ask. Do note that some questions may not be answered beyond a No Spoilers, so be prepared. Careful of the coding. GM will roll hp for level 1.

CS Code

[hider=Character Name]
[right][h2][i][color=rosybrown]Character Name[/color][/i][/h2][i][color=rosybrown]☼[/color] [color=rosybrown]quote[/color] [color=rosybrown]☼[/color][/i]
[color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][h2][i][color=rosybrown]𝕊ynopsis[/color][/i][/h2][color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][/right]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℕame↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Full given name[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔸lias↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Message Lady A for Assigned Alias[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔸ge↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]How many winters have they lived through?[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔾ender↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]What gender do they identify as? (Include preferred pronouns if other than he/she)[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕄asquerade↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][url=]The Mask - (What they will be wearing to cover their face - do not ~post~ images, link only[/url][/indent][indent][url=]The Attire - (What they will be wearing to the ball - do not ~post~ images, link only[/url][/indent][/indent]
[right][h2][i][color=rosybrown]ℂountenance & 𝔻isposition[/color][/i][/h2][color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][/right]
[center][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔸t 𝔽irst 𝔾lance↚۩๑[/b][/color][/center][table=bordered]
[row][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℍeight⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Feet/Inches[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕎eight⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Pounds[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔹uild⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Descriptor[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕊kin 𝕋one⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Shade[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔼yes⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Color/Shape[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℍair⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Color/Texture/Length[/i][/center][/cell][/row]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℂharacter 𝕀mage↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][url=]Image Description - do not ~post~ images, link only[/url][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔻efining 𝔽eatures↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Do they have an scars? Freckles or acne? Interesting markings? Are they missing a limb? High cheek bones? Give at least one developed paragraph describing these features.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℙanache↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Are they up to date with clothing styles? Form or function? Do they stay clean and manicured or are they greasy and haven't seen a wash linen in ages? Give at least one developed paragraph describing their clothing and hygiene.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[center][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕎indow 𝕋o 𝕋he 𝕊oul↚۩๑[/b][/color][/center][table=bordered]
[row][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℙrimary 𝕋rait⊱[/b][/color]
[i]1st trait[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕊econdary 𝕋rait⊱[/b][/color]
[i]2nd trait[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕋ertiary 𝕋rait⊱[/b][/color]
[i]3rd trait[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕆rientation⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Sexual Preference[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℝelations⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Single/Married/Widow/Etc[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔽aith⊱[/b][/color]
[i]"Religion"[/i][/center][/cell][/row]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℙersonality↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]What is your character like? Kind or evil? (Make sure to take into account your characters Perversity for this.) How do they interact with others? Are they shy or enjoy being the center of attention? Give at least one developed paragraph telling about your characters mind set.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℚuirks↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Do they roll their eyes? Maybe constantly pushing their glasses up or cracking their knuckles. What do they do that shows what is going on in their mind without them having to say a word. Their personal form of nonverbal communication. Give at least one developed paragraph.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕐ay 𝕆r ℕay↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]Everyone has likes and dislikes. Things they enjoy to do and things they will turn their nose up to. Playing cards? Warm nights? Sweets? Hobbies they enjoy or things they would prefer not to do. Give at least one developed paragraph.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[right][h2][i][color=rosybrown]ℕumerology & 𝕂nowledge[/color][/i][/h2][color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][/right]
[center][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕊tandings↚۩๑[/b][/color][/center][table=bordered][row][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔼chelon⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Which 1?[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕃evel⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔼xperience⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕄ax ℍℙ⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℙerversity⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℂlass⊱[/b][/color]
[i]Lower/Middle/Upper[/i][/center][/cell][/row]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔸ssets↚۩๑[/b][/color][list][*]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔸fflictions↚۩๑[/b][/color][list][*]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕎ealth↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]In general how wealthy are you? Sitting easy street? A lot of investments? Have family money? Scrapping by? Just the daily middle class man (or woman)? Own properties? Give at least one fully developed paragraph describing your characters general wealth or lack there of for reference purposes. Remember to stay in line with class.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[center][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔹asic 𝔸bilities↚۩๑[/b][/color][/center][table=bordered]
[row][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℂharisma⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕀ntelligence⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕎isdom⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝕊trength⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰𝔻exterity⊱[/b][/color]
[i]#[/i][/center][/cell][cell][center][color=rosybrown][b]⊰ℂonstitution⊱[/b][/color]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕊pecial 𝔸bilities↚۩๑[/b][/color][list] Which skills are listed with your characters echelon?[*]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕎eaknesses↚۩๑[/b][/color] Which weaknesses are listed with your characters echelon?[list][*]
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[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝕋ypical 𝔼quipment↚۩๑[/b][/color] What do they normally and realistically carry on them? [list][*]
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[right][h2][i][color=rosybrown]ℝigmarole & 𝕀nteractions[/color][/i][/h2][color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][/right]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℙast↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]What what your life growing up like? Close to your family? Were you an orphan? Key moments that molded you into the person you are today. Give at least one developed paragraph giving a little background into your character.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛ℙresent↚۩๑[/b][/color]
[indent][i]What is your current life all about? How are you relations with friends and family now? Or are you estranged from everyone and caught surrounded by nothing but brigands and harlots? What's your typical day like? Give at least one developed paragraph giving a little information on your day to day life.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][color=rosybrown][b]๑۩↛𝔽uture↚۩๑[/b][/color]
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[sub][color=ed1c24]By submitting this CS, I am agreeing to all the rules and requirements of this Rp. I understand the consequences of breaking them, which can include, but is not limited to, removal from the Rp and my character meeting the most horrific and/or comical death possible. I also agree to conduct myself in a respectful manner at all times towards the Gm and my fellow Rpers.[/color][/sub]
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๑۩↛𝔼chelons↚۩๑

This defines your characters class and should be guided by any inspiration you have for your character. Your characters echelon will define their occupation, skill set, and place in the ongoing story.

Most characters will fall in the Echelon of Everyman/Everywoman. Some characters will distinguish themselves by being one of the unique Echelons. They will level and gain experience much slower than an Everyman/Everywoman but will gain powerful Special Abilities.

Look through the provided list of Echelons and chose 1, and only 1, that reflects the type of character you are trying to create. What is provided below are the only things you may chose from due to the complexity of this rp. Any others created or requested will be denied.

Available Echelons

Outlaw

You are outside the law. Are you a typical mugger, perhaps a masked highwayman, or even a pirate! Doesn't matter which of three you are, you are an outlaw. You are in the dark alleyways, on the lonely roads, or riding the high seas doing what you want when you want and giving the finger to the law.

Perhaps you were driven to this life because of the poverty of your youth, maybe you were punished for a crime and you lost all legal status and holdings. Heck, maybe you just thought the entire thing was completely romantic or just never gave two hoots about the rules and just had a thirst for adventure. Doesn't matter because once you go outlaw you can't go back. And why would you want to? Following the rules isn't near as fun as breaking them.

Basic Ability Adjustments: Dexterity +2
Special Abilities: Capturing, Danger Bonus, Concealment, Fame, Running/Equestrian/Sailing (chose one of those three)
Weaknesses: Hard Luck, Infamy
Hit Dice: 1d8
Typical Equipment: 2 weapons (such as a blunderbuss, brass knuckles, cutlass, dagger, garotte, hand axe, musket, pistol, rapier, rifle, or saber); a bandolier (with wadding, powder, and bullets); a haversack; a pet (such as a parrot or crow); 1 set of flamboyant clothes; 1 set of rugged clothes; a mask; a torch; a bottle of gin, wine, or rum; a loaf of bread; a piece of dried sausage; a piece of stolen jewelry; an eye-patch; letters from admirers; warrant for own arrest; 100-500p in stolen coins.
Suggested Assets: Beautiful/Handsome, Charming, Gift For Languages, Good Liar, Good Sense of Direction, Good Shot, Good Throwing Arm, Intimidating, Loved By Animals, Mechanical Genius, No Fear of ...(something frightening), Resistant to Alcohol, Sharp Eyes, Sneaky, Tracker, Wily
Suggested Afflictions: Addicted to...(substance), Bad Judge of Character, Bad Reputation, Badly Spoken, Gullible, Horrible Body, Horrible Manners, No Head For...(a common field of knowledge), Satyriasis/Nymphomania, Sleazy, Still a Child, Traumatic Memory, Ugly, Unlucky at Love

Tomb Raider

Graves and tombs are untapped resources. I mean, you can't take it with you right? Well many have tried but that was just dumb in your book. They're dead. They don't need it anymore. Why shouldn't you make a profit? You understand that the stench of a rotting corpse is just the sweet smell of money. And if the dead really wanted to keep a hold of their worldly treasures they would have done more than get buried in a treasure box in the ground. You are just the pirates of the land and a tombstone is your "X Marks The Spot".

And even if the corpse isn't buried with anything, so what? You know that body is worth far more than the clothing on their back most of the time. Upcoming surgeons and doctors need cadavers to work on, to train on, you are happy to provide them with the needed educational materials. You are just investing in the future of medicine. Hell, you don't even need a fresh corpse. The old stuff from tombs long forgotten pays just as well. A mummified pancreas can be easily sold to a wandering gypsy to create a potion to make the spinster attractive again, or so they believe.

Basic Ability Adjustments: Strength +1, Dexterity +1, Constitution +1, Charisma -1
Special Abilities: Appraising, Handle Locks and Traps, Iron Constitution, Night Vision, Fighting Fear
Weaknesses: Criminal Entanglements, Secret Life
Hit Dice: 1D6
Typical Equipment: A shovel, a hammer, a dozen coffin nails, a crowbar, a saw, a knife, garotte, 1 set of rugged clothing, a book of anatomy, old rags, a vial of rat poison, 1 set of fine but stained clothing pilfered from a recent grave, a piece of stolen jewelry, a human hand, a wheelbarrow, a loaf of black bread, a bottle of gin, 100-500p
Suggested Assets: Fast, Good Bargainer, Good Liar, Good Sense of Direction, Good Throwing Arm, Intimidating, Mechanical Genius, No Fear of ...(something frightening), Profession (choose one), Resistant to Alcohol, Sharp Eyes, Sharp Hearing, Shrewd, Special Knowledge (choose field), Wealthy Family, Wily
Suggested Afflictions: Addicted to...(substance), Asthmatic, Bad Reputation, Bad Shot, Badly Spoken, Creepy Presence, Deaf, Gullible, Hated By Animals, Horrible Body Odor, Horrible Manners, Incompetent Equestrian, Insane, Nearsighted, No Head For...(a common field of knowledge), Sleazy, Traumatic Memory, Ugly, Unlucky at Love

Bohemian

Life on the fringes of society is the life for you, that or you were just born into a traveling band that is family. Wandering from town to town, you perform music and dance, staging shows or boxing matches. You sell your trinkets on the side of the road and promise that great things will happen to those that use your items as you tell them to. True love, money, the fall of a foe; you have concoction for each of them. What does it matter if you use your skills to pick a few pockets along the way? They will deal with it because if they cross you, you do have one or two things up your sleeve to make their lives miserable and make them rue the day they met you. Of course you can always fix that curse you set on them, for the right price that is.

Not to mention you love life: the world, the underdog, a good drink, and a tawdry encounter under the moonlight. Things the rest of the world shun you for even though when you look at them you know they want it and you as much as anything else. They just aren't strong enough to do what you do. Pity them children, for you are everything they wished they could be.

Basic Ability Adjustments: Wisdom +2
Special Abilities: Animal Husbandry, Boxing, Entertaining, Evil Eye, Slight of Hand
Weaknesses: Social Discrimination, Desired by the Perverse
Hit Dice: 1D6
Typical Equipment: 1 knife or set of brass knuckles, a set of patchy but flamboyantly colored clothing, a curio from a forgotten time, an amulet against the evil eye, several gaudy rings, a deck of cards, a set of dice, a trained pet or pack animal, a semi-precious stone, a cooking pot, 1 day's worth of dried food, a sack full of worthless trinkets, a musical instrument, a packet of herbal medicine, 50 - 200p
Suggested Assets: Beautiful/Handsome, Charming, Expert Equestrian, Fast, Gift for Languages, Good Bargainer, Good Liar, Good Shot, Good Singing Voice, Good Throwing Arm, Intimidating, Lucky at Love, Musical, No Fear of ...(something frightening), Occult Lore, Resistant to Alcohol, Resistant to Disease, Sharp Eyes, Sharp Hearing, Sneaky, Strong Stomach, Tracker, Well Spoken, Wily
Suggested Afflictions: Afraid of ...(something common), Bad Reputation, Badly Spoken, Blind, Chronic Disease (choose one), Creepy Presence, Elderly, Horrible Manners, Missing Arm, No Head For...(a common field of knowledge), Still a Child, Traumatic Memory

Rake

Desire is your driving force. It doesn't matter if your in the filthiest of brothels or seducing young ladies before they have ever touched a marriage bed, you don't care. You thrive on committing acts of lewdness and pulling any and all in with you. Be you male or female matters not. You know your skills are more than others could ever hope for and you wish to spread legs or seed as far as the eye can see.

You crave adventure and trouble, enjoy the company of thieves and prostitutes alike. You require no reward beyond the thrill of the hunt. You could be from a wealthy family or depend on theft and fraud for your income. Either way, you are going to get your jollies in one way or another. The more devious the encounter, the more innocent the conquered: the better. You are a master of both pleasure and pain.

Basic Ability Adjustments: Charisma +2
Special Abilities: Disguise, Dueling, Fraud, Sneak, Seduction
Weaknesses: Faithless Lover, Fascinated By Innocence
Hit Dice: 1D6
Typical Equipment: 1 weapon (brass knuckles, bullwhip, cat-o-nine-tails, club, horsewhip, rapier, sap, sword cane, or thin dagger), 1 set of extravagant clothes, a piece of jewelry with a secret compartment (for a miniature erotic picture, or poison), a walking stick or parasol, a journal, pen &
ink, a pipe with hashish, a vial of laudanum, a small book of erotica, love letters, a make-up kit, forged credentials, a lock of hair from a early conquest, 100-1000p (all or part of which may be forged bank-notes)
Suggested Assets: Artistic Ability (choose medium), Beautiful/Handsome, Charming, Dancer, Escape Artist, Expert Equestrian, Fast, Gift For Languages, Good Manners, Good Reputation, Great Singing Voice, Loved By Animals, Musician, Naturally Skeptical, No Fear of ...(something frightening), Resistant to Alcohol, Resistant to Disease, Sharp Eyes, Sharp Hearing, Shrewd, Strong Stomach, Wealthy Family, Well Spoken
Suggested Afflictions: Addicted to...(substance), Afraid of ...(something common), Bad Memory, Bad Reputation, Bad Sense of Direction, Chronic Disease (choose one), Hated By Animals, Incompetent Equestrian, Insane, Lame, Nearsighted, Sleazy, Traumatic Memory
Special Note: Must have a perversity score of at least 12 but no more than 16 at creation. Rake has a strange love/repulsion with Purities, both claim hatred for what the other stands for but constantly find themselves entangled in a romantic situation.

Professor Von Batty

Mad I tell you! Stark raving mad! A master of the darkest corners of the wold, a transgressor of culturally accepted boundaries, relentlessly pursuing your own strange truth. You care not for the fears of the mundane. You create things unknown and unheard of by the common folk. Why? Just because you want to and can. Nothing is off limits when you're inside your laboratory, nothing is off limits when you outside of it. You don't even know the meaning of the word.

Yes you are mad, yes you can be dangerous but what does that matter? Your intelligence balances all of that. It doesn't matter that nightmares haunt your mind even during the waking hours. Even if people come for you, you have your servants. Loyal to a fault for they see only the amazement of your creations as you sew and stitch flesh together in hopes of creating a new creature or entomb the living below the surface of the water just to see how long they can hold their breath. They will protect you and you care not if they die for the pursuit of your own twisted truth is all that matters.
Basic Ability Adjustments: Intelligence +2
Special Abilities: Academic Credentials, Mad Inventions, Laboratory, Scientific Knowledge, Devoted Servants
Weaknesses: Attracts Angry Mobs, Incurable Madness
Hit Dice: 1D4
Typical Equipment: 1 pistol, 1 set of clothes for laboratory, 1 set of rugged clothes, a book of archaic philosophy, a blank journal, pen & ink, a letter from another scientist that rejects or dismisses the Mad Scientist’s monumental discoveries, letters from angry creditors, diplomas, a locket with a picture of a lost love, a vial with unusual tissue sample preserved in alcohol, a vial of a strange powder with unknown properties, a cane or walking stick, a whip (for Devoted Servant), a Mad Invention, 200 – 1,200p
Suggested Assets: Gift For Languages, Good Judge of Character, Good Liar, Intimidating, Mechanical Genius, Musical, Naturally Skeptical, No Fear of ...(something frightening), Resistant to Disease, Sharp Eyes, Sharp Hearing, Sneaky, Strong Stomach, Wealthy Family, Well Spoken
Suggested Afflictions: Absent Minded, Addicted to...(substance), Afraid of ...(something common), Asthmatic, Bad Reputation, Badly Spoken, Chronic Disease (choose one), Creepy Presence, Elderly, Hated By Animals, Lame, Melancholy, Missing Arm, Morbidly Obese, Nearsighted, No Head For...(a common field of knowledge), Traumatic Memory, Ugly, Unlucky at Love
Special Note: Must begin with a perversity of at least 15

Purity

In this life there is plenty of evil but some rare souls manage to live in a state of perpetual innocence. The wickedness of the world seems unable to touch them. While lust and greed might be swarming them, pain all around, they remain cheerful and loving to all they know. They never seem to succumb to the darkness of this world. While the wicked and the incorrigible might be drawn to them, they remain a light in the darkness.

Perhaps they are naive but that matters not. They inspire the strong to slay the evils of the world. Pushing those around them to do what is right. Sometimes by their words, sometimes just by their presence. It matters not. They are as pure as the freshly fallen snow and even the dirt and grit of the world cannot tarnish them. Beautiful and charming, they are grace personified. You cannot have evil without good, you cannot have dark without light. There must be purity to balance the tainted and perverse. A little good goes a long way in this world.
Basic Ability Adjustments: Charisma +2
Special Abilities: Resist Evil Influence, Grace of Heavens, Inspiration of the Virtuous, Redemption, Faith
Weaknesses: Fainting, Misfortunes of Virtue
Hit Dice: 1D4
Typical Equipment: 1 set of modest clothing; a pet; a painted locket (or pocket watch); a tasteful ring or necklace; a holy scripture or book of inspirational poetry; an unsent letter to parents; a family keepsake; a love letter from a wicked Libertine, filled with immoral double entendres.
Suggested Assets: Beautiful/Handsome, Charming, Expert Equestrian, Fast Learner, Gift For Languages, Good Manners, Good Reputation, Good Singing Voice, Loved By Animals, Musical, Profession (choose one), Special Knowledge (choose field), Wealthy Family, Well Spoken
Suggested Afflictions: Absent Minded, Afraid of ...(something common), Bad Judge of Character, Bad Sense of Direction, Bad Shot, Bad Throwing Arm, Blind, Clumsy, Deaf, Gullible, Incompetent Equestrian, Lame, No Head For...(a common field of knowledge), Sensitive to Alcohol, Slow Learner, Still a Child, Susceptible to Disease
Special Note: Can not have a perversity score above 9 but may not start lower than 3. Never suffers from arrogance or resentment due to the conditions of their birth, whether it be noble or lowborn. If one strays from virtue, they lose their special abilities, to even want more than what they have causes the loss. Purity has a strange love/repulsion with Rakes, both claim hatred for what the other stands for but constantly find themselves entangled in a romantic situation.

Everyman/Everywoman

The ordinary people of the world that make the world turn. Not everyone out there is someone of note. Most of the world isn't special in the classical sense. They are the farmers, artists, soldiers, and even most nobility. They are society in general. The people on the street, passing by that you don't notice. Perhaps you are one of those that walk by that no one notices.

While they are the general population, the world couldn't keep moving without them, without you. They have their professions, their avocations. From doctors to lawyers to teachers. Some times they are trapped in a profession they are ill-suited to because it was the family business, perhaps they are soldiers forced to fight to put food on the table, perhaps they simply love what they do. What they do though reflects what they have. They are off when not doing what they know. When push comes to shove, they fight with the tools of their trade. They use their daily knowledge to their advantage when they can.
Basic Ability Adjustments: +2 to any 1 Ability (Based Off Profession)
Special Abilities: Profession, Avocation, Affections, Inheritance, Social Contacts
Weaknesses: Phobia, Prejudice
Hit Dice: 1D6
Typical Equipment: 1 set of clothes appropriate to social class, a set of tools appropriate to Profession, a set of tools appropriate to Avocation, a meal appropriate to social class and profession, a family heirloom or keepsake, money equal to 1 week's income.
Suggested Assets: Artist (choose type), Beautiful/Handsome, Chasing, Climbing, Connoisseur (choose object), Charming, Dancer, Duelist, Evading, First Aid, Forging, Fraud, Gambler, Good Debater, Good Shot, Good Throwing Arm, Investigation, Lucky at Love, Perceptive, Pickpocket, Running, Seductive, Sneaky, Witty
Suggested Afflictions: Absent-Minded, Addicted, Awkward, Bad Shot, Blind, Clumsy, Compulsive Gambler, Deaf, Hunchbacked, Just a Child, Lame, Missing Arm, No Head For...(a common subject), One-Eyed, Obvious, Slow, Terrible Debater, Ugly, Unlucky at Love

๑۩↛𝔹asic 𝔸bilities↚۩๑

Representation of a characters natural capacities and education. Most actions in the Rp will be determined by rolls against your characters six basic abilities, with the appropriate bonuses and penalties when needed.

To determine your basic ability scores you may either take an average 9 rating in all 6 or you may divide up 54 B.A. points between the 6 as you see fit. The minimal amount in a single ability is 3, the max is 18. Nine is the human average. You MUST Rp your characters to their basic abilities, so keep this in mind.

Basic Ability Explanations

• Charisma:
  • How well your character performs in social situations, leadership ability, and social persuasion.
  • Physical Beauty does not factor into your charisma score. A beautiful person can be a bitch to deal with, an ugly person can be a wonderful leader.
  • Low Charisma could mean anything from socially awkward, to constantly angry, or unable to express themselves correctly.
  • High charisma can mean anything from being a great leader, to getting what they want without threats, or the ability to dominate a conversation.
  • Higher Charisma can also factor into being able to resist slipping into madness.
• Intelligence:
  • This includes a characters education, reasoning ability, and memory.
  • Low intelligence does not mean stupid. It could just mean uneducated or faulty memory, perhaps both.
  • High intelligence can represent extraordinary education, perfect memory, or superb deductive reasoning.
• Wisdom:
  • A characters intuition and perhaps even connection to spiritual things.
  • Low Wisdom Characters can be poor judges of character, apt to mess up during dangerous times, or even unable to understand the spiritual side of life.
  • Those with a high wisdom are apt to notice things others don't and may even have a nearly prophetic insight into unfolding events.
  • Wisdom is also used to resist madness inflicted from various sources.
• Strength:
  • Used when characters need to lift objects, bend items, or perform difficult tasks that require muscle.
  • Low Strength can mean underdeveloped muscles, lack of experience with manual labor, or even lack of familiarity with pain associated with exertion.
  • High Strength is usually the result of constant training or heavy manual labor as well as familiarity with proper form moving heavy objects. (Lift with the knees.)
  • General rule of thumb: a character can lift 20 times their strength score in pounds.
• Dexterity:
  • A general measure of speed, grace, agility, and hand-eye coordination.
  • Low dexterity can mean being clumsy, poor balance, stiffness because of injury, or even loss of limb.
  • High dexterity can represent a natural coordination but can also be the result of training in things such as dance, combat, or even archery.
• Constitution:
  • A characters life-force.
  • Resistance to disease, fatigue, and injury.
  • Low constitution can be the result of illness, blood loss, or other afflictions.
  • High constitution can represent a character natural good health or from years of training.
  • Constitution also factors into physical beauty due to being a representation of ones health status.

๑۩↛ℙerversity↚۩๑

Outside of the six basic abilities, there is another characteristic that plays into your characters build. More than that, it plays into their personality: Perversity. It defines the extent of their mental and moral corruption. Unlike the basic six abilities a low or high score does not mean they are good or bad at something. It means they are good or evil. This is your alignment in a sense and it comes into play heavily with a characters personality, what choices they will make during normal circumstances and even more-so during duress.

Breakdown of Perversity

• It is rated from 1 to 20.
• The human average is 9, while scores below three or above 18 are extremely rare. (You may not start with a score below 3 or above 18)
• The higher the score the more likely they are to commit an atrocity or morally outrageous act simply because they can.
• Those with High Perversity (15 and above) feel compelled to transgress social and moral norms. This is NEVER swayed from. They have no guilt from doing something wrong or twisted. They are considered Perverse or Evil.
• The higher the score the closer they are to going completely mad but they are better at comprehending strange and bizarre events.
• Those with a Low Perversity (6 or lower) adhere to social norms and conventional modes of thought. They do what is right and cannot bring themselves to willing do something wrong or twisted. They are considered Virtuous or Good.
• As the Rper, you are free to chose the Perversity level for your character. (Though Rakes, Purity, and Professor Von Batty's must adhere to their Echelons special note requirements.)
• If you wish to randomize your perversity level, PM Lady A to do a public 3D6 roll to determine it. (It must be taken as is once called for.)

๑۩↛𝕊pecial 𝔸bilities↚۩๑

Each Echelon receives five Special Abilities. These are set in stone and cannot be changed or traded out. Each Echelons Special Abilities are what makes that particular Echelon unique. These are skills that each Echelon can perform that others cannot or can perform them better than others would. At character creation, your character receives the Special Abilities of their chosen Echelon and those alone. You cannot learn others along the way. A break down and description of each Special Ability by a chosen Echelon are provided below.

Special Abilities By Echelon

Outlaw

Capturing: +1 Bonus on all attempts to grab and hold someone or something.

Danger Bonus: +1 Bonus on all Ability Checks during times of danger, including chases, fights, and escapes.

Concealment: +1 Bonus on all Dexterity checks to hide in shadows or behind objects. Can hide any item up to the size and weight of a normal dagger on their body. +1 Bonus on Intellect Checks to hide a larger object (up to 1 cubic foot per level) in plain sight.

Fame: Can declare that any NPC they encounter has already heard of them, can be declared 1 time per level per chapter. A Charisma Check is made with a +1 Bonus. A success check means they look at the Outlaw favorably. (If they fail the check however the person is instantly aware of the Outlaws Infamy and will rush to alert authorities.)

Running/Equestrian/Sailing (chose one of the three): Only one can be chosen. Bonuses for each are as follows:
Running: Ordinary people cannot outrun you. You are able to run twice as long before becoming tired and can effectively run and jump even when carrying a heavy load.
Equestrian: +1 to all Ability Checks related to riding and horsemanship. Any horse ridden receives a +1 bonus to their speed. You can ride over rough terrain, fight on horseback, and calm a frightened horse without a need for additional Ability Checks. A successful Charisma Check means your mount can jump over small pits (up to five feet wide), or over low obstacles (up to four feet high).
Sailing: You can sail or row any watercraft and maintain it in good working condition without need for an Ability Check under normal circumstances. Successful Dexterity Check will allow you to repair a watercraft, modify a ship, or even construct a boat. A successful Wisdom Check you can navigate a water craft in open seas. +1 Bonus on all Ability Checks relating to sailing.

Tomb Raider

Appraising: +1 to Intelligence Checks when it comes to appraising gems, jewelry, traded goods, or other mundane treasures, as well as estimating the amount of coins in a hoard without needing to actually count them.

Handle Locks And Traps: +1 Bonus to pick locks as well as set or remove simple and mechanical traps such as collapsing pits, spring-loaded dart traps, falling cages, foot snares, and tripwires activated traps.

Iron Constitution: +1 Bonus to Saves against infectious diseases. Immune to any mundane effect that would normally makes others feel disgusted or nauseous. Always entitled to a Constitution Save against disease effects, even ones that ordinarily would not allow it.

Night Vision: Can see normally even in dim light conditions and suffer no penalties for actions taken in such conditions. +1 to Ability Checks in low light conditions. Still cannot see in total darkness without a light source however.

Fighting Fear: +1 to all Ability Checks when dealing with Fear or in Fearful situations.

Bohemian

Animal Husbandry: +1 to Charisma Check to train an appropriate animal to be a guard, mount, or pack animal. Training takes 1 week. +1 Wisdom Check to discern the amount of hit points on a potential mount, guard dog, or pack animal. +1 to Wisdom Checks to train a new trick to an animal, each trick takes 1 week. +1 to All Checks to handling domesticated animals. Any domesticated animal under the care of a Bohemian is allowed 1 re-roll of a failed Constitution Save to resist over overcome disease. At level 6, a Bohemians Animal Husbandry applies to wild animals. Bohemians can start with 1 trained animal such as a dog, horse, or bird of prey.

Boxing: Fighting with only fists. +1 to all Dexterity and Damage bonuses when fighting with their fists and no weapon in either hand. +1 Attack per round if Boxing. May use brass knuckles and retain Boxing bonuses.

Entertaining: Every hour a Bohemian is entertaining a group, they get a +2 Charisma Check to earn money. Level 1-5 they get 1d6 Sera per hour on a successful check, 6d6 Sera for Bohemians level 6 and above. Bohemians can band together and add their levels together when entertaining to earn more money.

Evil Eye: The ability to inflict the "Evil Eye" (a curse) on someone. It can only be used on someone that has materially/physically/emotionally harmed the Bohemian. The Evil Eye will inflict an ~unlucky~ streak on the person until the Evil Eye is removed by the original Bohemian or one of higher level. It may be used 1 time per chapter from levels 1-4, twice per chapter levels 5-9, four times starting at level 10.

Slight of Hand: +1 to Dexterity Checks to pick a pocket of someone they are actively interacting with. +1 to Dexterity Checks to place a small item on the person of someone they are actively interacting with.

Rake

Disguise: +1 to All Checks to make themselves look significantly heavier or lighter, appear to be of a different ethnicity, look like the opposite gender, or otherwise hide their true identity.

Dueling: +1 to All Ability Checks when engaged in single combat. +3 to an Asset when the Rake is in the presence of someone they wish to take as a lover. (Bonuses are only granted if the Rake is the only character fighting that particular opponent that round.)

Fraud: +1 to Charisma Checks against another persons Wisdom Check to convince them they are a different profession, echelon, or person - Such as a Doctor, Tomb Raider, or nobleman. +1 to an Ability Check if they have to "prove" themselves.

Sneak: +1 on Dexterity Checks to move silently or remain unseen.

Seduction: If a Rake sets their sights on someone, they may roll against that characters Charisma with a +1 Bonus to seduce them. If they succeed, the "victim" will for the next 30 days regard everything the Rake does in the most favorable light, agree to all reasonable requests, and desire the Rake as a lover. If the seduction fails, the "victim" will thereafter regard the Rake negatively. May re-Seduce or retry to Seduce a single character after 30 days. (Cannot Seduce PC's)

Professor Von Batty

Academic Credentials: Even though this character is bat shit crazy, they do have an education of the highest level. This will allow nearly instant access to all Universities, Libraries, and other places of knowledge. It will also grant them access to to Forbidden Books and Historical Locations with little to no question that other characters would be Forbidden to enter. As well as being able to use items in facilities of learning or knowledge without a fee.

Mad Inventions: A Mad Invention is an item of strange science, similar to what a talisman would be thought of for a magician. Every level, including starting, a Mad Scientist either gains a new Mad Invention or a new Devoted Servant, but never both. The Player must specify what form a Mad Invention takes – a gun, a box filled with strange gear-work, a drug, a helmet, etc. The form should be appropriate to the effect. A Mad Invention may be used as many times a chapter equal to the characters level before breaking and needing repair. The Mad Invention only works for the Von Batty and never for anyone else. New Mad Inventions are assumed to be created between chapters and the number of Mad Inventions a Von Batty has may never exceed the characters Von Batty Level. All Mad Inventions are assumed to be fixed between chapters as long as the Von Batty can visit their laboratory. (List of Available Mad Inventions in Appendixes)

Laboratory: Character either owns or has access to a proper Lab. It could be in their home or elsewhere. Even if there is no sleeping quarters, most down time will be spent here. Von Batty prefers their lab to be set up in a dramatic setting: tower of a dark castle, secret part of the sewers, a false wall of their home, in a cave, beneath a volcano, etc. If a Von Batty loses access to their Lab they will be unable to create or fix Mad Inventions or gain new Devoted Servants. Establishing a new Lab will cost 1,000§ per level of the character.

Scientific Knowledge: Although insane, Von Batty will possess a vast knowledge in many fields including but not limited to Mathematics, Medicine, Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Optics, Metallurgy, and Physics. +1 on ALL Intelligence Checks of a Scientific Nature to recall a useful bit of information. +1 to All Intelligence Checks to solve complex mathematical problems. +1 to ALL Intelligence Checks to properly identify natural substances and materials.

Devoted Servants: A Devoted Servant is a henchman or slave that serves the Von Batty. Every Level, including starting, Von Batty may chose to gain either a Devoted Servant or a Mad Invention but never both. The Devoted Servant can be of any Intelligence inferior to the Von Batty's. Most Devoted servants are human freaks, shunned by society for their grotesque appearance and are loyal to the Von Batty because they are provided shelter and protection, they are effectively brain washed because of this. They will do ANYTHING a Von Batty asks of them unless it is obviously suicidal or against their nature. If it comes to this a Von Batty may call for a check between their Charisma and their servants with a +1 Bonus. If they win the check, the Devoted Servant does it without question. If they fail, the Devoted Servant breaks free of the brain washing, rebelling and running away. Devoted servants will serve their Von Batty until death takes them or they rebel. A Von Batty can never have more Devoted Servants than their Von Batty Level.

Purity

Resist Evil Influence: +1 to All Ability Checks against Charm, Evil Intentions, Suggestion, and Perversity. +1 to Charisma Checks against Seduction.

Grace Of The Heavens: At the beginning of every chapter, a Purity receives 1 point per level of Grace Points. Grace points can be used to re-roll any basic abilities check or damage roll. Cannot re-roll their own checks. May use Grace points to help Allies in need or obstruct those that could harm them. Grace points replenish at the start of every chapter. (Grace of the Heavens may even be used when the character has fainted.)

Inspirations of the Virtuous: All characters with a perversity score of 12 or below receive a +1 Bonus on all Ability Checks as long as they have the Purity within their line of sight. Bonus applies even if the Purity has fainted, is asleep, or otherwise unconscious. Bonuses are not combined if there is more than one Purity around and a Purity may never use the bonus for themselves unless they are looking at another Purity.

Redemption: Those who spend a full day in the presence of a Purity may voluntarily reduce their Perversity by 1 point. (This is their choice and they can refuse the reduction if they so chose, or are required to retain a certain level of Perversity.) A Purity cannot reduce their own Perversity but they can get a reduction if they are in the presence of another Purity. (Full day, leaving their side for any amount of time negates it, hope you don't have to pee.)

Faith: At the beginning of each chapter, a Purity is granted +1 Faith Point per level. Faith Points can be used to ~heal~ a person through their Faith. Faith need not be religious, it can just be in humanity, the persons own goodness, etc. This can be used against injury, unconsciousness, poisoning, bad luck, etc. Cannot be used against the Evil Eye. Purity must touch the target for Faith to be effective. A roll is made with a +1 Bonus against the Purity's Perversity level, a success is any roll that is above the characters Perversity Level. Effects may or not be instantaneous.

Everyman/Everywoman

Profession (Chose 1): Primary Vocational Training, chosen at character creation. Can always perform simple, routine tasks related to their Profession, without the need of an Ability Check. +1 To ALL Ability Checks for Difficult or Complex Tasks related to the characters Profession. +1 to ALL Ability Checks in which the skills of their Profession might be helpful. (List of Available Professions in Appendixes)

Avocation (Chose 1): A secondary field that is pursued outside of the characters actual occupation. This can be a hobby, a second job, or knowledge gained by Proximity. (Such as the maid of a Clerk might acquire the abilities of a Clerk.) Character must always make an Ability Check for any task related to the Avocation, even mundane or routine but they receive a +1 bonus on ALL Ability Checks when done. If there is a Check that can utilize both a characters Profession and Avocation at the same time, the total bonus will be +3. (List of Available Avocations in Appendixes)

Affections (Chose 1): A person, place, or thing which the character is particularly attached to. Affections can range from family dog to their family home. When acting on behalf of their Affection, the character receives a +1 Bonus, on top of any other Bonus, on ALL Ability Checks.

Inheritance (Chose 1): Everyman/Everywoman Characters always possess 1 thing of importance that was passed on through their family. This can be land, property, or even a strange portrait of an unknown subject. Even an orphan will have an Inheritance, even if it is just a necklace that was found around their neck as a baby. +1 Bonus to ALL Ability Checks to protect their Inheritance.

Social Contacts: Ordinary people count on each other for survival in times of crisis. An Everyman/Everywoman have a close circle of friends/family that is equal to their Charisma +1

๑۩↛𝕎eaknesses↚۩๑

Each Echelon receives two Weaknesses. These are set in stone and cannot be changed or traded out. Each Echelons Weakness is there to impose unique limitations on that Echelon. They are there to not only help create interesting situations in the role play but to balance power. At character creation, your character receives the Weaknesses of their chosen Echelon and they can never be overcome. They cannot be traded out for different ones. They are set in stone and will forever affect your character.

Weaknesses By Echelon

Outlaw

Hard Luck: Any legitimate business started by an outlaw is doomed to failure.

Infamy: Every month an Outlaw stays in the same area they must make a Charisma Check with a -1 Penalty. If they fail it, the authorities are aware of their presence. They could pursue the Outlaw, blackmail them, post wanted posters, hire bounty hunters, question associates, etc. This Penalty compounds over the months and an area is defined as anything that can journeyed by horse or sail in 1 days time.

Tomb Raider

Criminal Entanglements: You are forever part of the criminal underworld, no matter your wealth. This means that your name might be given to authorities during an interrogation, a favor might be called in that you cannot refuse, or a dangerous job must be taken to keep your secrets.

Secret Life: Can never be honest about their occupation. Outside of your clients, small circle of friends, and criminal underworld you must always keep your vocation a secret. Penalties for tomb raiding a severe, including execution. Guard this secret with your life.

Bohemian

Social Discrimination: You live on the outskirts of society and because of this you will constantly be singled out. If a crime is committed you are the first accused. If a spouse cheats, their other half automatically think you seduced them. If they befall bad luck you obviously set your evil eye on them. You are subject to discriminatory laws, unjust abuse, and are assumed to cheat everyone at every turn.

Desired by the Perverse: While you might not be Perverse, you surely attract the Perverse. They watch you, follow you, become obsessed with you. They will come to you like a moth to a flame. Their intentions are never pure and all Perverse will receive a +1 Bonus on Ability Checks when attempting anything in your direction personally.

Rake

Faithless Lover: A Rake has a fickle heart and can NEVER know True Love. While other characters who are in love can receive a +3 Bonus on Ability Checks to protect their love, a Rake will never have this. They do however get their +3 Bonus when dueling to impress someone they wish to take as a lover. A Rake also will lose interest in a lover in 1d8 weeks after the initial ~bedding~, no matter how strong the attachment might have initially been.

Fascinated by Innocence: Beauty and Innocent attracts the Rake, Purity being the ones that drive them the most. If a Rake encounters a character with a Perversity below 6 or a Charisma above 12 they will become instantly obsessed with corrupting them. They will want to be around them as much as possible and will do everything in their power to sully their virtue or have them engage in a criminal behavior. They will try to corrupt the moral by showing them how happy they could be if they just followed their desires. They will try to engage innocents in the most disgusting and depraved acts.

Professor Von Batty

Attracts Angry Mobs: Your Insane and people do not like the insane. For every month you are in an area there is a 1 in 20 chance an Angry Mob will form to try to kill you or force you into exile. The Angry Mob will not listen to reason and there is nothing that can stop them besides their death, your death, or you leaving the area.

Incurable Madness (Chose 1): Every Von Batty suffers from some kind of mental disorder. This Incurable Madness inflicts them no matter their Perversity. The Insanity is both a debility and a likely source of their genius. You must specify what type of Madness your character has at creation. It can be OCD, BiPolar, another known disease of Madness, or one you create on your own with GM discretion. The Von Batty could be obsessed with trying to recreate a lost love or even specific bodily functions. Whatever the Madness, it must be one the Rper can RP properly! If the Von Batty hears voices, those voices will be controlled by the GM and must be reacted to by the character as if they are real.

Purity

Fainting: When a Purity encounters anything horrible they are bound to faint. This can be an ugly person, a scary beast, or any frightening scene. They must make a Save against Charisma with a -1 Penalty or faint for 1d4 rounds. They only faint once per scene or encounter of person/beast. Yet if they are removed from the situation and then reintroduced, they must make the save again.

Misfortune Of Virtue: If something bad is going to happen, it will most likely happen to the Purity first. If there is an attack, they are first to get injured. If there is a kidnapping, they are the first target or mistaken for the target. If there is a chance for a Purity to fall into trouble, it will happen. A Purity will always fail any checks to notice a trap or to know when danger is around. If there is a trap, a Purity will always trigger it. Misfortune is drawn to them.

Everyman/Everywoman

Phobia (Chose 1): A person, place, thing, or situation that the character has an irrational fear of. When their Phobia is present they will have to make a successful Intelligence Check with a -1 Penalty to even remain near the Phobia. Even if they succeed they will still be very uncomfortable. They will also receive a -1 Penalty on ALL Checks when in the presence of their Phobia. -3 Penalty if they are having to act in direct confrontation of their Phobia.

Common Phobias include: the color black, blood, cats, corpses, darkness, disease, doctors, enclosed spaces, heights, a specific race, rats, the color red, sex, snakes, and spiders.

(It is something that can NEVER be overcome, so play close attention because you will be held to it throughout the characters existence. They will forever fear this one thing, it cannot be beaten.)

Prejudice (Chose 1): An irrational dislike of a persons class, a place or a thing. Anytime when a character encounter one of their Prejudices they will automatically have a negative feeling. If it is a person, they will refuse to hire them or associate with them and always look at them in the most negative light. If it is a place they will never willingly go there. They have no fear of the person, place, or thing but this feeling will never go away.

Typical Prejudices include those against: a race, a profession, a weapon, a name, short
people, tall people, a political group, the poor, the rich, the bourgeoisie, a mode of transportation,
women, men, a sexual orientation or practice, advanced technology, or a particular religion.

(It is something that can NEVER be overcome, so play close attention because you will be held to it throughout the characters existence. So say your character is Prejudice again Lower Class Citizens and you are speaking with a Purity of Lower Class birth, you will forever dislike them, no matter how wonderful they are Rped. No love, like, or even acceptance can ever be between an Everyman/Everywoman and their Prejudice.)

๑۩↛𝔸ssets 𝔸nd 𝔸fflictions↚۩๑

Where your echelons will determine a heavy part of who your character is, where they come from, and their abilities they can limit the uniqueness of one character to another of the same echelon. This is where your assets and afflictions come into play. They allow you to further customize your character and add some additional complexity. You are encouraged to be creative when choosing an asset and affliction.

Assets are a positive characteristic, personal ability, or mastered skill. Whenever your asset relates to a situation at hand you have an increased chance of success. When rolls are needed, your character will receive a +3 bonus to the roll.

Afflictions conversely are negative characteristics or debilities. If your afflictions relates to the current situation, you will have a decreased chance of success. A -3 penalty are imposed when confronted with a situation dealing with an affliction.

Do note - for every asset you chose for your character you must pick one affliction. Each character must have a minimal of 1 and a maximum of 3 to start. There must be balance.

List of ALL available Assets

Assets:

• Beautiful/Handsome: Initial reactions, Seduction attempts
• Brave: Saving Throws against Fear Effects, Morale checks
• Charming: All Charisma Checks
• Euphoric: Saving Throws versus Fear Effects, resisting pain or fatigue, Morale Checks
• Expert Equestrian: Fighting from horseback, chases on horseback, jumping obstacles
• Fast: Chases, order of action when character's side has Initiative in a fight
• Fast Learner: Gaining new skills, memorizing information, learning languages
• Gift For Languages: Comprehending an unknown language, speed at which one learns languages
• Good Bargainer: Ability Checks involving the prices of goods or services, finance
• Good Judge of Character: Sensing motivations, detecting Evil, Saves against Charming Person
• Good Liar: Fraud, acting
• Good Manners: All Check that involve etiquette or High Society
• Good Reputation: All Charisma Checks when identity is known
• Good Sense of Direction: Following a map, intuiting direction
• Good Shot: All attacks with guns
• Good Singing Voice: Singing
• Good Throwing Arm: Attacks with thrown weapons
• In True Love: All Ability Checks when acting on behalf of True Love
• Intimidating: Intimidation
• Libidinous: Seduction attempts, all Constitution Checks relating to physical love
• Loved By Animals: Initial reactions from Animals, Animal training
• Lucky at Love: Seduction attempts
• Master of Disguise: Disguise
• Mechanical Genius: Repairing broken machines or guns, disarming mechanical traps
• Musical: Dexterity Checks to play an instrument notably well, writing music, remembering a tune
• Naturally Skeptical: Saving throws versus sensing when something off
• No Fear of ...(something frightening): Checks against dealing with whatever frightening thing is listed
• Patient: All Ability Checks relating to detailed or repetitive work
• Profession (choose one): All Ability Checks relating to the chosen occupation
• Quick-witted: All Intelligence Checks
• Resistant to Alcohol: No bonuses to Ability Checks, but can take three more drinks before becoming Heavily Intoxicated, or suffering Overdose
• Resistant to Cold: Saving Throws to avoid the effects of cold temperatures
• Resistant to Disease: Saving throws to avoid or recover from disease
• Resistant to Pain: All attempts to resist pain
• Sharp Eyes: Searching an area, finding secret doors, avoiding traps
• Sharp Hearing: Noticing noises others would miss normally
• Shrewd: Bargaining
• Sneaky: Hiding, moving silently
• Special Knowledge (choose field): All attempts to use the Special Knowledge
• Strong: All Strength Checks
• Strong Stomach: Saving Throws against nausea
• Strong Will: Saving Throws against being duped, resisting intimidation
• Talent For (a Special Ability): All use of that Special Ability, for a total Bonus of +4
• Tracker: Tracking
• Wealthy Family: Familiar with High Society
• Well Spoken: Social manipulation of all kinds
• Wily: Fraud, Saving throws versus being deceived

List of ALL available Afflictions

Afflictions:

• Absent Minded: All Wisdom Checks
• Addicted to... (substance): Resisting manipulation by those who offer the drug
• Afraid of ... (something common): Strength and Dexterity Checks, Saving throws versus Fear Effects, Morale Checks
• Aggressive: All Wisdom Checks to discern true motivations, all Saving throws to avoid being manipulated into anger or aggression
• Allergic to... (something common): All Ability Checks in presence of allergen
• Asthmatic: All attempts to avoid Fatigue, all Saving throws versus gases or inhaled Hazards
• Bad Judge of Character: Sensing motivations, attempts to detect Evil, attempts to resist Charm
• Bad Liar: Lying, acting
• Bad Memory: Remembering facts
• Bad Reputation: All Charisma Checks when identity is known
• Bad Sense of Direction: Intuiting direction, following a map
• Bad Shot: All Attack Checks involving guns
• Bad Throwing Arm: All attempts to use thrown weapons
• Badly Spoken: All Charisma Checks
• Blind: Any Ability Check that involves vision
• Chronic Disease (choose one): Constitution Checks to resist or recover from disease
• Clumsy: All Dexterity Checks
• Creepy Presence: Perversity Checks, avoiding increases to Perversity, Seduction attempts
• Cowardly: Saving throws against Fear Effects, Morale Checks
• Deaf: Noticing sounds
• Delirious: All Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom Checks
• Demented: All Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom Checks, all attempts to avoid Perversity Increase
• Disfigured: Charisma Checks to determine initial reactions, Seduction attempts
• Disoriented: All Intelligence and Wisdom Checks
• Dull: All Intelligence Checks
• Easily Frightened: Saving Throws against Fear Effects, resisting intimidation
• Easily Fooled: Saving Throws to resist Fascination or Glamor Effects, Checks to resist Seduction
• Easily Panicked: Fear Effects, Morale Checks
• Elderly: Strength and Dexterity Checks, resisting or recovering from disease, intimidation, Seduction attempts
• Emotional: Saving Throws against Fascination Effects, resisting Seduction
• Encumbered: All Speed and Dexterity Checks
• Fatigued: All Ability Checks
• Fearful: Charisma, Strength and Dexterity checks, intimidation attempts, Morale Checks
• Gauche: All Charisma checks in High Society
• Gullible: Saving Throws against Fascination or being duped
• Hated By Animals: Reactions from Animals, attempts to train Animals
• Horrible Body Oder: Seduction attempts, attempts to hide
• Horrible Manners: All Checks involving etiquette or High Society
• Hungry: Intelligence and Wisdom checks, unless eating
• Incompetent Equestrian: Fighting from horseback, chases on horseback, jumping obstacles
• Impatient: All Ability Checks that require patience
• In Pain: All Ability Checks
• Insane: Saving Throws against reason or morality
• Lame: Balancing, Chases, Dodging
• Lost Love: All Wisdom checks, except when working to avenge, regain, or otherwise aid a lost love.
• Manic: Saving Throws versus Fascination Effects, cannot sleep
• Missing Arm: Balancing, Seduction attempts (unless there is a heroic or romantic story explaining
  the loss - cannot be an afflictions if there is one)
• Morbidly Obese: Chases, Dodging
• Naive: All attempts to understand Forbidden Books, Shocking Letters, or Magical Rituals
• Nauseous: All Ability Checks that require mental concentration or physical exertion
• Nearsighted: All Ability Checks that involve seeing outside the Nearby Area, artillery attacks.
• Nervous: All Charisma and Dexterity Checks
• No Head For... (a common field of knowledge): All Ability Checks relating to the subject
• Satyriasis/Nymphomania: All attempts to avoid Seduction attempts, or Charm Person Effects from
  the desired gender
• Obnoxious: All Charisma Checks
• Paranoid: Wisdom Checks to discern true motivations
• Sensitive to Alcohol: Becomes Heavily Intoxicated from a single strong drink
• Sick: All Ability Checks
• Shamed: All Charisma Checks when identity is known
• Sleazy: All Checks involving etiquette, avoiding Faux Pas, reactions from conservative people
• Sleepy: All attempts to stay awake, all Intelligence and Wisdom checks
• Slow: Chases, distance traveled in a day
• Slow Learner: All Intelligence Checks to learn information, length of time to acquire a language
• Slow-witted: All Intelligence Checks
• Still a Child: All intimidation attempts, Chases against adults, escaping from Holds from adults
• Susceptible to Disease: All Saving Throws to avoid or recover from disease
• Swollen... (specific limb): All Strength, and Dexterity Checks when actions involve the limb
• Traumatic Memory: All Charisma, Intelligence or Wisdom Checks in situations similar to the
  traumatizing event
• Ugly: Seduction attempts
• Unlucky at Love: Seduction attempts
• Weak: All Strength Checks

๑۩↛𝕎ealth 𝔸nd 𝔼quipment↚۩๑

Instead of having to write down every last little coin and item your character carries or possesses we are going to attempt to make things a tad more simple. (I know, a little late for that but better late than never.) When thinking about your characters wealth, you will just put in Upper, Middle, or Lower under classes. From this all I ask is that you act accordingly. If your character is Upper Class chances are they have everything they need, but may not carry many weapons on them at all times. Sure they may have access to them but why carry three different guns when you have servants. When you are upper crust money provides others to take a bullet doesn't it? Carrying so much would just get in the way of your fashion and attitude. Lower class people are not going to have finery, maybe a single heirloom but even that is most likely just a worthless trinket and only holds sentimental value. They would though be more likely to have a knife on them just in case. Middle class would be in the center. Remember when in this RP no member of a Class may own land unless they are Upper. It is just how Rutas Mu works.

Now as far as your equipment goes, use this section to put what they would normally have on them. Day to day. Your typical stuff. Seriously I will shoot down anyone outside of an appropriate Echelon that is carrying more than two weapons on them. I will assume that if your character is coming they are packing what they need for the time. These spaces are limited to what is available already on the CS and they are mostly just for reference to give an idea. I would suggest however that anything special of note is listed here as well. If it is not going to be on your character but is in a trunk - simply list out the trunk and then in in the places below list the items of note that will be held in the trunk with an * by them. Perhaps books, love letters, portrait of your family, an heirloom, etc.

Please be aware that there will be certain times in the Rp it may be needed that we need exact lists. We will address those times when they come. Otherwise it will be assumed your character has everything they need on them. If the Gm says it isn't something you have, you don't unless it is specifically listed. Even then it could have been lost or stolen and your character just didn't realize it until it was pointed out.

A general list of Goods is provided in Appendix 10, along with the general cost of such items. This may help you determine anything of note for your character and a few things about what your characters level of wealth might provide them.

*Note this, make sure that invitation is listed on your CS or you aren't getting in. Do you really want to spend the beginning of the Rp turning around, going home, and retrieving it?

๑۩↛𝔼xtortion↚۩๑

The main hook of this Rp is the fact that your character is being blackmailed. They did or are accused of doing something that would ruin their life if it were to become public knowledge. It doesn't matter if what they are accused of is true or not, sometimes the mere appearance of a scandal is enough to ruin someone. I would suggest thinking on this for a bit and working out the details in your mind before you commit to a reason why your character is being extorted. You are going to want it to make sense with your characters personality, their background, their social status, and history. Also, if your character is already a villain type, many crimes they wouldn't care if they were caught. Hell for some it might even enhance their ~status~ so chose wisely. If it doesn't make sense, it won't be accepted.

Examples include adultery, apostasy, arson, assassination, assault, bestiality, bigamy, blackmail, buggery, bribery, drugs, dueling, embezzlement, fornication, fraud, gambling, homicide, incest, kidnapping, larceny, perjury, prostitution, rape, robbery, smuggling, sodomy, and tax evasion just to name a few! Just remember to have the crime fit the character.

• ⊰ℂrime⊱ Crime Name Here: Now details. Why they are being extorted? Give at least one detailed paragraph describing the circumstances of the so called crime. Now, the reason for blackmail might not even be something your character personally did, perhaps they are protecting someone. List a second paragraph of what would happen to the character if this information came to light. (Note, this means a total of 2 paragraphs required.)
• ⊰𝔾uilt⊱ Are they guilty or innocent?
• ⊰ℙrice⊱ Once you turn in your CS, Lady A will determine the price your character is paying for the blackmail. Leave this part blank.
• ⊰𝕋ime⊱ How long has your character been paying to keep this quiet? If unsure, Lady A can assign a length of time.

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Music influences so much in our lives and in RP. This is the music of Machiavellian Masquerade. The playlist provided is made up of songs that influenced the creation of the RP. This playlist will be added to over time to include not only songs used in the RP but character theme songs. I suggest anytime a song appears in the IC you take special note of it. I have been known to use the music that I post in an Rp as a clue of what is to come, what is happening, or as a way to solve a current problem.

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๑۩↛𝕋he ℙlaylist↚۩๑

We Don't Need Another Hero - Northern Kings
Unfaithful - Exit Eden
S&M - Rhianna
Monster - Beth Crowley
Castle - Halsey
The Other Side - Greatest Showman
Bad Things - Jace Everett
Become The Beast - Karliene
A Little Wicked - Valerie Broussard
In This Moment - The Fighter

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All rules are enforced and you will be removed if you break any of them. There are NO exceptions!
Read and follow all of them at all times!

These rules may seem long, overly detailed, strict, and harsh but I am a fair Gm as long as communication remains open and honest and people do no take advantage. They are there for a reason. Remember, it is YOUR responsibly to know these. If you lie to me you will be blacklisted. I will know.

Rule Change 10/30/18: Post limit rule adjustments lifted. We are now back to the standard 2 posts between your last.
Rule Change 02/23/2019: If you want a roll request, you must put it in before your last post hits day 7.
Rule Reminder 02/23/2019: When you are requesting rolls - type up post, pm me, leave roll in chat, tag me in chat, wait for reply.

General Rules For The Illusory Liaisons Series

Read All of these

• Gm Is Goddess And An Evil GM Overlord
  • Gm has final say on all matters.
  • You must read and follow all the rules at all times.
  • Gm does check on posting and log in habits. Gm will contact your previous GM's and Rpers for references if she feels it is needed.
  • Do NOT insult the GM, the rules, or your fellow Rpers.
  • Gm does kick, block, and call out Rpers.
  • If you are not joining or interested in the Rp - do NOT post here, period.
  • Do not post here if you are stating reasons why you aren't joining.
  • Check Ego's at the door - I do not put up with bullshit, flamers, trolls, whiners, egomaniacs, etc.
  • Applying does not mean acceptance. Gm reserves the right to deny anyone for any reason at anytime.
  • Gm does and will request edits to CS and IC posts if things are missed, over looked, or cannot be reasonably explained.
  • Gm will not answer questions that already are answered in the IC, OOC, Chat, or SI Forum
  • Gm will work in side quests and story arcs - Just PM them.
  • Have an idea or want to keep something under wraps for a time? PM the GM.
  • Read through Rpers Guide To Etiquette - This is a good reference for RP Etiquette - It is required reading for the RP and you will be held to everything in it
• CS Sheet Provided Must Be Used
  • Use code provided.
  • Do not submit WIP's - Final CS's only.
  • PM GM your CS for approval. Do NOT post your CS in the OOC!!!!
  • GM will post a ~shortened~ CS of your CS to keep all your yummy secrets, well secret.
  • If you submit a Cs and you do not follow the rules and instructions it WILL be denied and not be allowed to be resubmitted with edits. In other words, it is scrapped.
  • Change color code to one not in use (This is required for various reasons)
  • Stay away from red and gold due to "note" and "link" colors.
  • If you have problems with changing out the color code or any of the coding, just pm it to me and I will take care of it for you.
  • May not use default CS color, any colors currently in use by active characters or that are close to another characters color.
  • Dark or Hard to read colors will not be accepted and will be required to change before a CS is accepted.
  • Images are not required but are highly encouraged for visual and music video purposes. Only 3 are requested in your CS, so this hopefully won't be an issue.
  • All images in Cs must be links, not active images.
  • Remove ~instructions~ on CS before submitting
  • You may NOT alter the Cs other than filling it in and removing the instructions. Additional images, changes in look, using image fonts or adding in personal touches will not be accepted.
• General Rules
  • Follow All Forum Rules.
  • No Flame Wars in OOC - Have a problem? Take it to PM.
  • No Meta-Gaming, Bunnying, Auto-Hitting.
  • Remember IC and OOC are two different things - keep them separate.
  • Language/Gore - No Filters - So you have been warned.
  • Taboo subjects will be crossed but will be maintained to fade to black if needed.
  • All Lady A Rp's cross certain lines, many subjects are not for the easily offended or triggered. This includes but is not limited to murder, torture, debauchery, lechery, prejudice, and all forms of shenanigans.
    • Just because something is allowed in RP does not mean the GM believes it is right OOC.
  • Romance:
    
    • Allowed but keep it Pg-13, then fade to black
    • No prestarted couples. No one knows anyone else to start or even who anyone is. If something happens, let it happen naturally.
    • If love interests and couples form too quickly in the GM's opinion she is not above a required roll from LLA to see if love can occur or if they end up hating each other just as instantly as they fell in love.
  • Approved and active members of the Rp will be given the link to Lady A's Rp Chat. It is required to check this daily.
  • The world is controlled by the GM - All NPC's, weather, what you see, what you find, what happens, everything. So if it isn't in my post, it didn't happen. If you need more information, either tag the Gm in OOC or drop a PM. Assume nothing.
  • All skills and attempts for things must be sent to the GM for rolls to deem success or failure. Rolls are made in the Discord roll channel for transparency.
  • Randomization and LLA is used in this RP - Please refer to my tutorial for a description if you are new to this concept
• Posting Habits
  • You are not allowed to use @Mention Tags or Interacting With Headers In IC.
  • You are not allowed to copy and paste anything another character has said or posted in a previous post in your posts.
  • Uniform Headers for Character must by used in IC posts (code provided in Appendix 6)
  • No Characters images allowed in IC posts unless preapproved by Lady A until further notice.
  • No ~direct images~ period in IC posts unless preapproved by Lady A - Links Only.
  • Your characters personal color code must be used for dialog.
  • Minimal of 250 Words Per Post
    • Post on SI first and hover over the stars in the top left hand corner of your post to check post length.
    • Once posted on RPG, edits for post length will not be accepted and you will be removed from RP if your post does not meet the minimal.
  • Minimal 2 posts between your last.
  • Must IC post once every 7 days (It is your job to keep up with when you need to post. Your last post hits Day 8 and I remove you from the RP.)
  • If you need additional time to post you must notify the Gm before day 5 of your counter. Extensions will not be granted after that. I will try to work with you but only if you are up front, honest, and keep the lines of communication open. Real life comes first but joining this Rp means you know and respect what is expected of you and your fellow RPers. (You aren't the only one with a life)
  • I do not accept "no inspiration", "waiting for someone else to post", or "I have nothing to post" as a reason not to post.
  • Keep up with all IC, OOC, and Chat posts - This means read them all.
  • No spamming OOC - Seriously, I will gut you.
  • If you are holding up the RP and joining other Rp's you will be called on it.
  • No editing a post in IC once it has been posted without first getting permission from the GM.
  • If a Gm calls for an edit that is your ~permission~ to edit.
  • If an edit is required to your last post it must be done before day 8 on your previous posts counter or you will be removed. (Posts that need editing are considered incomplete.)
  • No Editing IC/OOC/CS posts.
  • There is no additional time granted due to forum glitches.
  • All Accepted members of the RP will be given a link to register on my groups private RP forum.
    • You will have to register for it.
    • All your IC posts have to be posted there as well when you post on RPG and are part of your post counters. (This is our back up for when the forum messes up.)
    • Counter run until posts go up on BOTH SI and RPG
  • Collabs
    • Must tag the Gm in OOC to notify her that you are collabing and who are you are collabing with before day 5 of the highest counter. Collabs may not be started after you hit day 5.
    • If you are collabing and your partner vanishes or does not reply, you must finish the collab and post it before the timer runs out. If your collab partner vanishes you are granted temporary minimal bunnying privileges to complete the collab. If your collab partner vanishes, let Lady A know.
  • Know your personal posting limitations before applying to join - Work gives you a schedule, schools let you know when finals are coming, plan around these things. Ask for an extension before day 5 of your counter. If you have a busy time coming up, you are free to ask for extensions up to a 6 weeks in advance.
  • You may withdraw from the RP at any time and be put on Hiatus for an extended amount of time if your schedule becomes over whelming. You are allowed 1 Hiatus per year.
  • If you join other Rp's while on Hiatus you will not be admitted back to the Rp and will be considered ~kicked~.
  • If you leave the RP, flake out, ghost, or are kicked from the RP the GM takes control of your character and it becomes general NPC property of the RP. The character may just be shelved, might be killed, or turned over to another Rper. (Most likely @Sigil just because I do love a good killing.)
• Spots are not first come first serve
  • Gm will review completed CS first.
  • Gm will then notify you if you are approved or if an edit is needed.
  • Character deaths will happen, no one is safe. In fact part of this RP is about killing, you trying to kill them, them trying to kill you. Welcome to Thunderdome.
  • I am looking for long term highly dedicated Rpers. My Rps tend to run a minimal of a year, so be prepared for it!
  • This RP is NOT within the Lady A Universe Timeline 'Verse. Illusory Liaisons stands alone.
• Rules and Cs sheet will be added to and changed as need.
• Normally at this point in the rules I ask for a link to a previous Rp of yours. I don't want that this time. This time, I want something more. I want you to finish your Cs, take a good look at it, latch onto what you feel when you read it. Then, under extras I want you to tell me just how far your character is willing to go to get what they want. And how far you are willing to push your character. Willing to kill everyone? Refuse to kill a PC because the Rper is your friend? Let me know here and now.

Special Rules For Book 1: Machiavellian Masquerade

These as well!

• No one will know anyone else starting this RP
  • This is a Mystery RP - that means you are trying to solve things that happen in RP.
  • Secrecy is Key - guard yours closely.
  • Clue Sheets are provided for you so that you can keep up with things. Use them. I would suggest Pming them to yourselves. You don't want everyone to know what clues you have found. Who wants to give someone the information you know? Screw that. Hoard all the glory for yourself. ^_~
  • Leveling is part of this RP. Every character starts out at level 1. Refer to Game Mechanics about leveling.
  • Special rewards will be awarded at anytime, so stay on your toes.
  • Try to break out of your norm. It's okay to be a villain. In fact, it's encouraged in this RP.
  • Do NOT speak about your character to anyone but the GM before the RP begins. (Well I can't exactly stop you but seriously, take this rare opportunity to be mysterious.)
  • Said it before will say it again - Cs's are to be submitted to the GM via PM ONLY! Any showing up in OOC will be auto rejected.
  • Approved Cs's will returned in a shortened format
• No Relations with other characters; family, met in other rp's, or each other in this RP to start.
• Certified Fresh Characters only - please do not reuse a character. (This should go without saying because of the rule above but hey, putting it in anyways.) - And try not to reuse an FC.
• 1 and only 1 character to start, no matter how long you have been Rping with me. More will be accepted down the line, I will notify people when I am willing to add more.
• Character ages must be at least 18 years old due to the mature themes of this RP.
• This is a Chapter Based RP
  • This Rp will be broken down into Chapters instead of ~ending~ the RP and starting over with each new part. The Rp will end when all chapters are completed. No I won't tell you how many chapters there are.
  • Original OOC will be updated for each chapter.
  • Your stats, skills, and such will be used heavily - refer to Game Mechanics for details.
  • If you want a roll request, you must put it in before your last post hits day 7.
  • At the end of each book the Rp who has performed in the most outstanding fashion will be granted 1 "Fuck LLA" card to be used at anytime in any of Lady A's Rps!

[Lady Absinthia]

𝔾ame 𝕄echanics

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Update 11/07/2018: You must type up your attempts in post form and pm them to the Gm before a roll will be made. Once a roll is called for and I give you the results, you have 24 hours to post. (Failure to do so will result in removal from the RP.)

This Rp is a unique combination of your standard reactive roll play and table top. There are dice rolls for this, hence why you have your stats and your skills. These will play heavily into this RP. Like most forum Rps you are reacting to what is around you and typing up a description of your characters way of dealing with the situation. Like with most table top Rps, a lot of what your character can do is based on numbers. Now for those that are not as familiar with one as they are the other it can get a bit confusing. For those that haven't dealt with one facet or the other it can be down right intimidating. Don't let it be. This is NOT as complicated as it seems.

On top of dice rolls, another thing you are going to be dealing with in this Rp is the fact your character actually levels. Now every new character will start out at level 1. No PC comes in at anything above level 1. Doesn't matter if you are joining the Rp during the first book or the ninth, you start out at level 1. During the series you will gain experience points that will go towards advancing your level. The longer you stick it out, the longer you stay alive, the higher level you will become. If you die, toodles to the character. You can make a new one, it starts out at level one. Just one more reason to watch your back and guard your secrets closely. The higher the level the stronger the character and the better chance you stand to make it to the end. Trust no one, not even your your BFF.

A third aspect of this Rp's game mechanics is the degradation of a character. Yes, that is possible and I am not just referring to losing hit points, though that is part of it. I am speaking of losing experience points and a characters perversity. Losing experience points is a rare event but it can happen. Perversity can change more rapidly though. Perversity affects your characters sanity and their morality. As the Rp unfolds your character can be damaged, mentally. Disturbing events can drive one to madness. If an event is traumatic enough, it will raise a characters perversity. If it is raised enough, even the most innocent can turn into a twisted mind who just wants to watch the world burn. Again, guard your secrets well for they can and will be used against you.

๑۩↛ℝeminder↚۩๑

Never Forget

Now before we get into the nitty gritty, do be aware that the world is controlled by the GM. Weather, sights, sounds, smells are all things that only the Gm controls. NPC's are controlled by the GM only as well. Just as with real life, how things happen are not up to you as a person. You can attempt nearly anything but the result of your attempt is determined by the world around you.

You may NOT state how the world, an NPC, or another PC reacts or retorts to your character. For example you cannot automatically hit someone, anyone, you attack. That must be run through the GM or the Rper controlling a particular PC. You cannot move any character, NPC or otherwise, other than your own. You may not state how another character feels being around your character such as they are turned on, attracted, or repulsed by your character. You cannot state that your character suddenly is aware of something, sees something, knows something. You may totally know what to do but that doesn't mean your character does. The dice and the Gm are the final say. Again you may attempt ANYTHING but note just because you attempt it, it doesn't mean it will be successful.

As the story progresses your character will have certain successes and certain failures. It just happens. Some times you will be damaged and have to lower your hit points and some times things will happen that will forever scar your character. The Gm will be keeping a running tally of all of that. The damage done physically is determined by the dice, as is the damage done mentally. The GM does NOT allow herself to have an opinionated hand in these events. She lets the dice decide to keep a level playing field for all. Even her own characters and NPCS are subject to the same effects of failures and traumatic situations as everyone elses.

๑۩↛𝕋he 𝔻ice↚۩๑

Rolls

Dice will be used a lot in this game. For anything from seeing if you are able to stab someone, to if your character notices a clue, to finding traps, etc. They won't be used for everything but be aware that rolls are common practice with this Rp and it is why you have a set list of skills and abilities. There are also bonuses and penalties granted during some rolls that are determined by circumstance, weather, your characters stats and abilities, their weaknesses and assets, and more. The Gm takes all of this into account each time a roll is requested.

Please note when posting you are under a "time limit" - so when you call for a check you are in an "action round" - this is roughly 10 seconds. That is NOT a lot. It is usually enough time for a character to perform 1 and only 1 action. Examples include but are not limited to:

• Running away.
• Attacking someone or something.
• Trying to completely dodge an attack.

Now in general Rp posting, you don't want to cover more than say 10 minutes of time in your post and usually far less than that if you are talking with someone or around others. There will be times your post will need to cover extended periods of time but let's not worry about that right now. Those will be explained each time they come up with notes in the IC and Chat.

In this Rp you will need to call for your rolls. And remember, many actions require them. There is NOT autoing in this RP. (You don't auto succeed in any skilled action or attempt having to do with any PC, NPC, or the world.) Most things are broken down into Ability Checks And Saves. There are others yet most any Roll will follow the basic formula below. If you have questions just ask. You will usually get one of three answers: Reread the original OOC post, the answer you need directly, or no spoilers. Below is your basic roll outline but it is explained in more detail further down in the read.

Basic Roll Breakdown

• The Gm sets up the the environment and situation. Describing such things as flora and fauna, weather, ambiance. What the characters will see, hear, and smell just from being in the area.
• The Rpers give their general reactions and declare if they are attempting anything. Is your character paying particular attention to a certain smell? Looking more closely at something? Checking the walls for hidden latch or floor for a trap?
  • If your character is going to attempt something, you type up the attempt and you message the GM and let them know. (If you are just going to do a general response with no attempts, simply go ahead and post.)
  • The Gm determines if a roll is required.
    • If not the Gm simply describes in detail any results.
    • If a roll is required the Rper will make a roll in the Rp Chatroom.
    • The Gm will inform the Rper of the results.
  • The Rper now makes a post of said actions and results.
• Now the Rper waits for more Rpers to go through the process until they are ready to post again.
• The Gm gives an Update.
• The process repeats itself.

๑۩↛The Attempts↚۩๑

Now before we get into specific attempts, let's talk about general actions. There is plenty you will not need a check for. Your character is assumed to be able to perform the basic tasks of life without issue. Things like walking across a room, opening a door, or looking out the window are all basic things. So as long as things are calm and you are in a daily general situation, a roll isn't required. That being said, if you wonder just ask. The GM is here to walk you through this and hold your hand as long as you wish. To start out I suggest you double check with the Gm in most situations until you are comfortable. It is far better to be overly cautious than to have to go back to edit.

In the beginning many edits might be required just until everyone is on the same page. Do NOT feel bad if you need extra help or a suggestion if you are drawing a blank. Again, the GM is here to help you as much as you personally need. Some people need a bit more help than others and that is fine! I have some Rpers that I have never had to hold their hand, some I still guide even after years. It's all good as long as you try and are open to fixing issues without being a brat. We all make mistakes, even me! So if I fuck up, CALL ME ON IT! It's a lot to take in and remember, even I forget.

Ability Checks

• When To Check:
  • Checks are needed when a character performs an action that is challenging, complicated, or the character is under pressure. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • Stabbing someone.
    • Shooting a target.
    • Engaging in a chase.
    • Using your Echelons Special Abilities.
    • Seducing an NPC (Seduction of a PC must be cleared with the respective Rper.)
    • Perception of something minor. (Finding something out of the ordinary)
    • Deduction of clues. (A lightbulb going off in your characters mind.)
  • All life and death situations need a check. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • Poison reactions.
    • Bleeding out.
    • Suffocation or choking.
    • Suicide attempts.
    • Bear love.
    • Malfunctioning toilets.
    • Rube Goldberg Chain reactions.
• How To Check:
  • Type up your action and send it to the GM
  • Declare your action to the GM and any skills/abilities your character is using.
  • Gm will inform you of any penalties or modifiers for the scenario.
  • Roll a d20 in chat by typing !roll d20.
  • Gm will inform you of the outcome.
  • Write up your attempt and results in your post.
    • Along with anything else you need to include.
    • Make sure to fill out your header when you post.
• Special Note:
  • When you get to a point where you need to check, please note the following:
    • You will be rolling for your character and your character only.
    • Once your action is declared it can NOT be changed no matter the results.
    • Ability checks are resolved by trying to roll as low as possible on a d20. (For those that have been rping with me a long time that means you want the 1, you do NOT want the 20! It is the reverse for this!!!)
    • It is your job to call for rolls, not the Gms job to remind you.
    • Gm rolls for the world, NPCs, etc will all be public, results and declarations may or may NOT be made public.
      • This is to keep certain aspects of the Rp in the dark so that suspense is built.

Save Yourself!

• When To Save:
  • Saves happen when something happens to you. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • You have been poisoned.
    • You were stabbed.
    • Struck by lightning.
    • Had to listen to your dad telling of the night you were conceived.
    • Went to powder your nose after someone just had an IBS episode.
    • Been waterboarded.

• How To Save:
  • You were just informed of the results of a roll, action, event. You declare you want to "Save" to the GM.
  • You declare your "Save." One makes the Save “against” or “versus” a hazard. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • Poison: Constitution Save Vs Poison.
    • Slipped: Dexterity Save to keep from busted ass damage.
    • Being Conned: Wisdom Check to see if I spot this guy is full of shit.
    • Walked in your parent doing the naughty: Charisma Save Vs Slipping into madness, Constitution Save Vs Losing my lunch, Dexterity Check to get the hell out of there, Perversity Save Vs getting turned on by the event!!!
  • Gm will inform you of any penalties or modifiers for the scenario.
  • Roll a d20 in chat by typing !roll d20.
  • Gm will inform you of the outcome.
  • Write up your attempt and results in your post.
    • Along with anything else you need to include.
    • Make sure to fill out your header when you post.

• Special Note:
  • All special notes from Ability Checks apply to Save Checks.
  • Save checks are to avoid some of the ill effects of an already determined outcome.
  • Save checks can reduce damage, stave off long term effects, or even save you from death.
  • The GM will not roll a save if you do not ask for one.
  • Saves are designated by the appropriate Ability Score. (Charisma, Intelligence, Wisdom, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, and our special 7th: Perversity.)
  • Ability Checks and Saves have to be done in the same post if they are tied together. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • You were fighting off a would-be killer but failed and poison was injected into your arm, you declare you want to have a Constitution Save Vs Poison.
    • You failed your Dexterity Check to keep from slipping, you declare you want to have a Constitution Save Vs Damage.
    • You failed your perception check to note Sir Keystone had his hand on his stomach all night and wait outside the bathroom to go after him directly, you declare you want a Wisdom Save Vs Stupidity.

๑۩↛𝕃eveling 𝔸nd 𝔼xperience↚۩๑

Getting Stronger

When you start a new character you start out at level 1 and with 0 experience points but that will change over the life of the character. As you Rp your character they will gain experience points. When enough experience points are gained, the character will level up.

Leveling: When a character levels up they are granted certain rewards for leveling. This can include but is not limited to:

• Additional dice roll for max HP.
• Chance to chose one basic ability score to raise 1 point.
• Chance to lower your perversity level by 1 point.
  • If you chose to lower your perversity you cannot raise a basic ability score. It is a pick 1 and only 1 scenario.
• Some echelons special abilities strength is measured by level, so the higher the level the stronger the skill. Make sure to take this into account when leveling.
• Damage bonuses increase as characters level.
• Tables for each Echelons basic level bonuses is listed in Appendix 3.

Experience: Now, to gain experience you simply have to RP. Experience will be given to each character through out the course of the RP. What can you do to increase the amount of experience your character gains? Examples include but are not limited to:

• General Attendance
  • Every character that is in the Rp will be granted 2 experience points for every Chapter their character is present for.
    • Characters present for less than the full chapter will only be granted 1 experience point.
    • Characters must have at least 4 IC posts to be granted ANY experience for chapter attendance.
• Solving A Mystery
  • During the RP certain ~Mystery Cases~ will be posted in the OOC and IC. Examples include but are not limited to:
    • Who killed who?
    • What caused the maid to fall ill?
    • Why was the grave dug up?
    • Who is the heir?
  • Only Mystery Cases officially posted by Lady A are considered.
  • Explanations of Cases will be posted when each case is presented.
  • Experience gained from solving a case will be limited to 1 and only 1 additional experience point per chapter.
    • Solving more than one case per chapter will not result in additional experience gained but will block others rpers from gaining experience. This could be useful.
• Outstanding Rping
  • Sometimes someone thinks outside of the box and pulls off something masterful. This can be rewarded.
  • This is not effected by rolls. Anyone can get a good roll, what you do with the roll or scenario is what I am referring to as far as rewards with experience.
  • Experience granted for Outstanding Rping will be determined on a case to case basis but will never exceed 2 additional points of EXP per chapter.

Experience is only awarded at the end of a chapter.

๑۩↛𝔻egradation↚۩๑

Getting Weaker

Just as a character can get stronger they can also get weaker. What? You didn't think this was going to be a cake walk did you? Yes your character can get weaker just as you aging can make you weaker over time. Granted we aren't talking about typical aging like one would think but there are certain things that are going to come into play that will make things more difficult for your character.

๑۩↛Hit Points↚۩๑
Some things that you will have to deal with are just temporary and result in a loss of Hit Points. How many hit points you lose will be determined by dice just with how much damage you can inflict is. Examples of this include but are not limited to:

• Getting injured.
• Various diseases and illnesses.
• Lack of sleep.
• Lack of food or water.
• Exertion.
• Poison.

A simple reduction of hit points and these things tend to be temporary. A good nights rest, some first aide, food and water, an antidote, and the like will take care of these things. You will slowly start to recover your hit points until you reach max again. Then you are fit as a daisy instead of pushing them up. Granted if you reach zero hit points, your character is dead. Sorry, no refunds or respawns.

๑۩↛Loss Of Experience↚۩๑

Take a deep breath, currently in this RP loss of experience points is not an issue so I will not go into detail about it just yet. Consider this a marker for that being added in at a later date. I want to place this here though so you are aware that it will come into play at a later date. Your notice as it were so you aren't blind sided by it when it is implemented. Do note that when it is implemented, that it will be possible to lose enough experience to actually down grade your level. You have been warned.

๑۩↛Raising Perversity↚۩๑

Perversity, as stated before, measures your characters sanity and their morality. The higher the score the more insane and/or evil the person is. The average human has a perversity score of 9, middle of the ground. Not insane but not without issues. Not an angel but not without some corruption. As the score rises and falls the scales tip in one direction or the other. You never want to go full Perverse.

As you go through the game your character could end up committing certain acts that can raise their perversity. At the end of each chapter, any character that has committed a corrupt act will have to roll against their charisma score to keep from having to raise their perversity score. If they fail the save, their perversity will go up by 1 point. Examples of this can include but are not limited to:

• Torturing.
• Betraying a loved one.
• Killing someone.
• Corrupting an innocent.
• Rape.

Perversity not only goes up when a character commits a corrupt act but also when they are witness to or are subjected to a disturbing event. Like with committing an act, if they have witnessed or been subjected to one, they will have to make a save versus their charisma to keep their perversity from raising. If they fail the save, their perversity score will go up by 1 point. Examples of this can include but are not limited to:

• Getting drunk for the first time.
• Being imprisoned.
• Being tortured.
• Creating obscene art.
• Doing drugs.
• Seeing a dead body for the first time.
• Sexual assault.
• Being betrayed.
• Seeing a loved one die.

The Gm will keep track of any events that occur that will require rolls by a character at the end of a chapter. Gm determines what is and is not considered roll worthy with these events and it will vary from character to character depending on the characters personality and background. It isn't up for debate.

When a character perversity level reaches 20 they have gone stark raving mad. A physical side effect of this is their hair will turn instantly pure white no matter how old they are and will remain that way until the character dies. If this occurs, you will consult with the Gm on how to proceed as well as how to lower the score to a more viable level over time. (Or you can just continue to be mad.) Do note that if you hit 20, you character will not be kind or logical EVER - NOTHING and I mean NOTHING good comes from them as long as it remains a 20.

๑۩↛𝕄ore 𝕋o ℂome↚۩๑

Now as I have said in the rules, things will be added to and change as needed for the RP. This is your basics. This is our umbrella to cover you starting the RP. Different scenarios and situations will arise that perhaps will warrant more being added to this section. If and when that time comes I will. If not, great but I do want you to be made aware it can change. If I need to add in charts, more break downs, clarify things, etc. I will. If it becomes something I need to do rather often, a larger update will occur. For now this should get you started and give you a good idea of what to expect in the coming months and hopefully years. This system is the base for every Rp within the Illusory Liaisons Series.

𝔸ppendixes

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Appendix 1 - Professions & Avocations

ℙrofessions & 𝔸vocations
𝕎/𝔸ssociated 𝔹asic 𝔸bilities

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Acrobat (Dexterity) Actor (Charisma) Alchemist (Intelligence) Animal Trainer (Wisdom) Apothecary (Intelligence) Archer (Dexterity) Architect (Intelligence) Aristocrat (Charisma) Armorer (Strength) Artilleryman (Dexterity) Assassin (Dexterity) Astrologer (Intelligence) Ballerina (Dexterity) Banker (Intelligence) Barber (Dexterity) Barker (Charisma) Beggar (Charisma) Blacksmith (Strength) Bone Setter (Dexterity) Boxer (Strength) Bricklayer (Strength) Bureaucrat (Intelligence) Burglar (Dexterity) Butcher (Dexterity) Butler (Charisma) Carpenter (Dexterity) Cartographer (Intelligence) Cavalryman (Dexterity) Charlatan (Charisma) Chemist (Intelligence) Chimney Sweeper (Constitution) Cicisbeo (Charisma) Clerk (Intelligence) Clockmaker (Dexterity) Con Artist (Charisma) Cook (Dexterity) Courtesan (Charisma) Courtier (Charisma) Cryptographer (Intelligence) Dancer (Dexterity) Doctor (Intelligence) Duelist (Dexterity) Dyer (Constitution) Embalmer (Constitution) Engineer (Intelligence) Executioner (Constitution) Farmer (Constitution) Farrier (Dexterity) Fisherman (Wisdom)	Fletcher (Dexterity) Footman (Charisma) Forager (Wisdom) Forger (Dexterity) Furrier (Dexterity) Gambler (Wisdom) Gardener (Wisdom) Gem-cutter (Dexterity) Glassblower (Dexterity) Goldsmith (Dexterity) Governess (Charisma) Gravedigger (Strength) Grifter (Charisma) Guard (Strength) Guide (Wisdom) Gunsmith (Dexterity) Hairdresser (Dexterity) Herald (Charisma) Herbalist (Intelligence) Historian (Intelligence) Housewife (Constitution) Hunter (Dexterity) Infantryman (Strength) Janitor (Constitution) Jeweler (Dexterity) Journalist (Intelligence) Judge (Intelligence) Juggler (Dexterity) Knitter (Dexterity) Lady-In-Waiting (Constitution) Lady's Companion (Charisma) Lady's Maid (Constitution) Latrine Cleaner (Constitution) Lawyer (Charisma) Leather-worker (Dexterity) Leg-breaker (Strength) Librarian (Intelligence) Link-boy (Constitution) Maid (Constitution) Mason (Dexterity) Mathematician (Intelligence) Merchant (Intelligence) Messenger (Intelligence) Midwife (Wisdom) Miner (Strength) Musician (Dexterity) Nanny (Charisma) Novelist (Intelligence) Nun (Wisdom)	Nurse (Constitution) Painter (Dexterity) Peddler (Charisma) Pewter-smith (Dexterity) Philosopher (Intelligence) Pimp (Charisma) Plumber (Strength) Poet (Wisdom) Police (Wisdom) Politician (Charisma) Porter (Strength) Preacher (Charisma) Priest (Wisdom) Prose Writer (Intelligence) Prostitute (Constitution) Quack Doctor (Charisma) Rat-catcher (Dexterity) Sage (Intelligence) Sailor (Wisdom) Scholar (Intelligence) Scout (Wisdom) Scribe (Intelligence) Sculptor (Dexterity) Sewer Worker (Constitution) Sexton (Constitution) Shipwright (Strength) Silversmith (Dexterity) Smelter (Constitution) Soldier (Dexterity) Stagehand (Dexterity) Surgeon (Dexterity) Sweeper (Constitution) Tailor (Dexterity) Tanner (Constitution) Tattooist (Dexterity) Teacher (Intelligence) Teamster (Wisdom) Thatcher (Dexterity) Thief (Dexterity) Thug (Strength) Tiler (Dexterity) Torturer (Dexterity) Town Crier (Charisma) Tracker (Wisdom) Valet (Constitution) Watchman (Wisdom) Weapon-smith (Dexterity) Weaver (Dexterity) Wet-nurse (Constitution)

Appendix 2 - Mad Inventions

𝕄ad 𝕀nventions 𝔹y 𝕃evel

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*Only 1st level is listed currently, others will be added as needed. All Mad Inventions are created by the Von Batty personally from some bizarre science.

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Banish Vermin:

• Affects entire area nearby (GM discretion)
• Lasts until Dawn
• All normal vermin in the Nearby Area are forced to flee. The effects banishes such things as rats, lice, fleas, bedbugs, cockroaches, spiders, centipedes, mice, and other such unwanted small animals. This effect is commonly used to create a restful area for sleep. It has no effect on larger creatures.

Beguile:

• Affects 1 nearby recipient
• Lasts one conversation or interactions
• User gains a +3 Bonus on any Charisma Checks to determine a Recipient's opinion of the User or the User's words. Any normal situational Penalties still apply. The effect does not increase Charisma per se, and does not benefit any other Charisma Checks or Saves. Blatantly invoking this effect in front of a Recipient will naturally make the intended Recipient suspicious of the User, invalidating the power.

Daze:

• Affects 1 nearby recipient
• Lasts 10 seconds (1 round)
• The Recipient's mind becomes momentarily confused, causing them to lose their next action.

Close Wounds:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Happens instantaneously
• Wounds close and bleeding stops

Create Water:

• Affects nearby area
• Lasts until dawn
• Drinkable water is created. The water must be created in a non-living container, on a non-living surface, or in the air (where it can be made to fall in either a column or dispersed downpour). The User can make up to 2 Gallons per level. Water cannot be created inside a living being. Each Gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, so a 20 Gallon column of water falls with the force of a 160 pound object. Unless the water is drank or incorporated into another substance it will completely evaporate at dawn.

Enhanced Hearing:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Lasts 1 hour
• The Recipient's sense of hearing becomes similar to that of a cat. The Recipient can hear small mice moving inside walls, as well as sounds too highly-pitched to be detected by human ears. The Recipient suffers only a -2 Penalty (instead of the usual -4) when fighting opponents they cannot see. Unfortunately, the Recipient also suffers a -3 Penalty on Saves against loud noises such as Shouting.

Enhanced Sense of Smell:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Lasts 1 hour
• The Recipient gains a sense of smell equal to that of a dog. The Recipient can actually distinguish individuals by their smell, defeating disguise effects that disguise personal appearances without altering scent. They are able to smell bodies buried in shallow graves, or animals burrowing close to the surface. They suffer only a -2 Penalty (instead of the usual -4) when fighting opponents they cannot see. Additionally, the Recipient has the ability to track creatures by scent until the end of the effect. Unfortunately, the Recipient also suffers a -3 Penalty on Saves against strong smells.

Enhanced Sense of Taste:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Lasts 1 hour
• The Recipient gains a sense of taste far exceeding the most talented wine expert. The Recipient can easily distinguish between flavors that seem identical to ordinary people. The Recipient gains a +3 Bonus on any Intelligence Checks to determine a substance's identity and properties by taste. Since the Recipient can also detect the most minute concentrations of flavors and react accordingly, they also gain a +3 on Saving Throws to avoid ingested poisons. Unfortunately, the Recipient becomes completely unable to swallow anything but the best food and drink. Things like ship biscuit become disgustingly inedible.

Enhanced Sense of Touch:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Lasts 1 hour
• The Recipient gains a sense of touch so acute that he can read inked pages in total darkness. The Recipient can also make an Intelligence Check to distinguish a solid substance by touch alone. For example, in total darkness the User might be able to tell if the walls of a building are granite or ordinary field stone, or if a coin is copper or gold. Unfortunately, the Recipient also suffers a -3 Penalty on Saves against pain.

Enhanced Vision:

• Affects 1 touched recipient
• Lasts 1 hour
• The Recipient can see in daylight with an ability similar to an eagle. The Recipient is able to distinguish detail and recognize faces at a range of 1 mile in clear conditions. They also receive a +3 Bonus when attacking with artillery weapons. Unfortunately, the Recipient also suffers a -3 Penalty on Saves against blindness or shock from bright light.

Feather Fall:

• One Nearby man-sized Recipient (or equivalent size and weight) per Level, including User
• From fall until landing
• The Recipients fall slowly and softly, taking no damage upon impact. Feather Fall can be activated in a mere moment to order to quickly save falling Recipients. If Feather Fall is used on an object about to fall on a potential victim, the would-be victim will have the opportunity to move out of the object's path. The effect doesn't change the actual weight of an object, so a heavy weight affected by Feather Fall will still crush victims who cannot get out from underneath it.

Ghost Lights:

• Users visual range
• Lasts 1 hour
• The User can create either 1 – 4 floating balls of light equal in illumination to torches, or one
  glowing humanoid shape. The User can move the Ghost Lights as desired, but they must stay Nearby each other at all times. The lights can move up to 100 feet per round. A light fades away out if it moves out of the User's visual range.

Ghost Sounds:

• Affects Nearby Area
• Lasts 1 hour
• The User creates phantom sounds equal in maximum volume to that of 4 people per User Level. The User can specify what sound they are creating, and how it seems to be moving through the environment. The User can program the sound to change in volume, or remain at a fixed intensity. The sound can be anything within the volume limit, but cannot replicate understandable speech (although indistinct speech or gibberish is possible). Once the User specifies what sound they are creating, they cannot change it.

Know Direction:

• Affects the User
• Instantaneous
• The User knows the precise direction of true North, and the direction they are currently facing. The knowledge is momentary, and does not prevent the User from getting lost again.

Light:

• Affects 1 touched object
• Lasts 1 hour
• Either a touched object, or the air itself, sheds light that brightly illuminates the Nearby Area. If used on an object the object can be moved, and will shed Light wherever it is taken.

Mending:

• Affects 1 nearby object weighing up to 10lbs
• Instantaneous
• The User repairs damage to a small mundane item. A metal item (such as a chain or blade) will only have one break restored by the effect, but a wooden, glass, or ceramic item could be completely shattered and still be be repaired. Holes in cloth or leather are completely sealed as if they never existed.

Nightvision:

• Affects 1 Recipient
• Lasts until dawn
• The User can see in conditions of very low light with an ability equal to a cat. Shapes and contours are
  clearly apparent, but colors are barely distinguishable. Nightvision does not work in condition of total darkness (such as might be found underground), but can be used with as little light as a candle, or just the shining stars.

Open/Close:

• Affects one portal, or one item weighing up to 30 lbs, within 25'
• Instantaneous
• The User opens or closes a container, box, bag, door, pouch, or other such item at a distance. The item must not be locked, barred, or secured in any way.

Purify Food and Drink:

• Affects 1 human meal's worth of food and drink per User Level
• Instantaneous
• Decayed, spoiled or contaminated food and drink become safe, wholesome and nutritious again. If not eaten the food and drink will degrade again at the normal rate.

Whispered Message:

• Affects 1 visible Recipient per User Level, plus User
• Lasts 1 hour
• The User can have a whispered conversation with one or more desired Recipients at a far distance. The effect can cut through ambient noise, allowing a User to initiate a conversation with a desired paramour on the other side of a crowded ballroom, for example. The Recipient of a Whispered Message can likewise whisper and be heard by the User. The Recipient must be initially visible to the User, but can subsequently be anywhere. Whispered Message is blocked by thick surrounding walls without an opening, or a lead enclosure. The User (and replying Recipients) must actually move their lips and be whisper in order to use the Whispered Message effect.

Appendix 3 - Advancement Tables

𝔸dvancement 𝕋ables 𝔹y 𝔼chelon

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*Each advancement table listed below includes level, required experience points to be earned to gain that level, total amount of hit dice for that level, and total damage bonus per level. Please note that if it is listed 1d6 for level 1 and 2d6 for level 2: that means at character generation it is a 1d6 roll, when the character levels they get 1 additional roll of 1d6. Example - level 1: roll 1d6, results in a 3 - level 2: roll 1d6, results in a 1 - total max hp at level 2 is 4. Same goes for damage bonus and experience needed, it is the total for that level.

Outlaw

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d8 2d8 3d8 4d8 5d8 6d8 7d8 8d8 9d8 10d8	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10

Tomb Raider

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 12 18 24 30 36 40 46 52 58	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d6 2d6 3d6 4d6 5d6 6d6 7d6 8d6 9d6 10d6	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5

Bohemian

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 14 20 26 32 38 44 50 56 62	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d6 2d6 3d6 4d6 5d6 6d6 7d6 8d6 9d6 10d6	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5

Rake

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58 64	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d6 2d6 3d6 4d6 5d6 6d6 7d6 8d6 9d6 10d6	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3

Professor Von Batty

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 10 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d4 2d4 3d4 4d4 5d4 6d4 7d4 8d4 9d4 10d4	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3

Purity

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 10 16 22 28 34 40 46 52 58	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d4 2d4 3d4 4d4 5d4 6d4 7d4 8d4 9d4 10d4	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3

Everyman/Everywoman

⊰Level⊱ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	⊰Experience⊱ 0 8 14 20 26 32 38 44 50 56	⊰Hit Dice⊱ 1d6 2d6 3d6 4d6 5d6 6d6 7d6 8d6 9d6 10d6	⊰Damage Bonus⊱ None +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3

Appendix 4 - Perversity Scale

𝔼xamples 𝕆f ℙerversity

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Now, giving a general 1 is innocent and 20 is evil isn't always the best way to describe how Perversity effects a person. Below you will find some examples of people from history and what their Perversity Score would have been in this RP. This should give you a more viable grasp of what the score can mean for your character. If you are not familiar with the names listed, a quick google search should give you the information you need.

Perversity Score: Example
0: Angelic innocence
1: Saint Francis of Assisi
2: Joan of Arc
3: Socrates
4: Cyrus the Great
5: Marcus Aurelius
6: Abraham Lincoln
7: George Washington
8: Cato the Elder
9: Normal Human Perversity
10: Mary Shelley
11: Benjamin Franklin
12: Percy Bysshe Shelley
13: Casanova, Lady Emma Hamilton
14: Julie d'Aubigny, John Wilmot, Cagliostro, Lord Byron, Sir Francis Dashwood
15: Cleopatra, Valeria Messalina
16: Ivan the Terrible, Lucrezia Borgia
17: Roderic Borgia (Pope Alexander VI)
18: Marquis De Sade
19: Vlad Tepes
20: Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Caligula
21+: Infernal Perversity

Appendix 5 - Transportation

Travel Specifics

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As with most Rps, you will need to travel. Traveling can be a bit of an issue a lot of the time so here we have a simple break down of what traveling would cost a person and how long it would take to cover certain distances. This will be used as a base through out the series.

Travel Times:

• Carriages & Carts:
  • 5 miles per hour.
  • Average rate of travel will be 30 miles a day, but 60 miles can be done on a good road with a change of horses
• Foot Travel:
  • 1 mph off-road
  • 1.5 mph on bad roads
  • 3 mph on good roads
  • Total distance for a full day's travel (including rests and stops to take care of bodily functions) will average:
    • 5 miles over rough terrain
    • 10 miles on bad roads
    • 20 miles on good roads.
• Horseback:
  • 4 mph
  • A ridden horse travels an average of 30 miles per day.
• Watercraft:
  • Sailing craft average 120 miles a day

Please note that this is base travel times. If you are pushing, the rate of travel will increase but the amount of time you can hold it will diminish drastically. Abilities and skills are also taken into account for specific situations and will be handled on a need to deal with basis.

Travel Costs:
Carriage, In Town: 18§ per hour
Carriage, Between Towns: 120§ per day
Ferry: 3 – 12§ to cross a river or pond
Sail, Common Passage: 200§ per week
Sail, Comfortable Passage: 1,000§ per week
Sedan Chair: 5 – 7§ per mile, or 12§ an hour
Stage Coach: 3§ per mile

Appendix 6 - Header

ℍeader ℂoding & ℝules

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๑۩↛ℝemember↚۩๑

• The header is to be used at the top of all of your IC posts
• Change out the color code to the one chosen for your character.
• Currently in the section where it says character name you MUST use the alias that Lady A has assigned you. Do NOT use your characters real name!
• You must to update the location of your character for every post.
• You must list out all Special Abilities and Skills your character has received rolls for.
  • If no rolls were made, this means you are not using any skills. Place N/A in the space.
• List out your current Hit Points.
  • You will subtract from this as you take damage.
  • You will add to this up to max as you heal.
  • Lady A will inform you when you take damage/heal and how much.
• You may NOT add images into the header! (No links for images either.)
• You may NOT alter the anyway other than what is listed above!
• Posts with incorrect headers are considered incomplete. You will have to request to edit and edits must be in BEFORE your previous counter is up.
  • Do NOT edit without getting Lady A's permission first!

Header Code

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[color=rosybrown][i][b]Location:[/b][/i][/color]
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Appendix 7 - Clue Sheet

𝕂eep 𝕋rack 𝕆f 𝕎hat 𝕐ou 𝕂now

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• This clue sheet is to help you keep track of what your character personally discovers as well as yourself.
  • It doesn't matter what YOU know, it matters what your character learns personally. Keeping track of what they learn will make it easier for you to back up your claims when you solve a case and keep metagaming to a minimal.
  • Use different colors to denote what you know and what your character knows.
• PM the Clue Sheet to yourself.
  • Don't post it publicly. Why would you want anyone to pick up on what you know?
• It is recommended you update this as you read new posts or get rolls.
  • It is easier to do it as you go along than to go back to get the information you need.
  • If you are in the Rp over the long haul, having notes from the year before can come in handy! (Just ask anyone that has been rping with me more than 6 months, shit from 3 years ago is still coming into play.)
• Clue sheets are NOT required but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
  • No, you don't have to use these but they are very handy. It seems like a lot of extra work but if you are in this to solve mysteries, to level faster, to get the upper hand these clue sheets are INVALUABLE.

Clue Sheet Code

[right][h3][b][i][color=rosybrown]𝔻ear 𝔻iary[/color][/i][/b][/h3][color=rosybrown]≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎[/color][/right]
[center][color=rosybrown][i][b]๑۩↛Clue Icons↚۩๑[/b][/i][/color][/center][center]║ [color=yellow]☯[/color] Red Herring ║ [color=orange]✿[/color] Seems Unlikely║ [color=cyan]❅[/color] Investigate Further ║ [color=pink]♡[/color] Seduced║
║ [color=ed145b]❦[/color] Cleared of Guilt ║ [color=limegreen]☣[/color] Main Suspect/Main Clue ║ [color=red]☢[/color] Probable/Most Likely ║ [color=gray]☠[/color] Guilty/Smoking Gun ║[/center]
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[center][color=rosybrown][i][b]๑۩↛Mystery Name↚۩๑[/b][/i][/color][/center]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Who:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Who was the victim or victims?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]What:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]What happened?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]When:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]When did it occur?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Where:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Where did it happen?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Why:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]What was the motive or reason behind the crime?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]How:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]How did it happen?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Suspects:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Who are you pointing the finger at?[list][*] Evidence~[/list][/list]
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[center][color=rosybrown][i][b]๑۩↛Mystery Name↚۩๑[/b][/i][/color][/center]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Who:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Who was the victim or victims?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]What:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]What happened?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]When:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]When did it occur?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Where:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Where did it happen?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Why:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]What was the motive or reason behind the crime?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]How:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]How did it happen?[/list]
[color=rosybrown][i][b]Suspects:[/b][/i][/color] [list][*]Who are you pointing the finger at?[list][*] Evidence~[/list][/list]
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Appendix 8 - Diseases

𝕎hat's ℙlaguing 𝕐ou?

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Everyone gets sick eventually, no matter what you do. In a time and place where common practices for cleanliness are not wide spread, where there is no extensive knowledge on how diseases spread, when medicine is mostly a hope and a prayer what started out as a cold can quickly turn into pneumonia and even death. Sexually transmitted diseases run rampant as there is hardly any protection and mostly people are more concerned with not getting pregnant than dying it seems. Food contamination can happen in the best of circumstances and in the tightly packed cities once one person becomes ill it can spread like wildfire.

Now, with most diseases, due to the medicine available there is not always a cure. Most of the time it is rest and luck if the body fights it off. Some things have no known cure. That doesn't mean there isn't one or one couldn't be developed but there is none right now. (Please, for the love of argument don't pull the sudden ~oh my character knows or can figure out penicillin or some other such cure~ I'm just gonna drop the nope card and move on.)

Below are a list of diseases the character could come across during the duration of the Illusory Liaisons Saga. These are not all of the diseases we may run across, so be aware more could come along. This is just a starter list. They are listed out by name and you will be given for each of them the following:

• Cause:
  • How did this happen?
• Incubation Period:
  • How long it is within the body with little to no symptoms before becoming contagious and progressing fully.
• Symptoms:
  • What happens to let you know your sick
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Your side effects from the disease
• Damage:
  • How much damage your character takes while ill. Note damage is always 1 time per day they are sick unless otherwise noted.
• Cure:
  • How to get better.

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๑۩↛𝕋he ℙlagues↚۩๑

Disease List

Black Blood (Sepsis):

• Cause:
  • Wound becomes infected
• Incubation Period:
  • 5-7 days
• Symptoms:
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Rapid Heart Rate
  • Redness/Swelling/Pain/Puss At Wound Site
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Delirious
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6
  • 1 Point Temporary Damage To ALL Abilities
• Cure:
  • Wound must be cleaned and drained as needed.
  • Save Vs. Constitution on diagnosis.
  • Successful Save: Will take 2x days to recover from initial infection to diagnosis.
  • If Save fails, may repeat the next day in RP.
  • Death when Hp or Constitution reaches 0.

Black Death (Plague):

• Cause:
  • Flea Bite from infected flea
• Incubation Period:
  • 2-5 Days
• Symptoms:
  • Black swellings in the groin, armpit, and/or neck
  • Gangrene of the extremities
  • High fever
  • Cramps
  • Chills
  • Vomiting, often bloody
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
  • Disfigurement
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point permanent loss of Constitution, Dexterity, and Charisma
• Cure:
  • Should be isolated from everyone.
  • Save Vs. Constitution on diagnosis.
  • Successful Save: Will take 1d4 days times days since infection to recover and no longer be contagious.
  • If Save fails may repeat the next day. Note: Each day that passes Constitution is reduced by 1.
  • Death when HP or Constitution reaches 0.

Blood Drowning (Tuberculosis):

• Cause:
  • Breathing in droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person.
• Incubation Period:
  • 1 to 100 weeks! (This means if you are infected at the beginning of the RP, it could take up to 2 year RP time for it to present itself!)
• Symptoms:
  • Severe Coughing (often with blood)
  • High Fever
  • Chills
  • Pallid Complexion
  • Loss of Appetite
  • Weight Loss
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Severe Fatigue
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point temporary reduction of Constitution
• Cure:
  • Character must make 3 Savings Throws in a row against Constitution.
  • If character makes all 3 saves at once, their body some how fought off the disease. If they only make 1, their constitution is not reduced that day but they still take 1d6 hp damage. If they only make one they still take 1 temporary deduction in Constitution but do not take 1d6 hp damage that day.
  • Repeat all 3 rolls the next day if any rolls fail.
  • Death occurs when HP or Constitution reaches 0.

Sponge Bloat (Edema):

• Cause:
  • Build up of fluids in the body.
• Incubation Period:
  • No incubation period.
• Symptoms:
  • Swelling
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Swelling in specific part of the body
• Damage:
  • 1 point temporary reduction in Dexterity & Charisma. (This is a 1 time only reduction but the deduction remains until cured.)
• Cure:
  • Rest and Elevation.
  • Save Vs Constitution.
  • If save is made, recovers in 1d4 days.
  • If save fails, you take no damage but retain the temporary dexterity and charisma reduction.
  • If save fails may roll again the next day.

The Black Shits (Dysentery):

• Cause:
  • Consumption of food or drink infected by contact with feces
• Incubation Period:
  • 1-6 Days
• Symptoms:
  • Severe diarrhea, often bloody
  • Dehydration
  • Stomach Pain
  • High Fever
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Delirious
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1 point temporary reduction in strength, dexterity, and constitution.
• Cure:
  • Save vs Constitution
  • If save is made character will recover in days equal to illness since onset of symptoms.
  • If Save fails may roll again the next day.
  • Death occurs when Constitution reaches 0.

Chefs Revenge (Food Poisoning):

• Cause:
  • Improperly prepared or stored food.
• Incubation Period:
  • 1 Hour - 6 days
• Symptoms:
  • Severe diarrhea
  • Stomach Pain
  • High Fever
  • Dehydration
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1 point temporary reduction in strength, dexterity, and constitution.
• Cure:
  • Save vs Constitution
  • If save is made character will recover in days equal to illness since onset of symptoms.
  • If Save fails may roll again the next day.
  • Death occurs when Constitution reaches 0.

Twilight Drip (Gonorrhea):

• Cause:
  • Sexual contact with an infected person
• Incubation Period:
  • 1-12 Days
• Symptoms:
  • Burning during urination
  • Genital Discharge
  • Pain in pelvic region.
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point temporary reduction in dexterity and constitution.
• Cure:
  • Save Vs Constitution
  • If Save succeeds will fully recover in 1d6 + 12 days as long as they are not sexually active with anyone, anything or themselves. If they continue to partake in the sins of the flesh they won't start to recover HP or Basic Abilities until they stop.
  • Sexual activity during this time will also constitute an additional 1d4 damage.
  • If save fails, may reroll the next day.
  • Death occurs when constitution or HP reaches 0.

Rheum (Influenza):

• Cause:
  • Breathing in droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person.
• Incubation Period:
  • 1-2 Days
• Symptoms:
  • High Fever
  • Chills
  • Runny Nose
  • Sneezing
  • Coughing
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Malaise
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • Temporary 1 point reduction in strength, dexterity, constitution, and intelligence.
• Cure:
  • Save vs Consitution
  • If Save is successful, will recover in 1d6 weeks as long as bed rest is maintained.
  • If save fails, may reroll the next day.
  • Death occurs when Hp or Constitution reaches 0.

Mad Froth (Rabies - Early Stage):

• Cause:
  • The bite of an infected animal (or person)
• Incubation Period:
  • 2-12 Weeks
• Symptoms:
  • Malaise
  • Melancholy
  • Headache
  • Drooling
  • Aversion to drinking fluids
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
  • Easily susceptible to other diseases
• Damage:
  • 1 point permanent Constitution damage
  • 1 point temporary reduction in dexterity, intelligence, and wisdom
  • 1d6 damage
• Cure:
  • There is no cure.
  • May Save vs Constitution to stave off temporary ability reductions
  • May Save vs. Constitution to stave off 1d6 Hp Damage.
  • Constitution is reduced daily no matter what.

Mad Froth (Rabies - Late Stage):

• Cause:
  • Early Stage Mad Froth
• Incubation Period:
  • Occurs 1-4 days after incubation period of Early Stage Made Froth is over.
• Symptoms:
  • Insanity
  • Extreme Aggression
  • Foaming At The Mouth
  • Muscular Spasms
  • Aversion to drinking fluids.
  • Dehydration
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Manic
  • Paranoid
  • Aggression
  • Delirious
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point permanent reduction in All Basic Abilities
• Cure:
  • There is no cure, there is no save.
  • Death occurs when Hp or Constitution reaches 0.
  • A bullet to the head is kinder.

Rot (Leprosy):

• Cause:
  • Close and prolonged bodily contact with an infected person
• Incubation Period:
  • 1-6 years
• Symptoms:
  • Runny nose
  • Numbness in extremities
  • Lesions
  • Loss of skin pigmentation
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Weak
  • Disfigured
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
• Cure:
  • There is no cure.
  • Death occurs when HP reaches 0.

Ague (Malaria):

• Cause:
  • The bite of an infected mosquito
• Incubation Period:
  • 6 – 24 days
• Symptoms:
  • Alternating periods of chills and sweating
  • High Fever
  • Muscular Pain
  • Headache
  • Coughing
  • Nausea
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point temporary deduction of all abilities
• Cure:
  • Ague is an incurable disease.
  • Chronic condition
  • Save vs Constitution to send it into dormancy.
  • Successful save and the disease goes dormant for 2d12 months.
  • Failed roll may be rerolled the next day in Rp.
  • Death occurs when HP reaches 0.

Pirates Punishment (Scurvy):

• Cause:
  • Not consuming any fresh fruits or vegetables.
• Incubation Period:
  • Not contagious: begins 1 months without any fresh fruit or vegetables.
• Symptoms:
  • Malaise
  • Fatigue
  • Pallor
  • Pain in bones and muscles
  • Skin lesions
  • Bleeding gums
  • Hypersensitivity of the senses
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Weak
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
• Cure:
  • Eating fresh fruit or vegetables.
  • No savings throw.
  • Death occurs when HP reaches 0.

Variola (Smallpox):

• Cause:
  • Breathing in droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person, skin to skin contact, or contact with infected bedding or blankets.
• Incubation Period:
  • 10-15 Days
• Symptoms:
  • High Fever
  • Chills
  • Weakness
  • Malaise
  • Coughing
  • Running Nose
  • Blisters and Rash over entire body
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Weak
  • Disfigurement (Permanent)
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1 point temporary reductions Charisma, Dexterity, and Constitution
  • 1d6 Damage
• Cure:
  • 2 Successful Save Vs Constitution rolls in one day
  • Successful Save and character will recover in 1d6 weeks.
  • Single or double failure and you may reroll the next day.
  • Single success grants nothing.
  • Disfigurement is permanent even after cure.
  • Death occurs when Constitution or HP reach 0.

Lava Rocks (Kidney/Bladder Stones):

• Cause:
  • Dissolved minerals crystallized in the urine.
• Incubation Period:
  • Not contagious
• Symptoms:
  • Severe Pain
  • Bloody Urine
  • Nausea
  • Chills
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • In Pain
• Damage:
  • 1d6 Damage
  • 1 point temporary deduction in dexterity
• Cure:
  • Pass the stone
  • Save vs Constitution to pass stone
  • Successful roll means stone passes and character will recover in 1d3 days.
  • Character will endure 1d6 more damage passing the stone.
  • Failed save may be rerolled the next day.
  • Death occurs when HP reaches 0.

Lust Swarm (Syphilis Stage One):

• Cause:
  • Sexual Contact with an infected person.
• Incubation Period:
  • 3 - 90 Days
• Symptoms:
  • Painless open sore usually around the mouth or genitals.
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • None
• Damage:
  • 1 point permanent reduction in Constitution (one time only)
  • 1 point increase to Perversity (one time only)
• Cure:
  • Character gets 1 and only 1 Savings Throw Vs Constitution.
  • If successful, patient is cured!
  • Failed save means Swarm progresses to stage 2 in 4d3 Weeks.

Lust Swarm (Syphilis Stage Two):

• Cause:
  • Lust Swarm Stage One
• Incubation Period:
  • 4 - 12 weeks
• Symptoms:
  • Body rash, especially on the palms and soles of the feet.
  • Wart-like lesions.
  • High Fever
  • Malaise
  • Sore Throat
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Disfigure (possible)
  • Sick
• Damage:
  • 1 point permanent reduction in Charisma, Intelligence, and Constitution (One time only)
  • 1d6 points increase in Perversity (one time only)
  • 1d6 Damage
• Cure:
  • Cannot be cured at this point
  • Second Stage Swarm will go dormant in 3d2 Weeks even if all Savings Throws fail.
  • Save Vs Constitution to send Swarm into immediate dormancy
  • Roll 1d20 to know how many years it will go dormant
  • Death occurs if HP reaches 0.

Lust Swarm (Syphilis Stage Three):

• Cause:
  • Lust Storm Stage 2
• Incubation Period:
  • 1 - 20 Years
• Symptoms:
  • Large, disfiguring swellings on the face and body.
  • Loss of Nose
  • Insanity
  • Shooting Pains
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Demented
  • Disfigured
  • Sick
  • Weak
  • Clumsy
• Damage:
  • 1d6 point increase to Perversity (one time)
• Cure:
  • At the end of the dormancy period the character as a 1 shot Save Vs Constitution to see if the disease comes our of dormancy or develops into Stage 3.
  • If the roll succeeds, makes another 1d20 roll to see how many more years it will remain dormant.
  • If the roll fails, it progresses into stage 3.
  • Death occurs when HP reaches 0.

Enteric Fever (Typhoid):

• Cause:
  • Consumption of food or drink infected by contact with feces.
• Incubation Period:
  • 1 - 3 weeks
• Symptoms:
  • Week 1
    • High Fever
    • Weakness
    • Cough
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Week 2
    • Rash
    • High Fever
    • Weakness
    • Cough
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Severe diarrhea or constipation
    • Distended Abdomen
  • Week 3
    • High Fever
    • Cough
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Severe diarrhea or constipation
    • Distended Abdomen
    • Delirious
    • Incapacitated
• Imposed Afflictions:
  • Sick
  • Delirious (By week 3)
• Damage:
  • 1d6 damage
  • 1 point temporary reduction in Strength
  • 1 point temporary reduction in Dexterity
  • 1 point temporary reduction in Constitution
• Cure:
  • Must save separately against Damage, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution daily.
  • Successful save against any of them you do not suffer that specific type of reduction that day.
  • Must save against all 4 at once to be cured.
  • 4 Successful saves in 1 day and player recovers in 1d20 weeks.
  • Death occurs when Constitution or HP reaches 0.

Appendix 9 - Medicine

𝕎hat's 𝕌p 𝔻oc?

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The doctor is in! And that could be a bad thing. You see, right now what you would consider modern medicine is barely in its infancy. Sure we know people have organs, we see them when a body is cut open. What is within those organs, what makes us sick, what cures us, that is really still up in the air. Knowledge is very limited. The Medical field is still learning! Frankly, it's a joke. Quackery is the rule of the day. Be prepared.

You see, apparently everyone is composed of the four elements: Earth (Your flesh, tissues, and organs), Air (What you breath in), Sea (Any liquids in your body), And Fire (Your life's essence, your soul). When one becomes ill right now, it is believed that it is because your Elements are out of balance. If one becomes well, your elements were rebalanced. If you die, the scale got tipped too far in one direction. Yeah, like I said, we are just out of the dark ages...

God help you if you get sick. Blood letting, leeches, cupping are all common practices right now. If you have surgery you are going to find out exactly what it means to bite the bullet because baby you aren't getting sedated and anesthesia might as well be euthanasia. Gotta see the dentist? It's like visiting a traveling carnival of torture. Most medicines are either herbal concoctions or toxic materials: both can have you pushing up daisies. Prolonged illnesses are common, confining one to a bed for weeks or months at a time. Shit and seeing a doctor can only make things worse. So word of warning - If you get sick, stay away from the doctor!

What's worse than being physically ill? Being mentally ill! Chances are high they will just place you in a Mad Mans Coat, toss you into a filthy stone room and toss food to you through the bars. And that is if you are lucky and don't become an experiment for some Dr. Von Batty who thinks beating, burning, and torturing will make you snap back into your senses. And of course, they will charge people just to see you fall further down the rabbit hole.

*Hypodermic needles have NOT been invented yet. So when something is listed as ~injected~ it means that an animal bladder is being used as your ~syringe~ and a goose quill is your ~needle~ - using a similar principle of an quill and inkwell.

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๑۩↛𝔽irst 𝔸ide↚۩๑

Where's a Boy Scout When You Need One?

First aide is nothing like you would think. In fact it can do more harm than good. Remember medical practices are a joke. Granted there are a few common sense practices in play. People with a medical or healing background would know to stop bleeding if you can. That if something is ripped they might want to try to sew it back together. Things of this nature. Midwives, lower class women who have children, or had to raise others, and the like would have a general knowledge. Your average person would not.

Remember you can attempt but it isn't always wise. Take notes of the following:

• To perform first aide the person must have bandages, sewing needles and thread, pitch, or some other means available to stop bleeding or help with trauma.
• Severely wounded people can only be helped the smallest amount with first aide.
• When you try first aide you must pass a dexterity check. If you succeed they get 1 HP back, if you fail they lose 1 HP!
• A character can only be helped once by First Aide, they can be injured by it multiple times!

๑۩↛ℂhildbirth↚۩๑

Do you REALLY want kids?

Honestly, I really hope that no one turns up pregnant in this RP. Pregnancy in an Rp is tedious at best, I know personally. In this setting it is a fucking nightmare! So I am going to set it out there that unless you want to become pregnant you aren't going to get pregnant. Even if you want it, I will roll to see if you get knocked up. God I hope you fail the roll because seriously I don't even want to deal with it. Having said that, I am making sure this section is in place because someone, somewhere, at sometime will probably end up that way so just getting the information needed part out of the way so I don't have to later.

Childbirth in this RP is a life endangering ordeal and the infancy mortality rate is extremely high. Low income families are SMALL. An alive woman that can work is more valuable than a dead mother and a potentially dead baby. And if a doctor attends the birth you can pretty much write off mommy dearest. But if you become pregnant, and you carry to term, and you go into labor... This is what you are going to have to deal with:

• Labor will last 1d20 hours.
  • You must Save Vs Constitution every hour of labor.
  • If you fail you will take 1d3 damage per hour of labor.
• Once labor is over, childbirth itself will last 1d12 hours.
  • You must Save Vs Constitution every hour of childbirth.
  • If you fail you will take 1d6 damage.
• Midwives have herbal meds that can heal 1 point of damage, one time, thus saving a woman that would have died.
• Male doctors will be repulsed by such herbal meds and refuse to use them. So if you are a male and a doctor, that means NO!
• Male doctors will refuse to wash their hands for birth.
• If a Cesarean is needed this is surgery.
  • You will take 2d6 damage from the surgery.
  • There is a 1 in 5 chance you will bleed out.
  • There is a 1 in 5 chance you will develop blood rot if you survive.
• Even if everything goes smoothly, there is a 50% chance of infant mortality between the time of birth and the end of the first 24 hours.
• There is another 25% chance the infant will die before their first birthday.

๑۩↛𝔻iseases↚۩๑

Ewww Cooties!

Diseases happen, a lot in this world. Lack of real knowledge on how to prevent diseases makes the smallest of maladies spread like wildfire. Lack of Hygiene plays heavily on this. Most people can't bathe regularly, at best a hand and face washing in the morning or evening meal. Even those with money don't usually bathe daily. Clean water sources are usually contaminated on some level so bathing is a luxury that even the rich might partake once a week in. Washing your clothing? Yeah, not happening. Maybe once a month! So if you are exposed, there is a decent chance you will come down with the malady. Even if you don't there is a chance you will spread it to others just because of associated contact.

Some diseases are not contagious but are still horrible. Either way, they are not fun. If you are exposed to a disease or a situation that can cause disease you must Save Vs Constitution to keep from becoming ill. What happens if you do? Most diseases will put you in bed rest for weeks or even months at a time. Might want to call the doctor! No, seriously, that was a joke. Don't. Each disease is different and affects each person differently. There will be symptoms, affliction, damage, and even death from a disease. Refer to Appendix 8 - Diseases for details.

๑۩↛ℂreating 𝕄edicine↚۩๑

What I would give for some Nyquil!

You thought doctors were a joke? Medicine is even worse. They are either natural herbs, toxic, or completely and utterly worthless. People will peddle anything to make a coin and those who are sick are about willing to buy and try anything, especially if there is a good story behind it.

• Characters with a medical, herbal, or even alchemical training can attempt to create a medicine.
  • Must make an intelligence check to be able to make a medication.
  • If successful it is assumed that the character has what is needed either on hand or close by.
    • They won't always and it will be subjected to GM discretion.
  • If the roll fails, you may not be informed and only think you can.
    • Failed rolls that you are not informed of, you will still create something.
    • The failed medicine will cause a minimal of 1d3 damage of harm to the patient.
    • It could kill them out right
• Medicines can heal.
  • Could heal up to 1d6 Hp.
  • Could Grant another Save Vs Constitution to stop the disease.
  • You must state what kind of medicine you are trying to create.
• Every medicine will have some sort of side effect.
  • If the medicine is not already listed in Appendix 10 - The Apothocary, the GM will decide.

๑۩↛𝕄ercury↚۩๑

The cure is worse than the disease!

Now while most medicines are covered above and in Appendix 10, Mercury gets special recognition. It is a favorite among physicians. It can be prescribed for nearly anything, and especially against venereal diseases. It can be ingested, rubbed on as a salve, or even injected into wounds. It is moderately effective but only because it is a very powerful toxin. Yes, it could kill the infection but it can potentially kill the patient. In fact it will eventually if you aren't careful. (Granted most medicines will if over used but this one is particularly nasty.) Mercuries toxicity is suspected to a small degree but even those that suspect it will wrongly assume that it's toxicity is far less than it is and that it is more than worth the chance. (Most of the time it isn't.)

• Damage Caused By Mercury (Per Dose!):
  1 point PERMANENT decrease in ALL Basic Abilities. (This means all your basic ability stats drop by 1, and that your max drop by 1 as well across the board.)
  • Inflicts 1 point of HP Damage.
  • Perversity increases by 1.
• Patient receives 1 additional Save Vs Constitution to cure the disease.
• It has NO effect on noncontagious diseases or disorders, Mad Froth, or Rot.
• Side Effects:
  • Disorientation, Melancholy, Clumsiness, and Profuse Salivation! (All of these at once!)
  • Teeth will eventually turn black and then fall out, along with the characters hair.

๑۩↛𝔹leeding↚۩๑

You want to do what?!?!

You know how I mentioned that doctors believe that the reason people get sick is because their elements are unbalanced? Yeah, well what do you do when you overfill your cup? You pour it out. That is about the same amount of logic doctors are using when it comes to bleeding. If your elements are unbalanced they figure if they drain part of the problem it will rebalance your system. They could use leeches, just cut you open, or even some other more twisted means to remove your blood. FUN!

• One pint of medically controlled Bleeding removed 1 pint of blood every 15 minutes.
• For every pint of blood lost past the first results in a 1/3 reduction in current HP.
  • And a 2 point temporary reduction in constitution
• Bleeding does NOTHING to cure ANYTHING!
  • It usually just makes matters worse.
  • This is usually a doctors first course of action in a medical situation. There is only a 1 in 20 chance they won't.

๑۩↛𝔸ddiction↚۩๑

All the kids are doing it.

Addiction happens and it is a disease in it's own right. The thing is, some things you can become addicted to can have both a positive and a negative effect. It is why it gets its own section here instead of just being listed with diseases. Anytime a character partakes in an addictive substance there is a chance they will form a dependency on it. How addictive a substance is listed with that particular substance in Appendix 15 - The Apothecary.

When a character becomes addicted to a substance they will eventually build up a tolerance for it. That means they won't be getting as many of the negative effects of the drug but they also won't be getting the positive ones either. That is unless they up the dosage. So effects and overdose amounts are on a sliding scale. It takes far less for a first time or casual user to over dose than an addict. As a general rule of thumb a character can take a single dose of an addictive substance for days equal to their constitution before needing to up the dose to get the same results. Certain drugs this happens much quicker.

Now, if an addict can't get their fix, they start to go through withdrawal. This gives you the Affliction ~Sick~ and imposes the same penalties as if they had a disease. If this happens they must Save Vs Constitution or suffer each day. If they make the roll they stop withdrawing and break their addiction. Now this is just for mild withdrawal. Severe comes with not only the Affliction Sick but also imposes 1 point reduction in HP and 1 point temporary reduction in Constitution until they kick the habit, get another fix, or die.

๑۩↛𝕊urgery↚۩๑

I'd trust the butcher more.

If you have gotten to this point, I suggest that you go write up a new character if you haven't already. Surgery at this point is less evolved than a 5th grader dissecting a frog. Actually, thinking on it you'd rather have that kid most likely. Chances are they know more about modern medicine than your surgeon does.

What can you expect from surgery? Probably nothing good and it is only performed in the most extreme situations: like needing to cut off a limb or emergency C-section. Examples of common occurrences in surgery include but are not limited to:

• Bleeding out.
• 1d6 damage per 15 minutes.
• Missed bleeders.
• Infections setting in.
• Getting a disease your doctor is currently unaware they have.
• Going into shock.
• Heart attack induced by pain.
• Death
  • Now if you happen to survive, a surgeon can administer first aide. Hope they don't fuck that roll.

Appendix 10 - Goods/Services/Possessions

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!

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What we have below are a list of various goods, services, entertainments, weapons, and more that can be found within the Illusory Liaisons Series. Please note, this is not everything. Not even going to try to list all that out. This is just a general list to give you an idea of various things, prices are approximate, and of course can be haggled if one is skilled or charismatic enough.

Now certain things, it doesn't matter how much money you have, you just cannot have it if you are the wrong class or even the wrong family. Superstitions are strong, family feuds are stronger. So be aware that at anytime you may be told that your character just can't have it and a reason might not be provided. (Insert a no spoilers clause here if you get the drift.) - Don't worry, everything will be fair as far as game mechanics go.

Also note that due to circumstances most things are not new, they are old, worn out - even for the rich. Larger homes and buildings are all from before the storms. So take this into consideration, even many of the richer fabrics are old and worn or frayed.

All items are listed per Sera, the games currency, represented by a § symbol.

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๑۩↛𝔸rts & Entertainments↚۩๑

Things to Do

Claude Glass (black mirror for appreciating landscapes): 12§
Fan, Lady's: 12 - 250§
Locket, Gold: 1,000§
Pocket-watch: 500§
Portrait: 1,000§+
Ring, Gold: 750§
Ring, Jeweled: 2,000§+
Ring, Silver: 60§
Shade (Silhouette) Portrait: 30§
Snuffbox, Decorated: 500§+
Sculpture, Marble Bust: 5,000§+
Animal Fight (Cockfight, Bear Baiting,etc.): 6§ entry, plus bets
Art Show Admission: 12§
Ballet Tickets: 20-60§
Lending Library Subscription: 300§ a year
Mechanical Art Show: 36§
Opera Tickets: 30-96§
Theater Tickets: 20-60§
Prostitute, Common Streetwalker (per act): 12 – 100§
Prostitute, Brothel (per night): 250-1,500§+
Prostitute's Guidebook (Names, locations, and specialties): 30§ a copy
Zoological Gardens Admission: §

๑۩↛ℂlothing & 𝔽abric↚۩๑

Things To Wear

Lower Class Outfit: 200-300§
Middle Class Outfit: 1,000-5,000§
Upper Class Man's Outfit: 5000p-8,000§
Cotton, Chintz, 1 Yard: 60§
Cotton, Plain 1 Yard: 56§
Damask, 1 Yard: 132§
Lace, Cheap, 1 Yard: 2§
Linen, 1 Yard: 40§
Muslin, 1 Yard: 35§
Satin, 1 Yard: 56§
Silk Brocade, 1 Yard: 850§
Silk, Figured, 1 Yard: 250§
Taffeta, 1 Yard: 96§
Wool, 1 Yard: 50§
Velvet, 1 Yard: 200§
Fancy Trimmings For One Gown (Lace, Ribbons, etc.): 500§+

* Please note it will take between 15 & 30 yards of fabric for a 1 gown for a lady. About 5 yards are used for a mans coat and 2 for trousers and vest. It will take at least a week to sew a mans outfit and up to three months to create a single womans gown.

Bedgown: 125-500§
Breeches: 45-350§
Chemise: 180-750§
Cloak, Cheap: 50§
Dress: 250§+
Gown: 80-5,500§+
Hairpiece, Woman's: 100§+
Hat, Man's: 250§+
Jacket: 150-1,000§+
Masquerade Ball Costume: 2,000§+
Petticoat: 50-3,000§+
Shirt, Cotton: 85§
Shoes: 65-200§+
Stays: 70§
Stockings: 35–200§
Trousers: 350§
Undergarments Man's: 50-90§
Waistcoat, Extravagant: 3,500§
Wig, Man's: 125 – 250§
Wig, Woman's: 200§+

๑۩↛𝔽ood & 𝔻rink↚۩๑

Things to Consume

Remember, the water sucks. It is unsafe at best and just down right sludge at worst. It is common to find garbage and human waste in local water sources. Because of this everyone, including children, drink weak wine, hard cider, or beer all day as their basic liquid intake.

Also, since Dentistry is a joke... most people's teeth are rotten by the time they are 30, so much food is boiled or reduced to a paste.

Lower Class Meal: 3§
Middle Class Meal: 10-20§
Upper Class Meal: 50§+
Tavern or Steakhouse Meal: 20§
Bacon: 3§ pound
Beef: 4§ a pound
Beer: 3-5§ a quart
Brandy: 100§+ a bottle
Bread: 5-12§
Butter: 9§ a pound
Champagne: 90§+ a bottle
Cheese: 6-12p§a pound
Chocolate: 50§ a pound
Chicken, Whole: 20§
Cocoa: 50§ a pound
Coffee Beans: 100§ a pound
Fish, Whole Fresh: 2§
Flour: 3§ a pound
Fruits: 30§ a pound
Pastry: 6§
Pig, Whole: 30§
Rabbit: 9§
Rum: 200§ a gallon
Salt Pork: 3§ a pound
Sugar: 7§ a pound
Tea: 50-200§ a pound
Wine: 20-60§ a bottle
Whiskey: 100§ a bottle

๑۩↛𝔸nimals↚۩๑

Living Things

Chicken: 30§
Cock, Fighting: 50§+
Cow: 2,000§
Dog, Trained: 100§+
Dog, Lap: 240§+
Horse, Draft: 2,000§
Horse, Carriage or Riding (fine quality): 3,800§
Pig: 40§
Sheep: 40§
Songbird: 20§

๑۩↛𝕄iscellaneous ℙossessions↚۩๑

Other Things

Barometer: 250§
Book: 10-100§+
Candle: 2§
Clock: 250-500§+
Comb, Tortoiseshell: 9§
Dice: 4§
Chamber Pot: 12§
Lantern: 12§
Mirror, Hand: 6§
Newspaper: 1§
Oil Lamp: 20§
Shaving Razor: 5§
Soap (per piece): 1§
Playing Cards: 10§
Telescope: 250§
Writing Quill (4): 1§

๑۩↛𝕎eapons↚۩๑

Things That Kill

Okay, guns are very pricey. They cost around 3-4 months salary of the average worker and most of them are living hand to mouth. So no, you aren't going to realistically have an arsenal. The average criminal is most likely to have a blade or a club. You just can't afford more and you'll have to convince me if you can. And even if you can afford one, they are illegal most of the time.

Arrows: 2§ each
Axe, Hand: 12§
Bayonet: 20§
Blunderbuss: 3,000§
Brass Knuckles: 12§
Bomb: 100§
Bow: 12§+
Bullwhip: 5§
Cannon, Light: 10,000§
Cat-O-Nine-Tails: 5§
Cutlass: 100§
Dagger: 20§
Grenade: 50§
Knife: 12§
Musket: 3,000§+
Pistol: 2,000§+
Pistols, Dueling: 10,000§+ a set (includes box and accessories)
Rifle: 4,000§+
Saber: 150§
Sword, Silvered: 1,000§+
Sap: 5§
Spear: 20§
Sword Cane: 300§
Black Powder & Wadding: 1§ per shot
Bullets: 1§ each

๑۩↛Property and Rentals↚۩๑

Places To Lay Your Head

Remember, unless you are Upper Class you don't own land or buildings - you rent from an Upper Class family or the bank.

Ancient Castle: 5,000,000§+
Inn Bed, Shared: 2§ a night
Inn Room, Private: 12§ a night
Rental, Country Hovel: 720§ a year
Rental, Farm (1 acre): 240§ a year
Rental, Middle Class Townhouse: 6,000§ a year
Rental, Squalid Urban Apartment: 18§ per week
Rental, Urban Mansion: 200,000p§+ year
Upper Class Urban House: 192,000§+
Manor Home: 12,000,000§+
Farmland (1 acre): 500§ a year
Land, Forest (1 acre): 25§ a year
Land, Swamp (1 acre): 20§ a year

๑۩↛Services↚۩๑

When things need to be done

Assassination: 240§+
Asylum (per person committed): 1,000§
Accounting: 30§ a day
Bloodletting: 3§
Carpentry: 15§ a day, plus materials
Chimney-sweeping: 4§ a chimney
Doctor’s Visit: 120-500§ (Remember most doctors are quacks.)
Fortuneteller (per fortune): 5§
General Labor: 12§ a day
Grave Digging: 12§ a grave
Hairdressing: 4§
Mail, Letter Delivered: 5§ per sheet
Mail, Parcel Delivered: 15§ per ounce
Modiste (Woman's High Fashion Designer): 100§ a visit
Nitpicking: 5§
Rat-Catching: 12§ a night
School: 500-3000§ per year
Shaving & Barbering: 4§
Surgery: 100§+ per surgery
Tailoring: 65§+ a day
Tutoring: 5,700§ a year
Washing Clothes: 5§ a basket

Appendix 11 - Capacities

ℍuman 𝕃imitations

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Everyone has their limits, even you. Now, these are just a few examples of human limits. Now granted this is not all of them but they should give you a good idea of how limits are figured out for this RP and what is taken into account.

Blood: You can lose one pint without ill effects. After that you temporarily lose 2 points Constitution and 1/3 current hp per additional pint lost. Hit 0 on either, it equals death. Average person has 8 pints of blood.

Carrying: Average person can lift max 50lbs plus 10 times Strength. So a person with a strength of 10 can lift and carry 150lbs. Anything more than half max and you suffer from the Encumbered Affliction.

Dragging: A person can drag a maximum weight equal to 20 times their Strength score. A quarter of that maximum weight can be dragged at full Speed, half of it at half max speed, three-quarters at one quarter max speed, and dragging the maximum weight reduces Speed to a trudge.

Hearing: Human beings can hear sounds between the range of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. A Wisdom Check can enable a person to hear their name spoken in a crowded room. The maximum range at which human speech could be understood is 600 feet.

Holding Breath: Can hold your breath for a max time of 10 times constitution score before blacking out.

Hunger: A person can survive without eating for a number of days equal the person's Constitution score plus 7. For every day past the first the character will suffer the Affliction “Fatigued”.

IQ: Is equal to Intelligence score times 10 and then add 10. (Example - INT: 10 - IQ: 110)

Jumping: A person can make a running jump equal in feet to their Dexterity score. They can make a standing jump equal in feet to one half their Dexterity.

Laboring: A person can exert themselves at hard labor for as many hours a day as their Constitution score. Exertion for longer than that inflicts the Affliction “Fatigued”, resulting in a -3 Penalty to all physical actions. Sleeping for at least 6 hours dispels Fatigue.

Lifting: A person can safely lift 20 times Strength score in pounds over their head. It is possible for a person to lift up to 60 times their strength score in extreme circumstances.

Pushing Wheeled Vehicle: A character can pull a cart weighing a maximum of 40 times their Strength score in pounds. A quarter of that maximum weight can be pulled at full Speed, half of it at half speed, three-quarters at quarter speed, and the pulling the maximum weight reduces speed to a trudge.

Pushing: A person can push a non-wheeled object equal to 10 times their Strength score in pounds. A quarter of that maximum weight can be pulled at full Speed, half of it at half speed, three-quarters at quarter speed, and the pulling the maximum weight reduces speed to a trudge.

Running: A person can run at full speed for 1 minute per point of Constitution, or at half full speed for as many hours as their Constitution score.

Staying Awake: A person can stay awake for hours equal to their Constitution + 8. The average person with a Constitution of 9 can thus stay safely awake for 17 hours. Staying awake longer than that inflicts the Affliction “Confused”, resulting in a -3 Penalty to all Ability Checks that require thought. For each full day that a character stays awake, they also suffer 1 point of HP damage.

Thirst: A person can survive without drinking water for a number of days equal to half their Constitution score. After the first 12 hours the character will suffer the Affliction “Fatigued”.

Walking: A person can walk or jog for as many hours a day as their Constitution score. The maximum rate that can be maintained is equal to the Speed score in miles per hour. Walking for longer than the maximum time inflicts the Affliction “Fatigued”, resulting in a -3 Penalty to all physical actions. Sleeping for at least 6 hours dispels Fatigue.

Appendix 12 - Weather And Storms

𝕄eteorology

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๑۩↛The Storms↚۩๑

The Storms define Rutas Mu. They have been there as long as any can remember and there is no sign they will be dying off anytime soon. They divide the world, where it could be faster if they were not there to travel east until you reach the east once again, one cannot. A ship has never entered the storms and come out again.

The storms are not just in the sky but fall all the way to the earth and the sea. Stretching from the heavens to the horizon with purple and green clouds, flashes of lightning going off constantly. Rain falls in sheets and the winds can capsize a boat getting even within a mile of the Storms edge. That is even if they can get that close on the sea. The waves are up to 70 feet and they curl and crash with the force of a bomb on a wooden ship, shattering it and sending it to the deep as it is swallowed. On land the scars in the mountains clearly show where the strikes of lightning have hit, creating large ravines that can be seen from further off peaks miles away.

Why they are there the people are not sure but most believe that is just the way their world works and why they have no celestial bodies in the sky. All they have is a changing of light and a film of cloud above that is their heavens. What is above that, everything else. Perhaps one day technology will allow them to see beyond but for now, the heavens are beyond their reach, the sky in-fact does have its limits. A star? No one has ever seen.

๑۩↛The Seasons↚۩๑

Spring:

• Temperature: Ranges on average from 22F-59F (Lowest on record is 8F - Highest on record is 77F)
• Precipitation: Rains on average 3 inches per month. (Average Precipitation Days is 8 per month)
• Light: Light rises starting at 6 am. Full light at 10 am. Light begins to dwindle at 4 pm. Night light sets in fully at 8 pm.
• Details: Springs are mild with low winds and few storms. The humidity is runs high during the spring due to the amount of rain but the Spring shows are pleasant and soft on average.

Summer:

• Temperature: Ranges on average from 54F-79F (Lowest on record is 39F. Highest on record is 96F)
• Precipitation: Rains on average 1 inch per month. (Average Precipitation Days is 5 per month)
• Light: Light rises starting at 4 am. Full light at 6 am. Light begins to dwindle at 8 pm. Night light sets in fully at 10 pm.
• Details: While there isn't a lot of precipitation during the Summer there are plenty of storms. High winds come in and can knock over unsecured items. Lightning strikes become a daily thing and there is hardly a day that passes that in the afternoon something isn't struck, causing fires. The humidity is high and makes everything muggy and miserable during the Summer months.

Fall:

• Temperature: Ranges on average from 24F-54F (Lowest on record is 12F. Highest on record is 67F)
• Precipitation: Rains on average 5 inches per month. (Average Precipitations Days is 8 per month)
• Light: Light rises starting at 6 am. Full light at 10 am. Light begins to dwindle at 4 pm. Night light sets in fully at 8 pm.
• Details: Harvest season is wet and dreary. The storms have moved out but it is replaced with chilling rains and chilled humid air. It lingers and makes the field so muddy harvest is a chore at the best of times. Falls moves in quickly creating a drastic change but the worst everyone knows is to come.

Winter:

• Temperature: Ranges on average from 4F-36F (Lowest on record is -18F. Highest on record is 42F)
• Precipitation: Rains on average 9 inches per month. (Average Precipitations Days is 12 per month)
• Light: Light rises starting at 9 am. Full light at 11 am. Light begins to dwindle at 3 pm. Night light sets in fully at 5 pm.
• Details: Winters are a time to close the shutters and hunker down. Winter storms can come in out of no where and you can get snowed in for days at a time. Lightning, wind, hail. It just gets grayer and grayer and grayer. Though, those days when the clouds break, the snow stops, and the light is bright it is truly breath-taking.

Appendix 13 - Fashion

𝕎hat 𝕋o 𝕎ear

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Before we get into just what people in this RP wear, let's talk a little bit about how things are made. You see there are no sewing machines so EVERYTHING is sewn by hand. Even the most upper class know how to sew and will spend time mending or making their own under garments. It is just something everyone learns so unless you are creating something elaborate, it will be assumed that you know the basics and can mend or create basic day to day items. It is rare to find anything premade unless it is hose or cloaks or found second hand. Everything is custom made. It just has to be.

On top of that, remember that much of what is worn is created from older fabrics. Looms are hard to come by and creating new fabric is not something done often due to the technological and educational limitations of the population. Much of what is worn today is re-purposed from other items of clothing worn. People are careful with their clothing and even more so when they are taking apart an older item to reuse the material. Because there are frays and tears, because the world is made up of much they don't understand the original use of, because they have to find ways to use things for items they normally wouldn't you can find the oddest of items on clothing for ~fashion~ - from quill tips to gears can be used as an accessory. It has beginning steam punk fashion crossed with the decadence of say what you would picture the French wearing in the 1700's.

๑۩↛𝕌pper ℂlass↚۩๑

If you got it, flaunt it. Money that is. The clothing of the upper class is out there. Tons of colors, striking contrasts, elaborate items layered over the most luxurious of fabrics. Make up can be worn by either gender and they do anything they want with it to make themselves more stunning in appearance even if without it they are just homely. The contour is strong.

Wealthy men commonly wear breeches (with stockings), a shirt (often with ruffled sleeves), a waistcoat (often sleeveless), and a long coat (which may extend to the knees) over linen undergarments. Men will often wear wigs, powdered or otherwise, tricorn/top/round hats. Some wigs can reach two or three feet in height and in tons of colors! Or they may wear none at all, styling their hair long and dark or short and slick. Foot wear can be anything from knee high riding boots to low healed shoes with intricate buckles.

The women are even more out there. More fabric, more details, higher wigs, taller hats, platform shoes, striking heels. Skirts an be long or short, so full it makes it hard to get through a door or so narrow it leaves little to the imagination of what her figure looks like beneath it. It can take an Upper Class woman two hours just to dress with the aide of several maids. (An Upper Class woman NEVER dresses herself no matter how simple the attire. It just isn't done.)

Examples include but are not limited to:

Upper Class Fashion

๑۩↛𝕄iddle ℂlass↚۩๑

Hovering somewhere between Lower and Upper, the Middle Class have a wider variety of options of what they wear. The more they have the more they try to look like the Upper Class. A lot of the time they will take second hand items from the Upper Class and just remove some of the adornments and refit it for them. Or they will wear as is. While the Upper Class are dressed to the nines no matter what, the Middle Class will change clothing depending on what they are doing. While they have funds to get ahold of a lot of fine items they cannot afford the upkeep if something happens to it.

Examples include but are not limited to:

Middle Class Fashion

๑۩↛𝕃ower ℂlass↚۩๑

When you are living hand to mouth you take what you can get. Now, that doesn't mean you don't try but finding something to were can be difficult. Theft is a huge way the lower class are able to cloth themselves. And clothing they have to buy or make for themselves has to be plain. Much of the time it is dirty and worn out even more than the upper and middle class, of course it is. If you are lucky enough to be employed in the military or as a servant your work clothing is provided for you. Yet even then it isn't the best. Just enough to keep people from constantly turning their noses up to you.

Clothing tends to be earth colors, you just cannot afford pretty things. Or nice things. Or many things. In fact you might have 1 and only 1 set of clothing and pray just for privacy when you wash it once a month. Now sometimes they are able to get a hold of something nice but once again that is from theft or if you are the luckiest, which if you are lower class chances you aren't lucky, you have a single heirloom piece from a family member that is handed down like a wedding gown that has been worn by every woman in the last five generations. Or you could be a guy that was handed down a wedding dress and re-purposed it.

Examples include but are not limited to:

Lower Class Fashion

Appendix 14 - Government

𝕎ho ℝuns 𝕋he 𝕎orld

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This is a Kingdom, ruled by the Nobility. A classist civilization where one is in control and they are the crown. There are few civil rights. Your rights come from your wealth but that wealth is largely based on which family you were born in, that is if you even know that. Few ever climb up the ranks from one class to another. To become nobility is impossible. You must be born into it. They keep to themselves. How they were chosen no one knows but it isn't changing anytime soon. Don't get me wrong there is plenty of backstabbing in the royal courts but it is not something you will worry about - yet.

Right now you just need to know the following - You are not nobility, you are not married into a noble family. Only the highest of Upper Class will deal with the Crown - we will NOT start off with any ties to them. Let's keep it simple. Below you will find a basic breakdown of the government.

๑۩↛Your Crown↚۩๑

Political Structure: Oligarchy - family
Leader: Queen Marje' (Unmarried)
Strong Influence: Popular support
Popular Issue: Lack of technology
Stability: Shaky
Personal Freedoms: Somewhat repressed
Scandals: Frequent
Strength: Strong, but declining
Wealth: In the hands of the elite
Frequent Trouble: Plagues
Highly Values: Social status
Popular Entertainment: Gossip
Military Strength: Average
Soldiers: Volunteers
Main Use: Quenching Rebellion
Urban: 10%
Rural: 90%
Literacy Rate: 5%
Gender Ratio: 0.88 male(s)/female
Fertility Rate: 1 children/family
Life Expectancy: 42.2 years
The Law: Few and unjust. Whoever is the local authorities or military are in control. They do what they want when they want. Some are fair but more common than not they can be bribed to say or so anything. Things like murder, rape, tax evasion, theft are crimes but who pays is up to who is caught and charged. Many innocents are punished for crimes they didn't commit.
Drugs: Legal and given out like candy if you have the funds. A pharmacist will doll out whatever you like. There are no laws outside of Mercury. Only a Doctor may prescribe that.
Death: Mot deaths are caused by what is classified by as natural causes, though that is hardly the case. What the true cause is usually hidden. Secret. Around 12% of the population is killed openly. 5% commits suicide.
Taxes: Taxes are paid and they are many. On everything, even just surviving. Those that don't pay can end up in debtors prisons or worse. The Crown spends much to keep the Crown housed and taken care of beyond all others. What remains goes mostly to the military to keep the peace within Rutas Mu as there is only 1 ruling body and to infrastructure due to the crumbling of buildings. Nothing goes to public education, you must pay for schooling. (Most of what is known is just handed down word of mouth, there are few books. What books that we do have are recently written within the last 300 years.)
Economy: 25% comes from taxes, 65% from Private Sector, the rest from Underground and Illegal
Markets.

Despite everything the Crown is very popular, the Queen knows how to keep the hoard at bay and play the classes against each other to remain in power and keep the over all way of life held at a status quo.

Appendix 15 - The Apothecary

𝕄r. 𝕂aleidoscope's 𝔸pothecary

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Welcome to the Medicine Cabinet. To keep things simple, well as simple as possible, medicine in this Rp is divided into two categories: Addictive and Nonaddictive. Taking anything listed here for either medical or recreational use can get you hooked on the drug or not. Most items are natural, and while seeing "All Natural" in the grocery store now a days might mean it's good for you - being natural here in the Illusory Liaisons Saga isn't always a good thing.

Most ~cures~ are just old wives tales, more a placebo than anything. That doesn't mean they don't do something for you but it isn't always exactly what they suspect. Granted some natural remedies do work, or at least help. Others though, they can be deadly even in small doses. If not deadly they can be very addictive. Thing is though, what one would think of as modern medicine is still in its infancy right now, so that means so is its pharmacy. Though truth be told, most people visit the apothecary to get their next fix more than they do to cure a disease.

*Hypodermic needles have NOT been invented yet. So when something is listed as ~injected~ it means that an animal bladder is being used as your ~syringe~ and a goose quill is your ~needle~ - using a similar principle of an quill and inkwell.

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Chances are if you use any of these you will get addicted. There is a chance of death, the more you use the higher the chance. Yet with risk comes perks - which these drugs have in a sense. Be careful.

Addictive Drug List

Alcohol (Slight Intoxication): Because of bad water conditions nearly every man woman and child drink 2-3% alcohol drinks as their throughout the day liquid. This is only if they drink something stronger such as Gin or Rum.

• Dose:
  • 2-4 strong drinks per hour
• Temporary Asset:
  • Brave
  • Resistant to pain
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Clumsy
  • Slow Witted
  • Easily fooled
• Special Benefit:
  • None
• Special Danger:
  • None
• Addiction:
  • Save vs Constitution after pulling slight intoxication for days equal to constitution score.
• Duration:
  • 1 Hour
• Overdose:
  • Heavy Intoxication
• Withdrawal:
  • Mild

Alcohol (Heavy Intoxication):

• Dose:
  • 5 or more strong drinks in an hour
• Temporary Asset:
  • Brave
  • Strong
  • Resistant to pain
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Slow Witted
  • Clumsy
  • Obnoxious
  • Easily Fooled
  • Emotional
• Special Benefit:
  • Immune to fear
  • +1 HP per level
• Special Danger:
  • None
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution after pulling Heavy Intoxication for 1/2 Days equal to Constitution.
• Duration:
  • 4 hours (then reduced to slight intoxication)
• Overdose:
  • Death
• Withdrawal:
  • Severe

Caffeine (Coffee/Tea):

• Dose:
  • 1 Cup Coffee/3 Cups Tea
• Temporary Asset:
  • Quick-witted
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Impatient
• Special Benefit:
  • Immune to sleep
• Special Danger:
  • None
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution after consuming daily for day equal to constitution.
• Duration:
  • 6 hours
• Overdose:
  • Confusion
• Withdrawal:
  • Mild

Coca Lea:

• Dose:
  • 1 bunch of leaves or one cup of tea brewed from Coca Lea.
• Temporary Asset:
  • Resistant to pain
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Impatient
• Special Benefit:
  • Immune to all but fatal effects of exhaustion.
  • Immune to all but fatal effects of caused by increased altitude.
  • Counteracts all natural and drug induced hunger.
• Special Danger:
  • None
• Addiction:
  • Save vs Constitution once every 3 doses.
• Duration:
  • 40 minutes
• Overdose:
  • Confusion
• Withdrawal:
  • Mild

Datura:

• Dose:
  • 1 drop extract of leaves or seed, 1 smoked seed
• Temporary Asset:
  • Libidinous
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Clumsy
  • Delirious
• Special Benefit:
  • None
• Special Danger:
  • Save Vs Constitution or take 1d6 HP Damage.
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Wisdom to stay focused on matter at hand)
  • Automatic Save Vs Anything fails when dealing with lighting effects.
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution ever 1d6 doses
• Duration:
  • 12 - 24 hours
• Overdose:
  • Death or Permanent Coma
• Withdrawal:
  • No effects

Fly Agaric:

• Dose:
  • 1 to 6 mushroom caps (random per dose)
• Temporary Asset:
  • None
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Nervous
  • Nauseous
• Special Benefit:
  • Immunity to sleep effects
• Special Danger:
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Wisdom to stay focused on matter at hand)
  • Automatic Save fail against lighting effects
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution each 1d20 doses
• Duration:
  • 8-12 hours
• Overdose:
  • Insanity for 1d20 days
• Withdrawal:
  • None

Hashi:

• Dose:
  • 1 grain resin smoked
• Temporary Asset:
  • Euphoric
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Slow Witted
  • Clumsy
  • Easily Panicked
  • Hungry
• Special Benefit:
  • Immunity to all forms and causes of Nausea
• Special Danger:
  • None
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution 1d8 doses
• Duration:
  • 3 Hours
• Overdose:
  • Panic
• Withdrawal:
  • Mild

Henbane:

• Dose:
  • 5 grains powdered leaf inhaled
• Temporary Asset:
  • Libidinous
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Delirious
• Special Benefit:
  • None
• Special Danger:
  • Amnesia (Save Vs Wisdom or forget anything that happened during duration)
  • Save Vs Constitution or fall asleep each hour during duration.
  • Save Vs Constitution or take 1 time 1d6 HP Damage.
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Constitution to stay focused on matter at hand)
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution 1d4 Doses
• Duration:
  • 12 - 24 hours
• Overdose:
  • Death or Permanent Coma
• Withdrawal:
  • No effects

Mandrake:

• Dose:
  • Extract of one root diluted in a glass of wine or water
• Temporary Asset:
  • Resistant to Cold
  • Libidinous
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Delirious
• Special Benefit:
  • +1 Savings throw to pain effects
• Special Danger:
  • Clothing becomes uncomfortable in all but the coldest of conditions.
  • Save Vs Constitution or take 1 time 1d6 HP Damage
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Wisdom to stay focused on matter at hand.)
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution ever 1d8 Doses
• Duration:
  • 12 - 24 hours
• Overdose:
  • Death or Permanent Coma
• Withdrawal:
  • No Effects

Nightshade:

• Dose:
  • 1d4 berries
• Temporary Asset:
  • Libidinous
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Delirious
• Special Benefit:
  • +1 Additional Save Vs Pain
• Special Danger:
  • Save Vs Constitution or take 1d6 HP Damage AND 1d6 Temporary Reduction in Constitution AND lose the ability to speak until duration ends.
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Wisdom to stay focused on task at hand.)
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution each 1d4 doses
• Duration:
  • 12 - 24 hours
• Overdose:
  • Death or Permanent Coma
• Withdrawal:
  • No effects

Oh La: Openly available in EVERY apothecary shop - Frequently given to children.

• Dose:
  • 1 Pill of Oh swallowed or 1 dram of La drank
• Temporary Asset:
  • Euphoric
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Nausea
  • Clumsy
  • Sleepy
  • Slow Witted
• Special Benefit:
  • Immunity to all pain
• Special Danger:
  • Save Vs Constitution each hour or fall asleep
  • Constipation
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Constitution each dose
• Duration:
  • 4 hours
• Overdose:
  • Death
• Withdrawal:
  • Severe

Tobacco:

• Dose:
  • 1 cigar
  • 2 cigarettes
  • 1 pipe bowl
  • 1 pinch snuff
• Temporary Asset:
  • Patient
• Temporary Affliction:
  • None
• Special Benefit:
  • None
• Special Danger:
  • Automatic Fails on Save Vs inhaled attacks
  • Double chances of contracting respiratory illness
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Wisdom each week of use.
• Duration:
  • 30 minutes
• Overdose:
  • 1d2 damage from coughing, nausea, and vomiting
• Withdrawal:
  • Mild

Peyo:

• Dose:
  • Dozen Peyot Flowers dried and smoked
• Temporary Asset:
  • None
• Temporary Affliction:
  • Nausea
• Special Benefit:
  • Immune to sleep effects
  • Grants 1 Save Vs Constitution Throw to cure disease (Including addiction oddly enough)
• Special Danger:
  • Hallucinations (Save Vs Wisdom to stay focused on task at hand)
• Addiction:
  • Save Vs Wisdom ever 1d4 doses
• Duration:
  • 8 - 12 hours
• Overdose:
  • Insanity 1d20 Days
• Withdrawal:
  • No Effects

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Nonaddictive medications are listed a bit differently than the addictive types because there isn't as much to worry about roll wise with them. If you have a question, just ask. This isn't an all inclusive list mind you, just some examples. Please remember just because they aren't addictive doesn't mean they aren't dangerous

Nonaddictive Drug List

Salt Peter:

• Dose:
  • 1 pinch in liquid or sprinkled over food
• Purpose:
  • To curb lustful urges
• Effectiveness:
  • Fuck no (every pun intended)
• Overdose:
  • Stomach pains, blue lips and nails, headache, confusion

Arsenic:

• Dose:
  • Syrup form, teaspoon once a day
• Purpose:
  • Treating STD's, cancer, skin conditions
• Effectiveness:
  • To a point but not really
• Overdose:
  • Vomiting, diarrhea that contains blood, thick and dark skin, cancer

Zinc:

• Dose:
  • Rubbed on chest in ointment or ingest by small powder amount
• Purpose:
  • Colds, the sniffles
• Effectiveness:
  • Can be rather effective if used early
• Overdose:
  • Nausea, vomiting, pain, cramps and diarrhea

Silver:

• Dose:
  • Cream or liquid on open wounds
• Purpose:
  • Keep infection at bay
• Effectiveness:
  • Very (at least people think it is)
• Overdose:
  • Argyria

Bismuth:

• Dose:
  • Teaspoon in liquid, drunk
• Purpose:
  • Upset stomach, heartburn, gas, diarrhea, nausea, indigestion
• Effectiveness:
  • Very for mild cases
• Overdose:
  • Thirst, anxiety, muscle spasm, ringing in your ears, dizziness, confusion, severe headache, problems with speech or vision, severe stomach pain, or worsening diarrhea or vomiting.

Rose Water:

• Dose:
  • Applied to the skin as needed in various creams or as is
• Purpose:
  • Various skin conditions
• Effectiveness:
  • Can be for short periods of time
• Overdose:
  • Blamed for hyper sexuality

Belladonna:

• Dose:
  • Berries cooked, liquid drank
• Purpose:
  • Said to cure possession and mental disorders
• Effectiveness:
  • Oh they think it is, but I guess death cures all our problems.
• Overdose:
  • Unconsciousness and death. (Kidnappers and assassins love this shit)

Castor Oil:

• Dose:
  • As needed - applied liberally or ingesting
• Purpose:
  • This is the supposed cure all. Upset stomach, Castor Oil. Losing your hair, Castor Oil. Kids acting up, Castor Oil. Cat pregnant with puppies, Castor Oil.
• Effectiveness:
  • Most things no but it does help with moisturizing the skin, cleaning wounds, minor constipation.
• Overdose:
  • If you don't know when to stop may you crap yourself to death. I'll laugh, seriously. I will laugh.

Mint:

• Dose:
  • Leaves chewed, pressed oil or dried leaves for tea, in ointments
• Purpose:
  • Calming nerves, stomach upset, opening sinuses, helping coughs.
• Effectiveness:
  • Very for minor issues
• Overdose:
  • Dizziness, slow heartbeat, kidney stones

Aloe:

• Dose:
  • Sap used as is on skin
• Purpose:
  • Treats various skin conditions and burns
• Effectiveness:
  • Does rather well.
• Overdose:
  • Do not ingest - can cause stomach issues and is said to cause miscarriage.

Juniper:

• Dose:
  • Berries in various ways of consuming - rest: drunk after being steeped like a tea
• Purpose:
  • UTI's, Kidney and Bladder Stones, snakebites, diabetes, cancer
• Effectiveness:
  • For urinary issues - yes if caught early
• Overdose:
  • Berries are perfectly safe when eaten in normal amounts. Rest can be toxic in high doses. Not allowed during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, can cause SIDS and Miscarriage.

Cream Tartar:

• Dose:
  • 1/4 teaspoon under the tongue
• Purpose:
  • Treating constipation and addiction
• Effectiveness:
  • Constipation: yes - Addiction: Debatable
• Overdose:
  • Malaise, palpitations, and muscle weakness.

Camphor:

• Dose:
  • Rubbed on the skin
• Purpose:
  • Respiratory issues, physical nerve sensitivity, fever, calming children, stomach issues, muscle aches
• Effectiveness:
  • Thought to be
• Overdose:
  • Burning of the mouth or the throat, tremors, twitching facial muscles, seizures, excessive thirst, muscle spasms, rigid muscles

Appendix 16 - Flora and Fauna

Animals And Plants

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Now, I am hardly going to take the time to try to list out every last plant and animal that you could come across in Rutas Mu. (Or the local tongue for them) - So here I am giving you a general list of things you would find on Rutas Mu. This is hardly every one of them, it is the smallest and most basic of samples. Yet I hope it gives you a bit of an idea. All flora and fauna would be found in appropriate climate settings. If you want to see if there might be something not listed on Rutas Mu, you need only ask. (And again, the answer could very well be - No Spoilers.)

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Horned Frog
Albatross
Retriever
Seal
Bulldog
Prawn
Elephant
Cattle Dog
Wallaby
Dusky Dolphin
Heron
Quoll
Hare
Howler Monkey
Mastiff
Mountain Lion
Butterfly Fish
Poison Dart Frog
Uguisu
Horn Shark
Water Vole
Eleuth
Crocodile
Mole
Caiman
Bottle Nosed Dolphin
Sea Squirt
Woodpecker
Hound
Baboon
Copperhead
Giant Schnauzer
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Jellyfish
Bull Mastiff
Pike
Badger
Pig
Raccoon Dog
Flounder
Clawed Frog
Uakari
Cat
Capybara
Bull Terrier
Crane
WolfHound
Elk
Fox
Vulture
Rooster
Great Dane
Gerbil
Nightingale

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Kumarahou – Pomaderris kumeraho
Wall speedwell – Veronica arvensis
Tomato – Solanum lycopersicum
Potato – Solanum tuberosum
Mahogany birch – Betula lenta
Tomato – Solanum lycopersicum
Durian pulu – Durio kutejensis
White-root – Asclepias tuberosa
Winter rocket – Barbarea vulgaris
Bur oak – Quercus macrocarpa
Winter gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
Champion oak – Quercus rubra
White ash – Fraxinus americana
Nodding onion – Allium cernuum
Hedge plant – Maclura pomifera
Tobacco plant – Nicotiana
Mango – Mangifera indica
Kimberly queen fern – Nephrolepis obliterata
Lily leek – Allium moly
Sword fern – Nephrolepis exaltata
Island oak – Quercus. tomentella
Goodding willow – Salix gooddingii
Brown Betty – Rudbeckia hirta
Pleurisy root – Asclepias tuberosa
Thimbleweed – Rudbeckia laciniata
Silverleaf maple – Acer saccharinum
Lily leek – Allium moly
Field sow thistle – Sonchus arvensis
Wild hops – Clematis virginiana
Rocketcress – Barbarea vulgaris
Butterfly weed – Asclepias tuberosa
Red oak – Quercus rubra, Quercus coccinea
Yellow fumewort – Corydalis flavula
Trailing violet nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
Swamp dogwood – Cornus amomum
Dame's gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
Nodding thistle – Carduus nutans L.
Honey mesquite – Prosopis glandulosa
Gray alder – Alnus incana
Tree onion – Allium canadense
False boxwood – Cornus florida
Butterfly weed – Asclepias tuberosa
Kittentail – Veronica bullii
Kousa – Cornus kousa
Judas-tree – Cercis siliquastrum
Polkweed – Symplocarpus foetidus

Appendix 17 - Interior Of Shadowell Manor

𝔸mbiance

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It would take an eternity and a day to custom map out all the interiors of Shadowell. Now, don't get me wrong, some rooms I will provide specific images for as the moment calls for it. Yet for now, this is you mood setting images. None of these are actually of Shadowell and please don't go ~well this is in that rooms image~ because I'm just gonna smack you. The following images are just to give you a feel within the manor. Typical wall and floor colors and materials, general feel and style. Nothing more.

ℂredits

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Nothing is truly ever fully original anymore and inspiration comes from many places. This Rp is a prime example of that. From music to art work, from legends and lore to history, and even other Rp systems all played a huge role in the creation of this RP series. This is a list of the major influences for this Rp and Art work used. It is not all the art as I could not find original artists for every piece. Should you see yours used in the Rp and it is not credited, please contact me and I will fix that post haste.

๑۩↛ℂredits↚۩๑ DJ Hanley for massive inspiration, maps, and more. Rp System off Altered G.A. TTRPG. Original world map by Christian Stiehl, Creative Commons licensed: edited by Lady A RP. Title Image by Lady A Rp. Other Image Credits: J. Brown, R. Tran, F. Att, R. Griffiths, A Limonick, S. Wang, J. Powell, J. Peabody, S. Dannart, Arunnain, M. Allsopp, T. Rudolph, P. Puggioni, C. Chan, L. Morse, Rowiel, M. Veron, Weta Works, 2 Temple Place

[Sigil]

Ok, this looks too good to pass up. I'm in if you'll have me. I will send you a PM about my character ideas soon, pending your approval of my involvement.

[Lady Absinthia]

@Sigil Well duh, you can apply. :P Now whether you are approved or not is up to your CS, mwhahahahaha! (I would say no throwing bears in this RP but hey it worked.)

[Romero]

This looks incredible. I'll start tackling the mountain of reading it all tomorrow, but you have seized my interest.

[Lady Absinthia]

@Romero Glad to hear it, especially from such a dapper penguin. Much kudos to rh3 black and white in a tux.

[ihinka]

So I took some time to really consider if I can find a concept for a character that works for me and with this marvelous setting. And since I think I have, I shall try to make that character happen. I have the core idea, now I have to read through everything, before I start on a CS.

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[Lady Absinthia]

@ihinka Sounds wonderful, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. ^^

[Nallore]

@Lady Amalthea I’m in boss lady I’ll work up a character probably when I get back home.

[Lady Absinthia]

@Nallore Sweet! Can't wait! Enjoy the vacation ^^

[Natsu]

Interested. You'll have a sheet at some point in the future.

[mnkee]

@Lady Amalthea I've been won over by the dark side. You better have cookies. XP

[Lady Absinthia]

@Natsu Sounds good hun

@mnkee You know this baker has cookies!

[FantasyChic]

@Lady Amalthea I do declare that I am interested in this as well.

To which I add...

ABOUT TIME!

[Lady Absinthia]

@FantasyChic lol I know, took longer to release than expected but hope it will have been worth the wait. ^^

[Lady Absinthia]

Quick little note - things are coming along swimmingly. The CS's I am getting are wonderful so far. The discussions via pm about the ones not up yet are very intriguing. There are a lot on deck for the RP it seems so I don't want anyone to worry. I have plenty of room and will be accepting more over the next days and beyond. (The RP is set up to keep accepting for sometime so there is no hurry even though you are already seeing several new Cs's over there.)

I will say at this rate though I may go ahead and in the next couple of days start the IC and get some of you already in play. Will play it by ear and see how it goes. Will keep you posted. Please note that maps for Shadowell will be added to and expanded on as we move forward in the RP and I will be using them in the IC to keep your places marked for ease of reference. Same will go for the grounds.

Think that covers everything for now. Have any questions drop me a message.

[Lady Absinthia]

Quick little note:

Currently it seems like I will be getting the intro post together for this started tomorrow with looks to go live Mon/Tues. Don't worry if you don't have the cs done yet. Some are still waiting for Cs approval, others have let me know they are working on it and should have it done within the next day or two. Things are shaping up nicely with a rather interesting cast. Cannot wait to see what you all do with this. It is going to be interesting to see.

[Sevik]

I am interested and will get you my character sheet by Friday.

[Lady Absinthia]

@Sevik Sounds good, drop me a line if you need any clarification.

[ihinka]

Yay, more elderly folk!