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<Sheets> <Chat> "The Soiling of Old Glory" by Stanley Forman, Boston Herald American, 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner
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  • GM's HeySeuss and AnnaBeth
  • Up to four other players. We're trying to keep this a smaller group, so please be very sure you want to do this RP.
  • Modern-Fantasy setting. 2013 United States, magic has returned.
  • The return of magic is not a welcome event. In fact, people have freaked the hell out.
  • Not Twilight or Harry Potter; this has darker political overtones because humans know about magic and various supernatural beings and are scared shitless.
  • Meanwhile, the people with magical power don't know what's happening to them and are grappling with these sudden unexplained phenomena as well as the hatred of their neighbors.
  • In the United States, the government starts rounding up people with magic in response to mass hysteria that percolates all the way up to the halls of power.
  • By Christmas of 2012, animals and plants, places and things, start to emerge; energy nexuses, mythical beasts, spirits even. Coincidentally, that's around the time the Mayan calendar ends. Some people say it's the end of the world, the Mayans point out it's just the end of an age. Whose right?
  • The characters will be forced to make some stark choices vis a vis retribution, justice, the law and nature.
  • The characters are part of a small coven in Haye Township, Pennsylvania, a small town in the central part of the state near the Allegheny Mountains. They have assembled, as fellow Emergents, but are keeping their abilities a secret, even as the Federal Government hunts those like them fervently.
  • Only four people, besides Annabeth and myself will be accepted. Sorry, but we're trying to keep this one small-circle and get some regular posting going on. It's easier with less people to wait for.
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Posting because it seems so empty. Working on my character sheet now!

As for the relationships section of the CS, are our characters allowed to have NPC family in Winchester to put there or is it reserved for other players'?
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Yeah, lemme fix that. It's meant to mean like people you have a connection to, NPC or PC's. Not obligatory to have strong connections to other PC's though.
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Working on my CS now, I should have them up sometime tonight!
Also I wanted ask if we were allowed to have more then one character, or would you prefer us just to stick to one for now?
I only have one character in mind right now, but I was just wondering.
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Just one is good for now.
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Do you prefer characters Manifest with abilities/forms reminiscent of those found in their ethnic background, or is it sort of a mix-and-match? Also, what kind of mythological basis would you consider off-limits?
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It doesn't have to be a situation where the characters are tied down by ethnicity and so forth. While that is an option, it's allowable to be a little more diverse about the magical abilities.

I don't consider mythologies off-limits, nor should a character be bound by mythologies, so much as I simply want to emphasize the mystical over say, mutant superpowers.
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Almost done mine, but I can't think of anything to put in Titles/Holdings/Power Base. Can it be left empty?
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In Sinai, getting admitted, it's serious. We might have to put a hold on this for a few days. Sorry.
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I will be back tonight and start this up. It was a major emergency, but it is resolved now. I am also off work for a while.
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Closing due to a lack of sheets and follow-through interest.
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Nooooo! But this was a really cool idea! Sigh, never mind.
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Hi Seuss, sorry to hear about your health, I hope you're feeling better! Shame about the lack of interest, if you ever end up rebooting this could you let me know? I think it's a pretty great idea. Thanks!
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This thread is being reopened for the current interest check. Only four players will be accepted so we can keep the RP faster moving.
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Will work on a sheet asap, hoping to get it up early next week since weekends are usually taken up with family stuff =(...
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Mine's done. I'm happy now. Tell me if there's any issues with it you want me to address.
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I think the sheet is good and I'm accepting it, but there are a couple things -- spirits can manifest and do so quite powerfully so regular ass people know they are there. They fear them mightily, because there is no actual communication with them when they are like that, at least so far because the spirits speak on a different frequency than sound. I think part of his ability involves being able to understand them and see them even when they aren't manifested, and perhaps to see the magical potential all around him. Auras, ley lines, you name it. He might not have the strongest ability to manipulate all these things (but will learn) but he can see the breadth of what magic has done -- it's like he sees and hears in another spectrum. There's more to spirits and the aural world, but that's the basics as he would know them.

On the other hand, he's probably also very distracted a lot of the time, he might be having a hard time keeping it together with the here and now because of the richness and variety of what he sees.

Just some thoughts.
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Christmas has really been kicking my ass, but I wanted to get something up before it was too late. I'll try to have Sydney finished soon but until tomorrow I might be a bit preoccupied.

Happy holidays to everyone, by the way!
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No problem. I'll try to get things moving on my end as well.
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Yo, uh, this still open? Or all spots taken?
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