Infamous Based RP

[Argetlam350]

Tyrant from the West said
Hey Arg, i needa ask a QQ, all of our characters are still able to do the 'basic' conduit stuff like use some sorta melee-esque weapon altered by our power as well as partially turn into it, as well as the standard spray-type attacks? And then the power abilities are just everythin else?

Yes all conduits can do the standard basic attacks that you named, the abilities are more for your more unique moves and power abilities that you have.

[Tyrant from the West]

Ok, thanks! Im gonna start workin on my cs now, hope u don't mind that i might ask some other questions later on cause i don't know too much about the source material.

[Tyrant from the West]

Name: Amari Hoskins

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Side: Leans towards Hero.

Personality: Amari, although he used to be somewhat cowardly, is beginning to become a more 'aggressive' person. Although he doesn't perform evil or mean acts, he is usually upfront about problems that may be occurring if they are serious. Smaller problems? He is more likely to beat around the bush, or let others beat if themselves if they are the ones bringing them up.

Biography: Amari was a single child who for most of his life wasn't aware of his special 'heritage'. His early childhood was that of a side-character. Not much stood out! His mother was a real estate agent and his dad a teacher. Together they were a little above middle-class, and he lived very comfortably. He wasn't too spoiled, but was given just enough to be more than content.

As a young boy, Amari's knowledge of conduits was somewhat limited. All he knew is that his parents viewed them as 'those empowered shits'. When asked about them, his parents couldn't say they knew much about what caused it or how people got it, but they did tell them about how dangerous they could be. He was taught that their words weren't usually honest, and that more often and not they meant to harm.

As he grew into a teenager, Amari began to second guess them. He even made a conduit friend! A girl who had fire as her element. They became very close friends as they grew up. By the time they were seniors, they were best friends. Amari knew about some of the prejudice people had against conduits, however when he was a senior he would truly understand how terrible it could be.

While they were hanging out, Amari's friend bumped into a few people who didn't take to kindly to their kind. And appearently, they had known Amari for a while! They were quick to drag her out of public and start tearing at her Although trying to do what she could to protect herself, she didn't want to actually hurt any of the bullies or fear getting in serious trouble. Amari, although somewhat weak, tried to do whatever possible to get them to stop without getting any form of authority involved. He even threw a few punches, which resulted in himself getting quite a beating. However, during this beating Amari noticed a few changes. Touching a tree gave him pulses of energy, and he started hitting harder. However, what broke the 'barrier' was when the attackers brought out the knives, and stabbed both of them. Before his friend would start to take this more seriously and bring out the fire, Amari acted first. At first accidentally, but then more purposefully, he began shooting wooden shards and bark at his attackers. His fists also became much harder, and it was then when he became aware he was a conduit.

While it brought his parents to tears out of fear and anguish, Amari couldn't help but feel more alive. He also felt a sense of purpose. When younger he always had his dreams of helping people, and now he could! Albeit with some caution and mistakes. And the need to keep a very low profile.

Power: Amari is able to manipulate wood.

Power Abilities:

Wood Blast - An extra powerful wood projectile that can be used often.

Growth - Is able to extend and alter the shape of his body and 'grow' it out temporarily. Also grants the body part(s) enhanced durability and a wood-like appearance.

Bark Grenade - Shoots out of a compact ball that explodes into many sharp wooden shards.

Merge- can combine himself with any nearby wooden objects(trees included) and use them both as a temporary energy source and use them as if they were a part of his body.

Other: 'Death by a thousand cuts' might be suitable. Also sorry if the backstory is kinda trash.

[BrodZ11711]

I am very interested :)

[Argetlam350]

@Tyrant

I like it only question would be about the DUP. He didn't have to go to Curdon Cay but I assume once his powers developed him and his friend kind of stayed low to not attract the attention of the DUP.

[Tyrant from the West]

Yes! That would be correct to think 8D Should i add that to the cs?

[LPFan]

Interested! Will start thinking of a character.

[Argetlam350]

Tyrant from the West said
Yes! That would be correct to think 8D Should i add that to the cs?

It would be helpful to know, nothing really major needs to be re visioned just add it perhaps near the end.

[Twistedgrin]

His drain would be from almost any light source outside of the sun. The more concentrated the light the faster he would recharge. Think of the sun as the most diffused source of light, meaning he could try and collect it for hours and he might get enough to make an end game tooltip show up to explain he needed to drain it...He would drain things like flash bangs and spotlights, a florescent light heck even his excess light can be partially reabsorbed.
Is this acceptable?

[Raijinslayer]

Name: Cruor
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: What he wears
What he looks like
Side: inFamous
Personality: He is a rather fun-loving, snarky, and caring individual, very protective over those he considers his friends and family. This only applies to Conduits who don't get on his bad side, Scorn, and small children. To all others, he is a sadistic psychopath who loves to inflict pain, and his ability makes him rather good at it. To him, humans are, for the most part, filthy creatures deserving of extermination and full of hatred. He only excludes children from this rule, as they are to young to be corrupted.
Biography: In the beginning, Cruor was a normal boy with a normal life, normal name, very content with his life. That is until one day when he was about 16 years old. That was the day his powers were awoken, when he had to watch as his family was killed. A bunch of anti conduit extremists had found out that his father was a conduit and had stormed his house. While his father attempted to protect them, he was a weak conduit, barely able to access his powers due to a lack of use. This neglect cost him his and his wife their lives, and their son, his sanity. He began to hear a maddening beat in his head as he panicked, like a war drum pounding inside his brain. As the people closed in around him, he screamed and lashed out, his eyes changing from a pale blue to a deep, demonic red, plunging his hand into the nearest person. From that mans back sprung a flurry of sharpened tendrils that impaled the rest of the mob. It wasn't long until the police arrived only to be quickly slaughtered by the distraught teen, who was in no state of mind to be dealt with peacefully. It wasn't until the D.U.P was called that he was contained, shipped off to Curdan Cay. And their he stayed, kept for the majority of his time in solitary confinement. He was put through 5 years of therapy for his trauma, as well as training for his powers, but he was still dangerous to any regular human that came near him. The pounding he heard in their blood hammered his philosophy of humanities corruption even further. To minimize damages, they had other prisoners give him his meals when in solitary and eventually began letting him out of his cell to interact with other prisoners. It was during one of those days that he met Scorn. To him, her blood seemed to sing brighter and louder than anyone else's, and when they were released, he pledged himself to her service as Cruor, his old name left behind and forgotten, ass was the boy it had belonged to. He is fiercely loyal to Scorn, seeing her as the one to lead the charge against humanity, to have them be crushed underfoot.
Power: Blood
Abilities:
Sanguine shards: He solidifies the blood into crystalized shards, which he can use to either tear up a foe at close range, or pierce them with high-powered shots at a distance.

Blood Beasts: He can create creatures out of blood. This is mainly used for reconaisance, but can be used for battle to create minor annoyances, or a sentient mid-sized creature that harnesses a bit of his powers, but takes time to create.

Whispering Blood: He can tell if people are conduits or not. This information translates in his brain into melodious singing for conduits, with the singing become more melodious the stronger the conduit, or a maddening beat of thumps and whispers for humans. This ability can be focused but cannot be deactivated, making it unwise to have him around normal humans for an extended period of time.

Blood puppet: He can control any freshly dead body by controlling the blood in it's veins. Can work on the living as well, but it is much more difficult as they resist. In order to take control of someone, he must have drained their blood or pierced them with shard of his blood.

Bleeding Hearts: Any blood he controls gains the ability to stop the blood of others from coagulating. This means that wounds he inflicts don't stop bleeding until that person has received special medical attention. Isn't as effective on conduits as they have a high regenerative rate.
Other: He is currently caring for two conduit children who have yet to awaken their powers. They were orphans he found in an alley. Feeling sorry for them, he took them and they are now members of the reapers like him, and look up to him and Scorn. The girl, Natasha, looks up to Scorn as her idol and tries her best to be like her in almost every way, from the way she dresses, to the way she walks. She is the more eager to fight then her foster brother, who goes by the name Nova. He is a more gentle soul, not reviling in the torture of humanity like his foster family. But he is as loyal as any other Reaper to Scorn, and even more so to Cruor, who struggles to be like in his kind spirit. He also tries, unsuccessfully, to be the man's conscious on certain decisions.

[AcerRo]

Name: Elijah "Eli" Ford

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Appearance: 5'11 185lbs lean athletic frame.
Elijah is a ruggedly handsome man with dark brown hair and darker eyes. His face and body show the signs of a life that was much harder than most.

His Tony Lama Bay Apache boots are cover by his well worn blue jeans. A belt matching his boots adorns his waist. Upon his back is a fitted black t shirt with white letters that reads 'One Man Wolf Pack.'

Side: Neutral

Personality:

Elijah Ford has a huge distaste for authority. Especially figures that would abuse it. From the lowly bully to dirty law enforcement. His loyalty is almost second to none. Almost. He believes in doing the right things and helping out when he can. However its not all that common for him to take the wrong path to do the right thing. This shines through in how he talks. A well versed smart ass and the ability to be so honest it hurts are almost trademark for him.

He is not however a paragon of truth and honesty. Eli is not above lying, cheating, or stealing to what he thinks is right... Or if he felt like he's earned the rights to do so. Things are seldom simple with him as he refuese to talk about himself or give out much in the way of personal details.

Biography:

He was among the first taken to Curdon Cay. His time spent was mostly alone in a barely lit glass box. When he wasn't alone. He was being forced to train and control his powers, sometimes even made to fight other conduits. At first everything was simple. Make shapes, then blades, then weapons, then projectiles. It was almost like he was being made into a walking, talking weapon. He loathed every second of it.

His punishment for not complying was to be robbed of food and water. Then he was robbed of electricity. The food and water weren't so bad but he couldn't stranded be robbed of his electricity. That drove him mad. He needed and wanted it more than anything else. To be without electricity, was an itch he couldn't scratch and addiction that he couldn't feed.

When his freedom came he promised himself, no one would do that again. No one would take his freedom or his pride away from him. Stripped of all dignity and any sense decency, it was a wonder that he didn't kill himself or a prison worker. Although he wished he had.

Now in New York city. He spends his free time trying to get his life back together. If there was one thing he learned from his time in Cay. He really did enjoy working out and fighting.

He earns a living selling stolen energy in exchange for goods and service's. Whatever he may need. Anything from food to a place to sleep, couple of beers to a place to wash his clothes. This however turned out to be a lot more lucrative than one might think.

Power: Electrokinesis\ Electromagnetism

Power-: Electrokinesis- Using this power he can harness and to a certain degree control electricity. In doing so he can create shapes and small animals. They do nothing more than entrain. Yet it's something he takes pride in.

Eli can fire bolts of lightning in three forms. Some what weak but rapid bolts. Moderately powerful and quick. The final form is very strong but not quick to be fired. With this he can also fire lightning bolts at long ranges with precision.

He can also use his abilities as a conduit to augment his natural fighting abilities. To do this he will gather electricity at any point of contact. He can form bladed weapons for even more power.

As most all conduits he needs recharge at some point. When be recharges he can heal most all wounds at a much higher rate. As well as all the expected places to recharge he is more than capable and willing to steal someone else's life to recharge.

Finally he can use Electromagnetism. His skill with it is weak for the most part. Only being able to pick up objects and throw them or set them down. His favorite skill to do this with is a lightweight metal object that he can use to travel on. He has ye.

Other: Ford can often be seen abusing his powers when ever he gets the chance. Even if its just snapping his fingers making a clap of thunder. Just for the hell of it.

Also everyone calls him Eli. Just Eli.

[Argetlam350]

Twistedgrin said
His drain would be from almost any light source outside of the sun. The more concentrated the light the faster he would recharge. Think of the sun as the most diffused source of light, meaning he could try and collect it for hours and he might get enough to make an end game tooltip show up to explain he needed to drain it...He would drain things like flash bangs and spotlights, a florescent light heck even his excess light can be partially reabsorbed. Is this acceptable?

Sounds all right then.

@Raijinslayer
Well besides of course the biography portion the rest seems fine.

@AcerRo
Of course accepted and welcome back.

[Raijinslayer]

Name:Brook Sanderson, goes by Ash
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Side: Hero, but isn't overly choosy about his methods
Personality:He is a strategic mind, a cool thinker, and has a firm belief in justice. He believes that crime deserves to be punished and the weak protected, but he doesn't always agree that their is a certain way to go about it. He knows that some times the morally right way, isn't the smart way. While he never takes this ideal to far, he is willing to sacrifice his own beliefs and conscious if it means the salvation of the whole.
Biography: He one of the first, if not the first, conduits to get locked up by the DUP, caught while trying to break up a gang war that was involving innocent civilians, then was blamed for the whole ordeal. He stayed in Curdan Cay, a model prisoner for the most part, always bidding his time for his escape. He also began forming a group among the conduits, under the nose of the guards, other like minded individuals who wanted to break out, but also wanted to do something more fufilling than petty crime and mindless slaughter. When they were freed, they immediately set their plan into motion, and within months and with the help of the internet, they set up a wide net of interlocked conduit gangs that sought to keep their own in line. The main group, located in New York, is under his control and has relatively few members, but they are all specifically trained and among the best they have to offer. Each different faction bears a difference in their name, they all keep one part the same, The Dragon. The New Yorks Branch goes by the monkier, "The Dragons of the Vanguard", though most just refer to them as the "Vanguard".
Power: Ash/Smoke, and a bit of fire
abilities:

Ash Constructs: He condense the ash into sturdy, but mainly inanimate objects, such as chains, blades, and other such items.
Teleportation/Dematerialization: He can dematerialize himself into ashes and 'transport' to another location. While like this, he is unable to be damaged by normal means.

Ash armor: He hardens ash around him, creating a tough, but relatively manuverable set of armor around him. He can sprout blades and such from this armor, but it weakens the intergrity of the sections it sprouts from.

Ash bomb: A grenade that disorients and blinds those within it's radius, but doesn't cause much damage. If he feels the need, however, he can ignite the ash particles, turning the area into and intense inferno.

Fire ball: A simple pyrokinetic move, allows him to fire of a ball of fire, with several variants. A quick low damage stream, like a flame thrower, a slower but more powerful stream, powerful bolt action style firing, or a mixture of ash and fire that creates a sort of napalm effect on anything it hits.

Fallen Angel: He can form to ash wings to fly around as his form of transportation, able to do so indefintely due to being able to create his own hot air to glide on and keep him a float.

Other: He carries around a staff that he can infuse with his power to give it a blade at the top. Can also be set alight to give him a small, continuous recharge.

[LPFan]

Working on my character. He's almost done. All I have to do is come up with a power but i'm very undecided.

[Twistedgrin]

Name: Order aka Lauren Levine

Age:27

gender:Female

apperance

Side:Neutral

Personality:Altruistic, but judgmental. While a bit rough around the edges she is generally very formal but her sight puns can be uncouth. She tries to gather a decent amount of information on situations before make a judgement. Despite her best attempts she can end up in favor of the underdog and tends to aid those who may not be the most innocent.

Bio
She was born blind, but in turn she was given a enhanced perception instead. She learned from a young age that her eyes make others uncomfortable so as per the norm she wears cosmetic spectacles to hide her pigment devoid eyes. While some may have felt understandably wronged by the Gods in her situation she simply took it in stride not knowing what is lost makes it hard to miss it. Also with the freedom of sight came the ability to be neutral when it comes to others looks, this made her into a strange saintly child.
Her youth was full of warmth and friends, no one would dare upset her simply due to the overwhelming guilt it would cause them. She sorted most problems as if it had become her responsibility, this behavior would later become the source of her nickname. Forever the neutral party, her high school years led to her idol status, (Her rather impressive body didn't hurt things) but mentally this led her to feel alienated, what had once been friendship had turned into an almost worship...She could feel peoples nervousness around her and the growing animosity between her self appointed rivals.
Around this time her ability began to manifest, but like most conduits they had little idea of its happening. With Order it was her eyes that betrayed her, constantly glowing beneath her cosmetic black lenses. But unlike in most cases where this happened in public her parents had been the ones to see it first, and it was not fear of their precious daughter but for her that led them to take her as far as they could think from the crisis at hand. Unfortunately Order saw it unfair for her family that they need suffer because of her. She used her ability to simply vanish before them, despite their pleas. Her ability made it all to easy to avoid anyone she didn't want to meet and though she hated it, she could simply take what she needed.
Years went on and "watching" the world degrade into a chaotic mess began to eat away at her. A situation arose where a conduit had gone more than just a little mad with his gifts, killing the innocent and DUP alike. A child ran to her in the crisis, its shirt smelled of blood and ash, it pleaded for her to do something. Leaning down she patted the child and said "Okay"
Since then she has been a constant thorn in the side of both parties, while not working her own agenda she tends to interfere in situations that have escalated breaking the thumb of whichever side is being heavy handed. Where once she would vanish she now lingers making sure others see her and the pillars of light, using theatrics to send a message. "Those who must create chaos, will face Order"
Powers

Flash rodWhile hardly a power her stick has been modified as to be able to both capture light and emit it, meaning she can use it for a weapon or a speed charge depending on the situation. While most conduits weapons are improvised her rod is an extension of self making her more than proficient at making fools of the reckless who think her being blind is an easy win.

Distorting rays:By using her own light she can distort the way other perceive an area, This ability makes people fail to see certain things or percieve objects closer or farther than they actually are. An example you think your in a room with a door on the ceiling, and windows beneath your feet, another you are miles away from her and yet she just punched you?!

Blastportation: (She has no name, its just what it was called and it sorta stuck) She fires a weak beam while not particularly damaging it is due to its purpose being a guide for her transportation. The form she leaves behind can act as a flash bang if the situation calls for it.

Shattered spectrum: She can make split colored images of herself, one red one blue and one yellow. These copies are not just harmless distortions of the light they are a more violent version of blastportation, allowing her to swap betwixt them giving the inexperienced the illusion that they are tangible.

Focus Beam: While the beams do not make the cliche "waom" noise after a moment of focusing she can fire a beam of light that is something similar to one you would have seen in an 80s future movie, complete with firey spots left behind.

All seeing light: Her eyes used to be blind, but with her conduit abilities they gained a bizarre and rather helpful function they can perceive anything that her light emits, meaning that strange glow is not just cosmetic she can "see" all around herself making most attacks predictable, that said it can be diluted or even tricked. But someone who was born blind she knows not to trust what she sees too much.

Light in the darknessA technique that drains her rapidly, she herself becomes a beacon draining the light around her at a rapid rate and emitting her own. She can temporarily slows light down enough that it becomes absent in her presence, leaving her victim in an absolute dark. This then leads to a eruption of the still light, turning herself into a geyser of light that can tear through concrete flip cars and if she chooses "wreck" all but the most prepared conduit.

(A note most abilities are damaging to the eyes, only protective eye wear prevents burnt corneas.)


(working on back ground)

[Dragonbud]

I was in the last infamous rp you ran, and I would love to join this one :D

[Argetlam350]

@Rajinslayer
All right I'll read through the second char as soon as a can.

@LPFan
Well don't hesitate to ask for help, I don't mind bouncing ideas.

@TwistedGrin
Looks like a nice start so far.

@Dragonbud
All right then, welcome aboard.

Now to address everyone I'll have the OOC up tomorrow morning (Probably around 8 or 9 AM mountain standard time). Now when does that mean the IC starts? I'll give a day for people to post up there characters and so forth so the IC, if goes to plan, will start probably Friday.

[Argetlam350]

OOC is up

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/74256/posts/ooc?page=1

[LPFan]

Well he's finally done. The power is not exactly the pinnacle of creativity but I got tired of thinking. I hope he's okay...

Name: Samuel Colt(usually called Sam or Sammy)
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Side: Neutral would be the best way to describe him. Sam is not feeling very heroic right now, but he's not a bad guy either.
Personality: Sam has a rebellious attitude. He lost his faith in justice and authority a long time ago. He has his own set of rules and principles that he always follows. The most important principle he goes by is an eye for an eye. If someone causes harm to him or his family and friends, Sam will imidieatly retaliate and do the same thing to that person. He is also, stubborn, fearless(as he himself stated), open-minded and a little impulsive.
Biography: Sam Colt is the son of Bob Colt, biker and former leader of the Vipers biker gang. Sam obviously followed on his father's footsteps becoming a biker himself. He took over leadership of the gang from his father at just 21 years old. The reason for this was because one morning his father was found dead in an alley, next to his bike, with 4 bullet shots in his chest. Not even after all this time the killer wasn't discovered yet. With everything going on, some gang members didn't saw him capable of handling leadership, but Sam proved them all wrong as he did a very good job. But it was all short lived as the DUP discovered Sam as being a conduit and captured him, sending him to the island prison of Curdon Cay. In prison Sam's life was a living hell, mostly because his stubbornness, impulsiveness and his rebellious attitude which made him a "favorite" among guards and those in charge.

During the time that Sam spent in Curdon Cay the Vipers fell apart. There where 4 people that attempted to seize leadership, but 2 of them ended up killing each other and the other 2 started a real war in the gang which eventually sealed it's fate. And what's worse is that Sam couldn't do anything about it, beying locked away and all. After the DUP's downfall and after his release from prison, Sam found himself in a very ingrate position. The Vipers were gone, he had nothing anymore. Except for The Viper Pit, which is or was the clubhouse of the Vipers. Sam plans to recreate the Vipers but he knows that will be a hell of a job. If needed Sam can be always found at The Viper Pit.
Power: Steel Mimicry
Power-:
Organic Steel Shapeshifting: Sam can transform his body completely into an organic steel-like substance. His transformed form is anatomically identical to his normal form, only that it's made of metal. Upon transformation, the clothes he's wearing don't transform into metal as well. They remain the same as they where when he was normal. The transformation also adds some pounds to Sam's normal weight making him slower then he would normally be as a normal person
Weapon Creation: Sam can create weapons from his hands or by shaping existing parts of steel into weapons. He usually prefers bladed or blunt weapons.
Ferrokinetic Regeneration: If he's ever wounded Sam can regenerate by absorbing steel, provided there is any in the area where he's in. This only works when he's transformed
Thermal Resistance: By transforming into metal, Sam is also resistant to heat and cold and their effects upon a normal human body.
Other: Sam loves tattoos and has quite alot of them on his body. The one he loves the most is the chinese dragon that covers his back. He also likes music, especially rock and metal. Sam suffers from photophobia, which means that his eyes are sensitive to sunlight and even strong indoor light. This is the reason why he wears sunglasses alot.

[Twistedgrin]

I tweaked mine, please let me know what you think. In addition would you like us to start posting in the ooc?