Assallya

Apocalyptic, sci-fi and Old west rp.

I'm not sure if you can have lasers or technology without some cities. You'd need at least some form of manufacturing base for any technology beyond revolvers and lever action rifles. Maybe some small "cities" of a few thousands of people? Or perhaps all the technology from before is all that there is left and there is no making more? Then you could treat them almost like magical items. Thus, instead of cities you could have "Barter Town" like from Mad Max's Thunderdome. (Chant with me now... Two men enter. One man leaves!)

Let's be Pirates

I'm also interested. I do so enjoy the pirate genre.

Apocalyptic, sci-fi and Old west rp.

Radiation type magic? That I would like to hear more about. Also, what sort of mood are we hoping for? Is it more akin to Fallout or are we talking about shiny metal suits beneath tattered leather dusters and personal shielding systems? Are we just the frontier folk, forging a new world, on behalf of the giant mega-cities were people escaped the apocalypse?

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

Well, from the looks of it, the guild seems to be allowing us to post again. That was almost three days where every attempt to post failed.

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

Provided none of the bounty hunters searching for Assallya come a calling :)

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

The dancer picked her way carefully between tankards both half filled and empty. Brass and silver anklets, chased in gold, jangled on her slender ankles above pale bare feet with toenails painted a dull black and dusted in silver. Many eyes were upon her, though now that she'd been dancing for some time, not all of them as when she'd first begun. She was a beautiful thing, an elf with hair of burnished gold attired in a dancer's outfit. Ebony sleeves ensconced her limbs, her midriff was bare and undulating to the music being played by a pair of caravan drivers. Twisting and turning she swirled and moved, darting in and out of reach of various patrons who reached out towards her. It was a game, an interesting game that the men and her played. It was a teasing game. They would reach for her, to see how close they could get without her taking offense and leaving to dance upon another table. Each one of them hoping to be the one to be allowed to touch her while at the same time fearing their fellows would pummel them for making her flee their presence, hopping gracefully from one table to the next. Those from the table she'd leaped to would cheer and those from the table she'd left would berate their fellows.

A childish game... but one that men rarely tired of.

All the while she listened, sensitive elven ears taking note of her prospective employer. They did not converse upon the actual quest which implied that the young man and he had met long before. What she needed was someone to approach the man, to make an initial overture so that she could eavesdrop. She wanted to know more before engaging openly. It was her way. She preferred to gather as much information as possible before doing anything. She had considered placing a seeming upon herself to look more plain but it had been such a very long time since she'd danced a table and to her shame she found herself enjoying it. She wanted them to see her. She enjoyed teasing them. She also enjoyed the looks upon the faces of the serving wenches who, while they regularly complained of being pinched and bothered, suddenly were jealous instead of thankful for the distraction.

RP including mutants and magic?

What does mutant mean in this context? When I see "mutant" I think massively deformed, usually with loose hanging flaps of skin and altogether f-ugly.

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

*whispers* We started without you....

No, seriously, Pyro probably just hit a bit of a snag with something in the real world. Them damn blue pills are always mucking it up for the rest of us.

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

So long as you're happy. Another idea is maybe that the bow is a powerful magical weapon that belonged to her grandmother and her grandmother was someone super-famous and Katarina has no idea? It could give Pyromancer something to work with and the bow could reveal additional powers down the road. Hmmm... maybe the spirit of her grandmother lives in the bow itself which is why it's so easy to use?

I once had a character who was a young girl who inherited gauntlets that granted her immense strength. (Girdle of Giant Strength for anyone with D&D experience) She carried a normal bastard sword, wielding it like it was a two hander but what I really enjoyed was the look on most warriors when she, quite literally, twisted their arms.

Bound by Fate (and Treasure)

Not meaning to be rude or confrontational or challenging but how does Katarina, a four and a half foot tall girl even draw, let alone murder people with a recurve bow? I mean this as an honest question, not in any way saying that I don't like the character. A skilled archer draws with one hundred pounds of force. The average draw weight for such a child is only 10-15 pounds and while I wouldn't want to get in front of any bow, this arrow would be moving almost ten times slower, easily stopped by really weak armour and also slow enough to easily dodge or possibly even catch! Also, it is said that she studied magic for several years? What sort?

Honestly though, I do like the murderous tiny girl concept. One possible explanation for her ability that comes to mind is that maybe Katarina somehow uses magic on her bow or casts some sort of spell to help her become stronger, enough to draw more weight on the bow making her a more deadly archer while still remaining small? Maybe she possesses a special magic bow with a history of its own?

On a secondary note, this is turning into an interesting group. So far they're all con-artists, thieves, assassins and the like. Not your typical heroic fare.