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LeeRoy said
I'm sorry I exposed my bones to the air and don't want to type that much. :U

Ow.

Nexus Of Worlds Multiverse

I vote for Total Anarchy.

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3 people to review characters.

Why not just pick one?

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HazmatMedic said
That reminds me - how do people want the combat system to go?I know the honour system is good, but it only works when you can trust one side to back down. Sometimes, two sides just seem too evenly matched to get a clear winner.

If people use their brains, this shouldn't be an issue.

Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

WIP

Tejan

Character you have created: Tejan’Ja Turner
Alias: N/A
Speech Color: The default text color

Character Alignment: After her arrival, Tejan’Ja soon discovered that the world’s ethical views seemed to be tightly governed by a widespread (though highly variable) form of moral absolutism. Denouncing society’s meager customs and ‘unreasonable’ expectations, Tejan’Ja firmly believes that right and wrong cannot be defined in any which way. She has long since chosen to take on a more chaotic and neutral approach to ethical choices, actions and environmental circumstances, only involving herself if a reward is within sight or some other rationale compels her to act in a specific way. Tejan’Ja blurs the line between hero and villain, though her relatively brutal solutions to solving problems, innate selfishness, violent temperament, and cold demeanor promotes a more villainous and sinister persona that pushes her closer to a stereotypically-defined view of immorality in the eyes of most.

Identity: Known

Character Personality: Tejan’Ja generally comes off as the strong yet silent type, choosing to speak only when spoken to, and rarely voicing her opinion unless asked. A woman of very words, many confuse Tejan’Ja’s reclusive behavior as tall-tale signs of an abusive relationship shared between a significant other, her childhood guardians or a malevolent sibling.
In truth, Turner remains silent because raw, unadulterated aggression teams through her veins

Uniform/costume: When one first looks upon Tejan’Ja, one would first notice that her body seems to fit more with a

Origin Info/Details: Tejan’Ja hails from the world of Eden, an alternate universe sandwiched between two states of existence, with Eden serving as a pseudo-prison for creatures, species or metaphysical beings that cannot be held under heel by her world’s versions of ‘gods’.

Hero Type (Select one):
Normal (Non-powered characters)
Brick/Muscle
Elemental (Select: Water, Wind, Earth)
Energy (What kind of energy? Ex. Electricity, Fire)
Psychic
Acrobat
Speedster
Gray Matter (Super-smart characters)
Shape Shifter
Mystic (Spell casters/magic users)
Supernatural (Divine agents, Vampires, werewolves, Cosmic deities)
Other (Explain)

Power Level (Select one below): Street level, specifically China Town, of which Tejan’Ja calls home.
Powers (Be Specific):

Attributes (Select one at each category):

Strength Level: Tejan'Ja can lift 100+ tons with surprising ease, though her lifting capacity (and thus the power behind her savage melee attacks) increases dramatically as she endures damage (this odd phenemone can be looked over in further detail under Tejan'Ja's listed powers and abilities). Generally, Tejan'Ja's physical power has no concrete limitations, though it will naturally come to an end when her vitality is exhausted. Fortunately for most, Turner's health does not benefit from these same dynamic abnormalities.

Speed/Reaction Timing Level: Normal Human, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, or 100+ MPH.

Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Normal Human, 2, 3, 4, 5 hours.

Agility: Normal Human, 5X, 10X, 15X, or 20X Human level.

Intelligence: Average

Fighting Skill: Mastered, though you won’t see any flashy kicks, throat-chops or other complicated martial arts techniques. Tejan’Ja’s hand-to-hand fighting style chiefly involves using fairly lackluster maneuvers reminiscent of the stances and attacks associated with basic street-fighting. Like most street fighters, Turner tends to make heavy use of her environment, and has no shame in performing underhanded tactics and concocting more sinister on-the-fly strategies to ensure that she walks away from a scuffle.

Resources: Minimal/Average/Large/Extreme

Weaknesses:

Supporting Characters (Does your character have a significant other? A mother? Friend? Who are they, what do they have to do with your character?):

Do you know how to post pictures on RPG boards?:

Sample Post (Minimum Four paragraphs containing dialogue. As this is an Advanced Level game, Sample must also meet the RPG forum's minimum requirement of 12 lines):

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That's because the MLP fandom itself is beyond terrible.

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TheSovereignGrave said
Take a bird from the West Coast of America and a related species from Europe and I can guarantee you that they won't understand each other.

This same exact thing applies to humans, honestly. You can't take someone who doesn't know a lick of English and fling them into the state of Texas and really expect them to fair well without extensive assistance from a third-party. You could say that utilizing computer programs to help communicate is one method of getting things done, but I doubt modern electronic translation software (which is rather pathetic, mind you) has information on the 2,000 or so languages used by the human race.

Also, pretty sure dolphins have been said to have their own language. Body language could also count.

Realms: The Coalition Era (NS Depository)

WIP

Revlery

Name:
Map location: (see map)

Species:

>Croftpyre: A mysterious race of vampire-like creatures that denounced their gods in response to an age-old 'betrayal' of some sort. Like most traditional types of vampire, Croftpyres have an innate weakness to fire, light and silver weaponry, but their strange and unearthly powers of deduction, seduction and deception have given their species the ability to take control of entire populations of native peoples by utilizing the profane power of Vampyre Witchcall, a sub-type of the magical arts that deals with latent methods of hypnotism, illusions and other effects upon a victim's psyche. Croftpyres are the true underlying leadership caste behind Revelry, their existence only mentioned in unreliable rumors spilled by persons of questionable motives and mental health.

>Umbra: During Revelry’s initial construction, digging operations led to sudden contact with the umbra, a species of reptilian, subterranean dwellers infamous for their sociopathic mentalities, impressive physiological features and rapid reproductive cycles. In Revelry's more seedy areas, umbra have taken to allying themselves with the numerous human gangs and crime syndicates of the area, usually as assassins or lookouts, with their compensation typically being in the form of food or sanctuary from the elements. Unbeknownst to these criminal organizations, their method of rewarding the umbra is contributing to the species explosive population growth.

>Humankind: Native members of the race of Man that can trace their ties back to the English homeland. The dominant species within the confines of Revelry, though mankind’s numbers are constantly threatened by the swelling population figures wielded by the evasive umbra. Known for their stubbornness, technological aptitude and tendency to be incredibly violent.

Nation Traits: (Same as above, but for all nations)
Speciality: Reverly is a major city state indirectly owned
Brief Overview: (Sort of an overview of the nation as a whole, and a short history/recent history)
Military:

Revelry Guard



Their members levied from the criminal populations of Revelry, the Revelry Guard is a small militia force dedicated to keeping the peace within the rowdy streets of Lady Faus' city. Though not of particular high quality, the force was schooled by some of England’s most elite soldiers and commanders.

Typical equipment consists of munitions-grade iron cuirass, iron morion helmet, heavy leather boots, sackcloth pants and shirt, and a simple iron halberd, pike or spear. Some soldiers, especially those forced into situations where riot control work is to be expected, are issued high-powered blunderbusses or dragon pistols paired with a shortsword or longsword, while others are given short-barreled or long-barreled matchlock firearms. Like most troops of this age, the Revelry Guard is knowledgeable in the methods-of-execution and tactics regarding the traditional pike-and-shot formation.


Lady Fraus’ Huntsmen



Revlery’s seasoned arquebusers, sometimes referred to as Lady Fraus’ Huntsmen (so named for the typical background of the soldiers belonging to this particular military unit), are special troops hand-picked by Lady Fraus herself. Lady Fraus’ Huntsmen are renowned for their unconventional (and rather lackluster) style of military dress, specifically detailing sleeveless dusters or long coats, leather boots, finger-less gloves, and plain shirts. All Huntsmen stand out from their fellow citizens by their noteworthy tricorn hats, which also aids in guiding rain water way from the individual's eyes, in turn promoting more accurate shots with firearms. Though donning the poor man’s attire, the mark of a Huntsmen’s true station is displayed by his trade tool: the Huntsmen's Rifle, a weapon expressing the pinnacle of Revelry's firearm technology, with each weapon using the revolutionary wheel-lock mechanism and an iron sight taken from early Edo-period matchlock weapons.

Lady Fraus’ Huntsmen are typically utilized in siege defenses roles or in skirmishes that have a demand for an armed force of guerrilla war fighters, with these roles normally capitalizing on the better armor penetration probability, improved accuracy, and superior firing ranges of the Huntsmen’s Rifle. When working in unison, Lady Faus' Huntsmen can be downright destructive during a battle (their capacity to be combat-ready within roufghly one minute being a large factor in their effectiveness), though the painfully slow reloading times and intrinsic delicacy of their weapons forbids the Huntsmen from being a dedicated element of pike-and-shot formations.

Additional Information



>Defenses: Durable walls enclose Revelry on all sides, with the shape of the defensive structures mimicking a 17th century star fort. Within the walls are casemated cannons and firing ports, while a moat encircles the entire metropolis. From a defensive standpoint, Revelry was forged with invasion in mind, Lady Fraus herself having dedicated much of the contents of her coffers to the construction of such powerful fortifications.

>Additional ranged units: The usual complementary English longbow men.

Economy: Revlery thrives on trade with the English mainland, with its main exports consisting of warships, high-quality timber, infantry arms and armor, goods obtained from profitable whaling operations (such as whale oil), and various food stuffs collected from the surroundings forests, farmland maintained by Revelry and neighboring villages that pay homage to the city proper.

Government type:
Religion:
Society:
Ideology:

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ImportantNobody said
Larger animals would normally be stronger because they'd need larger muscles to support their weight and they'd also have more momentum if moving at the same speed.

True.

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Vordak said
Just making sure - increasing the thickness of muscle is what makes one stronger, not the overall mass?Also, square cube law and all that jazz applied, a being wouldn't greatly benefit from growing in height - BUT with longer limbs it would have a longer lever to swing, and stronger-than-human muscles would compensate for the volume increase, actualy making such growth efficient, right?

Strength is a little...funny when it comes to various animals native to our world.

For example, a Silverback Gorilla, on average, is shorter than your run-of-the-mill human male (mostly because this particular species of animal is quasi-bipedal, moving about on land via knuckle-walking, so true bipedal locomotion isn't needed for them). The gorilla's immense physical strength comes from its refined arm muscles; it's a top-heavy creature, and requires all of that physical power to swing its hefty mass from tree to tree. It's a factor in a lot of creatures, but automatically coming to the assumption that a tall creature is an immensely strong one is kind of odd when I think about it.

A lot of factors are thrown into calculating muscle power, like how the organism's skeleton is structured, what type of muscle the creature specializes in (either in slow-twitch muscle fibers or fast-twitch muscle fibers), the creature's metabolic rate, how tightly-woven the muscle fibers are, and more. You might even run into an animal that suffers from an unusual condition that causes its body to pack on more muscle than it should, like in the incredibly rare cases where some humans are born with myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy.

It's basically superhuman strength, caused by your body's low sensitivity to myostatin, a protein that restricts muscle growth. Very odd mutation, honestly. What's weird is that, as far as doctors know, it doesn't come with any real risks to the one affected by it.