Frengo

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

@Mr Allen J Oh come on man, we've all been there. We've all at one point or another in our RP lives attempted to insert Space Raptors into an RP. Don't act like you don't know my struggles.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

When you make some top quality AAA original content with Space Raptors, but everyone just laughs at you :'(

Randomonium: The Walking Freds

Randomonium: The Walking Freds

(Featuring Space Raptors)

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The Freddening

Fred Tinkleman was the universal archetype of your average 17 year old ginger afro'd, thick framed glasses wearing, spotty faced, World of Warcraft spamming geek. He was bullied relentlessly at school, and he faired little better at home no thanks to his foot ball loving/gym freak step-dad. Most of his hours, as many as he could get away with, were spent locked away safely in his fortress - well, his bedroom, where he would engage with other like minded individuals online and look at pictures of cats in funny poses.

And then during a six hour google binge, he accidentally stumbled upon the means to divide zero by zero, which promptly started a world wide cataclysm with er... rather unexpected results.

Fred Tinkleman came forth from his bedroom on a routine hunt for doritos, unaware of what his trivial actions had just set in motion. As it happens, he was immediately confronted by his step-dad, who got him in a head lock and started the usual barrage of insults he was known for.

And then Fred bit his arm, and his step-dad became him. That is to say, there were now two Freds.

And thus dawned the end of the world.

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Three weeks after the Freddening, much of the world lies in ruins. Cities have become Fredyards, and the rural areas fair little better. There is no industry, no governments - nothing. Just Freds. Lots, and lots of Freds.

And they are angry.

Bands of survivors (non-Freds) are roaming about, trying to find safety, but they are out numbered by the Fred 10 to 1, and there's not enough ammo in the world to put Fred to Bed. Instead, they search for a safe haven, somewhere with strong enough walls that the multitudes of the Fred cannot hope to climb (with their skinny arms and all).

This is their-

AND THEN THE SPACE RAPTORS INVADED!

Called from the Darkness by Fred's logic breaking feat, and his consequential transformation into a Borg-Collective wet dream, the Space Raptors invaded Earth. Their mission was noble, and their cause just. They were to obliterate Fred with their superior technology and know-how. Thousands of them beamed down from their fleets of mother ships, and they did battle with the Fred hordes.

Alas, for though the Space Raptors were courageous warriors, they had underestimated their opponent, and did not believe he could transform them. Fred-Raptors were deadly beasts, more nerd than dinosaur, but more dinosaur than nerd, and their wrath was terrible. The Space Raptors lost many in those few short weeks, until they decided it was time to leave the matter to someone greater than they.

However, shortly before retreating, a Fred-Raptor managed to trick the Space Raptors into beaming him on board one of their ships. He spread rapidly, and now a big ole space battle is raging in the stars. It will only be a matter of time before the Fred-Raptors find out where Space Raptor Homeworld is located, and all will be lost!

Only by destroying Fred Zero, can the Space Raptors hope to save their world - and the universe - from Fredination.

But they can't do it alone.

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Rules

1) Embrace the craziness.

2) Find and kill Fred Zero.

3) Save the day.

4) Get the girl/female raptor/guy/male raptor/transgender person/trans-raptor.

5) Go home.

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Space Raptor Sheet

[b]English Name:[/b] i.e Nigel
[b]Native Name:[/b] Brakdpoakdap!!!!
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Breed:[/b] Crab Raptors... Crab Raptors... Crab Raptors...
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Background:[/b] Haha
[b]Raptorbilities:[/b] Space Raptors have access to various powers, such as super reflexes, fearsome strength, steel-like hides, laser eyes, flame breath and... er... posable thumbs? Anything and everything, excluding God-like powers such as invulnerability, super speed and anything else that might break things more than they already are.
[b]Raptditions:[/b] Cybernetic implants, shoulder infused weapons, skin-melded armor plates - anything sci-fiy that a Space Raptor is likely to have been augmented with.

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Human Sheet

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Background:[/b] RP will be set in America, because where else? Bulgaria? Euw.
[b]Occupation:[/b] What they did before the Freddening.
[b]Skills:[/b] Notable things they are reasonably skilled at, such as drinking, gambling, drawing, chewing, advanced weapons training, sleeping, jump- wait, one of those is not like the rest o.0
[b]Equipment:[/b] Pens, pencils, erasers, nuclear fusion cores, fishing rod, spork etc
[b]Weapons:[/b] Samurai sword, small samurai sword, the smaller version of the small samurai sword, claw hammer, Heckler & Koch MP7 etc
[b]Other:[/b] Info you want to attach.

States of Evolution

Of course, we still should wait for everyone else's opinion.

@TheSovereignGrave

If this was the Kremlin you'd of been retired to a poultry farm by now.

jkjk

If everyone is happy with that sheet, then let's drag this heavy bastard to the starting line. If not, then you can join Sovereign on his poultry farm. then let me know what you think is missing.

States of Evolution

@TheSovereignGrave Have another look at it. Am I getting warm?

States of Evolution

Eeeeeh, as much trouble as I'm having with my NS that seems a bit too barebones. Population should be on it at the very least.

@TheSovereignGrave

Uh huh, and what other details do you think are essential? I'm open to suggestions.

States of Evolution

Here, fill this out, add it to your original character sheet posts, and BOOM, you're good to go.

Late Ancient Era Nation Summary

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Nation Name

Overview: In one paragraph, summarise your nation. This is to provide any new players a brief idea of what your nation is, and what it's about.

Example - "Jalsador is a single city state, but a regional maritime power, with an emphasis on securing trade to all nations that are willing. It maintains a small professional army, but its true strength lies in its navy. It is led by a King, and has a proud history of acting on the right side of morality. It is inhabited by a mixture of humans and turtle-like humanoids."

What Your Nation Can Offer: In one paragraph, briefly summarise what your nation could offer potential allies and trade partners.

Military Strengths and Weaknesses: In one paragraph, briefly summarise your nation's greatest strengths and weaknesses in a war situation. I.e strong reliance on heavy infantry, lacks naval forces, uses cavalry, etc etc.

Population and Races:

• Race A - #######
• Race B - #######
• Race C - #######

Religions:

Religion A

Religion Name:

Type:

Name of Believers:

Overview of Beliefs:

Rinse and repeat.

Capital City:

Secondary Cities:

Through Their Eyes...

Template

[b]Character Name:[/b]

[b]Character Gender:[/b]

[b]Character Race:[/b]

[b]Character Age:[/b]

[b]Character Appearance:[/b]

[b]Character's Role Within Nation:[/b]

[b]Character Background Info:[/b]

[b]Other:[/b]

Key

Leaders: Monarchs, Emperors, Prime Ministers etc

Government Officials: Prominent members of government who do not necessarily dictate the direction of a nation, but may have a hand in influencing it.

Generals: Leaders of armies who are not necessarily linked to the running of state, but rather, the leading of armies. Commanders, Lords, Princes, Admirals, Captains - that kind of role.

Scientists/Inventors: Individuals whose research and experiments are likely to procure ground breaking results in the very near future. Could for example, be someone on the verge of figuring out how to harness gun powder in an effective form.

Explorers: Individuals who have accumulated enough wealth, or who have been sponsored by rich benefactors, to set sail beyond the great seas to lands yet unknown. Think Christopher Columbus.

Soldiers: Individuals of great skill and renown (or not?), who have made their living in the trenches or on the sands of some Gods forsaken arena, but whose story might bring grit to the tale of an entire Empire.

Common Folk: Every day citizens and subjects, or slaves, who may yet one day be of some significance to the history of your nation.

Leaders

< E M P T Y >

Government Officials

< E M P T Y >

Generals

< E M P T Y >

Scientists/Inventors

< E M P T Y >

Explorers

< E M P T Y >

Soldiers

< E M P T Y >

Common Folk

< E M P T Y >

Players may have as many characters as they wish.

States of Evolution

Might as well ask: @Frengo If we DO skip straight into the RP itself, do you have an idea of the IC pacing we'll have? I.E. how many days at a time should go by with a post? Or would we measure that in weeks? Etc.

Example: should there be an IC three week game between the events in post A and the events in post B, or should it be longer than that, or shorter than that? (Assuming the posts come from the same person.)

Besides that, am I still cool to post 1/week in the IC?

@Shorticus

We're going to run with "Posts take place within days and weeks of each other", until such a time that they need to be synced. Something that is happening over in Scalethein, probably wont impact something that's going on in Zaqir, so we can get away with a more fluid type of system. When time needs to get snyced, that'll be down to the players involved i.e a battle, or a meeting between characters etc.

Just so that we don't live in an eternal summer, I'll manually shunt the seasons forwards if needs be - however I'm hoping things will just flow naturally.

And yeah, 1 post a week is fine. We've made no posts in like 2 weeks and we're still here, so I can't see it being a problem lol :D

I, personally, am a fan of the time between posts being more fluid and not having a concrete "there is always X amount of time between post 1 and post 2".

@TheSovereignGrave

This guy gets it.

OHHHHHHHHHHKAY then, let's see if we can move forwards. I'm going to throw up a new "Summary Sheet" in a little while, which asks a lot less and is mostly focused around characters. By all means use/keep the information you've already filled out on the other sheet, as not to waste it.

After that, I'll set a deadline for ... Thursday? And then the IC will start.

Sound good?

They Hunger For You (Closed)

<Snipped quote by Frengo>

Nope, I'm gonna try to get my starting post out tonight.

@Framing A Moose

Awesome :D

a skirmish, because why not

I find all those to sound like good ideas. I'm in a bit of a zombieslaaying mood todaty, so let's go with the zombies. I like the semi-intelligent undead approach too. Just so the entire army doesn't collapse when someone snipes the necromancer.

@Natsucooldude

Hah, that's a good point.

I'm happy to lead an army of the damned. Where do we go from here? Want me to start drafting some unit types and what not?

Edit: Here's my proposal for my commander. I may have made him a bit too OP, but I felt that a "Sauron" type figure might be best. I don't intend for him to actually get stuck in the fighting, until the final show down with the Paladin - or when things get drastic for his zombies.

I've also give us a back ground to go on in his bio, which is of course subject to your input/approval.

The Necromancer

Gorvath the Wronged

Biography: Gorvath was the budding young son of Lord Emeralt, a renowned advisor to the Imperial Court. From the moment of his birth, it was clear to all - especially his power craving father - that he had a special, yet forbidden gift.

He was merely six months old when a nursing maid noticed an odd phenomenon; dead flies in the child's room would seemingly reanimate, and buzz around clumsily as if intoxicated. To a trained eye, this was a sure sign that the boy had necromantic powers, which were by their very nature outlawed by the Empire. Anyone who had such powers was to be sent to special schools, where they would be "disarmed" by Holy men, and returned to their lives without their powers.

Lord Emeralt however, had other designs. In secret, he arranged for Gorvath's tutorage in necromancy by Gazmand the Black - a notorious necromancer who had for many years been believed dead, but was found and employed thanks to Emeralt's far reaching influences within the Imperial institution. By the time he was fourteen, Gorvath's powers surpassed that of Gazmand's, and he was ready to fulfil his father's desires.

Emeralt planned to cause an unholy undead plague through the Imperial Capital, and would use his son to command an army of corpses to assault the Palace - where they would slay the Emperor. In the chaos, Emeralt would emerge as the Empire's saviour, and would be crowned as the next Emperor; his ambitions of ultimate power would finally be realised.

However, Emeralt's plan was uncovered by the Emperor's servants, and he was summarily executed as he made his way through the council chambers. A group of soldiers were sent to find Gorvath, and to put him and his family to the sword - a regrettable act, but by now it was believed that the boy was too dangerous to let live. Sure enough, they arrived at Emeralt Manor, and slew every man, woman and child within the residence.

But Gorvath was not there. Instead, he had gone for a morning stroll to clear his mind; his conscience battled itself over the fulfilment of his father's wishes. Just as he had come to the conclusion that his father's plans were wicked, and therefore he could not obey them, he spotted a column of smoke rising from the direction of his home.

The soldiers were gone by the time he arrived, leaving him to look on with terror, despair and dismay as his home burned - with his mother, sisters and brothers inside. He fled shortly after, vanishing from the face of the earth.

Ten years later...

It started as a few riots on the Empire's outskirts, usually in remote villages or market towns. No one of importance took much notice, and the troubles were left to be dealt with by local sheriffs and garrisons.

However, by the time the Emperor and his advisers grasped what was happening, it was too late. Entire cities had been contaminated by a plague. This illness not only carried a high mortality rate, but it also turned its victims into undead carriers. Quarantines were enacted across wide swathes of the Empire; some towns were outright burned to the ground, and thousands of people who were thought to be sick with the disease, were killed out right by the Emperor's soldiers.

In the Province of Ameriel, a large host of plague victims have gathered into a formidable force, and are threatening the Provincial Capital of Ameriel City. At their head, is Gorvath Emeralt, or as some folk have come to call him: Gorvath the Wronged. He promises vengence on all those who had a stake in the slaughter of his family, and will not stop until the Empire has been torn down by the hungry hands of his zombie horde.

Personal equipment and skills: In life, Gorvath was a sickly looking youth, with pale skin, thick greasy black hair and pale blue eyes. It was often joked that he could barely support the weight of his robes, let alone that of a sword.

In death - for Gorvath is not one of the living - he is a towering, muscled monster of dark plate and hatred. He has imbued his soul with his sword, Vengeance, and it is the key to destroying his powers and the hold he has over the undead. However, the weapon cannot be broken by mortal means, and requires the works of a Holy man to dismantle.

Gorvath can not be killed by normal weapons; indeed, it would take some very powerful magic to threaten him. However, he can be hurt and slowed. Only by destroying Vengeance, can an adversary hope to slay him.

His shield, aptly named Blind, has the ability to suck life from a living creature, replacing it with unholy necromancy. It is the means by which he commands his undead henchmen - destroying it will interfere with his control over them. However, a feral zombie with no leadership is still a fearsome foe.