"STOP. QUOTING. ME." Jb, 2019, quoted in 2022." Roland, 2022, quoted in 2022.
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STOP. QUOTING. ME.
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Gone fishing for a week, will return soon.
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Happy New Year!
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Merry Yuletide, one and all! Gods bless.
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Bio
Greetings,
I am Jb; Briton by birth, roleplayer by my own hand, and lover of literature. I am also an amateur historian, a receiver of a Bachelors degree in Ancient and Medieval History - quite a useless degree, actually - and would like to think that I'm a fair, honest and open guy.
As far as RP'ing goes, I'm pretty open to most things really, all you need to do is ask! :)
So, if you've ever any questions for me, wish to speak about RP's involving myself or run by myself, or simply feel like a chat, don't be afraid to get in touch.
Can I tempt any of you with some Chaos delights? Possibly chance(s) of gaining the ability to blow people up with soundwaves, become a withered head on a torso, or just to crush the Imperium under your heel?
If so, make it known, if not...well...that's also fine (I realise time and RL do get in the way, so no worries). :)
And remember, kids, to invite your friends because Khorneflakes, theeeeey're GREAT!
- A tale of perversion, corruption, and HERESY within the Warhammer 40,000 universe and setting.
- Characters can come in most shapes and sizes, their age, experience and so forth pretty much up to the participant; that being said, each character begins at the bottommost rung of the Chaos hierarchy, and I will immediately reject any God-like beings or over the top characters.
- I expect, nay, I actively encourage Chaotic behaviour; human sacrifice, perverse sexual acts, the killing of innocent...but let's not get too over the top with it.
- Our tale takes place in the most up-to-date period of 40K timeline, the beginnings of the 42nd Millennium.
- All humanoid races will be considered - including Abhumans and the like.
- As the RP progresses, you may well be given 'gifts' by the Dark Gods (they being...me), remember this and enjoy.
- Just to reiterate an earlier point; no super-human killing machines, characters are to begin as the lowest of the low, although only in the Chaos hierarchy. Otherwise they can be anywhere from a Guardsman, to a Cultist, to a member of a Planetary Governors personal retinue and so forth.
-Those that wish to RP a traitor Astartes will need to have both an exceptional CS, and high casual/advanced writing skills. I'm not going to restrict this class, but I wouldn't encourage it either.
- Character sheets will be accepted based on merit alone, not 'first come first serve'; the more odd/powerful your character, the more exceptional your character sheet will need to be.
- The tale shall begin in a location known only to those who know where it is and serve the Ruinous Powers (I'll set it up once the IC gets started), where we can gather the group, interact and so on. If you have any idea(s) of your own that might spice things up, please feel free to talk to me, though I make no promises that said idea(s) shall be implemented into the RP.
- I fully expect, and intend, for characters to evolve over time during this RP. An example might be that someone loses a limb and seeks a bionic replacement, whether they get one will be both up to me as GM and the participants as a whole; character sheets will then be edited to show any changes, as with a TT role-playing game, and just remember that every action will likely have some form of reaction.
Introduction/Info:
"You take on the roles of heretics, worshippers of the Dark Gods of Chaos fighting against the crumbling monolith that is the Imperium of Man.
The Imperium is the massive empire of humanity, stretching from one end of the galaxy to the other. However, it is beset on all sides by threats; both human and alien. It is also a harsh, cold regime, enforcing its rule with the iron fist of its mighty armies. The Imperial Guard, the Imperial Navy, and above all, the genetically enhanced superhuman warriors of the Adeptus Astartes, the mighty Space Marines.
Though the galaxy of the Imperium is vast, there is another realm, alongside which the Imperium is nothing in comparison.
The Realms of Chaos, the warp, the immaterium, all are names humanity has given this parallel dimension. None, however, can hope to encompass it, for the warp is a realm of infinite size, infinite possibilities, and infinite madness. Humanity makes use of the warp. Starships travel through it to reach the far ends of the galaxy, astropaths send messages through it that would, take centuries to travel across real-space, and those blessed (or cursed) with psychic potential can manipulate the warp's energy to do miraculous and terrible things. However, the immaterium is far from a resource to be harvested, or even an ally to be trusted.
The warp is a realm of swirling emotions, of thought made manifest, and of the purest chaos. Deep in the darkest corners of the immaterium, vast, unknowable intelligences move like sharks beneath the surface of the ocean. They speak to mankind, offering power...at a price. And though the price may be steep, it is one many gladly pay.
As a disciple of the Ruinous Powers, you have turned your back on the Imperium. You have abandoned the oppressive society of mankind, and turned to unknowable entities within the warp; the Dark Gods of Chaos. Now you fight for your new masters, or only for yourself, to gain plunder, glory, and infamy. Perhaps you will gain enough power to lead your own armies, rising up to command your own Black Crusade!
Black Crusade centres around a small group of powerful individuals, the warband. You, the players, take on the role of members of that warband, either as Traitor Legionnaires (Space Marines who have turned from the Imperium and embraced Chaos) or powerful human renegade and heretic Disciples of the Dark Gods. Though you have only yourselves to rely on, you are some of the most formidable warriors and dangerous adversaries in the galaxy, and there is much you can accomplish with your own hands.
The game focuses on your warband's rise to power and glory.
Your characters must be resourceful, powerful, and bold to succeed. As you accomplish great deeds and defeat powerful foes you accrue more infamy and fortune. Meanwhile, you are constantly being infused with the attentions of the Ruinous Powers, attentions which can have very real effects and corrupt you in body and mind even as they give you greater abilities and powers. You must earn enough renown and infamy to impress the gods and be elevated to immortal daemon-hood upon your end.
Perhaps you may even be one of the very few skilled enough to earn the infamy required to lead your own Black Crusade before your apotheosis."
Out of character info:
Welcome, one and all, to the grim darkness of the future where their is only war!
As part of a group, you shall be forming a group of individuals who have, in their own ways, dedicated themselves to the worship of one or more of the Chaos Gods; you might be a powerful figure in your every day life, or you may be the poorest beggar in an Underhive somewhere, it really does not matter! What matters is that you have turned from the faith and light of the Imperium and the Emperor, toward the temptation and ensnaring options of what-could-be, if only you travel the path before you.
To begin with, as stated above, we will have a short 'gathering of the clans' - basically getting everyone together in one place, a location I shall reveal to everyone when/if I get enough folks to begin the IC portion of this RP. Your characters will be alerted to this 'meeting' depending on who they are, where they are any so on, but leave that to me. After this little get together, and hopefully some interaction, we shall proceed with our nefarious and dark activities in the Imperium.
You can be more-or-less whomever you wish to be, although I would advise a lower ranking character - a Planetary Governor would draw quite a lot of attention if he suddenly went AWOL from his post, don't you think?
I expect everyone will have some knowledge of Warhammer 40K, but for those that might lack a little, I have always found warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_.. to be one of the best places to look. Just make certain that the information has a source, otherwise it is very likely fan made and therefore not canon.
Rules
- Sort your squabbles out in private. If you persistently disagree with another player or they're grieving you, involve me. If necessary, I will get the moderators involved.
- No godmodding (controlling someone else's character).
- Try to post at least once a week- though more if you can, let me know if you can't post soon, and please try for at least three paragraphs.
- One character per player.
- My decisions are final.
Character Sheet
Please submit your character sheets by THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th. Post them in a hider in a comment in the OOC tab, NOT the Character tab.
Name: Your character's name. A pretty obvious one, so enough said.
Age: Unless you are not human, or a Space Marine, then please use common sense.
Gender: Male, female or other.
Race: Humanoid only, and try to keep them 'plausible' - at least as plausible as Chaos can get.
Religion: Which of the pantheon do they worship? One, all, none?
Appearance: A written description of your character's appearance. No pictures. Please include here any weapons they may have, and any armour or clothing as well.
Personality: What kind of person is your character, what are their motivations etc, and how do they interact with others?
History: A sketch of your character's life and history. Give me three solid paragraphs, at least, please.
Skills: What skills do they possess, how did they come by them, what have they used/been using them for?
Equipment: What do they bring with them/carry on their person? Be sensible when deciding, as weight and wealth are both an issue.
Miscellaneous: Anything you want to mention but haven't been able to cover yet.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
@SinerathinJust a quick question, before I complete my CS; exactly how high up into the Imperial hierarchy is this mission going?
I just need to know because only the Inquistion/High Lords can send out an Assassinorum agent aaaand, if this 'Task Force' is not sanctioned by the =][= I can still cook up a lesser, non-Officio Assassinorum character instead.
It's still open. Seeing as quite a few of our assignments will be assassinations, an affiliate or agent of the Assassinarum would fit in just nicely. You can decide yourself what kind of loadout and type of fighting your assassin will specialize in.
Most excellent...I'll have a CS up in good time, it's currently 10:06 PM here, so it might be later than I'd hope. Nevertheless, you shall have it.
'Know, o prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars – Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyberborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.'
- Robert E. Howard, The Nemedian Chronicles (from The Phoenix on the Sword)
Introduction
"Welcome to the Hyborian Age, a time of mighty-hewed barbarians, evil sorcerers, corrupt priests, tyrannical kings, and unnatural monsters.
This is the first and most famous of all sword-and-sorcery worlds, the time of Conan the Cimmerian, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, yet destined one day to rule the most powerful nation of the age. The stories of Conan, as chronicled by the writer Robert E. Howard, form the basis and inspiration for the game..
The Hyborian Age is named for the Hyborian kingdoms, the pre-eminent powers of the age, which are the most culturally and technologically advanced lands on Earth, their kings’ thrones maintained through longbows, plate armour, and feudalism. These kingdoms more commonly make war against one another than against the real threats all around them, such as the wild Picts, raiding northmen, avaricious Hyrkanian nomads and the dread sorceries of Stygia to the south. Beyond Stygia and the plains of Shem lies the continent of Kush, black and unknown, a land of jungles and deserts. Far to the east are more kingdoms, perhaps almost as advanced as the Hyborian lands but little more than legend, with Vendhya and Khitai being the most prominent."
- from Conan the Roleplaying Game, Atlantian Edition
The Setting and Beginning
Welcome, one and all, to this RP run by myself and any co-GM that might volunteer to assist me! Please allow me, if you will, to set out for you where exactly we shall be starting our adventure...
Slaves. All are slaves. It does not, and should not, matter how you got here or even where you are from, all that now matters is that the Turanian Slavers have got you in their clutches and are unsurprisingly not looking too kindly upon you. Not yet have the professional torturers of Turan had time to ply their mind-bending trade, breaking your spirit and shattering what little resistance you may have yet had after the floggings and beatings, but it would not be long now before your slave galley was destined to reach the port of Shapur and the slave markets therein.
Fortune smiles on you though- or so you believe -as sails appear on the horizon of the Central Vilayet Sea, sails unmatched by those of the Turanian or Hyrkanian navies...alas, they are the sails of the Red Brotherhood!
Many of those around you begin to bemoan the situation, seeing it as their certain deaths either way, half of the flotilla of Turanian vessels sweeping about to engage the pirates while the others- the majority of them slave galleys, filled to the brim with all manner of meat for the sale block -head in the direction of the Turanian coast with the utmost speed.
Yet each must make their own decision! There are some among the slaves, Cimmerians, Picts and other savages, that would gladly rise up from their rowing benches or from their prone positions on the decks and bash the skulls of their overseers and deck crews. Others, Stygians, Shemites and those with the skills of the thieves, may be able to make escape from the manacles and chains of the slavers a reality. Others- broad and beautiful women from varied lands perhaps -are always a fine distraction to men at sea, even those in the middle of a crisis.
So, what will it be? Will you sit and do nothing, perhaps wait for the correct moment to strike? Maybe use the arcane powers you possess, but have been too afraid to use, to free yourself? Are you a strong enough savage to wrench free from the links of that slightly rusted chain, using it to strangle the yelling Turanian dogs?
Welcome, one and all, welcome to the Hyborian Age!
Addendum: You can be either slaves or free persons I.E. A non-slave travelling along with the Turanians, for whatever reason of their own. If you do chose a free person, please try to make up a good reason why they'd be on a Turanian slave galley in the first place.
Lore
"The Hyborian Age is the scant few hundred years in which the kingdoms descended from the old Hyborian tribes have become civilised and powerful, dominating the lands all about them both economically and militarily. This is a mythical time, thousands of years before recorded history, when even the continents had a different shape from their modern contours.
Aquilonia, a richly fertile land, dominates the Hyborian kingdoms themselves. It includes within its capacious borders some of the doughtiest soldiers in the world, including the fierce pikemen of Gunderland, the stalwart archers of the Bossonian Marches and the superb knights of Poitain. These, along with the strong plate armour manufactured by Aquilonia’s highly skilled armourers, have ensured that this nation is virtually unassailable from without and have allowed Aquilonia to get thebest of the raiding in its sporadic wars with its traditional enemy, Nemedia.
Despite this, Aquilonia can sometimes be a victim of its ownsuccess. It is landlocked and has no direction into which its surplus population may expand, without going to full-scale war with Nemedia. Various attempts to settle in Cimmeria and the Pictish Wilderness have been repulsed by the barbarians of those lands. Aquilonia’s ordinary farmers and craftsmen look longingly upon the vast forested estates claimed by its nobles for their hunting. A strong leader who offered to cut down the forests and let the people settle there might one day gain the popular support to wrest control from Aquilonia’s ancient monarchy. Indeed, this is exactly how Conan eventually becomes King here.
Aquilonia’s Hyborian neighbours are its old rival Nemedia, almost as powerful and perhaps a more ancient civilisation; Brythunia and Corinthia with their city-states; Argos, the great maritime trading nation; and Ophir and Koth, two kingdoms somewhat weakened morally by the influence of the pleasure-oriented culture of the east. Like Aquilonia, most of these countries revere Mitra, an enlightened, civilised god, though Koth and perhaps Ophir have allowed the Shemite pantheon to displace Mitra in their reverence.
The lands to the north and west of Aquilonia are beyond civilization. The Pictish Wilderness extends up much of the continent’s western coast and only the heavily fortified strip of land known as the Bossonian Marches prevents the Picts from surging into Aquilonia on constant raids. South of the Wilderness is Zingara, the lifelong rival of Argos for maritime trade and influence, a land of expert swordsmen, chivalry and frequent civil war. Just off its coast are the Barachan Isles. These are pirate strongholds largely settled by Argossean sailors, who regularly plunder Zingaran ports and do battle with Zingara’s own buccaneers.
North of the Aquilonian province of Gunderland is Cimmeria. This misty, barbaric hill country is the original home of Conan himself. Beyond Cimmeria are the two nations of the Nordheimir: Asgard and Vanaheim; grim, icy lands populated by warriors who are grimmer still. Also to the north is Hyperborea, whose culture mingles that of Nordheim and the Hyborians. The sparsely populated Border Kingdoms form a bulwark between Cimmeria and the Hyborian countries of Brythunia and Nemedia.
South of the Hyborian kingdoms is the vast expanse of Shem, with a pastoral meadowland of city-states to the west and desert populated by nomad tribes to the east.
Shem has almost no maritime trade but Shemite merchants send caravans far to the north, east and south, across trackless desert, through jungle and to almost every nation of the world. South of Shem is the ancient sorcerous theocracy of Stygia. Beyond that lies the unexplored, savage continent of Kush.
East of the Shemite desert is similarly unknown territory for most Hyborians. It is said the kingdoms of Turan, Khitai and Vendhya control the lands beyond the desert and steppe and caravans do sometimes come out of these mysterious lands with exotic goods and strange artifacts for trade.
Also to the east of the Hyborian kingdoms but far better known to them is the ancient civilisation of Zamora. Bordering on Brythunia, Corinthia and Koth to the west and the trackless steppes between Shem and Turan to the east, Zamora is famed for its complex religion of spider-worship, its unequalled thieves and its superb Bhalkhana warhorses.
Adventuring within the Hyborian kingdoms is well suited to more martial characters who are happy enough to join a mercenary company and fight where they are ordered. For those thieves content to rob the occasional merchant caravan or rich household, the Hyborian lands can also provide a good living, if perhaps a short one when they are caught.
Beyond the civilized Hyborian lands lies adventure: lost cities still populated with mysterious civilizations, ancient tombs filled with sorcerous artifacts, unexplored jungles, weird kingdoms whose customs and even language are utterly unlike anything known in Aquilonia. For those who are not afraid of the unknown and are prepared to risk everything on a wild venture, untold wealth awaits – riches from before the dawn of time, hidden pirate treasure-caches, the war chests of defeated kingdoms.
The folk of these lands are often strange to Hyborian eyes. The nomads of Shem are fierce and primal, travelling from Turan to Zamora with only their mounts, a few herd animals, white robes to ward off the harsh sun, lances and bows for hunting and war. Then there are the Kshatriya warrior nobles of Vendhya, whose heavily stratified society has endured and prospered for centuries. The upstart Shahs and warriors of Turan, so recently no more than Hyrkanian horsemen, now control much of the east and its wealth. The cat-footed men of Khitai, sorcerers and priests, chime brass bells in their lost jungles. The savage warriors of Kush and beyond, clad only in feathered headdresses, are as ready to bash in an enemy’s skull as to breathe.
Here, too, can be found monsters – the legendary man-apes, the dragons of Kush, the primeval forest beasts of the Pictish Wilderness, the enormous serpents of Stygia and many a strange, unique creature, created or summoned by sorcery in past aeons. All these foes are terrifying to behold but it is said that most can be slain by a man with a stout heart, strong arm and sharp blade. The demons of the Outer Dark, called up by sorcery or trapped on Earth by bad luck, can be quite another matter.
The open seas provide another set of challenges. Pirates abound on every stretch of water, in the Western Sea, up and down the Black Coast and far to the east in the Vilayet Sea. So successful are these raiders that most are as confi dent about attacking a fortified port town as they are when simply taking merchant ships. Whether hired to guard against pirate attacks, engaged in a spot of buccaneering themselves, or exploring the seas for mysterious islands and new continents, adventurers can get into a lot of trouble – and gain a lot of coin – sailing these blood-drenched waters.
On a more spiritual note, most nations have a religion of some kind. Few have any proof that their religions provide anything more than comfort for the soul but this does not stop them believing. The only folk who know of such matters with certainty are the sorcerers, who are for the most part assured of damnation.
Many of the movers and shakers of society, particularly in the sorcerous land of Stygia, are either sorcerers themselves or regularly employ sorcerers to get what they want. Occasionally a genuinely pious priest will learn a little sorcery, the better to fox the wizards of his enemies; but even for these good-hearted folk there is a risk of corruption, for sorcery is power. Those scholars driven to the study of magic purely by a quest for knowledge are often the first to abandon their lofty ideals when they get a taste for the pure power of wizardry.
The sorcerers speak of other realms beyond the Earth of the Hyborian Age. The Outer Dark is home to demons; hell itself is home to more diabolic creatures and to lost souls. Beyond the Outer Dark are more planets, often cold and accursed, the source of many a weird monster travelling through the void under its own power or blown as spores by cosmic forces."
- Robert E. Howard, The Nemedian Chronicles (from The Phoenix on the Sword)
"Emphatically not. Most of the Conan stories, even those that focus predominantly on battling armies or conflicts between individual warriors, feature at least one evil sorcerer – often whole societies, priesthoods or covens of them.
Magical items abound too, though not the benefi cial swords of power and useful wands of typical fantasy games. Almost any sorcerous object is unique, and comes with its own price and risks. Likewise, strange creatures are relatively frequent in the lands beyond civilisation – whether created by foul magic, left over from an earlier age or somehow degenerated from savage humans over the centuries. Though an ordinary citizen of Aquilonia may never encounter a sorcerer, weird ghoul or alchemical preparation in his life, the adventurer will have to become used to such things being commonplace.
However, Conan, as originally visualised by Robert E. Howard, is not ‘high fantasy’ either, but sword-and-sorcery. It has much the same relationship to the works of Tolkien as the hard-boiled crime fiction of Raymond Chandler to the more distinctive detective tales of Agatha Christie. This is visceral, dark, weird fantasy.
There are no elves, gnomes and dwarves to befriend, and if you do meet a monster, it will be a figure of terror, not a convenient way to garner a few experience points. Furthermore, your character will not begin the game with some great destiny to fulfill, as the descendant of a legendary kingdom or the inheritor of some great artifact – whatever destiny you have is what you can wrest from life with your own calloused hands or hewn from it with your great sword.
It should also be noted that despite the apparently common presence of the supernatural, it is always mysterious and terrifying. The supernatural element is deftly woven into the main plot, but it is often scheming human foes whose plots provide Conan with his most dangerous adventures. The weird non-human creatures encountered must often be fled from, rather than simply battled. On several occasions Conan elects to abandon any chance at the staggering wealth on offer rather than be destroyed by its dreadful guardians and the wise adventurer should consider doing the same."
- Robert E. Howard, The Nemedian Chronicles (from The Phoenix on the Sword)
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7.a. The moderation can kill off characters if the player is feasibly inactive and holding up progression in the story, usually with majority agreement.
8. Fights will be fought and reasonably judged. 9. God-modding, all-dodge, and auto-hit are not allowed. You get one warning.
9.a. You cannot describe the result an attack has on an individual, it is up to the other individual to show good sportsmanship and allow an effect to occur; Characters are allowed to dodge when considered reasonable
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Character Creation/Profiles
Here is the character profile/registration format, which needs to followed exactly.
When created, one must post the profile to me, via PM, for approval; once accepted, feel free to post it in the main tab and character tab.
[img](Optional picture of your character here)[/img] [b]Username:[/b] [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Origin:[/b] [b]Abilities/Special Training:[/b] [b]Weapon(s):[/b] [b]Personality:[/b] [b]History:[/b] [b]Other:[/b]
Righto! Got a weekend free, so I'll be thrusting us forward and getting on with it very soon. Can those who have not really posted...post, I suppose. :)
Greetings,
I am Jb; Briton by birth, roleplayer by my own hand, and lover of literature. I am also an amateur historian, a receiver of a Bachelors degree in Ancient and Medieval History - quite a useless degree, actually - and would like to think that I'm a fair, honest and open guy.
As far as RP'ing goes, I'm pretty open to most things really, all you need to do is ask! :)
So, if you've ever any questions for me, wish to speak about RP's involving myself or run by myself, or simply feel like a chat, don't be afraid to get in touch.
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Greetings,<br><br>I am Jb; Briton by birth, roleplayer by my own hand, and lover of literature. I am also an amateur historian, a receiver of a Bachelors degree in Ancient and Medieval History - quite a useless degree, actually - and would like to think that I'm a fair, honest and open guy.<br><br>As far as RP'ing goes, I'm pretty open to most things really, all you need to do is ask! :)<br><br>So, if you've ever any questions for me, wish to speak about RP's involving myself or run by myself, or simply feel like a chat, don't be afraid to get in touch.</div>