Leidenschaft

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

Updated rules for non-combat, important information for rolls pertaining to calling in favors from contacts.

Fallout: Under Silver Skies [Closed]

Shameless advertisement of my own future RP

Oh, so I've been playing a Lord of the Rings game, which has caused me to re-watch the films. Which in turn has caused me to spend much time reading through all of the lore and things... Which has left me with a desire to do something LOTR themed here. I cannot think of a group other than you guys that I'd want to advertise to, so yeah, any interest from any of you for something Lord of the Ringsy maybe?

I'm currently GMing another RP that I 'inherited' when the GM disappeared, but it's not really my thing and I'm pretty sure that over the xmas/NY period peeps have lost interest so I'll be able to stop and pick up something I really want to do. Thus far it's stopped me from GMing anything as didn't want to risk overloading myself.

So yeah, only rough ideas at the moment. But any interest in such a thing? Probably a small group thing, with only general knowledge of the books/movies required.

@Tsar Gatto

Damnit, Tsar. This when I'm Co-GMing one RP while GMing my own other one, while simultaneously hoping I can carry the responsibility of two more? If I was confident enough that I'd have the time, sure. Maybe around the time that it gets launched in the future, I'll be more free. This is all to say that, yes, it sounds interesting to me.

The Elder Scrolls: Fruits of Contention - Chapter 1 (Completed)

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@Frizan

on it

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Crimson Skies

“Blessed be Talos, Soul of the Empire, who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight.” Engel murmured as Renart lined up his next shot. He squeezed the trigger and felt the familiar jolt in his shoulder, a moment later watching the clannfear catch his bolt in the chest and skid to a stop on its belly. “Be never far from me, for trouble is always near.”

“Always.” Renart said with an air of annoyance. He spotted two scamps headed his way while he reloaded. The mechanical clicks and clanks of the reloading lever gave him some semblance of comfort before he lined up another shot. A breath in and he squeezed the trigger just as his lungs filled, exhaling as he watched the scamp stumble and then slump over. The other one was getting closer. Just before it reached the line Engel had drawn in his mind, he managed to let fly another bolt and the scamp collapsed, the thing of wood and iron sticking out of its cheek.

Renart saw Engel settle back onto his stomach, letting out a breath. “Don't worry, friend, I won't let them get you.” Renart chuckled. Engel simply looked at him and shook his head, keeping watch. Renart turned his head in time to see Engel spring up faster than he'd ever. He rolled onto his back and saw Engel throw himself under the swing of a hellish looking blade in the hands of a hellish looking man-thing. Its armor was ridden with spikes and black as void, while its red and black face was contorted in impersonal malice. He found himself frozen, never liking any enemy this close. Engel brought his axe down on the face of the one he'd tackled to the ground, rolling away from head of the monstrous flail wielded by the other. It embedded itself deep in the chest of the demon Engel was just on.

Engel danced around the demon, in hopes of tiring it out, no doubt. Before the fight could go on any longer, Renart lined up another shot, struggling to get a clear opportunity. “Damn, you!”

Finally, Engel hazarded getting close, striking the face of the demon with the blunt top of his axe's head. The demon was phased, stepping back in pain. Engel planted his knife's blade through its neck twice and kicked it over. He stood over it, letting go a shuddering breath. He always did that after killing someone or something. What went on inside that man's head, he would never know. Years of knowing Engel had granted him almost no insight into the man, but so long as he stayed his friend, he reckoned that question could come at a later time. For now, Renart was perfectly content to sit and wait for that gate to open. And maybe, just maybe, run as fast as he could through it while these idiots stepped into a portal to Oblivion.

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

@LeidenschaftNo chance to get some body exploding .45-70 government?

@Andreyich

Oh, yea, that's right. You guys and your damn niche cartridges lol I'm going to make it a point for Werner to ask why you absolutely need .357 sig or .45-70 gov't.

But I have a special place in my heart for lever guns. I want to get a Marlin guide gun.

Also, isn't Victor's cap-gun chambered in 5.45x39, not 7.62x39?

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

After taking a peek at the team resources I find I may be buying most of my own ammunition. Hahaha! Gotta keep it STREET DAWG!

@Big Dread

lol I was about to say, I was filling all of that out and couldn't be assed at 12am to start looking on sheets and looking up/trying to remember all of the ammunition types we need. Fun fact: until just now, I'd no idea sig p320s came in .357. Pretty funny, considering it is chambered in .357 SIG.

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

= Javier DEA

Name: Javier “J” Mendez

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Appearance: Height, build, facial structure. Voice and mannerisms, even. A picture may be attached, but oh, so help me if it's anime.

Javier stands at roughly 6’4 weighing in at roughly 205 pounds. His build is of a fit person with visible muscle mass on his arms and a toned chest and a set of six packs abs. Javier’s facial structure has a noticeable jawline, a more of a pointy nose but also a scar running down the left cheek to the bottom of the left side of the jaw. His voice is pretty deep, having more of a american accent however his spanish side does at times mix into his speech

Agency/Organization: DEA Special Agent

Education: Javier majored in Criminology at Stanford University in California

Background:

Javier’s time in the DEA has been varied as one say.

After joining the DEA Javier was thrown into the fire almost directly with a undercover operation. Due to Javier’s young age at the time he was acting as a fake student enrolled at a local community college, along with two other agents. The community college at the time was considered to be a big front for a MDMA smuggling ring and rumors in the community were that even professors were in on the job along with various students. So for the first few months Javier mingled with the athletic groups on campus, even trying out and making the basketball team. The other two agents also were involved in different cliches based in the college. Once the settlement period had passed and the operation was starting to fully gain traction they were a lot of surprises.

For one the MDMA was being moved in various storage containers and using various methods of transportation. One of the agents stumbled upon a university parade float’s and found MDMA bags hidden underneath the float. Another one also found in the equipment room that some hockey bags had MDMA bags stuffed in them, underneath pads or gloves. It was clear that the MDMA ring had a wide influence in the school and MDMA was in clear sight.. But the question was who was involved?
The operation however caught a break once the local police searched a campus residence after a noise complaint. Inside there was a huge haul of MDMA pills and various of other important evidence items. Phones, recipes to create MDMA, notes to even roughly five thousand in US dollars. 5 suspected arrested and well cracking under the pressure of the DEA interrogation, two suspects, a women and man confessed but also blew the whole operation wide open.

At the end, the smuggling ring was busted. The college used local school labs after hours to manufacture MDMA and bag it. Then MDMA was stored throughout the school away from the public eye. Dealers simply picked it up from these stash spots before it was sold to the general public. The ring also made sure to grease the right hands. 4 days after the findings of the operation were released to the general public and the DEA making it’s statement the dean of the college resigned before he was arrested on accessory charges.

The community college operation helped Javier gain footing in the DEA and over the course of many years he was apart of many operations. From shutting down an illegal weed ring in Montana to busting a cocaine front in New York’s popular nightclub Javier’s been all around, but one operation to this day Javier would say was interesting.. And unhinging.

After a string of 4 overdoses in Arizona, the DEA was tasked with investigating the rise of methempatime in a small town in Arizona.For the first few months, it seemed like a simple small time redneck based operation until. Javier was at the helm of this operation and leading a small force of fifteen agents.The fifth overdose occurred. The coroner report showed that this overdose unlike the others was forced, as if the person was trying to resist before eventually being subjected to the meth. This was a strange occurance and it seemed out of place. The first four overdoses were considered to be “normal” in the light that the user had used the drug on their own accord.. Or did they?

The backlife of the four users was mundane to say at best. A herbal doctor, a truck driver, a waitress and lastly a lawyer. It seemed like a odd bunch of people who had used the drug and it only got odd from there. For one the DEA looked more into the murder’s and where they were. One was on a roof, the other was near to the abandoned church, underneath the cross. The last two were located facing each other like someone had planted the bodies that way, near to a rental cabin, 5 miles out of the town. With the weird bodies in weirder locations, Javier and his crew seemed to be lost.. And it remained they away until a slip up.

Roughly 3 months into the investigation a 911 call 25 miles outside of the town was heard. Police were sent only before Javier received a phone call at roughly 4AM in the morning, a survivor had been found. Javier and his squad rushed to the survivor and heard his tale of events. Apparently there was a classified ad for a item, which was a ATV for this male. The male was led towards a gas station before he was picked up by the “seller's”. The group then drugged the male and stuffed him inside of the trunk of the car, without any restraints. By sheer chance the potency of the drug wasn’t strong enough to fully sedate the male. He called 911 inside of the trunk the car. By the time the male was spotted he was almost administered the dosage of meth into his system. The cops managed to capture one of the assailants but the other two fled into the forest.
The assailant at first began to yell a lot of weird and disjointed phases. Phases talking about a abusive family, a failed upbringing and other stuff. He was sent to the local clinic and a police escort was with him. After a few days of proper rest the assailant came to his senses, it seemed as if they were high and drugged as they performed these attacks. The assailant then told the DEA his whole story. In short, these overdose/killings were apart of a sadistic cult, the cult was formed after the leader, who lived in this town as a kid experienced a rough upbringing. He groomed various friends and family members to do his bidding and killing the people who had affected him. Once this information was revealed the DEA launched a raid into his house, which was a decent size ranch a hour out of the town. Of course as they entered the place was booby trapped and the assailant and his goons had been expecting the raid, probably due to sheer paranoia related to the drugs. The resulting firefight resulted in a moderate injury for 2 police officer and a minor injury for a DEA agent but the cult leader was put down. On further investigation, something that resembles a planning room was found and various pictures, surveillance shots were seen. On top of that, the meth lab was in the barn outside of the ranch, with a slew of other drugs, ranging from cocaine to LSD. What was even disturbing was the severed head of his father and mother were seen mounted in his bedroom as a.. Prize you could say.

Personality:

Javier’s mental mindset is mixed. For one he’s noted to be a thinker, someone who talks last but thinks first. He always scans his situation out and analyzes what is really happening before deciding to act. When he does act however, he either acts in a manner that is precise and clean most of the time, trying to limit any collateral damage from his choice. However, for those times that he can’t be precise or clean, Javier instead is known to simply get the job down no matter what the damage may be nor what the consequences are. An outspoken part of Javier is moral and ethical decisions. Years in the DEA have given him some sort of high ground and Javier most often than not will try to do the right thing, that he perceives to be good in his books and tries to enforce it. Yet he enforces it in a convincing/non-rash manner, to avoid upsetting others (Or trying to make a temporary compromise) and to succeed in the operation.

Skills:
Gifted(+5): 2 skills

Persuade, Marksmanship - Long Guns

Adept(+3): 3 skills

Tactical Driving, Marksmanship - Handguns, Awareness

Average(+2): 3 skills

First Aid, Hand to Hand, Law
Novice(+1): 4 skills

Engine Mechanics, SERE, Crafting, Marksmanship - Sniper

Languages - Spanish (Fluent), English, Italian (Partially), French (Fluent)

Clout -

George Wilkerson - DEA Operations Lead
Boris Petrov - Russian Mafia CI for DEA
Giovanni Vinci - Italian Mafia CI for DEA

Weaknesses:

Erratic Sleeping Patterns - Images of the unhinging operation and the whole case still play a role in Javier’s head, he doesn’t get sleep or sleeps in.

Dependency on painkillers - Javier is prone to getting headaches, where for a few hours are a simply annoyance can lead to him needing to lay down for a abit and sleep them off hindering his ability to operate. That’s why he always has painkillers on him to nullify these headaches.

Off-Duty Clothing/Equipment: Because you're not going to be walking around in door-kicking gear all day, every day on a clandestine op.
Clothing: Tracksuits, Hoodies, sweatpants, jeans here and there
Weapons: M1911 Pistol, Suppressor. MP5 locked in a case where needed, Combat Knife
Tools/Equipment: Walkie Talkie, set of Fake ID’s and passports, lockpicking kit, maps, compass

Operational Clothing/Equipment: Nothing that would remove all doubt that you are part of the US military/are American. NATO weaponry is fine, but not required.
Clothing: Either semi-formal to casual clothing, but with a kevlar vest. Or a full out military esque attire with elbow pads, knee pads etc.
Weapons: FN Scar with a scope and laser sight (Flashlight is equipped for night ops), M1911, Combat Knife, Machete if needed
Tools/Equipment: Extra ammo, set of grenades, a flare gun, smoke grenades, AP clip.

@Leidenschaft Should be good, if anything needs updating or anything real word that needs fact checking let me know!

@Sovi3t

Other than a few typos here and there, as well as some sentence restructuring needing done, and a bit more fleshing out of his personality, I think Javier is pretty good. I'll add you to the roster. Feel free to put Javier in the characters tab for the time being and get to his personality section. Feel out how what this character's experiences have done to him, what makes him tick, things like that.

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

@Leidenschaft
Sorry, I have limited access to a computer at the moment, the sheet is almost ready but I lost faith in a part of the backstory and needed to do some rewriting. Hopefully it will be done tomorrow.

Things will be back to normal for me in a few days and my posting speed will pick up.

@Roosan

Cool, looking forward to seeing it.

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

<Snipped quote by Leidenschaft>

After taking a closer look at the level of detail involved, I don't think I'll be able to participate in this after all. I already have obligations to a few other RPs plus work and writing my web serial to worry about. Sorry :(

@Turboshitter

That's fine, good luck with your other endeavors!

Faces in the Moonlight: Trust Games and Shadow Wars, An Occult Action Thriller

@Turboshitter@Roosan@Mr Allen J Where we at on them sheets, boys?