Letter Bee

The Great Multiverse War - Saga of Battle!

The Great Multiverse War - Saga of Battle!

Intro

There were three beings that have governed the Multiverse since time immemorial.

The first was Happiness, they who embodied all that was noble and bright in the worlds, who gave heroes something to fight for, and brought hope to those downtrodden. The second was Suffering, they who existed only to bring pain and madness into existence, delighting in breaking people and finding disappointment when they instead strengthened and hardened them. The third was Interest, who desired only to make things 'entertaining', for they alone realized this truth; that the Multiverse generated supernatural energy through conflict and tension, and without said energy, the various worlds will cease to exist, lost to oblivion. So Interest kept the fight between Happiness and Suffering going for as long as he could, ensuring that both sides were in balance.

But it could not last forever. For one day, Interest miscalculated and allowed Suffering to win a battle that they should not have won, and Happiness died as a result. And thus the grimmer, darker worlds of the Multiverse awoke to the fact that they were part of a much larger whole, a vast network of universes that they can take over at will. The result of this was the birth of an organization, the Imperium of Suffering, whose desire was to spread suffering all over existence.

Countless worlds and timelines burned, thrown into fates worse than death, and the dark laughter of thirsting 'Gods' were heard in places where they should not be. However, the being called Interest realized that a universe of perpetual suffering where everyone was equally abborhent was just as lacking in meaningful conflict as a universe ruled by Happiness.

And so Interest manifested a human form, going to various worlds to inform their champions of the existence of the Multiverse and asking them for their aid. He wished to form a movement that would weaken Suffering's hold upon the many universes of existence, and eventually, devise ways of generating conflict and supernatural energy without excess suffering. And so the New Multiverse Union Government was formed, a groupiing of beings whose goal was to fight back against the Imperium of Suffering.

Thus began the Great Multiverse War.

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Basically, this is an RP where you can play almost any character from almost any universe (restrictions are listed in The Rules); it is recommended that you join either the Imperium of Suffering or the New Multiverse Government, but you can make up your own faction if it is reasonable and not as strong as either Imperium or New Multiverse Government. Note that if you play a Custom Faction, you can eventually make it as powerful as the two 'Major Factions', but it will take a lot of hard work.

Power Levels

First up, original and canon characters are allowed, but ultra-powerful, ultra-perfect characters are restricted. My limits for what is allowed are:

- Able to carry entire cities on their backs for days on end.
- Move as fast as the speed of light on Earth.
- Travel interstellar distances by yourself and survive in space.
- Survive a nuclear explosion.
- Affect a city the size of New York with a single superscience/magical effect.
- Transporting large armies across universes by yourself

Characters more powerful than this are not allowed unless massively nerfed. As for characters who are just as powerful as this, only four PCs are allowed for the New Multiverse Government and Imperium of Suffering each, and four more are allowed in the game in general, as leaders of four seperate Custom Factions. New custom factions beyond those four will just have to go without exceptionally powerful characters if they are made.

Rules

1.) No godmodding, powerplaying, metagaming, etc. etc.
2.) Anything above nudity must be taken to PMs.
3.) No OOC feuding! If you must argue, be respectful. IC, meanwhile, you can hate each other as much as you like as long as it doesn't seep over to OOC.
4.) Characters who are at the limit of what is acceptable will receive extra scrutiny, aka they are more likely to be rejected. Beware.
5.) Please notify me if you will be gone longer than a few days, I myself will let you guys know if I will be gone.
6.) Warhammer 40k characters are restricted; Warhammer 40k tech and magic is immensely powerful (according to fans) and might - might - outpower the majority of universes and make them impotent.
7.) Dragon Ball Z is restricted; Super Saiyans, Frieza's people, Kai's people, Buus, and Super Nameks are too overpowered for even this game. Everything else is allowed.
8.) The Tone of the RP is 'Dark, but Optimistic'. Things are grim at first, but your characters are not supposed to be hopeless jerks about it, nor would basket cases be accepted. This world can be made fairer and its suffering will be reduced if the PCs do things right. So, do things right.

Co-Ops

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Character Sheet

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Bio:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Skills:[/b]
[b]Faction (Imperium of Suffering/New Multiverse Government/Custom):[/b]

Under the Yoke: A Science Fantasy RP

Note: This is not a Mage: the Ascension Game, nor a World of Darkness one; it just uses the Mage: the Ascension system. So no Traditions, no Technocracy, no Disaprate Alliance; Nephandi may exist, but independently of their WoD counterparts.

Under the Yoke: A Science Fantasy RP - Redux!



Credits to Camby from Alternatehistory.com for giving me permission to use the Drakul

Intro

Intro

We spent so much time warring against each other, and not much time gazing upwards, towards the stars. Nevertheless, we had warning, warning when their ships came into the system, taking their time coming to us, allowing us time to panic and prepare. New stars appeared in the sky those days, points of light from the reflective hulls of their dreadnoughts, portents of the calamity to come. For this was our first Alien Invasion.

Oh, we did fight. We destroyed one-fourth of their fleet with our entire nuclear arsenal, then mobilized for total war. And we got it. As they landed, we were surprised - the Aliens' leaders looked like the dragons of myth; great flying lizards both strong and magnificent. They even had a similar name, the Drakul. They were ruthless, cruel, and gifted not just with strength and flight, but also the ability to breathe fire and electricity.

Following them were armies of races they had enslaved, armies that were not only armed with technology beyond our ken but also feared their masters' wrath more than death in battle. We fought hard, and strong, but eventually, our cities burned, our forces and navies swarmed under, our mountains, leveled, and, finally, after seven years of war in which two billion people died, we surrendered to The Yoke.

All we had to do was simple: Build technology for the Drakul - the other slave races would teach us - and use said technology to extract resources and build palaces for them, as well as fight their battles elsewhere in the galaxy. Ironically, in our servitude, we became more unified, less prejudiced against each other, and more technologically advanced than ever before. Nevertheless, life was harsh, with the Drakul's whims governing our lives.

Then, one day, reality itself changed, thanks to a quantum physics experiment conducted by one of the Drakul. This change in reality caused many humans and members of the other slave races to gain strange powers, powers that violated the rational rules of the Universe. And with this empowerment, came a dream long-lost, a dream of freedom. For the Drakul, although the ones who changed reality, were exempt from the changes made to it.

Right now, however, the Drakul's orbital guns keep any hope of taking back the planet to a wild fantasy. For while insurgent and resistance groups have started to grow in strength, to gather their forces, the 'Drakes' are still intelligent and physically powerful, and the extent of the 'new powers' are still being tested. However, the Earth Resistance has already formed a team of these 'Magi', a team that would hopefully undermine the foundations of Drakul Rule and leads to a new, free Earth...

Where will we start?

You start as a team of newly-awakened Magi in the mountain hideout of the Earth Resistance, deep under the lair of a Drakul friendly to Humans. This newly-awakened team will meet up, interact, and prepare for their first mission; infiltrate a prison where captured Resistance members are being kept, including a Quantum Scientist involved in the reality-changing experiment. The prison, known as 'The Oasis', is a place where torture and degradation are rampant and experimentation on Sapient beings is encouraged.

Which is why entering it will take a miracle you can provide...

Mods:

Letter Bee

Types of Magic (Ripped off from Mage the Ascension)

Types of Magic

There are 9 different types of Magic Power.

Correspondence: The magic of Communication and Transportation
Entropy: The magic of Fate and Death
Forces: The magic of fireballs, lightning strikes, and freeze rays
Life: The magic of healing or Biological construct
Matter: The magic of matter and manipulating it.
Mind: The magic of Enthrallment, Empathy, and Mental Organization
Prime: The magic of magic, making magic permanent, affecting people's magical circuits
Spirit: The magic of the Soul, and manipulating the unseen supernatural worlds of ghosts and ethers
Time: The magic of Time, and Time Manipulation

Each type has a measured level of power from 1 to 5. Note that from Level 2 onward, every example listed on the list are merely suggestions; if you have the required level for one type of Magic, then you can do every sort of spell equivalent to the examples listed. For example, Level 2 Correspondence allows not just messaging and warding, but also scrying; any Mage that can do one of those things can do all of them and equivalent miracles.

Level 1 is sensory; you can see magic of the type you select, as well as see the hidden secrets of the Universe.
Correspondence: You can detect portals, teleporting people, and attempts to spy on you with Magic. You also have a perfect sense of direction.
Entropy: You can see Ghosts, magically sense dead bodies and decaying objects even when they are hidden from you, and abnormalities in luck/fate.
Forces: You can see outside the range of visible light (infrared, ultraviolet, etc) hear sounds outside the normal hearing range, and see magic spells that affect those things.
Life: You can sense living beings and organic matter and instantly diagnose any form of disease.
Matter: You can see the composition of inorganic matter, as well as small details in craftsmanship; you can instantly know if a bill is counterfeit.
Mind: You can sense the minds of Humans and Animals, and detect Mind Control.
Prime: See all Magic, but not know what type a certain spell belongs to.
Spirit: See nature spirits and other dimensions (Hyperspace).
Time: See people stopping or speeding up time. You also know what time it is even without seeing the sun or having a watch.

Level 2, is where you can do the little power stuff. You can affect things in small ways:
Correspondence: Send messages that cannot be intercepted, or cast a mystic ward, stopping incoming teleporters or preventing magical eavesdropping.
Entropy: Affect probability in small instances (like dice rolls), Break simple machines, predict future, talk with Ghosts.
Forces: Featherfall, Ball Lightning; Control existing Sound, Light (including Radiation), Heat, and Kinetic Energy. Cast holographic illusions (as opposed to mental).
Life: Heal yourself (Just yourself, not others), control insects, fungi, and plants.
Matter: Make an excellent counterfeit bill, transmute lead to gold.
Mind: Give someone a mental compulsion, cast mental illusions (as opposed to holographic ones).
Prime: Create Magitech, Set magical patterns, enchant a weapon to do damage unhealable by magic.
Spirit: Commune with Nature Spirits.
Time: Get a prediction of the future (not perfect), see events in the past (this, however, is unless counteracted with magic).

Note: As said, the examples listed above are just suggestions; if something falls under [Insert Sphere Here], isn't listed, and is equivalent to this level, feel free to have that spell as well.

Level 3, is more powerful and allows you to push others...
Correspondence: Teleportation, SuperSpeed. You can also see multiple places simultaneously.
Entropy: Break Complex Machines or Structures, Raise Skeletons
Forces: Palpatine Lightning Attacks, Fireballs, Telekinetic Assault.
Life: Heal others, enhance your eyesight, grow your fingernails into claws, control Animals. You can also turn lesser forms of life (snails, insects) into other lesser forms of life (turnips, orchids).
Matter: Turn lead into fog, solid into liquid, ice into burning plasma.
Mind: Mental Command on a conscious level not subconscious or Dreamwalk.
Prime: Create complex magitech. Create biological magi-constructs (non-perpetuating), blast people with bolts of silver light whose damage cannot be healed by magic.
Spirit: Summon Nature Spirits, Enter Hyperspace by yourself.
Time: Slow Time to a crawl for you, loop time for a few seconds (Requires the permission of the majority of players and the GMs).

Note: As said, the examples listed above are just suggestions; if something falls under [Insert Sphere Here], isn't listed, and is equivalent to this level, feel free to have that spell as well.

Level 4, is super powerful, and has to be earned during gameplay.
Correspondence: Mass Teleportation or Portals. You can also use this spell in conjunction with Mind and Life to appear in multiple places at once, cloning yourself.
Entropy: Destroy Living Things, Create Complex Undead (with Prime).
Forces: Summon Storms, Fire Rain.
Life: Affect Life in Complex ways.
Matter: Create stable forms of matter that have magical properties (Orichalcum, Mithril, Tiberium)
Mind: Dominate a person or Brainwash.
Prime: Merge Magitech into any human form, suck out magical energy from ordinary objects.
Spirit: Create Nature Spirits, and stay in Hyperspace for years without needing to eat, sleep, and drink.
Time: Set time (Conditional effects that go off on specified conditions, for example; pressing this trigger causes your gun to emit a fireball.). Stop Time.

Note: As said, the examples listed above are just suggestions; if something falls under [Insert Sphere Here], isn't listed, and is equivalent to this level, feel free to have that spell as well.

Level 5 is deity-like, and unavailable to players and requires GM permission to even try to do.
Correspondence: Warp Space, Teleport to anywhere.
Entropy: Destroy Thoughts and ideas, Perfect Prediction of the Future.
Forces: Summon Hurricane or equivalent natural disasters.
Life: Perfect Transformation to another form.
Matter: Make materials that shatter the Laws of Physics.
Mind: Mass Mental Control, Permanent Enthrallment.
Prime: Make a place of Power of any scale, Siphon Magical Energy from Other Mages.
Spirit: Bring Cthulhu-level entities into the material world.
Time: Time Travel (Forbidden forever).

Note: As said, the examples listed above are just suggestions; if something falls under [Insert Sphere Here], isn't listed, and is equivalent to this level, feel free to have that spell as well...Not.

After reading the above, distribute 12 points among the 9 Spheres; you can have up to Level 3:

Correspondence:
Entropy:
Forces:
Life:
Matter:
Mind:
Prime:
Spirit:
Time:

Factions and Slave Races:

Factions and Slave Races

The Drakul: Any Xenobiologist worth their salt would recognize that the Drakul were not the products of natural evolution, but were rather created, perhaps as weapons of war. It is also theorized that the creators of the Drakul were highly intelligent themselves, and wanted 'tools' that can take care of themselves and didn't want constant maintenance. Either way, the Drakul can naturally fly, breathe fire and electricity, and super-strong, and super-intelligent. Drakul Subfactions are the Children of the Stars and the Infernus Sect.

Children of the Stars/The Starborn: Renegade Drakul who believe that all beings are all 'Children of the Stars' and that therefore none of them must be enslaved. Believe in using robots and paid workers instead of slaves; a solution that, while possible, isn't easy, practical, or economic for the Drakul Imperium. Thus, the Children of the Stars are a persecuted sect amongst the Drakul species and Empire.

The Infernus Sect: The Prime Sect of the Drakul, the Infernus Sect believes in a 'Holy Flame' that has chosen the Drakul to be rulers of all the other races. Thus, the Infernus are the prime slavers, generals, and priests of the Drakul, as well as the head of their Inquisition. They persecute both members of the Earth Resistance and The Starborn and are most successful in keeping both sects from working with each other.

The Kaisoken: A race of sentient crystal-like minerals bound by quantum pathways and transcendant intelligence. Floating gently, the Kaisoken communicate through impulses translated into audible speech, and are proficient in the control of magic (before the coming of magic, they were good at communications and communications tech), though they are limited in a straight fight.

The Gill: Combining reptilian and amphibian features, the Gill are evolved to live primarily in water, with long, slender limbs for powerful strikes ending in webbed hands. Hardy against poisons and extreme terrain, on account of the noxious swamps on their homeworld, they have moved to colonize other oceanic places, and are proficient skirmishers.

The Korta: Diminuitive beings resembling pachyderms, the Korta are highly intelligent and analytical, mostly serving as engineers and bureaucrats. Computer systems, locks, and riddles tend to fall quickly before them.

The Tayanen: Clusters of sentient amorphous material locked into massively armored shells, the Tayanen deliver heavy firepower with high resistance to shock, heat, or trauma, having little vulnerable area. Nevertheless, they are slow to react, though their decision making ability when in a group can be very fast.

The 'Earth Resistance': A loose group of insurgents who are gaining strength with the addition of magic to the equation.

Rules:

Rules

1.) No Godmoding or Powergaming, aka no controlling other players' actions, no defeating your enemy in one shot, and no shrugging of all hits without a magical shield.
2.) Any consenting relationship between people of the same age group is allowed, whether it's Homosexual or Heterosexual. If you cannot stand such things, don't post here in the first place.
3.) Be polite to others.
4.) Unlike Mage the Ascension, you can teach Magic to normal people.
5.) Please notify me if you will be gone longer than a few days, I myself will let you guys know if I will be gone.
6.) Yes, Magic can be gained through artificial means.
7.) The Tone of the RP is 'Dark, but Optimistic'. Things are grim at first, but your characters are not supposed to be hopeless jerks about it, nor would basket cases be accepted. This world can be made fairer and its suffering will be reduced if the PCs do things right. So, do things right.

Character Sheet:

Character Sheet

Name:
Species:
Appearance:
Bio:
Age:
Skills (Spheres go here):
Personality:

Credits to BlackWave from Alternatehistory.com for helping develop the races!

Dawn of The Coming Storm (Co-GMed with Eklispe this time!)

Senhara has quit.

Precipice of War - The Big Leagues of NRP (Only generous tippers need apply)

The Agriculturalist, Part Two

Despite his humble manners, attire, demeanor, and mindset, Archibald Santos was allocated more resources than a regular farmer or even an ordinary government official. This was not because of corruption, but because of trust, trust given to him by figures as varied as the President, the Bangko Sentral, and the local Credit Unions that dotted the land now as far as Mindanao. As he drove his ethanol-powered Automobile (made in China) to his workplace, the middle-aged man looked at the fields of tall, knobbly and rough, but still young Neem trees planted at strategic places in the fields surrounding the Agricultural College of Central Luzon. These trees, also known as Azadirachta indica, had natural anti-insect and anti-fungus properties, keeping away pests naturally. Not merely that, but the seeds of the tree were farmed for their oil, which acted as a natural, non-toxic pesticide.

The fields also contained Sigarilyas/Winged Beans, and another 'wonder-crop', Moringa oleifera, or in Filipino, Malunggay. Moringa oleifera/Malunggay was a fast-growing tree that easily reached heights of 12 meters, with thin, soft trunks. The leaves were edible, and contained vitamins, manganese, protein and even iron. The seed pods/fruit can be turned into a curry, and contained much the same, along with fiber. The seeds themselves contained Vitamin C, like Citrus, and the roots can be used as a condiment as they tasted like Horseradish when ground. And best of all, it resisted drought, as it needed less water than other crops. That was the true quality of it as a wonder-crop.

Archibald watched as the people he had paid to farm Neem, Winged Beans, and Moringa; poor people recruited from the cities, as well as second and third sons of smallholder farmers, practiced using new agricultural techniques. The payment not just included a generous sum of cash, but also the greater part of the harvest.

Build credibility, Archibald thought as the parking lot of the low-rise building came in sight. We need the farmers to believe in us, and our new seeds and techniques. Then we can spread our true ingenuity to all. Once he parked his car and opened the door, he was greeted by two of his 'associates', members of the 150-strong R&D team he was a member of. He smiled, looking at the leftmost associate, and spoke, "So, any word from my Alma Mater?"

Said associate, a slightly younger man about to leave his mid-thirties, replied: "None yet. The University of Minneapolis has not replied to your request to rebuild ties. At the same time, attempts to approach the University of Paris have suffered from problems of distance. Japan and China, as usual, are quiet. We are on our own."

A sudden surge of bitterness struck Archibald then, but he pressed it down; it was a distraction, it would not help. "If this world forsakes us, then it will only postpone the date of starvation further down the line. I saw what I saw in my Alma Mater, how their conformist thinking led them to ignore the fact that so many plants, including their own staples of potatoes, can feed people as well as rice and wheat or even better. How fertilizer is based on finite minerals that will eventually run out. And of course, the toxic effects of pesticides."

He clenched his fists. Is Borlaug's ghost haunting us from beyond the grave, convincing the world that one form of wheat, one form of rice would fit all? That 'agricultural advances' that give power only to a few sociopathic agri-businesses are the way to go? Archibald would have lost himself in anger then, but the second associate, realizing where this was going, tilted her head and said: "The Ministry of Foriegn Affairs has agreed to your request; the next trade mission heading for Ethiopia will buy seeds of Teff, as well as buy or commission agricultural texts and almanacs on how to farm it."

Teff was a relative of rice and barley, a thin plant with small, edible seeds also known as Teff. These seeds, being smaller than wheat or rice, cost much less fuel to cook, and thus much less energy and money. It was also adapted to both dry and wet conditions, perfect for the Philippines, with its dry and wet seasons. Not merely that, but a handful was enough to sow a large area; the potential was evident (though not to Borlaug, obviously).

The young woman, her hair tied in a bun as her lab coat glimmered in the early moonlight, spoke her words calmly and coherently. She knew exactly how to calm down Archibald's mood; the team leader himself appreciated that, as did the other associate. A few seconds more, and the Agriculturalist would say:

"Let's go inside." Already, the lights were shining from the windows, powered by methane from processed biomass (including human and animal waste), along with secondary generators that used ethanol or just oil.

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"So, Anita," Archibald spoke to the female associate once they were inside the building, seated around a small table that if not for the notes on it, would have been mistaken for one used for poker: "How's your project?" He meant her attempts to create a type of 'sugarcane charcoal' in order to add further productivity to the sugar farmers of the former haciendas of the Philippines. Anita smiled, then spoke:

"It's doing well. I've proven that charcoal can be made using bagasse, one of the waste products from sugarcane processing. This charcoal, when made into briquettes, burns clearly, without smoke or fumes, thus decreasing the risk of athsma in children and adults alike," The young woman then frowned. "But the costs are higher than expected; I have to use not only a kiln to burn and carbonize it, but also a binding agent and a press to turn the waste into briquettes."

Archibald nodded, "Nevertheless, we have a product that is less wasteful than the normal charcoal made from wood. You did well; I suppose we will just have to contact the Worker-owned cooperatives in the cities to produce presses and binding agents for us." If there was anything Archibald disliked about this new system, it was that several cooperatives, all with different standards and prices, were needed to do the work of one old-style Corporation. It was even worse with anything involving chemicals as well as machines.

Nevertheless, the benefits still outweighed the risks. In the old days, he would not have gotten to this height through ability and prestige alone. He had to remind himself of that.

The Gathering of Magic

Anyway, I don't know if I am joining or not, but wishing you luck, @Ryougu!

The Gathering of Magic

Yes, you can use any number of colors, but since you'll have more magic to master every additional color of magic chosen will slow your growth. It's a matter of versatility versus magnitude.

@Ryougu

Thanks.

The Gathering of Magic

Can one use both Black and White Magic?

Precipice of War - The Big Leagues of NRP (Only generous tippers need apply)

Is it possible to play in the Jerusalem/Palestine Area or is that taken or off limits?

@Evangelli

To my knowledge, it is not off-limits; what is your idea?

Precipice of War - The Big Leagues of NRP (Only generous tippers need apply)

I did originally point out the unlikelihood of a highly progressive government developing in that area, under the circumstances, and in this timeline. Remember, that in PoW, the world isn't just technologically behind, it's also behind in general as a society. Anti-Semitism is probably a big thing in Europe and the US, and other parts of the world would have their own prejudices. I don't think Byrd wants to RP racists for the hell of it, but he does it because it would be the reality of the world that exists in PoW.

@Pepperm1nts

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...Yeah. That's what it is.....That. And nothing more.

@Byrd Man

Yeah, I know and appreciate that, because it's a good story. But earlier this year, I didn't see the virtue in good stories about crapsack worlds in NRP. Now, I do, but I still took a long time to learn a lesson.

@Inkwell, look, we're not trying to force you to do anything, but we do want to know; what do you want to play and what do you want for this game? What do you feel like playing and what would you feel happy with?

Dawn of The Coming Storm (Co-GMed with Eklispe this time!)

Sorry for the short post, and I'll be candid; recent events on another site have made me depressed and it's affecting my posts. However, I might get over it soon.