Forum RPG: The Lost City

[sonicchaos1993]

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S.S. Voyager, 2009.
"They always said I would do great things, face great obstacles." *loud crash* "Well, what do you know. They were right."

*explosion*

Signup Format:

Name:
Specialty (Choose 1): Melee Combat, Ranged Combat, Engineering, Technology, Supernatural.
Favored Attributes (Choose 3): Strength, Intelligence, Willpower, Speed, Agility, Endurance, Luck.
Major Skills (Choose 5): Blade, Blunt, Hand-to-Hand, Archery, Gun, Explosives, Repair, Manufacturing, Hacking, Programming, Sabatour, Destruction, Alteration, Restoration.
Biography: (Doesn't need to be long, just provide some background information on your character.)

Specialty Descriptions:
Melee Combat- Focus on Physical skills such as Blade, Blunt, Hand-to Hand. Boost to Strength and Endurance.
Ranged Combat- Focus on Ranged Skills such as Archery and Gun. Boost to Agility and Speed.
Engineering- Focus on skills such as Explosives and Repair. Boost to Intelligence and Endurance.
Technology- Focus on skills such as Hacking, Programming, and Sabatoge. Boost to Intelligence and Luck.
Supernatural- Focus on skills such as Destruction, Alteration, and Restoration. Boost to Intelligence and Willpower.

Skill Descriptions:
Blade- Governs attacks with blade weapons.
Blunt- Governs attacks with blunt weapons.
Hand-to-Hand- Governs attacks with hand-to-hand.
Archery- Governs attacks with a bow and arrow.
Gun- Governs attacks with guns.
Explosives- Allows creation and setting of explosives.
Repair- Allows repairs of robots, turrets, and other mechanical equipment.
Manufacturing- Allows creation of items and weapons.
Hacking- Allows hacking into computer systems and the like.
Programming- Allows programming of computer systems and robots.
Sabatour- Allows sabatouge of enemy equipment.
Destruction- Governs offensive magical skills.
Alteration- Governs defensive magical skills, as well as enviroment-affecting magical skills.
Restoration- Governs healing magic.

[Wesley]

Eh, why not?

Specialty: Supernatural
Favored Attributes: Intelligence, Willpower, Luck
Major Skills: Alteration, Restoration, Destruction, Saboteur, Blunt
Biography: Predicted the disaster before it happened. Reason for being there is unknown. Friendly and helpful, but has a habit of getting lost in his thoughts. Occasionally takes on a darker personality, and has a habit of laughing unnervingly.

[Kerma]

*Cough*Morrowind*cough*

[sonicchaos1993]

Originally Posted by Kerma

*Cough*Morrowind*cough*

More like Oblivion, I've never played Morrowind. The skills/attributes/specialty system is borrowed from Oblivion, but the story isn't.

Wesley, I need a character name.

[Max]

Name: Cyrus
Favored attributes: Intelligence, willpower, speed
Major skills: Blade, Hand-to-Hand, explosives, manufacturing, programming
Biography: Talkative and cheery, little bit helpful. Too optimistic that it gets annoying

[sonicchaos1993]

Originally Posted by Max

Name: Cyrus
Favored attributes: Intelligence, willpower, speed
Major skills: Blade, Hand-to-Hand, explosives, manufacturing, programming
Biography: Talkative and cheery, little bit helpful. Too optimistic that it gets annoying

Specialty (Choose 1): Melee Combat, Ranged Combat, Engineering, Technology, Supernatural.

Choose a specialty- you get bonuses in certain major skills and attributes depending on your specialty.

Current Players (2):
Wesley
Max

I'm implementing a party system for this RPG where as many people can join in, but not all will be playing at the same time. There will be 2 parties,(Possibly 3, if a lot of people sign up) each with 4 members, one of which is a party leader. The game is split up into "Areas". At the end of each area, party members are switched so that those who haven't played yet get to play. The party leaders choose which of those players go into which party, and then the area starts. Experience gained during an area goes to ALL players, even those who didn't play in that area. Players are also allowed to trade items, weapons, equipment, and the like between themselves in between areas.

I also have a couple of other things planned, which I will reveal at a later date.

[Wesley]

Name: Bleak
Specialty: Supernatural
Favored Attributes: Intelligence, Willpower, Luck
Major Skills: Alteration, Restoration, Destruction, Saboteur, Blunt
Biography: Predicted the disaster before it happened. Reason for being there is unknown. Friendly and helpful, but has a habit of getting lost in his thoughts. Occasionally takes on a darker personality, and has a habit of laughing unnervingly.

[Max]

Engineering sounds good

[sonicchaos1993]

I will go ahead and start this game now, and if anybody wants to jump in, they can do so- just PM or post your character here and I'll add you into the party at an opportune moment. There will be only one party until the number of players reaches 5 or more.

Bleak slowly sinks in the water. He opens his eyes, and sees pieces of metal sinking around him. A handbag passes by as he slowly swims to the surface. His lungs burst for air, and he finally reaches the top, taking a big breath of air. He looks around. Flaming wreckage from the ship surrouds him in all directions except for to the north. To the north, he can see a section of the ship partly afloat, and slowly sinking. Further to the north, he can see the dark form of what appears to be a lighthouse.

Cyrus opens his eyes, and sees what's left of his cabin. The furniture is in complete disarray, and whats left of the ship is tilting slightly, and slowly sinking. The cabin door is to the west, and a porthole is too the east. Cyrus's trunk is spilled out on the south side of the room, and there is a pile of furnature to the north.

Party (Split up):
Bleak (Lv1 S)

Cyrus (Lv1 E)

Inventory:
Bleak- None
Cyrus- None

[Wesley]

I'm guessing we can only go in a direction once per post, and that we can't double post? (Confirm this if it's true, I'm only going off of ideas from previous games I've played) If so, I'll move north once, and arrive at the wreckage that is partially afloat.

[sonicchaos1993]

Originally Posted by Wesley

I'm guessing we can only go in a direction once per post, and that we can't double post? (Confirm this if it's true, I'm only going off of ideas from previous games I've played) If so, I'll move north once, and arrive at the wreckage that is partially afloat.

Correct.

Bleak head towards the wreckage... and aruptly stops when a fuel tank explodes! A wall of fire cuts off Bleak from the wreakage. The lighthouse is a little closer now, and is not too far off to the northeast.

Max jumps to the ground as the eastern walls is blown in by an explosion. Looking outside, he sees a giant fire, threatening to consume the rest of the room.

[sonicchaos1993]

Cyrus jumps back as the fire starts to roar into his cabin. He needs to get out of there, and FAST!

[Max]

Go through the porthole

[sonicchaos1993]

Cyrus heads for the porthole, but its way too small for him to fit through, and theres a fire on the other side!. The blaze has almost reached Cyrus's trunk of stuff...

[Max]

Look at my stuff and that farnature. There has to be something here

[sonicchaos1993]

Cyrus searches his trunk rapidly, and finds his wrench.

Party (Split up):
Bleak (Lv1 S)

Cyrus (Lv1 E)

Inventory:
Bleak- None
Cyrus- Wrench (Manufacturing Quality 5, Tool)

Character Cards:
.____________________________
|-Bleak------------------------L1|
|_Supernatural________________.|
|-STR-INT-WIL-SPD-AGI-END-LUC|
|__5__.8___8___5___5___5___8_|
|-Blade------------------------3|
|-Blunt------------------------8|
|-Hand to Hand----------------3|
|-Archery---------------------3.|
|-Gun-------------------------3.|
|-Explosives-------------------4.|
|-Repair-----------------------3.|
|-Maufacturing-----------------3|
|-Hacking----------------------4|
|-Programming------------------4|
|-Sabutour---------------------9|
|-Destruction------------------9.|
|-Alteration--------------------9.|
|-Restoration------------------9.|

.____________________________
|-Cyrus-----------------------L1|
|_Engineering_________________|
|-STR-INT-WIL-SPD-AGI-END-LUC|
|__5__.8___8___8___5___5___5_|
|-Blade------------------------8|
|-Blunt------------------------3|
|-Hand to Hand----------------8|
|-Archery---------------------3.|
|-Gun-------------------------3.|
|-Explosives-------------------9.|
|-Repair-----------------------3.|
|-Maufacturing-----------------8|
|-Hacking----------------------4|
|-Programming------------------9|
|-Sabutour---------------------9|
|-Destruction------------------9.|
|-Alteration--------------------9.|
|-Restoration------------------9.|

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by sonicchaos1993

Cyrus searches his trunk rapidly, and finds his wrench.

Party (Split up):
Bleak (Lv1 S)

Cyrus (Lv1 E)

Inventory:
Bleak- None
Cyrus- Wrench (Manufacturing Quality 5, Tool)

Character Cards:
.____________________________
|-Bleak------------------------L1|
|_Supernatural________________.|
|-STR-INT-WIL-SPD-AGI-END-LUC|
|__5__.8___8___5___5___5___8_|
|-Blade------------------------3|
|-Blunt------------------------8|
|-Hand to Hand----------------3|
|-Archery---------------------3.|
|-Gun-------------------------3.|
|-Explosives-------------------4.|
|-Repair-----------------------3.|
|-Maufacturing-----------------3|
|-Hacking----------------------4|
|-Programming------------------4|
|-Sabutour---------------------9|
|-Destruction------------------9.|
|-Alteration--------------------9.|
|-Restoration------------------9.|

.____________________________
|-Cyrus-----------------------L1|
|_Engineering_________________|
|-STR-INT-WIL-SPD-AGI-END-LUC|
|__5__.8___8___8___5___5___5_|
|-Blade------------------------8|
|-Blunt------------------------3|
|-Hand to Hand----------------8|
|-Archery---------------------3.|
|-Gun-------------------------3.|
|-Explosives-------------------9.|
|-Repair-----------------------3.|
|-Maufacturing-----------------8|
|-Hacking----------------------4|
|-Programming------------------9|
|-Sabutour---------------------9|
|-Destruction------------------9.|
|-Alteration--------------------9.|
|-Restoration------------------9.|

Wait, if Destruction, Alteration, etc. were the skills I picked, why are they the same stats as Max, who didn't pick any of them as skills?

Anyway, I head towards the lighthouse.

[sonicchaos1993]

Originally Posted by Wesley

Wait, if Destruction, Alteration, etc. were the skills I picked, why are they the same stats as Max, who didn't pick any of them as skills?

Anyway, I head towards the lighthouse.

Whoops. I just Copy-Pasted it, and changed most of them, but I must have looked that over.

.____________________________
|-Cyrus-----------------------L1|
|_Engineering_________________|
|-STR-INT-WIL-SPD-AGI-END-LUC|
|__5__.8___8___8___5___5___5_|
|-Blade------------------------8|
|-Blunt------------------------3|
|-Hand to Hand----------------8|
|-Archery---------------------3.|
|-Gun-------------------------3.|
|-Explosives-------------------9.|
|-Repair-----------------------3.|
|-Maufacturing-----------------8|
|-Hacking----------------------4|
|-Programming-----------------9|
|-Sabutour--------------------4|
|-Destruction------------------4|
|-Alteration--------------------4|
|-Restoration------------------4|

Bleak swims over to the lighthouse. Climbing onto shore, he coughs out seawater. Then he notices that this isn't a lighthouse at all- It's a skyscraper! Clear, tubular passageways connect the building to others similar to it. The ground inclines upwards towards the building to the north.

[Wesley]

I go north.

[sonicchaos1993]

Heading north, Bleak sees the door to the building is sealed shut. Sparks fly from a nearby control panel. You notice bits of mechanical pieces all around the area.