The Catacalysm- Futuristic RPG

[Dalamar Stormcrow]

This is a combat game in which all characters created will start in different positions, are assigned missions by their factions, and according to the story, may end up meeting, and fighting, or becoming friends.


To make a character, you will give me your trade skills and minor skills which you will pick from a list. You can pick four major skills, and three minor skills. 2 of your major skills can be tagged.

Firearms

Energy Weapons-Lasers,Plasma.

Guns-Rifles,SMG's,Pistols.

Large Guns-Minigun,Flamethrower,Rocket Launchers.

Gun Repair-Repairing and caring for any type of firearm. Cannot be a tag skill.

Tag skills in any of these except gun repair make the accuracy and damage percentage go higher.

Close Combat

Generalization-Average damage, Average chance to hit. Criticals stun.

Tae-Kwon-Do-Sparring, can block, can also use some melee weapons, such as nun-chucks or dual forks.

Judo-can block some attacks, can paralyze, can kill with criticals. All
successful attacks stun. Medium-Low damage.

Bushido-Scores high damage, but is harder to hit with.

Ju-jitsu-Low damage, but almost impossible to miss.

Melee weapons-Can effectivly use melee weapons. Spiked knuckles are only available through this skill. Can also throw weapons with this skill. This skill takes up a major and minor slot.

Tag skills in any make the skill do more damage.

Medicine

Major wounds-can heal crippled limbs, punctured lungs, and transplants, etc. Requires Doctor's Tools. Can perform implantations and transplants. As a tag skill the character can perform a heart bypass with household matierials. AKA, tag skill means no use of Doctor's Tools.

Minor wounds-can heal gashes,infections,can bandage a wound. Requires First Aid kit. As a tag skill the character uses 1/3 of a First Aid kit's charge.

Thievery

Sneak-Can be used to walk past enemies undetected, a sneak attack behind a enemy does double damage. Tag skill enables character to sneak while running.

Lockpick-Can open locked doors using lockpicks, electronic or otherwise. Requires lockpicks. With a tag skill, the character can lockpick using items reguarly found in their pack. If caught trying to lockpick a door, the authorities will be summoned.

Steal-Can unlawfully take from others. If caught, the authorities will be summoned. Selling these items to a close friend of the victim or to the victim has a 50/50 chance of them discovering that that item is theirs or a friends.
If chosen as a tag skill, the character can diguise the item so that they figure it is yours.

Misc.

Science-Your character is knowledgable and can easily solve many problems through math and science. Cannot be chosen as a tag skill.

Repair-Your character can repair objects. He cannot repair guns however. You cannot choose this as a tag skill.

Driving and Piloting-You are skilled at operating vehicles. You can pilot planes and drive cars you are experienced with. If you choose this as a tag skill, you can pilot more advanced vehicles and master the normal ones.


Depending on how you describe the character, I will rate their rolls. But i have 40 points for 7 slots. 10 is the highest a slot can go. You can either give me example or give me your numbers. I would prefer giving me numbers.

Slot 1 Strength- Can bench 200 pounds=7
Slot 2 Perception- I can read the copyrights on the eye exam poster across the hall=10
Slot 3 Endurance- I ran a 10 miles straight-7
Slot 4 Charisma-Talked my way out of a gang of beating me up-8
Slot 5 Intelligence-I mastered advanced calculus-9
Slot 6 Agility- I can balance on the top of a coke bottle.....with my finger!- 10
Slot 7 Luck-A black cat hissed at me while i walked under a ladder-2

You start out with 8 items. You can have one implant at the start, which you choose which slot it affects. You can only have 3 implants. The seven other items can be food and water,lower half-leather armor,upper half-leather armor,brass knuckles,pistol,pistol ammo,laser pistol,batteries for laser pistol,First Aid Kit,Doctor's Tools,lockpicks,Gun repair kit,a case of grenades,SMG(there is a clip in the SMG, no more!), a rusty knife, firewood,a lighter,drugs, and steroids.

The year was 2174, ever since the nuclear bombs had been disabled, the world worried about the neutron bombs, which were capable of destroying everything but life in the area. This would make everyone a target while their homes and cities were redeuced to rubble.Some were chosen by the government for the spearheading of a new future. The candidates were into bunkers so that they might their sleeping tanks might not be destroyed. The candidates were 3 to a bunker. Supplies were stored in each. The locals seem to have found the bunkers and taken most of the stuff. Some is left. The entrance is sealed,and dynamite is used to blow away the rubble. Two objects are destroyed at random:

bunker 1
No laser pistol
No brass knuckles

bunker 2
No battery for laser pistol
No drugs

bunker 3
No knife
No grenades

[Dalamar Stormcrow]

I'll start out my character.


Name:Wes Barnaky
Callsign:Warning

Strength-6
Perception-7
Endurance-7
Charisma-4
Intelligence-5
Agility-8
Luck-4


Major skills: Ju-jitsu(tagged),Gun Repair,Energy Weapons(tagged),Melee Weapons
Minor skills:Guns,Minor Wounds,(Melee Weapons takes up a minor skill)

Implant: Heart Implant=+1 Endurance

I grab: Food+water,lower leather armor, upper leather armor,Desert Eagle XIX, 4 magnum magazines,firewood,a lighter,drugs.

[Larry_OHF]

I'll join. I need time to get my character drawn up, but I have been dealing with a sick baby for the past 24 hours...(she has Thrush), so I cannot do much at the moment.

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Name: Benkei Kunio
Nickname: Benny


Strength- 6
Perception- 6
Endurance- 9
Charisma- 4
Intelligence- 7
Agility- 8
Luck- 0

Major skills: Bushido (tagged), Minor Wounds (Tagged)
Minor skills: 0

Implant: 0 (It is against the Way of the Warrior)

I grab: food, water, upper-half leather, lower-half leather, first-aid kit, family katana (hidden within a cane).


Bio: Benkai is obviously from Japan. His family heritage is that of the Samuri, when they were the ruling power of Japan until 1876. From then on those that followed the Way of the Warrior had to remain hidden, for it was illegal to carry one's katana in public. This katana was thus hidden within the cane of Benny's ancestor, who continued to serve the land privately.

When modernization hit Japan, the younger generations were not so concerned with the past, and the spirit of the warrior laid forgotten in the old family heirlooms.

Then the world suffered the disaster of the bombs.

When this occurred, many looked to the old days and sought out the stories of their fathers. They knew knowledge was contained in thier history. Benny then found his ancestor's cane and realized that he had been led to it in order to help protect Japan and bring back the days of happiness for his family. He set out to do what he could, knowing he would be guided to his fate.

Benny has studied this ancient art and its teachings, and feels he is ready to honor his family by taking up the forgotten spirit within the katana he carries. If the world is to change, then it is up to him to make sure it changes the right way.



[ 12-21-2004, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[armageddon272]

Looks like fun.

Name: Jaggaer Haggert

Strength- 10
Perception- 5
Endurance- 5
Charisma- 3
Intelligence- I have always found INT useful in most games)
Agility- 9
Luck- 0

Major Skills: Guns, Melee Weapons, Gun Repair Sneak

Minor Skills: Major Wounds, Science, Driving/Piloting

Implant- Cerebelum implant: +1 INT

I Grab: Brass Knuckles, Rusty Knife, Gun Repair Kit, Doctor's tools, Pistol, P-Ammo, Steroids.

[Hivetyrant]

This sounds good

Celt Tessan

Strength-6
Perception-9
Endurance-5
Charisma-3
Intelligence-6
Agility-9
Luck-6

Major Skills-Energy weapons(Tagged), Sneak, Lockpick,Driving and Piloting(Tagged)

Minor Skills-Steal, Repair, Melee weapons

Implant=Eye implant: +1 Perception.

I grab: Laser pistol, batteries, lockpicks, rusty knife, leather armor, lighter.

[ 12-22-2004, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

[Lord High Eater of Legs]

Name: Yarden Twae

Strength-5
Perception-6
Endurance-7
Charisma-7
Intelligence-6
Agility-7
Luck-2


Major skills: Judo(tagged), Melee Weapons, Guns, Steal(tagged)
Minor skills:Sneak, Minor Wounds, Melee Weapons

Implant: Neural Implant=+1 Charisma

I grab: Food&Water, Lower leather armor, Brass Knuckles, Pistol, Pistol Ammo, First Aid Kit, Drugs.

[ 12-22-2004, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: Lord High Eater of Legs ]

[Dalamar Stormcrow]

ooc-Larry, me in bunker 1. Armageddon and hivetyrant in bunker 2. Lord High Eater can go on his own in bunker 3 or wait for another person.

ic- Buzzers, bells, lights. All flickering like a perverted alarm clock, perverted enough to wake up Wes. Still his eyes dilated to see after the sleep. Then Wes realized, that he was trapped in a glass container, most likely his suspended animation canister. Wes desperatley looked for a handle, a button; some way to get out. None such luck. Still weak and sore, Wes tried to smash the glass in front of him. No results. After realizing he was trapped, Wes frenzied and hyper-ventilated. In his flailing, Wes became exhausted and fainted.

[armageddon272]

Jaggaer looks at Celt and asks "What was that noise? You heard it right? As if someone just snapped clear out of their mind. Should we go investigate it?," and waits for Celt's reply.

[Larry_OHF]

Benkei saw the man that was still trapped in his container. It appeared that he had also survived the violent blast.

Benkei's container had been shattered upon impact with flying rock that had resulted from the explosion. He looked about for the controls that would open the container, but they had been damaged in the explosion.

He looked about for a big rock that he could grasp in both hands and lifted it above his head, then brought it down to smash against the durable glass. He continued to do this, thinking it was the only way to help this man.

OOC>>>DM, roll to see if I can successfully break the glass and how many times I have to hit.

[Hivetyrant]

"Hmmmm, I do not know if we should leave, if you want you could take a quick look, but do not venture far, it could be dangerous"