A play by post

[Prince Cherico]

The game A HU/ nightbane/ splicers/ ninjas and super spys mix

The time- The Korean war

The setting- During world war 2 the Stalin made a deal with the night
lords to win the war, after wards his former allies stabbed him in
the back and brought fourth the dark day. The night lords took quickly
took over Russia, then eastern europe, then china, and if they aren't
stoped soon the world.

Things aren't entirely bad though, A alien mother ship crashed on
the small town of Roswell new mexico, the town was destroyed.
The aliens a group of beings called the Guardians inside of the
ship survived and are stranded on earth. They brought with them
a strange plage that infected most of the population. This strange
alien virus, mixed with the mutating effects of the dark day have
awaking strange abilitys in people.

Some have the ability to change shape
Some have psyic abilitys
Some seem to of become super human

The Guardians also brought with them their strange Organatech

The nightlords meanwhile have stoped consolidating their gains and
are on the move. They are currently invading Korea.

Its is your job to stop them.

Who wants to enlist?

[Prince Cherico]

Allowable OCCs

Guardians- you crash landed on earth and now fight to keep a great
evil from destroying humanity, and your people along with them.

Wampre- Before the Guardians came you were a hemophiliac
now you have great power

Night bane- the virus gave you great power

Sorcerer- Welcome to the US magic core, its a new branch of the military
and you have allot to prove to us

Astral lord- the virus gave you tremendous power its fortunate that
the high command hasn't realised your full pontential if they did they
would never let you fight on the front lines.

Mutant- "All mutants get 2 majors 3 minors and the
angelic beautiful face mutation"

The virus gave you tremendous power


Natural Psionic- The virus gave you tremendous power

Enchanted Weapon- Hello solger we are giving you a weapon
that was liberated from the Enemys storage vaults. Many people
died to get this weapon to you don't let them down.

Natural Genius- The virus has mutated several people
making them the greatest minds of their generation your
one of these people.

Super soldier- "No special weapons or vehicles though"
Did you enjoy the dip in the mutation pool solger? no?
well your pain will be worth it when you face the enemy

Symbiotic super human- congratulations solger you've been
chosen to wield A organatect weapon of massive importance

Dedicated Martial Artist- "combine bonuses from both martial arts
you cant have english as your native language"
Your a refugee from a demolished temple now you fight in a foreign army
in the hope that you will liberate your home land

Operator Agent- heres your gadgets get us some intelligence
if you fail the poison capsule is in your left molar

Veteran Grunt- you fought in world war 2 are you up for the
ultimant fight solger?

Academy Officer- welcome to the wareffort your now in charge

Dreadguard- Congratulations your the elite of the elite
you have been chosen to field a suit of organic power armor

Saint-
why- In order for the war effort to succeed america needs new
versions of the Guardians gene pools. Unfortantly some one
needs to act as a incubator. Thanks for volunteering during your
last 30 years of life you will be a medic extrodinare your sacerfise
will not be in vain.

Scarecrow
Why- A Guardian liked you and shared the elixir of life
for them its like drinking down a beer for humans it acts
differently. Now your a super powered junkie.
Needless to say Guardians don't share there booze with other
people now

[drewkitty ~..~]

Night bane- the virus gave you great power

sense you have the NLs you shouldn't mess with the bane. If they have gained their powers through a virus, then they are superheros...and not Nightbane. It would be better for you to keep them a seperate race hidden in humanity, thne to totally change them.

[Avenger]

I forsee the liberal use of atomic weapons here

[Prince Cherico]

it was tryed Avenger it didnt pan out

[Marcethus]

I agree with ben on that nightbane and I am interested
I have a first level nightbane sorcerer only needs to modify the background

[Prince Cherico]

Grovy thats one player for the Play by post I want to host
On the nightbane section hey Marcethus can you
convince at least 2 other people to join in?

[Marcethus]

I will see what I can do. I too am having the same problem though had an idea to run a NB pbp game and got very little response to it

[Prince Cherico]

Well post your charater any ways

max begining level for a starting charater is level 3
with the lone exception of veteran grunt whoese max
starting level is 12

if we cant get any other people then we will use NPCs
until new people do decide to join up. I would like to
work with a minum of three but Ill take what I can

[Marcethus]

where you plan on running this?

[Prince Cherico]

I will create a new thread on the board
called

Korean war adventure

[Marcethus]

ok cool and how do you want me to send my char?

[Prince Cherico]

just post him on this thread

[Daniel Stoker]

I'm looking at a Guardian right now. I'll try to answer you by tomorrow if I can with what I want exactly.



Daniel Stoker

[Prince Cherico]

just remember when your in game that your playing
a charater who wasnt born on earth. Be strange act
strange and have a lot of strange customs.

[Daniel Stoker]

just remember when your in game that your playing
a charater who wasnt born on earth. Be strange act
strange and have a lot of strange customs.

Like me acting strange is a challange?



Daniel Stoker

[Prince Cherico]

Ok just post your charater here and
your going to be in just remember max
starting level for all non veteran grunt charaters
is level 3

I also would love to see your back story

[Daniel Stoker]

I'll see what I can work up story wise tomorrow, and what level do you want me to start as?



Daniel Stoker

[Prince Cherico]

its your choice you can start out as any thing from level
1 to level 3

[Daniel Stoker]

Since you're running the guardian as an alien do you want me to roll on the alien education table, or just use the guardian one? And what if anything would he know about the bio-tech?



Daniel Stoker

[Prince Cherico]

Use the guardian template if you were any thing but a average
guardian you wouldent be on the front lines. Youd be living it
up in rosewell or some other big city as a reserch scientist.

As a average Guardian your familier with the use of bio tect weapons
and items their matance, and fixing them when there broken.

[Prince Cherico]

every thing on the earlyer list is open

youd be the second nightbane

[highpriestrsw2]

ok. so there will be a thread to post the game on here on the board? when will it start? how often do we have to post per week? Does anyone have the stats and stuff for necromancer? I can't find it in any of the books I own and I'd like to play one...if not I just got through the glass darkly and I'll play a sorcerer.

[Prince Cherico]

the setting is during the korean war
all you need do is post your charater
on this thread after three people post
their charaters Ill start the game

Once a day is the prefered posting level

[Shawn Merrow]

the setting is during the korean war
all you need do is post your charater
on this thread after three people post
their charaters Ill start the game

Once a day is the prefered posting level

Should check with the mods the answer in the past to play by post games on the board have been no.

[Sir_Spirit]

So many things to choose from:
(And some questions)

Sorcerer- Welcome to the US magic core, its a new branch of the military
and you have allot to prove to us

HEheh, Could we be a HU mage or just a NB type sorcerer?

Natural Psionic- The virus gave you tremendous power

Could I play a Blaster form The Rifter #25?

Veteran Grunt- you fought in world war 2 are you up for the ultimant fight solger?

Cold you explain more about this option please?
A PM is fine, or a post.

The DreadGuard/Scarcrow/saints are from Splicers correct?

Sorry about he questions but I'm very curious. I can understand if you don't want us to know every thing at once though...

[Prince Cherico]

its looks like every ones dropped out which admitedaly sucks

Veteran grunt is a OCC in ninjas and super spys
think of them like ancent masters with a bazooka

HU mage is perfectly OK

Ive got no problems with a blaster in the game

those three are in splicers
Dreadgaurd basically pilot organit power armor
Scarecrows are super powered drug addicts
saints are super medicts who will die and turn into
organitect factorys in a couple decades.

[Marcethus]

Haven't lost interest in the game just was waiting for some sign of where it's going to be played.

[Sir_Spirit]

Ok, do you want us to give them a "Codename"?
And if we can't play here, you might want to try RPOL or something...

I'm split between i couple of idea's for the moment:

1)I have an idea for a mutant, she's a female with a "wolverine"/"ladydeathstrike" Furious/beserker type mentality though she's got very different powers.


2)A male D&Dtype Rogue/Assasine Stealthy/speedster type character.
He's intersting because he is under the delusion(or is it) that he's destined to become Death, 4th Horseman of the Apocalyplse....

I can Pm you the details when I finish drawing them up....

Also, while I think you should keep the nightbane seperate from the mutant, there is now reason why some of them couldn't atleast think that they are mutant.....

[Prince Cherico]

yea Id like to see that PM

[Marcethus]

RCC: Nightbane Level: 1 Money: 1200
OCC: Sorcerer Exp: 500
Name: Kain Anasasi Align: Unprincipled PPE: 213
Alias: Shadow Dragon

Note: () indicates modifiers and stats for Morphus form
IQ: 23 +9% skills +4 perception HP: 28 (80)
ME: 21 +3 vs. psychic attack/insanity SDC: 66 (306)
MA: 15 Strike: +4 (+10)
PS: 33 +18 Damage (48) Parry: +6 (+12)
PE: 23 +16% coma/death +4 vs. poison/Magic (36) Dodge: +6 (+12)
PP: 23 +4 S/P/D (31) Roll: +4 (+8)
PB: 12 Pull: +2 (+6)
SPD: 21 (42/60) ATT: 5 (7)
Init: (+1)

Bonuses (Facade): +2vs. Magic, +1vs. Disease, +1vs. HF, (OCC): +3vs. Magic, +2vs. HF, +2 vs. Possession.

Weapons:

Armor:

Items: small occult library, High end desktop computer (at home) with modem and color printer, small basic wardrobe, black leather trenchcoat, sunglasses, 35mm camera with normal lens and a telephoto lens, 10 rolls of film, camera case, briefcase for art supplies, sketch pad, a set of color pencils,

Skills:
Understand Principles of Magic 79+2
Sense Ley Lines and Nexuses: line of sight or 1 mile
Lang/Lit: American 98%
Math: Basic 79+5
Computer Operation 59+5
Research 79+5
Lore: Nightlands 49+5
Lore: Demons & Monsters 59+5
Lang: Japanese 74+5, Spanish 74+5,
Photography 54+5
Hand-Hand Basic
Math: Advanced 64+5
Astronomy 44+5
Art: Drawing 54+5
Pilot: Automobile 74+2
Wilderness Survival 39+5
Land Navigation 45+4
Radio: Basic 59+5
Boxing, Wrestling,
WP: Knife (+ S/+ P/+1T), Auto-Pistol (+3S aimed/+1S Burst)



Natural Abilities:
The Becoming: takes one full melee unless ME save (12 or higher use ME bonuses and is +1 at level 1 and +1 for every two levels after the first)
Supernatural Senses: Nightvision 200ft in Façade, 2000ft (see in total darkness) in Morphus. Sense the presence of other Nightbane 300ft +30ft per level. If the character can see his fellow Nightbane he will know automatically whether or not he is a member of his race. If the Nightbane can not see the person he may be able to still sense the near presence, general direction and distance of a Nightbane by making a Perception roll; this is a conscious effort.
Supernatural Attributes: Nightbane have supernatural strength and endurance. In addition to their great SDC and HP they regenerate 10 SDC/HP per melee round. Nightbane are not invulnerable and can be hurt or killed by any weapon.
Mirror Walk: While in Morphus form, the Nightbane can use mirrors to cross over into and out of the Nightlands. To perform this ability a mirror of any size even a small hand mirror will do but the mirror must have a counterpart in the in the Nightlands. Typically mirrors built into homes and buildings will have a counterpart in the Nightlands. Mirrors on vehicles rarely do because there are no cars in the Nightlands. Once the mirror walk is begun, the Nightbane’s body will flow like thick liquid to pour through a mirror of any size. Seeing a Nightbane pour himself into a small mirror has HF 12 for those not familiar with the process. The Mirror Walk costs 2 PPE and takes one melee round. The Nightbane can carry up to 100lbs of additional cargo or equipment not counting clothes. The character can also transport other people at the cost of 1 PPE per two pounds.
Immunities: Nightbane are immune to all forms of mind control, including vampiric control, spells and psionic powers. They are also immune to the vampire’s slow kill bite. All other attacks inflict normal damage and magic and psionics can be very effective against them.
Immune to transformations: The Nightbane cannot be physically transformed by any means, including but not limited to the following: metamorphosis potions and spells, the transformation ritual, petrified, turn into mist, curses, vampiric transformation, wishes, or any form or magic or supernatural transformation, spell or enchantment.

Morphus Form: a Black scaled humanoid dragon creature with bat wings and four arms the lower right arm looking like a pulse cannon out of a sci-fi movie. Bat wings: Flight speed: 60 +2 HF and +20 SDC, Were-Reptile: +5 PS, +3 PE, +2 PP, +2d6x10 SDC, +2d6 SPD, Clawed hands and feet add +2d6 SDC to hand to hand Damage and +10% to climbing, Bite inflicts 3d6 SDC, +5 HF, Glowing Eyes: red +1HF, enhanced nightvision (see in total darkness 2000ft), Prehensile Tail Bladed: +20% climb, +1 attack +1 HF, Four arms: +1 att and all limbs are ambidextrous and double jointed +2HF, Gun arm: Focus for Shadow blast: +2 HF
Total modifications from Morphus: HF: 18, PS: 48 +33 Dam, PE: 36 +36%coma/death +8vs. poi/mag, PP: 31 +8 S/P/D, SPD: 42 (60 in flight) HP: 80
SDC: 306, /-21
Bonuses (Morphus): +1init, +2 strike, Parry, and dodge, +3 roll/pull punch, +4vs magic, +3vs. Psionics, +3vs. Disease, +3vs. HF. +1att

Combat: in Morphus equivalent to hand to hand martial arts
Restrained Punch-2d6 SDC, Full Strength Punch-1d6x10 SDC, Power Punch (2att)-2d6x10 SDC. +2d6 SDC from claws Bite-3d6 SDC.


Talents: Shadow Shield: 30min/lvl 20SDC per 2 PPE (cannot exceed 4PPE/lvl), Shadow Blast: Damage=1d4SDC per 1 PPE (4PPE max per lvl) range=500ft, Nightbringer: absorbs light around the Nightbane creating a darkness equal to 10ft in diameter per 2PPE. The power also absorbs energy attacks except shadow blast, darkwhip, and other darkness-based attacks and magic. People caught in the darkness are -6 S/P/D and -4 to perception (penalties are half for creatures with nightvision)


Spells:
Globe of Daylight: up to 30ft away 3min/lvl 2PPE 12ft A/lvl
Cloud of Smoke: 1min/lvl 90ft (30ftx30ftx30ft max) -5 S/P/D 2PPE
Blinding Flash: 10ft Rad up to 60ft away 1PPE -5S/-10P/D
Concealment: small objects up to 40ft away 5min/lvl 6PPE
Detect Concealment: 30ft A 6PPE
Extinguish Fire: 20ft A up to 80ft away 1min/lvl 4 PPE
Fingers of the Wind: 90ft 3melees/lvl 5PPE
Magic Armor: 1min/lvl 10PPE SDC: 100+10/lvl AR: 14
Breathe Without Air: 3min/lvl 5PPE
Traitorous Hand: 30ft 1melee/lvl 10PPE can take control of a part of another person’s body.
Energy Field: up to 60ft away 1min/lvl 7PPE 8ft Area SDC: 60
Fire Bolt: 100ft+5ft/lvl 7PPE +4S Damage: 6d6

Background: still haven't figured that out fully since I know nothing of the world of Korean War time era.

[Prince Cherico]

read the korean war adventure first post
that will provide the back ground and it will
be the place where the game takes place

back ground can come later
welcome to the game your officially in
feel free to post with you in the game afoot

by the way personal computers dont exist yet in game
sorry about that just replace those skills with
some thing like WP rifle and youll be fine its also
apropiat after all this is a war campain

[Daniel Stoker]

Well here's my character for the game.

Name: Simon
Alignment: Scrupulous
Power Category: Guardian
Level: 3
Gender: Male Age: 22
Height: 5'2”
Weight: 112 lbs.
Hair: White
Eyes: Pink
Unusual Physical Characteristic: White hair and pale white skin.
Money: Has a vague understanding of money but little desire for it.
IQ: 19
ME: 24
MA: 20
PS: 19
PP: 21
PE: 23
PB: 17
Spd: 36
SDC: 211
Hps: 57
PPE: 155
ISP: 84


Powers:
NS – Page. 191

Psionics: Empathy, Mind Block, Presence Sense, See Aura, Sixth Sense, Suggustion

Skills:
Radio: Basic 60%
Pilot: Automobile 69%
Land Navigation 54%
First Aid 70%
Prowl 40%
Language: Korean 70%
Language: English 70%
Operate Bio Equipment 60%
Paramedic 65%


Secondary:
HtH: Expert
Boxing
W.P: Bio-Weapons Light
Wrestling
Swimming 65%
Running
Athletics

Hand to Hand: Expert

Combat:
Hand to Hand: Expert
# of attacks: 5
Strike: +5
Parry: +10
Dodge: +10
Damage: +4
Roll: +5
Pull: +6
Disarm: 0
Initiative: +1
Perception: +3
Kick for 2d4

Saving Throws Bonuses
Save vs Magic: +4
Save vs Psionics: +8
Save vs HF: +5
+4 vs. Poison
+16% vs. Coma/Death

Misc:
Trust/Intimidate: 60%
Charm/Impress: 35%

Daniel Stoker

[TechnoGothic]

One Question...

Splicers -- MDC or SDC with an AR ??

cause i wouldnt mind playing a Dreadguard

I'll Post it up once i get a chance

on a Side note

i would not mind playing a Cyborg based on the Narani "Reaper" but smaller much smaller...

As a Backstory, he could be a member of the Race who is at war with the Guardians...His Spacecraft caused them to crash...shapnel forced them to crash also...only a Few survived though maybe 1-3 of them

He uses his own Tech, one of the other surviors, a Blue skined Women with no mouth, is able to Fix and repair him....

*** Just a thought ****
adds alittle tension but can work in the story
Enemy Mine vib...they can Start to become friends...
The Blue Skin chick, can even plan secrety to contact her Race, to start selling weapons here, but something is preventing her comm from working *Night Lords*
The Cyborg *Reaper* is just a Grunt soldier from another race in reality, The Blue Chick was supervising the use of new equipment they sold to them...

------------
Let me know what you Think

[Prince Cherico]

Dread guard armor has a natural armor rating of 10

it can be up graded to a AR of 15 but it costs 20 Bio
for each ar point

no cyborgs if you had fallen to earth and you were one
of a kind you would have been decesticed.

by the way if you had been one of the Guardians enemys
they would make damn sure that you became real dead real
quick. The war the Guardians fled from was pretty much a
genocidal affair. It would be like a small group of nazis crash
landing near a large city full of escaped holocost victems.

[TechnoGothic]

well i was thinking there were other cyborgs on board too...
This guy is the only one still working though.
The other *roll 3d6* didn't make it for some reason. Plenty of bodies,ect to work with.

As a plot thread device, maybe the Guardian's didnt know anyone survived the other ship's crash. USA Goverment kept that part secret to study the "corpses" and to interigate the Blue Lady *Uteni* and the Reaper Borg. Governement was surprised by the amount of corrorpation them gave them...The Reaper even says he is willing to Fight for them to "earn his keep" kind of thing...Blue Lady lets them know She knows how to fix them, the other cyborgs, and works out a Deal....They can Keep the non-functional cyborgs, she repairs them, and is allowed to leave if her Company comes looking for her. The Reaper Borg gives the USA a Life Dept kind of thing...They saved his Life, his Life is in their hands...but he can be put to work fighting...

The Guardians....when they find out are furious, demand to know why they were not told...Goverment simply says, "It was a Need to Know Situation, YOU didnt need to know"

Gotta Remember this is the about the time the Miltary got all *TopSecret* on everyone, specially Friends/Allies...

Miltary is simply exploting a rare resource...Wanting to see what the cyborg can do in actual combat. To see if even is worth for that Blue Lady to keep trying to Fix the others, which she has been doing for years now. She is almost finished fixing ONE of the others, just so hard to do with the Tech Level of the world...but she manages...slow but steady.

adds drama...polotics....tension


As i said, it was just a Thought

of corse you could say....
This is one of them that was Fixed, and a Human Brain was put into it....
And this will be the Big Test for it...
A WWII vet who lost his legs, arms in the war...

again just a thought....

( yes i was reading Narani Wave II again, and cannot get that Look for a cyborg/robot out of my head right now )

ill roll/work up a Dreadguard to see how that *feel* for me though...
i could also work up the cyborg and post it in private message for yah, to see how it might work...
Got nothing better to do today

[Rpgpunk]

Ok, count me in. Give me some time to roll a character up though.

[Prince Cherico]

well i was thinking there were other cyborgs on board too...
This guy is the only one still working though.
The other *roll 3d6* didn't make it for some reason. Plenty of bodies,ect to work with.

As a plot thread device, maybe the Guardian's didnt know anyone survived the other ship's crash. USA Goverment kept that part secret to study the "corpses" and to interigate the Blue Lady *Uteni* and the Reaper Borg. Governement was surprised by the amount of corrorpation them gave them...The Reaper even says he is willing to Fight for them to "earn his keep" kind of thing...Blue Lady lets them know She knows how to fix them, the other cyborgs, and works out a Deal....They can Keep the non-functional cyborgs, she repairs them, and is allowed to leave if her Company comes looking for her. The Reaper Borg gives the USA a Life Dept kind of thing...They saved his Life, his Life is in their hands...but he can be put to work fighting...

The Guardians....when they find out are furious, demand to know why they were not told...Goverment simply says, "It was a Need to Know Situation, YOU didnt need to know"

Gotta Remember this is the about the time the Miltary got all *TopSecret* on everyone, specially Friends/Allies...

Miltary is simply exploting a rare resource...Wanting to see what the cyborg can do in actual combat. To see if even is worth for that Blue Lady to keep trying to Fix the others, which she has been doing for years now. She is almost finished fixing ONE of the others, just so hard to do with the Tech Level of the world...but she manages...slow but steady.

adds drama...polotics....tension


As i said, it was just a Thought

of corse you could say....
This is one of them that was Fixed, and a Human Brain was put into it....
And this will be the Big Test for it...
A WWII vet who lost his legs, arms in the war...

again just a thought....

( yes i was reading Narani Wave II again, and cannot get that Look for a cyborg/robot out of my head right now )

ill roll/work up a Dreadguard to see how that *feel* for me though...
i could also work up the cyborg and post it in private message for yah, to see how it might work...
Got nothing better to do today

See the problem with that is that we are still starting the game
smack dab in the middel of a city with 20 million guardians.
Youd also be working with a guardian in the case of danny boy.
If danny boy would emidatly try to kill your charater and it
would definitly be completly in charater. I sugest you stick with
the dread guard being an elit power armor pilot using alean
technology is actually more belivable than, a alean cyborg
surviving in a city filled with people who his people tryed to
anhililate. The earth cyborg thing wont work ether this is the
year of 1950 people are still using vacume tubes electronics
arnt advanced enough yet.

[Prince Cherico]

standerd weapons in the campain

standerd issue
Grunt Tuxedo
SDC 100 natural AR 13
life span 3 years
other features no incumberance
thats it

44 magnum revolver
range 150 feet
damage 6d6

AK 47
range 1300 feet
damage 5d6
can do bursts

tomson submachine gun
range 680 feet
damage 3d6
can do bursts

Doom bringer sniper rifle
range 2,000 feet
damage 1d6 X10
can only be used as a sniper weapon

Bazooka
range 200 feet
damage 1d4X100
area affect 5 feet

Flame thrower
range 70 feet
damage 5d6 X10
ingnights all flamable materials

explosive gernade
range- throwing
damage 5d6
area affect 10 feet

Incidary gernade
range- throwing
damage 4d6
area affect 5 feet
80% chance of causing all
incindary items to burst into flame

M1 gerande
range 1,000 feet
damage 3d6
-standered issue weapon

[Marcethus]

What!? no auto-pistol?

[Prince Cherico]

ok

9mm 2d6 damage
range 300 feet

[Marcethus]

Blah who needs a weapon when ya got magic and talents
oh yeah speaking of which do you use ppe chanelling?

[NMI]

Pbp/ Play by Post games are not allowed on Palladium Books Message Boards, due to various problems in the past.

Alternatives for you and your game would be to use something like yahoo.groups.com or even someone elses message board.

I am willing to allow you all to use my site if you like. The link to it is in my sig.

Recruiting players for your games on the PB site is permissable.