Erik stared in horror as the object - a roughly sphere-shaped machine, with nasty arm-like blades and a stinger coming out of its blue, gelatinous body - ripped through Pranav's body. As Andrew ducked off to the side, to warn Sarah and Carles of what the machine had done, it raced towards Joe. Amelia raced to Joe's side, ostensibly to save him, when the machine exploded. That piercing noise from before invaded his ears again, and the world turned white...
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Welcome to the Crimson AC. To join, please describe your character with:
A first name
An age (must be between 17 and 20, for plot reasons)
A physical description
Their clothing (no armor, extreme sports equipment, etc. aloowed)
Please do not expand beyond this. As your character has gone through a memory wipe, he/she knows nothing else of the world or his/herself, and your RP may have to be redacted.
The only character from the trial run who may be used is Carles (JoanK).
Sign-ups are limited to a combined total of 16 characters (8 male, 8 female, including NPCs). All non-existing NPCs will be added after player sign-ups. If your character dies, you may take a surviving NPC as your new character. You may not create a new character (though new characters may be introduced throughout the game). You are expected to remain in the character of the NPC you take over, though, obviously, character evolution is allowed.
Please note that, if you were a player in Shadows, this game uses different mechanics, which, amongst other things, make it harder for characters to die off.
[In chat, when posting OOC, please use brackets, like this. Please try to avoid posting OOC. I will post the ITF chat link ( www.intothefireiot.chatango.com ), to serve as an OOC chat during the missions. I will respond to questions in private chat.]
*When you want to post your character's actions, please use asterisks, like this.*
^Please use these symbols for your character's thoughts^
This AC will take place on the former Shadows chat ( www.shadowsac.chatango.com )
Now, for rules and mechanics:
Equipment:
You start the game with no equipment, beyond the clothes on your back. Equipment is not purchased, but, instead, taken from your surroundings/fallen chars, both PC and NPC.
Equipment falls into 1 of 4 regions:
Torso
Back
Head
One Handed
Two Handed
You can only carry 1 per region (or 1 per hand, as seen above).
Additionally, weapons fall into one of the following categories:
Melee
Conventional
Electric
Incendiary/Explosive
All have limited ammo, clip determined by the exact weapon.
Melee weapons do not actually have ammo, though some may have additional electric-or-chemical powered effects that can run out.
Standard weapons use your average bullet. Running out of bullets does not make you lose the weapon. Bullets will frequently be obtainable from fallen enemies or surroundings, and excess bullets may be stored. I will keep track of these, if you ever need to enquire about them.
Electric weapons: Same as above, though with specially designed darts.
Incendiaries and Explosives: Same as conventional and electric weapons, except that running out of ammo DOES make you lose the weapon.
Abilities:
Similarly to equipment, you do not purchase your abilities. Rather, they develope based upon character development, RP, and in-game actions. Prior to the main missions, all PCs will have a short, independent mission, to determine their initial abilit(y/ies).
If you feel lost, don't worry - Rather than following a semi-established plot, this AC is almost completely free-form, with the main goal being to uncover the backstory your characters have forgotten. It is suggested that, for reasons of interpreting backstory, you collaborate notes (via SG, PMs/VMs, or this thread).
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Welcome to the Crimson AC. To join, please describe your character with:
A first name
An age (must be between 17 and 20, for plot reasons)
A physical description
Their clothing (no armor, extreme sports equipment, etc. aloowed)
Please do not expand beyond this. As your character has gone through a memory wipe, he/she knows nothing else of the world or his/herself, and your RP may have to be redacted.
The only character from the trial run who may be used is Carles (JoanK).
Sign-ups are limited to a combined total of 16 characters (8 male, 8 female, including NPCs). All non-existing NPCs will be added after player sign-ups. If your character dies, you may take a surviving NPC as your new character. You may not create a new character (though new characters may be introduced throughout the game). You are expected to remain in the character of the NPC you take over, though, obviously, character evolution is allowed.
Please note that, if you were a player in Shadows, this game uses different mechanics, which, amongst other things, make it harder for characters to die off.
[In chat, when posting OOC, please use brackets, like this. Please try to avoid posting OOC. I will post the ITF chat link ( www.intothefireiot.chatango.com ), to serve as an OOC chat during the missions. I will respond to questions in private chat.]
*When you want to post your character's actions, please use asterisks, like this.*
^Please use these symbols for your character's thoughts^
This AC will take place on the former Shadows chat ( www.shadowsac.chatango.com )
Now, for rules and mechanics:
Spoiler :
Equipment:
You start the game with no equipment, beyond the clothes on your back. Equipment is not purchased, but, instead, taken from your surroundings/fallen chars, both PC and NPC.
Equipment falls into 1 of 4 regions:
Torso
Back
Head
One Handed
Two Handed
You can only carry 1 per region (or 1 per hand, as seen above).
Additionally, weapons fall into one of the following categories:
Melee
Conventional
Electric
Incendiary/Explosive
All have limited ammo, clip determined by the exact weapon.
Melee weapons do not actually have ammo, though some may have additional electric-or-chemical powered effects that can run out.
Standard weapons use your average bullet. Running out of bullets does not make you lose the weapon. Bullets will frequently be obtainable from fallen enemies or surroundings, and excess bullets may be stored. I will keep track of these, if you ever need to enquire about them.
Electric weapons: Same as above, though with specially designed darts.
Incendiaries and Explosives: Same as conventional and electric weapons, except that running out of ammo DOES make you lose the weapon.
Abilities:
Similarly to equipment, you do not purchase your abilities. Rather, they develope based upon character development, RP, and in-game actions. Prior to the main missions, all PCs will have a short, independent mission, to determine their initial abilit(y/ies).
If you feel lost, don't worry - Rather than following a semi-established plot, this AC is almost completely free-form, with the main goal being to uncover the backstory your characters have forgotten. It is suggested that, for reasons of interpreting backstory, you collaborate notes (via SG, PMs/VMs, or this thread).