Unity Of Mind
deaincaelo
Join Date: 2003-09-11 Member: 20739Members
Join Date: 2003-09-11 Member: 20739Members
<div class="IPBDescription">a khraa RPG</div> yes, i've started my RPG finally. all the standard rules apply.
latejioners, pm me before posting. include your color and backstory (if relevent). if there are any questions pm me and i'll adress them.
because i am too lazy to actually calculate res, rfk, etc. i'm using a simple stat system. the four stats are:
str:
dex:
int:
con:
they all start at 0, and every time you level up you can add +1 to the one you want. all evolutions will have minimal stats, except for skulk. this includes upgrades. there will be new evolutions and upgrades when i get around to it. also, determining if you can do something will be (almost) entirely stat-based. choose wisely!
you may have any backstory you want, up to and including your assimilation into the khraa. however, you may not contradict anyone elses backstory or the universal backstory. (as i am shure to do at least once and i apologize in advance.) you may not go into any campaigns or such after you join the khraa, although you can generate non-combat and non-marine (IE doesnt matter to gameplay) backstory.
on the upside, there can be no meta-gaming! hivesight will be absolute and universal. you can see whatever anyone else can. have a question? ask the hive. if anyone knows it'll tell you. never be incummutacado, your friends can hear you over any distance.
terrifying enimies stolen from other threads! not only marines, but mechs, and draug as well. destroy all who dare threaten the hive!
the first in-game post comes soon.
latejioners, pm me before posting. include your color and backstory (if relevent). if there are any questions pm me and i'll adress them.
because i am too lazy to actually calculate res, rfk, etc. i'm using a simple stat system. the four stats are:
str:
dex:
int:
con:
they all start at 0, and every time you level up you can add +1 to the one you want. all evolutions will have minimal stats, except for skulk. this includes upgrades. there will be new evolutions and upgrades when i get around to it. also, determining if you can do something will be (almost) entirely stat-based. choose wisely!
you may have any backstory you want, up to and including your assimilation into the khraa. however, you may not contradict anyone elses backstory or the universal backstory. (as i am shure to do at least once and i apologize in advance.) you may not go into any campaigns or such after you join the khraa, although you can generate non-combat and non-marine (IE doesnt matter to gameplay) backstory.
on the upside, there can be no meta-gaming! hivesight will be absolute and universal. you can see whatever anyone else can. have a question? ask the hive. if anyone knows it'll tell you. never be incummutacado, your friends can hear you over any distance.
terrifying enimies stolen from other threads! not only marines, but mechs, and draug as well. destroy all who dare threaten the hive!
the first in-game post comes soon.
Comments
"know also We have not awakened you lightly. enimies hege us on all sides. a new and fearsome foe seeks our destruction. a foe as cold and enimatic as the great ice rift on the fouth moon of Enre. also, those that before refused our unity have grown wild and violent. no longer have We the option to co-exist. this new disorder threatens all unity of mind. you are called to defend it"</span>
<i>you are spawned on the planet Shar, a training grounds for the khraa. there are riges, bolders, a few scattered plants. overall a desolite place. however, it is a home to those who have contested the khraa in the past. who, for reasons still unknown, have recently gone rougue</i>
*A yellowish liquid drains from the egg to the jagged rocks below, and a few bits of the shell fall to the ground. Hacked away by the creature inside.*
*From the husk drops a skulk. Blinking under the first rays of sun light, it stumbles for a bit before finding it's legs.*
*The skulks runs around until it has perfected it's balanced. It then stops and sniffs the air around it, searching for any brothers or sisters.*
*Artemis the hunter is born.*</span>
<b>Backstory</b>:
Artemis was born on the feral world of Fenris on the outskirts of the galaxy. Only a young child, of 12, when he encountered a Kharaa hive on a crashed spaceship.
The peoples of the world were born survivors from a spaceship crash. Hunter-gatherers, they lived in nomadic tribes. Constantly on the move and competing for resources. The tribes have a pagan religion. Worshipping the fire as a life bringer aswell as other Gods.
<b>Environment</b>:
The world was an unforgiving one. Every 10 years it's orbit taking it thousands of miles away from the sun plummeting Fenris into a cold two year winter (Great Winter).
Most of the planet was covered with ice. In the summer these form contents and moved. The ice underfoot while usually miles deep could crack or fissure at anytime. Dragging people and animals to there death.
Great wolves, 7" high beast stalked the ice plains in packs. And in the waters immense Kraken swim, feasting on any and all ocean life.
The only food is in the form of Banthas. Huge, horned herbivores that travelled in packs. Large enough to crush a person underfoot. Or the fish from the seas.
<b>Assimilation</b>:
When another 'chariot' fell from the sky. It brought a Kharaa hive. The infestation quickly spread and the people of Fenris began to be assimilated. Fighting against the Kharaa with spears and bows some of them still survive in the mountains and caves far from the crash site.
The Kharaa find the inhospitable conditions of the world hard to overcome. To the bacteruim the frozen waste lands makes spreading difficult and the indigenous lifeforms are just as deadly as the Kharaa themselves.
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Edit - Added Backstory</span>
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Orcfen
Orcfen was born on the planet Ijir and shortly after applied to help out his species at 11 years old on Planet Shar. </span>
"I always hated this part. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE? I'm stuck"</span>
Halther is just your ordinary skulk, form a long line of skulks. his father had an illegitimate relationship with a gorge, so they ate him.
He is slightly clumsy and like playing practical jokes on his fellow Kharaa, but is serious when needed.
"Stop messing around."
*Then headbutts the shell until Halther has enough room to climb out.*
"This place reminds me of home. But it is warmer."
*Moves over to a plant and interrogates it with my keen sense of smell.*
"Never had many of these on my world."
*Takes a bite of one then spits it out.*
"Pfft!"
<i>"Now I know why."</i>
"Brother's what does the bacterium require of us?"</span>
<i>a general idea of the surrounding area filters into your mind. to the north is a training area, to the south caverns for resting and healing. to the west are some scattered rougues. to the east a more heavily fortified encampment of them.</i>
ok, i'm declaring the first competition of the thread. the person with the most original backstory gets a free stat point. those who already have backstory, feel free to edit.
*runs off to the north*</span>
I reckon the illigitimate gorge relationship is going to take some beating...
*Sprints after Halther, towards the training grounds.*</span>
I quickly hack away at the membrane and run out of my puddle of membrane and other goo.*
"Damnit, Late again."
*I quickly scurry to the north*
my moniter is screwy and i'm not seeing the colors. everyone needs to tell me what color they have. (and get one if you dont have one).
from this point forward anyone who has not posted or PMed me is a LATEJOINER and must PM me before posting.
*fights his way to the front, to hear what the trainers are saying.*</span>
Strange, never thought I would be listening to a type of footware (for the non british: trainers = sneakers. For the non enlish: footware = shoes).
I am <span style='color:orange'>Orange</span>
"Geez! Look at all of our brothers!!"
</span>
I am BLUE!
<i>the instructor is leading large groups through basic swipes and bites. farther on anouther seems to be going through basic dodges. beyond this, you cant see what the other groups are working on.</i>
"By Thor! I have never seen so many of my brothers!"
*Follows a trainer over to the Kharaa learning to dodge and weave.*
"Well, <i>'Be as fast as lightning, and you will just as deadly.'</i> My father used to say."
"Who wants to try and attack me?"
*Tenses muscles and sways left to right ready for any blows.*</span>
I am unquie. But if you want to know my colour, it's <span style='color:white'>white</span>.
so far only epoch and boggle have backstories. anyone else want to try for a free stat point?
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Yeah, by ME. I couldn't see pink taken though.
<span style='color:orange'>"hmm, this looks easy enough"
*follows the instructor's commands*</span>
*I follow the instructors orders.*</span>
<span style='color:red'>*One of the skulks in the tumultuous hordes of Kharaa steps out of the crowd, moving to face Artemis with cold, red eyes. A low hiss escapes from her mouth, and with a quick, fluid movement, she jumps forward and slashes at Artemis with her wickedly curved right-front claw.*
<b>Name:</b> Mintaka
<b>Backstory:</b> Mintaka first encountered the hivemind when on the fiery planet of Alnitalia, orbiting the middle (and brightest) star in the belt of the constellation Orion. People of her race led a fairly nomadic and peaceful lifestyle, until a meteorite shower began to speckle the planet with small, dull shards of greenish-yellow rock. Being an inquisitive child, she played with these rocks, but one day she accidently scratched herself on them, inflicting a minor wound that gradually became infected and progressed until Mintaka was badly ill. Frantic attempts at treatment from her parents were to no avail, but suddenly Mintaka arose, fully healed, save for a small green scar on her left hand. Little did she or the other members of her race know that she had been saved by the devices of the Bacterium, who had other plans in store for her.
A massive earthquake shook the planet months later, rending enormous canyons and throwing boulders metres into the air. As the planet’s crust was torn to the core, waves of molten lava swept to the surface and extinguished the race that had populated it for centuries. Mintaka, too, perished – but only in body, and she was recalled by the Bacterium to serve in the upcoming war against the enemies of the hive.</span>
<i>Edit: By the way, Dea, could you please quickly give an overview as to which stats control aspects of our characters? Just so I know what kind of stats to concentrate in to develop my character properly. Thanks.</i>
ok, a stat overview? here we go:
str: determines damage and your + to roll for feats of stringth (lifting heavy objects, etc.). becomes important when fighting mechs, as chars with insufficient str. wont damage them at all. prime stat for strong evolutions.
dex: determines doge rate and your + to roll for feats of agility (balancing things, squeezing through tight places). affects evade. necessary stat for dexterious evolutions.
con: determines how much damage you can take before needing re-incarnation. also the prime stat for tougher evolutions.
int: determines your comprehension. this affects not only how much information your group recieves, but also whether you will realize what new evolutions, chambers, and upgrades are available. required stat for some evolutions.
<i>three skulks appear out of the turmoil and move to engage all of you. they are obviously more trained then you, and move togeather tword you. escape and negotiation are obviously impossible. the challenge has been set.</i>
<span style='color:red'>[the slash misses, but artimus too is drawn into the fray]</span>
contest closes tomarrow, so if you dont have a backstory you want to share nows the time.
"If the enemy are like this, we will breeze through them!!"</span>
"hey boys, look who's joined the party. Well, the best defence is a good off-"
*Leaps at the middle skulk, claws aimed for the neck*</span>
"Odin, give me strength!"
*Strafes around my attack looking for a sign of weakness. Shifting through her thoughts.*
"Mintaka? You hide you thoughts well."
"But you only truly know some one when you have fought with them."
*Lashes out with with a right claw, careful to keep my distance from her.*</span>
Edit - Colour changed. Sorry Dee.
<span style='color:orange'> [your lunge luckily catches the skulk as it parries JDW. it is hurt and out of the frey, but there are still two uninjured skulks left.] </span>
<span style='color:white'> [your swipe comes nowhere near mintaka, as you posted in the wrong color and confused me. yes, the color on the monitor is fixed as of today. however, the third skulk barrels between you, disrupting you and knocking you both back. you land uninjured</span>
<b>Huh? I've alwaysed used white since I started.</b>
<span style='color:white'>"Hiss!"
*Rolling to absorb the impact of the blow I stand, more weary now I am outnumbered.*
"Looks like we have univited guest. Mintaka, shall we?"
*Turns to face my new attacker, strafing away from Mintaka. Then I pounce at my new foe (The skulk that knocked me over).*</span>
<span style='color:red'>"Yes, Artemis, we shall."
*snarls, and waits until Artemis leaps at the skulk before entering the fray and slashing at our opponent's back*</span>
oh, and mind-reading is a bracket action (int based)
<span style='color:white'> [your lunge is true, but with great skill it throws you again. as you fly through the air into the mass of skulks, you get the impression that perhaps this opponent is playing with you.]</span>
<span style='color:red'> [your lunge falls short, and with a quick movement of its hind legs it knocks you onto your back. you are slightly injured.]</span>
*lunges at the skulk attaking artemis, hoping to catch him off guard*</span>
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jeesh, boggle. arn't you lucky. your opponet rolled a critical miss to block you
<span style='color:orange'> [you land on the third skulks back, as an explosion of claws and fangs. it screams in pain, but contunues fighting.]</span>
end round one. results:
skulk one: 16% injured. skulk two: disabled. skulk 3: 47% injured
Parhelion: 14% injured. Epoch666: 13% injured. Z.X. Bogglesteinsky: 0% injured. J D W: 58% injured.
boggle, level up: +1 to the skill of your choice.