PL: The EPIC OOC - closed thread

[Northwest Slobovia]

*gasp*

You're cheating on us with another role play?!

For SHAME!

I thought this was an open relationship!

I have two pen and papers going and another NS rp going on.

Oh, it is, but DnD is really lowering Carly's standards.

[Tiltjuice]

Just poking my head in and saying hello for the first time in... a while. Anything particularly chaotic going on in the world of PL?

o/ TNEL

All the excitement is offline. Excitement being used liberally.

[Monfrox]

I'm home from con. I got some cool stuff. Wall scroll, art print, figure, acute food poisoning...

It was a good time. I think I blew more money at the Army Surplus store beforehand, though...whoops.

[Cerillium]

Most of you are aware of the Archive thread (viewtopic.php?f=31&t=386061). Someone has requested a biopage for their character. Excellent idea.

Q. Can we transfer our normal app?
A. I think we can come up with something better. Leave your app where it is, but feel free to turn your character's bio post into a living document. Make a timeline and add to it as the game progresses, keep track of equipment, note changing goals, etc.

Q. One character per post or more?
A. Let's go with one per post so you all don't run out of space.

Q. Will you link it on the front page?
A. Yup. Will take time tho.

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Your character's flaws, fears, goals etc should be woven into their bio.

Your character's hotlinked pictured should be 300px or less in width. I strongly recommend uploading the image to your own hosting site. Bear in mind that artists can and do contact NS and request image takedowns, and the dreaded goatse does happen to those that insist on hotlinking from fan sites or other forum sites. The picture must be PG13. You are responsible for what you link.

Note the "tab" code in the image section? You'll want to leave that in. Put your link to the right of it.

The entire form is "justify" alignment. If you add other alignments, you'll need to close and then reopen the "justify" coding.

Take your time with it. It's your opportunity to pour love into your character. Don't slap up a single-paragraph bio, please. What happened before the character arrived at the Building. What's happened to them since then? Have they started a family, lost a battle, grown older, had a loss etc?

It should look like this when you're done: (still a WIP)

Biography

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THADDEUS USSEIO

Image Credit: Thomas Lishman

SYNOPSIS
GENDER:Male

SPECIES: Human Cyborg

AGE: Indeterminable

APPEARANCE: Thaddeus stands roughly 7.5 feet in height. His body shape is broad and seems muscular though this is due to design rather than a natural feature. Body design along these lines, with a bit more organic parts thrown in. It's rumored by Naomi that he still has the dangly bits but nobody in their right mind would ask him to show and tell. He's ugly (even for a his people) and it doesn't bother him. He has taken to forgoing the respirator in favor of a "more natural" (ha!) look which entails (sadly for those who have to spend time with him) a lopsided mouth, missing teeth, and a nose which most describe as a travesty. His eyes have been replaced with smooth, silvery optics which rest behind seldom-blinking lids. Bald, brutish, and prone to speaking in growls, he's off-putting until people get to know him.

OCCUPATION: Assassin, Researcher (virology)

EDUCATION & TRAINING: Thaddeus is a failed Space Marine. Though the gene seed is almost all but purged, the knowledge and skills that came with the process remain intact. It wasn't until after Charumati tore him to shreds in battle that he was considered a "failure" in the program (just shy of his final steps). The Brotherhood took pity on him, welcoming him into their ranks and training him in their ways. He served nearly three hundred years before Charumati hunted him down once more, and he acquired much knowledge during that time.

APPLICATION LINK: viewtopic.php?p=29368112#p29368112


BIOGRAPHY
Thaddeus was born on Fedrid, a Death World within the Calixis Sector. He picked up marksmanship from his father, and rose in status as a fighter. While most are chosen based upon their aggression and psychotic-level killer instinct, his instinct to kill arose from necessity given the deadly nature of his home planet. He was initially thought to lack the aggression necessary for selection until it was discovered that his mindset was more calculating than savage. Phase 1 of his indoctrination began at the age of 11, accompanied by the first augmentation - a secondary heart.

Considering that this character has been in play nearly 12 years in a variety of games, there's far too much history to cover. His tale picks up in PL. As Neste and Marcus are now part of the setting:

Thaddeus relocated to the Baratia hiveworld in order to pursue his research - including horrible experiments on humans and other life forms. Charumati was dead (again) though her power over him did not wane, and his rage towards her became apparent by what he did regarding the torture and mutilation of her cultists and their daemons. It was during this time that he found a fellow admech and married, and Wren was produced. Several years later, he was tasked to protect "hardware" which turned out to be the pregnant (and memory-wiped) Overseer. An illicit affair began shortly after the birth of her son, though it didn't last long. The Invidis and a reborn Charumati conspired to reclaim the Overseer as well as Thaddeus. The world was destroyed; he bared escaped with his life. Now wifeless, and with the Overseer once again suffering a memory wipe, he had no choice but to go underground with her and her son. He raised the boy as his own and appointed the lizard as his nanny. Neste, no longer aware of the past and in a deep depression, rejected him and all other contact save for the child.

Years and several battled later, Thaddeus was pulled into Vafflehelm by Charumati and charged with serving as her personal protector. Having nothing to live for, he sunk into his own depression which was only overcome by Charumati's splinter, Naomi - the embodiment of Love. Theirs was a secretive courtship and marriage. It was during this time that he brought Marcus to stay with him. During the Drone invasion, Charumati brought him to another dimension (with Naomi, Wren, Eva and Marcus in tow) in order for him to bastardize Nifid tech to defeat the Drones. Thirteen years passed, though it was only a day for those in Vafflehelm. He (and family) returned with weaponry which took out Drone tech. An explosion and new thread later, the Drones agreed to leave things alone and Thaddeus found himself without any purpose. The god killer and Chaos protector was now nothing more than an odd fixture occasionally found lurking the lobby. Fritz (Chaos avatar for the God of Fate) took pity on him and blessed his brain in order for him to enjoy occasional binge drinking, which he does when in the mood to get blind drunk.

He slipped into depression once more, forsaking everyone to the point of giving Naomi a reason to divorce him (she promptly did). His obsession had turned towards augmentations, an addition in fact. He missed the birth of his son, Argus. His only source of relief was his work and the boy whose mother had been his first, true love.

His devotion to Marcus is unwavering though he seldom tells the boy his feelings. Now that Marcus has learned the truth of his parentage, Thaddeus feels abandoned. There is nothing left for him. He has embarked once again on his quest for death, much to Adrastus' sorrow. He's a broken man.

Outwardly, he comes across as reserved. There is a clever sense of humor still rattling about his mind but it doesn't come out often. He is friendly to those he knows but allows no one to get close to him. His ties to Chaos grant him access to gossip ergo he's able to keep tabs on the Residents. And he's still charged with protecting them, especially the godling Giovenith (on Ogoti's orders). He's fond of his magically enlarged pet waterbear, Boopsie, but mocking him for it will surely bring about swift demise.


SPECIALIZED SKILLS

• Wetwork. You figure it out.
  
• Research. Thaddeus is a xenovirologist. He's brilliant at it, and we'll leave it at that.
  
• Repair and fabrication.
  
• Failed Spess Mahreen means he knows many forms of combat and can, in a pinch, fall back on his training in the field. Then again, an arm canon is much more effective, no?
  
• Neste taught him to play the piano. There's a preference for jazz. His level? 3, if sober.

SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Cursed Cyborg
  Power Level: - (note: OP tool character. Levels and weaknesses not listed)
  Strengths: His body and the curse placed upon him grant him the ability to endure the harshest environments. Various augmentations allow him to perform a variety of tasks from simple repairs to lethal slaughter. The immortality thrust upon him can only be broken by the Chaos bitch that cursed him. He regenerates - lock, stock, and barrel.
  Weaknesses: - (side note: the god is the weakness. She can toy with him however she pleases, to include cramming a daemon into him to fully possess him against his will.)
  Restrictions: this character's powers will not be used excessively (if at all) during normal game play. See note about "tool mode" above.
  
  
  
• Immunity to magic and psionic penetration
  Power Level: - (note: OP tool character. Levels and weaknesses not listed)
  Strengths: Ah, you thought you'd use your shit to do him in? No, he's protected, another fact of life that pisses him off.
  Weaknesses: - (note: OP tool character. Levels and weaknesses not listed)

APARTMENT PICTURE

Let the CoOPs know when you've posted your character to the Archive thread. They'll be able to track the post links for me.

Magnificent CoOPs of Reputable Taste and Grace - can you track this please? TY.

[Mincaldenteans]

RP admin duties, go! -Snatches penguin with-

[Tiltjuice]

Oomph -is snatched-

What do?

[Northwest Slobovia]

@Storm: take a look at the IC for what Macy just saw in the holodeck. We're collabing the next hunk of action, so let me know if you want to interact with the Raiders at all. We'll see if we can work you in somewhere, if you want that.

@Sal and AA: I'm going to post a hunk for the Ascalon story tomorrow. So, AA, if you want to say or do something before then, please do so soon.

[Altito Asmoro]

@Storm: take a look at the IC for what Macy just saw in the holodeck. We're collabing the next hunk of action, so let me know if you want to interact with the Raiders at all. We'll see if we can work you in somewhere, if you want that.

@Sal and AA: I'm going to post a hunk for the Ascalon story tomorrow. So, AA, if you want to say or do something before then, please do so soon.

No, it's fine, Slo. I haven't get any imaginations for a posting of mine in here...

[Northwest Slobovia]

@Storm: take a look at the IC for what Macy just saw in the holodeck. We're collabing the next hunk of action, so let me know if you want to interact with the Raiders at all. We'll see if we can work you in somewhere, if you want that.

@Sal and AA: I'm going to post a hunk for the Ascalon story tomorrow. So, AA, if you want to say or do something before then, please do so soon.

No, it's fine, Slo. I haven't get any imaginations for a posting of mine in here...

OK.

My post is going to be delayed, so you've got another day to think about it.

[Ganonsyoni]

plosted finally. Sorry for the delay. Was in a depressed mood yesterday and didn't have the will to post.

[Northwest Slobovia]

@Raiders Players: I'd like to wrap up the current collab in the holodeck so we can move on.

@Tilt: please post for Dora, so we can start the training scenario.

[Giovenith]

Tilt, Prim, should I assume you guys want the chance to reply to Mon and Cer's posts first since they're both more directed at your individual characters than the story as a whole?

[Tiltjuice]

*noms Gio post thoughtfully*

I felt like Mon was addressing the whole group. Lemme poke him.

[CAT XIII]

Sorry I keep disappearing lately, I would justify but it's just the usual "I've been busy". Do you want me to put Oto on the archive?

[Giovenith]

Good luck voting, everyone.

[Holy Lykos]

Good luck voting, everyone.

I'm working late today so I'm glad I voted absentee!

[Chedastan]

Good luck voting, everyone.

I voted just before the line showed up in the morning, I felt really lucky to not have to wait long.

[Torsiedelle]

Apparently, I didn't find out until today that the place I registered to vote at never actually did their job, so a couple hundred people were never actually put in the system. This was over a year ago that I registered.

And people wonder why I say I don't trust Democracy.

[Giovenith]

Apparently, I didn't find out until today that the place I registered to vote at never actually did their job, so a couple hundred people were never actually put in the system. This was over a year ago that I registered.

And people wonder why I say I don't trust Democracy.

Jesus Christ, they should be sued.

[Holy Lykos]

Apparently, I didn't find out until today that the place I registered to vote at never actually did their job, so a couple hundred people were never actually put in the system. This was over a year ago that I registered.

And people wonder why I say I don't trust Democracy.

Jesus Christ, they should be sued.

definitely, especially for not telling the people who weren't properly registered.

[Highfort]

Good luck voting, everyone.

Voted last week. Almost got stopped because some fuck cancelled my registration and kept me in another county. Had to drive down to the registrar to settle it.

Never take voting for granted. Some people don't want to see you vote.

[Monfrox]

Good luck voting, everyone.

Voted last week. Almost got stopped because some fuck cancelled my registration and kept me in another county. Had to drive down to the registrar to settle it.

Never take voting for granted. Some people don't want to see you vote.

Good thing I live in a really small town.

[Cerillium]

Miss Gio, you blow people's minds. Anyone could have gone the saccharine route considering the genre. You chose to once again delve into your grimdark box and tenderly dole out spoonfuls of mindfuckery and psychosis. You've outdone yourself. The Tiffany saga pales in comparison. Thank you for an exceptional read tonight.

I'll work up a reply and post it tomorrow. It won't be much. I'm moving Rache off to give Aegis time to feed. I figure Rache would move towards the gathering clouds. Are Chrys or Willow near that? He wouldn't be able to pick up on Brit or Duster very well.

[Giovenith]

Thanks Cer, that's pretty uplifting at this moment.

All four of those chars are underground, so really it depends on how well you think he could sense any of them.

[Monfrox]

Thanks Cer, that's pretty uplifting at this moment.

All four of those chars are underground, so really it depends on how well you think he could sense any of them.

Wouldn't the Umbrum crystals have an effect on that too?