The Halcyon Days, a Dice RP (OOC; Closed)

[Olthar]

IC Thread

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Greetings all. It's been...wow, nearly four years since my last Dice RP. That's crazy. In fact, that's a long enough period of time that I'm starting to feel nostalgic about those days, and that's exactly why I'm doing this. Unfortunately, I don't have access to a computer and can only post from my phone. So, no maps like I used to do back in those days. Thus, this will be much more casual than those old ones ended up becoming near the end. (Like Shazzridar's Tower. Anyone remember that?) Anyways, feel free to sign up. I'll make the IC thread sometime Wednesday.

Specifics about the dice mechanic:
In each person's post, they say what action they are attempting to perform. I will then roll a six-sided die; the higher the result, the more successful the action. The actions will happen in the order of the posts, with the NPC(s) taking their turn(s) after all the players. So, if you want your action to happen first, then be the first to post each round.

The possible results are as follows:
1: Epic Failure. You failed so hard that you must be some sort of flipper-handed freak incapable of performing even the simplest of tasks. It's a wonder that you haven't accidentally killed yourself yet. (Your failure is so spectacular that you likely injure yourself in some way and/or suffer a penalty.)
2: Failure. Plain and simple; you tired, and you failed. You were completely and totally unproductive this round, and I hope you're ashamed of your uselessness. (You fail and do nothing.)
3: Successful, but only barely. You're the one who slacked in school, aren't you? Getting by with only the bare minimum? Well, it's come back to bite you in the ass as everything you do doesn't quite work the way you wanted. (You succeed, but your action isn't quite as effective as you would have hoped.)
4: Successful. Congratulations. You set out to do something and did it. You are competent enough to do something without immediately failing at it. Good job on being average. (You do exactly what you set out to do, no more, no less.)
5: Hugely Successful. Wow, now that's impressive! You are simply amazing! You not only succeeded, but you did better than you could have ever hoped. That takes skill. (You are so successful that your action is far more effective than intended and/or you receive a bonus.)
6: Godly Success. You must be some sort of deity because I could swear that wasn't even physically possible! I don't know how you did it, but you somehow managed to be so successful that you broke physics. Kudos. (You are dangerously successful, literally. It's quite possible that your action is so successful as to have unintended consequences.)

To help illustrate the above, I'll give an example. Player 1 wants to throw a fireball at a nearby goblin. The possible results could be:
1: The spell explodes in Player 1's hand burning him and setting his clothes on fire.
2: The spell fizzles and does nothing.
3: Player 1 successfully casts the fireball, but all it does is singe the goblin's eyebrows and make him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
4: Player 1 throws the fireball as intended, and the goblin catches on fire.
5: The fireball is far stronger than normal and, upon hitting the goblin, immediately causes him to explodes into tiny chunks.
6: The fireball is so unbelievably powerful that it causes a wave of destruction, hitting everyone and everything in the room.

The last thing to discuss is bonuses/penalties. These, quite simply, affect die rolls by adding a +/- number to a specific type of roll. So, for instance, someone finds a really nice sword and gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls with that sword, or someone has their hand injured and, from that point on, suffers a -1 penalty on all rolls on actions involving that hand. Also, some actions that are just inherently harder to perform will have automatic penalties whenever you try them. For example, if you try and jump a two-foot gap, you will have a normal roll, but if you try and jump a five-foot gap, something much harder, then you'll have a -1 penalty on the roll. If you try to go even further and jump a seven-foot gap, then you'll have a -2, and so on.

If anyone has any questions about how this all works, then feel free to ask.

Application:

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[b][u]Application:[/u][/b]
[b]Player:[/b]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Favorite Weapon:[/b]
[b]Favorite Armor:[/b]
[b]Favorite Color:[/b]
[b]Biography (Minimum 20,000 words):[/b]

[Olthar]

Players:
The Northern Cresent - Lexa
Galnius - Oosani Fireblood
New Communist and Socialist Unions - Vengir Ai-Mo
G-Tech Corporation - Sir Winthrop Eddleton the Younger
Escalan Corps-Star Island - Selwyn
Esternial - Ezekiel
DAFT Universe - Zeta
Forever Neutral - Man of Action/Moa
Zarkenis Ultima - Jade
Lanternton - Dieter von Blitzkrieg / Moose Skullcruncher
Pherdistan - Vladimir Lenin
Baked-Noodle - Soveliss
Zjaum - Haapsalu Argyrix
Galnius - Hubert Poisson
The United Czechippines - Aluminum aka Alumina Allira
DAFT Universe - Wheatley

[Olthenia]

Tagged, for obvious reasons.

[Olthar]

Tagged, for obvious reasons.

Do I know you? Your name seems really familiar.

[Olthenia]

Tagged, for obvious reasons.

Do I know you? Your name seems really familiar.

I... don't think so? I've lurked, on and off, for several years, and probably abandoned more decent RPs than you can shake a stick at.

Make of that what you will.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Signing in. Any setting you want us to build characters for Olthar?

[Olthar]

Do I know you? Your name seems really familiar.

I... don't think so? I've lurked, on and off, for several years, and probably abandoned more decent RPs than you can shake a stick at.

Make of that what you will.

It was a joke about our respective names.

Signing in. Any setting you want us to build characters for Olthar?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Challenge accepted

[Olthar]

Challenge accepted

Well, I can't say that I haven't done more. Those maps took me several months to make.

[Grenartia]

What's the setting like?

[Olthar]

What's the setting like?

I dunno. Urban sci-fanta-hero? It's just a mix of whatever I feel like putting in at any time. If you want to be a wizard in police riot gear with a lightsaber and a pet Japanese school girl, you go right ahead.

[Galnius]

Tagging

[Olthar]

Man, what's with all the tags and no apps? I mean, it only takes a minute, tops, to fill out. :/

[Galnius]

Man, what's with all the tags and no apps? I mean, it only takes a minute, tops, to fill out. :/

I'm thinking of a character

[The Northern Cresent]

Application:
Player:
Name: Lexa
Gender: Male
Favorite Color: Blue
I'm going to add some extra stuff, since this isn't enough.
Speciality: Magic
Deepest Fear: Seeing everyone die

[Galnius]

Application:
Player: Me, aka Galnius, aka that one guy
Name: Oosani Fireblood
Gender: F
Favorite Color: A very deep turquoise
Quirks: Refuses to hold a blade without two hands, including fencing swords; Heavily dislikes being called by only her first name, but will likely attack you if you just call her Fireblood; Loves dancing in the rain
Specialty: Blunt weaponry (maxes, clubs, hammers)
Biggest Fear: Small Dogs

[New Communist and Socialist Unions]

Application:
Player: NCSU, Olthenia here knows me.
Name: Vengir Ai-Mo
Gender: Male
Favorite Color: Black and white
Other Things: Loves swords armed with a shield, has this aura that makes you want to frown upon him, loves Transylvania, and cows. Hates horses, moss, and rust.
Biography (Minimum 20,000 words): Are you fucking serious?

Seriously though, are you serious?

[Olthar]

Well, I can't say it's not encouraging that people in P2tM are apparently such serious RPers now that they have to spend hours coming up with characters for a Dice RP.

Anyways, accepted.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Application:
Player: < that guy
Name: Sir Winthrop Eddleton the Younger
Gender: Indeterminate; male personalities predominate.
Favorite Color: Exsanguination
Biography (Minimum 20,000 words): The Devourer shall ride again on the winds of time.

[Olthar]

Biography (Minimum 20,000 words): The Devourer shall ride again on the winds of time.

Dude, I didn't need a massive wall of text, and I didn't read any of that.

Lol

Anyways, accepted.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Biography (Minimum 20,000 words): The Devourer shall ride again on the winds of time.

Dude, I didn't need a massive wall of text, and I didn't read any of that.

Lol

Anyways, accepted.

I contemplated actually summarizing his backstory in 20k words... but then I realized I was way too lazy to put that much effort in to a gag.

[Olthar]

Dude, I didn't need a massive wall of text, and I didn't read any of that.

Lol

Anyways, accepted.

I contemplated actually summarizing his backstory in 20k words... but then I realized I was way too lazy to put that much effort in to a gag.

[Esternial]

Do I know you? Your name seems really familiar.

I... don't think so? I've lurked, on and off, for several years, and probably abandoned more decent RPs than you can shake a stick at.

Make of that what you will.

Yea ;_;

Olthar, what would you estimate regarding the pace of this RP? If it's fast, it's better I not join. I'm pretty busy.

[Olthar]

I... don't think so? I've lurked, on and off, for several years, and probably abandoned more decent RPs than you can shake a stick at.

Make of that what you will.

Yea ;_;

Olthar, what would you estimate regarding the pace of this RP? If it's fast, it's better I not join. I'm pretty busy.

I expect one post per day. Though, they're not going to be large posts. If you want to know what it's like, follow the link in the quote in my OP to A Tale of Luck and Chance.

[Galnius]

I... don't think so? I've lurked, on and off, for several years, and probably abandoned more decent RPs than you can shake a stick at.

Make of that what you will.

Yea ;_;

Olthar, what would you estimate regarding the pace of this RP? If it's fast, it's better I not join. I'm pretty busy.

Esterniaaaaalllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You live!