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Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:46 pm**

United City States of Oceania wrote:So is this sort of like the X-Men?

Kind of, there is a real X-Men vs. Brotherhood of Mutants vs Government vibe to it.

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:21 pm**

Tamrida wrote:
United City States of Oceania wrote:So is this sort of like the X-Men?

Kind of, there is a real X-Men vs. Brotherhood of Mutants vs Government vibe to it.

Ok.

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:51 pm**

Gonna send Batou to the building Sanctuary is gonna hit

Posted: **Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:10 pm**

Dyelli Beybi wrote:Hi everyone, I can't help but notice that the posting in the IC has been a little slow of late. I would like to lift things up a notch and throw us all into the long-awaited fight scene. So if anyone has anything they want to post before that happens, make it now!

IC's tend to slow down when their OP's get busy

Posted: **Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:25 am**

Communist Xomaniax wrote:Gonna send Batou to the building Sanctuary is gonna hit

Sounds good, just remember to keep it more discreate so you don't alert any meta-human groups.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:25 am**

Dyelli Beybi wrote:
R249 wrote:
God’s Among Us Application Form

Basics

Name: Olivia Cleopatra Deathgrind
Alias: Obsession
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Nationality: American
Faction: Vanguard
Class: Meta-human
Appearance:
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Abilities

Powers: If she comes into contact with a person, any pain they feel is transformed into anxiety, enough so that a papercut would be equivalent to a feeling of uneasiness, a scraped knee would be equivalent to a minor panic attack, a bee sting would be the equivalent of a really bad panic attack, and losing a limb would be...unbearable. Also, she has super strength and damage resistance, approximately ten times that of a normal person.

Limitations: None.

Skills: Expert in fighting, acrobatics, and economics. High intelligence

Weaknesses: None.

Equipment: None, except traps she sometimes sets for her enemies.

Concept: Lack of pain and high levels of anxiety would both prevent people from noticing injuries while the panic would demoralize enemies. Extremely dangerous close-range fighter and extremely effective torturer.

Bios

Personality: Cold, cruel, ambitious. She is ruthless and believes that the ends justify the means, even if people die in the process.

Biography: Born into a rich family, she ran away at 10 years old after losing her parents. While she has been kidnapped multiple times, she has eventually escaped every time after significant trauma to continue living in poverty. She has visited libraries to learn about the world and how to manipulate it, however, giving her the knowledge to invest money in stocks wisely enough to make herself rich once again. Having studied macroeconomics as well as microeconomics, she has become disillusioned with democracy and is determined to build an empire ruled by her using economic laws. She has breached government security multiple times in this quest. Now she thinks joining the Vanguards would help her gain power.

So.. if she hits someone they have a nervous breakdown?

I'm working on the assumption when you say 10x normal strength you mean for an average woman, which would mean she'd be lifting something in the vicinity of 0.4 tonnes. 10x durability is a bit harder to quanitify. I'm guessing that does not mean bulletproof though.

No major issues with the app, just want to clarify a couple of bits.

10x average strength. And 10x durability would be enough to make her attacks seem normal to her.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:51 am**

R249 wrote:
Dyelli Beybi wrote:
So.. if she hits someone they have a nervous breakdown?

I'm working on the assumption when you say 10x normal strength you mean for an average woman, which would mean she'd be lifting something in the vicinity of 0.4 tonnes. 10x durability is a bit harder to quanitify. I'm guessing that does not mean bulletproof though.

No major issues with the app, just want to clarify a couple of bits.

10x average strength. And 10x durability would be enough to make her attacks seem normal to her.

I believe that Dyelli wants some kind of clarification on what you want for 10x durable.

To phrase it as my own question: From a range of Adverage Joe to Superman levels of durability, how would you rank your character.

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:29 am**

Tamrida wrote:
R249 wrote:10x average strength. And 10x durability would be enough to make her attacks seem normal to her.

I believe that Dyelli wants some kind of clarification on what you want for 10x durable.

To phrase it as my own question: From a range of Adverage Joe to Superman levels of durability, how would you rank your character.

*nodnod* exactly that! Also, can you please clarify on the business with pain turning into mental trauma? I don't really get it. Is it meant to help allies or hurt enemies?

Posted: **Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:00 am**

Alright, sorry for the hold up. Life's decided to actually do something with itself for once, and is trying to drag me in with it. I should be able to get up a post tomorrow, although I can't promise too much in the realms of... Well, quality...

Posted: **Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:57 pm**

Granis wrote:Alright, sorry for the hold up. Life's decided to actually do something with itself for once, and is trying to drag me in with it. I should be able to get up a post tomorrow, although I can't promise too much in the realms of... Well, quality...

Not to worry, life creates varrying amounts of posting problems for everyone from time-to-time.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:44 am**

Sadly, I think I am going to have to draw this thread to a close; it has been a couple of weeks since anyone but me posted. It is a shame, but sadly I do not think there is the life left in the thread to attempt to resuscitate.

In a large part this is my fault. I simply haven't been active enough to keep everything fresh and moving forward. In previous versions we have had a dedicated base of players who we could rely on posting from time-to-time, but sadly I think that base has dwindled over the years.

That being said I think it would be sad to see the GAU name die like this. There have been some good stories over the years, particularly under Anowa and PL's watches. Is there anyone in the group who would like to have a crack at a new iteration of GAU? All control of the world, backstory etc would go to you. You would, of course, be able to count on me as a player

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:25 pm**

I don't have the time to run an iteration, but I would almost definitely participate in a revival in some way

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:20 am**

Ah, damn it... I'd finally managed to get some level of control back over my time as well. Well, if GAU ever manages to find a new life again, let me know. I wouldn't be able to do it justice as the OP, but I'll still try to worm my way back in with everyone's favourite weapon summoner. TotallybetterthanshirouFIGHTME.

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:48 am**

I'm chatting to someone about possibly taking over. I'd say GAU is definitely not dead

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:06 pm**

Well, I have signed off on being the next nation to take on the torch of the God's Among Us brand, so I will be making the next thread and am considering making it a sandbox city-based RP thread.

It is still to become more fleshed out in the future, and I plan on posting updates and ideas on here to get some feedback from you all.

But before that all starts, I would like to introduce you to:

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:30 pm**

I also scratched up a beta form for the new character application by mashing together parts from other RPs I have seen and would like some feedback on what you think.

God’s Among Us: Reforged
Character Application Form

(Please delete or replace all the stuff in parenthesis, including this.)

Name: (Full name of your character.)
Alias: (Any alias or codenames your character goes by.)
Gender: (Biological gender of your character.)
Age: (Age of your character.)
Sexual Orientation: (Sexual orientation of your character.)
Nationality: (The nationality of your character.)
Appearance: (Give us some details of your character in each category as well as a picture if you want.)
Height:
Weight:
Out of Costume Description:
Costume Description:
(Structure Pictures like this: [img](Put%20picture%20link%20here)[/img])

Meta-Power: (What is your Meta-Power?)
Subsidiary Powers: (What are other powers that can come from your main Meta-Power? I.E. A character with wind control can create wind drafts and currents for them to fly.)
Limitations: (Are there any conditions or limitations to your Meta-Power usage?)
Weaknesses: (What is a weakness that affects you and your ability to use power?)
Skills: (What are the non-Meta Power based skills?)
Job: (What is your job in society (aside from being a hero/villain) if you have one? I.E. "Klark Cent works as a reporter for a local news company" or you can work as possibly a teacher for other metahumans.)
Notability : (How famous or infamous is your character?)
Equipment: (What is the equipment your character has?)
Personality: (How would you use describe your character's personality?)
Goals: (What goals does your character strive for?)
Setbacks: (What trials and tribulations keep your character from their goal?)
Biography: (What is the biography of your character?)

Also, can someone inform me on what the "#Random Letters and Numbers" does in some of the applications that I have seen?

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:33 pm**

Tamrida wrote:Also, can someone inform me on what the "#Random Letters and Numbers" does in some of the applications that I have seen?

It makes it easier to find them, because you can put the #Random Letters and Numbers into the search and find all of the apps you might have missed.

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:45 pm**

Auphelia wrote:
Tamrida wrote:Also, can someone inform me on what the "#Random Letters and Numbers" does in some of the applications that I have seen?

It makes it easier to find them, because you can put the #Random Letters and Numbers into the search and find all of the apps you might have missed.

Okay, thanks

Posted: **Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:04 am**

Looks good to me...

Only thing I would ask (its probably me being a bit dense) is with the setbacks, are you looking for backstory events or ongoing problems the character has?

Posted: **Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:22 am**

Dyelli Beybi wrote:Looks good to me...

Only thing I would ask (its probably me being a bit dense) is with the setbacks, are you looking for backstory events or ongoing problems the character has?

For setbacks I was thinking the ongoing problems relating to possibly the backstory, equipment, or personality, as the "Limitations" and "Weakness" categories relate more so to Meta-Powers.

I.E. My character's equipment is not good enough to stop the villain' or 'My character's greed blinds them from attaining their goals'

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:01 am**

That makes sense... I will drop a couple of characters in as soon as you are up and running!

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:05 am**

Dyelli Beybi wrote:That makes sense... I will drop a couple of characters in as soon as you are up and running!

Oh, that actually reminds me, I was considering putting on a character limit, because in some rps, that I have seen, people have made about 8+ characters and have them be accepted but then only bothered to use two.

So I was considering a 3 character limit for a player what do you all think?

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:47 pm**

Seems completely reasonable to me. The other issue you will find from time-to-time is someone with 8 characters getting into scenes with all the other characters in the thread... then vanishing, bringing the thread to a grinding halt.

Personally I find it hard to write more than two or three characters.

Posted: **Sun Jun 24, 2018 2:28 pm**

Woo-Hoo!

It's up!

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=445588&p=34246859#p34246859

Posted: **Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:02 pm**

Dyelli Beybi wrote:
Tamrida wrote:I believe that Dyelli wants some kind of clarification on what you want for 10x durable.

To phrase it as my own question: From a range of Adverage Joe to Superman levels of durability, how would you rank your character.

*nodnod* exactly that! Also, can you please clarify on the business with pain turning into mental trauma? I don't really get it. Is it meant to help allies or hurt enemies?

- Closer to Average Joe than Superman, but still superhuman.
- Causing people panic attacks is meant to hurt enemies. The physical pain is simply transformed into emotional pain to disorient them and make them unable to keep track of their injuries.

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