Black Knight
06-03-2010, 01:38 AM
This is a RP I tried out on another board. I'm interested to see how it would work here.
Plot
In 2012, magic came back to the world. This came in an explosion of power and eradicated a large amount of the worlds population. It shifted continents, changing the world as we know it. When the dust settled, the powerful, or smart remained. Along with a handful of crazies. This radical shift in the world led to new hierarchies. The only ones to survive either embraced the old ways and fell in love with technology, or pursued magic with a fierce devotion. Of course... there were also the physicals. Driven insane by an overload of magic in their bodies, they are closer to shells than true humans. They live mostly off of instinct and survive through insane strength and physical skill. They couldn't touch technology or the magic, but beware letting a physical get close enough to touch you.
"David pulled himself out of the hole he used as his home. He muttered a word of command and the wards around his place sealed. He smiled and turned to the forest. He came face to face with glowing red eyes.
'Shit.'
David was blown away before he had even a moment to mutter a word
It is now 2025. Droids, known as mageware became something of a phenomenon. These magically enhanced robots started scouring the world, killing everything they see. The droids were equipped with the most advanced technology, and powerful magic conductors. Mere machines using the force that flows through life. And they only have one goal. People learned to avoid these droids, and began searching for their source...
People eventually started joining together in bands they referred to as 'their families'. Small nomadic tribes, with lone groups in the space between. In a family were usually one type of people, either mages or technos. Families had nothing to do with heritage, as relationships came far and few, in this new world. Power makes it harder to give, and without giving, people just don't quite know love anymore. Except for a special few. The kids that have been born since the event have extremely powerful magic. It seemed the technos would become a dying breed eventually.
Technos, afraid of that began experimenting with their technology and found a safe way to bring technology into the body of a person. These people, willing to trade magic for a better technological advantage, became known as cyborgs, and stood a chance in hand to hand combat, with the strength of machines.
Feeling strengthened people decided, all over the globe, to make a choice. They would not stand for being forced into a nomadic lifestyle. Independent of even knowing other people were doing this, people started forming bands of the most powerful and intelligent people they knew, and started off to find the source.
You, if you choose to join the quest, will find others interested in taking down the droids, and destroy the source.
Races:
Humans
Humans are the most average run of the mill people. They were born and lived as they were born.
*conventional to our ideas of humans
*stronger in magic
Cyborgs
Cyborgs used to be human. Then, through their own or others help, they achieved a partial robotics implant (PRI). This affects their thinking, making them colder and logical.
*stronger
*have a better understanding of technology
*more subject to magical strikes
Classes:
Mages
Mages are people who have trained and studied this new art form to blossom across the world. They mostly teach themselves, though it is not unheard of for an older more experienced mage to tutor a younger.
*strong magic
*magic is dependent on faith. However you believe it to be, that is how your magic is.
*no reagents necessary.
Physicals
Physicals lost their minds during the rebirthing of the world. They evolved from the magic into crazy strong instinctual beings, but have very little thought process to accompany it.
*insane, most or all of the time
*incredible strength
*uncanny instincts
Technos
Technos dabble in every kind of technology. From pet robotics to PRI they have given up the way of magic to build.
*strong, physically
*intelligent with al kinds of technology
*weakened against magic
Character Template
Name:
Race:
Class:
Age:
History: (pre-cataclysm)
Moment of Cataclysm:
Gear/WoC:
Psychological Impairments:
Specialties:
Name: Stal
Race: Human
Class: Mage
Age: 21
History: (pre-cataclysm) Stal was born and raised in the perfect American environment. Spoiled. He had every new gadget the day it came out, and never had to work for anything himself. As such he became more and more indrawn and focused only on himself, and his ideas. He was a loner, who lived in the basement of his parents house. He worked on theories to explain the universe and how everything interacted. He was a study in a area of science most believed to be fake, the ties of people and auras. Stal never saw the irony, that self absorbed as he is he studied interactions with ferocity.He began working on the web theory, and this absorbed his life. All he ever did was try to prove that it existed. That every person energy, or 'soul for lack of a better word, was connected to all the people and living things, that person was connected to. One day, when he effectively brought a flower back to life, by manipulating the bee which took it's pollen from the flower, he proved the theory. He called a major corporation (Cytech) and was called in for an appointment. However that was the day everything changed.
Moment of Cataclysm: Stal was heading to Cytech, with his web theory when magic flooded into the world, and for a moment Stal could feel the web, see it around him, it proved it to him, that he was correct. He understood, instinctively, almost, how to perform this new magic, and kept it under control. In a matter of seconds, Stal mastered, what took others by complete surprise. Then a chaotic blast knocked down the building next to him and rubble falling on him, knocked him out. When he came to and hurried back to his parents house they were gone. His entire neighborhood was a smoking crater. Someone without control had destroyed it. He was surprised to find an lack of emotion. He practiced the magic, and grew in it, and one day it saved his life. He had a spell up to detect moving animals, to catch himself a meal, for the end of the day. Something powerful caught the edges of this spell, and blew back a magical whiplash. Stal panicked for the first time in his life, and managed to find somewhere safe to hide while the droid passes. From that day on, he began working on magic to destroy those things.
Gear/WoC: Three self enchanted rings, each with a different element's power imbued in it. Also a wooden staff that was handed through the family, and seemed to awaken with some sort of power when the cataclysm happened.
Psychological Impairments: Does not get along well with other people. Tends to get lost in thought often.
Specialties:Theoretical Science, and magical theory. Stal can see into a web of life, from time to time that connects all of us. It gives him a better grasp inot how to perform magic, and how to use it most effectively.
Plot
In 2012, magic came back to the world. This came in an explosion of power and eradicated a large amount of the worlds population. It shifted continents, changing the world as we know it. When the dust settled, the powerful, or smart remained. Along with a handful of crazies. This radical shift in the world led to new hierarchies. The only ones to survive either embraced the old ways and fell in love with technology, or pursued magic with a fierce devotion. Of course... there were also the physicals. Driven insane by an overload of magic in their bodies, they are closer to shells than true humans. They live mostly off of instinct and survive through insane strength and physical skill. They couldn't touch technology or the magic, but beware letting a physical get close enough to touch you.
"David pulled himself out of the hole he used as his home. He muttered a word of command and the wards around his place sealed. He smiled and turned to the forest. He came face to face with glowing red eyes.
'Shit.'
David was blown away before he had even a moment to mutter a word
It is now 2025. Droids, known as mageware became something of a phenomenon. These magically enhanced robots started scouring the world, killing everything they see. The droids were equipped with the most advanced technology, and powerful magic conductors. Mere machines using the force that flows through life. And they only have one goal. People learned to avoid these droids, and began searching for their source...
People eventually started joining together in bands they referred to as 'their families'. Small nomadic tribes, with lone groups in the space between. In a family were usually one type of people, either mages or technos. Families had nothing to do with heritage, as relationships came far and few, in this new world. Power makes it harder to give, and without giving, people just don't quite know love anymore. Except for a special few. The kids that have been born since the event have extremely powerful magic. It seemed the technos would become a dying breed eventually.
Technos, afraid of that began experimenting with their technology and found a safe way to bring technology into the body of a person. These people, willing to trade magic for a better technological advantage, became known as cyborgs, and stood a chance in hand to hand combat, with the strength of machines.
Feeling strengthened people decided, all over the globe, to make a choice. They would not stand for being forced into a nomadic lifestyle. Independent of even knowing other people were doing this, people started forming bands of the most powerful and intelligent people they knew, and started off to find the source.
You, if you choose to join the quest, will find others interested in taking down the droids, and destroy the source.
Races:
Humans
Humans are the most average run of the mill people. They were born and lived as they were born.
*conventional to our ideas of humans
*stronger in magic
Cyborgs
Cyborgs used to be human. Then, through their own or others help, they achieved a partial robotics implant (PRI). This affects their thinking, making them colder and logical.
*stronger
*have a better understanding of technology
*more subject to magical strikes
Classes:
Mages
Mages are people who have trained and studied this new art form to blossom across the world. They mostly teach themselves, though it is not unheard of for an older more experienced mage to tutor a younger.
*strong magic
*magic is dependent on faith. However you believe it to be, that is how your magic is.
*no reagents necessary.
Physicals
Physicals lost their minds during the rebirthing of the world. They evolved from the magic into crazy strong instinctual beings, but have very little thought process to accompany it.
*insane, most or all of the time
*incredible strength
*uncanny instincts
Technos
Technos dabble in every kind of technology. From pet robotics to PRI they have given up the way of magic to build.
*strong, physically
*intelligent with al kinds of technology
*weakened against magic
Character Template
Name:
Race:
Class:
Age:
History: (pre-cataclysm)
Moment of Cataclysm:
Gear/WoC:
Psychological Impairments:
Specialties:
Name: Stal
Race: Human
Class: Mage
Age: 21
History: (pre-cataclysm) Stal was born and raised in the perfect American environment. Spoiled. He had every new gadget the day it came out, and never had to work for anything himself. As such he became more and more indrawn and focused only on himself, and his ideas. He was a loner, who lived in the basement of his parents house. He worked on theories to explain the universe and how everything interacted. He was a study in a area of science most believed to be fake, the ties of people and auras. Stal never saw the irony, that self absorbed as he is he studied interactions with ferocity.He began working on the web theory, and this absorbed his life. All he ever did was try to prove that it existed. That every person energy, or 'soul for lack of a better word, was connected to all the people and living things, that person was connected to. One day, when he effectively brought a flower back to life, by manipulating the bee which took it's pollen from the flower, he proved the theory. He called a major corporation (Cytech) and was called in for an appointment. However that was the day everything changed.
Moment of Cataclysm: Stal was heading to Cytech, with his web theory when magic flooded into the world, and for a moment Stal could feel the web, see it around him, it proved it to him, that he was correct. He understood, instinctively, almost, how to perform this new magic, and kept it under control. In a matter of seconds, Stal mastered, what took others by complete surprise. Then a chaotic blast knocked down the building next to him and rubble falling on him, knocked him out. When he came to and hurried back to his parents house they were gone. His entire neighborhood was a smoking crater. Someone without control had destroyed it. He was surprised to find an lack of emotion. He practiced the magic, and grew in it, and one day it saved his life. He had a spell up to detect moving animals, to catch himself a meal, for the end of the day. Something powerful caught the edges of this spell, and blew back a magical whiplash. Stal panicked for the first time in his life, and managed to find somewhere safe to hide while the droid passes. From that day on, he began working on magic to destroy those things.
Gear/WoC: Three self enchanted rings, each with a different element's power imbued in it. Also a wooden staff that was handed through the family, and seemed to awaken with some sort of power when the cataclysm happened.
Psychological Impairments: Does not get along well with other people. Tends to get lost in thought often.
Specialties:Theoretical Science, and magical theory. Stal can see into a web of life, from time to time that connects all of us. It gives him a better grasp inot how to perform magic, and how to use it most effectively.