This was a popular one at my old roleplay site so I thought I'd post it. It's not the universe I asked about in the sticky board guidelines thread (that's quite different, and I haven't decided if I'll post it or not). Important Note: when I made this up I had no idea that there was an old D&D thing called Shadow Earth. This has no relaton to it besides the name.
GENERAL:
Okay, so the basic gist of this is that it takes place in modern times, but with all the races, monsters, magic and what not of "Lord of the Rings," "Harry Potter," etc. However, there are some differences. The main one is the Virus system. You can choose a race, class, and Virus for each character. Races are the base race (human, elf, ect.) that you chose, and Viruses basically build on that. Viruses are things like vampirism and werewolfism and stuff like that. Just read on, you'll get it.
RACES:
You can be full-blooded of one of the following, or a mixture. (Since any race can have midgets I didn't put dwarf or halfing.)
-Human: Pretty much us.
-Elf: Basically like in Lord of the Rings, but they don't live forever. Graceful and with those long ears and tall and slender and pretentious and dainty and gorgeous.
-Faerie: Like elves, except with butterfly wings, and shorter. Butterfly wing pattern and color varies. Some have swallowtail butterfly wings. And yes, there are male Fae.
-Hybrid/Half-Animal: A genetic crossbreed, half another race (please specify) and half animal, often savage/barbaric but not always--tends to take characteristics of animal it's crossed with. So half-dogs are violently-inclined and talk too much, but are very affectionate, whereas half-sloths are reeeeeallly sloooooow. You cannot be half-ape, because your human side is already an ape, so basically all hybrids are half-apes...but lemurs and monkeys are ok.
-Orc: Like in LotR except not necessarily evil.
VIRUS TYPES:
You can be infected with one virus maximum. If you wish, you can choose to not have a virus, but those who are infected have various special powers, strengths, and weaknesses. A person gets a virus by inserting it in themselves through a syringe.
-Absorbers: Absorbers can become the substance of anything solid that they touch, an extreme power of camoflauge. But that's not all--they can also control the substances that they touch. For instance, if they touch a wall, they can completely blend in with it, and twist it's form out of shape to do it's will. Absorbers are considered the most unnatural and the most horrible of the Virri. However, they are physically weak on their own, and when separated from solid substances or trapped in human form through silver bullets (silver pretty much traps anything in human form), they can easily be killed. Explosions can also easily harm them.
-Artisans: they are essentially extremely agile. They can run up and on walls for long periods of time, can jump long distances, and run unusually quickly. Artisans are adept at dodging both blows and bullets, and are the only Virus who sees everything in semi-slow motion, allowing them to think and act quicker than others. Not only can they dodge bullets easily--they also have the inherit ability to block bullets by firing bullets of their own, which hit an opponent's bullets in mid-air. They're basically like the Prince from the "Prince of Perisa: The Sands of Time" game trilogy.
-Bards: these guys and gals always have some sort of musical instrument, and when they play it, wow is it magical. Essentially, they can play music in such a way that it creates magic. Certain songs are certain spells when a bard plays them.
-Immortals: they can feel pain...but they just...won't...die. They can age, even rot from being too old after a long time, but they never die unless they are completely immolated or something like that.
-Marksmen: These dudes practically never miss a shot--except sometimes against Artisans. They have aiming abilities so extreme that they can hit just about anything with just about any long ranged weapon. They have extreme speed with drawing and firing a weapon. They also have a bird's eyes and can see very far away quite easily. They're a bit far-sighted, though, so reading can be troublesome for them unless the sign is far away.
-Psyches: ability to read minds and use telekinesis (move things/people with your mind). They can even use telekinesis on themselves to improve their jumping abilities. Jean Grey wannabes.
-Shadowdancer: Shadowdancers can fire beams of a harmful, shadowy substance, as well as teleport from one shadow to the next. They are also nearly invisible when in shadows. Thieves are best suited to be Shadowdancers.
-Succubi/Incubi: Succubi have wings and can fly, and also have incredible seductive powers over men, bisexual women, and lesbians. Their hair is always in a swlirling motion, as if it's some kind of smoke. (Think Veela from "Harry Potter.) They are usually (but not always) physically weak and can be easily injured by large monsters or by straight women. But they can seduce and make a slave of anyone with an interest in women extremely easily. Incubi are basically the same as succubi, except that they're males and they seduce females and gay and bisexual men.
-Vampires: they have bat wings and fangs, can fly and regenerate lost tissue, but they lose blood and health when they do that. They can walk during the day, but needs sunglasses to do so. Garlic and crosses don't do s**t.
-Werewolves: they can change into 3 forms at will: human, huge-ass half-human-half-wolf, and just a wolf. They are weak against silver and get stuck in the human form when it's in their systems. When in half-wolf form, they can climb walls. They also have incredible jumping abilities.
-Wraiths: they can go into an "Ethereal" form so that they can float, glide through walls, and are invisible except to other wraiths in Ethereal form. When in ethereal form, a Wratih is intangible and invulnerable to everything except fire and silver. Silver and some spells make an Ethereal wraith get stuck in human form.
VIRUS LIMITATIONS/KINKS:
Basically, the virii all have a few "kinks" or small bugs (like incomplete code in video games) that effect how it affects other virii. The weaknesses that some of the virii have (such as werewolves or wraiths against silver) are also said to be kinks.
-Fae that have the vampire or succubus/incubus virii are in for a surprise: their wings will warp into slightly more batlike shape, though they will retain their previous pattern, color, texture, etc.
-Unattractive people who try a succubus/incubus virus will undergo painful transformations in their entire body.
-Due to some sort of anomoly in the virii, if an incubus and succubus were to have sex, then they'd both get poisoned and killed by each other's...bodily fluids. This includes oral sex. Kissing, however, will do no harm.
-Werewolves and artisans seem to have a common hatred towards on another (similar to how dogs and cats usually hate one another)
-Some wraiths and shadowdancers seem almost resiliant to succubi and incubi charms. However, all are at least tempted.
-Werewolves, on the other hand, are commonly easy to seduce, but have a small risk of becoming very sick after sex with an incubus or succubus. That almost never happens, but the results are dire. (Sort of like how raw eggs have a risk of giving one selmonella, but it's very very uncommon--a 1 in 300 chance.) But if a werewolf were to have sex with a succubus every day of the year, it's likely that they'll get very sick one of those days.
-Vampires and werewolves can yield no offspring when they have sex with each other--not even stillbirths.
-Absorbers can get stuck in some material if they get sick while in it or are allergic to it.
-Wraiths and Artisans get headaches more often than normal. Some have contagious headaches.
-Absorbers can, if they want, kill living creatures or plants by merging with their substances. An absorber can then take complete control of its body.
-Half-canine werewolves are trapped in full-wolf form and their brains become fully primal and animalistic, within hours of gaining the virus.
-Half-bat vampires, incubi, or succubi have echolocation abilities but are as primal as half-canine wolves.
-Orc incubi or succubi usually have much less seductive power than other incubi or succubi. Avoid being one unless it's your special fetish.
-There is a rare succubus/incubus disease that causes nearly everyone around the infected succubus/incubus to go into uncontrollable orgies. This can be devastating because of STD's.
WEAPONS:
Anything from magic spells (make your own, just nothing TOO powerful), real-life guns, melee weapons like swords, ect...you name it. Just nothing futuristic, like phasers or energy blasters or plasma rifles. Guns that fire magic spells ARE okay, however--hey, they have magic swords, so why not guns?
WORLD:
I'm not going to give a detailed description of the world's history because I honestly couldn't care less about that, and I'm guessing you're akin to me. So, a short version: it's basically like the world was natural and beautiful at first, but now a lot of it has been industrialized by warlords with lots of technology. Feel free to have floating islands, on-land coral reefs, treehouse cities, and forests inside gigantic caves.
GUIDELINES:
-No powerplaying/godmodding/etc.
-Before posting rp, please post your character profile.
-It's ettiquette to ask to join before joining, but it's not necessary. ^_~
-No stock characters--you can't be anime characters in this, guys. Create your own!
-Try to be respectful OOC, even if your character is disrespectful as hell.
-It's best for an RP to have a well-thought out plot. I dunno how much time I'll have to roleplay so I'm not coming up with one, but if anyone has any ideas, give 'em a try.
-The cardinal rule: HAVE FUN!
27 Mar 2007, 8:52 pm
