Gehenna Project: An Animesque Sci-Fi/Psychic RPG Sign-Up and Discussion Thread.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

With blessing from the mods, the CBR RPG guy has returned!
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SETTING: The planet Gehenna is dead, the surface below the sea of clouds marred and decayed from a terrible mutagenic plague. Only the five Ark-Cities remain, floating bastions of humanity that escaped the ruination below over six hundred years ago. These five cities: Avalon, Valhalla, Eden, Elysium, and Shangri-La represent the highest technological achievement of mankind, alongside their protection from the dying and mutated world.

However, mankind did not escape the plague unchanged. A small percentage of those that fled were mutated on a subtle level, and some four hundred years later, psychic powers manifested in a very small percentage of the population alongside better physical stats. These psychics, called Espers, were seen as a blessing and humanities protectors. They became regarded as special and were treated as instant celebrities almost overnight.


Now, two hundred years later, the small percentage (less than 0.1 of the population of five million) are still treated like nobles and celebrities, to the point of even being given their own schools to train in and learn at how to be the five cities guardians.


And that is where you come in. You have just been accepted to Hades Academy where you will be educated and trained to harness your powers and your psychical capabilities to further help and protect the five cities. Of course, you will also discover that perhaps Hades, and the five cities, are not quite the Paradises and noble encampments that the history books say they are.


Good luck and have fun!

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CHARACTER SHEET:

NAME:

AGE: (Between 14 and 21)

HEIGHT/WEIGHT:

APPEARANCE:

CITY OF BIRTH:

ESPER POWER: (Mind control not allowed, but mind reading is. If not sure if something is allowed, ask me. Obviously nothing amazingly powerful just yet).

SPECIAL SKILLS: (Up to two per person, these are personal skills your character excels at beyond the norm).

HISTORY:

OTHER: (Optional info)



PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:

All stats cap at 20. You will all start with SEVEN points to spread across your five categories. A 0 in each stat represents a normal/average human being. A 20 in Strength would be a Class ten. A four in agility is low level bullet timing (Ozamandius level) or roughly very high Aim dodger (Lady Shiva). An 8 would be Cassandra Cain level bullet timing, and a twelve would be Kenshin Himura level (actually leaving Sonic Booms and the like through full movement speed). A 20 would be Mach 2-3. Durability scales up the same as strength. Stamina is the level at which you heal from tiredness or injury. A ten in Stamina is Wolverine. A twenty is Deadpool level. Skill indicates your psychic skill level. The higher this skill level is, the better your psychic power and the more you can do with it. There are five psychic levels, and each time you reach a plateau (every four points) you earn another subset of your base psychic power (which you start with).

STRENGTH:
AGILITY:
DURABILITY:
ESPER SKILL LEVEL:
STAMINA:


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WORLD INFO:

Gehenna is a ringed planet with two moons that orbit it, one larger further away and a smaller one closer to the planet.

The five cities are all interconnected, with the four others circling Avalon, which sits in the center and is the largest. Each city is connected via tubed highways, and each one is responsible for various resources for all five. The five are ruled by a Council of ten, two from each city, and below them is a "senate" of 50, ten from each. Alongside them is the Judicial Tribunal, which is made up of the Executioner Prime, the High Judge, and the Defender of Lives.

Eden: This city is mainly farming and livestock growth. It has the smallest population (200,000, but almost all the food for the five cities is grown here, alongside livestock creation/birth and maintenance).

Shangri-La: The city with the second smallest population (250,000), it is mostly concerned with the Reclamation Forces and their continued efforts to study the scarred surface. It is from this city that their main headquarters is located, and from which they launch weekly trips to gather water to be recycled from the oceans below, and where special trips once a year are made to the surface to study artifacts and the like. Fairly tough to get into organization.

Elysium: Next in line, this city (with a population of 550,000) is all tech based. From here the main tech breakthroughs in medicine and other technologies are born, and thus most, if not all, labs and the like or stationed here. They are responsible for the creations of pretty much all technologies used in the Ark-Cities, save the Gravity engines and barriers that surround each city.

Valhalla: The next largest population (1,750,000), Valhalla is the judicial and financial center for the Ark-Cities. All courts, prisons, main banks, and brokers work here. This is also the city where the main religious house is located, called the Temple of the Stars (the Ark-Cities participate in basic ancestor honoring/worship, and believe that in the end their spirits go forth into the stars to watch over those still alive).

Avalon: With the largest population (2,250,000), this is where the richer populations live and work, and is the center of entertainment, education, and culture for the Ark-Cities. It is in this city where the various psychic Academies are, with Hades being one of them, and the main police headquarters. The gravity engines that keep all the five up are located here, as are the sources of power that generate the protective energy field that surrounds the cities to keep out the wind and chill.

Any questions, feel free to ask/pm me.

[Noldere]

The Cast (Player Characters) by Last Name / Surname

• Active
  
  • Aiden Michael Black (LordAllMighty)
  • Philippe Fortier (Tami)
  • Michael Laoth Giovanni (Lax)
  • Rosalinda 'Rose' Celestine Innocenti (Guy1)
  • Francis King (FrenchGemini)
  • Edmund Kinsley (Dark Soul # 7)
  • Lucius Lane (moonknight11)
  • Carter Lewis II (Sub-Zero MKA)
  • Griffin Mae (kiyokojordie)
  • Jan Merrick (Postmania)
  • Torpedo "Torrie" Navila (Froggy)
  • Myria Osmiridium (Noldere)
  • Kenpachi Oyamai (The Chou Lives)
  • Marisa Raine (Eternal Torment)
  • Curtis Russell (KingofPie)
  • "Emil Sheol" (Yun Lao)
  • Daniel Silva (Hazard)
  • Mayumi Vispbell (Cthulhu_of_R'yleh)
  • Raven Williams (The Dog)
  • Maia Woods (Lord Falcon)
• Inactive
  
  • GRUNT (Sharkerbob)
  • Kenneth Timothy Hearthshire Jr. aka Kenny, Timmy, or You Brat! (Dalak)
  • Maisie Mindel (Jcogginsa)

The Cast By Age (Biological)

• 12 (?!)
  
  • Kenneth Timothy Hearthshire Jr.
• 14
  
  • Grunt
  • Aiden Michael Black
  • Francis King
  • Emil Sheol (Assumed)
• 15
  
  • Rosalinda Celestine Innocenti
  • Edmund Kinsley
• 16
  
  • Griffin Mae
  • Maisie Mindel
  • Daniel Silva
• 17
  
  • Jan Merrick
• 18
  
  • Michael Laoth Giovanni
  • Raven Williams
• 19
  
  • Torpedo Navila
  • Myria Osmiridium (YF 636-02-29)
  • Curtis Russell
• 20
  
  • Lucius Lane
  • Carter Lewis II
  • Kenpachi Oyamai
  • Maia Woods
• 21
  
  • Philippe Fortier
  • Marisa Raine
  • Mayumi Vispbell

The Cast By City of Origin

• ???
  
  • Jan Merrick
• Avalon
  
  • Grunt
  • Kenneth Timothy Hearthshire Jr.
  • Rosalinda Celestine Innocenti
  • Francis King
  • Maia Woods
• Eden
  
  • Michael Laoth Giovanni
  • Lucius Lane
  • Marisa Raine
• Elysium
  
  • Aiden Michael Black
  • Philippe Fortier
  • Edmund Kinsley
  • Carter Lewis II
  • Griffin Mae
  • Torpedo Navila
  • Myria Osmiridium
  • Curtis Russell
  • Daniel Silva
• Shangri-La
  
  • Maisie Mindel
  • Kenpachi Oyamai
  • Mayumi Vispbell
• Valhalla
  
  • Emil Sheol (Discovered, if not necessarily born there)
  • Raven Williams

People of Gehenna (GM Non-Player Characters)

• Hades Academy - Faculty and Staff
  
  • Doctor Ivan St. Drascal - Head Medical/Science Officer
  • Silver Nine - Headmaster of Hades

Relations of the Cast (Player Non-Player Characters)

• Family and Friends
  
  • Juliette, Marie-Louise, & Isabelle Fortier (Tami)
  • Darios Schdiner (The Chou Lives)
  • Lily Schdiner (The Chou Lives)
  • Ghost Man (Sharkerbob)
• Myths and Legends
  
  • Richard Saitama (The Dog)
• Not Classified
  
  • Jacoby McDaniels (Sub-Zero MKA)
  • Lincoln Murphy (KingOfPie)
  • Elias, The King of Beggars (Hazard)
  • Iggy the Hamster (Hazard)
  • The Doctor (Cthulhu_of_R'yleh)

[Postmania]

Illusion powers would fall under mind control, right?

[Noldere]

Illusion powers would fall under mind control, right?

Which type of illusion - external or internal?

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Illusion powers would fall under mind control, right?

Not really. Though recall that you are all lower end espers, even if you drop all seven in Skill that would make you only a level 1 still. That means any illusion power would be limited in duration, distance, and how many it could be used against.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

So.

What level of dark magic did you cast to get this done?

Also, placeholder.

I have my ways.

[Postmania]

Which type of illusion - external or internal?

I don't quite know what you mean. Do you mean "illusions that affect only your mind" or "illusions that are just out there and anyone who could stumble upon it is affected?"

In which case...idk lol. Depends on what Cleric allowed. Probably more of the first one though.

[Guy1]

CHARACTER SHEET:

NAME: Rosalinda 'Rose' Celestine Innocenti

AGE: (Between 14 and 18)
15

HEIGHT/WEIGHT:
5'4

APPEARANCE:


CITY OF BIRTH: Avalon

ESPER POWER: Gravitokinesis, the power to manipulate gravity. (Mind control not allowed, but mind reading is. If not sure if something is allowed, ask me. Obviously nothing amazingly powerful just yet).

SPECIAL SKILLS: (Up to two per person, these are personal skills your character excels at beyond the norm).
Breakdancing and Playing The Guitar.

HISTORY: Ah Avalaon. A city of wealth and prosperity. Growing up there, Rosalinda had a very good life of luxury because her father worked on improving the gravity engines that kept Avalon running and her mother was an Esper herself, with the ability transport herself and others across large distances via folding space. As a child, Rose was always fascinated by the stories about the 'Old World' The Way the world used to be, back when people still lived on the surface and she would spend hours reading about it and watching holovideo documentaries about the old world. Rose has often dreamed about returning to the old world, even if it's just to see a glimpse of the surface world. How ironic then, that a girl who wants to see the surface world then, should develop gravity related superpowers. When her power did wake up, Rose found herself levitating several feet above the ground before seh fell back onto her bed. She ran to go find her parents and she frantically explained what she just did and as she did, Rose started to levitate again and bumped her head on the ceiling. Rose's father caught her as she fell back down. She initially believed it to be telekinesis, but after some testing was done by the experts, it was discovered that she had power of Gryokinesis, that is, the power to manipulate and control gravity.
Word spread like wildfire that she had Esper Powers and became a celebrity overnight and received a scholarship to Hades Academy.

PERSONALITY
Friendly, outgoing, optimistic and easily excitable.

OTHER: (Optional info)


STATS
STRENGTH:2
AGILITY:2
DURABILITY:5
ESPER SKILL LEVEL:7
STAMINA:1

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

By Deadpool level regen do you mean "Comes back from a puddle of goo" ?

Since Wolverine at his best, isn't all that far behind Deadpool at his norm.

[Postmania]

Not really. Though recall that you are all lower end espers, even if you drop all seven in Skill that would make you only a level 1 still. That means any illusion power would be limited in duration, distance, and how many it could be used against.

Limited how

[Jcogginsa]

NAME: Maisie Mindel

AGE: 16

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5'9

APPEARANCE: Gangly. Plain looking, dresses very reservedly. wears glasses

CITY OF BIRTH: Shangri-La

ESPER POWER: Telepathic control of arthropods

SPECIAL SKILLS: Extremely proficient multitasking ability, necesary to use her esper power

HISTORY: Maisie has lead a rough life, having suffered severe bullying in her home city. She sees her esper powers as a means of escape

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

By Deadpool level regen do you mean "Comes back from a puddle of goo" ?

Since Wolverine at his best, isn't all that far behind Deadpool at his norm.

Not quite that. Say if it takes Logan an hour to heal his burned off arm, it takes Wade ten minutes. Head shots are dangerously fatal, however. If more than half the head is gone, no amount of healing fixes that.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Limited how

Well, with just a Four in Skill, a basic illusionist could cast one on themselves that would last several minutes, with a range of maybe ten feet if they wanted to cast it on someone else. But the longer and more complex and bigger, the shorter the time limit. Higher skill level grants more range, time, complexity, etc.....obviously.

[Postmania]

Sounds fine to me. Now I just need to think about a character

[Dark Soul # 7]

So I'll have no idea what I'm doing but I've always been interested in one of these things. So here goes.

CHARACTER SHEET:

NAME: Edmund Kinsley

AGE: 15

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 168 cm (5'6) / 71 kg (157 pounds)

APPEARANCE: Gray tousled hair and light brown eyes. Fairly average looking. Has a preference for wearing white, blue and/or brown clothes that he feels comfortable in.

CITY OF BIRTH: Elysium

ESPER POWER: Edmund can create transparent blue force fields around himself and other people/objects.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Cooking and cleaning.

HISTORY: Born to simple inkeepers on Elysium and expected to carry on the family trade when that time came, Edmund was fairly content with his lot in life. He may not have been as intelligent as the people that worked in Elysium's famed laboratories but he liked to fancy himself a small part of the machine. "People will always need food to eat and a place to sleep." His parents told him. However, like many young people Edmund dreamed of bigger and more exciting things. Those dreams only grew bigger when he discovered that he was an esper. Suddenly people would come to the inn just to ask him to show off his abilities. He even got a recommendation to enroll in the Hades Academy and learn more about his gift. So that's where he's heading now, enthusiastic and full of dreams.

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES:
STRENGTH: 0
AGILITY: 2
DURABILITY: 2
ESPER SKILL LEVEL: 3
STAMINA: 0

OTHER: Due to being raised by inkeepers who are very concerned with customer service Edmund has been taught to always be cheerful and polite. They meant for it to only be for customers but Edmund took it to heart and is now exceedingly sociable, optimistic and service minded, some would say eager to please but that's up for debate. His parents weren't exactly happy that he's decided to join some school they never heard of before in order to get a profession other than working at the in. They've been passive aggressive towards since they first heard about it.