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Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
|  Subject: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC  Fri May 23, 2008 1:30 pm | |
| The Greyhawk Sentinels is a bounty hunting group set in the world of Cyrren. It is a Steampunk world in a sense. There are airships and guns, although primitive compared to ours. There is zero magic, none at all, nadda, ziltch. There are monsters though, dragons, and other mythological beings and whatnot. But again. NO MAGIC. Also this is steampunkish, so humans only.
Cyrren is divided up into 5 major sections land wise. There is the Andach wastes, a large section of primarily desert land, roughly the size of Australia, though not in that shape. To the north east of it lies the Principality of Telbran, this is the smallest section roughly the size of china. To the south of this lies the Faldar Federation, the second largest of the sections, about the size of Africa. The far south of this is the Holy Obensthe Empire. To the far east of the others lies the Wilds, a place uninhabited by humans and the largest section.
Basically this is mostly a three continent world. The Wilds is the middle sized continent and is seperated by the Troubaugh seas from the largest which encompasses Telbran in the north, Faldar in the south and the wastes in the west. To the south of both and seperated by the Neanmas Ocean lies the smallest continent which houses the Holy Obensthe Empire.
On the monster idea, there are bounty hunter groups that take the bounties placed on creatures deemed hazardous or dangerous to the towns.
These bounty hunters dress for combat, but this depends on what they themselves do.
Those that use repeater bows or guns, marksmen, tend to wear lighter armor as they generally are not in the fray of battle.
Those that get right into the fray, wear heavier armor, allowing them to take a deal more punishment and still walk out alive.
Bounty hunters tend to focus on 4-5 different weapon types: Gun, Crossbow, Sword, Spear, Axe.
Now you might be wondering why use close range when you can use long range. Simple answer? Some of the creatures are too fast, you would have to get up close to harm them. That and if they spot you before you spot them with long range weaponry, you're garunteed to get fucked.
Outside of the bounty hunters and national armies, most people dress in victorian/turn of the century style clothing and exhibit similar behavior, the rich and middle class attending balls and such while the poor work in factories and refineries.
Now for the information on everything.
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Background: The Principality of Telbran formed a good 1500 years ago, when the first crown prince, Fastus the Regal, united the peoples of the highland and mountain region into one collective force. It has since grown and become a prosperous nation, forming trade alliances with both the Empire and Federation and constantly playing neutral peacekeeper between the two. It took a focus on intellectual studies and focused on culture instead of technology, with its captial, the royal city of Walynd becoming the cultural center of the world.
Geography
Area: It is the smallest of the 5 regions.
Terrain: mostly highland and mountains.
Elevation extremes: Mount Fastus 12900 m, The Veran Hills - 600m
Natural resources: gold, silver, platinum, mithril, iron, corn, timber
Land use: arable land 7%, permanent crops 24%, other 69%
Natural hazards: Avalanches, Mudslides.
Environment current issues: air pollution, deforestation
People
Population: 16,489,761 (as of the last census)
Age structure: 0-14 17%, 15-64 63%, 65+ - 20%
Sex ratio: at birth 1.2/1 M/F, total 1/1 M/F
Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman
Nationality: Telbranite(s)
Religion(s):
Language(s): Telbranian (official language) Most learn to speak Hassadh and Faldarite while in school.
Literacy rate: men 96%, women 87%
Government
Name: conventional long form The Principality of Telbran; conventional short form Telbran
Government type: Monarchy
Capital: Walynd
Regions: Veran Hills, Labast Mountains
Dependent regions: None
Legal system: Innocent until proven guilty
Ruler: Cynthia VII
Economy
Summary: A stable economy, everyone is well educated, although the gap between the upper class and lower class is massive, there is realitively few problems.
Percent below poverty line: 0%
Industries: mining, intellectual crafties, education
Public debt: 8.1 Million Gilden.
Imports: wheat, tungsten, potatos, coal
Currency: Gilden
Transportation
Trains: 50,939 km
Airships: 5,082
Roadways: 3,786 km
Waterways: 80,153 km
Military
Branches: Army, Airforce
Transnational Issues
Summary: None really. Stable nation as a whole.
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Background: The Federation is a realtively new nation that formed 500 years ago from several smaller nations. The nations banded together to due to the percieved common enemy of the Empire. The immediatly formed a strong alliance with Telbran due to the proximity and history. The also reached out and took soverignty over the Andach Wastes, mining it for resources and setting up several cities which the nomadic natives started to settle in. When the Empire started to colonize parts of the Wastes for materials, the Federation declared war, losing the first several battles before scoring large victories in the Battle of the Dunes and the Battle of Nysseth. Eventually a weary and uneasy peace agreement was signed in Telbran and the two have remained at unease with each other, small conflicts constantly occuring, but nothing large scale. the Federation enjoyed a massive population and technology boost when they became the center of the economic and technological world with their many advancements. However the Federation has not been without corruption, much of it occuring during the past 150 years, though it has become better, cleansing much of the corrupt and even offering ecnomic stimuli to all its citizens.
Geography
Area: After the Wilds, the Federation is the in largest area, being significantly larger than Telbran and slightly larger than the Wastes. The empire is 2/3rd the size of the Federation.
Terrain: Mostly flat plainlands now(was once heavily forested). There is a series of mountains that just up near the center and hilly sections as you go further north towards Telbran. Moderate tempuratures.
Elevation extremes: Cailm Peak 5900 m, Deston Coastlands - -15 m
Natural resources: corn, wheat, potatos, coal, copper, tin
Land use: arable land 58%, permanent crops 24%, other 18%
Natural hazards: Tornados, heavy rains, earthquakes
Environment current issues: air pollution, water pollution, high animal extinction rates, deforestation
People
Population: 1,256,489,732 (as of the last census)
Age structure: 0-14 21%, 15-64 62%, 65+ - 17%
Sex ratio: at birth 1/1.5 M/F, total 1/1.2 M/F
Total fertility rate: 4.6 children born/woman
Nationality: Faldarian(s)
Religion(s):
Language(s): Faldarite (official language)
Literacy rate: men 60%, women 40%
Government
Name: conventional long form The Faldar Federation; conventional short form Faldar, the Federation
Government type: Republic, 4 representatives from each state.
Capital: Delan
Regions: Veran Hills, Peaks of Geriun, The Stretch(the plains)
Dependent regions: The Anach Wastes
Legal system: Innocent until proven guilty, very in depth civil law system
Legislative Branch: The Consul of Delan
Judicial Branch: The five.
Economy
Summary: A strong economy, there is a good deal of internal trade between the states and strong external trade ties with the Wastes and Telbran and an uneasy trade alliance with the Empire. The economy is booming, thriving on a focus of industry with agriculture to supplant it. The upper class is comprised of wealthy merchants, investors and inventors, the middle class fills more intellectual roles, while the lower class tend to work the land or in the factories and refineries. There is a gap between the classes, but it is the least severe when compared to the empire or the principality. The government does a good deal to keep all its citizens in sound economic standing and there are many cases of people rising the ranks.
Percent below poverty line: 10%
Industries: farming, building airships and trains, business, trade, telecommunications
Public debt: 3.8 Billion Bits.
Imports: natural gas, iron, tungsten, gold, silver, gems, textiles.
Currency: Bits
Transportation
Trains: 2,250,939 km
Airships: 30,082
Roadways: 5,231,786 km
Waterways: 3,441,153 km
Military
Branches: Army, Navy, Airforce, Special Ops, Dragoons.
Transnational Issues
Summary: Illegal immigrants, territory disputes
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Background: Around 1300 years ago, many tribes in the Obensthe continent formed a collaboration founded on a mutual language and religion. The head of this was their religious leader. They formed a loose trade alliance with Telbran around 700 years ago on the basis of gold, sugar, corn, and slaves, yet did not ally themselves with those in what would eventually become the Federation because of what they perceived as areligiousness. They began to show interest in colonizing parts of the Wastes for the raw materials, coming into conflict with the Federation over that. This eventually escalated into war (mostly naval war or fought in the Wastes) until the Federation turned the war in the Battle of Nysseth, burning the Empires capitol city to the ground and forcing them to surrender with their religio-political leader at gunpoint. They have since left the Wastes alone and are still in good terms with the Telbrans, who did not take sides in the war. Internal conflict has arisen, though, with the rise of cultism toward each of the deities and fighting over who is the supreme being. Luckily, the religious leader was smart enough to worship all three together. He was killed by a radical named Fesythe, a follower of the snake goddess Lissandra, who immediately imposed his own ideas of worship on the people.
Geography
Area: About two third the size of the Federation, about one quarter the size of the Wastes, about five quarters the size of Telbran.
Terrain: Desert in the center, mountains to the north and north east, fertile land and coastline to the west and south, volcanic islands to the east and south west.
Elevation extremes: Jarobon Mountain 7014 m, Valley of Urbeth - -198 m
Natural resources: copper, lead, oil, iron, nickel, mercury, gold, tungsten, sapphire, emerald, ruby
Land use: arable land 34%, permanent crops 12%, other 54%
Natural hazards: horrible sand storms, volcanic activity on the islands, huge continental shifts and earthquakes in the north and west, fires in the west, hurricanes to the south
Environment current issues: air pollution, water pollution, desertification, high animal extinction rates
People
Population: 476,992,134 (as of the last census)
Age structure: 0-14 20%, 15-64 67%, 65+ - 13%
Sex ratio: at birth 1.1/1 M/F, total 1.7/1 M/F
Total fertility rate: 6.8 children born/woman
Nationality: Obensthite(s)
Religion(s): 100% national religion (Hassadh) 9% cult of Jamayla, 7% cult of Izaganta, 26% cult of Lissandra, 58% undecided
Language(s): 98% Hassadhat, 2% other
Literacy rate: men 65%, women 22%
Government
Name: conventional long form The Holy Obensthe Empire; conventional short form Obensthe, the Empire; abbreviation HOE
Government type: religious-based empire
Capital: Nysseth
Regions: Iganthal Desert, Robesseth Mountains, Allintor Coast
Dependent regions: Holator Island, the Kyssh Islands
Legal system: guilty until proven innocent
Ruler: Emperor Fesythe I (overthrew Emperor Ymmas V)
Economy
Summary: Usually a powerful economy with strong internal trade and a history of illegal trade with the Wastes, internal war has wrecked much of this as the raw materials are being destroyed left and right. Also, the Emperors desire to keep everything extremely internalized, save for spying, causes a depression that much of the country into poverty. The priests are the only one unaffected as they are among the few in the social hierarchy that is paid by the government and the people. The upper class is also mostly unaffected it is the middle and lower classes that get the brunt of the depression.
Percent below poverty line: 61%
Industries: farming, building airships, business, trade, crafts, telecommunications
Public debt: 6.2 billion Nemeans
Imports: corn, wheat, petroleum, natural gas, information, slaves, potatoes
Currency: Nemeans
Transportation
Trains: 80,952 km
Airships: 9,076
Roadways: 2,221,786 km
Waterways: 14,842,379 km
Military
Branches: Army, Navy, Airforce, Special Co-Ops
Transnational Issues
Summary: sex trafficking, illegal trade with the Wastes, excessive drug use
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Airships come in 5 classes:
Class 1: Warship, these are for the armies only, they are big, slow, tough as nails and basically flying fortresses. capacity: 300-400
Class 2: Battle cruiser, these are army only as well. They are smaller than warships but still larger than other ships, the main fleet of any army is comprised of these. capacity: 140-160
Class 3: Cruisers, these are passanger ships, smaller than battle cruisers but larger than scouters. Capacity: 80-100
Class 4: Scouters, these are as they are called, scout ships. Not much else to it, lightly equipped, these also tend to be what bounty hunters travel in. capacity : 10-15
Class 5: Personal, these are generally for the extremely rich only. Very small compared to the others, but usually outfitted very comfortably, think of them as the rolls royces of this place.. capacity : 1-5
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Weapons-
Guns- All guns are single shot, and take awhile to reload. All guns are also large, two handed, some even requiring you to drop to one knee to fire properly. Feel free to design them however you like, so long as they meet the above requirements.
Crossbows- Crossbows are multishot and fairly quick to reload. They are smaller than guns, usually one handed, some can be two handed, bolts are faster but weaker than bullets.
Swords- Large and in charge. Swords vary greatly depending on the wielder. Those that like to mix offense and defense usually go for a light one handed sword and shield, those that prefer more offense go for two handers. Tend to generally be single edged. Next to guns these are the first choice for bounty hunters.
Spears- These also come in two main variations. There is the smaller spears which are weilded with one hand and used with a shield and the larger spears which require both hands to weild effectively. These tend to be uncommon as they are hard to use properly and require a good deal of training.
Axes- This is the most uncommon weapon to see. The one handed axes are always single bladed, the two handed are generally single bladed but are known to have two.
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Info on religion, major cities and monsters to come.
If you are interested feel free to post a character sheet ask questions etc, if we get atleast 6-7 I'll start it up.
I do however reserve the right to veto any action or character if i think it disrupts the rp or doesn't follow the style.
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|  | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 1:48 pm | |
| I will be the official leader of the group, and yes we do have an airship, and yes there is already a pilot, that spot was claimed.
Character sheets should be in the following appearance.
Name:
Background: as much as you need
Appearance: both their armor style and regular dress habits along with what they look like and age of course.
Weapon choice: when i say weapon please note i mean what you use when on the hunts.
Weapon description:
Personality:
Nationality: can be from any of the nations, or the wastes(the wastes are slightly asiastic if you are wondering).
Position: If you dont want to just do bounty's, please PM me before deciding anything for this. ^^
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| | | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 2:02 pm | |
| Name: Rieley Wylyenn
Background: Has a history with Adder that spans 15 years. He has also had fairly close ties with Alric through his family. Before that he spent some time as a Dragoon before becoming a bounty hunter with her, and over time forming the Greyhawk Sentinels, one of the most renowned bounty groups, and becoming a wanted outlaw in the empire. He ran into Kalina as she was fleeing from some police. He claimed responsibility for her, payed the fees she owed and finding out she had a knack for mechanics, took her aboard his new ship, the greyhawk.
Appearance: Hes in his mid 30s, tall and lean, he has several scars though none on his face. He has dusty blonde hair thats chinlength and steel grey eyes. He wears heavily modified and fixed armor made of a tungsten mithril alloy, making it a very rare find. It covers his whole torso, with chainmail between the plates to allow for manuverablity. It has larger than average shoulder parts and only covers his upper legs. He only wears a mouth guard on his head and his reciever. Otherwise he tends to dress in nice clothes, usually fine silks and such from the fortune he has aquired, though he has a myraid of different outfits.
Weapon choice: Modified twohanded lance.
Weapon Description: Its a modified lance made of mithril with a tungsten coating to increase durability. It has a hollow core on the bladed side and is capable of firing one shot. He tries to make sure its worthwhile.
Personality: Sarcastic and cunning. He's a jackass but an effective leader in battle which has earned the respect of his crew and their loyalty. They know they are in good hands, even if he doesn't seem like it at times. He has earned an infamous reputation in the empire and constantly impersonates and creates fake personalities and personas while there to not get caught. His crew simple calls him "Boss" for the most part. Althought he stresses they call him by his proper name, which is 15 words long.
Nationality: He is from Telbran, and has a link to the royal line.
Position: Leader of the crew and official owner of the Greyhawk Sentinels and the Greyhawk, their customized scouter airship.
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| | | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 2:09 pm | |
| The greyhawk looks something like this but it is a silver grey not red.
side reference
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We do not live out of the ship so to speak, we do have a headquarters in Walynd with a hanger for the ship, but its not always occupied as we are generally traveling between the other cities on the job. The ship cannot take us everywhere, we do have to take the trains on occasion to reach certain destinations, and many of the islands require access by boat.
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| | | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 2:14 pm | |
| A note on bounty hunters: Bounty hunters are a VAST VAST minority. Only the top top people physically can even hope to be one. It requires a quick wit, great strength, speed and skill.
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| | | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
Posts : 2489
Location : 19 miles outside the windy city
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 3:59 pm | |
| Major Cities: | Spoiler: | | | Major cities:
Telbran:
1. Walynd - Capital of Telbran and the intellectual/cultural center of the world.
Faldar:
1. Arioth - the hub of the world, the economic capital of the world and the site of the amazing sky port and the Beri Auction Grounds.
2. Delan - the capital
3. Marros - the sin city, think fullfilling all of humankinds material wants.
Wastes:
1. Navari - main trading post between the wastes and faldar, it lies on the border of the wastes. All roads and railways in the wastes start there.
Empire:
1. Nysseth the captial of the empire
2. Rethys
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| | | | BladedFalcon
Professional Blade-For-Hire
Age : 20
Joined : 27 Feb 2008
Posts : 6759
Location : Mexico
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 4:40 pm | |
| Name: Kalina Draves
Background: Born from two factory workers, Kalina Showed to be a technological prodigy even when she was a child, always tinkering with the machines of the factory their parents worked in behind their back, she quickly understood how they worked, then learned to use them, and sometimes even modify them, this sometimes ended in said machinery breaking and causing all the workers to suffer for it, luckily, she was never caught.
Still, Her parents humble way of living limited kalina, specially because she didn't even know how to read, she was always looking for things to tinker with and modify, and due to her hot tempered nature, she usually ended up having fights with her parents, so, as soon as she turned 17, she quickly ran away from her home to enlist in the army, thanks to the practical knowledge she had gained in machinery, she was admitted immediately even tough she was unable to read, a problem the army solved by providing her with tuition for it.
For a while, she felt happy in the army, being an engineer, she got the chance to work with more advanced stuff, like guns and vehicles, after four years tough, she became bored of being able only to fix them instead of modify them and use them, since the army never her permission to do it, So one day she decided the army was holding her back, and deserted, just like that, feeling she had enough knowledge to make a living of her own and create her own stuff without the restrain in the military, the normal society however, was not yet prepared for the things she wold offer to them...
Being that most of her inventions involved shooting or blowing stuff up, most people would not even get close to her workshop, and the ones that did where usually outlaws and criminals that ended causing more trouble for her that she did on her own, so much that she became an outlaw herself, being unable to pay for her own expenses and being responsible for many disasters in the city, she was on the run for some months, until then she stumbled with the Greyhawk and her captain, Rieley, He needing an engineer that could repair his ship, and her needing a safe place to hide and some steady source of income, quickly accepted and joined the cap's crew in the next flight, soon being able to modify the greyhwak itself, this style of life quickly suited her.
Appearance: She is around 24 by the time the story starts, She is kinda tall for a woman, being 5' 7'' foot tall, she has a normal musculature, and a bit well endowed, tough this is usually hidden by her outfit, has a bit of muscles in her arms specially thanks to all the work she does with machines, Being a faldarian, she has a tanned skin, and has dark red, straight long hair, and amber eyes, she usually wears a dark brown overall, and a white sleeveless shirt (she cut the sleeves off), and black military boots (sturdy things, she has them since her time in the army), Her hair is wrapped up in a green bandanna, and usually has googles in her forehead. Since she is usually inside the ship, and is not a really social person, she usually not wears any kind of armor or fancy clothing.
Weapon choice: -A wrench (not really a weapon, but she always carries it around.)
- (right now) A customized riffle
Weapon Description: Basically, a Middle sized dual shot Riffle, thanks to her modifications, the rifle itself is quite light and has a shorter barrel than most, while still keeping a very good accuracy and fire power, she is skilled at middle range with it, tough she has not had much chance to use it.
Personality: She is Intelligent and curious by nature, but she is also very Hot-tempered, easy to act on emotions, and can be a bit cocky sometimes, especially when it comes to her technical skills, But with enough ability to back it up, She is also quite talkative, and has a loud mouth, despite this, she is not one that cares for society, culture, or high class rules, in fact, she despises this, and has quite an opinion on the rich people, and the military too, and basically anyone that gets on her bad side, note that while not a fighter, she is quite aggresive and violent, and enjoys blowing stuff up at an almost sadistic level.
Nationality: Faldarian, she hails from the Hub of the world, Arioth. From a lower class family.
Position: "Techie" of the ship, she is mainly in charge of fixing, modifying, and arming the greyhawk along with the crew's equipment and weaponry, and she is also the main gunner.
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| | | | Shogo
The Demon King
Age : 21
Joined : 14 Nov 2007
Posts : 276
| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 4:45 pm | |
| Name: Caim
Age: 26
Background: Caim was born on a small island controlled by the Federation, though he doesn't really remember which island or much of anything about the island itself. While still very young, Caim was kidnapped by slavers and sold to the Empire. He started with what could be called odd jobs and other menial labor but at some point was made to do work for the military. Specifically, working on military grade Trotmobiles. While one might normally question letting slaves act as mechanics for military equipment, the slave masters had effective ways to prevent forms of sabotage. Such as breaking the arms and legs of a slave and leaving them in the desert to die. Over time, in fulfilling his "duties", Caim taught himself how to use a Trotmobile. Against all odds, he was planning to escape. Needless to say, stealing a military vehicle and making a break for it would be more than a little risky. But he got some unintended assistance.
Something had caused an uproar. A flare up in hostilities between the Federation and Empire. Nothing major, a small skirmish at best, but enough for about half the base's Trotmobiles to be sent out. This sparked a small slave riot when some of the slaves believed they could somehow take over the base and hand it over to the Federation. Caim had other ideas. Moving as quickly as possible, he climbed into a Trotmobile and made a break for it. Truthfully, he never had a chance. By the time he coul escape Imperial territory he would have certainly been caught and killed. Even if he did make it, the Federation would have probably mistaken him for an enemy and attacked him. But Fate smiled upon Caim. He would stumble upon a group of bounty hunters having trouble against a large creature. Using his Trotmobile he managed to bring it down and was able to convince the leader to take him with them.
Caim managed to become the Greyhawk Sentinels' first and only Trotmobile pilot. But Trotmobiles are expensive to maintain. Especially their weapons. It could only be used when needed. So Caim taught himself how to be useful on his own, taking a liking to the crossbow. So one could say his main duty was that of a marksman. And while he does have some kind of mechanical skill, he really only knows how to maintain his Trotmobile.
Appearance: Caim is of a good height, standing at 5'11". He weighs roughly 176lbs, from his compact yet muscular build. He has a rather average, natural skin tone, not really tan but not really pale. Though he once had a tan that has faded since he left the Empire. He has brown eyes. His hair is kept relatively short and is a dark brown that approaches blackness. His normal clothing includes brown pants, a black shirt, a brown, leather longcoat, and brown boots. Over this he wears some light armor made to appear light blue with gold trim.
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This is what I'm basing his appearance off of. Though Caim has a different hair color and doesn't have a horse.
Weapon choice:
Personal- Steel Spear and Two-Handed Repeating Crossbow
Trotmobile- Large Axe and Large Repeating Crossbow
Weapon description:
Personal- The Spear has a simple but effective design with almost no attempts to make it look "pretty". It's a weapon. It shouldn't look like anything else. Used when he wants to dissuade others from boarding his Trotmobile.
The Repeating Crossbow is of the two-handed variety for more accurate shots to be made. Including spare blt packs it can hold up to 30 bolts. These can be a mix of normal, poison, or explosive tipped bolts.
Trotmobile- The Large Axe is precisely that. An axe too large for any man to wield that has been attatched to the left arm of the Trotmobile, keeping the left hand free. It is double bladed. Useful for logging operations too.
The Large Repeating Crossbow is similar to a normal crossbow save for the fact that it's too big to be used by anything other than a Trotmobile. It can hold up to 20 bolts of the same type as a standard bow. Normal, Poison, or Explosive Tipped. It is attatched to the righ arm of the Trotmobile, once again leaving a hand free.
Personality: Despite being a former slave, Caim is remarkably well adjusted. He isn't constantly brooding or moping. He doesn't lash out with rage every five seconds. In fact, you could call him a nice, somewhat friendly person. He won't go seeking out friends very often but he won't stop people from trying to befriend him. The only real hangup he has is that it can be difficult for him to trust Imperials. He doesn't try to murder them on sight but it can be hard to see them as something other than an enemy at times.
Nationality: Faldarian
Position: Trotmobile Pilot and Marksman (Crossbows)
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| | | | Marsco
I Saw The Sign
Age : 19
Joined : 07 Dec 2007
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 5:57 pm | |
| Name: Hasseen Starfinder
Background: Hasseen was born to a nomadic tribe called the Far-Wanderers, and from his people learned the ways of star-mapping and navigation by the celestial bodies. Feeling the call of adventure, he set out on his quest for adulthood and went out into the wide world, searching for something of great value to give back to his tribe.
In his wanderings, he was accosted by a group of monsters, and barely survived long enough to be rescued, by none other than the Greyhawks. Staying on as an associate, he took to learning new ways of finding his way, and became the ship's navigator.
Appearance: Hasseen is roughly 25 years old and 5' tall, short for a man, but his 230 lb. frame is muscular and strong, making him a sturdy fighter. His skin tone is tanned from long hours in the sun, with narrow brown eyes and short red-brown hair. He has a think mustache that runs along the top of his lower lip, and a groomed patch of beard on his chin.
Weapon choice: Two-handed mace
Weapon description: A massive, spiked steel ball attached to a thick stock of wood. Simple carvings of Hasseen's own making tell the story of his tribe, and he wields it with ogre-like strength.
Personality: Hasseen is a compliant individual, friendly and accommodating, as well as knowledgeable on many subjects. He is always willing to share tales over a drink and teach others all he has learned in his wanderings. His greatest fault is being somewhat of a pushover, however, and he is regularly convinced to do things he finds dangerous or unnecessary.
Nationality: Wastelander
Position: Greyhawk navigator
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 6:06 pm | |
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Hassadh - official religion of the Holy Obensthe Emipre
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This is the religion of the Empire. Hassadh is both a religion and a way of life for the people of the Empire - the religious leader is also the political leader. There is no separation of church and state. They are one in the same. Hassadh is reptile worship and focuses on three main gods: Jamalaya, the alligator god; Izaganta, the iguana god; and Lissandra, the snake goddess. The story goes that Jamalaya and Izaganta were brothers and both loved and wedded Lissandra, who bore them both children. The reptiles that they bore were all brothers, coexisting in a way that the Obensthites saw humans as being unable to do. So they decided to take the way of the reptile and make it their own.
The gods each have their own priests, though the temples usually house one or more of each. Priests have to go through an elaborate 8 year training ritual to gain the title of priest. They will be the ones to offer sacrifices to the gods, to bless the newly born, the Kaythed, the wedded, and the dead. They will usually have their entire bodies shaven clean with scale tattoos running along their legs, arms, backs, and necks as well as split tongues. They will usually be wearing white robes around their waists tied with the collected shedded skin of whatever reptilian form is available to them, often snakeskin. Also they carry with them a jagged dagger for various purposes, usually for cutting out the heart of the sacrificed animal.
The temples themselves vary with meaning. There are the temples where people will go for services and for personal prayers (mecks) - they are smaller, localized, and usually headed by a single priest. Then there are the temples for sacrifice and for large scale events (basks), which tend to be larger and run by at least three priests, though not as common as the mecks. There are also the temples where one would go for "confession" and making up for sinning (sekhs), which are more regional and tend to be run by an enclave of priests.
These sekhs will usually have a female population as well. It is Hassadhan tradition that sin is absolved through carnal forgiveness. In other words, a "priestess" representative of Lissandra will act as a corporeal form of the snake goddess and, through sex, will allow the male patron to be forgiven of his sins. The girls are usually between the ages of 9 and 14 and, after a 3 year period of servicing their goddess, will usually be sacrificed to her alive by having her heart ripped from her chest. These are usually girls without homes or parents, though often the parents will have willingly given their daughter over to please the gods. The girls are recognized by the glowing green lines along their faces and breasts; they too will usually wear the white robes that cover only their waists. However, their tongues will be intact or pierced rather than slit and they will not have tattoos.
There are certain rituals that a Hassadhan will do daily. They pray once in front of a shrine in their homes, thanking the gods for their health, home, and happiness. Also, they will consume reptile eggs at least once every week as it supposedly builds character. Pregnant women will eat more than this to help grow a stronger child. They will not, however, eat live reptiles. Instead, when they come across a live reptile, they will kneel on the ground, hands stretched out toward the reptile, and lay their head on the ground before it until it walks away.
Lifecycle events in Hassadh are always interesting. When a child is born, a priest will prick its right idex finger with a tiny amount of snake venom, forefeed it shedded iguana skin, and rub alligator scales along its body. This counts as a blessing from each of the gods. The Kaythe is a coming-of-age ritual: when a boy reaches the age of 17, he is considered a man in the religious community. The priests will bless him by diluting snake venom with iguana blood and alligator saliva and, cutting a gash in his upper arm in a circular formation, inserting the mixture. It burns away part of the skin and leaves a mark to signify adulthood. His tongue is also slit down the center. Weddings are presided over by three priests and are not unnusual except in that they will sacrifice an animal in the middle of it by ripping out its heart. Also, women will have their tongues pierced. Deaths are similar to births in that a fang, iguana skin, and alligator scales are buried along with the body.
The main holiday of Hassadh is Lakssikar Doha, where the people will paint their faces to resemble their deities and rejoice over the birth of their gods. The holy book is called the Sharghia and is exactl 879,021 words long.
There are the three cults as well, which differ from the idea of priests. The cults are all rather militant and will usually have tattoos over their faces of the kind of skin that their chosen deity takes the form of. They are the reason for much of the internal strife in the country as they will constantly be at war with one another. They interpret the Sharghia to satisfy their own reasoning behind their actions and will often act more as a gang than a religious group. |
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 6:11 pm | |
| Monsters:
I'm going to cover monsters outside of dragons and wyverns and such.
Behemoths: Giant angry frightening things. After class 1 Dragons, these are among the largest beasts and a sight to behold. Generally only found in the deep reaches of the Wilds tho smaller ones have been known to travel to the coasts of Faldar and The empire. they look like this: | Spoiler: | | |  |
Dire Wolves: Larger than normal wolves by a fair amount and much more feral and vicious. Generally found in packs, for their small size compared to other creatures, they are tough.
Manticores: Nasty creatures that resemble a combination of lion, scorpion and bat. | Spoiler: | | |  |
Sea Serpents: General catch-all for most monsters of the sea, tho most appear to look like dragon/snake hybrids.
Rocs: Giant birds, very aggressive and territorial. They have a wingspan of easily 50 feet. | Spoiler: | | |  |
Urayuli: Giant apes basically. I dont mean king kong size, but around 15 feet.
Therosaurs: Basically raptor like creatures.
Valerosaurs: Bigger versions of the Therosaur.
Griffins: Territorial and aggressive. | Spoiler: | | |  |
Sand Worms: Big ass worms that eat stuff and are found in the Wastes, bane of the nomads. Think something like Tremors, but longer and bigger.
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Fri May 23, 2008 6:21 pm | |
| Trotmobiles
The Trotmobile was created as a sort of "evolution" of the early automobile. A few engineers basically decided that cars would be more useful with legs. With a lot of trial and error, Trotmobiles were born as exactly that. A car with legs attatched to it for transportation instead of wheels. Eventually arms were added as well so the Trotmobile could right itself if knocked over.
Trotmobiles are a relatively recent inovation and as such are still quite expensive. Because of this, you will typically see only the Upper Class or the Military using them. The civilian models stay true to the original concept of the Trotmobile. That of looking like a car with arms and legs. Specifically something like the Model T.
The Military Models look less like bipedal cars and more like a bipedal mech. Though they are still about the same size. Just better armored, designed to look more militaristic, and equipped with weapons. It's illegal for non-military personel to own this type of Trotmobile but that hasn't stopped the occasional bandit force from customizing stolen civilian models with weapons and armor plating as an alternative.
While they do rely on oil to an extent, Trotmobiles are powered mostly by steam. Trotmobiles are useful, all terrain tools. Some models are as slow as a tank yet the faster models can easily outrun a horse. And to an extent keep pace with a train. They are also easy to customize, giving rise to certain leg configurations. These include having 4 legs or even going back to using wheels.
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This is an example of a Trotmobile.
Trotmobile Weapons and Other Parts
Weapons
Almost all weapons used by a Trotmobile are much larger versions of a human use weapon. Suc as giant axes, swords, and crossbows. They can also be equipped with weapons you might see on an airship, though obviously only the smaller weapons. Such as small cannons or even a gatling gun.
Back Parts
The most common for the military being back parts designed for carrying heavy loads. This can be a flatbed, large baskets, or large tanks for liquids.
With nobility you will most likely see a carriage attatchment as they often see piloting the actual Trotmobile as beneath them.
Legs
The most commonly seen legs are the simple yet effective Human Legs. A two-legged design that offers a balance between speed and mobility.
In desert terrain however, you are much more likely to see the Spider Legs. Despite the name, this model features only four legs. They are configured in a way to allow maximum mobility in the desert sands but tend to move more slowly than Human Legs in any other terrain.
The rarest legs you will see are the Horse Legs. While they allow a Trotmobile to move as fast as possible, they have terrible manueverability. Moving any direction other than forward can be quite tedious with the Horse Legs, making Trotmobiles equipped with them better suited to either hit and run tactics or an alternate form of transportation for those who hate trains or airships.
While still rare, the next set of legs are more common than Horse Legs. That being the Wheels. Despite making a Trotmobile nothing more than a car with arms, people still refer to Wheels as Trotmobile legs. Most commonly found amongst old people.
Possible Advances
It is rumored that some people are trying to build a Trotmobile Fortress. Quite literally a Fortress with legs. This is laughed at more often than not.
An idea that is taken much more seriously is the idea of amphibious Trotmobiles. Since Trotmobiles are brought onto a battlefield by easy to spot airships, easy to spot landing ships, or just forced to march to a battlefield efforts have been made to make Trotmobile Sneak Attacks a viable tactic. Thus at least one nation's military, quite likely all of them, has been trying to create a Trotmobile that can travel through water. Covertly landing on beaches and securing them for invasions. Thus far no one has succeeded.
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Sat May 24, 2008 12:39 pm | |
| Monster ranking. This is how monsters are generally classified, its also known as the threat meter on bounties and generally how bounties are defined and differeniated. However since Dragons are so diverse, they themselves have their own class ranking system that fits within this one.
S: These are the most dangerous monsters. They are considered National and sometimes even Global threats and require not only large teams of bounty hunters working together but also the Nation Armies. Monsters that fall within this category include: Arc Behemoths(full grown behemoths), ALL class 1 dragons, and greater sea serpents.
A: These are also extremely dangerous, though these generally don't warrant involvement of the Nations, although some do. They do however require the cooperation of several bounty groups to take down. This category includes Juvenile Behemoths, Class 2 Dragons, and Sea Serpents.
B: Upper mid class threats, they require 2-3 groups to take down or if the bounty hunters are skilled and lucky, 1 group. Class 3 Dragons, Lesser Sea Serpents, Greater Sand worms fall into this category./
C: Mid class threats, 1 group is all that is needed, still very dangerous but not like B,A, or S. some class 3's and class 4 dragons, Lesser Sand Worms, Manticores, Valerosaurs and Rocs.
D: Lower Mid class threats. Class 5 dragons, griffins, Urayuli, and Basilisks.
E: Lowest class, smallest threat. Class 6 Dragons, Dire wolves and Therosaurs. HOWEVER if the pack of therosaurs or dire wolves is large enough it could easily reach class C.
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| | Subject: Re: The Greyhawk Sentinels OOC Sat May 24, 2008 2:39 pm | |
| Name: Alric Korentanic
Background: Being rasied by both of his
parents he lived a rather non-confrentaional lifestyle in the city of
Walynd untill his teenage years where after a series of seemingly
unimportant happenings made him realize that many of these
Intelectuals he had come to respect and admire had little or no first
hand knowlege of the world around them. This tormenting for him
months caused him to strike off on his own with a lifestyle that can
only be described as spartan. Taking with him only a Sword he didn't
know how to use and a simple crossbow his father had given him he
launched himself into the world searching not for glory, or self
discovery, but an understanding of everything around him. He traveled
around much of the surrounding area on foot talking to the people
learning customs and ideas of his own country before meeting up with
a merchant with an airship. He Jumped at the oppertunity and spent
years with the Captian not only making rather important contacts that
many would die for but learning about the cultures and languages of
Faldar and the Empire along with his incresing accuracy with a
crossbow made him a valuable asset to the crew.
Alric spend seven years on the
Tradelanes with the Captian and soon realized there was little left
to gather from this lifestyle. So he said his goodbyes and made for
the Empire to learn of the life of its less than fortunate people
firsthand. He spent three years there and left, disgruntled with its
people and government. He made his way to Faldar in the back of a
merchant caravan and spent some years there where he wrote his first
book on the people of the Empire. Thier habbits and ideas about
others and how he was treated. This book never really got popular
because his writing had much to be desired.
Having spent an additional five years
wandering Faldar and getting to know its people, he decided to return
home. He spent another three years there with various scholars
trading Linguistic skills for writing lessons.
His parents having kept in touch with
him all these years had put together a collection of his letters and
submitted them to a press who printed them as "The Adventures of
A Wanderlust" He was quite wealthy when he returned however he
did nothing with this money. He did however take his relative fame
and requisitioned a position as a Diplomat for the Nation of Telbran
and spend many years doing nothing aside from Protocal training and
diplomatic training. He never did any diploamtic work and instead
learned how to fire his crossbow with even more accuracy.
After spending a couple years in
Telbran catching up with his parents and old friends from the
Merchant ship he deided to once again start to wander on foot. This
time however his feet took him to the Wastes. Where he spent several
years with a nomadic tribe learning thier ways before the empire
enslaves them. He wrote a book about this as well titled "In
defense of the Nomad" Which was published in Telbran and quite
well recieved by the intellecual community at Telbran.
Having spent his entire life studying
humans and being an acknolweged expert and given the highest
intellecual honors on his sociological and anthripological work he
decided that it was time to look for those cultures who came before
us. He learned Kantor, which was the common trade language of the
ancient kingdoms and learned to read a series of dialects. He then
signed into one of the very few people who often wantered into the
Wilds. He was at the right palce at the right time when a young noble
friend of his started his Company and was able to ensure a place for
himself on the crew with a sizable contrabution to the startup costs.
He has been with them sense quite happy with the large variation of
ports they meet and his cabin which has pretty much become a medley
of books, papers, pens, and maps.
Appearance: Armor wise he only wears a leather
tunic on hunts, he generaly stays on the back and actualy prefers to
fire his larger crossbows from the side of a ship. on the ship he wears
simple clothing that is no out of place anywhere there is to do work,
however has dress for just about any occassion anywhere.
Weapon
choice: Crossbow and Portable Balista. The Portabalbe Balista is on
wheels. More info later when I can remember the real name of this
weapon.
Weapon description:
Personality: Generaly Quiet
and out of the way when in familiar situations but if your just meeting
him or if the situation warrents it he is a very warm friendly person.
He will often do his best to speak to you in your native language. He
will probibly know it.
Nationality: Telbran.
Position: Translator, Public Relations, Marketing, Choronocle, and Can work as an artillary spotter and launcher.
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