Role Playing Project/Contest

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A brief foreword to the players of Obsidian Heart RPG;

For those of you who know me I apologize for the recap. For those that do not, my name is Jake. I am a proud member of the Obsidian Heart RPG. I have the good luck to serve in the position of both Combat & Missions Moderator. I am many things, Marine, Cowboy, Southerner to name a few. One thing I am though, is a nerd. I love RP. I first fell in love with it with Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (yup...the tabletop game). I've danced with RP in all forms; tabletop, books, video games, etc.. The one thing I always return to, is online RP. This game, OH, is my escape. It's the one bit of fun I get to have in my hectic life. It's my little island of 'me time'. So, this is my attempt at trying to make something for this game in hopes it will enrich all our play time.

Thank you all for playing in this game. It means the world to me. Without the players....there is no game. Just words.
~Jake



Role Playing Project Overview

There have been a few contests in our beloved game thus far. Each of them born of an original idea, made with hope and creativity, though all have fallen just shy of the true intent. When was the last time any of you read a scroll? When was the last time you felt antagonized? This is not the fault of the contest creator, this is not the fault of the player, this is something that happens from time to time. Good intentions often times do not pay out as we wish. So it has taken me a little while to read over old logs of PSLs, matches, missions and adventures and see what was perhaps the one thing in common that may have lead to their failure. I found that while the contests were original, and the characters unique, one thing that they all lacked was a sense of togetherness. Each character in these contests was designed to stand alone. They were thrust into life in a point where the player should have a feel for them, something gained only with experience and playing with that character. When the player couldn't quite find that, they had nothing there to lean back upon. There was no moral support, the characters had no allies, no enemies, nothing that the writer could look back upon and draw forth new inspiration. Thus, many of these characters were placed upon a shelf and forgotten or absorbed into other characters and thus lost forever.

I have always believed that the root of any good role playing games is the players being together. To have the players' characters united and joined with some common purpose, or to have them oppose one another in continuous highs and lows. To let no outside elements control our characters or their actions. To have a general theme and purpose, to be with and write with other people. We as creative writers need that spark, that draw, the excitement of good story with other creative minds. The whole purpose of a game like ours, is to play with one another! If it wasn't we would all just write stories by ourselves, alone. How boring would that be?

So with that said, I offer you not a contest, but a chance to rekindle old flames of writing, to spark to life new ones, to get to know each other as writers and as players. To marvel at what feats characters joined with a purpose can do. What it means to have a creative support group. What it means to play.



What You Get
This is what each of you who choose to join this thing will be getting
1 characters at the rank of Sapphire Defender (d60)
180 XP
15 Rep
16,000gp
30 Crafting Points (if applicable in respective fields)
1 Weapon (no enchants)
1 Armor with full defensive boost (no enchants)
2 potions of full heal
1 Magical Item
1 Free Slot item



How This Is Different Than Other Contests
This is not like the contests of before. As mentioned this is a project to draw players together. Your character is going to be part of a group (detailed below). This means they are with the group. They interact with the group. They belong with the group. This does not mean you have to be friends, lovers, family, anything. I bet right now in your work there are people you dislike, but, they are still part of your work. So all the characters will know--on some level--each other and work together. There will be adventures for this group, missions, Message Board threads and the like.

- If you decide you wish to get rid of this character you do NOT get to transfer all the XP. You only get the difference between current amount minus the gifted 180.
- You may transfer no gold/items/loot/etc. out.
- This character WILL take up on of your allotted character slots in our game.
- Your character is part of this group, which means you are not making this character to go romp off with another character not of this project. Sure, they may explore once in a while, but this project is used to draw people together beneath one flag. NOT so you can make a character and stay clear of the reason they exist. Now this might seem harsh, but if you are found to constantly drift away from the group, or isolate yourself within, then you may be asked to leave, and by that, lose the character. I am designing this to bring people together with a purpose.



The Group
The group you belong to is a nomadic band of....well Jack-of-All-Trades. The lot of you have been called everything from sell-swords, thieves, nomads and the like. Your group picks up odd jobs here and there, does what it can to survive and carry on. This group has become like a family (for the better or worse of the term). You may like everyone, you may dislike everyone, but you all work together and need one another.




How This Will Work
If this sounds like something that appeals to you, then begin thinking of your character concept. Today is November 11th 2013. Between now and Sunday (November 17th) send me an email (Click Here) with your character name, race, a picture for them, and a small tidbt of their personality along with the screen name you are going to use for them.

What I will do then is post what you send up with all the others of this project on the MB. Then I will allow another few days for you players to get to know one another and write your backstories together if you wish. That way you have at least some small bit of story already going for you all. do you have to write with others? No. But wouldn't it be nice to have some story already laid as ground work?

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So Far.......

These are the folks that have submitted their stuff thus far. which shows some promise for what is to come. If I see that everyone is set and ready I may begin things sooner. so PLEASE if you have intent, let me know!!



Name: Scout Hollander
Race: Lycanborn (Feline)
Ethnicity: Full Blooded Gypsy (Unknown to her)
Element: Fire (Kuyan) (Unknown to her)
Screen Name: tesarikone
Personality: Despite what one may think about a child raised among whores, she was raised in an environment of supportive, and loving ladies. They spent their own hard-earned gold to make sure she was taught how to read, even speak a few languages, and other things that would perhaps enable her to find a suitable and wealthy husband. She was also taught the wiles and ways of a seductive woman, as of course they thought that would help her get further in the world. Whether she actually participated in any prostitution herself- well one may never know. She is fiercely loyal to those she calls "family", and will exact a harsh vengeance for those wronged. She is like the wind, chaotic and free, one moment like a raging whirlwind and the other like a sweet, soft breeze.

Story in Process:
Scout is an orphan, who was raised by prostitutes in a brothel in Bryony. Bryony was not so tolerant of the ancient art of prostitution as other kingdoms, and during a raid to "cleanse the land of filth", the teenage girl was imprisoned with everyone else, her home burned down, and eventually branded a whore and released. While imprisoned, she had to watch the other ladies abused, beaten, raped and humiliated and some did not survive. Bryony, being known for their prowess with the arcane, had a special kind of brand for their criminals, an arcane brand that moved around their body so that no matter how they tried to cover it up, it would always appear wherever there was bare flesh. If they were completely and utterly covered from head to foot, it would magically appear in large size on their chest in scarlet. This created a deep and unsettled hatred for mage-kind from Scout, and over time she trained and gained the skills needed to hunt magic users down and bring them in for bounty, which takes her all over the known world. She was a very small child when she found her way to the orphanage (toddler), barefooted, tattered and bloody clothes, with tiny belled anklets on both ankles and wrists. She could only speak Voivan at the time, but since she never spoke it again it has faded from her mind (though could easily be somehow brought to light or recognized so she knows she is gypsy blooded). Scout is not her true name, it was the name given to her by the brothel madam, whose surname was "Hollander".
Support/Bloodhound (Specialty: Hunting Mages)
Second Class/Profession - Combat/Swordmaster




Name- Jabal Urmen
Race- Human Pure Blooded Gypsy
Class- Bard/Charmer
SN- Phral Jastima
Charming, Cocky, Confident




Name: Syeira
Race: Human - Pure Blooded Gypsy
Class: Healer/Priest
SN: Phral_Satarma




SN: sleightofcharm
Name: Nicohlet Cardei
Race: Human (Full-blooded Gypsy, Satarma (Spirit-Claimed))
Class/Prof.: Charmer/Rogue
Personality: Appearingly caring, kind, warm, giving and saintly in some aspects--at least on the outside. On the other side of the coin, Nicohlet is rather self-indulgent, wild-natured and borderline narcissitic. She is confident in her abilities to charm any person, conflict and outcome to whatever benefits her the most. She plays her cards to each and every situation, proving quite the little actress.. well, if you can figure when she's playing you and when she's not.




SN: A Rapacious Life
Name: Boain Mircea
Race: Human
Ethnicity: Phral (Full blooded Gypsy)
Element: Jhanaki
Class/Prof.: Swashbuckler/Rogue-charmer (unsure which yet)
Personality: To sum it up shortly; he is ever so much the element that chose him at his birth reading. He can be one of the most eloquent people found rubbing shoulders with the blue bloods. He knows the raunchiest jokes for when he's down throwing bones on the wharf. He is both charmer and chaste, wild-card and straight laced, adventurous and contained. To know the real Boian.....well.....that is saved only for his Kumpania.




Name: Andrzej
Race: Phral (Full-Blooded Gypsy)
Screen Name: pending
Element: Kuyan
Class: Bloodhound/Brawler
Personality: There's charming and then there is blunt as a fist to the jaw. Andrezej leans towards the latter end of the spectrum preferring the approach in all but the most rare of instances. A rare instance ..involves much silence.




Name: Om
Race: Warforged
Screen Name: pending
Class: Fighter/pending

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Firstly let me say that I am extremely impressed with the way you folks have taken to this. I have had more questions, more thoughts, more suggestions than i have seen in a long time. I already also know that many of the above are in the process of writing stories and enmeshing each other's characters together. you guys are truly awesome, and moving faster than I had expected.

Well like the first post says, it is Sunday. The window for applications for this has came to a close.
((If you have a pressing issue PLEASE Email or IM me and we can work something out))

Now time for planning.....