Post by Mandalorian on Aug 31, 2008 3:04:17 GMT -5
yet another attempt of mine to bring a little more diversity to the RPing on these forums.
This is based off of the book by Sergei Lukyanenko Night Watch
The Start
Our world is just the first realm of existence, beneath it resides the twilight. The twilight is a place of power a land that follows rules completely separate from that of the human world.
Since the beginning of humanity, a few special humans have been able to enter the twilight. these humans known as Others (also called, Shamans, priests, Magicians, etc) posses unique powers granted to them by the Twilight.
When a human enters the twilight for the first time their fate is decided and they become either a light other or a dark other (although there are rare exceptions). This 'choice' is made by there mental state at the time and there own personality.
There is a wide variety of powers that Others may have and there path is often set at the same time that their alignment is, however it can be influenced slightly and in rare cases even completely changed.
Night Watch and Day Watch
Light and Dark have always been polar opposites. Followers of the Light believe in self-sacrifice and helping others. While the followers of the Dark believe in free will and the right to do as one pleases.
In the ancient times during the Roman civil war the battle between Light and Dark reached a fever pitch and the war threatened not only to kill off all of the others but also all of civilization. So a great meeting was called and the leaders of the light and dark met.
Calling upon the primordial powers of Light and Darkness they sealed a set of rules that forever limited the Light and Dark keeping them bound. The Light formed the Night Watch to enforce these rules upon the dark and the Dark formed the Night Watch to enforce these rules upon the light. Also independent of either organization and made up by members of Light and Dark the Inquisition was formed, its sole purpose to keep balance between the two forces.
The Twilight
The twilight is made up of seven levels. The first level can be accessed by any Other while every level after wards becomes progressively harder to reach.
The Twilight feeds off of the energy of the Other's within it and as such the weaker other's can only stay within for a short time. Every progressive stage feeds off of more and more energy. A trained other can slowly feed the twilight allowing them to stay longer while a other that enters the twilight for the first time may dematerialize and be unable to leave (as may a trained other that stays for to long or overexerts themselves)
The First Level- Appearing to be a sepia toned and grey version of our world time moves slower here and those within it can not be seen by a normal human. There is only one native life form on this realm although all other life leaves a shadowy version of itself there. This native life is a unearthly blue moss that glows faintly. It feeds off of excess emotions and is assumed to be harmless although it is assumed that it may cause psychosis when in large amounts.
The Second level- Almost totally inhuman, all life and normal human constructed buildings disappear. Only magically buildings remain and even then they take on a different form. This level is dark and cloud like with little physical surface to it.
The Third Level- Very similar to the second level except that it is even darker and colder. It drains energy much faster.
The Fourth Level- darkness begins to recede and colors start to appear. It is much harder to access this level. Unlike the first three levels of the Twilight, this level is more lifelike.
The Fifth Level-The fifth level is almost habitable. In this level clouds, lightning and grass appear. The colors are much brighter than in the fourth, and it is more similar to the human world.
The Sixth level- The sixth level is almost exactly the same as the human level and has all of the same things except one, life. Every other that dies goes to this level although a rare few can rise up from this level to help those on the higher levels. When doing this they appear as little more then fog like ghosts.
The Seventh Level Nothing is known of this level (or so the Others are told)
The Others, and Their Powers
The others draw their strength from those around them and there own natural power is infact just there limit for gathering of this power.
The Light others gather their energy from happiness and joy causing the happiness to wane. While Dark others gather their power from anger and sorrow causing these emotions to increase. Due to the nature of these emotions and the fact that Hate and Sadness are easier to cause the Dark Others are inherently stronger.
The power's of a Other are inherently linked to there personality and the situation with which they entered the Twilight for the first time. There are many different forms of power they can take the most common of which is a magician.
A magician can have a wide range of powers although most slowly begin to specialize in one specific area. ranging from offensive attack spells, to shape shifting.
There are other forms that are more closely linked to either light or dark. Vampires and Werewolves (wolf a loose term there are other Were creatures) are always dark and have their own set of rules and are the only others that can be made.
All Others have a twilight form that is them in the twilight world this form grows more and more unique and inhuman the more time they spend in the Twilight realm and eventually represent there true spiritual form.
Other's powers are on a loose scale ranging from 7-1 with 7 being the weakest (onyl able to use a weak remoralization) and 1 being the strongest (able to change the fate of a city) these levels also represent the amount of punishment with a level 3 act being punished much heavier then a level 5.
The Setting
New York City where the main Day Watch and Night watch offices of North America are located. A storm is growing on the horizon and both offices believe it is a new ploy of the other side. Illegal fights break out in the city and Light ones and Dark ones attempt to take the matter into there own hands. As war seems almost unavoidable the Inquisition remains strangely silent and freedoms once impossible begin to return...
This RPG will be very free form following a small group of mixed Light and Dark others that search to find a way to stop the eventually cataclysm. Alot of information will be revealed in story and then archived with in the OOC thread.
Example Character Sheet
Name: Arron Giles
Stats:
Age: 24
Height: 6'5
Weight 265lbs
Physical Description: Tall with wide shoulders, he has an intimidating physical appearance but slouches and usually appears smaller then he really is. He has slightly curly dirt blond hair that he keeps roughly cut at about shoulder level. His face is youthful and almost 'babyish' which is offset by the deep bags under his eyes and the small wrinkles that are just starting to show alogn the edges of his eyes and mouth.
Personality: Has a very jaded and pragmatic view of the world often spouting political theories to soon after denounce them. He has a dry humor but sometimes his youth still shines through revealing itself in faintly off color and often stupid jokes.
Powers: Level 4, Potentially 1
He first entered the twilight 4 years ago and as such he is very limited in his understanding although he already has the strength of a mid-level magician.
his power's are very erratic only truly revealing themselves when he is feeling an intense emotion. His main persuasion is offensive magics and shape shifting although as of yet he has only been able to maintain a form for a very limited time.
History: Born in a small town in Northern Arizona his life was for the main part uneventful until at the age of 21 he took a short trip up to New york. Their a Illegal Vampire attempted to feed off him.
he dropped into the twilight as part of self defense and was found fifteen minutes later in the center of a large crater with the vampire no where insight.
He appeared to be a Light Other and was recruited by the Night Watch. He has gone through all the training classes and is at the moment serving on easy missions with the assistance of a more experienced magician to train him.
This is based off of the book by Sergei Lukyanenko Night Watch
The Start
Our world is just the first realm of existence, beneath it resides the twilight. The twilight is a place of power a land that follows rules completely separate from that of the human world.
Since the beginning of humanity, a few special humans have been able to enter the twilight. these humans known as Others (also called, Shamans, priests, Magicians, etc) posses unique powers granted to them by the Twilight.
When a human enters the twilight for the first time their fate is decided and they become either a light other or a dark other (although there are rare exceptions). This 'choice' is made by there mental state at the time and there own personality.
There is a wide variety of powers that Others may have and there path is often set at the same time that their alignment is, however it can be influenced slightly and in rare cases even completely changed.
Night Watch and Day Watch
Light and Dark have always been polar opposites. Followers of the Light believe in self-sacrifice and helping others. While the followers of the Dark believe in free will and the right to do as one pleases.
In the ancient times during the Roman civil war the battle between Light and Dark reached a fever pitch and the war threatened not only to kill off all of the others but also all of civilization. So a great meeting was called and the leaders of the light and dark met.
Calling upon the primordial powers of Light and Darkness they sealed a set of rules that forever limited the Light and Dark keeping them bound. The Light formed the Night Watch to enforce these rules upon the dark and the Dark formed the Night Watch to enforce these rules upon the light. Also independent of either organization and made up by members of Light and Dark the Inquisition was formed, its sole purpose to keep balance between the two forces.
The Twilight
The twilight is made up of seven levels. The first level can be accessed by any Other while every level after wards becomes progressively harder to reach.
The Twilight feeds off of the energy of the Other's within it and as such the weaker other's can only stay within for a short time. Every progressive stage feeds off of more and more energy. A trained other can slowly feed the twilight allowing them to stay longer while a other that enters the twilight for the first time may dematerialize and be unable to leave (as may a trained other that stays for to long or overexerts themselves)
The First Level- Appearing to be a sepia toned and grey version of our world time moves slower here and those within it can not be seen by a normal human. There is only one native life form on this realm although all other life leaves a shadowy version of itself there. This native life is a unearthly blue moss that glows faintly. It feeds off of excess emotions and is assumed to be harmless although it is assumed that it may cause psychosis when in large amounts.
The Second level- Almost totally inhuman, all life and normal human constructed buildings disappear. Only magically buildings remain and even then they take on a different form. This level is dark and cloud like with little physical surface to it.
The Third Level- Very similar to the second level except that it is even darker and colder. It drains energy much faster.
The Fourth Level- darkness begins to recede and colors start to appear. It is much harder to access this level. Unlike the first three levels of the Twilight, this level is more lifelike.
The Fifth Level-The fifth level is almost habitable. In this level clouds, lightning and grass appear. The colors are much brighter than in the fourth, and it is more similar to the human world.
The Sixth level- The sixth level is almost exactly the same as the human level and has all of the same things except one, life. Every other that dies goes to this level although a rare few can rise up from this level to help those on the higher levels. When doing this they appear as little more then fog like ghosts.
The Seventh Level Nothing is known of this level (or so the Others are told)
The Others, and Their Powers
The others draw their strength from those around them and there own natural power is infact just there limit for gathering of this power.
The Light others gather their energy from happiness and joy causing the happiness to wane. While Dark others gather their power from anger and sorrow causing these emotions to increase. Due to the nature of these emotions and the fact that Hate and Sadness are easier to cause the Dark Others are inherently stronger.
The power's of a Other are inherently linked to there personality and the situation with which they entered the Twilight for the first time. There are many different forms of power they can take the most common of which is a magician.
A magician can have a wide range of powers although most slowly begin to specialize in one specific area. ranging from offensive attack spells, to shape shifting.
There are other forms that are more closely linked to either light or dark. Vampires and Werewolves (wolf a loose term there are other Were creatures) are always dark and have their own set of rules and are the only others that can be made.
All Others have a twilight form that is them in the twilight world this form grows more and more unique and inhuman the more time they spend in the Twilight realm and eventually represent there true spiritual form.
Other's powers are on a loose scale ranging from 7-1 with 7 being the weakest (onyl able to use a weak remoralization) and 1 being the strongest (able to change the fate of a city) these levels also represent the amount of punishment with a level 3 act being punished much heavier then a level 5.
The Setting
New York City where the main Day Watch and Night watch offices of North America are located. A storm is growing on the horizon and both offices believe it is a new ploy of the other side. Illegal fights break out in the city and Light ones and Dark ones attempt to take the matter into there own hands. As war seems almost unavoidable the Inquisition remains strangely silent and freedoms once impossible begin to return...
This RPG will be very free form following a small group of mixed Light and Dark others that search to find a way to stop the eventually cataclysm. Alot of information will be revealed in story and then archived with in the OOC thread.
Example Character Sheet
Name: Arron Giles
Stats:
Age: 24
Height: 6'5
Weight 265lbs
Physical Description: Tall with wide shoulders, he has an intimidating physical appearance but slouches and usually appears smaller then he really is. He has slightly curly dirt blond hair that he keeps roughly cut at about shoulder level. His face is youthful and almost 'babyish' which is offset by the deep bags under his eyes and the small wrinkles that are just starting to show alogn the edges of his eyes and mouth.
Personality: Has a very jaded and pragmatic view of the world often spouting political theories to soon after denounce them. He has a dry humor but sometimes his youth still shines through revealing itself in faintly off color and often stupid jokes.
Powers: Level 4, Potentially 1
He first entered the twilight 4 years ago and as such he is very limited in his understanding although he already has the strength of a mid-level magician.
his power's are very erratic only truly revealing themselves when he is feeling an intense emotion. His main persuasion is offensive magics and shape shifting although as of yet he has only been able to maintain a form for a very limited time.
History: Born in a small town in Northern Arizona his life was for the main part uneventful until at the age of 21 he took a short trip up to New york. Their a Illegal Vampire attempted to feed off him.
he dropped into the twilight as part of self defense and was found fifteen minutes later in the center of a large crater with the vampire no where insight.
He appeared to be a Light Other and was recruited by the Night Watch. He has gone through all the training classes and is at the moment serving on easy missions with the assistance of a more experienced magician to train him.