In a truly baffling turn of events, a town known as Frankfurt an der Oder has... disappeared. No, "disappeared" is a rather big understatement.
Rather, a giant ominous castle grew right on top of it, swallowing the hapless city and everything gathered in it. Overnight; a populous, prospering town was but a distant history. The populace and any guests died in the castle's emergence and those who survived the catastrophe were reportedly slain by horrific monsters in a span of next few days; examples included their own dead, dogs breathing fire, animated armors... the selection was as terrifying as it was diverse. Not a single man survived...
...except for eight people that were gathered in that town at the moment of castle's emergence. Knowingly or not, they were in possession of certain items that made the castle emerge in the first place: the remains and wordly possessions of its master, one Dracula. By pure happenstance, those ten people happened to be in Frankfurt at that time; the combined power of these remains enough to give birth to the dreaded Castlevania. Protected from the catastrophe and ignored by lesser monsters, they could have a sigh of relief... for now; as no doubt more savvy followers of the Dark Lord would appear to reclaim the remains and have their Master emerge into the world to sow seeds of chaos and terror.
But those would not be the only visitors to the castle; the freshly appointed 3rd Reich would no doubt want to clear the situation out and profit from it somehow. The same applied to agents of Second Polish Republic or even the distant countries like Soviet Union or UK. In the era of growing unease, perhaps this was the fabled Wunderwaffe to solve all problems...
With this intro I would like to welcome you all in my second attempt at a Castlevania RP. The general principle is slightly different from the first one; where you were the special agents and qualifieds to enter Castlevania. Now, you're really just a bunch of unfortunate (or fortunate) schmucks that were at a wrong place in the wrong time. Perhaps you are just an ordinary citizen of late Frankfurt, a tourist from afar or even a paranormal investigator who is more into the magical realms, but the fact remains as such: you were woefully unprepared to have a giant castle emerge all around you. The general goal might be the usual action-packed adventure or it might be more of a survival horror, depending on what kind of characters show up and what the players would desire.
Signup sheet template:
Name: Goes without saying.
Age: Ditto.
Appearance: Both a written description or a picture are good.
Personality: The ins and outs of your character.
Possession: The very reason you're not yet another zombie roaming the castle and its outskirts. Somehow you have a bit of Dracula on you. You might be aware of what it is or you might be completely clueless that your shiny new ring is in fact Dark Lord's wedding ring from days past. These items not only protect you against lesser monsters - they simply ignore you or, with a right nudge, might even fight for you - but also grant you some sort of power. Go wild, but keep things reasonable power-wise: you might chuck a fireball, but it probably won't be the end of days fireball. As for the possessions themselves, here let your imagination run wild: it might be a body part, but it might also be an item of sorts or even a part of an item (say, a piece of cloak sewn into your shirt).
Skills/Powers: Your own individual skills you can use to fight off monsters or just survive. Those likely depend on your character's individual backstory. If your character dabbles into supernatural - or maybe even is supernatural - they will also have some magical powers or enhanced attributes.
Equipment: Any items on you that are not your Possession.
Backstory: Who are you? How did you acquire your Possession? How did you end up in Frankfurt on the day of castle's emergence?
Other: Anything else you might want to add, such as character quirks, their favorite movie genre, political inclination etc.
A few headlines on the character sheet:
No canon families.
Though you might know your way around magical/martial stuff, you are no vampire hunter or anyone halfway qualified to combat Dracula's minions. A low-key/hobbyist mage or vampire hunter is probably fine, but the point is: you're in way over your head.
As the number of Possessions suggests; there are only eight spots for characters, mostly so I can manage everybody efficiently. Bonus characters might be accepted, but their case for survival must be really, really good.
Cheers.
edited 20th Nov '16 8:47:18 AM by FergardStratoavis
The year is 1934.
In a truly baffling turn of events, a town known as Frankfurt an der Oder has... disappeared. No, "disappeared" is a rather big understatement.
Rather, a giant ominous castle grew right on top of it, swallowing the hapless city and everything gathered in it. Overnight; a populous, prospering town was but a distant history. The populace and any guests died in the castle's emergence and those who survived the catastrophe were reportedly slain by horrific monsters in a span of next few days; examples included their own dead, dogs breathing fire, animated armors... the selection was as terrifying as it was diverse. Not a single man survived...
...except for eight people that were gathered in that town at the moment of castle's emergence. Knowingly or not, they were in possession of certain items that made the castle emerge in the first place: the remains and wordly possessions of its master, one Dracula. By pure happenstance, those ten people happened to be in Frankfurt at that time; the combined power of these remains enough to give birth to the dreaded Castlevania. Protected from the catastrophe and ignored by lesser monsters, they could have a sigh of relief... for now; as no doubt more savvy followers of the Dark Lord would appear to reclaim the remains and have their Master emerge into the world to sow seeds of chaos and terror.
But those would not be the only visitors to the castle; the freshly appointed 3rd Reich would no doubt want to clear the situation out and profit from it somehow. The same applied to agents of Second Polish Republic or even the distant countries like Soviet Union or UK. In the era of growing unease, perhaps this was the fabled Wunderwaffe to solve all problems...
With this intro I would like to welcome you all in my second attempt at a Castlevania RP. The general principle is slightly different from the first one; where you were the special agents and qualifieds to enter Castlevania. Now, you're really just a bunch of unfortunate (or fortunate) schmucks that were at a wrong place in the wrong time. Perhaps you are just an ordinary citizen of late Frankfurt, a tourist from afar or even a paranormal investigator who is more into the magical realms, but the fact remains as such: you were woefully unprepared to have a giant castle emerge all around you. The general goal might be the usual action-packed adventure or it might be more of a survival horror, depending on what kind of characters show up and what the players would desire.
Signup sheet template:
A few headlines on the character sheet:
Cheers.
edited 20th Nov '16 8:47:18 AM by FergardStratoavis
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