Futuristic [OOC] SAIL THE STARS : SPECKS AND SPELLS Living Quarters

[RandomBlobMan]

Forgy Add the cooldown drawback to treeforming and DNA requirement to free treeforming and your sheet will be good to go
Murdergurl Soviet Panda ChasmOfOrganicMatter AncientBird We think your sheet is good to go.
ThatGuyWithSouvlaki Please provide a list of known spells/alchemy crafts. And do keep in mind that healing magic is very inefficient compared to common media, as described in the lore thread.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

And also lore for Lotharionas

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Here's what I got for vrexul lore so far:

Enormous arthropod-like creatures, the vrexul are a species once relegated to the fringes of Shavrin and Human space but who have made concerning progress inwards into their territories. Monstrously large, being around 6''11 to 10''2 on average, they appear to be skinless in their carapace-covered and many-limbed appearance. Their faces are best described as mask like and locked in rigidly, possessing dome-like ocular structures (with smaller eye clusters visible between up to around eight larger ones) and complex interlocking mouthparts. Many of their limbs seem to end in pincer like and many-fingered claws but often the former can split into the latter. Only a few smaller sub-species have wings and if lacking in biomodification, are capable of gliding or hovering at best. The sight of their bodies is often associated with the colour patterns of decomposing organic litter on old forest floors. While sexual dimorphism is common in some less augmented individuals, these technologies have made it very hard for even other vrexul on occasion to differentiate their own sexes.

The vrexul were initially a series of starfaring nomadic peoples and planetary states drawn together thanks to heavy raids and invasions from external forces. Eventually they would manage to become an empire of sorts though one that grew conflicted in the aftermath of this period of defensive conflict. They would come into contact with the Shavrin Empire during a time of expansion towards fringe human colonies. Initially first contact did not appear to be hostile and it would lead to small alliances with both various human settlements and the Shavrin who they agreed to work with as auxiliary armies in exchange for economic cooperation and growth. Inevitably, those who had come to value humanity grew very skeptical of those who had come to see the shavrin as allies - they had spent so many years resisting imperialism and now they were going to embrace it? True conflict did not break out but there was a philosophical line drawn in the sand, one that all parties did try to resolve amidst the rising tensions of possible civil war. While the particulars of what lead to the great scattering of the vrexul are not 100% clear due to the loss of much of the data, it is known a joint project by all sides involving a sort of living magical supercomputer was in the works but something went very, very wrong during the testing. This was also during a period where small proxy conflicts and black ops were taking place so sabotage of some sort is suspected.

Regardless, where their home worlds once lay has been deemed too dangeorus to enter, awash in spectral radiation and inhabited by eldrtich lifeforms summoned by whatever unearthly forces were involved in the supercomputer's creation. The vrexul tend to exist in nomadic fleets or settled onto smaller worlds, with many of them having moved in with their human allies. A not significant number are serving as mercenaries, commandos, and shock troopers for the Shavrin Empire. One should not think them naturally predisposed to being friendly with humanity. During their migrations, a great many ran afoul of corporate-owned spaces and the planetary governments aligned with them. Stories of vrexul terrorists and extremists compete with those of mass evictions and seizure of their territories in the outer worlds where these arthropods typically dwell, lending an air of ambiguity to the brutal insurgencies one can often find them in. They may not fight alone with various other species often by their side but they are often the public face of these wars. The hulking form of a veteran vrexul guerilla is a hard one to forget. Slinging whole squads' worth of munitions belts over repurposed light vehicle armor bolted onto their carapace and wielding scavenged 14.5 MM machine guns as if they were rifles, they always do well on front page news and clickbait videos.

In spite of a reputation as being naturally inclined to intransigence and barbarity, the vrexul are becoming increasingly better and deservedly known for their self-augmentation technology. While this is not necessarily without some degree of fear due to the disturbing nature how it manifests, it is cause for interest among many scientific communities. It is exeedingly rare to encounter vrexul who are not some bizarre hodgepodge of biological, cybernetic, and even magical implants, attachments, grafted limbs, integrated organs, and so on. This extends from a species that as a whole, lacks a concept of the "natural" and "artificial" with a common saying among their own being "the body is not a temple but a pathway." This is to the extent they are known to "encode" equipment and weaponry into their bodies through some sort of arcane cybernetic or biomagical methods. How exactly it works is difficult to explain but "encoded" objects within them can be literally formed out of their own biomass, often in a grotesque manner involving carapace, veins, limbs and so on splitting open and "reformating" themselves. This is not something every vrexul has access to, requiring some fairly advanced equipment. The majority of thems imply have their gear built into their bodies often in a modular fashion.

Due to the current state of their kind, vrexul are associated with being very distant to others, incredibly stalwart in their beliefs, vicious and warlike, or invigoratingly charismatic. The culture of the nomads, those who have settled with humanity, and those who serve the shavrin are all very different from and in some cases, stubbornly opposed to one another. Many of the nomadic and settled ones are known to be extremely skeptical of corporate power and only cynially appreciative of Earth's many governments. Those who have had to deal with them more directly scorn them the same way they would the Shavrin Empire, seeing them as little different beyond their lesser size. Some might find them to have marxist or socialist leanings though in their culture (or rather their subset of their culture), a collectivist mindset comes naturally. There is a coldness to their philosophy; they do not have much belief if any individualism (as opposed to individuality), believing the self to merely be the amalgamated echoes of its predecessors and the individual as a fragment of larger systems of interlocking cause and effect. Thus in spite of being a species that lack the concept of family, they tend to act in groups (increasingly not even exclusively vrexul) and subsequently can have a very loose sense of hierarchy.

This looseness can be traced to the fact that many communities are built around the previously described supercomputer as its core decision making unit. Known as Gnosis Vortexes, these take on a practically religious/mystical significance in some communities but functionally are treated as the "leaders" of many of them. Maybe "decision making system" is better as these computers, created to serve the vrexul entirely and lacking any "will" that beyond that, have no real political power but simply plot out courses of action and let the vrexul modify, follow or ignore them as they please. They are known to also assist in combat; in some cases smaller vrexul fleets are guarded by enormous, monstrous living clouds of constantly morphing biological, cybernetic, and eldritch matter. In others, they infest the bodies of those slain in battle, bringing their cadavers back as grotesque undead juggernauts hell-bent on annihilating any threats to the community. Sometimes Gnosis Vortexes for some reason have entered another dimension entirely, communing with the vrexul from beyond and in some cases believed to be divine in nature.

Looking fine, but do keep in mind:
-Keeping oneself in an otherworldy dimension constantly requires a lot of mind power at work, usually impossible to sustain by oneself.
-The Shavrin Empire does not forge alliances. They have a plan to kill and/or enslave everyone they meet, which means the Vrexul standing for the Shavrin may not meet a good end.
-While Vrexul are indeed tanky, heavy duty firearms such as anti-armor and vehicle mounted ones will damage them without much difficulty.
-I will state that I am not very positive about introducing deity-like beings or another dimension. Probably a big no to deities or deity-like powers, and another dimension with a cost.

 

[Murdergurl]

alrighty! we got the makin's of a fine crew. Now if only we had a captain for this here ship. lol

 

[RandomBlobMan]

if we don't we can keep an NPC in charge for the time being. Wildebeast arc won't be much of a sandbox.

 

[Murdergurl]

if we don't we can keep an NPC in charge for the time being. Wildebeast arc won't be much of a sandbox.

good to know. Sandbox groups tend to not go anywhere and oftentimes just split up into pairs (which imo defeats the point of a group RP)

 

[RandomBlobMan]

good to know. Sandbox groups tend to not go anywhere and oftentimes just split up into pairs (which imo defeats the point of a group RP)

While going on multiple missions will require the party to split, let's hope it doesn't happen much.

 

[ChasmOfOrganicMatter]

Looking fine, but do keep in mind:
-Keeping oneself in an otherworldy dimension constantly requires a lot of mind power at work, usually impossible to sustain by oneself.
-The Shavrin Empire does not forge alliances. They have a plan to kill and/or enslave everyone they meet, which means the Vrexul standing for the Shavrin may not meet a good end.
-While Vrexul are indeed tanky, heavy duty firearms such as anti-armor and vehicle mounted ones will damage them without much difficulty.
-I will state that I am not very positive about introducing deity-like beings or another dimension. Probably a big no to deities or deity-like powers, and another dimension with a cost.

Is it good to post to the lore doc on that note? I can edit anything later.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Is it good to post to the lore doc on that note? I can edit anything later.

I'll talk with the other gm's.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

PiklandBlueStickers Lazaro1505

 

[Lazaro1505]

Crashes through the wall

Hello there, nice to meet everyone here.
Now, I suppose the topic of making characters comes up first, to which I ask, which roles are either open or preferred right now?

 

[RandomBlobMan]

You can see the role list on the CS thread, I don't think any limited number roles are taken atm.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Is it good to post to the lore doc on that note? I can edit anything later.

Yes, you can post vrexul lore there

 

[ChasmOfOrganicMatter]

Yes, you can post vrexul lore there

Done.

 

[Murdergurl]

Crashes through the wall

Hello there, nice to meet everyone here.
Now, I suppose the topic of making characters comes up first, to which I ask, which roles are either open or preferred right now?

we still need a m/fking Captain. lol
j/s

 

[Murdergurl]

Also, AncientBird I gotta say Andy has got to be my favorite character out of everyone else's OCs thus far.

 

[Lazaro1505]

we still need a m/fking Captain. lol
j/s

Hmm, you know, I might actually go ahead and make an Captain character if that’s fine with y’all. Plus, already have an idea of who it would be (well, Oc wise, just gotta adapt it a bit).

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Hmm, you know, I might actually go ahead and make an Captain character if that’s fine with y’all. Plus, already have an idea of who it would be (well, Oc wise, just gotta adapt it a bit).

in a predecessor rp(which this is not a continuation of) had an Aussie captain with Generation Kill references

Also like
mushroom kebabs or something

 

[Murdergurl]

alright my dudes...it has been about two weeks since I first indicated interest in this RP. But, my muse has faltered by this point and I'm giving my official notice of leaving the RP. I've already deleted my contributions in the lore and CS thread.

Best of luck to the rest of you, and Happy Holidays.

 

[Forgy]

Yeah, I'm sorry, I was hoping this would have been started by now. I'm a bit over waiting, so I think I'll pass up the opportunity as well. Best of luck.

 

[ChasmOfOrganicMatter]

F in the chat.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

Sorry for the long delay people. We'll get to starting the rp soon, probably as the holidays end.

 

[PiklandBlueStickers]

RandomBlobMan Hey blob. I probably won't be able to join this roleplay. I'll see if I can in time, but just in case I can't I'm dropping out for now.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

RandomBlobMan Hey blob. I probably won't be able to join this roleplay. I'll see if I can in time, but just in case I can't I'm dropping out for now.

Alright, good luck with your stuff.

 

[RandomBlobMan]

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