Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

24 Hours

0 (0%)

48 Hours

2 (18.2%)

24 hours after the majority of players post

8 (72.7%)

1 Week

0 (0%)

No Limits

1 (9.1%)

Total Members Voted: 11

[Supernerd]

Your story was only just beginning...

...Or so you thought. Perhaps you had just set off on a journey and overcame your first few obstacles. Perhaps you lead a nation and were preparing to go to war. Or perhaps you were a tree or something.

Then things came to a halt. You don't feel alive, and yet you are also neither dead nor undead (Unless you were in the before time). The world you called home has come to its untimely conclusion, fallen beyond the first few pages of the enigmatic 'forum'; and fallen to obscurity. Time itself had come to a halt... Until now!

Against the odds, you still draw breath (Unless breathing was never a thing you did in the first place, in which case you do not). You find yourself is a strange new world, on a barren floating island floating through the stale air. A thick fog obscures your vision, but through the fog you can see the shadow of other floating islands and rocks. This realm is even closer to oblivion than your point of origin, and it seems unlikely that you will be able to come back if the same things happens here.

You feel an enigmatic and negentropic power within you. Perhaps by using it you might one day be able to return home, or at least make this place a bit more livable.

Spoiler: Character Application (click to show/hide)

The only way to apply to play this game is to provide a link to the application you made for a different game which has died before its time.

Spoiler: Negentropic Abilties (click to show/hide)

Negentropic abilties are a strange new power that you have somehow attained upon descending to this realm. These powers function separately from any powers that you already have, and do not follow the same laws of physics that otherwise bind you. For example, if you usually roll dice to attack, a Negentropic ability could be used to perform an attack action that does not involve dice. Negentropic abilities will be listed here, and most will be posessed by several or even all player characters.

Negentrophic Manipulation: You can collect 'essense' from the world by meditating, or by harvesting it from resources or fallen enemies. Essence is a semi-ethereal form of a concept. The power of Negentrophy will permit you to convert this essence into physical matter. For example: You can convert earth essence into a bridge made of stone. One essence typically can produce a square meter of material. With creativity, this power can be used in combat. Things made with this power cannot be manipulated by this power after creation.

Negentrophic Conversion: If you have this power, you can create your own Essence. Typically you will only be able to create one or two different kinds. Doing this will cause exhaustion. Essence may be manipulated on the same turn it is created.

Beacon: You can create a "Beacon" that radiates a negentrophic signal. You will be able to sense the location of beacons, and find your way back to a place where a beacon is located. Be warned that you may not be the only one who can detect the beacons.

Spark of Ages: While you represent a civilization itself, only a single individual among them wields your Negentrophic powers. Upon the death of that individual, the new leader inherits these powers.

Negentrophic Lore: You can spend essence to attempt to learn new magic. The more you spend the better you can expect the results to be.

Player List

Spoiler: Suzy (click to show/hide)

Player: Devastator
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178628.msg8288095#msg8288095
Origin Abilities: Energy Projection, Minor Transmutation
Negentropic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law:
Key actions will invoke a D6 roll. 1 is a major failure, 2 is a failure, 3 is a partial success, 4 is a success, 5 is a great success, and 6 surpasses the original intention. Minor actions will not trigger a roll.

Spoiler: EuchreRats (click to show/hide)

Player: EuchreJack
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178385.msg8270146#msg8270146
Origin Abilities: Breeding Den, Spear Progress Route
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Spark of Ages, Beacon
Law:
Most actions will invoke a D6 roll. 1 is a major failure, 2 is a failure, 3 is a partial success, 4 is a success, 5 is a great success, and 6 surpasses the original intention.
When your units are endangered a death roll is made. 1 or 2 means death. 3 gets you maimed and makes further death rolls harder. 4 is survival. 5 puts you in a favorable position and 6 causes you to flee. Note that you will typically have many units fielded at a time.

Spoiler: Erik the Ninja (click to show/hide)

Player: Maximum Spin
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=172062.msg7851406#msg7851406
Origin Abilities: Ninjaturgy 6, Lightning Magic 3, Shurikens 3.
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law:
You may make up to two actions per turn. You may allocate your Origin Abilities to either action to add a new effect to it, and each origin ability point can only be used once per turn.

Actions where you use an Origin Ability will invoke a D6 roll. 1 is a major failure, 2 is a failure, 3 is a partial success, 4 is a success, 5 is a great success, and 6 surpasses the original intention.

Rolls of 1, 5 or 6 will generate a "Passion" related to the action which can be used as a single-use Origin Ability to add to an action. If you are using a Passion with an ability, a 1, 5 or 6 roll will instead grant you a permanent trait. (Warning: The trait might not necessarily be beneficial).

Spoiler: Merisa 'cutthroat (click to show/hide)

Player: Rockeater
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=170453.msg7748059#msg7748059
Origin Abilities: Hot -1, Cold 2, Volatile -1, Dark 1
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Negentrophic Conversion(Cold), Beacon
Law:
You may do the following actions. You must provide roleplay context for these to function:
- Turn Someone On: Roll 2D6+Hot. Gain a string on someone with a roll of 10 or up. If you roll 7-9, they will have an option to do something else instead.
- Shut Someone Down: Roll 2D6+Cold. Gain a string on someone with a roll of 10 or up. If you roll 7-9, they will have an option to do something else instead.
- Keep Your Cool: Roll 2D6+Cold. On a 10 or higher, you may ask the GM a question about a situation and get a +1 modifier to it. On a 7-9, the GM instead will warn you about the consequences of an action, and you can choose to go on with it or not.
- Lash out Physically: Roll 2D6+Volatile. On a 10 or higher you inflict harm to a target. On a 7-9, you still inflict harm but there may be consequences.
- Run Away: Roll 2D6+Volatile. You will escape on a 10. A 7-9 will also succeed but may have consequences.
- Gaze into the Abyss: Roll 2D6+Dark and name something you are looking for. On a 10 or higher, the abyss shows you visions and you gain +1 to actions to address them. A 7-9 will still give you an answer.
- Pulling Strings: You may spend a string you have on someone to gain an advantage to an action against them.

Consult the GM if you want to do something not mentioned here that is in the Monster Hearts manual.

Spoiler: Octavian Grey (click to show/hide)

Player: Glass
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165000.msg7533190#msg7533190
Origin Abilities: Evolved Magic
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Negentrophic Lore, Beacon
Law: Now that you have escaped the Infinity Mansion, your spells have stopped evolving and are no longer powered by the mansion itself. Fortunately, you can still cast the magic that you already have at the cost of essence. Any variant of essence can be used to power a spell. Your powers invoke no dice rolls and will generally always work if they can overcome the target's magic resistances.

You can cast the following spells:
1 - "Caster's clothing smells like a skunk died in it", Free
2 - "Caster's clothing smells like a skunk", Free
3 - "Caster's clothing acts like a skunk", Free
4 - "Caster's clothing acts like armor", 1 Essense
5 - (P) "Caster's clothing becomes armor", 11 Essense
6 - (P) "Target becomes armor", 12 Essense
7 - "Target becomes omnilingual", 2 Essense
8 - "Target becomes obedient", 5 Essense
9 - (P) "Target becomes return portal", 10 Essense
10 - "Target door becomes return portal", 4 Essense
11 - "Target becomes safe", 8 Essence
12 - "Target room becomes safe", 10 Essence
13 - "Caster becomes a Wizard of Second Circle", 20 Essence
14 - (P) "Target becomes omnilingual, permanently", 7 Essence

Spoiler: Liberty G. Jefferson (click to show/hide)

Player: SOLDIER First
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=171339.msg7809237#msg7809237
Origin Abilities: Mechanical Engineering [2], Physics [3], Luck [4]
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Negentrophic Conversion(Metal), Beacon
Law: Your actions invoke no dice rolls. Actions related to your origin abilities will be much more effective than any other actions, you may need to explain the relation if it is not immediately obvious.

Spoiler: A grey unicorn wearing a large hat and a cape (click to show/hide)

Player: King Zultan
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=179484.msg8346949#msg8346949
Origin Abilities: Eldritch body, Chaos magic
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law: The word "Law" doesn't really work for describing what you do.

Spoiler: Quaster (click to show/hide)

Player: Kightwing64
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178628.msg8288052#msg8288052
Origin Abilities: Psionics, Genetic Manipulation
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law: Key actions will invoke a D6 roll. 1 is a major failure, 2 is a failure, 3 is a partial success, 4 is a success, 5 is a great success, and 6 surpasses the original intention. Minor actions will not trigger a roll.

Spoiler: Webster (click to show/hide)

Player: Fluffe9911
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178767.msg8296900#msg8296900
Origin Abilities: Flight, Goose Time, Parer, Big Business Big Problems, Invaders from the Stars.
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law: When you take an action against someone a D10 is rolled. Your target also gets a D10 roll even if it does not typically roll dice. The effectiveness of your action is based on the difference between your roll and your opponent's roll. Higher numbers have greater consequence.

The following modifiers may be applied to you:
+ 2 Fencing, Pilot
+ 1 Dexterity, Science
- 3 Strength (Goose)

Spoiler: Ailn (click to show/hide)

Player: Egan_BW
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=171838.msg7836697#msg7836697
Origin Abilities: Patron: The Scholar in Red, Darkvision
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Negentrophic Conversion(Blood), Beacon
Law: Your actions are determined by a dice, which may be a D4, D6, D8, D10 or D12, depending on which of your skills are being tested. A 1 is a critical fail, a 2 is a failure, a 3 is a minor failure. The highest possible value is an overshoot and all other results are varying degrees of success. Your Corruption and Madness will be rolled against your actions if they would interfere.

Your Favor stat may be used to call on a favor from your patron deity, added to a standard roll, or spent to increase one of your stats. If you roll a 1 or 2 on a favor roll, your favor is permanently lowered.

Your stats are as follows at game start. You are expected to continue to post your character sheet and keep track of your own stats as you used to. Note that your world stats are gone, as you are no longer in the same world.

Strength:  D6
Dexterity: D8
Speed:     D8
Endurance: D6
Awareness: D6
Guile:     D10
Knowledge: D6
Willpower: D12

Corruption: D4
Madness: D4
Favor: D6

Spoiler: Scarlet (click to show/hide)

Player: Chevaleresse
Original Source: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=160871.msg7196989#msg7196989
Origin Abilities: Iron Weaver Augmentation
Negentrophic Abilities: Negentrophic Manipulation, Beacon
Law: Your actions involve no dice, and generally function as logic would dictate.

[Devastator]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178628.msg8288095#msg8288095

[EuchreJack]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178385.msg8270146#msg8270146

Nest EuchreRat lives again!

[Maximum Spin]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=172062.msg7851406#msg7851406

[Rockeater]

Forgot I made that one

This character is a god so it may not fit the game

In the case this happen

My backup character, the one I actually looked for

[Glass]

Not sure whether this counts or not, but hey.

How, pray tell, does one blunder into creating a character for a game that is not only not accepting characters, but had in fact also been already underway for at least a few months on this forum and had started and progressed for God-knows-how-long on a different forum? Extremely stupidly is how!

EDIT: The alternate is also named Jack and he’s a chaos-worshipping anarchist. The game went for a bit and he did get some magic stuff, but I don’t know if that gets counted or not. Either way, the game died to fast for things to really happen.

Were there multiple Acters I could have chosen? Yes, yes there were. But playing a god felt rather too high-power.

EDIT2: Just in case, another alternate. A sith engineer, specifically. Or, a "sith" engineer. Or a sith "engineer"?
He uses a sniper rifle and doesn't afraid of anything.

EDIT3: ...heheh. A better idea has returned to me. Octavian Grey was a fun character in a fun game. It'd be a shame for the Infinity Mansion to be entirely lost, wouldn't it?
(So we're clear, the above is my new top choice. Original sheet with some more character details is here.)

[Iris]

Question. Must the game have died before the character was used, or can it be any game that ended before a proper conclusion - i.e. the dreaded permanent hiatus?

[Supernerd]

I've given it a bit of thought and came to a decision.

I'll permit you to use a character that didn't actually make it into the game you link to, provided that you were waitlisted and maintained an active interest in the game itself while on the waitlist.

[Glass]

First Jack is out, then. Oh well.
Second Jack and Lisnyk Kad are valid though.

[SOLDIER First]

Liberty never dies.

[King Zultan]

I've given it a bit of thought and came to a decision.

I'll permit you to use a character that didn't actually make it into the game you link to, provided that you were waitlisted and maintained an active interest in the game itself while on the waitlist.

What about a character from a game that lasted one turn then immediately died?

If so then I'll use this.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=179484.msg8346949#msg8346949

[Knightwing64]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=post;quote=8288052;topic=178628.0;last_msg=8337378

[Fluffe9911]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178767.msg8296900#msg8296900

The goose is loose once more! (Obligatory song https://youtu.be/n3DfLpdhXkg also head to like page 8 and scroll near the bottom if you want to see the last updated player sheet before the game died)

[Egan_BW]

Once more meaningless, once more destined to be dust. Why do our gods forsake us? Are we not good enough? The truth is, we aren't.

[Chevaleresse]

"Yeah, I thought it was a shitty story too."