Generally, refers to the practice of characters wearing badass long-coats and getting their Neo on. Generally forsake complex rp-ing for "Dark and Troubled" pasts and generally being OTT badass.
Or maybe Lord Ascendent just things Trenchcoats are ugly, could be either.
Well, if you've ever read the Dark Tower books, I thought a Roland Deschain style character would be quite good here. He's actually one of the best characters I've ever read.
The thing is, he IS dark and troubled. Very skilled with his guns, etc. Seems to be everything Ascendent has an issue with. I've seen some form of the "trenchcoat" thing mentioned now and then, and as long as it has someone with an amount of writing skill controlling it, I just fail to see why it's an issue.
Generally, refers to the practice of characters wearing badass long-coats and getting their Neo on. Generally forsake complex rp-ing for "Dark and Troubled" pasts and generally being OTT badass.
Or maybe Lord Ascendent just things Trenchcoats are ugly, could be either.
Well, if you've ever read the Dark Tower books, I thought a Roland Deschain style character would be quite good here. He's actually one of the best characters I've ever read.
The thing is, he IS dark and troubled. Very skilled with his guns, etc. Seems to be everything Ascendent has an issue with. I've seen some form of the "trenchcoat" thing mentioned now and then, and as long as it has someone with an amount of writing skill controlling it, I just fail to see why it's an issue.
Okay, we're now going into my personal feelings about it, but I feel the major issues with Trenchcoats is that they're more Wangsty than Angsty.
There's nothing inherently wrong with having a Dark and Troubled Past (TM), you just shouldn't let it be the be-all and end-all of your character. If you're playing him as a nuanced and interesting individual then you should be fine.
Ultimately, as you said it's based on the skill of the player writing the character.
But yeah, PMing is probably the smartest thing to do.
Looks... interesting. I'll probably have some questions about the world and its inhabitants, but in the meantime here's a character for your perusal:
Name: Sergei Hauser
Age: Unknown (how long do these guys live for anyhow?)
Race: Darkling
Magic: Bartered Magic
Allegiance: Secreta Secretorum
Weapons: A barbed kukri, a sleeve-mounted derringer sometimes with enchanted bullets (where he can get them), an assortment of daggers and poisons, a specialised crossbow.
Bio: Sergei doesn't talk much about his past before Earth. Thus far nobody has asked him mcuh which suits him just fine. What the people of his organisation know is that he was found stalking the idle rich on the streets of Bremen one hot, dark summer in 1953. At the time, he had attempted tom rob a man that turned out to be a high-ranking member of the Secreta Secretorum. He had been given a choice: to be handed over to the Inquisitors of the Black Rose, or to use his skills of stealth and guile under the supervision of the Secreta. It hardly seemed like a choice at all to Sergei, he followed the man back to the States with barely a complaint.
Ever since, he has been used a sort of ?Final Solution? to situations where quietly talking to persons that are a national threat is no longer an option. His main purpose however, is to act as a field agent for the various spies of the Secreta, performing tasks for them that are considered either too dangerous or outside the particular spy's skill set. Having some underground contacts, Sergei also has some use as a Listener of sorts. This has been his life for the last few years, and it looks to be staying that way.
Sergei never mentions his family, or if he even has any. He has made some friends in the dark places of the world, but those friends are the same as any criminal relationship: only good until somebody pays you to betray the other.
Nobody is entirely sure of why exactly Sergei still serves the Spy Masters. A common rumour is that they have cast some sort of restraining spell on him, which leaves him completely beholden to any within the organisation of a higher rank than him. One thing that is for sure though, is the fact that he is viciously loyal to his masters, and very rarely operates without their permission.
Description: Sergei is slight. Small and skinny, he almost evades notice. He dresses in dark patterned clothing that fits into the shadows, usually with a variety of pockets sewn in for keeping little gadgets of his trade. When in formal company, he wears what is supplied to him by his masters, and can cut a somewhat strange figure in a suit. On the whole, something about Sergei makes your skin crawl. It could be his predatory leer, or his beady red eyes, or just those needle-sharp teeth but on the whole, most people wouldn't want to get to know Sergei.
When he isn't on stealth missions, he is know for wearing a bowler hat, that slips over one eye if he isn't constantly righting it.
When on the job, looks a little like this [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=Dark+Elf#/d38q7yi]
Skills: Sergei is one of the sneakiest, slipperiest types you could ever meet. He is excellent at sneaking into and out of places, pick-pocketing and tailing targets, and is a dab hand with that crossbow of his. When genuinely trying to hide, he is almost invisible. He has trained in a number of close-combat programs and can be deadly with his knives, given he has the advantage of surprise. Being such a slight figure, Sergei can slip into and out of places that nobody should rightfully be able to. If he ever lost his work, he could earn a decent pay as a contortionist.
Personality: Sergei is, to put it bluntly, an evil bastard. Sociopathic and unhinged, Sergei has a casual disregard for life around him. He will kill on an order, and never gives it much thought. Being a bit of a kleptomaniac, Sergei has the annoying habit of pick-pocketing small things from the people he meets. He constantly has a cruel little smile, and will be the first to make unpleasant or suggestive comments in a room. Whilst he would (probably) never harm another without the permission of his masters, he looks as if he always has a plan of how to.
trenchcoating is overused now and is essentially a character that pulls weapons out of his arse and does little to no actual roleplaying... if you actually roleplay it properly it could work
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 19 (29.12.2005)
Zodiac Symbol: Capricorn
Magic: Dragon Bloodline: White : White mage
Organization: Guardians of Light
Rank: Initiate
Magic Skills:
-Weak Healing Magic (Healing minor injuries)
-Barrier/Shield Magic
Nothing can enter or leave the barrier ((includes magic, organic beings, anorganic objects, even air --> no sound can leave or enter the barrier)
Can be used to push heavy objects/enemies away
Can be used to trap enemies
The further away the barrier is created the weaker and instable it gets
If a barrier is broken by force it will inflict pain on Samuel (very strong headache)
A small barrier can be used as a bullet (limited range, hard to aim but armour-piercing)
Normal Skills:
Cooking, extraordinary stamina, fast runner, playing flute
Languages:
German, English, French
Weapon: small steel tanto
Looks:
-Height: 1.76m
-Weight: 68 kg
-slim, athletic
-short dark blond - brown hair
-Different eye-colours
(Left: Brown, warm and friendly;
Right: Blue, cold and piercing)
-always seems to have a bored expression
-no Tattoos
-many small scars on his left arm
(self-inflicted in order to practice Healing Magic)
Clothes:
-Grey wool-trousers
-Black Shirt
-Black Boots
-White coat with the sign of the Guardians of Light
Character:
-Calm
-strong urge to help others
-detests his parents and everything that has to do with the Third German Empire
Bio:
Samuel was born in the Third German Empire.
His parents were part of the Order of the Black Rose. They were both Aryans as well as his older brother Alexander but Samuel wasn?t an Aryan, he had black hair and brown eyes and was not really tall or strong and his skin was darker. He always suspected, that his father wasn?t his real father, that his mother cheated on him with an other, non-Arayan man. Trying to hide her faux-pas after the birth (her husband was on a longer mission) she used transformation magic to make him blond and blue-eyed. When he came back, his father was proud. But that feeling didn?t hold long: for some unknown reason (his Dragon-Bloodline) his left eye and his hair changed partially back. Samuel?s father wasn?t stupid. He knew what this meant causing a certain feeling of distance between his parents. Samuel?s father hated him. His mother ignored him as if he had never existed. The only one who cared for him, was his brother, a genius mage, who became Inquisitor at the age of 13. For Samuel, his brother was everything he had and everything he wanted to be. Samuel showed no sign of magical powers until the age of 15 when he used a barrier to defend himself against some bullies. The Order wanted to take him in but instead he fled out of fear to be forced to hurt others.
Alexander found him one year later near London. As Samuel refused to come back, his brother attacked him intending to kill the "rogue mage". Samuel was critically wounded when a female Guardian of Light saved him by killing his brother using Sanguinamancy to turn his brother completely inside out. She brought him to the Guardians where he was healed.
21.04.2021
11:35 PM
Emergency at the main entrance.
Critically wounded male human.
Began scanning to grasp his injuries.
11:40 PM
Scanning completed.
Result:
-131 broken bones
-Right arm almost torn off
-deep open cuts on his whole body
-high blood-loss
NOTE: Most likely inflicted by lycanthrope
11:42 PM
Starting treatment
22.04.2021
1:20 AM
Patient stabilized and out of life-threatening condition
Letting him rest for a while
6:00 AM
Patient regained consciousness
Used a barrier to push us away from his bed
Barrier looks like a globe of glass surrounding his bed
Broke after a few seconds looking like broken bits of glass vanishing before they hit the ground
Requested an Auramancer to detect magic abilities
Questioned witnesses
NOTE: Still can't believe those horrible wounds were caused by Aeromancy
7:00 AM
Continued treatment
NOTE: If I do everything right there won't even be scars left
3:30 PM
Patient regained consciousness again
Was able to question him
His name is Samuel Eigner and he is a German
The person attacking him apparently was his brother
Auramancer arrived
Detected White Dragon Bloodline and him being a white mage.
[RESTRICTED]
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03.05.2021
Patient S. Eigner released from hospital and taken into custody
Treating Healer
[RESTRICTED]
He realized that it's impossible to be good and to not hurt anyone at the same time. He joined the Guardians after he was completely healed. He never met the woman who saved him again. He doesn't know her name nor how she looks but he still wants to find her in order to thank her and to fight her because she saved his live but killed the only person who ever really cared about him.
Samuel has been taken into custody for 9 months because the guardians suspected him to be a spy. He was than aquitted of the charge of being a spy. He is still met with distrust.
Still he's just about to become apprentice.
Now that I read it again.... a little Marry Sue-ed, right?
I'll try to develope him a little better.
EDIT(06|18): Extended Bio, typos fixed, added specs for magic
EDIT (06|30): Added Languages
EDIT (07|05): Updated after reading the third Echelon
Trenchcoating means having no past whatsoever. Just stepping out of the mist and being an unstoppable badass but is a total amnesiac and is just awesome.
As I said before you send it to the PM for approval before posting... If you did already and you have approval, sorry for bothering you. And a generally good idea is to read over other the other characters to get a sense of how a character would fit with the group. And slightly mary sue...
He has approved, but I'm inexperienced with RPing. This is my first time doing something like that, and I want to do it good so it's more fun for everyone.
Also looking over your character again it seems it's more well thought out than it appeared at first glance...
the white dragon bloodline caught my eyes during the first glance, You and me are different enough to not conflict.
Pretty good I'd have to say after reading it out.
Character Sheet
Name: Ryan Blackbard
Sex: Male
Race: Human Daedra Hybrid
Age: 25
Magic: Bloodline: Dragon: White
Organization: The Order of Avalon
Rank: Priest
Weapons: Barbed Steel Dagger, Clockwork Hypodermic Needle, Clockwork Technomagical Ak-200, Clockwork Technomagical Tokarev Pistol, Serrated Steel Hand Axe, Technomagic Lighter.
All of the weapons have a rather arcane appearance, also possessing quite a few clockwork modifications.
BIO: Born in London in 2000, His bloodline manifested in a different manner than his apparently human parents, he was born with some daedra features, spent most of his time as a child either tinkering around with the new technological innovation of the year or practicing at a rifle range with his father, when he turned twelve his parents were killed in a terrorist attack, as per his parents instructions he was sent to the Reformists in Avalon to become a priest, he continued to tamper with his slight inventions, eventually discovering his technomagic capabilities by accidentaly animating one of his creations, eventually graduated to priesthood at 18, heading back to London a year later to experiment further, currently works in a medical clinic, His original familiar a clockwork Homunculi (appearance is similar to a mechanical version of the darkling from the second darkness game) still follows him, having been repaired and upgraded several times.
Appearance: Average in Weight, Black Hair, Fair Skin, Gold Eyes, Stands at almost Seven Feet tall, Tapered Ears. He has the worlds tree tattooed on his back in purple as well as dragon heads going down his arms in purple. Appears to be 21 years old.
Clothes: Wears a Purple silk trenchcoat with Gold trim and buttons, black silk tunic styled long sleeve hooded shirt with purple trim, black silk breech styled trousers with purple trim and gold buttons, wears the mark of the worlds tree on his neck as a silver amulet with emerald jewels inlaid, Black Leather bandolier crosses torso, Black Leather holster on left hip, Black Framed Backpack with an axe strapped to the side and rifle sling attached, has a steel medical pin on his trenchcoat, Technomagic Sunglasses with Stainless Steel Rims, Black Hardened Leather Jackboots with purple trim and gold buttons, and Black fingerless leather gloves with purple trim. Carries a set of red medical scrubs and two pairs of medical gloves in his backpack.
SKILLS: Basic Programming Knowledge, Clockwork Affinity, Engineering Focus, Firearm Focus, Lockpicking Proficiency, Medical Training, Technomancy Affinity, and Wilderness Survival Training.
ZODIAC SYMBOL: Leo
Hmm there might be some conflict between our characters as you know I am not really fond of Daedra-read my bio-so you might wanna watch your back.
Character Sheet
Name: Ryan Blackbard
Sex: Male
Race: Human Daedra Hybrid
Age: 25
Magic: Bloodline: Dragon: White
Organization: The Order of Avalon
Rank: Priest
Weapons: Barbed Steel Dagger, Clockwork Hypodermic Needle, Clockwork Technomagical Ak-200, Clockwork Technomagical Tokarev Pistol, Serrated Steel Hand Axe, Technomagic Lighter.
All of the weapons have a rather arcane appearance, also possessing quite a few clockwork modifications.
BIO: Born in London in 2000, His bloodline manifested in a different manner than his apparently human parents, he was born with some daedra features, spent most of his time as a child either tinkering around with the new technological innovation of the year or practicing at a rifle range with his father, when he turned twelve his parents were killed in a terrorist attack, as per his parents instructions he was sent to the Reformists in Avalon to become a priest, he continued to tamper with his slight inventions, eventually discovering his technomagic capabilities by accidentaly animating one of his creations, eventually graduated to priesthood at 18, heading back to London a year later to experiment further, currently works in a medical clinic, His original familiar a clockwork Homunculi (appearance is similar to a mechanical version of the darkling from the second darkness game) still follows him, having been repaired and upgraded several times.
Appearance: Average in Weight, Black Hair, Fair Skin, Gold Eyes, Stands at almost Seven Feet tall, Tapered Ears. He has the worlds tree tattooed on his back in purple as well as dragon heads going down his arms in purple. Appears to be 21 years old.
Clothes: Wears a Purple silk trenchcoat with Gold trim and buttons, black silk tunic styled long sleeve hooded shirt with purple trim, black silk breech styled trousers with purple trim and gold buttons, wears the mark of the worlds tree on his neck as a silver amulet with emerald jewels inlaid, Black Leather bandolier crosses torso, Black Leather holster on left hip, Black Framed Backpack with an axe strapped to the side and rifle sling attached, has a steel medical pin on his trenchcoat, Technomagic Sunglasses with Stainless Steel Rims, Black Hardened Leather Jackboots with purple trim and gold buttons, and Black fingerless leather gloves with purple trim. Carries a set of red medical scrubs and two pairs of medical gloves in his backpack.
SKILLS: Basic Programming Knowledge, Clockwork Affinity, Engineering Focus, Firearm Focus, Lockpicking Proficiency, Medical Training, Technomancy Affinity, and Wilderness Survival Training.
I read one daedra... Plus I have the appearance of a human, and two eyes, and I'm a doctor... but fair enough
plus you should probably fix that quote tag because it looks like your reposting my character, I fixed it in my quote of you.
Edited: plus note to everyone, I read everything that enters this discussion, I would also suggest people join the RP group here... Edited:I also didn't even consider that you'd try to kill me.
WEAPONS: A long chain with part grappling hook part spearhead ends to it, numerous small throwing knives concealed about his person, several different poisons catered to most races which can be applied to chain, knives, or swilled around in his mouth to apply it to his razor sharp teeth.
BIO: Kai'slah's family hid in Germany from the Order of the Black Rose throughout his childhood. His parents were renowned assassins who killed several high ranking members of the organisation. His only friends as a youth were his ants and spiders he looked after in return for food and information about inquisitor numbers nearby.
One dawn when he was just 10 he and his parents let their guard down and the inquisitors burned down the derelict house Kai'slah was hiding in destroying everything forcing them to flee. His parents managed to escape but he was captured. Tortured, beaten and mutilated through every possible vile method without being able to offer them any information about his parents whereabouts he soon became a shell.
The Order of the Black Rose kept him for 17 long years and brainwashed him into joining their ranks. They trained him to kill, to use his unique abilities and powers to be a tool of silent destruction. He never failed a contract.
He headed to England as there were reports of his parents there. The Order of the Black Rose demanded their deaths and knew that by sending Kai'slah they may expose a ***** in their armour.
DESCRIPTION:
Jet black skin, blood red eyes, slender, average height, wears his chain over his right shoulder and across his torso to his left hip pressed firmly into his skin. His legs and arms are covered in straps which hold his knives and has poison vials at his belt. Sometimes wears a robe when not in a combat situation. No shoes, No shirt, plain black trousers that are easy to move in.
SKILLS: Amazingly stealthy, can cast illusions to deceive those who are unaware, but it's weak in that if someone is expecting it, it can easily be seen through. Excellently acrobatic ability and training in close quarters combat as well as great skill with the long chain/ grappling hook and throwing knives. Can persuade insects to help him out notifying him of enemy positions or creating small scale distractions.
WEAPONS: A long chain with part grappling hook part spearhead ends to it, numerous small throwing knives concealed about his person, several different poisons catered to most races which can be applied to chain, knives, or swilled around in his mouth to apply it to his razor sharp teeth.
BIO: Kai'slah's family hid in Germany from the Order of the Black Rose throughout his childhood. His parents were renowned assassins who killed several high ranking members of the organisation. His only friends as a youth were his ants and spiders he looked after in return for food and information about inquisitor numbers nearby.
One dawn when he was just 10 he and his parents let their guard down and the inquisitors burned down the derelict house Kai'slah was hiding in destroying everything forcing them to flee. His parents managed to escape but he was captured. Tortured, beaten and mutilated through every possible vile method without being able to offer them any information about his parents whereabouts he soon became a shell.
The Order of the Black Rose kept him for 17 long years and brainwashed him into joining their ranks. They trained him to kill, to use his unique abilities and powers to be a tool of silent destruction. He never failed a contract.
He headed to England as there were reports of his parents there. The Order of the Black Rose demanded their deaths and knew that by sending Kai'slah they may expose a ***** in their armour.
DESCRIPTION:
Jet black skin, blood red eyes, slender, average height, wears his chain over his right shoulder and across his torso to his left hip pressed firmly into his skin. His legs and arms are covered in straps which hold his knives and has poison vials at his belt. Sometimes wears a robe when not in a combat situation. No shoes, No shirt, plain black trousers that are easy to move in.
SKILLS: Amazingly stealthy, can cast illusions to deceive those who are unaware, but it's weak in that if someone is expecting it, it can easily be seen through. Excellently acrobatic ability and training in close quarters combat as well as great skill with the long chain/ grappling hook and throwing knives. Can persuade insects to help him out notifying him of enemy positions or creating small scale distractions.
Yeah I thought about that. With so many different factions etc. there are going to be a few characters who won't be able to see each other without killing each other.
Don't worry, Kai'slah is a pussycat really. You just have to be nice and civil to him and I'm sure he won't go out of his way to use one of the really agonisingly slow acting poisons on you...
Ryans Solution said:
3quency said:
Derek_the_Dodo said:
Here's my character approved by the GM
NAME: Kai'slah
SEX: Male
RACE: Darkling
AGE: 40
MAGIC: Bloodline magic: Dragon Bloodline: Blue
ORGANISATION: The Order of the Black Rose
RANK: Inquisitor
WEAPONS: A long chain with part grappling hook part spearhead ends to it, numerous small throwing knives concealed about his person, several different poisons catered to most races which can be applied to chain, knives, or swilled around in his mouth to apply it to his razor sharp teeth.
BIO: Kai'slah's family hid in Germany from the Order of the Black Rose throughout his childhood. His parents were renowned assassins who killed several high ranking members of the organisation. His only friends as a youth were his ants and spiders he looked after in return for food and information about inquisitor numbers nearby.
One dawn when he was just 10 he and his parents let their guard down and the inquisitors burned down the derelict house Kai'slah was hiding in destroying everything forcing them to flee. His parents managed to escape but he was captured. Tortured, beaten and mutilated through every possible vile method without being able to offer them any information about his parents whereabouts he soon became a shell.
The Order of the Black Rose kept him for 17 long years and brainwashed him into joining their ranks. They trained him to kill, to use his unique abilities and powers to be a tool of silent destruction. He never failed a contract.
He headed to England as there were reports of his parents there. The Order of the Black Rose demanded their deaths and knew that by sending Kai'slah they may expose a ***** in their armour.
DESCRIPTION:
Jet black skin, blood red eyes, slender, average height, wears his chain over his right shoulder and across his torso to his left hip pressed firmly into his skin. His legs and arms are covered in straps which hold his knives and has poison vials at his belt. Sometimes wears a robe when not in a combat situation. No shoes, No shirt, plain black trousers that are easy to move in.
SKILLS: Amazingly stealthy, can cast illusions to deceive those who are unaware, but it's weak in that if someone is expecting it, it can easily be seen through. Excellently acrobatic ability and training in close quarters combat as well as great skill with the long chain/ grappling hook and throwing knives. Can persuade insects to help him out notifying him of enemy positions or creating small scale distractions.
No, what I meant was that this is going to be an extremely fragile alliance at the rate were going... and the fae would have to be about 70 to even be an adult as far as I can tell.
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