A Game of Fables and Tales
Genre: Fairy Tale, Modern Fantasy, Crime, and Noir.
Inspirations: Fables, A Wolf Among Us, Hotline Miami, Pay Day Franchise, Kekkai Sensen, etc.
The Story
Welcome to the world of Tale, a world of fantastical creatures from talking bunny rabbits to colossal giants. Everyone in this world lives a day-to-day life performing—you know—normal people jobs? Whether you’re a bagger at a grocery store or a secret agent for some sort of organization, you have a purpose. Our setting takes place in a dark, Gotham-like city called New Fantasia. New Fantasia is gorgeous during the day. The grass is green; the sky is blue; and the sun just hits the city in the right spot. During the winter, the snow is like diamond dust and during the fall, the autumn leaves are a beautiful monochromatic collage of orange, red, yellows, and brown. However, no matter the season, at night, the city is always the same. All of the creepy-crawlies, the boogiemen, and the riff-raff come out to cause mischief and that’s just putting it lightly.
The Mayor of New Fantasia (open playable role) has been trying to decrease the amount of crime in New Fantasia, but it will take more than cops. Among the prevalent crime in the city, exists a gray organization—gray because the organization is neither entirely good nor entirely bad. The organization functions like a mafia. There’s a boss and then there are specialized subordinates who secretly exist beneath him or her (The Boss is also a playable role).
They call themselves Checkmate. Checkmate will at times work with other criminal organizations that they are allied with for financial or rivaling reasons. They will also at times aid the police and other secret organizations in disposing of other criminal organizations. Often due to having a mutual enemy. While the police do maintain somewhat of a trust and agreement with Checkmate, they aren’t against arresting members every now and then.
This game will mostly be sandbox and as the GM, I will throw some plots in there every now and then. You will know the characters I may NPC for story reasons, but I encourage everyone to use their imagination and bring some interesting characters as well as stories to this game.
Checkmate
Note: Your character does not have to be a member of Checkmate. They can be completely uninvolved. For those who do want to play a member of Checkmate, the possible job roles in the organization are listed below:
Character Sheet
1. If you want to play a character that was an animal or beast, then get creative. They can still be truly an animal or beast and use disguising magic called a glamor or they could be a were-type or shapeshifter.
2. No character assassination. A character assassination is when you write in your character’s history that “this character is dead, this character is dead, this character is dead…” if any of those characters could be playable, then you can’t kill them off and better think of a different back story.
3. If you choose to use a model or celebrity as your face claim, then let me know who you are using so other players aren’t using the same face claims.
4. You will make characters based off of fairy tale stories. Another acceptable story is Alice in Wonderland. What is not acceptable are “Disney” characters because this isn’t a Disney game. So you must use the original work and not the Disney version.
You are always free to add as much as you want to this character sheet (CS). This is your creation.
Rules
1. Keep OOC in the OOC. No OOC bubbles in the IC please.
2. Respect each others’ ons and offs. No creepy stalker bullshit.
3. Stay in the illusion of the game. Please do not breech the barriers of OOC and IC.
4. Post at least 200 words or more.
5. Grammar and spelling to the best of your ability are a must.
6. Communication! Please, if you plan to leave on holiday, vacation, or if work is going to keep you busy for a few days, do not just inform your Rp Partner. Always keep the OOC up-to-date on your whereabouts because I WILL boot people that I feel are inactive from the game. My activity policy is if you go AWOL for 14 days, then I will PM you. If you go AWOL for 30 days, then you will be removed from the game.
7. Tea parties. These are when two players choose only to RP with each other and ignore other players in the game. This is a group game. If you don’t want to RP as a group, then please leave and make a solo game. I don’t want my players feeling frustrated or ignored.
8. Have fun and be creative. As the GM, I can guide this game, but the game really shines when writers add their own imaginations to it and play their characters down to a T.
9. If you have any comments or suggestions feel free to share them with me, but in the end, whatever I say goes, so please respect that.
***10. Sex Scenes: If your sex scene is plot-related meaning its storyline related and you have something planned to happen besides just sex, then you MAY keep the scene in the IC. If your sex scene is NOT and it's just clearly a romp scene with one or however many partners, then you must make a separate thread. Once you have made the separate thread, you can post a link in the IC to it for those who want to read it and so that you can easily keep track of it. The reason why I'm asking you to do this is for "in-game time" reasons. Some sex scenes take a long time like (two weeks IRL time long) and so not to hold up the game waiting for John and Jane to finish, the game can continue on without consequence. While John and Jane are in a separate thread and time stream doing the do, those players not involved in adult play can go about their business. Also, the players involved in the separated sex scene, can resume role playing in the main thread so they aren't missing any of the plot. But plain and simply, this rule just puts sex scenes in their own time stream and they could have happened around any time in-game. This just allows players to enjoy the game without hold-ups or feeling like they need to rush.
Reserved Characters
Taken Characters
Genre: Fairy Tale, Modern Fantasy, Crime, and Noir.
Inspirations: Fables, A Wolf Among Us, Hotline Miami, Pay Day Franchise, Kekkai Sensen, etc.
The Story
Welcome to the world of Tale, a world of fantastical creatures from talking bunny rabbits to colossal giants. Everyone in this world lives a day-to-day life performing—you know—normal people jobs? Whether you’re a bagger at a grocery store or a secret agent for some sort of organization, you have a purpose. Our setting takes place in a dark, Gotham-like city called New Fantasia. New Fantasia is gorgeous during the day. The grass is green; the sky is blue; and the sun just hits the city in the right spot. During the winter, the snow is like diamond dust and during the fall, the autumn leaves are a beautiful monochromatic collage of orange, red, yellows, and brown. However, no matter the season, at night, the city is always the same. All of the creepy-crawlies, the boogiemen, and the riff-raff come out to cause mischief and that’s just putting it lightly.
The Mayor of New Fantasia (open playable role) has been trying to decrease the amount of crime in New Fantasia, but it will take more than cops. Among the prevalent crime in the city, exists a gray organization—gray because the organization is neither entirely good nor entirely bad. The organization functions like a mafia. There’s a boss and then there are specialized subordinates who secretly exist beneath him or her (The Boss is also a playable role).
They call themselves Checkmate. Checkmate will at times work with other criminal organizations that they are allied with for financial or rivaling reasons. They will also at times aid the police and other secret organizations in disposing of other criminal organizations. Often due to having a mutual enemy. While the police do maintain somewhat of a trust and agreement with Checkmate, they aren’t against arresting members every now and then.
This game will mostly be sandbox and as the GM, I will throw some plots in there every now and then. You will know the characters I may NPC for story reasons, but I encourage everyone to use their imagination and bring some interesting characters as well as stories to this game.
Checkmate
Note: Your character does not have to be a member of Checkmate. They can be completely uninvolved. For those who do want to play a member of Checkmate, the possible job roles in the organization are listed below:
- Boss – This can be a male or female, but there will only be one. They run the organization. They are responsible for every member of Checkmate and maintaining strategic relations with certain organizations lawful and criminal. They must be intelligent and not a pushover.
- Right Hand – The Right Hand functions as the Boss when the Boss is absent. If for whatever reason the Boss is murdered, betrays the organization, or whatever, the Right Hand will take over and become the next boss. There will only be one right hand.
- Collector – Collectors specialize in exactly that, collecting. More like collecting information and owed money. They are not to be confused with the Muscle. Collectors specialize in persuasion and gathering information about anything beneficial to the organization. They have their methods for gaining information, and it could include bringing a Muscle along.
- Muscle – The Muscle specializes in taking out the trash—figure of speech. They go in to clean out a place, dust some goons, protect whoever they are required to protect, and just literally handle the dirty jobs. What they lack in brains, they make up with brawn.
- Cleaner – The Cleaners are the ones who usually follow behind the organization’s activities and clean it all up. They know how to dispose of bodies and evidence. Thus, they often go along on executions. Somebody has to clean it up!
- Breacher – Breachers specialize in an assortment of skills. They are often hackers, escape artists, and literal breachers, being able to break into high security areas and escape without leaving behind a trace. They aren’t always perfect, thus they usually have a Cleaner around just in case.
- Doc – A Checkmate member can’t always risk going to a hospital. The Docs are there to patch up any Checkmate members who get too roughed up.
- Techie – The Techies specialize in weapons development, glamor creation, and device invention. They are the ones who are gifted with creating whatever the organization needs. Each techie specializes in one specific area as some were previously mentioned: guns, magical items, electronic devices, and other weapons such as blades or ammunition. They are very important and often competitively sought after by rivaling organizations.
Character Sheet
1. If you want to play a character that was an animal or beast, then get creative. They can still be truly an animal or beast and use disguising magic called a glamor or they could be a were-type or shapeshifter.
2. No character assassination. A character assassination is when you write in your character’s history that “this character is dead, this character is dead, this character is dead…” if any of those characters could be playable, then you can’t kill them off and better think of a different back story.
3. If you choose to use a model or celebrity as your face claim, then let me know who you are using so other players aren’t using the same face claims.
4. You will make characters based off of fairy tale stories. Another acceptable story is Alice in Wonderland. What is not acceptable are “Disney” characters because this isn’t a Disney game. So you must use the original work and not the Disney version.
Code:
Name: Your character’s name. A First and Last Name is preferred. It makes it a little more realistic.
Alias: If your character came from a fairy tale, then their name in the fairy tale may be their alias. It doesn’t have to be, but it is just an idea.
Nickname: Exactly that. A nickname.
Fairy Tale Inspiration: What story do they come from?
Age: Fables live a pretty long life. Like being over 100+ years old is not unusual. So if you don’t want to write an actual age then write what age they “appear to be.”
Gender: Self-explanatory.
Height:
Weight:
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Visual Description: Here is where you link to either a photo, digital art, etc. If it is Not Safe for Work, then please put a warning next to the picture “NSFW” so that we know. You do not have to have a picture.
Written Description: This is a basic detailing of your character’s overall appearance. Tattoos, birthmarks, scars, skin color, or any interesting qualities that aren’t found in the pictures.
Job: What job do they fall under in Checkmate.
Calling Card: Choose a single card out of a traditional deck of 52 cards. For example: “2 of Hearts.”
Cover Job: Outside of Checkmate, where do they work?
Personality: A general rundown of their personality.
Likes: Not sexual.
Dislikes: Not sexual.
Talents: Good cook, piano player, painter, etc. No Mary Sues please. They can’t be good at everything.
Brief Background: You can write whatever you want here. How they were born. If you have a shared background with another writer, then you can collab a background here. How did they join Checkmate? If they aren’t apart of Checkmate, then what are they doing regularly?
Ons: Your character’s Ons. What turns him or her on.
Offs: Your character’s Offs. What turns him or her off.
Primary Weapon: Their main and favored one. Only one type. Dual weapons are considered one.
Secondary Weapon: Meh, self-explanatory.
Magic: This ability must be somewhat related to the character’s theme. They only get one ability. Not 2 in one. Not 3 in one. ONE ability.
Extra: Anything else you want to mention? Maybe they own a car, pets, or have an accent, who knows? Whatever you feel needs to be mentioned that doesn’t fall into the other categories.You are always free to add as much as you want to this character sheet (CS). This is your creation.
Rules
1. Keep OOC in the OOC. No OOC bubbles in the IC please.
2. Respect each others’ ons and offs. No creepy stalker bullshit.
3. Stay in the illusion of the game. Please do not breech the barriers of OOC and IC.
4. Post at least 200 words or more.
5. Grammar and spelling to the best of your ability are a must.
6. Communication! Please, if you plan to leave on holiday, vacation, or if work is going to keep you busy for a few days, do not just inform your Rp Partner. Always keep the OOC up-to-date on your whereabouts because I WILL boot people that I feel are inactive from the game. My activity policy is if you go AWOL for 14 days, then I will PM you. If you go AWOL for 30 days, then you will be removed from the game.
7. Tea parties. These are when two players choose only to RP with each other and ignore other players in the game. This is a group game. If you don’t want to RP as a group, then please leave and make a solo game. I don’t want my players feeling frustrated or ignored.
8. Have fun and be creative. As the GM, I can guide this game, but the game really shines when writers add their own imaginations to it and play their characters down to a T.
9. If you have any comments or suggestions feel free to share them with me, but in the end, whatever I say goes, so please respect that.
***10. Sex Scenes: If your sex scene is plot-related meaning its storyline related and you have something planned to happen besides just sex, then you MAY keep the scene in the IC. If your sex scene is NOT and it's just clearly a romp scene with one or however many partners, then you must make a separate thread. Once you have made the separate thread, you can post a link in the IC to it for those who want to read it and so that you can easily keep track of it. The reason why I'm asking you to do this is for "in-game time" reasons. Some sex scenes take a long time like (two weeks IRL time long) and so not to hold up the game waiting for John and Jane to finish, the game can continue on without consequence. While John and Jane are in a separate thread and time stream doing the do, those players not involved in adult play can go about their business. Also, the players involved in the separated sex scene, can resume role playing in the main thread so they aren't missing any of the plot. But plain and simply, this rule just puts sex scenes in their own time stream and they could have happened around any time in-game. This just allows players to enjoy the game without hold-ups or feeling like they need to rush.
Reserved Characters
Taken Characters
