[RP] All That Glitters - Character Design [7/7]

Prologue

It was just another day in Centralia when the advertisement caught your eye. It looks a little risky, but this job might just be the thing you need…

Are YOU seeking ADVENTURE?

JOIN the THIRD EXPEDITION TO KRONAR with Dr. JEAN BLANCHETT (as seen on SpaceTok)!

Amazing vistas! Great benefits! Free dental insurance!*

APPLY TODAY!

*Dental insurance provided upon death. Please contact your insurance provider for details.


Setting

The year is 2903. Humanity has spread across the stars, colonizing dozens of planets.

You are on the outskirts of the Cassopeian Space Agency, a democracy built upon the remnants of the TwitteX and the Star-B corporate empires of the late 28th century. The CSA spans approximately 20 habitable planets and over 50 solar systems, though it is not nearly as prosperous as some of the other factions, such as the Republic of Perseus.

Unfortunately, due to the turmoil surrounding the end of the Twitte-Star war, most records of the early colonies within present-day CSA were destroyed. As a result, the CSA has been funding expeditions to different systems to regain that lost knowledge.

You have been hired to accompany Dr. Jean Blanchett (who has over a billion followers on SpaceTok) to explore the second planet of the Kronar system. You must protect the Doctor and discover the truth behind the destruction of the colony… before the truth finds you.


Overview

This game focuses on PvE (player vs environment) gameplay instead of PvP (player vs player). There will still be opportunities for combat, but your primary goal is to escape the planet, not to kill the other players. Please keep this in mind during character creation.

Each player has the following wincon:

Escape Kronar with your life.

Players may have additional wincon(s) as a result of their actions or backstory. Wincons will not be contradictory; any player may win alongside any other player.

Additional wincon examples

These may or may not be in the game.

Ensure [other character name] escapes Kronar alive. Completing this condition allows you to win even if you fail to escape Kronar.

Discover the secrets of the colony. You must complete both this condition and escape Kronar alive in order to win.

This is designed to be a smaller RP, but please message me if you are interested in playing but are unable to because of signup space.


Character Creation

Each character will have the following stats:

HP
Strength
Agility
Intelligence
Accuracy
Energy

HP - how much health you have.
Strength - ability to deal melee damage, block attacks, and move heavy objects.
Agility - reflexes (dodging attacks, turn order); ability to squeeze through tight spaces and manipulate small objects.
Intelligence - knowledge (general and practical); improves hints given by the host.
Accuracy - ability to aim a ranged weapon (improves chance to hit, as well as chance to crit); may improve observations.
Energy - this is spent to use special abilities (equivalent to mana in a fantasy setting).

Each player starts with a base of 10 in each stat, with an additional 10 points to spend amongst them. Please note that these are modifiers; you may reduce your stats in one area to increase in another when creating your character (see the sample character). You may not reduce any stat (besides Energy) below 5 unless it makes sense with your backstory.

There will be opportunities to increase your stats.

Energy refreshes after each encounter, but HP does not. If your HP reaches 0 during an encounter, you will become Downed and cannot act for the remainder of the encounter unless healed. Any further attacks that connect on a Downed player will instantly kill them.

Each character will have 2 player designed abilities and 1-3 (depending on balance) host designed abilities. Host designed abilities will generally be weaker than player designed abilities. The host reserves the right to adjust player designed abilities for balance/fun, but will attempt to preserve the intent of the original if at all possible.

Magic does not exist in this universe, but sufficiently advanced technology does. If you have a cool idea, pitch it and I’ll find a way to make it work.

When designing a character, please limit yourself to humans or cyborgs. Please PM me if you have questions about character design.

Character template
Sample character

Signups

When signing up, please indicate your preferred activity hours. Note that I am available primarily between 2025-08-03T02:00:00Z to 2025-08-02T07:30:00Z on all days except for Fridays.

Signups will be open for a week, during which players will design their characters. This will be followed by an additional day for host designed abilities. This timeline may be adjusted depending on the number of players.


Players:

  1. Zone_Q11
  2. Atlas
  3. Geyde
  4. Ishmael
  5. Silviu
  6. Marshal
  7. Ash

Radio:

  1. PortalRadio

Spec:

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is gooold

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only shooting starts break the moold

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/in

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Confirming participation.

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/spec if it is feasible to host spectators

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Woah

I would join if I didn’t think id explode in the middle and not play but gl

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it’s feasible on my end, though it might be hard for you to follow - the game is organized by moving people across pms

I could add you to all of them if you want; it just might be a little hard for you to keep track of what’s going on

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Clearly I should play the intern

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if you want an ‘npc’ role that’s only present for part of the game I could probably make something work

your part in the story would be relatively small, though

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/in

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yea sure

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oh i cancel then, gl with the game though!

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I should be fully free during these hours on all days other than friday and sunday
On friday and sunday, there’s a chance I lose 30 minutes at the start

also I don’t expect that I’ll be functional for the last hour every day

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granted I expect most people won’t lmao

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is teleportation a thing in this setting

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yup!

long distance is absurdly expensive (people don’t hop from planet to planet, or from planet to spaceship, unless they’re absolutely loaded), but short range is definitely a thing you can do

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oh that’s right
I’m unavailable on fridays

I’ll add that to the OP

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sick

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