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[OOC] Mage: The Awakening - Land of the Free [Noir PBP]
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Wow, lots of Libertines so far. Interesting.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.
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Background
Growing up as one of the working poor in New York isn't ever easy. Miles was one of the luckier ones, though. He managed to get enough of an education that he was promoted off the line and as an overseer. However, when management decided that it had to cut overtime pay to keep the budget in the black, the linesmen (and women, can't forget them, got us through the war and all) wouldn't stand for it, and Miles was right there with them. For two weeks, they picketed, threw rotten eggs at scabs (and maybe roughed a few of them up after hours), and generally made trouble for the factory.
Miles had a pretty bad feeling about going to the picket line on the 16th day of the strike. Part of him was screaming at him: "Stay home, you know that trouble is brewing, it's going to get bloody." But, he felt irresistibly drawn there. Once he got there, Miles couldn't believe he ever thought about leaving. His comrades in arms were there, readying their shields and armor to fight the hordes of slavers who were going to take all that they held dear. Later, his few surviving friends would tell him that he was really off that day, but he had fought the hoodlums that the management had hired like a man possessed. However, immediately in the aftermath of that bloody afternoon, he could see all of the dead slowly rise up and shuffle off the mortal coil. He doesn't remember too much of the journey, but he does remember the tower. It loomed over him like a gravestone, and he saw so many names on it. Thinking that he was dead too, Miles carved his name on it as well and left to what he would think was his eternal rest. Looking back on it, he reckons that he did die that day. Him and his entire world. But he woke up, born anew from the grave.
It wasn't long before he was introduced to Mage society, and he quickly fell in with the Free League. As a union man, democracy was just too ingrained with him to give much truck with the Feudal nature of Atlantean society. Miles has made a pretty good life for himself since his awakening. He's seen the factory workers he oversees thrive, in no small part due to his work with the union. He's never let a bad batch of product slip out, and he's always up for a drink after his shift.
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Shadow Name: Cross
History:
War changed everything for Max. Basic training was hell, his officers pushed him harder and farther than they did the others. They wanted to turn him into a weapon and that is exactly what they did. When he was finally sent over the seas to Germany the country had been turned into a hellscape and he, now matching his homeland, had become a demon. Max had finally come home.
Awakening:
Appearance:
Ok, thats it. Edit wasn't working so I doubled posted.
Anyways, my only is issue that I will have a wedding that I must attend for most of Sunday so I might not be available for the full start date. But I just had fun making the character.
Others look fine far as I can tell. Deciding... well, that's gonna be a trick.
Michael "Mack" McIntyre
That's why, when the Italians decided to move into Kingsbridge, they came after him so hard. He spent weeks dodging them. Close call after near miss after lucky escape. One November evening, Mack's luck ran out, and he found himself in a blind alley staring up the barrel of a colt. And that's when he Awoke -- and suddenly he was the only living person in that alley. He left Kingsbridge that night, and ran as far and as fast as he could. The start of the War was almost a relief.
It was also the beginning of his education. His superior immediately recognized his talent for numbers and put him to work in the logistical pool. It wasn't long before he caught the attention of John, the man who would become his mentor. It was John who taught him what it was to be Awake. Who taught him the ways of the Acanthus, and of the Silver Ladder. At war's end Mack was a free man, and a Mage. And the world was a much stranger place than it had ever seemed back when he was running with the Kingsbridge crew.
Or... I could put together another character altogether.
As much as I'd love to take on eight, I know from past experience that six is my absolute limit, and even that can get kinda crazy(but it's manageable). Heck, running a live game with four is tough.
I'll reluctantly decide on six later this evening, and we'll go from there.
That said, if you love Mack McIntyre as a concept, I learn quickly and would be an enthusiastic participant.
I'm going to put Mack together anyway, of course. :P
That said, my reluctant decisions:
piL, Leslie Young / Six of Spades
skarsol, Lily Chambers
YamiB, Charun Kirchner
Lanlaorn, Lucas Kant / Jaunt
Kirindal, Moira Li / Bellarose
MoosehatIV, Maximillian Kohn
You all have 20 bonus XP to allocate to your characters before it gets rolling tomorrow, or thereabouts. IC thread will go up then.
Thanks for the submissions, one and all.
I'll be following this thread with interest.
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Anyway all set. Here's a link since the old one is on another page. I really should make a fancy signature to store these things.
How about tying Moira and Max's stories together? His background story mentioned being courted by the Adamantine Arrows before he joined the Guardians. Perhaps Moira was the one who was sent to provide ground-level observation of Max as well as persuade him to join the Arrows. In spite of his final decision, they still associate with each other. When Moira's in New York they go out for some fun out on the town.
I was going buy up a bunch of rotes, but it turns out my improvised casting is better than the bonus the rotes provide....
I could also see some ties to Six of Spades for my guy due to some experience on the underbelly of NYC.
IC Thread is go. I prefer Invisible Castle for rolling purposes when needed, done in a spoiler tag, but you can use whatever's preferable.
Incidentally, this was my mood music.
If you guys had reason to be hanging out in Harlem or Manhatten, then we could work out a previous meeting with Lily.
If someone's effectively trying to pierce your cover, we'll go from there based on the situation.
I'm more than content with the latter.
For covert spells you need mage sight and an int+occult roll, for vulgar spells I think you still need mage sight but no roll, and your unseen senses should ping either way.
In character I'm just outright assuming every single person in the room is more than they seem, lol.
Also before we get into this would anybody be interested in sharing some background with my character? I'm up for being an acquaintance of Max or Spades from hanging in bars.