[HEADING=2]Prohibited Spirits[/HEADING]
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It's a Friday afternoon in Brooklyn, 1925. The city of New York is lively and many are enjoying the weekend in a true Roaring Twenties fashion, without letting the prohibition of alcohol keep them from doing so. Some locations go even further, Speakeasies providing their customers with what they have available.
The Pips & Suits club, a fine yet modern club is one of these. Fancied and supported by an infamous mafia family, it has a wide variety of guests. Anyone can enter, as long as they have the money and the password. It exists in a large locale with two floors, the entrance, and the club itself, and a long set of stairs dividing the two. With large shiny windows, a dark red floor and beautiful wallpaper, it provides entertainment, snacks and drinks. With its tasteful décor, a piano and a pool table, it is a place to enjoy oneself. Whatever your reason is to be here, be it as a member of the mafia, a regular or a curious soul, you take a break and live in the moment, as lively Jazz get played on the phonograph. The bartender comes over and offers you another drink, before serving the others.
"I just opened this one," he says. "Enjoy."
However, as this new batch of alcoholic beverage is being served, there is the sound of a glass breaking. A member of the mafia, gasps for air, as he turns to an inhumanely pale color. Those with keen senses can sense that there is something in the air, something not of this world. What follows is rather sudden, you find yourself involved with something you cannot escape. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hi, my name is DarkRawen, and this is the Recruitment Thread for a supernatural RP set in the Prohibition Era. The story will start as above, but it will go further, allowing characters to explore a more traditional form of magic and curses, as well as enjoy both good and bad sides of the Roaring Twenties.
Then, its the sheet. While I tend to have my own character sheet, I've opted to do something else this time, and decided to focus more on the player characters. I will have a character accompanying the PCs, but this more as a way to lead them, and this character will not be much more important than any other NPC.
Instead, I'll just give you this template;
Finally, there's rules, though they should be obvious by now;
Don't be a jerk to anyone else, don't make your character overpowered, posts should consist of something else than just dialogue, and it should be possible to read it. Finally, you should be able to post often enough for the RP not to die, because of obvious reasons.
Any interest and questions is encouraged, please let me know if there's anything that's seems iffy, and... that should be it.
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It's a Friday afternoon in Brooklyn, 1925. The city of New York is lively and many are enjoying the weekend in a true Roaring Twenties fashion, without letting the prohibition of alcohol keep them from doing so. Some locations go even further, Speakeasies providing their customers with what they have available.
The Pips & Suits club, a fine yet modern club is one of these. Fancied and supported by an infamous mafia family, it has a wide variety of guests. Anyone can enter, as long as they have the money and the password. It exists in a large locale with two floors, the entrance, and the club itself, and a long set of stairs dividing the two. With large shiny windows, a dark red floor and beautiful wallpaper, it provides entertainment, snacks and drinks. With its tasteful décor, a piano and a pool table, it is a place to enjoy oneself. Whatever your reason is to be here, be it as a member of the mafia, a regular or a curious soul, you take a break and live in the moment, as lively Jazz get played on the phonograph. The bartender comes over and offers you another drink, before serving the others.
"I just opened this one," he says. "Enjoy."
However, as this new batch of alcoholic beverage is being served, there is the sound of a glass breaking. A member of the mafia, gasps for air, as he turns to an inhumanely pale color. Those with keen senses can sense that there is something in the air, something not of this world. What follows is rather sudden, you find yourself involved with something you cannot escape. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hi, my name is DarkRawen, and this is the Recruitment Thread for a supernatural RP set in the Prohibition Era. The story will start as above, but it will go further, allowing characters to explore a more traditional form of magic and curses, as well as enjoy both good and bad sides of the Roaring Twenties.
Pips & Suits
Pips and Suits is both the club, as well as the name as its two owners. A brother and a sister who goes by their nicknames, they are friendly, charismatic and of a mysterious nature. Apart from the fact that they are siblings, and that.
Pips, the brother, usually works as the bartender, while Suits takes care of greeting and payment. If you want your character to be employed as a server or a doorman at the club, let me know and I'll consider it. The club will be a part of the setting, as well as a place for characters to rest and interact in a, normally, calmer environment.
The Pasticcino Family
While not one of the largest families around, it still holds enough power to have their say in the area. This Mafia family is the sole provider of alcohol to Pips and Suits, and has taken out quite a lot of other establishments in the area. Members of the family is very welcome in the club, and while it is not openly mentioned, their presence is clear.
If a player wants to have a character from this family, go ahead. If you're aiming for a different family, however, it has to be secret, as that is the only way they would manage to get in.
The Setting Itself
Since the setting is 1925, during the Prohibition in the US, it will be very much based on this. This means jazz, organized crime, "new" exciting technology, and some of the social aspects like women having more rights and possibilities. However, as there are some supernatural elements, there will obviously be artistic freedoms taken. That said, I do intend to keep the level of technology and the overall feel as accurate as I can.
Pips and Suits is both the club, as well as the name as its two owners. A brother and a sister who goes by their nicknames, they are friendly, charismatic and of a mysterious nature. Apart from the fact that they are siblings, and that.
Pips, the brother, usually works as the bartender, while Suits takes care of greeting and payment. If you want your character to be employed as a server or a doorman at the club, let me know and I'll consider it. The club will be a part of the setting, as well as a place for characters to rest and interact in a, normally, calmer environment.
The Pasticcino Family
While not one of the largest families around, it still holds enough power to have their say in the area. This Mafia family is the sole provider of alcohol to Pips and Suits, and has taken out quite a lot of other establishments in the area. Members of the family is very welcome in the club, and while it is not openly mentioned, their presence is clear.
If a player wants to have a character from this family, go ahead. If you're aiming for a different family, however, it has to be secret, as that is the only way they would manage to get in.
The Setting Itself
Since the setting is 1925, during the Prohibition in the US, it will be very much based on this. This means jazz, organized crime, "new" exciting technology, and some of the social aspects like women having more rights and possibilities. However, as there are some supernatural elements, there will obviously be artistic freedoms taken. That said, I do intend to keep the level of technology and the overall feel as accurate as I can.
Then, its the sheet. While I tend to have my own character sheet, I've opted to do something else this time, and decided to focus more on the player characters. I will have a character accompanying the PCs, but this more as a way to lead them, and this character will not be much more important than any other NPC.
Instead, I'll just give you this template;
Name: Should go without saying. Nicknames also go here.
Age: At least a rough estimate, if you do not want to give away too many details.
Gender: This should be obvious enough.
Appearance: Eye-color, hair-color, height, build, skin color, as well as what you're wearing.
Equipment: What do you own? How much money do you have?
Personality: This can be either the character's actual personality, or how they seem to others, as some might want to keep certain personality traits to themselves.
Skills: What you are capable of doing. If you want to know some magic, please do, but note that they're limited to weak abilities that won't do you much good in a straight fight, and that they are rare. Magic also requires quite the sacrifice; which can already be paid by the character, or be required each time it is used. I'd prefer that the sacrifice and magic are connected, and that there is a certain symbolic meaning, or a personal meaning to the character.
Background: Your history. While you can choose to leave it mostly off, I still want a paragraph, especially if you've chosen to have magic.
Other: If you have information that has not been covered about that you would like to share, this is where you'll do it.
Age: At least a rough estimate, if you do not want to give away too many details.
Gender: This should be obvious enough.
Appearance: Eye-color, hair-color, height, build, skin color, as well as what you're wearing.
Equipment: What do you own? How much money do you have?
Personality: This can be either the character's actual personality, or how they seem to others, as some might want to keep certain personality traits to themselves.
Skills: What you are capable of doing. If you want to know some magic, please do, but note that they're limited to weak abilities that won't do you much good in a straight fight, and that they are rare. Magic also requires quite the sacrifice; which can already be paid by the character, or be required each time it is used. I'd prefer that the sacrifice and magic are connected, and that there is a certain symbolic meaning, or a personal meaning to the character.
Background: Your history. While you can choose to leave it mostly off, I still want a paragraph, especially if you've chosen to have magic.
Other: If you have information that has not been covered about that you would like to share, this is where you'll do it.
Finally, there's rules, though they should be obvious by now;
Don't be a jerk to anyone else, don't make your character overpowered, posts should consist of something else than just dialogue, and it should be possible to read it. Finally, you should be able to post often enough for the RP not to die, because of obvious reasons.
Any interest and questions is encouraged, please let me know if there's anything that's seems iffy, and... that should be it.