Obelisk City

The rain finally faded to a mist, then stopped. The hurricane devastated the city more than expected- in the lower elevations, streets covered with water reflected the sky like a mirror. In the days following, life returned to normal, more or less.

Except, reflected in the stormwater and rising hundreds of feet above the buildings around it, the Obelisk stood. Its obsidian surface seemed to be cut out from the night itself. Looking at it, it seems to move, reflections dancing in ways none ever should. The populace walks by as if they dont even see it...

And, stranger still, people have begun reporting attacks. Situations varied, but all the witnesses who managed to remember what happened said the same thing: the victims were attacked by someone who looked exactly like them...

Obelisk City is a forum rpg based on the magical burst game system, which, in turn was based on magical girl animes in the flavor/tone of Madoka. Each player is a magical girl (or boy, in this city) who, for whichever reason, makes a contract (for better or for worse) with an adorable magical creature in order to gain magic powers so they can fight.

In order to play, you need to make a character and get some dice (or a dice machine thing). This is a magical girl style rpg, so make sure you come up with some FLAVOR- make stuff sparkly and awesome. I highly advise reading the rulebook, though, as it provides some flavor and backstory on the magic and systems and provides the combat rules that you'll need to know when a fight comes down.

I will be the GM for this game, playing the adorable mahou shojou animal thingy as well as all the npcs
I'M LOOKING FOR AT LEAST THREE PLAYERS TO JOIN IN ON THIS.
1: felixsparks - Felix

2: SupahKiven -lilith

3: cyber95 -eiko

4:MasterBlade - Claire

if you would like to join, please post below. It would help immensely if you read the rulebook before making a character, but if you have a character idea you desperately need to make, concessions can be made. Also note this is the first rpg of this style I've attempted to run, so rules may be ignored for convenience's sake.

Character creation rules in a nutshell:
This just covers flavor, so you should read the character creation rules in order to get your stats.

PCs must be 12-17 years old. Either gender, but there must be at least one pc of either gender joining. Think of their families and acquaintances- the people (and even other PCs) your character has positive bonds with are a gameplay mechanic.

You need at least 3- one from common human feelings, one from common involvement with the world of the magical, and one from a friendly rivalry or battle-born cameraderie. and yes you can pick other PCs.

Have fun!

the rulebook again

useful character sheet link

#obeliskcity is our irc channel for when we need to do combat quickly. Its on esper.net

Felix Sparks reporting for ass kicking duty!

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Name : Felix Sparks
Gender: Male
Age : 16

Description: Felix is outgoing and headstrong. He's a full believer in his own power, mostly because of the lack of a father in his early life. He did spend a few years as a punk, and has a few scars to show for it. He's shaped up since he began working for Old Gen, the town's blacksmith.

Appearance: 5'11", spiky red hair and vivid blue eyes. Usually wears a pair of shorts and a t-shirt during the summer, and jeans the rest of the year.
Costume : A black hoodie with silver flames (ACTUAL FLAMES) licking up the arms and back, and a pair of deep red horns on the hood, paired with charcoal gray sweatpants. On his back is a smithing hammer, which of course, is on fire. On each hand is a black, fingerless glove with a silver flame emblem on the back. (Totally not Gurren Lagann what are you talking about.) Hanging from a chain on his hip is an old, beat up lighter in the shape of a dragon's head.
Trinket: An old, beat up lighter in the shape of a dragon's head. When Felix ignites it, the flame burns silver, and covers his entire body.

Relationships:
Character Name (Attribute) - Relationship points
Andrea Sparks (Heart) - 3 - Mother
Old Gen (Magic) - 2 - Blacksmith mentor
Eiko Yamauchi (Fury) - 2 - Friendly rival



Resolve: 18/18

Physical : 7
Finesse : 3
Social : 4
Fortitude: 6

Magic: 4
Heart: 8
Fury : 6

Archetype: Striker
Element : Fire


Power - Flash Forge
Felix possesses the ability to super heat and shape any kind of metal, so long as he can put his hand on or around it.

Special -

Enhanced Offense
Overwhelm

Ability -
Final Strike
Swift Style


Finisher - Judgement Pyre(Sundering Blow)
Felix snaps his fingers, and a wave of silver fire roars towards his target, incinerating most of what stands in its way.

Experience : 0/0 (Tier 1)
Tier Upgrades:
Changes :

Oblivion Seeds: 0

And here we go.

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Name: Eiko Yamauchi
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Element: Shadow

Resolve: 18/18
Luck: 1/1
Seeds: 0/13
Tier: 1

Description: Eiko's parents had split up only a few years after her birth. Dad used to be in the military, but left in order to help take care of her. Then Mom left, and pursued a career in technology, although Eiko doesn't know exactly what she's doing, just that she's doing it far away. Every few months she shows up and visits, drops off some money, and leaves again. Dad always taught her to be strong, stoic, and fight for what she believes in. She, as a result, tends to be fairly quiet, in an odd attempt to not show weakness, but is pretty loud and willing to express herself when she disagrees with something.
Lately, Dad's not been doing so well. The bills keep coming in, his savings have been drying up, and his health has been in decline. Eiko been balancing school, a part time job to try and help with the money issue herself, and taking care of Dad, but it's tough.

Appearance: Eiko has fairly short blonde hair she ties up in messy pigtails. She usually wears a green zip-up sweater and a plain black skirt, and sneakers. The usual look on her face is a bit serious, but if you take a better look she'll totally notice and try to hide how she's actually really nervous about this weirdo looking at her face. But she's a bit socially nervous in general anyways.

Costume: Sorta army inspired. There’s a short sleeved army green shirt with pairs of buttons running down the front, and a gold three tiered chevron on her right side, with white trim at the base of the shirt and sleeves. Elbow length fingerless gloves share the same green with white trim. A sort of flared kinda skirt is mostly white with a green trim, cut away in front under which is another, simpler skirt, with buttons on the right side keeping it done up. A lighter green color in long socks that go beyond the skirt, and army boots, with green ribbons tied behind them. Covering her mouth and shoulders is a scarf, with the same chevrons on both ends, and on near the front. The scarf is capped with metal, and she has metal shoulderpads, and greaves. She has a medal pinned to her chest, with a white ribbon with a red dot attached to it. It is unlabeled.
Big ribbon tied around her waist in a bow from her back. Also ribbons tying up her pigtails. All ribbons are the same army green.
Has an army rifle with a fairly large bayonet attached to the end. Somehow she pulls this whole thing outta her scarf.

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look i used a base i found online to draw over because i didn't feel like trying to draw an anime.

And then I doodled.

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Power: Living Shadow - Eiko can control her shadow independently of herself with concentration. She can see and hear from her detached shadow, and can exert limited control or movement over other things that cast a shadow. This does take concentration, and while she can multitask a bit, with like, talking to people nearby, any significant loss of concentration will have her shadow "snap back" to her.

Archetype: Striker

Normal Attributes
Physical - 5
Finesse - 7
Social - 3
Fortitude - 6

Magical Attributes
Magic - 8
Heart - 4
Fury - 6

Relationships
Dad (Katsu Yamauchi) - Father/Mentor/Hero - Heart - 4
Mom (Susumu Hisakawa) - Mother/Support - Magic - 1
Felix Sparks - Rival - Fury - 2


General Abilities
Energy Storage (General)
Lightning Strike (Striker)

Finisher
Master Strike

Character sheet, yeah!

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Name: Lilith McMillian
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Element: Sound

Resolve: 18/18
Luck: 1/1
Seeds: 0
Tier: 1

Description: Lilith is a quiet person, mostly staying away from other people. This isn't because she's shy however. Lilith stays away from people because of how easily she angers. This has pushed away many would-be friends. Her older brother roughhoused with her as a child, managing to curb her anger in this manner. She usually listens to what he tells her to do, because she respects him. They've been living with their aunt after their parents died when Lilith was a baby. Besides her brother, the only person that can calm her down is her childhood friend and ( as of now unrequited) crush, David.

Appearance: Lilith has long, blonde hair and brown eyes. Her face is always a little red because she's always angry at something or cooling off from being angry at something. She normally wears a skirt and blouse because of her aunt's insistence about her being a 'proper lady'.

Costume: A black, billowing trench coat with multi colored threads laced in. Each thread ripples and peaks, corresponding with a different beat made by Lilith. She wears a backpack, unzipped only at the top, from which miniature speakers and amps protrude on multiple metal arms. Along with her coat and backpack is a pair of blue jeans, headphones around her neck, and black converse sneakers, giving her a 'modern desperado' look. Also has a hat (see: TF2 Sniper). Carries two records as a weapon. Despite being sharp enough to use as a melee weapon, their main use comes from being 'scratched'. Each scratch of the records sends out a shock wave of music from the machines in her backpack, the speakers aiming at enemies as they detect them.

Power: Rhythmic Distraction: Lilith can create sounds that draw attention away from what ever she wants, distracting people or things with sounds like rain, the doorbell, a phone ringing, even things like planes taking off or gunshots.
Archetype: Guardian

Normal Attributes:
Physical- 5
Finesse- 7
Social- 3
Fortitude- 6

Magical Attributes:
Magic- 7
Heart- 3
Fury- 8

Relationships:
Winston McMillian ( Brother ) - Fury(3)
David Stenson ( Childhood Friend ) - Heart(3)
Agatha Patayo ( Aunt )- Magic(1)


Effects:
Strength from Adversary (General)
Rapid Counter (Guardian)
Finisher:
Sonic Carnage (Disrupting Assault)- Lilith releases a 195 decibel sound, shattering the hearing of her enemies.

Hello! Posting interest in this; just need to clear some details with the GM.

ok these are looking good! i left some suggestions in your inboxes, so make sure to check them. Especially you, Masterblade i have some important backstory stuff in there.

What i'm most wondering is how we're going to start this. I'll begin with a forum post i guess but this might be best if we were all also on IRC at the same time if we wanted to do combat.... If anyone has any good ideas about when to be on IRC i'd be gateful.

Also i might have a mental image of your character which is different from the way you think and i might draw them this is a risk we're all going to have to take.

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ALSO note: this doesnt work exactly the same way as Madoka. You dont make a wish and then get powers, you make a contract in order to get powers and the wish comes after collecting 13 oblivion seeds. Also the monsters arent magical girls that have been driven into despair. just in case that wasnt clear.

Care to set up a channel somewhere then? Add it to the beginning post too.

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Ok lets get this started! you are all in this scene. Also it may/will end in a youma fight so yeah. Preferably everyone can react to this first part before we start splitting up.

The bus shook slightly as it passed from Main Street onto 2nd avenue. Soft music played over the radio, muffling the silence of the strangers underneath the radio's words. There weren't may people on at the time- an old woman, a businessman, and four teenagers.

One of them, a pale girl in formal wear sat in the back, holding her bag in her arms. She stared out of the window, scanning the faces of the people they passed.

"You're never going to find the Youma that way," a small voice whispered from beside her. Claire glanced sharply down at Kowo, and shushed him. The small creature somehow rolled its beady eyes and froze again, trying to pass as a stuffed animal. He- it- looked like a stuffed lion with wings, complete with a tiny crown.

Kowo sighed and, glancing at Claire, stealthily poked his head out to look around. He grinned, revealing tiny needle sharp teeth.

Claire glanced down, followed his gaze, and grabbed her pendant with a gasp.

A man threw himself in front of the bus, slamming into the windshield and rolling off. Everyone inside lurched forward as the bus came to a screeching halt.

"Found it," Kowo said.

Felix was sitting on the bus on the way to his job as a blacksmith when the man hit the windshield. As the bus driver began to panic, he stood and sprinted out the door, looking for the body of the man. "Sir, sir are you ok?!"

Lilith sat at the back of the bust, grumpily staring out the window and listening to some music. She grunted in annoyance as the bus stopped dead with some weird thump. One of the other people on the bus shot out of the bus, wailing some sort of nonsense. Lilith figured that something was wrong with the bus. Rolling her eyes, she got up and walked out of the bus, shooting a glance at the boy running around. What was he doing?

This was not a particularly welcome addition to her trip to the grocery store. What was that guy doing!? Was he okay?

Eiko rushed out the door to go check on him. It looked like somebody else had the same idea.

Felix ripped open the door and jumped down. The scent of iron hung in the air- the acrid smell of blood. He dashed around the front of the bus to see if the man was alright-

the city was not there. the road was not there. The man was not there. behind him the door hung, leading back into the bus. Around the door was buzzing static of blurred faces, a wall stretching into infinity. Felix stood on a path that led into the abyss opposite the door, a single whispering road.

nothing was there.

"..... Oh my fuck." He gasped, looking around. Where WAS everything?! What the hell was going on.... He looked back into the bus, then back to the road. Slowly, a wild grin spread across his face. This road led somewhere. Somewhere probably AMAZING. He began to jog down it, totally willing to go on an adventure.

Claire, having braced herself the second her trickster lion began grinning, crept up from her seat unscathed by the sudden stop.

"You'd think more people would be concerned about a talking lion. Guess it isn't the worst thing to happen today." She whispered to Kowo, believing noone to notice considering the going-ons. "Lets sneak out the back and get dressed proper. With all these civilians, things are going to get hectic quick."

Stuffing the guide into her bag, Claire quickly sprang up for the nearby window, slipping through an opening. She then rolled under the bus to transform in secret. Mind wipe or not, it isn't proper for people to stare at a lady while she's changing.

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claire is a PC