[Ruckus Fox]

Well...I got really productive today, and in the span of 3-4 hours, including petting a kitten and watching numerous children's movies on TV next to the comfort of my personal heater, I made my first D20 Modern character. He's a level 1 Tough. He started out as a Criminal, but the lack of money just wasn't worth the extra feat and extra class skill. Lemme know what you think--advice, questions, so on, I'll explain, I'll listen.

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Tomorrow/Today I will be writing up his total physical description and backstory, so that will follow soon after. Until then, here's his family tree. Being a Dilettante of his rich and powerful family, he provides the role as a personal bodyguard of the family and its close relatives as shown by the small tree. By now it has branched into hundreds of children seeds, but the parent tree will always remain the same--Trueblood.

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Hint: You may have to right click on the picture and save it to your desktop to view it more closely. Preferably open it with photoshop or a similar program and use the zoom feature. I'm still learning with the scanner, I just got it today, okay? x-x

--Ruckus

Sample: For those that aren't gun buffs, here is a Colt M1911 (Your typical .45 handgun)
http://rds.yahoo.com...1_Pistol_US.jpg
Known commonly as the standard issue side-arm for the military dating back to the peacemaker (Single Action Army).

[Jake]

The front page picture is nearly unreadable.

[Ruckus Fox]

I know, I know. =\ I scanned it over and over, but I don't know what I did different. Right click and save it to your computer, then open it with photoshop or a similar program to use the zoom function. Meanwhile, I'll try to fix it.

--Ruckus

[Ruckus Fox]

I remixed some things (due to error in wealth generation) and fixed things up a bit. The new sheets are up. Sadly, I don't know why it's zooming in on the second page and not the first. That's Imageshack's fault, I think. Still, it works if you save the first one, then open it on your desktop. Please tell me know what you think about him. I completed his brief backstory today. Enjoy.

Patient Scaffard “The Shield” Crimsonflame
Age 24
Height 6’0”
Weight 190lbs
Hair Long brown down to his shoulder blades, usually worn in a long pony tail.
Eyes China Blue
Markings None
Build Moderately muscular

Physical Description
An impressive figure can best describe this man. He is often seen in very imposing clothing; very upper class outfits made in black. His muscles are a moderate build, seeming un-extraordinary. He can usually be found wearing his favorite black buckler overcoat and sporting a fashionable pair of sunglasses. He is normally fairly talkative among those he finds amiable, but cross him and he will make his presence known with silent action.

Psychological Profile
Scaf is a very empathetic person. He often takes the role of a vigilante upon himself when someone of lesser fortune is in the wrong. He has little sympathy for the common thug, as he wants to push his criminal past under the carpet; along with the bodies of said thugs. Scaf is known around the families as a full blown womanizer, but very few descendants of the Trueblood family can claim themselves of the opposite. His charming features and charismatic mood makes him adept at baiting and luring women, be it a manor maid or one of his distant cousins. The charm of Scaf knows very little bounds.

When his day of adventure is done, Scaf prefers to unwind with a quiet book in his apartment, or a night of fraternizing at the Crimsonflame manor. While he enjoys very simple life leisures, such as seeing a cinema with a date or walking in the park after dark, he still enjoys the benefits of being a descendant of the rich family of Trueblood; surely, the blood that flows through his veins is of pure intention.

History
At the age of 17 he was adopted into the Crimsonflame family and brought out of his short lived life of crime. The family took him in and cleaned him up, expunging his old record and adopting him into the full bloodline with full benefits. He lived and grew on the grounds of the Crimsonflame manor with his teenaged sweetheart; Rose Crimsonflame. Since then, Scaf has made numerous love affairs among Rose, her sisters, cousins, and everyone else in the family.

After reaching the age of 21, he started making his own living by providing bodyguard services and working as a part time bouncer at night clubs and bars sponsored by the Crimsonflames. Since then, he has been accepted as a full time Dilettante, a bodyguard, for the Crimsonflames; and honors all calls made in return for a cash reward and remaining in the good light of his family. As a result, he is always welcome to the mansion.

His only current affiliations are with the Crimsonflame family and their own afffiliations. As a unique twist, he came to understand the French language as a way to woo women. One of his past lovers was also very fond of France, and took him there on occassion.

[Ruckus Fox]

Gah! I got so fed up with the scanned versions that I found the myth-weavers template and redid it on there. Notice that some of the stats have changed...I had to follow general rules and guidelines of the campaign I'm joining (The Kings; based off of mafia life in the modern world). Such features as "32-point stat purchasing system", "Hollywood HP (maximum health roll (1d10) plus constitution score -and- constitution modifier (16 and +3 respectively))", and a featured "I'll give you weapons" system of equations. The nice thing about that is...obviously...more wealth for you, since you don't have to spend your moolah on guns, licenses, and other things that typically bring down your pot o' gold. However...the bad side is that the GM can decide all of your weapons. He can decide to issue you a .50 machine gun, or a butter knife. ;x Not sure if I'm too keen on the idea...but I have no choice. I'm also generating my "Post Apocalyptic hacker" girl soon. Gimme a few minutes on that one.

http://www.myth-weav...ew.php?id=36422

--Ruckus

Edit: Oh snap! Here's the techie junkie.

http://www.myth-weav...ew.php?id=36459

http://img261.images...ference1cw4.png (reference for clothing...Jill has long blood red hair.)

[Jake]

[Ruckus Fox]

Dawww. What don'tcha understand? =x Clearly no one understands it but me...meh...

--Ruckus

[Ruckus Fox]

Alright...this'll be the last time I shamelessly bump it up. I've updated Scaf's character sheet. It's part of a mafioso campaign, so I added a portrait that looks a little rustic in nature...though it's modern day mafioso. He also now is the (somewhat) proud owner of a Ford Crown Vic. The GM mentioned to me (one of the two for sure players) that he wished that one of the group would at least buy a vehicle, that vehicles wouldn't really be provided by the mob. I thought that was kind of weird...but seeing as how we start out as small time street associates, it stands to reason. I imagine they will only give made-men cars and apartments on their behalf...maybe an enforcer or two if the time is right.

Point is, being a Dilettante, Scaf was able to splurge on a fancy pants new car. Let's just hope we keep it that way...no bullet holes or anything. <.<

http://www.myth-weav...ew.php?id=36422

--Ruckus

[Darkness]

What's this D20 thing? Some sort of... DNDish thing... (if it's even called 'DND' -- I'm referring to, hopefully obviously, Dungeons 'and' Dragons? ) Wherein you're roleplaying and stuff. But... modern? I'm not sure if this is online or IRL or anything. Very mysterious

[Ruckus Fox]

D20 is actually the core basics on which D&D was established. D20 Modern is...well...basically more well rounded than D&D. In D&D, at low levels, casters (sorcerers, druids, wizards, and partially bards) sucked majorly due to crappy spells and very few of them per day. At low levels, the melee and ranged weaponry classes ruled. At higher levels (8+) you start to notice the casters pick up some useful spells...color spray, fireball, dimension door, all kinds of spells that let them do god-like things and strike fear and awe into the average person. By level 12, they can nuke you, tangle you, strangle you, or incapacitate you before you can draw your sword...even if you have the "Quick Draw" feat.

In the D20 series, magic is gone. Oh, there's a little...it's called "FX." But most people forbid "FX" in their campaigns, along with psions and the like. Thus, you get a more well rounded game with no "zomg, nuke you" types. Not to mention you get to use GUNS! How cool is that? They also established a better economy in D20 Modern. The D20 Apocalypse economy is a little flimsy...but...it's to be expected--it's the apocalypse.

But naturally, D20 Modern isn't for the sword-swinging idiot. You have to take care when carrying weapons and to where. Not everyone has clearance to carry weapons in the open...and if you're carrying an archaic weapon (for example...a longsword or a katana) people will probably get even fishier. On top of that, if your weapon is either illegal (black boxes, fake ID's, y'know...that stuff) or it is unlicensed, then you've got a problem with the local authorities...who will take you in and impound your gear. So you get to spend a while in jail -and- you lose your expensive piece of equipment. So you have to take care to get a license for the item you wish to buy -before- you buy the item itself.

I especially like D20 Modern because it is realistic. You're not going to get struck by a sword twenty times before saying "Okay...I'm dying..." and you're not going to take a 3-shot burst from an MP5 from thirty feet away to the chest and keep standing. The reason? Massive Damage Threshold. Your MDT is calculated by your Constitution score. For example...Scaf's Constitution score is 16 (he's pretty resilient). Scaf can receive damage up to 15 damage and less without threatening massive damage. However, 16 and above, and he has to roll a fortitude save (DC 15...thankfully fortitude is also his forte). If he succeeds, he toughs through the pain and keeps walking (albeit, he'll be rather low on health), if he fails, he immediately drops to -1 health and must roll each round to stabilize himself. During this time, he's unconscious and dying and considered helpless. Though...for this campaign, the MDT is much larger because the GM (Game Master) decided to play with "Hollywood Hitpoints." Hence why he's only level 1 with 29HP. So his actual MDT for this campaign would be 19...16 plus the constitution bonus, which is 3.

Not to mention...guns are cool!

Right now, the mafia campaign is still waiting for more players...but I'm being included in a post-apocalyptic campaign at the moment. The group consists of a military sniper, a wild-life adventurer, an ex-cop, a local doctor, and a computer hacker from Las Vegas (Moi). That can be found in the following.
http://forums.gleema...ad.php?t=961229
I don't appear until page 4, and neither does the doctor. So...yeah.

--Ruckus

[Darkness]

Oh right, btw... I've -always- wondered about this, but...


Is D&D (not DND, silly me and my poor memory ) and this and other assorted things similar to them... well... actually... What are they? I realize they're roleplaying games (I think..), but such can be played on many different planes of existance. For example, forums, or real life, or graphical games, etc. So what're these?

[Jake]

What I meant was that I understand basic attributes/skills in DnD (most skills are self explanatory anyways). And I'm familiar with most of the standard low level mage spells.
Basically, I've played Baldurs Gate almost obsessively, I screw with nethack every so often, and I've played a few very, very old DnD based RPGs for DOS/Windows 3.1.

I also had no idea that D20Modern was more than just DnD with guns and a lack of magic.

[Ruckus Fox]

D&D and D20 Modern are products of "Wizards of the coast." Don't ask me why they picked that name...anyway. Yes, they're just about similar to each other. And they can both be played in real life, and on forums, as shown by my hyperlink. I'm playing it online because the people around me are boobs and like to bend the rules.

You play by rolling dice. We have a "cheat proof" online dice roller that we use to confirm people's dice rolls (plus they're actually random, rolling a die in real life can be finicky) and based on what you rolled (plus whatever aids you on your character sheet) you may, or may not, succeed at what you were doing.

For example...on page four, after stepping in, Jill uses a Search Check on the merchant stalls she just crawled out from under. I rolled a 17+3 for Search. Since the gear is right in front of my noggin', it is easy to assume that I succeeded. Now Jill has to stow the gear sneakily enough that people won't notice. Sadly, Sleight of Hand isn't a class skill, and it can't be used untrained. It can only be used untrained to conceal items, like the bullets for stealing, or her Mac 10 Ingram in her trench coat. By doing this, you take a 10 on it, then add your Dexterity modifier (+2). 12. Well...obviously someone spotted Jill, and she was forced to put things back. That, or the GM just didn't want me getting an unfair advantage. =P I'm not sure.

--Ruckus

[Darkness]

It seems rather complicated XD I'd hate to be a GM. Or is it DM? Way to much thinking, I'd... think... XD

[Jake]

Don't worry, I think I understand what he's saying, and II'd still hate to be a dungeon/game master.
Though it could be interesting.