ComradeSenpai
One Thousand Club
- In a world where magic has permeated the world of mundane reality known as Earth...
life went on as normal.
But cooler.
This is a school RP taking place in an alternate history wherein many high fantasy races suddenly spawned and populated modern day Earth. One hundred and fifty years in the future, the political climate has been altered, and many species now peacefully coexist.
The titular setting is a school that celebrates togetherness and cooperation between all demihumans.
1. There is no permanent GM role. Sections will be divided between time at the school, and field trips. Class time will have no established leader to guide things along, and consists of primarily social interaction amongst ourselves. Field trips are more action oriented experiences requiring a predetermined GM, designated the High Lord Grand Poobah, who will guide along the story. I'll do the first field trip section, so you guys get a feel for what it'll be like.
2a. If a dispute occurs, act like rational adults. Voice your complaints, and we will settle them. As the maker of this thread, I'll act as a mediator during such disputes.
2b. To prevent OOC forum drama from adversely effecting the game either by invoking the mods or by threatening to do so, anyone calling the mods will be kicked effective immediately. Mods should only be called if someone does something illegal or spams images.
3. You may have a maximum of two characters, consisting of one student and one teacher/staff. This ensures that we don't have an imbalance.
4. No mind control or any power that takes away player agency.
5. There is a very mild, but very real chance of death during field trips. We will be using a slightly modified version of Risus to ensure fairness and danger during combat, as it's easy to use. Dice rolling will also be generally used to settle conflicts and contested actions when not on field trips.
Risus rules can be found at http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/resources/systems/pennpaper/risus/risus/index.html
6. Any further questions or complaints should be directed towards myself.
THE SCHOOL
- As a Whole
- MagTec
- Fine Arts
- Mystical Arts
- Science and Technology
- Sports
- Dorms
- Infirmary
- Dining Hall
- Power Plant
Located in rural Pennsylvania, the Michael Orange Dorm School for Community Education is one of the greatest advocates of magtec the world over. Originally created by Michael Orange and a group of like-minded philanthropists to better foster unity among humans and demihumans.
The Magic and Technology Department building, or MagTec for short, is a strange portion of the school. A small building linking the Science wing and the Mystical Arts wing, it generally acts as a mediator between the two departments when they collaborate. Known for its eccentric professors.
The Fine Arts Department contains all of the creative art programs, and also has English and relating subjects under its wing. It is a rather ill-funded department, which has not seen any upgrades to its classrooms, or any of its learning materials for quite sometime. It is also one of the physically older wings of the school.
The Mystical Arts Department covers subjects regarding and pertaining to the mystical arts. The most prominent building of the department is a monolithic stone tower, which is connected to the MagTec building, the design of the tower is reminiscent of the classical view of wizard towers. Next to the main tower are a few smaller towers. All of these towers are connected together through underground passageways, which host classrooms of their own.
The Science and Technology Department, in contrast to the Mystical Arts wing, is devoted to the mundane sciences, even in a world rampant with magic. Chemistry, biology, and ecology are all subjects learned within the building. And unlike the Mystical Arts wing, it is not a towering structure which exploits the surrounding environment, but rather it embraces nature. It has an open terrace where flora and fauna flourishes, which allows for air to flow into the rest of the building and help keep it cool. It is rather clean and efficient looking, which has much access to natural light.
The Sports Department handles an umbrella of physical activities for recreation, fitness and self defense. Anything from general workouts to football, baseball or track and field to a variety of swordsmanship schools, marksmanship, unarmed combat and most anything else that involves physical activity is handled here. It has its own dedicated building, created in the style of an ancient coliseum with several underground facilities, in the back of the school.
The dormitories are communal, with each housing six people, separated by gender.
The school, due to its odd nature and reputation as a magnet for danger, has a very robust infirmary, roughly on par with a well-staffed emergency room.
The dining hall serves a plethora of dishes geared towards a many different palates, from hearty dwarven chowders and stews, to finely garnished elven cuisine, to the gamey and half-raw menus of the beastmen, the dining hall has something for everyone.
The school, as well as the surrounding area, is powered by an experimental magitech quantum power plant, which has the capability to produce theoretically unlimited power. However, the nature of the device weakens the fabric of reality, meaning that demon outbreaks and the like are more common than normal near the school.
CURRENT WORLD STATE
Post-War America is a true melting pot containing nearly every race you can think of. Besides the immigration of elves and dwarves and all manner of monster, society is largely the same in 2150.
Magic is taught semi-regularly, but its secrets are often hidden by expensive college classes. There is a rapidly growing movement among its students to teach it in public schools.
Technology has advanced to slightly more advanced levels. Militarily, exoskeletons are very expensive military projects. Railgun and coilgun tech has made large advances and has more or less replaced conventional artillery. Plastic rifles are still common, but the military uses domestically designed firearms. Conventional bullets are still the norm. Laser technology has seen some field use, but has not been implemented into a conventional military.
In the civilian world, tech has only seen a relatively small boost. Electric cars are common, and the country is currently switching to green energy; reformatting the power layout has created an economic boost and numerous jobs.
Magitech is in its very earliest stages, and is a new form of science that still needs all forms of experimentation.
A similar situation exists in Japan and parts of Western Europe, such as the UK and France.
The Vampire Dictatorship currently spans large sections of East Russia and Northern Asia. They exist behind an Iron Curtain. What few photojournalists sneak in reveal a very oppressive and bloody regime, leading to worldwide protests from humanitarians, and a new Cold War. Large human populations exist within the country, being one of the major reasons why the country hasn’t collapsed YET due to a food shortage, as well as why it has not been invaded or bombed en masse: human casualties would be too high.
Vampire troopers are known to wear very sturdy armor designed to block out UV rays, effectively protecting them from the Sun. The standard weapon is a high caliber battle rifle.
Vampires are currently engaging in a proxy war in varying parts of South America, Asia, and Southern Africa.
Generally, there are two factions of otherworldly beings: The Demonic, hedonistic and violent creatures who rule through might, and the Celestial, mostly benign creatures that rule the heavens through bureaucratic means.
Celestials are heavenly creatures, such as valkyries, devas, angels, and the like. Generally speaking, they are for the most part restricted from interacting directly with the world as defined by their truly labyrinthine codes of conduct, and as such must make do with offering mortals divine power so that they might work the Celestial’s will upon the world.
Demons, on the other hand, are not bound by such codes of conduct, and can range from lowly imps and kappa all the way up to powerful demon lords. Currently, they have carved out a decently-sized portion of Central Asia centered on the Great Crater, and are in a stalemate with the surrounding countries, as nobody is able to permanently kill the demons, but neither are the demons capable of taking more territory due to a lack of weapons and tacticians, and a general inability to organize.
It is important to note that while demons usually appear within the Great Crater, they do not always appear there, and in fact smaller dimensional rifts can open up just about anywhere, and as such self-defense classes are a good deal more popular these days.
Both these factions have entirely alien mindsets and thus are not considered appropriate for PCs.
After a relatively lengthy period of war in the 21st century, magical races, through alliances and VERY lengthy negotiations, gained much territory in Northern Africa, the middle east, and West Asia. It’s actually a much better place to live now, meeting up with First World standards.
The combined territories create one country, named Haven. It is headed by a democratically elected congress containing representatives from each demihuman racial type, including humans.
Despite being one of the better places to live, the government itself often argues to the point where it is unable to act on many subjects.
Michael Orange’s sister school and rivals Thaddeus Orange are located here.
Australia is essentially the same, a scenic hellhole full of god’s “creative punishment against mankind” projects, except now with magical creatures to boot.
Last edited by a moderator: