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Monthly Character Application Contest
The Pitch Do you love the challenge of creating a new, exciting character in response to a game prompt, but don't necessarily want to commit to playing that character over the course of an actual campaign? Are you looking for an excuse to try out a character construction with rules that most GMs would disqualify? Do you want to create a character using an under-played RPG system? Are you just bored and looking for something to do on a PbP RPG website? Then you should try the Monthly Character Application Contest! Put your (character) creative skills to the test by composing a character application in response to a unique monthly prompt for a campaign that will never take place. At the end of the month, a winner will be declared and their excellence will be recognized by their peers. The Rules: 1. To participate in MCAC, submit one (1) publicly-viewable character application in this thread. 2. You may update your application at your leisure until the final 48 hours (GMT) of the month. 3. Do not roll dice in this thread, nor link to other posts for proof of dice rolls. The element of chance and random numbers are generally not necessary in this contest. Instructions on what would normally be randomly-generated numbers will be provided in the monthly prompt. The judge may include exceptions to this rule in any given MCAC prompt. 4. Do not use the in-house character sheets, nor link to 3rd party character sheets. All applications should be in text, either plain or formatted to present character stats in an organized, easily-readable manner. 5. You may include one (1) image in your application. 6. The Judge(s) ruling is final. 7. The Judge(s) of the current contest cannot submit an application for the current contest, and are disqualified from winning the current contest. 8. By participating in this contest, you are declaring that you have read the rules, agree to abide by the rules, and will not argue that your ignorance of the rules should result in an exception to the rules. History
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Unsure of how much you want in mechanics, but here's something I had in mind.
System: Symbaroum Concept: In Symbaroum terms, a Self-Taught Mystic barbarian using Sorcery techniques, particularly Unholy AuraFringe-dwelling magical prodigy Context Note: There are two human civilisations: the 'conventional' civilisation of the Ambrians, and the 'barbarians' of Davokar. Estia has spent her whole life in Ilderthera. Her forefathers have often dabbled in arts considered more suited to the Ambrians than the grounded 'barbarian' ways. Estia has inherited little direct knowledge, but a curiosity as to what the veiled words of her worldly grandfather meant. No one else in the village acknowledged him, believing him to be a dangerous deviant. When the Ambrian invaders came, Estia was driven into the wilderness. Alone at first, she Bushcraft trait from barbarian ancestrysurvived and hid from roving scouts. She quickly honed her nascent talents out of necessity, and is coming into her own as a self-taught mystic. By the time she rejoined other survivors from her homeland, she had honed a way to terrify and enfeeble those who came near her. Her kin welcomed her back, but noted the change within her. But whether they thought of her as a deviant like her grandfather, they didn't express it, as her talents suddenly seemed useful in a desperate situation. As the Ambrians draw closer to their new hiding places deep within the woods, Estia fights back with ferocity. She has brought scouts to their knees in terror, and has charged at small parties of soldiers with little regard to her own safety. Her mystical talents are a slight edge, as the Ambrians typically are the more disciplined in learning these arts - they don't expect barbarians to harness sorcery. So far few Ambrian mystics have graced this front line of the campaign, but Estia's days of supremacy in this regard are numbered. She'll have to face off against more scholarly experts of the craft soon, and she pushes herself in the meantime to be ready for it. Not only does her extreme methodology risk alienating her from her fellow villagers, but mysticism comes with risk. The more Estia uses her gifts recklessly, the more she flirts with In Symbaroum, using magic is one way of accumulating Corruption, which taints the character with a growing darkness and risks turning them into an abominationcorruption from her excesses. Already she feels the pull of something darker and less human within her. And soon she'll have to make a choice - how much is she willing to sacrifice?
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Thank you for your entry, Hotsu! You're currently the front-runner for the January contest!
With regard to your uncertainty about character mechanics, I've added a blanket answer to a Q&A section of the first post. For this particular Prompt, there is no requirement for character stats. It's purely optional. Since it's open-system, it'd be pretty hard for me to assess construction accuracy of all the potential systems.
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*cracks fingers* ok, i've been rattling on about wanting to try FATE so this seems like a good opportunity to practice some character creation!
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Let's give this a try.
20th level druid. I don't think I'd ever get to actually play her, except as an NPC.
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Excellent submissions thus far!
We're at about the halfway mark for January. Plenty of time for new submissions and plenty of time for revisions. Don't forget that all submissions and revisions must be complete by the final 48 hours of the month, meaning that January's deadline in Friday, the 29th!
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There is roughly 7 days remaining to apply. There will be more, but this is your only chance to win the FIRST Monthly Character Application Contest!
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DEADLINE
Applications are now closed. Please do not modify your applications. The review period will last 48 hours, at which point a winner will be announced. Thank you to all participants for making the January 2021 MCAC a success!
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Wow, you all certainly made this a difficult decision. To determine the winner, I ended up having to carefully analyze and compare the exact wording of the prompt to carefully weigh how well the applications adhered to what was asked. Excellent work, everyone!
Stay tuned for the February prompt!
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Woo! Congrats Starflier!
This is fun. I can experiment with different concepts and game systems here without worrying about whether I'd have time to actually play another character.
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I didn't know this was a thing... But I'm sure interested in it now!
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I didn't know it was a thing either until I saw it mentioned on the wishes thread.
Looks like fun
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