This is based on my own idea with inspiration from Deran Vendar. The following 3 personalities will be my Assistant-GMs though I did not even ask them, but for the Greater Good I need assistance! - Shadhunter - Deran Vendar - Alldoom My Tau knowledge is pretty good I would say and had some Tau chars running here around. As the Thread title suggests this also will be Deathwatch (DW) style, so something unique in the lore, because every other RP does not work in this forum. Everyone loves to only have 1 char and perhaps 2-4 guards or NPCs that simply are doing whatever you want them to. But whole armies or even an entire world to control does not work well here, therefor: Something unique must be formed. I am orientating on the Farsight Enclave but do something new, something 'better'. Soooo this RP will build up EXTREMELY on Character Development through surviving, fighting, surviving, doing tasks, surviving, using your characters skills, surviving. Did I mention that surviving will be important? First of all: New Character Creation System Second: Trait 'Choosing' System as in the Red Corsairs RP and now also introduced in my Deathwatch RP. Third: Everyone starts low. Need help with the Caste System? THERE: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Caste_System#Overview Only use the table as reference, we will bend the lore a bit. EVERYONE will start out as a SAAL of his caste, they will be tested in the characters 1st mission. If they survive they become a LA. Then you need to survive 2 Missions to become UI (3 missions in total). 3 more missions (in total 6) and you become a VRE. 3 more missions (in total 9) and you become an EL. Once you completed your 15th misison you CAN become an O, but is not required to take that rank. Due to how the characters are used you can play only 4 Castes. Fire Air Earth Water Most likely the leader figure represented through me and the Assistant GMs will be an Etherreal or a little council of Etherreals (each GM = 1 Etherreal). To bend lore a bit more, also the Earth and Water Caste members can fight, though they are faaaaar worse. In fact Water Caste members will be the hardest to survive with but could be quite useful in some missions, as they are good negotiators. Now to the NEW Character Creation system: There will be: Skill / Ability related Traits and Flaws and Personality related Trait and Flaws You can have 3 traits and 2 flaws at the start of each. Each Sept gets a sub-faction trait and each Caste has something equivalent to 'Gene-Seed Trait' so as in the Red Corsairs RP I differentiate the Gene-Seed AND Sub-Faction unlike I did in my Deathwatch RP at the beginning. Fire Caste Trait: - Born and Trained to become soldiers, the Tau of the Fire Caste are naturally talented in the use of Fire Arms and learn the diverse tactics that each Tau Warrior needs to know. They also have more intel about their enemy at hand than the other Caste Members. Air Caste Trait: - Born and Trained to become pilots, the Tau of the Air Caste are naturally talented in piloting Aircrafts and later on command entire Ships or even fleets if they are talented enough and live long enough to take such post. Their slim bodies allow them also to reach places where other Caste members would have trouble with (getting through vents, for example) yet they can barely carry things and are not good combatants on the field. Earth Caste Trait: - Born and Trained to become Engineers and Scientists, the Tau of the Earth Caste are naturally talented in building drones, hacking and identifying other species' technology and find out how they work to make adaptions for the Tau to counter the enemies' technology. They are huge, bulky and strong, making them perfect for close combat, but inefficient for Stealth Operations. Yet they can fix Battlesuits on the field, hack into systems and be of other great use! Water Caste Trait: - Born and Trained to become Traders, Merchants and Diplomats, the Tau of the Water Caste are naturally talented with a wide vocabulary to arrange the required deals. But not just for trading but also persuading the enemy or individuals in general to do what is best for the Greater Good, they also might be able to easier convince members of the other Castes to do something else, as if their voice was magical. They might be a great tool for a leader, or the worst enemy of a leader as they might be able to turn the own troops against him. Where is the difference between Skill / Ability related Traits & Flaws vs. Personality related Traits & Flaws? Easy: Skill and Abilities are all kind of things that allow your character to PERFORM things. I.e. Hacking knowledge ; Knowledge about the Imperium ; Melee Proficiency ; Able & Allowed to use a XV-8 Crisis Suit ; Stealth Proficiencies ; Able to speak / write language Z ; etc. Whereas personality related Traits & Flaws are more things like: Manipulated by Chaos God X / hearing voices of said Chaos God ; easy to provoke ; Protector ; Supportive ; Faithful ; Suspicious vs. Y ; Survivor's Guilt ; Hate against a particular species / sub-faction ; etc. If you have any questions: Please PM me
Name: Shaas'Saal'Sa'cea (At least I think this is right based on what I read about Tau names <.<) Gender: Male Sept:Sa'cea Caste: Fire Equipment?: Fire Warrior Armor Pulse Rifle Photon Grenades Trait: Basic Tau Weapons Understanding - Tsu'am understands the workings of most basic Fire Warrior armaments and can repair minor damage with little assistance and good old fashioned elbow grease or compensate for damaged systems easier than others. Flaws: Caste Trait: Born and Trained to become soldiers, the Tau of the Fire Caste are naturally talented in the use of Fire Arms and learn the diverse tactics that each Tau Warrior needs to know. They also have more Intel about their enemy at hand than the other Caste Members. Sept Trait: Sa'cea is a military centric sept world renowned for it's disciplined and honorable Fire Warriors. Tsua'am reflects these qualities as expected. (I realize this is EXTREMELY basic but I'm not 100% familiar with the Tau and don't like to put too much in the way of boost or flaws on a character since I need to actually role play em to get a feel for em! Since this is supposed to be focused on character development I'm sure it shouldn't be too big a problem. Correct me if I am wrong ^.^)
Shas = Fire Caste Saal = Rank Sa'Cea = Sept Tsua'm would be something your character did yet.... For example Commander Farsights name is: Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr Shas = Fire Caste O = Rank Vior'La = Sept Shovah = Far-Sighted Kais = Skilled Mont'yr = 'having seen many battles' / 'blooded'
OOC: AH okay figured it would of stood for middle child or something xD Man this is gonna be odd if we got folks all with the same starting names, we'll need some sorta tag to identify individual players x3 Fixin name now.
OOC: tbh I don't care if we go 'against lore' with the name.... I mean you probably would identify each other in some other way like... well like Space Marines do - they just know eachother xD BUT! For the Greater Good there shall be weird alien names for everyone so we know da heck we are.
Just do and give it a try - I am ready to give everyone the basics they need and it is really not that complicated. If you understand Eldar and Astartes you are halfway to Tau ^^
OOC: I'm not entirely familiar with em either but it's always worth a shot. Didn't know I'd like Eldar as much as I did till I gave the Rp a go
