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- Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:01 pm
- Forum: Battle Royal
- Topic: Joining Forces
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5103
Re: Joining Forces
As the jungle thickened, Vela tilted her head up and sniffed at the humid air. For a moment she tensed...then without a word she leapt off the ATV, transforming into a sleek hunting cat in mid-bound. Then she was gone. It was nearly an hour before her voice came over the team communications channel,...
- Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:12 pm
- Forum: Battle Royal
- Topic: Joining Forces
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5103
Re: Joining Forces
Interlude: 1d4 Vela was in a poor mood. Following what could only be described as a devastating loss, at least in her mind, it was harder and harder for her to justify working with the Tomorrow Legion. She spent a great deal of time in her fully feline form...ostensibly scouting and hunting, but als...
- Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:26 pm
- Forum: Battle Royal
- Topic: The Gate of Insanity
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19819
Re: The Gate of Insanity
Vela ran full tilt towards the creature, leaping onto its body, digging in with her claws and scaling it like it was a sequoia tree, hoping to get her shot at the beast's soft spots that lurched so enticingly above. Far, far above. Unfortunately, that also meant that when its last gasp of life escap...
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Battle Royal
- Topic: The Gate of Insanity
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19819
Re: The Gate of Insanity
The People were no strangers to fear. The jungles they called home where awash in psychic energy, and there were nearly as many horrors slithering through the roots and branches as there were people huddling in villages hoping to avoid their notice. Though the great cities of their ancestors had lon...
- Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:22 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15335
Re: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
Vela transforms into her full jaguar form, finding it easier to swim that way, as well as offering a larger surface for her rescuees to grab onto. It's tiring work, dragging these extras along, but she fights through the current, wriggling and paddling towards the shore... Maybe it would have been e...
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:55 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15335
Re: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
Vela, lounging on the deck in her jaguar form to enjoy the sunlight, noticed the strange acceleration of the boat relatively quickly. The team started springing into action, and she transformed into her 'true' form, a humanoid jaguar-person. In that shape she could call upon the spirits of her ances...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:55 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8507
Re: 2.0 New Del Rio
"We should go." The voice came from a nearby window, which was open now. Vela dropped down through it onto the floor, then reached up to close it behind her. She had what looked like a nasty set of gouges clawed into her left shoulder and part of her arm, but was otherwise hale enough. Sh...
- Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8507
Re: 2.0 New Del Rio
As the pressure increased, Vela was forced to abandon the rooftops and take to the streets, trying to use the passerbys and obstacles to outpace her pursuers. The streets of New Del Rio helped in that regard, with their lack of urban planning. The city was full of blind turns and waggling, hodgepodg...
- Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:12 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8507
Re: 2.0 New Del Rio
When she realizes it's gone south, Vela leaves her vantage point on the roof overlooking the marketplace and gives chase. Her gait devours the rooftop, sending the odd tiles skating down to plink down on the ground. At the edge she simply leaps without slowing down, unthinkingly confident in her abi...
- Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8507
Re: 2.0 New Del Rio
Vela takes to the roofs again, slinking from shadow to shadow in her feline form, avoiding attention while taking advantage of her sharper senses. Occasionally she spots a likely suspect, but on shifting human to get better color perception, it's never quite right. Still, the hunting and the stalkin...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:30 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
- Replies: 47
- Views: 8507
Re: 2.0 New Del Rio
The city was...frustrating to try to work in for Vela. Though the novelty of it was interesting, that was also the problem. It was TOO interesting. Too many things to react to, or to attract attention. Particularly in the marketplace; a location that had been intentionally designed to make people lo...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:12 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 1.1 Traveling to New Del Rio (Open RP)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1280
Re: 1.1 Traveling to New Del Rio (Open RP)
For a change, Vela was riding in the ATV for now. She had a tendency to prefer being outside, but running ahead or alongside the machine tired her out over time, so she'd want to come in. Only to want to get back out again when she'd rested. No one had quite dared make a cat door joke yet, but it wa...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4817
Re: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
"It is not a kindness." Vela dropped down from the rocks above, still in her half-human, half-jaguar state. Her eyes shone eerie green in the reflected firelight as she regarded Jethro and Watcher. Then she focused on Jethro. "Healing the slaves of the dead. It is not kindness. You o...
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:31 am
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4817
Re: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
As the night wore on; pressed close like an old familiar cloak, Vela realized they would need to make camp. New Del Rio was too far, and while sleeping by night was dangerous, it was more dangerous by far not to take rest. She took the shape of a jaguar and loped ahead, scenting into the wind, leapi...
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:24 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4817
Re: Caught Out in the Open
Vela chose to run, free of the confines of the ATV for awhile, and was glad she did. As a jaguar her senses magnified, and the night air felt like it was striking sparks off of her coat. The shadows melted away, and the sounds and smells of the desert leapt into startling clarity. She sped ahead of ...
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:21 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.2 Calm Before the Storm (Intro)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4049
Re: Calm Before the Storm (Intro)
Vela trots over to the group from a little ways away, with an air of stoic 'don't ask' that would have been just as at home on her feline form as it was on her human one. There was a reason The People didn't travel by rifts, and this to her simply underscored it. They were unpredictable, unreliable,...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:40 pm
- Forum: Old
- Topic: Lost Jungle Reboot
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4275
Re: Lost Jungle Reboot
I voted 10. It may sound heartless, but I have real concerns about GM burnout trying to run 2 simultaneous games. It seems like it rarely works out. If you really think you can...and really want to...do it, then I won't complain or anything. It's just...even TEN people is a LOT for an RPG. You might...
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:21 pm
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Vela
Foul threadcromancy! Okay, so as an enchanted item: Breakdown: (Base Item: N-F50A Superheavy Force Field (Toughness 5, Min Str 1d4, does not stack with any powers or armors) - Empires of Humanity pg39) 250k Minor: +1 Toughness, 10k Minor: +1 Toughness, 10k Major: Edge - Champion, 50k Major: Edge - H...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:24 pm
- Forum: Lost in the Jungle
- Topic: New Del Rio
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12495
Re: New Del Rio
Vela put her hand just under the neckline of her blouse, over the golden disc of her amulet, invoking its power. Then she leapt into a run, vanishing behind a building. Once she felt the enemy could not easily see her, she transformed into her 'true' form, a humanoid jaguar-person. With claws that e...
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12206
Re: Command Briefing
Vela nodded at that.
"I will, yes."
She reached over and took hold of Vikon's hand. Not in a 'friendly gesture' sort of way, but rather to sort of turn it this way and that, examining the appendage with curiosity.
"What are your abilities like?"
"I will, yes."
She reached over and took hold of Vikon's hand. Not in a 'friendly gesture' sort of way, but rather to sort of turn it this way and that, examining the appendage with curiosity.
"What are your abilities like?"
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:04 pm
- Forum: Lost in the Jungle
- Topic: Getting to Know You
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3990
Re: Getting to Know You
Finally Vela did speak up, when the psi stalker did not. "My people had shamans who would smell the storms coming before they came," she said, reaching down to lazily drag a fingertip to and fro along the ground. "When a storm came, we would go the caves where a river fell, and wait f...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: Lost in the Jungle
- Topic: The Predator and The Prey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3127
Re: The Predator and The Prey
The moment Peta said he saw a vampire, Vela transformed into her human/jaguar hybrid form. In this, the 'true' form in the tradition of her people, Vela was still recognizable but her skin grew a thin covering of fine fur with dappled markings typical of the arboreal great cats she had affinity with...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:37 am
- Forum: Lost in the Jungle
- Topic: New Del Rio
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12495
Re: New Del Rio
The commotion and sudden crosstalk awakened Vela from one of her naps, and she sat up in the mountaineer and stretched herself one limb at a time as she blinked and halfheartedly listened to what people were saying. Then she pushed up to the pair of seats in the front to get a glimpse through the ve...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:31 am
- Forum: Lost in the Jungle
- Topic: Getting to Know You
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3990
Re: Getting to Know You
There was barely a sound as Vela joined the two, having overhead enough of the conversation to be interested. She didn't announce herself or ask permission...simply finding a spot to sit between them. If her presence was unwelcome, she assumed, they would let her know and she'd move on. The ley line...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:06 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12206
Re: Command Briefing
Vikon greeted the others. He studied the Vela woman. “You are Sister Ashlyn’s friend, correct?” he asked her as they made their way out of the briefing room and headed toward the quartermaster’s office. “She told me much about you, and the other friends she traveled with throughout the kingdoms. Su...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: Lost Jungles
- Topic: GM poll 4Q2020
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2752
Re: GM poll 4Q2020
I can't vote in this poll for some reason?
But I'll give you full marks.
But I'll give you full marks.
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12206
Re: Command Briefing
Vela finally did find her way to the quartermaster's station. She eyed the clerk on duty there for a moment before saying, "I want a gun." She pantomimed shooting a weapon with her fingers. The clerk arched an eyebrow, then glanced behind him. There were rows and rows of guns, of all kinds...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:37 am
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Vela
Done.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:18 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12206
Re: Command Briefing
“Umm Miss Vela, my name is Trowel... I was sort of wondering what kind of things should I ask for? Most of my experience is in Chi-Town, not so much in the jungle...” His voice lowered, “So what kills vampires?” Vela leaned over to one side a little and eyed the small person asking her in so famili...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:21 pm
- Forum: Adventures
- Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12206
Re: Command Briefing
Vela had a spot she liked in the castle. It was high up, atop the conical roof of the western guard tower that overlooked the trade road most people used to enter or leave Refuge. There were higher places, yes, but from up in those spots Vela found she couldn't easy make out anything interesting abo...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:04 pm
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Vela
Signature Item Proposal - Crest of the Night Sun A necklace of tough, flexible leather adorned with beads of jade, wood and other decorative items, with an amulet in the shape of a flat golden disc. Engraved into the disc is a stylized image of sun rays along the edges, with a humanoid face possessi...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Vela
It's 'Monster Hunter.' They are dedicated to the eradication of vampires and other supernatural evil.
Hey GM, any chance you could switch ownership of this sheet to Vela? I can't edit it now.
Hey GM, any chance you could switch ownership of this sheet to Vela? I can't edit it now.
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Archived Recruits
- Topic: Rifts: Lost Jungles
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9625
Re: Rifts: Lost Jungles
Here's the user account I'm joining with.
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Rifts: Lost Jungles
Vela Novice Female Human, Werecat, and Hunter and warrior Iconic Framework : Werecat Attributes : Agility d10, Smarts d8, Spirit d6, Strength d12, Vigor d8 (-2d in Str and Agility when in human form) Skills : Athletics d8, Common Knowledge d4, Fighting d10, Language (English) d6, Language (Native) ...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:53 pm
- Forum: Legionaries
- Topic: Vela
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5792
Re: Rifts: Lost Jungles
Hero's Journey!
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- Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Out of Character Chatter
- Replies: 137
- Views: 51707
Re: Out of Character Chatter
Can I get Vela moved to the Cryo Freezer? I tried, but it seems normal peeps can't post to it.
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:52 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.6: JtoZ: Portal to Calgary
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16808
Re: Part 6.6: JtoZ: Portal to Calgary
It was miserably cold. Vela took her natural form, the humanoid jaguar shape, but even with her new armor and her thin fur coat, the mountain was horrible. Her rangers weren't doing much better despite their heavier clothing. Even so, it was something of a relief when red eyes shone in the darkness ...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:22 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.5 JtoZ, Witchwell inn: Dance Off.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14241
Re: Part 6.5 JtoZ, Witchwell inn: Dance Off.
Still grinning, sweating from the exertion, Vela swiped an ale and drank it in a series of gulps big enough to spill a little out of the corners of her mouth. She slammed the tankard down and wiped across her chin with the back of her hand. "Your warning only makes me fight harder. I am ready n...
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:58 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.5 JtoZ, Witchwell inn: Dance Off.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14241
Re: Part 6.5 JtoZ, Witchwell inn: Dance Off.
The whole situation was surreal...they were going to fight, by dancing? Vela had to laugh. This Zacateus thought he was being clever, no doubt. He had no way to know how many days and nights Vela had spent with her humans living on her tribe's territory. Music was something solemnly used by The Peop...
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:57 am
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Out of Character Chatter
- Replies: 137
- Views: 51707
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:52 am
- Forum: The Witchwell Inn
- Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 50336
Re: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Vela stiffens a little at the unexpected contact, but relaxes after a moment and pushes her face against Krys' hair. Then, something like awe on her face, she reaches up to accept the gift. The spirits she called don't fade away like usual, but rather fan out behind her to see this moment, something...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:21 pm
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Dance off Music at Zacatecas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5809
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Witchwell Inn
- Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 50336
Re: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Vela had scant time to react...as was usual. One moment she was sizing up this human man who was offering to buy her a drink...the next, some kind of unholy liquid acid or something was splashing into the room, destroying everything it touched. She wasn't sure if it could kill her or not, but even i...
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.4 Journey to Zacatecus: The Witchwell Inn (Confessor Gone MIA)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7970
Re: Part 6.4 Journey to Zacatecus: The Witchwell Inn (Confessor Gone MIA)
"All this and she is dead?" Vela asks, coming over to where the cyborg is being held.
She gives Kurling's chest a light shove, with the strength of her human form, it's barely enough for him to feel at all.
"Tell us what happened."
She gives Kurling's chest a light shove, with the strength of her human form, it's barely enough for him to feel at all.
"Tell us what happened."
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18334
Re: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
Grynn paused, hesitating a bit. Her attentiveness had caught him off-guard, to be honest. He looked down for a second and then shook his head. "I was just...well, I admire you. Maybe I am wrong, but things seem...straight-forward for you. Black and white - I don't mean that you don't see in co...
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Adventure Cards Q4 2018
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5780
Re: Adventure Cards Q4 2018
Seasoned
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- Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:39 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18334
Re: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
Introspective or not, Vela was alert. She caught the dragonlet's gaze on her and gave him a quizzical look.
"What?"
"What?"
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Witchwell Inn
- Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 50336
Re: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Vela carefully enters the Inn and looks around. Her normally somewhat shaggy hair is almost immediately waterlogged as the snow and ice in it melts. In most places she'd be an odd figure...a mocha-skinned young woman with peculiar gold-hued eyes dressed in mismatched patchwork armor, with trinkets a...
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:41 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.4 Journey to Zacatecus: The Witchwell Inn (Confessor Gone MIA)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7970
Re: Part 6.4 Journey to Zacatecus: The Witchwell Inn (Confessor Gone MIA)
The Confessor. Vela did not know her well, but had some idea of what she was capable of. Like Penitent, she had the potential for great power...though like Penitent, she was subtly strange. The masks they wore smelled wrong somehow; like nothing else she'd found. She'd once asked the Confessor about...
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:05 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18334
Re: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
Vela yawns and waves a hand negligently.
"Destroy the thing and let him go to the twilight," she opines. Then with a shrug the werejaguar adds, "Or pull him back if you must. What is 'Doc Reid' to me?"
"Destroy the thing and let him go to the twilight," she opines. Then with a shrug the werejaguar adds, "Or pull him back if you must. What is 'Doc Reid' to me?"
- Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:00 pm
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Resurrection Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5123
Re: Resurrection Question
Vela has no particular interest in the fate of Doc Reid. As long as resurrecting him doesn't cost her anything, she'd have no particular objection other than mentioning that if he comes back wrong, she'll drop him again. But, you know, he never fed her or gave her bellyrubs or anything so...meh. He ...
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:35 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18334
Re: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
It was over. Vela lay, half curled on the ground, as a gash in her side rapidly healed and closed. It had been made by a hard impact on a jag of rock. From when this 'old one' had struck her with unimaginable force and flung her back. Even now she wasn't sure if it had been something physical like a...
- Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18334
Re: 6.2 Jouney to Zacatecus (Sundog Lair)- Tac and Tech
From concealed positions, Vela and her team could only watch in dawning horror as the black tendrils snaked out to transfix and consume the main column. Then Sulannus, the elf, cried out, "It's coming for us!" Vela reacted on instinct, clasping the broach of her cloak in one clawed hand an...
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:33 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.2: Journey to Zacatecas ( The River) Open RP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11314
Re: Part 6.2: Journey to Zacatecas ( The River)
"I know many things about the lands of the Dead," Vela says. "From human traders who came to our territory sometimes. They tell of places where Dead-slaves work in huge fields to keep other Dead-slaves alive. All day and most of the night. The strongest do not work though. They are k...
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
Vela frowns and looks around, but there's no sign of Soledad anywhere nearby. A vampire, one of the most powerful...he had been destroyed, had he not? How was he speaking to her now? The flare of light on her arm catches her attention. The emblem there means nothing to her...but perhaps the others w...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:53 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6.1: Reid Rangers Interlude by campfire
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7610
Re: Part 6.2: Reid Rangers Interlude by campfire
Huevos Rangeros [dice]0[/dice] Vela considers the question, and settles in for a story. "I am from far," she begins, waving a hand at the horizon. "South, where it is all trees and there is water. The hunting is good. But everywhere there is the Dead. We move, and for a time things ar...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:46 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
Vela doesn't really get humans at the best of times, and even less now. Presumably this makes sense to them though. But then her friends get involved. As much as she might be inclined to let these humans choose their new leader however they willed, she couldn't just let the others struggle in vain. ...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:29 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
There were twenty of them. Twenty 'rangers,' staring at Vela with a mixture of fear and hope...many of them perhaps unsure whether the were-jaguar was much different than the threat they faced. Vela took her human guise therefore, but not before they'd seen her in her true state. It was not her inte...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:56 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
Quick as a snake-strike, Vela is on the Murder Wraith facing her. Taken aback by the velocity and ferocity of her charge, the wraith is a hair out of position, a hair too slow even with its amped-up undead frame. Then the werejaguar was on him, her claws flashing black and cold...her rage at this cr...
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:17 am
- Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
- Topic: Adventure Deck - Q3 2018
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5476
Re: Adventure Deck - Q3 2018
Novice - [dice]0[/dice] - Teamwork: "Your hero and any adjacent allies add +4 to their next trait rolls. The allies must be adjacent when the
card is played to receive the bonus."
Seasoned - [dice]1[/dice] - Theme Song: Allies within earshot recover from Shaken and Fear
card is played to receive the bonus."
Seasoned - [dice]1[/dice] - Theme Song: Allies within earshot recover from Shaken and Fear
- Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:34 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
The undead creature’s movements are well heard by the were-jaguar. There is no sneaking up on her tonight. A skeletal creature with a juicer bio-comp pack mysticvally attached to its back surges forth from the twinkling darkness. It carries in its hand an energy whip that seems to gleam in multiple...
- Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:23 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Vela laughs quietly and rolls onto her back to look up at the ceiling, raising a hand to idly bat at the back of a seat nearby. "So complex and confusing for you. It is simpler for us. The mating time comes. If you do not want niños, you put yourself away until it is over. You can also seek the...
- Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:05 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
"Baaaahhh," Vela groans, and pulls away from Ashlyn to look for another place to sit, though not far off.
"You humans, always in heat. I'll never understand how you get anything done but having your...what do you call them? The little ones?"
"You humans, always in heat. I'll never understand how you get anything done but having your...what do you call them? The little ones?"
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:44 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
Somehow, the silver sword she'd taken twists in the chaos, and slices Vela shallowly as she tries to roll away...the cut isn't deep enough to be dangerous, but she can feel her vitality ebb from her, as if seeping from the wound it makes. With a snarl she grabs the clasp of her godskin cloak and con...
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:34 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
Vela has time to realize that THIS is why people tie themselves down in these vehicles as she is thrown forward across the seats in the crash. Fortunately, the inside of the ATV isn't made of silver. She hits the forward compartment's wall with a sickening thud; an impact that would shatter the bone...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:06 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampires
- Replies: 87
- Views: 44967
Re: Part 6: Reid’s Rangers, They are on Fire plus 1000 vampi
For her part, Vela contributed little to the conversation. She had changed into her jaguar form and was curled up on the Zone Ranger's floor, just listening to the hum of the electric engine and the pleasant drone of her companions talking. Sometimes her tail would flick someone's leg, or her ears w...
- Tue May 22, 2018 5:34 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Legends of the Vampire Kingdom (Kreeghor Aftermath)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6549
Re: Legends of the Vampire Kingdom (Kreeghor Aftermath)
Sabateour, Archetict, Commando, Agent [dice]0[/dice] Right Behind You...that is so cat. Vela smirked at the captive's plea, and decided to humor him. She hunkered down near him and said, "You have not fought the Jaguar People before. We hunt. We stalk. We kill. We feast." She gestured up ...
- Fri May 11, 2018 6:52 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 5.2 Boy or Bomb
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6057
Re: Part 5.2 Boy or Bomb
Once upon a time, Vela would have stood her ground against the hammer blows of the railgun, confident that human weapons of that nature couldn't harm her. She had been younger once, and more ignorant. Now she fell forward onto all fours and raced ahead...zigging and zagging to avoid the bright silve...
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:01 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Boy or Bomb
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10956
Re: Boy or Bomb
Okay, who's doing what now?
Can we summarize the final tally?
Can we summarize the final tally?
- Sat May 05, 2018 6:16 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Boy or Bomb
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10956
Re: Boy or Bomb
Hmm! So the tasks are mutually exclusive? That is, we can't take the ship and then use it to take the base? Or vice versa, take the base and then once it's secure go after the ship? I mean, I get the sense that's how it is from your posing this question, but I like to make sure I'm not overlooking o...
- Sat May 05, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Vela smiled a little at that. It was a pleasant thing, to be close to someone you trusted. Like being a kitten again, a little. Without really thinking about it, the were-jaguar shifted position a little and tilted her head to get access to Ashlyn's hair, then started affectionately grooming her. By...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 11:06 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 5.1: Attack of the Kreeghor ( Dramatic Event)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17155
Re: Part 5.1: Attack of the Kreeghor ( Dramatic Event)
Vela lifts an eyebrow at the internecine violence, but it's not so strange perhaps. Even among the People, sometimes there was a struggle for a leader to emerge. It just didn't seem like humans did it that way most of the time. "If we take the flying thing," she says, "we could use it...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 11:00 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Still pressed comfortingly against Ashlyn's side, Vela wonders at the tattoo magic that Krysesia describes. It doesn't sound to her like something that would work on her people. Impurities pushed into their flesh were always eventually pushed back out, or destroyed within. The exception was silver, ...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:26 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 5.1: Attack of the Kreeghor ( Dramatic Event)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 17155
Re: Part 5.1: Attack of the Kreeghor ( Dramatic Event)
Vela leans out the window of the Zone Ranger like a dog might and squints into the darkness ahead of them, her cat eyes picking up the features of the cave much more clearly than headlights ever could. Better still, she can smell the flickering scents of dangers in the caves as the wind brings them ...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:39 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 5: The Rocking Zone Ranger(Interlude)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5533
Re: Part 5: The Rocking Zone Ranger(Interlude)
"Gah!" Vela sputters and grips the hilt of the sword stuck into her with both clawed hands. The pain is intense...a by-now familiar white, cold metallic pain that rings in her ears. As she pulls the weapon out, all she can do is yowl with the agony. Blood flows freely from the wound as sh...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:27 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20750
Re: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
Dark magic twined around Vela, rising like ghostly black arms from the earth, wrapping about her in twilight strands even as a skull-face loomed up over her with its mouth gaping wide as if to swallow her whole. The were-jaguar though, faced with the inevitability of death, roared in defiance and to...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:23 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Q2 2018 Adventure Cards
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8564
Re: Q2 2018 Adventure Cards
[dice]0[/dice]
That card got picked already so
[dice]1[/dice]
"Your hero and any adjacent allies add +4 to their next trait rolls. The allies must be adjacent when the card is played to receive the bonus."
That card got picked already so
[dice]1[/dice]
"Your hero and any adjacent allies add +4 to their next trait rolls. The allies must be adjacent when the card is played to receive the bonus."
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:19 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Vela shushes Ndreare as she goes past him, then sinks to her knees beside Ashlyn and leans against her side, offering whatever comfort her presence can.
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:37 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Vela shook her head.
"The Dead lie," she says. "Even cubs know this."
"The Dead lie," she says. "Even cubs know this."
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32902
Re: Part 4.4 The labored breath before the ambush-RP area
Vela growled in irritation. "He is Dead. There is no return from that. Destroy what's left of him, or he will return and all the suffering he's caused will happen again. So it is with all the Dead." She had no idea what the dithering was about. Where she was from, there was only one thing ...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:58 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20750
Re: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
Vela roars in defiance as vampires bound in, eyes glowing hellishly in the darkness! She twists and turns, laying about her, but the vampires are quick and experienced pack hunters. Even a tiger fears the pack of wolves! One slips through her guard, grabs her arm and bites. As she reaches down to de...
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:20 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20750
Re: Part 4.4: out of a rift into a vampire CS ambush
[dice]0[/dice] or [dice]1[/dice] [dice]2[/dice] or [dice]3[/dice] [dice]4[/dice] or [dice]5[/dice] Vela growled and reached up to the fetish dangling from a thong looped around her neck. Through it she sent a call to the spirits, to her own power, and as they flocked to her air she transformed to h...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:46 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Tactical Combat for vampire and CS ambush
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6019
Re: Tactical Combat for vampire and CS ambush
I can do a small donation; I don't have much ISP to start with though, sadly.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:43 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.3: Mental Mind Mashup: The Archon Rift
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7439
Re: Part 4.3: Mental Mind Mashup: The Archon Rift
In the aftermath of the insanity, Vela found herself pacing, prowling, unable to sit still. She found herself snarling at anyone who strayed close, jumping at any movement. She couldn't calm down. When she closed her eyes, all she could see was red glowing dots in darkness...like eyes, clustered thi...
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: EP Archive
- Topic: 2018 EP Requests
- Replies: 307
- Views: 162910
Re: 2018 EP Requests
Account/Character Name: Deezy Klatta/Vela
What do you want done? Buy a reroll for a critical fail for 5 EP.
What do you want done? Buy a reroll for a critical fail for 5 EP.
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:34 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
- Replies: 70
- Views: 28493
Re: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
I have Smite is the thing.
But yeah, that's a cool idea. I can work with that. Thanks!
But yeah, that's a cool idea. I can work with that. Thanks!
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
- Replies: 70
- Views: 28493
Re: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
F&G : [dice]0[/dice] +1d Spirit, Strong Willed Item: Jaguar...sun...mask...thing? Major - Adept Edge Major - Solar Mantle: 2 PPE to gain +4 damage and Sunlight trapping to weapon or natural attack for 3 rounds Major - Solar Flare: Exalted Damage Field (Sunlight Trapping) Major - 10 PPE Minor - ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:22 pm
- Forum: Black Company and 13th Crossover Story
- Topic: Soldad's Revenge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11594
Re: Soldad's Revenge
Even in her war form, Vela felt the bite of fangs like daggers of flame. She roared and sank her claws into the first vampire to rip it off of her. As it started to heal from being nearly ripped in two she plunged her flaming sword into the head...incinerating it and bringing the creature final deat...
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:09 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.2: El Paso, Pressed Before the Storm
- Replies: 32
- Views: 15972
Re: Part 4.2: El Paso, Pressed Before the Storm
Vela listens in her own way...pretending not to be listening as she sits near the infants and plays with them. Just when it seems like she hasn't been listening at all, she looks up at the others and says, "All this talking. Lets go kill some Dead."
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:50 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.2: El Paso, Pressed Before the Storm
- Replies: 32
- Views: 15972
Re: Part 4.2: El Paso, Pressed Before the Storm
Still hopped up on adrenalin, and seeing it almost as more of a contest than a rescue operation at first, Vela leaps to try to hold up the collapsing rubble as well! Strength: [dice]0[/dice] or [dice]1[/dice] ==== The arena fight ended, and the audience and the fighters went to pick up the pieces an...
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:06 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
The chaos and the carnage clashed with the primal insult that seeing her own people corrupted and made Dead, and for a moment Vela didn't know what to do. Then she heard, as if from a distance, the yowling of one of The People. Not these pale imitations, but one of the tribes, one of her own. She lo...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:13 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1 Call for Heroes: Diner at Traveler's Inn
- Replies: 49
- Views: 20939
Re: Part 4.1 Call for Heroes: Diner at Traveler's Inn
Vela saunters in looking pleased with herself. There is a little smear of red around her lips that she brushes off with the back of her hand. She spots the others she's been traveling with quickly enough, though slows a step when she sees a couple of strangers with them. After that moment of conside...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:44 am
- Forum: Out of Character Topics
- Topic: Casual power use
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10334
Re: Casual power use
Allowing it is one thing, having it be an official rule is another.
Some folks, like myself, wouldn't have even bothered asking if I CAN do this, because my assumption going in is that if there's not a power that specifically says it can be done, I pretty much assume it can't be.
So I like this.
Some folks, like myself, wouldn't have even bothered asking if I CAN do this, because my assumption going in is that if there's not a power that specifically says it can be done, I pretty much assume it can't be.
So I like this.
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:34 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
Vela- King of spades With a roar of fury at seeing her people so defiled, Vela rushes forward towards the three attacking the fallen giant. Well, the two. Oh no, just one left now! She had to act fast! She descends on the remaining vampire-werecat in a frenzy of claws and fangs, trying to subdue the...
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:15 pm
- Forum: Adventure Archive
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1 Tactical OCC for players
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8105
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1 Tactical OCC for play
Vela's got her claws full with the one next to her, but she did manage to Shake it if someone wants to finish it off.
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:20 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
Vela on hold agility 5 The werejaguar is not quite taken by surprise by the attack...but she has no idea what quarter to expect the demon from. Whatever magic it has, the spirits Vela has summoned are not strong enough to pierce it! Claws tear into her, and she can see nothing of where the creature ...
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:20 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
"Idiots," muttered Vela as she looked around. "The People cannot become Dead. We can die, but their bite cannot make us walk again." Spirits could, however, hide the People from sight. This she knew. And she knew how to fight it...to see past the skin and bones of the world, to s...
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 5:46 pm
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
Notice (Danger Sense) [dice]0[/dice] or [dice]1[/dice]
Benny for Extra Effort [dice]3[/dice]
Agility [dice]4[/dice] or [dice]5[/dice]
And extra effort on that too, happy new year! [dice]6[/dice]
Interlude: [dice]2[/dice]
Writing up!
Benny for Extra Effort [dice]3[/dice]
Agility [dice]4[/dice] or [dice]5[/dice]
And extra effort on that too, happy new year! [dice]6[/dice]
Interlude: [dice]2[/dice]
Writing up!
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:26 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
- Replies: 56
- Views: 22072
Re: Part 4.1: Call for Heroes Round 1
Notice [dice]0[/dice] or [dice]1[/dice] Fighting [dice]2[/dice] or [dice]3[/dice] Benny! [dice]4[/dice] or [dice]5[/dice] This is feeling familiar. Benny. [dice]6[/dice] or [dice]7[/dice] ...why not? Last benny. [dice]8[/dice] or [dice]9[/dice] Vela didn't know much about 'fusion blocks' or 'force f...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:25 am
- Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
- Topic: Part 3: Glowing Hut burger joint interlude
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16899
Re: Part 3: Glowing Hut burger joint interlude
" Si , she is gone. But it helps to say good bye." Vela considers, then says, "Take something of hers...or that maybe she gave you. Something that feels to you like her. Use it to remember her...then tell it good bye, and throw it away. Not to forget, but to put her ghost to rest. Th...