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by Vela
Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:01 pm
Forum: Battle Royal
Topic: Joining Forces
Replies: 24
Views: 5037

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,...
by Vela
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: Battle Royal
Topic: Joining Forces
Replies: 24
Views: 5037

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...
by Vela
Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:26 pm
Forum: Battle Royal
Topic: The Gate of Insanity
Replies: 91
Views: 19750

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...
by Vela
Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Battle Royal
Topic: The Gate of Insanity
Replies: 91
Views: 19750

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...
by Vela
Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:22 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
Replies: 58
Views: 15044

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...
by Vela
Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:55 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 3.0 Into the Kingdoms
Replies: 58
Views: 15044

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...
by Vela
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
Replies: 47
Views: 8390

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...
by Vela
Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:29 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
Replies: 47
Views: 8390

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...
by Vela
Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
Replies: 47
Views: 8390

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...
by Vela
Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:13 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
Replies: 47
Views: 8390

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 2.0 New Del Rio
Replies: 47
Views: 8390

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 1.1 Traveling to New Del Rio (Open RP)
Replies: 2
Views: 1269

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
Replies: 18
Views: 4779

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...
by Vela
Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:31 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
Replies: 18
Views: 4779

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...
by Vela
Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:24 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 1.0 Caught Out in the Open
Replies: 18
Views: 4779

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 ...
by Vela
Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:21 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.2 Calm Before the Storm (Intro)
Replies: 14
Views: 4007

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,...
by Vela
Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: Old
Topic: Lost Jungle Reboot
Replies: 16
Views: 4263

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...
by Vela
Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

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...
by Vela
Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:24 pm
Forum: Lost in the Jungle
Topic: New Del Rio
Replies: 36
Views: 12430

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...
by Vela
Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
Replies: 31
Views: 12114

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?"
by Vela
Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: Lost in the Jungle
Topic: Getting to Know You
Replies: 7
Views: 3955

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...
by Vela
Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Lost in the Jungle
Topic: The Predator and The Prey
Replies: 6
Views: 3108

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...
by Vela
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:37 am
Forum: Lost in the Jungle
Topic: New Del Rio
Replies: 36
Views: 12430

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...
by Vela
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:31 am
Forum: Lost in the Jungle
Topic: Getting to Know You
Replies: 7
Views: 3955

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...
by Vela
Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:06 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
Replies: 31
Views: 12114

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...
by Vela
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:56 pm
Forum: Lost Jungles
Topic: GM poll 4Q2020
Replies: 4
Views: 2734

Re: GM poll 4Q2020

I can't vote in this poll for some reason?

But I'll give you full marks.
by Vela
Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:24 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
Replies: 31
Views: 12114

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...
by Vela
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:37 am
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

Re: Vela

Technospawn wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:48 am You need to include costs in your sig item write up.
Done.
by Vela
Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:18 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
Replies: 31
Views: 12114

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:21 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: 0.1 Command Briefing
Replies: 31
Views: 12114

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:04 pm
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

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...
by Vela
Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

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. :)
by Vela
Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:08 pm
Forum: Archived Recruits
Topic: Rifts: Lost Jungles
Replies: 23
Views: 9602

Re: Rifts: Lost Jungles

Here's the user account I'm joining with.
by Vela
Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:56 pm
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

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) ...
by Vela
Mon Nov 02, 2020 12:53 pm
Forum: Legionaries
Topic: Vela
Replies: 12
Views: 5770

Re: Rifts: Lost Jungles

Hero's Journey!

LL11d20
LL21d20
by Vela
Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
Topic: Out of Character Chatter
Replies: 137
Views: 51541

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.
by Vela
Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:52 pm
Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
Topic: Part 6.6: JtoZ: Portal to Calgary
Replies: 34
Views: 16745

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 ...
by Vela
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: 14201

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...
by Vela
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: 14201

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...
by Vela
Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
Topic: Out of Character Chatter
Replies: 137
Views: 51541

Re: Out of Character Chatter

Right now? This one, I think...

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by Vela
Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:52 am
Forum: The Witchwell Inn
Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Replies: 64
Views: 50153

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...
by Vela
Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:56 pm
Forum: The Witchwell Inn
Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Replies: 64
Views: 50153

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...
by Vela
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: 7950

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."
by Vela
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: 18285

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...
by Vela
Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
Topic: Adventure Cards Q4 2018
Replies: 6
Views: 5758

Re: Adventure Cards Q4 2018

Seasoned

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[dice:2rz5iazg]44108:1[/dice:2rz5iazg]
by Vela
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: 18285

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?"
by Vela
Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: The Witchwell Inn
Topic: Welcome to Witchwell (13th, VK, and LoB)
Replies: 64
Views: 50153

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...
by Vela
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: 7950

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...
by Vela
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: 18285

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?"
by Vela
Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:00 pm
Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
Topic: Resurrection Question
Replies: 6
Views: 5104

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 ...
by Vela
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: 18285

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...
by Vela
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: 18285

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...
by Vela
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: 11278

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...
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
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: 7576

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...
by Vela
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: 44807

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. ...
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:17 am
Forum: Tomorrow Legion: Vampire Hunters
Topic: Adventure Deck - Q3 2018
Replies: 6
Views: 5458

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
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
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: 32652

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...
by Vela
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: 32652

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?"
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
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: 44807

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...
by Vela
Tue May 22, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
Topic: Legends of the Vampire Kingdom (Kreeghor Aftermath)
Replies: 7
Views: 6526

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 ...
by Vela
Fri May 11, 2018 6:52 pm
Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
Topic: Part 5.2 Boy or Bomb
Replies: 7
Views: 6037

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...
by Vela
Tue May 08, 2018 9:01 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Boy or Bomb
Replies: 16
Views: 10892

Re: Boy or Bomb

Okay, who's doing what now?

Can we summarize the final tally?
by Vela
Sat May 05, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Boy or Bomb
Replies: 16
Views: 10892

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...
by Vela
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: 32652

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...
by Vela
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: 17108

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...
by Vela
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: 32652

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, ...
by Vela
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: 17108

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 ...
by Vela
Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:39 am
Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
Topic: Part 5: The Rocking Zone Ranger(Interlude)
Replies: 6
Views: 5509

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...
by Vela
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: 20659

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...
by Vela
Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Q2 2018 Adventure Cards
Replies: 11
Views: 8518

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."
by Vela
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: 32652

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.
by Vela
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: 32652

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."
by Vela
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: 32652

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 ...
by Vela
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: 20659

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...
by Vela
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: 20659

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...
by Vela
Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:46 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Tactical Combat for vampire and CS ambush
Replies: 6
Views: 6002

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. :(
by Vela
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: 7419

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...
by Vela
Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:48 pm
Forum: EP Archive
Topic: 2018 EP Requests
Replies: 307
Views: 162058

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.
by Vela
Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
Replies: 70
Views: 28419

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!
by Vela
Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:39 pm
Forum: Adventure Archive
Topic: Soldad's revenge, Reap your rewards
Replies: 70
Views: 28419

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 - ...
by Vela
Tue Feb 13, 2018 7:22 pm
Forum: Black Company and 13th Crossover Story
Topic: Soldad's Revenge
Replies: 13
Views: 11543

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...
by Vela
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: 15924

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."
by Vela
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: 15924

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...
by Vela
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: 22028

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...
by Vela
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: 20879

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...
by Vela
Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: Out of Character Topics
Topic: Casual power use
Replies: 22
Views: 10312

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.
by Vela
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: 22028

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...
by Vela
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: 8082

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. :)
by Vela
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: 22028

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 ...
by Vela
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: 22028

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...
by Vela
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: 22028

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!
by Vela
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: 22028

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...
by Vela
Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:25 am
Forum: Chronicles of the Vampire Kingdoms
Topic: Part 3: Glowing Hut burger joint interlude
Replies: 44
Views: 16883

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...

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