<![CDATA[Church of ProZ: Otaku Fortress

<![CDATA[Church of ProZ: Otaku Fortress - The Forum Games]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/ Mon, 11 May 2026 15:40:29 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Fixing Good CYOA]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-265.html Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:51:48 -0500 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-265.html
Rules:

Vote for the letter choice you want to see happen.
As per usual, write-in options are allowed though I may request further elaboration.
If there is a tie, try to resolve it among yourselves first. If you can't I'll flip a coin or choose arbitrarily.

Vote for the letter choice you want to see happen.
As per usual, write-in options are allowed though I may request further elaboration.
If there is a tie, try to resolve it among yourselves first. If you can't I'll flip a coin or choose arbitrarily.

Scenario:
Our story begins in the United States at the turn of the 21st century. You are Balter Black, a 50 year old high school chemistry teacher going through some tough times. Your teenage son is handicapped, recent budget cuts have cut your salary in half, and your stay at home wife is pregnant with another child. To make matters worse, the doctor has diagnosed you with testicular cancer, estimating that you have only a few months left to live. There's a surgical operation that might increase your lifespan, but it's not covered by your insurance.

The bottom line: You're going to need a lot of money, and fast. How are you going to get it?

A. Take up a second job
B. Start selling drugs
C. Better Call Paul!]]> <![CDATA[Polearm Wielder RPG]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-263.html Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:17:44 -0400 Xenoe]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-263.html
The rules system will be this abomination cobbled together through original thought, and bits and pieces of what I think would work.
Rules document

If you are interested, then there are not one, not two, but three choices of settings for you guys to choose from.

Fantasy kingdom slave revolt
Post apocalyptic semi-modern age
Space mercenaries/pirates

Please indicate your interest below if you wish to join, and choose a setting.]]>
The rules system will be this abomination cobbled together through original thought, and bits and pieces of what I think would work.
Rules document

If you are interested, then there are not one, not two, but three choices of settings for you guys to choose from.

Fantasy kingdom slave revolt
Post apocalyptic semi-modern age
Space mercenaries/pirates

Please indicate your interest below if you wish to join, and choose a setting.]]> <![CDATA[Big City RPG: Yup, Here We Go Again!]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-230.html Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:40:29 -0400 Xenoe]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-230.html
I'm sure everyone's a veteran at these things already, so I'mma just get down to the details of what this time's is all about.

Rules:

Freestyle, as usual. Uncertainty will be resolved using arbitrary dice rolls.

PC's have two lifelines in the event of imminent fatality. What this means is that if an fatal outcome is reached at any point for a PC, the first two times will be adjusted to a nonlethal alternative that will not lead to certain death immediately down the line(like getting knocked out instead of dying when surrounded by enemies).

Players should also post at least once a week, those who don't will see their characters acted out on their behalf by the GM(me).

Setting:

It is the Imperial Year 3235, or Agien Year 1490 as the northern barbarians would call it.

The empire Shorgee had experienced over three millennia of inward looking stability and prosperity under the leadership of the Five Imperial Houses. The empire had thought itself to be invincible and immaculate, but its pride was shattered thirty years ago by visitors from across the Northern Ocean at the war of Crystal Sheer, and several of its port cities colonized as "free trade zones" by various international powers.

You work as a police officer in one of such port cities, the city of Mansiil, once considered the Pearl of the North for its sophisticated splendor, and now a hive of wretched greed.

However, that is merely your cover. Your real identity is a member of the Imperial Hand, a glorious organization that does the direct bidding of the Emperor.

There have been recent reports rampant human trafficking in the city, and you are sent to investigate. Certain merchants, corrupted by foreign influence, have been selling their countrymen to the foreigners, and you are to put a stop to this. The empire will certainly rise again, and the barbarous invaders will get their comeuppance, but in the meantime the influence of these foreigners must be held in check lest our people fall for or to their decadent ways.

Special Mechanics:

The world is like 18th century earth except magic is a common occurrence in every day life.

Certain gifted individuals, colloquially referred to as Magi, can attune to elements or concepts and produce supernatural effects with the aid of meditation, rituals, and material sacrifice(costs and effects will be up to player choice and GM discretion if player chooses to play a Magi), and such individuals have long occupied the upper crust of Shorgee society.

The foreigners of the North have been able to improve upon this process with their Grafts, in which any individual that has the potential to be attuned can have magic formations grafted into their bodies for direct, low effort activation of magic, and have been able to develop a material called the Crystal Sheer which can be used as a universal catalyst for magic.

The brightest Magi of the empire have been attempting to develop their own Graft technology over the last thirty years, and have been met with limited success. The most notable feature of the Shorgee grafts are its high fatality rate.

Character Creation:

A character within the realm of earth human capabilities physically, with maybe a magical ability if you so wish.

PM me your characters if you wish to participate.]]>
I'm sure everyone's a veteran at these things already, so I'mma just get down to the details of what this time's is all about.

Rules:

Freestyle, as usual. Uncertainty will be resolved using arbitrary dice rolls.

PC's have two lifelines in the event of imminent fatality. What this means is that if an fatal outcome is reached at any point for a PC, the first two times will be adjusted to a nonlethal alternative that will not lead to certain death immediately down the line(like getting knocked out instead of dying when surrounded by enemies).

Players should also post at least once a week, those who don't will see their characters acted out on their behalf by the GM(me).

Setting:

It is the Imperial Year 3235, or Agien Year 1490 as the northern barbarians would call it.

The empire Shorgee had experienced over three millennia of inward looking stability and prosperity under the leadership of the Five Imperial Houses. The empire had thought itself to be invincible and immaculate, but its pride was shattered thirty years ago by visitors from across the Northern Ocean at the war of Crystal Sheer, and several of its port cities colonized as "free trade zones" by various international powers.

You work as a police officer in one of such port cities, the city of Mansiil, once considered the Pearl of the North for its sophisticated splendor, and now a hive of wretched greed.

However, that is merely your cover. Your real identity is a member of the Imperial Hand, a glorious organization that does the direct bidding of the Emperor.

There have been recent reports rampant human trafficking in the city, and you are sent to investigate. Certain merchants, corrupted by foreign influence, have been selling their countrymen to the foreigners, and you are to put a stop to this. The empire will certainly rise again, and the barbarous invaders will get their comeuppance, but in the meantime the influence of these foreigners must be held in check lest our people fall for or to their decadent ways.

Special Mechanics:

The world is like 18th century earth except magic is a common occurrence in every day life.

Certain gifted individuals, colloquially referred to as Magi, can attune to elements or concepts and produce supernatural effects with the aid of meditation, rituals, and material sacrifice(costs and effects will be up to player choice and GM discretion if player chooses to play a Magi), and such individuals have long occupied the upper crust of Shorgee society.

The foreigners of the North have been able to improve upon this process with their Grafts, in which any individual that has the potential to be attuned can have magic formations grafted into their bodies for direct, low effort activation of magic, and have been able to develop a material called the Crystal Sheer which can be used as a universal catalyst for magic.

The brightest Magi of the empire have been attempting to develop their own Graft technology over the last thirty years, and have been met with limited success. The most notable feature of the Shorgee grafts are its high fatality rate.

Character Creation:

A character within the realm of earth human capabilities physically, with maybe a magical ability if you so wish.

PM me your characters if you wish to participate.]]> <![CDATA[Forced RPG 2: Project Gsekai]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-116.html Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:53:32 -0400 Corenat Rovarnus]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-116.html Forced RPG 2: Project Gsekai

In case you wish to taint your mind with memories of the original: http://churchofproz.forumotion.net/t1067-forced-rpg

Rules:

Just like the original Forced RPG, this will be a freestyle game - events will be resolved by my indisputable will. Well, you can dispute it but through DMs or something, try to keep it out of the thread or at least out of character.
New players can drop in at any time and be spawned into a current scenario.
Core mechanic for uncertain events (tentative): I'll choose a die and target number for success. Partial success/failure is a possibility, and depending on the task extreme rolls may produce unusual results.
All participants are obliged to post at least once per week, myself included, lest we fall prey to the memes of "dead gaem" or "infinite hiatus".

Just like the original Forced RPG, this will be a freestyle game - events will be resolved by my indisputable will. Well, you can dispute it but through DMs or something, try to keep it out of the thread or at least out of character.
New players can drop in at any time and be spawned into a current scenario.
Core mechanic for uncertain events (tentative): I'll choose a die and target number for success. Partial success/failure is a possibility, and depending on the task extreme rolls may produce unusual results.
All participants are obliged to post at least once per week, myself included, lest we fall prey to the memes of "dead gaem" or "infinite hiatus".

The intent is to be a quick start game so if you have questions jump in first and ask while we go.

Backstory: It's the year 20XX, and Google has finally completed their clandestine subjugation of the Earth, which has been renamed to Google Earth. They've since set their sights on a new mission: to index every parallel world out there and thus become the greatest search engine in the multiverse!
Through an expert algorithm's analysis of your personal information, you were secretly selected to participate in Google's new Verse Crawler program, aka Project Gsekai. As you left your home one morning you were tragically struck down and presumed dead by a waiting Google Street View van.

You wake to find yourself transported to another world, and if your past experience is any indicator you just know it's gonna be that kind of world with heroes, monsters, demon kings, etc. As a Verse Crawler, your mission is to index as much of this new world as possible to help speed up searches for objects relating to it. Of course you are free to pursue your own agenda, like being a murderhobo, but where's the fun in that?

Character Creation: You start wearing your clothes(if you so choose) and any items that could reasonably make up someone's real world everyday carry, which may include weapons. Suggested format for a character sheet is a Backstory of any length and an Inventory list, which you can either put here in your intro post or a private message to me. Or you could take the simplest option and just spawn as yourself, no additional info needed.

All characters will have a smartphone, a brand new Google Singularity model running on their high tech 5D(dimensional) network that will never run out of power, but network functionality is restricted to contacting your fellow crawlers and supervisor AI as Big Papa G knows you'll perform best without trivial distractions like Pokemon GO and being in touch with loved ones.
Also it has no slots for memory expansion.
Ain't that a bitch?
That's heavy man.

Starting Scenario: You all spawn in a small featureless room where each wall is one solid bright color out of red, yellow, blue or green. An artificial sounding female voice comes from your phones: "Welcome, and thank you for choosing to participate in Project Gsekai! This chrome container will automatically decompose after 4 spawns or 20 minutes have passed, and you may begin indexing the parallel world beyond." [Now is the time for Introductions and Opening Remarks]]]> <![CDATA[Highwaymen RPG Opening Act: My Way or the Highway (part 2)]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-94.html Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:29:31 -0400 SilkScarf]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-94.html the original thread, due to forum display issues. These threads will be merged together when the issue is resolved.]]> the original thread, due to forum display issues. These threads will be merged together when the issue is resolved.]]> <![CDATA[Highwaymen RPG Opening Act: My Way or the Highway]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-93.html Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:06:36 -0400 Xenoe]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-93.html
You are a group of highwaymen known by the people as the Handsome Host, named in part due to your dashingly attractive leader "Handsome" Harry, a man known to never hide his identity when doing his livelihood. A band of almost fifty strong, you mainly perform acts of armed robbery and kidnapping along the roadways that lead to the southern part of the Luw Empire, targeting wealthy merchants and even high ranking government officials. While a most of the money is used to provide a living for the members of the gang, a good portion is donated to local schools and charity organizations, earning you a good name among the people.

Recently, your leader Harry has gotten wind of the news that the vice minister of the treasury is on the way home for vacation from his contacts in the capital, and so Harry and eight other members of the gang are now awaiting on the road that the minister is expected to travel.

The members of the gang that are here are as following:
"Handsome" Harry, a six foot tall Adonis of a man twenty-six years of age, with flowing blonde hair and a pearly white smile. Some say he is far too good looking to be a bandit, and many suspect him to be the bastard son of some noble, there has been no proof to substantiate the latter.

"Hacksaw" Randy, a former carpenter who had broken his dominant hand in a work related accident, but received no compensation from the evil capitalist he was working for. When he attempted to sue, he was instead fined a hefty sum for slander. Unable to bear the burden of his debt, he was forced into banditry and taken in by Harry. Uses a hacksaw with his left hand.

Joe the Plumber, a balding middle aged plumber who was forced out of business by his arch-nemesis and competitor Borock Obana, whose connections with high ranking government officials allowed him to get preferential tax treatment. Swearing revenge, Joe burned down Obana's shop and was forced into exile.

Ruru the Orphan, a short, plump young girl of mysterious origins with a head of short curly brown hair. She seems to be the sneaky type who can walk without making a sound. When asked of whence she came from, she replied "I made myself an Orphan".

Bob the Butcher, a stocky former butcher who apparently never cleaned his knife. Eventually that caused several bad cases of food poisoning which landed him in prison for a year. When he was released, nobody was willing to buy his meat anymore, and so he had to turn to crime to make a living.

"Ronny" Roebuck, a wiry man of average height, with dirty blonde windswept hair. For some reason he's always wearing riding chaps and a half-cape, causing him to look like a queer. He insists that he isn't, but the men of the gang still tread carefully around him. Any avid horse racer would recognize him as the super-star jockey who was involved in a cheating scandal a few years back that ended his career. He is always followed around by his horse Jensine, even now.

Pepe McDonald, a corpulent, pasty man in his early thirties who claims that he is a former noble fallen on hard times. Nobody believes him, of course, but he's a surprisingly good distraction in fights, and a fair cook, so Harry keeps him around anyways. He is never seen eating anything other than fried chicken.

"Hangman" Sherry, a freckle-faced middle aged woman who likes to kill people by choking them with a rope around their neck. Although this interest is reserved for those she judges to be evil, it is fairly obvious on how such a habit can get on the wrong side of the law. Surprisingly strong due to her morbid hobby, she serve as the gang's front line in a brawl.

Brue the Inbred, a short young boy with blue hair. He comes from the foreign lands of Fukyutu, and claims to be an ally of justice, but everyone knows that he's probably just wrong in the head due to the rampant inbreeding that happens in his country.

You've been staked here for a whole day already, but there is still no signs of the minister's carriage.]]>
You are a group of highwaymen known by the people as the Handsome Host, named in part due to your dashingly attractive leader "Handsome" Harry, a man known to never hide his identity when doing his livelihood. A band of almost fifty strong, you mainly perform acts of armed robbery and kidnapping along the roadways that lead to the southern part of the Luw Empire, targeting wealthy merchants and even high ranking government officials. While a most of the money is used to provide a living for the members of the gang, a good portion is donated to local schools and charity organizations, earning you a good name among the people.

Recently, your leader Harry has gotten wind of the news that the vice minister of the treasury is on the way home for vacation from his contacts in the capital, and so Harry and eight other members of the gang are now awaiting on the road that the minister is expected to travel.

The members of the gang that are here are as following:
"Handsome" Harry, a six foot tall Adonis of a man twenty-six years of age, with flowing blonde hair and a pearly white smile. Some say he is far too good looking to be a bandit, and many suspect him to be the bastard son of some noble, there has been no proof to substantiate the latter.

"Hacksaw" Randy, a former carpenter who had broken his dominant hand in a work related accident, but received no compensation from the evil capitalist he was working for. When he attempted to sue, he was instead fined a hefty sum for slander. Unable to bear the burden of his debt, he was forced into banditry and taken in by Harry. Uses a hacksaw with his left hand.

Joe the Plumber, a balding middle aged plumber who was forced out of business by his arch-nemesis and competitor Borock Obana, whose connections with high ranking government officials allowed him to get preferential tax treatment. Swearing revenge, Joe burned down Obana's shop and was forced into exile.

Ruru the Orphan, a short, plump young girl of mysterious origins with a head of short curly brown hair. She seems to be the sneaky type who can walk without making a sound. When asked of whence she came from, she replied "I made myself an Orphan".

Bob the Butcher, a stocky former butcher who apparently never cleaned his knife. Eventually that caused several bad cases of food poisoning which landed him in prison for a year. When he was released, nobody was willing to buy his meat anymore, and so he had to turn to crime to make a living.

"Ronny" Roebuck, a wiry man of average height, with dirty blonde windswept hair. For some reason he's always wearing riding chaps and a half-cape, causing him to look like a queer. He insists that he isn't, but the men of the gang still tread carefully around him. Any avid horse racer would recognize him as the super-star jockey who was involved in a cheating scandal a few years back that ended his career. He is always followed around by his horse Jensine, even now.

Pepe McDonald, a corpulent, pasty man in his early thirties who claims that he is a former noble fallen on hard times. Nobody believes him, of course, but he's a surprisingly good distraction in fights, and a fair cook, so Harry keeps him around anyways. He is never seen eating anything other than fried chicken.

"Hangman" Sherry, a freckle-faced middle aged woman who likes to kill people by choking them with a rope around their neck. Although this interest is reserved for those she judges to be evil, it is fairly obvious on how such a habit can get on the wrong side of the law. Surprisingly strong due to her morbid hobby, she serve as the gang's front line in a brawl.

Brue the Inbred, a short young boy with blue hair. He comes from the foreign lands of Fukyutu, and claims to be an ally of justice, but everyone knows that he's probably just wrong in the head due to the rampant inbreeding that happens in his country.

You've been staked here for a whole day already, but there is still no signs of the minister's carriage.]]> <![CDATA[The Advent of a New Era: Highwaymen RPG]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-92.html Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:20:40 -0400 Xenoe]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-92.html
Thus, as per my own will, and with Lord Kelvin's blessings, I will take it upon myself to host the next forum RPG(once again).

Details coming below.

Setting: On this continent of Ey, one god is real, and their name is (dovahkin, dragonborn!) Ru.

Ru is the god of fortune, and manifests as a reality warping force that enforces games of all kinds(mainly chance), even those where the other player is nature.

All sentient beings have the power to evoke Ru once a day by declaring a bet, and will have the contents of their bet realized through the power of the divine, and as a result, the hallmark of sentience is the power of gambling. Some say that there are particular methods to gain more gambles a day, but most dismiss it as a mere rumor...

You play as the members of a notorious but honorable highwaymen gang, who generally prey on the rich.

Your gang is based in the southern mountains of the Luw Celestial Empire, but as a band of outlaws your background can come from all walks of life, and even foreign countries, united by only the desire to make a living.

Game system: As a land blessed by the god of fortune, most physical actions will be decided with dice roll, the threshold of success being heuristically decided based on a player's character traits checked against the difficulty of the task at hand.

As detailed in the setting, every player has the opportunity every day to perform a gamble, whether it is against another sentient entity, or against nature itself, the contents of which can be logically impossible to physically achieve.

Such as one can inadvertently bet 20 Rues(the in game currency) that it will rain tomorrow, and Ru will then offer you the terms of your bet in a divine revelation, which you can accept or decline. If you accept and succeed, it will actually rain tomorrow, and if you lose, your 20 Rues will evaporate into thin air(perhaps joining their friends in Ru's coffers in the event that some schmuck tries to bet Ru for money, the empire's coin mint has many friendly things to say to those who directly bet money, however). If someone else then bets something conflicting, then that person will be pitted against the owner of the original result, and not Ru.

If one declines Ru's terms, then the player will lose their chance to gamble again that day (since Ru's offers are always considered completely fair, and by not accepting you are essentially committing blasphemy).]]> <![CDATA[HGW Nina Edition info dump]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-55.html Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:09:47 -0400 Kaede]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-55.html <![CDATA[BSRPG (n0obs start here)]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-45.html Sun, 04 Mar 2018 10:36:09 -0500 The Lord Kelvin]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-45.html All the details concerning gameplay (like rules & shit) should be in this google drive folder. Let me know if you have any questions or think something should be corrected.
If you are interested in getting in on my buillshit, please create a character via the template in the google drive folder, share it with me at itsame273@gmail.com, and make a post on this thread.]]> All the details concerning gameplay (like rules & shit) should be in this google drive folder. Let me know if you have any questions or think something should be corrected.
If you are interested in getting in on my buillshit, please create a character via the template in the google drive folder, share it with me at itsame273@gmail.com, and make a post on this thread.]]> <![CDATA[Bullshit RPG: And I Would Walk 500 Miles; And I Would Walk 500 More]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-44.html Sun, 04 Mar 2018 10:09:49 -0500 The Lord Kelvin]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-44.html view the previous thread on the old forums)

(sorry again for the delays. I'll do better about posting. I'll make a commitment of posting every 2 days from now on.)

The Magyyk Man heads onto the bus, as it seems to be the most isolated, but relatively comfy area. The only other isolated area available is one of the bathrooms, which would smell like shit.
The Magyyk Man opens the book and finds that it contains only blank pages. After flipping through he finds nothing useful at all. However, he feels a faint magical presence from page 420 of the book.

Finding one of the dryer areas in the dining room, Emmilia hefts her new hammer onto the table and sits down. Putting a hand on the head off the hammer and closing her eyes, Emmilia tries to find a way to communicate with the voice from earlier.

"feed me..."
She hears the hammer whisper faintly. Through further magical investigation, Emmilia finds that the hammer craves magical energy much like an animal would crave food.]]> view the previous thread on the old forums)

(sorry again for the delays. I'll do better about posting. I'll make a commitment of posting every 2 days from now on.)

The Magyyk Man heads onto the bus, as it seems to be the most isolated, but relatively comfy area. The only other isolated area available is one of the bathrooms, which would smell like shit.
The Magyyk Man opens the book and finds that it contains only blank pages. After flipping through he finds nothing useful at all. However, he feels a faint magical presence from page 420 of the book.

Finding one of the dryer areas in the dining room, Emmilia hefts her new hammer onto the table and sits down. Putting a hand on the head off the hammer and closing her eyes, Emmilia tries to find a way to communicate with the voice from earlier.

"feed me..."
She hears the hammer whisper faintly. Through further magical investigation, Emmilia finds that the hammer craves magical energy much like an animal would crave food.]]> <![CDATA[Bullshit RPG: The Path]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-43.html Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:58:17 -0500 The Lord Kelvin]]> https://churchofproz.xyz/thread-43.html view the previous thread on the old forums)

The rat beast continues to run towards Nikolai.
It doesn't look like he'll be able to loop around the beast without the beast catching him.

Jose takes his dagger and begins running after the beast to try to dislodge the spear.
Jose finds that he's running at about the same speed as the rat now that it's been slowed by its impairment.]]> view the previous thread on the old forums)

The rat beast continues to run towards Nikolai.
It doesn't look like he'll be able to loop around the beast without the beast catching him.

Jose takes his dagger and begins running after the beast to try to dislodge the spear.
Jose finds that he's running at about the same speed as the rat now that it's been slowed by its impairment.]]>