Okay, here's the scoop. It's the year 6000, and things are wierd. The Food and Drug Administration rules planet, Food Not Bombs has grown into a world superpower, aliens are back, radioactive mutant outcasts scour the land and the polar ice caps... well, what polar ice caps?
It breaks down into what I call SCUA; Species, Character study, Uncanny abilities and Alliance. Species represents the character's physical lineage, the fantastic being that he is, whether it's a web-slinging Arachnekin, a shape changing Shifter or any other crazy thing you can think of. Character study is what the character does. It's not just his occupation, but attitude as well. Together, Species and Character study determine the charater's Uncanny Abilities, the incredible powers which make the game worth playing. Last an Alliance is chosen to serve as the character's liason to the whacked out realm of dreams. See, now was that so bad?
SPECIES: Arachnekin, Hooka worm, Shifter, Mega-shifter, Dracos, Wonder puck, Toadling, Brrrup-tai, Celestial, Harp, Noman, Monkey king, Felina, Pacchis, Little folk
CHARACTER STUDY: Fanatical activist, Blurr addicted Aikido master, Industrious combat medic, Artful dodger, Psychedelic urchin, Blacktop druid, Urban gladiatior, Paranoid soldier, Insane prodigy, Condescending noble, Seedy hook-up, Brilliant young surgeon, Strangely enlightened manic depressive
UNCANNY ABILITIES: Amazing
leaps, Sling webs, Multiple tasks, Lesser morph, Greater morph, Go unnoticed,
Secrete venom, Breathe fire, Pull strings, Manipulate light, Adjust stats,
Amazing acrobatics, Shred opponent, Tunneling, Crowd glamour, Stay cool, Ditch
authority, Dumpster dive, Astral sense, Mumble prophesy, Technosense
ALLIANCES: Food Not Bombs, The Food and Drug Administration, Caustic Legion, Order of the Thistle, Send 'Em Back, Mars First!, Purple Pranksters, Sand Blasters, Radioactive Outcast Mutants under the Laws of Shaitan (ROMULOS), The United Federation of New England and Quebec (UFNEQ), The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Hate Clan, Lords of the Lower Frequencies, Church of Absolute Apathy, Peace Heathens, Commission on Martian Development
Now, as the "Underfolk's" genetics became more and more refined, they began to have thoughts and wills of their own. They saw that they didn't have to dwell under the heels of their "masters" and that there was a whole world out there to plunder and devour. They craved their own thralls and dominions. Led by the Brrrup-Tai some 2/3 of the Underfolk threw off their shackles in a bloody revolt. Multitudes of U-folk were slain or sent to the pain amplifiers, but in 2069 the Caustic Legion sucsessfully suceeded and became an independent nation of some four million.
The Legion didn't form out of comradery or love, oh no. It was forged out of pure desparation. Underfolk have little of no comprehension of love. The first chance there is to get ahead, even just a little, they will gleefully drink the blood of their closest kin and suck the radiation from his marrow. Num-num.
The only thing that binds the Caustic
Legion together is the Oath of War, and ancient text passed by rote. There is
only one written copy according to legend, and it's written on a human hide in
the victim's own blood. Talk about BFM (Big Friggin Magic)! The guy was an FDA
executive!
The three main tenents of the oath are thus:
Moonlight Arabesque
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