SoP2: The Next Chapter "Rules"

Hello and welcome to the Sentinals of the Pentium 2: The next Chapter. This site is the second incarnation of the popular e-mail based RPG that was shoved out of existance by the sudden change in Homesteads payment plan. This RPG is the brainchild of your current webmasters, Luke Rocket (Strato-Rocket RPG, The Fallen Gundam RPG) and Virgil (Starship Chronicles RPG). The new upgrade will include a 'custom character' section which has been established after much toying with the idea by your webmasters. As well as other goodies that we felt needed to be done. You may also find that the change in our Battles format to be less fullfilling or...great, depending on who you are.

With that said, you should know that this site is in an exponential rate of improvement. So your Webmasters will take construction critism of any kind with a grain of salt. Thank you and please, read on.

-THE SETTING -
Our story takes place in a rather...large city. As a matter of fact, this city covers more than 100,000 square miles and is geologically located starting from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast line. The City is called Ultrapolis. Picture a cross between Gotham City with the unusual crowds of Blade Runner. Large Metallic structures shoot streemlined tusks through the polluted haze that hangs stagnant over the city like a sleeping giant. The time is in the near future, if you had to put a date to it, you could say it's 2035. The story so far is that Meta-humans and other superpowered beings have just been allowed back into the city after over twenty years of racial prohibition. Now that they are back, regular humans are still not quite sure they like the idea. Having the super powers around serves as constant reminder of how dwarfed the abilities of an average person are.

-THE E-MAIL COMMANDMENTS -
This RPG will only take up to two e-mails a member...a day. The times in which you may send an e-mail are between 12:00pm - 6:00pm. All actions will be updated Monday through Thursday. Friday, Saturday, Sunday are reserved for Joining letters only. As respectable webmasters, we ask that you label your e-mails according to the contents of the letter. If you send an Ambush request, you will label the e-mail 'Ambush'.

- IM Rule -
As some of our members are aware, we do have AOL screen names. If you do see us online, we ask that you please not tell us your action request threw IM and please treat us with the appropriate respect. We will not hesitate to remove a member becuase of their 'unatractive' behavior when talking to us threw IM..

- ACTIONS -
In this RPG you have four different types of battle related actions. The following is a brief description of each of these actions.

Planned battle - an planned battle is a designated attack against a known enemy. There is no surprises when it comes to this action. Both parties are well aware of the risks involved in a planned battle. If you would like to enter a planned battle, both participants must e-mail the appropriate information to the correct e-mail address. This type of action proves to be the most rewarding as far as power and control go, excluding events and quests.

Ambush - an ambush is surprise attack. The advantage is given to the attacker here. If you would like to Ambush someone you must e-mail the appropriate information to the webmaster. This type of action does not reward as much power and control as a planned battle does, but it removes the need for too much planning.

Gang Beating - lets say that there is this really powerful being who is on a winning streak. What you and a couple friends can do is "gang-up" on the target. This is essentially a group ambush. The probability of winning a battle such as this is very high, although, accidents can happen. The power and control reward is not as high as Ambus, but this is the most fun to accomplish.

Stealthy Steal - okay you are too lazy to do a quest or a mission but you need stuff! No problem! you can chance your abilities and steal from someone else. You don't get much power or control from this action, but you have the chance to get something nifty to add to your inventory, and if your steal is successful, your identity is hidden!

- CREATE O' CHARACTER -
This is a comics based RPG. If you don't like any comicbook characters (I'm not sure why your here than) than you can create your own with the brand new "Create 0' Character-matic!" Thats right! Creat your own super being, mutant, villian, whatever. Check out the following information for more ideas!

When you send your joining letter, make sure you clearly state in the letter that this is your own character. okay, here is the joining information for the people who want to create there own character.

Name: (ie. Peter Parker)
Super Name: (ie. Spiderman)
Age: (between 17 and 300)
Height: (ie. 4-7ft.)
Build: (ie. Muscular, Fat, Skinny, Brawny)
Alignment: (ie. Good, Evil, Neutral)
Unique Characteristic: (ie. Mutant, Gamma Radiation Victim, Sierra mist Victim)
Meta-Human Ability: (ie. Super Speed, Strength, Healing, Fighting ability.) Your webmasters will review your choice and decide wether or not to accept it as an ability. If you don't like it, you will recieve an e-mail telling you so and we will offer some suggestions.
Background/Orgin: *Every great hero or villian has an orgin. Your acceptance will be largely based on your use of grammar and punctuation, we ask that you keep these bios under 500 words, but more than eight sentences. And do not include refrences to actuall comic book characters.

- POWER TABLE -
Once you have achieved a 'level' your power count goes back to zero. The Level count is basically 10,000 power for each level. Every five levels you will recieve a 'special' something from one of the webmasters. you may request something special only once and the e-mail may not be sent until you have reached the appropriate level.

Level - Power Required -
1..............................10,000
2..............................10,000
2.5.............................5,000 *Power-up!*
3..............................10,000
4..............................10,000
5..............................10,000 *Power-up!*
6..............................10,000
7..............................10,000
8..............................10,000
9..............................10,000
10............................10,000 *Special*
11............................10,000
12............................10,000
13............................10,000
14............................10,000
15............................10,000 *Special
16............................10,000
17............................10,000
18............................10,000
19............................10,000
20............................10,000 *Ultimate Speical!!!!*
21 and on..................every 15,000

- ROLE PLAYING -
Here at SOP, we encourage role-playing on the message boards and even on IM. That is the point...isn't it? We don't call it an RPG becuase we like the flowery people that are some how attracted to acronyms. We want you to Role-play as much as possible, and correctly! Follow these guidelines and you assured a good place with the Webmasters.

1. Speak only in Third person using quotation marks.
2. Save all OOC posts for the News and Announcements board.
3. No offensive OOC posts.
4. Role-play intelligently...please, I hate idiots.
5. If you are an idiot, I will kick you off of the RPG.

- JOINING -
Okay here is your chance to shine. If you have a favorite super hero in mind. Be him...if he isn't already taken. Refer to the Roster for a list of the characters taken. Anyway, Fill out the following information and send it in a Joining letter.

Character:
Skills/abilities:
Picture URL: I will only take URLs. I will not accept downloadable "flibba-flabba".
What series it is from?:
Favorite Quote:
Alignment: (ie. Good, Evil, Neutral)

Then press the send button when your done. Thanks!

- Role-Player of the Week -
Just another way for us webmasters to say thank you to our best members. If you follow the rules and get along the way your character was meant to, then you are elligible for this award. The award can be anything except for power and control, and it is always a surprise. The award will be given every Friday.

- Equipment -
Okay, you will have a total of four 'slots' to equip items. These include the right arm, the left arm, the head, and the body. When you finish a quest or battle or Stealthy steal, you are sent a list of items of which you have gained. You have two 'unequiped' slots to put these items until you are able to 'equip' them. An item must be Unequiped before it is equiped. When you recieve one of these e-mails you reply including the selection of items you want. Items can also be purchased at the Shop.

Something New
Training - In many RPGs, you can train for a certain amount of time, gaining a set amount of power. SOP is no different, but maximum length of time is one week. You can do nothing else, save purchase items and roleplay, while training.
Styles - Each month there will be a profiled instructor, teaching a different type of fighting style. The average time it takes to learn this style is about a week, but there will be some variations from time to time.This was a bit inspired by the famed GTBeyond RPG.