Checkmate
(Dedicated Storybookers, please.)
Plot:
You are in the King’s court, one of the Royal Set’s. War is about to break out again soon between the White Crown and the Black Crown, the Final Showdown, as the King favors to call it, because the winner of this war will become ruler of the whole board – that is to say, the world. You’re job as part of the set is to help your King win the war at all costs.
It starts with the King announcing that the Final Showdown has been started, but the majority of the Storybook will take place on the battle field. We are all on the same side of the board, the Black Crown’s set (this is mostly because the knights will then be Black Knights and I couldn’t pass up a Batman reference that was so easy).
I am allowing two characters per person if it’s wanted because it is almost guaranteed that your character will die. Not everyone will live. So having two characters keeps you in the storybook when one of your other characters has to die. The only requirement for having two characters is that one of them is a pawn. If these spots fill up quick – which I’m hoping they are – and people still want to join I will open up the White Crown side for play.
If we put both sides in play then there will have to be a contest of some sort to see which side will win. Either that or I flip a coin or something. Unless one side wants to lose, then that problem is easily solved.
Also, if everybody takes two characters that means only eight people will be on each team. I’m actually encouraging you all to take two characters.
Character Descriptions:
King:
Does not fight at all, the only exception being in life threating situations, and even then the King can only wield one dagger at a time and can only kill in close range. This means stabbing only, no throwing daggers and no stabbing with more than one dagger at a time. The King is virtually defenseless and is only to give orders.
Everyone listens to the King’s orders, no matter how much you don’t want to.
Queen:
Basically has free reign over everything. The Queen can wield and master any weapon she lays her hand on. She takes orders from the King only, everyone else follows her command unless it contradicts orders the King has already issued. May sometimes carelessly jump into battle simply because she can.
Knights:
Third in command. Knights wield a sword and shield. Knights are superior to the Rooks, Bishops, and Pawns. They can give orders if the Queen and King are not around and if the Queen dies they become second in command. A Knight’s main companion is their horse which is with them at all times. Knights have a special connection with their horses, if a Knight’s horse is injured the Knight will also feel pain as if they’ve been injured. If a Knight’s horse if fatigued the Knight too will feel famished.
Rooks and Bishops:
Both the Rooks and the Bishops are fourth in command, a sort of joint team. They both excel at far ranged combat, are able to move fast and swiftly and make a hasty retreat if needed, but close combat leaves them both stumped. Both wield a bow and arrow.
The only major difference between the two are that Rooks can’t be far away from the King for too long, they are required to stick close by the King should he need any immediate help and are also required to throw their selves in the line of fire to save the King, even if it means sacrificing their selves.
Bishops are the healers of the war, they are required by their job description to put their needs aside and heal wounded soldiers in need of help to their best abilities. If a Bishop is fatally wounded and there is another piece around who is also wounded the Bishop must attend to that other piece first before working on himself, even if the damage done to the other piece is not dire and even if the Bishop doesn’t want to help.
Pawns:
Last in command. Pawns wield swords but no shield. They are loyal and brave, and are in the front line. Pawns, though often looked down upon and used more often as sacrifices than the other pieces, are very strong. Their specialty is close combat which is why they die off faster, with Pawns every battle is one to the death, there is no retreating. And battle between two Pawns has to be one on one.
Pawns, though, are the only ones that can be promoted to any rank they wish – Prince, Princess, Knight, Rook, or Bishop. Princes and Princesses have the same power as the Queen.
Spots:
The Black Crown’s set
King:
1. Cassius Brawn - Zoomie
Queen:
1.Nicole "Nikki" Meadowsweet- Red Fang18
Knight:
1. Hector Nightshade- RedFang18
2. Machidiel "Machi, Chi" Maion- LovelessSummer
Rook:
1. Sai Chaola - OnigiriChan
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Bishop:
1. Armaita Lee - ReisePiecey
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Pawn:
1. Arie Tan- OnigiriChan
2. Quain "Qua" Buro- Reise Piecey
3. Laytin "Leigh" Derrington- Gleek245
4. Ivan Derrington- Gleek245
5. Ram Velasquez- LovelessSummer
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Rules:
-No posts under 500 characters. I want hefty sized posts, three sentence entries will not be allowed at all. If you have that little to post you probably should not be posting in the first place.
-No back and forth posts. Example: Person A: Blah blah blah Person B: Blah blah blah Person A: Blabbity blah blah Person B: Baa blab blop blah… Give everyone a fair chance to respond before you and your partner decide to write the whole thing by yourselves. Back and forth posting between two characters usually turns everyone else off the storybook.
-No God Mode. Don’t kill off another character unless it’s a computer character or if the owner asks you to kill off their character.
-Be nice.
-Have fun!
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