[Suzerain of Sheol]

He spake: and to confirm his words, out-flew
millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs
of mighty Cherubim; the sudden blaze
far round illumin'd Hell: highly they rag'd
against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms
clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war,
hurling defiance toward the vault of Heav'n....

Mission statement from the old thread

Here's the basics:

Follow Trisphee's rules, obviously.

This'll be private, I'm looking for at most 8 players, but preferably less.

It's a post-apocalyptic fantasy based on the Book of Revelation in the Bible, with some sci-fi elements, too. I'll be posting the setting information in the game thread when I get it up and running. Edit: quite a bit of sci-fi now that I think about, though towards the cyberpunk end, along with Biblically-inspired fantasy elements: demons, angels, necromantic and theurgic magic, and also psychics for some reason.

This is intended to be serious and intricate. I'd appreciate people only signing up if they're sure they want to play. You can expect a fair bit of action, but hopefully a lot of character interaction as well.

I expect posts to be literate and have some thought put into them. Also, let's try to keep in-character here. This is not a nice world; humor should probably be kept at a minimum unless it's a character trait.

For your character concepts (and I will post criteria in the following post) we're looking at human survivors of the apocalypse, preferably of middle-of-the-road power, i.e. not a threat to the big guns of the setting, but also not in too much trouble if some raiders show up in a humvee.

I've come up with a lot of special equipment to outfit your characters with, so hopefully you can have fun with that. You'll find more as we play. EDIT: this list is not exhaustive, feel free to run new ideas by me.

Links to important information

Setting Information
NPCs and creatures
Special Equipment

Character profile template

NAME

Age:
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Hair:
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[each rated either Deficient, Poor, Average, High, or Extreme, followed by a description of relevant abilities in each category]

Spiritual Presence:
Psychic Presence:
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Arcane Knowledge:
Mechanical Aptitude:
Other:

Possessions:

Biography:

Personality:

It has been thirty-three years since the end of the world. God is dead, the Dragon lies broken and bleeding in the wastes of North America, Rome is an annihilated husk of the once-holy city, and the False Prophet rules an empire of slaves in the dominion of New Jerusalem. Armies of Saints war with the terrors of Hell, who now freely roam the world, as the dead crawl from shallow graves to make unholy pilgrimage to the Mountain of Sinai, where the Angel of Death musters a host that shall one day claim every life in every world. Insane Seraphim roam the fractured skies, shrieking hymns of madness and despair, while horrifying Nephilim awake from an ages' slumber to once more defile the earth. And yet, for all the terror and carnage that has become the norm of life, in this world where every stream flows with poison and the night falls ever starless, humanity endures. Priests and holy men fight side-by-side with cybernetic soldiers and psychic mercenaries while a nuclear satellite watches over all, promising utter destruction should the enemies of mankind ever prove victorious. Armageddon was lost long ago, but it was merely a single battle in the internecine spiritual war of extinction that is the Eschaton.

Welcome to the fight.