White Shark: An Original Shark Quest

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    • Infamy: Feared. Once the people of Atlantis realize what you are and why you are created, they will fear you. Most of them, anyways.

    Gain Rate: Due to your nature as a mythical creation of the Gods' themselves, your infamy will rise at the utmost of rates.

    Stats: The stats shall be added to the character sheet once I have the chance. Hunger is how hungry the shark is. The more she has eaten, the better she will be able to perform. HP is generally how much damage the shark is capable of taking. Strength, Intelligence, and Willpower are the only stats that we shall be keeping track of and one of them is capable of modifying every single roll that this quest shall entail.

    Hunger: 500/????

    HP: 1,500/?????

    Strength: Strength based rolls will have a +10 modifier to them in your favor. This stat can and will fluctuate depending upon your hunger, health, and the progress made through the quest. Current minimum modifier is +5. Current maximum modifier is unknown.

    Intelligence: Intelligence based rolls shall have a +20 modifier to them in your favor. This stat is currently static, though it is liable to change when unlocking new traits during the duration of the quest.

    Willpower: Willpower based rolls will have a +5 modifier to them in your favor. This modifier can only be increased as the quest progresses, even throughout reincarnations of the shark.



    Traits:
    • Mythical Beast - You are a product of the Gods of this world. And therefore, you are their favored champion of the seas. Adds a bonus to all rolls when attacking anything that is not natural to the sea, depending on what it is you are after.
    • Albinism - Due to your mythical nature, you have been uplifted as different than other great white sharks. You are the only albino shark. This also makes sneaking up on surface dwelling prey more difficult as you do not bear the natural camouflage that other great whites have. Bears a negative to all stealth rolls.
    • Fury Re-InCarnate: As a creation of the Gods of the seas, your spirit is everlasting, and your soul, restless. Regardless of if your mortal form dies, you will be back. Quest Loss Condition Omitted: Death.
    • Temporary Trait : Hungry - You've fed in the past days, but with your now advanced size and intelligence, you need more sustenance than usual.

    Theme: Could it have been anything else?

    Known NPC's:

    The Goddess behind your creation and uplifting. She has appeared before you and given you your task to dismantle Atlantis. She acts motherly towards you.
     
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    • OfSpaceandTime

    OfSpaceandTime

    Chaotically Inclined
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    Pronouns
    Anything non-rude.
    You, SV, are a shark. Specifically, a carcharodon carcharias, otherwise known as the Great White Shark. The same species as the titular shark from Peter Benchley's Novel, as well as the 1975 summer blockbuster, JAWS.

    You are a twenty-three foot long hunter. The Queen of the Ocean(Male white sharks don't reach this size.) And you, have gained sentience.

    But, why?

    [ ] Nature's Wrath: You are a literal Force of Nature. You exist because the balance has shifted, and you are the equalizer. The oceans have been polluted, and filled with two-legged invaders onboard of boats which harm the denizens of the sea. You are the sea's revenge. Starting Infamy: Zero. Infamy Gain Rate: Normal.

    [ ] Freak of Nature: You were born with gigantism, explaining your massive size. This also caused your brain to be larger, thus smarter. And being so large, you require more to fuel you massive body. Starting Infamy: Zero. Infamy Gain Rate: Slightly Higher.

    [ ] The Folly of Man: You are an experiment, escaped into the wild. Mankind created you, and you will be their undoing. Starting Infamy: Hunted. Infamy Gain Rate: Reduced.

    [ ] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.

    [ ] Write-In: Show me what you have Sufficient Velocity, and we'll 'sea' what we can do.

    If you wish to come up with an overly elaborate backstory of how you got to this size, feel free.
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    Mechanics: There won't be much. Dice rolls will impact what the shark is capable of. Once you've accomplished a feat, you will not need to roll dice again to be capable of doing it. Simply using 20 sided dice. 1-10 are fails, 11-20 are passes. 1 being a critical failure, 20 being a critical success.

    Edit: Mechanics may change to make the quest more difficult depending on what you ask for. If you have any ideas, I'm up for listening.

    Infamy: This is how well known you are. Being a sentient shark that is capable of strategy and figuring out how things work and being capable of some of what may go down in this quest? You're going to become well known. The more infamous you are, the more likely it is to be actively hunted constantly. This can also involve us getting tagged with a tracer, unless you take the Mythical route.

    Gain Rate: This is how fast you gain your fame. The actions you take will increase the rate. Being more infamous, will also increase the rate.

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    Rules:
    1. Every single site rule applies. As would be the normal case.
    2. The morals of the shark are flexible, she can change into an anti-hero depending on choices.
    3. This quest may gain the mature tag, however I do not intend to go into graphic detail whenever the shark has to eat. It's natural to the shark and a part of its life.
    4. I am not making this quest to villainize sharks. They are not monsters. Anyone who starts to act like that is the case will be asked nicely to not do that.
    5. Please be nice and respectful to myself, our beautiful hungry shark, and each other.
    6. If I make a decision story-wise, please respect it. If my writing is poor or I make grammatical and or spelling mistakes? Feel free to correct me.
    7. Omakes and fanart are not demanded, however I will be rewarding them with bonuses on rolls when you ask for them.
    8. Have fun.

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    This quest was inspired partially by JAWS, Moby Dick, and other various nature horror ideas. It may take much more inspiration from the 2006 video game, JAWS: Unleashed.



    You may vote at your leisure.

    Oh, and feel free to come up with nicknames for our shark. This is as much my story as it is your's.
     
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    • I'm not quite 'shore' how it works.
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    OfSpaceandTime said:
    we'll 'sea' what we can do.
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    Please >: no
    OfSpaceandTime said:
    The Queen of the Ocean
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    So would we meet the Bismarck, King of the Ocean, and make it our husbando?:V
    OfSpaceandTime said:
    This is to be filled in with information about are finned friend when the quest is running.
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    our finned friend?

    [X] Nature's Wrath
    -[X] You have consumed the waste of humanity and grown off of the hubris of the hairless bipeds. As you ingested a uranium deposit, however, you started to grow-- not tumors, but things like muscle and bones! Soon, you will show humanity why they should mind where they put their trash.

    I like the idea of a Shark Captain Planet X Baby Godzilla.
     
    I hope you'll change your mind about the mechanics to something with varying levels of challenge for different actions. Leaving every single thing up to an almost literal coin flip seems to imply that making smart choices doesn't actually matter. Attempting something that could conceivably be done but would be immensely difficult and unlikely to succeed has the same chance of success (and future auto-success!) as trying something relatively simple, like looking for a human in a reef or whatever.

    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.
     
    Phyrexian said:
    I hope you'll change your mind about the mechanics to something with varying levels of challenge for different actions. Leaving every single thing up to an almost literal coin flip seems to imply that making smart choices doesn't actually matter. Attempting something that could conceivably be done but would be immensely difficult and unlikely to succeed has the same chance of success (and future auto-success!) as trying something relatively simple, like looking for a human in a reef or whatever.

    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.
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    That is a good point. This entire quest is an experiment, to be honest. Would you have any ideas? If it includes making stats for the shark then I'm down for that as much as ridding the quest of dice and making you all have to use your brains for strategic ways to solve problems instead of relying on dice.
     
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    Oh, what about making it so that stuff we have an advantage in (shark stuff like biting and noming and swimming) have a bonus, while stuff like "attempting to use your fins for opening a door" have a penalty?
    Maybe fishy traits like "Chompiness" for Strength, "Swimmingness" for Speed, and "Smartiness" for Intelligent or something, can increase our action rolls for something related to that stat.

    Also, obligatory joke vote:
    []Product of Puns: You are a fin-ple shark, before your mind was swarmed with schools of information. The languages of the bipedal invaders became as clear as sea water to you. Suddenly, you bubbled up as a threat to the surface world. You can also talk perfect American Engfish for some reason, despite not having the vocal structure for that feat. Not that you have feet. You will use this Newfoundland intrilligence to learn why you became so, and show those "humans" what a shark canned do! Also, you like puns. And are unable to stop making them whenflipper you get the chance.
     
    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.

    Oh hell yeah, I'm sold from the premise to the setting
     
    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.

    Can... can we pray to the gods to have them intervene when in dire straights, if we go this path?
     
    Okibruez said:
    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.

    Can... can we pray to the gods to have them intervene when in dire straights, if we go this path?
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    Why pray to them instead of becoming one of them? Overpower Hercules, outspeed Hermes, or straight up eat Poseidon and ascend to Baby Sharkhood!
     
    Pandemonious Ivy said:
    Why pray to them instead of becoming one of them? Overpower Hercules, outspeed Hermes, or straight up eat Poseidon and ascend to Baby Sharkhood!
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    Because we won't start out as a god-shark. I'm down 100% to make that our long term goal. I just figured if we can ask Zeus to smite a particularly bothersome human before it kills us, it'd be pretty swell.

    Edit: Especially because noone expects the shark to suddenly shout "Zeus, do me a solid and lightning bolt this particular asshole."
     
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    [X] Nature's Wrath: You are a literal Force of Nature. You exist because the balance has shifted, and you are the equalizer. The oceans have been polluted, and filled with two-legged invaders onboard of boats which harm the denizens of the sea. You are the sea's revenge. Starting Infamy: Zero. Infamy Gain Rate: Normal.
     
    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.
    Lets fight the kraken!
     
    10ebbor10 said:
    [ ] Write-In: Alien : After the dolphins left for reasons unknown, it was free real estate.
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    If this is not a meme, I'd be willing to allow Alien!Shark. Though, you mean mean alien as not naturally from these waters, or alien as in E.T.? Cause that's an interesting way to invade a planet.

    Plausitivity said:
    Oh, what about making it so that stuff we have an advantage in (shark stuff like biting and noming and swimming) have a bonus, while stuff like "attempting to use your fins for opening a door" have a penalty?
    Maybe fishy traits like "Chompiness" for Strength, "Swimmingness" for Speed, and "Smartiness" for Intelligent or something, can increase our action rolls for something related to that stat.
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    That is a really good idea and I'm probably gonna swim off with it.
    Okibruez said:
    Can... can we pray to the gods to have them intervene when in dire straights, if we go this path?
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    Zeus is just enough of an asshole that I think he would very well call down lightning to sink that ship that has you harpooned to it. Better bite that rope quickly if you don't want to be anchored to the seafloor xP



    Edit: Shark: ZEUS! Zap this son of a bitch!
    Zeus: I gotchu.
     
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    OfSpaceandTime said:
    If this is not a meme, I'd be willing to allow Alien!Shark. Though, you mean mean alien as not naturally from these waters, or alien as in E.T.? Cause that's an interesting way to invade a planet.
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    That is 100% a meme reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Which I approve of. 'So long and thanks for all the fish' indeed.

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    Zeus is just enough of an asshole that I think he would very well call down lightning to sink that ship that has you harpooned to it. Better bite that rope quickly if you don't want to be anchored to the seafloor xP
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    He really is. He really, really is enough of an asshole.
    Since the QM okayed 'praying to the gods' as an option, I'm now extra hyped for this. Especially if we get Chompiness as a stat.
     
    [X] Mythical: The Gods themselves created you as punishment for mankind's folly. You are their perfect creation. Bonus: This one will not take place in modern times. Starting Infamy: Feared. Infamy Gain Rate: Extreme.
     
    [X] The Folly of Man: You are an experiment, escaped into the wild. Mankind created you, and you will be their undoing. Starting Infamy: Hunted. Infamy Gain Rate: Reduced.

    We're the best science shark ever to science and everything we do is DATA.
     
    I'm unsure if there would be recurring characters other than the shark. And probably Poseidon.
     
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