Grand Theft Auto RPG Info/Application Thread

[Maguamaru]

Ladies and Gentlemen... yet another horrible hair-brained idea on behalf of myself... yes, you read the title correctly. Be prepared to scream, 'cause OH NOOOOO! It's the

GRAND THEFT AUTO RPG


You're not doing this stupid Q/A format for the information brief again, are you? Moron.

Hey, shut up, damn it! It's better than me having to index it properly. You know, takes less brainpower. I have to conserve what little I have for the actual roleplaying.

Ok, ok. So go on, then. What's the general idea behind this one?

I'm sure that most of us are familiar with the concept behind, or the games of, Grand Theft Auto. For those of us who aren't, the games (when I say 'games', I refer more specifically to the recent installments, just so you know) revolve around organised crime and gang warfare in a sort of tongue-in-cheek environment. Low on realism, high on fun and happy happy stereotyping.
That's exactly what this is going to be like. Comedy gang alliances, inept and corrupt police, enjoyable and extravagant crime in an urban environment. Come on, you know you want to. Who can resist the prospect of a Mafia/Yardies showdown in a toy store, or several gangs chasing manically after a high-security transit vehicle, only to find that the coveted 'valuable contents' were missing as they forgot it had to be on DELIVERY, not PICKUP before they robbed it?

You've got a vague shred of my interest here, bucko. Start talking. I want game mechanics, damn it!

Well, ok! Basically, players will be able to create a character with ties to gangs in other cities, gangs in Liberty City (A facsimilie of New York, serving the setting of the RPG, where installments before Vice City were, by and large, set), or simply no 'shifty' background whatsoever. It's up to you. Either way, pretty swiftly they'll get involved with one of the gangs operating in Liberty, and, eventually, into the overall main plot which shall unite all very pseudo-ominously as seems to be the custom with these RPGs.

Just for the record, the (extremely stereotypical) starting gangs will be:

• - The Mafia - What would gang warfare be without such a charming bunch of Sicilians? Ridiculous-named, heavily accented charmers with a penchant for shotguns abound if you choose the Mafia to pledge loyalty to. Prepare to serve Ferbiccio Selatone!
• - The Triads - Crazy, territorial, highly reckless digit-chopping Chinese. Yuu Chu Ma Gum will be your boss should you choose here to place your chips. Just watch out, as you'll make enemies rather swiftly should you be too.. 'forward'. You'll also get your fingers chopped off if you do anything wrong!
• - The Yardies - Laid back, doped up Jamaicans whose brotherhood and occasional apathy can make them difficult to trust. If pot, Bob Marley and the occasional drive-by shooting is your thing, then you won't go wrong with these guys. King Kaliweed will be in charge of you here!
• - Charlie's Boys - Formerly a small-time British gang of motley cockneys, more suited to driving minis round to Italian banks than dealing with the big boys in Liberty City. But their love of sawn-off shotguns and shouting things like "Bloody hell, guv'nor!" has given them a certain distinctiveness which helped to advance their status in the criminal underworld. Big Charlie will own you should you choose to work for this lot.

As you can see, the list is rather minimal. This is because, of course, to start with, we'll need players in a few average-sized groups rather than a load of scattered TINY ones. However, suggestions for new gangs may be implemented over time, as will be the other ones you know and love such as the Yakuza and the Diablo. The only remaining faction is, of course, the Police - who will be non-playable, thank you very much.

You crazy, crazy bastard. I love you.

I'm all booked up most days...

Are you free Tuesday?

Yeah. I'm free Tuesday. Ma...thil...daaa...

Oh, shut up. Just give me the rules.

Ok!

• Don't spam, don't control anyone else to unreasonable degrees, don't be a godder, blah blah, stay in OOC and IC tags, don't post off-topic, yadda yadda. You know this stuff by now.
• Have some degree of finesse and/or skill with your RPing. Of course, your writing sample will be the judge of that.
• Please, dear god, have your character's name/story/loyalties within the bounds of coherency. For example, please don't have a Sicilian Yardie named Tsukasa Hiroshio, or I'll lock you in a box and throw you down the stairs.
• As far as realism goes, we'll be keeping things fairly low. Not quite to John Woo levels of 'backflipping and firing a grenade launcher at the same time while punching three people in the face'-ness, but low enough. You know, sort of 'take three bullets and still run away' sort of thing, or perhaps even 'coincidentally manage a hasty pistol shot with no scope at thirty yards'.
• Any attempts to challenge the vehicle of stereotypes in an angsty way will be met with expulsion to a Siberian penal colony. All Italian people say 'Mama mia', all Chinese have names like Woo Fung Bing Yong, and all British people have tea at precisely 4 o'clock and shout 'cor blimey' at each other. So there.
• Don't always wait for me to advance the plot. If you want to get a sideplot started or really go out on a limb, DO IT! Well, preferably run it by me first so I can work it in with other things, but by no means just sit back and suffer if you have an idea.
• THERE R NO RULEZ!!!1 TIHS SI ANARCHY LOL!!!11 Not really. Follow them or I'll cut off your allowance, you naughty children!

Ok, I'm in. Where's the app form, you handsome little devil, you?

Why, it's right here!

GRAND THEFT AUTO RPG APPLICATION FORM

Player Name - (Just your AB name here, please.)
Character Name - (Self-explanitory.)
Age - (...)
Nationality - (You know what goes here.)
Height - (Please, GOD, feet and inches. Height in centimetres is just... stupid.)
Weight - (Pounds or stone, please.)
Gender - (Do I really need to explain this?)
Gang - (Just whichever gang your character is in/loyal to/will join after the start. Any relevant info, really.)
Physical Description - (Appearance, clothing, anything else relevant. Also, if your character has a particular weapon/vehicle of their own, describe it here.)
Personality Rundown - (You know what this is. Also, if your character doesn't have their own weapon/vehicle but has a penchant or affinity for a certain type, bung it in here somewhere.)
Personal History - (Anything notable about your character's past. Just the trimmed-down version you don't mind the other players knowing in here. If you already have the 'secret' past elements (if there ARE any) worked out, catch me on AIM or send me a PM to discuss them sometime.)
Writing Sample - (VERY important if I haven't roleplayed with you extensively before. Either an extract from an old post, a link to one, or a freshly-made example will do, around twenty lines is good. Just, PLEASE GOD DON'T say "I was in this RPG, look it up". If you do, I'll just find the first one I get, and if it's an unusually crap one, I'll take that as your standard. Hey, I'm a busy man.)

Ok, ok! I think I'm just about ready. But I have a question!

Then post it here, PM me, or catch me on AIM sometime! I'll happily discuss any questions there are.
So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!

[Project Akira]

You know, it's about time that my reading James Ellroy paid off lol Gimme a few days Mag, I'll join ^^

[Lt Zechs]

Hey cool, I GTA is great, Ive played through the series (except for Vice City.)
Just one question, can I be a Police Officer and not a criminal? The coolest guys would have to be the LCPD, so can I be one?

[Maguamaru]

Originally posted by Maguamaru
The only remaining faction is, of course, the Police - who will be non-playable, thank you very much.

Sorry, Zechs.

And PA, reading through your PM now!

[Lt Zechs]

Aww I didnt see that. Come on just one Police officer? Just a little one?
Ah ok then, its just the problem is from playing the game I hate all the gangs, well the Yakuza are alright, but only cause they fight those lousy Columbians and their stupid cruisers made from tin foil.

[Maguamaru]

Afraid not. There are a multitude of reasons as to why the police will remain solely NPCs, the largest of which is that their status as officers of the law will disable them to take part in certain later.. events.

And don't worry, the gangs'll be a lot less hateable than they were in the game. *laughs*

[Lt Zechs]

Well since I cant be a part of the LCPD, getting to say all those things they say and driving like mad in with the sirens blazing, then:

GRAND THEFT AUTO RPG APPLICATION FORM

Player Name - Lt Zechs
Character Name - Natalya Radinov
Age - 28
Nationality - Russian
Height - 5'8" (I have no idea what that is, erm above average height.)
Weight - 140lbs (I have no idea what that is)
Gender - Female
Gang - Police! bwahahaha...ha...ha... awwww (ok then, how bout freelance? (If not then Mafia, for now))
Physical Description - Short black hair, dark eyes, pale white skin. She wears black fatigues, with heavy boots and a long leather jacket. Vehicle: Black Sentinal Weapon: USP .45 Tactical
Personality Rundown - Natalya is a professional and cold blooded, after so many assassinations she has little use for emotion, other than satisfaction for a kill. Vehicle Affinity: Squad Car/Sentinal Weapon Affinity: Sniper Rifle.
Personal History - Natalya was an ex-KGB, ex-Special Forces assassin, she was good at her job and thats all that mattered. Now works the freelance trade doing mostly anything her training has given her, for the right price.
Writing Sample - Here I guess, its from the Sailor Moon RPG.

Ah yeah I hope thats alright, its all subject to adjustment, not sure about the name, I can't quite remember what its from, just sounds cool I guess.

[Dastafarin]

Mag, I will forever love you for this one. Now may the joys of organized crime come to AB.

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Player Name - dastafarin
Character Name - Vincenzo "Bullet Tails" Farinella (Vinny or Vince for short)
Age - 34
Nationality - Italian/Sicilian
Height - 5'10"
Weight - 164lbs
Gender - Male
Gang - Mafia
Physical Description - Dark black hair in a often slicked back, yet not totally greased up look. Always in a suit, with or without tie. The colors either black or white (For church. Every self-respecting Mobster is a Catholic). He carries a single Desert Eagle .50 under his right arm (Because he is left handed), a 1927 made Colt 1911 A1 45Cal. Auto Pistol in the back of his pants (A sentimental gun, given to him by his father for his first job) and a small dagger on his left ankle.
Personality Rundown - Vinny is a loyal person who holds the family above all else. His respect and loyalty have earned him a good mark with many of the biggest names in the racket and his reputation for making clean yet torturous hits has spread rapidly among them as well. He performs his jobs without a flinch, leaving a small metal crucifix on all his victims. The same crucifix is engraved on his Colt Auto Pistol. He is usually a very quiet person, only speaking when he has something worth saying or when spoken to. His quiet, cold attitude has made it hard for him to keep a partner or friends for that matter, so he has grown to enjoy the company of his guns and his victims, often chatting them up rather enjoyably before ultimately killing them.
Personal History - The first born son to Giovani and Talia Farinella, Vince grew up in the family lifestyle. His father taught him the ways of the job, before his murder when Vince was 19. After this, he became the head of the Farinella family, aided by his uncle Anthony. He then became good friends with Fia Salvio (Descendent of the Venice Doge, Domenico Salvio) and soon after they began a relationship together, securing the Farinella and Salvio family relationship under a good nature. Unfortunately, this union was not liked by some other families, and Fia was murdered shortly after their marriage (Vince was 24). He then began to work as the hitman he has become after the death of his wife. And from then until present has just been one long line of murders.
Writing Sample:
The blood now seeped out of the freshly made hole in his forehead. The man's eyes stared blankly towards the ceiling, almost as if they prayed for an escape from this hell that had come about him. And his prayer had been answered as he drew his last breath and ceased to be any longer.

Vinny stared at the body a bit, reminded at the quiant similarities this one had to one just two weeks earlier. Both were business men, in their mid 40s. Both in suit and tie, and both wearing glasses who's bars were buried under a mat of grey hair that only reached about an inch above his head before stopping and leaving a shiny round dome of scalp. Looking at the lifeless corpse reminded him that he need to pick up a present for his neice, seeing as how tomorrow was her birthday, and she would soon be nine years old. I wonder what kind of doll she wants he thought, picking up a rag and dragging it across his face. The blood has squirted on him since he had stood too close for this hit. A rookie mistake. One he doesn't make often. Placing the trademark cruicifix on the man's chest, he left the room, heading out of the building and back to his car. He let his body sink into the pleather chair of the car before starting it. The soft melody of classical music began to hum through the vehicle and he took off, heading for the nearest restaraunt. He was hungry. Work always made him hungry.




you know, now that I think about it. I probably took this a bit too seriously. Oh well. I guess I can always start a Organized Crime style RP.

[KtHM]

Player Name - For God's sake, refer to me as "Kiva" instead of "KtHM".

Character Name - Mia D'Ambrosio (How she hates that name)

Age - 25

Nationality - Italian

Height - 5'6"

Weight - She's the type who would hurt you for asking.

Gender - I just said "she" didn't I? Female.

Gang - Mafia

Physical Description - Mia's outfits change not just day-to-day, but sometimes hour-to-hour. However, she tries not to part with her suede jacket unless absolutely necessary, and after years of battling has agreed to leave it at home when she goes to church. Black shoulder-length hair, and light green eyes, a body toned by vanity and obsessive visits to the gym, Mia is, by every right, considered a beauty. She never parts company with her cross, though she'll put some electrical tape over it for jobs, or her gun, a Beretta 92 FS Inox. Seems to be having a love affair with her silver BMW Alpina Roadster V8. Or a "Sentinel" or whatever.

Personality Rundown - Vain, playful, ambitious, self-centered, and extremly arrogant, Mia seems certain that her family's influence or her good looks will carry her out of whatever trouble she manages to get herself into. When Mia makes up her mind to do something, she does it. And the best way to get her to make up her mind to do something is to tell her that she can't do it, which her father has been dealing with most of her life. Family is one of Mia's top priorities, though she certainly doesn't act like it. She loves her father dearly, and is considered his "little girl". Because of this, she might just be spoiled rotten. Despite the fact that she received a rather large monthly allowance from her father, even though he bought her a huge, beautiful apartment with a view, Mia still finds it necessary to break the law. Because they told her she couldn't.

Personal History - Only child of a rich an influential family, she grew up in the lap of luxury. Mia's mother died when she was four, and while she mourns the woman's death, she also feels strangely detached from it, as she never knew her mother very well. She attended a private Catholic school for girls. Her father dotes on her and tolerates Mia's continued efforts to get more involved with the Family, though he expects her to just marry into one of the other families before too much time passes.

Writing Sample - Not to do the exact thing that you hate, Mags, but I think that if you go look at my involvement in a couple small projects such as the Metal Gear RPG or the Mentiras RPG you'll be pleasantly surprised with my work. I'm also involved in a little thing called the FF RPG in the Alotar thread. Not sure if you've heard of it.

[KtHM]

Nothing new here.

[Chesta chesta chesta]

Hurrah.

Player Name – Sarrrah
Character Name – Brittany-Chantal Tucker (Brit-Ahne)
Age – 23
Nationality – British
Height – 5”4
Weight – 8st
Gender - Lass
Gang – Charlie’s Boys

Physical Description – Brittany is a gangly type of girl, a bit too rough looking to be considered pretty. Her dirty blonde hair tends to be put up in two ponytails, with pink sparkly bubbles. She seems to only own one outfit; a Nike tracksuit, Fila trainers and pink socks with yellow stripes. Five piercings grace her ears, three heavy golden loops at the bottom and two smaller ones at the top. When she’s not smoking she chews gum, loudly.

Personality Rundown – You could call her stupid or blissfully unawares, she’d reply with “Shut yer fookin’ gob!” But Brittany isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but she makes up for that with being able to go into situations without thinking, managing to pull it off in the process. She’s loud, ignorant, rude and inconsiderate. The one true love in her life would be street racing, where all her ‘lovely’ traits really come to hand. Brittany doesn’t own a car of her own but uses her brother Dylan’s Ford Escort XR3i. Her personal favourite of weapon - anything she can lay her hands on, be it bricks, cricket bats or broken bottles. Once she broke someone’s nose with a tricycle. That was fun.

Personal History – American born, little Brittany lives above the Churchill and Cigar pub, run by her second older brother John. It’s also the same place where she has managed to hold onto a job for longer than 1 day. With working in the pub Brittany has come in contact with an array of different personalities and gossip. Sometimes using it to her advantage. The Tucker family is close, not only to their bloodlines but to the same nationality. They love the British so much that they would be considered to be racists.

If it’s not British then it’s no fookin’ good!.

Writing Sample: How demeaning. *whimpers* Sue me!

[Pezman]

Player Name- Pezman

Character Name- Tony "Two Guns" Ferrelli

Age- 35

Nationality- Italian

Height- 5,11-6ft

Weight- 85kgs

Gender- Male

Gang- Mafia

Physical Description- Always in black suit and sometimes a long black coat, Black/darkbrown hair cut short slicked on occasions. Double Colt 0.45 Magnums (hence nick Two Guns Tony) , Flick Knife concealed in coat pocket, Thommy Gun and sawn-off shot gun in car boot. Physicaly fit and very stong, also well experianced in martial arts.

Personality Rundown- He is part of the famous Ferrelli family who have have a notorius reputation for getting what they want. They are experiance in torture interrogation and Tony is no exception. They are a rich family and well known they have connections in the government allowing them to get away with lots of things. Tony is loyal to his family , is often said to be col hearted and ruthless, he also shows no compassion for no one.

Personal History- Second born brother of the Ferrelli Family. He had a very sad childhood in the Mafia often filled with blood and violence making him censortised to killing at a very young age. Tony was known for his ability to make people "go away" he was also known to mutilate the body of his victims often taking a ear as a trophy it is unknown how many ears he currently has. He doesn't drive any particular car but instead roams the streets and has nothing to fear because every one is scared of him. Tony doesn't drink and doesn't do drugs even though most of his family smoke and sometimes take crack.

[Maguamaru]

Das: Just as Ferris fits into Mentiras, so shall Vince fit into GTA. Nice.

Kiva: RAPE RAPE~! ^_________^ <3 <3

Chesta: Write in... what? O.o Anyway, if you don't join, I'll send the goblins after you! And that's not nice, as I'm sure Kiva will assure you. Anyway, naah, we probably won't be starting till... 10th Jan-ish?

Pezman: Hmm... writing sample?

[Project Akira]

Player Name - Project Akira
Character Name - Roddie "The Toaster" Everhamshire
Age - 16
Nationality - English
Height - 6 feet 1in
Weight - 150
Gender - Male
Gang - Charlie's Boys
Physical Description - A tall wiry lad that has the ever famous bug eyed look. Wears black leather jacket (his favorite posession) and has a spiky blue hair. He carries all sorts of firestarting paraphanelia; matches, barbeque lighters, lighter fluid, small flasks of kerosene, gasoline, butane, etc which somehow stay hidden in his jacket. Also carries a switchblade which he is prone to using on "victims" as well as a sawed off shot gun for defense.

Personality Rundown - Roddy is a pyromaniac and quite psychotic. He's over the edge and trusts absolutely no one outside of his gang. Roddy got his nickname "The Toaster" after burning members of a rival gang alive in thier own vehicle simply because they looked at him funny, well in his name at least. He's also known for killing people by burning them alive and setting fires to anything that needs to be. On good days he can tell you about his bizarre and disturbing childhood and bad days he thinks he's Sid Vicious reincarnated and looking for Nancy.

Personal History - Roddy, who was orphaned early on in life, spent his childhood in out of various foster homes in Enlgand most of which couldn't handle the wild child. Around the age of 8, Roddy did find a home that would take him. For his wild behaviour though, he was punished with cigarette being put out on him, hot irons were used to brand marks so he would remember not to misbehave, and other such torturous methods. No one really noticed because Roddy didn't go to school because of poor grades and horrible behavior and had to be home schooled not to mention that he was rarely ever allowed to go out in public. At the age of 12, the home he was staying in burned down mysteriously along with the adults inside though Roddy escaped unharmed. It was then and there that Roddy skipped a ship to the US and has stayed in Liberty City working his way up through the ranks of the Charlie's Boys gang using his unique methods of torture to become one of their top enforcers.

Writing Sample - "Ah waking up are we guv?" Roddy said as he leered into the officers eyes, "That's going to make Roddy's games all the more fun you know."

The cop smelled something that stunk to high heaven but couldn't figure out what it was. He was blindfolded, and gagged by his tormentor. For what seemed like days on end, he had been poked and prodded with all sorts of burning items. However, he had the feeling that this was coming to an end. How this all was all going to end, the cop had no clue the exact method.

"Aww, the wanker doesn't look like 'e is 'aving fun," Roddy said with hint of psychotic glee, "Well to tell the truth, I'm bored with you as it is meself. So here's what we're going to do, I'm gonna 'ake off this here blind fold like so."

Roddy removed the blind fold and cop saw he was in a ware house of some sort.

"Then I'm going to tell you what 'at smell that's been going into your noise is, which by the way is a nice bit of Petrol, and then I'll ask if you 'ave any last wishes mate. Well do you?" Roddy told the cop.

The cop muffled a "Get me the hell out of here you nutjob" but it wasn't understood by Roddy and even if it was it wouldn't have helped. Roddy pulled out a match and struck. Roddy then relayed "Well you should 'ope that 'eres a God above mate because quite frankly, you'll be meeting the bloody wanker in about 'alf an hour." Roddy then flicked the match onto the small puddle of gasoline and watched the cop burn. His entertainment for the evening was made.

[Hitomi_333]

I've had it in mind to join for a while now... so here my stuff is:

Player Name - Hitomi_333
Character Name - Mickey “The Mangler” Longstaffe
Age - 21
Nationality - English (British)
Height - 5’10
Weight - about 12 stones (170 lbs)
Gender - male
Gang - Charlie’s Boys

Physical Description - Mickey is an average-sized chap, with messes of unruly brown hair that is occasionally forced to submission with a wool hat. Generally he wears a worn-out leather jacket, baggy obscure rock band shirt, dirty (and sometimes ripped in the knee) jeans, ancient tennis shoes, and either leather or wool gloves with the finger’s ripped out. He has light blue eyes, which shine with mischievousness. Although he’ll use any weapon available (pistols, sawed -off shotguns-- you name it), he always has a butterfly knife and iron knuckles with him in case of an emergency.

Personality Rundown - Mickey never takes anything seriously. He’s constantly joking and drinking. He’s always going from one crazy stunt to the next, completely unaware of the consequences of his actions. He got the nickname “The Mangler” from the job he did on his first hit: the bloodied mess of a man was barely recognizable as human to the police when they found is body floating in the river… they never did find what happened to his arm and jaw. Along with always being in the mood for a stupid stunt, he’s always ready for a good row. There’s little that makes him happier than matching punches with some poor sob.

Personal History - Mickey lived in Gateshead until he ran away at the age of 16. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother worked in Gateshead’s failing textile industry. He never cared though, always staying out late: at clubs, taverns, curry resteraunts… One day he just decided that he was going to leave it all. No reason, he just thought it would be interesting. So he packed a few belongings and got a ticket on the newest ship to the US. Mickey found himself in Liberty City and met a guy by the name of “Big Charlie”, who showed him the ropes. Mickey’s been one of Charlie’s Boys ever since.

Writing Sample - um… I’ve been in a bunch of RPGs: Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, both Limbos, Kudana, NAMA!, and a whole lot of other random ones… but if you insist: http://animeboards.com/showthread.ph...#post537451041