- Invitation Status
- Posting Speed
- One post per day
- 1-3 posts per week
- Online Availability
- 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST
- Writing Levels
- Adept
- Advanced
- Preferred Character Gender
- Primarily Prefer Female
- Genres
- Modern Fantasy, Fantasy, Psychological, Action, Steampunk
Black Jack
Thirteen people are invited on a week-long retreat to an island paradise. The only catch is that they listen to a seminar being given by a man known simply as Black Jack. Once they arrive there, however, they'll find that they've stumbled into much more than a boring seminar on a subpar island. On their first night there, the boat they rode in on suddenly explodes, supposedly leaving them stranded. Black Jack, the man mentioned in the invitation, shows himself and tells them the true goal of the invitation – to invite them to a game of Blackjack. The twist? Each person has been assigned a random card value that none of them know, and the only way to collect that value is for someone to kill them.
You are one of those thirteen people. Can you kill your fellow vacationers in order to survive? What's the reasoning behind this insane game and its host? One thing is for certain.
Not everyone will be leaving alive.
Roleplay Premise
As you've probably guessed by now, this is a survival game roleplay. I'd like to warn any potential participants that at least some character death is an inevitability, not a possibility. There will be character death. If this isn't your forte, click the Back button now, because this isn't for you. If you're still interested, read on.
As mentioned in the introduction, a large part of this roleplay will revolve around a card game called Blackjack, only using humans as cards. Knowledge of how to play Blackjack is not needed, as I'll be explaining the rules to our little variant in sufficient detail for just about anyone to play.
The main focus will be on character development. As more people are killed, how will those who remain adapt to the situation they've found themselves? Will they succumb to madness, or make it out with their sanity intact? Those are the questions this roleplay aims to answer for your individual characters.
Rules of the Roleplay
Thirteen people are invited on a week-long retreat to an island paradise. The only catch is that they listen to a seminar being given by a man known simply as Black Jack. Once they arrive there, however, they'll find that they've stumbled into much more than a boring seminar on a subpar island. On their first night there, the boat they rode in on suddenly explodes, supposedly leaving them stranded. Black Jack, the man mentioned in the invitation, shows himself and tells them the true goal of the invitation – to invite them to a game of Blackjack. The twist? Each person has been assigned a random card value that none of them know, and the only way to collect that value is for someone to kill them.
You are one of those thirteen people. Can you kill your fellow vacationers in order to survive? What's the reasoning behind this insane game and its host? One thing is for certain.
Not everyone will be leaving alive.
Roleplay Premise
As you've probably guessed by now, this is a survival game roleplay. I'd like to warn any potential participants that at least some character death is an inevitability, not a possibility. There will be character death. If this isn't your forte, click the Back button now, because this isn't for you. If you're still interested, read on.
As mentioned in the introduction, a large part of this roleplay will revolve around a card game called Blackjack, only using humans as cards. Knowledge of how to play Blackjack is not needed, as I'll be explaining the rules to our little variant in sufficient detail for just about anyone to play.
The main focus will be on character development. As more people are killed, how will those who remain adapt to the situation they've found themselves? Will they succumb to madness, or make it out with their sanity intact? Those are the questions this roleplay aims to answer for your individual characters.
Rules of the Roleplay
- Follow all of Iwaku's rules, as per usual.
- No godmodding, power playing, etc. There will be combat scenes in this roleplay. I expect you to include sufficient details for your actions in such scene, and for you to respond to such actions with fairness and realism.
- No OOC drama. We'll have plenty of IC drama to make up for all the OOC drama we'll be avoiding. This includes whining about your character(s).
- Because of the large cast number and the nature of a roleplay like this, I will be allowing participants to play two characters. That way, if one dies, you'll still have another to play as. As such, I highly recommend making two if you can play multiples.
- Posting level for this roleplay is advanced / adept. We need to be able to understand and adequately visualize what's happening during combat scenes. If we can't, someone is doing something wrong.
- Posting speed for this roleplay is lenient. I'll be happy if you can get two posts a week in, but I'd recommend more during combat scenes (seeing how fast paced those tend to be). If you don't get in at least one reply a week, I'll take over for your character for that week, granted you give me a heads up that you won't be able to reply. If you don't give me a heads up, I'll start plotting to have your character killed (mischievous laughter).
- If you have any questions at all, ask me immediately! The faster I know there's a problem, the faster I can fix it.
- Do not reveal the card value that I assign your character(s) to anyone. On that note, do not abuse OOC information. If I suspect this, your character will be killed.
- Please inform me via PM when you're going to attempt to kill someone and who you're going to attempt to kill.
- Have fun. That's what we're all here for, right?
Rules of the Game
Listed below is the rules of the variant of Blackjack that we will be playing. If you've read and understand them, include "Hit!" at the bottom of your character sheet.
Listed below is the rules of the variant of Blackjack that we will be playing. If you've read and understand them, include "Hit!" at the bottom of your character sheet.
- In order to win, the group must gather a point value of 21, OR they must get a point value closer to 21 than the house (the host of the game) without going bust (going over 21), OR the house goes bust.
- If the group goes bust, OR fails to get a point value closer to 21 than the house, they lose.
- The group and the house will be taking turns accruing points. To accrue points, someone has to be killed. When someone is killed, their card value is added to the total point value of the group. Card values will be listed below.
- On the group's turn, they must unanimously decide to Hit (kill someone to add to their total point value) or Stand (skip their turn). Note, that if the group decides to Stand, it skips to the house's turn, who has to draw on each of his turns until he gets 21 or busts.
- No one knows the card value of any given person, so you'll just have to kill someone and hope for the best.
- The game ends once the group or the house has won. Should the house win, everyone in the group that is still alive is killed. Should the group win, everyone in the group that is still alive is permitted to leave the island.
Card Values
Ace = 1 or 11
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10
Jester = 10
Queen = 10
King = 10
Ex: If the group kills the King (10), the Queen (10), and the Ace (1), they'll have accrued 21 points, and the remaining people will be permitted to leave.
Character Sheet
[Image, preferably art]
Full Name:
Gender:
Age: (No one under 18 was invited.)
Appearance: (Mention anything not seen in the image, if you provided one, and any differences from the image.)
Personality: (Brief, but not too brief.)
History: (Brief, but not too brief.)
Theme Song: (Something to remember your character by, should they leave us.)
Other: (Anything else we should all know.)
Ace = 1 or 11
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 6
7 = 7
8 = 8
9 = 9
10 = 10
Jester = 10
Queen = 10
King = 10
Ex: If the group kills the King (10), the Queen (10), and the Ace (1), they'll have accrued 21 points, and the remaining people will be permitted to leave.
Character Sheet
[Image, preferably art]
Full Name:
Gender:
Age: (No one under 18 was invited.)
Appearance: (Mention anything not seen in the image, if you provided one, and any differences from the image.)
Personality: (Brief, but not too brief.)
History: (Brief, but not too brief.)
Theme Song: (Something to remember your character by, should they leave us.)
Other: (Anything else we should all know.)