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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 0:46:47 GMT
Plot: The kingdom has run smoothly ever since the 7 Knights took power from the tyrant who came before. With their strength and wisdom, they managed to bring together even the wild lands that laid on the outskirts of Aina. The barbarians, the tyrant's forces, the feral beasts of the wilds, all were conquered to bring about true peace. They had been on the throne for 30 years and were getting old. They knew they would not be around as long as needed to protect Aina from future threats. They came to a unanimous decision, to train the next generation of Knights, a heavy title to bear. This is where you come in.
This game is a high fantasy, low realism, medieval Pokémon game. The things you know from the technology heavy games don't exist yet. All you can rely on is your sword, your magic, and the creature who stands beside you. People from all walks of life have been selected. A horse groomer who has never been off the farmland. A squire who has been in training all his life to master his steel. A magician who has mastered the element of fire. These protégé's will be trained and brought up to become the next rulers of Aina.
The Knights only had a few guidelines as they were searching for their students. One, they must not be more than 15 years of age. The young are more impressionable and easier to teach. Plus, they have more time left before they must search for new Knights. Second, they must have a special talent that they can bring to the table, such as tactics, money-handling, or great charisma. Third, they must have some form of valor, even if it's well hidden. Lastly, they must have no connections to outside kingdoms, as there is too great a risk. They set off on their journey to find these students... and have returned.
PS: Keep in mind Pokémon are treated as magical creatures. Magic is extremely commonplace and even humans can have a master's control of it.
Players/Expectations:
- Hi guys! Hope we have fun with the game. Just a few things you should know while applying.
- I'm looking for 3-5 players but I'm willing to take more if I like the characters that much.
- Players should have chat, for easy OOC talk.
- I expect at best 1 post a day but I can work with 2 if needed.
- I'd like to ask that power gamers be careful with the bans that I made. I'm only tentatively doing one of them and I'm willing to revoke it if too many people abuse it.
- Applications will be accepted until January 22nd,12:00 am PST. We'll be starting either that night or the next day, depending.
Character Creation:
- TL 2
- Your character must be no more than 15. PM me if you want to do something a little older.
- Your starter may be any Pokémon, as long as it's not pseudo or Legendary. Please no Porygon's or Magnemites just yet, I still need to figure Pokémon like that out. You can also take one egg move or a tutor move if it doesn't have access to one. They start at Level 10.
- I am giving you 10,000 to spend. Do not buy Poke Balls at all ! There is a different system than capturing that will be in place.
- I will be giving you 5 Potions,a Revive, and a Bandage at start.
- Make sure that backstory is relevant to the region at hand. I can't accept people who are from Ransei.
Banned Stuff
- Blessed and the Damned is allowed, tentatively. If I see too many applicants with BOTD stuff, I'm soft banning it.And you better have a darn good backstory to justify it. PS: Outsiders are not allowed, except for Mewtwo.
- Do Porygon Dream of Mareep? is soft banned. For obvious reasons. I will allow it if you have an explanation.
- Everything else is fair game.
Alright, that should be everything! Ask me any questions you may have through PM or the Skype chat I'll be starting. By the by, PM or post your Skype here so I can add you to the pre-game chat. Hope you enjoy! PS:I'll be adding lore stuff later but if you want that now, I'll be posting it here. PPS:Almost forgot, playtest rules and classes are in effect, so no Lv. 1 Dragon Pulse please! PPPS:Here's the lore! PPPPS:Here's a list of characters that have been submitted!
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Post by SuperVaderMan on Jan 16, 2016 1:28:30 GMT
Are fantasy races a thing in this game? If so, which ones?
I'm also wary of the goal here. Is this going to be a gym crawl kind-of thing, to prove our characters' worth or something like that? I'm trying to avoid those sorts of games since I'm already in one on another board.
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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 1:31:46 GMT
The game is best described as an sword and sorcery adventure where you go back to a home base and then go back to the castle. Fantasy races are allowed as long as you explain the race and their background. Probably no bonuses for doing it though. But you will get cool points with me!
Edit: Just wanted to add that I am going to assume only humans if no one wants to play a fantasy race. I was going to originally go with only humans, but I'm willing to if someone really wants to play a different race.
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Post by Seibo on Jan 16, 2016 4:28:59 GMT
Hopefully my schedule will allow character building this time around ^^. What's the minimum age for the PCs?
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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 4:31:16 GMT
Anything above 7.
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Post by chimerat on Jan 16, 2016 4:54:59 GMT
Hmm... Well, since you don't use PokéBalls, I take it Capture Specialists are also out?
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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 5:01:15 GMT
They're allowed but they'll function a little differently because of how Pokeballs work. Just check out the lore I just added!
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Post by Crowned Crow on Jan 16, 2016 5:10:10 GMT
Aviss, Mighty Muscle Mage Here is the character link, backstory in the spoiler below.~ Please feel free to point out any errors or things you would like to see improvement on. ^v^ Aviss was born as a fifth child to a loving mother and father. They lived on the outskirts of a Lynx raising a herd of Mareep, getting through the years living off of manual labour and the money they got for selling the shorn wool. Even as a child she was always smiling and watching everything, and as soon as she was able to walk did whatever she could to help. When she was 5 a stray Purrloin wandered into the field while she was brushing out the newly regrown wool of the flock. Loving soft things she happily walked over, trying to pet and play with the cat pokemon. It hissed and scratched her, and as Aviss began to cry out from the pain the family Herdier chased it off. Ever since she has been distrustful of any pokemon that resembles a cat, usually resorting to barking at them to scare them off. When she came to the age where children would go to school she was still hard-working at home, but every month she would get a new book from town. They ranged anywhere from story books, to books on various trade skills. She didn't care much for the context, she was simply delighted to be able to have a chance to read since her father taught her too. She would read them over and over, cover to cover until the spines were worn and barely held them together. Though her favourites were books that told stories of magicians and wizards. This is when she decided that she was destined for more, and during her free-time began looking for a teacher that would teach her the ways of magic. She eventually found one in an elderly woman resting just inside of town. In exchange for company and running errands she taught Aviss as much as she could. Unfortunately, Aviss had no talent for magic, but the old woman couldn't bring herself to tell her seeing how excited she was to learn. While working with the sheep again she was startled as a Caterpie fell from the branches onto her, she screamed out one of the magic spells and flailed her arms, as she struck it with her fist it flew away and fainted. She blinked and stared at her fist before jumping in joy, running off to tell the old woman that she'd finally done it. After that she began to practice her "Magic" on a daily basis. by the time she was 10 she felt confident in her abilities, and were eager to show them off. It was around this time that she also developed the bad habit of sheepnapping one of the family mareep, he was smaller than most of the others so she couldn't help herself and began to carry him around. The pokemon didn't seem to mind however, bleating out in content as he was pampered. When she was 12 her mentor passed away from age and she spent a day to mourn, but after the funeral did her best to smile. She offered her thanks for everything and promised to always remember her. A few days after her 13th birthday while out on errands in the town it was suddenly filled with an awe-filled uproar. When she investigated she saw none other than Wilhelm Ironsheath if descriptions of his appearance were to be believed. She boldly approached, asking why he was here, completely surprised to hear that he was here for her and would like her to replace him. Through the surprise she dropped Merlin, who bleated out staying by her side. She bowed deeply and exclaimed that she would be honoured and ran home to pack a bag and wish her family farewell for now. With her bag of supplies and Merlin in tow, she departed with Wilhem and set out for the adventure of her life.
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Post by chimerat on Jan 16, 2016 5:28:19 GMT
They're allowed but they'll function a little differently because of how Pokeballs work. Just check out the lore I just added! Okay, cool. I have an idea for a Portal Specialist. Haven't read the rest of the lore yet as it's rather late her, but that bit gives me a few ideas. I'll hopefully have a sheet up by the end of the weekend.
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Post by Nether on Jan 16, 2016 6:34:55 GMT
Sent you a Skype request and will post a character sheet as soon as I get a good chunk of it done.
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Post by platinum77 on Jan 16, 2016 7:46:51 GMT
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Post by flarnith on Jan 16, 2016 15:44:07 GMT
I'd like to enter Reynard du Fluminis, Bulwark for consideration Reynald du fluminis is known as Reynald of the rivers, a bastard child. He was found on the steps of his foster father's home when he was a very young age. Old Master Julius Bellman raised him like one of his own but never let him forget that he was a river child. Being raise as a son of a blacksmith in Heracles made you a blacksmith and old Julius had him working in the forge since he could accurately wield a hammer. Heracles children are also put though militia training as soon as they can walk, talk, and swing a weapon of their size, for every citizen must know how to defend themselves.
Reynald never took great stock in the magician's arts,. The subtle arts of the arcane didn't appeal to him. He'd rather put stock in 'the power of humanity' by making and innovating the tools in his hands. Reynald is proficient enough in the art of the soul portal and is touch with his elemental origin but prefers the weapons that he and his father craft over them. His desire to become like the knights was during a normal training session in the militia. A small group of elder trainees were using their advanced training to bully some of the newer kids while Sir Ironsheath was in attendance. Trying to vie for his favor via showing what advanced knowledge in war they had. Reynald stepped in with his mace and shield ready to protect the younger pair that was being made sport of and the two boys were put into a duel for Sir Ironsheath to evaluate.
The fight as it was didn't last overly long. The elder boy focused on aggressive actions and his stone magic making him like a boulder rolling out of control. While Reynald kept his shield high and weathered the storm of blows like a wall of iron. Then in a glimmer of silvery light Reynald's mace crashed into the elder boys shield arm, splintering the shield and nearly breaking the arm behind it. The fight was called off at that point with the elder boy who's name was Kennith was taken away for treatment.
While this happened Sir Ironsheath saw how the fight played out again in his mind, He saw how Reynald willingly kept on the defensive and kept analyzing his opponent even after taking a few blows that got past the shield. When the boy struck, it was to the area to disrupt the foe the worse and he struck decisively. It was rough, like an ingot of metal needing to be forged but he could see this boy replacing him as the tactician of the knights. But he wasn't going to make it easy on the boy, there were others that had the same potential and they would be coming with them for Arthur to make the final decision. Just my nod to crow in the last part.
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Post by chimerat on Jan 16, 2016 17:25:20 GMT
Can non-Humans be smaller than norm, like... Joltik size? Or would that cause issues? Because that image is adorable! XD Alternatively tailless humanoid.
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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 17:31:25 GMT
If you want to play a race, all I ask is that you create a background for the race. There probably won't be penalties or bonuses for playing another race.
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Post by chimerat on Jan 16, 2016 21:09:17 GMT
[App withdrawn.]
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Post by SuperVaderMan on Jan 16, 2016 21:41:57 GMT
What do weapons cost in this setting? Aviss, Mighty Muscle Mage Here is the character link, backstory in the spoiler below.~ Please feel free to point out any errors or things you would like to see improvement on. ^v^ Muscle Wizards always get an upvote from me
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Post by geniusostrich on Jan 16, 2016 22:00:39 GMT
0 for crude/2000 for simple/ 4000 for fine
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Post by SuperVaderMan on Jan 17, 2016 0:23:16 GMT
Here's my application for Kserra the Kobold Ruffian.Herald of Pride will be a future class choice. Not sure what the 4th class will be, so we'll see what happens.
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 17, 2016 8:15:18 GMT
I am interested and will reply with a character sheet when I finish it. I will probably go with the rock elementalist from Game of Throhs though I don't know what else.
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Post by David Hilm on Jan 17, 2016 19:11:09 GMT
Going to apply for sure. I've been wanting to make a PTU version of my old Paladin for a while, so this is definitely the best chance for that. Really digging the lore so far as well.
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