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What do you want to do now?
Topic Started: August 2, 2016, 3:59 pm (172 Views)
NTNP
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Dear Site,

It is obvious that we are in a slump- partially due to VoC entering into a stasis, and partially due to our general funk which often overtakes us from time to time. So I have a question, what do we want to do about it? Now I know what our previous answer has systematically been, let’s start a new RP and become invested in it in order to rekindle our enjoyment as writers. I have heard a lot of people say that they have “something in the works” but it should be presented soon. Keeping things back, waiting around- now is the time if you have something. Put it out there, let us get involved and get started before we begin losing people’s attention.

Now on a “personal” level, if we can’t find anything to present I can throw together something minor: say something involving my personal favorites like Shin Megami Tensei, Final Fantasy, Pokemon or a DnD game but if someone has something more in mind- I know I would be happy to be involved, and I think everyone else would be too.
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Kazemitsu
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I just wanna rp. Obviously my thing is medieval fantasy
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Im game for a pokemon rp or dnd
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Primera Espada Yggdra
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It will still take some time for me to complete preparing my roleplay, mostly due to real life. I think for the time being a smaller roleplay should be run on the site.
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So we have at least 3 people who agree we need an RP to get into, and thus far the requests are: Something “knights and magic” like, DnD and pokemon. So I guess unless someone else feels particularly interested in throwing something out there we should probably narrow things down a little if you guys want me to host this.

Pokemon: I really liked the idea of new trainers, starting their journey and working together to achieve their various goals. I think age groups of around 14+ would be reasonable for something like this. Obviously it would begin with the PCs receiving their first “starter” pokemon and as has been tradition, beginning with a pokemon of their own automatically/shortly after starting that is in it’s lowest form. Since I would be hosting it, I am probably going to institute some basic probability systems into it- say a 1d4 for status effects, a 1d20 for the chances of success of an action with 10+ being “success” and less than 10 being a “miss.” Lastly I am thinking of making it where the entire thing is more “episodical” based where people group together, complete a story and receive rewards of their choosing by selecting at the beginning a few key points such as “new pokemon, EXP, item” and what sorts of things that they want to encounter.

DnD/Final Fantasy: Due to my general love of “systems” I would probably use either something like Final Fantasty D20 simplified or DnD3.5 simplified. Once you guys give me information on do you want the story to be “high fantasy, with death defying action, giant fights, powerful magic against good and evil, with good having the advantage since we are there” etc a la the Final Fantasy line or if you are more interested in “a grittier, more realistic, morally complex and darker” story via DnD3.5 I could go further from there.

So any opinions and ideas here?
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Onime No Ryu
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I vote for megido effect cause i was hyped for it last time but we never did it

could also just continue shadow of shuzul, i had stuff i wanted to do with my character in that
Edited by Onime No Ryu, August 4, 2016, 5:52 am.
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That Western-style idea I had a few months back, got a couple plot ideas for it, if that ever interested people.
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Well after a long consideration, I decided "Screw it, I have been wanting to do this for a while- and what is the worst that happens, no one wants to join?" So I present you a very simple RP, with the goal of letting us have something to do- a few simple fights, a little exploration and plenty of chances to have some character interactions in a series that is meant to be jovial and fun!

The SS Anne:
Young trainers, thank and congratulations on being selected for this year’s annual SS Anne cruise around the world! From your exceptional scores in Pokemon School and on the recommendation of the Pokemon Professor from your region, we have selected you for this exciting and thrilling journey. Aboard the famous cruise ship, the SS Anne- you will have the most majestic journey imaginable! The SS Anne measures 120,000 feet and can have approximately 2,000 passengers and 500 staff onboard at any given time. On deck level, trainers and passengers alike can enjoy the wave pools, tiki longue, over a dozen battle squares (ideal for single, double, rotation and even team battles) and undersea observatory where you can see directly through the ship to what is underneath. With two different restaurants, one serving traditional Kanto cuisine for our younger passengers and even a Kalos styled fine French cuisine for those that desire a more refined meal, no one ever goes hungry on the SS Anne. There are also clothing stores, a grocery and library so our trainers are well taken care of. A fully functional pokemon center, pokeshop, daycare and training gym are also present to make sure our non-human guests remain satisfied as well. Lastly, every trainer is given one of our gorgeous state rooms; a 12 by 12 foot room with a full sized bed, self-enclosed bathroom, working tv and personal computer connected to the server to summon/send pokemon and store items. With this amazing opportunity, instead of traveling through a single region of your birth like other trainers, you get to explore the Kanto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Johto regions one after another. While in each area, trainers are invited to collect pokemon, challenging gyms and contest halls and meeting new friends from different places this year aboard the SS Anne. We promise, it will be your best year as young, new trainers trying to find their niche in the world! So I ask you, young trainer, are you ready to board the SS Anne?

This is the intro for my pokemon themed adventure- something I will admit I have wanted to host for a long time now. All authors will be creating a pokemon trainer from one of the six regions (Kanto (red/blue), Johto (gold/silver), Sinnoh (pearl/diamond), Hoenn (sapphire/ruby), Unova (black/white) or Kalos(XY)) and will be traveling aboard the SS Anne- a cruise ship that makes its way around the pokemon world each year. The ship will travel through each area, and be there for a while before moving on to the next to allow the PCs the opportunity to enjoy each location. In each region, the PCs will be given the opportunity to capture pokemon, fight against local trainers (and each other), challenge gyms and contest halls all while enjoying the different sights, sounds and stories of the pokemon world now ablazed with three new teams entering the stage- team valor, team instinct and team mystic. Are they forces of good and unity for the pokemon world as they claim? Or is this just a smoke screen, like so many of the other “teams” that had previously appeared like team magma and team rocket who eventually brought ruin? Only you can find out during your adventures around the pokemon world.

Now unlike previous RPs in this vein which were “theater of the mind” and “honor” style, since it is being hosted by me it, you can expect some numbers, stats and dice rolling- since I’ve been a fan of that sort of thing for years now. Now most of the complaints that I’ve seen about pokemon RPs is that the battles take forever because no one wants to lose, this way it will ensure that it works out much faster and without hurt feelings. At its core, since pokemon is a “fighting” type game, where losing a battle doesn’t result in anyone dying- I felt like a version of DnD’s fighting style would be easy enough to implement where both sides have HP, avoid and hit- and after enough hits, it causes one side to “faint” upon reaching 0HP. If all mons on one side are reduced to 0 HP, they have lost the battle. This is how our fights will take place in this story. This should help combat go much faster, and have a definite “win/lose” in any given situation which previously was a problem for us. Additionally all pokemon have been sorted into 4 “types” and as such, will possess essentially the same “stats.” All “large, powerful” pokemon for example will belong to the Powerhouse group, while lithe, flexible pokemon might belong to the “speedster” class. The Powerhouses would all have very high HP but low avoidance and speed, while the Speedsters would always get the first move and would be hard to hit, but suffer from low health. The “attack” power of each mon alternatively would be standardized for ease and will be determined almost universally by the “power” of the move being used, which will all have different accuracies. Just like before, effective attacks will inflict double damage and supereffective attacks will cause quadruple damage. This means that type and move set become the main differences between all the pokemon in the world.

Baring the times on the ship, which should provide a nice breather experience between regions- I intend to make this an episodic based narrative which the PCs can control. At the beginning of each set of episodes (based on where you want to go as a group), I will ask the authors whom they plan to work with for this episode (like splitting teams in VoC) and each author will have the opportunity to choose what they want to gain in this episode: Do you want to catch a new pokemon? Do you want to acquire a particular item? Get a TM? Receive extra experience to get closer to leveling up? Each person can customize their stories both directly and indirectly to make sure they feel invested and involved in the narrative. I will be quiet involved with the story, obviously, but I am also open to letting other RPers control things too.

Each author will only be requested to create a trainer, select a “starting mon” from one of the regions along with a single, non-evolved pokemon that will act as his/her partner in this daring journey across the realm. Lists of pokemon (along with their “stat type” as I described above) will be presented to the authors before it begins. Battles will be quick, the stories will be episodic and group based in style and the main focus, beyond combat will be character growth and interaction as our characters travel the world and grow up. Hopefully it will make a story worth remembering! If you don’t know much about Pokemon, that’s ok I am more than happy to help. If you are a lifelong fan, I am more than happy to have you. For those in between, ask yourselves do you really have anything better to do?  
Edited by NTNP, August 8, 2016, 3:47 pm.
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Kazemitsu
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Eh not feelin pokemon.
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I am interested in this pokemon RP
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Well I am glad that I at least have Boxy with me. Hopefully a fun little trek around the pokemon world will get a few people involved, I know that it did previously installments. Does anyone have any thoughts, ideas, concerns, interests that they would like to share?

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-417094936
Edited by NTNP, August 14, 2016, 5:39 pm.
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