This is set in Sinnoh, as the title said. This is post-Diamond/Pearl, and Palkia and Dialga have returned to space and time. There's going to be a pretty garden where Spear Pillar once was ^.^
The basic premise behind the RPG is the clash between the crippled Team Galactic and the Rocket Revival. The two are continually waging war with their Pokemon, after similar selfish goals: Team Galactic (led by Cyrus in Veilstone City) desires rare Pokemon to use in the name of power. The Rocket Revival (led by an old man named Volt who I'll describe later) desires rare Pokemon to sell in the name of money. The Galactics feel that the Rockets are wasting the Pokemon's potential and the Rockets think the Galactics are nuts for trying to do what the Rockets failed to do twice.
The Rocket Revival operates a black market in which they sell unhappy, rare Pokemon in an underground facility underneath Sunyshore City.
Volt is a man...or so people THINK. Nobody can exactly tell what he is as he wears a black robotic suit that somewhat resembles Elecman from Megaman Battle Network. His face is continually concealed by a mask whose eye and mouth openings resemble a wall outlet. His Electivire powers his machines and he frequently causes blackouts in the city, for which Volkner gets blamed. (I'll have to sprite him sometime.)
(Note: I've not roleplayed in a forum in a long time. I've wanted to join a few RPGs, but I never could get into the rhthym, hence this RPG.)
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Eterna City
Ozzy looked around excitedly. He happily watched the festivalgoers run to and fro, getting food from the barbeques and playing games with their Pokemon. The old, faded statues of the space and time Pokemon, Palkia and Dialga, had an aura around them caused by the setting sun. The clouds were dyed purple and orange, as if the whole sky was on fire. The festival had not yet begun, but people were getting ready.
Today was D/P Day, the date upon which Cyrus of Team Galactic unleashed Palkia and Dialga on the world, causing pandemonium that would have surely ended Sinnoh as a whole if it wasn't for the heroic efforts of a boy named Lukas. Lukas had since gone on to defeat the Elite Four and then disappear to who knows where. The day he stopped Palkia and Dialga from obliterating Sinnoh was since revered as a holiday, although the exact manner of how he defeated them varies depending on who you talk to. Some say he beat them using his own Pokemon, some say he called upon the three fairies of the lakes, some say he opened a stairway to a different realm and summoned a Pokemon so immensely powerful that it could control Palkia and Dialga, and some say he used a Pokemon made of pure darkness to beat them. Nobody's quite sure.
Eterna City was packed with kimono-dressed men and women. The traditional kimono for men was blue with silver embroidery and the traditional kimono for women was similar, but in mauve. Ozzy proudly bore a light blue kimono given to him by Gardenia the day before. He wonder where the girl was.
He decided to travel lightly and place most of his Pokemon in the box. He kept his Alakazam with him because he was a well-trained fighter and also because Ozzy thought he looked rather DASHING in a blue kimono. Alakazam ruffled his whiskers in disapproval.
"Gawwww, come on, Alakazam. You look smashing!"
Alakazam looked at Ozzy sarcastically, rolled his eyes, and chuckled.
"Ha, you know you like wearing it, Alakazam. I betcha you'll catch the eye of a pretty Kadabra around here. Who knows?" Ozzy said, teasing his trusty Psychic Pokemon.
The spoon-bender responded by sending a psychic jolt to Ozzy's ankle, causing the guitarist to fall flat on his face with a resounding thud.
"...All right, all right, you win," Ozzy said, standing up and dusting himself off. It was then that Gardenia, dressed in a rather attractive looking green and mauve kimono, stood up on the pedestal upon which the Palkia and Dialga statues sat. She spoke into a megaphone as the sun almost completely disappeared over the horizon.
"Ladies and gentlemen," she shouted. "I wish you all...a HAPPY D/P DAY!"
Upon her wish, a dozen Roserades danced out from behind her just as the sun completely blinked out from view. The Roserades spun around, doing a less harmful version of their Petal Dance and showering the cheering festivalgoers in cherry petals. Fireworks shot up into the sky and the games and activities were officially open. The social event was overwhelming; there were so many people to talk to, so many games to play, and so much FOOD to eat!
"And don't forget," Gardenia continued, "that we hold our D/P Day tournament up here on the pedestal in one hour! The best Trainers get small Palkia and Dialga statues to decorate their rooms with!"
And with that, the Gym Leader hopped down off the pedestal and joined the festivities while the fireworks and cherry petals bedazzled onlookers.
Ozzy looked to his Alakazam, and the Psychic-type could already tell that his Trainer wanted to compete in that tournament. Alakazam grinned and flashed Ozzy a thumbs-up, which cheered up the collector.
"All right," Ozzy said. "what do we do first?"
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I'm not the best RPer, but please join! I'll get better, I promise! ^_^
EDIT: Some good rules to follow:
> Legendaries are frowned upon having for the continuity of an RPG. If someone made an evil character and PMed me about a story arc where this evil dude has a legendary that needs to be stopped, that'd be pretty cool, but you cannot waltz in here and throw a Darkrai onto the playing field while flying around on a Lugia.
> This one is important because I get frustrated easily and this can avoid it: Victory is determined by the loser. If RPer 1 delivers a superstrong move on RPer 2's Pokemon, RPer 2 determines whether or not his Pokemon loses. Be fair. If your Pokemon has been taking considerable punishment without healing of some kind and he gets hit with Focus Punch or Giga Impact, he probably won't take the hit. If RPer 1 says that RPer 2's Pokemon is knocked out, that's basically godmoding and I ain't tolerating that.
> This rule applies to catching Pokemon, too. If you get into a fight with a wild Pokemon, I (as the gamemaster) will take the role of the wild Pokemon. I'll determine if you fought enough and are using a good enough Pokeball to capture it. I was a little aggravated when TPL's character caught a Rotom who hadn't taken any battle damage and was merely Confused with a standard Pokeball...Partially because there was no fight and partially because I THINK Rotom's a legendary. Hmph...
> Going along with the second rule, if you get continually hit and your Pokemon never faints, you're godmoding. Even a Snorlax can't take a Focus Punch, two Flare Blitzes, and a Close Combat.
> Godmoding results in an insta-boot from my RPG.
> EDIT: Oh, as a guideline for movesets: Pokemon are avaliable to access all the moves they can learn plus TM moves. I think of the four-move restriction to be something like the Pokemon's main strategy, revolving around three or four moves (hence, those are the moves used most often). However, if the battle calls for a move not typically found in the strategy, that Pokemon can use it.
For example, my Alakazam typically uses Psychic, Focus Blast, and Energy Ball as they all reduce Special Defense, and Recover if things get iffy. But as demonstrated against Curtis' Charizard, he was able to use Teleport when the situation called for it.
So think of the four moves your Pokemon knows in-game as your Pokemon's "default" moves. Your Pokemon should use those moves most often (as part of a strategy or something), but he/she/it is able to call upon other moves it's learned in a pinch. M'kay? ^^
These seem like standard rules, but I've roleplayed before. It happens. I don't want none of it in mah RPG >( Oh, and TPL is off the hook this one time with the Rotom thing because these rules were put up after he caught Rotom.
The basic premise behind the RPG is the clash between the crippled Team Galactic and the Rocket Revival. The two are continually waging war with their Pokemon, after similar selfish goals: Team Galactic (led by Cyrus in Veilstone City) desires rare Pokemon to use in the name of power. The Rocket Revival (led by an old man named Volt who I'll describe later) desires rare Pokemon to sell in the name of money. The Galactics feel that the Rockets are wasting the Pokemon's potential and the Rockets think the Galactics are nuts for trying to do what the Rockets failed to do twice.
The Rocket Revival operates a black market in which they sell unhappy, rare Pokemon in an underground facility underneath Sunyshore City.
Volt is a man...or so people THINK. Nobody can exactly tell what he is as he wears a black robotic suit that somewhat resembles Elecman from Megaman Battle Network. His face is continually concealed by a mask whose eye and mouth openings resemble a wall outlet. His Electivire powers his machines and he frequently causes blackouts in the city, for which Volkner gets blamed. (I'll have to sprite him sometime.)
(Note: I've not roleplayed in a forum in a long time. I've wanted to join a few RPGs, but I never could get into the rhthym, hence this RPG.)
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Eterna City
Ozzy looked around excitedly. He happily watched the festivalgoers run to and fro, getting food from the barbeques and playing games with their Pokemon. The old, faded statues of the space and time Pokemon, Palkia and Dialga, had an aura around them caused by the setting sun. The clouds were dyed purple and orange, as if the whole sky was on fire. The festival had not yet begun, but people were getting ready.
Today was D/P Day, the date upon which Cyrus of Team Galactic unleashed Palkia and Dialga on the world, causing pandemonium that would have surely ended Sinnoh as a whole if it wasn't for the heroic efforts of a boy named Lukas. Lukas had since gone on to defeat the Elite Four and then disappear to who knows where. The day he stopped Palkia and Dialga from obliterating Sinnoh was since revered as a holiday, although the exact manner of how he defeated them varies depending on who you talk to. Some say he beat them using his own Pokemon, some say he called upon the three fairies of the lakes, some say he opened a stairway to a different realm and summoned a Pokemon so immensely powerful that it could control Palkia and Dialga, and some say he used a Pokemon made of pure darkness to beat them. Nobody's quite sure.
Eterna City was packed with kimono-dressed men and women. The traditional kimono for men was blue with silver embroidery and the traditional kimono for women was similar, but in mauve. Ozzy proudly bore a light blue kimono given to him by Gardenia the day before. He wonder where the girl was.
He decided to travel lightly and place most of his Pokemon in the box. He kept his Alakazam with him because he was a well-trained fighter and also because Ozzy thought he looked rather DASHING in a blue kimono. Alakazam ruffled his whiskers in disapproval.
"Gawwww, come on, Alakazam. You look smashing!"
Alakazam looked at Ozzy sarcastically, rolled his eyes, and chuckled.
"Ha, you know you like wearing it, Alakazam. I betcha you'll catch the eye of a pretty Kadabra around here. Who knows?" Ozzy said, teasing his trusty Psychic Pokemon.
The spoon-bender responded by sending a psychic jolt to Ozzy's ankle, causing the guitarist to fall flat on his face with a resounding thud.
"...All right, all right, you win," Ozzy said, standing up and dusting himself off. It was then that Gardenia, dressed in a rather attractive looking green and mauve kimono, stood up on the pedestal upon which the Palkia and Dialga statues sat. She spoke into a megaphone as the sun almost completely disappeared over the horizon.
"Ladies and gentlemen," she shouted. "I wish you all...a HAPPY D/P DAY!"
Upon her wish, a dozen Roserades danced out from behind her just as the sun completely blinked out from view. The Roserades spun around, doing a less harmful version of their Petal Dance and showering the cheering festivalgoers in cherry petals. Fireworks shot up into the sky and the games and activities were officially open. The social event was overwhelming; there were so many people to talk to, so many games to play, and so much FOOD to eat!
"And don't forget," Gardenia continued, "that we hold our D/P Day tournament up here on the pedestal in one hour! The best Trainers get small Palkia and Dialga statues to decorate their rooms with!"
And with that, the Gym Leader hopped down off the pedestal and joined the festivities while the fireworks and cherry petals bedazzled onlookers.
Ozzy looked to his Alakazam, and the Psychic-type could already tell that his Trainer wanted to compete in that tournament. Alakazam grinned and flashed Ozzy a thumbs-up, which cheered up the collector.
"All right," Ozzy said. "what do we do first?"
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I'm not the best RPer, but please join! I'll get better, I promise! ^_^
EDIT: Some good rules to follow:
> Legendaries are frowned upon having for the continuity of an RPG. If someone made an evil character and PMed me about a story arc where this evil dude has a legendary that needs to be stopped, that'd be pretty cool, but you cannot waltz in here and throw a Darkrai onto the playing field while flying around on a Lugia.
> This one is important because I get frustrated easily and this can avoid it: Victory is determined by the loser. If RPer 1 delivers a superstrong move on RPer 2's Pokemon, RPer 2 determines whether or not his Pokemon loses. Be fair. If your Pokemon has been taking considerable punishment without healing of some kind and he gets hit with Focus Punch or Giga Impact, he probably won't take the hit. If RPer 1 says that RPer 2's Pokemon is knocked out, that's basically godmoding and I ain't tolerating that.
> This rule applies to catching Pokemon, too. If you get into a fight with a wild Pokemon, I (as the gamemaster) will take the role of the wild Pokemon. I'll determine if you fought enough and are using a good enough Pokeball to capture it. I was a little aggravated when TPL's character caught a Rotom who hadn't taken any battle damage and was merely Confused with a standard Pokeball...Partially because there was no fight and partially because I THINK Rotom's a legendary. Hmph...
> Going along with the second rule, if you get continually hit and your Pokemon never faints, you're godmoding. Even a Snorlax can't take a Focus Punch, two Flare Blitzes, and a Close Combat.
> Godmoding results in an insta-boot from my RPG.
> EDIT: Oh, as a guideline for movesets: Pokemon are avaliable to access all the moves they can learn plus TM moves. I think of the four-move restriction to be something like the Pokemon's main strategy, revolving around three or four moves (hence, those are the moves used most often). However, if the battle calls for a move not typically found in the strategy, that Pokemon can use it.
For example, my Alakazam typically uses Psychic, Focus Blast, and Energy Ball as they all reduce Special Defense, and Recover if things get iffy. But as demonstrated against Curtis' Charizard, he was able to use Teleport when the situation called for it.
So think of the four moves your Pokemon knows in-game as your Pokemon's "default" moves. Your Pokemon should use those moves most often (as part of a strategy or something), but he/she/it is able to call upon other moves it's learned in a pinch. M'kay? ^^
These seem like standard rules, but I've roleplayed before. It happens. I don't want none of it in mah RPG >( Oh, and TPL is off the hook this one time with the Rotom thing because these rules were put up after he caught Rotom.
