[Other OPEN] Paper Mario: The Ancient Relics

Jegretis · May 24, 2020

The Plot

The Ancient Relics - 8 otherworldly objects that supposedly existed since the beginning of time itself. Nobody knows who or what created these objects, or even their current locations for that matter. In fact, it can be said that the Relics don't even exist since there's no actual evidence of them. Although several books throughout the Mushroom Kingdom talk about such objects, the Relics' appearances in the world have shown up several times throughout history according to certain documents. Almost all situations revolving around the Relics have been dark and dreary, with the ending always resulting in something terrible, disastrous or sinister. Despite this, many people believe the Relics have just fell into the wrong hands in the past, hence why so many bad situations result from it. Despite the mysteries that should the objects, numerous researchers still study and devote their time to these Ancient Relics in hopes that something will turn up, and that the fruits of their labour will eventually be worthwhile.

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Welcome to the town of Quiet Meadows! A placid town nestled between the mountains in the western side of the Mushroom Kingdom, this town is known for its clean air, lush green meadows and fresh flowers. This place has inhabitants of all kinds and is very welcoming! Quiet Meadows has everything someone would need to live a comfortable life! Stores, shops, groceries, you name it! There are also two schools located here called Meadows Grade School, as well as Meadows College. The mayor's house (Mayor Montgomery III) is right on top of a hill in the town's richer part of town, known as Ever Hills. Mayor Monty is a rather nice old Koopa, who simply just refuses to step down from his position until he kicks the bucket. He's a passionate guy, so chances are if you need help, he can be pretty reliable. On the outskirts of town, is located the Quiet Cave. This cave, as its name suggests, is rather Quiet and there's not much in here other than a large cavernous room. People often come here to hang out, camp or tell spooky stories at night.

You are a citizen of Quiet Meadows. You have been living your life rather peacefully, away from the busy life of the city. Maybe you go to school, or maybe you work. Or maybe you don't do anything at all! All you know is that you reside in this meadow that you call home.

The Role-Play Itself + Rules

Okay guys, welcome to Paper Mario: The Ancient Relics! As you guessed from the title alone, this RP is based on the Paper Mario games! However, if you have not played those, than you need not worry, as it is definitely not required. I will be mainly explaining a lot of things along the way as we progress! However, if you do want to know about the Paper Mario Universe, then I suggest going to the wiki, or watching a few videos of the game itself (playthroughs, etc) to get familiar. As said before though, definitely not required! So if you're interested, read on to!

As the plot states, the role-play will start in the town of Quiet Meadows and will build onwards from there. Paper Mario games are adventure RPGs, and as such, we will be of course be following an adventure-style format for this role-play in the sense that the characters will band together as a group and go on an adventure. What that reason is for the adventure, is totally up to you. With that said, if you want to do a mini-plot or side story for your character that the other players can participate in, feel free to let me know and we can work something out! Something I want to incorporate in this roleplay, is having other players take the reigns for the role-play and make their own mini-stories that we can all participate in.
As for the battle system, I am not going to make things more complicated than they need to be. I do not have any set battle system in place (and definitely don't want to use Paper Mario mechanics), so feel free to just battle as you normally would in any role-play that has combat in it. My only rule for this, are the attacks which will be covered later on in the Sign-Up sheet. Even if your character isn't so combat savvy, that's okay! There will be lots of problem solving, and puzzles in this role-play as well! As for items, I am thinking of eliminating items completely for this roleplay, as they will get too complicated to use (as most of the items in the Paper Mario universe relate to battling). However, should someone come up with ideas on how to incorporate items, then feel free to share and I'll consider it. Now then, on to the rules!

All PC Forum Rules Apply

No bunnying/god-modding

This is pretty much a 'G' rated RP, so violence, romance is allowed. But no swearing, and I mean it. Pretty much anything you find in the Paper Mario Games/Manga is allowed in the RP

Do not question, or argue with game logic. This could potentially lead to unnecessary questions or conversations about the Paper Mario Universe.
I understand characters are technically '2-D', but no turning yourself into a paper airplane or anything out of the like.

Let me know if you plan on being away for sometime so I can work something out

Please communicate. We will all be travelling as a group so it's important to communicate.

The Sign-Up

Name: (Your character's name. Make sure they are an original character. You don't have to put a last name if it fits with your character.)

Species: (What species are they? Anything found in the Paper Mario universe will do. Toads, Goombas, Koopas, Bob-Ombs, Boo, Little Mousers, etc are all acceptable. Just no picking actual people. There's many more to choose from, so if you need help just let me know. Also, no creating your own species, the must be already exist. You can click here for the wiki.)

Gender: (M or F)

Appearance: (How does your character look? Any clothes, or things that distinguish them from others of their species, maybe a different color? Try to make your character unique!)

Personality: (Pretty straight forward. How do they act, likes, dislikes, etc.)

History: (A brief history about them)

Attacks: (2 attacks for now. One regular attack, and one stronger attack. Your attacks can be anything that would suit your character. If your character's standard way of battling is just punching/kicking/headbutting or anything physical like that, then just put down 'Melee' as your first attack. If your character uses some sort of weapon, let me know beforehand so I can approve it. If you need help with thinking of an attack, let me know!)

And that's it! I probably won't be accepting a lot of people to be honest, so I will be accepting around 4-5 people total most likely. If I feel the need to open up more spots, then I will.

Sephear · May 27, 2020

{He's back! How could I leave him behind? There's not even any reason to change him! I am working on a second character as well if you'd allow me two, though.)

Spoiler:

Chester D. Bewm esq.

Species: Adorable little Fahr Outpost Bob-Omb

Age: Old enough to leave home, but to be honest he doesn't even know himself

Gender: Male

Appearance: He looks mostly like any other Fahr Outpost Bob-Omb but he has red boots and a golden tassel for a fuse, and only puts on his hat when he freaks out.

(Him when his hat IS on, except his shoes are red and his crank is bright orange.)

Personality: Chester is a humble little bob-omb, all he wants to do is hear stories, tell stories, and make stories of his own. He is friendly to everyone he meets and very naive, he tends to either instantly believe anything he hears or get very confused if it conflicts with something he thought he knew. Just as Chester is so nice and thinks everyone should be happy, if he thinks anyone is being mean or getting in the way of someone else's happiness he has a very short fuse. The instant anyone picks a fight with Chester or does something to make him mad his first response is to give them a nice, morally-purifying BLAST!

Even though he's overreacted and blasted people or things that didn't deserve it more than a few times everyone knows Chester is a good guy. He loves to smell flowers and play games with the kids when he's got nothing else to do. Nearly everyone knows Chest, if for no reason other than that their only resident Bob-Omb from the Fahr Outpost probably makes more of a commotion than the whole rest of the town combined. Explosions tend to stand out in a place that has quiet in it's name. When Chester is in a situation of extreme danger or he gets really scared he reverts back to his old ways, his old hat reappears seemingly out of nowhere, his Fahr accent becomes much more pronounced and he acts like a "soldier of the people" for a short while, until a good BLASTing knocks some sense into him.

Thanks to his sheltered upbringing Chest holds a childlike sense of wonder for every new thing he encounters, and BLASTs as much fun as he can into everything he does... He probably BLASTs too much doesn't he? Well too bad that's what Bob-Ombs exist to do! In ze wonderful land of da Fahr Outpost all Bob-Ombs BLAST as much as they please for the benefit of themselves and their comrades! *Ahem* Excuse me, sorry about that, anyways yeah, Chester likey da bewm.

Likes: comrades, flowers, children, BLASTing, snow, and camaraderie

Dislikes: bullies, enemies of Fahr Outpost, BLASTing the wrong things, and loading cannons.

History: Little Chester grew up in the wonderful magical land of Fahr Outpost where anything can happen! Except for social freedom...or living quietly...or a warm summer day, still it's pretty great. He had good food, a bed to sleep in, loyal comra-friends, and whenever someone made anyone angry there were plenty of BLASTs to be had. Chester would have been happy to live this same life forever, but then cannon testing day came. Well you see... Since Chester was finally old enough to help with important matters for the outpost he decided to sneak to the town's super cannon the night before it was to be tested and properly load it himself to make sure everything went smoothly and...well... the little guy fell in. He spent hours calling for help to no avail, and eventually, he got so angry about the whole situation his fuse lit without him even realizing it, and before he knew it he BLASTed the inside of the cannon and set off the rest of the explosives.

When Chester came to he was on some strange green grass that had no snow on it, it was surprisingly warm. He heard many voices chattering around him and braced for a verbal thrashing from General White or one of his other superiors, but instead he was greeted by many different faces of all kinds looking at him and muttering one thing or another. His head was so scrambled from the BLAST of a lifetime the only words of hers he made out were "quite a fall" and "strange hat" Chester had never seen a toad in his life, and here was surrounded by a bunch of them and many other strange things, the only logical conclusion was that he'd been captured by enemies planning to invade the Outpost! And the only proper way to deal with invaders is a good BLAST!

And that was the first time a loud BOOM crashed through Quiet Meadows and destroyed a chunk of the town, sadly I'd be a liar if I said it was the last. Chester couldn't figure out how to get back to the Outpost, no one in the town seemed to have heard of it so he had no idea which way to go. With no better plan Chester decided to stay to help fix the damage he'd done, and by the time he was finished he'd decided to stay, everyone there was nice, and it was pleasant to have warm sunlight and grass for once. After he grew more accustomed to life in Quiet Meadows Chester decided he needed a job, so he tried everything he could think of until someone asked him to get rid of a thwomp that was blocking the road into town and refused to leave. A good BLAST taught him better than to be some sort of square, mean, scary highwayman, and Chester knew what he could do. What better way for a plucky little Bub like him to make a living than by BLASTing things that need to be BLASTed?

Quiet Meadows wasn't always quite so 'quiet' after Chester showed up, but he was surprisingly productive, because besides not being known for explosions Quiet Meadows also wasn't known for having people strong enough to move heavy rocks or demolish useless buildings either.

Attacks:

Melee Chester takes a running start and rams his head (which is also his body) into the enemy as hard as he can, which is pretty hard considering he used to be a soldier and he's got such a hard head.

BLAST! (Or BOOM! Depending on what Chester feels like shouting at the time.) Chester lights his fuse and charges his opponent, if timed right he explodes right when he gets to them, if they try to run he chases them till he goes off, and if they're too close he basically does his melee first to knock them down then sits on them until they go BOOM.

Jegretis · May 28, 2020

Sephear: You are accepted! As for the second character, it depends. Maybe DM me and I can view it?

EDIT: Here is my SU!

Alfi the Orange Yoshi

Name
Alfi (Also sometimes referred to as Alfi the Yoshi)

Age
Adult

Species
Yoshi

Gender
Male

Appearance
Alfi is an orange Yoshi, and looks rather typical to that of regular Yoshi's. He wears blue boots, has orange spikes running down his head and back, along with a red shell. However, unlike other Yoshis, he wears a light blue t-shirt given to him by his grandma.

History
Alfi doesn't remember a whole lot about his real parents, and so the absolute very beginning of his life is a mystery - for the most part. An older Toadette by the name of Amanita found a baby Orange-coloured Yoshi, just days old at the front of her doorstep one stormy night. He was in a little basket wrapped with soft blankets, and Amanita had no idea where the Yoshi's parents were, or how he had even showed up at her doorstep. However, being the kind Toadette that she is, she took in the Yoshi and named him Alfi. She cared for him, bathed him, fed him and raised him as if he were her own child.

Alfi was an energetic Yoshi growing up, often playing with the neighbourhood kids and trying to always make new friends. However, because he was her only child, Amanita would often be overprotective of Alfi, afraid of how people would treat him. Although now he stands as a strong adult Yoshi, Alfi was very timid growing up and would often be the end result of bullying and being picked on by other kids. However, he did not let this phase him. He continued to be the caring, kind Yoshi that he is today and always helps out those in need.

Personality
Amanita's caring and gentle nature has definitely been passed down to Alfi. He is a kind Yoshi, always helping out people with errands should they need it, or even lending a helping hand moving things. It can even be said that he can be too nice sometimes, often getting taken advantage by those who seek help such as money or favours. It can even be said that because of this, he is sometimes naive and seeks to find the good in people before bad.

When it comes to scary situations, Alfi can be cautious. He always tries to think of a logical solution, before doing something - the thinks first and then takes action. He has had this trait his whole life, which has led people to make fun of him growing up for being a goodie-two-shoes. He does however, have a fun side to him - he enjoys physical activities and eating. His favourite foods are sweets, such as ice cream and donuts.

Attacks
Jump
Alfi jumps high, and stomps on his opponent. This is his basic attack, and he uses it often.

Gulp
Alfi will hit opponents with his tongue, often putting them in his mouth if they are big enough and spitting them back out.

Groc · Jun 3, 2020

This looks fun! I don't know much about Mario, and even less about Paper Mario, so let me know if I get anything wrong.

Name: Ark Cane

Age: Adult, mid to late 30's

Species: Magikoopa

Gender: Male

Appearance: Though similar to other Koopa, Ark's skin is darker in tone, being more orange than yellow. His shell is red, but few know this as he wears robes most of the time. He doesn't wear glasses, so you can see his yellow eyes, which turn fully yellow and even glow slightly when using his stronger spells.

Personality: Ark is probably the smartest Koopa in town, or he likes to claim he is. His ideal afternoon would be spent with a cup of tea and a good book or five, relaxing in his room above the local library. He understands that not everyone is as smart as him (in fact, very few are), so he'll happily help people out, explaining anything and everything they don't understand. He'll even talk... slow... and use... small... words... so they... get it.

As you can see, he has a very high opinion of himself, and can be horribly, horribly awkward in social situations, but is a genuinely nice person, and thinks that knowledge is a power that lets you do anything if you put your mind to it. He just doesn't always realize how insulting and condescending he can be, and he tends to ignore the simple solution in favor of more complex answers, to better show off his smarts.

History: Ark was born and raised in Quiet Meadows, even attending Meadows College. He didn't have many friends, but at least the kids were never mean to him (partly because that's how things are in Quiet Meadows, but also because his mother Candy owned the local bakery). He had a talent for magic which improved when he apprenticed himself to the town's librarian, an older gentleman with a large hat named Black Mage.

Ark went on a tour of the Mushroom Kingdom after graduation, and upon his return learned Black Mage was retiring soon, and the town was looking for a new librarian. Having spent most of his childhood there, Ark applied for the job. He now manages the library and lives in the loft above the old building, practicing his spells and trying to perfect his various mixes and brews.

Attacks: Basic Bolt: Thrown from his hands or focused through his staff, Ark unleashes a bolt of arcane force.

Big Bang Ball: Taking a moment to charge up his power and gather his energy, Ark launches an orb of kinetic energy that explodes upon impact.

Jegretis · Jun 3, 2020

Looks good Groc! You are accepted! Glad to have you onboard ^^ if you have any questions at all about Paper Mario feel free to let me or someone else know! It seems like you have a pretty good grasp of it already!

I'll work on the IC and try to submit it this week as well :)

darkwingdaffy · May 21, 2021

name opper trooper

species Koopa Troopa

gender male

appearance camo Koopa with a shell for a helmet also has a grenade belt

personality loveable village idiot hates people smarter than him and has a greedy streak

history his family died in a war so he quit school and decided to work towards the war effort but then the army told him he was too stupid to join the war so he became a con man but after his son died from one of his schemes gone wrong he decides that he wants to save the world

attacks grenade throw and roundhouse kick

Sapphire Rose · May 22, 2021

Closing this thread as this thread has been inactive for almost a year.

If the GM wishes to reopen the thread please contact any of the moderators of the RPT.

For the players: please check the Roleplay Casting for new potential Roleplays to join! :)

[Other OPEN] Paper Mario: The Ancient Relics

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Jegretis

The Plot

The Role-Play Itself + Rules

The Sign-Up

Sephear

Believe in the you that believes in cheese

Chester D. Bewm esq.

Jegretis

Alfi the Orange Yoshi

Groc

Jegretis

darkwingdaffy

Sapphire Rose

[I]Only thorns left on this rose.[/I]

[Other OPEN] Paper Mario: The Ancient Relics

Jegretis

The Plot

The Role-Play Itself + Rules

The Sign-Up

Sephear

Believe in the you that believes in cheese

Chester D. Bewm esq.

Jegretis

Alfi the Orange Yoshi​

Groc

Jegretis

darkwingdaffy

Sapphire Rose

[I]Only thorns left on this rose.[/I]

Alfi the Orange Yoshi