Pokemon Roleplay Discussion

[perfectmonster]

Lol thats pretty good Sacred and Beo! I like zombies a lot. I actually made my own zombie RP, and I had made the title and the sign up to the last detail. The only thing that stopped me from submiting it was that I had no idea what would happen in between T.T

Any suggestions?

 

[moon]

In between what and what? And what's its title? :)

 

[perfectmonster]

Hehe, it's called 'Lullaby for a Dead Man' and I mean what would the people do during the RP. This is the whole plot and SU thing:

Spoiler:

Lullaby for a Dead Man [PG-16/17]​

"Who am I? I'm Red, the Pokemon Professor, but I guess that's not really important anymore. It's what I stand for that matters. What we stand for. I am a member of the last few dregs of the human race, or the living ones at least. The survivors. But why are we the only ones remaining? Because we are alert to them. We don't let them get us, pass it on to us and then become one of them. They used to be us, until the Infection got them."

The Infection had never been heard of. It was first recorded in the Kanto region, and then spread outwards. Sinnoh is nearly overrun now, just after two weeks. Now they're crossing the ocean, somehow, coming ever closer to the Hoenn region. The infection is rumoured to be carried in a few ways - some say it's airborne, though scientists have determined that this is not true. They say it's infected biting you and drawing blood or taking flesh. The time it takes to turn varies. It's usually 10 minutes, but reports have said it can happen in a matter of a few seconds.

But what exactly is it? The infection seems to be a rabies-like pathogen. It only affects the non-immune humans and the recently deceased, meaning it will take over when you die. It travels through the victim's body and eventually ends up inside their brain. Once it kills them, it takes over their minds and starts to control the body as it begins to rot away. There are a few people, however, that are somehow immune to the disease, or at least until they are killed and their mind dies. It is unknown how this works, but it has something to do with the bond between a person and their Pokemon. The Infected appear to favour the immediate death of us survivors, though they do like to feast on them before the kill.

If the infection has regressed the Infected's mental abilities to a base desire to spread the virus, or rather, attack anything on sight, and it was only contagious by biting or clawing, it would possibly explain why the Infected do not choose to make use of the weapons and ammunition. It could also be that the Infected have lost their traces of humanity and run on animal instinct. But it hasn't just affected the humans. It's taken over the Pokemon population too. Naturally, these Infected are even more dangerous, with all of their powers and abilities. And they want to kill us just as much.

Where do you come in? You are a group of immune people. The Infection can't take over you until you are dead. Just before your town is completely overrun, Professor Red calls you into his lab to give you the task of finding the cure to the Infection while also trying to survive yourself. The last time the television broadcasted, it reported that there have been reports of a large shadow, rumoured to be Giratina, opening portals and saving Pokemon and humans who it deems worthy. You will have to prove yourself to Giratina for it to save you. You will need to catch unaffected Pokemon to help you on the way, and to make it even more likely that you will be alive tomorrow. But there are more than just zombies out there...

We are the survivors. The lucky ones, alive in a world full of death.

But is that a blessing or a curse?

Rules
No Godmodding period
Follow the basic Role Playing rules
Please use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation
No bunnying without my permission
Please be active, if you have not posted for a week without a good excuse, you will be kicked out of the RP
No Gary-Stu's/Mary-Stu's
Be nice to other RPers and have fun!


Sign Up Sheet
Name: First and last. Middle and Nicknames are optional.
Age: 16 – 20
Gender: This should be easy enough to work out. :P
Appearance: A paragraph on body features and a paragraph on clothing, at the least.
Personality: At least 2 paragraphs.
History: At least 2 paragraphs again.
Type of Trainer: Your choice of the three
Trademark Weapon: Does your character like a particular weapon in their hands?
Password: It's in italics.
RP Sample: Just a small something of your talents. If this is your first RP just write about what your character did before the RP, etc...

Pokemon Team SU's (Up to 3 Pokemon):
Species:
Nickname:
Gender:
Personality:
History with your Character:

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Well in my RP it's going to start out of a group of survivors living in a refuge camp who get recurited to do missions, like find food, other survivors, a new place to set camp etc. But as the RP goes on there going to discover more and more things, as well the darkness covering the earth is going to slowly get into the heads of the RPers and they'll have several choices to make.. All in all the ending is going to be epic since i've had this planned out for a year now :).

As for your RP I don't know you'd have to have your own plot in mind for what the end destination is you'd like to arrive at. You can't just say hey look theres lots of zombies lets kill them lol.. There needs to be an overall plot for why the characters are there and what there aiming for.

 

[BeckkiSoli]

Ok, so if this RP is gonna start soon, can I be in it? I love to RP and my team will be awesome! I'm actully a good RPer, based on my previous writings.

 

[perfectmonster]

I am so participating in yours Sacred/Beo! Sounds really sick and interesting. The one thing about my stories and RPs is that I get a really good idea for a story or something and then have no idea of how to fill it out :(

 

[moon]

I am so participating in yours Sacred/Beo! Sounds really sick and interesting. The one thing about my stories and RPs is that I get a really good idea for a story or something and then have no idea of how to fill it out :(

A good way for fics is to let the story be built up on the characters. Interesting characters makes for an interesting story.

For RPs though... I guess maybe if you cannot come up with something "in the middle", then you have to provide the players with solid things to build their own story on, instead of writing up something they don't know is alright or not. Or maybe, if you can't "fill it out", it shouldn't even be an RP.

 

[blablub]

I have a fairly extensive knowledge with 'play-by-post' roleplaying, such as the RPs on this forum. Most of this knowledge stems from DnD and Vampire, but I've done a bit of freeform as well.

One thing I've always wanted to do was a pokemon game, so I think I'm in the right place here :).

Anyway, from what I've seen here most of the games are fairly freeform, where the 'gamemaster' plays a regular character in the story as well, instead of overseeing the plot. The game is therefor moved forward by the activeness of the players (well, duh!). This is a double-edged sword.

It has been my experience that a lot of players sign up for a game, only to drop out within the first month of its existance. Play-by-post games require constant updates to keep the players interested and active and as soon as it slows down, the first people start to drop.

Do you guys have any safeguards for this on this forum?

Also, regarding game styles: I like the 'alternative' pokemon stories, where they are set in a real world with real problems, instead of simply repeating the anime. That said, the whole 'starting as a new trainer' sthick is still pretty fun and could promise to be a great game, provided that people make an effort to stray outside the comfort zone of the anime/games.

 

[Rabbit]

It has been my experience that a lot of players sign up for a game, only to drop out within the first month of its existance. Play-by-post games require constant updates to keep the players interested and active and as soon as it slows down, the first people start to drop.

Do you guys have any safeguards for this on this forum?

Yes, that's true, players do drop out remarkably quickly. Are you saying it's because everyone in general becomes less active? Or because the GM begins updating less frequently? If the first, that's an interesting idea. It means we shouldn't look for 'black sheep' - roleplayers with a history of quitting - but do something about the structure of a typical roleplay.

As for safeguards, well, GMs usually post a rule like 'STAY ACTIVE OR I'LL KICK YOU OUT.' That's about it. People do get kicked out, but it doesn't always help. If you have a roleplay with four players, and there's a 2-day interval between posts, it means you have to wait 6 days before it's your turn. That's long enough for a player to lose interest. For me, at least.

Limiting the size of roleplays is the only thing I can think of. The more players, the longer the wait times.

Also, regarding game styles: I like the 'alternative' pokemon stories, where they are set in a real world with real problems, instead of simply repeating the anime. That said, the whole 'starting as a new trainer' sthick is still pretty fun and could promise to be a great game, provided that people make an effort to stray outside the comfort zone of the anime/games.

This is pretty much what I'm waiting for. =D I don't like the anime world - it's far too unrealistic. The real world is nice and gritty.

 

[blablub]

Indeed, the greater the size of the party, the higher the chance of losing players.

The best and longest running games I've played (which lasted for more than 9 months) were with only 4 players, including the gamemaster.

I guess most of this is also in the structuring of the game. If you're only allowed to post once everyone else has had a turn, you will indeed be waiting more often than playing. If however, this restrictio is relaxed a bit the game would go a lot more fluently. You would have to beware players overposting with regards to others though, but I find asking these players on a case by case basis to slow down a bit helps more than simply saying "only post after everyone else has done so".

Something that also helps greatly in keeping the game alive is an active OOC thread. Look at it like this, when you play a game at a table you will spend more time goofing off and hanging with your mates than actually playing. A PbP (play-by-post) game is no different. If you have no connection with the other players it is easy to drop out.
However, if you hang out with them a bit, chat about various subjects, you get to know each other and feel more of a responsibility to the game.

You don't even have to discuss any personal stuff, simply discussing the game and how you'd like things to move forward could be enough.

 

[moon]

Indeed, the greater the size of the party, the higher the chance of losing players.

The best and longest running games I've played (which lasted for more than 9 months) were with only 4 players, including the gamemaster.

I guess most of this is also in the structuring of the game. If you're only allowed to post once everyone else has had a turn, you will indeed be waiting more often than playing. If however, this restrictio is relaxed a bit the game would go a lot more fluently. You would have to beware players overposting with regards to others though, but I find asking these players on a case by case basis to slow down a bit helps more than simply saying "only post after everyone else has done so".

Something that also helps greatly in keeping the game alive is an active OOC thread. Look at it like this, when you play a game at a table you will spend more time goofing off and hanging with your mates than actually playing. A PbP (play-by-post) game is no different. If you have no connection with the other players it is easy to drop out.
However, if you hang out with them a bit, chat about various subjects, you get to know each other and feel more of a responsibility to the game.

You don't even have to discuss any personal stuff, simply discussing the game and how you'd like things to move forward could be enough.

Sounds like you'll like RPing on PC :) I noticed not all other places for PbP have the so called OOC threads. Dangerous.

If the GM doesn't plan on being active, he shouldn't start an RP at all. Sadly, I think some do.

Also, I haven't been in a non-free play RP. What's the differences? How much can the GM do? Can he 'bunny' the players characters?

 

[blablub]

From the threads I've seen this far, I think I'll enjoy RPing here indeed, cheers Red's Hawt Chibi Pelippers (awesome name btw)!

Anyway, as for non-freeform RPs, look at it like this:

If you play a computergame, you are the person controlling he main character. You get to decide where you go, what you do and how you act within the confines set by the game. A structured game is exactly like this.
The GM basically players the computer, while the players are the main characters. So the GM makes the setting, the plot and controls any NPCs and enemies while the players decribe what they want to do.

Most of these games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire, even structered pokemon games (some really bad versions exist, though I've never seen an official one) rely on dice rolling and other checks to determine whether your character can do something.

So instead of describing your pokemon attack its enemy and hoping the other player agrees with it being hit. You both roll a couple of dice and determine wether a blow has been landed or not.

The GM cannot 'bunny' or control the player characters. He controls basically everything else.

 

[moon]

From the threads I've seen this far, I think I'll enjoy RPing here indeed, cheers Red's Hawt Chibi Pelippers (awesome name btw)!

Anyway, as for non-freeform RPs, look at it like this:

If you play a computergame, you are the person controlling he main character. You get to decide where you go, what you do and how you act within the confines set by the game. A structured game is exactly like this.
The GM basically players the computer, while the players are the main characters. So the GM makes the setting, the plot and controls any NPCs and enemies while the players decribe what they want to do.

Most of these games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire, even structered pokemon games (some really bad versions exist, though I've never seen an official one) rely on dice rolling and other checks to determine whether your character can do something.

So instead of describing your pokemon attack its enemy and hoping the other player agrees with it being hit. You both roll a couple of dice and determine wether a blow has been landed or not.

The GM cannot 'bunny' or control the player characters. He controls basically everything else.

I see. Thank you.

A problem with rolling dices when facing an opponent online is of course to make sure nobody is cheating...

 

[blablub]

That's easily resolved with online dicerollers ;)

Actually, I could see dice rollers, or percentage calculators as pretty useful for games like this. That way you could see if a move like Hypnosis effects a pokemon or not.

 

[Kon~]

Hello, I've come here to talk about an RP idea I've had. :)

I don't know how many people will have heard about it, but there's a manga called +Anima. The basic gist of it is that sometimes, when people aged below 14 are close to death, they are granted an ability that will allow them to escape with their lives. The ability manifests itself in a marking on that person's body that allows them to transform part of themselves into an animal part. For example, one of the main characters, Nana, was being chansed through a forest by her drunken, wife-beating father who wanted her dead. At the last minute, a bat flew over her head and scared her, but she gained a long, wing-shaped marking down her back and could use bat-wings, could get bat-ears and use sonar, all at her will.

My basic idea was "This would be awesome if instead of animals, it was Pokémon!"

And so the idea of '+Pokéma' was born.

What I really want to know, before I set anything else down, is how much people would be interested in such a roleplay, and if it sounds like it has any potential (seeing as it's basically going to be +Anima but with Pokémon).

 

[moon]

Hello, I've come here to talk about an RP idea I've had. :)

I don't know how many people will have heard about it, but there's a manga called +Anima. The basic gist of it is that sometimes, when people aged below 14 are close to death, they are granted an ability that will allow them to escape with their lives. The ability manifests itself in a marking on that person's body that allows them to transform part of themselves into an animal part. For example, one of the main characters, Nana, was being chansed through a forest by her drunken, wife-beating father who wanted her dead. At the last minute, a bat flew over her head and scared her, but she gained a long, wing-shaped marking down her back and could use bat-wings, could get bat-ears and use sonar, all at her will.

My basic idea was "This would be awesome if instead of animals, it was Pokémon!"

And so the idea of '+Pokéma' was born.

What I really want to know, before I set anything else down, is how much people would be interested in such a roleplay, and if it sounds like it has any potential (seeing as it's basically going to be +Anima but with Pokémon).

Sounds interesting, a bit like superhero powers xD And I love superheroes to death.

 

[Hansa]

Hello, I've come here to talk about an RP idea I've had. :)

I don't know how many people will have heard about it, but there's a manga called +Anima. The basic gist of it is that sometimes, when people aged below 14 are close to death, they are granted an ability that will allow them to escape with their lives. The ability manifests itself in a marking on that person's body that allows them to transform part of themselves into an animal part. For example, one of the main characters, Nana, was being chansed through a forest by her drunken, wife-beating father who wanted her dead. At the last minute, a bat flew over her head and scared her, but she gained a long, wing-shaped marking down her back and could use bat-wings, could get bat-ears and use sonar, all at her will.

My basic idea was "This would be awesome if instead of animals, it was Pokémon!"

And so the idea of '+Pokéma' was born.

What I really want to know, before I set anything else down, is how much people would be interested in such a roleplay, and if it sounds like it has any potential (seeing as it's basically going to be +Anima but with Pokémon).

Well, I can't say I'm very familiar with +Anima, but from what you've just told me, this sounds pretty awesome! Also, it makes for a well-needed break from PokéMorphs...

But yes, color me interested if you will xD

 

[Kon~]

Well, I can't say I'm very familiar with +Anima, but from what you've just told me, this sounds pretty awesome! Also, it makes for a well-needed break from PokéMorphs...

But yes, color me interested if you will xD

Awesore!! :D

Here is what I have so far, for your scrutiny/approval. :D

Spoiler:

+Pokéma
[Based on the manga, +Anima]

There is a phenomenon that nearly all know about, but few believe. It is said that when a child, before the age of fourteen, is close to death, the power of a Pokémon is bestowed upon them with the hope that it will help them survive. This power, a spirit called a Pokéma, creates a mark upon the child's body, from which, at will, the child can change that part of their body into a Pokémon part, and back again. No one knows the true power of these Pokéma, but a child who is blessed in one man's eyes will be cursed in another's. The child may use the Pokéma for as long as they need to, right into adulthood, but once they have found a place where they are cared for, and safe, the Pokéma is needed no more, and it leaves to help another child.

Most +Pokéma live on the mainland of Johto and Kanto. In Kanto, +Pokéma are generally seen as things to be afraid of, as savage, inhuman beings, and may be chased out of town, but other places accept them freely. For some reason, all +Pokéma are viewed as the same entity, so if one +Pokéma does something wrong, it becomes believed that all +Pokéma do the same. +Pokéma must act carefully while in Kanto. If they manage to traverse the tough mountain terrain of Silver, Johto's customs are different. There, all +Pokéma may live and work as they wish - as long as they can identify themselves as the slaves of others. A group of +Pokéma all owned by one person often travel together around the region. They can do as they please under the laws of Johto, but if they do wrong, it is the owner who is punished. Free +Pokéma are often captured to be sold to the slave owners. There are known to be +Pokéma in Hoenn, Sinnoh and Isshu, but these places are far from the mainland, and take many weeks to travel too by ship, and so will not be seen during the RP.

You, a +Pokéma, have heard of a gathering taking place at Lavender Tower, where a well-known Flygon +Pokéma named Janin is looking for accomplices to help him raid a slave shipment in Goldenrod in Johto. You think it might be a good idea; you were recently run from your home town after being discovered as a +Pokéma, and you think it would be better if the laws were changed in Johto, and views changed in Kanto, because then you could have a normal life.

Your journey begins here...

 

[Neiko Star]

I've read +Anima, so I'm definitely interested in this. Just a quick question: will this be in chapter format? (I'm guessing not, though.)

 

[Kon~]

I've read +Anima, so I'm definitely interested in this. Just a quick question: will this be in chapter format? (I'm guessing not, though.)

Ehh... probably not. :3
There will definitely be a Kanto Chapter and a Johto Chapter, but I'd be a bit iffy about splitting them into further chapters.

Unless I did new town; new chapter, like the manga did. (Did you ever think the town names were a bit strange? Radish, Sandra, Octopus, Lifty... XD )