Pokemon Roleplay Discussion

[Royal]

Over a year ago, there was an RP called Dark Energy or something like that. It was quite busy in that thread, and fairly active. I like active RPs. It might even get restarted appearantly.

I agree with Feign. I really liked that RP, and yes, it is being restarted.

 

[perfectmonster]

And pokemongarnet, you mean like the show Amazing Race?

I could probably try and make something like this. It would be an interesting subject! Something like where 11 or less RPers were part of a race around all of the regions (including the Sevii Islands) and stopped at each city. At each city there is a challenge, and whoever loses is booted from the RP. It would make it very creative if people were competing for the final spot! But it would be a little pointless without an award... Hmm. What would you guys like to see as an award?

 

[インフェルノの津波]

Submitted an RP Just now, do you like it?

Spoiler:

Heya, it's me again. I Decided to make another RP, but this time I came up with an original setting. I hope you like it.

(Note: PG-13 means moderate to no swearing, violence, and....death and the story.)

- GUARDIANS -​

- STORY -​

Before there was a Universe, there was an egg. Yes, an egg.

The egg began to crack, and thousands of arms came out of a hole from on top of the egg. With that, the cracks became larger, as the arms slowly began to crack the egg open. Soon, the cracks were all around the egg, and then the arms burst open the egg, shattering it into a million pieces.

All that was left was a single, solitary being. We know him(yes, he's a male. Actually all legendaries in this RP has a gender)as Arceus, the Alpha Pokemon.

But, he was not a Pokemon. He was nothing but a single being a black space of nothingness.

Arceus looked around the black void that surrounded him, and he looked at his thousands of arms. He didn't exactly know why, but he wanted to create a world.

And that's what he did.

After Arceus created the world, he created Powermon, powerful monsters that were the living incarnations of the earth. He created 492, and he told them that every single one of them was a tiny part of himself. Arceus told them that they were connected to him, and he could feel everything they felt. After talking to them, he spread them all around his world.

After watching silently on top of Mount Coronet, Arcues saw that Powermon may be powerful, but clueless to know how to control or use their power, so they began destroying his world.

Alarmed, Arceus made another being: Humans. He told Humans that their job was to tame Powermon, in order of his world from being annihilated. He told them that they had the same powers of Powermon, Humans were actually stronger than Powermon. He told them they had Aura, a life force within every Human and Powermon that enabled them to control and utilize elements of the earth. Arceus told Humans that their Aura was different than Powermon's, because while every Powermon can use their Aura, few Humans can use their own. Why? Because Arceus said that few Humans have the capacity to control, and utilize Aura, and Humans were more corrupt than Powermon because they were much smarter than them, and Arceus knew this and only gave few Humans the power to use Aura.

After that, Arceus sent them off, and sighed in relief as Humans tamed Powermon.

And so, to this day Humans still do tame Powermon. It's been 5000 years since Arceus created Humans, and they've been taming Powermon ever since. But, there are still untamed Powermon, and there always will be, and that's why Humans known as Guardians must try to tame every Powermon, in order to make sure that the world isn't destroyed or put in chaos.

You are a Guardian as well, helping the world not be in chaos or destroyed. But, there are some beings that want this world destroyed, and that's why you have to stop them.

May the taming begin.

- WHAT IS AURA? -​

I'll explain. Aura is the life force that every Human and Powermon has. Powermon have 17 different kinds(types you may say)of Aura. They can even have 2 Auras at the same time, and they use their Aura to attack and defend themselves.

Human's Aura is different. Human's can only have 1 Aura out of 17 types of Aura, and Humans use their Aura differently.

Humans usually have a weapon to help them fight Powermon and their Aura can tame Powermon when defeated. The weapon is usually used by Humans channeling their Aura inside it, and so it often glows in a color similar to the Human's Aura. Weapons can be handcrafted into whatever that Guardian wants it to be, but the main three styles are Blade, Shield, and Staff.

Aura's not just used in weapons. Also, Humans cannot be hurt by an Aura that is of the same type of their Aura, but instead it will actually heal them. That's the way Aura works, if you're weaker, you'll heal and take damage if someone as the same Aura but stronger than yours.

Aura can also be used on the earth to help Guardians battle. If you have a Grass Aura, you can control plants(None Powermon)and use them in whatever fashion you like. If you have a Water Aura, you can control water and walk and not drown. Fire Aura allows you to walk on lava, and not be hurt by fire, and etc. for the other Auras.

The amount of Aura you have also allows you to live, so if you have a lot of Aura, you can live much longer than an average human.

That's the way Aura works.

- GUILDS -​

Guilds are what a Guardian belongs to. Guilds were made when Guardians realized that strength was in numbers, and so Guilds are basically Guardians helping each other.

There are 4 main Guilds in the 4 main regions, which are known as:

The Kanto Guild

The Johto Guild

The Hoenn Guild

The Sinnoh Guild

There are many other small ones, but they usually don't last long.

There are also Dark Guilds, and they are hidden from plain sight. The main Dark Guild is Shadow, ruled by some unknown leader.

Guild Masters are usually the strongest Guardians, and they rule the Guild. The Guild Masters protect their Guild and give Guardians jobs to fill. Whenever a Guild Master's name is uttered, people can only be in awe of their talents.

Guild Master's are usually old, and they've been living for a long time. Some are 300 years old, since their expansive Aura allows them to live long. Guild Masters are usually chosen by Arceus himself, and have to beat him in a battle as well as earn his respect.

The Dark Guild Master was even chosen by Arceus, for he/she is to control the world from behind the scenes. They are known as Assassins, the Dark Guild is for the jobs that are either to hard for a regular Guardian to complete, or when a Guardian goes corrupt, they kill him/her.

Guardians usually choose which Guild they want. If they have a Guild, they have a place to sleep, friends, food, and jobs. However, some Guardians are solitary, and usually don't like Guilds, or like working alone.

And that's Guild Masters.

- JOBS -​

A Job is a quest for a Guardian to fill. There are 5 ranks of Jobs:

S Class Jobs, the hardest to fill and only the most Elite of Guardians may fill these Jobs out.

A Class Jobs, the second hardest to fulfill. They can be only filed out by A-B Rank Guardians.

B Class Jobs, the third hardest to complete. A-B-C Ranked Guardians may do.

C Class Jobs, the fourth hardest to do. B-C-D Ranked Guardians may do.

And finally D, the easiest to do. C-D may only do, as they are the easiest you can get.

Guardians can only do Jobs that are in their Rank, if they do anything higher they will receive a harsh punishment.

- RANKS -​

Every Guardian has a Rank. They represent how strong you are.

S Rank Guardians are the creme of the crop of Guilds. Their Aura is said to have 2 types like Powermon, and that their Powermon Partners are extremely powerful. Almost every person knows their name.

A Ranked Guardians are some of the best Guardians, their Aura Control is very good. They're usually very famous.

B Ranked Guardians are very good, but still need work to be some of the best Guardians. They're Powermon Partners are very strong, and their skills at battling are incredible as well. Most people say that's when they become getting known.

C Ranked Guardians are the not so known Guardians. Their Aura Control is not so great, but better than most. They start becoming known, and begin training to get stronger.

D Ranked Guardians are the lowest ranking Guardians, new members who have little or no Aura Control. They are usually not known, and are given the worst of Jobs, the ones that others don't even want.

- WHERE YOU COME IN -​

Alrighty, now that you know everything about the RP, I can tell you what you need to do.

You're a beginning Guardian, a D Ranked Guardian who finds out he/she has the ability to control Aura. You live in one of the 4 Regions, and go to one of the Guilds. After you go through some vigorous tests, you're a Guardian.

But not yet. You need a Powermon, and so they send you out on a quest to find a partner. Once you do, you go back and become a Guardian, taming all sorts of different Pokemon, and discover something sinister....

- THE SU -​

There are 10 Spots available, all open until April 20th. I will pick the best SUs, and they will be the RPERS.

Name: First, middle, last. Nicknames as well.

Age: 14-17

Gender: Male or Female.

Appearance: Skin, eyes, hair, clothing, wounds, etc.

Aura: One of the 17 types. Dark Aura would only be given to a person with an excellent SU, and they would enroll into the Shadow Guild. Dragon's Aura is not acceptable, sorry.

Guild: See Guilds. Your Guild is also where you live.

History: 3-10 Paragraphs.

Hometown: Where did you used to live? Remember, it must be in the region your Guild is.

Powermon: Any Pokemon. Except Riolu and Lucario. Anything that evolves later on, an example which would be Bulbasaur.

Their Moves: Sorry, but Powermon can only know 5 moves at a time. Think wisely. Egg moves can be included if you give an excellent SU.

Uniquenesses: Shininess can be only accepted if you give a excellent SU. Anything else, like scars, wounds, anything out of the ordinary would be good.

- A FEW MORE THINGS.... -​

Powermon and Guardians can talk via mind. Yes, you can communicate.

It takes awhile for me to put up the next chapter, you know.

No Godmodding, got it? If you do that, I'll take you out of the RP.

Anything you need to ask about the RP you should ask me. PM me, or use the OOC.

RPERS, you control the story. What you do in your posts determines what happens next, so be sure that what you write is what you want to happen.

No reserving. Just post your SU and I'll review it.

You need to be somewhat active. If there's no posts for a week, it's cool but 3 weeks I start pestering. We will not move on without all 10 posting.

One last thing. HAVE FUN!

 

[TundraCanine]

Nice Idea, you have some good ones, if it gets approved, I'll defiantly join in. So it's kind a like a PMD setting? But with Humans?

 

[インフェルノの津波]

No, Pokemon too. Guardians have Pokemon to help them tame the wild ones.

I made another like this, although Alter said it was deleted due to duplicates -_-

 

[King!]

:) If you do the Amazing Race idea, you have to make sure that all of the RP'ers are okay with getting booted out. And you would need a fair way to determine who gets booted.

 

[perfectmonster]

Yeah, I thought that would be a bit unfair, so maybe instead they could have something happen to the others, like another story that fits in at the end.

 

[pokemongarnet]

It would probably be based on whoever had the best posts would stay in.

 

[Mika]

So I've been talking with quite a few people recently and I thought I'd post the idea in general here for discussion.

I've had a few people ask me via msn aim and pms if I was interested in doing a one on on rp with them for various reasons. Now according to the rules [and correct me if I'm wrong Alter] one on ones are allowed but not recommended because of how quickly they can become spam like. But maybe I'm wrong. I've done several one on ones since I started rping and a few of them are still alive to this day. Are they anywhere near the minimum post limit? haha hell no. >>;

I mean, what do you guys think? is 1 on 1 something you'd be willing to do? How would you guys think to organize it? Freestyle Farfetch'd mentioned to me that he'd be interested in a thread to set up said one on one rps to organize them before setting them through for moderation but didn't know if it would be something you staff people would be fond of. o3o In my humble opinion it'd be a place for potential spam to breed, much like OOC threads but maybe even worse than that. Idk, maybe I'm just paranoid.

If you guys aren't keen on the 1 on 1 rp idea, why and for what reasons? What are the pros and cons?

[hehe I figured it was about time we had an actual discussion in here. x3;;]

:) If you do the Amazing Race idea, you have to make sure that all of the RP'ers are okay with getting booted out. And you would need a fair way to determine who gets booted.

And I have a comment on this little thing

Nonono. Please God No.

Rps that throw people out? :< That's horrid. I mean, I met my best friends through three rps all of which lasted over a year. One was a tournament style rp and if i'd been booted out in month one, i wouldn't have gotten to know them ;_; That would be horrible.

Maybe the character could be ejected from the tourney but ejecting from the roleplay just seems overly harsh

 

[perfectmonster]

Is a 1 on 1 RP just an RP with two people? How the hec would that work out????

Nonono. Please God No.

Rps that throw people out? :< That's horrid. I mean, I met my best friends through three rps all of which lasted over a year. One was a tournament style rp and if i'd been booted out in month one, i wouldn't have gotten to know them ;_; That would be horrible.

Maybe the character could be ejected from the tourney but ejecting from the roleplay just seems overly harsh

I actually wasn't going to do this anyway. I am trying to figure out another storyline for those peoples.

 

[Freestyle Farfetch'd]

/delurks

Indeed, it would be nice to have somewhere to set up 1 on 1 RPs to do over email/IM or whatever. It's a gap in the featurset of this RP board! I prefer doing one on one RPs, 'cos they're easier to set up and keep going and all, and they're just generally good fun. Mika mentioned it could lead to potential spam, I disagree! I reckon that if you made easy for peeps to do things through email it'd cut down on the number of RP submissions you'd have to moderate overall.

Just my 0.02$!

 

[Mika]

Is a 1 on 1 RP just an RP with two people? How the hec would that work out????

It would be much deeper/personal that the rps you see here. The posts also tend to be shorter for the most part however, often times [especially on so called 'advanced' roleplaying sites] you see posts that are around the 1200 word counter per post.

/delurks

Indeed, it would be nice to have somewhere to set up 1 on 1 RPs to do over email/IM or whatever. It's a gap in the featurset of this RP board! I prefer doing one on one RPs, 'cos they're easier to set up and keep going and all, and they're just generally good fun. Mika mentioned it could lead to potential spam, I disagree! I reckon that if you made easy for peeps to do things through email it'd cut down on the number of RP submissions you'd have to moderate overall.

Just my 0.02$!

Mmm I'm not cool with email tho. I mean I understand people wanting privacy but PC's RP thing, since I joined [which was specifically for this section] way back in the day that is, has always been about making new friends and RPing together. I personally worry about elitist people only 1 on 1 because of one of two reasons A) they think they're too good for the majority of pc or B) because it violates the ratings on PC. I know that alot of 1 on 1 Rps can borderline smutty which is completely and utterly forbidden on PC, especially in the RP/Fanfiction subforums. It's not that the site's childfriendly so much as I think people just don't want to see it. It's always been that way since I can remember and I don't think any of the mods, AE included, have changed that [I think Mr. Man in Red is the one who made the actual rating rules. o.o Edit: I confirmed with said Mr Man in Red that he did indeed write the original rules and he was pretty much the first RP mod in existence sooooo <3]

I'm not saying I haven't 1 on 1'd but it started via things like PC roleplays. In truth, the reason I have a 1 on 1 through an IM still currently going is because we've been running the same characters since 2002 and the site we were using died out and we wanted to develop the characters a bit more.

The problem I see with the spam is the following:

Person A) Hey I'm looking for a One on One in these categories:

Person B) Okiely Dokiely, IM me right now. /o/

...Yeah that may cover the four word rule but it's obv. it's just word filler. :/ If you're taking extended discussions on characters or plotlines maybe but if you're going to go that far why not make a private thread and submit for moderation? The high staff [former RP mods to the best of my knowledge] have run them before tho they don't tend to last very long for whatever reason. :/

Mmm, me myself, I only do 1 on 1s with people I've known for awhile, not because I dislike people but because I like a group setting. Plotline's almost always deeper and I only have to run one character and NPCS. :P The people I've 1 on 1'd with can tell you, I'm very very picky with who I 1 on 1 with because of what I expect.

 

[インフェルノの津波]

Alter is taking longer than usual to turn in RPs....

Oh well, I have a FF to keep myself busy.

I think kicking people out is also harsh.

I don't think I would join that kind of RP either, racing is a bit too weird for me.

 

[Mika]

Alter is taking longer than usual to turn in RPs....

Oh well, I have a FF to keep myself busy.

I think kicking people out is also harsh.

I don't think I would join that kind of RP either, racing is a bit too weird for me.

If you'd take a look at ze following? o3o

Sorry for the late update, I keep running into database errors and browser failures when moderating and studies don't leave nearly as much time to devote to it as my usual.

That's from one of Alter's VMS to a person who asked about thread moderation. I'm not stalking the mod I swear. >.>;; Alter's got quite a bit of school at the moment I think and I know our mod takes the moderation business very very seriously and doesn't want to half ass it. :3 Remember, our lovely RP God Mod has a life outside of PC and while said Mod loves PC, Real Life is just far more important sometimes. I'm quite positive the mod will get around to it tho, so yeah, just be patient. n3n Have a little faith~

I'm not entirely against the idea of a Race RP, I think if it was done well it would be pretty darn fun but I dislike the idea of people being thrown out. Why work hard on a character sign up when you're just going to be booted? ;3; That would make me cry. I also think it's breeding ground for people to clique up with their friends and why would you make it public if that's all you're going to do. >:l

 

[perfectmonster]

What kind of stories would there be in 1 on 1 RPs?

 

[Freestyle Farfetch'd]

Mmm I'm not cool with email tho. I mean I understand people wanting privacy but PC's RP thing, since I joined [which was specifically for this section] way back in the day that is, has always been about making new friends and RPing together. I personally worry about elitist people only 1 on 1 because of one of two reasons A) they think they're too good for the majority of pc or B) because it violates the ratings on PC. I know that alot of 1 on 1 Rps can borderline smutty which is completely and utterly forbidden on PC, especially in the RP/Fanfiction subforums. It's not that the site's childfriendly so much as I think people just don't want to see it. It's always been that way since I can remember and I don't think any of the mods, AE included, have changed that [I think Mr. Man in Red is the one who made the actual rating rules. o.o Edit: I confirmed with said Mr Man in Red that he did indeed write the original rules and he was pretty much the first RP mod in existence sooooo <3]

I'm not saying I haven't 1 on 1'd but it started via things like PC roleplays. In truth, the reason I have a 1 on 1 through an IM still currently going is because we've been running the same characters since 2002 and the site we were using died out and we wanted to develop the characters a bit more.

The problem I see with the spam is the following:

Person A) Hey I'm looking for a One on One in these categories:

Person B) Okiely Dokiely, IM me right now. /o/

...Yeah that may cover the four word rule but it's obv. it's just word filler. :/ If you're taking extended discussions on characters or plotlines maybe but if you're going to go that far why not make a private thread and submit for moderation? The high staff [former RP mods to the best of my knowledge] have run them before tho they don't tend to last very long for whatever reason. :/

Mmm, me myself, I only do 1 on 1s with people I've known for awhile, not because I dislike people but because I like a group setting. Plotline's almost always deeper and I only have to run one character and NPCS. :P The people I've 1 on 1'd with can tell you, I'm very very picky with who I 1 on 1 with because of what I expect.

Mmm, fair enough, I can see your point about the potential for spammy requests. You'd have to have some sort of "Indicate what kind of RP you're after, outline a character" type of rule to go with it I think. As I mentioned on IRC, it'd just be nice for doing more casual RPs for when none of the threads on the forum appeal to you, and you don't fancy doing one yourself!

EDIT: ooops, quote fail lol

 

[Mika]

What kind of stories would there be in 1 on 1 RPs?

The ones I tend to see are almost exclusively romance. The ones I was in/am in are included for the most part except for the evil scientist one. Mmm, I know of nonromance based plots but really, ones that don't start that way tend to turn out that way, in my experience.

Mmm, fair enough, I can see your point about the potential for spammy requests. You'd have to have some sort of "Indicate what kind of RP you're after, outline a character" type of rule to go with it I think. As I mentioned on IRC, it'd just be nice for doing more casual RPs for when none of the threads on the forum appeal to you, and you don't fancy doing one yourself!

EDIT: ooops, quote fail lol

I agree, it can be frustrating to find a good rp but I think part of that is the timeframe right now. AP exams are coming up in the US, the UK is finishing/getting close to exams and most of Europe/Australia [that I know of] is getting close to end of semester exam hell. That doesn't leave alot of time for rps. I've noticed that the summer seems to be when the good rps come up and stay up until school gets in the way; it's just part of life.

As far as outlining a character, how would that differ from a discussion we could theoretically have here? I know the discussion isn't that active but if it was, wouldn't you post one on one character ideas here like people post multi character ideas here? Now that I'm thinking more about it, I think the only thing that would really be different would be outlining the roleplay but, again, if you're just discussing plot I know people have done this here in this discussion before.

 

[PsychoJigglypuff]

I've been thinking of roleplay ideas recently, but I don't know how they would actually work out. I've been considering starting one that's mostly silly and for the lulz, since all of the RPs here seem to be serious, and it would be cool to have a change of pace. However, I still have no idea how it would work out, and it would be harder to progress if there isn't a serious plot.

Another idea I had, is to have everyone start off with experienced trainers and high-leveled Pokemon, but for some mysterious reason, instead of getting older and stronger, they get younger and weaker. They would have to figure out what is causing it and stop it somehow, but I can't think of anything plot-wise beyond that. I just thought that it was an interesting premise.

 

[EeveeLover101]

Beginner...Info Needed!

Hi...I'm new so i'm wondering if there are any spaces left for an Eevee? if so i'd Love to have that position...Plz?

 

[pokemongarnet]

What are you talking about? You could possibly mean a pokemon mystery dungeon or PMD roleplay in which you are the pokemon. Which I think there are none at the moment.