Arc-Blade! (OOC; S; AA)

[Draconus297]

Anyone else up for some random-style RPG goodness? (IC thread: http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/323361-arc-blade-ic/ )

The plot, as it were, will appear as time goes on, and we'll be taking on enemies of just about every description.

Now, here's where things get interesting: we will basically be taking the combined systems of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon to new heights. You will be a monster type, a monster Attribute, and up to two Pokemon types. Why? I'll get into that below.

First off, we have a 8-stat system, and you may distribute 100 points between your stats. I will track XP and levels.
HP: (self-explanatory)
Offense: (ATK stat)
Defense: (self-explanatory)
Special Attack: (again, self-explanatory)
Mystic Defense: (Special Defense- I just wanted each stat to fit on one letter)
Focus: (Accuracy- this will make more sense later)
Evasion: (Again, more sense later)
Agility: (Speed)

There will be a turn-based combat system, where Speed determines turn order. You can attack normally use your equipment, or use one of your limited-use Pokemon attacks. Among equipment pieces, there are Monster Cards as temporary Summons (think Genie in Kingdom Hearts, but once you've used it, it's gone forever) and Trap Cards as two-turn effects (think Solar Beam- one turn waiting to activate, one turn using it).

Equip Spells and Hold Items cannot be equipped by you personally- you will need to find an Outfitter's Shop to attach these items to you- for a price, of course. He can also, for a price, cut Slots in the equipment you have- this allows you to equip Boosters, which are small items introduced here, which come in a myriad of effects and a wide array of effects. Some rare ones will give you Pokemon Abilities or effects like certain Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters when added into your equipment.

Things that raise Life Points in Yu-Gi-Oh! will restore your HP, things that raise a monster's ATK/DEF provide temporary boosts to Offense or Defense- Equip Spells, unless you head to an Outfitter to make them permanent, only last for one battle. Stats will be relativized so as to prevent being broken.

Just like in a regular Pokemon Battle, stat boosts are temporary.

Okay, now, all enemies will be set up the same way as you are- an Attribute, a monster Type, and a Pokemon type/type combination. You can use this to your advantage- and not just the Pokemon types. Just like in Duelists of the Roses, Attributes can Spellbind each other- if you battle a monster with an advantageous Attribute, there is a 1 in 6 chance (I seriously have a six-sided die right here) of being Spellbound- which skips your next turn. You can do this to your enemies, too.
LIGHT>DARK>WIND>EARTH>FIRE>WATER and so on.
Basically, if a Fire-type FIRE battles a Water-type WATER, the Water-type will do 2x damage due to type advantage, but it might wind up Spellbound due to Attribute disadvantage.

Now, how do Focus and Evasion work?
Well, here, Focus and Evasion are taken against one another. If they are equal, a move will hit- easy as that. If Evasion is higher, then the difference becomes the percentage of the dodge (If the distance is 100 or greater, all attacks WILL miss). If Focus is higher, then the difference becomes the percentage of a 2x critical hit (if the distance is 100 or greater, divide by 10 for percentage of a 3x Super Critical, then if 1000+, divide by 10 again for a 4x Mega Critical, and so on).

You can win Equipment items (all the way up to some of the greatest cards out there, as well as great Pokemon items like TMs and the permanent stat-up nutrients) after battles, or buy them with currency (which you can earn from battles, too).

This will be a developing plot- like an old RPG, there will be NPCs by the crapton, and the vast majority of them have problems for you to solve. Depending on how far you follow a quest, it can become a driving plot. Everyone is partied together, so solve problems regarding which quests you want to accept with each other,

REGARDING EACH OTHER, I have three things to introduce to you- the Affinity System, the Trio Affinity System, and the Fusion system.
Affinity between two characters will always start at 0, no exceptions. Either player may, if they feel their characters have grown closer together (you can only do this after at least 9 battles have passed since you personally did it last), add up to 5 Affinity, or may take up to 5 Affinity away from their Affinity link if they feel their characters are starting to hat each other. The closer to 100 or -100 (the maximum and minimum Affinity values, respectively) that pair's Affinity gets, things start to happen. At 75+ Affinity , the two of you can decide to use a Tag-Team Attack, which unleashes your combined power in one blow- but it still has a chance of failing unless you have perfect 100 Affinity. At -75 Affinity or less, you will automatically deal 2x damage to any and all enemies with the same monster type as the person you hate, but this also may fail to activate unless your Affinity is at perfect -100 Affinity.
Trio Affinity works much like Affinity, but with a few major differences- this can go between 1000 and -1000. At 750+ or -750 or less, you get "triple" versions of effects like those in the Affinity tree. However, at 900+ or -900 or less, you get Brilliant Chains and Spiteful Chains, respectively- which will allow you to attack and pass the baton to the other members of that particular trio. This is a way for you to combo down bosses extremely quickly, because Chains temporarily don't let anyone outside that trio do anything whatsoever- be aware that they don't last very long unless your Trio Affinity is EXTREMELY high or low.
Fusion is interesting, but misleading- while you do need Polymerization in your equipment list to use it (and it is consumed in the process), you can use it to create Synchro or Xyz combinations between you, as well (you must specify Fusion, Synchro Fusion, or Xyz Fusion when you activate Polymerization). Regular Fusion will simply combine your stats and force you to take your turns together (a regular Fusion gets two actions in a turn), Synchro Fusion combines your stats and gives you a badass new effect and a boost in one random stat (one Tuner and one non-Tuner must still be involved), and Xyz Fusion combines your stats and gives you a near-overpowered limited-use effect for that battle (you must both be the same Star Level). You will de-fuse when the battle ends, and you will get either +10 or -10 Affinity at random (i've got a coin).

When you level up, your True Level- not your Star Level- increases. All your stats increase by 10% (rounded down) +1, and you get 1 Sill Point to add to whichever stat you like. I will track XP and Levels.

[spoiler=Rules]
1. All IC posts require at least 4 lines of text, or roughly 100 words.
2. Posting in script format gets you gone.
3. No use of character expies without tailoring them to this RP.
4. Follow the application format used below.
5. Extremely importantly, NO GODMODDING.
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[spoiler=Application Format]
RPer:
Character Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (either a paragraph or two, or a relatively original image)
Personality: (a paragraph or two will do)
Backstory: (at least a paragraph, but PLEASE no more than 200 words)
Star Level: (Any YGO monster Level)
Type: (of the 21 YGO types- PLEASE no Divine/Divine Beast. You are permitted to be a Tuner, Gemini, Toon, Union, or Pendulum [you must include your Scale if you are a Pendulum)
Scale: (Pendulum only)
T-Combo: (1 or 2 Pokemon types)
Attribute: (of the six standard ones- PLEASE no Divine)
Stats: (divvy up as prescribed above)
Slotted Equipment: (nothing goes here yet)
Equipment: (this can be any combination of 9 Pokemon items (nothing too rare or expensive, and don't bother with Pokeballs) or 9 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards (nothing ridiculously powerful). Monsters will be temporarily Summoned, and even Continuous Spells will cease being active after the battle ends. Field Spells can change the environment around you, so be sparing with these- for example, do you really want to walk around the dark emptiness of Yami?)
Attack List: (you can't edit this yet- however, when you get new Pokemon attacks, you will have to slot them between four moves. Everyone starts with a 30 PP, 5 base damage move of their first listed type).
XP/Level: (this will be 0 of 10 / 1 for everyone when we begin)
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[spoiler=Accepted Apps]
RPer: Draconus297
Character Name: Vicar
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5'6" 125 lbs. Deeply tanned skin, amber eyes, white hair. Wears a red jacket over a denim shirt, and long brown trousers. Barefoot. (Kept it pretty spartan, without many identifying characteristics. I don't expect this (nor want it) of everyone, but it is acceptable.
Personality: (Seeing as he's a temporary tutorial stand-in, he's basically going to be generically heroic.)
Backstory: (Again, Generic Hero.)
Star Level: 7
Type: Warrior/ Pendulum
Scale: 0
T-Combo: Steel / Fire
Attribute: LIGHT
Stats:
HP- 14
Offense- 20
Defense- 17
Special Attack- 10
Mystic Defense- 7
Focus- 15
Evasion- 13
Speed- 19
Slotted Equipment: N/A
Equipment: The A. Forces (x3), X Attack (x3), X Speed (x2)
Attack List: Standard Steel [29 PP, 5 damage- Physical]
XP/Level: 1/15 - 2


RPer: ShadowBabelKuriboh
Character Name: Silencio
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5’5”, pale skin, White and Red cloak, Purple Bishop’s hat covering white hair, Purple gem with Eye of Horus (think Millennium Symbol) hanging down neck.
Personality: Shy and aloof, but loyal. When friends are in danger, he emits a very shadowy aura and will stop at nothing to save them.
Backstory: Silencio was born in a small village with a particular devotion to rituals. He was raised as a mediator between the village and other villages. Suddenly, when he was 11, soldiers armed with strange monsters appeared. His village was destroyed, and most people were taken as slaves or sent "to the stars" (yeah, GX). Silencio was away at a major shrine of the area, and was horrified to find out about the carnage that occurred. Luckily, the old master of the shrine warmly welcomed him. At the shrine, Silencio found out that the "stars" that the invaders spoke of were part of the Shadow Realm, which forced him to take up a Shadow Amulet (my name for that purple gem I talked about) as a sign of his power. He has since become the 2nd in command at his shrine, but still longs for revenge.
Star Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/ Ritual
Scale: N/A
T-Combo: Esper/ Fairy
Attribute: LIGHT
Stats:
HP- 14
Offense- 10
Defence- 8
Sp Atk- 16
M Def- 16
Focus-14
Evasion- 8
Speed-12
Slotted Equipment: N/A
Equipment: Emergency Provisions (x1) Swords of Revealing Light (x2) Silent Magician LV4 (x2) Silent Magician LV8 (x2) Oran Berry (x2)
Attack List: Silent PsyShock ( Esper-type, 5 damage- Special)
XP-LV: 9/10 - 1


RPer: Ara Asura
Character Name: Trei
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5' 11", usually wears a white t-shirt and black trousers with a tracksuit top and trainers. Has shoulder length dark brown hair and blue eyes. When available wears a custom made cloak.
Personality: Withdrawn from most people but when with close friends is usually outgoing. Is a gamer who enjoys various MMOs and card games as well as strategy games. When depressed will occasionally hide in a small room or ignore anyone nearby.
Backstory: Trei lives in a small town surrounded by fields. He grew up believing that their was more to life than what people knew and was determined to find out what it was. On his 17th birthday he realized he wasn't like the rest of his family, he could talk to spirits. He wants to use this power to right the wrongs currently in the world and to do so set off to train his mind, body and soul.
Star Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Scale: N/A
T-Combo: Steel/Grass
Attribute: LIGHT
Stats:
HP- 24
Offense- 17
Defence- 12
Sp Atk- 12
M Def- 9
Focus- 13
Evasion- 12
Speed- 18
Slotted Equipment: N/A
Equipment: Oran berry (x2), Honest (x1), Plaguespreader Zombie (x1), Magnum Shield (x2), Fusion Sword Muramame Blade (x1), Emergency Provisions (x1)
Attack List: Cobalt Strike (Steel, 5 damage, 29 PP)
XP-LV: 0/15 - 2

RPer: Death Label - Shinki
Character Name: Garfalka
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance: Garfalka is an extremely well-toned person, body-wise, he looks like a Stereotypical "Dumb Muscle" person. He has red eyes and Black Spiky hair, with 2 small earrings. He wears a tattered pair of black pants and an almost thoroughly ripped white shirt. he walks around in bare feet.
Personality: Garfalka is extremely temperamental, always letting his Rage getting the better of him. He really hates it when people strike him, and he hates being targeted by Abilities of any kind (Even Beneficial kinds such as healing). He prefers fighting alone, as it's where he seems to shine better on the battlefield. He has no hobbies of any kind, only trying to calm himself with meditation once in a while.
Backstory: Not much is known about Garfalka's past, although very few snippets are known, Garfalka was given a golden trinket to serve as a reminder to where he calls home. One day, for unknown reasons, He started to get angry, and his anger festered, somehow able to manifest as flames around him. Fearing for those he loved, he ran from home and embraced a life of solitude.
Star Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior/Pendulum
Scale: 5
T-Combo: Fighting/Flying
Attribute: WIND
Stats:
HP: 25
Offense: 20
Defense: 17
Special Attack: 7
Mystic Defense: 12
Focus: 13
Evasion: 10
Agility: 12
Slotted Equipment: N/A
Equipment: 3x Rush Recklessly, 3x Fire Formation - Tensen, 1x Golden Ladybug, 2x Fire Formation - Tenken
Attack List: Icast Fist - (28 PP, 5 damage. Fighting-type, Physical)
XP/Level: 0/15 - 2
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[spoiler=Plot Recap]
No plot yet, either. We are starting out in the middle of a normal field, though.
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[spoiler=Status Effect List]
Burn- This inflicts 2 damage per turn, and damages an enemy by half the damage of any physical attack they would use. Eventually wears off on its own.

Poison- This inflicts damage equal to the True Level of the person that inflicted it. Must be cured. Some characters are naturally immune.

Bleed- This inflicts steadily decreasing damage every turn. Only physical attacks may inflict it. Eventually wears off on its own.

Confusion- This gives a 50% chance of harming oneself. Eventually wears off on its own.

Paralysis- Cuts Speed in half. 50% chance of turn being skipped. Some characters are immune. Some characters enter Hyper Mode when afflicted. Must be cured.

Chill- Cuts Evasion in half. 50% chance of turn being skipped. Raises Defense by 50%.

Blind- Renders afflicted incapable of using physical attacks.

Mute- Renders afflicted incapable of using special attacks.

Frenzy- Triples Offense and Special Attack, but takes away ability to target. Eventually wears off on its own.

Dazed- Skips 2 turns. Cannot be extended whilst already afflicted.

Hyper Mode- Doubles all stats except HP. Does 5 damage every turn. Eventually wears off on its own.
K.O.'d- Temporary state in battle after running out of HP. Must be cured. If not cured, character must be revived by other means.

Bind- Cuts Evasion and Speed in half.
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EDIT: Almost forgot to mention, if there are 2 Pendulums in the party, they can use their turn to initiate a Pendulum Summon. These are completely random monsters of any level that applies.

[Draconus297]

I will temporarily be the party Leader, to help with tutorials in-universe. However, I won't be sticking around long with my character, but I wanted to show off a properly laid out app.

 

RPer: Draconus297

Character Name: Vicar

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Appearance: 5'6" 125 lbs. Deeply tanned skin, amber eyes, white hair. Wears a red jacket over a denim shirt, and long brown trousers. Barefoot. (Kept it pretty spartan, without many identifying characteristics. I don't expect this (nor want it) of everyone, but it is acceptable.

Personality: (Seeing as he's a temporary tutorial stand-in, he's basically going to be generically heroic.)

Backstory: (Again, Generic Hero.)

Star Level: 7

Type: Warrior/ Pendulum

Scale: 0

T-Combo: Steel / Fire

Attribute: LIGHT

Stats:

HP- 12

Offense- 18

Defense- 15

Special Attack- 9

Mystic Defense- 6

Focus- 13

Evasion- 10

Speed- 17

Slotted Equipment: N/A

Equipment: The A. Forces (x3), X Attack (x3), X Speed (x2), Bleed Booster I (Rare Item- please do not give this to your character, I just want to explain what it does in a battle) 

Attack List: Standard Steel [30 PP, 5 damage- Physical]

XP/Level: 0/10 - 1

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[Draconus297]

Bump.

[ShadowBabelKuriboh]

Is this topic still open? if so, I would like to submit an application.

 

RPer: ShadowBabelKuriboh

Character Name: Silencio

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance: 5’5”, pale skin, White and Red cloak, Purple Bishop’s hat covering white hair, Purple gem with Eye of Horus (think Millennium Symbol) hanging down neck.

Personality: Shy and aloof, but loyal. When friends are in danger, he emits a very shadowy aura and will stop at nothing to save them.

Backstory:

Star Level: 6

Type: Spellcaster/ Ritual

Scale: N/A

T-Combo: Esper/ Fairy

Attribute: LIGHT

Stats:

HP- 14

Offense- 10

Defence-8

Sp Atk- 16

M Def- 16

Focus-14

Evasion- 8

Speed-12

Slotted Equipment: N/A

Equipment: Emergency Provisions (x1) Swords of Revealing Light (x2) Silent Magician LV4 (x2) Silent Magician LV8 (x2) Oran Berry (x2)

Attack List: Silent PsyShock ( Esper-type, 5 damage)

XP-LV: 0/10 - 1

 

Does this work? I'm new to YCM Role-playing, so help me out, please.

BTW: Esper=Psychic

[Draconus297]

I'm always open and inviting, mein freund, provided you use decent grammar and don't do anything utterly stupid. Post a backstory and you're in. Oh, and I'm guessing that you want Silent PsyShock to be a Special move, right?

I gotta ask- why are you a Ritual monster?

[ShadowBabelKuriboh]

Sorry, was copying and pasting from word.  

Backstory: Silencio was born in a small village with a particular devotion to rituals. He was raised as a mediator between the village and other villages. Suddenly, when he was 11, soldiers armed with strange monsters appeared. His village was destroyed, and most people were taken as slaves or sent "to the stars" (yeah, GX). Silencio was away at a major shrine of the area, and was horrified to find out about the carnage that occurred. Luckily, the old master of the shrine warmly welcomed him. At the shrine, Silencio found out that the "stars" that the invaders spoke of were part of the Shadow Realm, which forced him to take up a Shadow Amulet (my name for that purple gem I talked about) as a sign of his power. He has since become the 2nd in command at his shrine, but still longs for revenge. 

 

I want to be a ritual monster because of my background (cleric) and because Ritual Monster is the type of the card I am creating: Babel Dragon.

Hope you don't mind my mentioning of Shadow Games.

[Draconus297]

No problem. Kinda odd, but no problem.

Shadow Games are technically going to be involved, but not in the form you'd expect.

Alright. Now we wait, as 1x1 RPs aren't permitted.

[Azure Wolf]

I'll Join

 

RPer: Ara Asura

Character Name: Trei

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Appearance: 5' 11", usually wears a white t-shirt and black trousers with a tracksuit top and trainers. Has shoulder length dark brown hair and blue eyes. When available wears a custom made cloak.

Personality: Withdrawn from most people but when with close friends is usually outgoing. Is a gamer who enjoys various MMOs and card games as well as strategy games. When depressed will occasionally hide in a small room or ignore anyone nearby. Spiritual and general rebukes anyone who fights for selfish reasons. He believes that violence exists as a meaning of entertainment for most people and when in combat will call upon Eune to help him.

Backstory: Trei lives in a small town surrounded by fields. He grew up believing that their was more to life than what people knew and was determined to find out what it was. On his 17th birthday he realized he wasn't like the rest of his family, he could talk to spirits. He wants to use this power to right the wrongs currently in the world and to do so set off to train his mind, body and soul. He found his way to an abandoned shrine, which was told held the spirits of ancient gods who took the form of foxes and wolves, whose hierarchy was determined by the amount of tails, which represented spiritual energy.

Star Level: 4

Type: Warrior

Scale: N/A

T-Combo: Steel/Grass

Attribute: LIGHT

Stats:

HP- 20

Offense- 15

Defence- 10

Sp Atk- 10

M Def- 8

Focus- 10

Evasion- 10

Speed- 16

Slotted Equipment: N/A

Equipment: Oran berry (x2), Rush Recklessly (x1), Honest (x1), Plaguespreader Zombie (x1), Magnum Shield (x2), Fusion Sword Muramame Blade (x1), Emergency Provisions (x1)

Attack List: Cobalt Strike (Steel, 5 damage, 30 PP)

XP-LV: 0/10 - 1

 

Eune

Trei's most trusted friend and a one tailed fox spirit.

[Draconus297]

Looks good to me. We launch tomorrow.

[Draconus297]

Voracious Insects are our equivalent of Zubat- they will appear all over the place, and they basically exist to be irritating.

Base stats:

 

DARK - Bug/Flying - Insect - Level 2

 

5 HP

1 Off

1 Def

1 Sp. Atk

1 M Def

1 Foc

60 Eva

15 Speed

 

Then we have our Musical Imps (this is the Drummer variety only). They have annoyingly high defenses, and they basically exist to be brick walls.

 

EARTH - Rock/Normal - Beast-Warrior - Level 3

 

20 HP

1 Off

40 Def

1 Sp. Atk

20 M. Def

1 Foc

1 Eva

1 Speed

[Draconus297]

Bump. Where'd everyone go?

[Big Bad Pennar]

[spoiler= Garfalka:]

RPer: Death Label - Shinki
Character Name: Garfalka
Age: 19
Gender: Male
[spoiler=Appearance:] Garfalka is an extremely well-toned person, body-wise, he looks like a Stereotypical "Dumb Muscle" person. He has red eyes and Black Spiky hair, with 2 small earrings. He wears a tattered pair of black pants and an almost thoroughly ripped white shirt. he walks around in bare feet [/spoiler]
[spoiler=Personality:] Garfalka is extremely temperamental, always letting his Rage getting the better of him. He really hates it when people strike him, and he hates being targeted by Abilities of any kind (Even Beneficial kinds such as healing). He prefers fighting alone, as it's where he seems to shine better on the battlefield. He has no hobbies of any kind, only trying to calm himself with meditation once in a while.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Backstory:] Not much is known about Garfalka's past, although very few snippets are known, Garfalka was given a golden trinket to serve as a reminder to where he calls home. One day, for unknown reasons, He started to get angry, and his anger festered, somehow able to manifest as flames around him. Fearing for those he loved, he ran from home and embraced a life of solitude[/spoiler]
Star Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior/Pendulum
Scale: 5
T-Combo: Fighting/Flying
Attribute: Wind
[spoiler=Stats:]

HP: 21
Offense: 18
Defense: 15
Special Attack: 6
Mystic Defense: 10
Focus: 11
Evasion: 9
Agility: 10

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Slotted Equipment: N/A
Equipment: 3x Rush Recklessly, 3x Fire Formation - Tensen, 1x Golden Ladybug, 2x Fire Formation - Tenken,
Attack List: Icast Fist - (30 PP, 5 damage. Fighting-type, Physical)
XP/Level: 0/10 - 1

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[Azure Wolf]

Sorry for a late IC post I didn't have Internet yesterday except on my phone

[Big Bad Pennar]

I Finished my App now

[Draconus297]

Looks good to me.

Why all the spoilers?

[Big Bad Pennar]

Spoilers are always standard to me, whether hiding the app for faster scrolling, hiding large amounts of text and stuff

[Aix]

Voracious Insect (#1) attacks!

It used Supersonic!

It missed!

 

Voracious Insect (#2) attacks!

It used Supersonic!

It missed!

This is not a post. Please fix it so that there is actual content than the same thing copy pasted with the number changed. Otherwise, do this stuff in OoC and let whoever with actual content to post post it with their IC stuff.

[Draconus297]

There. I fixed it.

[Big Bad Pennar]

I realized something terrible, I screwed up, I'm gonna fix now XD

[Azure Wolf]

Is it okay if I add a bit more to Trei's backstory and personality as in the latest post I feel as I went out of character a bit