My attempt at a .Hack style RPG.
For those that aren't aware of what it is:
Here's a brief description of the game:
.hack is the title of a series of four video games for the PlayStation 2 produced by Bandai, CyberConnect2 and initially designed by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Kazunori Ito, and Koichi Mashimo. Set after the events of .hack//Sign, the plot of the games follow the story of the .hackers Kite and BlackRose and their attempts to find out what caused the sudden coma of Kite's friend, Orca whilst he played the MMORPG The World. Over the course of the games, a virus begins to spread through The World, causing many players to also fall into comas; this event is usually referred to as the Twilight Incident. CC Corp., the fictional corporation behind The World, plans to take the game servers offline, killing all comatose victims, including Orca. Kite and his party must hack through the servers and AIs to discover the truth behind The World before time runs out.
The games of .hack simulate an MMORPG entitled The World without actually going online. The player character uses the Altimit OS on which the RPG client runs. Through this he can check e-mail, news stories, and message boards, in addition to playing in The World. The games are particularly unique for their ability to share save data between each release via "data flags", upgrading it for each release to make it playable and carrying over save data for such. Although the games allow the player to play them out of order this is not recommended due to the deep storyline.
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Get it? Got it? Good. Now for the boring part: RULES...
Obey ALL Smash World Forums rules.
No bunnying, lest the other member says its okay.
No Gary-Lou/Mary-Sou RP'ers, or in other words, no PERFECT FLAWLESS SHINING KNIGHT IN ARMOR characters.
No god modding, or manipulating the entire RPG. I FRIGGIN' HATE GOD-MODDING.
No flaming.
There can be romance between other users, but nothing past a kiss.
No swearing. Fragment is rated T, so swearing is a no-no.
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Phew! Okay, now that that is done with, lets talk about the plot:
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3 months after The World was saved by Kite and the Dot Hackers, they disappeared into thin air, leaving questions unanswered. Some suspected the Admins and system may have had something to do with it, but they denied everything. Still without doubt, the users rebelled against the system and they admins won in a cruel war, erasing all users from The World and erasing The World itself...
Four years later after the tragedy, CC Corp, the masterminds behind the scheme, released a new MMORPG, called, "Fragment." Years have passed and as such, the former users barely remembered anything about The World. Fragment was a complete rehash, and the general public took their bait.
All except eleven out of millions...
These users/hackers, called, "The Rainbow Squad," banned together to take advantage of the obliviousness of the users and take over Fragment for themselves, and extend their reach beyond to CC Corp, and controlling the minds of millions of people by planning to awaken an old broken hack that may have killed the great Kite himself...
You users have just started this new game for however you did, and gained a special e-mail from an unknown user. You open it, and it says, "Please go to 'Hidden Forbidden Forest Land.'" Unsure of the idea, you go on a whim, and you meet each other. Meeting at a huge sanctuary, you are greeted by a pale, white haired girl named Aura. She tells you to stop The Rainbow Squad before its too late. You ask her further, but she fades away...
And thus begins your journey to eradicate The Rainbow Squad and their plot to take over Fragment...
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A few more things before the SU sheet.
1. When you want to level up, you go to the Portal, a spinning glowing disc of data, and you enter in a codeword consisting of three words, such as, "Living Breathing Giant," or, "Cruel Vindictive Scars." Keep in mind not all areas share the same appearance as their name. Areas consist of a field, which has monster portals, big yellow magical marks that can be seen quite a few feet, that when approached, releases up to four monsters according to the area's level. Then, you find the dungeon entrance and enter a randomly floored AND placed dungeon,
2. You don't just "walk around a square" per se. Anyone who has played an MMORPG knows (And if you haven't, lucky for you that I am explaining.) that these kinds of games consist of several servers, cities, if you will, that you can switch through at each Portal. You all have started out, so you begin at the Delta Server, and as you grow levels, you get to go to new servers. Here's a chart to help you:
Delta
layer Levels 1-100- Areas Level 1-30
Description: A Venetian canal locates under a large bridge connecting the Portal, Magic/Weapon shops, and Player History (The guy who saves your games out of field and writes down your player history.) and Scrolls Shop, Armor Shop, and a small square where other users meet to trade, talk, and other such things.
Betalayer Levels 15-100- Areas Level 15-30
Description: A high summit overlooking a series of mountains, connected by bridges, pray to God you don't have vertigo! Over in the Western Sides, you have the shops and Portal. In the East, you have your Player History and Grunty House (Grunties are pig-like creatures that you can ride on the field, but cannot use in battle or servers. Grunties have different personalities, but as a starting player, you can't get one yet. Sorry...
Thetalayers Levels 30-100- Areas Level 30-50
Description: A city side dock with skyscrapers and light sin the far distance... So pretty... Anyway, behind your position is the Grunty Shop (With different Grunties. Yeah, each server, except Delta, has different Grunties for sale, and can only be used on THAT server.) and Portal, while ahead of you is a busy lane full of users, shops, and other things.
Sigmalayer Levels 50-100- Areas Level 50-100
Description: An even worse case of height, Sigma consists of mostly small towers suspended by wires extending to the sky and connected with even sturdier thicker wires. Ever since the new release, the fabled Omega Server will come over time in an expansion. For now, we have Sigma. Shops and other important landmarks are somewhat messily stranded all over the map, making it one hell of a trek to and fro.
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Mt favorite part:
CLASSES!!! Hoorayz.
Quick note: ALL characters can use magic, some just perform better with it than others. You be the judge!
Blademaster: A playable character class that uses swords. This class is probably more accurate than others and has average stats.
Heavy Axe: A playable character class that uses gigantic axes to deal heavy damage and has the greatest defense but the poorest magic defense.
Heavy Blade: A playable character class that uses broadswords and katanas to attack enemies. This class has the highest attack power of all the classes in Fragment, but also the slowest Speed and attack speed.
Long Arm: A playable character class that uses spears and lances, utilizing the long range of their weapons in battle to strike from afar strongly and swiftly, but has low defense.
Twin Blade: A playable character class that uses identical dual blades. This class has average attack power, and is known for their superior attack speed and traveling speed.
Wavemaster: A playable character class that uses staves and long-range magic rather than melee attacks. This class has the lowest attack power and defense. Players using this class should avoid close combat.
Edge Punisher: A character class that uses two-handed heavy weapons to fight, usually broadswords, similar to a Heavy Blade in The World. Some swords have mechanized "secondary weapons" on them (Think "Gunblades.").
Macabre Dancer: This unique character class uses a pair of sharp fans as weapons and fights with a fluid dancing motion, they are known in Fragment as 'Flowers of the Battlefield'. Macabre Dancers primarily use status magic in battle.
Flick Reaper: A rare Character Class that wields scythes or large axes. The stats of this class are very much like the Long Arms, for the class itself excels in speed and strength, but lessens in defense. They are designed for sweeping attacks, meant to literally "flick" enemies away before they can get within attacking range. Of course, a Steam Gunner or Lord Partizan could get at them easily.
Tribal Grappler: A Character Class that utilizes their fists, claws, feet and various wrestling-type maneuvers to fight. High attack and speed, but low magic stats and range.
Harvest Cleric: A Character Class that use staffs and specializes in defensive and healing magic instead of direct fighting. Similar to a Wavemaster. This class focuses on support magic.
Shadow Warlock: Also similar to a Wavemaster, the Shadow Warlock is a Character Class in which the character uses offensive magic, powered by a large spellbook, instead of physical attacks to defeat the opponent.
Steam Gunner: A Character Class that uses a rifle with a sword-like bayonet running the length of it. This class specialises in both long-range and close-quarter fighting.
Werewolves: This class also uses fists to fight opponents. Werewolves can transform into wolves at will and have fur so they don't get cold in icy areas. There are many requirements to become a Werewolf. It is also possible that any Tribal Grappler who can obtain a certain ultra-rare item can become a Werewolf.
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Magic:
A bit strange, actually. Magic comes in six forms: Fire (Vakz) Water (Ruem) Thunder (Raio) Darkness (Anid) Wood (Juka) and Earth (Ganz) and the magical TYPES are Kruz (Converging of many items of that element onto one foe) Rom (A small tornado surrounds a foe ,doing small hits over a rapid amount of time) Zot (A structure springs out of the ground over the foe according to that type.) and Don (A bunch of whatever element you choose comes crashing down on the foe.)
So, if you want to cast a spell, you could say:
Rai Kruz!
Ani Zot!
Vak Don!
And so forth. Note you only need to say the first three letters of an element.
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And now:
SU's!!! So happy...
However, since this is an MMORPG...RPG... you'll need to give a few extra things.
Name (In-Game): Anything you can think of, as long as it isn't under the maturity of a six year old.
Name (IRL): Pretty obvious, eh?
Age (IRL): You don't have an age for your avatar...
Appearance (In-Game): What your Fragment character looks like. It should be at least seven/eight sentences long.
Appearance (IRL): This is OPTIONAL, but helpful for the story. 6/7/8 sentences AT LEAST.
Personality: This goes for both avatar AND real life person, as one is like the other. Explain your attitude towards other players, during battle, etc. Should be 7 or 8 sentences long.
History: At least two/three paragraphs. Make it detailed. How did you get Fragment? What was your life before that? Nothing too cliche of betty-sue/gary-lou like...
Class: What's your class?
Other: Well? Anything else I should know?
RP Sample: Show me how good of an RP'er you are. You can improvise or post in an old one from an RP you've done before. Only necessary if you want a reservation.
For those that aren't aware of what it is:
Here's a brief description of the game:
.hack is the title of a series of four video games for the PlayStation 2 produced by Bandai, CyberConnect2 and initially designed by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Kazunori Ito, and Koichi Mashimo. Set after the events of .hack//Sign, the plot of the games follow the story of the .hackers Kite and BlackRose and their attempts to find out what caused the sudden coma of Kite's friend, Orca whilst he played the MMORPG The World. Over the course of the games, a virus begins to spread through The World, causing many players to also fall into comas; this event is usually referred to as the Twilight Incident. CC Corp., the fictional corporation behind The World, plans to take the game servers offline, killing all comatose victims, including Orca. Kite and his party must hack through the servers and AIs to discover the truth behind The World before time runs out.
The games of .hack simulate an MMORPG entitled The World without actually going online. The player character uses the Altimit OS on which the RPG client runs. Through this he can check e-mail, news stories, and message boards, in addition to playing in The World. The games are particularly unique for their ability to share save data between each release via "data flags", upgrading it for each release to make it playable and carrying over save data for such. Although the games allow the player to play them out of order this is not recommended due to the deep storyline.
-----------
Get it? Got it? Good. Now for the boring part: RULES...
Obey ALL Smash World Forums rules.
No bunnying, lest the other member says its okay.
No Gary-Lou/Mary-Sou RP'ers, or in other words, no PERFECT FLAWLESS SHINING KNIGHT IN ARMOR characters.
No god modding, or manipulating the entire RPG. I FRIGGIN' HATE GOD-MODDING.
No flaming.
There can be romance between other users, but nothing past a kiss.
No swearing. Fragment is rated T, so swearing is a no-no.
------------
Phew! Okay, now that that is done with, lets talk about the plot:
------------
3 months after The World was saved by Kite and the Dot Hackers, they disappeared into thin air, leaving questions unanswered. Some suspected the Admins and system may have had something to do with it, but they denied everything. Still without doubt, the users rebelled against the system and they admins won in a cruel war, erasing all users from The World and erasing The World itself...
Four years later after the tragedy, CC Corp, the masterminds behind the scheme, released a new MMORPG, called, "Fragment." Years have passed and as such, the former users barely remembered anything about The World. Fragment was a complete rehash, and the general public took their bait.
All except eleven out of millions...
These users/hackers, called, "The Rainbow Squad," banned together to take advantage of the obliviousness of the users and take over Fragment for themselves, and extend their reach beyond to CC Corp, and controlling the minds of millions of people by planning to awaken an old broken hack that may have killed the great Kite himself...
You users have just started this new game for however you did, and gained a special e-mail from an unknown user. You open it, and it says, "Please go to 'Hidden Forbidden Forest Land.'" Unsure of the idea, you go on a whim, and you meet each other. Meeting at a huge sanctuary, you are greeted by a pale, white haired girl named Aura. She tells you to stop The Rainbow Squad before its too late. You ask her further, but she fades away...
And thus begins your journey to eradicate The Rainbow Squad and their plot to take over Fragment...
---------
A few more things before the SU sheet.
1. When you want to level up, you go to the Portal, a spinning glowing disc of data, and you enter in a codeword consisting of three words, such as, "Living Breathing Giant," or, "Cruel Vindictive Scars." Keep in mind not all areas share the same appearance as their name. Areas consist of a field, which has monster portals, big yellow magical marks that can be seen quite a few feet, that when approached, releases up to four monsters according to the area's level. Then, you find the dungeon entrance and enter a randomly floored AND placed dungeon,
2. You don't just "walk around a square" per se. Anyone who has played an MMORPG knows (And if you haven't, lucky for you that I am explaining.) that these kinds of games consist of several servers, cities, if you will, that you can switch through at each Portal. You all have started out, so you begin at the Delta Server, and as you grow levels, you get to go to new servers. Here's a chart to help you:
Delta
layer Levels 1-100- Areas Level 1-30Description: A Venetian canal locates under a large bridge connecting the Portal, Magic/Weapon shops, and Player History (The guy who saves your games out of field and writes down your player history.) and Scrolls Shop, Armor Shop, and a small square where other users meet to trade, talk, and other such things.
Beta
layer Levels 15-100- Areas Level 15-30Description: A high summit overlooking a series of mountains, connected by bridges, pray to God you don't have vertigo! Over in the Western Sides, you have the shops and Portal. In the East, you have your Player History and Grunty House (Grunties are pig-like creatures that you can ride on the field, but cannot use in battle or servers. Grunties have different personalities, but as a starting player, you can't get one yet. Sorry...
Theta
layers Levels 30-100- Areas Level 30-50Description: A city side dock with skyscrapers and light sin the far distance... So pretty... Anyway, behind your position is the Grunty Shop (With different Grunties. Yeah, each server, except Delta, has different Grunties for sale, and can only be used on THAT server.) and Portal, while ahead of you is a busy lane full of users, shops, and other things.
Sigma
layer Levels 50-100- Areas Level 50-100Description: An even worse case of height, Sigma consists of mostly small towers suspended by wires extending to the sky and connected with even sturdier thicker wires. Ever since the new release, the fabled Omega Server will come over time in an expansion. For now, we have Sigma. Shops and other important landmarks are somewhat messily stranded all over the map, making it one hell of a trek to and fro.
------
Mt favorite part:
CLASSES!!! Hoorayz.
Quick note: ALL characters can use magic, some just perform better with it than others. You be the judge!
Blademaster: A playable character class that uses swords. This class is probably more accurate than others and has average stats.
Heavy Axe: A playable character class that uses gigantic axes to deal heavy damage and has the greatest defense but the poorest magic defense.
Heavy Blade: A playable character class that uses broadswords and katanas to attack enemies. This class has the highest attack power of all the classes in Fragment, but also the slowest Speed and attack speed.
Long Arm: A playable character class that uses spears and lances, utilizing the long range of their weapons in battle to strike from afar strongly and swiftly, but has low defense.
Twin Blade: A playable character class that uses identical dual blades. This class has average attack power, and is known for their superior attack speed and traveling speed.
Wavemaster: A playable character class that uses staves and long-range magic rather than melee attacks. This class has the lowest attack power and defense. Players using this class should avoid close combat.
Edge Punisher: A character class that uses two-handed heavy weapons to fight, usually broadswords, similar to a Heavy Blade in The World. Some swords have mechanized "secondary weapons" on them (Think "Gunblades.").
Macabre Dancer: This unique character class uses a pair of sharp fans as weapons and fights with a fluid dancing motion, they are known in Fragment as 'Flowers of the Battlefield'. Macabre Dancers primarily use status magic in battle.
Flick Reaper: A rare Character Class that wields scythes or large axes. The stats of this class are very much like the Long Arms, for the class itself excels in speed and strength, but lessens in defense. They are designed for sweeping attacks, meant to literally "flick" enemies away before they can get within attacking range. Of course, a Steam Gunner or Lord Partizan could get at them easily.
Tribal Grappler: A Character Class that utilizes their fists, claws, feet and various wrestling-type maneuvers to fight. High attack and speed, but low magic stats and range.
Harvest Cleric: A Character Class that use staffs and specializes in defensive and healing magic instead of direct fighting. Similar to a Wavemaster. This class focuses on support magic.
Shadow Warlock: Also similar to a Wavemaster, the Shadow Warlock is a Character Class in which the character uses offensive magic, powered by a large spellbook, instead of physical attacks to defeat the opponent.
Steam Gunner: A Character Class that uses a rifle with a sword-like bayonet running the length of it. This class specialises in both long-range and close-quarter fighting.
Werewolves: This class also uses fists to fight opponents. Werewolves can transform into wolves at will and have fur so they don't get cold in icy areas. There are many requirements to become a Werewolf. It is also possible that any Tribal Grappler who can obtain a certain ultra-rare item can become a Werewolf.
---------
Magic:
A bit strange, actually. Magic comes in six forms: Fire (Vakz) Water (Ruem) Thunder (Raio) Darkness (Anid) Wood (Juka) and Earth (Ganz) and the magical TYPES are Kruz (Converging of many items of that element onto one foe) Rom (A small tornado surrounds a foe ,doing small hits over a rapid amount of time) Zot (A structure springs out of the ground over the foe according to that type.) and Don (A bunch of whatever element you choose comes crashing down on the foe.)
So, if you want to cast a spell, you could say:
Rai Kruz!
Ani Zot!
Vak Don!
And so forth. Note you only need to say the first three letters of an element.
--------
And now:
SU's!!! So happy...
However, since this is an MMORPG...RPG... you'll need to give a few extra things.
Name (In-Game): Anything you can think of, as long as it isn't under the maturity of a six year old.
Name (IRL): Pretty obvious, eh?
Age (IRL): You don't have an age for your avatar...
Appearance (In-Game): What your Fragment character looks like. It should be at least seven/eight sentences long.
Appearance (IRL): This is OPTIONAL, but helpful for the story. 6/7/8 sentences AT LEAST.
Personality: This goes for both avatar AND real life person, as one is like the other. Explain your attitude towards other players, during battle, etc. Should be 7 or 8 sentences long.
History: At least two/three paragraphs. Make it detailed. How did you get Fragment? What was your life before that? Nothing too cliche of betty-sue/gary-lou like...
Class: What's your class?
Other: Well? Anything else I should know?
RP Sample: Show me how good of an RP'er you are. You can improvise or post in an old one from an RP you've done before. Only necessary if you want a reservation.
