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Majin Buu is dead. A threat thousands of years old, known of across worlds innumerable has been vanquished on a planet many have never heard of. Stories and recollections of foes defeated on the very same world snake their way across the galaxies, a collective hushed whispers of creatures and villains who met their fate at the hands of the Earthlings. People of all races huddle in their homes as a vast empire collapses in on itself and think to themselves “Lord Frieza conquered almost all of the universe, but he couldn’t conquer earth.” Rumors abound of beings powerful beyond comprehension, a creature called Cell and the Legendary Super Saiyan, both of whom were extinguished upon Terran soil. If villains such as these could be defeated by the likes of the Earthlings, it seemed unlikely that there was any safer place in the cosmos. The universe turns curious eyes on a lonely blue pebble in the Sol system. Some seek a new start. Some seek opportunity. Some seek to train with the Earthlings, to attain powers untold. Many simply wish to live in peace away from the war torn empire Frieza left in his wake. Beings from across the stars travel to earth in droves. Refugees of ruined worlds, people looking for a safe place for their family, soldiers who have deserted the cause of whichever warlord they lined up behind after the power vacuum left by Frieza’s death created so many new conflicts. The earth has changed. Species from all over have planted themselves here. They have become a constant of life, perhaps a nuisance in some eyes. The Saiyan gene has dwindled and diluted, but it will never die. The Saiyans are near equal in number to the humans, and they too have integrated themselves into Terran society, some would say for the better. Others would disagree. Two schools of thought rise among the Saiyan inhabitants of earth. Though friends in their later lives, Son Goku and Prince Vegeta have left two very different legacies behind. Those who follow the teachings of Son Goku preach peace and tolerance, training constantly in the event that someone might threaten those values. The current guardian of earth subscribes to this way of thinking. Those who follow their revered prince, however, are not quite as docile. They call themselves the True Sons, though it is doubtful that any descendant of Vegeta still lives. They live in separate, almost tribal groups, paying tribute to one king. It is the will of the True Sons to return the Saiyan race to its former glory, as the most powerful species in the universe. While the guardian keeps one sharp eye on the True Sons, the self-proclaimed king of Saiyans gathers support, uniting the tribes that would see a true Saiyan world and destroying those that would refuse to stand behind him. He has but one goal; to obtain the Dragon Balls and make his dream a reality. Tensions run high on both sides, but neither sees the threats looming just beyond their solar system. From the ashes of Frieza’s empire rises a new warlord who sees earth as no more than another world to be added to his collection. He knows the dangers posed by the earthlings, but he is ready to deal with them. Hidden just out of sight of the earthlings, his invasion fleet waits to strike. Still, greater mysteries exist in the universe. Namekians are disappearing by the thousands. Entire worlds are finding that their Namekian populations are dwindling, some vanishing all together. It is a quiet, unvoiced fear that permeates the galaxies. Many wonder where the Namekians are going, but few are brave enough to investigate. Fewer still realize what dangers lay on the horizon. For nearly a thousand years, earth has been a hub of the universe, a melting pot, the safest of havens. In less than a year, earth’s status as a gem in the sand will disappear. =========================================================================================================================================== [[Whelp, that's that as far as the intro goes. Basically this is an RP that takes place ~1000 years after the end of Dragon Ball Z, where Saiyans and humans are now almost equal in number. (Don't tell me they couldn't outbreed humans in a thousand years, I already know.) Now I don't really remember, but I'm pretty sure Goku leaves at the end. For the sake of the RP, let's just say he doesn't. Instead, he stays behind and becomes a trainer. Vegeta does the same, though they of course have very different methods of teaching. As a result, we get two separate philosophies that eventually grow into two of the most powerful factions on the planet. I'd like the main focus of the story to be the brewing war between the two Saiyan factions, but I'm open to other ideas. There's also some Frieza wannabe space warlord and other stuff I'm working on as well. There's going to be a human faction that sees the Saiyans as a threat to humanity's place on the food chain, as well as a group of powerful Namekians attempting to fuse together as many Namekians as possible in order to create one super... Namekian. Anyway, here's a list of factions. If you come up with any other ones let me know and I'll add them up here. I'm still working on them and I just got off work, so I'm a bit burned out. Bear with me on that.]]
[[Still have to work on the other ones, but I'll throw them up here in a bit. [[As far as rules go, just bet on your standard RP stuff. Don't be overpowered (might be a bit tough with this one, but do your best,) don't do anything drastic with other people's characters, the works. I've never really been one for character limits, so as long as you don't have an entire legion of somehow important side characters it's fair game. I think the biggest thing is just try to keep posts over like two or three paragraphs minimum
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Just to let you know Goku does leave the main group at the end of DBZ to train with Uub(The reincarnation of Kid Buu)for three years but he never actually leaves Earth so your idea fits fine with the official story. Also if you were talking about GT(which I haven't seen)then that doesn't really matter because GT isn't canon. I do have a question to help establish a baseline so our characters aren't op. What kind of range do you want the characters to be in. Do you want us to be below where a super Saiyan would be? Dragon Ball and DBZ have many milestones for character power that you could use as a baseline.
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Things you should probably add to the character sheet: Appearance; kinda gotta have some idea what everyone's character looks like, yeah? Even amongst like species there are variations in looks/builds etc. Skills/Abilities; while it will go without saying that everyone in this will have some level of Ki-based prowess, it helps, especially in a DBZ RP, to establish what sort of techniques, skills and transformations they've achieved/developed/mastered, rather than pulling things completely out of thin air (IE, a character just suddenly doing an at-will SSJ transformation in the middle of a fight). And yeah, I must echo the above post in that there should be a starting cap on power ranges. I'd personally suggest defining PLs similarly to the way it's been set up from the DB Multiverse fan series: http://dragonballmultiverse.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Levels Basically just setting ranges of comparable PLs, within which all included characters are considered even in terms of their sheer power.
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I agree with him, his suggested changes seem pertinent. I would also prefer it if we kept power levels low (to start). If anything the Z Fighters should be outliers. Keeping things around late Dragon Ball at the highest would be best (think around Goku vs Junior at the Martial Arts tournament). That's about around the point when stuff was still easy to follow and measure.
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There seems to be a whole, Saiyan pride thing going on, ya? But, aren't all Saiyans at this point half-breeds at very best? I was thinking about a True Son character whose plan is to gather dragonballs and wish that all Saiyan half-breeds who wish to can become full-blooded Saiyans, remaking the racial purity of their race.
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So looking at that website- what tier should we be describing our chars, and if the RP doesn't die (hopefully) will there be tier movement?
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So looking at that website- what tier should we be describing our chars, and if the RP doesn't die (hopefully) will there be tier movement?
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I can't speak for the original poster but it wouldn't be dragon ball if characters didn't get stronger.
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There seems to be a whole, Saiyan pride thing going on, ya? But, aren't all Saiyans at this point half-breeds at very best? I was thinking about a True Son character whose plan is to gather dragonballs and wish that all Saiyan half-breeds who wish to can become full-blooded Saiyans, remaking the racial purity of their race.
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I imagine that would be general idea. I don't think there would even be half Saiyans left floating around a millennium after the series, though one could argue that the nature of the Saiyans' work for Frieza might have allowed for splintered colonies of pure-bloods to take root and grow on the unchecked fringes of the Planet Trade's empire, which would allow for some pure-blood to persist over the centuries.
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Just to let you know Goku does leave the main group at the end of DBZ to train with Uub(The reincarnation of Kid Buu)for three years but he never actually leaves Earth so your idea fits fine with the official story. Also if you were talking about GT(which I haven't seen)then that doesn't really matter because GT isn't canon. I do have a question to help establish a baseline so our characters aren't op. What kind of range do you want the characters to be in. Do you want us to be below where a super Saiyan would be? Dragon Ball and DBZ have many milestones for character power that you could use as a baseline.
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Okay, that's perfect then. I'm going to agree with everyone else and say characters should be late Dragon Ball/early DBZ powerful. Like maybe Krillin level or something. The Saiyan king and probably the Guardian are going to be Super Saiyans, but they aren't going to be doing much for a while.
Things you should probably add to the character sheet: Appearance; kinda gotta have some idea what everyone's character looks like, yeah? Even amongst like species there are variations in looks/builds etc. Skills/Abilities; while it will go without saying that everyone in this will have some level of Ki-based prowess, it helps, especially in a DBZ RP, to establish what sort of techniques, skills and transformations they've achieved/developed/mastered, rather than pulling things completely out of thin air (IE, a character just suddenly doing an at-will SSJ transformation in the middle of a fight). And yeah, I must echo the above post in that there should be a starting cap on power ranges. I'd personally suggest defining PLs similarly to the way it's been set up from the DB Multiverse fan series: http://dragonballmultiverse.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Levels Basically just setting ranges of comparable PLs, within which all included characters are considered even in terms of their sheer power.
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Like I said, you can put those things in your CS if you want, I just prefer to reveal them more gradually throughout the RP.
There seems to be a whole, Saiyan pride thing going on, ya? But, aren't all Saiyans at this point half-breeds at very best? I was thinking about a True Son character whose plan is to gather dragonballs and wish that all Saiyan half-breeds who wish to can become full-blooded Saiyans, remaking the racial purity of their race.
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That's a cool idea.
There seems to be a whole, Saiyan pride thing going on, ya? But, aren't all Saiyans at this point half-breeds at very best? I was thinking about a True Son character whose plan is to gather dragonballs and wish that all Saiyan half-breeds who wish to can become full-blooded Saiyans, remaking the racial purity of their race.
The 42nd Gecko
I imagine that would be general idea. I don't think there would even be half Saiyans left floating around a millennium after the series, though one could argue that the nature of the Saiyans' work for Frieza might have allowed for splintered colonies of pure-bloods to take root and grow on the unchecked fringes of the Planet Trade's empire, which would allow for some pure-blood to persist over the centuries.
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As for them being half-breeds, I sorta shoehorned it into the intro that the Saiyan gene is strong. Kinda just suspending disbelief on that one. If you wanna get real technical, they aren't even really the same race anymore. I'm gonna start working on my first post now, I'll try to get it up tonight.
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I guess I should make my character then.
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My character is up.
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Ballin'. Isn't that the guy from Xenoverse or whatever that new game is called?
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The picture is of a custom character from Xenoverse that was created using the games character creator. That particular custom character has been shown in various trailers for the game. I figured since he isn't actually a named character it would be fine to use him. Edit: I decided to change my characters faction to independent though he will likley join the Disciples at some point.
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First post up.
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Added a new faction to the OP.
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So looking at that website- what tier should we be describing our chars, and if the RP doesn't die (hopefully) will there be tier movement?
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Just realized I didn't answer this. I'd say we start at the low-level to base Saiyan tiers and then just work up.
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Can we make whatever we can make in Xenoverse?
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Can we make whatever we can make in Xenoverse?
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Haven't played it yet but it's fine by me.
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Working on my first post now.
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So in case it's not explicitly clear yet, I only have a vague direction for this RP, so any input is welcome.
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