Welcome everyone to the J.J.B.A roleplay! For both fans of the JOJO series and those who may know nothing about it at all! I welcome you all to join in on the fun and to partake in a grand and bizarre adventure! First things first, for those who don't know, Jojo's bizarre adventure is an incredibly long running manga series which has been adapted into a videogame and more importantly into several anime seasons, this roleplay however will be based in its own alternative universe, so you do not need to know much about JOJO canon lore in order to understand it, this makes it easier to craft a story in the JOJO style and keep it open for people who dont know about the series to join it! Characters will be completely new and I will not be adding characters from previous JOJO adventures to make the rp seem fresh to the viewers who wish to partake. And I hope you all do! A few things i must note however: *: you can only be a protagonist, whether anti hero, or hero in general, the rp will have all roleplayers using their combined skills in order to stop a greater adversary which I will roleplay myself, to give a sense of co-operation. So heroes only! *: You can only be a Stand user despite characters in the show possessing multiple styles, i'm limiting it to one to reduce overpowered capabilities, this also includes my protagonist, so i will be on par with all of you. * try to make your character balanced in terms of strengths and weaknesses. Rules: Basic forum rules are obvious No powergaming No metagaming Have fun and be as fabulous as you can be! Insert "To become one with fear itself"into the last question to prove you've read the rules. Try to make posts a minimum 5 lines long, i'm not heavy on post length, but make it relevant. Posts will usually be once every week or whenever i can get some time off, which will be sometimes, I won't advance the plot too fast, so don't be afraid to take a day break or two. [more rules will be added if they need to be] As for the roleplay, The times are currently 2015 and the world is exactly like our own in terms of look and technology, however will contain fictional cities and towns for more creative reasons for the plot. The date is august 21st and the adventure begins in the fictional large city of Izayoi in japan. A typical dry boring day, you are a mere civilian walking among the streets of the city downtown, minding your own business and doing your own thing when the world instantaneously freezes around yourself, and the world is drenched in a dark black like palette, as an mysterious arrow whisks through the city and pierces our heroes, revealing and summoning their stand within themselves, other innocents are also stabbed, but die from blood loss and do not unleash a stand. Confused at the scenario, they are approached by an ominous entity... And the bizarre adventure shall begin...! Style: Stand: The user projects his or her inner guardian, an energy projection from within him or herself to protect themselves and assault their opponents with mystical powers, they can look however you desire but can only reach just over average human height. Your stand can also have a special power that only you can have, but the power must relate to your character stats below. You may also give your stand a name, it can be whatever you like but must be named after a band or a song, or a reference to a song/band. A stand can physically assault an enemy or use an ability but can only be seen by other stand users. If a stand travels too far, it becomes significantly weaker, loses its power and is incredibly vulnerable to attack. While your stand can take damage for you, you are still damaged by the attack, a high durability stand can reduce the damage you take, but will not negate it. Stats: You possess 5 skills, and have 10 points to pump into each stat ranging from E to A, you always start at E for each slot, so spending a point will raise it up to D, another point to C and so on. Destructive Power: Consists of your physical and magical damage, does not include weapons found on the street, and the like, the higher your damage, the lower your range must be (if your an A in destructive power, you mustn't be higher than a C in range, and vice versa for balance. Speed: How fast you move. Range: How far your stand can go before you start to get much more weak and lose your strength almost instantly, E range would be just infront of you, D would be 2 meters, C would be 5 meters, B would be 10 meters and A would be 20 meters Durability: How much damage can your stand take before you die. Precision : How accurate is your stand with ranged attacks? And does it have good dodge ability? Application: Name: Age: Gender: Appearance: Stand name: Stand ability: Stand appearance: Weapon: Personality: Bio: Honestly optional. Your previous events aren't very important in the rp but if you wish to tell me, you can. Stats: Destructive power: Speed: Range: Durability: Precision: What is courage?: Waddya think? Anyone interested?

I'll throw my hat into the ring for this. JJBA needs more love. Just a few questions. How far can we take our Stands? Are we talking Gold Experience requiem levels of hax, or something more subdued and lowkey, like Macigians red or Tototh? I assume because of the arrow that this still takes place in the first universe, are stone masks and vampires and The Ripple still a relevant thing?

Very interested in this, I need to go through my iTunes to find a good stand name now.

Oh god yes. Sign me right the hell up.

I'm in, I love me some JojO.

I'm way way up for this.

YEESSSSSS, i knew i had faith in this community! Il post up the ooc after class today! Itll pretty much be the same layout as this post, so create your characters and get em' ready!

I'll throw my hat into the ring for this. JJBA needs more love. Just a few questions. How far can we take our Stands? Are we talking Gold Experience requiem levels of hax, or something more subdued and lowkey, like Macigians red or Tototh? I assume because of the arrow that this still takes place in the first universe, are stone masks and vampires and The Ripple still a relevant thing?

The stand power honestly depends on how well you write your stand, so long as it isnt overpowered like hell, you can have it, but if you feel like your stand power might be OP or the like, send me a pm on what standpower you have, and il see if its good, thoug subdued stands would probably be preferable. As for the arrow, it technically is very similiar to the original universe, though not exactly the same, but borrows from much of the history, as for the ripple and vampires, i was concideing putting them into the mix at somepoint in the roleplay, so if you wanna be a ripple/stand user or vampire/stand user further on in the roleplay, you will, but il have to thinkabou how it can come about first. EDIT: OOC IS UP! http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/77579-jojos-bizarre-adventure-chronos-curse/ooc#post-2453340

Lol jk just gonna throw my app up in the OOC

Is this still open for new players? And does it matter if my stand resembles an animal instead of a human? I have a couple of potential ideas for this. Edit: Also what is Stand Power? I'm not familiar with the series, so I'm not quite sure what you mean. Is it like how X-Men have powers? And do the Stands give their masters any special powers? For example, if my Stand's power was super speed, then their master would have inhuman agility.

Stands have superpowers, but they don't usually effect the user. It is possible for a stand to disobey the user and just not use the power at any moment, but that kind of thing usually doesn't happen. A main character in part 3, Polnareff, had super speed as a power. He wasn't capable of running fast, just his stand, Silver chariot, was. He made up for it by using quick swordplay and feinting a lot. As a rule, you can have wierd looking stands. One memorable stand, Made in Heaven, was a dude with a horse coming out of his crotch. Cream Starter was a can of aerosol which sprayed human flesh for patching up cuts. Strength was a freakin' industrial carrier ship. The Emperor was a gun that shot homing bullets, Hermit purple was just tentacles. Of course, if you do set out that way, you're gonna be at a disadvantage. You can't move a ship over land, or block anything with a spray can. Quite a lot of jojo shows that having a strong stand with a weak power is a whole lot better then having a tiny ineffective stand that does one thing very well. The best and most powerful stands are kooky, abstract, and just plain wierd.

Just realizing the stand I'm making is looking a lot like D4C.