1. Follow all the site's standard rules regarding flaming and such.


2. Keep the tone of the RP in the PG-13 range.


3. I'm only allowing up to 2 Keyblade Wielders.


4. If you are one of said Wielders, bear in mind that your Keyblade is not a be-all-end-all fix to all your problems, and it certainly doesn't make you invincible or more important than the other characters.


5. One more rule for Keyblade Wielders. You do not get to start out with a Keyblade. It will come to you in time, but only after it is earned. Until then, you would be wise to have an alternative means to fight or defend yourself.


6. Magic, in this time period, is considered a somewhat rare art. That basically means you cannot start with an arsenal of spells, but only one spell that you likely haven't even mastered yet.


7. The above rule is slightly different if you plan to play a pure mage. In such a case, you are entitled to no more than three starting spells, and they have to be basic (ie no bending time and space) and must not include the Cure spell. Healing magic right out of the starting gate would be a bit too easy in my opinion.


8. While Kingdom Hearts is known for combining Final Fantasy and Disney, I will be incorporating characters and locales from other sources, meaning you can as well.


9. Regarding the above rule, please do not go overboard with it. If you wish to include a character or world from another franchise it has to at least make sense. For instance, Shrek is a character who would likely fit very well in the KH-verse, as would other Square-Enix alumni from games like Chrono Trigger. Ezio Auditore and Darth Vader, on the other hand, would not fit. Does that make any sense?


10. The Judges are strictly NPC's. This means you cannot play as one, nor can your character start with any personal connections to them. You can, however, control some of their actions in your posts for the sake of moving the plot and/or avoiding one liner posts.


11. Regarding Nobodies, they are mostly no longer relevant in this time period. If you really want to encounter them at a later time then it can be worked out, but only standard Nobodies. Organization XIII is dead and gone, and no amount of popularity is going to convince me to resurrect them like the main games have done.


12. These rules, as written, are subject to be altered, deleted, or have more added to them as I see fit.


13. Let's try to write an epic tale and have a little fun while we're at it, shall we?

1. Minor Abilities: These abilities are ones that are generally common among many characters and are usually learned via level up in the games. Certain attacks like Strike Raid and Goofy Tornado are considered Minor Abilities. Certain Support abilities, such as MP Haste, are also considered Minor. In our game, these will generally be learned after fighting minor boss battles that will typically come in the middle of a World's storyline.


2. Major Abilities: These are more powerful Abilities that cannot be learned via level up, and instead are typically learned at certain plot points or as rewards for side quests. New spells or upgrading old ones are considered Major Abilities, as are Limit Breaks and, for the purposes of the RP, Shotlocks. For the RP, Major Abilities are only learned after defeating the World Boss, the boss battle that represents the climax and ending of a World's storyline.


3. Summons will be handled slightly differently. Rather than learning them as any other ability, they will be obtained in one of two ways: Charms (a la Kingdom Hearts 2) which, like in the game they originated in, are items to be carried around and (by that logic) usable by anyone who's carrying them; the other method of gaining summons is related to the overarching storyline. The difference between these methods is simple: Charms apply to Disney Character summons (eg Dumbo, Tinker Bell, etc), the other method will apply to Final Fantasy summons (eg Ifrit, Shiva, etc).

GM Character [+]

Name: Jared Thatch

Age: 17

Gender: M

Appearance:


Personality: Thatch is a curious sort, quick to investigate anything that piques his interest. This can often lead to trouble, if his curiosity takes him to a place he is not allowed to be in. Despite his lack of upbringing and penchant for getting into things he's not meant to, Jared's still a good kid. If he happens upon a hungry child or stray cat, he'll not hesitate to share what little food he has. If he encounters bullying or even a mugging, he'll stand up to the antagonists without a second thought. Through all this, Jared has a dream of his own. Having spent his whole life around the ships of Lunaris, he hopes to one day have one to call his own, so he too can take to the stars and partake in whatever the universe has to offer.

History: Despite Lunaris' bustling population, there are surprisingly few people who actually live there. Thatch is one of these few, having grown up in and around the various space ports and sea ports, watching ships come and go and listening in on stories shared between captains and crew members. But Thatch himself was just an urchin as far anyone was concerned, a kid with no family scavenging shipwrecks for anything of value or that might still be useful and selling them for peanuts just to avoid starving. But then Thatch met the one man who actually saw something in him. He was an older man, a retired captain named Dion, who lived alone in an old military hanger no longer in use. He essentially took the boy in, giving him a place he could actually call home, and meals that consisted of more than just single pieces of fruit or stale bread. It didn't stop Jared from his scavenging - or "prospecting" as he preferred to call it - and in fact the old man knew of more shipwrecks and would loan his boat to Thatch to go out and search them. Soon he was also teaching the boy some self-defense maneuvers from his time as a captain. Thus we now have the Jared Thatch of today, a young man making a meager wage in salvaging, and with a basic training to defend himself with.

Weapon: Keyblade
Key Chain: Kingdom's Flame


Skills: Swimming (both on the surface, and underwater) and Climbing
Abilities: Sonic Blade, Combo Boost
Shotlock:
Magic: Thunder

Summon:

Double said
1. Keyblades. This one is sort of the elephant in the room. At least one will be incorporated in ways I will choose not to reveal for spoilery reasons. But what I'm asking is should the party be allowed to have them. The issue I'm thinking of is that if everyone has one, then that diminishes their overall value, but if only one or two is allowed to have one then it suddenly becomes unfair to everyone else. Should Keyblades simply be banned in terms of player characters?

2. Nobodies. You'll notice that the plot hook kind of goes out of its way to avoid mentioning them. This is because I simply have no idea what to do with them at present. I can imagine they would just kind of fade away since Sora defeating the Organization kind of made them become irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Any thoughts or whatever concerning this? *shrugs*

Double said Regarding the above rule, please do not go overboard with it. If you wish to include a character or world from another franchise it has to at least make sense. For instance, Shrek is a character who would likely fit very well in the KH-verse, as would other Square-Enix alumni from games like Chrono Trigger. Ezio Auditore and Darth Vader, on the other hand, would not fit. Does that make any sense?

Double said
I think you know darn well what I meant about Shrek and Darth Vader.