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Actual thread: https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/193061-world-of-light-the-endless-now-the-ultimate-vg-crossover-rp/ooc

Welcome back to the stage of history, eternally retold


Long, long ago, an otherworldly entity known as Galeem, the Lord of Light, coveted the marvels of countless worlds for itself. In an apocalyptic deluge of light, it swept over each and every one in an all-consuming flood, bringing the universe itself and its countless stories to an end.

In the wake of the total annihilation, Galeem created a new world, an anachronous amalgamation of countless realities not-so-seamlessly stitched together, over which it could preside for eternity. Into this World of Light the innumerable inhabitants of the devoured worlds were reformed, stripped of their memories of the end and rendered oblivious to the wrongness of their new reality. Then Galeem chose a number of Guardians whose existence would safeguard its own, and hid them throughout its brave new world.

Finally Galeem fell silent, becoming the engine that sustained its perpetual motion machine of a world. As it slept, its all-consuming desire for eternity gave rise to Moebius, its will accepted and embodied in twenty-six individuals who would serve as Consuls throughout the World of Light. Its denizens, in thrall to the Flame Clocks that meted out their lifespans, would live, die, and be reborn countless times, a cruel Life Service keeping their destinies arrested, stuck in a waking dream with no hope for advance–the Endless Now.

It’s hard to say how long it’s been since then. But through it all, a star of hope twinkled faintly amidst the dust of ages. Heroes with the power and will to challenge Galeem’s Guardians would rise, fall, and rise again, eventually stirring the Consuls from their listless complacency. In the wake of many Guardians’ defeat, the Consuls are on high alert, and things are more dangerous than ever.

In this massive video game crossover RP, you’ll play as a game character of your choice and join the campaign against Galeem in a grand journey through a tapestry woven of countless worlds, a series of battles, puzzles, and adventures, meeting friends and foes both new and old as you fight to reach and destroy the Lord of Light.



The Lost Numbers and the Avenger

The Avenger is the ship that will be our mobile base of operations during the RP, once everyone reaches it. We’ll deploy from it on missions and return there once we’re done, though given how important it is, keeping it hidden from Moebius is our top priority. This huge ship has all kinds of rooms and amenities in it, and as long as you can find a roommate, you can even claim your own to decorate as you see fit. The Avenger is home to an NPC group called the Lost Numbers, the descendents of previous game characters unique to the World of Light, who can provide services for the group. Once the RP begins, information on both the Avenger and the roster of Lost Numbers will be available in the Characters tab.

EXP

EXP earned for posting is as follows: <750 words is 1 point, 750-1250 is 2 points, and 1250-2000 is 3 points, then +1 for every thousand after that. You will also get bonus EXP after successful encounters. Your level of contribution determines your growth. Please keep track of your own EXP, please be honest when it comes to reporting and don't use filler to inflate your word count.

If a collab happens (including one that involves only your characters) every participant will get the full EXP reward from the collab’s word count.

EXP gain is boosted during boss fights.

When your EXP total goes above the next level requirement, you can subtract the requirement from your total to give yourself a Level Upgrade. These can be spent on a new Ability or Skill from any powerset available to your character. Leveling up also gives your character a minor stat increase across the board. Abilities/skills gained by leveling up can Interplay with old abilities/skills if it makes sense. Please submit your level writeup to me for approval

The Power of Friendship

In the World of Light, everyone starts out ‘gleaming’ under Galeem’s influence. This status prevents cognitive dissonance regarding the World of Light itself, seals memories of Galeem plus the apocalypse, and makes one unable to voluntarily back down from a fight once begun.

Any character who’s freed can spend (your level - 3) EXP to use a Friend Heart to free someone who’s gleaming, restoring their cognition, memories, and wellbeing to normal.

Spirits

In the World of Light, every being has a spirit, a bundle of light that defines everything about that character. It’s represented as a mote of prismatic light with that character’s image nestled inside. When something dies, its body disintegrates into ash and the spirit manifests. Spirits don’t remain for long and will quickly fade if they’re not bottled up somehow, though that only prolongs their existence a little.

Our characters can use spirits for their own gain in a variety of ways. When you choose one, message me and I will write the results up for you

Rapport

A special, optional way of further developing your character, not to mention bonds with other characters. Whenever two PCs are involved in a non-combat, non-progression collab together (both characters in a back-and-forth post) the EXP from that collab can also go into Rapport if both players are willing. Leveling up Rapport offers additional bonuses
  • D Rank (<5 REXP): Just shows you’ve built up some REXP, but not enough to reach C Rank
  • C Rank (5-9 REXP): Tag Team (a powerful, special team-up attack unique to these two)
  • B Rank (10-19 REXP): Skill Share (both characters can copy a free Skill from the other(
  • A Rank (20-29 REXP): Crossover (both characters can now switch to the other’s Job. Doing this switches your base powerset and base weapon out for theirs, as well as replacing an element of your outfit with one of theirs)
  • S Rank (30+ REXP): Interlink (will be explained later)






Just as a heads up, this RP already has seven members accounted for, including myself:
@DracoLunaris, @Archmage MC, @Multi_Media_Man, @Yankee, @Zoey Boey, and @Double.
The RP will start on August 25th regardless of how this interest check fares. Still, I'd love to get as many new people as possible! All players’ characters will start spread out across a number of locations at the RP’s start, including three ‘starting locations’, and new characters will need to start at one of them, too:
  • Mafia Town - a small island city situated near the Blue Hole, in the World of Light’s southwestern sea. It’s ‘run’ by the Mafia of Cooks, an organization of mostly harmless chefs, and it’s mostly just a bustling port town with a special emphasis on food, occasionally attacked by sea monsters, pirates, murlocs, and so forth
  • Skyworld - a large archipelago of various sky islands floating above the Sandswept Sky on the continent’s eastern side. Its Greco-Roman architecture and divine influence is evident in its various settlements, temples, and cathedrals, set amidst white trees and autumnal leaves. Its angels always need help fighting off the Corruption
  • Meridi-at-han - a fused acropolis city that stands above the Tyrannian Plateau and flood plains of the Forbidden Kingdom in the continent's north. A colorful cultural melting pot, it lies in a beautiful but untamed region filled with all kinds of creatures, including dinosaurs, and in lies at a crossroads between several regions. More fantasy in origin, it relies on magic and magitech instead of technology





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Oooh!! Currently deciding between either a Wizard/Pirate101 player character, the Enchanted Journey player character, or a completely original OC/"avatar" character for mine! :D
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Oooh!! Currently deciding between either a Wizard/Pirate101 player character, the Enchanted Journey player character, or a completely original OC/"avatar" character for mine! :D


Hey there, glad to have sparked your interest. Just as a heads up, any avatar character needs to have a strong enough backbone/role in their game (such as Fallout's 'Courier' or Bloodborne's 'Hunter') as well as enough of a personality to be a real character. And if you have any more questions about character creation, I'm happy to help.
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Sounds very intersting! Might pll out Master Chief again as a character
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Name: Master Chief Petty Officer John-117
Origin: Halo
Appearance:

Personality: Professional, reserved, and determined.

Background: Born "John" in 2511, he is covertly taken from the human colony world of Eridanus as a child and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II super-soldier project by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC)

In the Now: A private headhunter, working jobs in Skyworld.

Job: Supersoldier
Specialty: Combat expertise, extreme tactical reasoning, and many cybernetic mental, and physical augmentations.
Inventory: MA40 Assault Rifle, MK50 Sidekick

Lv: 1 (You start with 5 level-upgrades you can split between Powers and Skills)
EXP: 0/10
Abilities: Wrist-mounted Grappleshot: Allows users to grab objects from a distance or pull themselves elsewhere.
Smart Scope: Links the weapon's sights or scope to the Spartan's interface, allowing for increased marksmanship even with weapons without a scope

Skills: Master at hand-to-hand combat.
Strength (without armor): Can lift at least 3 times his body weight. Lifted 500 kilograms as a test. His Mjolnir armor improves this by a factor of 5.
Enhanced senses, Speed: Can run up to 60 mph.
Enhanced reaction time: Has a reaction time of 0.02 seconds.
Weaknesses: Energy shields must recharge after taking an extended beating, leaving him open to damage for a few seconds,
Armor may lock up if exposed to extreme amounts of energy.
Cortana: His AI companion is one of his greatest strengths but also one of his most powerful weaknesses. His care for her extends beyond himself.
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Name: Master Chief Petty Officer John-117
Origin: Halo
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Personality: Professional, reserved, and determined.

Background: Born "John" in 2511, he is covertly taken from the human colony world of Eridanus as a child and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II super-soldier project by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC)

In the Now: A private headhunter, working jobs in Skyworld.

Job: Supersoldier
Specialty: Combat expertise, extreme tactical reasoning, and many cybernetic mental, and physical augmentations.
Inventory: MA40 Assault Rifle, MK50 Sidekick

Lv: 1 (You start with 5 level-upgrades you can split between Powers and Skills)
EXP: 0/10
Abilities: Wrist-mounted Grappleshot: Allows users to grab objects from a distance or pull themselves elsewhere.
Smart Scope: Links the weapon's sights or scope to the Spartan's interface, allowing for increased marksmanship even with weapons without a scope

Skills: Master at hand-to-hand combat.
Strength (without armor): Can lift at least 3 times his body weight. Lifted 500 kilograms as a test. His Mjolnir armor improves this by a factor of 5.
Enhanced senses, Speed: Can run up to 60 mph.
Enhanced reaction time: Has a reaction time of 0.02 seconds.
Weaknesses: Energy shields must recharge after taking an extended beating, leaving him open to damage for a few seconds,
Armor may lock up if exposed to extreme amounts of energy.
Cortana: His AI companion is one of his greatest strengths but also one of his most powerful weaknesses. His care for her extends beyond himself.


Hello and welcome. It would be an honor for Master Chief to join us! I do have a couple small notes on the sheet. Grappleshot, Smart Scope, Strength, Enhanced Senses, Enhanced Speed, and Enhanced Reaction Time is 6 total points, while I mentioned starting with 5. There's also the matter of Cortana, whose presence is only implied by that last weakness. Having her around is an enormous asset, and something that's a greatest strength shouldn't just count for a weakness.

I would recommend having him start without Cortana, and then encountering her early on in the story. You could also include his Mjolnir armor in his inventory, and mention that the helmet provides HUD aim assistance features without having to use an Ability slot on it. Conversely, having energy shields that prevent damage to him should probably count as an Ability. The sheet is not bad at all, but it's also quite succinct, and since we have some time before the RP starts feel free to add more details to it over time.

For instance, instead of a weakness that's 'in certain circumstance, he can take damage', you could mention 'if his shields are depleted, he's vulnerable to headshots could be killed with by one from anything as strong or stronger than the Sidekick'. And while you mentioned one of his Skills is that he's a master of unarmed combat, I assume it goes without saying that he's a master of any and all firearms, as well?

Hopefully that all makes sense? I don't mean to be nitpicky; I mostly just want to make sure that every power and skill is clearly outlined, without any extras bundled in, and that weaknesses are all relevant and functional. Everyone starts out weak but we'll all build back up as we play. Regardless, we've got plenty of time to hash it out. I'll look forward to writing with you!
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@LugubriousNAh, you're right. I definitely need to make another draft. My only excuse is I was making it during class lol
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@LugubriousNAh, you're right. I definitely need to make another draft. My only excuse is I was making it during class lol


No problem, take all the time you need, and if you need a hand with anything I'm here for you. One thing that did strike me as amusingly fitting is starting him in Skyworld, since he's dealt with his fair share of halos lol. We could possibly conceive of a sort of base for him and maybe some ODSTs among the sky islands that they're operating from to assist Palutena's army against the Corruption (he's had his fair share of fighting living plagues like that, too).
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Name: Master Chief Petty Officer John-117
Origin: Halo
Appearance:


Personality: Professional, reserved, and determined.

Background: Born "John" in 2511, he is covertly taken from the human colony world of Eridanus as a child and conscripted into the SPARTAN-II super-soldier project by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC)

In the Now: A private headhunter, working jobs in Skyworld.

Job: Supersoldier
Specialty: Combat expertise, extreme tactical reasoning, and many cybernetic mental, and physical augmentations.
Inventory: MA40 Assault Rifle, MK50 Sidekick, GEN3 Mjolnir Mk VI Powered Assault Armor. Armor has an integrated Smart Scope which links the weapon's sights or scope to the Spartan's interface, allowing for increased marksmanship even with weapons without a scope. Wrist-mounted Grappleshot: Allows users to grab objects from a distance or pull themselves elsewhere.

Lv: 1
EXP: 0/10
Abilities:
Energy Sheilds: His Mjolnir armor comes equipped with a shield made of energized particles, absorbing all damage until depletion. The shield regenerates its charge after 5 seconds with no impact.

Skills: Master at hand-to-hand combat and firearm use.
Strength (without armor): Can lift at least 3 times his body weight. Lifted 500 kilograms as a test. His Mjolnir armor improves this by a factor of 5.
Enhanced senses: Many cybernetic upgrades have given him better senses and an enhanced reaction time of 0.02 seconds.
Speed: Can run up to 60 mph.
Weaknesses: Energy shields must recharge after taking an extended beating, leaving him open to damage for a few seconds,
Armor may lock up if exposed to extreme amounts of energy.
Cortana: His AI companion is one of his greatest strengths but also one of his most powerful weaknesses. His care for her extends beyond himself.

I revamped it but I'm not really sure where I should squeeze in Cortana
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Still working on more finer details aswell
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<Snipped quote by Dragonfly 9>

Hey there, glad to have sparked your interest. Just as a heads up, any avatar character needs to have a strong enough backbone/role in their game (such as Fallout's 'Courier' or Bloodborne's 'Hunter') as well as enough of a personality to be a real character. And if you have any more questions about character creation, I'm happy to help.


That's what I was planning on doing, so don't worry! :D
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I revamped it but I'm not really sure where I should squeeze in Cortana


Rather than squeeze her in, you could start without her and then add her via level upgrades, maybe, if we don't find her somewhere in the world.
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good idea
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Hey ho! Taking a crack at this again. I'll make sure that the characters I want to write as originated from a video game this time before putting too many hours into musing them, that was a blunder. Sorry, Yatogami Tohka, your Light Novel came first before your game.

That said, I have a couple questions:
1. Do visual novels count as video games?
2. Are characters from a simultaneous multi-media franchise (that includes a video game among those medias they started with) allowed? An example of this is Synduality, a multi-media project by Bandai Namco that launched off as a video game, anime, and music album simultaneously.
3. Would there be any logistic issues for characters that primarily fight in a vehicle / mech such as Armored Core pilots? Should they be avoided?
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Hey ho! Taking a crack at this again. I'll make sure that the characters I want to write as originated from a video game this time before putting too many hours into musing them, that was a blunder. Sorry, Yatogami Tohka, your Light Novel came first before your game.

That said, I have a couple questions:
1. Do visual novels count as video games?
2. Are characters from a simultaneous multi-media franchise (that includes a video game among those medias they started with) allowed? An example of this is Synduality, a multi-media project by Bandai Namco that launched off as a video game, anime, and music album simultaneously.
3. Would there be any logistic issues for characters that primarily fight in a vehicle / mech such as Armored Core pilots? Should they be avoided?


Hello and welcome! Let's see about your questions...

1. Yes, so characters from Ace Attorney and Danganronpa would count, for instance.
2. That's an interesting question. While I'd prefer to not ride the line if possible, but I think I'd be inclined to allow it, as long as the characters in question are in the game part
3. That's a good question. There's Captain Falcon and various Star Fox characters that pretty much do all their fighting on foot, but there's also Bowser Junior, who rides his Clown Car into battle. I guess it depends on the size of the vehicle. D Va's mech would definitely be manageable and could just be summoned as an Ability, and fantasy characters who ride pegasi or horses could definitely have them, while larger vehicles like a Metal Attacker we could keep in the Avenger's vehicle bay. Armored Cores are really big though, and anything of that size would probably pose a logistical issue. So maybe we'll say 'those are allowed, within reason'?
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When will this start?
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When will this start?


August 25th will be the IC start, I'm making the real thread this Sunday on the 18th. So like I said, plenty of time for concepting, refining and bulking up sheets.
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I heard a certain light novel counts as a video game, but would a version of a character that originates from an actual video game also count to be even more authentic?

Because if so...



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I heard a certain light novel counts as a video game, but would a version of a character that originates from an actual video game also count to be even more authentic?

Because if so...



Hello and welcome! And yeah, Archer is a valid pick, as long as he's brought down to an appropriate starting level for the RP.
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He's one of the weakest Servants in F/sn, so it should be fine : )
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