Dragon Ball: The Titans Saga

[CaptainSully]

It has been generations since the adventures of Goku and the Z fighters, their names simply referred to as heroes. Since their time others have stepped up in their place to protect Earth and the rest of the universe. For the last fifty years the world has felt total bliss but darkness stirs...longing for freedom...

Welcome! Let me start out by saying that while the RP is called Dragon Ball, it is far closer in taste and general flavour to Z and Super. The universe is wide open and Earth is now inhabited by a mixture of races beyond that of just human. As the brief paragraph above says, things have been peaceful and all of the character you loved or loved to hate have long since died of old age. Peace has taken over the world but that hasn't stopped people from training and preparing for any potential threats.

General Stuff

This RP is going to be entirely PvE in the sense that it'll avoid having PvP as a compulsory part of the story. The idea will be that there will be enough enemies for everyone to get involved rather than having everyone trying to swarm on one big bad guy. There will be times that there will be a "big bad guy" to fight but things will be done to ensure everyone plays a key role in the story. That said, there is no reason two people can't have a sparring session if they so wish. Just be polite, patient and respectful of each others characters.

Ultimately this is a world I want to build with people so feel free to add your input. It's not just about me telling you all what will happen, you need to make your own decisions and help craft the story. I want everyone to get a chance to be the "hero" and so this is just the first saga of what I hope will be many.

Rules

Standard forum rules apply and just as a general practise, dont be a dick. In terms of disputes as GM I have last say on those matters and if people go to far, I have no issue in getting mods involved. However, don't feel like you can't speak your mind if you think something isn't working well or if you have ideas.

In terms of fighting, as it is primarily against NPC's you'll pretty much have free reign to do as you wish in combat, particularly against minions. However with "bosses" I expect close fights and in some instances I will tell you that you may lose. In terms of boss, when it comes to smaller or multiple bosses (like the Ginyu Force, 17/18 etc) i'd rather leave it to you guys to RP those battles once introduced. However when it comes to single big bads (like Frieza, Cell etc) i'll RP their entire interactions with people.

This RP will not use power levels.

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CS

Below is a basic CS (the post below contains an example CS). Feel free to make it look as pretty as you want. I will be looking for only a small-ish group(dont really want any more than 5 or 6) so when the OOC is up I will be setting a time limit of CS' and holding off accepting/rejecting until that date.

Name: (Simple)
Age: (18+ only please)
Gender: (Simple)
Race: (Ideally want majority of characters to be human seeing as it's based on Earth, but I will listen to other options including custom)
Appearance: (Pictures or descriptions are fine but needs to be anime)
Personality: (What is your character like to deal with)
Ki Colour: (What colour energy does your character have)

Stats
(Distribute 20 points into the below stats. They have no real input other than just providing some idea about what a character may be better at)
Strength: (Physical attacks)
Ki: (Energy attacks)
Endurance: (Ability to take damage)
Speed: (How fast they are)

Abilities:
(This can be racial abilities e.g. Saiyan Zenkai Boost or something you want to create yourself. Can have a total of 2, examples below.)
• Expandable Limbs - Due to the nature of X's biology he can stretch out his limbs to hit an opponent from distance. Can't do it over ten metres.
• Pre-Hensile Tail - Has a tail which can be used as an extra limb to inflict damage and restrain opponents.

Transformations: (These are a big part of DBZ and DBS but characters will not start with them, so just put none. However, at the end of each saga a character gains one transformation no matter what their race is).

Techniques: (Four trademark moves that your character has. They don't all need to be offensive in nature either. Will allow people to add more as we progress. Please label whether they are offensive, defensive or utility in nature.)
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Ultimate Technique: (Your characters ultimate offensive move when they just need to roll the dice)

History: (Background of your character)

Other: (Theme music, quotes...whatever else is relevant goes here)

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Feel free to ask any questions, post CS's or whatever. I'm just gauging interest right now so things could change.

[CaptainSully]

In the below hider is an example CS made up of copy and pasted bits from previous characters i've created. Feel free to copy the layout if you wish.

CS Example

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Basic Information:

Name: Samanosuke "Sam" Tanaka
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Ki Colour: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇

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Personality:

Very few people are as deceptively stoic as Sam. On the outside he is a figure of total calmness but on the inside lies a white hot rage that fuels the very power that make him a dangerous fighter. He has a solid grasp on his anger but when pushed to his limit it can seep out. With his often calm demeanour comes a sense of humour that people would expect him lacking just by looking at him. A face of seriousness often gives way to a smile or grin before returning to its mostly stern appearance. He is a man of the people and defender of the weak.

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Biography:

Sam was born to parents who were beyond ecstatic to have him. For years they had tried to have children until suddenly, after almost giving up all hope, Samanosuke Tanaka came into being. For the early years of his life he was much like any other baby, regular tears and soiled diapers but as he began to grow a deep anger within became evident. Severe tantrums and outbursts made life difficult for Sam's parents, so much so that by his fourth birthday they sought the help of the village elder. Part medicine man and part village leader, the elder was shocked by the child's inner aggression. However, he knew of a man who could tame the anger but it would mean giving up their son until the goal was achieved. Sam's parents reluctantly accepted, leaving him with the man known only as Kojiro.

In the years that followed Sam was taught a two thousand year old martial art known as Fists of the Swift Wind. The basis of the martial art was to utilise a persons anger to increase their damage output. The anger within Sam shocked Kojiro but not through a sense of fear, but through surprise that the youngsters potential was unbound. Throughout the history of the fighting style nobody had become so advanced at such a young age and so Kojiro grew excited.

It was four years after the start of his training that Sam was allowed to reunite with his parents and through it came an emotional outpouring from his mother and father. They couldn't believe the change in their child, particular the fact that he was more like a young adult than an eight year old. Even so they felt a level of guilt that he had missed much of his childhood having spent it training. Their opinion changed when they saw him showcase his capabilities in a local fighting tournament however, defeating adults three times his size through nothing but technique. They saw his natural gift and so, reluctantly, let him return to Kojiro. They hoped that his talent might one day do the world some good, even if it meant that they missed his early life.

It wasn't until his eighteenth birthday that Sams training was finally complete. Other fighters his age had levels of power that had surpassed him, focussing on increasing their strength. Kojiro focussed on teaching Sam the true techniques and secrets of the Swift Wind, increasing his power would come later. His body had been trained to almost be able to fight on autopilot, the accuracy and power of his strikes far surpassing what he should be capable of.

To the present day he keep in contact with Kojiro and spend much of his time taking care of his parents. When he isn't with either he is often training or helping those in need in his home village.

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Combat:

Abilities:
Power Through Fury - Fists of the Swift Wind is the martial art that Sam has been taught for the majority of his life. It allows him to tap into his inner anger to increase his strength beyond what a human should be capable of. It works much in the same way as the Saiyan zenkai boost, however rather than increasing power after near fatal experiences it increases power after great bouts of rage.
Ultimate Concentration - Can concentrate their ki blasts into smaller blasts of equal effectiveness. Giving the impression they are weaker when in reality they are not.

Stats:
Strength: 7
Ki: 3
Endurance: 6
Speed: 4

Techniques
• Waterfall Fists [OFFENSIVE] - Taking a face on stance on their opponent, the user is able to unload one hundred punches in the space of a second.
• Raging Torrent [OFFENSIVE] - Much like the Waterfall Fists technique, Raging Torrent involves taking a face on stance towards an opponent. However rather than punches being thrown, the users unleashes ki blasts. Twenty blasts in total are fired in the space of a second.
• Sudden Storm [OFFENSIVE] - The user channels their rage into their fists until they glow with energy, with each hit from them feeling like a babies punch. Within three seconds of the glow fading the opponent experiences the true full force of each punch simultaneously. The more punches that land, the more damage that is inflicted.
• Mirrorform [DEFENSIVE] - By focussing solely on the opponent Sam can avoid all incoming attacks. However he cannot attack himself while using the technique and it takes an extreme toll on his body so should only ever be used to delay far superior opponents.

Ultimate Techniques

• Apocalyptic Fist [OFFENSIVE] - Sam stands his ground, planting his feet firmly shoulder width apart. The air around him visibly begins to distort as if reality around him is breaking apart. The sound generated during this time reaches a deafening level before the cracks around Sam engulf him at which point he disappears, leaving total silence. During this time he is transported to a realm created from nothing but the rage of all living creatures. There time acts differently, minutes being mere seconds in the normal world. While there Sam focusses what ki he can spare into his fist. After he has finished he charges forward as fast as he can, breaking back through to the normal world directly at his enemy. When he approaches his opponent the ki around his fist erupts around him leaving a trail much like a large beam attack. The front of the ki wave takes the form of a screaming skull. Upon impact the punch is capable of punching through whatever it hits, leaving a gaping hole in larger opponents or totally wiping out smaller ones.

Transformations
• None - None

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Miscellaneous:

Other
• Likes - He very much likes to eat steak

[King Cosmos]

@CaptainSully I'm interested in taking part in this. Gotta love a good nostalgia RP.

I'll probably make a character who, like yours, is more focused on martial arts than ki beams; I like the idea of a character who's more skilled than he is powerful.

[Olive Fontaine]

I would be interested in joining. How would you feel about a character based on the kind of magic we see in the shows rather than a ki-using martial artist? It isn’t explored that heavily in DBZ, only showing up in characters like Baba, Dabura, and Babidi, but I think that we can flesh it out a bit more. It could be really interesting.

[Todd Howard]

@CaptainSully

-nvm something came up, sorry-

[CaptainSully]

@Olive Fontaine I guess my only concern with a magic user is that most of the time they don’t have any sort of martial prowess. That said, if you want to say they utilise magic instead of Ki then that’s fine I guess. Just replace the Ki stat with Magic.

But before you do start cracking on with a full CS, what sort of abilities/techniques would you be looking at with the character?

@King Cosmos feel free to do whatever you want

[Olive Fontaine]

@CaptainSully

Dabura certainly did, though of course he was using both ki and magic. Frieza also did some pseudo-magic stuff when he was using telekinesis to attack with an intersecting grid of hundreds of rocks.

Come to think of it - I’m not sure Frieza himself really had any martial prowess to speak of (he couldn’t detect ki); he was just so powerful and fast that it didn’t matter.

I haven’t fully decided how the character will play yet, I’ll have to look back into the series for some inspiration. Probably some kind of defensive magic will be necessary to be able to survive a hit. Possibly something like 17s forcefields or a kind of magically constructed armor. I’m still considering what magical attacks would be like in a DBZ fight scenario.

[CaptainSully]

@Olive Fontaine I’ll be honest, the more I think about it the more I’m not really a fan of the idea. While there are examples of magic, they are so few and far between, plus how do you scale it versus Ki energy?

If you can convince me with a good enough idea then I’ll allow it but it’ll need to be something special.

[Olive Fontaine]

Fair enough - it probably would be a bit wonky if we weren’t careful. I might still submit an app with a martial character depending on how the game looks.

[Weird Tales]

I would like to join

[Archmage MC]

Hm. Think a robot character would work? One that is basically just a nanobot swarm in essence but that swarm likes to take teh shape of a robot?

[IAmKnight]

Yo @CaptainSully I dunno if you've already made the official thread but I'm interested. Is a Saiyan-blood race available? So capable of saiyan whatnot but mostly human?

[Weird Tales]

I want to make a Wolfman character

[CaptainSully]

@Archmage MC the idea of a robot works for me but I’d rather it be a standard robot rather than a nanobot swarm if I’m being totally honest.

@IAmKnight nah still in interest check buddy Saiyan’s are available but just so you know almost all races will be able to attain the same sort of power up transformations as Saiyans. Obviously not super Saiyan but something that will allow them to be able to fairly compete if needed.

@Weird Tales that’d be perfectly fine buddy.

[Duthguy]

Anyone have idea's for abilities based on this cs?

CS

Name: Reo Anzai
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Human

Personality: While not exactly insecure he isn't as proud as he pretends to be, and at least part of the reason behind his acting is to get people to underestimate him. He is willing to bend the rules if necessary but doesn't outright break them. He hates losing but as long as he believes his opponent didn't outright cheat is willing to accept the outcome, otherwise he will contest it in what ever way he can think off without cheating himself.

Ki Colour: Orange

Stats

Strength: 5
Ki: 4
Endurance: 4
Speed: 7

Abilities:
• Keen Eye: Reo has a natural aptitude for martial arts and the skills that they involve. Whether it be from practise or simply observation, he learns new moves in half the time of even the most skilled martial artists - Reo starts with one additional technique and can create an additional one at the end of each saga.
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Transformations: None

Techniques: (Four trademark moves that your character has. They don't all need to be offensive in nature either. Will allow people to add more as we progress).
• Sword Kick [OFFENSIVE] - An improvised move where Reo drops his sword and kicks the base of the hilt with his foot to send it propelling towards the intended target.
• Sword Drop [OFFENSIVE] - Reo holds his sword in one hand and slashes at their opponent, but instead of actually attacking, pulls off a feint. The released sword falls to his other hand, which is grabbed to create a genuine slash.
• Cutting Shield [DEFENSIVE] - Reo swiftly swings his sword around his entire body without cutting himself. The speed of this technique makes it difficult for an adversary to get close to him in order to attack at close range without risk of injury. There are openings in it though.
• Watermelon Splitting [OFFENSIVE] - A two-handed, overhead slash meant to cleanly and precisely cleave an opponent's head in twain.
• Dynamite Kick [OFFENSIVE] - A jump kick aimed at the face of Reo's opponent

Ultimate Technique: Blazing Trail [OFFENSIVE] - Reo infuses his sword with nearly all of his ki and charges at his opponent. When close enough he unleashes the stored ki while slashing his sword around close to his opponent, the sword never actually touching them. Instead it leaves a trail of ki behind it which does hit them.

History: The oldest child of a female sword fighter and a well of merchant his parent hoped he would follow in his father's footsteps but never pressured him into it, knowing that that would have most likely have the opposite effect. When it became clear he was more far interested in learning to fight his mother was both proud of him, knowing he was a good person and worried because he might serious hurt.

When he was fifteen he convinced his uncle Fuyuki Matsuhita to train him in his family's seventy-five year old sword fighting style, and at first it seemed he would easily master it as he picked up on the physical aspect of it easily. However when it came to learning ki attacks, which was really the style's focus, he floundered. Eventually his younger cousin Emiko easily surpassed him despite starting training a year and a half later.

Fuyuki eventually told Reo that he wasn't suited for the Matsuhita-style of sword fighting but that he did real talent for non ki attacks. As a result his dream of creating his own style was born, though he stubbornly refused on giving up learning how to master ki.

The day he turned eighteen he left his village to travel the world and improve his skills, having decided to completely abandon what he learned from his uncle and start over from scratch. He quickly learned that traveling on his own while carrying a sword got him the wrong kind of attention and was forced to either improve or use some of the skills he had been taught. As a result his own fightingstyle was slowly starting to develop, though most of his own moves relied on either trickery, distractions or his sword since they were created spur of the moment.

Realizing the weaknesses that presented he decided that he needed both time and more examples to create better techniques and looked for a place he could settle down, and find plenty of other martial artists.

Other:He refuses to admit it but his two best moves Cutting Shield and Blazing Trail are renamed Matsuhita-school techniques. His dream is to create his own fighting style that while not devoid of ki attacks doesn't focus on them and to teach it to others in his own dojo.

[King Cosmos]

Anyone have idea's for abilities based on this cs?

@Duthguy

Well, the abilities are meant to be based on your characters race more than anything specific to them. So it's more a question of what sort of abilities a human would have in this setting; they don't really seem to have anything special like the other races do.

I'd suggest something like 'fast growth' so that they make up for their lack of natural advantages by increasing their power levels faster than others, but that'll leave humans pretty imbalanced further down the line.

Maybe they make up for lack of power by being better at martial arts? Like they are able to learn completely physical techniques faster than other races?

[CaptainSully]

@King Cosmos@Duthguy

Apologies my wording is incorrect. It doesn’t have to be racial specific but obviously can’t have a human with zenkai unless it’s called something else for example.

Power levels are irrelevant anyway so something like zenkai wouldn’t matter.

[Duthguy]

@King Cosmos @CaptainSully Well learning martial arts faster works with the backstory of his uncle giving up on teaching Reo due to his issues with ki, though it has to be said the uncle isn't exactly world's greatest teacher. It's similar to All Might and Deku, his uncle never had issues leaning how to use his ki on top of simply not knowing how to explain himself all too well. If Reo had trained under his mother, who is weaker than his uncle, he would have learned more.

[CaptainSully]

@King Cosmos@Duthguy Maybe something like this:

Keen Eye: Reo has a natural aptitude for martial arts and the skills that they involve. Whether it be from practise or simply observation, he learns new moves in half the time of even the most skilled martial artists - Reo starts with one additional technique and can create an additional one at the end of each saga.

The gist will be that characters evolve over time so like gaining a transformation at the end of a saga, they will also gain an additional technique or two (still deciding on this).

[Archmage MC]

@CaptainSully I could make a nanobot swarm pretty balanced. (I know your concern.) Although what I'm really going for is... Did you ever watch My Life as a Teenage Robot? Something like that would mesh very well in DBZ and give me the main thing I'd like to play with, weapon transformations and all that.