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Arotura

a world in which humans have built castles for protection and Pokémon have always lived in the wild. In the past, strong Pokémon scared humans, so they built walls and towers from which they could repel Pokémon with bows and arrows. It was a dark time, and many castles were destroyed by agitated Pokémon... Nowadays, humans and Pokémon coexist, lending each other strength and taking each other to new heights. But while life has improved since the dark ages, not all is well.

In Venirin, a small kingdom once known the most prosperous in all of Arotura, the wise king Karos has recently passed away. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, as the eldest prince would inherit the throne. However, Karos' son Jurius wasn't half as kind or wise as his late father was, and as one of his first acts as king he declared the expansion of Venirin; a conquest that started with the swift assimilation of the previously unclaimed territory around Venirin. What inevitably followed was a declaration of war against the other kingdoms, as Jurius had no intention of stopping Venirin's expansion yet.

This war still rages today, but many know better than to involve themselves in it. Instead of fighting for Jurius' promised riches, they raid towns and villages, simply taking what valuables the unfortunate villagers might have. They hide in the ruins of fallen castles, dense forests or sometimes even the inhospitable Karadhor mountains, waiting for their opportunity to strike. Most of these thugs haven't known a day of honest work in their life. Some were forced into this, having been orphaned when the war started almost a decade ago, while others may simply not know any better, getting by the same way their parents had to. Whatever their reasons, they have all found themselves here, stealing to escape starvation for themselves and their Pokémon partner.

Geography


(Present-day world map for Arotura. X’s mark the locations of large cities.)



Rules

I doubt you guys will need it, but I will state these rules nonetheless.
1. Be civil. There's no reason for insults and other pointless swearing OoC when we're all here to enjoy a game.
2. Be reasonable. No godmodding, autohitting, endless dodging, etc. Let's keep this fun for everyone involved.
3. Work things out. When roleplaying combat with another player, try to reach a conclusion without my intervention. I will step in if I feel things get out of hand, but I don't want to have to be an arbiter for literally every action you guys take.
4. Follow the guild's rules. Obviously. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
5. Join the Discord. It will not be mandatory, but it will be the easiest way to keep in touch with me.

OoC Information

As you may have deduced from the introduction, in this setting you'd play as one of these thugs and their Pokémon. Whether you want to be a laid-back thug simply living a lazy life or a Robin Hood-esque rogue who shares his spoils with the poor, it's all fine, so long as you're an outlaw in one way or another.

The technological level of the setting is roughly comparable to the 17th century, save for the development of weapons. Being a bandit/thief/thug of some sort, you'd likely have a weapon and some combat ability, which you may want/have to use in order to overpower the people you're robbing and/or defending yourself from, in case your Pokémon partner is too busy battling theirs.

Poké balls don't exist yet, so anyone is limited to a single Pokémon partner they can rely on, which they've raised, tamed or otherwise bonded with. As the story develops I may allow people to train a second Pokémon, assuming they've somehow done something to create a bond with another Pokémon during play. The same is true for mega evolution and Z-moves; you'll have to earn them during play.

At the start of the game you will have a single Pokémon partner, and some pretty basic equipment, such as a simple weapon, some form of armor, some ropes and perhaps a few torches.

The restrictions on your Pokémon partner are as follows;
  • It may not be legendary.
  • It may have any ability normally available to it. (Including hidden abilities)
  • It may be a 1st stage evolution, so long as it evolves at or before level 30. (So while you may have a Charmeleon, you may not have a Charizard or Volcarona at the start of the game.)


Pokémon will know moves, but unlike the main series of the video games, I won't harass you over not knowing cut; a sword will do the trick, and so will a Scyther, regardless of his moves. Essentially, this means that your moves will be an indicator of your fighting style and techniques, but Pokémon don't suddenly become unable to do things they'd normally have no trouble doing if they don't have certain moves.

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The OoC is here!

Please remember to double-check your character sheets if you've made one already. If there are any questions you're still free to ask, and I'll be writing up the remaining places that I haven't been able to get around to yet over the course of tomorrow.
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@UndeadSpartan Can you tell me a little bit about Bussran

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Bussran is a large city that used to be the capital of another nation before Venirin took over. That nation doesn't exist anymore now, but being one of the first places conquered, it's been mostly rebuilt already.

The city itself isn't too special. It has many houses, a palace where the old ruler used to live, guard barracks. The thing that stands out most about it is probably its museum. As for the part of the land ot resides in, it has beaches along the southeast shore all the way along to the northwest, after which it gets too rocky to be considered a beach. There's dunes, forests and its overall not an ugly place.
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I added "grades" to her skills as well as moves for Riolu. Otherwise, the sheet is about the same.

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Moves look good, overall. Skill ratings are a bit on the high end with the number of approx. B skills, but since Riolu is somewhat lacking in power, being a baby pokémon, I don't think I mind your human being somewhat ahead of the curve.

With that said, it still looks good to me, as it did in the interest check, so you can consider yourself accepted. Go ahead and post her in the Characters tab.
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Alright! Good work on fixing your sheets, they look great. Both of you can consider yourselves accepted, so go ahead and post your CSes in the Char tab.
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progress is being made, i swear.

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Should have been posted here
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Don't forget to change the "XXXX" in the backstory now that yoi have a birthplace. Once you do, you may consider yourself accepted.
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Overall your sheet looks pretty good, but for the purpose of leaving some room to grow even in your specialties, please limit yourself to a single B skill as your highest skill and one or two B- skills at most. B rank already means you're very skilled at something, and A rank will border on entering the superhuman. Not that you could've known that as I forgot to write that part down, so that's my bad. Sorry for that, but please see about editing this.

Also, are you sure you want earthquake on Lairon? You're allowed to, by all means, but please do be aware that AoE moves can hurt trainers as well as pokémon... And since this is earthquake, it would (probably) hurt your characters and your allies as well.

Furthermore I'd really appreciate it if you could embolden your headers and give them a fancy color, perhaps.

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It's perfectly fine if you don't have your sheet finished yet. If you need help or information on things, you can hit me up through discord, PMs or just right here. Please send me a [@mention] if/when you finish your sheet and then I'll take a look at it.
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Name: Adrian Corwin
Age: 25
Sex: Male
Orientation: Determination
Place of Birth: Yaewong, Shirooka

Appearance:
Weighing in at 215 pounds and standing at a staggering 6'3, Adrian is a wall of muscle and force. His Face has a hard and stern look with a enlarged nose, from constant breakage, a scar on his left ear from a knife attack, and a black beard that covers his worn and torn tanned skin. His arms and body is that of a strong man as he was built up through work and strife, his hands shows it as his knuckles look like one large scar with some of his fingers beings slightly crooked from the incessant breakage and his hands are heavily callused as combat demands them to be tough. His forearms are covered with many small scars from everyday life. With his legs being as if tree trunks attached to a giant to over all making him look to be a mountain.

Personality:

An abrasive man he believes in everyman and woman should take hold of their life no matter would happen and you own it. He always prides himself in keeping himself in good shape and on top of his combat as he grew up with people around him doing the same. His one thing that branches off from his birth place is the belief of being loyal to yourself and what you believe in before anything else, which gets him into trouble more often than anything.

He has kept himself in high moral as he steals only when necessary and stuck to hunting, but he doesn’t shy away from killing. If someone approaches him and attacks he has 0 mercy and 0 guilt when looting them of everything they have. Yet he does carry regret in him as he can find himself remembering what he used to be and even who he could have been if he just kept his mouth shut about the general's wrong doings.

He will talk to most as if he was a normal soldier, with respect but keep it quick, as he finds it easy to talk like this and makes things simpler as you get what you need. His entire goal is to live with and protect Gastly, who was the thing that has been with him since he was a teen and has stayed by his side since.

Skills:

Combat:
Unarmed martial-arts | D
Sword play | C+
Combat Tactics | C
Bowman ship | D

Interaction:
Speech | E
Athletics | D
Leadership | C-
Intimidation | B

Survival:
Hunting | D
Tracking | D+
Fishing | E
Stealth | D

Utility:
First Aid | E
Cooking | D+
Sewing | E-
Armor maintenance | D-

Inventory:
Father's Longsword
A map of Yaewong
Plate armor: covering the body, shins, and forearms.
Leather armor: Covering the shoulders, thighs where plate armor is not covering.
Leather bag
Sleeping kit: Bedroll and blanket.

Background:

Adrian was born to George and Christina Crowin. George Corwin was a well respected captain who honored many of the beliefs and ideas of his father: to become a well respected warrior, be a man you want to look up to, and, the one thing that seems odd for a man born in Yaewong, be loyal and honorable to yourself before anyone else.

These same ideas were passed down to Adrian and he held them to his heart. Even from a young age he tried everything he could to stay real to these as he held himself with high standards. When he played with others he wanted to be the best so he did everything in his power to do his best, when he was being taught he worked himself to exhaustion everyday to absorb every bit of knowledge as if it was the last thing he will ever be taught. When he was being taught by his father to fight he fought as if he lost he would not eat dinner. Everything he did was with such determination he could be seen as a workaholic, yet he believed to reach where his father did, and where his father's father did, he would need to put in this much work to just get there.

When Adrian became a teenager he found some teens 'playing' with a Gastly as they throw rocks at it and taking large paper fans and blowing it around. Strangely this game would end with people being afraid when the Gastly tried to envelope you, but it just ran. As they found a large clay vase and caught it in it and sealed it as they started shaking it, Adrian had enough and wasn't gonna just watch them torment a Pokémon that showed no intent of hurting people. Adrian came over and started trying to catch the vase as they threw it around him, he tried as he could and didn't any luck when he decided knocking the teeth in of the next person who goes to catch it.

After around a fast brawl where it left Adrian with bloodied knuckles, beaten face, and the vase with the Gastly in it. Adrian let it out and started to talk to it. He slowly began to try and help it cope and even started to befriend it. After sometime and a few berries Gastly began to follow Adrian without him noticing. Staying far enough away so he couldn't feel its presence and watching him. After another week Gastly came out and activley followed Adrian as they began a friendship that lasted even 'till now.

When Adrian came of age he wanted to join the military, and as he was tested through battle and combat he found he was good with a sword because of his father's teachings, and he had good knowledge of the flow of battle and how to act and call actions from his grandfather's books and taking notes form his father on how to lead. He worked his way up to be a captain of a large unit and was working under the warrior General Leno Koi. Adrian saw this man as who he wanted to be as he seemed like a strong leader and an excellent warrior. Yet this was broken after a campaign under his command.

His general is one of the few men Adrian ever knew who had no back bone. He had little in the way of military tactics and was subpar in combat strategy, but he had an excellent physique and perfect sword play second to none. This man was an excellent warrior, but knew nothing on how to fight when they are at disadvantage and brought shame on the idea of war as he is often times cowering when faced with a decision too great for him to handle. This got so bad as other captains and commanders needed to take control of the situation to not just crumble.

Yet the reason Adrian is not in the Yaewong army isn't because he fancied a nice time as a bandit, he found himself in the presence of an enemy force who was about to over whelm them, in his quick decision Adrian ordered, against expressed orders of General Koi, to retreat and bunker down. At night he was charged with treason as what he did could have killed many more. During this time he was taken and was sentenced to be executed at morning. Gastly wasn't having this as she killed those guarding him and broke him out as they escaped with a hot trail they used the darkness of night and Gastly following behind shielding him to escape. And really the rest comes from the need to survive as he is now a wanted criminal in his home country.




Pokémon: Haunter

Nickname: Love or Carrie.

Ability: Levitate.

Item: None.

Bond: She is timid and shy.

Adrian found a Gastly being tormented and trapped by many teens when he was younger. He took Gastly away and let it out and began to talk to it, trying to calm it down and have it trust him. As many Gastlys always wants a companion she began to follow the only person who decided to be nice and not run away or attack it. She followed Adrian through his training and even through his rise to captain.

Gastly followed him close staying to the shadow and trying to not get hurt by others as they might be afraid of her. Through these times Adrian trained Gastly to defend herself as they would find themselves in battle and she could get into trouble as he gets caught up as well. During Adrian's training and even in battle he was already large and intimidating, but Gastly increased the presence as he always had a frightening presence follow him making him seem larger then life at times. All thanks to Gastly being a little bitch.

Gastly transformed into a Haunter when they had to run away and disappear from the military camp as they were going to be killed by the General Koi because of what Adrian found. Haunter helped by putting people to sleep and allowing a swift exit and a helped by scouting for Adrian, making sure she could save the man who gave her a chance and gave her friendship.

Moves:
Dream Eater pokemondb.net/move/dream-eater
Shadow Ball pokemondb.net/move/shadow-ball
Will-O-Wisp pokemondb.net/move/will-o-wisp
Hypnosis pokemondb.net/move/hypnosis
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It looks very nice indeed!
The only thing I can really remark is that "Bowman ship" would just be "Archery" or "Marksmanship," so if you fix that little detail you're accepted.
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@UndeadSpartan So, just checking because I think I got a neat idea: could I have Zorua or Zoroark as my character's poke-buddy and use their illusion ability for deceit-based criminal shenanigans?
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While I'd love to say yes, I'm afraid that with the people I've already accepted and the people I'm still waiting on I have quite a large group already... More than I'm certain will go well, in fact. So while I'd really like to welcome you to my potential playerbase, I really don't think I should.

I'll change the status from Apply to Full, and if you want I can shoot you a [ @mention ] if/when people drop out and I feel comfortable I can handle more people again. Sorry for wasting your time, for now.
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@UndeadSpartan Aww, too bad. Yeah, sure, shoot me a mention if a spot becomes available.
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Let's get this party started! The first post is up. Once you reply, please maintain a cyclical posting order; wait for everyone else to post before replying again. If for some reason we'll be skipping someone, either I or that person will tell you so.

Also, not unimportantly since I'm a doofus and forget to specifically write my location, the forest is within the white square, which is roughly the middle ground between where most characters come from.
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