[OOC] Deep Ground Online

[TheWendil]

Interest Check

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GM: TheWindel
Co-GM: Lucius Cypher
Status: Open to all Applicants

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It is said that the past repeats itself throughout the course of history. An ancient legend from a time too far for our own understanding speaks of such a repeated process. According to the texts of old, seven wise kings ruled the land in separate territories, and peace was installed in the plane we know as the world. Each designated ruler was a mighty warrior in their own right, and each represented a color of the spectrum to reflect their inner strength and will: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, White, and Black.

For a time, the constant era of war and strife was ended upon by a peace treaty which, although not fully uniting the different kingdoms as one, did maintain a common truce among the seven rulers. Seven kings to rule the land…until one fateful day in time. One single moment in fate.

The wisest and most powerful of the rulers, the Black King, was struck down by a treacherous blade. The Orange King, with all of his cunning and skill, persuaded the remaining five rulers to rebel against what they saw as prideful tyranny. In doing so, each of them betrayed their beloved comrade with a cruel execution. Soon after, the rulers and their legions of armies continued the cycle of violence and war anew, each seeking out greater power and glory than ever before.

The world grew divided once again.

Fast forward into the future, nearly several thousand years since that dark time.

It is the year 2048. The world has become connected once more though a global phenomenon known as the World Interface. It is through this tool in which all conflicts are resolved without the usage of such barbaric means. All people can connect their minds to the World Interface at any given time, via a mass satellite orbiting around the planet that transmits and broadcasts brainwaves.

Enter Deep Ground.

The Deep Ground Program, or D.G.P. to most, is a universal method of education and teaching to all youth. To an external viewer, it is nothing more than a highly competitive action game, and some have even labeled the software affectionately as Deep Ground Online. That title is not too far from the truth, as players compete with one another on a global scale through various battles and missions.

The game itself is quite simple, and the goal is linear. Be the first to eliminate your opponent and win. However, like all things in this world, there are twists of fate. Deep Ground is only available to those ranging between ages 13 and 18. It is not uncommon then for many to grant their child the D.G.P. for their thirteenth birthday.

The software itself affects reality as well. Players begin their harsh journey at age 13. Once reaching age 19, the program automatically uninstalls itself from within the player’s memory bank stored within their brain. The overall objective is really quite simple.

The program determines one’s fate in reality. The better the player, the better they shall succeed in real life. A player aged 18 who has a significant winning streak may then be rewarded to live the rest of their lives in relative comfort with perhaps a high waging job. A player in the same circumstance who has failed to meet any substantial achievements is forever condemned to a life of meager living. Your status in-game affects your future. There is no fighting against it; that is how it has always been. That is how it will always be.

There are seven domains within the world of Deep Ground, each ruled by a colored king to fit the legend; Deep Ground itself was originally based on the tale of the seven rulers. All colored rulers are at least level 9 players, with the highest cap peaking at level 9. Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White….each have created guilds in which to further expand their power and glory in the real world.

The Black King rules a guild that is notified for the fact that it contains no players, only the Black King itself. However, times are changing, for better or worse. One fateful day, much like the day of legend long past, the current Black King made a public announcement throughout the servers of the World Interface and all throughout Deep Ground.

“Attention all players. I, the Black King, ruler of the Ebony Strykers, am allowing any and all to join my guild. This will be the first time I have done so in the entirety of Deep Ground’s launch. Please, choose your allies wisely.”

And where do you fit into this? You are a player yourself, trying to survive and succeed until your 18th birthday. Will you join a guild or will you dare to fight alone?

The choice lies entirely in your own actions. Happy gaming.

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There are seven official Guilds as well as two non-affiliated groups in which one can join in Deep Ground Online:

The Scarlet Harleys of the Red King

Free Runner

The Cobalt Bruisers of the Blue King

Gleeful Jackal-Blue King

The Fanged Rangers of the Green King

Tender Fern-Green King

The Tinged Berserkers of the Yellow King

Shooting Star-Yellow King

The Silent Marauders of the Orange King

The Ivory Masks of the White King

The Ebony Strykers of the Black King

Dark Wraith

Sweepers

Arms Slave, Dark Wraith

Solo Gamers

Smitten Kitten

There are also six major player roles within the RP. Each of them are a colored ruler, and thus will be in control of their guild. Players are encouraged to join guilds and collaborate with one another to defeat other enemies as well as formulate strategies to win battles. To claim these, it's first come first serve.

-The Red King: Open
-The Blue King Claimed by Psyker Landshark.
-The Green King Claimed by Arrayah.
-The Yellow King: Claimed by Scarifar.
-The Orange King Open
-The White King: Open

Deep Ground Online is, in its most basic form and components, an indirect fighting game. The environment of Deep Ground Online is a massive city with spanning levels and wide open complexes for players to utilize. Labeled as “Faded City”, there are seven main districts each respectively reserved for each faction. Guilds may conquer other districts to further grow in power and strength.

There are a total amount of five classes in Deep Ground Online.

The Assassin:
The most diverse and easy to control out of the three classes. This class specializes in quick kills and relies on stealth and speed to take down their targets. Furthermore, they are considered the fastest class throughout all of Deep Ground. Excels in close-combat and is prone to using a wide arrange of items and tools. Does not have a specific weapon, although they can most commonly be seen wielding either knives, swords, or any other bladed weapon.

The Gunner:
Main weapon is a gun of choice, and silencers may be purchased with a high enough level. This class focuses on long-ranged capabilities to pin down approaching opponents. Although not totally defenseless in close-quarters battle, they are at a disadvantage compared to their Assassin counterparts. This class is unique in that they may fully master any firearm within the arm, though flashy moves are usually frowned upon for quick kills. This class also has the highest jumping range in the game.

The Brawler:
Unmatched in physical combat, boasting the most endurance of all classes and a pretty nasty punch to boot. However, their up-close-and-personal superiority is matched by their total and utter disadvantages at a range. Lacking any means to fight from afar, the Brawler must use their endurance to close in on the enemy and his strength to tear them a new asshole once he's within melee range. Capable of wielding a veritable arsenal of melee weapons.

The Healer
Tapping into metaphysical forces, the Healer's not the best fighter, but they’re staying power is second to none. Capable of healing both themselves and others, the Healer is more typically cast into a support role, where their entrusted with the lives of his comrades. He can use his powers to deal small amounts of damage as well, but more often than not, he'll ultimately fall short of defeating those of other classes. Utilizes small weapons for both melee and ranged combat, such as knives-melee and throwing-fist weapons, and small pistols.

The Wizard
Like the Healer, the Wizard is unique in that they’re able to tap into more mysterious forces to do his job. Unlike the Healer, however, the Wizard's powers are all offense-centric. From casting forth fireballs to raising the corpses of their enemies at higher levels, a Wizard who knows what they’re doing will be unmatched at a distance; lobbing forth projectiles and making his fallen enemies do his bidding. However, once "at a distance" ends, they won't be around for long. Even more fragile than the Healer, the Wizard is often considered dead the instant an enemy gets within melee range. Due to needing both their hands for magic, a Wizard doesn't use any weapons.

Purple Crown Academy:
Purple Crown Academy is a massive school located in the heart of the world, floating on an island in the ocean. This focal point shall be the scenery for a vast majority of the events taking place in the real world. Players will learn regular school materials and go about their day to day lives, but the RP shall lie in the interactions characters make both in the real world and Deep Ground.

Because all of the world’s students attend Crown, it’s therefore not uncommon for players to form after school meetings for their specific guild and further increase their status. The end of their attendance at Purple Crown shall lead to the end of Deep Ground and the verdict of their new future.

It is considered social taboo for people to participate in opposite guild meetings, and it is said that the Black King is the only player to have never disclosed their identity in real life. That is, until the mass message to invite players. And so the search for the elusive Black King begins…

Uniforms

All students within Purple Crown Academy are required to wear the above uniform outside of Deep Ground. You can thank your Co-GM for their design.

Sweepers

The Sweepers are an anonymous "Force" of Defenders of Justice and Vigilante. They have no loyalty to guild nor kings as a whole, meaning that anyone could potentially be targeted by the Sweepers. What makes them different from other nameless hordes is whom they hunt: True Sweepers only hunt down those have have been branded as Outlaws, players who prey on the weak and defenseless. Typically this means low levels under level 5 or so, but just about anyone can be a victim depending on the circumstances. And it's the Sweeper's duty to go out and protect those players as well as punish the Outlaws.

Of course, things aren't always so easy. While their free-roaming nature means that anyone can take up the cause of the Sweepers, it is for that same reason that many people can use the name of the Sweepers for evil purposes. Being a Sweeper is an ideal and not held in any actual code or law, so while anyone can take up the cause of a Sweeper, just about anyone can abuse it. Generally those who do not fill the idealized image of a Sweeper is not truly a Sweeper, and thus you are judged by your actions, not by your words. Hence why the Sweepers never organized.

Than again, the Sweepers as most know them is really just a cover, one that the original creator would at least sometimes play the part of. The creator of the Sweepers is Restu Goroshi, Dark Wraith, though she does not play the role of a leader or even takes responsibility as the propagator. She does, however, serve a role with the Sweeper that has some structure: The Erasers. Whereas Sweepers are just anyone willing to fight for justice, Erasers are less pleasant. Erasers are hackers within the Sweepers who are tasked to assign and find Outlaws, but in and out of the game. Erasers play a dark part of justice who "execute" particularly annoying Outlaws. The Erasers are often in league with one another, but again, they have no leader to answer to and often operate with their own agenda. What makes a person an Eraser is the ability to manipulate the system of Deep Ground, and the interest in condemning players to constant harassment of the Sweepers and the eventual removal from Deep Ground.

Some Sweepers may know of the existence of the Erasers (Such as Donny) and they are often the hitmen Erasers would call upon to eliminate players in real life. Rarely would an Eraser actually dirty their own hands eliminating Outlaws in real life due to the importance of their skills. They will however assist however they can to ensure their Sweepers get the job done.

Avatars:
Players are given their in-game avatars immediately upon logging into Deep Ground for the first time. As the process is automatic, avatars are thus based on a player’s inner most personality; a reflection of their hopes, dreams, fears, etc. Furthermore, the avatar name is chosen as well, usually an adjective followed by a noun. Only the colored kings have avatars that are coherent with their colored factions; other players are not restricted by the color status quo.

Leveling up:
Each player will gain the chance to level up, and will do so by gaining experience points. Experience points are earned through winning battles, completing missions, or hunting down Dissolutions; enemy NPCs. Once reaching level 3, players are then asked to pick a specialization from three different choices depending on their class, which will grant them unique skills and other bonuses unique not only to that class, but that specific spec. Then, every 1 level, they may choose a perk relevant to their level that grants those further bonuses, again depending on your spec.

Matches are usually death battles with either single or a group of players against an equal amount of enemies. Players are expected to use any method deemed necessary to effectively assassinate the enemy. IC, players will level up after earning victory in three battles, hunting down two Dissolutions, or completing four missions. Before one does level up, please consult either myself or the Co-GM as to whether your evolved spec is appropriate or not. Basically, I’m giving you a lot of freedom and trust here in terms of what skills you can have when leveling up.

Do not make me regret this decision.

Rules

1. No Godmodding.
2. Although there is no posting order, I strongly recommend that you wait at least two turns before posting again.
3. All characters are aged between 13-18 years of age.
4.Characters who die within Deep Ground may not be able to access the program until one full day has passed in real time. Have your OC pass the time or build some drama before then.
5. Relationships between characters are strongly encouraged. Makes it more amusing to both me and my Co-GM.
6. Discussion in the OOC is nice, but if there is prolonged heated argument, take it in the PMs. Otherwise, I will solve the problem....quickly.
7. All characters can be of either gender. This includes the Colored Kings.
8. It is your responsibility to keep track of what level your character is. That being said, you may each begin the RP with any level below or at 5. The exception to this are the Colored King characters.
9. Colored Kings are responsible for leading their guild as well as actively communicating with their fellow RPers OOC.
10. I only want those RPers who will post on a regular basis and will not suddenly lose interest or leave without saying anything. I strongly suggest you either inform me or the Co-GM of your leave of absence. If it’s an emergency, then at least tell me it is. I’m understandable.
11. That being said, the only people who can use the six major roles of the colored Kings are those RPers who can at least post three-four coherent paragraphs long and will not ditch their position hastily.
13. All Deep Ground avatars are humanoid in appearance. Please use images for all appearances in your CS.
13. If you have any problems, questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to either let me or Lucius Cypher know.
14. Have fun. Or I will make you have fun 0)_(0

CS

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Name:
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Personality:
Appearance (Avatar):
Avatar Class:
Avatar Title:
Avatar Level (Initial):
Avatar Guild:
Avatar Abilities:
Other:

Accepted OCs

1. Arms Slave/Donny Lee Yang-Lucius Cypher
2. Dark Wraith/Retsu Goroshi-Lucius Cypher
3. Free Runner/Daniel Day Dalton-Scarifar
4. Shooting Star-Yellow King/Michelle Kine-Scarifar
5. Tender Fern-Green King/Lucy Hall-Arrayah
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8. M-C (S) M-Variant/Jun Lyu-Zombehs
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10. Smitten Kitten/Hibiki Toho-Ryonara
11. Gleeful Jackal-Blue King/Sam Jensen-Psyker Landshark
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13. Distant Sage/Meilin Shen-Psyker Landshark
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Black King

Appearance-Real Life: To be discovered.
Height: To be discovered.
Weight:To be discovered.
Hair Color: To be discovered.
Eye Color: To be discovered.
Name: To be discovered.
Age:To be discovered.
History:To be discovered.
Personality: To be discovered.
Appearance-Avatar:
Avatar Class: Assassin-Hitman Spec
Avatar Title: Moon Rider-Black King
Avatar Level: 9
Avatar Guild: Ebony Strykers
Avatar Abilities:

Wicked Weave: A desperation type-move in which Moon Rider exchanges a massive amount of health in exchange for speed and strength. In this state, Moon Rider moves fast enough for enemies to witness several copies of her Avatar seemingly materializing from thin air. However, the fact that one well-placed move can interrupt the heightened state, as well as the fact that the ability takes up to 90% of Moon Rider's total health of whatever she has at the time, makes this power a risky cost. The ability becomes inactive after about a minute of usage.

Ghost Phase: A passive ability that allows the Black King to take on the physical appearance of other players. As an illusionary ability, all aspects of other player Avatars are copied near-perfectly; voice, height, etc. However, the Black King can not use any of the copied player's abilities, and the effects only last about roughly two minutes. Furthermore, she cannot copy the appearances of enemy NPCs.

Regal Dance: A move generally not seen to the public as the Black King herself goes through vigorous trouble to conceal its capabilities. Her only known reasoning for doing so is because it is, in her own words, "too flashy". Only the White King has ever seen the move personally, and it's doubtful they'd reveal it to the populace for their own personal reasons.

Perks:

-Vicious Strikes: Melee damage increased by 20%

-Grim Stride: Support skill that doubles your movement and attack speed. Lasts 10 seconds, with a two-minute cooldown.

-Assassin Stride: Enables you to move about all nimble-like. Like a parkour master...or...y'know...an assassin.

-Shadowstalk: Support skill that renders the user invisible for thirty seconds. Cannot be used in combat, and cannot attack during this time. Five-minute cooldown.

-Swift Slayer: Ground movement speed increased by 50%

-Grim Reaper: Melee skill that instantly kills an enemy. Cannot be used on a target that is already in combat, Dissolutions, or on somebody who sees you. 1-day cooldown.

Other: Claims to see all colors the same, and so does not have a favorite specific. Despite this, it's been noted that she used to be quite fond of the color white.

Windel: Admittedly, I myself like the color red.

Theme:

Now then. To actually prove you sat down and read all this, put your favorite color at the end of your CS. I will not accept a CS if this step is not taken. Happy gaming.

[UnendingEmpire]

SPECS & PERKS

Upon reaching Level 3, a character is asked to pick one spec (short for specialization) from three choices that vary with their class. After this, the player will receive a single perk upon each level up from their choice of two; spec choices do not affect what perks you can and can't have. These perks can be new skills, passive bonuses, or even new tools to add to your arsenal depending on the class.

All that said and done, let's take a look.

Assassin

SPECS

Shinobi: Shinobi-spec Assassins are unique in that, unlike the other Assassin specs, they can set various traps for their opponents to walk into. They're also far faster than other Assassins, but their weapons are limited to knives only. As a result, Shinobi-spec players will need to rely more on traps and cunning than melee prowess.

Hitman: The Hitman is a merciless killer who wields a wide variety of weapons. While he loses the ability to sneak about, the Hitman compensates for the loss of this crucial ability with an increase to his offensive and defensive capabilities. While still flimsy, rest assured that if a Hitman goes down, he's taking somebody else with him.

Sniper: Not to be confused with the Gunner spec of the same name, Sniper-spec Assassins do have some similarities to their Gunner counterparts. Both of them specialize in the use of sniper rifles, but unlike their Gunner counterparts, Sniper-spec Assassins are unable to deploy traps. However, they also don't lose their usual Assassin sneakiness and combat prowess.

PERKS

Level 4
Assassination: Sneak attacks do double damage. Not applicable if already in combat.
Vicious Strikes: Melee damage increased by 20%

Level 5
Trapper: Enables the use of traps for Sniper and Hitman specs. Shinobi specs will instead have their traps doubled in power.
Grim Stride: Support skill that doubles your movement and attack speed. Lasts 10 seconds, with a two-minute cooldown.

Level 6
Assassin Stride: Enables you to move about all nimble-like. Like a parkour master...or...y'know...an assassin.
Deadly Aim: Critical hit rate doubled.

Level 7
Engineer: Enables the Assassin to create remote-detonated explosives, smoke bombs, and grappling hooks. These items can be used by any class, but only Assassins can craft them.
Shadowstalk: Support skill that renders the user invisible for thirty seconds. Cannot be used in combat, and cannot attack during this time. Five-minute cooldown.

Level 8
Soaring Slayer: Jump height and acrobatic ability in general is doubled.
Swift Slayer: Ground movement speed increased by 50%.

Level 9
Grim Reaper: Melee skill that instantly kills an enemy. Cannot be used on a target that is already in combat, Dissolutions, or on somebody who sees you. 1-day cooldown.
Assassin's DNA: Allows the Assassin to pick any Level 8 or lower perk they don't already have.

Gunner

SPECS

Commando: A Commando-spec Gunner's best friend is his combat knife. While still able to shoot enemies from afar with their guns, the Commando will inevitably prevail in melee combat against Gunners of other specs. Skills unique to the Commando spec closes in more on use of knives (melee and throwing) than guns. Because Commandos can hold their own in melee combat as well as from afar, it's said to be the best spec for solo players in this class.

Sniper: The Sniper is a silent warrior who picks off enemies from incredible ranges, using both their namesake rifles and cunning traps to ensnare and eliminate enemies without ever being seen. While a Sniper can be vicious from the huge ranges they're most comfortable in, they'll ultimately fall short at close or mid ranges since they only have access to traps and sniper skills. A player who chooses this spec is immediately gifted with a sniper rifle, since they won't be doing much without one.

Armsman: Where the Commando is a melee fighter and the Sniper is one who fights from immense distances, the Armsman is the middle ground. Capable of unleashing a massive payload at firing range, the Armsman specializes in any ranged weapon he can get his hands on. However, for how fearsome they are at firing both from afar and at point-blank, the Armsman spec is the only one that cannot use skills the utilize traps.

PERKS

Level 4
Field Medic: Grants the Gunner the ability to use bandages to heal himself or allies when not in battle. Not nearly as effective as a Healer, though.
Marksman: Gun accuracy increased by 30%

Level 5
Resourceful: Materials are not required to set traps.
Combat Armor: Reduce melee damage taken by 20%

Level 6
Sleight of Hand: Reload speed for ranged weapons doubled.
Eagle Eye: Ranged skill that homes in on an enemy's weak point. Guaranteed critical hit, but 1-second charge time & 10-second cooldown.

Level 7
Chain Knife: Attaches 5-foot chains to your combat knives.
Elite Soldier: Increases all damage - except trap damage - by 10%

Level 8
Banner of Courage: Increases your HP - as well as the HP of everybody in your party - by 10%
Rifle Enthusiast: Lets you dual-wield two-handed rifles.

Level 9
Jack the Ripper: Melee skill that deals immense damage to everybody around you. Requires a knife.
Fatal Fire: Ranged skill that instantly kills most NPC enemies; deals players and Dissolutions damage equal to 90% of their total HP. 3-second charge time; 60-minute cooldown.

Brawler

SPECS

Berserker: The Berserker is a vicious fighter who has no concern for how much damage he takes, instead focusing solely on ripping the enemy to pieces. A Berserker's unique skills all focus on dealing as much damage as possible, as quickly as possible.

Tank: Aptly-named, the Tank-spec Brawlers focus on exactly that. Getting the attention of the enemy and keeping it on them, shrugging off hits so that the rest of the team can do the damage. The Tank's unique skills focus on keeping NPC enemies on him, as well as granting buffs to himself to boost his combat prowess.

Scrapper: Scrappers use their tenacity and strength to its full extent. Actually, from a purely stat-based viewpoint, they're overall the strongest melee spec. However, even though they're faster and they have better stats across the board (even if it's not by much) Scrappers are restricted to the use of fist weapons only. Their speed is necessary to get within punching range.

PERKS

Level 4
Pain Infliction: Increase all damage done by 15%
Pain Resistance: Reduce all damage taken by 10%

Level 5
Bloodlust: Support skill that doubles all damage dealt for five seconds. Has a three-minute cooldown.
Titan's Grip: Enables you to dual-wield two-handed weapons.

Level 6
Gyro Strike: Offense skill in which the user performs a powerful spin attack, using centrifugal force as a means to enhance the attack even further. Deals heavy damage to anybody within range of your weapon(s). 30-second cooldown.
The Zaraki Method: Increases your damage output in proportion to your remaining health (99% HP remaining is a 1% bonus, 75% HP is a 25% bonus, etc.) up to a maximum of 90% additional damage (10% HP remaining).

Level 7
Atlas Fist: Unarmed skill in which the user unleashes a punch of incomparable power. Deals heavy damage and ignores defense ratings. 60-second cooldown.
Icarus Attack: Armed skill in which the user - from high above - comes down upon the opponent, using gravity as a means to enhance the damage even further. The user also takes no falling damage when using this skill. Requires you to be at least 50 feet above the target.

Level 8
Cadet: Enables you to use a gun (two-handed guns only).
Boomerang: Ranged skill in which the user throws one or more of their weapons at the target, where it deals damage before returning to the user (this damage is treated as melee damage). 10-second cooldown per weapon.

Level 9
Herculean: You now possess the physical strength to smash through most - if not all - obstacles in your way. (NOTE: Has no effect on how much damage your attacks deal.)
War Horse: Summon skill that conjures up a War Horse; a very fast-moving mount that is capable of running up walls and over water.

Healer

SPECS

Priest: The most powerful healing spec, the Priest lives purely to make sure others keep living. Using sacred rites, the Priest heals his allies better than any other spec can. Sadly, he's completely ineffective in combat, so solo players never choose this spec.

Witch Doctor: The ideal spec for solo-playing Healers, the Witch Doctor uses voodoo rituals not only to heal his allies, but to harm his enemies too. While he'll never do quite as much damage as a Wizard, he's still pretty fearsome since he has the unique privilige of being able to damage and heal effectively in battle.

Surgeon: The Surgeon casts away his mystical ways and turns to technology to heal and improve his allies. He can fight (granted, not as well as he can heal) and is capable of deploying nanobots to heal his allies in battle as his magic would have previously done. However, the gold in Surgeons is that they're able to grant allies unique "cyborg" buffs that are not only very powerful, but have quite a duration.

PERKS

Level 4:
Resurrection: Magic skill that lets you revive a dead ally after a five-second casting time. Has a ten-minute cooldown.
Wisdom: Cooldown time for spells reduced by 25%

Level 5:
Spectral Body: Support skill that turns your body into an arcane mist, rendering you immune to physical damage for ten seconds. You cannot cast magic during this time, and the skill has a ten-minute cooldown.
Heal Pulse: Area-of-effect skill that heals all allies within a twenty-foot radius. One-second cast time, thirty-second cooldown.

Wizard

SPECS

Sorcerer: A Sorcerer is a mighty spellcaster who uses the forces of fire, ice, and lightning to strike his enemies from afar, dealing all the damage he needs to before the enemy can even get close. Choosing this spec locks the use of necromancy and black magic, but enables ice and lightning magics.

Warlock: The Warlock lives to crush the enemy. Using the forces of fire and black magic, he kills his opponent by the use of layers of damage-over-time spells, torturing his foes to death while his conjured demon keeps them out of his face. Restricts the use of necromancy, but enables the ability to summon powerful demons through rituals.

Necromancer: The darkest of magicians, the Necromancer uses black magic to spread plagues, drain the souls of his foes to restore health, and resurrect fallen corpses to do his bidding. Sadly, a Necromancer will fail if he has no minion, since his only other damage output is his plethora of damage-over-time plagues. Enables you to revive a second corpse in addition to the first.

PERKS

Level 4
Magic Blast: A skill which fires a magical projectile that deals resistance-ignoring damage.
Monodextrous Casting: Enables you to wield a melee weapon in one hand.

Level 5
Blood Pact: Demon and undead minions now have double their usual HP, but your HP is decreased by 25%
Attuned: Cooldown time for spells reduced by 25%

Level 6
Enlightenment: Casting time for spells decreased by 25%
Mirror Image: Magic skill that creates four illusory clones of the caster. Lasts ten seconds, or until the actual Wizard is hit. Five-minute cooldown.

Level 7
Magus Blast Changes with each spec.
For Sorcerer: Unleashes a burst of condensed mana, dealing a high amount of defense-ignoring magic damage to anything within a 10-foot radius. Instant cast; sixty-second cooldown.
For Warlock: Suck away a fragment of your enemy's "soul", and gain HP equal to the amount of damage you deal. Thirty-second cooldown.
For Necromancer: A damage-over-time spell that continues working until either you or the target dies. Thirty-second cooldown begins when the effect wears off. Cannot stack or apply to more than one target.

Astral Projection: Summon an ethereal copy of yourself and control it for sixty seconds, or until it or you takes damage. The copy cannot cast magic, but moves twice as fast as the Wizard summoning it. Ten-minute cooldown.

Level 8
Supreme Summoner: Summon limit is doubled. Warlocks can now have two demons at once, and Necromancers can have four undead minions.
Grimoire: Grants the Wizard a powerful grimoire, which casts spells just like its owner. Effectively enables you to cast two spells at once.

Level 9
Advanced Form: Changes with each spec.
For Sorcerer: Your body becomes an arcane mist. Physical damage taken is reduced by 25%, and magic damage dealt is increased by 50%.
For Warlock: Your body takes on a new, demonic form. Total HP is doubled, and damage dealt by all summoned demons increases by 50%.
For Necromancer: You become a lich, storing your soul away in a phylactery. Once per day, if you are killed, you resurrect on the spot with full HP. Additionally, damage dealt by summoned undead increases by 25%.

Limitless Knowledge: Enables all Wizard spells, except those unlocked from perks. (NOTE: In the event that you chose the Supreme Summoner perk, summoning one demon will be treated as having summoned two undead, meaning you can have four undead, two demons, or one demon and two undead, but no other combinations of summons. In the event that you chose the Magus Blast perk, you will only have the one relevant to your spec of choice.)

NOTE: This post isn't quite finished yet. I'll let everybody know whenever I update it, though.

[Scarifar]

Daniel

Appearance (Real Life)

Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 128 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Name: Daniel Day Dalton
Age: 14
History: Daniel lived a rather boring life. Doing homework, doing chores, listening to parents nag about how they're always right and he's always wrong, etc. Daniel was bored of his boring life. Naturally, when a copy of DGO was given to him, he was ecstatic. Here was something new, something (hopefully) fun. It was finally time for Daniel to live his own life, and no one was going to stop him.
Personality: Usually arrogant, tends to go solo, appreciates help but doesn't feel like he needs any.

Appearance (Avatar)

Avatar Class: Gunner (Armsman spec)
Avatar Title: Free Runner
Avatar Level (Initial): 4
Avatar Guild: Ebony Strykers

Avatar Abilities

Desperation (passive): The more Daniel's hp bar goes down, the faster he runs and the higher he jumps. Ex: can have up to about 250% increase if on 5% hp.
Double Jump: As the name implies.
Air Strike (passive): While in the air, all attacks deal 33% more damage.
Secondary Fire: Able to dual wield a primary and secondary weapon in each hand (in this case, a double-barrel shotgun in his right and his pistol in his left), but recoil increases by 45% and accuracy decreases by 20%.
Half-Grav: Halves the effect of gravity on Daniel, as well as allowing him to perform a third jump in addition to his double jump while active.
Duration: 1 min.
Cooldown: 1 min.

Perks:
Field Medic. Combat Armor.

Other: Daniel wields a double-barrel shotgun, which can discharge both shells at once, and an FN Five-Seven pistol. As his name implies, his skills involve speed, from reload speed to plain ol' agility. My fav. color is Blue.

Theme:

Michelle

Appearance (Real Life)

Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 117 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Ruby-brown
Name: Michelle Kine
Age: 13
History: Michelle lived with a single widowed mother who worked long hours for both of them to get through each day. As a result, Michelle also works hard to ensure a good life for both of them as well, as well as trying to keep her mother happy. She spends plenty of time dealing with people who act as bullies, as well as helping those who are too weak to help themselves. Her mother was proud that her daughter did so well, but was also worried that one day Michelle would bite off more than she could chew. Fortunately, that never happened.
Then, when Michelle turned 13, she received her copy of DGP, and vowed to become a powerful and successful player, so that they no longer had to live like they did. Her mother could barely contain her pride when Michelle rose up in level in almost record time, as well as overthrowing the previous Yellow King. She was small and nimble, giving her an enormous speed and agility advantage. Bullets could not get past her blades, and no one was fast enough to land a hit.
Personality: Cheerful and friendly to people she likes, distrustful and suspicious to people she hates. Very determined when she has a goal. Definitely prefers to act casual instead of formal.

Appearance (Avatar)

Pretend that the robe is yellow, I couldn't find anything better.

Avatar Class: Brawler (Beserker spec)
Avatar Title: Shooting Star - Yellow King
Avatar Level (Initial): 9
Avatar Guild: Tinged Beserkers

Avatar Abilities

-Piercing Barrage: barrages the opponent with multiple super-fast piercing strikes (around 14-16), each capable of causing the opponent to "bleed out" for 5 seconds, dealing continuous damage. Effect does not stack if multiple hits land. Usable only if wielding a weapon, and not being bare-handed. 1 minute cooldown.
-Combo (passive): The more hits she lands, the more damage each hit will create, and the faster she becomes. Damage and speed will increase by 5% with each hit. No known limit to how many times this can stack.
-Cross Slash: Strikes the enemy in an "X" form, then reverses the slashes, performing a total of four hits. Capable of ignoring damage reduction skills and perks. Each hit causes 150% more damage than normal strikes. Usable only if dual wielding melee weapons. 30 second cooldown. Can be cancelled after performing the initial "X" slash, resulting in only half the cooldown.
-Prediction (passive): Creates a visible path that an attack, melee or ranged, is taking. Said prediction path is created as soon as the attack begins. Visible only to Michelle.
-Perception (passive): Creates red outlines around traps and other similar obstacles (pools of tar, etc), which can be seen through objects.
-Tornado: Michelle will spin around in place very quickly, sucking in objects, npc's, and players alike. Objects will be deflected, while npc's and players will suffer damage while within close proximity to the "tornado". Last for 10 seconds, has a 5-minute cooldown.
-Combo (passive): The more hits she lands, the more damage each hit will create, and the faster she becomes. Damage and speed will increase by 5% with each hit. No known limit to how many times this can stack.
-Shukuchi: Able to move ridiculously quickly, but only in a straight line. Can be turned on or off.
-Holy Strike: Creates a giant bright Zanbato in the air above Michelle that launches itself at a target. Deals a ridiculously enormous amount of damage, and the blade will home in on the target until it either strikes said target or gets lodged into an obstacle too large to be freed from, usually the ground, a think wall, etc. Any npc's or players the blade comes into contact with that is not its intended target will only take damage 250% higher than normal strikes. The blade dissipates once its task is complete. Ignores damage reduction skills and perks. 12 hour cooldown.

Perks:
-Pain Infliction.
-Bloodlust.
-Gyro Strike.
-Boomerang.
-War Horse.

Other: Michelle dual wields 2 short swords. My favorite color is Red.

Theme:

[Jedly]

Reserving a slot. I'll get to work on the CS tomorrow, since it's almost time to catch some Z's.

[UnendingEmpire]

The second one is still a WIP; I just have to do the history when I wake up tomorrow is all.

Fiona

Appearance (Real Life):
Standing at five-ten, Fiona bears a mostly-unremarkable appearance. She keeps her hair simple, is seldom seen not wearing the school's uniform, has an unremarkable complexion...indeed, there's little to be said worth saying about Fiona's appearance. However, there is one thing that deviates greatly from the norm. That is, the abscence of her left arm. To avoid it getting caught on anything, Fiona cut off the left sleeve of her uniform shortly after receiving it, since she wouldn't need the sleeve anyway.

Height: 5'10"

Weight: ~105 pounds

Hair Color: Red

Eye Color: Green

Name: Fiona O'Connor

Age: 16

History: Fiona is the birth result of four generations of pure-blooded military breeding. Her great-great-grandfather and every child in the family was in the military and quite successful, leading right on down to Fiona, the younger of two sisters. As per O'Connor family traditions, she was expected from birth to become a soldier, and was given the classic military family upbringing. For a time, at least. Whilst being driven by her father to Purple Crown at the age of thirteen, the vehicle Fiona was in was hit hard by a drunk driver. Everybody involved survived, and aside from Fiona, nobody was seriously injured. However, Fiona had to lose her left arm to get out of the car.

Naturally, it was a shock to her father, General Brian O'Connor. His daughter had just lost an arm, and not only that, but it also meant she was no longer applicable for military action, destroying the long-running record of an all-military family. Even so, like so many O'Connors before her, her avatar turned out to be a Gunner. And so, for the three years since starting at Purple Crown, Fiona has fired away. However, since she's considerably kinder than the rest of her family, she's been far less inclined to kill off other players for experience. As a result, her level isn't as high as it could have been by now.

Personality: Fiona is a cold and calculating girl in command of a harsh soldier-esque attitude, with absolutely no concern for others as long as she can meet the harsh standards of her family. At least, that's her exterior act. While she still tries to live up to some of her family's expectations, Fiona is in reality a bit of a tomboy with a heart of pure gold. No matter how cold she acts on the outside, she refuses to wrong another, and is easily one of the kindest people one will meet, even if her exterior demands she only do her good deeds behind the scenes. As a result, she's a very lackluster enemy in-game.

She also has a fondness for sports. Most notably, she loves baseball a lot, to the point that she could go on about it for days on end if the topic doesn't change. It's what she considers one of two foils to her uncaring exterior. The other is a complete contradiction to the tomboy she is, in that despite her generally boyish attitude, Fiona is a huge sucker for girly things no matter how much she says otherwise. She's also a bit of a gaming nerd, primarily enjoying RPGs and dating sims, even if she can't play most of the former so well anymore. And of course, she also enjoys DGO. Not just because her avatar has two arms, either.

Appearance (Avatar):

Avatar Class: Gunner (Commando Spec)

Avatar Title: War Dog

Avatar Level (Initial): 3

Avatar Guild: Ebon Strykers

Avatar Abilities:

Other:

Ariel

Appearance (Real Life):

Height: 6'1"

Weight: ~160lbs

Hair Color: White

Eye Color: Red

Name: Ariel Wolf

Age: 18

History: Ariel comes from the festering heart of a sprawling urban slum. Her mother is a vicious crimelord from overseas, and her father is a completely harmless scientist. Some say her mother's viciousness scared away the majority of her father's DNA. Thankfully, Ariel didn't come out as a genetic psuedo-clone of mom, otherwise she's be way worse news than she currently is.

Growing up, people came to fear Ariel the instant they found out who her mother was. It also led to some people wanting to fight her and win to prove that fear and intimidation didn't work on everybody. Luckily(?), Ariel inherited her mother's natural knack for inflicting as much pain in a fight as humanly possible as quickly as possible, so fights never lasted long before the other guy quit. Even if it wasn't her intent, she began to grow a reputation not only as her mother's daughter, but as a brutal fighter.

Other than this, though, there's not much to say. Her mother fought her way up to become leader of the Scarlet Harleys when she was at Purple Crown, and Ariel herself inevitably followed in her mother's footsteps, even if she didn't plan to. As the reigning Red King, one could say Ariel's becoming more and more like her mother every day...which is most certainly not a good thing.

Personality: Ariel's personality is best described with one word. Multiple. At this time, she's been recorded to have five different personalities, each one different from the others, and all of them having a common need to succeed. Now if only they could give each other some warning before tagging out.

1: The first and dominant personality, Ariel herself, is a headstrong girl who fights when talking gets boring. However, whatever she thinks or believes, she'll be faithful to 'till the bitter end. If you're her enemy, she'll never stop hating and fighting you. However, any friend of hers will have a loyal and unwavering ally who will always do her best to help pick up the pieces when her friend breaks. She may be a major-league hothead, but she's a good kid.

2: Every case of multiple personality is stereotyped to have an evil one in there somewhere, but sometimes it actually does happen. In Ariel's case, her evil counterpart is named Eliza Kurozawa. She may be every bit as headstrong as Ariel, but nothing pleases Eliza more than seeing others squirm and scream. She'll purposely go out of her way to make somebody miserable if she's bored, and sees friends as nothing but loyal allies who she can backstab or dispose of whenever it suits her. Resistance only gets her more riled up though, which only makes her more eager to oppress and harm everybody around her.

3: Luckily, Alex White has a very unisex name. Good thing too, since he's pretty certain he's a boy. An uncommonly docile member of Team Ariel at first glance, Alex is a pacifist, an altruist, and a bit of a scheming perv. Every now and then he'll feel that he should take a peek in the girl's locker room, and when girls are involved, he's got an entire playbook of ways to pick up a date. He'll also always help a girl in need...but rest assured he'll ask them to repay the favor down the line.

4: If we can summarize Tina Jones in one word, it's childish. Aside from being under the impression that she's five and acting as such, Tina exhibits all the signs of someone her age. She can pretty selfish at times, and is kind of a crybaby, but she's at least mature enough to not need supervision all the time. Rest assured, the first thing she does whenever she's the one who switches in is find somebody who looks trustworthy...then stay with them until somebody else tags in.

5: If there's such a thing as an anti-Ariel, it's Wendy Alexander. Completely lacking in confidence and very insecure, Wendy is a reclusive type who gets skittish around others. People who approach her and call her by a different name tend to scare her off, and she always blames herself when something happens around her. However, if you manage to talk to her long enough, you'll learn she does try to be brave and powerful like Ariel, but feels incapable of doing so. Self-pity is her undoing.

Appearance (Avatar):

Avatar Class: Brawler (Berserker Spec)

Avatar Title: Blind Wolf - Red King

Avatar Level (Initial): 9

Avatar Guild: Scarlet Harleys

Avatar Abilities:

Perks

Pain Resistance: Reduce all damage taken by 10%

Titan's Grip: Enables you to dual-wield two-handed weapons.

The Zaraki Method: Increases your damage output in proportion to your remaining health (99% HP remaining is a 1% bonus, 75% HP is a 25% bonus, etc.) up to a maximum of 90% additional damage (10% HP remaining).

Atlas Fist: Unarmed skill in which the user unleashes a punch of incomparable power. Deals heavy damage and ignores defense ratings. 60-second cooldown.

Cadet: Enables you to use a gun (two-handed guns only).

Herculean: You now possess the physical strength to smash through most - if not all - obstacles in your way.

Techniques

Daranibo's Wings: Blind Wolf doesn't actually grow wings to use this technique. She just moves really fast for five seconds.

Shutendoji's Might: The human body limits itself to 10% of its power. For this attack, Blind Wolf casts away those limits and, for one swing with each sword, utilizes 100% of her power.

Other:
Theme: Brand X Music - Decimate

[ERode]

I've been looking for a place to put my Accel World stuff in. A question though.

How similar is this going to be to Accel World? Are there still things such as Enhanced Armaments and Incarnate System? And, seeing how the avatar is generated based off their personality...what color means what?

[Zombehs]

Sup. Interest. I have it for this. Just going to wait on the skills/perks to see if my character idea would bear fruit.

[Lucius Cypher]

I'm here and I"m reserving this spot for great justice.

Donny Lee Yang the Arms Slave

Appearance (Real Life):

(Dramatized of course)
Height: Five feet five inches
Weight: 200lb
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Name: Donny Lee Yang
Age: 18
History: Donny's got the same life everyone else had, more or less. Just a kid growing up in a middle-high class family, had big dreams. Also had some confidence issues. Growing up Donny liked to eat, and he eats well. This made him fat, and brought it's own share of troubles you usually get for being fat. His parents, trying to work on his confidence, had him take up martial arts when he was young. And he has been taking it ever since. However, despite his dedication to his class, he never really lost any weight. But he did become stronger, but with that strength came corruption. Everyday he had to resist the urge to unleash his fury on his bullies and other ignorant people, including his own family members. They had wanted him to be confident in himself, and he had become to realize that no one was on his side. One way or another, everyone was his enemy, but his only means to fight back meant hurting them physically. He knew that this was wrong, but there was very little ways he knew how to handle them. He did not take up martial arts for some petty notion as defending the weak or even himself. He took it to have power, and to be able to force others into subjugation.

But he never tried. He continued to take the suffering in silence, constantly fighting the temptation to simply stop being so peaceful and just bring harm to everyone around him. He ignored trouble the best he could but even light wounds turn into scars when left untreated. Soon Donny began to grow jaded and cynical, seeing the world as nothing but one chain of pain after another. And he wanted to escape, find some way to vent and change things. And so he picked up Deep Ground Online. There he was able to put his many years into martial arts into good use; he didn't have to wait to be hurt. Though out the years Donny, as the mysterious brawler known as Arms Slave, attacked all and any he would claim as "Outlaws"; players who would intentionally attack and ambush weaker level ones outside of a fair duel. Despite never rising above his rank, Arms Slave did all he could to impede and make life a living hell for the griefer, surprisingly never accumulating a kill nor dying. Donny stayed a low rank in order to trick others into thinking that he would be weak or predictable, before trapping them to be taken out by the very prey the griefers hunted.

Like others he started young at 13 years old. However despite five years of experience, he never bothered to level up. He has a almost unheard of score of 0/0, no kills, no deaths. If the game kept tracked of it however, he would have assist scores in the upper thousands. Instead of leveling up he focused on creating a network within the game outside of main guilds, gathering resources and supplies. But once he hit his eighteen birthday, Donny began to grind levels. He launched a great offensive against Outlaws, quickly racking up the kills to reach level 3. He wanted to go out in a bang, and now that the Black King has called out to the players, this was his chance to show the world what he's been doing these past years.
Personality: In real life, Donny is an extreme doormat. He would smile, speak politely, and generally just be the nicest person he can be. Sometimes he might even be funny. It's an act that he plays well, because he does not want anyone to know how much he wants to kill people. Generally it's not something that people approve of, but he's always planning, always thinking, and always ready to just have any excuse to let loose and take someone's life. Until than he plays the part of the pudgy fat asian kid who seems to play video games a lot.

On line Donny is a mix up between a White Knight and a Griefer. On one hand he helps Shepard lower level players into surviving higher level ambushes, but some would say that he became the very monster he sought to fight against, constantly harassing other players he thinks are Outlaws, going so far as to ruin their lives both in and out of Deep World Online. And it's not out of a sense of duty or honor, or even malice; he just enjoys trolling them, just as they do others.
Appearance (Avatar):
Avatar Class: Brawler Tank
Avatar Title: Arms Slave
Avatar Level (Initial): 3
Avatar Abilities:

Multi-Melee - Thanks to Arms Slave additional set of arms, he can use up to two two-handed weapons, four one-handed weapons, or two one-handed and a single two-hander at once, increasing damage output and DPS.

Chain Catch - When Arms Slave can use the chains on it's body to pull itself to a target. If the target is light enough, Arms Slave could pull the target to him instead.

Surviving Suffering - An active buff. For a short time Arms Slave increases it's defensive resistance and increase his overall agility while taking a penalty to damage output.

Other: Arms Slave is part of an unofficial organization known as "Sweepers". Unofficial in that there is no define leaders or even members, and is more like illegal service. Arms Slave can contact certain players about people he declares as "Outlaws", and they would assist in helping him find and take down the player character. If an Outlaw continues to become a problem, Donny himself may be contacted to preform what amounts to a real-life hit. So far he has yet to actually do any harm aside from corrupting player's computers or setting up false evidence to get them arrested, but he waits for his chance to actually bloody his hands for once. Arms Slave has been stockpiling various weapons and items over the years, powerful tools in the right hands. While he can't use all of them due to class restrictions, he has an armory that rivals most hoarders and treasure hunters. All kept on the down low of course; the reason he was able to accumulate so much was because he made sure no one knew about it. He also owns a "truck" (More like an APC) within Deep Ground which he uses to transport himself and others across the Faded City. Highly armored, fast, and can traverse almost any terrain, but lacks it's own weapons. Likes the color Green.

Restu Goroshi the Dark Wraith

Appearance (Real Life):

Height: Five feet ten inches
Weight: 134lbs
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Red
Name: Restu Goroshi
Age: 16
History: Restu is one of the many daughters of a yakuza lord, and the seventh child out of twenty total. While treated with respect by most of the underlings, within the immediate family she is ignored at best. A literal red-headed stepchild, Restu had no future in trying to advance within the ranks of her family, and was likely just going to be traded off as a mistress for one of her father's friends. Not wanting that future, made her plans to escape as early as ten years old. She did well in school, better than her brothers and sisters, and made sure that she was looked highly upon by various universities. She picked up Deep World early to begin her plan; to create her own criminal empire. Using her father's connections and the family's resources, Restu gained access to an illegal code through Deep World that simply allows her to monitor the movements of various characters, regardless of who they were. Once the program was created, she spread it to other highly skilled programmers and hackers, to ensure that it was always ready to be up to date should Deep Ground try to patch it out, as well as to ensure that it continued to exist even should Restu be caught using it.

Using this code most of it's users called "Cherry Hunter", Restu became part of the underground organization called the "Sweepers". She became one of the many informants who would monitor and give orders to other players to hunt down outlaws. Of course, not everyone she had them attack were outlaws; in order to ensure that she rose into ranks without setting off too many alarms, she used her position to take out any rivals and competition, or making her own leveling up easier. It was telling that after she implemented the program, she was able to smoothly go from level 1 to 3 in the span of two months, and will continue to accelerate until she finally turns 19.
Personality: Restu is friendly enough, if you don't mind her snark and arrogance. She's not really one to tolerate someone else haughty attitude and can be quite petty. She doesn't make threats, and if she says she will do something she will, and if she can't, she'll do the next best thing. A determined and strong-willed girl, but also one who knows that weakness will be exploited, and it would be better for her to exploit weaknesses first before being exploited herself. Nothing is sacred to her; only what is most efficient.
Appearance (Avatar):

Avatar Class: Necromancer
Avatar Title: Dark Wraith
Avatar Level (Initial): 3
Avatar Guild: Ebon Strykers
Avatar Abilities:

The Dark Hand - Dark Wraith's hands becomes engulfed with a bright light, but don't let it's illumination fool you, it means to harm. Dark Wraith can drain the life from opponents into herself at a certain distance, and the effects are much stronger the closer she is to the target. She can use The Dark Hand to create a blackhole-like shield that can be used to block and deflect magic attacks, but does not affect physical attacks. She can use the Dark Hand to heal her Dead Thralls by given them her health.

Miasma - Dark Wraith can create a large toxic cloud that obscures vision and causes anyone within the cloud to suffer from damage over time and lowered physical and magical defense. The Miasma can move like a gas on it's own or stay put at Dark Wraith's discretion. She is unaffected by the effects of the Miasma.

Dead Thrall - Dark Wrath channels her energy into a corpse of her choice and allows it to become her minion. It retains all the ability of it's former life but will fight on her behalf. She can reanimate up to two thralls at any given time, killing the least recent one should she try to control another.

Other: Joined the Black King in order to solidify her standing in Deep Ground. Has a physical notebook containing the names and addresses of every player she's ever met or even seen, and often knows and refers to them by their real name. Has connections to various underground contacts including those involved with interfering with the system of Deep Ground. Most of them are administrators.

[Mayadere]

A lot happens when you sleep for half a day. o_o

I'll try having a character sheet up sometime later this evening/tomorrow morning.

[Spoo]

I'm interested in this, if you have positions still available :3

I'll work on a CS in the meantime.

[TheWendil]

ERode said
I've been looking for a place to put my Accel World stuff in. A question though.How similar is this going to be to Accel World? Are there still things such as Enhanced Armaments and Incarnate System? And, seeing how the avatar is generated based off their personality...what color means what?

While Accel World did greatly inspire this RP, this is not necessarily an Accel World RP. Enhanced Armaments may play a role in the future, but it's unlikely if I will include somthing resembling the Incarnate System.

Unless you are a Colored King, then color means nothing, and even then it only symbolizes your rank as King. Players don't have to name or base their characters off of colors, although Colored Kings must wear the attire of their color within Deep Ground.

Lucius Cypher said
I'm here and I"m reserving this spot for great justice.Though I do have some questions on Specing and play style as certain Classes. Specifically: A Class that has both high defense and high speed. Offensive capability... Neigh. Melee fighter. It's not to say that he can't do damage, but like the Assassin he relies on quick strikes and has versatility with his environment. Like a Brawler, he can take hits well and isn't really one for subtly and goes for whatever is most pragmatic, whether it be sneaking up on someone or crashing a vehicle into them.. May have one or two powerful move that isn't really that strong compared to other dedicated damage-dealers, but serves as the corner stone for him to set up/finish combos. I was thinking of a sort of long-range grapple attack, like Scorpion's harpoon. Allows him to bring light opponents/objects to him, or pull himself towards heavier opponents/objects. Another one is a mobility move which really emphasis his speed and durability.

Seeing as I have limited time right now, I'll either answer this fully later or Empire will do it. Your player avatar must be humanoid in appearance for your CS.

Spoo said
I'm interested in this, if you have positions still available :3I'll work on a CS in the meantime.

If you're eyeing a Colored King role, it's first come first serve. Otherwise, all are free to join up.

Edit: Added "Avatar Guild" to the CS. Apologies for that people.

[UnendingEmpire]

Lucius Cypher said Though I do have some questions on Specing and play style as certain Classes. Specifically: A Class that has both high defense and high speed. Offensive capability... Neigh. Melee fighter. It's not to say that he can't do damage, but like the Assassin he relies on quick strikes and has versatility with his environment. Like a Brawler, he can take hits well and isn't really one for subtly and goes for whatever is most pragmatic, whether it be sneaking up on someone or crashing a vehicle into them.. May have one or two powerful move that isn't really that strong compared to other dedicated damage-dealers, but serves as the corner stone for him to set up/finish combos. I was thinking of a sort of long-range grapple attack, like Scorpion's harpoon. Allows him to bring light opponents/objects to him, or pull himself towards heavier opponents/objects. Another one is a mobility move which really emphasis his speed and durability.

Minus the ranged grapple, I was actually thinking to make such a thing as a Brawler spec. Since we have so many players here now, I'll prioritize the specs over finishing up my character's CS.

[Lucius Cypher]

Define "humanoid". I can find another picture of the same guy that makes his slime like nature less apparent, but the fact that he fights like an amorphous blob is important to his fighting style. I was thinking that it would be one his beginning skills which is akin to shapeshifting. Loses conventional weapon abilities (that is to say, can't really use weapons beyond swinging the sharp part at the bad guys) for various stat boosts and alternative skills that are classified as "unarmed" or "natural weapons".

[ERode]

Mm, more questions then.

Why do the guys have such a simple and easy-to-put-on uniform, while girls still have to deal with that multi-layer top bullshit? Such sexism.
Is it possible at all for Rulers to be less than lvl9? Or does the system bar Rulership from any of those lvl8 and below plebians?
Does your future depend on your win-lose ratio, or your level?
How unique can the skills be? Is it possible for there to be skills that are unique to a single person?
You say that matches are GENERALLY set up with an equal number on both sides. Does that mean a match is void if someone, I dunno, disconnects? Loss forgiven and all that? Are losses also not recognized if you just go and ambush someone?

And the most important question of them all...
How much has virtual reality affected the porn industry? :3

[UnendingEmpire]

Since Windel still isn't online, I'm gonna do my best to address all of the above that I have an answer for. Also, added specs for all classes in the second post, as well as all Gunner perks and the Level 4 Wizard perks.

Lucius Cypher said Define "humanoid". I can find another picture of the same guy that makes his slime like nature less apparent, but the fact that he fights like an amorphous blob is important to his fighting style. I was thinking that it would be one his beginning skills which is akin to shapeshifting. Loses conventional weapon abilities (that is to say, can't really use weapons beyond swinging the sharp part at the bad guys) for various stat boosts and alternative skills that are classified as "unarmed" or "natural weapons".

As much as I love novelty, I'm pretty sure "humanoid" entails "not an amorphous blob". You might, MIGHT be able to convince Windel on this (I doubt it, though) but either this decision isn't mine to make, or you'd stand no chance of convincing me on it, however much I do like the idea. In either case, you'll need to speak to Windel on this.

ERode said Why do the guys have such a simple and easy-to-put-on uniform, while girls still have to deal with that multi-layer top bullshit? Such sexism.

Because it was either the blazers or the typical schoolgirl uniform you've seen in every anime ever. The blazers look more formal, so I opted for those this time.

ERode said Is it possible at all for Rulers to be less than lvl9? Or does the system bar Rulership from any of those lvl8 and below plebians?

I'm about 90% sure you have to be top level. Maybe with some due convincing, you might be able to slide by with a level 8 ruler, but I'm pretty certain you have to be level 9.

ERode said How much has virtual reality affected the porn industry? :3

How sure are you that you want me to answer that?

[ERode]

Also, Deep Ground is erased from their memory banks at 18, right? Does that mean all the memories that come with it are uninstalled as well?

Is it possible to lose the program before then? Such as...you suck at the game, so you ragequit and uninstall.

[Zombehs]

Unending Empire said Rifle Enthusiast: Lets you dual-wield two-handed rifles.

Heh...

[ERode]

More stuff:

Are there "special attacks" in the game? I would assume there are, but you never know~
Is there an Equipment shop? Or do you get new weapons by looting corpses?
What happens to EXP gain after you reach lvl9? Is it possible to de-level if you go on a losing streak?

Still working on the the kinks of my character, but I was thinking of a Brawler with the ability to use the skills/weapons of others, provided that they form a contract with him/her. Through this, that Brawler staged a coup d'etat in the Ivory Masks, simply by having an obscene amount of allies, and thus, having a retarded amount of skills and weapons to overrun the past White King with. Dunno if coup d'etats even work, actually.

Is 'Ruler' a title granted by the system? Or just something that is recognized between players in the guild?

[UnendingEmpire]

If by "special attacks" you mean "skills that are attacks", then absolutely. Gunners even get a few of these from perks. I'm also fairly certain there are weapon shops. See the below, from Windel's summary on Gunners.
(why do I always backtrack to Gunners?)

TheWindel said Main weapon is a gun of choice, and silencers may be purchased with a high enough level.

Other than that, I don't have an answer to any of those questions except the "get other people's skills & stuff" one. I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work. But I'm just the co-GM; if Windel approves it then my opinion is moot :3

[Scarifar]

If we're playing as a regular player, will we be able to start off at level 3, where we can choose a spec for our class? I mean, like, when we're creating our character sheet and stuff for this rp.