[OOC] Romance Dawn - A One Piece Roleplay

[Jabber]

What X said. If you're having a conversation with another player, go ahead and post some more.

[BrodZ11711]

I-Am-X said
Mine's just a stolen patrol boat from wana country that's wearing a stolen marine flag stolen from somewhat fresh marines from a nearby island. Kurama already said his goodbyes to it as he intends to start his journey and join a crew. xD

second paragraph last line. you kept [/i] still in the text

[DAWNSTAR]

Alright now for number three. This one is going to be a long one.

Well, I want to see quite a few things in the future of this role play. You've given us not only a world which is wide open but one which has been fleshed out completely. We don't have to worry about how world works because the mechanics of the One Piece world are already finished. This leaves us open for less world development and more character development. This means that the GM(you) will have to give us situations that lead us down a path of character development. Sure, we will still need some world development situations but these shouldn't be appearing half as often as the character development situations. Our characters shouldn't just grow according to their opponents but they also should grow to match the how quickly the world around them is growing. To compare it to One Piece, we can reference the two year time skip. The Strawhats realized they weren't strong enough for how powerful their opponents and the world around them had gotten. To fix this, they went away to train and came back nearly twice as powerful as before.

I am not saying that we should do the same thing but we will need to be given a chance where we have two options, either we grow in strength and develop more as a character or we grow in ability and do the same as before. There is a difference between the two for those of you who are still reading. Growing in strength is more for characters like Vis and Kurama where their swordsmanship becomes more powerful and they become physically stronger. Growing in ability is the same for devil fruit users where they learn more about their fruit and gain more control over while they grow mentally stronger. But, this does not mean that people like Vis and Kurama can't grow in ability, it is just that they will grow in ability by developing more techniques. These sort of situations are what I expect to see in this role play. Either we grow physically or grow mentally where we either increase our strength to match the enemies around or increase our abilities so that we have more varied techniques to use.

In a way, it is like how Luffy started developing new techniques at the start of One Piece. He started off with gomu gomu no pistol technique and then developed gomu gomu no pistol shot and eventually developed gomu gomu no rocket. This was an example of developing abilities. Luffy didn't gain a physical strength, instead he gained an array of abilities to fit different situations. Meanwhile, Zoro used his strength instead of developing new abilities. Zoro's Santoryu style of fighting uses the move Oni Giri which he changes for the situation rather than developing another ability for every situation. Zoro used his pure physical strength to beat opponents instead of relying on his techniques to get him through tough situations.

So, I am looking to see chances where we can go down several paths of character development. Now, to reference earlier, I am not looking to see a time skip but it might actually become required to for our characters to grow. Sooner or later, our characters will hit a wall where they can't grow beyond their current abilities without improvements made to them and their equipment. My character for example, will hit a wall where his development will start to slow down to short bursts because his swords will start not being able withstand his growing power. Eventually, his swords might just break from the power of his hits. After all, they aren't master forged swords like Zoro's. So, we will have to take into account that our equipment might not be able to withstand the growing power. The same stands for the characters' bodies. They might not be capable of withstanding the physical strains that their abilities would place on them. Even a paramecia devil fruit user would have difficultly with newly developed abilities and what they do to their bodies.

This is just what I think we need to see from this role play.

[BrodZ11711]

DAWNSTAR said
This is just what I think we need to see from this role play.

Mind=Blown

[I-Am-X]

Jabber said
@I-Am-X Definitely. If you have more detailed plans about a certain NPC, I'm all ears.

My request had nothing to do with a NPC though....
I was wondering if in the future, and it was deemed appropiate, if I could have a second character that wasn't a pirate Yet and would appear and have a big role in a certain arc and at the end players (and your NPCs) will have the option on taking him or her aboard their crews.

Then again, the character can be introduced as an NPC and if players interact with the character, I can control and act for them and you could take over them if it gets to a plot changing point in the story. Like Co-ownership.

Then after the arc, the character would become fully mine.
Would that be fair and possible to do?

[BrodZ11711]

I-Am-X said
Would that be fair?

I think so. But could you manage two personas ?

[I-Am-X]

BrodZ11711 said
I think so. But could you manage two personas ?

Easily

I'm in quite a lot of RPs, though most of them are on another site, but yes I can. In a few of the RPs I control multiple characters. Though, I limit my self to 2 characters. If It's 2 characters, I can easily do it.

[Duthguy]

Here is what I have so far on two npc's. Note that they are WIP, and that sugegstions are welcome.

Bendot

Appearance :
History: Bendot is a former Marine SeamanFirst Class who defect after getting in trouble with a superior officer and became a pirate
Personality: Bendot likes fighting weaker opponents. When he has to face someone much stronger than him, he will beg for mercy.
Inventory :

Sipe

Appearance :
History: Like many Fishmen, Sipe was at one point a slave. When he became a pirate out of necessity since the Marines were looking form him anyway;
Personality: Sipe hates being a pirate and actually has a lot of respect for non-corrupt Marines
Abilities : Sipe is a low level practitioner of Fishman Karate
Techniques: Twentyfive Brick Fist ( A weaker version of the Hundred Brick Fist used by Kuroobi)

[Jabber]

Updated.

The original one I had was better but it was lost since I was just typing it on the site and not on word or googledocs.
Kind of rushed this one though.

@Duthguy
Honestly, I'm not impressed.
......
And those images are so low quality.

[OscarioTheGuy]

Yui Soramasu

Name: Yui Soramasu
Age: 19
Race: Human
Height 165 cm
Weight 52 kg




Bounty: 10,000 Beli

Personality: Despite having had a noble upbringing, Yui has always held an adventurous heart; most probably thanks to her mentor and butler, Takoki-san. She can often be quite brash, and gets offended easily, but has always been a kind-hearted soul. She tends to react violently when offended, sometimes even using her 'Kaze Wushu' abilities when insulted. She behaves in a very refined manner, as she had learned from home, but she tends to speak her mind very much unlike a proper lady should.

History: Yui grew up in a large mansion in the Goa Kingdom. Her parents were always too busy to spend time with her, so she was instead raised by her myriad of butlers and nannies that were hired by her parents to take care of her. One of her butlers that stood out to her the most, however, was a fishman named Takoki-san. Takoki-kun was a former pirate who used to run with the Arlong Pirates until The Strawhat Pirates defeated them. Takoki-san managed to evade capture, and went on to travel the world on his own, before eventually settling down in Goa and somehow ending up as a butler for a noble family there. As Yui grew up, Takoki-san would tell her stories about his time with the Arlong Pirates, and his respect that he had for Luffy's crew after they had defeated him; as well as the stories of his further adventures after the defeat at Arlong Park. Yui was taught by all of the other servants how to behave like a proper lady, but Takoki-san opened up her mind to the possibilities of a world outside of sophisticated society.

It was at the age of 9 when Yui asked Takoki-san to teach her everything he knew about being a pirate. His stories sparked a sense of adventure in the young girl, and so he agreed, being so happy that he could pass down his knowledge to her. He had already been quite skilled in Fishman Jujutsu from taking a few years to learn it from a master at some point in his adventures, and attempted to teach what he knew to her. While her nannies taught Yui how to properly hold a cup of tea, Takoki-san taught her moves he had learned on his adventures. While she learned how to walk like a lady, Takoki-san taught her how to speak to pirates. Takoki-san had always been there for her, ever since the day she was born; and because of this she has a very high respect for fishmen, and holds Takoki-san in a special place in her heart, as a parental figure that she never truly had; because of her parents' constant absence from her life.

Unfortunately, learning Fishman Jutsu was quite a difficult task for Yui, as humans can't breathe underwater, especially tiny little nine-year old girls. After several attempts to teach her the 'Mizugokoro' (Water-Heart) technique in particular, Takoki-san finally decided that this was probably the wrong approach to take with this, and started with the basics, but on dry land instead. Eventually, she learned to become quite the fighter, almost being able to knock Takoki-san over when sparring. Almost. At this point, Yui was 15; and so Takoki-san decided to attempt to teach her 'Mizugokoro' again. Underwater, Yui still had problems concentrating due to her inferior human lungs, and so she could not get the technique down. However, when he tried to demonstrate the 'Mizugokoro' technique to her on dry land, and she copied him, something remarkable happened! Instead of being able to manipulate water, it turned out that Yui was able to manipulate air instead, and send out a blast of air by concentrating air currents into a bowl that she formed with her hands. This was because she was actually able to concentrate on land. Needless to say, Takoki-san was very proud and impressed with Yui. Fast forward a couple of years later, at the age of 17, and Yui had become quite proficient in her self-proclaimed 'Kaze Wushu' Technique. She was now able to manipulate the air around her body in ways that increase the force of her attacks.

A year later, Yui's parents finally came back to their daughter, but only to present a potential suitor to her. Of course, Yui was offended by this, and she immediately used her 'Kaze Wushu' on her parents, her suitor, and the various bodyguards that were there to protect him, and chaos began to run rampant. One of the servants told Yui's parents that Takoki-san was the one responsible for teaching her, and so he was captured, and she was restrained to her own living quarters. For six months, she plotted to escape and rescue Takoki-san; and so on the day of her wedding, she used her 'Sora Boost' technique to run away from the chapel where she was about to be forced to be married in, and crashed through the window, safely redirecting the glass shards away using her 'Kaze Shield', a protective barrier of moving air covering her body. She ran, and never looked back. She eventually found out where Takoki-san was kept, and proceeded to bust him out, so naturally, she acquired a small bounty of 10,000 Beli on her head for this.

Yui was finally glad to be able to leave her old life behind and begin a life of adventure, and her first thought was that she could travel together with Takoki-san. However, this was not the case. Despite all the recent chaos that would normally push one into a world of adventure, Takoki-san was still very adamant about his retiring from a life of piracy, and so he told her that he'd take her to Lougetown, and then they would finally part ways then and there. So for the next several months, they 'acquired' a small boat, stocked up on supplies, and set the course for Lougetown under the cover of night.

Abilities: Kaze Wushu: A fighting style that utilizes air currents in order to amplify the force of attacks. It is adapted from Fishman Jujitsu, with air as a substitute for water.

Techniques:

• Kaze Bullet: Yui can throw a punch that shoots a powerful blast of air at her opponent.



• Kaze Shield: Yui can redirect the air around her to protect herself from oncoming projectiles and explosives.



• Sora Boost: Yui can use the air at her feet in order to jump one more time in mid air, giving her an extra boost.

Traits: Just leave this blank for now.

Inventory: Nothing.

Finally done! Thank you very much Jabber and I-Am-X for helping me out on this one!

[Jabber]

The character sheet is okay, but there are certain parts that I dislike.

If Takoki was part of the Arlong Pirates, then he'd have to be in his 70s or something close to that. Next, I don't approve of the using of Rokushiki. I told you that you may make use of the principles of the techniques, but for someone to know Rokushiki outside of the Marines and Cipher Pol and be directly thought these techniques. Not allowing that. Sanji had Sky Step, a similar move to Geppo, and Kuro could move as fast as those using Soru via Shakushi. So yeah, please don't mention Rokushiki in your character sheet. I don't mind that she can utilize Geppo, but at least give it a different name.

And in your technique list. Please don't explain your moves in that manner. Combining Technique A with Technique B gives me this result. Use Kaze Wushu as a way to elaborate your techniques and not just the styles you based it from. If you just plan on doing that, there was no point in creating an original martial art in the first place. And in Kaze Shield, remove the fire part. That sounds silly.

Lastly, remove her bounty. 10,000,000 Beli isn't a small amount and freeing her butler isn't really a crime. During the Kuro Arc, the Black Cat Pirates found Nami's treasure and its sum was around 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 Beli. That amount was considered to be quite large.

[OscarioTheGuy]

Her bounty isn't 10,000,000, it's 10,000. Also, I'm editing the sheet accordingly, but I did do a bit of research to see what a small bounty would be; and I think 10,000 is quite small. I'm sorry for using OP abilities, it's been so long since I read One Piece, I forgot how much mastery went into Rokushiki.

Although, if Takoki is at least 70 years old, that does make more sense as to how much he can teach her from life experience as well as his want for retirement, so I feel like I want to keep him if that's alright with you.

EDIT: ..and I have edited accordingly. I've remove references to Rokushiki, but I want to keep Takoki, and I still feel like 10,000 Beli is not that much, considering a meal in Lougetown costed 100 Beli.

[Jabber]

Oh. 10,000 Beli. That's fine then. Sorry.

She can develop Rokushiki like abilities later on as long as she keeps her training up or at least if she meets someone who uses those abilities.

Character is good. Feel free to post in the IC.

[OscarioTheGuy]

Awesome, thanks :)

I really want to post in the IC now, but it's half past midnight, I have school in the morning, then work after that, which means I'll have to start working on it like 18 hours from now. :/

I feel like it should also be a long one to explain what she had been up to in the chapters prior to this one...

[DAWNSTAR]

Alright, who wants to team with me to try and fight Moto Moto? He seems like a serious growing point for Vis. Of course it would be his 'honor' which pulls him in to the battle to stop the massacre. But, I plan on having Vis fight Moto Moto so I can try and introduce a new technique. Also, it is not likely to be a fight we can win so it is likely to be one where we are mostly stalling for time.

[Jabber]

Somewhat true, but your call really.

[thanatosDefiant]

Oh, speaking of which, do you think it might be possible for Rem to fight Cheshire? Rem is pretty much getting irritated by the fact that Edge and Chesire are even on the platform to begin with, so he'll pretty much just want them both off.

[Jabber]

You can try.
Also, since everything is set. I could probably do individualized/group updates instead of just one general one.

[DAWNSTAR]

Jabber said
Somewhat true, but your call really.

Well, to be honest, I don't think it would be possible for us to beat a man with a 16mil beli bounty. It would take a lot of damage to knock him out. Especially when you consider that blunt and sharp weapons don't deal damage.

Also, I would like to note how nobody has noticed the fact that Vis has small, white wings. He is a Shandia after all so it is natural for him to have them. But, it isn't always natural for people to see a Shandia and Skypiea outside of Skypiea. So nobody, has made a comment as to the existence of his wings.

[Scio]

I hail from Batoto in search of a One Piece RP.

Logia rookies turn me off, but still interested in joining. Will be brainstorming for a few hours.