Dragon Ball Legacies IntChk

[j8cob]

Here we are in Age 1084, almost 300 years exact since the end of Dragon Ball Z. As much as everyone loves GT, for the sake of this canon we're going to pretend that never existed. After several centuries, the generally peaceful universe lost its need for the Z-Fighters. In fact, due to the popularization of Mr. Satan over the Z-Fighters, they've mostly faded from history. However, there are some that know what the times were once like and can tell that this era of peace will soon come to a close. The world is without protectors.

Where legends have died, legacies are born.

The 250th Budokai World Tournament is just around the corner. A monumental event for the tournament and the people running it. The strongest warriors of Earth will come to duke it out for a special prize unlike any other in the Budokai World Tournament: the seven Dragon Balls. With a prize that good, the tournament is sure to draw a good lot of fighters...


If you're coming into this expecting to get into over-the-top and crazy powerful fights, then you are wrong. The characters will start off vastly weaker than your favorite DB characters, say a power level range up to 700 or so. Why are they so comparatively weak? To grow stronger, of course. I haven't completed a character sheet skeleton yet, but I plan to implement a loose stat system in order to help evaluate characters. To make it easier to compare things like strength, speed, endurance, etc. Yes, descendants of the Z-Fighters do exist and can be player characters should anyone choose. Their knowledge of the past is up to the player, but I would imagine the great-great-great-great-great-great grandson of Goku would probably have heard countless stories of how awesome his family is. Just... saiyan. But in all seriousness, this interest check is a bit rushed but don't worry: the OOC will definitely have quality and be very informative. Tomorrow I'll put together an official character sheet and establish the more intricate ground rules. But for now...

Any takers? :3

[ethanjory]

Since this seems to run more in the vein of the original Dragon Ball, then yes, I'd be very interested.

[Duthguy]

Yeah this could be interesting

[Demous]

Potenially

[Rin]

So I'm kind of interested in this and I kind of already have a Dragonball character that I've been wanting to use for a while. Main problem is that she's a Saiyan, which... Probably doesn't fit the intended power levels. ^^; Unless I made her a lower class Saiyan with a power comparable to... Well not exactly Raditz because even he's over this but yeah. XD Basically a runt of a Saiyan who's probably closer to Dragonball Goku than anything from Z I guess? Hmmm.

Eh, if it doesn't work I'll figure something else out, but that's my main idea right now so yeah.

[Demous]

Rin said
So I'm kind of interested in this and I kind of already have a Dragonball character that I've been wanting to use for a while. Main problem is that she's a Saiyan, which... Probably doesn't fit the intended power levels. ^^; Unless I made her a lower class Saiyan with a power comparable to... Well not exactly Raditz because even he's over this but yeah. XD Basically a runt of a Saiyan who's probably closer to Dragonball Goku than anything from Z I guess? Hmmm.Eh, if it doesn't work I'll figure something else out, but that's my main idea right now so yeah.

well not all sayians start out super stong for example goku only has about a nine hundred when fighting Raditz

[Rin]

That is basically what I was saying. Something more along the lines of Goku during Dragonball, like when he was fighting the Red Ribbon Army or even when he fought King Piccolo. Something like that.

...I kind of want to dig out my old Dragonball volumes and read them again now, ahah. XD

[j8cob]

Being a pure saiyan would be difficult to pull off, I'd imagine. But if it can be tastefully done and the character isn't too powerful compared to the rest of the cast then I see no problem in the idea. Though one has to bear in mind that Planet Vegeta was kinda blown up hundreds of years prior to this story and only a handful of saiyans managed to survive. Then one has to account for the saiyan family history and how they ended up on good ol' Earth.

Anyways, I've developed a character skeleton to use. I'll post it now so anyone can begin making characters on their own time, but I would like it if everyone waited to post their character until the OOC is up and running.

Character Sheet

*picture here*
*any bits to add to appearance with words here*
Name: (not a difficult one)
Age: (minimum of 5yo)
Race: (human, saiyan descendant, namekian, etc)
Gender: (if it applies)

Power Level: (idle/max)
Stats (the max power level divided into four sections)
Strength: (how hard they hit)
Speed: (how fast they go)
Endurance: (how much they can take)
Ki: (how much energy they have, minimum 250 to fly)

Techniques (a list of fighting techniques at their disposal, use the following technique format for custom techniques)
Name: (easy)
Type: (combination or ki attack)
Description: (describe it)
Required Power Level: (how strong someone has to be to perform it)

Personality: (at least a good paragraph on how they behave)
History: (at least two good paragraphs on their past)
Other: (anything not included in the previous sections)

The stat system is very simple and loose, for a very good reason. They exist to allow easier comparisons between fighters but they aren't weighted so much that any combatant with a higher power level or higher stat than his foe will automatically beat said foe. As to how the power levels raise, and consequently the stats, it comes from actually fighting and training. After every fight, or sometimes during certain events in the middle of fights, the power level can raise. It is up to the player how to allocate the new stats granted by an increase in power, but it will be up to me (or any co-GM I might choose in the future) to determine the total points received. Even losing fights will increase the power level, though granted not as much as winning. Training sessions and timeskips will also grant points, the quantity also determined by me based on what the character does during that time. At the start, the acceptable power level range will be 200 to 700, with only two characters allowed to have 700. Naturally, the fighters will grow stronger as the story progresses and roles will shift. The weakest character probably won't stay the weakest forever and the strongest probably won't stay the strongest.

I'm also contemplating adding a "burst" power to the character sheet. The concept being that characters can attain a power level higher than their maximum temporarily, a burst of power. I'm iffy on that though because it would have to be limited in some way, which might very well render it to be a useless concept depending how it is limited. I'm open to suggestions on this one.

There are special rules regarding the different races. As there are technically loads of races in the universe, I'll only put down the special rules of the "common" races of Earth and if anyone decides to use something a bit more rare then it will be case-by-case.

Races

Humans: The most common race of Planet Earth. Simple in design and function, most humans lack the ability to become legendary fighters. But for the humans that are strong, they have several advantages over other races. For starters, their ki regenerates at a faster rate than the other races and they can use what energy they have with better cost efficiency. As well, they are generally faster learners than the others and often more intelligent, though these advantages can vary (as some human fighters can be really stupid).

Saiyan Descendant: More human than saiyan, this breed of Earthling has an advantage over normal humans. Most notably that they tend to grow stronger faster and benefit from Zenkai. Generally faster and stronger than normal humans, though the difference is marginal due to how little saiyan blood they actually have.

Namekian: Originally from Planet Namek, most Namekians live on New Namek. A very slug/plant-like species. While they are also typically stronger than humans, their primary advantage comes from their amazing recovery ability. They can recover from wounds much faster than the other races, to the degree of growing lost limbs at the cost of some extra pain and energy. Stretchable body and limbs is also a plus, but Namekians generally burn through their energy faster due to their recovery speed and malleable body.

Majin: The pink, elastic race started by Majin Buu. Approximately as common as Namekians on Earth. Majin are known for their ability to take a beating and continue fighting, as well as having a completely stretchable body (unlike Namekians who have limits on that ability). Males are typically large and seemingly fat in nature whereas the females are smaller and thinner, though there are no differences in strength and speed across genders. Though far weaker than the original Majin, this race is typically more offensive than the other races. Due to the method of reproduction, Majin typically have less energy than the other races.

Anthro: While not exactly a species, Anthros are a category of species. Commonly seen in the canon, these are generally the "dog-men" and such. Due to their nature of being mostly humanoid, they can be capable of fighting just like humans or the other races. The most variable "race" of the common races in terms of appearance and abilities. The most common features include furry skin, tails, fangs, and claws. But some Anthros can have natural wings, negating the ki requirement for flight.

Demons/Aliens: Another broad category, much like Anthros. Wide in variety but mostly humanoid. They receive the same benefits are Anthros, though they have even more variability due to the broad spectrum of possibilities for creatures that do not have "normal" origins. Specific benefits will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

That covers some more of the basics, but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.

[Archmage MC]

you missed Majin there in your races. Apparently the true canonical continuation of the DB universe is DBO/DB Xenoverse, where buu made a lady majin and had kids, lots and looots of kids, who then had kids, ext... until they were fairly common. This breeding caused majin power to decrease and dilute so they are at the same power of the other races in said games.

And thats what I'd wanna use, a majin xD. yay Xenoverse.

Also, fun fact. Male Majin have bigger boobs than female majin, funny huh?

official picture

[j8cob]

Shit dawg. And this is why listening to people is a good thing. Totally forgot to add that. Like... I knew it was canon but it just slipped my mind when I was writing the post. Yeah, Majins are just fine and I'll add them to the previous post to help avoid any future confusion.

[Archmage MC]

j8cob said
Shit dawg. And this is why listening to people is a good thing. Totally forgot to add that. Like... I knew it was canon but it just slipped my mind when I was writing the post. Yeah, Majins are just fine and I'll add them to the previous post to help avoid any future confusion.

S'ok mate. DBO was released in korea/china (a terrible market to release to, due to those countries having poor global media covreage unlike US/UK. Though if you include US/UK along with china, thats the best marketing thing for an MMO, China for numbers, US/UK for media coverage to keep said numbers up.) so not many people know what happened there. Xenoverse should hopefully change that though.

My only question is how the regen/candy beam works. I can balance candy beam no sweat, but regen.... hows that work again?

[Rin]

Regeneration is easy to balance, really. Just make it so that it takes a lot of energy to do so, meaning that if you have to regenerate a lot you end up as pretty much helpless or something.

[j8cob]

As per I'm aware, Candy Beam was a technique unique to Buu (and his variants). But yeah, regenerating will cost energy. Shake off too many hits and your energy will be too low to not only fight but perhaps even low enough to stop regenerating. Relatively simple.

[Archmage MC]

Candy Beam was also an ability for one of the majin lines, I can't remember which one though. And I think it was only usable in the majin "super sayan" form.

And that makes sense for the regen, gives defensive growth in a different direction.

[Dblade26]

I'm in! Clearly I should play a Namekian named Guls, the Green Swordsman!

[Demous]

Rin said
Regeneration is easy to balance, really. Just make it so that it takes a lot of energy to do so, meaning that if you have to regenerate a lot you end up as pretty much helpless or something.

Isn't that already established in canon?

[j8cob]

I feel that enough people have shown interest and have proceeded to get an OOC up and running. Go nuts, but not too nuts. Too nuts is too much.

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/73578/posts/ooc?page=1#post-2274913