[OOC] RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

[Phantomlink959]

--letter of cancellation--
Alright, everyone. I hate to do this, but I think we all know it's been coming for a long while.

Heroes of a different story is dead. We've lost too many players too many times, the planned plot is at least another 5 months off course, and I have entirely lost my motivation and inspiration as a GM.

It's been a good run, and I had a lot of fun while it lasted, but I am not the GM you all deserved, and this roleplay is a shadow of what it could have been.

If I were to try and keep it going, I feel like I would be leading you all on, delaying the inevitable.

In all honesty, I wish we could keep going, but... I just don't have it in me. You all probably noticed I was online less and less frequently, responding late, entirely forgetting to say anything about progress.

With this apology, I would like to officially close the curtain, and release you all to find role-plays with worthy GMs.

Sincerely, Sean Stevens.

PS. I might see you guys around, might not. But one thing is certain; you can find me on the RWBY wiki if you ever decide to come rip my throat out for wasting your time.

---For any randoms who stumble across this thread in the future---
This character sheet was designed as an ongoing collaborative effort by the members of the RWBY wiki, covering every possible detail a RWBY OC might ever need. If you are at a loss when designing a template of your own for a RWBY roleplay, use it. It was designed with the aim of unifying efforts and enjoying the series as a collective, and I urge you to carry it on going forward, just try not to use its power for evil.

Character Template

<core sheet>

1)Basic info

Name: (specify how the name fits the CNR)
Species:(Human/Faunus)
Age:
Gender:
Symbol:

Handedness:
Physical traits: (Faunus features go here, as well as scars,tattoos, basically parts of the characters body)
Misc traits:(A distinct item or clothing the character carries on them and in what context, a preference to a color on their outfits, a verbal tick, basically something distinctive not located on their body)
Occupation:

2)Appearance

Aura/Effects: (Effects are things like Ruby’s rose petals or Yang’s red eyes.)
Height:
Weight:
Eyes:
Skin color:
Face:
Hair:
Physique:

(Type of) Outfit: (add more than one if exists: Combat, Casual, Job, Formal, Informal, Sport, etc)

3)Characteristics

Background:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:

4) Trivia:

Notable relationships:
Notes:
</core sheet>
<hunter expansion>
a) Weapons

Name: (include translation if applicable)
Wielder:
Type: (special weapon-style name, ie Crescent Rose is a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe, or HCSS)
Short Description: (One or two short sentences describing the holstered form and the alternate forms, and a quick description of its capabilities, ie, dust channeling)
<weapon technicalities>
Form 1:
Form 2: (if applicable)
Form 3: (if applicable)
Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: (How it looks when not in use)
Features/Capabilities: (special functions like dust channeling capacity, alternate firing modes that do not cause a change in shape)
Usage: (how the wielder uses it in combat; i.e. summary of fighting style)
Planned/Possible Upgrades:
Notes: (trivia, name meaning, etc)
</weapon technicalities>

b) Semblance

Name:
User:
Short Description: (One or two short sentences describing the semblance)
Visual effect: (how would you be able to tell the semblance is being used if it appeared on the show)
<semblance technicalities>
Type: Aural (adds properties to aura)/ Construct (creates non-sentient beings out of an element, material or aura)/ Conversion (transforms an element into aura or aura into an element)/ Glyph(semblance manifests as glyphs)/Physical(enhances/adds/alters physical capabilities at the cost of aura)/Psychic(enhances/adds/alters mental capabilities with aura)
Purpose: Offensive (The effect is either directly offensive, or boosts offense) / Defensive (The effect either boosts defense or protects the user. Aura/Body Recovery also counts) / Utility (The effect is neutral, neither offensive nor defensive. However, with enough creativity they can be used as such)
Range: (Personal if it works only on you; Short for stuff your aura comes in contact with; Medium for about throwing distance; Long range anything else but try not to make it farther than you can see)
Other limitations: (if a limitation is applied on most abilities, put it here as long as it isn't just the aura cost)
Passive ability(s) (if any): (and specific limitations, if any)
Active ability(s) (if any): (and specific limitations, if any)
Dust interaction (insert dust type here): (describe what changes here)
Notes: (for trivia you might want to add about the user of the semblance)
</semblance technicalities>

c) Combat Info

Class/Position
Landing: Strategy:
Fighting Style:

d) Statistics

(Levels are 0-none to 3-high. right now you cannot have more than 2 stats at 3 and a maximum total of 14 points across the board.)
Strength: (how physically strong is the character and how much damage can they do with one strike without a weapon)
Agility: (How good is the character at running, dodging, reacting and performing attacks)
Aura reserve: (Dictates a character effective life, endurance and how much they can spam skills)
Aura manipulation: (1 for focusing aura, 2 for manifesting shaped aura with direct contact and constant aura drain, 3 For projecting aura outside of direct contact)
Dust Manipulation: (1 for combining Dust with Semblance, 2 for basic Dust spells, 3 for remote Dust activation)
Dust use: (1 for basic dust ammo, 2 for dust channelling weaponry, 3 for dust infusion)
Weapon Skill (Primary): (1is beginner, 3 is mastered)
Weapon Skill (General): ( For weapons your character does not specialise in. 1 for beginner, 3 for jack of all trades)
</hunter expansion>

[Madninja324]

@Phantomlink959 I'll submit a character specifically for this RP, if that's alright, I'd rather not use Diana

[Phantomlink959]

It is both alright and technically preferable.

[Madninja324]

Argent Roan, updated, again

1) Basic info:

Name: Argent Roan
Team/occupation:
Species: Human
Age: 17
Sex: male
Handedness: Left
Aura/Effects: A pale silver glow, his aura is unusually large for someone his age
Symbol: A winged shield
Physical traits:
Misc traits:
Nickname(s):

2) Appearance:

Height: 5'10''
Weight: 165lbs
Eyes: Pale blue
Face: sharp featured with a pointed chin and swept back eyebrows
Hair: Gray, shoulder length and bound in a ponytail
Physique: Lean and strong
Combat Outfit: Black boots and black pants with leg armor, a silver button down shirt under a breastplate and bracers
Casual Outfit: same as his combat uniform, minus the armor

3) Characteristics:

Personality: Serious and stern but even tempered and often too kind for his own good
Background: Brought up by a family of Huntsmen Argent has always known that he wanted to become one, at fourteen he helped his father to defend a small town outside of Atlas, and it was there that he learned his Semblance, he used it to save the life of a villager, he excelled at physical combat, but his aura control got bottom grades during his entire Hunter education, his control over his Semblance is subpar, and he will either overshoot the amount of aura necessary, and burn through his reserves quickly, or he undershoots and the shield he creates isn't strong enough, his parents live in Atlas, which is also where he grew up, he has no siblings

4) Combat info:

Position/Class: Tank/Guardian
Landing strategy: Use his aura to absorb the fall
Weapons:

Michael

Name: Michael
Wielder: Argent Roan
Maker/Smith: Argent Roan
Type: Alternating form Magnum-Longsword (AFML)
Weapon Derivation:
Form 1: A three and a half foot double edged straight sword with a crossguard in the shape of spread wings, between the wings is a revolver cylinder
Form 2: A heavy, eight shot .45 caliber revolver
Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: sheathed in sword mode in the sheathe at his hip
Features/Capabilities:
Usage: He tends to use it one handed and at close range, regardless of it's form, if he needs to fire on a target too far away for Raphael's shotgun form he uses Michael's gun mode
Planned/Possible Upgrades: He's planning on modifying Michael's gun mode to allow it to fire pure Dust rounds safely, he also wants to try to allow Michael's sword mode to be augmented by Dust in some way, this won't happen for at minimum a year
Notes:

Raphael

Name: Raphael
Wielder: Argent Roan
Maker/Smith: Argent Roan
Type: Pump Action Shotgun-Shield (PASS)
Weapon Derivation:
Form 1: A kite shield
Form 2: A pump action shotgun
Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: Strapped to his back in shield mode
Features/Capabilities: Fires slug and buckshot ammunition
Usage: In shield form it's used to block attacks while he wields Michael in his dominant hand, in shotgun form he tends to sheathe his sword and use it with both hands, but he can fire it with one hand while wielding his other weapon in his other hand, but it's much more difficult
Planned/Possible Upgrades:
Notes:

Semblance:

Guardian Angel

Name: Guardian Angel
User(s): Argent Roan
Type: Aural
General description: The ability to project force fields around others
General limitations: The force fields are created using his aura
Visual effect: a cloud of glowing silver feathers surround the target, then vanish, the number of feathers shows how much power he put behind the shield
Passive ability(s) (if any): none
Active ability(s) (if any): a powerful force field surrounds a target within ten feet of the user, the exact strength is dependent on how much aura he uses to create it

Fighting style: Fights front and center, drawing enemy fire and using his unusually large aura to tank blows when he deems it necessary, blocking attacks with Raphael's shield form otherwise

5) Trivia:

Relationships: He's a very loyal individual, almost stupidly so sometimes
His Parents: While they were tough parents, they very clearly love their son and he loves and respects them, he would walk into Hell for them (see the stupidly loyal comment above)
Notes:

[Madninja324]

@Phantomlink959 how is he? Because I have a couple of other options if he's too much

[Phantomlink959]

Waiting on Sprit and Fox to both be online so we can go over him together, and so they can decide who's team he'll be on.

[Madninja324]

ok

[SpiritedDream]

Well, all the people went home early, so I'm officially online for the day

[Madninja324]

So is Argent accepted?

[SpiritedDream]

@Madninja324

Okay Mad, just a few things to tweak.

First, can you specify how his aura is supposed to be unusual? Is it supposed to be unusually large? The sentence seems a bit unfinished on the character sheet.

Edit: Liking the fact that you pointed out how he has bad control with unusually large reserves.

With his fighting style, he seems to be very heavily based on a paladin type of character. With this in mind, we have a few suggestions.

For Michael, his sword, is to have it turn into a handcannon rather than an smg due to your paladin motif. A paladin is based more on slow but high damage rather than fast but low damage, so a shotgun or handcannon would fit better with this theme. Also, does he dual wield Michael and Raphael when they are both in gun form?

Edit: Wait, I see you answered that question. Okay. Cool. Do you still want to keep the SMG?

With the Semblance, we suggest either turn it into either a buff for himself and his teammates or a sort of hardlight shield, which would create a directed forcefield rather than a protective buffer. As his aura control grows, so too would his ability to protect his team mates. In the case of the visual effects; his aura control doesn't seem like it would be good enough to create complete angel wings to encompass the area. Perhaps it could start off as feathers floating around himself and his teammates and as his control gets better it forms the wing motif.

Edit: I see you updated the semblance. Makes sense, though we till think the wings might be a bit too much for his current lack of control. It might be better save for when he has better control.

Other than those few things, he's a decent character with plenty of room for character growth as the roleplay progresses. Do you have a preference for which team you'd like to go on? His initials will fit either NCTR or CLRT.

Edit: Whoops. Silver eyes in canon have been hinted as slightly important due to Ruby Rose having them. Might need to change them. Maybe you could go with a pale blue, or a glasz colour (which is a mix between blue, green and grey, and seem to change colour occasionally. It's a real thing too)

[Madninja324]

Ok, I guess Michael can turn into a large revolver, I can see where the visual effect can be an indication of his control level, and I think I'll go with light blue eyes, I have no preference as to what team he ends up on, just put him on the one you guys think he should be on

[SpiritedDream]

Okay Mad, let me know when you've updated his info and I'll add him to CLRT's team list.

[Madninja324]

updated

[SpiritedDream]

Coolies, we're just trying to sort out bbcoding at the moment. It's not liking us lol

Edit: Done. He's attached to the CLaReT hider.

[Madninja324]

I made an edit to Michael's possible/planned upgrades section

[SpiritedDream]

They've been added

[Madninja324]

ok

[SilverWolfAngel]

And I'm back!!!
Was kind of shocked to get home from club to find the old one had closed.

Sooo……… I'm going to recheck and edit Tamn a bit and see what you think, kay?

I do however have a small suggestion relevant to post order, instead of having the order 'set in stone' you could just make it we can post in whatever order we want, so long as we only post once per round.

No promises on getting her in tonight though.

Although I have to ask, am I the only one who thinks her weapons and semblance don't match? Giving her an awkward fighting style?

[SpiritedDream]

Welcome back Silver! Yay!

Yeah, the old one closed because Phantom realied he'd made some serious mistakes in his plotline, information availability and rules for the characters - such as all of them having to have tragic backstories, which doesn't particularly lend towards team players.

We'll see what Phantom thinks of the idea for the posting order, but I don't particularly have a problem with it. It might be a bit difficult keeping track of whether the new round has started or not though.

I'll have a read through Tamn and see what you mean by her semblance and fighting style.

Edit: I'm not seeing a problem with the fighting style and semblance combination, as it seems to me that she'd use the second form of movement (the roller blading thing) to move very quickly towards and around her opponent, hitting them hard and then moving out of the way. Somewhat like a mix between Ruby and Weiss's fighting style, if you need an example.

Phantom's asleep right now anyway though, so it wouldn't be until sometime tomorrow that we'd be able to sit down and discuss Tamn even if you did get her submitted tonight. So don't stress and rush her through.

[SilverWolfAngel]

Okay. :)
I'll think on her.

Talking about characters, I thought Mad's was named Agent Roan. not Argent Roan. Which makes me thing Agent Phil from the Avengers. …