[OOC] Kingdom Hearts: Unity of Keychains

[DJAtomika]

Will get a post up today, but later, when I get my muse back.

Until then, I'ma play more Kingdom Hearts 3D for inspiration.

[Keyblade87]

man I'm loving this already XD

[fer1323]

man I'm loving this already XD

@Keyblade87

Me too.

[fer1323]

Can not wait.

[Keyblade87]

I was about 2 seconds from making a reference to Cloud or Noctis but I figured since FFXV isnt out yet Noctis would for sure be a bad call XD

[SiliconColt]

I was about 2 seconds from making a reference to Cloud or Noctis but I figured since FFXV isnt out yet Noctis would for sure be a bad call XD

@Keyblade87

You're better off with Cloud than Noctis according to the current opinion of many FF fans as of late.

o.o the battle is almost over, not much left to kill actually.

On my next post you all will receive a Milestone Frequency. (TLDR at the bottom)

In this choosing process you will get a grade. You will receive a number between 1 and 100. This number represents an overall impression of you and your character. I will elaborate on what I'm looking for as well as what I'm not looking for from you. Additionally you will get a quick description of your writing strength -at least what I believe it is.

You may ask me to define any weaknesses in your writing, however. That is an opt-in choice which comes down to evaluating other factors of your character.

Assisting you in this grading is your character. All of you got a description during approval which told you the time of your journey. Those dwelling in the Day will get a higher amount of points as a base while those who dwell in the Night will get a lower amount of points as a base.

Base scores are from 40 to 10 points. After that the criteria I look for will contribute to the grade.

Many of you will quickly understand that it is indeed possible and easy to earn more than 100 points, especially if you are playing a character that is dwelling in the day. In those circumstances I will simply award you the first milestone.

A milestone is a place in your character's development that makes them stronger. These milestones are set, never increasing in frequency nor decreasing, according to your grade. Because I am measuring battle posts these abilities will pertain to battle.

1-30: Milestones happen rarely, possibly after locking or unlocking a keyhole.
31-60: Milestones happen at infrequency, after locking or unlocking a keyhole.
61-90: Milestones happen at a normal frequency, after important boss battles.
91: Milestones happen at an increased frequency, after any boss battle sometimes after regular encounters.

I'm grading your characters so that character progression reflects a combination of your ability to write and the value character you are playing. This is no about improvement or telling you that you are a bad writer; this is rewarding "average" effort already given in this rp.

But here's what I'm not looking for: advanced grammar, the time it takes to post, or errors in your post. Those are for you to improve on your own time.

What I'm looking for: character portraying ability - understanding the character you made and what they should be able to do and what they should be able to know, understanding other writers' influences - seeing what they do and responding or resonating with their actions, and finally character concept - which is where I look for uniqueness and non-cliche attributes.

If I were playing a character then I'd be my score would be around 75, my average is not so good. Don't think I'm a master! I am biased with these grades, as well as hypocritical in some aspects because I prefer that everyone takes away something positive from this test. Please do not take this as a personal attack, it's meant to quickly address some of your writing abilities. It is meant to surprise you; your average post is what I need, not you trying to make your best effort. So in many ways this choosing process is flawed cause no one really gets a chance to show their true writing ability, just the average combat post. In my defense, I did say that the battle was a test.

TLDR: character that is harder to play needs a more effort to get a higher Milestone Frequency.

Please keep in mind character relationships still governs keylades. It is entirely possible to have a lot of keyblades compared to the number your abilities. Something like Keyblade milestones doesn't make much sense since that's more about interaction than anything else.

That reminds me...

we haven't covered learning magic yet.

[fer1323]

@SiliconColt Magic? Btw, My character Asha is the only adept mage at the moment. So is She going to be a magic teacher? Also a majority of her spells are team based. Would she get milestones quickly?

[SiliconColt]

@SiliconColt Magic? Btw, My character Asha is the only adept mage at the moment. So is She going to be a magic teacher? Also a majority of her spells are team based. Would she get milestones quickly?

@fer1323

New spells are learned from people who know them, with a couple exceptions and restrictions.

1. The person can only teach you the basic spell, can't jump to Firaga.
2. One must learn the three basic spells, Fire, Thunder, and Blizzard before any other family can be learned.
3. Each spell can be unique to a character. A person's Fire my dance around them while another persons may follow a target and explode. Once you choose how it works, it can't change. (Unless you forget it completely)
4. To teach it you need to know it next stage first. As in, you'll need Fira before you can teach fire and Bizzaga before you can teach Blizzara.

I will be the primary instigator of teaching magic since it's gunna be NPCs who know them first.

Merlin will be your best friend, Fer.

[fer1323]

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New spells are learned from people who know them, with a couple exceptions and restrictions.

1. The person can only teach you the basic spell, can't jump to Firaga.
2. One must learn the three basic spells, Fire, Thunder, and Blizzard before any other family can be learned.
3. Each spell can be unique to a character. A person's Fire my dance around them while another persons may follow a target and explode. Once you choose how it works, it can't change. (Unless you forget it completely)
4. To teach it you need to know it next stage first. As in, you'll need Fira before you can teach fire and Bizzaga before you can teach Blizzara.

I will be the primary instigator of teaching magic since it's gunna be NPCs who know them first.

Merlin will be your best friend, Fer.

@SiliconColt

Is aero defensive or offensive? From FF13 it is offensive but if I remember in kingdom hearts, it is defensive. Also my character Asha starts with quite unique spells from FF13-3 such as firespark( fire+thunder) and ice storm(blizzard +areo). Must I edit them out or is it restricted to Asha?

[SiliconColt]

<Snipped quote by SiliconColt>

Is aero defensive or offensive? From FF13 it is offensive but if I remember in kingdom hearts, it is defensive. Also my character Asha starts with quite unique spells from FF13-3 such as firespark( fire+thunder) and ice storm(blizzard +areo). Must I edit them out or is it restricted to Asha?

@fer1323

hmm I havn't played ff13 past 5 minutes soo I think you'll be fine with those. Basically what i see is you have 6 spells, the 3 basic (F,T,B), 1 advanced (Aero), and 2 ff13 (Firespark and Ice Storm).

You may use Aero offensively or defensively, but you can't switch between them. Personally I think Aero as a defense is better because you can buff your allies while you have Ice Storm for offensive.

:) if this was a stats game then 6 spells would be waay op for a starting character. But it's not so it's no big deal.

[Gisk]

So we need to know those three spells before we can learn any other magic, but are there other prerequisites? Do we have to learn magic in a "chain" of progressively stronger magic? Or can we learn any(basic leveled) spell after learning those three?

[SiliconColt]

So we need to know those three spells before we can learn any other magic, but are there other prerequisites? Do we have to learn magic in a "chain" of progressively stronger magic? Or can we learn any(basic leveled) spell after learning those three?

@Gisk

any base level magic can be learned after the initial 3.

so reflect, gravity, magnet, those all work.

Super strong spells that don't have a family, like Holy.... those should be reserved for later.

[Keyblade87]

Makes sense to me. Also whats wrong with Noctis?

[SiliconColt]

Makes sense to me. Also whats wrong with Noctis?

@Keyblade87

New final fantasys tend to copy previous games. So characters end up prefictably "final fantasy cliche." It really ruined ff13 for me however, i should stay my tongue for it since ive yet to play the game in person. I wish i could though. X) that and hes from an unreleased game.

[SiliconColt]

! I think I let the cat out of the bag a bit early. Someone got to post after my announcement of the grading. Oh well, I suppose AA will just have an easier time.

Im beginning the grading process (after I finish an episode of hunter x hunter cause im on a cliff hanger and hnnnng gon damn it hisoka)

[SiliconColt]

Rubric

Combat Grading Rubric

Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame **/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge **/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning **/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses **/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others **/20
• Cooperation with them **/05
• Coordination with them **/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches **/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept **/5
• Time of Journey **/##

Score:

**

@gisk

Rubric Gisk and Markus

Combat Grading Rubric

Gisk & Markus
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 15/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 10/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 0/20
• Cooperation with them 0/05
• Coordination with them 0/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 4/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 3/5
• Time of Journey 10/##

Score:

57
Strength: Keeping it simple I feel as though you have mastered this character.
Being one on the low end, its the Time of Journey and the fact you didn't really have anyone else to play off that betrayed you.

@keyblade87

Rubric Keyblade87 Akira

Combat Grading Rubric

Keyblade87 & Akira
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 13/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 9/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 20/20
• Cooperation with them 5/05
• Coordination with them 5/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 4/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 3/5
• Time of Journey 15/##

Score:

89
Strength: true to your character i think you adapt well to the situation.

@leolycan

Rubric Leolycan Nero

Combat Grading Rubric

Leolycan & Nero
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 15/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 10/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 20/20
• Cooperation with them 5/05
• Coordination with them 5/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 3/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 3/5
• Time of Journey 10/##

Score:

86
I Actually really like your writing but I think you portay the character the best of all things, if emotional response was worth more then you'd certainly ace it. Im perfectly happy to have you in 3 rps.

@fer1323

Rubric Fer1323 Asha

Combat Grading Rubric

Fer1323 & Asha
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 15/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 10/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/05

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 10/20
• Cooperation with them 3/05
• Coordination with them 3/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 2/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 5/5
• Time of Journey 30/##

Score:

93
You're combat ready which is good cause you chose to act as a non-striker role which is overall helpful as is that cooking.

@AquaAzura

Rubric AquaAzura Niinii

Combat Grading Rubric

AquaAzura & Niinii
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 15/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 10/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 20/20
• Cooperation with them 5/05
• Coordination with them 5/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 4/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 5/5
• Time of Journey 40/##

Score:

100+
THe time of journey helped you a looooot but your strength is being so damn adorable as well as true to the character. I'll be looking forward to Niinii in the rp cause it's not everyday you see a keyblader moogle.

@Cerberus0807

Rubric Cerberus0807 Fion

Combat Grading Rubric

Cerberous0807 & Fion
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 14/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 7/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/05

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 20/20
• Cooperation with them 5/05
• Coordination with them 5/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 3/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 4/5
• Time of Journey 15/##

Score:

88
Knowing your character's limits gave me a smile, which will help you in the long run of the rp. That and you wanted to think outside the box by re-approaching the encounter first.

@DJAtomika

Rubric DJAtomika

Combat Grading Rubric

DJAtomika & Tera
Character Portraying Ability

• Resisting-Metagame 10/15
• Using Appropriate Knowledge 10/10
• Using Appropriate Reasoning 10/10
• Using Appropriate Emotional Responses 5/5

Understanding Other Writers' Influences

• Observation of Others 20/20
• Cooperation with them 4/05
• Coordination with them 2/05

Character Concept

• Avoiding Obvious Cliches 4/5
• Unconventional/ Surprising Concept 5/5
• Time of Journey 25/##

Score:

95
Tera has my interest, a program that left the grid... I really want to explore her sudden humanity with you and the concept of the heart with a computer. Your choice to act very much in character is also a strength.

That should be everyone.

Posting soon, im sorta sleepy and have to find my notes about the post battle.

[Leolycan]

@leolycan
I think you portay the character the best of all things

@SiliconColt

Yeah, not the first time I've gotten that piece of critique. It's a problem for me >_<.

[fer1323]

@SiliconColt Do not forget Asha's buff and debuff spells. Sorry for choosing such a out there character. At least we do not use materia boosts and besides I was going to have more powerful spells but chose against it. :P

[AquaAzura]

A+ RP'ER right here B)

But seriously, thanks for the compliments and I can't wait to see this Rp unfold C:

[Gisk]

Everyone did really good with character portraying.

The only way I would criticize the rubric is something that you already said yourself: It's a bit early to judge everyone. We've only got a couple of posts in each, and some of us haven't done much at all in that time.