CadenGallic

RWBY: Chronicle of Vault.

Would just like to reserve my spot here if that's cool, CS will be up ASAP

@GingerBoi123

No problem. Depending on numbers I may decide myself on who stays and who doesn't, but that's not set yet. I'll be posting about it once that comes to flow.

@The Fox Without
Well I didn't ask for it, but including it is much appreciated.

RWBY: Chronicle of Vault.

@CadenGallicQuick question, since this is an academy and our characters are to all be on teams, they would have to be of similar ages, correct? What should the age range be?

@Nevix

Generally around 15-18 in terms of age, I will tolerate going a little over or a little under though.

RWBY: Chronicle of Vault.

Diamonds are actually extremely fragile; very cold, lifeless stones.
I would actually sughest switching the names of the city and the academy; after all, a Vault is a symbol of security.

@Phantomlink959

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#Hardness I'm just going to leave this here.
The name Vault was chosen to interlink with both Vale and Vacuo on a naming thing.
Also, I would've appreciated it if you were talking to me about this in PM rather than making it a public thing on this board.

RWBY: Chronicle of Vault.

I'd like to comment on the names you have chosen; the names of the canon academies all have a theme of protection or hope.
Lustre does not follow this theme.
Example;
A beacon, a symbol of hope for lost souls.
Atlas, which holds the world upon its shoulders.
Haven, a place of safe refuge.
Shade, protection from the heat of the desert.
(other note, if you want a sheet which goes into more detail, I've got a rather extensive one which i was using for my RWBY roleplay, which provides a fair bit more depth)

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>

@Phantomlink959

I appreciate the input.
But, in this case Lustre is to shine or to be bright, akin to the unbreakable diamond, does that not bring about some idea of hope?

Also I didn't want my character sheet this overly detailed as this is casual roleplay and I want more people to be able to fit into it easier, thanks.

RWBY AU story RP

@Nevix@GLITCHOBLIVION@Minder@The Fox Without@GingerBoi123@sassy1085@Renny

roleplayerguild.com/topics/127401-rwby..

It's up!

RWBY: Chronicle of Vault.

Welcome to Lustre Academy, the fifth hunter academy established in all of Remnant. Here you will have the chance to make lifelong friends, hone your hunter skills, fight as part of a team and grow as a person. But tread carefully, an ugly truth hides in the shadows, waiting to rear it's head and unfold the history of Remnant. Prepare for the worst and fight for your allies and your future.

History

Around 10 years ago, the world of Remnant faced a peculiar crisis. Not a crisis of any fantastical nature such as the growing threat of the Grimm, nor any threatening individuals. No, the problem Remnant faced was simplier.

Overpopulation.

As more small settlments were overrun, be it by Faunus radicals or hordes of Grimm, many were flocking to the Kingdoms of Remnant, Vale, Vacuo, Mistral and Atlas. And as these kingdoms took more and more under the safety of their walls, space became finite, resources began to run out and it seemed they were on the verge of potential collapse.

The governments of the four kingdoms came together to discuss possible solutions for this growing crisis. The talks went on for days aboard a special Atlas built council ship. Finally, a solution was drawn up between the four kingdoms. The birth of a fifth kingdom. The creation of a new living space would give new rest to the wandering masses and could even allow them to mark more land on Remnant as safe, something becoming increasingly difficult.

The kingdoms pooled their resources and gathered an army of loyal soldiers and cunning hunters and marched across the land, one side from Vacuo and the other from Vale. The two armies converged inbetween the two kingdoms and began the building of the fifth kingdom, a kingdom that would come to be known as Vault. In the coming years, the men and women of the four kingdoms worked tirelessly, guarding the encampment and beginning construction upon the new kingdom. Their terrain was favourable, the land surrounding what would become Vault was rocky, craggy and lined with natural defences, fissures and high rising stone they would incorporate into their kingdom's defenses.

It took almost an entire year, but soon, from the crags and splits in the land, the kingdom of Vault arose, a township with defensive keeps manned by Atlas technology and brave men and women. A new hunters academy was formed to train what would become its populace, seeking out an old but wise ex hunter and inventor to become its headmaster. This, became Lustre Academy.

Now, 10 years have passed since Vault and Lustre Academy was formed. A mining community has formed out of the township as a vast deposit of dust crystals have been found underneath the earth, springing the kingdom into economical prosperity and dust based technologies have benefited greatly. Lustre Academy has garnered something of a reputation of being too soft as it is currently the easiest hunters academy to apply for with lower standards than even Beacon, however its graduates have proven unto the world they are no slouches in the act of hunting.

But even now, rumours abound of criminals making the kingdom of Vault their home. With such prosperity brings the ones from the shadows. Dust Runners have been sighted in the area and have been making raids on various locations. The White Fang, however, has not shown their face there. Some wonder if Vault and Lustre Academy are truly safe and the governments of the other kingdoms still watch their little experiment to see if it will truly be a success...

Character sheet

Name: Full name, middle if you have it.
Age: How old are you? Ideally 15-18 with 15 being a special case mostly.
Gender: Male, Female, inbetween?
Species: Human or Faunus? If Faunus, what kind?
Face: Facial details, sharp nose? High cheekbones? Facial scares?
Hair: Include colour, length and style.
Eyes: Colour and junk.
Skin: Colour again.

Frame: Skinny? Beefy? Lanky? Stocky?
Height: How tall are you?
Weight: How heavy are you?

Personality: What's your character act like? Include positive and negative traits.

Weapon: Break it down, basically what is your weapon? E.G Sword, Spear, Axe etc.
Weapon Name: All cool people give their weapons pet names.
Weapon Functions: What can your weapon do? Does it have alternate modes?

Armor/ Clothing: Watcha wearin? Can include casual wear and battle dress.
Semblance Name: What's it called?
Semblance: Describe the abilities of your semblance. What are its limits? Also don't make it ridiculously overpowered.

Strengths: What are they good at? Can include physical and mental strengths.
Weaknesses: What are they bad at? Can include physical and mental weaknesses.

Bio: Their history and details about their life before Lustre Academy. Where were they born? What made them want to be a hunter?

Rules

1. All of RPG's usual rules.
2. No godmodding whatsoever.
3. GM's word is law but if you have questions for character building or certain situations, go ahead and PM me.
4. Post length and quality. I generally expect decent quality but don't feel too bad if every post isn't two paragraphs. For battles and simple actions, I don't mind short paragraphs. No one sentence posts though, ideally.
5. You're starting out as semi experienced and you'll grow overtime, so put some work into the arc of your character's powers and strengths.
6. I generally expect a fair amount of attention and not getting left behind. Make sure to PM me if you're going to be away for a while, I will listen.
7. If you get hit, take the hit. No miraculous dodges if a post explicitly states you take damage. I guess this plays into rules 2 and 3 but... eh, I like to be careful.
8. If you are applying with a character, post their description in OOC first. I will alert you if it's ok to move it to the character page.
9. This is for the entrance exam and later forming of teams. I'll be deciding the teams based on performance in the entrance exams so don't go expecting too much.

RWBY AU story RP

@The Fox Without

Well I suppose just don't make them completley overpowered and have them have sensible limits. There will be characters whose semblances heavily influence their style but they will still have drawbacks to using it.

RWBY AU story RP

quick question, are these full fledged hunters or are we going with students.

@The Fox Without

We'll be going with students, just gives me an easier angle to work with.

Interested in the event we are not forced to make a color based name. Mostly because I know many would bs colors and what not... But still.

@CAS1006

I will not be heavily enforcing the color name rule.

RWBY AU story RP

This is something i've been sitting on a while now.

So essentially, RP in the RWBYverse at the same time as the main plot, set in a newly developing Kingdom and Academy. Plot will be there but it'll be taking a different route to the main story of RWBY with some AU history and lore going on. Occasional cameos and appearances from the existing characters but mostly OCs.

Old Glory reboot (Sci-fi/Western)

@King Tai@Nevix@General Scales

Alright, just repost your character sheets, you three. I'm going to leave things open for a bit in case anyone else wants to join us, but you three are assured a spot.