I'd definitely be interested in this! I assume playing as a beastman (like King Furry or Puar) would be fine? Also, characters who don't fight hand to hand (I.E. magic users or firearms users) would, I assume, not be participating in the tourney-- do you have a plan for what they would end up doing in particular?
In the ancient past, the God of the Earth created seven mystical orbs called Dragon Balls. With these objects, the Dragon God Shenlong could be summoned forth to grant one any wish their heart desires. Mortals coveted the orbs, and fought with one another over possession of them. Wars raged, kingdoms rose to power or were reduced to ruin. In time, God had grown weary of the violence and greed of men, for the Dragon Balls were originally intended to be his blessing on the mortals he watched over and guarded, but instead they had been reduced to being the spoils of war. Using his divine power, he erased all memory of the Dragon Balls from mortal kind and scattered the orbs to the farthest reaches of the Earth. But God was not without mercy, he left a precious few written stories of the orbs intact, so that perhaps one day a more worthy generation could use the Dragon Balls to achieve more peaceful ends. Thousands of years have passed, and the Dragon Balls have long since faded into the most obscure of legends and folktales. They are still scattered, and only God himself can sense any of their locations.
And this... is where our story begins. In the far western region of Mangyo, a local martial arts competition known as the Tetsuryu Tournament is about to begin. It's held annually, and serving as the trophy for the winner is a small, yellow orb with 4 red stars seemingly glowing in the center of it. To the natives of Mangyo, this orb is named the Star Orb, and they believe it to be the only one of its kind. In truth, it is one of the seven legendary Dragon Balls.
I've decided to take another crack at running a Dragon Ball RP. But this time, we're going old-school. This will be based on the original Dragon Ball, not Z. That means things like flying and giant energy attacks are not going to be happening anytime soon. We'll be working from the scale of the original Dragon Ball, which will allow for a far more diverse skillset than just flying around blasting people with energy. Magic and mysticism could very well be incorporated into a fighting style or even conventional weapons like blades or firearms. You won't be able to play as Saiyans or any alien races for that matter, the only exception I might make is Namekian provided we use the original Demon Origin for them (think Drum or Tambourine for example).
We'll be starting in Mangyo, as it's local martial arts tournament is about to begin, as alluded to above. You can play as one of the locals or as someone who traveled to Mangyo to participate or just watch if that's your preference.
So are there any OG Dragon Ball fans out there that are interested in embarking on a mystical and legendary adventure to gather the Dragon Balls?
Name: Gabriel Scott Age: 16 Sex: Male Physical Description:
Height: 5' 5''
Weight: 130 lbs
Hair color: Sandy Brown
Eye color: Greenish
Tattoo / Scars: None
Tends to dress mostly in a black t-shirt and blue jeans, sometimes with a red motorcycle jacket worn over the shirt.
GIFT : Cybernetic Suit
Stemming from a small and metallic device bonded to his body that was codenamed "Project Zector", Gabe uses it to transform himself into an armored, almost machine-like version of himself. The suit is durable, able to render most small caliber gunfire harmless against it. Larger caliber bullets can disrupt or penetrate the suit's defenses but only if aimed at the right locations. The Zector is equipped with two primary weapons, the Z-Blade and Z-Cannon, one of which is a superheated metallic blade whose heat allows to cut through most defenses, equipped to the left arm and extends outward like a wrist-mounted sword blade; the cannon is plasma-firing projectile weapon that the right arm appears to shape-shift into via some form of nanotechnology. A pair of rods can extend outward like long shoulder blades and can provide jet-engine like thrust for flight and hovering. The heat energy that fires from the exhaust gives it almost winged appearance. The suit's head unit is equipped with a shaded visor for concealing the user's face and is able to provide useful tactical HUD information as well. The suit is largely sky blue in color, but with dark oceanic and indigo blue trimmings to accent it. While transformed, the Zector's user can lift between 1 and 1.5 tons, or push or drag a maximum of 2 tons.
Gift Limitations Unknown Tech The origin of the Zector is largely unknown. The only person who had any knowledge of its workings or where it came from is now dead. Unfortunately, this means that Gabe is not always able to utilize the Zector's power to its fullest extent.
Transformation-Based Because the user needs to fully transform in order to wield the Zector, it renders Gabe no less vulnerable to conventional attacks than any other normal person when he's not armored up. The transformation is also not instantaneous and a smart enough foe might find an opening to attack before it can be completed.
Skills: Before being bonded to the Zector, Gabe was an accomplished track and field competitor at his school. In addition, he was working part-time at a mechanic shop and thus has some skill at fixing up common vehicles like cars and bikes.
Brief History : The story doesn't really begin with Gabe. Instead it actually begins with his father, Gerald Scott. Gerald worked as an R&D specialist in a company called ArcSystems, incidentally a subsidiary of LexCorp. Gerald was the lead researcher on a team that had discovered a mysterious metal object found buried in an Arizona desert. Believed to have fallen from space, the earliest speculation was an alien origin. Gerald studied the object tirelessly, later having dubbed it the "Zector" due to the mysterious Z-shaped insignia carved into it. And it was also Gerald who bonded with the metal object and was the first to experience the transformation.
Through all this, Gerald had been spending more and more time at work and less at home. This had begun to put a strain on his relationship to his son Gabe. Gabe was an only child, and his mother had passed away due to Leukemia a few years ago. The two were all the other had, and Gerald's increasing interest and time spent spent with the Zector had made Gabe begin to feel estranged from his own dad. Still, the time ended up paying off for the research, as Gerald had discovered the two primary weapons used by the Zector. By now his superiors had gained an interest in replicating the strange object, hoping to manufacture their own version of it that could be sold a as new advanced weapon system to the US Military. But then the incident happened.
On one late evening, while experimenting with the Zector, something came screaming down from the sky and cut its way right into the research facility. It was armored, looking eerily similar to Gerald's transformed state, but clearly not a human in the suit. Without words it went on the attack, wiping out security many researchers. Gerald attempted to stop it using the Zector, but whatever this was it outclassed him by a large margin. That is until the Zector began acting of its own accord. Early on, Gerald had discovered a sentient entity within the Zector, though he was never able to determine if it was just an AI some form of alien life. That entity, whom Gerald had nicknamed "Z" had taken control of Gerald's transformed body and began to fight much more evenly against the intruder. The resulting battle was so intense the two combatants leveled the entire ArcSystems building in their wake.
As it happened, Gabe had come to the ArcSystems building, intending to catch a ride home with his father. And like everyone else there, he too was caught up in the crossfire of the sudden battle. In the end, the Zector managed to defeat the intruder, but Gerald had become mortally wounded throughout the encounter. Gabe had also become severely injured in the fallout of the attack as well, and both father and son lay gravely injured nearby one another.
"B...bond with him..." Gerald had said between painful breaths.
"You've been mortally wounded, the suit is what's keeping you alive and will allow you to recover. If I sever the bond now... you'll die."
"I don't... care... what happens to me." said Gerald, "Please... save him... save my son."
"...As you wish."
The Zector unbound itself from Gerald, who used the last of his strength to move it over to Gabe so that it bond to him. The Zector transformed Gabe and began talking with Gerald through Gabe's body.
"That attack. It may not be the last, there could be more."
"Then... protect... my son..."
Z and Gerald had developed something of a partnership in the time Gerald spent researching the Zector. Z seemed to feel that he owed Gerald a favor after giving his life that night so that the intruder could be stopped. And so Z agreed, and has remained bonded with Gabe even now. That was a year ago, and while Gabe has slowly begun to get the hang of using the Zector, he knows very little about it. And his dad, the one man who could tell him more about it, was gone. ArcSystems was never rebuilt, apparently someone higher up in LexCorp had decided it was not worth spending the resources on, at least not yet.
Name: Gabriel Scott Age: 16 Sex: Male Physical Description:
Height: 5' 5''
Weight: 130 lbs
Hair color: Sandy Brown
Eye color: Greenish
Tattoo / Scars: None
Tends to dress mostly in a black t-shirt and blue jeans, sometimes with a red motorcycle jacket worn over the shirt.
GIFT : Cybernetic Suit
Stemming from a small and metallic device bonded to his body that was codenamed "Project Zector", Gabe uses it to transform himself into an armored, almost machine-like version of himself. The suit is durable, able to render most small caliber gunfire harmless against it. Larger caliber bullets can disrupt or penetrate the suit's defenses but only if aimed at the right locations. The Zector is equipped with two primary weapons, the Z-Blade and Z-Cannon, one of which is a superheated metallic blade whose heat allows to cut through most defenses, equipped to the left arm and extends outward like a wrist-mounted sword blade; the cannon is plasma-firing projectile weapon that the right arm appears to shape-shift into via some form of nanotechnology. A pair of rods can extend outward like long shoulder blades and can provide jet-engine like thrust for flight and hovering. The heat energy that fires from the exhaust gives it almost winged appearance. The suit's head unit is equipped with a shaded visor for concealing the user's face and is able to provide useful tactical HUD information as well. The suit is largely sky blue in color, but with dark oceanic and indigo blue trimmings to accent it. While transformed, the Zector's user can lift between 1 and 1.5 tons, or push or drag a maximum of 2 tons.
Gift Limitations Unknown Tech The origin of the Zector is largely unknown. The only person who had any knowledge of its workings or where it came from is now dead. Unfortunately, this means that Gabe is not always able to utilize the Zector's power to its fullest extent.
Transformation-Based Because the user needs to fully transform in order to wield the Zector, it renders Gabe no less vulnerable to conventional attacks than any other normal person when he's not armored up. The transformation is also not instantaneous and a smart enough foe might find an opening to attack before it can be completed.
Skills: Before being bonded to the Zector, Gabe was an accomplished track and field competitor at his school. In addition, he was working part-time at a mechanic shop and thus has some skill at fixing up common vehicles like cars and bikes.
Brief History : The story doesn't really begin with Gabe. Instead it actually begins with his father, Gerald Scott. Gerald worked as an R&D specialist in a company called ArcSystems, incidentally a subsidiary of LexCorp. Gerald was the lead researcher on a team that had discovered a mysterious metal object found buried in an Arizona desert. Believed to have fallen from space, the earliest speculation was an alien origin. Gerald studied the object tirelessly, later having dubbed it the "Zector" due to the mysterious Z-shaped insignia carved into it. And it was also Gerald who bonded with the metal object and was the first to experience the transformation.
Through all this, Gerald had been spending more and more time at work and less at home. This had begun to put a strain on his relationship to his son Gabe. Gabe was an only child, and his mother had passed away due to Leukemia a few years ago. The two were all the other had, and Gerald's increasing interest and time spent spent with the Zector had made Gabe begin to feel estranged from his own dad. Still, the time ended up paying off for the research, as Gerald had discovered the two primary weapons used by the Zector. By now his superiors had gained an interest in replicating the strange object, hoping to manufacture their own version of it that could be sold a as new advanced weapon system to the US Military. But then the incident happened.
On one late evening, while experimenting with the Zector, something came screaming down from the sky and cut its way right into the research facility. It was armored, looking eerily similar to Gerald's transformed state, but clearly not a human in the suit. Without words it went on the attack, wiping out security many researchers. Gerald attempted to stop it using the Zector, but whatever this was it outclassed him by a large margin. That is until the Zector began acting of its own accord. Early on, Gerald had discovered a sentient entity within the Zector, though he was never able to determine if it was just an AI some form of alien life. That entity, whom Gerald had nicknamed "Z" had taken control of Gerald's transformed body and began to fight much more evenly against the intruder. The resulting battle was so intense the two combatants leveled the entire ArcSystems building in their wake.
As it happened, Gabe had come to the ArcSystems building, intending to catch a ride home with his father. And like everyone else there, he too was caught up in the crossfire of the sudden battle. In the end, the Zector managed to defeat the intruder, but Gerald had become mortally wounded throughout the encounter. Gabe had also become severely injured in the fallout of the attack as well, and both father and son lay gravely injured nearby one another.
"B...bond with him..." Gerald had said between painful breaths.
"You've been mortally wounded, the suit is what's keeping you alive and will allow you to recover. If I sever the bond now... you'll die."
"I don't... care... what happens to me." said Gerald, "Please... save him... save my son."
"...As you wish."
The Zector unbound itself from Gerald, who used the last of his strength to move it over to Gabe so that it bond to him. The Zector transformed Gabe and began talking with Gerald through Gabe's body.
"That attack. It may not be the last, there could be more."
"Then... protect... my son..."
Z and Gerald had developed something of a partnership in the time Gerald spent researching the Zector. Z seemed to feel that he owed Gerald a favor after giving his life that night so that the intruder could be stopped. And so Z agreed, and has remained bonded with Gabe even now. That was a year ago, and while Gabe has slowly begun to get the hang of using the Zector, he knows very little about it. And his dad, the one man who could tell him more about it, was gone. ArcSystems was never rebuilt, apparently someone higher up in LexCorp had decided it was not worth spending the resources on, at least not yet.
"It's like being saddled with a toddler..." muttered Quentin under his breath. Kalak was going to be one of those types that took getting used to, he could just tell right away. He gave the paper a read for himself, but was more puzzled by it than Kalak seemed to be. What did Xehanort mean by his body not being what he was accustomed to? Oh no, this wasn't going to be one those worlds, was it? In his eleven years of doing this, Quentin had come to despise going to worlds that forcibly changed one's body. It just didn't feel natural, and not helped at all by the fact that more often than not the universe saw fit to saddle Quentin with a new body that proved useless for self defense. The quest they were being sent on hadn't even begun yet and it was already looking to be annoying.
Through the explanation of traveling worlds and the subsequent trip through the Lanes Between, Quentin kept to himself. His own armor was mostly a dark indigo blue, but also possessed grayish silver trimmings to accent it. He couldn't help but wonder about what Xehanort said. Those things about a First Heart and finding seven specific hearts to make a new one, he hadn't heard of any of that in all the years he spent doing this job. All this really meant to him was that Xehanort knew things they didn't, which really only made Quentin question what else the old man was keeping secret from them. Also, who was this "G" person Xehanort mentioned in the report page? It all reeked of secrecy, and Quentin didn't like it at all. But this was also the one shot he was ever going to get to return home, and so he couldn't afford not to take it.
When passing by the consumed world, Quentin swallowed hard. Every time Quentin passed one by he couldn't stop himself from worrying about his own home. That world wasn't it, Quentin had found the route leading to his home some time ago, he had simply been avoiding it as per the old man's suggestion. Still, Quentin periodically wondered to himself if one day he'd return only to find his world reduced to one of those dark bubbles.
When the group had actually made it to their destination, Quentin sure enough found himself in a form he didn't like much. Kalak, though, seemed to be almost freaking out at the change he had undergone. Was this the first time he'd been to this kind of world? And the pirate guy... one could only imagine the utter confusion and horror that had to be going through his head. His first trip to new world altogether, and it was one that changed his body? Yikes, "Relax, would you?" Quentin said to Kalak, "In a body like that, you can probably hold your weapon in your mouth. I've had to do that once in a previous world. Besides, if you think you've got it bad, just look at what I'm stuck with." sure enough, Quentin was in a body that wouldn't help much in a fight. The change didn't actually feel especially radical to him, at least. He still had feathers, and the beak was a bit different but for the most part still felt like his bill. The only change he wasn't a fan of was the wings. No hands meant no wielding his Keyblade, at least not in a comfortable way. And the beak was probably too small to hold the weapon orally. He was probably going to have to use the talons somehow, maybe use the bird body's ability to fly to give himself enough momentum to "swing" it? He'd have to work it out as they went along.
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