I had an idea for an RP set in the not too distant future, inspired in no small part by the setting of pokemon, drawing heavily on the games and anime, but going in a completely different direction. We find ourselves in a world much like our own. The countries are as you know them, technology is more or less the same everywhere. It's a relatively peaceful time in the world...
And then mankind has their first contact with aliens. Well, maybe not contact, but their first confirmation of their existence. Dozens, if not hundreds of UFO sightings are reported from across the globe over the course of a single 24 hour period. In their wake, each of the craft drop bits of alien technology to the Earth below... and then everything is quiet. The UFOs, whatever they were, disappear and nobody knows where they've gone. Shortly after the event, people start to be reported missing... and less than a week after the string of disappearances, those very same people reappear, with powers beyond what humans should be capable of.
So some of you are no doubt wondering -- how does this pertain to pokemon?
The idea here is that instead of pokemon being magical animals that are kept in capture spheres, they're actually humans who have been altered by the alien technology -- pokeballs -- that were dropped from the UFOs. They receive powers related to whatever pokemon they're based on, as well as all of the strengths and weaknesses usually associated with that pokemon.
Some pokemon might not receive abilities that they'd normally get in the anime/games due to a difference of biology and anatomy. At the same time, other pokemon might receive powers beyond just what their movesets would suggest in the anime/games for a similar reason.
The alien technology dropped by the UFOs were small red and white spheres. The balls appear to be inert at first glance, but the first person to come into contact with one of the balls is absorbed into it. From that point forward, the ball acts as a portable cloning device. It can create multiple copies if invoked multiple times, each with slight variations. Each of the copies will have the same powers, though possibly at different power levels due to variations of the copies.
The first 'pokemon' released from any given pokeball can be considered to be indistinguishable from the original. They will have all of their memories from before being absorbed, will be physically a perfect copy, and bear the same personality. Further copies may result in imperfect replicas who may bear superficial resemblance to the original with slight variations, but may not have all of their memories or personality intact. The more subsequent copies are released, the stronger the more pronounced the variation becomes.
Pokeballs instill a subconscious desire for subservience to the person who released the occupant. It is more pronounced with weaker pokemon, but more powerful pokemon may be more resistant to the effect, and may be entirely unaffected if the person who released them lacks the will to command them. It's unknown exactly how a pokeball determines if a given person has the proper amount of willpower to command any given pokemon. Please note: This subservience is not absolute -- A pokemon is not made into a mindslave, they are only created with a weak compulsion to obey the one who released them. Abuse of this compulsion can easily lead to the effect eroding over time.
Trainers are the colloquial term for people who command pokemon, usually pokemon that they've released from pokeballs, but some trainers acquire pokemon via other means, either by convincing them to join their teams through diplomacy, exchanging members of their teams with other trainers, or in some cases, forcing it on them against their will.
A trainer does not have to be a human. Another pokemon may become a trainer and command a team of their own if they so choose. In most cases however, a trainer does not have powers or abilities of their own, and is individually weaker than their pokemon companions. Human trainers offset this weakness by having stronger mental and emotional bonds with their pokemon, allowing them to command stronger pokemon more easily than trainers who are also pokemon themselves. Human trainers also receive certain benefits directly from their pokemon, including but not limited to a telepathic link, an ability to push the abilities of their pokemon beyond the normal limits, and in some cases, a small boost to their physical abilities when compared to other similar people without pokemon.
Teams are groups of trainers and their pokemon that work together toward a common goal. Teams can be things like political groups, military units, government agencies, corporations, and of course criminal organizations such as Team Rocket. Teams could also just be a local group of friends who pool resources and help each other make ends meet with no larger plan or goal at all.
Trainers often need to be individually wealthy, or have the backing of a larger group in order to be able to care for a large number of pokemon effectively. It's not uncommon to see multiple trainers combine their resources and create teams that work together to ensure the prosperity for themselves and their pokemon. Sometimes these teams have specific goals and work to further those goals. Sometimes they're closer to criminal organizations and use their numbers to take things from other people.
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And I think that's it! I'm personally looking to play a trainer, and I'm looking for at least one female pokemon. Bonus points if you're willing to eventually play up to 6 pokemon at once, but it's not a requirement. I will likewise be playing multiple NPCs in addition to my main character.
Eva Valentine
Eva is a young blonde woman from the Pacific Northwest. Living on her own in a beach house that she inherited in the tourist destination of Seaside Oregon. Eva gets by, by working at a local cafe. She's not a particularly wealthy young woman, but when she meets her first pokemon and gets wrapped up in the plots and designs of other people who've newly acquired pokemon of their own, she has to make what she has work for her in order for her and her new pokemon companion to survive in a rapidly changing, and increasingly more dangerous world.
Age: 19 Sex: Female
While I enjoy 18+ content, and would like to keep things open to that kind of RP, it's not really what I want to focus on... So if you're hoping for tons of smut, you might be better served by looking elsewhere.
As a final note: this was originally designed to be a tie in between the real world and the world of pokemon. The idea was that this IS the world of pokemon, just a few thousand years before the show/games. The time period in this RP revolves around a sudden catastrophic transition. The end of an era, as it were.
I had an idea for an RP set in the not too distant future, inspired in no small part by the setting of pokemon, drawing heavily on the games and anime, but going in a completely different direction. We find ourselves in a world much like our own. The countries are as you know them, technology is more or less the same everywhere. It's a relatively peaceful time in the world...
And then mankind has their first contact with aliens. Well, maybe not contact, but their first confirmation of their existence. Dozens, if not hundreds of UFO sightings are reported from across the globe over the course of a single 24 hour period. In their wake, each of the craft drop bits of alien technology to the Earth below... and then everything is quiet. The UFOs, whatever they were, disappear and nobody knows where they've gone. Shortly after the event, people start to be reported missing... and less than a week after the string of disappearances, those very same people reappear, with powers beyond what humans should be capable of.
So some of you are no doubt wondering -- how does this pertain to pokemon?
The idea here is that instead of pokemon being magical animals that are kept in capture spheres, they're actually humans who have been altered by the alien technology -- pokeballs -- that were dropped from the UFOs. They receive powers related to whatever pokemon they're based on, as well as all of the strengths and weaknesses usually associated with that pokemon.
Some pokemon might not receive abilities that they'd normally get in the anime/games due to a difference of biology and anatomy. At the same time, other pokemon might receive powers beyond just what their movesets would suggest in the anime/games for a similar reason.
The alien technology dropped by the UFOs were small red and white spheres. The balls appear to be inert at first glance, but the first person to come into contact with one of the balls is absorbed into it. From that point forward, the ball acts as a portable cloning device. It can create multiple copies if invoked multiple times, each with slight variations. Each of the copies will have the same powers, though possibly at different power levels due to variations of the copies.
The first 'pokemon' released from any given pokeball can be considered to be indistinguishable from the original. They will have all of their memories from before being absorbed, will be physically a perfect copy, and bear the same personality. Further copies may result in imperfect replicas who may bear superficial resemblance to the original with slight variations, but may not have all of their memories or personality intact. The more subsequent copies are released, the stronger the more pronounced the variation becomes.
Pokeballs instill a subconscious desire for subservience to the person who released the occupant. It is more pronounced with weaker pokemon, but more powerful pokemon may be more resistant to the effect, and may be entirely unaffected if the person who released them lacks the will to command them. It's unknown exactly how a pokeball determines if a given person has the proper amount of willpower to command any given pokemon. Please note: This subservience is not absolute -- A pokemon is not made into a mindslave, they are only created with a weak compulsion to obey the one who released them. Abuse of this compulsion can easily lead to the effect eroding over time.
Trainers are the colloquial term for people who command pokemon, usually pokemon that they've released from pokeballs, but some trainers acquire pokemon via other means, either by convincing them to join their teams through diplomacy, exchanging members of their teams with other trainers, or in some cases, forcing it on them against their will.
A trainer does not have to be a human. Another pokemon may become a trainer and command a team of their own if they so choose. In most cases however, a trainer does not have powers or abilities of their own, and is individually weaker than their pokemon companions. Human trainers offset this weakness by having stronger mental and emotional bonds with their pokemon, allowing them to command stronger pokemon more easily than trainers who are also pokemon themselves. Human trainers also receive certain benefits directly from their pokemon, including but not limited to a telepathic link, an ability to push the abilities of their pokemon beyond the normal limits, and in some cases, a small boost to their physical abilities when compared to other similar people without pokemon.
Teams are groups of trainers and their pokemon that work together toward a common goal. Teams can be things like political groups, military units, government agencies, corporations, and of course criminal organizations such as Team Rocket. Teams could also just be a local group of friends who pool resources and help each other make ends meet with no larger plan or goal at all.
Trainers often need to be individually wealthy, or have the backing of a larger group in order to be able to care for a large number of pokemon effectively. It's not uncommon to see multiple trainers combine their resources and create teams that work together to ensure the prosperity for themselves and their pokemon. Sometimes these teams have specific goals and work to further those goals. Sometimes they're closer to criminal organizations and use their numbers to take things from other people.
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And I think that's it! I'm personally looking to play a trainer, and I'm looking for at least one female pokemon. Bonus points if you're willing to eventually play up to 6 pokemon at once, but it's not a requirement. I will likewise be playing multiple NPCs in addition to my main character.
Eva Valentine
Eva is a young blonde woman from the Pacific Northwest. Living on her own in a beach house that she inherited in the tourist destination of Seaside Oregon. Eva gets by, by working at a local cafe. She's not a particularly wealthy young woman, but when she meets her first pokemon and gets wrapped up in the plots and designs of other people who've newly acquired pokemon of their own, she has to make what she has work for her in order for her and her new pokemon companion to survive in a rapidly changing, and increasingly more dangerous world.
Age: 19 Sex: Female
While I enjoy 18+ content, and would like to keep things open to that kind of RP, it's not really what I want to focus on... So if you're hoping for tons of smut, you might be better served by looking elsewhere.
As a final note: this was originally designed to be a tie in between the real world and the world of pokemon. The idea was that this IS the world of pokemon, just a few thousand years before the show/games. The time period in this RP revolves around a sudden catastrophic transition. The end of an era, as it were.
If we're voting, 3e looks more adaptable, although I'm still new to the system.
I've found that 2e is a little more easily picked up than 3e, since it's so similar in design to the more popular D&D 3.5 and pathfinder systems. 3e changed a lot of things and condensed a lot of others. It's mostly a matter of little details though. It might just be weird for me because I am so used to 2e.
Shee-shee-go. The 'u' is silent and not a seperate syllable, panda-chan! Unless it's Shishigoyu
Technically, while this is true, it does make a long 'o' sound, so it's not entirely silent. I just wasn't sure how to make an 'o' with a line over it to show pronunciation. >_<
It's pronounced exactly how it looks. Japanese pronunciation is mostly a matter of breaking it up by syllables. Shi-shi-go-u chi-yo. -- This has been Japanese lessons with the Haunted Panda!
In any case, I'd like to know more before I go and commit to anything, but it sounds interesting. What sort of characters are you looking for?
Also, if enough people are interested, we might not do Play by Post. There's a possibility that we can use a Discord server, if they have a dice roller of some kind.
