King Cosmos

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

All of your examples of people having small extra decks are fine, but don't really apply to MPB as they are capable of hitting more levels than those other decks. Even if I limit it to machines that look like vehicles I have access to Ranks 4, 7 and 10 and synchros 5, 6, 9 and 11. The extra deck is going to be a bit bigger because of this.

Plus, going into Draccosack every duel isn't great.

That said, I get your point and I'll remove Chidori, Castel and Gaia. I'm keeping Gear Gigant X as having to search for a card once in a while instead of always top decking what I need is good sometimes. I would add in Phantom Fortress Enterblathnir but I don't expect to ever use a level 3 other than Hamstrat.

By the way if you wanted to avoid digging into archetypes, Ally Of Justice is an archetype -w-

@Ammokkx

I'll admit I forgot this.

...Heck, you mentioned earlier how Gagaga is a toolbox for the extra, right? Well, keeping in mind that this is 4k, it really doesn't need to be. Gagaga Tag is a pretty insane boost card with how often you're going to be summoning and Samurai even lets you attack twice, dealing huge amounts of damage in the process. Cards like One-Shot and Wonder wand also boost the ATK of your spellcaster Gagagas a little further, which allows them to push for even more damage. You can even be cheeky, playing turn 1 cowboy in DEF, dealing 800, protecting it and then swinging over whatever boss monster they summoned next turn with the ATK position effect.

@Ammokkx

I can tell this is going to be an adjustment for me, since I didn't expect to even have the Gagaga cards on the field long enough to read their names before I overlaid them. Like I said way at the start, this is my first Yu-Gi-Oh RP so please bare with me as I adjust to the idea of being able to make whatever crazy play I want instead of always going for a better boardstate.

Lightsworn is going to be tricky with 4k.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

Jasmine, I only have one problem with her however, This is a huge problem I have with just her, How did she get to rank 4 at the start of the year (which hasn't taken place yet because that's where we start).

@Satoshi Kyou

That's on me for misunderstanding the setting. I thought we were partway through the third year already and that the third year rankings were based entirely on your performance in your third year; as in, third year wipes the slate clean and you all start from scratch.

I'll make the change you suggested and have her transfer in towards the end of the second year.

Touma, There aren't a lot of things that are wrong with him, heck there is NOTHING wrong him at all and he seems to be a great character but... you did say he is the tallest student from all Water dorm which restricts what I can do with Water Dorm student NPC's

@Satoshi Kyou

6'0 is pretty damn tall for Japan and I kind of specifically wanted him to be the tallest. I'll reword it to say "one of the tallest" if its an issue, or maybe just bump his height up to be more exceptional?

Asahi, I have plenty of issues with him, for one How did he get to this rank if he doesn't challenge often... the academy doesn't just put you at rank 2 based purely on skill.

@Satoshi Kyou

I guess I didn't make it clear enough but the thing with Asahi is that he does have a huge number of wins purely from other people challenging him, enough to be considered one of the best duellists despite not throwing out any challenges of his own. I am also under the assumption that there was no Top 5 for first and second years and that was only for your third year, so the first two years would be entirely ELO based.

The same problem as Jasmine, The RP takes place at the start of the third year, in other words, she would be using her new deck for the first few times putting her at a lower rank possibly at the same rank Asahi would be if what your sheet says is true

@Satoshi Kyou

Again, I misunderstood this part. I'll change it to say she swapped decks sometime in her second year.

How did Kanna get rank 1? if Asahi is rank 2 then HOW did Kanna get past Asahi if they never dueled? Did Asahi refuse to duel her? Kanna would have been number 1 if that's the case, but Asahi's reputation would have been known as the guy who let a girl get past him without putting up a fight

@Satoshi Kyou

So I think I need the ranking system cleared up at this point, because I seem to have made a lot of misconceptions.

My understanding was that the first and second years were ranked based on an ELO system where you gain points from wins and lose them from loses. Under this system it should be possible for Kanna to rise above Asahi without ever facing him, simply by accumulating more points by dueling other people.

I then thought that all ranks were eliminated at the start of the third year and you started accumulating points from scratch. This is clearly not the case. So, do the ranks from your second year just carry over then? Whoever is top of the seconds years becomes #1 at the start of your third year?

I think my mistake was thinking that there was only a Top 5 for your third year, with the previous two years being purely points based. I'll have to rethink things then, because I really wanted Kanna vs Asahi to be like a dream match that never happened kind of thing but that seems impossible with this system unless I have Kanna beat Asahi to the Top 5 and just always stay ahead of him.

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The MBP extra could still remove these cards, I don't see why they should stick around:

Lightning Chidori
Castel
Gaia Dragon

@Ammokkx

They are all Wind attribute Rank 4 XYZ. I honestly don't have much to work with.

Gear Giant X

@Ammokkx

Again, there is a limited selection of Rank 4 machines. I'll add in Heavy Armoured Train Ironwolf though, since I only just noticed it and it seems to fit.

Ally Of Justice Catastor is an anti-light killbot. Not really a vehicle or anything, just an eradication killbot.

@Ammokkx

I can make a level 5 synchro and, again, limited selection. I can replace it with Hi-Speedroid Chanbara since its a wind, machine spaceship thing, but I wanted to avoid dipping into other archetypes.

Tornado Dragon... Okay, nevermind, I'm giving you this one. that's clever.

@Ammokkx

I don't know what I did or why this is okay but the other wind monsters aren't.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

@Ammokkx

I've changed the extra decks for all of my deck lists, trying to stick to cards of the same attribute or type as the main deck. The Mecha Phantom Beast extra deck is still a little full though.

I may have to change from Nekroz anyway. I've never played them before, never even played against them, so I don't know how well I can script a duel for them.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

Ok I've made a couple of quick updates to the deck lists,

Putting your focus on negation and removal makes your opponent have to spam harder

@Ammokkx

Considering that the entire Nekroz archetype is made up of hand traps does this mean I am going to have to change my deck entirely for my main character? I'm not going to Djinnlock anybody but a Nekroz without negation is a Nekroz deck without ritual monsters.

Also, does this mean I need to ditch Ash Blossom in Fire Fists?

I'd recommend straying away from cards such as the solemn brigade, Twin Twisters, Mirror Force, Soul charge and general staples.

@Ammokkx

That's fine, I mostly put those in to pad out the spells and traps anyway. Nekroz doesn't really use any traps from what I can see and I can live without Soul Charge.

Also, a last thing: If you're going to make example lists, try not to say stuff like 'Rank 4 Xyz' yeah? It implies you'd be summoning Utopia alongside Castel and Diamond Dire Wolf, three monsters that don't really relate each other in any way. Besides, Numbers are kind of Naoki's schtick and extra decks should be limited rather than broadened. Having everyone use everything makes decks feel less unique.

@Ammokkx

I can make the extra decks more limited in those cases but what do I do about the Gagaga deck? The entire point of the archetype is to toolbox every card you can in the extra deck. I'll stay away from Numbers as well; the only one I was really going to use was Machu Mech since it is the Gagaga combo, but in hindsight an OTK is probably a bad idea anyway.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

@Satoshi Kyou@Ammokkx

Ok, I'm finally done with the profile for the Water dorm.

I included the card list for everyone's deck lists even though it wasn't required because I dislike not having at least a basic idea of what their decks will be. Also the Fire Fist deck is a lot of fun and has ridiculous combos compared to what I used to play.

Water Dorm

Name Kanna Hayashi

Age 18

Appearance
While slightly above average height at 5’ 4” Kanna is still the shortest of the Top 5 in her dorm; paired with her slight frame, with thin shoulders, a narrow waist and a small bust, at first glance she doesn’t appear to be very imposing, though it would be a mistake to underestimate her.

Kanna keeps her black hair tied back in a ponytail with a long triangular fringe swept to one side of her face, the tip of which can just brush her cheekbones. She has a pretty face, narrow with a thin nose and slightly pouty lips; her eyes are a dark, chocolaty brown that contain a fire that belies her unassuming looks.

She rigidly adheres to the school’s uniform standards and expects the same of her dorm mates, though she has had little success at encouraging this except with Touma.

Personality
Kanna takes things seriously; whether it’s her studies, her duelling or her self-inflicted status as her dorms leader she approaches it with the same strong will and driven nature that propelled her to the top of her dorms rankings. Most of Kanna’s life at Harmonia United is spent in a state of constantly trying to improve, through deck building and testing, studying or theory crafting.

All of this means that Kanna is somewhat highly strung and at times finds herself a little stressed out; her ambition to be the best encourages her to work herself too hard while her competitive nature then pushes her to prove that her efforts have paid off against others. She has a hard time letting things go and just relaxing, which is why it is important that she has people in her dorm who will force her to take a break every now and then.

Her dorm is both a source of pride and ire for Kanna. As the top ranked duellist she sees herself as their leader and tries to be a strong example for them as well as someone that they feel they can rely on, while also encouraging them to improve as duellists. However, while she gets along with most of them and there is not a single person she would say she dislikes, their various quirks, hang-ups and in a few cases complete unwillingness to take things seriously mean that she is often at her wits end when dealing with them.

Dorm
Water

History
Kanna is the only child of a pro duellist and a nurse. Growing up she didn’t see her father a lot growing up as he was often on the road, travelling to various duelling tournaments around the world. Even so she had a good relationship with her father and was always happy whenever she got to see him; she was very proud to have a famous duellist for a father and would always try to watch his matches on TV.

Hajime Hayashi is an Atlantean/Mermail player and when it came time for Kanna to make her own deck she made a pure Atlantean deck to try and emulate him. She wasn’t a very good duellist at first and had trouble getting used to the way the deck played but with some advice from her father and constant practise on her part she improved over time.

Becoming a pro-duellist was always Kanna’s goal as could be expected. She enrolled herself at Harmonia United for its reputation as one of the best academies and was accepted after passing both the written and duelling exams, the first with flying colours and the latter with an above average but not exceptional performance.

For her first year at the academy she continued to use her Atlantean deck only to quickly find that her skills with the deck were not good enough to earn her a place in the higher ranks. While she slowly managed to crawl up the ranking through her hard work and earn herself a reputation as someone not to take lightly, the amount of work required to improve was large disproportionate to the gains she was making. She stubbornly wanted to keep using the deck she had made to honour her father but despite her efforts she began to see a limit to what she could do with her current deck alone.

Half way through her second year she finally made the call to switch to a new deck and chose Nekroz for its apparent versatility and the fact that it was still at least a Water attribute deck. With this new deck it was like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders and she saw massive improvements to her duelling that rocketed her to the top of her dorms rankings.

Deck theme + list of example cards

Nekroz

Examples

Monsters
Nekroz monsters
Nekroz ritual monsters
Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz
Senju of the Thousand Hands
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands
Gishki Shadow
Jigabyte

Spells
Nekroz ritual spells
Preparation of Rites

Traps
Often no traps are used

Extra Deck
Herald of the Arc Light
High level Synchros and Fusion cards for use with Kaleidoscope
Abyss Dweller
Snowdust Giant
Evilgishki Merrowgeist

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Asahi Ueda

-Description-
Asahi is a strong believer in the idea that a healthy mind leads to a healthy life and as such spends a lot of his time in meditation and quiet contemplation. He is a calm individual with seemingly infinite patience; he is slow to anger but he does not mince his words if he thinks poorly of someone and is capable of delivering some truly devastating criticisms, as Touma can attest. Due to how quiet he can be Asahi is somewhat hard to engage with and most people assume he prefers to be left alone and as such he gets a lot of time to himself; Asahi seems to have no complaints about this arrangement, but then he probably wouldn’t say anything if he did.

His duelling style often takes people by surprise with Asahi utilising a rapid paced and overwhelmingly aggressive deck and play style in contrast to his personality and from day one it was clear that Asahi was a strong duellist. He performed better than anyone in the entrance duelling exam and was near the top in the written exam as well. He spent most of his first and second years near the top of the rankings, mostly from defeating challengers who wanted to try and defeat the duellist with the reputation for being the strongest in the dorm; a reputation that only grew as the number of his wins increased.

Surprisingly, he and Kanna have never actually duelled. Asahi very rarely challenges another duellist himself and instead has accumulated most of his wins by being challenged by others, meaning that his ascent through the ranks was rather slow. Kanna has never challenged him either, at first because she didn’t think she could win and later because she found herself above Asahi in the rankings, due to Kanna being more proactive in challenging others and gaining points, and it made no sense to do so. Kanna made it into the Top 5 first, beating both Keita and Touma to rise to the top, with Asahi eventually earning enough points to do the same; once he had acquired the 6th rank in the dorm Asahi issued surprise challenges to the then 5th ranked duellist, Keita and then Touma to rise to second place, but for some reason stopped short of challenging Kanna.

Asahi currently has no intention of duelling Kanna as he sees her as the better representative of the Water dorm, though he wishes she would focus more on strengthening her mind and less on her deck, and has no desire to take her spot; if asked who he thinks would win if they did duel, he is uncharacteristically evasive in giving an answer.

Currently Asahi spends most of his time facing challenges from the dorms 3rd best duellist Touma, as well as challengers from other dorms.

Appearance:
At 5’ 8” Asahi is of roughly average height and a thin but toned build means he is neither overweight nor too skinny. His swept back, pale blonde hair contrasts with his lightly tanned skin, which he acquired by frequently meditating outside. Green eyes stare out of a placid face, with a slight analytical edge to them, giving the impression that there is more going on beneath the surface than you would expect from his calm exterior.

Asahi prefers to wear lose fitting clothing and as such his uniform is a size too big, though well maintained enough as to not look dishevelled.

Deck:

Lightsworn

Monsters
Lightsworn Archetype
Twilightsworn Archetype
Judgement Dragon
Punishment Dragon
Necro Gardna
Eclipse Wyvern
Black Dragon Collapserpent
White Dragon Wyverburster
Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the End
Dawn Knight
Glow-up Bulb

Spells
Charge of the Light Brigade
Solar Recharge
Foolish Burial
Allure of Darkness
Galaxy Cyclone

Traps
Breakthrough Skill
Skill Prisoner
Lost Wind

Extra Deck
Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn
Michael the Arch-Lightsworn
Starliege Paladynamo
Sacred Wyvern
Lightning Warrior
Light End Dragon
Dark End Dragon
Star Eater

Touma Matsumoto

-Description-
Probably the most driven duellist in the dorm, though Kanna could give him a run for his money, Touma is incredibly competitive when it comes to duelling and has a strong desire to prove himself the best; even if his current ranking has put a bit of a damper on his spirits.

He has a fierce, though somewhat one-sided rivalry with the Water dorm’s 2nd ranked duelling Asahi, with the Lightsworn player acting as an immovable barrier preventing Touma from moving up the ranks. This is nothing new as Touma challenged Asahi many times in their first and second years, along with many other duellists, wanting to finally be the one to take him down. Though he made it to the Top 5 first it was no surprise to him when he eventually found himself one place behind Asahi in the rankings at the start of their third year.

In his spare time Touma likes to swim as exercise and probably makes use of the dorms amenities more than anyone in the Top 5 but Jasmine. Since he is not able to beat Asahi and is unable to challenge Kanna at all Touma likes to challenge the other dorms whenever he can; he and Kanna are probably the main driving force behind the Water dorm’s current standing in the ranking, though Asahi contributes a lot from defeating challengers as well.

Aside from Asahi, Touma has a good relationship with the other Top 5 duellists; especially Kanna being the most similar to her is disposition, though he maybe defers to her a little too much due to her higher ranking.

Appearance:
Standing at an even 6’ 0” Touma is not just the tallest student in the Top 5 but also one of the tallest in the entire Water dorm. His slightly muscular frame that he has built up through plentiful use of his dorm’s swimming pool also adds to this to give him a more imposing appearance.

Touma’s black hair is short but spiky and his brown eyes look out from under a heavy brow and thick eyebrows that give him the appearance of constantly frowning. Though he prefers to dress casually Touma makes a serious attempt to keep his uniform maintained, though he finds he struggles to keep to the standard set by his dorm’s champion Kanna.

Deck:

Fire Fist

Monsters
Fire Fist 3 axis cards
Fire Fist 4 axis cards
Rapid Red Hared Mare
Outroll of the Haunted Sea
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Red Resonator

Spells
Fire Formation spells
Rekindling
Onslaught of the Fire Kings
Instant Fusion

Traps
Fire Formation traps

Extra Deck
Fire Fist Horse Prince
Fire Fist Lion Emperor
Charubin the Fire Knight
Sea Monster of Theseus
Vulcan the Divine
Vulcan the Divine
Crimson Blader
Stygian Sergeants

Jasmine Hall

-Description-
An American transfer student from Seattle, Washington, Jasmine is by far the most outgoing member of the Water dorm’s Top 5 duellists. An exceedingly bubbly and friendly person there is probably no other duellist in her dorm who is as universally liked as Jasmine; she gets along well with everyone, even Asahi cracks a smile around her occasionally, and is particularly good friends with Kanna, who Jasmine latched onto day one as a fellow strong female duellist.

Jasmine is fairly new to the school, only transferring in towards the end of her second year, but quickly made herself known as a strong duellist and found her way into the Top 5. Even so Jasmine duels mostly for fun and though she has ambitions to become a pro duellist she is not very competitive and takes any losses in her stride. This is especially evident in the way she constantly encourages Keita to challenge her, pestering him to do so even if it results in her loss and her moving down a rank.

This mentality sometimes leads her to not taking duels as seriously as she should and she has lost many times because of this, something that is occasionally a source of ire for her dorm mates when it causes her to lose against another dorm.

Like Touma she takes great advantage of her dorms swimming facilities in her spare time, but uses the pools for fun rather than as a workout.

Appearance:
Jasmine is quite tall for a girl, being as she is 5’ 8”, and has a figure which is much curvier and well-endowed compared to the slighter Kanna. Her long blonde hair falls down her back in waves, reaching to the small of her back and her vibrant blue eyes shine out of a face that is all smiles and dimpled cheeks.

While generally quite good at keeping her uniform in good order, Jasmine likes to add a personal touch to things and has embroidered floral patterns into the cuffs and lapels of her uniform jacket that probably go against the school’s uniform regulations.

Deck:

Mecha Phantom Beast

Monsters
Mecha Phantom Beast monsters
Mathematician

Spells
Mecha Phantom Beast spells
Draw Muscle
Scapegoat
Strike of the Monarchs
Foolish Burial

Traps
Aerial Recharge
Waboku
Fiendish Chain
Spiritual Wind Art – Miyabi

Extra Deck
Mecha Phantom Beast Jaculuslan
Mecha Phantom Beast Draccosack
Tornado Dragon
Gear Gigant X
Heavy Armoured Train Ironwolf
Sky Palace Gangaridai
Super Dreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max
Hi-Speedroid Chanbara
Cloudcastle

Keita Matsui

-Description-
Most people are surprised to find out that Keita is one of the top duellists in his dorm as at first glance he appears to be absent minded and easily distractible and to be fair to those people, that’s exactly what Keita is. He almost didn’t make it into the academy due to his poor written test results, despite doing very well in the duelling exam and ever since then his grades have fluctuated from above average to barely passing. It’s not that he doesn’t know the material, he simply isn’t academically minded and zones out during classes and exams.

It is only when duelling or deck building that Keita really comes into his own; a strange kind of focus almost like a trance coming over him that allows him to show what he’s really made of. Keita is simply naturally gifted as a duellist.

He was the last person to join the current Top 5 rankings but even though he is in the most precarious position and having many challengers he has not left the Top 5 since. Despite his talent however he has yet to challenge the 4th ranked Jasmine even once for her position; although he wants to be a pro duellist, as it is the only thing that he is passionate about, he doesn’t see a reason to go higher than 5th since that is all he needs to do to go pro.

Appearance:
Keita is shorter than anyone but Kanna in the Top 5, being only 5’ 6”, and is smaller too due to his skinny frame. His shoulder length red hair is messy and unkempt, hanging down over his face and into his eyes so he constantly has to brush it aside. His emerald green eyes often have a vacant, blank look to them as he stares off into space, lost in some random thought; however they take on a surprising sharpness when he is duelling.

Not surprisingly Keita’s uniform is an absolute mess, often wrinkled and dishevelled to match the rest of his appearance.

Deck:

Gagaga

Monsters
Gagaga monsters
Gogogo monsters
Dark Magician of Chaos
Black Fang Magician
Armageddon Knight

Spells
Gagaga spells
Onomatopaira
Downbeat
Dark Magic Veil
Chaos Sceptre Blast
Raigeki
Foolish Burial

Traps
Dark Renewal
Gagaga trap cards

Extra Deck
Spellcaster type and Dark attribute XYZ monsters

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

My level of knowledge on the decks I'm using:

Only just now discovered Battlin' Boxers are FIRE attribute.

@Deluge

It's honestly not a big deal for that deck. I don't think they really use any fire support cards; it's more of a warrior deck than a fire deck.

Gozen Match however...

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

Alright, I guess I'll just write the descriptions assuming the uniform has a blazer and change it later if I need to.

You can only issue a challenge to the person above you and the challenged person can refuse, but they will give up their rank if they do. however, you have a limited number of challenges you can issue so the challenger has to be confident

@Satoshi Kyou

Not being able to refuse without losing your rank messes up some of my plans but that is fine.

What do you mean by a limited number of challenges? Do you mean if you challenge the person above you and lose, say, five times you can't challenge them again? I assume this count resets if the order changes, so if either the person above you goes up a rank or you drop a rank?

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

Ok, so I kind of missed my goal of getting my profiles up by Friday. I have all of the appearances done for all characters along with outlines of their histories and descriptions, so it shouldn't be too much longer.

I have a few questions though. What do the uniforms look like or is that up to us? What are the rules for challenging the person above you for their place in the top 5? Can the other person refuse to take a challenge?

@Satoshi Kyou

Fate/Shattered Dogma

On the subject of Masters, if anyone wants to be Ajax's Master I am open to any suggestions. If not I'm fine being paired with a random Master once everyone has joined.

Fate/Shattered Dogma

(The Command Spells's) ...their truest purpose is to allow the winner of the Grail to force the Servant to kill themselves so that the ritual to reach the Root with all seven Heroic Spirits can be completed.

@Bishop

@BishopYeah, Lancer in Fate Zero was forced to take his own life iirc.

@Animus

So was Lancer in Unlimited Blade Works; you can order a Servant to do anything with a command spell but that's not the point of that quote.

From my limited understanding the way the grail war works is that by filling the grail with the mana of ALL SEVEN Servants the grail gains enough power to grant the winner of the war any wish they want. Every Servant needs to die for the ritual to be completed, not just the other six; in other words a Servant can never have their wish granted, or at least not and live to see it, since they need to die as well for the grail to be complete.

I could be wrong though and that could only apply when using the grail to reach the root. Maybe other wishes take less power and therefore you'd be able to have your wish granted even before the war ends if you can get your hands on the grail and enough Servants have died to fill it up. Plus there are examples like the Great Grail War in Apocrypha and this case where there are more than seven Servants so not every Servant would need to die, since it's to do with the amount of power in the grail and not a hard rule of all Servants need to die.

I don't know. Fate is weird.