Sebastian

Dragon Ball Z: Blood Lines

@Duthguy@Skull@IceHeart@Holy Soldier@Kafka Komedy@Dark Light

Dark light is onto something there with his suggestion I think, and if we go that route it even opens up future possibilities. If we were to be one of the various alternate universes we could already have a way for humans to increase their powers and have transformations all in one. As it is well known that alternate universes are quite a mix of different things all unique from the other. It would be more then plausible that in another universe that humans have maybe a different strand of DNA, one that enables them to reach even the heights of Saiyans. Another upside going for this route like Dark Light mentioned is Goku and all them with still exist in another universe, if this roleplay makes it really far we could even have some kind of universe to universe crossover, the possibilities are fairly endless. Obviously you would have to train hard to obtain these transformations but it would take out a lot of the leg work into trying to figure out a way for humans to expand their powers through external methods. A couple of you mentioned your basing your characters off character from the original story, being another universe could also be perfect for that as you already know Freiza had another version of himself in another universe so it fits perfectly.

Thoughts on this anyone?

Dragon Ball Z: Blood Lines

@GingerBoi123@Holy Soldier@Kafka Komedy@Skull

I know what your all saying definitely, human fighters have always been the weak race when it came to DBZ. Holy really hit the nail on the head when he said DBZ was heavily revolved around Goku and his greatness, that is one good reason why he does not exist in this roleplay along with the others. My hopes for this roleplay is to expand beyond the show, to bring newer aspects into light. With this said I will answer the question that seems to be on your minds.

Are humans going to be pathetically weak or are they going to as tough as any other race in this roleplay?

I had already intended to change the human curse in this roleplay, in DBZ there were a lot of great men, powerful humans who surpassed and prevailed beyond the human limits. Roshi, Gohan, Ox King, Chi Chi, just to name a few. Humans can surpass their limits and in this roleplay I see no reason why we can not expand even further on this. These great human characters always seemed to get overshadowed a lot and their unique talents overlooked. I think its crazy that only alien species can raise their power levels to extreme highs and have transformations that drive their power levels ever higher. I think that humans could and should have their own form of transformations very much like the Saiyans do and Frieza, even Zarbon. How we go about this is totally up in the air, and if you all have some idea's I would love to discuss them with you.

Now Kafka, you mentioned one of the characters going on a journey and all these characters meant through this adventure and came to know each other. I think that is a great idea honestly, we could really expand on that, perhaps we could even start the roleplay off with sort of flash back collage of how all the warriors meant and what not. This would require a great deal of us getting together and discussing a story line for our characters but if your all down with that we can definitely come up with something. Hell we could even make the entire first Arc all about this adventure and push Blitz to the second Arc.

Dragon Ball Z: Blood Lines

@Sebastian No worries man. So the lore as far as techniques, races, technology (like capsule corp), and overall aesthetic will very much be DBZ/Toriyama-inspired, just with completely new characters?

@Skull

Lore wise it is heavily inspired by Toriyama however there are some distinct changes. The first and foremost change is the Saiyan planet, Frieza never existed with this storyline so he never destroyed the Saiyan homeworld. However the Saiyans did still lose their planet, although no one exactly knows what destroyed their home world. Blitz is one of the only ones who knows at this point, which is another reason I wanted to make him the first villain so I had the ability to go into further detail down the line. It is also important to note that unlike in the original story, alot of the Saiyans were able to escape before their planet was destroyed. While the Saiyans are still a proud warrior race they are not as destructive as in the original story so many of them chose to find new places to live and start over i.e. one of these places being earth. Without Frieza's Galactic Planet Trade the Saiyans were more or less a hell of a lot more peaceful towards other species. With this set, the ability to have a full blooded Saiyan character is more then possible if you chose to.

Capsule Corp is still the leading company in technological advancement however Bulma does not exist nor do her parents so the corporation will of course have its differences. One of these differences specifically being, the dragon radar which is not a thing, at least not yet anyways as Bulma was the original proprietor of this device. In reality the very fact that the dragon balls are an actual thing at this point is pretty unknown to everyone. There is a strong possibility later on where the Guardian of Earth will become involved for that specific reason.

As for races they are all the same as the original story, there is not much change to them aside from the fact that someone might decide to make new races for their character.

Dragonball has caught my interest as of late. I'd like to play as a sword fighter or something since it interested me that there's only really one person who even uses a weapon in DB. What 'powerlevel' would the starting characters be around? End of Dragonball/Beginning of Z yeah?

@Kafka Komedy

I have not decided as of yet what standing and top power levels will be for starting out. My Original concept for for Blitz was to give him a standing power of about fifty thousand and his top level being two hundred thousand in which case I would have to equal it out by making starting power levels a bit higher then one might usually make them. But as I said its undecided right now at the current moment, I may just lower Blitz power entirely so we can start at more realistic levels. So if I had to give an answer right now I would say around the start of DBZ.

Dragon Ball Z: Blood Lines

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@Skull

Trust me it wasn't an easy decision for me but to have such powerful characters existing would drive the roleplay out of proportion. Altho I had time to think on it the past night and morning since I made this interest check and I was considering adding Roshi and ideally King Kai perhaps and the same supreme kai except in any case the supreme Kai would not even be a big player in the start of the story. However if someone wanted to create a character like Roshi I would not be apposed to it. I will probably do some more thinking on it and anyone interested can feel free to shoot idea's my way as well, there are no bad ideas.

Dragon Ball Z: Blood Lines

Start Intro

Blitz was silent as he stood before the clear glass window in front of himself. His tail was wrapped firmly around his waist such as his arms were crossed on his chest as he looked upon the blue and green planet among the blackness of space. The planet before him he had never once lay his eye's upon, but he already knew that its name was simply put, Earth. It was but a backwater planet, a piece of rock that housed perhaps one of the weakest if not the weakest of species, humans.

“Lord Blitz our scanners are not picking up much in terms of high power readings. The majority of inhabitants are concentrated around a max power level of one. Should we commence the operation and send in the invasion force?”

Blitz drew his eye's away from the glass before him and turned his attention to the Brench-seijin before him who served as his right hand. Blitz was silent as he looked upon the blue skinned orange haired alien.

“Do not believe what the sensors report Saizen, you are more then aware that true warriors are capable of suppressing their power levels. No.. I can feel something down there that is strong and there is more then just one. It is feint but they are more then enough to eliminate our invasion force. I do not believe we should so rashly give away our presence just yet.”

Blitz drew his attention back to the glass before him, he grunted although it was barely audible to anyone near him. He knew that this planet harbored fighters that were not normal humans, he could feel them even from here although none of his minions could. Perhaps there was a way he could seek out these strong fighters and gage their abilities without giving away his intentions.

“Saizen prepare to depart, you and me are going down to Earth. We will find and test the abilities of the strongest fighters on this planet ourselves, if they prove to be weak then we will destroy them out right and once they are gone we will take this planet for our own.”

“As you command Lord Blitz I will prepare a dropship at once. Shall we bring a small landing party with us?”

Blitz kept his eye's concentrated on the planet before him as he spoke:

“No I do not foresee any use for such measures, I do not wish to draw attention to myself until the time comes to crush this puny planet. We will go and only us, the ship will remain in a standby mode here in the orbit of Earth until I issue an order otherwise.”

Okay so I am looking for some interest in a DBZ roleplay. Before anyone asks this universe does not possess and cannon characters, no Roshi, no goku or Vegeta and so on. I want this to ideally be a fresh clean slate so we would be the ones who will become the future heros and villains for this roleplay. I am going to allow any race you wish to be, even a made up one if you truly want to put in the effort for it. The first Arc is going to be Blitz as the main villian and then as we progress we can come up with more arcs and villians to face as we go, ideally created by members of the roleplay. If your interest please respond below. There are lots of kinks to work out as of right now, especially with a power system and such. I just want to gage some interest before I go ahead and start working on the finer details of the mechanics of the roleplay.

Age Of Rising Horrors

Are Vampires inherently evil in this particular realm or are there possibility's of having a vampire that chooses good over the evil? Depending on the answer to this question is it possible for a vampire to wield holy magic or is this solely a human based magic and out of the reach of one who is undead?

Edit: Ah never mind i missed the traits portion of the first post. Scratch that second question.

Anyone want to be an Auror?

Looking for a partner for a Harry Potter inspired roleplay. A little need to know info, there will not be cannon characters in this roleplay, only originals. The role play will involve Hogwarts to a large degree but we will not be students or anything like that. The basis of the roleplay will revolve around two Aurors who work for the ministry i.e. your character and mine. We are partnered up and embark on an assignment to protect a Hogwarts student from a deadly unknown dark witch or wizard. My hopes for this roleplay is to be a slice of life heavily mixed with action and maybe romance depending on what direction it goes in.

I am looking for male or female, I have no direct preferences to which and the romance option is available for both pairings as well. If your interested shoot me a PM and I can go more into my idea and perhaps if your into the story we can start throwing ideas together.

What Are You Listening To?

Count of Tuscany
Dream Theater
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Call of the Dead (Casual Zombie RP, Always Accepting)

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Krav Maga. . . I want you all to take those words in, I want you to understand them and I want you to breath them in and spit them back out and then breath them in again. This form of fighting is heavily disciplined based, there is a reason for this, and that reason is simple. . . it is a fighting style that harnesses physical aggression and turns it into a weapon using your very own body. It is used to simultaneously strike your opponent time and time again until they are incapacitated. This style is not about harnessing emotion though, there is a difference between physical aggression and emotional aggression and you must come to understand this. Physical aggression can incapacitate an opponent, emotional aggression can kill them unwittingly. This style is only for those with a strong grip on their emotions, for those who can push emotion aside and fight both in mind and body. Do you understand this?

Mikhail was stern and loud as he looked at the twenty new students within his class, all of them at best were just children or maybe he was just old. Each man in the class screamed "Yes Sensei" although most of them he could tell from the looks in their eye's that they did not understand the concept. He held out his hand and pulled his finger towards one of the new students and then motioned for them to step forward, they were hesitant but quickly complied and approached him stopping five feet from Mikhail.

"What is your name?"

"Emerson Sensei, Emerson Gruber"

"Emerson, I want to ask you something. If I commanded you to attack me with the intent to kill me knowing that my intent would be to kill you, would you do so?"

Mikhail could see the color drain away a little in Emersons face as he thought about the question and what exactly the reason was that it was posed. He seemed to contemplate what his answer might lead too as he looked upon the rest of his classmates who watched on intently but not daring to interject. Looking back at Mikhail he answer although hesitantly.

"No Sensei I would not do so."

Why is that Emerson, I just threatened your life, would you so willingly let your life come to an end because you refuse to fight me?

Mikhail took a step towards Emerson whom took one frightened step back looking back again at the other students in class whom were still making no move to interfere. Mikhail took another step towards Emerson closing the distance a bit more then last time. Emerson's face hardened a bit as he decided not to back off but to step forward, although he made no move to attack Mikhail.

Do you fear me Emerson? Do you fear what I might do to you? What If I were to threaten your loved ones instead? If it was my intent to break their necks one by one what would you do then?"

Emerson's face became hardened with anger, his face contorting into contempt, he made no movement on Mikhail attack wise but he stepped up to him as came eye to eye with him.

"I would kill you."

"Would you now? You would do exactly what you said moments ago that you would not do? This is exactly the kind of emotion you must push aside if you wish to practice this form of martial arts. Fear, anger, jealousy, even sadness, there is a reason that only certain individuals can learn Krav Maga for we must ascend beyond our boundaries. We must break to the mold and set a new one. Never let anyone drag you into a fight, people will try to get you into confrontation and trust me they will use worse threats then me. This style of fighting is only ever for defense of yourself or others, it is never to be used for anything else. Emerson you held your composure and you did not attack me, that is a good start, I hate to use such rash ways of forming a point but try to understand that an enemy will not hold back their tongue. Remember Physical aggression is the key not emotional, back in line.”

Emerson nodded in understanding as he resumed his position in the line of students, Mikhail was about to speak further when he heard a rather loud crash outside the door within the hallway. The lights in the ceiling flickered slightly as the entire room was filled with silence, everyone could hear a pair of footsteps clicking up the hallways getting closer. Mikhail watched almost stoically as someone or something stumbled through the doorway. From first sight it appeared to be a man but his clothing was tattered and blood soaked, his skin was gray and in many places dripping off his body revealing revolting decayed flesh beneath. Even from a distance the smell was almost nauseating, like meat being left in the hot sun all day, spoiled and maggot infested.

”What the fuck is that!”

Mikhail was at a loss for words as one of the students yelled almost in disgust more than fright. The various students backed away as the... well the best thing he could come up with was the dead man moved towards Mikhail who just unluckily happened to be closest. At a loss for what was going on Mikhail knew enough that whatever this was it was not going to be friendly. The creature quickly lunged for him, it was clumsy and had no real sense of coordination, he dodged the attempted grab with relative ease. Mikhail wasted no time, he slammed his elbow directly into the center of the creatures back with adequate force, it flew forward bodily and slapped the ground leaving skid mark of thick blackish blood. It did not move at least not immediate, Mikhail had struck in a pressure point that would temporarily immobilize the creature. One of the students edged forward quietly no doubt curious at what the hell this thing was, Mikhail went to tell him to stay away from it but before he could get out even a word the creature turned and drove its teeth into the mans ankle taking out a deep chunk, ripping the main artery almost instantly.

”Jesus Christ!!!!”

The entire room broke out in a chaotic style as the student who took the bite fell backwards screaming, the creature quickly lunged forward and climbed on top of him before anyone could react and sank its teeth straight into his neck and ripped sickeningly. He was dead instantly as blood spurted out from the room slashing the nearby punching bags with maroon. Mikhail leap forward and grabbed the creature and ripped it away from the student and bodily slammed it into the nearby mirror on the wall. The glass shattered like confetti from a balloon, the shards sprinkled down impaling the creatures from head to toe practically. Mikhail quickly came to the student, but it was beyond too late, the blood loss alone not even to mention the shock would have already killed him.

”Its getting back up!!!”

Mikhail looked to see the creature getting slowly back to its feet, his eye's became hardened as he motioned for the other students to back away, they quickly complied as he drove himself forward with no intent to delay any longer. Slamming his hand right into the creatures throat, he tore away its rotted flesh with an eagle like grip, however this even was fruitless as it did not seem to even be fazed by this. What the hell was this damn thing, Mikhail felt himself pushed back slightly as the creature tried to grab him, Mikhail quickly moved sideways allowing it off the wall, as it came forward he came behind it and wrapped his hands around its head and with one strong movement he brought his hands in opposite directions and snapped its neck with a sickening crack. The creature fell forward, its body now immobilized, whatever it was, it was not going to move anymore without its spine in tact.

Mikhail looked at the students who were looking a bit green at what they just witnessed, looking down Mikhail's white uniform was now covered in the blackish blood of the creature, his hands as well were streaked with red. The feeling that they were safe did not last long as three more of these creatures, all of different builds made their way through the doorway one after another.

”That back door! Quickly, move to the back emergency entrance and get out of this building!”

The students complied with little to no resistance and headed for the one way emergency exit in the back. Mikhail looked at the body of his now dead student and then back at the three new assailants. There was nothing he could do for the lost and he knew that, these creatures whatever the hell they were, they couldn't possibly be human, that shot he had used on the first one should have immobilized it, the pain alone would have kept it on the ground and from moving but it didn't even feel it. Mikhail had to retreat for now, he did not want to leave his students body but he needed to access the situation better before he dove in head first trying to fight these damn things. He quickly turned and grabbed one of the the weapons he kept displayed on the wall and bolted through the door to the back. The alarm suddenly blared indicating that his students had opened the door, he raced for the door to escape the building but the sudden screams brought him to a holt. Mikhail was silent as he watched, slowly but surely more of the creatures shambled around the corner where the emergency door was located.

”Shit... what the hell is going on!?”

Mikhail yelled the words as he turned to go back the other way, two of the other creatures were already coming up the hallway behind him. He turned his head back and forth, he was surrounded on both sides in a narrow hallway by creatures that didn't react to normal pain. Mikhail looked around quickly but cool headed, looking up he quickly put the blade in his mouth and jumped up and grabbed onto the piping above him. Pulling himself up he brought his legs up and wrapped them around the metal fixings just as the creatures came below him. They all reached up towards him but could not quite reach him thankfully. Mikhail quickly started to climb away on the piping hand over hand, the moment he made even the slightest distance away from the creatures he dropped down to the floor and bolted back through the entrance into his dojo, for the briefest of moments he was meant with a sight that would make any normal person puke. Two more of the creatures were over across the way ripping and tearing at his students intestines.

He had not time to grieve or even feel sick, he could hear them coming up the hall behind him, quickly bolting through the door into the entrance hall he reached the entrance to his dojo and smashed the door open hard enough that the glass shattered against the brick wall behind. His feet hit the cold cement as his eye's widened, the entire area was in pure chaos, people were running up and down the streets, cars were overturned in every direction, others were smashed around light poles and other cars. In the distance he could see the black smoke of fires filtering into the sky, what the hell was happening!?He did not know, all he did know was that he had to get the hell off this street. He only hoped his students had made it out. As much as he wanted to go and make sure they were okay he knew they had combat training and could handle themselves if need be. Turning he raced off down the street, he had to make it to his house and grab some things, he had no intention of sticking around for the encore of this horror show.

Call of the Dead (Casual Zombie RP, Always Accepting)

@Sebastian Everything looks good! You can move him to the character tab.

@1Hawkeyes

Sweet ^^ ty I will start an intro post.