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The Game is your new reality.

Disclaimer: This RP is based on any and all game characters by the discretion and interest of those participating. There is a high chance of spoilers for the games involved occurring at some point in the RP. This is an unavoidable fact in this kind of RP. If you are worried about being spoiled for a series you like proceed with caution.


Netherplay Games has come out with revolutionary new Virtual Reality technology. Working round the clock this corporation has remastered and in some cases reimagined hundreds of thousands of classic games from the arcade era all the way till the early twenty first century for use in their new program. People are lining up across the world to purchase or rent these new systems. However something (as with any story regarding VR) goes horribly wrong. Only days after the VR systems are first brought online a malignant virus in the source code causes the various gaming worlds to cross connect over the multiplayer servers creating a massive world amalgamated from ever retro game imaginable. Worse than this however is the fact that anyone engaged in the VR's system at the time of the viruses activation was trapped within world, the fictional backstories of whatever character they happen to be playing overriding their own sense of self. Journey with these video game heroes and villains as they struggle to understand what has happened to them, and the calamity that has befallen their world. Will they ever escape the VR system and regain the personas of those they used to be? Only time will tell.

Alright aside from hitting twelve out of twenty narration and opening cliches that intro might not have been as clear as it could have been so this is the basic idea. An enormous VR network has a massive glitch that has caused it to merge bits and pieces of all of the various video game worlds it has stored in its database. On launch these were "retro" games so basically anything that we have today and everything prior, ranging from arcade games to final fantasy IV to Halo to Mario to Ratchet and Clank to Zelda to Fall Out. Anything you like. We will be playing as the people that were currently engaged in the VR system when the glitch occurred. However as part of the glitch everyone's minds have been overwritten with the backstory and memories of whatever character they were playing as. So essentially this is going to be a giant mash up of whatever various video game characters anyone wants to play. We'll start off at base levels of course and I can make case by case decisions about power levels depending on who you want to play since villains are generally stronger off the bat than heroes. Certain alterations can be made to characters depending on who they are to allow them to more easily exist in this new gaming world. For example, if you wished to play as Wheatley from Portal 2 you might find it difficult as he is a robotic sphere, in that instance we could give him something like a robotic body though any such changes would be new in terms of when the glitch occurred so anyone playing Wheatley he would remember being a Core at Aperture Science and as such would have to become used to his new body.

I would ask that people take on characters from original games only. Not titles adapted from movies or TV series. If I wanted to play an RP with Buffy, Superman and the new Ghostbusters I wouldn't have created an RP geared towards that.





This RP will be widely shaped by those that join it as it is nearly entirely driven by character development.

I am an avid gamer but I am not an expert on all things gaming. I may make mistakes if you bring a character from a series I am unfamiliar with. If this should happen I would ask that someone point it out to me and I will do my best to make the proper corrections. With that in mind I may end up relying on you guys if our group happens to go into an area from a game I have no knowledge of. I will do my research but Wikipedia can only get you so far.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.



If I've missed any categories in the CS that seem important let me know.

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And the results are in. Five out of eight of you were in favor of death being permanent. With the majority in agreement death is death, there can be no cheating it. At some points in the game I may make exceptions to this rule depending on the area we happen to be exploring but overall try not to die as most likely you won't be coming back from it.
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Here's my guy (finally @_@), had trouble deciding which point of the game would be best for this RP. Ended up going very early game style even though I have never found a hunting rifle early on, always a sniper lol. Didn't know how to exactly word his abilities but I think I did a decent enough job.

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@ClocktowerEchos Looks pretty good though if you could clarify this for me:

"...he can also individually heal his limbs from the point of crippled, assuming they're in one piece and not strewn about."


Does that mean he just heals quicker than a normal human or his limbs snap back into position after a certain amount of time?
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@Prince of SeraphsI was trying to emulate the fact how you can heal individual limbs after they've been crippled ingame, most of my troubles came from having to put in game stuff in words >.>

Not sure how exactly would be best to put that.
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In Fallout, the PC can apply Stimpaks to their limbs to heal them, or use a doctor's bag to heal all crippled body parts. Never truly explained how this happens. Concussions are also cured by stimpaks.
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Can I still apply for this rpg? Sounds very interesting! :) If so do you want me to post it in the OOC?
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Can I still apply for this rpg? Sounds very interesting! :) If so do you want me to post it in the OOC?


Yeah you can man. And yes, first put your CS sheet here in the OCC for review by the GM and if it goes well, you can put it in the CS.
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Awesome! I will work on it now!
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In Fallout, the PC can apply Stimpaks to their limbs to heal them, or use a doctor's bag to heal all crippled body parts. Never truly explained how this happens. Concussions are also cured by stimpaks.


So it's a curative item rather than a natural ability?

@ClocktowerEchos That being the case I don't have a problem with it but I believe that it should be moved from Abilities to Equipment. Otherwise you are cleared to put it in the Character Tab.
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Name: Riku
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Game: Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
Appearance:
Equipment: Way to Dawn (Keyblade), 2 potions, Komory Bat Spirit


Abilities:
Short distance teleportation: Can teleport a short distance away, used mostly for attacking or dodging.
Spirit Fuse: Able to temporarily fuse with his Komory Bat spirit.
Dark shield: Cast a temporary shield.
Dark Aura: Shoot multiple fiery ball of darkness.
High Jump: Can jump much higher than a normal human.
Weaknesses and Limitations: Can't spirit fuse very often and usually takes a lot of energy to pull off, if he uses too much energy, his spirit might permanently fuse with his spirit companion, killing him. While the keyblade enhances Riku's abilities beyond normal human capabilities, he can still be killed in regular ways if taken too much damage to his body.
Personality: Riku is more of an aloof kid and generally will remain quiet around others. He is, for the most part, kind-hearted and will help those in need. Riku is also super protective of his friends and will even expend his own life to prolong theirs. Though generally nice, Riku has an arrogant side and sill often cracks jokes and over talk his abilities.
Backstory:
Riku grew up on the world of Destiny Islands, a small world inhabited by humans. Darkness came a ate at his world and he was separated from his best friends, Sora and Kairi. Riku is taken in by Maleficent and is taught the ways of the Darkness and the Heartless to the point where he could control them. Riku met Ansem and allows his body to be possessed to increase his own powers to the point where he no longer had control over his body. Riku eventually turned on his master, Maleficent, turning her into her dragon form and leaving her for Sora to kill off. Riku was able to escape from Ansem and allows Sora and Kairi to escape from Ansem. In the end, Riku closed himself inside the Dark Realm to protect his friends.
Riku escaped the dark realm and came to terms with Ansem, as in accepting the darkness in his heart, allowing him to use the power of light and darkness. A year later, Riku helped restore his friend, Sora, to his full self and secretly helps the spunky kid on his journey. He ends up rescuing Kairi and was able to meet up with his best friend. After defeating a bunch of dark dudes (Just sparing some details here) he ends up back on his home world.
A bit later, Riku and Sora were called to the home of Yen Sid to take their Keyblade Mastery Exam to become Keyblade Masters. Their test was to enter the Dream World and help rescue the sleeping worlds.

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O: SIX <3

anywho i'll have a char up shortly-ish :3

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dang. now i have a bethesda drive..... should i go elder scrolls? >~< so many game chars xD
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It's certainly going to be a challenge playing a mute, but you never know if you can't do something until you try. Besides, I'm sure Mr. N could act as her voice.
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It's certainly going to be a challenge playing a mute, but you never know if you can't do something until you try. Besides, I'm sure Mr. N could act as her voice.


Speaking of mute characters, mine also happens to be mute, for the most part anyways. I'll have him speak a few lines here and there, but mostly he'll be talking in his head or just simply acting out.
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Did this at 2 in the morning. Will come back and refine it later.

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Speaking of mute characters, mine also happens to be mute, for the most part anyways. I'll have him speak a few lines here and there, but mostly he'll be talking in his head or just simply acting out.


This is actually something I should probably address. If you are playing a Silent Protagonist unless there is an in game for them to be physically unable to speak they are able to talk. What you do with that is up to you but Link and Gordan Freeman are not mutes.

It's certainly going to be a challenge playing a mute, but you never know if you can't do something until you try. Besides, I'm sure Mr. N could act as her voice.


Don't you mean Captain N?


Did this at 2 in the morning. Will come back and refine it later.



It is also two in the morning right now and I'm about to go to bed so I'll go through this in more detail later. For the moment I should just say that if his PSI powers are latent that means they are non functional. Latent by definition means present but dormant.
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We now have two key weapon users. Paracelsus is much more badass though. >3>
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@Prince of Seraphs Woops. I was tired as all hell so I probably got my terms mixed up. Will fix asap.

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well, i said i'd get one out, but i sorta fell asleep. xD sorry. anywho i have to poof off for four days to work in the field. I'd love to join, but don't wait up for me and its fine if you feel like you have enough as it is. have fun
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Well, I said I'd get one out, but I sorta fell asleep. xD sorry. Anywho I have to poof off for four days to work in the field. I'd love to join, but don't wait up for me and its fine if you feel like you have enough as it is. Have fun.


I'm actually going to be spending the next couple of days moving. So it is possible we won't have started by the time you get back. If we have though you are still welcome to join.

Everyone I'm going to be offline for a couple of days. As soon as I get my computer set up at the new place I will go through all the CSes in the character tab and hopefully we can get this on the move within the week.
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