Anlu

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

Is there any such thing as going too far to learn?

That said, I wanted to set it in a region where I could draw (selectively) on real-life scenarios and culture, and Germany seemed a good idea because I'm studying the region, culture, and language. This not only gives me motivation to find out new things and educate myself while I build the world, but it also allows me to more easily and fully flesh out the setting, because I'm more familiar with what I'm doing. :3

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

@KaBling
Hah, I know, it's a little different. I've been rolling the setting around for a few months, and a few of my characters are from that world, but only now am I bringing it to the forum - or, well, I'm trying to. I enjoy it because it's more complex. The premise is that Team Flare's weapon wasn't stopped, but did misfire - failing to wreak its intended havoc but nevertheless triggering an event referred to now only as the cataclysm. Most large population structures were destroyed and most modern infrastructure was flattened. Over the next few hundred years, humans civilization slowly rescinded as they failed to meet the challenges associated with the post-disaster world and pokèmon began to band together, modeling the human society that they had been inducted into and competing for the same resources.

Collapsed since this isn't exactly topical to the current RP

Over time it's believed that humans died out, and the emergent pokemon tribes and kingdoms wound up following a similar evolutionary path to that of human civilization.

Some differences:
-I've gotten rid of the idea of "moves" entirely. Pokèmon retain their archetypal natures, and their elemental connections - really they can do anything they could have done before and more, but it's structured a little differently. There is magic, mysticism that's grounded in the individual's spirit (hence why a typhlosion can still breathe fire, but with practice they might develop more like a traditional pyromancer than the Pokèmon that we're used to). I find that it helps to discourage people making posts like "I use tackle", and helps prompt them to think a little more about what they're doing~ it helps me anyway!

-This mysticism is actually suppressed, so a lot of pokemon never learn it. Many bipedal pokemon learn to fight with weapons like swords, or they master martial arts, even if they're not "fighting type". This magic is restricted to those who are wealthy or who prove themselves capable in, say, an apprenticeship or in the army. These 'awakened' individuals are, if you will, very valuable to society. And most governments greatly frown on the idea of the unwashed masses having access to that type of power - much the same way as many real-life kingdoms throughout history have regulated the ownership of and training with weapons.

-The upper classes tend to speak languages adapted from the human era. In Moere, the central location of this RP, that language is German. The majority of the kingdom exists along the western bank of the Rhine, through modern-day northern Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The RP is likely to start off in Schwarzenburg, a squat and unassuming fortress just south of modern-day Mannheim. I'd initially considered a revolutionary type plot, but I think I'm going to change it up and go with something different. Maybe we'll explore the hollow shell of Mannheim and find what's left after more than five hundred years of decay~.

Scorched Earth [Pokemon, Medieval, Alternate-Earth Exploration]

Hummm. I might revise the plot here. I've had bad luck with revolution-type roleplays in the past! I'll make some notes and return with my thoughts...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

Gosh the waiting is terrible now I remember why I loaded up on so many roleplays back in the old days

Speaking of, I've got another pokemon RP that I've been trying to set up if anybody's interested. :P
It's a more medieval/feudal era type society centered in what modern-day Germany.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

I dunno!
I wanna post again ;~;
But I wanna wait for Ridlins so that we can segway into our team's affairs.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

@KaBling I don't know what a 9 credit internal is but that sounds like a good thing. Good job!
And I suppose not EVERYONE can like the game... xP

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

Well yeah but there are a lot of pokemon games. PMD is a spinoff! It's cute, I just couldn't get into it...

Scorched Earth [Pokemon, Medieval, Alternate-Earth Exploration]

Fantastic!
@Pearion_Rehtyer - You expressed interest a few days ago too. Are you still interested?

Honestly, we might get away with just 3 people if I played a character, but I'd like at least one more!

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

@KaBling YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED POKEMON? You should totally get a game. They're amazing.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

Huh, well, I think I understand I suppose.
I feel like the point of moves isn't to handle power levels though in RP. I feel like they're more of a way to flavor the use of one's abilities.
But I also get that there are other ways to look at abilities. It just feels weird to talk about power levels and damage points. xD.