BCTheEntity

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@Ira Well... if you want me to turn him into a full character, that can easily be done. I assume I'd need to write out his history for that, unless I'm wrong and he can be implemented without a full history input for the time being?

@Renny noice.webm

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Funky Fistfight Freezers

The Kaiser Chief

Name: Nick Rix, A.K.A. "The Kaiser Chief"

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Appearance: As a side effect of his early start in the Ripple and its age-slowing effects, Nick's appearance is a strange combination of teenage youthfulness and continued growth beyond the average size of a man his age: he is Caucasian with oddly clear skin, and is easily over 190cm tall and still growing, with a build more readily associated with a weightlifter than a martial artist and a face which just seems to be heading toward maturity, as well as messy black hair down to his shoulders and eyes of a piercing green colour. His typical clothing includes faded blue denim jeans with holes in the knees, black leather shoes, a bright- almost neon- green wifebeater with the logo for a local drink brand (ChillAde^TM - "When you need to chill out, count on ChillAde^TM!") on it, and a blue denim short-sleeve jacket, torn similarly to how his jeans are, but not so faded. Finally, a plugged black plastic tube hangs from one hip by a belt, containing a trusty bat suspended in a mass of engine oil.

Backstory

Nick was born an only child to a mother and father who'd migrated to Angel Springs from another state and were both masters of the Ripple, and from a very young age he began practicing the martial art alongside his parents whenever he could, at first being placed into very difficult situations to draw out his Ripple potential, and then actually being trained in its use. And yet, for reasons he couldn't quite understand, his family always encouraged him to keep quiet about their capacity to utilise the Ripple, and to never use it on his fellow students even if they attacked him first. Some children might have accepted these mandates without complaint; these children would not have been worthy of the martial art, and after a while, the constant reminders not to do these things turned Nick into the sort of child who went out of his way to deliberately disobey orders given to him by others, regardless of how high their authority went.

This tended to get him in trouble a lot at school, and in spite of his parent's best efforts, his progress through the education system beyond the age of ten was consistently hampered by the fights he got into, wherein he would end up picking another student who bullied students weaker than them, only to beat the bullies to a pulp in a way that baffled teachers for how much damage was consistently dealt out without a scratch on his body. His claims of knowing "a martial art better than all the others" were generally ignored, and he seemingly meant well enough throughout any given beating, so he was simply written off as a problem case by the teaching staff at his schools, plenty of whom succeeded in manipulating him into doing what they wanted by getting him to do something completely unrelated to the task everyone else was set, thus ensuring that he would actually do a much better job at the actual task than many of his fellows.

His parents, by contrast, got more and more frustrated with how rebellious their child was on a regular basis. Though users of the Ripple must be strong of will as a prerequisite, there is only so much annoyance a human being can take before they snap, and at about the age of nineteen, Nick was kicked out of his home and told to get a job. This proved harder than anticipated - nobody really wants to hire somebody with a less-than-stellar record for violence - and he ended up on the streets for a while, primarily practicing his own skill in the Ripple, until he eventually wandered into a less reputable part of town and wound up in a street gang called the Kaisers, led by none other than some guy he'd never heard of. Same-said guy, a large and strong fellow born to German immigrants to the town, claimed his real name was Simon Baines, though to all others in the gang he was simply called "The Kaiser Chief"; he was feared not just for his size, but also for his vicious nature and harsh leadership policies, wherein if his orders were disobeyed, the one disobeying them got an arm or leg broken, with death as the penalty if all four limbs were broken at once.

Nick hated him instantly. He hated having to follow the Kaiser Chief's orders, he hated how cruel he was, and his personality was rather lacking beyond wanting to steal things and break people. Less than a week passed before Nick did something the Chief didn't like, and his arm was restrained by other gang members in preparation for a metal bat to be brought down upon it. Naturally, the restraints were insufficient: timing it just right, Nick broke free just before the bat was brought down, caught it, sent a pulse of the Ripple through everybody next to him at that moment to knock them out, then took the bat to Simon's entire body, beating him with it until he ran with his tail between his legs. Nick promptly installed himself as the new Kaiser Chief, spending the next couple of years reforming the group (by force if needed) into a community that actually helped improve the state of the local area rather than harming it further.

This goal was marred somewhat by the return of Simon Baines a few weeks before Nick's twenty fourth birthday, during a particularly dark night. It seemed that the former Kaiser Chief had returned as some strange undead being akin to a vampire, capable of draining people's blood through his fingers; every person he drained entirely of blood returned to life as a zombie under his command, increased his capacity to kidnap and drain others, further increased the size of his undead army, and it wasn't surprising that the unpowered humans of the Kaisers couldn't fend off the ever-growing horde of superhuman monsters, leading to the death and conversion of nearly half the gang in just a few minutes. Nick, however, was nothing if not superhuman himself: his very first punch to one of the zombies completely disintegrated its skull and much of its upper body, and it was like this that he learned the true purpose of the Ripple, to slay the undead with his focused life energy as though exposing them to the Sun itself. He tore through many of his former comrades like a scythe through wheat, only momentarily halted in this regard by Simon himself. Though he was rather faster and stronger than his minions, he was no more capable of resisting the Ripple's effects, and with his death, the zombie horde's morale was broken, shortly followed by their bodies.

Since then, Nick's main goal other than continuing his gang's work has been to revive the damaged prospects of the Kaisers, many of whom see him as almost godlike for his actions that night. Alas, though he has offered to help train others in the Kaisers in the Ripple, none of the surviving or new members have so far presented any aptitude in the art, and he worries that another vampire attack could lead to the group's destruction outright; thus, part of his reformation drive involves searching out those who might be capable of utilising the Ripple so that they can be trained to help protect themselves and others from any undead which may choose to present themselves.

Condensed Backstory

• Was trained in use of the Ripple for most of his life by his parents, who are both Ripple masters;
• His parents told him not to tell others that he could use the Ripple or to use it on others;
• He decided "screw that" and began routinely beating the crap out of bullies throughout his school life;
• Teachers mostly wrote off his actions since they didn't really hurt innocents, including adapting to get him to do school well academically;
• Parents got fed up with his rebelliousness and kicked him out of the house at 19;
• People didn't want to hire a guy who was known for being violent, and he ended up in a gang led by a psychopath;
• He quickly beat up the psychopath until they fled, took his place as gang leader, and reformed it into a group to help the community;
• The psychopath returned as a vampire, turned a large chunk of the gang into zombies, then got melted by the Ripple along with his army;
• Nick is now on the prowl for people to help return his group to its former size, as well as other protectors capable of wielding the Ripple themselves.

Likes: Freedom, training in the Ripple, helping the community, managing the Kaisers.

Dislikes: Following orders, bullies, psychopaths, murderers, the undead.

Powers: Currently, Nick's only supernatural ability is his use of the Ripple, which he is by now coming close to mastering. By breathing in a particular pattern, his life energy is focused in a way that mimics the energy of the Sun, so as to increase his own physical traits and senses almost passively and thereby let him keep up with the power and speed of even strong vampires, and by focusing it just a bit more, he can imbue his attacks with this life energy to perform an immense variety of feats, ranging from temporary dislocation of joints to increase the range and flexibility of his attacks, to rapid healing of most non-lethal injuries, to knocking out living beings or vaporising the undead. In particular, the Ripple is easily channeled through mediums such as metal and oil, and Nick often prefers to utilise it in combination with the metal bat formerly reserved for breaking bones, now generally kept in a sealed cylinder of engine oil when not in use, to amplify the power of attacks made with it many-fold.

However, using the Ripple requires a pattern of constant breathing, and if this breathing pattern is stopped or weakened somehow- for instance by winding the user, severely injuring them or punching a hole in their lungs- their ability to produce Ripple energy will consequently be weakened or even outright halted. There is also the caveat that the Ripple does not let its user perceive Stands on its own, and cannot harm them without directly targeting the Stand's user; indeed, Nick has no idea Stands exist at the moment, though this does not necessarily mean he is outright incapable of ever manifesting a Stand of his own.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Funky Fistfight Freezers

I hate to double-post, but just a reminder to @Dark Eternity that he should look over his player's character sheets if he hasn't already.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

@NachoBachoPacho Thanks, man. Really, the "disguise form" is the dual gauntlets form, since that lets him wear his weapons and quickly transform them as needed; if it's in the standard "giant cutlass" form, chances are the weapon's power has already been revealed, or he's pulled it from behind his back in a way that makes it seem like he possesses a Hammerspace of his own. Which could be good for confusing an opponent, of course.

@Ira What do you mean by that, Ira? Like I said, he could just remain an NPC of mine, or he could start at/progress to being a full character if you and/or @Renny see fit to have that occur.

One Piece: Revolution(Closed)

Yuushuu Yuudaina

Name: Yuushuu Yuudaina

Appearance

The above image was roughly accurate so far as physical appearance went a few years back, though by now Yuudaina is more tanned and tends to be more clean-shaven than the depicted individual. Similarly, his uniform is a lot more formal: he dresses in a simple white suit with cyan trim and tie and black shoes, plus the standard JUSTICE jacket worn over his shoulders like a cape and steel gauntlets like those of a knight on each hand, extending up to his elbow and with spikes on each knuckle.

Height/Weight: 208 cm (6' 10"), 122 kg (265 lbs)

Age: 33

Personality: Despite a fair amount of pampering, as one might expect of somebody born into a Noble family, Yuudaina's personality is heavily drawn from his time spent in the Marines. He values order and calm above most other traits, and is extremely good at remaining focused and rational in high-stress situations, a definite contributor to his rapid rise through the ranks of the Marines. Naturally, he is also a firm believer in the concept of Justice, though in his case, he stands by the notion that said Justice should only be Absolute if the target has done something irredeemably evil, such as raping or murdering an innocent living being; in these cases, he will often push to kill the target as quickly as possible, or at least to subdue them for imprisonment and ideally execution, but if the point of no return has not been crossed, he may well choose to let a pirate go free if they show signs of goodness in their actions, e.g. having redirected money stolen from a bad person toward a more charitable purpose. Still, he has found such cases to be few and far between, and his general dislike of pirates is quite justifiable given what he's seen of their sort.

Home Island/Sea: Loguetown, Polestar Islands, East Blue

History: [CLASSIFIED]

Fruit: Yuudaina himself does not wield any Devil Fruit of his own, citing a desire to remain capable of swimming and ignoring the draining effects of Seastone, for in his mind, only the finest and most powerful of Devil Fruits could offset that disadvantage. However, his weapon, Idaina Ken, has been "fed" the Arms-Arms Fruit, letting it transform from a basic, if oversized and well-crafted, Marine cutlass into just about any weapon Yuudaina desires, ranging from axes to hammers to other types of sword to rifles and even gatling cannons, complete with ammunition in the case of any projectile weapons produced. He has even "taught" the sword to be capable of splitting into two weapons of smaller (though still somewhat larger than usual) size, letting him dual wield weapons such as rapiers, pistols, rifles... really, any weapon he could produce normally, the primary difference simply being size and number, though the form he usually keeps them in is that of a pair of spiked steel gauntlets, as this grants him very easy access to a weapon in either hand at short notice if he is attacked unexpectedly. Furthermore, the nature of the Arms-Arms Fruit is such that with every transformation, any material separated from Idaina Ken regathers at the transforming weapon itself, be it projectiles fired or shards of a blade, making it shockingly difficult to destroy for a Paramecia "user" without specialised equipment or abilities, or else by simply vaporising the whole thing.

Abilities/Race Traits:
Leadership - Yuudaina is a consummate military leader, and highly capable in situations involving the maneuvering of manifold troops. Furthermore, he understands the value of setting a good example, and will often wade into the fray himself to encourage his soldiers to do the same.
Multi-Form Combat - Thanks to substantial training and the Devil Fruit of his weapon, Yuudaina is extremely capable as a fighter with just about any weapon one can provide - be it blade, bludgeon or bomb, if he knows of it, there is a very good chance that he is at least competent in its use, and likely an expert at that. Furthermore, even without a weapon to hand, he is highly skilled in various forms of boxing, and to a lesser extent quite capable so far as various other forms of unarmed combat go.
Physical Power - Yuudaina's position is backed up by a great degree of physical power as well as skill: through raw strength alone, he is more than capable of lifting entire houses over his head or collapsing their structure down to the last brick with a single punch; he can readily run and strike faster than the eye can see; and his endurance is such that a cannonball to the face would feel more like a pinprick than anything else.
Haki - Yuudaina is very skilled in Busoshoku Haki, being capable of further augmenting his physical abilities by coating his hands and/or Idaina Ken in it, to produce a much stronger attack that can even damage Logia-type Devil Fruit users. His Kenbunshoku Haki is nothing to sneeze at either, letting him predict attacks with plenty of time to avoid them if he so desires. As for Haoshoku Haki, if he possesses it, he is not aware of its existence yet.

Fighting Style: Yuudaina often prefers pummelling foes with his bare hands under normal circumstances, or rather with the gauntlets of Idaina Ken, as most opponents are not powerful enough to warrant any more extreme measures. Should a foe prove more significant, be known as a dangerous character to start with, or else be particularly desired as somebody to get rid of quickly, he will incorporate the full effects of his Busoshoku Haki and the manifold forms of Idaina Ken into his form, proving to be a foe who is not only very strong, but also extremely difficult to predict, as the style of his combat constantly changes with whatever form his weapon has taken on at any given moment, be it one weapon or two.

Ship Positions: Marine Commodore

Bounty: N/A

Just a quick character sheet for Yuudaina to help prop up the activity levels in the thread, as well as getting one of Dirk's backstory characters out of the way. It still holds that he's more of an NPC than a full-blown character, though he could certainly be upgraded to full character status if needed. And yes, I did get lazy and just classify his entire history... like a real Marine does. I'll fill that in if people want me to, and/or if I get the time and decide it's worth doing so. Other than that... @Ira, @Renny, what do you think?

The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

@Doc Doctor Sure thing. I'm just thinking it'd be poor form to actually kill another player's character, is all, even if that is the way the Red Claw works.

@Guess Who Cool. Now we can go into the logistics of that company that guy I play as runs.

The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

The Red Claw

At the crow-masked individual's question, the Red Claw was forced to shrug by his lack of knowledge. "She escaped across the rooftops. Her current whereabouts are unknown. Rest assured that she leaves a trail of her foul activities behind her, and that if you search the Blood Blocks, you will eventually encounter her." With that, the Red Claw began to trudge off in search of new monstrosities; since he had not offered to help deal with First Degree Donny, the crow-masked man held no further interest to the Red Claw.

@Eviledd1984

The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

@Eviledd1984 I've seen your post, and not to nitpick, but how does Il Corvo know the direction Graffiti went if he only encountered the Red Claw after Graffiti left the area?

The City of Masks (Watchmen-inspired RP)

@Doc Doctor Well, it gives us time to plan if nothing else. I can only assume you don't want the Red Claw to actually kill Donny. So, uh, this is going to be an awkward second meeting.

Into The Dark: Mercenaries (Heroes of Fame and Fortune)

@The Fated Fallen I mean, the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons seems pretty neutral. Granted, the full extent of her actions tends to be "gibber madly" and "chuck cats at people", which isn't strictly an evil thing anyway. Chaotic, sure, but not necessarily evil.