Double

Disney & Dragons 5e

@Lucius Cypher
By the way, can I just say I love the delicious irony of the Great Stone Dragon you came up with? Especially with the context of Mushu's actions and motivations.

Disney & Dragons 5e

@rush99999

Gives Shang a chance to be as much of a contributor to the effort as Mulan was. Also it's a lot easier for Shang to leave on a journey if he remains a Captain rather than replacing his father as General.

Disney & Dragons 5e

"In a land of dragons,
one hero is called.
Where war was waged,
beyond a Great Wall."

Name: Captain Li Shang

Appearance


Stats & Abilities

Personality:
On the surface, Shang appears to be stern and disciplined. He puts on the face of a confident, tough-as-nails soldier. But all that pride and no-nonsense attitude is just an exterior. Underneath all that is a young who often feels in over his head and has no idea how to deal with that or even how to ask for help. He wouldn't want to risk bringing dishonor to his family after all.

Backstory:
The son of General Li, Head of the Wuhou Imperial Army - Shang was groomed from a young age to take up the sword and become a soldier. And Shang was quite talented, consistently staying at the top of his class in tactical training and military affairs. This combined with an "impressive military lineage" that his father was quite proud of, all but guaranteed Shang an officer's rank. That chance came when the Hun Army invaded Wuhou. At the outset of the war, General Li appointed Shang as Captain and left him in charge of training the newly conscripted troops until Chi-Fu - the Emperor's Council - believed them ready to join the war effort.

The men Shang had been assigned proved rowdy and difficult to train. And one of them - Fa Ping - proved especially difficult to train. Shang was even ready to send Ping home until the latter gritted his teeth and finally started making progress. This seemed to trigger a cascade among the men. From that point on, the training went smoothly and quickly. And although Chi-Fu had his reservations, the camp was given an urgent request for reinforcements at the front lines. And So Shang and his men went on the march.

This time in the story, Shang and his men were able to successfully reach the encampment in time to save the life of General Li in addition to some his men and the village itself. Another change in the story was that the ambush in the mountains never came, due to the cannon never being fired by accident. This allowed the remains of the Wuhou Army to regroup in the Imperial City. There they would have to settle in and defend the palace against a siege by the Huns. It was a long and grueling effort, but eventually Ping got the idea to use fireworks as a way to hide where their cannons were being fired from. With this they were able to whittle down the Hun Army until only the elites remained. In the midst of the battle, Ping was injured and had to be rescued by General Li while Shang held off the final assault by Shan Yu.

In the aftermath, the war was won. Ping was revealed to be a woman named Mulan. And although their laws demanded that she pay the price for impersonating a soldier, her actions were what largely led to their victory. And so in his wisdom, the Emperor granted Fa Mulan a full pardon and honored her, in addition to Shang, as heroes of Wuhou. Mulan left Wuhou on what she said would be a short journey, but never returned. Worried about what fate may have befallen her, Shang slipped away from his duties and also left Wuhou in order to try and find the missing Mulan.

"I wish... to bring my family honor. And to find out whether I was meant for more than just a soldier's lot."

Disney & Dragons 5e

@Double Nice! Captain Li Shang is accepted!

Go ahead and post him in the Characters' tab.

Also, any preferences on the starting location? ^_^

@Guardian Angel Haruki

I kinda like the "roll for it" idea, personally. xD

Disney & Dragons 5e

"In a land of dragons,
one hero is called.
Where war was waged,
beyond a Great Wall."

Name: Captain Li Shang

Appearance


Stats & Abilities

Personality:
On the surface, Shang appears to be stern and disciplined. He puts on the face of a confident, tough-as-nails soldier. But all that pride and no-nonsense attitude is just an exterior. Underneath all that is a young who often feels in over his head and has no idea how to deal with that or even how to ask for help. He wouldn't want to risk bringing dishonor to his family after all.

Backstory:
The son of General Li, Head of the Chinese Imperial Army - Shang was groomed from a young age to take up the sword and become a soldier. And Shang was quite talented, consistently staying at the top of his class in tactical training and military affairs. This combined with an "impressive military lineage" that his father was quite proud of, all but guaranteed Shang an officer's rank. That chance came when the Hun Army invaded China. At the outset of the war, General Li appointed Shang as Captain and left him in charge of training the newly conscripted troops until Chi-Fu - the Emperor's Council - believed them ready to join the war effort.

The men Shang had been assigned proved rowdy and difficult to train. And one of them - Fa Ping - proved especially difficult to train. Shang was even ready to send Ping home until the latter gritted his teeth and finally started making progress. This seemed to trigger a cascade among the men. From that point on, the training went smoothly and quickly. And although Chi-Fu had his reservations, he was given an urgent requesting reinforcements at the front lines. And So Shang and his men went on the march.

This time in the story, Shang and his men were able to successfully reach the encampment in time to save the life of General Li in addition to some his men and the village itself. Another change in the story was that the ambush in the mountains never came, due to the cannon never being fired by accident. This allowed the remains of the Chinese Army to regroup in the Imperial City. There they would have to settle in and defend the palace against a siege by the Huns. It was a long and grueling effort, but eventually Ping got the idea to use fireworks as a way to hide where their cannons were being fired from. With this they were able to whittle down the Hun Army until only the elites remained. In the midst of the battle, Ping was injured and had to be rescued by General Li while Shang held off the final assault by Shan Yu.

In the aftermath, the war was won. Ping was revealed to be a woman named Mulan. And although their laws demanded that she pay the price for impersonating a soldier, her actions were what largely led to their victory. And so in his wisdom, the Emperor granted Fa Mulan a full pardon and honored her, in addition to Shang, as heroes of China. Mulan left China on what she said would be a short journey, but never returned. Worried about what fate may have befallen her, Shang slipped away from his duties and also left China in order to try and find the missing Mulan.

"I wish... to bring my family honor. And to find out whether I was meant for more than just a soldier's lot."

Disney & Dragons 5e

<Snipped quote by Double>

Thank you very much! XD

I'm still accepting! And I'm more than happy to help you with the rules for 5e. ^_^ Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Well for characters, at the moment I'm thinking of Captain Li Shang, who I imagine would end up being some kind of Fighter and/or Monk. I once played in a campaign a long time ago that did a setting where I played as Captain Hook so I guess he could be another option.

Disney & Dragons 5e

Hi. First off this is an amazing campaign idea that I wish I had thought of first. xD Second, if you're still accepting I'd like to offer my hat the ring. I've got tons of D&D experience, though mostly for the older editions, but I'd love the chance to better familiarize myself with 5th Edition.

World of Light

Edinburgh MagicaPolis

@Lugubrious Big Band | @Yankee Ace Cadet | @Truthhurts22 Wonder Red

Word Count: 862
Level 1 Mewtwo: 19/20
Exp: 2
NEW EXP Balance--- 21/20

Mewtwo unfortunately had no real context for what they were doing. They mentioned something about looking for a lost Seeker, but that was the extent of what he understood. He knew nothing about the missing person in question nor did he know how that one person could make all the difference. But the Pokemon had nothing better to do and so he went along with it for now. He'd have preferred to go back to Aether Paradise but the others made a valid point about L increasing the security there for the time being. They'd just have to wait for another window, as frustrating as that was.

Later that night, he found himself going out into the streets after dark. The way he understood it, skeletons of various creatures rose from the ground at night and Band seemed convinced that if they find the source of that they would also find the missing Linkle. Mewtwo wasn't really sure how he knew such a thing, but there was really no time or opportunity to question him about it. And so here Mewtwo was. Most of the skeletons didn't look at all familiar to him. But there were some that he did. The Pokemon skeletons even appeared to have the abilities they had in life, though Mewtwo wondered if they would all be considered Ghost types. If so that would mean a few good Shadow Balls would take care of them.

And so while everyone else got to work immediately, Mewtwo waited a moment and charged up up one of his Shadow Balls. Then he used Teleport to position himself above where all the Skeletons were rising it and hurled down into them. After that he flew straight down to the ground in the midst of a host of Pokemon skeletons and used Psychic to blow them all away from him in all directions. That sort of became his strategy for this particular group. He'd teleport away, charge up a Shadow Ball, let it fly downward from above and then head down to blow everything away with a Psychic. He repeated this two or three times, but decided not to push his luck on the off-chance that these things were smart enough to adapt to an attack pattern.

So from this point Mewtwo decided to focus on some of the bigger ones, namely one of Giants. For that Mewtwo would bait it into moving to strike him so that he could stun it with Disable. After that he could use Psychic to lift them up over groups of smaller skeletons and then drop them, letting gravity take care of the rest. And then something screamed by and buzzed him, nearly knocking Mewtwo out of the air. The Legendary Pokemon jerked his gaze in the direction of the flying thing that attacked him and glimpsed a figure he vaguely recognized. It was an... Aerodactyl? Or at least the skeleton of one. Maybe this was some kind of fossil that was resurrected along with the rest? Either way this particular Pokemon could be trouble. They were known for being among the fastest fliers in the Pokemon world. And for having Dark type moves like Bite and Crunch, either of which could cripple Mewtwo if they managed to connect with such an attack.

Of course, only a knowledgeable Pokemon Trainer would really know to exploit such a tactic. A wild Pokemon like this was less likely to take advantage of Mewtwo's weaknesses as a Psychic type Pokemon. And Mewtwo was proven correct as the Aerodactyl came swooping back, not with a Bite or Crunch, but with a looping Aerial Ace attack. The attack itself was a Flying type move, one that was well known for its inability to miss. But thankfully Mewtwo wasn't a type of Pokemon weak to such a move, and so the actual damage he took wasn't too bad. But if the Aerodactyl decided to to use it repeatedly in addition to something like Agility to make itself even faster? That could be trouble.

The Legendary Pokemon focused his attention on the Aerodactyl, trying his best not to let it out of his sight. When the fossil Pokemon attempted to make another run with Aerial Ace, Mewtwo was waiting for him this time. He thrust out his hand and managed to catch the flying fossil mid-attack with his Psychic. And then Mewtwo used his psychic grip to swing the big fossil Pokemon around himself and slamming it down into a crowd of Dry Bones on the ground. Between his own efforts and those of the others, some of the streets appeared to be mostly clear.

But they weren't done yet. a pair of stronger looking undead made their presence known. Mewtwo wasted no time and used Teleport to regroup with Big Band.

Current Moves/PP Balance

Psychic: 5/10
Shadow Ball: 11/15
Disable: 19/20
Teleport: 15/20
Recover: 5/5

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The Under ~ Pizza Tower

@Lugubrious Nadia | @DracoLunaris The Koopa Troop | @Yankee Primrose & Therion | @Archmage MC Sectonia | @Zoey Boey Jesse | @Scarifar Rubick | @Truthhurts22 Ichiban | @Majoraa Omori | @Dark Cloud Artorias

Word Count: 570
Level 5 Ganondorf: 11/50
Exp: 1
NEW EXP Balance--- 12/50

Ganondorf, perhaps wisely, chose to let others have their pizzas made before he did anything himself. Having no idea what the stuff even was, the Gerudo wanted to see what the most common elements of it were before making any decisions himself. From what he observed, the cheese and sauce were mandatory. Without those the food itself, which turned out to be a flat pie-like dish, lost its identity and wasn't "a real pizza" as Bowser seemed to insist. He watched others end up with pies topped with combinations of meat and vegetables. As well as Rika creating a rather disgusting-looking thing that had absolutely everything on it all at once.

Honestly it was almost enough to make one lose their appetite. Almost. When it was finally Ganondorf's turn, he settled on a combination of pepperoni, ham, and sausage. He'd risked his neck to get those meats so he damn well was going to enjoy the fruits of that labor. But having meat only seemed like too plain of a dish. And so Ganondorf chose to also add some of the peppers that Therion brought, which he was solemnly warned would make the pizza very spicy and possibly too difficult to eat.

"Ha, please." Ganondorf boasted, "I'd welcome that challenge." he wasn't about to let a little spice scare him away from the pizza he had decided on. Besides, it couldn't possibly be any worse than the mostly-bug-based dishes that Toriel had been feeding him down in the Ruins. He welcomed the chance to eat some real food for a change.

And so, a bit of time later, Ganondorf was eating a pizza pie that could be best described as a spicy meat-lovers. In fact the peppers on his pizza could be smelled by everyone around him. For some this might be a tantalizing smell. For the faint of heart who didn't like spicy food? Probably not so much. But the King of Evil himself seemed to be enjoying it well enough. Albeit he had a big glass of water next to him on standby in case things got a little... dicey.

But during this time was when the conversation turned to people telling their stories. After Bowser's explanation of being at ground zero of Galeem's attack, the Gerudo raised his hand, "For the record, I was there too when Galeem first attacked." he added. After the Koopa King said his piece Ganondorf decided he might as well elaborate a bit more on how he ended up down here.

"After Galaeem's initial attack, I was chained up down in the Ruins until you all arrived." While he initially said this with a grimace, that seemed to quickly form into a smirk, "Clearly Galeem or his Consuls must fear me to go to such lengths to keep me from rising up. For all the good it will do them in the end. I still got free, and I'll still have my revenge before all this is done. They will rue the day they made an enemy of ME."

World of Light

Sector 05 ~ Seiran Hideout

@Lugubrious Goldewis, Giovanna, Tora | @DracoLunaris Midna | @Zoey Boey Sakura & Karin | @Archmage MC Blazermate, Susie, & Roland | @Multi_Media_Man Geralt & Zenkichi | @Yankee Pit | @Truthhurts22 Raz | @Dark Cloud Benedict & Partitio

Word Count: 881
Level 6 Roxas: 40/60
Exp: 2
NEW EXP Balance--- 42/60

Roxas didn't say too much on the way back to the hideout. He was mostly just tired from what felt like an eternally long day. Thanks to his earlier side trip to a sushi bar he wasn't hungry. But he sure was thirsty to make up for it. Once they were back Roxas found himself sitting in the meeting room with everyone else sipping on two separate drinks. One was a glass of water and the other one was a bottled energy drink. And that's when all the discussion started.

First to speak up was Goldlewis, offering an explanation that he and Chaos both came from the same world. Well, at least that meant they had someone who knew how this guy thinks. That was at least something. But something about it all still bugged him. And he figured he ought to get the question out there now before it was too late to ask, "About these Consul guys. You guys are telling me they're on Galeem's side, but, well... Why? Why would anyone side with something like Galeem? What are they getting out of all this that they weren't already getting in their own world?" He shook his head, unable to fathom why any of these Consuls would be doing all of this.

And while Roxas waited for his answer, a few more things were happening at around the same time. First was Susie and Blazermate, or more specifically, Susie saying that advanced technology to could bring any magic to heel. Roxas couldn't help but offer a retort, "I wouldn't be so sure of that." He told Susie, "There was once a guy in my world who tried to do exactly what you're describing. He believed that Darkness and the mysteries of the Heart were things he could understand and control by applying science and experimentation. And do you know how that turned out for him? It ended with his entire world becoming overrun and nearly destroyed by the very Darkness he was trying to study. Some things just aren't meant to be controlled or understood."

As for the discussion about how to get to the Guardian, Roxas already knew what he was going to suggest regarding that. But not quite everyone was present just yet and he wanted to make sure everyone heard what he was going to bring up for that. Instead he focused his attention on the conversation between Geralt and Zenkichi. They were talking about the guy that the latter had asked Chaos about. And that led to Zenkichi explaining just what that Konoe guy's deal was. That made Roxas think, and recall a certain individual from his own world, "So he thinks he knows what the world needs and is willing to do any horrible thing to make it happen. Sounds like someone I remember from my own world. He was convinced that Darkness would inevitably destroy everything and so his solution was that the entire world needed to be remade without Darkness in it. I can't even begin to describe the sheer number of lives he manipulated and ruined to try and make that happen. Mine included. He was the real architect behind Organization XIII. He was even willing to travel back in time in order to recruit his younger self to help him with his cause.

"Speaking of which," Roxas added, now looking around at everyone, "I still can't figure out how the Organization fits into all of this. We had a perfectly good opportunity to ask that Consul about it but no one did." Roxas shouldered his share of the blame for that. He would've certainly used his own question to ask about that, had Chaos not claimed that he already wasted it. He was kicking himself for being too quick with his question. After all, the Organization was the reason he was even here now. And he just let what could have been his first real lead slip through his fingers.

But before he could dwell on this topic any longer, Giovanna finally returned and with yet another Turk in tow. He wasn't Galeem'd so he was probably okay. That also meant that pretty much everyone was here now. So Roxas could finally let them all in on what he was actually thinking, "Glad everyone's here, because you all need to know what I'm about to tell you." he said, almost perking up a bit at the prospect of delivering form of good news, "Getting to that Guardian won't be a problem. Doesn't matter how much they have it locked down, not as long we've got this!" At the last word he summoned one his Keyblades and gently set it down on the table, "The Keyblade, it's not just a weapon. It's a key too. One that can open all sorts of locks without fail. Any lock."