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Fighting King: Brawl in the Streets

Edited in a link to the discord server.

Fighting King

Alright, the OOC is up! roleplayerguild.com/topics/177403-fig…

Fighting King: Brawl in the Streets

Introduction

Do you like fighting? Do you like old school arcade games? Do you like magic powers, cyborgs, and throwing fireballs as a martial art? Then look no further. Fighting King is inspired by both old school beat’em ups a la Final Fight or Double Dragon, and by classic fighting games such as Street Fighter and Tekken. In this game you’ll take the role of a fighter of fame (or perhaps infamy) in whatever styling you like as you beat down punks and rival fighters. Want to unleash waves of chi as a Ryu/Ken clone? Go for it. Terrify the competition as a member of the undead? You’ve got it. Mow down your enemies with the superior firepower of a cyborg/android? The option is open to you. What about serving some old school street justice with nothing but your wits and your fists? Well of course! We’ll be looking for 4-6 players who will more or less form a team starting out, but there will be plenty of branching out once we get started.

Setting

While this game is inspired by classic beat’em ups and arcade fighters, it does not take place in any of their universes. Rather, this world is one where elements of any of these games could appear, but is itself an original creation. From a glance it appears to be indistinguishable from our own world: perfectly normal and mundane. However, once you go through it with a fine tooth comb, you’ll start to see more elements of fantasy and sci-fi. Fighters capable of manipulating their chi for specialized techniques. Magical witches and sorcerers. Psychics. Mutants. Scientists capable of creating androids, or fusing flesh with metal to make cybernetic weapons. Zombies, vampires, and whatever else have you. These things do exist in the world, and they are known to exist, but they are rare enough that nobody expects to actually run into this sort of thing in their lifetime. As far as NPCs are concerned, most will be normal humans, while every once in a while you’ll encounter one of the more off the wall aspects of the world. But as far as the players go, well, feel free to get as creative and crazy (or mundane) as you want.

Story

The game begins in the large city of New Carona, Maryland, USA. The street gangs run this town. They know it, the cops know it, everybody knows it. You don’t make a living in this city without giving someone else a cut to make sure your doors get to stay open, and not blasted off the hinges. One woman has had enough. Eve Roulette, wealthy business mogul and former underground fighting champion, has returned to her hometown with a mission. If the police can’t do anything about the thugs in the streets, then she will. To that end, Roulette has her people track down multiple fighters from around the world, the player characters, and offers them a job to clean up the streets the good old fashioned way. For whatever reason, be it the money, the challenge, a sense of morality, or whatever it may be, you’ve accepted the proposal and made your way to New Carona. From there the story will branch out, open some new paths and options, but at the start of things you’re here to kick butt and take names.

Gameplay

In keeping with the inspiration theme, gameplay will largely be among three distinct formats: Standard roleplay, crowd battles, and ring battles. At the end of each of these scenarios, you’ll get to earn Exp, which can be used to improve your character!

Standard Roleplay: Basically the normal thing you do everywhere all the time in all other RPs. This covers basic actions, dialogue, interactions, etc. Basically everything that’s going on when you aren’t fighting. But this is a fighter, so of course the focus is more on the next two.

Crowd Battles: These are the sections inspired by the beat’em ups like your Double Dragon, your Turtles in Time, etc. The best way to describe these segments would be “beating up waves of mooks.” When you’ve got to give a large crowd a beat down as you make your way toward your next goal, I as the GM will describe the general makeup of the crowd assaulting you, including weapons, tactics, etc., and you’re free to go ham on them. Most of the time they’ll consist of waves of inconsequential fighters who pose little threat to you, though occasionally a “mini-boss” will appear that puts up more of a fight. During Crowd Battles, you’re free to control the actions of your opponents and the world around you to really put on a stylish, longer post showing off just how cool and awesome a fighter you are.

Ring Battles: Despite the name, Ring Battles usually won’t occur in an actual ring (though they might!). These engage as soon as you meet with a dangerous opponent, a fighter of your own caliber, or at least in the same league as you. These are your 1v1s, or your tag team fights, inspired by classic fighting games like Street Fighter and Fatal Fury. These tough cookies aren’t getting tossed around like rag dolls and definitely pose a threat. During a ring battle, you cannot control your opponents or the world, that is exclusively my realm as the GM to determine how effective your attacks are on them, and vice versa. Also during a Ring Battle, you are limited to only 1 use of a Super Art, and 3 uses of a Special Technique, total.

Exp Costs:

• New Fighting Style (comes with 3 Special Techniques, 1 Super Art, and 2 Weaknesses) - 20 Exp
• New Skill - 3 Exp
• New Special Technique - 5 Exp
• New Super Art - 10 Exp
• Up Max Use of S. Technique/Fight - 4 Exp
• Up Max Use of S. Art/Fight - 8 Exp

Rules and Expectations

Alright, so let’s be real here. We all know the important rules, both set down by the Guild and just as common courtesy. So I’m not going to bother listing those sorts of things out. What I will do, is just set my expectations of players in this game, and let you know what you can expect from me. This game was literally created on a whim from a brief moment of inspiration in a morning daydream, and I do have other games I’m more focused on. Because of that, this will be a more lax game in terms of progression and posting speed. Normally I have a one post a week minimum in games I run, but not this time. While I would prefer that sort of pace, especially with the combat areas where things don’t need to be all that detailed or dramatic, this’ll be more of a “post at your convenience” and I’ll update it as I have free time, when I feel appropriate. If you haven’t posted by then, you may run the risk of getting left behind, but there won’t usually be any major consequences to it. In the other section of your CS list your favorite classic arcade game so I know you’ve been paying attention. Now, I’m only looking for 4-6 players for this game. I might expand that to be a larger group at a later time, but I’m not sure that’ll ever really be necessary. Each player only gets 1 character, so make them count. Themes can definitely get to be 18+, but in the spirit of the source material let’s try to keep swearing to be mostly minor and avoid anything overtly sexual. If things do go that way for one reason or another, fade to black or PMs please. All in all, as you can see from things this will be a pretty casual experience, which I feel is best when the main draw is all about knocking heads and kicking butt.

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Character Sheet Code

[center][h3][b]Character Name Here[/b][/h3]
[img]Picture here if you have one[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Their full name
[b]Alias:[/b] If they have any nicknames, titles, or the like
[b]Age:[/b] How old are they?
[b]Nationality:[/b] What country are they from? Let’s try to get diverse here, people!
[b]Gender:[/b] Boy? Girl? Other? Neither?
[b]Appearance:[/b] Pictures are fine and dandy, but I want you to be able to describe them in words.
[b]History:[/b] How has their life gone up until now? Be sure to cover all the major events.

[center][h3][b]Personality[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Motivations:[/b] What is it that they want? What are they working toward as a larger goal? Feel free to get as creative or as simple as you like.
[b]Sexuality:[/b] Straightforward enough, right?
[b]Likes:[/b] [list][*]At
[*]Least
[*]Three[/list]
[b]Dislikes:[/b] [list][*]At
[*]Least
[*]Three[/list]
[b]General:[/b] An overview of how they act and behave. Try to be thorough, but you don’t have to be too long. One solid paragraph is fine.

[center][h3][b]Fighting Arts[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Skills:[/b] Non-power, non-combat based skills the character possesses. If they’re particularly gifted in music, or have a silver tongue, a master of deception, etc., put it in here.
[b]Fighting Style:[/b] Describe how they fight here. Feel free to use real martial arts, create your own, mold some sort of hybrid fighting style, whatever. If they have special augmentations or powers, describe that here as well.
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] At least 2 weaknesses this character has that can be exploited in a fight. It can be psychological, physical, a limitation of their style, etc.
[b]Special Techniques:[/b] You get to start with 3 special techniques that are more powerful than the standard fist and foot strikes, which take time and discipline to master. These are your hadoukens, your sonic booms, your shoryukens, etc.
[b]Super Arts:[/b] Your ultimate attacks, the kind of battle technique that takes years to develop, let alone master, which blows all other techniques out of the water. These are the shinku-hadoukens, the shinryukens, and the yoga infernos. You only start with 1.
[b]Exp:[/b] Start with 0. As you progress and earn more Exp, you can buy additional fighting styles, special techniques, and super arts.
[b]Equipment:[/b] Any sort of special equipment your character keeps on hand, such as weapons, armors (no need to include mundane clothes), or any specialized gear.

[b]Other:[/b] Anything else you want to include that you think might be pertinent. If you want to include a theme song, describe their zodiac, or anything else that comes to mind and doesn’t fit into any of the above.

Discord: discord.gg/SMaaC6p

Fighting King

For everyone interested, I have an ongoing Discord server for all my games and general friend community. If you want to join it for this game, follow this link and just tell whoever is online at the time that you're there for Fighting King: discord.gg/SMaaC6p

I'm in the process of getting the OOC ready and ironing out some of the specific details. Feel free to join the discussion.

Fighting King

@ProPro Before I get started I wanted to know how wacky or fantastical the characters/rp will be? Like will the rp be like Final Fight? I wanted to make a grounded straight woman type character since you brought up TMNT.

@Ruler Inc

It'll be mostly grounded in terms of the world around you with the occasional cyborg or mutant (like Blanka) or sorcerer coming out of the woodworks once in a while. That's just the world, however, as the players are welcome to go just about as balls to the wall as they like. Basically, all kinds of wacky and over the top things exist in the world, and they're known to exist, but they're rare/uncommon enough that at a glance it looks the same as our own world. That answer your question?

Fighting King

@ProPro So, do we make our own characters or take from a fighting game's roster of characters?

@Archmage MC

This is all original. The concept is just inspired by these classic games.

Also, got a banner made for this. Woot!



Exit: Banner 2.0. Woo!

Fighting King

Alright, I think I've got a solid CS for this thing. Just keep in mind that I reserve the right to alter it before the official OOC goes up, since everything is still in its premature stages.

CS

[center][h3][b]Character Name Here[/b][/h3]
[img]Picture here if you have one[/img][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Their full name
[b]Alias:[/b] If they have any nicknames, titles, or the like
[b]Age:[/b] How old are they?
[b]Nationality:[/b] What country are they from? Let’s try to get diverse here, people!
[b]Gender:[/b] Boy? Girl? Other? Neither?
[b]Appearance:[/b] Pictures are fine and dandy, but I want you to be able to describe them in words.
[b]History:[/b] How has their life gone up until now? Be sure to cover all the major events.

[center][h3][b]Personality[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Motivations:[/b] What is it that they want? What are they working toward as a larger goal? Feel free to get as creative or as simple as you like.
[b]Sexuality:[/b] Straightforward enough, right?
[b]Likes:[/b] [list][*]At
[*]Least
[*]Three[/list]
[b]Dislikes:[/b] [list][*]At
[*]Least
[*]Three[/list]
[b]General:[/b] An overview of how they act and behave. Try to be thorough, but you don’t have to be too long. One solid paragraph is fine.

[center][h3][b]Fighting Arts[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Skills:[/b] Non-power, non-combat based skills the character possesses. If they’re particularly gifted in music, or have a silver tongue, a master of deception, etc., put it in here.
[b]Fighting Style:[/b] Describe how they fight here. Feel free to use real martial arts, create your own, mold some sort of hybrid fighting style, whatever. If they have special augmentations or powers, describe that here as well.
[b]Weaknesses:[/b] At least 2 weaknesses this character has that can be exploited in a fight. It can be psychological, physical, a limitation of their style, etc.
[b]Special Techniques:[/b] You get to start with 3 special techniques that are more powerful than the standard fist and foot strikes, which take time and discipline to master. These are your hadoukens, your sonic booms, your shoryukens, etc.
[b]Super Arts:[/b] Your ultimate attacks, the kind of battle technique that takes years to develop, let alone master, which blows all other techniques out of the water. These are the shinku-hadoukens, the shinryukens, and the yoga infernos. You only start with 1.
[b]Exp:[/b] Start with 0. As you progress and earn more Exp, you can buy additional fighting styles, special techniques, and super arts.
[b]Equipment:[/b] Any sort of special equipment your character keeps on hand, such as weapons, armors (no need to include mundane clothes), or any specialized gear.

As for the starting plot, a local business mogul is sick and tired of the cops not being able to clean up the street gangs that plague his hometown, so he reaches out and hires some skilled fighters from around the world to come dish out some street justice. Things will spiral from there.

Fighting King

I should preface this by saying that this is still a rough idea and just a moment of inspiration that hit me early this morning as I was daydreaming. I don't know if I could get around to starting up this game for sure, and definitely not without some strong interest. It would be a pretty casual and lax game as far as how I ran it due to other priorities in life right now. That said, without further ado...

Any fans out there of old school arcade beat'em ups, like Final Fight, Double Dragon, or Turtles in Time? What about classic fighting games Fatal Fury, King of Fighters, or (and let's be real here, the actual king of fighters) Street Fighter? This game is meant to be a throwback to those classics that have become so few and far between in the video gaming market. It would run in two distinct phases: crowd battles, in which you fight waves of enemies as you progress to a goal, and ring battles (may or may not include an actual ring) in which you face down someone else who is a trained fighter of your caliber. Obviously these are meant to evoke the two types of games. As for character options, I want to go full on balls to the wall with this. Want a normal (albeit skilled) street punk with nothing but his fists and his wits? Go for it. A trained operative that integrates technology into their fighting style, a la C. Viper's taser gloves? It's all you. A chi based fighter, throwing out hadoukens and sonic booms? Obviously. What about the undead? A full on cyborg or android? Psychic powers? Magic powers? Yes, yes, yes, and yes, so long as they're low-key enough and mostly operate to enhance your fighting style.

So any questions? Who's interested?

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

The Battle for Denver Begins: For Everyone

At the Airport

The newcomer, who called himself Chivalry, seethed at the ravings of the lunatic on the television monitors. However that righteous anger gave way to something more akin to confusion as the loud sirens suddenly began blaring. The figure on screen seemed to be just as bothered by them as the Jacks who stood around Chivalry. His body language noticeably shifted, less tense and less on guard, and more tilted as though he were trying to make heads or tails of what was going on. Once he had been informed of the most rudimentary basics by the Jacks, he once again appeared to be ready for battle. "A monster is coming to kill us all, you say? Well if I am stuck in this world, I suppose I must defend it as my own." He held up both his blades in a dynamic pose, clearing favoring style and appearance over practicality. Either he did not truly understand the gravity of the situation, or he was an odd bird. "I shall cut down this monster for the safety of all in this new realm! Show me the way, guide me in this foreign city!" The die had been cast. While the horrifically monstrous Doctor Dean was dead and incapable of being any help in this most dire of circumstances, the Jacks did at least recruit one new ally. Maybe he really would be of help against Behemoth?

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At the Television Station

Patriarch's fingers stopped merely an inch away from Judah's face, so close to touching him, so close to converting him. But he dared not budge another milimeter. The sirens, those damned sirens, they indicated that an Endbringer was coming. The very instant those sirens came on, an official truce was in effect between all parahumans, all heroes and villains, all normal citizens and criminals alike. Violating that truce was an instant death sentence. Even those converted into his own family would not take kindly to him working against others during the impending threat. Damn, those tv cameras were working against him now. He could've converted Mantis then killed him in privacy and been none the worse for wear, but with hundreds of thousands of witnesses...

"Hrm. You got lucky this time." Patriarch turned back to the camera. "The timing couldn't be worse for our fair city, but rest assured people of Denver, the Community will help in every way we possibly can. Marcus, release the prisoner." He gestured off camera, and only seconds later a man came into view, working at the restraints holding Mantis in place. "Yet the I can think of no better circumstance to prove to you all that my way is the right way. Once you see how a unified Denver can protect itself, you will all flock to my family. You will all call me Father by choice. Now let us go, my family. Let us meet at the PRT staging grounds immediately and show everyone what we are made of. DENVER WILL NOT FALL! DEATH TO THE ENDBRINGER!"

With a gesture, the video feed cut out. Patriarch hurriedly charged for the door, flanked by several normal citizens. "Dad, aren't we going to take Mantis with us?" asked Marcus.

"Hell no," shot back the villain as he reached the stairs. "At this point he's only a burden. Leave him and his survival will be up to him."

They all left the building, turning the corner just in time to miss two more figures approaching: Farce and Healer, the remaining members of Lethal Force. With no obstacles blocking their path, they were free to enter the building and find Judah exactly where he had been left, unconscious on the hospital gurney. His equipment was even left in a convenient pile nearby on a desk.

"Mantis!" Healer ran up to him, assessing the multitude of injuries he had taken. He would live as he was, but it was a lot of pain. She placed her hands on his body, and thus the process of her namesake began to take effect. Slowly but surely the wounds disappeared from his body, siphoned away to nobody-knows-where, stored up until she could unload them on some other hapless whelp.

"I won't be able to hold onto these for too long before they start affecting me," she informed. "Finding someone to inflict during the truce will be a bitch. Oh, I think he's waking up." It was then that Judah began to stir.

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PRT Headquarters: Staging Grounds

Time went by as more and more heroes and villains began to show up just outside the PRT headquarters. The Wards, naturally, were already present. With some assurance from Decoy, they all gathered. Director Kens was notably absent, having been rushed to medical attention by some of the few remaining staff members who weren't already out in the field fighting off the Community. In his place were a few of his junior staff, overseeing the proceedings. They had learned of the situation regarding Protean and Sonar, and regrettably ordered that both be freed in order to take part in the battle against the Endbringer. Solvent for the containment foam was brought in to give Protean his mobility back, and Sonar was untied from his private quarters. Both immediately volunteered to participate in the battle, giving not even a second's hesitation. Their presence would certainly cause some friction among the ranks, but in these desperate times no asset could be denied.

It didn't take long before reinforcements started to appear from all over the world. Most of the arrivals were brought in by Protectorate teleporters, and were Protectorate members themselves, but some villains from elsewhere, and independent heroes also joined the rank and file. Dozens and dozens of capes were arriving, each one directed to take a communication device hand built be Decoy. Over the crowd appeared three instantly recognizable faces: Alexandria, Eidolon, and Legend. The three most powerful heroes in the entire Protectorate, if not the entire world. The three still living founders. The Triumvirate. Household names even to people who knew absolutely nothing about popular capes around the world, and the beacon of hope in this bleak world. With these three on their side, truly they had nothing to fear, right?

Wrong. Legend landed, taking a microphone and began addressing everyone present for a speech, as was his duty as the leader of the entire Protectorate.

“There aren't many times I get to say anything before an attack, but we're short on time so I'll make this quick. You'll be given a communication device, Decoy will be monitoring and keeping up with everything, so if you need directions or help or what have you, use them. I cannot stress this enough, but do not underestimate Behemoth. He's been coming at least once a year since 1993, he's killed almost four hundred capes with experience, powers, and the courage to stand up to him, and he's still here... Get cocky, get overconfident, and you will die. There's a reason he's called the Herokiller. One in three of the fighters will probably die.”

He let the statement stand, looking over the constantly growing crowd as more and more capes arrived.

“Now, if you've been involved with an Endbringer before, step forward. These people? When in doubt, follow their lead. Listen to them. They know what they're dealing with, what they're doing.”

A tremor rocked the ground below Legend, and he picked up the pace.

“If you think you can get close and not be affected by his Kill Aura, group up with Alexandria. If you're a distance attacker, with me. If you can impede his movements, provide cover, or otherwise hinder his actions, go to Eidolon. Search and Rescue efforts go with Inkscape, the local Protectorate leader who knows the lay of the land. If you fall under multiple areas, pick the one you're most confident with. If you can't get close enough by yourself to attack, we can try to arrange something! Communicate!”

Another tremor hit, even stronger than before. Those not prepared would easily stumble over. With an ear-piercing rumble, several buildings a few miles down the road came crashing down. Then a roar bellowed out across the city, loud enough to be heard from anywhere. Loud enough to shatter bones. The forty-five foot appropriately named Behemoth had made his appearance with a crack of lightning utterly demolishing a nearby structure, the thunderclap almost deafening.

World of Light

Courier 6 and Ratchet

Level 4 - (8/40) EXP (+3), Level 3 - (5/30)
Location: Castle Interior
Word Count: 902

Content with the effects of his proximity mine, Ratchet opted to hang back for the time being. With his only available weapon at the moment being his trusted omniwrench, and having nowhere near the size, strength, or durability of that monster, he didn’t want to get in any closer than was absolutely necessary. Besides that, there was already a congestion of firepower from his allies, so it’d just wind up being more trouble than it was worth.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Courier was as much in the thick of it as possible, considering he was standing on top of the giant Bowser’s belly and had just pelted the beast’s neck with an impressive amount of buckshot. His balance was thrown off as Mario performed what could only be described as flipping off the rules of physics and momentum, suddenly slamming down hard on megadragonbowser’s belly and cracking the exposed shell. ”Woooah~” he nearly fell from the mighty beast, but recovered. He was about to plug some more shotgun shells into the neck, if only he could regain his firing grip, but that was not to be.

Suddenly the foe exploded, literally, into a flaming hot rage. The Courier rolled with the force along the floor. This technique helped avoid any broken bones and certainly lessened his bruising, but it didn’t help the damage suffered from the initial blast. Fire singed at his duster, his hat had fallen off to who-knows-where, and portions of his skin were burned away. If you looked closely, you could spot his subdermal armor, giving the Courier a sort of shine to him, which reflected the mass of fire blazing from their foe.

He had barely recovered, back up on his feet, when the scene before him changed for the worse. First Gaige’s robot was chomped into pieces, then Gaige herself, blinded by furious rage, splattered into nothing more than red paste. He wanted to yell out, to scream, but he did not. Death, that was all too common where he came from. Usually in a much more painful, horrible manner than this. As far as deaths could go, it was painless and quick, infinitely better than radiation poisoning or getting eaten alive by ghouls. Still, the young girl’s slaughter filled him with rage. But he wasn’t the only one.

Zer0 descended upon the second Bowser in a killing blow, spouting off haiku in honor of his fallen friend… Only to have been rendered completely ineffectual. As Zer0 was casually plucked from the monster’s head, Ratchet bound away from the pillar he was positioned on. ”NO!” he cried out, jetting forward with the aid of Clank, omniwrench in hand, ready to break Bowser’s grip. But he was too late. The assassin was gut like a boar to be roast over a spit.

Ratchet altered his movement, daring not to attack the enemy as things currently stood, his rescue already failed. The Courier grit his teeth and spat out a black tar-like substance, some remnant residue of the various drugs in his system, as rage fueled his body. The flames emanating from this evil king could scorch him, and it would make no difference. He walked the Mojave at the height of summer, through irradiated wastes. This heat definitely beat that, but he was prepared for it. He could brace for it, work through it. It didn’t mean shit.

Still, running in close wasn’t an option. Sturdy as he was, stronger from the buffout, it would still be suicide. Shooting would certainly be harder with that shell, but safer. He took cover near Tora as the mad king Bowser created a shockwave along the ground, pulling out his Ratslayer rifle. In the midst of the shock, 6 activated VATS, effectively slowing time down to a near standstill. Ratslayer. Best accuracy. High chance of critical damage. Targeting exposed eye. Chance to hit: 21%. Not good enough. Changing target to exposed shell cracks. Chance to hit: 51%. Damn, still not good, but it’s the best I’ve got. Enough stamina to queue up 4 shots thanks to jet and buffout. Here’s hoping one of these crits. Good thing I’m a gambling man.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Four shots rang out in quick succession, straight for megadragonbowser. If they hit, there was a chance they could create critical damage. If they missed, they’d harmlessly bounce from the armored shell, completely wasted.

Meanwhile, Ratchet had to smile at himself, proud at what he had done. While their enemy was being all boastful, he’d pulled a fast one, and thanks to Clank in jet form, this shockwave tactic was completely useless. He took a single large jump, propelled much further and faster than usual, right over the tremor. He hung up in the air for a brief moment as the tremor past, then landed next to Tora and the Courier while Clank vanished for the time being.

”Here,” he said, offering something to 6. It was the glowing spirit of Gaige the mechromancer. In his other hand he held his wrench, but clamped firmly was Zer0’s own spirit, which he immediately placed against his heart to absorb into himself.

”Guess that’s one less ya owe me,” 6 mumbled, more focused on their enemy as he crushed Gaige’s spirit to form it into something useful.