Rune_Alchemist

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Oops.

I completely forgot to choose one.

Hmm...since I don't know anything about the towns, let's say...Redorchard, since I like the name more xP

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Lynn Haywood

"Eh?...and who the fuck are you? The name's Lyn, now get lost loser."

~Lynn Haywood~

"Okay, admire all you want. I am pretty, but if you wanna date, then pfft. I'm way out of your league."
Physical Appearance:

Age: 18
Height: 5'8"
Weight: Roughly 157 lbs.

Standing at a solid five foot eight, Lynn is what some might call physically impressive. She has dark blue eyes, and bright blue colored hair. She has a pale complexion and is most of the time considered fairly attractive, and thanks to her routine of jogging in the mornings and working out in the afternoon, she's got some fairly visible muscles on her, though her slender frame hides it fairly well.

Most of the time, she wears a purple coat, trimmed with fur over some loose fitting t-shirt with some comfortable jeans and some boots. Often, she can also be seen wearing her headphones around either her neck, or jamming out to some rock music. Her hair is usually tied back in a short ponytail with some sort of fancy looking red tie.

"Uh...what? You blind? Because I'm pretty sure my chest ain't exactly small...and don't you dare say it is, or you're gonna wake up in a cave without any repels."
Sex:
Female

"Other kids say I'm a little punk. Those kids, end up crying home to their mommies."
Personality:
Saying that Lynn is...troublesome is an understatement. Loud, somewhat antagonistic, she's not exactly one to keep her mouth shut about her opinions of others or talk things through in a civilized manner. She's the type to fight first, and ask questions...never. She doesn't think talking solves problems, and often resorts to settling things through other means. Thankfully, it's rare for her to actually lose her temper over something, as she prefers to maintain some level of levelheadedness.

She has a tendency not to rely on other people much, and can be fairly difficult to befriend. That said, if one does manages to befriend her, a loyal one they will have. Loyalty and keeping your word sums up just about how much a human is worth to her, and is the easiest way to get on her good side.

That said, despite her generally snarky and jerkass attitude, she's a fairly decent person. A bit of a troublemaker of course, and doesn't like playing by the rules, but she's not gonna cheat on any tests or a battle. That said, she also doesn't know the meaning of the words 'give up' or 'running', which means often times she can get in over her head if she can't solve a problem by confronting it head on. As stubborn as a mule, as they say.

"I was born, I beat up some losers, I lead a bunch of punks, I beat up some more fuckers who thought they were hot stuff. There, story of my life."
Biography:
Lynn is from Borough City, a large city in the Huji region. She was the youngest kid of the family, with her brother being a year older than she was, and a sister about three years. She had a relatively normal life growing up, though she got in with a real bad crowd at the fairly early age of 13. While her sister was studying to become a pokemon professor and her brother was wanting to become a ranger...she was hanging around an alley doing whatever it was delinquents do. Skipping school, causing mischief, getting into fights of the bad kind. She was a bit of the black sheep of the family, and caused her parents and siblings no end of trouble growing up.

When she was 16, she might as well been called the leader of the worst group of delinquents in the city. It was a nice little gig too, and one she honestly didn't want to give up. She had people to order about, and had no end of stuff to entertain herself with, being picking on some younger kids or other general mischief making such as breaking and entering, theft, and some other small crimes.

Well, it was a nice gig.

Eventually, as her friends grew up...so did their attitudes. Perhaps it was because she was actually one of the youngest members, but she couldn't understand. Maybe she just wasn't mature enough herself. Most of them quit the gang, and straightened out their lives. One went on to actually become a police officer. Another opened up a store. Same story with most of them. They became upstanding citizens, as one might say. Honestly? She felt betrayed. She spent most of her childhood with those guys. Getting into trouble, fighting...hell, it wasn't exactly a perfect lifestyle, she'd admit that much...but for the love of everything, it was fun! And they had to throw it away for a cushy normal life.

Traitors.

And that was exactly how she felt. Betrayed. And with parents she didn't exactly like so much, and with her siblings off doing their own thing...she had no reason to stay in Borough any more. So she took what money she had, and left home without a word on her 18th birthday. It's been a few months since then.

"Hmph. I like pokemon as cool as me, and can make someone run scared."
Favored type:
Ice and Dark types

Favorite Pokémon:
Bisharp

"Do I need a reason?"

Why are you joining the Pokémon League?
Why not? Lynn's got nothing better to do, and she might as well do something semi-productive. She honestly just wants to...possibly find a decent group of pokemon and travel the world. Might as well make herself strong by challenging the league in the process, and catch some pretty strong and rare pokemon in the process..

Miscellaneous:
Drinks and Smokes, and always seems to have cigarettes on her.
Likes ice cream.

Seasel

Pokémon Name
Seasel

Physical Appearance:
She appears to be your typical Sneasel, standing at roughly 3'0", and weighing 62lbs. The red feather on her head is a bit larger than most other female Seasel's, though.
Sex:
Female

Personality/Mood:
Fairly calm, and often wears a confident smirk on its face. She's fairly playful, and often times likes to mess with other people, though most of her pranks are harmless. Just like her owner, she likes fighting and showing off just how good she is at something.

Likes:
Cuddles, snow, ice cream and playing with other pokemon.

Dislikes:
Loud noises, losing, being made fun of.

Starting Moves:
Taunt, Scratch, Leer

Miscellaneous:
N/A

Questions

Some additional questions, to help develop your character and Pokémon…

1) You happen upon an injured Rattata in the middle of the path in front of you. You hear a sudden rustling from the large bushes on the path’s edge. Whatever is causing this noise has yet to reveal itself. What do you do?

questions

"Don't even give the Rattata the time of day. It's not any of my business, and if it got beaten by some pokemon, then that's life. Still would tell sneasel to check out the rustling, and she'd eagerly agree. Probably a bad idea, but hey, might be free experience.

...might give the rat a potion."

2) An enormous Snorlax has wedged itself between the railings of a bridge over a raging river. It seems to be a long way’s journey to venture around the living water. Your destination is across the bridge. What do you do?

questions

"Kick the snorlax's ass and catch it. Snorlax is a pretty rare pokemon, ain't it? Can't let this opportunity go to waste. Ain't no way I'm walking that far. That fatass of a pokemon should have picked somewhere else to sleep if it didn't wanna wake up."

Sneasel obviously would enjoy the challenge, and be all for fighting it.

3) You awaken in the middle of the night to find a Hoothoot rummaging through your pack and taking your food. Before you act, you notice two smaller, faint outlines on the horizon of the dying campfire light. The Hoothoot begins hopping towards her children with your food in tow. What do you do?

questions

"...fuck. I'd leave the Hoothoot alone and maybe leave some food when I leave. If any of you chucklefucks say anything, I'ma feed you to the hoothoot.

Sneasel slept through the whole thing.

4) You are walking with your Pokémon through thick forest when you hear a faint humming from the canopy above you. Quickly, a hive of Beedrill cuts through the foliage and descends toward you and your Pokémon. What do you do?

questions

"Hpmh. Obviously kick their ass. Those beedrill need to learn who's boss around here."

Sneasel agrees.

5) You’ve defeated a trainer handedly, and you both call your Pokémon back into their Pokéball. The trainer falls to their knees and begins to weep. The trainer is a younger individual who only had one, low-leveled bug Pokémon to face. What do you do?

questions

"Tell the little brat that next time he should chose his battles wisely, and that if he was gonna cry over a single loss, he doesn't have what it takes to be a trainer.

Sneasel gives the boy a hug before we leave."

Annnd there she is~

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Lasrever

...You legit used the first name I was gonna give my character. Ah well, that's what I get for being slow~ xD

My character should hopefully be done within the hour!~

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Ah, alright~

Thanks.

Sorry if I came off as a little annoyed. I just spent the last four hours trying to fix a leak in my shower. I still haven't had a chance to eat today V_V

I shall hopefully have a CS done tonight~

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Well, I'm not talking about the town we'll be starting from.

You know how people can go to Pallet/New Bark/Little Root or whatever for a pokemon from their regions professor?

I'm saying what if a character lived in a larger city like Goldenrod, or Celadon, and traveled to the place where they would be receiving their pokemon.

I was planning on playing some sort of punkish city kid, or a kid from a large city in general.

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

I see.

It'd be kinda hard to make a good Biography without knowing anything about the region, (at least, the cities so I can have a rough approximate where the character would be from) so I might wait until I have more information about it.

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Awesome~

I'll get to work on a CS!~

Might be obvious, but I don't see it stated anywhere. Does this takes place in Kanto, or some other region?

Pokémon: One

Everything looks more or less awesome to me. No complaints or questions here~

Pokémon: One

Well~

Hello there~

Allow me to throw in my two cents here. I do love Pokemon RP's, and am always up for one~

- How will move learning be integrated?

@Whimsley

Do you mean TMs/HMs? If so, may I ask why HMs even need to be a thing? Why does a water pokemon need to learn 'surf' to be able to ferry a person across water? Why would a machoke need to learn 'strength' to shove a boulder aside? HM's in general are just ridiculous in concept in an RP setting, I believe.

TMs, of course, would work by learning them by buying them from stores or getting a gym leader to teach the pokemon.

- How are wild Pokémon encounters established?

@Whimsley

Well, I think it'd be easy enough to come up with a list of catchable pokemon for a route. Give the RP'ers a list, and let them encounter one they would want to catch if it was reasonble. Say, there are going to be pidgeys on route one, and there's a lot of them. Obviously, they don't really need to search to hard to find one.

- Should there be a set system in place for leveling, evolving, travel, food, and/or other elements within the Pokémon universe?

@Whimsley

I would personally hesitate to throw any sort of system involving actual levels and food/other elements and such. Levels, are obviously a thing and we'd need some way to keep track of them, but I wouldn't say the quality/quantity of posts should have a standing on that.

Not really sure what a good system for this would be, though in the past I have GM'ed a pokemon RP. I left the levels pretty much up to the players as long as they didn't get carried away with it. Maybe 1 level for a victory, and 50% exp for a loss depending on the level difference between the pokemon.

Obviously, the higher level the opponent is the more EXP a pokemon would gain from either a loss or a victory. And in general 'Level' is just the skill level of the pokemon. Basically, how much damage it can take, how hard it can hit and how fast it can move.

I would say the actual numerical stats of the pokemon are more or less just guidelines.

- How likely is it to encounter a legendary Pokémon? How much involvement should they have?

@Whimsley

I would say unless the legendaries are really plot relevant, I would say zero involvement.

- Should posts be kept to low, mid, or high casual standards?

@Whimsley

High casual looks like it'd work well for this.

- How much group interaction are people wanting to experience? Solitary travel, intermittent interactions with other solo travelers, or all group travel?

@Whimsley

I think a small group of trainers traveling together would work best. Otherwise, things could just get messy and difficult to keep up with.

- How involved should the Elite Four and the Pokémon League Champion be in the world?

@Whimsley

Well, that would depend on how you want to do the E4? I'd say our trainers should have little interaction with them aside from a few possible meetings, either for plot reasons or just sort of a side thing.

- How realistic should this RP be?

@Whimsley

I'd say go for some fairly decent realism in my opinion.

- How closely should we adhere to the games? Will there be turn-based combat, can Pokémon only learn four moves, do you have to require badges to travel on to future areas, etc.

@Whimsley

Turn based combat? In a realistic scenario? Perhaps in more official matches it could be a thing, but I doubt most opponents are gonna just wait around while you think of a good strategy to use against your opponent. As for four moves, why are pokemon only able to learn four to begin with? I'd say as long as they are of an appropriate level, they can use any move from their moveset, with the 'four' moves being sort of the ones they use most often, or rather their signature moves.

It'd be the moves your pokemon uses most often, but would also allow for some creativity and some fairly decent strategies if your trainer was competent enough.

I would say no to the badge travel thing.

- A huge question: do Pokémon faint, or do they die?

@Whimsley

Dying should be a thing only if the pokemon push themselves much too far, or get blasted with an attack from something that is obviously gonna wreck them. So the proposed system works well for me.

Hm, I like that fainting rule. It's like a hybrid. We'll go with that. Also: no HMs if your Pokémon has fainted, I always thought that was ridiculous. For (most) out-of-gym battles, I was thinking we could just freeform it and do action and reaction sort of thing, like how most combat works on this site. But for gym battles and higher level trainer battles, I almost want a sense of danger to it. Facing the gym is a terrible and exciting challenge that can lead to epic victory or horrible defeat. For that, maybe the new roll system should be implemented. I believe with the standard action and reaction system, I would have to make the decision on my own of who loses and who wins gym battles, and that seems biased and unfair at that caliber of match. I'd love your thoughts and input on this, as I'm struggling with the idea myself.

By the way, is there a preference for group travel or solo travel? Either is fine with me.

@Whimsley

I personally, would like to avoid dice rolls of any sort. I honestly will nope out of here so hard, since dice rolls kill the excitement and danger of a fight to me, since it takes out any sort of strategy involved I think. That said, if you want to avoid deciding yourself...let the RPers take control of a gym leader and gym related things and such if they wish.

You could be the official referee in a fight if something gets out of control, but your the GM...you're supposed to do that. You'd remain totally unbiased, since you're not playing the gym leader or the challenger.

The problem with that though, as the persons trainer charcater who's challenging the gym will essentially be fighting themselves. Dunno what to do with that, though, except for maybe have someone else assume control of the gym leader perhaps.

I think I'd prefer to start off solo or in small groups/pairs and have characters meet up through the RP. Honestly, I'm cool with whatever everyone else decides.

I'm not sure what to do with the battle system for gyms etc. I'd like for it to allow some sort of creativity and strategy if possible, since I don't like the idea of gym battles consisting of just hitting each other until one side falls down. If using rolls would allow for that, then I'm happy to go with it.

@Lasrever

Yep, I'm all for creative strategies trumping just spamming Close Combat or Hyper Beam until you win. I don't think rolls would allow that myself, but eh...

Trials of Themis

~Eriwen Soyala~

Eirwen waited patiently for Tamia to finish the food preparations. She had Their little campsite was situated a bit out of the ways for the others. She didn't want to be bothered with the loud noises of the others, plus she didn't want any of them bothering Tamia while she made their dinner. She wanted to make sure her pet wasn't distracted. This was her first time eating anything this slave had fixed, after all, so she had no idea how competent she was at all.

While she waited, she noticed a few dolls moving about the camp. Property of that Katherine woman. Hmph...she had half a mind to go to the woman and make her beg for forgiveness or she'd turn her into a frozen garden ornament. That said, that'd be rather troublesome and tiring. So instead, she opted for freezing the feet of a doll to the ground. It provided some small entertainment, though she wanted Tamia to hurry up and finish with the food.

Thankfully, the slave finished rather quickly after that. She was hungrier than usual, so she was glad Tamia finished in a timely fashion. She accepted the bowl of food without any indication as to what she actually thought, with her usual impassive glance and took a bite.

...and she was pleasantly surprised. It was delicious, though the only indication was a slight change in her expression. She at Tamia who was kneeling before her.

"It is...good." She replied to Tamia before eagerly eating it. In fact, she almost wanted to order Tamia to make more, but using all of the supplies on the first night would likely...be bad in the long run, and she didn't have a desire to cause further trouble with the others, aside from Katherine. She needed something else to distract her from this, then.

She looked at Tamia.

"I demand entertainment." She commanded. Hmm...there was no instruments, and she didn't have any books, so the only entertainment she could possibly demand of Tamia was simple. "Dance." There wasn't any music to go with said dancing, but it didn't matter. Just something to distract her would be welcome.

~Amelia Xylander~

Making camp was easy enough for Okori and Amelia. They had made theirs close to another for multiple reasons. For one, it wasn't really a good idea to camp away from the others. Who knows what was in that forest? As much as scientific curiosity called for it, she wasn't going to blindly rush in there without a word or warning...at least, at night. In the daytime? 100% acceptable to run into some unknown place that was probably crawling with things that could kill her without even blinking.

Currently, the geologist was sitting around a campfire taking some notes. Mostly about the geology of the area, though a few were her general thoughts about this entire trip itself. Most of which, was her excited scribbles about the types of rocks she hoped to find and would be able to bring back. Typical Amelia stuff, really.

She hoped Okori wasn't causing trouble, though. She might want to check in with the fox just to make sure. Stuffing her face with one last carrot, she looked up from her notes and looked around for the fox.

"Sable!~" she spoke somewhat loudly. The fox would probably hear her even if she didn't have to speak too loudly.