Foreword And Instructions

 

Nicknames should at least reflect the individual in some way, not just there to sound "cool", but again, I leave this up to you. If you have no nickname, then you're welcome to leave it blank too or even just make it a contraction of the character's name, use a middlename, or so on.

Titles is more of the appropriate place for badass names and such, but if you plan to go running around with a title, your character better be up to snuff to suit the name. Any mamby-pamby character running around with some epic title is just gonna look ass.

Race / Ethnicity simply means you may choose to be human or of an anthropomorphic creature variety, then you can choose the nationality of the character. NOTICE, there aren't Mobians in this. You use one and your character will not be approved. I repeat, no Mobians. You use one and you're not getting in. Dragons also clearly don't exist in this setting, so anthropomorphic dragons will not be applicable either.

When determining the height, bear in mind how this affects weight AND your effectiveness in combat. If your character's 7 feet tall for whatever mad reason, you'll be very vulnerable to attack. You also will not be nearly as agile. If you're tall as all get out, but for whatever reason, you only weigh 140 pounds, you will be automatically anorexically skinny and sickly. Pounds add up when you add another foot of being there on him, so adjust appropriately for your character's sake.

Weight should make sense the same way as height. I will stress this though, don't sit there and make a career deciding these things. It should come simply and naturally. Yes, you are welcome to make skinny or fat characters, it matters not truthfully. Just be sure to adjust in combat for what you make as any extreme of either direction will affect your performance.

Build will determine the physical structure of the character. Need examples? Skinny, average, athletic (that's toned basically), muscular, hulkish. Then there's pudgy, fat, and obese. You can also choose slender or effeminate too. Be imaginative, you can put together builds to some degree too, so you don't have to use a cookie cutter structure.

Eye color shouldn't be something horrendously elaborate. If you're human, you shouldn't have Sharingan eyes from Naruto or some bull crap. Be a little real. You are welcome to an unorthodox color like purple or red or something like that within the spectrum, but try not to abuse the hell out of the flexibility offered.

Hairstyle and color should comply with the same mentality as the eye color. Something at least remotely realistic.Hair streaks of purple and ice blue isn't gonna be happening because you don't have hair dye and it's not going to happen naturally. Bear in mind, this RP has anime influences, so unique colors are sort of believable.

Markings can include scars, tattoos, and piercings too. If you make some kind of weirdly patterned scar, have a good, explainable reason for it. Once again, enjoy the creativity here.

Apparel determines the clothing, armor, and accessories worn by the character. Don't just hurl at me "jeans and a tee shirt". That craps unimaginative and won't speak very well for your ability to come up with a descriptive post if that's your idea of a character to run around as.

Weapons shouldn't be too elaborate in the start. Try to make it simple, like a short sword or a cross bow. You're welcome to a very large variety of weaponry, even at the start. But don't expect to find an M249 in the 45th century after a massive distaster destroyed the world's surface some 200 years ago. It's not happening. Super weaponry such as unique blades or firearms will be found when I make the situation appropriate.

Talents and skills are listed at each bullet point. Add another line if you want, but don't become the god of arts and abilities with it. Your talents shouldn't be super powerful and unrealistic, nor useless and uncreative. Magic does not play a direct role in talents, so don't go putting down such abilities.

Personality's a pretty big point. Don't go making yourself some brooding, hot-headed prick that is "inherently evil" or whatever it is people slap down these days. Be imaginative. Why would this person be the way he is? Does it help him be like this or does it make him seem like a stick is up his / her ass 167 hours a week? You can be a hardened character, but don't be such to an extreme fault that cooperation becomes extremely undesirable and unbearable. The future's bad, but if you're 2nd, 3rd generation child into it, it's not going to make you a social cripple.

Biography should make sense to your character and help determine some parts of the above. It's up to you to write this part, but be sure it's not conflicting with the story. Your character shouldn't be from a time before the disaster hit the world. Otherwise, you can have fun psychically reading my mind and figuring out the background story behind the setting. Only I; the GM should know how that worked out for now.

If you have any questions, please ask. Criticism? Keep it completely to yourself. I have shit planned ahead that I shouldn't even begin hinting at with dramatic explanation. This is supposed to leave you started out, slightly bewildered and confused as your character. Asking ME how you should start off is halfway answered already. If you lack the creativity to finish the thought impromptu, you'll find this RP quite a mind bender and may not be suited to it. An RP is story telling between multiple people, so don't expect the GM to bail you out every step of the way.

Now that the ground rules are effectively and bluntly established for you to take notice to, by all means, join at your own interest. And as always, follow the forum's basic RP function rules. Violation of the primary rules will of course, get you dropped from the RP, and believe me, none of us want that.

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Full Name:
Aliases / Nicknames:
Title(s):
Age / DOB:
Gender:
Race / Ethnicity:
Height:
Weight:
Build:

Eye Color:
Hair Style / Color:
Skin Tone:
Markings:

Apparel:
Weapons:
Talents / Skills:
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Personality:
Biography:

Dame Phoenix-Saturn

Sep 8 2010, 07:40 PM

I'll consider this. I've only had time for a brief skim, so I'll wait to know more before committing.

Dame Cat

Sep 9 2010, 04:24 AM

I actually have a couple of questions...

1. How many people will you accept before you start?
2. Would it be possible for you to reserve a spot for me? I'm stuck on my mobile and I'll need a computer for such a large bio.
3. Would you accept purple eyes as a genetic mutation?

Dame Dee

Sep 9 2010, 06:04 AM

That was wonderfully written. I'm writing a bio up now, will try to get it to you by tomorrow afternoon at the latest because of school.

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Your character shouldn't be from a time before the disaster hit the world.