The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon RP With No Name

N.B. I will be spoiling Gates to Infinity pretty much freely in this RP.
N.B. I have finally got a name for the RP: Mystery Dungeons and Dragons.

The game
The DT

It's not been forever since it happened, but for the most parts it's been forgotten. The Bittercold, the Glacier Palace, the Voice of Life... There's no denying they happened, but to most they're another fading memory - and with that are the lessons they taught. Pokémon are bitter and cruel to one another again. An honest pokémon is hard to find. And as is always the way, when pokémon lose their way, disaster is only around the corner... and again, humans will be called to the pokémon world. It all starts with a dream...

Rayquaza, black as night, the mighty legendary pokémon looms overhead. Around you, lays the wreck of a pokémon town - whole homes reduced to mere splinters, the pokémon who haven't already gotten away running for cover or staying to fight, but no matter what happens, they're swatted aside. All that is left to hear - one cry of "HELP!" as Rayquaza dives...

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So what's up guys! As promised, here it is! A PokémonMysteryDungeon RP! As one may have guessed, I'm using Gates to Infinity as the main inspiration, as far as some of the locales go anyway. Most of the "dungeon" areas should be original, as well as most locations outside of Post Town, but around Post Town ^note I am assuming that there is more to Post Town than is shown in the game thanks to the Lawof Conservation Of Detail and Pokémon Paradise from that game are a 'base' of sorts. Don't worry if you don't know what they are. They're just a town and something built by the player during Gates respectively and I'll do as much as I can to not require any knowledge of the PMD sub-series at all from players.

Finally, humans are not necessarily as special as before. You do not have to be a human - you can be just a regular old pokémon who gets mixed up in all this for a change of pace. The major difference to begin with will be that you don't have the same dream that the humans have.

So, some rules shall we? I hear those are nice things. Well, they're not, but they're kinda like the paperwork before you get on a jetski: It's gotta be done.

• Don't be a dick. I apply this rule very generally - don't do things that squish each others' fun. That also means follow the site rules.
• When I run mon RPs, it goes thusly with moves: Decide how advanced the moves they can use are and you can have anything learned by level or HM. Feel free to be creative so you don't do the same thing sixty times over each time you use Ember. I won't jump down anyone's throats.
• You can have a mon in its very first available stage only. Similarly, don't use Legendary Pokémon, or I'll slap you and tell you to use something else. Yes, through the Internet. Try it and see if you don't believe me.
  • Baby Pokémon are negotiable. Ask first.

So with those unpleasantries dealt with... How about a signup sheet? I'll have King Dedenne himself look it over.

• Name: Most people have one of these.
• Age: 'Tis only a number
• Gender: ♂ or ♀?
• Pokémon:
• Human Appearance: What do they look like as a personfolk? (if applicable)
• Pokémon Appearance: If they have distinguishing features from other members of their species.
• History: Anything notable about them. Maybe even a few things that aren't, but you felt like putting in anyway?

edited 3rd Jun '14 8:19:36 AM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Shemporan, but folks call him "Shemp"
• Age: 20
• Gender: Male
• Pokémon: Tropius
• Pokémon Appearance: He has a red bow tie.
• History: A native of Post Town, he runs a small produce shop (it is obviously shaped like a Tropius), which he also lives in. He wanted to be a cartographer, but when his parents passed away he was forced to take over their shop in order to pay the bills of his humble lifestyle. Very humble, because he barely takes any coins home when you remember to subtract the "protection money" he has to pay to the Kecleon Brothers. And because he sometimes eats a little more of the berries he's selling than he should.

edited 30th May '14 12:33:09 PM by nman

That's awesome Nman. Welcome to the Pokémon world.

N.B. For the benefit of... everyone, we've kinda decided given the levels of protection that Dungeon Shops have that Kecleon are the mafia. It's not a well-known fact though.

edited 30th May '14 12:40:51 PM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Sparkers
• Age: 15
• Gender: Male
• Species: Growlithe
• Appearance: Rather scruff lookin', even for Growlithe. Wears a tattered jacket as a cape.
• History: Sparkers fancies himself a superhero. Not a particularly good one mind you but he tries. His memories are a bit fuzzy, but he remembers bein' seperated from his family at a young age at the hands (paws?) of some evil pokemon. Sparkers has devoted his life to justice and to protecting the weak. Unfortunately the vigilante business isn't goin' that well so he finds himself in Post Town, hungry in more ways then one. Sparkers is excitable and puppy-like, though he is quick to anger and can be self-righteous. He's also clumsy at times and can be absent minded. His sole possesion is the jacket-cape he wears which for some reason looks like a human jacket...

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

• Name: Randy Hogan
• Age: 47
• Gender: Male
• Species: Hawlucha
• Appearance: He wears an eye patch, for no other reason than to mark him as a heel.
• History: Randy was a Pro-Wrestler past his prime, used to playing the heel, when he woke up in the pokemon world. Suddenly finding himself as a Hawlucha, can Randy adapt to the new, Luchador style of wrestling his body is designed for? Probably.

edited 30th May '14 2:48:55 PM by MusikMaestro

So someone spliced Randy Orton and Hulk Hogan's DNA, made clone, then that clone turned into a luchador bird?

Seems legit.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

@Philo: I'm gonna deny that application for now, since it implies your character is a human who's been in the pokémon world for a while and the only case of a human staying for a while is the GtI protag, especially since humans are only called to in times of crisis. If you want it to be ambiguous if your character's a human or not, that's fine, but PM me so I know.

@Musik: Thanks for spraying my computer monitor with coffee. Anyway, that's awesome.

@Philo (again): I'm envisioning more Macho Man Randy Savage then Randy Orton vs. Cena.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Dour.
• Age: 18.
• Gender: Male.
• Species: Houndour.
• Appearance: One of Dour's ears is slightly droopy.
• History: Dour's pack was all but annihilated by a group of Spearow bandits. He managed to drag himself and another one to Post Town, but they both collapses on Swanna's Inn's porch. He survived and his partner didn't, making him even more dour than before; now he seeks revenge against the group of Spearow that killed his pack.

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

I'll trust you enough to not delve into grimderp with that, Diz.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Name: He calls himself Crobatman, but his real name is Bruce Bayne.

Age:25

Gender:Male

Species:Machop.

Pokémon Appearance: Wears a Crobat mask and cape.

History: Back in the human world, his parents were murdered while he was a small child by a criminal. From that day he swore that he'll fight crime wherever it may be. He woke up one day to find himself as a Machop. Remembering his promise, until he'll find a way back to the human world he'll crusade against crime even here. He was used to fighting in a bat disguise, so he made himself something that seemed to be similar to bats in this place.

edited 31st May '14 8:56:52 AM by LiorVal

• Name: Steve Stryker
• Age: 15
• Gender: Male
• Species: Pichu (much to Steve's disliking)
• Human Appearance: Steve has blonde hair, blue eyes, slightly pale skin and is a bit on the skinny side. He tends to wear his hoodie jacket whenever he can, and tends to stick to a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. Tends to stick to long sleeve clothing in any case as it covers his thinner limbs.
• Pokémon Appearance: Wears a jacket hoodie similiar to his human form, although it readjusts to fit his Pokémon form better. The hoodie has two holes around the hood area that allows his ears to poke out of it.
• History: Steve is another one of those teenagers who wants to be Bad Ass, fond of things filling his inner desire for Power Fantasy like action games or superhero stories. He also had gotten into the Furry Fandom, usually only caring for stuff he finds that is in the "awesome" side, sometimes wishing to be turned into a creature that was on the awesome side. Waking up as Pichu, he wasn't fond of the idea that he turned into something on the cute side instead.
  • Hidden underneath Steve's desire to be cool is a bit of a playful side, liking to make snide remarks and troll people when he can get away with it.

edited 31st May '14 9:01:35 AM by JustaUsername

Some people say I'm lazy. It's hard to disagree.

Both of you are all good. I should note though, Lior that when the story picks up right when the human characters begin coming around so Batman won't have time to make a suit right off the bat. Also, hey look! A discussey-thread for discussing things!

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Thomas P.

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• Age: 13 Yes, I know, young, but I swear I'm one of the smartest 13-year-olds around.

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• Gender: Male

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• Species: Riolu

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• Human appearance: Thomas is a bit tall for a human, but it's tough to get any exact measurements because of his thick brown hair. He usually wears a gray sweater/rain jacket, although it doesn't protect all that much from the heat. He always wears sweat pants. His face is pretty generic, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Without his fedora^*  Yes, a fedora. It looks pretty awesome though, he thinks he looks like a completely generic guy. BUT. With his fedora, he looks like a completely generic guy. Brown eyes, pale but tanned skin, aaaaannnndddd that should be about it.

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• Pokémon apperance: Thomas also looks pretty generic for a Pokémon. He is attempting to remedy that by donning a 'tough biker' leather jacket, but with his fedora it just looks 'ironically' stupid.

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• History: Thomas doesn't remember much of his life. He plans on studying and unlocking the secrets of the Pokémon world(?). He...thinks? He doesn't really care too much, provided he has fun! He likes studying whatever may interest him at a time, but he has a fairly short attention span. He also has a tendency to jump into pretty much anything without thinking, then suffering major repercussions later. this better?

wow, seems you're WAY more experienced than me at RPG s. Good luck!

edited 4th Jun '14 2:52:23 PM by Dimentiosome

Also HOLY FaCKING SHeT!!!!!!!

Actually, I'm totally fine with the Improbable Age. But one thing I need to note, this RP starts off as most Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games do: right at the moment your human character has a funny dream and wakes up from it a pokémon - which makes the whole researcher thing kinda difficult to pull off I'm afraid.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Meh, okay. But yeah, even if he doesn't get to do that. It still pretty much sums up his personality; The Smart Guy, trying to research mysteries, easily distracted, blurs the line between Genre Savvy and What An Idiot.

Also HOLY FaCKING SHeT!!!!!!!

Hey, I'm all for someone being Wrong Genre Savvy. As long as you find something else for the scientist time, you're welcome right in.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Plummet: people aren't dour because their life was all roses; I needed a good reason. Plus, dour = stern, obstinate and gloomy. Dour =/= 'all hope is lose we're gonna die grim grim derp derp'.

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

• Name: Vega
• Age: 16
• Gender: ♀
• Pokémon: Teddiursa
• Appearance: Wears a pink scarf^* actually a Heal Scarf and has a small scar under her left eye.
• History: Born and raised in Post Town, most of Vega's childhood was spent helping her father, who owned the Chipper Dipper bar ^* non-alcoholic, of course. She got her scar when she went to gather honey for her father. What happened afterwards was a very unfortunately incident involving a swarm of Combees, a Plain Seed, the move Roar, and a Shiny Box. She's become a lot more cautious after that day, and a lot more afraid of Combees as well.

"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO

And thus the mystery begins! Like, the mystery of why a Noodle Incident past made me "d'aww". Welcome in anywho.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

By the by the by, just to make doubly-triply-mega sure everyone's aware, the game's started and you can find links in the OP.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Name: Killia
• Age: 14
• Gender: Male. Not that he looks it.
• Pokémon: Ralts
• Appearance: Normal Ralts, wearing a shimmery scarf around his neck, with some generic charms attached to either side.
• Backstory: Killia wanted to becomes a wise sage like many of the elders of his evolutionary line, but a strong trickster's bent kept him from doing it in any legitimate capacity for very long. As a result, he took up fortune-telling, despite not actually having any skill that could be used to tell the future. He ended up in Post Town, and decided to stick around, styling himself as a minor seer.

Took me long enough to get this written out...

edited 3rd Jun '14 3:17:02 PM by Krika

Yay! Dude Ralts! Your character's in, Krika.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Name: Leo
Age: 15
Gender: ♂
Pokémon: Fennekin
Pokémon Appearance: Wears a blue and white piece of cloth around his neck.
History: Has a part-time job delivering local mail in Post Town. Geeks out over humans the same way humans in the human world geek out over pokemon. His life's dream is to go on an adventure with a human like in the old stories, although everyone dismisses that as a fantasy. Spends most of his time playing Tabletop RP Gs with some of the other pokemon. May or may not write human fanfiction.

My intention with this was a sort of Alternate Character Interpretation of the sidekick from the Explorers games. What do you think?

edited 9th Jun '14 9:21:28 PM by WaffleLight

I think it's pretty cool actually.

Feel free to join the game at your leisure, but be warned that I'm probably not getting it moving again until the end of the week, owing to RL cirsumstances.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

So... Is this thing still alive?

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."