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Mizumi Shy Yet Trusting from Monopolozulupolis Since: May, 2011
Shy Yet Trusting
#1: Jul 6th 2011 at 7:59:08 AM

Not exactly sure where to post this or if there is a rp just like this, but I can at least try.

What I propose is a freeform pokemon rp, playing through the journey of one or more trainers(probably three at most) as they travel the land. Though not neccicarily having to be the gym challenge it would probably work the easiest. The region that the trainer(s) are currently on is open to a vote, me hoping for the hoenn region since It's the most familier to me. The players would hopefully be able to choose to be one of the trainers or a pokemon, either already in the party or found along the way.

I wish to be involved in this rp as a player. The role of GM could be placed on one person, or perhaps done as abstract like traditional freeform with each player altering the narrative slightly as the need demands. I plan on writing longer posts, but dont expect anyone to be as detailed as myself so that is not a requirement

So...is this an idea anyone would be interested in? Its an odd idea yes, and also set in a rigid fandom...but I enjoy it so hopefully this will work out

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#2: Jul 8th 2011 at 12:36:34 AM

Would we be starting as experienced trainers or new ones?

KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#3: Jul 8th 2011 at 2:32:26 AM

Hmm, this seems interesting, and I do like the Hoenn region...

Although, R Ping as game!protagonist!May for so long has probably screwed up my ability to RP an OC Trainer. They'd just turn into her... Still, it's an interesting idea. ^_^ A few questions, though: At what point in the Pokeverse timeline were you planning to set this? How, (if at all), are canon characters going to be involved? Will this be set in the gameverse, or the anime or manga worlds? I'm guessing gameverse for that last one, but I just wanted to check.

I understand that this is just a basic idea at the moment, and I may not end up joining myself, but these are definitely questions I'd want to know the answer to before joining.

edited 8th Jul '11 2:32:36 AM by KiriAme

Anyway here's Blackwall
Mizumi Shy Yet Trusting from Monopolozulupolis Since: May, 2011
Shy Yet Trusting
#4: Jul 8th 2011 at 7:44:21 AM

The level of experiance is totally up to the player, though I expect that having around the same amount of ability as the other trainers would be more entertaining as a game.

I was planning on it being gameverse since I havent watched the anime and only seen a few chapters of the manga. Timeframe is up in the air, most likely being after Ruby-Sapphire-Emerald timeframe, but before Diamand-Pearl-Platinum timeframe.

The plot is up to all of us, not just me. Throwing out ideas would be smiled upon, any critism equally so.

Character-wise anything goes. If someone wanted to play a canon character they could, holding still to a close level as the rest of the group. May, for example, could be played either as the rivel party line (with the party she ended with at the last encounter, or equivilent power level) or retrying the leigue with new pokemon of whatever level.

I myself am questioning what I wish to play as but will most likely play as a reformed team magma grunt, with pokemon with a power close to the 10-20s.

Now...for limits. Each player may chose if they which to play as a trainer, a pokemo, or both. Only three people may take up each role. So this could give us 3-6 players at best.

Any questions?

Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5: Jul 8th 2011 at 8:01:28 AM

Hmmm, I really mean to get into a Pokemon RP at some point, but I can never seem to get into the flow... But I guess I'll try again. I have an idea of playing as someone who just started out as a trainer and so only has one Pokemon (which one would probably depend on what region this is set in), but I'll need to flesh her out a little bit. But still... Mmmmm, yeah, I'm interested, for what it's worth.

The way I see it, a Gym/Contest career thing would probably be the easiest plot to plan out, but that's just me.

edited 8th Jul '11 8:11:40 AM by Moerin

Mizumi Shy Yet Trusting from Monopolozulupolis Since: May, 2011
Shy Yet Trusting
#6: Jul 11th 2011 at 7:44:20 AM

I was thinking that as well, sort of how the anime played out for the hoenn region correct?

I will flesh out my own as an example, just give me a bit and I'll edit it in. Also the format is up to you, so don't think mine is the one true way

CyganAngel Away on the wind~ from Arcadia Since: Oct, 2010
Away on the wind~
#7: Jul 11th 2011 at 7:51:25 AM

-shrug-

I can't offer myself up as a player or a GM, but I'll gladly offer myself up as a consultant. And I'll play the part of Gym Leaders/Rivals as needed.

There are too many toasters in my chimney!
Krika Since: Dec, 2010
#8: Aug 9th 2011 at 10:27:03 AM

Any way to get this off the ground? I'm interested in something like this, and haven't been able to find a good game.

Dragon573 Sanity not included from Sitting at a bonfire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Sanity not included
#9: Aug 9th 2011 at 11:32:37 PM

Well, if we could find a GM, we could revive it, but...

It's kind of funny. Sufficiently advanced stupidity is like sufficiently advanced science; eventually, you find something you can't solve.
KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#10: Aug 10th 2011 at 1:01:16 AM

I could take on NPC roles if you want. And I could definitely help with fleshing out the world. I've accumulated a fair bit of Pokeverse fanon, especially for Hoenn. ^_^

EDIT - Um, I definitely couldn't GM by myself, though. I don't really have the time to do so. But I'd be willing to help out a little, maybe.

edited 10th Aug '11 1:04:24 AM by KiriAme

Anyway here's Blackwall
Dragon573 Sanity not included from Sitting at a bonfire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Sanity not included
#11: Aug 10th 2011 at 3:34:49 AM

That's it! Instead of one GM to look over it all, we spit the duties between two people!

It's kind of funny. Sufficiently advanced stupidity is like sufficiently advanced science; eventually, you find something you can't solve.
Krika Since: Dec, 2010
#12: Aug 10th 2011 at 6:42:21 AM

Brilliant idea. Unfortunately, I can't really fill either of those GM roles, as I don't have the ability to write that well, or be that focused over time. I will support it as best I can, however as a player.

I'd also prefer Hoenn, if only because it's one of my two favorite regions (the other is Orre. Not sure what that says about me.)

Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#13: Aug 10th 2011 at 7:22:38 AM

Mmmm, so the problem is that we don't have a GM, huh...

...I'd likely suck horribly at it, but if no-one else is willing to put themselves forwards I might (keyword: MIGHT) give it a shot (at least, if I wasn't going it alone, it'd be a trainwreck of epic proportions if I was). I'm just hoping that someone else puts themselves forwards so I don't end up doing it, ahah. Because it would likely be painful for everyone involved. >.<

...Also, in terms of region, my vote would go towards either Unova (because it's the one that's stuck in my mind right now), or an original region built up by the G Ms /P Cs /whoever. >.> Mind you, Kanto and/or Johto would probably be the easiest for several reasons, but... We'll see, I guess.

edited 10th Aug '11 9:13:32 AM by Moerin

Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#14: Aug 10th 2011 at 5:04:34 PM

Mmmm, okays. After thinking this over, I've decided that I should probably be a bit less hesitant to take risks and, if it's okay with everyone else, I'd like to try my hand at G Ming this (hopefully with the help of anyone who'd like to help co-GM this with me, as I'm still not very confident in my skills as a GM).

So anyways, here's my idea of what to do with this: Basically, the game will chronicle the gym and/or contest careers of a group of rookie trainers as they travel through whatever region this will take place in. As for which region this will take place in... I'm willing to try my hand at creating a new region with some user input, but if you'd all rather go with an already defined one I'm perfectly happy with doing that too (plus it'd mean less work on my behalf). So, I'd like to see who's still interested in this, and which region you'd all like this to take place in (or if you'd like to try out the all-new custom region).

As the focus is on rookie trainers, the chances are you'll probably all have very few Pokemon, all at low levels (I'm toying with the idea of having the RP start off with the characters receiving their first Pokemon from the regionally appropriate professor, but I'd like to hear what people think about that idea), but if anyone wants to play a more advanced trainer (even something like a gym leader or a researcher), then I'd be perfectly willing to see what we could figure out.

I'll put off posting sign-up info until we've figured out what region we'll be using, as there's a chance that which region this is based in might affect what people would put in their sign-up, so, uh, yeah. >.> Anyways, just posting this before I turn in, and hoping that I can see if there's any interest in this when I wake up, ahah.

Oh, one final note. If I somehow pull this off, I'll probably be calling the RP "The Very Best: A Pokémon RP". So, um, yeah. For what that's worth and all, ahah~

KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#16: Aug 10th 2011 at 6:33:02 PM

I think creating a new region could be really fun, although we may want to populate it with Pokemon from previous generations. ^_^

Starting off as a rookie Trainer is a good idea; the characters can receive their starter Pokemon, and go from there. I can help with creating Gym Leaders/Elite Four members, most certainly; that could be a lot of fun.

Since all the regions in Pokemon are based on real-life places, we could possibly base this off... idk, somewhere in Europe? - Just to be different. Boat streets, fuck yeah.

I'm not sure we need any particular person to play the part of a rival, since all the P Cs will act as rivals towards each other naturally. Also, if we're going with our generic Pokemon plot, we need an evil team.

That name seems pretty good. ^_^

Should we have two seperate plotlines for people wishing to be Trainers and people wishing to be Coordinators, or are we just going to end up with a whole lot of Trainers anyway? tongue

edited 10th Aug '11 6:34:13 PM by KiriAme

Anyway here's Blackwall
Dragon573 Sanity not included from Sitting at a bonfire Since: Jun, 2016 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Sanity not included
#17: Aug 10th 2011 at 8:23:27 PM

Alright... If there are no OBJECTION!!'s, I'd like to fill the other GM role.

My vote would go towards new region. Also, yes, we have to do the boat streets.

So, I would recommend a single plotline, with the cities that have gyms most likely having contest halls, too... That would make for a good "What?" moment if they go to a barbaric town where everyone just wants to battle, or a snooty, cultured town where people look down on battles...

It's kind of funny. Sufficiently advanced stupidity is like sufficiently advanced science; eventually, you find something you can't solve.
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#18: Aug 10th 2011 at 9:20:44 PM

[up] Seconded. Two plot lines would just get confusing, and there are more than two types of trainers. In addition to people who battle pokemon and people who participate in contests, there are people who breed pokemon, people who collect rare pokemon, and others. Also, a new region would be a fun world building activity.

Krika Since: Dec, 2010
#19: Aug 11th 2011 at 6:06:18 AM

As a possibility, we could instead of having a new region, have a giant city that while still having everything necessary (contest hall, gyms, Poke-centers and -marts), helps reduce the world building required, while still providing enough space for a good story. Think Avatar: The Last Airbender vs. The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra. It could also provide quite a few oppurtunities for events that would very different in a region-wide setting (Earthquake, flood, gang war), than they would be otherwise. It might keep us from having to worry about what Pokemon are found in our region or not, as we can just say that because of the massive amounts of trainers from all over the world present, you could in theory run into any species (barring legendaries, of course). Wild Pokemon might be harder to explain, but those that can exist in cities can be found in run-down, abandoned districts, while parks inside could hold other species? Or better, if we place this city in the Sevii islands, we could have that sort of action take place there? And if they are in the Sevii islands, then we could have a good reason for including rIver streets....maybe it could be partly like Alto Mare?

So besides my inability to split text, what do people think of this idea?

Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#20: Aug 11th 2011 at 6:30:39 AM

To be honest, the travel aspect was always a big part of the appeal of the series to me, so setting it all in just one big city... Doesn't really sound that great to me. But hey, if anyone else thinks that's a good idea I guess we could try and run with it.

Anyways, I had kind of already started making some random notes about this new, currently unnamed region. Mostly that all the cities seem to be named after spices (a naming convention I seem to fall back on a lot for some reason >.>), that the Pokemon League/Elite Four are settled atop an active volcano and that the evil team have... Something to do with extinct/fossil Pokemon, primarily use rock types and their leader is fascinated by legends of a single common ancestor to all Pokemon. Also that the Pokemon Professor of this region is called Professor Dogwood, to fit the theme naming of the other profs and because quite frankly I think it's an awesome name. >.>

I guess we could easily base it off of somewhere in Europe. It shouldn't be too hard to find something that fits, after all. Boat streets and volcanoes does tend to point towards Italy, though... Hmmm. That might give some interesting locales to base things off of such as Rome and the Vatican too... But we'll see.

As for what types of Pokemon would be encountered... Well, yes, we'd be using Pokemon from previous generations (it's way too much work to come up with new ones, after all), and they'd most likely be distributed in similar ways that they were in their own generations. I dunno, we'll work something out with that. As for starters... Would it be okay to have Professor Dogwood have one of each of the starters from the previous five generations to give out (well, the grass/fire/water ones, at least)?

Mmmm, and I suppose it'd make sense to just have one plotline for coordinators and trainers. Might even make one of the gym leaders also a contest champion, ahah.

I'd be glad to have your help with this, Dragon~ Thanks for offering, ahah~

@Nick: Like Kiri said, since everyone is playing a new trainer, it's most likely going to end up with everyone being a "rival" character to at least someone, so... Yeah. Also, this is most likely going to go with the same light tone as the games has, and I know you tend to favour grimdark dark grimness, but I'm willing to at least give you a shot. I know you're something of a point of contention here, but I'll let bygones be bygones and give you a chance, as long as you keep the general tone in mind, okay?

edited 11th Aug '11 6:32:12 AM by Moerin

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#21: Aug 11th 2011 at 10:44:18 AM

[up] Firstly, if we are setting this in an Italy-esque region, the professor should probably be named Professor Olive.

Secondly, I think that, while we should use Pokemon from previous generations, we should come up with new Legendaries for the region.

Thirdly, before thinking of pokemon for the region's Team, we should think motivation and set up. We can't have something like Team Magma and give them grass pokemon, but we also can't have something like Team Rocket and give them to flashy of pokemon. We need to come up with the Team then the pokemon they use. However, I like your idea, and I'm thinking that maybe they are a sort of mad scientist Team that is attempting to revive ancient pokemon, and, perhaps, this can lead to the legendaries, who are formerly extinct, but highly powerful pokemon, kind of like dinosaurs, which are dead until they revive them. This fits in quite nicely with the region being a Italy analogue, as Italy has a long and rich history that has affected everyone.

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#22: Aug 11th 2011 at 12:26:06 PM

I'm up for this if it's still open. I've long been a Pokemon fan but never gotten around to do anything with it so maybe R Ping it will do.

I'd like to suggest that the we follow the logic of the games more than the TV show (for example, that medals are needed to control high-level Pokemon and not just to qualify for the League.) It's just that the TV series is a little TOO friendly with Pokemon, treating them almost like people and never showing them as dangerous on their own the way real animals are. Plus Ash is always the center of attention and that's annoying.

Also, I like the name Professor Dagwood. Can we have him look like him? [lol]

Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#23: Aug 11th 2011 at 12:57:42 PM

[up][up]Well, the name Dogwood was thought up before it was decided this would be set in an Italy analogue, so maybe changing the name to Olive might work. Or hey, why not just make Dogwood and Olive two researchers who happen to work together for whatever reason. I'd imagine Dogwood as a somewhat gruff but ultimately good natured guy whilst Olive would be something of a Bunny-Ears Lawyer (and female, the name just makes me think she's a woman) who probably gets along better with the kids. Hmmm, it's an idea at least.

I... Hadn't actually thought about making up new legendaries... Hmmm. I'd be fine with there being one or two original legendaries, I suppose, but I'm not sure if they should be catchable or not. I suppose they'd probably be something the evil team found when they dug too deep and stumbled upon some ancient, unspeakable evil or... Something.

The idea I have for the team right now (they desperately need a better name than "Team Fossil", which is the tentative one they have right now) is that they're pretty much the mad scientist contingent, focussing far more on research and crazy experiments than the other teams before them. In fact, the idea I had for their leader, Professor Wattieza, was that he was Dogwood and Olive's former teacher who disappeared mysteriously after a freak lab accident several years ago and who has only just recently resurfaced to lead his team of mad scientists in search of ancient, powerful Pokemon for... Some reason I need to figure out. They're definitely in it For Science!, it's just I'm not sure what they intend to do with the stuff they procure and produce, although we could always just go with a good old Take Over the World plot if all else fails, ahah~ >.>

[up]Ah, it's still open, don't worry. We're just trying to hammer out the setting right now before we get around to sign-ups.

And yeah, I was kind of thinking of playing this as more faithful to the games than the anime, although if there's any interesting concepts that the anime brings up that might be fun to play with, I'm all for trying them out. Rule of Fun all the way, really.

And, um... Hmmm. I'll admit to never actually reading that before, but, uh... Perhaps? Maybe? I dunno, all he really has right now is a name anyways, so...

Mizumi Shy Yet Trusting from Monopolozulupolis Since: May, 2011
Shy Yet Trusting
#24: Aug 11th 2011 at 1:20:17 PM

-Comes back into room-

Hello again. I seem to have lost my way through the road of life, but a kind old man clutching oddly colored spheres led me out of the darkness and back to you all.

...tongue

I'm back, and still very interested in being involved in this game. I cannot GM large portions, and still wish to be a player, but am willing to take some npc battles and such off the G Ms hands if they so wish.

I like the world that has been explored so far by you all, and wish to congradulate you all on your interesting ideas and caring intentions. I am willing to help you if you wish, or can simply give commentary for the fun of it. Speaking of which...sometimes I feel like the only person who wishes to be the voiceover for any of the pokemon animes.

Back on topic I am here if any questions, comments, or whatever else anyone wishes to direct towards me

edited 11th Aug '11 1:20:31 PM by Mizumi

Sijo from Puerto Rico Since: Jan, 2001
#25: Aug 11th 2011 at 1:20:56 PM

[up][up] Heh, don't worry, I was just kidding, it's just that I thought it would be hilarious if the P Cs met the famous Professor Dogwood and it turned out he looked like Dagwood! [lol]

I like the idea of Team (Whatever) being not intentionally evil but instead digging up Chtulhumon or something like that. I'm all for evil Pokemon, too. They don't all have to be nice!

Oh and if the role is not taken yet, could my character be the one with The Pokedex? Since I mean to make him a Researcher rather than a Trainer or Coordinator. If not, no biggie.

[up] Oh, I like the Animes too, don't get me wrong (especially Jesse and James.) It's just that it gets a little too touchy-feely at times. And does Ash HAVE to be the male protagonist EVERY time? Give the others a chance!

edited 11th Aug '11 1:27:33 PM by Sijo


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