City Of Lost Characters, Crossover RP signup

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THIS RP IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW SIGNUPS, SORRY.

If however you are a returning person who already had their character sheet accepted before, then you are welcome to rejoin.

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There was a sound of a pen scribbling against paper.

A massive turtle slowly swam through the cosmos, on its back was-

"No, no, that's been done." More scribbling as the passage was crossed out. A few moments passed, and the scribbling started again.

"War. War never-"

"No, done that too." More scribbling.

Space, the final frontier-

"Ugh, no." There was a final scribbling of crossing out that passage; it seemed more pertinent, more frustrated. After that, a pause. "... I think it's time for another thought experiment." There was a shifting, then the sound of flipping through many pages, checking through different realities and the stories they contained. "How about... This one." A page was pulled from one of them; a character, a person taken directly from their home reality. "Alright, let's put you... Here," the page was put into one of the other stories, "for... One year. Alright, ready and..."

The sound of scribbling started again, and quickly gained in pace and intensity; the sound of pages turning joined it, so fast as to sound like an open book caught in a strong wind. An entire new continuity of that reality formed, where the events of that year were changed by the sudden introduction of this person from another reality. Almost as soon as it had started, it ended, and there was another pause. "... Well, that barely helped. Time to undo..." A pause, as the page of the character had been taken back out of the story; the page was going to be put back, and everything that had just occurred was going to be undone. Almost.

"No... I have a better idea." The page was put back into its original story, but the change was not undone. Once again, the scribbling and page turning began, as a new continuity of this reality took shape; one where a key character had disappeared into another reality and returned a year later. Almost the whole story and even some of the reality itself were changed, resulting from this strange occurrence.

"Yes. Yes! Now that was interesting... In fact, it was pretty fun." There was another pause, as the infinite library of stories and realities was regarded. "I think I know what I'm going to do now." The flipping of pages, and characters from many realities being pulled out. "I may have to change some of these so that they'll interact better. No matter... One month should be plenty of time. I'll have to create something new to put them in. Yes, yes I have just the thing."

The characters were gathered and set to one side. The scribbling and page flipping began again, as a new reality took shape.

A city, floating in the nothing between realities. A place that had all the amenities to call home, but was home to no one. A place that shifted when one was not looking, making everywhere in the city both close and far from everywhere else in the city. A city for those who had just been plucked from their own realities. A city of lost characters.

Once the scribbling stopped, the characters were all picked up and placed into this new reality, dropped right into the city that had just been made. The pen met paper, but the scribbling did not start again just yet. "No, for this one, I'm going to take my time. I'm going to enjoy this..." The scribbling started at a normal pace, as a new story began...

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Welcome to the City Of Lost Characters crossover roleplay! A spiritual successor to the old first and second seasons of the Massive Multi-Fandom Role Playing Game, or MMFRPG. The jist of the game is, as hinted above, about different characters being pulled from their own realities to this strange city to all interact with each other. Let's get into the rules:

• There are four specific people I will not be allowing in the RP under any circumstances. I will not name them, but they should know who they are because of their history with me. Two of them have abandoned these forums last I knew, the third will hopefully not be bothering the thread anymore, and the fourth was never really on these forums but I'm holding the right to ban him just in case.

• Main forum rules and of course role playing forum rules both apply.

• Regarding posting pace: If your character is in a conversation, please give some time for everyone involved in the conversation to have a chance to reply to your character before you post again. If your character is in combat, you must wait for the person controlling whoever you are fighting to post their actions before you post again. In the event that a player drops out of the RP while their character is in the middle of a conversation or fight, either the GM will take control of them, a Hand Wave solution will be determined, or both.

• In game days will last likely no less than two weeks of real time, and no more than around two months, give or take. The exact time will depend on how much everyone is enjoying the day and wants to move along to the next day.
  • Every in game day after the first one will have a new set of circumstances specific to that day. This could include changes to the city itself, changes to the player characters, certain things being provided to or taken away from the player characters, or any combination of the above.
    • Feel free to make suggestions and/or requests for day conditions, but I will be holding the final decision for what will be used. EDIT: As of the time of this writing, all future days are already planned out, my apologies.
  • The game will go until the 30th day, about 4 weeks in game.
    • Doing the math that means I expect this RP to last somewhere between 1 and 4 years of real time.

• You may switch characters if you no longer feel like playing your current character, however you may not do this more than once per in-game day.
  • If your character dies, you may either switch to a new character, (The same restriction still applies however.) or have your character respawn at a different location in the city, completely unscathed. (physically, at least) There is no limit to the number of times you may respawn. Note that any items that your character did not arrive with will not remain with them when they respawn, unless it's an item that they automatically obtained as part of the current day conditions.
  • As for items your character did arrive with, they reset onto them if your character dies. Also all ammunition/consumables etc. are refilled at the start of each day; barring the day conditions changing them, of course.

• ALL CHARACTERS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH ONLY THREE EXCEPTIONS:
  • No original characters. To avoid any confusion or attempts to loophole through this rule, "original character" here will be defined as, "any character you yourself created." If you are making a web comic, you may not use characters from it. If you are Stan Lee, then you may not use most of the characters from the Marvel Universe.
  • No characters that are not actually a character. That means no, "amorphous blob of evil that does nothing but consume," and no, "random redshirt #4."
  • No characters from real life or from any religious texts. That's just asking for a heap of trouble.

• Regarding characters that are too powerful: Any character with powers, abilities, or items that take them above Super Weight 3 must have them either nerfed to be Super Weight 3 or lower, or have them removed entirely. Absolutely no reality warping. Time control powers must be limited to slowing or stopping time only, and only to a limited extent; no rewinding or fast forwarding. No being able to see the future. No form of invincibility. Nothing that can cut/destroy/harm/etc absolutely anything or be otherwise unstoppable. Nothing that cannot be dodged or is absolutely unavoidable. Nothing that can stop/hold/restrict/etc absolutely anything or be otherwise unbreakable. Nothing that makes them impossible to hit/always reacts to incoming attacks no matter how little warning there was. Anything that could alter another person's state of mind and/or personality, or take control of them must be resistible, and may not be successfully used against another player character without that player's permission.

• Regarding characters that are too big or too small:
  • If a character could not physically fit inside of a typical room, they must be shrunk to that size or smaller; they do not have to be able to stand upright in the room, but they must be able to fit and move. About 10 feet is the upper limit.
  • If a character is not plainly visible to the naked eye, or too small to reasonably interact with, they must be enlarged to that size or bigger; characters should be at least the size of a typical action figure.

• Regarding characters incapable of communication: Such characters will be allowed, but not recommended. Specifically any character that is basically a wild animal that cannot understand speech or in any way talk; from my experience in the MMFRPG, such characters can become boring to continue playing as very quickly.
  • Unless otherwise noted or excepted, Translator Microbes is assumed to be in effect, translating all dialogue and written text to a version that the character can understand, unless they cannot understand any language or are illiterate. This is all unless you want your character to be unable to understand everyone else and speak gibberish that's unintelligible to others, but again for the ease of interaction and to keep it from getting dull too quickly, I would not recommend this generally.

• Regarding customizable characters: In order to keep customizable characters being used as a loophole to get original characters in, any customizable character must be the most "default" version of that character available.

• Regarding characters from open ended stories/wide open sandboxes: Again, in order to avoid such characters being used for original characters by loophole, such characters will be assumed to have gone through only the main story line of their respective work. In the case of any multiple choices, the most "default" one would be the one taken.

• Regarding characters that appear in multiple works: Pick one version of them, no combining different versions of them.

• Regarding inseparable duos: In the case of characters who simply do not work the same unless paired with another specific character, you may play both. However, they must actually qualify as inseparable in a character sense.
  • To clarify, this means characters for whom it is basically a part of who they are, as a character, to be with the other character.
  • It does NOT mean characters who simply happen to spend a lot of time together, work together as a team well, or have some kind of shared history/tangible link with each other.
  • When it comes to characters of this type that come in trios or more, it'll be handled on a case by case basis; however, as a general rule, the more characters you are trying to sign up with, the less likely you are to being accepted.
  • Lastly, though they do not need to be inseparable in a literal sense, if you start using such characters split up to basically just get around the rules to play two characters at once, you can expect to possibly get punished. (With possible exceptions for character subplots and such.)

• Regarding staying in character: Character development is allowed, and your character does not have to be the same person when they leave as they were when they entered. However, this should only be done within reason and with moderation; that means no having your character do a 180 on their personality on their first day, or otherwise trying to force character development as a means to turn the character into an O.C. Stand-in.

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The character sheet

• Story: What is your character from? (If you'd like, add in parenthesis when specifically during, before, or after the story they're coming from, and/or what version of said story.)

• Name: What are they called?

• Age, gender, and species: I'm putting all these in the same place because they're all short.
  • If you feel the need to explain anything about the species your character is, put it in a secondary bullet point, like so.

• Appearance: A picture link (FROM SOMEWHERE THAT IS SFW) and/or a description is fine.

• Personality: Who is this character and how do they behave?

• Back story: Anything important to know from the time before the character was brought to the city.

• Skills/powers/abilities: Anything notable that your character can do. List in secondary bullet points if necessary.

• Items: Anything notable that your character brought with them; also describe any special powers the items give the character, when applicable. Again, use secondary bullet points if necessary.

• Other: If there's something you think you should mention that doesn't fit in any above category, put it here.

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Active character list

If you do not post for an entire in-game day, I will assume you have left the game without warning and will remove you from this list. It does not mean you are kicked out however, and you may return with the same character or a different one.

• Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, from Rick and Morty, played by Locoman.
• Gon, from No Tears For The Dead, played by Ominae.
• Rex Salazar, from Generator Rex, played by Deis The Alcano.
• Ben Tennyson, from Ben 10, played by All Hail Thrall.
• Garrett, from the Thief series, played by Korodzik.
• Lewis Pepper, from Mystery Skulls Animated, played by Oceanstuck.
• Michael J. Caboose, from Red Vs. Blue, played by pillowmantis.
• Makoto Niijima AKA "Queen", from Persona 5, played by Scorpio Rat.
• Two, from Drakengard 3, played by Fergard Stratoavis.
• Ellen, from The Diary of Ellen / The Witch's House, played by Katarsus.
• Rean Schwarzer, from The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, played by stargirl93.
• Hercules, from Disney's Hercules, played by The Starscream 759.

Edited by FirockFinion on Mar 25th 2020 at 11:43:46 AM

You are reading this.

Firock,

Got a question. I'll assume anyone can't sign up as historical figures from the past, yeah?

'Cause I'm thinking about the Koei Dynasty Warriors and other Musou games.

If it's an interpretation of a historical figure from something, that's fine; especially if it's clearly not the real person directly.

If it is just the historical figure directly, then no you may not play them.

edited 12th Oct '15 2:30:48 AM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

Hmm, might sign up later...

(I'll use this post for the sign-up.)

edited 12th Oct '15 2:50:52 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Good to know.

Does that mean even from historical novels that may have some discrepancies (e.g. Romance of the 3 Kingdoms)?

It's pretty much a case by case basis, and without reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms I couldn't say for sure; from the synopsis, I'd say probably not.

If it's supposed to be the historical figure directly, discrepancies or not that's what's not allowed.

If it's a fictional interpretation of the historical figure, that's fine.

I wouldn't allow Abraham Lincoln from a historical novel about his life; but I might allow Abraham Lincoln from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, if the focus was on the fact that it's Abraham Lincoln from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and not just the fact that it's Abraham Lincoln.

EDIT: Also, I've gotta get going for tonight.

edited 12th Oct '15 3:29:43 AM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

Yep, definite interest.

Will probably be signing up as a Western Animation character or something later.

I don't want to make a mistake in my character profiling so...

I have to make a character specifically for this RP and it doesn't involve other characters from different works, real or fiction? This just to clear things out; I have a penchant for ingeniously popping up with one mistake after another.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

I'm interested. I still don't know what character I will choose, but it might be from a videogame.

Tagging for interest. I'll probably sign up later with Legion again.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

Very interested. Not sure who I'm going to sign up as as of yet.

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert

Maybe interest although I've been busy.

Well, how unrecommended? I was attracted to Aeon Calcos for exactly this reason.

edited 12th Oct '15 11:16:55 AM by Plumbum

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

Hm, interest. Is something like the Dragonborn allowed, assuming it's past-main quest and past-other sorts of quest lines (Companions, College of Winterhold, etc).

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

I've got interest and I've got a character duo in mind.

Let's just say that things in the City are going to get schwifty.

Welcome to see you all; the more the merrier.

@Victor_Skye: If I'm understanding your question right, no. Creating a new character is explicitly what you're not allowed to do for this RP. Nor are you allowed to pick any character you did create, regardless of if that character appears in anything "official", like a webcomic.

This is a crossover RP. You pick a character from a video game, TV show, book, movie, comic, or whatever, and play as them. Obviously it should be a character you're well familiar with, and one that you would enjoy playing. Read through the rules to know what you might have to change about the character first.

@Plumbum: It depends on who exactly. On a 1 to 10 with 1 being, "I definitely recommend a different character" and 10 being, "that should be okay", I'd put Aeon Calcos at a 8 or 9? (I'm assuming he can at least understand what other people are saying? Maybe even read and write?) If him being unable to talk is why you want to play as him, then by all means.

I put it there mainly thinking of anyone who might want to play a character that's basically a wild animal, completely incapable of understanding or communicating with anyone. From my experience in the MMFRPG, such characters can become boring to play in not a lot of time.

That reminds me though I need to edit that particular part and clarify it a lot.

@desdendelle: As mentioned in the rules, a character like the dragonborn would have to be the "default" dragonborn. In other words, this Dragonborn: (The one who clearly displays being dragonborn by using a shout and fighting with a dragon.) A Male Nord, with a skillset that seems to be a mix of heavy armor and light armor, one handed, and block. You could use him from before the events of Skyrim, or otherwise if during or after Skyrim, then only involving the main questline to defeat Alduin, doing the peace conference with the Imperials and Stormcloaks rather than taking either side, (Since that's the "default" option.) plus maybe the main questline of the Dragonborn DLC to defeat Miraak. Side questlines such as the Companions, Thieves' Guild, and Dark Brotherhood would be off the table; I'd also say no Dawnguard DLC, since that involves a very binary choice which has no "default" option.

I'm going to make some edits to the first post and then take a nap, then go out for a bite to eat. I'll be available to respond again in a few hours or so.

edited 12th Oct '15 3:28:11 PM by FirockFinion

You are reading this.

Don't you hate it when you look at a multi-verse type RP and you go 'oh cool, i know just who to be!' but then you actually read the thread and your mind goes blank like "yeah, no, you enjoy literally nothing you're a hermit. What even is a TV?". Or am I the only person that happens to?

But yeah, got some vague interest for this. Hoping I can think in time to sign-up.

edited 12th Oct '15 4:07:07 PM by TruthHurts22

To give you the best rundown I can, Aeon is for the most part sentient, as he is fully aware of his name and origin as a human as of Soul Calibur V although he can become victim to his more animalistic tendencies from time to time and is still undeniably primal (such as in his disturbing tendency to eat what he defeats in battle) and also possibly a little mentally unstable. He can presumably understand what is being said to him, although being reptillian and lacking vocal cords he cannot communicate back through speech, although he can do his best with the body language available to him.

Most of this is extrapolation from SCV being horribly torn-down, but it all has basis.

Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.

• Story: Mass Effect
• Name: Legion
• Age/Gender/Species: Legion has no gender. Its age is indeterminate due to its nature as a geth - a race of sapient machines that technically exist only in software, and inhabit bodies made for specific purposes. Legion's current body is that of an infiltrator.
• Appearance: Does this unit have a soul?◊
• Personality: Incredibly curious. Legion is especially curious of organic interactions, and of itself. As a new individual, for the most part Legion is a blank slate; it does act very much like it is still a machine, however. Legion is nowhere near aggressive, and will not attack unless it is either provoked, or it believes that violence will be the only way to preserve itself.
• Backstory: Originally 1183 programs placed into an infiltration unit, sent to find and assist Commander Shepard in the war against the Reapers. Served with Shepard during the Suicide Mission. Was rescued by Shepard during the Reaper War. Died disseminating Reaper code upgrades to the geth to grant them true individuality. Legion has ended up here, with the same upgrades it gave away so freely, for reasons it does not comprehend.
• Skills/Powers/Abilities:
  • Can perform AI hacking. Effectiveness varies depending on level of complexity (and status as player character). In addition, is extremely resilient to being counter-hacked.
  • Can shoot small fireballs or bolts of electricity from an omni-tool mounted inside its arm. These act more as mini-attacks, though the lightning bolts are known for their effectiveness against electronics of all types.
  • Platform carries built-in kinetic barriers, which provides protection against any forms of attack that have mass, but will not block pure energy weapons or slow-moving strikes. Legion can significantly strengthen these at the cost of its recharge rate.
• Items:
  • M-98 Widow. Extremely powerful single-shot anti-material rifle built to kill krogan - the galaxy's tanks. Rounds fired are the size of a grain of sand, travelling at 99% of light speed - they hit near instantaneously, with apocalyptic force. Weapon must cycle a "bolt" to eject disposable heat sinks after each shot; in addition, organics without significant strength augmentations (or high strength in general) cannot use this without injury due to the heavy recoil.
  • Geth Pulse Rifle.◊ Automatic-fire weapon. Rounds fired are of low strength, but are fairly effective against electronic and synthetic enemies. The weapon can fire a large amount of ammunition before its heat sink must be cycled or swapped, and can fire fairly fast.

edited 12th Oct '15 6:25:59 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

I've got some interest here.

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean

Got it, Firock. Hm, better familiarize myself with one of them then...

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."

Story: Discworld (pre-Fifth Elephant)

Name: Delphine Angua von Uberwald, goes by Angua.

Age, gender, and species: Age was never specifically mentioned; I'm going with mid to late 20s. Female werewolf.

Appearance: Human form, Wolf form.

Personality: (Mostly copied from the Discworld wiki.) Angua is an extremely practical and level-headed person. While not as cynical as her superior, Samuel Vimes, she remains fairly snarky. In human form, Angua is a strict vegetarian. In wolf form, she has a tendency to go after chickens, but she is always careful to go back and slip some money under the door the next day and often worries about becoming more wolf than human, like her father and brother.

Backstory: Angua is a member of a family of werewolf nobles from Uberwald. She and her brother Wolfgang are the only children in the family (out of four) who can actually shapeshift; her sister Elsa and brother Andrei were stuck in human and wolf form, respectively. Wolfgang is extremely violent and enjoys killing (and sometimes eating) humans, who he considers inferior. Angua rebelled against the traditional werewolf lifestyle of her parents (i.e., do whatever you want and kill whoever you want because nobody can do anything about it without getting killed themselves), and left for Ankh-Morpork to find her fortune (or at least a decent job).

Skills/powers/abilities: Angua can turn into a wolf (which lets her understand and speak to dogs and other wolves, whether they're werewolves or not), can regenerate from a good many injuries (unless silver is involved), and is a good bit stronger than your average human (in and out of wolf form).

Items: Specially-fitted armor (as in, it accommodates her boobs), and clothes that can be gotten into and out of in a hurry (as her transformation doesn't extend to her clothing). That's really it, other than a bit of money.

Other: Nothing.

edited 18th Oct '15 11:13:20 AM by Tojin

“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert

@Truth Hurts 22: Glad to have you, though I'm afraid I can't really help you much with figuring out who to play.

Same goes to you, Victor_Skye.

@Rivux: Welcome!

@Plumbum: Then yeah, I'd say 8 or 9, depending on if he's literate. A character having primal/animal instincts and being mentally unstable isn't really the issue; just how difficult it is to communicate with them. I'd still be worried that you might get tired of playing such a character later, but that's your business.

It'll probably become important at some point to know whether or not he's literate, so I think it'd be good if you could figure that out. Do some wiki checking or something?

@Sparty Mc Fly: Legion is accepted.

@Tojin: No problems so far, but I can't really accept a character sheet that's that much WIP. I know of the character, but never read the story she's primarily in.

You are reading this.

... And just as soon as I join TV Tropes I find myself sucked into the forums. I hope being new won't give the wrong impressions. XP

I have a question though, if a character can shapeshift (specifically this girl using this guy), would they be able to use all the forms they could get after the story or technically still have them, but can't be used in the RP itself (save for one or two if allowed)?

"You said you had a dream... That dream... Make it come true! ... If anyone can, it's you!" - N (shortened) Oh, and I'm a girl.

I'm not sure I understand your question entirely due to your wording.

Whatever shape shifting the character had access to at the point in time when they get sucked into the city, they would still have. As long as no individual form breaks the other rules; nothing too overpowered without getting nerfed, and nothing too big or too small without having its size changed.

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