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[PTA] (Encore OOC) Rung by a crazy man.
DJP3710
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Hi players, this is our new OOC thread. This is in preparation for when our first thread, which will be the IC thread, gets cluttered with things like combat and rolls and all that. Please place any in-game posts in the IC thread, located here.
The Introduction
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The Rules
Players
Carnarvon: Brayek Hardmann, Researcher/Male/20, Aron/Male/Careful (Stottol)
Sir Fabulous : Sedo Tutaminis, Psychic/Male/48, Male/Pineco/Relaxed (I hate you)
Rawkking Goodguy: Clyde Ermyne Hemmet, Coordinator/Male/18, Male/Chatot (Expo)
Lucedes: Emelia Linsett, Breeder/Female/17, Male/Mareep/Calm (The Fuzz)
Hippie: Arden Drake, Ranger/Male/26, Male/Munchlax/Jolly (Tiny)
Marshmallow: "Zee" Heuvalmans, Researcher/Male/19, Female/Torchic/Impish (Celsius)
notsoy: Ken Smithson, Breeder/Male/20, Shroomish/Male/Jolly (Spore Man)
Lemminghead: Felicia Astor, Ranger/Female/19, Ralts/Female/Modest (Shira)
Chronicle of the game posts here
Also, if anyone wants to communicate with me over IM you can reach me at DJP3710@aol.com. Contact me if you've got any questions.
The Introduction
Hello, my friends, and welcome to the world of Pokemon!
This world is inhabited by creatures known as Pokemon, who are as numerous as they are unique.
To some they are mere pets…
To others, they grant convenience in their everyday lives…
Yet, more than those reasons, humans are well-known for using Pokemon as their proxies in combat with one another. They call themselves Pokemon Trainers, too weak to rely on their own strength.
That is the world you are entering, my friends. A world full of wonder and adventure, strife and tragedy, heroes and villains. What fate awaits you, I wonder?
Oh, who am I? Well, my identity is unimportant, for now, but I'm sure we'll meet soon.
This world is inhabited by creatures known as Pokemon, who are as numerous as they are unique.
To some they are mere pets…
To others, they grant convenience in their everyday lives…
Yet, more than those reasons, humans are well-known for using Pokemon as their proxies in combat with one another. They call themselves Pokemon Trainers, too weak to rely on their own strength.
That is the world you are entering, my friends. A world full of wonder and adventure, strife and tragedy, heroes and villains. What fate awaits you, I wonder?
Oh, who am I? Well, my identity is unimportant, for now, but I'm sure we'll meet soon.
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The Rules
And what’s this?
This is a play-by-post game using the Pokemon Tabletop Adventure (PTA) rules. The players will be assuming the roles of Pokemon trainers from all walks of life, including Researchers, Coordinators, Psychics, Ace Trainers, and several other specialties.
Aren’t there already three other threads running this game?
Yup, and by assumed popular demand, now there’s a fourth.
How do you join?
If you can post at least once daily, you’re welcome to submit a character. Please keep in mind that while there is a once-per-day minimum on posting, you’re encouraged to post more than that. The pace of the story will be determined by the availability of the players; there are very few times when I’m not near a computer.
How many players are you going to take on?
Eh, I don’t know, probably five or six. Maybe more, we’ll see.
Game Rules
Here are compiled notes of many of the game’s rules, put together by Marshmallow. There are files on the main rules of character creation, class features, and information concerning how the various abilities of Pokemon are used in-game.
The first three will be the most important for character creation.
Main Rules
Meet the Classes
Main Features List
Extra Class/Advanced Features List
Items List
Pokemon Abilities List
Pokemon Capabilities List
Pokemon Moves List
Along with creating the stats of your character, be sure to create their backstory and pick their starter. Acceptable starting Pokemon are those that evolve at least once and are capable of learning at least a couple decent moves. If the Pokemon in question is something really rare and/or powerful (concerning type, starting movelist, etc) there had better be a very believable reason why the character has it. If you pick a Pokemon whose starting movelist isn’t very combat-worthy (Abra comes to mind), then I will provide Egg or TM moves to give them a fighting chance.
The creators of previous PTA threads included lists of example potential starters, separated by region. I won’t include them here, but you’re welcome to check the OP of their threads to see the lists.
Starting items will differ slightly from character to character, but for a baseline let’s assume everyone begins with 5 Poke Balls, 1 Great Ball, 3000 Pokedollars (you can spend this money buying items during character generation), travel supplies (clothes, something to sleep in, etc), and things that fit their character (personal items or tools of their trade). Things for the last category should be within reason.
Please include a list of non-legendary Pokemon you would like your character to encounter during the game (No more than 10, please).
This game system is based off the Pokemon Manga more than the anime or games, just like the other PTA games in the forum. I’m going to quote notsoy from the CF Leftovers thread because he pretty much hits the nail on the head for the explanation of what this means both for the story setting and the in-game rules:
What about the location and setting?
The story is set in the Sinnoh region (from the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum games), approximately three years after the events of said games occurred.
With summer having just started, there has been a region-wide announcement of a monument unveiling at Lake Verity, near Twinleaf Town. This is part of a special joint effort by the Sinnoh Pokemon League and the Sinnoh Historical Society to “keep the legends of our home fresh in the hearts and minds of the young and old alike.” There will be similar events at both Lake Valor and Lake Acuity at the same time, a simultaneous unveiling of three new monuments.
To prevent the events from being glossed over by the general public, all the players involved have orchestrated the announcement of several “side-events” that will be happening alongside the unveilings: Pokemon contests, trainer tournaments, technology expos, and special shows hosted by various well-known celebrities. To drum up even more excitement, they've taken to calling it the Guardians' Festival.
While the unveilings have garnered some attention, the side-events have fostered an overwhelmingly positive response. With something for practically anyone whose life deals with Pokemon, the Guardians' Festivals will, without a doubt, draw in huge crowds from across the whole region.
If you have any questions concerning anything about the game, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Also, thanks to notsoy for the quote and thanks to Marshmallow for all the information together so we could play this game in the first place.
This is a play-by-post game using the Pokemon Tabletop Adventure (PTA) rules. The players will be assuming the roles of Pokemon trainers from all walks of life, including Researchers, Coordinators, Psychics, Ace Trainers, and several other specialties.
Aren’t there already three other threads running this game?
Yup, and by assumed popular demand, now there’s a fourth.
How do you join?
If you can post at least once daily, you’re welcome to submit a character. Please keep in mind that while there is a once-per-day minimum on posting, you’re encouraged to post more than that. The pace of the story will be determined by the availability of the players; there are very few times when I’m not near a computer.
How many players are you going to take on?
Eh, I don’t know, probably five or six. Maybe more, we’ll see.
Game Rules
Here are compiled notes of many of the game’s rules, put together by Marshmallow. There are files on the main rules of character creation, class features, and information concerning how the various abilities of Pokemon are used in-game.
The first three will be the most important for character creation.
Main Rules
Meet the Classes
Main Features List
Extra Class/Advanced Features List
Items List
Pokemon Abilities List
Pokemon Capabilities List
Pokemon Moves List
Along with creating the stats of your character, be sure to create their backstory and pick their starter. Acceptable starting Pokemon are those that evolve at least once and are capable of learning at least a couple decent moves. If the Pokemon in question is something really rare and/or powerful (concerning type, starting movelist, etc) there had better be a very believable reason why the character has it. If you pick a Pokemon whose starting movelist isn’t very combat-worthy (Abra comes to mind), then I will provide Egg or TM moves to give them a fighting chance.
The creators of previous PTA threads included lists of example potential starters, separated by region. I won’t include them here, but you’re welcome to check the OP of their threads to see the lists.
Starting items will differ slightly from character to character, but for a baseline let’s assume everyone begins with 5 Poke Balls, 1 Great Ball, 3000 Pokedollars (you can spend this money buying items during character generation), travel supplies (clothes, something to sleep in, etc), and things that fit their character (personal items or tools of their trade). Things for the last category should be within reason.
Please include a list of non-legendary Pokemon you would like your character to encounter during the game (No more than 10, please).
This game system is based off the Pokemon Manga more than the anime or games, just like the other PTA games in the forum. I’m going to quote notsoy from the CF Leftovers thread because he pretty much hits the nail on the head for the explanation of what this means both for the story setting and the in-game rules:
notsoy wrote:What this means is that the world as a whole is much more dangerous than you may be thinking. Wild Pokémon and unsavory fellows alike will be all too happy to attack en masse, or to attack you instead of waiting to see the Pokémon you send out...unless you defuse the situation before it comes to that, of course. And if things go south and you go down, let’s hope your teammates can bail you out…or that you pass the saving throw against death.
Furthermore, PTA standard for settings is a required minimum age of 18-21+ in order to receive a Trainer's license. This means that anybody who is currently licensed as a Pokemon trainer is at least that age, including the Gym Leaders and almost anybody at a Pokemon Gym. After all, what kind of sick fucks would let their 10-year old kids muck around in the wilds near untamed monsters, especially when two-foot tall rats can bite through concrete?
PTA contains the structures and rules to do most anything you normally do in a Pokémon video game – trade, battle, explore, capture, breed, etc. There are also tons of other things to do in the PTA framework – depending on your class, you can tinker with or create special Poke Balls (among other things), teach Pokémon moves they normally couldn’t learn, temporarily befriend wild mons and use them seamlessly as allies of the moment, or many other things. Speaking of which, one such feature is that your Pokémon have innate capabilities that can provide much utility, often subsuming the need for the video games’ HMs as travel devices – between a Blastoise and Metagross, you can rip obstructive trees out of the ground, traverse the seas and skies in style, and push or break any rocks that get in your way without needing specific moves for those tasks.
What about the location and setting?
The story is set in the Sinnoh region (from the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum games), approximately three years after the events of said games occurred.
With summer having just started, there has been a region-wide announcement of a monument unveiling at Lake Verity, near Twinleaf Town. This is part of a special joint effort by the Sinnoh Pokemon League and the Sinnoh Historical Society to “keep the legends of our home fresh in the hearts and minds of the young and old alike.” There will be similar events at both Lake Valor and Lake Acuity at the same time, a simultaneous unveiling of three new monuments.
To prevent the events from being glossed over by the general public, all the players involved have orchestrated the announcement of several “side-events” that will be happening alongside the unveilings: Pokemon contests, trainer tournaments, technology expos, and special shows hosted by various well-known celebrities. To drum up even more excitement, they've taken to calling it the Guardians' Festival.
While the unveilings have garnered some attention, the side-events have fostered an overwhelmingly positive response. With something for practically anyone whose life deals with Pokemon, the Guardians' Festivals will, without a doubt, draw in huge crowds from across the whole region.
If you have any questions concerning anything about the game, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Also, thanks to notsoy for the quote and thanks to Marshmallow for all the information together so we could play this game in the first place.
Players
Carnarvon: Brayek Hardmann, Researcher/Male/20, Aron/Male/Careful (Stottol)
Sir Fabulous : Sedo Tutaminis, Psychic/Male/48, Male/Pineco/Relaxed (I hate you)
Rawkking Goodguy: Clyde Ermyne Hemmet, Coordinator/Male/18, Male/Chatot (Expo)
Lucedes: Emelia Linsett, Breeder/Female/17, Male/Mareep/Calm (The Fuzz)
Hippie: Arden Drake, Ranger/Male/26, Male/Munchlax/Jolly (Tiny)
Marshmallow: "Zee" Heuvalmans, Researcher/Male/19, Female/Torchic/Impish (Celsius)
notsoy: Ken Smithson, Breeder/Male/20, Shroomish/Male/Jolly (Spore Man)
Lemminghead: Felicia Astor, Ranger/Female/19, Ralts/Female/Modest (Shira)
Chronicle of the game posts here
Also, if anyone wants to communicate with me over IM you can reach me at DJP3710@aol.com. Contact me if you've got any questions.
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I'm sorry I couldn't help myself.
In the event someone posts before I finish typing. Sedo will kill you slowly...
And for actual game related stuff. I might be a bit inactive for a little while. I'll try to make 1 post a day but I might miss it sometimes.
Switch Friend Code: SW-1406-1275-7906
Shore- Sedo, Brayek, Felicia, Ken (I'm assuming)
Contest Stage- Zee, Clyde
Hippie and Lucedes, just waiting on you guys.
So are we pretty much doing all OOC posts here? Standard rules and all?
Except that both Hippie and Lucedes are both on hurryupguysmaekpoastalready! :P
I must admit, i'm not used to starting a game and having my character know no one.
My computer is always on and logged in regardless of if i'm there or not :P
Well played.
I was tickled pink when Goodguy had his character recognize mine, for instance. It's good to have a notorious character 8-).
If not then Clyde just skimmed over all the blog posts you made describing your contests, being inattentive and eager to just learn coordinating skills.
Stressful, long day at work.
hey lucedes and hippie, i was gonna go bother you guys but then the poast came up. we should chat!
Switch Friend Code: SW-1406-1275-7906
hmmmmm
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
PM sent to Wolf G. Also seconding the great poasts :^:
Shore Team
Ken
Brayek
Felicia
Sedo
Arden
Emelia
Contest Team
Zee
Clyder
Time for an Indy Ploy.
I mean we're just making this up as we go! /sunglasses
Pierce the heavens with our drill (peck)!
Switch Friend Code: SW-1406-1275-7906
Ken is losing his mind to the Frothing Rage of Justice™
Wonder if there's a way to branch out into Berserker or Paladin
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
Restraining yourself is for someone who will never PIERCE THE HEAVENS