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Post by Nakamura Reiko on Apr 25, 2008 18:38:58 GMT -8
This is the character profile format for creating and submitting a character. No other format will be accepted. However, feel free to change the font, color, etc. to the way to format looks.
When creating a character, copy this format and paste it into a new thread. Then fill in the required information and wait for contact. YOU MAY NOT ROLEPLAY UNTIL YOU'RE CHARACTER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED! One character per person.
Quote: A quote said by your character that somehow represents them or how they act/think. In quotation marks please.
Name: Your character's name. Last name before first and if your character has a nickname or pseudonym put it in between them, in quotation marks. Try to make it at least sound Japanese. Age: Your character's age, in human years. A ballpark estimate for characters would be between 40 and 19. Gender: Male or Female. None of that 'both' stuff please. Height: The height of your characters. In American foot and inches measurement please. Keep in mind that the average adult human is usually between 5 to 6 feet tall. Weight: How much your character weighs. Yes this is necessary. No it does not have to be constantly updated based on your character's habits IC. Keep the weight realistic please.
Appearance: Must keep outfit within bounds of the Uniform Law and yes, the character actually has to be a human being. If using an image, put it in a link please.
Title: See list of title formats (Character Creation Resources.). Number: A number between 1 and 99. See the list of available mumbers (Available Numbers.). for well... a list of available numbers. Theme: The style of abilities your character follows. IE: Fire, Plants, Gravity, Mimicry, etc. Please touch on how the character fights a little bit as well. Check the list of available numbers (Available Numbers.) to see what Gikou have been taken. Gikou: Your character's special abilities. Six Gikou per person, three forms per person, and two Gikou per form. See the Gikou Law for more information. Please number each Gikou, name it, and detail what it does at it's current level and at higher levels.
Weapon: Your character's Furui-Akuma Katana. If using images, please put in links. Three per character. Keep in mind that your character's Katana should A) Be a Katana, and B) Be in line with your character's theme. Each form should have an individual name. Furui-Akuma Katana; Joushou-Seiryoku Katana; Tenrai-Seiitsu Katana;
Personality: How your character acts. Their tendencies, preferences, and how they think fit in here as well.
History: A brief summarization of your character's past.
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Name: Age: Gender: Height: Weight:
Appearance:
Title: Number: Theme: Gikou:
Weapon: Furui-Akuma Katana; Joushou-Seiryoku Katana; Tenrai-Seiitsu Katana;
Personality:
History:
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Post by Nakamura Reiko on Apr 25, 2008 19:03:30 GMT -8
"Hello there, Reiko speaking. If the above explanation wasn't enough, here is an example profile to show you visually what your profile should end up resembling!" "I'm not copying you, you're copying you. Stop talking to yourself, now help you get up." [Name]: Nakamura Reiko [Age]: 28 [Gender]: Female [Height]: 5' 11" [Weight]: 96 [Appearance]: Nakamura Reiko[Title]: "Number 69 of the 99 Zugaikotsu Ronin, Ear to the Emperor, Nakamura Reiko, the Ronin of Reflection." [Number]: Number 69 [Theme]: Precognition, dopplegangers, and general mimicry. Mostly techniques intended to be passive though. [Gikou]:- "Good Reflexes!": Predicts basic attacks and movements seconds before they happen. At higher forms the prediction time grows longer.
- "Seeing Double!?": Leaves a trail of aura resembling the original user by moving at a high speed while simultaneously releasing energy that would be visually confusing to the opposition. At higher levels it creates a full copy capable of basic combat. However it is rather weak.
- "I Hate Mimes!": Copies and opponent's gikou and uses it against them. At a higher level of power it will actually intensify the attack of the gikou when using it against an enemy.
- "What Are You Doing Here!?": Creates a false image around the user of someone close or familiar to the opposition, that will lull them into a false sense of security, giving the user a chance to escape or attack while the enemy is stunned. At higher levels it creates a false image anywhere with the ability to alter the image to the user's preference.
- "How Did You Know I Was Gonna Do That?": Predicts the foes next complicated move shortly before it can be preformed.
- "I See That You Brought Some Friends...": Creates up to ten sophisticated dopplegangers capable of complex assault and use of gikou. They are rather tough and stand up to as much damage as the average human.
[Weapon]:- Furui-Akuma Katana; Niyori (Similarity). A simple wakizashi in a black sheath with yellow leather wrapped around the hilt. The handgaurd is oval with to rounded protrusions on either side of the blade and two notches in front and behind the blade. - Joushou-Seiryoku Katana; Rukku-Tomoni (Look-Alike). An average Katana with a long flowing yellow ribbon attached to the hilt, measuring about three feet long. The grip and handgaurd remain unchanged however. The sheath shrinks to a black cylinder only about a foot long that is open at both ends. - Tenrai-Seiitsu Katana; Seimitsu Seisatsu (Exact Reflection). A katana with a long wavy blade. The hilt is longer then in previous forms but still retains the same handguard and yellow dyed leather grips. However, the number of tassels has been doubled to a pair of long yellow ribbons. [Personality]: Reiko is a fairly complex individual who's personality changes depending on who she is around. A strange condition where she mirrors the attitude of whoever she is around. If she is around someone who is very irritable, she will be very annoyed. If she is around someone who is full of pride and very arrogant, she will be as well. She is skilled at mimicing a large variety of mannerisms and attitudes. Despite her position in the Zugaikotsu Ronin, not many people take her seriously because of how she seems to be a reflection of others, personality wise. When around groups of multiple people, she will take on the attitude of who seems to be in charge or the most respected. She is very open minded and can accept many views and often finds herself in an internal conflict, trying to decide who to side with. She is very skilled in the arts of disguise, subterfuge, and stealth. [History]: Reiko brought into the world as the twice-removed great-niece of one of the city's head-councilman. While her place in the city's hierarchy was intended to be the wife of some man in a politically advantageous position to further her own family's gains, she was always more interested in heroic adventures with valiant samurai, dashingly-handsome and honorable ronin-bandits, and stealthy shinobi. The change of her lifetime came around when a General related to her mother came to stay at their household. Every night he would go into the courtyard and train. One night, Reiko discovered his nocturnal practice and decided to copy his motions in secret. After some time she devoted more time to blending in with people going in to the local military academy. She would hide and watch other soldiers train, and she would copy their motions as well. When she grew old enough, she requested entry into the ilitary, despite her family's disappointment. Her skill always seemed to catch the eye of the right person at the right time so she quickly swelled through the ranks. Even she grew suspicious, and one night she used the talent for stealth and mimicry she had gained and almost made it to her destination when she was caught and brought before the man in charge of the city's entire military. Her subterfuge earned her a spot in a special program designed to train special bodyguards for the emperor. Although she was intended to be in Squad 7 as a basic foot-soldier, things got mixed around and the order was changed around within the ranks of the 99 Zugaikotsu Ronin. Why, because her family decided to support her choice and without her knowledge or consent made a few bribes and put their daughter in a most influential place. That place being the head of one of the most dangerous handful of soldiers in the known world, and right in the palace with the emperor whispering into her ear.
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Post by Nakanishi Shiro on May 8, 2008 18:32:55 GMT -8
As if you need more help, well, here it is. An example, of what not to do when creating a character. Following shortly will be a small explanation of what was wrong with the below FAKE character. Quote:you dare to challange me!??i am what was what is what will be the dark angel chaos bringer i am power!!!
Name:Dhaiveh (puronounced 'dave')Lee Rainmoth September Platinum Jupiter Merrywhether 'The Dark Angel Chaos Bringer' Ruby Sunflower Ravencrow DeVhampyr XXVII [dayveh davampire 4 shrt) Age:14 Gender: Height:tall Weight:268 (mostly musle)
Appearance:[http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q22/ZeraRen/Scifi%20and%20Future/fancy_pose_n_bandolier_thingy_by_Ve.jpg]me[/ulrl] only my hear is wyte and my eyes r 2 cholors; 1 is red an 1 is o-rang and i has samri armur
Title:commander master daive devampire of th mpires arme the drak angel chaos bringer Number:69 Theme:fire and water but can do oter thngs 2 Gikou: 1. fyr-water balst: shots a blast of fire nd waterr
2. slow tyme: slaws down tyme so can fight rly fast lyk in teh matrics
3. summuns: lets me summun things
4. flai: makes it so i can be fli lyke a burd
5. fire hooruican: makes a big tornadeo of fyre
6. haowl; maks my surd like zabiemiru frum blech
7. leets me Female Genitalsrowl ppl
8. kameyhameyha i can shot blast lyke frum dbz
Weapon: lyke the oblyviun kayblad from kingdum hurts onley longur and can shot spykes allso have 2 dessert eagles nd a scilenced snipr rifl
Personality:i am meen and ant-soshal cause of stuff but i lyke gurlz an candy
History: i growed up in ryl fam an kil my parnts so i can becum mpror an i also kil gurt demon with my awsum pwoers so i had live on stret i had no prnts an i got tran by munks in temple but they al dy cause i kil dem an i am th last with my speshul pwrs but i have 2 prsnlty 1 god an 1 bad so i do stuff an i am mprors an stuff nao i mus rclum mai tytle
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It's okay if your eyes are bleeding, that is a normal reaction. Rest assured, we have tissues for you. If your eyes are not bleeding, scrub them with a Brillo-Pad until desired effect is achieved. There is a large number of things wrong with this character so lets start from the top down in a slightly unorganized rant. To clear up most of this mess I am going to say right here and now, use the English they had you learn in school. If your going to suffer through that, at least put what you got out of it to use. You know, spelling, grammer, etc.? Do not use numbers or short hand in place of actual words and space everything so people other then you can actually read it without an English-to-Idiot dictionary. Seriously, there is a freakin' spell check right below the text window and if you can't use that for some reason then at least spell it the same way each time (IE; Dhaiveh, dayveh, and daive.). First, don't present your profile in a really annoying color that will piss everyone off and makes your work illegible to beings who can't see ultra-violet or infrared. Second, this quote is just 'UGH', it makes me want to vomit. It's not even in quotations and there is obviously an excessive use of punctuations. Not to mention it is a bit ya' know lame, pretentious, stupid, etc.. Third, this character's name is far to long and un-Japanese sounding (even faux Japanese would be fine.), I mean seriously, lay off of celestial bodies, plant names, rare ores/metals/gems, and general mixing together words to sound cool, it just makes you sound like a dork, a doofus, or a douche. On the same note, don't change the spelling of common names just to make it seem unique, it just looks dumb. Before moving on I would like to say on a personal note, I doubt with the intelligence of this character that it's family's gene pool would not have held out long enough to get to a twenty-seventh generation. To kill a few birds with one stone; there is no way a fourteen (Mind you that fourteen is not within the permitted age bracket.) year old could have two-hundred and sixty-eight pounds of muscle and 'tall' is not a sufficient height description. Notice, that he neglected to fill in one of the areas, if you want to be accepted, that is a big no-no. If you are going to use an image, at least know how two put it in link form and don't screw up. And to further press the issue, if you are going to use a picture; stick with the picture! Don't make changes to it here or there, not to mention that individual pictured is not even wearing the appropriate clothing. Let's see, and don't have ridiculous hair colors (Unless they are dyed, don't ask me where they would get hair dye in that time period.) or ridiculous eyes in general. Do not make up your own title, use one form the given list based on your rank. Do not make up a rank, and don't make your title something people will laugh at. Do not use a taken number, do not use Gikou themes that are not available for your use or have more then one theme. You only get six Gikou, not eight. Many of 'Dhaiveh's' Gikou have nothing to do with the Gikou and are obviously breaking some of the Laws. As a side note; do not take something from another fandom and then blatantly say it's that ability. You have three weapons, none of them get to be weapons from other fandoms and none of them get to be guns unless it is first approved by Hat (Even then, why go through the trouble if you only get to use Matchlocks?). Please make your character's 'Personality Section' more sufficient then 'Dhaiveh's'. Make the information useful so we know how your character acts, fears, etc.. And lastly, don't make your history so eye-bleeding painful that readers desire industrial strength cleaning alcohol. Try to avoid cliches and don't go down the path of the angsty child who witnessed his parents death and is on a path of revenge but angsts along the way because he feels guilty for their death even there was nothing he could do about it. Lastly, do not add your own sections to the format, especially if you are going to neglect filling them in. If you are having trouble with your character we advise you use this clever tool we have found called a Mary Sue Litmus Test. A few of us have had experience with them in the past, and let me tell you, they are useful. TestThe above test was not made by any of us, nor do we claim having had any hand in it's creation.
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