RP Rules and Info

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The rules board is split into two sections: The Basic rules of the forum and the Formal Guidelines concerning characters/equips/etc.

.basic.rp.rules.

.terminology.

Below is just a list of terms that you may see used throughout the forum.

IC - In Character
OOC - Out Of Character
Round - The time it takes until it is your turn to post again
Turn - When you post, that is your turn

.canon.characters.

Canon characters are defined here as characters made by the people of SquareSoft/Enix and Disney.

You are allowed up to 7 canon characters total.

2 slots is for a canon that affected the KH games' plot directly or is of major importance to that particular world.

3 slots is for a canon that was of average/minor importance, such as a side character (Aladdin or Alice, for example). This can include SquareSoft/Enix and Disney characters that are not in the game.

2 extra slots are allowed only for for obscure canons that did not actually appear in KH, but is made by Disney or SquareSoft/Enix. These canons are obscure in the sense that they cannot be from any Final Fantasy Games or major Disney movies, but must belong to Square Enix or Disney [ex: Magus from Chrono Trigger or Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb.]

If you are inactive with a canon without a prestated reason, we have the right to remove the character from your possession.

In order to attain a canon, you must audition and must have at least 30 posts. Further information can be found in the Canon Characters board.

.eight.original.characters.

You may have the maximum of eight original characters. Don’t abuse this and be sensible about this. This is the current cap on the amount of OCs you can have. Depending on profile amounts and public consensus, the amount can change to lower or to infinite. For now though, each member can have as much as eight original characters.

.infinite.rp.threads.

You may have participate in as many RP threads as you wish. Don’t abuse this and be sensible about this. If this becomes a problem, I’m sure you can imagine what will happen.

See Open/Closed System.

.rp.word.minimum.

Here at FM, there is no word count minimum for normal RP. This doesn't mean you can abuse this rule (or lack thereof) and post one-liners. We'll be watching.

.character.profile.process.

The process has been streamlined to prevent waiting. Follow the template and post it when you’re done. Done. Yes, you’re done. Go RP. Don't battle until the character is accepted though, unless it is with players consenting to non-regulated play.

While filling out the template you will eventually come to sections for weapons, abilities and special upgrades following a specific format. These are for the forum's formal guidelines around character combat, which can be used at a player's discretion with others to keep things fair. Performing with your character strictly within the guidelines is not a requirement unless you are in a competition of sorts and using them is a part of the rules, or if you are participating in a Quest and the QM requires it(See Quests description below this thread in the Rules area). It is required to stick to them as a guide though and not pull sudden unknown super powers out of nowhere at any given time. More detailed information on these regulated guidelines for combat are listed below.

After a profile is posted the staff will soon afterward check it. If they see something problematic, you will be notified and you will then have to fix it. Once everything is good, the profile is locked and moved.

.open.and.closed.system.

A thread labeled 'Open' in the title is open for anyone to enter. If there is no label in the title or the starting post, a thread is Open by default.A thread labeled 'Closed' is considered invite only. There may be some other requirements, as well.

There is a limit on how many Closed threads you may be in. You may only be in 2 Closed threads total. Having tons of Closed threads doesn't add onto the RP and doesn't necessarily allow you to meet new people in RP, so we have a limit. Open is unlimited.

.speed.posting.

Speed Posting is an OPTIONAL type of RP where you are only given 15 minutes to post a reply (when it is your turn, that is). This system is very active, so you are expected to constantly keep up with the thread and post when your turn comes.

This type of RPing is considered 'real time.' As in, when you have to go offline or something like that, you have your character leave the thread, and thus leaving everyone to continue on without you.

Only in speed posting is the expectation for at least a good paragraph waved. While there is no word limit on this forum, this is the only place one sentence or something like that wouldn't be frowned upon.

.keyblades.

For a character to attain a Keyblade, you must buy the Keyblade Wielder ability from the Upgrade Store. Then,you will be given a small set of questions to answer to get the weapon itself.

To be fair, canons who start out with Keyblades (Sora, Mickey Mouse, etc) may do so. They will not, however, have the extra abilities of purchased Keyblades under regulated play until Keyblade Wielder is bought for them.

.munny.

Munny is the currency we use, as they did in the KH games. You gain Munny through posting and completion of Events and Questing and a handful of other things. 5 Munny = 1 Post.

Munny may be transferred from one member to another. However, once you give your Munny to another member, you won't get it back unless they give it to you. We're not going to allow drama.

Munny is used in the marketplace shops to upgrade your character with various options. This feature, however, is solely for play under the formal guidelines and does not necessarily affect free play.

.character.death.

In general RPs, death is up to the character's owners. There will always be cases where there is absolutely no way an opponent's character can escape your next attack, in which case it is the character's owner's (the opponent's) DUTY to accept defeat and "black out", basically being knocked unconscious to respawn at the last place you were before battle. Please, accept defeat where it is due. Just because you can't "die" doesn't mean you can't be defeated.

In events and Quests, your character may be defeated by the QM without your consent. This won't be abused so no worries.

If agreed upon by both parties a battle can be deadly. If one of you are okay with your character permanently being killed off, you can make such an agreement, but it must be labeled. Otherwise, FM's default stand is that there is no character death.

Deleted characters are NOT considered dead.

[High's .Valentine.]

.formal.guidelines.

Kingdom Hearts was an adventure game involving a lot of fighting in many different ways against many different things. It is to be expected that a lot of the characters on this forum will have a certain amount of inclination towards being competent fighters themselves. We trust players not to abuse the ability of their characters but sometimes people also enjoy having a system of regulations in place to pace what a character is capable of doing(Both inside battles and out).

For this the forum's formal guidelines exist and, while we do ask that players fill out the basic information for them relating to their character in the template, the guidelines are not to be considered absolute rules to always be followed unless it is clearly requested by those involved. We don't want anyone's creativity in threads being stifled, after all. We want you to create grand adventures. It is a good idea to have your own specific character perform within certain understandable limits though, thus the guidelines.

A message to new members: Investing heavily in this using our munny system is not really required unless you happen to enjoy an RPG-like aspect to written role-playing. The basics are more than enough to get through any conflict your characters may encounter on their adventures, so just go have fun however you want to. That's the important thing, after all.

.abilities.

First off: There is always the possibility of a character getting accepted with borderline/full on godmod abilities. We reserve the right to unaccept your character upon noticing this until you fix.

Abilities are anything that a human wouldn’t be able to do in real life. How many of these abilities you can have upon character creation depends on the AP system.

ABILITY POINTS SYSTEM

Every normal character created is given 10 AP for the player to spend on giving them their starting abilities.

Weak abilities cost 2 AP

Moderate abilities cost 4 AP

Strong abilities cost 6 AP

Players may choose to begin with weaker but more versatile characters or stronger but more limited characters. They may also choose to reserve some of their AP and add newer abilities later on with it if less is required for them than the amount given.

AP can not be regained or rearranged once it is spent and the profile is approved. It can be added to existing approved abilities if enough remains after creation in order to upgrade them later. Regular upgrades and new abilities must be purchased from the Shop using the munny earned from RPing and events.

The central theme around this is growth, which focuses on character development rather than senseless battling. That is not to say that we discourage fighting in any way. We would just like it to have a purpose that coincides with your character's development, not just constantly looking for a fight every time you enter a thread. Through this system you are given the chance to grow your abilities as you master them. In essence, RPing will give you enough experience to upgrade your character. To get your character into peak condition you have to earn it. Fun, right?

In addition to this, take note that in the template there is a portion under each ability to take into account, stated as Strength and Uses. This is very vital to the system and must be considered when making abilities.

• There are three strengths to be attained; Weak, moderate and strong. That is to say, up to three updates can be made to each ability.
  
• Abilities will always stick to their strength level, detailing the uses appropriate to the type of ability it is.
  
• You purchase upgrades in the same way you would an ability or other such things from the shop. Create a Save Point thread stating you want to buy said upgrade, and we will come and edit it in.
  
• Unique to Upgrades, these can be purchased mid-battle, should you be in one. It's the same notion as how abilities level up as you use them games due to experience.
  
• When buying a new ability, you start out with a weak leveled ability. Essentially, you are spending 300 munny for every TWO AP points.
  
• Generally speaking, weak-level abilities should have only one form(Depending on the specifics of the situation and the moderator's judgment). As an ability upgrades to moderate or strong, however, additional/alternate forms or levels of use may also be added as long as the true nature of the ability remains intact.
  

Level Examples

Weak

Fire: Sora shoots a head-sized fireball from his Keyblade that homes in on a target and explodes for light damage.

Moderate

Fira: Sora can either shoot a melon-sized fireball from his Keyblade that homes in on a target and explodes for fair damage, or summon four small comets of flames to orbit around him at high speed for one turn.

Strong

Firaga: Sora gains the ability to create orbs of concentrated fire roughly the size of a human torso. Up to four at a time can be created and they will either orbit the boy in a waving pattern at a rapid pace or be shot out to home in on a target and explode of heavy damage. Fire orbs that are orbiting Sora may also be shot off at any time of the spell's duration. Firaga can last spinning around Sora as he moves for up to three turns.

These are just a basic example for one type of ability. Remember that the stronger and more powerful an ability becomes, the less uses in battle it may be allowed or the longer a cool-down time after each use may be required of it.

.misc.notes.

This section is for various Ability notes that need to be made. This section will be added upon as more come up.

//No Healing abilities will be allowed. If you really need one, set your class to Mystic as seen below.

//Status effect abilities ARE allowed, but will be moderated closely. They cannot be coupled with Physical or Magical attacks. It must be possible to dodge them somehow and the effect can only last 3 rounds max.

//If your ability appears to have multiple Abilities within it, it won't be accepted. The ability must only imply one ability. Branching effects may be allowed as an ability upgrades as long as the core of the ability remains intact, depending on a case-by-case basis.

//Telekinesis is a case-by-case close evaluation. Telekinesis implies lifting, crushing, moving, throwing, and other things. in some cases it is more than one ability in one. You can be ultra specific, like Crushing Telekinesis in which you can only crush things, but something like that example is generally the only way it will be allowed as weak. Upgrading it from weak to strong may allow for a little more variety in uses.

//You can't have an Ability that controls an opponent. You MAY have one that controls NPCs, however. If you plan on doing the NPC route, be sure to note that.

//You may have an ability that creates attack/ability blocking shields. However, the shields can only block a single post from the opponent and your attacking capability will be considered very small while using the shield.

//Guarding abilities can be defeated by guard-breaking abilities. Guard-breaking abilities can be defeated by guarding equips. Guarding equips can be defeated by guard-breaking equips. Guard-breaking equips can be defeated by guarding Keyblade abilities. Guarding Keyblade abilities can be defeated by guard-breaking Keyblade abilities.

//No portals or teleporting in battle unless you are using them to flee and therefore forfeit the fight.

//You can't have Abilities that completely cancel other Abilities/Equips/Whatever out.

//Abilities must be able to be dodged. If not then they must have a short range and thus be possible to escape. End of story.

//Give a size for your Abilities. For example, if you shoot a fireball at someone, say the fireball is watermelon sized or is 5 feet in circumference, or whatever. It just needs to be precise. Strength is included in this. For example, if you have some kind of Telekinesis, you need to describe how much weight you can lift should it be the lifting kind.

//Abilities that allow for more than one Transformation per ability are banned.

//Anything that causes an explosion or has significantly advanced technology to its working must be an ability and not a weapon or otherwise. Basic energy weapons may be exempt from this.

.implied.abilities.

Implied Abilities are abilities that every character has and they don’t need to be detailed in the profile.

-Worldly Transportation: Characters have some means to move themselves to other Worlds, whether by Gummi Ship or otherwise.
-Summon Weapon: Characters’ weapons can suddenly appear in their hands, but this can't be used to have more weapons accessible to you than your character can carry without an ability.
-Self Immunity: Unless your ability is reflected back at you in some way then you cannot be harmed by your own abilities.
-Self Heal: Heal your character 100% when outside of battle.
-Fantasy Resilience: Any character who is supposed to be an experienced fighter in the KH universe is understood to be resilient to damage on a fantasy level, allowing them to be hit by magic such as fireballs or lightning spells and be hurt but not instantly defeated as a normal person would be. This also applies to being hit by lasers and energy weapons and not being instantly burned through.

.equips.

As done in the KH games, you could equip your character with certain items to give them stat additions. Since we don’t have stats, we’re improvising.

Equips are items that have pre-set abilities on them. By owning that item you gain the Ability that is on it. You can only own 3 Equips at a time. So, when you attain a new Equip, you must choose to get rid of one of your old ones. Additional Equip Slots can be bought at the Upgrade Store, but no more than 3 per character.

Equips are usually items that have the non-elemental abilities on them.

To attain an Equip, you can buy one or you may win one through an Event or Quest.

An Equip may have a limit on how many times it can be used per battle and/or how many rounds it lasts. If there isn't one specified, it doesn't have one.

.class.system.

To reduce the amount of power and force upon characters strengths and weaknesses we have a system that even 5 year olds can understand. In fact, to 99% of the world, this system will be familiar in some way or another. Ever play Rock-Paper-Scissors?

Everyone picks a class upon character creation. Warrior, Guardian, or Mystic. Sound familiar? Those are the classes Sora picked upon in KH1. Your Class doesn’t define what you can and cannot do in battle/RP. It is simply a way to give strengths and weaknesses. We’ll play it by the rule of 25%; each class is 25% stronger than one class and 25% weaker than the other.

And the way it is figured out is much like Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Warrior = Scissors
Guardian = Rock
Mystic = Paper

Warrior is strong against Mystic, but weak against Guardian.
Guardian is strong against Warrior, but weak against Mystic.
Mystic is strong against Guardian, but weak against Warrior.


But, you also get a free Ability depending on which Class you get. Remember, Classes do not define how your character fights or anything like that. You don’t have to note in your character profiles these Abilities and they are not counted as a part of the character's Ability Set.

Warrior :: Pulse Aura
Send a pulse through your weapon that creates a brute force from any single point on your weapon with a range of a meter from that single point. This force is enough to kick an opponent backwards 5 feet, and maybe break bone, but don’t expect to burst through walls or anything. [3 time use per battle. Each pulse counts as a use.]

Guardian :: Shell Aura
A bowl-shaped, semi-transparent energy shield appears in front of the character using it. This shield only protects the side that it was cast upon. So, if you cast it on your back, it will protect your back only, and so-on. The shield can protect from weak to moderate level attacks. You can move while this shield is cast so feel free to use the shield to ram an opponent. [3 time use per battle. The shield lasts for a single post, unless it is broken by an attack stronger than it is.]

Mystic :: Life Aura
The Mystic has 2 Abilities. The first one is to heal a friend to 100% health. The second is to revive a friend from defeat. Because of these abilities that save your life Mystics are vital, especially in Quests and Plot Events where your chances of defeat are higher. Having a few Mystic friends would be smart. [Can heal other character(s) 3 times per battle OR can revive a single character once per battle, which counts as three uses at once. These Abilities cannot be used in any way on the user. Cannot be used on user’s other characters either.]

.final.note.

Now let us be clear: Following the guidelines is a good way to keep things both fair and enjoyable. Just don't be afraid to work creatively to do things that are fun for everyone. People abusing free play to do things against other player's characters for no adequate reason are seen as violating the rules of the forum. It should never be a problem though, as long as we all know we're here to go with the flow and have fun.