SAO: The Trials In My Head O/A4

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Aubrey Dye	14.3%	[ 2 ]
Tetsuo Hayashi	14.3%	[ 2 ]
Aruda "Alder" Shiro	28.6%	[ 4 ]
Kyuusei Nakiato	0.0%	[ 0 ]
Arashi Junsei	14.3%	[ 2 ]
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one:
Should go without saying, but please follow the Gaia TOS. I really don't want to have to report anyone and I will if I have to.

two:
This Roleplay is what we call lazy-lit. It means that you are able to type the amount and quality of a literate role-player, but don't because ain't nobody got time for that. This being said, we are looking for at least one to two good sized paragraphs minimum. If you want to write a novel, go for it. Please don't feel discouraged by others writing more than you upon occasion! That being said, we will probably not get to hard on you as we obviously want quality over quantity every time. A quality post is what you should strive for.

three:
The main genre for this RP is action and adventure. This isn't to say that there can't be any romance. However, we don't really want that to be the focus of the RP. Romance is a spice, not the main dish. It should also go without saying that any romance that does occur should be kept at E for everyone or T for teens. If your characters should get more intimate, then please skip it. We don't care if your characters allude to the deed, but we really don't need all the ecchi details.

four:
On that note, we are Yuri and Yaoi friendly. There are homosexuals, pansexuals, bisexuals, etc.. in real life so why wouldn't there be any in RP as well? Again, this is only a spice of the role-play. It's not meant to be a main focus.

five:
Swearing is fine just as long as it is what I call classy. Do you really need to swear all the time? Do you really need to use three swears in a single sentence? Classy swearing enhances and exaggerates the meaning of the point of a sentence. There is some wiggle room when taking into account the nature of your characters personality.

six:
At the beginning everyone will be allowed one individual character. It will be original and creative. We like what we call "pokemon characters." This means that characters are deep and engaging, but also evolve over time. Please look over the characters we already have before making yours. We don't want characters that are similar to each other. That being said there will be no, none, nein canon characters. This goes as far as reference pics. If you are going to face claim from other anime/video game/visual novel/etc, please don't make it super obvious. It should also be noted that spots are limited.

six point five:
No beta tester characters allowed. Period. This is a concept that exists and that the characters know about, but no one will be a "beter."

seven:
The class you come up with should be plausible and/or if you have a class that hasn't been suggested yet write out exactly how you plan to use it in combat. We want to know how you plan to use your character both in personality and in battle. While this roleplay is based upon Sword Art Online, we felt that it would restrict the roleplay to allow only blades. Therefore, you are welcome to use any weapon that you can make work in a realistic sense. Let it be noted that there is no magic usage beyond health, stamina, and status effect potions.

eight:
There isn't really a frequency that we would like you to post at. I personally say that once to twice a week is good, but strive for around four to five. We all have lives outside of Gaia and we also understand that you probably have other roleplays that you need to post for also. Though, if you are going to be gone for a long time please let us know so that we can make plans accordingly and not just up and ditch your character. We actually mean this one. If you haven't mentioned something to anyone in two weeks we will notify you. If it is a persisting problem it will result in being asked to leave and we really don't want to do that. sad

nine:
We are all pretty chill and friendly so I don't think that this should be a problem, but there will absolutely no tolerance of harassment or discrimination towards any player for any reason. This is your first warning. You will get ONE more. If you don't cut the crap after that, prepare to be kicked. We are here to make a great story with friends. Let's be friendly.

ten:
When you post I would like them to be somewhat nice. Your characters name, level, health, and picture are all required. We don't want huge pictures. Figure that your post should be as big if not bigger than your picture when using normal sized fonts. We want the majority of your post to be words, not image. Also, please don't use colors that are hard to see. This includes most "neon"-esque colors, yellow, obviously white, cream, and so on.

eleven:
If you have any questions on anything please feel free to ask around in the OOC or even over PM. This goes for things outside of the RP also. We are here to support each other. So wither it be a question about battle mechanics or a question about your calculus homework, don't be afraid to ask. We are more than happy to help you in whatever ways we can.

twelve:
It should go without saying that you can't kill off characters unless you have permission and have talked it through with the rest of us. If you want something extreme to happen to your character throw it up as an idea and we can discuss it.

thirteen:
It is expected that you are reading everyone's post. This includes the ones that maybe don't necessarily pertain to your character. It's always good to know exactly what is going on everywhere so that you have more options with your character.

fourteen:
We are looking for more refined profiles. Please don't be discouraged if we don't accept your profile and character idea at first. We are more than willing to help critique and improve the character. That being said, you need to be open to criticism.

fifteen:
When in the OOC, please be sure to quote whomever you are conversing with. The OOC moves pretty quickly and it is pretty easy to lose posts. That being said, feel free to strike up a conversation there and just post something. We all kinda hover the OOC and will more than likely respond. Even the stalkers chime in too! Again, we are trying to promote a friendly environment and no body likes to feel ignored or left out.

sixteen:
While I, Your_One_Only_Love, technically manage the page this does not mean that I am the one really in charge. We are sort of a democracy. We hear everyone's opinion. All I really do is keep the thread updated often and organize everything. That being said, treat everyone equally. There is no one that is more "powerful" than anyone else. We make decisions as a group.

seventeen:
As stated just above, the thread is updated often. It is assumed that you are subscribed to the OOC as I will always make announcements regarding updates there. However, Please also note that this is a group effort and not all announcements may come from me so pay attention. Any new rules added to this list will always be mentioned in the update. They will also be the color red for one to two weeks.

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So obviously this is a game type setting where your character will level up. When you enter the game you start at level 0. The game obviously has an in-game tutorial of how some basic things work as most games do. Once you finish this simple tutorial you begin your journey at level 1. That being said, everyone will start this roleplay at level 1. We are assuming that all the characters have gone through the tutorial and know the basic functions of the game.

The leveling after that is where things get a bit more complicated but not so much that it isn't easy. The secret mods and I had decided on a way that keeps the character levels in proportion to the floor levels while still giving players freedom. This will be that at every time skip a list will be put up on the OOC that will have every character and a small range that you can pick from. This is where you are able to pick what level you want to be at. This allows other characters to be "stronger" than others throughout different points in the story. If you have a large level jump be prepared to explain why you feel that and exactly what your character was doing to gain so much progress. On the other hand, it is perfectly fine to not be the strongest person and pick the max of the range.

We will say that we only require a characters overall level to be tracked. That isn't to say that you aren't allowed to make up tracking for other skills. You do whatever makes you feel comfortable. With this noted, we would like to say that leveling your character is not the intended focus of this roleplay. Interacting with other characters and responding to various situations is.

Somethings that you need to know about levels are that while the towns have no level cap, the battle areas on each floor do. You won't gain any experience in a combat area if your level is 5 above the floor level your character is on. For example if your character is on floor 1 and you are level 6, you won't be gaining any experience towards leveling.




Just because there is 100 floors doesn't mean that we will be fighting all of that. There will be the usual dungeon and boss creature with the occasional mini-boss. After that creature is defeated a random person (that was involved in said battle) will receive a victor item and then the next floor is open. There will be cases where time skips also clear a few floors. Also be aware that there may be time skips that don't advance either.

We want to make it know that this roleplay is very team orientated; the length of the time skips is very much up to the group. The easiest way that we get anon opinions is through polls on the page. We set up a poll and that determines a lot of how the time skips actually occur.




Let me preface this by saying I really don't like rolling dice. I just don't. Therefore the battle system is very much up to you in the ways that you decide what you do and then I will decide if it hit or not. The reason I decide that is because I will be playing most of the NPC characters and most (if not all) the boss creatures. You can play out your own mini spawn creatures. With that being said, there really aren't any mechanics. You just describe out your attack and say that you are attacking. This roleplay is just that, a roleplay. C:

We do have a small policy on throwing weapons should your character use them. This goes for all throwing weapons regardless of a characters class or skill level. The policy goes as follows; when challenging the foe your character naturally has the set of items that they use. If your character is successful in defeating the foe the whole set returns back to you so that you may use it again. However, should you need to flee battle and/or be defeated then whatever was used in the battle does not return to you and your character must return to a shop and purchase/make a new set.




Knowing just where your character stands in terms of legal activity is important! Though, knowing for sure what color you are can be a little confusing and not exactly common knowledge. Therefore we thought it best to have a small section that explains it out.

Obviously everyone's default is green. Green means that you are in good standing with the law. However, contrary to popular belief this does not necessarily mean that you have never committed a crime. When you commit a crime then you become what is known as an "orange player." Crimes can vary in degree of severity but are all labeled the same. For example, assault and trespassing. While they are completely different in degrees of severity in the eyes of traditional law, the two are considered equal in the eyes of the game. There is an exception to this that I will explain now.

The exception to this is if the crime happens to be building a secondary skill. A good example of this would be if you were trying to steal something. Should you succeed then you have not only developed skills such as stealth and pick-pocketing, but you also retain your green status for completing the action successfully and not getting caught. Should you fail the action then not only do your skills not develop but you are also labeled as an orange player. The only crime that doesn't follow this exception is assault upon another player outside of a duel setting.

Though, should you be mischievous don't fret to much. There is a sort of accident forgiveness in place. Should your character find themselves in a position where they are orange, they will only stay that way for 6 hours before returning back to the default green. Of course, should you decide to break the law again with in that period then you're icon will remain a permanent state of orange until you go through and complete a correctional behavior good citizen quest line. One thing that should be noted; Should a green character come in contact with a orange/red player, than any retaliation by the green character is not considered a crime as the game considers this to be self defense or defending another.

The only way to get "red" status is if you successfully kill someone regardless of green or orange status. It should be mentioned that when you are of "red status" your icon isn't actually the color red but rather a permanent state of orange. Should a character kill another player then there is no "waiting period" before your icon will revert back to the temporary orange. To revert back to orange you must complete a long correctional good citizen quest line. However, regardless of if you complete this quest line or not if you were to kill a second player then your icon will remain in a permanent state of red for the rest of the game and no correctional quest will be offered. It is not possible to go from red directly back to green.

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...Monster kills;

All creatures drop items and col. Many creatures have unique drops also. These are usually a type of cooking ingredient but can also be a enhanced crafting material. These items are more rare to come across, so naturally your character won't have many of them. That being said, All monsters drop col as well. The amount of col is dependent on the level gap between the player and the creature. Obviously a creature that is higher than the player will yield a higher payout as they are more difficult to defeat. However, should a creature's level median be 4 levels lower than a player's overall level then there is no col rewarded.

Bosses;

Generally speaking there are two kinds of bosses; dungeon and field. Please let it be known that all bosses are considered difficult and it is not advised to try to defeat one on your own. All bosses give out a badge that is nothing more than a status symbol. Kinda like an achievement. These badges do nothing but look cool. You receive the badge if you were in the party that defeated the boss. There is an NPC on the twenty fifth floor that can make badge accessories, for a price of course.

Lets start with field bosses. There are two kinds of filed bosses; zone and mob. Each floor is divided into three zones of varying sizes. These bosses do respawn three days after they have been killed. They will drop large amounts of col, a unique crafting item, and large amounts of exp. The first time that they are killed they drop a rare crafting item. Every other time after that it is small percentile chance that the rare item will drop. The mob bosses are exactly that. Each common mob has a boss to it. After they are defeated they respawn a full twenty four hours later. They drop medium amounts of col, a higher amount of crafting material and a moderate amount of col.

Dungeon Bosses are much more difficult and even harder to find as first a player must find the dungeon. For each floor there is one final boss and up to three mini bosses. Final bosses are extremely difficult but yield the best rewards. Everyone in the party receives extreme amounts of col and experience along with a set of rare items. However, the person that lands the final hit on the boss will also receive a ultra rare unique item on top. The mini- bosses appear semi-randomly throughout the boss. There are some rules to those, but the ones that you need to worry about are that there will not be a case where there are back-to-back mini-bosses and the first mini boss does not appear until at least one sixth of the dungeon has been explored. Mini bosses can respawn, but only once every thirty days. They also drop extreme amounts of col, experience, and rare drops to everyone. However, mini-bosses do not have a final hit bonus.

...The Market;

This was an aspect of the game that the novel, anime, and manga don't really touch upon but will be more and more prevalent in this roleplay as we get further along. With the wide variety of skills placed in the game there are bound to be people willing to offer their skills as a service in return for payment. Below is the current status of the market place and it's functions.

Buying;

Currently there is little power in buying goods as all shops are NPC shops. This would mean that there are set prices that do not fluctuate despite resources growing thin. Due to this, luxury items are also very sparse at this point in the game.


Selling;
There is a free market system deployed in the game, however it hasn't really started yet. Right now, most people are not selling their drops and loot to other players but rather turning it in to NPC shops for col. This will be less common on higher floors as more players gain thier own shops and homes. While new shops and homes are available each floor, spots are limited so please be weary of this.



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MORE COMING SOON

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greetings;
Here be the profile application that you will use to submit your character to Sypher-Anthem by private message. First thing I should say is that you will submit the whole application as there are no reserves. Please send it all to Sypher-Anthem. We like nice refined characters and he will work closely with you on that. Please PM him with any questions and/or ideas regarding character creation.

There are rules above stating a few things that you can and can't do with your character but I will list the most basic again. First off, I will flat out deny any characters that are canon to SAO in any way. This includes knowing canon characters in backstory and using reference pictures. I will also deny you trying to take another character from another anime and trying to play a crossover kind of thing. No. That being said, face claims are okay as we understand that sometimes it's hard to find pictures! Speaking of, for your picture please use an anime picture. They can be more realistic, but please no real people. In this setting it just seems a little strange.
Second, please make your character engaging and interesting. If you are worth your weight a decent role-player you know exactly what this means. We want characters that evolve and get deeper over time. Think of it more as you are making a SAO OC.
Lastly, please make sure that you read over everyone else's character to ensure that your character isn't too similar to anyone else. You Please title your PM to the username Sypher-Anthem: essay-oh arpiien [insert character name]

There are some other things that I feel that I should point out. The first being that this roleplay is set in Japan. Most of the characters will be from Japan. This means Japanese names accordingly. Going off of that, please make your character realistic. This ties in a bit to the "engaging and interesting" bit. One thing that should be avoided is death. How many people do you know in real life that have dead parents? We would like you to make this character as if they were an actual person. Therefore the fears, likes, hobbies, and dislikes should be realistic.

Below is what your skellie should generally look like. Your's will look a little spaced out and more colorful though.




Full Name here
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╷Age╷: Obvious
╷Date of Birth╷: Obvious, don't bother putting a year
╷Gender╷: Obvious
╷Sexuality╷: Hetero? Homo? Bi? Etc?
╷Affiliation╷: Independent? Or Party? If you're in a party, then with who?

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нeιgнт: Obvious xxxxxxweιgнт: Obvious
нaιr color: Obvious xxxxxxEye color: And, again, obvious
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╷Accessories╷: List accessories your character wears here. These could a sort of signature of your character like a hair style or a necklace. Sky is the limit.
╷Special Characteristics╷: Anything special on your character that no one else should have? If so, put 'em here. This could be a scar on their arm that they got or that they are actually missing a toe from an accident. Sky is the limit!
╷Class╷: How do you like to fight? Please explain out in detail!
╷Special Talents╷: List any non-combat talents here.
╷Weapons & Tools╷: Limit is three. Please make sure to indicate more in detail how the weapon or tool is used. If you have more than one weapon please mark which is the main that you will specialize with.
╷Biography╷: This doesn't have to be long, and it doesn't have to be short either. Keep it realistic and interesting. However, please leave some up to be discovered in the roleplay.
╷Personality╷: Like the biography, but just let people know how your character just might react to things. You don't need to write a whole lot here because we will learn this through the roleplay also. Just a basic idea.
╷Likes╷: Put at least three.
╷Dislikes╷: Put at least three.
╷Fears╷: Put at least three.
╷Hobbies╷: Put at least three.
╷Played By╷: Obvious





This is the code for above. Please copy it into your private message and fill out your profile.





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[u]╷[color=color1]Age[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Obvious[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Date of Birth[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Obvious, don't bother putting a year[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Gender[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Obvious[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Sexuality[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Homo? Bi? Hetero? Etc?[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Affiliation[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2] Independent? Or Party? If you're in a party, then with who? [/color]


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нeιgнт: [color=color1]Obvious[/color] [color=white]xxxxxx[/color]weιgнт: [color=color2]Obvious[/color]
нaιr color: [color=color1]Obvious[/color] [color=white]xxxxxx[/color]Eye color: [color=color2]And, again, obvious[/color]
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[u]╷[color=color1]Accessories[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]List accessories your character wears here. These could a sort of signature of your character like a hair style or a necklace. Sky is the limit.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Special Characteristics[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Anything special on your character that no one else should have? If so, put 'em here. This could be a scar on their arm that they got or that they are actually missing a toe from an accident. Sky is the limit![/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Class[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]How do you like to fight? Please explain out in detail![/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Special Talents[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]List any non-combat talents here.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Weapons & Tools[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Limit is three. Please make sure to indicate more in detail how the weapon or tool is used. If you have more than one weapon please mark which is the main that you will specialize with.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Biography[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]This doesn't have to be long, and it doesn't have to be short either. Keep it realistic and interesting. However, please leave some up to be discovered in the roleplay. [/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Personality[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Like the biography, but just let people know how your character just might react to things. You don't need to write a whole lot here because we will learn this through the roleplay also. Just a basic idea.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Likes[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Put at least three.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Dislikes[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Put at least three.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Fears[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Put at least three.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Hobbies[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Put at least three.[/color]

[u]╷[color=color1]Played By[/color]╷[/u]: [color=color2]Obvious[/color][/size]






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The first town


Camille's Theme
Friska'a Theme
Arashi's Theme
Kyuusei's Theme
Aubrey's Theme
Ria's Theme
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