Getting started: Pilot profile

[giglamesh]

This is where you will be shown how to first create your pilot's profile. Each heading will go in to detail at a later time within this thread, to help you understand.

The following code should make, creating a profile easier.

[b]User-name:[/b]
[b]Posting:[/b]
[b]Time zone:[/b]

[align=center][b]~Character Data~[/b][/align]

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Affiliation:[/b]
[b]Type:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b]

[align=center][b]~Appearance~[/b] [/align]

[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Hair:[/b]
[b]Eyes:[/b]
[b]Physical Description:[/b]
[b]Clothing:[/b]
[b]Background:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]

[b]Missions: [/b]
S:
A:
B:
C:
D:

[b]Kills:[/b]
Pilot:
Fighter:
MS:
Ship:
Mobile Armor:
Assists:

[align=center][b]~Stats~[/b][/align]
[b]LV. [/b]
[b]Hp:[/b]
[b]Mod Points:[/b]
[b]Experience:[/b]

[b]Strength:[/b]
[b]Dexterity:[/b]
[b]Intelligence:[/b]
[b]Constitution:[/b]
[b]Wisdom:[/b]
[b]Charisma:[/b]
[b]Dodge Bonus:[/b]

[b]Attack number:[/b]
[b]Base Attack Bonus:[/b]
[b]Attack Melee:[/b]
[b]Attack Ranged:[/b]

[align=center][b]~Skills~[/b][/align]



[align=center][b]~Possessions~[/b][/align]
[b]Equipment:[/b]
[b]Credits:[/b]
[b]Valuables:[/b]

 

[giglamesh]

Stage One: "Creating the pilot."
You cant always be in your mobile suit so when your not you should have a face. You must think up what you want you character will act like, look like, feel. Originality it greatly appreciated, not only by others but by you as well, the more depth the deeper you can fall in to your character. We dont want rips from the anime so originality is greatly appreciated...nobody wants a winy Amuro/Kira rip off.  

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Stage Two: "Enlisting."
Sign up and enlist with the forces you that you relate to there ideals. Then when your character is ready the can be expected to pass the physical traning exams, why physical exams? Because you wont always have a mobile suit. Remember some times sides are not taking any further pilots for reasons such as over crowding, or current plot which doesn't allow any further member to enlist.

((what else should i say?))  

[giglamesh]

Stage Three: "Pilot set up."
Once you have received your military papers (pm) in the mail you have the green light to create your character. The first section is personal information pertaining to YOU!

Username: Your Gaia profile's name,

Posting: What is your activity (posting) availability?

Time Zone: In which time zone do you live? By knowing your time zone it makes it easier for others to understand when you have accessibility to rp with them.  

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Stage Four: "Character Information"

Here we will begin with basic character information.

Name: Your pilot's name.

Affiliation: This side of the war you have chosen to fight for.

Type: Normal, newtype, cyber-newtype, etc

-Normals: The average every day person.
-Newtypes: A person which has involved slightly intellectually, Uses Int mod in place of most charisma based skills. 9/10 of them have developed in space where "Gravity does not weigh down there mind."
-Cyber-Newtypes: A Average person that has gone threw special augmentations to become a artificial newtype. At times Cyber-newtypes can come under great fits of pain. Like newtypes add 1/2 of int mod to most charisma skills, and subtract half charisma mod from same skill.

Age: Character's age. (Please dont have any 8 year old super ace pilots...try to remain to a anime realistic meaning around middle teens)

Gender: Male or Female (maybe futa? O_o)

Rank: Your current rank (All Pilots start as a rookie, unless given special permission from the Affiliation's general.)  

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Stage Five: "Character Appearance."

~Appearance~

Here you will list your pilot's looks, in detail.

Height: How tall your character is. (Be reasonable)

Weight: Your character's weight. (Again be reasonable, and should be proportionate to height.)

Hair: Color, length, style or your char's hair (in detail)

Eyes: What your char's eyes appear like.

Physical Description: General description of your character's body build.

Clothing: What your Character wears. (Probably a space suit as well.)

Background: What it the back story of your character leading up to this point. (Please be original no "Oh no a secret project came under attack by my house and everybody died, so i decided to climb in to the giant unknown machine and some how i knew how to use the machine perfectly...but im sad cause i dont want to fight....yet for some reason i wont stop fighting.")

Personality: What your char act's like.

Other: Other things that don't fit under other categories.

Missions: Listed number of shorties your pilot has completed, and of each rank.

Kills: Listed number of kills your pilot had acquired, and each type of enemy shot down.

-Pilot: Number of pilots shot down that are a pilot out of suit, or foot solider.
-Fighter: The number of fighters shot down by your pilot, This does also not effect the number of pilots shot down.
-MS: (Mobile Suit) Number of Mobile suits shot down, this does not add to pilot kills.
-Ship: The number of Ship class vessels your pilot shot down, this does not add to number of pilots shot down.
-MA: (Mobile Armor) The number of the rare but powerful Mobile Armors your pilot has shot down, This does not add to the number of pilots shot down.
-Assists: Units your mobile suit has damaged, and a allied unit has shot down.  

[giglamesh]

Stage Seven: "Stats."

This section describes what takes place, and what the purpose of each stat is. This is only a description, it does not go in to detail of what each stat is for and what does what.

If you have questions feel free to assk in the "Questions and Assistance." Thread in the main fourm, and a crew member will gladly get to you A.S.A.P.

Level: Your pilot's current level.

Hp: Or Hit points, they describe how much beating your pilot can take before losing consciousness or worse, death. Hp Is calculated by [con mod x level], to read more about the calculation please read the "What is D20?" thread.

Mod Points: Are the points you get when you level up. Every time your pilot levels up you get +3 mod (short for modification points) and you keep track of them by placing xx/xx the front number being the number used, the back being whats available. If you use a mod point, its gone forever, there is now way to bring it back out of a part, once its used it final.

Experience: Your pilot's current experience out of the needed experience to level up (example 97/100 at 100 the pilot would level up)

Stats

As a starting rookie, you have 20 points to distribute amongst them.

Strength: This measures your raw physical power.
Dexterity: This measures how agile you are, as well as your coordination skills and reaction time. This affects your dodge bonus.
Constitution: This is how hardy you are, how much you can endure.
Intelligence: This is how smart you are in terms of knowledge, and using your mobile suit.
Wisdom: This measures your instinct, as well as your aptitude to the wild. It also affects your dodge bonus.
Charisma: This is how good your social skills are.

Evasion Bonus: How Adept your pilot is at avoiding injury, by way of fist, knife, gun fire, etc. EB is determined by [Dex mod + Wis mod + level]  

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Stage Eight: "Stat Distribution."

This will describe how to allocate your starting distribution pointsfor your level and rank.

Points for distribution: The point you start with according to your starting rank, that are to be distributed among the four stats listed above depending on how you want your pilot to grow.

Modifiers: Modifiers are the calculation from the stats, used for a number of different things. To Figure out the stats modifier you simply divide the total stat /2 and round down.

~Example~ frank has 2 strength and 7 dexterity. 2/2=1 so his str mod would be one and his dex mod 7/2=3.5 rounded down=3 his dexterity mod would be 3.

 

[giglamesh]

Stage Nine: "Attack."

Attack Number: This is the number of attacks your pilot has. you always start with 3 attacks, and every fifth level you receive a additional attack. See the Leveling and Experience thread to see what levels you receive a additional attack tun on.

Base Attack Bonus: The Base Attack Bonus is the amount added to your melee and ranged attacks. To figure out your Base Attack Bonus all one needs to do is look at your level. This is because your level is your Base Attack Bonus, so if you are level 1 then your Base Attack Bonus is 1 and so forth. You need the Base Attack Bonus to figure our your Attack Melee and Attack Ranged bonuses which is what you actually use in battle.

Attack Melee: The Attack Melee is simply what is added on to your melee attack attempts. Therefore, when you are using fists or some type of weapon where it is close-range battle (you are not throwing it) then you are using this. In order to figure out your Attack Melee you just add your strength modifier to your Base Attack Bonus. It must be done from the same square as target.

Attack Ranged: The Attack Ranged is simply what is added on to your ranged attack attempts. Therefore, when you are using any thing at a range, it can be from a different or same square. In order to figure out your Attack Ranged you just add your dexterity modifier to your Base Attack Bonus.