EarthBound RP Discussion

Alright! We have our chosen five!
-Pheonixink--Ben
-Ganonslayer--Mike
-Immortal_One
-Crab Helmet--Erwin
-Severus Snape--Cosey

We shall all make our characters, and toss some ideas around for the actual RP.

Name: First name only is fine. Try and keep it EarthBound like.
Gender: Male or Female

Appearance: What do they look like?

Weapon: Baseball bat, sling shot, frying pan, their own bare hands, etc. Describe it for us

PK Abilities: What are their PK abilities? Remember, they don't necessarily need them. Get creative if you want.

Abilities: Jeff is smart and can repair things. Talk about that sort of thing.

History: Tell us about their past

No Mary Sues! If your character is really good with PK abilities, don't give them amazing intelligence and the ability to repair anything or incredible strength.

Here's my character.

Name: Ben
Gender: Male

Appearance:
Ben has scraggly brown hair and he wears a black newsboy cap. He has green eyes and he wears a blue jacket with jeans.

Weapons: He uses his dad's old golf club as a weapon to beat bad guys with. It's a bit old and rusty but it gets the job done.

PK Abilities:
Attack
-PK Whirlwind
-PK Blizzard
-PK Starstorm

Defend
-PK Shield

Assist
-PK Hypnosis
-PK Shockwave (Paralysis)

Abilities:
Ben has a bike for his old paper route and that helps him get around quicker.

History:
Ben spent all of last summer doing a paper route, which earned him just enough money to buy a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (c) which he enjoys playing. He lives in the town of Cobbleton, which is located right next to a lake, and he and his parents live on the lake shore.

Name: First name only is fine. Try and keep it EarthBound like.
Cosey

Gender: Female

Appearance: What do they look like? A pink and black colored Poodle. Instead of an afro puff in the front of the head, its spiked. Big black bow on her head.

Weapon: Baseball bat, sling shot, frying pan, their own bare hands, etc. Describe it for us Main weapon: Biting. Random Attack: Casio Keyboard: Disorientates enemies and making them "feel strange", cant "see", basically PK Flash Alpha type attack.

PK Abilities: What are their PK abilities? Remember, they don't necessarily need them. Get creative if you want.
No PK abilities.

Abilities: Jeff is smart and can repair things. Talk about that sort of thing.
Sniffs out things. Like hidden items. Super Effective against Enraged Fireplugs. ()

History: Tell us about their past
A poodle with a goal in life to become the greatest synth musician ever. She wandered the streets of Fourside hoping to catch her big break. Venus noticed and added Cosey to her backup line up but it was short lived. Alas, poodles werent exactly allowed in the Tropella Theater. It really threw a spanner in Venus's play schedule. So Cosey went from town to town trying to play for people.

No Mary Sues! If your character is really good with PK abilities, don't give them amazing intelligence and the ability to repair anything or incredible strength.

Nice one. I'd definitely buy Cosey's album.
Well, I'll start the RP as soon as the rest of you have characters.
Also, we need an antagonist like Gigiyas (spelling?) or Porky. Any ideas?

I'm glad to see this is going I'll make my character as soon as I have enough free time with work and all.

Name: Erwin

Gender: He has a male personality. Whether or not he is actually male would be an entirely different matter. I shouldn't imagine umbrellas can really qualify.

Appearance: Erwin is an umbrella. Specifically, he is a lightweight model, made of steel - although clearly he hasn't been treated properly, and is prone to rusting if not frequently oiled. When opened, his diameter is approximately 45cm, and is a cheery deep red colour. His eyes are painted onto his canopy. From handle to tip, he is approximately 75 cm in length. He has 8 spokes. He levitates approximately a metre from the floor, and can float about at a reasonable speed.

Weapon: Erwin has no weapon per se, but is capable of being used as a weapon himself. Being whacked over the head with Erwin is probably not the most pleasant experience. That said, Erwin can't really attack that well, other than beat enemies up with himself.

PK Abilities:

Assist

4th D Slip - Allows an easy escape from combat scenarios by skipping through the Nth dimension. "4th D" is a misnomer, Erwin can't actually skip through time - if he could, he'd find out why he was an umbrella.
Disruption - Disrupts an opponent's concentration, temporarily preventing PSI attacks.
Hypnosis - Erwin can briefly hypnotize creatures, and send them to sleep. It's also useful for silencing boring people.
Brainshock - Can afflict a strange confusion upon an opponent, occasionally causing them to attack their allies.
Puzzlement - Occasionally prevents an opponent from attacking, distracting them with the most curious daydreams. For example, there was an excellent one about a mermaid, a barman, and a bicycle.
Telepathy - Erwin can read minds to a very, very limited degree. reading exact thoughts is impossible - most creatures are very complicated. General emotions are easier though, and this can often give away a creature's vital weak point.
Teleport - Erwin can teleport himself and others with ease. It's an odd process, but essentially involves his canopy ballooning up and enveloping bystanders, then transporting them through the Nth dimension to an alternative location. A most tiring process.

Defence

Power Shield - Does what PSI Shield does, except against physical attacks.
PSI Shield - Creates a temporary barrier which can bounce back 50% of any given PSI attacks.

Offence

PSI Deluge - The sky will darken, clouds gather, thunder rolls. The heavens will shatter, and the downpour will come. The Deluge washes away all.

Abilities: Erwin's ability to levitate can be occasionally be somewhat useful. He can't stay more than two metres at the most above the ground, though, and that's with a struggle, so large enough holes are still a struggle. His limited psychic abilities can also move things at a slight distance, generally about half a metre, although again, this is off limited application. That said, additional weight doesn't seem to affect his levitation - he could be used to jump from great heights, and float down quite slowly. He can also be used as a handy weapon to hit people with. And, obviously, he can be used as an umbrella.

History: Erwin is an umbrella. He is not exactly sure why. He can remember waking up in an umbrella stand, which is always a disconcerting experience. People were more accommodating than he expected - a telepathic umbrella might expect poor reception, but he gets by. Ideally, he'd like to establish exactly why he is an umbrella, but Erwin is quite happy to spend his days protecting passers-by from unexpected rainfall. You may as well do your job as best you can, or so Erwin supposes.



The above shows Erwin's overworld sprite and battle sprite, with examples of him the overworld and him in battle next to comparison from Mother 3.

Here's mine

Name: Mike

Gender: Male

Appearance: He has short black hair. He has blue Green eyes. He wheree's a blue and white stripped shirt, a black jacket and jeans.

Weapons: He uses an aluminum bat. That thing us a hard hitter but he prefers to use PSI

PK Abilities: PK Fire, PK Wind, PK water (Giant wave) PK Earth (Rocks fall) PK quake (Shaking)

Assist: Healing, Hypnosis. paralysis.

Defend: PK Shield.

Abilities: He's not good in hand to hand his bat does the work. What he lacks in Physical strength he makes up for in PSI.

History: PSI has been in his family ever since his great (x4) Grandfather discovered it. He first got his powers when attacked by bullies who now fear him.

I was thinking we could start the RP and then let Immortal_One join in and create a character when he finally gets around to it. What do you guys think? Also, what should we do for an antagonist? Any suggestions, or should we use Gigiyas?

I think Giygas (That's how his name is spelled) is good and also have Pokey Minch (He becomes Porky in Mother 3 due to mistranslation) working with him.