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Well, I tried this a long while ago and it sank without a ripple, but I suppose I'll try it again. My idea is that the universes of the different Final Fantasies become intertwined, and the characters interact. Say, Cloud joins with Tidus, or Sephiroth with whatshisface from ten. Also, you would be quite free to make your own characters. There will be a storyline behind it however. If you wish to join, post these things:

Existing or New:
Name:
Age:
Hair color:
Eye color:
Weight:
Height:
Physical features:
Short Bio:

Characters already claimed:
Sephiroth, by me.
Big baddie behind the crossover: Also me.
Squall Leonhart: Shenyang

I would join because fantasy threads are entertaining, but I don't know enough abotu FF to even think about joining.

Haha, I don't know all there is either. I've only played three, and out of those three, I've only competed one. Go ahead and join friend.

All right, let me get my stuff all set.

Name: Ritter Kleiner
Age: 19
Hair color: Light Brown
Eye color: blue
Weight: 165
Height: 6' 0
Physical features: has a slight scar at the corner of hsi mouth that gives the appearence of an eternal grin, has a dream of becoming a soldier
Short Bio: Ritter Kleiner is a spunky, energetic young man with a dream to become a soldier, but has an intense facination with the knights of old and hopes to become like them.

Great, thanks. Accepted.

All right, now am I correct in assuming that those three FF games are set in the near future, with fantasy elements?

Name: James Ironhart
Age: 20
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Weight: 170
Height: 6'2"
Physical Features: Powerfully built, multiple scars on his arms and a large one on his chest, rugged yet handsome features
Bio: A mercenary whose hired himself out to whoever pays the most. In this case, the main antagonist. (With your permission, the main character the good guys deal with) Very skilled with both a blade and gun. He's never lost.

Squall Leonhart is so mine. I didn't buy that game and accumulate 400 hours of play time on 2 files not to get him.

heh, meresh, looks like you've got alot of followers, but at least your Rping with a bunch of people you know, right? (OPh yeah, nw that most everyones here, are we going to wrap up TBCS?)

All right, now am I correct in assuming that those three FF games are set in the near future, with fantasy elements?
Yes, they are. Very futuristic in fact, and very fantastical. 7, 10, and 12.
Name: James Ironhart
Age: 20
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Weight: 170
Height: 6'2"
Physical Features: Powerfully built, multiple scars on his arms and a large one on his chest, rugged yet handsome features
Bio: A mercenary whose hired himself out to whoever pays the most. In this case, the main antagonist. (With your permission, the main character the good guys deal with) Very skilled with both a blade and gun. He's never lost.

Yes, you have my permission. TG me if you want his details.

Squall Leonhart is so mine. I didn't buy that game and accumulate 400 hours of play time on 2 files not to get him.

Haha, don't know him, but I'll look him up. Go ahead and have him.

heh, meresh, looks like you've got alot of followers, but at least your Rping with a bunch of people you know, right? (OPh yeah, nw that most everyones here, are we going to wrap up TBCS?)

Yeah, I'll get on that.

All right, future stuff!

Bump

FF8, the game responsible for intro-ing Squall is semi-modern, dependent on the area in question. I can easily transition Squall over to a 'psuedo-PMT' setting though. (part of me wants to do the Advent Children version of Cloud, but I'm sticking to my 'gunblades' on this one) (ha, ha, badly delivered FF8 weapon jokes)

BringUpMyPost

Would this include Final Fantasy Tactics?

Sure, go ahead. Never played, but go ahead.

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Anyone?

*Sigh* Bump, again.

bump (Again)

much as this seems interesting to me, it does run into the "what the heck does this have to do with NS?" issue.

[see alternate history sticky]

beware of mods.

[note: just thought I'd mention this in case no one else had thought of it. ]

Hmm... Hadn't thought of that....

I've had some time to think about it, and here's my say, for what its worth.

"I say we go ahead with the FF RP. I say we make our mistakes while we can. What's the worst that can happen? The mods close the thread? Then that's too bad, we had an idea, and we did our best to see it through its execution. If it's closed we all shake it off and move on with our lives. I know I'd enjoy it, and I'll bet there's more than 4 of us who're willing to give it a shot. In short, I say go for it."

I'd be all for it. It's not like we all haven't had threads that died before. I think we can cope. I hope :p

Hmm.. Alright, lets go for it!! Now, we just need to wait for more people....

Glad I actually checked the forums today. I'm definitely interested. I'll try and get a bio up soon.

Alright, cool.

Sounds interesting but I know absolutly nothing about FF.

Like I told UHC, go ahead and join.

It can be custom, mine is.

Existing or New:this mean is it a standard character from the game(s) or a custom job?

Existing or New:this mean is it a standard character from the game(s) or a custom job?

Correct.

Right then.

Existing or New: New
Name: Foxfire Rose
Age: 30
Hair color: silver
Eye color: orange/yellow
Weight: 145
Height: 6,2
Physical features: fox ears, quick reflexes, fast, much agility, formidable prowness with a katana sword (pic) (http://photobucket.com/mediadetail/?media=http%3A%2F%2Fi111.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn125%2Fbakahime%2FMale%2Fgotokuneko.jpg&searchTerm=male%20kitsune&pageOffset=4)
Short Bio: Foxfire was born in a remote mountain town, far from most. He honed his skills and reflexes though hunting and sparring. His passion is to explore the world.

Alright, accepted.

When can we expect an IC thread?

I want a couple more first. Your pic doesn't work by the way. Least not for me.

Based him off of Final Fantasy Tactics.

Name: Raphael Ildonis
Age: 21
Hair color: Dark Brown
Eye color: Dark Green
Weight: 155
Height:5' 11
Physical features: Of lean build. Switches between his lancer armor and holy knight uniform A tatoo around his neck in flowing script. It reads "With my left I raise my shield to protect. With my right strike down the wicked."
Short Bio: A former holy knight captain under the Church's elite lancer units. Upon discovering the corruption of the Church, he faked his own death and joined up with Ramza. Though quite capable of charging into conflicts and winning, he preferrs to calculate and formulate his plans first.

Cool, I'll wait and see if Ordul posts a character first, but the IC should be up soon.

Here's Squall's short bio, as related by me:

Age: 21 at this point (17 in-game)
Height: 5' 8"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Defining Physical Features: scar across face (upper right to lower left)

Bio:
Grew up in orphanage (parents unknown (doesn't care)), joined Balamb Garden at 6 (BG is an elite military academy which trains Merc. SF called SeeDs), became a SeeD at 17, orchestrated the downfall of Sorceress Ultimecia (main antagonist).

Personality:
In game: Taciturn, Introverted, Always deep in thought, Bad-ass
Here: Semi-introverted, Distrusting of others (save 1 or 2 char., TBD), Bad-ass

Weapon: Gunblade (revolver model) (essentially a type of 'vibroblade' from any manner of other media (such as Star Wars))

That's the short bio, the full bio requires that you:
A. play the game all the way through
B. read the very long wikipedia article

Well well well, Squall Leonheart, correct?

True dat, FF8 power.

It's my personal favorite, and the first FF I played, followed (in this order) by: 10, 9 (hated it), and 7. Also played KH 1 and 2, if you want to count those in there too.

Umm... wow.

What can I say, I'm a fan of Square Enix's work. At the same time I play Splinter Cell, Halo, America's Army, Ace Combat 4,5, and 0, MGS3, Syphon Filter 1-3, SOCOM 2-3, you get the idea. I have a very ecklectic taste in games.

Still, FF8 is my absolute favorite, the first I played, and the first game I ever bought. I'm a bit of a heretic in the FF community, I say FF8 is better than FF7.

You can see why I have an attachment to the characters.

That's mildly difficult cause there's around thirteen to fourteen titles out if you include Tactics and Tactics Advance.

I'd join if someone could give me an overview of Final Fantasy. I think I've heard of it once. Just in passing.

Really, there's no way to describe the series in any specific terms. Save a few exceptions each game is an entirely separate storyline, new characters, new settings, the whole 9 yards. At its most basic, most FF games are Fantasy RPGs with a healthy dose of modern to futuristic technology, depending specific game.

What can I say, I'm a fan of Square Enix's work. At the same time I play Splinter Cell, Halo, America's Army, Ace Combat 4,5, and 0, MGS3, Syphon Filter 1-3, SOCOM 2-3, you get the idea. I have a very ecklectic taste in games.

Still, FF8 is my absolute favorite, the first I played, and the first game I ever bought. I'm a bit of a heretic in the FF community, I say FF8 is better than FF7.

You can see why I have an attachment to the characters.

Ace combat, yeah thats one game where you get atached to your wing mates. And Halo not so much... although Sergeant Johnson is funny.

Darn right Sgt. Johnson's cool.

"I don't care if its God's own Anti-Son of a B**** machine, or a giant hula hoop! We're not gonna let 'em have it!"
-Sgt. Johnson's best quote in Halo: CE


AC5 is a torture test for my willingness to lose teammates. I wonder if I have anger issues because of my reactions to Chopper and PJ getting killed (5 and 0 respectively).

Yeah, chopper was bad, but PJ was a bit to whiny.

Maybe I won't do this. I don't know squat.

you know, almost every game had a different magic system, an at least Somewhat different skill advancement system, and so on.

you might want to pin down which ones you're using.

also, how are you going to run this? there's a limit if everyone's the 'good guys'

what sort of a world?

hehe. you could actually cheat a little bit and get this to fit into the rules if you had a couple of nations being played out as well as all these individual characters. gives you a plot/setting too.

edit: heck, i'll even be one of them, if you want.

Trust me, if you know anything at all about the 'mechanics' of magic, swords, or modern to post-modern technology, and are willing to operate outside the realm of really defined regulations, like gravity, and phyisics, then you can free-form the rest.

BTW: my rough count, says theres approx. 57 games relating to FF, ignoring movies, anime, and non-game spin-offs.

Trust me, if you know anything at all about the 'mechanics' of magic, swords, or modern to post-modern technology, and are willing to operate outside the realm of really defined regulations, like gravity, and phyisics, then you can free-form the rest.

BTW: my rough count, says theres approx. 57 games relating to FF, ignoring movies, anime, and non-game spin-offs.


57? Wow.

well, gravity and physics are still There....

they're just....

different.


unless there's magic involved at the time, things still fall down when chucked off buildings, for example.

Yeah, that counts stand-alones, compilations, spin-offs, prequels, and sequels. Puts my experience in perspective now don't it.

Oh, I've also watched FF7: Advent Children twice, for that record.

57, isn't that the number of ingredients in heinz ketchup?

This is true, but they only really work when Square-Enix wants it to. Just look at Squall's attack 'Lionheart' in FF8. He's airborne, at least 40 feet up, for like, 15-20 seconds, at a minimum.

Yes, it is. To differentiate, I'll add the 2 movies, for 59 individual works, not counting anime, OVA, manga, and other spin-offs.

This is true, but they only really work when Square-Enix wants it to. Just look at Squall's attack 'Lionheart' in FF8. He's airborne, at least 40 feet up, for like, 15-20 seconds, at a minimum.

true. he still comes Down though. and the regular soldiers still need jet-hover-things to fly etc etc.

so... it's more like they're less applicable to heroes and major villains, than that they're not there.

and... a little bit flexible in terms of what actually works for mechanical things...




ok, the game world has it's own laws of physics, and they don't quite match RL ones :P

I'll agree to that, keeps things nice and simple.

now, Advent Children, they've just thrown the whole book out the window *laughs*

or at least turned down the gravity a Lot [though how the heck they're not bouncing around every time they take a step as a result, i don't know...]

*ponders* i don't like playing a bad-guy much...

but if you want to do the typical 'expansionist nation taking over the world, heroes start off as freedom fighters/mercenaries of some sort' plot, i can do the expansionist bit.

just don't expect it to actually be the work of some big super villain of dubious sanity who's actually trying to destroy the world.

Yeah, every fight in that movie defies, logic, physics, and just about everything else. Just look at Cloud v. Sephiroth, either motorcycle chase, or Good Guys v. Bahamut Sin. It's like someone flipped the gravity switch to off, and forgot about it.

I think everyone on this site, and I mean this as no offense to anyone, but seriously, every single person on this site is of dubious sanity. Myself included.

Sanity, is for the weak. Hey, have you ever played Drakenguard Shen? Awsoeme Square-Enix game. Now, I suppose I'll launch the IC. (Though we really need more baddies. And Clouds not being played.... Man.)

I'll do Cloud too if you want, I've got no problem running 2 protaganists, as I've shown time and again. For that matter, I know Cloud and Squall way too well.

One question though, is it okay if I use FF7AC Cloud, basically the same, except he's less of a jerk and more troubled. That and he has a 6 piece sword.

Go ahead. I'll miss him being a jerk, but you have to love the sword, and the repenting for sins thing sorta makes things more interesting.

Thanks, I'll mix in some jerk aspects as I see fit. Both my characters are similar, so they'll get along... eventually... (is there a word for jerk aspects? Jerk-ness? Jerkiness? Jerkiosity?)

(I always went with Jerkiness)

hmm, true enough, I've always used jerkiness for things that move in an unsmooth manner (in a jerky fashion). Of course, its probably the same word.

Sanity, is for the weak. Hey, have you ever played Drakenguard Shen? Awsoeme Square-Enix game. Now, I suppose I'll launch the IC. (Though we really need more baddies. And Clouds not being played.... Man.)
heh, even though the question was directed at Shen... I've played drakengard, both one and two.

I've never played the second. First was great though. IC is up by the way.

for all your bad-guy needs:

Angermanland taking over the world!

i tend to end up with an excess of characters anyway.

added bonus: most of my guys tend not to be stereotypically evil.

give me a world to play around in, and I'll do it happily.

Final Fantasy's more fun with the occasional epic army level battle anyway.

oh, if you've ever seen me RP.... FF tech suits me down to the ground... so much weirdness :D

[the fight in the Garden with the motorbike troops in eight just rocks. one of the random dudes gets ridden at by a guy on a bike and, if memory serves, steps sideways and swings his long sword to send the guy flying. probably cut him in half, too. great stuff.]

Nice, thanks.

'course, without some ooc context of the world we're playing in.. i'll have no idea what i'm doing... hehehe.

first and foremost thing, that's kinda fundamental to how the world works:

magic.

in 8, it was a scientific phenomena based on the [mostly artificial?] GFs. GFs were, in battle, essentually super-spells.
in 7, it was material based. summons are litterealy super spells
in 10, it was innate based on level. literally magic. Aeons were a seperate entities that fought as such.
10-2, well, hybrid of 10 and the garment grid. no aeons, but instead a 'super' version of themselves by way of the garment grid.
12 it must be taught, but is then innate. eons[sp] function as in 10, except they do not protect the summoner, and their summoning is not limited to special individuals [at least, not in the same way]
can't remember the rest, if i ever knew them.

or are we playing in a world without any? [that'd give the characters a new experience] or perhaps a world where it's a new phenomena? [which would be Great, as it'd allow me to shape it to my research as needed :P]

Yeah, every fight in that movie defies, logic, physics, and just about everything else. Just look at Cloud v. Sephiroth, either motorcycle chase, or Good Guys v. Bahamut Sin. It's like someone flipped the gravity switch to off, and forgot about it.

I think everyone on this site, and I mean this as no offense to anyone, but seriously, every single person on this site is of dubious sanity. Myself included.

Where I come from, that is a compliment.

on the subject of words: jerkiness is to move in an un-smooth manner, a form of the verb jerk. jerkarse is an insult. to be a jerk [noun] is to be generally uncaring and/or anti-social. possibly part of the origin of the insult, but that's just a guess.

the word for jerk-like attributes is probably... non existent. one'd probably just list them out.

"I think everyone on this site, and I mean this as no offense to anyone, but seriously, every single person on this site is of dubious sanity. Myself included."

around here it's just a fundamentally accepted fact. [my family is weird, i'm not exactly an exception :P]

Well, as for how the world is, I'm leaving most of it up to you guys to figure out. I will say however, that almost all of it is an illusion. As for magic, I've always prefered materia, but the characters can choos I suppose. For custom, they can learn by nitermingling with existing ones. (I'll probably be RP'ing a few other existing ones by the way, like Tidus, or Auron, maybe Vahn.) So, the customs would sort of have an advantage, because they could learn multiple techniques.

*ponders* humm.

right. then i need to figure out a way to do this.

i never did put up a character, but my guys are going to be 'enemies' anyway.

heh. methinks I'll create a new system for the bad guys then. which means anyone with the ff8 system has access to it, come to think of it. yay drawing.

*ponders* I'm thinking a summon/limit break hybrid that fuses them with their local equivalent of the guardian forces... let's call them Deus Amps [divine amplifiers] powered by some sort of crystal. any one being can only have one at a time. they can be artificially created, but have to be imbued with the power of the relevant Deus before they Do anything. [the exact process varies from one Deus to another.]

'magic' would be tied to the crystal and technology. so you don't 'cast' so much as power a weapon with the Deus Amp and That does the casting. [unlike materia, it's not so much that the Amp is a power added to the weapon, as that it is the power source For the weapon. the weapon, generally, is a useless hunk of metal without it, and gets nothing from it if not specially designed to use it.]

Dei [don't think i spelled that right?] are sentient beings, minor gods in their own rights, really. so they'll chose sides based on what They think. some might help the good guys, some might help the bad, and forcing them to do something they don't want to is extremely difficult, at the very least.

which is why my guys arn't really 'evil' for the most part.... most of the dei you want anything to do with wouldn't help them if they were.


how's that sound?

edit: as for why that took too long: 3 way msn convo regarding the resolution of duels and battles in another thread. took a while.

Sounds good. You going to post IC? I would appreciate a character by the way.

ahh, right. character. knew i had to get onto something like that.

i will post ICly... just everything happening at once right now *laughs* it's almost 3pm here. should have something up before i sleep tonight :P

[actually, should be a lot sooner than That.]

bear in mind that rather shamelessly making stuff up to try and fit into the general idea that these guys are part of the world the hero ends up in.

Illusia's the world [for obvious reasons]

as a result, how much of their 'backstory' is or isn't real is.. questionable :D

Existing or New: New
Name: Chargone
Age: 32
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: grey
Weight: 170kg
Height: 5'10"
Physical features: tends to dress in black, from hat to trench coat to shirt to boots. wears specialized glasses with many functions [mostly tied to Deus Amps and electronics, but a few more... normal ones]. tends to have his hair short save for a thin braided tail at the back.
Short Bio: Born in the city-state of Laurentium, in the north lands of Illusia. joined the local military and fought more than one defensive war, before rising to become Imperiator Elect and leading a war of conquest against the neighboring lands.

Deus Amp: White Chaos
Weapon: the Black Wind [halberd, six foot from tip to tip.]
Magics: Holy, Gravity, Confusion.


Existing or New: New
Name: Pi of Joulin
Age: 17
Hair color: light brown
Eye color: green
Weight: won't say, but light.
Height: 5' 6"
Physical features: impish face, wears her hair long. lithe and agile. tends to wear clothes designed primaraly for mobility, warmth, and carrying capacity, rather than modesty.
Short Bio:
born in the lands immediately to the south of Laurentium, which were some of the first to fall when she was still to young to fight, Pi is something of a genius in the areas of tactics, invention, and most other matters relating to war. impressed with how it fought and ruled, she joined the army of the imperium as soon as possible and quickly rose through the ranks. one of Chargone's commanders.

Deus Amp: Verpine Celeste
Weapon: Mage-Pistols
Magics: fire, ice, electricity, water, air, speed.

Existing or New: New
Name: Akira of Yu
Age: 42
Hair color: black, some grey
Eye color: blue
Weight: 190
Height: 6'
Physical features: a large, muscular man, much scared from battle and weathered from life.
Short Bio:
after serving in the defense force of his own land, he defected when it was reveled that the ruler of Yu had been corrupt in every sense, from taking bribes to consorting with the darker Dei. a fair number of soldiers followed him, and the defense of Yu collapsed. it's previous ruler was executed and he now serves as one of Chargone's commanders.

Deus Amp: Heaven's Barrage
weapon: Amp Cannon. [duel shoulder mounted cannon, using Amp energy to fire rounds with minimal recoil, and those rounds to deliver devastating magical effects]
Magics: fire, holy, gravity, non-elemental, electricity, protection


the magics are magic 'groups' so fire includes fira,firaga, and flare, for example.

look alright? that's before the host of lackeys and random soldier types.

the reason they're the bad guys? they're taking over the world, and newly conquered territories Really don't like the fact that they've been, you know, conquered.

Sounds good to me. Oh, and as for the Illusion thing, the people themselves are real, but their background is not. The big baddie simply picked up some people from different universes, mind-wiped em, and dropped em in his playground.

hehe. well, that works too.

wHy yes it does. Oh, and I'll forgive you for naming my world, because its a good name. Well, I'm signing off, night.

hehe. this is what happens when you don't give me info to work with ahead of time :)

weren't there more people interested than this, originally? ehh, maybe it's just the timezones or something.

question:

the people getting moved Into Illusia notice it happening, all well and good...

but the people already there, would they notice a new city appearing?

or would their memories and such be edited to think it had always been there?

in the first case the Empire can have fun trying to figure it out. in the second, Midgar would already be on the list of "places to invade" ....

sort of, anyway.