In the Palm of My Hand - The IC is up! Finish your sheets now! (Please?)

Welcome to the Out-Of-Character thread for In The Palm Of My Hand! This is my first RP, so hopefully I can make it run as well as possible.

So how it’s going to go is that there’s this big fighting tournament that involves contestants asked to join. These contestants come from both different works of fiction, as well as real life. There are eight teams, and each of these has three people each on them. These teams are then put on a bracket using random numbers, and they are paired up to fight each other. Whoever is the last team remaining wins. The first rounds of fighting will have four fights, the next will have two, and the last one will have one to determine the winner. I’ll make a diagram to put up soon. Maybe.

Outside of this, there are spectators. While not actually fighting, they can wander the arena and do things during or not during the fighting. Of course, there is more going on behind the scenes… but let’s leave that for other times.

So anyways, important things;
1. Follow all regular RP rules. Just saying this.
2. Despite the fighting aspect, this is NOT A GRIMDARK RP. We aren’t having death, and we aren’t having guts flying all over the place. There may be blood, there may be a psychological part to it, there may be strong language and other adult themes, but this is NOT GRIMDARK. In fact, try to take this light-heartedly for the most part.
3. The fighters in the actual fights have 300 life points. The spectators have 150 since they are not really in the fight.
4. The attacks in the fight are mostly determined by d20 or d25 rolls. 1s will always cause no damage. The higher the number, the more health points the opponent loses. This should be written out as a number in parentheses in the opponent’s next post. However, some moves can have either better or worse odds based on what exactly the move is.
5. When a character is loses their health points, they will be considered “unable to fight” even if they are not unconscious. The fight will be paused, and they will be brought out of the fighting place. After they are gone, the fight will resume.
6. If a team loses, they are not totally out of the RP. They will be allowed to wander around the arena, but they will not be participating.
7. The arena is gigantic. It has stores, food, lodging, and entertainment, not to mention the ten-thousand stall bathroom. Go wild with what’s there!
8. There is magic over the whole arena causing everyone to understand each other if they speak different languages. This shouldn’t be discussed, however, because no one can tell this is happening.
9. However, if a character does not talk, or makes beeps or something instead of talking, he will not be understood my other characters. This is because they don’t really have a language, I think. I may allow an exception or two.
10. There are only two fights per day. There will be plenty of time in between those fights. Use that time to characterize.
11. Accents should be described, not written.
12. There are three judges watching over the fighting to judge as well as give commentary.
13. Before a battle starts, a biome will be randomly chosen (see below). If the biome has an effect like wind, sand, rain, etc., d5 rolls should be made on each post to determine effectiveness. 1 is none, 5 is high. Sand will cause minor damage and possible blinding, wind will blow characters over, etc.
14. I will allow effects or abilities on health points and attack points such as a few HPs for hardier characters, less for weaker characters, gradual recovery for a few characters, etc. Talk to me about it.
15. Things can be linked to if you want. For theme music and stuff, you know?
16. Did I miss something? Tell me.

So, do you want to join? The teams are all full, but you can still be a spectator. Here’s the sheet.

Name: (Should include nicknames if applicable)
Gender: (If they have one)
Universe: (The Source material. OCs should be notified by this)
Appearance: (Images can be used)
Personality:
Superpower: Do they use some kind of power of their own?
Weapons: If they don’t have superpowers, what do they use?
Bio:
Other:

A list of biomes:

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That’s it for now! Now go sign up!

1. That's up to you, really... Anything from an omnipotent deity with a thirst for good fights to an unexplained arena could work.
2. I'd say two or three.
3. THERE IS NO REWARD BUT GLORY. GLORYYYYY.
4. Evaluating overall post quality for descriptiveness, effectiveness, language use and staying-true-to-character, and using these scores to determine the overall winner for the battle. I guess you'd have to choose the judges from a pool of non-participating volunteers.
5. Write down a bunch of biomes and arena types and pull them randomly from a hat for each battle.
6. Naw, but I'd change 'superpowers' to 'special abilities' and 'weapons' to 'weapons and equipment.'
7. Uh...
8. Sure thing. :3

Okay so joining.

1. Okay so there should totally be one uber-evil dude running this. He's weakening the different worlds for the conquering by having their stronger members kill each other off or defeat each other. He promises the charries their deepest desires, as long as they win the tournament. So eventually everyone finds out and then they all team up to fight him.
2. 4 characters. Not too little for the teams to be too scarce, but enough for a good amount of teams and the like.
3. Whatever they desire. AKA, someone wants their waifu to live, it happens. Except...it's a ruse. Because that's totally cool.
4. The judges will be very strict with the rules, but if there's a loophole it will be able to be fully exploited. I'm thinking that maybe there would be three of them, but they'd be a sort of avatars or projections of the one evil dude.
5. ~*~magic~*~. Like seriously. Maybe a dice roll to determine the environment, and then the stadium would transform or they'd be teleported? That way we could have sweet fights in forests and like on floating rocks.
6. Nope nope and nope. Weapons I'd think would be equipment and the like, while superpowers would be innate abilities.
7. fuck i dont know
8. see top

1. Mata really hit it on the nose. I'd go with a really powerful emperor with a severe superiority complex.
2. 2-3. Maybe 4 if we get enough. Then give them something that sets them against each other.
3. Glory. Not death. Umm... how about a free ticket where ever they want to go. Or something very personal to each character.
4. No Idea. Perhaps a group of spectators.
5. Crazy fancy hexagon that is connected to the badguys every whim. Able to change it however.
6. Maybe superpowers. But all weapons should be confiscated, and weapons used in battle should be found on the battle field.
7. Something catchy. And involving a major plot entity!
8. Sure.

1. There's what the guys suggested, or you could incorporate a Hunger Games-esque plot as well. Maybe the fights are televised to the planets of dozens of races?
2. What others suggest.
3. A trip to DisneyPlanet, lifetime supply of CocaCola, and safe passage home.
4. Like total douchebags to imitate the mods left behind, because nice judges are so... *cough*MasterChef Australia*cough*.
5. A variety of enviroments would allow each to utilise their abilities to overcome obstacles, and promote teamwork. The first however should be plain dirt so players get a feel for the mechanics, without having to worry about being eaten alive by anacondas.
6. Keep them seperate, a weapon implies it has limited ammunition which can only be replaced from others. Superpowers are probably replenished from the individual.
7. In the Palm of my Hand...
8. Maybe... :3

Alright, so what I'm getting from this is:

Evil Overlord guy hosting event
2-4 characters
Asshole judges
None or Unknown prize
Changing environment (why didn't I think of this?)
4 confirmed players so far (Me, Mata, Luna, ABS) and one maybe.

And no one knows what to call it. :P

Anyways, I was thinking last night about things I could add. The first is an "Armor" section on the char sheets, so that it can justify attacks being nulled or reduced in effectiveness.
The second was that said asshole judges could also be crossovers. Who they would be though, I have no idea.

Well I figured 'In the Palm of my Hand' is a strong indicator of how godlike the host of the arena feels.

Jokie155 wrote:: Well I figured 'In the Palm of my Hand' is a strong indicator of how godlike the host of the arena feels.

Well fuck, I missed that. Sorry man. I like it. But maybe we should vote on it.

Definitely, wouldn't want to put up a poorly liked title after all.

Jokie155 wrote:: Definitely, wouldn't want to put up a poorly liked title after all.

True, true. Bough I think yours was fine.

Anyone else got a good name for this RP?

I like Jokie's title. :U

Luna_Cat16 wrote:: I like Jokie's title. :U

That's what it will be then.

Characters can now be made! Make up to five at this point while the character amount is being decided.

Also, a current list of possible terrains so far.

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You should probably add that to the OP~

Also would it be okay to use links and/or pics for certain parts?

Luna_Cat16 wrote:: You should probably add that to the OP~

Also would it be okay to use links and/or pics for certain parts?

Yes, anything to help with character understanding.

First sheet, go~

Name: Drache Pentun

Gender: Troll biology is strange for most humans... But anyways, Female.

Universe: Homestuck OCs

Appearance: Height is about 6' 2". Average considering her blood caste, and age, and that trolls are taller than humans. In the Palm of My Hand - The IC is up! Finish your sheets now! (Please?) Profile_picture_by_askragingtyrant-d4sujqx

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please note wings and tail are fake costume pieces. I also changed her symbol to a red Draco constellation symbol.

Personality: A feisty and fiery young troll, Drache can come off very tough, even scary to some. She is obsessed with dragons, going to long lengths to be as dragon-like as possible. She has a fancy for fantasy things and treasures, as well as listening to great legends. She tends to "raid" villages. In which she got her FLARPing status as a Tyrant. She threatens said villages that she will burn them if they don't give tribute, which is how she managed to get awesome treasures despite her caste making her of the lowest ranks of trolls. Though she can seem very malicious, Drache can be a fun and carefree individual. A bit naive at times, but greatly loyal to her friends.

Superpower: Pyrokinesis. The ability to control fire with the mind.

Weapons: Drache is very handy with battle axes.

Bio: When Drache was still a grub in the caverns, she was pretty much the runt of the litter. This was inevitable though because of her blood caste being lowest of the low. Where she lacked in size though she made up with fire, as she was one of those lucky lowbloods who could possess psychic powers. It's tough, trying to be tough and get respect as a tiny little grub. Fire helps in fights though. Her lusus ended up being a Two-headed dragon who she refers to as Dragonparents. After finally getting out of the caverns and pupating, she made her hive in a Volcano cavern, which happens to be in a Volcanic Desert with many villages scattered about it. She spent her early days as a troll hunting, training, reading, collecting treasures, and FLARPing as a tyrant. Learning about the history of her ancestor, she vowed to carry the flame and take back the throne that was stolen from her and her ancestor. The Traitor, as he was called, put 2 Alternian regions into war, and then took the throne and acted like he was just some good guy ending the war. His descendant now rules the desert that is rightfully Drache's. For now though, as only 6 sweeps (13 years old) she will just train and train and wait for the day she an avenge her ancestor, Pillager Fireclaw.

Other: derp

Accepted.

I should have made a reserve for this earlier, but I will now.

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Alright, have my team ready. Or three characters of my team if we end up doing 4 each.

Name: Hank J. Wimbleton
Gender: Male
Universe: Madness Combat
Appearance: Click (not my picture)
Personality: Hank’s only purpose and want is to spread madness via genocide – it has been that way from the beginning. He does not discriminate in his victims, though he prefers those that fight back (and has occasionally shown mercy in the past), but is also not unwilling to make an alliance or two in the pursuit of Madness – as above all, Hank dislikes being controlled, and there is nothing he would like to do more than subject those who force him to fight to the fight itself.
Superpower: Before his death and subsequent revival-cloning, Hank had no extreme abilities beyond his remarkable skill with a wide range of weaponry, arcing from heavy firearms to swords and axes. He was exceptionally strong, acrobatic, and accurate, nearing but not exceeding superhuman skill. After Hank’s death by the Savior’s hands, he was thrown into some sort of regenerator by an ally (who was subsequently shot to death) and emerged bigger, stronger, and with a crustacean-like, extremely muscular right arm which developed the ability to deliver powerful electrical punches.
Weapons: Anything he can get his hands on – pistols, submachine guns, rifles, grenades, crowbars, nightsticks, signposts... Hank can kill you in a dozen different ways with each of two dozen objects in an average living room. His preferred weapons, however, are a pair of uzis.
Bio: As watchers of the Madness Combat series will know, it all started with the Chicken Dance on a bright summer afternoon. One man would not give up the radio, and so thirty men (thirty two people, actually, if you count the zombies) had to die. Things only escalated from there, and Hank succeeded in killing the Sheriff, entering the Improbability Drive, going face to face with the Savior, the Clown, the as-yet-unnamed administrator of the whole system, and hundreds of enemies - and dying multiple times throughout the course of the above.
Other: Hank’s been resurrected plenty of times throughout Madness, but he lacks the ability to do it himself. So no worries. Dead Hank will stay dead.

Name: Madotsuki
Gender: Female
Universe: Yume Nikki
Appearance: Click (not my drawing)
Personality: Madotsuki is an extremely antisocial being (A hikikomori), and if she has to be around people than she certainly will not talk to them. No, better to walk around with her eyes closed and pretend that she said something. Madotsuki is not bitter or people-hating, she just prefers this infinitesimal type of interaction to actual conversation. Her mood swings can range from friendly and cheerful to murderous.
Superpower: Aside from her ability to lucid dream on command, and navigate with her eyes closed, Madotsuki is ordinary – though she is extremely unaffected by situations that would cause ordinary people to scream in terror or gasp with disgust.

Weapons: Madotsuki is able to utilize 24 different ‘effects’ at will, as listed below:
Frog – Madotsuki’s head becomes that of a frog and her swimming and jumping are improved.
Umbrella – A red umbrella is summoned and it begins to rain.
Hat/Scarf – A hat and scarf are summoned; Madotsuki will become a snowman if it is snowing.
Yuki-Onna – Madotsuki becomes a snow-woman with white skin and blue hair, and it begins to snow.
Knife – A kitchen steak knife is summoned.
Medamaude – Madotsuki’s head becomes a giant hand with a green eyeball in the center of the palm.
Fat – Madotsuki becomes fat.
Midget – Madotsuki shrinks and may create up to 6 mini-duplicates of herself until she deactivates the effect.
Flute – Summons a flute. For musical purposes. It’s actually quite nice.
Neon – Madotsuki glows like a neon light.
Nopperabou – Madotsuki’s face disappears.
Severed Head – Madotsuki becomes a slow-moving severed head.
Towel – Summons a cloak-like towel that enwraps Madotsuki.
Cat – Madotsuki grows cat ears and a tail.
Lamp – Madotsuki’s head becomes a lamp, which she may turn on and off.
Bicycle – Summons a bicycle, for quick transportation.
Long Hair – Madotsuki’s hair grows out.
Poop Hair – Madotsuki’s hair is styled to resemble poop.
Blonde Hair – Madotsuki’s hair grows long and turns blonde.
Triangle Kerchief – Madotsuki wears a kerchief on her head that allows her to become ghost-like and near-invisible at will.
Witch – Madotsuki is dressed like a witch and receives a flying broomstick, for quick transportation.
Demon – Madotsuki becomes an imp-like creature with red skin and horns.
Buyo Buyo – Madotsuki becomes jelly-like and wobbly.
Stoplight – Madotsuki transforms into a stoplight.

Bio: Not much is known about Madotsuki’s past, other than what may be glimpsed through the horrible manifestations in her dream world – possibly rape or abuse, but whatever it was, it was tragic enough to force her to lock herself in her room, shut away from the rest of the world.
Other:

Name: Olek
Gender: Male
Universe: Nevermore
Appearance: Click (not my drawing)
Personality: Olek is an intrepid treasure-seeker who is always up for a good adventure (So long as it’s for the benefit of his village – he has a good moral compass). He is social, but not very overly so, and is instantly likable for his quiet charm.
Superpower: No superpower. He is good at running, jumping, and solving puzzles.
Weapons: His own skills. And hats. Hats and hats and hats.
Bio: Olek was born and raised in Shawbrook Forest, a quiet, poor town in Nevermore. At a young age, he sat out on a quest to find a pirate’s treasure to save its village from its poor economic state. During this journey, Olek learned of an ancient warlike race that was sealed away long ago, and ended up freeing them – to learn that they had renounced their evil ways and become peaceful creatures. He also learned that Tuomas the shopkeeper, an evil shapeshifter who had been residing in his hometown, had followed him all the way disguised as a squirrel in hopes of stealing the treasure – but he fled in the end. Olek returned home with his many hats and the wondrous race of creatures, presumably bringing the village to new heights of health and happiness.
Other: In Nevermore 2 Olek survived a direct hit, point blank, by a cannonball bigger than he was (as well as the crash landing about a mile away) but we’re just going to let that slide.

MADOTSUKI!? CRUD IM SCARED

asedrtfyghuijokpl I LOST MY ENTIRE WORK BECAUSE MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO UPDATE ITSELF WHILE I WAS ASLEEP. HOW DOES THAT WORK.

So yeah. Now I am really fucking demotivated to backtrack through every single thing and explain like everything so if I take a while that's why. sdfghjk

Hank's the one you should be really afraid of >:3

Ugh, hate when stuff like that happens, Luna.

Luna_Cat16 wrote:: asedrtfyghuijokpl I LOST MY ENTIRE WORK BECAUSE MY COMPUTER DECIDED TO UPDATE ITSELF WHILE I WAS ASLEEP. HOW DOES THAT WORK.

So yeah. Now I am really fucking demotivated to backtrack through every single thing and explain like everything so if I take a while that's why. sdfghjk

D:
It's fine, I can let you take your time reworking them.

By the way Mata, your chars are all accepted. I just have to put them in the reserve.

Gotcha.

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Okay so I just want to post these nearly finished sheets here so they don't get lost. Suicune is the only finished one here so feel free to accept/reject her. I'll finish everyone else tonight/tomorrow because personalities are hard to write even when you already know them.

Name: Fai D. Flourite
Gender: Male
Universe: Born in Valeria Country, but raised in Celes. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle universe.
Appearance: Here. Would have just the image but that site is a bitch with hotlinking so...
Personality: Fai is a bit of an enigma. On first impression he seems like a nice, sweet young man. Somewhat beyond first impression and he is revealed to be a bit like the energizer bunny on meth. He's completely care-free and casual even in front of serious threats, he playfully teases and does other such antics, and most of the time he just doesn't stop fucking smiling. Thankfully he at least has standards (aka do not make joking remark when friend is mortally wounded), but after a while it can get very, very annoying. Of course, if he were such a ditz, then one would assume he is pretty much useless, right? However, he's not. Despite being so "float-along-through-life" he can still make a split-second movement that might just save his life, and despite being so happy and, for lack of better words, playful, there are just some times when one can catch him being almost a bit too serious. There's the sense that his whole personality is a facade. There is also the idea that he might not exactly be all there. His actions sometimes make no sense in normal, human logic at all, and sometimes it's more than just the whole "facade" deal. If anything, he should probably not be underestimated in battle, even if he does give everyone really stupid nicknames.
Superpower: Magic. Magic and magic and magic. This man is pretty much a battlemage incarnate. Thankfully there's a tattoo on his back that holds back his ability, or otherwise the arena might go boom. However, Fai doesn't like to use too much of his magic for personal reasons, however, and instead relies on his superb melee fighting skills. Still, it always is helpful to have a few spells helping out~
Weapons: That huge staff in the appearance section. Not exactly something you'd want hitting you over the head.
Bio: Okay so this part is pretty much meant to be a huge mystery, but I'll add it in spoilers. Read if you're lame, don't if you're like totally cool. Yaaaay for wiki copy-pasting.

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Name: Sayaka Miki
Gender: Female
Universe: Puella Magi Madoka Magica, or P3M to make it easier on the tongue.
Appearance: Here. Normal outfit is on the left, while her magical girl form/battle attire is on the right.
Personality: Sayaka is what we might call "broken". She has reached the point of no return, the despair event horizon, and related terms. There are only two ways for her to go now: up, or down. But let's get on to personality. Sayaka is a no-nonsense type of person. She's in this tournament to win and to win only. She is severely stubborn, and to say she has fierce determination is an understatement. Once she's made her mind up about something there's no use changing it. She has a bit of a black and white view of the world as well, or at least of people. She believes that anyone with a special power or privilege should be using them to help other people, and she absolutely hates those who use special opportunities like that for their own gain. She also has a bit of a tendency to act without a second thought, and her previously listed traits bring her into conflict with others frequently. However, once she opens up to someone she can be very kind and loyal. She's definitely a tomboy in interests, and she is quite lively and fun to be around (if she ever snaps out of her current funk, that is).
Superpower: As a Puella Magi, or Magical Girl, she has superhuman reflexes, agility, and strength that are quite important to her survival, especially considering that she's a minor. She can also dull feelings of pain, but her movements are reaction time become slower the more she decides to cancel it out. Due to the nature of her wish she has regenerative abilities, and can quickly recover from normally disabling injuries. However, too many or a big enough blow will knock her down. Or, you could aim for her Soul Gem, but that will kill her.
Weapons: A cutlass that can, according to production notes, break up into linked pieces and wrap around enemies, and while further notes say it can also be a bomb the picture is confusing so that won't be happening. Also as a sort of "finishing move" she can summon multiple cutlasses, which will plummet and likely impale the target if they don't get the fuck out of the way. She can also throw them.
Bio: A childhood friend of the titular character in the series, Sayaka got involved in the whole Puella Magi business when she followed her friend to rescue a strange creature known as Kyubey. The critter offered to fulfill a wish of any kind for them, as long as they made a contract and became a magical girl. After considering her wish, Sayaka decided to heal her friend and crush Kyosuke, who had been hurt in a terrible accident. This allowed him to play the violin again, a passion of his formerly impossible, and Sayaka was hoping that just maybe he would gain romantic feelings for her. However, her crush had really always viewed her as a good friend, so those feelings could never develop on their own, and after Sayaka learned a very nasty detail about being a Puella Magi (specifically that their souls and bodies have been separated, with the Soul Gem being the former's host, so she's pretty much a walking zombie), she fell into despair, since she felt that she could never love anyone in her condition. Of course, then a little birdie came around and told her there could be a way to cure herself, as long as she participated in a certain tournament...
Other:

Name: Suicune
Gender: Technically genderless, but leans towards female.
Universe: Pokemon universe, specifically movie 4.
Appearance: Bam.
Personality: Suicune is a very calm individual. She is usually very serene, perhaps even in a dissonant manner, and very rational in mindset. She will always listen when someone needs to talk to her, and even though, being a Pokemon, she might not have the best advice or any advice at all, she'll try to help. However, she is very, very protective over two things, and hurting them will pretty much get you a full-blown Blizzard in the face. One of them is the environment, and the other is those she befriends. Want to piss her off? Just dump trash in a river or hurt an animal. As was said earlier, she is not human, nor is she a "mortal" Pokemon. She tends to view things in an overly cool manner. This tends to lead to conflict with more emotional and less rational people, who she views as silly and they in turn view her as cold and distant.
Superpower: Specifically, her moveset, which includes Bubblebeam (obvious); Tailwind, which whips up a whirlwind that increases her teammates' speed; Blizzard, which is also obvious, though it does have a chance to completely freeze people; and Extrasensory, which is a Psychic attack that make the recipient feel as if their brain is being manually squeezed. Extrasensory's effects are all psychological, however, so it is quite possible to get past it. Also she can purify water.
Weapons: Um I guess you really wouldn't want a kick or a headbutting from Suicune, so melee attacks count I guess.
Bio: Suicune is the guardian over (presumably) Ilex Forest, and exists to make sure that the ecosystem stays stable and humans don't muck everything up. However, her main responsibility is to all of the forests of the world, specifically their lakes, as she has the job of purifying the water that might otherwise be polluted and unusable. During the events of the 4th Pokemon Movie, she assisted in the defeat of the Iron-Masked Marauder, a man who was trying to use the other forest's guardian, Celebi, for his own nefarious purposes, and he was destroying the forest and muddying up the water in the process. After purifying the lake in said forest, she resumed her job. However, the forest was still scarred, and she knew that eventually there would be more people who might not care about the sanctity of the woods. So after hearing of a tourney that could grant any desire, she entered, hoping for a way to seal off her domain from human contact.
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Suicune is accepted, but you forgot to add in the "Personality" section on the other two so I'll have to reject those until you can fill them out.

Also, I've decided it's just going to be 3 characters.

That's why I told you they weren't finished. :U

Alriiiiiight, three characters. Pfft it was probably going to be like that anyway.

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