NPC listing

A small thought on my part; a list of NPCs. It's pretty simple given there are some gaps in the 13 squads we can/could populate those areas with NPCs. For instance we are missing some PC captains, so some NPCs could be filled in. The only thing I can think to stop from a flood of captain class NPC would be to hold a vote/poll screening process similar to character applications. The NPC's stats and personality listed so other can use them in their story. The same could be said for other people's NPCs if they choose to share them. Death of a normal NPC should be up to their creator, but in the case of captain NPCs should be decided by the mods/admins.

Suggestion!!!

Captains probably need to be created as a character with actual profile, shikai, bankai and such...

Yeah that's exactly it. It would be a full profile. Like a regular character application with all the fixings. More work, but it would be a more stable character that way.

Not it

LOL

Like I said it could/would be submitted like a character application/rank up. Up for review and critiquing. Since it's going to be a staple character figure more hands helping would be nice.

i have a suggestion too. What about the missing captain/vice-captain level for like say superhumans, bounts, quincy, and hollows (espada especially). I could help out if its ok, i have a few ideas for some of the positions that would make them (especially the espada me and connall thought up.) perfect for the roles.

For those very same points is why I figured NPC were the better choice. NPC can be killed off or demoted when someone reaches that rank or goes missing/leaves. Bumping an PC to the level might indeed discourage newer people. I for one like the the work required to level. I'm an RPG nut, sue me. And yes, Supers, Bount, Espada, and Quincy are included in this. I think there have been a few RPed Espada in missions not long ago. They can be put in.

But I like being a faceless nobody. Well now that you mention it almost time to rank up anyway.

The NPC 1-4 could work. At the start of mission the list of NPC that are taking part. But still even before the thread is made to have NPCs that are constant til eliminated. For instance there is no captain of squad 3; we create Captain Ryoko Masaki til the position is filled by a PC. When missions or stories come up the information/stats for Ryoko is available for anyone to use for their story. I guess what I'm trying to put together is similar to those comic book source books. Squad members can by totally faceless killable characters, but the upper ranks are what I'm focusing on.
Gonna post a character, see if it's a better example.

For once lol. Mark your calender Ri, it might not happen again.

Captain of Squad Nine - Marlamin Kourei - Rank 9

Shinigami

Name: Marlamin Kourei
Age: 240, Appears 48.
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 170 lbs.
Gender: Male

Personality: Abides by the law, unless the law is extremely unjust. He isn't much for jokes and rarely is seen laughing or even smiling. One of the things he does enjoy however is his sake. The man can usually be found sampling his own private stash on the back porch of his house when duty doesn’t call. He sometimes is seen writing musings to himself in a large library of journals he keeps. Some say they are tabs on the members of the Soul Society, whether or not that is true only he knows… No one dares cross the man to find out.

Appearance: Marlamin has navy blue hair which is kept rather wild looking. He also wears a pair of purple tinted shades and a black chain around his neck. When he wears a gigai he prefers black button-up dress shirts and blue jeans. He may also wear a black long coat over the outfit if the weather requires it. When in the Soul Society however, he tends to keep to his Captain’s attire save for the shades which he hardly ever takes off. The shades don’t aid his vision in any way, in fact they inhibit it, causing him to have to rely on his sensing abilities to make up for the reduced ocular input.

Spoiler:

Sealed Zanpakutō : The blade of Rosuto Reikon is about 72 centimeters long. The hilt is wrapped with a jet black ito, showing the silver colored metal through the diamond wrapping pattern. The base of the hilt has a skull on it, signifying it as the legendary “Grim Reaper Zanpakuto”. The sheath is as well black and has no significant markings on it. The skull is the only thing separating the expertly forged blade from any other katana-shaped zanpakuto.

Spoiler:

Call out phrase for Shikai: “Come Forth, Rosuto Reikon!”

Description of released form: (Kido Type)
The blade transforms into a giant 80” scythe which is covered in bone that runs down the handle, resembling a human spine. At the top of the scythe, from which sprouts the blade, a horrifying skull rests, peering into the souls of the men and women in which it reaps. A broken chain hangs just above the six foot mark; some say it is the chain of fate for all of mankind. A lifespan only death himself would know, others say that it once held death to a land where only the damned roam but he’d broken out to seek vengeance on the lives of mortals…

Spoiler:

Shikai Ability 1: Kihaku Suitoru (Soul Drain)
Each time that Rosuto Reikon cuts an opponent, a small amount of reishi is absorbed into the blade and remanifested as raw energy in which can be fired back at the opponent in a slicing fashion or used to boost the user’s own spiritual energy levels.

Shikai Ability 2: Makura Reikon (Bolster Spirit)
This ability temporarily replenishes spent energy and empowers the user. Kido and other spiritual abilities are strengthened almost twice over, this ability lasts for about two minutes or until the user dismisses the ability, whichever occurs first.

Shikai Ability 3: Kyoufushou (Morbid Fear)
This ability causes the target to experience intense levels of fear, panic, and any other form of horrifying mental debilitation. This lasts for up to two minutes and does not leave the enemy helpless but rather causing him/her to focus solely on survival or escape. Attacking the user will not even cross their minds as an option of escaping the fearsome wielder of Death’s Scythe.

Call out phrase for Bankai: “The Souls of the lost, I will guide.”

Zanpakuto Manifest: The Grim Reaper.

Spoiler:

Bankai Ability 1: Matsugo (Deathbed, The Hour of Death)
This ability places a form of curse on the enemy that can only be removed by the user or a healing type zanpakuto. (Some religious leaders of the human realm that have experienced contact with spirits before sometimes obtain a form of curse-removal ability that has worked in the past…) The curse has three stages:

Stage 1 [After 1 minute] – Loss of Strength. (-5 to Fighting Skill, increasing to -10 and -15 as the stages progress)
Stage 2 [After 2 minutes] – Loss of Spirit (-10 to Spirit Power, increasing to -15 as the stages progress)
Stage 3 [After 10 minutes] – Loss of Focus (The affected will find it extremely hard to concentrate, often beginning to talk to him/herself or wander aimlessly about… In battle, blacking out is not uncommon…)

Bankai Ability 2: Shi No Yobidashi (Death’s Beckoning)
This ability is not widely known about. It is taboo amongst some and simply feared by others. The ability, as the name suggests, raises the dead, but not in a resurrection kind of manner. The bodies of the, both recently and long since, departed raise up and fight under the user’s control. They can be ordered to do anything, even sacrifice themselves to Rosuto Reikon to further boost its abilities. These are fairly weak, comparable to low-leveled hollows. They have no desire to survive, which is why they aren’t known to defend themselves very well. What they are known for is to strike fear into the opponent and to protect their master at all costs. The bodies of spiritual creatures such as Shinigami come back with all the powers they had previously but lack the experience that they once wielded with them. These creatures only last for as long as the user wishes them to remain. When they are dismissed, the corpses collapse on the ground once again immobile mounds of dead flesh and bones.

Each character gets 60 skill points to assign to either:

Spirit power: 55

Speed: 35

Intelligence: 40

Fighting skill: 30

History/Background: Marlamin grew up in nobility, although he never cared for the rest of the nobles in his house. He completed his six years of training and graduated top of his class. He was admitted into Squad Nine and quickly rose through the ranks to Captain. This wasn’t something that hadn’t been already foreseen, the boy had shown promise at a very early age. It had been rumored that the lad was a prodigy, the next in line to inherit the “Grim Reaper Zanpakuto”. A rumor that proved largely true since his shikai took the form of a menacing black scythe. Indeed, Rosuto Reikon had been placed into the hands of yet another Kourei…

Marlamin is a fair Captain but does not tolerate disobedience or disrespect. He studies the art of kido and is widely known as a strategist. He was once a candidate for both the Twelfth Squad and Fifth Squad Captain position but took the open Ninth Squad position due to his continued loyalty to his original squad. Some say that they see a young Byakuya Kuchiki in the man based on his attitude towards the law.

And wow. Very nicely made. Powerful as a captain should be, and just scary enough to leave alone.

I pass on any nomination. I do enjoy the level grind it's what I do best. All my final saves for RPGs have characters near max level and pimped with gear. A bump is like entering that infinite life cheat code on Azure Dreams. (OMG if anyone figures that one, you get an award)

I Nominate Ri to be Boosted to Rank 8.

*Uses awesome ventriloquist skills to cast voice in the opposite direction*

I nominate Kaoseu! (LIKE THIS?)

>.> lmao


Kaoseu - Rank 6
Dakuhosu - Rank 1
Kazuhiko - Rank 1
DarkMaster - Rank 1