Uh… we can do it here, I guess. We should probably have a different thread for signups, though.

Hmmm... Good question. Do we use straight Legendaries or slot them into the roles of D&D deities?

Double post because I had a thought.

I was thinking about whether or not people can understand Pokemon, and I got an idea.

Originally, only a few people can understand Pokemon, and that would be those that have studied the language intensively, or maybe druids and some mages can, and the rest only have the general idea of what their mons are saying out of familiarity with them.

BUT. After the party takes down the necromancer, the king of Crossways hires them to go looking for a mysterious artifact that is rumored to give people the ability to speak with Pokemon, and bring it back to the mages' school in Crossways so for study and so everyone can use it. If the party goes about it the right way (I have an idea for where it might be, PM me if you'd like to know, Umbra), they can find the artifact and gain the ability fairly quickly, and the difficulty would mostly come from getting it home without losing it to raiders and the like.

Thoughts? Concerns? Complaints?

Hm… that's a good question. It depends on just how old they are and how busy their life has been. I would say it's pretty reasonable that Morti might have studied Monese considering his age, and most not-young vampires probably did at some point (if only out of curiosity, and maybe with limits as to dialects and such), and maybe very old elf-types have similar limited understanding, but random old human guy probably has not, unless specifically noted.

Basically, supernaturally old beings, or at least very old members of long-lived races, can probably be assumed to have studied at least one or two "dialects" of Monese (i.e., understand at least one or two types). However, anyone who has specifically devoted a portion of their life to it can understand Monese like any other language.

Also:

I figured I should make a proper request to act as GM before we properly begin. Umbra's agreed to help me when I need it, and naturally everyone has a say when it comes to world building questions and such, but I have lots of ideas about plots and NPCs, and I've been looking for a good creative challenge.

I'm all for it!

Moar world building notes!

NOTABLE NPCS

King Afton: King Afton is a human who has been ruling Crossways for about ten years now, and the city has prospered under his reign. He took the throne young, but most in the city agree he has grown into the throne. He is popular among the people for his familiar attitude with commoners, and his sympathy with the poor. His partner is a shiny Ursaring he calls Orso.

Lord Alaric: Lord Alaric is a Tengu, and essentially the ruler of Oasis. While Oasis is technically run by a council of the leaders of the various groups that come together in the city, Alaric has the most power, and the council will generally do whatever he wants. He has been in power for as long as most people can remember, alongside his Drifblim and Skarmory partners.

Queen Ciara: Queen Ciara is the elf queen. While she rules over most of the settlements within the Shadow Woods, and Shadowgate also answers to her, her castle is in Night Fork. Very few outsiders have ever seen her, as she is often traveling the woods and when she is home she rarely ventures outside. Nevertheless, she is generally much beloved among the inhabitants of the Shadow Woods. She has a Roserade and Torterra, but both are as reclusive as she is.

King Tocho: Tocho is the orc king of Middle Pass. He is middle-aged for an orc, and cares very little for formality and nobility. He deals with his city hands-on, and works with a local blacksmith when he's not overly busy with running the city. He approaches problems among the city as well as outside threats head-on, and has no patience for deceit and politician-ing. As such, he is generally a very popular ruler among his peopple, though the nobility of other cities tend to look down on him. He has a Hitmonlee for a partner, and twin son and daughter, named Tuari and Tazanna.

Vigo: Vigo is a gigantic black dragonborn who has been the leader of Highpeak for about three years. He led a coup against the old leader, a corrupt white dragonborn named Skah, and took over with the blessing of a few of the other cities, such as Crossways and, surprisingly, Night Fork. Highpeak is still in something of a transition period, but Vigo is generally considered a better leader than Skah. Nevertheless, there is opposition to his rule among the city, and there are rumors that Oasis is backing a resistance movement against him. He is partnered with a (shiny, not that it's particularly noticeable) Garchomp.

King Harman: Harman is the Warforged king of Blackhall. He took power about ten years ago after the previous king purportedly named him his heir on his deathbed, to some controversy over whether a Warforged would make a good king, as well as suspicions as to the circumstances of his assumption of the throne. However, Blackhall has thrived since then, and while there are still opponents to his rule, many citizens of Blackhall have embraced their Warforged king. Harman has a Steelix partner.

King Jaegar: Jaegar is the dwarven king of Silver Falls. He has been in power for many years, and under his rule little changes in his city. He keeps his city's affairs to itself, and does his best not to involve himself with other cities outside of trade. He has an Armaldo, Kabutops, and Aggron.

Queen Cascata: Cascata is the mermaid queen. She lives in the capital of Dawnwatch under the water, and handles affairs mostly related to her own domain underwater. She is  rarely seen above water, and even more rarely seen above water without her husband. She married her husband some time ago when trouble between the above and below water parts of the city came into conflict, but the two are not particularly close and generally rule separately, though they appear together on formal occasions. She has a Kingdra, Blastoise, and Golduck.

King Torrin: Torrin is the Wood Elf husband of Queen Cascata. He rules the portion of Dawnwatch that is above the water. He comes from a branch of elven nobility living among the Sun Woods, and was chosen to marry Cascata as a means of uniting both the surface and depths of Dawnwatch, as well as Dawnwatch and Night Fork. He rules from afar, and it is generally very difficult to get in to see King Torrin. Rumors have it that he answers directly to Queen Ciara and Dawnwatch is really under her control, but his officials naturally deny it. Dawnwatch has been reasonably prosperous under his rule, so there are few opposition groups, though there is a a reasonably sized group that wants the surface half of Dawnwatch to split from the mermaids. Torrin has a Scyther and Yanmega as partners.

Magister Rhoswen: Rhoswen is a Drow woman, appointed by Queen Ciara to rule over the day-to-day business of Shadowgate once the city grew large enough to warrant one. She has little real power, but nevertheless enjoys meeting with the nobility of other cities to act like she does. She occasionally plays favorites among the citizens of her city, but can usually be counted on to be fair. She is very supportive of the herbalist school in the city. She has a Shiftry and Cacturne as partners.

Lord Kynan: Kynan is the Tiefling leader of Sunguard. Sunguard is led by the mining guild, who mine the Sun Stones, and Kynan is the head of the guild. He is a greedy man and rather obsessed with productivity and trade. While this has led to a rather inept judicial system and general lawlessness in the city, it has led to prosperity for the higher-ups in the mining guild and other wealthy members of the city. However, the miners themselves are often rather poor. Occasionally, Kynan will throw the poor a bone, so to speak, in an effort to pacify them, but makes no real attempt at change and is more concerned with keeping his own wealth and power. He has a Houndoom and Charizard.

Master Varick: Varick is the head of the magic academy in Crossways. He is an elf-halfling hybrid, and very irritable about his rather diminutive size. However, he is an extremely powerful mage, and close to King Afton. He is held in awe around the continent, though he rarely leaves the academy except in emergencies. He has an Exeggutor, Alakazam, and Zoroark as his partners.

Now to add my own NPCs in there:

Cecilie and Sigmund Larsen: A young noble couple who's friends with King Afton and Sigurd's adoptive parents. Cecilie is a Cleric and Sigmund is a Paladin. They're both very popular due to their friendship with the king and for being kind and helping the city in many ways by putting their fortune into good use, they're also well-known as adventurers that often leave to explore the world for anything that might be of interest for them, though they stopped their adventuring once they found Sigurd, instead they decided to spend some of that time in the church, but now they have plans of going back to adventuring now that Sigurd himself has left to take care of himself.

Cecilia is known for her beauty, having beautiful long blonde hair and blue eyes as well as a slender but strong body. She frequently wears a silver robe and blue shoes and carries a silver staff with a blue orb on it's top. She's a very serene and kind woman who has idealistic views on the world and is known for healing any injured person she might find on the streets and being very forgiving. She has as her partners a female Togekiss named Lise and a shiny Blissey named Elin, both of which share her qualities.

Sigmund has a rather messy short black hair, black eyes, has a strong build and wears a silver and blue armor very similar to the one worn by his son, including similar weapons. He's known for being a master swordman and for having an overall charismatic personality, being respectful, though playful and always having everyone's best interests in mind when making decisions, as well as being a brave warrior that never loses his cool in battle and never turns down challengers. He has as his Pokémon partners a male Escavalier named Magnus and a male Stoutland named Valter

Hmmmm... only NPC I can think of is not so important/in the limelight that others might know them.

I am ready when y'all are. LET'S DO THIS THING.

I hope not the D&D system. I hate the whole "preparing" spells thing. Makes it painful to be a wizard and/or magic type user.

We also have not decided who's going to controll the Antagonist

The antagonist is mine to sic on you lot.

I'll let you lot decide how often you can use each spell in a fight, but if you would kindly PM me the list once you've decided, I'll look it over and make sure you aren't completely broken.