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The world of online gaming has always been a field of wonders where any gamer will tell you just how magical it really is. With the advances in technology online gaming has taking a giant leap into “Virtual Reality” where anyone with a “VR Chamber” can take seat and enter the online realm of a game. The player’s movements are read to the very batter of an eyelid, and some even say they swore the game was actual life, but there in lies the difference, in the game you can be shot and you won’t die, but who’s to say that’ll last forever…

The new rage, the best game out there, the title that all young gamers have come to love has to be “Excalibur”. Excalibur is an online RPG, or MMORPG, which puts players against monsters from all over time and many legends, it puts players against players, and it puts players to the test. As a player you can choose from a infinite range of customization, your character’s design is all your own. So how will you find your own “Salvation”?

The world of Excalibur is fresh and new and yet there are already those who choose not to play the game by the rules, there are already hackers, but as of lately hacking reports have diminished. Hackers can do any number of illegal things within the game such as using powers way above their level, or creating powerful weapons for themselves, anything is possible, or was. Hackers, as I have said, have disappeared, and only a day ago someone, a hacker, died while playing Excalibur. If you’re curious I’ll tell you, but even I don’t know why this came to be. With all the hacking someone made it impossible for people to sign out but you can sign in if you weren’t logged on when this happened but the only consequence that still happens is you’re unable to log out. There is one more consequence everything within the game would has become real the weather, the monsters even your own life. If you get killed within the game your mind will be lost permanently in the gaming world.

Jobs


Cross Blader:
Wielding twin blades that may vary in length and size a Cross Blader posses great speed and is able to chain together quick combos at a high rate. While Cross Blader’s are nimble they have little defensive capabilities, but their evasion skills are top notch making up the difference.

Iron Fencer:
An Iron Fencer uses an arrangement of blades from long swords to short swords to Giant blades, rapiers and all of the above so long as it is a blade that was made around Europe’s area. An Iron Fencer is mostly balanced and they are well suited for any combat means, but they’re real skill comes with their complementary shield, they are able to defend themselves and attack with their shields as well!

Advance Lancer:
Spears, pole arms, glaives, lances, anything with the distance in pole form belongs to the Advance Lancers. The piercing power and thrusting power of a Advance lancer is unmatched, they are best suited to fight of opponents in narrow areas, or keeping them at bay. The Advance Lancer has a substantial amount of HP and defense because of their heavier armor, meaning they can take a beating. Though depending on the weapon of choice an Advance Lancer can choose to go without the armor, but still have natural defenses.

Butai Samurai:
A Butai Samurai is an elemental swordsmen, someone who has honed their body in unison with the elements and their blade. Their weapon of choice is the Katana, but what style of katana is up to them, a katana with a seven foot blade or a katana with two blades, the choice is theirs. There are a number of blade arts they can perform and along with their elements they are deadly in any situation. The Butai Samurai have a balanced skill set just like the Iron Fencer. Some of the Butai have been known to travel the paths of a Ninja.

YoungGun:
Gun Slingers are at heart a cowboy of the wild west, their preferred weapon is any means of fire arm. They’ll use handguns, shotguns, rifles, machine guns, and even explosives like grenades or mines! All the weapons have different capabilities along with different ammo, standard ammo is infinite, but elemental and special ammo isn’t. Depending on what a Gun Slinger is wielding their abilities differ, handguns increase speed, shotguns increase power, there are even shotguns that increase speed and power! Guns ignore defense points and do direct damage, but that doesn’t make them the best weapon, in a world of many different powers a bullet could be deflected easily.

Death’s Advocate:
The wielders of a scythe and dark arts, a Death’s Advocate can decapitate all enemies that surround them within a wide range. They deal with dark powers as well to cause harm to their opponents, even the stronger Death’s Advocates are capable of using a forsaken spell to completely drain someone’s life force. While deadly the Death’s Advocate must wield a difficult weapon that limits mobility and they have one major weakness, light magic…

Break Fighter:
Nothing but their fists, a Break Fighter has no fears and will go into battle with nothing but their fist and their gauntlets. They are the most agile class around, and with their acrobatic fighting styles they are able to take out a large number of enemies without even breaking a sweat. There is an unlimited number of fighting styles the Break Fighter can master, but with their power to deliver a strong and quick blow they lose out on defense for their lack of stronger armor, you can’t sacrifice movement.

Strike Ranger:
Strike Ranger’s are bowmen, archers, with a sharp eye and deadly accuracy a Strike ranger can take out anyone with stealth and before they knew what hit them. Far more accurate than a Gun Slinger they too have special arrows, but they also have less power and if one is not skilled enough then their fire rate won’t be as good either. Strike Ranger’s are capable of acrobatic feats like a Break Fighter, but that is only to avoid attackers.

Mender:
Capable of healing any in need a Mender is the master of the healing arts and light magic. While they are not the best suited for a head on battle they are able to self regenerate their health over time by just resting. They have supreme magical defense, but little physical defense, but with the power to heal allies and regenerate who needs a blade when you have a staff!

Abyss Caster:
Masters of all offensive magic and Abyss Casters have the best assortment of spells to take out anyone from a distance. They shine within the battlefield, but an Abyss Caster’s worst enemy is another Abyss Caster seeing as their magical defense is very limited. Abyss Caster’s use one of three weapons, and enchanted doll or cursed doll, a book or a staff, cursed doll amps up the Power and Speed of Spells but drain SP faster, and enchanted dolls boost SP while raising defense and accuracy.

Swan:
Swans are dancers using bladed fans for battle, like Cross Bladers they are extremely nimble, but the real power of the Swan comes from the dances they perform. Different dances yield different status effects, one which could boost their strength or hinder their opponents. They have balanced magical defense and attack making them good to have in any situation, some Swans of a stronger caliber have been known to use time spells.

Outlaw:
An Outlaw is a jack of all trades, one who is capable of learning how to wield all weapons, all magic, everything, but it takes time, they are well suited for almost any situation, but power has to be earned. An Outlaw’s abilities are fully customized by the player, they have to choose what they cherish most, power, defense, speed. While there is no one weakness of an Outlaw, there is no one strength either.

Other Classes: Knights, Assassins, Ninja’s, Priest and any other I may have missed. I believe these are all explainable if you have played Role-playing games before. Any questions just Pm me and ill give you a general example of them.
Races:
All races and species are acceptable.



Rules

Rules


I ~ All Gaia rules apply of course
II ~ Be Semi-literate. Literate is preferred, I will be lenient in some cases.
III ~ This means no one line posts, if it is because you simply cannot come up with much then I understand, but if you post nothing but one liners for an extended period of time I will take action.
IV ~ Absolutely no God-Modding, I will determine if it is God-modding and then I will take further action.
V ~ No Cybering, that is a given.
VI ~ Romance is allowed.
VII ~ PM me all Profiles.
VIII ~ The PM should be titled, “I’m full of Baloney”
IX ~ No Bickering, fighting, etc. any of the latter will be punished. All complaints are to be PMed to me.
X~PM me any questions you may have.
XI~A RP sample is needed, I will put a sample scenario at the end of this post and then, along with your Profile, you will send your Sample to me.
XII ~ The Sample will be up to two or more paragraphs, a paragraph consists of three sentences, a maximum of nine sentences.
XIII ~ Keep it PG-16 .
XIV ~ Ignore rule number VIII. To show you’ve read the rules title the PM with your profile “Salvation”.
XV ~ Ask me any and all questions if you need to.
XVI ~ I reserve the rights to change or add any rules as I deem fit.
XVII ~ Mandatory fun, all will enjoy themselves or face the wrath and scorn of me and my followers!
XVIII ~ This is a long term Rp. Attendance is mandatory if you Rp and happen to be an a important role. Also make this a fun Rp and readable for others.

Consequences


If you are to break the lovely rules I have set in place then you will be punished. First of all if it one offense then your punishment will not be too severe, but if you break many rules in one foul swoop then I will take action accordingly. If you repeat an offense I reserve the right to act as I see fit. I also reserve the right to skip to any level of consequence I deem necessary.

I ~ A warning will be issued to you via PM.
II ~ A warning will be issued to you via the thread in an announcement.
III ~ I can, if I so choose, act against your character with restrictions. (( Eh, if I feel like it ))
IV ~ You will be removed from the RP.


About Excalibur


Excalibur is an MMORPG where almost anything is possible! In Excalibur you will have complete creative control over your character’s looks, capabilities, and now every action! To get started all you have to do is name and design your character, choose a class, weapon & armor, three starter special abilities (don’t worry you’ll unlock more as you level up), and after you’re all set just start and pick your server. When you start off you may notice you only have two skills and limited abilities, don't fret, you'll get stronger. You’ll be started with an assortment of items to begin with, but if you run out don’t panic, you have “Credits”, your money, you can get credits from quests, killing monsters or even players, selling things, or even begging (but no one likes a beggar). If you’re looking for better equipment or more items you’ll have to return to the “Home Servers”. Home Servers are all the town and city servers where you’ll respawn when you log on or die. There you’ll find weapons & armor shops, magic shops, general item stores, character customization, Inns (for replenishing health and magic quick and easy), quest shops, rare item shops ,and town halls where various things can be applied for. Oh if you want to go out and do a quest or go fight, in every server there is a building called an "Atrium", just go in to the gate keeper, say the magic words, and you'll be taken to a field!
Skills & Abilities


In Excalibur there are Skills and Abilities, both are very different, and you will gain and develop new skills and abilities as you grow stronger.

Skills:
First are Skills, skills are special attacks, or special techniques that can be used by Expending SP. So long as you have enough SP you can perform a skill, stronger skills spend more SP, but don't worry, your SP slowly recovers with time. (Skill will be clearly made up by the creators of there characters and require at least 4 to join but must have at least up to 10 which should be created In a later time as the story progresses.)

Abilities:
Now Abilities are different from skills, they are the make up of your character's strengths. Abilities do not use anything and are either always in use or can be invoked at any time. You will gain abilities as you get stronger, and the more abilities you have the better. Abilities mostly have to do with your stats and will most likely involve your strongest stat. So if you are rely on strength expect to gain a lot of abilities that will allow you to utilize the strength. (Also made up by the creator of there characters. Abilities are like a general stat sheet of your character which should be based on what type of job you are but wont be mostly focused on. Example… Str 65 Agi 42 Dex 34 and so on.)
Special Skills


Special skills are skills available to all characters, and like abilities they use nothing up to perform them.

Tentou:
Tentou is a counter attack, if an enemy is using a skill you can counter them with a skill of your own, but you have to time it right and you have to land the first blow. You can tell an enemy is using a skill when they say the name of the attack, and an aura surrounds them. Tentou deals out extra damage to the enemy and can be useful in a pinch, but again it is in timing, it you try to counter too soon the enemy could call off their attack and then counter you!

Clash:
The clash system is fairly new so listen up. Like Tentou it is a counter, but instead of landing a strike it is when two players using skills collide, if their weapons meet then Clash is thrown into effect. In Clash the players go back in forth delivering blows, dodging and blocking until one player is hit, the player hit will recieve the damage that the skill would have done. The cool effect about clash is when it is initiated the players are surrounded by a black field which no one can enter or interfere.

Critical:
A critical hit is simple, when you strike an enemy where they are vulnerable they receive a little extra damage, critical hits happen completely at random.

Death Blow:
A Death Blow can occur when your opponent is in Critical health, when their health is dangerously low. There are two ways to do a Death Blow, parry their attack and then strike, or strike them just as they are going to strike you. A Death Blow is hard to perform, but when done right it immediately downs the enemy.

Desperation:
Desperation is where someone in critical health gather's their strength for an attack, despearation can only be done once in a battle. The strength of the attack triples, but after the initial attack the other attacks will do half damage for a short period of time, so think before you get desperate.

Outbreak:
Outbreak is the greatest of all techniques, Outbreak summons strength the player didn't know they had and increases it dramatically. When Outbreak is intiated the player will be surrounded by an aura (colors vary) and their power, speed, everything is doubled, SP becomes Infinite, and HP regenerates! This doesn't last long however so don't waste a second. To initiate Outbreak you have to fill you Break guage, you can do this by performing the special skills above, once filled it will glow to indicate Outbreak is available. Be careful though, when enemies Outbreak at the same time they are sent into 'Final Clash'.

Final Clash:
Like Clash, Final Clash is where opponents Outbreak at the same time (it could also be that someone is already in Outbreak and then you Outbreak, or vise versa). In Final Clash enemies exchange blows until one lands, though unlike in clash there is a price, the loser in Final Clash loses all of the HP and falls, so watch out!
Customization


Customization is an option to those who play Excalibur, don't like your weapons, armor, magic? Customize your equipment to suit your needs! As you play the games you will find that you will pick of various items that you cannot use in or off the field, these items are most likely to be used for upgrading weapons or armor! Different items yield different effect, and if you master the customization system the stronger your weapon will become, you could even make a level 1 sword to a level 100 sword easy with the right customizations! If you are not one who customize you can always pick up different weapons!

Magic is a little different to customize, magic users will gain Mana Points as they fight, the more Mana you gain the more you will be able to upgrade your abilities. You can allocate your mana with what ever kind of spell you want to power up. You can even create new spells with Mana, combining spells and creating your own signature attack is all done with Mana.


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b]Gaia Name:
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Gaia Name: ~Maxfortune
Name | Title: Sakachi Kiatro Yasumi {Angel of Fallen Wings}
Clan | Association: None
Age: 20
Height: 6'1
Race: Human
Job: Monk
Level: 1
Weapon: Oni Genkotsu (Meaning both hands) A weapon equipped on his both hands. Has the power to expend SP in order to cast out Ki energy.

(Without the beast arms)
Devil's arm only appears when 'The Sin' is activated. Equipped only to his left hand. Dramatically increases all of his stats. Drains health of enemies with touch. Manipulates Dark Aura with use of SP.(Sin is a skill he activates)

Armor: Sacrificial Coat: When activated the coat drains life to boost power
Street Clothes: Not much to look at, but it is upgraded to allow free movement, increases speed.

Special Ability | Skills: The Sin: Unlocks the true power of both arms.
Mastery of many different fighting styles, Incredible power, evasion, and speed, The use of Ki.

Avarice Incarnate: Throws the user into a berserk frenzy, increasing power, speed, and doubling HP, but lowers defense by 2/3rds.

Forlorn Embrace: Hitting the enemy with an open palm thrust he paralyzes them and then grabs them by the throat, draining their life.

Ascend: Attacking with a number of energy strikes before cutting through with a blow to the midsection; sending them into the air before appearing behind them and sending them back down with another strike.

Reaping of the Soul: His ultimate attack, can only be done while ‘The Sin’ is initiated. A demonic creature appears behind the user as he lashes out with a flurry of strikes, finally ending the attack by piercing his left hand through the chest of the enemy, taking their soul.

Personality: Easy going, Determined and usually brings laughter to the group. He has a friendly personality.

Bio: N/A
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Cloud walked towards the cafeteria rubbing his head as he sighed. "Crap that test was way too hard. I never used to have to stay the whole three hours to finish one exam. Hopefully Max and Yakiro did better than me with their tests than I did." He said as he stopped for a second on his way to the cafe to get a cinnamon bun and some soda happily. "Nothing can turn a frown upside down that a good snack." He said as he peaked into the cafeteria while eating his cinnamon bun to see if anyone was there.

Yakiro stood playing his psp as he tried to think of the name of the new game that Max was talking about.

"Ummmm i know it started with an E.... something about Eve? i forgot the name of it because i was so damn worried about finals" Yakiro said still looking at his psp. He stretched and yawned as he paused his game.

"Damn im hungry..... i didnt eat anything this morning because i was running late for today's exam" Thought Yakiro

"Yea but ******** Vagine here made it obvious....lucky we didnt get caught or anything or we coulda got expelled" Yakiro pointed at Max.

"But yea....was the test hard for you Cloud?" Yakiro turned off his psp and put it away in his backpack. The cafeteria started to get loud and crowded as people started to enter the lunchroom area.

He sighed and shook his head as he finished his cinnamon bun and soda. "Anyway you guys wanna come with me to GameStop? I am gonna go get that new game E.V.E. of Extinction." He said excitdely as he looked at them. "Its the biggest MMORPG known to man and they are trying out new technology so this will be the first game to take place in a virtual world where you, your brain, and your body all control what goes on whats in the game. I also heard rumors that if you eat in the game your real life body also gets full. Imagine all the sweet I could eat?" He smiled wanting to get the game even more every second.

Yakiro's eyes got wide as a smile came across his face...

"The best RPG ever? I definately have to get in on this game" He said as he gathered all his things and started to head out with Max and Cloud.

"I just hope i have enough money to buy the damn thing. i spent like 250 on my new psp and everything. CVS doesnt pay good enough ya know" Yakiro said as he got up from the chair and waited on the guys to start heading out the lunch room.

Max was so freaking thrilled he took out a notepad and starting writing ideas as they walked towards the gamestop. "If we dont get there in 5 minutes im deadass about to run and leave ya niggas behind" max said in a funny tone. "Dolly" Max replied as he laughed. So any ideas on what class you guys are gonna be yet?

Max had always dreamt of this and had an idea planned long ago. It would be easy for him to set this up and all.