Fantasy Kingdom (A Fantasy Journey RPG based on Dokapon Kingdom and Fantasy Life)

Renose · Jun 29, 2015

So this is a new idea I have had for an RP after playing Fantasy Life while watching the TRG's lets play of Dokapon Kingdom. I love both of these games and thought an RP incorporating mechanics, concepts, and characters from both to create something new would be interesting.

Story Basics

For the story of this RP, I plan on having it be somewhat with how Fantasy Life did its story. An overarching plot, or probably overarching plots, that are connected by various events that will happen on your characters' journeys. Whether or not they encounter these events and go along with this story or forge their own is up to you though. So essentially it will be more 'sandbox' in a sense. You can do anything you'd like on your quest. For those who have played both games, I plan on having the events of these games take place about a hundred years after their respective stories, so you need not know about either game's story.

This will be a more lighthearted story, so if you are looking for something super serious, dark, or gritty this may not necessarily be for you. Of course, while this RP will be pretty lighthearted that doesn't mean that there won't be any serious story or themes.

All Roads lead to an adventure, so the question is not which road you'll take, but what your adventure will be.

The World

Now that the basics of how the story will work are out of the way, onto the world. This story will take place in the fantasy world of Reveria, a world full of magic, monsters, and ancient secrets. The world has four kingdoms and two regions, the two of them separated by a sea. For the longest time, neither region of the world knew about the other. Until one day, the raging sea that separated them that no one dared to cross seemed to calm itself, allowing the two to eventually discover one another.

The region to the west is known as Fantasia (essentially the 'continent' the kingdoms of Fantasy Life will be on for this RP, the actual world itself is called Reveria in Fantasy Life, no other continents known). It is home to three Kingdoms. Al Maajik, Castele, and Port Puerto. These three kingdoms are at peace with one another, with the acception of Al Maajik and Castle. King Erik of Castele and the former Dark Sultan of Al Maajik still tend to play pranks on one another every now and again.

The vast kingdom of Dokapon has seven continents, making it much larger than Fantasia to the east. Unfortunately due to the vastness of the Dokapon Kingdom, often times a good amount of its lands are not fully explored and monsters find ways to besiege towns. Still, there are always plenty of adventurers willing to free the towns from the monsters that sometimes act up, although after the defeat of the demon lord the monsters have rarely attacked any towns. That doesn't mean the roads aren't dangerous though.

Gameplay

So here is how gameplay will work. This will have a Game System that will be a bit more reminiscent of both games. It will be pretty straight forward and will be more for better determining your character's abilities and resolving challenges like combat. If you are anything like me, you dislike losing and you dislike setting yourself up to lose. I believe adding a game system takes out the need for setting up what happens and allows for a bit more suspense since the results of things like combat and other various actions will be resolved by dice rolls.

Of course, your roleplaying will be the a good determining factor in some scenarios, providing bonuses and the like if you detail how you are going to act. Strategy is good as well. Determining how to play out each of your actions in a fight to try and win without taking much damage and knowing how to employ what abilities and items you possess.

Right now I am still working on the Game System, it is somewhat done, but once it is finished I will put it on here (or in the OOC if that is made by then). The concept of Lives (or Jobs are they are called in Dokapon) will be implemented.

I am planning for about 4 - 6 players, but it may be possible for more.

Writing will be Casual/Intermediate to Adept.

Renose · Jun 29, 2015

I suck at banner creation BTW.

Renose · Jun 29, 2015

The Game system is almost done.

a touch of dread · Jun 30, 2015

I'm not the most reliable of players, but I loved Dokapon Kingdom (what little I played), and I'd like to give this RP a go! :orly:

Renose · Jun 30, 2015

Kal said:
I'm not the most reliable of players, but I loved Dokapon Kingdom (what little I played), and I'd like to give this RP a go!

your the first to express interest so far. Welcome aboard. Should have the details on the system up soon

Renose · Jun 30, 2015

Ok, done with yard work, time to finish up the system.

Garou · Jul 1, 2015

Interested~!

Renose · Jul 1, 2015

Welcome aboard. And to Iwaku.

Renose · Jul 2, 2015

Here is how the basics of Character Building will work.

Naturally in any RPG, one of the main things to consider if your character's Stats. Your Stats are the main determining factor for the results of your actions and what sort of abilities you can acquire. You have 8 Stats in total and 4 Stat Points to allocate to all of them at Character Creation. None of them can start off higher than 10 or lower than 1. So potentially for a balanced starting build, you could put five points into all of your Stats.

Your Stats go up as you Level. Every level based on your current Job/Life a couple of your Stats will increase. Then you will be awarded two Stat Points to allocate into any of your Stats as you please, every 10th level actually giving you three points instead. Whenever you reach Master Rank in a Job, you will gain an additional Stat increase whenever you level up based upon that Life that will apply regardless of what Job you have at the moment.

Here are the Stats of your Character.

Health
How much damage your character can take. Your Health is equal to 10 + Vitality (x5) + Strength. This basically keeps you alive, determining how much damage you can take. While not necessarily considered an official Stat, as it is not counted for Character Creation Stat Points, you can put Stat Points into it, even at Character Creation. Every Stat Point you put into your Health increases your Health by 5.

Strength
Your character's physical might. Increases your Health, Determines damage with Melee Weapons and assists in tasks that would require more brute strength like Woodcutting and Mining.

Vitality
Your character's physical constitution. Increases character HP, increases Physical Defense, and it assists in stamina and endurance based tasks like Carpentry and Blacksmithing.

Dexterity
Your character's hand-eye coordination and finesse. Helps with weapon Accuracy, Parry Defense, and it assists in tasks that require hand-eye coordination like Sewing, Cooking, and Sleight of Hand.

Agility
Your character's speed and grace. Helps you evade attacks and spells as well as hit with spells and some attacks. Also lets you perform more attacks at once in a single turn. Assists in tasks that require speed and grace like Acrobatics and Stealth.

Intelligence
Your character's mental aptitude and span of general knowledge. Powers up magic, lets you take more Specialized Talents, and assists in knowledge based tasks like Alchemy and Spellcraft.

Focus
Your character's mental fortitude and willpower. Powers up mystical abilities, increases Magic Defense, and assists in willpower based tasks like Fishing and Sorcery.

Charisma
Your character's strength of presence and how likable they are. Assists in all communication based tasks like Negotiation and Prayer.

Luck
How lucky your character is. Has various uses like Item Drop Chance and Critical Chance. Is useful in many walks of Life.

So here will be the main mechanic for this RP. Your Life. The Life Goddess a long time ago got tired of granting people's wishes and wanted them to become stronger and be able to grant their own wishes. To do so, she gave the people of Reveria what is known in Fantasia as Lives and to the people of Dokapon as Jobs.

The Life you currently are decides your special Ability, what Talents and Skills you are better with, how your Stat growth progresses, and overall is the main determinant for your character's strengths and weaknesses. Of course, you could also switch Lives to switch up your abilities, choosing which specific ones to build up in order to more better customize your character.

Now I do have a specific list of Lives that your characters could assume, but if you have any special ideas for a Job then go ahead and suggest one.

Every Job has a specific special Ability that allows them to more better do their job. A Miner can gather more ore while mining or a warrior has a chance of gaining a physical attack boost whenever he enters combat. These abilities change whenever you change your job, so its a good idea to change your job when doing one thing that tailors to one ability. All Special Abilities can only be used once per day unless stated otherwise.

Every job has a specified set of Talents that it is better with. All Skills involving said Talents are ones meant for that job. While I won't be going into more detail about Talents in this part, I will mention how Talents and your current Job coincide.

You are more proficient with your current Job specific Talent(s) than you are with Talents from other Jobs and less proficient with Talents from other Jobs. All Skills that are from Talents of other Jobs are actually 50% less effective when a different Job and they level 50% more slowly.

For every 5 points you have in INT you may actually choose one Talent to specialize in. When you do so these penalties are reduced to just 25% for the Skills of that specific Talent. Becoming Hero Rank, which is a rank above Master, in said Job the penalty is reduced by 25% for all of the Talents of said Job. So there is an incentive to carry through a job beyond Master Rank. So a Talent that you are specialized in and have acquired Hero Rank in the Job for said Talent the penalties would not exist.

Skills can either be acquired through learning Talents from Jobs or from learning new individual Skills through different means since not every Skill is tied to a Talent or sometimes you can learn individual Skills that would be tied to specific Talents through other means, like certain Jobs.

In the case of certain Skills like this, ones that aren't necessarily tied to specific Lives or Talents, they usually won't be given the cross-job penalty. For instance. While some Jobs (like Warrior) give a Talent that gives you access to multiple Weapon Proficiency Skills, the Skills themselves are not affected by the Cross-Job Penalty as long as you aren't utilizing the Talent itself or any specific Skills tied to it (see Talent Section for details).

Whenever you Level up while a specific Life, your Stats will go up based on that Life. So for instance, leveling as something like a Cook would increase your Intelligence and Dexterity when you level up. A Warrior would have a point put into Strength and Dexterity, since they are strong and skilled with weapons.

Whenever you reach Master Rank in a Job, you gain an additional increase to a specific Stat that remains regardless of your Job. For instance, a Warrior's Mastery Stat is Strength. So if you mastered Warrior and then switched to a different job and leveled up, you would still get your level bonuses from said Job, plus a point in Strength. So mastering multiple Jobs is a good way to raise your Stats.

Reaching 'Legend' Rank in a Job, which is the final Rank in a job after Hero, gives you an additional stat increase with each of your level ups. So there is decent incentive to stick through a Job to Legend Rank as well aside from things that are more job specific.

So naturally you may want to experience other Lives, like perhaps you want to go about gathering ore as a Miner when you travel, but then when you get to another town you want to forge your findings into some neat equipment as a Blacksmith. You can switch your Life in any Town, Castle, or City, doing so at the Shrine of the Life Goddess. If you manage to encounter a Shrine on your travels you can switch there as well.

You can switch anywhere to any Life you have achieved at least Novice Rank in. But if you have not started that Life at all then you must switch in one of the major Cities and do your Initiate Training for that Life. This will take about a day or two, but once its done then you will achieve Novice Rank.

Note that whenever you change your Job, your Level Up bonuses become those of which you changed your Job to, which is important to note. So lets say you were a Sorcerer for a while, fighting enemies with your magic. You come back to town and decide to work on some potions as a Herbalist. If you were to Level Up while you were still a Herbalist, you would gain the Herbalist Stat Bonuses rather than the Sorcerer Stat Bonuses, so if you want to just gain the Stat bonuses for one job then that is something to consider. (Of course, your characters themselves don't know about Stats and things like that, so don't metagame).

As you travel and do more in your Life naturally it will Rank Up. Whenever your Life Ranks Up several things will happen. First off ou can now visit people or Trainers specific to your Life (or at least somewhat relevant to it) and you should be able to acquire new techniques or gain new information or items from people. Furthermore, you'll receive the 'Rank Up' reward that is specific to each Job, which may be a Stat Bonus or the opening up of new various techniques or abilities.

Job Progression is based on the category of the Job, but essentially to progress you need a certain level of Job Points. You get Job Points (JP) whenever you complete tasks specific to your job's type or to the Job itself if its a Technical Job. The amount you need for each Job type is varied too. Once you rank up to the next job, your JP are reset to 0 and the amount you need usually goes up. Note that things that gave you JP at one Rank won't necessarily do so the next Rank. For instance for Artisans you may need to start crafting stronger Items or for gatherers start gathering tougher to get materials.

For Combatants, you need 5 to proceed from Novice, 7 from Fledgling, 10 from Apprentice, 13 from Adept, 16 from Expert, and 20 from Master.

For Artisans, you need 8 to proceed from Novice, 10 from Fledgling, 13 from Apprentice, 16 from Adept, 20 from Expert, and 25 from Master.

For Gatherers you need 10 to proceed from Novice, 13 from Fledgling, 16 from Apprentice, 20 from Adept, 25 from Expert, and 30 from Master.

For Technical Lives, the amount varies.

To Rank up from Hero to Legend, you will need to undergo a very difficult quest or possibly even quests that will usually be given to you by a Life Master for your Life. For a Warrior it could be to defeat a particularly powerful enemy. For a Gatherer Life it will be usually to find a very rare and hard to acquire material and for an Artisan Job it may be to craft something extraordinary.

They say there is one Rank beyond Legend for every life though. The name of this Rank is unknown. Some say its 'Champion' while others claim it to be 'God' or 'Creator'. Of course, some say that there is no way such a Rank exists as there will never be anyone who could achieve something beyond being a Legend. Whether or not you believe this to be true is up to you, but if you could progress to such an illustrious Rank, the rewards would be incredible.

Now here is the list of potential Jobs that your character can take and their Talent(s), Skills, and Abilities that come with them. The specifics of said Talents will be covered in the 'Talent' section that comes after this one. There are two 'tiers' of Jobs. 'Basic' and 'Advanced'. Basic Jobs are ones that can be acquired at character creation and usually are more introductory. Advanced Jobs usually require you to reach 'Master' Rank in one or more Jobs to unlock them, or to have your Stats reach certain amounts. Some may even require you to go through specific Quests to acquire them (such as Hero or Robo Knight).

The jobs then have four different Categories that they are organized under. These four categories are Combatant, Artisan, Gatherer, and Technical.

Combatant jobs are simply as their name implies. These are jobs that are more meant for fighting people and monsters more than anything else. They range from sturdy Knights to mystical Sorcerers who call upon the powers of the Spirits to power their elemental magic. Their Skills and such are mostly meant for combat and thus are more useful out on the road or in dungeons than inside of the more peaceful towns. Doesn't mean they are completely useless in towns, as you'll never know when you'll get into a fight. To Rank up in any Combat oriented Life, you must fight battles with enemies that are about the same level as you, gaining one Job Point for every Enemy you defeat. You get 2 Points if you defeat another Player or a more powerful 'Boss' Enemy.

Artisans are craftsman, performers, or other such types whose Lives depend upon making or doing things for others or themselves. They can make a variety of items that they usually either can buy from shops, or perhaps gather themselves. While not all that useful out in the field, an Artisan's Life is essentially best taken while inside of any town or city. These types of lives can range from Blacksmiths who make/repair armor and metal weapons to Entertainers who sing and perform for others. To progress in an Artisan Life, you must practice your craft, gaining two points for every successful attempt and one point if you fail. After you achieve Expert Rank, you only instead get one point if you succeed and no points if you fail.

Gatherers are those who spend time out in the fields, on roads, or in caves gathering various supplies and materials to sell back to vendors or perhaps use to further their own Artisan Life. Useful just about anywhere, Gatherer Lives know how to easily find the best materials and gather more of them at a time and, while these Lives are not necessarily proficient at combat, they are not necessarily complete pushovers either. These can range from Miners who gather ore to Herbalists who forage for all sorts of herbs both common and exotic. Gatherers gain one Job Point whenever common materials are gathered, two when uncommon materials are gathered, and three when exotic materials are gathered. After reaching Expert Rank, the amount you get goes down by 1.

Originally there were three categories of lives. When Fantasia and Dokapon finally met one another, however; the knowledge of Lives that they both had crossed, and the concept of the various Lives both of them knew changed drastically. As such, some more specialized Lives were born, lives that necessarily can't be put into the three other categories. Technical Lives are those that possess a more specialized set of Skills that are useful for a more specific purpose, such as a Thief who knows how to steal or disarm traps to the Hunter who knows everything about the wilderness like the back of his hand and is highly skilled with a bow. The Life progression for Technical Lives is dependent upon the individual Life.

These are the more basic Lives. You can either start as any one of these at Character Creation or come up with ideas for one of your own (the likes of which I shall judge). I will not be putting every single detail for every single one of them down, but rather just detail a couple of them to show examples and then give just descriptions of others.

Here are the Basic Combatant Lives

A melee combatant who knows how to wields large, two handed weapons to deal alot of damage to foes. They can wear Medium Armor, preferring to keep themselves a bit uninhibited on the battlefield so that they may inflict alot of quick, powerful strikes with their bigger weapons.

Special Ability
Pump Up: A Fighter knows how to get pumped and rallied up for a big fight. Before entering any battle, a Fighter has a 25% Chance to receive a 25% Boost to their Strength for the fight.

Level Up Bonuses
Gain +1 Strength and +1 Agility
Gain an additional +1 Strength per Level if Master Rank is achieved.
Gain an additional +1 Strength and Agility per Level if Legend Rank is achieved.

Job Talents
Brute Weapon Fighting (Strength + Agility): A Fighter knows how to knock opponents around with fast strikes from larger, more powerful weapons. They can gain proficiency in any common Heavy Weapon and this Talent is used to determine Attack Speed for your Heavy Weapons, but is also considered a Weapon Proficiency Talent for any common Heavy Weapons.

Job Skills
Weapon Proficiency: Gain a Weapon Proficiency Skill in a Common Heavy Weapon of your choice.

Parry: One's ability to parry blows with their own weapons, thus negating them. Tied to any appropriate Weapon Proficiency Talent for the weapon you are wielding. Note that it is harder to parry the blows of those who either wield much larger, stronger weapons than you do or who are just stronger and larger than you in general. Leveling this Talent makes it easier to parry blows.

Rank Rewards
Novice: Gain starting Fighter abilities.
Fledgling: Can now learn Fighter Techniques.
Apprentice: Get +1 Vitality and +5 Health.
Adept: Can now learn Advanced Fighter Techniques
Expert: Can now wear Heavy Armor as a Fighter.
Master: Learn the 'Giant's Grip' Special Ability.

A Life founded after Fantasia and Dokapon met and their different ideas for how Magic casting lives work. This Life is descended from the Magicians of Fantasia who would contract with the Spirits to call forth elemental magic.

Special Ability
Spirit's Protection: Sorcerers have strong ties with the elemental spirits and as such are blessed with their protection. When you would take damage, you can choose to reduce it by an amount equal to your Charisma times your Job Level.

Level Up Bonuses
Gain +1 Focus and +1 Charisma per Level as a Sorcerer.
Gain an additional +1 Focus per Level if Master Rank is achieved.
Gain an additional +1 Focus and Charisma per Level if Legend Rank is achieved.

Job Talents
Sorcery (Charisma + Focus): Sorcerers utilize their magic to call upon the powers of the elements through the contracts they have made with the elemental spirits.

Job Skills
Sorcery: Tied to the Sorcery Talent. Higher levels in this Skill makes it easier to attempt more difficult Sorcery and allows you to wield more powerful Wands.

Arcane Spell Casting: The ability of a Spell Caster to cast Arcane Spells from Spell Scrolls. A higher level in this Skill increases the likelihood of hitting with Arcane Spells and their effectiveness. Tied to the Arcane Magic Talent or any Magic casting Job.

Diplomacy: Knowing how to calmly talk and debate with someone to persuade them to do something. Higher levels of this Skill make it more easily to persuade others. Not tied to any Job or Talent, although it is compatible with the Negotiation Talent.

Fire Magic: Your ability to call upon and utilize the element of Fire through your contract with the Spirits of Fire. Higher levels in this Skill strengthens your Fire Magic. (You also get Air, Water, and Earth, which is the same as this, only for those specific elements).

Rank Rewards
Novice: Gain Sorcerer Starting Abilities
Fledgling: Get the Secondary Element Skill
Apprentice: You can now wear Light Armor as a Sorcerer
Adept: Gain the Focus Magic Special Ability
Expert: Gain the Spirit Summon Skill
Master: You can now contract with either a Light Spirit or a Dark Spirit.

These are the more complex and unique Lives. These Advanced Lives cannot be acquired at Character Creation. Instead you must meet their Requirements. Advanced Jobs are a bit hard to get, and it is at Adept when they start gaining less JP (if they are in a category to do so), plus it is sometimes harder to get JP in these Jobs, but they hold some pretty special abilities, so progressing in them can be worth it the efforts.

Here are the Advanced Combatant Jobs.

A melee combatant who is a basic all around melee fighter. His ability to utilize most common weapons and his special fighting techniques make him good to have on the battlefield. They can wear up to Heavy Armor and use Shields as well. They are overall well balanced and skilled combatants.

Special Ability
Combat Focus: A Warrior can focus his/herself to boost their combat capability. They have a (25 + Focus)% Chance to gain a +10% Bonus to Accuracy for the entire battle. This can only be used when entering battle.

Level Up Bonuses
Gain +1 Strength, +1 Dexterity, and +1 Focus per Level as a Warrior.
Gain an additional +1 Strength per Level if Master Rank is achieved.
Gain an additional +1 Strength and Dexterity per Level if Legend Rank is achieved.

Job Talents
Strong Weapon Proficiency (Strength + Dexterity): Warriors are capable of handling weapons of average or heavier weight with power and skill. This Talent determines their Accuracy with all Medium and Heavy Common Weapons. Allows for gaining Weapon Proficiency Skills.

Fast Weapon Proficiency (Agility + Dexterity): A Warrior knows how to wield lighter weapons with speed and skill. This Talent determines their Accuracy with all Light Common Weapons. Allows for gaining Weapon Proficiency Skills.

Job Skills
Combat Proficiency: A Warrior is skilled in combat and knows how to employ combative techniques. Leveling this Skill strengthens your Weapon Techniques and makes your Weapon Techniques more accurate and lets you acquire more advanced techniques.

Weapon Proficiency: You may start off with two Weapon Proficiency Skills in different common weapons. Leveling these Skills raises your Accuracy and Damage with those Weapons and lets you wield stronger ones.

Shield Proficiency: One's knowledge of how to utilize a Shield. Leveling this Skill lets you utilize stronger shields and gives your shields additional Damage Reduction.

Parry: One's ability to parry blows with their own weapons, thus negating them. Tied to any appropriate Weapon Proficiency Talent for the weapon you are wielding. Note that it is harder to parry the blows of those who either wield much larger, stronger weapons than you do or who are just stronger and larger than you in general. Leveling this Talent makes it easier to parry blows.

Rank Rewards
Novice: Gain starting Warrior abilities.
Fledgling: Can now switch melee weapons that are on your person without wasting time once per Turn.
Apprentice: Can now learn Advanced Focus Techniques.
Adept: Gain a free Specialization of any Non-Mystical Combat related Talent you know.
Expert: Can now wear Plate Armor as a Warrior.
Master: Can now gain Exotic Weapon Proficiencies as a Warrior.

Job Requirements
Master the Knight Job and one other Melee Combat related Job.

Renose · Jul 2, 2015

This is just a work in progress. Should have the rest up soon.

Avi · Jul 2, 2015

this seem interesting. I love the Idea and both games, I would never have thought of this idea though. :spin:

UnsafeSpaces · Jul 2, 2015

I loved playing Fantasy Life! I would love to join this RP~

Renose · Jul 2, 2015

Cool, looks like we have four people now, five including myself.

This means I can get started on the OOC, but that will be for later today (Yard work and shit await me right now)

I will get the rest of the system up hopefully today as well.

Renose · Jul 2, 2015