DragonBall Status?

[Sigfried Hunin]

Does Belle have a Dragon Ball or did it not roll over? I know they're all marked as unclaimed, but I thought that he won one before the change over. I just want to be absolutely sure.

[Kazuya]

He does not have the dragonball, last I knew.

[Ander]

He does not have the dragon ball. Nothing was allowed to roll over. All the dragon balls are currently unclaimed.

[Belle Hibiki]

I don't have a Dragonball, but I talked to Kaden, and I'm allowed to RP as if I have one until such time as I 're-earn' it through a recovery saga, or until someone collects six and starts going after the final one, at which point that right is forfeit because I wouldn't literally have it yet.

It preserves my story integrity while still allowing people to do their shit.

[Sigfried Hunin]

AHA! Ok, now this leeds on to my next question. Are you allowed to RP seeing/interacting with the Dragon Balls so long as it ends up that you don't claim them?

[Kazuya]

Hey! Juno! We should go after dragonballs!

AHA! Ok, now this leeds on to my next question. Are you allowed to RP seeing/interacting with the Dragon Balls so long as it ends up that you don't claim them?

Gonna leave this for a higher up, my opinion goes somewhere along the lines of, "Why wouldn't you claim them?"

[Jonathan Meer]

Hey, me and six other people would also like to roleplay as if we owned a dragonball (that is, of course, until someone has six and starts going after the seventh). Mind if we do that?

[Kaden]

Thanks, Meer. Helpful.

You're going to have to be more specific, Gozen. Since you have Ki Sense, yeah it would be understandable for you to try chasing down a DragonBall, but I'm not going to give you carte blanche.

[Belle Hibiki]

I get the impression that his character, from what he's said to me in PM, would be trying to prevent people from collecting them, not actively collecting them himself.

Of course, it would be really annoying if you were collecting them and did a huge quest and all to get one, only to have a guy pop up and start fighting without having to go through the same requisite effort.

That's my IMPRESSION of what he's going for, though. He can correct me on this, as there's a good chance that I'm wrong.

[Kaden]

Of course, it would be really annoying if you were collecting them and did a huge quest and all to get one, only to have a guy pop up and start fighting without having to go through the same requisite effort.

So you think someone should have to quest to find someone who has a DragonBall? In this case, regardless of the fact that they can sense both people and the DBs themselves?

[Alexander Trafford]

that would be a load of mularkey, in my opinion. If you can sense people AND sense DB's, it's pretty much just a matter of arriving where they are and fighting them for it. That's one of the advantages of Ki sense.

[Jack]

There's got to be some sort of hindrance to keep people from letting the lower rung do all the work, then just popping on the scene to beat them up for what they worked for.

That's part of the game, and it's an awesome part. But there has to be a limit.

EX: I'm gonna do this saga while that newb quests for the DBs, then after I'm done with that I'm just gonna go fly towards him, carrying my saga rewards in a nice bindle, and take it from him.

not really an example, but you get the point

[Belle Hibiki]

So you think someone should have to quest to find someone who has a DragonBall? In this case, regardless of the fact that they can sense both people and the DBs themselves?

I should have been clearer. It would be annoying to have someone do so in the middle of your quest to obtain it. Once it's in your possession, absolutely someone should be able to find you and fight you if they have the ability. It's just someone being able to add extra difficulty to your quest before you've even obtained it by RPing knowing where the DB is...

You know what? Nevermind. It's not a big deal.

[Kaden]

Ahhh. I getcha, Belle. "Annoying" is the right word for it, I think.

[Sigfried Hunin]

Like, for example, it'd be stup[id for him to have to go LOOKING for the Dragonballs for an extended amount of time because he can be like, "Oh, yeah, there's one over there."

I was more in the mindset of he's FOUND it, he may have even had his hands on it, but then it gets TAKEN from him/he looses it, something bigger and better than him HAS it and thus he must go through adventures to collect it. Like, "OH LOOK, THERE'S THE 4 STAR DRAGON BALL! THAT VILLAIN HAS IT! I MUST QUEST FOR IT! etc etc"
AKA: Same amount of work, but with like, reference to the DBs

I might as well state this here anyways, because it WILL become an issue in the future. If you've read through my thread (which I will NOT expect you to lol) you'll find out that Gozen in on a quest to gather the Dragon Balls and make a wish that will prevent anybody else from ever using the Dragon Balls from resurrecting anyone from the dead again. His intention is to keep the Hell ones from being used as well. This is to protect the barriers of the living and the dead, and keep a spiritual order to the universe.
I know, I know, this is NOT going to be an applicable wish for the terms of game play, so if he somehow DOES manage to collect them, we'll figure something out so that that doesn't happen, but that's his RP intention.

[Ander]

Moved to a more appropriate forum.

[Sigfried Hunin]

Sorry bout that.

[Ander]

It's all good. Don't sweat it.

[Ashe]

I'm glad this was in the RPG Discussion forum and not the Question forum, nearly dropped a warning and stopped when I realized what forum it was on.

[Celena]

There's got to be some sort of hindrance to keep people from letting the lower rung do all the work, then just popping on the scene to beat them up for what they worked for.

That's awesome.

Analogy time!

It's the Lioness' spending five minute chasing a Zebra and then after the hunt, the lazy Lion trots to eat the Lioness' meal while the Lioness watches.