Pre-Liminary Round 1: HF17's Group - Team Megaman

[Super Buu]

The difficulty in creating a custom character system is that Chubbs already has its policy of custom characters pretty much set in concrete. In other words, getting a custom character is currently a very rare scenario. It would be nigh-on impossible to come up with a system pertaining to this policy, so I?m going to assume from here on out that custom characters aren?t going to be (in this made-up scenario) exclusive to a few.

First off, we have to address the obvious - we don?t want everyone and their mother to be a saiyan. Having a whole menagerie of races like Namekian and Changeling make things a lot more interesting than just 100% saiyans.

Therefore, we need some kind of penalty system - I?ve decided to make one based on the current number of each race. There would be a ?master list?, edited each time someone joined, left, or switched characters (if VJ could code it in, that?d be nice). It would look something like this;

Saiyan (includes human/saiyan hybrids) - 16
Changeling/Icer - 4
Konat - 2
Namekian - 6 - start with Regeneration
Android - 7
Robot - 1
Tuffle - 1 - start with Infiltration
Bojack?s race - 4
Reptilian - 1
Cat - 1

This list is not complete, as some people obviously have 'unknown' races already.

You would only start with the abilities assigned to your race. I?m unsure whether Infiltration was something the entire Tuffle race was capable of, or just Bebi, but for now I?ll just leave it there.

Anyone who wishes to join as one of the above races may do so, but penalties will occur depending on the current number of people assigned to that species. (Undecided as of yet)

Anyone who wishes to join as a completely unique custom character will have the name of their species added to the list when they join. Even when there?s just one person as that race, the name of it will still be on the list. For example, you can see I added Burter Jr as the only reptilian, and Puar as the only cat. Anyone who wishes to create their own race from scratch can do so, given these boundaries;

- It must be a humanoid race (ie, standing on two legs). (And before you point out that Puar is a cat, he?s not a custom character )
- You will not start with any unique abilities. No regeneration, infiltration, or any other techniques.
- If the background of your character entails a home planet that?s not on the current list of planets, you can discuss its existence in your roleplays, but never actually go there.

I?ve not added Cell or the Buus to the race list, as I don?t really see them as races with backgrounds or the ability to reproduce. Coming up with a whole race where, in the series, there was none and the characters were the sole example of their kind, seems a little awkward. If we did decide to allow custom Bio-Androids along the lines of Cell, or custom Puttalin-Formed-Humanoids, we?d have to come up with set backgrounds for each.

Now, as for the penalties for joining as a custom character ? this is where I?m still undecided. It could be reliant on a stat penalty (ie, -10 to all stats for each person currently joined as the race you want to be) or your activity/contribution to the RPG. Or a mix of both.

Here?s an example idea:
-25 to all stats for switching characters.
-5 to all stats for each member of the race you?re trying to join as.
- If the switch pushes you under the starting stats, you are not allowed to switch to a custom character.

This would mean you would have to be here for at least a little while in order to become a custom. If you wanted to switch to an already very highly populated race, like saiyans, you?d have to be here quite a while longer to prove your worth.

This is just my rough draft. Feel free to comment.