MEGAMAN VALOR NETWORK | SIGNUPS

[dralchemist]

nah, for real this time!


The year is 200X. Dr. Tadashi Hikari's invention, the Personal Terminal (or PET, for short), revolutionizes the world, bringing humanity into a golden age of computer science and electronics. The Internet proliferates, and soon every aspect of life is computer controlled.

Jump forward to 20XX. In Netopia, on the western coast, lies the shining Silicon Bay, and the coastal metropolis of San Isidora. Home to a population of just over a million, it is considered one of the hearts of Netopian commerce, culture, and research. PETs have become a mundane fact of life, and owning one is just as normal as owning a phone. Every PET is equipped with a Network Navigator, or NetNavi; a personal, semi-sentient AI assistant that's designed to help with multitasking, networking, and electronic interaction.

Life is as calm and peaceful as it can be in such a big city... but a storm brews over the horizon. One that threatens to change the face of the digital landscape as it's known.


OVERVIEW: HOO BOY.

MEGAMAN VALOR NETWORK is a planned upcoming Valor campaign, set in the world of Megaman Battle Network! Think if Dr. Light had been a computer scientist instead of a robotics major.

Players will be playing both Operator and NetNavi in a round robin fashion. EX: If I had players Alice, Bob, and Charlie, then the characters would be Alice with Bob.EXE, Bob with Charlie.EXE, and Charlie with Alice.EXE. Scenarios and incidents will span both the real world and the digital world, in and around San Isidora.

In this case, I'm running with the idea that PETs have advanced to look more like modern touch screen smartphones rather than the toyetic flip PDA models, and that NetNavis can either be the classic style, or objectheaded, or looking more like a VTuber avatar, or whatever. It's the internet, go nuts.

THE SYSTEM: If you've been following me at all on Plurk, you've probably heard of Valor. I will be able to provide a PDF of the book to anybody who does not currently have it. In very very short, it's a d10, grid-based RPG system with rewards for being cool, flashy, heroic, funny, or otherwise impressive to the DM. All of a character's abilities and damaging techniques are customized by the player, by appending Modifiers and Limits to a single Core. It's very fun. I've played it a lot. Other people can probably tell you a bit more about it. Anybody from complete novices to Valor veterans are welcome here. I'm working on a few house rules to better emulate the Megaman Battle Network feeling, but those'll be finalized at a later date.


PLANNING: Megaman Valor Network probably isn't going to run for a bit; I know there are a lot of campaigns already in the queue, and I don't want to overwhelm potential players. Suffice to say, it'll probably be a few months.

Sessions will be about 2.5-3 hours each, once a week run over Roll20 text, using the Roll20 Valor API (developed by the fantastic and amazing Quinn).

INTERESTED?: Post a commented with the following:

• Name and Plurk
• Weekly availability - what time works best for you?
• Character Concepts - I'm looking for one Operator and one NetNavi concept, at least! Feel free to post multiples if you've got them, though. Be as detailed as you like!
• Any questions for me?
• Who's your favorite Robot Master? Provide photographic evidence.

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[zweihander]

• Name and Plurk: celene, roseward
• Weekly availability - what time works best for you? Currently more or less wide open, though I have existing obligations Thursday and Friday from 3:00 - 6:00 PST and Sunday from 6:00 PST onward
• Character Concepts
  • Hope Carassia, f.k.a. Leviathan - A former minor figure in the Undernet hierarchy, Hope grew to know Mamoru during a stay in the same hospital for a condition that doctors misdiagnosed as HBD. They left Mamoru behind after the true diagnosis was revealed and they were determined to no longer need a serious amount of care, but remained in contact with him as he rose in power throughout the Undernet and used their inquisitive nature and fair-to-middlin' tech skills to help establish guidelines about security and secrecy. They developed these under the code name Leviathan and still operate under that name whenever they're online, but they've more or less lost interest in the Undernet so they can vibe and survive as a professional gig worker who's just trying to get by, man.
  • Delphyne Symfora - A total party girl who's here for a good time, not a long time. Impulsive, loud, and outgoing, Delph has not had a single thought in her head for her entire life and she's not about to start now. The hip, trendy fashion and electronics stores know her by name, and she always makes sure to introduce anyone she happened to bring along with her. She's down for anything that seems like it could be cool, fun, or even a little dangerous, and as long as you don't harsh her buzz, she might just drag you into it, too.
  • SabWoman.EXE - A NetNavi who's been discarded by nearly every previous Operator she's had. Bitter and disillusioned. Realizes she has a job to do, but has problems seeing the point to all of it when her Operator is just going to get tired of her attitude and get rid of her anyway. She's fragile in battles, preferring quick, close-range strikes that inhibit her enemies so others can come in for the kill.
  • ░░░░░░░░.EXE - A NetNavi with a corrupted memory sector. She's told that her design is familiar, but she has no memory of any previous Operators beyond her existing one. There's a nagging thought in the back of her mind that she's left some sort of .db with previous information about who she used to be, but she doesn't know if that's true at all. Day-to-day operations can be difficult for her, but she's usually okay enough at asking for help that it doesn't affect her relationship with her Operator too badly. Can't remember how she prefers to fight; relies on instinct when she must, but generally stays out of it.


• Who's your favorite Robot Master? Provide photographic evidence. LMN-001 Quake Woman because she's cute as hell. If we're sticking with MMBN it's Serenade because gender is fake.