Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: A Sinnoh Forgotten
When I saw my roots, my legacy withered in my minds eye...
Long ago, when the world was anew, five giants rose above to lead the newly born Pokémon in a world that would otherwise be overrun by chaos. Peace was the dominant force at hand, civilization became great, and brotherhood ran deep in every vein. All was perfect, that is until one of the giants disappeared, swallowed up by a sphere, darkness shooting out in tendrils, wrapping around the giant and dragging it headlong through the center. Unrest and betrayal soon consumed the land, until three distinct groups led by one or more giants battled for control. The Luminescent, headed by Cresselia would seize power from the Oblivion, dominated by Darkrai, at the Cobalt Pillars in a last ditch effort to capture the peace that they had longed for since the vanishing of Arceus. As the Luminescent army celebrated their victory the Oblivion army became as dust instantly while the third army of Reflection soldiers was never found and their leaders, Dialga and Palkia, are said to have become envious of the total power that the other sect leaders had obtained and began a civil war lost to another dimension altogether. Now we are all that is left, descendants of the Luminescent left to run the world of Sinnoh that we’ve inherited from battles waged by our forefathers.Present Day
Things have been different now, those days are long behind us. We are still led by Cresselia but our army has become made up of regional forces known as Pokémon Explorer Teams whose sole purpose is to protect the peace the others would covet to shatter. Each team is made up of three members specialy trained to rescue other Pokémon and defend Sinnoh from threats, ancient and modern. A recent surge in the population has suggested though that our foes from generations past have returned. We fear that even our explorer teams have not survived untouched by our foes.
Game Summary:
Based off the classic game of Clue, you will play the part of a Pokémon mystery dungeon explorer team, either Luminescent or of other origin. Both your team and the other teams within our sector are under my jurisdiction, I being your commander. Recently our base has been swallowed up in a void that has sent us into the distant past along with an Oblivion squad of dittos that have replaced one of our teams and now they are trying to undo history so as to make the Oblivion sect gain total control over the world by eliminating one of our teams that is from the past and is the squad that wiped the Oblivion leader off the map. The only catch is that no one other than the team that was there knows which team exactly is that squad. We’ve meet up with the Luminescent army in the past explaining the situation and now we have to not only determine which team are the Oblivions, but protect our existence by in turn protecting the Savior team.
How it Works:
• At the beginning of the game, after everyone wanting to play signs up (maximum 42 people), I will divide you into teams of three (one team of four is one extra player, two teams of four if there are two extra players). Team leaders will be appointed and I post the intro the next day.
• (Monday and Tuesday) Next we will begin the game week with two days of discussion between teams on who might be the Oblivions and who might be the Saviors. You will discuss using this thread or by PM within your teams. Please use the in and out of character rules when speaking at all times (see rules below)
• (Wednesday and Thursday) Then the entire team will go on a mission together. A clue will be given as to who the saviors might be in the form of a puzzle and the clue can be debated while you and the entire group act out the mission through posts, please play the part or risk modkill (actually act like your making your way through a dungeon (ex: describing your actions)). Please use the in and out of character rules when speaking at all times (see rules below). This will last another two days
• (Friday) Now we will move onto the squad missions. These will be performed by a single team within the period of one day. Each day you will pick an area labeled on the map of Sinnoh provided to journey there to complete a challenge to earn a clue for your squad about who is the oblivion. Once you think you have the answer to challenge or riddle you will have your squad leader send it to me and I will inform you if you are correct. As a warning though this may only be done once during the day and if it fails you will not have another chance. During this time the Oblivion squad leader will inform me via PM which team they would like to use their power of mind control on to eject that team from the game. This will start the second week and has only a fifty percent chance of working. (The savior team will play like a normal team in this part) The forum will be frozen during this time and if you post you risk modkill
• (Saturday) When everyone returns from their mission the next day will start with discussion about who the oblivions might be and who the saviors might be. After this your team will have the option of making an accusation. (see accusation rules below) Accusations may only be made during this day. This will last one day and please follow the in and out of character rules as always.
• (Sunday) Now the next day will begin. During today the game will be frozen and dream items may be granted and all those who have actions that occurs Sundays will PM me their actions. Also the team that the Oblivions were after will be reviled and if they succeeded in their attemts of mind control or not. No posts may be made during this time in the thread. You may PM your team though.
Map of a Game Week (shorthand version):
• Monday and Tuesday: Group Discussion
• Wednesday and Thursday: Group Mission
• Friday: Solo Squad Missions
• Saturday: Group Discussion, Accusation, and Oblivion Mind Control Attempt
• Sunday: Dream Items, Oblivion Attempt Results, and Solo Powers
Rules and Various Mechanics:
Accusations:
Submitted by PM using the form provided below, this is a final guess at whom the Oblivion team is. This may only be made once and if you are wrong your team loses the game along with being ejected from it. The first team to have the correct accusation wins. Accusations may only be made Saturday by your squad leader and must be confirmed by one PM from each of the other people on the squad stating the same answer; otherwise the accusation will be null and void.
Accusation Form:
We would like to accuse (please list all names of the members of the accused team):
Reasons (if any, will be shown at end when the results are revealed):
Names of Teammates:
The Players and Player Types:
• The Team - Our sector within the Sinnoh region, teleported back in time. They have no special powers other than the ability to make an accusation and gain other powers
• The Savior Team - The explorer team that destroyed the Oblivion leader, Darkrai, in the past. If the savior team is killed by the Oblivion team, the game is lost (Won by the Oblivion team). They will know who they are and they are the exactly the same as a normal team other than that the game is lost if they are lost.
• The Oblivion Team - The team of Dittos that have infiltrated our ranks and seeks to rewrite history by eliminating the Savior team thus saving their leader, Darkrai. They will also know who they are and they have the power of mind control to eliminate one team per game week on Saturday (starting second game week). If the Oblivion team is successfully accused, the game is won by the team that accused them. If two or more teams accuse them at the same time the teams share the win.
• The Navigator: If you have this role you may travel to two places each day but you may only answer one riddle
• The Treasure Hunter: Having this role guarantees you a dream item at some point in the game due to your abilities to seek out rare treasures lost to time
• The Spy: Every Saturday the person who has this role will PM me which team they would like to spy on thus learning what clue they gained during their solo squad mission the team earned any clue at all
• The Librarian: If you have this role you may get hints for up to four riddles throughout the game
• The Reflections: A teams of the reflection soldiers that reappeared in the future, having nothing better to do your squad joined the explorer teams and you ironically ended up back here, if you have this role you may ask for the answer to a riddle twice during the game. You must eliminate both the oblivions and the saviors to win (you will give me the names of two teams at your accusation)
Specific Game Rules:
Code:
• All forum rules apply
• You cannot post during a game freeze
• Follow the in and out of character rules:
o If you are posting in character (actually posting like you are within the game world) please post like so by putting and In: before your message:
Ex: In: But I could’ve sworn that I saw a light in the cave ahead of us
o If you are posting out of character (if you are talking about anything not relevant to the game or something from an outside source) please put an OoC: before your message like so:
Ex: OoC: Just got back from work, did I miss much?
• You may communicate via PM to your squad members, but if you talk about the game with a member not in the game via PM you will be modkilled instantly, no question about it
• When sending your accusation to me please use the form I provided (see accusation section above)
• You cannot edit your posts, doing so once will result in a public warning, twice and your modkilled without question
• Once you have been eliminated from the game you can no longer post within this thread until the current game is over. You may no longer talk about this game in PM with anyone or help anyone from another team that is still playing, doing so will result in modkill without warning
• If you are going to be gone for an extended period of time you must notify me via PM and post in this thread saying you will be gone. An extended period of time is defined as a week or more.
• Have fun and when signing up during well, sign up please enter the word vortex for the answer to if you have read the rules or not otherwise I will simply send your PM back to you stating that you have not read the rules thoroughly
•Also the winning team gets to pick three guys out of my trade thread (Video Game) to receive for free on a 4th gen pokemon game or older. I'll consider giving something to every participant though but I'm still on the edge about thatList of Areas and their Descriptions:
Just incase they are unreadable I have a nice list:
Amber Mines: The base of the Reflection sect, they are filled with spectacular amounts of amber because of the ancient forest that rested upon the ground where this now stands
Cobalt Pillars: The fortress of the Oblivion sect, formerly an ancient burial ground, sometimes weird things may occur without warning
Waterfall Crest: Stronghold of the Luminescent sect, a lush and beautiful landscape surrounds the sturdy compound
Forlorn Temple: A long forgotten temple to an unknown deity whose origins are unknown
The Lakes of Insight, Torment, and Solace: Each a different location within the region, these lakes are the remains of temples that have been flooded leaving little about water level
Verdance Valley: All life is said to have spread from this valley, relics found here may date back before recorded history
Forest of Life: Before the foundation of the great leaders this forest was home to many who dared not venture into the unknown abyss
Sunrise Town: A small town of pokemon that are neutral within the sects, fear is what binds the town and trust is a common between its inhabitants
Sunset Village: Abandoned many years ago, shrines litter the village that was fully devoted until an accident happened
Charcoal Mountain: Mounds of charcoal from a great fire that threatened the existence of all life have been brought here not only as a collection but a monument to all our sins, ghost pokemon are common here
Downwind Chasm: A deep gorge, it is difficult to traverse what is only made possible by the rocky columns jutting out from the walls almost resembling a great bridge
Chain Islands: A small collection of islands surrounded by a veil of fog during most of the year, traveling to these islands is treacherous because you may miss the islands entirely when venturing by boat
Land of the Forgotten: Frozen completely to the core during its creation, it is uninhabitable to most sentient beings, no further history on this location is available
Mechanics and Challenges:
Mind control - used by the oblivion team to attempt to eliminate one team each week starting the second week.
Challenges - each mission a puzzle will be encountered which, if solved, will provide a hint at who the savior is. At each location there is one puzzle and when you send me a PM using the form provided its random chance on which riddle you will get. All of the riddles have a Pokémon as their answer and its always forth generation or older
Dream Items - Dream items are given through PMs and are to be kept secret unless you and may only be used during Sunday by PM-ing me that you would like to use it (if it is a usable item)
• Tarot of History - One of the divination cards that were lost to time that shows records of all that has happened, all that will happen, and all that could happen, the trouble is figuring out which one is which, reveals who is the savior to the holder, given randomly once throughout the game to a player who isn't the savior or the oblivion teams
• Hawthorn Crown – Grants the user the ability to eliminate one team from the competition without using their one accusation, can’t be found by the Oblivion Team
• Divination Cards - An incomplete deck of cards hand crafted by ancient Pokémon, most of the cards left have no meaning but if found the user may protect his team from elimination for one round
• Entangled Circlet - A small ring crafted of a mysterious green alloy, its bearer may use it to gain understanding of a puzzle or riddle once, cannot be found by the Oblivion Team
• Cracked Stone Slab - Covered in runes long forgotten, its purpose is unclear to all but those who can decipher the runes
Modkills:
Modkills are inflicted if a player breaks forum rules during a game and becomes banned or some other infraction of the rules is made. These are you ways you can earn yourself a modkill which will eject you from the current game and ban you from the next, modkilled players may be replaced and do not affect their entire team. You will receive a public warning before you are modkilled unless you are banned.:
-Becoming banned
-Inactivity- defined as not posting for two weeks in the thread
-Breaking other rules within the specific game rules section (see above) an example of which would be posting during a game freeze
How to Join: Send the following form filled out to me during the sign-up period in a PM. In order to join you must have at least 50 posts that aren’t spam
Form to Join:
Forum Username (yes I need this because of some circumstances):
Character Name:
Top five favorite basic (TCG term for that it is the first form of it ex: weedle) Pokémon (no legendarys, shinys, or fifth generation, your first one listed not chosen by anyone else is what you'll be) listed in order:
Preferred Teammates? (All three members of a team (one of which is you) must have the same entered in otherwise your team will be random like the others):
Have you read the rules? (Not a yes or no question, look carefully):
Non-Player Characters (NPC):
Commander Neon (aka me, ElectricPokemonMaster): Leader of the Southern Sinnoh Explorer Teams
Dialga and Palkia: Leaders of the Reflection Army
Cresselia: Leader of the Luminescent Army
Darkrai: Leader of the Oblivion Army
Current Teams and Players:
(Forum Username: Character Name; Pokemon)
Teams:
Team 1: HypnoticLuxray, Slickmario, and BrOkenICE
HypnoticLuxray: Lux; Aron
Slickmario: Slick; Charmander
BrOkenICE: Chill; Poochyena
Team 2: Darkvoid57, Lukey, and legendhunter32
Darkvoid57: Victor; Chatot
Lukey: Somnus; Bulbasaur
Legendhunter32: Dark; Turtwig
Team 3: Ludicolo909, Dark Sonic J, and PikachewTofu
Ludicolo909: Maxy; Skarmory
Dark Sonic J: Ace; Eevee
PikachewTofu: Blu; Absol
Team 4: Decmaster, shampoo-thief, and mlouden03
Decmaster: Dec; Horsea
Shampoo-thief: Gerik; Spinarak
mlouden03: Gaius; Ghastly
Team 5: Gleafeon and Umbreon/Espeon
Gleafeon: Gleafert; Munchlax
Umbreon/Espeon: Jay; Starly
Team 6: Pokemon99 and Ice_Master
Pokemon99: P99; Nincada
Ice_Master: Serenity; Staryu
Team 7: catutie, safariblade, and crystaltheumbreon
Catutie: Catutie; Larvitar
Safariblade: Safariblade; Seviper
crystaltheumbreon: Sakura; Vulpix
If you have any questions feel free to ask them below otherwise you may discuss
Credit to Bulbapedia for the unedited version of the map of Sinnoh and credit to http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/ for the pokemon sprites
