As some of you know for the past few weeks Kaiser and I have been working on putting a RP together based in an Alternate version of the Bleach Universe. It's have some miner similarities to the actual series but It'll be played using original characters instead of the ones in the anime. (sorry Riven no Yoruichi for you :lol:)

for anyone that might be interested below is the back story and Info on everything in it

since it's easier to post here than send it to you'll individually.

Bleach RPG back story

A long time ago the ruler of the after life (A place known as Soul Society) created the Shinigami order to battle the increasing number of hollows and help maintain the delicate balance of souls entering and leaving the mortal world, for centuries the Shinigami maintained the balance until 200 years ago groups of humans known as Quincy began appearing.

While most humans are completely unaware of the ongoing war around them the Quincy had the ability to manipulate the energy around them into powerful projectiles that were able kill both hollows and Shinigami a like, how ever unlike when a hollow is killed by a Shinigami the former human soul was not released from the horrors it had committed as a hollow and granted access into the after life but was in fact completely destroyed which soon led to the balance being completely shattered.

Fearing the lose of balance would lead to the annihilation of Soul Society the Shinigami were order to Eliminate the Quincy and in less than a year the Quincy once numbering in the millions were reduced to a mere hand full.

With the balance slowly restored and the war with the hollows numbers dwindling the war that had lasted for over 3000 years looked as though it was finally reaching an end when suddenly without 3 Shinigami Captains joined the hollows taking with them the one thing that could lead to the complete destruction of Soul Society and the death of everyone in it, An ancient object that could give a hollow Shinigami powers.

Races :

*Shinigami (AKA Soul Reapers or Death Gods) are departed human souls that have gained supernatural powers. As such, their bodies are composed of ectoplasm and they can only be seen by other spiritually aware entities, which excludes most humans, they can be injured and die like regular humans, though it takes considerably greater injuries for the latter to occur than it would in regular humans. The most prominent supernatural power possessed by a shinigami is their zanpakuto, a supernatural sword generated from the shinigami's soul. Shinigami also naturally give off spiritual energy, which varies greatly in magnitude with the strength of a shinigami. A zanpakuto is a physical manifestation of this force concentrated into a blade.

Beyond their standard sealed state, zanpakuto can manifest themselves in two additional forms, the use of which is dependent upon the shinigami's ability to communicate with and control the zanpakuto's spirit.

*Initial release (aka shikai)
The initial release is the first "upgraded" form available to a zanpakuto. To activate it, the shinigami needs to learn the name of their zanpakuto. This is not as simple as simply picking a name, as the living spirit of the zanpakuto chooses its own name. Therefore, the shinigami must be able to communicate with their zanpakuto effectively. After first learning the zanpakuto's name, the initial release can be performed at will simply by speaking a command followed by the zanpakuto's name.

This step may be bypassed by expert shinigami, usually those who are at least approaching discovery of their final release. In rare cases, a zanpakuto, once released, will remain in that state and will not have a sealed state. Such zanpakuto are described as a full-time released form type. Once the initial release is activated, the zanpakuto will change form to access whatever special abilities it is capable of. They usually remain in the form of a sword, but the type of sword differs radically among various zanpakuto.

*Final release (aka Bankai)
The final release is the second and final form of a zanpakuto. To perform it, a shinigami must be able to materialize their zanpakuto's spirit in the real world and subjugate it, giving the shinigami full reign over the zanpakuto's power. Because such an act usually takes hundreds of years of combat experience to achieve, it is rare amongst shinigami and almost exclusively limited to the thirteen shinigami captains in the Gotei 13.

After a shinigami is able to materialize and subjugate their zanpakuto's spirit, the zanpakuto can assume its final and most powerful form. Unlike the initial release, there is no command phrase to activate the final release. A zanpakuto's final release is often a manifestation of the spirit itself, usually creating a massive creature or effect to aid the user in battle. Most zanpakuto will also gain additional special abilities. Like with the initial release, most of these abilities have an associated name. Maintaining the final release is taxing for the wielder, and it is difficult to maintain it for long periods of time.

*Gotei 13
The Gotei 13 the organization which most shinigami join. It is split into thirteen divisions (hence the name), with several divisions having certain specializations. The 4th Division is the medical/supply division, the 11th Division is the combat division (specialization in swordsmanship), and the 12th Division is the research/scientific division. Each of the 13 devisions is led by a Captain, and contains 20 seated officers and upto 500 non seated ones.

Captains are generally the most respected shinigami in Soul Society, with the Central 46 Chambers, Demon Art Corps, and special forces leaders possibly being on equal status. all captains are able to perform the final release of their zanpakutō and are generally much more powerful than even their lieutenants. Knowing the final release gives captains an average of five to ten times the strength of shinigami who are unable to perform it.

Their final release is only a fraction of their overall power (albeit a large one) however. They have also extensively trained, if not mastered, their final releases, allowing them to actually use the enormous power of their final releases effectively in battle. Most captains are also skilled in the use of shunpō, kidō, and generally have excellent knowledge of shinigami history and battle tactics. All of these factors create a huge power-gap between captains and lower-ranked officers.

Lieutenants function as executive officers for their division, taking care of or supervising day-to-day operations. They (along with their captains) are not assigned to one specific squad. They generally only know the initial release of their zanpakutō (though some have achived final release), but are still the second strongest in their division. In the case of a division captain's death, departure, or other circumstances making him unable to perform their duties, the lieutenant acts as the substitute captain until another can be assigned.

*Combat : The shinigami have three forms of combat: kidō, unarmed combat, and swordsmanship.

Kido are a type of sorcery used by shinigami. They can be used for various purposes, such as healing, attacking, and restraining. Healing seems to be a more general skill, while attacking and binding require an incantation to be recited beforehand. Demon arts spells are divided into two major groups: blast spells ,used for direct attack, and binding spells which are spells that restrain someone or have other effects.

Swordsmanship is the most used form of combat among shinigami, since their zanpakutō is the most effective way of dispatching any given opponent. As the name suggests, it involves using a zanpakutō and its various special abilities to attack an opponent.

Unarmed combat is as the name implies a form of combat where the only weapon is the persons own body. While most shinigami use Kido and their zanpakuto members of the special forces have been extensivly trained in various forms of unarmed combat and requlary use abilites like shunpo (a movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow) to give them the advantage in battle.

*Quincy are a group of humans that have developed a variety of supernatural powers including the ability to control spiritual energy. Unlike the shinigami, who use a sword as their primary weapon, the Quincy's weapon of choice is a bow. It is constructed from spiritual particles drawn from their surroundings. The only limit to a Quincy's ability to create and fire arrows is their own stamina and ability to absorb ambient spirit particles. Quincy also have various tools and battle aides that can increase their power or serve as secondary weapons.

A Quincy's power can be significantly enhanced using the sanrei glove. A Quincy needs to complete a week of intense training in order to be able to use the glove. The glove operates by repelling spirit particles, making it far more difficult for the Quincy to summon their bow. Any Quincy who is able to successfully utilize their powers while wearing the glove can thus reach much higher levels of power. This training is also the basis for the Quincy final form.

A Quincy who wears the sanrei glove may remove it in desperate cases, entering a state known as the Quincy final form. By removing the artificial repulsion to spiritual energy that the glove placed on them, the Quincy will experience an abrupt increase in power, along with a change in appearance. While in this form, the Quincy will absorb energy from their surroundings at such an alarming rate that they can actually deconstruct spiritual objects. In such a state, the Quincy is able to fight with extreme strength and speed, and can completely overwhelm an average shinigami captain. However, the final form is a double-edged sword, as no human body is capable of handling the immense power the form comes with. After a short period of use, the Quincy's body will forcibly seal itself off from all spiritual power in self-preservation, effectively robbing the Quincy of their abilities.

*Hollows which reside in Hueco Mundo are deceased human souls that lose their hearts to despair or remain in the real world for too long. Once a soul becomes a hollow, it is driven to devour other souls, living or dead, to fill the void caused by its descent. Most hollows will eventually become mindless creatures concerned only with finding the most potent souls to devour. Stronger and more evil hollows are often able to retain some of their intelligence in hollow form, making them more dangerous than the average hollow.

The most distinctive feature of a hollow is their mask which can differ greatly in shape and form, but they are always white and skull-like. The masks also obscure the original identity of the hollows, but if shattered, the hollow may be able to temporarily resume its original form and personality.

Hollows also vary in size, though it tends to be fairly consistent amongst the various classifications of hollows. In Hueco Mundo, some hollows are no larger than common pets. Most common hollows are about twice the size of an adult human, though it can vary to a degree. Huge hollows, aptly named for their size, are as large as two-story buildings. Finally, gillian-class menos are even larger than the huge hollows, standing as tall as a common skyscraper.

*Menos

Though most hollows are simply transformed human souls, a sub-group of hollows known as menos exist. Menos are created by numerous hollows piling up on top of one another and merging, forming composite entities of far greater strength than any normal hollow. Menos-class hollows are considered so dangerous that Soul Society sends only highly trained shinigami teams to handle menos incursions. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. Three types of menos-class hollows exist: gillian, adjuchas, and vasto lorde.

Gillian-class menos are the weakest class of menos. They are giant in comparison to other hollows, dwarfing even the largest standard hollows by at least the size of a two-story building, but lack agility and intelligence. While a gillian-class menos is quite powerful, they are still much weaker than a shinigami lieutenant.

Adjuchas-class menos are the medium class of menos in terms of power. They look humanoid, but are still distinctly inhuman — the silhouette shown of one appears very wide and bulky with ridges on its head . They are also much smarter than the gillians and have the power to match. It is likely they could fight evenly with at least a shinigami lieutenant. They watch over the many gillian-class menos. This type of menos is much smaller in population compared to the gillian class.

Vasto lorde-class menos are the most powerful class of menos. They appear almost completely humanoid, and each one is stronger than an average shinigami captain. They are the least common form of menos, but the exact population is unknown. They are believed to reside within the very depths of Hueco Mundo.

*Arrancar

An arrancar is a hollow that has removed its mask and gained shinigami powers. Arrancar and ordinary hollows differ in two ways: the location of their holes and the near-total disappearance of their masks. When hollows become arrancar, the chances of them retaining a humanoid form increase with their intelligence; only vasto lorde-class arrancar will definitely assume a humanoid form.

If powerful enough, an arrancar can seal his or her excess power into the form of a zanpakuto. Unlike with shinigami, this zanpakuto is by no means sentient. It is simply the hollow's true form sealed into a sword. Therefore, an arrancar's release of their zanpakuto is merely a temporary restoration of their former selves. An arrancar release is called resurrección . Arrancar do not have a second release.

Booo!!! I wanna play the cat lady :P

nah, I dont care was planning on using my own character anyway

arrancar but no Vizards?

Don't be so greedy :P

Perferably it would be best to start low and work up to the higher leveled stuff because well, that's more fun B) :war:

exactly

the vizards will appear when the espada do

Are we going to have characters like Chad with unique powers at all??

*looks at first post* >.>; could have sworn i had them in there

oh well

to answer your question

yes within reason

No Uber powerful people that are cabable of taking on the likes of a Shingiami Captain or Visto Lord and being able to kill them just by looking at them

doing that will result in said character being killed in the most idiotic way i can think of

What about laser death nostrils?

no you can not kill anyone by sneezing at them!

For anyone who chooses to be a soul reaper, I humbly offer my services as the spirit within your sword. Just because that'd be kinda cool if you think about it, and I'll have another character anyway just so I won't be stuck unable to post. So, make me an offer and I may just be your sword spirit :beers:

I still dont have a character....I dont know what I'm going with

That might actually be an interesting idea, to have the other characters double up as one the shinigam's swords en masse.

I'm actually very interested in this, and I've been looking to get back on the forums for some time now ;)

Well first off I hope this starts soon I got my character all ready, expect for what squad he's in. Also question if when the Vazarid's appear how do you become one? Do they all have inner hollows like Ichigo? or do they make deals with hollows? Also any rules on the zanpaktou's spirit?

May as well give this a kick in the pants too...

People, please present your character types you've chosen so that the esteemed Apoc and I his humble assistant may know what exactly we're dealing with at the start and so we have a rough idea for the beginnings of the story and for those who have not watched enough Bleach please do, www.veoh.com is a place to quickly get an idea by watching fansubs, so hurry up and go get yourself Bleach-ized.

That's right, I made up that last word, we English majors can do that :P

Do you have a preferred FF format, that would help.

This FF format you speak of, it intrigues me, what is it :mellow:

Sorry, typo, I meant do you have your own df design for this rpg or just the usual info? Also decided anymore about character sdoubleing up to play others swords spirits cause I think that would be kind of spiffy.

There will be a specific DF design setup and as for characters being sword spirits, if anyone else is interested in doing that please make yourselves known :P

I didn't see a topic in Data files so I'm guessing (not assuming I'm not falling for that one) so here's what I have ready so Far.

Name: Kuki Ryorokuro kiyotusa
Type: Shinigami
Squad: Formally 11th, now in transition to 10th.
Height: 5'10
Weight: 150
Age: appears in mid 20's

Appearance: Long Black hair in a braid that reaches all the way down his back. emerald green eyes. Kuki wears the standard version of the shinigami shunsho. Expect that his has a hidden pocket for his sake bottle.

Kido: Has learned a number of Kido spells. but has to use the full incantation for the stronger ones.
Bakudo(binding): 9. Strike: Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat, 61. Six Rods Prison of Light: Carriage of thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six,
Hado (destruction): 4. White Lightning, 31. Shot of Red Fire: Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, The sea barrier surges, March on to the south!, 33. Blue Fire, Crash Down: Ye Lord! Mask of flesh and bone, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, Upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws!.

Zanpoktu: Kuki's zanpoktu has a fan like cross guard in it's sealed state.
Shiki: "Burn the heavens and twist the winds ikazuchi uchiwa" in it's shiki the blade turns a light blue and becomes straight it also can "fan out" spreading several blades to become a metallic sword fan. It's useful for skilled sword fights but it's real power is when it's charged it can release a whirling burst of lighting. Also for some reason when it is realesed a dozen or so red tubes dubbed Kaze Kuda also manifest.

I have my charecter all set up already. I would like to have more background info on this tho. Like the time frame of this, is it after bleach or before it, cause I presummed it won't nessarily run along side it. Also like who are the commanders of each team and such.

while most of it is covered in the first post It is set in an alternate universe of bleach and just after the time when the events of the Soul Society arc happened so Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen have joined the Hollows in Hueco Mundo. So 3rd, 5th and 9th Devisions are without a Captain

Also the Other Devision Captains are in it leading they're respective squads

Divisions and Heads

that goes without saying. the idiotic death of ubergod characters is any and every game master's right.... and it's fun to do so :D

I don't mean to sound like a know it all, but just a note on the kidou since it wasn't mentioned. Just that as you go up the progression of Kidou spells they get harder one being easiest while 99 is essentially specialist master level. Also if you can perform a kidou, with some practice regardless of which one it is, it can be done without an incantation but doing it this way reduces it's strength to about a third of what it usually is.

okay bunny Kaiser is it just an accedent of fate or did you plan it that way.
Bunny's character was born in the year of the rabbit.
while Kaiser's Shinigami and Quincy are both born in a dragon year.....

coincedence?

I have no idea what you are talking about :smirk:

I dont know shit about the chinese Zodiac aside from the fact I was born in the year f the rat.

Don't go looking in the RPG section there is nothing to see there

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Can I play a hallow that was a dinosaur in life?

(allready know the answer.. just wants to bug apoc with the question again)

O-o

i have no memory of you asking me this before

Technicly I asked you for him at the time as he wasnt online then.
and you (and everyone else on at the time) said it would be too powerful a hollow after that long.

Glorious!!!

Now to begin my posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes there shall be much postings

There better be, or else...

Im already trying to workout introductory posts for my characters. so I know there will be some... *looks to the others with bleach dfs* them not too sure but I'll be posting by tomorrow
edit: Okay so I ovrestimated my creativity.... darn writers block is keeping me from getting any good intro post for me into it. hopefully I can get rid of the writers block soon.

Didn't want to start a new topic for this so I'm gonna post in this one. I looked up bleach for about the upthenth time and found a bleach musical. This user has it in 16 subbed parts.

http://www.youtube.com/user/andromeda881

I've watched about 1 and half of what I assume to be this years or last year's musical. and it's pretty funny and well done.

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incase anyone is interested i've decided that the Bount are gonna be in this RPG and they will be playable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bount

their DF layout is

Name:

Age:

Sex:

Appearance:

Personality:

History:

Doll's Name:

Doll's Appearance (Sealed and Unsealed Staits):

Doll's Abilities :