Is this going to be a stat-based site, or freeform?

Keeping an eye on this. 👀

For the time being, freeform. I'd like members to have control over any potential PVP situations but this may or may not change in the future while this is in development!

This sounds really neat, I'll keep an eye out for this!

Definitely tracking this thread for updates!

A few more questions:

• You said the site's setting will be like modern day Earth and I'm curious what that might entail or if you have an idea of it. Is this the kind of place where we could expect the general weirdness of Dragon Ball with random monster and animal people in an average crowd? How commonplace are characters with extraordinary abilities?
• When you say "illustrated", are there any stylistic restrictions (i.e. must be "animanga")? Let's say, hypothetically, I wanted to use Tamiyo from Magic: the Gathering or Despero from DC Comics as an FC.
• Will certain notable species have pre-written lore for them to keep everyone on the same page?
• How will the site treat obligatory anime transformations?
• A lot of stock Dragon Ball races are aliens and I'm curious how you intend to weave those into the setting given that it takes place on a single planet. Will they all just be native to that planet in this setting, or will some characters come from space?

I am extremely apprehensive about joining a Dragon Ball/battle shounen site that uses stats just because, in my experience, it tends to attract the worst kind of role players when it does, and honestly, Dragon Ball just seems to attract a lot of communities I don't vibe with. But unfortunately my brain is already ticking with character concepts, so like...

Good questions and very valid concerns!

• The planet in question, Zylar, is akin to Earth in terms of technology and architecture. On the other hand, some parts of the planet are more advanced in technology whereas others appear to be "fantasy". Zylar isn't necessarily another copy of Earth, but instead offers more diversity in its climate and setting a la some areas being "fantasy" and the other being "science fiction". You can definitely expect creatures from DBZ to appear as well as animal type people. I think for the sake of simplicity, I may break Zylar down into cities/"sectors" instead of countries, like DBZ. Characters with special powers are common, unlike Earth where the mundane are the majority population.

• Your examples count! As long as it isn't CGI or a real person, anything drawn counts as illustrated.

• I'll also be answering your last question with the third point. Races from DBZ in particular will preexisting lore in connection to how they're relevant on Zylar. The idea is that at some point these races had made a connection to the planet and eventually became somewhat common within the planet's population, which will be more in depth once I get the plot up! Members can also have the ability to create their own races and how they're perceived in Zylar/the galaxy, whether it's a completely original concept or something from a franchise.

• There will be a total of 5 transformations which will be broken up into "grades"; 1 being the first transformation unlocked and 5 being the highest unlocked. Every character will be in a "Grade 0" base transformation. This is still somewhat in the works, but I plan for these to be unlocked via shop.

I'll say this, I do agree with the idea that freeform is best here-- a loose measurement of power, like say a Battle Power/Power Level value could provide plenty of guidance on how characters measure up without dealing with the frustration of dice or a more mechanical combat system.

Figured I'd also ask, seeing how the OP stated the setting is inspired by DB + other combat shonen franchises. Is Zylar basically one of those fusionverse-type settings? For those unfamiliar with fanfic terms, a fusion or fusionverse is a subset of crossover where unlike your 'traditional' crossover where the characters are transplanted from their native settings as-is (such as the case with panfandoms in general), or is it a fusion AU where the different source materials are weaved together (often with varying degrees of creative reinterpretation) into a cohesive setting?

Because if it's the latter, then I'm really interested, since fusion-type settings are one of my favourite RP backdrops. That being said, on a more minor point - are characters going to be all OCs, or are canon characters from the source materials also allowed so long as they can be reinterpreted to fit a fused setting?

hell yeah, i'm really hoping to see more progressive action/shounen rps in 2024 that don't overthink the pvp process.

Personally think this sounds like an amazing idea! I've been on a couple of DBZ and DB-adjacent forums and definitely think a free-form approach works best. Like others have mentioned, power scaling and have a clear-cut power level system is vital and I am curious what you might have planned!

As an aside, if you are ever looking for someone to help out staffing-wise, I'd love to contribute! This is a genre type close to home for me and I always love to see it thriving, especially since it's been a bit scarce in the past year.

Originally I never thought about having some sort of measurement (with the exception of transformations since those are a very vital component to PVPs) since I place my trust in members to work with each other how they want to settle out battle scenarios. My goal is for everyone to collaborative arcs and stories without any sort of scaling. No one will be "stronger" than the other and members can determine the outcome of their battles. After giving it some consideration, however, I do think it might be safer to have a power scaling system of some sort which can help better determine outcomes in battles! That said, I may create a tier system of what characters are capable of in terms of combat, attacks, etc, which is still up in the air!





The latter! I want everything to be connected to each other in some way, with the combination of material from other franchises with some original ideas rather than the default multiverse setting where every character comes from their own respective setting and brought into a new one. Also, I'm only allowing OCs.





Tysm for the offer of lending a hand! I might actually take it soon lol. I do hope to make sure that everything goes accordingly and that it will last as long as it can!