Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
Question.

Any doubts if I make my character's "#4 Special Talents" consist of being a Psychic, similar to one of the gym trainers in Saffron City Gym? I'm thinking of trying something new and rolling a character that's more apt to use psychic types and that kind of thing, but if there's a problem with this, I'll rethink things over.
When considering powers we always ask for the player to tell us at his strongest what the powers will do ?
For example rose in bb is blind and she see through the eyes of her psychic partner. Her powers while there are limited for the most part to her partner. Her ability is only strong enough because of the boost.

So what are you hoping to do with it ?

Quote Originally Posted by evanfardreamer View Post
Hello there! Saw the banner ad up top and was intrigued enough to read the welcome blurb. I’d love to experience a more free-form, collaborative telling of the game, and had some questions to make sure I got the idea. I’m new to freeform RP (almost joined one for PXFire but got too busy) so I don’t know what to expect, or what range is allowed. To that end – some questions!

Character:
Story version Diamond/Pearl – will this have any real effects on the experience?
Backstory – how wide from the character is expected – relatives, ancestors, or just the past few years of their life and maybe a few key players in it?
Special talents – how powerful and/or common are they capped at? The example character has a subconscious link to Water type Pokemon, which seems relatively minor but common. Would the ability to understand the speech of Legendary/Mythical Pokemon be too overpowered, or would it never come up?
Special Pokemon – Platinum is where I got back into the Pokemon franchise and I’ve always had a real fondness for Darkrai, would that be acceptable? Example character has two Legends here, but I am not sure if those came about through prior incarnations.
Contest starter – this seems to imply a second starter can be picked, is that going to be part of the character’s main team or is it for some separate events/side story?
Drawing or Writing – I really enjoy writing, and am just getting into drawing. Are the events exclusive (a drawing path and a writing path) or would I be able to dabble in both of them?

Gameplay:
Looking at the posts, I’m not sure if there’s one missing with the basic mechanics of GCEA. As a complete newbie I don’t know how any of it works – if you can point me to a ‘getting started’ post I passed by it’d be greatly appreciated and may answer the rest of these questions.
From the location threads it looks like navigation will be pretty straightforward, but that’s as much as I can tell. Will people be chasing badges and working towards beating the Pokemon League?
Do the Pokemon have XP and levels to keep track of? How about their movesets, is it locked to 4 at a time or are they all available?
Items, prize money, inventory – do the participants have to battle NPCs for money or is it accrued some other way? How does PvP work or is it disabled?

Thank you for your time!
First off, thank you for posting your question. GCEA is by no means a traditional roleplay. It is more of a story game and responses are much shorter normally.
Gcea does have a wonderful how to guide but because this new version is different from the previous integrations. We are currently working on an updating how to battle section which is why the how to guide is not up.

But back to your questions.
1. The game version you pick will affect some of the story but mainly what pokemom appear. There will also be mini events that are only for certain versions. This is to mix it up a little.

2. Backstory- should just be a general story of where your character comes from and some of their motivations. Normally people will include important family of friends but it's just to help get an idea or the character. In the backstory players also help out the mods because the unique stuff added helps us shape your journey.
3. Powers- we like the characters to have very minor powers something helpful to their story. Powers that give the player over the villains or fellow players are normally not allowed. As far as the specific power you mentioned. In gcea legends appear throughout the story. The legends speak every language so they communicate with the players. Also gcea pulls from the manga and the cartoon. The legendary pokemon take human form at points.

4. Special pokemon. Normally that section is for pokemon that played a roll in the backstory in some meaningful way. As I said to Neo above a character in blue has a pokemon that helps her see. In the past pokemom that trainer grew up with or even saved their life were added in this section. We put that in there to give people freedom and because all of us have pokemon wed love to have as partners.

As for Lucian in the example. He formed a bond with Kyogre during the later half of the story. Normally every trainer that makes it through the first half will connect with a legendary. Its not something they start out with it's something that we add in if a player requests to get to have his or her character interact with that legend. Lucian is from the hoenn storyline that just finished. All four of the main characters had a legendary partner at one point in the story.

5.contest starter -the backstory for this version is that all the players are pulled through wormholes. This players come from different worlds and regions. So the writing submission is a way for a player to pick up a starter from the region their character comes from. The pokemon will be apart of the main story and be usable in the battles.

6. Normally every gcea event has two ways to enter. Some people prefer drawing, others writing. So you can enter either and get the unlockable item. The reason the contest starter is a writing event is because it helps us to understand the character more and it gives you guys a base to work off of.

7. As instated at the top we are working on updating the how to gcea thread hopefully we can get that up in the next two days.

8. The set up of the threads does lead to gyms and the league but there is a story and mini missions that in some ways will overshadow the league. In previous versions only one person has beat the league. The plot itself normally becomes so big the characters are saving the world. However there of course will be the option to battle the league.

8. Pokemon xp- pokemon do level up and that works a couple of ways. The main way to do it is to use points to level up a pokemon. However we do have rare candy that does give the pokemon a level. For the sake of the game people normally slowly level up their main team as they play through. This gives it a more naturally feel.
As far as moves. Gcea cuts down to pokemon in battles as two basic things. Evolution and typing. Moves dont play a part in the battles. Now many of us do use then when describing the battle or for other plot points.

9. Gcea is a posting game. So by posting you can earn points. You get points through a variety of ways. Including keeping a journey or sketchpad which can earn you points. Players also earn points from battles with npcs in the game.

10. Pvp is something we would really love to have but as of now it wouldn't work outside of story battle. In the past we have done it and the way it works is one player does the match as if the other is an npc. As you can guess its normally one sided as the person who sets it up normally wins.

Hopefully that helps answer some of your questions