Dragoon Chronicles

[mdavis901]

Dragoon Chronicles I: Untitled

Spoiler: The Legend of The Phoenix(a little backstory)

The legend of the great and mythical bird the Phoenix is one of a dark nation, a corrupt kingdom.  The world was in a deep state of turmoil, and depression.  It looked as if the world would meet its end soon.  Every kingdom using their armies to fight, their magis were doing the most damage though; causing the earth to come very close to imploding due to the fact of too much magic use at once.  The Sentinels being manipulated by the Orkean mages.  Yes the world almost seemed destined for doom...
Then that's when the Phoenix appeared.  It appeared before them, and all nations turned in awe as they saw the creature of myth, the creature of legend.  The first to go were the magi with one terrifying shreik they disappeared.  With another shreik and a flash of light the sentinels; the most powerful but easily manipulated of all the races were Sealed away under the Earth.  The races thought it was over but after these words: "The only way I can stop this madness; save the earth is to make it new!" and then there was another flash of light and all of the races dissapeared accept one son from every king and a pure virgin for every son.  But now with the current situation history seems condemned to repeat itself.
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Spoiler: The Seven Sage Clerics(SSC)

The Seven Sage Clerics are Clerics(of course) who are supposed to each be appointed as a kings consultant to help them make the right decisions.  The one appointed to King Nihlus; Vaancent, is part of the reason why he is becoming greedy and corrupted. (if I tell you anymore it will ruin the story)

Spoiler: Story

The Kingdom of Anchlora...
A place of supposed peace, and Tranquility.  It harbors an incredible military force, which sets the other kingdoms on edge.  Tension slowly build and the other kingdoms start to increase in military strength.  Then the king starts to envision a new utopia; a kingdom united.  As King Nihlus' first order of business he would eliminate all of the dirty, imperfect slum areas.  He sent half of a squadron; figuring he'd make short work of the poor defenseless slums. 
Though not his intentions, King Nihlus was slowly being consumed by greed.  The King realizes that he may have one of the most powerful armies in the world...
A volcanoe that was never to erupt again Mt. Xinoehp (ee - no - hep), erupted during the same time.
The sentinals having their imprisoning seal broken?
That's when The Seven Sage Clerics realize: The pheonix prophecy may be repeated.


"In a world shrouded in so much Darkness... all one can do is hope." - Cory Hallowieh; Cleric

Spoiler: What is...

a Dragoon:  A dragoon is given its title due to its potency to slay, or tame dragons of any kind.  These are the head of most military forces in Anchlora.  Their trademark weapon is a spear.  In addition to their fighting prowess they can also use certain dragon skills, as well as low-level black magick.

Magick: Magick (in this game)is the manipulation of elemental, divine, or astral forces.  Seperated into the categories of Black and White; Black being generally offensive or status invoking, and White using devine power; for healing and such.

a Cleric:  In this game the term "Cleric" means someone is strictly aligned to anyGod, or entity/spirit(something to that effect).  All Clerics are not good; their good/evil alignment is determined in what spirit/entity/god/idol they follow the teachings of.

Spoiler: Characters

Pyros:
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Name: Pyros Bloodfang
Age: 19
height: 6 ft, 1 in.
Weight:198 lbs.
Race: Human
Class: Dragoon
Weapon of Choice: Spear
Abilities: Use of some offensive magic, Dragon Magic, Balanced.
Quick Bio: Pyros began training to become a Dragoon at the age of 17, and at 19 he killed his first dragon. His determination and drive to become a Dragoon was the fact that he wanted to leave the slums.  He was the youngest dragoon in history to slay a DRAGON,  most Dragoons only slay medium - large sized wyverns but Pyros slays  a full-fledged Dragon.
His career as a Dragoon made a huge turnaround when he met the slum dwelling theif Basil Nimblenote.  He followed the good in his heart (as he usually does) and fought with Basil in an attempt to stop the anchlorian soldiars from burning down the slums.  After Pyros realized what he did he was forced to flee from anchlora and has been relentlessly pursued by them since.

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Name: Basil Nimblenote
Age: 17
Height: 5ft, 7.5in
Weight: 151.4 lbs.
Race: Human
Class: Shadow Theif
Weapon of Choice: Dual Knives
Ablities: Little knowledge of magick(from stolen books), Can steal various things, very quick.
Quick Bio: Basil is a runaway, and had been living on the streets of Anchlora.  Until he ran into Pyros in the Anchlora slums.  They Developed a close-knit bond during and after they fought together to protect the slums from the Anchloran officers trying to burn it down.  Since then he and Pyros have been hiding...waiting...for the perfect time to sneak into Anchlora Castle and FORCE answers out of the king.



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Name: Pheonix Fewbird
Age: 16
Race: Human
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 105.7 lbs
Class: Magi
Weapon of choice: Bow
Abilities:  Broad use of all magick(some better than others), able to infuse Arrows with different magick.
Boi: Pheonix is a young magi from Namura: the island city.  She actually forces pyros to help her find her parents diring a "certain event".  It almost seems as if she has split personas.  She is very impatient, but some do say that if her hidden power is ever awakened she will be a force to be reckoned with. 

Rueben Joseph Laurent (prenounced LORAUNT[French])
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Age: 20
Race: Human
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 176.2 lbs
Class: Bard
Weapon of choice: Sword
Abilities:  Use of some black magick, and his voice.
||Bio:||  A lover of wemon, song, and battle-
easily influenced by any of them-
Rueben has been in more relationships than you can count on 6 peoples hands.
Though it seems he's a man-whore(he gets that a lot) he's searching for a women who accepts his lifestyle, and he can spend his life with.
One of his obvious faults is that he acts on impulse rather than thought; which now has him on the run from the anchlorian "Goons".


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Ross Bloodfang
Age: 43
Race: Human
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 223.6 lbs
Class: Pirate
Weapon of choice: Swords, and rapiers
Abilities:  Usage of water, wind, and thunder black magick. Sword techniques.
Bio:     The captain of the finely crafted ship: The Hydra.  Ross Bloodfang is the brother of Pyros' father.
He had no idea that his brother died until two years afterward.
He was too late to save Pyros and his mother from the clutches of poverty; due to the fact that they were always on the move and nowhere to be found.

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Dao Liang
Age: 22
Race: Human
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 139.2lbs
Class: Brawler
Weapon of choice: Chakrams, knuckles
Abilities:  Fighting abilities that can subdue enemies, and special monk magicks.
Bio: Dao is the next-in line shurian Princess, but she does not want to become one.  Instead she wants to fight alongside her army as a general.  She was forbidden to do that by her father, and because of that she fled the kingdom.  Under the constant persuit of her bodyguard, Dao is always changing her appearance, she runs into pyros quite a few times before she meets him while not in disguise.

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Name: Cyrus Sharpblade
Age: 24
Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 196lbs
Race: Human
Quick Bio: Cyrus Grew up in anchlora city as an only child, with his mother.  It was his childhood dream to become a General in the Kings army...
When he finally finished his sword training which took him 8 years (age 11 - 19) Pyros came into the picture.  He was the main thing they spoke of everywhere in anchlora for a time.  Though he never met Pyros, he silintly vowed a hatred that would last forever and he would go to any length to ruin him, or even kill him if the chance arose.  One day he ran into Vaancent the Kings appointed Sage Cleric, and since Vaancent knew about Cyrus' deep-seated hatred of Pyros he took advantage of Cyrus' emotions, so Vaancent offered him a job as a blade to serve in the squad that destroys the slums.  "The slums is where Pyros is from; if I give him this fake letter from a relative inviting him there he will have no way out but MY  way." -Cyrus  Since then Vaancent has taken Cyrus in as his apprentice because of his pontential to be so powerful.

Spoiler: SCREENIES

The Title Screen
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Modded Menu
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Dialogue
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A battle(ATB)...
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A battle(Turns; those are animated battlers, btw)
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Spoiler: Features

- this game will have a sort-of nostalgic feel to it.

-Custom animations; the final release will have all custom animations.

-Challenging tactical battles(tactical meaning you may employ the use of tactics, not GTBS)

-Job tree; gives you the control of how every character will participate in the game.

-Simple party changer (usable via menu)

-Custom Battle Algorithms: atk = attacker.atk - (self.pdef + self.mdef + self.agi)
                                     self.damage = atk + attacker.str + attacker.dex
                                 basically: attack, strength, dexterity are all added, then Physical defense, magic defense, and agility.
                             in my game these stats are called:
                                   Atk = "Attack"
                                 PDEF = "Durability"
                                  MDEF = "Aura"
                                STR = Strength
                             DEX = Precision
                              AGI = Speed
                               INT = Spirit

- Tax script(megaflare) mine chages when you enter a new country.
- A map name pop-up script I did myself
- Equipment modifier(The Sleeping Leonheart)
- Single/All target script(inspired by FF) I made myself.
- Btl anim reverse by DerVVulfman

Spoiler: Job Trees

Pyros

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Credits:

Spoiler

f0tz!baerchen - Anti lag
Naramura
Charlie Lee
Leon
Synthesize
She-Who-Must-Not-be-Named

DEMO:
http://www.mediafire.com/?xrljtvuiyin

 

[Spoo]

I'd suggest that you add a story soon or this may get locked.

 

[Luminier]

Please, do read the rules. Why even bother posting if you're not even going to provide us with any information about the story. I don't care if it's "coming soon", because you should have written it out, and posted it here in the first place!

Also, you will have to elaborate more on those features of yours. This skill orb system of yours seems interesting! You should tell us more about it. Oh, and don't bother to confine yourself to spoilers. Let your text run free, man~

If you do not edit your post with the appropriate information within 24 hours I will lock this. At which point you may PM me to unlock it, if you so desire. 'Til then.

 

[Axerax]

How do you have characters before you have a story, that makes no sense at all.

I use the class "Dragoon" in my game in a certain fashion, so if I ever read up on this, I have a limited copyright on my game material and will report you for plagiarism. So hopefully the way you shape the actual class will be unique for the game and not a copy off mine, Legend of Dragoon, and the way Final Fantasy interprets dragoons. But as far as I've read, Dragoons are namely Dragon-Killers/Hunters of sorts, so you should be fine.

Add more content, cause like Akinari said, it will likely get locked.
~Axerax

 

[Jeff]

Something else you might consider while editing your topic in regard to your characters is the Fatal Flaw and Saving Grace. I read in a book somewhere a good quote that went something like "Even the best heroes have at least one fatal flaw and even the worst villains have at least one saving grace." The other part is, ask yourself what is distinctive about your characters. If all the sprites of all the PCs and NPCs in your game were the exact same, how would you pick the main character out from them (aside from the fact you move him around)

 

[So fist]

Axerax, you own the intellectual property about Dragoons?  I'm impressed.  Plagiarism is a lot narrower than that.  Otherwise no one would be allowed a spiky haired hero silent hero or some other archetype/cliche.  I'd suggest not throwing barbs about plagiarism so lightly.

Some questions, Pyros killed a dragon at nineteen.  Is that a remarkable feat?  Are there so many dragons around that they are common kills?  Tell us a bit about this world.

 

[mdavis901]

Thank you "the great terror" I was just about to say something to that effect.
And also thank you for the questions(sounds odd) they really helped me in developing the bios and the story.

Some questions, Pyros killed a dragon at nineteen.  Is that a remarkable feet?  Are there so many dragons around that they are common kills?  Tell us a bit about this world.

 

[Diedrupo]

Is Chronicals an intentional misspelling?

 

[Jeff]

And also thank you for the questions(sounds odd) they really helped me in developing the bios and the story.

Well, let us know when you are finished editing in the information.

 

[ryubateson]

I use the class "Dragoon" in my game in a certain fashion, so if I ever read up on this, I have a limited copyright on my game material and will report you for plagiarism.

I have to say this. . .
Dragoon:
–noun 1. (esp. formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. 
2. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army. 
3. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket. 
–verb (used with object) 4. to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress. 
5. to force by oppressive measures; coerce: The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms. 

Unless your several hundred if not thousand of years old, its hard to copyright something that already exists in everyday literature. Read up before you open up my friend. Thats all I have to say.

 

[Despain]

I use the class "Dragoon" in my game in a certain fashion, so if I ever read up on this, I have a limited copyright on my game material and will report you for plagiarism.

No.

 

[sharksweetheart]

I use the class "Dragoon" in my game in a certain fashion, so if I ever read up on this, I have a limited copyright on my game material and will report you for plagiarism.

Do we have like a POST OF THE WEEK kind of thing because we really should. How else will we remember these moments?

 

[Grathea]

You're joking, right? Here, I'll review your story for ya.

Story:

The Kingdom of Anchlora...
A place of supposed peace,
Tranquility,

Sets the location, mood and expectations already! Gee, you're a great storyteller.

But Lately...
The King has become corrupt.

Just lately? 'Oh, I think I'll embezzle some money today, now I'm not feeling so lazy. See, you can beat procrastination too, if you try!' No.

Sudden outbursts to wage war with other kingdoms,

That's not corrupt, that's just stupid.

Sending ENTIRE Squadrons of soldiers to destroy lowly slum areas-

Same again. Maybe with a touch of ruthlessly despotic, but not that corrupt. But maybe if he'd sent HALF a squadron to kill unarmed villagers, it would have been better?

But wait!

Give me one good reason.

That's where the main man comes into play; Pyros.

I said good reason. Future tip - main characters aren't really plot points.

He was the youngest dragoon in history to slay a DRAGON,

Wow, isn't that neat. Because being able to kill a dragon will be really useful when he has to fight other soldiers and then kill his own king. Practically the same, really.

Most Dragoons only slay medium - large sized wyverns but Pyros slays  a full-fledged Dragon.

Isn't that great... he must feel really special. Significance of this is...?

The King realizes that he may have one of the most powerful armies in the world...

This is the same evil, corrupt king who started conquest 6 or 7 sentences ago?

So he begins conquest.

No shit, Sherlock.

"First the Varnostrah Region The Rest!" -King Nihlus

Wow, so King Nihilist wants to take over the Varnostrah region. Whatever that is. I'll just asssume it's magical fairy gumdrop land.

The natural disastors begin to occur...

Well, first, it's disastErs. At least proofread this before you post it. Secondly, the fuck? Why are natural disasters occurring more suddenly now? Is fairy gumdrop land deep in the center of the earth, which causes volcanoes or something?

A volcanoe that was never to erupt again Mt. Kilomafuji, erupting,

See... I knew it! And, by the way, try to be more original than Mt. Kili(manjaro)Fuji. You're fooling no-one. And, of course, why is it erupting now? Is science or magic so poorly developed in this world that the locals have to go 'yeah, we're not dead yet. Not gonna erupt. Pretty sure o' that.'?

A Pheonix Appearing?

Objection - that's not even the Wright idea. Pheonixes live in desert, y'know that, right? Because you did a modicum of research before pulling this out of your ass?

The most Powerful race; the sentinals having their imprisoning seal broken?

Oh god, no. So, basically, the Pheonixes are the most powerful thing in the history of EVER, and the 'sentinels', whoever they are, managed to imprison them in volcanoes. Where they would THRIVE. Nice going, sentinels.

Dwarves, Elves, Humans, Catahumes; Working together?

I don't know... hell, until now, we didn't even know there were species other than humans at work in the land of Whateverthe

And worst of all;
Pyros in hiding from the Anchloran Army!

Yeah, I can see how hiding from people who want to kill you would be a really stupid idea.

What will happen to him...,

Umm... he'll survive, make it through the game, become king and get to marry the princess? Just a guess.

The rest of the world?

Who knows. I hope they all die in a fire.

Well, now let's take a look at the bios.
Characters:

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Name: Pyros Bloodfang

How original. Gee, is he a warrior?

Age: 22

Oh god, no. Just kill me now, please. ...Well, at least he's not 15, though this is only marginally better.

height: 6 ft, 1 in.
Weight:198 lbs.

FYI, I ran a BMI calc on this, and came up with an overweight body type. Is this right? I just ask since it seems that you want this guy to be flawlessly perfect, like some kind of magical diamond.

Race: Human

Quick Bio: Pyros began training to become a Dragoon at the age of 17, and at 19 he killed his first dragon. 

Oh, that's great. But...why do they kill the dragons solo? Wouldn't a group effort be more effective? Also, why not just do that for the Pheonix, rather than sending EVERYBODY out to find this guy?

His career as a Dragoon made a huge turnaround when he met the slum dwelling theif Basil Nimblenote.

BTW, my cliche-meter just exploded. Thought you might want to know.

He followed the good in his heart (as he usually does) and fought with Basil in an attempt to stop the anchlorian soldiars from burning down the slums. 

Aww, he's a valiant soldier of right! Gee, what a surprise.

After Pyros realized what he did he was forced to flee from anchlora and has been relentlessly pursued by them since.

...WHY! This is the question I asked you all the way back up in the synopsis.

Name: Basil Nimblenote
Age: 18

The glass shards from the cliche-meter just exploded. Got it?
Height: 5ft, 7.5in
Weight: 167 lbs.
Race: Human

Quick Bio: Basil is a runaway, and had been living on the streets of Anchlora.  Until he ran into Pyros in the Anchlora slums. 

Wouldn't it be the other way around?

They Developed a close-knit bond during and after they fought together to protect the slums from the Anchloran officers trying to burn it down. 

Why, please?

Since then he and Pyros have been hiding...waiting...for the perfect time to sneak into Anchlora Castle and FORCE answers out of the king.

Oh, that makes MUCH more sense now. Since you'd have to be a complete idiot or a total cardboard cutout in order to do something like tha-oh, wait.

Features:
Sideview battle system (Translated by Kylocke)

Congrats. Be original!

Skill Orb System(Basic framework by Prexus[Job changer]):
The Skill orb system will accomidate the playing style you want for each character.
This means at any time you can change what skill set a character has, or learns depending on how experienced you are with the orb.

Wow. Also original.

Examples include: Front Row theif - Have passive resistance against Physical Attacks and  learns Hp aabsorbing skills rather than Mp absorbing skills.
Pyromaniac: Has a fire absorption ability and uses mainly fire spells.

You're shitting me... a pyromaniac is attuned to fire? Excuse me while I go inform the flabbergasted masses.

Recruitment:
All I need is an artist to make some front veiw battlers because the sideview battlesystem is being used by everyone, so I thought I'd do something different.

...Do you even read your own post?

 

[Diedrupo]

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height: 6 ft, 1 in.
Weight:198 lbs.

FYI, I ran a BMI calc on this, and came up with an overweight body type. Is this right? I just ask since it seems that you want this guy to be flawlessly perfect, like some kind of magical diamond.

I'm not defending this guy's project or anything, but 198 lbs at 6'1 is hardly overweight. That sounds more closer to an average muscular build. I know many people use BMI to determine whether someone is under/overweight, but BMI does not take into consideration people who work out (after all, those 300-400 lb american football players are hardly overweight, they are jam packed with muscles).

 

[So fist]

OMGZ Gratheo can I be like you and appear a snarky kewl keyboard kowboy, too?  While you have some valid questions you also have an oily sea of "look at how clever I am" flame in there.  Cut it out, it isn't constructive nor encouraged here.  Find some other way to impress us.

Consider this a warning to all of you that intend the same.

 

[boon]

The natural disastors begin to occur...
A volcanoe that was never to erupt again Mt. Kilomafuji, erupting,

I would of picked a better name for a mountain, rather then sticking two famous mountains together (Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Mt. Fuji).
Think up something original, or if you still want mountain names then stick two barely known mountains together. Or throw together a few words.

Sideview battle system (Translated by Kylocke)

Congrats. Be original!

Recruitment:
All I need is an artist to make some front veiw battlers because the sideview battlesystem is being used by everyone, so I thought I'd do something different.

...Do you even read your own post?

You've got a good point. Refine your topic so that things like that make sense. Also, there's more battle systems then Sideveiw? What about Action Battle systems or Tactical Battle Systems? You could use those, with some slight customisation. Stray away for the default scripts. Or are you using VX?

As for your story, you should delve a bit deeper and not make so many line breaks. Why were the Soldiers attacking the slums? How did one man and a beggar defeat several soldiers with fire? Things like that need explaining. I'm sure you'll improve on these things soon.

198 lbs is a bit heavy for your hero. And why is basil bordering on overweight/muscular? If he lives in the slums and is a theif to get food, surely he'd be thin and not built well?

A deeper and bigger story would do well here. Other then that, it's coming along nicely.

 

[Crystalgate]

As has been pointed out, the plot needs some fixing. Here are a few things I think you need to look into.

The king's actions need to somehow make sense, if only in his own warped mind. You describe him as corrupt, but the next sentence hints on madness rather than corruption. Also, how come that the kingdom of supposed peace and tranquility had one of the most powerful armies of the world to begin with? That the kingdom started to wage war on other nations is probably the least surprising thing that could happen.

Mind you, the whole idea of conquering other nations and killing "unwanted" people is hardly an alien concept. By the sound of it, the king is trying to build an utopia which would make sense. The problem is, that's not the way you presented it, rather you made it look like the king started mayhem just so that the hero had something to fight against. You can also make sense of the whole kingdom of peace and tranquility having such a large army. Maybe it never was very peaceful and tranquil to begin with, you putting the word supposed in front of peace and the existence of presumed large slums seems to indicate that. Whatever the reasons are, they have to be believable.

A lot of the reasons may be for the player to find out and would be a spoiler if you included them. However, the description you make has to at least hint that the plot will make sense once you advance the story.

As for the main character, the description of him in the story introduction came of to me as a bit strange. You wrote "That's where the main man comes into play" and then proceeded to add information about him that doesn't seem to relate to the story in any way. No clue was given as how he comes into play there, instead I found that clue in Basil's Bio.

Think twice about how you introduce new elements. If Dwarves, Elves, Humans and Catapult humanoids working together is supposed to be unheard of (in the kingdom of supposed peace and tranquility nonetheless) it may be an idea to establish the relationship between the races, never mind their very existence, before dramatically asking about them working together.

Finally, I have some tips regarding the natural disasters. Keep track of where you have the player and where you have the characters. Every player will assume that the natural disasters and the king's sudden warmongering is somehow related, but the logical guess for anyone not having the benefit of being outside the story would be that the events are unrelated. You will have to keep that in mind.

 

[Magicant]

How do you have characters before you have a story, that makes no sense at all.

I use the class "Dragoon" in my game in a certain fashion, so if I ever read up on this, I have a limited copyright on my game material and will report you for plagiarism. So hopefully the way you shape the actual class will be unique for the game and not a copy off mine, Legend of Dragoon, and the way Final Fantasy interprets dragoons. But as far as I've read, Dragoons are namely Dragon-Killers/Hunters of sorts, so you should be fine.

Add more content, cause like Akinari said, it will likely get locked.
~Axerax

AHhhhh, AHHAHAHA. Oh shit, this is probably one of the funniest things EVAR if you're actually serious. By the way, I've got the word Dragon somewhere in my game possibly maybe, so if it is the same kind of dragon I'm using I may have to take you to court. But that’s only if your dragon is a big scaly beast, you know, the typical type of dragon. Just avoid using it and we'll be ok.

Oh. PS. Please also refrain from using words generally found in the English dictionary, as I have limited copyright on them too.

 

[mawk]

I usually can't stand him, but I agree with Magicant on this. Please don't pull threats out of your ass and scare people with the shadow of a lawyer. What leads you to believe you'd be granted copyright over a type of character that has been used in popular video games for ages? You yourself are admitting that you're not doing anything dynamic and new with the character. If you're using dragoons exactly the way Final Fantasy does it, I'd say you're more in danger from copyright law than you are in command.

Besides, it's not like he's maliciously stealing your brilliant and original ideas here. Get over yourself and stop being an ass for the sake of assdom, 'kay?

'kay so turns out it's reporting for plagiarism instead of suing. Still, they're practically just as bad as things on this forum go.

 

[Axerax]

Axerax, you own the intellectual property about Dragoons?  I'm impressed.  Plagiarism is a lot narrower than that.  Otherwise no one would be allowed a spiky haired hero silent hero or some other archetype/cliche.  I'd suggest not throwing barbs about plagiarism so lightly.

Thank you "the great terror" I was just about to say something to that effect.

I have to say this. . .
Dragoon:
–noun 1. (esp. formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
2. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army.
3. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket.
–verb (used with object) 4. to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress.
5. to force by oppressive measures; coerce: The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms.

Unless your several hundred if not thousand of years old, its hard to copyright something that already exists in everyday literature. Read up before you open up my friend. Thats all I have to say.

And to all the others who missread what I said. I said in my terminology of how I USE dragoons, you are accusing me of saying I own every form and context of a dragoon is bullshit. Don't flame me cause you don't understand what I meant. I have limited copyrights on the way I USE them, not the word or even dragoons themselves.

I don't care if people use dragoons, I just said I don't want to see him use them in the exact same way I did, and besides he didn't, so I really don't see why you all are making so many remarks over something so stupid. So please stop.