We've launched the announced Talent and Lore Update! All characters are granted one free RP talent and race change. Update Log.
Updates to Talents and Monsters: Read the specifics in the Update Log
08/01/'21
Gaia Reborn
Gaia Reborn, the hottest MMORPG of the last decade, has seen millions of players experience its unique world - a combination of fantasy and reality. When Gaia Reborn was a game, one goal was to make the game world a one-half scale model of the real world. This pursuit was known as the Half-Gaia Project, and it is one of the aspects which led to Gaia Reborn becoming such a popular virtual world. With regional servers having unique areas, quests, cities, and monsters, it wasn't uncommon for people to create alternate characters on other servers to experience what felt like an entirely new game.
Ten years after the game's launch, millions of players have joined and created countless characters across the many servers. Now, with the release of the latest expansion, Pioneers of Arcadia, many are getting ready to begin new adventures in the new Italian server, exploring the new region corresponding to Italy, known in Gaia as Italia. Characters would have to start from fresh in this new world, but Italy would finally get its own piece of this world.
Countless players created their characters, logged in with excitement fueling their hands as the cursor swept across the screen, and then... darkness... Everything was black, and as their eyes opened, the players found themselves in the streets of an unfamiliar city. Looking around to survey their surroundings, many players realized this city was not so new after all. While desolate and ruined, the architecture conquered by vines and greenery, this city was unmistakably Rome, but at the same time, it was not. Finding themselves in the bodies of their characters, trapped in the world of Gaia Reborn, players are left to adapt to their new reality in this fantasy world.
- Player - Name: David McClain Gender: Male Age: 17 Sexuality: Heterosexual
- Character - Name: Kleio Gender: Female Apparent Age: 23 Face Claim: "Rossweise, from Highschool DxD" Played By: OceanMan Faction: Adventurer
- Appearance -
Outside of the game, David was an average looking teen. He had an athletic build from an exercise and martial arts program he went through as a kid, but he isn't jacked like a bodybuilder. His eyes are light brown while his short, often messy hair was a darker shade. While his skin is mostly flawless, he had some scars and an eye injury from a car accident he was in. This is usually covered by a black eye patch. The young man stood at 5'10 and weighed 150 lbs. His commonly worn outfit is a pair of blue jeans, a black t-shirt, black baseball cap and a pair of Army boots. When he entered Gaia Reborn, his appearance in the game was drastically different. His avatar currently takes the form of a voluptuous Alv woman called Kleio, who has long, shoulder length silver hair usually tied up in a ponytail and blue eyes.
- Personality -
David can be best described as an extrovert. Loud and boisterous, this young man thrives best in socially interacting with others. He loves talking to and interacting with people and he won't hesitate in making new friends. A thing to note is that even if he enjoys meeting new people, David doesn't automatically trust them. When it comes to combat, this rough personality of his lent to him being hot-headed. David tends to lean towards the Leeroy-Jenkins mindset more often than not. Without thinking things through, he would leap into battle with zero disregard for his own personal safety. This was partially influenced by death not being a permanent thing. He's also known to be an extremely stubborn individual. David refuses to give up when things get difficult and will keep getting back up. This sheer stubbornness applies to both the real world and in the video game world too.
In most situations, David is a calm and friendly person. However, he still has a temper and it can take a lot to get him to let loose. If the family and friends he cares about are in danger, his calm demeanor is shattered and his rage is as hot as the sun. David doesn't like liars or being lied too. He tries to be as honest as he can be, but he'll keep secrets if he has to. While the young man doesn't take things as seriously as he should most of the time, he does understand the gravity of them. Sometimes. He also has the tendency to annoy people with the occasional snarky comment. Underneath it all, David can be a kind person in his own way.
- Biography -
For most of his childhood, David McClain grew up in a normal life in Chicago, Illinois. Both of his parents, Avery McClain and Alice Kennedy were both in the military before taking on separate professions. His father joined the CIA while his mother joined NASCAR. One a federal agent and the other a professional and rather famous racer. David was the youngest. When David's father was recruited into the CIA, the family had to move to Virginia. He had an older sister who went to highschool and David went to elementary. On the side he learned martial arts such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Krav Maga. When his mother wasn't busy racing, she would teach him how to shoot. In school, the young man was the second smartest in his class and highly social. In fact, he was the Striker in his school's soccer team. David's life soon took a horrible turn for the worst. His mother visited the family to check up on them and decided to take the kids out for a fun day while their dad was still working. On the way home from going to the movies, a high speed car chase was occurring between a pair of police cruisers and a vehicle stolen by armed criminals. They collided with the McClain family car over 60 miles per hour. Both cars were totaled and David's mother and sister were killed in the collision. He survived but lost an eye in the process after getting stabbed by shattered glass.
After David recovered from surgery in the hospital, he and his father attended the funerals. The older man left the CIA and father and son moved to Tokyo, Japan several months later. David was only 13 years old when this happened. Without the young man's knowledge, his father took on a job as a professional assassin. Using his connections, the old man was able to acquire the ability to train and use guns for himself and his son. Meanwhile David would be going to highschool in Tokyo. He'd also be practicing his martial arts. During his time in school, he met a second year student called Mihara Himeko who introduced him to the MMORPG called Gaia Reborn. He made an account, created his first character and played. He played a lot actually. The game's setting and mechanics immediately drew him in and he found himself maxing out his toon in no time and making many more. Branching out to other games, he discovered titles such as Halo, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Mass Effect, The Witcher and hundreds of others. He even tried out Everquest and thought it was pretty neat. When David was 16, his father came back with a surprise. He had a woman with him called Noguchi Inaho. The teen didn't know what to make of her, but he didn't mind if she made his dad happy.
Even though David was ok with his new step-mother, there was still a lot of tension in the air. So he decided to break it when he turned 17. When he did a year later, David got his parents together so they could bond over some video games. His choice of game was Gaia Reborn since there was a brand new update that happened and he wanted to experience the new content with his family. His parents were reluctant but they eventually agreed. After making their accounts, the three of them made their characters and the teen made Kleio. Once he clicked "Enter World", David's entire world went black.
- Extra -
David was blind in one eye and wore an eye patch. He is ambidextrous. Knows martial arts.
Ambidexterity Prime While dual-wielding a one-handed weapon in the offhand, the user no longer incurs a 50% accuracy penalty to their one-handed weapons. While many Duelists are known to dual-wield due to getting Ambidexterity Prime, some opt for sword-and-shield or sword-and-magic. Passive skill.
Poker Gauge A Duelist can passively see enemies as only they can, and perceive a thin yellow bar under an enemy’s hp; their Chip Stack. A Chip Stack is equal to 1/5th the amount of the creature’s maximum health. All damage the Duelist deals to an enemy’s health bar is also dealt to their Chip Stack. Chip Stack does not benefit from the enemy’s Defense stats. When it is reduced to zero, the enemy Folds for 10s, granting the Duelist a strong increase critical hit chance on them. After that duration, their Chip Stack is restored to full and increases by 1/5th of the target’s maximum health. Passive skill.
Skill Name:
- Rank I -
- Rank II - Multiple Bets The Duelist designates up to 5 targets within 10 meters by focusing their vision upon a target until a number flashes above their head. The first enemy receives number 1, the next 2, and so on. Once an adequate number of enemies have been marked by this skill, the Duelist will quickly teleport to each target in order and attack the target with their equipped weapon for above-average damage, and inflict an average 10s Bleed. Teleportation occurs immediately after the Duelist has attacked. Due to the quick method of movement provided by this skill, it is a very effective means of closing the distance upon a large group of targets. 1s animation time per target, 25s cooldown. High mana cost.
Risk and Reward Upon use, the Duelist begins to charge their weapons for up to 10s causing them to glow a faint red color. During this time, the Duelist is still able to move and use basic attacks, however they are locked out of using any of their other skills. When released, the Duelist rushes up to 5 meters instantly to cut the enemy. The longer the Duelist spends charging this skill, the more damage is dealt by this cut. If released immediately, the skill will deal below-average damage, while if it is released at the last second it will deal intense damage. It inflicts a low Defense Down that lasts 5s, but increases linearly with time spend charging to 15s if fully charged. This skill will be interrupted as soon as an opponent lands a direct hit on the Duelist, making it difficult and very risky to fully charge this skill. 1s cast time, 20s cooldown. Average mana cost.
- Rank III -
- Racial & Talents - Heart of Heroes: The Alvs are known for their fierce courage and bravery, their wills allowing them to keep fighting in the face of despair. Once every 30 minutes, an Alv may instantly recover from 1 CC of choice that impairs their actions; such as Bind, Fear, Paralysis, Stun, and so on. Passive Skill
Rage As a Berserker’s health drops, their adrenaline increases! When below 50% of their max health, the Berserker is granted a very minor boost to Attack, Magic Attack, Defense, Magic Defense, Evasion, Movement and Accuracy. This doubles to minor when below 25% of their max HP. Passive skill.
Iron Stomach Not even food poisoning can stop a dedicated chef! This skill can be toggled, allowing chefs to become immune to status debuffs caused by drinks and food, such as Poison or Accuracy Down. Toggle skill. “Also prevents intoxication, which is the only real reason to ever toggle this skill off.”
- Equipment - Armor: Novice Shirt Left Hand: Novice Shortsword Right Hand: Accessory #1: Accessory #2: Accessory #3: Accessory #4:
Welcome to the help dialog for the Custom Mini-Profile Creator plugin!
Click on any of the tabs above to go through the plugin configuration process!
You can access this menu at any time by clicking on the icon in the bottom right bar (may not be applicable if you're on Forums.net), or you can disable the welcome window and/or the icon by going to Plugins > Manage > Custom Mini-Profile Creator and changing the Show Help option.
This step is essential as it gives the plugin everything it needs on the page to get as much profile information as possible.
To make the profile variables work you'll need to add a new line to the very end of Themes > Layout Templates > Mini-Profile and paste the code below on it. The code should be placed completely outside of the mini-profile, so if you're using the default mini-profile template this will be after the very last closing </div> tag. This needs to be done on every theme you have the plugin enabled on as the template is theme-specific.
If your mini-profile template is already customized and you've hit the variable limit for your template you're free to remove any lines from the code below if they contain information that you don't plan on using. For example, if you have no plans to ever add a user's IP to their mini-profile for staff reference you can remove <div class="mp-info ip">$[user.ip]</div> from the code and everything else will still work just fine.
Once you've added the HTML from the Layout Templates tab you're ready to move on to building your mini-profiles. If you want to get going and try some out now or you're not very adept at HTML, CSS, or Javascript, worry not! This plugin includes some examples for you to try out. You're free to skip to the Custom Profile Fields tab and read over this tab later when you're ready to build your own.
Here's a quick rundown of each of the components in Plugins > Manage > Custom Mini-Profile Creator:
Name This is the name you'll be adding to your custom profile field dropdown once you've finished coding the mini-profile. Pretty self-explanatory. Make sure this name is unique from every other name you use for your mini-profiles or you'll end up overwriting the earlier ones in the list.
HTML This is the HTML that will go inside your mini-profile. You can use just about any HTML tag here so long as it's appropriate for where the mini-profile is showing on the page. Please refrain from using <style> or <script> tags here. You have the next two sections for that! Also, remember that mini-profiles can show multiple times on the same page, so you shouldn't add ID attributes to any of your elements here. Two elements on the same page cannot have the same ID per HTML standards.
CSS This is where you'll place what would normally go in your forum's style sheet or what would normally be between <style> tags. Try to code your mini-profile's HTML in a way that will allow you to target it specifically with your selectors. For example, you can surround all of the content in your HTML with a <div> element with a class and target that class and its child elements specifically with your CSS. That way you don't accidentally target every mini-profile on the page with CSS that was meant for the one you're building. One more thing: The forum theme's CSS still applies beforehand, so your mini-profile may look right in one theme but not in another. The best way to circumvent this is to define as many styles as you can to override the theme's CSS.
Javascript Anything that normally goes between <script> tags will go here. This one's a bit tricky since you'll obviously want to target the custom mini-profile specifically. Luckily there's an easy way to do that. In your statements you can use the $(this) variable to target the mini-profile if you're coding using jQuery. Otherwise, if you only plan on using standard Javascript you can target $(this)[0] instead.
Once you've finished building your mini-profiles it's finally time to add them to the Edit Profile page for use! To enable selection of custom mini-profiles you'll first need to add two specific custom profile fields in Members > Custom Profile Fields in your forum's admin area:
Mini-Profile Theme
Staff Mini-Profile Theme
Mini-Profile Theme is for mini-profiles that are designed for member use. You can set the Who Can Edit option for this field to Staff With Power if you only want staff to be able to choose mini-profiles for users. Otherwise, if you want members to freely be able to choose their own mini-profiles you can choose Members and Staff With Power.
Staff Mini-Profile Theme is for mini-profiles designed specifically for staff use. This field is completely optional.
Set the type for both of these fields as Drop Down Selection. Click on the (View/Edit) link to add mini-profile names to each of these fields.
If you've just installed this plugin you should have three different mini-profiles already installed by default: Example 1, Example 2, and Example 3. You can add these to your dropdowns to test them out and see the plugin in action.
If you're having trouble getting this plugin to work despite following the instructions in the previous tabs you may want to check that each of your themes meets the prerequisites below in Themes > Layout Templates > Mini-Profile.
First, ensure that opening tag of your mini-profile template includes the $[miniprofile_class] variable in its class. On the default ProBoards theme it should look something like this:
<div class="$[miniprofile_class]">
Next, make sure that the default {foreach} loop for custom fields is present inside your mini-profile. It doesn't need to be visible, so you're free to add it inside a hidden element if you don't plan on displaying it or if it would mess up the appearance of your own custom template.
Beyond that you can do whatever you like to the mini-profile template for the most part and it shouldn't negatively impact the plugin.
The following is a list of available variables for use in the HTML section of the mini-profile creator and their definitions. Adding any of these to a mini-profile will generate the content described in its definition in place of the variable so long as the information that variable outputs is visible to you.
To reference your forum's custom profile fields you can use $[user.customfieldname], substituting "customfieldname" with your custom field's name. You'll need to type the name in all lowercase with no spaces and only use characters A-Z and 0-9.
For example, Mini-Profile Theme becomes $[user.miniprofiletheme]. This will output the value of the custom field. In the case of this example, it'll be the name of the mini-profile theme you've chosen in your profile.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These will only work if you followed the steps in the Installation tab of this window on each of your themes. Any themes that do not include the template code specified there will not have these variables replaced in the mini-profile.
$[user]
User's display name link.
$[user.age]
User's age (if visible to you).
$[user.avatar]
User's current avatar.
$[user.badges]
User's list of badges.
$[user.birthday]
User's date of birth (if visible to you).
$[user.color]
Hex color of user's group. If user is not in a group this will return inherit.
$[user.custom_title]
User's custom title.
$[user.email]
User's email (if visible to you).
$[user.gender.image]
Image associated with the gender selected in the user's profile (if available).
$[user.gender.text]
Name of gender selected in the user's profile (if available).
$[user.group.name]
Name of user's current display group.
$[user.group.stars]
Star images associated with user's current display group.
$[user.id]
User's numerical ID.
$[user.instant_messenger]
User's list of instant messengers specified in their profile (if available).
$[user.invisible]
Returns 1 if a user is invisible. More useful for Javascript.
$[user.ip]
User's IP address (if visible to you).
$[user.is_online]
Returns Member is Online if user is currently online.
$[user.is_staff]
Returns 1 if a user is designated as staff. More useful for Javascript.
$[user.last_online]
Timestamp showing when user was last online.
$[user.likes]
Number of likes this user's posts have received.
$[user.location]
Location specified in user's profile.
$[user.name]
User's display name in plain text.
$[user.personal_text]
User's most recent status.
$[user.posts]
User's post count.
$[user.rank.name]
User's current posting rank.
$[user.rank.stars]
Star images associated with user's current posting rank.
$[user.registered_on]
Timestamp showing the date/time the user registered on the forum.
$[user.registered_on_short]
Condensed version of user's registration date.
$[user.social_network]
User's list of social networks specified in their profile (if available).
$[user.username]
Outputs the user's login username in plain text.
$[user.warning.bar]
User's warning bar (if it exists).
$[user.warning.level]
User's current warning level (if visible to you).
$[user.website]
Website specified in user's profile.
You can utilize the $(this) variable in the Javascript component to target the mini-profile <div> element. For example, if you wanted to add a class to the mini-profile you can use:
$(this).addClass('class-name-here');
Profile variables can also be used in the Javascript component in this plugin. In Javascript the value undefined is used to signify that a value doesn't exist for the variable you've specified. With this in mind you can use profile variables in Javascript conditional statements within the plugin similar to how they're used in the actual layout templates section of the admin area.
if(variable) will only run if the variable you specify has a value.
if(!variable) will only run if the variable you specify has no value.
Example 1 (variable has value):
if(user.group){
$(this).find('.group').show();
}
If the user has their group displayed in their profile the above Javascript would make the HTML below visible if you had it hidden with CSS.