Will it be available at the start of the game? I mean, Cloud Strife is a kick-ass warrior without Materia, but if he starts the game with it he would be a kick-ass warrior with incredible abilities and the power to hurl spells like a mage. Those of us with characters from earlier games (in which spellcasting was limited to certain classes) would need something to compensate for that weakness.

Like I said, I have yet to figure it out yet. So far the best one I've come up is having some sort of effect happon that'll level the playing field a bit.

Well, we could always have the characters agree to play like they are, regardless of what game they're from. I mean, I don't mind if his Cloud is always more powerful than my Rydia.

Good idea. I mean, like I said, I haven't had one that I could reasonably pull off.

Hmm...should we focus less on the exact statistics and items we have, saving ourselves work all around? Levels, experience, even the battle system shift from game to game, so calculating your exact level and abilities is either pointless or forces poor FC to create a system of converting and comparing every one of these stats.

I had a point somewhere in there, didn't I? Yes, I did, and it was about focusing less on the exact stats.

Meaning that you should just give the basic information about your character, to familiarize those of us who haven't played the game in question. Everything else is up to FC, and all of my suggestions are just suggestions.

I think dragonsbane is right, why not just play 'freeform'?
Or we could just use the characters as they are in the beggining of the game they were originaly in (cecil would still be paladin since he goes back to level one after the change)

btw, if theres still room i would like to join in.
its bad that sephiroth isnt allowed... there is no cooler chara in the ff series... sephiroth wasnt really evil, it was the jenova cells inplanted in him before he was born that made him insane.
but, i guess that doesent matter.

well... what other chara could i be... oh yeah! cecil is my third favorite (since cloud is alredy taken, damn you cloud!)

Cecil
class=Paladin
Weapon=Excalbur or light (depends on the game settings)
Shield=Crystal or light
Armor=Crystal or light
Helmet=Crystal or light
accesory=Crystal or iron ring
White magic:
Cure lv1, lv2, lv3 (if light used only cure lv1)
heal
Sight
Peep
and other white magic if possible.

if it is allowed i would like to make a chara of my own (based on the ff7 system, i will not use much materia if that is allowed)

That sounds like a good idea there DB. (And it saves me a headache) And OmniShadow, it's taking place after the game.

well.. there wont be much to learn in the rp if all is fully upgraded, i mean if i would be cloud for an example i would start att level 99 and have ultima weapon and 2 of the master materias since i have it in my game, that would be pretty damn boring having charakters that cant evolve and become stronger. (just cause it is after the game doesent necesarely mean we cant start our charakters as they were in beggining of the games)
although that is just my opinion, hope someone agree so that this may become a real rp instead of a slaughter the bad guys and then were done game.

I don't even think this will start since it's been taking forever to get everyone ready. And I won't be here from Wednesday til Monday. I'm going down to Florida for TG. So if this does start, somneone please God-mode me.