The paper mario games are in-forum RPGs that you play by posting in. The meat of the game is battles against enemies, but sometimes you'll be able to explore towns, solve puzzles and talk to npcs as well.

How to Signup

Select a class. Post in the thread. Classes and information about them can be found by following this link.

How to play:
Everyone will get a "Stat" card that will display your Health, FP , etc. Here is an example of one below:

HP: Represented by the Heart and green bar, you lose HP when you take damage and are KO'd when it reaches zero.
FP: Represented by the Flower and the blue bar, various abilities cost FP to be used. If you don't have enough you can't use the ability.
BP: Represented by the Badge. In order to equip badges and spellbooks you need enough BP to do so.
ATK: Represented by the Hammer. When you fight, some your attacks use the ATK stat to do damage.
DEF: Represented by the Shell. When you fight, DEF blocks damage from enemies.
SPE: Represented by the Book. Magical attacks use SPE to do damage, and SPE blocks damage from enemy magic.
STA: Represented by the 'Stache. When you fight, STA gives you a chance to crit or dodge attacks. Only moves that use ATK can crit.
SP: Represented by the 8 orbs. They're used to activate star abilities.
Level: The level of your character.
Coins: The number of coins your character has.
Star Pieces: Represented by the yellow crystal, this is the number of Star Pieces your character has.
EXP: This is the amount of experience your character has. When this reaches 100, you gain a level.

Leveling You can level up in a number of ways depending on the adventure. When you do, you can upgrade any of the following stats: Gain 5 HP or FP Gain 3 BP Gain 1 ATK, DEF or SPE If you have a + in the stat, you will get: 1 extra HP, FP or BP 1 extra ATK, DEF or SPE on the first level and every 5 levels. And if you have a - in that stat, you will get: 1 less HP, FP or BP 1 less ATK, DEF or SPE on first level and every 5 levels.

Combat

During combat, each class has many options available to it.

Attacks: Each class has 2 attacks it can use. For instance, the Plumber has the Hammer and Jump attacks. These attacks can be used as many times as you like with no cost.
Special Abilities: Each class has 3 special abilities. These are unlocked with star pieces, and require FP to use.
Badges: Some badges when equipped give extra attacks that can be used. These usually have FP costs, and can only be used if the badge is equipped.
Magic: Magic can be equipped like badges, and allows spells to be cast by classes that have +SPE, +FP or +BP. These usually have FP costs, and can only be used if the spell is equipped.
Items: Items can be used in battle. Your inventory normally holds up to 5 items, but it can be extended via badges. Items usually ignore the enemy's defences.
Star Powers: Star Powers can be used with your SP. Damage from Star Powers always ignores the enemy's defences, such as STA when calculating if a status is inflicted or DEF when they are damaged.


This same works pretty well over at the SMWC boards, so I figured I'd give it a try here. I start once we get 8 4-5 people.

EDIT: Forgot this is a smaller board. Will start with 4 to 5 people

I'll admit I expected a lot more people by now...

Yeah something tells me this isn't happening over here...:/