Thousands of years ago the people of Earth fought off an invading army of demons in the Great Demon War, lead by the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord was defeated by a band of heroes, and the demons were repelled from Earth by a giant spell that shielded the Earth from their realm, but weakened magic on Earth in the process.
In the present, humanity has forgotten the magical world, and has been lead to believe that they created those myths and legends themselves. However, the minions of the Demon Lord have finally found a host to posses the Demon Lord's soul, and he's been resurrected in the body of a high schooler. The descendants of the heroes who once defeated the Demon Lord now must try and discover whose body the Demon Lord's soul is occupying before his minions can fully resurrect his old form.
Well, that's the premise of the RP I want to start, anyway. I had a lot of fun with this story on another forum, but I wanted to give it another go here. I expect most of the RP to be fairly light-hearted, given the premise of the story, but as this is a very major event in the world of these characters there will be serious moments as well, so expect variety in tone. I'm posting this to the advanced forum because, despite the goofy plot, there will be a lot of detail in the world and I expect a lot of detail in the characters. Much of this RP is about building a world for your characters to explore and investigate, so a lot of description will be necessary.
As well as knowing who is interested, I'd like to know where people want the RP to be set and whether or not the Demon Lord's bodyguards should be playable. In the previous version it was set in a fictional city in Japan, as everyone agreed it was a very "anime"-like premise, and several people played minions of the Demon Lord. I already have a location list for the Japanese city, but I can change it if people want the RP to be set somewhere else. As for characters, I found having the Demon Lord's minions to include playable characters to be more interesting, but only because I didn't intend for the story to be an actual mystery for the players, as the Demon Lord's identity was a revealed character at the start. Unless people seriously object or we don't have enough people for two decent sized teams, I'll probably keep the Demon Lord's minions playable.
I plan for the RP to follow several "episodes", major events which involve all of the characters, with "investigation" segments in-between in which your characters can freely explore and interact with each other. How I structure the episodes depend greatly on the characters and location, but I'm aiming for 8-12.
In the present, humanity has forgotten the magical world, and has been lead to believe that they created those myths and legends themselves. However, the minions of the Demon Lord have finally found a host to posses the Demon Lord's soul, and he's been resurrected in the body of a high schooler. The descendants of the heroes who once defeated the Demon Lord now must try and discover whose body the Demon Lord's soul is occupying before his minions can fully resurrect his old form.
Well, that's the premise of the RP I want to start, anyway. I had a lot of fun with this story on another forum, but I wanted to give it another go here. I expect most of the RP to be fairly light-hearted, given the premise of the story, but as this is a very major event in the world of these characters there will be serious moments as well, so expect variety in tone. I'm posting this to the advanced forum because, despite the goofy plot, there will be a lot of detail in the world and I expect a lot of detail in the characters. Much of this RP is about building a world for your characters to explore and investigate, so a lot of description will be necessary.
As well as knowing who is interested, I'd like to know where people want the RP to be set and whether or not the Demon Lord's bodyguards should be playable. In the previous version it was set in a fictional city in Japan, as everyone agreed it was a very "anime"-like premise, and several people played minions of the Demon Lord. I already have a location list for the Japanese city, but I can change it if people want the RP to be set somewhere else. As for characters, I found having the Demon Lord's minions to include playable characters to be more interesting, but only because I didn't intend for the story to be an actual mystery for the players, as the Demon Lord's identity was a revealed character at the start. Unless people seriously object or we don't have enough people for two decent sized teams, I'll probably keep the Demon Lord's minions playable.
I plan for the RP to follow several "episodes", major events which involve all of the characters, with "investigation" segments in-between in which your characters can freely explore and interact with each other. How I structure the episodes depend greatly on the characters and location, but I'm aiming for 8-12.
