In the late 90's, collectible Mons were all the rage. There were several games and toy lines attempting to sell their merchandise and entertain audiences, but one stood out among the rest: Digimon. It began as a manga in Japan that was later adapted into an anime. That anime proved successful enough to warrant an international release, and thus Digimon became popular worldwide. From this popularity, a trading card game was born, one where players built a deck with Digimon they could apply power up cards to in an attempt to overpower their opponent. It proved popular enough, and the Cards remained in print for several years.

But soon a gaming company called D-Connect came along. At the time of D-Connects formation, the Digimon trading card game had waned in popularity, and rights to the cards and monsters they represented were purchased by D-Connect for purposes that were soon revealed. D-Connect's enigmatic President, Ken Kuroda, unveiled his brilliant idea: the D-Scanners. Resembling Digivices, D-Scanners came with a Digi-egg pre-installed. It would hatch into a Digital Digimon, able to be raised like previous popular digital pet games, but this one came with a twist. The Digimon in the D-Scanners were programmed to be compatible with the card game, meaning players could apply power ups from the TCG to boost the Digimon's abilities. Coupled with the D-Scanners' ability to connect via WiFi and allow the stored Digimon to engage in battle, this reinvigorated Digimon's popularity, with D-Scanners selling like hot cakes all over the world.

Now, in the present day, Digimon is as popular as it's ever been. Several new manga and anime series have been made since the original, and both the D-Scanners and the TCG have been regularly updated to keep up with them. In fact, battling Digimon through the D-Scanners have become a rather popular sport in and of itself, spawning tournaments in regions around the world complete with rules and regulations, and even ban lists for the TCG aspect of the game. In fact, it's become all too common for Digimon battles to be used as a means of settling disputes. This popularity and widespread play has made the game far more influential in the economy and politics than it ever was at first, and this of course also applied to D-Connect, the company becoming rather enigmatic in its dealings and Ken Kuroda, its president, making only rare public appearances anymore. It's been the cause for some speculation among the populace.

This only increased further when - on November 29, 2016 - a Digital phenomena occurred in an Electronics store in Tokyo, Japan. Several computers and other devices within the store went haywire and suddenly produced a vicious creature made up of digital data that rampaged. It caused substantial damage to the store, but soon after its appearance it vanished back into the circuitry from which it originally came. All eyes were suddenly on D-Connect when the creature was described as looking vaguely like a Digimon. D-Connect found itself under fire both legally and by the media, and as such was quick to ensure the public that the "Cyber Beast" - as it was dubbed - was not their doing, but that they would work to find out the creature's origin and help create a means to prevent such an attack from happening again in the future.

Behind closed doors, D-Connect greenlit "Project Destiny" and on December 6, 2016 a cryptic email was sent out to a select group of players within their gaming database, the email even being signed by Mr. Kuroda personally. This email informed the readers that they had been chosen for a special promotion of an upcoming update for the game, and they would be given an exclusive tour of D-Connect's headquarters in Tokyo, all expenses paid. As if to sweeten the deal even further, the email promised the recipient an actual meet-and-greet with Mr. Kuroda himself as well as early access to the newest set of cards currently in line for a Christmas release. This email, should the chosen players - the Tamers, as they are called within the gaming circuit - accept the invitation, their world would be changed forever.

Because, you see... it's no longer just a game.



Hello all, and welcome to Digimon: Cyber Beasts. If the plot above didn't already clue you in, this an RP heavily inspired by the Digimon Tamers anime. It's not exactly the same, as you'll quickly discover, but they share certain aspects such as the Cards. The idea is that your character - should you choose to join - is among the top rankings in the Digimon game and for this reason was sent an email inviting them to tour D-Connect's headquarters as part of "Project Destiny". There, they will obtain a D-Scanner that essentially an actual Digivice with a "real" Digimon stored within. The story will take off from there, with what I hope will be many twists and turns along the way, as well as secrets to uncover.

We'll be taking cues from Tamers, namely the use of Cards to provide power ups for our Digimon partners. In fact, we'll be using the actual real life TCG as the template for the in-game TCG, just as Tamers did, but perhaps with a few rule tweaks here and there as the plot demands it.



1. Follow all the standard rules of this website regarding content, flaming, and the like.
2. As GM, my word is law. Period.
3. The word of any Co-GM I appoint is also law. Period. Unless I overturn it for some reason, but hopefully that won't ever be necessary.
4. When making a character, try to avoid picking a blatantly overpowered Digimon for a partner.
5. Obtaining a new Digivolution, or the next one up, will be strictly regulated by me. In other words, you're not allowed to proceed to the next stage of Digivolution until I allow it. This prevents any one Tamer from getting too far ahead of the pack to keep things balanced.
6. I want this RP to last, so I'd appreciate it if all who join are willing to commit to it.

Interested; dropping my own idea.

Bump?

I looove Digimon. Tamers was a pretty good season too. I need to do some other things, but I'll probably join you

I'd be down for this.

@Acid Hippie Cyberdramon doesn't evolve into Beelzemon. At least not that I'm aware of.

@Acid Hippie Cyberdramon doesn't evolve into Beelzemon. At least not that I'm aware of.

He doesn't.

@Acid Hippie
A line to end with Beelzemon would be Impmon > Devimon > Skullsatamon > Beelzemon (Game based)
or Impmon > Beelzemon (Anime)

If you wanted to keep Gazimon you could go the Gultmon route.
Gazimon > Devidramon > Mephistomon > Gulfmon

@Pudding, I might make a bisexual male character like I usually do, if @Double is all right with it.

Would your character be open for a relationship with my PC if that is the case?

Edit: Nevermind. As a personal rule, I don't play romances with people not of the same age group as me.

If I may throw my considerations into the hat ring, Space Cyberdramon(Read 2010 Cyberdramon, Read Xross Wars Cyberdramon) does seem kind of fitting to Beelzemon. Especially because its default depiction in either form is a murder machine, not a justice seeker. (As far as I can tell, the only reason it even Digivolves to Justimon is because of Ryo, literally in this case, since Biomerge was the thing at the time. That and his Monodramon was somehow actually Millenniummon too somehow or something. So... yeah.)

If I may throw my considerations into the hat ring, Space Cyberdramon(Read 2010 Cyberdramon, Read Xross Wars Cyberdramon) does seem kind of fitting to Beelzemon. Especially because its default depiction in either form is a murder machine, not a justice seeker. (As far as I can tell, the only reason it even Digivolves to Justimon is because of Ryo, literally in this case, since Biomerge was the thing at the time. That and his Monodramon was somehow actually Millenniummon too somehow or something. So... yeah.)

Monodramon was his own being for a time, but permanently fused with Milleniumon at the end of the Wonderswan games, actually.

Should a digimon reflect their tamer in some way?

@tobiax
In that regard we need to take everything with a grain of salt. I would think, regardless if it seems fitting, a canonically accept route would be the best one to take.

Can you link me to those sources you referenced btw? I've never heard of Space Cyberdramon

Edit: When you remember Ryo doesn't orginate from the Anime, he's from a game but made cameos. Almost anything goes in the game universe

@Acid Hippie As tobiax said, Justimon was a simple product of Ryo biomerging with his Monodramon. That and the Millenniummon thing. I haven't really thought far enough ahead to know for sure how we'll be obtaining Mega forms, but I'm willing to ignore the Ryo thing if you prefer Justimon (since I'm pretty sure Cyberdramon is capable of becomming Justimon on his own in some of the games). Otherwise, yes, Beelzemon does lend itself better to an evil-ish tree like Cyberdramon, so I suppose I'll leave it up to you. I'd rather avoid using too many alternate modes (like Blast Mode) since not every Mega can utilize them. I prefer if this particular cast of characters remain balanced as opposed to dumping all the power ups on just one or two of the characters like the animes tend to do.

@Acid Hippie
I think you should do what you want and have your Digimons personality be it's own, not based off of current media. It's an RP afterall so you've got creative freedom as long as the GM allows you.

It still urks me having Beelzemon at the end as it doesn't seem overall fitting to me as I've never seen the line like that before. But it's not really up to me now is it? Ahaha

@Letter Bee@Acid Hippie@Pudding@tobiax

I haven't settled on an age range for characters yet. In fact I was kind of hoping for feedback on the subject. Without spoiling too much, I will say that what I have planned may not be very fitting for suitable for characters who are young kids. I'm more inclined to lean toward High School or maybe even early College age range, sort of like what Savers/Data Squad did.