Devil May Cry RP Conception?

[Sho Minazuki]

With Devil May Cry 5 on the horizon, I'm seriously considering making a just-DMC RP. However I also need to wait for the game to land so I can take up all the meaty lore it's locked behind the gameplay.

In the meantime, I'd like to garner some interest, and hear out some ideas from people who are interested in this franchise.

I have a few ideas of my own, but I am unable to land on any of them because of the uncertainty of what we may learn from DMC5.

I'll be adding some of them here soon, but I know a few things that I know will be happening.

First, this will take place after DMC5, so knowing the aftermath of that game is going to be important for writing this premise. Despite the next point, it's important for the overarching world and not so much the contents of the RP itself.

Second, the events however, will be further away and not involve the main cast of the main series in any direct way. The RP will be a focus on characters made in this world, so I highly encourage people to come in with characters of their own making.

And finally. There will be a new legend. DMC1-5 covers the descendants of Sparda, this RP will have it's own legend from which many events and enemies may be born from, as well as weapons and gear, or even characters within reason.

[AlternateMan]

I might be interested in this. >:]

[Malice]

Cooooooould be interested.

[DClassified]

*Casually leaves some interest on the floor here.*

[Sho Minazuki]

A decent start.

For those interested I'd like to know what it is you want out of it. Right now my idea is we'd basically make a new mythos and we play on that, so I'm unsure if to run a proper "hero" and "villain" character or let players try and fill those in part. I could do a mix of that and players can choose to join one or the other or act on their own.

[AlternateMan]

Your idea sounds good for me.

[GingerBoi123]

I would be interested but I won't be able to get DMC 5 until a couple of months after release :p

[Sho Minazuki]

It's not necessary to play the RP, it's just necessary for me to write the RP premise. I stand by having the events of the RP take place away from the main game, but I don't plan on it being inconsequential to the world. For example there are things like the status of King of Hell that I'll need.

[AlternateMan]

So it'll basically be a spoiler alert for DMC5?

[Sho Minazuki]

Yes, and no. I'll keep the details vague. Say someone dies in DMC5, that won't be mentioned. What's more important is the state of the world after DMC5. The events of DMC5 itself though will definitely have an impact on the RP premise. It's stated that the thing happening in the city of Redgrave with the demon attacks isn't just that city, but also happening the world over, so it definitely will have an impact.

That being said, the timeline will be something like 15 years after DMC5 (no actual number decided yet), so there'll still be plenty of room to get creative.

[EpicKDP]

I have all of the intention of joining this role play. So I cannot wait for this story and system to come to light

[Sho Minazuki]

Well, while we wait for DMC5 to come out in 2 weeks, I'd like to start going through some ideas for the mythos we'll be using as the foundation for the RP's events.

The main one I'm building off of is "The Knight of Vengeance".

Simply put, there was once a Holy Kingdom, prosperous and fair they had a strong reign somewhere in Europe. One day however, it's knights all turned to demonic arts, and within a few days it was overrun with demons. Only one of those knights however, did not join his colleagues. He was just a mere human, and was simply killed. However a demon approached him in his final moments, and offered power, to which he accepted. Now reborn as a demonic knight much like his colleagues, he was now on even ground. One by one he slew his former comrades, before disappearing into history. The kingdom itself, the Kingdom of Radia faded into obscurity, the land it once occupied now empty and seemingly untouched.

If we go with this, the plot will revolve around two demon hunters, one former and one continuing. Mordred, and Arthur. Mordred is a human demon hunter, while Arthur is a half demon.

The two were sent out to investigate a phenomenon, and stumbled into the Holy Kingdom of Radia itself. Mordred was killed, while Arthur accepted his birthright as the descendant of a demon king. After some events in the Holy Kingdom, Arthur disappears with the demon Merlin into the underworld, while Mordred heads back to his home.

Predictably, Mordred has inherited the sword of the Knight of Vengeance, Lazarus, while Arthur retrieves the sword representing his birthright, the Calibur.

The RP's events will begin roughly 1-2 years after this, when Arthur attacks the city Mordred lives in. For what reason? Well, I'll share that in the RP itself.

From here the intention is you can either be a demon hunter or some other, or even be one of Arthur's demonic knights. Other than Lancelot, Galahad, and Guinevere, you may also make a character whose name coincides with members of the Round Table, although preferrably, they would also be a demon or at least half demon, and side with Arthur.

Yeah I have a lot I've figured out already, but it is possible for me to make something entirely new a bit later, so I haven't committed fully just yet.

[EpicKDP]

Not bad not bad. I can dig.

[Sho Minazuki]

Well while we wait, I've chosen this song to be the theme for the RP.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSjLP0erjQ

Naturally we'll use some regular rock for in-RP themes, but this one kind of encapsulates what I'm making.

EDIT: Well at least the song does. This is the same band that did Mad Qualia, the trailer theme for DMC5 in Japan.

While we wait, I would like to know what kind of characters you want to make, or what you want to be doing in the RP.

[EpicKDP]

Have an idea of a system? Or how we can best display our abilities to adapt to your world?

[Sho Minazuki]

I'll probably just make a character sheet soon then. As fr as systems go there'll be a style system naturally. As for the rewards for scoring high, I'm not decided yet.

I do know how it goes though, it's based on the DMC5 scoring system which you can see if you play the demo. You'll basically get points for doing stuff. Taunts, using certain weapons to a certain degree, killing in certain ways, putting yourself under certain conditions, etc. As a result, there won't really be a limit on how much style you can rack up per mission. That's kind of why I need to figure out the rewards for good style, since there's no limit, there's no way to really balance making it come out to currency.

Maybe if you reach a certain amount of style, certain events may occur, or something else. There's also whether or not I want to add any kind of progression like leveling your styles.

[Sho Minazuki]

@EpicKDP@AlternateMan@GingerBoi123@DC The Dragon@Malice

More may be discussed on the discord. DMC5 itself is a week off, so the time is near. discord.gg/KhkrDYJ

[Nightwing95]

@Sho Minazuki Hello there, I am an interested party that patiently waits for his DMC5 pre-order.

I love the nods to the Arthurian mythos, and since the bosses will be Arthur's Knights, I wonder if the same goes for Mordreds supporters\allies.

[Sho Minazuki]

@Nightwing95 Mordred is largely a lone wolf, especially for the first arc of the RP, which will focus on mainly the players which is you guys, and establish the conflict between Arthur and Mordred.

Lancelot will appear in a future conflict, along with Guinevere, and even further along will be Galahad.

If you are interested in joining we can discuss it on the discord.

[Sho Minazuki]

roleplayerguild.com/topics/177142-dev…

OOC is up.