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The world is filled with magical wonders; spirits, gods, elder beings and more, with goals and objectives as varied as life itself. Often, these beings oppose each other, and to succeed they either unleash monsters to the world, or have chosen Mahou who wield magical weapons and powers to fight their battles for them; magical girls and boys. These are people who, through some turning point in their life, have been given a new life with magical powers, a youthful body, and a grand destiny.

The city of Penrose had become a center for repeated attacks by monsters and villains, and so has attracted Mahou from a wide region. Now, a new force has arrived in the bitter winter: the Beacon Ascendancy, their sole goal the extermination of all sources of corruption and heresy. A new conflict looms over the cold city as monster girls and dark magical girls unite against them, with factions thrown in the crossfire. Can a peaceful end be achieved without bloodshed?




Welcome to Darkest Before the Dawn (or DBD for short), an RP in the same universe as Beyond the Looking Glass. In this RP, normal people are chosen by Patrons to become magical girls and boys. These include cute and cuddly Puchuu, capricious Lesser Forces, proud Gods, the valiant protectors of Beacon, the dark and mysterious agents of Ebon Mint, and terrifying Horrors from beyond. Will you be a defender of justice, an agent of dubious morals, or something completely different like a monster girl?


Character Creation

Characters are created for this RP using the wider setting of the Accidental Magical Girl CYOA, found in links below. Applicants can also use the Crimson Cradle module when creating a character and rolling for certain tables such as Powers and/or Perks; simply replace the result in the CYOA table with the corresponding one in the CC tables. Any roll that results in creating a new character (such as the Ally Perk or Twin Soul Power) can be rerolled. Note that the coins given for use in the creator can be used at any point of the creation process. All modules may be used for character creation.

Character Creation
Patron Creation
Crimson Cradle Module

(The Dark Magical Girl/Monster Girl link is not fully supported in the RP, but the contents of the link such as Perks and Powers can be utilized with permission)
Dark Magical Girl/Monster Girl Creation Aid

Setting

The RP is based in the fictional city of Penrose, located somewhere in the Northeast US. Due to the increasing number of monsters in Penrose, the magical girl population is rising as well. Penrose has a population of 600,000 and is located on the east coast. The actual structure and mapping of Penrose will be kept nebulous to allow for player choice. For example, you can describe your character to be located at the hospital or train station without needing to specify further.


Character Sheet

Character creation should be done according to the CYOA. Please note that the amount of additional benefits and drawbacks you can take on the Patron module depend on what type of patron you have.







The Rules

1. A maximum of two active characters and Patrons can be created. Any characters and Patrons created afterwards must replace previously created ones. Exceptions to the rule are the Allies-perk and Twin Soul-power, which work as described in the CYOA. Submit your characters first to OOC or as a PM, and once they have been approved they can be posted to the character tab and you can begin posting in IC.
2. Allies-perk and Twin Soul-power may be rerolled into another perk or power.
3. You must first ask for permission before you can create side characters and events that have a considerable effect on the RP's story. Background characters with little consequence are exempt from the rule. For example, you can have civilians witness a fight, or have a slumber party at a magical girl's house without asking for permission to include the parents. On the other hand, them turning out to be fighters or a villain suddenly causing a city-wide swarm of monsters has to be approved first.
4. The number of combat-ready NPCs are limited to three per player. Exceptions can be made if you ask me for permission.
5. Keep the sexual content PG. Romance is fine as long as it's kept clean.
6. Violence: The world of DBD is definitely darker than the average magical girl show, with death as an intrinsic part of the setting. Still, please keep the gore, body horror, and anything else explicit on the tasteful side.
7. Post Rate: Try to post at least once every one or two weeks on average. At the beginning things might move more rapidly. If you're not going to be able to post for a while, let me know. Try to avoid speed posting too much. But most of all, don't sweat too much about keeping a posting schedule, as this is meant to be fun.
8. Post Standards: Your post should at least be a paragraph or two in length, include your character's thoughts and an action or some dialogue.
9. Collaboration is recommended for dialogue and/or combat between characters when they are expected to run for longer than a couple of posts. For example, Google Docs is a good place to make collaborations. We also have a Discord channel for discussion and sharing cool stuff.
10. Have fun! If you don't, let me know by posting in OOC or sending me a PM, and I'll see what I can do to fix the issue. If you have any ideas you want to share in private, feel free to do so as well.

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Patrons are allowed to interact with and even assist their chosen magical girl/s, with the following conditions:

1. Direct interference from Patrons in a combat situation or completing objectives on behalf of their chosen magical girl/s reduces coin payout if their interference is not covered in the magical girl's benefits and drawbacks.
2. This reduction is dependent on how great and/or frequent the interference was, and may affect future coin payouts as well.
3. Repeated violations of Patron interference will end up with reduced magical ability of the chosen girl/s and ultimately loss of magic.

Emotion magic types:
Wonder: Illusion
Confidence: Fire
Hidden 5 yrs ago Post by MadManMoon
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I believe the term I'm looking for is "First."
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You'll have to let me know if my redistribution of wealth is acceptable, since I don't plan to spend any coins on anything for potentially the entire season.
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Accepted. You can post the sheets in the Character tab.
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Will repost Eliza's CS here when I can! And a certain spirit user if I get some help with figuring out what she was doing all last season.
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I will be doing a complete overhaul of my character sheets, so that'll be up over the weekend.

Maybe.
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Alright, here's my little group of miscreants.

Gave Rina the awareness perk, and Chloe a +2 to Mag and Str.

Hero of Justice







Dark Magical Girl





The Crystal Maidens







Combat Ready NPCs



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New Accounting
Gained 1 Ruby Coin as End of Season Award.
Gained 2 Gold Coins from being the Keijo Queen.
Gained 3 Bronze Coins from participating in volleyball, water skiing, and jet skiing.

Exchanged 1 Ruby Coin and Disguise Artifact Perk for +2 MAG and Gifted perk (+1 STR).
Exchanged 3 Gold Coins for +1 MAG and +2 AGI.
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@Card Captor
I'm going to assume that you used the Ruby Coin to purchase the Gifted Perk. In that case, please explain in detail what special application of his Specialization Alex obtained from becoming Gifted and put that in your CS. After that, you're accepted.

@Rune_Alchemist
You have a hider of Divina within Aurora's hider. If that's intentional, good job on the innuendo. If not, maybe remove it. Otherwise, I don't see any problems. Accepted.

@ERode
Honestly, I've never seen a CS so well-written. Props to you, good sir. Accepted.
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There. I'm not sure what to do with Mariette, but she won't be pulling out, at the very least. She can float about. That's about that. Have a nice day.
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@ERode@Ariamis Here are my sheets, reposted!

Sophia von Zeerover






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("To Be Decided" Characters, whether to NPC, shelf for this season [which will be the initial case at least at the start of this], or do something else with behind the scenes with Moon or the like at some point in time)




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Your Horror-worshipping asses are acceptable. Put them in so they can get football-booted into the atmosphere in the IC.
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Well. Alright, then, suppose I'll do just that.
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both of them once again up for approval, though I don't know if Kyle will see much play just yet. Not the best and dual wielding characters.

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Oh yeah,

@Shifter_Master

Would Laat have been able to help Maura out while the vacation episode was going on? If not, im thinking of having her be out for a little longer. For dramatic effect, of course.
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Yeah he would be willing to help since the curse had been going on for a while. I was tempted to add his profile to my post, but I wasn't sure if he would be showing up again.
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@Shifter_MasterUwU you forgot about our discussion already? That wounds me.

Also I'm basically fine with mecha girl existing in this universe again, though her wealth makes me want to become a communist. Accepted.
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I haven't forgotten it, and I still have his write up on hand if he does show up, but you must admit that it would be odd to have tossed it in when there is no current magical girl that follows him out and about.

Also, I get the feeling that Penny's wealth will vanish quite quickly once the shop opens up with its new goods.
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