Heya! I’m Lupus and I would like to run an adventure based on the INCREDIBLE manga/anime: Dandadan.
If you’re not familiar, Dandadan is set in the modern world where aliens and ghosts are real and very active. Curses, possessions, abductions, psychic powers, and spiritual mediums collide with humanity as the focal point despite most humans living blissfully ignorant lives without a clue as to the danger they’re often exposed to.
This adventure will take place in that universe but will be a completely separate story with our own OC cast.
THE STORY
Camp Hideaway is one of the oldest summer camps in America’s pacific northwest and is situated deep in the mountains on the pristine Guppy Lake. Nearly 500 acres of wilderness remain completely untouched by human development after being declared a national forest, with Camp Hideaway remaining the sole permanent human habitation due to its presence before the parkland was established. Due to its isolated nature and somewhat crumbling infrastructure, camper numbers have fallen in recent decades but it still attracts a decent sized crowd of dedicated campers between the ages of 8 and 14 as well as a host of recent highschool grad/early college-age counselors.
The counselors arrive a few days before the first wave of campers and strange occurrences begin to happen around camp after they take on a very unwise dare to explore the ‘haunted mine’ at the far end of camp…
THE RP
This will be a small group RP of 5-6 people max with everyone playing a councilor character working the summer at Camp Hideaway. My plan is for this to be part slice-of-life with each player having a cabin of kids (played by me or you) going about the daily camp activities, part mystery/horror with a series of possessions, spiritual attacks, psychic powers, and spooky atmospheres, as well as part anime-style combat against both aliens and spirits. We’ll have fun getting into shenanigans and fighting monsters.
THE CHARACTERS
Every player will play a counselor between the ages of 18 and 20 who has some connection to the otherworldly aspects of the story.
This can include:
-a psychic power (pyrokinesis, telekinesis, hydrokinesis, telepathy, ect)
-spiritual possession (you got a demon/ghost/spirit inside you)
-curse (you got cursed by a spirit)
-spiritual sensitivity (you can sense/detect spirits)
-spiritual ritualist (you can exorcise, fight, trap, banish spirits)
Spoiler alert: the first part of this story will see your powers awaken in the way you decide at character generation.
In the case of possession/curse I will introduce a reason that it doesnt kill you outright and will thus allow you to manifest that spirit/curse as a (reasonable) power. An active spirit can be played by you or me, if you prefer!
Powers of any type should come with some sort of drawback because hinderance is fun! (Some ideas are: you risk losing control, you cant summon the powers unless in grave danger or emotional, you have to sacrifice something per use, you can only use the power X times per day, ect ect.) Hopefully, characters will learn and grow over the summer and find better ways of control.
The second part of PCs will be a cabin of 4-6 kids of varying ages. These personalities can be as detailed or as vague as you prefer but you’ll probably end up having to keep these kids from getting eaten by an alien or something.
IN CONCLUSION
I have an idea of the major plot points but I also love story collaboration! Happy to workshop ideas and characters and events as the story progresses. :)
If you’re not familiar, Dandadan is set in the modern world where aliens and ghosts are real and very active. Curses, possessions, abductions, psychic powers, and spiritual mediums collide with humanity as the focal point despite most humans living blissfully ignorant lives without a clue as to the danger they’re often exposed to.
This adventure will take place in that universe but will be a completely separate story with our own OC cast.
THE STORY
Camp Hideaway is one of the oldest summer camps in America’s pacific northwest and is situated deep in the mountains on the pristine Guppy Lake. Nearly 500 acres of wilderness remain completely untouched by human development after being declared a national forest, with Camp Hideaway remaining the sole permanent human habitation due to its presence before the parkland was established. Due to its isolated nature and somewhat crumbling infrastructure, camper numbers have fallen in recent decades but it still attracts a decent sized crowd of dedicated campers between the ages of 8 and 14 as well as a host of recent highschool grad/early college-age counselors.
The counselors arrive a few days before the first wave of campers and strange occurrences begin to happen around camp after they take on a very unwise dare to explore the ‘haunted mine’ at the far end of camp…
THE RP
This will be a small group RP of 5-6 people max with everyone playing a councilor character working the summer at Camp Hideaway. My plan is for this to be part slice-of-life with each player having a cabin of kids (played by me or you) going about the daily camp activities, part mystery/horror with a series of possessions, spiritual attacks, psychic powers, and spooky atmospheres, as well as part anime-style combat against both aliens and spirits. We’ll have fun getting into shenanigans and fighting monsters.
THE CHARACTERS
Every player will play a counselor between the ages of 18 and 20 who has some connection to the otherworldly aspects of the story.
This can include:
-a psychic power (pyrokinesis, telekinesis, hydrokinesis, telepathy, ect)
-spiritual possession (you got a demon/ghost/spirit inside you)
-curse (you got cursed by a spirit)
-spiritual sensitivity (you can sense/detect spirits)
-spiritual ritualist (you can exorcise, fight, trap, banish spirits)
Spoiler alert: the first part of this story will see your powers awaken in the way you decide at character generation.
In the case of possession/curse I will introduce a reason that it doesnt kill you outright and will thus allow you to manifest that spirit/curse as a (reasonable) power. An active spirit can be played by you or me, if you prefer!
Powers of any type should come with some sort of drawback because hinderance is fun! (Some ideas are: you risk losing control, you cant summon the powers unless in grave danger or emotional, you have to sacrifice something per use, you can only use the power X times per day, ect ect.) Hopefully, characters will learn and grow over the summer and find better ways of control.
The second part of PCs will be a cabin of 4-6 kids of varying ages. These personalities can be as detailed or as vague as you prefer but you’ll probably end up having to keep these kids from getting eaten by an alien or something.
IN CONCLUSION
I have an idea of the major plot points but I also love story collaboration! Happy to workshop ideas and characters and events as the story progresses. :)
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