This role play will take place in the city of Vita. During the past year stranger and darker things have begun to become increasingly common. This new found violent patter has become a city wide epidemic with no cause or end in sight. Our characters will be granted special powers that, along with some in game mechanics I will be implementing into the role play, will allow our characters to dive into the mystery of the city. These special powers are known as Personas which are the physical embodiment of our characters will and arcana path. Each character will take on the title of a tarot cards those are as followed...
They are Separated by Two Groupings
The Magician - The High Priestess - The Empress - The Emperor - The Hierophant - The Lovers - The Chariot - Strength - The Hermit - Justice - The Hanged Man - Temperance - The Sun - The Moon, Death, The Star, & The Tower
High Arcana Cards
Wheel of Fortune - The Devil - Judgement - The World - The Fool
I am not 100% done with the battle system I will be using for this role play; however, I have enough figured out that I can allow people to make their characters including their persona. I will explain more about how you will construct your persona in the character sheet skeleton below. Thank you for taking the time to read this OOC and I wish you the best of luck in all future endeavors.
Name Hopefully self-explanatory. This obviously includes first name and last name (if any), and may include aliases, nicknames, and other names which the character may be known as.
Age This is self-explanatory as well. All of our characters will be students at a local university so the age range should be somewhere between 18-24.
Gender Though it may be obvious enough with the name section most of the time (unless it's a fantasy name), this is still important; male, female, hermaphrodite, unknown, or none are the usual choices (male and female more often than any other, since the others are rare in society and some are much less familiar with them). This is not based on what your character looks like; a boy that looks like a girl is still a boy, for example. However, you may mention "looks like a boy/girl" and/or "prefers to be referred to as a male/female" if your character's gender is unknown or ambiguous. AUTHORS NOTE If anything above I have said was disrespectful please let me know. I am somewhat under educated when it comes to the modern understanding of gender.
Arcana This is a key part of the role play and very important to your character. I want to make it clear that no base arcana is more powerful than another. I do not want people to see their arcana as less important or cool than others. That said the arcana you decide to pursue should mean something to you and make you excited about the future it holds for you and your character. This selection will also play a role in what theme your persona might take on.
Appearance You need to let others know what your character looks like. Describe them in enough detail to let others get a mental image, but try not to stretch it out too much with tons of details. You may mention that they like this or that item or clothing they have on themselves at all time or a small description of how they obtained it, but do NOT mention anything which is not relevant to the way they look. I am comfortable with people using an image from the internet; however, I would also require a written section to help people see the photo through your eyes.
Personality The way the character acts. Even if they are shy or try to avoid social contact, you should still mention how they act when they have to interact with others. Likes and dislikes, phobias, and other such things also should be written down in this category. Make sure to include at least a few characteristics about the character; a personality of only one or two characteristics will make a flat character. Do not think that this part is written in stone. A big part of this role play will involve growth of character and developing them. That said I do not want your first post to be about how you are breaking free and leaving caution to the wind when you describe Jack Bower in the personality section.
History What happened in the character's past. This section usually spans from the birth or childhood of the character to the present day, although it may begin even before their birth. If you mention something about the way they act (I.E., they were feared by other children because they were extremely aggressive), be sure it was also mentioned in personality, and make sure it still is relevant to what happened in the character's past.
Others Anything that you couldn't put in any other category for whatever reason should go here.
There will be three levels to your characters persona. They will be called Me, Ipse, and Ego. For now the character sheet will be for your Me persona. The basic way to look at this is your Me persona is your starter and therefore the weakest of the three. The Ego is an ultimate form and therefore the strongest. The way you will unlock these stronger forms will be by protecting, improving, and care for your personas home. This will be explained below in further detail.
Name I am going to implement a rule that the name can not be in English. If this is a horrible egregious rule let me know, but I think it could be fun to look up names and stuff for our personas that draw from other languages. If you haven't noticed already I have hidden several Easter eggs in this OOC by using other languages for names and found it very fun..
Arcana You may only have a persona from the base arcana list.
Home Each arcana will have a home within the city of Vita. They will often connect the arcana to the physical world in a fitting way. For example the Death arcana could have a home that is a graveyard. The better kept the graveyard is the move love and connection the city has to that place which in turn will strengthen the Death arcana and in turn strengthen your persona if it part of the Death arcana.
Appearance I would like it if you have a photo so we can all have a complete understanding of what it looks like, This can be any sort of image including drawings or other.
Skills/Spells Feel free to use this link for Skills/Spells For now you will have your Me persona have one spell type (Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light, or Dark with Almighty being unobtainable) Each character can select one and then have two basic physical attacks. If you have any questions about this feel free to send me a PM and I will assist in any way I can.
History This is where you get to explore the meaning behind your persona. You can have it based off a real god or goddess that connects to your arcana or create a new one. Have fun with this and I promise you will be all the more excited to journey though this role play with your persona
All character sheets must be sent to me via PM. I also request that you title the message with the following format [RPG SCREEN NAME - CHARACTER NAME] if you do not follow this rule I will be selecting other people ahead of you. As there seems to be some amount of interest I will possibly have to limit the number of people in which case I will select people based on quality of character sheet. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from all interested parties.
