Oakenheim (Character driven modern supernatural RP?)

[Piercing Light]

I've been thinking of making a modern RP set in a fictional town in Maine. I want it to have supernatural elements, but instead of this being a story full of battles with the fate of the world at stake, I'd like the conflicts to be smaller in scale and far more subtle. To get a good idea of what I mean, I'm taking inspiration from the series Bakemonogatari. (if you know it) So, a supernatural RP with a focus on character development, is anyone interested? Is there anything you'd like to see in it?

[agentmanatee]

I am interested. As for what I'd like to see? I'd love to leave it up to you, no particular thing I'm looking for

[Piercing Light]

Right now, I have it so we are using high school aged characters, but this won't be a school focused RP. My character will send out invitations to the others that are 'gifted' and able to perceive the supernatural, and they will form a club dedicated to solving supernatural occurrences in the town of Oakenheim.

[Girlie Go Boom]

Ooooohhh...! Likes it! Interested! MEEE!! ~Edz~ Soooooooo... like thinking that maybe like we could all be from the same school though right? So like we dun have to be all friends but at least a bit familar with each other? Maybe each of us just never knew that like we each had special-ness type stuffs about us until the club formed? Maybe? Right? MAYBE?! Hiii~~!! :]

[Piercing Light]

Our characters will be from the same school, and my character will be the one able to identify the others.

[Girlie Go Boom]

Kk^^ So how many charries can we each play?

[Piercing Light]

I want to see how many people are interested before deciding on a concrete number, but for now I'll say one. I would much prefer a medium sized cast of people that posted regularly.

[SoleAccord]

Familiarity is nice. What about the rating for the roleplay? Are we to expect some violence here and there, perhaps able to romance characters in our spare time as we develop these characters? I have an idea for a boxer; development comes first of course, but I think you'd like him, even if this rp is not battle-centric. What kind of characters would you like to see?

[Constantine]

*Rubs chin thoughtfully* Sounds like a very interesting concept and you had me the moment you mentioned Bakemonogatari. When you say that the gifted can perceive these supernatural events is it a case of people rationiising away the truth or more like in Grimm (if you know it) where only special people can see the supernatural entities in their true form and the rest of the world see's something else?

[Dead Cruiser]

Shit bro, I am so in. I tried a couple of months ago to run a literal Bakemonogatari RP. A few questions, though. What sort of mythos are we running off of? Urban myths, traditional myths, literary fantasy, any combination thereof? Are our characters merely able to perceive the supernatural (would-be "Specialists," in terms of our inspirational material,) or would we play as supernatural entities themselves as well (or merely those influenced by them)?

[Girlie Go Boom]

Soooooooo... k. How much of this Bakemonogatari do we needs to know abouts? Cuz like... teh bunny watched like all of ohhh... never, that's why. U,U!!!

[Piercing Light]

Familiarity is nice. What about the rating for the roleplay? Are we to expect some violence here and there, perhaps able to romance characters in our spare time as we develop these characters? I have an idea for a boxer; development comes first of course, but I think you'd like him, even if this rp is not battle-centric. What kind of characters would you like to see?

@SoleAccord

Rating? I suppose it'll be a bit of a mature rp, though I don't want things to take on a dark tone. There will likely be some violence here and there, though again, they won't be the focus. Romance is a possibility. I'd like to see a diverse cast of personalities, maybe a few eccentric individuals. I'd also like to avoid having similar archtypes here.

*Rubs chin thoughtfully* Sounds like a very interesting concept and you had me the moment you mentioned Bakemonogatari. When you say that the gifted can perceive these supernatural events is it a case of people rationiising away the truth or more like in Grimm (if you know it) where only special people can see the supernatural entities in their true form and the rest of the world see's something else?

@Constantine

I'd say it's a bit of both, supernatural events may occur, and without having a proper explanation for it, people will make something up, like swamp gas, or solar flares or something lol. There will be some entities that normal people can see, however, most of them will be things that normal people simply cannot see nor sense.

Shit bro, I am so in. I tried a couple of months ago to run a literal Bakemonogatari RP. A few questions, though. What sort of mythos are we running off of? Urban myths, traditional myths, literary fantasy, any combination thereof? Are our characters merely able to perceive the supernatural (would-be "Specialists," in terms of our inspirational material,) or would we play as supernatural entities themselves as well (or merely those influenced by them)?

@Dead Cruiser

I'm Platinum excited there are fellow bakemonogatari fans here! Concerning the mythos, it'll be a mix of traditional myths and literary ones... maybe a few urban ones, we'll have to see. Our characters can either simply be sensitive to spiritual energies, or be people influenced in some way by an entity. If someone wants to use a fully fledged supernatural entity, I'd like them to run it by me first, since I don't want anyone to be too powerful. If anything, I'd prefer it if at least most of the RPers pick an entity to either represent their character, or take influence from.

Soooooooo... k. How much of this Bakemonogatari do we needs to know abouts? Cuz like... teh bunny watched like all of ohhh... never, that's why. U,U!!!

@Bunnita

You don't need to know anything about it. I'm simply taking inspiration from the series.

[Dead Cruiser]

Alrighty, then. Since we're in Maine, I have a pretty strong idea for a character forming already.

[Darcs]

This seems rad. Also, Maine is an interesting choice for a setting, it wouldn't happen to related to Lovecraft would it?

[Piercing Light]

Thank you for showing interest. Heh, I picked Maine because I wanted a familiar yet vaguely mysterious setting, and also because of all the horror authors associated with it.... and also because there's a lot of trees there lol. Oakenheim will be a rather out of the way town surrounded by a forest, and while I'm tempted to say it's similar to the towns in the Cthulhu mythos, things won't get quite so... maddening XD

[Dead Cruiser]

...Is it at least by the sea, covering the town in fog and strange things drifting onto the shore?

[Piercing Light]

ha, there is a beach nearby that people are rather hesitant to go to.

[Darcs]

Oakenheim will be a rather out of the way town surrounded by a forest

@Piercing Light

I bet the coffee is damn fine. And hot too!

[Piercing Light]

lol, how the hell did I not think of Twin Peaks when making this.

[Constantine]

Just a few idea's then that may or may not worth considering, assuming you didn't plan for them already of course, in which case I apologize in advance for stating the obvious. One idea might be to have the cast/players construct a sort of codex of the things they experience/meet/chase away/get chased by or just simply supernatural entities that people think up and want to share, in a separate dedicated guild page. A book of nasties, as it were. As for the character sheet, assuming a player is an 'aware' human instead of the usual life history focus more on an event that triggered their awareness. If it was a supernatural entity an optional codex entry could add some depth, plus serve as potential plot devices later on, say, as the subject of an investigation?