Roar of the Machine God: Demonbane! (Super Robots vs Cthulhu)

[Dead Cruiser]

I am innocent rage
I am innocent hatred
I am the innocent sword
I am DEMONBANE

The ultimate source of arcane power, the Elder God in Grimoire form, the Necronomicon, has been destroyed. Strange fluctuations in reality, likely the meddling of some Outer God, hath rent the legendary Grimoire asunder. However, its infinite power was not eradicated, merely scattered. Born from the Necronomicon's ashes are a new generation of Grimoires, the first to be created in decades. And where there are Grimoires, there are Sorcerers to wield them.

Even so, all is not well. The insidious league of Sorcerers, the Black Lodge, has capitalized in the absence of sorcerers to oppose them, and their plans for world domination are unfolding rapidly. Not to mention that the raw power of the Necronomicon was not meant for this world, and unbound it wreaks untold havoc across the globe. As this unfolds, Great Old Ones, Elder Gods, alien invaders, and many other threats set their eyes on the Earth. The very universe is in crisis. Balance and order must be restored.

The time has come for heroes.

The time has come for DEUS MACHINA.

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This is an RP based on the visual novel series Deus Machina Demonbane, wherein Sorcerers battle each other using the power of Grimoires, tomes and reserves of magical power, and wield against each other enormous, magic-powered mechas known as Deus Machina. The story is set in essentially an alternate history 1920's United States, and draws heavily from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.

The player characters will be "inheritors" of the power of the destroyed Necronomicon (the most powerful Grimoire). Each will have their own Grimoire, a suite of magic powers relating to it, and their own Deus Machina. They will combat against the various malevolent forces that are surging up in the absence of the Necronomicon, and filling the void of power that it occupied.

Just as a basic rundown of themes that will be present in this RP (should there be interest):

- Super Robot mecha battles
- Transforming (Henshin) heroes
- Over the top anime-style action and humor
- "Weird fiction" style science fantasy
-1920's Dieselpunk
- Cosmic horror
- Postwar occultism
- Traditional Japanese bastardization of Western mythology and history

Interested? Direct questions, concerns and comments below.

[BrokenVeil]

Interested

[Zombehs]

Ok. I'll bite and hang on for the ride.

[LHG100]

Are you fucking serious? Shit like this even exists in the minds of men?

What a time to be alive.

[Dead Cruiser]

Just trying to keep the thread afloat here...

Interested

@BrokenVeil

Ok. I'll bite and hang on for the ride.

@Zombehs

Any questions regarding the setting? I'm going to playing pretty fast and loose with the plot depending on the characters we get, but I'm open to suggestions or ideas. Any character concepts so far that I could potentially help with?

Are you fucking serious? Shit like this even exists in the minds of men?

What a time to be alive.

@LHG100

Are you here to contribute or to be belligerent?

[LHG100]

What do you mean be belligerent? I didn't try to come off that way, the actual idea is quite amusing, in a "holy shit that's awesome" way. I didn't mean to rustle your jimmies, I apologize!

However, I'm afraid I probably shouldn't be joining though, I don't have a lot of free time on my hands. You guys have fun with this concept, I know I would if I could.

[Dead Cruiser]

What do you mean be belligerent? I didn't try to come off that way, the actual idea is quite amusing, in a "holy shit that's awesome" way. I didn't mean to rustle your jimmies, I apologize!

However, I'm afraid I probably shouldn't be joining though, I don't have a lot of free time on my hands. You guys have fun with this concept, I know I would if I could.

@LHG100

Ah, I also apologize for intensifying the miscommunication. To me it came off as, "this is so stupid I can't even believe it exists." But that's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned.

Unfortunate that you can't join us, but keep us in mind if you end up having any spare time to RP with.

[SInpathy]

I like this.

[Dead Cruiser]

I like this.

@SInpathy

Good show. Any questions or concepts that I could help with?

I'd like a few more players before we get started. Interest seems rather scant; if you guys want this to get off the ground, tell your friends!

[SInpathy]

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Good show. Any questions or concepts that I could help with?

I'd like a few more players before we get started. Interest seems rather scant; if you guys want this to get off the ground, tell your friends!

@Dead Cruiser

Is the Deus Machina related to the grimoire powerset we receive?

[Dead Cruiser]

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Is the Deus Machina related to the grimoire powerset we receive?

@SInpathy

Your Deus Machina will have more or less the same abilities as your character, only on a far larger scale. I'm open to letting players pick both, as long as they follow a somewhat cohesive theme.

For inspiration, some of the powers the Necronomicon grants are drawn from: Cthugha, Ithaqua, Atlach-Nacha, Nitocris, Lloigor, Zhar, Barzai, Shantak, and the Shining Trapezohedron.