Sometimes, you need a break from life. You need to escape to another reality for just a couple minutes, so you can come back and right yourself. But be careful not to get lost.
@Bacon, D.C. is fine. Also, shouldn't un-approved CSrs be in the OOC?
Also, its customary to have the first post of the OOC be a fuller version of the Int Check, with rules and the Character Sheet Template?
My bad. First time properly doing one of these, I'll be honest, so I'm not exactly familiar with standard operating procedure. Not to say I don't have experience running other kinds of RPs, but there's a difference between DMing and Text-Based RP. I'm gonna make a 0th post with the essentials real quick.
By the way, here's a question for y'all: Do you have a preference as to where the game starts? As I said prior, I was planning on setting it in America instead of Japan, and specifically thinking about either Washington DC or New York City (leaning towards DC). But this is subject to change if y'all would prefer I set it somewhere else.
These words are the first step in awaking the true self. The power that sleeps within the chosen few of mankind, those with the strength of will to make their mark.
Where once the Metaverse and the Real World were kept separate, machinations by entities long-since forgotten by man have sought to fuse the two so they may manifest. Usually, a special individual called a trickster would arise to take on such a threat, and save the world at cost to themselves. This time, however, the door to the Velvet Room never appeared to such a person. The entities are about to enact their plan, and the world as most know it is about to come to an end.
However, this does not have to mean the end of life, or the end of humanity. In times of crisis, those with the strength of will will rise to make their mark, to defend the people they care about, and to maybe, just maybe, save the world.
The Enigmatic Igor has a plan of his own, and works to awaken the power of the Persona into those who are capable of wielding that power, and to help them along the way whenever possible, even if that might lack in comparison to the services he can provide to a trickster.
The Velvet Room calls to you. Will you answer?
RULES AND GUIDELINES
Just a few ground rules, and a couple guidelines to keep in mind when making your character's background.
RULES 1) Keep it civil. In-character arguments are fine, and I have no problem with holding a conversation with someone else in the OOC. But don't be nasty to each other in the OOC. We're all (probably) adults, and I expect everyone to act like it.
2) Remember what you signed up for. This is based in Persona/SMT, and I'll try my best to keep that general tone. Things can and probably will get rather dark at some point or another. And while I'm sure we're fine with dark and adult themes, try to keep from anything overly graphic. I don't want smut or excessively gory descriptions in the IC once that starts up.
3) Rules are subject to expansion and change. While that should cover the essentials, things change. If something comes up that requires me to make an addendum to the rules, I'll inform everyone and post it here.
GUIDELINES 1) As of the start, the whole fusion of the Metaverse and Real World is yet to happen, and the party are yet to awaken their personas. Where, when, and how you awaken to your persona will be up to you. If you want to have known about the metaverse or had awakened to your persona maybe a day or two prior, talk to me.
2) For clarification, the fusion of the Metaverse and Real World is going to be more similar to Devil Survivor than the Quiphoth world or the mainline SMT games. Things are going to start off looking relatively normal, but become gradually more warped the longer the Metaverse and Real World remain fused. Figured I'd establish that now to avoid further confusion.
3) No tricksters. Everyone gets a persona, with a second and (if you so choose) third awakening. It helps the individuals of the team remain distinct, and helps me avoid the headache of trying to balance multiple people with multiple different personas.
4) If you give me backstory details that I can work with, I can and will gladly make use of them if I can. Unless you want me to, I'm not going to kill off your character's friends and family offscreen.
5) If you are ready for me to look at your CS, I'm fine with you putting it in the Character tab. But expect me to look it over once or twice before we get started, and I'll let you know if anything needs to be changed.
6) This is subject to expansion and change. As of posting this, there are other things on my mind. There might be a couple things I'm forgetting. If I need to update this, I'll make sure you're all informed about it.
I've got a character sheet drafted! Figure I'll wait until the OOC is up to post it. Is it alright if I have both an initial Persona and a Second Awakening Persona on there (for future reference, not to start with), or should I wait to add the second one if/when a second Awakening happens for my character?
It's up to you.
Also, I'll get the OOC up sometime tomorrow, seeing as we should have enough people to get started.
Regarding the info you want for the sheets: Do you want real-life images for characters? Or are anime/art pictures allowed? Could we use existing characters in the Persona/SMT world? Or would you prefer original characters? How long do you want character history to be? Is the Persona allowed only one focus? Or could there be a major/minor focus thing going on? (Like a major focus on Guns, and a minor focus on buffing for example.)
I hope I'm not bombarding you with questions!
Anime/Art pictures are allowed and encouraged.
I would prefer original characters.
Character history should probably be between one and four paragraphs.
I should've specified that, but yes you're allowed a major and minor focus. Additionally, you get your elemental magic regardless of your focus, though it's up to you how much you actually use it.
Roughly how long will it have been since the apocalypse happened? Will we be dealing with the immediate fallout, or will the story begin a few months/years in?
As of the start, the world is moments away from ending. So you'll be dealing with the immediate fallout.
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