I AM THOU, THOU ART I.
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 the world, or the end of humanity. In times of crisis, those with the strength of heart will rise to make their mark, to defend the people they care about, and to maybe, just maybe, save the world.
The Velvet Room calls to you. Will you answer?
This is a concept I’ve had for a while, but this is my first time trying to implement it. Effectively, the story would follow a ragtag group of people who awaken to their Personas not long after the effective end of the world. This whole thing was inspired by a mix of the Persona series, and SMT Devil Survivor. I plan on setting it in a major American city (such as Washington DC or New York City) instead of Tokyo, but I’m willing to change that if people would prefer otherwise.
For clarification, the PCs wouldn’t be Tricksters. They’d each have a Persona and a Second Awakening, maybe a Third Awakening if you’d like. This is to help keep the party members distinct, and to avoid one player becoming the main character by being the only Trickster like it normally is with Persona.
Additionally, I would allow for you to make your own Persona if you so choose. Alternatively, you could pick a couple out from the hundreds of different Personas from across the games. Here’s a couple things to note for that:
A: Personas don’t have to maintain what they are consistently depicted with. You could have a Giramikala who’s a magic attacker with a vulnerability to physical attacks for all I care.
B: Keep it within reason. Unless you’re alright with it getting significantly nerfed from it’s in-game counterparts, don’t go picking Personas like Satan, Messiah, Izunagi-No-Okami, Satenial, etc.
Would anyone be interested in a game like this?
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