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- Proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. I'm not asking for novel quality literacy, but make it legible.
- Be respectful. Take any fights to PMs, but don't start any in the first place. No OOC racism, sexism, etc. either.
- Keep it tasteful. It's Persona, so dark 18+ themes will be explored. If you wish to delve into it with your own character, please keep it tasteful and take it seriously.
- No Mary Sues. Nobody likes a perfect character. They're boring from an overall narrative perspective, and just interacting with them from moment to moment.
- Have fun. Or don't. I mean, that entirely depends on you. You might hate me and everyone else here. We'll see.
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Plot: The metropolis of Akemishi, otherwise known as Akemi to the locals, is a booming multicultural bastion off the Northern coast of Japan. Founded in the 1990's, construction concluded in the year of 2019 and has seen a massive population surge since. People from all over the world flooded in to buy up property, and allowing the city to become an architectural marvel of the modern day. Society was a perfect mix of the world's brightest, and technological advancements in the following years were swift and merciless. Despite all of this however, there was always something wrong with it - something integral and deeply ingrained to the design of the entire city. Whenever questioned about it, no one could muster a reasonable response that didn't mention the words "demons" or "Indian Burial Ground". "Crazed lunatics and paranoia", the mayor of Akemishi, Hiro Daiba, commented. Rumors began spreading of cults and religious sects controlling the nightly affairs within the city, poking and prodding at its roots bit by bit behind the scenes. There was no solid proof of this; or rather, there wasn't until recently.
Recently there have been mass blackouts blanketing entire districts of Akemishi. On an average day one could expect up to a quarter of the city's lights and electricity to be shut down. As soon as one district has been dealt with, the problem crops up elsewhere. It isn't due to lack of electrical power, and industry professionals can't explain it as by all rights the city should be fully functional 24/7. On top of the blackouts, rumors have been spreading of people vanishing without a trace during the darkness. There has been no public outcry as of yet due to the rumors stating that it's only affecting people that are loners of society and whom "no one would miss anyway". There has been no official evidence, though there are more police patrols in areas of dense electricity loss - a sign that perhaps there is a sliver of truth to the rumors. Locals are claiming it's crazed cultists or kidnappers taking advantage of the confusion to sell people into a human trafficking business.
For most, life continues as normal. At a certain high school within the darkened metropolis, rumors are buzzing about among students that the blackouts until now have been the kidnappers' figuring out how to tamper with the city's power - and that it's only a matter of time until they deliver focused attacks towards the more vulnerable.
For a particular group of unknowing students, a harrowing conflict concerning their very lives is about to begin. To survive, they'll need to uncover the mysteries of the blackouts and delve deeper into the rumors of those skulking the shadows. The more perceptive among them might even notice a flickering light, every now and again...
Setting
Akemishi is a city built on a dream: to revolutionize technology and bring a sense of oneness to the human race while doing it. That's why all registered citizens are given an Auto-Lingual Translator, or ALT for short. The device comes in a watch, bracelet or glasses form, and is the primary method by which Akemishi succeeds as a multicultural society. The ALT is the pride and joy of the city's accomplishments, being a device that interacts wirelessly with a separate speaker chip implanted within the head of the person. This feature auto-translates all spoken words into that of their preferred, typically most comfortable, language; though this setting can be changed via the interface of the exterior device. The most recent update has even included a visual portion, in which all text is automatically translated into their preferred language similarly to the vocal portion, and visually edited live. These functions can be turned off at any point, however.
The ALT has been the largest focus among ambitious new scientists in recent years, believing that only true progress can be achieved once the baseline known as human communication can be reached as easily as possible.
Akemishi has many different districts, from the high-tech metropolis it's famous for closer to the center spreading outwards, to more humble suburbs or even countryside stretching further towards the outskirts. There does also exist a lower class area of the city where homeless and the less fortunate tend to gather, but most of the high society within Akemishi often pretend it doesn't exist.
More locations and location details added as they're revealed.
The Districts
Specific Locations
The Stats
Character stats will be required for combat purposes, and will determine the various things your character can reasonably accomplish. These stats won't be as hard and fast as in a full RPG or tabletop, but are merely a means of revealing the full extent of what your character is capable of in combat.
Combat
Combat will be common within the story, as Persona Users are resolved and fated to fight against the unknown. To go along with this, there will be some general terminology, descriptions and mechanics to go over. In general, aside from RNG-based abilities such as ailments, combat is free-form using the spells and positioning of characters as guidelines.
All-Out Attack: When the Mental Fields of all members of an enemy group are destroyed, the party may each choose to sacrifice their next turn to deliver an All-Out Attack. This must be a group decision, as all must contribute to the AOA in order for it to work. If even a single member chooses not to participate in it, it will fail and those that participated will have their turns wasted. All party members must be at 1 HP or higher in order to perform an AOA.
All-Out Attack is an AOE attack on all Field-broken enemies that will deal damage equal to the entire party's STR + MAG damage, combined with each of their weapons' damage, as an automatic critical hit for x2 damage on the total that ignores Miracles and cannot be avoided even with Absolute Dodge.
In order to queue in for an All-Out Attack, party members won't need to write out a multi-paragraph speech about the assault, but may simply write in the action *All-Out Attack* to confirm their willingness to participate.
Instant-Kill Spells: Contrary to the name, these spells found within the Bless and Curse spell trees will not instantly kill when they hit. Instead, they will deplete all remaining Mental Field from a target. If used on a target that has no Mental Field remaining, it will instead leave them at 1 HP on a successful cast.
Weaknesses: Most things have a weakness of some sort. Nobody's perfect. As it is with life, all players and most enemies will have weaknesses and strengths. Hitting a weakness will deal 1.5x damage (rounding up) to Mental Fields, or two higher number ranks in the respective damage stat to Endurance. Alternatively, hitting an elemental resist will deal 0.5x damage (rounding up) to Mental Fields, or two lower number ranks in the respective damage stat to Endurance.
The list of elements will be tagged below, as well as what users of these elements are typically weak and resistant to. They are not a hard and fast rule, and there are many exceptions to this rule, but they are the most common regardless.
Ailments: Ailments are special negative statuses that can be inflicted upon a character for a period of time or until cured. Below lists the various ailments that a character can be affected by.
Spell Tiers: Spells and skills are separated into multiple tiers of effectiveness. Below lists the tiers and their respective bonuses.
The Arcana
The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed. To that end, the faces that make up the Arcana determine oneself and how one affects their surroundings. Every person is bestowed an Arcana at birth, determining their destiny, and rarely do they ever change throughout life. Each Arcana will give power to the individual, and not one among them is to be scoffed at - for at the round table known as The Arcana, none are weak. Some, however, are stronger at certain facets of life than others. As such, an Arcana may lock a Persona out from certain abilities.
Social Links will also be a factor of the campaign, and will serve to grant new spell slots for ranking up one's own Arcana, or special passives for ranking up with others' Arcana.
Persona and User
Each Persona is unique, and develops with their User. Personas will start out weak, but gradually become a force to be reckoned with over time as its User develops and grows as their own individual. Only by accomplishing their goals, learning the ups and downs of life, and surviving through danger can a User temper a Persona as they were always meant to be.
In addition to the starting stats given by the Arcana chosen, each player will get an additional +2 stat ranks to place anywhere they want. All characters start with 1 in everything, and stats cannot go below 1. Any Arcana drawbacks that give -1 rank to a stat mean that the User will need to be buffed for +2 or higher to start seeing results. +2 would give a +1 buff, etc. This also applies for putting ranks into stats that give a -1.
That'll be that, then! I can get the OOC up later today.
Alright, cool. With that we need one more and I'll put up the OOC.
I was hoping to make a Persona RP taking place in a time period slightly ahead of modern times, within a fictional multicultural metropolis in Japan. The year would be 2023 with some fictional liberties being taken, but not overly so to the point where anything is drastically different.
Plot: A series of mass blackouts have been occurring throughout the city, sending entire quarters of the metropolis into darkness for hours. As soon as a single sector is fixed, another is quickly darkened in the same way. Electrical companies and industry professionals can't figure it out at all, but some fires have started as a result of the inconsistent electricity turning on and off so often, resulting in some losing their homes.
Among all of this there are even rumors of kidnappers going around and abducting people, taking advantage of the total darkness to commit crimes. At first it was merely a person or two that was assumed to have been lost in the confusion, but as time goes on and the crisis worsens, more and more are vanishing in the night. No public statements have been made as not to cause a panic, and life continues as it always has, but law enforcement has been trying and failing to catch these kidnappers for months now.
A strange tidbit among all of it, however, is that supposedly some computers and technology have reportedly been seen still turned on and working amidst the blackouts despite that defying all reason. Medical and mental health professionals suggest it's likely hallucinations brought on by stress of the situation, but those theories have not stopped rumors spreading regardless; rumors that this is a curse on the city, and spirits are communicating to people through computers. The spirits are reaching out to them in hopes that they'll help atone for the sins of humanity, and of the city's many hidden secrets...
The party would consist of high school students as is traditional of Persona, attending the same school. Now since Persona games are long, I'll be focusing on developing the supernatural RPG side of it more than the dating sim/visual novel aspect. As such I'll be entrusting the players to do what they will with the VN side of it, deciding how their day-to-day life is when not fighting for their lives.
I myself won't be playing a character, but rather all of the NPCs as a DM in a D&D campaign would. This goes doubly so for enemies, who I will control during combat.
Character death will be a real possibility, as I feel any story involving combat and the unknown loses its tension without the threat of it. Since it's a casual RP I won't be trying to make a bloodbath here, but just so everybody knows that there is a risk of death for all players and there's no guarantee that the heroes will get their happy ending because of that.
Players will also not be allowed to select Wild Cards for this RP, though there will be some level of customization to be revealed later. Everybody gets their Persona, and that's how it'll be.
Lastly, after everybody has awakened their Personas in the RP, I will PM every player a "secret role" regarding the game that only they will know OOC and IC. It could be a rush of information or perhaps even lost memories that came to them with the mental surge of their Persona's awakening. Whether you want to reveal that role and the information your character knows, either in-game or out of game, is up to you. Depending on what it is though it could be dangerous to reveal your role to somebody else. For all you know, somebody else's role will conflict with yours. These roles will be selected at random by me.
That about wraps up every major thing I wanted to say about the RP. If there's any interest, let me know. I'm looking for four other people for this. No more, no less, to keep things moving at a decent pace.
Plot: A series of mass blackouts have been occurring throughout the city, sending entire quarters of the metropolis into darkness for hours. As soon as a single sector is fixed, another is quickly darkened in the same way. Electrical companies and industry professionals can't figure it out at all, but some fires have started as a result of the inconsistent electricity turning on and off so often, resulting in some losing their homes.
Among all of this there are even rumors of kidnappers going around and abducting people, taking advantage of the total darkness to commit crimes. At first it was merely a person or two that was assumed to have been lost in the confusion, but as time goes on and the crisis worsens, more and more are vanishing in the night. No public statements have been made as not to cause a panic, and life continues as it always has, but law enforcement has been trying and failing to catch these kidnappers for months now.
A strange tidbit among all of it, however, is that supposedly some computers and technology have reportedly been seen still turned on and working amidst the blackouts despite that defying all reason. Medical and mental health professionals suggest it's likely hallucinations brought on by stress of the situation, but those theories have not stopped rumors spreading regardless; rumors that this is a curse on the city, and spirits are communicating to people through computers. The spirits are reaching out to them in hopes that they'll help atone for the sins of humanity, and of the city's many hidden secrets...
The party would consist of high school students as is traditional of Persona, attending the same school. Now since Persona games are long, I'll be focusing on developing the supernatural RPG side of it more than the dating sim/visual novel aspect. As such I'll be entrusting the players to do what they will with the VN side of it, deciding how their day-to-day life is when not fighting for their lives.
I myself won't be playing a character, but rather all of the NPCs as a DM in a D&D campaign would. This goes doubly so for enemies, who I will control during combat.
Character death will be a real possibility, as I feel any story involving combat and the unknown loses its tension without the threat of it. Since it's a casual RP I won't be trying to make a bloodbath here, but just so everybody knows that there is a risk of death for all players and there's no guarantee that the heroes will get their happy ending because of that.
Players will also not be allowed to select Wild Cards for this RP, though there will be some level of customization to be revealed later. Everybody gets their Persona, and that's how it'll be.
Lastly, after everybody has awakened their Personas in the RP, I will PM every player a "secret role" regarding the game that only they will know OOC and IC. It could be a rush of information or perhaps even lost memories that came to them with the mental surge of their Persona's awakening. Whether you want to reveal that role and the information your character knows, either in-game or out of game, is up to you. Depending on what it is though it could be dangerous to reveal your role to somebody else. For all you know, somebody else's role will conflict with yours. These roles will be selected at random by me.
That about wraps up every major thing I wanted to say about the RP. If there's any interest, let me know. I'm looking for four other people for this. No more, no less, to keep things moving at a decent pace.
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