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NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#1: Jul 23rd 2018 at 3:46:25 AM

I figure I should make an actual RP post about this if I want to get anyone\'s interest in helping GM this out.

Here\'s a pitch for a Shin Megami Tensei Game. As many of you probably know, I suck at G Ming games. I really want to capture the feeling of everyone kind of falling into different alignments and struggling to deal with this as the situations the players find themselves in slowly escalate in severity.

I\'ve mapped out in the SMT thread the ideas I had for a \"Chaos Hero\" named Conner, and a \"Law Hero\" named Luke.

For the sake of this thread and the availability of information I\'ll repost the concepts here.

  • Conner has a very strong inclination toward living without social strata - he\'s been victimized by the status quo, has seen powerful people who hurt him go unpunished, and he comes from a strictly conservative family - his rebellion against them indicating a strong predilection toward longing for freedom. Conner is dorky, awkward, and initially lacking self confidence - but as he becomes stronger and active, he attains at first a sense of confidence and then more toward arrogance. He still though retains his awkward charm, and strongly respects the right of other people to choose at start and finish - Conner will never force someone to do something they don\'t want to do. Conner is prone to overreaction especially when his passions burn - he typically ends up more regretting the circumstances he ended up in than regretting his actions themselves.

  • Luke becomes the head of the Anti-Demon Club when Demons begin showing up all over the city. He\'s concerned about all this happening due to him having a very vulnerable girlfriend whose child is at risk due to the frequent rampages of demons. He\'s aware of the injustices inherent in the social order, but believes these can be dealt with by more equally applying the law rather than casting everything out altogether. Luke doesn\'t want trouble and chaos, because to him these things bring out the worst in people. He\'s not consumed by hatred for Conner\'s path, he\'s concerned for him, worried that he\'s doing something he can\'t take back. While Luke is a Christian, he isn\'t of the religious right sort, in fact disliking Conner\'s parents. He tends however to prioritize conflict evasion far too much, and will countenance a lot to evade having bad things happen.

We have seen in numerous games the impact that Demons, Angels and Deities have on Tokyo, so my idea with this RP is to bring the Shin Megami Tensei experience to 2018 New York. With this in mind, we can explore the different ways the public and private individuals might handle the emergence of demons and angels, and the impact they have on modern problems and ideas.

In my opinion, your characters should have inclinations at the start, but no full on commitment to one faction or ideology - that should be a development that happens over the course of the RP.

I\'m at work developing the sign up sheet\'s concept, so if any of you have ideas you want to share, please go ahead. When I get enough ideas and the two other G Ms for this, I\'ll go ahead and make the full on sign up thread with all the information present.


Plot so far: New York, May 2018. Amidst a turbulent time, all of a sudden six people are killed by demons according to witness statements and recordings. As the city begins to tremble and rumors of a demon summoning App on smart phones spread, the government and forces beyond begin to make power plays related to this.

This RP will aim to tackle modern worries and sensibilities - things that are important to young people today.

The RP would follow the Counter Demon Club at a local High School formed as a result of the incidents and the teachers at said school as they try to keep the students safe and free.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#2: Jul 24th 2018 at 12:02:45 AM

Concepts for Law, Chaos and Neutrality;

Both Law and Chaos are going to be far less monolithic, and with different people giving different accounts on the two alignments, and even some accounts of neutrality differing or even being antagonistic.

In Law, we will see many different types of order proposed - owing to the saying that if you ask five Christian people for their opinion on God and the divine, then you will likely get five different answers. This division is new to the formerly monolithic Law, and some adjust better than others.

In Chaos, we will see the dissonant different theories on Chaos coming to collide. The primitivism advocated by Mem Aleph in Strange Journey vs. the more free will and evolution based Chaos, as well as other options.

In a Neutral Alignment we would see both people interested in human survival, as well as opportunistic bastards aiming to take advantage of the paradigm. What I can say as of now is there would be a Captain Jack like villain who alleges his actions are for the elevation and primacy of humanity.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#3: Jul 31st 2018 at 7:06:06 PM

  • Human - Demon Fusion: Will be in this RP, in some form and function. I'm still working out the logistics, but it'll still be the overwhelming taboo it started out as. A certain character might well be accused of serious crimes when something they do comes to light related to this.

  • Demon Contracts: Once a character forms a Contract with a Demon, the person playing the character can control and make use of the Demon. The Contract is as usual, unbreakable. However characters have to prove that they are stronger than the Demon before they can acquire the Contract.

  • Fiends: The infamous embodiments of Death will be very much involved in this game - though encountering them will be by and large optional. While involved, you have to pursue a path that involves them. They are extremely powerful foes, so don't go charging after them unless you want to eat a Megidolaon to the face.

  • Alignment: Your characters' alignment will help to determine how much help they get from certain factions, as well as the responses they get from other characters. There will be different takes on the alignments of Chaos, Law and Neutral within the game - and how your character takes to the alignments likewise affects those within that alignment.

HeroicSociopath Mike Jones from Nebraska Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Mike Jones
#4: Aug 3rd 2018 at 6:04:58 PM

My character will be the most stylish Devil Buster in NYC

Thedoctorpony Geronimo! from TARDIS/Gallifrey Since: May, 2012
Geronimo!
#5: Aug 3rd 2018 at 8:26:21 PM

I've this idea for some time a character I want to play. he would be a half gypsy, half latino, gay man that the same day at his first Bar-Mitzvah, the same day his religion says he is a man, he decides to save the world.

I hope I can do justice to this concept. Minorities need more representation, even in rpgs.

Edited by Thedoctorpony on Aug 3rd 2018 at 10:30:13 AM

I am a pony now, ponies are cool! .-XI
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#6: Aug 3rd 2018 at 9:52:25 PM

[up] Okay, sounds in line with the theme of issues relevant to people in the present day.

[up][up] Just make sure you make your character and post.

HeroicSociopath Mike Jones from Nebraska Since: Aug, 2015 Relationship Status: Noddin' my head like yeah
Mike Jones
#7: Aug 4th 2018 at 12:35:28 AM

Okay where should I put my character?

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#8: Aug 4th 2018 at 1:14:55 AM

I'll put up a character sheet. I just need to make sure I have sub-GM's before going forward. Also, only you and the other guy so far have shown interest.

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