Shin Megami Tensei Roleplay interest check

Started by Saikotsu, July 10, 2012, 03:27:56 PM

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Saikotsu

Hey everyone, ive been thinking of doing a Persona roleplay, but I wanted to know if anyone would be interested in it before I start setting it up. Ive got the general layout and storyline figured out as best i can without knowing who will be joining.
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who149

I love Persona! I've played 3 and 4, so I'd be a little lost if it took more from 1 or 2, but still would be willing too give it a shot. ^^
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Empyrean

I'd be interested in learning more about this. I'm most familiar with 3 and 4 myself.

Saikotsu

I'm familiar with Persona 3: fes, persona 4, and persona 3 portable so it would be more based off of those. I'm glad to see we have some interested people at least. If we could get some more, that would be great.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Mossberg

I've played 4 and would be interested. We can't have it being a sausage fest though lol >.>
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Saikotsu

Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

MzHyde

I play a lot of persona but I'd like to know what this is going to be about first.

Saikotsu

#7
Well, without giving too much away, I was thinking that people would start disappearing who play this video game that promises to give them their truest desires. It would be up to the party to figure out whats happening to the missing people and put an end to the disappearances. Its kind of a cross between 3 and 4 in that regard. The party of course would unlock their persona's and have to rely on their powers to fight off the shadows. since the main party usually has personas based on a theme ( 3 had greek and roman gods and heroes and 4 had Japanese mythological themed personas,) I'd like for everyone to be in the same theme, though we can ignore that if we wish. Anything else you'd like to know?
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Karasu

I've alwyas wanted to give persona a try.
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Mossberg

There isn't any particular pantheon I'd like to see used. Will we get one persona or be like the main characters in the games and be able to get multiple persona?
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MzHyde


Mossberg

I agree, just wondering though. Also, I know a site that has a listing of all the demons and their abilities.
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who149

http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Demons_by_mythology

Full list of Demons by Mythology, so that if we want to all pick from one it will be easier, although the full list is all of the demons from Shin Migami Tensei, and not just Persona.

Greek-roman, and Japanese mythology have the most, which might be good choices.

Its followed closely however, by Arahamic, which has a good list of Angels and Demons like Raphiel, Lucifer, and Lilith.

Buddhist and Chinese also seem to have a pretty expansive list. And European has a lot more recognizable ones, like Succubus, Vampire, Wyvern, Unicorn, Wraith,  and Phoenix.

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Saikotsu

Thanks, that does make things easier. Personally I was thinking Norse based personas would be cool, but it would be up to the group. Since wild cards who can have multiple personas are rare, we'd probably only have one. I was thinking we could use the dice roller to see if anyone has the wildcard ability.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

who149

I'd say only go for one each, no wildcard. It would be unbalanced, hard to deal with, it would make us have to create a system of gathering new personae, in order to favor one or two people, whom would, in turn, then feel  and in reality be, more powerful then the rest of the group.

And Norse seems cool.

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Mossberg

Norse is fine with me. Something I wanted to point out though, in Persona 4 it wasn't just Japanese mythology demons, I remember getting others. Just saying, one pantheon is fine fine with me.
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Saikotsu

True. I'm in favor of one each. Makes each member more valuable, as only they have their specific skill set. That said, i do intend to have the velvet room and social links. They'll function a little differently, but they're integral to Persona so i feel they should be incorporated.

Of course. I was talking specifically the teams initial personas. Each team mate started with a Japanese figure. The protagonist started with Izanagi for example.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Mossberg

Oh okay. I thought that you had meant the whole set, my bad. And yeah, one per person is a good idea. For balance and whatnot. How would you go about doing social links though? I'm curious about that.
"I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard."
-Lews Therin Telamon

Saikotsu

Well, that will depend on how we want to handle this. I was thinking of having a stat based system taken pretty much directly from the games. Each persona has stats in Str, Mag, End, Agl,Luck, and i think one other. in this case, I'd say that building your links strengthens your stats. So if you interact with a person of the magician arcana, your mag stat may go up a bit. Greater bonds bestow greater benefits. Otherwise, without stats, we can simply state that your persona grows the more you interact with others. I plan on having NPCs to interact with, but you can also form bonds with your team mates too.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Mossberg

Sounds good. I think Intelligence is the stat you're missing.
"I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard."
-Lews Therin Telamon

MzHyde

I think adding stats would make it a little too complex. Having the characters get stronger as they interact and as time passes seems much simpler.

Saikotsu

You have a point. I'm used to system based games such as D&D and Besm, but I'm also familiar with rps that lack them. I'm willing to do it either way. Next question I have: should combat be by dice rolls, or not? I'm more in favor of leaving that for boss fights, and relying more on roleplaying to make the combat more exciting. once again, its up to the group. After all, i want to make sure we can all enjoy this Rp.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

MzHyde

It depends. My RP has dice based combat in it with a pretty simple system I made up. It makes combat random and more fun in a way. Fights have a flow dictated by the dice so you never know what will happen and it makes you think of creative ways to go with the rolls. The downside to dice is, though, if you're having rotten luck and not landing any hits it can be a real downer.


krakenknight

I'd be interested in something Megaten, I really love the universe and the character dev angle is always fun. count me in dice or no dice.

Mossberg

I vote no dice. Or at the very least a system that is easy to use and understand. I haven't used any systems on here as of yet.
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-Lews Therin Telamon

BlackestKnight


MzHyde

Quote from: Mossberg on July 13, 2012, 02:06:04 PM
I vote no dice. Or at the very least a system that is easy to use and understand. I haven't used any systems on here as of yet.

I have a system that's easy to understand, but might use a little tweaking. I've never used any 'real' dice systems (like D&D or whatever) myself. But it's just a suggestion. I'll go along with whatever is decided upon.  ;D

who149

I'd cast my vote for either Freeform, or Light System. Either way I think we should keep dice rolling to a minimum, and focus more on the role playing aspect.
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Saikotsu

Hmm. Alright everyone, I'm almost ready to start the character thread. I hope you all had a nice weekend. Also, one last thing I'm debating is whether I want to partition the day into segments like the games or not.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

who149

Might be an interesting Idea. I'd say give it a try.
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SpiralSpider

#30
*kicks self*

Don't know how I missed this thread in the last few days. I'm pretty much the biggest Persona fan in the world. (I kid, I kid)

I've played all the American releases from Revelations through P3 FES - though I haven't had a chance to get my hands on 4 yet and I've only seen a few episodes of Trinity Soul.

I read only a few responses down and want to throw my hat in for the Indian pantheon before things get set in stone. I would prefer to have Sarasvati if we can only have one - but keep in mind that there wasn't always the "wild card" aspect as P3 had. (Meaning sometimes all the characters could have multiple personas in stead of just one) Similarly, one pantheon didn't always hold an overall theme to the personas used in the game. But I guess I'm spoiled having played so many of them and researched into it so much for the tabletop system I've created...

I vote freeform or only go light on dice, simply for ease of writing and what-not.
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Saikotsu

Well, as far as a theme for the personas, that was and still is optional. I've suggested Norse, and several others have been suggested as well. I'm going to leave it optional. If you want to follow a theme with the others you can, but you are not required to. Gives the players more freedom that way. As for having only one, lets go with that. Makes things simple. Sound good everyone?
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

SpiralSpider

Alternatively, you could find a happy-medium.

In Revelations, characters could have up to 3 summons equipped at one time and shift between them. This game could let each character have 3 personae (perhaps starting with one?) and all keep within 3 set theme/pantheon.

Just a suggestion.
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Mossberg

I think that one will be enough. Although maybe we can have multiple pantheons for those that like certain ones?
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BlackestKnight

Does anyone have any idea as to what kind of plot we're looking at here?

MzHyde


Saikotsu

Well, i did mention a bit in an earlier post but ill do some recap. Mz.Hyde was mostly correct. Shortly after school starts, students who are playing a popular video game start disappearing. The party becomes involved and its up to them to figure out whats going on and put an end to it. The events of this game take place four years after the events of persona 3 fes (including aigis' storyline) which i believe is one or two years after persona 4.  I am also taking inspiration from the devil survivor series which is another megamitensei series. For those of you familiar with .hack //gu, you may notice some influences. That said this is a PERSONA game and is not intended as a crossover of any kind.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

who149

#37
So basically a Persona 4 sort of deal where we get go into a game. I take it we jump in and out of it frequently and go to classes like normal students?  Or are we in the game the entire time?

Also: Are we Limited to Persona from just the Persona games? Demons from all Shin Megami Tensei? Or any God/Mythlogical figure with your Approval.  Because I have basically 2 characters whom would use either a Beserker, or the Norse God Bragi (god of Poetry and Wisdom). One of which isn't in Persona, and the other that isn't featured in any game at all.
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krakenknight

What about Legendary heroes My char's persona was going to be "Merlin" as a magician persona.

TheHangedOne

Oh god, how did this escape my notice!? Please, please say their's room for one more.
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Mossberg

Quote from: TheHangedMan on July 17, 2012, 02:50:46 AM
Oh god, how did this escape my notice!? Please, please say their's room for one more.
If I was thinking I would have told you about it.
"I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard."
-Lews Therin Telamon

TheHangedOne

Quote from: Mossberg on July 17, 2012, 02:51:45 AM
If I was thinking I would have told you about it.
No worries, man. No harm done.
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Saikotsu

I've posted the character thread in the non-adult roleplays forum. I'll provide links when I get near a computer, im posting from my phone. Anyway, I intend for the players to go to school, so yes, youll be going back and forth. as for limitations, I've outlined them a bit in the character thread.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Rayve13

Is there still room for anyone else? This snuck by me as well, and I'd love to be involved, though I understand if the player limit has been reached.

Saikotsu

Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Saikotsu

Here are the various links to the threads that have been posted.


IC thread: <to be added soon>

Character Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146417.0

OOC thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146688.msg6621532#msg6621532
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.

Rayve13

Excellent! I'll try to get something up tomorrow. Couple of quick questions:

1: Are we sticking with existing Persona, or can we create our own?

2: Have you considered allowing Personas to upgrade later, in the manner of the NPCs in P3?

Saikotsu

#47
I believe I said somewhere (most likely the character thread itself) that you can do anything so long as i approve it. For instance i have brunhildr, which to my knowledge is not a canon persona. In regards to the second, I have considered it, but we'll deal with that when we get there.
Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only screwing yourself.
- a friend
Anyone perfect must be lying.
-Bare Naked Ladies: falling for the first time.
Why is it blatantly obvious when two people are in love, but the two lovers are usually the last to find out?

The truth is only as dangerous as the lies we tell ourselves.