*With the controversial nature of this RP, I most certainly understand that some folks will have trouble with the subject matter. I can assure you I've done my research, on both the possessors and possessed. I know what I'm doing.
Besides, give the grittier folks a darker outlet, right?

This sounds awesome accept not my idea of a great direction for the dark aspect. But it is a pretty good idea

What's wrong with the direction? If you have a suggestion, I'd love to hear it. I'm still working on fleshing out all the details, so anything helps.@KiritoAsuna

I figured the real meat of it would be the manipulation of the students. I'd put up full character sheets and psych evals for each student.

@PrivateVentures see I don't think playing as demons who control the minds of students pans out very well. Minipulation of the mind is a hard thing to stick with in that stand point. I think I'm a alternate perspective it could work of you have some students who are true to their deity and than introduce others who are corded into those school through foster care or parental forces religion. In my opinion if there is more dimension to legitimate character building than you have a broader perspective on background and what alters the mind. Than through progression you introduce the aspect of some form of evil. Maybe there is a character who is basically the antichrist or maybe the few nonbelievers that were forced into the school begin to try and alter the others just for the fun of it.

@KiritoAsuna I'm not sure if I expressed the full prognosis here. What I'm really going for is an "bad guy vs. bad guy both using the innocents as weapons against the other" sort of deal. I figured the primary "character building" would be the manipulation of the students. With a good, detailed biography, static personality traits, and then some more transient, malleable traits on top of that, I felt that the students would be nuanced enough to essentially play themselves.

Also, it seems that your concept of Demonic Possession is that the possessor has ultimate power over the possessed. This is not always the case. Many who claim to have been possessed also claim that their faith, as well as noticing the symptoms and signs of early possession, were enough to nip it in the bud. However, as kids, the students would have a decidedly feeble capability to resist, at least until they recognize it, the demon manifests, or it speaks to them. Oftentimes, in possession cases, the possessed undergoes drastic personality and behavioural changes without ever being aware that something is horribly wrong, until manifestation.

If I've misunderstood your point, I apologize. Some things just fly right over my head sometimes.

@PrivateVentures I was just saying the story felt very 1 dimensional based on the idea you chose. I mean with your further explanation it gives more depth than what was in the OP. It a not an idea I would run with but if enough people like it I'm in because I'm down to try anything.

P.s. only reason I suggested student use is because their different reasons for being there could effect their traits and susceptibility to the possession.

@KiritoAsuna AH! I understand what you're saying now. The simplification helped greatly.

I assumed that most of the students' reason for being in the school would be their parents. These are kids in the mid-teens, so their parents likely enrolled them for the school's reputation.