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Dreamer's Sea: A High School RP inspired by the Persona Series (Dead)

Apologies, but now that several key players have left, the RP may be dead.

Dreamer's Sea: A High School RP inspired by the Persona Series (Dead)

Opening this up to more players and a potential Co-GM!

Dreamer's Sea: A High School RP inspired by the Persona Series (Dead)

So, it seems people are busy this Christmas?

Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

@Creative Chaos, Yes!

Dreamer's Sea: A High School RP inspired by the Persona Series (Dead)

New Amakusa City, The Eleventh Hour

Fukushu Haru was on the deck of a boat, a whaler's ship that ran on old-fashioned steam and trailed smoke through the air from three great grey smokestacks. It cut through red-orange waves lit up by an eternal sunset - Or was it sunrise? - that made it almost indistinct from blood. But blood was opaque; this isn't, and from the deck, Haru could see fins poking through the water, then the figures of sleek, smooth, darkened creatures just under the water. She would then hear her grandmother's voice from behind her.

"Haru."

If she looked behind her, Fukushu Haru would find that her grandmother was indeed there, accompanying her in this lucid dream that felt like reality, that held the clarity of awakening even though she felt the blankets and bed around her physical body as it slept.

Her grandmother, her wrinkled face lit up by a fixed gaze that betrayed a drive that hinted at obsession, then gave her an explanation of what this all was.

"This is a small slice of the Sea of Dreams, a dimension where all that exists comes from, and all that people think goes to. In this slice, what you think, what you believe, your very self - You - have formed a Private World, a world where you can Quest for one of the concepts that lurk within the depths of the Sea; an Icon, or so those arrogant bastards in the Dreamers' Organization call it."

Grandmother looked at her and said, "You're old enough to handle this; I can guide you in navigating these waters, maybe accompany you to explain what you are going to go through, but only you can get an Icon for yourself; I will not get one for you even if I could - This has to be you."

She stepped closer, a stubborn glint lighting up her eyes, then spoke, "Remember this; your parents were killed. Seek out something that will take the blood of those who took them away from you and me..."

Haru could see that anything she saw, except for her Grandmother, was a potential Icon, from the ship to the air to the harpoons on deck and the ropes and the sunset, water, and the blood in her veins... And the things that swam under the waves.

@Redking0380

Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

Enemy GMPC

Appearance:

5'5|56kg

Name: Fēng (Maple) Lin

Age: 18

Nationality: Chinese

Noble Arm Name & Appearance: Black Boar Shield; appearance is the same as the Shield in the Picture.

Noble Arm Rank: A

Insert NA rank here

Power: A
Speed: C (S)
Range: E (S)
Persistence: B
Precision: A (S)
Potential: F (S)

Noble Arm Type, Element, and Range: Void

Noble Arm Abilities:

Devour - With a touch of her shield, Fēng turns a stunned enemy into data that is in turn absorbed into her shield, imprisoning them in a pocket dimension where their memories, skills, and if applicable, their Noble Arms are eaten. This substitutes for her entire Potential Stat, which is otherwise locked at F. And by that, her Noble Arm has only one power, and it is to eat other Noble Arms and use their powers... much like a certain prominent NPC.

Defense Queen - A combination of several defensive abilities from Noble Arms she ate, Defense Queen ensures that all physical damage she takes, including from environmental hazards or elemental attacks created by Noble Arms, is reduced by 75%. This applies to mental effects as well, thus making it hard to use Magic to control, deceive, or otherwise alter her emotions and thoughts.

Absorbed Noble Arm, La Luna

Noble Arm Name & Appearance: La Luna (The Moon).

Noble Arm Rank:

A (When Certain Conditions Are Met)

Power: B (S)
Speed: B
Range: C (S)
Persistence: B
Precision: B
Potential: D

Noble Arm Type, Element, and Range: Melee/Ranged, close-to-mid range, and based upon the Moon and its qualities of changeability, magic, and madness.

Noble Arm Abilities:

La Luna's Miraculous Evasion - Noel's speed and reflexes are enhanced to levels that would surprise even an Arms Master. At the same time, fate itself contrives to partner with that speed and reflexes to make sure that Noel can dodge bullets, and grenades, but not necessarily the resulting explosions. However, he can dodge shrapnel and even the occasional rocket, allowing him to get into melee even when under enemy fire.

La Luna's Veil of Night - Noel can cloak himself in magic that renders him invisible, a perfect example of camouflage, and which cannot be pierced by most forms of mundane and mystic surveillance; it requires a dedicated B+rank power to reveal him (with exceptions below). This Veil, however, loses its potency from 11 AM to 1 PM, when the Sun is at its highest in the sky. Sun-themed Noble Arms, even C or D-ranked ones, can also detect Noel's Veil and remove it.

La Luna's Power of Enchantment - When the Moon is shining in the sky (including when it appears in the daytime), Noel can duplicate a Noble Arm power he has seen, as many times as he had seen that power used. For example, Noel can duplicate a Healing Power 3 times if he's seen it used three times. This power works on all Noble Arms that are not Sun-themed; Noel cannot duplicate Sun-based NA Powers, nor can it duplicate other A-Rank NA abilities.

La Luna's Madness Inducement - When the New Moon has risen in the sky, Noel can raise his scythe and pronounce a curse on an enemy force within sight of his natural eyes (no telescopes or digital enhancement). This curse spreads a plague of madness which causes everyone who is not a B-Rank Arms Master (or an OC/PC) to turn violent and attack their fellows, thinking that they are enemy monsters. The more blood is shed, the more the curse spreads from fellow to fellow, ending only when either the whole enemy army is dead or the New Moon sets.

And yes, this can affect an entire city, while Sun-themed NA Powers can also dispel it.

Absorbed Noble Arm, La Astronomica

Noble Arm Rank:

A

Power: A
Speed: C
Range: A
Persistence: C
Precision: C (S)
Potential: E

Noble Arm Type, Element, and Range: Melee/Sky/Long-Range

Noble Arm Abilities:

An Artificial Sky - When Mykhailo conjures up his Noble Arm, the sky above or around him is covered over with a starry nightscape or sunny sky, regardless of the actual time of day or night, light pollution from city lights, or artificial darkness from smog or storms. This zone slowly expands to cover an area the size of an entire city (New York's Metropolitan Area, to be exact), and Mykhailo can then choose to show specific images of constellations, stellar or planetary alignments, or solar equinoxes or even show the moon and sun at the same time. This does not change the existing weather, which continues as normal despite the changes to the sky.

It does, however, affect Noble Arms with an Astronomical Theme (Sun, Moon, Stars, Space, Eclipses, and Comets), boosting or debuffing them by one rank, as well as duplicating specific conditions for specific Arms' activation (like for example, the Sun and Moon needing to be up at the same time).

Astrological Omens - Under the projection of the sky that comes from his Noble Arm, luck and probability are affected in some small way, making his allies more fortunate while cursing his enemies with increased accidents and unfortunate events. This can, assuming competent allies, shift the tide of the battlefield to favor the side that should normally lose.

Heavenfall - Mykhailo, with a single command, can cause meteors to rain down from his artificial sky onto a foe; said meteors are, well, meteors and cause damage on par with high explosive artillery rounds. However, the damage they cause is purely physical, and thus attacks that render the user intangible or put them in another dimension or otherwise circumvent physical damage can work to make them immune or resistant to this power.

Absorbed Noble Arm, Xing Xiao

Power: C (S)
Speed: B
Range: D
Persistence: A
Precision: A
Potential: D (S). (She can eventually give inanimate objects Sapience at will; any Sapient being can develop Noble Arms with the right growth).

A Book that is also a Sapient Noble Arm by the name of Xing Xiao, whose power is to create and program artificial minds into physical objects; this can make them sapient if asked, and it does make them able to move on their own without the need for electricity. However, the risks of some artificial minds reaching true sapience and not requiring a constant flow of power have made the usage of his power infrequent… Until now.

This power does not work on Noble Arms. Also, her sapient objects can theoretically grow their own Noble Arms.

Ether Body - She has eaten Seven Avatars of the Seven Virtues and one Avatar of the Downward Descent, and can transform her body into Magical Energy at will, further increasing her defense and making it so only attacks that target magic directly can harm her. Because TFO has a literal Anti-Magic specialist in their ranks, she does not use it until she is certain he is dead.

Misc Abilities: A skilled fighter on her own, also a dancer and a poet who can make her battles seem like ballet, such is the beauty of her footwork. She also knows how to shoot guns and keeps several machine pistols around.

Personality: Her loyalties to the People's Republic of China are publicly known to be nearly unbreakable. Whether they really are is anyone's guess.

*Likes: Candy, Meat, Food in general, Wealth, Luck.

*Dislikes: The prospect of starvation.

Fears: Starving in the streets.

Bio: Unknown. Speculated to be from poor origins. Observed to have avoided the company of Ai Chen and Huo Ren back when they were alive, acting on her own. Very powerful and lethal; one of China's last-resort weapons. Was studying in Beijing, where she was able to use her powers to intimidate her handlers into letting her finish school and turn 18 first before being unleashed on the world.

*Current Goal: Destroy Task Force Obsidian and avenge Wu Shufen's defeat. She also feels she should have gone there to help Wu instead of repelling the Seven Virtues (and shanking Yulian/Superbia's other Avatar).

Military or Civilian Rank: As the Pig of the Zodiac, she is above most officers in the People's Liberation Army.

*Optional

Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

@Paths of Parity, Sounds better; if no one on the Discord objects, you can post in the Chars Tab.

Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

@Paths of Parity, Accepted, although note that the NA changing your character even if it's deactivated has only one precedent (aka an NPC smoking so much that he got magic-resistant tumors/cancer) in-setting so keep it in mind.

Transfer to the Characters Tab.

Noble Arms: The ASEAN War - Thread Three, the Darkest Hour

@Paths of Parity, I like it, but iffy on the NA continuing to change her even when its not activated. Also, how does this interact with energy barriers/forcefields?

Feelings about RPGs with Strong Narratives

I agree with what Byte said; a balance is needed between narrative and player agency/freedom.