Sho Minazuki — Roleplayer Guild

Crime is on the rise in the city centres of Tokyo, more seemingly random acts of criminal activity, perpetrated by what appeared to be unconnected individuals. A certain air seems to pervade over the districts... Shibuya, Shinjuku, Akasaka, Roppongi, and even Akihabara. It's suffocating, choking, yet you look around you and no one seems to notice it. Can they not see it? Can they not feel it? The yoke of oppression that insidiously curls it's fingers around their neck...?

Then you see it, an app. A black crown adorned upon an eye... The rumored app. You open it, and as you expected it just asks one single question...

"What is your desire?"

You type in your answer, surprisingly sincere yet there's a bit of frustration pent up that leads you to do so, and just like that... You feel the world around you begin to warp, you look around in panic and surprise, then return to the screen in your hand, perhaps hopeful for answers... Yet only one phrase is visible amidst the red and black of the app.

"Welcome to Black Crown, Destined Ruler"


Another Persona RP?

So welcome to Persona: Black Crown. This is a Persona RP in an original universe within the setting of Persona 5, which is a real world location, Tokyo Japan (yeah it's real can you believe it?) The RP will take place AFTER your character has answered the call of the mysterious app, Black Crown. Awakening to your unique Black Crown Persona, an Authority, and the ability to traverse the mysterious Metarealm.

While most of that is self-explanatory if you've played Persona games before, one thing must be explained. Authority.

An Authority is an ability granted by the App. It usually takes the form of the user's desires, and is usually a singular ability. For example, it can cause someone to obey one command, put someone to sleep, cause someone to go into a rage, or even wipe a small portion of someone's recent memory. 

There will be themes of crime and conspiracy in this RP, and of course like any good Persona game, focus on characters and bonds as well. Being that this is Tokyo, there will be no shortage of fun things to do if you're not traversing the Metarealm. Though for those that want to, you are free to go in and out of it with no day and activity limit. You may even hang out with a fellow ally within it.

With all that being said and done, please feel free to ask questions. More will be added to this over time until it has enough players and is ready to go.

It will be indicated in the character sheet, but the theme of your Black Crown Persona is tyrants, and the self-indulgent. Figures in history who indulged in their vices.


Additional Information

Using the Black Crown App
In order to use your Authority, or enter the Metarealm, you must use the app.
When entering the Metarealm, your appearance will not change instantly. To do that, you must activate the app again and do a Kamen Rider-like transformation.
When using your Persona, you must activate the app again.
Your weapons are granted by the app also.
Your Persona flames are not blue. They are red.
IMPORTANT: There seem to be numerous Black Crown users, however not all of them have an Authority (in fact almost all of them don't).


Metarealm and Kingdoms
Full information on how Kingdoms and Domains work will be revealed through play, however below is stuff you should know.
A Kingdom is not tied to any individual like a Palace, in fact it is shared to you very early by another character that rulers of Kingdoms can change.
A Kingdom encompasses a whole district in Tokyo. The very first one we will be playing in is of course, Shibuya.
Targets and villains will be made clear through play, but once again the themes are around crime and conspiracy. Expect some of this and touching on modern ills.


The RP in General
Our main enemies other than Shadows will be other Persona users.
There is a Highschool and University for the purposes of players being easier to interact with. I suggest everyone make their character attend these in some capacity. It is of course possible for you to elect to have a character in a different school or do something else.
I would prefer a ratio of mostly Japanese nationality with a couple foreigners for this RP. Halfs can also be accepted but less sparingly.


Character Creation



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<IMAGE GOES HERE>

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Nationality:

Personality:

Fill this in with your backstory


What Is Your Desire?

::Combat Information::
<CODENAME HERE>
Black Regalia:
Outfit:
Mask:
Authority: (Most users awaken to an Authority, this allows the user to cause things to happen in real life using the Black Crown app. The effects are unique between users)


Main Weapon:
Secondary Weapon:________________________________________
<PERSONA IMAGE HERE>
<SMALL ARCANA IMAGE HERE>


Name: 
Historical Information: (the theme of your Black Crown Persona is tyrants and self indulgent figures, those who indulged in their vices, whether or not they paid for it)
Affinities: 

Skills: (you start with 2)

Charges: (the amount of times you can use special skills. This starts at 2)
Special Skills: (you start with 2)


(NOTE: For character and Persona images, it is recommended to be roughly a size of 200 width x 500 height. This is give or take. It does not have to be exact)
[table][row][cell][center]________________________________________
<IMAGE GOES HERE>[/center]
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Nationality:

Personality:

[hider=History]
Fill this in with your backstory[/hider]

What Is Your Desire? (in this section, fill out what you answer the Black Crown app with)

::Combat Information::
<CODENAME HERE>
Black Regalia:
[list][*]Outfit: 
[*]Mask:
[*]Authority: (Most users awaken to an Authority, this allows the user to cause things to happen in real life using the Black Crown app. The effects are unique between users)[/list]

Main Weapon:
Secondary Weapon:
[/cell]

[cell][center]________________________________________
<PERSONA IMAGE HERE>
<ARCANA HERE>[/center]

Name: 
Historical Information: (the theme of your Black Crown Persona is tyrants and self indulgent figures, those who indulged in their vices, whether or not they paid for it)
Affinities: 

Skills: (you start with 2)

Charges: (the amount of times you can use special skills. This starts at 2)
Special Skills: (you start with 2)
[/cell][/row][/table]




________________________________________

Name: Joker Persona 5
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Nationality: Japanese

Personality: (N/A)

The whole plot of Persona 5 and Royal.


What Is Your Desire? (N/A)

::Combat Information::
Codename: JOKER
Black Regalia:
Outfit: A black Phantom Thief attire featuring a black long coat, white mask, red gloves, and leather boots.
Mask: A white mask with black eye lining.
Authority: N/A


Main Weapon: Knife
Secondary Weapon: Handgun________________________________________

THE FOOL


Name: Arsene
Historical Information: The titular character of a series of novels, Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc. A peerless phantom thief and master of disguise. Perhaps the founder of the Phantom Thief genre, a parallel to the mystery genre that tends to focus on the ones solving crimes, where this focuses on the one perpetrating them, particularly with a sense of style and boldness, and a gentleman, which sets them apart from regular thieves.
Affinities: Dark

Skills: Eigaon - A direct blast of dark magic. Explodes upon impact.
Dream Needle - A singular piercing attack with the ability to put targets to sleep.


Charges: 2
Special Skills: Chains of Arsene - A powerful signature attack that strikes with sharp chains. It has a particularly deadly range, able to envelop a large group in a blast of darkness.
Thief's Pillage - A dark hand appears and strikes at targets. This skill is capable of stealing health from enemies.


Spells and Skills

Spells and Skills
So as all are aware, skills and spells of all levels are available, from the weakest to the strongest, however the strength of which will affect the amount of times you may use them all at once. Weaker spells are faster and can be used in multiple combinations, or repeatedly, while strong ones are definitively powerful singular uses. As you become stronger, you will gain access to more slots.

Strong: 1 use per post
Medium: 2 uses per post
Weak: 4 uses per post


In your slots you can also gain passives that can affect things. Examples will be shown further down.

In the terms of Special Skills, they have limited uses in general per foray into the Metarealm. All special skills share the same usage count. As you become stronger, you can gain more uses, and even new special skills under special circumstances and events.

Buff Skills
Buff skills will be treated as a sudden boost. For example when using Sukukaja, your speed and agility (or that of an ally) is increased until the next post. Buff skills also possess the same amount of usage as Medium spells, so you can use them once before being able to use 2 Weak skills, or 1 Medium skill.

The exception to this is Power Charge and Concentrate.

For Power Charge and Concentrate, they must be used at the end of your post, and using them will make your character vulnerable to being attacked. However, if you are still standing for your next post, your next chosen attack will become significantly more powerful.

Passive Skills
Passive skills modify your current skills, and can even affect your Special Skills if they are the correct type. For example, Fire Amp could increase the power of your Special Skill if that skill is of the fire element. These skills are generally self-explanatory, so I will simply compile a list of them and what they do, as they won't do the exact same thing as they do in game (WIP)


Educational Institutions

覇根高校
Hane Highschool (Root of Rulers)
Located a five minute train ride from Shibuya station, and then a ten minute walk, Hane High is considered a "high level" public school, meaning among public schools it is considered rather close to a private school. They say that when it was first built, it was planned to be, but the magnanimous Nanjo family that funded it's construction and establishment decided to make it a public school at the last minute. Hane High is known for being a leader in terms of technology education, with a wealth of computer labs and having the rare distinction of being a public school that manages to get the latest in technology. It is also an elevator school, with Kengen University being where most graduating students go for further education.
The School Uniform


剣厳大学
Kengen University (Disciplined Blade)
A prestigious university, ranking highly in education for law, sciences, technology, economics, politics, and surprisingly, specifically fine arts, performing arts, and classical music. Among those it's absolute top ranking department is law and economics. Kengen University is actually quite small, a campus comprising of mainly a large 40 floor building, a small park, and a few small administration buildings, however, being funded by the Nanjo family, it is afforded rather special privileges when it comes to technology. Most students in Hane High do wind up studying here, but it doesn't mean they can't fail to qualify, especially if they're applying for the high ranked departments.
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