Shadow Survivor
New Member
Premise
For hundreds of years, the existence of the supernatural has been a secret well-kept. To some it was a necessity in order to preserve the essence of their power, to others a vow to protect humanity from dangers it was not ready to face. Hell, many have concealed their freakish nature out of fear of being branded and hunted. In short, while reasons and purposes were diverse, they all coincided in one thing: The truth was only for them to bear.
Things would change in the modern times.
One by one, the organizations that have made their goal to conceal and combat supernatural threats have individually crumbled under the pressure of an ever-rising rate of paranormal incidents. The Japanese government, no longer an oblivious actor, has stepped forward to fight fire with fire, borrowing the support of a handful of allied countries. Their efforts have given birth to the creation of the S.R.S.F (Supernatural Research and Suppression Force).
The year is 2099 and the S.R.S.F., after thirty years or so, has become a well-established and leading player in the fight against the supernatural. With 80% of its personnel being a wielder of magic, a psionic, an alien, a sentient machine or a freak of some other sort, and having (mostly) brought down the walls that prevented these individuals from working together in the past, almost anyone who is aware of its existence would assume that the world will be safe in the years to come.
And you… You will be a part of it.
Perhaps you have always been in touch with the world of the occult, or maybe you had a close encounter with it at some point during your lifetime. Who is not to say that you were brought into it by someone else, be it willingly or by force? Whatever the case, you are a new recruit assigned to the Tokyo Headquarters. There, you will be grouped with others with a similar background, put to the test, and if everything goes right, sent to stop a Kaiju rampage, a mini-zombie apocalypse or a dangerous mastermind on the run.
Whatever the case, your adventure begins here.
What to expect
- This roleplay borrows various concepts from multiple fandoms, including but not limited to, World Trigger, Scarlet Nexus, Kaiju No. 8, Type-Moon and Jujutsu Kaisen. Shonen at the core, it will follow a darker plot-line where the power of friendship is not an armor.
- While the start might be on the slow side in order to build relationships and get acquainted with the setting, once it gets rolling, emphasis will be placed on constant back-to-back survival and combat situations that will put your characters against the odds with little to no breaks. Naturally, investigation and exploration, as well as interaction will all be there, but the idea is that a feeling of urgency will always be nagging down at the back of your head. Things might escalate fast.
- Due to this, we won’t be focusing much on politics and what-not, so given the possible diversity of the cast, as long as you abide by the basic guidelines, there is plenty of room for world building done by the characters themselves during creation.
- The roleplay will have a system that will tackle several different sources of supernatural powers and you will be able to choose the one you like best. We will have stats that will cover a lot of things in the interpretative sense, so with the exception of certain resource pools, there won’t be any math or rolls involved. At least not on the player’s end.
- Intended to be a strictly PvE experience where NPCs can be either saviors or an obstacle, PvP is to be kept at a minimum. Clashes and drama are okay and even betrayal could work at some point, but please try to keep your guns not pointed at each other for too long.
- Hoping for 6 or less players, hopefully going for two to three updates a week. Not a first come, first serve kind of recruitment, I'll choose those sheets I favor the most over those I don't, and won't be obligated to pick the maximum number of players if I don't feel like it, nor will give candidates a detailed explanation of why they didn't make it. Don't make it hard on me. Might be willing to bump up to eight, but only if the entries end up surpassing my expectations.
- Don't worry about the number of submissions for each class once the CS thread is up (if this gathers enough interest), as it won't affect your chances to get in. You can be all be Sorcerers, or all psionics, or all aliens for all I care.
For hundreds of years, the existence of the supernatural has been a secret well-kept. To some it was a necessity in order to preserve the essence of their power, to others a vow to protect humanity from dangers it was not ready to face. Hell, many have concealed their freakish nature out of fear of being branded and hunted. In short, while reasons and purposes were diverse, they all coincided in one thing: The truth was only for them to bear.
Things would change in the modern times.
One by one, the organizations that have made their goal to conceal and combat supernatural threats have individually crumbled under the pressure of an ever-rising rate of paranormal incidents. The Japanese government, no longer an oblivious actor, has stepped forward to fight fire with fire, borrowing the support of a handful of allied countries. Their efforts have given birth to the creation of the S.R.S.F (Supernatural Research and Suppression Force).
The year is 2099 and the S.R.S.F., after thirty years or so, has become a well-established and leading player in the fight against the supernatural. With 80% of its personnel being a wielder of magic, a psionic, an alien, a sentient machine or a freak of some other sort, and having (mostly) brought down the walls that prevented these individuals from working together in the past, almost anyone who is aware of its existence would assume that the world will be safe in the years to come.
And you… You will be a part of it.
Perhaps you have always been in touch with the world of the occult, or maybe you had a close encounter with it at some point during your lifetime. Who is not to say that you were brought into it by someone else, be it willingly or by force? Whatever the case, you are a new recruit assigned to the Tokyo Headquarters. There, you will be grouped with others with a similar background, put to the test, and if everything goes right, sent to stop a Kaiju rampage, a mini-zombie apocalypse or a dangerous mastermind on the run.
Whatever the case, your adventure begins here.
What to expect
- This roleplay borrows various concepts from multiple fandoms, including but not limited to, World Trigger, Scarlet Nexus, Kaiju No. 8, Type-Moon and Jujutsu Kaisen. Shonen at the core, it will follow a darker plot-line where the power of friendship is not an armor.
- While the start might be on the slow side in order to build relationships and get acquainted with the setting, once it gets rolling, emphasis will be placed on constant back-to-back survival and combat situations that will put your characters against the odds with little to no breaks. Naturally, investigation and exploration, as well as interaction will all be there, but the idea is that a feeling of urgency will always be nagging down at the back of your head. Things might escalate fast.
- Due to this, we won’t be focusing much on politics and what-not, so given the possible diversity of the cast, as long as you abide by the basic guidelines, there is plenty of room for world building done by the characters themselves during creation.
- The roleplay will have a system that will tackle several different sources of supernatural powers and you will be able to choose the one you like best. We will have stats that will cover a lot of things in the interpretative sense, so with the exception of certain resource pools, there won’t be any math or rolls involved. At least not on the player’s end.
- Intended to be a strictly PvE experience where NPCs can be either saviors or an obstacle, PvP is to be kept at a minimum. Clashes and drama are okay and even betrayal could work at some point, but please try to keep your guns not pointed at each other for too long.
- Hoping for 6 or less players, hopefully going for two to three updates a week. Not a first come, first serve kind of recruitment, I'll choose those sheets I favor the most over those I don't, and won't be obligated to pick the maximum number of players if I don't feel like it, nor will give candidates a detailed explanation of why they didn't make it. Don't make it hard on me. Might be willing to bump up to eight, but only if the entries end up surpassing my expectations.
- Don't worry about the number of submissions for each class once the CS thread is up (if this gathers enough interest), as it won't affect your chances to get in. You can be all be Sorcerers, or all psionics, or all aliens for all I care.
