Gensokyo. A land of beauty. A land of tradition. A land of humans and Youkai, living in something that can be called harmony on occasion. This ancient land is the result of the Great Hakurei Border, created by Yukari Yakumo, maintained by the Hakurei clan. Over the ages, the border has slowly been weakening; not enough to cause a problem, but enough that humans from the Outside World have been trickling in.
It was predicted that the Border would not have to be renewed for at least a few more millenia; however, the Border is starting to crumble apart. Nobody knows why; both the current Shrine Maiden of the Hakurei clan, Reimu, and the Border's creator, Yukari, have gone missing, and even their closest friends and servants do not know what has happened to them.
While many Youkai and humans choose to ignore these problems, a select few have decided that something must be done...
Rules:
1. You do not control the other players' characters, unless they give you express permission to do so. This should be obvious, but I've had problems with it in the past. Also, while I will try to give you a good deal of freedom, remember that you don't control the whole plot. Having the whole group decide to go do something is one thing; having an NPC we're looking for walk by and talk to you is another thing. Just remember that you only control your characters, and you should be fine.
2. Respect the other RPers.
3. Have fun! This is just a game, so don't let things get you down.
4. Please, don't type lik dis or |1k3 7h1$. I'm not expecting you to be an English major or anything, but legible posts would really be appreciated.
Sign-up:
Your character shall be an OC Youkai. You will choose a Youkai type, and this will help determine what canonical character shall be your first party member All sign-ups should follow this format:
Name: Self explanatory.
Youkai type: The fun part. Here, you choose what kind of Youkai you will be using. All player characters will be new Youkai; however, whether this is due to a transformation (such as human to magician or animal to animal Youkai) or just once that has recently come into existence is entirely up to you. Be creative, but try not to be too outlandish.
Gender: Again, pretty obvious. (i.e. Female. Rinnosuke be damned.)
Touhou character: The character who will be your partner and mentor. Please try to keep this related to geography; something like a rabbit Youkai with Hina is just ridiculous. Also, Yumemi, Chiyuri, Keine, Yukari, and Reimu are off limits, as are characters only from the written works.
Appearance: What distinguishes your Youkai from others of its type? Things like clothing (once you get some), eye color, hair color, etc.
Personality: Keep in mind that your Youkai type will affect the personality, but aside from that, do what you will with it.
Stats: The other interesting bits. The stats are:
-Intelligence: Not a measure of how much your Youkai knows, but how well it thinks. How analytical it is, how intuitive, things like that.
-Danmaku Prowess: The higher this stat is, the more powerful your Danmaku will be, and the harder it will be to avoid.
-Strength: A measure of physical strength. Don't just overwrite this as inferior to Power; physical strength can be useful, and with Reimu gone, certain people may choose to forgo the Spellcard Rules...
-Agility: Ties in a bit with Danmaku battles. Not only affects how well you dodge Danmaku, but other things as well.
-Stamina: How much you can exert yourself. Also applies in battle.
You start off with 1 in each stat, and can distribute 12 points across the whole board. At this point, no stat can exceed 5. Keep in mind your Youkai type; a magician isn't going to have very high Strength, but you can choose whether it has higher agility or intelligence, or things like that. In the same vein, your Type will affect how these stats grow. These stats won't be used for calculations or anything like that, they'll just be guidelines that affect how your character interacts with the world and situations thrown at them.
Background: You may not even have one, but if you do (animal Youkai or human turned Youkai) be sure to put it here.
Location: Where you start off.
Other: Anything else you find to be important. Completely optional.
My own character (as an example):
Name: Kanade
Youkai Type: Kitsune
Gender: Female
Partner: Hina Kagiyama
Appearance: Has red fur and deep blue eyes. Has medium length, darker red hair. She wears a plain white dress with a layered skirt, and sandals. She is a bit short, but not lolita.
Personality:A bit meek. Would rather sit and listen than speak up. However, she is highly intelligent, and tends to analyze things on her own. This leads to her going against the plans of others, as she has decided that her plan will work better. Doesn't necessarily dislike people, but doesn't trust them, either. She is very calm and collected, but a bit withdrawn.
Stats:
-Intelligence: 5
-Danmaku Prowess: 3
-Strength: 2
-Agility: 4
-Stamina: 3
Background: Doesn't remember her past at all, aside from a few snippets of memories of a girl with glasses.
Location: Great Youkai Forest (Youkai Mountain)
I know this is a bit skeletal, but since these Youkai are all new, they don't really have to have much of a background.
And no, your Youkai will not have an Ability.
Once you get the O.K. From me, you'll be good to go! The first posts after my own will be your characters either starting off pre-Youkai if they transform, or just as them waking up for the first time. After that, I'll introduce you to your partners, and it will roll from there. You won't control them at first, but eventually you will gain control of them (them being the Touhou character you encounter.)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!
The RP itself will probably start in one to two weeks, depending on how much interest in this we get.
(To be updated later with my own character)
Actually, something I just thought of that I should bring up: I will be using my own character, but she shall be just as clueless as yours. In fact, she'll actually be a bit submissive, since I want to see what plans you devise. Also, just because she suggests a plan of action doesn't mean you should follow through with it; basically, in that sense, just treat her like any other player character. Normally in things like this you wouldn't see the GM use their own character, but not only is this what I'm used to due to previous RPGs I've run on other forums, but to me GMing without having your own character sounds boring. If I wanted to do that, I'd do a text Adventure. Remember that I'm also here to have fun with this~
Current players list:
# - Player - Character Name - Youkai Type - Partner - Location
1. Squawkers - Kanade - Kitsune - Hina - Great Youkai Forest (Youkai Mountain)
2. Marokuu - Sushikisu Ohuku - Jellyfish - Momiji - Youkai Mountain
3. Youkai Jesus - Arasoi Haretsu - Jinouga - Mima - Makai
4. Crow Cakes - Chiseki - Satori - Satori - The Underground City
5. Sonae - Sayuri - Spirit - Futo - Dream Palace Great Mausoleum (Whatever that means)
6. Guardian Tempest - Heal de Garde - Tsukumogami - Byakuren - Great Youkai Forest (Youkai Mountain)
7. German Flower Youkai - Hilde - Evil Valkyrie - Orin - Former Hell of Blazing Fires
8. Berzul - Yoshiko Nakamura - Poltergeist - Youmu - Hakugyokurou
⑨. MFZBdude - Ark - Yuki-onna - Cirno - Misty Lake
10. Hanzo K. - Hotaru Izumi - Tengu (Raven Type) - Utsuho Reiuji - Rocky Crag on the Western Face of Youkai Mountain (talk about specific...)
11. Reisen-tanith - Aref Beile - Inugami - Kotohime - Outskirts of the Human Village
12. cecilthebot - Sparkler - Fairy - Mokou - Bamboo Forest of the Lost
13. Sourfang - Minako Honjou - Pegasus - Shou Toramaru - Myoren Temple
14. XinXin - Mikan Huang - Human-type Youkai - Flandre Scarlet - Scarlet Devil Mansion
...Man, a lot of people starting on Youkai mountain...
