Onimusha: Age of Demons
Plot:
Through out the ages of the earth's existance, the Genma have risen
and fallen at the hands of the Oni Clan, and the Oni Children. Only once
did they come close to gain victory and taking the earth for their own,
but were beaten by Samanosuke Akechi and Jacques Blanc who defeated Lord
Nobunaga, and saved the world from the threat of the Genma.
Now, a new Genma lord has risen secretly to power and discovered the
Genma Scientists - Guildenstern's - Time Folder Machine and is kidnapping
some of the worlds most evil Historical figures and turning them into
powerful Genma Lords. With the Genma more powerful then ever, the Oni Clan
are forced to call into action a new group of warriors, brought from all
across time, to combat this new threat. The fate of our world, now rests
on their shoulders.
God, help us all...
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Getting down to business...
... Here we go, here's how its going to work, the Oni Clans and the Genma
exist in every corner of the world, Japan, China, Europe, Egypt and other
such cultures. Now, each player must pick a centuryand country that your
character comes from, for instance my character Seijun comes from 17h century
Japan. Now each character must come from a different century, no doubling up,
there's plenty of centuries for everyone to use, and to make sure there's no
doubling up we're going to instigate the first in first served rule, as such,
the 17th century is taken. I'd like everyone to let me know what century your
gonna pick via PM or MSN. If you do not know what is available, come and ask
me and I shall let you know. Keep in mind that you cant pick a century beyond
the year 2000.
Now, for the start of the RPG I would like it everyone played as a good character
as either human or half Oni. I know this doesnt give much room for freedom and I
do apologize for it, however I dont want evil characters running around trying to
do their own thing and interrupting stuff I have planned. However, I do have every
intention of allowing evil characters eventually, though evil characters can only
be human, half Genma or Full Bred Genma. Another two character classes that will
be available when evil characters are allowed will be Half and Full Blooded Tengu
characters. I am making only one exception for Chris's character, Nocturn.
And let it be known that you can only have three characters at one time.
Also, if it pleases it you, you can have it that your character is a historical
figure, known for doing something brave or something like that. Though characters
from the game are off limits. And please, Mr Z, I know you like creating strange
and twisted characters, but can you please create a character that isnt too crazy
for this RPG?
Another thing to note is that when I allow you to create evil characters, you can
if you choose to, transform your character into a Half Genma. Your character will
retain all weapons, and items and anything else they had before being transformed
although your weapons will now be 'Genmaized.' In short they will become evil
versions of their previous self, this doesnt really effect them in any way though
so its nothing really to be worried about.
Now for enhancing a character's weapon, soul absorber or armor I'm gonna use the
Mad Guyver's ability gaining method, so when I think you've "acquired enough souls"
I will allow you to enhance one of those things, one level only so choose wisely,
because it takes longer to enhance a something each time, first level will be easy
to enhance, second level will take a fair bit of time to enhance, not to mention
enhancing your soul absorber will become necessary, your armor is another thing you'll
have to think about also. Each time you enhance a weapon, your magic attack will
become stronger also.
Now I'm not going to put an MP or HP system in this, but I do expect everyone to be
responsible with how much they use their magic attack and the such.
Now on to the other stuff
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I'm gonna start the RPG in the same style as I did last time, I'm gonna open
with part 1 of an introductary post, then everyone will introduce their character
in ONE post, that will take place in the time your character is from. And as
before your character can NOT have fought the Genma, or seen the Oni or the Tengu
or any other kind of demon or supernatural beings, with the exception of Chris's
character who is a super natural being, he's an exception though. After everyone
has made their introduction post, I will post part 2 of the starting post in
which I will give the characters their Soul Gauntlet, or ability to absorb souls,
depending whether your human or half Oni.
Note: Its ok to encounter or fight the Genma near the end of your intro post, but
that must be the first time your character has ever seen, heard of, or encountered
the Genma. Again, Chris is exempt from this.
You will have to play with an oridnary weapon for a couple of your posts, then
you will get your first Oni Weapon Orb which fits in a section of your gauntlet
and your oridnary weapon will turn into your Oni Weapon and back to an ordinary
weapon when your character wills it to happen. For example, Samanosuke's ordinary
weapon is a katana, when he wants it to, it transforms into an Oni Weapon and
back to its original state when he wants it too. Yours will be no different.
Now there is seven elements orbs available for all Oni Warriors, which are...
Fire
Earth (volcanic)
Thunder
Air
Ice
Water
Light
Eventually you will acquire all seven orbs, and the form that comes with each
orb. Which brings me to my next point. We're all quite familiar with all sorts
of melee weapons so I'm not gonna waste my time making a list for everyone to
get ideas from. I do have some restrictions though. The only kind of combition
weapon you can have, are whip weapons, example would be Jacque's, all of which
are a Whip Sword, a Whip Staff and a Morning Star Whip. You can only have one
dual set of weapons within the seven weapons you acquire, like Samanosuke's Tenso
swords which are Light Elements. I dont care what the weapon is, if you want two
of that weapon, thats a dual set, two Scythes, or two axes, or two of anything
are dual sets and you can only have one set, Dont come to me, asking if you can
have these absurd weapons that are one third something, one third something else and
one third another thing. Like I said before, the only combintation weapons you
can have are whip weapons, Whip Swords, Staffs, Scythers, Tonfa's etc, etc. I'm
not going to make exceptions on this so dont ask.
Soul Absorbers:
For those that will require a Soul Absorber, they come in three forms.
Gauntlet
Necklace
Bracelet
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Races.
The Oni: Its not known how long the Oni have been around, but they have established
clans all over the world in order to combat the Genma. The Oni are fearsome warriors
who have dedicated themselves to the war against the Genma and protecting the earth
from the vile creatures. Members of the Oni Race have been known to have bred with
humans and that has resulted in the Half Oni's, most of which live their lives without
knowing of their true heritage, and they are only slightly stronger then normal humans,
though they have longer life spans then human's obviously and most of which became
respected and recognized warriors. Unlike Human, they do not require a Soul Gauntlet
to absorb souls, they can absorb souls through the mark of their clan which appears
on their left hand, most believing it only to be a birthmark. Oni Orbs are also absorbed
into their hands.
The Genma: As with the Oni, its unknown how old the Genma are, or how old their
war with the Oni has been, only that their war has been ongoing long before the
human race was brought into existence. Vile creatures that thrive on carnage and
mayhem, the Genma are demons bent on only one thing, conquering the world and
enslaving humans, they just have to get past the Oni first. Like the Oni, it is
not uncommon for Genma to have bred with humans, producing Half Genma just as vile
as their full blooded brethen. So far all attempts to take the Earth have failed
miserably.
The Tengu Clan: The Tengu have assisted the Oni Clan since the beginning of the war
against the Genma, providing their power to the cause. Able to change their size from
that of a normal human to six inches tall, they have a range of powers, including being
able to allow people that speak different languages be able to understand each other
perfectly. Tengu's also get a range of powers from magical Hatori's that greatly assist
the warriors of the Oni Clan in battle against Genma warriors. Tengu warrior has been
choosen from time to time also by the Oni Clan. Half Tengu's are also known to exist.
Tengu warriors require Soul Absorbers to absorb souls
Humans: Its not exactly clear how the human's came into existence, or whether or not
their existence had a purpose at all, but it is known they have proven formidable warriors
against the Genma when armed by the Oni Clan. Choosen human's have protected the world
time and time again since their creation and the Oni have fallen back on them many times
in the past when they have been unable to continue the fight against the Genma, noteable
warriors being Samanosuke Akechi, Jubei Yagu and Jacques Blanc. Human's require Soul
Absorbers to absorb souls
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Special Abilities are something else I want to address now.
I'm going to be introducing something I call the Magic Bond, this happens when
your character uses a specific element a numerous amount of time, they will become
bonded to that element and will allow your character to use that element through
something akin to elemental kinesis, although a character can only become bonded to
one element. Also all race types are capable of this.
Charged Weapon attacks are available to all characters also. A charged weapon attack
is only about half as strong as a magic attack.
Oni Bind Attack is a weapon type specific ability, its available to those with
Whip combination weapons. A character can entangle an enemy and then channel a shot
of magic through the weapon and kill them instantly
Race Specific Special Abilities.
Human and Half Oni Onimusha Mode:
Onimusha modes are available when a player acquires five purple souls, which a player
will be awarded with every so often ^_~ Now the rules for using the Onimusha mode in
this RPG is that it only lasts for one post, whether or not you end it with your character
returning to normal is up to you, as long as the character is back to normal in your next
post. Onimusha modes are best used for Hard catagory enemies or bosses.
Half Genma and Full Genma Abilities:
For Half and Full Genma a special ability that I will be giving is the ability to throw
an energy blast at their enemy from their weapon or weapons, the color of this attack is
up to you of course.
Tengu Special abilities:
Ok, Tengu's have more special abilities available to them then any of the other races -
except maybe for full blooded Oni's but we're not using full blooded Oni's - but you
have to activate them, which is where Eco Spirits come into it. Eco Spirits are little
blue and green glowing gems that activate the power of a Tengu's Hatori - Vest - which
give the Tengu wearer more powers. I will award Eco Spirits to Tengu players - if there
end up being any when the option becomes available - for various things. I suggest you
also save up your Eco Spirits until you need them, as the number of required Eco Spirits
varies with each vest, so you may find yourself short if your not careful.
For now I'm only going to list four of the Vests:
Blue Vest - Allows the character to move extremely fast
Eco Spirits Required - 4
Red Vest - Constant Charged Weapon attack
Eco Spirits Required - 2
Yellow Vest - Increases the character's endurance
Eco Spirits Required - 6
Oranage Vest - The subject can temporarily slow down an enemy
Eco Spirits Required - 6
More will become available in time.
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Now its time for Datafile format. This is only for human and half oni characters.
When the characters classes, Half Genma, Full Genma, Half Tengu and Full Tengu
become available I will provide you all with DF suited to them.
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Height:
Century:
Country:
Race:
Affilation:
Description:
Background:
Weapon and Orb List:
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Ok, finally, I just want to say that if you have any questions, come and ask me and
I'll answer it as best I can.
::EDIT::
Ok, I'm gonna add in the centuries that are already taken.
Riven = Seijun = 17th century
Chris = Nocturne = 16th century
Kaiser = Errick = 9th century
Sparky = ???? = 2nd century
Tekno = ???? = 20th century
Tyde = Rao = 3rd century
::Kaiser has given me permission to double post::
Ok, I started this RPG a little under a month ago, and so far the only people that have posted since have been Kaiser, Chris and Sparky.
I'm gonna keep it open for another two months starting from today, in that time, either come to me or post it in here what I should change, should I keep it open, should I end it, Should I restart it, again
So please, give me your opinions because this RPG is starting to feel like a wasted effort
-.- Post, people. Always smacking me for not posting, well. Iffen you all post, and the Xeno RPG allows me to get more of a feel for it, I will be a regular poster ¬¬ SO POST!...Or i'll begin pestering you all..xD
I know Z mentioned he was doing some background info on his character but Riv you've got four people so you're more then capable of starting and have others join in as we go and play catch up.
Thanks for your support Zero, I hope to see you posting in Oni soon :P
That was for the character I had planned for the 20th century, but that was already taken so I decided to go with a different idea.
*stans behind Zero sharpening Cortisis weave vibro sword* Yip, I'm glad you've shown some interest and are thinking of posting as not doing such would be bad for your health.......... B)
sorry for takeing so long to post riv. but i've been busy with the move. thankfully things seem to be slowing down abit. lets hope they stay that way.
Ugh. I will make a post this week... been having net access difficulties... but that should be solved now.
Sorry, but this is ridiculous
Can someone lock Onimusha for me?
This is where it ends, it wont be revived again, at least not by me