Red Hoods and werewolves.

[Hiroku]

I've had a thought, partially (mostly) inspired by rise from ashes, an online comic.

The roleplay, if it becomes one, would center around two guilds who colaborate in order to take on requests for monster/ghost/werewolf/etc exterminations.

Here's what I wrote so far while trying to get it clearer in my mind.

Red hoods, hunters of monsters, Werewolves and Vampires.

White hoods, hunters of ghosts, contractors of spirits, and also hunters of vampires.

The two groups often collaborated on the vampire problem.

Red hoods were more widely known than the white hoods, and also easier to join the ranks of. Reds took in anyone who could wield a weapon or were extremely good at offensive magic.

To join the white hoods you had to have certain innate abilities that could not be taught. You had to be a spirit medium, be able to sense and communicate with them, and form bonding contracts with them. Generally you had to have an affinity for spiritual magic.

I figure this could be a group RP with people playing Reds and Whites who have to work together against the other players playing the "Monsters." Could be the monsters are actually not in the wrong, or something.

This could also potentially be a one-on-one with a Red/White meeting the intended target and things progressing from there.

But you know me, I like group RPs better if they can be obtained, though I'll do a one-on-one too if requested.

Any thoughts from you guys for how I can expand on this idea? or if it is interesting. For the past three years it's been very difficult for me to come up with an entire RP on my own due to life events messing with my creativity. But I always love to bounce ideas off of other people and creating something from the feedback.

~Hiroku

[Aurelia]

I love this idea. Count me in for a group rp on this.

[missvibes]

this sounds interesting Hiroku, I started to read some of the comic as well to get a better idea

just an opinion here: but I think it will depend on how many people want to join if we decide to have three groups (Reds Whites or Monsters). It might be easier if the characters we make are Red or White, and then we can each take turns or something being the Monster/s that are being hunted.

[Hiroku]

A good idea. I will keep that in mind.

[Hiroku]

I can't seem to write an opening post that I like. Tell me if this draft makes sense to you guys. I'm probably not going to use the Sophie character depending on what everyone one else wants to play and the balancing of genders, she's just an example of how your character sheet should look.

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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Guild(If applicable):
Species/race:
Picture/Physical Description: (Use one or both as you see fit.)

Quick bio: Are they new members of the guild (Or in the case of *monsters, are they notorious etc.) Are they veterans, team players or loners, perhaps a little bit about what motivates them to do what they do.

Spells: (Choose up to three fairly simple spells for a White Hood, and one for a Red hood(optional), nothing too powerful.)

Contracts/pacts: (White hoods exclusive. Does your character have a contract with any spirits, or demons, and what spells can be cast? These spells are mid-level in strength. What are the summoning chants you use to summon them?)

Medium/weapon of choice: (As applicable): (A white hood may have a weapon as their medium for conducting magic, but they are not as skilled in physical combat as a red hood.)

Secondary weapon: (Optional) Smoke bombs, flash grenades, a dagger. Something for quick use, but in the case of disposable weapons like grenades they must be extremely limited.)

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Important info

Spirits/ Demons. Spirits and demons are other worldly creatures that are often mistaken for ghosts, White hoods make a pact promising servility from the spirit or demon for a set amount of time, may it be for one hour or until the end of the Hood's life.. At the end the spirit or demon will be freed. It is frowned upon to make pacts with demons but the White hoods often have to do it to keep the demon from escaping and causing more trouble. Many demons try to exact a pact in which you give something up, like a part of your soul or several years off your earthly life. Make pacts with them at your own risk, they are most untrustworthy and will twist the contract to suit themselves. Only Veteran guild members are allowed to make pacts with demons.

Demons and Spirits cannot be killed but they can be reduced to wraiths and must take several years to recover their full power. On average demons are more versatile than spirits, able to give the pact maker more than one type of spell, however any one thing they do is not as powerful as a spirit's single attack.

For example: An ice demon may also be able to fly, thus they can give you the power of ice and flight, however the ice would not be as strong as an ice spirit's attack, and the flying would only last a few seconds/minutes.

Summoning spirits or demons requires a magic circle or pentagram that will take two in character posts to create, as well as a summoning chant that must be spoken. Unless you are in a safe area where nothing can interrupt your creation, and other players aren't doing much interacting, in which case it's alright to use one post.

*Monsters: A term that can be slang for anything that the Red Hoods hunt, be it as simple as a rogue fairy, to a human murderer, or anything your imagination can devise. They tend to lump things together for quick reference.


--------------------~*~------------- Example sheet:

Name: Sophie
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Guild(If applicable): White Hood
Species/race: Rabbit Anthro
Picture/Physical Description: (Use one or both as you see fit.)


Quick bio: Sophie is a fairly new member of the White Hoods and as such she hasn't found her place yet. She is generally a quiet, moody person who passively takes what she's given, then suddenly loses control and lets her anger out in a seemingly random act of violence. So far she has only taken simple missions that do not involve multiple party members, preferring to keep to herself even though this means she will take longer to gain rank and fame which means better missions and paygrade.

Spells:
--Damage guard-- A quick force field that protects Sophie for three seconds.
--Insight-- a spell to disperse illusions. Reveals to all party members. Sophie must make a magic circle to activate the spell. Take two in character posts to create and activate.
--Sprint – Sophie can dash several yards quicker than the eye can follow but she cannot change direction and she cannot do it multiple times in a row.

Contracts/pacts:
-Celsuis-spirit – Incantation, “I call upon the disciple of everlasting ice. I summon thee, come, Celsius!”
Sophie becomes imbued with the power of ice, usually summons blades of ice that she shoots at her opponents.
Volt – spirit- Incantation, “I call upon the hammer of godly thunder. I summon thee, come, Volt!”
Sophie can shoot a single lightening bolt at an opponent.
(Important to know if you have pacts. You must draw a magical circle/pentagram to summon the spirit's/ demon's powers. This must take two to three posts to be complete and it is usually wise to have a party member protect you while you do it, unless you are not in combat or a danger zone, in which case you can probably do it in one post.)

Medium/weapon(As applicable): Staff for conducting spells and drawing out magic circles. Sophie can use it to hit people but she has no training.

[Sir Z]

its great and very detailed

[Hiroku]

Thanks. I don't really want to railroad people but I like some structure to prevent people from overpowering their characters and having an easy solution for every problem.