Janus
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So what if the events of Shin Megami Tensei happened in North America? The premise of this role play is that warring factions are attempting establish their own permanent status quo on the world of surviving Humanity and each other, to achieve ultimate power.
So basically, the supernatural has always existed in the world, but only now has it come into full bloom. An Apocalyptic event referred to as The Cataclysm has torn all of Humanity a new one, and in North America, which has experienced far less of a blow than the rest of the world, the population has been almost eradicated, and is down to just a little more than nine million citizens out of our previous three hundred and ninety million. Monsters, demons and other supernatural beings are killing survivors and stragglers. The former United States of America is now a shattered union, and some areas of the country are lawless.
There are few , but notable exceptions to the chaos, harsh life and terrors of the outside world however. Some folk have partnered with monsters, others have learned powerful magic, yet still others have managed to protect themselves with the wonders of high science and technology. The year is 2093, and it's been thirty three years since The Cataclysm transformed the world into a nightmarish terror where the strong rule and prey over the weak.
Texas and California are two bastions of civilization remaining in the world, and are their own closely allied nations, nomadic tribes roam the country in an effort to stay "safe" as much as the word safe can make sense of their situation, and there is now a large faction of communicating underground bunkers throughout the country that work as a single political entity. This subterranean society is called "Agartha". Like it was pointed out earlier, more than half the country is a very dangerous place to be. People are crowding the safer civilized areas as much as they can.
There are a little more than several powerful Cosmic factions amid a lot of other lesser factions vying for the eternal destiny of the world and all mortals. The original SMT games have Order, Neutrality/Balance and Chaos, this one has Order, Light, Mortality, Chaos, and Darkness. I was thinking of having one more Faction other than the five but I'm not entirely convinced on which one.
So Order is basically rigid and draconian control over people. There are positives but strong negatives. Someone with too much enforced order is basically a totalitarian. Too much chaos and well, there's anarchy everywhere. Even light has some negatives, even though it's the most moral and ethical. Light is more or less morality it'self but too much of it can lead to self-destruction. Mortality is basically Humanity and other non-divine races vying to enforce their will on reality, it's sort of the Balance faction. Finally Darkness is the opposite of Light. It's "The Dark Side" of this universe. It's downsides are obvious, and there are many.
So your PCs would choose a side to support.
Here is the Character Sheet:
Character:
Name:
Appearance:
History:
Power:
Means Of Power: (Are you a magic user, a tech user, a supernatural being, a super hero? Or even someone who has some kind of command over monsters? You can even be an alien if you want, or something that's not listed.)
So basically, the supernatural has always existed in the world, but only now has it come into full bloom. An Apocalyptic event referred to as The Cataclysm has torn all of Humanity a new one, and in North America, which has experienced far less of a blow than the rest of the world, the population has been almost eradicated, and is down to just a little more than nine million citizens out of our previous three hundred and ninety million. Monsters, demons and other supernatural beings are killing survivors and stragglers. The former United States of America is now a shattered union, and some areas of the country are lawless.
There are few , but notable exceptions to the chaos, harsh life and terrors of the outside world however. Some folk have partnered with monsters, others have learned powerful magic, yet still others have managed to protect themselves with the wonders of high science and technology. The year is 2093, and it's been thirty three years since The Cataclysm transformed the world into a nightmarish terror where the strong rule and prey over the weak.
Texas and California are two bastions of civilization remaining in the world, and are their own closely allied nations, nomadic tribes roam the country in an effort to stay "safe" as much as the word safe can make sense of their situation, and there is now a large faction of communicating underground bunkers throughout the country that work as a single political entity. This subterranean society is called "Agartha". Like it was pointed out earlier, more than half the country is a very dangerous place to be. People are crowding the safer civilized areas as much as they can.
There are a little more than several powerful Cosmic factions amid a lot of other lesser factions vying for the eternal destiny of the world and all mortals. The original SMT games have Order, Neutrality/Balance and Chaos, this one has Order, Light, Mortality, Chaos, and Darkness. I was thinking of having one more Faction other than the five but I'm not entirely convinced on which one.
So Order is basically rigid and draconian control over people. There are positives but strong negatives. Someone with too much enforced order is basically a totalitarian. Too much chaos and well, there's anarchy everywhere. Even light has some negatives, even though it's the most moral and ethical. Light is more or less morality it'self but too much of it can lead to self-destruction. Mortality is basically Humanity and other non-divine races vying to enforce their will on reality, it's sort of the Balance faction. Finally Darkness is the opposite of Light. It's "The Dark Side" of this universe. It's downsides are obvious, and there are many.
So your PCs would choose a side to support.
Here is the Character Sheet:
Character:
Name:
Appearance:
History:
Power:
Means Of Power: (Are you a magic user, a tech user, a supernatural being, a super hero? Or even someone who has some kind of command over monsters? You can even be an alien if you want, or something that's not listed.)
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