​What IS this Demonverse thing?

It's an online roleplaying campaign for the ECATS (CATDESK . . .?) players with a paranormal bent. If you play in CFUD, Aather, Thusia, Deco, etc, and/or you know Haru & Zazzle, you're free to sign up a character when we announce sign-ups! 



We generally run one session every 3-4 months (though it has been a little longer as of late) and they usually last around four days per session -- it's pretty intensive, and often sort of a "set aside most of your weekend" thing, though we'll always announce the times & activity level with each session! Since they are relatively infrequent and intense and we can only handle running so many people at once, there is a player cap (usually around 15 people, give or take). We are always happy to take new players, but because of the player cap, activity level, and previous game history, we do give preference to players that have already established their characters if there's not enough space!

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There is an ongoing plot, but frequently it occurs in loosely-connected arcs which are building towards an overall story. You never know which NPCs are going to be involved until you play it. Um, chances are we don't either.



​Oh Man What Characters Are Okay To Play
We are basically pretty flexible on everyone who isn't a Thematic Godmode. We generally won't allow anyone who belongs to the demonic-supernatural horror genre and has godmode powers within it (no archangels or ultra powerful demon slayers, for example!). That said, we have had both extremely powerful characters and totally mundane ones play in the past -- powers are rarely important. Much more important is the personality to get active in NPC lives and investigate settings, since those are the two most-used skills.

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For ease of interacting with most NPCs, human-appearing characters are easier to handle in public "normal world" settings than otherwise, but Ashton Anchors was a recurring character, for example, and he has dragons growing from his shoulders. We go by the law of 'MOST humans are willing to excuse what they're seeing as part of a movie/makeup/terrible sad disease oh no, rather than believe in nonhumans.'



In addition, please read this post and the comments to see what RPs you can take from and so on. The gist of it is: a) you can sign up to play with any character you currently play in CFUD, Sabra, Aather, etc, unless somebody else has already played them in Demonverse at which point they're off-limits/belong to that player for Demonverse. (This is because NPC CR is so important in demonverse that we don't want to have multiple versions of the same character there); b) You can also play people you have since dropped, as long as you have previously played them in Demonverse. They're yours in Demonverse! c) Just keep in mind that Demonverse is an AU and don't carry any info from Demonverse back to your main game ♥ What happens in Demonverse stays in Demonverse . . .

 

 

​WAIT WAIT what is gameplay like, how do we get involved in plot
Demonverse is basically kind of... make-your-own plot-ty. As in, the plot is there and the NPCs are there, but the outcome is 95% based on what you do -- it's reactive gameplay. Basically, for interacting with the players, a) Zazzle and Haru know what the NPCs are thinking, feeling, wanting to do, and motivated by; b) we know what plot events are occurring with other characters elsewhere and why; c) we keep both those things in mind and have the NPCs and plot and events react to what the player characters choose to do. 



Sometimes we have game mechanics that ask you to contribute something by a certain time (like voting mechanics, or giving us a piece of information, or something). But mostly it's free form -- talk to people, establish CR (positive or negative), explore and learn about the environment, or ride along with other people doing the same. Because we run a reactive world, the more you choose to do the more it will react to you -- cause and effect -- but aside from those set "please vote" elements etc, you can control your degree of interaction. In the past this has (many times) changed the fate not just of a given game session but of the entire game campaign!



On a mechanical level, we usually play either on DW or on IRC, with a preference for DW comment threading. Examples of IRC logging are basically just Game 3 and Game 6. Some of the games are entirely RPG-campaign style, others fit inside the mechanic of a larger game (mostly Cry Wolf). If you have any questions on how any of these work, feel free to ask.



 

​How do I learn more about Demonverse games and characters so far?
There are two main sites we store information on! The first is our DW page, arsgoetia. Please follow this journal if you have an interest in Demonverse as invariably any announcement will go here first. This is also where we run DW-based game sessions or will post any IRC logs. Check the tags for relevant info (...and hope that Haru remembered to update it.) There is also of course this website, though it is fairly new and we are in the process of shoving things onto it. Our old webpage is here.



Please also check out our Contact Page for our emails, our Plurk, and our IRC chan!