The Psycho-Paradigm (An in depth fantasy RP with monsters and terrifying beasts)

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15 years ago, otherworldly beasts began appearing all around the world, their source completely unknown. These creatures were discovered to be unconscious manifestations of certain people's psyche. The humans, called “Controllers” each had complete control over their own “Psye” as they became known. It was thought that the humans who can manifest these creatures were chosen by a higher power, with this gift bestowed unto them. Science has yet to find an answer to dispute that claim. This RP follows a collection of teenagers, the first generation born to two Controller parents. The group just underwent their psychic evaluation exam, and were called back by a government agency following the results.

To put this in more casual terms. its a world where crazy and weird, previously unimaginable creatures all became commonplace in the span of a few years. These creatures can be anything and each have their own set of abilities. For more context and examples, this idea was based on the nen beasts from Hunter x Hunter’s latest chapters. Link here to see a few examples (minor spoilers for HxH latest chapters): Nen Beast's/Princes compilation

So i've wanted to join an RP on here for a while, but I haven't been able to find anything that suits me. I basically wanted a very flexible RP that doesn't shoehorn you into certain character tropes or classes. I do understand the need to have these tropes though so the RP doesn't run too wild. So what i tried to do is come up with a new way to allow for a crazy wide variety of flexibility while also being grounded and realistic and not just stupid and childish. Thats when i came up with this idea, its not refined yet so i wouldn't mind help getting it going. Im hoping to get enough people to get an RP started based on this plot :D

Before the RP:
15 years prior to the RP, certain humans began having vivid hallucinations of crazy beasts hovering around them. They were quickly sent to a mental facility and forgotten about until other people began seeing it too. Thinking it was some sort of airborne infection that causes mass hallucinations, the entire facility was put on lockdown. News quickly spread about this new hallucinogenic disease, causing junkies and druggies from around the city to migrate and try to find out what the fuss was all about. The government as well as disease control quickly began protecting the area against riots and mass hysteria, distracting from the fact that governments all around the world began having the same issue of mass hallucinations.
With time it was discovered that when certain humans reach a certain age, they can will to life an otherworldly entity to control. Scientists believed the manifestation of these psychic entities represented the human’s deepest subconscious. At first they were just called “The monsters“ but as science took hold of the concept, they dubbed the new creatures "Psycho-Entities" or "Psyes” for short. As those teens aged, and more people began cultivating their psycho-entities, they began becoming more complex and vivid, eventually being able to interact with the real world to a scary degree.

Small groups began advocating against the Psyes and their "controllers" as they came to be called, claming they could be a threat to humanity. Their claim was more so supported by active terrorist attacks by a group of Psye controllers called "Psyes Against Humanity" (PAH) who beleived the Psyes and controllers were the only natural future for mankind, seeing normal humans as lesser beings. Eventually it was decided that all children must have a psye screening test once they hit 15 years of age to determine whether they are a controller who can summon and control a psye. At 17, the controllers are all re-tested to determine the strength of their psye. Depending on the psyes abilities, the controllers are then sent to various jobs, the most powerful of which tend to be employed by government agencies for protection against groups such as Psyes Against Humanity.

Current day plot:
The plot follows a new age of children who were raised in an era where psyes were beginning to become abundant. These children were all raised by parents who were fighting for Psyes and controllers to be a future for mankind (whether positively or negatively), using their powers for good. The parents, each in their own way, cultivated their children to form a strong connection to their subconscious by being mindful of their own self. Most importantly, the parents of all these children were both controllers, and the children were the first generation of children from a pair of controllers. On the day of their psye evaluation test, they all passed with flying colours. All of these children are brought together soon after their 17th birthday following a message sent to them by the mayor of Hearth. And so the plot begins.


Info on the Psyes and their limitations
You may have noticed i kept the details on the psyes very vague, this is completely intentional.

I want people to think up literally anything. These things are simply entities formed by a child's subconscious through 15 years of refining and building. As mentioned before these things are similar to HxH nen beasts, or even certain Pokemon to an extent.

As for the powers, again you can be as imaginative as you want as long as you abide by certain criteria. These are still people who are new to their power, so the power capabilities of their psyes WILL be weak. Im talking like barely a fireball. They also JUST got their psyes which means they still need to learn to control them. Although they will know them to a certain extent since they've been imagining them for a lot of their life.
The power themselves can be anything from conjuring weapons, to controlling elements, to buffing people and healing them etc etc. Obvious No-No's are teleportation, time control or mind reading, for example. All in all, I'll be looking through the character sheets to make sure nobody makes anything too OP.

Note: i will allow characters to have more than 1 psye IF warranted, such as for example two twins who are similar but opposite in their powers. Their powers will have to be balanced so they aren't stronger than anyone else though.

Plot info and structure:
  • I have a little bit of the plot already set up, some of it is quite clear, some we can work on as we go along.
    • I’d like to structure RP's through arcs. Each arc would need to be thought through before beginning so the story and pacing are controlled.
    • I don't mind having a rotation of GM's with each person GM’ing an arc of the story.
  • I want the posts to be fairly advanced and in depth. I really would like this story in general to be quite unique and have some mature themes.
Group dynamics:
  • Preferably we would have 6 members in the RP, but I can do anything between 4 and 8.
  • I would like the rp to be somewhat quick. At least 3 posts a week per person is as low as i'd go.
    • If we get more than 4 people, post frequency per person can go down.
  • The posting order will be flexible, preferably allowing each person adequate time to post.
    • This also might change depending on how many people we have.
  • I might also make a discord group OOC or something since i don't like forum OOC, but idm just doing a normal forum thread or something if people aren't willing to use discord.
When it comes to RP, I don't like to enforce many rules, for the most part this is your story as much as it is mine, so we need to work together to make something fabulous here. The only time ill be enforcing rules is if people break basic RP rules on Iwaku. Other than that lemme know if you have any preferences and I can try to work around them :D

Character sheet:

Name:

Gender:

Appearance:

Alignment:

Personality:

Backstory: (could include details on their past that corresponds to them being a cut above the rest in terms of their psye.)

Psye name:

Psye appearance: (preferably non-humanoid)

Psye abilities: (Notes: physical attributed dont need to count as abilities, if the psye has wings, they can fly. Also the psyes can appear and reappear at will next to their controller, with limitations to account for the no teleportation rule.)

Name: Austin Frey

Gender: Male

Appearance: Austin is built tall and slim, with tanned skin and ruffled dirty blonde hair that reaches just above his eyes. His hair is accented by a small braid that falls down the right side of his face, neatly tucked behind his ear. The braid is tied around a small yellow string that runs along its length. Austin is always seen in casual attire of the same jeans and a random T-shirt.

Alignment: Lawful Good

Personality:Austin is quite reserved, but not to the point of appearing shy or awkward. Most of the time he does not speak up unless addressed by someone else. This is especially apparent in large groups, however in a small group of 2 or 3 friends he's just a normal guy.

Backstory: Austin was raised by extremist parents who believed controllers and pyses would be the future of mankind. Although they never broke the law they were very outspoken about their beliefs, which caused him to be isolated at school. His father and mother, both also above average controllers, decided to marry in the belief that their controller genes would created a very powerful controller, and therefore a very powerful psye that will change the world.

Psye name: Mantellum

Psye appearance: Mantellum floats around like a yellow jelly goo, it's body not conforming to any shape. Mantellum also acts as a non-neutonian fluid, meaning that when struck by an object, it will turn solid for a brief moment to protect itself from the force.

Psye abilities: Mantellum's abilities revolve around breaking down, shaping, and building up. Once given a hunk of clay, it can be moulded into any desired shape. Similarly when given two metals, Mantellum can combine them together, or when given a phone, can break it down to its different parts. The quantity, size, and accuracy of his ability is dependant on his power and his connection to his Controller.

What now?

This RP is still very much in an early stage. Although i have a lot of ideas going around, nothing is set in stone just yet. If you have any ideas on the plot or the main theme of the story, I'd love to hear it. I am very flexible so im willing to change up certain aspects to make the RP more enjoyable. If you are interested, please let me know. If we get enough people interested then ill start making a signup and OOC thread where everyone can submit their character sheets and we can talk everything through.

Hopefully i didn't miss anything out, lemme know if you have any questions! RP's are a group effort! :3
 
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@SpitFire I just wanted to give you a heads up, the character sheet, information on psyes and their limitations, and information on the story and rp aren't showing up for those on midnight background. I'm unable to join, as I'm at max capacity for roleplays right now, but this definitely looks like a wonderful rp and I wish you the best of luck on finding gms and roleplay partners.
 
@SpitFire I just wanted to give you a heads up, the character sheet, information on psyes and their limitations, and information on the story and rp aren't showing up for those on midnight background. I'm unable to join, as I'm at max capacity for roleplays right now, but this definitely looks like a wonderful rp and I wish you the best of luck on finding gms and roleplay partners.
Woah thanks :D I really like the idea so i hope i can get it going! Ill fix the font asap, i have a feeling i know whats causing it.
EDIT: yup fixed it. I didnt notice i was setting all the colours to black since i didnt have the dark theme on :P
 
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Just revamped the entire idea/thread so its more fitting to what i was imagining

EDIT: Also just added my character sheet^^
 
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Hmm, looks interesting. I'm keeping an eye on this!
 
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