<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=322438.msg15486368#msg15486368">Quote from: Rummy Tum Tum on 02-07-2020, 04:23:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Maybe play a rough acting drummer boy of the Fortune arcana who has Cerberus as a Persona and uses brass knuckles and push daggers to brawl shadows. And of course, like all Persona characters, he has secret hidden layers to be discovered later.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=322438.msg15486503#msg15486503">Quote from: TheSithChicken on 02-07-2020, 06:38:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm rolling around an image in my head of someone coming from harder metal. Someone with some anger issues. The kind of guy who would blare "Sanctified with Dynamite" as he fights shadows with a tetsubo and a sawed off shotgun.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=322438.msg15490753#msg15490753">Quote from: wingnut2292 on 05-07-2020, 09:30:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">My character is of the Lovers Arcana. He's a classically trained countertenor - he has a "double falsetto" and as a result can sing higher than some girls. He's also into crossplay (displaying as the opposite sex) and he's become quite good at it. You wouldn't think of him as being so - my character is on the tall side. But otherwise - fine face, large eyes, peach-fuzz at best beard, narrow shoulders, long, slender hands. With some pads, a wig and a little make-up he will turn your heads.<br/><br/>Well my girlfriend and I was practicing an act for our next convention when her father observed us. My girfriend's father owns a Noh Theater and was an onnagata in his prime. An onnagata is a Noh actor who specializes in playing female roles, because Noh is an all-male tradition. My girlfriends father was quite impressed and made me an offer - he'd sponsor my college education, if I became his understudy at the theater for a number of years.<br/><br/>That's a big offer... One my character hasn't committed to. It could give him a lot of exposure, and set up his future by having a Bachelor's Degree - or even a Master's - without any student debt. He's have a pairs internship and plenty of hands m-on time with his mentor. But... My character is worried about his reputation, what his friends and family would think, and to a lesser degree his identity. Mind you, he's straight. He's not trans, just a part-time crossdresser. But does he want to be professionally know as a crossdresser?<br/><br/>To test the waters, he's applied his art skills into making a virtual youtouber channel, where the main character is a Miku-esque Jpop star.<br/><br/>His Persona is Wa Alice, a very Asian but also very girly version of Alice-in-Wonderland. He'd probably have Ice, Wind or Psy as his element, and his sub 2rd Esserspeciality would be mental status ailments like charm, dispair, rage or panic. A good performer is supposed to instill strong emotions in his audience. <br/><br/>When in the Metaverse, his outfit resembles his virtual youtube star persona. This is interisting because Cognitive Psience comes into play. Is he a guy or a girl in the Metaverse? The answer is yes to both.  Physically he dosen't change, but... Just as you guns fire real-enough bullets if the guns look real enough, just as new Phantom Thieves have guns even though Ryuji only bought a gun for Ren, my character is effectively an honorary girl as far as the Metaverse is concerned. Anything that affects girls, like,say the charm attack of a self-important boss, affects me too.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>So! The above look to be the concepts that were suggested so far! I'll share mine again, for ease of reference.<em>(Disclaimer: This character is based quite heavily off of Joker, and that's because he, as a character, is one of my favourite aspects of the P5 game, and the main reason why I wanted to give this a go. So... apologies! I am going to be moulding her into something different as we progress, but her start-up premise is inevitably going to be close to Joker's.)</em><br/><br/>It is as follows: that of the pictured, white haired girl in this thread's first post banner: the wild card Persona-user who is quiet, yet charismatic and a natural leader (will be buying up points in Inspire or a similar Advantage/trait if we use a system). Her initial Persona is Memnoch, an aspect of Satanael (who Memnoch might awaken to in time), and she uses dual knives and dual pistols in combat (depending on whether she is fighting melee or ranged); in a pinch, she can use one of each, so that she can move between close and distanced attacks rapidly. Her musical style is somewhat alternative/indie/pop-rock (think the kind of songs that played in Persona 5 by Lollia), though she can vary her style and support the other characters in their Musical Expressions as part of her wild card leanings; her instrument/means of contributing to a Musical Expression is singing. Her Arcana will be the Fool, since it seems most in-keeping with the wild card power she has.<br/><br/>In the Metaverse, her costume changes to include a black and gold jacket, black choker, white gloves, and microphone headset (all pictured), as well as trousers of a similar design (gold and black), a black corset-vest, a boots. Her pistols are stored in shoulder holsters beneath her arms; her knives are tucked into waist sheathes against the small of her back.<br/><br/>Keeping close to the cool, rarely speaking trend of the Persona games, she'll likely be a new comer to whatever school we base this game out of, but I have various ideas about why she's there and what she was up to before showing up. Like with the others, her background can come to light the more she engages with people, provided they make the effort to get to know her.<br/><br/>Oh, another question for you guys: would you prefer the Japanese or Western naming convention when playing? (i.e. would you like us to name our characters Family Name + Given Name, or Given Name + Family Name) I much prefer the Japanese method, especially since this will be set in Japan like the other games, but won't be opposed to using the western method if that's what everyone wants/prefers.<br/><br/>Final point: I'm happy to go BESM 4e if you guys are, but it will require more cooperation on prep-work beforehand to get the Advantages/Enhancements/Limitations/Defects sorted for Personas and the Metaverse. If that's not desired for a system people don't know, we can look at OVA or freeform, both of which are easier, but less defined.