12-03-2016, 03:17 AM | #1 |
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[DF]Demon Filled Japan
OK I was recently remind of the Anime Addventure thread Wonder About Zero and could only think how interesting it would be to RP, for those who haven't had the pleasure to read it (The site is gone now, so you'll have to scrounge up a copy of the download) the very short history is this:
In the 1500's demons become very active in Japan, so active in fact that the country ended up unified defeating a practicality nasty one. Fast forward to today and Japan only has half the population it has in real life because a lot of people left 150 years ago during or after a major demon war. So you have a modern setting, just with this one area that has a lot of monsters in the backwoods. Adventuring types will include things like samurai, miko's and martial artists alongside more modern character concepts, like gunmen and adventure archeologists. |
12-03-2016, 04:24 AM | #2 |
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Re: [DF]Demon Filled Japan
My first step would make sure to use Oni instead of Demons for theme reasons 8)
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12-03-2016, 01:14 PM | #3 | |
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The whole thing about katana's being better is probably justified in this timeline, killing a demon being a major desirable characteristic of a sword, must are of very fine quality and heavily enchanted. Guns never caught on in the monster hunting business, because so many need to be killed by magical weapons and you can't do that with guns (at least not the ones that matter) and bullets don't offer a major cost-break compared to swords. |
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12-03-2016, 01:28 PM | #4 |
Dog of Lysdexics
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So no magic bullets? I'm assuming you can't enchant an arrow either then. [ Penetrating weapon not getting the divide by 10 on cost for being a missile ]
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12-03-2016, 01:44 PM | #5 | |
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As for arrows, technically not, but all you'd need to make one viable against a demon is to tie an ofuda to one, they do sort of exist. |
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12-03-2016, 02:24 PM | #6 |
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"all you have to do" - I presume you mean wrap the ofuda around the arrow shaft.
My first mental picture was tying it on like a gift tag, and that just can't be good for accuracy :)
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12-03-2016, 02:57 PM | #7 | |
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Also remember that it being attached like a gift tag looks more dramatic. |
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12-03-2016, 09:06 PM | #8 |
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Re: [DF]Demon Filled Japan
There are many appropriate youkai other than oni, "demons" being a broader and not-completely-overlapping category from "youkai" and certainly broader than "oni".
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12-03-2016, 11:50 PM | #9 | |
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