Post by ramenigma on Aug 29, 2016 10:58:29 GMT
I'm not interested in ordinary people. But, if any of you are aliens, time-travelers, or espers, please come see me. That is all!
~Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
~Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Story So Far...
Ten years after the 198X Dogyo New Year's Massacre, the world has returned to it's usual, typical self. Thanks in no small part to the efforts of Government Operatives everywhere in covering up the cause of the tragedy. A single high-powered psychic gone rogue. Nowadays, however, people are just as oblivious to the existence of the secret world of psychics. Though, they may be just a little less... enthusiastic to see psychic powers in action.
Well, besides maybe spirit mediums or exorcists or the like. But 90% of those are conmen anyway.
You are a psychic living your ordinary life in your own ordinary way. Your home is situated in the bustling, End-Of-199X Modern city of Gyudon, just two hours drive from the big city life of Dogyo. As an extraordinary being in an ordinary world, how will you deal with the less than ordinary events around you?
Also, there will be cats.
The Roleplay In A Nutshell
Song of Psionics is a Slice-Of-Life/Adventure roleplay with a focus on being fun over anything else. Occasionally, there will be arcs where things are happening, but for the most part this is going to be pretty freeform. A good rule of the thumb is if your character can do it and would do it, go ahead and do it. This is a light and breezy roleplay for enthusiasts of things like Earthbound or Mob Psycho.
Also, there will be cats.
The PIE Guide to Different Psychics
Application
Name: [Don't tell me you don't know!]
Age: [Must be an age capable of talking and interacting with stuff.]
Appearance: [Put the ugh in ugly!]
Biography: [Tell me a little bit about yourself. Not too much. Just a bit.]
Occupation: [Student? Unemployed? Hitman? Lawyer?]
Favourite Food: [Don't ask me why!]
Favourite Pet: [Cats, right?]
Ideal Weapon: [Literally anything can be a weapon.]
Random Answer: [Pretend like I asked you a question here. Now give me a 1-2 word answer.]
Who's The Real Villain in Tom and Jerry?: [SERIOUS QUESTION, SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY!]
Overall Psychic Energy: [This determines how powerful your psychic powers are. Do a fair roll from 1-100 to determine this. 1-25 = Low, 26-50 = Average, 51-75 = High, 76-99 = Top Tier, 100 = God Tier.]
Active Psychic Energy: [Only do this roll if your energy is higher than 50, unless you want to have entirely latent powers in which case just put a 0 here. The number here is essentially how much power you can safely exert. The reason why is up to you. Maybe your powers are latent, maybe your powers can't be controlled on higher levels, who knows! The reason why you can only access this much is up to you. In any case, roll from 1-100. Any number higher than your overall defaults to the same number as your overall. If you have 100 overall psychic energy, roll twice. The first roll determines the maximum number for your second roll, and your second roll is the number you use here.]
Psychic Rank: [Based on your active psychic energy... E = 1-10, D = 11-25, C = 26 - 50, B = 51-75, A = 75-85, S = 85-95, S+ = 96-99, X = 100. If your overall psychic energy is greatly higher than your active energy, that is to say it would put you well into another rank, feel free to boost yourself up one rank.]
Psychic Class: [Refer to the classifications above]
Power Specifics: [What exactly are your powers? How do they work? What can you do? Show me what you got!]
Cause of Psychic Power: [Answer if applicable! Basically, if you wanna be possessed by a ghost or be a time traveler or something ridiculous... Sure! Just note that if you aren't technically a psychic and your powers are from elsewhere, that does open you up to losing them. Like if someone exorcises your ghost pal or changes the future or something...]
Alright, then! That's everything! Have fun!
Also, there will be cats.
Ten years after the 198X Dogyo New Year's Massacre, the world has returned to it's usual, typical self. Thanks in no small part to the efforts of Government Operatives everywhere in covering up the cause of the tragedy. A single high-powered psychic gone rogue. Nowadays, however, people are just as oblivious to the existence of the secret world of psychics. Though, they may be just a little less... enthusiastic to see psychic powers in action.
Well, besides maybe spirit mediums or exorcists or the like. But 90% of those are conmen anyway.
You are a psychic living your ordinary life in your own ordinary way. Your home is situated in the bustling, End-Of-199X Modern city of Gyudon, just two hours drive from the big city life of Dogyo. As an extraordinary being in an ordinary world, how will you deal with the less than ordinary events around you?
Also, there will be cats.
The Roleplay In A Nutshell
Song of Psionics is a Slice-Of-Life/Adventure roleplay with a focus on being fun over anything else. Occasionally, there will be arcs where things are happening, but for the most part this is going to be pretty freeform. A good rule of the thumb is if your character can do it and would do it, go ahead and do it. This is a light and breezy roleplay for enthusiasts of things like Earthbound or Mob Psycho.
Also, there will be cats.
The PIE Guide to Different Psychics
Here at the PIE (Psychic Investigation Estate) we have carefully constructed a list of the main categories that pretty much all psychics fall under. These categories are broad, since psychic powers (even in the same category) can be radically different, but hopefully these should help you understand what kind of psychic you're dealing with.
Telepathy
Telepathy is essentially any form of mental connection. That is to say mind reading, mind control, mind hacking, telepathic communication, body swapping, entering dreams, creating false memories, mental illusions, manipulating emotions... These are all different powers that go under the Telepathy blanket. If it's to do with affecting or accessing someone else's mind it's telepathy.
ESP
ESPers are those who have a secondary sense. In other words, they can see or otherwise sense things normal humans cannot. Those who see auras or spirits or those who can sense danger are ESPers. ESPers may also have access to spiritual healing, spirit channeling or exorcist abilities. If it has to do with spirits or sense... Then it's ESP.
Psychokinesis
Psychokinetics, essentially, create energy where before there was none or manipulate energy in some way via the mind. The most base form of Psychokinesis is Telekinesis where the mind creates a simple kinetic energy that allows the wielder to lift objects or such via the mind. However, there are also such things as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, fulgurkinesis... The first of which is essentially a form of telekinesis which specifically targets water molecules. The second and third manipulate heat energy to either create fire (pyrokinesis) or freeze things (cryokinesis). And the final essentially manipulates electrical energy/electrical discharge. Other forms of Psychokinesis may include biokinesis which is basically telkinesis on the cellular level and is typically used for medical purposes. But, essentially, if it involves creating energy or physically manipulating something... It's a form of kinesis.
Hypercognition
Hypercognition is essentially access to further parts of ones mental ability than usual. The vanilla flavours of Hypercognition are Retrocognition and Precognition. Retrocognitives have access to memories or knowledge of events that have occurred that they shouldn't have been able to witness. Basically, they can see the past. On the opposite end, Precognitives can see the future. Of course, there are other forms of hypercognition like otherworldly levels of intelligence or reinforcing one's own mental barriers. But if it's an ability centered within one's own brain... Then it's hypercognition.
Reality Warping
The most dangerous and least understood of psychic powers... Essentially, it's exactly what it says. The mind of the reality warper changes reality to suit their mental state. The most commonly known forms of reality warping would be teleportation or invisibility. Though we have observed mood-weather manipulation or dreams leaking into the real world. Of course, this is a pretty rare kind of psychic and it requires a pretty high amount of psychic energy for it to be more powerful than merely manipulating the user. Furthermore, almost all reality warping is an unconscious power. It would require an S-Level or higher psychic to use it consciously! Of course, our understanding of Reality Warpers is still incredibly limited. Give us more money so we can research them better!!!
Telepathy
Telepathy is essentially any form of mental connection. That is to say mind reading, mind control, mind hacking, telepathic communication, body swapping, entering dreams, creating false memories, mental illusions, manipulating emotions... These are all different powers that go under the Telepathy blanket. If it's to do with affecting or accessing someone else's mind it's telepathy.
ESP
ESPers are those who have a secondary sense. In other words, they can see or otherwise sense things normal humans cannot. Those who see auras or spirits or those who can sense danger are ESPers. ESPers may also have access to spiritual healing, spirit channeling or exorcist abilities. If it has to do with spirits or sense... Then it's ESP.
Psychokinesis
Psychokinetics, essentially, create energy where before there was none or manipulate energy in some way via the mind. The most base form of Psychokinesis is Telekinesis where the mind creates a simple kinetic energy that allows the wielder to lift objects or such via the mind. However, there are also such things as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, fulgurkinesis... The first of which is essentially a form of telekinesis which specifically targets water molecules. The second and third manipulate heat energy to either create fire (pyrokinesis) or freeze things (cryokinesis). And the final essentially manipulates electrical energy/electrical discharge. Other forms of Psychokinesis may include biokinesis which is basically telkinesis on the cellular level and is typically used for medical purposes. But, essentially, if it involves creating energy or physically manipulating something... It's a form of kinesis.
Hypercognition
Hypercognition is essentially access to further parts of ones mental ability than usual. The vanilla flavours of Hypercognition are Retrocognition and Precognition. Retrocognitives have access to memories or knowledge of events that have occurred that they shouldn't have been able to witness. Basically, they can see the past. On the opposite end, Precognitives can see the future. Of course, there are other forms of hypercognition like otherworldly levels of intelligence or reinforcing one's own mental barriers. But if it's an ability centered within one's own brain... Then it's hypercognition.
Reality Warping
The most dangerous and least understood of psychic powers... Essentially, it's exactly what it says. The mind of the reality warper changes reality to suit their mental state. The most commonly known forms of reality warping would be teleportation or invisibility. Though we have observed mood-weather manipulation or dreams leaking into the real world. Of course, this is a pretty rare kind of psychic and it requires a pretty high amount of psychic energy for it to be more powerful than merely manipulating the user. Furthermore, almost all reality warping is an unconscious power. It would require an S-Level or higher psychic to use it consciously! Of course, our understanding of Reality Warpers is still incredibly limited. Give us more money so we can research them better!!!
Application
Please place your application in a new topic in the Registered Psychics area. Try to fill out as much of this as possible IC.
Name: [Don't tell me you don't know!]
Age: [Must be an age capable of talking and interacting with stuff.]
Appearance: [Put the ugh in ugly!]
Biography: [Tell me a little bit about yourself. Not too much. Just a bit.]
Occupation: [Student? Unemployed? Hitman? Lawyer?]
Favourite Food: [Don't ask me why!]
Favourite Pet: [Cats, right?]
Ideal Weapon: [Literally anything can be a weapon.]
Random Answer: [Pretend like I asked you a question here. Now give me a 1-2 word answer.]
Who's The Real Villain in Tom and Jerry?: [SERIOUS QUESTION, SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY!]
Overall Psychic Energy: [This determines how powerful your psychic powers are. Do a fair roll from 1-100 to determine this. 1-25 = Low, 26-50 = Average, 51-75 = High, 76-99 = Top Tier, 100 = God Tier.]
Active Psychic Energy: [Only do this roll if your energy is higher than 50, unless you want to have entirely latent powers in which case just put a 0 here. The number here is essentially how much power you can safely exert. The reason why is up to you. Maybe your powers are latent, maybe your powers can't be controlled on higher levels, who knows! The reason why you can only access this much is up to you. In any case, roll from 1-100. Any number higher than your overall defaults to the same number as your overall. If you have 100 overall psychic energy, roll twice. The first roll determines the maximum number for your second roll, and your second roll is the number you use here.]
Psychic Rank: [Based on your active psychic energy... E = 1-10, D = 11-25, C = 26 - 50, B = 51-75, A = 75-85, S = 85-95, S+ = 96-99, X = 100. If your overall psychic energy is greatly higher than your active energy, that is to say it would put you well into another rank, feel free to boost yourself up one rank.]
Psychic Class: [Refer to the classifications above]
Power Specifics: [What exactly are your powers? How do they work? What can you do? Show me what you got!]
Cause of Psychic Power: [Answer if applicable! Basically, if you wanna be possessed by a ghost or be a time traveler or something ridiculous... Sure! Just note that if you aren't technically a psychic and your powers are from elsewhere, that does open you up to losing them. Like if someone exorcises your ghost pal or changes the future or something...]
Alright, then! That's everything! Have fun!
Also, there will be cats.