½+ (Half-Plus)
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lesyayLooking for a tabletop featuring people that change gender, turn into animals, suffer from madcap magical items gone bad, and engage in all sorts of zany martial arts battles? Then look no further!
Based on Ranma ½, played in FATE Accelerated, I bring you Half-Plus (½+).
The basic premise: in modern Japan, teenage martial artists begin to explore the meaning of their own lives as they face curses, magic, martial arts rivals, sudden engagements, and more. Wuxia and martial arts tropes abound, magic makes its presence more and more known, and several people can turn into animals or change gender often against their will.
The inter-character drama is just as important, if not more important, than the martial arts fights. EXPECT DAYTIME SOAP OPERA LEVELS OF INTERCONNECTED LUNACY.
It's also going to be generally encouraged to explore character identities, whether its gender or sexuality or just what it means to be yourself.
This is an interest check and brainstorming plurk. We're still looking at a year out, or thereabouts.
Q&A TIME
Q: FATE Accelerated? I thought you were looking at a bunch of other systems!
A: I did, and I couldn't find anything to make battles as snappy as I'd like, or could handle out-of-battle scenes very well at all. That said, using FATE Accelerated isn't set in stone, if you have a suggestion for a better system let me know.
Q: I don't know anything about Ranma!?
A: That's not really a question! But that's fine. Just know that it can bounce between emotional and comedic, but often swings more comedic than not. And while the original touches on real issues surrounding gender or similar, the fandom tends to go a lot deeper into that sort of thing, and I do want to bring that to the tabletop scene.
Q: I don't know anything about FATE Accelerated!
A: Not even a question mark this time...? Well, it's fine. I (and likely some fellow players) can help you through it. And an advantage of FATE Accelerated is that it's a pretty simple system, too.
Q: Should I comment to this post with something to show my interest?
A: Heck yeah dude/dudette/nondude! I got a form and everything!
1. What name/alias do you go by?
2. What's your plurk username? (Or other social media contact.)
3. Character concept?
4. Anything you want to see in game?
5. Projected availability for Spring/Summer 2022?
6. Link your favorite nostalgic anime op/ed!
Based on Ranma ½, played in FATE Accelerated, I bring you Half-Plus (½+).
The basic premise: in modern Japan, teenage martial artists begin to explore the meaning of their own lives as they face curses, magic, martial arts rivals, sudden engagements, and more. Wuxia and martial arts tropes abound, magic makes its presence more and more known, and several people can turn into animals or change gender often against their will.
The inter-character drama is just as important, if not more important, than the martial arts fights. EXPECT DAYTIME SOAP OPERA LEVELS OF INTERCONNECTED LUNACY.
It's also going to be generally encouraged to explore character identities, whether its gender or sexuality or just what it means to be yourself.
This is an interest check and brainstorming plurk. We're still looking at a year out, or thereabouts.
Q&A TIME
Q: FATE Accelerated? I thought you were looking at a bunch of other systems!
A: I did, and I couldn't find anything to make battles as snappy as I'd like, or could handle out-of-battle scenes very well at all. That said, using FATE Accelerated isn't set in stone, if you have a suggestion for a better system let me know.
Q: I don't know anything about Ranma!?
A: That's not really a question! But that's fine. Just know that it can bounce between emotional and comedic, but often swings more comedic than not. And while the original touches on real issues surrounding gender or similar, the fandom tends to go a lot deeper into that sort of thing, and I do want to bring that to the tabletop scene.
Q: I don't know anything about FATE Accelerated!
A: Not even a question mark this time...? Well, it's fine. I (and likely some fellow players) can help you through it. And an advantage of FATE Accelerated is that it's a pretty simple system, too.
Q: Should I comment to this post with something to show my interest?
A: Heck yeah dude/dudette/nondude! I got a form and everything!
1. What name/alias do you go by?
2. What's your plurk username? (Or other social media contact.)
3. Character concept?
4. Anything you want to see in game?
5. Projected availability for Spring/Summer 2022?
6. Link your favorite nostalgic anime op/ed!
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Date: 2020-11-26 04:49 am (UTC)2. What's your plurk username? Nerdiethings
3. Character concept? Kiyoko Kawakami, Dramatic Delinquent
She used to be an obnoxious wealthy Kendo Captain who bullied everyone in school, flaunting her intelligence and wealth. Then the family went bankrupt and she learned it was all fake. With all her accolades gone, she turned to other means for success. In particular, a street gang. While still over the top as ever, she seeks to be the strongest she can possibly be.
POSSIBLE CURSES:
- in her attempts to gain success, Kiyoko found a magic scroll to wish for her deepest desire. She wished to become the most feared being on Earth. The scroll chose to interpret this in a special way. If she ever touches the Earth, aka dirt... she becomes a tiny T-Rex.
- A former bully cursed her to become a frog whenever Insert Gimmick happens. Imagine a frog wielding a sword.
- Same as above but a memory spell of some kind that temporarily leads to forgetting who she fighting or why or if she hates someone or loves someone.
Regardless of which curse, Kiyoko believes that by finding True Love, her curse will be lifted and she’ll have everything she’s supposed to again. She’ll do whatever it takes to marry the strongest fighter she can.
4. Anything you want to see in game? Numerous stupid disguises that do or do not work.
5. Link your favorite nostalgic anime op/ed! the art
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Date: 2021-09-12 08:06 pm (UTC)Near the river, a young frog swam around, envious of all the pretty human girls that would visit with their partners. She couldn't understand where these feelings came from, but they pounded in her chest with an intensity she couldn't describe
Through Magical Means, she managed to get her wish. She was transformed into a human girl, with a solid cover identity as as a normal young girl. She could, theoretically, live as a human girl in peace. However, there's a catch. Kiyoko must find true love before graduation, or she'll transform back into a frog forever. If she behaves in an "uncouth" matter, as determined by whoever created the curse, she could temporarily turn back into a frog. So, Kiyoko tries to present herself as a polite, helpful, perfect student, in the most dramatically flamboyant ways she can, all while trying to find her mysterious True Love.
However, jealous of this mysterious transfer student, a rival at school cursed Kiyoko to become a "violent birdbrain." As such, whenever the conditions of that curse are met (such as Malevolent Entity), Kiyoko forgets her reasons for acting "proper" or that she was ever a frog, fully believing she's a bird who's been cursed to be a human. Until this curse wears off, she acts as a violent delinquent eager to attack any human who gets in her way.
[May add more curses as transformations if I can get them to work well mechanically with hindrances or positives.]
Availability Free basically every afternoon or night of the week after 5 PM EST. Sunday is the only day that could be a concern, as I'm busy with another game from 3 to 7 EST.