Post by Yukari Yakumo on Dec 17, 2012 11:09:12 GMT -5
Yes, you can in fact join this board with only the knowledge of Touhou in the info section, and checking the Touhou wiki for clarification whenever something does't make sense. Just be sure to pay close attention!
Youkai
Youkai are any beings that are not humans, Lunarians (which are simply unaging humans from the moon), gods, or ghosts- vampires, devils, monsters, or beings with control over an aspect, all of these and more.
Gensokyo
Gensokyo is a fantasy world that used to be a valley in Japan, but exists on the opposite side of reality- a sort of magical mirror world where all the mythical creatures that people don't believe in can safely survive, magic is real, and everyone can fly with magic of some sort. It's connected to other illusionary realms, such as the demon world of Makai, and the barrier that holds it separate from the outside world, or "real world", was created by the most powerful youkai known of, Yukari Yakumo.
This barrier is maintained both by Yukari herself, and by the Hakurei bloodline, a family that has maintained a shrine for generations. Reimu Hakurei is the current heir of the Hakurei line, and has no living relatives to succeed her, so if she were to die, Gensokyo might collapse back into the outside world. If Yukari were to die, Gensokyo's collapse would be certain.
Spellcards
In order for the Hakureis to be able to fight unruly youkai without being in danger of death, and to give the youkai a chance to defend themselves fairly, a system of battles based around spellcards was created. It focuses on fighting with magic bullets, referred to as danmaku, with patterns intended to be beautiful as well as powerful, and that are capable of tiring someone out, but that cannot cause lethal damage or serious lasting injuries.
In the game series, this is of course the central gameplay mechanic. In the RP, this will be the main way people choose to fight- they may even just challenge others for fun! Of course, it'll have to be written out more akin to a Pokemon battle than anything, and there'll be separate guidelines on how to go about this.
Youkai
Youkai are any beings that are not humans, Lunarians (which are simply unaging humans from the moon), gods, or ghosts- vampires, devils, monsters, or beings with control over an aspect, all of these and more.
Gensokyo
Gensokyo is a fantasy world that used to be a valley in Japan, but exists on the opposite side of reality- a sort of magical mirror world where all the mythical creatures that people don't believe in can safely survive, magic is real, and everyone can fly with magic of some sort. It's connected to other illusionary realms, such as the demon world of Makai, and the barrier that holds it separate from the outside world, or "real world", was created by the most powerful youkai known of, Yukari Yakumo.
This barrier is maintained both by Yukari herself, and by the Hakurei bloodline, a family that has maintained a shrine for generations. Reimu Hakurei is the current heir of the Hakurei line, and has no living relatives to succeed her, so if she were to die, Gensokyo might collapse back into the outside world. If Yukari were to die, Gensokyo's collapse would be certain.
Spellcards
In order for the Hakureis to be able to fight unruly youkai without being in danger of death, and to give the youkai a chance to defend themselves fairly, a system of battles based around spellcards was created. It focuses on fighting with magic bullets, referred to as danmaku, with patterns intended to be beautiful as well as powerful, and that are capable of tiring someone out, but that cannot cause lethal damage or serious lasting injuries.
In the game series, this is of course the central gameplay mechanic. In the RP, this will be the main way people choose to fight- they may even just challenge others for fun! Of course, it'll have to be written out more akin to a Pokemon battle than anything, and there'll be separate guidelines on how to go about this.