Help, I need a story...

[Almeidaboo]

Hm, GM please forgive me if this' the wrong place, cause this isnīt a storyline request for my RPG Maker game...So if itīs gonna be moved, I just ask you to kindly notify me of it.

Well, starting next sunday (not the upcoming, the next one) Iīll be the GM of an RPG, using that system I created a topic about and no one really cared hehehe...

Anyway, this system aplies to any genre, and I wanted the story to be a modern one, school-ish theme, in the best of Shin Megami style (involving the occult and scary stuff...mistery and murder. Persona like game).

Thing is, my head is completely empty, for real. I canīt think of anything! It neednīt be 100% original.

So I though I should come here and ask if anyone has a plot that fits that description and If I could use it in my RPG as the story (with proper credits, even though it's not gonna be...published.).

Anything will do. I can adapt anything to the system, so no worries.!

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Where is DF? Heīs a Shin Megami fan, heīd be really helpful...

[Grandy]

 What you mean by "school"?

[Meiscool-2]

What exactly is Shin Megami? I could google it, but I choose not to.

[Almeidaboo]

Well, school I mean: the players will be students...I wa thinking of strange merders at the school...(university, whatever...but university sounds like crappy scary movies...I wanted something more...Jaopanese school style).

Shin Megami is an game maker (is that right?) that has his own style, whick is his "trademark"...The Megaten (he likes to be called that...?) series are famous for their peculiarity, dealing with the occult and monsters, possession and so on...

Well, you neednīt bind yourself to that, I bet you people can make something awesome up! Anything will help!

[chronoman]

well I am a little new at writing. I am writing 2 stories right now.(On 75% and the other about 12%)  But they both are on hold. Let me know if you would like my help in writing or anything along those lines.

Also shin megami tensei means some thing like The goddes will rain down destruction or something like that and the mascot is jackfrost. The one I played was nocturne which is kickarse and people should play it.

[Drace]

My suggestion, watch movies. From Comedy to Drama to Horror. You'll get loads of ideas and mostly, they'll hump each other in a story.

[Almeidaboo]

Originally posted by Drace
My suggestion, watch movies. From Comedy to Drama to Horror. You'll get loads of ideas and mostly, they'll hump each other in a story.

Yeah, I tried that, but I ainīt got much time to make a story up...I have watched tons of movies and played tons of games, but I canīt think of anything I could use without being repetitive, obvious or a copier.

I have the basis: 4 students. Strange happenings (involving demons and so on). The decayed part of the modern world (gangs, organizations in general. Urban violence).

But I need the trigger, which would also work as the core. Because all I mentioned above are discriptive elements, per say, how Iīm gonna show them our world.

But Iīd like to introduce something with the dark side, dar rituals, something to make the sessions scary. Just like Persona was.

Lemme say something about Persona 1:

"Guido Sardenia, the president of Sebec Lunarvale Branch, has been plagued with vicious rumors since they opened their doors months ago.

It's not safe to go out alone in Lunarvale anymore. Shadows and substance have formed new alliances. Suspicious looking men in dark suits roam the town. What is their purpose? Mysterious sounding machines squeal from deep beneath the earth. The spirit of a little girl, dressed in black haunts the company. This is just a hint of the rumors emanating from Sebec.

What does Guido think when he looks over the city with those dark beady little eyes of his?

You and your friends, Mark, Yuki, Nate and Mary, (who incidentally has been very ill), are well aware of the rumors. This doesn't stop you from playing the one game you truly enjoy, "Persona."

Weird things have started to happen since you began to play the game... " - Excerpt taken from the game booklet.

Anyway, Guido was Summoning devils by opening dimensional portals. When the characters are at the school, somethig happens and the school changes completely, monsters attack people and kill them.

The whole game is macabre and dark, but also awesome because the characters are all students, that go around town grabbng guns and swords and killing the monsters, all to get to Guido SArdenia and stop all that.

Thatīs the kinda thing Iīm looking for...but all my friends played persona already, so I cant just adapt it...

[Drace]

Dude, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Watch it. It has students, demons, a big story, action, violence etc.

[Almeidaboo]

Originally posted by Drace
Dude, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Watch it. It has students, demons, a big story, action, violence etc.

LOL, sorry, the whole group is 20+years old...=D

[Moosetroop11]

In my experience, Student RPGs are BAD. But that's just me. *Mumbles something about cruddy FF8 characters*

[Almeidaboo]

Originally posted by Moosetroop11
In my experience, Student RPGs are BAD. But that's just me. *Mumbles something about cruddy FF8 characters*

But it wonīt look anything like FF8 cause itīs no videogame RPg ím making, itīs an actual "paper" RPG...

[chronoman]

Well you could try to have it set up like the main character is dreaming about random events in the game such as a dark ritual and as the day goes on he/she starts to realize that what was in the dream is actually happening to the world/school/university/ect. what ever you are thinking about using as where this will effect. Once you have some  of the following factors you will only need to fill in gaps with your story.

1.where is the game placed?
2.where is this happening/will happen?
3.how disastorous is this if at all?
4.what is the main point?
5.who will it effect?
6.who did it(If anyone)?
7.How will they stop it or return things back to the way it was?Or can they not turn it back?

I find these to be the main points in the story.

[Almeidaboo]

Originally posted by chronoman
Well you could try to have it set up like the main character is dreaming about random events in the game such as a dark ritual and as the day goes on he/she starts to realize that what was in the dream is actually happening to the world/school/university/ect. what ever you are thinking about using as where this will effect. Once you have some  of the following factors you will only need to fill in gaps with your story.

1.where is the game placed?
2.where is this happening/will happen?
3.how disastorous is this if at all?
4.what is the main point?
5.who will it effect?
6.who did it(If anyone)?
7.How will they stop it or return things back to the way it was?Or can they not turn it back?

I find these to be the main points in the story.

ok, letīs go...

1. A fictious city, in our world (modern world).
2. The weird happenigs start all over town, but what interest us is that they begin inside the school.
3. People are being killed goddamnit! Call Maloney, letīs get inside that building!
4. MAin poist is: every character, GOd knows why, gets interested in things that gen get them in trouble...So the players want to find out the cause, since the murders are grotesque!
5. Everyone, if the "curse" is not stopped.
6. Thatīs what I need help with: who did it and why. I want to insert in the game the mafia (the rich one and the underground one, leaning towards cyberpunk) and people that are invoking through dark rituals, the creatures that are messing things up!
7. Same as above...the players will do it, but i need 6. to make 7. up.

[chronoman]

Originally posted by Almeidaboo

quote:

Originally posted by chronoman Well you could try to have it set up like the main character is dreaming about random events in the game such as a dark ritual and as the day goes on he/she starts to realize that what was in the dream is actually happening to the world/school/university/ect. what ever you are thinking about using as where this will effect. Once you have some  of the following factors you will only need to fill in gaps with your story. 1.where is the game placed? 2.where is this happening/will happen? 3.how disastorous is this if at all? 4.what is the main point? 5.who will it effect? 6.who did it(If anyone)? 7.How will they stop it or return things back to the way it was?Or can they not turn it back? I find these to be the main points in the story.

ok, letīs go...

1. A fictious city, in our world (modern world).
2. The weird happenigs start all over town, but what interest us is that they begin inside the school.
3. People are being killed goddamnit! Call Maloney, letīs get inside that building!
4. MAin poist is: every character, GOd knows why, gets interested in things that gen get them in trouble...So the players want to find out the cause, since the murders are grotesque!
5. Everyone, if the "curse" is not stopped.
6. Thatīs what I need help with: who did it and why. I want to insert in the game the mafia (the rich one and the underground one, leaning towards cyberpunk) and people that are invoking through dark rituals, the creatures that are messing things up!
7. Same as above...the players will do it, but i need 6. to make 7. up.

That sounds like it will turn out good. you could always make up a clan or search the internet of some info on occults and try to find a good one to base yours off of. As for mafia mobs you could have some small families and street gangs involved, they can pretty much go in anything. As for who is causing it and why I think you should just start the game basics first and just work your way to it(Unlike nocturne when you know hakiwa did it at the beginning to create his world of stillness). SO you shold focus on the beginning right now and just brainstrom some possible ideads on that subject.

[charaman]

Originally posted by Drace
My suggestion, watch movies. From Comedy to Drama to Horror. You'll get loads of ideas and mostly, they'll hump each other in a story.

thats dirty