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This blog makes homebrew for Princess: The Hopeful. It can be typically assumed that this material follows the Dream rules. But I can be persuaded to create some Vocation-friendly material too.
Feel free to send me asks to request any hombrew; including Dark Beings, Merits, NPCs/PCs, Charms, etc. I also accept prompts for Tales.
Edit: I might end up switching over to the Crystal Version rules down the line.
you're a magical girl now, the last thing you ate is your magical girl name is it good?
yes
no
it's perfect
it's awful
it's funny, i love it
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Princess Pepperoni Stick!
While I understand the gameplay practicalities of tying all dark creatures to the CoD "Horrors" system, I do deeply feel that they should have found a way to work "Umbra" and "Caligo" into the mechanics somehow. Like maybe make them categories of dread powers or something.
Caligo & Darkspawn: Necromancy & Zombies
Animate Corpse
Action: Extended, 10 minutes Dice pool: Resolve or Presence + Occult Cost: 1 Willpower + 1 Shadow Duration: Indefinite (with caveats)
The character takes their force of will and the weight of their sins and mash them together to create Dark spirits that are without either. They then give those things bodies, corpses of mortals, presumably human.
There are three ways the character may approach the ritual. They may designate a number of corpses equal to their Composure and animate them all in one ten minute ritual. Or they may animate any number of corpses if they take ten minutes on each body, rolling for each and forced to stop at the first failure.
Normally, the Animated Corpses have the same generic stat line. However, if the character focuses on animating only one corpse with the cost spent, they may instead animate them with all the skills, attributes and merits they had in life that the character knows about.
Dramatic Failure: The corpses rise up but do so with a burning hatred for the character and set upon that person immediately.
Failure: The corpse fails to animate, willpower and shadow are wasted.
Success: The corpses gets up, able to understand the character and perfectly obedient to their commands.
Exceptional Success: The corpses are innately resilient, coming with one extra health level and an extra rank of Zombie Flesh from the start.
Animated Corpse
Much of this is ripped straight from the Lifeless Thrall from Mummy: The Arisen. This represents the generic zombie made by the above caligo when using human corpses.
Attributes:
Strength 7 Presence 1 Intelligence 1
Dexterity 2 Manipulation 1 Wits 1
Stamina 5 Composure 2 Resolve 2
Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 3
Derived traits: Size 5, Health 9, Willpower 4, Defense 3, Initiative 4, Speed 14
Virtue: Pure (Darkspawn they may be, Animated Corpses are truly without any malice. They are without much of anything, really.)
Vice: Mindless (Not a single thought in that head. Without orders from their masters, Animated Corpses just act on animal instincts in wretched mockery of living creatures.)
Umbrae: Hunger Means Nothing‡, Zombie Flesh 0†
Rotting: The Animated Corpse is that, a corpse, and therefore still subject to decomposition. As its body falls apart, it loses permanent speed and health levels until the animating force can no longer sustain it and it falls inert, dead. However, it also gains an odd sort of resilience in this process. For every health level lost to decomposition, the Animated Corpse gains one rank in the Zombie Flesh Umbrae.
Lifeless Vigor: The Animated Corpse is that, a corpse, and is beyond all the concerns of the living. They don't sleep or become fatigued, and require no air, food, or drink. They cannot be poisoned, ignore wound penalties, never fall unconscious or bleed out. Only their complete destruction will see to their, well, destruction.
Consume Flesh: Animated Corpses hunger for living flesh and can bite without establishing a grapple. Their jaws have a damage modifier of 1 and inflict lethal damage. The Animated Corpse may only heal as much damge by restful inactivity, as it would when it was once alive, as flesh it has consumed since last time it rested.
Perfect Slave: The Animated Corpse cannot be reasoned with and understands only commands given to it by its animating sorcerer or by any designated lieutenants, if that person chooses to grant that authority to them. If commanded to speak, it speaks only the words instructed in a rasping, grating whisper. The Animated Corpses are immune to any form of mind control or influence save their master's command.
Some of my favourite pieces of Christmas media are the ones that are straight up Evangelical propaganda, but they don't want to appear as such, so they copy and paste Santa Claus into Jesus' place. Like, I appreciate the hustle, my dudes, but I cannot begin to explain how many heresies you just promulgated.
Some day I want to see a Catholic-flavoured Christmas special that attempts a doctrinally sound depiction of Santa Claus as a saint while retaining the elves and flying reindeer and home invasions. I want to examine the theological implications of Rudolph in 44 minutes plus commercial breaks.
Important distinction: do you want Santa Claus as a saint, or do you want Saint Nicholas of Myra to be immortal and have elves and reindeer etc.?
Yes.
One of my in-progress homebrew's for Princess: The Hopeful makes Santa all these things, plus also a magical girl.
World Of Darkness Vice/Virtue Combos
Virtue: Heroic (Nelson thrives in environments of danger and conflict and immediately leaps to oppose them, to protect his and the helpless and move to becalm the situation.) Vice: Belligerent (Nelson thrives in environments of tension and conflict and will create them when none present themselves, picking fights and throwing his weight around, becoming the villain if he can't be the hero)
Virtue: Protective (Harriet believes in protecting those weaker than herself and hates bullies who pick on people they're stronger than.) Vice: Condescending (Harriet looks down on people who are weaker than her and only seems to have respect for strength.)
Virtue: Anarchic (Luke never lets laws and norms stop him from helping people in need or doing what's right.) Vice: Lawless (Luke treats laws and norms like suggestions and blithely ignores them when they suit his needs.)
Virtue: Charity (Sarah always has time for others, energy for others, resources for others, to help those who are in need.) Vice: Desolate (Sarah has no time for herself, no energy for herself, nothing left to give herself and she will reject all attempts to help her.)
(I have PtH characters particularly in mind for this)
When I have more ideas, I'll just write more posts.
have you ever heard of Princess the hopeful?
never heard of it but from a quick internet search it seems like some sort of roleplaying game? Can’t tell if that’s the one your talking about tho
Princess: The Hopeful is a fan-made expansion for the Chronicles of Darkness series roleplaying games, in which players are put into the role of magical girls. It explores the themes of heroism in a world where evil is already winning, the cruel call of responsibility, and the burdens of power. There exists three versions of the game.
The first two, Dream and Vocation, are both designed to work with the Chronicles of Darkness 2nd edition system. These games are virtually the same in spirit but have slightly different mechanics to address different aspects of the game's themes that the devs wanted to emphasize. Notably, the Vocation version offers rules for building communities and new societies.
The third, Crystal version, was recently released and is designed to function with the Chronicles of Darkness 1st edition.
Princess: the Hopeful, Crystal Edition, is DONE!
All that remains is formatting and layout and editing! The game is complete and playable top to bottom! You know the premise, don't you? Corruption. There's a force of evil corrupting everyone, poisoning their minds, spreading like an infection. Turning people against their friends, against themselves, until all they do is spread the evil. The enemy is everywhere. The enemy infects everyone. And its name is "fear."
Fear controls the world. Fear twists and imprisons us, turns us on each other and against ourselves. Fear hollows you out and turns you into a vessel to spread more fear, demanding more and more of yourself, demanding you spread it to others just to alleviate the pain on yourself.
We've lived under the tyranny of fear for so long we don't realize it any more. But now, we have the chance to be free. You're that chance.
Welcome to the War for Hope. Become a magical girl in the Chronicles of Darkness and fight the forces of Fear Itself! Express who you are in every action, put your lives and ideals on the line, and face glorious triumph or ruinous, soul-crushing defeat! Cast dynamic Charms made of multiple modular Upgrades to create your very own anime word salad spell names! Face Nightscapes crafted from fear and trauma to resolve and free the people who imprison themselves inside! The fate of the world is on your shoulders -- no matter if you're ready for it or not.
With all the ink that's been spilled over whether or not calling a lich's soul receptacle, a "phylactery" is appropriate, I think that sentiment does hold true for the Nobility in Princess: The Hopeful. Which is why I propse we rechristen the princess' phylactery an "Insignia".
Oh by the way. You know what's a thought i've been ruminating on all day? I think the Persona games could serve as a good model to base a "Princess: The Hopeful" videogame off of.
Particularly the emphasis on time management and making developing one's social relationships a critical aspect of gameplay.
Of course, this would mean having to drop most overt references to the World of Darkness. But that can be acceptable, especially since P:TH's story holds pretty well on its own.
I think the social links could be especially emphasized with certain story missions having parts that are made easier by having specific links up to a minimum level.
And perhapse tying them even more to character progression for party members.
Ooh. And maybe each social link can also have links other characters who the PC can facilitate bonding with for extra bonuses!
That's not even getting into how I envision their being multiple branching paths for the main story influenced by which Radiant Kingdom the PC pledges themselves to.
And perhaps unlike Persona, failing a main story mission doesn't result in an automatic game over but does result in a progressively sadder ending with each failure. You get lots of party members because they can all die if you're not careful.
And each death has consequences.
Though perhaps for a quality of life fix, character death is only possible during boss fights.
You know what the thing with failing missions not resulting in a gameover might not actually make sense.
Or at least, not unless you add more conditions to success than "defeat the dungeon boss before the designated date".
Then of course, there's the question of wether or not the Sensitivity and Belief mechanics should carry over to this hypothetical game.
In any case, they would have to be altered to function in this new format
Especially since the Integrity mechanic for mortal NPCs would have to be cut for narrative flexibility.
Some highlights from a conversation I had from a friend, @dailycharacteroption.
Malicious Mugger
Normally, the common mugger is often some desperate soul who needs money fast; to feed themselves and their families or to keep a roof over their head, and is willing to threaten people to get it. A Malicious Mugger has no such excuses. They are almost always bullies and cowards who enjoy antagonizing people they percieve as weaker and taking their valuables, and if their victims don't submit to Intimidation or have no money to surrender, the act of murder is it's own reward.
Type: Darkened
Attributes: Dexterity 3, Stamina 1, Strength 4, Composure 2, Manipulation 2, Presence 2, Intelligence 2, Resolve 2, Wits 3
Skills: Athletics 1, Brawl (grappling) 1, Drive 1, Firearms 2, Larceny (theft) 1, Stealth (moving quietly) 2, Survival 1, Weaponry 2, Intimidation 2, Streetwise 3, Subterfuge 2, Academics 1, Crafts 1, Medicine 1, Occult 1
Derived Traits: Health 6, Willpower 4, Size 5, Speed 12, Initiative 5, Defense 4
Integrity: 4 (murder)
Vice: Cowardice and Cruelty. Malicious Muggers are motivated almost entirely by self preservation and a sadistic desire to steal from the weak.
Virtue: Efficient. A Mugger won't waste his time on extravagant plans nor take unnecessary risks.
Merits: Common Sense, Patient, Vice-Ridden, Fleet of Foot 1
Umbrae: Faceless in the Crowd, Thieves Touch
Caligines: Shadowblade
Tremaine
Some agents of The Outer Darkness are so unspeakably cruel as to direct their malice onto those they should love the most. Despite what their common epithet may imply, tremaines do not always manifest from abusive parents, though that is indeed the most common context in which Nobles encounter them. Compared to other sorts of Darkened, a tremaine can persist as she does for decades before transitioning into a mnenosyne or darkspawn, though the former is a far more common fate, as tremaines rarely fight against the Darkness' influence, seeing it's corruption as a liberating force to elevate themselves above others. Perhaps more than any other sort of Darkened, many among the Nobility consider these individuals to be little better than their fully monsterous kin and feel little regret for killing them where they stand
Type: Darkened
Attributes: Composure 3, Manipulation 4, Presence 2, Intelligence 3, Resolve 3, Wits 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Strength 1
Skills: Empathy 1 (lies), Intimidation 3 (veiled threats), Persuasion 3, Socialize 2, Subterfuge 5 (gaslighting), Academics 1, Computer 1, Investigation 1, Medicine 1, Occult 1, Politics 1, Science 1, Drive 1, Firearms 1, Larceny 2, Stealth 1
Derived Traits: Health 7, Willpower 5, Size 5, Speed 9, Initiative 6, Defense 2
Integrity: 5 (abuse, lies)
Vice: Cruelty — A tremaine has many flaws in their character that might serve as a suitable vice, but the most common of these is a persistent need to make other's hurt for their own benefit.
Virtue: N/a — Tremaines are infamously lacking in any pretense of virtuosity, try as they might to hide it.
Merits: Common Sense, Eidetic Memory, Fast-Talking 2, Resources 2, Pusher, Untouchable
Caligines: Bad Seed, Liar's Heart, Serpent's Tongue
Crooked Cop
It is of little surprise to many that police officers are uniquely vulnerable to dark taint. They often blindly walk into tainted places with the intention of committing sin upon the innocent and malicious alike, with their government's approval of course. To say nothing of the cops who regularly commit full-fledged felonies and leverage their authority or that of their superiors to sweep their transgressions under the rug. But while mundane cops can be exceptionally awful people, a darkened cop is a different breed all together. Indeed, nearly every police force in the world has at least one clique of Crooked Cops who are banded together by a mission to indulge their most despicable desires with the iron fist of the law on their side. Crooked Cops are instinctually driven to abuse their authority in ways that will undermine the ability of untainted officers to make legitimate arrests against other darkened and to interfere in investigations that would expose Darkspawn and cult activity. Of course, like any organized effort by agents of the Outer Darkness, ultimately any group of Crooked Cops will fall apart over time if a Mnemosyne or Cataphract does not eventually take charge.
Type: Darkened
Attributes: Composure 2, Manipulation 2, Presence 3, Intelligence 2, Resolve 2, Wits 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 2, Strength 3
Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 2, Drive 2, Firearms 2 (Handguns), Larceny 1, Stealth 1, Weaponry 1, Animal Ken 1, Persuasion 1, Socialize 1, Streetwise 2 (Gangs), Subterfuge 2, Computer 1, Investigation 1, Occult 1, Politics 1 (Laws)
Derived Traits: Health 7, Willpower 4, Size 5, Speed 14, Initiative 5, Defense 4
Equipment: Kevlar Armor, Lt. Pistol, Sap
Integrity: 4 (Assault)
Vice: Wrath — A Crooked Cop often joins the force because he wants the legal freedom to inflict violence on acceptable targets.
Virtue: Loyalty — Crooked Cops barely respect the law, much less any pretenses of morality. But their twisted loyalty to eachother and the police institution is often absolute.
Merits: Danger Sense, Fleet of Foot 3, Small Unit Tactics
Umbrae: Cruel Confidence, Grip Onto Your Fear, Taste of Sin
Caligines: I Have You Now My Pretty, Liar's Heart, Shadowbolt 1, Zombie's Flesh 1
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Been a while since I've posted on this blog.
Edit: I had just discovered that the number of integrity triggers that get ignored by Darkened determine how close they are to becoming a Mnemosyne relative. This required me to either increase the Crooked Cop's resolve or increase it's Integrity at the cost of how many acts of evil it can get away with doing. I settled for the latter.
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Does anyone know what "Blazing" and "Responsible" mean here? I assume they're early development names for Fouco and Terra, respectively, that got overlooked when the text was being edited.
