Application
Due to the nature of the MUSH, don't be concerned if an application (especially an original character) requires additional dialogue with an admin before approval.
1. Personal Information - "Now Then, Tell Me Your Name!"
1a. Please give us your real name, usual personal email address, and age.
1b. If you have prior roleplaying experience on other MU*s, please name a few and what characters you've played there. If you haven't played on any, don't worry! Just let us know and we'll be happy to give you a hand. If you happen to be playing characters here, or happen to be dropping any, please list them as well.
1c. Who are you applying for? If this is an OC, please fill out all of the fields. If it's a precreated character, feel free to use this area to suggest changes. If there are no changes, feel free to simply say so and move on.
Name: Everyone needs a good name! Gender: Self-explanatory, except perhaps for Jun Kurosu. Your choices here are Male, Female, Neuter, or Plural (for special cases). Faction: What main group that you belong to. Valid choices are the NWO, Strega, Darkside, SEES, the KDA, and the ever-popular Unaffiliated. Job: What do you do? This could be as humorous (Bear In The TV) or serious (Magazine Editor) as you like. Arcana: This choice is very important for all characters. It plays a large role for both Persona and non-Persona users, due to the Social Link and Generic Persona Systems. See News Tarot and the associated files for more information. If you can't decide, just let us know and we'll pick one for you. Persona: What is the name of your character's main Persona? If your character doesn't use a Persona, put in 'None'. Quote: A small bit of dialogue that your character would be heard saying. "..." is not a valid quote, even for the main characters. Profile: This should have a few sentences describing the character's personality, as well as their background if it happens to be important. Skills: You can summarize notable personality traits, quirks, or background points about your character here. They should be capitalized like the title of a book, and don't need to be entirely serious. Having a few is good, but you don't have to have more than three or four.
2. History - Carve your story into the Agastya Tree?
In this section, detail the character's history. This history may be longer for some characters than others. You don't have to go into too much detail, but an overview of the important parts of the character's life will be fine. This will be especially important in case your character is a Persona-user, as their history and how they react to it in their personality will have a definite bearing on the kind of Persona they will receive.
3. Personality - "Let's positive thinking!"
Even more than most MU*s, due to the nature of the theme this section is essential. This is what justifies the Arcana you have chosen in your profile, as well as will help determine the nature of the Persona that Persona-wielders use. You don't have to have a perfectly sane character - far from it, as the entire basis of Persona is is how their users wither triumph and grow past their flaws and become better for it, or sink down and become ever more terrible with the addition of their new power.
Tell us what makes your character tick. What is their general temperament? What do they think about the world and the people in it? What evokes emotion in them, if anything? What are their goals, hopes, or dreams? What motivates them to do things, either good or bad? What do they think about the supernatural and occult? If they know about Personas and Shadows, what do they think of them?
You don't have to answer this like a test, but as the central part of the application, the more and better information you give here, the easier it will be to play your character in the world of Persona. Just remember that quantity is not the same as quality, though don't hold back on account of length, either. Write as much here as you feel you will need.
4. Faction - "I knew Kandori was up to no good from the moment I met him at a cocktail party!"
There are many outlooks on how to best harness the powers of Persona and Shadow in the world... Or not. There are as many factions as there are outlooks. Why does your character belong to their particular faction? What makes them loyal? Or are they loyal at all? While we're at it, what does your character think of the other factions?
5. Combat - "It's Whoop-Ass Time!"
And now, the fun part.
This is where you detail what your character is capable of and what their Persona can do. For people apping for OCs and OFCs, they can answer these questions with numbers. Even so, a description of what you are looking for is handy because this will allow us to help you get the basic idea of what you're looking for. Players apping for PFCs will only need the description, as they have stats already, though these like anything else are subject to modifications.
Your character stats will be simple and straightforward. You can generally put direct stats down there without much trouble, and we've provided the guidelines for that in the stat newsfiles. For Personae, you're going to want to give as detailed a description as you feel is appropriate. There might be some resubmissions necessary if you want to do everything manually, so asking for the general idea of what you want will get you on the game much faster. If you feel something is wrong even after we do it, you are welcome to contact us and request changes.
5a. Personal Stats - "Don't Think, Feel!"
What kind of person is this character? Are they fast? Tough? Strong? What kind of weaponry do they use? What kind of signature attack might they have?
This section, you're going to tell us what your stats are: Strength, Magic, Agility, Endurance, and Luck. They run on a scale from 1-99, and most people will not have more than 275 points between them. If you feel like you should have more, allocate 275 and then tell us why you believe you should have more. Stats under 40 or over 70 must be justified in the application.
You have 425 points to distribute between HP and SP. SP fuels all of your non-basic attacks, so choose wisely. Average HP and SP divide is 300/125, and unusual distributions will be asked to be justified.
Additionally, tell us what kind of weapon you are using and what type it is (Strike, Slash, or Piercing).
Also, you get access to a special attack which can be used once per battle. You can choose any single or double Element for the attack. For example, Jin possesses a Grenade attack which is Fire-based. You can choose to inflict a status with it, but it will deal less damage directly if you choose this option. Additional options include healing or support Special abilities.
5b. Supernatural Abilities - "Persona! Persona! Call out your Persona!"
If your character is a Persona user, what Persona do you feel fits your chararacter's personality and history? If you want to pick a specific Persona, detail what it is, its general stat tendencies, and what types of Abilities it would have. If you want us to pick it, feel free to suggest a preferred mythological source and we will try to match one up with you as best as possible.
You can give us specifics if you want, but we cannot guarantee that you will be given exactly what you ask for.
Shadow-Possessed answer the question functionally the same way, but their 'Personas' tend to be a darker or less controlled type than Personas are.
Naturally, if you have no supernatural powers, you can leave this area blank.
6. Background Assets And Miscellany - Mark danced crazy!
What kind of background resources does your character have access to? Does he own a business? Does he have an inheritance? Pull at the local supermarket? A group of good friends? Perhaps he is Famous On The Internet. Whatever it is, let us know what your character has (if anything), and describe the scope of these assets and what restrictions if any are on their use.
Additionally, if they have any unusual abilities or skills that don't affect your stats, tell us about them here.
All done? Spellchecked? All questions answered? Excellent, you're ready to roll. Please send your application to personamushapps@gmail.com with the header:
Application - (Name) - Faction
We will reply as soon as your application is being processed, both to contact you regarding the status of your application as well as to give you your login information when you are approved.
Good luck!
