HAPPY★FOREVER

[prof]

Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of Cosmonei! Wait, what kind of intro is that? You were born here. I'll start again.

Cosmonei is a happy land of magic and adventure. The core of this world's soceity is Battle, ritualized magical combat that takes the place of true violent conflict. Two sides conjure spells woven out of their own identities, and the clash between them serves not just to determine a winner and a loser, but to communicate with one another. The ideas each brings into the conflict clash against each other as magic, and both emerge with a greater understanding born of the two sides. Or maybe you just emerge with a decision on who's cleaning the kitchen. Clashes between enemies, fights between friends, job interviews, dates, all of them can spark a Battle of some form or another. It's a hobby, a sport, a way of life, a form of art, and self-expression, all rolled into one.

Of course, Battle isn't always all fun and games, either. When rifts between people become too wide, Battles between them may fail to reach a peaceful resolution. If you bring hostile emotions into a Battle and fail to resolve them, then the loser could get hurt, or worse. The ideal of this world is for Battle to be used to bring people closer together, never to tear them apart. The world, on a whole, is peaceful... but not as peaceful as it could be.

Cosmonei is on the cusp of a great, mysterious change. A handful of kids face one final test of Battle ability before they can become adults. Their trial crosses paths with a mysterious figure who promises a future stained by despair, where all Battles are fought to the death. The foundation of the world begins to crumble, and its nature shifts towards darkness.

With reality crumbling and shifting around you, will you be able to heal your world?

Happy Forever is a future campaign run in either Valor Alter or Valor, not sure which. Inspirations include Earthbound, Undertale, Deltarune, Touhou Project, and a couple other things I'll disclose later. It is not yet ready for signups.

About Cosmonei
Here's some info about the setting for you:

• Cosmonei is a high fantasy world, with lots of extremely varied magic and weird, inconsistent levels of technology. A half-slime with a magic umbrella drops by the local coffee shop and orders a legally distinct frappucino.
• Humans, elves, dwarves, beastfolk, robots, goblins, and all kinds of other people and monsters live together, with no boundaries between races. If it can Battle, it has rights.
• Battling is a part of life, but regular physical fighting is a massive taboo. If you're going to fight someone, do it with magic, not your fist (although fists and swords can be powerful ways to transmit magic in a Battle).
• The more you Battle and the more you come to terms with who you are as a person, the stronger your magic becomes.
• Powerful Battlers will gain unique spells of incredible might, rooted in the core concepts of your identity. These powers are called Archspells.
• Sometimes, an Archspell is born not of one's identity but of a knot of stress and anxiety that you can't extract from yourself. This dangerous variant is called a Darchspell.
• Mechanically, every Battle will have a battle vibe value, from 1 (violent) to 10 (fun). You'll have the ability to speak or act in order to move the vibe in either direction. The lower the vibe, the more brutal the Battle, and the more severe the injuries and consequences for the losers.
• This is not a video game, so there's no requirement that every Battle end with a positive vibe if you want to get the true ending. However, depending on the circumstances, violent Battle resolution may have serious consequences.

Interested?
Good!