Holy Relic

Holy Relic is a Journal Roleplay set in The World R:2 with a few differences.

Most importantly, the characters are physically in the game world rather than using a head-mounted interface, much to the chagrin of any .hack// characters that find themselves there. Instead, everything that would be handled using an overlay menu is taken care of using a steampunk iPhone-like device called a Relic, which despite the name of the game, is not holy in any way. It also isn't a phone.

Oh, and they're in different outfits.

It used to be on Livejournal, but moved to Dreamwidth after its mods noticed that people were having trouble staying around.


 * Most of the gameplay and setting tropes exhibited by .hack//G.U.
 * Calling Your Attacks: There's no other way for a character to use a skill from their class. It's optional with regards to powers that characters brought from home.
 * Clingy MacGuffin: The Relic, which will just reappear in its owner's bag if it's lost. Which is a good thing, because it's borderline necessary.
 * Continuity Nod: The names of the communities used are all keywords from G.U.
 * Cute Bruiser: Rena
 * Death Is Not Permanent: What else do you expect from an MMORPG?
 * Holiday Mode: Many of the game's events are holiday-based.
 * Genre Savvy: Sonic, much to his chagrin, as he feels he just isn't cut out for RPGs.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: Blade Brandier is by far the most common single class, and also a common choice on Adept Rogues.
 * Humanity Ensues: Amaterasu and Tachigami. Amaterasu eventually got the ability to change into her full wolf form back.
 * Mega Crossover
 * Staff Chick: Harvest Clerics, including male ones such as Hope Estheim and Dave Strider.
 * Summon Magic: Entirely averted. Summoning is the only power from other worlds that stops working in The World, except if the thing being summoned is connected to the user him/herself, such as a Persona.
 * Trapped in Another World
 * Translator Microbes: Everyone comes in with an earpiece enabling them to hear everyone and everything else in their native tongue.
 * Weapon of Choice: More or less how the classes are divided up. Adept Rogues choose two in any combination, unlike the point-buy system used in .hack//G.U.
 * BFS: Edge Punisher
 * Cool Sword: Blade Brandier
 * Dual-Wielding Knife Nut: Twin Blade
 * Dual-Wielding Battle Fans: Macabre Dancer
 * Blade on a Stick: Lord Partizan
 * Power Fist: Tribal Grappler
 * Simple Staff: Harvest Cleric
 * Sinister Scythe: Flick Reaper
 * The Gunslinger: Steam Gunner
 * Throw the Book At Them: Shadow Warlock
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Roy Greenhilt, and to a lesser extent Shinon.