D&D infro

 World! Basic fantasy type setting. Dragon Age is a good comparison for it. Occasional steampunk here and there, or magic based technology or magic items and potions.

LOTS of different creatures and spirits and beasts and everything. There's so much in this world, but to begin with we won't need to dive into the monster manual XD
 

Races! There's a handful of "playable" races, which generally translates to, good enough to adventure, but not game breaking by design! I will try to get some diversity within the group, tho I have both Makoto and Akehci pegged as Assimar, but different types. Either are subject to change if you want though.
 

Classes! Again gonna use Dragon Age as the comparison cause we've both played it. Tho in Dragon Age you have three classes, in DnD you have a lot more. But they're pretty standard, it only starts getting confusing when you get into subclasses, but I will try to simplify that as well.

Subclasses! You know how in Dragon Age, if you're a Warrior, you can also become a Templar, or a Champion, or as a Rogue you can become an Assassin so on so forth?This is similar, but with a lot more options for making your ideal character. I will put explanations for the relevant ones with the character info so I'm not just explaining everything at once.

DUAL CLASSING! What if you started your life as a basic fighter, but then realized a few levels later that it's boring and want to shoot magic from your hands? You can do that! If you have the stats for it, you can learn a different class! But you don't transfer your level over. If you have 3 levels in fighter, you still have to start as a level 1 wizard, and when you level up, you decide which class to level up, you can't level both at once. I only mention the stats and levels to explain different skill levels for different characters. We won't be going into the numbers for an au.

 

Okay! Gonna start with Ren cause ngl he's the one I've brainstormed the most for.

Tiefling, basically DnD's half demon, but they can be born to humans who simply make a deal with a demon, or it could appear down the line generations later instead. Either fuck a demon or make a deal with one, and there's a chance that you'll get a Tiefling baby in your family some day. Given what we know about Ren's parents ingame, I'd guess a deal happened, and then when this rich influencial couple discovered their baby had a tail, they abandoned him, so he was raised in an orphanage/on the streets, leading him to become a Rogue-Thief to survive.

Rogue: You sneaky sneak and do the stealth attacks. Also you're very agile and can dodge good.

Thief subclass: Shiny shiny make it miney.

HOWEVER. Once the group starts to get together, He's going to dual class into Warlock, which is why I brought up the dual classing earlier. Probably a similar event to Ren Awakening to Arsene. Danger happened. He was deserpate for help. And...Something answered.

Warlock: A patron of some kind gives you access to MAGIC. In return you gotta do things for the Patron. Some patrons don't care much for their warlocks, others will meddle directly. I'm imagining Ren's to be sort of like a Velvet room type contract. Shit going down. Fix it.

Morgana! Because the Tabaxi (cat person) character I whipped up for him was creepy as hell, I'm making him Ren's familiar instead. Normally a Warlock would only have a Familiar with pact of the Chain, but I'm giving Ren a Feat (special ability characters can gain at certain points) called magic initiate. Basically he picked up just a few magic spells to help him in his thieving. Find Familiar was one. So Morgana is a Fey spirit that takes the form of a cat. While he's within 100 feet of Ren, they can communicate telepathically. Ren can also summon him when needed, or let him chill in an interdimensional space. Ren can also see and hear through Morgana's senses, but loses his own sight and hearing for the duration. Makes for good information gathering though. Since Morgana is a Fey Spirit, I'mma say he can have proper personality more than just Meow/uh

Ryuji! Half Orc. Gonna say his dad was the Orc parent given what we know of him, and he's now out of the picture. Why I think half orc fits Ryuji? Cause of how they feel emotion. They feel it so strongly. Rage makes them burn. Insults stings like acid. Sadness weakens them. But joys and pleasures and laughter are experienced just as strong as well. It felt very Ryuji-ish to me.

Barbarian: Basically a Beserker class in Dragon Age origins and 2. Their special ability is their Rage, which gives them and their allies a bunch of bonuses.

Path of the Storm Herald subclass: Hit things with LIGHTNING.

I'mma say he and Ren probably are friends already, living in the same city and trying to get by morally questionable means. If Ren's the sneaky sneaky thief, Ryuji's the muscle and intimidation.

I don't personally see Ryuji feeling the need to dual class, but we can talk over the possibility if you want!

Ann! Human, plain and simple. Except not simple cause she's a Sorceror. In the world of DnD, Wizards study for years to use magic, Warlocks make dubious pacts, Paladins and Clerics are given magic from their Gods, Bards go Doot Doot Magic Flute, and Sorcerors are just born with it. Maybe their ancestor fucked a dragon (Bards, you never know/uh) or they were born during a crazy magic storm or on the day of some kind of ecplipse, but the point is, their magic is just part of them.

Pyromancy subclass: THIS GIRL IS ON FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE.

Yusuke! I was thinking of going half elf for him, but since we swapped Haru from Dwarf to half Elf to keep the Fey theme going, I'm thinking full Elf for Yusuke. Elves in Dnd are more like LOTR elves rather than Dragon Age elves. There's different types still, but we don't need to go into that here.

Warrior: He be basic bitching up in here.

Samurai subclass: Less basic. Get that accuracy and skill increase. I am the Storm that is ApprOOOOOAAAAAching.

Grabbing the Artisan background for him to get him painting. Just cause we're exploring doens't mean he can't make beauty on the side.

MAKOTO! Assimar, which is basically a half angel. Got that celesital blood pumping through her veins. She can punch you with celestial light and she might sprout glowing incorporeal wings for a minute so she can divebomb you with celestial light for added flair.

Paladin: Basically DnD's Templar. Holy warrior. God's chosen. Smite the naughty.

Oath of the Crown: Ideals of Civilization. A nation, sovereign, or deity of law and rulership. They serve and protect Society. Could potentially see them rebelling against a corrupt system that hurts the people in order to heal that society as well.

Futaba! Gnome Warlock! Tiny genius with dubious practices. What's more to say? Well a lot cause. Warlock.

As mentioned above, it's when a powerful entity gifts magic to those who enter a pact with it. There's a lot of powerful entities, but for Futaba we're going Eldritch magics, so Great Old One for her. Can be any Eldritch horror really. Madness and creepypastas abound.

Warlocks get to choose from different patrons, and then also different pacts. Not quite the same as a subclass. Futaba would be taking Pact of the Tome, and basically using this magic book in place of her laptop.

Haru! Half Elf for that Fey ancestry, and making her a Cleric. Slightly more healy than a Paladin, but still gets to smash things.

Cleric: Think Rapunzel. If it's an enemy, smash it with a heavy object, if it's an ally, heal or buff with holy magic.

Nature Domain subclass: Basically letting me play more to the plants and flowers side of her we like to use. Gets some fun nature magic as well to reference the Fey powers she's had in previous AUS.

Akechi: I'm thinking Assimar for him as well, but a fallen Assimar, which gets powers of darkness. They don't necessarily have to be evil, so we can still have him be the Hobo version too, but he'd likely be more neutral.

Also, thinking Paladin for him as well. However I do have his subclass picked, and I figured he'd go with Oath of Vengeance, which makes him a Darker Paladin in contrast to Makoto, so we still have some variance there.

I HAVE NOT FINISHED STRIKERS YET. SOPHIA AND ZENKICHI HEADCANONS TO COME.