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As many of you have probably noticed, the Guild has been expanded recently, and some of you may have gotten a little behind on knowing what information is where... so, with the slight downtime due to certain distractions for certain people (i.e. Final Fantasy 13), I'd like to provide everyone with an updated briefing. Feel free to skim or read in-depth as you prefer.


Character Types:
Persona-user: From the world that this Guild is based on, Persona users don't develop very quickly, but ultimately can wind up as some of the toughest normal characters. Unfortunately, their numbers are fairly limited...
Strengths: Visit the TV World, more skills than most in battle once fully developed
Weaknesses: Slow growth

Devil Summoner: From the SMT spinoff series of the same name (known outside Japan mainly through the Raidou Kuzunoha games), Summoners are characters that are balanced between other types, and have the capability to call forth powerful allies in battle as well as a chance to develop skills of their own.
Strengths: Summon allies at will, flexible, get stronger after each battle (to a certain point)
Weaknesses: Primarily dependent on allies for fighting strength, little-to-no ability to customize allies' skills, lower number of skills per-ally than most characters have

Atma User: Based off the ideas from SMT's Digital Devil Saga games, Atma users are warriors who totally transform for battle. They might be very similar to their previous form, or something totally different...
Strengths: Skills taken into battle can very, powerup through transformation
Weaknesses: High fatality rate

COMP Station: Via SMT's Devil Survivor series, COMP-stations allow otherwise ordinary people to call forth a spirit to help them...
Strengths: Can tide characters over until they get a different power
Weaknesses: With a few exceptions, not very powerful in general...

Androids: Based on Persona lore (i.e. Aigis), these androids have been developed by the Kirijo and Nanjou groups to fight enemies from the supernatural realms. Who knows what runs through their circuits...?
Strengths: Powerful, can have either a Persona or an internal COMP
Weaknesses: Challenging to play properly

Cyborg: Zeo. He says 'Android', but he's admitted that his character contains a fair bit of flesh and blood, so he's a Cyborg. ^^
Strengths: Women.
Weaknesses: Women.



Main Forum Threads:
Power Tiers, Tournament Results, and Shipping List
Post 1: Power Tiers. Fairly important to know how you measure up to other characters in combat! Changes sometimes, so check regularly.
Post 2: Caesar's Gym Tournament Entries. In case you wanted to check again.
Post 3: Tournament Brackets. Who won what?
Post 4: Arena's Shipping List! A longtime favorite of the Guild, and updated every month or two. Usually pretty fun to go through, and shows what pairings he's rooting for...
Post 5: 2009 Character Awards. Great stuff if you haven't seen it!
Post 6: Gigolo's Carnivale Competition! Going on right now for those who signed up.
Future Posts: Probably going to hold information for other tournaments and competitions; if you're in those, this is where you'll want to look first for some things.


Persona-user/Atma Avatar/Devil Summoner List
Post 1: List of characters known to have powers, organized by group, then alphabetically, for easy reference! Who's got the skillz necessary to save Inaba... or destroy it?
Post 2: Spirits attacking! Who's been defeated, and who's still hanging around? Also contains information on their item drops, when applicable, so check here if you got an item to see what it does!
Post 3: Full Character List. Every single character in the Guild, organized by group, then alphabetically. May be slightly out of date at times; Mods, please update it when you add or remove a profile, okay? ~.^
Future Posts: If we need any more character lists, for whatever reason, expect to find them here.


Plot and Quest Compendium
Post 1: Quests that are going on! This post is mostly minor ones, but you can use it to make requests of your own, even, which could lead to some interesting stuff.
Post 2: Major quests that are going on and need to be completed for plot advancement. Check what's up for your group if you really need to know what to be working towards.


The Embryon Handbook
Post 1: Information for people who want to make Embryon characters. You are expected to read this if you're making one, so you can learn a little bit about their powers.
Other Posts: Information circulated through the group. Read those addressed to your character, and try to skip over the ones that aren't. ^^ New reports will be added occasionally.


Arcana/Skills List and Summoner Information
Post 1: This one's a doozy, and chances are you're going to have to go through it. I probably should have made it into several posts... I'll break this into sections, though.
--Section 1: Arcana. What Arcana is your character and their power? Try to pick one that best fits their personality!
--Section 2: Character Skills. All the powers and abilities your characters can learn, along with their power levels, effects, et cetera. It's pretty long, but is organized cleanly into sections, so you can rapidly skip to whatever area you're looking for. At the most basic level, it goes Magic > Physical > Recovery > Passive.
--Section 3: Potential new spells. Ones we're considering adding to the Guild to help with diversity a bit. Almost always based on stuff from other SMT games, so they're lore-appropriate.
--Section 4: Additional information for Summoners. Pay attention to it if you're making one, since they have fairly specific guidelines.
Other Posts: Made by each Summoner for their character, detailing the names, elemental affinities, skills, levels, etc. of their Summons. Don't expect anything else past the first post in this thread.


Closing Comments:
For those of you who participated in the Valentine's event, remember to check back in the thread to make your Combo Attacks! There's a lot of unmade ones right now... ^^