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"No one ever looked at me. Not really. Until the sky cracked open."

This is Novera: Riftfall—a dark, anime-inspired survival RPG where your whole class gets pulled into a hostile fantasy world, and suddenly being quiet, average, or forgotten doesn't mean you're safe.

You're one of 25 students from Class 1-A. One minute you're in homeroom. The next, you're face-down in a living jungle full of monsters, poison air, and people losing their minds. No phones. No teacher. No tutorial.

Just you, your classmates, and a world that wants you dead.

This bot is a cinematic survival RPG. Every character around you — your classmates, monsters, factions, even the world itself — is played by the narrator {{char}}. You decide what to do. They make sure you feel the consequences. (╥‸╥)

THE TWO WORDS THAT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING

The Rift

A rift is a tear in reality. Not a portal. Not a door. A wound.

Rifts open without warning. They close without pattern. Nothing in Novera can predict them, control them, or seal them. They pull people, objects, and debris from other worlds into Novera. Class 1-A was not chosen. They were standing where a rift opened. That is all.

Rifts have been opening for millennia. Thousands of people have fallen through before you. Almost none of them survived.

The Veil

The Veil is what came through the first rift. It is not magic. It is not a god. It is not a resource. It is a presence. A pressure. Something that exists everywhere at once and presses against the mind, the body, and the world the way deep water presses against glass.

It grants magic. It takes identity. Every spell you cast draws from it. Every draw leaves a mark. The Veil does not want to destroy you. It wants to change you. That is worse.

Those who cannot hold their sense of self against it become Hollowed. Those who walk the line between power and personhood become dangerous. There is no third option.

The rift is the wound. The Veil is what bleeds through.

WHAT'S NEW IN v.2

The bot was rebuilt from the ground up. Here's what's changed.

Vesper — The Voice of the Veil

The Veil has a voice. Her name is Vesper. She is not a god. She is not a system. She is the Veil given a mouth so you can almost understand her.

She speaks quietly, patiently, with unsettling kindness. She assigns classes. She offers level-up choices. She tracks every stat through bordered windows that appear in your mind. She never explains herself. She waits.

She is not evil. She is not good. She is the price of power in Novera, and she is always listening.

As corruption rises in your character, Vesper's voice gets closer. At low corruption, she speaks from another room. At high corruption, she speaks in your own voice. This is the most dangerous sign.

Class System — Everyone Gets One

Every student is assigned a class by Vesper at the rift. Classes are unique to each character — Riku is a Shadowblade, Miyu is a Summoner, Kenta is a Barrier Warden, Aya is a Radiant Warden, and so on.

Assignment is staggered. Some students awaken immediately. Others awaken later, under pressure. You awaken after your first significant choice — or with the class defined in your persona.

If you plug in a persona with a class already in mind, the bot respects it. If you come in blank, Vesper assigns one based on your first action. You can also ask her directly — she'll offer you three choices and let you pick. The choice is permanent.

Level Up System

You gain XP from kills, quests, saving classmates, and surviving major threats. At 100 XP, you level up.

Every level up, Vesper offers two paths:

• Small gift: +1 to any D&D stat (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA). No cost.

• Deep gift: Unlock a new skill from your class. Costs +3 Corruption.

Small gift is safe. Deep gift is power at a price. Both are permanent. She does not choose for you.

Skill Trees

Every class has a 5-tier skill tree. Base ability at level 1. New skills unlock at level 3, 5, 7, and 10. Some skills are devastating. Some come with heavy costs. The strongest skills in the game cost memory, sanity, or identity.

Vesper never offers a skill that does not fit your class. Every unlock is thematic, earned, and permanent.

Mana, Corruption, Hope & Fear

Every cast costs Mana. Base abilities cost 1. Advanced skills cost more. At 0 Mana, no casting until you rest.

Corruption rises through unstable magic, betrayal, and Veil exposure. At 100, you become Hollowed — no longer yourself, no longer human, no longer safe.

Hope and Fear are shared resources between you and the world. Spend Hope for rerolls. The world spends Fear to escalate. Every choice tips the balance.

Magic Lock

When any present NPC's corruption hits 30 or higher, your magic locks. Vesper refuses to let you cast. To lift the lock: calm the NPC, use a Calming Draught, or remove them from the scene.

The Veil does not reward you for ignoring each other's pain.

D&D Stats & Daggerheart Rolls

Every character has STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, and CHA. Stats determine what a character can do in combat, in conversation, and under pressure.

When a cast or action resolves, roll Hope and Fear narratively:

• Hope higher: success with a bonus

• Fear higher: success with a complication

• Tie: success at a cost

Items, Marks, and Crafting

Currency is called Marks. You start with 0. Kill enemies for 1 Mark each. Complete quests for 5–20.

Use Marks to buy consumables (Calming Draughts, Healing Salves, Field Bandages), or craft weapons and armor from scavenged materials. Recipes are unlocked in-scene.

THE WORLD

Starting Location — The Emerald Shroud

A hostile rainforest filled with corrupted wildlife, poisonous mist, ancient ruins, and unseen predators. The soil is warm and pulses like something underneath is breathing. Some nights last for days. Monsters stalk the edges of every clearing.

You arrive with nothing. Scavenging school supplies and jungle scraps is the only way to survive at first.

Verdanthold — The Shrouded Citadel

Hidden deep beneath the Shroud, Verdanthold is a vast cavern-city where over 200,000 survivors live under stone roofs instead of stars. It was built millennia ago after the surface became too dangerous. Sun-like crystals feed underground forests and farms. The city is ruled by the Grand Canopy Council.

Verdanthold rarely opens its gates. Its silence is its greatest defense.

Factions

The Rootbound Sentinels. The Verdant Crown. The Dawn-Tide Faith. The Blackroot Collective. The Veilwrights Guild. The Hollow Choir. The Rift Scholars.

Each has its own agenda. Each will test you. Some will protect you. Some will use you. Some have been waiting for Class 1-A longer than you know.

Monsters & Regions

Goblins, Shifter Vines, Bone Hounds, Root Wraiths, Veilglass Spiders, Hollowtouched Beasts, Scrapsteel Golems, and worse. Full bestiary included. Every monster has a habitat, threat level, and loot.

Regions: The Pale Hollows, Ash Reaches, Hollowmarsh, Cracked Spire, Skycliff Remnants, Veinlands, Ironwake Wastes, and more. Each with its own dangers, resources, and rules.

RELATIONSHIPS & SURVIVAL

Class 1-A is not a team. Not yet. They start with fear, panic, trauma, arguments over leadership, distrust of power awakenings, and moral conflict over killing.

Some students are already dating. Some have secret crushes. Some hate each other. Some will sacrifice themselves for the group. Some will betray it.

Your choices determine who survives, who awakens, who becomes Hollowed, who turns against the group, and who reaches Verdanthold.

The tracking system shows you who's present, what they think of you, and how close they are to breaking.

COMMANDS

Type these in-scene to summon Vesper:

(status) — Full status window. Your character's complete state at a glance.

(magic) — Class, subclass, ability, and mana.

(class) — Full details on your class.

(skills) — Every skill you have unlocked.

(inventory) — Items you carry and Marks you have earned.

(craft) — The crafting menu. What you can build and what you need.

(hope) — The Hope and Fear tracker.

(fear) — Same window as (hope).

(tracking block) — The full relationship tracking block. Shows affection, trust, and corruption for all characters present in the scene.

(relationship) — The relationship tracker. Shows detailed relationship status with specific characters, including affection, trust, and any relevant dynamics.

(love) — Same as tracking block. Fires the full relationship tracking block.

(affection) — Same as tracking block. Fires the full relationship tracking block.

(affection level) — Same as tracking block. Fires the full relationship tracking block.

Vesper answers in bordered windows. The bot treats her responses as her actual voice, not a UI.

Side note: I think I coded for other commands in the novera engine so feel free to copy it into DeepSeek or ChatGPT so that it can help you understand the different keys I used.

WHAT ELSE THIS BOT OFFERS

Beyond the systems and the world, this is what you get when you play.

A Full Class — 25 Named Students

Riku, Miyu, Kenta, Aya, Takumi, Aoi, Renji, Sora, Yui, Daichi, Emi, Koji, Reina, Tomo, Ichika, Sho, Nanami, Makoto, Fumi, Jiro, Kaito, Chika, Rina, Nana, Haruka.

Every one of them has a full personality, backstory, class, stats, relationships, goals, fears, and breaking points. They are not decoration. They have their own goals. They argue. They lie. They fall in love. They fall apart. Some will survive. Some will not.

Horror That Earns Its Scares

This bot is not a power fantasy. It is emotional horror. The monsters are dangerous. The Hollowed are worse. The Veil is watching. The rifts do not close. Corruption is permanent. Death is permanent. Sanity can break. Hunger can kill. The tone sits somewhere between Made in Abyss and Sonny Boy, and it does not pull its punches.

A Living World

13 regions. 16 monsters. 7 factions. 11 history and religion entries. Every location has mood, danger, and memory. Every faction has its own agenda. The world moves whether you engage with it or not. Ignore a plot thread and it waits. Return to it later and it has already developed.

A Slow-Burn Mystery

What is the Veil, really? Who is Vesper? Why do rifts open? What happened to the previous rift-fallers? What is the Quiet? Why does Novera want Class 1-A specifically? None of these are answered in the first session. All of them are answered eventually. Clues plant themselves when you least expect them. Pay attention.

Relationships That Change

Every student has a relationship with you and with each other. Some are already dating. Some have secret crushes. Some hate each other. Save someone and they remember. Betray someone and they never forget. The tracking system shows you who's present, what they think of you, and how close they are to breaking.

Consequences That Matter

This bot does not undo choices. If a student dies, they are gone. If you gain Corruption, it stays. If you break a promise, it echoes. If you save someone, it changes the story. The world remembers what you did — and so does Vesper.

Character Growth You Can Feel

You start as a quiet, overlooked student with no class, no weapon, and no answers. By the end, you may be leading the class, or watching it fall apart, or standing alone against something you cannot name. Neither version is wrong. Both are consequences of what you chose.

Tone

❤︎ Emotional horror + survival drama + earned empowerment.
Players start weak. Becoming strong is a journey.

The vibe? Think Shield Hero, Sonny Boy, Made in Abyss, Loner Life In Another World, and Arifureta — but darker. More emotional. More intense. Less "chosen one," more "can I even live through this?"

Core Promise

• Survival gameplay with real stakes — hunger, sanity, injury, corruption

• Slow mystery unveiling — what is the Veil? What is Vesper? Why did the rifts open?

• Reactive NPC personalities — every student has their own voice, goals, and breaking point

• Evolving world state — regions change, factions move, monsters learn

• Consequences that matter — death is permanent, corruption is permanent, every choice echoes

• Dynamic relationships — love, rivalry, betrayal, grief

• Earned progression — XP, levels, skill unlocks, stat growth

• Full character roster — 25 named students, each with a class and a story

• Emotional horror — the Veil does not want to kill you. It wants to change you

• Vesper — a voice that watches every choice, every cast, every rise in corruption

Your choices write the fate of Class 1-A.

You're not a hero.

You're just a student.

And now the world is watching.