The Grimoire of Marisa: The Forbidden Dimension Files

Guidelines to New Submissions

The intent of this fanfic is to see what would happen if characters from outside the Touhou franchise ended up having to adapt to the spell card rules in combat. As such, submissions will be accepted, but they must follow the guidelines stated below. Please make sure you check this page first before sending anything in. They are categorized as follows:

New Character Dimension Files/Deck Files/Spell Card Submissions

Special Cases (Tag-Team files, fusion cards, etc.)

New Character Dimension Files/Deck Files/Spell Card Submissions:

When sending in a new character:

State the character's name and series where he/she/it originated. Because really, it's pretty obvious that if it doesn't, it won't be used. People are better than this, I hope.

Define the character's canon back-story. The files should be as accurate as possible, so please don't put in any fan-theories, especially those that would absolutely wreck the official work.

Define the character's main attributes. A good indicator is about two. They could be done as a Major/Minor format, both traits Major, or both simply playing off of each other, as long as they are actually relevant to that character. These will set the guidelines to the spell cards created for him/her/it.

A character must have a minimum of 5 spell cards created for them before they can be published in the fan fic. Don't want to leave them shorthanded, do you? Also, there must be at least one card of each Attribute Archetype.

Note: If more than submission is sent for one character, I will simply choose the most common entries for each category. If that's not possible, I'll just choose the one I like best. Please do not flame if yours doesn't get posted.

When creating spell cards (either for a new character or an existing one):

Make sure you follow the Archetypes set for that character; otherwise it will not be used (unless it works with a little screwing of the rules, but it must be reasonable.)

Spell card format goes as follows:

Name: (They must follow normal Touhou Spell Card naming. The original Grimoire of Marisa is a good reference for this.)

Card Type: (Single-user, Card Set [If this is used state the cards that go along with it in the set], "Fusion" Cards [see "Tag-Team Files"], Spark Cards)

Description: (Basically if they were actually in a Touhou game what they would look like. Watch videos on YouTube for inspiration. Please try to be creative.)

Marisa's Comments: (Of course, our favorite kleptomaniac powerhouse Witch is writing these, so she would put down some of her own thoughts. Optional but highly recommended for anyone who knows her personality well.)

Special Case Submissions:

Ok, I get the fact that some characters should deviate from the rules slightly and have a deck that operates differently. Whenever such tactics become strong enough to be used on more than one person, they will be mentioned here. Gimmicks like these must be defined on that specific user's profile.

Tag-team Files: For characters that canonically work together a lot. Most likely they'll have card sets (to play off of each other's alignments) and fusion cards (each named accordingly. For example, let's say someone's based off of Time and the other person is Space. The result? "Dimension" cards.)

A Final Note:

If I get submissions that were done as a "prank" or simply to be rude, I will report them and block that person. This is simply a creative project that I want to try, and if you're going to act like a 9-ball about it, then why are you even here? Please leave me and anyone else who actually thinks this is interesting alone.

Revisions:

Every time these rules are changed either to make them better or to tighten them up, they will be posted here.

7/5/13 - Initial rules created.

With that, click the link to the foreword and enjoy!