So with the death of Kotbb and DOA and the loss of Seth and Jetrall, we are left with no currently running RP. Junction and I are both eager and excited to start a new one. With this new one we plan on improving and enhancing upon the previous RPs.
First and foremost, we want this RP to be a much more collaborative centered RP. While Junction and I will lead this RP, we want and expect cooperation from the other people on everything from characters, themes, and plots. this will be a joint effort from everyone who will be participating. Mine and Junction's role will be more of a supportive role as far as "leading it". We will help move the story along if their is a drop in movement. If a player wants to introduce a villan, than do so. If a player wants to create a plot twist, we will welcome it.
Secondly, creativity will be sought after. While some ideas and plans will be thought through, much of this RP will "go with the flow". Any ideas, twists or changes will be welcomed. Creativity is the key to this RP. Taking our writing to its creative limits will only create a more creative story.
Thirdly, we want this RP to be fun. We do not want this RP to be "work" or a chore that someone has to do. We do expect people to participate often but this RP will be casual in the sense that we do not want people to have to post constantly. Junction and I will do our best to accommodate both frequent and casual players. To maintain the longevity of this RP, movement and continual progress will be needed. While I am against controlling other people's characters, if there is a lull in activity, their character will be moved along with the rest of the group. This will be done with discretion and used only to further the story.
Fourthly, POWER, POWER, and more POWER. One of the great things about an RP is to become something more than yourself. The powers of your character allow you to do this. While I am strong against "Superman"-ing everything, I openly welcome characters being able to fight off mounds of zombies. Realsim, to a degree, is needed and helps with the integrity of the story but supernatural situations call for super human strength.
In respect to our first point, if any of this sounds to bizarre or too much, let us know. If you want to add something, let us know. Nothing is set in stone and anything can change to better the situation.
Our first act in creating this RP will be to see who is interested and more importantly what you are interested in doing. I have come up with several ideas for genres and details on many ways this RP could center around. I would love to hear ideas on these suggestions or welcome any other ideas people have for the RP.
Idea 1. Diablo
Plot - Centered around the story line of D2.
Races - While primarily human/ slight twists could work.
Characters - we could either choose from the pre-existing classes from D2 and D3 or add character classes of our own creations.
Idea 2. Medieval
Plot - Tyrants or conquest
Races - humans
Characters - classic medieval classes (knights, priests, archers...)
Idea 3. Sci-fi.
Plot - Evil strongholds, stragglers in the Universe, or planetary take over
Races- Humans and alien races
Classes - Mentalists, technicians, brutes
Idea 4. High Fantasy
Plot - corrupted warlords, evil supremacy, survival of mankind
Races - humans, elves, dawrves...
Characters - knights, sorceress, archers...
Idea 5. Pirates (ARGGH!!)
Plot - What pirates to best - kill, plunder, and drink
Races - humans
Characters - swash buckler, musketeer, thieves, merchants
Idea 6. Western
Plot - Rival groups, protection of city, or town take overs
Races - human
Characters - sheriff, bandit, bartender,doctor
Idea 7. Modern day
Plot - gangs, zombie invasion
Races - humans
Characters - cop, drug dealer, soldier, thug, doctor
Idea 8. Modern Warfare
Plot - rival side, zombies?, survival
race - human
classes - marine, sniper, explosives
Please let me know if you are interested in partaking in a new and revolutionary RP. Also, please add any ideas or suggestions for the RP.
EDIT: Might add a separate leveling system thanks to Turmobil. This system relies more on story than actual numbers but could help add a bit of depth to the rp.
PEOPLE INTERESTED SO FAR:
Scyberdragon
Junction3
Zhar
Turmobil
Party_Foul
Elfen Leid
Massive Attack
Lt Venom
Archie
Stormcat?
I will wait another day or two to see if anyone else wants to join. After that we will hold a vote on the genre of the RP on SATURDAY!!
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While I do not think there will be enough people to need a poll, If someone could add a poll for the ideas, I would greatly appreciate it. Is it possible for me to add one myself?
I'd be more careful about power though, maybe not THAT much....
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I think that a Diablo and Medieval RP would be a typical RP, so I'm alright with doing those ones. But my choices would be either the Sci-Fi or Pirates. Those would be more fun, less serious (pirates mainly), and would force expansion on everyone creativity. I feel, from the other RPs, that we all understand how to do a Medieval and Diablo RP, which is why I think it would be fun to do Sci-Fi or Pirates.
Turmobil has sent me a few pms describing a more game-like addition to the rp in which our characters can level and use particular spells. This would be done in a separate thread and add to the story part of the rp.
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A system much like the one that Kamrad was using for a while would be pretty sick.
I do still prefer the "implied skills" system in which we simply write out everything, it really makes for a better story.
I'd be down with the Diablo 2 RP (since we're all familiar with it, and it always goes well), or a Zombie Apocalypse RP.
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I think once we get more people we can refine the choices and vote on which one to do. I, myself, am leaning towards sci-fi. I think different planets and aliens could add a lot.
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Haha, still on that?
I'm all for the idea of a zombie apocalypse RP right now, it would still give that army-feel, but with a much different theme.
Also creates a sense of urgency, ya know?
Hell, we could even combine 3 choices, the D2, zombie, and COD themes into an RP that...
-Takes place within sanctuary
-Occurs during a zombie apocalypse, in sanctuary, possibly even a quarantined town
-And we're playing a group of soldiers sent to mop up the town
-Of course, our objectives could be thrown right out the window when we realize how deep of shit we're in
-And turn into more of a day-to-day fight for survival
I think it would cater to those who prefer the tried and true D2 method, those who want a zombie themed RP (myself), and those who want a military themed one (Party)
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
I think that the warfare/soldiers would make a great story but leaves very little room for fantasy which I think is a big part of an RP.
I like Zhars approach of combining different plots. We need to figure out a theme though for the context of our characters. Soldiers leave little room for personalization and special skills. Maybe a war set in sci-fi future with zombie/corrupted opponents
I think once we get a few more people we will hold an official vote. I am really excited for all of the interests so far. 1st day and already 5 people interested. I am hoping for a few new people who want to join, no offense to everyone else.
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I liked Kamrad's idead with the more game-like strategy such as in Fantasy Tactics and Evolution, but I agree with Scyber, if we are going to do that, which I don't mind, it should be done in another thread. I think having a system would be good and bad.
I think it would be good, because we can develop our characters, rather than having them already be developed (in the sense of their spells and so forth). Also, everyone would have a complete understanding of what their and other characters are capable of doing. Basically, there wont be an suprise fireballs when you said you only knew mainly lightning magic.
However, like Zhar stated, we don't get to just type out our spells and use all the cool fluff to make it sound awesome. But, we could use layouts for spells that way there is always an list of spells to resort to and when we use them in the story thread we could fluff it up instead of using the actual spell name. For example, the 'character development?' thread would show: Wizard knows Thunder 3. And in the story thread, the player would write out something like: Wizard raises his hands toward the sky as blue energy blows from his body to the sky. Clouds darken the sun that was showing down upon the battlefield. Wizard throws his hands at the zombies that started to surround them as a bolt of lightning struck three zombies dead.
Also, if we don't really have teirs of certain spells then we can hit someone 19 times and not be held back by only having the 10-hits-per-one-target spell, etc.
Either way I'm fine with, but I was just putting out some pros and cons. I haven't seen Turmobil's suggestions, so I can't really base what I said on that, mainly just from seeing what Kamrad did.
I am interested in RPing, I like the idea of a diablo rp or a sci fi or pirates. I also think combining elements to make a more interesting rp is a good idea.
if it was a sort of character origress rp kind of thing then would we put our characters on a post and edit them ourselves? or how does tat work...:cool::confused::confused:
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I'll be damned if I have to climb another tree. From now on the Squirrels and Birds can come to me.
Whatever is decided, make sure the person running it is fairly active on the forums.
That's a bit thing. You need to be there progressing the story. There is only so much that players can do to progress it along if your not there.
I am pretty much down for anything. I've done diablo/medieval, i've done Sci-fi Aliens, Battlestar Galatica, Star Gate.
They kinda fell apart because of lack of posts.
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Ermm, I don't mind running the game, with help of players.
I heard someone mention Zombie Apocalypse. If you guys don't mind, I could turn this into my kind of tactics game, but it will be free for all to throw in ideas, and take ideas, so it will be a more diablo fans based game. Though, I don't like the idea of people taking my ideas, such as FT, FT2 and Evolution, without my permission. -.-
I will try to make it a bit more fast paced than FT and FT2, and try to make it something as fast as Evolution, with all your help in hand.
First and foremost, we want this RP to be a much more collaborative centered RP. While Junction and I will lead this RP, we want and expect cooperation from the other people on everything from characters, themes, and plots. this will be a joint effort from everyone who will be participating. Mine and Junction's role will be more of a supportive role as far as "leading it". We will help move the story along if their is a drop in movement. If a player wants to introduce a villan, than do so. If a player wants to create a plot twist, we will welcome it.
Secondly, creativity will be sought after. While some ideas and plans will be thought through, much of this RP will "go with the flow". Any ideas, twists or changes will be welcomed. Creativity is the key to this RP. Taking our writing to its creative limits will only create a more creative story.
Thirdly, we want this RP to be fun. We do not want this RP to be "work" or a chore that someone has to do. We do expect people to participate often but this RP will be casual in the sense that we do not want people to have to post constantly. Junction and I will do our best to accommodate both frequent and casual players. To maintain the longevity of this RP, movement and continual progress will be needed. While I am against controlling other people's characters, if there is a lull in activity, their character will be moved along with the rest of the group. This will be done with discretion and used only to further the story.
Fourthly, POWER, POWER, and more POWER. One of the great things about an RP is to become something more than yourself. The powers of your character allow you to do this. While I am strong against "Superman"-ing everything, I openly welcome characters being able to fight off mounds of zombies. Realsim, to a degree, is needed and helps with the integrity of the story but supernatural situations call for super human strength.
In respect to our first point, if any of this sounds to bizarre or too much, let us know. If you want to add something, let us know. Nothing is set in stone and anything can change to better the situation.
Our first act in creating this RP will be to see who is interested and more importantly what you are interested in doing. I have come up with several ideas for genres and details on many ways this RP could center around. I would love to hear ideas on these suggestions or welcome any other ideas people have for the RP.
Idea 1. Diablo
Plot - Centered around the story line of D2.
Races - While primarily human/ slight twists could work.
Characters - we could either choose from the pre-existing classes from D2 and D3 or add character classes of our own creations.
Idea 2. Medieval
Plot - Tyrants or conquest
Races - humans
Characters - classic medieval classes (knights, priests, archers...)
Idea 3. Sci-fi.
Plot - Evil strongholds, stragglers in the Universe, or planetary take over
Races- Humans and alien races
Classes - Mentalists, technicians, brutes
Idea 4. High Fantasy
Plot - corrupted warlords, evil supremacy, survival of mankind
Races - humans, elves, dawrves...
Characters - knights, sorceress, archers...
Idea 5. Pirates (ARGGH!!)
Plot - What pirates to best - kill, plunder, and drink
Races - humans
Characters - swash buckler, musketeer, thieves, merchants
Idea 6. Western
Plot - Rival groups, protection of city, or town take overs
Races - human
Characters - sheriff, bandit, bartender,doctor
Idea 7. Modern day
Plot - gangs, zombie invasion
Races - humans
Characters - cop, drug dealer, soldier, thug, doctor
Idea 8. Modern Warfare
Plot - rival side, zombies?, survival
race - human
classes - marine, sniper, explosives
Please let me know if you are interested in partaking in a new and revolutionary RP. Also, please add any ideas or suggestions for the RP.
EDIT: Might add a separate leveling system thanks to Turmobil. This system relies more on story than actual numbers but could help add a bit of depth to the rp.
PEOPLE INTERESTED SO FAR:
Scyberdragon
Junction3
Zhar
Turmobil
Party_Foul
Elfen Leid
Massive Attack
Lt Venom
Archie
Stormcat?
I will wait another day or two to see if anyone else wants to join. After that we will hold a vote on the genre of the RP on SATURDAY!!
Find any Diablo news? Contact me or anyone else on the News team
I'd definitely be down with participating, may even recycle one of my older characters since none of them seem to get much use.
I'd be more careful about power though, maybe not THAT much....
superman = bad
super human = awesome
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I do still prefer the "implied skills" system in which we simply write out everything, it really makes for a better story.
I'd be down with the Diablo 2 RP (since we're all familiar with it, and it always goes well), or a Zombie Apocalypse RP.
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I'm all for the idea of a zombie apocalypse RP right now, it would still give that army-feel, but with a much different theme.
Also creates a sense of urgency, ya know?
Hell, we could even combine 3 choices, the D2, zombie, and COD themes into an RP that...
-Takes place within sanctuary
-Occurs during a zombie apocalypse, in sanctuary, possibly even a quarantined town
-And we're playing a group of soldiers sent to mop up the town
-Of course, our objectives could be thrown right out the window when we realize how deep of shit we're in
-And turn into more of a day-to-day fight for survival
I think it would cater to those who prefer the tried and true D2 method, those who want a zombie themed RP (myself), and those who want a military themed one (Party)
I like Zhars approach of combining different plots. We need to figure out a theme though for the context of our characters. Soldiers leave little room for personalization and special skills. Maybe a war set in sci-fi future with zombie/corrupted opponents
I think once we get a few more people we will hold an official vote. I am really excited for all of the interests so far. 1st day and already 5 people interested. I am hoping for a few new people who want to join, no offense to everyone else.
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I really like the zombie apocalypse idea
Maybe we could play in Sanctuary about 50 or so years down the road.
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I think it would be good, because we can develop our characters, rather than having them already be developed (in the sense of their spells and so forth). Also, everyone would have a complete understanding of what their and other characters are capable of doing. Basically, there wont be an suprise fireballs when you said you only knew mainly lightning magic.
However, like Zhar stated, we don't get to just type out our spells and use all the cool fluff to make it sound awesome. But, we could use layouts for spells that way there is always an list of spells to resort to and when we use them in the story thread we could fluff it up instead of using the actual spell name. For example, the 'character development?' thread would show: Wizard knows Thunder 3. And in the story thread, the player would write out something like: Wizard raises his hands toward the sky as blue energy blows from his body to the sky. Clouds darken the sun that was showing down upon the battlefield. Wizard throws his hands at the zombies that started to surround them as a bolt of lightning struck three zombies dead.
Also, if we don't really have teirs of certain spells then we can hit someone 19 times and not be held back by only having the 10-hits-per-one-target spell, etc.
Either way I'm fine with, but I was just putting out some pros and cons. I haven't seen Turmobil's suggestions, so I can't really base what I said on that, mainly just from seeing what Kamrad did.
if it was a sort of character origress rp kind of thing then would we put our characters on a post and edit them ourselves? or how does tat work...:cool::confused::confused:
That's a bit thing. You need to be there progressing the story. There is only so much that players can do to progress it along if your not there.
I am pretty much down for anything. I've done diablo/medieval, i've done Sci-fi Aliens, Battlestar Galatica, Star Gate.
They kinda fell apart because of lack of posts.
I heard someone mention Zombie Apocalypse. If you guys don't mind, I could turn this into my kind of tactics game, but it will be free for all to throw in ideas, and take ideas, so it will be a more diablo fans based game. Though, I don't like the idea of people taking my ideas, such as FT, FT2 and Evolution, without my permission. -.-
I will try to make it a bit more fast paced than FT and FT2, and try to make it something as fast as Evolution, with all your help in hand.
You're perfectly capable, but you're not really that active.