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Post by Penny Royals on Aug 7, 2012 23:17:32 GMT -8
Okay so this is completely a sister thread to the RP Suggestions Thread- but much, much smaller than that.
Pretty much? This is where you go to dumb pictures, characters, and words/sentances/whatevers of things you'd like to do. You can get interest checks, you can brainstorm more ideas together, you can do whatever really. Just things you'd like to use.
Okay so first off, I'd like a steampunk RP so badly.
Also, as me to Al today:
'Okay so you just reminded me.
...Is it wrong I want... welllll...
...A happy/lighthearted apocalyptic game?
Like, the world's going to end really soon. We know that definitely.
But instead of there being riots and everybody's killing eachother and frkeaing out trying to survive...
Everone's surprisingly laid-back, and they're all trying to live out their dreams?
Currency drops off entirely.
And it's pretty much just about people whose paths cross during the end of the world.
...isn't that the plot of Seeking a Friend For the End of the World?
I was wondering if it was, but Im not sure.
I only ever saw the previews.''
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Post by JW% on Oct 8, 2012 21:03:37 GMT -8
Could we get some brainstorming ideas of what exactly constitutes "Steampunk"? Because I'd probably enjoy that as well, but... how do we convey it properly in an RP?
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Post by Alkonost Storm on Oct 10, 2012 6:40:09 GMT -8
Wouldn't it be better doing the steampunk on another world? I mean, then we wouldn't have to run ourselves ragged while trying to stay true to history...
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Post by JW% on Oct 10, 2012 11:54:28 GMT -8
Possibly, though that still leaves the question of what truely is "steampunk"? Simply because the setting is in another world, or follows a different history, or whatnot, just gives us more of a chance to shift out of what one would consider "steampunk". Using another world or a fantasy world would probably work best, simply because we've found that steam power itself is highly inefficent and unlikely to create the impressive spectacles the genre is known for, thus making it firmly a fantasy genre. Still, how does one qualify as being "steampunk" instead of some other kind of fantasy setting? Can we reach a consensus of what "steampunk" is?
For example, when I pitched the "Steampunk Ghostbusters" idea to Al, he said he pictured "guys in jumpsuits walking around with nuclear reactors strapped to their back... only with gears added for the sake of gears."
Now, that's not what _I_ would consider steampunk... I'd insist that the proton packs(renamed something else like "Doctor Spenglers Wonderous Harness of Electrical Disembodied Spirit Restraints") be hand crank charged, or maybe with large glass batteries, and rather than a jumpsuit they'd be wearing some other kind of work attire(overalls perhaps, or if they're a Right Proper Gentleman, some kind of formal suit with startched collar, and perhaps a tophat). No gears needed(though obviously the hand crank would have them). Of course, others might stay that's not Steampunk because it lacks the steam element(a boiler, preferably brass, and a coal furnace to heat the water in the boiler to steam, thus providing the power).
Still others might insist there's no "punk" in any of that, though considering Ghostbusters plot is about a group of self motivated outcasts who fly in the face of the establishment, we could debate that for sometime I suppose.
The major issue I'm having is thinking of how to convey the setting properly. An economy of description is needed on these forums(you've seen my wall text posts) or really in anything, but being too economic and you drop off key points intended to set the mood. If I'm going to do a Barbarian Fantasy, I'd probably spend time describing said barbarians muscles and how rough and uncivilized even the cities and buildings are. If I'm going to do a superhero game, expect to hear about how skintight and/or brightly colored their outfits are, and how amazing their powers are. If I'm doing a Star Trek, expect to read descriptions of blinking lights and primary colored uniforms and the oddly fragile looking ships.
For "Steampunk" should I get ready to describe a bunch of gears?
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Oct 10, 2012 13:05:52 GMT -8
I've had a steampunk idea I've been kicking around for ages. Rather silly, as most steampunk is, but true to the genre, as Per states somewhere buried in one of his thread-scaling posts.
Abraham Lincoln survives John Wilkes Booth's assassination attempt, in a stroke of miraculous fate. Or sheer dumb luck. However, this fiddles with the Great Emancipator's mindset a little bit . . . and his interests in the Union's expansion turn elsewhere. Specifically, to reaching the center of the Earth before anybody else.
Now, most would believe the once beloved President Lincoln an utterly deranged fool - as they rightfully would, in any other situation. But what if an utterly deranged fool was right? What if his theory is an incontrovertible fact: the Earth is indeed hollow!
An entire subterranean world of wonders and riches awaits discovery, but the center of the Earth does not give up its secrets so easily. In a unique take on Victorian-era 1895, a team of intrepid explorers has assembled to brave the unknown, and become the greatest explorers of all time, with the help of their state of the art, steam-based technology.
Oh, and Lincoln's still president. Yep. Just 'round the end of his eighth term.
Motherfucking Lincoln.
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Post by Penny Royals on Oct 10, 2012 14:16:35 GMT -8
My thoughts for steampunk, as to why it's usually done, is in an alternate history, where the technique of steam prevailed over electricity and other types of power. It's colorscheme is gold, people use pocketwatches, Victorian-era clothing, monocles and goggles, lots of brass and gears, trains and horses and buggies... think Discworld really.
But I like JB's idea. IlovesteampunkLincoln.
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Post by lovely corte on Oct 10, 2012 20:43:57 GMT -8
A man with a beard and a hat like Lincoln's will never truly die.
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Post by Alastor on Nov 14, 2012 13:43:46 GMT -8
So an archived thread from /tg/ (4chan's pen-and-paper board) got me thinking. The subject was 'The last anime you watched is the basic premise for the next campaign you run'.
That would be Gankutsuou. Which is basically a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo on LSD and in Space, amongst other tweaks.
Would anyone be interested in game set in that universe, albeit with nothing to do with the main plot of the series? Could be fun.
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Post by Alkonost Storm on Nov 21, 2012 14:39:34 GMT -8
OMG YES YES YES YES YES
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Post by Alkonost Storm on Apr 18, 2013 8:25:30 GMT -8
So...I stumbled across some old tektek stuff on my DA, a character I made for an rp I tried to start on gaionline (which failed to garner any interest)involving the Four Horsemen being humans that were sought out and chosen by the mounts themselves. Anyone up for giving that a shot?
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Post by Adlai Stevenson on Apr 18, 2013 18:08:59 GMT -8
So...I stumbled across some old tektek stuff on my DA, a character I made for an rp I tried to start on gaionline (which failed to garner any interest)involving the Four Horsemen being humans that were sought out and chosen by the mounts themselves. Anyone up for giving that a shot? Hmm, any specific details? On how it'd work out, I mean. I like the concept quite a bit. |
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Post by Alkonost Storm on Apr 18, 2013 20:54:35 GMT -8
So...I stumbled across some old tektek stuff on my DA, a character I made for an rp I tried to start on gaionline (which failed to garner any interest)involving the Four Horsemen being humans that were sought out and chosen by the mounts themselves. Anyone up for giving that a shot? Hmm, any specific details? On how it'd work out, I mean. I like the concept quite a bit. Hard to say. I'm trying to find it through my post history on Gaia but so far it seems that will take a while... |
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Post by JW% on Dec 14, 2013 21:41:08 GMT -8
Brainstorming on something entirely different here...
"Dungeon Keeper Penny" is it's current code name(in my own head at least). The idea is a semi-generic fantasy setting. The issue is that I need "Dark Gods", which in Dungeon Keeper was never really described(they were dark, matching your alignment, and they were gods, meaning you built a temple for them and worship). The dark gods being the source of your spells, and thus the 'flavor' of your spells("Magic Missile" or some other direct ranged damage spell might shoot a bolt of fire, or a bolt of lightning, depending on which deity gave it to you).
Initially I thought I could use the Memero de Ennoes pantheon, but that one has... massive gaps in it at the moment, and seems unusable for this scenario.
I've worked it out that there need to be gods for the Humans, Fey, Trolls, and probably Goblins(the four major 'races' of the setting). Each pantheon should have, probably, six major deities, representing the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, Dark, Chaos, Order and Void(elemental list, and some of the additional monsters are from Archon and Adept games) as well as the attributes of Strength, Endurance, Agility, Reason, Charisma, and Magic(the SEARCH system for defining your character).
Ideas are things like "Thor, God of Air(storms) and Endurance" come to mind, but I kinda want original work for this.
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Post by JW% on Jan 22, 2014 15:14:46 GMT -8
Alright, with no further ideas for a pantheon I've decided to go with Secret of Mana, Norse, Groman, and Memero de Ennoes(modified) pantheons. Pretty much because I picked them at random. Keep this project moving...
Oh, anyone know another monster that would fit this list: Centaur, Drider, Sphinx... ____ ? The idea of it being upper body humanoid, lower body to the neck some kind of animal. Please no aquatic creatures, I have those covered already.
Also, Penny's "Universe" game, I'm thinking of rebooting. Would anyone be interested in the whole "player pulled into the game" thing? I'd like to get Penny's notes, what there was at least, on the setting because I seriously suck at designing countries and such. I'm thinking that this project would involve two "IC" threads... the first of which can be done OOC actually. The character sign up just has you do the 'player', their personality and stuff. Then they create the character like they're logging into the MMO. THEN we start the real IC.
Speaking of other format screws... an idea bounced about in my head, and some other folks' heads. It started off Yugioh meets Tenchi Muyo, and has sorta evolved, in my head, into Yugioh meets Enders Game in the Tenchi Muyo GXP setting(and yes, I'll throw in the giant robots from the other Tenchi Muyo spinoff as applicable). If you're unfamiliar with any of those, let me boil it down: Highschoolers playing games in space. The main issue here, and the whole 'format screw', is that I would be assigning characters who 'need to be played' including some impressive quirks. A hero, a sidekick, a rival, a love interest, etc. You'd look through the list of roles, pick the one you'd think best suits you and/or you'd have the most interesting time playing, and then we go from there(and they would be allowed to gradually deviate from their roles as the game progresses... the 'rival' might evolve into 'love interest' after a few chapters and encounters, you just shouldn't do it too quickly, give them a chance to BE that 'rival' they were built to be before changing them).
Would anyone accept such a format change?
FINALLY: Should we have a "catch up thread" that tells people where they need to post? I'm a little worried about some of the threads like Triumph City, who have a good population and had been moving swiftly, closing down because one player isn't taking their turn. I've heard complaints that with games like that where it's large and/or complicated some people can't keep up and don't know what's going on, so a recap might be needed as well(though honestly we've tried those before, and it just leads to needing to read MORE, since you can usually catch yourself up just by reading the last few pages of the thread, at least to where you posted last).
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Post by Fiery Firefly on Jan 22, 2014 21:09:07 GMT -8
Per I think its your turn in TC ._.
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Post by JW% on Jan 22, 2014 23:26:13 GMT -8
I'm waiting for JB to react actually... and for Meka or Alko to join the scene...
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Post by Alastor on Jan 23, 2014 9:59:40 GMT -8
A catch up post/thread wouldn't be too bad of an idea, really.
Also
>meka
>posting
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Post by lovely corte on Jan 23, 2014 11:17:28 GMT -8
LOL, Meka posting. Get out of here with that shit, Per. Silly duffa.
Also, all of those are great ideas. Not so sure about the last one personally, just because of Anime, but the idea is pretty great. Maybe you could add chimera to that list, by the way. Close to what you're looking for. Other than that, I was thinking 'Naga', but you said you were done with water-based mythology. Or, well... anything related to water.
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Post by JW% on Jan 23, 2014 17:37:39 GMT -8
Okay... I guess we'll see about setting up a 'catch up thread' for ongoing stuff. We'll need the heads of the active games to participate. I for one have no idea what's going on in Magica or Terminus, for example.
Meka posting I intended to be tossed out there like "oh, and if pig fly I'd also like bacon wrapped buffalo wings, but since we know THAT isn't going to happen..."
Yeah, I get that drawing from an anime, or any established franchise, particularly one that nobody else has heard of, is a turn off. That said, after awhile in development my 'crossovers' stop looking like crossovers anymore and become their own thing. Tenchi Muyo has no place for cursed ancient kings or wacky highschool sports team hijinx. Likewise Yugioh has no place for space opera battles between ancient tree starships and lightsaber wielding space pirates. Creating a setting where all those blend together sorta destroys the recognizability of the original material... and I'm okay with that.
Oh, and a chimera doesn't really fit, since they are more traditionally goat/dragon/lion/serpent... things. No human in the mix. Manticore sorta fits, but only if you go with the idea that it has the head of a person rather than lion. Both creatures are already slated to be included... but as a monster to fight, not as a person to interact with/play as. The idea here is to make a playable 'race' to choose from. In particular a 'slave' race, engineered with greater body mass, endurance and carrying capacity at the cost of their lower body being turned into an animal shape. Centaurs being the most common, but a few additional breeds as well(mostly because other wizards got jealous, deciding 'I can make something just as good, but looking how I want it to look'). For symmetry sake it would like to have to be four breeds, since there are four breeds of other similar curses(for the aquatic curse it's merfolk, naga, silkie and cecaelia) but I guess it's not strictly necessary.
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Post by Penny Royals on Jan 23, 2014 17:42:37 GMT -8
Hm... Sphynx? Harpy?
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Post by JW% on Feb 6, 2014 14:01:57 GMT -8
Sphinx and Harpy are in use. These are(well, will be) listed in the character creation thread of Archon Keepers(AKA Universe 2.0, AKA Dungeon Keeper Penny...) Okay, actually the character sheet right now is for the meta-player and their personality quirks and motivation, but I'm pretty sure I've hammered out the potential playable character classes.
Finally, a bit of brainstorming about how to get more players...? Anyone have other Roleplaying forums they think they could invite from or to?
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Post by JW% on May 30, 2014 19:22:28 GMT -8
I just had a very strange idea that I don't think we have enough regularly posting players to pull off...
The idea arose from some articles I was reading on tumblr actually. Penny might know what I'm talking about.
But basically we design characters with, initially, purely with statistics. Things like "Strength" or "Intelligence" or "Earning power" or "Physical attractiveness"(I don't know WHAT stats to use yet). A purely gender neutral backstory and personality can be included if so desired, but the emphasis here on keeping it gender neutral might make it difficult. Once the statistics are assigned however, your characters sexual characteristics are assigned. Not sure if I should make it random or based on stats, but I'm leaning towards the based on stats. Random implies that sexuality is purely based on genetics, where as the statistic idea implies a combination of genetics and nurturing.
You can still decide your characters GENDER of course, but their SEX will be assigned(either at random or based on what kind of character you asked to play when you asked for the stats).
From there, we attempt to make it a romance RP. Our characters attempt to meet one another and have a relationship, while facing outside factors(dealt with mostly off screen via the stats) such as going to work or raising children.
... for bonus points in geekiness, I intended this to use an alien society, with inexact parallels to our own human gender roles. In particular, my idea was to make it set in a version of Transformers.
Possible stats:
Strength(lifting/hauling)
Intelligence
Social Status("Rank"?)
Combat Power("Fireblast"?)
Skill(Dexterity/reflexes)
Size
Aesthetics(physical attractiveness)
Charisma(Social "Courage"?)
I don't want to go over nine, so these seem to work... There will be a numerical lockout on numbers, but I'm not sure what it should be. 25? 50?
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Post by JW% on Oct 5, 2014 16:50:54 GMT -8
Okay, brainstorming again. Wheee. Let's see if I can get any responses here.
The idea is to try a 'villains' RP again. Our characters play the villains. Or rather, since I don't think anyone here is that interested in coming up with actual schemes of villainy, they'd play the minions of a supervillain of some sort and probably getting into wacky highjinks rather than anything else. Height of jinks and wackiness would be up to the players of course(though I was thinking of calling it the "Witless Minions" after a group from the comic Empowered, where the minions are fleecing their supervillain by having made up a nemesis and pretending to be defeated at every turn).
I'd like to know what sort of supervillain everyone would be interested in. Not necessarily the precise kind of villain, but rather the genre of villain.
Should it be a fantasy villain, likely a tyrant king or evil sorcerer?
Should it be a supervillain in a modern setting, likely a cult leader or terrorist?
Should it be a scifi villain?
Also, I'd like to try the 8bit comic thing again, though this time it might be a bit more along the lines of every so often, instead of each post. Which means that being a minion of Ganon or Bowser or Dr. Wily would be encouraged too...
Anyway, thoughts on a Witless Minions RP? What genre would be preferred, and could I actually get any players?
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Post by JW% on Jul 5, 2015 18:11:12 GMT -8
Hey, if we were going to do some sort of "raising sim" RP, where the player characters take on roles of authority in NPCs lives, what do you think would be the best setting for that?
First thing that popped into mind was a traditional western small town or village. Friendly, small population, everyone knows everyone else, all that. Could be a small fantasy town, like you see in Princess Maker, or something more high tech(anyone remember the series Eureka?) player characters would be the roles of sheriff, mayor, etc.
Alternately, it could be a school. This would put everyone in the role of teachers or staff, while the NPCs are the students.
Also, given that our player characters would be teaching the NPCs probably something like adventuring... I had an idea about it being a hidden village where Kung Fu is passed down...
Anyone have any thoughts?
EDIT:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm still looking for some kind of feed back on this. Anything really. But I came up with another idea. What if what you're raising are gladiators? Not only would you be training them, but you might also be buying and selling them. Perhaps every player has a stable of gladiators and they can send one to each "game" which may or may not involve fighting, working against, or cooperating(I'm actually seeing a lot of cooperation, the "gladiator matches" I'm seeing more like Dungeon Runners, with a group of fantasy heroes trying to defeat a dungeon for the entertainment of the masses) with the gladiators other players have sent. Betting and trading and other interaction between the gladiators managers would be the key point of this.
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Post by JW% on Aug 7, 2015 2:23:14 GMT -8
. . . okay, would anyone want to get into a one on one RP to use to advertise/demonstrate the setting for what will be a group RP?
The basic idea is a scifi/fantasy one, with space ships and psychic powers, laser swords, that kind of thing. Think Star Wars, though I'm going to be drawing on the old Apple game of Galactic Adventures for the setting(which itself was wide open and never expanded on, so open for people to add to). I don't think anyone else knows anything about it, so consider this a new world where I'm just drawing on various scifi tropes. Saying that somebody is using K powers is roughly the same as saying they're using The Force, even if K is 1. a random letter because graphically letters would represent objects and 2. intended to represent a long lost species who used technology no modern life forms understand as anything more than magic, even if they have figured out how to harness it.
The plot of the one on one would be that an individual with some minor power(say a crewman of a starship) gets thrown into a position of great power(the captain dies in battle, right as the whole fleet is suffering a loss of leadership, and this one crewman takes emergency command of the whole fleet) saves the day, and is rewarded with title and property. Possibly made a duke of a planet, or something to that effect.
That's where the group RP comes in. Either as those who are taking up the mantel of this adventurer who got lucky(the Princes of this King) or as rivals who have roughly equal power as those descendants.
The idea for the group thing would be diplomatic. Where as the first game will show how to conduct war against NPC forces, the second would be to interact with the leaders of such forces and keep conflict from happening(or at the very least navigate so that you are in a position of power for such conflicts). Politically arranged marriages, etc all come to mind, a Game of Thrones with space ships and laser guns.
Now, I want to know if there is actually anyone on this forum who will post.
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