Decide which RP to start

[IHateMakingNames]

I want to start an RP, but I can't decide on which idea to use.

One is in a fantasy world. The king has declared that all fantasy, magical, and fairy tale ceatures must be banned from the country, or killed. You are his soldiers. Certain creatures have rewards (10 pieces of gold for a demonic puppet, 20 pieces of silver for a witch, etc, etc). That is just for the peasants and villagers though, so it doesn't really concern you. You, as the soldiers, would be sent around to go round up as many creatures as you can. The problem is that you are normal humans (No magic or anything, since it is banned. Even human mages are illegal), so most creatures can kick your ass. You have to use stories you know from stories, tall tales, fairy tales, songs, etc, etc to find the creatures' weaknesses and capture them. Thing is, lots of references, but only one truth, and I don't tell you the truth, you have to figure it out (So lets say you're fighting a vampire. One of you goes for a cross, but it does nothing to the vampire so he throws you out a window in the day then jumps through the window and begins to kill you)

The other is a basic RP, but set in a desert. I would want it to be semi-modern (Gun slingers), but I have yet to think up a logical thing (Beyond rubber bullets) so you can't just do "I shoot you and you die". Basic story will be about trying to find a paradise/oasis kinda thing.

The second other one is a basic RP, but set in a polar region. No RPs are ever in a polar region. Probably fantasy or fantasy-modern. Basic story, undecided.

Fourth is my attempt of a stealth RP, but in a fantasy world so it's not "If you make one mistake, you die", but more of a "Make a couple of mistakes, and you die". If you've seen the trailer for Thief: Deadly Shadow, it would be something like that.

[BMHadoken]

Hmm...Shrek, Dark Tower/reverse Water World, Stupid, or group Thief...

I vote the desert one, except make us the last gunslingers but give everyone else magic and weapons and we're either loved/hated.

[IHateMakingNames]

I vote the desert one, except make us the last gunslingers but give everyone else magic and weapons and we're either loved/hated.

If you want guns, give me a way that "I shoot person A, person A dies, problem solved" does not happen.

[Krylo]

All the characters could be missing one eye so they have really shitty depth perception?

[Forever Zero]

The Shrek ones sounds interesting with the whole "You don't know how to beat them" addition. I would sign-up for the "Guessing Guy" position that sits back and lets the others fight while he tries to think of weaknesses...

Second one sounds a bit generic...

Third one sounds even more generic... (I just had an idea for a polar RP. "The Thing", anyone? Might be interesting...)

Fourth, I don't see these "All stealth" ones as working very well, so I would vote pass...

[IHateMakingNames]

All the characters could be missing one eye so they have really shitty depth perception?

So, you all have guns, but you can't shoot them straigth? He'd die pretty fast...

The Shrek ones sounds interesting with the whole "You don't know how to beat them" addition. I would sign-up for the "Guessing Guy" position that sits back and lets the others fight while he tries to think of weaknesses...

They'd probably use you as a shield.

Second one sounds a bit generic...

When's the last time you've seen a pistol?

Third one sounds even more generic... (I just had an idea for a polar RP. "The Thing", anyone? Might be interesting...)

Of course it sounds generic, I haven't thought up anything special about it yet. I just want to see and RP in a polar region (Because RPs never take place in any where even slightly cold). And as for a "The Thing" RP... Meh... It wouldn't really work (I just don't think it would).

Fourth, I don't see these "All stealth" ones as working very well, so I would vote pass...

In other stealth ones, one mistake and you die. This way, there are no electronic alarms, no guns, no radio, and less lighting. Meaning, you can afford to make mistakes.

[Dante]

Why not have a commando mission for the Polar thing where you have to track down a crashed plane? It segues well into the Thing from there and can incorporate horror elements too.

[IHateMakingNames]

Why not have a commando mission for the Polar thing where you have to track down a crashed plane? It segues well into the Thing from there and can incorporate horror elements too.

People have to die though (Over half). You can't have horror and no one dying. NPCs won't work because then it's to many guys for it to really be that horrifying.

[Forever Zero]

So what? I'm okay if I get waxed. Many people died in Call of Cthulhu (But they all got to come back...) It could be interesting if it was all worked out and done right.

EDIT: And last time I saw a gun? Well, I'll be seeing a lot of them in the Van Helsing RP, which I'm starting up tomarrow...

[IHateMakingNames]

So what? I'm okay if I get waxed. Many people died in Call of Cthulhu (But they all got to come back...) It could be interesting if it was all worked out and done right.

The main problem will be who is the Thing. The RP would have to be private or something so the Thing would not be revealed, and so the Thing can't abuse that he knows where everyone else is.

EDIT: And last time I saw a gun? Well, I'll be seeing a lot of them in the Van Helsing RP, which I'm starting up tomarrow...

Ok... When's the last time you've seen a desert?

[Dante]

The main problem will be who is the Thing. The RP would have to be private or something so the Thing would not be revealed, and so the Thing can't abuse that he knows where everyone else is.


You could always PM the Thing's player, or whatnot. Or you could play a PC, and you might or might not be the Thing.

But if everyone asks around, it'll cause problems...

[Forever Zero]

Hmm, that's a good point... It would mean the GM would have to handle practically everything through PMs, which could become a pain in the ass... It could be fun if pulled off properly however.

And the last time I saw a desert RP was... Back on TWC, Mad Emperor's desert RP he did where I was Glam. Whatever happened Mad anway? I wonder why he didn't make the jump...

[IHateMakingNames]

You could always PM the Thing's player, or whatnot. Or you could play a PC, and you might or might not be the Thing.

But if everyone asks around, it'll cause problems...

It's not getting a Thing that is the problem, it is the RPing. Everyone would just be posting about where they are and what they are doing, while the PC who is the Thing is just going along and doing the perfect turns needed to get to the closest person. Then they kill that person. Then everyone knows who the Thing is. Even if the killing is done in private, suddenly one guy stops posting after a connection of two characters, while the other keeps going. The entire RP would have to be controlled by the GM via PMs.

Jad tried an RP like this once actually... It died.

Edit - But, unlike Jad's RP, the Thing can just bust out and kill several people at a time. The killer in Jad's RP could not.

[Forever Zero]

Well lets see. A Thing RP would have...

Marines. They are well armed, and a variable number of them need to carry flamethrowers (This number would possibly 1/3-1/4 of all the marines, and randomly assigned) The map would need to be well done, with details about where everything in every room is. There would be 1 "Thing", which is the monster that kills and takes your identity. There would be 1-2 medics who would carry a limited number of Blood Tests (Allows the medics to tell who is and isn't a thing, but no one else can tell without the Blood Tests and knowledge of how to use it), although the base they are in would have more to find. It would all have to be handled in PMs. The marines would start off clueless about how to kill it, then they would gather info as they explore the base until they know how to kill it. Brain has suddenly stopped functioning, but that is a basic idea of how it would work...

[GatoFiero]

Ohoh, i'm for the desert one. I want to RP Coyote the Changer!

[IHateMakingNames]

(His post)

Basically, way to much work for one GM, and some people would be moving around the entire base before other people even left a room due to how often they PMed. And having to wait for one or two slow people (Like it should to make it fair), would end up killing it.

And then there is the whole low supply of food thing, the cold killing you if you are outside to long, and other confusing variables.

And can't the Thing kill a couple of Marines with guns by itself? Haven't seen the movie in a long time...

[GatoFiero]

Then someone could be Garter Snake, and someone could be Bear, and someone could be good ol' Cougar and the main villain could be the Terrible Beast! Hell, we could even throw in the thunder birds for good measure!

[Dante]

Ohoh, i'm for the desert one. I want to RP Coyote the Changer!

Who's that?

And can I play a wizard in a tattered red robe with pointy hat with "Wizzard" written on it?

[Forever Zero]

I never saw the movie, but I learned a bunch about it while trying to learn if the game was any good. I can't seem to find a copy of the movie anywhere local...

The only thing that permenantly kills a Thing is fire. However, I think machine guns can hold it back. So if it found 5 people in a room, it better sit still or retreat, but if it is only 1 or 2, it could take them.

[IHateMakingNames]

Well, the Thing RP is out for me. FZ, if you want to try and do all these PMs, then take in the ammo supply variable, the food supply variable, the coldness factor, and medical supplies.

And Gato, what the hell are you talking about?

[Forever Zero]

I might give it a shot one day... All the PMs would probably kill me though, although keeping track of everything wouldn't be too horrible...

So now that's out of the way, the Desert one, Shrek one, and Theif one are left.

[IHateMakingNames]

So now that's out of the way, the Desert one, Shrek one, and Theif one are left.

There can still be a polar RP. Just it won't be a "The Thing" like RP.

[Forever Zero]

What would the polor one be then? Nothing comes to mind that really needs a polor environment, although a few ideas come to mind that could be thrown in a polor environment for no good reason...

[Dante]

Snowball-fight RP?

[IHateMakingNames]

It could just be a basic RP of "Some people go kill some evil thing", just instead of being set in some perfect weather European place, it's set in the tough, frozen enviroment of Antartica.

[Forever Zero]

Snow ball fight?
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EDIT: In that case I still say the Shrek one. We have plenty of RPs that are, "Go kill the Grand Foozle to get back the Magic MacGuffin"...

EDIT: Actually, that gives me an idea for an RP...

[GatoFiero]

Have none of you ever heard the Native legends?

Coyote is the primary helper of the creator, he aided in the shaping of earth...then he sort of spent the rest of his existence making fun of humans.

Coyote is known as the trickster because of his antics and the changer because of the many forms he takes on to pull off his pranks. The other incarnations of Coyote are Raven, Wolverine, and Mink.

[IHateMakingNames]

I know of Coyote (Gargoyles has everything in it...), and Indian legends (Had to do it this year in school), but you seemed to be picking a specific legend with Terrible Beast and Garter Snake, which usually aren't basic elements in the legends like a coyote is.

[Forever Zero]

What if you started an RP called, "The Most Cliche RP Ever"? Everyone would be forced to follow the Cliches, like there would be the Angsty Spikey Haired Pretty-Boy, the Gruff Ally who speaks like Mr.T for no reason, the older, more experienced, silent guy that for some reason is less experienced then the younger people, and many more! We could be sent on a quest by the Good King Kingsworth from Startland to defeat the Evil Grand Foozle in Endtown! We could be after the Magic MacGuffin! It'll be great!

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It'll suck! Someone kill me now! I'm obviously insane with fever, so I'm off to bed...

[Dante]

So what's it going to be?

The cliche RP or what?

[GatoFiero]

Primary characters and names of them vary from area to area. I use pacific northwest/east of the cascades legends.

-Terrible Beast may also be known as Windigo[sic?], he’s basically responsible for every unexplained disaster, he can fly like a bird, run like a deer and swim like a fish, he can change shapes and brings great destruction where ever he goes.
-Garter Snake is your generic underdog who uses his head to come out on top, he and the thunder bird of the south have some issues.
-I used the plural thunder birds in my previous post because in local legend there are 4 of them, one for each direction.
-I can't remember anything about cougar.
-I couldn't use salmon because fish don't do so well on land.
-I didn't use Deer because, well, he's pretty damn sexual.
-I don't think i mentioned Eagle, he's the rival of Coyote.
-Bear is, well, he’s a bear, he lets every body do they’re own thing but if he’s messed with then trouble comes, he’s also extremely protective of anyone who is...how to put it...either his child or spirit linked to him (guardian spirit no pun intended).

[IHateMakingNames]

So what's it going to be?

The cliche RP or what?

Not the cliche thing, while amusing, it would be mostly idiotic post of cliches (Even if well written, the cliches will make anything idiotic). I don't want to be responsible for that.

And so far, there is one vote for a Desert RP with guns (But no solution to the problem), one for the Fantasy Hunt RP, and one for Desert RP like native legends.

[Dante]

Cliches aren't bad if people do them well.

I'm with the guns RP, in any case.

[BMHadoken]

Well, in Dark Tower, all of the main characters are armed with the last guns in the world, but they're on a quest to stop basically the devil, so it all balances out (in the latest book they had to hold off about 70 Dr. Doom robots with lightsabers and heat seeking explodo disks).

So set us in a desert world that once had boat loads and boat loads of bad/powerful tech, and we're the last people to have a gun, but the closer we get to the paradise the eviler the people are who use technology.

And we could all take an oath to not be killers, and just have all the baddies be robots or something.

And talking about the Dark Tower makes me wonder where Raiden is...

[Dante]

Last I heard Raiden's parents banned him from the Net.

Poor guy.

[BMHadoken]

Yeah I knew about that, but he was supposed to come back during the summer I thought.

[Dante]

Well, when he comes back and find no Celes he'll probably freak out and attach himself to one of the other girls...

Speaking of which, she should have been back around today... probably went for a post-school celebration or something.

[BMHadoken]

Well, when he comes back and find no Celes he'll probably freak out and attach himself to one of the other girls...

Speaking of which, she should have been back around today... probably went for a post-school celebration or something.


BURN!

And Celes had a set day to return? I just thought she burned out or sumthin.

So thats what, 3 votes for Gunslinging Water Searchers? I don't think there's any real logical way to elimante "Bang, you're dead, moving on". Just don't fret about it, and give the real baddies some way around it.

[IHateMakingNames]

No, it's two votes for guns, one vote for indian legends, and one for fantasy hunt.

And I hate 'Bang, you're dead, moving on."

[GatoFiero]

Well to solve the gun problem we could allow some sort of body armor or magical protection, perhaps some sort of mana shield. Heck, we could use both. We could say that there are dozens of ways to protect yourself from bullets due to a rapid advance in armor technology. This would provide us with many different types of protection with varying quality.

Dibs on the steam-power armor!

[BMHadoken]

gato if we had the guns we wouldn't need the gun protection...but I like his idea.