Multiple Roleplays, One Constant Story Element

[Killjointica]

EDIT: The title may be a bit misleading and I do apologize for any confusion as to the title and the subject.


To be more specific I should say multiple Role-plays run linear to each other in time and there is a single unknown entity which connects four particular worlds where these various Role-plays take place. The only one who interacts between the separate RP's in the GM/DM who narrates parts of the story and controls the actions of lesser characters that may or may not continue all the way through the RP. Whether they chose to go elsewhere, died in conflict or sickness, lost never seen again and etc. etc... Otherwise, an entity which has (and will) appear rarely but appear none-the-less over the course of previous or future RP's.

This has turned into a bit of a project for me. Whether my writing has improved or not, whether the depth of a story I've attempted to go has really been as deep as I thought or plain in simply if I'm a bad writer or not. The piece I love most about the type of Role-play I've had immense success with, but only with people I knew would not only keep interest but see it as a story and not a one-up party that dies twenty posts down the road. I have had numerous conversations with people here on the guild and the mechanics which I explain and the worlds I put out there is said to be a good idea. Using something similar to freeform or to put more bluntly "winging it and developing a story amongst the thoughts and ideas of various peoples while creating not only the day to day life of their character, but giving the setting and making it ripe so that a story may emerge. Admittedly, this can be a bit of a challenge and in a few cases I've seen this idea quickly fail in other RP's unrelated to the four I spoke of earlier.

As an example, some had little going on for an extended amount of time due to a Role-player either attempting to one-up every other character, lack of imagination or simply lethargic. Though usually it tends to simply be too much information. As I've seen with a friend who was once on this site, he started an RP called "Terminal Moraine" which had excellent characters which contrasted each other fairly well. There was a man with a sense of honor to family who rode the sky; a chimney sweeping machine given the ability to not only feel but comprehend the world in a newfound way; a man who travelled the land singing tales of heroes, an adventurer who hired various killers from a destitute city which doubled as a prison in search of treasures hidden in something I feel I have to quote.

Posted by The Absent Mare - Terminal Moraine - Post #36

".......And now their… leader had brought this tidy procession to a halt in front of a hole. Now, admittedly, it was a big hole. In the grand scheme of holes it could hold its head up with pride, and look down with distain on furrows, trenches, and that pariah of the hole world, the latrine. But as far as extravagant riches were concerned, it was lacking a certain something."

Though I am unsure as to who quit when and why, I honestly cannot say. But I feel that an immense amount of information was being put out and the Role-players probably had half a clue of just what the hell was going on. Though one could begin to see events in a world happening, it may have started a bit too expansive or just too many players. As for 1x1 on the other hand, this has been more successful in the past due to easier collaboration and communication. By viewing the OOC for Terminal Moraine, undoubtedly it can be said a lack of communication between each of the players and the GM though I cannot rule out lack of effort on any players other than a few more notable ones within Terminal Moraine.

But, to continue on.....
I was hoping here I could more easily discuss this topic/matter with fellow Role-players and/or the Mods (Comrades) of the RoleplayersGuild to not only discuss or even improve on the mechanics of this type of RP but to also discuss creating an original Role-play with those willing. Though it has been a very long time since I've done any RP's of my own other than recently attempting to create a small handful, I wish to work with others to create not only a Role-play to be remembered but a story built upon the actions of the characters, the world built upon the very roots of the story and a plot weaved together over this course only to truly reveal itself at the peak of the mountain words written to create this epic seen through time.

But enough rambling, you’re probably asleep by now.
So as the following goes, questions, comments, criticism, ideas or etc.?

Edit: Note to mods, this felt more like a topic of discussion rather than a pitch for an RP. Though if any of you feel otherwise please make it known.

As for the first part of this topic… This is similar to a persistent universe, but over the course, no more than a dozen Role-players will actually be involved and the universe may one day reach a conclusion and all the RP’s finished and concluded. Once again an epic task but one I hope others share my enthusiasm in.