Cael Online [High Casual]

[AM Oneechan]

So, staying up in the middle of the night and having nothing to do, I figured I would try and make an RP. I've made the basic outline of the idea, though there is still a long way to go. I'd like to see if this can generate some interest before I spend too much time on it...

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Cael Online

Please remember to log out every two hours and take a twenty minute break. We remind parents that this Game is considered highly addictive and that the realism of the constructed world may cause minor psychoses with young children that are very impressionable. Please keep in mind that this is only a Game.

Also, please refrain from playing the Game during thunderstorms, as a lightning strike may cause unforeseen complications.

An RP focused in the fictional world of a MMORPG where people log in via a helmet that gives direct contact to the brain. The Character will do whatever the player thinks it to do, but it will also feel real emotions and the Player will feel the real pain.
While the Player is logged in, the Player has no idea what is going on in the real world and their bodies enter a comatose-like state. It is recommended that people with heart conditions, pregnant women and people with certain kinds of illnesses do not play, as the Game cannot accommodate these conditions and the body will not react to the stimuli of these conditions as long as the Player is logged in.
The Player will not die with their character, as the game automatically turns off when a Character dies. Each Game has one Character. If a Character dies, a new Game must be purchased.
If a Player logs onto the Game while ill in some way, the Character will be ill as well.
Characters will need to Eat, Drink, Use Toilet and Sleep (Sleep will be automatically activated once a Player logs out if the Player has bought a Bed). There are also the optional actions, such as Shower, Brush Teeth and much, much more. If you can Think it, you can Do it.
The Appearance of the Character is completely editable, though serious changes require rather complicated programming. Most use facial recognition and just type in Height, Weight and Body Structure or use one of the 2,000 premade Characters.


Experience Points are issued with each Kill, Sell and Relationship Status Upgrade. Depending on the Foe, Gain and Relationship Status Upgrade, different amounts of Experience Points will be issued. Each new Skill will require Experience Points. A Class Upgrade will also require Experience Points.

All Characters start with the Items:
Bag
Empty Bottle

And X possible Species:
Human –Gains Experience faster
Elf –Has more Health Points
Werewolf –Gains the Ability Transformation

In Character Creation, there are X possible Start Classes to choose from:
Swordsman –Starts with a Sword and the Ability Swing
Ranger –Starts with Bow/Gun and 20 Arrows/Bullets and the Ability Shoot
Rogue –Starts with Knife and the Ability Stab
Mage –Starts with Staff and the Ability Spark
Crafter –Starts with Hammer the Ability Swing

-Guard –Allows the use of Shield and gives the Ability Protect
-Fighter –Allows the use of Two-Handed Swords and gives the Ability Slash

Knight -
Guardian -

Dualist –Allows the use of Shield and gives Ability Dodge
Warrior -

-Hunter –Gives the Abilities Track and Aim
-Marksman –Gives the Abilities Swing and Aim

-Tracker –
-Big Game Hunter –

-Archer –
-Gunman –

-Mugger –Allows the use of Club and gives the Ability K.O.
-Thief –Gives Abilities Pickpocket and Pick-Lock

-Bandit-
-Assassin

-Trickster –Gives the Abilities Con and Hackle
-Burglar –Gains Abilities Climb and Haul

-Synergist –Gives the Abilities Heal and Cure
-Sorcerer –Gives the Abilities Fireball and Splash

-Evoker –
-Prophet –

-Warlock –Gives Abilities
-Wizard

-Mixer
-Blacksmith
-Engineer

With the Relationship Status feature, you get Experience Points for making Acquaintance, Friends, Love Interest, Partner and Spouse. An Acquaintance is made every time you meet a new Player. One is considered a Friend when you give them something without getting anything in return. A Friend can become a Love Interest if such feelings are found in the Player. A Friend or Love Interest can become a Partner if both Players agree to such. A Partner can become a Spouse by the exchange of the item Wedding Ring.

Once a couple has Married (Spouse Status), it is possible to get a Divorce (Unlocking the Divorcé Achievement). It is also possible to Break Up with a Partner, leaving four different outcomes. If both parties agree on the Break Up, they will stay Friends. If one party Break Up with the other without their consent, the one using Break Up will lose their former Partner as Friend and the other will unlock the Heartbroken Achievement

Achievements are locked to your Cael Online Account, so even if your Character is lost and you purchase a new Game, your Achievements will stay.
Heartbroken – Man, you just got dumped!
Wedding Bells – Congratulations! You just got Married!
Monogamist – Wow! You stuck with the same Spouse your whole life!
Widowed – Nothing will ever fill that gaping hole in your heart now that your Spouse is dead.
Polygamist – How many Spouses do you need?
Divorcé – Hn. Your Spouse was a jerk anyways!
Rebound – Not looking for anything serious? Remember to tell your Partner that!

[Disciple Cain]

Interesting premise, but where's the hook? These have been done quite a bit so... what sets your RP apart from the others that might interest the roleplayers? You know, the hook.

[Dharc]

I'm interested.

[AM Oneechan]

Interesting premise, but where's the hook? These have been done quite a bit so... what sets your RP apart from the others that might interest the roleplayers? You know, the hook.

Hard to say before I am done figuring it out. I just wanted to see if the base idea would generate Interest before finishing the thought, really.

[randomize]

Interested.

[AM Oneechan]

Anyone showing interest is welcome to throw in ideas, as well ^^ Like if there is a specific Species you would want or an Achievements you think would be good.

[Disciple Cain]

I think you might want to first establish some of your own ideas first about it before we throw anything in, otherwise it will seem like we're writing the plot rather than you. Think of some specific goals you want the players to go after. Give something for them to aspire to. Some endgame challenge to work towards. Things like that.

From there, you can think of how they start, and then everything in between you can write by the seat of your pants. Establishing the entire world beforehand isn't needed, and probably not even recommended, as it will give a sense of true and genuine discovery for your roleplayers as they roleplay through your world. After all, they're all going to be starting as base level. Given that, of course they wouldn't know anything about the world except for maybe a few things about the start.

After that it's up to you to begin.

I might've mentioned that although they work, either they never run long or the quality of these kinds of RP's tends to tank after a little while unless if the GM puts some serious effort in it.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

[AM Oneechan]

Oh, I do have a lof of stuff planend already. I've given little thought to tha actual look of the world, but the Classes and Skills are something I've worked on a lot. The "End Game Challenge" has already been etablished, as well as a reward for completing this. I'll just not mention it until I make the OOC. In fact, I won't put any more of the information I have in this IntChk. I just wanted to know if anyone had any specific ideas that they thought could be cool to add. I didn't say I'd necessearily adctually add it.

[Disciple Cain]

I'm not hooked yet. I wouldn't even bite unless if I saw that there was something more than just the interaction between some kids playin' their vidya games.

Will this game have any effect on the real world? Will it just kind of be the roleplaying of kids playing any run-of-the-mill MMO that, like many other MMO's, may jade a good portion of the player base due to the horrible choices of the game designers? Will it... I don't know, have some sort of moral to the story, like not to forget that they belong in the real world even though they play in that world, even as real as it looks?

I mean it is interesting but I'm personally not hooked on the idea of it until I have a reason to throw a character into it. You feel me?



You might get a bit more interest if you put out a little more information about the world they'll be in-- the kind of stuff that sets this apart from other RP's that are literally just like it.

(Read: Sword Art Online RP's and the like)

[AllStar]

This sounds like SAO <3
I'm interested in something like this! If you need any help thinking of other idea I can try to help. I'm new so I don't know how good my ideas will be, but I can try.