"It's Saturday, 2 hours after noon. You can hear ambulances blazing outside and the occasional seagull chatting to it's friends about food. You wouldn't have ever thought a Saturday would be boring. While brainlessly browsing the internet you find a pink banner that displays 'Want to be an Alchemist?' in bold text in a mixture of colours. You thought it was a joke but something about it interests you. It's like the maker of the advert knows how to persuade you. After a minute of thinking, you decide to click it. Apparently the Alchemist's Workshop is right around the corner!"

Hello everyone!

This is my attempt of an interest check. I haven't made a roleplay on this site before but I have on others. You can ask me questions if you'd like and if we get enough people then obviously I'll make an OOC. The idea I had for it was people would knock on the door and the Alchemist will tell you about his backstory and all about Alchemy. I'd like a more scientific approach on it even though Alchemy is really a magical concept yet I still put both tags not to confuse anyone. The roleplay is set in a big town (possibly in England or maybe even a parallel planet to Earth?) and the time is present day. If you're not sure how this can be both scientific and magical, let me explain:

Alchemy is the process or study or combination, transformation and creation. It's like chemistry but it follows less rules. People usually believe Alchemy is about spirits and magic which is the case some times. I'd like it to stay realistic but not be identical to common chemistry since that would be boring. To fulfill the fantasy part, there's going to be unusual ways of making potions and the actual effects of the potions are going to sound impossible. There will also be new ingredients and substances to test with. As for the science, the ways in which this will happen will be explained in great detail and sound possible. A potion that can force someone to speak the truth? How about saying that the certain ingredients can induce hallucinations yet another one makes the person feel confident. Just like alcohol, sometimes you say things you don't want to say when you're drunk and the way we have combined these two mixtures means they speak the truth (and nothing but the truth :3).

Sorry for my weird idea and for confusing the **** out of everyone. As I said, you may ask questions and this is only a first draft/interest check anyway. A lot will change and it may become more magical. I may even learn how to explain my ideas with better examples :D

Reply or send me a PM if you're interested. I'll start on the OOC once we have enough feedback

Bump?

Bumpadump

Can't tell if no one can read or if no one wants to join...

Might garner a little more interest if explain what the plot is going to be.

Like, what would the characters be doing? Are they students at a school? Are they going to fight a war with alchemy? etc.

That is a secret my friend. If I told you what was going to happen it wouldn't be a surprise.

That is a secret my friend. If I told you what was going to happen it wouldn't be a surprise.

So, what you're saying is "This is an RP, stuff is going to happen!" That doesn't garner interest. You don't have to give an entire book worth of plot, but just enough so we have an idea of where this might go. Are the characters just going to end up as alchemists apprentices, or something? Also, where and when is this set, just modern day, or something else?

That's the problem though. The players will influence the Alchemist's decisions. He's looking for people because he thinks if he taught someone his skills then they could help him run his shop. He's a very lonely man who has to talk to puppets all day since they're the only people who like him. Think of the poor man. If he did have a person enter his shop, he'd show them to the different pharmaceutical drugs and let them pick. These people actually know that he is a true alchemist and learn his secrets and information about the man. That is the hook of the whole roleplay. You're constantly learning about this man and alchemy and you can make decisions to effect the whole scenario. Will you tell everyone the secrets of alchemy? Will you leave the man out of your life? Will you make potions for your own benefit or will you be kind and help the unfortunate guy out?

FYI "The roleplay is set in a big town (possibly in England or maybe even a parallel planet to Earth?) and the time is present day" I'm imagining London or Bristol but prettier :3 The alchemist's shop is going to be small and near a boring corner shop. Maybe a cafe or a bank, ideas are welcomed.

Bump again? Is writing an interest check fucking pointless here?

BUMP

Omfg I fucking give up. One with 5 less hours than this has 50% more posts than this.

Omfg I fucking give up. One with 5 less hours than this has 50% more posts than this.

Dude/dudette, you can't give up that easy. Sometimes interest isn't gathered all at once, but rather over time. :) Besides, some of the best RPs I've been in have only had a handfull of people.

Assuming (hoping) that was naught but a rage-quit, I'm interested.

EDIT: Also, what the other people said about giving the plot.
But don't be upset, not everyone even bothers reading interest checks

Sorry. I'm just pissed since I have nothing to do to waste my time. There aren't any new games and fallout 4 is going to suck despite what people say.

Also my friends were being assholes, if you were me you'd understand everything <3

Also my friends were being assholes, if you were me you'd understand everything <3

Well, I'm not. So I just see someone panicking and becoming angry over what is apparently nothing more than just a lack of interest in an RP without plot that's only been up for a day. I'm sorry, but that's unreasonable, and I can't be in any roleplay where the GM acts like that.

I'm going to have to withdraw my interest. It wasn't a bad idea, though.

It isn't fucking unreasonable, you're just an asshole who likes to judge people with hardly any information. Do you know why I'm angry? No you fucking don't so shut your fucking mouth.

Relax, Supercon. Take a deep breath. It's not the end of the world if people don't join your roleplay, reacting harshly to people isn't going to fix it.

I've had a lot of roleplays rejected, and I mean a lot. No interest whatsoever. Shit happens.

One thing you can do is to go back to the drawing board; rewrite your idea, see where it can be improved, and don't stop until you are satisfied with it. Alternatively you can come up with a fresh idea, or join someone else's roleplay.

Also, your alchemy idea was pretty interesting. You just need to work on your presentation more. I get that you want to keep the story a surprise, and that it's heavily character driven, but you still gotta give people more info. Not too much, not too little. Give 'em enough to lure them in.

And don't lash out at people either, that only discourage others from joining you. It's a roleplaying forum; we're here to have fun, not demean each other. Unless you're both masochist, I guess it's cool then.

Thanks for being reasonable "I own cows". What you said made me happy. I'm sorry I lash out at people. It's not because the roleplay isn't getting interest, it's because of real life issues. Then someone *cough* Hael *cough* was really rude and jumped to conclusions I just had to shout out. When people don't listen or understand due to them thinking something I know is wrong, that makes me mad.

And also, I wanted to keep the idea open. It is very character driven.

"I have given you a universe and you may sculpt it, but you must follow some rules."

That is what the roleplay is about. If people aren't interested in it, it's because they don't have enthusiasm (or simply don't like the modern alchemy theme). Why should they join a roleplay without a clear direction? They believe it isn't going to go anywhere. However, if you apply enthusiasm, you can make it go somewhere. An actual quote is "The world is your oyster." I'm giving you freedom. You can either do something or sit out and join a different roleplay. I don't care if this one doesn't get enough people as long as the people who look at it have a good reason why. Something like "The GM has a tough life and therefore is usually aggressive" isn't a great reason. Same with "I don't know anything about the Alchemist." A good reply would be:

"I have read through your interest check and unfortunately I'm not interested. I like the idea about how players will heavily influence what happens in the story, it's innovative and great! However, I believe the topic on Alchemy might get confusing later on. I know lots of questions will be answered but I'm afraid I might get bored of the whole thing. Alchemy is a decent idea, it's just the modern tone of it that might make it seem dull and less magical than a fantasy-based Alchemy roleplay."

Of-course, everyone is different. I love my idea but I've been unlucky with the people who see it.

Hi Super!

This seems like a really interesting idea so I'm in. I like the sort of non-linear storyline you have.

Excellent! Now we just need to wait for 3 or 4 more people. Maybe 2 more might work if we make it a little smaller.