medieval /fantasy

[Thinslayer]

So here's the combat system.

* For Dynasty Warriors-style battles, dice rolls determine how many enemies you kill in one turn. Your character charges in with the sword raised, I roll and spit out a number, and then you get to describe how you got there.

Ex:
P1: Hero charges into a group of goblins with his sword raised high and courage in his heart.
GM: [rolls a 3] 3 goblins charge at you. They look woefully unprepared to fight you.
P1: Hero guts the first goblin. Two other goblins charge at him. Hero lifts up the dead goblin's body and hurls it at them, knocking them down. He follows it up with a clean swipe that beheads them both.

EDIT: The PvP combat system needs more work.

[Stuzzie]

That sounds okay @Thinslayer :-)

When will this be started?

[Thinslayer]

Honestly, I'm not sure. In order for an RP to get off to a great start, I have to nail the opening. Those I have in mind don't cut it.

* We're a pack of wyvern riders diving into the battlefield. To justify that kind of high-flying adrenaline rush, the RP would become something like Xenoblade Chronicles 2, in which the main adventure takes place in the sky. It could work, but I don't have any lore prepared for that whatsoever.

* We're a squad of knights fighting a courageous battle against evil! Given the dragon's motivations, though, this could turn very dark very quickly. If we wanted to keep the themes upbeat, either the enemies are unambiguously evil (which weakens our villains and lowers the stakes), or it's a heartwarming story of redemption (which I suck at writing).

* We're a group of heroes gathered together to stop the dragon.
How were we gathered? By letter, individual request, by coincidence?
Why were we gathered? By orders from above? Because we were asked to?
Where were we gathered? On the battlefield? At a council? To court?
When were we gathered? All at once? One at a time?
I haven't the faintest idea. Did everyone get a letter summoning them here? I did that RP already. Not repeating that. Perhaps a Gandalf-figure recruits us one by one into the party? It could be weeks, months even, before everyone gets to play together, because writing enough story to reach each new player can take forever. Additionally, procrastination, writer's block, and player-dropping could stop this thing cold. Not gonna open that can of worms.

Moreover, none of the openings I'm imagining have my blood pumping, and that's really bad. As mentioned earlier, I have to really nail it if this RP is to have a chance at lasting.

[Thinslayer]

I've got it!

EDIT: Nope, screw this plot. Got a better one; see below.

[Thinslayer]

More concrete refinements incoming.

Each player character will have a meaningful and defined role to play. We will need...
* The villain Caradras, of course (played by me)
* An exile Prince destined to become the next king
* A Princess to be captured
* The knight who serves the Prince
* The conflicted antagonist who works for the villain at first

I may add roles if more players arrive, but these are the base ones. The broader plot will work something like this:

The Kingdom of Man is but a shadow of its former self ever since the line of kings ended. The dragon, recently disenchanted with humans for undisclosed reasons, took advantage of their weakness and started conquering the land with his orc armies. Because he hates humans, he rules them with an iron fist. The Prince must answer the call of his people and save them from the dragon.

The intro, then, is fairly obvious. We can tackle it from two angles: a Prince who can't stand watching the oppression of his people, and a beleaguered Princess who gets captured by a dragon.

I can work with this. Expect a thread soon.

[Aqutanama]

Still open for people?

[Thinslayer]

Still open for people?

@Aqutanama

Yup!

[Aqutanama]

I have a few questions.
First who is the QM, GM, DM, or whatever?
Second what kind of characters are allowed?
Like limitations and such.
Third is there a timeline of some great war or something?

[Thinslayer]

@Aqutanama
Q: First who is the QM, GM, DM, or whatever?
A: This thread was started by @AcetheKidd, but I seem to have inadvertently hijacked it (I was just trying to give him ideas, I swear!). I'll be GM until AcetheKidd says otherwise.
Q: Second what kind of characters are allowed? Like limitations and such.
A: At the beginning, I'll only take human characters. The players may create NPCs of other races later on in the story.
Q: Third is there a timeline of some great war or something?
A: If we're using my lore, then yes, there is. The Void War was a brutal conflict that started when a portal in the sky opened from another dimension and let billions of Voidspawn into this world. Initially a spirit species whose only physical form was "fairy dust," they came to our world seeking bodies to possess in order to escape their crumbling world. Possession required kicking out the souls previously indwelling said bodies, resulting in the "death" of the previous owner. The resulting war nearly wiped out the human race were it not for the timely intervention of the twelve Guardians, several of whom were dragons. Caradras was one of them. The twelve Guardians kicked out the Voidspawn, sent them packing back to their crumbling homeworld, and closed the portal. Until the code is found that can destroy the portal for good, another Void War is always a possibility.

This war occurred a couple hundred years ago, and is still relatively fresh in the minds of the people.

[Thinslayer]

Here's the link to the RP, if you guys missed it.
roleplayerguild.com/topics/169365-the…

[Provenance]

I am interested.

[Thinslayer]

@Provenance The thread link is posted just above. Feel free to submit a character sheet and join up!

Pardon the partially obtuse lore. :P