Original Adventure using Discord

[Balthazar007]

Hello Roleplayers!

I am looking to start an original roleplay, but before I dive into the plot, I want to talk about the structure of the roleplay.

I want to try a Discord based roleplay that meets once a week for two hours. At my job, a restaurant, I generally have Saturday or Sunday off, at least in the morning (if not all day on one of those days). The way they do the schedule at my job sucks, only posting it on Sunday, (the day before the week starts). So every Monday, after getting my schedule, I can post my availability for the upcoming Saturday/Sunday. Then we can see how many people are available to play that week.

As for the plot, I want it to be flexible and changing but tied together into one coherent story at the same time. Kind of like a good TV series. Here's what I mean:

We start as people from here on Earth, and we stumble across some sort of sci-fi portal. We are transported to some other world, be it futuristic or magical, that doesn't matter yet, and like Avatar (the sci-fi movie, not the anime), we find ourselves inside the body of native people/creatures. But more like the old TV show Quantum Leap, the body that we inhabit already had it's own life and was already in the middle of it's own conflict. Only, in this case, whatever conflict your body was a part of, got it killed. You inhabiting the body brings it back to life and heals it, but otherwise, you're still stuck in a dangerous situation that already killed the body once, and that could get you killed again.

Unsure of whether dying here means returning to your original self back on Earth, or actually dying for good, the only logical step is to try and survive till you figure things out. Through unforeseen circumstances, all our players will then bump into each other and somehow realize that they know each other from Earth. It then becomes a race to stay alive and try and figure out a way back home.

SPOILER ALERT: We do eventually find our way back home, well... most of us. If you want to retire from the roleplay, you can kill off your character. Or if you want to start fresh with a new character, you can kill of your character. Or you could have your character embrace their strange new life and choose to stay behind.

As for the rest of us, we will return to Earth... only to have to go back into the portal for a reason I don't yet wish to reveal. When that happens, we will be transported to a new world, with new bodies and new life threatening situations. Thus, the adventure continues...

I already have ideas for the first world that we are transported to and will act as GM for that world. But I will let someone else in the group take the reigns for the second time we go into the portal. Each time, a new person will take the lead, until everyone has had a turn and we start over.

If all this sounds fun to you. Let me know!

[Cerces22]

@Balthazar007

Dear Balthy I am most interested to see how this pans out. Though I should alert you that my capabilities as a gm figure is borderline nonexistent, never could quite keep up with my own plots 😂 though I would still like to join

[Balthazar007]

@Cerces22

Awesome! And no worries, GMing your own adventure is optional.

I have off work all day Saturday, and I'm off Sunday night. So we could theoretically get started this week (though I would like one more person to join first, at least).

Which day works better for you? What is your availability?

I'll have more details posted, here in a few hours.

[Balthazar007]

Update: The Plot

I'm thinking this story should begin in the not so distant future. Let's say 2040. So it's 2040 and the world is basically as it is today, but with augmented reality glasses and self-driving cars, and things like that. Unknown to the rest of the world, this also means science has gone through leaps and bounds behind closed doors.

This is where we find a fictional research institution, in the middle of say, New York City. In one of their basement labs, they are focused on quantum entanglement and the possibility to "teleport" objects. They have already, managed to "teleport" base elements and molecules, and are now looking to move on to larger compounds... starting with water.

Without going into the fictional details, this is where the classic lab accident occurs. But rather than your classic explosion and destruction, a blinding dome of light seeps out of the laboratory, expanding to engulf an entire city block. All the water in the area vanishes, as well as all things comprised mostly of water (i.e. animals, plants, and PEOPLE).

In this story, you will play the part of a person that was in range of the accident. I will play the part of a scientist that knew about the laboratory and their experiments. Players can choose to have been someone that worked at the facility (but not in the basement level, so you won't know the details of the experiment), OR you can be someone that just so happened to be on that city block when the accident happened.

Our characters will be waking up to being inside another person's body. The body will be almost identical to a human body, only much denser and more powerful. As we explore, we find that we are on a war torn planet, with futuristic technology. In short, the entirety of this planet has been at war for the last five thousand years. It is a mere fact of life.

The body that your character finds themself in can be a soldier (such as a foot-soldier, vehicle driver, ranking officer, assassin, spy, or other combat oriented character). Or you can be a (medic, scholar, scientist, or any other non-combat support role). OR you could even be a civilian (child, mother, injured ex-soldier, or anyone else who isn't fit for front line combat). In any case, your character would hardly be considered "frail" by Earth standards. Even young children of this planet or old men missing a leg would be more capable in combat than a trained soldier from Earth. But in comparison to their combat-ready counterparts, yes, children and the handicapped wouldn't be much of a threat. Basically, think of a world where everyone was born with the Captain America serum in their veins... times three.

Now, as mentioned before, your character finds themself in this strange body and in some dire situation. That could be in the middle of the battle field, or in the middle of a recently bombed home, or anywhere really, since this whole planet is so dangerous. Your character can remember everything from Earth, as well as some fuzzy memories that aren't their own. These memories are the memories of the body that they have just entered. These memories also come with skills and abilities that the body possessed.

Final note, while this planet revolves around war, there are well defended cities and areas that aren't a constant battlefield. In fact, it is in one of these cities that the bulk of our story will take place. Picture these cities as heavily policed and futuristic. There are bars, nightclubs, sports, movies, and all sorts of entertainment to be had. BUT there is always an air of tension. Remember, everyone on this planet was born for war, and thus, fights can break out at anytime. Hence, the heavy presence of police.

I'm still looking for at least two more people to join.
If you're reading this, and it sounds fun. Let me know!
Questions? Concerns? Comments?

At the moment, our first session would either be anytime Saturday or in the evening on Sunday.

@Cerces22

[A Lowly Wretch]

This does sound fairly interesting. My weekends are fairly open asides from having to work saturday evenings but otherwise I think I could set aside some time and try my hand at this.

[Cerces22]

@Balthazar007

Atm I am jobless and and always available. But you know I will be the fun. 😂

Can you explain the concept of a Discord RP? Is that you have just a server to communicate or a sever to actually RP

[Balthazar007]

@Balthazar007

Atm I am jobless and and always available. But you know I will be the fun. 😂

Can you explain the concept of a Discord RP? Is that you have just a server to communicate or a sever to actually RP

@Cerces22

The concept is that we make our character sheets here, and we use the IC section here for larger character introductory posts. But when we meet on discord, we live-Roleplay for about two hours. So yes we actually use Discord for RP purposes.

Roleplaying through Discord is quicker and more dialogue based. It is better for back and forth conversations and quick progression. When we are finished with our Discord session, I will then copy and paste everything we did there into one post here. Basically, this RP will be a hybrid, with scene-setting, character-building posts here in the RPG. But the meat of our interactions will take place on Discord.

So if you are down to give this a try (@A Lowly Wretch and @Cerces22), then I would like to propose two times for the three of us. We can either do 11am to 1pm Saturday OR 6pm to 8pm Sunday. Answer by stating if you could do both times, and then which one you would prefer (if you have a preference).

I'll get started on making the official RP thread. I'm thinking to put this in the Casual section to get the most views. It also makes sense cause we're not going to be super strict about a lot of things, but sloppily thought out characters and actions are discouraged.

[Balthazar007]

@Cerces22@A Lowly Wretch

Okay you two, I have created the Roleplay thread. You can find it here:
https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/179810-the-portal/ic

If you have further questions or comments, please use the OOC section in that thread.

See you over there!