[OOC] Estermere - A Medieval Fantasy Roleplay

[Feigling]

Really? With the squirrels around?

[The Fated Fallen]

Speaking from experience, not wise

[Shard]

Hope this RP starts soon...

[Feigling]

I think it starts Saturday, so there is some time yet

[Necrophage]

Going by player driven strikes me as allowing us to bring in more personal adventures driven by the pasts and interests of the characters. Of course there could also be so overall threat to the city that would unite everyone to begin with.

[Shard]

It would be fun to have different quests focusing on different characters and cycle through the roster ^^

[Feigling]

Without an overarching threat, however, we make our own quests. Which is good, but its hard for others to get involved in quests that don't affect them.
I.e. If Rosa gets kidnapped by a group of local criminals, does anyone else really have any motivation to look for her but Lucien and the Watch?

[Shard]

I am sure Lucien can offer some money and buy their assistance. And some characters have moral. Leaf wouldn't let a little girl get kidnapped, he'd help.

[Metronome]

I'm actually kinda' worried about how to keep beach dude in the plot

He doesn't really have any motives

[Shard]

We will give him plot!! Enjoy the freedom of freedom!!

[vietmyke]

if we're thinking d&dwise... all quests are quests for us to do... lol..

Using Lucien's missing daughter as an example:

Daughter is missing, Luc employs several people to help find her: Muscle, bounty hunters, negotiators, people willing to help. - that could be our half elf, the slave, the alchemist, engineer

Where does he go from there? He needs information. Where does he get information? Bars, Taverns, Criminals. - that could be me, the goblin sneak

Now he has his information, now he has to track his daughter down. How does he do that? Our hunters, trackers, etc.

[Metronome]

Sounds good to me.

[Shard]

Indeed, sounds good.

[Yog Sothoth]

Darryn would be game for any quest if a reward, or the chance to slay his enemies is included in its completion

[Feigling]

That works suprisingly well. I didn't think of just hiring folks.
Our poorer characters, like Beach Guy and the Goblin Footpad can't hire people to help, though. They'd need to actually make friends first, which is hard for a slave and goblin to do (casual racism FTW, it seems).
I'm just trying to get everyone to think of their motivation, what quests they'd be involved in and why and maybe even get a few plot ideas kicking around. Our slave, for example, doesn't seem to have many oppertunities to get involved as a slave, so maybe he could escape and appeal to our 'good guys' for help, whilst his owner pays the less benevolent characters to look for him. I dunno, I'm toying with ideas here.

[Metronome]

Well you see the unfortunate thing about Rhone is that he doesn't trust white AKA "pale skinned" people. Because most of his masters had a paler complexion and were assholes.

So that's like 90% of the characters in this RP that he automatically doesn't like

the little racist fuck =P

[The Fated Fallen]

Metronome said
Well you see the unfortunate thing about Rhone is that he doesn't trust white AKA "pale skinned" people. Because most of his masters had a paler complexion and were assholes. So that's like 90% of the characters in this RP that he automatically doesn't likethe little racist fuck =P

Still hate pale skinned people that have dark green hair and are half his size?

[BingTheWing]

Good news! I'll be able to review your CSes, but probably might not get results up till Fri. I might get lucky. Who knows? Tootle-zoos!

[BingTheWing]

@everyone: check the first OOC post, you might need to renew inventories.

[Vec]

Feigling said
That works suprisingly well. I didn't think of just hiring folks. Our poorer characters, like Beach Guy and the Goblin Footpad can't hire people to help, though. They'd need to actually make friends first, which is hard for a slave and goblin to do (casual racism FTW, it seems).I'm just trying to get everyone to think of their motivation, what quests they'd be involved in and why and maybe even get a few plot ideas kicking around. Our slave, for example, doesn't seem to have many oppertunities to get involved as a slave, so maybe he could escape and appeal to our 'good guys' for help, whilst his owner pays the less benevolent characters to look for him. I dunno, I'm toying with ideas here.

Beach guy could be bought by Lucien to work in the household. Meets young daughter. Proceed to fall in love. Daughter gets kidnapped. Beach Guy steps up and offers to help the search.