I've been playing a lot of Mark of the Ninja recently (love that game), and when thinking of new characters I sometimes get them from new games I've played recently. So I'd like to do an RP where I can play a ninja. Now I'm not that great at actually running an RP, which kind of stinks if I want to get involved in something that hasn't been started yet, but if anyone is interested in a story set in Japan with Ninja and Samurai, I'd like to do it.
It can be mundane, or low fantasy. I don't feel like doing a high fantasy, Naruto style setting. The kind of Ninja I'm thinking of is more the tradition Ninja.
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Water Akira
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8 yrs ago
Sure! I'll probably play as a samurai or something like that
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Thanks. Azel PMed me yesterday about doing this 1v1, but hasn't gotten back to me about a response. If he comes back, we'll have three. I don't have a story down. Just the setting, so if you have any suggestions I'm all ears. I'm thinking my ninja will try to infiltrate a Daimyo's home to steal, kill, or both. He will need someone to try to stop him.
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Okay cool! I can help put together some story.
My character could be trying to protect the same area that your ninja is going to.
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Definitely. I've been thinking, we could do this for either drama or comedy. I'm fine either way. We could do this Saturday Morning Cartoon style, where he voices his actions every time he does something. "Ninja sneak". "Ninja shuriken". Your character chases mine into a dark room. He doesn't know where the ninja is, until he hears "Ninja vanish" whispered in the dark. My ninja will stop at nothing, until he finds the Daimyo...and throws a pie in his face. And when he eats pies, he says "Seppieku".
If that sounds hilarious to you, we could do it, but if you'd rather a serious RP, we could do that too. I am a lover of both comedy and drama. Actually you could have your character be totally serious either way. The best foil for a comedian is a deadpan snarker.
Funny; I was wanting to do a Feudal Japan roleplay (basically the same thing) but with emphasis on the Sengoku period (Warring States).
I was going to host a RP called Ronin a while ago ( http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/61317/posts/ooc#post-1891129 ) but never got around to it.
I think it would be fun to set up a setting similar to the Sengoku period (clans vying for power over a divided land) and let the players decide their place in it.
You may be a peasant intent on rebelling against your tyrannical ruler.
You may be a Ronin (masterless samurai) acting as a mercenary to the various Shoguns throughout the land.
You may be a Samurai who swears loyalty to your clan and fights to obtain victory.
You may be someone fighting for personal reasons.
You may be a Ronin/Samurai who resorts to espionage and assassination to achieve their goals (Ninja).
You guys may even group up and form your _own _clan
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We could do that, if we want the story to be that large in scale. I'm not going to turn anyone away, especially before the story is really set up. Like I said, I want to do an RP where I'm a ninja. Anything else is up to whoever joins.
Well, I'd be pretty interested in this if someone decides to GM it. And
**NINJAAAAAAAA**
Color_Weaver
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4 yrs ago
Have to see the OOC first but I do have an interest.
Dinh AaronMk my beloved (french coded)
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So what you're saying is you want to trim the Daimyo's shrubbery as you wait for a chance to slip arsenic into his tea?
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I'm not the best at running a thread, and we're filling in the blanks for the OOC right now.
I like to think I have good intentions as a host with some potentially exciting ideas, but I'm a terrible, _terrible _roleplayer.
So the players are not spread out, we could minimize the conflict to a specific area in the land. For example, in the game "Way of the Samurai 3" you had three factions: the Ouka clan, Shuzan Fujimori, and the Peasants; we could have like 3-4 clans in a specific region vying for power. This way it will separate the players, but keep them relatively connected (as in, not have each player be part of a separate clan, destroying possible character development between them).
Another idea I had was starting to copy Star Wars, but I liked it. It mixed Chinese and Japanese elements. It concerned a dojo where the Grandmaster taught his students in the ways of the Samurai (warriors), Ninja (rogues), and Monks (mages). The dojo was located atop a mountain, and the only way up the mountain was to climb the treacherous slopes; only then could one prove themselves they had the determination, strength, and courage for the Grandmaster to train them. Unfortunately, the Grandmaster's former ally returns on his flying machines and devastates the dojo, kills the Grandmaster, and many of the students are killed. The survivors must then descend into darkness as they try to find a way to defeat this old 'ally' and put an end to his schemes.
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Those sound like interesting ideas to me. The second may be a little cliche, but if that doesn't bother anyone else it won't bother me.
Water Akira
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8 yrs ago
I'm up for anything, especially if we have at least four people involved. I'm happy to help with storyline or push forward plot, or if someone else wants to do it, that's perfectly fine too. Happy to help any way I can
Enigma Mostly Harmless
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2 yrs ago
Is this still a thing? I'm cautiously interested : )
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Hopefully. I was waiting for more opinions about ideas posted above. Still trying to iron out details before we jump into it.
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