"Let's wing it!" the RP

[ArenaSnow]

You lot are more optimistic than I...

[Gareth]

I'm interested.

[ArenaSnow]

@Gareth The question now... is the Gm interested?

[Gareth]

@ArenaSnow, my educated guess = G.m. was interested and then life happened, and so our story here never had a chance to begin.

I still cross my fingers.

[Takashi]

Well, while we're waiting we can at least discuss some preliminary stuff to keep this alive. We'll be making whatever characters we like, but we should decide on an upper limit of power to keep things under control. Also, we need to pick a general setting. So, Maybe we can shoot out some ideas, then have a vote on straw poll for which one we like the best?

[Rin]

Going to suggest a kitchen sink kind of thing, either because that's just the way the world is or due to bleedthrough from other realities or... Something. Makes it easier to allow people to use whatever they want.

...And I think as long as we're not tossing around Silver Age Supermen or Super Saiyans or overdeities or anything ridiculous like that, power levels shouldn't be something we'll need to worry about too much. As long as everyone is sensible, it should work out fine. XD

[Ace of Jacks]

Okay well that's fine. Like @Takashi is saying, theres a good lot of us so we can discuss how we want this to go down while we wait. It doesnt seem like the GM had a clear idea of what they wanted, just the basic concept, so I doubt anything we think up will stray to anything they had in mind when/if they return. If it turns out they dont come back, which I'm guessing they might not, then we'll just roll with what we've got.

On setting, ill throw in my hat on a modern setting.

Hmmm..I dont know what we're all thinking will come out of this RP, but are there any of us who may have have an outlandish character in mind, such as possibly non-humanoid or powers and magic?

[Gareth]

Ok I understand we're brainstorming here, so:
Settings could be:

1.)

Space-Age: A group of companions on board some sort of vehicle that can handle travel within space. The group could travel to various planets to learn about them. A plot for this space setting could be that there is an incoming supernova, (or star explosion), that has the potential to wipe out the entire universe, leaving nothing behind. Our characters need to find a way to save the universe.

So: Group vs. Supernova

2.)

Medieval Times with Magic

Our characters are living in a time of kingdoms, where there are wielders of magic, rebellions to overthrow rulers, spies or 'insiders' to complete 'tasks' in secret, performers that entertain and more. A plot for this setting could be that one individual has taken control of an artifact that has enhanced their magical powers well beyond that of an average mage. This artifact has also corrupted them, making their desires for power and violence overule everything else. They shortly thereafter decide that the world will be theirs.

We do not want to be under their rule, and so we work towards stopping 'the dark one.'

So: Good vs. Evil.

[Rin]

I think the problem with those two is they're a bit too defined for what this seems to be. ^^; Honestly, all we really need is the most barebones kind of thing that lets people use whatever they want without it seeming unfitting to the world.

[Gareth]

So should one of us create a character sheet and just let someone start posting and we follow and add our own creativity post by post?

[VitaVitaAR]

I think that the whole thing with this is to make a setting that's fairly barebones so people can basically use whatever. So... like Rin said.

[ArenaSnow]

Well, if this does go anywhere, I might bring in my Realmswalker who, well... the name describes it.

[Takashi]

I agree with Vita and Rin. We don't want to set up a specific plot. The setting should just be a place where our characters are. With that said, it should be specific enough that we don't have a rain forest next to a glacier, but broad enough that any kind of characters, sci-fi or fantasy based, could fit in. My suggestion would be a sort of hodge-podge village. It has houses, a school, and a mix of whatever aesthetics we need to accommodate the characters. We could say that all resources that our characters would need to function - guns, magic scrolls, medicine, jet fuel, whatever - could be available through "travelling traders" in the village. This will let people make whatever they want to make.

I've participated in RPs of this nature before, and they can definitely work so long as the players are willing to sacrifice cohesion for freedom. The plot derives from the interactions of the characters alone, and I would recommend players having a single primary character that they focus on, but can be free to introduce temporary "antagonist" characters to mix up the status quo a bit. We don't have to do this, but I am just speaking from experience of things that I have seen work.

[ArenaSnow]

Well, if you folks need a conflict character, I could dream one up... the above sounds pretty reasonable to me.

[Rin]

@TakashiLooks good to me, really.

@ArenaSnowEh, maybe better to work on the protagonists first. I like Takashi's idea of temporary antagonist characters, really; in fact if we really need conflict we could always take turns to play an "arc villain", if that makes sense. But we'll see how things turn out I guess.

[Takashi]

Just cause I'm bored, I whipped up a CS. I think it has all the information we'll need, but is generic enough to allow for any kind of character. Let me know if you think we should change anything.

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Appearance:

Items: (Include any weapons, tools, equipment, etc. that your character carries)

Abilities: (Include any powers, notable skills, or specialized knowledge that your character has)

Background: (A brief summary of your character’s past)

Other: (Anything else that we should know about your character)

[Takashi]

So, it's been about a week and no reply from the OP. If you guys are still interested in doing this, we should probably set up our own thread for it.

[Rin]

So, it's been about a week and no reply from the OP. If you guys are still interested in doing this, we should probably set up our own thread for it.

@Takashi

Eheh, yeah... Want to do the honours? Since you seem to have done the most work on this thus far anyways. XD

[VitaVitaAR]

I'm still interested.

[Takashi]

Sure. I'll set up an OOC based on what we talked about here. I'll post the link here once it's all together.