ArkmageddonCat

Blades of Iron Roses: An Anime-Inspired Fantasy Knight RP

Well this looks pretty neat-o...

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Slice of Life isn’t usually my thing, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t interested.

Why so many 18+ marked roleplayings?

I personally started using the 18+ tag in my RPs for the presence of darker themes and gore, but I keep almost exclusively to Casual group RPs. Pretty much agree with Pugbutter, too.

I’d have to agree with Haley too, most 1x1s consist of potential smut in every conceivable romance plot. So, if you’re up for it, I’d definitely browse through Free or Casual (some Free RPs run almost exactly like in Casual, so it’s all about preference).

And to add my own two cents: you’re not alone in feeling overlooked, like your threads don’t exist or people just don’t show up or show any interest. I’ve been there, many times. I’ve had a few threads gather interest just to die off in a few weeks because over half of the people either don’t come in from the interest check or literally just don’t log in again for months.
Now, I’m not exactly a confident GM, so maybe that has something to do with it. Maybe it shows. In your case, it could be the age of your account. Who really knows...

The Black Undeath

@Nerdude As a heads up, since I’m not sure if you receive email notifications or if you look for new posts on the thread before logging in, I’m switching discussion to PMs.

The Black Undeath

Hell, dude, I’m pretty much in the same boat. I won’t be running this with the same set of rules.

The Black Undeath

Alright, so... I’ve blown way past both my original and the amended ETA for getting the RP revamped and rebooted. Work is being done, and it’s getting done much faster now, but I think it’s fair to say that I’ve sorely underestimated the amount of time this would take to do.

I feel like I’m stringing you guys along (not that you’re forced to stay here), and I might’ve already lost both of you, but I’m gonna be honest; I have no idea when this will be ready to go again. That’s not to say this won’t be finished, or won’t be rebooted, because I have every intention of doing just that. If you’re still interested by the time I finish refurbishing this thing then you can rest assured that it will get another run at life. Until then, I’ll try to keep posting updates here from time to time - assuming either of you are still around to participate, and maybe give some feedback on some of the changes (nothing that won’t be available at the start of the reboot, though, should spoilers concern you).

On a more positive note, I’m pretty satisfied with the progress I’ve made thus far, and I feel the RP is well on its way to becoming what I had originally envisioned. The introduction has received a facelift, and now feels more... dramatic. I’ve almost totally rewritten (and expanded) the descriptions of the Bone Men and the Liches, and so now they are presented more like stories than some kind of database entries. Rhogein has received its first wave of additions to flesh it out now that the other regions have been dropped for the time being, among other changes and reworks here and there. Every time I complete another piece of this puzzle I feel it getting closer to the original vision. The world already feels more... visceral, and I hope others will think the same.
It might’ve just been me, but this run was far more of a depression-fest than I had planned for it to be. That isn’t a bad thing, of course, because it makes sense. The world is fucked, it’s overrun by the dead and we’ve been forced to hide in the safety of what walled cities still remain, and... we just have to live with it. But none of that accounts for hope. Hope that the undead can be stopped, that the world can be returned to some semblance of normalcy, and that Cartelom is the best chance we have. This time I’m trying to make sure there’s hope shining clearly in the dark.

Then again, maybe it’s all just getting a bit too overdramatic.

The Black Undeath

found this an interesting video on Arrow & Armor interaction.
youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE

@Nerdude

I keep seeing that in my recommendeds, I need to watch it at some point.

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Update on the RP: last week my car was in the shop, so I had to get rides and of course my schedule got all messed up. Now my car's out and I'm now a permanent ride to college for my girlfriend, so it's all messed up again. Luckily we go to the same school so it's not to bad, and I'll have time before my classes that I can use to work on stuff for this or for school... so it's not all bad.

I've managed to make slight progress through all of this, but once I can adjust to this new schedule I should be able to make more.

The Black Undeath

@Nerdude Yeah, I know... I just don't want to take too long. But I can't force this stuff out, either...

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@pugbutter Alright, I suppose I could try to do that. I wanted the monster descriptions to appear more like journal entries of someone who is researching and studying them. I'll also have to rewrite a lot of my descriptions, if not all of them, but I can still use the completed descriptions for once we've had adequate exposure to each individual enemy type.

In relation to what you're asking for, I've tried to refrain from listing strengths and weaknesses in the monster descriptions in favor of rough estimates of the monsters' power levels (like the Dread Knight being able to tear through ranks of men, though that's something I'll want to tweak as it sounds... just kind of ridiculous and unreasonably powerful) and, at most, only hints as to potential weaknesses of each. Though... I'm not sure if any weaknesses are actually referenced in the descriptions, but I'm pretty sure I did mention using a mace to counter Bone Men and/or Dread Knights in the IC (using the prior knowledge that maces are effective at countering armor and crushing bones). But... if I unwittingly reveal any weaknesses in the monster descriptions, please tell me - cause I clearly didn't catch it.

Also, the starting monsters are going to be the most well documented as they've been around the longest and, especially in the case of Liches and Bone Men, are quite common. Following along with what you've said, though, I'll readdress the Ghoul and Dread Knight descriptions to remove some of the finer details and add more mystique as those two are rarer. I'll also be touching up the Lich and Bone Men descriptions to be more realistic (by which I mean Bone Men will become the first undead to rise, and the Liches will then be the second. And, in addition to touching up on and adding a couple of other monsters to the starting roster, I'll add some name-only entries to the list as well (by which I mean either utterly empty or short and vague descriptions, and only the names that people have taken to calling them), and hopefully that's more like what you're wanting?

The Black Undeath

@ArkmageddonCat
Hey, it's been two weeks and I in no means intend to sound or be pushy, but you've got a small update on the state of things?

@Nerdude

tl;dr - I throw out some excuses, give a small update, go on and on about... I don't eve remember what, honestly... aaand I ask you guys for some feedback in the last paragraph.

I'm sensitive to schedule changes, and once my summer classes ended it really messed me up. It was also my first two weeks since the start of the summer that I had nothing to do, and no need to take my medicine. Now, I'm not sure if my medicine helps keep my inspiration flowing, or what, but my brain pretty much went dead. Didn't know what to do, couldn't think of anything. And then there was the sweet and deadly trap of video games - which is entirely my own fault. I knew my creative process was fragile, but I didn't know it was this fragile.

Nonsense aside, I still have the progress I made before my two week break, and now that my fall semester has started I'm back on my adderall and can pace around the campus instead of the confines of my home where everybody gets annoyed by it. Cartelom was getting a lot of updates, I dropped the other regions, and I've had issues trying to develop a less sandbox-y delivery of the story - specifically in the introduction phase.

I suppose the most unfortunate news, aside from... y'know... wasting a whole two weeks, is that most of my work for this RP, period, has been put into making new enemy types. So... probably have prioritization issues as well, though inspiration is pretty come and go, hit or miss, with me.

Hm... maybe I could use a co-GM or something? But I don't want to, like... end up relying on them or something... I don't know, didn't get any sleep last night so I'm struggling a little bit here. Uh...

You know what? Let's just... get some involvement back in here. Since you two are still along for the ride, are there any changes you'd like to see or anything you think could use some expanding on, specifically? I know we talked about adding images, and I am planning on doing that at this point. I was also planning on expanding the earlier monster descriptions that I came up with, as they're not as lengthy/detailed as the ones I've written up since (which are still relatively short, seeing as they're just descriptions), but any time I've tried that I just... can't think of anything to add. Doesn't mean I'll stop trying, though, now that I'm easing back into working on this stuff.

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