Balthazar007

Original Adventure using Discord

@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!

The Portal

The Portal

First, please make sure to read the Intro found in the IC section.
Return here after you are finished.

Before we dive in, let me explain the mechanics of this RP, because it is a little different than normal.

We will be using Discord for two hours a day, one day out of every week. That day will either be a Saturday or Sunday. Every Monday, we will discuss exactly when that will be, depending on our schedules that week. Hopefully by midweek every week, we will have decided on an exact time. We will still be using the IC section here for character development and time gap summaries, but character interactions will take place on Discord. This lets conversations and action sequences flow more naturally.

Please don't post in the IC section that week, if you don't think that you'll be able to join the Discord chat that week. You can, however, talk in the OOC section and post character sheet(s).

So that's basically the structure of this RP. Moving right along...

In this RP, you will be playing the part of one of the people that were in range of the mysterious light. Maybe your character lived or worked in the area. Maybe they were just unfortunate enough to be commuting through the area. Maybe they were a tourist or business person from another country. Almost anything is possible, considering the location.

From here, you'll need to know some spoiler information about the plot.

First of all, your characters did not "die" when they were caught inside the light, at least not in a sense. Their consciousness was instead transported to an unknown world and into the body of a recently deceased person on that planet. By recently deceased, it is meant that the body you find yourself in had JUST died through some unexpected means. When your consciousness landed in the body, it also healed the body of whatever injury or illness had just killed it.

This means that you will have to make two character sheets: one for your character as they were here on Earth; one for the body that they now inhabit. More on this later.

Back to the necessary spoiler information.

The planet on which you find yourself is much like Earth, but far more intense. Think steampunk. As your character will quickly find out, the countries of this entire planet have been in intense war for as long as history dates back. Technology is a little more advanced than Earth of 2040, but far more crude in its use. Instead of focusing on clean energy and curing disease, this planet's resources have been spent on war. This isn't to say that gun-toting chaos reigns supreme. In fact, quite the opposite can be said to be true.

While most of the planet is ravaged in war, there are plenty of well defended cities, where life inside is relatively normal. There are sports, clubs, bars, and all sorts of entertainment, as well as schools, hospitals, government buildings, and other things that make up a city. The main difference here is that, because everyone on this planet has only known war times, pretty much everyone is aggressive and ready to fight at any time. To keep the peace, cities are heavily policed.

Now, back to building your character's "body".

What you'll want to know first is that everyone on this planet is stronger, faster, and more durable than humans on Earth. Basically, they have evolved for combat. Now of course, since everyone is this way, you don't have some advantage over other people, and you're not going to be able to go busting down doors with ease, because they are obviously build to be sturdier. So in actuality, while you are stronger now, you're also at a disadvantage, because you have to adjust to the new body.

Beyond your physical attributes, your character's body could have been in any number of vocations. Maybe you (as in your body) was a doctor, or a soldier, or an athlete, or any number of possibilities. Or maybe you landed in the body of an out of work mother or child. Basically, anything is possible.

Whatever your body's past was, will also come with inherent skills. So if your character was a pizza delivery boy here on Earth, but they landed in the body of a doctor or soldier, they will now have the knowledge of said doctor/soldier.

What's more, you will also find fuzzy memories that aren't quite your own, the memories of your former body. These memories aren't readily accessible, but may occasionally come to you as flashbacks or dreams. And if the former owner of your body had any particular habits or dominating personality traits, you will now find yourself compelled by these urges; of course you can fight them; you don't have to give in to them.

With all this in mind, you can now begin to draft your character sheets. I will have character sheet layouts officially posted in the Characters section soon enough. In the mean time, you can brainstorm and make rough drafts.

Any Questions?

The Portal

The Portal

Intro

The year was 2040, during a time of relative peace on Earth. Technology had proven useful in solving many of the world's problems such as sickness and hunger, and fossil fuels were almost completely out of the picture. One would think that this would be a great time to slow down and smell the roses, but that has never been mankind's strong suit. With the compounding nature of technology, it was only a matter of time before one of our leaps took us too far.

It was an unassuming, Spring day in the middle of Manhattan, New York... when it all went wrong. Recounts of the event are fuzzy at best, but what everyone can agree on is the light, a light that blinded everyone in the area, despite the already sunny day. It formed a dome, expanding multiple city blocks. It appeared in a flash and lasted for a disorienting twenty seconds.

When the light finally disappeared (as quickly as it came) an inexplicable, horrifying realization became apparent. Every person, tree, animal, and basically any living thing within its range, had disappeared as well. Also, every drop of water in the area was gone, despite the heavy rain the night before...

One year later, the 10,000+ missing persons from that day have all been declared deceased. And no one has stepped forward to claim responsibility for the catastrophe, presumably because the people involved were among the missing. At least, that is the official statement.

Original Adventure using Discord

@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.

Original Adventure using Discord

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

Original Adventure using Discord

@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.

Original Adventure using Discord

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!

Pokemon: Earth

Alright, how about I start in Springfeild, Missouri? Say he's going west?

If we're trying to get everyone together, Send me to Pittsburg and I will make my way to the coast.

@Birdboy

Sorry, I thought I replied to this days ago, but it looks like I didn't hit send...

While I think it would be good to have some of the characters meet up, that has not been discussed yet. I suggest you reach out to the others directly, and see who would be interested in teaming up.

Pokemon: Earth

@Balthazar007 I was hoping to have this be a little after he's started his adventure and I did intend for him to be getting ready for his first gym.

As for where I start, I haven't thought about that. I reckon that I'd want to be closer to where the other players might be, but I don't know where that is.

@Birdboy

The other players are spread out in the USA. If you click on the picture of the globe in the first IC post, you'll be taken to a Google map with everyone's location displayed.

Pokemon: Storm

@iKatamalicious@prettydrops

This wasn't the event of the century, or even the event of the month. It was more like the event of the week. The stadium was only a quarter full by the time Margo took her seat, but people were still coming in the doors. They were probably going to be looking at a half full stadium (approximately 30,000 people). But to the many new trainers, these numbers would prove to be quite nerve wreaking.

Indigo was being held in a large waiting room, with hundreds of other trainers. Some looked just as nervous as he did. Others had a polished air of confidence surrounding them. And as the judge had explained to them an hour ago, only the top sixty four trainers would make it passed the first appeals. Then there would be the group appeals, where four trainers at a time would make appeals one after another, and only the crowd favorite would move forward to the one on one coordinator battles.

"Indigo Rose!" The proctor shouted for the third time in a row. "Mr. Indigo Rose, you're on deck in five minutes! You need to report to the stage side! Mr. Indigo Rose!" The man then grumbled to himself, obviously unhappy with his job.