Hekazu

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

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I feel like if you can't explain it at the appropriate time and place and be able to justify your actions/reactions in the IC, this would be the wrong place to be writing. Show, not tell, as the say. However it's a minor if annoying point that won't tip the scales so this is just for the sake of devils advocate.

@The Scotsman

Indeed, many should be more than able to know where their character is rooted and whatnot. But when we, as a group, are attempting to steer the plot, it in my opinion be quite beneficial to know where the other characters stand and where they are coming from. For example, it might be easier to suggest a course of action that would rely on another character's connections if one knew of said connections. Speaking of OOC interaction of course. I would thus place my confidence on sharing the story of the individual, at least in broad strokes, rather than to leave it fully in the dark. Personality though, those details are less important to the building of the story and and a general, almost handwavy approach would not be questioned in my book.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

While the proposed idea of bumping the interest check(s) is an option, with the current level of activity shown I am unsure if that will be a fruitful endeavour. As things are, I am afraid I will have to shelf this RP for another attempt at running it in the future. With this OOC post, I declare the RP over for my part. Perhaps another time in the future, we may see more success.

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Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

I'd edit the first post to include everything that's been decided on, for everyone's convenience.

@SleepingSilence

Keeping the 0th post feature reserved for that. Putting that up once we have everything in a neat and agreed upon form!

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

Thought I'd share what I have for my character concept as of right now.

As I said earlier, might as well make a gangster. So meet Croaks. Not his real name, but that's what everyone who knows him knows him as. Croaks is part of a riverside gang, operating in one of the many slum zones and making a living out of drowning informants, making strikes at ferries (mostly public transport), hiding evidence, what have you. The Amphibians isn't a large group of people, but they do have a good spot for themselves and they've been entrenched for a good while. Not the least thanks to Lt. Davison's combat supplies.

Now he and his brother from another mother, Ribby, have come across a problem though. No more stuff. And with their little numbers and dwindling ammo counts, that's going to add up to a disaster. So better get a move on.

Which is to say, anyone who might be interested in the role of the other gang guy should bring it up with me. That could be an interesting brainstorm session.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

What do we want in a character sheet...

Well, Cyberware and personal weapons, as well as most of the protective gear should probably be mentioned. Then if they have any important connections, the type of an area they reside in... bit of background is a no-brainer more or less, unless we want our characters to be in the dark about one another. But we all can keep OOC information from interfering IC or we wouldn't be doing this thing, so it is better to just have it there, makes tying them up in the story an easier task.

And we must not forget that cyberpunk, like all the punk genres, is all about style. Appearance has to be pretty detailed, I believe. Or images can be brought in, if not both. That's my two cents on it.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

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I like that alternative suggestion too! In the interest of promoting discussion, I'm going to be awkward and vote for Davison's (just realised I've been spelling wrong, apologies) status to be unknown. 1) Greater potential for the plot and the various characters on various leads to track him down through a large number of different avenues. 2) Whether we help him or not, that can be an entire extra plot on the end, so we are doubling our potential longevity here by tracking and then dealing with him. 3) It would be a great exercise in the 'GM-less' concept, by having the players decide the status of Davison once they have found him by looking at the previous stories tying into one and figuring out whether him dead or alive would benefit the preceding story more. Those are my personal opinions on the matter, anyway.

@The Scotsman

If we head in that direction, depending on the number of players involved, we might even be able to maintain multiple player groups at once, all doing their own investigations. A bunch of investigators who have the case outsourced to them by the corporate folk, a few of the police and even a couple gangstas just lookin' to see where their stuff guy went. Just a few additional thoughts that popped to my mind.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

Just putting this out there so I'm not spammed with tags later. I do not intend to participate further at this point. I have too many concerns to be comfortable doing as much lore work as I previously intended.

@Sierra

Very well. I can understand something experimental being a bit more volatile than desired for something like what you describe. Perhaps we will meet again later under different circumstances!

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

where that discord link

@DeadDrop

You should find it on the top bar of the guild, the button that says Discord, right between the Users button and the PMs/Subscriptions/etc. panel. We have largely done our preplanning over on the #rp_discussions channel of the official Roleplayer Guild Discord.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

@The Scotsman
The story options presented remain largely in those we have discussed previously in the Discord, though a few people have voiced a distinct preference towards the plot where we join Lt. Davison in trying to get out of the pile of trouble he'd buried himself in when he acted as a salesman for the gear. The idea of the investigator being hired by a relative (or perhaps even the corporation to make sure things proceed smoothly?) seems good to me!

Bonus points for drama between gangsters who are employed from different gangs, and/or mob members from those Davison did not hire his help from, thinking the man sold out to the other gangs. I might as well make my primary character a gang type of guy.

Printed guns, melded metal - An experimental GM-less Cyberpunk RP

It appears to be a good fit, as long as we seek an option where Lt. Davison is dead. Thus far, I believe, we have had a few people voice their interest for him being alive and perhaps even with the group however. We should likely discuss the story approach we want to begin with before we go and create too many characters that may or may not fit in the one approach we end up taking.