Rina Daltis

TOP 10 GREATEST RP FAILURES NOT CLICKBAIT YOU WON’T BELIEVE THESE TRUE STORIES 😱😱😱

Heh, I've had many frankly terrible experiances in my what 7-8? I think now (god I feel old) years of rping, on most sites I've used. Though quite a few I don't chalk up to failures, they were good learning experiances, especially my first few rps. I learned a lot from those.

I'm not really the most active in the rp community anymore, but I would like to share a few stories so I can continue to pretend to myself that I haven't dropped out completely.

My first biggest failure was in playing characters I thought other people would like, rather than ones I enjoy myself. For so long I placed myself in a mindset where I had to write a certain type of character, because that's what other people on the site were using (different site) so these characters became just horrible for me to write and I didn't realise this. Eventually leading to me ghosting more than my fair share of rps mostly because I just got so tired of playing my character I would try to get out of their headspace and leave it. (And I was an idiot 15yr old)

My second and probably biggest failure is not understanding when to step back from an rp and let people know about problems going on behind the scenes. Or just have eyes bigger than my stomach.

I had an rp back on a previous site, probably my second biggest rp I've been in, or at the very least the largest I dmed. It started pretty well tbh, it was just meant to be a small thing I threw together after watching a really cool sci-fi based video on Youtube. I watched it and thought "oh, that looks like a realy cool setting" I should start an rp.

And that was initially it, me and a few others chugging along in what was essentially an entirely character driven mostly slice-of-life rp, set in a semi-interesting setting.

It was at that point things got a bit out of hand, the big sci-fi rp on that site had died and I'd (kinda) become friends with many of the people from it at which point my mind came up with the best possible decision. Why not try and have my rp become this "big" rp and do an rp for all the old rpers, bring them in? Needless to say this didn't go too well.

I'd just started Uni at the same time and life got a bit ... overwhelming, But because I refused to take a step backwards, Order 227 style I ended up stretching myself a bit thin. Led to a few fallouts which ultimately ended the rp. Tbh after that and another rp slowly dying I've rarely had the energy to get myself back into rping. Occasionally I try, but RL and gaming with my mates seem to have become more and more my main outlet, especially as life has gotten busier.

So if there's any reccomendation I can give from this whole ramble, its don't be afraid sometimes to take a step back and give yourself some "you" time. You'll almost certainly be better off because of it.

To the Depths (Underwater sci-fi adventure)

A few updates - the first being the CS!

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The second being a few extra bits of information. Starting with my discord: Sir Hawke#4666 , I'm usually quite active there so if people want to chat to me easier that is the place to go. Some additional information with this being that the adventure will start with the crew in orbit decending down towards the planet which they will get to explore, discovering the threats and mapping out the locations as they go.

There will be plenty of time should people want it for character development and exploration into new facities to face new creatures and threats.

To the Depths (Underwater sci-fi adventure)

@Virgil Thanks ^^, I'm glad you're interested in it. Some mystery and action with little dashes of underwater horrror

As for post rate, I was in part waiting to see what would be best for the players once I managed to gather some. I would usually go at least once a week, but I know I have a little bit more free time than others might so I wanna see what people think there.

To the Depths (Underwater sci-fi adventure)

@Lumiere Excellent! I'll be happy to have you onboard!

And yeah I love Subnautica, all the way it builds up suspense are so masterful. (That and I love the sea anyway and a sci-fi ocean? Even better) Lots of exploration of the depths and creatures lurking just beyond sight. As well as very pretty sea creatures too

To the Depths (Underwater sci-fi adventure)

Tell-Ir: The 3rd planet of the Trion system, a water world of great beauty and diversity not seen in all the Aquariums of the Scion Empire! A place of great scientific study for the marvelous forms of flora and fauna! Why not spare a few credits and come visit, you don't want to miss out!

The flashing light flickered one more time before shutting down completely, it's seeming determination finally giving up the inexorable battle against a draining battery. With all signs of life depleted, the sign would slowly fall towards the surface of the planet, another piece of debris to fall back to a planet's surface.

That however wasn't what concerned Ragmir, he'd been a researcher stationed on that damned planet once and he knew how underfunded everything was down there. It was at the edge of the empire, by the Builders! No one visited, or at least when someone did they didn't have much cash to burn, so a single satellite going down wasn't really that big of a deal. No, what really made him worry was that this was the last satellite going offline.

There'd been no distress signal, nothing to indicate any power failings or attacks ... In fact he was actually just returning after 15 years away to catch up with all the researchers he'd left behind after finally getting a promotion to somewhere actually civilised. In all this time he'd always receive updates, small back and forths with ex-colleagues and never had any of them mentioned it closing, in fact they'd been really excited about discoveries of late. Even with the underfunding there'd been no corporate order to leave, in fact the research was still going strong, or at least as strong as it always had been.

That this was all some sort of elaborate prank had crossed his mind, but ... to shut off everything? They didn't have the funding to replace all this, surely it couldn't be that!

If he was gonna find out what was going on down there, he was gonna need help. The insectoid just hoped that he could find some in time.

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Hey thanks for checking this rp idea out. I'm going for a kinda typical fun sci-fi action/adventure story here, with a couple of added extras. The majority of the plot will take place on the research base or beneath the waves below it so I hope you enjoy water. Its got an atmosphere of something close to subnautica crossed with Aliens (only without the instant slaughter of half the team within minutes of touchdown) There'll be time for some character development, as well as plenty of action scenes once the threat really gets going.

The idea for your characters would be people at a local station who were interested by the money (or simply the adventure) and responded to Ragmir's distress call

Especially since this is my first one that I've GMed in a while, I'm not going to go too heavily into the rules. Just if making a sci-fi race for this, make sure it's not too powerful, I will be checking through on any applications to make sure they're reasonably balanced. Especially for the later stages.

If people are interested I'll get to setting up a CS and Discord to further discuss. I hope you enjoyed the pitch. Feel free to drop me a PM too if you have any questions

Echoes of the past (Space opera)

Updated for extra info, though if anyone has any questions, please do ask, either here or in dms.

Echoes of the past (Space opera)

ECHOES OF THE PAST

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A galaxy of life, great beasts roaming through the abyss dancing along magnificent ships cutting their way through the black depths. Creatures of all shapes living side by side, from the mighty Creatas to the beautiful Taren. It is a galaxy where life is rarely ever boring, yet for many who seek ever more adventure, there is the practice of "echo hunting".

The Builders - a species now long forgotten left their artefacts scattered all over the galaxy, which are for the most part - deactivated. Yet occasiaonly some fuse sparks into action and for a second it comes to life and in that moment a signal goes out, a ringing echo within ones head. All that's left is to follow the signal back and find whatever awaits, braving space creatures and other hunters alike in the pursuit of the goal.

It is a risky job, braving the soldiers of the great empire of Scion to the mysterious agents of Penumbra academy, but if one succeeds each artifact could net vast amounts of cash, or perhaps something more could be found?

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Basic info!

Hey, thanks for checking out this little interest check, I hope the little taster of what this world is like intregues you. This rp is planned to be quite a traditional "epic" space opera, full of weird species, ancient artefacts and lots and lots of adventure. The idea of the rp is that you play a group of "echo hunters" who each for their own reasons have chosen to go out into the depths of space to seek the artefacts left behind by the Builders.

The characters would make up the small crew of one of these Echo hunting ships, having just ventured back out into the unkown and recived the trail of another echo, this one on the borders of Scion space. It's up to them to find this atrefact and perhaps begin unwraveling a trail leading to the greatest secret of the Builders.

The plan is to progress the story forward at a relatively quick pace, giving enough time for character development, but hopefully keeping it quick enough to ensure progress. I'm going to attach some world info on factions/races bellow and I will say, most of this is here as background info, you don't have to read too much of it, apart from the species tab for character info. (though if you wish to introduce your own species or factions, please do speak with me so I can make sure they fit in right)

There isn't a section on them yet as I'm still properly writing up the detail - but a basic description of the stellar entities are a host of bio-mechanical creatures which inhabit space alongside the more sentient races. Ranging from small translucent rock creatures which flitter between asteroids, teleporting space turtles and the truly vast Isaeri who blot out even the biggest of ships.

But if you're here for some good old galaxy spanning space opera sci-fi fun, then please hop on in and later today I'll get a character sheet up! And if you have any questions, please do ask and I'll be happy to try and answer them.

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The Factions!

The Factions

Scion - The oldest and largest galactic domain. Founded by Creatas scholars and engineers after discovering younger and newer species. It’s primary directives are to keep galactic order and use its vast resources to understand and investigate all the “echoes” and ruins left behind by the Builders, however it’s better resources and production has led to several wars against the “Careless” to ensure that precious artefacts are owned solely by it.

Awakened Hive - The central Stratori faction, dominated by the leaders of old, all struggling to adapt in this new space age. It is by far one of the smallest galactic factions, with only a few dozen systems, but those it does own, it fiercely holds onto and defends with fleets and war hives. Despite a hatred for outsiders the occasional Stratori can be seen venturing from its land to explore the outside.

“Enclave” - The unknown home of humanity, a supposed bastion, always moving, always shifting, protected by the largest of the wanderer fleets. Always out of sight and secretive, this bastion provides a home away from it all for humans. Though few outsiders have truly visited the Enclave, it’s presence is still known throughout the galaxy. Some even believe that it was constructed out of old Builder stations.

Galactic Union - A loose coalition of planets and systems, existing on the fringe of Scion space. These people have banded together to protect both themselves and the fragile peace which exists in their sector. Proportions wise, it is the most diverse of the large galactic bodies. Has people dedicated to observing the “Builder” wrecks/echoes, but is the least obsessed with them of any major factions.

“Core systems” - The Core systems are the worlds surrounding the home of the Zhu-Anyi. Heavily organised and militaristic they are led by their spiritual leaders to find strength in the Infinite. In a constant war with the Awakened, with whom they share a mutual border. The war has caused several disagreements with Scion too as the massive empire has yet to move in to contain the war, other issues pulling the great power’s attention away.

Has Cartel - Led by a secretive (in most cases) cabal of tech experts and historians. These people have been able to get their hands on one extremely rare Builder cloaking tech and while they are unable to replicate said phenomena, they’re able to reverse engineer it into a mostly function/stable device for their own people. Obsessed with finding out more about the Builders and their technology and believe it should be kept locked away for everyone's safety.

Penumbra academy - A special academy of psychers dedicated to the collection of Esper and the training of new psychers. They mostly stay out of general politics, instead choosing to keep mostly to themselves, though in rare occasions their services can be given for large shipments of Esper.

“Wanderers” - A term given to those nomads outside of the wandering fleets aligned with the Enclave. Mostly centari in nature, these people are known for their city-ships, vast structures blotting out nearly every other ship, yet still dwarfed by the biggest of the stellar entities

Mechanus - A loose term for a coalition of A.I and entirely cybernetic peoples. They live out near the fringe of the galaxy and are famous for their Digital-Hive. A neural network people of the Mechanus are able to upload themselves into then download into a different body somewhere else.

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The species!

The Species

Creatas - The large crab-like creatures with inbuilt warp functions. If full they can expend a lot of energy to warp small distances, taking their local vicinity (a small bubble around the creature) with them. The oldest race besides “The Builders” These people are seen by the galaxy as self-indulgent, arrogant and controlling. Yet Scion - the empire founded by the Creatas sees itself as ancient scholars doing their part to protect the galaxy and keep order. (H)

Centari - Originating on a harsh and almost inhospitable world, these insectoidal creatures were the only ones who continued to adapt long-enough to use tools and gain a foothold on their barren planet. This has given rise to heavy self-modification technology, giving a stereotype among other races as always modding and changing themselves. Members of this race were the first to found the Digital-Hive (N/H) Their ships too are considered galactically ugly, having been the slow progression of function over form - if it does it’s job then that works.

Taren - A race of humanoid crystalline beings, with brains of complex silica. Their homeworld is of particular galactic beauty. They rose to the top through their unique ability to turn their own heat energy into actual energy. Thought to be overly philosophical and obsessed with self beauty, Tarens are widely considered vain and arrogant. Yet many of their people are fantastic engineers and soldiers, many living to help Scion bring order. (H)

Stratori - The newest addition to the galactic scene, these spacefaring octopi are few and far between outside of their collection of home systems. Considered by many in the galactic community to be a freak accident this race was the dominant predator on its own planet, rising up to the point of crude civilisation and technology before being accidentally uplifted by crashed Tri-Abol technology. While generally considered “simple” Stratori are not unintelligent, many simply haven’t progressed past their more predatory instincts. They uniquely communicate through glowing rings on their outer limbs, though speech translators have been developed for them. (H)

Tyrana - Small, Squat kobold like creatures and galactically renown introverts. Featuring the smallest galactic population, the Tyrana are not a common sight anywhere beyond large scale communities. Having dispersed rapidly post-space age, these creatures are seen as hard-working engineers withdrawn from galactic politics. While many are engineers as that is the most commonly offered job, Tyranas can still be found doing all sorts of jobs if one looks hard enough. (N/H)

Zhu-Anyi - Of medium height these chameleon like horned beings are one of the most populous in the galaxy, hailing from their heavily urbanised home planet these people are organised and religious and can be considered stiff and authoritarian, particularly by Tyrana or Taren. However they’re also deeply diverse and accepting of others, as well as galactically renowned festivals. (H)

Humans - A race of travelers and explorers and with the second smallest galactic population, humans are considered shy and withdrawn by many in the galactic community for their more nomadic lifestyle. However many humans have integrated into many different communities, but the presence of the wandering fleets and the mysterious “Enclave” a home base of sorts for these fleets has helped reinforce this stereotype. (N/H)

Iago - The tall semi-Aquatic Iago are best known for some of the galaxy's most prolific explorers and adventurers, always pushing the boundaries of what bits of space can be explored and what knowledge of the galactic species can be understood. Still many prefer to live more peaceful and steady lives aboard ships and stations, their slender bodies practically unadapted to life with gravity. (H)

Thanks for reading ^^

The North Road

Zahir Rahel

Well ... he'd be damned. After all these years, after everything he'd seen, Zahir had long since stopped contemplating if things could surprise him and yet ... as that stag stood there watching, everything about it's ghostly movements screaming of something not of his world, he couldn't help but feel the slightest twinge of surprise.

Deep down within the old man something stirred, an old beast long since tamed and forgotten, the part which training had mostly helped settle. It was faint and he would never admit this to someone else, but the sight excited him, ever so slightly, but the sensation was still there. Damn! How long had it been since he'd felt like this? The feeling of standing on the edge of something far bigger than oneself, facing something wholy inchomprehensable?

Yet just as it was stirring, the voices beside him spoke up. They weren't directed at him in paticular and nor was it any certain phrase ... It was just their presence that broke down the barrier. Once again he was an old guard, sitting on watch with a small group of travellers. People he'd promised himself he'd do his best to protect.

So for the moment he set down his desire, pushing the beast back into it's cage. Zahir needed to be ready for whatever this thing was ... whatever it was planning. If it was going to take the time to study them, then he was going to use that time too.

So the old man just continued to sit there, watching the stag, listening for anything else in the forest moving closer. Was this really the limit of the beasts territory? Could it not go further or did it choose to stay within it's limits? There was a clear inteligence behind the thing and that was good. Intelligent creatures tended to have plans ... he just needed to figure out what it's was before it could eliminate them.

After all ... how hard could that be?

The North Road

Well that thing is creepy

The North Road

Well I don't think Zahir considers her an "asshole"so to speak, annoying perhaps, deffinately someone else to look after