The War of Necromancy, Planning Thread Options

[grif11]

My lifes a bit frantic just now.

Were moving (AGAIN) down to England. I'm going to try to get to a place with an internet cafe so I'll try to stay in touch.

[Dantrag]

I was coming by to maybe see about joining one of these but it seems like they're all practically dead with posts happening very rarely sometimes weeks apart.

Sad that it ended up like this I have fond memories of RPing with Minque, Dantrag, Konradude, Wolfie, Soulseeker, Megil, and many others back in the day. Most of them are gone now but some are still around here.

It just sucks that this forum doesn't seem to be able support an RP anymore.

yea, this section of the forums seems to be fading, even though the site seems to be getting new members all the time. Fanfiction seems to be the thing around here...perhaps we could start trying to get some new recruits from there?

[Lord Revan]

I didn't initially join for roleplaying, so you may have a point there, Danny.

[grif11]

OK, sounds good. I'll make a thread in general for getting rp up properly again, that is if its not breaking any rules?

[ureniashtram]

IMHO, the RPs are fading because we're all ... how do I put this... Oh, yes. We're all eating the same food everytime. I, myself, am tired of this .. food. Wanna know why?

Shards of Broken Emperors: Meaningless Chaos.
War Of Necromancy: Undead Violence with Meaningless Chaos.
First Sign! Zombies: Undead Violence with Meaningless Chaos.

The current Rps INCLUDING MINE are just ... I don't know bland, the same with Z's (if he would forgive my frank opinion), with the plot consisting of VIOLENCE eheh! Excessive violence can be fun, but it gets old after a while.

So what I propose is this.. We make our own world and RP in it. No plots (instead, you could make your own), no rules (aside from basic ones, that is) and have smashing fun.
Open-ended, limitless RP with everybody creating their own storyline for their characters and other RPer's characters can join in on the fun. Kinda like the Coffee Shop only this time, much more .. interactive, other than chatting. So what'chu guys think, should we continue this one or start over?

[grif11]

wow, I love that idea!

I'm totally up for this kind of rp.

[Ahrenil]

I'm pretty set in there needing to be some form of overiding theme. There needs to be something to link everyone together, rather than complete open ended plotlines. Otherwise it's more like everyone writing there own story, theres no real need or that much reason to interact with anyone else. However I am all for mixing up the plots a little more.

[ureniashtram]

So.. Should I create a thread specifically for this RP or should we PM each other?

[jack cloudy]

Hmm, I guess we could say that walking from one fight to another makes rp-ing dull. Face it, there isn't much to do but repeat the 'look how badass my dude is' trick. I don't like fighting as much as I used to for that reason. It makes me feel like I'm bragging and trying to one-up everyone. Or maybe it's because I make the wrong kinds of characters for that these days.

Well, I need my rp fix one way or another. So count me in. Dunno about the world creation though. I mean, I've got a trio but I doubt they're any good for rp-ing.

[Dantrag]

I feel like War of Houses was our attempt at getting away from purely violent plotlines. Not that it was devoid of violence, it was just more centered around political intrigue.

I think character interaction just needs improving. It's always a group of unrelated people that come together and somehow they all get along famously. There's never any clashing anymore, no disagreements or disputes among characters. (and if there are any, it's usually the fault of one character. ie - niran, rann, etc. and having played that character, it brings out a lot of new elements but it's also a lot of work to be so argumentative all the time and be able to justify it with the character.)

Maybe we should collectively plan our characters a little. Make them have some sort of connection to each other before the RP even starts. Maybe they could be relatives, or served in the same legion barracks, or were bitter rivals. I think you get the idea.

I'm also not opposed to the idea of a game master. Every so often he/she could check in with an overlying narrative. Things like weather changes, enemies appearing, important NPCs dying, whatever is necessary to move the plot along. The only problem is the amount of time the GM would need to have to make these posts all the time.

[ureniashtram]

Hmm. . . Looking back, I see that War of Houses CONSUMED several sections of Chorrol's RP thread. Wow. That's how .. fun it was?

... That gives me some thoughts.




Anybody wanna see some revival? Some necromantic ritual performed on War of Houses? Or should we start anew with the Open-Ended RP? I am comfortable on both things.

[Ahrenil]

I think starting a new one would be the best idea, it gives everyone a chance to jump in without having to do too much reading up on what's happened. As long as everyones active enough in the planning we should be able to make a decent open ended RP me thinks.

[ureniashtram]

alrighty, then. howbout'chu guys?

[Ahrenil]

On another note, if we're going to make it open ended we need a world we're all familiar and comfortable with, which makes Tamriel an ideal choice, but if people want to mix it up a bit more thats all well and good with me.

[Dantrag]

Personally, I'd rather do a Fallout RP. We tried once, but for some reason it didn't take. (Then again I guess this is a TES site after all.)

Making your own world takes a lot of work as well.

I'll join whatever is agreed upon, though.

[Kiln]

Creating a new world almost always fails for RPs because its not easily possible to be detailed enough that everyone can keep up with how everything works/looks.

[jack cloudy]

I'm a bit burned out on Tamriel to be honest. As Dantrag and Kiln said however, making our own world is likely to go badly. Mostly because everyone will end up having different ideas of how to fill in the blanks.

What we do need is a setting everyone is familiar with. Which means TES, or Fallout I guess. (Never got to play Fallout though, so I'll be relying heavily on wikis if we go with that.) Or is there another setting everyone is familiar with?

Speaking of rps that didn't take. I did enjoy the fallout rp we had, if only because I don't often get the opportunity to play a mad scientist. There was also a TES rp that promised to be all diplomacy. The Yokuda rp. In a nuttshell, it was about a new landmass being discovered and the PCs being representatives for their provinces sent to this council to decide what to do with it and get as big a slice of the pie as possible. I was really looking forward to that one but it never got started. It offered competitive rp-ing without ending in a messy 'I swing my sword at you." "I block cause I don't want my character to die and swing my sword at you" till the heat-death of the universe.

[Ahrenil]

I know what you mean about being burnt out in the ES universe, I could happily go with a Fallout RP for the change in scenery and characters.

Another alternative i'd offer up is doing something from reality, though likely a bit in the past, say a Medieval or Roman RP. (Though that's a personal preference with my choice of course >.<)

[ureniashtram]

Thirded for being burnt out on Tamriel. The Fallout setting, I'm all up for it. In fact, I'm voting on a Fallout RP. The intrigue of surviving the wastes rather than the intrigue of the past interests me more.

[Dantrag]

If we go for the Fallout setting, everyone should check out this link first. It's the old one. I just happened to like the idea of everyone having roles. (All credit to Colonel Mustard)

http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4271

It's like the third post I think.

Anyway, if we were all already in a group we could skip the whole 'oh my god, we just happened across each other! can i join your quest?' scenario. Our little band could have a specific purpose (like mapping the wasteland, bounty hunting, trader escorts, the list is endless) or we could just be mercs for hire.

I'd also be okay with a real-life historical setting. Just to add ideas to Ahrenil's list, we could try 1500-1700s (think of all the explorers), and also WWI and WWII.