Traveller's Cafe 3: Brainstorming, discussion, tea, advice

[G-Tech Corporation]

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=374856

Slapping this down for ye olde brainstorm; she's a modified space-survival RPG, with a bit of mystery and fantasy stuffed in. It'll be an interesting ride, but I'm mainly curious for feedback on the mechanics. They're slight modifications of ones used by Harkback Union, another RPGer on this site, so thoughts on the matter? Do they work for you? Turn you off a RP?

[Escalan Corps-Star Island]

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=374856

Slapping this down for ye olde brainstorm; she's a modified space-survival RPG, with a bit of mystery and fantasy stuffed in. It'll be an interesting ride, but I'm mainly curious for feedback on the mechanics. They're slight modifications of ones used by Harkback Union, another RPGer on this site, so thoughts on the matter? Do they work for you? Turn you off a RP?

I like this a great deal. I have no idea whether or not I'll be able to participate, and I'll look over the mechanics a bit more officially later this weekend when my nose is off the grindstone, but they appear to be fairly intuitive.

[Lavan Tiri]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: You're dead.
Genre/s: Fantasy (dark fantasy. Jet-black), Psychological Thriller, Horror.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description:
You are dead. How you died doesn't matter; we all end up here eventually. Where's here, you ask? Well, everyone has their own name for it, before they arrive. Purgatory. Tartarus. Sheol. We call it The House.

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Essentially, this RP takes place in The House, the place where souls go when they die. If you can find your way out of The House, then you're free; you get to go Beyond. However, The House is huge, the corridors and grounds change regularly, and the other inhabitants are not always friendly. Players (each with only one character) will have to navigate the complexities of interpersonal relationships in The House, as well as The House itself, if they want to escape. Have fun.
Need Help With: Really, only a title. I'm thinking about The Dead House or Thanatos Manor.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

[Torsiedelle]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: You're dead.
Genre/s: Fantasy (dark fantasy. Jet-black), Psychological Thriller, Horror.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description:
You are dead. How you died doesn't matter; we all end up here eventually. Where's here, you ask? Well, everyone has their own name for it, before they arrive. Purgatory. Tartarus. Sheol. We call it The House.

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Essentially, this RP takes place in The House, the place where souls go when they die. If you can find your way out of The House, then you're free; you get to go Beyond. However, The House is huge, the corridors and grounds change regularly, and the other inhabitants are not always friendly. Players (each with only one character) will have to navigate the complexities of interpersonal relationships in The House, as well as The House itself, if they want to escape. Have fun.
Need Help With: Really, only a title. I'm thinking about The Dead House or Thanatos Manor.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

This sounds amazing.

[Abserdia]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: You're dead.
Genre/s: Fantasy (dark fantasy. Jet-black), Psychological Thriller, Horror.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description:
You are dead. How you died doesn't matter; we all end up here eventually. Where's here, you ask? Well, everyone has their own name for it, before they arrive. Purgatory. Tartarus. Sheol. We call it The House.

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Essentially, this RP takes place in The House, the place where souls go when they die. If you can find your way out of The House, then you're free; you get to go Beyond. However, The House is huge, the corridors and grounds change regularly, and the other inhabitants are not always friendly. Players (each with only one character) will have to navigate the complexities of interpersonal relationships in The House, as well as The House itself, if they want to escape. Have fun.
Need Help With: Really, only a title. I'm thinking about The Dead House or Thanatos Manor.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

Titles are always so hard.

I'd suggest something that people can look at and say "Yep, they're dead. And in purgatory."
The Corridors of Purgatory or something.

[Torsiedelle]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Dark Souls, where characters interact with the world around them and shape the story, or not, but ultimately fit in with the adventures and story of a chosen undead.
Genre/s: Dark Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror.
Character or Faction Based: Character, possibly some faction.
Detailed Description: In time, the fire will fade, and only darkness will remain...or, that's the way the legends go. The land of Atraemor, one filled with splendor, ruled from the Ashen Throne by the Lord of Cinder, has long since begun to fall into despair and darkness. The King has retreated into his castle, not seen in years, and the queen, too. Atraemor, and the rest of the world, has been plagued by the undead curse, driving many into insanity, sapping them of their humanity. Darkness has corrupted the rest, and the end of days surely seems to have come to the world once again. The world, because of this, has also become a place of adventure and riches, pilgrimages and journeys, and many types have found themselves drawn to Atraemor for various reasons. For some, it's to explore and find the answer to unsettled stories, and to others it's to fulfill a prophecy and bring order to the world. Still, to others, they seeks riches and glory. Whatever the reason, Atraemor is a land teaming with danger, adventure, and an ever-changing population of travelers and pilgrims, and its up to the story's heroes (or villains) to change the world through exploration, conquest, and jolly cooperation.

Need Help With: Worldbuilding, plot, locations, etc. Definitely a unique name for the main kingdom. Atraemor sounds cliche. Actually, I don't even think it's original.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

[Rupudska]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Soviet-Afghan War, from the perspective of characters with maybe a bit of low fantasy.
Genre/s: War, Action.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: A telling of the Soviet-Afghan War from the point of view of the soldiers that fought in it from the Russian side. The PCs will be in an as-yet-unnamed fictional Motor Rifle division of the 40th Army. Plot details are spoilers but it involves discovering a plot to turn up the heat in the Cold War, even as the Soviet Union begins to fall apart.

Need Help With: A fair amount. Mostly research.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

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RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Nasuverse Arthurian fix fic
Genre/s: Medium-High Fantasy, Historical, sword & sorcery, adventure fantasy
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Characters play as the characters in an alternate version of the Arthurian legend at various stages of the aforementioned king's life. Players see if they can do better than the characters at keeping Britain from tearing itself apart, or at least keep Arthur from dying at the hands of Mordred.

Need Help With: A bit of research would be welcome, and someone who knows the Nasuverse better than I would be welcome - worldbuilding too, since the Nasuverse's 'official' take on its version of the Arthurian legend is an incomplete picture and more importantly not fully translated.

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My last of three ideas is Agri's fault so blame him.

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

[Wolfenium]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Soviet-Afghan War, from the perspective of characters with maybe a bit of low fantasy.
Genre/s: War, Action.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: A telling of the Soviet-Afghan War from the point of view of the soldiers that fought in it from the Russian side. The PCs will be in an as-yet-unnamed fictional Motor Rifle division of the 40th Army. Plot details are spoilers but it involves discovering a plot to turn up the heat in the Cold War, even as the Soviet Union begins to fall apart.

Need Help With: A fair amount. Mostly research.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

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RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Nasuverse Arthurian fix fic
Genre/s: Medium-High Fantasy, Historical, sword & sorcery, adventure fantasy
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Characters play as the characters in an alternate version of the Arthurian legend at various stages of the aforementioned king's life. Players see if they can do better than the characters at keeping Britain from tearing itself apart, or at least keep Arthur from dying at the hands of Mordred.

Need Help With: A bit of research would be welcome, and someone who knows the Nasuverse better than I would be welcome - worldbuilding too, since the Nasuverse's 'official' take on its version of the Arthurian legend is an incomplete picture and more importantly not fully translated.

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My last of three ideas is Agri's fault so blame him.

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

Unlimited Seiba Works! :V

[Nature-Spirits]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

Yes.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the others sound great too. But this sounds outright batshit and I love it.

[Altito Asmoro]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Soviet-Afghan War, from the perspective of characters with maybe a bit of low fantasy.
Genre/s: War, Action.
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: A telling of the Soviet-Afghan War from the point of view of the soldiers that fought in it from the Russian side. The PCs will be in an as-yet-unnamed fictional Motor Rifle division of the 40th Army. Plot details are spoilers but it involves discovering a plot to turn up the heat in the Cold War, even as the Soviet Union begins to fall apart.

Need Help With: A fair amount. Mostly research.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

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RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Nasuverse Arthurian fix fic
Genre/s: Medium-High Fantasy, Historical, sword & sorcery, adventure fantasy
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Characters play as the characters in an alternate version of the Arthurian legend at various stages of the aforementioned king's life. Players see if they can do better than the characters at keeping Britain from tearing itself apart, or at least keep Arthur from dying at the hands of Mordred.

Need Help With: A bit of research would be welcome, and someone who knows the Nasuverse better than I would be welcome - worldbuilding too, since the Nasuverse's 'official' take on its version of the Arthurian legend is an incomplete picture and more importantly not fully translated.

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My last of three ideas is Agri's fault so blame him.

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

I like the first.

[Reatra]

You don't need to read into the history of the Samurai from their origin as northern horse archers, nor do you need to understand the intricacies of Samurai tradition, to make an RP about them. I tried, and now I've given up and decided an RP about steampunk samurai and dinosaurs doesn't need much looking into the armies of the Sengoku Jidai.

Sure, if you want an unrealistic portrayal. But learning at least about Bushidō and the basic history is a must for a realistic roleplay. If you want robot samurai riding velociraptors then you don't need to do any research, sure, but if you're looking for a drama or even war RPs, then knowing about who you're playing as is needed.

Just so you know.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

Sure, if you want an unrealistic portrayal. But learning at least about Bushidō and the basic history is a must for a realistic roleplay. If you want robot samurai riding velociraptors then you don't need to do any research, sure, but if you're looking for a drama or even war RPs, then knowing about who you're playing as is needed.

Just so you know.

So small children, and midgets then?

[Reatra]

Just so you know.

So small children, and midgets then?

Probably not even that, unless you like your beautiful and awesome reptile-like birds to have back pain. Bipeds aren't very good at carrying stuff on their back.

[Ularn]

Sure, if you want an unrealistic portrayal. But learning at least about Bushidō and the basic history is a must for a realistic roleplay. If you want robot samurai riding velociraptors then you don't need to do any research, sure, but if you're looking for a drama or even war RPs, then knowing about who you're playing as is needed.

Just so you know.

You're the reason we can't have awesome things!

[Reatra]

Just so you know.

You're the reason we can't have awesome things!

Are you implying THAT VELOCIRAPTORS ARE NOT THE MOST AWESOME THINGS?

Because that IS STRAIGHT HERESY.

[Altito Asmoro]

Just so you know.

You're the reason we can't have awesome things!

Some of us like "realism".

[Ularn]

You're the reason we can't have awesome things!

Some of us like "realism".

And some of us would rather be riding muthaflippin' dinasarz!

[Agritum]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

Yes.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the others sound great too. But this sounds outright batshit and I love it.

I came up with this one.

[Rupudska]

Some of us like "realism".

And some of us would rather be riding muthaflippin' dinasarz!

Ride Utahraptors then. They're horse-sized velociraptors.

[Altito Asmoro]

And some of us would rather be riding muthaflippin' dinasarz!

Ride Utahraptors then. They're horse-sized velociraptors.

Why don't we just ride normal horses?

[Rupudska]

Ride Utahraptors then. They're horse-sized velociraptors.

Why don't we just ride normal horses?

That isn't cool enough.

[Seraven]

Why don't we just ride normal horses?

That isn't cool enough.

Some of us prefer "accessibility" than "style".

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

So Omens of the Fatherland an improved adaptation of my roleplay idea is here.

Essentially you, and others are a hired team traveling through the collapsed Reich retrieving important things for high profit in a land of factions, monsters, mutates, and mad men.

[Rupudska]

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept: Schizo Tech Arthurian legend on motorcycles and 70s/80s English British biker knights.
Genre/s: Fantasy, Action, Anachronism Potluck, Bikers and shit
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: Players play as knights involved in the life of Arthur as she (she in this rendition because it's more entertaining that way) grows up, becomes King of the Britons, conquers Rome, kicks the ass of a whole lot of raiding German tourists Saxons, does drive-bys of Saxon-occupied stores with bow-and-arrows and muskets, kills cretinous knights and giants on motorcycleback with a sword (sometimes even in armor), disregarding the peasantry all the way - though not too much lest they rise up against the noble knights. There may be a Crusade arc (period accuracy is not all that necessary here), an alarming number of Cockneys will be present, it's totally okay to listen to the band Saxon (just don't be a Saxon), America may or may not exist, and mods aren't really people. Knightly fighting is mostly done on the backs of motorcycles, including with swords and spears. Some swords are magic~. Some just have magic neon powder put on them to make them glow. It's hard to tell sometimes. Dragons exist. The BBC covers pitched battles like football games. You know, medieval stuff.

Need Help With: I'm not even sure if worldbuilding is necessary in a world with so many anachronisms, but I'm open to suggestions.

Yes.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the others sound great too. But this sounds outright batshit and I love it.

Batshit is what Agri and I were aiming for.

[Altito Asmoro]

Yes.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the others sound great too. But this sounds outright batshit and I love it.

Batshit is what Agri and I were aiming for.

And both of you hit the marks quite well it is a wonder both of you are not working in archery.