Traveller's Café: Discussion, brainstorming & advice

[Asterdan]

And I am now thinking of perhaps a 7 Episode Story

[Agritum]

And I am now thinking of perhaps a 7 Episode Story

Oh, so it's more of an Urban Fantasy? Still fine...still, I'd think that the rebels would have bare access to firearms, which would also mean plenty of improvised weapons.

Anyways, what about the culture of Gratia? Is it only one, or are there multiple cultures for each region of the nation?

[Asterdan]

And I am now thinking of perhaps a 7 Episode Story

Oh, so it's more of an Urban Fantasy? Still fine...still, I'd think that the rebels would have bare access to firearms, which would also mean plenty of improvised weapons.

Anyways, what about the culture of Gratia? Is it only one, or are there multiple cultures for each region of the nation?

I'd say maybe one gun-wielder with Nightblade, but ya'll can have as many magic-users (one spell per member) and melee-fighters. As for Cultures:
Southern Gratia is akin to the American South
Northern Gratia is similar to Mexico
Western Gratia is much like Australia
Easter Gratia is pretty much China

We'll mostly be in Populaire, though.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Aster, don't make it for a week. Just sit down and write out the details and shit for now. If you still care in a week, then you post it.

Otherwise it'll end up like your others.

[Agritum]

Aster, don't make it for a week. Just sit down and write out the details and shit for now. If you still care in a week, then you post it.

Otherwise it'll end up like your others.

Well, yeah. Given that I was the one to propose such a method in the guide, I sugfest you to follow Night's advice, Aster.

[Doorheel]

Hi there.
I have this idea of a survival turn-based RP about a group of dwarves (as in Dwarf Fortress dwarfs) trying to escape a fortress before the player floods the place with deadly magma. Twist is, the player knows that not all of his dorfs are totally loyal to him, and every round there's a chance that he'll notice you and put you on his deathlist. So they must navigate the fortress blind (no maps) and avoid all the various death traps and Forgotten Beasts loose and roaming the fortress. I have some gameplay worked out, but wanted to see if any of you had any thoughts or suggestions first.

[Constaniana]

So I've had this story idea in my head for a while, and a few days ago I decided I'd try making it into a RP on here, though with some adjustments since there would now be other writers involved. I'm still crafting the OP, but here's the general gist of it.

It would be in fantasy/modern setting, in a world that used to be full of magic users who also served as the clerics of the Gods who created the world, which would be the gods of Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wind, Nature, Ice, Metal and Light, in fighting off the daemonic hordes of Darkness, but were all killed off due to the manipulations of the God of Darkness in turning the ordinary humans against the Elementals (Servants of the 8 Main Gods. Pure Light users were always rare, although depending on how righteous an Elemental was they could use Light as well). Though after some time of fighting, despite having a massive edge over humanity with their more advanced technology, divine abilities and superior commanders, the Elementals gave up on Humanity, and rather than wipe out the humans they had protected for so long the Elementals simply went into hiding. Once the war was finished and before the ordinary humans could regain their strength the Daemons returned with a vengeance, causing havoc and ruin across the world. Despite humanity's best efforts to fight back with their rapidly advancing technology, the Daemons simply won each battle with sheer numbers.

Responding to the return of their ancient enemies, the Elementals came out of hiding, slowly turning the tide of the war. The war finally ended when the Daemons united into one massive, seemingly invincible monster called a Daemonic Behemoth to finish off the weakening humanity. Both the Elementals and Daemons were on the verge of extinction by this point. The Elementals, once a race numbering in the millions, could now be counted in dozens, and the once innumerable Daemon hordes were now down to the millions. The Daemonic Behemoth was only stopped by the Great Elemental Champion of Fire, Blazek, sacrificing his own life in the process by blowing himself up from within the Daemonic Behemoth's body itself (Like the way Majiin Vegeta blows himself up in Season 8 of DBZ). The story of the RP would start 15 years later with Blazek's son discovering his own Elemental abilities, finding more Elementals, fighting a re-risen race of Daemons, blowing up stuff, and other things. An extremely crude way of summing up the world of Elementals would be A:TLA meets DBZ.

Any thoughts on this?

[Olthar]

So I've had this story idea in my head for a while, and a few days ago I decided I'd try making it into a RP on here, though with some adjustments since there would now be other writers involved. I'm still crafting the OP, but here's the general gist of it.

It would be in fantasy/modern setting, in a world that used to be full of magic users who also served as the clerics of the Gods who created the world, which would be the gods of Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wind, Nature, Ice, Metal and Light, in fighting off the daemonic hordes of Darkness, but were all killed off due to the manipulations of the God of Darkness in turning the ordinary humans against the Elementals (Servants of the 8 Main Gods. Pure Light users were always rare, although depending on how righteous an Elemental was they could use Light as well). Though after some time of fighting, despite having a massive edge over humanity with their more advanced technology, divine abilities and superior commanders, the Elementals gave up on Humanity, and rather than wipe out the humans they had protected for so long the Elementals simply went into hiding. Once the war was finished and before the ordinary humans could regain their strength the Daemons returned with a vengeance, causing havoc and ruin across the world. Despite humanity's best efforts to fight back with their rapidly advancing technology, the Daemons simply won each battle with sheer numbers.

Responding to the return of their ancient enemies, the Elementals came out of hiding, slowly turning the tide of the war. The war finally ended when the Daemons united into one massive, seemingly invincible monster called a Daemonic Behemoth to finish off the weakening humanity. Both the Elementals and Daemons were on the verge of extinction by this point. The Elementals, once a race numbering in the millions, could now be counted in dozens, and the once innumerable Daemon hordes were now down to the millions. The Daemonic Behemoth was only stopped by the Great Elemental Champion of Fire, Blazek, sacrificing his own life in the process by blowing himself up from within the Daemonic Behemoth's body itself (Like the way Majiin Vegeta blows himself up in Season 8 of DBZ). The story of the RP would start 15 years later with Blazek's son discovering his own Elemental abilities, finding more Elementals, fighting a re-risen race of Daemons, blowing up stuff, and other things. An extremely crude way of summing up the world of Elementals would be A:TLA meets DBZ.

Any thoughts on this?

Who would the players be, and what would the story be about?

[Constaniana]

So I've had this story idea in my head for a while, and a few days ago I decided I'd try making it into a RP on here, though with some adjustments since there would now be other writers involved. I'm still crafting the OP, but here's the general gist of it.

It would be in fantasy/modern setting, in a world that used to be full of magic users who also served as the clerics of the Gods who created the world, which would be the gods of Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wind, Nature, Ice, Metal and Light, in fighting off the daemonic hordes of Darkness, but were all killed off due to the manipulations of the God of Darkness in turning the ordinary humans against the Elementals (Servants of the 8 Main Gods. Pure Light users were always rare, although depending on how righteous an Elemental was they could use Light as well). Though after some time of fighting, despite having a massive edge over humanity with their more advanced technology, divine abilities and superior commanders, the Elementals gave up on Humanity, and rather than wipe out the humans they had protected for so long the Elementals simply went into hiding. Once the war was finished and before the ordinary humans could regain their strength the Daemons returned with a vengeance, causing havoc and ruin across the world. Despite humanity's best efforts to fight back with their rapidly advancing technology, the Daemons simply won each battle with sheer numbers.

Responding to the return of their ancient enemies, the Elementals came out of hiding, slowly turning the tide of the war. The war finally ended when the Daemons united into one massive, seemingly invincible monster called a Daemonic Behemoth to finish off the weakening humanity. Both the Elementals and Daemons were on the verge of extinction by this point. The Elementals, once a race numbering in the millions, could now be counted in dozens, and the once innumerable Daemon hordes were now down to the millions. The Daemonic Behemoth was only stopped by the Great Elemental Champion of Fire, Blazek, sacrificing his own life in the process by blowing himself up from within the Daemonic Behemoth's body itself (Like the way Majiin Vegeta blows himself up in Season 8 of DBZ). The story of the RP would start 15 years later with Blazek's son discovering his own Elemental abilities, finding more Elementals, fighting a re-risen race of Daemons, blowing up stuff, and other things. An extremely crude way of summing up the world of Elementals would be A:TLA meets DBZ.

Any thoughts on this?

Who would the players be, and what would the story be about?

The players would be other Elementals discovering their powers. I'll he using the elements of Fire and Ice for my main PC's, but that still leaves 6 Elements available. And if someone interested in the RP but doesn't want to be an Elemental then they could play as a soldier for the United Gaiacan Federation (The world government), or as an antagonistic in league with the Daemons, or just a relatively normal person swept up in the whole madness of the story.

As for the story, it would start out with Aldraniri (Blazek's orphaned son), and one or two of his childhood friends (Good RP'ers who volunteer for the role and are preferably Elementals too, although none of them know about their powers) living normal lives in a quiet small town, until being either being attacked by Daemonic assassins, or kidnapped by a secretive U.G.F agency that focuses on studying and fighting Daemons and Elementals alike (Despite being saved from extinction by the Elementals, the world government and much of the general population distrusts and/or fears the Elementals, a result of the expert manipulation and corruption of man by the God of Darkness, Tenaembra). I'm not sure which way would seem better to start the story off, but I'm leaning more towards the second one with a sudden Daemon attack giving the main group a chance to escape, and then more of the plot of stopping the Daemons from returning in full force could be started and the rest of the PC's would come in.

[Olthar]

Who would the players be, and what would the story be about?

The players would be other Elementals discovering their powers. I'll he using the elements of Fire and Ice for my main PC's, but that still leaves 6 Elements available. And if someone interested in the RP but doesn't want to be an Elemental then they could play as a soldier for the United Gaiacan Federation (The world government), or as an antagonistic in league with the Daemons, or just a relatively normal person swept up in the whole madness of the story.

As for the story, it would start out with Aldraniri (Blazek's orphaned son), and one or two of his childhood friends (Good RP'ers who volunteer for the role and are preferably Elementals too, although none of them know about their powers) living normal lives in a quiet small town, until being either being attacked by Daemonic assassins, or kidnapped by a secretive U.G.F agency that focuses on studying and fighting Daemons and Elementals alike (Despite being saved from extinction by the Elementals, the world government and much of the general population distrusts and/or fears the Elementals, a result of the expert manipulation and corruption of man by the God of Darkness, Tenaembra). I'm not sure which way would seem better to start the story off, but I'm leaning more towards the second one with a sudden Daemon attack giving the main group a chance to escape, and then more of the plot of stopping the Daemons from returning in full force could be started and the rest of the PC's would come in.

Alright. One thing, though: Only start with one character for yourself. Otherwise, it's just not fair for you to instantly claim two elements for yourself. You can also get seven players then instead of six.

[Constaniana]

Alright. One thing, though: Only start with one character for yourself. Otherwise, it's just not fair for you to instantly claim two elements for yourself. You can also get seven players then instead of six.

Good point. I think what I'll do is have my Ice character come in later in the story, but someone can make their character be the Grand Elemental Champion of Ice, since the second character I had thought up had additional powers as well as Ice abilities, so it'll even things out by making not as purely talented with Ice.

[Olthar]

Alright. One thing, though: Only start with one character for yourself. Otherwise, it's just not fair for you to instantly claim two elements for yourself. You can also get seven players then instead of six.

Good point. I think what I'll do is have my Ice character come in later in the story, but someone can make their character be the Grand Elemental Champion of Ice, since the second character I had thought up had additional powers as well as Ice abilities, so it'll even things out by making not as purely talented with Ice.

That's good considering my two main choices would be lightning or ice.

[Benutanairan]

Good point. I think what I'll do is have my Ice character come in later in the story, but someone can make their character be the Grand Elemental Champion of Ice, since the second character I had thought up had additional powers as well as Ice abilities, so it'll even things out by making not as purely talented with Ice.

That's good considering my two main choices would be lightning or ice.

true people choose fire XD

[Olthar]

That's good considering my two main choices would be lightning or ice.

true people choose fire XD

Fire is so overused and boring.

[Benutanairan]

true people choose fire XD

Fire is so overused and boring.

You've been watching to much Avatar the last airbender haven't you

I suppose air could be useful.

[Olthar]

Fire is so overused and boring.

You've been watching to much Avatar the last airbender haven't you

I suppose air could be useful.

I haven't watched a single episode of that show.

[Constaniana]

true people choose fire XD

Fire is so overused and boring.

I will admit it does get used a lot.

[Benutanairan]

You've been watching to much Avatar the last airbender haven't you

I suppose air could be useful.

I haven't watched a single episode of that show.

I assumed since your stereotype of fire ( the fire nation was in sense giant, warmongering, and aggressive and heavily overused fire to the point they almost destroyed the world by destroying the moon spirit)

[Olthar]

I haven't watched a single episode of that show.

I assumed since your stereotype of fire ( the fire nation was in sense giant, warmongering, and aggressive and heavily overused fire to the point they almost destroyed the world by destroying the moon spirit)

I mean "overused" as in "an extremely common power in virtually everything."

[Benutanairan]

I assumed since your stereotype of fire ( the fire nation was in sense giant, warmongering, and aggressive and heavily overused fire to the point they almost destroyed the world by destroying the moon spirit)

I mean "overused" as in "an extremely common power in virtually everything."

well don't forget earth ( since well its earth, its everywhere)

[Constaniana]

Fire is so overused and boring.

You've been watching to much Avatar the last airbender haven't you

I suppose air could be useful.

Well they're all useful, given the right conditions. Metal is absolutely brilliant in cities or underground where there's plenty of ore, Earth is useful pretty everywhere except the sky,lightning is quite effective in most places, except for underwater. A few of the elements are a bit more optimized for their prime environment, such as Nature, although it's still usable in any place with plant life.

[Olthar]

I mean "overused" as in "an extremely common power in virtually everything."

well don't forget earth ( since well its earth, its everywhere)

No, earth isn't nearly as common. In fact, earth power is one of the rarer ones.

[Constaniana]

I mean "overused" as in "an extremely common power in virtually everything."

well don't forget earth ( since well its earth, its everywhere)

I think what Olthar is trying to say is that series with pyrokinetics are extremely common, which I will agree with.

[Benutanairan]

You've been watching to much Avatar the last airbender haven't you

I suppose air could be useful.

Well they're all useful, given the right conditions. Metal is absolutely brilliant in cities or underground where there's plenty of ore, Earth is useful pretty everywhere except the sky,lightning is quite effective in most places, except for underwater. A few of the elements are a bit more optimized for their prime environment, such as Nature, although it's still usable in any place with plant life.

( basically every element has their weakpoints, which I like a lot and you seem to incorporate that)

Now in terms of characters what am I looking at ( I had an idea for an elemental priest known as the Demon in the collar) mainly because of his outfit, he basically is bandaged from head to toe because he was severely burnt and only has one eye left who in sense is a ancestor reverent.

[Constaniana]

Well they're all useful, given the right conditions. Metal is absolutely brilliant in cities or underground where there's plenty of ore, Earth is useful pretty everywhere except the sky,lightning is quite effective in most places, except for underwater. A few of the elements are a bit more optimized for their prime environment, such as Nature, although it's still usable in any place with plant life.

( basically every element has their weakpoints, which I like a lot and you seem to incorporate that)

Yeah, they all have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, Fire is one of the faster elements, on level with Lightning and Wind, and has great attack power too, but lacks solid defence and can be overcome if it gets put on the defensive and can't break through the opponents guard to get back on the offence, or how Metal and Earth both have high attack, defence and endurance, but are also fairly slow in most cases (Though this can be overcome with more advanced techniques the characters would acquire later in the story.) While fairly average in attack and defence, and a little lacking in speed, Nature elementals have access to healing abilities, which otherwise are mostly restricted to Light users. (Water Elementals can heal burns or clean infections, but not much else with regards to healing), and so on and so on. There's also area of effect fields associated with each Element. Elements like Earth or Water would be better at wide-spread area attacks, while Fire, Lightning or Ice would be better at more direct attacks, although this concept isn't set in stone. If you want to punch one guy with a giant boulder, go right ahead.