Post by Athildur on Jul 30, 2005 11:43:06 GMT -5
All right, on the wonderful suggestion of ancient goddess, I'm making my own RP, since the older one seems to be a bit dead at the moment.
Rules: Well, obviously, if you're gonna join, be sure to make a useful contribution to the story. That means no one-line posts and such.
JPs: There are bound to be events or battles in which multiple players take part at the same time, and their actions will affect the others. Because most players cannot act properly for others (or others don't like people RPing their character), I'd like for you to make JPs, Joint Posts, which you've written together. So if player A meets player B and they will have a conversation, they should both meet sometime on IRC, MSN, or by PM even, and put something together. One of the two will post it. This works really good, and makes it possible for multiple characters to be in the same post, making it all more interesting.
Battles between players: Also in JPs, if possible. You all know your own skills and abilities best, so a Joint Post would be most logical. If you can't decide which one of the two will win, you can always make it a draw, or you can contact a third person to roll a die or something to determine who 'wins'.
Players can die, but do not make it a frequent event. There are many skilled priests and shamans around that can revive the dead, but it must happen within a strict time limit (the limit is usually two to five hours after death, depending on the skill of the priest, shaman or person performing the reviving). Be alerted that in some cases, this could cost a pretty penny. Usually, player vs player battles will not have a deadly conclusion, except when we get farther into the RP, when people separate more and more, and players become more powerful.
For your first post, make a character first. I'd like to see these stats on them at least, but you can of course add as much flavor as you'd like:
Name:
Appearance:
Race and Class: (if the race is something special, please elaborate)
Weapon(s):
Other notable equipment:
Special Skills/Magic:
Background: (this does not have to be very elaborate at all. A few lines will do. Just try to get some important information in there. Special events in childhood? Things that affected your decisions in life, especially your current job/class/position in society. Don't spend too much time on it if you can't think of anything, you can just post without and come round to it later. The point is that I might be able to use some of that to get you all a bit more involved, and give you a sense of importance. No fun playing a game where it doesn't matter what you do, right?)
Right, I'll leave it at this for now, large post. Later this day (for me it's 6:30 pm right now) I will post my very own char and a good post of background info, so you know what;s happening and you have some idea of what to do. Please don't post anything other than characters until I've placed the background story. Thanx a lot ^^.
If you like, you can note if you're good or evil, what kingdom or force you're with, but people change, and your posts will make it quite clear. Don't worry about too many people being with a particular side, I will balance things out. If needed, you will be provided with aid, as I shall probably make over a dozen NPCs anyway. If they're important, such as team mates or something, I shall post their profiles in an Kingdom of Darkness NPC topic, so you'll know how to RP for them (I'll add some extra info like character flaws and strengths and weaknesses etc. etc. so you know how they will behave).
Well, enough rambling for now. I can only hope you'll join and of course, that you'll enjoy playing ^^.
Rules: Well, obviously, if you're gonna join, be sure to make a useful contribution to the story. That means no one-line posts and such.
JPs: There are bound to be events or battles in which multiple players take part at the same time, and their actions will affect the others. Because most players cannot act properly for others (or others don't like people RPing their character), I'd like for you to make JPs, Joint Posts, which you've written together. So if player A meets player B and they will have a conversation, they should both meet sometime on IRC, MSN, or by PM even, and put something together. One of the two will post it. This works really good, and makes it possible for multiple characters to be in the same post, making it all more interesting.
Battles between players: Also in JPs, if possible. You all know your own skills and abilities best, so a Joint Post would be most logical. If you can't decide which one of the two will win, you can always make it a draw, or you can contact a third person to roll a die or something to determine who 'wins'.
Players can die, but do not make it a frequent event. There are many skilled priests and shamans around that can revive the dead, but it must happen within a strict time limit (the limit is usually two to five hours after death, depending on the skill of the priest, shaman or person performing the reviving). Be alerted that in some cases, this could cost a pretty penny. Usually, player vs player battles will not have a deadly conclusion, except when we get farther into the RP, when people separate more and more, and players become more powerful.
For your first post, make a character first. I'd like to see these stats on them at least, but you can of course add as much flavor as you'd like:
Name:
Appearance:
Race and Class: (if the race is something special, please elaborate)
Weapon(s):
Other notable equipment:
Special Skills/Magic:
Background: (this does not have to be very elaborate at all. A few lines will do. Just try to get some important information in there. Special events in childhood? Things that affected your decisions in life, especially your current job/class/position in society. Don't spend too much time on it if you can't think of anything, you can just post without and come round to it later. The point is that I might be able to use some of that to get you all a bit more involved, and give you a sense of importance. No fun playing a game where it doesn't matter what you do, right?)
Right, I'll leave it at this for now, large post. Later this day (for me it's 6:30 pm right now) I will post my very own char and a good post of background info, so you know what;s happening and you have some idea of what to do. Please don't post anything other than characters until I've placed the background story. Thanx a lot ^^.
If you like, you can note if you're good or evil, what kingdom or force you're with, but people change, and your posts will make it quite clear. Don't worry about too many people being with a particular side, I will balance things out. If needed, you will be provided with aid, as I shall probably make over a dozen NPCs anyway. If they're important, such as team mates or something, I shall post their profiles in an Kingdom of Darkness NPC topic, so you'll know how to RP for them (I'll add some extra info like character flaws and strengths and weaknesses etc. etc. so you know how they will behave).
Well, enough rambling for now. I can only hope you'll join and of course, that you'll enjoy playing ^^.