Future RP Ideas

[SLV_Gamer]

I'll just remove it so that there's no more arguing about it.

[The SheoDovah]

Forced moral alignment is very restrictive for players. It's also hard to tell what a character is when we don't know their morals untill they reveal it gradually throughout the RP.

[Velvet LeChance]

I simply don't like the idea of having to play my character to someone else's perception of what is moral and immoral - because that's what it seems like such a system might entail.

Like, who'd define what's moral or good? The DM, the Cast, or Myself?

[Kerr]

I think I might just link to TV Tropes articles for most the information relating to Ireland in WOD. I was reading their things on Ireland and they are actually really good, brief and informative. Wikipedia is good but nowhere near as brief. They tell you most of what you would need to know.
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Right, so this would probably be next year seeing as I would do WoD and Fallout first but I want to see if anyone would be interested. Nothing is finalised, so things are likely to change. I don't even know if I would do it, but I do think running a Space Faring Sci-Fi RPG would be a fun thing to do at some point.

It is an RP that would be kind of similar Eclipse Phase but not Eclipse Phase, it would be my own original setting. It would be like Shadowrun to Silicon & Sorcery, one of the inspirations but not the same as it. It would be a Post-Apocalyptic Post-Cyberpunk Space Faring Sci-Fi RP. No idea what I'd call it. Basically it is set in the future of the kind of technology you would see in Ghost in The Shell, Deus Ex or Silicon & Sorcery. So instead of something like Mass Effect or Star Trek where humans go to space but are pretty much the same, here they have become pretty different physically and mentally. Almost all of humanity has become Transhumanity, although some "Pure" Humans do remain. The mind (Ergo) and body (Shell) are two completely separate things. Your Ergo is what defines you, not your shell. Your attachment to your favourite Shell would be more like your attachment to your favourite clothes. Your shell can be organic or synthetic but it serves the same purpose. If your shell is killed your Ergo will be backed up and can be transferred to a new Shell, although sometimes acquiring a new one can be easier said than done. So people are basically immortal, but you can still die or have something happen that would make you wish you did die. Not all Transhumans are human originally or descended from them, some are AIs. Your Shell could be Male, Female, Neuter. Could even be non-humanoid, an aquatic shell for would be useful for an oceanic planet although non-humanoid is rarer and usually only used for certain occasions. Could be quicker to transfer your Ergo from one Shell to another rather than taking a ship there. While Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation still exist they are often more blurry and not quite as strict as it is for us, when you can change to another body that looks like anything, gender pretty much becomes purely aesthetic. You really don't see heteronormativity apart from some Bioconservatives. So being bi-gendered and asexual would be no more notable than being cis-gendered and heterosexual.

Spaceships exist that can travel around but can't go FTL. Your Ergo however could be transmitted from one place to another at Light Speed.

Anyway so Transhumans are happy exploring the Milky Way Galaxy and 3 big things happen to mess all that up.
1. They discover strange Alien Artifacts. One might be a portal between two planets. One might be like a really powerful magnet except instead of attracting metal it attracts blood.
2. A massive war between various factions and nations, just because they changed and went to space doesn't mean they stopped fighting.
3. Aliens and Rouge AIs (who may or may not have been working together) attacked in the aftermath of the war decimating the already weakened groups. Then they kind of stopped, they left remnants (The Sol system for example is a hellhole) but for the most part just disappeared. Still people are scared they'll finish the job.

All this basically pushes Humanity and Transhumanity to the edge of extinction as well over 90% of the population are killed. Then the RP would start years after all this. It would mostly be set in a single Solar System with various planets, moons, factions and settlements although could at times go beyond this solar system.

I know it is a lot to take in, really vague at the moment and wouldn't happen for ages but what would you think about something like this?

[SLV_Gamer]

I, personally think that it sounds like a good idea. I might not be able to be a part of it depending on when I release my RP, but if my RP is on hiatus or done, I would gladly be a part of your RP.

[Ripcage]

The world information section is nearing completion on the opening post, so check out this peek at the world within The Soulless Collection.

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• E, Graystone Keep: The secret fortress that is home to the cult known as the Shroud of Day. Resting on the Greystone Peak for which the keep is named, the keep was formerly used as a base of operations for the Knights of Justice until it was abandoned after the Knights were offered a new base within the city of Iandrye. Many years later the keep was rediscovered by members of the Shroud and since then Greystone Keep has returned to a fully functional fortress.

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• Taigra: God of Animals, Reptiles, and War. He is represented as an animal with a lion's body possessing large wings, a massive rattlesnake tail, and three heads: a wolf head, a cobra head, and a hawk head. He is known to corrupt the creations of other deities and is a forbidden deity, however the worship of Taigra is permitted during times of war.

• Straka: Sphere-less Deity of the Rift. Straka is depicted as an onyx orb. Straka focused all of its energy into Alemetia's core, causing Alemetia to implode and Straka's sphere to collapse. Straka's presence on in our world is unknown and it is widely believed that the deity is powerless.

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• Runstae: This form of magic enables users to bind a certain magical effect to an area or object to be released through certain interactions. Mages must combine other types of magic with Runstae in order to actually produce a successful binding. A mage can combine their Runstae magic with the magic of another mage, making the possibilities near endless.

• Vosthrala: This illegal magic type allows its users to reanimate the dead. Casters can raise corpses of any size or race, including animals, to assist them in a variety of tasks. These undead thralls have no personality or free will. However, Vosthrala can be combined with Soluxt to bring back a sentient undead being.

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• The Administrative Research Association of the Supernatural and Magical Properties of the World: The ARASMPW, whos members are better known to the public as Magic Librarians, is dedicated to the discovery and cataloging of magical and supernatural things within our world. The organization is broken down into numerous tiers, but these are the most important:

• The Prime Circle of Administers: This branch of the ARASMPW is tasked with overseeing operations within the organization and also deals with financial/political matters, such as how funding is managed or advising royals on matters of magic. The circle is composed of the heads of other major tiers.
• Record Keepers: This branch of the ARASMPW primarily deals with cataloging magical things. Record Keepers are sworn into secrecy and silence when they accept admittance into this branch due to the nature of some of the records they keep. Only a handful of members, called the Librarians, are allowed to speak and assist anyone looking for information.
• Field Researchers: Field Researchers are the explorers of the ARASMPW, they go to many different places to investigate rumors of magical occurrences. It is not unusual to find researchers across all continents. Field Researchers report to Record Keepers after they collect their data so that it may be cataloged.
• Experimental Magic Researchers: These researchers work within personal laboratories. The members of this branch are sworn to secrecy, similar to the Record Keepers, due to the questionable nature of their experiments.

Hope you like these little bits of info. I know that none of these things seem to tie in together just yet, (That was intentional.) but when the opening post is up you will hopefully see how everything connects. Also, for those that can't read the super tiny text at the top of my signature, I'm planning to have TSC up by summer.

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I like the idea quite a bit actually. Definitely something I will be eagerly anticipating!

[Kerr]

Right think I'll end up doing it after WOD and Fallout then so that wouldn't be for ages. Just have to hope I'd get enough interest when the time comes.

[Unionhack]

RP subforum seems to have slowed a bit so I figured I'd try something new.

Would anyone be up for anything in the Fire Emblem universe? No experience with the universe necessary, I'll do my best to break everyone into the setting, which really isn't that hard to do. I'm thinking of an original setting in the Fire Emblem universe with new countries and lords and everything, but still staying true to the history and stuff of the Fire Emblem universe.

Basically each player character will be in the same army (since I'm not sure how easy it'd be to have people in different factions in something like this) and they will be officers under a young lord trying to fight for something (see also: every Fire Emblem game's story ever) that is threatening the well being of his country and his people. There'll be twists and stuff, no doubt, but if you're familiar with the Fire Emblem universe then there shouldn't be many surprises.

This will be something slow-paced with no pressure on those involved, since those seem to usually turn out the best. If you're interested, let me know and I'll develop this idea further.

(For anyone wondering, I kinda just lost interest in doing the Dimensional Arena and I'm not sure when I'm going to get the motivation to want to do it again.)

[Hissien]

I'd definitely be interested... Provided I could make a sorcerer muwahaha

[Unionhack]

Sorceror would be fine, I'm thinking of just letting people make characters of whatever kinda class they want.

That or I can give a as-complete-as-possible list of classes and let people promote as the story goes along.

[Kerr]

All going well WOD will be up and running in a couple of weeks. It is interesting having 3 RPs I'm really looking forward to running but I'm not running multiple ones at the same time, so I'll just have to put the other 2 on hold for ages.

I might be interested, I don't know. When you say officer does that mean we are in charge of groups of soldiers? That is what officers generally do. I'm just wondering, personally I would prefer not but it's your RP.

[Unionhack]

Thing about Fire Emblem is that it's usually small skirmishes of a few soldiers and not massive battles. So yeah, Kerr, it'd be more along the lines of small groups of officers without soldiers under their command.

That's not to say that you couldn't have certain officers that are above the rank of others and therefore in charge of others, but generally it's on an individual basis and not that of a squad or anything.

[Kerr]

Right, I think might join. Been wanting to play a Sword & Sorcery style RP for a while too, shame that Cog & Gear appears to have died. I'm not familiar with the setting but I assume I won't have to be and that stuff will be explained. Have a friend who likes it though, said he got his favourite characters killed.

Think I might play a (to use D&D alignments) Chaotic Neutral sneaky rogue type character with a short sword and crossbow. Maybe a master thief or something. Be something different, I tend to not play sneaky rogues.

[Unionhack]

Honestly, it's a very simple setting and the details vary from game to game so I can effectively make it my own. It won't be hard to introduce everyone. Permadeath is a very real thing in FE, thus what your friend was talking about. In the RP I won't be taking that seriously thoigh and kill people for every little mistake.

D&D character alignments Are great and I'm TOTALLY cool with people using those. Love them!

Alright, since it seems to be getting attention, I'll whip up an OP and send it off to MusicMan.

[Velvet LeChance]

How battle-heavy do you intend to make this RP, Union?

[Unionhack]

I'll try to strike a balance between combat and interaction since interactions between the characters are an important part of FE. But there will be lots of combat situations.

EDIT as an addendum, I sent the OP to MusicMan a few days ago. Still waiting for the response, but Fire Emblem: Call of the Abyss should be up in due time. Hope you guys turn up! :D

[Greenlantern]

I have never heard of Fire Emblem, but since you say it won't be hard to introduce us to the world, and whatnot, I think I may join. I haven't joined an RP in a while, would like to get back into it. And you say it's gonna be slow paced? That's exactly how I like Rp's.

[Unionhack]

As slow paced as everyone makes it. I don't plan on letting it stagnate and I hope to give everyone stuff to do.

Still waiting of Musicman's approval; once that's in, I'll post the OP right away.

[Hissien]

I have an idea for a new RP but rather than post it or some half baked OP, I'll post a song. The chosen theme for it, and you make of it what you will:
Ill give you a hint though it takes place on an alternate earth in modern times

YouTube Link

[Unionhack]

Fire Emblem: Call of the Abyss OP is up. Hope you guys like it!

[BetaB17]

I feel like I should mention this... but under your list of bows.. you have a misplaced axe.. never heard of an axe that could shoot arrows

[Unionhack]

Going fix! (If you couldn't tell, I copypasted the weapons so I wouldn't have to retype things. :P)

[The SheoDovah]

The Champions

On the 5th of June 2013, Humanity was attacked by aliens. We stood no chance against them. They fought with both blades and advanced weapons. They remained calm and shrugged off anything we threw at them. Our airforces were destroyed. Our navies were sunk. Our armies, wiped out. During the past 6 months, they have killed millions of our people. Entire countries reduced to wastelands. Our leaders tried nuking the countries that they had captured but it only [&@%!] them off. For every alien we killed, they took out 100 humans. Every ship we shot down, we lost 100. Simply put, they were kicking our arses and only England remained standing.

They assaulted it on Christmas Eve. Huh, some christmas. They threw everything at it and we were pushed back to London. We were outnumbered 1000 to 1. They had one purpose with the city. Destroy the last bastion of Humanity. But something happened that day. Something they did not expect. A bunch of demigods appeared and wiped the floor with them. They wielded swords, maces, axes and use magic. The battle was fierce but the demi gods prevailed. Within hours, they turned the tide and now, we have a chance to survive.

You are one of these demigods. Will you lead Humanity to victory or enslave it?

It's a concept at this point. But what do you think?

I will do this at some point but here are the changes to it.

It is now set in the future for more freedom. Demigods can take on any appearance and I will look at a list of powers. May restrict characters to one power. It will be unique to every character and it's more or less a last resort option or if you just want to kill [&@%!] or use my class system and modifiy it.

Something like:

Offence: You don't give a damn about defence, you use your natural strengths and talents to destroy the enemy without a care in the world. You are naturally stronger then the rest but are not that agile.

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The Warrior: The warriors were the toughest of the lot. I saw one take out 1000 of those [&@%!] by themselves before dying. They were strong as hell and i swear i saw one kick one of our tanks at those gits.


It is more or less to make it easier for me to DM. If you have any suggestions, i would appericate it.

EDIT: Would anyone be up for a RP set at a holiday resort? It would be like Hope Falls but on a small scale and just interaction.

[Ripcage]

The Soulless Collection has been posted! Any thoughts on how the OP looks?

[Kerr]

World of Darkness will be up by the end of the week barring unforeseen developments. So if you're interested in an RP about horror, urban fantasy and the political intrigue of vampire society in an Irish backdrop then stay tuned. I won't be posting anything more about it up here, you'll just be seeing the RP when it is done. Although I'll post here when ever it is up.