AlienBastard

From Stardust, To Stardust

I totally forgot I was part of this RP.

No one destroyed Atras C while I was gone I presume.

However I probably should just drop out since I can't really think of what to do with my race I made for this RP. Not much you can do with telekinetic balls of flesh.

A hypothetical question

Thing is, even if the alien is a biped the psychology of the race would have to have some degree of difference. And not in the woo woo alien space magik sense [referring to telepathy or "being one with nature innately" or having monolithic dullbore hive mind wankery], I mean in the way they think. For instance their intelligence may not do things or act the way humans do, even if their brains converge with the human brains in many ways. One example being that they might only do actions and not have internal thoughts, instead constantly needing to be communicating to others of their kind or inanimate objects if alone and despising silence, and constantly be around anything they believe they can communicate with. Or perhaps in the opposite direction, be naturally inclined to territoriality Instead of communalization despite being able to process information far quicker than humans can.

Or perhaps the alien is highly eusocial and despite members having individual thought have castes that mindlessly obey the orders of higher ups in their presence due to natural pheromones with reproductive drives existing only for a minority of their kind. Such alien race may not have be a hive mind, and in fact could be oligarchical instead of having central control of a queen.

Humans like you or me I see generally as a social race that work in groups that have leaders to them. In contrast, there could be social aliens that have communal groups lead by other groups instead.

Could multiple players agree to follow a alien mindset? Of the alien psychologies I've mentioned, which one is best for RPing with that isn't too humanesque? I don't want the aliens to be like humans since when humans can have genetic modification and all sorts of odd societies making the aliens like humans wouldn't contrast well and if too human-like they minus well have been a lost colony.

A hypothetical question

So the GM makes a alien species that is a template for players who use them to mold the culture of?

This does however make a question of its own; what sort of species is most suitable for player use that is alien enough to be considered alien, while not so alien no one wants to use them?

A hypothetical question

ASTA said
I don't see why not. Roleplayers already do this with a rather infamous example of alien life: Humanity.

Thing is that everyone's a human on this forum.

EDIT: However, player interest might be difficult to garner or retain. When it comes to aliens, everyone has their own take on them. Some players may find it annoying that their creativity is somewhat suppressed by the whole 'One Species Only' rule.

The problem I see with the one species policy in Empty Horizons was that in practice it was highly unstable since it turns out players don't want to compete for "special" spots. The policy was broken since it ultimately implied only one player can be alien, something of which would have been the case with the atompunk race you had for instance. However would creativity be stifled if instead of having any player who wants to make the species, the GM[s] designed the species instead?

The challenge I see would be making a alien race that is distinctly alien without making the alien race unappealing to utilize by other players. Especially since the players would have to take into account the biology of the alien race. For instance what sort of traditions a egg laying species may have likely would be different from one that gave live birth.

A hypothetical question

Let's say there is only one alien species an RP allows and that said species however can have multiple civilizations and be culturally diverse even if the baseline biology of the species must remain consistent. For instance that the species has multiple life stages [like frogs or butterflies have] and lays eggs instead of giving live birth.

Would multiple people be able to use the same species without issue?

Demon Sunrise

While it's nice to see that if I waited there'd be realms open, i'm sticking with the master.

Newsun, do players define where gateways are or do you define them? There's some people on chatzy, including myself who have expressed some confusion about where the gateways are in the outer realms.

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kritios BOY

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Nino

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The fint

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Gin