I am posting in the roleplaying section, I'm not entirely sure if it is just for tabletop/forum RPs, so please correct me if i'm mistaken in posting this here. I have also posted this on a few other websites to cover as much base as possible. If you don't have the time to read through this please read the tl;dr below [b]tl:dr idea[/b] Gather up a bunch of RPers and have us all play a real time 24-7/365 (with exceptions) modern LARP. [b]brief explanation[/b] : For years I have imagined doing something like what I am about to describe and I have never shared the thought with anyone. However, now that I am being exposed to more people (in college) I will have ample opportunity in carrying out this dream of mine. I would like to discuss pros and cons, gather opinions and suggestions, work out some kinks, and discuss whether or not those of you who do LARP would consider particpating if this was done in your area. [b]Without further ado [/b] [center]Premise of Basic Storyline[/center] Lightly based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, if you couldn't tell by my name. There are evil creatures, there are two slayers, then later more, who are made official slayers by a witch with the approval of our council. Evil creatures group main objective is to kill all slayers and witches or turn them evil. Slayer(s) and company's main objective is to foil evil creatures' plans and keep community safe. [center]Battle mechanics/Interactions[/center] -no hitting below belt, not hitting face, can only engage in physical sparring if agreed on by both parties. (kinda worried about legal issues on this area) -All characters have a colored hanky on wrist, or colored reasonably priced necklace, yada yada, something colored (will have to be discussed with participants I suppose) to show what life they are on. EDIT: once one color of an object is taken, player must wear the next. In battle it is their goal to remove the other players object and to keep their own attached. -All characters will wear one of 4 Colored objects. Green, Yellow, Red, and Black. If out of character, they wear no object. Can wear object anywhere at any time unless removed from game by council. -Players must physically remove object to injure a character, but can physically restrain them, run them down, etc -Green: In perfect health -Yellow, injured: Has one skill taken away EXAMPLE: A witch may have a certain type of spell taken away, a Slayer can not remove the object from a green-object wearing creature, a certain creature may have to flee, etc. Must not engage in battle for one real world hour to go back to green, can be healed magically -Red, critically injured: Must not engage in battle for 3 real world hours to go back to yellow, can be healed magically -Black, dead: Can only interact with magical being if the being physically sees them and has the ability to interact with dead. Magical character can then make an appeal to a council member to resurrect the character. Once approved character will be resurrected to color Red [center]council[/center] A group of 4 or 5 non-RP members (Will depend on how many people we have actively playing) who will receive storyline requests and have a complete overview of all characters. -usually does not interact with players unless to settle an argument or make an official ruling. -Holds the power to deny characters being ressurected, being made a slayer, or any major story change. -has power to kill a character and remove person from gameplay for a given time, or permanently, as a punishment for breaking a rule -RPers can submit requests EXAMPLE: "I/We would enjoy doing a storyline based on a Lovecraft story where we have to steal the necronomicon from the evil creatures" yada, yada. -Character sheets with full characters details will be given to council and council holds the power to deny a major character action if it goes against something on their character sheet. EXAMPLE from character01 to council: "My character claims to be a slayer, but is actually human and is trying her best to hide it" EXAMPLE from council to character: "Character01 can not use object01 as only a true slayer can use object01" -Bound by oath to not reveal character secrets (Character01 not really being a slayer) [center]Story Progression[/center] After a request is made by a character (good or evil, does not matter) to the council, the council members will write up a basic backstory and objective for both sides. Sides will then decide themselves how to go about meeting the objective. EXAMPLE: Character01: "I would like to do a story line where an evil character has a secret spell book and good characters must find where evil creatures are hiding the book." Council would then give basic backstory, "evil creature came into the library and stole spell book and plan to do evil with it. Good characters must find the book in 30 days. evil characters must keep book hidden" Then... "Evil characters will physically hide the book in a place accessible by all characters" (a school, a library with the approval of the librarians, yada yada) "Evil characters will all be given the name of a specific book by the council and good characters must figure out what the book is and report it back to council." "A certain evil character will have the book and have to be killed to get the book back, good characters have to decide which character has the book. If three mistakes are made good character side fails" As it is a little obvious it is based on BtvS, no characters can use a canon character's name or story. Now, i'm not the best at explaining things, so I will not be offended if you ask for further explanation. If you read all this, kudos to you and thank you.