Hidden 8 yrs ago 8 yrs ago Post by Mokley
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I know, I know, I know. I'm already running four roleplays, all of which are weird-fantasy with a strong nature-vs-technology conflict and a misfits-save-the-world mentality. Why the hell would I make another, almost identical roleplay?

Because I can and I like it so nyeh!

PLOT SORT OF

Your character lives in the low-tech village of Heron. That's the floating island. It's a peaceful island, it's a beautiful island, and it's boring as all hell. Sure, you've grown up learning to watch your step, and there are hang-glider tournaments almost every week, but nothing ever happens.

Until, one night, a star falls out of the sky and crashes in the distance.

The villagers say a fallen star will grant any wish to whoever finds it.

The old childless King (because every floating island should have its own kind-yet-morose king, of course!) has declared that he will choose among those who return with the star, and will declare the new heir to the throne.

(What, this sounds like the plot of Stardust? Whatever gave you that idea?)

So now a bunch of characters are taking up their gliders and heading for the ground below, possibly for the first time. How thrilling! What adventure! So wow! Cue Alice-in-Wonderland intro music.

art by Yu Yiming


WHAT TO EXPECT

I'm going to be really honest with you: I just want an excuse to throw trippy-as-hell hyper-fantasy into an RP. Just expect weird shit, ok? If you're still onboard, here's where we're going:

The plot and subplot will focus on mystery, lies, secrets, conflicting beliefs, puzzles, folklore, ancient mythos, exploration and a bit of philosophy. The story will be VERY fast-paced if all goes well. Expect a lot of danger, a lot of running, a lot of potential for new powers and allies and tools and weapons and pieces to the overarching puzzle. At endgame, I want your sheltered innocent character to have developed into a cape-flowing, eye-glowing, magic-wielding, world-saving badass. This is the story of how your character gets there.

I'll be making it up as we go. The plot -- the world-ending, epic, amazing plot that ties everything together (the floating island, the star, the oddities in the forest below, the caverns, the creatures, the golems and giants) -- will take shape as the characters move forward. This means that the plot is entirely dependent on how your characters interact with the world.

WHAT I EXPECT FROM YOU

This is your character's origin story. Starting out, they're just a sheltered bumpkin, thrilled for a new adventure or being dragged along on one, away from warm beds and hot meals. They're armed only with stories or a dinky sword at best, completely unprepared for basically everything. It's up to you as the player to create a character who can and will take note of what is happening around them and will come to their own conclusions -- who can and will take interest in what they see and hear, and will take an active role in creating their own story as they go.

There's a style of roleplaying in which the player takes a passive role and waits to be told what to do, and that's just fine -- I'm telling you now that if this is your style, you're probably going to be frustrated with my style of GMing. I want your character to tell me what I should focus on. When your character focuses on something, that's my cue to make that something very important to the plot and to your character. If your character thinks something is important, it will therefore be important.

So. Anyone wanna come play a cliche shonen hero story?
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So. Anyone wanna come play a cliche shonen hero story?


Count me in... I'm already burning to make the character coming to mind.

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This sounds interesting~ I have a character in mind~
Hidden 8 yrs ago 8 yrs ago Post by Disciple Cain
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I'm interested in this.

Can I play a catman?
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I'll join~
Hidden 8 yrs ago Post by EurmalEye
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Yeah definitely putting forward interest sounds like a blast
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I am hurt @Mokley, nay, wounded. I thought we promised to inform eachother about our new RPs! :P

Haha, I am of course interested.
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Interested. :)
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Hi awesome people! :D Thanks for your support!

@Disciple Cain Sorry, humans only please! I'd like to keep the initial character pool as simple as possible -- blank slates are much more malleable to the plot. However! Anything could happen to a character through the course of gameplay, so if you wish to become a cat-person -- well, it can be arranged.

@NorthernGR As you see, sir, this is not a functioning RP! This is a half-drunk concept wrought after bedtime on a work night! ;D But of course, I'm glad you're here!

I can't do anything about this tonight, but I'll think about that OOC this weekend!
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@Disciple Cain Sorry, humans only please! I'd like to keep the initial character pool as simple as possible -- blank slates are much more malleable to the plot. However! Anything could happen to a character through the course of gameplay, so if you wish to become a cat-person -- well, it can be arranged.


Becoming a catfolk is absolutely absurd. I'll do something else. Can we play with magic?
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@Disciple Cain Absurdity is the name of the game! ;D No magic either, at least not to start with. Everyone begins on the same level playing field, and everyone discovers magic as we go. All that colorful creativity should be siphoned into the characters' personalities, intelligence and quirkiness instead. I want to see those characters' hearts -- those are the foundation upon which all the other abilities and strangeness and purpose will be built.

I'm going into a little bit of detail because I want to be extremely clear to everyone about what sort of RP this is going to be. :)
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Alright so this is a sort of light-hearted, comedy adventure?
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I don't know why, but this whole thing has me getting "The Reward: Tales of Alethrion" vibes. I'm super interested.
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@Disciple Cain Mostly, sure! It'll be primarily lighthearted, but there will be the occasional dark or serious turn.

@Ghost Queen Thanks for pointing that out -- love it! And yes, that's the kind of thing we're going for. :D
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Possibly posting a possible interest, I'm slowly getting my head around your concept at the moment.
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@Ghost Queen @Mokley Tales of Alethrion? My interest which was high before has now doubled
Hidden 8 yrs ago Post by Mokley
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Here we go.

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Pssst! I'm coming over to visit!

*glides into the OOC*
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Moonfiend crew, reporting for duty! =P I may or may not end up joining, since I can't keep track of a bunch of RPs at once, but rest assured I will at least lurk around the OOC and IC, just so I can see where this goes.
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