Now, if the Three Letter horror show didn't scare you away and you're actually reading this, huzzah!... I kid, lemme stop being stupid ;3

SO! I started playing this game recently, Sunless Skies, and if you don't know anything about it that's fine, you don't need to, I just wanted to pose an idea that struck me as really interesting that was inspired by it.

The base premise is abnormal space-born transportation [the game uses steam locomotives that are somehow air-tight XD kinda surrealist stuff I think.] allowing travel between different points in a section of space that seems to be dotted with land-chunks ranging from county to Continent sized, with various strange phenomena present like Giant flowers or a titanic mountain somehow rising out of nothing... It's a pretty bizarre setting!

Now that combined with my imagination pondering on certain fandom settings that take place in relatively small areas, like single cities or nations and you never really see outside of them in some of these, cue the 'collection of broken worlds' theme!

Think of it like a... 'condensed multiverse', instead of multiple entire universes interconnected, What I am imagining is a single universe populated by fragment-worlds, an Equestria here, an Academia there, some yu yu hakusho over on that side, or some /Fate over there, or any number of others.

Many of these world fragments aren't even aware of eachother [and depending on the opinion of whoever participates in the RP, may be 'just fragments' or may be portions of other universes that exist in this space, like a seamless portal connection between the multiverses.], though naturally some places will have been built in-between that aren't required to be settled on the land of one place or another.

There will of course be plot >3> though the options are broad as the imagination itself, the starting plot I have in mind involves one of those unaware worlds [Equestria is what I'm thinking XD yes, I like experimenting with strange alien rainbow horses.] being exposed to that connection, and by extension whatever is the source being exposed to 'them', whether that a wrecked ship [with some players on it ;P] crash-landing, or some kind of expedition deliberately exploring un-touched world-fragments, or if you want it 'really' rough and dramatic, break out some kind of imperial mining operation coming down to harvest the untouched bounty... I like the first one personally, good for a smaller group to warm up with, and allows for smaller plots instead of being thrown straight into the bon-fire.

There's going to be a fair bit of influence here from people interested in participating, the starting plot could even take place in an entirely different location or fandom/world depending on the group that joins and their interest :D

Now, all that said, I'm planning 3-6 people for starting, preferably with the ability to post regularly [hopefully daily, but I can understand if you get delayed, I get em too], able to write a paragraph at a time, with a healthy imagination but willing to work on keeping things balanced and fun.

Im interested. Though I dont think I'd see myself playing as a pony lol. Maybe some Biotic merc from mass effect or something along those lines.

I like the idea.

This may be interesting. I'm debating whether to join such a group or create one of my own.

Is there a plot for this idea?

Im interested. Though I dont think I'd see myself playing as a pony lol. Maybe some Biotic merc from mass effect or something along those lines.

Hahah, Yeah you don't need to XD It was just my idea for the first encounter, players who aren't pony were going to be a standard anyway :D with some who would be, if they wanted XD I at least planned to use one, but if the people interested don't wanna end up in pony-land then I can always tweak him to end up somewhere else, I rather like my flexible imagination!

I like the idea.

Wonderful! :D

This may be interesting. I'm debating whether to join such a group or create one of my own.

Is there a plot for this idea?

I have an 'eventually epic plot' in mind for the long-term, but I planned for the basic beginning plot to depend on the opinions of people interested, though I have several smaller plot ideas for the beginning, 'what' we start with I intended to depend on the people playing, and beyond that I could come up with more, or take suggestions, based on a variety of budding possibilities.

I'd be down with something like this.

I'd be down with something like this.

Coolness :D That makes 4! 5 including myself. Anybody got opinions on the starting plot possibilities? or alternative ideas they'd like to pose before I dive into solidifying the OOC?

Maybe not a pony, but could I perhaps be a Sonic FC or Warhammer character?

I like the first idea (the 'crashed spaceship in ponyland' one).

Maybe not a pony, but could I perhaps be a Sonic FC or Warhammer character?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can be pretty much anything you want.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can be pretty much anything you want.

Okay, because I do have one pony character, but he's a rambunctious child who's main thing is to mess everything up. Other than that I have a whole cast of other characters.

I have a few character ideas of my own.

Maybe not a pony, but could I perhaps be a Sonic FC or Warhammer character?

Is FC 'fan-character'? XD Aaand, it depends, still gotta be able to balance things... It's a slippery slope, multi-versal themes, and I've got to use past-experiences to try and keep it stable and fun :D so i'll need to know more.

I like the first idea (the 'crashed spaceship in ponyland' one).

That was my first choice too xD so unless anyone protests or puts forth other ideas that's likely what we'll go with.

I've got some heavy work to do this weekend helping change some lighting in a neighbor's house, so i'll focus on the OOC around monday, so we've got the weekend for anyone who wants in on the beginning to pop in, and to chat it up about ideas for characters or plot details ;3

Alright, good to hear it. Maybe we could get a character sheet up? Also, we do need to work out the specifics of the plot, so there's that.

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Is FC 'fan-character'? XD Aaand, it depends, still gotta be able to balance things... It's a slippery slope, multi-versal themes, and I've got to use past-experiences to try and keep it stable and fun :D so i'll need to know more.

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That was my first choice too xD so unless anyone protests or puts forth other ideas that's likely what we'll go with.

I've got some heavy work to do this weekend helping change some lighting in a neighbor's house, so i'll focus on the OOC around monday, so we've got the weekend for anyone who wants in on the beginning to pop in, and to chat it up about ideas for characters or plot details ;3

Yes, FC stands for fancharacters. I see, well I'm not going to enter anyone god tier or undefeatable. I have some ideas, but I'm thinking if you "need" ponies I can enter a pony version of my character Grief. Basically Grief's power is to grow into a giant. I don't know how powerful everyone else will be, but I thought a stud who could become a giant would be funny.

Otherwise, I have characters from the Sonic fandom, as well as the Warhammer fandom. Oh and this demon OC named Lilith, however she's more powerful than Grief is with demonic stuff. Nobody in my cast I'm going to bring to the table that cannot be defeated. I would like to however see specific parameters for how powerful you want a character.

If we are including MLP, this would be a decent chance to test out an idea for a character. He's what would be considered in that universe to be a "Weather Dragon", who uses a myriad of elemental powers associated with the weather and fights with a Halberd and a Saber.

alright looks like we got a decent amount of people lets get this ooc up

Well, it seems almost everyone has some sort of idea for a character, which is good. Personally, I'm thinking of going with a Marine from StarCraft (basically a guy in power armor with a big gauss rifle).

Here ya go, I cooked up a CS for ya'll XD go nuts [just don't take it personally if someone thinks you over-did it and supplies opinions XD Don't be afraid to opinionate on mine as well when It's out XD]... feel free to suggest things I might have forgotten to include in the CS's categories, i'm only mildly conscious right now, heheh.

Image: If relevent :D but I don't mind if you just use text, though be descriptive if you do ;3

Name:
Species:
Age:

Source: [If relevent, what source material the character comes from, or is inspired by]

Appearance Description: [You know, relevent details, if you didn't use an image you'll want to be thorough here ;3 I prefer actual numbers for height and such, but otherwise do as you will :D ]

Personality:

Backstory: [We don't need whole stories filling this out, especially since some details might be kindof ambiguous until we've solidified the details surrounding out non-local player characters, but you can put out some stuff about their origins at least. I love seeing what comes out of people's imaginations :D ]

power section- These can be a bit confusing sometimes, and you can tweak this section to your liking, some characters might benefit from a different style XD

Skills: Knowledge and Experience based capabilities, like weapon or cooking skill, or out-standing learning.

Traits: Natural or Biological capabilities that aren't super-natural in origin or extent, whether it's extensive training and conditioning, biological refinement, or natural qualities like touch scales or unique biological qualities.

Powers: Generally things you can do that go beyond the norm for your species, or that qualify as externally supplied capabilities, or things that require something more than just your body's inherent qualities.

Equipment: This one's kindof obvious XD any kind of actual 'gear' you use.

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Well, it seems almost everyone has some sort of idea for a character, which is good. Personally, I'm thinking of going with a Marine from StarCraft (basically a guy in power armor with a big gauss rifle).

Interesting! I haven't actually seen someone RPing one of them yet, it should be interesting... especially considering that, despite being a weaker unit in the games, 'lore-wise' they'd be incredibly powerful in some other settings... also, everytime I think of starcraft, Ic an't help but remember the song about over-engineered codpieces XD

alright looks like we got a decent amount of people lets get this ooc up

Indeed! Though I still have work to do tommorrow, So like I said, i'll get allover that OOC on monday :D or possibly started on it tommorrow afternoon if I get free early enough!

If we are including MLP, this would be a decent chance to test out an idea for a character. He's what would be considered in that universe to be a "Weather Dragon", who uses a myriad of elemental powers associated with the weather and fights with a Halberd and a Saber.

Interesting, I may need to hear more, but i'm sure it'll be better explained in the CS :D I can see the concept flowing, I mean, they have flying horses that fiddle with the weather already XD Granted, it'd probably need to be a young dragon [not infantile like spike, just, not 'huge' like the adults XD]... although, some form of size-control could make for some adorable moments where he's stuck small sometimes XD

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Yes, FC stands for fancharacters. I see, well I'm not going to enter anyone god tier or undefeatable. I have some ideas, but I'm thinking if you "need" ponies I can enter a pony version of my character Grief. Basically Grief's power is to grow into a giant. I don't know how powerful everyone else will be, but I thought a stud who could become a giant would be funny.

Otherwise, I have characters from the Sonic fandom, as well as the Warhammer fandom. Oh and this demon OC named Lilith, however she's more powerful than Grief is with demonic stuff. Nobody in my cast I'm going to bring to the table that cannot be defeated. I would like to however see specific parameters for how powerful you want a character.

I regularly tweak, rebalance, or possibly entirely rework some of my old characters to fit them into newer settings I have interest in, I enjoy the intellectual experience of adaptation, even if sometimes it just won't work XD

Are we talking 'size control' or a specific size he can change to? Either way, I could see it being workable. I don't expressly 'need' lots of ponies, but it never hurts to varietize the characters more. [there's also the goofy option of being ponified upon arrival, wouldn't hardly be the strangest things that's happened there XD and would allow for more lee-way on origins or details that might otherwise have been a bit more restricted if he's naturally 'from' there XD up to you though.]

As for specific parameters... That can be agonizingly hard to hash out in multiversal settings... Granted, super-hero tier isn't exactly improbable, and given some of my later-game ideas for plots and villains... Hell, If one got down to brass-tacks, STarcraft marines are basically Hulk-buster ironman suits without flight or built in lasers... Hell, with just 'ponies' involved opens up a hell of a variety.

For those who aren't aware, the show has had canon instances of DBZ tier firepower getting busted out [not GT tier though XD], not to mention world ending power-scales being demonstrated here or there, and everything from just making grass grow faster to whipping up tornado's or weather phenomena by 'flying' a certain way and speed, to fucking around with 'time!' XD... I may also break out some qualities from certain stories I've read that seem interesting without being stupidly OP.

That said, while the scale of potential power is 'fairly' up there, I'd say leave room to grow, I'm intending for at least the first plot period to be more of a warm-up and a period to let the characters [and players] get to know eachother a bit [although I'm not preplanning just yet 'exactly' how the opening scene will go, there could be quite a bit of separation after a crash like this ;3], and aside from a suitably exciting end to the first arc, I'm trying to leave my planning fairly lax so people can still suggest interesting things to fill the space in-between... or, at least have the option before I have to make it up as we go ;3

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Name: Grief
Species: Pony (mutant)

Age: 9

Source: My Sonic FC Grief





Appearance Description: He looks like a normal black fured child pony with green eyes and yet dark violet hair. He also wears spiked bracelets around his hooves, however he is capable of changing his size and to become quite large and more spacious.

Height: 3ft (normal size), normally around 50ft-60ft when giant. 100ft is strained maximum.

Personality: Grief is a child and a brat, however he is also a child with superpowers capable of becoming gigantic and wreaking havoc in his juvenile antics and careless nativity. While he's capable of getting along with others, Grief is also known to be snarky, condescending, temperamental, and stubborn at times. However, he is also loyal and brave, even if for all the wrong reasons.

Backstory: Long story short, Grief was once a sickly foul until his mother experimented on him to save his life as a baby. By doing so she also turned him into a mutant pony with superpowers.

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Skills: Grief can be tactically minded and creative when need be, he also is capable of searching for weaknesses in an opponent. That is, as much as any bully would be able to in another kid or person in general.

Traits:
.Trained endurance

.Increased metabolism

.Seasonally conditioned (he is very active.)

Powers:
.Grief's main power is the ability to grow larger and larger to become a mighty and powerful giant. Normally he just thinks of getting "bigger or smaller" and begins to increase or decrease at will. His normal average is around 50-60ft in height and just as proportionally wider and larger. However, he is capable of growing up to 100ft, this puts a lot of strain on him being a child and thus he usually tries not to get this big.
.Growth (and reversion back to normal). Grief's main power is to become a titanic twerp with super strength and super durability.
. At normal size he shows an unnatural amount of endurance, but only to enhanced levels.
.Concussive resistance when bigger.
.Super strength when giant.

Equipment: His bracelets are actually communicators and also monitor his vitals for his mother to gather data on.