Haven't been here in a while, about two years actually.. Anyway, I had the inspiration to try out a new idea I've never done before, obviously that being a One Piece RP. After re-reading some old OP manga and just appreciating the story Oda tells and how he stresses the importance of enjoying the adventure with those you love being just as important as the destination or your goal. What better universe to set a story in than the open seas on a pirate ship? 

So basically I want to GM an open-world non-canon One Piece adventure. All canon abilities, powers, most locations and most organizations will remain part of this world.. however, no canon characters exist and they never have and never will in this fictional OP alternate universe type thing. Some Devil Fruits will be limited or outright banned based on their game-breaking potential but for the most part I'd like to just trust the people I'm writing with not to be like that, but that isn't always the case. I want to see if anybody is down for this before we discuss things like setting and where we want to start the power scale without running into problems like a Marine recruit on his first day getting smacked across the Grand Line by a Yonko. Funny? Yes. Good story telling? Usually not. 

As for the story, I'm fairly creative and don't mind adapting to the tastes of what everyone else wants to do. So before I go on an absolute mad world-building spree and lore-developing key-smashing type-fest all night creating a world no one will ever interact with except for my made up characters in my head, I'd at least like to attract some interest and see if this is worth investing in and what other people want out of a OP adventure. Obviously being based in a Shonen universe there will be combat but I'd like to craft a real "Laugh Tale" with some of you guys. Just a funny yet badass story that encompasses everything One Piece has stood for over the last 20+ years. 
 
I want to hear what kind of characters you guys would like to play in this universe and what organizations/factions/locations you'd like to see. Is it just a pirate free for all for a mysterious treasure? Is there a current pirate king or was there never one to begin with? What's the tension like between the Marines and pirates? Any suffering kingdoms out there in need of liberation from the Revolutionary Army? One Piece just has so much potential. Would be better to focus on one small crew, or a slightly broader spectrum with people playing multiple characters but focusing on one or two main ones for themselves. I myself have no problem managing multiple characters and feel like I get less bored if I have more than one singular perspective to view the story through. I think having each person decide their own courses f action and seeing how those interactions go is a lot better than sticking everyone on one boat and trying to hold a linear plot that forces everyone to kind of go along with the same thing at the same time. While that might help with consistency I think it would limit the creative freedom of what I'm trying to get at here... 

But yeah... before I get ahead of myself let's see if anyone else is [i]on board[/i] with this idea (hahah get it ? on board? like a boat? Ok ill leave now)