[OOC] The North Road

[Rina Daltis]

If my character gets accepted, anyone want to have prior knowledge or relations with old mask guard?

[goodmode]

@Rina Daltis Accepted! Post your sheet in Characters at will!

@Zoey Boey For right now I'll allow you guys to bounce off each other at will, but please be very mindful of the fact players who have not yet posted may make their first post unexpectedly. I hope that makes sense.

Basically: currently you may post at will, but everyone please be mindful of each other! And once every accepted character has posted at least once, I'll establish a turn order and we'll be sticking to that. Until then, have fun and feel free to have your characters set off. Consider this the intro!

[mickilennial]

I've never personally liked turn orders as they create inorganic dialogue/action through arbitrarily stifling posts. As long as we’re mindful of each other and don’t leave a character in the dust I feel like we should be fine without them, but ultimately this isn’t my choice to make. It’s your RP, but I felt like discussing the topic rather than not at all.

[Lugubrious]

If I might chime in, in addition to potentially making things (especially interactions) flow less well, a posting order introduces the problem of having to wait for people to take their turns, which is one of the chief obstacles in keeping an RP thriving in my experience. Reminders, complications, delays, et cetera. But who knows? Far be it from me to claim my way's the best.

[goodmode]

@Inkarnate | @Lugubrious

I understand the concern but I'm a firm believer that RP will evolve as people get used to playing with each other. I plan on monitoring closely how we're all doing and if we all find a comfortable posting rhythm I am 100% open to dropping turn orders.

But since I'm new to RPGuild and I don't know any of you very well yet, I feel like setting a turn order (for a little while) will make sure we all have time to establish our characters, get used to each other's posting rhythms, and avoid anyone feeling like they're scrambling to catch up in the mornings right when we start.

TL;DR this RP is in its early days and the turn order is largely so that we can get established. Once we're used to what we're doing, we'll make changes from there. I hope that's okay with everyone. It may only last until the hunt begins.

How does everyone feel about that? If everyone's happier with no turn order I'll change now. :^)

[mickilennial]

If everyone's happier with no turn order I'll change now. :^)

@goodmode

Correct. I am happier with no turn order and open, fluid communication.

[Rina Daltis]

And the old masked man has joined the team, hope everyone feels confident

[mickilennial]

Edited my dialogue in my last post so conversation can be a bit more fluid and names can be shared organically at the right moment instead of preemptively.

[Zoey Boey]

Yeah. Hmm, I've been in scenarios before where all these characters just introduce themselves one after the other but no one else says anything. It kind of implies that no one says anything in the meantime, you know? Then if you go back and reply to someone else's introduction things get wobbly. This was probably my fault for starting my character alone, I should have taken the initiative to plan a big group meeting. What do you guys think? We can just push forward anyway.

[mickilennial]

We should probably do some small talk first, ye.

[Lugubrious]

We can make this work. Mort's not one to talk much anyway. One thing that might be helpful: Goodmode, are you planning to have someone drop by from the Pigeon Capital as some kind of coordinator or supervisor? If so, our characters could talk until such a person comes by to get the group into gear. If not, one of us can urge everyone to stop dilly-dallying and set off, starting us onward. It wouldn't be out of character for Mort to adopt such a role, so I'm not posting for him juust yet.

[Stitches]

Sorry for the delay. I'm GMT, so it's bedtime here. I'll reply tomorrow.

Edit: it's likely GM went to bed too, it's nearing midnight here on a weekday.

[Rina Daltis]

Yeah I think there are enough organiser characters in the party that introductions should be able to be sorted out.

If not Zahir is very much ready to elect himself team dad and get things organised too

[Fetzen]

Talic basically just wants to get out of Fero Province and he has reason not to waste time, so I think it would be appropriate for him to just stick with any leader that will emerge from the party :)

[Rina Daltis]

I have to say I'm very excited to see what dynamics emerge in this group, considering the variety of motivations behind the characters here.

[mickilennial]

Indeed.

On that note, let's not try to outpace too much. I'm sure Stitches would like to jump in organically when they are able.

[Wolfmother]

Just a stranger quickly popping in to say that this is a brilliant idea for a story and you are all great writers! Subscribing to see where the story goes.

Have fun!

[goodmode]

(I did indeed go to bed last night, I wanted to give everyone time to reply to my question and since it's GMT here as well I figured it was as good a time as any to get some sleep. I'm usually on all day until late, so it shouldn't be too obstructive to the RP.)

Okay reading back on everyone's replies I'm thinking: as long as everyone is cool with no turn order, then that's what we'll stick with.

But - and this is an obvious note, I know - please remember if you find you're posting very quickly at your timezone's peak hours, try to keep the actual story pacing slow enough for people in other timezones to keep up. For the most part bigger events will be up to me anyway.

Goodmode, are you planning to have someone drop by from the Pigeon Capital as some kind of coordinator or supervisor? If so, our characters could talk until such a person comes by to get the group into gear. If not, one of us can urge everyone to stop dilly-dallying and set off, starting us onward.

@Lugubrious

I was 50/50 on this - if you guys looked like you needed a boost, I could have had an NPC push things forward, but right now I like the organic way posts are heading, so instead I'll give you all an OOC pointer:

Heddwyn's instincts are right - it will be getting dark soon. You can make camp (by the cairn, on the outskirts of the woods ahead, etc) and/or try to prepare.

Also, here's a small thing: the 0th post will now function to hold some information about the Beast, to help everyone keep track of what your characters have found out. You guys don't know much that's certain yet, but the post will be added to as information is revealed or discovered. Right now, all of your characters will have heard through the grapevine that the beast is more active at night, so I'm beginning the post with that already written down. Later if your characters come up with theories you can ask me to write them down too.

@Wolfmother Thank you, that's a big compliment for everyone! I hope it'll be an adventure to read! :^)

[Rina Daltis]

Ooooooh I really like that system. The more we find out the bigger the post with information becomes right?

And if we know the beast is more active at night, all the better. It gives Zahir a nice excuse to get the others to take a short rest. Something his aged bones will be very grateful for.

[goodmode]

@Rina Daltis Exactly! As you all find out more about the beast, the post will be added to. It's mostly just for our reference so no one has to worry about forgetting some important detail or other, though if anyone wants to make a physical journal/notebook a thing ingame I won't stop them.